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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-05

srov Charles Dickens and George Eliot. The lee
tnre on Dickens will be given by George William
Curtis, on April 2 the on Charlotte bronte Dy
Robert Collyer, on January 8.
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DR.. Holman's Pad restor,

CARPETs.-Axminster Moquettes from 81 80
per yard Tapestry brussels. 05c Body Brusscs ~ "a
Cash or credit CHossLEs, Nos 7i0 and 742 Broadw
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SAFEs.-Large stock of fire and burglar proof
s1os all makes Great bargains EMORY 20 Vesey
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HENRY A. DANIELS, MD.
IA Lexington ave, near 29thsL Hours 10 ana IN
Attention 10 Gentlemen. ~
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Dr. liolman's Pad restores alike the voutb.
infant and adult % normal health N acts a. ,
pleasant ana almost mpeToeptPle manner causing no rita
uOn sOid ny all druggias DIR. Holman is
daily nom IL at Tie COmpanys Offices No IA RrnaJ
ladies'. - NF-N" i'V'ns TOT
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
TODAY
SIM .... 1852 Clock slow. 8m. los
Moon SETS Gp7 Moon sOuthA l47 Moons age, days Is
HIGU WATER TD-DAY-A. ".
sandy Hook. Gi2 GOV Island. 12o Hell Gate..-.. 9lf
HIGH WATER TO-DAY-P. VI.
sandy Hook % Gov Isant.. 7.iJ Hell Gato..., 93i
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UsOWEL COMPLAINTS.

IOoseness Diarrhea Cholera Morbus or pantu uscnsrgS
from the bowels stopped in ftteen twenty minutes Dy
taking Railways Ready Relief No congestion or inanm
don no weanessOr asstude, will follow the use OF the L L
Relief 90 cents bottle.
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X. IL. IL.

DYSENTERY, DIARRHEA, - 49,, .>
cured and prevented
BY RAILWAYS READY RELIEF
"N-0 ' ' DTPATHERTA, INFLU ENZA.
SORE THROAT, LTBREATHlNG
relieved a minutes
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF.
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DIR. Railways Regulating Pills.

Perfectly asteess elegantly coated for the cure OF al dis
orders OF the stomach, Liver Bowels kdney+ Bladder
Nervous Diseases, Headache Constipation Costiyensss In
gestiOp Dyspepsia BO1sness Bilious Fever lnnanns-
ton OF the Bowels Piles and all arrangements OF the Inter
nal Viscera Warranted 20 effect positive cure
RAILWAYS PILLS
will free the system from all the aboyena ned disorders.
Price 20 box. Sold by druggists
RADWAY & CO., 81 WARREN-sr, n. T.
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STRONG PURE AND RICH BLOOD. INCREASE Oh
FLESH AND WEIGHT, CLEAR SKIN AND
BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION, SECURED
mo M
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WESTMINSTER COUNTY.

NEW OCHELLE.-Mrs. Caroline Pine widow OF
Theodore Pine, OF New-ROchelle, has begun q suit
against James l.. COutant, druggist OF that village
for breach of promise, laying her damages at poOoO
LONG ISLAND
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Mrs W.P. L. sends to this Office $40 for Mchi-
gan relief and Miss VI. i. 50; j. C.," Hanson
nlace Rrdoklvn sends SO.
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Hotel Bruns,cick-The Earl Of Dunrayen, and
Thomas swinyar Of Hamilton Canada ba ION
James Speed Of Kentucky Judge Thomas SETTLE OF
the Richard W. Thompson, OF Indiana ana "ene1
('rittenden n & A Hoffman HOifSeJ0 hn W. Mackay;
Of nevada - Yort Hoel- Senator j. r. HsIieyi ol
California and Nine Camilla Urso 81 James Hofet-fX'
Senator John IL GOriOn Of Georgia; General lanes -,
Weaver Of Iowa and the Rev DIT g. e. Iorner OF Minis
ter TO Central America. and A. Tfnge OF the Ireasnty
nartnent - estin inster HoielSenator II: Wend9Vcr
Of Stuvvesant " 81 Nsckolds HoteI-RoDert j. bur
dette Of The burlington HdpLeye
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dow SHE SPENT YEsTERDAY-HER INrENlIoN
RETIRE FROM TIE sTAGE-A TAIN
uvpopTFR.
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NEWARK.

singular and touching spectacle was Witnessed
in Broad-st, Newark yesterday afternoon Tsa
funeral processions side by side drew slowly along
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13
Canterbury Architecture.

These old towns of England had a
never-faiing charm for me; not because
of their antiquity. of which I am no
blind worshipper, nor because of their
beauty, for of that they commonly have
very little, but because of their natural
ness They have manifestly grown,
and were not made to order. Even the
streets most nearly straight were plain
lx once paths, which are never straight.
One house was built in a certain place
and in certain way, because its build
er chose to build it there and in that
way; another was bnilt in another place,
in another way, because its builder per-
haps could do no better. The town
does not look as if it were put up in
sections by contract. There is no air
of pretence, and the place seems like
an aggregation of homes. The result
ing difference between these towns and
one in the United States is like the diff
ference between crowd of men, each
one of whom has his individuality of
feature and of expression, and an array
of puppets or lay figures cast in one
mold Rio hard Grant White.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13
A Digeputable Telephone.

That reservoir of female loneliness
and intelligence known as Mills semin-
airy, says The San Francisco Post, is
connected with outer darkness by a
telephone, through which, in some
senses inadequate instrument, all inter-
views between the inmates and male
beings under forty are conducted. The
other morning Mrs. Mills was informed
that gentleman in San Fran cisco had
signaled her instrument, and that
excellent dissemination of crochet and
Greek verbs repaired to the mouth
piece.
s'Hello?" said the man.
''Heaven, Or answered Mrs. NJ,
who is very pious.
81 want EN- all in tights, with span
giles onto en-" said the voice. earnest
".
"Want what?'' gasped Mrs. M,
who was inexpressibly shocked.
"Why, the girls replied the voice,
''and very low necks. Have some OF
'em jump through balloons. Red legs,
green SASH"
''The rules of this establishment
will not allow anything of the kind
said the model preceptress, firmly.
every well, then; make 'em all red.
When can you send 'em to the theatre?''
1.-The young ladies are allowed to
attend the matinee only in parties OF
six, and accompanied by teacher, -
said the guardian of youthful innocence.
cam not satisfied with twin sisters
must be made to kick higher"
How Mrs. Mills refrained from faint
ing she never knew herself, but when
she revived little she made the wire
hum like an Eolian harp in nor'eas,
gale with the emphatic remark:
81 must request, sir, thaty ou instant
~ remove your daughters from this
institution-instantly, sir. / cannot
consent to impart any such scandalous
information to the young, and !
desire
And there is no knowing how the
matter would have resulted had not the
Oakland Office suddenly switched of
the connection just then, and explain
ed that he had by mistake hooked
the seminary on to the Pelatuma
station, where variety troupe agent
was instructing = city theatrical-bill
engraver reg: some colored
posters.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13
How the Supreme Court is Opened.

To begin with, says the Washington
Star there is q degree of dignity and
stately bearing about the court and
its members which peyameates even to
the most humble attache. There is a
quiet in the courtroom which recalls
the Sabbath of the Covenanters. When
one enters the involuntary feeling
comes on that the room is set aside on
ly for the contemplation Of the sober
side of life, and woe to him who jibes
or jokes in the presence of the court.
The court is opened about this fashion:
at IL o'clock (noon) the justices come
in from the consulting-room and take
their seats on the bench. Away to the
left. of the chamber is seen youth
full officer whose business is to catch
the first glimpse of the advancing
judges. Then comes three raps with a
ponderous gavel by the same officer.
This is meant as signal for the
audience TO rise. Then with the chief
Justice in advance. the judges enter
from the right of the chamber. To the
rear of the justices seat is an aisle. In
the centre is an arched entrance for the
chief justice. Through this aisle the
judges file and take positions on the
right and left. None enter until the
chief justice emergss from the centre
entrance. After all have filed in, the
chief justice makes graceful obeisance
to the audience. Then the judges take
seats, a stroke of the gavel is made.
and the audience seats itself. The
opening Of the court falls upon youth
full Official. It is after the old English
form, s'Oh, yea; oh, yea" etc., and con-
cludes with the words, 'sGod bless the
honorable supreme co0rk'' The court
is now ready for business. All the JUS
tees are clad in black silk gowns with
an ecclesiastical cut.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13
ADoubtf,tl Experiment.

For some years number of philan-
thropic and benevolent gentlemen OF
New York, prominent among whom
is Whitelaw Reid, have been shipping
every summer to several western states,
notably Iowa, consignments of small boys
whom the benevolent gentlemen wished
to remove from the evils which in great
city beset them on every side. The re-
cent exploits of some Of these youngsters
in the line of attempted train wrecking
have, not unnaturally, been received with
some disfaver by the people of Iewa, and
the newspapers of that state are urging
Mr.. Reid and his associates in the work
ofsending New York gutter rats West, to
retire from the business. They argue,
and with reason, that if the New York
gentlemen have any spare change which
they are desirious to invest in the reclaim
alton of misguided urchlns, the money
might be utilized in building home for
the youngsters in the East.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13

early in the morning, when the trains
come IN. They persuade strangers and
country visitors not to take cabs but
to engage them as guides, and then, when
they discover that the new conner is IN
clined to be mean and not pay them the
five or six francs they demand as their
wages for an hours tramp,it is just posi-
BILE that they make take the traveller to
some hotel where he may be robbed All
the inhabitants of the Maubert quarter
do not, however, live dishonesty. There
are the men who are to be found long be-
fore daybreak round and about the CEN
trail markets, ready to accept any job
given them by persons who have had
some reason or another to be dissatisfied
with the licensed market porters, who
have very high tariff of their own, and
are not over famous for their urbanity.
Again, the quarter has been chosen as a
cheap place of residence by many of the
stonemasons who came from Limoges to
aid in building the mansions which are to
be found everywhere now One COM
mon tie seems, however, to bind all the
quarter together, and that is the love of
drink. All the earnings are swept into
the till of the marchaAd de vim, who
makes capital of the vices of his fellow
men. Among these outcasts may be
found men of talent-poets, artists, and
others, with plentiful sprinkling of mu
sicians and singers, whose voices have
been rendered husky by drink, and who
have been refused an engagement at the
cafe concert Sometimes voice may be
heard singing some operate air, and the
loud applause which follows proves that
drink has not drowned every feeling.
Vice and debauchery go hand in hand
with murder and theft, and those who
venture into the modern Alsatia must
feel surprised that the humanizing in
fluences of republic have not extended
to the Maubert quarter.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13
Honesty the Best Policy,

Slim Nick, says The arkansas
Gazette, was arraigned before a justice
of the peace on a charge of stealing q
calf.
care you guilty?" asked the judge.
Course I isn't. rs ez innocent ez
de dribben snow"
Several witnesses were examined,
and the evidence was so conclusive that
the Judge exclaimed:
s'That will do. The prisoner is as
guilty as Judas"
"Jedge, I docsn' like dat 'spression.
I doesn' mine bein' called guilty, but
doan' say dat Use guilty as Judas
Scariut, case Use alters been a church
member. Dat word Judas grinds me
on my stomick, boss, or Jedge, if yer
pleases. I alters steers clear of dat
word. But now if yer wants me ter
splain dis situation, 1 ken do it. May I
splain?''
go ahead"
''Some time ago Mr. jackson, de man
what cuses me so wrongful, borrowed
bride from me. luther day axed
him for hit an when cum long home
dat ebenin' seed bride hangin' on
de fence. 1 tuck hold oh de bride
reins, flung dem ober my shoulder and
started off. 1 thought dot sumthin'
pulled little hard at fust, pam I thought
dot the bride had cotch on nail, but
bein' so strong I didn' take much
notice oh hit. When / got home and
went inter de house, my wife asked,
Nick, what yer doin' wild dot calf? 1
looked roun' an dar shooh huff wuz q
calf hangin' onter de eend of de bride.
Oar wuz piece OBJ paw-paw bark tied
On to de head stall an de calf had
swallowed hit. Calves is monstrous
fon' paw-paw BARK
"Why was the calf found cut up?"
asked the Judge.
"Dat's what rs gwine ter tell yer
De thing suffered so, dat ter git hit
outen hits misery, killed hit, tendin'
mixed NORM ter carry de quarters an
hide ter de owner. I didn' wanter be
rested for cruelty ter animals. Is all
de facts plain judge"
"You can CO."
Thank yer. judge. Go home, did
yer say?"
''No. to iail."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13
Some Grows.

Lexington lIa.) Tress.
A gentleman who resides near the
elegant premises of Mr.. Inskeep, about
six miles north of our city, reports
what is probably the most stupendous
thing in the way of crow nest that
has ever been seen since Noah's crow
went to roost in the olive tree. The
roost is in the magnificent woodland of
Mr.. Inskeep, and our informant esti-
mates the number of birds 80, 900, 900.
He says the largest oak trees have
been uprooted, and smaller ones crush
ed into kindling wood by their weight;
that the noise made by them is so great
that the people for three miles around
have to stuff cotton in their ears, and
are only enabled to communicate with
each through speaking trumpets after
the crows begin to assemble. Cattle
weighing 1900 pounds have been killed
by the birds and their bones picked
clean, and the skeletons of hogs and
sheep which weighed from $50 to 200
pounds are dangling from the trees,
where the crows have carried them, and
the whole country is strewn with bones,
as in the prophets vision ''the Valley
of Jehosaphat." Shooting at them is
exceedingly dangerous. A gentleman
in the employ of Mr.. Inskeep fired two
shots into one of the trees and narrow
ly escaped suffocation from the falling
birds.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13
Prentice.

The story is told that when George
D. Prentice, founder of The Louisville
Journal was editor of The New Eng
land Weekly Review, at Hartford,
Conn, lie had occasion to make some
reflection upon John Vanderbilt, bro
ther of Commodore Vanderbilt, who
wa. running boat between Hartford
and New York Vanderbilt resented it
and went to thrash Prentice, but had
barely reached the third story of the
building where Prentice was before he
found himself lying on the sidewalk at
the foot of the stairs. Prentice publish
ed an account Of the matter, inviting
Vanderbilt to call again, and saying
that he Prentice) weighed fourteen
stone and swung a pair Of fists like the
halyard blocksof an East India schooner.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13
How it Worked.

New York Graphic.
On the 1st Of January last year
framed series of prohibitory resolu-
tions for the purpose of suppressing my
small vices of drinking and smoking
with the following results:
From January to IA, 1901 kept
them all, but lost ten pounds weight.
January 80 Modified resolution
against smoking. Allowed myself one
cigar per diem.
February l. Modified resolution
against drinking. Allowed myself one
glass lager per diem.
February 1S-Extra occasion. Sus-
pended rules for the day. Visit from
old friend. Two cigars and bottles OF
champagne.
March 3-Amendment to the consti-
tuition. Two glasses lager per day.
March 9-Another amendment. Two
cigars per day each Saturday.
April 2-Codicil to the constitution.
Bought bottle brandy to keep in the
house. Bad principle to be without bran
dy Possibility of sickness at night and
no drug store nearer than three blocks.
Besides the baby is teething.
April 6-There has been sickness in
my household. The brandy is half
gone. q
April 9-More sickness. The brandy
is all gone. The rules were suspended
during the exodus.
April 25-I have been considering
this. matter OF total abstinence from
small vices with myself, and have come
to lie conclusion that the sudden
changes are attended with danger. Have
increased my allowance of beer to three
glasses per diem.
May And two cigars.
May 15-Passed al act to amend an
act relative to my resolution per diem
of beer. Increased allowance to four
glasses per diem.
May 20-An extra day. This must
be counted out. Had no known cause
for increasing my allowance of lager.
But did it. Nature has mysterious
moods. This has been one of them.
May 20-lt's no use trying to work
this thing up any longer for 1880. /
shall resume and suspend further abb
stinence until 1881. I am yet young.
There is time enough.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13
An IIiigatOr's Head Weighing
Pounds.
Jasper, (Fla.) Times

A correspondent writing from Hills
borough county about alligators, says:
"Alligators abound and attain great size.
1 read in your paper that somebody killed
one fifteen feet long, weighing 300 pounds.
I saw one killed on Parker's Lake few
years ago that was fourteen feet and ten
inches in length; he was not weighed,
but if l had to back my judgment on his
avoirdupois l should say he weighed over
1000 pounds, as it took four stout men to
land him, and getting him away from the
edge of the water was an impossibility
with this force. One was killed on the
st. Jehn's two years ago fifteen feet long;
the head was cut off and weighed in Pal
atka and tipped the beam at 30 pounds. -
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13

David Davis smokes big meer-
schaum pipe with very long stem.
Hannibal Hamlin carresses q cob pipe
with a very short stem.
No less than six monuments were
erected in Italy in 1880 to the memory
of the late king Victor Emmanuel, who
was greatly beloved by his people.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13
friendship.

The range of friendship has hardly a
limit. Intercourse is not needful to its
continuance. Equality in years is not
a requisite. Nor is parity of position
essential. The finest natures triumph
over social inequalities, mutual trust
and affection can bridge over the chssm
between wealth and poverty.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13

There was fight imminent between
two boys. One of them darkly limited
that he was bigger than the other. The
smaller who is the son of a deacon, de.
family retorted: 81 don't care if you're
big as a church debt; you can't scare
moi;
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13
A Frightfnl Mouse.

The Neaobu7yport Mass.) Herald
relates the following incident: "a
short time since an elderly lady of this
city startled the household with pierre
ing shrek and the information that
there was mouse in her pocket. Some
one rushed to the rescue, hastily assisted
her to divest herself of her wrapper,
firmly grasping the mouth of the pocket
to prevent the escape of the dangerous
animal. The garment was then turn
ed over to the man of the house, and
he, armed with club, proceeded to
the back yard to dispatch the offender.
The pocket was opened gradually, but
no mouse appeared. Finally gaining
courage, he ventured to investigate, and
found the cause of all the excitement to
be pocket tape measure, from which
the spring had become detached and
had unwound with whirr." The lady
had been firmly convinced mouse
had sought refuge in her pocket and
could scarcely be made believe the
contrary.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13

The astronomer of the Providence
Journal is lady from Massachusetts,
and, of course, heavenly body her
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-13
Gen. SkobeleE.

Lieut.. Green, in his interesting
sketches of army life in Russia, writes
thus of Gen. Skobeleff: In return for
his care of his men, he demanded Of
them, first of all, unhesitating, I'M
hinching, unquestioning obedience to
Ill his orders, If he ordered man to
| do anything, where immediate death
| was as certain as the sun in heaven, he
expected to be instantly obeyed, with
out so much as even look or question
of surprise. Himself man of wide
reading, speaking many languages, and
having travelled in many lands, he gath
cred about him in his personal staff as
rough and uncultured lot of men as
| ever I saw in officers uniform; but
they answered his purpose to carry
orders, and, as he said, if he ordered
one of them to ride his horse against
the muzzle of q discharging cannon, he
would do so instantly.
| His personal bravery was not only of
the most reckless character, but at
times it seemed to partake of the merest
brayado, in which only extraordinary
luck prevented him from reaping in death
| the well-earned reward of his foolishness
He always wore white coat, white
hat, and rode white horse in battle,
simply because other generals usually
avoided these target-marks. He was
perpetually riding at a break-neck
| speed over some fence or ditch, leaving
half his staff and orderlies sprawling in
it. He never lost an opportunity of dis
playing courage. He went into battle
in his cleanest uniform and fresh under
clothing, covered with perfume, and
wearing diamond-hilted sword, in Or
der, as he said. that he might die with
| his best clothes on.
For long time he wore, with evident
affection, coat in which he had been
wounded, and which had o conspicu-
| Gus patch on the shoulder. Yet all this
was not mere bravado and nonsense,
but the result of thought and almost
coldblooded calculation. TWAS intended
to impress his men, and it did so. They
firmly believed that he could not be hit,
and whenever they saw q white horse,
coat, and cap among them, they knew
that was Skobeleff, and so long as he
was there they felt sure that everything
was going well.