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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-09
PRICE FOUR CENTS.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Mr.. KEIM NOT TO BE CHIEF EXAMINER.


AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE GIVEN HIM TO WITHDRAW
CHARLES LYMAN LIKELY TO BE APPOINTED.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRBUSE.I
WASHINGTON, May S.-Mr Keim will not be made
Chief Examiner of the Civil Service. The President
to-day sent for the Commissioners. and held con-
ference with them on the subject of the Chief Exam
Inership, and after free interchange of views with
the President the Commissioners retired 1t is said,
with the understanding that Mr.. Keim should be
offered opportunity to request the withdrawal Of
his name. IL was suggested that he
might thus retire with dignity, placing his with.
drawal on the ground that by so doing he would
relieve the Commissioners from embarrassment,
and at the same time benefit the cause which he
had been willing to serve in an official capacity 10
was fully understood however, that should Mr..
Keim not he inclined to withdraw his own name 10
would be done by the Commissioners themselves
1t is expected that an appointment will promptly
be made, probably tomorrow. The Commissioners
positively decline to talk about the matter light.
Charles Lyman, of Connecticut. who 10
chief clerk in the office of the Treasures
of the United States will probably receive the APP
pointment In 1874 he acted for some time as Chief
Examiner in the absence of Mr.. Graves, and per.
formed the duties of the Office with credit and
fidelity He has been clerk in the Treasury for
number of years, and is thoroughly familiar with
the method and requirements of that important
branch of the Civil Service.
Mr. Lymans excellent ability, character and
qualifications arc we'll known to at least of the
Commissioners; and there is no reason to believe
that his appointment, II made viii not give general
satisfaction. Certainly none Of the reasons urged
against Mr.. Keim will be generally thought to apply
so widely known rs is Mr.. Keim; but all that 10
known of Mr. Lyman Is to his credit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-09

NASHUA, n, H., May S.-Mlchael MInn, VIM
killed hIs wife by a the head with hachet was this
afternoon found guilty OF manslaughtor and sentenced
state Prison for twenty years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-09
SHOT AND KILLED BY A

PHILADELPHIA, May S.-A man supposed to
Patrick Henderson, from NewYOrk was found dead It
early hour this morning on the Sidewalk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-09
A BRUTAL NEGRO ASSAULTED BYAMoB
A WOMAN ASSAULTED by a BURGLA

MADISONVIILE KY, NAV ca young HtVIU oIII-
Moved by William B Hsywood. Hanson attempted TO
assault Haywood last saturday BODY OF masked men
lapQ ed him q
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-24
THEY MUST STEAL.
Cartons Cnpcr- OF Kicpt"'rnn'ncs Nho
Cnu't Help Stealing.

"And so you thought klcptomania an
elegant synonym for plain stealing"
said well known retail dry goods mcr-
chant to II ST. Louis Post. Dispatch re.
porter who had expressed some doubts
on the subject. ooh, no; there are in
st. Louis dozens of ladies', the wives or
daughters of wealthy citizens, who are
addicted to kleptomania. Every prom
inent dry goods store has several such
customers, and when known they are
followed from the time they enter the
store until they leave it, and by careful
watching, every little article they ab-
stract is noted down and included in
their bills, which are always paid with.
out demur.
"Onc young lady kleptomaniac mani
tests her disordcred mind i'll stealing
buttons; everything else is sacred, but
she invariably edges up to the button
counter and slyly slips card with
dozen or so of buttons into her rcticulc.
The boys Mt the counter all know her,
and place the commoncst buttons with
in her reach. Any kind satisfies her;
still her bill for buttons during the year
is something that would surprise you.
As her family are good customers we
offered to take back the buttons. But
no, they said they would rather consider
anything she took out of the store in
the light of Il purchase. Now the young
lady i'll question il model Of probity in
all other respects, and seems to be per-
fectly unconscious Of any transgression
Of the neral law.
"The wife Of well known uptown
pastor is n confirmed kleptomaniac,
much to the sorrow Of the good man,
her husband. She is never allowed to
90 out shopping without being accom-
panied by some one, and n messenger is
employed TO return the purloncd mti-
clcs, which are usually Of triilng value.
A venerable old lady, a dcvout member
Of the Presbyterian Church; and real
mothcry old soul, is victim to the
habit. She is widow and the mother
Of young lady, the announcement Of
whose prospective marriage TO one Of our
society bcauX appeared in the paper the
other day. The old lady is wealthy and
not addicted to extravaganza in any
thing. She will steal regardless Of the
value Of the article and if nothing else
is handy will fill her pocket with paper
The first time she was detected in our
store the salesman brought her to my
private Office and complained that sho
had stolen some cotton hose. | thought
it an ordinary caso Of theft, and gave
her severe lecture on the moral wrong
Of pilforing, intcrlardcd with threats OF
condign punishment ON II repetition Of
the offence. She both confessed and la
mcntcd her unhappy propensity, but
claimed that she was unable to control
this horrible habit. She gave me her
lame aud address, and when | verified
them | put the case down m one of
klcptomania, and subsequent events
| ..r,,,.1 ,l,uI I ,,,,,,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-24
The Career OF q Convict.

Henry Robinson, II convict. who is I'M
der sentence for 10 years for burglary
in Georgia prison, is in n dying condi-
tion in the ueritentinry hospital from
wound he received while attempting to
escape. Robinson is professional
cracksman and has led desperate life
for years.
A chapter of Robinson's life is TO.
mantle one. Several months ago he
gathered together about 81, OOO aud went
to Florida, resolved to do right. AT
Bluff Springs he met II lady WHO occu-
pied n line social position. They loved
and married. They went on bridal
trip, and when they got back to Florida
he had only S25 left ont of his $1,000,
He realized the necessity oi riu ,ing some
money, nud, telling his wife that he was
going to Georgia to get legacy, he
came away TO meet his doom. He
reached Lagrange, and, after rccOnnoi-
tring, decided on what safe to rob. He
got everything in readiness and picked
his night, but his plans were thwarted.
The next night he succeeded, but the
robbery yielded him only SIS. Had he
been successful on the first night he
would have got 81, 700, as there was that
amount in the safe. He says he in
tended to get money, return to Florida,
and live n correct life. Robinson de.
clarcs that be would have been able to
get off had he not been "ilushed" the
first night. Since he has been serving
his term here, II lady, who signs herself
Mrs. Wilson, has written several letters
from Bluff Springs, Florida, inquiring
for her husband who is Robinson. She
learned of his arrest, but did not know
what became of him, Robinson has n
dozen different names. He is about 30
years Of age, and has good face for n
convict Since being in camp Robinson
has made several attempts to get away.
When he was turned over to the lcssees
he was attircd in gentecl suit. He
wore II white shirt, nobby cravat, ant
box-toed boots. His general appearance
conduct, and language indicated goo,
raising, but his career is now ended.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-24
A Chinese Farmer.

The Portland OrCgOnian says:--AI
intelligent Chinnman, who for several
wears conducted an establishment for the
nurification and destruction OF soiled
Imam Mt the north end, and thereby 40
cnmulated considerable coin, concluded
Inst fall to try his luck at farming. lie
rented farm up the valley, and was
seen no more in his accustomed haunts
until recently, when he returned, look
ing very seedy as to clothing ana very
dovncast. Ono of his old patrons meet
ing him said: ,,,.,o;,0. :, =.
larming". ;, u.,
aodIy "I SOW wheat and birds he come
catc6ee some. Byme by wheat grow up
and plenty squirrel come and catch heap.
Then ng-machine come cut him
and cost too much, and when thasher
man come take all wheat pay him, and
his gang eat up my tlee fat hog and cuss
me cause l not give 'cm pie tlee time
every day. l no likoe farm any more
l buy washeo- house if my Acnd lend mt
some money!"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-24
A REAL NICE GIRL.
One Of n Class seldom seen and Never For
gotten.

Tho washington Ctpital gives M
the following as ITS idea! of real nice
girl Il saw girl come into tho street
car the other day though who had,
was ready 10 bet, made her own dress.
md how nice she did look. She was
oneof those clean, trim girls you see now
and then. She was about Is years old,
and to begin with, looked Wcll.lcd,
healthy and strong. She looked as
though she had good sensible mother
at home. Her face and neck ard ears
and her hair were clcan--nlsolutcly
clean. How seldom you see that. There
was no powder, no paint on the smooth.
rounded cheek or firm, dimp!ed chin
none on the moist red lips; none on the
shell.tinted, but not too small ears; none
on the handsomely set ncck-rather
broad behind, perhaps, but running
mighty prettily mp into the tightly
corded hair And the hair! II was OF
Il light chestnut brown and glistcncd
with spccks Of gold as the sun shone on
it, and there was not II smear Of oil or
pomptum on it, and not pin to be seen
in it.
As the girl came In and took her seat
she cast nn easy, unembarrasscd glance
around the car from woll-Opcncd gray
eye, bright with the inimtnble light Of
good condition" such as you see in
some handsome yOung athletes who are
Gin training" There were no tags and
ends, fringcs, furbclOws or nntterinp
ribbons about her closely fitting but
easy suit Of tweed, and, IA she drew of
one glove to look in her purse for
small coin for fare, | noticed that the
gloves were rot new, but neither were
they old; they were simply well kept,
Ike the owner and their owners hand,
which was solid hand, with plenty Of
muscles between the tcndons and with
strong but supple fingers. IT would
have looked equally pretty fashioning n
pie in II home kitchen or folding Il band
age in hospital. 1t was hand that
suggested at the same time womanlincss
and work, and was sorry when il found
n five. cent piece and had been rcglOvcd.
One foot was thrust out little upon the
Stats Of the ear ilOOr-a foot i'll good
walking boot that might have plashcd
through rainstorm without the fcar Of
damp Stockings-nnd IN cmincntly SEN
slblc boot on two and onc-half foot
with high instop, Il small round heel
and IL pretty broad thread.
The girl was picture from head to
foot Gs she sat erect, disdnining the sup.
unrt nf thO hack of !hr srnt but devoid
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-24
A LEGEND OF THE CATSKILLS.
salisbury House mn Ola Landmark ana "
Strange Rcclusc VINO Lived There.

Lucy G. Little, in HUpcr's for Sep
tembcr, says OF all the old landmarks
the Salisbury house il, | think, most in
tcrcsting. We drove to ii one sunshiny
day when tho moutains were like great
purplmg monuments ahead OF us, the
grecncr country looking strangely fresh
and young for that old country; and as
we went past corniields and buckwheat
meadows we talked Of the Indian and
Dutch traditions of the land almost as
thorgh we had all Of us the associations
with them to which one of our party
could lay hereditary claim, and the story
Of the Salisbury house was told as
faithfully give it here.
Francis Salisbury built it, on his
share Of the landpurchased from Mahak-
Neninaw, in 1905, when it must have
been very stately dwelling After his
occupancy there lived in it II man whose
lifeincludes romance which Hawthorne
would have illumined with his weirdest
fancies. He was n person of strange and
arbitrary temper, and so ill-used slave
or bound girl in his service that she
fled from the old house, aided, it was
supposed, by her lover, young Dutch
settler. Infuriated by her escape, her
master rode up the mountains in search
of her, discovering the girl at nlghtfall.
He tied her to the tail of his horse, and
started iuriously back to Catskill. As
might be expected, the horse dashed
the unfortunate girl to pieces on the
rocks; and slight as was the law Of the
land it found means to arrest the MUIR
der, and put him on public trial. HIS
family united political power with great
wealth, and when the man was brought
to trial, and Justly condemned to death,
they obtained a respite of the sentence.
But herein lies the curious part of the
story, The decree of the magistrates
was that he should be publicly hung in
his ninety-ninth year, and meanwhile
he yas condemned to wear about his
neck @ n halter, that all might know him
| tn I'M murderer doomed to death.
From this time forth the criminal
Iivcj in n strange and gloomy scclusion,
rarely coming into the village OF Cat
sI;ll ;solatipg himself from his fellow
creatures. c but doggodly wearing his
halter and, singular as it seems, he
actually lived to complete his Tooth
yearl But times had changed. King
Georges rule gone, the new order OF
things seems to have swept into oblivion
the curious decree of tie Colonial magis-
tratcs, and the unhappy owner of the
Salisbury house was left to die in his
bed but his singular story affected the
| neighborhood, as might be expected,
with belief that the house was haunted,
and strange tales used 10 be told OF q
spectral horse and rider, with the shrek
ing figure of n girl flung from it. One
old lady told me that when a child shs
uscd to live in terror of the peaceful
SPOT where the Salisbury house sfands. ,l,ss,.
firmly believing that it, ghoss3Sy s sSy,;ssisd OSSSI
pp"ns p"ns,' could at any moment appear
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-24
TIE NEW OPERA HOUSE.
Preparations for Opening tho DIaRnincens
Building.

The new Metropolitan Opera House is
situated ON the block ofproperty bound
cd by Broadway, 39th, 10th streets and
7th avenue, New York, and occupies the
whole of the square, being 200 feet on
7th avenue. 1t is built in the Italian
renaissance style, Of yellow brick, terra
Gotta and iron, is firc-poof, and presents
20 the eye an imposing appearance.
In the general arrangement the new
house is divided into audience.room
proper, with its three grand entrances;
cloak-rooms, foyers, vestibules, ball
room, supper-room, kitchen and corri-
dors; with stage division proper cut of
by n massive proscenium wall and divid-
ed into stage, dresslng.rooms, orchestra
rooms, ballet and chorus-rooms, carpen-
ter shop and property-room, with special
and ample entrances, elevators, etc.
The stage il rs feet deep from foot
lights to dead wall, and 101 feet between
walls, ailording ample space for the set
ting of the most elaborate of modern
spectacles and the presentation Of the
largest ensemble with ballet and
CHORUS.
The audience room has n seating
capacity Of 1904, and some idea Of its
magnitude may be formed when it is
stated that the Grand Opera House,
Paris, has capacity only of 2, 1876.
The tiers are known respectively rs
the parterre, first and second tier, and
the first two are the property Of the
stockholders Of the Opera House Com
pany. Twelve Baignoire boxes under
the partere and adjoining the stage are
ut the disposition of the manager.
TIL most improved safety appliances
for flooding the stage have been put in,
and il il said that the directors Of tho
Berlin Opera House Tone of the finest
structures in the world) have acknowl-
edged that the New Metropolitan Opera
House, in point of safety and conven-
icncr, is superior to any public building
they have.
The auditorium is five feet longer and
three feet wider than that of the far
famed La Scala in Milan.
In the decoration of the house, artistic
elegance has been the only object. The
general tone Of color is old gold and
crimson, with hangings and upholstery
to match. The curtaning is Of silk,
manufactured expressly for the house, in
special designs aud colors, all made in
this country at the Cheney Mills, Conn.
The prosccnium arch, which presents
the appearance of rich frame to the
stage opening, is handsomely and chaste-
| ly ,,nLnllishpl with works Of art Inv
Francis Lathrop and Francis Maynard,
and enriched with panels in which are
appropriate musical designs.
The orchestra, capable of accommo-
dating $50 musicians, Is built III tho
shape of revcrbcrating arch, iloored
over, and it is believed that the most
perfect acoustic effects will be attained
by the relation of tho audience room
tones to the stage and orchestra.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-24
DIDN'T MEAN HIM.
A Man Who was Determined To be Fully
Understood.

"Take n square look at me !" he com
manded rs he halted in front of police,
man on Michigan avenue yesterday.
The policeman looked him all over.
He was n pretty good chunk of a man,
carrying n ilorid face, n prominent nose,
and M air of general innocence.
81 don't see anything wrong about
you," said the officer.
"Do my clothes fit? Do ! wobhlc
when walk? Do ! wipe my mouth
on my coat tails? Does the sight OF
me remind you Of cabbnges and other
green things?'
"Wcli, no. You look to me like an
honest, good-naturcd fellow"
"Thcn," said the stranger as he
brought his fist down with II thump,
there's going to be bloodshcd in the
town. | came in this morning with an
excursion. We had scarcely landed
when man called ont: Did you bring
along the kcowY Did you mean that
for mo ? says I. He soid he didn't and
| passed on"
"lIc might not"
"Thou, rs | was going up the street,
n chap in the door says he: 'Ah smell
the carrot cropr DO you mean that for
me p says as walks up to him. He
says he didn't and passed on"
81 presume he didn't"
"Wcll, / got up to Griswold street,
aud l was looking for the post-oilico,
and man calls out: I'll bet he brought
along raw onions and turnips for his
dinncrp DO you mean that for me?
says |, as ] walks up to him. He says
he didn't, and passed on"
"He must have referred to some one
else"
"Well, I walked through the post
Office and started for the City Hall, and
| was almost there when young fellow
in the door of barber shop calls out:
There goes the biggest cabbagc.head of
the season 7 DO you mean that for
me ? says /, as | walks up to him. He
says he didn't, and l passed on"
'IIe could not have meant you."
"Well, as was walking through the
City Hall great big er.grown chap
sings out through his nose: Behold the
second crop of dandelions ! Oh, my |!
DO you mean that for me says |, rs ]
walks up to him. He said ho didn't, and
I passed on"
"Thats right"
"Mebbo 50, but You look a-here Tn
going down to the ferry dock. The first
man or boy who calls out carrots, pump
kins, onions, turnips, scare-crow, green.
horn, pig-weed or huckleberry blossom
to me won't have no chance to lie about
it. I'll turn on him and rend him, and
slay him and hammer him stone blind
Mebbe nobody means anything, and
mebbe its simply their way but I've goi
my dander up, and if you hear roaring
sound like cyclone you may know thai
I'm climbing for man who has called
out summer squash 7 to me "-Detroi,
Free Press.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-24
JAyA'S RUINED TEMPLES.
Description of some oi the Buildings De-
siroycd by the Recent Earthquakes.

The greatest force of the late gigantic
eruption in Java seems to have been at
the western end, where Bantam, the
Dutch capital is situated. But the ac-
tivitv of the under world force was not
confined to one part Of tho island.
About the middle Of the island but not
given on ordinary maps, here IL group
of very remarkable old temples. Their
position may be roughly understood by
reference to any map Of Java, by draw
ing line south of Samarang to the
other coast where river will he found
called the Progo, and on the east of it
there is town which has II variety OF
spellings, but il may be written Djock-
jakarta-the Dutch call it "Jockio -
this place is also mentioned MS having
suffered seriously. About thirty.livo
miles from Diockiakarta is the great
Temple of Boro Budlcr; also called
Boro Bodo aud Bocr Buddha. The dome
of this monument is stated to have been
crushed in by falling rocks. The tenn
pie does not stand on the side of
mountain, but on the top of n hill, so it
could not have resulted from masses of
rock rolling down upon il. The destruc-
tion must be ascribcd to huge fragments
having been throwniuto the air and then
descending with terrific force.
Boro Buddor is by far the largest and
greatest monument Of the Buddhist re-
ligion in the East. The temple OF Ma 1
kon Wat in Cambodia is the only other
that can be put i'll comparison with it.
The base is square, and each side is
about four hundred feet long. The
upper portion is circular and about one
hundred and fifty feet in height; there
is one central dome, and there are seventy
smaller ones. On the terraces round it
there are between four and five hundred
chapcls, each with statue of Buddha in
it, seated in the usual cross legged posi-
ton The sides are covered all round
with bas-roliefs on each terrace; one ter
race has 120 subjects, which embrace the
whole history of Buddha. The temple
is solid mass Of masonry, and is of the
same kind as the Dagobas Of Southern
India or the Topes of the Northwest.
The first notice of this temple was
given by Sir Stamford Rallles, who at
tho timo stated that "the interior of
Java contains temples that, as works of
art, dwarf to nothing all our wonder and
admiration at the Pyramids of Egypt"
Miss North has lately painted pictures
of Boro Buddor on the spot. About
twenty miles southeast of Boro Buddor
is place called Brambanam. This Is the
site of the ancient capital of Java, and
there are n very large number of tenn
pies standing which have more or less
suffered from former earthquakes. One
of the celebrated groups of this place is
known us tho Chandi silva, or the
Thousand Temples" This is also said
to have suffered. There is volcano
somewhere near to these and to Boro
Buddor, called Mount Merapia, which
has probably been the active agent in
this case.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-24
TIE OYER WORKED WIFE,

Upwitl the birds in the early morning
The dew-drop flows like precious gem
Beautiful tints in the skies are dawning,
But she's never moment to look to them
The mon are wanting their breakfast early;
She must not linger, she must not wait;
For words that are sharp and looks that are
sury
Are what men give when the meals are late
Oh, glorious colors the clouds are turning,
IL she would but look over hills and trees
But here are the dishes, and here is the churn.
ing
Those things must always yield to these.
Tho world is filrd with the wine OF beauty,
II she could but pause and drink it in;
Bnt pleasure, she says, mnst wait for duty
Neglected work is committed sin.
Tho day grows hot, and her hands grow
weary;
Oh, for an hour to cool her head
Ont with the birds and winds 30 CHEEKY!
But she must get dinner and make her
bread.
Tho busy men in the hay field working,
If they saw her sitting with idle hand,
Would think her lazy, and call it shirking,
And sho never could make them under.
stand.
They do not know That the heart within her
lIungcrs for bcaniy and things sublime,
They only know that they want their dinner,
Plenty Of it, and just on time.
And after the sweeping and churning and
baking,
And dinner dishes are all put by,
She sits and sews, though her head is aching,
Til time for supper and chores draws nigh
Her boys at school must look like others,
She says, as she patches their frOcks and
hosc,
FOriho world il quick to consuro mothers
For the ast neglect Of their childrcn's
clothes.
Her husband comes from the field Of labor,
lie gives no praise to his weary wife;
She's done no more than has her neighbor;
IT'S the lot of all in country life.
But aft r tho strife and weary tussle
With life in done, and she lies at rest,
The nations brain an heart and muscle
Her Sons and daughters shall call hcr
blcst.
And think the sweetest joyNf heaven,
The rarcst bliss Of eternal life,
And the faircN crown Of all, will be given
Unto the wayworn farmers wife.
ELLA WHEELER.