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The sun., 1878-11-09

Miss Margaret l.. Yancy. daughter Of Nathan
lei and Jal'1 Ann iapsN .'ins IN Harlow coupil. "a.
was found hHt-lng 10y the utCk. dead. stable
her fathers house last saturday An inquest was hri
Yesterday. the ury decided that she came t. her
death by her own hands She 4 Young laty highiy
respected, and mtmher ui the Baltiss Church She
wa, perfectly sane when last alive Aitrr the IN.
quest Dr. hardin 81 saacoa. and b. Richie q barlow
County. examined the hcY ana iound several bri~,s
which led 10 the suspicion foul play AuOthr
will probably be held
The sun., 1878-11-09
From the Arctic Sea to Nevada.


James Cariwell has sent us very large speci-
men ui the ttHat northern NNtr. u!gd shot Lake
An-ehne. Nev 10 was ked hy John FL-trnld en-iuter
OF the ure tram. and Bob Muktuson uuisd nuuuuiosr
and hunter. tafdwrll they NJ uut armed W 100
hundred pounds OF ammunition. and lt probably
tNr books the blri power tn almost tuurtN
suhuergc IL body while swimuin- It's about t. -ixe
~ Mid NUo-e and can remain under water an almost
indefinite period IL l. not commonly visitor the
sierra but va. probably attracted ro it. Arctic resorts
10y the catfish recently m Lake Augeue Its feathers
aT Ty 5 uue about the neck a. fur.
The sun., 1878-11-09

Last evening candidate went into Spanish
saloon 10 cap ur the Cusu Ian vote He invited several
dnrkcumple xiuned men " take q drink, and gave
suanlsh toast that he had carefully studied np the
chsOn lie thinks he must have made sort Of slip in
accent or pronunciation or PERHAPS the pluperect tense
misunderstood. Tor Tie nearest man struck linn thr,
tines under the ear before the neat man knocked him
down. an somebody else kicked him out OF the door lie
now doesn't care snap for six Or eght votes but
he would gave 81 90 OfboTrOwed money Know exactly
what he said Whsn he treated tbat crowd
The sun., 1878-11-09

The report that OLEARY Of Chicago and
Cork will try walking conclusions with ConKEY
OF Bethnal Green. is interesting. CoHKEY 5 late
performance OF 52l miles In l4lb hours
though fine. is obviously not equal to o LEARY's
last March. on the same track. Of 5tpa in 1873
hours. C minutes. aud 10 seconds. CoEKEY
walked only three-fourihs Of n mile more. and
wns two hours and nearly twenty-iour min
utes more in doing it. 1t may be suggested
that there was something little mischiev5us
in CoRKEY's walking just three .fourths Of a
mile more than OLrARY. Bu; this is not SO.
CoRKEY simply walked out the full time
prescribed ior his match. while OLEARY
did not walk IL out in the sim
ilar one last March. The conditions in
Sir ]. d. AsrLEYs second tournament at
lsllngton. made il a sweepstakes Of ten soye-
reigns. for all comers." each competitorto make.
by running or walking. the best OF his way on
foot without assistancel for six days and six
nlghts-t. e.. to start at / o'clock A. VI. on Mon
day. Oct. 2s. 1878. and finish at l0'. p. ~ on
the Saturday following" CoRKEy simply walked
till this latter hour. Still. II there was nothing
mischcvous there Is. no doubt something tan
talizing to O'LEARY in CoRKEY's having made
actually the greatest distance in six days and
nights. and probably the former will not suffer
the laurels to rest on CoRKEYs brow without an
effort 10 retrieve them. In that case why not
begin little earlier and end a little later. so as
TO give at least lI3 good hours Tor the match ?
The sun., 1878-11-09

City Judge-eleet Rufus b. Cowing sat on
the bench OF the General Sessions yesterday Tor the INST
time lie appeared 10 be deeply Interested There is
rumor mat Gunnne Bedford, the eN Kings nominee
lur AlN Judge Was Induced to have 50 much confidence
IN ~ election that he set about writing his hrs charge
~ Tho GIAnl IuTN.
The sun., 1878-11-09

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST; Having
read ~ lHk sun challenge by Herr Won Hescnbursh
OF berlin AND Harry AUSTIN ol Sostc1 take this oppor
tulty VI challenging either one of tNrSe geut
10 dance " any place IN this ely they NAV name.
IhuMAS kklLET, T. Il W,
corner Ninth sti,et aud Avenue Q. New YORK city.
The sun., 1878-11-09
KnlIHg a nis Viper.

nom no ihtindINFN Hsnld
Two hunters in the vicinity Of Raaver Lake.
Indiana came upon ana Killed lane viper The snake
was not more than twu aud halt ctt long but
thick as mans arm This species OF suake j. seldom
found 10 thts country, and N much mOriyenVmous than
the Tattls snake
The sun., 1878-11-09
MIR. Cooper at the city Hail.

Mayor Ely has not determined whether he
will appoint the successors to Police Commissioners Err
hardt and Wheeler. whose terms have expired. Mr. Ed
ward Cooper called the Mayor THURSDAY and his
visit Is regarded by the politicians a. nm indication that
Ia
The sun., 1878-11-09
The Vote for r. II. Rarnum

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr; see by
THr suS that Mr. r T. Baruum was elected Republican
representative from this town by 2l0 majority such IL
not the case Mr Barnun was elected By plura ity
vi 2l3
BRpcEPoRr Noy 7
The sun., 1878-11-09

Speaking Of the rcsurroctionlsts Of Stuy-
vesant square. the Boston Herald hopes that
all the resources Of that all powerful agent
money-will be employed In securing such a
punishment for the actors in It as will forever
deter reckless men from such enterprises in
the future"
The laws Of the state do not provide punish
ment such rs will forever deter reckless men
from such enterprises and the Legislature, 1t
may he presumed. will. during the coming
session. enact a proper penalty for the offence.
OF course no law hereafter enacted would have
any bearing upon offences already committed.
The sun., 1878-11-09

Mr.. EDWIN EINsTEIN, Congressman elect
from the Seventh District, is. according to the
J1rish Times. one Of only three Jews who have
been elected to Congress from this city. Major
NOAH and Mr.. EMANUEL b. HART were the other
two. Philadelphia has had one Jewish Con.
gresham in the person OF Mr.. HENRY NJ PHIL
LIPS. Boston has had one and Louisiana twice
elected JUDAH p. BENJAMIN TO the United States
Snnale.
The sun., 1878-11-09
Mhnt Voc. Co.t In Khoas I.ana.

Truai Ne P.uriienss Journal
In Coventry. in West Greenwich. In North
g,tuWu. u SuuI klnsst u. IN octuatr IN Foster lu
Warwick ant we presume. IN other towns the OF
votes ranged rom 81 10 so, and the money was freely
offered. Aud accepted
The sun., 1878-11-09

An article respecting Mr. Samuel n. Salomon
was published IN TnE suN OF last sunday Itappeared
without having been BY the Editor. and 1t should
not have appeared At sn- We regret its publication
The sun., 1878-11-09

1t Is full time for the Police Commission
ers to look into the way in which police busi-
ness is conducted in Capt McCuLLAoH's police
precinct-the precinct In which the graveyard
robbery has just been perpetrated.
The sun., 1878-11-09
ku.Klnxlsm. Slammed ont in KontneILy. re.

ku-KluXlsm, stamped ont in Kentucky, re-
appears in Ohio. For months Darko County in
that State has been terrorized by gang Of
rulllans calling themselves regulators At
least two citizens have been shot dead In their
houses; another, colorcd man. has boon Kid
mapped; and nearly dozen others, including
colored lawyer, have been ordered to leave
tho county under pnin Of death. Several Of
them have done So, SO great is the fear which
these lawlcss desperadoes have inspired Seven
OF tho gang have at last been arrested and
locked up 80 await trial; better late than never.
But the rest are stlll at large to commit fresh
murders. II concerns the good name OF Ohio
that they shall be brought to justice with the
least possible delay.
The sun., 1878-11-09

The Hon. FERNANDO WOOD seems 10 be in
as yndictiye and implacab.e frame Of mind
rs though he were real Indian instead OF a
sham one. He is foI locking and boiling the
doors OF the big brick wigwam against all tho
eX-sachems who worked and voted for the poo
pc's ticket in the recent election. "Tammany
will be stronger " he said on Thursday oyeu-
ing. for those who have gone from it; and. il
my counsels are worth ANYTHING in forming the
personnel OF this organization. l would put a
black marx on every one of their names and
they should never come back again, So help me
Cop
The Hon. FERNANDO WooD shows Just dis
trust of the value of his advice. The oath might
have been omitted with advantage. We know
that some stump speakers think they make
th'ir dcclamations more impressive by this alp-
pant use of tho name Of the Deity; but it Is II
breach ftha laws oi good taste as well rs Of the
Third Commandment. As for refusing the
Democrats who voted for Mr.. COOPER readms-
sion TO Tammany Hail. wouldn't II be rs well to
wait Mr.. WooD, until they knock at the door
The sun., 1878-11-09

The renewed opportunity given by the
Anglo-Afghan quarrel to empty q great deal OF
Asiatic into the pure well of English undeflled.
is not neglected by the London newspapers. A
correspondent OF one OF them. describing the
khyberees. depicts them as clad in poshtoens.
with greasy puggarees constantly engaged in
chuppaos and shubkhoons." Inteligibility is
the least OF the merits Of such deseriptlon.
The sun., 1878-11-09

A Constant Cough with Shurtucss of Breath. Failing
Strength and Wasting of Flesh, all betokeu Lungs uoit
or less seriously affected ana demanding prompt treat
nent B} uslul pr Jayues EAUccturant serious resuts
may bo either avoided or palated -Air
The sun., 1878-11-09

4 shilling quarter or twenty Ave pennies will buy
bottle VI W, Buls Cough SyEnp-Aas.
The sun., 1878-11-09

LoRENA ELIZABETH ALEXANDER. the
wretehed woman who aided and abetted her
paramour. young BAssETr. in the murder Of
Suffering JACK. goes to the State prison for
life There is still a prejudice in Connecticut
against tho hanging Of women. and to this
LoRESA ELIZABETH ALEXANDER is indebted for
her escape from the gallows. In her case. as
in LYDIA SHERMAN's. the jury brought in a ver-
dict Of murder In the second degree. although
we suppose no one who has followed the evil
dence has any doubt that she planned the
crime. and thg; BAssETT was her agent in ex-
ecutlng II. Doubtless some foolish persons
will presently petition the Connecticut LeGisla-
ture to let this woman loose again upon the
community; but the Legislature will surely
turn n deaf ear TO them. The cell Is the place
for LoRENA ELIZABETH ALEXANDER.
The sun., 1878-11-09

II Mr.. FRANCIS MURPHY succeeds in max
ing sober men OF even a small percentage Of
the drunkards Of this city. he will do u praise
worthy work. While the average temperance
orator" is prone to eXaRgerate the ravages Of
intemperance in this city. the facts are bad
enough. Every honest and hopeful effort TO
nght this social plague is to be welcomed But
what are these reports which we get from more
than one point in New England OF the whole
sale backslding Of Mr.. MURPHYs converts ?
What does It profit man 10 sport a blue ribbon
ut his buionhole for fortnight or Il month
even. II rs soon the teetotal excitement dies
out his appetite reasserts itself. and he goes
back to his bottle' Is not the last state OF that
man likely to be worse than the first? Let
Brother MUIPHY contradict these reports il
they are false. or reconsider and revise his
methods II they are true.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-10
Narcotics and StImulants.

Some curious statistics as to the con-
sumption of narcotics and stimulants by
the world in general are given in a late
report of Mr.. Jez Killebrew, the com.
missioner OF agriculture in Tennessee.
Paraguay tea, it is computed, is used by
10000. 600 human beings, coca by TO-
10000, chicory by 40, 600, 600, cocoa by
100000 and coffee by 100, 600, 900.
The consumers of betel are set down at
100000, 900, those of hashish at 3O0,-
100000, and those of opium in one or
another form at 100000, ZOO. These
figures are, however, eclpsed by the
proportions of the demand for Chinese
tea, which is said to be used by half q
billion; while the consumers of tobacco
are not only still more widely distribut-
ed, but present the astonishing aggregate
of S00,000,000. According to careful
estimate prepared for this report, tobac-
co is more generally used than any other
single article of commerce consumed by
mau. The United States in 1860 pro-
duced more than 100000, 900 pounds OF
tobacco, but ten years afterwards the
yield of the plantations had dwindled to
about 260, 100000. The report does not
state the exact quantity grown in any
subsequent year; but it seems that the
exports alone in 1876 reached about
900, 1000, 900 pounds, valued at more than
1875, 100000 According to the United
States Bureau of Statistics, leaf tobacco
valued at nearly $4,000 900 was sem
out of the country in the. year ending
June 30, 1877. These figures woult
make tobacco rank sixth in the list o.
exported staples from the United States
cotton, breadstuffs, petroleum, and thu
precious metals alone exceeding it il
importance. In 1875 the best customer
of the United States for tobacco wal
Germany, which, Notwithstanding thu
large quantity grown in Prussia, tool
100000 pounds, while Great Britain
which produces none, took only 81, 900,
600 pounds.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-10
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

Meadow Talk.
A bumble-bee, yellow Is gold,
Sat perehed on 4 red-clover top,
When a grAsshopper, why and old,
Game along With skip and a hop.
''GOOd-moFniag 2 cried he, 'Mr. Bumble-Be'
You seem to have come to = stop"
"we people that work,
Said the bee with jerk,
Find benefit sometimes in stopping
Only insects Ike you,
Who have nothing to do,
Can keep up perpetual hopping
The grasshopper paused on his way,
And thoughtfully hunohed mp his knees;
"Why trouble this sunshiny day."
Quoth he, with reflections like theseS
follow the trade for.which was made
We can't be all wise bumble-beos.
There's q time to be ssd,
And q timeto be glad;
A time for both working and stoppingi
For men to make money,
For you to make honey,
And for me to do nothing but hopping
- Caroline Leslie, in 81. Nicholas.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-10
Drinking Ice Water.

There is no more doubt that drinking
ice water arrests digestion than there is
that refrigerator would arrest perspira-
ton. 1t drives from the stomach its
natural heat, suspends the flow of gas
trio juice, and shocks and weakens the
delicate organs with which it comes in
contact. An able writer on human dis
eases says: "Habitual ice water drink
ers are usually very fabby about the
region of the stomach. They complain
that their food lies heavy on that patient
organ. They taste their dinner for hours
after it is bolted. They cultivate the
use of stimulants to aid digestion. If
they are intelligent they read upon food
and what the psychologist has to say
about it-how long it takes cabbage and
pork and beef and potatoes and other
meats and esculents to go through the
process of assimilation. They roar at
new bread, hot cakes, fried meat, i'm
agining these to have been the cause of
their maladies. But the ice water goes
down all the same, and finally friends are
called in to take a farewell look at one
whom mysterious Providence has
called to cline where, as far as is known,
ice water is not used. The number OF
immortal beings who go hence, to return
no more, on account of an iniudicious
use of ice water, can hardly be estimat
ed. Baltimore Sun.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-10
Qustr Facts.

SPIDERS EYES The more you study
into things, the more wonders you will
find, even in things so small as the eyes
of spider. Eight is the usual number
a spider has, and in each branch of the
family they are differeI tly arranged to
suit their way of life. Tuose which live
in caves or dark holes, and need to see
ouly before them, have all the eyes in a
group on che front of the head.
Spiders which live in a web have
the eyes raised, so that they
can see all about them, and those
of the family which travel about and
hunt their prey, lave them more
scattered. They are very beautiful, too,
looking - under a microscope - like
round, polished diamonds.
BIG CUCUMBERs. Persia would be a
nice place to live in (for some things
I'm almost afraid to tell you the size
which the familiar cucumber attains in
that country, for fear you will think I'm
dreaming. But a welI-known traveller
says they grow to be six feet long, and
two and a half feet around, or about ten
inches in diameter What ridiculous
title vegetable that makes our six-inch
long one appear. Fancy one slice of a
cool, fresh cucumber the size of a dining
plate The bread of that country would
also appear very strange to us. 1t is
quite thin, and three feet long by
eighteen inches wide, or as big as a
doormat.
APERFUMED CHURCH. The wonderful
and beautiful building known as the
Mosque of st. Sophia, in Constantine
pie, is always fragrant with tie odor of
musk, has been so for hundreds of
veal lever since il was rebuilt), and
nothing has since been done to keep it
perfumed. How do you suppose this
wonder has been performed? In the
year 538-more than thousand years
ago-the mortar with which it was built
was charged with musk, and there it is
to this day
BEADS STRUNG BY FISH. What would
you think if man of science should tell
you of fish living in the gulf weed
which floats in the ocean-who actually
makes ball of fibres of the weed, about
as big as croquet ball, fills it with fine
threads stretching through it in every
direction, and every thread strung with
beads as big as a pins head? Prof.
Agassiz found such piece of work
made by fish, and carefully keeping it,
the beads soon Matched into tiny atoms
of fshlets. So it proved to be, after all
Just nice floating cradle for the babies,
which are always plenty in fish families
you know, md couldn't be kept in order
unless they had whole army of nurses
or we're strung like beads on string
To make these nests, the fish have fin
that are much like rude fingers.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-10
IonslIuess Of the Ocean.

One who has never travelled upon the
ocean expects to find il somewhat thick
v nominated. He thinks Of the vast
travel and traffic that goes over the VA
tiers, and be is ready 10 imagine that the
great deep is alive with this hurrying TO
and fro of nations. BE reads OF lands
whose commerce whitens every sea, and
he is ready 10 think that the ocean is as
full o. calls as the harbor of some mighty
metropolis. But he finds his mistake.
AS he leaves the land, the ships begin
TO disappear; as he goes on his way they
soon all vanish, and there is nothing
about him but the blue sea and the
blended sky. Sometimes he may meet
or overtake a solitary ship through the
day; but then, again, there will be many
days when not single sail will be seen
There are spaces, measured by thousands
of miles, over which no ship has evei
passed. The idea OF a nations com
merce whitening every seals the widest
fancy. If all the ships that ever have
been built we're brought together in {
single feet, they would fill but hands
breadth of the ocean. The space, there
fore, that man and his works occupy OF
the sea is so small in its extent that the
hold on it by his power is slight and su
perfcial. Both together are as nothing
The ocean covers three-fourths of the
surface of the globe; and by far th'
greater portion of this vast expanse is
and ever has been. free from man.
presence and visitation.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-10
Swimming.

Every one ought to know how to swim,
saws writer. There is not the least art
in the simple act of keeping the head
above water. Trust the water, and the
water will trust you. Keep yourself as
far immersed at possible, do not allow
even finger to be above the surface,
and You cannot sink if You try. No
one knows how hard it is to sink until
yod have endeavorcd to do so. Even in
an ordinary bath the water floats the
bather to the surface, and much more is
it the case in the river or the sea. In
fact, most Of those who are drowned lose
their lives because they drown them
selves. They are so terrified with the
feeling of having nothing under their
feet, that they absolutely try to crawl
out of the water upon their hands and
knees. Then the water gets in their
eyes and blinds them. A swimmer
never closes his eyes while under water,
and can see well enough to catch six
pence before it reaches the ground. In
fact, first-rate swimmer can stand on
one side of ship, throw sixpence over
to the other side, dive under the YES
sells keel, and catch the sixpence on the
other side. There are absurd state
ments to the effect that if q swimmer
dives, and closes his eyes, the pressure
of water will prevent him.from opening
them. This is all nonsense, for it is
Just as easy to open and close the eyes
under water as on land. Now to come
to the question of learning to swim and
its supposed dangers. There is no
danger, and the human being swims as
naturally as frog if only put into the
water at sufficiently early age. Some
years age saw Beckwith take his little
child, only three years of age, drop her
into the deep water, and push her into
the middle of the bath. The little thing
lay quite composedly in the water until
her father threw a piece of tape over
her, which she grasped, and SO was
drawn ashore. But the idea of being
drowned never entered the mind of her
father or herself 1t was a similar case
with myself. I have no recollection of
the time when the water was not as
familiar to me as the land. My father
took me to the river almost as soon as
I could walk, and let me shift for myself.
I never was taught to swim, because it
came as naturally as walking. So here
is an example of the great fact that dan
ger when anticipated is practically abol-
isbad
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-10
Cyclones and nOp.Yines,

All our general storms are cyclonic in
their character, that is, rotary and pro-
gressive. Their type may be seen in
every little whirlpool that goes down the
swollen current of the river, and in our
hemisphere they revolve in the same
direction, namely, from right to left, or
in opposition to the hands of q watch.
When the water finds an outlet through
the bottom of dam, suction or whirl-
ing vortex is developed, that generally
goes round in the same direction. A
morning-glory or a hop-vine or a pole
bean winds around its support in the
same course, and cannot be made tc
wind in any other. In the southern
hemisphere the cyclone revolves in the
other direction, or from left to right
How do they revolve at the equator
then2 They do not revolve at all. Thil
is the point of zero, and cyclones arr
never formed nearer than the third par
allel of latitude. Whether also hop
vines refuse to wind about the pol,
there, I am unable to say.-Scribner.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-10
The Siamese Twins OutdOne.

There is on exhibition in New York a
natural curiosity that far surpasses in
wonder the celebrated Siamese twins. 1t
is pair Of twins, with two heads and
two pairs of arms, but only single pair
OF legs. The trunks are joined at the
thighs, the two backbones forming V,
and every part of the children, with the
exception Of this one freak of nature, is
perfect. Their sex is female, and they
are both pretty little babies, not the
dwarfed and puny creatures that are
usually exhibited. They are known as
the st. Benoit twins, having been born
in the Canadian town of that name. The
parents are both with the children, and
take pride in exhibiting them to the
public. They have one other child, q
girl of two years, entirely free from
blemish. The parents are twenty-six
years old, their names are Drouni, and
they can speak NO English. The chill
dren are about six months old, and give
every promise OF growing to woman
hood.