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The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16
Straps and Belts.

It is a habit ill some of the schools and colleges for youths to employ a strap or other form ot belt for holding up their trousers; one boy sets the example, and the others think it right to follow; so the practice becomes general, and you find tight line indicating pressure marked round the bodies of the wearers. Fortu- nately, in their case, as they emerge into life, and before great mischief is done, they give up the strap, and take to sup porting the clothes from the shoulders by the brace, and so they escape further injury; but while it lasted the injury un- doubtedly was severe.
 There is another and more permanent injury of this.kind, however, carried out by boys-even by men-which consists in wearing belt for the purpose of giy- ing what is called support. Boys who are about to run in races, or to leap, put on the belt and buckle it tightly, in or der, as they say, to hold in their wind, or breath. Workingmen who are about to lift weights or carry heavy burdens put on belt for the same purpose, their declaration being that it gives support. Actually there is not particle of truth in this belief. It is the expression of a a fashion, and nothing more. The belt impedes resplration, congresses the ab- dominal muscles, congresses the mus cles of the back, subjecting them to un- necessary friction, and actually impedes motion. No boy would think of putting a belt tightly round the body of his pony if he wished it to win race or to leap hurdle; no working-man would put a belt tightly round the body of a horse to make it pull with greater facility load which it was drawing. On themselves they commence the practice because somebody has set the example, then they get accustomed to the impeachment, and think they cannot get on without it.. Drinking is learned by just the same ab- surd process.
 Respecting this belt for boys and men 1 there is word more must say, which is of serious import. When they put on the belt for the sake of performing some feat of strength, they risk another dam l gerous mischief. Compressing the abdo- men, they force, through the exertion, the contents of the abdominal cavity downward under pressure, giving no chance of residence back again after the exertion or shock. In this way they ire quently cause hernia, or rupture. l have seen several instances of this occurrence in boys, and amongst workmcn who wear belts this disease is 50 common that 1 it.is tho rule rather than thu exception
The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16
A New York Character.

The thousands of New Workers who have for the past thirty years been in the habit of riding over Mir. Vanderbilt's Fourth avenue railroad will be sorry to hear that Peter Hill, the lifelong start er'' of cars from the Thirty second street depot, is dead. He was ill only three days, and had reached the good old age uf seventy-six. Peter was character in his way Though rather arbitrary in his method of carrying out the orders of his superiors, he had always the best of in- tentions, and was ever ready to lend a helping hand to those in distress. He is celebrated in the Mark Twain Horse-c0r Poetry. and never forgave the Broad h. nocents,'' as he used to call him, for the following, which will live longer than epitaphs written in longer and more serious meter:
 fWhen you mount Madavenue cair,
 Ask politely the conductair,
 To show you the gentlemanly old Petair.
 Who's all of the grace of the sCommodair,
 And is known as tho aniable old etarfair
 Who wears n uncornsnonly long ulssair,
 Be weather fonl q be Weaaher fair.
The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16


 hats, is swindling merchants wherever he goes by means of forged checks, number of which purport to be signed by J. D. Lassell & Go.
 A Montreal despatch says: At meet ing of the Consolidated bank, now in liquidation, the president read the names of twelve Montreal firms, by which the bank made losses amounting to million and q half. It also came out that 8 syndicate of directors had been sustain ing the shares of the bank in the stock exchange before the failure. of the funds of the institution, involving a loss to the bank. of $65,000 The carelessness of the directors was severely censured, and resolution carried asking them to transfer to the shareholders 5000 shares as restitution. The estimated surplus, after paying all liabilities, is $500, GOO, out of the original capital of $4,0O0, 900.
 Steamer Dessouk has sailed from Alex andria for New York with the obelisk, under charge of Commander Goddinge.
 H. B. M steamer Flamingo, which left St. Johns, N. F., early the other morning, two hours later came in collis- ion with an immense iceberg. She was fortunately not at full speed, and only lost her bowspt1t.
 Mary Dean, young cslored woman living in tenement house in New York, who had deserted her husband, has been brutally murdered by her paramour, who cut her throat from ear to ear.
 The American rifle team have arrived at Queenstown,
 Complications may grow out of the action of the Spanish man-of-war Num- Ncio in firing into the American schooner 1 Ethel A. Merritt. The action of the l Spanish commander, it is said, was wholly uniustifable, and an apology and Tepagatiop for damages will have to be offered by SpaiH,
The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16
lestroyed hy Ice.

Among the perils faced by the ocean voyager none are more formidable than those which come from ice. Many a gall lant ship that has weathered storm after storm successfully has succumbed to this terrible agent of destruction. Usually the catastrophe is so complete as to leave no trace of the vessel or her ill-fated crew. Occasionally there is a case like that of the Arizona, which last autumn escaped from an encounter with an ice berg, after having her prov crushed and a portion of the work carried away, but they occur so seldom as to be notableex- captions. The Belgian steamer Helvetia, on recent voyage, encountered a group of at least thirty icebergs. Some of them were two hundred feet out of water and one thousand fst long. The rays of the sun had melted the upper parts
The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16
Rixpah's Lullaby.

Sleep, sleep-the south wind blows, Rocking the bee in the thornless rose; The baby birds have gone to bed The drowsy blue-bell hangs her head Blue-bell and baby--bee and rose, Slcep-the south wind softly blows; The tide ebbs--the tide flows Night comes-night goes;
 While the stars their still watch keep Lullaby, baby-sleep-sleep
 Hush, hush, thy restless cries, Close the drowsy, blue-bell eyes; On thy mothers love-warm breast Fold thy hidden wings and rest; Till the blossom eyes unclose- Sleep; the south wind softly blows In the mother-heart, my rose, Love comes, but never goes- Mother-love has tides so deep! Lullaby, baby-sleep-sleep
The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16

of many of them into the mol 1nn-- cifnl shapes. and imaginary ikeneases o4s crags, cliffs and castles could be tzaoe1s in those parts more exposed to the Iin0s of heat. Streams of water in pictur- esque cascades were flowing down into the sea, and the huge, majestic massm seemed to be moving southeast. Inc Helvetia passed near enough to several of them to distinguish plainly the noise q the waves as they broke against the rug- ged sides of the bergs. As night closed in, and the moon arose, the sight was in- deed beautiful. The beams of the moon illumined the icebergs. giving them . weird and ghastly appearance For many hours these gigantic berp wszs seen by the crew of the Helvetia, and D was morning before the summits of the most towering had faded into the dis tance
The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16
Massachusetts.

A young woman of Cambridge, jealous of the honor of the students, on hearing of the late defeats of the Harvards at baseball, remarked, responsibility If the young gentlemen had paid more at tention to their baseball and less to their books they would not have been so badly beaten"
 The organization is certified at the state house of the Supreme Parliament of the Golden Rule alliance, a mutual benefit association of evangelical church members.
 James V. Kenney, 20 years old, is un- der arrest at Boston for trying to burn the Boylston museum the other evening. in anger at his discharge as a supernu- merary. The drop curtain, worth $500, was destroyed.
 Bay State," a trotting horse valued at $50, 900 by it's owner, William Mason, of Taunton, died lately, just as the Beacon park races, in which he was to take part, were called.
 Tufts college divinity school graduated recently nine clergymen, who will all be- gin preaching at once.
 The sewerage pumping engine for the city of Boston, which has capacity of 25, GOO, 900 gallons a day. is just finished dL GIi6 SOEllSS WOIko Stb + iON luCnGE
 The steamer Bristol, just before leay- ing her dock at Fall River, the other night. broke the cutoff to her engine, causing some detention, but finally pro- ceeded to Newport, where she will lie over for repairs.
 The Salem almshouse has paid the city during the past 10 years g III GOA.
 The New England manufacturers and mechanics institute levies m assessment of 10 per cent on it's stock, payable before July i. It's land is secured and there are no debts, so that the whole capital stock of g lO0, 900 may be used for build ing.
 Four Kanakas died of small -pox on the whale-ship Walton, just arrived at New Bedford from Tales1ala
 John Conlon of Cam dgc, 20 years old, was perhaps fistal slaot 3y ' 1sUstoy policeman carly ttlle dtlieI 1qrninR'
The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.
Maine.


 Forty acres of land at Old Orchard beach we're bought i5 years ago for less than $40 an acre, and it now sells in lots 100 feet square at $1O0O each.
 4, contest. of the fire-engines of Bruns- wick and Topsham; tpr silk banner; was won by the kennebec of Brunswick Distance, 200 it.. 8 in.
 At the matching house in the rear of Mt. Kineo. they have just taken out 3O,- 900 to 31, ,00O trout and put them in Moose head Lake. They have also put in 10, 900 land-locked s.tlnion.
 Next years national encampment of tbe Grand Army of the Republic will probably be held at Portland.
 The Cumberland Congregational con- ference at Falmouth chooses as delegates to the, general conference at St. Louis, Rev. W. H. Feni1, H. H. Burgess; alter- mates, Rev. F. E. Clarke and Sylvester Marr.
 George A. Whitney has run away from Portland, leaving liabilities of $l5.O0O, with trivial assets. His partner, Mr. Redman, loses $60OO, and the clerk $s000, and the other creditors are of Boston afld Maine.
The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16

A young man with an umbrella oSef- took an unprotected lady acquaintance
 in the rain-storm Tuesday afternoon on
 Washington street, and extending his umbrella ovef her, requested the pleas ure of acting as her rain besu, "Oh!' exclaimed the young lady, taking his arm, ''you wish me to be your rain- dear" Two souls with but single umbrella, two forms that stepped as one.
The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16
while running away after knocking down 2 passer-by. He was warned to stop, but dared the officer to shoot.
Connecticut.


 Connecticut.
 Of the $7, ,OOO which Hayden paid his lawyers, 1t is said that Watrous gets $3.500, Jones &, ,00D, and Hubbard about ,500. The Hayden family is e-tinited for the first time since 1878.
 William, Pachey, of Waterford, has saved during 8 yesirs S3, 100, but was told at the New London savings bank the other day that he had but $l, $50 to his credit. Investigation shows that some one had secured his handbook, and drawn out $1,250 in small sums during the past three years. The bank will be sued, the money being paid on the simple presentation of the book.
 The physicians who experimented on Hoyt's body after his execution at Bridge port, say that fall of from four and one half to five feet, with the knot tight be- hind the left ear. is most likely instantly to kill.
 The army worm, which is such pest on Long Island and in New Jersey, has appeared in the rye fields about Madi- son.
 Mrs. Bridget Forrell, Hartford's oldest itihahitaht, died lately, aged 100 years and three m6hth5j from hurts by a recent fall down stairs.
 The assessed damages to the New York, Housatonic and Northern railroad by the New York and New England's use of its land is $20, ,577.
 On the Naugatuck Railroad, the other evening, bird dog found an approach ing train close upon him, and instead of jumping one side, lost his self possession, as many human beings would have done under the circumstances, and stretching himself on plank awaited his fate. The pilot struck and tossed hlm into river, from which he swan the next moment unharmed.
 A Norwich manufacturer is making cast-iron axes to be traded for ivory with the natives of Australia. Gen. Garfield is lineal descendant ot Capt. John Mason, the founder of Nor | wich and vanquisher of the Pequot Indians, a monument to whose memory stands at Bean Hill. Ore from Clark's gold mine near Dan. bury commands a good price, it is said and its value increases with the depth. The Avon selectmen offer reward O. l 5000 for the arrest and conviction of tht murderer of Mrs. Chidsey and Mrs l Avent oh May Both.
The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16
M.rKnrous rstos Itrt srocr s.rrr,.

WArERrowS UsioH Lfvt STOCK MAKKEf MARKET BEEF-Choice ST 50; extra si O @ sT2S rrsi quality S5 50 s6 50 second do., <5oS @ $ 2s; tiid do., s4.00 ed $475 STORE CArrLE-Farrow sI7 e s25 fancy COWS $sc QL S65 working o1en per pair, $lOo (1 $lou milcf cows and calves s2o a s45 yearlings, sI @ si4 two years, SIP G s25; three-years, s2l e S5s.
 SHEET LLNBsIn lots S4 co 1 $500 each; extra, VI a Sl0; lambs ' a 20. per lb.; veal calves, l-d 6 47S-c per h.; sheared sheep, i-2 e 1-7c
 Classification of Cattle and Sheep.i hpice grade IT, cludes nothing but stall-fed II00 to 4 lb bllosls and first quality includes the best large ia. eftn Second ard third quality incl ldes oxen two and iLftt years old steers. Extra shaap includes cossets when those of inferior quality are n own out.
New-York tribune., 1880-03-07
THE END OF THE CARNIVAL
PARIS JUST BEFORE LENT.

.., ,,,s,,,1 TIME OF IT IN THE GAY CITY
oyr OR TWO MAD BALLS HOWEVER
Tho Carnival in Paris this year was not
,r;,bout its mad features, but was not, on the
whole. of an oforvcscent character IL
q sta,ed that the Carnival spirit is
dying ont. Among the balls pTlhclP|Hy
spoken of are those at the houses OF NJ. 0'eVy
and Madame Nervlle and TIE Bal dOpera'
Some Of these affairs are much discussed III
the papers and socially.
New-York tribune., 1880-03-07
NEWPORT NOTES.

NEWPORT, r. l., March 5.-There was q
nrgs and spirited meeting OF tae Unitarian Society
Monday evening. At when, in reference TO the pro
possd Claiming Memorial Church o. b, erected here
HE PASTOR the Rev. NJ X schcrmerhorn. formerly 81
Poughkeepse n. V, reported programme OF services
for the centennial celebration Il TIE birtn Of the Rev
Dr. Wilim Enrry Claiming. which services are TO he-
gin ON the evening OF April and continue through mo
9Th winch will DO the hundredth anniversary oi the
birth OF that eminent Unitarian divine. Com
mittees were appointed to take I'm charge hospilites,
dnral decorations. Tue pastor stated that tDr's
sub.crutiOns OF $1,000 each, together WIN seNtth
,nl er ones had been received Wfhin Few daVS Tor
the new church The Rev. william H. ChInni-g nephew
of DR. Channing OF London. Eng ana. and tie Rev Dr.
B.Ilows of New York. and other prominent Uuitafiin
ministers will make dresses or take part I'D the eA'
Thr widow OF the late DR.. william H. Peckham, ~
NewYor has reuted the Weaver cottage on betAe et-
ave, for the coming season. Anson T. fond. oi Nv
York has rented the Arnold COTTAGE on kh1ue l-lahN
ave : H. Whitwel, OF Boston, las rcuicd ME , faI'l
Seyens's ItrAeleyaVe cottage. and g. T. boNo0ih 't
the New YORK oaukinghO a. Morton, Bliss tO 'S
strvens will occupy her uc residence ulpOs e the Oceh
Uouse As usual several Of tbs c0iaSeowneis are IN
town. - =. ,.,.,.- ,,,o. al
me prural streets VII be Watcfod uuIhS o He"son "
C,nt,in Arthur naval attaci6 of the English lega.
,, - W,shingfOn Is IN town. Tuesday ne Nisited fptt
aJ'r,s lie has also visited tho Government tufptdO
staiion at this place. Mrs. Arthur Is with him.
New-York tribune., 1880-03-07
10rrs IEoU RrIGELs ColLLCE.

ENIA.oi3.Nr oF TIE COURSE OF -TUDY-iotf'
rAIION o. NEN PrOFL,-OL-I.r,
Irnr OCCASIONAL c5lE.-Iotufs. 1t rI. lffs' >t.l
NEw-BRUSsWIcK. &. j., March 5.-Iho
Aui.ul and ai,nJsol Eue.r C.Lck. wllDs pleased
tol..ru tuat to c.l,g, ls continually ou'lfg.s its
courses o. Instruction ana as c'..,qu..,e f'1af"
n.u prol,,.o.slips. am m.,l.- off, fth' Trustees 80
II....,. NaI.u 4.an.w pl. ..-..r- poi iu-i.I L.l-
........I L.l...iu.. v.. established, at. tAr Do.
C..l- T. II..f uf N.Tt.k 0a- appointed t. lI '' 10
q. understood taat fr Hut. npon whom ire Board 1-O
cn.r.,a ,le honorary gree of d. D., viii ac,rnt ne
position ala cul.i ur.n h.s dilcs 90 t.e beginning -
tla spuu- tpiu in A.rl. TIE lands flr me eao.N'
f,c,t tt sclafr alge heel 'rryet FROM lcrfrv 10
Ul tIe tfe Nr-. Gran. uu rf tle oliec 'l oI lir '
....,r- 0f fle N..fI R formed g. u.tl, of n .u'. f.
.I.ls. .mtut az Ore Ir0ln.-u-,t.u .- rr
movement tu lr rIgl d.,ro1. l1i. although -'. I
%. slu Gers ms.cei I'D Dr. h'Y, n. n'l,i," D." %. =
lrc'rl. Yrt iIr door nnW Omen. iDi I'D li i''I'
and thorough prt-cn.Hffoui and Ifr tNc nIiIl'I ~
Anglo SAXON IS au oaur. Dew bianc1 10 tne i.s'-f
Inc trustees also placed thc adjunct profe--cr p
OF aralttcll .m4slty which was ln'i ti' =
rather tentatively YEAR "eo unon p,in,i ~
bl-i.. Inc work iu qualitative 1ld qi'iti. ilFr "i
.ls done u tAc Lt.urtIU'I uunff the direction I" '.
Austen tnc pruf. .-sor occupying uli. ch1lF. ms 'i
cmIreutIl -af.,f. f.cfD.y iif rnDoifaeln- ''-' '-'
b.r o. special chem,l students aud electives air 'h
uy iu t nrtial Ncrl pf king ana fac Aud .l US
acquiring pra.flrtl scientific knowlere loe'd us
Department become already -' developer hu l.tt.
.r BAD. f. rtgutr, fle add ouu services or an H~~rli
l,acnrr-sir r. 4. WHOM. g. :, Who as Detu sttl.t"
from anon tlc recent graduates, and NDO Is on 'Ho
ground iolug excellent WOik. ,.. ,
Win tins increase WITHIN year of two professors Aa
ttfor fhe faculty becomes wei htrd 90 meet the d
uils uf the edu 'aupn aud To Keep we COR 40
nurest Of the sp rio Ot the timrs Ana Wy lhe cytLe
needs funds as every growing institution Always
New-York tribune., 1880-03-07
ON THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

,vrrrR FROM PROFESSOR THEODORE >. WOOLsEY-
The PROFESSOR OF IN1ERNATIoNAL LAW AT TIKI
VALE LAW SCHOOL AFFIRMs THAT THE MON
ROE DOCTmNE HAS no PRESENT APPLICABILITY
TO the razor OF The Trf6une.
SIR. In view of the constant association of an In
teIoccanic Canal scheme with the Monroe Doctrine
may be allowed to point out that there Is no ne
cessary connection between them
The me. sage of President Monroe TO Congress In
1898. laid down two propositions. One was called
forth by Russian encroachment the Pacific coast
"Tne occasion has been judged proper for asserting
az a principle ""' that the American Continentsby
tbe free and Independent condition which they have
assumed and maintain, arc hcnceiorth not to be
considered as subjects for future colonization by
any European power" This non-colonizatiOn doc
t,ine was originated by John Q. Adams, Secretary
of state in a letter Of July 2, 1922, to Mr. Rush
What he meant is clear from his lDana's Wheaton
D. 100 sq assertion that the continent Is occupied
by civilized nations and is accessible to Europeans
and each other on that footing alone"
And again. in his message to the House. March 30,
1926. he said that, with the exception of the
existing European colonies. which 1t was IN no wise
intended to disturb. the two continents consisted
of several sovereign and independent nations.
whose territories covered their whole surface"
New-York tribune., 1880-03-07
trE0pDs GLQUIREMANIS or BHEAE

Wheat was i'm better export demand on Fri
d,v rouscouent upon cine Of about one cent II
.hu.url Corn and oats were "a hafccnt higher, which
checked the demand for tbcm l.. II. Walker, stltlst
csu of The Produce Exchange, concludes from y0lum
non. r.pors tlat probable wheat requirements OF
European importing Countries from February to the
oe of the crop year will be about l5OC0O.OOO bush
M uroyided there Is the usual rate or consumption aud
te ability to pay Tor It, Prices may check consumption
IN oer cent which would leave l2O,000,O0O bushels TO
,. ,,-ovi.lrd Tor from February to September l.
nf thu. amount the United States aud Canada can
probaby give from crop of 1879 6j 100000 to 49,
100000 bushels from Atlantic ports and tue Pacific
c,,.r including California, Oregon and Chill can give
100 600 bushels Shipments after April Will not bs
aNal br for consumption uut after September l, the
nrgiunng OF the crop year WIN an addluOh IRON
gyut Of / 800 OUO bushels and from Russia 100000
1fistieIs when makes total or about 1OOOOOOOO
bushels lac axis Who're can this apparent deficiency be
supplied rom .,
fhe prospect is he says. that America VIII have an
,r,v harvest and with the movement Of the new crop
A. A. Ionld br good one, the deficiency VIII hc supplied
during July August ns was the case III 49, When
thr reccpts OF the crop in those Two months NJ
Toledo Baltimore, Cincinnati, ST. Louis aud Detroit
we're several tunes larger thHn the entire movement
fron January 10 June, inclusive. Ihcre are reports OF
sidcrt tbe damage 10 the Winter wheat by Winter
killing in Missouri Kansas. Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin
and Michgan and OF damage by verinn IN ONO. Ihehe
repors are agents OF threshug ana Ieaplng ma
cbines pals. Reports from California state
that considerable apprehension fs entertained there in
regard 10 the Winter wheat crop.
New-York tribune., 1880-03-07

There Is good moral IN the story of the Ger
MAJ, AZ ho declared tnal on tain Occas0l be had ntr'
rowy escaped drown ng, and who. On beng asked move
replied, " By not gong m The boat
Little Gertie went with her mother TO SEQ
ns m eao were irving TO mud SOmeihing aud
could NOT she said "Mny do tuey call tnem wax "Viss
manual They yre wax. but they don't WORK"
New-York tribune., 1880-03-07
i coypUcroRS SUR F0R DAMAGES

George L. Haryie was a conductor on
secondaye eur g.. ,Iay %. 1877, when ear Of ihe
Tweniy-thrd-st. ..I4oad ran into bis car nj IWr"p'
third.st and Secondaye. THe railing OF his ear was
driven forcbly against Harye, seriously inurng nm.
An urton bv Haryie agt tiust the Iweny-thifg S.goF
lroai Company tor S2j.U0O DAMAGES wa. tf,H =. .'
Judpr Van Blunt the Court Of Common fltas g''i
a., and IN, ula ntn recovered SlOOl hI. bfikht "N
n@ar.d fpr the railroad company, H. Howe Tor no
,.l.f
New-York tribune., 1880-03-07
rv WORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY ssoTRIPLE SHEET
INTEROCEANIC CANAL.
nr I.EssEps m WAsHINGTON.

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED by A HOUSE COMMITTEE
A LrrrER FROM PRESIDENT w)OLsEY-RoUTEs.
De Lessepo Is in Washington, and is to pre-
sent his views to Select Committee on
Monday. That Committee adopted res
olutions yesterday, to be reported to
Congress. taking the ground that the canal
ought to be controlled by America. President
WOolsey does not think that the Monroe Doc
trne applies in this case. Lieutenant-Com-
mander Wyse remains an ardent advocate OF
the Panama route.
New-York tribune., 1880-03-07
ENFORCING 4 suPREHE CoCRT DECISION

DANyILE, Va, March 6.-Judge Riyes h"s
or,,.,.i writ tor the arrest OF County Judges oo'
Parrish and others tril al hs coart IN Lvnchsus %
r Nnrch ttrm IN accordance Win tho decision O4 'No
United states supreme Court