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New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
THE NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-The House Com
to-day in favor Of the proposition pending to grant
right OF way to the National Railway Company, which
proposes to fast lines, with cheaper transportation
between the cities OF Washington and Ncw-YOrk The
hearing was deferred however in order to give the sub
committee time to prepare amendments to the
ori igual bill IL understood 10 he the intention OF the
committee 10 40 construct the measure hat II will be
impossible for the corporation 10 dispose OF Its charter
i'm case II l. granted by Congress. The committee Will
hear argument Tuesday next, provided the sub-com
Inttee has completed It's work
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
GIFTS FOR SOUTHERN SUFFERERS.

The Ladies Committee of Relief for Ssouthern,
sufferers by floods acknowledge additional gifts oi
money as follows: Mrs. j. W. Todd, Havana, S25 |;
Mrs Edward X Bell 80 Mrs William y, +. Dosdge'
10 j. P,,p SO; Reader OF me Ere"'n9 IOSt
$40: Mrs c. h,eer SlO Philip SchoosseT, 500 /;
: E.h IS; Miss Campleid, 81 !; Eugene Bogcrt.
S25 Jacob ii. SchIen, 800; and Sliss sage. 9l.
The amount previously acknoH ledged was ~ GO3
Packages of clothing received from MR.. Poyn-
Ton and Miss Clark, lonkers; No Name Mrs. u
Kiddle. Mrs. Eugene Lynch. Flushing; MIS- ).
Brown Mrs. Alexander Holland, Miss Bradley, Mrs.
William Langford, Brooklyn; Mrs. j. L. stevens
Mrs. Eunghaia Lawrence, Bayside, l.. l.. Mrs. " 81,
ter B. Law renee, Mrs o. ID. Oyee, Cold sOrlng,D
Mrs. Sage. Brooklyn; Mrs. William Bayhes Crocker.
Mrs. William strong and Mrs. K. ;. Bourne, flush
ing, and Anonymous" Clothing of any sort OF
money sent TO any OF the following LADIES' OF tne
comluittee VIII De at once acknowledged AMI for,
warled without delay Mrs l.. del Monte, No. 81
Vest Forty y-seventh-st,; Mis-. Ldwadd CooPer; NO NO
l. ashing gton-square North; Ars " ilhaIn ~ aa'
Jrrbilt. No. 4J9 flilh-ave: Mrs. Edward LucAe-
Inever. No. l3 Last Twenty y-seventa-s Mrs. Wal-
Ter Is. Lawrence, No. % East lhirty-eighth-st hts
d. Crawford. No. 81 East Iwenty-thlrG-sL, anu
Mrs. >. l.. NJ. Barlow, No. Madison-avo
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
4 CAMPAIGN FINAYCE COMMITTEE.

WASHINGTON, April 21.-The Board of Con-
troll OF the Democratic Congressional Campaign Com
mttee has appointed the following Finance Committee
IL g. DAVIS, OF Wost Virginia. chairman W. W. Cor
coran Of Washington August Belmont. of New-York;
Augustus schell, Nrw-YOrk; C. w. Brice, of Ohio
George T. Maryee OF CahOrIla; D. T. McDOnald, OF In
diana; NJ n Nolan of NeN-Iork; H. T. Packer Of Penn
sylvania; William X. Travers. OF Newly General
W b. Franklin, of COnDecticut j. l.. ID. MorrisOn of
Missouri H. q. Garretson, OF New-IOrk; Alexander
Mitchell OF Wisconsin Lewis Beach, OF New-York A.
j. Wander potl OF New-IOrk: AbrIm ;. Hewitt or New
York j. w. singleton, OF Illinois, and J. ). Barbour Of
Virginia
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
r,rncr MOORE AND YOUNG FALCoNER

The case of the amatory Alexander K Faconcr
for writing unwelcOme love letters to Miss haIe
Ionise Hale was before Judge Moore again yest l.
dav In the Brooklyn Court Of Sessions. Patrick
Ready for the defendant put na demurrer to ihfee
new indictments found against Faiconer, and asked
for n reduction of bail from I'll 200 10 300. Judge
Moore Overruled the demurrer. MI Ready thOugRs
his clients only offence that he had been pefSe-
yerng in his suit for the hand OF his ch.Iiner 49,
don't know" said Judge Moore. " How old Is
she go ,.. ,,,...:..
attorney Oakley. -.
ters To a girl under that age" remarked judge
Moore, against the wishes OF her parents must 10
a fool or something worse. Ii were the father oi
SO young girl aud love letters were sent 10 ner 4
snite of my protestatiOn / don't know that "ca'd
be contented with resort 10 indictment s.'ne'
sill | see 10 reason why bail shocld not We te-
duced."
Ihe reduction asked for was granted
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY.

The American Institute purposes To open i1s - -
mer School of Christian Philosophy at Green" nr ~.
Lake on July IL. The Rev. Dr Deems u .G,prd "
the secretary and William .. Mcdowell. the uva, "a
urer OF the Institute. The following gentlenVnn d.
TO constitute the faculty Lyman Aop9.. p.onns,n ~
Howard Crosby d. d. Professor Davis. OF tns oa
yerslty of Virginia; Professor Fisher ana li0I9p d.
Ladd. of Yale college; Washington EIaade" EInasz,s. OF
Cambriago, Mass Robert ). Moran, D. u, OIL noc
Y"rk Professor Francis l.. Patton and fro,eTs,
Charles A. Young. VI Princeton, anu poinsp' 0'
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
MINOR TOPICS IN THE HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-ln the House to-
day a resolution adopted requesting the Commis-
sioner Agriculture inform the House whether any
portion OF United States s adapted to the growth OF
chincona A message received from the President
transmitting communication from the Secretary OF the
Navy asking for appropriation OF 91oOOO for the pur
pose OF observing the transit OF Venus.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
THREATENED BY HIS LIBORERS.

TROY, n. Y, April 22.-F. Mulholland, a
contractor engaged the railroad between Mechan
icsve and Saratoga, locked In room last night at
white Sulphur springs. by forty Italians who stood
guard with knives and revOlyers threatening to shoot
him unless he paid SivO OF back wages Mulhoand
claimed that he had received the money. -Four Of
the leaders were lodged III Baliston JAIL
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
FATAL AFfRAf WITH GYPSIES.

BENNINGTON, VT, April 22.-At Bear Town,
thi county few days ago. alteration occurred be-
tween some gypsies aud three ruans, over dog fight.
IL has Just been learned that aside from the probable
death OF a gypsy from bullet wound. one whitten
vaa shot dead by gypsy. Two families, whltten and
WiIlians were participants and of the whttens Is
now under arrest, while the police sun looking for
James Muliams.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
A DEMOCRAT D1sGUsTED WITH BOURBON'

"a
WAsHINGToN, April 22.-The prospects are that
if Attorney General Brewster shall continue to send
Northern Democratic lawyers in;o the Southern
States to assist in bringing to justice Bourbon
Offenders against the purity of the ballot-box, he
Will make serious inroads INTO the Democratic ranks
in the North.
w. w. Ker, of Philadelphia. Democratic lawyer
who was sent to Charleston to assist IN the prosecu
ton of the Democratic buldozcrs and ballot-box
suffers, passed through Washington last night on
his way home. According to a gentleman who saw
Mr.. Ker, he was not obliged to remain long in
Charleston before he became thoroughly disguised
and indignant with Bourbon methods.
Last Wednesday night gang of Democratic des-
perados known as the " Bulldog Gang" as a mark
of attention to him. broke all the windows in the
lower part of the hotel in which Mr. ker was stay
ing. He was openly insulted because, although
Democrat, he appeared for the Government to pros
ecute election frands South Carolina Democrats
cannot understand such an unusual phenomenon as
"a Democrat who is willing TO assist IN the pcrse-
cution' OF good, honest Democrats who have done
nothing except stuff balO-boXes for the benefit OF
their party. Mr.. kcr 1T stated has reached the
conclusion that the South Carolina BOurbons are a
disgrace TO their party.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE PRINCE OF WALES PREsiDEs AT THE FESTIVAL
OF THE VICTORIA HOSPITAL

THE PRlNCE Of WALES ~ ih'- FN'A' @A'%
OF THE VICTORIA HOSPITAL
His ROYAL Highness the Prince OF Wales, on
funds OF this institution In wiss Rooms.
Among those present were Earl Cad9gan Earl stan,
O'iIaean Lord Edmund Talbot, Lord Brabourne, the
lion Albany Erskne the Hon Spencer PonsonDy fans'
nirai of the Fleet Sir A. Milne, Major sir Arch
ibad Alison Sir c. Stafford, Sir Charles Dixie, NJ T., aud
many others of distinction . -,
Altogether very enjoyable evening was spent by all
present The dinner admirably served, and reflected
great ereait on the man ayers o Hiss Rooms while the
enamnague which was the brand of q. H. Mumm
A Co won the higheet encomiums from the royal and
distin gushed ylsitors-llho Court Circular, London
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23

It was supersenstive art critic Ns.Hoa %nS r., .
marked that tho worst as" one o"u'" ~"
was w hangit.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23

General Bragg made n strong speech, keenly ana
lying both bills, and exposing the dangers which
urk in them. He said, among other things that any
law TO transfer all private claims OF every knd from
Congress and the Departments to the Courtof Claims
ought to be entitled " an act to surrender the
Treasury of the United States to tho claim agents
of Washington" Mr.. Bragg read list OF the var'-
ous kinds and amounts of war claims which would
he given n standing in court if either Of the proposed
bills should become law. His speech made deep
impression upon the members of the House. who paid
very close attention to his remarks The adoption
of an amendment offered by Mr.. Holman, which vlr-
tually emasculated the Bowman bill, caused the
friends of that measure to lose heart.
vote was then taken the bill re-
ported by Mr.. House, Of Tennessee, from
the Committee on Civil Service Reform, and
that was defeated by close vote-S7 yeas to 10
nays. The friends of rebel claims rallied solidly IN
favor of this bill, and they were aided by few
Republicans, some of whom did not believe the
measure would benefit disloyal claimants. and some
Southern Republicans who are willing to
be very liberal in regard to claims
legislation. The only Democrats who voted
against the House bill were Messrs. Beach.
ster Flower Holman. Morse. Singleton. OF Illinois,
Stockslaeer and Thompson, of Kentucky Samuel
J. Randall voted for the bill, but only after his
rival for the Democratic Presidential nomination
Mr. Morrison-had done so. Messrs. Crowley, and
Nolan paired. AS Mr.. Crowley would nave
voted against the bill. Mr. Nolan must be counted
as for it, motion TO recommi' aTrie% rng pInuhhv hv
a vote of 81 TO 80, but the point
being raised that no quorum had voted, the House
tired out with long session, adjourned; IL II up
will oven ually be sent 10 the Judiciary Committee,
where 1t will be likely to sleep long time.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-08
The Phisic of Our Grandfathers.

A druggist of this city has curious
old book, published in London in 1867.
It is entitled, "The Expert Doctors
Dispensatory; or, The Whole Art OF
Physic Restored to Practice" with the
following subtitle "The Apothecar-
les Shop and Chyrurgions Closet Opened
wherein all safe and honest practices are
maintained and dangerous mistakes dis
covered and what out Of subtilty to
their own profits they have en-
deavored to reserve themselves. now at
last impartially divulged and made COM
mon. Together with q strict survey OF
the Dispensatories Of the most renowned
Colleges of the World, which being cor
rected are here epitomized and drawn
into an easier and useful method for
practice"
The following are some few OF the
more agreeable among the many agree
able remedies with which our fore
fathers were dosed "The fat Of a cat,
plaster of mashed frogs, brain of ahare
roasted, fat Of serpents; the fat OF men,
foxes, vipers and dogs; oil OF vipers !;
grease Of mummy; ashes OF mans
skull, ashes of glass, of earth-worms, Of
an asses liver, hedgehog, scorpions,
blood, cheese mites, wood lice, beetles,
warts off a horses hoof, pike jaws, craw-
fish, the stoppings OF a snails shell III
winter, crabs eyes, king fishes, stones
from an OK gall; blood of goat in vine;
turtle-dove roasted, with its belly filed
with cinnamon mans skull powdered
| and stewed in the milk OF SOW y
spiders web, respectfully if it be such
as is full of the fine flower OF mills or
bake-houses y clots Of blood "dryed; "
haire of horses and men burnt; burnt
sponge; SCOT scraped from the mouth Of
an oven or off a brasse pot; oyle OF frogs.
The "oyle" Of frogs is recommended to
those who are troubled with sleepless-
ness. It is said to operate "by sending
mild vapors up to the head, to temper
| the hot, dry and sharp fumes that are in
the brain" We all know (who have
ever handled frogs that they are cool to
the touch.
| For taking away scars are recommend
ed 'fats and marrowes of men, asses,
harris and the fat of the fish Thymallus. y
For wounds craw6sh, mummy and
crabs eyes" are recommended; also,
"earth-worms and hare's hair burned. y
Extractors" for drawingout splint-
ers and other things fastened in wounds, y
we are told there is nothing like land
snailes beaten with their shells, the head
of lizard powdered, or a fox tongue
prepared as its lungs are moystened with
red wine" Loadstone "draws forth
iron and amber draws straws."
For moderate {" emetic " the shaw
ings of ones own nails drank in wine y
are recommended.
Many things heartily recommended
for various diseases are uncomfortable
to ears polite. Virginia (Nev.) Enter.
| 717.ise
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-08
A Straight Temperance Drink.

He entered the drugstore and softly
inquired
"Have you temperance drink?'
"Two or three Of 'em. VIII you take
soda water or ginger ale ?"
"Well, our society does not regard
either of those as strictly temperance
drink. Both are associated with strong
er liquors.
Chow would root beer answer p
Suspicious, suspicious, was the
whispered reply.
"Ah I've got it now !"
"Ah!"
81 can give you straight temper
ance drink, as cool as ice, but it comes
high"
Chow much?"
"Ten cents glass;
"Very well,' said the old man as he
put down his dime.
The druggist was absent only min
ute, and then returned, and placed a
glass Of liquid before him. The old man
drank half of it, smacked his lips, and
asked:
MAY I ask what you call it?"
Certainly; it is called water. I just
drew it from the hydrant.
The excursionist set the glass down
much harder than he needed to, but
toned his coat, and, with..a glance meant
to reduce the druggists weight to 100
pounds In five seconds, marched out as
stiff as a bean pole, and crossed the
street after lemonade favored with
peppermint essence,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-08
The Biggest Elevator in the World.

The elevator Of David, Bows & Co.,
in Brooklyn, N. Y, is the largest struct-
ure of the kind in the world. It has 100
feet front on Columbia street, and ex-
tends thence 1000 feet to the river, 600
feet being occupied by the main build
ing, which is Of brick, and 600 feet by a
frame extension, which is sheathed with
tin. The frame building is forty-fve
feet high, and has tower in its center
100 feet high from the wharf level The
brick building is eighty-five feet high,
and has an elevator tower In the north
east portion 120 feet high. Three tow
ers rise from the center line of the
main building about 100 feet from each
other. Each tower is 175 feet high.
It required 1900 piles, twenty-five
feet long, to form foundation for the
massive building, as the soil permitted
no other foundation. The piles were
covered with heavy timber, upon which
stone foundation three feet thick was
laid, and above this rises a solid brick
wall. The jar of the machinery, which
is constant menace to all great build
ings, is broken by heavy bracing beams
two and half feet square, extending
from floor to floor, standing upon solid
base of stone laid over sixteen piles
sunk close together.
The machinery of the elevator can
take grain at the rate Of 5000 bushels an
hour from the barges or vessels at the
pier. The grain is elevated, sifted and
famed, weighed, stored, put in bins,
and then transferred to vessels at the
pier. There is nearly mile OF wire
cable used to transfer the steam power,
and about five miles Of betting, called
conveyors, carry the grain up with rail-
road speed. These conveyers travel at
the rate Of 600 feet minute, and carry
to its destination two and a third BUSH
els Of grain minute. No shoveling is
necessary.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-08
The Difference.

One Of the great female writer's on
dress reform, in trying to Illustrate how
terrible the female dress is, says:
sTake man and pin three or four
tablecloths about him, fastened back
with elastic and Topped up with ribbons,
draw all his hair to the middle of his
head and tie it tight, and hairpin on
five pounds of other hair and big bow
of ribbon. Keep the front locks on pins
all night and let them tickle his eyes all
dav, pinch his waist into a corset, and
give him gloves a size too small and
shoes the same, and a hat that viii not
stay on without torturing elastic, and a
little lace veil to blind his eyes whenev-
er he goes out to walk, and he will know
what a woman's dress is.
Now you think you have done it, don't
you, sis? Why, bless you, that toggery
would be heaven compared to what a
man has to contend with. Take woman
and put a pair of four-shilling mems
drawers on her that are so tight that
when they get damp, from perspiration,
sis, they stick so you can't cross your
legs without an abrasion OF the skin, the
buckle in the back turning somersault
and sticking the points into your spinal
meningitis, put on an undershirt that
draws across the chest SO you feel as
though you must cut hole in it,
or two, which is so short that it
works up under your arms and allows
the starched upper shirt to sand paper
around and file off the skin until you
wish it was night, the tail of which
will not stay tucked more than half a
block, though you tuck, and tuck, and
tuck, and then fasten collar made Of
sheet zinc, two sizes too small for you,
around your neck, put on vest and
coat, and liver pad, and lung pad, and
stomach pad, and a porous plaster, and
a chamols shirt between the two others,
and rub on some liniment and put a
bunch of keys and jack knife and a
button-hook and a pocketbook and a pis-
tol and plug Of tobacco in your peck
cts so they will chafe your person. and
then go and drink few whisky cock
tails and walk around in the sun with
tight boots on, sis, and you will know
what mans dress is. Come to figure
it up it is about an even thing, sis, isn't
it?1PecL.'s SIN.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-08
The Mississippi River Leaving New
Orleans.

The hayward Mississippi, according
to the New Orleans papers, is giving
very strong evidence Of It's intention to
desert the Queen City of the South and
seek new outlet to the Gulf. It seems
the Father of Waters is rapidly cutting
another channel, and that the entire
waters of the Red River and a large
portion of those of the Mississippi are
now flowing through the Atchafa,aya.
Unless they can be arrested it is not
improbable that New Orleans may be
left in the near future stranded on
shallow stream. Observations at the
mouth of the Red River go to show that
where bar existed year ago there is
now depth of sixteen feet, running
clear through to the Atchafalaya, seven
or eight miles distant. This is most
remarkable change in SO short time,
and If the forces In operation continue
the menace to the commercial supremacy
of New Orleans viii become a subject
for serious consideration. history re-
cords several great natural changes and
revolutions of this character in the Old
World, but they have required centuries
for their accomplishment. The great
American river, however, is up with the
age, and it is not impossible that it may
do in week or month what the slug
gish waters of the other hemisphere
have taken hundreds of years to work
out
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-08
COnteSting Wills.

i this country the practice of con
testing wills has become SO common that
it is not unusual for persons of wealth to
set aside portion of their worldly goods
to be used in resisting attempts on the
part of disappointed relatives to have
the last wishes of the deceased set aside
by court of law. As O rule the contest
ants of wills are successful In their de-
bigns to the extent of Matchmaking the
heirs into some sort OF compromise
and the courts have always been too
ready to assert that men who had
amassed handsome property by exer-
else of sound Judgment during their
lives were not capable of disposing OF
slle same. In other countries such facii-
tiles for legally obtaining possession Of
peoples leavings do not exist. A nephew
of Pope Plus TX, who imagined that
the deceased Pontiff had not treated him
fairly, brought suit to have the will set
aside. He alleged that his uncle gave
him 80, 900 Ira on entering college, but
that the money remained in the Papal
keeping. He also claimed that Cardinals
La Valetta, Simeoni, and Mertel, execu-
tors of the Pope will, agreed to give
him $50, 900 Ira out of the estate, but
subsequently declined to fulfill their
promise. The civil court before whom
the case was tried not only rendered a
verdict against the claimant, but saddled
the costs of the entire proceeding on
him, and absolutely declined to enter
tain the idea Of an appeal. 1t is crafty
ing to know that during the present CEN
fury there has existed man whose will it
was not possible to break.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-08
The Native EsQujmauX.

The Esquimaux generally are good
ism lot of poor devils as fan as disposition
is concerned, their good nature appar-
entity beginning with boyhood. short
time since canoe was alongside in
which lay baby enveloped in furs. its
tiny hands protruding and holding a
piece Of blubber, which it sucked with
apparent relish. It was quick to feel
itself an object of attraction, and its
chubby face returned any number OF
smiles Of recognition, alternating with
occasional blinks caused by the falling
snow. Something Of the artistic instinct
also crops out in their disposition, as
may be witnessed from rude carvings
of ivory and attempts at delineation.
At ST. Michael's an Esquimaux boy who
has never had any instruction draws ex-
tremely well. They have music pecul-
lar to themselves, and are devotedly
fond of dancing. which is done entirely
by the women, who, being stripped to
the waist for the occasion, are more
decollette than our women at the "ger-
mans" The men are spectators.
It is much to be regretted that they
are not more clearly in their persons
and habits. IF an enterprising ento-
mologist were so inclined it would be
quite possible for him to supplement the
paper to the Royal Society, made some
years ago, on the chronological CLASH
fcation of Vermin," and "Ouida !"
might find material which, if worked up,
would surpass in disgustfnlness the flea
epic mentioned in "Moths."
AS trader the Esquinaux is regu-
lar Shylock. He will haggle about the
slightest matter IN making a bargain,
although bartering for 10 cents worth
of tobacco skip that could not be got
for as many dollars in New York. Oc-
casionally one or two are met with not
so unsophisticated. A chap on the ST.
berian coast having quantity of furs
to dispose of, being offered some trifing
thing, exclaimed (using a phrase un-
mentionable to ears polite), "those
skins are worth $40 down in San Fran
CISCO" Another fellow said he had
been to California on whaler, and be-
ing asked his name said it was "Shoo
Fly"
In physiognomy this race has many
of the Monaghan peculiarities, yet the
type varies. In the vicinity Of East
cape few are to be seen having dis.
tinctive Hebrew noses, others of more
Milesian cast of features look like Irish
men, while one old fellow was found the
very image of the proprietor of Worm
ley's Hotel, in Washington. Physically
they are far behind the Anglo Saxon, if
the writer may be allowed to regard
himself as standard of comparison.
They are wanting in biceps, cannot
swim, stand on their heads nor turn
somersaults. A few gy1nnastic tricks
fill them with admiration and astonish-
ment.- Lieut. Reynolds.