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Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-05-11
The DanviIIe Asylum.

.
The insurance on the portion of the
Danville Asylum recently destroyed by
fire has been adjusted, says the Hazleton
Sentinel, and the award accepted by all
concerned. The hospital is to receive
5000, ,116 Oh. A. temporary kitchen at the
institution is about completed and a
large range IN it has been in use for sew
eral days past. A force of laborers is
now removing the burnt portion, and as
soon as that is completed, rebuilding will
begin. The plan of operation is to con-
fine the work entirely to the part occu-
pied by patients, so as to have room for
them as early as possible, and as large
an extent as the available funds will per-
nit. The center building will be left as
it is, except the repairs that are necessa-
ry to protect the steam and other pipes
that run through it. All the walls of the
latter building will have to be recon-
strncted from the cellar. 1t is expected
to put all the rest of the damaged parts
under roof this season, in order to pro-
tect the walls that remain intact.
In the work of rebuilding, iron will be
used instead of wood for cornces. All
communication between the stories will
be entirely of brick. The additional ex-
pense will be 900 more than for sim
pie wooden joist. 1t has also been decid-
ed to make an addition to the recess
room twenty feet back, thus giving more
day room to the excited patients.
The present number of patients at the
hospital is ITO. Eight have been admit
ted since March 5th when the fire occur
red. There is room for $50 male patients
now, and SO could be admitted.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-05-11
Interesting Facts From the Insurance
Commissioners Report.

The eighth annual report of the insu-
rance commissioner of Pennsylvania, J.
M. Forster, gives in detail a great amount
of information pertaining to the business
transacted by both foreign and domestic
insurance corporations doing business in
this state. 1t shows that at the present
time there is not an insurance company
doing business in this state with capit-
al stock Of less than 100000; several,
rather than increase their capital to this
amount in accordance with the legislative
act Of 1876 and which took effect on the
first of the paesent month, retired from
business. The same act required all COM
panies of other states who had not a cap
ital of or who could not exhibit assets Of
at least 5000, 900 over liabilities, to with
draw from the transaction of any busi-
ness in this state. Twenty-three COM
panies withdrew, representing capital
of Sc, ,428,826 and eight new ones, COM
plying in full with the requirements Of
the law, with capital aggregating $5,-
O65, $50, were authorized to transact
business. The report contains the state
ments of three hundred and thirty eight
companies, embracing forty-two joint
stock and one hundred and siXty-tive
mutual companies of this state, one hun
dred and five of other states and twenty
six foreign. These companies wrote
risks during the year 1880 amounting to
$8,19S, ,S02,514, receiving in premiums
$61, us, ,20l.01, and paying losses of $780,
500, ,17426, a ratio of loss to premium
received Of 57.53 per cent. This shows
a business in excess of that done in 1879
of risks written, 81, l06.942, ,070; of pre-
miums received, $ZSl5, 1926; of losses
paid, $1,S55, ,25603.
OF the business of the Pennsylvania
companies alone the report shows total
premium income of $9,363, l42.79; re-
ceipts from other sources of $1,7l2.575.-
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-05-11

Is making the gross receipts amount to
1,O75, ,7O7.94 with gross expenditures OF
$8,624, 151.49; dividends paid Of $1,634,-
1854. The ratio Of losses paid to
premium income is 61.34 per cent. The
business transacted in Pennsylvania by
Pennsylvania companies during the year
1880 was as follows: Risks written (fre,
marine and inland), $25S S,O39, 1856; prem
iums received, So, 500, ,SS7.S3; losses paid
50, 455, ,09777.
The exhibit of the various Pennsylvania
companies shows that but one, Philadel-
phia concern, had suffered an impair
ment Of capital on Demember 81, 1880,
but since the date of the report the COM
pany has collected from it's stockholders
$50, 900 to make up this impairment and
give it q surplus.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
Honey for the Ladies.

The New York Post says: Among the ele-
CANT toilets worn on New Years day in this
city was dress, madeb Worth, of turquoise
blue brOcaded velvet re front of the dress
was of brocade, trimme with a deep killing
of the same the botto of the kilt being
edged with wide flOunce of ducheSse point
lace The train was of plain blue satin, with
border of duchesse lace applique around the
entire skirt. The pointed bodice was fasten-
ed behind, and was ornumented with fichu
and cuffs of duchesse point.
4 beautiful blonde on Fifth avenue was
dressed in cream-colored brocaded satin de
Lyon, with petticoat reverss, short sleeves and
high collar of pale blue silk plush. The cor
sage was cut PompadOur and edged with
cream colOred Renaissance lace. Diamonds
and torquoise ornaments adorned the throat
and arms, and high Spanish comb, set with
brilliantS, was worn in the hair
Among a bevy of young ladies receiving
together in Lexington avenue was a Chicago
belle, who wore a superb costume designed
by New York modiste. The dress was of
ruby velvet. with brocades of small golden
roses and embossed leaves Of ruby satin. The
tournure and portions of the Louis XIV bod
ice were trimmed with gold lace. The bod
ice had plated surp]ice front of gold bro
caded net and was laced from the throat over
the surplice to the extreme point of the cor
sage. The front of the dress was slightly
draped and held at the left side by rich cord
and tassel of ruby and gold.
Another young lady wore dress Of ivory
white nuns yelling trimmed with lace-edged
killings. A broad rose-colored silk scarf,
with heavy knotted fringe, was draped over
the dress and held in place by a cluster OF
blush roses and foliage. A third young lady
wore an apricot satin-striped gauze over a
short skirt of crimson satin. The tunic and
bodice were adorned with sprays of smilax
and red poppies. She had diamond orna-
ments and cream-cOlOred satin boots, en-
hroidered i'm scarlet
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
Development of Music.

A very interesting lecture was recently de-
hvered before the Anthropological Institute,
London, by J. F. Rowbotham, ON the different
stages in the development of the art ofmusic
in prehistoric times. Although the varieties
of musical instruments may be counted by
hundreds, yet they are all reducible to three
distinct types: 1. The drum type. 2. The
pipe type. 3. The Tyre type These three
types are representative of three distinct
stages of development through which prehis-
tpric music had passed and in the order given
above. The first period in the development
If music was the drum stage, in which drums
and drums alone were used by man. The
second was the pipe stage, in which pipes as
well as drums were used. The third was the
Tyre stage, in which stringed instruments
were added to the stock. These three stages
answer respectively to rhyme, melody and
harmony. In the musical history of man.
1nd the Tyre stage is never found to precede
the pipe stage, nor the pipe stage to precede
the drum stage
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
NEVADA FINANCES.
Their DepIOrabIe Condition Described
by the Governor.

A State tOttering ON the verge Of financial
ruin That is about the description that just
nowsuits Nevada. After reading Governor
KinSeads message to the Legislature to-day
one cannot be surprised any longer at the
contescension of the Carson barkeeper in ac-
cepfng a "short bit" for his best beverage
and choicest Dupont-street cigar. Alas, it is
not condescension. 1t is the awful fear of
poverty that weighs down the community.
It's the terror of impending financial calam-
ity that has worked the melancholy trans
formation Think of shrinkage of $685.
100000 in the assessment value OF the mines
ofNevada in three years. Governor Kinkead
furnishes ample statistics to prove the mis-
fortune. These figures show that in 1877 the
value of the mining property on which taxes
was levied was S26, ,72S, ,72252, in 1878 ST.
405, ,681.S6, in 1879 $6,496, ,432.O4, in 1880
So, 1855, ,7O712. In 1880 the receipts from
taxes ETC., were S151 ,24446; the expenditures
S211 ,364O6, leaving deficiency of S6O, 1860.
With such statistics before him the Governor
takes hopeless view of the situation. AS
there is now in the treasury about $3.50,
surplus left from former years
of prosperity, the Governor wisely prognosti-
Gates an empty exchequer when the Legisla-
ureshall have finished its labors.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
THE SEA AND THE MOON.

The Sea fell in love with the Noon
The Moon only laughed at the Sea-
And went on, turning midnight to noon,
And silvering hilltop and lea.
Look down Lovely Moon,'' said the Sea:
Behold your own beautiful face;
'Tis SO pure and so charming tome
In my heart have given il place"
She looked, with a flush of disdain;
Her glorious image was there;
And she knew-for q woman is vain
That the image was spotlcss and fair.
Away sped the Moon in her splendor;
But oft and again she would turn,
With glance growing more and more tender
To the Sea, where her image did burn.
There Trembled the silvery illusion;
Nay, MoOn do not quiVer or start;
'ris the tremor OF Loves soft confusion,
The throb of the Seas faithful heart
And the Moon would remember and ponder
The vision she saw in the wave,
As away around the world she would wander
And she knew that the sea was her Slave.
And month after month, when returning,
In her full she would glory again,
Her face in the ocean still burning
Gave the Moon slight feeling of pain.
Still the Sea followed sorrowing after,
His breast swelling over with love,
His sighs waking only the laughter
OF the Moon sailing queenly above.
Though ages and ages have perished,
Still Love sings the changeless old tune,
And with passion still faithfully cherished,
The Sea follows after the Moon.
Follows after till cruel shores stay him,
Then breaks his great heart with a sigh;
For the Fates ever mock and delay him
Whose aim is unwise and too high.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
Limitations Of Sex.

Let us inquire in what intellectual parti-
culars man is in advance Of woman, SAYS
Nina Morals in an article on Limitations of
Sex" IN the North 4mericdn ReUieW The
apparent gains are twO-the accumulative
possession of more numerous ideas acquired
by the male in course of progress, and the
habits of reflection generated by such ac-
emulation. These facilities look more
formidable than they actually are. Woman,
by the involuntary process of nature, is pre-
vented, from remaining isolated in the march
of civilization. The female child is as truly
the heir OF the father as the male. Though
repression in the daughter and education in
the son may occasion forced mental dis
tinctions, yet it is undoubtedly true that the
more enlightened the father, the more ca
pable the daughter. Place the male and
female side by side on the road to learning.
What indigenous advantage has the former?
Ideas, we affirm. Not so, replies closer
thought. Ideas themselves are neither in
nate nor structurally transmitted. They
must be the peculiar acquisition Of each in
divldual. The knowledge previously gar
nered by the thought and experience of men
is the historical inheritance Of the girl as
well as Of the boy. She need not be taught
hierOglyphics while he memories the modern
alphabet. She will not seek the heights of
philosophy in the vagaries of the Ionian
school while he engages his attention with
Darwin and Haekei Male and female alike
use the boarded knowledge of ages as the
scaling ladder Of common ascent. If actual
ideas are not transmitted, still habits of mind
may be so perpetrated. The masculine ma
ture, from its long continued contact with
wider interests and more numerous ideas,
has acquired more accurate habits of thought.
Herein lies the real advantage, and only time,
whose every division shall record greater
mental effort for accuracy on the part of
can remedy the discrepancy The
results Of freedom are already felt The
pressure of unmoved prejudice bearing upon
each woman who seeks new channel of
activity, and the invariable law of competi-
ton calling for the survival Of the tittest,
make her stimulus to exact habits of thought
greater than that which urges her male
With such impulses, a habit
ought to be acquired in a few generations.
The intellectual evolution of four centuries,
unstimulated by the spurs which good women
to higher activity, has transformed Goetz
von Berlichingen into transcendental
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
The Social Scale.

A writer for the Cincinnati Enquirer has
been looking critically at New York women,
and the following is one of the conclusions
"As a rule, the higher you 60 up in the social
scale of New York the less beauty you find.
! could name tOp-lofty families whose women
are generally ugly to the extent of positive
hideousness. There is theory that the pro
duct of several generations of high culture
is palpable superior article of woman, with
small hands and feet, arched insteps, sensi-
tive nostrils, and other points supposed to in
dicate physical and mental refinement OBJ
servation proves that the truth is no such
thing. The shop girls of the Bowery are
prettier as class, than the idle girls of Fifth
avenue This reads like heresy, no doubt,
but it is nevertheless plain statement of
fact. Criticise the two sorts without allow
ing the judgment to be predjudiced by the
matter of dress, and the prize medal must be
awarded to the Bowery, Notwithstanding its
sins Of clothing and manners"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
Bismarck as a Friend in Need.

About thirty-five years ago, when the Ger
man Chancellor was only plain Otto Won Bis
marck, POmeranian squire and inspector
of dikes, he went out snipe shooting with a
friend, on some marshy land, into which his
companion, stout, heavy man, suddenly
sank up to his arm pits. Vainly struggling
to extricate himself, the gentleman shouted
for help, and seeing Herr Bismarck approach
him very slowly and cautiously, apparently
still looking out for the rising of some stray
snipe, piteously appealed to him to leave the
confounded snipe alone and pull him out of
the abominable swamp into which he had
sunk so deeply that its slime was all but in
his mouth. my dear friend" replied Bis
marck, with the utmost calmness, "you will
never get out of that hole. Nobody can
possibly save you 1t would however, pain
me very much that you should suffer un-
necessarily by slow sitting in this vile
swamp I'll tell you what my dear fellow,
I'll save you the agony Of sutfocation by put
ting a charge Of shot into your head. Thus
will you die at once more swiftly and more
respectfully" "Are you mad ?" shrieked the
other struggling desperately to free himself
81 don't want either to be drowned or shot ;
so help me out in the name of the three
devils" Deliberately leveling his fowling
piece at his friends head, Herr Bismarck re-
joined. in sorrowful tone, keep steady for
a moment; it will soon be over. Farewell,
dear friend. / will faithfully tell your poor
wife all about it. Stimulated to superhuman
effort by the danger menacing him, the un-
lucky sportsman contrived to wiggle out of
the mud Oh all fours, and, when he had re-
covered his feet, broke out into storm of
vehement reproach. Herr Bismarck listened
to hin with sardOnic smile, merely observ-
ing: Can't you see how right was, after
all? Every man for himselfw and turning
his back OH his infuriated companion, coolly
walked away in search of more game
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
A Disguised Baby.
, Boston Transcript

There is three-months- baby living
with his parents on Blank street, who was
recently thrown into the society of three mar
ried and three single ladies. The converse
ton was conducted chiefly by the ladies and
proceeded in this wise: "Oh, de little darling!"
did e want to 4iss liz muzzer?" "Will he
sake little han'y?" t'Oh, 90 little p'ecious !"
"Why don't e tiss e lady? ?" Where's iz toot-
sies?" ooh, doney c'y" what e matter wiv
um lammy?" The infant at last looked up,
and with an expression of inefable disgust
remarked: "What plaguey set of fools you
all are! Why in time don't you talk sense
and talk English?n This is lie from one
end to the other. With that exception it is
all true. 8 .Inaraa vi. H.. ~.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
An Exploded Idea.

The suspicion is largely prevalent that the
annual messages of the President are not gen
orally read by the people at large. The Syra-
cuse Standard, conceiving this notion, sent
out number of its reporters to inquire
among the prominent men of that city how
many had read the last message of President
Hayes. The result was significant and some
what surprising The number of persons of
whom inquiry was made was 213. Of them
only II had read the message 80 had glanced
at it, 90 had read portions of it, 1O8 hoped to
get time to read it some day, and the rest
had hardly an idea even of its existence. 1t
is noteworthy that the majority of those who
had not read it gave as an excuse that they
" could not find time to wade through so
much matter
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
Why Women are Cold.

A woman complains to the Cincinnati En-
quirer that her sex is compelled by fashion to
suffer dreadfully from cold Even when
clad for the street, she says "a woman is
nowhere so thickly covered as man, unless
it be about her chest and arms by fur gar
ment. Her head is usually not protected at
all, and in the other direction her warm
clothing stops'at her hips, for below that her
skirts are only shield against the wind,
without keeping out much cold. There is a
general feminine aversion to flannel next to
the skin, arising from the prickliness of the
one and the delicacy Of the other Below
the knees the only covering is stocking So
it is that the girl in sealskin sacque, look
ing so mighty comfortable, really suffers
greatly
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
Japanese Farmers and Farm Life.

Something more than half the population
of the Empire are agricultural, and the half
of these are women. In 1874, 100000
acres were under cultivation, or about three
fourths of an acre per head of the farming
population but the tillage is most thorough
and two crops are invariably raised each
year. All farm labor is hard work. A plow
is seldom seen, and labor saving machines
are unknown. Wages for farm labor seem
low: $50 year with board, or $50 without
board, for a man, and SO with board, and
S25 to $50 without it, for q woman. But
then, as the clothing of a laborer costs but $4
or SIS O year. and he gets three-room house
(bamboo and paper for S. or SO year, and
clothing for family of four or five does not
exceed $40, and his garden will produce one
half of his living, the farm laborer is not in
desperate condition, and being exceedingly
frugal he manages to lay up something each
year.
Considering the cheapness of everything in
Japan and the low wages paid for even skill
ed labor, the taxes, including the land tax of
the government and local assessments, are
enormous, amounting in all to per cent.
In Cincinnati they can hardly exist and pay
81, and ruin would seize the farmers Of Ohio
were they punished for the support of the
government to the extent these Orientals
are. Yet the japanese farmers are prosper
GUS. Nearly all can read, write and keep
farm accounts, while the boys are sent to
school and the girls taught music and needle
work at home. There is not house, even
among the coolies or laborers, that does not
have its bath room, which is put in use each
morning.-Report Of Consul Van Buren.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
An Admirer of Women.

A country parson has recently described
woman in the following words:
The woman may have her complexion
darkened by the sun, tanned by the winds
or rendered as fair as the lily by being con-
fined to the house. She may be plain and
unshapely as to her prominent features, and
yet be lovely as dream 1t matters not,
she always carries with her the power of
goodness and the light which shines from
her features and beams from her eye, show
ing the gentleness of her disposition, the f.
deity of her affection and the purity of her
heart, casts about her radiant halo that
brightens even unto perfect day. to whom
Her daily life is an illustration of all that is
gentle and lovely in human nature.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
The HTrembler,, Corset.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquire,
says: "A new corset attracted my attention
at the shop of a leading manufacturer 1t is
like the ordinary article except in one impor-
tant particular. The breast was composed
of lattice work, this part of the structure
covering two apertures in the otherwise
staunch corset, and forming a loose support
for what is to 60 within. This corset is in
female slang called the Trembler,' and the
name indicates its artful purpose. Worn
over dress waist that does not fit too tight
ly across the bust, it permits little unre-
straint to the form inside and the effect is
understood to be quite enchanting to the
male observer This kind of corset has to be
made carefully to order, in order to obtain
all its advantages.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
Fashion Notes.

Coupons are not cut by us this year. Rail-
roads have long trains and are trimmed with
rich dividends. The sole makes very pretty
fchu. Checks are very fashionable the first
week in January. Stripes are much worn at
Sing Sing and Concord. Figures are much
sought after; 100000 is a very pretty one
Rich beaus are desirable for the opera DR. the
atre parties. Dots will come in again with
the flies. Undressed kid will be used for
childred's bathing suits next summer. Birds
are used for bonnets and the bills are verf
large. Night dresses with good nap are the
best. Old gold is still put in stockings. Thi1,
fat pocketbooks are in style since Christmas
and New Year.-Boston Commercial BtUetii.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-24
A Boston ROy.

Captain John Goldman, in letter to the
New York Post, relates this anecdOte of a
Boston boy:
Passing up Beacon street | met little
boy with small library OF books slung over
his shoulder by strap, and requested him
to direct me to the Meionaon. This he did
with so exceeding politeness that, having a
curiosity to know why public hall should
have such queer name, l asked him if he
could tell me why it was so called.
Certainly, SIR he replied. 1t is an ad
junct to the fremont Temple, and it's deriva-
tion is from melon, meaning smaller, and
naos, temple
Thank you, my boy said, You seem to
be we'll up in the languages; thank you very
much
II MY a pas de quoi, Monsieur he replied,
as he skipped off without giving me chance
to learn Of his proficiency in Latin and He
brew, which was no doubt equal to that he
had acquired in Greek and French"