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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
CHANGES IN THE NAVY.

A. Smith, L. s. w. has been selected by Secretary Chand
Ter appointment Chief of the Bureau OF Provisions
and Clothing, with the rank and pay Of PaymasterGen-
eral OF the Navy. Pay Inspector Smith is native of
Maine and entered the Navy In 1861. lie was formerly
in charge Of the Navy pay Office in this city, and is now
engaged in settling his accounts.
VceAdmiral Stephen C. Rowan, now on duty as Gov
ernor of the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, will be ap-
pointed OF the Naval observatory ash
ington, vice Rear Admiral Rodgers deceased.
Rear Admiral r. II. Wyman has been detailed to duty
member OF the Lighthouse Boari, vice Rear Admiral
nd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
A TERRIBLE FIRE IN KIEF.

LONDON, May 26--The Posts dispatch from Berlin
saws: "Repors have reached here of terrible con-
lagraton in Kief. The flames have been raging
since Tuesday" lKief, the capital of the Govern
nent of Kief in European Russia, is situated on the
Dnieper, about 500 miles southwest OF Moscow.
The city is divided into four towns, and contains
n cathedral, churches, an archbishop's palace, a
library, university, a seminary and other pubic
buildings. The population Is 12I,O00l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
THE ARMY RETIREMENT BILL.

WASHINGTON, May 25.-There is great
anxiety in Army circles about the Compulsory Retire
ment bill and its probable defeat at this session OF Con-
gress General Sherman, in speaking OF the bill to-day
said he favored q making retirement In the
Army compulsory q certain age, leaving discretion
airy power in the matter In other words just as 1t s
in the Navy. Such system In the Army woud, In hls
opinion bo far satisfactory to all persons Interested
than The present one and would relieve the President OF
mi pIuD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
.r THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

,,,s,NEss rMPEpED BY THE DEMoohAr AZ W.
,n,,sTKRINa TEMPORARILY succEssfoL-nn"
'4r YORK APPOINTMENTS AND THE GovfnSoHSnna SH ,ro.
nur rusI r.Rrrr coMnssioN-NAnoNAL BANK L1o'
IsLATIoN. 5ov xas de-
nc on unsuccessful attempt by the ne
yo,sa ,aons ~ to proceed with the public business
p"Olcass' pas tho % members of the Tariff Commis-
oolne ~. ~ becn decided upon. Runors tha'
son nav nav ora 70 bc made in the New-York sur
veyofs Office and in tns Naoul coutlinS G will not
MED. 1t is said that Mr. C0nhiis a,Iia. w" certain
, support President Arthur IN orn1rshin lnaH,ns G
sSpp"ls Sppoes which may affect the GovernorShip'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
THE PENN yam PosTMAsTERsHIP.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUl

lBf TELEGRAPH TO THE InbOhE.I
WASHINGTON May Ex-senator Lapham asked
the Post Office Committee to reopen the Penn
Yam case to-day claiming TO have some new evil
dence. There has been a good deal of Stalwart
lobbying with the committee in this case and it is
supposed that this action was to give an Opportuni
ty for some of tho Democratic Senators to change
their votes. Senator Lapham was heard at length.
this being the third time. and he produced a new
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
A CHURCH EDIFICE TO BE COMPLETED.

BosToN May 25.-The Rev. j. w. Hamilton,
a Methodist Clergyman who several years ago began
new church edifce in Columbusaye has secured money
enough complete what will be the largest Protestant
church building in New-Engand. 1t will be built or
brick with freestone trimmings and Will seat WIN tne
chapel which opens into IL, between 3,OOo ana 4Voo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
A FATAL ELEVATOR ACCIDENT.

NEwBURG, N. Y, May 25.-The platform OF
the elevator the wagon shop OF Delaney Son gave
way this afternoon precpitating three men and heavy
wagon box to the ground, distance OF thirty feet while
five other men narrowly escaped falling Wood Reeder
has died OF his injuries, and Ira Delaney ID severely
hurt. The elevator was himsly constructed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
A cEMErERYCLoSED TO THE GRAND ARMY

MILFORD, Mass, May 25.--Father Cuddihy
of this parish has announced that he will not permit tn
Grand Army of the Republic to enter the Catholic Cen
etery on Decoration Day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
BROCKWAY AND SMITH INDICTED.

WAsH,NGvoy, May 25. William 8rockwsy,
alias Edward W. Spencer, and Charles H. Smith, alias
Charles smyh were indicted by the Grand Jury to-day
for having distracted plates from the vaults of the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing Broekway aud
Smith were implicated in Doyles recent confession
at Chicago connection with alleged stolen bond plates.
Warrants for arrest Of BrOckway and Smith have
haart isgnal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
"a PITlABLE SPECTACLE.r

LONDON, May 25.-Ihe Standard, discussing the
correspondence between Mr. Lowell and Secretary
Frellnghuysen touching the Irish suspects, says it
is ptIable spectacle to witness the Foreign Office
of the Nation to which Story, Wheaton and Kent
belonged repudiating the elementary principles OF
international Law at the bidding of few lrish row
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
PAYNE'S PARTY CAPTURED.

WASHINGTON, May 25.-Secretary Lincoln
has received through LieutenantGeneral Sheridan, in
formation to the effect that Payne and twenynine other
coonsts, while attempting recently to invade the In
dian Territory captured by troops out from
Fort Reno and taken back to Kansas. The authorities
have yet decided what disposition to make them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
REWARns FOR NEWS on NEIGH SMITH.

LONDON, May 25.-Oscar Dickson has sent
circular to the magistrates Of Tromsoe, Hamerfest and
vardOe, offering reward Of e222 to the person VINO
fret brings assistance to Leigh Smith, sl6s to anyone
forwarding report in writing Of the crew OF tho Ezra OF
o later date than November l. 1881; and e55 for the
first information by telegraph to Mr. Dickson IN regard
picking Of any Of the Eras crew. or Tor letters
from them of q later date than November l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
KILLED BY Il FALL FROM 4 SCAFFOLD.

CHICAGO. May 25.-A number of Swedish
carpenters working coal-shed at Erie and Robert
sts this morning fell from the scafold to the ground,
distance OF twenty-five feet T. Anderson was killed
outright Frederick Helm was internally and fatally
injured John received severe out not Iatal III
juIies, and John Olsen was badly bruised.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
CARELESsLY DROPPLNG 4 LOADED TUB.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., May 25.-The engineer
OF the hoisng engine of the Jemma Boomer let
loaded tub fall into the hold of the vessel this morning.
The tub struck John Germain French Canadian, age
thirty killing him instantly Francis Grinnell o west
port Mass also struck and probably fatally injured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26

affidavit on all points. The vote remained nm
changed all the Democratic members voting with
Senator Miller against the confirmation, and the ne
nomination was for the second time ordered to be
adversely reported.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
DUEL BETWEEN FRENCH OFFICIALS.

PARIS, May ga duel took place last even
ing near Meudon between NJ Pallan, Chief OF the De
partment Of Central Administration In the Ministry OF
Finance and ~ Dreyfus private secretary to MWison,
Minister OF Finance Both OF them were wounded,
but neither seriously. IL is said that NJ Dreyfus re-
ponsibe for violent articles in the Ldntee against the
Finance Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
THE WIDOW OF DE LONG.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, May 25.-Mrs. De Long
and her little daughter Sylvia. left here for NeWfork
this morning They will be accompanied as far as Chi
ooco hv General and Mrs GLASGOW. Mrs. De Long viii
re1ain In the East until the arrival OF her husbands
hu1y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
4 STEAMER ON FIRE.

PORTLAND, Ore, May pa cargo of lime,
on hoard the steamer Yaqna fire to the vessel this
morning The vessel will probably have to be scuttlcd.
The loss is estimated at S33, ,000 no insurance.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-04-21
The Microscope at Home,

In lecture on the use of the micro
scope at home, by Henry Pocklineton.
the following directions are given for
using the instrument to detect adulter-
ated dry goods: Most people like to be
sure that they get what they paw for.
Inc microscope, in many cases. places
the possibility of certainty on this point
within the reach of its owner. Supnoaa
for example, that the lady of the bonse
wishes to know whether the piece of siIk
she has set her heart upon is all silk or
mixture with cotton, jute or China
grass, and, if all silk, whether IL has
been loaded with dye and dressing. THE
microscope will set her mind at rect
Take a pattern of the silk, unravel fine
warp and welt, and examine it under tbe
quarter-inch objective, and you win at
any rate, see whether all the little fibers
OF which the welt and warp are com,
prlsed, look alike. That, of course will
not tell you whether the material is sill .
but If you procure a piece of known
silk, good, raw silk, and study 4ts an
pearance, and compare it with the sns-
pected specimen, you will come 70 n
sound conclusion very soon. Then take
a little cotton and examine it, to find
that 1t consists of fiattened tubes. cnri-
ously twisted, quite unlike the long. evil
1ndrlcal tubes of silk, and different aoa IN
from the long, consistent tubes of a.
with their attenuated ends and marLad
walls. Take wool and hairs of differa,,,
kinds, noting their peculiarities. and Won
will soon be able to tell whether vonr
coat is all wool or Gas is much more
probable) not whether your wife's 40.
BILE muff or seal jacket is what il nro-
fesses to be, and viii not improbable
learn lesson in the department of trade
morality
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-04-21

Removing the Capitol.


A few years ago it was the fashion
among a certain clique of politicians,
whose utterances were echoed by por-
tom Of the press, to clamor for the
removal of the Capitol from Washington
to some representative Western city near
to the geographical centre of the coun-
try. The topic seemed to prove a seven
days wonder, however, and was soon
forgotten In the rush and requirements
of the Nations urgent business. Now
whether the Capitol will ever be re-
moved or not Is not near so interesting
question to some people as whether
rheumatism can or will be removed from
their bodies. The subject of the removal
of this disease from the system has very
successfully interested myriads of people,
and from the extended expressions con-
veyed by the almost innumerable state
ments received from representatives of
every class of the community, we append
the following brief selection, promising
for the benefit of the reader that the dis
ease referred to is rheumatism or neural
gia and the remedy is that grand old
pain panacea-St. Jacobs Oil The Rt.
Rev Bishop GiImour, Cleveland, Ohio
Excellent for Rheumatism and kindred
diseases. 1t has benefited me greatly.
Hon. Carter H. Harrison, Mayor Of
Chicago: Has been used in my family
and neighborhood with remarkable re-
suits. and / think it an excellent remedy"
John Carr Moody, Esq, Counsellor-at-
Law, Vallejo, Cal. The relief afforded
in short time was such as to make me
disregard the evidence of my own
senses" Capt. Paul Boynton, the World
Renowned Swimmer q I do not see how
/ could get along without st. Jacobs
Oil" Mr.. D. w. Mcdonald, Sergeant
alarms Of the House of Commons,
Ottawa, Can. &" A splendid remedy /;
cured rheumatism of my wrist and hand. ="
Commander J. b. Coghlan, U. S. N,
Mare Island, Cal: Complete and Won
deIful cure of most painful attacks
of rheumatism. VIM. ii. Wareing,
ESQ, Asst. General Supt. New York
Postof1ice: Proved all that is claimed
for the Oil and found efficacious. Ready
relief for rheumatic pains. Ex-Post-
master Gen. James, while Postmaster OF
| New York. tersely and characteristically
endorsed Supt. WARNINGS report by writ
| ing g concur"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-04-21
HOW TO SPOIL A WIFE.

49," ~ - 49, n va -
How Will this do?
Snarl at her.
Make her clean house untidy by your
slovenly habits.
Find fault with her
Boss her out of her shoes
Always have the last word
Be extra cross when she Is harassed by
the work and worry of wash day.
Quarrel with her for trifes.
Never be on time to your meals.
Growl when she forgets through a
multiplicity of duties to sew buttons on
your shirts.
Pay no attention to providing for the
household and tell her nothing about its
expenses.
Spend the price of several new bon
nets for cigars, and then skip the bon
nets.
Tell her plainly you have married her
10 do your work.
Raise a row if she dares to bow
pleasantly to an old-time gentleman
friend
Find never ending fault if she happens
to want anything she sees the woman
next door having.
Grumble when she provides pickup
dinner.
Let 1t out sometimes when you are
/ good and mad that you wish you had
married some other girl you used to 20
/ with
If you have had hard days work in
the store or Office, go home and let out
+ your gall on this poor woman, who has
baked and ironed, and mended, and
/ tended children since sunrise. Don't try
/ to hold yourpeeyish disposition in check.
/ Growl and fuss and fame and find fault
/ with the little parent woman whose rosy
/ cheeks you one time kissed, and swore
! by all that's good that you would love
and cherish her through life and death.
The thing is about as long as broad
/ brethren. -R0ckld1d Courier.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-04-21
How Henry Clay Prepared His
Speeches.

When he deemed it necessary to make
an argumentative speech, or what Is
generally called q set speech, he had his
books piled into carriage, and with his
servant went Just over the Maryland line
to the plantation Of Hon. Charles II.
Calvert, and there remained in privacy
until he was ready to address the Senate.
Mr.. Calvert was one of the wealthlest
men and leading agriculturists in the
State of Maryland. Mr.. Clay's room
was upon the ground floor upon the back
side Of the house, and opened upon a
large portico from which there was
magnificent scenery, as attractive
place as q retired statesman could desire,
and the freedom of the plantation was
his, with all It's numerous servants, com
ing and going, arriving and returning,
as he pleased. Mr. Clay's room there
gives notoriety to the establishment to
this day. Few strangers at Washington
IN the summer time fail to visit it. 1t has
ever been the object of the proprietors
10 keep the room as he left It. There
are his easy-chair, dressing and
slippers. But his set or argumentatiye
speeches were not what gave him char
acter He was not like Mr. Calhoun,
when he made an uninterrupted speech
in the Senate, nor ike Webster IN the
Supreme Courtroom. 1t was for his
forensic or disputative talents that he
was distinguished above all other men.
Although the Senate and the galleries
would always be filed when it was all
nounced that Mr.. Clay was to speak, yet
1t was always with the expectation and
hope that some one would interrupt him
and grand intellectual sparring exposi-
ton would take place. OF all men whom
| ever heard / never knew one who could
endure 50 much interruption and discuss
so many side issues and yet finish his
speech with the entire facts and the en-
tire line Of argument marked ont IN his
mind from the beginning, rs Mr.. Clay.
Could the enemies of Mr.. Clay have
formed a combination never to interrupt
him, nor be interrupted by him, they
would have deprived him of much of his
Senatorial glory. The best speeches Of
Calhoun, Webster and Benton were well
considered, and read now much as when
delivered. Not so with Mr.. Clay's best
speeches. They were unprecedented,
and as much surprise to himself as to
his audience. Shorthand reporting had
not then reached its present condition.
Thus, Clay must suffer with posterity
incapable of hearing the varied intona-
tons of his ever-pleasing voice, or Of
seeing his gesticulations, his rising upon
his toes, his stamp of the foot, his march
down the a1sles until his long fingers
would almost touch the Presidents desk,
and his backward tread TO his seat, all
the while speaking; his shake of the
head, his dangling hair, and his audience
IN the galleries rising and leaning over
as If to catch every syllable. As an i'm
promptu, cut-and-thrust debater. always
ready, never thrown from his guard
where is your equal of Henry Clay?-
From a Lecture 6y John IVenttcortls.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-04-21
A Workingman Among Sarares-

We will suppose a race of Tnwarlite
savages, living on an island where loaves
and roast mutton grew upon ali the trees.
and where the climate was so delightful
that there was need for neither roof nor
clothing. Under such conditions civiliza-
ton would be impossible. Conditions
somewhat similar actually do exist. and
under these civilization is impossible.
The reason is plain. We have said that
the people are savages-that is, thew are
motived by those wants only which are
inseparable from all animal life. They
are motived by the want to eat and the
want to reproduce their species. Both
these they can satisfy with next To no
labor; at all events, there is no place for
effort, and thus most of their life con.
sists of painless leisure. Nevertheless.
they do not employ this leisure in pro-
ducing luxuries that shall supplement
their necessaries. Labor is impossible
| to them. They are no more capable of
producing wealth than they would be
had they neither hands nor muscles
Their island is rich, we will suppose in
coal and in metals; but they sink no
shafts, build no furnaces, smelt no iron.
And why? There is no want to compel
them to do so. A man who Is ALWAYS
sure of sufficient to eat, who suffers
nothing for want of either shelter or
clothing, who has never seen or heard Of
wealth, or dreamed of the attractions it
might hold ont to him-such man will
be incapable of any painful exertion. he
Will be incapable of raising himself, and
/ so will a nation of such men. Let US
suppose, however, that q stranger arrives
! to our island, who contrives by some
! ar hay 10 hfrnualf r.r al
/ the bread and of all the legs of mutton,
and, withdrawing them for a single day,
makes the people feel the pangs of hun
| ger. In a single day energy is created.
! The thing that was not, Is. Now We
have arms and hands and intelligence,
/ endowed on a sudden with power and ac-
| tivity, and ready to be guided and parity
/ informed 10y the intelligence of him who
/ can give or withhold food. Now the
/ helpless, INDECENT, nerveless sayages be-
! come strong, industrious men. They
/ have been TRANSPORTED and made differ
ent beings by this one agency-the
| agency OF want, with the prospect Of
/ having their want satisfied. Thus they
are perfectly plant to their despot's will
the VIII of the man who is the ire
sponsible dispenser Of food. He sets
I them first to one labor, then TO another;
he teaches them verious arts. Metals
are worked, roads are made, palace Is
built for him, and filed with furniture
and all manner of luxUries; his food Is
/ served up to him in new and delicate ways;
he is waited upon by retinue of sery-
ants. What then has happened 10 the
/ community during this process? 1t has
one very rich man in it; all the rest are
poor. But IS it poorer than it was origi-
nally? In no way. The people origin
ally had as much food as they could eat.
That was their only riches. They have
as much food now. The only difference
/ is that before they receive it they are
/ forced TO employ the time they once
wasted. -Afaiioch, IN Contemporary Re
/ Uie1O
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-04-21
Ceramic Artfulness.

There are n good many humbugs in
the world, and art circles are as often
deceived by them as are less aesthetic
people. A London collector recently re-
fused TO pay 50, 600 for a pair of rose Du-
barry vases, which he had bought of a
dealer for old Sevres, affirming that they
were spurious, and that the seller had
tempted him to buy by exaggerating the
price he himself had paid for them.
There were pretty strong grounds for
suspecting that the sellers figures were
exaggerated, and good judges were
equally divided as to the genuineness or
spuriousness of tine vases. The Jury,
however, held the buyer liable for the
full amount.
Sevres IS not the only ware about
which there is much uncertainty. Con-
nolsseurs often go into ecstasy about
"old Satsuma," but Professor Morse.
who has lived In Japan, declared in a re-
cent lecture before the Lowell Institute
OF Boston, that Satsuma is not held in
any special estimation in Japan. There
are four kinds of 1.-THE gray painted,
the gray inlaid, the brown, and the light
colored or yellow. The Japanese claim
that the yellow clay was not discovered
until the present century, and that there
Is no ancient Satsuma pottery all arti-
cles OF real Satsuma are small, and have
no stamp upon them and plates with
heavy rims, cups with handles, and sau-
GERS and pitchers, have absolutely no ex-
lstence In genuine Japanese pottery.
Two rare old articles of genuine Satsu-
ma ware which were obtained by the lee
turer with great trouble and expense.
were made seventy-five years ago. The
larger articles sold as ancient Satsuma
are from two to four years old, and are
principally sold in Toxic, and are rubbed
with charcoal dust to give them an ap-
pearance of age.
The Professor also declared that he
mad himself stood beside an agent of an
American firm which deals in ''Satsuma -
ware, and heard him give an order for a
| great quantity of this "ancient" not
terry, directing the designs, and telling
the maker to put on plenty of decora-
tions, no matter what. These larre
pieces are regarded by the Japanese as
abominable paraphrases, and a name ia
applied to them which signifies that they
are made solely to be exported. They
are, for the most part, not Satsuma at
all, but Awata, and the decoration is per-
formed by children and cheap workmen
of all kinds.
There are good many fine specimens
of Satsums, not a few of large size. to
be found in all our American cities. The
amount paid for some of these will an
pear much magnified in the light of Pro
fessor Morse's revelations. If he is to
be credited, there are other Japanese
arts than the finishing of pottery, which
collectors and all purchasers would do
well to study.