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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-07
HOW NOT TO STUDY GERMAN.


| SIR: | have before me the advance sheets
Of German Textbook "studicn una Piauderelen" by
Mr sgmon NJ Stern. principal Of the German Depart
ment OF the 5auyeur School OF Languages This book
am informed, was inspired by Mr. l.. Sauycu's Sau-
veus Avec Mes Eevcs," which resembles closely in
external arrangements For Mr. sauyeurs sake IT is to
be hoped that there be other likeness between
two books. for this performance Of Mr. Sern's IL
such SILLY, inspd trash that do not comprehend now
| respectful BILE firm could be induced 10 publish it,
The tweuy-fOur pages OF conversations contained in
the advance sheets, and selected from all paris OF the
work, are amply sufficient to convince any one who
knows German that the authors own knowledge OF the
language ne processes 10 teach is altogether inadequate
TO the requirements Of teaching. HI, definitions do not
define and are frequently very silly. The intricaces Of
German grammar are. for Mr.. Stern, labyrinth with
Ariadnes thread and no wonder lac does not want
his pupils enter his pages full of grammatical
mistakes and whore he attempts derivation he fire.
| quently fails, and Is almost always clumsy As to
method Mr.. Stern simply without any, either natural
or artificial there is plan IN this book reasoned out
beforehand, there Is only caprcious jumping from
thing another without any association connection
! of ideas.
First let MS look Mr. sern's definitions: On page
II we find evil defined good" and further
on We are informed that evil" good and suffer
| ing" all the same thing On page 30 Mr. stern de-
fines "Kelner." meaning waiter" as the mau from
the hotel" tder Mann dem Hotel had always sup
posed hat the man from the hotel" mght be guest
clerk perhaps the proprietor. LIT, Is too short To
point tho other absurd definitions IN these advance
sheets. BY the way, why tho instructor called Herr
Moistcr That 10 the title o boss shoemaker and the
| IKE.
| Next let Ms look NJ Mr.. sern's grammar On page AZ
read, Vol NIT goidenen Blattern, which ought To
be Vol Won guldeneu Blaettcru u" on page Ii, Die
Muter won Ihrer Muter which ought to be Die Nut
tee lhrrr Mutter "; on PAGE %, We war Gutenberg
geborcnl instead OF" MO wurde Gutenberg geDoTen ."
on the same page, Speaking Of Frankfort said,
Goethe ist hrr Etb'reu which OuI ht TO be Goethe
wudc duTt geburn" On page 76 Mr.. stern fOrgets
plural subject rrquics plural yerD. and inquiries,
ist d,r Baer uud der Wolf Ia den White MOuutaust
| IiiOuaIe German would he "Gebt es Baerun und
! Waelfr IN den " uiie Mpuntainsf
20 the conversations between Instructor and pupils
WHOM are suupOseu " Aake German easy Anu pleAsan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-07
PETER COOPER'S SCHEME.

Peter Cooper makes the subject of long
letter. addressed to the press, improved methods
rapid transit. To ObyIate the annoyances attendant on
the present OF elevated railroads. he advocates
the adoption of plan OF which the salient feature Is
the use endless chain After considering the adj
vautages OF this method OF propelng the cars he rec
omneDds plan for the noiseless running OF the cars
over rails The constant pounding OF the wheels In
passing from rail to another TO be avoided by the
OF a chair whtcn VIII give support To the wheel.
Tue wheels themselves are 10 he made with groove
over the whole face, which Is ed with hard gu pei
cha. An elevated railroad constructed" Mr. Cooper
SAYS with the pfOpeling power under ground, aud the
rails arranged rs TO take up tue momentum IN stop
ping aud hold t ready 90 be given In starting, with
The wheels OF the covered Nh gutt percia work
Iug guttH peTcna c0Ve Ing. aud the r,il held u "A
grasp In an india rubber char, that IL would not
touch IRON IA any Of us parts, would have nothing 10
convey sound except the mere rubbing OF the 1sngc
AGAINST the side Oi tho call This rubbing could
avoided mainly blythe shape of the hiuge" The ayan
lgrs claimed for TINS method OF Rapid transit the
small cost O Operating absolute safety and the perfect
freedom tiom noise sparks dust aud gases.
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RAPID TRANSIT IN BROOKLYN.

road began early Friday morning 70 lay the granite
foundations for the road In Water-St BY daylight nine
or ten stones had been placed in position hcreand then
tho Of operations transferred to Washington
and Sinissts, where the work continued through
out the day In the evening four foundation stones had
been laid 10 this point, each OF the four corners
Of the intersection OF the two streets named
The foundation blocks OF granite and weigh about
four tons each The top projects foot above the
surface Of the pavement and tho rounded
on Four Iron bolts run perpendcularly through the
stones and 10 these the columns to be attached All
h, work has been FASTENED IN order anticipate the
WOTk Oi The KINGS County Company. Watclmen are
placed the points named aud at other points along the
line oil The Brooklyn road 10 preyedt any from in
tcrierug with the work.
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Philadelphia, May 81, 1879
PEOPLE WHO EAT TOO FAST.
To the Edftor OF me rrt6u.,e


SIR: yale washes down her food with
caret and Harvard hers with ale" so THE TRIBUNE N
Monday says Isn't ths the American idea of eatngi SO
say many people abroad. who eat with some delbera
ton and with ther teeth. There those who stun;
the Esqumaux lsup with biubDer even to bis lips, and
then his wife Oh any hat remains outside. But We
call this savagery. There are those who bolt, Ike
animals and then lie down and sleep gorgcd bus then
they are animals. II r. rather an American fancy 10
wash down" the food, and make the stomach 10 not
only its work. bnt also that OF me mouth and tcen
Hence dyspepsia, our uatOna almcnt ana the endless
array of drugs and uUsiruus or " stimullus' 10 relieve
IT, What we want Is little time TO masticate, that
IS 20 chew the food with teeth and mingle 70 with
the saliva before handing 1T over to the stomach to
digest.
Even the boa constructor. who swallows his prey
whole. covers Il with coating OF saliva before ne
swallows We only swallow whole and 8 wash
down" with some fluid. We were given teeth that we
might chew food, and the mud 10 mInge with IL 10
help proper digestion. II may be a mistake, We are
dong our best 10 show that there IA another method,
but that is the way the Lord made rs. 10 Is partly
habit partly the fault OF our national hurry, partly
want OF knowledge, and wholly grieyOus misahc. The
fac Is nere Is way OF breaking the laws Of God,
aside from the loss of health ana life. Ia tuis case
there Il the mistake OF resOrtmg TO strong drunk rs
remedy and " that way madness hes"
NOrwqL., Conn, June %, 1873. tESIiSA LENiE.
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.SJ.Gig,sj2 -
DANCER FROM DEFECTIVE VISION.
70 tae razor Of The Trt6uae.


SIR: The attention of the writer has been
by the OF proposition, az pres
ent being considered by the management % the New
York system OF elevated railways. 60 substitute n
means greater safety bars To be placed at varying
angles for the signals of cOOrs now In Ii deDat
ing the subject such change - OF the greatest i'm
portauce 10 bear in mind the exceeding frequency II
an optical deficiency, known to surgeons as astig-
matism" Tus condition exists In Irregularities Of the
reracting media Of the eye, aud defect common
~ be met with very much more frequently uIan
cOor-bliudHcss, the evils OF which are sought 10 De
rcmeird The eye affected win asgmatiSm sees bars
or lines with cearncss only when these ~ certain
planes with the horizon lines or bars "a Other planes 10
sees dinly not nc all An asugmatic pnr OF eyes,
having bar signals alone for guide, would certainly
wreck the train under their direction. II the new sys-
TEN be adopted TIE cement VIII owe 70 tie cuA-
munity and The protection Of the companies against
damages accidents submit every empIOye Tor
animation by competent surgeons. Accidents arising
out of neglect would a5-urcdy b. without excuse.
Surprise is 20 be expressed that proposition " such
Importance the change considered mas been alpWef
to proceed without notice from the profession Of New
York CIty IT the bar system Ia adopted II vii De- no
very long time before trouble follows. WIN the puF-
pose OF accepting responsibility FOR the stnc irts
offered, the rI,or appeEds lis maine,
pJfJgJ.JDJIo Mav r
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~ loyy. but knowing every foot Of territory on
which SILVER ore has been discovered bis services
were Mt once in great demand; Every miner knew
talking about whom he took a case to him, ana that
was not as certain If stranger was employed.
Judge Weston has therefore been retained on one
side or the other of every important case that has
arisen and rs there is n controversy over almost
every mine that is discovered, his fees during the
last year have been enormous But the Judge mas
not on account of his prosperity, changed lbs mode
Nothes and lives IN the same modest style as before.
You cannot always distinguish the man In LeadVlle
who has struck 1t rich" from the unlucky prOspec-
tor by the clothes that he wears or tine house that
he lives in II. L. W.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-07
DIR. BENJAMIN BAILEY.

Dr. Benjamin Bailey, one of the oldest physi-
clans in the state died Saturday at his residence, No
344 West FOurteenth-st lie born Ill Putnam
County in 1897. lie was the son of a physician
and OF family OF nine children One Of ms brothers
is Dr. j. II. Bailey surgeon in the Regular Army now
on the retired list Other brothers the Hon. /. II.
Bailey of Rideehed, Conn, and Judge Bailey, Of Put
nam County. Dr. Bailey practiced his profession for
many years in this city lie employed in behalf OF
the city during the first cholera epidemic. lie eujOyed
large and lucrative practice and Weile armed IUpu-
tatiOn. He had accumulated a large property when
consists IN part OF real estate IN this city aud at Buffalo,
Monmouth Park and other places.
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they tedOus ana silly. n only fair 10 state t.at
Mr. stern's book has been approved by or o
known schOOlmcn, besides Mr. Sauycur AmOrg them T
find the names ~ j. l.. Hunt, A. NJ. John D. iays Pu D.
Edward n. True and others: and should Ike tO know
how these gentlemen were induced 20 commit such A
bnndor II seems TO that t IS % tlcir Own iu'ci
10 keep incompetent persons OF the pIOn.- ion IA
far Is in their power, and doubt whether Ar. ON
could have fOund publ sher without their tesmru s
Aetc- York. May 20, 1879. T. ". PRECss.
=. s.-sincp wrote tho above Mr.. Stems book has
come out NJ criticism Of the advance sheets is fully
applicable to the whole work. The publishers have uo.
seen III 90 advertise II. y. T..
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NOT IN FAVOR OF LYNCH LAW.

To thc EdItOr OF TIC ITO Iuht
SIR: | have seen THE TRIBUNE'S report of
my sermon last sunday night, and uained to perceive
that itrcpresents fayOrlng lynch law Please be
assured that am not IN favor Of capital punishment
and that Was msreprescutcd. shall preach again on
the point sunday evening and shall he Obliged 10 express
my regret that reporters should 30 isapprehend Nhat
| nave said. Hastily, bat truly, i. \. HANAFOkD.
JeTselL NitN. July 3. 1879.
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PLANS For NEW ROADS-

The Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners
appointed by Mayor Cooper have received large mum
Der o plans for the ructon aud operation OF ee.
waited railways the routes designated In this city The
law require. the commissioners T. decide within ninety
days AFTER their urLatiDn upon the plans for the con
structiOn of such roads. They wall again on the
ON Inst.
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CREWS GATHERING ArSARATOGA.

SARATOGA, n. Y, July 6.-The crews and
oarsmen entered for the National Amateur Regatta,
be given July 8, arriving by every train. There are
now the sixoared of the Albany Muuals the
four-oarod Of the John aud Hope Clubs, OF New
Orleans; Saugerties and Atalantas, OF SeWYOrk; Eliza
beth OF Port smOutb Va; the CObOcs the double souls
Of the Ata.antas, Of Scw-York, and Minnesota, vi 81
PAU; the single SOULS Of the srawanh ika, OF New
York; the St john the Hope and Perseverance OF New
orleans the Pawtuckct, OF Rhode leland aud the New
YORK Athletic Club.
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SAMUEL II. EDWARDS.

Samuel II. Edwards, chief operator Of the
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company who died sud
denly July Of paralysis Of the BRAIN buried yes
terday Greenwood Cemetery The funeral took place
the Franklin Ayeaue Presbyterian Church IN Brook
lyn. The family was afflicted some three months ago
by the loss or only son, bright lad Of eight years
This M Edwards had taken greatly heart ana his
grief FASTENED his death. He leaves "a wife and
daughter,
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nun fypiosIoy or A CANNON.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July By the explosion
Of cannon IN "a crowd YESTERDAY twO men.MuuTo Brow
aud william hamburg, were dangerously wounded Por
tions Of he gun thrown several squares into The
crowded streets, but without hurting any one
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OBITUARY.
MANSON WORK.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, July G.-AlansOn Work,
who was imprisoned in the Missouri Penitentiary for
over three years. nearly forty years sentence
OF twelve years. for trying 10 help slaves 10 freedom,
died in this city to-day. He was eighty years Old
The event which led to Mr. Works i'm
prisonmsnt in the Missouri PeDientiary occurred in
ls4l He was then living, with his wife and four chill
dren near or the Missouri Institute, an institution
"aff,rding cheap facilities for acquiring education"
which had been established the eastern bank OF the
Mississippi He was for the purpose OF educating
his chi dren and formed acquantanceship with
James T. Burr and George Thompson, two young men
who were studying for the ministry. The scenes Of
suffering and violence winch were then daily occur
reuces in Missouri affected these men strongly and they
determined TO what they could in behalf OF the slaves
across the river In July 1871, they made agree
ment with two slaves to aid them IN escaping. Mr..
Work and Mr.. Burr went INTO Missouri, and
Mr. Thompson remained the river III a
boat apparently engaged In fishing. Instead
Of welcome on reaching the Missouri shore, Messrs.
Work and Burr were surrounded by number Of slaves
who pretended that they wanted to escape. but who
were really acting decoys for shareholders The two
men were seized and Mr.. Thompson captured soon
afterward. Beng bound, the three were marched
several miles, being threatened all the way by the en-
ragged Mssourians and at night were tied to-
rcther III house. The next morning they were
tnEen 10 PALMYRA Jail, led by slaves and cs-
corted by fifteen hOrsemeu, and were committed
Tor slave-stealing Chained together and fastened
IN tbc wall they were guarded as desperate criminals
by an armed until their trial was called None OF
their friends except Mr. Works wife and children, were
allowed TO see them. There three indictments
against the prisoners charged them with stealing
slaves another with attempting 10 steal them and the
third with Intending make the attempt The prison
crs' counsel Shareholders but they argued that
there was no law to reach the case. The
trial ended, however, with verdict OF
"guilty, with twelve years In the pen.
teutary." Mr.. Work was pardOned after a term OF
fbIee wears six months and seven DAYS the express
condition that should to Connecticut Win his
family Mr.. released about year later, but
MI. Thompson remained in prison five years lacking
nineteen days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-07

ATLANTIC CITY, n. D., July G.-Wm. Cramp,
member Of the firm OF Cramp sons ship build
ers, Of Philadelphia, died here this morning.
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BETHESDA WATER.
pnnanr:. Wonderfnl nIseorerr,


OFFICE OF HoLBRoCK, RICHMOND & Co., \
MAHuFRs OF CARTEL WARTS ASD TwIHEs,
SOUTH ADAMS, MASS, December %, 1857.
Col RICHARD DUNRAR-Dear Sir: I not
only take pleasure, but feel it duty to testi.
fy In behalf OF Bethesda Spring Water, as my
cure may give confidence TO many in this
section afflicted with kidney diseases who
have known my situation.
have suffered for more than a year from
what Is known as sacchGrine Diabetes, and for
Its cure tried almost everything could hear
Of. Was finally induced by Dr. G. 3. Bennett,
OF Brooklyn, n. Y. to Try Bethesda Water.
Immediately started for the spring at Wauke.
sha, Wis, and began the systematic use OF the
water under your direction, with the pre-.
scribcd diet to my great relief; began to I'm.
prove immediately in two days the great
thirst and foul mouth from which I had SUI.
iercd so long had disappeared; also began to
gain in flesh; the frst week gained IL
pound per day, Am still under treatment
and feel that am on the high road to health.
Thanking you, Colonel, for your kindness
while under treatment. PeoRle should be,
ware OF spurious water sold as Bethesda, for
the genuine has the merit claimed for It, n
know by my own experience.
Your obedlent servant,
W. H. RICHNoSD.
General Aeentfor Pennsylvania, Ohio and
West Virginia,
JOSEPH FLEMING,
81 Market street, Pittahurgh, Pa.
PRIcE-50cents per gallon, 81 per 10 gallon
key, s. per half.bafrel, SIC per barrel.
LOGAN, LISr 4 Co.,
Bridge Corner, Main street,
Exclusive agents for Dunbar's Bethesda
Wafer in Wheeling.
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they dragged the stage 10 the edge OF the
mountain. The next moment the great
numbering vehicle was overturned and
4 pitched down the mountain side. Then
the horses, having done their worst, stood
still. The driver picked himself up, and
surveyed the scene Of the disaster. The
first object that met his eyes was Mrs. Le
Roy, who had been thrown against q heap
the hotel, who met Dr.. lie Roy FIRST Of all
In his no.top wagon.
Hurry! hurry" he cried. "The stage
has gone over the side Of the mountain.
Mrs, LIE Roy is dead"
George was of like the wind; but not
before Miss Storey had entreated, with
white lips, TO be let out. He was alone
when he was confronted by Edde's painful
pale face. They gathered her up, and car.
Tied her to the hotel for dead. The rest
Of the party escaped unhurt, except for
tritling cuts and bruises; but when they
laid her on her bed they thought that lie
was extinct.
I might quote pages in support OF the
assertion that the worth OF q treasury Is
emphasized by the dread Of losing Il.
HaFshness, indifference, neglect, dosyed
George lie Roy's steps like stern accusefs,
that Eddie lay speechless, unconscious,
for hopeless hours, 1tseemed 10 him that |
he had killed her. II he had been with |
her, this might not have happened. Sure
ly he might have shielded her. Shielded |
her? Ali had he shielded her from other
dangers, other ills? The bitter reproach
haunted him that he had betrayed his
trust.
How utterly little and contemptfble
their discussions now seemed! Only the
one truth remained, that she was his, the
woman he loved, the only woman who
could I'll his heart.
lie sent for her father and mother.
They came, wrung by the cruelest an
gulsh; but they came Just as she began 10
revive. Youth Is stubborn; life Is obsi-
nate; and love wrestled with PRAYER.
George LIE Roy had never known before
what 1t was to face mysterious provi.
dence, omnipotent, and yet hearkening
to supplication.
Eddie was given back to him again.
given back, so 1t seemed, from death. 1t
was a second marriage.
We often wonder II we would live our
lives better il we could live them over
again. certainly Eddie and her husband
profited by their former mistakes, For
one thing, they spent their second honey
moon in home OF their own. When Ed
die went down from Sweetbrier Springs,
in the fall, to Port Royal, she found q love-
ly house made ready for her, OF which
she was the unconditional mistress.
George explained, TO all whom 1t might
concern, that the situation Of this house
suited the requirements OF his practice
better than that Of the LIE Roy homestead.
1t was astonishing how easy 1t was to
get on with Mrs. LIE Roy mare after this.
whether her former troubles had not been
chimeras OF her brain.
AS for Mr.. and Mrs. Clark, they were at
last entirely reconciled to their daughters
They spent the greater part Of
their subsequent lives in spelling their lit
tie grandchildren to their hearts content.
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Why VIII You

Allow a cold to advance in your system and
thus encourage more serious maladieS, such as
Pneumonia, Hemorrhages and Lung troubles
when an immediate relief can be so readily at
tanned? BoscHEE's GERMAN SYRUP has gained
the largest sale in the world for the cure OF
Coughs, Colds and the severest Lung Diseases.
1t is DR.. Boschee's famous German prescrip-
ton, and is prepared with the greatest care,
and no fear need DO entertained in administer.
ing it to the youngest child, as per directions.
The sale Of this medicine Is unprecedented.
Since frst introduced there has been con-
slant increasing demand and without single
report Of failure to do Its work in any case.
Ask your Druggist as to the truth OF these re-
marks. Large sizes IS cents. Try it and be
convinced. TrhsAw
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A Mothers Grief.

The pride Of mother, the life and Joy OF a
home, are her children, hence her grief when
sickness enters and takes them away. Take
warning then, that you are running terrible
risk, If they havea cough, Group or whooping
cough, which leads to consumption, il you do
not attend to it at once Shiloh's Consump-
ton Cure is guaranteed to cure them. Price
10 cents, 80 cents and 81 90. For lame back,
side or chest, use Shiloh's Porous Plaster.
Price 25 cts. Sold by E. Booking, Odd Fellows
Hall; G. Z. Dwight, 9th and Chapline streets;
Laughlin Bros & Co., Wheeling, and Hus-
bands & Inskeep, Bellaire.