New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-13
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Let all AMBITIOUS pOnCtcianS beware lest
they be undone by their own razor' TIE Eer Orean.
P,cayxne for General HGucocks defeat by TAO
the representatives OF the party noiuinat
| ing convention assembled failed TO recognizes he fa.
that who habituaLy wore q mustache WIS evec
elected President Of the United States the Deocrs
ticket The Presidents from Washington down 10 Lin
coin had closely siaven faces Van Buren, alone wore
little patch whisxers under either None OF them
| ever carried hair up0n the upper lip. One srkes
| bearded when tie Repub leans come Into DO YER
Lincoln, Grant Hayes and Garfield would been de-
Nominated by the Roman writer's Of the A,g,sT sas
blrbaraus. Mr.. Tllden was not in0gistr borbats
| An enthusiastic artist is always willing 10
get good sketch at the risk of ducglug. whether
trout stream the On the day when tine guns
fired their heaviest charges at the tra OF her
Majesy's Inf xble tie Chevalier de MARITIME, Italian
naval officer long resident IA Eng and was on buayd thu
steam tug which In attendance the ironclad Tns
weather extremely rough, but the Cneyaer was
anxious IKE sunlry sketches OF the ship mod
crate distance effected bs Obiec. BY being shed TO
the bridge OF the steam Jug "a lay of from the IN
flexible. From this effective point OF WOW, with tho
spray dashing over him, the artist snceerded IN taking
rough sketches OF the ship 5he steam ii rapdly
through the waves and fired her enormous guns.
Relic worship is decaying Commenting
upon the "s.Yok" sustained III Copenhagen upon tie
announcement that the whole collection the relies"
OF the famous sculptor, Berte ThOrwaidsen, brought
little ell Tie Standard. Of London, that he
low prices wBi,n articles bring nowadays,
pared with Wndb was CUeerIully pdlu them
nfy years is sign that pubic taste Is Improving.
Tbe Partisan csrcarrist. II is true still REPRESENTS
Englishrnan chipping the Parthenon whiting the
bark OF the under which some famous ucrson SAT,
upon which some infamous one Was hanged Blu; such
Engshman is a relic hunter OF very humble
order. Even little cabinets OF locks OF hair which
were at one time fashionable to have tsap-
pear, ii. aud wth exception OF the Asunioeau
lew other O!d World collections. pubic nustuns arc
rapidly getting lid Jf much of the rubbish which Uncs
encumbered them.
The title explains the p urpose of lie Amefi-
PrOtcon'st, a weekly paper, the first number OF
winch appeared yesterday. It's basis Of action IS hs
belief that the best Interests of all classes and Of 81
sections demand careful and scientific Treatment Of The
taiY questi II; that welfare OF people ia
proper subject for doubtful experimental that facts not
theories must lsidered; that The public sentiment
Is favor OF policy strongly national; that the free
trade system inispeusi Ole the industrial life Of
England, wOud be fatal 10 the development OF
ufacturln9 capabiites that ag,fcultui.sts
shall always have to rely principally our home oiar
kets for profitable sale OF their products; andas our
exports OF any commodity whatever except cotton
insignificant compared the hOme consumption Of that
commodity-that the permanent wel-being Of
every trade IL essentially dependent the Id pros
perity all the others" One OF Its leading features
will be- the publcauon from time to time, of the prices
paid Tor labor In every Kind OF Industry throughout
Europe and America, To this particular ana highly in
teresng subject. DR.. Edward Young, ex-Chei Of tina
given con siderable attention. aud his contributions
latiug important factor international caugo
will prove the least sbe. II IL needless g. add
thai this new Journal mas the best wishes Of Ihs
TmBCSE.
a spectral train was seen-Western newspa.
pers like The Democrat tell lies.-a
few nights ago Rock Island Railroad, with the
thermometer Is degrees below Nothing unusual
happ ned until after the train hal gone from Marengo
at IL ocock-and about three miles OF that town.
the gnerr j. T. Wilkinson, saw Ia the distance ahead
q locomotive headlight and he says 10 his fireman,
David Myers Dave. what earth is that train the
track time for g. Dave looked ahead and there
was the headlight enough-and williamson imme-
dately closed his throttle, applied the air brakes and
stopped. The brakemen jumped on TO ascertain the
OF the halt AMI they, too saw the headlight coa
Ing. The engineer and fireman watched the distant
glare monen and 1t quvered exactly as headlight
does when viewed at dsts nee, from fast approach
ing gnesnd the track for long distance IN front Of
gIlstened ike silver In its light The Conductor lid
not get OF she l9ht and messed the sight. But
there train ahead, with apparent right to the
track the express train backed to MareIgo IN short
order There telegram sent the train dispatched
Des MOines informing him Of the xpected train.
and ASKING for instructions His answer No train
between Msrengo and Brookiyn-go ahead" And again
the train pulled OF Marengo-but the strange head.
light was seeu IL Is believed that a sort
of mirage reflection Of Wilk,rSons headlight
produced the place by freak of the elements IN
to send the speeding back Marengo for instruo
tiOns.