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New-York tribune., 1880-04-08

The corner stone of the Claiming Memorial
Church at Newport was duly laid yesterday with
impressive ceremonies and with many feeling
eulogy delivered by the Rev. DR.. Bellows was
the principal Grafton of the day.
The General Term of the Supreme Court con-
firms Judge Donohue's order refusing to ap-
point the trustee asked for by Cornelius j. Van
derbilt in place of William III. Vanderbilt. In
doing SO the Court declares that William H.
Vanderbilt's action meets with its approval, and
that it seemed almost incredible" that counsel
should have advised the application, which de-
served "sevcre rebuke." This will be received
with the approval of everybody but Cornelius j.
Vanderbilt and Scott Lord
Including yesterdays elections the British
Liberals have now gained 81 seats, and the
leading Conservative organ comedies that they
are strong enough to be independent of the
Home Rule votes. In Ireland, the revolution
seems to he in favor of the Home Rulers to the
common loss of both Conservatives and Lib
erals. The resOuteness with which the Irish
voters are rejecting Home Rulers of moderate
opinions for men whose sentiments are even
more revolutionary than they profess, is one of
the most striking features of this remarkable
electoral campaign.
And now it is the turn of the gas companies.
After April Is New Workers must pay more for
their light Of course the companies have no
lack OF excuses. When was ever corporation
found wanting in arguments for higher prices 7
But one suggestion of the guicless president OF
the Metropolitan Gas Light Company will
bring ruerul smile to the lips of the consumer.
Mr.. ZollikCffer says it would be better for the
city if all the gas were supplied by one COM
pany. Tie unhappy householder thinks of the
ice monopoly. and his opinion Of Mr.. zolll-
koff.r's benevolence falls several degrees below
freezing point.
Were al conventions of whatever party like
that of the Connecticut Republicans yesterday,
our politics would be cleaner and less quarrel
some. and the action of conventions far more
likely to conduce to the greatest good OF the
greatest number. The gathering was entirely
Harmonious and seemed to be wholly actuated
by . desire that that thing should be done at
Chicago which was best for the Republican
party. A delegation was selected from the
hest men Of thu party, who were left entirely
free to follow the dictates OF their own judg-
rneuts. There will be no charges and counter
os,arges, recriminations and quarrsls. to follow
New-York tribune., 1880-04-08
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IMPORTERS AND Exporters will find facts ard
fcures Of ail vane Ia THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC Tor
1854. Price 25 cents. sold by news'!eaer5
100000 CRAZE VINES.
Crorto IN conc ~, Grape old fresh from
Speer's Vr,~sr Passc Nj. Or'cr3 taken lor one vino
or a th0Iss;.d Az. delivered anywhrfe in the CRY:
- A!I...D SrERR, OiHCe "a Warrcn.st, Nnw'fork'
New-York tribune., 1880-04-08

The corner stone of the Claiming Memorial
Church at Newport was duly laid yesterday with
impressive ceremonies and with many feeling
tributes to the memory Of the preacher. The
eulogy delivered by the Rev. DR.. Bellows was
the principal Grafton of the day.
New-York tribune., 1880-04-08

1t is question. at least, wNether the latest
phase of the alleged outrage ut West Point Is
not more disheartening than the first 1t was
dreadful to be required to believe that three
young men, having enough of the semblance OF
humanity to be admitted to the West Point
Academy, could commit the dastardly outrage
charged upon them by the colored cadet. 1t is
a question whether it is not equally revolving to
believe that the colorcd cadet performed the
mutilation himself, and planned and carried out
a despicable fraud and deception in the hope OF
saving himself from failure in the examinations.
There seems to lie only one opinion among the
authorities at the Academy, and that is on the
side of this supposition, to which every circum-
stance points. 1t is painful to know that the
one representative of tic colorcd race among
the cadets, who had such an opportunity to do
credit to his people, should have made such
dismal failure. But the quick indignation of
the public over the first story was such demon
stration of honorable feeling that 1t almost re-
comedies us to the hoax. The supposed news,
unofficial as it was, created such stir in the
House of Representatives, for example, that
resolution was offered calling for information.
BY our faith this man Finley doth protest TOO
much! He solemnly afirms that he could not
have written the anonymous letter Q) because
he knew Mr. Springer was in New-York; (2)
because he knew that Mr.. Springer had
SPARED" Alright with Republican on the Min
nasota seat; (3) because he could not have
foreseen the remote contingency of Mrs.
Sprnger's opening her husbands letters; az
because Mr.. Springer now avows that if he had
opened the letter he would have put it in the
stove; (5) because the first element of coercion
is publicity, and publicity could not be had by
burning the letter in q stove; (6) because if
Donnelly had written the letter and Mr..
Springer had put it in the stove, Donnelly could
not have referred to it without acknowledging the
authorship of it and $50 on until "veiy respect
" fully yours" is reached These explanations
surely will suffice to convince at least Finley
himself. Of course he would not have written
an anonymous letter to Congressman without
ascertaining IN advance the dimensions of the
stove, the extent of the privileges allowed to
the wife, and other domestic details essential to
the success of the plot ANY Alderman can
understand why.
New-York tribune., 1880-04-08

Ahmed Ben Kadour, may his tribe increase, mas
given lecture at Algicrs, on Tristram shandy.
This proves two things one of which is q acompensa-
tion for the other. 1t would appear that the iec-
ture system,D of which we hear so much in America
has broken out, if we may say so, in Arabia
Whether they have bureaus there. and lyceums we
do not know But it's charming TO thinK
that they are to hear something OF MY
Uncle Toby, the Widow Wadman Dr. STOP anu
Obadiah. To be sure we do not understand nc" tne
Arabian mind is to comprehend these thoroughly
English deicacies of characterization; but perhaps
we NAV trust to that touch of nature which makes
The whole world kin. Possibly the gravest OF Ma
hometans could read the account OF Dr. SIoD ana
Obadiah meeting without laughing unless indeed
lie mstook it for bit Of tragedy and cried instead
We congratulate the inhabitants of Algers; ana
much we should liko to read comment by sterhc
himself upon this interesting literary circumstance
New-York tribune., 1880-04-08

mirable combination. Strictly speaking Madame
Nilsson cannot be called q great dramatic singer
for she excels in romantic rather than passionate
music but she adapts herself to many dramaus
roles, and her accession will vastly eA'eau @
the repertory of the season, and give mr.
Mapleson's American troupe the one eiemes'
which it has thus far most conspicuously IacKeo
She will be received with warm weicome ~
community which has always been ionu VI uoi' ,
and Madame Gerster, unsurpassed III hor o"n ."s
of characters will be not less affecuona'ey si0osou
than her sister artist. II isl curious fortune that
brings hack to us at the same time two dissin-
cnisbed singers who have exerted such rare per-
soual charm as Nilsson and Gerster. Both possess
in remarkable degree, that indefnable power
over On audience which, for want of better wora,
we call magnetism and both have won in America
not only legions of admirers but hosts OF per-
sonal friends.
New-York tribune., 1880-04-08

Watterson still remains true to Tilden, but he is
lonesome and inclined to hypOchendria.
New-York tribune., 1880-04-08

The opposition to Third Term makes no wal
upon Grant or upon his Presidential record 1t simply
claims that his nomination might involve a risk
of defeat and that tho nomination of no other can
didato would. This isn't tactiOusness it is com
mon sense.
1t is dull day in Congress whom one Democratic
brotber dors ROT shake his fist in another Demo
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-26
Annual Assay Of United states Coins.

The Philadelphia Record tells how the
annual assay of United States COINS
struck off at the various mints during
the year was made in the mint in that
city under direction of the special CON-
mission appointed by the President:
The coins tested were the representa-
tives of all these issued during the year.
From each delivery made by the coiners
in the several mints to the treasury a
certain number are taken lndlscrlmi-
nately from the mass, sealed up in en-
velopes in the presence of the assayer
and treasurer and deposited in box
named "pyke.:" This box has two
locks to it, and each of the officers
be opened in the presence of the officials
named. At the end of the year these
boxes are forwarded to Philadelphia
from the other mints and opened in the
presence of the assay commission by the
director of the mint. Each of the coins
in the boxes is carefully weighed, and
any diminution from the standard
weight carefully noted. There is al
ways tolerance allowed in the weight
of the coins, which varies from one
fourth to one grain on. each piece (the
smaller tolerance on gold and the larger
on silver).
After the weight of the single pieces is
ascertained the commission has certain
number Of single pieces assayed separ-
ately of all denominations from the diff
| ferent mints 10 ascertain If the fineress
thereof conforms to the standard of the
| law, which is one-thousandth on gold
and one and one-half one thousandth on
silver. Any deviation in ineness from
the legal standard established by law is
noted. The coins are then melted in q
mass and assayed, for the purpose of
learning whether the fineness of the
mass conforms to the standard. There
have been but two cases in the history
of the government where any deviation
has been found, and in both cases it
was mere accident.
Any willful attempt to debase the
coinage or belittle the standard weight
would be discovered by the commission
and reported to the President. The
punishment for such an offense would
be Imprisonment and disqualification
from ever holding Office in the United
States.
A After the standard fneness and weight
have been tested the commission exam
ines the different weight and balances
and the balances not only in the receipt
of bullion but in their operations from
one Office to another. All the weighing
is done by pound Trey weight, which
is in the possession of the mint in this
city. This weight was produced by oul
United States minister in London ir
1927. 1t is the standard of all the Troy
weights in the country.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-26
The Lessnn Of the Hath.

One of the most valuable discoveries
made byArchimedes, the famous scholar
of Syracuse, in Sicily, relates to the
weight OF bodies immersed in water.
Hero, King of Syracuse, had given %
lump OF gold to be made into crown.
and when 1T came back he suspected thai
the workmen had kept back some of the
gold, and had made up the weight by
adding more than the right quantity of
silver; but he had no means of proving
this, because they had made it weigh
as much as the gold which had been
sent. Archimedes, puzzling over this
pi oblem, went to his bath. AS he stepped
in he saw the water, which his body dis
placed, rise to a higher level in the bath.
and to the astonishment of his servants
he sprang out of the water, and ran
home through the streets of Syracuse
almost naked, crying, Eureka! Eureka"
e. have found it! have found try
What had he foundP He had discov-
cred that any solid body put into a YES
sci of water displaces a quantity of
water equal to its own bulk, and there
fore that equal weights of two sub
stances, one light and bulky, and the
other heavy and small, will displace diff
ferent quantities of water. This discov-
" Sh"piNi W SOlNt plODlttiis
He procured one lump of gold and
another of silver. each weighing exactly
the same as the crown. OF course the
Jumps were not the same size, because
silver is lighter than gold, and SO it
takes more of it to make up the same
weight. He first put the gold into a
basin of water. and marked on the side
of the vessel the height to which the
water rGse.
Next, taking out the gold, he put in
the silver, which, though it weighed the
same, yet, being larger, made the water
rise higher; and this height he also
marked. Lastly, he took out the silver
and put in the crown. Now if the crown
had been pure gold, the water would
have risen only up to the mark of the
gold, but it rose higher, and stood be-
tween the gold and silver marks, sho w
| ing that silver had been mixed with it,
making it more bulky; and by calcula-
ting how much was displaced, Archi-
medes could estimate roughly how
much silver had been added. This was
the first attempt to measure the specific
gravity of different substances; that is,
the weight of any particular substance
compared to an equal bulk of some other
substance taken as standard. In
weighing solids or liquids, water is the
usual standard.-Harper'S Young People.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-26
The Colonel Surprised.

On one occasion, / believe it was at
Murireesboro, Tenn. Colonel Doan, of
the One Hundred and First Indiana,
made an effort to have all the regiment
fire their guns off together. After TAX
ing great pains to dress them in line he
rode down the front and gave special
instructions for every man to he slow
and deliberate. He said he would be
careful to give every enc time and he
wanted every man to fire at the COM
mand and see how near they could all
come to discharging their guns together.
When he was ready he rode back, and
after taking a calm survey of the regi-
ment he gave command. Make
ready" Ga long pause); take aim !"
(another long pause, during which
some one by accident fired his gun /;
next, two or three more went off; then
the whole regiment; some of the boys
supposed he had said fire!" and they
bad not heard it. So il was spot bang
then bang! up and down the whole line,
bang! bang! going off, one at a time and
eight or ten at a time.) The colonel
sat calmly on his horse until the last
gun was fired then with loud voice
he yelled: "Great Scott have J ou done
alreadyP If there was not so blamed
many of you I'd arrest the whole regi-
ment. Go to your quarters. every
cussed one of you! You ha'n't got the
sense of mule!"
A soft voice at the rear end of the line
WAS heard to say, "Grab root!" and
the parade was dismissed Detroit Free
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-26
The Greatest Danger of RailrOad
Travel

The risk of sudden death is very
trifling compared with the inevitable
injury sustained by every individual
who has to make a long journey by rail.
The traveller really takes his life in his
hand whenever he sets out. The
danger is less from accident than de-
sign, less from misplaced switches than
from misplaced ventilators, less from
bad roadbeds than from bad air. We
are not now speaking Of the barbaric
nuisance of having to smell, breathe
and bathe in the smoke, SCOT and Gin
ders pouring in from the engine, which,
until some other method is found to OBJ
viate the difficulty, ought to be in the
rear of the train, instead of the front.
OF all conductors, brakemen, porters and
passengers. probably not one in the
thousand understands the vital i'm
portance of pure air, nor, indeed, do
they know what pure air is. To the
conductors mind, as to that of the
majority of his passengers, the comfort
of the car depends upon the tempera-
ture-it is q matter of warmth or cold
entirely. A warm car, or more COM
monty hot car, is the one desideratum,
albeit the warmth is theproduct of ami
NAL heat from fifty bodies, many of
GDem not very C'eill' ,tiiu vi eAllitHttlouS
from, fifty pair of lungs, with little
chance for the escape OF vitiated air or
the ingress of pure air-a condition Of
things tending TO produce a state OF
"blue blood mot contemplated by the
haut ton. When the life current comes
| up to the lungs to be changed from
blue to red, to throw off there the car
bonic acid and take in oxygen-and the
whole volume of blood makes this cir
cult once in every half minute, or over
one hundred times an hour-if there is a
lack of sufficient ventilation in the car
or sitting-room or sleeping-Ioom. the
blood cannot undergo this vital trans or
nation. 1t goes back to the heart. and
from thence is pumped through the ar
teries frCm crown TO sole, throughout
the complicated mesh-work of the ca
pillaries, in state entirely untitled to
perform its functions OF supplying oXy'
gen to all parts of the body, of carrying
off the waste particles resulting from
the never-ceasing death of the atoms
composing the body, and of replacing
these with fresh, living atoms, or, as ii
is usually put, repairing the waste."-
! Journal of Chemistry.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-26
What Puzzled the MilIers.

The Minneapolis Tribune relates an
amusing incident that happened in the
Palisade mill of that city, January |.
The proprietors went to the expense of
purchasing new water wheel, with
which to prOpel the machinery of the
Palisade. They reluctantly shut the
mill down for couple of weeks for the
purpose of putting this new wheel in,
feeling satisfied that the increased power
obtained from it would more than re-
pay them for the loss of time. Without
topping to consider the matter of righ s
and lefts, as applied to water wheels,
the work progressed until, on New
Years morning, it was complete, and,
with great sigh of relief, they prepared
for business, and turned on the water.
Imagine their CONSERVATION when all
the machinery # the mill began to re
volve-backward. Everything moved
in just the opposite direction from what
it had ever done before, or was intended
to do. The stores turned ba kward,
the elevators ran downward, instead oi
upward, and-well, the proprietors
thought that New Years might have a
bad effect on them, and turned the mill
or themselves wrong side up. The
partners, after careful examinations, as
sured each other that none of them
were standing on their heads! Then
they strolled out upon the platform and
took look at the mill building. That
was right side up But the machinery
persisted in running the wrong way
from basement to attic, and threatened
to reverse the natural order of things
by converting flour into wheat They
at first thought of going to the lunatic
asylum in body; but, fortunately,
their millwright was suddenly struck
with an idea! They shut the gates, he
took a squint at the new wheel, and the
mystery was explained! 1t was a" left
hand" wheel, and had been thought
lessly set as right.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-26
A Wonderful Song Writer.

The wonderful song, 1.-THE Erl King, y
was composed by Franz Schubert in less
than an hour. A friend left him one
day reading Goethe's poem for the first
time, and returning shortly, found the
song finished.
Another of Schubert's famous songs,
"The Serenade," was composed one
afternoon in noisy German beer cellar,
amid the noise of squalling children,
the clatter OF mugs and dishes. He
drew some slaves on the back of bill
of fare and thus the tone-poem was pro-
duced.
One day Schubert left one of his new
songs with his friend Vogl, the sin ger,
who found it too high. He had It trans
posed and fortnight after sang it for
Schubert. The composer remarked
Really, that Lied is not SO bad; who
composed it ?"
Schubert was master of counter
point and harmony at the age of four
teen. He died when only thirty one
and left behind him nearly 1000 COM
positions, Geo of which were songs.
Liszt has called him the most poetic
musician that ever lived.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-26
Feminine superstitions.

White specks on the nails are indica-
tive of good fortune.
When n woman enters q room she
should be obliged to sit down, if only
for moment, as she otherwise takes
away the children's sleep with her.
To rock the cradle when empty is in
furious to the child.
To eat while bell is tolling for q
funeral causes toothache.
The growing of hen indicates ap-
preaching disaster.
Drawing on stocking inside out,
causes matters to go wrong during the
day.
By bending the head toe the hollow of
the arm the initial letter of ones future
spouse is represented.
When children play soldier on the
roadside it forbodes the approach OF
war.
A child grows proud if suffered to
look into the mirror while less than
twelve months old.
Before moving into new house first
send in bread and Il new broom.
Whoever sneezes at an early hour
either hears some news or receives some
present the same day.-Cincinnati En-.
QutTer
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-26
The Largest of Land Animals.

In the american Journal of Science and
Arts, Prof. Marsh describes the largest
land animal yet known to have existed
on the globe. Its name is AtLGntoSaasratS
in,aanis. The thigh bone of this creature
is over eight feet long, with thickness
at the larger end of twenty-five inches,
though the bone has no true head. A
comparison of this bone with the fe-
mur of crocodile would indicate that
the fossil saurin, if of similar proper
tions, had total length of lis feet.
That the reptile was 100 feet long when
alive is at least probable. The other
bones of this animal that have been
found are proportionately gigantic /;
caudal vertebra has traverse diameter
of more than sixteen inches. All the
bones of this reptile yet discovered are
in the Yale college museum. They are
from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-26
Accomplished Ladies' Maids,

Ladies' maids in society must be ac-
complished to judge from an advertise
ment in Roman paper. A young lady
is wanted for that island who must be
from twenty to thirty years of age; dis
engaged, and of distinguished educa-
ton; very skillful with the needle and
in making up fine things. She must be
of sympathetic turn, of elegant figure
and possess linen and good clothes, good
enough for going out with and attend
ing her young mistress. She must send
her photograph to a signor in Rome,
who will personally inspect those young
ladies who present themselves to COM
pete for the situation. A young lady OF
these accomplishments. beauty and good
clothes would not long keep a situation
as ladies maid in America. She would
soon be asked by the impressible Amcri-
can youth to resign her position as lldy's
maid to become the mistress of his heart
and home,