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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08
A CHILD's ESSAY on PUNCTUATION

SIR: Mamma said | might tell y0u what [
think II would write without making one mistake ia
spelling didn't make one and this is copy Of what
have written 10 years old. At school, in the real
ing class the teacher tells to count after a comma.
and two after O semcolon. and three after colon AMI
after full stop but those who made the monument
to Lincoln, UnonSquare, didn't know this right.
or. II they did, why did they write: with (one two.
three, four malice zone, Sc towards Zone, &cD mono.
onc &c) and (0ne &cJ with. tOne &c. charity. (one &cb
towards (one &c all" IL else notices this. tbs
school children do, aud often wonder IL the stops
can't DC cut of.
We have good grammar" matches at home every FL.
day night. have six brothers and sisters, and great
many cousins and most OF them come. Papa sometimes
invites grown people 10 improve them too but they
think IL Is u hear the mistakes children make.
Mamma il the teacher (she taught in school when ,a
was a young Crib and she ia very strict she puts down
little book the stakes have made through tna
week. and then have great fun getting right and tell
ing rules Friday ght The one that has spoken best
through the week gets treat on Saturday Then on
Tuesday night have class for reading and for whie
mamma calls educating the voice. though she educica
~ IN that way all the time. We have prz'a
for doing the BEST and brother John was JUST
winning his, last month, when he said drcta aud
another time George just getting his when he sad
f0ger and keetch often wish all the children know
had many brothers ana sisters have, AMI didnt
think much about grand dress and parties. We hay0
parties though. We have had four this winter frOs
things. and played games. Father says must each
ole Of try make the world better every day AMI
though the fn stops on the Lincoln monument
sin. s they not right, and hope yOu wont rcfu d
~ publish thls about them, because | am only In q
girl. BERTHA.
fsrfy. serenth-st, Eeu- York, May 3. 1879.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08

New-York. who purchased tho Richardson cottage on
Cathsripest. Is having improvements mace winch VI"
stable built Of sone and porters lodge Of the same
material have been built on Tor eorge
H. Norman, at an expense Of $4,000; Mr. Norman con.
York. r. L. willing Of Philadelphia, has had hardwood
GSoTs an an s o. as and
window have been built for Dr. X. j. Arnold or Pr0vl
denoe, on Rhode Isand-aye, and stable for Charles
for 81 900 each Capt Lewis Hazard on Broadt has had
addition built 70 his house at cost Of ana tho
near the beach put In order for the early OF his family
stable on Gibbesave has been erected for Prof j. T.
st. costing 5000 for NJ C. socum; also an addition to
the stable OF j. T. Kernochan OF NewYork on Marine
costing $1,000 Charlotte Cnshman; the actress,
whose pretty villa Is situated Rhode Isandavo., Is
having put in order, to be ready for use about the
middle OF next month Prof Euts Of Cambridge, Mass,
Is having small cottage, J0xi0 feet, erected on COnani
cu Island, the bay, expense OF 900 and
Benjamin L. smith OF Philadelphia has had his house ON
Westinghouse, better known tho Point" entirely
remodeed at an expense OF 80 600
The Redwood Library, place OF assembly for tho
thousands who visit Newport Is being improved by the
addition OF large art gallery In the rear II Is one story
hight, and Il In the shape OF r. y. q. Case Co. OF
this city have obtained the contract at $4,000 and they
expect to have the building finished during the Summer
IL viii be great benefit TO the library for at present the
proprieors are compelled TO put the paintings, statuary
aud books In one room and there Is not sufficient space
TO admit Of the display OF Oneh OF the paintings The
woodwork and trimmings OF Italian walnut FOR the
dinngrOOm OF the house Of George T. WetmOrc OF New
York have just arrived from Florence Italy, and Italian
workmen are engaged in putting them In The wood
IL deliberately carved, and IL IL tho opinion OF tho con
season ut an expense OF 100000 Tho old buildings
south OF the Atlantic House have been torn down. and
In their place two handsome blocks have been erected
to be used hotel, and the other for stores aud
Offices The PerIicr block adjoining, and the Clarendon
House opposite, have each had fronts put in, which
make great and noticeable change for tho better The
roat-bed viii be attended to soon by the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08
WORDS UNDERSTOOD IN CONVERSATION.

WORDS UNDERSTOOD IN CONVERSATION.
To the Edttor OF The Tribune.
SIR: THE legal luminary who is nothing il
not crosse xamner" needs champion TO TO tho
OF his broken English;" but his time at pres-
is occupied by rather weighter matters than the
osOn OF letter, have taken the responsibility upon
myself OF saying few palliative words in -
your Maryland correspondent, C. n. s. r." Collo-
quail English" When first arrived in this country.
don't" for does nt" in the third person singular.
grated harshly my English Since then, however,
have concluded satisfactorily to myself that
the refined people who thus use don't" do
it with q double contraction; that Is, thoy
abbreyiate "does" into "do" and mot"
into "n" thus making the very correct word don't"
Tho "0dOus prOvinc aism" "IIOwl" used instead Il
the interrOgaye What !" may, too Justly have word
said In its extenuaton. In the first place, whom saT
How I" il shows disposition 10 be gentle and polite
intention that Is never manifested 10y the curt irrts
BILE what f'-and IL IA thing well worth cGnsid rns NY
the human family at large and by those who have any
pretcnsion To cross examining in particular.
does &C. y. y. r." know that after using tho
OdiOus prUvinciasm" that the Judge did not mrn-
tally was my question replied TO r. or " How
did you frame that answcr IL Is just understand
that after what inwary IL whispered did yOn say I"
or "what your answer :" &c Not pretending
controversy about trihe, | viii say n,
more, either at future time tIis
subject, for l play my grammar "by ear, and am no
more worthy 10 cope with the gentleman from Anne
Arundel County than the tmid creature who plcSs
Home, Sweet Home with one finger before breakfast.
the boardnghouse piano. competent to teach music
~ RuOinStcln "A BRITISH SPY
AeU- York, May 4, 1879.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08
POLITENESS AND SMOKING

To The EdtfOr OF The TrI0Une,
SIR The letter on smoking in The TRIBUNE
of May 4 reminds of anecdote the late John Van
Buren, used to tell OF himself. lie said that he
riding on one occasion in sagecoach before railroads
were In existence In that part OF the country, from
Undertook to Albany, all alone, and smoking cigar
After they had travelled little distance the road
old got in the stage. and he thought he would bc
polite enough to ask the stranger N smoking WAS agree
able him. The answered, Yes IL Is agree
able Smoke away. have often thought n ever was
rich enough would hire some lJacr To smoke IN my
face" Mr. Van Buren, threw his cigar out OF the window
Nelc-Y0rk, May 3. 1870 D.. p. II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08


Cremation FtrHdce-The Siemens cremation furnace
consists the furnace A Fig II, In when the
body is placed for crmation and, secondly the regeh
are heated before entering the cremation chamber A.
gas for combustion Is prepared at distance from the
furnace and led through underground fucs For gen
era description Of these furnaces see Furnace semens
irOn The regeneratOrs a. l. b. l. Fig. y consist or
fire brick chambers filled with frebrick laid loosely,
having regular spaces between them through wc9
the air and gas pass. The gas Is admitted
at tho bottom OF tho regeneration through
tho valve c, and the air at the bottom VI the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08

closed the amount OF supplied 10 the furnace grad
usy diminished as the gases coming nom tho body arc
vapor can escape into the air. every particle being
oxdized; and when the process is eompi.ted.-vhfch
takes about half nothing left In the fnrnacs
but small quantity OF white ash which IL carefully coL
lected and placed ut the disposal Of the friends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08

sody" soda, and took his seat with air Of pcr
sOnal Injury
A man away down East in Brunswick Me-,
planting early potatoes April 2O but thcn he
owned pickax.
Mr. Jerome of st. Adams, VT, has taken
81 900 Of railway company for putting him of the
cars lie had ticket, but couldn't find IL At once.
young colored divinity student in Missis-
sipp who preached his first few Sundays ago.
the inmate Of cold and gloomy dungeon, because
q hOrse el0ped with him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08
AN INvALuDs THANKS TO THE TRIBUNE.

To Inc r IDIOT OF INC ITIOHNe'
SIR: An invalid, never 10 rise from tho
bed which laid myself desparingy down eight years
ago. how can do but petty part Of the Great Fahers
worki And yet il instruction and pleasure brought
10 me from Others mercess pain cannot forbid my
imparting them again. To tho strong who find their
hardest work in pausng to think by the way. have read
again and again The Old Garden" and have seen how
memory OF mlder and more peaceful days has made
more thoughtful the present More than woman.
grown calous by wealth and fashion have aroused ~
the story OF "Tot" and Tom" And now to-day va
have in your paper letter signed NJ C. r." on 5ian
Well woman AT Home" AMI that letter should set
all thinking and working out the right way for IL IS
full OF suggestions that In the past something has been
wrong in marriage economy The lowlicst among us
do their part None poor. and 40 hidden and
full OF suffering that they may not hnd some time 20
right wrongs and uproot-if only handiul-the woods
the life journey. ohhiLA'
BroOkLqn. May 3, 1879
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08

ssiEMRN5 CREMATION FURNACE-FRoNr.
orators l. heating the loosclyaid friedrich in their
descent md at the bottom OF the
comparatively cold through the valves TO high chimney
stack, whence they escape into the air AT stated inter
walls the butterflies In the valves reversed, by which
the currents OF Dir and are changed that they pass
upward through the rcgenerators i and i, become
heated In their passage through them. and after combus
ton In the furnace pass downward through the regenera
a and b, which absorb their surplus heat, This
versng the currents ia done every half hour The fur
Is raised to strong heat before the body Is intro
daced, and after the BODY Az tho furnace aud tho door
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08

The much married Henry l.. Fuller of Stat
ford Springs Conn., has just been divorced from his sixth
Mrs. Fuller.
johnson Co., Ark, has been made happy by
the discovery OF an anthracite coal held
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08

It is stated that over 100000 worth Of
dogs mostly pointers and Settlers have been brought 10
this country during the last two years.
According to Boston newspaper there Is in
museum Of that city the OF Indian chief seven
feet inches high" What 10 Wuss have besns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08

regenerator through the valve d. The gas and air
upward through the looselyaid friedrich, and become
heated by contact with thcm-n what way will be shown
presently The heated and air unite at the entrance To
the cremation chamber where combustion ensues, produc
Ing an intense heat aud flame that to the door at
the further end Of the furnace The burnt after
circulating through the furnace pass back again to the
end of the furnace which they enteredthe entrance and
exit passages being separated vertically by thin dia
phragm Of frebrick-and downward through the regon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08

Is 1T NECESSARY TO DEFER USING THE CANALS e. =
TIL THE FROST OUT OF THE GROUNDI
TO the Editor Of The Trtbune.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19

THE REAL ESTATE market has been
very scrutinizingly watched in New
York and Boston during the present
fall as kind Of barometrical index OF
the financial tendency Of the times. 1t
has been repeatedly announced that real
estate in those cities was selling at
prices ruinously low, even when sales
could be effected at all. 1t has now come
10 be known that various parties with
large capital have been quietly picking
up the choicest property placed on the
market at rates that will speedily make
their investments make their fortunes.
Alluding to the present as the best pc
yiod for inv esting in real estate that win
be known for many years to come, the
N. Y. Times Of the 1Tth says:
"Within the last two months little
knot Of capitalists have been quietly
buying, under assumed names, all the
best property which has been offered at
the auction rooms. In one or two in
stances, the investors are from other
cities, and it is very moderate calcula.
tion to say that they will get twenty per
oohts iue0Acob Ou buclI puICudSSS III lc5b
than three years from the present time"
From all the indications the Times
concludes that as to real estate in that
city the bottom has been reached; and
that "before the winter is over a very
great revival will occur in the price of
real estate" This augurs well for the
revival of business In general.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19
Can the Pope Grant Titlesf

A Frenchman OF wealth and some
prominence in public life (says a Paris
letter) has just been granted title by
the Pupe--in recognition of his money, l
fancy, rather than his services--and the
French Government refuses to recognize
the title or to permit the newly-made
nobleman to bear it. The reason given
for the refusal is that The Pope Is no
longer a temporal sovereign, and hence
has no right to grant titles of nobility.
This has fallen like thunderclap upon
o great many ambitious men.
The number of Frenchmen ennobled
by the Popeis considerable, and many
members Of noble French families have
received new titles from Rome. An ex-
ample is found in the Comte de La
Rochetoucauld, who was created Due de
Bissaccia by the Pope, and who was al
ways called Due de La Rochefoucauld
Bissaccia, much to the disgust OF the old
Duo, who was the chief OF this distin-
guished family. Many Of our Coune
have their titles from "the holy Roman
| Empire"
This decision on the part of the
| French Government opens up a curious
discussion, for if the Pope can not gram
titles, can he grant the decorations that
are scattered about SO literally? Ii
| those decorations are recognized by the
Chancellor, why should it refuse to rec
ognize the titles? This action on The
| part OF the Government is not very vel
received in any quarter, for the number
Of men who dream OF getting titles fol
themselves from the Pope is simply in
credible. / fear that this decision viii
be resented at the Vatican also, for if il
is no longer allowed to grant such favors
the plumber OF its ardent partisans MAJ
be sensibiy diminished.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19
of the case, for his exertions had been

of the case, for his exertions had been
predigious.
There was faint streak OF morning
in the sky; and there, upon the chest
we sat, and watched for the gieam TO
broaden.
Suddenly there was tremendous
struggle beneath us, as If the rufian had
concentrated all his energies in final
effort. At my end Of the chest there was
crash, and the Germans feet protruded
through the aperture that had forced in
the board.
So horrible now appeared our position
that uttered scream such as do not
think ever, at any other time could
have had the power to initiate. To get
OF the lid in order to defeat the move-
ment through the chest end would have
instantly been our destruction, there
fore, still bearing our weight on the
chest. we caught at the projecting feet.
In doing this, however. we partially lost
our balance, and the sudden bracing up
OF the muscular shape below, SO force d
shoulders of Hans Schmidt were thrust
forth, and with o fearful clutch he
seized Julia by the throat.
just then heavy crash was heard at
the door below, the foot tramps spring
ing toward us as ii some person was tear
ing up the staircase with the full con-
viction rhat this was an hour Of need.
The dim daybreak hardly revealed his
identity, but had faint perception
that Harry Irving had come to us in our
of peril.
Some time during the morning found
myself in bed with Julia, and several Of
the neighbors standing about me. Julia
clasped me to her arms and cried:
"We are safe, Mary? Harry Irving
was near the house all night. He re-
turned after seeming to go home. The
least scream he would have heard, as he
at last heard yours; but am glad you
did not scream before, for now we have
had an experience and know what we
can do"
Hans Schmidt had decided upon the
chest as much safer hiding place than
that in which Julia had first discovered
him.
Upon the morning on which Harry
Irving stunned and secured the rufian
in our room, the officers of justice were
searching tor the old Hessian scoundrel
as a supposed murderer, and he was
soon convicted and hung.
Julia became the wife of Harry Irving,
and most excellent wife she was. Mag
unanimous and unrevengeful, she was
perhaps the only person who telt no graft
1cation at the fate of Hans Schmidt,
but rather pity for theignorance which
had stepped him in crime.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19
A Nora Failure.

A farmer just living out of Vicksburg
was reading in an agricultural paper the
other day an article headed s'Be Kind to
Your Cow" He went out to mix with
heart full Of kindness. and as he sat
down he whispered: $50, boss-stand
around-good creature-hist a little
there--there, you intelligent and kind
hearted old bossy." About two minutes
after that his wife heard him yelling and
whooping, and as she ran to the door he
called out: "Bring me the axe, Maria,
and the spade, and that big club there,
and the butcher-knife, and that Shot
gun, for TIL be darned If this old hellion
shall ever liye.t to kick me in the jaws
agalnp
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19

ernment has never required service of
It's officers to the extent OF making COM
plete photographic surveys of our own
coasts. 1t was not until the past year,
as shown by Commodore Ammen's re-
port, that any coast survey had ever
been made of the Gulf OF California;
and that our Northwest coast ssill re-
mains unsurveyed by any official au-
thority, on account of the want OF any
appropriation by Congress for that pur-
pose. Yet all our naval squadrons have
been sporting and junketing around the
world, its officers dining and dancing
and fooling away their own time and
$s0ooO,ooo OF the public money, without
rendering service to the value of one
continental dime. They were actually
sailing their own vessels by British
charts.
But Com. Ammen's report shows that
under his command real work has been
done. The survey for fixing the best
practicable route for an inter-eeeanie
canal across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
and also across the Isthmus OF Panama,
has been completed, and the point where
the tide waters of the two oceans most
nearly approach has been fixed. This
is by the route known as the Rio Chepo
and the San Bias route. The exact
longitude Of Panama, Aspinwall, santi-
ago de Cuba, and Havana has been
determined by telegraph, and their solar
time relatively fixed. The navy at best
is a very expensive luxury to support,
and it would be well it contained more
officers like Com. Ammen who diligently
acorks in the public service.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19

The latest Partisan enterprise for the
amelioration Of the mfseries of mankind
is the organization of society TO war
upon the pump-handie practice, styled
by the French Le shake hand. The good
Abbe Defourney has reinforced the move
ment with an appeal TO piety against the
practice, which, he says, originated
among the Free-masons, and Of course
had some diabolical significance, and he
has petitioned The Pope TO forbid it sin
the name ofreligion and decency."
The "good Able Defourney" had cer-
tainly never read Shakespeare, or he
would know that "When palm meets
palm, tits Holy Palmers kiss.n
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19

COMMODORE DANIEL AMMEN has COM
pleted his Report as Chief of Bureau Of
Navigation, in which he has presented
much valuable matter Of general inter-
est to the public. Commodore Ammen
is an Ohio man, and one Of the few real
Iy working men OF the U. 8. Navy.
Strange as 1t may seem, with all The
facilities at command in the possession
OF an expensively-ftte navy, and with
many years OF peace during which that
navy aHassy waa absolutely useless, our Gov
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19

The little sense Of moral obligation
that baby has is marvel. That he
has any duties in life never occurs to
him. In the present only he lives, with
an idea evidently that nothing is ex-
pected of him but to grow. Where his
dinner comes. from matters not to him
SO long as he gets it. Though it may be
that the mix wherein he ri0teth belong
eth of right to another baby, the ethical
question which at once ariseth roubleth
him not.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19

AN EXCHANGE says: "The Marquee de
Cont fell dead the other day while kiss
ing Countess" Now the conandrum
is, which killed him-the kissing or the
Countess2
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19

When Adam got tired naming his de-
scendants, and when he got half through,
he said, "Leps quit and call the rest
Smith,"
But Eve wouldn't agree to that. A
family rumpus ensued. She wanted
something more aris ocratlc. They finally
compromised on one-half Smith, the
other halt Brown.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19

AS WE PREDICTED, the Don Carlos let
ter turns out to be mere "Quaker gun.o
King Alfonso has issued orders to re-
ceiye no more such. Spectators in
Spanish war will lose their Investments.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19

MICHIGAN has 10000 more women than
men. The women are praying for the
spread of Moremenism to the Wolverine
State. Massachusetts women are de-
voutly Offering up the same prayer.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-19

Mr.. John Floyd, Of Fairfield, st. Mar
tins, N. b., raised the past season sixty
eight and a half bushels OF marketable
potatoes from one and a half bushei OF
Seed. The variety is known as the
"markees.u