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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16
THE ROW IN THE IROQ0OIS CLUB.

The guests. as Mr. Harrison proceeded with his
ss a % on. Sp
Rs back The ssS Wa. az
Springer held whispered conference The club sat
S% 1 s hot u
vehement swung his bands sDungers head and shook
ss sg T.
9Sy is the main paIk, In ire club ss
I'm residing Chicago and name Is Truthful james;
am not up TO small deceit any sinful games
And I'll tell IN simple language what about the row
know
That quite broke up" the Iroquois. that brought
grievous woe
But first would remark that 10 Ia not proper plan
For any statesman, small great to CUES his fellow
man,
And IL brother don't indorse his patent tariff whm,
To lay for that same brother for to put head on him.
Now nothing could be sweeter or more beautiful to see
Than the first half dozen speeches Of that same society,"
Till Harrison he took floor and said in tones OF thun-
Free Trade seems to the undersigned tripe-extra
blunder."
Then Harrison proceeded and he frank asserted there
THAT each Free Trader round the board but doc
trinaire,
And Hoyne then asked the chairman, with heated In
terjection
Against the sneers of this bad man, can't we have
Protection T.
Then Harrison with bitter smile remarked that 1t wa
clear
That Hoyns was getting off his feet and on his ample
carr
He was most sarcastic man, this Harrsonian bear,
And on several occasions he had been elected Mayor
Now hold il ia not decent for fine Free Trading gent
To say another Is an ass-at least, to all intent;
Nor should the individual who happens to be meant
Reply with awful explosives, to any great extent
Then Villas, of Wisconsin, raised a point OF ORDER
when
An emntv champagne bottle took him I'm the abdomen,
And he smiled kind OF sickly smle and curied up on
the floor,
And he murmured az ne swooheo away WON "'"'
in 'S4."
For in less time that write it, after Harrison had
ceased.
Every member waged warfare with the remnants OK
the feast;
And the way they heaved decanters 10 their anger was
sin,
Bayard in.
dish of crow bedevied with awful force was hurled
Against the august parsonage that rueth DER me Wordi
A flying dish of salad gave BreckinbridSe sthsef,
While wild careening punch bowl laid the gifted
Springer
Mr. Broadhead on his forehead caught goblet fair and
square,
And falling meath the table found Lyman TrumbuI
there
And said Tr1lmbul unto Broadhead: "Pll be dashed
for meroys sake,
Tell me- ia this thing banquet, or Is just waKeF
And this is all have to say of these improper games,
For I'm living at Chicago and my name Is Truthful
James;
And i've told in simple Language what about the row.
know
That quite "broke up" the Iroquois and brought IL
grievous
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16

and Fulton -sts, but declares that it is impossl-
BILE to get evidence against them except by
batterng down the doors. The Captain then
proceeds to argue that it is not feasible to bat
tel down the doors. He broke door down once
and @was advised not to repeat the perform
ance.r The name of the giver of the advice Is
not stated. 1t is evident that captain lyman
regards the metropolitan gambler as the very
Gibraltar of law-breakers-a person that IL Is
practically Impossible to capture IL Is lair 10 IN
fer that the Captain has no great opinion OIL inc
calibre of the Police Department OF the city ot
New York he certainly cannot regard IL Us
zone of the finest" Captain Berghold makes
similar confession of defeat He believes that
the places mentioned by the respectable cltizeh'
in Barclay-st and Park-placc, are gamoiing
bells but he has not been able to procure good
evidence against them. Captain Williams says
ditto to Captain Berghold. He admits that
there are gambling houses in his precinct, put
asserts that he cannot get evidence which VIII
warrant him IN breaking into them.
It may be all right. Every man on the force
from the Superintendent down may be DONG
his sbrewdest to close the gambling-hells. Fall
ure to close them may be due simply 10 the iac'
that the heads which the gamblers carry OIL
their shoulders contain more of the gray SUD
| stance called brains, than those that the police
carry on their shoulders. But we suspect that
the average New-Yorker will not reason thus
He will be more apt to take fhe ground that
in dealing with this matter the police are to a
| great extent simply opponents of the art OIL
how not to do it that it is not capacity that
| they lack, but earnestness and sincerity OIL
| purnosa
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amussments &C. Might.

BoorH's THRATRE-s-" The Outlaw
CHIcKRRiNo HALIs-s-Lecture,
CosNoPoLITAN--s-" The Partisan komanoo'
nays TuRArRE-s:30- Stoddard
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-s-Modleska'
GRAND OPERA HOUSES" Love-
HAvrRLr's l4rn STREET THEATRES" Arounu INC
World In Eighty Days" s.,..,,,.
UvxnrksoS,s STANDARD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Troubadours.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-sanuo-narnun O",u'
S.,s,s sor.Rr TuEATRE-s:30-" A Russian Honey
moon
Nrr,o GARpEy--s-John Mccullough.
s.N FRANCISCO OPERA HoUsE-S-Willie Edouln'
STAR THFArRE-S-"The shaughraun."
sreNwAY HALL-S-Concert.
ITALIA TaEATRE-S-" The Prince Consort
THEATRE CoMIoUE-S-" The Muddy Day
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-S-" Brighton"
W., ,cy,s rHx,rRE-7:45-'The Silver King"
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5noex to advertisements.

ANrsyMgSTs-7h Pdge-5th and 9th columns
ANNOUNCEMENTS Sh Poqe-4th column.
BANKING HoUsEs-7M Paoe-3d column.
BUSINESS NoEcEs-4h Pa7s-1st column.
BOARD AND ROOMS IN Page-6th column.
ClgYETs-7h Pdge-3d column
CORPORATION NoTIcEs-6h Pdge-4ta counn
DIVIDEND NoTIcEs-7h Page-3d column
DRY GooDs-7M Page 4th column
FrNANcIAL-7m Paoe-3d column.
FuRSrruRE-7M Paqe-4th column
HORSES CARRIAGES. &c.-7h Page-zo coiuin-
HoTEIs-7M Pdoe-2d column
IssrpucIIoN--6 Paoe-2d and Sd columns.
LOST AND FoUND-6h Page-3d column
MNIsG-7M ragged column.
MARRIAGES AND DEATas-5h Page-6th column.
MIscrIIASEoUs-7M Page-4th cOlumn-Sh Paac--ath
5th and 9th columns
MUSICAL INsTRUMENrs-7h Pdge-4th column
NEW PUBLIC ATIoNs-6m Paqc-2d column
OCEAN srEAMERS-6M PaGe-ith AMI 5tn columns
PRoPos ALs-6h Pdge-3d column
REAL EsTArE-7h Page-1st aud I'd columns
SALES BY AUcnoS-7& Page-2d column.
SITUATIONS wANrED--MALEs--7h Page-4th column
FEMAiEs-7h Page-5th column
SPECIAL NJ rfcEs--5m Pooe-6th oolumr.
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILKoADs-6h Page-5th and 9th
coumns
SUMNER REsoRrs-7h PGge-2d column
TEAcHERs-6M Pdgc-3d column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16

Frauds have been discovered in Boston in
connection with the building OF the extension
to the Post Office, which recall the palmy days
of the Tweed ring in this city. But Boston
does not suffer as NewYork did, for it is the
money of the Federal Government that has
been stolen there. The methods of the Boston
plunderers are notably similar to those OF
Harry" Genet, who had charge OF the
Harlem Court House work. They have not
worked so energetically as Genet did, how
ever, for he had his fine mansion completed
before the Court House foundations were up to
the sidewalk. Federal supervision OF the
work seems to have been uncommonly lax.
According to the reports, 1t was not suspected
that anything was wrong until some OF the
men employed on the job ouarreled among
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themselves. The fact that the work Jagged
unaccountably should have excited suspicion.

The party of scientific observers sent from
the United States to watch the solar eclipse
on May 6, from Caroline Island in the PACING,
sailed from Callao, Peru, March %, and
if no accident has befallen them
they must now be near the coral
reef where their work is to be done
Since leaving this country the party has been
increased by two Englshmen who were en-
gagged in spectroscopic work under Mr. Lock
yer IN upper Egypt at the last eclipse. Inc
French observers will also be at their post
soon. The instrumental outfit OF the astron-
omers is as complete as the knowledge and
skill of to- can provide, and the combined
talent of the two parties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16
AHFID or MS THE.

. 1t is frequently remarked in the Western press
that the Hon. Joseph E. Mcdonald, of Indiana,
is running for the Presidency with considerable
speed. There are Western authorities who go
so far as to say that Mr.. Mcdonald is as good
as nominated by the Democrats already. Com
plants arc made because the press of the East
refuses to recognize the strength of Mr.. Melon
AIDS candidacy, and the charge Is made with
some show of irrta3ility that the Eastern press
never knows what is going on anywhere save
under Its own nose. All this is more or less
interesting, and is useful in showing how much
of disturbance man may kick up In this
great and busting country without attracting
public notice. There was the reckless young fln
in q country town who determined upon a whok-
sale crusade of wickedness. He put on a pair of
green goggles and walked down the main street
winking violently at all the pretty girls he met.
He may be raising thunder said an observer,
"but nobody knows it," 1t is a good deal so
with Mr.. McDonald's candidacy. lie may be
running like a steam engine, but nobody knows
it. We doubt if even Mr.. Hendricks, his
friend and neighbor, has heard of it. Il
Mr.. Mcdonald has not doubt about 1t, lr%-
ever. He knows lie is moving 10y the way all
other candidates and issues slip past him. He
can see nobody else IN the field now, and is GER
tain that the issue he has decided upon as his
platform is the only one living. He is for alb
solute free trade. He says ne is opposed to tax
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16

A dispatch from Washington which we pup
lish this morning contains some interesting fig-
ures in regard to the total Federal expenditure
for rivers and harbors in this State. Inc sum-
not quite ten millions, is only about one-tentn
of what New-York has spent herself IN such
work. Moreover, improvements OF this kinu In
this commonwealth helped the whole country
immensely, for the route of commerce for years
was almost exclusively through this State what
has been done here has been OF incalcuiaoie
benefit to some of the most populous common
wealths to the west and northwest OF us. An
examination of the details of expenditure Ill
New-York shows that generally the money was
wisely spent. If all the items in the great River
and Harbor bill of the last Congress had been as
reasonable, or as we'll justified by public de-
mands, as those which have been inserted 1or
New-York IN bills from time to time. the meas
ure would not have merited the CRITICISM
which it got.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16
Nem.2lork Daily Gribmaae.
EouNDEp eYH HORACE c EELEY
A1,r, NnpK MONDAY ApRII. 1R
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.


FoRE1GN.-It is though that only seven of the
.,aven men indicted for the Phoenix Park murders
uill be tried on a capital charge. 80 A new treaty
between France and AMMAN is projected. - The
health of the Count de Chambord is improving
ANEW Dutch Ministry has.been formed. 80
Friedrich Franz H., Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin is dead.
DoMEsTIC.-Grave charges have been made
against Treasury Department employees engaged IN
building he Boston Post Office extension. =
Lieutenant Colonel Guido Ilges has resigned from
the Army. 60 mother and her child were
drowned in a we'll at Dubuque, Iowa. -
Great damage was done by STORMS
in the Northwest. - The water in the Upper
Connecticut is falling. - The Rev. Dr.
George Howe, of South Carolina; the Rev.
DIR. Henry Bannister, of Illinois. and Leonard
Bacon Hodges, of Minnesota died yesterday.
CITY AND SUBURBAN" Doctor" Monck gave an
exhibition of alleged faith cures III BROOK
lvn last evening. The Jesuits
celebrated the golden jubilee of the es
tablishng of their order in the Province OF Mary
land - Mr.. Beecher spoke of education in
spi,itual life 60 The Rev. Robert Collyer spoke
of the best preparation for Heaven. - fire IN
broadway caused losses Of $4,000. -
Ex-Governor Evans, of Colorado, talked 10 a
TRIBUNE reporter about the railway war in that
State.
THE WEATuER-TRIBUNE local observations in
dicato cloudy weather. with occasional light rain,
followed by partly cloudy or fair and cooler
weather. Temperature yesterday: Highest, 54';
lowest, 39o; average, 43%0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16
THE FLANEUR.
BOSTON COMMON, DECEMBER 6, 18S2-DURING TIL
TRANSIT OF VENUS
From the Nav Atlantic.

,sToN COMMON, DECEMBER o, l8s2-DCRNG iH'
TRANSIT OF VENUS.
From the May Atlantic.
Dimly the trar sit morning broke;
The sun seemed dolbtng what to do,
AS one who questions how to Dress
And takes his doublets from the press,
Aud halts between tine old and new.
Please Heaven he wear his suit of blue.
Or don. at least, his ragged cloak,
With rents that show the azure through!
90 the patient crowd to join
That round tue tuD my eyes discern,
The last newcomer of the file,
And wait, and wait, weary while,
And cape, aud stretch, and shrug and smile
For each his place must fairly earn,
Hindmost and foremost, In his turn,
Till hitchng onward, pace by pace,
/ gain at last the envled place,
And pay the white exiguous coin:
The sun and are face TO facej
He glares at me. stare at him;
And 10 my strainlng eye has found
A little spot that, black and round,
Lies near the crImsOned hre-orb's rim.
o blessed, beauteous evening star,
Well named for her whom earth address,
The Lady of the dove-dfawn car
| know thee In thy whit smar;
But yelled in black, n rayless spot,
Blank as a careless scribbler's blot
Stripped of thy robe of silvery hame,-
The stolen robe that Night restores
When Day has shut his golden DOORS
see thee, yet | know thee not;
And canst thou call myself the samef
A black, round spot,-and that is all;
And such speck our earth would bo
III be who looks upon the stars
Through the red atmosphere of Mara
Could see our little creeping ball
Across the disk of crimson crawl
AS our sister planet see.
And art thou then q world like ours
Flang from the orb that whirled our own
A molten pebble from its zonef
How must thy burning sands absorb
The fire-waves of the blazing orb.
Thy chain SO Sho-t, thy path so near,
Thy flame defylng creatures hear
The maelsrOms of the phOtoepherel
And IS thy bosom decked with flowers
That steal their bloom from scalding showersf
And hast thou cities, d0mes and towers
Aud life, and love that makes it dear
And death that fills thy tribes with fears
Lost in my dream, my spirit scars
Through paths the wandering angels knows
My all-pervadlng thought explores
The azure oceans lucent shOres
leave my mortal self below,
AS up the star-lit stairs climb
And still the widening view reveals
In endless rounds the ciTcling wheels
That bulid the hOrologe OF time
New spheres, new suns new systems o,na,,,
The voice no esrth-5orn echo hears
Steals slftiy on my ravished ears:
hear them singing as they shinep
"A mortals voice Glssolves my dream.
NY patient neighbor, next in line,
~ ni ans seasiy there are those who wait
What coin shall pay this debt Of nina,
90 slight thy CLAIM, too small the fea
T That T Sius tnee turn the potent key
Inc luscan's hand has placed In thine.
forgive my own the small atfront.
Inc insult OF the preferred dime;
lake Lax ~ . friend. since this thy wont.
ba. sun shall faithful memory DO
bankrupt debtor unto thee,
Aud pay thee with . grateful rhyme.
OLIVER WENDELL HoIMEa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16

Persons who think that the towns OF Old
England are all as old as the country itself
will be disabused of this false notion by read
ing Mr.. Robert P. Porter's letter from Cardiff.
This little city is seen to be thriving place,
full of push and energy, and much IKE
an American town of similar size. Compared
with most of the other cities in the British
Isles, Cardiff has had an extraordinary growth,
although in this country its progress would
not be considered phenomenal. Mr.. Porter
does not speak at length in this letter OF
the condition of the wOrkingmen Ill
Cardiff and its vicinity. That topic Is
reserved for another communication. But the
lot of the laboring classes there, as he out
lines it, will be seen to compare unfavora0ly
with that of the men and women who fill cor
responding places in towns in the United States
which have developed during the same period
as Cardiff. But vicious principles of trade
are by no means the only uniayoraDle
agents working to the disadvantage OF
the Cardiff artisans. AS our correspondent
shows, they suffer from the existence of great
landed proprietorships which are hereditary
Lord Butte owns all Cardiff Indeed, half
dozen capitalists own three towns i'll that
neighborhood- Swansea and Newport.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16

Our Albany correspondent points out that
Mr.. Cleveland is contrary man, and generally
does what he is not expected to do. This is en-
couraging, when we consider on the one hand
the character of the nen who are looking toward
the Governor with great expectations, and, on
the other the offices which must be filled by APP
noiptment before the Legislature adjourns.
The term of Mr.. Fairman has expired and the
name of the man who is to succeed him as
Superintendent of Insur ance is awaited with
anxiety by the insurance companies of the State
and thousands of policy-holders Ex-Congress-
man Beebe of Sullivan County, wants the place
drcadfuly, and has been working hard to get
il. This would be an unwise appointment
There ia a widespread conviction that Mr.
Beebe would make the Department political
machine. In view of the vast interests at stake
no person should be nominated to superintend
them concerning whom such a belief prevails.
Then, too the place should be seeking the man
NOT the man the place. The promotion of MIR.
Mccall, the present Deputy Superintendent
would be in the line of Civil Service principles.
He is versed in the science of the insurance
business as we'll as in its practical management.
The politicians are against him because he Will
not promise them patronage in return for their
influence. So, after all, if the Governor goes
by contraries, we may get good Superintend-
ent of Insurance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16

FoREIGN.-It is thought that only seven OF the
eleven men indicted for the Phoenix Park murders
will be tried on a capital charge. - A new treaty
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-06-22
MR.. BEECHER's FIRST SMOKE.

When boy gets to be as big as a
cigar, he goes and smokes-because
his father smokes. l was very curl
Gus to know the taste of tobacco,
Notwithstanding the good example L
received from my father and elder
brothers, and in spite of the good
warnings received They were all
very good in their way, but they did
not meet my curiosity to know what
was in it. l wanted to lnow and l
found out. There was never a boy
so entirely satisfied with an expert
ment as l was. 1 had an intense
curiosity to know how wine tasted.
If my father had called Inc up and
said, My boy, | see you want TO know
about this" and had given me taste
of Madeira, l might have been cured.
l know the taste cured me. Well, L
laid up all my pennies assiduously
together with Woodruff, who was my
playmate, and finally we got enough
to buy pint of Port or Madeira; |
do not know which it was. Then we
skulked down into the meadow and
got secluded fence where nobody
would see us, and got tumbler, and
l well remember the feeling of ex-
pectation that l had as my curiosity
was about to be gratified. l turned
out half a tumblerful and took a good
swig. 1t was the most disillusioniz
ing experience ever had [ came
down out of the heavens, thump, to
the very ground. The reaction was
hideous, horrible, repugnant. | never
felt any desire for it afterward
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-06-22
MEXICO'S RAILWAY PROGRESS

We present this morning the first
complete list of actual track laid to
this date IN Mexico, published in the
United States, so far as we are aware
We say complete to date, but this is
not quite accurate, because where the
builders are at work the track is in
advance of our figures. For exam
pie, We credit the Southern Pacific
with Is miles laid beyond the Rio
Grande at Eagle Pass or Piedras Ne
gras. but we have no doubt that at
least ten miles more iron has been
put down by the tracklayers. 1t is
manifestly impossible to be actually
up to date, but we have corrected the
fullest list published in Mexico so as
to accord with the most recent infor-
nation. The best Mexican list is that
published by Julio Zapate in La Pa
tria, March 16 We give the distances
in miles, and the total shows that the
railroad builders have deemed their
promises in almost every instance.
Our best information in the Picayuue
of May 6. 1882, enabled us to estimate
the track actually complete in Mexi-
co at 1175 miles; to-day we know of
2264 miles ironed. OF this total,
1455 miles belong to American syndi-
Gates, 292 to the English company
and SIG to Mexicans. Our Mexican
frontier is 1872 miles long. and of
tho dozen roads projected across it, it
will be seen that 769 miles is laid on
five of them, leaving the frontier at
Matamoros. New Laredo, Piedras
Negras, Ell Paso and Nogales. About
1900 miles of railway now unite
Mexico with various interior and
coast points, and the remaining 1000
lies in detached sections yet, but
most of the gaps will he closed up
within one or two years, leaving de-
tached only the Tehauntepec 18th
mus road and the Yucatan lines. The
visitor who enters Mexico by Vera
Cruz can already enjoy the great
pleasure of seeing ten States, besides
the Federal district, without aban-
doning the cars. Travelling is as safe
as it is in the United States, and it is
likely to continue so.-l Picayune.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-06-22

dried peaches or crackers and cheese,
you charge it right up to pa. and
then l won't have it on my mind and
have to answer for it at the great
Judgment day. 1 am going to shake
my chum, cause he chews tobacco.
which is wicked, though don't see
how that can be, when the minister
smokes, but I want to be on the safe
side. l am going to be good or bust
a suspender, and hereafter you can
point to me as a boy who has seen
the folly of an i'll spent life, and if
there is such thing as fifteen wear
old boy, who has been a terror, get
ting to heaven, I am the hairpin. I
tell you, when I listen to the minis
ter tell about the angels flying around
there, and l see them purifier than
any girl in this town, with chubby
arms with dimples in the elbows and
shoulders, and long golden hair, and
think of myself here cleaning off
horses in livery stable and smelling
like an old harness, it makes me tired,
and wouldn't miss going there for
WI NOAAo1o Soy, yOu WOlll(t udk0 b
healthy angel, for a back street of the
new Jerusalem, but you would give
the whole crowd away unless you
washed up, and sent that shirt to the
Chinese laundry. Yes, sir, hereafter
you will find me as good as know
how to be. Now I am going to wash
up and 60 and help the minister
move"
As the boy went out the grocery
man sat for several minutes thinking
of the change that had come over the
bad boy, and wondered what had
brought it about. and then he went
to the door to watch him as he wend-
ed his way across the street with his
head down, as though in deep
thought, and the grocery man said to
himself, "that boy is not as bad as
some people think he is," and then he
looked around and saw sign hang
ing in front of the store. written on q
piece of box cover, with blue pencil,
Spoiled canned ham and tongue,
good enough for church pic nics,'
and looked after the boy who was
slipping down an alley and said,
'The condemn little whelp. Wait
till l catch him"