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The New York herald., 1879-08-25
THE EVER FAITHFUL ISLE.

Under the call Of the Cuban Club No. 50 of this
city, about one hundred and fifty Cubans. among
whom were a number Of colored men. assembled
yesterday afternoon No. 23l West Sixteenth street.
which has been christened Liberty Hail." for the
purpose Of taking steps toward extending substan-
itial aid to the Revolutionary Committee Of Cuba
The chair was occupied by Ramon Torres. presi-
dent OF the club. aud on the platform were
Manuel Penez secretary, and Rufno Rodriguez,
treasurer. committee was appointed to escort to
the hall Generals Bonanchea and Ruloh, OF the Cuban
army. who upon their entrance were warmly ap-
will henceforth be the headquarters OF the Cubans in
this city, and General Bonanchea has appointed
several commissions, who will daily meet in
the hall for consultation. On Monday. the
'Rideros" will meet; on Tuesday, the ma
cheteros;' Wednesday. the "Equipados;'' Thurs
Revolutionary COMMITTEES; SATURDAY. the "Hijas
de Cuba" and on Sunday, "reunion publica." :"
All the meetings during the week will be private
that on Sunday being open to AL. The main hall on
the lower floor Is capable OF seating 800 persons.
the wall the to be portraits of Bolivar
arms. There is another hall on the second floor and
besides there are Offices for the OF General
Bonanchea and other officers.
This Temple of Liberty will be publicly in
augurated .he LIST OF september. the anniversary
of the execution Of General Narciso Lopez founder
raised the Cuban flag at Cardenas twenty years
ago. The flag displayed for the first time
yesterday from the Flagstaff In front Of the building
II stated thatthe the meetings to be held
IL to organize societies the aid OF the revolution
sry movement in Cuba without Infringing the laws
opened. and after q few remarks by sefior Beraza.
the meeting adtourned.
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the general introduction of electric has bcen
its cost and until within the past few wears that OBJ
stace has not been i'll founded. But with the mar
yellous improvements that have been made in the
system it would appear that the cost is no longer
advantages far superior to all other agencies OF
illumination-both in purity brilliancy and
its ability TO distinguish colors at night
cannot be doubted. aud while for private
dwellings it may be too brilliant yet for large places
II possesses superior advantages. fair sample of
the cost as compared with gas is presented in
Madison Square Garden. of this city, where for tho
past two months the Fuller Electrical Company have
had fourteen OF their electric lights in operation
every night There were previously employed in
the Garden 1000 foot and half burners-i they
burn ono and half cubic feet OF gas per hour
(he ordinary house burners burn from three to i've
feet per hour) At this rate 1000 burners would
consume 5000 feet per hour. or counting i've hours
consumption per night. $4,000 feet per night. At
~ per Thousand feet this would cost $50 per night
or Sa20 per week. Actual practice for two months
of the fourteen electric lights giving the same lllu
minations -
Coal for steam ilcrbo.
wages tor Two attenaants. ....-................ 33
Cartoons consumed. II
Interest and wear Of machinery IL
Total per week.
as against s42O for showing net saving OF $3i5
per week in favor of electricity
In addition to the advantage in point of cost over
gas is the enhanced quality OF the light and the
lyn. Bellows Falls. VT; Hartford, Conn, and other
places where the same light Is IN operation. show
similar results. rfr.}t..-. = i.lf
AS to the future OF the electric light scientists
predict for it even more rapid progress than that
which has been made by the telephone, and alre ady
both in this country and in Europe has spread with
surprising rapidity. The recent examination of
the subject by the committee of Parliament in
England brought the question of its advan-
tages directly home to the people OF that
country, and the extensive use OF the electric
light in the avenues of Paris makes the agitation
sumo for France equal Importance. Germany is not
fur behind. for throughout that country according
to the last reports, the electric light has made
1llumiD0tOr
dockyards showrooms and other places. In the
United States it has already appeared in many our
summer resorts. large halls, parks workshops and
squares. Its progress affords striking instance Of
the scientific advance OF the age.
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BASEBALL.

STATUS OF THE CLUBS coNTEsTING FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE VARIOUS oRGANIzA.
TIoNs
There is at present much interest displayed among
lovers Of baseball concerning the leigue contest.
Almost from the very start the Chicagos took tho
lead Recently. however, this place has been wrested
from them by the Providence Club. The latter now
stands at the head of the list the number OF games
won, though only one ahead OF the Chcagos. Then.
again. the Bostons. present champions of the league.
only game behind the Chicagos in games won.
While. in turn. the Bostons tie in games lost with
the Buflalos and only Ave games ahead OF them
In the number won. Among these four clubs there
FORE the contest is very close. The lo wing table
shows the number OF games won by each club aud
from whom won:-- ..tf.s
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l.Asv seen nth blisters their
hands ~ large Ms my thumb. but they had to keep
on. II they grumble they get the paddle. Youths
handling scoops or metal Weighing fifty-two pounds
IL pretty tough. 1t takes good stin to do that
course. behind Biglin. Dickey is the contrac or.
His motto is got II out Of 'eni.' and Biglln
gets out of cm the best he can.
in the shanlples. He's been In prisons all his hfe
aud to whale the inmates Is natural to him. Tho
great idea Is to make the prison pay and turn out
days work has to be gone again. Nothing
Will DO accepted but perfect pieces. aud word will
bring punishment. Bone. snew aud blood must
90 INTO IL or you get the paddle tho dark cell. No
law or reason ever intondod the cell u man who
may lose bit OF piece or casting. but he'll get II
In Sing Sing.
''pnopPEp ron WHILE"
"rhe paddle was dropped for while after the
Barrett affair. but 1t has been revived and will be
continued until the strong hand of the law seizes it,
Look ut that polishing shop. What man could
stand it2 And there they've got to grind 1t out, or
they know what's behind. or course the men
should be kept at work. but some attempt
to catch their affections ought to be maze.
OF the sixteen hundred in there now thero
are probably fifty life men and couple of hun
dred others with long sentences All the are
boys. Their minds are susceptibe-some OF them
At least They ut all events worth attempt. A
preteuce IL made OF teaching them trade, 80 that
they may be able to earn their living when they
get out. What sort OF trade do you suppose they
learn. One day they work upon pattern of pieco
OF stove anu the next day on another. And now
much OF trade or anything else that Is useful to
you have flung him into dark cell with his might
bucket, dragging mouthful OF Hir into his lunps
with the whole forcc Of his body? The minute YOU
raise your hand against him he IL your enemy and
you are his In the old times in that prison saw men
kicked aud cuffed and showered until thoy dropped.
Then they were crammed in packing box and carted
on TO the dssectng room uf college, I've had to
help to pack em In my turn same as the rest Ths
preseut agent 10 the bust have ever seon there. lie
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wEBB's SECOND CHALLENGE.

To THE EDrron OF THE HEnALD:--
Not being satisfied by the last trial for various
reasons. hereby challenge Captain Paul Boyton 70
swim against me for similar stake and with the
same privileges. he giving me the same allowance.
or an allowance in the ratio for any number
of miles from ten to twenty. Water to be agreed
upon mutually. MATTHEW WEBB.
"
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CAMPANA AND HUGHES.

scventy-nve hours go-as.you-please pedestrian
match las been arranged between Napoleon Cam.
pana. alias ''srort." andJohn Hughes tho "Lepper"
Tho principals met yesterday ut Sweeney's Hotel.
and they signed articles OF agreement Tor $500 Q
side. Daniel OLeary WAS chosen referee and stake
holder The will take place In the rst week In
September, either In Boston OF New York. probably
In the former place. f.fl lg- - I1T'
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The game that arranged between the Poly
technics and Montgomerys, for to-day. at the Union
Grounds, has been indefinitely postponed Tho
Chicago and Cleveland clubs to play to-day at
Chicago, the Albany and National at Albany and the
Holyoke and New Bedford at Holyoke Mass. The
Worcester Club of the National Association, now
on tour. On Tuesday they will play with the
Volunteers, at Pougbkeepsie; on Thursday and Fri
day, with the Nationals ut Troy, and on Saturday.
with fha ut
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THE FLORIDA SHIP CANAL.

IMPORTANT STATISTICS OF THE PORT OF CEDAR
KEYS.
CEDAR KEYS. August 10. 1879.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
The following is furnished for the use of the
HERALD. as it has given prominence to the subject
of the Florida Ship Canal:--
NUMBER OF VESSELS BROUGHT THE PORT OF
CEDAR KEYS IN DIsrhEss, WITH THEIR VALUES.
AMOUNT OF SALVAGE AND TOTAL EXPENSES THEREON.
PROM 1883 JULY. 1879.
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
The struggle between the clubs OF the National
Association Is SO close that any one OF i've clubs
NAV prove victorious. For some time after the
season opened the Nationals. Of Washington city.
stood in the front Then the Albanys got to the
front. where they remain In games won however.
are only one ahead OF the National club BESIDES the
Nationals in games are tied by the Holyoke and
Springfield clubs, with the Worcesters only two be-
hind This condition OF affairs precludes any calcu
lations about final results. Below the result IL given
in tabulated form. The number OF games or the
series played by each club, the number and the
number lost, over whom each club was victorious.
which clubs were winners and the number yet to
play will be found in the synopsis-
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YACHTING NOTES.

Schooner Cornela. Mr.. J. II. Fell. N.Y.YC.. from
New York. cruising eastward; schooner Tidal Wave.
N.Y.Y.C.. Mr.. Daniel Cook. from Newport for New
York. and sloop Nab. A.Y.C.. Mr.. II. Arnold. from
New York cruising. passed tho HERALD Telegraph
Station at Whitestone YESTERDAY,
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NOT FOR MONEY.
NEW Yong. Auaust q. 1910,

NEW YORK, August -, 1879.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HEnALD:--
Allow to correct misstatemcnt In your issue
of FRIDAY in regard TO the proposed swimming match
between Officers Quigloy aud Farrell, of the
Eighteenth precinct The match In not us you state
for Of money, but is merely contest to decide
the relative merits Of the two non and the loser in
order to make the match Interesting to their friends
will give dinner to the section to which they are
attached Officer CHARLES DOOLEY
Eighteonth Precinct, Referee
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D D.UfIS.
1.-THE keepers are Il set OF brutes. They are all coun-
trymen and have probably gone far the mule III
their knowledge OF human nature. decent man
can't be kept in the place A New Yorker wouldn't
take H. I don't know what is going to become of
me in the future; but wouldn't be keeper in that
prison il they paid me $500 month. The bed
clothes are what humorous man would call lively.
They are never washed. had the same blanket on
me for seven years. and it never saw water.
The New York herald., 1879-08-25
POLO AND LACROSSE.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD I

IBf IELEHKAFH 10 THE HEHALD.
NEWPORT, Il. l., August "a. 1879.
The polo games will take place as usual on wedness
day and not on Tuesday. erroneously announced
yesterday.
The following clubs have entered for the lacrosse
tournament here Thursday for the silver cup
given by the Westchester Polo Club and for the
championship Of Amcrica:-Union and Athletic
clubs. Of Boston. and Ravenswood and New York. Of
New York.
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AFTER THE ASHLEY BELT.

NEW RocHErI.R. August %, 1870.
To THE EprroR OF THE HERALp:-
In your paper of the above date noticed the en-
tries for the Ashley Belt but failed to And william
butchers name. G. II. Coo forwarded through
Drexei Morgan Co. on August 20 $500 entrance
money for him. You will do me favor II you will
publish his name with the other contestantA.
WILLIAM MCDONALD. Trainer.
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AMATEUR ASSOCIATION.
There was a large crowd present last Saturday to
witness the several games Tor the silver ball and the
amateur championship. This contest Is between
clubs of men who play for the love of the game and
for outdoor exercise. The rules require each club
to play with each other contesting club until of
them shall have two from the other. Then ut
the end of the the club will be crowned with
the laurel wreath which sh all have the most OF
sach SERIES Following is given the result to tho
present time:- ,ar rrt sfrtt.-..
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Mr.. 1ongfellow aud his Rev Chair.


The children of Cambridge, Massachu-
niversary Of MIR. L0ngfelloW's birthday, or
the twenty of February last by
to him a beautiful arm chair,
made from the wood Of the Village Black
smith 8 chestnut tree. In return Mr.. Long
fellow has written the following poem, which
is published in the Cambridge Tribune under
the title From Ny Arm Chair
Am I a king that 1 should cali my own
This splendid ebon throne?
Or by what reason, or what right divine,
Can proclaim it mine?
Only, perhsps, by right divine OF song
1t may to me belong;
Only because the spreading chestnut tree
Of old was sung by me.
We'll remember 1t in all Its prime,
When in the summer time
The affuent foliage OF its branches made
cavern or cool shade.
There By the blacksmlth's FORGE beside the street.
It's blossoms white and sweet
Enticed the bees, until 1t seemed alive,
And murmured like hive.
And when the winds of autumn. with shout,
Tossed its great arms about,
The shining cheStnutS, bursting from the sheath,
Dropped to the ground beneath.
And now some fragments Of its branches bare,
Have by my hearthstone found home at last,
Aud whisper Of the Past.
The Danish king could not in all his pride
Repel the ocean tide,
But, seated in this chair, can in Tyhme
Roll back the tide of Time.
see again as one In vision Sees
The blossoms and the bees,
And hear the children's voices shout and call,
Aud the brown chestnuts fall.
I see the smithy with its fires aglow
hear the bellows blow
And the shrill hammers on the anvil beat
The Iron white with heat!
And thus, dear children, have ye made for me
This day jubilee,
ana 10 my more than threeScOre years and ten
Brought back my youth again.
The heart hath its own memory, like the mind,
And In 1t are enshIined
The precious keepsakes into which are wrought
The giver's loving thought.
Only your lose and your remembrance could
Give life to this dead wool.
And make these branches. leaflesS now so long,
Blossom again in song.
Constantinople, March IS: The sultan has
given renewed proofs of his confidence in
The grand vizer. The danger of a change
in the ministry is thus averted for time.
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AMERICA AHEAD AGAIN.

1t is pleasant to see American manufactures
making their way into the markets of the
world, and beating foreign manufactured
goods by their superior excellence. The old
markets do not Ike this COMPOUNDED Yankee
intrusion" On their own territory, and COM
plants are loud and indignation deep upon
the subject. 1t was formerly the fashion t.
speak of American workmanship as being a
mere handiness in producing common tools
and coarse goods. When it came out that
the Americans could produce better watches
than Geneva, and better pianos than the
London makers, and so or, there was amaze
ment. That our people should produce axes
and reaping machines was just what was to
be expected Of d new, and. to a considerable
extent. rude people; but for them to excel
where delicacy of mechanism, grace of form,
and elegance of design are required, was too
much to be borne with patience. To have
Sheffield outdone in cutlery, and Manchester
in cotton goods,i is simply maddening.
And now there is another Amer
lean hard dose to be swallowed
The display of American gold and silver
work at the late Paris exposition has !de-
monstrated that what is elegant and beauti-
fol in art, as represented by the designs ex-
hibted In the precious metals, is more thor
oughy and artistically grasped by The Amer
lean than by the English workman and
English designer. The reluctantly convinced
Britain finds that, in at least one high indus
trial art, he is left behind by new competi-
tor. The English press are discussing this
Il,
sharply told that good silver work cannot be
produced without special training and artistic
talent; that to the study, old models, must
be added fresh Inspirations from nature, in
spirations absorbed by capable and trained
minds. The London Spectator, unreservedly
says: 1--WE confess we were surprised and
ashamed to find at the Paris exhibition that
a New York firm, Tiffany & Co., had beaten
the Old Country and the Old World in do
mestio silver-plate. The house of commons
recently appointed a select committee on the
official stamping of plate, out its business
practically turned on the decline of the
artistic quality Of gold and silver manufac-
lures, and the danger of competition
from the American workmen and artists in
that line. Their published report gives
evidence of this, Mr.. Watherston, a gold
smith of Pail Mall, testified respecting some
American plate purchased by the Prince of
Wales, that 1T would be most likely far
more salable than are the productions of this
country (England). When he was asked
whether English workmanship, especially as
to watches and jewelry, was not considered
the finest in the world, he sarcastically re-
piled: 81 think it is considered by English
watchmakers and English jewellers to be the
finest in the world; but should say decidedly
not by foreigners. The English tradesmen
will do anything rather than acknowledge
what is so plain and, for themselves, so dis
creditable. Persons who cautioned them to
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a Disease that Wrecks the system.

Every function Is deranged every nerve unstrung,
every muscle and fiber we 4kened by fever and ague
It is, IN fact, disease which, II unchecked, event
uay wrecks the system. In all its types, In every
phase it is dangerous, destructive. Stupor, deli
rum, commissions often attend it, and swift
dissolution. But when combatted with Hostetter's
Stomach BitteTs It's foothold In the system is dis
lodged, and every vesge of it eradicated That be-
nign ant-febriIe specific and preventive of the
dreaded scourge is recognized not only within our
own boundaries but in tTopic lands far beyond
them, where lntermittents and remittents fear
FULLY prevalent. to be antid0te to the mala-
ial poison and reliable means of overcoming dis
orders of the stomach, yer and bowels, of which
yitiatet tOrrid atmosphere and brackish masma-
grants and travellers should be supplied with 1t
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Observation-Disclosures DUEL.
Interestiuz "Reminiscences OF one OF
the Host Exciting Events that ever
TRANSFERRED in the American Con-
sres, by the Only Participant
in It Now Living.

Richmond (Ind) Telegram: The follow
ing letter from Hon. L. B. Campbell with re-
gard 10 the most exciting event in congress,
that Immediately preceded the war OF the
rebellion, has been received 10y Mr.. Robert
o. Dormer, of this city, in response to a re-
quest for the particulars of the affair. The
letter was not intended for publication, but
In view of its historic value Mr.. Dormer has
permitted US to put it in print:
HAMILTON OHIO March &, 1879
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because the APPEAL knows this to bei the
sentiment OF the people it speaks fer that 1t
has referred to a matter which the more it is
debated the more it is calculated to iDjure
that church and degrade its ministry in the
estimation Of the public. The APPEAL re-
spects the church and the ministers as its off,
GERS, and It cannot afford to see either in
jured in the least, or shorn of any of their
powers. It therefore again calls the atten-
Protestant pastors to the dangerous ground
they are treading upon and of the position
they are taking that ministers are not amen
able to the law of Christ, but are law into
tlar1nsaluas
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NOVELTY I'M ART,

The art Of cycling the hair in five minutes so as to
deceive the whole world, has been discovered.
ChEEEradoross Ha;r EAra
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ehristadoro,a Hnir preseruatire.

is the only chemical combination In existence which
changes the color of the hair without inturing the
living principle which feeds, mostens and sustaIns
the fibreS.
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good taste would rival them, were accused by
London manufacturers of want of patriotism
In believing that Americans could rival
them. These men hate to be put out of the
old rut in which they have 50 long logged on
their way, assured in their immeasurable
conceitedness, that none could approach,
much more outvie them To US it Is a salts
faction to know that our people are far from
behind in the race of human progress, and
that, if they perseyere, they will not be mere
rivals, but leaders; they will not only excite
surprise, but win followers.
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VOLUNTARY
TESTIM0N my.
Extract from the Baltimore "AE, ,TicGn,"
December 81 1881

December 81, 1881
"The Pulvermacher Electric Belt is recon-
nended to general use for the following rea-
sons: First, for 'ts wonderful properties for
the cure of diseases of the kidneys, stomach,
liver and blood; secondly, for its extreme
simplicity, and the fact of its being applied
outside, precludes all possibility of any in
Jury being done to the patient, as an external
remedy is universally acknowledged to be
safe. Another advantage is the facility with
which the progress of the disease and cure
can be watched, and if the Belt be not quite
in the right place, it can be very easily read
iusted so as to cover the parts affected. Tho
Pulvermacher Electric Belt, and its perfec-
ton, has been hailed with delight, not only
by the sufferers who have regained health.
enjoyment, and a new lease of life through
its beneicent qualities, but by the medical
profession, who very frequently prescribe its
use to their patients"
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Pittsburs,s Loan,

loan TOR the purpose of settling up the ar
rears of the disputed street bonds, amount
ing to one million four hundred and FIVE
thousand dollars, payable in five years, and
bearing six per cent. interest, has been
placed among the Pittsburg capitalists.
William Shaw headed the subscription list
with one hundred thousand dollars, and the
balance was taken by the banks.
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noting the growth and perfect health of the hair
and or Itself, when used alone, a safeguard that
protects the hbres from d cay under ali cIrcum-
stances and under all chimes. Manufactured by ].
CRIS rADORO, No 93 william street. New York
Sold by all Druggists. Applied BY all Hair Dressers
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Trouble at helena, Alabama.

MONTGOMERY, March II. - Ex-United
Stated Senator George GoIdthwaite died
suddenly yesterday.
here was some disturbance at Helena,
yesterday, growing out of difficulty be-
tween white man and negro. 1t assumed
such proportions that thu governor ordered
the Birmingham Rifles to the scene. Every
thing is now quiet.