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New-York tribune., 1881-08-31
tnslnees Notires.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
"ALDERNEY BRAND
CoNDRSsED MILK

FOREIGN.-Gambetta is again urged to take the
post of Premier of the French Government. &C.
Three battalion, of the French army dis
patched to Africa yesterday - 1t was an
nounced yesterday that negotiations were proceed
ing for the permanent representation of Germany at
the Vatican. - Important administrative
reforms have been suggested to the Gar. 60
Mr. Dillon is criticised acknowledging that the
Irish Land bill contains beneficial features. -
The Spanish Government will not turn its attention
to the debt of Spain till January. - severe
cyclone was reported at Havana on Monday as just
having passed over Martinique.
DOMEsTIC.-The condition of the President re-
mains favorable an incisiou was again made In the
swollen check, with good results. 60 The steamer
City of Richmond, of the Portland and Mt Desert
Line, ran ashore in Penobscot Bay yesterday morn
ing. AN attempt to arrest two burglars in a
railway train at Mechanicsvlle, N Y, resulted in
the shooting of four men. including both of the
thieves. - Much damage has been done i'll West
Pennsylvania, Illinois and Michigan by drouth.
g An explosion occurred yesterday in the load
ing room of the Manchester Arms Company at New
Haven, by which several persons were injured.
- Several negro laborers were killed at Balt-
more by falling wall. - Several business fail
reported from Deadwood.
CITY AND SUBURBAN The wreck of two vessels
IN the recent gale reported yesterday, -
Bonnie Lizzie, Memento Glenmore, Ferida and Duke
of Kent won the races of the Coney Island
Jockey Club. - Testimony in favor of the
alleged Italian brigand was given. c.
There another hearing before the referee in the
bicycle case. - The Rapid Transit Commission
considered elevated railway structures. - Gold
value of the legaltender silver dollar 412l2 grans)
SS.12 cents. - Stocks were active and higher
closing weak at a reaction
The Manufacturers local observations ind-
cate fair clear weather. with slight changes in
temperature Thermometer yesterday: Highest
So; lowest, GSo; average, 75lso.
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31
TIMHLLNG Sc LIZ EQLLC

III there are To be many such calamitcs ms
two which were chroniced last week. work ino-
men Will be likely to agitate for better def
nltIon OF the duty of employers in respect to
providing sound scaf1olding and machinery.
in brooklyn, journeymen were employed to
construct new slate roof over the PRESBYTERIAN
church III Lafayctte-ave. A scanold was
erected for their use, which very likely NAV
have been sufficiently strong if it had not been
overloaded; but states to the amount of q tom IN
weight were piled upon it and in CONSEQUENCE
while two skaters were standing upon il .t
work, it FELL dana ging the organ, choir gallery.
pulpit and communion table, and ininrin,, tbc
two mcn-one of them, as surgeons thougbt
fatally. In this city, an electric light comnonv
undertook the erection of mammoth lantern
upon a pole 40 feet high in Union Souare A
frame or carriage was constructed to be boisted
up TINS pole carrying a lighting apparatus in
tended To be used as n test of the suiliciency of
the light at this altitude. This carriage WAS to
De raised by men working winches or wind
lasses fixed on platform Just underneath Ae
the carriage and lighting apparatus neored tbe
top OF the pole, breaking noise was heard
apparently n ratchet-whee broke). and in q
second the heavy load, weighing about 75O
pounds, came crashing down upon the nlot-
out of the way. Four or five workmen ON the
platform were crushed, two of them, at least
fatally. The casualty is ascribed by those oc
qualnted with the structure to some flaw in the
metal Of which the ratchet wheel of one of tbo
drums employed in hosting was constructed
Employers usually display some liberalitv
toward sufferers in these cases, cspccio,,v
while the public memory of the calamity ;s
fresh but it is not strange that workmen con-
slider themselves entitled to definite comneps,.
ton for risks like these. The habit of the
courts has been TO make a marked distinction
between workmen injured in the performance
oi the task for which they are hired, and other
persons. Ia reference to a railroad. for ev-
ample, it is usually said that passengers are en-
titled to have the highest precautions taken for
their safety; but conductors, engineers and
brakemen have but avery limited right to apv
recompense for injuries they may sustain in
the company's service. AS toward hired SER
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wants an employer must take ordinary care to
provide safe machinery and to select suitable
persons to be employed in the various branches
of the work but if these things are done an in
jured servant has little claim for compensation.
One reason assigned is and it hi force, that the
public advantage requires that workmen should
have strong motive for detecting and COM
planning OF defects of apparatus negligence
of felow-servants. Another reason given is
that the risks incident to any employment in
Guiding the risk that fellow servants will some
times be careless, should be taken into account
in adjusting rates of wages; men employed
on dangerous scatfolding should ask and he
paid more on account of the peril This reads
well in the law-bOOks, but is unsound i'm fact
The average workingman, carpenter. painter.
plasterer, vane and lightning rod man. miner
practically has to take the work in his line
which Okers, at average wages the employ
ments are but few in which he can have an al
lowance for peril. The plasterers or painters
senU upon lofty staging to complete the cell
ing of church are not often paid more than
those who work in safety on the floor.
In England this subject was earnestly and
effectively pressed upon the attention of Parlia-
ment a year ago resulting in the passage (Sep-
tcmber 4 lasD of what is known AS the
employers Liability Act" 1t declares that
whenever II workman sustains personal injury
lrom any defect IN the machinery or plant" or
from various kinds of negligence tsuch as the
ACT Speclhes) OF other servants, he, his repre-
sentativcs in case of his death, has the same
claim to compensation from the employer as if
he had not been II servant, but had been one of
the general public. Some limitations arc i'm
posed to prevent injustice to employers
"A IpI Iasf in f,,I, Il;
chinery could not be discovered or where the
injured workman knew of the cause of danger
and could have given warming, hut failed to
do so. And the act is experimental it came
into operation in January last and il 70 expire
December 81, 1857, unless before then Parlia-
ment shall find that public policy requires it to
be continued
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31

lature of 1882 the adoption of one of the
| canal amendments to the Constitution approved
by the present Legislature. 1t is not stated
which of the amendments is referred tO-that
removing the restriction relating to expendi-
lures, or that making the canals absolutely
free and levying a tax for their support. The
adoption of either by the next Legislature and
the people would make the canals more
effective against the railroads, but the senti-
ment of the State seems to be rapidly reach
ing point where it will not be satisfied with
the partial concession involved in the first
named amendment, but will demand that the
canals be made free. The State is practically
out of debt; its revenues will be increased by
the new tax laws, and it can easily afford a
free canal.
The finding at Thebes of thirty-nine num-
mics of Egyptian roxal and priestly person
ages, which has been hailed in Europe as the
greatest archaeological discovery since Sir
Henry Lay ards researches at Nineveh, grows in
Importance TwO-thirds of the mummies are
now identified by means of the Inscriptions
upon their cases and the manuscripts found.
They are, for the most part kings and
queens, with their children, ranging through
four dyDasties, beginning with the seven
teenth and ending with the twenty first; or,
stating it roughly, from 1000 to LOO b. c..
The mummy of the Pharaoh of Israel is among
these in perfect state of preservation, and
the mummy of Thotmes H., in whose reign
the Obelisk that stands in Central Park was
first erected. The imagination fairly faters
in the attempt to realize that these figures have
been brought back from the vast and shoreless
sea of Egyptian antiquity to our own day,
and our very doors. Lotus flowers that
look as if they chad been plucked a few
months ago." are found lying in the wrappings
of kings who were dead centuries before the
Pharaoh of Israel was born, and the passage
of nearly 1900 years has not dimmed the
beauty of the colors of the inscriptions and
pencillimgs, (Which are as bright and fresh as
if the artist had touched them but yesterday
This is a wonderful prize for archaeological
science, the full meaning of which scholars
probably are just beginning to appreciate
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31
PAST d\U PRESENT

On Saturday when the physicians had abandoned
all hope of the Presidents life The TRIBUNE re-
minded ITS readers of the case Of the Prince of
wales, who recovered after going through crisis
apparently quite az hopeless. Turning back TO the
files OF the paper IF December, 1871 we find several
points which make the analogy of the two cases
particularly striking. Both sufferers reached the
crisis on the same day of the week-Saturdav
boih were given over by the doctors, and PRAYED
for by the people the Sunday when all human
aid seemed hopeless In each ease the patient suf
ered rom secondary irrtations not necessarily
nected with the disease orwOuud itself The Prince
suffered from ulcers on the ntcstincs which were
hourly expected to break and produce perforation
of the intestinal canal. Both were tenderly
nnrscd by their wives. Both showed slight
Improvement on the Sunday beginning with
refreshing sccp. The Prince of Wales remained
IN imminent peril Monday, Tuesday and Wcdues law
Both in his and in of President Garfield the
most important factor in the recovery was the vigor-
ous constitution of the patient
There werc also. grave distinctions between the
Princes ease and hat of the President. The Prince
remained unconscious and dchrious for days. while
the mind of the Pres lent has only briefly wandered
1t is impossible to read the bulletins issued 10y Sir
William Jrnncr from Sandrngham and compare them
with hose now issuing from the White House with
out feeling that the Prince much nearer
dissolution than ever our own President has
hoping against hope. with winch the Royal
family met their misfortune. the messages of condo-
leucc and sympathy which have reached Mrs. Gar
field from Qucen Victoria acquire SENSE of reality
they would not Otherwise have possessed The
Queen has herself twice passed through the fire
TO see her husband snatched from her once 10
see her eldest come back from the very deepest
shadows Of that dark valley One touch of nature
makes the whole world kim"
But ihe central figure in the group which sur
rounds both sick beds the loving and heroic
woman. Rank, position and title melt away in the
presence of such catastrophcs the woman only re-
mains. Wives like Mrs. Garfield and the Princess
of Wales teach all the lesson that in the presence
of the dcepes, anxiety we must nerve ourselves and
go on with our duty Happy the man who when
his life is trembling in the balance has such n
woman at his bedside No professional aid bc il
that of physician nurse, can supply that mag
neic touch of the hand, the look of calm cheerful
ness in the wcl-knONn face TO which the patient
turn, in the despair of Suffering ~ he has SO often
turned in the buoyancy of health. The country has
still many days of anxiety to undergo; ANA even If
another relapse should occur (the ROYAL patient had
several, let ,pe that it will pass way like our
fears of Saturday
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31

There ls something exceedingly mysterious about
lynching. Take. for instance. the case which oc-
Cured on the 2lst inst. at Orange, texas A gang
of desperado"s, called after their leader the Dolno
gang incensed against the sheriff beguiled him into
an ambush and shot him, so that possibly he will
die. Upon this the citizens arose in their might and
resolved to hang or shoot, without judge or Jury
every member of the Delno gang A commirtee of
100 citizens proceeded to business. Four of the
cyil-doers were captured and shot then another
was taken ana hung; then another and yet another
was arrested and locked up, but the citizens not
satisfied with this took them out, and they too were
put to death. Such, succinctly told is the story of
the Orange, Texas, lynching. Everybody knows
that this method of administering substantial ius
tce is bad one, and the only possible plea in its
behalf IL that ii is necessary to the safety of the
community. he question is of its necessity. Here
f'r instance, was IA town of which large majority
of the population was upon the side of law and
order. 1t had n Jail. presumably a good one: if
had sheriff; big posse comitatis with Judges
and courts and a plenty of law. Against all
this force, IA mere handful of villains were ar
rayed. Now, we do not understand whv matters
being thus arranged and the moral force thus dis
tributed, II was necessary to violate the law in or
der to punish these criminals. Had they been prop
crly indicted and tried by jury in n legally con-
stitutef tribunal. they would have been convicted
and duly sentenced All the instincts of the public
Judges selected by the pub would have been ripht
also. why then was 1t necessary 10 take these ex-
tra-judicial proceedingsY The true answer 10 this
question probably is that the ynchers knew that
the punishment Of these wrongdoers would not ac-
cording to law, be capital. Such they determined
to inilic and thus they became the instruments of
injustice, and law-breakers themselves How far
they have helped matters by this violence. time will
show. Not much, we suspect
Wendell Phillips loves II controversy and -s never
really happy unless the smoke n war oi words so
to ospeak, is whring around his head For weeks the
blows have rained upon him hot and heavy for his
utterances mt Harvard in regard to Nihilism; and
his enjoyment at the rumpus which he has kicked mn
must be great indeed. The last person to take him
to task for his sentiments the Rev. Dr. John p
Lundy, a Protestant Episcopal clergyman of Phila-
delphia, who last Sunday preached sermon remark
able for its outspoken vgor the causes and conse
quences OF Guiteaus crime. He laid the lash
unspai1ngly upon the great orators back-but il
Will cause smile, not n twinge According TO our
New England orator, Phillips" said the preacher
: this murder OF Kings, Cars, Emperors and Presi
dents Is an evidence of life and spirit Yes of
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31
NEWS ABOUT MR.. rrpEN.


hcie is no longer room 10 doubt that M
Ide ~ To ne The next Democratic candidate for Cover
nop NeN- ofk state, IN preparation for the contest M
lss4, when he Will again be formidable candidate 0r
tbe presidency. IL New-lork DE carried for ne
democracy, u can only he under Mr.. Tdeus direoA
ana leadership, bat We cannot Wuch Tor ie ii'S
dency The mere mention OF his name in connection VIA
that Office VIII he sufficient tie cd bitter
ness ana feeling manifested n lSso. His day y dehe
re cannot be President There and sfrnftef
men ia the party-many OF thom-from whom We can
select safo lea and guide. and who In The Il
ecuiihe chair would SO win upon the people 20 ep
uate ihe ascendancy 0f the party.
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31
A RURDEN WE'LL nm on.


frofa The Hochesrr DetaocTft ana Chronicle ihe.s,
The nomination of the Hon. Norman NJ. Auenf
for the Senate, 10y tue Republicans of the AAAito
District viii be received with favor by the party iho
out the State He has had large legislative cNperlroe
IL an earnest Republican. and man upon whose clai
acter the slightest shadow Of reproacb has never ain
Much OF the talk against his predecessor was inspe ~
personal malice and factional hatred and had no ioo
dation IN fact Upon the whole however, u Is p..ssr
that the district should be subjected 10 TIE
of vindcate him at the polls, and thereby keeping ~
quarrel within the party which should ceaSe no 49,
IN Mr. Sessonss district, but also throughout te e'
fasa
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31
PUBLIC OPINION.

So far as We have observed. there is no de.
sire TO raise any Issue npon the composition Of the state
ucket'- ALBANY Evening Journal (Rep)
The substitution of Norman NJ Allen for
Loren Sessions the Republican candidate for sep
ator IN the NNAild District is most fortunate. t
ought To be worth 10000 10 the parry in lie Stae
Troy Times QepD
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31
MIR CURTIS on ARTHUR AS POSSIBLE PREsf
DENT


Mr.. Arthur's political asSociations and views
are wei known. The dntios OF the Prsiderry viii "A
Their responsibility, would dcyolve upon him and whls
uldouhiey the gravity Of the situation would impress
nm deeply, he would sill have his OVID friends and
connsellors Events could make him essentially a
1heIcnt an. There would De. however. "a univers.
disposition I" treat hm generously and o aitcpae
tNl anu ne could count upOn the cordial and een
welfare. ~ f'-N'N ~
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31
FACTs ABOUT mississippi.


Inc Greenbackers of Mississippi are no moro
SrHenDackers than the ID mocrats They don't want 70
be radicals and must be something else to count
hlthng at an election. They tired Rourh0uisu,
ana are Tor new oeal all round with a new deck n
h"k WI deiend the ScneganbiHn AT the polls wiz
10 " tnat there Is an end To Bourhoni~m. king
counted.
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31

Scientific scepticism with respect to alleged
centenarians will find a difficult subject in Mrs.
Hannah Cox, who has just died near Plymouth,
N H. at the age, it is said, of 105 years, and
whose claim to that age seems well subs an
tiated. Four generations of her descendants
stood about her bed as she breathed her last
Mrs. Cox was woman of intellectual gifts, and
her life was so closely identified with the his
tory of the State that her case cannot be dis
posed OF In the summary manner i'll which
scientists get rid of aged colored ladies too
Ignorant to have known when they were born,
and last surviving" body of George
Washington.
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31

coupled hereafter. He should not be suh;s..., :
personal Violence lie killing himself fast ene .
Inc people have pinned their faith TO the Ga,s.,,
pluck, and it looks as if they would not he di.a
pointed. '' Oe oisdp-
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31
Amnsemenis ano Alssiinss Co. Might.

RIJou OPERA HoUsE--9-" Rooms for Rent"
BOOTHs THEATRE--" Michael Strogoff." -,
bALY's THEkTRE2 and s15-" Cinderella Mt schooL f; =.
HAvERLY's NIBLos GARDEN-2 and s." My Geraidne.
HAvERLy's 14TH STREET 1HEATRE-2 ana - S,r ~
HAvRBLY's FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-2 ana q 9ni5h
MADIsON ~OCAKE THSATRE-S3O-" The 1roIesS9}i. 10,
STANDARD THEATRE-S-"A Messenger rom JARVIS
Section"
n VAII,-f,OnGerr.
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31

The name of Senator Logan, of Illinois. has been
several times mentioned among the callers at the
residence of the Nce-Prcsident during the past
week. This Is an error. General Logan has been in
New-lork upon urivate business and has not taken
part any Of ihc visits or conferences referred To-
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31

We print elsewhere a few of many letters re-
celved, urging that day of fasting and prayer
for the recovery of the President be named
which the whole country can observe. 1t will
be seen, also, that similar suggestions continue
70 flow i'll upon members of the Cabinet at
Washington, asking that the Cabinet recon-
mend such day. 1t is difficult to see how the
request can be complied with. The Cabinet
has no official existence as body. The setting
apart of day for fasting and prayer is properly
an executive act, and under the circumstances
the natural course would be for the Governors
OF the States by common consent to fix upon
day, and issue prOclamations accordingly. No
doubt if one should set the example the others
would promptly follow it.
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31

The Committee of the Canal Board, to whom
was referred the question of remposing the
tolls ON westward-bound freight in order to
make up threatened deficiency in the reve-
nues, have made their report. 1t was feared
that this deficiency would embarrass the ad-
mnistration, owing 10 the constitutional pro-
vision that the expenditures shall not exceed
the revenue of the year before, but the com
mittee are disposed to believe that the def
cheney will not be so great was feared, and
that therefore the westward tolls need not be
revived; and report also that they will
be prepared to recommend to the Legs-
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31

There was only one feature in the Presi-
dents case yesterday which might be construed
as unfavorable-the quckened pulse, which
once rose to 116. The physicians insist, how
ever, that there is significance in these
fluctuations in view of the Presidents gem
eral condition. This seems to be that
OF man beginning to show the characteristics
OF cOnvalescence, though not yet gaining much
in strength. The fever was less than on
the day before, the swollen gland steadily
improved, and the mind is so clear that the
President now watches his progress, and
compares one day with another. These are
unmistakable symptoms that the system is
throwing off the poison in the blood
and conquering it. The country will
hail with joy the growing hope
that the tide has turned, that the long drifting
toward death seems to be over, and the Pres-
dent is being slowly borne back 10 life 1t
would be more prudent, perhaps, for the peo-
pie TO weigh all the chances before
counting surely upon recovery, but 1T seems
almost ungraciOus to question their grateful
confidence in the Presidents final restoration
especially when the prospects seem so much
brighter than before.
New-York tribune., 1881-08-31
ynnex to ADVERTISEMENTS.

CONCERT HALL-Couoert.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-15
Lovers Lies.

What queer way pens have of put
ting down just the right words together,
sometimes That second word above
there might have been dreams," or
"fancies," or Exclusions, or hundred
other pretty sounding syllables, only
that this square-nibbed little weapon
has such an aggravating way of telling
equally square truth, one would think it
endowed with an intelligence OF its own.
What is there about them, these rosy
hued fables, that the wisest of us likes
to listen to, half believe them, perhaps,
wholly distrust at last =? Exquisite,
fragile things Their rough, practical
brethren of everyday life seem horrible
beside their airy proportions, so they
seek the seclusion of the boudoir, the
silence of the midnight walk. Like
bubbles, full of light and color, they
float about us, until the rude hand of
Truth grasps them, and they vanish,
aving nothing that is tangible behind.
Claude Melnotte was not so young in the
art of love as the play book would have
us think when he says to Pauline,
"We'd have no friends that were not
lovers" Philosophers draw fair dis
tinction between lies and their twin
brothers, 1alsenoouS-tne Iolner peHS
spoken with the intention to deceive,
the others under the belief, by the
speaker, of their truth. We are apt,
sometimes, to draw too heavily on the
bank of human affections, exact more
than comes to us spontaneously, and are
not at all times careful to see that the
change we get in return is pure metal,
and rings firm and true. Let lovers
themselves answer how often their own
utterances come under the first head.