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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-14
WEST SIDE IMPROVEMENTS.
BUILDINGS GOING UP BETWEEN CENTRAL PARK AND


BUILDINGS GOING UP BETWEEN CENTRAL PAIN AND
THK NORTH RIVER
A number of improvements are in progress on
that part of the city which lies west OF central
Park. An appropriation of $4,000 has recentiy
been made for the Improvement of Moinlngside
Park This PARK Is h Hng rG Sewe anu Ninth and
Temth-aves and exten ling from One hundred and
tenth-st to 0ne-hundred n.y.
Owing TO its hiy nature II Will be tcfraccd
throughout the greater part. Work on Manhattan
Park at present is suspended ow ing to differences
of opinion among the members OF the pt f tbs
appropriation has already been expended without
satisfactory results The street improvements
have been delayed on account of some legal OBJ
structions which have recently been removed ny
the Legislature, and it 10 said that they VIII De
resumed at once. -,
made in the way of building during the last lew
months is n row of dwengbouses IN seventy
thirl-st. between Eighth and Ninth-ayes. lhese
houses are three and four stories III helght, ana
are built of brick, with yellow stone trimmings
They are all occupied, having been rented some
time before their completion. large nat mas aso
been erected at Seventy-thli d. st. and lcnth,aVe'
and number of two and three-story dwelling
houses on Eighty-third-st. between Ninth ana
Tenth-avcs. =,
OF the improvements in progress now, the most
important is large French apartment house, 10
be built by Edwarl Clark. in Eighth.ave., between
Seventy second and SevcntythiTd-sts Inc eX-
cavation for the foundation and cellars Is now
being made. The building Will be 200 feet square,
with large court in the centre, and seven or
elgIt Stories III HtNlt. H. J' ii""
architect, said yesterday that many OF the details
had NOT VET been determined. 1t would be built
ON the French plan however, having the entrances
TO the halls on the court instead OF from the
street; the court would he reached through IN
archway leading into it from the street; There
would be elevators n restaurant IN the huildlh9
and all modern cOnyenienccs. The building Is
intended to be fre-proof.. Mr.. Clark Is also DnlId
m0 an auartlnent house at Fifty-ifth-st. ana
Seventh-ave. 1t will he five stories high, and have
two sets OF apartments on each floor
OF the 2.50O shantcs the West Side several
hundred have been demolished 1t is the intention
of the West Side Association to induce the property
owners and city officials to remove the others NJ
as early day as possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-14
THE WARREN COURT TO TAKE A RECESS.

The Warren Court of Inquiry has held long SEES
sions daily for more than week IN order to perfect
the very voluminous record for the public printer
about six weeks and when it meets again Mr.
Gardner will begin the examination of witnesses for
General Sheridan. 1t is among the probabilities
to explain why he thought it advisable ON the eve
of the battle of Five Forks 10 authorize General
Sheridan by verbal message to relieve General
Warren of his command.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-14
pREpARING FOR A WORLD,S FAIR.

The Secretary of State having issued proclama-
ton 10 the United States International Commits
purpose OF legal organisation for Worlds FAIR
under the act meeting of the Committee OF Ar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-14
AID FOR A CRIPPLED HERO.

"W. X W." sends to The TRIBUNE $40 for John
Henry Bush. who saved tweDty-one lives from the
Seawanhaka; I'D w. b. and y. Is. NJ" send 81
each, and w. II. johnson, secretary of the Eastern
Boulevard Club. acknowledges the following con-
tributons for Mr. Bush. who is still suffering from
the INJURIES received in saving life and is unable
work at his calling as q boatman:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-14
A NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING.

Primary School No. 10, at observation-disclosures
fifth-st and Third-ave., is much too small to ac1
commodatc healthfully the scholars who attend
there To meet the demand for more room, the
lot on the western 81 ie Of LeXlngton-aVe, between
One-hundred-and-fifth and Observation-Disclosures
sis. was secured by David !. Stagg, Supernten
dent of Public School Buildings, and the erection
of new school building was begun; HE lot Is
2O2 feet deep by 100 feet wide. lie Duilding VIII
lie % feet long by Ga feet wide. and VIII be used
principally for girls-hoys beng admitted only III
tOn-ave aud will he faced with brick, trimmed
with Nova Scotia brown stone. The building VIII
he five stories i'll height On the first floor Will be
two play Iooms-one for boys. ~ by "a teet IN
size. the other for girls, 81 by 81 feet. On the
western extension will be two class-rooms, each
2331 by % feet. On the northern extension OF thc
first floor will be The janitOrs ana the teacnerS
rooms On the western extension OF the second
floor are four classrooms, each % feet square
while next TO these is an aSsemblY-TOOm. Tue
third story will consist of six cass-roOnls, four OF
which are % feet square The other Two are 70
fourth floor will be four claSs-roons. three OF
which will he % feet square the other VIII he -
by Oslo feet TO the right of these will be an as
scmbly-room "a by 60 feet i'll dimensions. The
ianitors apartments will be on the fifth floor.
" In most of the schools in the city,, said MI.
Staeg to TRIBUNE reporter yesterday, Inc
janitOr occupies the best part of the building The
flavor of cooking sometimes annoys the teachers
and scholars when the janitQrs rooms are situated
on the first floor; so the change is an improvement
every way"
the entire building. The ventilating shaft is in
the northern extension of the building; and is II
by II feet in size. In one corner OF this smart
dumb waiter will be arranged TO run from the
cellar to the janitor rooms.
ave expect to have the part we are worKng
On now ready for occupancy by January, said MT
Stagg. "Then an extension VIII be added, when
Wilt be nearly as large us the main portion. The
norton we are engaged on now will when finished
accommodate 600 scholars"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-14
MAINE INTELLIGENOE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

San 440 Sun 1870 Clock 6m. 39s
Moon acts - lO54 Noon solths Big Moons age days.
aI5H WATER TODAY =. VI.
Sandy HOOK. Island. 0.29 He'll Gate..... 2lS
HIiH wArEP rODAI-P. u.
sandy Hook. 020 Gov Island. 0j6 Hei Gate 2i5
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-14

The settlers out of free lunches are watch
Jul interest.
The Oil City Derrick has new head 90
TO The oil Cin Derrick, Ben Butler. and be wse.-E'
mira Free Press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-14

Newport express Both his arms ana ns 10y teal
were cut off. He died at U p. IN Inc "oy W."
ing q ride
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-14
REMOVALS IN BROOKLYN.

The expected removals resulting from the APP
poiutment of a new head in the Department of City
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-14

ANOLD RUT FILLED UP.-FOr centuries the
ashon was 10 the Malaria with posons called
medicines" AtIa world has wiser. sufferers
tho do their thinking now use HOLhANs AOOE AND
LIVER PAD, and ar cd without medicine
GPANULArLD AND INFLAMED EYELIDS.
PaImers Lotion wonderful remedy. Bottles 70 eta
and ST. Depot, 376 Pearlst
Py1y,s O. K. SOAP, pure and herd, is the most
that Gao used aund bath and toilet
THE GREAT COMPLEXIOE POWDER,
Palmers Invisible All druggists keep It, Boxes, 10 cenN
WINCHEsTER's HYPOPHOsPHITEs
VIII cure ConsumDtion Coughs Bronchitis Debility. 30
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05
A Bitter Bitten.

They were playing faro in room ON
Pine street. Ii was early in the morn
ing, full four hours before daybreak.
There was goodly gathering around the
board, and all went well until pair of
visitors stepped in. One was evidently
an old customer, for he saluted the dealer
i'll q familiar way. He was dressed like
one OF the many who secure livelihood
by showing strangers from the country
how to buck the tiger and place their
money on the wrong card. His COM
panion looked like man from the rural
districts. His pants were tucked In
his boot-tops, and his slouched hat he
wore in the country fashion. But the
hat shaded pair of eyes that sparkled
with uncommon luster and pale face
and forehead that were not tanned and
brown as an agriculturist's should be.
When the two entered the bank, the
first described above approached the
dealer.
"Get on to his knobs" said he.
I'm on to him." said the dealer !;
"who is the gilly?
"a granger from Lincoln county.
Fresh as an oyster, and with big wad
on him. He's good for clean thousand
if we only work him right"
Well, you know how to work him.
Let him come right in" said the dealer.
That's all right enough, but he
won't go in unless L do, and L can't be-
cause I'm broke. Stake me ?"
The dealer spoke to the proprietor of
the place. The proprietor said: Stake
him, of course" and the dealer handed
the supposed roper-in $40 worth of
change. The latter took it, put it away
down in his pocket, and, nodding to the
granger from Lincoln county, said !:
"Let's go down and interview his 'nibs ;
on the corner" His "nibs" was the
corner saloonist. When they got down
there the pants came out of that agri-
culturist's top-boots, the lapels of his
coat were thrown back, and disclosed a
city tie and collar, and the hat placed in
its proper position revealed anything
but an unsophisticated countenance.
The two shook hands, said the scheme
had worked well, and then stood up to
the bar until more than one-half their
ill-gotten gains had passed over it.
Then they went out on the sidewalk,
locked arms to prevent each other from
falling, and told al whom they met on
the way they had beaten the bank.-,St.
Louis Repubtjc0n.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05
MOODY. the Evangelist.

Twenty-four years ago Mr.. Moody was
n smart young Chicago salesman, who
engaged III Sunday-school work because
of the aggressive spirit of Christian
proselytism III him which had to have q
vent. Not being able to get Glass, he
picked up eighteen bare-headed and
bare-footed, ragged and dirty urchins,
and marched them into the North Wells
street Sabbath school. Not satisfied
even then, he kept going ont into the
streets and getting more, turning them
over to new teachers as he brought them
III. Then he organized mission school
of his own, renting q saloon III one of
the vilest quarters of the city TO hold it
III. Out of this has grown the great
Chicago Avenue Mission, or Mr..
Moody's Church." as it is called now,
which is one of the most attractive
points of interest in the city to strangers.
When the North Market Mission build
ing, as it was then known, was swept
away in the great fire, Mr.. Moody built
the present extensive editice. The money
to build it and to buy the ground,
amounting to nearly $l00.0 900, was con-
tributed by the scholars OF various Sun
day schools throughout the country in
small contributions, aided by q few of
Mr.. Moody's personal friends, some of
the money coming from as far away as
China. For nearly twenty years this
mission was the scene of Mr.. Moody's
noblest Christian efforts, the object of
his tenderest solicitude. Through heat
and rain, in storm and ice and swelter-
ing weather, he tramped through the
most forsalen districts of the city, form
ing the acquaintance of the poorest class
of children and their parents, and bringing
into play every device his tact and ex-
perience could suggest get them to go
to church and Sunday school In his
sermons he let's drop some stray bits of
personal history bearing upon his trials
and rebuffs at this period as, for in
stance, where he tells of boys throwing
old boots and shoes after him and oc-
casionaIly smashing the windows of his
meeting house; but it is only here in
Chicago, and by accidental encounters
with those familiar with the circumstan-
ces that one can form an adequate idea
OF the difficulties and even perils that
Mr.. Moody braved in these early days of
his missionary ministry. There are many
persons, now living III Chicago, who tell
of thrilling escapes which Mr.. Moody
had from personal violence in his efforts
to bring the refining and elevating infu-
ences of Christianity TO the doors of the
very refuse of the city's foreign popu-
lation, at n time, too, when the law and
order were not as generally prevalent as
now.-Chica9o Correspondence.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05
Books in Sickness.

We clip bit of moralizing from the
columns of the Boston Traveller:
1.-THE notion that books are very use
full in seasons of suffering is, we believe,
erroneous. Suffering is far more likely
to poison books than books are to relieve
suffering. Books are useful in relieving
the tediousness of convalescence, or III
killing time for the healthful; but no
really sick man ever cared dead leaf for
the best volume ever written, or could
understand its contents. Far from being
pain-lillers, books create mental pain, or
increase it. Dante tells us that present
misery is increased by remembrance of
past happiness; and books are full of re-
minders of the past, which men will per-
sist in holding to have been n golden
age, because they can contemplate it only
through false medium, the golden mists
of memory. 1t is well, therefore, to have
as little to do with books as possible, save
in times and seasons of as rude health as
ever is given to man TO enjoy"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05
Some Strange Petitions.

The subjects of Frederick the Great
who had any grievance to air or favor to
ask were wont to hang their petitions on
a linden tree at Potsdam, to have their
prayers granted or refused as the King
inclined, without waiting the pleasure of
minister or secretary. The petition tree
doubtless bore strange fruits sometimes /;
but never did old Fritz have a stranger
document submitted for his consideration
than one that found its way into the
hands of Charles l. in 1G40. This unique
petition ran as follows "Whereas your
Maiesty's petitioner hath understood of
a great discomfort i'll many of your
Maiestys subjects at the gracious mercy
your Majesty was freely pleased to show
upon your petitioner, by suspending the
sentence of death pronounced against
your petitioner. These are humbly to be-
seech your Majesty rather to remit your
petitioner to their mercies that are discon-
tented than to let him live the subject of
SO great discomfort in your people
against your Majesty, for it hath pleased
God to give me grace to desire with the
prophet. That if this storm be raised
for me, / may be cast into the sea that
others may avoid the tempest This is,
most sacred sovereign, the petition of
him that should esteem his blood were
shed to cement the breach between your
Majesty and your subjects" Whether
John Goodman crime deserved death or
not, after such an appeal it was iInpos-
sible for the crown to revoke its revoca-
ton of the sentence. -Chds7lJers' Jour
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05
ForyRTH OF JuLY-lSS0.

The letters, six in number, which COM
posed the word Fourth" were in red
flowers, and the two little letters of the
word s'of' were in white flowers, and the
four letters of the word "July" were III
blue flowers. The matter Of arranging
the colors was not hard to do, as YER
benas are of many. The figures used in
making the year 1850 were i'll pink.
But while the visitors were looking at the
Fourth of July" motto, Tom was watch
ing Oracle. Gracie's eyes had found
something Of interest in another part OF
the garden, and she was looking that
way.
''See," said Oracle after awhile,
''theres my name spelled in geraniums.
Running over to the spot at which
Oracle had pointed, the children saw the
following pink letters:
"GRACIE."
Everybody admired the geraniums
very much, and soon afterward every
body had a good laugh, when Tom
sho we'd them how he had spelled his own
name in green cabbage in the garden.
He had taken the cabbage plants up from
his uncle's garden and transplanted them.
<tlJSI SbiNNiio " B"h' VI oiiN
morning, during which, clumsy VIII
Ross stumbled over some of the YER
benas. and knocked the blue letter ''y''
off of July" they all went tothe grape
arbor-in the shade of which they played
until dinner time. Tom got great deal
of credit for his work, and was hero all
day. He felt that he was repaid for his
trouble, but when evening came, there
was treat in store for them. Uncle
John had sent to the city of Frederick,
after seeing the flowers in the morning,
and had bought some fireworks. The
fireworks, crackers, Roman candles and
sky-rockets. were very pretty, and the
children shouted until they were almost
hoarse. But uncle John kept the best
till the last.
"Now, Tom," said he calling the chill
dren together on the lawn, 'you have
spelled Gracie's name in flowers, see how
L will spell your name in the sky"
Every eye was turned upwards By and
by uncle John touched tn thing in red
paper, and the word "Tom" appeared in
letters of fire away up toward the stars
Golden Days.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.

ONE pound of corn is equal, in real
sustaining food, to about 81 pounds OF
potatoes, or 81 pounds of cabbage, or
III pounds of white turnips.
/. GEOLOGICAL operations have shown the
probability that Russia contains beds OF
phosphate of lime of sufficient extent to
supply Europe for an indefinite period.
A NEW process for using up old steel
has lately been patented in England.
By it new metal of extraordinary
strength and ducti!ity is alleged to be
introduced, which is expected to prove
of great value. Steel remade on this
plan has sold readily at 1925 ton.
A BERLIN manufacturer is making n
horseshoe of iron and hemp that is re-
ceiving considerable favor among the
Germans. The shoe is of malleable iron
carrying deep, wide groove, into which
tarred hemp rope is firmly wedged.
The rope is SO thick that il protrudes
beyond the rim of iron. The shoe is
very light and is said to be serviceable.
A CONCENTRATED tincture of insect
powder is highly recommended as an
insecticide by Finzelberg, who prepares
~ Wy ulScotiiit5 ohC It'i VI 'ioA''h ih'NN ~
powder in ten parts absolute alcohol,
and claims that in order to prove eflica-
cious it should be scattered by means
of an ordinary perfumery atomizer.
When thus used in closed rooms all flies
drop dead while scattering it over
linen, etc, acts as protection against
fleas, etc.
A MANUFACTURES whose business re-
quires the use of large amounts of emery
has been trying an experiment with the
ashes of anthracite coal, and he affirms
that he has got good results from the
ashes as q substitute for the finer grades
of emery. He took ashes and saturated
them with water, the liquid being poured
off after standing IN hour or two, then
being poured off again, and so on until
he obtained several grades, down to a
substitute for emery flour. When dried,
the deposit cuts readily and leaves a
satisfactory surface.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05

culated my chances" "And what"
asked one of the comp ny, twas the
cause OF your miscalculation ?" "a
poor dragoon, replied Bismarck, "who
lay helpless with both arms crushed,
murmuripg for something to refresh
him. / felt in my pocket and found l
had only gold, and that would be of no
use to him. But stay had still my
treasured cigar l lighted this for him
and placed it between his teeth. You
should have seen the poor fellows
grateful smile never enjoyed "A cigar
SO much as that one which / did not
smoke"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05
Bismarck and His Last Cigar.

Bismarck once told n group of visitors
the following story: "The value of a
good cigar" said he, sis best under
stood when it is the last you possess,
and there is no chance of getting an
other. at Koniggratz had only one
cigar left in my pocket, which 1 care
fully guarded during the whole of the
battle, as a miser does his treasure.
did not feel justified in using it.
painted in glowing colors. in my mind.
the happy hour in which / should enjoy
it after the victory. But 1 had miscal-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05
OUR YOUNG FOEKs.


Long ago in the oldenldsv,
on q siopo OF tive Tuscan hills there lay
village wa iuarries all around
AND bl"cks OF marble that piled the ground;
Ana scattered among them, every where,
With wedge and hammer, rule and square
WIN the dust OF the marble powdered white,
cat masons who chiseled from morn to night.
The earliest sound that the baby heard
Was neither the whistle nor song Of bird,
Nor bleating OF lambs. nor rush Of breeze
Through the tops of the tall old chestnut trees,
Nor the LAUGHING OF girls, nor the whoOp and shout
VI the scnooi Of the convent just LET out,
Nor the tinkle OF water splashing sweet
From the dolphin's mouth In the village street.
But foremost and first, that sharp and clear
Arrested the little M chaeRs ear
nhen ne walked from sleep. was the mallat knock
On the cAisel that chipped the rough-hewn block;
FROM the dawn Of the day till the twilight came,
Inc click OF the tools was sti the same;
And constant as fell the fountains drip
was the taI-tap-tapl and the chip-ehip-chip!
and when lac could crawl beyond the door
OF the colt igc, in search Oh a plaything more,
or ihther could venture, pTyisg lad,
W hat toys do you think were the first he had?
Why splinters OF marble white and pure,
ana mailet t. break them with, be sure;
ana chi5el 10 shape them should he choose,
Just such as he saw the masons use.
So Michael, the baby, had his.way,
And hammered and clipped. and would not play
With the simple and sanseless sort Of toys
Ihsi pleased the rest Of the village boys
They laughed at the little churches he
Would daily build Mt his nurses knee;
They secuted the pictures that he drew
On the smooth, white slabs with Il coal or two;
They tainted and tCased him when he tried
To mould from the rubbish cast aside
Rude figures and screamed ''ScultOri!" when
His bits of marble lie shaped like men.
But who of them dreamed his maets sound
Would ever he heard the earth around?
Or his mimic churches in time become
The mightiest temple of Chrstendom?
Or the pictures he painted fiji the dome
OF The Slstine-pTandest Of sights in Rome?
or the village baby that chiseed so
BE the marvellous Michael Angelol
- Vide Awake.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05
Educational.

We would call the attention Of School Boards
and all interested in educational matters to the
advertisement in this number of " Swnton's
Supplementary Readers" designed TO connect
with any of the regular series of readers. The
books are pure, elevating and instructive, while
in typographical appearance and as specimens of
the book-maker's art they are far in advance Of
anything we have seen in the school-book line
Brakeman, Taylor g. Co. is q sufficient guaranty
of their excellence.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05
C,pr,rN JA,trs T.. STEEPLE. who co

CAPTAIN JAMES i. STEEPLE, who COM
manded a South Carolina company dur
inc the war, has sent to Miss Lucy Sims,
a teacher in one of the Public Schools of
Brooklyn, q sword lost by Captain Sims,
her father. mt the battle of Petersburg
Mine. Captain Sims was killed at Peters
burg. and his motherless child was
adopted as the Daughter of the Regi-
ment" by the Thirteenth New York
Volunteers. The regiment educated her
at Vassar College.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05

MALARIAL fevers can be prevented, also other
miasmatic diseases, by occasionally using Dr.
SdnfOy'ds Lirel Inrigor0tOr the oldest general
Family Medicine which IL recommended as a
cure for all diseases caused by n disordered
liver. Eghty-page book sent free. Address
DR.. Sanford, 1872 Broadway, New York.