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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13
Hospitality of the Wrong kind.

few days ago young man was asked
by some strangers to drink with them. He
declined, but they insisted, for by the un-
written law of bibulous etiquette u man
may he forced to drink whenever the bever-
age offered him is alcoholic. What explana-
ton the youth offered for his singular con-
duct has not yet been made public, but it
appears that his would-be entertainers began
to reason with him, their arguments con-
sisting Of clenched fists, boot toes, and
perhaps the butt end of heavy
walking cane. To these persuasives he
finally yielded to the extent of lying upon
the sidewalk. Perhaps it was the contem-
plation of him in this position, lying as
peacefully as if he had taken many drinks,
that caused the jolly good fellows to 60
away satisfied and leave him alone, to be
found by the police. At any rate, he was
discovered insensible upon the tagging and
was assisted to the hospital, where finally
he died of the effects of the attentions so
persistently urged upon him. 1t must be
admitted that in this case hospitality
was carried rather too far and that
the results were not such as are
anticipated when men invite their
acquaintance to assist at the flowing
bowl; but similar mistakes will occur so
long as our fine fellows consider that in
matters convivial an invitation is the same
thing as an order. The men who killed
young Richter, with those who nearly kill
their friends with opportunities, should be
competent to understand that q mans
physical tastes are entirely his own, and
that any one who persistently urges upon
these such generous attentions as are often.
sive is not only not hospitable, but an i'm.
pertinent boor and an intolerable nuisance.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following Americans were registered at the
Paris Office of the HERALD on Saturday last:-
Ferrigan. Hugh, New York. Hotel de Londres.
Ferrigan, Robert p New York, Hotel de Londres.
Eaton, s. b., New York.
Harris Simon, Oregon, Grand Hotel de Suisse.
Hughes. DR.. Henry. Long Branch. N. j., splendda
Hotel.
Macdonald, II. H., New York, Hotel de Louvre.
McCrea, John f.. New York. Hotel de rAthenee.
Naidhof. v. f., New York, Grand Hotel
Spencer, J. j.. Pennsylvania. No. 8 Rue Bastille.
Taylor. Joseph L.. New York, Hotel lie rAthense.
Vincent, W. H., Pennsylvania, Hotel de Boulogne.
Cork-onions shed no tears.
Wonder If it is really a solid North Pole.
An Irish joke is sometimes Dublin-tendre.
An Iowa man of fifty has married girl of thirteen
sister Of General Custer will soon be married in
Indiana.
When Long John Wentworth went West he went
worth nothing.
General Grant, IL successful will be the only Irish
citizen elected President of the United States.
Sir Edward and Lady Thornton have arrived at
Ottawa and are the guests of the Governor General
Pal Mall Gdsette says that the danger from German
socialism is that when German is destitute he
thinks
Professor sotbeer, a German scholar says the aver.
age value OF the gold found in Russia has risen to
93,000.u00 marks year.
After many experiments in Spain IL has been dis
covered that the ripe but the hafripe orange
the to for making wine.
Sir Arthur Gordon. Governor Of the Fiji Islands.
who IL now home leave IL said to have in prep
aration work on Western Polynesia.
Mr.. John Forrest. the explorer. has completed the
survey of the country between the Dc Grey and Ash
burton rivers and for a considerable distance inland
and he IL of opinion that that part of Western Aus
tralia IL well suited for settlement.
Saturday Reriec:--"To make a character out OF the
deineatons of other people Is gucsswork in clever.
able hands IL Is often the best approach to truth we
can have; but still this felt by the reader TO be un-
certain. questionable and lifeless compared to the
hand to hand eye to eye to ear encounter OF per-
sonal contact. Yet II Is this very personal contact
which creates the need of moral clear-sightedness.
And it very often happens that keenness OF insight
into the mind, motives and actions of other people
diverts the student from parallel home scrutiny.
He never suspects his bias; he supposes himself
TO things by the light of day. while they are in
fact unconscously colored by his personal Wishes
r-ss,sdlcs~"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13

Mr.. Wendell Phillips must not think we
intend a touch of irony in calling HIM
fnancier He knows enough of financial
questions to reason on them acutely, and
the dashing boldness of his conceptions by
no means proves that he rushes In where
masters of finance fear to tread. The
famous John Law knew enough OF finance
to convince and mislead the most skilful
men of his time, and although his South
Sea Bubble bursted everybody comedies his
brilliancy as er on that class Of sub
jects. There is no real incompatibility be-
tween intellectual brilliancy and financial
skill. Voltaire, who was the most volatile
and mercurial man Of his century, became
rich by his successful speculations, although
he made little by his writings. Moreover a
man may possess financial genius Of the
highest order and still be always hard up
in his private affairs, as is proved by the
example of Hamilton.
Mr.. Phillips letter, which we print to-
day, is cXultant and boastful. 1t is re-
freshing to see how happy he can be in cir
cumstances which have spread wet blan-
ket over most men Of his way of thinking.
The signal defeat of General Butler in Mas
sachusetts, the fact that the aashy green
back success in Maine has resulted in the
Inauguration of strenuous hard money
Governor, the failure to get the new silver
dollars into circulation, and the triumphant
success of resumption on the day fixed by
law have not depressed the exuberant
spirits of Mr.. Phillips. He constructs all
these apparent defeats as evidences of vic
tory, and proposes to follow up these splen-
did victories by an onslaught on the ma
tional banks The angry philippe deliv-
cred last week by Senator Beck 1--WE beg
Mr. Phillips pardon for calling Mr.. Beck's
speech philippic) shows how differently
men of like financial faith can view
the same events. 1t is much pleasanter to
listen to the jubilant Mr.. Phillips than to
the lugubrious and denunciatory Mr.. Beck.
MI. Phillips is satisfied with the success Of
the Silver bill, although Beck, Voorhees, Il
Co. declare that it has been nullifed. He
thinks the reissue of the greenbacks great
victory, although Mr.. Beck AYERS that the
intended aim of that law has been frustrated
by Secretary Shermans substitution of
large greenbacks Tor small ones. He
rejoices that legal tender notes are
received for customs duties, although Mr..
Beck denounces it as plain violation
of law. Mr.. Phillips is as happy as
Switts philosopher, who extracted sun
beams from cucumbers, or Pope's lunatic,
who thought himself king. 1t would not
be quite amiable to disturb this blisslul
sense of victory or to question Mr.. Phillips
claim that Secretary Sherman has become
his proselyte. While all the hard money
men are rejoicing over the success of re-
sumption we are glad to find Mr.. Phillips
in SO merry a mood that he accuses Mr..
Sherman of stealing his thunder, and APP
plies to him Shakespeare's jest over the
Benedict who lived to get married. We are
too much amused with Mr.. Phillips mirth
to scrutinize his reasoning.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13
and seeing DISCOVERY and death before him,

and seeing discovery and death before him,
is undoubtedly equal to the baseness of
attempting to save his own life at the ex-
pense of the woman's. Bishop is con-
cerned in two murders. His theory is that.
he will escape prosecution as to the Cobb
murder by his acceptance as States evidence,
while if Mrs. Cobb is convicted for that crime
she as convicted criminal cannot be pro-
duced against him as witness in the other
case. That is why he was so ready to tell
his story. Cobb was poisoned we believe;
not by himself, but very likely by Bishop.
Mrs. Cobb was not without some knowledge
of what was on foot, but the course of con.
ducs sketched for her by Bishop is fiction
Of his imagination.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13
The Cobb Trial.

Bishops testimony in the murder trial
now in progress at Norwich, Conn.,, was a
remarkable and unusual display Of peculiar
readiness on the part of culprit to accuse
himself of completely in q capital crime.
He swore readily to facts which he was not
under legal obligation to swear to, and ex-
hibited this superserviceable temper in the
cause of justice because, as he said, he
wanted to tell his story" Now. why did
he want to tell his story? Was it because of
penitence, because of that passion to "make
clean breast of it" which sometimes
seizes upon people who, having loaded their
souls with weight of crime that fills them
they have unloaded? 1t is said that Bishop
has, since his residence in prison, sob
tanned the consultations Of religion" He is,
that is to say, one of those murderers who,
if ever hanged, will step from the gallows
right into Paradise, the second story win
dows of Paradise being VIGOROUSLY on the
same level with the ordinary hangman's
scaffold. His religious convictions and the
penitent spirit that flows from them are
presented as the occasion and ground of the
liberal revelations OF his testimony. But it
seems to US that for man under an
impression Of that nature Bishop discrim-
mates very nicely between the crimes that
are equally on his soul. He wants to clear
his bosom of "the perilous STUFF that re-
lates to the murder with which Mrs. Cobb
is accused but he has not any uneasiness
of that sort in regard to the murder with
which he is himself accused. That may
lay on his soul indefinitely, it appears,
and not hurt him not o word on
that point comes out of him. There
he stands on his legal rights. He
only wants to tighten his soul as to
the other murder. This is rather unusual
sort of Partially for self-accusing spirit to
exhibit. But is there any other object with
which he could have made these revelations
than that of satisfying the instructive i'm
pulse to tell allan instructive impulse
which, as we see, was fully satisfied when
he had told half? Here is q man who
formally admitted that he gave poison
to his wife, and whose wife died from
poisoh. hO Hs'y w plctey oaAeiy put
down as the contriver of her death.
He is, therefore, murderer. He admits
that he supplied the poison for the murder
of Cobb. 1t may be considered that man
against whom these admissions are on rec
ord is not the most reliable authority as to
the detail of his offences that he would
falsify these, If there was any motive. For
if man will coolly murder with motive,
and coolly assist in the preparations Of
second murder with motive, d tortiori he
will, under the influence of an even
stronger motive, commit lesser Of
fence. He who will murder. to pos
sess himself of another mans wife
will lie to escape the gallows Now,
the libidinous wretch who killed his own
wife and prepared poison for his friend
under the influence of his passion for that
friends wife, being detected In his crimes.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13

MIR. TALMAGE's HARANGUE yesterday-t can
not by any stretch of imagination be called
sermon-was perhaps the most extraordinary
address ever made from pulpit in this or any
other country. 1t consisted of % sketch of his
own life, u vindcaton Of his course as preacher
and refutation of an old SANDER that he had
failed to save his first wife from drowning. The
Tabernacle rang alternately with laughter and
appause
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13

SATIRE is the last sentiment to be displayed
during the Christmas season. but the story of
the Toronto pastor who, in his pulpit on Christ
mas, thanked God for all that had been done
for the poor, and then went quietly home and
died Of starvation because Of his insufficient
salary is the most grimly satirical narrative
that ever disgraccd fashionable church.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13

THE STATISTICS Of the iron industry for the
past year show an encouraging condition of that
branch OF business. Our elevated railroads ma
terially contributed to the increased consump-
ton.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13

ACCORDING to the latest dispatches the fugi-
tive Indians have been surrounded, but they
decline every invitation to surrender and be
starved. The Establishments of Napoleon gun
will be brought to bear on them as soon rs pos
sible.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13
II r IPL q SH Il e II
NEW YORK, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1879.

The probabilities are that tie ,ceathcr IN Ne,c
YORK. and its ccinity to-day tciU be slightly colder
aud partly ctoufy or fair Tomorrow it ,ciH be
partly cloudy ~M increasing temperature, and
followed by threatening of snor.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13

FRANCIS MURPHY, the temperance revivaist
said farewell to this city last evening" and in
future the liquor men will have it all their own
way. 1t is to be hoped the twenty Thousand
whom it is said he has rescued from drunkards'
graves will remain in that happy condition.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13

In THE OPINION Of longshoremcn, shipping
merchants and other maritime experts, Governor
Robinson, i'll his recommendations concerning
the harbor masters and port wardens, has run
foul OF common sense.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

NIBLOS GARDEN-DAvY CROCKETT.
OLYMPIC THEATRE-PoUL a DHoumL.
NEW YORK observation-disclosures
GLOBE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
GRAND OPERA HOUsE-rmE sHAUGnRArS.
BOwERY THEATRE-BABA
PARK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CRusoK.
LYCEUM THEATRE-EyANGELfNE
BROADWAY THEATRE-Lrs FoURcHAMBAuLrs.
THEATRE COMIQUE-MULLlGAN GUARD BALL
WALLACK'S THEATRE-OuRs
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-THK BANKERS DAUcnrKR
MASONIC HALI.-ToN THUMB
BOOTHS THEATRE-IL TRovAToRE
GERMANIA THEATRE-DER SroEvESrRIEp
TlvOLI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
TONY PASTORS-vARiETY
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS.
THOMAS OPERA HOUSE-MINsrRKLsY
EGYPTIAN HALL--vARErY.
WINDSOR THEATRE-vARIETY
BROOKLYN PARK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13

The SERMONS YESTERDAY of unusual
interest and value DIR. Hepworth explained
the meaning of the vision OF the ladder and the
descending and ascending angels; DIR. Armitage
in preaching eloquently on the benefits of youth
full praise paid high tribute to woman; Mr..
rockingham discussed the new ideas Of cvou-
ton: DIR. Newman Home Religion and Its
Relation to Church and State while Mr.
Beecher dwelt upon the Importance OF watch
fulness and prayer. The meaning of our relig-
ious perplexities was made clear by the Rev.
Mr.. Cudworth; the advantages of culture were
enlarged upon by Professor Adler; repentance
after death was discussed by Mr.. Pullman, and
the national capital was defended against Mr.
Talmage by the Rev. DR.. Wilson, of that city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13

work and downright merit in any line.
whether done by their own country people
or by those from across the sea.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13

THE WEATHER-Thc depression that was
moving in northeasterly direction, as stated
i'll yesterdays HERALD, developed u storm
centre of considerable energy while passing
through the South Atlantic States. The rains
that accompanied the disturbance were exceed
ingly heavy causing numerous floods. In Vr-
gna, where the storm was the severcst, large
amount OF damage is said to have been done
The James River and its numerous tributaries
are very much swollen by the constant accumula-
lion of water from the mountains. To make mat
tiers worse, large ice gorge has formed below
Richmond, and the inhabitants are fearful that
the choking up of the river, together with the
large volume of water that must neces-
sary come down from the watersheds, will
prove very disastrous. The storm is pass
ing OH the coast ut Cape Hattcras, its course
being changed more to the eastward by the
area of high barometer that overlics the Middle
Atlantic and New England coasts. The barom-
eter rose very quickly in the southwestern dis
tricts, aud is now highest over the Lower
Mississippi Valley. In the lake regions the
pressure is falling slowly, but is yet only rcla-
lively low. No rain has fallen except in the
districts affected by the storm centre. In the
Northwest, however, snow storms prevail.
The weather has been cloudy except in the
western sections. The winds have been brisk
20 high in the South Atlantic States,
brisk on the Gulf coast and generally
fresh elsewhere. The temperature has
fallen decidedly in the Western Gulf. has
been variable in the Middle Atlantic
States and the lake regions, and has risen else
where. Steep gradients are likely to be formed
oil the coast north of Cape Hattcras during to-
day and high winds may be expected. The
weather over the British Islands is more favor
pble, but it will probably change tomorrow and
become threatening. The weather in New York
md its vicinity to-day will be slightly colder
and partly cloudy or fair. Tomorrow it will be
partly cloudy, with increasing temperature and
followed by threatening Of snow Or rain.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-11-05

There Is species Of singing seor-
pion found in the river bottoms Of
Western Texas. Immediately after
the birth of her young. the female
places them in a basket-sbsped re-
eepiscle On Der back, where they 81
Ooce attach themselves ard begin
sucking her blood OF course, the
mother socE sgccumbs 70 this unsiisl
treatment, and begins 20 dsoov The
Young ones are by this tiHse sufficient
Iy noarlshed 20 demand more sGbstsn-
isl TODD, aud they Kill their mother
aud deyoar her. Should one Of the
yoaDg ones became detached from
the living nest, it is a. once killed
and fe2sied upon by the mother.
Thss il seems that, while the female
willingly sacrifices her life for Der CT
spring, yet she does Dot hesitate 70
kiii them should they be so devoid Of
Instinct a. to refuse 10 remain where
ste places them ssser birth neils
this is going Gu the male psreat
stands around eTidently "oossiug iss
fob =
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-11-05

"Come into the waiting room y
cried Back, "artl seli me- hat il ali
means p ter, Ic3nsider you an aa.
priucipledielio to inveigle this young
lady into such trap. You know
you only want to waste her fortune
az you've wasted your own"
Gently, old fellow" said Potter,
all mistake. Ny uncle died last
week and Left me $4,000 year"
Then, wby do you make off in
this clandss,ine way ?"
'It's ell right, Black, / assure you
lve got special license 10 my pock-
ct, parson waiting at Brighton We
are both Of age, yoa know"
Then why all this disguise ?"
'4O5, that was my doing," sobbed
Consssncs, Il was 80 dgeadfally
afraid of papa"
And no" did Jon get the widows
lhinss, Ccnstauce!u ~
"F-frcm-your-Aunt Blake. Il
was not very wicked, was it?"
II think,p SAID Theresa, who had
recovered her eqdaaimity and her
usual aspect Of proud serenity, Il
think, Constance, you had better
come back to Shrublands with me,
and be married in q respectable, or
derly way"
And tney settled that so il should
be. They oil went back to SHRUB
laads, and Constance was married
Lnat next week, not in tne widow .
weeds, but in foil bridal Costume,
with several bridesmaids
Ernest said Theresa, affection
ately, wnen Is was all over, "I'li new
sr be jealous again, but for all that,
I'm glad that arlful mink is safely
disposed of She snail never enter
ny doors again, never"
Potter al.ags speaks of his friend |
Black with afectionate eommi-efa-
ion, and says that the worsi five
minutes ne ever spent in his life were !
passed in the Brighton express ia
win Nine. Theresa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-11-05
SOMERSET. PA. WEDNESDAY, NOV s. 1879.
me CIDER MILL,

Under the blue New Engl4nd skies,
Flooded with sunshine valley lies;
The mountains CLASP L warm and sweet,
Like 3 sunny child 20 Their rocky feet
Its meadows are greenest ever seen:
Its harvest nelds have the brightest sheen;
Through its trees the softes, sunlight shakes.
And the whitest lilies gem its lakes.
1 love. oh better than love can tell
Its every rock, and grove AMI dell;
But most love the gorge where the riil
Comes down by the old brown cider-mill
Above, the clear springs gurele out,
And the upper meadows wind about;
Then ioin. and under tie willows flow
Round klolls where blue beech whip-stoeks grew
Then rest in a shaded pool that keeps
The oak trees clasped in its crystal deeps-
Sheer twenty fecl the water falls.
Down from the old dams broken walls,
spatters the knobby bowlders gray.
And, laughing, HES in tho shade away.
Under great rocks. through trout-pool stiil
With many tumble down 20 the i'll.
An The way down the nat-trces grow,
And squirrels hide above and below.
Acerns. beechruts, chestnuts. there
Drop all the fall through the haEy air;
And burr. roll down with curled up leaves,
In the mellow light Of the harvest eyes
Forever there the still, old trees
Drink wine of peace that has no lees.
By the roadside stands the cider mul,
a elm ,1a-rr he vii
A great brown building, two stories high,
On the western hillIaee warm and dry;
And olorous piles of apples there
Fill with incense the golden afr;
And heaps of pumice mixed With straw,
To their amber sweets the late flies draw.
The carts back up TO the upper door,
And spill their treasures On the floor;
Down through the tOothe'i wheels they 60
To the wide deep clder-press below;
And the screws are turned by slow degrees.
Down on the straw-laii cider eheese
And with each turn a fuller stream
Bursts from beneath the groaning beam
An amber stream that gods might SIP,
And fear 10 morrows parched lip;
But wherefore gods? Those ideal toys
Were soulEess to New England boys.
What classic goblet ever felt
Such thrilling touches through It melt,
As throb electric along 3 straw,
When boyi.h fipF the ei er draw
The years are heavy wiki weary sounds,
And their dlscords liies swse; music browns;
, - Oh zvr,ot--
The riU that bAthed M bare, brown feet
And yet the cider drips and falls
On my inward ear at intervals;
And lead at times sad, sweet dream,
To the ba5blinz Of that little stream;
And lit in visioned autumn still,
In the sunny door OF the cider-min
-JoAn Grecsleef Whittier
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-11-05

ANN n TO seeo0 A YEAR, CT - TO 50 a
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ntEItWomen dc - well as men. Many
ID tt}stfImakem more than the amount stated
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make from Gets 10 = an hour by devoting your
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nothing T. Try TIE business. Nothing like ii fer
money making ever offered hefure. Basiness
want 70 know all about the best paying business
before the public. q nd rs your name and We vii
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samples worth > also gree you can then make up
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Address GEORGE STINSON & CO.
June II Portland. Maine.