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SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION.
THE SMALL VALUE OF THE LABOR OF
SOME sAvANTs.

Richard Grant White in November Atlantic
There are folk, cie1tific folk. whose joy
of labor is to collect, to arrange, to name
and to index. They seem to think that
when they have gathered together many
things Or many facts, and then have put by
themselves those having certain likeness;
for instance, all the beetles that have horns
or backs ale alike, Or all the words that
have beginning, an end or middle
alike, all the leaves that have edges alike,
and has given the beetles Or the words or
tho leaves name, generally a Latin one,
meaning merely in Latin what any one
with half an eye would see at gla nee
that the beetles have horns or backs of
SUCH a color or such shape, that the
leaves have such or such edges, or the
words have such Or such beginnings, mld-
dies or endings-when they have done
this, | say, these folk seem to think that
they have been very scientific and have
greatly enlarged the boundaries of knowl-
edge. The truth is, however, that they
have learned nothing at all but there are
some things. more or fewer, which have
certain likeness. mole or less and they
have done nothing but to put these things
into pigeon ho'e-their Latin name-for
convenient reference. Their labor has a
certain value in it that makes real study
easier. 1t corresponds TO the getting to-
gether library aud classifying and cata-
loguing it But this a man can do as well
as it can be done he may know where
every boo4 stands; Indeed, he may be able
to tell you in what press aud on what shelf
in every oUher great library all the import
ant books stand, as Mezzofanti could, and
he may be as barren of ideas born of these
books as Mezzofanti was himself. And
nothing is added to knowledge, nor is any
stimulus given to thought, by calling bes-
ties colcoptera," figure of speech an
aposiopesis," or worn an s. agential.''
So much of so-called science consists In
merely giving learned name to common
knowledge, sometimes to ignorance. In
fact, science has become an inteilectal
fetish, and scientific a can't word of high
pretension. A very recent uss of it in
England, {" a scientific frontier" is some
what puzzling. Now what natural
frontier is, Or military frontier, we all
know but what scientific frontier is, it
would, think. puzzle tue inventor of the
phrase to make clear to common sense. IL
seems to be mere cant, either born Of the
scientific craze of the day, or craftily
adapted to the humor of its complacent
victims.
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Dreadful times are at hand Ia 542
100, ,0oo, 900 people perishsd because three
planets wers ii perihelion, according 70
Gibbon, and in 1l65 similar perihelion
produced the Londsn plague and the death
of millions ID Europe. Asia and Africa.
ID 1884 five planets will DO IN perihelion.
what win become Of usf
Old Mr.. Harris, Of Dubuque, called on
bis friend Of former years, General Grant,
al Galena, and, taking two cigsrs from =
paper, said: Gsneral, you gave me @ one
Of these cigars when you we're General o. q
The army, and resolved not 70 smoke I
until you we're made President The SEQ
ond you gave me when you were e your
dill term, and resolved not 70 smoke z
until you we're again President Now
want another cigar. The cigar was given
without word.
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THE NEW CABLE.
HOW 1T IS MApE-ITs COURSE, LANDING
POINT, ETC.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
North Eastman, where the shore end of
the new cable has been laid, is near Prov
lncetown, Cape Cod. From North East
ham the land lines of the American Union
Telegraph Company will afford transmits
sion to all points in the United, States and
Canada. The Pouyer-Q Querter Company is
composed mostly of French and American
stockholders, the former holding the bal
ance of p-wer, and has a paid-up capital
of about $8, 900, ,0o0, soon to be increased
by an additional amount of SO, 900, 900. Its
officers are practical men, experienced in
telegraphy aud in the management of tele-
graphic basiness with the outside world.
The cable was constructed by Siemen
Brothers, of England, who also built the
cable used by the Direct company. 1t is
considered heavier, stronger and more
nearly perfect than any now used by other
companies. The process of it's building is
especially adapted to secure those results.
A central wire of copper is surr ounded by
ten copper wires, twisted, insuring abso-
lutte conductivity in all weather. For insu-
latlng purposes three envelopes of gutta
pelcha surround the wire, and outside of
the gutta percha is placed wrapping of
manila hemp treated with Chatterton's
compound. An armor of steel wire for
protection is placed outside the hemp. the
wires comp osing the armor being laid IN
peculiar manner, side by side, so that frac-
lures seem almost impossible to occur
Surrounding the armor is another covering
of manila hemp, saturated with an anti
corrosive compound, which makes the as
surance doubly sure that the cable will be
always be ready for use.
The cable extends from Brest, France,
to st. Pierre, Miquelon, and from st.
Pierre 10 North Eastman. At its compile
tion the Faraday will return to Brest.
when another cable of similar character
will be laid from Brest to Lands End, Eng
land, establishing connection with that
country. The distance across is only about
tWo ANU do bLO WdGoI Is
shallow, the electricians regard this as an
easy task. Next year the company will
lay still another cable from Lands End to
st. Pierre, thus establishing double line
between this country and Europe. The
Faraday, which is well adapted to the lay
ing of ocean cables, was in the very centre
of the cyclone IN the North Atlantic Ocean,
but paid no attention to the ulruly ele-
ment, keeping on about it's business of
cable laying just as If nothing else was
going on. To secure a landing place in
the United States the company gave the
United States government a guarantee
that the com pany shall not consolidate or
amalgamate with any other line.or combine
Herewith for the purpose OF regulating
rates.
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TvAlN's BEST JOKE.
HOW THE GREAT HUMoRIsT ONCE CAUGHT
HIMSELF HELPING ON Hfs OWN BOOM.
From the Chicago Times,

from the Chicago Times.
That quaint and original genius. samue
L. Clemens MARK Twain), told story al
his own expense while breakfasting with
journalistic friend on recent occasion
| which is too good to be lost, and which, by
his CONSENT is now published for the frs,
time. There had been some talk at tbs
table about the Grant banquer, when Mr..
Clemens remarked with smile and his pc
cufiar drawl:
Speaking of banquets reminds me of q
rather amusing incident that occurred to
me during my stop In smoky, dirty, grand
old London. l received an invitation te
invitation to attend a banquet there and
went. Il was one of those tremendous
dinrsps where there are from eight hun
dred to nine hundred invited guests. |
hadn't been used to that sort OF thing aud
didn't feel quite at home. When We look
our seats 1T the table | noticed that at each
plate was little plan of the hall with the
position of each guest numbered, so that
one could see at a glance where friend
was seated by glancing at his mum Der.
Just before we fell to some one-the Lord
Mayor, or whoever was bossing the occa-
sion-arose and began to read list of
those present-No. /, Lord So-and-So; No.
2, the Duke of Something -or-other, and so
on. When this individual read the name
of some prominent political character or
literary celebrity, it would be greeted with
more or less applause. The individual
who was reading the names did SO in SO
monotonous manner that became some-
what tired and began looking around for
something to engage my attention.
found the gentleman next to me, on the
right, well-informed parsonage, aud /
entered into conversation with him. had
never seen him before, bu5 he was good
taiker and enjoyed it. Suddenly, just as
he was giving me his views upon the flu
ture religious aspect of Great Britain, our
ears were assailed by dsafeniag storm of
applause. Such clapping of hands had
never heard before. 1t sent the blood to
my head with rush ami got terribly ex-
cited. Strengthened up aud commenced
clapping my hands with all NY might. I
moved about excitedly, and clapped harder
and harder''
''Who is it" asked the gentleman on
my right. Whose name did he read ?"
Samuel L. Clemens" he answered
g stopped applauding. L didn't clap
me, and sat there like mummy and didn't
offer to get up and bow. 1t was one of the
most distressing fixes I ever got into, and
it will be many day before forgst it,"
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Zach Chandler Successor
From the chicago Inter-oeean.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean
Henry P. Baldwin was born at Covent.
ry, R. l., February 20. 1874, removed to
Detroit in 1888, and has ever since resided
there. For many years East he has been
one Of the foremost men in business circles
in the commercial metropolis of the State,
and has taken lively iaterest in every
thing tending to the prosperity Of the city
or State at large, and he is known not only
as one of the most wealthy but as one of
the most public spirited, enterprising and
liberal citizens OF the State. He is one of
the most prominent citizens of the State,
being President of the Second National
Bank of Detroit. He was elected to the
State Senate in 1861, and was made chair
man of the finance committee of that body,
and while acting as the head of the joint
committee, conducted with raro skill and
prudence the investigation into the defalca-
tion Of State Treasurer Mckinney. in 1868.
He was nominated By the Republicans Of
Michigan for Governor, and received 12O,-
651 votes to 81, 200 for his opponent. He
was renominatsd and reelected in 1870. re-
ceiving 100, l76 votes to So, 391 for his ops
ponent. During bis administration marked
improvements were made in the existing
charitable, penal and reform institutions Of
Ihe State. The neg State capitol owes its
origin TO him, and The whole of his guber-
Material career was distinguished by capac-
ifv infarrifv and q lihar-aI far eaainO ssnIi-s
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-12-12

/ A CONNECTICUT MANS THRIFT.--The
story comes from Hartford of . penurious
farmer who has had three wives. It is
stated that he ordered of hrs farm a sister
of No. 1, because she ato too many eggs.
No. Q had been his SO want girl and refused
to stay longer at low wages. On the way
10 the depot he said: /: "Will you stay il
marry yon?" Yes she answered. and
he is said to have chnekled over his cheap
bargain, as she was good worker. NO.
;, who was wooed when No. 2 died, was .
widow and dressmaker, who oWed consid-
erable money. By the State law . hus-
hand Is responsible for his vife's debts
contracted before marriage %, ID avoid
paying these, onr friend, - soon IS be waa
engaged, kept the news qaiet anil be had
bought mp all the claims agailass his in
tended at twenty oonts on sha dollar.
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Paradis, Of Babies.
Oliver Thorne in St. Nicholas.

L
The real s. Paradise of Babies f" is ia
pan, as has bean said many times for not
only do the children have every imagina.
BILE toy, but many persons get their living
| by amusing them. Men go about the
streets and blow soap bubbles for them
with pipes that have no bowls, as ours
have. These young Japs have tops, stills,
| pon-guns blow-guns mage lanterns, ka-
Telescopes, wax figures, terra Gotta ami
mails, flying fish and dragons masks, puz-
zles and games; butterflies and beetles
that autter about turtles that move their
legs and pop out their heads; birds that
fly about and peck the fingers and whistle
rasteboard targets that, when hit, burst
open and let winged figure fly out; and,
most wonderful of all, perhaps, little balls
looking like elder-pith, which, thrown into
bowls of warm wa'e', slowly expand into
the shape of boat, or fisherman, a tree,
flowet, ctab or bird.
The girls of Japan have dolls furniture
and dishes, and. OF course, dolls. They
have dolls that walk aud dance dolls that
put on mask when string is pulled !:
dolls dressed to represent mobiles, ladies,
minstrels, NEUROLOGICAL and historical per-
sonage,. Dolls are handed down for gen.
CITATIONS, aod in some families are hundreds
Of them. They never seem to get broken
or worn out, as yours do /; in fact, they can
hardly be the dear playmates that yours are.
They ars kept as sort of sh ow, and.
though the little owners play with them,
they do not dress and undress and take them
to bed as you do. A good deal of the time
they are rolled up in silk and packed away
in q trunk. On the great festal day of the
Japanese girls, the Feast of Dolls, of
which, no doubt, you have heard, there is
great show Of dolls and t1ys, and it is
event of the year for the queer little black
eyed maidens. The Feast of Flags is the
boys great day and thsy have banners,
flags, figures of warriors and great men,
swords and toys suitable for boys.
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Blanks for Sale.

+ Il an assortment is ordered lesser guam
atles than one hundred win be furnished .
same = rates. Cash must accompany order.
Fostage will be prepaid. Address,
NEW NORTH WEST, z
DEERsLoDaE.
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Tile pretty poem, = 4 Night on the Tete
Nuir, id Harper's Magazine for Novem-.
.beg, vas written By Miss Josephine Har-
per, q daughter OF j. ". Harper, Jr. II
was sent anonymously, accepted and paid
for before the father knew anything about
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saturday. Dec, Sth. sa.m ~.
p.ter Hume sworn: saw Ryan and McGreggcr
Quarreliins; Lobb was about 70 arrest Acssa
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Fors are mist before they are gone.
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.

One Yea1 90
Six Months. 90
Ia~ee Months. 20
The New York herald., 1879-03-26

down. Then Thompson came and said. '.rhey have
nearly killed me; hardly stand" did not
know that the second mate killed until eight
O'Clock. There appeared to be cut on the forehead.
between and a little above the eyes.
The depositions OF Jan Peterson, Richard Dawson,
John Somers. George Murray Thomas Murphy,
Samuel L. Rogers and Carl Schake of the crew Of
the Niphon corroborate that of Frost in every par
ticIar Schalke the cook, testified that about four
or five weeks after the affray when the topgalan
forecastle, Thompson said to him :-"What do you
think of this scrape? don't deny that did it, but
what would you do. When there are two three
after you with Delaying pns?"
WHY THOMPSON HIS KNIFE.
In his own deposition, the prisoner after detailing
the origin of the difficulty, and told by the Others
speaking of the renewal of the ma2e's attack upon
him, says:-"I was excited. and, hardly knowing
what did. grabbed my sheath knife and struck
him in self-defence. He put his hand to his fore
head and walked of. did not know that had cut
him very bad. know that the knife stopped him.
went about my duty, furling the foresail. and had
no idea that Mr. Williams had been in
jured nor did anybody ese far l
know. I had used my knife only for self
idea that had given dangerous wound until saw
have desire to throw the blame anybouy else
to shield myself and confess that il must have
been the cut thrust which gave him with my
sheath knife that caused the death of Mr.. Williams
Thompson stated yesterday that he should adhere
to the deposition made and throw himself upon the
mercy of the court. 1t is the impression that the
charge of murder will have to be given against
HIM. and the prosecution confined to charge OF
uausaughter.
The New York herald., 1879-03-26
AN EXEMPLARY POLICEMAN.

At the Tombs Police Court yesterday Captain Petty
OF the Fourth precinct, preferred a charge of At
tempted outrage against officer Mccarthy. of his pre-
cinct. the complainant being little girl named
Christiana Eyles, who resides with her. parents
at No. 50 New Bowory. The prisoner, II
claimed. was identified by the girl at the
station house, and this being done Captain
Petty pended him from duty. When the complainA
was formally preferred, against Mccarthy yesterday
Justice Otcrbourg committed him for trial In do
fault Of $4,000 bail. Mccarthy ia twenty-cght ycarS
of age aud has been residing at No. 81 Catharins
street. On being questioned about the charge, ha
said substantially that IL was put up job. Captain
Petty gives the accused good character. Mccarthy
has been on the force since July, lS76.
The New York herald., 1879-03-26
NOT THE MAN.
NEw YORK, March "a, 1879.

NEw YORK; March "a, 1879.
To THE EprroR OF rHK HERALD
see by this mornings issue OF che HrRAhD that
young man bearing the namo of William 4. Barnes
has been arrested and imprisoned In Philadelphia
the grave charge of forgery. As the name is exactly
similar to my own. and through my latest pro-
duction. "Only Farmers Daughter made a host
of friends in New York aud Philadelphia who do not
know me personally, and who might infer from tho
similarity IN name that was the person. would
beg leave TO state through your columns. that the
arrested not your humble servant. nor Is
he IN any way connected with him. Very respectfully,
WILLIAM h. BARNES, Dramatic Author.
The New York herald., 1879-03-26
THE MAYORS CHARGE.

Mayor Cooper said yesterday that he had not sent
the papers in the of the Police Commissioners
to Albany Mr. John Tyler Kelly, the Mayors First
Marshal, about the Hall and said that he had not
taken the documents to Governor Robinson. There
appeared to be doubt in the minds of some
shrewd politicians that the removal papers were to
have been sent on Monday evening. but owing to
something action was taken in the matter.
There was rumor during the day that the reason
why the charges had not been sent up long since
was OWING to disagreement between Mayor Cooper
and Governor Robinson in reference to the candi-
dates selected to fill the prospective vacancies. The
truth Of the rumor could not be traced.
The New York herald., 1879-03-26
PILOT COMMISSIONERS.

The Board of Pilot Commissioners met yesterday
Ambrose Snow in the chair. Tho steamtug
James Watts. owned by Shorthand Bros. was incd
500 for throwing ashes In the North River. off tho
Battery. on tho 18th of March. Tho boatkcepor Of
pilot boat No. was reprimanded for noglecting to
take pilot to the steamer Cnrondclct, and also
informed that on the next charge OF the kind he
would be taken of the list In the OF the
ship Claribel, which touched ON Romer's Shoal on
the night OF the goth Of March, the captain of the
vcsse and the pilot In charge were examined, and
both agreed that the accident due to the fall in
the tide and bad stceragc apparatus. Tho pilot was
reprirDandtxi.
The New York herald., 1879-03-26
FORFEITED HIS BAIL.

Ernest Harvier. editor of adramatic paper. indicted
for libel on Charles A. Byrne, editor Of another
dramatic paper. yesterday summoned to the bar
of the Court of General Sessions by Assistant District
Attorney Dell. When the accused was called neither
he nor hts bondsuan--Jaincs Murphy, No''2J WILL
lam street-appeared, and the bail ls50O) was de-
clarcd forfeited.
The New York herald., 1879-03-26
DISMISSED FOR CowARDIcE.

Police onicers Byrncs and Ryan. Of tho Fourteenth
precinct. convicted OF cowardice during the shoot
ing OF officer Furniss at the Metropolitan Hotel
were dismissed the force.
The New York herald., 1879-03-26
CAPTAIN WILLIAMS CASE.

At the meeting OF the Board Of Police yesterday
Captain Williams. by resolution. was permitted ia
employ counsel in tho matter of the charges against
The New York herald., 1879-03-26
THE LEGISLATIVE coMMrrrrE.

The investigation by the Legislative Committee
into tho affairs of the Bridge Company adjourned at
the Metropolitan Hotel yesterday to meet at Albany.
April Q, to hear arguments Of counsel. Mr. Murphy
received . despatch from Albany during the tcsti-
mony, announcing the decision OF the Court OF
Appeals commanding the city to pay the money de-
mandcd by the Bridge Company for the continuance
of the work. This brought the evidence to sudden
I'll
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-09
YEARS IN BATTLE,
THREE IN PRISON.

PART IA Narrative of Escape from Iankeedom to
Diyie in 1861: Scenes III Washington City after the Bnl
Run Stampede; Perils in Passing the Potomac; Eut-
tiImert of a Boyish Vow; Lights and Shadows OF Camp
Life: Sixteen Pitched Battles; a Brief Campaign III
Eastern Carolina; Capture within Grants Lines on
lanes River. and cruel Treatment as an alleged spy;
Fscane and Recapture; Ten months of Torture i'll the
Rnbel :. Prison Pens at Point Lookout and Fort Dela-
ware: Murder of Col. Jones, and other Atrocities; Fan
of the Confederacy, and the End OF all things; roofing
il hundreds of miles ho,neward amid the wreck and
Indebtedness of the Ruined Confedcracy. ETC., etc., etc.
PART II.-Surprising Submissiyeness of the South;
Grant. the Victor, bears witness to the utter doclhty, and
good intentions of the Vanquished; Congress begins a
policy OF systematic Irritation; The Freedmens Bureau
sets mp a petty despotism in every southern village; The
friends: Swarms of Sharpers, Swindlers, and all manner
of Scallawags, Settle upon the South TO Steal what Sher-
man left: Race Riots for Party Purposes Provoked
whenever Possible; The most Brutal OF the Blacks
Banded into acknowledgements, Oath-BoUnd, Controlled
by Wicked Whites, and Attended by Abomlnable Atrocl-
ties: Robber Rule and Ruin as the Result; Rise OF the
White brotherhood, and Kindred Societies, Commonly
Called the Ku-Klux-Klans; Very Troubleous Times;
The Holden-kirk War: Grants Military Measures tor
CAPTURING the Electoral Vote of the Southern States,
beginning with the Carolinas; Spies, Soldiers, and
Special Deputy Marshals Oyer-Run the State; Jeffreys
Bond Spreads his SpyGer-Web i'll the Capitol, and Ma
lignantly Inficts the fun Venom OF an Unlawful Law
upon WhOmSoever he can Catch, the Unod ellding, and
the Offender, Alike; Old Men of 20 Years, and Boys
Under II, Sent, i'll Nid-Winter, Shackled, TO a tar
Northern Bastile, to Undergo Years of Torture, for
Alleged Nisdemeanors, OF which they We're Entirely
Innocent; journal of Life in Albany Penitentiary; the
Whole COMPRISING q Faithful History OF Reconstruct
ton in North Carolina; S65-1973-inclusive.
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CoNTINUATIoN. March opened amid
more than wintry gloom. Signals of distress
appeared, and minute guns of financial ship
wreck were booming in all the larger cities.
Stocks declined day by day, banks suspend
ed, and the wheels of business ceased to
turn in nearly every branch of industry.
Political bitterness alone f~ourishcd. Con
gress, after dragging in bleeding Kansas
with unseemly haste, refused TO listen to
the admittance Of New Mexico, because
geographically a Southern State. But the
same day, the territories Of Colorado. Neva-
da, and Dakota, We're organized with Aboli-
ton governments.
Congress adjourned on the 4th, to the JOY
of all impartial minds; for no similar body
up to that date had ever worked so much of
evil, and 50 little Of good. Instead of pro
noting peace, it had seemingly sought to
provoke it; and every day of It's existence
set wider apart the sections of the land.
"PARLoUS' pERILS OF MR.. PRESIDENT.
The extraordinary bounce with which
President Lincoln turned up III his capital
on the morning OF Feb. 9th naturally gave
rise to unlimited speculation, and the city
continued in 4 terment of excitement I'D to
the Inauguration day. Astonishing rumors
of assassination conspiracies filled the press.
One journal gravely detailed a plot to shoot
the President with an air-gun when he an
peared on the portico of the capitol to read
his address. Several stories Of poisoning
were aAoat. Another plan was to blow up
the White House with 100 kegs of gun
powder.
It is not 50 surprising Mr.. Lincoln, a
stranger, fresh from the atmosphere of a
backwoods town, should credit these idle