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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-26
ANNOUNCEMENTS,

The dregs of Chagres Fever In me for over
eight years by the HOLMAN an
WIN LGrmJOBS. 81 Court ana ST., v. Y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-26
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
MINIATURE ALMANAC

TO-DAY
451 sun SETS. 7:22 Clockflst 6n 10,
Moon Moon souths. 60S Moons age days
rO-DAY-A.
sandy Hook. OBI Gov Island LOB Hell Gie--. 2:52
HIGH WATER r0.DAT-P.
Sandy Hook. 100 GOV. Island. 1872 Heu tate- 32l
SUNDAY
sun 452l Sun 1:21 Clock fast 6I1 lbs
Moon sets.1l43 Moon soutls. 7'06 Moons days
HIGH WATER SUNDAY. ".
Sandy HOOK 1877 Gov Island. 1881 Hell Gate..-- S:46
rIGH WATER - SDAY-P ".
Sandy Hook. 202 Gov Island 2;27 Hell Gate.. S!l6
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-26
n ARORATORY on NATURE.-ASAHFT
PROSPECT PARK AND COMFY ISLAND RAILROAD /
BROoKLYS July Is, lST3.t
ARMOUR g. HOCHHAUSEN.


BROoKLYS. July IS. ls78.t
MESSRs. ARMOUR & HOCHHAUSEN.
GESuEMgS:-It affords much pleasure TO testify m,
qualities Of the Electric Light Machine furnished
by you to this Company which has been In az West
Brighton Beach, Coney Island during the present
has up this day been lighted sixty nights cOnsecuiyey
and instance failed 10 give perfect satisfaction
The light steady, brilliant powerful and far ny
observation and experience extend freely that tho
light furnished is far superior TO any other.
Yours very respectfully,
ANDREW h. CULVER,
President
WEST BRIGHTON BEACH HOTEL. I
COSEY ISLAND, July 10, lo79.5
Messrs ARMOUR e. HOCHHAUSEN.
No. 4 Howardst, y. Y.
GENTLEMEN :-ShOrtly after Mr.. Culver purchased hi
Electric Light Machine from you ordered for my
here wen pleased with its working, and
mine has continued 30 please to this time.
light in whatever quantity supplied produce
effect would be without for i've tunes its
Yours very truly,
PAUL BAUER
EBoh these lights be every evening I'LL IL al
fIen baarv tOrv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-26
LIE RpnnK1YN ELEYATFD RAILWAY.

TIE BROOKLYN ELEVATED RAILWAY.
Judge Barnard of the Supreme Court Of Brook
Iyn. has rendered two decisions of importance III
fayor Of the Brooklyn Elevated Railway Company,
which is constructing It's line in Lexington and
Girafd-ayes. Motions for injuuctious restraining
the further prosecution of the work were asked by
the city and by njamin Buyer n property owner
in Lexington-aye. The former up the claim that
the acts Of the company were unCOns. -utlonal by
reason OF the Act OF 1873. which prohibited the
Legislature from granting social privileges to per-
SONS or corporations, and that, although the COM
many was legally incorporated in 1874, yet its
amended charter, passed In 1875, granted new
riDlts not originally contemplated hence II was
within the limits Of the act. Judge Barnard de-
cides on this clam that the change III the charter
of the company. which was only 10 add new i'll
corporatOr, did not make the grant a new one, and
holds that the case Is decided on the same grounds
as a similar one IN the Court Of Appeals concerning
the New-YoTk roads.
The case of Mr. Dryer, which Is regarded as test
one of the rights Of prOperty-OwneTs, was based on
the claim of ownership of the street adjoining his
property TO the middle, and hence th&t tie roai
could not be built on II without his first getting
compensation On this point Judge Barnard holds
s shat pr pgfT nP6uteT upon It as shown 61 Tie
deeds which give the size of the lots measured To
the side of the street. and hence cannot eHJOn the
cOnstructiou on that ground.
SURVEYS for locating the SITES of the foundations
for the Kings County Elevated Railway were be-
gnn Yesterday In Fulton-st., BROOKLYN. PrOpery
owners watching the proceeding sald that no
stIucturo shall be erected unit! fun compensation
for damages Is guaranteed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-26
DR., RiDWirS REGULATING Pills,

Perfectly tasteiess elegantly coated for the cure OF ali us
orders liver bowels kidneys baiier uery)3
diseases heaache constipation cosyenes indl eston ys
eps9 bilious fever inflammation OF the OoseS
piles ali arrangements II the Internal visceFl "~r
Tauted 10 effect IA POSITIVE cure -.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-26
HOME NEWS.

rurpNoMETER YESTERDAY AT HUDNUTs, NO
2lS BROADWAY.
Gam 79o. Noon. 801 y. m. 78o. Midnight $50
Highest during the dav So. Lowest So
Average, 747s" Same day. 1878, 1857
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-26
FEVER AND AGUE

FEVER AND AGUE cured for City cents There Is not .
remedial agent this world that VIII cure Fever and Agl
MalariUus Bilious Scarlet IyphOd, Yellow a1l
other Fevers (aitet by RAILWAYS PILLS. so qulc ias
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF. Fifty cents per bottle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-26

NERVOUS DEBILITY, Impotence. Weakness
~ OF OF Generation &c speedily and radio ally
cnred by WHOLESALERS SPECIFIC PILL Two to six
boxes usually sufficient Price 81 perbON SIX boxes s5
send circular. Prepared WINCHESTER CO.
Chemists. 80 John st. NeT-IOrk
STRUCTURE, Impotence and Diseases of tho
- Generahye organs radically and speedily cured Hours
10 and TOT HENRY ADASIELSH D, la LexingtOn-av.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-26
LOCAL. MISCELLANY.
CROSSING THE IsTHNUS.

CROSSlNO HE IL IlNIc.
A FRENCu PLAN FOR BUILDING SHIP RAILWAY
A STATEMENT BY FRANCIS A. KIEFFER, HE
AGENT To AMERICA.
NJ Francis A. Ki,tler Of Paris. French engineer
and the accredited representative of the Syndicate
of Parsian bankers and spectators who propose to
build ship railway across the IstLmus Of Panama,
arrived in New-York by the steamship Labrador
on Wednesday last. He said to a TRIBUNE reporter
last night that the object Of his visit at this time
is TO interest some American engineers and capital
lists in the proposed undertaking known as the
Svsteme S6bllot, after the engineer who claims to
have originated it, NJ. Kiefer, who speaks French,
German and Spanish flueutly, but English brokeny.
SAID that American approval of the sebillot project
was all that needed TO induce French capitalists
to subscr1he sufficient money to build the road. NJ.
S6nllot proposes either to build his ship railway
from Aspinwan to Panama, or ship canal 80 kiO-
metres 10 the mountains, then railway ~ Rno-
metres 10 another canal of 10 kilometres to Panama.
The rails are 10 he laid about IL metres apart ana
are to weigh 800 kilograms to the metre, or hfteen
times as much as the ordinary ran. Inc Ll6AcSt
poiUt on the line will be IS metres above tdewatcT,
and this will be reached by grade OF about three
milimetres in metre. Vessels mp TO- steamships or
1000 tons will be transported this railroad in
Immense docks supported by wheels II Inches
thick. 1t is proposed THAT these docks shal ne run
under water To receive the vessel, Whch Will iben
he securely held IN an upright pOslnOn III them
by a system of arms or clamps. The driving power
VIII he placed IN the docks themselves under
the bulge of the vessel and Will be applied directly
TO the wheels under the dock. NJ. kictfer claims
that these docks Wi. be capable OF speed OF M
teen TO eighteen kilometres per hour, and that the
whole distance from ocean to ocean can be trayersed
III five hours. The entire cost OF construction ne
estimates at 2JO,0oOO0 francs W1QOOO,OOol,
while the snip canal favored by II. De LoSsops VIII
demand capital OF 500 coo, GOO francs $3O0C0O,-
OoOl De also says that the taTlt on vessels pass
inc over mis- railway need not be higher than 81 80
per ton against So per ton by canal, to weld far
percentage on tie capital, and that while seven
wears must eapse before the canal can be COMPLETED,
me railway can he in operation at he end OF three.
NJ. Kieier said that permission was granted Dy the
Colon Dian Government 10 Vi. ScDliI0t IN lS1S to
c6nStruct such a snip Ia llwav across the llInus
NJ Dsitz Mouuju, who was president of the French
department in the Paris Exposition of SIS, Is at
the head OF the Syndicate which NJ. Kiefer repre-
sents. and NJ Emile Jupv, OF the well-knoWn large
Partisan clock mandatory, ~ ITS secretary. NJ.
Sfbillot wa, the euCnccr-u-chlet for tho Maritime
Arsenal at Foo Ch0o, China
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-26
DRAIN AND NERVE FOOD.

Use wINCHEsTER'S HYPOPHOsPHITE OF Irxu
and SODA. which Ia REAL BTdfn and Nerre FooT
unrvaed VIalzlng Tonic and Gn7gora'or and a sPE.
CTFIC in all forms Of General Debility Mental Nervous
Exhaustion Prostitution Of the Vital Forces Powers
Dyspepsia, TmpOvcrishment OF the Blood. &c.
Prices .! and ~ per bottle. Prepared only by
WINCHESTER & Co, Chemists,
Sold by druggists. NO 36 JohnsL, New.Yort
T LABORATORY OF NATURE-ASAHEL~
~ WAUKESHA MINERAL SPRING WATER or Death
Read the evidence. lady was treated by Phys,
clans in London, Paris, Vienna. Berlin, aud other
European oltles eighteen months % cure chronic
disease Of the kidneys and dropsy. They prescribed
all the reputable mineral sDng waters during their treat
men The lady returned ~ New-YOrk ana employed Onr
medical professors with other mineral waters for months
without relief and then commenced the ISABEL water
without other treatment and cured In es than month";
As this Is type presented daily deaths should
by " such wonderful
ton in dropsy gravel stone Brights disease diabetes. and
bladder diseases Urinary analysis, physicians advco and
book free Depot, No 29l Broadway New.York
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-06-04
Caught a Tartar.

A GENTLEMAN lately returned to tho
City from Nevada tells droll story Of
the manner in which rough member
OF q mining-camp literally "caught
Tartar" The man in question, q raw
Neutrality-suspicious. sort of fellow,
was ono day Boosting of his prowess
before q group Of his companions, and
by way Of illustration of how he could
strike, delivered blow at passing
Chinaman. It so happened that the
supposed AFFECT Chinaman was . full
blOoded Tartar who had worked, ut the
Chinese sea-cOast and associated q good
deal with English sailors. When tho
miner struck at him he turned around
in astOnishmenta and wrath and wanted
to know what was meant. The miner
said he would knock down as many
Cinnamon as he chose, and that IL ho
had any sauce given him he would az
ford an illustration there and then.
No." said the tartar, 81 fightee
you.'' IS.
There was great applause on the part
OF the miners, and q ring was formed
and the battle began. The miner found
he had caught tartar indeed. The
Asiatic had learned boxing from his
English sailor friends, and was beau
ty at the work. A smaller man than
the miner, he ayerted grapple and
pounded the bully's face to . jelly,
himself remaining untouched. The In
cident has travelled all over Nevada,
the narrator says, so novel thing II
the event considered of an Asiatio
standing up to an encounter with fists
alice same Mclean man. ''-St. Louis
Republican.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-06-04
Bats and Their Ways.

BATS live their active lives in the
night; when sunlight comes they fly
away to their holes, there to sleep nm
til twilight comes again, when they re-
sumo their occupation of insect killing.
The female bat has q hard time Of t;
she Is the nest and has to procure the
food for her young until they are them
selves able to fly. Often have l seen
female bat with her young clinging to
her breast. flying about in search Of
food, and the little ones were not 80
small either. How else could they get
alongp The old ones make no nest; il
they wanted to ever so much they could
not, and the chances are that from their
wandering habits they spend the day
in one place and the next in another
two or three miles distant, Just ~ they
happen to be when day overtakes them,
and If they left their young behind
them the exact locality might be for
gotten. When the young ones are able
to shift for themselves their mothers
life is easier. and until winter comes to
kill their insect food she lives luxuri
ousiy. Then, when all Nature is pre-
pairing to put on the livery Of winter,
bats. instead of leaving the scenes
where they have passed the summer,
repair to their haunts in the caves and
walls, and hanging by their hind feet
in little groups OF five or six together,
pass the dreary season in one unbroken
sleep. London Naturalist.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-06-04
Rearing Humming. Birds.

IT was long thought that humming-
birds would not live in confinement;
and this idea is SO far correct that, al
though easily tanned. they will not live
long in captivity if fed only ON strip.
II confined to this food they die in .
month or two, apparently starved;
whereas, if kept in 3 small room, the
windows Of which are covered with
fine net, so as to allow insects to enter,
they may be preserved for . consider
able time in health and beauty. Their
nests are very curious; many Of them
are cup-shaped and very small, some
times no larger than the half of wal
nut shell; and they are often beautiful
" decorated on the outside with lich-
ems, so as exactly to resemble the
branch, in the fork Of which they are
placed. They are formed Of cottony
substances and are lined inside with
ibers a. fine and soft ~ silk. The
nests of other species are hammock
shaped, and are suspended tocreepefs;
the Pichincha humming- bird has been
been known to attach its nestle astraw
rope hanging in shed; their eggs arc
white. and they never lay more than
one or two. Once, when on the ANA
ION, Mr.. Wallace had = nest Of Young
humming-hirds brought to him, which
he tried to feed on strip, supposing
that they would be fed on honey ~
their parents. To his SURPRISE, how
ever, they not only would not swallow
the liquid, but nearly choked thsna-
selves in their efforts to eject Il. He
then caught some very small Aies, and
dropped ono into tho wide open mouth
Of the poor little orphan humming-
bird; II closed Instantly with satisfied
gulp and opened again for more. Tbs
little creatures, he found, demanded
fifteen or twenty lies each IN success
sion before they were satis6ed; ord
the process Of feeding and hy-catchfng
together required 70 much time thatl -
was reluctantly compelled to abandoa
them 70 their fate. - k1HebevS' Jo9rnal.
! q - :
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-06-04
Z, IS q g s So e Z
4 + ~

~
; q HE'D AJAX.
JOHN MEHHoo, IN Indian fisherman.
and frog hunter, who lives ii the little
Town OF Cahokia, on the Illinois shore
Of the Mississippi River, isover one
hundred years old, and with 8 history
g remarkable % Is issromantic.
I had the pleasure last summer 81
taking pot-luck q his cabin, along With
him and his present wife, . French:
Canadian woman Of les thanshall his5
own age, and Of hearing from Ill own.
lips modest recital q ssvera oesthe.
wonderful adve6fufeG It'll nh md
beast Of which he has bsen the simple,
unassuming hero.
Meehoo, or the g BIZ Iniuh ., 3, q he.
Is Familiarity called, Is IN extraordinary,
man in appearance, being six feet five.
inches In height, weighing two hum
dred and ten pounds, and iar4ill erect
and vigorous II spite Of his eat. .age.
At an early age IN unfortunate quar-
rel, which was fatal for his adversary,
compelled him to flee from his native
Cherokees to the Chickasaws, who then
occupied the northern part Of the Ter
ritory Of Mississippi. .2
Here, too, it was not long before his
bold independence Of character, to-.
gether with the envy excited by his tre-
mendous physical prowess, led to the
tragic adventure upon which this story
hinges.
Little Owl, the Head Chief Of the
ChickasaWs, had q short time before
died, and bequeathed his personal ef-
fects upon rather eccentric conditions.
These effects. In Indian law, consisted
OF his young and only daughter. Mat
tawantee, or Swan-squaw, for the pos.
session OF whose hand there had been
immense rivalry throughout the tribe,
and his thoroughly equipped war-pony.
which was considered the most desira-
BILE animal in the Terriority, his de-
ceased master having been . mighty
hunter and warrior IN his day. These,
according to the dying wish Of Little
Owl, were to be commended for in the
usual athletic sports OF the savages, and
were to be awarded to the brave who
should succeed In carrying of the
greatest number of laurels.
Yellow Dog, brother, successor and
executor OF the dead Chief, was to SUI
perintend the games, which were to
come of on the banks Of the Mississ-
ippi near where Keokuk now stands,
in great festival, and participation
In them was confined to young braves
between the ages OF twenty and thirty.
At first an effort was made to debar
John Meehoo on the ground Of his be-
ing stranger and an interloper; but
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-06-04
Miss Z. w estphal

Keeps on hand a large and wellas-
sorted stock of MILLINERY, FANCY
GOODS and ZEPHYR WOOL, opposite
the Union Hotel, between Second
and Third North streets.
5NEWs ULLM, MINI.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-06-04

THrRx were 81, 50 6resin Russia last
year. ard the losses aEgrsgatsd q Ga
81 IOubles.
II ths spring the fax11er 1heoA -.
IT, snd from IL beeinnin 81 r..
|.ill work f1on - pussd
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-05-23
The eBenefit Of Laughing.

In his Problem Of II ,al.h," Dr..
Greene Says that there is not The re
notest corner or little inlet Of the
minute bloodvcsscls Of the human
bodY'that does not feel some wavelet
from the convulsion occasioncd by
good, hearty laughter. The life prin-
clples, or central man, is shaken to
It's inncrmost depths, sending new
tides Of life and strength to the sur
face, thus materially tending to in
sure good health to the persons who
indulge therein. The blood moves
more rapidly, and conveys different
impression to all the organs of the
body, as it visits them Oh that particu-
lar, mystic journey when the man is
laughing, from what ii does at other
times. For this. reason, every good,
hearty laugh III which person in
dulgcs, tends to lcngthcn his life,
conveying, as it does, nov and dis
tine stimulus to the vital forces.
Doubtless the time will come when
physicians, conccding more import
ance than they now do to the innu-
ence Of the mind upon the vital forces
Of the body, will make thc'r prcscrp.
tions more with reference to the mind,
and less to drugs for the body; aud
will, i'll so doing, find the best and
most effective method ofproducing
the required effect upon the patient.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-05-23
Gods Alarm Clock.

Conscience is Gods alarm clock.
God has wound it up so that it may
warn us whenever we are tempted TO
dc that "lic!, i, wrong. Il gives The
alarm. 1t seems to say, "I'akc care.
God bless you. Stop" How impor
tant ii is to have Il conscience that
Will always warn us Of the danger Of
sin But, if we desire such Il con
science, we must be willing TO listen
to it, If we stop when it says stop"
if we do what il tells us to do, then
We Shall hear it. But if we get into
the halt Of not needing its warning,
and not doing what ii tells us TO do,
then, by and by, we shall cease 10
hear it. Our conscience will sleep,
its voice Of warning will be hushcl,
and We shall then be like Il ship at
sea that has no compass to point out
the right way.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-05-23
Hosiery, Gloves, &; l!ant.hcry!liefs.

The laraI st. rnrcst, and most unique French
novelties in tic city. Also, tile rrGiunl trades e
hose Tor Indies aud children "t NvTy moderate
prices.
Ladies'. misses, AMI chircns Md. cloth nil
ihsc Thread Gloves ol the best manufacture III
all the newest shades To match ,rr-S mate rial
A superior selection of plain EcInncd linen tnh
all linen hcmSt.tciis Il. and s'Ullupli IianI.ur.
chiefs Also. cmhroidrrrd SIX Hands, rchicis
Asnun III.nI LII q I,rI
Daily globe., 1879-08-23
JEWETT RILED.

Sensational Scene in The New York Rail-
road Investigation.
SARATOGA, Aug. 22.-At the opening of the
examination of President Jewett before the
railroad committee this morning, he was asked
why the receivership of the Erie Railway COM
pany did not terminate when the new company
was formed, with himself as president. This
Mr.. Jewett declined to answer, and contro-
versy arose which caused something of SEN
sation in the committee room. Mr.. Jewett, in
declining to answer, made a statement relative
to his understanding of the character of the
investigation. He charged that counsel of
McRenry was present, and that it had been an
nounced in the newspapers that this counsel
was engaged to assist in carrying On the inves-
tigation. This fact, and the statement made
earlier in the day, that the committee and
counsel were in accord as to the scope of the
investigation, led him (Jewett) to infer that
other motives than that of obtaining informa-
tion for the legislature were actuating the
committee. He said he should decline to an
swer such questions as tended to elicit infor-
nation that could be used to his detriment in
suits pending with McHenry. The heated Ian
guage in the controversy drew to the apart
ment a crowded audience. Mr.. Hepburn took
occasion to define the object of the investiga-
tion, and to explain why counsel had been en-
ployed to assist the committee. In the end
saying in substance the court had not yet seen
fit to discharge the receiver.
Mr.. Jewett, in his state ment, added: There
has not been a day since I have been connected
with the road that there hasn't been tax of
one kind or another made upon it. If its bus
mess is not seriously interfered with, our rela-
tions with other roads remain unchanged, and
there is no adverse legislation, we might be
enabled to pay the interest on the bonds or
dividends on the stock at future day.
Daily globe., 1879-08-23
FIGHTING FOR FUN.

Grand Day at the Soldiers Reunion at
Aurora, Ill.-Forty Thousand Persons on
the Grounds Sham Battle
and Storming of q Fort.
AURORA, ILL.,, Aug. 22.-It is estimated that
nearly 10000 people are in Aurora, to-day,
witnessing the scenes attending the grand re-
union of war veterans. Every train to-day has
been crowded and the artillery and band music
Decorations are more lavishly distributed than
ever. Among the arrivals to-day were Lieut..
General P. Fl. Sheridan. whose coming created
great enthusiasm, and who was escorted to his
quarters by force of 6,000 men, with martial
music and flying colors, and welcomed at
camp Dick Yates with ringing cheers and sa-
Lutte of fifty guns. Ex Mayor Heath, State
Attorney Wells, State Treasurer Smith, aud
Gen. 8. A. Hurlbert.
To avert any accident at the sham battle this
afternoon, Gen. Shere issued positive orders
that safe plan of firing and charging be fol-
lowed. The great event of the meeting was
the storming this afternoon of the so-called
rebel Fort Wade, over which the confederate
emblem has been waving for three days. Gen.
T. J. Henderson commanded and made q gal
liant defense of the fort. The attack was made
by Gems. L. s. Mann, Swain, Hillyard and Tor
renee with five pieces of heavy ordnance. Gen.
Mann ordered general advance at P. NJ, and
under cover of an artillery fire Gems. Terrence
and Swain attacked the redoubts. They
were temporarily repulsed, but being rein
forced by the divisions, made grand rally and
attack, which carried the fort with rush. The
whole affair was most successfully carried out,
and afforded great entertainment to the thou
sands of spectators, who were especially inter-
ested from knowing that many of these
veterans had seen service at Stone River, Pitts
burgh Landing and Antietam and with Sher-
man in his march to the sea.