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The New York herald., 1878-02-05
INFANTICIDE SUSPECTED.

Coroner Wollman went TO Blackwcl.'s Island yes
tcrday afternoon TO Investigate the death OF five
days old child OF a woman In the hospital named
Mary Smith. The despatch from tho Island to this
city calling the Coroner stated that there were strong
suspicious that tho child had been fouy dealt with
by It's mother. The Coroner, however, after an inves-
tigation, to the conclusion that such was not
The ana that tho inianl's death Was due to nat
ura causes. The deputy coroner made post.hor TEN
examination oil the body and found tho lungs very
much congested and death, IN his opinion, was due 10
that cause A number Of Witnesses were examihed
but nothing was ell cited that pointed TO the probab
ity that foul play had occurred. The Coroner WILL
however, cause further Investigation TO be made
The New York herald., 1878-02-05
A METHODICAL BURGLARY.

Samuel Pllser keeps a clothing at No 202 East
Th,rty.hrst sleeps tho Of his esiab
lishmonI On Sunday night he was awakcnod from
his slumbers by hearing nose at the front door, He
lii the gas once, ana was somewhat astonished to
500 man standing IN tho front window and coolly
passing out clothing 10 two confedcrates outside He
rushed toward the window, caught the man and held
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AN INVALID'S SUICIDE.

Peter Joachim, man Of fiy.nve years, committed
suicide "a. the residence OF his son. No. 23O Even
street, Williamsburg, yesterday morning He had
been lingering under the ravages OF consumption for
three years past ana tho depression caused by his
illness aud iears of becoming unDearaple burden
TO tho son who was supporting him induced the un-
fortunate man to shoot himself while IN bed. He
WAS found dead and oi tho family or other In.
mates OF the house heard tho dischsrgo Of the pistol
Coroner Nolan Will inv vestlgate the matter.
The New York herald., 1878-02-05
VICTIMS OF THE SUNDAY LAW.

Thrty-1ve cases Of violation OF tho Sunday Liquor
law up In the Jefferson MarkeI Court yesterday.
The prisoners held In 500 each. The bartend.
crs of the following hotels were among those
raigncd:-St. Charles, ST. stephens, ST. Omer, ST.
james, Marlborough house and City Hotel.
Almost tho samo number OF prisoners were hold In
500 in the Essex Market Court
There were twenty-six persons taken before Judge
Otterbourg at Fifty seventh Street Court on u charge
OF violating the sunday law relating TO the sale Of
liquor. They were with very tow exceptions held in
Sl00 bail to answer as the police took extraordinary
last Sunday III the upper precincts to get the
necessary evidence to present in court.
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SUDDEN DEATHS.

Mrs. Lucy Duvalt, thIrsy-ono years old, dropped
dead yesterday while going up stairs In her residence
NO. 1,642 Third avenue. Heart disease Is supposed
TO have been the cause.
babe, nvc wocks old, called Ann Thornton, Of No.
Clio Washington street, died suddenly.
Bridget Higgins. nity years old, Of No. 500 West
Forty sixth street, died suddenly, II Is supposed Of
apopiexy, while sitting 10 room IN her residence.
John Rusoao, atty years. old oi No. 2l6 West Thfr-
The New York herald., 1878-02-05
A FALL FROM THE FOREYARD.

Christian p. Hanson, sailor on board Of the bark
Jarson lying tho foot of Conover street, Brooklyn,
received a fracture Of the skull yesterday by falling
from the orcyard 10 the deck OF the vessel distance
OF thirty-lve feet He was attended by Ambulance
Surgeon Mordough and aiterward removed 10 Tue
Long Island College Hospital His injury Is thought
to be a iatui one
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him till the arrival OF of1cer The two men out
sde however, escaped. The prisoner, whose name IS
Harry Gulagly alias Harry Somers, was arraened
before Judge Olterbourg yesterday and held IN $4,000
bail TO answer. 1t Is said that Gciagly short iiine
since the driver Of United States mall wagon
Albany and resided No 322 East Eighteenth street.
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ty-hrs, street. while driving q truck on Ninth avenue
Thirty fourth street ieli TO the pavement ano
was almost Instantly Killed
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ST., without further notice. Interment ut Adams
O'BREN-MARy OBRrEN. wife OF william 8. OBricu
and daughter OF Michael Frawley, Of Rathkae county
OF Limerick, Ireland, in The 2Sth year OF her age.
Funeral Tuesday, February s, at one o'clock.
from her late residence, S73 % av.
QuIgK.-0n Sunday, February 3, PATRICK QurRK q
naiive OF Taiow, county Waterford, Ireland, in the
70th year oil mis- age
Funeral on ms day Tuesday), 9Th inst. from his
late residence, NO. 81 Greenwich St, at haifpast
O'Clock T. N.
RoBERrs-on Sunday, February 3, of scarlet fover.
lLEwELLYN Co. infant son OF g. J. and l.. A. Roberts,
In the I'D year oil bis age.
Funeral from the residence OF tho parents No. 157
Kent 81, Greenpont L. l., on Wednesday. February
RocKas.-saturday. February 2, MATHEW ROGERS,
aged 43 years.
Relatives friends are nvitcd to attond his funeral
on Tuesday 9th inst, at two O'Clock p. NJ, from lis
late residence at Willlamsbridge, N. Y.
RosE.-ln Hoboken, ~ j., Monday, February L.
CLAYTON W. ROSE, eldest son OF Andrew W. and Mar.
garet E Rose.
Friends OF the family arc respectfully invited to,
attend the unera from the residence Of his parents,
Las Hudson ST.. Hoboken, Thursday, February 7, at
ha-past ten O'Clock A. NJ. lntermcnt at Newton,
snELLEY.-On February 2, MARY sHELLEY, In tho
Friends OF tho family are invited to attend tho
iunera from the residence Of her son-in-law, Jamos
Dwyer, oio west l1th 81, a. halfpast TWO O'Clock
4. NJ ou tuesday.
sMcox-on Sunday, the Sd, aitor lingering il-,
ness, borno with Christian IorIitude, Miss BRIDGET
SIMcox, IN tho Doth year OF her age
Relatives and friends OF tho family are respectfully
invited 10 attend the funeral, Tuesday February g. az
Two =. NJ, from her late residence. 81 Rutgers a.
VoN KELLER-ln this city, on Monday, February a..
hERMASS Won KELLER OF pneumonia, In the 6sth year
vi his age.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited TO at.
tend his uneral at his late residence, No. 1l5 East
36th ST., Wednesday, tho 9Th inst, at eleven O'Clock
The remains viii be conveyed TO Woodawn Cemetery
by special train, via Harlem Railroad, leaving Grand
Central depot at one O'Clock
WILKBs.-February 2, alter a short illness STELLA
BLANCHE WILKES, aged ~ years
hemans TAKEN 70 Saratoga Tor intermenh
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-18
Cnrious Turkish Shl,erstItlon.

A book has just been issued at Leip-
sig, under the title Of "StanbOul und
dar Moderne TurkenthUm," which con-
sists mainly of a number of social and
biographical sketches Of The population
and officials Of the Turkish capital
= bU author gives a very curious in
stance of the modern Turkish belief
that Isllm is always on the verge Of
stupcndous calamity, and Of the Tur-
kish superstition that there is some
strange and almost magical affinity still
connecting the two great capitals Of the
two old Roman empires-the city Of
ROmulus and the pope, and the city of
Constantine and the sultan. He says
at the extreme end Of the city of Con-
stantinople, near The Adrianople gate,
there is a large open meadow, which is
now the property Of a city official named
Rauf Bey. It's owner lately conceived
the notion of making this vacant field
more profitable by building houses on
it. With this end in view, he made ap-
plication to the authorities for their
permission, having little doubt that it
would be readily granted. When his
request was being debated in the city
council a certain Edhem Pasha mot the
grand vizier, but a kinsman of the sui
tam stood Up and asked whether the
field in question was not one which
stood Immediately under the protection
of the pope of Rome. The city fathers
replied that it was. HereupOn Edhem
Pasha declared with fierce energy that
no patriotic Mussulman could ever give
his assent to the digging up of its soil.
1t appears that there is widely credit
ed superstition among the Constantine
pie Turks, inherited from crusading, or
possibly Byzantine times, that there is
a sUbterTanean and submarine passage
between Con5tantinOple and Rome, and
that every New Years night the pope
comes along this passage, and has look
at the meadow in order to convince him
self that it has not been built on. The
common Turk believes that as soon IS
this field is desecrated by houses the
pope, as the vicar Of Christ, will be inn
medistely ordered by his Master to pro
claim the last day, on which, acco ding
To the popular teaching of Islam, Christ
will take Precedency over their prophet.
So long as this meadow is kept in its
present condition, although Bauf Bey
loses the chance of increasing his in.
come, Islam is safa
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first stricken was my darling, When in
her delirium she would speak of viOlets
plucked by her hands and presented to
me, and lived over again our few ram
bles, you may guess OF the prayers and
vows I uttered in silence, that the fu-
ture should be more pleasant for her;
but it was not to be, for ere many days
she was laid away, with no future for
me TO redeem for her.
The yiOlets have blOssomed on her lit
tie grave for many springs. but. my dear
friend, l have never 70 gotten this les
son. While it is our duty TO train our
children in the paths of usefulness and
Industry, we must cultivate an intimacy
with different tastes. Let them feel
our sympathy for them every day, and
never count time misspent that viii
lind parent and child together with a
better and purer love, though it be at
the expense Of elaborate clothing, and
the surety Of leaving them wealth which
will not increase their affection for us,
nor bring back the wasted hours that
might have been made us 50 many sun
beams.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-18
phiIOIOgY.

Slang is one form of popular poetry,
It will maintain its existence, in ever
deeting shapes, so long as the mind Of
the masses has a poetic side, and will
particularly flourish wherever circUm-
stEnces favor The combination, in The
ideas of the masses, of the grotesque and
The novel with the imaginative. In this
country, the West-and California, the
far hest border Of the VESTS the hot
bedO slang. a Western writer spreads
himself'' at the exbense of a rival who
welter5 in =" gush' or ''slops over too
profusely. His darling aim is to get his
own head leveT' and to send his OpPO-
nent off ION his ear" Each general Oh
or decade or year manufactures its own
supply of slang words, and seldom be-
queaths any fthem as apermanent in
heTitance. Del neatOrs Of rude or low
life, like the litterateurs of the Pacific
coast school, Dickens and Thacberay,
embed in their writings the slang Of
their day; but it stTys thera, recommend
ed though it may be by the briIiaucy Of
its setting, and rarelypasses into cnrren-
cy outside of their pages. It's fllvor is
usually too local and fugitive for that.
As slang blends in one direction with
genuine poetry, in another it silks into
the Jargon Invented by evil-dOers A1r
the dis use of the iltei course and con-
cealment of their purposes. OF tue lat
ter description are the dialects of the
prize-ri G and the fraterni Y of thieves.
These are rich and copious, and often
ingenious. like the other devices of their
OriginatUrs.
These classes have a slang of their own
too; and some of it gets established in
the language. Broadly speaking, all for,
eign words which are adopted from af-
fectatiOn, and not from the growing
necessities Of science and thought, may
be ranked IS slang. That they should
occasionally effect lodgment tits not
at all indispensable that they should i'm
part a new idea. Very of. en- they mere
ly elbow out an old member Of the YER
nacular conveying precisely the same
meaning. II would be easy to cite such
cases. and to point to uaturaliz'd for
eigneTs, now UmOticcd in everyday
intercourse. but at their first appear
ance conspicuous enOughin fashionable
SLING. Scores Of them have been inter
duced to us by the milliner and tailor.
Vouched for by such august authority,
they are Of curse elegant. But theyare
nothing more. NJ re solid merit than
thehs. in the ~ S of the estudeut of Ian
Iuage, b longs to the humber products
OF IN popul II fancy-words more point
ed, more rithy and more graphic, but
more fetting. -LippiHcOH.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-18
Tie Wines Of Tokay.

TOllay is the most celebrated Of Hun
garian wines, and derives its name from
an insignificant town of High Hungary.
1t is the produce of various vineyards
in the tract Of country extending twen-
ty-dve and thirty miles to the north
west of Tokay, and is called the lie
gallya district. Though the grape has
been cultivated in Hungary since the
third century, ,Tokay acquired noreputa-
tiOn until 1850 when a change was made
in the method Of manufacture, and the
fame of Tokay has been waxing since.
When the vines are planted they are
cut down at a knot within a few inches
Of the ground, and the superduous
shoots are lpruned at the same place
every year. In order that tie fruit may
attain its fullest ripeness the vintage is
delayed as long as possible, seldom be-
ginning till November. By this time,
in favorable seasons, a large quantity
Of the grapes has become dry and shriV-
eled from Oyer-Tipeness, and these are
carefully gathered and put away, for
on them depend the luscious qualities
OF the wine. When a sufficient guam
tity has been collected they are put
into a cask perforated with small holes,
and the juice which exudes from them
without other pressure than their own
weight constitutes the syrupy liquid
known as Tokay essence, which is high
Iy valued.
TOKay Ausbrueh Is the next variety
Of wine, and is made from the dry
grapes trOdden with the feet, and mixed
with the must from ordinary grapes in
certain fixed proportions. Sixty-One
parts Of essence Ond eighty-fOur Of wine
make the Ausbruch.
The Tokay Maslar contains sixty-one
parts of essence and 169 parts Of wine,
but in other respects is treated like the
preceding.
TOkay wines are, when new, Of
brownish yellow color, and eXhale an
Odor very powerful and resembling rye
bread. When old the color changes to
a greenish hue. The favor Of a mature
TOkay is not to be forgotten. So arc
matte, luscious and peculiar is it that
no one who has once tasted it can be
deceived by a counterfeit. Tokay i
enormously dear and even in Vienna is
rarely to be tasted. The practice Of
mingling the essence with the common
wines has given them the reputation
not warranted by the circumstances,
and has raised the pri,e to a figure that
is simply absurd. It is occasionally
purchased in Vienna for 500 a basket
or about five dollars a glass. The val
ue of Tokay is purely fictitious.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-18
Russian Hrulor.

III one Of the c0uic papers published
n st. Petersburg, there is a series of
pictures entitled -Doctoring the Sick
Man, and representing a Turkish Aga,
who, having Killed and eaten a Bull
garian Save, acquires such rotundity,
that he cannot leave his bed. A Brit
ish sailor is the first doctor called in,
and after him an Austrian mendicant,
but their preseriPt do not seem to
help the patient. Then in stalks big
MuscOvite, who recommends a change
of air-a trip to Asia-ard in the last
picture the Turk is reduced to his nor
NAL proportions. In the caricatures
which are sold in the streets Of Moscow,
Great Britain is generally portrayed as
a dandited yachtsman, with red NUT
ton-chop whiskers and long fOppish
looking nose. There are very few il
lustrated journals in Russia, and none
of any merit, so that the battle scenes
are not brought before the public with
any force.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-18
The Seven Wise Men.

Most people have heard Of the Seven
Wise Men of Greece" but very few
know who they were or how they came
to be called so. Here is the story, and
the n oral of it is worth remembering,
If their names are not: the seven wise
men Of Greece are supposed to have
lived in the fifth century before Christ.
Their names are Pittacus, Bias, SOlon,
Thales, Chilon, CleObulus and Perian-
der. The reason of their being called
wise is given differently by various
authors; but the most approved az
counts state that, as some COans were
fishing, certain strangers from Melitus
bought whatever should be in the nets
without seeing it. When the nets were
brought in they were found TO contain
a golden tripod which Helen, as she
sailed from Troy is supposed to have
thrown there. a dispute arose between
the fishermen and the strangers as to
whom it belonged, and, as they could
not agree, they took it TO the temple of
AppolO and consulted the priestess as
TO what should be done with it. She
said it must be given TO the wisest man
in, Greece, and it was accordingly sent
to Bias, who declared that Thales was
wiser, and sent it to him, Thales sent it
to another one, and so on, until it had
passed through the hands of all the
men, distinguished afterward as the
"Seven Wise Men, and as each one
claimed that the other was wiser than
he, it was finally sent to the Temple
of Appolo, where it long remained to
teach the lesson that the wisest are the
most distrustful of their wisdom.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-18
4 Country Boy With Eyes Open.


Iwish some of your little folks could
take walks with boy of my acquain-
tance named Frank. They would find
more going OH around them than they
ever dreamed of. A while ago we were
out walking, and heard some blue-jays
making an unusual noise. I thought
1t was only bird talk; but Frank said
something was wrong with them, and
we soon found four bIuc-iays fighting
an enormous owl. Frank is bit of a
naturalist, and naturalists notice what
other people would never see or hear.
One evening when it was quite dark
Frank and 1 were returning from a
walk, when he stopped and listened in
tently. 1 did the s.me only he heard
something and I didn't. Presently he
went and threw his hat up into a tree,
and when it came down we found that
the tree was swarming with beetles.
Frank had heard them fifty or sixty
feet off
I wish you could have seen US at
another time. We were lying at full
length in the long grass, and three fine
night-hawks were sailing over us
Every little while they would swoop
down quite near us, like arrows, their
fall making a noise at one time like the
wind moaning, and then quick and
clear like the hiss of a bullet; and then
they would rise up again with loud,
sharp cry. They were after insects.
We found one that had been shot. 1t
was no larger in body than a robin. It's
wings, when closed, were longer than
its tail, its legs we're small, It's ewes
were large and fiat, and its mouth
opened wide enough to take in several
beetles at once. These signs show that
the birds live on insects, catching them
in the air and can see very we'll and
veryfar.
Frank carries with him a bottle filed
with alcohol, and he may be talking TO
some one, when off he will rush after
an insect Of sO1-e kind to put into his
bottle as a specimen. 'IIe will tear
around the bedroom at night for beetles
that have flown in. 1 d. not want TO
convey the idea that Frank is either
old or a lazy boOk-worm; no, he is tall,
athletic fellow, with a love for study
and exercise and sport very equally
balanced. lie is good at all manly
sports, besides being quite society
chap. Above all lie Is u keen observer
of nature, and so he enjoys himself and
learns something new every days.
Nicholas,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-18
mysteries Of a Lump Of Coal.


Foryear no one supposed that piece
Of soft coal, dug from its mine or bed in
the earth, possessed any other quality
than being cOmbusdble, OF was valuR-
bic for any other purpose than as fuel.
1t was next found that it would afford
gas which is also cOmbusdble. Chemi-
cal analysis proved it to be made Of by
drOgen. Inprocess Of time mechanical
and chemical ingenuity devised a mode
Of manufacturing this gas and applying
it to the lighting Of buildings and cities
ona large scale. In-dsing this, other
products Of OfdistiladOn were developed,
until, step by step, the following ingEe-
dents for materials are extracted from
til. An excellent oil to supply light
houses, equal to the best sperm oil, at
lower cost. 2. Benzole-a light sort 81
ethereal fluid, which eyapOrates' easily,
and combined with vapOr or moist air,
is used for the purpose. Of portable gas
lamps, so called. 8. Naptha-a heavy
fluid, useful to dissolve gutta percha,
India rubber, etc, 4. An oil excellent
for lubricating purposes. 5. AspEal-
tum, which is a black, solid substance,
used in making Farnishes, covering
roofs and covering over vaults. G. Par
rafne-a white, crystalline substance,
resembling white wax, which can be
made into beautiful wax candles; it
melts at a temperature Of 10 degrees,
and affords an excellent light. All
these substances are now made from
soft coal. ...
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-18

Pennsylvania Supreme Court recent
ly held: The keeping Of a vicious dog
near public highway, endangering the
persons passing thereon, is a nuisance
operating as an obstruction, and rem
ders the person knowingly keeping it
there liable to an action by any person
injured thereby. Such unmistakablo
evidence Of = vicious propensity on the
part Of dog may be shown by one in-
stance Of aggression, to make his
owner, who had notice thereof, liable
for any subsequent act Of a similar
character. In an action against the
owner Of a dog for injury occasioDed
by its vicious act, it is not admissible
for the owner to prove the general good
behavior Of the dog, unless there De q
conflict Of testimony in regard 10 tho
act Of aggression, in which case the
general conduct and habits Of the dog
may be considered in determining ths
credit to be given to witnesses.
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Insanity In Franco.

We srs surprised at the increasing
suicides recorded by the French press,
and also at the statistics of insanity.
The 8Iorgue is too small to contIin the
bodies found in the Seine, aodnot a day
passes without the announcement of
death 10y charcoal in the lower quar-
ters of the capital, and even in themOre
aristOcratic parts of the town. The
yearly records show also that the luna
tic asylums are OyercrOwded, and that
their inmates have more than doubled
in the course Of the last year. In fact
the Paris naaiSOnS de Santc taking into
account the private establishments con-
Quoted by medical men, are barely
sufficient to accommodate the OverWh helm
ing number Of lunatics. Several dis
tinguished mad doctors have been so
struck by this increase of madness and
suicide that an inquiry has been insti-
tuted, and most of these savants ex-
press the opinion that the greater pOr-
tiOn Of the lunatics under their exami-
nation have become deranged by the
strain of the political misfOrtunes which
have afflicted France.