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, 1881-03-13

Special Dtspafch to 1he Chicago 7Fb'sn4s "a:
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 1.-THE extra
session talk is dying away. Leading kepub-
licans do not anticipate or want called
session. The candidates for the Speakerstlp,
Gen. Henderson, of Illinois, Hiscock, of New
York, and Reed, of Maine, say that all extra
session is both undesirable and improbable.
Representative Warner Miller, of New York,
one of Mr. Hiscock's supporters, and who
would be relied upon to assist In managing a
campaign. has started for trip to Mexico
and Cuba, which he would not have under
taken had he not had credible information
that there would be no extra session. Still,
there are some who believe that the Forty
seventh Congress will be convened by the
middle Of May.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT
has received information that most of the
banks which had deposited lawful money to
retire their circulation will, in view Of the
fact that the legal-tenders are not to be re-
turned to them, take out new circulation in
the regular way, by the return OF the securl-
ty bonds. ...
MAI. L. T. ANDERSON,
Of Iowa, who has been here as q candidate
for the United States District-Attorneyship,
to-day received I; telegram from Coy: Gear,
rendering to him the office Of one Of the Rail-
cant by the appointment Of McDill to the
Senate. Mr.. Anderson will accept, and will
retire from the contest for the District AT
torneyship. Iowa politicians here remark
that Coy. Gear is planning his canvass very
shrcwdly to succeed to the kirkwOod vacancy
in the Senate. and that IN appointing Mai.
Anderson as Railroad Commissioner he
has obtaineda a very valuable ally in the forth
coming campaign.
MRS. PRESIDENT GARFIELD
held her first general reception this after
noon. There was an immense number Of
Visitors Mrs. Garfield wore very rich
garnet velvet dress. and was assisted in re-
ceiving by Mrs. Secretary Blaine, Mrs. Sec
retary Lincoin, and Mrs. Secretary Kirk
wood. Col. Casey made the introdnctions.
The President did mol have all opportunity
to attend.
TIE JEANETTE SEARCH.
TO the Western Associated P1css.
WASHINGTON, D. G.. March 12.-The Sec
retary of the the Navy has decided to
Mary, now at San Francisco. to be used in
the Jeannttte search expedition. The price
is 100000. The vessel is to be manned by
volunteer officers Of the United States
Navy. =.
THE NATIONAL BANK QUESTION.
The Controller Of the Currency said this
morning that the identical bonds, both 5 and
T per cents: which had been. previously on
deposit will now be redeposited as security
for National bank circulation. and that when
authority has been given by the Board of
Directors to an agent to assign these bonds
to the Treasurer Of the United States, the
authority properly executed under the seal
OF the banks should accompany the bonds,
and the attorney should sign aud execute a
blank assignment upon the back Of each
bond. 49,
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OBITUARY.

JAMES NAll4AiAE4s
NEW YoRK, March 19.-James Whitaker,
Chief Engineer OF the United States Navy
died i'll Brooklyn on Thursday OF eryslpelas.
caused by vaccination some weeks ago. lie
was native Of New Jersey, and was ap-
pointed from that State to the navy Nov. 2l,
1857. lie entered the service as Third AS
sistant Engineer, and was the same year
made Engineer-i1-C Chief. From 1855 to 1851
he was upon the steamer Brooklyn, Of the
Home Squadron, and in October, 1851, was
promoted to First Assistant Engineer. In
1862 he was assigned to special service on the
Kearsarge, and in 1863 was on duty at Cairo,
in this State Towards the close Of the year he
was assigned to the West Gulf Blocka dung
Squadron, where lie remained to. the close
OF the War. In 1868 he was promoted to
Chief Engineer, was q member of the Naval
Board of Examiners in 1867: Inspector OF the
nayy-yard at Portsmouth, N. Il, IN loNs, and
in 16os-'69 was upon the South Paclhc SQUAD,
ron. Since his return he has been assigned
to shore duty until his DEATH
L1EurENANT-cofstAND ED KEYsER
Lieutenant Commander: Ed Keyser, execu~
tive officer of the United States receiving
ship Colorado, died in Brooklyn last even
i1lg. from disease of the liver. .11e was born
III Rhode Island.
GEN. JOSEPH P1EcKNEY.
Gen. Joseph Pinckney, Commissioner of
Emigration, tiled last evening from harden
ing of the liver. He was bern in this city i'll
1871. .s.:..
WILLIAM FLORENCE.
New York, March 10.-William Florence
well known for the past thirty years among l1a5
died suddenly on Saturday last after a long
and painful illness at his residence, III his
5jth year. Mr.. Florence's home was III this
city. He leaves wife and six cillldren wei
, 1881-03-13
IRREvERENT NEW WORKERS

HIKE ' EKEN T \ Z " O1ShE1s9
WHO CONTEMPLATE BUYING TRINITY CHURCH
AND GRAVEYARD FOR A SPECULATION.
Nv, Topr March o-Real-estate spect1-
,. ~" Ionn' a1'>.ta', ~ ,,,ra 4xod their ..ves
4a'ois "1o ~ C.'.oh eaa +,a v,1,,o
once more OH Trinity Chnrch ana Tue 'alua~
Bile graveyard, containing several acres,
which surrounds it, and the story is that {.
ata nm, stands ready to INV 81 500 600
sYnalcate now stus 1eaus ~ - p41 rs. t,'o nart "
FOR 1t. Al the present ''1lut.s Ia taa1 pa. ~
the city it would be assuredly cheap AZ tna1
price, big as the figures look, but it is ques-
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DARING ROBBERY.

A HOUSE IN DNO0kIYN ENTERED AND
PI.uNDEEED BY FOUL: MEN.
New YORK. March 1a.-About o'clock to
day.a wagon stopped in front Of the resi-
dence of Miss Elizabeth Roberts, 1do Second
place, Brooklyn, and four men aligEted and
entered the house. Fifteen minutes later
they retured to the wagon and drove rapidly
away in the direction Of Hamilton Ferry.
The neighbors hearing screams, went to Miss
Roberts house, and found her and her sery-
ant, Catherine Clayton, bound and gagged.
When released, the:latter said she answered
the basement bell and was met by four men,
one Of whom asked for the lady Of the
house. Before 4 reply was given the four
men run her in, and one Of: them .,-
PULLED A PISTOL AND THREATENED TO
KILL HEB .>-.,
if she made any outcry. The others went
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The Grosvtl, Of Children.

Prof Bowditch, of Harvard College. having
examined tho measurements Of some y, ,000 Bos.
ton school children, finds that the growth of
the age Of II or |. years. boys are both taller and
heavier than girls OF the same age, but Mt this
period of life girls begin to grow very rapidly,
Of the same age in both weight and htght,-boys
then acquirng and retaining size superior 10
their full growth He finds that children Of
American-born parents are in Massachusetts
taller and heavier than the children OF forejgn-
born parents: superiority which seems to de-
pend partly on the greater average comfort in
which such children live and grow up, and partly
upon differences peculiar to race or stock.
, 1881-03-13

man for time and for eternity. Christ, be SAG sag.
was present, and they might bring OUT the oeao'
1''@ Lord, hear Of showers ot blessings"
was then sung. The three quarters OF az nou1 ead
allotted to the meeting had now e1pireas aAo
the benediction WIS said.
At S O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING
Beecher made the congregation OF about 5o sing
saSwect Hour Of Prayer and nfterwara ~
Leadeth Me- Then he arose and p1eacheaa
.:There must be some here,'' said the revlval-
ist. s.who have quite forsaken Christ: some
who have protested love, but WHO have lost tno m
ffgion. and even all thought of Christ ANA
some hero have been following Him., but so
aThero are Christians" Beecher continued,
uwi1i1 whom one might ride from Brooklyn to
New Orleans without discovering tnnt tneF
but but Won Would never know that they were
Christians, Now you would never ride with q
to New oreans without d,sefGSerhe "oe'n@
sDo you need to labor. or 10 yon heeo 10 W
Iabored with is question you should ASK your.
selves. With many Of you p,ets a fo%e nns Sssp Hin
closely. He TINT loved us and redeemed uS oe-
serves our best affection and service. Gall you
nor to miracles not to wonders, but to Him VINO
osq 1' for or me-. too sad tho preacher, letting
his voice fatl very low; "for yourselves ena me;
n INN nv an,fnlstrations. Let the children pray for
me; I set n high value on cntd's prayer Ice
the pnor aud needy pr1ly For me.
".I'd rather have a slave woman pray for me-.
said john Brown, when they offered hin inc
services Of the clergy before his execution
THAN ALL THESE nlnEL1N0s-'
"Iyalue your prayers, aud want them; nor
too much Of them here In the CHURCH. Dull ae
your homes"
"Heavenly Father. bless me now"
was sung In long, slow cndenccs to the droniu2
Of rho grand piano nnd with several bitches
81 don't know" said the revivulist, OUT tnat
is good euough for the way you tcel; ouG We
can't wind up with such sing as tnat I on
dsn't know The words. Now let US sing hoch
!. How shall We sing it," asked the conductor.
I. The music is different in thu Moody and sanEey
collection" -
II don'tthink we can sing it from the Moody
and sankey book; persisted the conductor @ soI;,. u
fs all mixed up. we are usea u aae "o1os III
the Plymouth Collection ..-i.a,.
Deecher put down the Moody aud Sankey
Collection" and picked up the "PJynoutn tol-
lection from his desk. and there was nutte1-
ing uf leaves throughout tie roon'- Tor every
body bud followed bis example and was hnoing
the pluce In the new book.
sHemember'' said Dccchcr, "this IL an address
to God. 1t i5 not inert hymn and Il tune: sohe
people laugh and look careless when they are
repeating words Of the greatest sntm11Iy, PC
prayer; sing"
feeling:
"uock Of Ages, cleft for me.
Let me hide myself IN Thee,
Let the water and the blood
From Tny wounded side which flowed
Be Of sin the perfect cure
Suve me Lord. and make me pure
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stantly coming to the front, however, with
various 'claims,'' but generally covered in
the enumeration above given. The number
OF claimants Is out of all proportion to
the number Of offices to distribute. AS q
matter Of fact there are about twenty appll-
cants to each Office, either in person. or
through able representatives, or ln wrltlne.
Garfield has been in only cne week, yet the me
records Of the departments show about 9uoo
written applications filed.
, 1881-03-13
THE WORLDS FAIR.


Special Dlpateh to The Chicago Tribune.
New York, March 12-The next meeting
of the Executive Committee of the Worlds
Fair project is called for Wednesday after
noon next, and it will be one of the most i'm
portant yet held, from the fact that the
scheme will be abandoned or pushed forward
without any further delay. For severaldays
it has been reported that, In consequence OF
the Finance Committee receiving poor EN-
enlargement from the business community.
there was chance that the enterprise might
be abandoned. Mr.. Algernon S. Sullivan,
leading member Of the Committee, was
questioned in regard to the rumors as to the
abandonment of the project. lie said:
There may be truth in what you have
heard, and do not see any use in binding
the public. It is very probable that next
Wednesdays meeting will decide
THE FATE OF THE WORLDS FAIR
so fur MS New York Is interested. 1t is of no
use going OH III this manner, as time is pass
ing away quickly. and work shonld now be
commenced OIL the plans aud other prepara-
tions settled. Tile Finance Committee have
not had their expectations realized to
the extent they anticipated, and unless
something can be shown by them Oh
Wednesday that the 81 100000 wlll be SUB, ~
what else can be done but give up the
scheme. The great question. appears to be
site. 1t is nov. proposed to locate the talr
between Riverside and Alorringslue avenues,
good locality, and very picturesque, have
property y-owners arc willing to contribute
handsomely. This they ought to do for the
advantages they will receive"
'.iloW much more will be wanted after Tie
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In Washington square the next mornmed; moin1d ha,
The aIlusion in the letter to bis fIlena Is. ps
ing hard up." Mr.. McGanney thinks IS q95 q4a
to remark which he carelesly made Z. a1at assct
or two previous, and which was to tne snss. sMa.
that he would like to 60 to place Of IL. anuHlI e.
ment, but that he had no money BY nun. t,dm ~
was pentfully supplied with money one II f1G ts
home, and he not only had no thouRnt VI ~ ~
SIS which he had lent to his friend bn! ~ ~
would have been glad to supply his neeo'
a much larger amount ,,uh,4n
he had shown to his friend, advising = ni4 n? Il
dispose of his own and ct one IKE ieet FnoWn
pistol in question was one Of the solt hnvd hharad'
as the :Englisl bulldog" FIVE ehamotsIgsaa IT,
selfcockng, and carrying ball Of velS = af .tfs
calibre. The wound in the: bIeast u - :,
dead man is hardly as large as q pea; r;,n,i in or
Naginniss lodged somewhere IN CaEe, y. not
lower HUDSON street. dgtlnitly Tnetg T;nfi1atsd 10
his associates at the baths that ne =. :,
tempted to shoot himself. ,..,,n. ri
He will be buried by the contrloussVtmci; stci;an-
his employers and his friend, Mr. aleooA
uey. ~"'.
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Tunisian Government to deprive the
local authorities of the power to infict
the bastinado on non-protected Jews,
and in the month of April of the current
year the same power was taken from the
Caid.
The institutions supported by the
community of Tunis are as follows:
l. The Chizuh, or weekly distribution
of relief to the Rabbis and the poor.
The amount of relief varies according to
the condition of the applicants and the
number of members in each family. The
largest sum given to any person is 10
francs, the smallest one franc and a
half The entire amount distributed
every week ranges from 1.5OO to 1000
francs, of which nearly three-ffths goes
to the poor, and the remainder to the
rabbins.
2. ''Bikkur Cholim" or administra-
tion for aiding the sick. A doctor hav-
ing diploma is charged with visiting
the sick, who receive medicines, meat
and other kinds of food, as we'll as all
other articles of which they stand in
need. Special officials are appointed to
superintend the work The expenses
VI UHlS luSClCuIlOH Is dUOuo OOO lIdHCo
per week,
2. The Hebra, or Society, tends the
dying in their last moments, performs
the washing Of the dead, provides the
funerals and the police to keep order in
the cemetery. The Society likewise
furnishes the headstones at the graves
of the poor. The expenses are about
200 francs week,
4. The "Achnasath Archim' helps
the foreign during their stay in this
city by providing them with board and
lodging, and sends them to their desti-
nations. Since the establishment of the
service Of the Compagnie Transatlant-
ique, the managers Of that Company
have, at the request Of the Grand Rabbi,
and OF M. Cazes, Head Master of the
Alliance School, granted free passages
by their steamers to poor Jews. The
average number of strangers arriving
here every week is four, and the ex-
penses they occasion amounts to nearly
30 francs for each iindiiyid duaI.
: In addition to the above there are two
institutions ("Amali Torah" and cts
Amin y which give encouragement to
Rabbis who read the Talmud in the
4 CofOCOOUC' ctuO WhOOC CApCuSCS ICctGn
100 francs per week, as also the school
of the Alliance Israelite, of which I
shall speak in future letter.
In order to be able to meet its heavy
expenses the community monopolises
the sale of meat, the price of which is
fixed by the administrators, and pro-
cures from it an annual revenue of about
100000 francs. Besides this the COM
munity receives offerings and makes
collections. The administration Of the
Hebro requires no external aid, the rich
paying for the poor. The two institu-
tions for the encouragement of the Rab-
bis are supported by means of periodical
collections, and lastly, the community
itself makes general collection before
Passover for the purpose of providing
the poor with Motzoth.
TUNIs, Aug. 9th, 1881.
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ITALY.

At the present moment our capital is
enjoying a recess. The King, Queen,
and members of the Royal Family, the
ministers, senators and deputies are out
Of town, and all that can do under the
circumstances is to collect some news
from other places. For not alone are
politics at a standstill, but there is
nothing stirring in communal life The
large number Of Piedmontesse, Tuscans,
&c., who have made this city their home
since 1870, have nearly all gone to their
native places to visit their relatives and
friends.
There is, however, one item of inform
alton concerning Rome which [ can
communicate to your readers. Signor
Raccelli the Minister of Public Instruc-
tion who recently visited the Jewish
Infant Schools in this city, and who has
given thes" institutions a government
subsidy Of 1000 francs, has presented
the silver medal bearing the inscription
Al 6enemeriti dell istruzione popalore,
to the directress Of the schools, Signora
Eugenia Rava This lady, who is
thoroughly acquainted with the Frebel
system. is the wife of the engineer Rava,
secretary to the minister, and niece of
the editor of your contemporary, the
Vessi1lo Israezitico.
[ have on several occasions referred
to our NOBLE and sympathetic Queen
Margherita Her Majesty having recent
ly visited Venice, granted an audience
to the Grand Rabbi, Signor Noise Coen
Porto, The Queen, who has thoroughly
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CHICAGO. SEPTEMBER

I knoao him not; and to his son, ack-
moaoledge him not, they observe thy aoord
and Keep thy covenant" Qbid xxxiii., 81.
Joseph could not resist the overpow-
ering impression Of these words. Did
not God, through his prophet, approve
of his action and his way of thinking?
(TO be c0ntinued.)
The Jewish advance. (Chicago, Ill.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-16
The Lost Sheep.
Adapted from the German of Leopold Kom.
pert by HENRY GERsONI.

Sabbath had come again; according to
his habit Joseph attended the divine
service in the synagogue of the neigh
boring ghetto. At the reading of the
weakly portion of the Pentateuch, some
passages fell upon his soul like burning
drops of melted iron It almost fright
ened him, that his whole situation, his
life of the last week was literally de-
scribed therein When the end of Moses
was nigh, he once more gave his blessing
to those who would adhere to his law,
and threatened with his curse those who
would disregard this solemn obligation
These were the words Of the holy book
And among these nations shalt thou
find no ease; and there shall not be any
rest for the sole Of thy foot: and the
Lord will give thee there trembling
heart, and failing of eyes, and a faint
ness Of soul. And thy life shall hang
in doubt before thee; and thou shalt be
in dread day and night, and thou shalt
have no comfort of thy life. In the
morning thou wilt say, Would God it
were evening and at evening thou wilt
say, Would God it were morning!' from
the dread of thy heart Uhich oi7l frtghteaa
thee, and from the sight Of thy eyes aohich
thou wih see" deuteronomy xviii
Is, &C, 60.
Had these holy words not been liter
ally fulfilled in his own life? Did he
not hear how the biblical curse followed
him everywhere, like a sneak thief
watching the moment he can steal in
safety? Was there any man leading a
more dreadful life than he did? But
this gloomy spirit of restlessness had
not always power over him. Sometimes
when the biblical curse heavily pressed
upon him, he suddenly asked himself
with the decisiveness of a soul strong in
faith, Does all this really apply to you?
In the Thorah (Pentateuch), there is the
only question of those who do not obey
the voice of the Lord their God, who do
not keep nor observe all his laws and
statutes; over these all the curses will
come. But who can say of me, Joseph,
you are bad Jew; you drive and ride
on the Sabbath; you do not put on Tep-
hilim phylacteries); you do not fast on
Yom Kippur you defraud widows and
orphans? Could any man openly make
you such reproaches without being
struck by the thunder of Gods revenge?
A child of my mother has deserted us,
has turned an apostate, has, alas for
gotten herself, us and our fathers in the
grave; but [ have remained with my
mother and with my God. What sin,
then, have | committed?
For such questions there is no answer;
a restless soul finds no firm standpoint
and the echo of such thoughts disap-
points our expectations it sends us back
sounds and answers which we did not
ask for. Joseph soon found out that
his soul did not become more at ease
He could not rid himself of the fear
which he felt in his heart, the fear which
agitated him by day and by night. This
strange nature had its peculiar ways
the more the words of the holy Scrip
ture fell down upon it, nowas a blessing
then as pernicious mildew, the more it
thought to find in them; from them it
expected the desired solution of the
problems. Has the Jew, then, anything
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Lost Sheep-Correspondenc from Abroad
Correspondence and Domestic-For-
eign and Observation-Disclosures not Nihilism
Notes and Notices-Vacation Jottings-The
Spanish Elections and their Lessons-Pan-
theism and Cosmic Emotion -Gleanings.
DeutlGber er Ebetl.
Dleiiter 8uhbtnber-Gine betere Erauer>@ @eldi9te.-
Gine europdiide Stimme.- -Neuisteitsn
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else but these written leaves of the
Thorah? Is it not his living source, the
tree of his existence?
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-30
TiE BIG RAILROAD CASE,

SANTA FE, June 20.-Jud,e Bris ol,
of the U. 5. District Court at Mesilll,
arrived to-day to hold court in the mat
ter of the injunction of the Texas Pa
cihc rs the Southern Pacific Railroad
of New Mexico. A new phase has
been put upon the case. The officers
Of the Southern Pacific, under orders
from Huntington, Crocker and the
Central Pacific people, have treated the
injunction with contempt Judge }. 5,
Newcomb has qualified and furnished
his bonds in accordance with the law,
and has demanded that l30 miles of
the road be turned over to him as per
order Of court. The officers in charge
Of the road simply laughed at the in
junction, evidently considering their
orders from San Francisco superior to
those of United States court. They
are now in contempt, and will have a
hard row of it, as Judge Bristol is a
learned and upright Judge, and will
doubtless stand hy his orders legally
issued ard have them executed. The
contempt case will be considered a,
once by Judge Bristol, and tho injunc
ton case will be argued on the Gath
instant. Counsel are getting briefs
ready, and legal fight will soon be in
full blast.
ST.. LOUIS, June 20.--It was stated a,
the headquarters of the Texas d Pacific
road at Marshall, Texas, yesterday, that
Jay Govld had bought a controlling
interest Of the stock in the East Lire
d Red River Narrow Gauge Railway,
now running over $50 miles from JET
ferson, Of James Scott, its president
who is a son of the late Thomas a
Scott. This is regarded as check
mate by Gould OF the Texas e. st
! Louis railway.