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LEAVENWORTH WEEKLY TIMES
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LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1878.
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xnE SIXVEK DOIXAB.
The Philadelphia Clearing ITousc eo -
elation has declined to adopt the resolution
. ., --. -v 1. !,.! in "receive "liver
-.v. v- VnrV lianVa to "receive ilvcr
dollsra upon deposit only under special
contract to withdraw the same in kind."
The representatives of tbe Philadelphia
banks recognire the fact that the silver dol
lar is a lawfull dollar, and tbey refuse to
enter into any combination for discrediting
and degrading it.
A RABE DOCCJIEr.
An original document relating to the
American War of Independence baa been dis
covered in an antiquarian boot store in
Bairenth, Bavaria. It u tbe manuscript
dairy of one of the officers of the Hessian
troop who served in the isrmen armv,
and embrace the period from January,
1778, to March, 1779. The author kept a
daily record not only of event?, but also of
the news and rumora of the day. An hi
a private record, it cannot fail of being in
teresting, and the more so as the write: ex
presses his opinions of men and things
without reserve.
XBE SEW iouk AProi?rr.fiE.Ms
The Washington Correspondent of tbe
New York Tribune says ine prouame uuiu
tion of the controversy between Senator
Conkling and the Administration over the
New-York appointment continues to be
one of the most interesting topics of dis
cussion nmong the Representatives from
the Empire State. Nearly every one who a
year ago signed the petition to the Presi
dent to make no change in the principal
"ew York offices is now of opinion that the
only wise and patriotic course to be pur
sued is to allow the new aptioictees to bo
confirmed without opposition. The most
common argument is that nothing is to be
gained, either in a personal or party
sense, by the defeat of General
Merritt and his associates. On the other
hand, such an event would tend to divide
the Kepublican party in New York ; and
while there is no danger that it would
cause Mr. Conkling's defeat at Albany, it
might mar his triumph there by developing
an opposition that now seems to have dis
appeared. These divisions in the party,
these Eepresentrtive say, ought to be
avoided by all honorable means; for al
though the friends of the Administration
who would stand by it in a contest with tbe
senior Senator from New York may not be
very numerous, the opposition may be
serious when it comes to carrying the State
next year, or in 180. One "ew York
Representative said the other day, that it
is the duty of all Republicans to remember
the remark attributed to Mr. Greeley that
"the Republican party could beat the Dem
crats any time, but that it could not
beat the Democrats and a part of the Re
publican party at the same time.
1 EI-LOW FEVEIl.
The recommendations of the President,
in his message, concerning the necessity of
national legislation to guard against tho
introduction and spread of epidemic diseas
es, has been met by Congress in the proper
spirit, and joint committees to consider the
question have been ordered in both Houses.
The President recommends a National San
itary Commission, with power to control
quarantine and to supervise internal com
merce in times of epidemics. The New
York Tribune suggests that there be ques
tions raised as to whethersuch action would
bo constitutional, but eays that any doubt
of the constitutionality of national quaran
tines is surely met by the exigency of the
demand for such legal regulation. When
it comes to 100,000 cases of yellow fever
and 20,000 deaths, and the loss of hundreds
of millions of dollars, the National
Government should no more quibble about
the constitutionality of quarantine laws
than it did about a hundred petty objec
tions of a like nature raised during the re
bellion. Extraordinary trouble demand
extraordinary remedies. Any scruple
about the invasion of State rights is met by
the President's suggestion that the Nation
al Sanitary Commission should hold an
advisory relation to the State and munici
pal health authorities, supplying whatever
they are unable to accomplish. There is a
wide difference of opinion in scientific cir
cles respecting tho efficiency of quaran
tines, some able men holding them to be of
little value. This is a matter fcr experi
ment and investigation on a careful scale,
while the joint committee provided for by
the resolutions before the Senate might ac
cumulate knowledge and evidence which
would be decisive upon the point.
CSIPEEjS?rr FOR COMOVEK.
The report comes from Washington ap
jsrently authentic thit the Secret Service
tficers have discovered that the Hot
Springs pages of the Sundry Civil Appro
priation bill, passed during the closing
hours of the last session, which mysterious
ly disappeared before the bill was presen
ted to the President for his approval, were
abstracted by or through the connivance of
Senator Conover, of Florida. Mr. Benson,
the Assistant Chief of tbe Secret Service
Bureau, it ii -stated, has made a report to
Secretary Sherman, giving the result of his
investigation, which report has been trans
mitted to Mr. Atkins, Chairman of the
House Committee on Appropriations. The
pages lost contained an appropriation for
the salary of the Hot Springs Commission
ers, tad authority for them to continue
their work. The following is the substance
of the story connecting Conover with the
scandal:
During the absence of Chief Brooks, Benson
diligently worked tbe matter to Its oonclu
Ion, and ss the head of tbe bureau, trans
mitted to Secretary Sherman a report. In
which Senator Conover, hts secretary, iUce,
and John Y. Foster, who Is no w emploped on
ma Illustrated newspaper In Sew York, are
accused of being tbe perj etrators of tbe
crime. Senator Conover Is Chairman of tbe
Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, and
Rlee la hla df rk. Tbe allegation la that Con
over was anxious to defeat ex-Gov. Stearns,
who was continued one of the Bot Spring
Oommlssonera by the clause of the bill that
was stolen, aod that Conover handed It out
to Rice, who handed it to Foster, then hang
ing around the Capitol, with tbe caballstle
word "go," Foster did "go," but when he
got to New York he came to the conclusion
that It was cot Just the thing to have tbe
stolen sheet In bis possession, and
consequently sent It back by mall to the
Chief Clerk, Mr. Adams, without any ex
planation to where he got It. Mr. Conover
denies theentlre story, and Introduced a re
solution In the Senate calling for an Investi
gation of the matter, which resolution was
adopted. Conover claims that there la not a
scintilla of evidence to show that the bin
ever came Into his or Rice's hands. He says
that hu able to prove that that particular
bill waa taken by Capt. Bassett from the
House committee directly to the President,
and signed without having been seen by
him Conover. Be claims that Benson has
bean determined from the flrt to implicate
him in the scandal, and t hat be has rrottl-
tntcd bis power and opportunities to bring
tt about
ThaJoplln iferild estimates the turn-in of
lead last weak, from Short creek, Jopluv
Wabb city, sc Oroaego, at tl.soo,cco pounds
GOOD TTOItDS.
I iUJi iuii. i&k.ea jjiciuc .....-
I cigraj tbe many complimentary notices It
I has received from its contemporaries of the
State-slew of which ere reproduced in
oar columns from time to time end it will
strive, in the future si in the past, to make
j jj.ef Kcr:hy, in a measure tt least, of the
J flsterios compliments bestowed upon it.
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lie have endeavored to give to the peo
ple of Leavenworth, and of the State, a
paper worthy of their patronage ; ve have
endeavored to keep it fully abreast with the
wonderful program and development of
Kanss, ami it afford peculiar pleasure to
' be able to Ry that our effort in this di
rection hare been ably seconded by
the people of tLe State, who have
shown their appreciation of our efforts to
give them a first claw paper, by giving ue
a subscription list larger than any other
daily paier in Kansas ha ever been able
to boast of , and not the Ieat plea'anl fea
ture in connection with this is the
fact that it is still growing, and is now in
creasing more rapidly than ever before.
The circulation of The Timeb in tb city
of Iveavenworth is four time larger than
thai of any other daily paper.
It pays seven times a much postage en
it circulation ax all the other dailies in
Ijeavenworth combined.
It has fifty times as many sub-cnliers
through the mails as all the other dailies
in Leavenworth combined.
It is recognized by the people of tLe
State, and by the unanimous voice of the
press, as not only the best ncwspajier in
Kansas, but the best in tbe West.
It devote its beat energies to the inter
ests of Kansas, and it takes pleasure in
recognizing the fact that the eople of Kan
sas appreciate its efforts, and reward it
with die most profitable business enjoyed
by any newspaper in the Missouri Val
lev. no.iENrv is-iMKiiiri'ni.icv.
It is said that one reason for the decline
of the export trade in England may be
found in the increased disposition to pass
off poor articles for good ones. This has
been done with almost everything sold in
England, and the inevitable result has fol
lowed. In silk alone the British dyer has
added so large an amount of logwood and
gum, that sixteen ounces of silk will
weigh, after doctoring, from twenty-four to
forty ounces.
ivoixn likc to hit ijaiu: mit.
The Graphic in referring to the action of
the Philadelphia banks, in refusing to join
with those of New York, In a war upon the
silver dollar, says
The Pnlladelphlans, wh le they wokld be
gliul enough to hhako bands with tbel.-Xtw
York friends, see the norm of Indignation
that Is gathering anil threatens to sweep the
National hanks out of existence lMhey pre
sume to set themselves up as superior to the
aws of tho land. Tho banks must ob-y
ICongrcss. Tho money power Is not omnipo
tent In this land of ours. Noonoe'aorcor
poratlonsor citizens can decar'tiemH'ves
exempt f-om the law
HEALTH Of THE A 1131 Y.
The Surgeon General of the army, in his
annual report, places the mean strength of
the popular military force at 2791 white
soldier and 1,S95 colored. The total num
ber of deaths reported in the army during
the year, from all cause", was 2V3; by dis
ease, 121 , by "wound, accidtnU and inju
ries," 165. The average numler contantly
on the sick-list wa- 79. The total number
of white soldicre rciorted as discharged on
"surgeon's certificate of disability" was GOG;
of colored soldiers, -1'J. Eighty-three aitifi
cial limbs and other appliances were tnr
nished during tho year.
uibi: iu.-xdeiis.
The Minneapolis Millers' Association
have taken action in relation to the ue of
wire bindings for wheat sheaves in the har
vest field. It was stated that thousand" of
small particles of wire are left in the stra-v
and find their way into the bran made and
sold by the mills; and that these particle,
of wire frequently find their way into the
stomachs of hor-es and cattle fed with ue.h
straw and bran, resulting in their death
Whereupon the Association revived that,
whenever practicable, a difference of ten
cents ptr bushel under corresponding grade
be made in purchase of any wheat con
taining wire.
HlTlEMiTll OF THE ADMI.M J.THA
TIO.. BoyntonV Washington letter to the Cin
cinnati Gaulle ays the national adminis
tration is much stronger with the party
now than it ever was before that all fac
tions of the Republican party are now
practically united, ami working together
unanimously. He says :
This nnlon nmong Republicans Is tbo
marked feature or the opening sesa'on. It Is
something that shows itself at every turn. It
Is cordial, and In It all recognize the fare
promlsevr victory. It Is thlj which alsturbs
the Democrats more than all things else It
was because he recognized this nnlty as a
thing accomplished, as be listened to the
words ol the message, that Fernando Wood
was spurred beyond expediency to his attack
npon tbe message. He sawat a glance that It
insured Republican nnlty. He saw In the
light of tbe President' calm yet most forci
ble arraignment how great the mistakes of
tbe Southern election bad been, and hence
his weak attempt to conjure up Republican
frauds elsewhere with which to break tho
force of Democratic blunders. Buttbethongbt
that went home to such keen political ob
server as Wood, while the reading of the
message progressed, was doubtless that with
the prsaent-tlon of such a case aod such a
platform Republican differences wonld quiet.
ly disappear. Tbe thing which most troubled
wood and bis associates cropped out when
ho said that be had watched the coarse ot
tbe administration with Interest to see wheth
er the President would be forced from bis
manly and noble pncxilon. Ue knew there
was a wing of the Republican partv dissatis
fied with the course he pursued, and It was a
matter of great Interest to toe whole eountrr
to know whether the President wonld main
tain his attitude. Jn other word. Mr. Woo
saw nn ead of Republican divisions, and a
cordial nnlon on thoslmple platform of tbe
enforcement of law.
GKOHGE BESfKT I. EWES.
The Xew York-Erest'ii Tat, in an article
on the death of George Henry Lewes,
George Eliot's husband, makes this pleas
ant reference to the home life of the two:
Persons who have known tbo late Mr.
Lie-res principally, if not exclusively, as the
husband of the author of "Mlddlemarch,"
and who wonld fain think of hlrn as another
learned and disagreeable Casanbon married
to an exemplary Dorothea, will be relieved
to bear that, unlike Casaubon, he bore all the
weight of his learning lightly as a flower,
and carried himself toward hla Dorothea with
a knightly courtesy so famous that all Lon
don talked of It. When callers Inquired for
Mrs. Lewes, and were admitted, Mr. Lewes
wa-"lnlhe habit ot receiving tbem, Introduc
ing them to Mrs. Lewes, and sitting reverent
ly byj her side while she expounded her
views on life, liberty, and thepnrsultof hap
piness. In consequence of this ana other
courtesies on the part of her husband, it is
impossible, and perhaps probable, that no
other woman author married to a man au
thor ever lived more happily than did the
respective authors of tbe 'Life of Goethe'
and "Adam Beds." And yet neither of them
,waa to good health, the husband being an
almost constant physical sufliTer.
TVETTEIt.
I The ''beautiful snow" put in an appear
ance yesterday afternoon, and came doim
as gracefully and familiarly as though it
belonged here, snj felt perfectly st heme.
Boreas is usually en unwelcome guest, and
his coming is generally greeted with Eighs
rather than smiles, but we have hed eo lit
tle cold weather of late, end have had eo
many forcible iliustratiorXcf the ill cffeeU of
too much "ethereal mildness," that nearly
everybody i glad now to ?cc winter giving
promise of taksng up his eceptrc How
ever nlcasant it may be to have dry road
and sunshine, inyd of frozen ground and
piercing winds, there U much rcacn
to deire that durin" ibe months be
tween thi. time and the first of April, we
may have a fair share cf rtaonably cold
weather, for aside from the great injury
wrought to nearly all branc'-.cs of trade by
urueaEcnable weather, a little sharp
frefzinp. now and then, i rccccfary
to the public hsalth. The
prevalence of dipthcria, :c euch fatal form,
now so common throughout the country, i
attributed to the absence of cold weather
during the la-t two winter, and it appears
to be establichcd by tho investigations of
mtdical rciecce, that the terribly malicnant
character of the yellow fever pestilence in
the South, last summer, was due to the same
cause. The germ of the fever, it i3 said, has
a vitality which a low temperature will de
stroy, but which, with mild weather, contin
ues capable of fresh outbreak and devasta
tion. The obstinate character of the disease
which devastated such a large district of
the South laft year, gives ric to well
grounded apprehenions that should the
present winter prove a uiild and tinwlnter.
like as that cf lat year, the dii-ease may
not only reappear, in the same localities,
with increased violence, but that it may ex
tend iuviit to localities much farther
north.
In view of all the circumstances there
fore; in consideration of the effect of win
ter upon the commercial as well as upon
the sanitary interest cf the people, it is not
unkind, even to thoe who are but illy pre
pared for cold weather, to express a wish
that the present winter may prove to be a
little lesi spring like than its immediate
predecessor.
THE ROYEKtOIX Ai A JUCIIN il.-
ir.
The Governor tried his hand rgain at
writing for the papers, on the oth of the
present month. He contributed an edito
rial article to the lUtC Pie t of thi city,
which, for falrehood and characteristic
meannes, ha rarely been excelled, even by
the Governor himself. To this abucivc
article, the Atchifion Chamjion of the 7th
makes reply, and w l.ereitli give both
articles in full
THE rECIl'ATETlC3E:..lTO, SVU nil MIS
Death Is a wonderful l-vil-r or ram and
MHnetlme tt'irlWo reiiltr ol i-.errtn.
Major Ben ial. la.o jotinniterat Atcliiwa,
1 tit-ad, nnd Hinong tils pa)H r Jiuvn beu
joundunumtKrol irtetpt-.!iiil l Ingnlli'
can Jldale for uo o. nor. JobuA. Martin, cdl
toroftn .tchi-xm Ctiamp'on. lhrce!pls
purport lob" for money loaned by Il.nUule
to John A. Martin, huh all havo been Rlten
hlncu Galowas jM-stmas'.cr. nurlcg tlia tlr-.t
yir ho Held lh K)-.tolllct-, Martin eas e hlni
twclorfCilpi, each for Si'V ai.il sinc that
tlmearec2,t l,.iben Khcu one in thn
months evic j Hiu lor SlW, making an tig-gre-sate
of rtion. ii lined by Ihc postmavur
at AtchlMia io lb editor of :h AtclilMjn
t hamjilon, of inor than "I M". lVn e.iIo was
out oi deiut when ho was llr-t nppoltill, and
hithadan plivant home frei l.oiii In uni
brauce. II ui liouortd l all, -tml I' il
inotby !ho"-' vim knew lilm G-1 Alltr
holdinx Nit. post, "flee U jers lip It mid
IcawatoliUiiili Uvf.iml! h iMij oiiKIj-,
aurinboim lneuml-nl
What n conimi-utarv I pnn tho prtrtty or
civil berslco In Ivan-ois" lloMini; Hib oilic
nt the pe.ii-uriM! our peripatetic:- n.itor,wlio
pennlllle.taltb bl ickimiliil Into pover
ty until fvInj 01striT'nijnip-i' h lilt f irn
lly Mor- than :nir ttmu-JUd UoIIhii pM t
John A Mar'lu. tn keep him hl!l! l.lii'lo
tow. ml Ingalii, nnil this by tlio mtiniltr
whom Iimalli appoints ami Seep- liminei I
Tl Ink of it, nunwlioaro Mwklng Iaors
oftbopirlpite'lc s-naior' Think of lt.jo
men who uro holitlnc otilco by Ins kwI
Kraro' Tlilni wiiat nny linpp'ii toou If
ou but kiep our pr-rt n wl-cly nnd well
as did Blu .e I-u-jk oertti- ll-ioroilletrs
whom IumlN In- nppolnt-sl mid ou will
llnd nil a- p or ami su-no much poorer than
was Hen et . W .'h some of bis appoiutevi
In the pt-uiUntlary. others iltjid aud nil pau
pers, we inol JQ-tl ooneUicIo Hint iich lunn
has had 111- Mirtin to Hhom ho lias been
compelled ! paj tribute until his Ml In ft :i Co
has all ilis.ippe.irvd. Yet tills wins Atch-I-on
CAcrviMi'nllli thl-sani John Maitln as
Us edit r.unl proprietor, I-the principal -up.
iort thepTlpjteiie s-nator Iih odocatiui:
His re-e!-ctlmi. With ill "f tlw accumulated
charse- mad 1 S lust jtr. l'onicroy. he never
was chsrisol wlth-o mean an act as ulack
malllnc pjrtlen ou whom ho bestowed tbo
patronace heM at Ills command, l'n-tmas-ten.
Lolled r-tats AUiMiaN, I nlted Mates
Atlorm-, urn! O rks i.f the rnlled Mates
Court. Iievrare, If jmi fll to contribute yoar
fullklwiie mi the wraihof tbu jrlpat'tic
ijeuutorullIp-punceuiioujiiUasatiKirnron
Ills prey Bjt lien Gain is dead. and. lolin
lnKall wants John M. I'rliva to le rostnuster
at Atcln-oii. 1 k'l ii "I 'Jt of the Li-fi!a-lurv,
UiMU-he esnuottru-t him Hurt: and
John . Martin want hi- lmther lu-Iiw ap
pointed, in order that lie may c iitlnn to
reCeItebell.fllsO.ltnr HlB.Mi lilsoll J-ostolllCO.
ltut t'lo peop e ol trl.!i wa-H Mr Gale
appointed ' pr Mlec of blsck-malll'ii-,
ibat-lieims n-sr-iln wlut her bin
bsnd lo-i ! tho luiHiiiou process of Hie jerl
paielle - ntor .m.l bis i!. "L?t lis liave)
peace," r the race of r rltlle n
aloriswell nili run. 1!itibila ofM-ircb
c3t will clie- hi- rillcisl hlickmitlnx
power, lie may t'len return to his former
pastlmnof blacUm-itltn thn bnslnrvi men of
hla own city, for Mich Is his tsstc, his charac
ter, tbo Hum to'al of the nun.-IGeorse T.
Anthony editorial. In tue ilWic I'rcu of
Doc."' 1-73.
TAWit: AND MMlZnOCT.
Every InRl ttatcment enibodle-d in tho
article In tbe Leavenworth 7Tr of Thurs
day afternoon, lipadcd "The Peripatetic Sen
ator and Ills IUK" Is in letter and spirit
false Bud Msnderous. A more outrageous
collection of falsehoods was neter published
in any Kansas newspaper.
Only a lew months ago tho publisher and
owner of the Frrst was remove I from the of
fice of V. ii. Marshsl upon charges preferred
against him by Hon. hldncy Clarke, and
backed by affidavits alle;lng that lie had
been guilty of flllns and receiving Illegal
claims. He denied that his removal was Just,
or that tho charges were true. The Champion,
which had earnest y commended and urged
his orUlnal appointment, accepted his de
nial of the charges preferred aiainst him a9
worhy of respectful consideration, and
never referred to him in terms other than
those of courtesy and kindness. He repays
us by boleo'e abuse nnd slander
The editor of this paper hts learneJ, long
ago, that there am men who are Incapable of
remembering a kindness, or of dealing fairly
and truthfully with an opponent. He had
not believed, until tbe article referred to In
the iYtti appercd, tbat Mr. Miller belonged
to that class. Hereafter we shall know how
to esteem blm John A. Martin, e-dltorlal In
McVson Chanptoi, Dec. 7.
We knew, from information received of
Ben Gale in his life time, the whole history
of his appointment, and therefore knew that
the Ptllie Piftf charges were fait, but we
deemed it better to delsy answering in or
der to give Cob Martin's denial also. We
know that George T. Anthony, for the past
few years has seldom had the courage to
openly attack any one. In the past he has
not ht-itatcd to employ the service of the
lowest and most degraded as a means of
throwing his filth on others.
We regret that tho Prta has allowed its
hatred to influence it so much as to be
come the medium of publishing his fale
and malicious statements.
1ST PAItLIAnEVT.
Tcere bids fair to be .1 very animated
contest in tbe British Parliament over the
question of the payment cf the expenses of
the Afghan war whether the bills shall be
paid out of the national treasury, or by In
dia. A motion is now befere the House of
Commons, submitted day before yesterday
by the Under Secretary of State for India,
providing that the expenses of the cam
paign shall be paid out of the Indian reve
nues. Henry Fawcctt gave notice that he
should oppose the motion, and then is
every indication thi: it will meet with.Tarj
spirited opposition from the liberals.
Since it is a government dance they beUera
that the government should pay the piper
! A HIMT TO LIFE IXBTBAMCE C03I-
PAXIE9.
Under the heading', "Insurance that will
Insure," the Philadelphia Tmn of the 5th
has the following good suggestions to life
insurance people, which are worthy of
more thsn paaing consideration. The
amount ol premium that a man is required
to pay, when he takes a policy on Lb life,
is of far less concern to him than the
knowledge) that the policy will us paid
that immediately alter Lis death his family
will realize tbe sum which be is supposed
to ray fjr, and that they will get it
without fi;hting for it without spending
the half of it, perhaps, in law uiu, to
prove that they didn't murder the insured,
that he was not afflicted with some fatal
dieeate, unknown to the company's physi
cians, at the time he took out his policy,
nnd that he didn't die without "sufficient
provocation." The essence of a life insur
ance policy, Is the death of the insured,
acd whenever that occurs, from whatever
cause, tho policy should be paid unless it
can be shown that the death was brought
about though the agency of those for whose
benefit the was policyitaken. The Timet rays :
The dispute over the Ufa iDMirance of the
late Colonel Dwlgbt, of Blngbamton, thought
it ended without the litigation that was gen
erally expected, has nevertheless served to
strengthen tho dlslrukt to which tbo frequent
oceurrenco of Eucb disputes has given rise
and which even the prompt surrender of
fcomc of tbo companies In tbls case Is not suf
flceut to dispel. Tbo first Idea of the insur
ance men when a policy-holder dies Is that
he has done so of malice prepense, in order
to cheat tbem in the game at which, as has
often been said, en: mustdlo to win Failing
in tli'", they next advance the theory that he
cheated at the beginning of tho game by tak
ing out bis policy when he was not In good
health. Thus It was hald that Dwlsbt bad
something wrong with bis lungs and did not
tell tho companies about It, and although
each of them had a doctor to examine
him, with stethescope nnd plexlmeter, with
thermometer and sphygmngrapb, with
weights and measures, and all the other In
struments of precision which are the boast of
modern medical science, they did not And It
out. There must have been something wrong
with hlm, nevertheless because he dlrd,
which a healthy man would not have done ;
and as tbe companies insured blm upon the
supposition that he was healthy they do not
feel bound to fulfill their contract when the
contrary Is proved. Tbls position, though
soon abandoned In Dwlghl'a case, is one
which many so-cal ed Insurance companies
assume whenev er they can Anils reasonable
pretext. It must be said, too, that the letter
or the contract often supports the view of tho
companies as to the meaning of life insu
rance, but It Is certain that the lite Insurance
which people pay for and suppose that they
are getting Is something very different, from
this. It is Important, therefore, that Colonel
Ewlght's case shall not pass out of mind un
til It lead to a batter nnderstRndlng of tbe
bssls upon which life Insurance rests. In
stead of tho frequent deputes and lawsuits
which do so mubli to undermine confi
dence in the whole business, there
ousjht to bo to plain sa understanding
of what a policy does and dots not provide
that n conte-st could very rareiy occur, and
then only In cas-s where there was evident
I resumption of crime. What life Insurance
professes to bo la what It ought to be, a sim
ple contract by which tho company, In con
sideration of thepaymeutejfn specified pre
inlnin, binds Itself to pay a specified sura to
tho lit Irs of tbo policy hoMtr upon his death.
It Is tho company's unquestioned ilgr.t to
refuse to Insure him at all, but win n It does
lnMiro him, It ouaht to be for bcttcrorfor
noro It Is tho coinpaiiv bulntN to to
calculeta Its prpimnm rates is toeorerthe
risk It assume of his dying Iwfore his time,
cndtbeerv nature of the contract Implies
thatlt'-sumesall5ucli risks from whatsoever
cause. Iflho j-rpmlumsar not larsawnoiish
to cover tho risk of tbe development of pre
existing dlscas", not il.-tcted by tho exam
iners. thi risk from ttm man's ttponirolu
travel or In changof re-slluce or occupa
tion, or rlks from any of thocause-s which
aro o elaborately mid i-erplrtlngly cata
logued In tbe pollcie , let fiem be Increased.
Whit the Insure I pij- the company forts
its assumption cf hla r'-ks, and ho would
much rather pay nllttlo more to make sure
that every ri-k was covered. There is a good
Held tora wcll-maaai(eil company to under
take life lnsurauco on tins ba.K A good ar
tlcioLs more Important to purchasers Uinu
low prices ; and much l"tter than eoinja-tl-tiou
In rates would be a competition In
the completeness and security of th
ln-urhnm famlshe-L aid In pronip'i.ns ol
piyment when a lol!cj It'll dm.
i.m or thi: ciieene mi r.
St.JoM-rh Herald, Ilb.J
.V correspondent In Topcka send "s tho
answer put In by Gjv. Anthony, def ndant
In tho famous chen-e suit brought b) Rob
bln'iind Clackmsn Il pleads the Hattite
of limitation.
Arc-wen or irrr.pANT attiios.
Xor comes Georse T. Anthonr, one of tho
abovo named defi.nilauts. and for himself
answering tno petition flle-d therein savs
that ho denies eaeh aud every allegation
tlx re In contained
Ker h M-cond defense, riclendanl al'eaes
that a.ild action was not commenced within
tlire-ejeara after the (.aid cause of action ac-i
crued. nor within two 3 eats from the dtseov-erv-
and knowledge on thopartof the plain-titrsof-ald
alleged sale,atul or hit the facts
connected therewith.
'iKAV.JOHJWVAMl IIAVK,
Attorneys for rv endant Anthony.
It is a question whether this will end the
cheese i-uit or tot. The statute of limita
tion doc not fml'l good in some cases
of fraud. Georgo P. is now worth for
hia wife is worth) thirty or forty thousand
dollars, acd he lives in a splendid mansion
in tbi city. Suppose the Court should de
cide to inquire in'o the fcta as to how be
obtained this wealth
Ifer I. He Am r Kimianie Itnsdf
.Tlade.
Since the death of the elder Dumas'
daughter, Marie Alexandre Dumas, noto
rious for her ugliness, especially for ber
neck covered with hair, it is said that a lit
lerateur of repute in Paris intends ber for
one of the principal figures of a novel he
long ago outlined. He had made her a
study, but forbod to put her to artistic use
during her life. She would certainly make
a strong character in the hand) of some
such author as 1'euill-t, Zola, or Chcrbul
lsex. Her very person as described the
exaggerated, inharmonious features, com
bining Jewish, Norman and African types,
the protuberant, pale, blue eyes, tbe patch
of course red in her yellow cheeks turning
purple in cold weather, and the huge sen
sual mouth would furnish a striking fig
ure for the morbid kind of story many
Frenchmen delight to narrate, especially
when their love of contrast can be gratified
by depicting her form, said to be all grace
and symmetrv, and to have preserved its
freshness and rnppleness to the last. The
very idea of a hideous head joined by a
thick hirsute neck to a beautiful body is
enough to captivate the imagination of a
literary Uaul. And, then, tbe tact ol ber
being very intellectual, learned and witty;
of her marrying a msn who lost his reason
the day succeeding the wedding, and his re
fusing to see her after his release from the
asylum, combined with her Cnaf love for a
blind servant, whom she solaced with sym
pathy and readings from the poets, and her
death in a convent what could te mors
singular, unexpected, or melo-dratuatic in
fiction ? Her life was a romance ready
made. Commodore Vauaderblli's Daughter
TIarrled to TTr. Francis Berger.
Ke w York Times, i
Mrs. Mary A. La Biu. the daughter of
the late Commodore Vanderbilt, whose
will she is now contesting, was married last
evening to Mr. Francis Berger, former
Consul General from one of the German
States. The ceronfbny was performed in
the house of tbe late bride, at Ko. 60 East
Thirty-fourth street. It was private in
character, only a few friends of the bride
being present." The bride wore a robe of
black eatin, handsomely trimmed, and a
few ornament of gold. "She received fe
presents, but all were elegant and costly.
Among them was a dressing-case, sent by
Mr. Thomas Lord, Sr., and a card-case
from Cornelius Vanderbilt. The card-case
is a Vanderbilt family relic, having beea
presented by the Commodore to his first
wife on the occasion of their golden wed
ding. A large quantity of elegantly ar
ranged flowers were sent by the Basmiaa
Legation at AVashingtcc. and the German
Consul in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Berger
are to sail for Europe to-day.
I TTIf IT
OVH NEIGHftons)
ABOCT rs.
BIT
LXLRT.ISED IX VSLX.H.
ICllfton Locallst, Cec.T.,
The Leavenworth Try E3 has been enlarged
lourcolumnsand correspondingly Increased
In value.
THE LASGEST AND CEST IS THE aTATt:
I Valley Falls New Era, Dec 7.
The Leavenworth Dailt Tmis comes to
us this week enlarged to nine columns, and
Is no w tbe largest dilly paper in tho suite.
TnEjrgwsiESTrArEit ntrnc state.
Wyandotte Gazette, Doc, 6th.l
The Leavenworth Datlt Timej was en
larged to tlilrty-slz columns last vreek. TiIE
Tmzs Is the oldest, largest and newsiest ra
per In the State.
long :iai rr wavk.
(Harvey County He-xs, 5.
With characteristic energy and enterprise,
CoL Anthony has made the Leavenworth
Dally TlMts a nine column paper. The
TiXEHlsoneot the beit dallies In tbo Wer.
Img may it wave.
TltE LARGEST, BEST Al CUEATEST
Edwards County Leader, E.l
The Leavenworth Tints has recently been
enlarged to a rtie column paper, making It
the largest, Lei and cheapest paper In the
State.
THE JlOtfT BELIAELE IS THE ETAVE.
Morris County Enterprise, 5.
Tho Leavenworth Times now comes to us
in an entire new dress and enlarged to nine
columns. It Is now the largest as well ax tho
best and most reliable paper published In our
great Htare.
OCTWACD ArTEAnAM.ES.
Clay County Dispatch, 7
The Leavenworth Daily Tim eh has been
enlarged to a nine-column blanket, and if
outward appearance is any sign. Is tho most
prosperous dailj jiaperln Kansas.
WORTIIT Or A T-LACE AT EVERY riKEMPC.
Florence lUerald, 7.
The Leavenworth Daily Times has been
enlarged tour columns, and is now tbe larg
est dally paper in Kansas. It Is now a Jour
nal worthy of a place at every tlrelde, and
our loaders should not hesllate a moment In
securing It.
THE LARGEST IN KANSAS.
Empire City Echo, Dec J.
The dally Leavenworth Times has been en-
larged one column to the page. It Is now a
thlrty-slx column paper.by four columns the
largest newspaper in Kansas.
IT 8HOW8 EVIDENCES OF 1'EOsrERITV .
Oakaloosa Independent, Dec. 7
The Leavenworth Times was enlarged four
columns on Thanksgiving day, and In other
respects shows evidences of prosperity. It Is
largely devoted to news, makes Kansas Stato
newa a specialty, and Is ably conducted;
IT nAS ALWATS) BEES ONE Or THE MOST READ
ABLE Junct'on City Union, December 7.
Tbe Leavenworth Dally TiVEShas been en
larged bv the addition ot a column to each
page. It Is now a nine column paper, and
the largest dally in Kansaa. it has always
been one of the most readable paers In tbo
State.
JTM.YrNDFnSTAMJS TUE VVLVT.Ol PRINT
ERS IXK.
Kansaj Democrat, Topcka, Dec 6.1
Undoubtedly one of the best newspapers in
tbo west Is the Leavenworth Times. The
editor, Mr. Anthony, lully understands the
value of printer's ink, and Its superiority
over the cheap John dodges resorted to by
many penurious and short sighted Individ
uals who desire to placo their names and
business before tbe public for the least possi
ble amount, but who In reality piy very dear
for their whlstln
IT IMS AS IM3IESSE CIl'CfLATION.
Ilaxter Times, Dec 3. 1
Tho Iavenworth Times comes to us regu
larly. It has recently been enlarged and 13
now the largest dally papT, nndocooftho
best and cheapest In the State. We like It,
because its editor Is Independent and out
apokrn In all things. We alo ltfco It because
It Is a good Greenback papsr, and docs not
hexltato to condemn the financial policy of
Its own pirty. It has lnitncnso circulation
In th Ktate and Justly morit.- It.
"DARES TO DO RIGHT."
Pottawatomie Chief, Dec. 7lh.
Wo copy from the Livcnworth Tiucs the
article, in regard to tho circulation ol
that pipe r. It plainly shows, that when an
editor "dares to rlibt," the people will ttand
by him and his paper. Col. Anthony Is no
time server or place hunter. lie advocates
that which he believes to be for the best In
terests of the Republican patty and the peo
ple IT T1MM4SPS THE RESI'ICT er vir vrno
READ IT.
f Unn County Clarion, Dec .
We call the attention or otir readers to tho
niivcrtlstncntof the Leavenworth TiaES In
another column ol this paper. Its dally ljsue
has bren enlarged to a thirty six column
sheet, ami every Issue Is tilled with tho latest
and mot rellab'e news of this country and
Europe. It Is not only the largest dally Is
sued In Ibe State, but It 1 open and fearless
In Its utterances and managed with a fair
ns and tklll which commands the respect
of H who read It.
TIIE ItALr HAS NOT IlEEX TOLD.
iLlwrenct Tribune, Dec.5.1
We have long lcen aware, that tho Leaven
worth Tljtrs was the model paper of the
west, and In quantity and quality of reading
matter equaled by nothing west of St Louis,
but nevertheless we were surprised to tco
how large and cnmplcto Is their office, and
how great their fsrllitles lor turning out good
work. Yesterday wo had the pleasure of
looking through the Times office and Job
rooms; and we could only say, with the queen
ofsheba,"Ilie half has not been told "
"niCHJEST" BEST ASD CHEAPEST.
Ellis County Star, Dec, Jth.J
D. n. Anthony deserves a good word at tho
hands of the craft, for tbo enterprise he dis
plays In Journalism. lie found it necessary,
last week, to add one column to each page of
the Leavenworth Times In order to accom
moiate hts advertising patrons and to give
his readers the news or the day. In order to
let the few people In Kansas, who don't take
tbe Times, know of the enlargement, he
sends an advertisement to the weekly papers
or the State and the money to pay for It. We
publish the "ad" In this Issue, Dd say that It
Is the "biggest," best and cheapest dvllyln
Kansas.
INDErESDESTASDl-EAELESS
Larned Optics
The Leavenworth Dally Times comes to us
this week, enlarged to a nine column paper
and othelwlse Improved. Weareglid tonoto
tbe success of The Times, as It Is undoubted
ly tbe ablest edited and newsiest and be.t pa
per In the Bute. It Is Independent and fear,
less. Iu editor baa the stamina and back
bone to exprers his views regardless of party
satiations. During the recent campaign It
waa the only Republican Journal In the etate
that had the independence to fight for its
prlnclples-the Issue of more greenbacks
this, too, right In tho face of the party it had
labored ;iealonsly for, since lis organization.
Success to The Times.
WE LIKE IT rOB. ITS PLUCK TO sr-EAK OCT
WHAT IT T&ISK5.
Highland Sentinel, U.c. tth.
The Leavenworth Times has been enlarged
to a nine column paper. It Is now the lar
gest dally paper In Kansas, and Is making
more money than any two papers in tho
State. And while we do not endose tho pa
per politically, we like It for IU Individuali
ty, IU posltlveness, lu independence, 1U
nerve and pluck to speak out what It thinks.
Not long alnee TheTimes had the whole
radical press of Kansas barking at IU heels
beearse Anthony dared to stand by the green
back plank in the Republican State platform;
dared to tell bis party, leaders that a ''bloody
ahlrt campaign" wasn't Jaxt the thing at this
time. We like Anthony's piper far .these
reasons, and suggest to our friends the pro
priety of subscribing for The Times if they
wants newsy, readable Kansas paper.
lawBvarres! aasl Ealausted.
Howard "Courant Ledger Dec 3tb.
The above U the heading of an advertise
ment for tbe Leaven woith dally and wceklr
Trmex which will be found elsewhere on this
paper. The Trmn has been Improved and en
larged from time to time, till it is now second
to no paper west cf the Mississippi river and
with tbe ability at Its back, which it has had
since its establishment It will continue to im
prove from year to year, as our young com
monwealth demands. Mr. Anthony does not
propose to.be equaled by any, much less ex
celled, and we are proud to know that we
have inch an editor at the bead of tbe Kan
ass press. Bead tbe advertisement of tho
rtmes snd then govern yourselves accord
ingly.
iu Mils let this sctlem iBcreaalas;
W eleslaJly.
rwlcnlUEaie,s.
The Lsavesvwarth Ttxb reaches us this
sree a a alai eelwa daOv containing the
largest amount of reading matter of any dally
published west of St. Louis. Never since ter
ritorial times has that journal weilded the ln-
aunce that It does at present, while Its clrcr
lation, we have good reason to believe, is
second to few papers In tbe entlro country.
The Times' agricultural and Stato news de
partments are par excellence, and its lists In
this section are increasing wonderfully.
Leavenworth is Picking Cp Kapldlr.
Manhattan Enterprise, 6
Tho Leavenworth Times haj enlarged four
columns, and now contains mora reading
matter than any dally in tho State As a
city Is Juiged by Its newspapers. It would
appear that L-avcnworth Is picking up rap
idly. Is linking ?Incb Ont of Iu
rOskalooa Sickle and Sheaf, 7.J
Tho Leavenworth Tijf es leads all tho pa
pers In the State in the matter of circula
tion. It U now a nine column dally and its
weekly Is very large. It is a big thing and
Col. Anthony Is making money out of It.
Emphatically a Stale Newspaper.
Independenco Tribune, Dec. IJ
We call special attention to aucvr advertise
ment of the Leavenwonh Times. It Is em
phatically a btate newspaper. It has been en
larged four column", making It tho largest
piper In the Stato.
Tup Hot Paper In tbo Stair.
From tbo Winchester Argus, Dec. i
Tho Leavenworth Tuies istlio only paper
In the west or the east that
we know of that pays cash for advertising
Tho dally has been recently enlarged four col
umns, and Is tbo best newspaper In tho Stato'
Farmers, try tho weekly.
Turr Till it Chock Fall ot Xens.
rroru the Holton Recorder Dec. 5.1
Tho Leav en worth 2"m;j lias again enlarged
a column to the page, it was before the
largest dally In the State, now It Is equal to
any paper west of bL Louis, acd they fill It
chock full of news each diy It Is n good
dally, and no mistake
Well Liked and Patronized.
Chcrryvalo Globe, 30.1
Wo had the pleasure a few days ago of form
ing tho acquaintance of Mr ". E. rtevens,
correspondent and" traveling agent for tbe
1 eavenworth Times. The Timet is a good,
newsy piper, and Is well liked and well
patronized at tbls place.
Clrcnlation Equal 10 Any Three
Daiilps in Kansas.
riatloClty Advocate. Dec. 6.1
Tho Leavenworth Times wis enlarged a few
diys slnco by Increasing Its length two Inches,
and now four new columns are added, mak
ing it the largest lu the State. Its circulation
Is equal to nny three dallies In Kansas, nnd
steadily Increasing.
Itecomliic snmrnhat Harmed.
Concordia ExposItor.J
The Leavenworth Times Is now tho largest
dally paper In Kansas. It Is enlarged to a
nine colntnn folio D It. Anthony, the en
terprising publisher of this excellent paper.
Is sparing nothing to mako The Times a Vo.
1 paper, and so far ho has succeeded to such a
degree that sevcnl of Its contemporaries aro
becoming somewhat alarmed.
old 7In,n, May You Live l.on;.
Emporia News, 6.1
The Leavenworth Daily Times come tons
enlarged by adding a column to each page.
It celebrated Thanksgiving by making tbls
Improvement. It Is now tho largest dally In
the btate. Weare glad to know it Is prosper
ous. That inau Anthony Is a tegular steam
engine for aork, enterprise nnd energy. Old
mnn, mavyou live Ion j, nnd may TheTimes
prosper
Ii I liis Shnirii a nXr.nl r Imlcpnn
Icncn. Kansas City Pioneer, Dec 31
Tho I.cavenwor'h Daily Times has been
enlarged to a nine column paper making It
the largest dally In Kinrs It has shown a
manly lndcpcn lenco tint commends It to
the pcoplo of Kansas. Iipcclally has It spo
ken bravo words on the greenback question.
Though a republican paper It hasrefussd to
follow thepartyln luh-nl moncylrnln pol
icy rf theso latter days Wo rrjoico nt tho
pro'ierllyortlu The Ti'iEs and trust that
tho energy and tntcrprlo of Mr. Anthony
will be richly re warded. It will bo seen by
an nrtlclo In another column that ltsclrculn
tlon Is no-.v much larger thin any otherdilly
in Kansas.
Tho l.eavrnvvorlli Times Is Hip Heat
in tho Mete f sr :iv.
From tho Wynndotto Herald, Dec. Jth.J
Tho above sterling nnd meritorious dally
comes to us tinea Thanksgiving, with an In
crease of rour columns lu size. The editor of
tho Ti'tES lully appreciates tho valuo or
"prlutcr'i Ink." as will bo scon by reference
to our advertising columns. It has becomB
a custom among publishers to request tho
Insertion of advertisements ou promise to
reciprocate, but Colonel Anthony h03 cut
loose from this custom and Inaugurated a
new era by lorwardlng tho cash with his
copy. Tho times is tho best daily in tno
Stato for Kansas news, every number coa
Ululng twoor mcro columns ot carefully c-
leete-'i news irom an corners 01 mo ciai-
Susan's Town Again,
Chase County Leader, 6.1
Anthony, named lu honor of Mis-, buuu
II , has been elected the csunty scat of Har.
per county.
Susau'a Town.
ht. Joseph Mo , Herald, Dec. Gtb !
Wo ore pleased to hto that tho press all
over tho country are complimenting tho pat
riotic citizens of Harper eon ntyi Kansas, be
cause they hav'o nameel their county seat In
honorof MIsSusn IJ. Anthony. From Now
York to San Kranclsco th's action Is com
mended.
Wchavo known Miss Anthony personally
for many years and appre cbilo her flno char-
acter and great tilents. Probably tho Kansas
people bnve"bulldtd better than they knew"
In calling that county seat Fusan's Town.
Her wide reputation will attract Immigration
and ot tho mot Intelligent kind. Aod thus
the people will to rcwarjed tor honoring a
tiueatnd noble woman.
niif aro They Called "Your Excel
, lcncl."'
New York Wor'd.l
A correspondent aSa us why the title of
"Your Excellencies" i useel in the address
es presented to the new Governor-General
of Canada and the Princess Ixiuise, bis
wife, instead of thee appropriated bv En
glish usage to the personal rank of the
Queens daughter, and the Duke of the Ar
gyll's son. The reason simplj is that title
of "Excellency" is not exactly a title at all,
but an "adjunct of dignity" granted by
courtesy to certain officials who represent
the sovereign 01 lireat Untain, such as 1
ceroys, Governors, Lieutenant Governors.
Some vtnrs ago the Queen addresed the
wife ol the Lord Lieutenant oi Ireland as
"Your Excellency," whereupon the wives of
these high functionaries forthwith seized
upon this distinction, and have ever since
insisted upon it. In Cauadia and India
the Governors-General have granted the
ue of the same addition to the Command-er-in
Chief of the Queen's forces in those
dominions. In our country this adjunct of
dignity has been legally granted, we be
lieve, to only one public officer the Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, the Lieutenant-Governor
of the same state hiving a legal
claim also to the title cf His Honor. It
does not say as much as it mighf, perhapp,
for the reality of our American Democratic
instincts that these two adjuncts cf dignity
have nevertheless been greedily appropriat
ed all over the land by public personage,
from the President in the White House
down to the leart Police Judge of Chicago or
of Ilardscrabble in his. conrt-hou-e .over a
bar.
Ii leaves Baker Wlth.tbe coal to
ray.
Kcnas City Times, 3
It may be worth while to state, since the
subject has attracted attention and remark,
that the case of F. P. Baker againrt the
Kansas (Sty Times, lately toed before the
United States Court in Jefferson City, and
in which Baker recovered a verdict of one
dollar, that the defendant has not filed a
motion for a new trial, but that the paintiff
has. jNor does the veruic tin lavor ot the
plaintiff for that amount throw the costs on
the defendant. The United States Courts
do not take jurisdiction 0! cases where a
less amount thin five hundred dollars 13 in
volved; and if a party brings a suit for
more than five hundred dollars and recov
ers leas, he has to pay the costs. Baker
sued for twenty thousand dollars and re
covered one dollar, hence the coats are on
him, and hence probably his motion for
new trill.
EDTSOVB ELECTRIC light.
Toe Latest Advances .Hade In Per
lectins; the Invention An Electric
Sleter British. Scientists' Opinions
ob tbe Practicability of tne Light.
Another important, advance toward the
completion cf the electric light haajMt
been made in the Meclo Park laboratorv.
After days of constant work Mr.Edion his
at last succeeded in perfecting a suitable
apparatus for measuring the quantity of
electricity used. This very necessary ap
pliance, which is to the electric light "what
the gas meter is to gas, has hitherto been
one of the things completed. Before hitting
upon the present device, ilr. Edison had
tried quite a number of others, but all seem
ed to lack one or another necessary ele
ment. A few days ago he branched oil" in a
new direction, and soon was gratified at
rinding that he had anghted upon just
what he had eo long been looking for. Con
stant experimenting on the new apparatus
since then has proved it to be ail the in
ventor desired, and he has accordingly
taken steps to have it patented. Learning
this fact, a Hercld reporter yesterday paid
a visit to the laboratory, to ascertain from
Mr. Edison the exact etate of the
light. He found the great inventor
seated at a long wooden table, on
which were promiscuously neutered
a dozen or more 6cintiuc books on heat,
light and electricity, eight or ten cells
of battery, a new and costly spectroiMpe, a
mammoth electro-magnet,'a numberof vials
containing rare chemical?, four or fivo
curiously shaped small brass machines,
and two of his instrument for the testing
of the electric light. Into tho latter were
run wires, which proceeded from the bat
tery, lho inventor was Bitting with hu
chin resting on his hands, his elbows on the
table. His eyes was concentrated on the
little mechanical device before bim. Obli
vious to the movement of the half dozen or
more assistants working on all sides of him
he sat for fully five minutes steadily eyeing
the apparatus. During the interval the re
porter had an excellent opportunity for
taking mental notes of his appearance.
He was dressed in a blue flannel shirt, with
coarse pantaloons and coat, the whole spot
ted here and their with what apprared to
be chaik marks. The elbow of his coat was
variegated with huge blot of nitic acid, as
though in a fit of abstraction he had leaned
his arm into an open jarof the chemical
An old Kossuth hat, with white finger
marks, rested lightly on the back of his
head, as though pushed there by the re
factory front locks of his hair, which stood
updettantly.
A SCTESTIFIC HAT.
Suddenly the inventor moved bickwa-d,
and snatching from his head his Kossuth
held it over the little instrument before
him. Then he peered long and earnestly
under the hat. The result seemed satisfac
tory, as when he returned it to his head his
countenance was illuminated with a self
satisfied smile. He then renewed bis gze
on the linht. In a few minutes ho had
again covered it with the chalk marked
Kossuth. At this juncture one of his at
tendants jogged his elbow and said, "Mr.
Edison, here's a i7croW man." "Eh ?" said
the inventor absently, still holding the
Kossuth over tbe globe and stopping in the
act of peering beneath it. "A reporter
from the IFcra'.J," repeated the attendant,
in a voico that sounded like a roar from
the megt.p!ione. "He would like to roe you
in reference to the light." Then the at
tendant turned to the reporter and apolo
gized for the roar. 'Mr Eaison ii pretty
hard of hearing, you know."
"Show him up," answered the inventor,
mechanically, again divin? tinder the K01-
EUth.
"What part docs your hat play in the
electric light, Professor'" asked "the re
porter as eocn 8" he wight th" icventnr's
eye.
"My hat I Oh, ah, yen; I see ;" said the
man of science looking at his much soiled
Kos3Uth. "I waa jmt watching the effect
of a small battery on the electric light.
By holding tay hat over it I can see when
it begins to get red hot. Look you can
fee for yourself. By shading it with tho
hat, eo, vou sco these few cui of blttery
make a dull red light." And the inventor
accommodatingly held tbe Kossuth for tbe
reporter to personally olnervo the crueri-
ment. "Therc'a a good ileal of experiment-
ing about this electric light," continued the
I'roiessor as he returned lv list to his field
and switched the battery.
TUE ELrCTRIC MFTCR.
"Is it true that you have perfecicd a ma
chide for measuring the current, ' aked the
writer.
" Yes," replied tho inventor, wipiug his
smutty hands on his already begrimed trou
sers, "I have just applied for a patent for
it. It was one of tho details that hadn't
been accomplished. It works splendidly."
"Something in tho nature of a meter'"
oh-erved the reporter.
"Well, yes. It answers tbe same pur
pose." "How is it to be used ?"
The inventor planted his let on the
bench snd leaned back as he answered :
"One will bo placed iu every house where
the light is used. It registers infallibly the
quantity of electricity consumed, using for
the purpose one thousandth part of the
quantity consumed in the hou-e. It is a
simple contrivance and comes up to all my
expectations."
"Then it pushes your invention consider
ably forward ?"
"Well, yes, eo far as the details are con
cerned, I suppose it does."
AN ACCOMPLISHED TACT.
'Will you tell mc, Prof-sor, the exact
condition of the light at the pre-cnt time?
Is it nearly completed '" a-keel the report
er. 'It is all completed now, so far as tbe
principle is concerned," answered the in
ventor, promptly. "It is now only a ques
tion as to cost, but one thing you can sy
it is established beyond doubt that it is
cheaper than gas.
"Do you mean to say that at the present
time it could be placed in comtetition with
gas?"
"I do. It is a better and a cheaper light.
At this moment my experiments are all
tending to the question of cost. I am sat
isfied that the coat can be very much re
duced, and when I arrive at tbe minimum
point in my belief then the public are wel
come to it."
"How low, as compared with the cost of
gas, will the electric light be?" asked the
reporter.
"The difference is great very great ; but
the comparison can better be told later on
In a few weeks, perhaps."
"But there are scientists who will assert
that the current cannot le transmitted in
the manner you say."
"So I see," answered the inventor, smil
ing. "The scientific men who siy it base
their assertion on a well-known rule of elec
tric light, which is that the intensity of the
light increases to the square of tbe current.
On this they readily figure an enormous
los in the sub-division, but, fortunately,"
continued the inventor, aftr a pause, as his
face assumed a broader smile, "there i an
other law which is not knoTn to these sci
entific gentlemen, which law, if certain con
ditions are brought about, compensates for
the loss sutained by the lirU law. Thee
condition" are exceedingly difficult to ob
tain." "Have you obtained them? inquired
the reporter. "I have, answered the in
ventor. '"Why, I was ridiculed not loug
ago," continued Mr. Edison, "for making
an assertion about the tras'mission of pow
er, and now I find that tvo of the leading
scientific men of the day back up my state
ment. The gentlemen I refer to are of the
very highest authority. They are Dr. Sie
mens and Sir William Thomson, of Eng
land. I have only just read this news,
having to-day received it from a scientific
friend in the shape of a written report of
the proceedings of a meeting of the Insti
tute of Civil Engineers in London." After
further conversation, Mr. Edison consented
to allow the reporter to take a copT ol the
report in question, lie prefaced this con
sent with the remark, "I consider the opin
ions of MessT?. Siemens and Thompson cf
great importance in reference to the matter;
fully as important as anything thus far said
on the subject,"
A Well Founded Contempt.
Philadelphia Press, 3 J
A Washington correspondent of the Trio
une Etates that Gen. Butler intends to push
forward a resolution to bring Senator Mat
thews before the Potter Committee, or, if he
till refuses to appear, to force him to come
to the bar of the House and answer for con
tempt, Senator Matthews need not fear
such action. The bar of public opinion
will decide that Mr. Matthews' contempt
for the Potter Committee is well founded.
TALK TTITJI THE DICTATOR.
How Ccorer I'raarlt Dispose ot
Kingdom ana Crowns-Toe Ques
tions TTnlch Are Bothering Europe
Kettle! OC-hand-TUe Eaatrrn Qaes
tloo for England and Russia Petri
mined
Xe.v Yorkttar"
-V reporter ajfced Mr. Train:
"How will Lord Bescorafield entangle
the diplomatic web that is foreclosing on
his Berlin cvp eft&f ""
"By making his actions more complicat
ed: Bf Lotbairing the mystery of Cyprus!
Tancreding the Bo-ton-Ilungarian imbro
glio: Viviangreying the Khedive's canal
with another mortgage on Ghizeh and the
Sphinx ! and Alrosing the Ameer of Cabul!
"DunkleV li"s-nw- lilm tn ,K .!. I
it hen the bnrn !irn1ira Lm. ,l.A .;
dental Chntin. he felt with half the
world worshipping a Jew! the otter half
a. Jescss: he could prop np the fortunes of
Mahomet with hucce': while gladstone se
cretly plots ah the Pope as England's
Protestant Jesuit-Disraeli plans with the
Queen to Establish the Moslem empire at
Delhi! The fop friend of D-Orsay!the
rival of Peel the sworn enemy of OCon
cell ! the hater 01 nobler ' be mav yet crush
the Iloure of Lords (.from within the
charmed circle), between tbe Throne and
the people! (an he once intended to elo
frotnwiihout !)"
"You consider him a Mosaic dictator
born to.rule ?"
"Yes ! The Jew fiivt, and then tbe Gen
tile, marks sll hi imliVir If- ),., .t.
Christian so much he refuses to mix with
the common herd of Kings and Prince! Al
most as much of a reclue as Earl Dysart
or Duke of Portland who broods and plots
in his widowerhood at Hughenden always
alone! His contempt for Hampden and
Sydney outequals his scorn for Elliott,
Payne and Cromwell! The reformation
was a shot-gun brigandage: William of
Orange a buccaneer! Ben Jingo is an im
perial dictator! Hnv mvullr i lt.,l,n v.-
tosses European right to Gorischakoff and I
ccuouv-aiou in ttes-sarabia : Carves up Tur
key as if at a barbecue! Buys a hundred
million canal through the desert for twenty!
Promotes his vereign lor good behavior
from the Queen to Empress! Carries
out hi friend Baron Stockman's plan in
detail !
"How wonderfully he covers his tracks!
Lying is made resectable when he com
pels his lordly colleagues, Xorthceite and
Richmond's Dnke, :o indorse it ! They lies
elown the GUbt' exposure to the last!
Beechei! Tihien! Shearman ! could not beat
these nobles in mendacity ! He holds the
Commons in his hand-! The Lords fear him
too much to oppose hi overthrow of the
Constitution " and the Empress of India is
dazed with his magnificent audacity ! He
can any time laah England into fury with
aforeign war, no matter against whom !
otbing ele can postpone for a brief hour
England's downfall ! A nation that pays
5 lO.OOO.OOrt a year for paupers must be in
extremis! An Afghan war would end in
seating Ben Jingo in Pekin as Viceroy of
all Asia While as Dom Pedro saved his
dynasty by emigrating to Brszil ! Victoria
would rise again more rowerful when civil
war breaks out in Ixjndon by raising her
standard in Delhi' Some big things aw in
the air all over tho planet, one of which is
resumption iu America r
"Whit can stave off the coming limncial
crash in Europe '"
"Nothing bat general war in Asia! That
would beat, excuse for all the nations to
suspend specie payments and flood Europe
with Greenback", whilo the Asiatics hide
their gold and silver ! Kussia's Galon calls
for war. The Berlin treaty is already in
throads. I.ciia won territory and England
is drunk willi Cyprus wine" While Gorts
chakofT was defending him-elf from Bis
marck's bloodhound at licrlin, KaufTLuan
was organizing aclusl war wilh England
in the Orient at Sarmarcaud in psycholog
ic affinity with Sherc Ali at Cclml ! Sto
lietcfTsCabul Mission, nays the f-L Petcra
birg VcHomoeti, wasonlv'to stir up tho Af
ghan hornet's nest ' W nile Austria's hands
re full in Bosnia England basy in In
uis an.l staving ofT money psnic at home '
Germany trying to cru-li out Socialism in
Torqucmada style' Ku-wia uses the Ber
lin treaty to carry out IgnatiefTs San Stcf
ano march toConstantinopln. Nothing but
foreign war can i'tron- i!,- collsr-c of
the British Empire ' '
"Is Lord Beacocsfield aware of tho com
ing break up of the Kings "
"Yes' Is he not playing Napoleon in
dividing Europe among the BonaparUs?
Guclph's son marries BomancfTs daughter!
IIoLeazollern'a Crown Prince weds Guclph's
firstborn. Lome is entailed on Canada and
Louise .Guelnh I and I am not eo sure
but that the Prince of Wales will be sent
to India, if the old lady hangs on much
longer ',''
"Schouvalou" laughs at Saliabury now
that Cyprus is the cliarnel-bouso for Eng
land's soldiers ! while Turkey, led by Kus-
sia, refuses Asiatic reforms on Beacons-
field's plan ! The Moslems of India silently
pray for Shere AliV sticcei-s, and secretly
egg Kussia on to battle! Russia etands
armed to the teeth brhind the Afghans, as
she was behind the Servians ! So long as
Kaufman icritp tl,A Am.ru . n
Sir Neville Chamberlain, Lord Lytton will
sieeponaoed ol Atban bayonets! The
A'i.a1 Mir! the I!or,m Zitunnf the VI.
enna FremdcMali! the Berlin Kreuz Zeit
mgl the Italian hbnU! U'orma.' and
Juunwl rfi Sl Pclfjdurti ' all believe in the
coming Asiatic ctruzgle between Kussia
and bngland in Afgnsmstan '
"Willi ha. nnl ,.-. ,!. .. .:!..
send Todlebecs! Schobelofl's and Suara
hoff to the Ameer, as England had to fur
nish the Sultan wilh ber Kimballs! Bak
ers! and Hobart Pashas?""
"The immense distance from the base of
supplies will cause an enormous expense?"
"And make commerce ! trade ! shipping
brokerage' munitions of war! the more
lively? But tbe distance now and in the
days of Cyrus! Philip' Ghengis Khan!
Alexander ! Tumerlane Clive ! and War
ren Hastings! is measured by railway!
steamship' and cablegram: You can
reach C'abnl from London or Paris in three
weeks ' The time that it took Kaufman
last Jane to place his Harm arcand army,
which he afterwards withdrew on the Af
ghsn border when the Berlin-San Stefaoo
affijr looked complicated ! England sees
behind the Ameer a line of Coesack bayo
nets 1
"Will Ltuasia give up the Constantinople
idea;";
"Never As Cstherine carried out the
azzrandizment imllcv of Peter and Paul!
so Alexander' Nicholas and Alexander
continually dream of their Byzantine Em
pire Greece' Srvia! Montenegro! Bul
garia must all be SeUvonized by war or
purchase! Btt-t-ia is an Optimist! not a
Pessimist '.
"What aro the Ameer's personal feelings
aside from diplomatic policy toward
the English r
"Uncompromising hate ! He never ner
ticedLord Lytton's note to meet the Prince
of Wales at Delhi, to crown the Queen of
England Empress cf India : The idea, he
said, of a monarch with GO.000 cavalry
meeting as equals the Kban ot Khelat, and
Rajah of Cashmere compsring the petty
portion of & Persian Prince with tbe pon
derous polity cf a Boman Emperor. Sir
Lewis Pelly talked hix weeVs from Jan
uary to March, 1577, to get a treaty, with
out success !
"He has no reason to love tbe English '
Did they not decide with Persia arfdis-l
him On the Sci-tan question? with his eon,
Yakoob, to detrone him ? with Lis usurp
ing brothers Alzul and Azem, to destroy
him ? and occupy Quettah, to gobble his
kingdom ?
"No wonder he kills their spies ! pnta
the Triaimn flip fKa-li mm! fTVnn-f.1
at the head of his cavalry ! refuses to see Sir
V- :n -l , , r ,. ,r - .
-icTiue uaamoeriain. insults .viator cavag
nari in the Khyber Pa! and talks with
the hill tribe in Jehad against the Indian
Empress?
"Oh, yes ' I am ported on India. Dr.
Nolan quoted over thirty pages froji my
work on the O.-ient a quarter of a crntnrr
szo'"
Tonr lntra-TIcrcnrlai IManrt'-
Inter Occas.l
Astronomer Lew's Swift, of Kjchesttr
wants to put himself on record as believing
that during the recent eclipee four intra
mercurial planets were discovered; snd that
the two found by Professor Watson are dis
tinct from those discovered by himself.
The fact, if it be so, cannot be verified dur
ing the lifetime of the discoverer, but he is
willing that his belief shall be tested by the
observations of future observers.
Tbo Blavclc 3tsum Goes oat ot Congrcs
f Indianapolis Journal.
In the Forty-second Congres? there were
nine negroes ; in the Forty-third, seven ,
in the Forty-fourth, four; in the Forty-fifth
three ; in the Forty-sixth there will be
none, unless O'Hars. of North Carolina
gets a certificate, which is doubtful.
Tnat Cimt Walcst Iher Call -o
Bangle."
.London World.
Here is a new game for the winter even
ings It is played by three persons. She siw
in a big arm chair opposite the tire, divides
the whole deztn of little silver bracelets she
wears, and then holds up one white arm
finger pointing to the ceiling. You and
the otherfellow take half a dozen circle a
piece, retire to opposite corners of the lire
place, and throw them, quoit like, at ihe
uplifted finger. A good discobolus send
them rattling down on the arm with a pret
ty musical chink, and a duffer sends them
on the floor and has to pick them up, and
sue taugus. ji course, ine net man win,
and there are prizes . I saw it play
ed beautifully last week, and it is cili'd
"Go Bangle."
A Texas Nteeroa ttar Bainpage.
ICb lcago Journal, 5.1
-V Texas steer in an ordinary mood is
enoughto send a cold chill down any per
son's spinal column; but when on a" ram
page these beasts are terrific monsters in
deed. About 10 o'clock this morning one
of them broke out of tbe yard of the Chica
l?o DistillerT P-nmnimv mm,, nf Arn...-in
and Twenty-second streets, and starteel on a
iuu uuwu yaoai-pen avenue, attacking
eveevbodv. ists?ht.'but fi,rtimtelv .!:,.,.
no damage until fce reached thp corner of
Twenty-first strset, where he attacked Idi
Dobenscheck, an 11 year-old girl, whoee
parents live ai ei naisieail street.
The steer canght the child on its horrw,
one of which ran clear through the dehy
part of her leg, and to-d her ten feet in
the air, and then continued its tli.ht until
Patrolman Haines, of the Wet Twelfth
street station, put a rifle ball into his brain
and ended his mad career. The girl was
taken to her home and medical attendance
summoned, but it is feared her injuries are
fatal.
A Di' C'ouapti ! stunt ina.
Lsmdon Arxouutit
One time there was a btrber. And one
day a feller cum in tbe rbop for to git
shafeil, and he handed the b.irb.r a card
which was wrot on like this way For my
hair Taller, clone, lard. Iergmnt, pemi
tum, oil, tonnick, restoratif, pitchooly gum,
beeswhacks, kerri-een and tar. For my
face Cole cream, csmfrice powder, ham
fat, sof sope, glissern poltice, rooge nam
mel, giant cement, shoe blackn. For my
whiskers Ssmes for my hiir, only more
taller. For my mustash Do, starch, glew,
morter and soelder." When the barber he
red it he was jest de!ited,and he ssid to tbe
feller: "You are the most sensible man
wich has ever set in this chair; yes, indeed.
I never seed a man of sech good taste.'
And then the barber shafed the feller aud
told him all the news which he cude think,
and never stopt tockin, the barber dident,
while he shafed, cos hn was delighted. But
jot as he got dun shafen the feller, and
was gcttin ready to put them things unto
him, cordin to the memmy rar.dem, a man
woeked in and took the teller by the ear
and sed to the barber, the man did . "This
feller's got to go now caus he is a c-cape; if
you want to finish bim you must fetch them
things over to the def and dumb wsrd of
ther Lunatic Aylum.
'Sometime It Will Happen Tlim
-Way."
.Burlington HawLeye "
"Twenty years ago," said the paivenger
with tho reel ribbon in his buttonhole, "I
knew that man whom you jaw get o(T at
the last station. He was a young man oi
rare promise, a college graduate, a man of
brilliant intellect and shrewd mcchanti.'e
abilitiy. Life dawned before him in all
the glowing colore of fair promise. lie
had Korne money when ho left college. lie
iuvested it in Lusincss and his btisinv-"
prospered. He married n beautii'ul young
girl, who bore hiji three lovely children
i
The sad Ic-tking passenger, sitting on the
wood box "All at one time"""
The red ribbon passenger "No, in bien
nial installments cf one. No one dreamed
that the poorhouse would ever be their
home. But in an evil hour the young man
yielded to the tempter. He began to drink
beer. He liked it and drauk more. He
drank and encouraged others to drink.
That was only fourteen yean sgo, and he
was a proeperou', wealthy man. To diy
where is he?"
Tho clergyman iu tho front eeat, solemn
ly: "A lot and a beggar?"
Tbe red ribbon man, disconsolately
"Oh, no; ho is a member of Congress and
owns a brewery worth $00,000."
Sometimes it will happen that way. '
;jlw Orleans since tbe Plague
I0. Democrat,!.
New Orleans once moro feels something
of the joy of life, bince the plague left her
trade has multiplied to a remarkable de
gree. From'the head of Ninth etreet down
to the lowest limit of tho river front the
activity seen is "almost unprecedented."
In the uper portion of the water front
there is "literally a forest of masts." The
number of sea going vessels is larger than
has been seen for many a day, if tbe like
has ever bean seen before. A steamship
from Kio has just discharged a cargo of
21,70 sacks of coffee, and is now taking in
cotton and grain. One vessel is discharg
irg English bricks and tile, acd another,
bound for Bordeaux, is taking on stave.
A German Lloyds ship acd two Italian
vessels arc loading with cotton, grain anf
tobacco. At tbe bead of one street lies
"a vast quantity of rotton," which
is destined for Hsvana Six
large steamships are lying close by, and
two barks, which are taking on cotton.
At the barge-landing several boats are be
ing unloaded of "immtn-e quantities of
Western produce." All over the landing
are quantities of corn, oats and flonr, w
that in some places locomotion is difficult.
One river steamboat, on her last trip,
brought down 7,000 bales of cotton. At
Canal s reet tbe levee is "jamme-d anil lit
tered by barrels of flour, h-g-bead- of
sugar and bales of cotton." At tbe ug ir
sheds "scarcely any available space is un
occupied." In other parts of the city re
turning life and activity are no Ies ap
parent. Ilusinesit streets are "filled with
vehicles laden with merchand W going to
ward the depots so that "the dia ot the
heavy chariots and the hue an cry of the
drivers endeavoring to thread the maze of
trading wagons is perfectly deafening " In
one day a firm sold lor cah to country
merchants more goods than for an entire
month previous.
Talmas; Otrr tho Darn.
Mr. Talmage is evidently a great believ
er in object teaching, but sometime his
lessons-are not taught with the best of good
taste, however impressive the place and cir
cumstances may make it. Dr. Talmsge
first made his great debut as a preacher in
Philadelphia. He hs.s always been a lover
of the sensational. Before he went to Phil
adelphia he was pastor of a Syracuse
church. Before he left Philadelphia he
refused 510,000 a year, having gone there
ior2jfj0. While there a party of fritnds
visited bim from Syracuse, and for their
entertainment a row was taken on the river
The Louisville Courier Joamil ays that the
party, consisting of Dr. Talmage, his wife-,
child acd four ladie, got into tbe boat, ami
the clergyman commenced rowing vigor
ously down stream with his bsck to the
dam. A he was reaching the latter spot,
several men on tho bank, who saw hia dan
ger, shouted to him, but, misunderstanding
them, he continued in the same course.
Just as he was reaching tbe dam Mrs. Tal
mage gave a shriek. Her husband tried to
turn the boat, but it was too late, acd in
another minote the whole party was precip
itated over the dam. All were rocued ex
cept Mrs. Talmage, whose bodr was net re
covered for nearly two weeka, when it was
found that her dreai had caught in the
stone wall down deep in the water, where
she was held until the fabric gave way from
decay. It wag a very unfortunate circum
stance, to sar the least, and some pcrson-i
have been skeptical enough to doubt if it
was all accidental.
Tbo Irrrprexalfcle ?Ir. Kalne-.
(Chicago Journal,:.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, tbe wonderful
female land claimant, Is before the Con
gressional Committee on Private Land
Claims, with a demand for over 70,000
acres of land in Louisiana which were
granted to her grandfather. General Clark,
and afterward appropriated to the State, as
alleged in her statement.