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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-24
THURSDAY. AUGUST "a, 1882.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORrIGN Tho Nile is rising rapidly, and VIII
soon overflow its banks. =- England ana
Turkey. it is stated have come to an agreement IL
regard 10 a military convention =- Trouble
is unprecedented in Syria, owing TO tie
snti.Christan feeling. 60 Mr.. lreyelyan,
Chief Secretary for Ireland. made
speech I'm Bel asst yesterday, in which be defined
the attitude of the Government regarding the out
RACES in Ireland. 60 Engineer Melville ana
Lieutenant Berry were received by the Car. -=
The American Association for the Advancement OF
Science met in Montreal. - Cholera is SAID to
prevail in Manila.
Observation-Disclosures have been received at the
NAVY Department from Commander Berry and
Lieutenant HARDER. 60 The President was enter
tanned at Newport -= The main mill of the
Syracuse hon Works was burned; loss 100000.
- Fires caused o loss Of 500, 900 at Keesevllle.
n Y. and a loss of Sl30,000 at Bethalto, Ill. &C
Fiftv-three new cases of yellow fever were reported
at Brownsville. Tex. yesterday. 60 Captain
Webb defeated Thomas Riley in a swimming match
at Hull Mass. 80 John Evans, a leading citizen
OF Meriden, Conn, is dead. - Walter A. Shaw,
insurance agent at ST. JohnsbuTy Vt. who is miss
ing. is said to be a defaulter. &C. corner IN
August oats is reported from Chicago 60 The
National Prohibition Convention met in Chicago.
e 1t has been officially declared that the Texas
cattle fever exists in Cayuga County. n T. GO
A fatal accident occurred on the Tallapoosa after
she left New-York harbor. GO London Ida
stanhope, Force and Revenge won the Saratoga
races.
CITY AID SUBURBAN.-The Rife Team continued
their practice at Crcednoor yesterday. CO The
trunk-ine passenger agents agreed upon difleren-
tial rates between Chicago aud II. Louis and New
York. - A woman commit ed suicide BY throw
ing herself under train il Eleventh-ave == A
rufian was shot BY junkman in sef-dcfence,
anu perhaps fatally injured. GO The Providence
baseball nine defeated the MetropOhtans --
The Western Cricket Associations eleven began
match with the Staten Island Club == Cold
value Of the legal tender silver dollar l12l2 grains
$3.50 cents - Stocks were dull and weak from
the opening to the ending, and closed at about the
lowest prices.
The Manufacturers local observations in
hicate cloudy weather and possibly light rains.
Temperature Yesterday, Highest, 790; lowest,
90 /, average. 72l4o.
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GENERAL NOTES.

The annual report of the English Post Ofjce
mentions an extraordinary exhibition OF confidence in
the honesty Of the service which asOnished even tina
employees Of the Department 4 e5 Bank OF England
note, without any whatever, folded. ad-
dressed and stamped. and posted Leeds. On being
discovered in the mail 1t was lnclosed registered
letter envelope and forwarded 10 its destination.
Prominent Knights Tcmpar are discussing
the proposition to acquire from the Government tract
OF land In some unsettled part OF the country perhap,
in the heart Of the Rocky Mountains. exclusive
camping ground for the Grand Communicates. ample
enough to accommodate the entire Order II believed
that such permanent place Of meeting. removed from
the influences Of large cities would stimulate extraOr-
binary interest and the desirable results
company has been formed, with Mr. James
Alexander Of Boston, president for the purpose OF
building up an important port at Brunswick. Ga That
small but handsome city IS said 10 possess the best har
Dor south OF the Chesapeake. having depth OF twenty
tour feet the bar at high water with channel three
quarters OF mile wide and its relation to the railway
system Of the South Is favorable to the project toe
new cOmpauys plans carried Important future
VIII DO assured 10 Brunswick, which Is now familiary
known to readers OF Georgia papers OF distrb.
uting point for phenomenal tales about snakes, aud
various natural wonders.
When the passengers Of the excursion
steamer Republic which broke her engine crosshead. on
Delaware Bay last Monday that they must spend
the night board they held meeting TO discuss tne
situation, and relieved Of all apprehensions for their
safety gave rather ovia TO the proceedings ono
committee appointed to search for bedding and
another to count the chairs and camptoo The former
reported that the only article suggestive Of repose which
1t had been able to find extralarge sawdns, Dir
cushion, which might be used pillow. The Chair and
Camps col Committee, on the other hand. announced
amid great applause that the steamer contained cnair
GnG "a nall Tor every n0n, woman and child on board
There is an offensive rumOr atloat that the
famous mastodon which was exhumed at Cohoes in 1863
and has since atrac ed the admng gaze OF Thousands
at the rooms OF the state Geological Society at Albany
Is fraud, OF rather innocent imposition lie Grand
johnson, who recently died at Milton Centre, saratoga
County. and who in his early days was connected with
several menageres persisted in declaring up the day
OF his death that the supposed masOdons skeleton was
nothing more nor less than the bones OF an African
elephant which formerly belonged the travelling show
u June, Titus & AngeyiDe and died the road. and
whose body he himself helped 10 bury In l. 20, the
very spot where the skeleton was eyhumed III 1866.
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Jnnrr to ADVERTISEMENTS


AMrsEMENTs-3d Po0e-6th column.
ANNoUNCEMENTS-SM PdOs-Gtn column. 80 -
BANNING HOUSES AND BANKERS--7h PdGr- oth co'u'"'"
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BOARD AND ROOMs-Sd PGGc-5lh column
BUSINESS CiI ANCEs-7h Pa0e-0ln column
BUSINESS NOrICFs An Pdo~-lst oouml.
CORPORATION NOrCES-7M Vd0C- 6thcoininn-
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luROPFAN ADvFRrIsEMRNTs-3 Pd9e-6ih co'umn'
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FINANCIAL7M P0Gc-5th and ON column
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1 PERRY HELMONT "E0OMn

To a preliminary canvass which after
long and interesting series Of experiments with
blooms of various dimensions, was begin
ming to stagnate we now welcome Mr. Perry
belmont, the statesman who recently
rose up to the American people with a pen
holder pointed the wrong way. At the begin
ming of the present search for Democratic
candidate for Governor-a search which has
covered the State from Sag llarbor to Bnfalo
without leaving IA huckIeberry bush mistaken
under which an available candidate might be
hilng-thc name of Perry Belmont was men
toned barely mentioned as II remote posi-
bility. He was not pushed. While other
statesmen were in the enjoyment of the soul
satisfying notoriety that comes of being talked
about for high Office by Michael MuldOon of
the City Hall, or Terence Rafferty, the great
criminal lawyer, Perry remained in comparative
shadow, surfeted in scme degree with the
stomachfnl Of fame his Congressional career
had brought him. There were bOoms - for
Ahrnm = Hewitt for Allan Camnbell. Tor An
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SOME LAX LEGAL ADMINISTRATIONS

SOME LAX LEGAL DEMONSTRATIONS.
Several cases recently brought before the
courts Of this county on writs Cf habeas corpus
have served TO call attention 10 the lax manner
in which the laws involving the liberty and
rights of those suspected or claimed to be in
sane are administered. II is, in the first place
difficult to frame general law for the care Of
the insane, since the disease is one of many
shades or degrees. and a law to cover all cases
ought to be flexible one In the second
place. the victim, though in the eyes OF the law
unfortunate rather than criminal, Is prac-
ticaiy more helpless than the criminal, he
cause the accusation itself is almost certain to
be accepted az the strongest evidence that the
person accused is OF unsound mind. a plea Of
not guilty from criminal compcls thorough
inquiry and demands abundant proof Of guilt /;
a denial of alleged insanity goes for nothing.
Sympathy with the suspected condition of the
accused person often leads to decision OF
insanity, and often mistakenly curtaI~ neccs-
sary Investigation. Once incarccratcd, ii is
next to impossible 20 obtain a rehearing, and
many minds somewhat weakened by indul-
gences or natural causes, are maddencd by tie
very fact and circumstances of hopeless coHiine-
mcnt III an asylum. In the Woodruff, the
Obrcight. the O'Ncil and the Mcnamara
cases lately before the courts very thorough
investigation was fortunately had, and in
each case the result. has been the discharge of
the men rs sane.
In the Woodruff ease referred to, a man of
sixty was engaged for two years in obtaining
of eltu IN "a he al
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THE T1RTF C0JniISuOYS W0BK.

THE TARIFF COMMISSIONS UORh.
There is complaint that the evidence taken
by the Tariff Commission is almost exclusively
favorable to the protective system. This Is
true, but how can it he avoided The Com
mission has sent out invitations to men OF all
shades of opinion to bring whatever intorma-
ton they have. Not single person who has
offered to give testimony, so far as we know,
has been refused full hearing. But the
people who believe that the tariif Is a great
wrong and an injury to the county, like the
brethren in the meeting, are backward III
coming forward
Some arguments have been made by i'm
portcrs in favor of lower or differently adj
iusted duties. Their statements have been
listened to attentiyely, and will doubtless
have due weight. 1t is quite natural that
man whose capital is invested IN the business
Of moving or selling foreign goods, whether
theoretically free-tradcr or not, should
lean to the opinion that the country is injured
by duties that restrict his operations. Perhaps
his views are quite as likely TO be warped and
one-sidcd as those OF the manufacturer who
is tempted to believe that the country Is ben
Gifted if its labor is more largely employed in
the production of certain class OF goods, at
whatever cost to consumers. In all cases
some allowance must be made for the natural
prediction which strong self-inercst is apt to
create. But the fact remains that manufacturers
generally seek to promote a business by which in
dustry III this country 10 employed, while import
els generally seek to encourage a business 10y
which labor in other countries is employed. OF
course to reasonable men, this distinction is
not by any means sinai, bat it viii have some
weight. 4 business which brings support to
ten thousand men IN Newly ok Is alter all
quite different from a business which brings
support to ten thousand men in Manchester
There may be good reasons why the ten thou
sand men III New-lorl should not be so
employed, but it rests with chose who oppose
that policy to make good those reasons. If
they decline, the natural inference will be
against them and in ia,or Of development of
home industry.
The only reasons thus far given for rcticence
by opponents Of the existing tariff are not very
reditaOle to them. They profess to believe
that the Commission will not be influenced by
any testimony they may give. But there is no
justification Cor the presumption that any we'll
supported objection to the present duties on
iron. for example, or on woOllen goods CT wool,
or sugar, would not have due weight. Ii any
man can show that these duties, OF any OF them,
work injustice to the country rs a whole, the
majority Of the Commission OJght 10 be, and
we trust will be, disposed to recommend the
modification OF removal of such duties. Empty
defamation probably would not have much
force. nor sweeping imDutati0ns of base natives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-24
Nmnssrnenis 60 Night.

o,,or OPERA HousE--"The Snake Charmer'
n,,y,s THEATRE" The Passing Regiment
H,vyR1Y's l4rH STREET THEATRE anch ~
METROPOLITAN ALcAzAR-"T The Masco''e
N,p1o's GARDEN" Youth"
UNION SQUARE THEATRE" Tho Black rag
WIIIAcK's THEATRE" Patience
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Persons Tearing tOrntOr tie season, and Sam-
nrer trareiiers, can hare The DAILY TRIBUNE
mailed to Mcn postpaid for 81 20 per month,
the address being changei as often as desired
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rescued. Another officer could have been sent
along the coast His own place was WIN ."c
ships company which had been put unoer
his orders. As for Lieutenant Hdrpers VeSSoi'
there is only one channel in the Lena Delt"
where it can float, and that is the east mouth,
where Engineer Melville landed. and where IT
is certain that Lieutenant Chipps boat was
NOT beached.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-24
rur DEMOCRATS MUST DIVIDE THE EEsf0Ns'
49, IIIIIA

Prom me EktQdtiDttd inquirer thep' l.
rhcro WAS no bad or Objectionable itgsII,,
nan ELECTED al the lart session which rae bthoV. ~.
No, mad voted sOndy against a.. could MOI na'' IA.
,.;.d th.re MAS no good desirable leBlSlall'" -
t,,e winch IL they mad voted sOddl5 Tor t. '""'t la
.v, neon ,.,e suocessfuL Tney, N almost e9'". ,Se
lre with the Rcpub leans ure resp0nsloI lo4 "a oi
Ssnrk of the last session. IL was tul VI bludeis'
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the address being chaRgel as often as Desired
Sometimes n phlanthrOpist will drop a
ferry ticket into gatemans hand with such
an air of bland and mellow benevolonce that
one would take long odds that it was bank
check for the poor mans family. 1t is with
the same beaming expression of wholesale
munifcence that John Kelly imparts TO our
reporter the meagre and stale fact that the
Tammany Committee on Organization con
tains as many as $40 members, and he can
form no idea what action they VIII take
Ia regard to sending delegates to the State
convention. 1t Las been. generally supposed
that the $40 members do not have more than
one mind, and that Mr.. Kelly mas never any
difficulty in making up that mind for them.
The outbreak Of typhus fever in a crowded
tenement house described in the news columns
has moral of its own. The Sanitary Bureau
with its large staff of inspectors and clerks
makes no provision for the prompt removal at
night of persons suffering from contagious
diseases II is closed about four O'Clock every
week dav and much earlier Oh Sunday and
when cases of typhus fever or smallpox are
reported by the police in the evening they
are not investigated until the next day In
this way unnecessary delay Is caused and the
risks OF exposing the f'aims III the tenemcnis
to cOntagi0n are increased. Arrangements
should be u AIDE FOR night service and the bu-
reau should be kept open at all hours, night
and day.
The official reports from two Of the jean
nette search parties contain many interesting
details. The melancholy end of Master ut
nam is related 10y his commanding officer and
al excellent reason is assigned for tue jour
neg from Kolymsk to the Lena Lieutenant
Berry received at the former point so imper-
feet an account of the landing OF the Jean
nettes boats that no considered it his
duty tC 20 on and cooperate in the search.
That seems Ineligible. Bat why did
Lieutenant Berry 20 to Koiymsk ?
His crew had been smoked out of their ship
and forced to winter with the Polar race in
habiting the peninsula. We would have
thought better of him if he had remained with
the men under lis command until they were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-24

Mr.. Trevelvan is the right man in the right
place. He displayed courage OF mgh oruer
in accepting the ChieiSecretarys ana Ills
relations with the Irish members OF the COM
mons have been characterized by iirmness ana
consunmate tact. Now he appears before an
Irish audience and makes an admirable speech
which will remove many sources OF inlsuhdcr-
standing and prejudice. He represents the
Government as discriminating sharply between
criminal and political acts, not concerning ltseh
with popular MEETINGS, but wagng " an INDY
ing and unre entng wal" against outIages.
The main issue he defines as the punishment
of crime 10y a tribunal which Will administer
"iustice without fear" These brave words
seem to have made marked impression upou
the audience. Well they might, for II the
Coercion Act can he enforced In this spirit so
as TO secure the punishment of criminal rather
than POLITICAL offences, the popular preJudlcc
against it VIII gradually be weakened. Con-
servative Peer remarked sometime ago that
three things were required for the government
of Ireland: Justice, liImneSs and sympathy.
The first two qualities are eyinccd IN the Chlci-
Secretary's address, and the third Is implied
by his outspoken candOr and the sense OF resron-
sibility under which he was evidently labor
ing The effect of the speech cannot fan 10
be in the highest degree beneficial. We hope
that the Chief-SacretaIy will have the courage
to repeat it in other centres Of population.
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PLBLIC OPINION
Nor,n1.r rolMnnN pEsrKrIoNs

from me Chieago Journal ,"sgl
II is a curious tact that tNU Oi IKE M M
s,,,,,rn rnrk rooted Democrats IN the present YOU
gross are now on the stump IN opposition Ia i"' ars
i,r,, al thc regular Bourbon conN rnioh INt-, SS
1,,,ai ~ liners al the famous shoe-st rlng tia I'
of Su.sissipui and General j. ". SlEaslOh, GA N'"'"
OF Inc Kiln Illinois District,
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where il can float, and that is the east mouth,
where Engineer Melville landed. and where 1t
is certain that Lieutenant Chipps boat was
not beached.
The popularity of dentistry is one of the
mysteries of professional life. Why should so
many Young men, who might easily become
physicians or surgeons. restrict their cheI-
gics TO the human nav instead OF taxing
in the whole body7 We hope the eXplana-
ton is not to he found in an episode OF
this mornings police news, i'll which one Oh
these Young men figures rs emoracihg'
along with his profession, fair patent III
the chair If there are social reasons for
this professional preference it may he ID
terestlng 70 ascertain whether there are ue"''9"
in countries where kissing is not IN vogue
The Yakuts along the Lena, iof eAaN'Pi0' Wv
rot favor tins form of embrace, and as matter
of fact there Is not a dentist 10 DE i"unu III
their villages We have supposed that tiie az,
sence of this useful member OF society coulu
be explained by the presence OF the iinest teetp
in the world liz the mouths of the natives
But this may be superficial view.
The Nile is reported to be rising rapidly ana
to be already OVerlOWIhs us ""-i"' " :,
places. Ordinarily it does not attain It's luiI
height until the 10th of September, ana Is
kept within its banks by dams when are reg
ularly inspected 10y Government engineers
The signal for opening the network OF SiniceS'
bitches and drains by which the country Is
irrigated is generally given at Caro-, where
the embankmcnt known as the " BRIDE OF the
Nile, is thrown down. If the river he over
flowing its banks so early, it must either DE
n very high instead OF n medium Me, or very
little care has been taken to repair lHe
embankmcntS and to regulate the lnundatioh.
1t is probable that owing to the disorder an"
excitement prevailing throughout Lower Egypt
the peasants have neglected to rebuild inc
dams and TO repair the banks, and that me
official inspections have been suspended
altogether. The life-giving river Will not
only be left to waste its fragrance on the
desert all. but it Will be converted into de-
styuctive food. The ordinary crops are
planted in the autumn and harvested early III
the spring, but there are summer crops oi
rice. cotton and indigo, and an autumn crop
of maize and mllet which have to be protected
against the inundatiOn. Neglect to keep the
embankments and bitches in proper order
has imperilled these late crops, the staples oil
native diet included, as well as affected the
prospects of the next spring harvest
St. Landry democrat., 1882-05-06
The Widows Snare.

A widow of Normandy peasant has
exhibited more than ordinary .wo-
mans wit in the duty which her hus-
bands demise imposed upon her OF exc,
cutting his will, His property consisted
of a good horse and worthless eur,
and he directed that they should be
sold, the proceeds of sale. of the horse
to lie divided among other relatives,
while the widows portion. was to De
the sum which the 4 dog would fetch.
This discrepancy in the value OF the
two animals was naturally a little gall
ing to the lady, but after turning affairs
over in her own mind she discoy-
cred means by which she could fnl-
Eli her late husbands bequest without
suffering pecuniary loss to herself. She
announced for sale a horse for i've
francs and dog for, five hundred.
Those who wished to buy the horse
were informed that they must also take
the dog; and when at length a purhas-
Ell was found, the widow handed over
over five francs, to be divided among the
dead mans family, keeping for, herself
the five hundred, as the sum which the
rug sa sts4e sa8sasyta a't' : z&ts7 sfs1
St. Landry democrat., 1882-05-06
HYSTERIA.
ICha1nber's Journal

Hysteria is by no means confined to
women, for one Of the worst attacks
which have witnessed occurred in a
man. This gentleman one day found
he had lost his all, and on returning
home, he became the victim OF laugh
ing and crying, until sheer exhaustion
brought an end to the attack. This
was quite involuntary, But it might
be remarked that even in hysterla such
thing as fashion, prevails. showing
that q. certain power of restaint may be
used. When was a boy hysteria was
the fashion and if during converse
ton any remark was made to touch a
lady's sensibilities, she would clinch
her hands, make wry face, her eyellds
would undergo rapid vibration, she
would give sob or two, and sink from
her chair. The cure was accomplished
by throwing cold water over her face
and if this encroached on her neck or
wetted her dress, the cure was very
suaden and complete. During church
service it was the usual practice to
have young lady carried out but
think as rule she belonged to an IN
ferior class, whose kind of work during
the week did not allow them to play
dress making tricks with themselves on
Sunday :; fer il / remember rightly the
cure was effected in their case by the
call for pen knife. This was used to
loosen the body armor, when a loud ex-
plosion took place, followed by deep
sigh and a speedy recovery of the pa
tient. So fashionable was fainting OF
Mysteries in church, that | had a lively
remembrance Of young lady who had
a weekly attack, and was often carried
out by a gentlemen in the next pew,
AS these two were afterwards married
/ apprehend that this was one mode OF
courtship. I am only too thankful to
think, for the peace of other people,
that this method of forcing matrimony
has gone OUT @ #