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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-09

Persons tearing torn for the season. and summer av-
sllers. can hare THE DAILY TRIBUNE mailed to them,
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~ sffen as desired THE DAILY TRIBUNE wiH be sent
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-09

by three. This simple sum in arithmetic,
however, cannot be performed until the END
of the year, and possibly the correcting finger
can be put just there. The management OF
his office by the Commissioner certainly is one
of the coolest exhibitions of colossal assurance
on record. But Mr.. Duncan has grip on the
place and an indifference to public opinion
that have served him perfectly for the last
ten years. The worst of it is, apparently, that
this administration of public trust in prl-
yate citizens interest is within the law All
the same there ought to be some way IN
which the abuse can be stopped
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-09

The ungenerous opposition to comforting
annuities upon Lord WOlseley and Lord
Alcester admiral Seymour) in appreciation
of their services during the war in Egypt,
was revived yesterday in the House OF
Commons. There may be good reasons for
preferring to vote these men lump sum,
rather than an annual pension of $4,000
each, for two lives but one OF these reasons
is not that the origin of the war in Egypt
was, as Lord Randolph Churchill claims, dis
graceful to England. That might all be; ana
yet the soldiers and officers who did their
duty bravely during the campaign would de-
serve as much praise as If the cause had
been just. Their part was to fight-not to ask
why. Lord Randolph Churchill in his speech,
of course, was trying to strike Mr. Gladstone
over the shoulders OF the victorious General
and the Admiral, and to create sensation.
1t is possible that from a Lords point OF view
this is a creditable way of fighting an ODpo-
nent or gaining notoriety but it will strike
the average republican as particularly cheap
and shabby.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-09

The probability that the international 'rine
match at Wimbledon, England, must begiven up
because enough money is not forthcoming to pay
the expenses of the American team is indeed
unfortunate. To be obliged to back ont now
after the challenge has been formally accepted
and the preparations for the contest on ootn
sides of the ocean are so far advanced would
leave our team in most unpleasant situation.
This is something they should not be called to
endure after the trouble and expense they
have been put to thus far. large amount Is
not needed. 1t would be only fair that some OF
the other cities of the country should bear
part of the expense; but if they will not, GER
tainly there are enough public-spirited citizens
in New-Yor6 who will subscribe the money re-
quired to carry the American team to a victory
at Wimbledon or an honorable defeat. And 1t
must be done quickly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-09

Following the example of such statesmen as
Tin" Campbell and Alderman Kirk, Con-
gresham Perry Belmont appears to have been
getting up a testimonial to himself in the
shape of a public dinner. 1t was to have
been served to-day, at the Argyle Hotel,
Babylon; and the prominent Democrats of
Queens and Suffolk had been invited. The
young Congressman had even made arrange
ments to have his speech circulated far and
wide, and began to anticipate its effect in his
election to the United States Senate. But
the best laid plans of mice and men gang
aft a-gley," and so it has proved with Mr.. Bel
mont. The prominent Democrats y have re.
fused to attend his dinner, and have gone so
far as to ask his father to abandon the IN
dertaking. This has been done, but with such
Ill grace as threatens to cut short Mr. Bel
mont's political career.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-09

The efforts of the managers of the American
Medical Association to keep the question OF
the revision of the medical code of ethics from
obtruding its unpleasant head during the
meeting just ended at Cleveland, were natural
enough. matter of so vital interest to the
profession at large, of course could not have
been discussed without excitement and possl-
bly, some temper; and excitement and temper
as doctors best know, are apt to interfere PAIN
fully with the easy digestion and placldlty
which are so essential to the success of any
picnic. This important topic, therefore cine
only one at present which doctors all over the
country take any great interest in, was not
officially talked about, although it cropped out
occasionally. But the whole record OF the asso-
citation is as decidedly against liberal revision
of the code, as if formal vote had been
taken. The climax of its negative action
was the selection of DR.. Flint, ST., OF this
city, as president. DR.. Flint is an old-code man
of the strictest type. Personally the selection
is irreproachable. and the association has
honored itself by appointing so distinguished a
physician to preside over it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-09

The only weak point in the neat little ar
rangement resorted to by the Shipping Com
missioner of this Port Mr.. Duncan, for
keeping the profits of his Office almost entirely
within his own family, was pointed out yes
terday by Judge Wallace. 1t is the flexible
rule by which the salaries Of the three sons as
deputies are fixed. After deducting the faith
er's pay and the small incidental expenses of
the Office, the remainder is annually divided
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-18
General Lew Wallace.
! at},n in New York Trihnne-

Speaking of Gen. Lew Wallace, minis
ter to Turkey, Gen. Brady said recent
ly: "He is an able man, though a
dramatic one. His appearance and man.
ners are as dramatic as his mind. His
that reason l cau't enjoy his novels.
They seem so much stilted' to me. He
is first rate soldier. Indeed, he was
the military genius of Indiana at the be-
ginning of the war. He ran away as a
boy to the Mexican war. and after that
his whole soul was on soldering and he
always had military company Being
the brother-in'law of Henry S. Lane,
Morton summoned Wallace to Lndianap.
oils and made him adjutant general. l
was about the first to come fol ward with
a company from Muncie, and Morton
took me right in to- see w llace. I shall
never forget hia expression and gestures.
They were those of born tragedian.
He said he wanted my company imme-
':iately, and to 90 right back and get it.,
as it must 60 to the defense of the ma
tional capital. I hurried; back to Mnncie
aud had the town bell rung, and when
the orders were given about one-haIi
he company backei out. the captain in
cluded, by which means / became the
captain and went to the war. When
Wallace started with his men, the Ee-
venth regiment, for the field, he made q
magnificent speech to them beforesthe
state house on low jeff Davis had ira
duced' the Indiana regiment in the Mexi-
can war, and called them to swear with
him to avenge the honor Of the state
against JEFF Davis and his cause. He
drew his sword;; ell the officers drew
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-18
Automatic Clocks.

The successful working of NJ. Darmes's
automatic clock, set in operation some
months ago, is stated to be an assured
fact. In this case, the winding appara-
tus consists of small windmill. fixed in
windmill, or in any other place where
tolerably constant current Of air can
be relied upon. By means ofa reversed
train of multiplying wheels, this wind
mill is continually driving nughens
endless chain remontoire, device we'll
known to clock makers. A pawl acting
on a wheel prevents the motor from
turning the wrong way, and, by simple
arrangement, whenever the weight is
wound up right to the top, the motion
is checked by friction brake automat-
ical]y applied to tho thermometer by the
raised weight lifting lever. When the
weight is thus raised to the top, the
clock has sufficient store of energy to
90 for eight davs or more, so that It is
by no means dependent ON regular
current of air. This system of clocks
possesses euch practical advantages,
that it has been adopted by the Bel
gian government on the state rail-
ways.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-18
RYDkOPHOBIA.

Death Of a Child in Philadelphia
Strange Developments OF the Dread.
full Disease.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Massey Alberson, aged ten, died at
his pareuts' residence, Philadelphia, of
hydrophobia. He was badly bitten on
the hand October 18th of last year,
while playing with Spltz dog. The
wounds were promptly cauterized, the
dog was killed, and no symptoms of the
distemper slowed themselves until
Wednesday last. He became unusually
nervous and showed signs of increased
intellectual power. He was unusually
bright and talkative, and astonished his
parents by the brilliancy of his remarks
and his unusual talkativeness. That
night at supper he tried to drink his tea,
but could not, and subsequently when
water was offered him he refused it. and
said he could not swallow it. Later that
night water was ofere him again, and
he tried to take it, but the effort to swal-
low threw him into CONFUSION, during
which he had sharp barking cough.
The physician who was summoned pro-
nouncad the child's distemper to be
hydrophohia.
The child could not swallow anything,
though consumed by thirst all day Thurs
day. Thursday night one fit succeeded
another until he died. These fits lasted
from ten to fifteen minutes, and then a
perio of five or six minutes of compar-
i've rest and quietude came, to be fol-
lowed by another spasm of intense
agony, during which his face was hor-
ribly contorted, his hands tightly
TACT, every musrle in bis body seemed
brought into violent action. In the in.
tervals between the commissions he was
sensible and able to tell his feelings.
He said he did not dread water because
it was water but because he knew that
the muscles of his throat we're go con-
tracted and SC sore that he could not
swallow it without intense aq)ny.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-18

down the back street that day will turn
round and look it, and laugh to herself,
and know just as we'll as ifshe were told
that q man hung out the clothes.
!: And Charles fingers will feel like
sticks of cordwood to him by the time
he is done, and it will take him halfa
day to thaw them out properly and get
the tingle out of them. j, ,s.tc5 r
But he is satisfied in spirit. for he be-
lieves that he has proved to the women
of the vicinity, and to Mary Jane in par
ticular, that he can hang out clothes as
we'll as any woman in the world. Yes,
sir. q: '-.~
And just as soon as dinner is out Of
the way Mary Jane. rigs on her leggins
and rubbers. and puts Oil her mittens,
and goes out aud changes those shirts
and things all over and picks up the
pins out of the snow that he scattered
round, and found out about the legs of
the drawers, and says to herself that
she'll ha ng the clothes out herself here
after, if she has to 20 over her head in
the snOWl
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-18
utiliz,ne the SDarrows.

Now that the English sparrow is
doomed to be annihllated in the United
states, if the thing be possible, the ques.
tion of utilizing this pest comes up for
consideration. It is we'll known that
their flesh is as good as many larger
bird, now highly priced; but the SPAR
row is 50 small that few persons will con-
slider it wo tn the trouble of preparing
for the table. But the same objection
may b. urged against frogs legs; the lat
ter, nevertheless, have been long in de-
'nand, and the epicure thinks they are
among the dainties not to, be neglected,
even if they do cost more than the
;oarser kinds of meat, and for this rea~
son we think it only necessary to make
sparrow fricassee or pot pie fashionable
to create demand for these birds.
something of the kind will be necessary
in order to give zest to the sport of kill
ling them by youthful sportsmen. The
slaughter OF these birds has already
commenced in several states, and will,
no doubt. soon extend to all.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-18
The Formation of Ore Veins.

The formation of ore veins, according
to the showing of DR.. Fleitmann Of Ger
many, does not necessarily involve such
long periods of time as geologists have
assumed. DIR. F. states that some two
years ago, ne had the bottom of a stab e
pit filled and rammed with common clay
containing iron. The pit had served its
purpose for storing dung for about two
years, during which time, occasionally,
to prevent overheating, water had been
poured over it. Lately it had become
necessary to remove the pit, when the
surprising fact was revealed that the
clay had entirely changed in character,
and had become white; it was moreover,
divided in numerous directions by fs-
sures, from 1-25th to 10th inch in width,
which were filled by contact iron pyr-
ties. The explanation offered ofthis re-
lnarkable phenomenon is that the iron
oxide of the clay was changed by the
water. containing sulphate of am mnonia,
into sulphate of iron, and the latter had
in accordance with molecular attraction,
deposited itself IN groups or fssures-
the form in which it was found.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-18
and in the event of his demise Allsie

would be entirely alone.
His chief reason for seeking Lady Dem
beigh was to entreat her to receivv the
Child, and bestow upon her mothers
loving care. He would settle upon her a
sum suffic lent for all-her was is. so that
in a pecuniary sense she would not be a
! Lady Denbeigh gladly agreed to all
his plans for the girls future. Allsie was
to stay at the hall, and Miles would re-
main in the village, seeing her every
day until she grew accustomed to her
ne " life. s.<.i.4>.,'s
AT first Lady Denbeigh maintained a
digniied reserve before him, but on the
eve of his departure for London she
confessed that when she had realized
what efforts he had made to secure her
happiness, ,shclhad bitterly regretted de-
serting him, and had written craving his
forgiveness. For years detectives had
searched for the child. Although le.
gally separated from him. she had kept
his image enshrined in her heart, and
not until convinced that he was dead
did she, at the urgent solicitation of her
family, consent to marry Lord Den
beiigb.
to the life of luxury and refinement
from which had taken you," he admit
ted. "And as years went by saw more
distinctly the social gulf which divided
US, and realized more fully the wrong l
had committed. When heard you were
married to one of your own rank re-
joiced for your sake. even when &C.
knowledging to myself that you were
lost to me forever
His tone was infinitely sad. He
bowed his head for moment, and
seemed lost in gloomy reflections.
"Dld you never meet any one-1
mean"
He looked up-their eyes met.
"Any one to fill the void in my lonely
heart? No"
ooh, Miles, forgive me-forgive mel"
Pride. reserve were astaside, and she
lay sobbing in his arms.
A week later Hon. Mrs. Featherstone
read in the London Times:
"Married at Denbeigh, July 10, Miles
Carlyle to Lady Carolina, widow of the
late Lord Denbeigh."
"Carrie always did have low tastes. I
suppose this is the same creature she
eIoped with before, and l am glad her
poor father is not living to hear of this
new disgrace" was her angry comment.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-18
TrenlOrs Of the Earth,

! An elaborate synopsis of various pa
pers on the Tremors of the Earth is
given in the London Times. From this
it seems to be considered q fact, by
many scientific men, that the crust Of
the earth bends uxder the weights i'm
posed or it till, when the barometer
rises an inch over land area like that
of Australia, for example, the increased
load of air sinks the entire continent
two or three inches below the normal
level. The land actually sinks and rises
under the pressure of the mass of water
thrown upon it by the tides, the maxi
mum of rise and fall on the Atlantic
seacoast~reaching five inches. The ef-
feet is felt at the bottom of the deepest
mine and may reach for an unknown
distance From this it is argued that
the crust, Of the earth must be of ex-
ceeding tenacity, its minimum being
even beyond that of granite, and its
swaying may be the cause of Phenome-
ma hitherto quite unexplained. T.,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-18
CHICKEN TALK.

"I didn',! says Chip. "You did!'' says Peep,
GLOW do you know?-you were fast asleep,
i was under Mammy's wing, Z
Stretching my legs like anything,
WhenAll of q sudden turned around,
For close beside me I heard sound
A little tip. and little tap" ....
"Diddle. de- dee! You'd had nap,
And, when you were half-awake,
Heard an icicle somewhere break"
"What's an icicle?" II don't know;
Rooster tells about ice and snow,
Something that isn'tss good as q meal,
Drops down on you and makes you squeal."
"Well! swallow Rooster's tales, beg!
And think you didn't come out of an eggl
tell you heard the old shell break,
And the first small noise you ever could
make;
And Nanny croodled, and pulled her
breast.
And pushed us further out of the nest,
Just to make room enough for you;
And there's your she'll say it's true!"
Chip looked over his shoulder then,
And there it lay by the old gray hen
Half an egg-shell, Clipped and brown,
And he was ball CT yellow down,
Clean and clipper, and ssh art and spry,
With the prettiest bill and the blacklist eye.
''H'm!" said he, with q little perk,
"That is a wonderful piece of werk!
Peep, you silly! don't you see,
That shell isn't near as big as nut?
Whatever you say. Miss, declare
never, n+ver, could get in there!'
You didI" Us Peep II didn't" says chip
With that he gave her a borrid nip.
And Peep began to dauce and peck,
AID Chip stuck out his wings and neck.
They prAncsd and struck, and caperei
about,
Their toes turned in and their wings spread
out,
AS anery as two small chicks could be,
TIL Mother Dorking turned to see.
She cacz zled and clucked, aud called in vain
At it they went with mic hit and main
Till, ct last, the old ben used her beak,
And peep and chip, with ma y a squeak,
Staggered off on either side,
With very funny skip and stride.
with dreadful nonsense!" said Mother
Hen,
When she heard the story told again;
YOU'RE bad as the two legs that don't have
wings,
Nor feathers nor combs-the wretched
things!
That's the way they fight and talk
For what isn't worth mullen stalk.
What does it matter, I'd like to know,
Where you came from, or where you 60?
Ke your tenn per and earn your food;
/ can't scratch worms for fighting brood.
won't have quarrels-I will have peace;
hatched out chickens so don't be geese"
Chip scratched his ear with his yellow claw,
The meekest chicken that ever you saw;
Aud Peep in her feathers curled one leg,
And said to herself: "But he was an egg"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-18
Beauty in Man and Woman.


I'm we'll proportioned figures it is
usual to find the length of the body from
head to foot to be about eight times the
length of the face," says an uptown ar.
tist. '"rhe length of the hand bears a
certain prodortion to the forearm, and
this to the arm from the elbow to the
shoulder. The foot is in length shorter
than the leg from the ankle TO the knee
joint, and this is shorter than the leg
from the knee to the hip. An idea o1
the proportion which the limbs bear te
each other may be inferred from the
following numbers, which appertain tc
afgure measuring from five to ten inches
from hand to foot: From ground to
ankle, two inches and seven-eighths
from ankle to knee, eighteen inches;
from knee to hip, nineteen and two
eighrhs; from hip to collar bone, sixteer
and six. eighths: from collar bone to TOP
of head, thirteen and one.eighth; length
of foot, from heel to toe, ter
and five. eighths; ha;1d, fnger'end
to wrist::joint. eight and three
eights; wrist-jo Mt to elbow-joint, ten inch
cS, SlUO" COStOuAuOAo osG"OAS0 AASoSo.
Taking a long stick or Alpenstock, thai
some pedestrian had abandoned in s
corner of the yard, tn artist continued
eft you wish to testyour own symmetry
here's good method; Cut this stick to
exactly your own length. Then mark il
off into twenty-four equal parts. Mum.
ber one should mark about the ankle
Joint from the bottom of your foot, mum
Der seven the knee, thirteen the hip
twenty the shoulder and twenty-foul
the top of the head. The length oil youl
foot should be somewhere between
three and four parts, from your mid
die fingers end to wrist joint th1et
parts, to elbow six and one. half and tt
shoulder ten. The female head is small
er than the male head: There can ;bt
no settled or fixed measurements EN-
ployed to decide what should be the
width or heigth of the figure or of the
limb. In the male figure the circum'
ference of the chest should be greater
than that of the lions or about the hips
while in the female this order is nearly
reversed. ."-Clara Belle, in Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-18
FIELD AND RM.
Recies from The Cook Book,

~ 4 =
To REMOVE ''GREEN" FRoM PAvEnarENrs.
Scrub the pavement with strong So
luton of washing soda, hot, and then
rinse off with hot water.
RooK PIE.-Draw and skin six or
eight rocks; let them lie in cold water
one or two hours; cut out the back
bones, wash the birds, season them with
pepper and salt. and pack them closely
in pie dish; add half a pint Of gravy.
and lay over them half a pint of fresh
butter; cover the dish with flour and
water paste and bake for two hours.
The next day take off this coarse
paste and cover with puff paste, and
bake till it be sufficiently done. !.
QUA1Is ON ToAsT.-Brown the birds,
either in salad oil or butter, mix a ia.
blespoonful OF -four among them, and
brown that, then cover them with boil
ing water, season them highly with salt,
pepper, cloves and mace, and stew them
fifteen minutes; melt in tablespoonful
OF but or for every two small birds and
serve on toast.
P1CKLED OUNCES and cut a hall
dozen ounces into small pieces, and
put them, with q gallon of water. and
two pounds of honey, into large sauce
pan; mix them together well, and set
them on a slow fire for half an hour.
When quite cold, wipe the ounces pe r.
fectly dry and put them into it. Cover
very close.
A GALANr1NE OF COLD MEAT.-A pretty
and very economical dish may he made
by finely mincing the remains of any
cold meat, adding to it breadcrumbs to
half its weight, and favored by herbs
and a wine-glass of strong Liebig's es-
sence or good stock. Place these inyre-
dients in small mould and pour over
it sufficient dissolved gelatine to nearly
cover it. Steam for an hour; stand it to
cool, and then turn out. Il.
Everybody, probably, does not know
what a very simple remedy will ex-
terminate cockroaches. as, if they did
the race would surely die out. Common
red waters, to be found at any station
ers', will answer the purpose, for the
cockrcaches, with greedy lust, will de-
your them and die. Powdered borax,
too. sprinkled around the cupboards
they frequent, will poison them off very
satisfactorily.
This is capital pudding: Six ounces
of grated bread, six ounces of currants,
six ouuces of finely chopped suet, six
ounces of apples finely chopped, six
ounces of lump sugar, six eggs, half a
nutmeg. one salt spoonful of salt, two
ounces OF citron cut small, two ounces Of
candid orange peel cut small, rind of a
small lemon either grated or minced;
mix we'll together and put into we'll
buttered basin, cover closely with a
flannel cloth, and cook from two hours
and half to three hours. Serve with
sweet sauce.
ROAST RABB;T.-Pick out nice young
one, skin 1t, wa h it nicely; then make
your stufing, which may be sage and
onions or parsley and thyme, as you
prefer, with bread crumbs and a little
bacon cut fin e, with pepper and salt to
taste. Stuff your rabbit, sew it up; then
truss it, bringing tie head on one side,
after which it is ready to bake or roast.
Your great care must be to see that you
have plenty of fat and to we'll baste, or
it will quickly burn. 1t will take about
one and one-half hours slow baking.
Broil piece of bacon to eat with it.