New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-27
GEYER IL MOTIFS.

The Bell Telephone Company. it Is said, has
compromised with the London Post Ofice agreeing
70 pay IL 10 20 per cent royalty for the privilege
Of using the invention London. It will probably In
crease the tOlls 20 meet the tax.
A fatal foot ball accident occurred at War
rngton Eng a fortnight ago. Two clubs were en-.
gagged and TWO OF the players came into violent col
s,on the head o. one striking the knee OF the other
with such force that both fell down nsensibie. Tho
player who received blow the knee recovered hs
senses IN few minutes with no more serious Injuries
tDan some severe bruises, but the other unfortunate
man. who WAS struck on the head, mover feKained hs
c0nsciOusness and carried 10 an innimary where
he lied shortly after hts val
As TO the possibility Of substituting for tho
galow. some death hkoly to be lees painful.
DR. Henry Nachicl. distinguished French physicist
now In NewYork says that the garrote does not always
kill the first tne and could not be made successful
except in hands Of skifu surgeon that admins
tering choroform violently Is very painful that prusso
acid in the eye does not always produce nstantan ous
DEATH and must be administered by physcisn; that
death by strychnlne Is sometimes accompanied BY ter
ribe couyulsons and great pain and that even cleo
tricty Is not sure, for man IN England was struck oy
gatnIug and stripped OF his c'othcs ana macy bones
W re- yet be survived IT, Han srd %, ho neck
until dead seems likely 10 remain ca tue ssiutc-DooAs
for this present
The cave-openers are at il again. Closely
following the announcement Of tie wonderful cave ia
Adams County OHIO. where vas found ,he rrcumheut
figure OF colossal Mercury. winged me- met AMI an and
nne-foot mummy. there comes news OF the exploration
Of rival cave IN Missouri where Is found beau!ifay
finished temple. cut from solid granite q model u
architectural spendor. with colonnadcs aud arches
uayes and transcpt- and carving on the walls IA
characters closely rrsouhling The PhGnician." one
OF the apartments described as room hewn ont OF
solid limestone, thirty Ave fee; wide nfy feet thirty
feet high and viuted the ceutre tie ceiling being
forty-nvc feet from the cor IN The middle o. ne room
Al Intervals Of feet graceful slender columns o
granite, win square has iintaeIcaly carved ia hii
ZION o. some unknown plant The shasi axe the shait
supporting the Hrth are surmouh'ed ny oHPt".
NotnuE Il known ~ this moment axainet tnc srrary
Of the reporters. because h'y are too modest To give
their names 10 the public.
A slight girl. dressed In black, with 4 sad
face explained to Rochester neWs-gatberer the other
morning how 1t happened that she Engaged In draw
poker on a railway train "fOu see.' che hegan
after we left Buffalo found thar In some way had
Lost my money. aud what To do | didn't know. had
my ticket In another pocket. and that helped matters
Two gentemtn IN the section just ahead Of me were
. aging cards. Il poker. l became quite in-
terested IN the game for you often play II With
my brothers for eorn ana they say play pretty we'll
Pretty soon made some remark about the game. aud
then they asked II wouldn't like 10 set ~ Just
for the fun Of the thing. sad yes, and l neve bad
such LUCY. guess they Let me win the hrsi two ~
three times because WAS Lazy, but after tnaf tbtr
nlayed Tor wnat they were worth. and did I. Aud
You never saw tho equal OF he cards hrla. They
called me once. aud all ! bad was tnree aces ana two
niues." :" IL that good handT well, should say
so. IL was good for - that time" " How uaeh did
Won win IN all q" Ion. somewhere between s40 and
500 Haven't counted Il yet"
The lake commerce of this country ia liable
20 be uuderrsunsted. detailed statement just made
at Chicago Inter ocean, shows that less than 3.0s7
American vessels present afoat on tho lakes.
Only about one OF these owned no Chicago 1913
being claimed 10y CuyahOga, go by Buffalo Cresk. aad
5i6 by Champain. In transportation 10 is shown that
Ecanaba .urpasscs all other ports IN the shipments OF
iron ore and Duluth Ia rapidly advancing IN COM
mercia Importance, hayine shipped three AMI sbalf
millions OF grain the last The Inter Ocean
does not appear % think that comparisons odioas
at least q the lacustrue rPgOnfOr presents tnbe0t
clearances ana arrivals showing that Chicago has had
more IMAM twice AS many NcslOrk dusiug the sea-
aon OF lax, nAVignUon-May To November 80 The fol-
lowing IN this rather snrprising table