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him and invariably he accompanied the gift with
a kindly grasp of the hand and sad that the money
was NOT to be considered as n loan. he qua not
wish any of his friends to " wear the ShackIes OF
debt but when the student felt able 10 return me
gift it would be received and transferred to anoher
one :.
The National Temperance Society was formed in
1865 in the office of Mr. Dodge in Cliii-st lie Dc-
came its first president and held the once from
that time. He was anxious that there should be
working capital of 800 900, toward which he gave
$4,000 Very often he would send library 10
temperance literature which was scattered
among the freedmen. Many times he went before
the Congressional Committee OF Inquiry IN legaIi
TO the liquor traffic. 1t was expected that lie Wo1lu
entertain Governor st. John, who Is to attend
Temperance meeting 10 be held at the Cooper Union
on Monday night. On Thursday one OF his sons
wrote that the physician had forbidden ms IllneI
to go out of the house for week, and that Woulu
he impossible for him to entertain OO'cihui
st. John as he had intended TO do. MI. D0ige ~
signed from the Union League CluO III TO- q Henu
ing his resignation to John Jay, president OF luS
club. in the following terms: AT the meeting VI
the club to be held Tomorrow please pItscn' ny
resignation as a member. While mtcleslcu III nhuCl
that is doing | cannot consistently DC cohheot t
with any association who derive their suPP0UiI IN
any part from the sale OF lntoxGauue ulIn Toar
1880 he read paper on The Church ana ielnpei-
ance," before the Pan-Prosby terrain Council Ill
Philadelphia 49, - ,
The news of the benevolence Of Mr. Dodge crossed
the sea before he did, and when he went aoroau III
recent years he received much attehtloh i IN
occasion of his last visit to England, he made an al
dress at the annual meeting OF the Brltlsh anu
elgn b BILE Society in London. lie was compeHcu
to refuse many invitations to speak at QUIET e
ings. He dmed with Mr.. Gladstone Lord ohhItfGs
bury Sir Harry Vernct and other prominent gentle
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BUSINESS MEN EMBARRASSED.

Sumner, Reed, Williams g. Co., wholesale
dealers cloths ut No l07 GranG-s, made an assign
ment yesterday, giving preferences for $l2,54s They
tho surviving partners OF John Mott Coz aud sue
ceeded TO the business IN July, 1877 They paid Off the
obligations Of the old firm IN full. They claimed q cap
ial OF about S2 0O0 but this lately regarded as not
sufficient for the business The liabilities are estimated
at about $4,000
Henry Wilson, trading W. Wilson & Co., Wholesale
dealer in wines and liquors at No. % Beaverst. made
ssgnment yesterday 10 Charles II. Morgan giving
preferences Tor SETH. The business
several years ago. by william aud Henry wilson The
former died and the latter continued the business in
which he has since met with considerable competition.
william Maupai, brewer No. 1913 Ewen-st., Brook
Ign, has become financially embarrassed and asks
extension OF six months His total liabilities arc re-
ported at $4,000.
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first part of the bill but which were passed over
without action when the debate upon the bill was
begun in January, then taken up and the first
section was read through Its last provision makes
the tax upon snuff and manufactured tobacco
twelve cents pound. Senator Beck
moved to make the rate eight cents a
pound Senator Edmunds appealed earnestly to the
Senator from Kentucky TO allow the reading 10 pro-
coed so that the bill could be reported to the Scn2te
before adjournment MIR Beck was obstinate, how
ever and insisted upon his amendment. IT was
manifest that no quorum was present anu lhat
vote would formally di close the fact and prevent
all further proceedings. The vote was taken, and
twenty-sevcn Senators only responded. The point
was made that no quorum was present, and the
Senate then adjourned.
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REPUBLICANS ABSENT FROM THE HOUSE

BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEI
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-TO-nights session of the
House was devoted to pension bills, about fifty
Representatives being present. The evening sttings
have not begun auspciously. Republican Repre-
sentaves do not appear to realize that actual work
must be done at night sessions If the days are to DO
left free for efforts to pass Tariff bill The appro-
pration bills must be passed, and if it cannot be
done at night, the day sessions must be used. Last
night the House was compelled to suspend work on
the Legislative bill because quorum was demanded
and failed to respond. One hundred and thrty-five
members were recorded absent, besides the
Speaker. Eighty of the absentees were Republic
fol-
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NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The President sent
the following uOminatlOns to the senate to-day:
George W. Wiyitz OF Pennsylvania to be secretary Of
Legation to Russia
La Rue Peck OF New-lOrk. 10 be United states Consul
NJ Fort Erie, Canada.
Harry r. D Of Maine, 20 be United States Consul az
Guelph, Canada
William White be United states Judge for the south
ern District OF OHIO.
Lot rght TO he United states Marshal Tor the sonth.
trn ID strict OF ONO.
Master Samuel Seabury 70 be a Lieutenant in the
Navy.
john Smith, OF Oregon, to be Indian Agent at Warm
Spring Agency, Oregon.
Mo; Simon W. switztr at BOOmlu gtOn, Neb.; James
Morris, at Valentine, NeO.
Receivers OF Public Moneys: John Q. 4. PeytOn. at
Topeka Kan ]. Wesley Tucker at Valentine, Neb. JOIN
e. Lewis, at NachitOcneS, La.
Postmasers: Charles b. heeler az Greene. MY; John
f. Clark ut Whitehall, NY; James +. Parker AZ Pagkers
burg Iowa; Charles T. Parent ut Iron Mountain: Mich;
George c. HOugh AT New Richmond Wis; Edward c.
Anderson at BOzeman, Montana J. r HELEN at Winston
" C.. Charles A. Fuller at SherDurne, y. \.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR ESTERBRoOK.

Inspector Esterbrook. of the Bureau OF Buildings.
Yesterday submitted TO the Fire Commissioners hio
report for 1882 After reviewing the many difficult
ties under which no and his few assistants labor,
Mr. Esterbrook SAYS tnat there appears TO be no
remedy for them except through the action OF the
Legislature. Tables accompanying the report show
that tho year 1sS2 was one OF great ACTIVITY III
building. The work Of the Bureau was Increased
by the discovery of many violations OF the BulldEg
laws. Owing to the great and increasing Yalno OF
lots" Mr.. EsterbroOk continues owners OF property
are induced TO erect much higher buildings than
formerly and the question arises whether some
limit should not be placed TO tho height OF buld-
ugs say in proportion To the width OF the street on
which they front. Sanitary reasons alone would
seem to requIre it, and some provision SHOULD De
made to enable fircmen To reach the top OF such
buildings If their erection over certain helght De
not llmitCd by law.
large number of fire escapes were placed on old
buildings IN So. In spite OF much opposition on
the part of prOpcrty-Ownets. Ono case ~ citeu III
which the courts practically Annulled tho law ana
permitted builder to alter tenement house WIN
ont erecting necessary nre-escairs. Tho courts,
however, sustained the Inspector in his efforts to
make furnace ucs safer In regard 10 his inspection
Of theatres and the notices sent ny MN 10 OWNERS
alter the burning of the PARK Theatre the Inspector
declares that there - no good reason WHY such
bindings should not be made perfectly saie as 70
strength, and 80 constructed that the RAPID sPicad
OF fire would be impossible
" hat il needed is n law that states plainly what
is required for safety in theatre and II these
requirements are not complied with. the Mayor oil
the city SHOULD be required by law 90 refuse
license.
In CONCLUSION. the Inspector recommends prompt
and uurcentng prosecution OF PERSONS VINO persist
emily violate the Building laws. comparisons are
made in tho accompanying tables bet" cen Tue WoI"
q the Old Department OF buildings anu thAt 81 lhc
present Bureau, to show that more Is being dOhe
now with less expenditure Of money. than was ac-
complshed then. The following figures are taken
from the tables:
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WASHINGTON NOTES.
WAsnNGToN, FridaI


Judge Lawrence FIRST Controller OF the Treasury,
decided that ]. r Game, who was elected TO tho
XLYGIIth Congress and To the vacancy in the XLNIh
Congress delegate irJm IAN, Is entitled u com
pensatiOn only from the time Or his election.
Mr. Butler submitted 10 the Senate to-day a PROPOSE.
ton designed amen mant TO the Sundry Ciyn Ap
prOpratio bill TO provide for paying Sl,202 10 stone
cuttcrs OF the Washington Monument as wages Withheld
from them during the Obsequies OF President CARRIED
The proposed amendment was referred 10 the Committee
on Appropriations.
Governor William A. Newell, OF Washington Territory,
accompanied by Delegate Brsuts, appeared before the
Senate Committee on Territories this morning aud ma 10
argument IN favor Oh tue admission or Washington
Territory as a state
Passed Assist mt Surgeon Frederick D. Porter OF the
Marine Hospital Service has resigned.
In dispatch TO the Department OF state the United
States Consul Cork says the Industrial Exhibition OF
Arts Products Manufactures and Machinery 10 be hed
in mat city during tue summer aud autumn oi 1888
promises To DC grand success.
The Cabinet meeting to-day was attended by all the
members, except Secretary Foger, who absent from
the city. The session devoted TO the discussion OF
routine matters pertaining to the several departments
In answer to the senate resolution adopted FeDru'
airy Assistant Secretary French OF the Treasury seat
reply to-day saving that he has dates upon when
he could base specific Information upon the average
saccharne strength OF sugars imported during the year
ended July l. 1882 the poariseope test 10 determine
the dutiable value Of sugars had been he ,ssts
for 1881 OF No. Dutch standard vacuum-pan sugars
showed saccharne strength OF ~ per cent aud Of 80;
IS sugars OF per cent that the average strength Oh
ado sugars S64 per cent and OF yacuunpan
sugars o.. SO per cent.
The Currency Reform Conference has closed it, ses
sons the refomers to-day issued address TO tue
country which they define their position with REFER
ence to OF the principal political issues of the me
The address declares that monopolsc influence threat
ems the liberty OF the people, and advocates the prop'
payment of the public debt the issuance by the
ment all currency OF the country the n
OF Government postal telegraph system aua 'u'
restriction Of railroad corporations.
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SPECIAL QUESTION BEF0RE TEACHERS

meeting of the special teachers in the
public schools was held at Grammar School No. AZ In
Twefthst, yesterday afternoon. G. W. Petit presd-
ing. resolution was passed thanking the Board of
Education for what It had DONE Miss Conan a teacher
OF drawing, said 1.-The Board has decided to allow
to remain I'LL the end OF the year. but have been In
formed that a committee has been appointed 10 20
around and visit each school to find out what specal
teachers can Dc dispensed with The question before
The following committee appointed To look out for
the general interests OF the teachers: Adam T. Schultz
Francis Melville g. W. Petit, Miss Auna Consta Tine
and George Bachelor,
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where he had handsome residence overlooking me
river In the winter he lived at his house in Madi-
sOn-ave, where also his sous, Norman w; ana the
Rev. ID. Stuart Dodge, have resided since the death
OF their wives. Mr.. Dodge leaves five sons besides
these twO-Wllliam e., jr. Arson G.. F.. General
Charles c., George f., and Arthur NJ Dodge Norman,
George and Arthur are members OF the hrih e o,
DODGE. Melgs ~ Co. lumber exporters, nj NO ~
Wall-st Mr. Dodge celebrated his golden wedding
OF June "a, 1878, at his country house IN larry
town. "
The expressions of sorrow over the death OF MI
Dodge were general throughout the city, es-
pecially among those with whom he had been as
sOciated The flags at the Young Mems ChriSnian
Association Building and at the neId
ware. Lackawanna and Western Railroad
office were put at half mast, ana
Samuel Sloan, president of the railroad. ordered
the depOts along the line 10 he draped IN nouIis'
He also called meeting OF the directors for today,
for the purpose of taking proper action; meet
ing for IA similar purpose Will be held Dy Tue
Chamber of Commerce at 10 a. III. to-day
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TIE GRANT RETIREMENT BILL.

IBf TELEGRAPH 10 TIE Tribune
WAsuINGToN Feb 0.-Ihe friends of the Grant
Retirement bill are very uneasy on account of the
situation of that measure. Chairman Henderson,
of the House Committee on Military Affairs, drew
up a report in favor of the bL evidently expecting
that it would receive the support of a majority of
the committee. To his great surprise and dsap-
pointment the report was rejected on yea and nay
vote of to 3, Mcssrs Henderson, McCOok and
SpoOner voting in the Affirmative, and Messrs
Bayne Spauldmg and Steel, Republicans and Epson
and Wheeler, Democrats, in the negative. Colonel
Davis, of Illinois, who was absent, would have
voted for the report, and Messrs Bragg and Sparks
who were also absent, would have voted against It,
II Is understood that one of the Republicans who
voted against the favorable report proposed an
amendment virtually adopting all the enconums
upon General Grant which it contained, but giving
reasons in view of which an adverse report should
be made. This amendment, which would probably
have been adopted had it been pressed to vote was
withdrawn. The three members who voted for the
report signed it Us the views" of the minority.
There the matter rests
1t was expected that q motion to reconsider the
vote would be made at the meeting of the Military
Committee this morning but that WAS not done
Chairman Henderson feels very uncomfortable on
account of the action of his committee but il Is I'M
derstood that he will bring the subject before the
Iloubop cNou IL OOllReu 10 90 only the rop
resentatiye OF minority. Some of those who voted
against him fully appreciate his position and init
mate q willingness that the vote shall be recon-
sidered, and the report prepared by the chairman
be allowed to 20 TO the House. they reserving the
right to oppose II there. Members OF the committee
who favor the bill have little hope that IL will pass
the House ut this session.
A SPEECH WHICH WAS NOT DELIVERED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-In The Record of
yesterday was printed speech purportlng TO have been
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MAERILD FIfTT-ONE YEARS.

Fifty-onc years ago yesterday Thomas Nc
Elrath afterward long and fayOrLby known az the
publisher Of THE TRIBUNE, married 20 Miss Liza
beth Price al the home OF her father In the Seventh
Ward Of this city by the Rev DR. john NJ krcbs Aite
their more than hafcenury Of welded life this honorel
couple rll young heart and vigorous In health ar,
onOyng the evening OF their days surrounded by troop
OF admirug aud afcctiOuhto rouds Both retain thfi
ardent interest IN every good and useful work. yeaI
ago their golden wedding was celebrated by delightful
gathering nt when some HpIro nae .Gf'r, "tlItrh o
port Conn., were read II may not DC out Of place e
recall these verses AZ this time:
Who come, with garlands white aud festal lay,
THIS golden wedding gay,
To greet the happy pair
Never ~ dear brfur-,
Never 50 dear ami far.
Not We alonc-Gne'- trembling lips arc weak
To breathe the blessing that We fam would speak
But shining tLrOugs whom vanished ytarb restore,
what What ca Ger Brow What rraciou. sncoohl
What thrilling pressure Of the hands they reach!
IA,y bring The bcn,d!cilOu VI old friends
We meet no more,
From dalsItd lauc AMI busy STREET.
And coscy hooks within the arcside glow
The miracle Of lDy Ing deeds they show;
How gentIer household grdccs grow;
How .clf-ce'ouon serves with s.nge eye;
How far the deeds o. simple kindness ny
And 90 tine wreaths they bring
Aud 50 the strains they sing,
Enrich our feeble Offering
AsBlarr enrich the SKY
What DO they leave and what retain.
Bridegroom and bride, Hs Oh tAcy ~
Into tue sunset golden glow
They leave Of cArthucrs the stain;
They ave cares loug-corlodlug cuan,
Thtr weary yigIis ana the road
Where sorrow staggered WIN it, llnd;
All this thcs leave, bat funilY keep
Their household feelings warm and deep,
Tie love that Tpcued in the stress
OF toll, ana trust and wdtch'ulucsa,
And the child-leaft Who-e simple sense
Is lfe's bright shield ana rocOupcnse.
What il our brides and bridegoom's doWerl
What but the spirits golden nOwcri
An! picture all that makes thclr way
Grow brighter toward the perfect day,
And cOnsecrstes sweet human lilo
In noble husband bl1mele-H wife,
Aud I viii celebrate the gain
That crowns tonight this happy twain
ULtarnished honor, virtues tried
In loss and suffering sanctiued,
Wisdom that learns Ia love It's lore,
And love by giving growing more,
And Peace whtc blossom of the breast
Where Christ, the Master IL the guest
And what their vision now, whilo fold
The curtains OF their hUuOrrd age
About Their heightened pilgrimage
See what a Igut OF mellow gold
Is on their faces, as they turn
Where sunsets splendid roses burn,
On grateful souls aud happy eyes
what golden stairs slant through the glowl
What dear ones smile above, below
What greetings heard responses gwen!
tn earth seems but step from Heaven.
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violAlions rcported81d

The number OF cases forwarded to the attorney Tor
prosecution In I.72 was lO7. and IN So the mum
bel WAS 90. Ia the former year 3Y@ old buildings
were made safe and - unsafe buildings were torn
down. In lNS2, 1873 buildings were made safe anu
200 taken down by order Of Mr. EsterbroOk.
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SPEECH WHICH WAS NOT DELIVERED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-In The Record OF
yesterday printed speech purportng TO have been
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The Early Rain.

Down through the misty air,
Down from the gloom above, a
Falling, pattering everywhere,
The rain comes quick with love
Softly The missel.thiush
Sings In the golden STORM
The robin under laurel bush
Waits for tomorrow morn.
Drip, dnp, drip from the caves,
Pit, pit, pit on the pane,
Swish, swish, swish on the drenched leaves,
List! It's the song of the rain.
GRASSES are bending low,
Green is the corn and thick;
You Can almost see the nettles grow
They grow so strong and quick.
Soft is the wind from the west,
Softer the rains low sigh;
The sparrow washes his smoky breast,
And watches the gloomy sky,
Stirred are the boughs by the breeze,
Scarcely leaf is still,
Something is moving among the trees,
Like restless spirit Of i'll.
Standing watching the rain,
Do you seem to hear
The voice OF God ou speaking again
To nuns ungrateiul ear?
Promising plenty and peace,
Garners with treasure hesped,
That s, cd-,irne and harvest shall not cease
Til the harvest OF earth be re'prd.
The Rrgosy.
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WhistIing Superstitions.

In whatever way regarded, either as
a graceful accomplishment or as the
spontaneous expression of light
heartedness, whistling has in our own
and foreign countries generally at
tracte considerable attention. Why
it should have been invested with so
much 3uperstitious awe it is dihicult
to say, but it is a curious fact that the
same antipathy which it aroused
among certain classes Of our country
men is found existing in the most dis
tant parts of the earth, where, as yet,
civilization has made little or no i'm
perceptible pogress. Thus Captain
Burton tells us how the Arabs dislike
to hear a person whistle, called by
them el sifr. Some maintain that the,
whistler's mouth is not to be purified
for forty days; while, according TO the.
explanation of others, Satan touching
mans body causes him TO produce,
what they consider, an offensive sound.
The natives of the Tonga Islands Poly
nesia, hold it to be wrong to whistle
as this act is thought to be disrespect
ful to God. In Iceland the villagers
have the same objection to whistling''
and so far do they carry their supersti
tious dread of it thai "if one swings
about him stick, whip, wand, or
aught that makes a Whlsthng sound,
he scares from him the Holy Ghost" !;
while other Icelanders, who consid r.
themselves free from supe. 80 49,
cautiously give the advi~ ~ - -, ~,
for who knoweth Nnat IS N the air?D
However eccentric these phases of su-
| perstitious belief may appear to us yet
IL must not DU forgotten that very sim
liar notions prevail at the present day
in this country. A Correspondent. of
Notes md queries for Instance. re-
lates how one day, alter at,emptjnp in
vain to get his dog to obey aCrders to
come into the house, his wife tried to
coax it by whistling, when she was
suddenly interrupted by a servant, a
Roman Catholic, who exclaimed in the
most piteous accents, "If you please,
ma'am, don't whistle-every time a
woman whistles, the heart of the bless
ed Virgin bleeds" In some districts
Of North Germany the villagers say
that if one whistles in the evening Il
makes the angels weep. - Popular
Science .NolthlH.
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Among the MOnpoIs.

The Mongol of to-day is in many re-.
spects a separate man, timid, yet given
to long, lonely journeys over painless
deserts; habitually abstemious, vet a
drpnkard; controversialist, yet super
stitious; thief by instinct, yet law
abiding; rough, brutal, and cruel
yet in one respect gentler than any
European. Nothing can induce him
to hurt an animal, however low in the
scale OF creation. Nowhere" says a
recent traveller, will you find less
cruelty than in Mongolia. Not only
do their cattle and tlocks receive ex-
pressions of sympathy in suffering, and
such alleviation of pain as their owner
knows how to give, but even the
meanest creatures (insects and reptiles
included) are treated with consider
GRAFTON. Crows perch themselves on,
the top of loaded camels, and deliberate
ly steal before the very eyes Of the
vociferating owners; hawks scoop
down in the market-place at Urga, and
snatch eatables from the hands of the
unwary, who simply accuse the thief
of patricide, and pass on. My bald
headed camel driver was nearly driven
to distraction one evening by cloud
of mosquitoes which kept lowering
over and alighting on his shining pate
During the night there came touch
of frost, and when we rose in the
morning not an insect was on the wing
Looking at them as they clung be-
marked, The mosquitoes are frozenP 7
and then added, in a tone Of sincere
sympathy, the Mongol phrase express
siye of pity, 'Hoarhe , hoarhe p There
was no sarcasm or hypocrisy about it.
This tenderness is the more strange be
cause the Mongols in their few cities or
standing camps let beggars die Of cold
and exposure, though they never dls-
play the complete callousness Of
Chinese. The Chinese government in
Lama Mao, the great entrepOt, pun
ishes highway robbery with violence
by sentence of death from starvation;
and our traveller saw this sentence
carried out, the man being placed in a
cage in the street, with his head out
side, 50 that he might see the eating
shops, and die slowly of hunger and
thirst. He was four days dying there
in public. The Chinese citizens found
this interesting, and strolled mp every
evening, laughing and jesting, to see
the unhappy wretch suffer.