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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
MARRIOTT ESCAPE From HANGING.

ATLANTA, Ca, April 22.-In the Superior
Court OF Henry County Ieonidas Johnson coored was
indicted for assault upon young country girl named
Harris and convicted. In view OF JohDsQns bad char
acter and his escape from the chaingang he given
the extreme penalty of tie law in such cases. which Is
twenty years. He about to be remanded to jail
when sensation created in the court house by the
appearance of Mrs. Cook, lady OF that county, who
identified prisoner whohad recently assaulted
her while she was alone her home tie country and
unprotected This created profound excitement in the
village and the Grand Jury immediately brought in
second Indictment acainst Johnson The prisoner
this was immediately locked up In the county jail and
the Judge detailed extra guard or armed men tOprj
tec the guiding fears ertained that
these revelations would cost the eDd mis- lfe At late
Lour Friday night body OF disguised and armed me ap
preached the iail TO take JO.nsOn out and hang him.
The attempt was frustrated by the DOd front Of the
jail guard, who opened fire ON the attacking party
johnson was brought TO Atlanta for safe-keeplng
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
PROTECTION FOR IRELAND.

TO the Edftor OF The Tribune.
SIR: Would not protection do for Ireland
what has done for the United States Australia and every
country has adopted III Did not Australia give as
one her reasons for protection that her young men
had employment bnt forced TO 60 elsewhere FOR
worki IL not the trIo OF Irclandi Is 1t not also
true that where there bodies OF unemployed men,
they baad together TOR mischief and crime ru1king true
the old adagc satan finds mischief still for IDLE
hands do especially the uneduca classesand
those has been generated an undercurrent OF
resentment toward their slp,rlorst Emigration Is
proposed remedy but 1t Is always convenient nor de-
srable for leave his c0nntry yet that's all tha
an Irishman may do who cannot farm In the early
part OF the century protection was grantei them Tor
about eighteen yeats and writer OF thar day said their
rapid nvanc most Unprecedented. consider
ing the short time The manufactures opened, giving
work 90 thousands OF people; but this was contrary TO
Brush policy ecdOn Withdrawn ana krad
ulv te factories BY were forced 10 close tue
doors aud country reduced 10 s former stare 0
eplessnrss sending tlem - t1is country nrlns ony
those wn0 come those lett b,lnd are not Denehtcd IN
any permanent way. purely AGRICULTURAL country
cannot be = prosperous Professor thompson III hls
W rk OF "Suc,l Science and Political Economy saysi
Enc and will try very policy but thar OF protection IN
teaa l." Let attention be given TO tnding employ
mrnt for the Irish at me- aud we Will near less oi ooS
cotIng. arson and murder. Yours respectfully,
Hotc York, April 20. 1888 An o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
COLORED OFFTCE-SEEKERS.

To the Edffor OF the Trt6uHe.
SIR: | have observed that certain ardent
friends OF the coored people Of the country are persistent
in advocating their appointment to office, as just
acknowledgment OF their in the war; and per
haps on some other grounds Mr. Downing also put forth
tie proposition urging that colored men they are
entitled this degree OF consideration and ntmations
have been thrown out that II such recognition DO not
allowed their will go to the Democratic party, or a
any rate be divided against the Republic IN party.
do not the proprety, much less the WISDOM OF
making color line in political appointments AS fact
am impressed with the belief that fair proportion OF
colored men have been appointed 10 office, or at any
rate that they not been treated with neglect or IN
difference In these premises The just ground OF appoint
mcnt Is competency and character irrespective OF color
Colorcd men may enter for examination this ground
and take their chance. Is that oil What more 90
white men get, or aski IL has been claimed that tue
"coor Int" ought be dropped that It is an odions
distnction Cases have before our courts wnero
coored men have been refused equal rights with white
men, in hotels railroads, etc., and II am not mistaken
the law has been sustained. In accordance VIII .no
doctrine OF color hne think the true ambition
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
TARIFF AND PRICE.

To the Editor or the Trtohhe
SIR: The pres Mt duty on oil OF lemon Is
30 c,ns per pound; but under the new tard. which
takes effect July l. II Will be admitted Tree This change
was made win the expectation tna this important and
necessary article woul b. turn shed 10 at
saving about equal tne reduction in duty To-
day Que OF args importing houses ofioregn drugs
received cable dispatch fro their Europ an purohas-
ing AGENT. saying: ION OF lemon mas firmly advanced
len pence per pound" about twenty cents; AMI tnis
TOO three months advance OF the ROW tamil taking
effect
Thus that In nearly oil articles OF import not
esecntiay affected by domestic competition tie prices
advance tn lust about the amount OF the reduction IN
anty. We look ouiy from cOnes and tue foreign
shippers guped the whole We reduced IL on qnlnlne
with Ike result We reduced II on salt, and on same
day hnt took effect the foreign price adv ,mced
10 the precise amount OF the duty Ana ~ u wli ne
with oil similar In the iuiure our peopos o's
will he the foreigners gan all free tranerS opinion 10
the contrary Notwithstanding :. W. DAVENPORT
helc York, April 4, 1898.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
MR.. cURr1sss MoRrGAGE.PAYING CLOCK

TO the EditOr Of me TrIOHne.
SIR: The notice in TIE TRIBUNE of the
dea OF Mr.. jeremiah Curtiss reminds me OF pleasant
acquaintance with that gentleman and the story of
clock related by him ut his house twenty yeas ago.
more or less lie caled my attention TO clock standing
mt the entrance the al the HE nst
Zig OF stairs &c odfashOned Affair." with s case
standing some feet high. Mr. Curss story ran u y;
In the SiOus summer e had been travelling III the
slate OF Maine with MA wife, who native OF that
State. She expressed wish 10 visit the home OF her
childhood WHICH had passed into the possession OF
srangers. TBither they went and upon entering the
house she discovered that the old family clock was
standing In It's place she had known IL In ter child
hood days. She expressed wish that we might pur-
cLaae H. II the owners could be induced TO cell. Prop
ositOn therefore made for the purchase OF tue OLD
clock winch finally accepted and tie price OF fifty
dollars was paid. The clock was packed ana sent To
BROOKLYN. and taken snop for complete renovation
and repair.
The clock-man reported the clock valuable one. say
ing that was Of German manufacture and that 1t was
not less $50 years old and that 1t was good for
another $50 years. Then Dir. and Mrs. Curtiss con-
suited together. questioning among themselves II they
had not paid too small a for the clock considering
its reported value.
In order to quiet their conscenccs In the matter they
resolved to send the people Of whom they had purchased
the clock another OF money, and accordingly Sl0O
was sent. BY return mail letter caino from
the mother or inc iainliy, hckno"iousinB 'ho
receipt OF tho money. and thanking Mr. and Mrs CnrIss
most heartily, saying: THAT money came ~ alght
from Heaven; for demaGd had just been made for
payment on the mortgage our place. anu we ha1 not
the money 20 meet IT, aud we hal given up IN despair
tn At our acme 20. Just then your money came
which enabled Us TO make payment, and our nome
l. saved" -,
Touched by the pathetic story aboy" related, they
wrote how much the mortgage was upon the
place In reply IT appeared that the original mort
cage was FIR thousand dollars. which was now
reduced by tue one incurred ami fifty just paid
Another consultation followed In which the value o1 the
clocx was considered and the satisfaction IL was Afford
ing Them and the result tho conference that the
old farm Maine should DO cleared of Its mortgage, ana
thereupOn q sum was RENTED Tor Inc purpose
Yours truly, u b
Netr- York, April IS, 1888
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of the ought to be to get above the color
so that t shall NOT be named man is a mani that's
OIL GARRISON ABoLIfioSisi'
Eep York, April ii, 1883.
Before the law q negro is as good as white man
but no better. There is no reason why no snoulu
be any better in the matter Of getting otnces'-EaI
SOMETHING WRONG WITH PUBLIC IAsIE'
To the Editor Of The Tribune
SIR: Certain popular tendencies would argue
degree of corruption In public taste that wouo ai"S'
imply decadence OF public morals
is not long since novel form OF receptacle TOT cou
fectonery showed thai minds there was no IN
conguity In assoclatng the ashbarel and scavengerS
cart with the dlntes OF tho holiday season. Ana no"
Others who furnish the head covering for part OF our
population, have set forth GROWING nnlsh Oh
dress soft, comfortable hat but dauocd anu
sncared in fantastic horrors OF green, red, purple
and black Seemingly to be rampled under 1901 IN INC
dregs Of the dyepot and the slime OF the
IA to make scheme OF color and pattern wnlch VIII aIx
to the glory or the human head the new idra VI
the citizeD radiant with lumber and lunihed WIFE
1t IL not the that these RrJtesques are
sell I'm the South and Weswhere the play OF tne plume
and swell OF tho sombrcro made less formal near
customary than Is with u.s. For the canons OF
public taste when In the East furnishwe are respon
rem FURNISHED forth with that Rlorcaton OF debenent
which III the serenity OF their blue heaven OF Tue
purity Of their clear waters. DID, WiNIhEof'
Netp York, ADril ., 1888
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
spARRNG BEFORE AN ATHLETIC CLUE.
The New-york Athletic Club gave a private


spafrlnc exhibition on Saturday night mt Clarendon
Hall, In East Thirteenth St, to members tor
the club only. About ak hundred people were
present. including many Wall street brokers
ani bankers. Vice-Presldcnt Alfred III. Curtis
who was master OF ceremonies announced AT the
opening that the exhibition was to show scehthc spar
ring and that there would be no knocking ont dono'
Tho dspny WINS fine one and nj hough some hard hit
ting was ndulged In there smuggling. The pro-
gramme included bouts between John Stacks midsets
Murray and Allen, Professor Mcclellan and pupil,
Mike" Donovan and Pete" Mccoy, Billy ana
Wary" Edwards. CostIgan and Nenry, waiter We
Baum. tho lightweight champion ana h"rry
Fillmore, OF Toronto IL professional, and Frank
sabulka and Frank" Iyanh0e. The sparrlnG OF tho
Edwards brothers was considered very fine and was
their appearance together In public In four yers
In the bout between DeIaup aud Gilmore the FORMER
was OF condition but stood u grneefuly 70 tno
blows OF tho Toronto man. In the three r9uluS s po
Sahukn and IyanhOe tho former had tho huNh'
tam tnrounhoul
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
ANOTHER NUISANCE OF TRAVEL.

To the Edtt0r Of The Trtouhe'
SIR read in THE TRIBUNE OF Sunday q
protest against BASKETS aud parcels in the cars botn OF
the elevated and surface roads. Allow mo to offer
protest against rs great nuisance. refer to the hao
vf splitting which general and disgusting 10
degree which is insufferable Is there no protection
against in public conveyancesi Must women con-
Time to submit theinsult of sometimes having their
clothes spit upon and at all times. when forced 10 s
to these thoughtess Offenders suffering the Ioatn
someness Of the eight aud sound OF the practicef >
- Would you be kun IA not TO do thal wnile
am forced TO sit by 2" asked gentleman % one
day wDen afcr serious calculation, Thought no must
certainly reach my dress at mis- next effort
" Don't be at all troubled. madam no repen re.
mindlug at once OF page In Dickens, never SPIT
on anybOdY-thats tblng never do|
If my protest untiinely or njuoged peg 70 nave
Il excnsed on the ground that suffered patiently
Tor tHirty years, aud that tines" Nc my nrst words OF
CO nDnint. fAssENOEh'
Nelc York, April II, 1888.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND.
- ropERT p PORTER, MEMBER OF THE LATE
- TARIFF COMMISSION.
YyU
THE MERTHYR TyDvIL COAL DISTRICT.

THE MERTUIR ~ OWL SOaL DlcihlSA'
yroM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF 1HE TRIBUEEI
MTRTHYR TYDvIL. Wales. harch II.
Tam writing from the centre Of the second great
roal rerlon OF the kingdom. This is dirty strag-
cling town spraying ND barren mountains, Win
,,e,cbinc furnaces black table lands and heaps
,ron heaps OF Stag and rubbish all round. Little
more than century ago Merthyr was village
doziug in tho hollow of the hills and to this day IL
rstains the village type 1t is village stretcncu
good deal zach way, with modern patches VI VI.
strained ancient cloth. 1t has banks. p"SeS ""o
barracks, pla,eglass shopfronts rattieu-ou' o"1''
narrow, winding, dark and dirty s'ice'S an'
huge poorhvusv, built on arubbish neap'
uated public house answers lot 'he iea
hotel" which at the best is q comior'aes' P,'Go -
the R,ne Rocks of England Mertbyr Iydvil Is pau
- - porliameutary borough of nearly
400 ooo inhabitants. while the urban sanitary DIS
49,, 10 Merrhvr Tydvil had about 200 in 1881.
ns.,. never has been public spirit enough III the
-,ocs IN obtain municipal charter; 30 charteress
.har.cterless. gardenless, with its slovenly puie
novels with hardly bit of green for the eyes 10
rest upon with volumes OF smoke IN the a'ho'
pbere. with Shiny pools of black mud in the RAINY
season. and clouds of dust In dry weather. ana On
All sides new lending hills upon hills OF stag the
yrimy Inhabitants of Merthyr Tydvil continue 70
raise, burn up and ship tho thlfty-slx 'nousanu
millions OF tons of ccal In the coai-heids penea."
them. and heed not the scientists who say that IN
seventeen hundred and twenty years their mines
will be exhausted. The annual product OF this
coal.held Including the part of it in Monmouth
shire Is about 2lOOO 900 tons, and 69.16S persons
in 1850 were engaged IN the mInes OF this num-
her 47,Os1 are employed In Glamorganshire'
mostly In this immediate vicinity.
There are in Great Britain, what may be called
seven great coal districts. which in rouad hgureS
producsd in 1880 as follows:
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SENT BACK TO HER HOME.

Jennie Pearsall, pretty young girl OF sixteen
years. spent Friday night at the Police Central once
and saturday at the Jefferson court
in Justice Patterson's private ROOM Her mother ana
slster-naw were present and said that shs hau run
away from her home In Astoria three weeks ago She
came TO Yew-Yort 10 meet a young man only q few
years older than herself member OF wealthy family
who took great interest in her. He found her nome
in respectable family and acted toward her In an non
orable way, hoping that he might be able TO nave her
properly educated and that at some future DAY tney
might be married. The girl complained OF pad treht-
nent at home and aroused the yOun0 mans sympathy
which developed into affection Her reatives
appled 20 the police authorities here to find her ana
aiter long search they learned that she was hvhg IN
East Twenty third ST., near Madison square.
hearing the whole story. Justice patterson comito"
the girl to the care )f her mother.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23

The section rooi..s will hold fifty chairs each. The
number of chairs actually ia them now varies from
thirty TO dfty The ply steal ccturc-roon Is IN ihe GA
main buding: n has ninety eight srnt- with gallery
which viii hold sixty more. There viii be necd oil an
enlargement OF the lecture room In chemistry Ia me
course II year OF two; but that is destined inevitably
10 come wit the extension Of the FOufth-aye building
down 10 Forty-ninth-st, already ordered 10y the tris
fees The capacity ~ the chemical and geological leo
ture- rooms may then easily be doubled.
This statement by President Barnard il n complete
answer 10 the committees plea that women canpot DC
accommodated at present The real obstacles must DC
sounht elsewhere and inexpedcncy, Judged 10y the
committee does mean inability, or even violation OF
precedent y
Aep- York. April 90 1888.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
PROTECTION. PRICES, AND WAGES.
. n L IL.

SIR: So long as we were dependent on
Importation for our cotton goods working women
received an average Of fifty cents per week and this
would buy one yard Of rather coarse imported NAN
keen" cotton cloth To-dav the same labor commands
SO 90 per week. and the money Will bay thirty yards
IT good cotton sheeting. Protection. invention, and
competition have increased tho wages Of our work
people farmers included, in a most wonderful manner.
Protection leads To wenlth, udlvidual aud national,
Free ira leads national and individual b1nkrup ey
These assertions have been proved eyerJ time these
policies have been tined since we became "A nation
Me-. Iork April o. 1888. j. f. SMITH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
A DOG DEFRA UDED OF HIS RIGHTS

PHILADELPHIA. April pa petition was
filed in the Orphans Court yesterday b. Mary Tevney.
housekeeper the late Rev. Richard l. Connor who
lett legacy of $40 week for tue maintenance Of his
faithful dog. The petitioner, who was designated to
take charge favored dog declares the the executor
refuses make the weekly payments, and asks nat he
be ordered Ia pay up February l. Action upon tie
petition was ueIcIICd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
YALE COLLEGE AND TBEG 1R

NEw-HAyEN, April 2l.-The officers of Ad-
lniral Foote Pos17and Henry c. Merwiu Post SO a. A.
r. feel that they are Disseminated against nv Tho nc
.ion OF the Yale College faculty who refuse
70 inc Delta Kappa Epsilon Society TO give comedy at
sas urana Army entertainment The members OF the
aaouty explain that the Yale corporation vho orc s
LOT 70 the faculty, nave law forbiddips unaa - ~,
s0s 70 take part In theatrical a. Nsw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
EXPERIMENTS At THE PARIS HOSPITAL FOR

EXPERIMENTS AT THE PARIS HOSPITAL FOR
IsFASrs-Some remarkable results, according 10 M
Parrot have been obtained a tho Hopai des i1nih's
Assistes Of Paris in feeding delicate infants VIII" asses
milk Many Of the infants brought to hospital have
diseases which forbid their being sucked by nurses ana
for the bottle resored to- In Spite however
OF all possible care. the endeavor TO foster such small
vital these children possessed proved OF ht'e
avail aud direct application to the udder oil an amman
presented the best AT first the nsnts were
thus fed with goats milk but 10 was soon Iouhd tsa
asses mix was greatly preferable, and all are now leu
with thnt-one two sometimes even three naats pe,ns
held 10 the creatures udders once, tho nrses donB
this with great ease, and the good results OF tue
ment being evident from tnc figures given mus, aS
contagious diseases were treated In inc nosp'n,
nursery; OF the first ak, fed with cows mix IN
feeding bottles only one was cured; OF forty.two led
at the goats udder. eight were curod while thsy vvl
died OF thirty-eght fed at the ass under, tWohy
cight have been CURED. whIle six have died
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23

Haven The faculty say that the business OF the
college not to train students Tor the theatrical proe
sion
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MOVING A SPECTACLE.

"You have no idea" said James w. Collier.
manager OF the Lights Q hcndn %Gompadpy; recently
playing in Brooklyn the trouble ana s
numerous sets OF scenery or snch play as tnis.
nine Gets used not oily elaborate bt tney are pec
used In the piece"
..Tnero are two interiors which do not carry-sm-
nile cottage ats bowevor but cannot do without tho
sysem came in 10 vogue aud managers be-
gan to carry no only whole companies Dt spSe, sen
elected 10 provide suitable scenery for their own
houses II impossible TO ind In nine out Of every ten
of them exterior which would do even Tor the work
house or the 'Armiage Arms scenes" 49,
.Can You not reduce the space occupied by some OK
tue on NO. the folding would crease and ruin the
vas which the scene is painted Inc frames a.e Js.
This set Is twenty feet nigh by eight feet wide
"You cannot use the ordinary ire'sn'ca'S Vi Tue r
roaqS peca car to carry the scenery but for
That nosc II is fity-six rect long and wide and high
enough to bold two Wagons also specially ont Tor tne
transportation OF this scenery from aepots nge
twenty feet long and wide m, enough lou 10 rSr ar
;,eS Ave and six feet high and thus Ill The two
These can driven directly into the railroad car Wo
onIy 20 hire horses 10 the wagons. Isaves wear
and tear" s or ,,o..,
"sometimes every day; but on an average probably
twice q week"
"non,t mention It. During season It VIII aggregate
several times the original cost OF the whole scenery
And the annoyance ~ :,
It's menagerie, tell you not SO big as Barnums
but to that assure you Only big houses ike THIS
would justify IT." ,, A.. =.
suppose you prefer to play to business Ike that OK
your 'lOlanthe Company at the Boston Buouf
=" Rather. Thirteen weeks OF tt now 70 CONTINUOUSLY
big business 1t is the only genuine success OF
in this country. All the travelling companies lost
money. aud the standard made none worth sVsaSing or
They seem to prehend it In Boston"
And 'Big Business" Collier, as he has come 10 10
called followed Colonel Sim and tho ticket takers box
into the Colones PR vate Office both evidently desiring
to inquire into Its contents.
GERMAN INVESTIGATIONS OF THE DIGESTIVE
PROCESS -Iadustre Batter contains an account 0.
Renbard Won den velden's ingenious investigations Oh
the effect of saliva the gastric juice 1t appears 'nas
when starch paste was mixed with acid gastric juice
free from hydrochorc acid and fresh saliva added ho
mixture at once impaired light yellow coor W an
aqueous solution OF iodine In iodide OF POTASH um VI
the other hand, whenever the juice conJalneu %u M
cbloric acid, tne iodine always gave ous cov, AZ
matter how much saliva was added or now ons s,Ts.
Kept In an incubation stove. From ths Won ss sss
Concludes that there two separate stages ~, ~
tlon that In the first the saliva can sct svu an
second the pepsine alone acte--the Iorpos "e''s =
amyiaceous digestion, the latter an slbuninoao'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23

Not including the iron obtained from the colieries
here are five great iron-ore districts in England
which produced In 1880 as follows:
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-01-09
STRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by C. H. Booth and posted before J. F.
Howe, justice Of the peace, within and for Wash
ington township, in Peitis county, No.. on the 9Th
cay of December, 1882, one steer calf, red and
white spotted. appraised at s.. One red and white
spotted two year old heifer, no brand, or mark,
appraised at SIS. One red and white
spotted steer, three ears old, crop of the right
and half crop of the left ear, appraised at Is.
tine thu e year old steer. with line back and rod
sides, cop of the left ear, and two splips in the
heller, two years DID, swallow fork in the right ear,
appraised at Sl5, One black and white spotted
hefer, two years Old swallow fork in the night ear
appraised at tl5. And also ore red and White spot
ted COW, crep of the left and swsllow fork In th>
right TAR eight years old appraised at 918 by Geo.
r. Milburn, Charles Zeigel and VIM. Raney, who
were, by me first duely sworn. to view and ap-
rise said stock. JF. HOWE p.