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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

as to our future prospects, and made
some very sensible suggestions. BE OBJ
jected to the employment of children in
mills; was in favor of an honest and
economical administration of National,
State and Municipal Governments, and
equitable taxation, and considered these
of far more Importance to the working
man than eight or ten-hour laws.
Mr.. Hewitt, in the exuberance OF
official importance, asked the witness,
"Can you suggest anything that Congress
can do to solve these difficulties" The
reply of Mr.. Wright came like blow
from the shoulder. He said: 81 car
only suggest to Congress to adjourn. Ii
Congressman was paid $4,000 a yeal
to stay at home, instead of $4,000 to &C
to Congress, the workingman would be
better off"
The next witness was called, and the
Hewitt Congressional Labor lnvesti
eating Mill resumed its grinding.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12
TORPEDO FISH.

We have read many stories of the power
of the torpedo, large fish of the ray
family to give electrical shocks, and it is
known that it has q special organ which
acts as powerful galvanic battery. Re-
Gently we have news of plant having the
same power-that of causinga vivid elec-
trical shock when touched. Its name is
Phytolacea electrica, and its home Nicara-
qua, Central America. Its electrical quail
ity is greatest at two o'clock in the day
time, and is increased by the approach of
thunderstorm, but at night and during
rain it is scarcely perceptible. When ac-
tive it will cause deviation in the compass
needle at short distance from it; and birds
and insects are wise enough not to light
upon it.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12
HEAVY GAMBLING NEAR TME
POLE.

'Books were also source of great
amusement to the men who were studious-
ly inclined, as the well-thumbed volumes in
our library soon testified. Several of the
men wrote regular journals, which were
even kept up by few while they were
sledging. Among the officers, chess,
Backgammon, and rubber in the Cap
tain's cabin formed the chief amusements.
Although gambling is discountenanced Cor
ought to beg on board every well-regulated
man. of-war, we 80 far forgot ourselves as
to indulge largely in this vice. Seldom
was game played without stake on the
result. The stakes, too, were exorbitant,
frequently as much as one lucifer match
per camel 1t must be remembered that
matches were scarce and precious articles
with us, and it was, therefore, very high
and valuable stake. On one occasion, one
of my messmates wak so rash as to wager
tallow candle on the result of game,
but this was an offer of such magnitude
that no one was sufficiently brave or
sporting 10 accept IT,"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12
SHELLEY,S DEATR.

Attention has been directed to the al.
legged dying declaration of an old italian
sailor, which would prove that Shelley's
death was not accidental. He stated that
che was one of the Grew that ran down the
boat containing Shelley and Williams,
which was done under the impression that
the rich MILFORD Byron was on board with
lots of money. They did not intend to
sink the boat, but to board her and murder
Byron. She sank as soon as she was
struck" A similar explanation of Shelley's
fate is suggested IN Leigh Hunts Byron
and his Contemporaries, and the story of the
confession itself is referred to in DR.. Lees
work on the health resorts of the Mediter-
ranean, edition of 1879. Since the appear
ance December, 1875, of the correspond
ence in the Times reprinted by Mr.. Tre-
lawny; the matter has been further inves-
tigated by two English ladies, honorably
known in literature, who, during an italian
tour, turned aside to Lerici at the request
of the writer of these pages. 1t seems
established that such a declaration was
made, but under circumstances which pre-
cluded all possibility of examining or veri-
flying it; nor is it quite certain whether it
related to Shelley's catastrophe or to some
other. We are TINS referred to the inter-
| Il l,,l of 4ha All
that the Don Juan was not capsized. Capt.
Roberts, who recovered her and brought
her into port, first thought that she had
been swamped by heavy sea, but on
closer examination, finding many of the
timbers on the starboard quarter broken,
he thought it certain that she must have
been run down by felucca in the squall. y
Mr.. Peacock, also good authority on
nautical matters, considers it more likely
that the damage was done by the dredging
apparatus. Admitting the other opinion
to be preferable, it is still to be inquired
whether the collision was intentional or
accidental There are great difficulties in
the way of the former theory. The Italian
sailors could never have mistaken Shelley's
little skif for Byron's handsome yacht, nor
does it appear why they should have sup
posed Byron to have been on board the
former. They could not have attacked
Shelleys boat in broad day, "among the
many small crafts scattered about" Gre
lawny, vol. l., p. 1877, and the subse-
quent darkness and tempest SO graphically
described by Mr.. Trelawny, would, one
would have thought, have given them
enough to do to take care of themselves.
On the whole, it seems most probable that
the collision, if collision there was, was
accidental. he Contemporary Re"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

A GOOD many Republicans are under
the impression that as the Democratic
managers seem to be throwing most of
their power in the Second District, But
terworth may be elected over Sayler.
The small majority which Mr.. Sayler
received two years ago will very likely
be overcome by the quiet but energetic
work of Butterworth and his friends if
the Democrats determine to waste all
their force on hopeless cause in the Sec
ond District.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

A NEW insect has recently made its
appearance in the Eastern States, which
threatens to be very vexatious to the in
dustrious granger. 1t is lively and
-voracious, and is constitutionally addicted
to green corn. The rapidity with which
it will desolate cornfeld fills the farm
ers with amazement and alarm. This
bug is described as a good-sized, six
: legged, evil-looking insect, somewhat
larger than the potato bug, and moves
with lightning speed from one field to
another when engaged in business. 1t
confines itself to the kernel of the corn,
commencing at the tip and making clean
work of each row of grains in succession.
1t generally appears in sufficient force to
harvest an entire field in twenty-four
hours. The people of the Connecticut
River Valley are now furnishing this
newcomer with food and entertain
ment.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12
TEE FAST OF THE RAMAZAN.

Edmondo di Amici, an italian, in book
on Constantinople, says that during the
fast of the Ramazan it is amusing to stand
upon the bridge of the Sultana Valide a
few minutes before the sun goes down.
About thousand boatmen may be seen,
coming and going, or sitting still in their
caiques. They have tasted since dawn,
and are wild with hunger. Their little
suppers lie before them, and their eyes
constantly move from the food to the sun
and from the sun to the food. When the
sun becomes half hidden they take the food
in their hands. and oil. with ono accord.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12
HE CHANGED EEES MIND.

Frederick Powell went to San Francisco
from his home in San joaquin county to
get a second wife, his first having recently
died. He made his errand known to a
friend, who introduced him to a widow.
she was pretty, and he decided at once
that she would answer his purpose. With
in an hour he popped the question, and
she, influenced by the mutual friends
representations as to his character and
property said yes. Powell wanted to have
a marriage ceremony performed on the
same day, but the widow said that new
clothes were absolutely necessary, and in
duced him to delay the wedding two weeks
That was blunder on her part, for when
the appointed day arrived, and her house
was filed with invited guests, the bride
groom did not come. He had changed
his mind. She sued him for breach of
promise and got a verdict for $4,000.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

A Congressional Investigating Com
mittee has come to be one of the expen-
.sive curses of our system of government.
These committees are sowed broadcast
throughout the country during vacation.
Sometimes they consist in mere pleasure
excursions to some remote quarter, NOM
inally to investigate somebody or some
thing-the Chinese of the Pacific Coast,
a section of some subsidized railroad, the
ragged remnants of some Indian tribe,
or the moral effects of fasting and prayer
on the grasshopper plague. In all cases
these committees are "authorized" to
send for persons and papers, thus enabling
their personal friends and relatives to
join them in junketing jamboree at the
expense of the general Government.
Amongst other Congressional Com.
mittees now in existence is the Hewitt
Congressional Labor Committee, which
is engaged in feeling around in the soil
tade of the Committeeman for a solu.
sion of the whole labor problem as il
Affects the United States. The money
this Committee will cost the country
and the cost Of publishing the result
of their hbors, would go a long
way towards relieving the unemployed
and mitigating the evils of the present
arrangement os business. Some whole.
some truths are occasionally volunteered
by the witnesses examined
AMr. Wright, Superintendent of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of Massachu
setts, gave very encouraging testimony
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

AFTER MANY DAYs-A few days ago a
paragraph went the round of the papers to
the effect that poor woman named Rose,
residing on Clarence street, Bolton, had,
owing to the death of her husband, from
whom she had been parted for upward of a
quarter of century, suddenly become pos
sessed of handsome fortune. Her husband
was formerly a mechanic at Swanson's fac
tory, Preston, but four months after mar
riage he left his wife and went to Savannah,
United States, to join his brother David.
He obtained employment in the locomo-
tive department of the Central Railroad
Works, and afterward the two brothers
started business as machine-makers. They
were very successful, and subsequently
VIM Rose, in conjunction with Mr.. Thos.
Arkwright Ia connection of the famous in
ventor, Sir Richard Arkwright), opened a
rice mill. Rose also received the appoint
ment of Chief Steamboat Inspector for Flor
ida and Georgia, under the United States
Government. On his death, last month, he
left notes, bonds, &C., of the value of Ell, :
000 and other property worth about 60 900,
the whole of which, according to the State
laws, goes to his wife, The latter had not
heard from her husband for nearly twenty
five years, and for the last sixteen years
she and her sister have lived in Bolton, exc
ing out livelihood by taking in lodgers.
Mr. Arkwright is now in this country in
communication with Mrs Rose, and next
week they both take their departure to
Savannah, together with brother of Mrs.
Rose, for the purpose of taking possession
of the property Liverpool Post.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12
NAPOLEON,s PRISON HOUSE IN ST.
HELENA AS 1T is TODAY.

When the winding road has brought you
about half way to the summit of the cliff
you see on the right '"The Briars," a sub
stantial, comfortable looking Louse, with
pavilion adj Joining it, which was placed at
Napoleon's service by its owner whilst the
furnishing of the house at Longwood was
being completed. Leaving at the left the
footpath leading to Napoleon's grave, you
reach little colony of houses, amongst
them the 'tRose and Crown Hotel"
primitive little establishment at which
prudence suggests vour ordering some
lunch, which may await you ON your re-
turn. This accomplished, another mile Of
level road brings you to the gate of Long
wood. However thorough Britain you
may be, I think the feeling on seeing the
desolate little one storied house must be,
"What terrible place for man who had
lived the active, restless life Of the fallen
Emperor" High up on barren cliff,
bleak and unsheltered, with watch-houses
and signal al-stations on every point of van
tage; with regiment encamped upon the
adjacent plain and a Gordon of sentries
round the house, he may well have felt that
he was needlessly reminded that he was
prisoner, and have instituted imaginary
comparisons between his condition there
and the way he would have been treated
had he surrendered himself to the En-
peror Alexander of Russia, or the En-
peror Francis H. of Austria. 1t is easy to
realize the feelings that must have been
in his mind when, on seeing Longwood for
the first time, he exclaimed: Nous
n'aurons de trop que le Temps" Old Long
wood and Napoleon's grave were bought by
the French in 1858, the house having then
been allowed to fall into very dilapidated
state. The buildings were repaired, and
each room was repapered with paper Of
the pattern used when Napoleon was in
residence there. The French Government
with characteristic good taste, forbid the
attendants to receive any gratuity from
visitors to the house or the grave, the one
condition being that you shall inscrbe your
name in the visitors book The first
room you enter they are miserably small
and low is the drawing-room, in which
are placed the French and British flags.
From it you pass into the room in which
Napoleon died. Where the head of the
bed stood is now fine marble bust of
the Emperor, surrounded by wooden
railing. With these exceptions the rooms
are destitute of any furniture. You pass
from the dining-room, in which Napoleon
died, to his bedroom, bathroom, library
and billiard-room. Leaving the house you
pass through the garden in which Napoleon
used to work so vigorously, and turn your
steps to New Longwood. The house was
built for Napoleon's use after his arrival.
but he never lived in it. An iron railing
still separates the garden from the field
adjoining, and Napoleon considered that it
was put there to remind him that he was q
captive. Of course nothing of the kind
was intended, and Sir Hudson Lowe gave
orders to have the railing removed; but
, before this was done, Napoleon's increased
illness rendered it unnecessary CaSSeLPi
| lLaqdzne.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

THE indications of early cool weather
are very encouraging to those who are
battling with the yellow scourge in the
South. But with the very best that can
reasonably be expected, there are still
from three to five weeks left for the fever
to rage. Another appeal for aid comes
from Memphis Contributions are being
literally made, but the expense exceeds
the receipts and the fund on hand is fast
running down. Now that the end of the
trouble is evidently approaching let there
be no relaxation in the efforts to aid the
stricken people.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

A committee appointed by the Royal
Medical Society of London to investigate
the hypodermic method of administer
ing medicine, reports as follows:-"We
may safely take, as broad guide in
practice, the rule that the physiological
activity of nearly every substance which
can be used is three, if not four times
greater when 1t is given by the skin, than
when 1t IL swallowed"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12
Great Merit.

All the fairs give the first premiums and
special awards of great merit to Hop Bit
ters, as the purest and best family medicine,
for we know they deserve it. They are now
on exhibition at the State Fairs, and we
advise all to test them. See another column.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

THE organist of Hoboken Church has
been deposed for no earthly reason except
that he kissed the pastors niece, who is
an exceedingly pretty girl. If the pas
tor had kissed the organist's niece it
might have been different, for it depends
very much on whose OK is gored.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

BRIGHAM YoUNG's favorite wife, or
the favorite widow who was his favorite
Aife, is married again. A railroad man
named Leavitt pitied her lonely life and
persuaded her to Leavitt.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

HANLAN and Courtney have just made
another match, after many disappoint-
ments. There are no rows without their
thorns.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

THE Howard of the Northwest has
suddenly dropped from the armament
He has been eclipsed by the noble How
ards of the stricken South.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

KING ALPHoNso, who was inconsola,
BILE over the death of Mercedes, it is
said, will marry a sister of the late
Queen.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

fix their eyes on the luminary. At last the
fiery point yanishes, the cannon thunders,
and thousand mouths bite enormous NOR.
sells from thousand pieces of bread.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12

A RAILROAD train in Georgia was
wrecked last week by COW. The cow
catcher did not catcher.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12
THE STAR,
nj street, Cincinnati, O

A APARIsIAN letter which does not men.
ton Worth is Worthless.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-09
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-09
Getting one day into a controver.

Getting one day into controver-
So with a neighbor, who had i'm
bibed some liberal notions upon
the subject of hell and endless
punishment which had been re-
ceived evidently with marked dis
pleasure by, Mr.. Rufus Choate, his
neighbor turned sharply upon him
and said, Il don't think, Choate,
that you believe the doctrine
of eternal damnation yourselfr'
"Sir." said Mr.. Choate, drawing
his tall figure up to his full height,
whether believe in damnation or
not, believe the doctrine ought
to be preached"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-09
Naked Truth.

A lawyer, in one of his addresses to
a jury, explained the meaning of this
phrase by relating the following IA
BILE, worthy of old Esop himself /:
'''rruth and FalsehOod, travamng
one warm day, met at river, and
both Went into battle at the same
place. Falsehood coming first out of
the water, took his companions
clothes, lea wing his own vile raiment,
aud went on his way. Truth. COM
ing out of the water sought in vain
for his own proper dress-,iisdaining
to wear the garb Of Falsehood.
Truth started, all naked, in pursuit
of the thief, but not being SO swift of
foot. has never overtaken the fugi-
ave, and has ever since been known
Us Naked Truth"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-09

A thousand roads to prosperity
have been tried by various people
III various ages since the dawn of
civilization. but one only has ever
been found safe and easy for auv
people which sought to be both
free and secure, and that hes
through respect for pliehted faith,
for inst weights and measures. for
upright judges. and for the record
ed experiences OF mankind. Any
party which in u civilized county.
makes hight of tLese things may
reign for while MS flobs reign,
bat 1t Cannot reign long, for even
the social instincts of the race fight
against Nation
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-09
The Little Folks Column.
Work and Sing,

You must work. and must sing,
That's the way the brides do:
See the workers on the wing;
See the idle singers too.
Yet not wholly idle these,
They the toilers do not wrong;
For the weary heart they ease
With the rapture Of their song.
If our work or life to cheer
We no music had, nor flowers,
Life would hardly seem so dear,
Longer then would drag the hours.
Like tho brides let as be,
Let US not the singers chide
There's use in all we see;
Work and sing tle world is wide.
Emily Garter, in Nursery.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-09

A clergyman was preparing his
sermon for Sunday, stopping occa.
sionally to review what he had
written and to erase that which he
was disposed of disapprove, when
he was accosted by his little son:
Father, does God tell you what to
preach?" Certainly, my child.
Then what makes you scratch it
out?"