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Year: 1876




The latest instalment Of the Romance Of
Tweed is its strangest chapter. Nothing in
the long and varied career of this once abso-
Lutte master, now most abject criminal OF the
metropols, exceeds in novelty the history
which we publish this morning of his flight,
pursuit, capture, and return to captivity III
this city. His bold and almost mconcealed man
ufacture of Mayors and Governors and Judges
of the highest dignity in the State; his daring
sacrilege upon the ballOt-b0x to affect national
elections; his fragrant robbery of the public
treasury by felony and forgery his seizure by
the aid of corrupt judges of great corpora
tions, of s0ulless railroads and charitable trust
COMPANIES his msolent dictatiOn to caucuses,
conventions, and senates; the shameless de-
bauchery and almost Oriental magniiiccnce
and extravaganza of his social life all these
incidents, only half revealed TO public gaze, have
in them less of the elements of pure romance
than the events of the past year. The flight was
made in the darkness of a dismal Winter
evening in a fragile yacht; the return was in
the broad glare of an Indian Summer sun in
the stanchest of the nations ships; certainly
two events Of marked contrast seldom crowded
into n single year of q mans life. The pur-
suit begun by a single county officer, unalded
and at his personal expense, became in the
end a man-hunt in which two nations en-
gagged, combining their military, naval, and
even diplomatic forces to track and capture
criminal whose singular personal appearance
no ingenuity could disguise, and whose import
ance was so fully recognized as to compel for
the occasion amity between nations which, even
in the case of a condemned murderer, had re-
fused to recognize the value and efficiency OF
extradition cOurtesies. A whole city was agi-
tated for many days over his mysterious escape /;
it betrayed yesterday equal curiosity over his
pompous return. OF the thousands whom he
enriched in his grotesqnely generous way of
dispensing stolen public funds, not one
dared openly exult at his escape; and not
half dozen outside of his immediate
family and personal adherents ventured to
Year: 1876

Mr. w. j. Butler seems to be q pubhc-spirted
lawyer and he certainly has an interesting client In
the person of Mr.. ElmOre. This latter gen.
tleman has an insurance on his life for
30 600 with the Equitable. He processes entire
satisfaction rs to tho security OF his insur-
ance but brings suit because he does not get sriti-
cicnt dividends on the profits of the company. His
policy being for 1000, and the probable dividends
allowable in part payment of his annual dues
for premium being say from $40 to $l5 or
500. this Interesting gentleman has thought it
worth while to hire lawyer, draw up expensive
papers, and institute elaborate proceed
ings to compel the company to disgorge
possibly So or $40 more per annum, out
of which he claims that q close computa-
ton of its earnings and fair estimate of the loss
through q failure to manage it according to his
policy show him to have been defrauded. OF course
il must be q bona fde suit, instgated solely by the
desire Of wronged man, who feels that he
has a large interest at stake, to secure
his own. OF course the case must be conducted in
good faith by a lawyer who only happens acci-
dentally to be engaged in similar cases against
other companies, for parties having equally
large interests at stake. But OH the
whole the worst thing which this suit brings out
about the Equitable is that il is only getting in these
flush times net income of per cent on the
capital invested in its building. Everybody
knows that great corporation, which in these days
of tight money market, active business, and high
interest cannot make double treble this beg
carly four per cent real estate investment of
two or three Millions must be wretchedly managed
indeed


We would not for the world intimate that there
is any such thing as blackmail in this suit or in
similar ones occasionally brought against the
Equitable, and others Of the strongest life
insurance companies. But it is worth whilo
for the public TO remember that If en-
terprisihg lawyers and litigious persons who
think it advantageous to acquire small interests for
the sake of bringing vexatious suits, are
disposed TO attempt blackmailing opera
tions, they are. generally likely 20 regard the
insurance companies offering fine field.
The companies which do not fight such suits TO tho
end had better go into liquidation at once. The
Equitable is DID, strong and admittedly safe. 1t is


good thing for the public to let the blaclSmailers
try TO sharpen their teeth company of that sort.


An eminent Democrat nauates the following, and
has an impression that persons skilled in the use Of
analogies will discover that it illustrates some
Year: 1876

There is q great deal of curiosity excited at
the present time to know what becomes OF
the fines imposed by the Police Commissioners
on members of the force. Pending inyestlga-
ton thus far leaves the matter i'll mystery.
Year: 1876

An old Democratic device comes up to
hEart new one The repeal by the present
House of the rule to prevent filibustering would
enable the Republicans, it is said, by datory
motions to prevent an election of President by
the House until after the Fourth of March.
Filibustering in the House of Representatives
is vastly to be preferred to flibusteFing in the
White House.
Year: 1876

An election does seem to be rather free
and easy affair in the South. Here is one
county at least in Florida from which no re-
turns have been received, although the election
took place more than two weeks ago, and in
Louisiana the Democrats make affidavit that
supervisors have been hanging around New
Orleans for week past with parish returns,
In their pockets, probably, IL not in their car
pet-bags, and that in one case candidate for
Congress is acting as custodian in this way OF
his own votes. 1t is TO be said for these people
that their education in the matter of elections
has been neglected. The ballot-box has been
Year: 1876

ALBANY, Feb. 22.-Thc Bishop OF this DiO-
cese had up to-day received letter relative to the
reburiaI OF tho body OF Joseph Waltz In the Catholic
burial ground at CatskL Inquiry being made TO Father
Ludden to the matter, he said substantially speak
Ing for the Bishop, that though legally tried. legally
found guilty. and legally executed. many sironuously
maintain that Waltz was 40 far insane as to be legally
and morally irresponsible for his acts In this opinion
the Rev Father ODrscoll who attended him In prison
and before his execution cancded- With this presump
ton in favor and duly attended by the priest far
as such attendance could profit In such state OF


mind the OF Catholic Chnrcn do not prohibit the
burial OF the remains in consecra;od ground s con
tnuod Father Ludden IL cannot be denied that tho hon
eat feelings Of people ought not unnecessarily and vo
leuy be outraged even whore the etter OF the law
does not protect them. Hence many will conclude that
the frieDds the murderer neither honor themselves
Of the wretchod cuprit by trampng on the
feelings OF their neghbora.
Year: 1876

IT will do to bear in mind the fearful
load the Republicans have to csrry in
the next Presidential canvass, we there
fore reproduce from the Cleveland Plain.
dealer the following list Of Republican
Year: 1876

To ALL, particularly invalds. spring is a trying
season. Indications Of sickness should at once be
attended to. Fatal diseases may be caused by allow
Ing the bowels to become constipated and the sys-
tenn to remain in disordered condition, until the
disorder has time to develop ITSELF An ounce of pre-
venton is worth pound Of cure, Is an old and
truthful saying. Therefore, we advise all who are
troubled with tho complaints now very prevalent
headache indigestion, disordercd liver, want Of ap
petite, nausea, or feverish skin to take, without
delay, Schenck's Mandrake Pills. We know of no
remedy harmless and decisive in its action. 1t at
strikes at the root Of the disease and produces
a healthy tone to the system. People never need
suffer from any disease arising from disordcred
condition of the liver IL they would take this
cellent medicine when they feel the first indications
of the malady. Families leaving home for the sum
months should take three four boxes of these
pills with them. They have almost instantaneous
effect. They will relieve the patient of headache In
two hours aDd will rapidly cleanse tho liver
of surrounding bile, and will cfectually prevent
bilious attack. They sold by all druggists.
Year: 1876

When person, in this case lady,
sits down to have her photograph taken,
after the preliminary tortures are con.
cluded, such as fixing the prongs at the
back ofthe head and getting ones sell
in position of exasperating stiffness,
the instructions are, "Now, look pleas
ant, please" The stereotype grin that
follows through that awful space OF
silence, during which the operator holds
the brass cap in one hand and his watch
in the other, is reflected on the photo
graph by an idiotic simper which makes
the victim resolve never to "look pleas
ant" again. The next effort brings forth
a "prunes, papa, potatoes, prism"
mouth, whose only recommendation is
that it is not the CHASTITY pleasantness of
the first. Resolved to avoid either ex-
treme the unfortunate again faces the
brass-muzzled instrument of torture with
an intellectual, profound, earnest, rapt
gaze ut roll of paper which she holds
in her hand. The result is stern,
Minerva, Susan B. Anthony, severe Of
purpose look, and the severity of pur-
pose is manifested by ordering photo
graph No. 3 into oblivion. The next
position is standing, with velvet and furs
and hat and feathers, in a rollicking
way; failure too much like hoyden.
The last attempt is sitting in pensive
attitude with the cheek resting on the
hand, but that unromantic camera makes
the hand look bigger than a leg of NUT
ton and about that shape. This is the
last straw, and the lady takes her gloves
and her leave at the same time, while
the photographer murmurs as he read
justs the camera:


Oh, how unfortunate,


What could afilict her?


SO very importunate


About that ERE picture.
Year: 1876

able to beat them off" The two parties
were so near that Mugford's mate, seeing
the flash of the officers pistol which killed
his Captain, transfixed that man (wh0
proved to be the young nobleman in
command) with his spear and tore open
his body. The enemy retired at the end
of half an hour with large number
killed and wounded. The scene the next
day, as the privatcer sailed into Marble
head harbor, was thrilling. The whole
population, the news of Mugford's hero
ism having Just reached the town, turned
out to welcome him. No heart beat
higher or more gladly than his wife's.
She had rescued him from the enemy
once and now he had captured the most
valuable prize of the revolution. No
news of the engagement of the evening
before had come to the people. The flag
at half-mast was the only tidings of evil
The town was profoundly moved on
receiving the dead body of its
young hero, and gave him a public
funeral, the grief for his loss silencing all
demonstrations of JOY with which they
were prepared to welcome him.


His exploit reminds one of the capture
OF 11cOnderOga by Ethan Allen, In the
name of the great Jehovah and the Con-
tinental Congress" the year before. 1t
was in some respects the most brilliant
naval duel of the Revolution, and GER
tainly one of the most serviceable.
Before the people could make up their
minds to regard Great Britain as an
enemy, Mugford on the sea, and Allen
on the land, companions in daring, had
taught the English by significant exam
Piles the character of the people they
failed to conquer. Justice hes been
tardy to the memory of Mugford. Even
Marblehead, until recently, had erected
slab over his grave; the Continental
and subsequent Congress failed to remu-
nerate him for his capture, and the 18th
of the month witnessed the first sub
stantial recognition of his memory Jor
the space of a hundred years.
Year: 1876

We were shown yesterday by Engineer
Mat Franklin, wooden watch made by
MIR. Victor Doriot, of Bristol. The case
Is made of brier root, and the inside
works, all except three of the wheels and
the springs (Which are metal), are of
lockwood, while the face is made from a
piece OF the shoulder-blade of COW
which was run over by a train and killed
some time ago. IL is an open.faced
watch with n glass crystal, and is an
elegant piece Of workmanship, displaying
wonderful talent in the maker. IL does
not weigh more than an ounce. Mat saws
he has carried the watch day or two.
and IL keeps as good time as any watch
he ever carried,s-- -Knoepiiie Chronicle,
Year: 1876

Aa6 IAAOh1 OF kEWAhDS ana


TREATED BY PROFESSOR FELIX ADLER


Yesterday morning Professor Adler addressed
large audience the above subject IN Standard Hall
He began-why is II that bad men live and prosper,
their homes peaceful and their wealth increase,
while the good are often oppressed and the righteous
downfalen' The dies sated with every manner OF
delight, the other with embttered spirit in the
thought OF never having tasted happiness Yet they
sleep together in the dust The problem of the dis
parity between virtue and happiness that has often
engaged the attention OF thoughtful minds, loses none
OF its pungent point when viewed in the
light or our own lives and surroundings We
see the same contrast between merit and actual
reward exhibited every Here n 10 the ignorant
ana inscriptions politician who outstrips the states
man in the race for honor and position here is the
quick success of sham worth that marks the slow,
painstaking efforts Of honest inquiry; here some
ignorant knave is lolng in wealth and squandering
his iii-gotten gains in foibes. while modest
shrinks in corners The qualities that might adorn
the are crippled and the native royalty talent
plays courtier TO the kings and princes OF iucre.


In view OF such experiences, and feeling tho
justice OF the universe impregnated by the
existing order OF things, men have taken
refuge in the thought OF compensation and
ever is wrong here shall be riehted in which the last
shall be irst and every human being receive ts nnal
reward OF punishment felicity. II was among tho
ancient Greeks that the philosopher Epcurus was the


first 10 advance the proposition that all virtue is an
enlightened sclt-interest The view has in mod
crn times been frequently adopted and extolIed.
PLEASURE" says Epicurus "is the only true end and
purpose OF our lives" In tho garden in which he
laugh, was inscribed the motto -'Stranger here NAV
thou rest, here dwells enoymcnt-lifs's highest
good


Tho speaker in well constructed argument, hero
showed the folly OF this principle aud said that Epi
Gurus himself, man OF hne tastes and fasidious
habits shrank from the Of the passions,
and couuselled on his part OF moderation
friendship and benevolencc. Not because he recog-
nzcd them Of superior vnlue but because he perceived
those were tho only pleasures The thought Of CON-
pensaton in tho hereafter lessons the urgency OF
form IN the here Christianity refers the poor the
Kingdom TO come for rcquital OF their present
misery, and to that Kingdom tho poor especially
called; while OF the rich man u is said id:-Hardly shall
rich man enter into the Kingdom Of Heaven II this
should congratulate Baxter street on its pow
ery we should form institutions and societies rather
to relieve the rich OF their riches than tho poor
their distresses
Year: 1876

Dick III tnsu.n, aI>d-rai scout ddring the war
was as.ass Mated on his far m Savannah last week
Toe body was carried away thrown into the river
Killing is Supposed to be for some. act during the
Year: 1876

Virginia City is blessed with chang
ing weather this season. On the night
of the 18th genuine Washoe zephyr
swept over that city, and the next
morning the weather was biting cold.
Instead of Summer sun there were
snow and icicles. The flakes fell fit-
fully during the forenoon, but after IL
regular snow storm set in. The few
gardens which Virginia City possessed
have been Dipped by the frost aud ru-
ined. The boys had fine time snow
balling in the streets.
Year: 1876

y Southern paper says: Very soon
the lawless lover will attempt to OBJ
tain kiss by threatening 10 bulidoze
bis sTeetheaTt, and :he parental re,
turning board will proceed to count
him out. a gunboat and a platoon
of soldiers viii be required in every
household TO preserve the peace.
Year: 1876

Congress adjourned early Saturday af-
ternoon, and a large numbers, accom-
panied by distinguished officials, went TO
the navy-yard to witness experiments TO
be made with the Lay torpedo. This Is.
one Of the most formidable torpedoes
yet invented. 1t carries its own motive
power, and is guided through the water
by electricity, acting through a small
it can also be guided to right or left,
made to go fast or slow, as the engineer
shall direct. In case of an engagement
at sea this engine ofdeath can be launch
ed and sent out In any direction at rate
of speed equaling Is knots an hour, and
can be controlled with accuracy to dis
tance of FIVE miles. If this new torpedo
proves to be all that is claimed for it, it
will revolutionize sea warfare. With il
vessels attacking a torpedo-boat could
never get within range before they would
be destroyed. The experiment this af-
iernoon was very beautiful and success-
ful one. The Torpedo, when launched,
carried smaller torpedo upon its for
ward point, for the purpose of ilIustrat-
ing what would be done without destroy
ing entire machine in the water, This
iron-clad, round, cigar-shaped torpedo
looked every inch like some sea monster.
Ii would dash here and there as though
it were imhued with life peculiarly its
own Finally it was recalled from
great distance and sent TO explode
small raft stationed quarter of a mile
from the directing engineer. The torpe-
do dashed for this platform with a vim
and directness that surprised everyone.
Some thought that the raft WAS too small
TO be hit at first venture, but the aim of
the engineer was unerring, the torpedo
striking the raft directly in the center
and in a second after the whole raft was
Aving upward, blown into a thousand
Oiecas
Year: 1876

The notion that the moon exerts an
influence on the weather is so deeply
rooted that, Notwithstanding all the at
tacks which have been made against it
since meteorology has been seriously
studied, it continues to retain its hold
upon us. And yet there never was
popular superstition more utterly
without basis than this one. If the
moon really did possess any power over
the weather, that power could be exer-
cised in one of these ways-by reflection
of the suns rays, by attraction, or by
emanation. No other form of action is
conceivable. Now, as the brightest
light of full moon is never equal in
intensity or quantity to that which is
reflected toward us by white cloud on
summer day, it can scarcely be pre-
tended that weather il affected by such
a cause. That the moon does exert at
faction in MS is manifest-we see ii
working in the tides; but though it can
move water, it is most unlikely that it
can do the same to air, for the specific
gravity of the atmosphere is so small
that there is nothing to be attracted.
Laplace calculated. indeed, that the
Joint attraction of the sun and moon to-
gether could not stir the atmosphere at
a quicker rate than FIVE miles a day. As
for lunar emanaiions, not sign Of them
has ever been discovered. The idea of
an influence being produced by the
phases of the moon ia therefore based on
no recognizable cause whatever. Fur
thermore, it is now distinctly shown that
no variations at all really occur in
weather at the moment of the changes
of quarter. any more than at any other
ordinary times. Since the establish
ment of meteorological stations all over
the earth, il has been proved by millions
of observations that there is no stimuli
taneousness whatever between the sup
posed cause and the supposed effect.
The whole story is fancy and supersti-
tion which has been handed to MS un-
contradicted, and which we have accept
ed as trns because our forefathers be-
lieved it. The moon exercises no more
influence on weather than herrings do
on the government of Switzerland.-
Rlack wood
Year: 1876

Ii has long been known that it l. in
judicious for any one TO go into the wa
ter TO bathe jnst after eating fun meal,
hut il is not so well known that the
practice may result in death This lat
ter fact seems to have been demonstra-
ted by the recent death in a bath in
Bristol, England, Of a boy thirteen
wears old. lie had never had &c, and
IL believed 10 have been in perfect
health. When found in the water the
crown Of his head was just above the
surface. and he was standing in n stoop-
ing position, with his face just under
the water. At the place where he was
the water was only three feet four inches
deep, while the boy's height Was four
feet nine inches. The temperature Of
water was IS degrees. The medical tes-
timony disclosed the fact that the de-
ceased had eaten heartily just before en-
tering the water, or al least had not
given his food time to digest. lie had
vomited a large quantity Of food, and
when found his mouth and throat were
full. The opinion was expressed in the
medical testimony, and indorsed by the
verdict Of the jury that death resulted
from epilepsy, brought on by the dam
gerous practice of entering the water
Immediately after eating meal.
Year: 1876

Fusay people want everything juat so.
and expect that the snn, moon and stars
are going out of their way to Oblige
them. The first lesson of wisdom il
Accept cheerfully the inevitable.


You can scarcely understand how
much sweet and wholesome wisdom lies
in simply making the best of things. If
we fancy we are going to make circum-
stances bend to us, we shall be contin-
ually running our heads against stone
wall. The wall will never stir out of
our way, but we can easily go round it.


We cannot help or hinder that very
independent thing, the weather. 1t will
rain or shine, be hot or cold just as it
was cent. ! have seen foolish people
who made themselves quite miserable
about the weather. 1t was never going
to rain again. or it would rain foreverl
The wind blew too strongly. or else they
were suffocating for a breath of airi
Their time was filled with complaints of
things they could no more alter than
they could alter the earth's orbit.


There are others have known com
pleteIy conquered by dust, fiep. or mos
quitoes. Such things are troublesome
and annoying, to he sure, hut can we
avoid them by fretting and fuming?
Fly-specks are bad enough. but fret
full disposition ia thousand times worse.
Let the flies buzz and the mosquitoes
bite, If they must. but try and keep
yourself sweet and tranquil.


remember reading of philosopher,
who was so very poor he had everything
stripped away from him but miserable
straw bed and one wretched blanket
The weather became intensely cold, and
to prevent freezing TO death he wrapped
himself completely in the blanket, and
cut holes for his ewes, nose, and mouth
Here, he says, he not only existed. but
was very happy. You have heard the
story, perhaps, of two little street beg
gars who, on bitter cold night, crepi
under an old door. Instead Of lament
ing over their misery. one says to th'
other, "Ah, Pete, what do you s'pos.
the folks do who hain't got any door,


Such examples OF cheerfulness unde
great evils, should surely help us. q
meet the little evils of life in the righ
SPIRIT Times OF Blessing.