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Year: 1878

A TIMELY CAUTIoN.-A gentleman
connected with one Of the State Offices al
the Capitol, in which manifold copying
book is used considerably, says the Re.
cord Union, has been poisoned on the
neck and right ear which he happened tc
rub one day after handling the carbon
sheets used in the book to give the writ.
ing color. The parts affected became
inhamed and swollen, resembling an at
tack Of erysipelas. For day or .wO the
physician in attendance could not under.
stand the cause of the trouble, but the
paper was finally suspected, and portion
of it analyzed, the result being that il
was found to contain an active poison :"
1t will be we'll for ali who have occasion
TO use this paper to wash their hands
carefully after SO doing.
Year: 1878

KKAMATH Engine Co. No. ., had
their apparatus out last Monday after
noon, at cistern corner Of Oregon and Mi.
ner sire ct, TO try new style nozzle,
WHICH worked satisfactorily, in throwing
good solid stream long distance, be-
sides a circular spray several feet in
diameter. The object of the spray is to
protect the pipe holder from the intense
heat IN getting close to fire with the
pipe, and is good substitute for seeking
shelter behind a scorching door, on clos
ing in toward FIRE for effective serv ice,
as the spray catches the heat - Nckd
journal.
Year: 1878

THE FRUITs OF AFGHANIsTAE.-A
correspondent of the London Standard
gives an account of the fruits OF Afghan
istan, which recalls to mihd the report OF
the eitish spies on their return from
the brook of E,hcol. He says "The
fruit all along the line OF march is cheap
and in great quantity. AS for its quality
l have never seen it equaled in any
country Of the world. There is one kind
ofgrape Of which it is no exaggeratioa to
say that each one is the size of large
walnut, and the lunches are often SC
long that tall man cannot hold them
clear of the ground"
Year: 1878

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
In conversation on the business Of the
Supreme Court, Chief Justice Wait said
this year he thought the Court would run
behind about forty cases that at present
there are 1,080 edd cases in his docket
undecided, and that the Court cannot dis
pose of more than about 2G0 year. Its
business is at present nearly three years
behind. the case now before it having been
brought in 1876. This was, be said, the
cause Of the Presidents recemmen datien
in his message concerning the creation o!
new Circuit Judges. If these should be
created, and if the jurisdiction Of the
Court should lie extended 20 cases where
$4,000 and more might be involved, in
stead of $4,000, the present amount, the
Chief Justice thought the pressure on the
Court would be sufficiently relieved, and
that it would be able to conduct its busi-
ness as rapidly as necessary. Justice
Swain expressed similar views, but
thought that litigation is rapidly falling
off. This elimination, he thought, is due
TO the fact that the contracts broken by
the strain Of the financial panic have
been about adjudicated, and the volume
of law business has got back to nearly its
normal state, although the food OF busi
ness now before the Court shows no sign:
Of receding at present. If it be true tina
the sources of the stream are drying up
it will not be long before the Court will
be able to decide cases about as fast a,
they come in.
Year: 1878

AN incident illustrating the quality ol
The material sometimes employed in the
making of petit jures in Chicago was
brought to light in the circuit court, re-
Gently. A juror was charged with APP
proaching litigant and demanding from
him the sum of ten dollars, at the same
time informing the litigant that If the
amount were not paid he must take the
chances on a verdict. The juror was
sent to jail in default of $500 bail. When
people of this class manage to get upon
our juries it is no great marvel that the
jury system is becomi ing reproaeh and
a scandal,-Er.
Year: 1878

The PROPOSED New DOLLARS. - The
new goloid dollar, which contains halfthe
quantity of gold in the gold dollar and
half the quantity of silver in the silver
dollar, and is about the size of a half
dollar, is advocated as an ingenious com
promise between gold and silver, and its
Introduction is calculated to assist in
preserving the equilibrium of value be.
tween the two metals.
Year: 1878

APPEAL FOR PROTECTION The Gov
ernor of Kansas had a conference with
Genera Sherman, and is desi irous that A
strong mil itar7 force be stationed on the
southern border of Kansas, to hold the
Indians in check on The reservation. The
General will comply with the desire of
the Governor, as far as the condition OF
the army will permit.
Year: 1878

The reason why oranges ripen in the
Sacramento Valley from month to six
weeks earlier than at Los Angeles is said
to be in consequence of the difference in
temperature. At Los Angeles the Sum
mer days are cold until one or two o'clock
in the afternoon, caused by the ocean
winds coming in, while in the Sacramen-
to Valley the days that are walm are
warm all oyer-from morning till night.
Year: 1878

THERE are three hundred and thirty
two students in the several departments
of the State University. Besides these
there are ninety two students in the
Hastings Law School, and ffty-two in
the College ofPharmscy, making total
in all departments Of five hundred and
fourteen at the present time.
Year: 1878

LOUISIANA politicians are confident
that the President will within the next
thirty days make clean sweep of Fed
eral officials in their State and appoint
more pronounced Republicans in their
places. Senator Kellogg has been work
ing for some time to bring about such a
STEM
Year: 1878

Special to the Star.


NEW CINCINNATI Posr-oFFIcE APPROPRIATION.
. WASHINGTON, March 13.-The House Post
office Committee agreed to make favorable
report upon Mr.. Saylers bill to advance
100000 OF the amount which will be avail
able at the beginning of the next fiscal year
for continuing work on the new Post-ofice
at Cincinnati, The measure is. now in the
form of joint resolution, but it may be
deemed expedient to tack it it on one of the
appropriation bills, in order to have it acted
upon, and to make the money available as
soon as possible.
Year: 1878

Correspondence OF the Register


| make q few extracts from letter
received by me last night from
an American lady, now residing IN
Rome, which thought would be OF in
terest to many of the readers of the
REGISTER. n.


at is quite cold here just now after a
vory warm October sud November, so
we feel the sudden change. l see by
the New York papers that they are en-
loving snow IN that locality, Apropos,
what stuff the Herald gets of as to the
state of the Holy Fathers neslth. l
occasionally translate some OF the tele-
grams when they are too absurd, and
give them to the Cardinal to smuse the
Pope, who always expresses himself as
rather disappointed when he finds the
papers ado not kill him off"


There is no doubt, however, that Plus
TX is physically failing, though his
mental faculties are as bright as ever. de
cannot use his legs at all, having q
species of paralysis, and it is Lot thought
be will ever regain the use OF those
limbs.


He has kept his bed for the past eight
weeks, and, even now, is only occasional,
ly lifted therefrom TO reclining chair
for short time.


The physicians say it would be far bet
ter if he would exert himself to rise, bat
he will not, as he declares he is more
comfortable lying down. Still 1t is dlfh-
cult TO form really correct idea, since
even amongst those few who see him, one
hears accounts 30 contradictory. For In
stance, last Tuesday, Carnival De Lucs
told me he had just seen the Pope, and
that he was still in bed and unable TO
rise; that it was not true that ne was
lifted TO chair.


In the afternoon l met one OF the
cham mberlsin's coming from the Vatican,
who stopped me to hold forth, telling me
that the Pope had sat up in the chair Tor
several hours


So, il we on the spot cannot agree and
know, what credence can be given to the
statements of newspaper correspondents,
who never so much as put the point ot
their nose inside the Vatican?


There is, of course, no immediate dan
ger to iear-no signs OF death as yet.
The Pope may rnger for yesrs, and ne
Is said to have predicted that he would
vet outlive Victor Emmanuel, who Is
now apparently hale and hearty. can
not but feel innstely convinced that God
will spare the great Pontitf to witness
the triumph of the Church, and the ut
ter rout and confusion OF her enemies.
| faal s,trs of IL
Year: 1878

quiesced in it; and, if living to-day, 1t is
fair to infer that, far from confedersting
to strike down the arm of the admins
tration, he would be found zealously up
holding it. To


However much he was distinguished
for his varied services as Governor OF his
native State, there was reserved for him
another theater OF action, where MS
great ability was TO give him position
of commanding infuence--!he Senate
of the United States. He was not equal
in comprehensive craftsmanship to Clay,
Webster, or Calhoun, but as 8 party
leader, he excelled them ALL and he took
his high rank IN that august body with
out having had the least experience as
legislator. u


4. some men become great through the
gift of peculiar talent others achieve
greatness by force Of will and energy OF
character. Mr.. Morton, before he en-
tered the Senate was stricken down by
paralysis, and though hopeless cripple
for the rest OF his lite, his force of will
and energy of character raised him up
and pressed him forward. He scorned
paralysis with the same determination
with which he scorned all other dangers
and obstacles; dragged his half dead body
to his seat in yonder hall, and for ten
years OF unrelaxing labor, unwinclng
boldness, and unmurmuring patience
struggled with great men and grest
measures, winning success and promi-
nence that seldom fall to the lot OF any
one man.


In conclusion, Mr.. Speaker, notwlth-
standing the wide differences OF opln-
ion that existed between Senator
Morton and the majority of the members
of this House, we can, as Americans, all
point with pride to the fact that no
charge OF corruption furnishes his name


The House then adjourned till Mon
day.
Year: 1878

his wife caught him with his arms
around the hired girls neck, but his
courage even in this trying extremity
never forsook him, Il suspected some
one of stealing the whiskey on the pre-.
serves, Jane, for some time, and OF course
you know her breath would have told il
she was the guilty party"
Year: 1878

The short letter which we print from
Rome, is bright and newsy, and will! De
Rad with much interest. We hope the
charming author will let our readers
rssd more of her productions IN the lu-
Year: 1878

A New York physician sends 10 one of tlle papers of that city the following sim pie method of restoration In ctlso of drown- ing, which he says he and others have rc- pontrdly tried with unvnrIing success. Sin ply warm or heat the pc son; notbing elso is necessary. The best way 10 do 1t Is 10 take off the cold, wet clothing from Il person, wrap him in n sheet blanket, rug quill. carpet or anything which will hold water; pour water as hot the hand can bear It upon the material put around the person, filling it with hot water, and repIcnishing 1t until the person Is heated through. Then, if he has Il good constitu- ton and is uninjured, he will gasp; that one will soon bo followed by another and that one quickly by others. This ought to restore in one or two hours any person who has not been under water more than three hours. Ii no hot water is at hand, make some fire and heat an abundance of fl right away, or take the person to a place where it can be had as speedily us possible.
Year: 1878

A contemporary has the following
oncerning the new road law of this
,tate:


In order that every one may be
llly apprised of this new law, we IA
colruense so.-efsrT or Z it's rc.fcrrrsgA fe0=-
visions:


The county courts shall divide
their counties into convenient road
districts, and shall appoint a road
overseer for each, and furnish him
the boundaries thereon. At the May
term of said court suitable person
shall be appointed as head oversecr
for the ensuing year, whose duty it
shall be to keep the roads in his dis
trict in good repair. When roads
need repairing the oyerseer shall call
out the necessary hands in his dis
trict. No person shall be required
to work less than one nor more than
six days in one year. All able bodi-

ed inhabitants between the ages of 81
and 80 shall he subject to work on
public roads. The compensation for
overseers and hands will be fixed by
the court. Persons subject to taxes
have the right, at their election, to
pay the same IN labor at the price
fixed The overseer shall keep a dis
trlct road book, in which shall be re-
corded the names of all persons in
his district subject to work upon
roads, and shall keep correct ac-
count Of the work and labor done by
any hand. The county court at its
May term may designate and set
apart the amount from the general
county revenue that they may think
is sufficient for road purposes, to be
called the ''road tax,' which shall
be collected by the road overseer, as
the State and county taxes. No de-
linquent list shall be allowed any
overseer rs credit, unless verified
by oath that he has exhausted all le-
gal efforts to collect the same. Eye
ry overseer, after having used all
lawful means to collect, either In mo-
ncy or work, all road taxes he is re-
q,ire,l to collect, shall place !. list ar
all delinqHents IN the hands Of some
constable in his township, who shall
have the power to seize aud sell the
goods and chattles of persons so lia-


BILE under execution, and no proper


ty except wearing apparel, shall he


exempt from seizure or sale for said
road taxes and costs.


The county court may let out the


contract for working the roads in the
various districts to the lowest and
best bidder, whenever a majority of
Taxpayers in any road district shall
petition for the same, and signify


their willingness to pay their road tax
in money.
Year: 1878

We may rely upon him to give them
a Roland for an Oliver. We know
of no Doctor who oan Gram down
their proud thro,.ts with so much
effect the dose they would like to
make us swallow. If the Tribune
is wise, it will not forco the issue on
ballot~box stuffing and bulldozing.
Year: 1878

The Temperance CaAse.-Seyeral jealous
advocates Of the temperance cause are about
to make an effort to start council or divi-
sion or the order OF temperance in this city.
There is ample materla! for q good lodge
and plenty OF work for them to do when
organized. Due notice will be given OF the
time and place OF meeting.
Year: 1878

I, TIE GAs-MANUFACTURERs.- gentle
men on Saturday, after visiting the Capitol
fand being received by Governor Holiday
and other places OF interest in the city, LETT
for New York on the steamship Isaac Bell.
of the Old Dominion Line. All seemed
delighted with their entire trip, and many
and sincere were the expressions OF thanks
to the officials Of Richmond who did so
much to contribute to their pleasure.
Year: 1878

This grand aud classic entertainment Is wholly
exempt from the ineicgancies and coarseness TOO
frequently permitted In most Of teut exhibitions.
Ii this Great Show there Is nothing ever presented
tnat gentleman would hesitate TO bring his family
to witness, or the most exacting take exception -.
Year: 1878

w HEELWRlGHT U DIAChSMIIH'


respectfully announce to the
public that l keep on hand all the
different materials appertaining
to sewing machines, of all kinds
and more especially to the Singer;
and also tie genuine machine oil.
l also have buggies and hacks
for sale, and make and repair the
same at prices to suit the times.


Sept-7
Year: 1878

COMMENCEMENT OF misunderstanding Il
the almanac summer began yesterday, at 9:O7 a. m.
New-York time when the sun entered the sign 0
the Crab although fact he is just passing from th
Bull 20 the Twins Popularity speaking Summer begin
ON June but this year the season can hardly be SAID
have got ahead OF the almanac
Year: 1878

WESTERN letters and dispatches unite in
one long chorus of rejoicing over the pros
poets this Spring for the wheat crop. All
agree that at this time of the year the out
look was never so good, and that the sea-
son has been the most favorable ever
known at the West The bearing this
good news has upon the continuance Of the
balance of trade in our favor, and the con.
sequent ability of the Treasury Department
to resume specie payments, makes it Of
almost supreme Importance. The unsettled
state of European matters also helps us
greatly. All the elements seem to be
working in our favor.
Year: 1878

THERE is no better index Of the drift of
opinion as to the chances OF war between
Great Britain and Russia than the opera
tions of the Produce Exchange from day to
day. The advance in wheat, corn and
pork shows that men who are best informed
believe war to be probable.
Year: 1878

OVER two hundred and fifty petitions in
bankruptcy have been filedwithin the past
four days in various parts Of the Union, in
anticipation of the repeal of the law. This
rush of business tends to confirm the gen.
eral opinion that great part of the bank.
ruptcy cases with which the Courts are
loaded down is originated in fraud of the
rights of creditors.
Year: 1878

The reports of grain crops from all parts


of the United States continue to be un-
usually favorable, and there is promise of
an unusually early harvest. Foreign ad-
vices are not so favorable. The weather in
European countries so far this season has
been particularly unpropitious for growing
Year: 1878

What a singular spot Is sacred city
of the Hindoos! From all parts Of In
dia pious Hindoos come to spend their
last days and die there, sure of thus OBJ
tanning their peculiar form of salvation
All day long, from earliest dawn till
sunset, thousands Of people bathe on
the steps Of the CHATS, which run along
the rivers banks for nearly two miles,
ia the sure and certain hope that by
such abhtion their sins are washed
clear away. 1t is an extraordinary
sight to sit in boat and quietly drift
with the stream alongside the whole
length Of this great city, and watch the
bathers who fill up almost the entire
line. Men and women are thus piously
engaged, and the usual plan is to bring
down plain robe, which they deposit
on the stone steps, whilst they descend
in the water IN their other robe, and
there perform the necessary amount of
ablutions. On ascending from the
river they dexterously unwind the wet
robe and wind on the dry one, so that
there is no possible objection to the
performance being in public. Many Of
the bathers bring with them large brass
vessels for the manufacture Of which
Benares is famed; and these they fill
with water from the sacred but muddy
stream and walk of with the urn bal
anced on their heads. This water is for
domestic purposes and serves to shed an
odor of sanctity at home. Whilst the
bathers stand up to their waists in
water, devoutly folding their hands in
prayer, or shedding offerings of leaves
into the running stream from larger
baskets, the priests are squatting on the
shore by scores, each under an enOr-
nous umbrella Of plated bamboos some
ten or twelve feetin diameter, and each
with continually increasing heap of
small coin presented by the bathers-
for what purpose 1 do not know. One
of the CHATS is called "the burning
CHAT" where are stacked great piles of
wood, and where the boats that you see
coming down the river with great
stacks Of wood upon them unload their
burden. Here, In the midst of the
bathers, the dead are burnt by their
sorrowing friends. The body is brought
down, lashed upon small hand-bier.
If man it is wound tightly in white
robes so that every part is covered; If
1t is a woman the robes are red. The
body is then plunged overhead in the
stream, and then left lying in the water
half-submerged, while the friends build
the funeral pyre. When the pile is half
built the body is laid on, and then more
wood and the torch is applied, and the
smoke of the burning soon pours forth
in thick murky volumes. When the
wood is burned all the parts Of the 0ody
that are left unconsumed are thrown
into the Ganges, down which they float
till the birds and fishes what the fire
leaves undOne. This cremation goes on
daily, and during one short visit before
breakfast saw six funeral fires lighted,
but | did not feel called npon to watch
the entire destruction of the several
Dyres
Year: 1878

q happy people which sleep In Jesus !
They perhaps 20 to their rest with fur
rowed brow and wasted features, but
they wake up In beauty and glory.
The shriveled seed, so destitute Of form
or comellness, arises from the dust a
beauteous flower. The winter of the
grave gives way to the spring Of re-
dsmptlou and to the sumner Of glory.
Year: 1878

A Special Despatch.


Sunday evening last as the writer was en-
5ieEiag the customary after-snnper two cent
Pennsylvania Havana, he was interrupted by
a telegram from the publisher of Whining
ton newspaper for two hundred words about
the Hamtown murder Now, we had taken
no trouble to investigate the matter; in fact,
we had not been upon the scene Of the tragedy
nor heard the evidence before the coroner S
jury, but always standing ready TO aid and
assist a brother sufferer in the newspaper
cause, we Immediately put off, gathered up
the main particulars of the murder and tele-
graphed them as requested to the Wilmington
publisher. So far all right; but when the
Murder in Middletown' appeared as a
Especial DESPATCH over our initials, and
with great deal added that we did not tele-
graph or even think of, we concluded that
that publisher was not doing the fair thing by
US. Had he left our initials off we would
have said nothing, but, as it is, we are under
the necessity Of giving the Especial despatch"





did not say that ''ihis usually quiet town was
thrown into a state Of intense excitement" be-
cause this is not a usually quiet town." and
the intense excitement may have existed in
Hamtown but it certainly did not reach Mid
dletown. People got up at the usual hour of
rising, ate their breakfasts and went to church,
and some did not learn of the murder until
several hours after it was committed. We
admit the Estate of intense excitement" is the
reporters stereotyped phrase, but, as we did
not use it in this case, and as it did not truth
fully express the situation, we object to it. A
little further down the Especial despatch says
that "Wilson was seen going towards the
house just after the murder was made known,
and Draper was found cutting wood in the
yard Now, we object to that sentence, be-
cause Wilson certainly could not be seen Ego
ing towards the house, after he had been
murdered, nor is it likely that Draper after
committing the deed would continue "cutting
wood in the yard" The Especial despatch
continues, "after thorough examination By
the case, verdict was rendered ETC." Now,
whoever heard tell of an examination By the
case2 We sincerely hope that the next Will
mington publisher who telegraphs US ''for two
hundred words about murder, dog fight,
or any other unusual occurrence, will either
draw less literally from his imagination or
leave out our initials. If we do not have as
surance of this, we shall let the Wilmington
publisher thirst for knowledge, or else send
down a representative.
Year: 1878

regard to his wealth it can safely
be stated that he was worth at least
$50, 100000 at the time of his death.
He never married, but he left sis
ters residing in California. His
age could not have been more than
40, as when | saw him in 1871 he
was a comparatively young man,
and looked the picture of health.