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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14
The First English Academy Of
Music.
fLondon Soeiety]

From the time when Alfred went as a
harper into the Danish camp to the day
when Richard of the Lion-heart capti-
waited his Austrian ,ilers by his equal
powers of singing and drinking, until the
legendary Blondel sang beneath his
prison window, and, hearing the respon-
sive refrain discovered where the lost
monarch was held captive, and took
home the news to confound the recreant
John. the story Of the Troubadours and
the great freemasonry of music is the
story of England and Of the English
possessions in France. There is evidence,
too, that some distinct recognition in
the nature of an academical degree was
given to profcients in an art which was
held to be an essential part OF the educa-
ton of every gentleman: but it
is not till the reign of Edward
Nv that we find, as Burney says,
music, after long living vagrant
life, and being passed from parish to par
ish, seeming at length by the favor of
this monarch to have acquired settle
ment. By this time all kinds of timer
ant musicians, mere rustic players of
pipe and tabor, rude husbandmen, labor
ers, and handicraftsmen, had assumed
the title and dress of the Kings minstrels
as an excuse for begging; and a disor-
derly crew they were, creating scandals
in various parts of the country. There
was only one prompt remedy, and the
King, on the 24th of April, 1869, grant
ed charter to his own proper minstrels,
forming guild to be governed by Mar
shall appointed for life, and by two war
dens chosen annually, who were empow-
cred to admit brothers and sisters into
the guild, and to examine the pretensions
of all such as assumed to exercise the
minstrel profession. Here we have in
effect the frsS Royal Academy of Music,
and it is significant that it was formed
somewhat on the plan of those trade
guilds or associations of craftsmen which
have since been recognized as city COM
panies, having their special charters,
privileges and liveries.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14

a thin film of nitrate of silver on it's
surface. The base Is theHserewed firmly
on tie cone. As the whole apparatus
sinks, thu water enters the six small
moistened with nitric acid, which forms
holes in the b.lse, and COMPRISING the
air contained in the cone, rises to height
inside having a definite relation to the
depth attained. The salt water acting
on the thin film of the nitrate of silver
on the wire makes white coating of
chloride Of silver, and thus registers the
amount of pressure which the water ex-
erted, and from this the depth can easily
be calculated. As the smaller of the
two weights. in connection with cork
at the apex of the cone, serves the pur-
pose merely of keeping the cone base
down when descending or ascending, the
line at the ring on the top, which is used
only fer reeling up, may be dispensed
with if the heavier weight is so arranged
that it will be detached when it strikes
the bottom. The apparatus in this ease
would rise of itself to the surface.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14
The Russian Soldier.

The great and pre-eminent cause of
the success accomplished lay in the al
most boundless patience and endurance
of the Russian soldier. From the time
the movement was we'll under way the
men never saw their knapsacks, which
remained north of the Balkans, till some
time after the armistice. They marched
and fought and slept in snow and ice,
and forded rivers with the thermometer
at zero. They had no blankets, and the
frozen ground precluded all idea of tents
the half-worn out shelter-tents which the
men had used during the summer were
now cut up to tie around their boots
which were approaching dissolu
ton; and although an ef
fort was made to shelter the men in the
huts in the villages, vet always at leas
half of them had to sleep out in the ope1
air without shelter. Their clothing a
night was the same as in the day, and i
differed from that of the summer only il
the addition of an overcoat, woOler
Jacket, and bashlik or wooden muffle
for the head. Their food was pound O.
hard bread and "a pound and a half O
tough, stringy beef, driven along th'
road; they were forced to carry six, ant
even eight, days rations on their backs
in addition to an extra supply of cart
ridges in their pockets; there was NOR
than one instance where the men fought
and fought we'll, not only without break
fast, but without having tasted food il
twenty-four hours. Yet there was not
single case of insubordination; the me-
were usually in good spirits, and tn
number Of stragglers on the march wa
far less than during the heat Of the prt
ceding summer. L.-.t IL
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14
The Tunnel Under the Hudson.
IAmerican Eneineer.t

The Hudson River tunnel from Jersey
City to New York is now under way, ex-
caVation in the tunnel proper having
been commenced on the Jersey side. In
New York, property has been secured for
inaugurating the work from that end,
where shaft will be sunk at the foot Of
Morton street to the same depth as that
in Jersey City. The work will be. carried
on night and day simultaneously at both
ends. Powerful pumps are constantly in
use to keep down the water, which in the
shaft in Jersey City flowed very rapidly
at depth of forty feet.
The Jersey City incline to the tunnel
proper is 3,400 feet in length, the tunnel
itself 5,4O0 feet, and the New York city
incline 5000 feet long, making total OF
about two and half miles.
The walls of the tunnel are circular in
section, and built. of hard brickwork in
hydraulic cement. It will contain two
tracks and be lighted with gas.
| 1t must prove Of inestimable service
to the railroad system and great boon
to the travelling public. The nature Of
| the conditions at present surrounding its
inception in the way Of construction
promises successful undertaking. ''
Il, A feature in the excavation for the
tunnel is the improved air lock. This
Ilock is 6 feet in diameter and 10 feet
|long, of boiler iron, with hinged doors at
either end, opening inward. It is 9
heavy piece Of work, weighing no less
than 10000 pounds 1t will be. inserted
horizontally into the opening, where
r Lit will be held by a double collar
the first or inside collar being
, an angle-iron fange, and the outer one
> of wood, to serve as a bearing against
s the surrounding earth. It is calculated tx
: resist pressure Of 80 tons, although for
ty tons is expected to be the maximum
il, actual practice. The manner Of run
ming this lock horizontally Is entirely nov
!, el. The air lock in it's principal feature
/ resemblesa cylindrical steam boiler, will
lend doors 3x4 feet, through which tn
t workmen can pass, and BULBS eyes 70
Y the admission Of light. The plates are 8
i 16 of an inch in thickness. In the inte
# rier are dozen pipes of various descriT
n tions for the passage Of air, mud, ga'
d water, &c. One Of the principal is d.
v signed for mixture of mud and watel
n which will be blown through by air pre-
II sure as the excavation proceeds.
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Scotch University students.
IAN the Year Round.l

A considerable proportion Of the stu
dents are sons of residents in the town.
Living in families where thrift is con-
sidered nearer godliness than is'cleanh.
ness, they are never able, even If they be
willing, to indulge in any extravagances.
The students who come up from distant
shires are as little able to do so. They
are sent forth supplied with just as
much money as, spun out with parsi-
mony, VIII keep body and soul together
till the end Of the. term. Often it is not
enough without the help of one of the
numerous small bursaries established for
the cultivation Of learning on a little
oatmeal.
Legends float down from generation to
generation of q student who came on
foot-and barefoot, to save his only pair
of boots-from Skye, or even further, to
the foundation Of Archbishop Kennedy
A very small knapsack contained all his
wardrobe, and according to popular be.
lief he lived through the term on very
hard cheese, brought from home in can
vas bag. The more skeptical insist thai
there must have been some porridg,
added, but they find IL hard to explain
how; for it stands on record that nj
money barely sufsced for the payment Q
his lodgings. A very small sum woul'
do. Even now, when man can, and TO
some time must, live out Of college, a.
English university student would recoi
! from the den where the poorer of tn
Scotchmen read, sleep, and at least ocea
sionally eat. ~,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14

Narrative Of Ons of the Two Men
Wh0slew ThiEty Armed Bandits.
TPorland Ptessr
Our readers win remember brief dis
patch which appeared in the Press the
other morning, telling how two men in
stage coach in Mexico, named Frank
ESenter and George Green, drove off a
band of highwaymen with Winchester
| rifles. Frank, Senter is Portland boy,
a nephew of VIM. Senter, Esq, and was
until lately in the jewelry business with
his uncle on Exchange street. We ex-
tract the following account Of the affair
in Mexico from private letter written
by Mr.. Senter home.
We left Guanajuato at s o'clock q. m.,
December 10Th. The weather was biting
cold, but an usual we took cur seats on
the top of the coach with revolvers and
cartridges about us, and Winchester car
bines on cur knees. After riding about
three hours, and just at light, he heard a
rush Of horses at our side and q shot
fred over our heads, with An order to get
down and surrender. We answered the
summons with two shots into the crowd,
aud, the man in front of Georges rifle
fell and his companion started for the
leading mules to stop them and tangle
them up, but when twenty yards from
me 1 rolled him from his horse and did
not see him move a limb afterward.
We then turned to see thirty well armed
and mounted Mexicans following and
firing.
We put in quick shooting and soon
drove them back seventy yards or more.
They then tried to circle us, but as we
turned our attention to the head men
they all broke and collected in bunch
We then had our coats of, and placed in
front Of us, with a hundred rounds be-
tween us, and we ordered the coach TO be
stopped and began our fine work at sharp
shooting. This seemed to make them
wild, and with yell, like Comanche In
dians, twenty or thirty Of them came
down on us at full speed, firing all the
way, and a wilder sight never care to see.
1t was no use to give up then, as they
would have cut us to pieces if we had sur
rendered, 80 we met them in solid style,
showing what Winchester rifle was
good for, and, as luck would have it,
after firing sixty-fve shots, we drove
them back at full speed. One fellow,
whose horse I shot from under him,
jumped behind the dead animal and de-
liberately emptied four shells at me over
the saddle, and lodged, under the horse,
two of my shots, but my third "took his
wind" In the affray George was shot
in the shoulder, but it was only flesh
wound, and we kept on our way with a
guard of eleven furnished us at the next
city, four miles beyond. There were &c
many bushes we could not tell exactly
how many were killed, but we are sure
five robbers and four horses will moi
trouble travellers again.
Inside the coach was a Spaniard who
threw his revolver from the window, 8
Mexican who wrapped his head in 9
blanket and put his revolver under him
a German who had pocket pistol and
wisely did not shoot, and lady who
did the praying; so you zee what a party
we had to depend on, and what lucky
escape we had. I shall never get better
help from any one man than did there
from George.
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Drunken Robins In Louisiana.
IRod and Gun.l

I live in North Louisiana. During the
early part Of the season the robins feed
upon China berries, of which they are
very absolutely gorging themselves
with them. When l was boy ! remem-
Der to have caught few almost every
div, lying on the ground, apparently
stupefied or drunk, and it was quite COM
mon for the little negroes to watch for
and catch them. The general assertion
of every one was that the robins were
drunk, and thought it was SO, until one
winter, after l was grown, the robins
came in great numbers, and, while shoot.
ing enough to make a pie, | discovered
one on the ground, seemingly drunk.
though he could fly, but not very far: l
caught him, and, upon examination
found his crop very much dlstendeo
with China berries.
He kept his mouth wide open, bu
made little noise. though he evidently
tried to. The berries could be seen il
the throat. l pressed two or three o
them up ard pulled them out, and il
a few minutes he was futterfng ant
whistling, and whsh iibStated flew ava!
as rapidly as II nothing had ever beel
tne matter with him.. These berries fal
off late in the winter, the moisture OF tn
ground puffs them up 80 that they be
Come as round and full as cherries an
one walking on them causes continue
popping, not very loud but distinct Th
robins swallow the berries in such quar-
titles as to fill the crop so full that, 9
ther from the peculiar formation Of tn
ibesry, or theif swelling with moistui
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14
Don't Get the Chflls.'

II you are subject to the ague you must oe
sure to keep your liver, bowels ana klo:
neys in good free condition. Whenso, you
will be safe from, all attacks. Inc remedy
to use Is Kidney-Wort. It is the oest pre-.
ventation Of all n,alariai diseases tnat you
can take. See large advertisements
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14

PAD AND PLASTER.

Monroe's Combined Pad and Plaster is .
thousand fold the most perfect form OF the
theory of absorption ever invented. 1t is
indorsed by the highest authority as not
only great improvement over the ordina-
ry pad, but as being of superior quality
as a stimulating and remedial porous
plaster. They will positively coun-
tsract all diseases of malarial tendency as
well as relieve all aches and pains Of rheu-
matte or neuralgia nature, and do it much
Quicker and better than any or all other
known agents. ,..,: *
That it Is q vast improvement on ALI
forms of pads. is q fact so self-evident that
no one can deny, and when the extreme
low price at which it is sold Is taken into
consideration, no possible excuse can avail
for neglecting to use remedy 30 sensible
and so economical. -, ~, o..
The Combined Pad and Plaster is wern
exactly as an ordinary pad is worn. There
is no harness" or gearing" about it;
no trouble In adjusting; no danger OF dis
placement no chatting of strings-in short
no fuss or bother. We, knowing all tho
facts, can guarantee the Pad equal to any
other that now is or ever will be manata>
ftured the Plaster in point of medical effect
excelled by none, and both offered at one
half the cost of an ordinary pad, and but
little more than the cost Of a common
porous plaster. .y,F
| 1t is certainly the cheapest remedy in tho
world, since the entire combination is sold
for single dollar; SO that whether you
consider It's curative value, its convenience
or its price, you find in the Combined Pad
land Plaster the greatest boon to suffering
humanity ever presented. ,n
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WARRANTED TO CURE.

Remember this combination is varraatad
to cure if used according to directions No
other pad is sold under ths same guaran-
tee, and no other plaster is presented To
the public under the "No cure, No pay"
principle. Remember this and give it .
fair trial, Is all we ask. ...
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14

instrument, l nave TuClOocu III WlLlllH
box which permits one bulb only Of the
thermometer-that most distant from
the clock-to be affected by the radiance
Of the sun, which, when it shines, ex.
pands the air contained therein, forces
The fluid along the tube, and by altering
the eauilibrium Of the beam brings some
portion of its weight to bear upon the
pencil point, and so. the record is com
menced. When the sun becomes OBJ
scured, the air expanded by his rays con-
tracts, the fluid in the tube returns, the
normal equilibrium is restored, and the
pencil ceases to produce its mark"
In order to overcome the difficulties
attending the exact determination o.
soundings at great depths, or where there
are undercHrrents, an ingenious, instTu
ment has been invented by Senior Hen
rique de Lima Cunha, who lately reaC
a description of it before the Lisbor
Academy of Sciences, and forwarded ;
cop; os the r.re. r.re to the Scientific Amer
;can. The essential part Of the invention
is cone Of sheet copper having a ring a
the apex for attacliing line, and a re
movable copper base which is perforated
~ s,x small holes, and which has yer
tical silver wire rising from its cente
inside the case. This cone is sunk vefti
callS with the apex uppermost, by mean
of two separate weights suspended
by chains from three rings attached
.,at eailal distances 10 the cifcumfel
erice of the base. When a sound
!. ing IN to be taken the silver wire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-31

TIE NORTH. VEST AND soUTHwEsT.O
II EFFR6 s NoVEMBfR af Il M ss
tRA-S5 LEAVE WASHINGTON. from Depot,
For Fitisbnrg and the West, 500 a m, daily, with
Sleeping Cars 10 Louisville and Chicago, 10 40
to Cincnnsti, st. Louis and Chiesso: So M
daily. With Pslsce Cara to Pittsburg.
Ter Ganandaieus. Ror6tster. suffaIo. Sialsrs,
with Psrior Car TO Watkins snd the North, ST
except saturday. with P.lsce Oars to Cansndai
gus and Watkins
TOT a.,SS Loes s HafeR ana Eiirs. lo;4o
For View YorA and the last, 10 40 g. H., 2:1G and
he express 9 Of sq Pullman par iaa oars
-, n; daily. except sunday
Jesy CIV With bosts .G Of Hro5sVn sonee =
fordins direct transfer to Fulton stree: avoid
! limited EIpress. 3 80 am. daily. except San
'Fora baltimore $40. $50. $50. 10 40 an. and
2:lO, 4:20. 40. $50 $50 and 10 90 3. N. On
Sunday. 500. 10 40 ; M. 2:lo. $40. $50 and
FOR Pepe's Greek Line. $40 sn and 4:4o pm.
Tor ANNAPOLIS $40 a. m snd 40 p. u. daily, ex-
AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL-
Way AMP ALEXANDRIA AND WASHING
For Gisxsndris. 90, 100. $40, and 1l:2oa. m,
4 20. S 200, s 20. s. 100 and IL so ?. 10. On sun,
day q, co. $40. IL 90 and Ii 30 N. and 500
p n.
For Richmond and the South 700 and IL 90 . %.
daily. and 90 p N. daily, except sunday.
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington, O0 8. Oh,
and 1000 An; Ito, 8 CO. 800. 20 and 10
PM. a..3 u 90 midnight On Sunday At :06,
and 10 90 g. III. 90 and .05 p. m.
Tickets, Information, ~ "uing and parlor car SO
ccmmodstions can be procuIgI At the othces. north
east OF 18th street and Pennsylvania avenue,
aud ST the depot where orders can be left for the
checking OF baggage to destination from hotels and
residences.
L. T. FARMER, General Passenger Agent.
FRANK THOMSON. General Manager. poy29
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4 New Years. Suggestion.

Editor SaT: The poor are now suffering
dTeadfully-more than is generally known. /
suggest that Ladies' receiving calls on New Years
Day should nobly utilize and make doubly
bright and happy in their own and their call
erS' ives this day OF Gays, by having ON a Gen.
tral table a large receiver OF some sort, into
which their callers may, IL so disposed, drop
AN oFertng for he deserving poor" THIS may
be done either by envelope, with name or other
wise, and thus the iD0Os shan also be made
sharers in "A happy Near Fear" Ladies thus
doing will be sure 10 "plaee II where It will do
the most GOOD" THI
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THE COURTS.

CIRCUIT COURT (No. 2.)--J1dgp HdgRer.
Yesterday, Hoover agt. Rest; motion to set
aside dismissal granted. Lewis, executor, agt.
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company; dis
rnlssal OF suit over uled. Bean. use OF Darling
ton agt. saunders: judgment for plaintiff for
s5i60. rafferty, Il Williams agt. Busey; de
mGIreT sustained; leave 10 amend declaration.
Brown q Co. agt. Leddy: demurrer oyerruIed;
leave 20 plead sons ana Daughters or Liberty
agt- White ct al; Judgment granted; demurrer
oyefruIed: leave 10 plead; judgment for path
TN admitted Utermeble agt. Barker; judy
ment admitted for $500. Same agt- Sims & Bar
ker; do. for $500.
To-day, GafGenbire egt. hartley; motion for
judgment overrUied. Emery Coal Company
agt- Murdoch: judgment set aside. or payment
OF costs and leave 10 plead. Stewart agJ. White:
judgment for plaintiff BY stipulation; appear
tIial oyeruled; appeal noted. Adjourned to
Monday.
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Feed the Birds.

Editos Snr:-Wiilyou be so kind as TO call tie
attention OF your readers TO the fact that the
sparroWs, who clear the trees ia summer from
worms AID other Insects, VIII have 10 die fro n
starvation 10y hundreds as long as the Snow
Iasts, unless fed by kind hearted people. II the
LADY OF every house throws some crumbs 10
LAt Itile sparro@s every morning and after
noon, IL Will keep them alive through the So
verest weather. A LOVER or RtknS
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Sailing the Tracks.

Edfior Ndr:-I would like your paper TO call
attention 10 the authorities TO the snow now
lying In frozen mass completely blocking
pennsylvania avenue at i4th street, except
path FOR one team. The Belt line did this. Also
at The Intersection OF l4th and Avenue at this
writing, II a. NJ, Thermometer at Il. a stream
or water running In The tracks OF the Belt and
pennsylvania avenue tracks, produced by salu
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GUIDES NEW EXPRESS LINE

~ BETWEEN
WASHINGTON, 6EORGETOWN, ALEXANDRIA
AND PHILADELPHIA,
0oyNKcrrta AT PHILADELPHIA WITH OLYpK's
LINES FOR NEW YORK, BOSTON, PROVIDENCE,
FALL RIVER, AND ALL POINTS Is TaL E1W
ENGLAND STATES.
Through bills Of lading gven.
SAILING DAYS.
From hinzton-MondAys, at pm.
From NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at 10 an.
Freight received daily until pm. Georgetown
goods received and delivered at Washington.
Wharf, foot Of 18th street.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE b 90, General ManAxerx
l2south Wharves, Philadelphia; J. II. JOHNSON
Co. Agents. 18th st. wharf and l202 1t. NV.
washington. aug27
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THOMAs BOWLING. Aucuoneer.

TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY,
ON l STREET, BETWEEN TENTH AND
ELEVENTH ST REEFS NORTHEAST
BY virtue Of a deed of trust dated June III
18th. 1874, and duly recorded in Lber 769. f.1l
folio le0. ct seq. Of the Land records OF S@2
ton OF the party secured thereby. we win sell, ct
DAY, TIE TIN II PAT t OF JANUAaY. 1851. AT I
lying and being in WASHINGTON, city. District of
Columsla. and known and described as part OF Lot
two C2l, in square nine hundred and fifty seven
t957l, being the west thirteen feet one-half inch
as 412 ft.) by depth of one hundred feet 600 ft.}
Of said lot, with all improvements Said al estate
will be sold subject to all unpaid taxes collectors
certificate OF which will be exhibited at the sale.
erms One-third of the purchase money In cash,
OF shich deposit Of $50 must be made at the sale
and the balance in two equal instruments. payable
in Fix and twelve months respectively. for which
t , Rrolnistory notes OF the pnrchaser dated on
the rate of six per centnm per annun until paid and
secured by deed OF trust on the property sold
must be given or the whole purchase money may
be paid in cash. at the option OF the purchaser If
the terms of sale are not COMPLIED with within tea
days from the day Ct sale the Trustees reserve the
night to resell said r. al estate at the risk and st Of
conveyancing and recording at the expense of the
purchaser. O. 3. CHURCH. rr.us+aos
dec24-St NJ p. OALLAN,} trustees.