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A THRILLING SPECTACLE.

Douglas street last evening was the scene Of
terrible tragedy, the victim being Henri
Foster the tight-rOpo performer, who has been
giving exhibitions in front of the Academy of
1Iusic. 1t was about 10 o'clock when the
Academy band began playing the dirge-like
might Waltz" during which Foster appeared
upon the roofof the academy, dressed in new
suit of tights and carrying his balancing-pole, as
usual. Stepping on the rope, he walked slowly
to about the centre of the street, being watched
by several thousand spectators. He was still
standing erect and balancing with the pole,
when suddenly he was seen to shoot down.
ward, light as an arrow. The rope had
broken, and shrieks of horror were heard here
and there in the crowd, and several women
became faint and sick, for all knew that the
man was doomed. He struck the ground upon
his feet with dull thud, and then fell back
ward, the balancing-pole falling across his
breast. For moment the crowd was paralyzed.
but when they saw the unfortunate man en-
deavor to raise himself upon his elbow num-
Der ran toward him from every dire .tion and
closed in on him. Some one shouted to e,s9
back and give him room, and they then scss-
tered as rapidly as they had gathered arornd
HIM. OLA VI oSNcl ultn picked MN up anu
carried him TO Painters drug store, in the
Aiillard Hotel and the door was closed to keep
the crowd out. The first doctor who appeared
was Dr. Hertzman, and then came DR.. Mercer,
both of whom witnessed his fatal fall, and they
were followed by DR.. Neville Foster was dead
by the time the doctors reached him. His
body showed no external injuries or bruises
with the exception of his left ankle, which
was broken. He was killed by shock or con-
cusslon of the brain and the spinal cord, and
death was almost instantaneous The rope
had been stretched across the street for two
weeks, in wind and rain a great part of the
time, and it is thought by many that it wore
of at the hook where it was fastened. The
men pulling down on the guy ropes may have
caused it to give way. The rope broke at the
north end, where it was fastened around an
iron hook. In some places it presents the ap-
pearance of having been worn off, and in other
places it appears to have been cut. The per-
formauce at tho Academy of Music proceeded
as usual, the management deciding thus to
raise funds to pay the funeral expenses of the
Il Omaha Republican, July 2,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-07-15
ELoPED DURING HER HONEYMOON.

a Whitehaven correspondent states For
nearly fortnight past some extraordinary
rumors have been in circulation in West
Cumberland. relative to Mr.. Burns -Lindoyy
who,-as one Of the wealthiest men, LARGEST
landed proprietor and most extensive mine
owners in the district. an ex-high sheriff of
the county,a magistrate and intended candi-
date in the Conservative interest at the rayt
eIection.-mav be described as n very nron,i-
nert member Of society. About the middle
of last week II was stated in WhitchovaD
that Mr.. Burps-Iiudow was III in T,ondon
and the office of one of fbe firms in which ba
is largely interested was besieoed bv par.ies
making injuries out of friendship or cnri
ositv. The "serious indisno,ition y renort
seemed 10 hold IFS own rrettv we'll nm f., tIa
BEGINNING Of last week. when moro cpriositv
than ever was excited by another rumor to
the effect that the sicl, man had ,rona off n
Germany to arrange about a Iarro cor+-oo+
for pig-iron, On the 18Th milf Mise CoIIipp-
wood was married at Irton Church near
Whitebaven. to = wido,var rron pe, rro,,,-
shire Mr.. II 7 Rabipf,top paiIo Tho oo,o
sion was one of unus,tal br;I,iaDc,- +I,o oo.,
mony heinz most elaborate and i,,,,reooi,, ,,,,
and fbc reioicin,,s aftaru,ar5s =, tI,, ,,,,;,l,
On On extensive scale The break FAST over
the newly welded pair denarted with tbo
good wishes of all for Drjco railway station.
on their yav t. the Gran,a which ,,Iooa
they left the following dov Thnrsd,y All
IA f,r Toudon Tho ,roel- to1Jon,i.,,. ,r,
Burus-TindoU anneared an tI,s ece,,n i, In
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-07-15
A LAWYERS BIG FEE.

The omission of the word wool" in the
schedule relating to the duty on knit goods
in the Revised Statutes, and the decision Of
the United States Supreme Court, have en-
tailed upon the Government the refunding
of $ll,O00,000 to the importers, who have
been paying a specific duty of 90 per cent.
The legal defect which brought out this de-
cision was detected by Yankee lawyer
practlcing in New York. He wrote to the
importers interested, who had been paying
the specific duty since 1876, proposing to
prosecute the claim his fee to be 30 per cent. Of
the amount recovered AS the total amount
to be refunded is $11 100000, his fee will
probably be the largest ever paid to lawyer.
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vENNoR,s JULY WEATHER.
vennor's predictions for July have thus
far been remarkably accurate as viii be seen
by reference 10 the table below:

Vennor's predictions for July have thus
far been remarkably accurate rs viii be seen
by reference TO the table below:
Sat. /. Very warm and sultry.
Sun. 2. Fourth Sunday after Trinity. Hot
and sultry.
3. Rather dry weather in Province,
Quebec, and eastward.
4. Rain and thunder storms in west
ern sections.
5. Generally pretty warm; evenings
cooler.
6. Indications Of rain and more
cloud.
T. Cloudy and cooler, with local
8. rains.
Sun. 9. Fifth Sunday after Trinity.
10. Weather becoming cooler and
cloudy, with rains or Indication
Of rain.
IL Decidedly cooler in most sections
12.) with cool to cold evenings and
windy weather.
13.) Weather still dry in Canada. Rain
II. much needed III many sections
IS. i'll northern areas Smoky
showers becoming- more fre-
quent. Heavy rams West and
South 1p
DUN. 10. DlAtu lcttHudf dtISI LIluIty. mug
gy, hot, and stormy.
III A heated term generally with
18. thunder storms and hail storms
10. in Northern States. Very Op-
30. pressive Daily reports of dam
aging storms Of wind and light
nings A very muggy period
with hot winds.
81. | Showers, cloudy, and cooler at
( U,,,Ivy oD1 o,nInr n
decided change in weather.
Sun. 23. Seventh Sunday after Trinity.
Fair and warm; cool nights.
"a. Cooler and moist winds. Rains
West and South.
25. Oppressive aud windy, storms
brewing, cool nights.
90. Frequent rains aud much cooler.
Windy weather.
81. Continuous cooler, with cool to
cold nights.
%. Very fine and pleasant in major
ity Of sections.
%. Waymeragain with storm clouds.
Sun. 80. Eighth Sunday after Trinity.
Unsettled and sl0werY. Stormy.
81. Cloudy and shoWcry. Periods Of
storms, cool nights, much more
rain latter part than forepart
of month in northern and mid
die sections.
Notc.-The 11th and 18th days and the
OF the both and 9th are likely
to be the coolest portions Of the month.
Between the 10th and Goth general heat
and storm.
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SUICIDE OF a SOI,DTER-

Leonard Knippenborger, aged 36 years, a pri-
vato in battery L, Second artillery, stationed
at Fort 1IcHenry, committed suicide a few
days,aSo at the fort by blowing his brains out
with a Springfield rifle. Shortly before nine
O'Clock Knippenberger, who was to have gone
on guard duty as relief at that hour, went
into the guard house, which is at the entrance
to the fort, and threw himself on one of the
platforms used for resting or sleeping purposes.
Another soldier was in the guard-house at the
time, but he was asleep. Knippenberger had
not been in the house long before a terrific re-
port was heard there. Corporal Lorden, who
was standing outside, entered the place and
found Knippenberger lying on his back on the
platform, with a rifle near by. Deceased had
put the muzzle in his mouth and pulled the
trigger with his right foot, having first removed
his shoes. The ball tore away nearly the whole
top and back of his head, scattered his brains
in every direction and buried itself in the wall,
making a large hole in the plaster. 1t is not
known positively what induced Knippenberger
to kill himself. He had been drinking recently
and under the treatment of physician. He
was of morose disposition and very taciturn
He was born in Wurms, Germany, but had
lived q number Of years in this country. He
enlisted in the Second artillery in Texas in
1879. The remains were inferred with mill
tary honors in the cemetery at the fort. The
coffin was placed on a bier and carried by pail
bearers, who were preceded by firing party
and two buglers. Capt Rodgers, commander
at the fort, and Lieut.. Reed, were present, the
latter Of whom read the burial service. Three
vollcys were fired over the grave This is the
second suicide that has occurred at the fort
within the last two years.
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THE BATTLE OF AusTERLITz.

At the great battle of Austerlitz three
Emperors commanded, namely, Alexander
of Russia, Francis of Austria, and Napoleon
of France. The losses OF the allies who were
fighting the Little Corporal are variously
placed at from 10000 to 10000 in killed,
wounded, and prisoners. Allison gives the
first figures, and sets down the losses of the
French at 10000; however, Russian and
French accounts make their respective losses
smaller. The French army was about $4,000
strong, while the allied armies numbered
about $4,000 of which 10000 were cavalry.
"What is your income?o was once asked
of noted Partisan Bohemian. 1T is hard
to tell" was the reply, but in good years 1
can borrow at least 10000 francs"
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A VALUABLE RECORD.

OF the 1294G graves in the Andersonville
cemetery, all have been positively identified
with the exception of 44O That such is
The case the Nation is indebted to Dorence
Atwater, Union soldier, who was only q
years OF age when the war ended. On the
10th of June, 1864, he was paroled from the
stOcllade, and appointed as 4 clerk in the
chief surgeons Office. The duty assigned
him was TO keep a record of the deaths Of
Union prisoners Appalled, by the mortality
in progress, he was forced to the conclusion
that a deliberate design was the object of
it. He therefore entered upon the task Of
secretly copying the death record.
With that invaluable transcript in his
possession he finally reached the Union
lines. lie desired to publish 1t that the
friends Of the prisoners might learn their
fate. For some unexplained reason the War
Department endeavored to prevent its pub
lication, and purchased copy Of it. Ascer-
tanning that Atwater had retained a second
copy, and was still bent on publishing it, his
arrest was ordered. He was court-martialed
on tTumped-up charges, and sentenced to be
dishonorably discharged from the army, to
lose all pay. and allowances then due to be
fined $500, and 10 he confined at hard labor
for eighteen months, and 10 be confined at
hard labor thereafter until the fine was paid
and the transcript surrendered. \ more
barbar0us sentence was never pronounced
He was accordingly imprisoned at hard labor
in the Auburn penitentiary OF New York,
but was released two months afterwards
under the operation of general amnesty.
lie then published the death record without
profit to himself I have never regarded
with approval any effort to perpetuate sec
tional animosities. I believe however, that
the generations to follow us should know
what the preservation of the Union cost;
should know ali the horrors engendered by
civil strife, and that the world and posterity
should know the whole sad story Of the
heroes and martyrs who persisted in the
prison hells Of the South. Wherever the
odium justly belongs there let it rest forever
Entered according TO act Of Congress in the year
lss2 by THE NATIONAL TEIBvrE in the Office of the
Librarian of Congress at Washington
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was poisOnous-so much so that no surgeon
would enter those shambles without first
examining his hands 10 see that they bore
not even the slightest abrasion. The most
trivial scratch might be fastened upon by
devouring gangrere.
Howell Cobb once exclaimed to his igno-
rant militia scum: Look over into the stock
ade; 20 lock over there, and compare your
selves with those men, and 90 home and kiss
your wives and sweethearts, and see if you
cannot gain your Independence" Then he
sat down and wrote to the Acknowledgement
Of JEFF Davis, and in the course of his COM
munication said: / presume the character
Of this prison is well understood at Rich
mond, and therefore give no description of it."
A dead man feels no pain, and it is there
fore scarcely worth mentioning that many
dead prisoners we're beheaded, in order that
their neatly scraped skulls might ad0rn the
refined homes of the men Howell Cobb COM
mauded. Andersonvlle Prison was cut off
from the world. We were abandoned by
God and man. The pretense was kept up
that we might write home, aud might re-
ceive letters in reply, and post-oiiice box
was nailed up in the prison. Rarely, how
ever, did letter written there ever reach its
destination. I wrote at least a dozen from
that prison, only one of which was ever re-
ceiyed. No letter ever reached us there,
unless it was mailed from q confederate post
oGicc-a remarkably rare occurrence-and
had been first perused by Wirz. On one
occasion that mi5crcant received package
Of three thousand letters for the prisoners,
which he presented to the wife of a militia
officer. They were found TO contain hun
dreds of dollars, as well as messages far more
precious than money. The female to whom
they were given Sopencd them, kept the
money and mementoes, and burned the
letters
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD TIES

/ l2 NJ. May l5, 1854.
EOR FURNISHING TWO HUN
y dred and thirty two thousand 1884,
000l Cross Ties along the line Of tho
Canadian Paoifio Railway, between EN-
DRY and Burrard Inlet, viz:
twenty-five thousand [25,O0Ol thereof
shall be delivered at Port Moody Sta
ton, or points on the line of said rail-
way between Port Moody and Pitt River.
Other twenty five thousand 26OOO]
thereof shall be delivered at Pitt River,
or between Pitt River and Kanaka
Creek.
Other twenty-five thousand [25000l
thereof at KanAka Creek, or between
Kanaka Greek and Stane River.
Other twenty-five thousand l%.O00]
thereof q Stono River, or betWeen0tane
River and Hattie River.
Other forty thousand 100000 thereof
at Hatzio River, or between Hakzio River
and Harrison River.
Other twenty seven thousand [27 ,O0O]
thereof at Harrison River, or between
Harrison River and the lower end Of
Maria Slough.
Other twenty thousand re, cool there
of at the lower end of Maria Slough, Or
between said lower end Of Maria Slough
and Tunnel "C'' of said Railway, which
Tunnel is about Is miles below Emory's
Bar.
10 Other ten thousand no ,O0O] thereof at
said Tunnel &C." or between said Tun-
mel ''C' and Tunnel 3D." which latter
Tunnel is about II miles below Emory's
Bar.
Other fifteen thousand III. 00Ol thereof
at Tunnel I'D" aforesaid, or between
said Tunnel I'D" and Tunnel IF" ON
said Railway.
Other twenty thousand 100000 there
of at the said Tunnel 81" or between
said Tunnel IF" and Emory's Bar, or
at Emory.s Bar.
All such Sleepers or Cross Ties shall
be delivered alongside the Railway and
the track, and shall be piled up 90 a.
struction-the bottom of the pile shall
be as near as practicable ON q level With
the grade of the railway track; and the
Of ready inspection and counting, and
Whenever sush pilss shaN BE- made near
water lines, bodies Of water or rivers,
the same shall be-plxced in such location
that the bottoE q the Pile sAall in al
events be above the limo Of high water.e
Il will be necessary to deliver at least
fifteen thousand [l5yU0] acceptable ties
Dor month from date Of entering into
contract until completion Of same.
Ties must b smoothly hewed or
sawed, free from all sooTebaOka, and
chopped or sawed square st both ends,
eight fest long, Aattened ON two oppo-
cite sidas to . uniform thioknsss Of six
inches, the flattened surface being not
less than six inches on either side At the
small end. and vhen sawed they shall b
eight inches in width and six inohes IN
depth.
An tiee must BE- Of sound timber, full
siSe, and acceptable By the Chief En-
gineer Of said Railway. OF they VIII not
b paid for.
Tcn Der cent. win be reserved upon
payment Of accepted tieo until compile
ton Of contract, and Ten Thou1And
Dollars 100000 approved security 10
quirsd betore SIGNING contract. The 90
curity or securities 70 b given must b
described in the tender. The loweee Of
any tender not necessarily accepted.
Tenders to be addressed 10 the under
signed, Ysle, b. c., and endorsed, "Ten-
dsrofor Tee On Contrast No. 99n
a. ONDERDONK,
a6-td Contractor.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-13

q steamer at New York last week. /"
Some people might be misled bv
1t. They might think that the
pedigree was enclosed in the BAG
and attached to the counts fore.
head, just below the horne; others
might construe it to mean that
the count was enclosed in the bag
and attached to the cows forehead
just below the horns; others might
think that the count was put in
the bag attached to the forehead
Of the pedigree. All this Is wrong
The idea is this: The COW had q
pedigree a. long a. that of an Ita-
Ian count. Enclosed in a water
tight bag and attached to the fore
head probably the cows FORE
bead just below the horrs, was
a passenger. Must have been a
mighty uncomfortable position for
him, too.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-13

Commendable habits: A iocose
old fellow declared that his wife
told the truth at least three times
a day. Said he; Before rising
in the morning she says, ooh,
dear, l must get up, but I don't
want to- After breakfast she
added: Well, I suppose 1 must
20 to work, but I don't want to-
And she goes to bed saying:
There, l have been on nay feet all
day and have not done any.
thing"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-13

eff yes are sellin' thin chape
today III buy wan," observed
Mrs. Mullavey, pointing to a
tempting group of plump yellow
squashes. The huckster stated
the price. Mrs Mullavey seemed
80 well satisfied that she selected
the biggest one in the lot, settled
the bill and marched off with her
prize. En- route home she In
dulged in the following soliloquy:
4" l promised Dennis if he'd kape
sober for q week I'd give him a
watermelon for his Sunday dinner.
He's been as good as his wurrud,
an faith I'll be as good as NOME"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-13

For q yerY it'll In,

Cor very little boy.)
l am the smallest boy IN school,
As You can 80, Just now;
Inc audience will hope-keep COOL,
Az thus make my bow.
You can't expect much of q speech,
From such little mite;
Permit me, then, to bow to each.
And say to all-Good night!
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-13

Last Sunday week Rev. i. Hamilton,
Of Oakland, preached sermon On the
public press, with which he had an in
direct connection for many years. From
his remarks We make the following
thoughtful extracts: In general nan-
ners and morals the press Is uAdsr
bonds TO popular sentiment. IL can
not lead; II must follow the people. IL
u business enterprise. tn s0ccee9 d.
Ponds upoh the public favor. Is must
please or drop away. This tells, IN .
word, the dnifs. Of tn preso in the
moral and social customs. Il cannot -
expected to court ruin By striking at the
pet ways a sosisty. tn first busins0 is
70 cater 70 the appetite for nswA Il
must do this IN an cminently respect
able way. It should never lend itself to
voluntary fAlsehood. It should never
overstep. the limit Of good taste. Il
should never allow IT. palm tObe preGDed
with the bribe Of corruption. II the
daily we're established to advocate the
opinions of the proprietor, or Of social
club or band Of FefOrmsrs, yousWould
not b patient with it, speciality. No
great daily in the world, % far @ !
know, exists for any such purpose. No
speciality of view could command y
living patronage. The paper Of the
people must meet common want. II
must b conducted and Judged a. .
business enterprise. The editor mnst
write what the people want TO read; the
proprietor must print for the same
taste; and We can hardly find fault With
him for insisting upon editing his
editors while they edit his paper. It has
been my happiness to enjoy the inti-
mate frlendshipof notable Lasa devoted
to tho life Of the editor; their invarisble
testimony has been that they could not
write what they would like, but must
write what the proprietors OF readers
like. Like people, like press. 1t must
b SO. We mistake when We expect
great moral changes from the latter. Il
II q mirror to reflect society a. it il, not
a power to change that whose i1a9e it
reflects. The image will be in the main
true to life. The hot reformer often ex-
claims lmpatiently, Why does not our
paper amite this whisky pest. this stock
gambling iniquity, the vice of social OK
and hundred other things
that society oherishes and tolerated."
This is simply asking Why it does not
suspend its issues. The proprietor must
DO careful what kind of shot he hurls at
these vol patron lied evils; tho gun, in
reaction, il likely to hurt those at tho
breach more than those at the muzzle.
If it is not our individual duty to 60
forth ON a crusade against the evil, TO
our financial ruin, why 10 it the duty Of
the newspaper propriotor7
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-13

You So l am but four years old
Your knee / scarcely can reach;
But was by my teacher told
That l must make . speech.
l knew that il I did not try
I'd b in deep disgrace;
So now I'll stop-as there are those
Who want to take my place.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-13
new TO SECURE MIALTm.

It is strange any one will suffer from
deraneements brought ON by impure
blood, when 6covill's Sarsaparilla and
Stillingia, or BLOOD and LIVER
SYRUP will restore health to the phys
ical organization. It is a strengthening
syrup, pleasant to take, and the best
BLOOD PURIFIER ever discovered
curing Scrofula. Syphlilitio disorders,
Weakness of the Kidneys, Erysipelas,
malaria: Nervous disorders. Debility,
Bilious complaints and diseases of the
Blood, Liver, Kidneys, Stomach, Skin,
etc.
Leather and xubber betting, lacing,
babbitt etal, etc., at Wald b Camp
bells.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-13

Nice lace ties at Clayton Bros. for Is
cents.