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malpractice in the business of lawnnkinE
themselves as those who preceded them.
Some Of this yiciousness in Legislation
TIE TRIBUNE took occasion to rebuke tht
other day. The text of that artlcle WAS ths
! unjust discrimination which Was made, Of
intended to be made, by some of the pend
ing bills against the foreign fire-lnsurance
companies that are doing business in this
State. We pointed outflow and in what man
ner those measures were not calculated to
! benefit tho people, augment business, or
! render property more secure, but were,
on the contrary, pornicious in theory,
and utterly destructive and unjust in their
practical operations. A similar bhtch Of bills
Inns been introduced relating to life insur-
anco that should not be allowed to pass, if
passed at nil. until they are thoroughly dis
cussed. examined, and pruued OF all obno1-
ious provisions. These bills are in different
stages of legislation, aud e'wish to call at
tent1on to them now in general way in
order that none of them may be smuggled
through in a shape that will cripple or OBJ
struct business which is Of the most vital
importance to very large aud constantly
increasing class of our fellow-citizens. Good
insurance of any kind is none too abundant
now, and it will not be wise to mako it moro
scarce and less secure by unfrieualy legsla-
ton. Especially will it be impo1itio for the
people of Illinois to make unjust and invidi~
GUS laws regarding safe aud solvent foreign
companies that are now doing business within
ourlimits. Our experience here in Chicago with
foreign insurance companies, both fire and
life, when compared with some Of the home
institutions, has been very much to the
credit of the former. In the great calamity
thet fell upon US in 1871, nearly all Of the
companies doing business here went up in a
chariot of fire, like EL15An of old, and only
left enough behind to pay small percentage
of their losses. But the foreign companies,
as a rule, paid hundred cents on the dollar,
and still live. So VIC might continue this
parallel in regard to life-insurance compe-
nes. The operations of the Republic and
the Protection Life do not fill the mind with !
pleasant memories, and the policy holders in
both Of those disreputablo concerns have !
been compelled to look for security to COM !
panies organized under charters granted by |
other States. Therefore We beg our Solons
at Springfield not to tinker with laws that !
are already good enough in the vain expecta-
lion Of making them better.
, 1879-03-16

declaration in his letter, 'You will be my
wife" and the amatory epistles in which he
made matrimonial promises?
We hnye no disposition to prejudge the case.
The ancient SIMON may have toyed with the
widows affections, or he may not. Ho may
have been gay deceiyer, or he may not It
seems difficult to renlize that he could have
turned his fancles to love at an age when
the lust dull sparks of passion are extin-
has happened: sometimes that shivering
CUPID has blown last spark into
u flame that has seemed to burn all the more
brightly on account of its dead surround
ings. It may he TINT one of these little
flames flashed up for minute so warm and
bright that SIMON fol. "Reminiscences Of the
old glow, and really thought he WAS in love,
only to be disappointed when it hlckcred out
as suddenly as it had flashed. Whether this
be SO or no. this breach-of promise suit
should not be allowed to close with
out summary penalty. If SIMON can
establish that the widow has been
blackmailing him, she should be severely
punished US a warning to all other adventur-
ous widows seeking whom they may deyour
to let octogenarinns alone and seek ont
younger victims for their prey. II, how
ever, it shall eventuate that SIMON really
trided with the widows affection, rnised OK
poctatlons in her susceptible breast that he
did not intend to fulfill, promised to give her
q home aud make her his wife, then the sum
which she claims is none too much, hot I
because We fancy old SMoS could damage
her in that amount, but because he ought to
be mulcted in that sum as lesson to let the |
widows be-,
, 1879-03-16

| Alr. OIcary had q good deal in him, It it
| WAS wine.
March appears to be in active training to
60 ont like q lion.
The American climate, it seems, is good
only for English pedestrians.
Mr.. O'Leary couldn't keep anything on hia
stomach, not even the championship belt.
SIr. Tildsn is in very poor health but tho
progress OF his disease is slow, very slow.
Dr. Mary is our only truly great Walker,
now that Afr. 0'Leary has gone out Of businesa-
hfr. Harsiott says his wife didn't tell him
to hit the man twice. She timidly said, ''Hfs 'lHa
agin.''
An Eastern paper speaks of the spirit OF
the next House. We suppose It will bs - tho
same"
One hundred thousand Democrats hare
gone to Washington, not to oust Hayes, but to get
al office.
4 new life of Butler ia announced It
should be kept cut Of the hands Of the young
aud innocent.
AIr. Beecher says he should not hesitate to
shoot a burglar. Is this doing as he wonld lka
to be done by!
Mary Anderson's mouth is so sweet that
several Eastern editors wish they were stcks Of
chewins-gum.
If Roweli's meanness in beating the CHI
caeo man doesn't make him SICK, we shall be seE7
much mistaken.
We hasten to inform Madame Anderson
that she has i perfect right to walk herself 70
death il she pleascs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton has becons
mother-in-law. The name Of the fearless, lion
hearted gentleman is not given.
Mr.. Manton Marble never rends tho Ne"
York Tribune. We suppose III. Marble does aos
want to forget how to run newspaper
1t is rumored that Mr.. Dana will be at the
head OF the monster excursion party which Will
GO to San Francisco to meet Gen. Grant
We learn that the Princess Louise has IN
vented very pretty walking costume. nono
shall escape tue mania for pedestriansm.
The last number Of Harper's Wesk,y, con-.
tanning picture Of Zachariah Chandler should Be
Dedicated to ex-Psesideut DAVIS
Archbishop Purcell never took much STOCK
n the doctrine Of infnlibility, and his thorough
and efficient failure shows that he was right.
Drunken men in New Orleans carry Ian
erns around In the day tinae-under the impress
ion. we suppose, that they are still having ulSnt
fit.
Mrs. Christiancy will soon follow her hus~.
and to Peru; and evidently the good lady doesnt
hink he IL 20 unhealthy - he has tiled to m43e
ut~
, 1879-03-16

CARTER H. HaRR1soS is the first man who
has run for Mayor Of Chicago that IN twenty
years has made the issue OF State Sovereignty
cs. National Union. CARTER imbibed his polit-
ical heresy in the State he came fro,n,-Ken-
tucky, ,--~wh ere they put the gray above the
hlue, and the State above the Nation.
, 1879-03-16

The present French Government does not
fSd its path strewn with roses, and the in
dications point with almost certain nim to
another crisis in the nenr future. On the
rote In the Chamber Of Deputies on
the resolution to 1mpcach the Ministry
of Mny 1G, the Ministerial side was
seriously split, the majority against III.
proposition being only 25. The withdrawal
of WADD1sG7os from The Premiership Is DE-
manded by EDMoSD ABOUT and EMILE De
(TTR4RnrS
, 1879-03-16

which there shall be no escape except
through a judicial proceeding, would be tbs
best possible treatment for these and all
other "criminally insane" people, The
penitentiaries are already provided with
all the facilities for the detention Of
such persons; they have good physicians,
who would begin to give special study to
that phase of insanity which manifests itself
in criminal acts; and the wardens and
guards have an experience with criminals
which would enable them to detect any
shamming Of insanity where there is none
This class Of quasi-criminals and pseudo
lunatics could be treated as we'll and as scien-
tifcally in States prison as in q more cost
ly and luxurious insane asylum, and there
would not be the same danger Of imposition
nor SO good n prospect for gu ck and easy
escape. If confined under the condition that
release eau only be by judicial procedure,
showing the victim to have been insane when
the act was committed, but thoroughly cured
and not subject to relapse into that pecul-
iar form of alteration which manifests itself
in murder, dcfalcation, or kleptomania,
society would begin to feel some protection
against that class among whom viciousness
aud insanity ara Synonymous terms. 1t is
also possible that, under these circumstances,
the plea of insanity put in by the lawyers
would not be relied upon SO generally to
secure escape from punishment, and that the
new treatment would prove to be deterrent
of crime as well us curative of dangerous
kind Of mental arrangement.
, 1879-03-16
TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES.

TIE CHICAGO TKrnrHK has established branch Offices
for receipt OF subscriptions Advertisements a
1olloxt:
NEW YOl:K-Room q Tribune Building F. T. No
FADpkx. Manager.
PARIS. Frsnce-No. Is Rue de ID Grange Batellere.
II. MAHLgE. AEeut-
l0kDUE. EnE.-American Exchange. <<s Strand.
HkHEY F. Gi1.1in- Agent.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.-~Tal.ce Hotel
WASHINGTON II. C.-l3l9 street.
, 1879-03-16

It will do no harm to whisper in the car Of
our over-confident Republicans that their cx-
cellent ticket Will not elect itself, and if they
are reckoning upon The apathy Of their op-
ponen,s they may waka up On the morning
after the election and find themselves griey-
ouslY:deceiYed.
, 1879-03-16

Last fall MILES KEuoE laid out CARTER H.
HARRISON for the Congressional nomination );
but CARTER took his revenge on Miles by
quietly melting his friends to knife KEHoE
ut the polls, which they efectually did, and
III reward for which MILES is expected to
pulloh his coat and enthuse for CARTER for
, 1879-03-16
llayot,

The hnrd-money Democrats are trying TO
ind ont where CARTER q. HARRISON stands
on the Fiat issue. Is he in favor of suspend
ing the resumption Of specie payments and
returning to deprecated, irredeemablenotes
The nomination lie received at the hands Of
the rag-babyites would indicate that he was
rotten On tle money question.
, 1879-03-16

out this carrying trade their canals cannot
earn enough to keep them in repair. At this
distance it would's as if the Canadians
had determined to force this Government
into commercial treaty.
, 1879-03-16

Ex-Gov. PALMER takes this view OF the LAME
murder case as it now stlnds, with the prepara-
tions going on for change OF venua, appeal to
the Appellate Court (which ran delay or defeat
justice, but not promote it), new trials, alibis,
pleas Of emotional insanity, and every other de-
vice which the law aud lawyers have provided
for the acqtlittance OF the guilty:
1t is reported that man, one JoHSxr I4AMn, has
been convicted III Chicago Of murder. and SEN
fenced to oe hanged. Al the eame time we hear
that the things and murdcrers OF that city hare
gotten M q spool" for the purpose Of raising
whatever sum Of money is required to insure that
the "a" shall oc violated and justice aErontcd by
why real estate iss cheap in Chicago. It Is cheap
there because human Life - cheap and because
Immunity from punishment IS cheap. The value
OF property everywhere is in exact ratio to the
assurance that crime is punished.
, 1879-03-16

If N. F. TuLEr had been more OF dem2-
goCue he would have received mora votes in the
Democratic Convention; but be had neglected
to make himself "solld' with the 7abble, and
therefore got ssleft !" ia their Convention.
, 1879-03-16

WILLIAM SElPP was nominated for rre..n-.u
By the Democrats Oh the understanding that ~
would control the votes OF bis customer. D.. ~
this Is great mistake. At the present nr;ca.
Of beer the sE1rps should be graceful to thsfs
customers. not their customers grateful =.
them. This man says to the bees~seiezs of chi
cago: "You have bought beer OF me. W.,
have made me rich. Now make me richer Nv
electing me City Treasurer" Why should tbs
beer-seliers of Chicago care to mako R,1.
SE1tP richer! He is rich enough.
, 1879-03-16

The new TINES with large type contains less
matter than the old Times with small type, and
about three-quarters as much as The TRIBUNE
with supplement. It IS really measure Of
economy -retrenchment and reform-on the
part OF tie Old Man.
, 1879-03-16

There are good many persons, perhaps SONS
thousands, who would have voted for MURRAY
F. TULEY or GEORGE L, DUNLAP for Mayor who
will not support CARTER f. HARRISON, nor any
man Of his characteristics. CARTER is too great
d demagogue to be safe or suitable man for
Mayor
, 1879-03-16

We are not at all confident about the vt.don.
OF the Eighth Ward in the matter of sclectinr
Aldermen, and therefore are not sausuipe ,ha,
Mr.. Q. W. BARRETT, the Republican nominee
will be elected; but he ought to be, as he would
make very much better Alderman than hiz
competitor. Two LAWYERS from that ward IN
the Council is certainly one too many for tho
good OF the taxpayers. Ex-A1d. JIM O'BR1Ry:
when in the Council, always acted with tho
bunmers and tax-eaters, and against the inter.
ests Of the taxpayers, and will again, if eIecte1
, 1879-03-16

h1r. SToREF's gigantic enterprise, which he
has been Dragging about for three months, was
revealed in all ITS mammoth proportions toward
noon yesterday, when three-'uarters OF bis sub
scribers we're served with newspaper which
contained no news, ami the other one-quarter
didn't get any paper ut all. It takes fertile
brain to get up such enterprises:
, 1879-03-16

Republicans on the general responsibility aud
substantial character Of their nominations.
The list indicates that the new Counei! will
hare decided minority in favor Of good
order and public economy
, 1879-03-16

provides that the railway companies mar t.1.
s'such lands under water and uplaads ,,rs..
ployed owned By the State as ma5 be pecess,.,.
for the purpose" The money or interest hs~,
OF this bill is not known, but It Is nre.nn,eo
there Is none. The tunncling Of the Hn;,.as
River is feasible, SO fur the engineering WI.
Is concerned, but it is question whether ,hs
underground depot would be sufficiently nrost
able to make 1t worth vhile.
, 1879-03-16

senator LAMAR said that it was not au eaefe,
but vuiturct that enawed the yitals Of PRoxs.
T::Eus. This is, We believe, the direct opposite
Of the truth. But there is the highest authority
for saying that he eagle in question was not
CARTER 11ARn1soS's bird. Nor will that his
tofle animal gnaw anybody's 7itals in the future.
he has been brought up in u Kindergarten, and,
spite OF his terrible lungs, is as mild in temper
anent as sueking-1oyc
, 1879-03-16

The schoharie (N. ~ Republican recently Dub
lished the namcs OF ninety-sir persons who wera
on the schoo1-rolls fu District No. i Of tba
Town OF Schoharic, Schoboric County, y T., in
the year 4. D. 1919. Or that number, sixty
years after, in January, 1879, there were fifty-
three still living. The ages OF these flfty~three
averaged Il years. All, or nearly all, Of them
still reside at or in the vicinity of the homes Of
their childhood,
, 1879-03-16

Mr.. SToRET's enlargement" is really IT.
ductlon. It is evident he couldn't stand the
pressure Of printing supplements.
, 1879-03-16

The nomination Of CARTER IAnRlsoN's eagle
Tor the Mayoralty is hardly 4 compliment to
that historic bird. After being admired By
gaping 1nultitudcs in the National Capitol, and
dipping his wings in the spray Of the Pacific
Ocean, it is great come-down to be the unsuc,
cessful candidate OF the bummers OF Chicago
, 1879-03-16

The new afternoon paper, the Times, made its
first appearance yesterday; and, though large
enough to lose all the news in it. did rot coma
up to its promises. The trouble Is, that the
Ntcs, Telegraph, and Journal pretty we'll OCCUPY
that field, and We don't see how the Times can
do any better, ,eren il IT should print paper as
big as house, and postpone its hour Of issue
till after dark. -.
, 1879-03-16

Our reporter failed to learn last evening
whether OF not Miles kEnoE was enthusing,
for CARTER H. HARRISON FOR Mayor.
, 1879-03-16

Mr. STOREY drops his supplement, adds !
strip about the width of bis toumbnail to the
main sheet, postpones mis- hour OF issue till
noon, cuts of all his country subscribers, de-
Ivers sheet Of his paper without tclcgrap phc
dispatches to city subscribers, and calls that
enternrisc
, 1879-03-16

VI 1. 1. HAYES has introduced in the New
xork Legislature bill to authorize the tunnel
ing OF the Hudson River and the establishment
ol union depot or terminus underground at
Inc lower end Of Manhattan Island. The bill
, 1879-03-16

CARTER q. HARRISON is notoriously unsound
On the "SoVereienty question; Is be also
rotten on the currency question:
, 1879-03-16

When DUNLAP and TULEY were defeated in
the Democratic Convention, aud HARRISON was
nominated, the rabble and ta1eaters yelled with
delight.
, 1879-03-16

.GOURGAs SOW. CHAPTER OF. ROSE CnO1X.
D.H Pm VII confer the Seventeenth .nd Eight
Asylum on THURSDAY evening next. 81 order.
}: 4. CHURCH, M. NJ. Pm
, 1879-03-16

CHICAGO CHAPTER No. 1T. r. 4. M.-,34 Twen~
ty-fccond-st Regular Cont eocatun Monday evening At
1871 O'clock. Work on the Mark Degree Visiting
tO:nanoa5 cordially invited ~ order Of tho II. E,
Il. r. ELI SMITH. Secrrtary
, 1879-03-16

CoE1STHIAN CHAPTER. No. "a. T. a. M.-speclal
Coavocat1ou M01ea: evening. s1nrct H. ~ O'clock
Work the r. Ead II. T. ~ Degrees Visiting Com
panions atr cordially Invited. Uy order
, 1879-03-16

The New York Commercial Bulletin publishes
the following unique communication from a
Consul in favor Of ''general Subsidy law"
and reproaching the editor for his opposition to
the ROACH subsidy steal:
PHILADELPHIA, March i, 1S7o.-7ne Nt,r York
Daily Com. But{efin: rcarly am astonished to
gee such article in your paper The Defeat OF
Roachs Snbsidy-.-l / don't think you take much
interest in the commerce of this country - To
the disgrace OF the Nation-lhe only American
Line to Europe with only local mail from Phila,
d when in England to hare to send your letters by
English nails What this country wants is 3
general Subsidy law without monopolies- The
Manufacturers and Asriculturers both want outlet
for goods Yours HENRY c. Potter
Consul for Nicaragua.
On this the Bts''etip justly remarks that Soon
sular incompetency is believed BY merchants to
be responsible in no small measure for the ma
tonal disgraee' referred to; aud that people
have learned to put proper estimate upon the
patriotism Of private interest,"" 1t might have
pointed ont that "what this country wauts,,
according to Consnl POTTER, is just What it
would not have got by the ROACH subsidy, and
just what Mr. Roach himself dues not want and
did not lobby for. Monopoly was the very es-
sence OF his raid upon the Treasury. Take
out the monopoly aud his interest in the steal
would quickly subside.
, 1879-03-16

4 KEGuLAR CoMMGE1cATloS OF LADY WASH
inGton Chapter, No s .. e. S. win he nrld Tuesday
evening. March H. Business OF te evening. election
Of Secretary. ill Vacancy All members request
ed TO attend T.. NJ ASHLEY. SECRETARY pro. ten.
, 1879-03-16

LINCOLN PARK CHApTE1l NO. 1T, r. a.. Nj
Hall corner u North Clark aud Centrc-s:s. Stated
CunTocatfon Monday evening" March II. as 73 O'Clock
sharp for business IND wark r. l.. Degree Visit
Ing cof1uxutous coustsptls!r Invited lr order OF
s. G. PlTkiN. Il. P.
, 1879-03-16
PERSONALS,

'"Let the eagle-let hirn-scream,' 3lr. HAR-
R1soH. Now is his only chance
, 1879-03-16

ST BERNARD CONN MANnERT. No. S5. K t.
O'Clock. Work on the Il. Order. 1:un attcndanec is
dcsrd for 1nerc will be business OF Importance Visit
Ing Sls KI!ghrs arc Invited BY order T. C.
j. O. DlCkERSON, Recorder
, 1879-03-16

concede the demands Of the Democracy a. they
appear ~ lhs amendments Of the Appropriation
States-Ncw York, New Jersey. and Connecticnt0
to the SOLID souts The issue is made cless. It IS
violence and fraud, have supreme control over the
United staies. .--cincennaf Commercial.
CARTER H. HARRISON came home from Wash
inston and instantly pronounced himself on the
ballot-oox stEning side OF this issue, and has
managed to make himself the Democratic candi-
date for Mayor on that issne. ASA Kentucky
democrat, he.*ants the Southern Confedcracy
to have supreme control over the United States.
Tnat's his ittla game.
, 1879-03-16

The Senate rule prohibiting removals Of Of
ficers Of the Senate doesn't seem to worrv the
Democratic newspapers to any painful degree
They generally speak Of it With derisiou, and
without any appreciation at all Of the high and
holy mission OF Cinl-serVice reform which we
hoped to observe in them. Even the Cincinnati
Enquirer, which is we'll known as purist and
IN advocate Of 'culturc - in office and out. de-
clares that the changes will take place. It adds.
With less than it's customary dignity, ssDon't
you forget it,''-ths remark being confidential
"aside" to 5000 Of its subscribers who have
gone to Washington for places.
, 1879-03-16

.APoLLo CONM:aNnEKY. no. !. r. T.-stated
Conclaye TUESDAY eyenaG March IL, ls7 At O'clock:
Organization for d:t1 will be eo:nmcnced. Members OF
sister Co'ninandcTcs awaye velcome Uy order ii
the Eminent Commander.
II. S. TIFFANY, Recorder.
, 1879-03-16

| A new code OF ethics will hare to be estab
| 1ished for the telephone. The society editors
aud writer's OF books on etiquette should take
the matter up The telephone has come into
very general use. It is a blessing not couflned
to the best society. Some Of the creme de Ia
creme have tclephones; but others who arc pci-
ther creme nor de Ia creme have them also The
company requires no credentials as to social
standing from users OF the Telephone. ANY,
body who has one can call up ANYBODY else SIM
Harry provided. The question is, What degrees
Of intimacy nrc required to justify one Telephone
holder in scaling uph another! Should the
formalites be more or less than in the case OF
an ordinary visit7 Is the intrusion Of an
undesired ring at the telephone greater
than that Of ring at the door-bell? These arc
grave and absorbing problems,-hs for Sum-
day meditation. On the one hand, it may
be said that, inasmucn as the person at the tele-
phone is roz ct preterea nihiI, and even the vo1
may be uncercmoniouslv switched off, such a
call should not under any circumstances be
resented. But, on the other, the penetrating
nature OF the call should be considered. It
invades the sanctity OF the home, picrces the
shutters and the curtains, and reaches with all
Its shril lnterrosatons the privacy OF the bed
cuamDer. ~ mol aL home - lS an unsafe answer
to such q call, for the telephone sends in no
card, and, until one knows who the caller ts,
how can one tell whether to be tat home u or
not3 Generally speaking, we should pronounce
it unwise to sscall up" anybody save the most
intimate friends before II in the morning
or after II at night; to attempt to
solicit subscriptions OF peddlc patent medicines
by telephone; or to ask for the loan Of money
by that convenient medium. But it is entirely
within bounds, speaking tropically, to use the
telephone for any professional puTpose,-to call
up your doctor, for instance, or to procure an
"interyiew " for the morning paper thereby. The
owners Of telephones must understand that this
valuable inrention has brought the newspaper
reporter to their own bedroom doors. It has
expanded the machinery Of the newspaper in
definitely; and for this let ali Of u.s. particularly
those Of us who are Liable to fall victims to the
Of the willy Interviewer, be SOL
emily thankful. GOD moves in mysterious
way his purpose to fulfill.
, 1879-03-16

APOLLO CoslMAEDERr. No. I. E. ESPECIAL
09der Of tho Hed Ioss ri &c conterrcd. coinmepcns
O'Clock very ptomp!: .;otc tne night All arc wei.
II. S. TIFFANY, Recorder.
, 1879-03-16
ALDERMANIC NOMINATIONS.

The following is u list Of the several
nominations made for Aldermen, to be
voted on the 1si of April;
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-07-24
LOTS: LOTS: L0Ts:::

SPRING CITY, NEVADA.
Lots can now be procured in the tiourishing
INNING camp OF Spring City, Mount Rose Mining
District, Paradise mines by applying to the un-
dersisned, the reg llarly authorized agent for
the sale OF the same, by letter or in person.
HARRY WARREN.
no" 20. ls7S sSpring City. Nevada