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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-01
NEWYEAR's AT TIE WHITE HOUSE.

WAsmNGTON, Dee. 3l.-lhe President VII
hold reception at the Executive Mansion Cd Monday
next according 20 the following programme:
AtlI o. III. ne Will receive the members Of the Cabinet
and the Diplomatic Corps.
AtIl:l5a H. the Chei-Justicc aud Associate Justices
tho supreme Court OF the United states.
Al 1880 H. IN. Senators and Representatives in Con
rese the Judges the Court Of Claims the Judges Of the
supreme Court Of the District Of Columbia the Commits
.ioucrs Of the District OF Columbia, cxnenbers Of the
Cabinet and tx Ministers Of the United states
Al ION. the officers Of the Army aud Navy
Al 1910 D. H. the secretary OF the Smithsonian inst
triou the Commissioner or AriCutlrc, the Assoc tut
Seer tar.c4 Of the Departments. the Assistant Posi-
encr3 tine SOictOriI General, tnr Superntcu-
dent OIL Coast Survey, NE Heals 81 bureaus o tht
several Departments and the Nauonil BoaFl o ne
A. ii.4j D. M the Associated soldiers OF the War Oi
1871 Inc Advocated Veterans 81 the var OF 1876 the
members of The Oldest Inhabitants Association or the
district Of Columbia, and the Grand Army of the
Republic. ...-- IN, ,-.- ., q.
= m. the reception OF citizens vi" OeSln, an" Il
will terminate at p. ID.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-01
THE ACT OF A SANE MAN.

DIR. GRAYS TESTIMONY CONTINUED.
NOT A CIRCUMSTANCE OF THE MURDER or PREsI-
DENT GARFIELD INDICATING INSANITY IN
GUTEAU.
Such part Of the session Of the Court i'll the
Guiteau trial a. was not appropriated 10y the
assassin himself was devoted to the further
examination and to the examination of
DR.. Gray of Utica. Dr. Gray gave his reasons
for thinking GWteau sane, considering only
his own statements and appearance in jail.
lie found in the statements of Guitcau reason,
judgment, reflection. sef-control, fear for his
personal safety and preparation of legal de-
fence before the commission of his crime, such
as were inconsistent with an insane oclu>ion.
Not one circumstance Of the murder Of Prcsi
dent Garfield, the witness declared, Indicated
that it was the act OF an insane man. The as
sassin was unrestrainod and insuted DR.. Gray
al will.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-01
OFFICERS OF THE TURF CLUB.

Al a meeting Of the corporatOrs and directors of
the Turf Club. Friday evening, the following
named members unanimously elected officers
forthe ensuing year Lawrence KIP, president;
James X. Keene, vIce-presldent; i. ID. Barnes,
secretary and Ambrose MOnel. treasurer. E1-
ton, 5. Ho9land Robbins, Z. W. hohlsaat, Z. W.
GTlsWOd and Mr. Preston
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-01
BUSINESS CHANGES ANNOCECED.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED OR FORMED.
BROKERS MERCHANTS AND OTHER BUSINESS MEN
WV BEr AfTbN4


II NEW RELATIONS.
Tho only Grm change reported yesterday TO the
Stock Exchange was the dissolution of the firm of
Lapsley, Field q Co.. which expired by limitation.
Howard Lopslcy and j.. : willard, both Of whom
are member, of the Board. will continue the bust
ness of the former firm The other general partner,
Cyrus W. Field, ir associates himself with Will
lam +. COlbron, recently Of the firm of Sterett Il
Colbron ana Albert NJ. Day OF Chicago, under the
firm name OF Coibron, Day Il Field, New-York.
and Day. Field * COibron, Chicago. The firm OF
Sterett n Cobron il dissolved by mutual consent,
and the Office Of the firm, at No Il Newest, will he
orcupicd hy the new firm Of CUlbrOn, Day X Field.
john Brachen, who has been associated with
IIcrn. Stutzer ~ co. III the flour and gram trade,
viii start IN business for himself at the beginning
Among changes reported by Bradstreets Agency
and r. G Dun * Co. are the following:
Benedict, Hall & Co, boots and shoes. nave
changed The firm name to St John. Klrkham x Co;
Blsscl & Weles auctOncers. have dissolved
partnership The firm is now L. Blssell q Co.
Brousse 4 Hicks, coal agents have gone out Of
the trade. Henry e. Hicks continues transactions
'John Bycrs a CO., importers of linens no longer
form partnership. The firms name Is now Milar
Dun. Wilnan & Co., the Mercantile Agency for
the purpose OF uniformity, aud without change VI
ths members of the firm, have altered the name OF
the New-York house to X. e. Dun Il Co. the same
name used IA ali the branches IA the United otat,-r.
The style in Canada stlll continues Dun, imam ~
Co. Mr. Winan occupies his former position IN the
management 0t the agency.
l.. Gull x Coz wOOd-turners, have broken up the
Hess & Low, upholsterers have dissolved part
me business Of Kaufman Il StX chromos VIII
be continued by Isaac Kaufman * Brother.
The firm ct Lamp " McCosh, importers ot linens,
~ dissolved by the death OF A. g. Met osh lie
Lu.iures will be- continued by r. & ID. Lamb.
Lewis a. Sprsgue tea hrokerA have dissolved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-01
POINTS IN TIE MAYOEs MESSAGE.

The Mayor in lis message TO the Aldermen viii
favor single-headod commissions for tho City
Government and constitutional provision en-
bodyiug home rule for the city without undue inter
ference by the Legislature. The investigation of
the Dock Department 10y the Legislative Committee
will be commented on. The Mayor will also make
some suggestions rs 10 she changes needed N the
laws governing tenement houses, based on his tour
through the most crowded parts Of the city last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-01
DANCING At THE CLOSE or THE YEAR.

The LedeIkranz Society held it, "Sylvester
Kranzchen last evening it, in Fourth-st, near
Lfay ote place. Several hundred Of the members with
oeir complement OF ladies' gathered 20 dance the old
Year out and the tnew year in The ballroom was
trimmed with evergreen, AdOlph Bernstein conducted
to music, and supper was 81 IN the basement Tue
feSiey expects TO occupy lie new building, III Last
80! tls4lA ST., next September.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-01
TIE FULL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.

WAsmNGToS, Dee. 31.-While awaiting tho
arrival o. council the prosecution hearty laugh
created Dy the anuouaocmcnJ from the prisoner that
"Tne wife OF sir. Cunningham, of my guards, has
an oIcyon-pouud baby % Nc"-Y u's present.
Dr. Gray, superintendent Of the Uuca Luhauc Asylum
,y. recall. 10 the stand aud MS examination chief
wa. troc.cGcd with Bens asked 10y tie Dstrct-At-
ornc, 10 give the reasons which lie had yesterday
rated mis- opinion the prisoner sanity AT the time Of
ms examination III the ai he said "In looking over the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-01

=, FRIEND Of the family 10 the Boy Twins
sst alIall you little fellows dent always agree You
49, 80 Cach Othcr sometimes, dUiIt 900 1Wfus-fcth,
49, NUN 1llnes T. OF the F.Ah Thought SO Well,
er-Journal ~@ ""'P''
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-12
The Tame Crow.

Amos Long lives on the farm next to
ours. One day in spring he caught
young crow in the field He took him
home and tanned him. He taught him
some funny tricks.
When the crow was full grown the
cat had some kittens. Mink, as the bird
was called, would take the tail of one
of the kitties in his bill and drag her
around the room. Neither the kitty
nor its mother liked this, and they cried
with all their might.
Mink used to steal thimbles, spOOls of
thread, gloves and other things, and
hide them in out-of-the-way places. Ii
he saw a handkerchief sticking out Of
any ones pocket, he would snap at it
and dragit out. One time Mr.. Long
felt tapping at his back, and found
that Mink was filling his coat-pocket
with red berries.
When the men are milking Mink will
hop along and peck the cows noses.
Mink will not let any one take him up
or pet him; but if any person holds Or
stick, no matter how short it is, NJ
will perch upon it. On this stick he will
let himself be carried aboUt1he house. -
Our Little Ones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-12

A butcher is man who wears an
apron like that of barkeeper. When
YOU ask him for a pOrter-hOuse steak he
produces bone that looks as if it be.
ionged to a mastodon, with a little meat
hanging to it. He hooks this bone on ia
his badly adjusted scales, swings himself
on it, and yells Five poundsr' You
pay for five pounds of meat. but YOU
only carry off three pounds of bone and
six ounces of meat. And the worst Of
it is, You do not get all that, for he vfs.
ceeds to chop off the bone, which he
keeps. and afterwards sells it to hotel
to make soup out of. That the kind of
philanthropist some butchers are
There are others who are not quite
80 enthusiastic They do not swing them
selves clear off the floor when they
weigh meat. They only keep a hand as
bio as a canvass-covered ham on the
meat to prevent it from blowing off the
scales. In law and equity, YOU are en-
titled to the butchers hand along with
the meat, for you have bought it and
paid for it, but he never delivers the
goods. He needs that hand in his bust
ness. 1t is 50 handy in weighing. He
sells that hand at eight or ten cents a
pound forty times day, but he always
keeps it on hand, as it were, it being so
useful in making change, and in remov-
ing a customer who wants to have the
meat weighed over.
The butcher can be very sarcastic if he
tries. Possibly his trade has something
to do with his making cutting remarks.
Besides, he is man of brains, having
more on hand than he has any use for,
which may account for the fact that he
is never sent to Congress or the Legis-
lature.
We once suggested to butcher that
he put his scales where the customers
could see the dial, not necessarily for
publication, but merely as a pledge of
good faith. so, yes" he replied,
scornfully, 81 suppose after a while,
when you buy five cent soup bone, you
will expect me to put on my swallow
tail Sunday coat and my stove-pipe hat,
hire the finest hack in town and brass
band, go in procession to your shanty
and deliver the soup bone" We as
sured him him he was mistaken, that no
such idea had ever entered our head, but
we never afterwards enriched him with
any more suggestions how to acquire
the esteem and respect of his fellow
citizens. We may mention right here,
incidentally, in closing these remarks,
that they do not apply to all butchers,
but principally to the one who did not
seem to need any advice where to hang
his scales, -Teras SJtingS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-12
His Love.

1t was evening in the country. The
moonbeams peeped softly between the
leaves of the pulseless elm, and kissed
the song-birds lost in happy dreams,
The rose and the lily were asleep, so
were the parsnip and the string bean,
and all the amorous air was toned with
languid scent to the sublime altitude of
a swell drug store.
They were walking up the shady ave-
nue. from the village whittier he had
taken her to prove his boundless admira-
ton and love at tive-cent soda-water
fountain.
NO. he commenced, for he knew
they were getting near her vine-clad cot
tage, and he hadn't much time to lose,
my love foryou shall never wane, wilt,
or grow less. With you | shall sail
through life as TRANQUILITY as over placid
moon-it lake in tlat-bottomed boat,
with virtuOso at the stern playing the
Old Folks at Home on an accordion
You are my evening star this evening
and every other evening, and you shall
have a seal-sllin sacque every Christ
mas
She clutched his ready-made coat-or
rather its sleeve in wild ecstasy of in
etfable delight, while he continued:
''You are the sweet particular idol of my
life, and | shall take You to the circus
next week. My love for you is deep as
the iceman's cunning and the plumber s
pocket, which, like spring, retilis itself
when drained. Mine is wild enthusi-
astic passion that will withstand the rig
ors of the arctic butcher and milliner.
The strawberry vender may lose the cum
ming of the hand that arranges the mean
er specimens below the large ones in the
three-quarter-pint measure which he
guarantees to hold a quart but my love
you will never lose, even if you bet it on
a horse-race. All, yes, fair Imogen,
while life lasts you shall have in me a
defender against all the trials and tribu-
lations of this vexed, uncertain life. My
love foryou burns like dollar in poets
pocket; it also burns like yon snowy star,
and not till that goes out"
at has just gone out" she broke in.
'Alas, too truen' he sighed. II have
been swearing by a Fourth f-July bal,
loon" .
And he didn't say another word until
he good-nighted at the gate.-Harper' s
Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-12
Too Sensitiue.

When the girl with the pink powder
on her face got into the street car the
two passengers who had been talking
about breadstuffs resumed their converse
ton, said one:
"Flour is plenty and cheap enough;
have you noticed?''
THAT because it s so much kneaded, :"
responded the other, with feeble at
tempt at pun.
The first speaker threw up his hands
in affected horror. ''To this complexion
have we come at last" he quoted.
Then the girl rose up. II think you're
Just horrid," she exclaimed "Stop the
car! | won't sit here and have no such
remarks passed on mer'
eve didn't mean" he would have
explained, bet she was not to be APP
peased ...
YOU'RE mean enough for anything!
Let me out! I'd rather walk Flour
indeedr' and she flounced of.-Detroit
Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-12
Removing His IntegumentS.

1t is safe to say that few people have
ever seen a toad take off his coat and
pantaloons. A man who processes to
have been an interested eyewitness of
such transaction describes the novel
operation as follows: II observed him
pressing his elbows against his sides and
rubbing downward. He appeared 50
singular that / watched to see what he
was up to, After few smart rubs his
skin began to burst open along his back.
Now said l, odd fellow, you have done
it, but he appeared to be unconcerned
and kept on rubbing until he had worked
all his skin into folds on his sides and
hips; then, grasping one hind leg with
both his hands, he hauled off one leg OF
his pants the same as anybody would,
then stripped the other hind leg in the
same way. He then took his cast-otl
cuticle forward between his forelegs into
his mouth and swallowed it; then. BY
raising and lowering his head, swallow
ing as his head came down, he stripped
off the skin underneath until it came to
his fore legs, and then grasping one OF
these with the opposite hand, by consid.
able pulling stripped off the skin; chang.
ing hands, he stripped the other, and by
a slight motion of the head, and all the
while swallowing, he drew it from the
neck and swallowed the whole. The
operation seemed an agreeable one and
occupied but short time. ..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-12
The Channel Tunnel.

NJ. de LesSeps and party of French
engineers and SC entific men paid visit
on Saturday to the works of the Sub
marine Cont mental Railway Company
at Dover and inspected the tunnel,
which has been run out under the Cham
mel for a d stance of over mile. The
French Wis tors, who had landed at
Dover on the previous day, reached the
base of operations at the western de
of Shakespeare Cliff about ten N the
morning, a special train, which had LETT
Char no Cros, at nine O'Clock with
visitors from town, arr wing at aquarter
to eleven. The visitors were lowered
six at time in an iron skip" down
the shaft into the tunnel. At the bot
tom of this shaft, 1853 feet below the
surface of the ground, the mouth OF the
tunnel was reached, and the visitors
took their seats on small tram-carS which
were drawn by workmen. So evenly
has the boring machine done its work
that one seemed to be looking along
great tube with a slightly downward
set, and as the glowing electric lamps
placed alternately on either side OF the
way, showed fainter and fainter IN tne
far distance, the tunnel, for anything
one could tell from appearances, night
have had its outlet in France. A jour
ney oil some seventeen minutes, how
ever, not counting stoppage Tor re-
fire. hmentS when 1000 yards had been
traversed, the wOrkmen drawing the
ears on the down grade at a fast walk
brought the party to the end of the Dor,
ing, 900 yards from the shaft and
about $50 feet below the sea- Inc
point now reached is about 800 yards
! further to the east, and nearer 10 the
/ head of the Admiralty Pier at Dover
! than the end of the tunnel was in tn
| last week of February, when the WORK
were described in the Times AS haO
been antic pated, some small assures OF
g faults have been encountered DU'
though the moisture coming through
them has male the surface of the luh'
mel damp and the roadway muddy a.
several places, few troughS holloWeG
/ in the ground and occasionally empueG
with a bucket served for the removal Oh
all the water that gets into The lower
workings. The dryness Of the iuhne'
was the subject of remark among lne
fore On sitors, whose admiration was
also expires ed at the rapid and even
working of the Beaumont boring ma
chine. This is driven by COMPRESSED
air, which serves a second purpose III
supplying n fresh and cool atmosphgrg
for the workmen to breathe Ionic"
! Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-12
The Coffee Trade.

Some idea of the rapid growth of the
coffee trade of the world may be obtained
from the fact that the total production,
which was 675,000,000 pounds in 1859,
has now risen to 1,300,000 900 pounds
or nearly doubled. In Europe alone the
consumption of coffee is said to have in
creased 240, 100000 pounds in the single
year 1879. As for the producing coun-
tries, it seems that Brazil now holds the
first place with a total of $50, 100000
pounds against 100000, 900 in 1870. The
emancipation of the slaves is, however,
expected to lead to falling off in the
crop, unless the Cinnamon and coolies
imported from Asia should prove unex-
pectedly well suited to the work of cul-
tivation. Next on the list come the
Dutch Indian possessions, which export
about 150,000,000 pounds, the British
East Indies, now exporting over 140,
600, 900, and Venezuela, producing about
100,000,000. On the other hand. the
Antilles Islands have long been declining
in the scale. Jamaica does not supply
half as much coffee as in 1905. Marti-
nique has fallen still more entirely out
of the race, and the Reunion coffee,
which was once highly esteemed. and is
still declared to be of excellent quality,
finds no longer any market in Europe,
owing to the questionable bitterness Of
its taste.-N Y. Mail.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-12
Strange Birds.

"Oh-ohn' squeaked Berry. "rve
found a bird s-nest."
Nest" said Terry. "Girls don't
know anything. It's no nest at all-th1
eggs are laid right in the sand"
And such long, thin, dirty-colored
eggs" piped Berry.
" Such bird rs laid those eggs don't
deserve to be mother" observed Ter
ry. ITO put them right where one
would be likely to step on 'em, and
without any nest, at all. I'll tell you,
Berry, Wen take 'em home and set 'em
under the brown hen, and when they
hatch we will have six little birds all to
ourselves. And Biddy is a magnificent
mothern' .......
Thereupon each gathered up three OF
their treasures, and scampering away
to the wood-house, clambered up to the
soap-box nailed upon the weather
boards, and placed them under Biddy,
who was setting therein. -.
For a fortnight two very eager young
people daily frequented that wood
shed.
Six bird-cages had been prepared, and
six pounds of bird-seed laid in. F..
One day as they were playing in the
yard, the children were startled by a
series of most appalling screams and
cackles proceeding from the precious
shed. On rushing there they discovered
that Biddy had forsaken her nest, and
with distended eyes and crimson comb,
had perched herself on neighboring
pile OF wood, and was giving vent to a
volume Of wild and terrified ''cut- a-cut-
outs
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-12

"Oh, see,'' exclaimed Ter,-
"Shes Matched the dear little br5!,'
and she's scared of EN-; she's bee1,
used to chicks, you know" ''u
1.-The blessed little birds" Cried
Berry, scrambling upon the trestle h,
which she was enabled to Just reach
the box. Terry rushed to the sbnIt
and now returned with the six caoes
"Now," instructed Berry, %as
hand 'em to you, put each dear littla
bird in a cage, and mind you, fasten the
door well.
"Be careful" said Terry, STANDING
with a cage with its door thrown wid6a
Berry had her hand in the nest.
Don't squeeze 'em, Or" -
"Oh-oh my-my! Get away-oh-
oh" squealed Berry, jumping down
from the trestle and running to the far
side of the wood-shed.
There's something dreadful-soma.
thing craa0ly-in Biddy's nest" gasped
Berry, with shudder.
Terry, with q loud "Shawr' mount
ed the trestle, and inserted his hand in
the nest, remarking, contemptuousEy:
LOU SlIlS are SO-OH'-gOOd ora
cious! Keep Off-for mercy sake! What
is it?" and Terry was just about one
second joining Berry, his face every
whit as scared as her own.
And now papa, brought hither by the
racket, joined them, looked in the nest
started back, and then commenced to
laugh, and laugh, and laugh, till the
children thought he would have cone
crazy. gnu
Finally he took down the box and
what do you think they sawp Four Ii.
Tie, 4gly, acriggling, Swapping turtles
The mother turtle" said papa, ar,
ter the excitement had somewhat sub.
sided, lays her eggs close to the shore
OF the creek, in some sandy spot, and
then returns to the water, leaving the
sun and the hot sand to incubate them.
and when the little turtles are out. they
also scamper down to the water, which
is just where we will take these fine fel-
lows
"What is incubate?'" queried Ber-
ry, an hour later, as with very red
face, she was tying up her bird-seed.
"To hatch, of course" said Terry.
GROSSLY, as he gathered up his bird
cages I0ath'S Companion.