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Year: 1879

overrule its own former decisions 1t would
be modification to the Court itself, and
not to Governor Garcelon.


spirit which prompted his proposal, under
took to formulate the points. and has done
SO concisely, clearly and respectfully. in
his second letter. which we print this
morning. We trust the Governor will
accept them and make the necessary
submission to the Court, for it would
not become him to seem to shrink from
judicial review of his conduct. What
ever may be the correct construction,
it should be evident to him, as il is to all
the world, that the law, as he understands
it, nulliies the unquestionable intention
of the voters. The will of the people
should not be frustrated by technical for
malities unless the legal necessity is abso-
Lutte Had the Governor and Council
possessed authority to 60 behind the
returns and investigate the original
facts there can be no doubt that
it would have been their duty to give such
certificates as would have made q repub-
lican majority of the Legislature. Justice
is clearly on one side and the Governors
Interpretation of the law on the other. In
SO unpleasant conjuncture the Governor
ought to welcome judicial opinion which
would make the law consistent with equity
and relieve him from the responsibility Of
compulsory defeat Of the popular will
He alleges that the constitution and statutes
of Maine would not permit him to respect
the manifest intention of the. voters. As
just mon he should welcome . judicial
opinion which would reconcile the incon-
sistent claims of technical law and substan-
tial equity. ,.
Year: 1879

A reader of the HERALD forwards note
enclosing notification from restaurateur
that his umbrella was awaiting claimant
and identification, and asks if such an un-
usual case is not worthy Of notice. It cer-
tainly is. Shooting stars. electric lights
and quarrels over election returns, all are
important topics. but neither of them is
unique, whereas the return of an umbrella
to o man who has lent or mislaid it is
to be. classed among those mysterious
phenomena that imperiously raise warn
ing finger at science, thought and faith,
and informs them that there are things in
heaven and earth not dreamt of in our phi
losophy. Everybody can imagine the aston
ishment of the receiver OF the message, for
umbrellas go to that bourn from which no
parachute e'er returned. Every family um-
brella has been loaned, perhaps to dear
friend with whom uncounted gold would
have been safe, or to the children's Sunday
school teacher, or even the silver-haired,
sanity pastor himself maybe it was lent
by the daughters of the family to that sweet
girl on the next block who is known by all
the boys in the family to be fully fedged
angel, but the result is always the same !;
when next that umbrella is wanted It cum
not be found.


Everybody, too, has left umbrellas in
places other than the family hatrack--in
church, for instance, or at the lawyers
office, the bankers or the family's pet
charitable institution, but neither beggar
nor millionaire, law nor Gospel ever re-
stores the portable watershed to its proper
owner. Some people. indeed, promise
to return umbrellas then the proper
owner says "Thank you," and commits
q most shocking act of hypocrisy in so
doing, for who can be grateful for thing
which he is morally certain he never will
get? AS for the case to which we have.
called attention, we prefer not to attempt
full investigation there are depths of
mysticism and heights of honesty from
which even the infallible editorial pen
shrinks abashed. We would merely say
that what students Of evolution call the
''sport" theory, or that Of unaccountable
deviation from the parent stem, is the only
self-suggested explanation of the hitherto
unheard-of return Of an umbrella.
Year: 1879

OUR DESPATCH from Denver seems to indi-
cate that the fears expressed by the HERALD
for the safety Of the Ute Commission have good
ounds General Hatch is said to have given
up all hope of obtaining the expected prisoners,
and is going to get away-if he can. If the
affair ends in nothing worse than bunders the
public will draw breath of relief
Year: 1879

A FIRE BROKE Our in Boston ut late hour
last night, andis in progress as we go to press.
1t threatens to be very destructive for it is in
portion of the city that was rebuilt after the
great fire in 1873: indeed. it originated within
about thousand feet Of the spot whore that
confiagration began At last accounts it was
working toward some OF the great cotton and
WoOllen houses
Year: 1879

The PUBLIC will learn with satisfaction of
the detection of baggage, thieves on the Penn
sylvana Railroad ferries, and will hope that
trunks and valses will not hereafter be exposed
SO publicly on the boats, for they are apparently
at the mercy of any one who chooses to examine
them.
Year: 1879

FROM the 1st of January the legal rate Of i'm
terest in New York will be six per cent. Meth
ods of lodging the law will undoubtedly be as
plentiful as heretofore, but there is no possible
excuse for their practice in legitimate transac-
tions
Year: 1879

THE CASE OF NOAH was instanced in q tenn
perance meeting yesterday as an illustration
that man must save himself, but if Noah had
attempted to build the big boat without a great
deal of assistance cold water would have been
the death of him four thousand years ago..
Year: 1879

The WEATHER.-The disturbance referred to
IN yesterdays HERALD as moving slowly over
tho central valleys made but little eastward
progress during the past twcnty-four hours. 1t
has. however, developed u storm centre over
the Lower Missouri Valley, and its influence is
felt in all the districts east of the Rocky Noun
tains except on the South Atlantic coast and In
the extreme Northwest. In the two last men
toned districts the barometer is high. The
centre of disturbance is moving on the south
srn margin of the zone of high pressure, but is
gradually forcing It's way northeastward and
distorting the high zone very much Snow fell
ON the northern portion Of the New England
coast and in the upper lake districts. The
weather was cloudy and threatening in
the Middle Atlantic States and over
the lower lakes. Tho temperature rose
decidedly in all the districts except
n the Northwest, where rapid fall is re.
ported. The winds have been brisk in the
central valleys. upper lake districts and the
Northwest; elsewhere they were from fresh to
light. stormy weather prevails over the British
Islands. The weather in New York and its
vicinity to-day will be warm and cloudy, possibly
with rains. Tomorrow the Same conditions are
likely to prevail, followed BY clearing toward
night
Year: 1879

COMMITTEE of the Socialistic Convention
recommends that the socialistic democrats shall
put in nomination person for the Presidency
of the United States. 1t is to be hoped that
they will do it, for then the public could satisfy
itself about the exact strength of the party
The nominal force of the socialists may be ascer-
tanned, but there is great difference between
men who talk and the same men when they
come to vote, and those who cannot be depended
upon to vote according to conviction are utterly
worthless to socialism or any other cause
Year: 1879

A RUMOR il current that the Alaska will
be taken off this route after three or four
more trips, and her place taken by the
Bolivar, now being repaired in san Fran
cisco. The Bolivar was Il smaller vessel
Il an the Panama, but is to heightened
eighty feet. Tie plan seems to be that
the Dakota will do the greater part OF the
passenger carrying. while the other steam
ship will be devoted to freight She is to
carry coal from Nanaimo to San Francis
co as the Panama did while on the route.
--"Seattle Post"
Year: 1879

COMMENDABLE.--On her last trip down
the steamship Alaska took the u. S. mai S
from the Sound to San Francisco. On nc
count of the Columbia river being frozen
over, no mails had come or gone overland
for several days. We understand that
this service WIS performed free of charge
with the Characteristic generosity and pub
lie spirit Of tie company, ana that to
Agent Tbbals mainly belongs the credit
OF the matter.
Year: 1879

Since the oden days VIXEN the patrolman was sup
posed to try every liquor store knob, to peer into
pitchers and cans and intercept persons suspected
OF fayorng the trade there has not been general


thro wing out of skirms shers saloon front doors
for reconn oitring purposes there was on Sunday
last In the upper precincts of the city tho law
carried out most strictly, ami the temperance people
seemed to feel that such would be the case. tho
Society for the Prevention OF Crime kept It's agents
engaged down town and such complaints as
they made in court yesterday were against
saloon keepers in the lower section. One
tact palpably illustrated by the appearance Of
the prisoners and that disnclination OF the
average pa.ronan to interfere with the wealthy and
influential liquor dealer. In nearly every instance
IL was the keeper of some obscure beer saloon or
groggcry that came before the bar. Scarcely sim
gle barkeeper in any large pace had been put under
arrest.


As is usual the excise raid the means of bring
ing curlously assorted crowd to the police courts
when the magistrate mounted the bench In the
morning. Lawyers seeking bondsmen, politicians
coming square things" and the ordinary riff RAN
that curiosity attracts thither such occasionsall
and keep the court room buzzing. At the Jefferson
Justice Morgan declined taking any bondsmen Tor
the 500 bail required for each OF the prisoners until
they were properly identified. This was effected
after some delay, and oil were liberated. At the
Tombs twenty-four prisoners were arraigned, Of
whom all but one bailed. In the Essex Market
Court eighteen saloon keepers gave bonds to appear
q trial.
Year: 1879

MONDAY. June 30-6P. M


Unless something unexpected to destroy
the resemblance the current week in stock circles
bids fair be much like the past ''two peas
in pod" That is to say that it will be equally in
active. equally devoid of important fluctuations and
equally that speculative excitement which
is needfu to make brisk and profitable market.
Business this morning has been the for some
days back. simply drowsed through the session.
When the market was half awake little activity
manifested; when it went to sleep (which it did
the least provocation) activity slept also. In it's
waking moments such stocks as st. Paul common
Delaware aud Lackawanna and Iron Mountain
were for brief period animated. al
though it must be confessed that. whether
asleep awake, they continued notably
strong the day through. The buying movement in
the st. Paul common shares was persistent, and was
the means OF advancing prices about one per cent
above the lowest prices of the day. and to hold
them at the end. Delaware and Lackawanna was
equally strong, and showed fractional rise. Both
this company and Delaware and Hudson have issued
their schedules july which up the price Of
coal 10 per cent per ton. 10 impression prevail
ing among the innocents of the Board room that
these companies may get this better price is to be
attributed the rmness OF the anthracite shares The
Iron Mountain property advanced nearly two per
cent under the opinion that the gaug-



ton with the Texas and Pacific road would
add materially to its prospects. and con-.
sequence to the market value of it's stocks
1t is announced that the Quicksilver Miuing CON-
pany WILL and after to-day, be prepared to pay of
their remaining bonded Indebtedness to the amount
of s263 200. and that beyond this amount the CON-
pany owes debt whatever. The price of the stock
was unaffected by this announcement. and If there
was any rise in quicksilver it was confined to the
thermometer. Money call q shade sharper
to-day. a temporary edge being put upon it by the
fact that the various corporations which have an.
dividends desire to have their funds well in
hand for to-morrow's payments. In mining matters
there is nothing to remark beyond an increased &C
tivity in Great Eastern and small advance in Bodie.
All the dropsical mines at work to-day pumping
their superfuous fluid into the Sutro Tunnel. which
is represented being equal to all the tapping facl
tiles which may be required of it.


The following table shows the extreme fuctua-
t;ope of the davi N leading hare
Year: 1879

In Colorado is ten-acre field which
is no more than a subterranean lake
covered with soil about eighteen inches
deep. On the soil is cultivated field
of corn, which produces thirty or forty
bushels to the acre. If any one will
take the trouble to dig hole the depth
of spade handle he will find it to fill
with water, and by using hook and


line fish four or Fl We inches long can be
caught. They have neither scales nor
eyes, and are perch-like in shape. The
ground is black mari in its nature and
in all probability was at one, time an
open body of water, on which was as
cumulated vegetable matter, which has
been increased from time to time, until
now it has crust sufficiently rich to
produce fine corn, though it has to be
cultivated by hand, as it is not strong
enough to bear the weight of horse.


While harvesting the field hands catch
great strings of fish by punching
through the earth. A person rising on
his heel and c ming down suddenly can
see the growing corn shake all around
him. Amy one having the strength to
drivea rail through this crdst will find
on releasing it that it will disappear
altogether. The whole sectionsof coun-
try surrounding this field gives evidence
of marshiness, and the least rain pro-
duees an abundance of mud. But the
Question comes up, has not this body an
outletg Although brackish the water
tastes as if fresh, and is evidently not
stagnant. Yet these fish are eyeless and
scaleless similar to those found in
caves. s- ...- ..ts s+---..--s I'd. $50
Year: 1879

An extraordinary change in public
sentiment has taken place of late years
in England, and still more in this coun-
try, in the matter of suicide. Formerly
it was viewed as a crime of deep dye.
A man against whom jury found .te5o
de sc was inferred in a dishonored grave,
at point, if such a spot offered, where
four roads met, and his property es-
cheated Tin England) to the Crown. It
is thought that this latter circumstance
had its influence in causing juries to
shrink from finding man self-mur-
derer, and gradually the verdict of felo
de Sc has gone entirely out of the fashion,
in favor of temporary insanity. But
among the less unsophisticated people Of
Ireland the old anti-suicide sentiment
continues very strong. Thus when, some
years ago, the father of the notorious
Sir Capel Fitzgerald drowned himself,
and the jury brought in a verdict Of
temporary insanity, the neighboring
peasantry would not permit the body to
be inferred. The cortege had to return
to the house, and the funeral at length
took place only under strong guard of
constabulary. A few weeks. ago a SINH
lar case occurred in Ireland but in a
much more sophisticated neighborhood,
showing that the same sentiment ami
mates alike the people in town and coun-
try. A gentleman unknown killed him
self at Bray, a fashionable watering
place near Dublin, and the poor lawsau-
thorities found themselves in fix as to
where to bury him, inasmuch as men
gathered at the entrances of neighboring
graveyards and said they would not per
init burial. At length they were com.
PEELED to bury the body on the seashore
Year: 1879

A Belfast man, though strong and
able bodied, has elected to spend the re-
mainder of his days in chair, He is
ship carpenter by trade, and when a
reduction OF wages took place he refused
to work longer. So he seated himself
in a rocking chair by the window in his
sitting room, and there he sits, only ris-
ing to so to his meals or to go to bed.
The rockers of his chair have worn
grooves in the floor, and on the window
sill are the imprints of the fingers of one
hand, with which he drums idly as he
rocks to aud fro. There are only the
man and wife in family, and they are
supposed to have laid up something on
which they now live.
Year: 1879

1T is positively asserted as among the
serious objections to the Panama Canal
scheme, to which the Paris Congress
gave its enthusiastic endorsement, that
it is absolutely impracticable; that no.
body can succeed in digging such a
canal at that point BY any amount of
effort and expenditure. If thie is true
there would really seem to re very lit
tie reason why anybody in this country
should worry about the matter. II. De
Lesseps will persist in trying to dig a
canal that ne can't dig, why not let him
goaheadi 5l
Year: 1879

been In the habit of instigatiDg him, for
there have lately been found in his
trunk a hair-brush and some other
articles which are proved to have been
stolen by him from former employer.
Mr.. Cox's character does not stand the
strong glare of investigation quite so
well as might be expected from young
man who has such serious thoughts of
joining the ministry. Il LA - ts{
Year: 1879

The figures that show the movement
Of population Of the new farming lands
in the West are almost startling.
During the year that closed with last
month not less than sixteen million
acres Of government lands ware taken
up by homestead entries alone, and
fully fourteen million acres of new
lands were sold to settlers. II is
estimated that half . million people
settled upon the new lands In 1873, and
the number for the present year promise1
10 be even greater. -r 4f
Year: 1879

THE amount of gold on the way TO
this country Is estimated at two and a
half millions of dollars, and the current
will steadily increase. We have taken
in all the bonds that foreigners can
spare us, and still the balance of trade
is enormously In favor. t----i.f.t- I
Year: 1879

THE subiectof bank taxation occupied
a large portion Of, the time Of the bank
ers in Saratoga, and incidentally the
subject Of corporation taxation came in
for. discussion. There is no subject
which is so involved as that of taxation,
snd in no country are the taxes so un.
SjustiyAo rather unequally, laid. The
fact that some scorporations are taxed
ana some are not, gives the people who
regard them as instruments of the evil
one some ground upon which to base
their charges. All this should be
changed. The matter ID not an easy
one to handle, but thstis no reason why
it should not be taken mp.
Year: 1879

The Attorney General left for DanriIle
Yesterday to be present at the opening Of
Judge Riyes's court and to look after the
interest OF the State in connection with the
trial of the Reynolds es.
Year: 1879

GOODS FOR THE COMING SEASON.


Their store has recently been refitted and yer5
much enlarged that the heretofore Inconvenience
experienced by being too dense win be in greater
part obvlated. fe Is
Year: 1879

Since during the acts of sensation and
intellection phosphorus is consumed in
the brain and neverOus system, there
arises necessity to restore the portions so
consumed, or, as the popular expression is,
to use brain food. Now, as every one
knows, it is the property of phosphorus to
shine in the dark and as fish in a certain
stage of putrefactive decay often emit
light, or become phosphorescent, it has
been thought this is due to the abundance
of phosphorus their flesh contains, and
hence that they are eminently suitable for
the nourishment of the nervous system,
and are an invaluable brain food. Under
that idea many persons resort to
a dict of fish and persuade themselves that
they derive advantage from it an in
creased vividncss of thought signal i'm
provcment in the reasoning powers. But
the flesh of fish contains no excess of
phosphorus, nor does its shining depend ON
that element. Decaying willow wood
shines even more brilliantly than decaying
fish; it may sometimes be discerned afar
off at night. The shining in the two cases
is due to the same cause.-The oxidation of
carbon, not of phosphorus, in organic sub
stances containing perhaps, not a percepti-
BILE trace of the latter. element. Yet surely
no one found himself rising to a poetical
fervor by tasting decaying willow wood,
though it ought, on these principles, to be
better brain food than a much larger
quantity of fish, Harper's Magazine.
Year: 1879

As weeds grow fastest in fat soil, SO our
corruptions grow and thrive most when
our natural state is most prosperous
Therefore Gods love and care of us con.
strain Him sometimes to use severe dIsci.
pline and to cut us short in our temporal
njOyment.-T Bishop Hopkins.


Those who are satisfied with the world
for their portion, and seek not for happi-
ness in God, feel no need for accepting
the gospel invitation, and are in no un-
easiness about their souls. But those
who labor and are heavy laden are invit-
ed, and they come.-[Mathew Henry.


Every promise of God rests on four pill
lars; His holiness and justice, which will
not suffer him to deceive; His grace and
goodness, which will not suffer Him to
forget; His truth, which will not suffer
HIM to change, and his power, which
makes him able to Salter
Year: 1879

One of the fishermen employed by Lar
CO in drawing his nets this morning found
entangled in its meshes devil fish of
large size. The ugly thing was so cntan-
gled, and held on with such tenactry that
il was brought into the boat only after
tearing the net badly. The body of the
monster is an elongated oval about ID inch.
es wide and four feet long from the head
to the end of the spear shaped tail. The
mouth. or rather beak, is exactly like the
mandibles of hawk, and is placed under
meath the body. The long arms or feelers
of which there are eight, radiate from
around this beak, and the largest of them
are upward of seven feet in length, max
ing II feet from the end of the two longes,
tentacles to the tip of the tail. The othel
arms are from four to five feet long. The
under side of these feelers for about two
feet from the tip is armed with rows o.
sharp pointed hooks, increasing in size a.
they approach the end, where they termin
ate in veri:able talons. The body is of {
reddish gray color on top, and pale sal
mon pink underneath. The under side il
covered with small suckers possessing con
siderable power of suction.-[Santa Bar
bara Press.
Year: 1879

o Lord take my heart, for cannot give
it; and when Thou hast it, o keep it, for
cannot keep it for Thee; and save it in
spite of myself, for Jesus Christ's sake
[Fenelon.


We may lose heaven by neutrality as
well as 10y hostility; by wanting oil TO our
lamps as well as by taking poison. The
improbable servant will as surely epun.
ished us the disobedient and rebellious
servant. Undone duty will undo the soul
-[BOwes.


Conscience is your magnetic needle
Reason is your chart. But would rather
have crew willing to follow the indica
tions of the needle. and giving themselve:
no great trouble as to the chart, than ;
crew that had ever so good a chart and nj
needle at all.