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Year: 1878

Fifteen physicians examined elaborately
the dead body Of the gentleman up at Bing-
halnton who Is accused by some insurance
men of having played improperly the great
game in which you have to die to win,
by having cheated in the way he died. But
the physicians have found nothing to sus-
tain the views Of the insurance men. 1t is
reported that they have all signed one state
ment of the autopsy, and consequently
that there is no disagreement among them
on the pathological conditions actually
found. 1t is held by the physicians
who attended the gentleman in his
last illness n,at he died OF gastric fever,
which originated in 'malarial clchexia, and
il does not appear tina. the insurance doc
tors dispute this. One of them DR.. Della
field, of this city--is reported as saying
that the death was due to paralysis Of the
heart. Paralysis of the heart .s a dynamic
rather than On organic fact. II does not
make pathological record. and when death
has rendered impossible all perception Of
the dynamics OF the case the tracing such q
cause of death must necessarily be subject
to much uncertainty. We do not believe
the insurance companies can make case
on the mans death, though they may on
those pulmonary hemorrhagcs which lie
did not report when he obtained the poll


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Year: 1878

The county of Page, in Virginia, and es-
pecially that portion of 1t which, from a
rabbit burrow q few days ago, has burst
into fame as one of the great natural won-
ders Of the world, is just now the envy Of
the whole Southland. In their own opinion
the good people Of Page have discovered a
bonanza which will be of inestimable value
long after the golden glens of California
and the silver foundations Of Nevada have
passed away. Every foot of Page has
become more precious than ruby and
jasper, and in Imagination its happy
owners see all the world streaming
in long procession over the hills up
and down which generation alter gen.
Grafton they roled their way to the
modest market town, which was all Of
the great world they ever saw or knew.
Already they behold dozen iron roads
converging from the north and the south
Year: 1878

In another column we print the paper
read yesterday before the Bar Association at
Albany by Mr. Grosvenor p. Lowrey, on
"Telegrams: Their Inviolability Against
Disclosure, Subpoena and Search Warrant"
This, as we have hitherto noted, is one OF
those critical points of collision between
the laws as actually administered and the
interests Of individuals that is likely at any
day to come home very painfully to the
whole people. 1t always Injuries the moral
sense of o community for the law to be the
cover and pretext for what seems to every
body q gross wrong, and what in any
case is m oppressive application of
legal rules TO facts that have come
into existence ages subsequent to the
making of the rules. Facts that were
not in existence and not contem-
plated, and that Could not have been con-
templated by any exercise Of human facul-
ties when the subpoena duces iecum became
a recognized instrumentality of legal pro-
cedure, have in our own times exposed to
the operation OF that subpoena, as the law
is interpreted, nearly that whole mass Of
written communications between citizens
which was formerly committed to the invio-
liable custody of the Post Office. And this
is really piece Of legal chicanery +; as pal
pable fetch as that of the ancient adven-
bulls hide would cover, claimed that this
entitled him to all the land he could sur
round by the same hide when he had cut it
into thin strips. Perhaps no great harm is
done when tho exposure Of telegnms does
Justice to q coterie of sharpers in their
scheme to buy the Presidency; but the
danger here, as in all such cases, is that
an apparent present advantage may give
the status of precedent to what in other
circumstances will be more justly appre-
ciated as dangerous abuse Of power. We
are glad to see that the lawyers have their
thoughts turned TO this topic, even though
they show us no glimmer Of way out of the
difficulty. Fortunately there are forces in
the field that operate more rapidly than the
brains Of the lawyers. Perhaps before the
learned men who interpret the laws get all
tho bearings Of this topic the telephone
will be in such common use that every man
who desires secrecy for his communications
will be his own operator, and will leave no
copy OF his dispatches in the Office. Doubt
less the time is not far away when in all the
telegraph stations there will bo telephones
for the optional use Of the public. In that
case the ordinary despatch will only be
used by people In different cities to make
appointments at the telephone. Such a
practice will solve the legal difficulty in re-
gard to kilograms,
Year: 1878

Scotland seems determined to do all in its
power to redeem itself from the injury its
business reputation sustained in the failure
of the Glasgow Bank. The total Of the
losses reached thirty million dollars, and
it was at once apparent that under the
joint stock system on which the bank
was run the unfortunate shareholders
would with scarcely amy exceptions Be
ultimately ruined by the successive calls.
From day to day distressing stories Of
widows and orphans reduced from COM
parative afiuence to dire want, through the
crime of the scoundrels or the bank,
came to light. Scotland could not
wipe away the stain Of the crime its
hard-headed business men did not desire
to waste their sympathies or their money
upon the gang OF Spectators who played
the terrific losing game Of that ''circle Of
kite-fying" which came to SO signal
an end. Touched, however, by the
misery Of the innocent sufferers within
their reach they resolved to alleviate it.
Hence was started unique relief fund for
the benefit OF. these poor erich people,
which Is taking mighty proportions, mil
lion and quarter dollars being subscribed
in less than month Not dollar of this
is to 60 to the creditors, but by some
process it is to be drafted over to the
unfortunates in handsome sums as fast as
the sufferers are discharged from their
bauk liabilities through bankruptcy, and,
pending that event, in such way as to
relieve their pressing necessities. II is as
kindly as it is canny.
Year: 1878

TUE WEATBER.--The pressure continues below
thc mean In all the districts east Of the Rocky
Mountain regions, particularly over the northern
lake region. 1t is rising again gradually in
Manitoba and the extreme Northwest. Rain
has fallen over the lake regions, the Middle
Atlantic and New England States and the Gulf
districts. The winds have been from fresh to
brisk on the Middle Atlantic and New England
coasts aud ia the Northwest. Elsewhere they
have been generally fresh. The temperatures
have fallen in the Northwest and on the South
Atlantic and Gulf coasts In the other districts
they have fallen. The weather in New York
and its vicinity to-day will be warm and partly
cloudy or fair, possibly with occasional light
rains. Tomorrow it will be cooler and,fair
Year: 1878

II WILL b. SEES from the report OF their pro-
ceedings yesterday that the National Association
Of Trotting Horse Breeders is abundantly salts
fed with the progress made in the past year.
The membership of the association IL large and
representative Of every State in the Union.
Year: 1878

and the east and the west; the old time
cowpaths converted into stately avenues.
the frog ponds turned into crystal lakes and
the barren crags crowned with villas and
palaces of marble Luray has become land
Of dreams. To-Day no capital in Europe
conld win one of its denizens from the
dazzling halls of stalactite and stalag-
mite that have suddenly been revealed
to him. There's millions in Elm. No
skies are bluer than the skies above
Luray, no air is softer, no sunshine
brighter, no breezes purer than the zephyrs
which sweep around it. Luray is, in fact,
a land Of delight, and the only drawback to
the happiness of its inhabitants is that the
world is SO slow in coming to enjoy with
them its loveliness and plank down its sill
yer quarters at the entrance to its subter-
ranean wonders. 1t will be seen from the
letter OF our correspondc.. this morning
that these are all they were represented to
be in our previous correspondence. When
they are fully and scientifically explored
task which our correspondent has under
taken : it is not improbable that they may
throw considerable light upon some points
which are now involved in doubt and OBJ
security. Meanwhile We trust the golden
dreams of Luray will be realized.
Year: 1878

1t is almost impossible to go into any
thickly populated street without finding
some or all ofthe cutters full Of liquid
filth of the most offensive and dangerous
sort. An occasional ! ain cleans some of
them, but only washes more garbage
and manure into others, and when the
sun reduces them it is only to force the
poisonous principle into the air, and SO
into the lungs and life of the people.
Year: 1878

For VoTEs-There are abou. thirty
men, we are told working at the sand
hole, Twelfth and Orange streets. Half of
them look on while the rest shovel sand
and gravel at their ease. All for votes.
Year: 1878

An inquirer into the pastimes of boys
would fnd It interesting TO study their
periodicity. Certain amusements ap-
pear and disappear as II regulated by
inHexibls law. In the early Spring.
for instance, Young America Is almost
entirely occupied with marbles, but in
the simmer or Autumn they are AZ
rare as Italian opera.


The game might be equally inte,e est
ing at all times, but 1t would be contra.
dictory to some unwritten, but inhexi-
bic code TO take pleasure in 1t out Of the
proper season, although there Is no ap.
parent reason why it might not be in
vogue whenever out door sports are
practicable. The same mysterious au-
thority dictates that hoops shall be-
rolled in May and June, but not in Oc-
tober and November, which one would
suppose TO be the months best adapted
for such active exercise.


Tops reign supreme during the late
summer and early fall days, but no
selt-respscting youngster would be
caught with one In his possession
sooner In the year. Hockey is seen
only in October and November, and is
followed by foot ball, which is kicked
as far into December As the weather
will permit. The yeiocipeds or bycicle
and base ball have all fair days Of their
own, and they are about the sole ex
eeptions to the code Of periodicity.--
Probably 1t Is all the result Of received
traditions that have been handed down
from a generation Of boys, but the
lines Of dsmarkation certainly are as
we'll defined now as they were twenty
years ago.
Year: 1878

Ex-President Grants brother-il law
Mr.. Corbin, in An interview published
to day, states the story of the General 3
connection with the tannery business
Is erroneous and he does not know how
1t originated. General Grant never
was a tanner and was never in any
manner connected in that trade. Mr..
Corbin does not believe that the ex-
President Is at all desirous of returning
10 his oil duties at Washington, and
does not consider the Republican party
is dependent on any individual. If
circumstances should be 81 shaped as
to convince the party that the General
would be q strong candidate, and to
make the Republican National Conven-
tion desirous OF nominating him, he
does not doubt that the General would
regard 1t as duty to accept.
Year: 1878

The Corinne (Utah) Record says:
"Our attention was attracted by several
lusty squeaks from the inside of a pail
almost full of water, into which half
grown mouse had fallen. The alarm
had hardly died away when four or five
mice appeared on the scene and began
clambering to the top of the pail. For
several moments after gaining the top
of the pail and catching sight of the
mouse in the water squeaking confab
was held. First one mouse and then an
other would cling tc the rim of the
bucket with his hind legs, and, while
almost touching the water with his nose,
squeak out consolation or advice to the
immersed; but while this was going on
the swimming powers of the unfortu-
nate mouse in the pail were rapidly Civ
ing out. At last happy thought
seemed to strike the biggest mouse, and
almost without squeak he frGlly fas-
tened his fore feet on the edge of the
pail and let his body and tail down.
The drowning mouse saw it, and making
last desperate effort for life swan to the
spot, seized the tail of his brother mouse,
and amid squeaks of delight from the
mice present was hauled high and dry
out of the water and over the edge Of
the bucket"
Year: 1878

The ancient Spartans paid as much
attention to the rearing of men as the
cattle-breeders in modern England do to
the breeding of cattle. They took charge
of the firmness and 1ooseness of mems
flesh, and regulated the degree of fatness
to which it was lawful, in free state,
for any citizen to extend his body. Those
who dared to grow too soft or too fat for
military exercise and the service of
Sparta were soundly whipped. In one
particular instance, that of Nauclis, the
son of Polydius, the offendefwas brought
before the Ephori and meeting of the
whole people of Sparta, at which his un-
lawful fatness was publicly exposed, and
he was threatened with perpetual ban
ishment if he did not bring his body
within the regular Spartan compass, and
give up his culpable mode of living,
which was declared to be more worthy
of an Ionian than of a son of La
cedamon.
Year: 1878

Unreasonable haste is the road to
error.


To extol ones own virtue is to make a
vice of it.


Do not, as you hope for success, spend
time in idleness.
Too much sensibility is the foppery of
modern refinement.


Show may be purchased; but happi-
ness is homemade article.


A wise man seeks to shine in himself; /;
fool, to outshine others.


The wisest of men is he who has most
complaisance for others.


The weakest point in every man is
where he thinks himself the wisest.


1t is easier to believe an i'll report than
to inquire into the truth thereof.


Excess of ceremony shows want of
breeding; that civility is best which ex-
cludes useless formality.


Look out for the man who makes a
liberal use of the personal pronoun r"
in conversation, for the chances are that
he is liar.


There is somewhere a fool-key to your
friends natur-, and if you can find it
you can make him dance to any tune
you may whistle.


He that does good to another man
also does it to himself, not only in the
consequence, but in the very act of
doing it, for the consciousness of we'll
doing is an ample reward.


1t is not worth while to think too
much about doing good. Doing the
best that we know, minute by minute
and hour by hour, we insensibly grow to
goodness as fruit grows to ripeness.


There is no such thing as posthumous
charity. There may be equity, or pro-
priety, in last designation of earthly
goods, but in real or intrinsic generosity
or benevolence there is not.


If you would be exempt from uneasi-
ness, do nothing which you know or
suspect is wrong. And if you wish to
enjoy the purest pleasure, do whstevas
Is In your power that Is right.
Year: 1878

lrihetecutu OtntuTy.l


Of Spinoza's habits in daily life we
know just so much as to make us regret
that we do not know more. In outward
appearance he was uupretending, but
not careless. His way of living was ex-
ceedingly modest and retired; often he
did not leave his room for many DAYS
together. He was likewise almost in
credibly frugal; his expenses sometimes
amounted to only few pence a day.
But it must not be supposed that he
shared the opinion of those who profess
to despise man and the world. There
was nothing ascetic in his frueality,
nothing misanthropic in his solitude.
He kept down his expenses simply in
order to keep them within his means
and his means remained slender be-
cause he did not choose to live at other
peoples charges. He used to say to
himself that he was like snake with its
tail in its mouth, just making both ends
meet. Doubtless he was Indifferent as
to money and the worlds goods, but
with the genuine indifference which is
utterly removed from the affected indif-
ference of the cynic. A man to whom
he had lent two hundred forins-whieh
must have been considerable sum in
proportion to SpinOza's income-became
bankrupt. "Then must lessen my ex-
pensesto make up the loss; that is tine
price l pay for equanimity.n In like
manner he kept himself retired, not be-
cause he found retirement necessary for
his work. There is ample evidence that
he was none of those who hate or dis
dain the intercourse of mankind. He
kept up, as we have seen, an extensive
correspondence, of which we must re-
gret SO little has been preserved. He
was free and pleasant in familiar con-
versation with the people of his house.
On Sunday he would talk with them of
the sermon they had heard, and would
praise the sound learning and morality
of their worthy Lutheran pastor, GER
tain DIR. Cordes, who was succeeded in
his Office by Spinoza's biographer, Cole
rus. Thus be won the esteem and affec-
ton, not only of his philosophic friends,
, but of the simple folks among whom he
lived, and such affection, as NJ. Renan
has we'll said, is in truth the most pre-
carious of all. Thus he showed in action
the ideal of life set forth in those writ
ings which he could not venture to pub.
lish in his lifetime, and which were sup.
posed to strike at the foundations of re-
ligion and morality. And what is the
rule proposed for the guidance of con-
duct by that man, whose opinions have
been called abominable, execrable and
atheistic? In one word, it is this: To
use the world with cheerfulness and con.
tent, not abusing it, and remembering
that the good of mankind consists in
doing good to one another.
Year: 1878

WE have always said that if man
ever planted his brogans on the solid
rock of perfect content, Science would
be the sapper and miner to build the
corduroy over the intervening bog. The
stringers are already down, and here
comes the first load of timber: A
lost umbrella was recovered in Phila-
delphia the other day, by the aid of the
telephone"
Year: 1878

Horses AND HEARsE OvERBo oARD.-The
hearse sent to King William county from
this city, to be used at the funeral Of the late
Hon. Beverly B. Douglas, met with seri'
Gus accident on its way back to this
city. In crossing the Pamunkey river the
water was very high. and the ferry-boat had
to be polled over. When about the middle
of the river the boatman accidentally struck
one OF the horses over the head with his
pole, which caused it to spring forward.
The other horse also became frightened, and
the team ian out Of the boat into the river
and were drowned.


Steps will be taken when the water sub
sides to get the hearse out OF the river.
Year: 1878

IcE.-The ice is one or two inches thick
in the basin and from four to five inches on
shallow ponds. There was pretty fair
skating on the Reservoir lake Yesterday.
One young man broke in, and got wet to
the skin. Superintendent Baker furnished
him with a dry suit Of clothes, which ena-
bcd him to make dignitied retreat home
wards.
Year: 1878

Boston, August i7.7-Gen. Grants brother Oryille. in an interview here, stated that the General had written to his friends that he would on no account accept tae Presidential nomination, but that probably he could be educated up to It; as he was once before, if he could be madef to believe that he was the only man able to save the country or party be would allow his name to he used, even at the risk of defeat,
Year: 1878

Jack Swilling died in jail on the morning of the 18th inst. He was in ill health when brought to this place ant the confinement and heat added to his general prostration so that medical skill could not save him. He left us a letter addressed to the public, which we will send to his family for any disposition that may be thought advisable. We earnestly believe MT. Swilling was inno- cent of the crime laid to his chai ge.- Yuma Expositor.
Year: 1878

The Los Angeles Star of g late date has the following. evidently written by some one who has ..soured n on both Arizona and the Chinese:

 .Ep,ToR There is some talk around town concerning the company that IS going to take ninety Chinamen down to Arizona Some say that they ought to hire white men but think the above company IS doing California a favor. for the Indians down there dent like the Cinnamen for cent and Arizona is as hot as h-l ard that's the place where all Chinamen ought to go"
Year: 1878

In the atmosphere experienced here during the
summer months, the lethargy produced by the heat
takes away the desire for wholesome food, and
frequent perspirations reduce bodily energy, par


culary those suffering from the effects of debili-
ting diseases. In order 10 keep a natural health
full activity of the system must resort to artlf-
cial means. For this purpose Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic is very effectual few doses will create an
appetite and give fresh vgor to the enervated body
For dyspepsia, it is invaluable. Many eminent
physicians have doubted whether dyspepsia can be
permanently cured by the drugs which are gener-
ally employed for that purpose The Sea Weed
Tonic in its nature is totally different from such
drugs. 1t contains corrosive minerals or acids
in fact it assists the regular operations of nature,
and supplies her deficiencies. The tonic in its
ture much resembles the gastric iuice that it is
almost identical with that fluid. The gastric juice


is the natural solvent which, in healthy condition
Of the body causes the food to be digested; and
when this juice is not excreted in sufficient quaint
ties Indigestion, with all its distressing symptoms
follow. The Sea Weed Tonic performs the duty
of the gastric juice when the latter is deficient


schencks Sea Weed Tonic sold by all Druggists.
Year: 1878

THE man staggered into a tidy
lunch house over the Rhine, Topped in


to a chair, slapped his feet upon the
table, showed his hat on the back of III.
head, and called for beer, bread and
Limburger, The proprietor hustled
around and filled the order himself


The man picked up bit of the cheese
on fork and smelling of it derisively


Take that away he said. and bring
me some decent cheese. It's Linn
berger want-this is no good.
What's de matter NIT dot cheese. nv
friend Vas i'll doc strong | haff
zoom dot vas vresher. said the German
anxious TO please. Strong Nav
That's what wont The cheese is no
count at all. i want something | can
smell clear across the room. Trot it
out. and be lively. This don't smell
bad bit--fetch in the rankest you've
got. I've got Dutch s'umach. if ]
was born in America, and the man
smelled at the cheese again, and threw
it down in disgust. The proprietor
bowed over the table and also snitfei q
few times. He then turned an injured
look on the captious customer. and per-
suasively said: DOT was not fair, mine
friend; dook down dem foots off der da-
bic. and gif de gheeese vair chance,
Year: 1878

at the hour Of ten O'Clock, A NJ, Of said day. for
the purpose Of nominating . candidate for Dele
gate 10 Congress and for the transaction Of such
other business as will properly come before it,


The Committee has fixed the appOrtionment Of
Delegates 10 said Convention as follows: One
delegate at large, for every county ia the Terri
tory. and one additional delegate for every one
hundred votes and for every majority portion of
one hundred votes cast il each county at the gen.
eral election in 1910, for the Republican Candi-
date for Delegate 10 Congress. Upon this basis
the various Counties of the Territory will oe en-
titled 10 representation in said Convention s. fol-
Year: 1878

Curse the capitalists; frighten them
all you can. Do not let them 90 into
business. IF they show any disposition
to do so, call meeting; get up set OF
rules and regulations for managing the
business so as to break them up as
soon as possible, and threaten those
who will not 60 in under the rules un-
til they gather up their money and
leave the country, as they have al
ready begun to do. Nothing helps
times so much as to let men know that
if they get more by working hard than
they do by idleness that you will COM
pei them to divide. They will work
all the harder for such encouragement.
Go right ahead with your communist
speeches; they are doing great deal
of good. All that is necessary is to
follow it up, and we will soon be on
the ground floor. all equal-all poor,
all idle. all worthless