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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-23

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-23
THE sURROGATE's TERM OF OFFICE.

The question over the time when the Surrogate's
term OF office expires is still occupying the attention
Until the time Of the publication OF the official elec-
ton notice issued by the Secretary OF
T Tc no q osa dxpIda l' w hS
thus year. The omission by the Secretary of State
OF any notice of an election tue first evidence
OF any doubt on The matter Since then the Surro-
gate and Others have given attention 10 the subject
without coming To any concu .ion +. j. rwonicy,
Clerk of the Common Council, who is required bv
law To give public notice on the iirst Monday in
October o the vacancies TO be filed mt the coming
election Yesterday received from C0ruoratiou|
Counsel Whitney an opinion as to whether he soild
TO bc filled this wear. Tho Corporation Counsel
says the question Is not Tree rom difficulty, but he
does not think il by any means certain that
the term of office OF the present Surrogate extends
the Clerk Of the Common Council To include the
Surrogates office in the notice which he is
required TO give, and TO leave the question OF the
eXpedency of making nominat ms T. the yau Ms
T. tical ORGANIZATIONS and the validity the elec-
states that there are only nine Civil jus ices To be
elected this year, the Secretary OF state having
made mlsIake IN giving notice That ten were to be
was elected III 1879 Tor "A term OF six years.
NO POOL-SELLING AT JEROME PARK.
The rumor has been current IN the city that the
police would stop the selling Of pools at the Jerome
Park races which begin tomorrow. An attempt TO-
do this was made on June /, 1850, when Inspector
horne arrested one OF the book makers named
sharp he was held In 5000 bail, but the American
Jockey Club procured an injunction FROM Judge
Donohue of the Supreme Court, restraining
the pohcc IRON inter crng with the booksellers
and the police thereafter let them alone. They
learned only few days ago, after the sharp rcbukc
administered to the Department by Mayor Grace
that this Injunction had been dissolved jerome
Park Ism the Precinct, of which Captain
\ ule has command. Superintendent Wailing SAIL
Yesterday when questioned as to what would be the
ehec ct, ON the forthcoming races:
We shall enforce the law, whether at Jerome
Park, Fleetwood or any other place. have advised
the captains of all the precincts that who
lever OF them permits any violation of the law
iorbiddng The recording or registering of bets OF
wagers within his district will bc charged with
ect OF duty. have issued general order on tile
subject and propose TO see it enforced. We have
last year has been dissolved md we are thrrctore
bound 10 enforce the law. | have impressed the
matter upon Captain Yule and mean To have men on
the held TO see that he permits violation of the
law. Fools must not be sold at the Jerome Park
races any more than in Barclay-st at any place
within our jurisdic tion."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-23
LUNDBoRG's PERFUME
EuENIA.

RUPTURE.-Dr. J. A. Sherman's services are
IN 30 much demand that he is compelled divide his time
tween NewNork aud Boston Consultation DAYS IN New
York PSI Broadway, Monday Tuesday saturday Boston
~ MilS-sG, on wednesday, Thursday and Frbias
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-23
Announcements

A thousand healthful elements are blended
I'm TARRANl's APEENT containing the
celebrated SETTER Spring woe name il bears
sold by all druggists.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-23

c. c. SHAYNE, wholesale fur manufacturer,
No l03 Prncest offers sessn sacques d0lmans fur
lined garments retail
than regular retail houses Mail orders Refining
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-23

Don't DIE in the house. Ask druggists for
Rough Rats" II clears and Is cents.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
A Hint for Housewives.

An intelligent housewife Is authority
for the sta ement that beds and bedding
require greater attention in the winter
than in the summer months. She gives
the following hints to her sister house
keepers Get up in the morning, go ont
and breathe fresh air, then return to
your room. Instead of making up your
beds as soon as you leave them, and
Boosting of your smartness (more prop
erly ignorance), remove the clothing,
not all in heap, but spread out where
all parts may become thoroughly venti-
lated. If you still adhere to that time
honored nuisance, a feather bed, or
feather pillows are no better, shake them
up, stir the under beds, open the win
dows, doors, anything to let in the pure
air, the colder the better, and every few
days-every day would be better-hang
them all ON a clothes line for few
hours and see how brisk and lively the
feathers will become. When your rooms
are clean and your beds fresh make them
up, and my word for it you will sleep
enough better and be enough healthier
to pay for all the extra trouble-I know
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
The French Army.

Under the empire q man might es-
cape military duty by furnishing sub.
stitute, or by the payment OF certain
sum annually fixed by decree of the Min
lister of War ;; but by the law of July 81.
1872, it is declared that every French
man owes personal military service, the
right of substitution being abolished.
He is liable to such service from the age
o. 20 to that of 40, and forms part of the
active army for five years, of the reserve
of such army for four years, of the terri
torial army for five years, and of the re-
serve thereof for six years, making twen-
ty years in all.
Any Frenchman, moreover, between
the ages of Is and "a, who has not been
already couscrIpted, who is of sufficient
height, able-bodied, unmarried or 2, Wild
over without children, and provided
with certificate of good conduct, may
volunteer for five years service in the
army or navy.
A soldier may also re-enlist, upon the
completion of his five years of active
service, for further term of two, three,
four or five years, during which period
he is entitled to extra pay at the extrav-
agant rate of 8 confines, or, if he be a
on-commissioned officer, of 10 GEN.
times g cents) day
As a further inducement to remain in
active service it is provided by the lew
of July "a, 1873, that certain civil and
military employments are reserved ex-
clusively for those who have been in the
active army for twelve years, and during
four of these years with the grade OF
non-commissioned officer.
The total effective force of the army
in time of peace is 45O, 600, and in time
of war 100000.
We may add, in passing, that by the
terms of law passed Aug. l, 1874,
horses and mules are duly enrolled, and
are liable to consumption for military
purposes. George Merrill, in Harper's
| IfUnU,jno
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
R0bcspierre's Execution,

As they went along throngs crowded
about the cart to see the fallen tyrant,
and the gendarmes pointed him out with
their swords. He was pursued by the
bowling mob, who had formerly yelled
as fercely at his victims, and now
charged him with the blood of them all.
Troops of women, who had danced at
the deaths of those that he hal sent to
the scaffold, now danced the Carmagn ole
round the cart rs it passed before the
house of Duplaix, where he had lived.
A woman, breaking from the crowd,
rushed to him, exclaiming, "Mcr erer
OF all my kindred, your agony fills me
with transport Descend to perClition,
p lrsued by the curses of every mother in
France !" When they reached the place
of execution Robespierre was first shown
t. the people, and then laid down on tire
scaffold with the bloody and nearly-dei d
bodies of his brother and Henriot. The
b itch consisted of twenty-one, and
Robespierre was executed last of ALL
When he was raised up to be led t. the
guillotine he presented O most CHASTITY
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
A Long Riddle.

A young Bible-student was asked
"How many boys are there in your
class ?"
He replied eff you multiply the
number of Jacobs sons by the number
Of times which the Israelites comprised
Jericho, and add to the product the
number of measures of barley which
Boaz gave Ruth, divide this by the num-
Der of Haman's sons, subtract the num-
Der of each kind of clean beasts that
went into the ark, multiply by the num-
Der of men that went TO seek Elijah af-
tor he was taken to heaven; subtract
from this Joseph's age at the time he
stood before Pharaoh, add the number
of stones in David's bag when he killed
Goliath, subtract the number of furlongs
that Bethany was distant from Jerusalem,
divide by the number OF anchors cast
out when Paul was shipwrecked, sub
tract the number of persons saved in the
ark, and the remainder will be the
answer"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
How Afghans Fight.

An English correspondent in Asia, re-
ferring to the fighting qualities OF the
Afghan soldiery, says: ''An Afghan never
thinks of asking for quarter, but fights
with the ferocity of tiger, and cllngs to
life until his eyes glaze and his hands
refuse to pull a pistol trigger or use a
knife in dying effort to MAIN or kill
his enemy. The stern realities OF war
were more pronounced on the battle
fields in Aighanistan than perhaps they
have ever been in India, if we except the
retributive days of the mutiny. Tospare
"a wounded man for q minute was prob
ably to cause the death of the next sol
der who unsuspiciously walked past
him. One thing our men certainly
learned In Afghanistan, and that was to
keep their wits about them when pursu-
ing an enemy or passing over hard-won
field. There might be danger lurking In
each seemingly inanimate form studdlng
the ground, and unless care and caution
were exercised the wounded Afghan
would steep his soul in bliss by killing
Kaffir lust when life was at its last ebb.
This stubborn love of fighting IN er-
tren,is is promoted doubtless by fanat-
icism. and we saw 30 much OF it that our
men at close quarters always drove their
bayonets well home, 30 that there should
be no mistake as to the deadliness of the
wound. The physical courage which
distinguished the unframed mobs who
fought so resolutely against us was
worthy of all admiration; the tenacity
with which men, badly armed and lack
ing skilled leaders, chung to their posi-
tons was remarkable, to say nothing of
the sullen doggedness they often showed
when retiring. But, when the tide OF
the fight set in fully against them, and
they saw further resistance would in
volve them more deeply, there was 80
sudden q change always apparent that
one could scarcely believe the fugitives
hurrying over the hills were the same
men who had resisted SO desperately but
a few minutes before. They acted WISE
ly; they knew their powers in sealing
steep hills, or in making their escape by
fleetness of foot, and the host generally
dissolved with a rapidity which no one
but an eyewitness can appreciate. III
cavalry overlook them, they turned like
wolves and fought with desperation, sell
inc their lives rs dearly as men ever sold
them; hut there was no rally in the true
sense of tire word, and but faint attempts
at aiding each other. Their regular
troo,n we're but little amcnable to dis
cipline, by reason of deficient trimming,
and they resorted to the tactics they
Ind pursued rs tribesmen when once
they were forced to retire.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
The Uses of Slang.

Is "slang" always reprehensible
Let us consider what slang is. The
word only marks relative condition,
like the words "dirt and tweed. f"
Aristotle long ago told us that dirt was
merely "matter misplaced" and Prof.
Gray, asked to define weed, said "a
flower i'll the wrong spot. So slang is
merely n common word III unfamiliar
relatons--a word plucked up by the
roots and planted in new spot. A cor
respondent writes us ~ follows ed
itor of Andre,0s' american queen: =
. Is it slang to say Not if l know my
self?'" Answe,-Not if it BE said seri-
ously, though it would, perhaps, be bet
ter To say something else. John Milton
said, mot If L am acquainted with my
SELF" Considerable so-called slang is
classic. Escaped with the skin of my
teeth is from Job. The phrase che is
n brick" is from Piutarch-that historian
telling of King of Sparta who boosted
that his army was the only wall of the
city, land every man is n brick" We
call an honest citizen "a square man, "
but the Greeks, 1900 years ago, de-
scribed the same sort of person rs "tct-
ragonos"- "a four cornered man. Web
ster defines slang to be slow, vulgar,
unmeaning Language" definition quite
too sweeping. 1t is often low, some
times vulgar, but very seldom unmean-
ing. On the contrary, slang, being al
ways metaphorica language, is general
ly compact and its meaning very clear.
Its use may have or ginated with gyp-
sizes, or criminals in Need of disguise
for their speech but it is not the less
true that good many of the most use
full words in the language were original
ly slang, now adopted into the full fell
lowship of lingual purity. The use of
the word 'mob" was denounced by Adj
olson and Swift (both of whom used
some slang of their OWN, but we should
scarcely know what to do without it.
We do not, by any means, advise the
young to use slang unfortunately +;
they had better err in the other direc-
ton. At the same time, slang has a
useful function to perform. 1t is the
great feeder of vigorous expression the
reservoir from which languages draw
strength and keep from getting enfee-
bled. AS enlightenment brings culture
ut the expense of virility, so languages
always tend TO diffuseness and feeble
Mesa tendency which slang inclines
to counterfeit. So the use of slang,
while sometimes nuisance and some
times disgusting, has an important Office
in keeping languages alive and their
veins full of the blood of youth. an
0reDs' american Queen.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
Novel and Interesting News.

The Boston Globe has made happy
deal. In an extraordinary special edi-
ton dated Jan. l, "19S1, it presents
the news of 100 years from now, in n
highly interesting and elating manner.
The monograph in Divorce Suits
Sunday-School Excursion m Air Cars
Terrible Accidents in Mid-Air-Inven-
ton Of Burglar Bouncer, are respec-
lively treated from the standpoint of the
advanced journalism of that day.
News by the Talkogram and Pho
tophone from all parts of the
world is fully presented. To show
the progress Of those times. it is on y
necessary 10 state that Hiram Grants
bay mare Broad S. trots mile i'll 1.37t."
Every one should secure from his news
dealer or from Messrs. A. Vogeler & Co.,
of Baltimore, Md, by whom this edi-
ton is Exclusively controlled and otcned,
n copy of the Boston Globe for 1881. y
Mailed on receipt of price-FIvE CENTS.
To read it is to have grace and hexibility
impaired to the intellect, and q strong
desire to live on-as the poet would ex-
press it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18

figure-his sky-blue coat covered with
blood and dirt, his stockings slipped
down about his heels, his face liyid as
death, and tied up in bandage. The
executioLer plucked the bandage away,
and let the jaw fall. He gave dread
full yell, which struck every heart with
horror, and the next moment was put
under the OK. Samson held up the
hideous head to the people, who shouted
with delight, aud then went away sing
ing. One poor man, as he gazed on that
head, said, Yes. Robespierre, you said
true--there il God T"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
The Match Tax.

The cent-a-bunch tax on matches
Yields the Government daily income Of
nearly $40, 900. Any one who desires
can figure from this, approximately, how
many matches are used per day. On
the insignificant little bunch'of matches
Is levied 10y far the heaviest tax known
to civilized governments. Your grocer
will charge 80 cents fer - quarter-gross
package. OF this sum SO cents stands
for the tax Of q penny ~ bunch, while
IA cents represents the first cost and the
manufacturers jobber's and retailer
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18

Here is a case of a lady having an aver
sion to the opposite sex it appeared in
the obituary of newspaper some fifty
years ago: Lately, at Gray's Aims
houses, Taunton, aged 80, Hannah MUIR
ton, a maiden lady. She vowed several
years ago that no he-fellow should ever
touch her. living or dead. In pursu-
ance of this resolution, about ten years
since she purchased coffin, in which,
whenever the felt serious illness, she
Immediately deposited herself, thus Sc
curing the qualification Of her peculiar
seasibility." There are many similar
cases to this lady's on record, though
they are manifested in n more imperfect
waY.=Cnannbers' Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
BITS OF INFORMATION.

THE payment of postage originated in
France in 1868.
The Pacific ocean was discovered by
Balboa, Sept. 8, 1913.
THE British Museum was first opened
Jan. 10, 1859.
Gas LIGHTS were first used in New
York city in 1873.
CHRISTIANITY was adopted as the re-
hgion of Rome 81 A. ID.
FROM December, 1888, until March,
1889, the Delaware and Ohio rivers were
both frozen and navigation suspended.
La 1870 snow fell two feet deep in Ohio,
and the river was so firmly frozen that
mounted troops and artillery wagons
rode across by the hundred.
Cars are called "pussy" by some peo-
pie, but why they call them "pussy"
instead of by their particular name is in
t'mately and closely connected with the
question why red apples grow on green
leafed trees. The word pussy" is the
Tamil word for cat, and has been intro
duced into the language through folk
lore. Nearly all fairy stories about cats
come TO us through the Persian, which
preserves the Tamil word.
THE first Mayor of New York was
Thomas Willet, who was born in En-
gland In 1911. He came to Massachu-
sets when l8 years old, and III 16i7 sue
ceeded Miles Standish III the military
command of Plymouth colony. When
the English took New York from the
Hollanders, III 1864, Capt Willet was
chosen Mayor of the city and admins
tered the Government for two years, at
the expiration of which he returned to
New England, where he died.
PIUs TX. vas the 263d Pope. Of the
whole number fifteen were French. thir
teen Greeks, eight Syrians, six Ger
mans, live Spaniards, two from Africa,
two from Savoy, and two from Dalma-
TIA. England, Portugal, Holland.
Sweden and Crete gave one Pope each
Italy 1914. All Popes since 1923 have
been elected from the italian Cardinals.
OF the 2G3 Popes eight died within a
month after their accession to the Pom
tifical throne, forty have lived only one
year on the throne, twenty-five between
one and two years, fifty-four between
two and five years, ffty-seven from five
~ zen years, Hlty-One 1rOm ten To fifteen
years, eighteen from fifteen TO twenty
years, and nine have lived more than
twenty years.
TUE famous hanging gardens were
built by observation-disclosures to crafty his
wife Amyitis, native of Media, who
longed for something in that country to
remind her of her mountain home.
These gardens consisted of an artificial
hill 400 feet on each side rising by sue
cessive terraces to n height which over
topped the walls of the city. The ter
races themselves were formed of sue
cession of piers, the tops of which were
covered by flat stones sixteen feet long
and four feet wide. Upon these were
spread beds of mating, then thick
layer OF bitumen, covered with sheets of
lead. Upon this solid pavement earth
was heaped, some of the piles being hol-
low, so as to afford depth for the roots
of the largest.trees. Water was drawn
from the river to irrigate these gardens.
which thus appeared Like hill covered
with verdure.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
PRor. FoRr. in q paper ON artificial

PROF. FoRT, in paper on artificial
respiration read before the French
Academy, states that he was enabled to
restore TO life child 3 years old three
and half hours after apparent death
by practicing artificial respiration on it
for four hours. Another physician re-
ports a somewhat similar case. He re-
animated a person nearly drowned after
four hours of artificial respiration. The
person had been in the water ten min
utes, and the doctor arrived an hour
after asphyxia.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
What We Know About H.

tF-om the Cairo tlll) Radi. al Republican,
What do you know about st. jacobs
Oil?" said one of our oldest subscribers.
This was fair question, and we answer
that we are reliably Informed that gentle
man of this city who has suffered untold
agony, and spent mint Of money To get
relief from rheumatism, in desperation
bought some and tried it, and declares that
it is the best remedy for rheumatism he
eyer hoard of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostration
and all forms of general DEBILITY relieved by
leaking MENsMASs PEProyIzED BEEF Tonic the
tonly preparation Of beef containing its eutire
nutritious properties. liz contains blooSl-mrk-
ing, force-generating and DEMONSTRATING prop
erues; Is invaluable IN all enleebleL conditions,
whether the result of exhaustion, nervous pros
tration, overwork or acute disease particularly
if resulting from pulmonary Complaints. Cas-
well, Hazard d Co., proprietors. New York.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
EVERY TIME.
From the Keokuk Constitution. J

man, or even piece OF machinery that
does its work right every time, is We think
very correctly judged valuable And Ger.
ninly none the less valuable is any article
designed 10 relieve the ills of mankind, and
which does so every time. Messrs Jones,
Cook ~ Co, Bay State Brewery, Boston,
Mass, write: We have used St Jacobs Oil
among our men and find that it helps them
every time" We there fore heartily rec
ommend it us a pain-healing linimenl.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
Two Organs.

Degulate first the stomach second the liver !;
especially the first. so as to perform their func
tiOns perfectly. and You will remove at least
mnetet n-twentieths OF all the ills that mankind
is heir to in this or any other climate. Hop
Btters is the only thing that will give per-
fectly healthy natural action 10 these two or
paus-Mdiue Fd1Yne7.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18

ELERT's EXTRACT OF TAR AND WILD CHERRY
has been used for twenty years, and during that
time has saved many very valuable lives. Do
not neglect r. cough or cold until it is too late.
Try tins excellent remedy and we are sure you
will be convinced of its merits. Chronic
Coughs and even Consunptves, are cured 10y
following the directions. Every bottle is war
ranted to give satisfaction. Prepared by the
Emmert Proprietary Co., Chicago. Sold by
all good drugglsts
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
Mrs. PartingtOn SAYS

Don't take any of the qua;k rostrums, as they
are regimental to the human cistern but put
your trust i'll Hop Bitters, which viii cure gen
eral oilapidauon, costive habits and all comic
diseases. They saved Isaac from severe ex-
tract of tripod fever. They are the ne pas
,.,.,i,a of medicine. Boston Globe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
A Very Uncommon Mania.

Burton, the traveller, tells MS that a
melancholy Duke of Muscovy fell i'll If
he hut looked upon woman, and that
another snchorite was seized with cold
palsy under similar circumstances.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18

AN exchange speaks of pig born
with atrunk. We suspected it al along,
for we've often seen them on the cars
with q YaliSe
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-18
The Hest Life Prcserver:
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.

The man of genius is not master of
the power that is in him it is by ardent,
irresistible need Of expressing what lie
feels that he is man of genius.