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oomm,,.e. Work In Congress.

WASHINGTON. April 2O.-The House Commit
tee on Endemic Diseases will report the bill Increasing
the efficiency OF the National Board OF Health reAuNe
the sprend o( contagious diseases The Senate subCom'
,,,tee an h as considered the Legislative
nnnrouriatOn blL and will report In iull tomorrow no
changes are made except IN REGARD " enp0's''" 'A'
BenAtA
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The English Coal Miners Strike.

LONDON April %. Three thousand West
Cumberland golfers now strike have agreed to sud
representatives to confer with the masters with view
" settlement OF their Disbursements,
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The Detroit Bridge aud Tunnel

OTTAWA. April 29.-In the House OF Commons
to-day bill TO amend the act 10 incorporate the potfot
River Tunnel Company read the hrst twc ani blli
a. amcui the act t. incorporate the Canada aud DttOt
Bridge Company was read tnr urst ana secohd uhes'
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Knox A Morgans French calf button boot, So latest
Rnaish styleS 6aI BWaY door belnw HlaentaT st-AdH
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Mnuser's American Pointer Playing Cards
All with Fox Joker rounded corners and patent index
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17
A Bit Of Married Experience.

married my wife about thirty-fvC
years ago. The ceremony was per.
formed about seven o'clock in the
morning. Before retiring that even
ing we had good talk with each 9TH
er, and the result has sweetened ouI
entire lives. We agreed that each
should always be watchful and care
full never, by word or act, to hurt the
feelings of the other. We were both
young. hot-tempered, both positive in
our likes and dislikeS, and both some
what exacting and infeXible-just the
material for a life of cOnjugal warfare.
Well, for a few years we found it hard
work 10 always live by our agreement
Occasionally mot Often) a word or look
would slip off the tongue or face be-
fore it could be caught or suppressed
but we never allowed the sun to 90
down upon our wrath. Before retiring
at night on such occasions there was
always confession and forgiveness, and
the culpTit would become more careful
in the future.
Our tempers and dispositions be-
came gradually more cOngenial, so that
after few years we came to be one in
reality, rs the marital ceremony had
pronounced US nOminally. In think
ing back we find that for more than
twenty years our little agreement has
been unbroken, and there has been no
occasion for confession and forgive
ness In business we have had adver-
sity and prosperity, failure and success.
We raised family of children, and
now have our grandchildren about
us: and we are SimOlg enough tO he
lieve that we have better children, and
better grandchildren because Of our
little agreement. Under such a con-
tract religiOusly kept, no ill-natured
children will be reared, and no boys
will find the streets and bar-roOms
more pleasant than home. To make a
good wife or a good husband requires
the cooperation of both.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17
PrOerastinatiOn.

There is a prOverb which saws,
~What can be done at any time is new
er done, and which applied especially
TO class who have become slaves to
the habit of proerastinatiOn, the
habitual pOStpOning of everything
that they are not compelled of necess-
ity TO do Immediately. Now DELAYS
are not only damaging to present pros
poets, but they are destructive of ulti-
mate success. a dilatOFy man is not
20 be depended upon. The slightest
preteXt Is sufficient for him to disaD-
point you. II an emplOye, the sooner
he is discharged the greater the advaD-
tage to the employer. There are those
who may properly be called afternoon
men," They are always busy getting
ready to 90 to work. In the morning
they walk around, carefully inspect
their duties, and say, PLENTY 10 do to-
day. | must 90 to work this after
noon" About three o'clock they sur
Yey what they have not done, and ex-
claim, ~One thing and another have
prevented Inc from making any head
way to-day. I'll leave il and begin
bright and early tomorrow morning"
One day with them Is simply the re-
Election of another. There is nothing
accomplished in a whole life, and their
western sun OYertakeS them and finds
nc preparation for the wants and i'll
irmities of age. There is nothing 10
look back upon but squandered time.
One hours exercise in the morning
lOosens the muscles of the limbs. sets
the blood dancing in the veins, and fits
a man physically and mentally for the
days activity; while one hours slOth
after breakfast produces a tOrpor from
which it is almost impossible to rally.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17
Measure for Measure.

Not long ago he OF the pack ehanced
upon his journey TO stop at the house
of well-tO-dO farmer. would the
madan wish to look at my goods y i'll
quired the peddler, rs the woman of
the house answered his respectful
summons at the door. "Well, yes,
don't mind if l do. Have you got any
linen table clOthS?" "Yes" he had
and without more ado he mfastened
his burden and spread the stock before
her gaze. The woman examined the
table cloths very closely, asking the
price of them, and altogether she man.
aged to detain the man about an hour.
Finally she said: Il bought some in
Ithaky yesterday, and l only wanted to
see if them dry goods meH cheated
me-"
With cOmmendable good nature. the
fellow repacked his goods
and went his way. 4 month or so
passed, and once more he knocks ut the
same farmers door, this time not to
sell but to buy. "Can you get up d
lirst-claSS dinnerY he asked. some
thing good; I've got money and l
want TO see your best" The woman
Of the house buStled at 4 lively rate,
the vision of good fee for the meal
lending alacritY to her movements,
and presently she returned to the
room where the peddler was waiting,
and announced that dinner was ready.
lie walked out to the dining room,
puts on pair of goggles, and critically
nSpectS the YiandS. After probing
The steak, and turning the eggs, and
smiling the coffee, he turned TO the as
-Onished female and remarked: II
lOn't want ~anything;" ! just paid for
my dinner at the house below, and |
thought I'd find out whether they
cheated me" And grabbing up his
bundle lie managed TO dodge out of the
lOOr before the irate woman could
reach him.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17
Description Of Christ.

The following is n correct transla-
tiOn of an epistle sent by Publius Lent
ulus to the Roman Senate: There
appeared in these days a man of great
virtue, named Jesus Christ, who is vet
among us; of the Gentiles accepted as
a prophet of truth; but his disciples
called him the son of God. He raised
the dead and cureth all manner of dis
eases. A man of stature somewhat
tall and cOmely, with very reverend
cOuntenance, such as the beholder
must both love and fear His hair the
color of chestnut full npe, plain to
the ears, whence downward, it is
more orient, curling and wavering
about his shoulders. In the midst of
his forehead is stream of partition of
his hair after the manner of the NaZa-
rites; forehead plain and very delicate;
his face without spot ar wrinkle, beau
tiful, with a lovely red; his mouth and
nose so formed rs nothing can be rep
resented; his beard thick, in color like
his hair, not over long; his look innO-
cent and mature; his eyes gray, quick
and clear. In reDrOYing, he is terrible;
in admOnIshing, courteous and fair
spoken; pleasant in conversation, mix
ed with gravity. 1t cannot be remem-
bered that any have ever seen him
laugh. but MANY have seen him wepB;
in proportion of body most excellent:
his hands and arms delectable to
behold; in speaking very temperate,
modest, and wise, a man of singular
beauty, surprising TIE children of
men.-FOSter'S CgctOpediG Of ItkuStrd-
tiOns.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17
STFEL Rails.
Vanderbilt Making a Large Purchase
In England.

William IT. Vanderbilt was asked
yesterday If he would explain why he
gave the English iron mills the benefit
rails, and why the money was not
kept al home for the benefit Of Ameri-
cIn manufacturers.
Il noticed the article in to-day
Tribune on this subject" said Sir.
Vanderbilt ~The amount mentioned
1900 tons was about the size of the
order. If you ask me why / ordered
the steel rails from England. | simply
say because they are cheaper.
do You mean the price IS lOwerF
-Oh, | didn't say that. Ii isn't nee
eSsary for the price to be lower in or
der 70 have cheaper rails. If you want
TO buy clothing Vol viii certainty try
to make the best bargain you can. II
a pair Of trousers that viii last week
IS offered to You at reasonable rate,
don't you think that yOu would be will
ling to pay-well, even double the
price for another ps.ir that would last
six IaOnths?
do you believe, then, that English
rails are more durable than American
rails;'
well, mean TO say that the quality
of English steel rails which ! receive,
and the price and quantity offered,
compared with the bargains of Ameri
can manufacturers, make it better for
me to buy abroad. The price paid for
the last lot of English steel rails and
the quantity offered by foreign manu-
facturers, are purely private matters"
as it not claimed by iron dealers
here that American steel rails are as
durable rs the English steel; and that
the same guarantee could be exacted
from responsible American manufac-
turers
IF that is 50 it is not my expert
ence."
Have you in use steel rails of both
English and American manufacture
Yes; but you must not understand
me as saying anything against the
quality of American steel rails.
have only said TO you that the bsTgains
/ have made in England made it cheap
er for me to send my last order TO that
Y. Tribune.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17
About Bananas.

The Scientific american says that
''few people who see punches of banan-
as hanging in the shops of fruit deal
ers think of them as more than trOp-
ical luxury. The fact is, they are a
staple article of food in some parts of
the world; and, according to Hum
bOldt, an acre of bananas will produce
Just rs much food for man as tWen-
ty-iiye acres of wheat. 1t is the ease
with which bananas are grown that is
the great obstacle to civilization in
some tropical countries. 1t is so easy
TO obtain living without work that
no effort will ever be made, and the
men become lazy and shiftleSs. All
that is needed is to stick a sucker into
the ground. and it will at once sprout
out and grow, and Tipen its fruit in
twelve or thirteen months with
out further care, each plant hav-
ing from IS to 125 bananas; and. when
that died down, after fruiting, new
suckers spring up to take its place. In
regions where no foot ever reaches,
bananas are found in all stages of
growth, ripening their fruit every day
and every month in the year.
And the facts as regards the bananas
are correct. But the inference rs re-
CARDS their influence on laZInesS of the
people is questionable The Irish in
ireland were once supposed to be law,
because the potato could be grown SO
easily; but every one knows that
when the Irish can have the full bene-
fit of their labOrS, they are no more
satisfied TO live on potatoes, because
they can be easily and cheaply grown,
than any other people.
The real reason why people in cOun-
tries where the banana grows" are
lazy is because they are taught by
those who grow rich themselves, that
riches are hindrance to salvation, or
that some were predestined to be poor,
and that it is almost crime to wish
TO be better off. Indeed, in such cOun-
tries 1t is bad to have property, for it
Is soon taxed out Of them.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17

There is harmony among the Van
derbilts. 'COrneel' has his million, and
has paid his debts. The especial fea-
ture of interest to the people ut large
is that the daughters of Horace Greeley
get over thirty thousand dollars each.
SO iC happens that the pecuniary trans
action of Mr.. Greeley which seemed
most absurd and imprOvident, turns
our after many years 10 be the best in
vestment of money ever made. Mr..
Cornelius ]. Vanderbilt said to a Her
aid reporter on Sunday:
-0n Saturday last, at the Coleman
House, paid S6l 900 to Mr. Greeley's
daughters. That sum was the princi-
pal and interest of my Indebtedness to
the Greeley estate, Us $4,000 had been
previously paid TO Mr.. Greeiey's daugh-
ters in the spring of 1873, making the
whole sum paid $7I,OO0. l paid this
sum Of my own motion and from my
own means, taking receipts from Ida
and Gabrielle Greeley, which l have
now in my possession. The settlement
and payment were made at the Cole
man House in the presence of Mr..
Scott Lord and Mrs. Esther Greeley
Cleveland, sister of Mr.. Greely. The
husband of Miss Ida, Colonel Nicholas
Smith, was not present, and had no
part in the closing of the transaction,
beyond making repeated and vigorous
attempts to get control of the business
of settlement and the funds connected
Herewith. He carried his importu-
mites and meddling so far that Mr..
Lord and myself refused to have any
thing to do with him. Since the set
tlement Colonel Smith has protested
against that part of it which is covered
by two notes of $1,000 each, and which
are amply secured and are payable in
one year, with seven per cent inter
est.
These notes Smith claims are not
negotiable, and he is, therefore, unable
to get immediate possession of the
money. which, rs a friend of Mr.. Gree
ley and his daughter, feel the Colonel
ought not to be allowed To do. In my
regard for both the daughters,
/ advised them to have the money
properly invested by two different per-
Sons of recognized business capacity. |
from among their fathers |
friends. | named Mr.. Charles Storrs, |
one of Mr.. Greeley's executors, as a |
person to invest the money |
for Miss Gabrielle. This advice evil |
IDENTIFY Interfered with Colonel Smiths /
views, and he has entered upon line
Of action to prevent any such dispO-
sitiOn being made of the money paid
over by me to his wife's Sister-in-law.
"In OrdertO prevent further contrOVer-
~ / have resolved to pay theamount OF
-he two nOtes-Sl2,O ,OO0-in cash tO-mOr-
-Ow. In any case had made up my
mind to pay them soon, as they bore
interest at seven per cent"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17
Chief KitsSP's Revenge.

Old KitSap is an old Indian of over
seventy summers. He claimed to be a
doctor, us did also a native called Mac
Kuy. These old savages practiced the
beatheniSh mode of laying on of hands,
beating the devil round the stump. and
other questionable remedies. They
were also rivals and despised each other.
During the past few years Old kitSap
has lost nine or ten children. Heclaims
that MacKuy OecaSiOned their demise
by the process Of meSSachie tamanous,
although his professional services had
been solicited, and he was not present
at their deathbed scenes. KitSap bold
ly threatened to ayenge the death of
his children by taking the liSe of the
one he deemed responsible for his sor-
row. a short time ago KitSap collect
ed some furs, and with the price of the
same purchased a revolver. This
weapon he carried beneath his blanket
on SUNDAY last while witnessing the
burial of another Indian. MacKuy
was present. 1t was generally known
among the Indians that KitSap would
have his revenge on that day. While
sitting upen the ground 10y the grave,
MacKuy was but a few feet in advance
of Kitsap, when the latter quietly drew
his revolver and shot MaeRuy through
the heart. He then arose, fired the
deadly missile into the heavens with an
air of triumph and disappeared in the
forest. Old KitSap in a bad Indian
was a prominent foe To the whites
during the Indian war; is known to
have killed several settlers, and has
grown gray in deeds of wickedneSS.
Kitsap has been arrested in now in the
custody of the Indian pOlice.-TdcOmd
w. IT, Herald.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17
A SECRET OF THE LAST SESSION,

Speaking of the contest at Washing
ton over the Federal election laws, eX-
Congressman Charles Foster of Ohio
said recently to a Tribune reporter
There was one or two interesting
features of the struggle in the last
Congress which may not be generally
known Toward the end of the seS-
sion, when the question of saving the
appropriation bills began TO exciting,
Hewitt, Clyner. and Atkins invited
Hale and myself to a conference. The
object was 10 see if we could reach an
agreement which would secure the
passage of the bills and avoid al extra
session. A harmonious understand
was finall arrived at. The Republicans
conceded the repeal of the jury test
oath, and of the clause allowing the
useOf troops to keep the peace at the
polls. We went still further, and
agreed to the amendment to the cleo
tiOn laws, limiting the number of
marshals, and providing that they
should be taken in equal numbers from
the two political parties. This was go
ing Just rs far as we could 20, and the
Democrats appeared to be satisfied. A
few days later they gave up all intention
Of Offering the compromise plan. The
explanation they made of their course
was this: Blackburn and his gang
determined TO filibuster the session
out for the purpose of forcing an extra
session, and If Hewitt and the mOder-
ate Democrats had brought forward
the compromise, there would have
been =. division in the Democracy,
which would have SeriuiISlV weakened
the party. They thought it policy TO
avoid such i split, and let the session
drift along To its close with one or two
bills hung between the
two Houses. N Y. Tribune.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17
A Story About Artemus Ward.

One night in New York, Artemus
Ward, ClarksOn and a few other
worthless We're returning from some
frOlic at the rather early hour Of 3 a.
NJ, when, as they passed the Metro
pOlitan Hotel, Ward said in a mild lit
tie voice, THAT fellows got to get
up"
"What fellOw?"
"That man over there" Starting TO
cross the street as he spoke.
The rest suspecting mischief, and
not aVerSe to fun however IL ca me, fol-
lowed. trying, however, TO dissuade
him from an eXtraVagant trick. En-
tering the hotel he asked the clerk for
the proprietor, whose name | think
was Lilly. The man replied, as
might have been expected, that
Mr.. Lilly wouldn't be disturbed at that
time of the night, In a very meek but
persistent tone Ward repeated that he
wished very much to see Mr.. Lilly,
and was SO earnest about il, that at
last bell boy was sent up to waken
that gentleman. lie soon returned
with the message, "call in the morn
ing" Nothing daunted Ward again
sent up the boy to say he had impor-
tant business which must be transact
ed then an;l there. At last down came
Mr.. Lilly l.: = II'aSSin5-gOwn over his
nighl-clOLhpS AMI a considerable
amount of ill-hnmnr
Ward walked up 10 him and said i'm
his queer, meek tones: MY name, sir,
is Browne, Charles Brown, letter
known perhaps, as Artemus Ward"
The sleepy man smiled in spite of
himself, and Ward continued: Il Just
dropped in, sir, TO tell you that 'eter-
nal vigilance is the price OF liberty
Good morning, sir"
1t WAS impossible to resist the drOl-
lery Of the whole affair, and the victim
Of the irrepreSsible Joker joined as
heartily as any one in the laugh which
followed.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17
A Robe Of Glass.

In the large basement room of the
home Of ). lsaacs at No. 1884 Mission
street, between Tenth and Eleventh, is
now weaving the most wonderful
fabric Of which the VOluminOus histO-
ry OF unique feminine apparel furnish
Is any account. 1t is the material, as
flexible as the finest of silk and as dur
able as Blue Jeans Williams favorite
stuff for trousers, for a lady's dress,
and II is woven by the WOrld-renOwned
artist in glasswOrk, Professor Theodore
Greiner out Of innumeTable cOlOred
strands Of glass first spun by himself.
Compared with the cOmpleat garment
the mythical glass slipper of the fabu-
lOuS Cinderella will sink into as vulgar
an insigniticance rs an exhausted Napa
soda bottle. 4 Chronicle reporter
called on him recently, and he very
cOurteOusly showed him the entire
process. Breaking an extra piece out
of the sOiled bottom of an already
broken tumbler, he submitted it to the
heat of blOw-pIpe until it became in
.candeScent and soft. Then with a
"stick" of glass he touched to molten
portion, and with an expert motion
which may be described as a flip he
carried a thread SO fine that it was al
most invisible till it caught on the
disc of a slowly revolving wide wood
en- wheel of nineteen feet cITcumfer-
ence. At certain number of reVOlu-
tiOns the strand was complete, and
the wheel was stopped and it is re-
moved. 1t then consisted of innu-
merable softly glistening threads, finer
than the finest of floss silk. These
strands are spun of all cOiors, and are
then washed in a solution of water and
beet-rOOt sugar. which toughens them.
The spinning is all done and occupied
many weeks. The weaving is done on
an Old-fashiOned hand-lOOm, the warp
being nineteen feet long and the woCf
four feet, so that the material will cut
to advantage. Only about ten inches
day can be woven, and the whole
piece will not be completed until some
time in April.-SGn Francisco ChrOn-
icLe.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17
The Old Dogma Revived.

The old dogma Of ultra-Calhounism
expressed in the words state soyer-
eignity has been asserted and reaSser-
ted in one or another form of words
spoken IN the House this session. The
supremacy of State authority and the
subOrdinatiOn Of national power are
two ideas underlying every opinion TO
which any Confederate orator has
given voice. Not one Northern Bour-
bon has expressed the slightest dissent
to such reactiOnary opinions. On the
contrary, every one that has spoken
has dropped easily and naturally into
the old ruts and submissiYely parrot
ed the paleOZOie ideas of the Southern
fossils from the old red sandstone age
of our political geology. So exactly
true is the bOastful assertion of the
Confederate silurians: I'VE have cap
tured the Capitol"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-17
TO SELL uouoA.

Licensed 10 make the strsng man weak
Licensed 10 make the wise man low;
Licensed wife's fond heart 10 break
And make her chiIdren's tears 70 Gov.
Licensed 10 DO thy neighbor harm
Licensed TO kindle hate and strife -
Licensed 70 nerve the robbers arm
Licensed 70 whet the marderer's knife.
Licensed thy neighbOr's purse 10 drain.
And rob him Of his very last;
Licensed 20 heat his feveFish brain.
Til ms1ness crown thy work Al last
Licensed, like spider for ny.
To spread thy nets Tor man thy prey
10 mock his struggle. suck bin dry.
Then cast The worthless hulk away.
Licensed. where peace and quiet dwell.
To bring disease and want and woe.
Licensed 70 make this world he'll.
And 1t 3 nan for he'll below"