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Year: 1876

The passions which act most severely
on the physical life are anger, fear,
hatred, and grief The other passions
are, comparatively, innocuous. What Is
called the passion of love is not injurious
until it lapses into grief and anxiety; on
the contrary, it sustains the physical
power. What is called ambition is of
itself harmless; for ambition, when 1t
exists purely, is nobility lifting its
owner entirely from himself into the ex-
alted service of mankind. 1t Injuries
when it is debased by It's meaner ally,
pride or when stimulating a man TO too
strenuous efforts after some great object,
it leads him to the performance OF eX-
cessive mental or physical labor and to
the consequences that follow such effort.


The passion called avarice, according
to my experience, tends rather to the
preservation of the body than to its de-
terioration. The avaTiciOus man, who
seems to the luxurious world to be de-
barring himself of all the pleasure of the
world, and even to be exposing himself
to the fangs of poverty, Is generally
placing himself in the precise conditions
favorable to long and healthy exist
ence. Bv his economy he is saving
himself from all the risks incident to
penurv; by his caution he is screening
himself from all the risks incident to
speculation, or the attempt to amass
wealth by hazardous means; by his regu-
iarity of hours and perfect appropriation
of the sunlight, in preference to artificial
illumination, he rests and works in pc
riods that precisely accord with the
periodicitv Of nature; by his abstemious-
hess in living, he takes just enough to
live, which is precisely the right thing
to do according to the rigid natural law.
Thus, in almost every particular, he
goes on his way freer than other men
from the external causes of all the
induced diseases and better protected
than most men from the worst conse-
ouences of those diseases which spring
from causes that are uncomfortable
POpuyar Science AORthty.
Year: 1876

objections of the surgeon; but this is not
all, for have recently learned from priest
who was then at Annapolis, that the most
wretched looking of these photos were taken
from a man who had never been prisoner,
but who had been ON a sick listat Annapolis,
when the command to which he was at
tached had passed that place on its southern
march.


Whatever may be said in extenuation of
such an imposture, because of the exigen-
cies of war, there can be no such excuse
now for the attempt of Mr.. Blaine, by gross
Misrepresentation and slandcrous accusa-
tions, to revive the worst passions of the
war. 1t will have the good effect of making
truthful statements in regard to this little
understood subject from men who would
have preferred to leave their sorrowful story
untold, if the subject could have been al
lowed to sink into Oblivion. Mutual re-
spect is needful for common interest is es-
sentiaI to friendly feeling, and when SLAM
der comes from high places, the public well
fare demands that truth should strip false
hood of its power for evil.


l am, respectfully and truly, your friend,


JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Year: 1876

The creeping" of railroad rails has
attracted some attention of late, and
while we do not attempt to explain it,
we offer point on the fact that, on lines
running north and south, the western
rail " creeps" faster than the eastern
rail-that is, this strange movement OF
the rail toward the south is more marked
in one rail than in the other on the same
track. Furthermore, it has been noticed
that on such line the eastern rail wears
out the fastest. Both of these points, we
think, can be explained from the motion
of the earth as it turns from the west to-
ward the east. Everything that has free
motion is dragged after the whirling
globe; every wind that blows and every
tide that moves feels the influence, and
our train going north or south is pulled
over toward the east, and naturally
presses the eastern rail most heavily.
The western rail, being relieved of its
share of weight, "creeps" more freely
and quickly. 1t is also noticed that the
wheels that run on the eastern rail wear
out the first, and we can but think this
earth motion is the true cause. The
practical side of this is that the eastern
rail and wheels should be stronger.
Year: 1876

The report of the BGeal Geological


society OF Ireland states that "during


the year the gardens sustained heavy


loss in the death of the beautiful lioness


faniliarly called Old Girl. She was


born in the gardens, of South African


stock. on September s, 1859, and died on


October 7, 1875, after six weeks of pros


tration from chronic bronchitis. During


her long career she presented the gardens


with fifty-four cubs, of which she ac-


tually reared fifty, losing only four. This


is feat unprecedented in the annals of
menageries and gardens. She was an
animal of very high spirit, although very
gentle, and was admitted by Judges to be
the handsOmest loness they had ever
seen. Her offspring not only added to
the attractions of the gardens, but the
iudiciOus sale of q portion of them brought
one thousand four hundred pounds in
cash to the society. The closing weeks
of her useful life were marked by a
touching incident worthy of being re-
corded. The carnivOra when in health
have no objection to the presence of rats
in their cages; on the contrary, they
rather welcome them as relief to the
of existence, which constitutes
the chief trial of a wild animal in con-
fnement. In illness the case is different;
for the ungrateful rats begin to nibble
the toes of the lord Of the forest before
his death, and add considerably to his
discomfort. To save the liOness from this
a fine little tan terrier was
placed in her cage, who was at first re-
ceIyed with a sulky growl; but when the
first rat appeared, and the lioness saw the
little dog toss him in the air, catching
him with professional skill across the
loins with a snap as he came down, she
began to understand what the terrier was
for. She coaxed him to her side, folded
her paw around him, and each night the
little creature slept at the breast of the
Iioness, enfolded with her paws, and
that his natural enemies did
not disturb the rest of his mistress. The
rats had a bad time during those six
weeks"
Year: 1876

The dawn came late to touch thy brow,
But see, it breaks upon thee nowl
The shadows spell on thee is Ger,
And sunshine sweet CLEANS on before


Lift up thine eyes!
Thy rended heart to God is dear,
For by its pain He draws me near
Attracts my soul away from night,
Baptized in his refulgent light,


Behold, the skies
In every life. one grief supreme
Must prove this world n changing dream
The brooding storm has swept the shore,
Its darkness thou shalt know no more


The heights appear.
Thy sorrow, like priestess bright,
Points thee to stiffness, peace, and light,
o let thy soul grow great, and shine
With glery, from the heart divine


Lift up thine eyes.
Year: 1876

The msn who sought to demonstrate
the continuity of natural phenomena by
endeavoring to show that monkeys al
ways curled their tails in the presence of
a rainbow has had his brain sand-pa-
pered.
Year: 1876

? MAIL to your friends no books upon
the margins of whose pages the notes of
a reader have been written. The posi-
Office department charges extra postage
on the writing, in accordance with an
idiotic and oppressive law, which is a
law nevertheless.
Year: 1876

MINNESOTA is to have a state inebriate
asylum, for which the liquor sellers will
have to pay, as the supreme court has
sustained the constitutionality of the
law imposing a tax for this purpose.
Year: 1876

SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK. who has a
minute and comprehensive knowledge of
his subject, is deeply impressed with the
power and permanent character of the
Chinese empire. Adopting the largest
estimate of the population, he justly
holds that a community of OO,OOOOO
men under a single government and with
the same language and institutions con-
tains in itself a sufficient guarantee of
vitality. 1t is his deliberate opinion
that Russia is more liable than China to
permanent disruption.
Year: 1876

ceived much credencc at the time of the
occurrence was that which presumed
that the deceased, as foreigner, had in
all probability fallen a victim to the as
sault Of some secret society, of which he
may have proved to have been an unwor-
thy or traitorous member.


1t is by no means an uncommon oc-
currence to find the remains Of the lower
animals gravely brought under the no
tice OF the legal authorities in mistake
for those Of man; and the skill of the
zoologist and microscopist may some
times be called in to aid in the unravel-
ing Of some complicated cases; while, as
exhibited in the Waterloo Bridge case,
even the question Of race or nation
only TO be authoritatively determined
by the ethnologist or naturalist-may
involve considerations of the utmost i'm
port in accounting for or explaining some
cases of identity and disappearance.


The subject before us is not without
It's ludicrous aspect in respect OF the mis-
takes which are sometimes committed
and Of the excitement created by the
supposed discovery of human remains
"'"N' ''Shiy suspicious tiiSuhisNoi'o''
when in reality the remains are those OF
animals, sometimes of very inferior struc-
ture and grade to man. A short time
ago case of what was at first believed
to be atrocious murder, and in which the
body was believed to have been disposed
by burning, was quietly settled by the
medical examination proving that GER
tain incinerated skull-bones were those
ofa sleeps head, while in another case,
which occurred in London in 1888, the
usual amount of wild speculation was ex-
cited by the discovery of what was sup
posed to be human hand in a city
dust-bin. The excitement attending the
discovery, however, was timeously qui-
eted by the assurance from reliable au-
thority that the supposed hand was in
reality the paddle or fore-limb of a turtle
which doubtless had perished in a man
ner perfectly consistent with the de
mands of Justice and good taste.
Year: 1876

ycen the third and fourth ribs; and
what perhaps formed the most impor-
tant result Of the inquiry consisted in
the fact tnat the experts were able to
pronounce, from the character of the
wound, that it had been inflicted, in all
probability, during the life OF the indi-
vidual. The surrounding highly suspi-
cious circumstances of the occurrence
undoubtedly favored this latter suppo-
sition, while the clumsy and unscientifc
manner in which the remains were mu-
tilated-the bones being sawn through
near the joints instead of being disartic-
ulated at the joints by the simple divis-
ion of the ligaments-showed that no
theory of the remains having formed the
subject of anatomical research could for
a moment be entertained. The probable
date of death was also in some degree
fixed; the examiners being led, from the
appearance OF the remains, to state with
certainty that they had been dead for
at least three weeks before the date of
the examination, which was conducted
on the twenty-first of October, 1857.


Thus the medical evidence elucidated
number OF facts which, taken together,
afforded a useful commentary and test
of the value OF other and purely circum-
stantial evidence. The articles of dress
which were enclosed in the bag along
with the remains were Of foreign make
and were cut and torn in numerous
places. No definite clue was ever OBJ
tained which could lead to the detection
of the murderer or of the motives which
prompted the crime. The remains were
thought to be those of Swedish sailor,
whose disappearance might cause little
or no stir even among his associates;
while the mere fact Of his disappearance
in a foreign land would alss initiate
against the chances Of his identity being
established. A supposition which re-
Year: 1876

The press keeps up constant publication
of the great many sayings and saws, wise
and otherwise, of the dead millionaire mer-
chant. Many wise sayings, in one shape or
another, are appearing in print in connec-
tion with his name since his death. But
the best lesson that Mr.. Stewart has left is
in having managed bis affairs in such q
manner as not to allow his death to stop
the continuance of the great business he
created. Many thousands of Industrious
people will thank him for the forecast he
showed in so providing that his death
should not be the death Of the multiform
activities which his life sat in motion. While
we do not believe the dead merchant WAS q
strictly pure, good man, we are willing to
admit that che wasa useful man."
Year: 1876

Our Minister in London is not so much
a legal or political envoy from one govern
ment to another, as he is a delegate from
the American people to the English peo.
pie. His commission is to society and
not to Crown lawyers. In the appoint
ments Of our Ministers at foreign courts, it
is point little considered, and yet emil
nently worthy Of attention. that they
should be not merely capable publicists
and diplomatists, but that they should be
representative of the nation as we as.
sumo Congressman should be Of his cor
stituents. The representative OF the
American people to the Court of St
James should be man Of courage, resolu
ton and good sense, such type Of ou,
cultured and refined society. as would giv'
the best impression Of it to English societ,
and would be most welcome there. Thi
phase of the fitness of things in diplomac.
ii is sincerely hoped will be found in th
person Of the man whom it may please tn
President and the United States Senate t
select to succeed our late unfit Ministe,
Give the nation Minister that will NC
lay himself open to censure and hars
comments, but one whose diplomat
course may be such as to meet with til
universal appreciation and respect Of tn
Amer lean people.
Year: 1876

NOTWITHSTANDING the desire of the
coming emperor not to disturb his privacy
upon his arrival here, the Government is
determined to violate his wishes by rudely
disturbing his privacy In obtruding into


his presence, Secor Robson. ..tr
Year: 1876

r. The Treasury Department is now engaged
in settling the awards of the Court of Ala
bama Claims. Interest will be commuted
to the LIST of May, by which date it is ex-
pected the drafts payable to the order of
claimants, will be ready for transmission to
the attorneys of record.
Year: 1876

DRUGS AS AnCURE FOR ALCOHOLISM
Steinway Hall was well filled yesterday
afternoon 10 listen TO the concluding lecture
by Dr. i. ). Lambert on food and its relation
TO the cure of the craving for alcohol He
thought that all the talk about stopping the
desire for liquor by the use of drugs, except
In very rare instances, was a grave mistake


and advised that they should be avoided and
an abundance OF healthy, nutritious food sub
stituted Professor Chandler, of the Board OF
Health, was expected To address the meating
on the adulteration of liquors, but owing 70
sickness was unable TO attend. Ifhe is better
he will speak next week. when the meeting
will be held in Cooper Institute.-lN y. Worid


Ifh. " -
Year: 1876

HERMAN OFT OF Omaha could not get a
living as carpenter, and consequently be-
came a graye-digger. This employment
made him melancholy, and he says that he
bury himself SO he dug grave, shot him
self at the brink Of it, and fell In. He had
arranged several bushels OF dirt 70 fall on him
when HIS body knocked out a prop, but the
contrivance did not work, nor did the bullet
kill him. His physician advise change OF
employment.
Year: 1876

A reporter of THE MORNING HERALD yes
ter1ay met man who had served a term in
the jail at New Castle, after having had his
back badly blistered with the cat o. nine
tails. "You have not been a very great
while out of Jail |" said the reporter. "Not
very long," replied the ex- convict, "harlly
long enough to throw off that striped jacket
they make us a.present of when we leave
there" Chow many lashes did you get y
was the next question asked. "They were.
twenty, and laid on as we'll as the Sheriff
knew how to put them" "My crime, sir,
was the theft of provisions, and took them
because was starving and could neither
beg food nor get any by work." SHOW does
whipping affect one ?" TIT aint possible
that you never got licked on the bare back
when you were boy. If you have and
your father had good strong arm and
didn't know when to let up you can well
imagine what It is to be whipped at the
whipping post" "Make. your hack sore,
we'll guess it is little more comfortable to
sleep on your belly for a day or two after
wards. It is like the hoy who gets whipped
upon another part of his anatomy, he finds
it more comfortable to stand than to sit.
After this the soreness leaves but it itrhes
so that you can scarcely stand it." "Then
if man is little bit hardened to crime, he
says to himself 'Humph, not SO bad after
ALL and he is ready to run the risk of the
whipping-post again the next day by com


mitting the same offense if the opportunities
were offered him." r'There may be hostil-
| ity towards the judges and officers for the
infiction of the punishment, but after lit
tie thonght it all blows over, and If they ell
tsrtain any thoughts of vengeance they


would be at loss where to bestow their


malice. The whipping-post in my opinion
has no effect upon local thieving talent, but
it is that which comes to us from distance
that most dread the pillory and post. II


wanted bread should not be slow to do the
| same thing over tomorrow.
Year: 1876

THE Turkish revolution was conspr-
acy of the ministers to get rid OF a sui
tan who had yielded more to foreign in
fluence than the pure and unadultcratcd
mussulmans could quietly allow. 1t is
the mad protest of the conservatism OF
the Mohammedan Turks against Euro
pean reforms and every sort and kind of
foreign Intervention except that which
loans money on promise of interest that
is never to be paid. The new sultan is
antl-Russian in his prcjudices and ten
dencies, and while he can speak French
and has some knowledge of western Eu-
ropean affairs he is moro likely to form a
Franco-English alliance than one in
which Russia has leading voice. But
the situation of Turkey is critical, and
Murad Efendi will be compelled to let
what he would wait on what he must,
with the moral certainty of being showed
aside as suddenly.and as remorselcssly as
Abdul Aziz one of these fine mornings.
Year: 1876

A SINGULAR murder case il pending
at the Cudapah sessions, in India, in
which the accused, being assured by a
iugglcr that he could shoot at him with
n loaded muskct without the slightest
fear of hurting him, took him at his word
and fired. The ball penetrated the jug
ger's brain, killing him instantly,
Year: 1876

The death Of Abdul Aziz by his own
hand is the last act in the drama which
began with his overthrow. Driven from
power through the agency of his OWN
nephew and trusted friends; deprived
of his treasure, and treated as a prisoner
in his own capital, it is not surprising
that the disgraccd ruler sought relief in
DEATH Rumors were current that his
mind was derangcd. These reports re-
ceive crcdence in the official account of
the tragic deed which has been sent to
Washington His death is.not likely to
effect seriously the affairs of Turkey.
FIis overthrow was complete, and the
probability Of his heading a revolt was
very right.
Year: 1876

A namber of years ago young
Iowa farmer dislocated his hip, which
was not properly reduced, and left his
leg two inches short, which was length
ened out with cork sole and heel. A
few days ago wagon ran against him
the wheel-hub striking him on the de-
fective hip, and knocking him over
When he arose his leg was two inches
too leng, and he was obliged to re-
move his cork extension, the wheel
having reduced the dislocation. He
walked home Immediately,
Year: 1876

RESUMPTION OF TRIPs.-The steam
ers of the Electric Line, having been
repainted and overhauled, and are
ready to resume trips between this
city and New York, and one of them
will sail next Saturday. On Monday
water will be turned into the Della
ware and Rariton Canal, and the Elec-
trio Line steamer will probably be
one of the first vessels to pass
through,
Year: 1876

A man named Stephen Harris, from Paynes-
vile, passed through town the other day with
his son, who had just finished course at the
insane asylum of st. Peter. Theyoung man,
who is now in possession of his reason, had
been rendered insane through the cunning
art of a certain woman. She having con-
ceived a passion for the young man tried
every means in womans line to awaken
similar passion in him; when she found that
nothing of that kind would bring about the
desired result, she resorted to drugs. She
drugged him with certain tincture until he
not only lost his senses, but came within a
hair breadth of losing his life.
Year: 1876

The other night South Hill man went
home very late and let. himself In with his
latch-key Clitchen -gindowj and crept up
stairs and disrObed, and was sneal1ing into
bed without disturbing his wife, whom he
knew must be tired. poor thing. And he
stuck his legs under the blanket and laid his
foot up against a red-hot brick. and he walled
and sprang ont Of bed and tired to climb out
Of the window, and his wife had the hardest
kind Of work TO assure him that he wasn't a
victim in the Brookiy holocaust.
Year: 1876

A day or two ago one of our prominent
lawyers, whose peaceable character, good
judgm and learning are equally well
known, passed down Asylum steeet to reach
the depot, when he received suddenly a tre-
mendous kick. At once confounded, and IN
terrible rage, he turned to knock down his
assailant, and met the latter's hasty and very
humble apology. He had slipped, and his
foot had flown up without his will Or lnten-
ton; he was very, very sorry. The judge
had to pocket his Indignation and pocket the
excuse, but he was fearfully mad tor ten min
utps he saws
Year: 1876

BURNETT FLAvoRING ExTRACTs.-The
superiority of these extracts consists in their
perfect purity and great strength. They are
warranted free from any poisonous oils which
enter into the composition Of many of the
fictitious fruit favors now in the market.
Year: 1876

The Richmond Dispatch urges that there
should be no want of sympathy between
southern sszl northern Democrats. 1t re-
minds = leaders that, save very few,
northern Democrats did not approve the doc
trine Of secession, and that Virginia repudi-
ated it by a large majority, and only entered
the Confederate war upon a point Of honor,
and under the obligation forced upon her to
side either with the south, with which she
was identified in custom, interest and senti-
ment, or with the north, with which, al
though she was in peaceful relations, she had
not that identity in interest, custom and feel
ing that she had with the south. Upon prin-
ciple she would never have fought for seces-
sion. Hence the Dispatch holds that it is
madness to claim that northern Democrats
should have fought in the late civil war on
the southern side, and gone ints bloodshed
with their own neighbors. Since the war
they have been prominent in resisting gross
violations of the constitution, in showing
fidelity to right and justice, and in exhibiting
sympathy to the south in her wrongs and
sufferings. Nobody has any right, says the
Dispatch, to impugn the independence and
pluck of the northern Democratic party, and
the south should regard it with admiration
and gratitude as friend IN distress and de-
fender in fields where the south could not be
heard In its own behalf. This is no doubt
the general sentiment of the southern people
Year: 1876

A Daily Telegraph special from Pera says
that the sultan, in answer to Lord Salisbury S
friendly presentations, declared his personal
safety would be compromised if he conceded
all that the powers demand. No threats
passed at this interview between the sultan