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Year: 1876

but this result viii! DO attained witnin month two
At the latest in consequence Of the proceedings now
pending Ia the Supreme Court Whether or not Re-
ceiver Anderson shall be removed II Is evident from
The present temper OF tho policy holders and the pub
lie that the affairs OF the Continental are gong 10 be
thoroughly ventilated Until tins Is done the opinion
in best circles is that the policy boders should
turn deaf TO the solicitations OF the former
agents OF the Continental who seek TO persuade
them 10 transfer by Otherwise. their old
contracts TO the New Jersey Mutual or any other CON-
pany.
Year: 1876

mouthf, Hps couvulsively twitchink quiv.,
erine limbs, etc. Perhaps an ear pressed
close to the beautiful face Of Mary Queen
Of Scots might have caught the sigh which
accompanied her broken spirit to the
presence of her Maker. That the pain OF
decapitation is great can scarcely be
doubted. At the same time it must neces-
sarily be regulated by the degree Of sensa-
ton existing at the moment in the vicinity
Of the throat. We speak, Of course, non.
medically, and merely from the standpoint
of general observation. Death from gun
shot wounds is painful according to the
vital nature of the part penetrated, and
the length of time which elapses between
the fatal moment and the stoppage OF the
hearts action. From the fact that groan,
is seldom heard from one who has received
his mortal wound we should presume that
volley fred into a mans body must put
an end to all pain before sensation had
time to bid him think. The monster who
now awaits the fate which his cruel ma.
lignity meted out to the poor unfortunates
Of Mountain Meadow has doubtless chosen
the least painful mode of death.
Year: 1876

We recently mentioned the singular
case of wholesale dealer in Canada suing
mercantile agency for damages resulting
from a sale of goods to party whose
standing was incorrectly reported by the
agency. The lower court awarded damages
to the amount of $521, and now on appeal
the Judgment has been affirmed by thu
higher court.
Year: 1876

WHY cannot we get along with the


Indians as peaceably as they do in Can
ada. In that country the Indians and the
colonists have not had quarrel for lis
years. Nine -tenths of all the work of the
Hudson Bay Company is done by Indians
Year: 1876

Travellers on railroads are often de-
sirous of knowing the speed at which
they are moving, and, as a general
thing, are not aware that with the aid
of watch they may readily do so, even
when mile-posts are not placed along
the track. This may be done, says the
Scientific Press, by simply couating the
number Of rails which are passed over
in any given minute. On the best laid
roads the hammering sound made by
the wheels in passing from one rail to
another is quite audible, and may be
easily noted on whatever side Of the car
the observer may be sitting. All rails
are either twenty-four or thirty feet
long-the length may be easily ascer-
tanned by pacing or by measuring with
pocket rule at any station where the
train stops. Then by counting the
lumber of rails passed in thirty or sixty
seconds, the speed of travel may bt
calculated by any passenger When
train moves 14.67 feet second it i


travelling at the rate of ten miles al
! hour, OF a mile in six minutes.
Year: 1876

If you want to see as much of the
sex as possible, go to an evening
dress parade in Washington. In the
crush, the tout ensemble is that of a
billowy sea of drapery, with animated
busts moving about in it. The pillows
move to the voluptuous swell of per-
fumed airs from the grand orchestra
and the busts are protected from the
winter weather by various calOrific de-
vices, in the nature of earrings, neck
laces, and point-lace. BObbing about
in the sea are misunderstanding buoys
in white neckties and claw-hammer
coats. These buoys seem to mark the
points of danger. Where there is a
specially dangerous point, with syren
to draw the unwary to destruction, you
will see several of these black buOys,
helplessly bobbing their Intellectual
heads.


don't know how it is or why it is,
but one woman steals over the senses
like bower of honeysuckles, twined
with graceful tendrils and Odorous bios
SONS; she is as harmoniously perfect
throughout as a faultless vine or flow
ing gladiolus; there is no touch Of color
or fold of drapery lacking; one would as
soon think of adorning rose bush
with elephants ears as to imagine any
evolution of more fitness in the perfect
symmetry of form and color. Another,
with eStimable qualities of mind and
heart, looks like Dutch farm yard in
Pennsylvania, with hollyhocks and sun
flowers dabbed on with a tack-hammer,
on the inside of her head, the flat of
her back, or wherever there is vacant
space among the garden vegetables.
Men and brethren, we can not be eX-
pected to know why this is Onewise,
while that is otherwise. The same wise
Creator that gave us apple blossoms
gives US also onions, and we can only be
silent and adore.


The first axiom of taste | would put
down is this: 1t is not the. costliest
dress that is handsomeSt or even most
elegant. There are ladies ~here who
have spent small fortune on one toilet,
which is worn until it is as well known
as the dome of the Capitol, and as un-
pleasant to the sense as Dickens found
the "ghOst of pie" which
confronted him for weary
week at country inn. The
fashion gossips become raging maniacs
in the attempt to invent new phases for
such a costume, aggressive in colOrS,
and resplendent with obtrusive jewelry,
as it appears again and again before
their agonized vision. On the other
hand, stately matrons, CONNIE IL tau,
in all the graces of manner born of So
cial distinction, have gone through the
season with one black silk and no dia-
monds," winning the homage of both
sexes by the unObtrusive mOdesty and
simplicity of worth and assured posi-
ton. Such women can afford to look
with calm disdain on the elbowing and
pushing of the throng which wins dis
tinction in the " Social Notes. of the
local press, by the same arts that are
used by actresses in the dry goods dra-
ma, where the costuming of the " lead
ing lady" is the chief attraction of the
play.-COr. Ohio State journal.
Year: 1876

However, 1 don't mean to complain
of German railways, they are safe and
comfortable; if you want speed and
damages you Americans know were to
90. A compartment of the second class
holding eight persons, in German car
riage, is a snug place for winter ride.
1t is so well upholstered that you can
ride on the seats without fatigue and
sleep at your ease. The compartment
Of the first class is in the same carriage,
and differs only IN little more luxu-
rious upholstering. For winter travel,
when there is nothing to see, these com
partments are very nice; for summer
prefer an American palace car. But
when the wind raves over desolate
country there is afeeling OF snugness IN
these little apartments. The windows
are all closed, every body lights his
cigar, the lady, if one happens to be
present, doesn't ever think of saying
that she likes smoke-that is taken for
granted-and soon the air is so thick
that you might imagine yourself in
beer hall, enjoying yourself to the ut
most.


Not that you are obliged to ride in
smoke; on probably all the trains there
are compartments distinctly set apart
for the non-smOking, and generally
there is a separate compartment for
ladies. 1t has become the fashion since
was in Germany some years ago to
heat the carriages by steam pipes, and
the passengers themselves can regulate
| the inflow of the steam. The cars
heated in this manner are so warm that
YOU can take off overcoat and hat and


sit, often with the window down, as il
at home. But the heating by steam
is not universal, and occasionally the
traveller is put into cold car, and
consoled only with a foot warmer, a
tube filed with hot water, which speed
ily cools, and in the process seems TO


abstract all the natural heat from the


feet and legs of the passenger.-C- D.


Warner, IN The Hartford CouraHt.
Year: 1876

As / shall presently show, some


knowledge of entomology is absolutely
essential to the agriculturist, and a
study of it should form part of every
farmers education. Those engaged in
other pursuits are not so vitally con-
cerned about insects, and generally fail
to see what benefit can come from the
study of them. l have known parents
to discourage their children from the
study of these little animals because it
promised no practical benefit. But the
Year: 1876

Celia Logan writes to the Baltimore Ne,os:
There is a rumor that short skirts will be
worn, and very small bustles. had hoped
that these abominable nuisances would be
done away with altogether. Fancy in ad-
dition to the weight of the indispensable
skirts, to have huge bird cage strapped to
your back, swinging and slapping against
the heels, catching hold when you sit down,
as in trap, of those very muscles most
needed in rising, and clutching you as in a
vice at all points of the compass when you
walk. It's voluntary revival OF the old
tortures Of the Inquisition. There's no
bsrbaric splendor about it to compensate
for its tolments. few of last winters
black velvet skirts have made their appear
ance on the Streets but o how warm and
heavy they are 1t would seem as if in
consequence of the hard times that dry
goods dealers are not importing in such
quantities as formerly, but are determined
to sell off last seasons stock of goods, 30
We snail see few new fashions this fail.
Year: 1876

The way they distinguish bride from
other people at Niagara, is to discover il
the soles Of the lady's shoes are new. II
they are, the fact is proved.


Broad sashes tied around the waist are no
longer in style, but belts and streamers of
narrow ribbon are worn, and bows are
placed in every conceivable corner.


Many ladies being fond of wearing a great
deal of white lace and other fancy arrange
ments about the neck, the bib collar has
been fashioned and become very popular.


All the new costumes are furnished with
some sort Of jacket, mantle or scarf to ac.
company it when worn in the street.


Thread gloves will continue to be worr
through the autumn.
Year: 1876

1t is the privilege of newspaper belong
ing to neither party to extend Its protection
to, and bestow its advice upon, both par
ties, and this is privilege which we accord
without scruple to tAe EUety EUening.
Always attentive to the welfare Vi tue Re-
publicans, its solicitude just now Is, Il pos
sible greater than usual, becau .e it 3 ems
to fear that "harmony" may make them en-
tirely too strong. We suggest, however,
that advice, though rendered, need not al
ways be taken, and that even if the inde-
pendent censor already named should man
ifest concern at the disposition Of Republi.
cans to harmonize and pull together, it is
not therefore reason why they should be-
gin to quarrel and pull apart.


The present unity of the party in this
city, with its resultants of extraordinary
success in September and excellent pros
pect of a second triumph in November, may
be per Sc good thing or not, according as
you choose to look at it, but it is condi-
tion that springs naturally from the condi-
ton of the community's affairs. The peo-





cation, which was alone available for the
purpose, should be used to set right our
demorslized city government, and under
the conviction that such was its duty, fac
tional feeling was allayed, and "harmony"
substituted. From harmony came a united
effort, and by it came success. AT
that point the party cannot stop,
nor is there any reason why it should.
Unity of purpose, disposition not to di-
vide into hostile camps, Willingness to
lay aside merely personal differences, have
been the means Of doing so much in the
right direction, that the same means are
most naturally and most reasonably asked
for in the further service of the pubic in
tereEts.


We say plainly that we believe the Re-
publican party can do more good and pre-
vent more harm by uniting and succeeding
than by dividing and letting into power
such public officers as by recent demand
of the people we're unseated. We may not
all see eye to eye as to the desirability
or propriety Of every measure which its
representatives propose, nor may we always
agree as to the qualifications and merits of
those who represent it, but these are mat
ters not to be judged in advance but to be
tried as each case arises. The public mind
ID not to be prejudiced because the EUe.y
EUe'aSng feels concerned about " bargain"
which it thinks it sees-and which, we take
occasion here to say, does not exist, and has
not, in any shape whatever, to our know
ledge-nor will there be, in the public
mind, any such bitterness remaining from
the past as will prevent giving fair trial to
the Republican partys measures and its
officers and agents. These will be judged
as they come forward, each in its own turn
and under its own conditions. If they
prove unsatisfactory upon trial, they will
be condemned, and if not they will not be.
Year: 1876

A wet Sunday night affects two classes of
lovers in opposite ways. To him who ie en-
gagged it is a godsend, as it enables him TO
snug up to her in the parlor and have the
whole evening to himself; but to the other
lover, he who is not engaged,a rainy Sunday
pight is painful episode. His footing at
the house isn't sure enough to warrant his
going there through the storm, and all he
can do is to attend the church and stand in
the vestibule, and pull up his shirt collar,
in tue despairing hope thatshe may appear.
She don't, course, and he goes back to his
dreary home wretched and miserable be-
yond description. o, those days OF elastic
idlocy How their memory overcomes us
- West Liberty Independent.
Year: 1876

Bluff won't do, gentlemen. The Gazette
says of the Republican county ticket


"Under tho circumstances he must be
eangmne Republican, indeed, if he hopes
for his election or that Of any man on the
ticket"


Every Republican in New Castle not only
"hopes for SUCCESS but knows it to be
within reach. A cordial, earnest, united
effort in behalf of the ticket will give it
a thousand majority in the county-perhaps
fifteen hundred. The people of the county
mean to send eight Republicans to the next
Legislature, headed by Isaac s. Elliott; they
mean to elect Harry McMullen and John R.
Gsllaher to be sheriff and coroner and
they mean to give the State and national
tickets such a send-off az will make the
Democratic majority in Delaware stagger
and fall.
Year: 1876

A fresh 1atch Of indictments WIS returned
yesterday by Tho Grand Jury Of tho United
Stntea District Court. Eleven distillers, con-
founded with both Tho intent anil tho deed of
aefrautling the revenue, were aided to tho
long list Of defendants in tho whisky fraud
cased
Year: 1876

NJ. de Lesseps communicated last
week a paper to the academy of science
in London, on the Bitter Lakes OF the


Isthmus Of Suez One of them has a
salt bank in its center, and one of the
chief problems connected with it was
whether this vast basin could be pro-
vided with a sufficient supply of water,
and how long the operation would take
in consequence of the evaporation and
the absorption of tie soil dried up for
centuries past NJ. de Lesseps states
that no difficulty whatever was expert
enced; the lake had received, in round
numbers, l 800, ,OOO, 900 of cubic meters
in the course of seven months, from the


18th of March 10 the oath Of October,


1869. But long before the lakes were
inundated theoretical writers had Ere-
dicted they would bo dried up again by
the action of the sun, it being impossible
to supply sufficient water by the two


branches of the canal, the sections of
which were too narrow. The proper
ton of salt contained i'm the water rose
considerably from the beginning, and
although the soundings taken at various
periods showed that the dissolution of
the salt bank was the principal cause of
this increase, there was still much doubt
about it. The last Investigations, how
ever, prove that the dissolution con-
tinues. and that the proportion of salt is
visibly diminishing, notwithstanding
this process, combined with the effects
of evaporation. How can the phenOme-
non be explained? 1t can only be done
by the currents. The considerable diff
ference existing between the waters of
the Bitter lakes and those OF the ex-
tremeties of the canal must create
ground currents by which the heavier
waters go TO the sea, while the surface
currents carry lighter waters to the
lakes in order to make up for the loss by
A practical conclusion
may be drawn from these results which
only confirm the principle OF equilibrium
of vessels communicating with each
other it is this, that a comparatively
small orifice suffices TO prevent vast
sheets of salt water, however far from
the sea, concentrating under the solar
influences in hot countries.
Year: 1876

Another railroad robbery took place
in western Missouri on the night of the
9TH instant, esualling in all respects, and


excelling in many, any one on record.


From accounts given by passengers and


railroad men the following facts are
cleaned: The eastward bound train on
the Missouri Pacific road left Ottervhle,


Mo-, a few minutes past 10 O'Clock.
When two and a half miles east of that


place, and in a deep cut, the engineer
saw signal light to stop. Thinking
some obstruction was on the track he
applied the air-brake, and after running
a few yards discovered a pile of ties and


lumber on the track. He compTehended
the situation at once, but could not stop
the train. and it was not till the locOmO-
tive had climbed partly upon this pile
of ties that the train came to stand.
At the same instant twelve or fifteen
men appeared, and with terrific yells and
discharging pistols dashed at the train
proclaiming their intention. Two jumped
on the engine, and with navy revolvers
covered the engineer and tiremen and
threatened to kill them if they offered
resistance. They were then marched
into the baggage car and placed under
guard. At the same time three other
robbers climbed into the express car, by
a side door which was open. Bushnell,
the express messenger, however, had
been too quick for them, and had dashed
through the train to the rear sleep
ing car, and giving his safe keys to
a brakeman made him put them
in his shoes. Mr.. Conkling, the bag
gage man of the train, was in the express
car when the robbers entered, and they
demanded of him the keys of the safes,
he told them he was not the messenger
and had no keys, two of the robbers
then put Conkling in front OF them, and
with revolvers at his head marched him
through the entire train, demanding that
he should point out the messenger when
they came to him. In this way they
passed through the entire train to the
terror of the women and children, and
great fear of male passengers, many of
whom had crouched down under the
seats, and hid themselves various ways.
Arriving at the rear sleeper, Conkling
pointed out Bushnell, and the robbers
demanded the safe keys of him. Under
circumstances there was nothing to do
but yield, and Bushnell took the keys
from the brakeman and handed them to
the robbers. One of the latter then
stood guard over BushRell, while the
other marched Conkling back to the ex-
press car, when they opened the Adams
safe, put the entire contents into wheat
sack they had brought for the purpose.
Year: 1876

Not being able to open the other safes
with the keys they had got from Bush
nell, one man went to the engine
and got a pick, and with this
broke one of the panels of the safe, and
its contents were put into sack also.
The robbers then took the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad box and broke
it open but finding nothing they want
ed, scattered the letters over the floor of
the car. They also went over to the
Adams freight car, but found nothing
there that seemed to be worthy of their
notice. While these acts were being
performed, the remainder of the robbers
were making night hideous by marching
up and down outside of the train, yell
ing like devils, and firing off their pis-
tolls. In this way the passengers were
completely terrified, and not the least
show of resistance was made by them.


When their work was done they left
the scene of their daring exploit and
departed in a southerly direction. So
far as can be learned the Adams express
company, lose some $4,000 and the
United States company about $4,000,
but these amounts may prove to- be too
small. All the robbers wore masks
while at the train, and therefore none
of them were recognized, and SO far as
now known no clue TO their identity has
heen obtained
Year: 1876




Feeding the sparrows, playing with
children, or vacantly surveying the pass
ing throng in Madison square, a man
who once made much fruitless noise in
the world, but who is now as quiet as a
mute-George Francis Train-may be
seen daily enjoying the sunshine and
possibly turning in his own mighty mind
many schemes for the benefit of man
kind. The once irrepressible George has
become almost as silent as the grave.
The VesuviaD fire that was wont to make
a thunderous crater of him seems to have
burned itself out. He has apparently
come to the condition of the jolly old
miller of the song, who cared for nobody,
no not he, and nobody cared for him.
Fl now contents himself with passing
his DAYS in Madison square and his
NIGHTS in Turkish bath establishment
near bv, in which he boards. He has
grown gray, but il is evident that the
quiet life he leads agrees with him, forhe
is falling into flesh and looking strong
and hearty. Since his release from the
Tombs where, as he insists, he was kept
so long through the influence of Ply
mouth church, he has eschewed public
affairs altogether, and not even once an
nounced himself a candidate for presi-
dent. A few months ago he joined the
noble army of bankrupts and stated in
court that his wife pays his board, but
the financial reverse does not seem to
prev on his mind to any great extent.
He looks happy enough at all events,
and his life during the past couple
of wears is the smOothest he has ever
Known.
Year: 1876

A MEMBER of a New York jury, in a
case where 100000 were involved, re-
Gently asked the judge to oblige him by
explaining the meaning OF two words
which had been used good deal dn ing
the trial-the words ;. plaintiff and
" defendant" a member OF another
jury admitted that he did not know
what was meant by conveyance"
Year: 1876

A recent number of the New Haven
Union has an excellent article on educa-
tion in the east and west. We give the
following extract from it:


In New England the Iaboring classes
are growing more subservient each year,
which is a sure sign of spreading ignor-
ence. In very many manufacturing
towns the mill owners claim to not only
own the labor, but the votes of their
male operatives, and it is common
thing for men to be driven to the polls
! k9 so many sheep to obey the command
OF the driver.


In the west there is nothing of this
kind. There is no such abiect depend
ence. The public spirit is more tolerant
the people are untrammeled and free.
This is a sign of intelligence and bears
out the claims of our western contempo-
TaTy.


1t is certainly time for social -. ,,.,,-
tion in New England. Let us get closer
10 nature and throw off the shackles of
precedent and custom. Public sentiment
should forbid the degrading conditions
of our factory life. There should be
more regard for humanity and less for the
almighty dollar.


Factory life presents features of servi-
tude which only need probing and
d scussion to inaugurate the social
revolution limited at by the New Haven
Union.