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Year: 1878

lation of nature and lay them at rest. Ev- cry atom of copper or lead or silver or gold on which the eye ever rested, if it was not withdrawn from the sea by living plant was precipitated by decaying plant or animal. All metals come to us at the price of life or death Life and death have been mining the seas from the beginning until now. But nature moves in a cycle, what the seas give up in one age they take back in another. The lecturer described the immense erosion of the gold veins of California, monument of which We have in the blue gravel"

 He showed then how sediments become strata and how nature gathers the atoms of metal into veins. To show the process of vein making, he took his audience to Steamboat Springs and tAen to great Solfatara, or boiling spring, in Iceland. He showed how uprushing currents of steam precipitate silica and impregnate it with silver and gold. He showed, by delinea- tions of the Comstock lode, how ore chan nels are formed, and how the Assure, being filled from above downward must be rich est from the surface. He showed that there must be limit in depth, below which nature could not make silver ore or gold. Glancing over the great silver veins of the world, he showed that they conform in general to the theory and grow poorer as they grow deeper. He would have it written in characters of flame on the Pacific slope, so that the miner who runs may read-"Unless nature shows a good hand on the surface, do not trust her at deep levels"

 He sketched the wanderings of silver and gold through the currents of nature and through all these wanderings silver and gold had borne close companionship. Together they float in the sea; together they wander on the current of subterra. mean streams; together they lie, silver in the embrace of gold, ln crystals of pyrite
Year: 1878

PROF. CUMMINGS LECTURE

 He began by showing that silver and gold are not localized in the earth bu. uni versal through the galaxies. With this demonstration under her feet scIence is sublime. The first step creation took with an atom of metal was to combine it with sulphur. Sulphur is the atmosphere of metals. AS notes float unseen in the air, so metal atoms float invisible in an atmos- phere of sulphur.

 We find the atom first dwelling alone and diffused through space. We find it next dwelling with sulphur and diffused that the primeval sea held more metal than the living seas are holding. The metals have come into the rocks from sea, not from a fire sea below. They began to be introduced into the rock at the epoch when life began in the oceans. The lnfer- ence is that silver and gold have been withdrawn from the seas through the agency of life or death. In what way?

 The speaker described and delineated the type of weed that grows in the sea and ranges in size from microscopic cell to stem that would overtop five of the might fest trees of California growing end to end. They mire the vast bonanzas of ocean for silver and gold. Weed-peopled seas have rolled over the globe from the dawn of life till now. Sea and seaweed have been everywhere and everywhere are silver and gold. Almost every ore contains silver. Almost every crystal of pyrite contains gold.

 The speaker showed next how decaying organisms withdraw metals from the eircu-
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, February l.

 The president has accepted the report of the commission on the last section of the Southern Pacific, from the Colorado to the edge of the military reservation at Yuma. This evades the difficulty of deter mining at what point the Southern Pacific and Texas Pacific are to cross each other, as the disputed points are both within the reservation, the disposition Of which is left to Congress. The presidents decision brings the end of the road in section IA of the northeast quarter of township 16 south, range 9 east, San Bernardino meridian.

 This report of the commission leaves matters rather mixed as to the bridge across the Colorado. This river is a navigable stream forming the boundary between 8 State and a Territory. Congress alone can grant right to bridge it; but that has not yet been done. All valid rights of the Southern Pacific, in Arizona, have been &C., quired from the village of Yuma. The railroads depots and im- provements here are safe enough, but we should like to have it's ti- tie assured as to the bridge.
Year: 1878

tn lower end of South America. This vast Assure caused the hpheaval of a chain of mountains that Is almost continuous for the entire distance. The speaker referred to the geological structure of tte State, and of the existence in the pre-glacial period of a great river running from north to south at the foot of the Sierras. The glaciers with which the mountains were tecming cut out the deep cafons of the Yosemite, Hetch Hetcthi valleys, Kings River canon, and other stupendous gorges and smaller river beds, pouring the debris into and filling up the old river bed. This old river bed, called the Blue Lead, is well known to the California miner, as its course has been throughly traced, and in it are contained the richest treasures of gold

 The lecture was one of the deepest in- terest as, indeed, all of them have been. At its close he stated that he had been asked to explain Leverrier's theory of the preces- sion of the equinoXes and the cause of the occurrence of the glacial epochs or pe- riods of excessive cold, and if any cared to stay he would do so then. Nearly all re- mained in their seats and listened with wrapt attention while he went through with the explanation, which he made ex- ceedingly clear. He showed how it was that, as the earth, in making its elliptical orbit about the sun, turns the northern hemisphere toward the sun more than the southern. so that the northern hemisphere has eight days more summer than the southern. At the North Pole more ice melts in summer than freezes in winter, and it is constantly growing more open and more temperate in climate, while at the South Pole more ice freezes every win ter than melts in summer, and the result is the accumulation of vast mass of ice, estimated at more than two miles in thickness. This vast weight of ice at one end of the earth has tendency to throw the center of gravity to the south of the equator, and as a consquence to draw the water of the earth to the southern hemi- sphere. Any map will show that the largest and deepest oceans arc in the southern hemisphere, and it is supposed that vast continents have been submerged by this why scientists say that the land of the north. ern hemisphere is slowly rising, and that of the southern is sinking. Leverrier, the greatest of living astronomers, calculates that this has been going on for 6500 years, and that it will continue 1000 years longer, when it will begin to change, and the re- verse will take place. All of British North America will then give place to the Arctic sea, and the great interior valleys of Cali fornia, which by the slow exodus of the sea to the southward have arisen out of the waters, will again become an inland ocean. In two and half million years, should the earth be in existence at that tune, it's el- liptic path about the sun will be so enor- mously elongated that the earth will be shrouded in snow and ice to a greater depth than was ever before its fate in the glacial epoch of its existence.-[Stockton Indepen- dent
Year: 1878

The prospect Of the re-enactment Of
an income tax is somewhat alarming. II
has already majority of n In the House
of Representatives, only eleven short OF
two-thirds vote.


A tax upon incomes Is q direct tax,
and ii levied As the former income tax
was, it Is clearly unconstitutional. This
is one objection to it, and it should be
conclusive.


Apart from the constitutional ques,
tion, however, the most burdensome and
oppressive of all taxes Is tax upon in,
comes. 1t is inquisitorial In its nature,
and must always be hateful to free peo.
pie. Its imposition creates kind ol
slavery. A man can scarcely be said to
own anything when he can be compelled
to submit every dollar of his property
and every mill derived from 1t t0.the
curious inquisition Of others.


There Is no need of an income tax
The revenues Of the Government are
ample without il, and there are plenty
of methods Of raising money far less OBJ.
jectionable.


Notwithstanding the heavy vete In
Congress in favor Of an income tax, VIZ
believe it would be q very unpopular
measure, and that all taking any part ir
ats imposition would share In its unpop
ularity.-[N. Y. Sun.
Year: 1878

NEW EFFORT TO SAVE THE COMPANY.
MUTUAL CHARTER ASKED FROM The LEGIsLA-


TURE-THE CAPITAL STOCK TO BE WIPED OUT


AND THE POLICIES SEALED.


A new effort is making to save the remaining
assets of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company,
by keeping it out of the hands of q receiver and
recognizing it as a purely mutual company the
stock to be merged and wiped out, and
the policies to be sealed. Legislative intervention
is necessary in order to effect this, and, therefore,
a new charter has been asked for. Ii is thought
that most of the policy holders will cooperate with
the managers in their efforts.
Year: 1878

of further immigration the Administration will
probably hold that it is not desirable and far
it can be checked without violation of treaty. 1T will
be for the interest of the Pacific Coast that it shall
he restricted. The subject was briefly considered in
the Cabinet to-day.
Year: 1878

The police have been notified II gang Of
young roughs who congregate at the corner
of Front and Madison stree'ss and insult


passers by with obscene jestf.. The gang ID


apt to get into trouble soon. z |
Year: 1878

The beer question is still being agitated
in this city. 1t is now definite fact that
the price of beer will be reduced by the
brewers from So per barrel to s6. This is
to go into effect tomorrow, and will be he
means of giving to the beer consumers q
glass of good beer, such as Cincinnati only
can give, for cents. To-day the brew
ers, at least the most Of them, are selling
their product at 50 per keg or quarter-bar
rel. A few are delivering beer to their ellis
toners at 81 50 per keg, and the latter, of
course are able to sell three-cent glasses, and
most of them are doing the same. In few
days hve-cent glasses excepting schooners,
will be thing of the past 1t is considered
as certainty that this move on part of the
brewers will drive the schooner" from the
market and give the field to the three-cent
glass.


The brewers this afternoon unanimously
commenced to sell beer to their customers
at b6 per barrel


In spite of this a number of saloon
keepers have decided not to retail at 3 cents
glass; but how long they will hold out ii
is impossible to say.
Year: 1878

National Associated Press to the Star


BISMARCK July --latest reports from
the Bear Paw Mountains are to the effect
that two gulches with placer gold deposits
have been discovered and two mining dis
tricts organized with recorder for each,
The second gulch is reported very rich,
yielding $50 day per man.
Year: 1878

Sheriff VIM, Pitt Wallace is indignant
over the statement of one of the morning
papers to-day in which he is accused of
getting too much profits from the prisoners.


The Sheriff made his return for the pre-
Year: 1878

the package from Buckley's pockets, There
were fourteen passengers on the car, but the
robbery was too sudden for interference be
fore the men had jumped from the car and
into the carriage, which was close behind,
and escaped.
Year: 1878

A SPECIAL tcle gram to the HER

 ID, dated Apache, October I, in forms us that the Verde and country south of the Mongollon will roll up q majority for Woolsey of over seven hundred votes. and that his election is certainty. The dispatch comes from a well posted and reliable gentleman, who knows the people of that section thoroughly, and whose judgment in political matters has always been considered of the very best.
Year: 1878

Advertising has become by slow,
yet sure degrees, very effective lever
in promoting business. success, and is
now generally recognized as an indis-
Pensable auxiliary in all trade circles.
There is no question that without its
agency no very great amount Of pros
perlty can be attained. It il in times
of great depression that advertising
should be more employed; not ex:rav-
sgantly but judiciously used. A great
deal Of money may be expended in
advertising that brings back hut little
return for the outlay. A good mer-
chant, one who has, by experience
learned the value Of newspaper adyer-
tising takes great care in wording his
announcements that are to appear be-
fore the public in print as he does in
making change over the counter, and
equal care that they appear in the most
widely circulated journals, knowing
that by so doing he gives the fullest
publicity to his business, and in the
wording of his advertisements he writes
them so as to attract buyers by reduc-
ton in prices for cash; in fact, he Gre
ates demand for his goods in which
he invariably succeeds. The expert
ence of number of our leading mer-
chants bears attestatiOn to the fact
that newspaper advertising has been
and always will be productive Of the
very best results, and is by far the
cheapest and most valuable mode of
communicating with the public.
Year: 1878

Our young girls do not understand the
wiicherv of bright eyes and rosy lips. hut
Get off their beauty by all the artificial
means which lIe in their power, never re.
hecting that by so doing they destroy
their principal charm-that of innocence.
The rounded cheeks. the bright eyes. the
waving hair OF a girl in her teens need
only the simplest setting Rich fabrics
and sumptuous adorning are more for the
matron. her dress gaining in ample fold
and graceful sweep as she puts on the
dignity Of years. The seasons teach Us
something here. il We 20 to nature for
an object lesson. How different her
charm from the deep, maturing summer.
when the hues are decided, and the air -
loaded with perfume from thousand
censers The school girl is only on the
threshold Of summer. She has not crossed
it yet Let her copy the sweet grace Of
the spring on her graduation day, AMI
discard srtificislity for rature.
Year: 1878

Nothing is more easy than to grow
rich. Il is only to trust nobody to be-
friend none; to get all you can, and save
all you get-to stint yourself and every
body belonging to you; to lie friend to no
man, and have no man for your friend
to heap interest upon interest. cent upon
cent; to be mean. miserable and dispised
for some twenty or thirty years; and
riches will come as sure as disease and
disappointment. And when pretty near
ly enough rent is collected. by disregard
to all the charities Of the human heart,
and at the expense of every enjoyment,
death comes to finish the work; the
body Is buried in hole, the heirs dance
over IT and the spirit yops-where'
Year: 1878

The bills to repeal the bankrupt Law
are now before a subcommittee of the
Judiciary Committee, Of which Judge
Lynde, of Wisconsin, is at the head
Despite all efforts to quicken the work o
the subcommittee. it shows great tar,li-
ness in acting on the subject The Sem
ate committee is also DELAYING action
IL is believed that il the matter could b,
got to vote the repeal bill would pas
the two houses.
Year: 1878




The conservative leader in Canada having
won his victory seems at u loss what to do
with it, He has promised protective
tariff for the benefit OF Canadian manufac-
turers; but to make it really protective he
must make it an equal barrier against the
introduction ofEnglish and American goods.
Discriminating duties against the United
States would not help the infant manufac-
lures Of the Dominion, because the mother
country would command its markets and
break down its domestic industries. Like
all other protectionists, those of Canada wish
to be protected against low prices. 7hich
they can never be if their markets are
flooded with British goods admitted at
low rites Of duty. But if Sir John Mac
donalds government legislates against
British trade it will incur the i'll will Of the
whole British people. Taese difficulties
give him pause. and it will require more
skill than he possesses to frame tariff
which will at once satisfy the Canadian
manufacturers and retain the friendship
OF the mother country.
Year: 1878

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMoRY.-The
trustees Of the Seventh Regiment Armory Fund
have issued another appeal for money to enable
them to complete the same. Although the
work on the building is i'll an advanced state
the sum Of one hundred thousand dollars is
still needed to finish it hence this call for
further subscriptions. That the response will
be prompt and generous we feel assured, for
the past services of the Seventh regiment
have rendered it famous in the history Of New
York, while in the future they promise to he
of even greater value. A strictly military
organization, this regiment is not only q splen
did school for training our young men to be
good soldiers, but it stands to-day the model
militia regiment of the Union. Let every man
who loves peace and values good order give
what he can. and the fund will be sosn COM
plcted IL will be a safe investment and bear
good interest hereafter.
Year: 1878

This Ohio institution Of learning. whose
name and fame are SO well known, has met
with mishap which is making it the butt
lin College was the earliest seminary of SO
high rank to abolish distinctions of sex
and race and admit all upon an equal foot
ing Young men and young women, white
persons and negroes, enjoy equal advan-
tages OF instruction within tho walls
Of it's eight spacious buildings, and
there have gone forth from its halls, first
and last. many able men and superior
women. General Cox, who was at one time
Governor Of Ohio, afterward President
Grants Secretary Of the Interior and is
now distinguished member of Congress,
is one Of it's alumni, and among its female
graduates are the wives of many Ohio citi-
gems of the highest standing. This institu-
tion, which was founded in 1888, has here
tofore been SO fortunate as to escape scan
dals of every description, and hundreds of
estimable people in Ohio and elsewhere feel
queer and uncomfortable over the recent
escapade Of some Of its male and female
students. But really it is a subject for
laughter rather than tears. The regulations
at Oberlin have always been very strict and
rigorous, especially those relating to the
two sexes. The young ladies are required
to be in their rooms at half-past seven in
the evening, and cannot afterward leave
them during the night. There is q similar
regulation for the young gentlemen, but the
hour is later. What has recently happened
at Oberin is an evasion Of these rules.
Half dozen rollicking young men
and two or three hoydenish young women
have contrived to have night interviews as
daring, though less romantic, than the one
which everybody has beheld on the stage
between Romeo and Juliet. Coming out
into the starlight over friendly adjoining
roofs, or letting themselves down from win
dows with bedclothes knotted together at
the corners, these enterprising young peo-
Year: 1878

pie have succeeded in having several CLAM
destine outdoor meetings under the broad
canopy Of the night. 1t is not alleged
or believed, nor even suspected, that there
has been any immortality or anything
more blameworthy than a pleasant little
irolic. But the faculty and the community
Of Puritanic Oberlin have been thrown into
commissions Of excitement and horror. They
fear that what they cali ''the coeducation
of the sexes" has received a fatal blow.
They are as much aroused as Connecticut
village would have been in the days OF the
blue laws by the discovery that mother
had kissed her children on the Sabbath.


We trust that little reflection will calm
their excitement over this piqunnt frolic.
We do not believe in the theory OF
'coeducation;' but if we had any
faith in the system this comedy at Ober-
lin would not shake it. Everybody
has heard Of scaling "a fortress or nun
nory," and readers Of the pleasant tales Of
Boccaccio are familiar enough with the idea
of lovers gaining entrance to those pious
retreats. But such stories, whether fact or
fiction, were never deemed valid arguments
against the separate education Of young
women in those institutions. II such on
acciden. should occur in a convent it would
only be reason Tor greater vigilance, and
the amusing escapade Of a few young peo-
pie at oberlin should be Judged in the
same lenient way.
Year: 1878

The result ofthe search yesterday for Mr..
Stewards body was as barren as on any OF
the preceding days. The statement made
to our reporters just before the HERALD
went to press yesterday morning. to the eff
feet that the whereabouts of the remains had
been ascertained, appears now to be an
idle boast, for the body is still miss
ing. The police, having run their
heads against the stone wall Of ST.
Marks Church Cemetery, seem to have lost
their wits, and the detectives appear to be
playing game Of blind mans buff. This
is remarkable exhibit for the Police De-
partment of great city like New York. A
disciplined organization, embracing nearly
three thousand men, is unable to discover
who dcspoiled an honored citizens grave;
neither can they find the body or its place
Of concealment. This is confessed fact,
and the people of New York are beginning
to ask what is the use Of paying some three
millions of dollars per annum for so little
return.


1t is very significant that the feeling is
gaining ground among thinking people that
had Mr.. Hilton offered reward simply for
the recovery Of Mr.. Stewart's remains the
detectives would have found them before
this. In other words, the popular impress
sion is that the police care more about
sharing the reward than 10 arrest the crimi-
nails who perpetreted the outrage. We
do not say this accusation is q
just one; but that such an opinion
exists shows the public estimation
of our police, and it is lamentable COM
mentary upon the present system. The
Commissioners, with their Superintendent
and inspectors, will be held responsible for
any failure, and it behooves them, one and
all, to show the citizens of New York that
they are doing their whole duty in the
premises, and prove it in way to
silence all doubt or dispute. We are not
seeking to throw unmerited blame on the
heads Of the department or PREJUDICE them
in the midst of their search, but we would
be false to our own duty if We did not tell
these gentlemen that no subterfuge or
excuse will be accepted by the taxpayers
who support the police and are its masters.
Year: 1878

cable despatch was received from Glasgow yesterS
day at the office Of the State Line Steamship Company
announcing the sudden death Of Captain Llewcllyn
Cooper commander Of the steamship State Of Georgia.
Of that line The deceased born in Hallowell.
Me-, and was about ifty-Ave years of age. When al
home he resided in Duneen n. j.. where he leaves
widow and three sons the eldest only thirteen years
Of age Captain Cooper has been connected with the
State line since its start and has always been
in command Of the steamship State Of
Georgia. He has been an old shipmaster. and
went to when he was nine years of age
Mr. Baldwin, agent OF the line. said yesterday that
the dcccsed extremely popular among the passen-
gers OF his ship, and was most efficient seaman. IL
will be remembered that Captain Cooper few months
ago brought the state OF Georgia safe to this port
when rhe had broken her rudder some fifteen hun
drcd miles from New York He rugged up q spar to
for rudder, and BY that means brought the
steamship safe to this port under sail For this lac
presented with agold medal. aud received vote
Of thanks from the passengers. He was the only
American In command of British steamer. Very


little is known OF the OF his death. although the
captain OF the State of Virginia Of the same line says
that when Captain Cooper left his last trip he was
troubled with kidney complaint.