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Year: 1879

Papus answered in mournful and
complaining tone: Alas, governor, have
T ever attempted to tell you an untruth
that you refuse to believe me now? Tes-
tify whether I have not served you
honestly and faithfully from the day [
first appeared before you even until
now!"


Your words are true," Rufus an
swered him; truly and faithfully have
you served me until now, for which I
navg-fuify paid you- faaaa.a aGGsaasaTssss .traaz
sury; but in regard to this new conspir-
acy, [ cannot believe you until you bring
me clear testimony. For should [ hast
lily proceed to punish the Jews before it
has been demonstrated that the con-
spiracy exists, then the Roman mobiles
would fully justify them for rising to
defend themselves with fire and sword
Caesar would be angry with me for hav-
ing made the Jews rebel by my hasty
actions; he would remove me from my
office and might even deprive me of my
head


II, ALSO" replied Papus, IT also know
the evil in store for you if it should be-
come known to Caesar that the Jews
were compelled to resort to the sword
because Of your tyranny. Florus shed
the blood of his enemies the Jews with
out fearing that he would displease and
anger Caesar, because his wife was hand
some and her beauty Illuminated Caesars
palace; but your wife Ruphina is not so
fortunate, and it is therefore right
that you should be more careful. AS
far as I can see, the best thing for you
to do is to act secretly in such manner
that the Jews may be forced to bring
their conspiracy. to light and to rebel
openly, for Caesar will then not inquire
after the origin of the rebellion, and will
pay no attention to any charges the
Jews may allege against you.


Rufus remained standing near Papus
and was for few moments plunged in
profound meditation, at last he said: Il
fear very much that Caesar will listen
to the charges of tyranny and persecu-
ton which the Jews will raise against
me. know that have many rivals and
enemies at the Roman court who will
add fuel to Caesars anger, and who will
Year: 1879

where stood Lords waiting, guard
of the palace, and servants, who upon
seeing him saluted him with respect and
honor. But it could be seen from their
faces that in their hearts they hated and
despised him. Papus saluted them also
in friendly and respectful manner, and
took his box of perfumery, which he al
ways carried-for he walked about in
the disguise Of vender of perfumes
put it upon his shoulder and went off.
Outside the palace gate there always
stood warlike men with swords and jave-
Inns; these were the soldiers ready to
obey the commands of Rufus, their mas
ter, also warriors from Germania, with
long hair and flowing boards, who con-
stantly promenaded around the palace,
guarding it strictly.


When Papus reached outside of the
city gates, he stopped on the highway and
began to laugh with pride and arrogance.
Thus he soliloquised: "Ah, you fools who
are wise in your own eyes, and ye simple
ones who imagine that you have under
standing! IF you only knew that the
fate of all this country is in my hand; if
your heart could only whisper to you
that will bring upon you sudden and
complete destruction; that I will bring
deash-and~extermination to all Of you'll
And you, Keturah, you shall know that
my hand is strong and my vengeance
mighty How sweet is revenge; it is
sweeter than all the delusions and plea
sures of love! Do you imagine that [
will not take revenge for the shameful
manner in which you have insulted and
abused me? O, you fool! in very short
time you will repent of your arrogance
and pride. It is true that nature had al
ready doomed me, even before my
birth, for it has bestowed upon me green
eyes and red hair, crooked legs and long
arms, black countenance and a pug
nose, thick and ugly lips and sharply
pointed cheek bones. But with all this,
wealth is more precious than beauty,
and wisdom is more valuable than all the
comliness of the body, for am wealthy
man, whose house is filled with silver
and gold, and whose mind is replete with
knowledge and wisdom. Truly and fer
vently have [ loved you, Keturah! and l
desired you with all my heart and soul.
Even my neighbor, your father, did l
truly love and honestly respect. And,
in return, you insulted and wounded me;
for my love you gave me hatred, and be-
cause 1 wanted to place you among the
aristocracy of the land, you wished to
deprive me of my glory and to darken
my life. Also your father pushed me
away from him with both hands, and
abused me to my face With reverential
respect did I approach Eliezar, and with
all my might [ begged him to give me
his daughter to wife, in return for which
I was willing to bestow upon him numer-
GUS gifts, and upon her all manner of
wealth and luxury. But he would an
swer me by saying: "Papus, you we'll
Year: 1879

beauty when you saw her in Bethar
few months ago. This girl is beloved by
Shimeon and engaged to him, for her
father had promised to make her his
wife if he would reinstate peace in the
land, and remove all internal quarrels
and rebellious feelings from among the
children of Israel. But he swore that
he would not take her to wife until he
had exterminated all the Romans from
this land, and had restored his nation to
their former independence and glory.
Now you must act craftily and bring
Keturah into your palace; then. 80"


Papus did not finish his sentence, but
remained silent for few moments, look
ing at Rufus with contempt, whilst his
eye betrayed his struggle between love
and jealousy.


'Papus!" said Rufus hastily, "Papus,
if you can propose plan to bring Ketu
rah here, [ will make you lord over half
the province, and will also give you
plenty of silver and gold"


''You are a good shot" said Papus,
"and if you cage the big bird the little
one will follow"


Torment me not with riddles, be kind
enough to speak plain


Summon Eliezer before you" an
'swered~.P ~.Papuss and charge him with
being the cause Of the new conspiracy
He will keep nothing from you, for he
desires peace and mixes not with the
conspirators; besides, he has been wishing
to see you for long time, so that he
may get an opportunity to entreat you
for mercy and kindness to the Jews. [
am positive that when the old man comes
his daughter will follow him, lest an ac-
cident should befall him on the road be-
cause of his old age. The daughters of
Israel are brave women, from their youth
they are raised amid bravery and battles,
and they fear nothing; therefore it is
that Keturah will not fear to enter the
palace of great ruler, hero and general
like yourself. When the father and
daughter enter your palace, send the
father away and retain the daughter as
security for the countrys peace. And
when Bar Kochba hears that his beloved
one is imprisoned in your palace, he will
fly here quick as an eagle to set her free;
you will then capture him in your net
and do with him what you deem right
and proper"


At these words Rufus face regained
its color, and giving to Papus a handful
of gold, he said: by the life of Jupiter!
this plan, even if it does not entirely
succeed, is fully worth this gold. Go
now in peace, work faithfully, and re-
member that a man in my position can
make you rich, honored and respected" "


~ ".
Year: 1879

In the telegram from Zurich which VIC
print to-day may be found suggestion
especially directed to the enterprising spirit
of our American merchants a suggestion
for opening line of trade with Siberia and
Northern Russia by way of the Pacific and
the Arctic oceans. M. Sibiriakoh, in the
communication to which we refer, points
out that it will probably be found possible
for our whalers, by entering Behring Strait,
to make regular summer voyages as far
along the Arctic coast of Siberia as the
mouth of the Lena River with cargoes to be
sent up to Yakutsk, and that the same ves-
sells may carry return cargo Of the prod
ucts of that country, and that these out
and return cargoes may constitute an ex-
be remembered that when u navigator from
Sunderland some months since made q
voyage of commercial exploration on the
other division of the same coast and ad-
vanced as far as the Yenisei River
he found there vessel with cargo
from Hamburg engaged in precisely the
sort of traffic which NJ. Sibiriakof believes
might be proftably carried on between the
mouth Of the Lena and San Francisco. II
the Germans find a profitable traffic with
one part OF Siberia we certainly may with
another, for Yakutsk is the great emporium
of the commerce of Siberia and the centre to
which come every year caravans from all
parts of Northern Asia and China. An in
dication of the Importance of its trade may
be derived from the fact that furs to the
value Of nearly two millions of dollars are
sometimes sold in a single year at one of
the annual fairs.
Year: 1879

The natural relations that should exist
betwee the United States and the Mexican
Republic are those OF peace and commercial
reciprocity. These, when once fairly estab-
lished, ought to remain undis.urbed by
any efforts on the part of the politicians of
either country to bring about condition
Of passive or actual hostility which would
interrupt the currents of trade and divide
the peoples Of this continent by the
creation of conflicting interests. We there
fore read with some concern the statements
published elsewhere this morning of Mr..
George S. Bowen, of Chicago, to whose in
strumentality is mainly due the visit
of the commercial delegation from
the United States to the Republic of
Mexico. We are aware that many difficult
questions Of political character remain
unsettled between our government and that
of General Diaz, and we can appreciate the
solicitude Of our diplomatic representatives
in Washington and Mexico for a final and
satisfactory settlement of these before other
questions Of importance bearing on the
comm ercial relations between the two re-
publi:s should be officially discussed. But
we do not recognize the wisdom Of a plan
that makes the settlement Of the second de-
pend on that of the first, any more than we
would that of rule compelling starving
man to take an oath to support the consti-
tuition before he got anything to eat.


It seems to US that if We can demonstrate
to the people of Mexico the value of our
friendship by the peaceful plan of selling
them cheaper and better goods than they
can procure elsewhere we 60 further toward
the settlement of existing differences than
by seeking to overawe them by military
parades on the border or the equally for
midable remonstrances and threats from
the State Department. This country now
needs more trade and less policy. Our sur
plus products must find market, and why
not in Mexico as well as in other countries
We would not sacrifice point of national
dignity in dealing with any foreign Power,
but we object to allowing our foreign policy
to be influenced by the selfish hopes of the
the sutler. The difference between Mr..
Foster and Mr.. Bowen arises from the fact
that the points Of view from which they re-
gard the situation are different. The diplo.
matist is jealous for his country's honor;
the merchant is anxious for his country's
prosperity. Is it impossible to secure har-
mony between them? 1t is case in which
we demand honor without injustice and
prosperity with peace.
Year: 1879

DR.. Botkin's suggestion for the treat
ment of infected villages in Russia is one
in which is involved the effective destruc-
tion of the germs of disease if the plan is
rigidly enforced, but which otherwise may
lead to an even wider spread of the con-
tagion. Hundreds of villages in the dis
trict in which the pestilence now prevails
might be burned with far less loss to Russia
than would be caused by the continuance
of the malady, even if the humanitarian
aspect of the facts is not considered, and
the reimbursement for destruction thus
pract;sed for national advantage would be
bagatelle. But the villagers must not only
be removed from the villages; they must
also be kept isolated for time long enough
to allow for the development of the disease
if any persons are already infected. More
over, the destruction must be complete,
and the ruins must be guarded to prevent
the wretched and ignorant country people
from attempting to secure some treasured
bits Of portable property. All the require
ments Of this case run into one another SO
closely that it is to be apprehended the laxly
administered Russian service may not per-
form the work effectively. even if it is deter
mined to try it.
Year: 1879

The investigation into tho cruelties and
abuses that have disgraced the Onondaga
County Pauper Insane Asylum has closed,
and the evidence adduced establishes the
truth of the horrible statements that some
time ago startled the community. The
result is a strong demand by the officers of
the State Board of Charities for tho i'm
provement Of the poorhouso buildings,
better and kinder attendance for the un-
fortunate inmates of the pauper lunatic
asylum and the transfer of the chronic
insane to the care of the State. The Sup er-
visors of Onondaga have conceded these
points. The repair and alteration of the
building have been commenced the help
ut the insane asylum has been increased,
some of the officers ore to be removed


and the chronic insane are TO be sent
to the Willard Asylum as soon as pos
sible. The cost of supporting these poor
creatures has been squeezed down in the
county asylum to eighty-fvo cents per
week. This cruel economy is the secret of
all the sufferings and barbarities that have
been visited on the unfortunate lunatics.


The State charges the county 50 60 week
for each person supported at the Willard
Asylum, and the desire to save the differ
ence and to keep n pauper rs cheaply as
dog could be fed lies at the bottom of the
Year: 1879

Further details are given to-day of the
remarkable story of the death of Barron,


the cashier Of the Dexter Savings Bank, at
Dexter, Me. Believed Mt one time to
have died rs q hero and to have fallen the
victim of his refusal to open the vaults for
burglars, it is now hold that hc was
defaulter and committed suicide. Appar-
emily the detectives are the sole inventors
OF this latest theory, and it is said they have
been ''forced" to adopt it by their inab bility
to account for the facts on tho former
theory. Detectives never believe in any
mans honesty if they can help it, and it
may be taken as primary assumption in
oil their inquiries that II there is any virtue
anywhere in the world it is contrary to ex-
perience. But it seems to push delusive
fancy great way to be forced to acknowl-
edge that u man must have committed
suicide merely because the detectives can
not find the men who must have killed him
if he was murdered. If in any case where
the detectives cannot find a murderer it
follows that there is no murder, and conse-
qucntly no money, there are great many
deaths to be accounted for on new theories.


Three thousand dollars, the alleged defal-
cation in the bank. is q small sum to stand
Year: 1879

The foresight that provides against even
remotely possible dangers must be COM
mended, because it is also constantly
directed to the avoidance of the more i'm
mediate perils that beset navigation. Hence
the intelligent traveller feels confidence in
the captain and officers of m ocean steamer
who frequently exercise their crew at all
the maneuvres that would be necessary for
the safety Of passengers If real danger pre-
sented itself. There are, however, many
precautions to be taken at sea of which the
ordinary traveller has little knowledge,
and these are not the least important
of all necessary to safety. The arti-
Gle entitled Safety at Sea-" which we
publish to-day, furnishes additional infor-
nation regarding the uses of the compart-
ments separated by watertight bulkheads,
into which all iron steamers used in ocean
navigation are divided. We present it in
continuation of an investigation which the
HERALD has set on foot of the condition and
management Of the vessels on whose
pend. 1t would seem that what is termed
s'the English system of inspection is adj
mirably calculated to secure safety because
it's conditions are rigidly enforced in /. ma
jority of cases, and the steamship compa-
nies submit to it because it affords passen-
gers an official guarantee that all due fore
sight is exercised for their security during
the voyage. Pumps and sluices are ex-
amined in port to ascertain that they
operate freely and are watched at sea
by the engineers and carpenters. The
opinions expressed in our article point to a
general recognition by the owners, agents
and officers OF steamships of the necessity
of constant inspection of the bulkheads,
but we are satisfied that unless these are
more numerous in the long ship they CAN
not be relied on to keep her ahoat when
badly injured. Legislation regulates the
means of transportation on land, and, in
some cases, provides punishment for any
infraction of the laws of safety. Why not
the law also protect the traveller by sea and
define limit for the area of watertisht
compartment? Is not this good subject
for Congressional action? 1t is certainly
more important than cipher investigations.
Year: 1879

the amount of the assessments, and there


was balance against the city. But for the


proposed ship canal only a narrow strip is


needed, and the land lying along each side


of it will be so enormously benefited that
a moderate assessment would defray the


whole expense, and the city would have
nothing to pay from the ordinary
sources of taxation. All the property
bordering on the Harlem River i'm
provement would be needed for the
uses of commerce. 1t would become the
seat Of great warehouses, immense grain
elevators, and other structures for the ac-
commodation of traffic. The land taken
should be appraised at what it is fairly
worth without the improvement and then
a sufficient sum should be raised by assess
ments on the neighboring property barely
to make up the amount of the awarded
compensation. The assessments would thus
be very small upon each owner in proper
ton TO the benefit, and not dollar would
need to be paid out of the city treasury. The
Legislature ought, within the ensuing ten
days, to pass an act on the plan we have
sketched, and then there would be no fur
ther hitch or hindrance in the prosecution
OF this great work, which is so important to
the welfare of this city and to the general
commerce Of the country.
Year: 1879

Gambetta was elected President of the
Chamber of Deputies by 314 votes in total
of 4O5, or majority of 223--a sweeping sue
cess, certainly, and very queer evidence,
indeed, of that Gloss of prestige" which the
Paris correspondent of the London Times says
he has suffered since the former crisis; which
loss of prestige, it may seem scarcely neces-
sary to say in view of the vote, exists nowhere
but in the imagination of the correspondent,
who invented it to explain quaint theory of
the crisis as viewed in the Elysee, and who
continues the fiction to be consistent with
himself. By this choice the Assembly Sc
cures presiding officer Of great talent, and
one whose influence in the Chamber
is not less, certainly, than that of the
officer who has now gone into the Pres
idency, though his influence is of a
different kind from that due to the
respect felt for M. Grevy's character.
experience and recognized certainty. An
obscure man who possessed the talent to
preside successfully over the deliberations
of body often stormy in it's ebullitions
might be made by his advancement to such
place; but Gambetta, already famous and
possessed of wide popularity and dominant
influence, caunot be indebted to the place
for any ordinary advantage like that. In
many respects the craftsmanship of q de-
Lucrative body tends to cramp if it does
not dwarf the proportions of a great orator,
and it is, of course, inconsistent with the
performance of the functions of party
leader. In this respect it will be of service
to Gambetta, who has been too much asso-
ciated in common opinion with a character
constructed for him by popular imagina-
ton, in which he is depicted rs the arch
anarch and agitator. With the presumed
impartial gravity and calmer dignity of the
position Of President of the Chamber he
will become associated in everybody's
thought, and will be morally as we'll as
politically in the direct line of the Presi.
Dental succession.
Year: 1879

as a motive for suicide; and it would re-
quire to be shown that some other mans
defalcation is not to be covered up ut the
expense of the dead mans reputation, es-
pecially as the deialcation was only discov-
cred eight months after his death, and the
changes in the sworn statements could have
been as well made in that period as before.
Doubtless the insurance money helps out
the point as to motive but the burden OF
this new theory rests on supposition that
requires more faith in detectives than is
commonly iustifable
Year: 1879

The WEATIIEI.-The pressure fell rapidly in
the New England and Northern Middle Atlantic
States yesterday afternoon, and storm centre
OF considerable energy is now developing in
the vicinity of Nova Scotia. a small depression
passed into the South Atlantic States from the
southwest, but the barometer was only rela-
lively low. The zone of high barometer which
extends northwestward from the South Atlantic
coast is very irregular in form, being exceed
ingly narrow over the coast districts and expand
ing over an immense area west of the Mississippi
River. The centre of highest pressure is over
the extreme northwestern districts. Rain has
fallen in the central valleys and on the Gulf
coast. Heavy snow is reported in the Rocky
Mountain regions and in the lake districts.
In the New England States the snow that at.
tends the disturbance, which is off the coast was
light, and, the temperature being moderate, 1t
melted quickly after falling. The winds have
been generally brisk in the lower lake regions.
the Middle, New England States and the Mis-
souri, Valley. In the other districts they have
been fresh to light. Cloudy weather prevails in
all the districts, except the northern lake re-
gions. But slight changes have taken place in
the temperatures throughout the country,
although the tendency is toward general fall
rapid rise occurred in nearly all the tributaries
OF the Mississippi River, caused by the forma-
tion Of gorges and consequent backing of the
water. The ice is breaking up very fast OH ac-
count of the continued warm weather in the
central valleys and the heavy falls of rain in
the mountains 1t is fortunate, however, that
no very extensive gorgcs have been
formed up to the present, like those of
the winter of 1877. This may be accounted
for by the shortness of the cold periods, prevent
ing the formation of very thick ice, and the
rapid melting occasioncd by the high tcmpera-
turc and rain. The weather over the British
Islands is stormy and increasing gales cx-
pccted in the Channel. The weather in New
York and its vicinity to-day will be colder and
partly cloudy or cloudy, with snow or rain. fol
lowed by clearing. Tomorrow it promises to be
cold and clear.
Year: 1879

If anything additional were needed to
American Indian to accept the benefcent
features of civilization a paper presented
to the Senate yesterday would answer
the purpose. number of copper-colored
residents of the Indian Territory offered
remonstrance against the passage of the
bill providing for a Delegate to the House
from that Territory. Think OF it! Should the
bill pass some native politician could 60
to Washington once or twice u year and
send back refreshing showers Of ''pub.
docS." and Congressional Globes to fertilize
the aboriginal mind, furnish curl papers
Territory and kite tails for all the boys.
He could learn-and atterward impart his
knowledge-of every new and pleasing
beverage the basis OF which is alcohol. In
the use Of profane language, which
is of such inestimable comfort to the
native tongue, he could become an
eclectic, giving Of his store unto
those whose representative he would
be. Numberless other blessings would
be within his gift, and some day he
might chance to die and have his remains
escorted home by committee of the House,
in which case the half-civilized residents of
the Territory would enjoy the inestimably
refining and ennobling spectacle of grief as
rendered officially. And yet the Indians
want no Delegate Out on such wilful stu
pidity! Let these people be managed with
a strong and resolute hand.