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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29
DEFENCE OF LIE COAST

The stations of the Life Saving Service on
the Atlantic Coast will be manned and opened
on next Wednesday. Superintendent Kimball
has lust issued letter to the superintendent
of the different stations from which the
public may gain some idea of the strictness
and also the wisdom of the discipline which
his long experience has shown him to be
necessary in this service. The keepers, for
example, are forbidden to employ two men
of the same family. this restriction extending
to their own kinsfolk. NepOtism, in the hard
worked crew of one of these solitary stations
on the barren coast, seems at first sight an
unlikely and unimportant thing, but nowhere
would it be more probable or more fatally
disastrous. One unsklful or cOwardly man
in crew might cause the loss of hundreds
Of lives.
The guarding of our coast Is matter Of
sudden and terrible emergencies, met by
human machinery which must be kept in
constant and perfect order. The strength of
II. as in any other chain, lies in its weakest
part This being the case, it is reassuring to
know that the General Superintendent main
tains strict oversight upon each crew. The
names and characters of the surfmen are
inef1iciency no investigation has been hereto
fore thought too troublesome or minute, and
punishment has been prompt and inexorable.
Politics are entirely ignored in this one branch
of the Government the chief officers of the
service belong to different parties and no
preference is shown in the choice of keepers
or of sllrfInen. Physical capability, knowl-
edge of the surf, faithfulness and courage
are the sole requisites in the choice of these
men for their arduOus and dangerous work
When man is found efficient. the policy Of
the service is to retain him as long as posi-
Bile. 1t il due to Chief Kimball that we may
boast of at least one branch of our Govern
ment service which is kept clear from all con-
tamination of politics.
Additional stations have been erected this
summer on the lake coast, and will be ready
to open by November /. THE TRIBUNE called
attention a few weeks ago to the noble work
done by tho Service Oh the lakes during last
winter The rescue of life and property was
equal in proportion to that OH the seaboard
| the record ended with the sacrifice of the
whole crew of the station at Point aux
| BarQues No provision. by the way. was made
| by Congress for pcnsioning the widows and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

orphans of these men A bill will be brought
before the next Congress to place the soldiers
Of the Life-Saving Service. in this matter
upon the same plane as the soldiers OF tne
Army. A Democratic House, we believe, VIII
be no less just to these men than. Republicans
have been. Their work appeals to no party,
but TO the humanity common to us All
would undoubtedly infuse new vigor ih'o
these men during their daily work, and sus'
tain them when they are called upon to FISK
their own lives to save wrecked crew. IL
they knew that their country recognized their
services at their proper value, and that their
wives and children would not be lett 10
starve if they should fall while serving mat
country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
THE WANDERING ACTORS.

HE WANDERING ACIphc'
Mr.. Jefferson will begin the new dramatic seas'a
on September ID, at the. Arch Street Theatre
Philadelphia. acting Fob icres, ia " The RNas..'
Ada Cavendish appeared at Buffalo, August % III
"The New Magdalen "-beginnng her regular sea- s
son. This week she is in Rochester, where she WIN
produce a new play Alice Harrison VIII ces'a
the second week of her season. tomorrow n'sH'
in Chicago in Mr.. Ben Woolfs new musieai pay.
entitled Photos" .....John Mccullough, since p'
arrival home from England. has made hylng ',' ,'
TO Saratoga, Long Branch. Boston and Phiiadelp,"1
......Agnes Robertson will appear, IN fDp'r'.
phia September 13, at the Walnut a'iD'
Jessie BroWn. This will be the ~s'
ming of her new term OF professiohai
Fanny Davenport Mrs. Price, has p's''a
the summer at Canton, Pennsylvania. enc w."
shortly appear in this city at the Fitth AVN.
Theatre Lester Walack and his drama'c ''"'
pany will appear in Philadelphia september ID.
Miss Kate Claxton is i'll Canada .... Maggie L. ~,
ell appears, this week. at Columbus. MIS- :,
Ter has made o. new version of the melouf'" -,
Guy Mannering," and she will appear III f" Wv
season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29
have " changer The country ould depend u,o,

have &" cbangeT The country ould depend mo,
getting it.
The Democrats have worried tle four member, q,
their party in StauntOn who yOuchcd for fho
accuracy of TIE TRrBUNE'5 extnct from Ham.
toms speech into a statemcntthat hey regarded tbs
speech as patriotic and unobje;tonable fro
Union standpoint" That may be, bit the North
has quite different opinion. What IS CONSIDERED
as "patrioiicD up here i rank "jec.ionllsnD IN
the South.
One curious thing about the II ampton extrsc,
should not escape notice. The charge is made
that the quotation has been I" nlsconstrued and
distorted" by THE TRIBUNE. The fact is that Tuv
TRIBUNE has printed it without comment, leayin,
the public 10 make its own construction or con,se
reference has been made to il time and again in Iuy
TRiBUSEs columns, but the extrict Itself was put
np alone to stand on IT'S own mrrHs. IL is not THy
TRIBCNE's Interpretation which bias made ali
this rumpus, but the plain language Of Wads
Hampton.
Democratic candidates for Congress in Pennsyl
vana are forced to declare over their names that
they will stand by Protection If they are elected
That is. that they will do their BEST to make tho
promise in the National Democratic platform lie
With solid Southern delegation clamorinc 70,
tariff for revenue only" these few brethren from
Pennsylvania will be of rs much weight feather
III the path OF cyclone.
English hasn't forecosed anything for several
weeks. That must be a refreshing change 10 the
poor men" oil indianapolis.
The four Stanton Democrats Who signed card
declaring The Vauey VUGiaida's report OF Hampto's
speech to be "substantially correct now sign
another card saying of the first Ibis testimonial
was given solely as a yindlcatlon Of personal
frendv What do they mean ~ that Do they
wish 10 have u understood that Hampton never sad
ANYTHING OF the kind and that thew merely said he
dId in order to obhae friend. Ikis Is the QueeIes,
explanation yet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29
DRAMATIC NOTES.

Mr.. Henry Lee has been engaged As lead'nS 49,.
in the dramatic company of Miss Fanny ps''"F'
TOR the new season. =,
Mr. Mackaye's play Of Hazel kirke mas '',s
Its cloth performance at the Madison sauaI ay;ty
atre, and Il still floats upon the tide oil popu''
Mr.. George Conquest has almost entfeN '.s
cred from the consequences of the aceiuon' IN
happened to him at Wallack's Theatre. anu Nv
shortly reappear ut that house.
MIR. Sothern wrote as follows some ''''' I'm Am
about his illness /" csn scarcely crawl fo,' ~.
to room. The doctor says that he believes .,s,fy
cure me- do not but that doesn't seem " ~ pos.
Iknow that have as many lives as cat ou' ~
sibly this may be my ninth"
Mr.. schwab has translated. for pubhcsliOn' - IA
suitable form for general use, the French pss. a.
which Mile. Sarah Bernhardt Will appear wnea 49,.
reaches America. Absolute accuracy nsS.s.rsiy.
sought IN this work. and the books WILL h''''''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29
The stufling will be taken out of the census. Nor
- sectionasm VI

The stufing will be taken out of the More
- sectonallsn ~
John Kelly will go into the Democratic State Con-
venton with victory IN his favor, the result of
the first round with the Tiidenites. The second
round is sure to be a lively one.
1t Is sufficiently evident now what sort of q
"change" the election of Hancock would give the
country The South would come into power with
its determination to wipe the last vestge of war
legislation from the statute books That means
that the negroes of the South would never have
their yotes counted. save when they were cast Tor
the Democratic party that southern claims and
remuneration for slaves would be paid that the
masterpieces" of the South would be built up and
made to blossom like the rose with liberal apprO-
priations for internal improvements How would
the money be raised TO meet all these demands I
Why, by q new issue of paper money. This would
throw MS back where we were before resumption
and would be change in our business situation
which would be radical enough to suit the widest
Spectator.
As was to be expected, the Southern census suffers
like the Southern baot-box suffers, bunged the
Job. They are too Jealous for reconci iatou and
change, and oycrdo the business every time.
Lester Bradner Faulkner has assumed the posi-
ton of tag on the coat-tail OF John Kelly.
Congressman Chalmers gives up Maine. and 40
does every other Democrat who gives his honest
opinion on the subject. IL still remains a fact
however that not a Democrat in the party has pro-
tested against the infamous " fusion" Democratic
Journals and leaders have regarded with approval
even. an infamous alliance IN support of the Gar
celon conspiracy To steal the State. and In. support
of the worst financial doctrines ever put forth NV
any organization. And this same Democratic party
asks to BIO put III charge of the financial aa,ra Of
the Government IN order that the country may
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29
OUR DISAPPEARING FORESTS.

Nature Is sure to revenge herself upon man
for any wantOn disturbance of the harmony and
equilibrium which is the result of the long con-
tinued operation of her conservative forces.
The more violent natural agencies, if let alone,
tend to counteract each other, rather than to
increase in destructlveness some resistance al
ways develops to restrain the widest force. and
the varied influences of growth and decay COM
bne to mitigate extremes accommodate antago-
nsms and preserve well balanced order and sta
bility When the earth cloths itself with
forests, the covering protects against the cold
of winter and the heat of summer and by its
slow conducting power Iestrains the sudden
eyaporation of moisture, thus insuiing a mole
uniform degree of humidity. Instead of care
fully preserving the woods which maniiestly
help TO make his climate more temper ate,
equabe and healthy, civilized man in all his
tory has been recklessly improvident of tim Der,
laying waste vast forest areas and stripping the
earth of its protection 1t has not yet been proved
that the total annual rainfall In country de-
nuded of its forests is seriously lessened but Il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

General Hampton declared that the Demo-
crctie party, under Hancocks iead was fighting
far the same principles that Lee and Jackson
fo~gM for, and for tchich the Southern soldiers
disd. There mas no qualification in the terms
~sal His appeal was for harmony in the
Democratic party IN Virginia, and to make ii
effective he brought up The acar remembrance to
tosch the feelings Of the nce."-[From The
Stanton Valley Yirginian, the paper from
which the first quotation above is taken
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

Attorney G eneral Devens asks question
wlich 10 we'll worth considering. In brief, it
II this: If 1t is 80 difficult now to punish
crime and fraud against the United States in
the Southern States, what would be the con-
Aition Of the South If the National Govern
ment should pass under the control of ex-
RrAelsf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

Oswego County is distinguishing itself by
forming a large number of Republican Clubs.
1t Is an excellent example, which all the coun-
tics and all the States should follow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

The death of Ouray, the good chief" is
much to be deplored. 1t is already stated that
it may delay the settlement of the Ute diff
culties for year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

There is an ADVANTAGE after AL IN being Queen
as well as a woman. when a heroic act is to be rec
ognized in an effective rs well as tender way. And
It must be acknowledged that Queen Victoria never
fails to use this her prerOgative with admirable and
fine discretion. Two English soldiers, it viii be re-
membered. Melville and Coghill. were killed at the
battle of Isandula, in Zululand. while brayey at
tempting to rescue the coors of their regiment.
Their widows were pensOued of course, but the
Queens own womanly heart suggested "A further
and more graciOus recompenSe. She sent ont by
the Empress Eugene two wreaths and the Empress,
after she had made her pg image to the spot where
her son was killed. continued her journey to find
the graves of these obscure English soldiers and TO
Law the wr,aths upon them with her own hand.
She wrote afterward letter to the Queen descrlb-
ing the Wild grand spot where they buried, the
heroic circumstances of their death she had been
able to learn them. adding few words Of earnest
sympathy for them and cOngratulation tor the SOW
erelgn who had men so brave 10 lose; all Of which
the Queen copies in Der own hand and sends with a
letter of earnest sympathy to the widows of the
dead heroes. Certainly there is something in being
a woman as we'll as a Queen. Even to a practical
American mourning for her dead the know ledge
that these two women, who had been seated upon
thrones had suffered precisely like herself. and held
out their hands to her in sympathy, would bring a
certain consolation. To loyal Englis lwomen the few
scrubbed words would outyalue all pensions or re-
wards.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

A Pennsylvania, whose wife had been
ssder sentence of death for murder, and who
h himself in Jail now. awaiting sentence fox
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

Mr.. Packard, of Packard's Business College who
is nothing if not original. adopts the Socratic
method in setting forth the claims of his school.
The Dialogue which he holds, in the advertising
columns. with an inquring father and bis son, has
good many quaint turns in it, and will interest
even those who have no need expectation of bust
ness education.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

larceny committed while visiting his wife, re-
Gently INDUCED in the luxury of a libel SUIT
He considered that his wife's reputation
had been impaired. while she was i'll jail
under the circumstances aforesaid, by the pub
lcaton of certain newspaper article. Inc
jury, however. failed to agree with him, ana
the burden upon this sensitive soul OF the
sentence for larceny will be increased 10y the
costs of the libel suit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

An invitation has been extended to the Right
Rev. A. n. Llttlejohn. ID. D., Bishop Of Long Island,
by the Syndicate of Cambridge University, Eng
land to deliver a series of sermons in the university
pulpit This is the first time, we believe. that an
American divine has been invited to fill place
heretofore assigned to one or another of the dis
tinguished theoogians of the Church of England.
The Bishop Will sail, 1t Is understood, during the
latter part of October, and deliver the course of
sermons on the Sundays of November.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

"Paase before you cast yOT rote. Think hor
lee wsuld hare roted. Think rhat Jackson
,could hare done before he acOuld hare cast a
cote calculated to dicide his belored Virginia. 1
ask you to remember those who hare died on
your soil, AND TO REMAINDER THAT
THE PRINCIPLES THEY DIED FOR
AKE AGAIN on TRIAL TO-DA Y"IWhat
Wade Hampton said, as reported in The
Stanton Vindcator, of July 80 1880, the
only Democratic paper in Staunton that pub
lished the substance of his address.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

English hasn't forecosed anything for several
weeks. That must be a refreshing changeD 10 the
poor men" oil indianapolis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

UEY TIE SOUTH is SOLID FOR HANCOCK.
Consider uhat Lee and jackson wOHd do
rere they olire. THESE ARE THE SANE
PRINCIPLES For WHICH THEY
FOUGHT FOR FOUR YEARS. Remember
TIE men rho poured forth their life blood on
Virqinio's soil, and do not abandon them noT.
Remember that upon yOr rote depends the sue
cess ofthe Democratic tieket."-[Wade Hampton.
a. the meeting in the interest Of Democratic
harmony in Virginia, at Staunton. July 26,
1880.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

Lester Bradner Faulkner has assumed the posi-
ton of tag the coat-tail OF John Kelly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

As to be expected, the Southern census suffers
| like the Southern ballotbox suffers, bungled the
| job They are too Jealous for reconciliation and
| change, and ovcrdo the business every time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-08-20
Killing Rats.

Ithas ALWAYS been easy for house
wiv.s who are troubled with rats to
poison them, but the problem has been
to induce them to die upon the field of
hon.r, so TO speak, to-wit, the kitchen
hool They have usually preferred to
retin to their inaccessible retreats in
the wallis as soon as they have felt the
symptoms of arsenic poisoning, and the
low tate of sanitary science prevailing
in t,eir communities is such that
poisoned rats are never properly buried
or ilcinerated by their associates.
The lroblem has been how to kill the
rats Without bringing unpleasant odors
into tie house.
Mr.. Benedict has solved the diff
cultyand is entitled to the honor We
give b an inventor and benefactor.
She VAS engaged, it appears, in the
dometic manufacture of plaster casts
of various kinds. Complaint having
been made of the fragiiity of these
wares, Mrs. Benedict began course Of
experiments with the hope of giving
create: durability to her casts. One
of her devices was to mix wheaton
-four with her pulverized plaster of
Paris, 20 that the gluten OF the flour
might make the paste less brittle. One
evening she had visitors, who rang her
doorbe just as she was sitting the
mixed plaster and flour for the third
time by way of mixing them intimately,
as the chemists say. She had already
set din of water ut hand intending to
make cast at once. and when the door
hall ohn hoottixy ranNNUal hQr
ron and went to welcome her guests,
leaving her materials upon the kitchen
table. The guests stayed until late
bed time, and when they babe her
adieu Ms Benedict went to bed with
out returning to the kitchen.
What happened in the night was
this: A rat, smiling the odor of flour,
made mp the legs of the table to the
top, where he was speedily joined by
other foragers-his brethren. The
dish Of four and plaster was easil y
reached, and the rats ate freely and
hastily of it, as it is their custom to do.
It was rather dry supper, and water
being at hand, each rat turned from
the savory dish of -four and plaster to
slake his thirst with water. Everybody
who has had to do with plaster of Paris
will guess at once what happened. The
water drank first wetted the plaster in
the rats stomachs, and then, in techni-
Cal phrase, "set" it.; that is to say,
the plaster thus made into q paste in
stantly grew hard in each rats stomach,
making cast of all it's convolutions.
The event proved that with suca cast
in existence it is impossible for rat
to retreat even across the kitchen.
The next morning thirteen of them
lay dead in circle around the water
dish. Mrs. Benedict, like wise wom'
an, kept her secret and made profit OF
it. She undertook. for reconsideration
to clear the promises of her neighsors
of the pests. and succeeded. 1t was
not long before the town was as free OF
this sort of vermin as if the pied piper
of Hamelin had travelled that way.
Then Mrs. Benedict advertised for
agents to work up the business through
out the country, selling each the secret
for u fair prioe.--NeO York Eoen,ns
Post.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-08-20
The SeaWanhaka.

The tale is a terribly tragic one
On bright summer afternoon-Juue
18th the steamer Seawanhaka left
Peck Slip, in this city, for Glen Cove.
Long Island. 1t is supposed she had
or board aboa. three hundred. passen-
gers. Between four and five o'clock a
sudden explosion was heard, while
passing through He'll Gate, and almost
Immediately flames burst from the en-
gine'roem, from which point they
spread with great rapidity through the
middle of the boat. Great confusion
prevailed among the passengers when
they realized that the vessel was ON
fire. The engineer, when the explo.
sion first occurred, was seen to rush
from the engine-room with his clothes
on fire: but afterward he returned to
bis post, and endangered to keep the
paddle-wheels in notion. The cap
tain, with great selfpossession and
bravery, on seeing that the greatest
safety lay in running his vessel ashore
in shallow water, stood by the wAeol,
guiding the boat toward the Sunken
Meadows, near Wards Island, while
hands and face were blistering by the
advancing flames. Nor did he leave
the helm until the Seawanhaka ground
ed, when, rushing through the fire, he
jumped overheard, reached the shore,
and was afterward taken to the hos
pital on Randsll's Island, being &C.
verely burned. Both officers and crew
did their duty nobly; but SO rapid was
the spread of the fire that soon there
was NO place of refuge on the steamer.
and in short time hundreds of hap
less passengers were struggling in the
waters. There were steamers in the
vicinity of the Seawanhaka when she
caught fire, and several row boats not
far of. Boats were also sent from
Wards and Randall's islands. But
Notwithstanding all the help rendered,
it is believed that about fifty persons
persisted either Ivy fire or water. Ex-
actly now many were lost will prcba-
bly, never lie known. The next day
the Morgue, attached to the Bellevue
Hospital, was thronged with anxious
inquiries for missing friends. The
bodies of the recovered dead lay there
awaiting recognition, and many agoniz
ing scenes TRANSFERRED as husband
lueutlueu AIS VIE, or mOtner ner
child, among the stitfened forms that
were stretched upon the marble slabs.
There is mourning in many households,
for the Seawanhaka was popular
boat, and much patronized by citizens
who have country places at Glen Cove,
Sands Point, Roslyn, Whitestone, and
other points on Long Island. The
cause OF the explosion yet remains O
mystery. Harper Bazaar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-08-20
After Sunset.

Onee We went rambling. you and I,
Over the fields one eve III June;
Onder our feet were the clover blooms,
On the hori IN the cr.t cent moon.
When We are wed, my love- yon said,
els shall he in the breezy month OF Jane;
Birds will sing, and the perfumed winds
Will play 3. our bridal pleasant tune"
~01set June roses-rose-buds whit",
Iwill twine in your wsvy, golI.brown hair"
The nighi.wind sightd as tie moon went down,
And vesper sparrow was singing there.
OAiy merry boy and girl,
Living and true; but We were not we'd;
stsad alone in the waning light,
Beside tho marble above your head.
Here are r0ses-rose-buds white;
1he sparrow is singing his plsintive strain;
Do you know have brought you Il gift tc night?
lis wei, but With neither dew nor rain.
HELEN IRVINE. in the Home Journal.