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New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
GENERAL JOHN coCHRAYEs MOVEMENT.

If John is doing the Prodigal Son business
he doesn't seem 10 have struck II az ucky the Iueo
~ he ns now more elder brothers than there Is
veal aud they arc all uncommon hungry. III Jolh ish
careful he'll get miXed up with the car ana DO % DaI
hecr In stead of being invited Odinner. General JOhh
n the interviews which he has permitted Wild horses 10
draw out OF hm,tO the sacrifice oi ms pfoYeiDl
saVs he has cone back 10 the Democracy because he
agrees with them the taT1h question bless MS ut at
What uni0us old statesman Le Is, thought He goes
over 10 the Democrats because he agrees win lhe on
questi that tls cannot agree with each OtAe AWFUL
DuI nre ngltng over LAG CAis and dogs
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
IAcKAwANNA NOT DISMAYED.

The agents of the Delaware, Lackawannl
and Western Railroad declare that they are still doing
business to California IN spite of the cut of" order
i,sued by Commissioner Fink They express no fear that
tho order regarllng their Buffalo connections will be
carried ont and suggest that driven to the wall Pres
dent Sloan may order cut on coal rates Whlch would
iuiure the New-York Centrals coal traffic.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
LEHIGH VALLEYS INCREASE OF STOCK.

PHILADELPHIA Jan. S.-The Board OF Dlrec-
tors Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company at their
meeting this afternoon resolved to increase the capital
stock OF the company, outstanding 20 per cent giving
stockholders the privilege OF subscribing to the new stock
at par in the proportion OF one share for five held by
them The object OF this increase OF capital wh'oh
amounts in all to s. 526639, Is pay for important cou
trcon that has taken place, 10 complete other work
mar il i'm progress and provide better terminal aci
tje, u Buffalo "a well To reimburse the company for
ehoI ~ 800 900 OF consolidated mortgage sterling Donds
that have been paid of
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
"EOR CONGRESS.n

Mr.. Raymond will present at the Fourteenth
Street Theatre tomorrow evening. Mr.. D. d. Loyds
comedy OF For Congress" Mr.. R3ymonds represents
ton Of the wirepung politician, General Josiah Li'aber
has thus far been popular in the cities in which
the play has been given New scenery has been specially
arranged for this sfrst performance in New-YOrk.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
Wei De Meyer.

TIT now uudisputed that WEI DE MEYERS CArARRa
CURE Is the only treatment that viii absolutely cure
Catarrh-fresh chronic. 10 is marvel"-Rev. A p.
Fries Cairo N Y IL restored me TO the pulpt"-Rey.
Geo Res CObleskilI ". Y. "One box radically cured
me Rev c. H. Taylor l40 Nobe-s, Brooklyn "A perfect
cure after 80 years suerng"J D. Mcdonald 7lO Broad
way Y &C. Thousands OF testimonials received
from all parts Of the world Delivered 81 Dr. Wei Do
Meyer's "ILLUsTRATED TREATISE" with statements
by the cured mailed Free D. 3. DEWEY& Co.. l52 Fulton
st., NY.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09

Two experienced physicians Of me svtA spcca, Com
pany AtantA oa, have located st No 100 West Twsn
thrss, sn6 VII be plesssd al who sotei via
blood akin diseases Exaninatioa sndconsultaon free
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
PASSENGER RATES TO BE CUT.

CHICAGO, Jan. S-As a result of the failure to
reach an agreement regard TO the payment Of comms
ons on through passenger business from the eaboard
70 Missouri River points, between COmmadore Pierson
and thp Missouri River lines has been declared by
be Chicago and Alton and Rock Island roads on passen-
ger rates eastbOuud.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
cENrRAHs LOCAL RATES REDUCED.

The New Ork Central RallrOau mas Ieuuoou
m local eastbound freight about % per cent SIM
liar reductions have been made by the West Shore ana
Buffalo Road With the through rate on grain from Oh
cago 80 cents per 100 lbs the local rate rom o was
~ and from Rochester l2Io The new rates IL from
Rufalo and sl from Rochester It stated by New
York Central officer yesterday that whenever the thronsh
rates from Chicago lowered, proportional reduc
ton was made local points In order u protect oca
shippers General Freight Agent Goodman said " o9
NAV say for me that the West shore naSn heu pOu
of freight from US and will not take pound"
Another fre ght said that was not customary 70
reduce local rates when reductions In the through fe
schedule were made under the conditions governing
those ordered by Mr.. Fink last Friday The compe-
ton brtwesn the Erie and the Lackawauna roads mas
led 10 such reductions as render similar action unnec
essary,
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
ARTHUR s. VAN yOORHIs.

The death OF A. s. Van VOorhis at the Hotel
Bristol at early hour yesterday morning was an.
nounced at the Stock Exchange later. He was about
twenty-five years old. graduate OF Yale College and Of
the Columbia Law School, he engaged the stock broker
ago business about two years ago, with Charles H.
Griffin under the firm name OF Griffin & Van Voorhis
He had been member Of the Stock Exchange only for
few months.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
THE BAR ASSOCIATION OFFICERS.

The Bar Association at its meeting last even
ing elected the following officers James T. Carter pres
ident; Aaron j. Vanderpoe, William Allen Butler. John
Z. Parsons, Luther Il Marsh william G. whitney, vice
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09

=. =, the orange blossoms Flowers grew every GS
where ne, ,sndId lilies Our cabin like florists
sna @ the next fortnight They have built nee 1IS
sSh sSo and schoohouse, and they seem perIecy n'fP'
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
MRS. JOHN J. PATTERSON.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-MTrs. Lucretia E.. Pat
ters0n the wife OF Senator John j. Patterson OF South
Carolina died Of heart disease this morning her resi-
dence in this city.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09

The succeeding 90 pews were taken at premiums
93O when there were 20 pews LETT, which were
turned over to Sexton Weld The aggregate Of the pre-
miums was Spoil the fixed rentals Sl2 $780, making o
total of S34 s44, against S3s l72 last year.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
OBITUARY.

KESHUB CHUNDER SEN.
Keshub Chunder, Sen, the philanthropist, and
the promoter Of the BrahmO soma sect in India Ia dead
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
WEST SIDE PLANS OF RAPID TRANSIT.

WEST SIDE PLANS OF RAPID TRANSIT.
The Rapid Transit Commissioners met at
their rooms In THE TRIBUNE building yesterday.
Peter Mccullough said that he lived at No. 523 West
Eightythrdt. He thought that the plans presented by
General vee as laid the map, were in accordance
with the views of majority of the propertyowners on
the West side.
William +. Sherman. secretary and superintendent. oi
the Chicago Elevated Passenger and AutOmauc Mining
Railways Company said that he had come to explain tue
new devices used on his road, which he had spent
many years OF labor 10 obtain safe and RAPID transit
The president inquired who 1t was tnat h"u
sent him O proposition In regard 10 FORMING
company to build O road his system Hotn
Boston to san Francisco. Mr.. Sherman repne0 INA.
Charles W. Tankersley, and LETT MS propos'I0A ~
other papers with the Commissioners. o, uor
mann, OF No. 259 West Twenyninthst stang tss ss o
OF property north of Onehundreu
nnth-st and between One-hundred-and-slItynIt anu
andseventy sta, and IenthaVe auu tuo
road be laid from the junction OF One-hunuTeuanu
tcnthst and ST. NiChOlasave.. along this avenue 70 O
hundred and fifty -hfth-stj thence along kln2soIuGe
road to Kingsbrdge with branches on One-hunureu-
andeighty leading the supposed suspension
bridge across the Harlem River, and on One-hun0reuan
forty y-frsst Onehun dred and thirty-hrth
and-thrtieth and Onehundred and twenty nIu ets' "
the Harlem River, and Onehundred-at-slAtesnt ST.
-tenth-sts to the East River III "ou
be a continuation OF the elevated railway systculi COLI
Meeting the Eighth Third and Twenethave roads Win
the Fort Washington District TO hngsDrhSe ,v-,,,
j. o. II. Webster, OF the Department OF FuDnc MoIN'
appeared before the Commissioners In executive SESSION.
aid requested 10 prepare map showing tne Iv.s
OF all the steam and horse railroads In the Cley a %
sent Il to the Commissioners az tneH neA1 o'1Hs ~
$3.50, Tuesday next ,,
The commissioners start for Chicago this morning.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS

diagram the bsromsts variations n ths ely BY
eincAeB T pPentoN lines give diEoli 0fts for te
Pcf1g mlnlgl The
y The mercury iuns those hours The broken dotted re
th ysaas u Certqre Indicated by the t1erocr ~ Hul
Pharmacy, Broadway
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09

TRIBUNE OFFICE, Jan. 9.-l a. m.-The movement in
the barometer yesterday downward Cloudy weather
was followed by Light and rain which measured 80
OF an inch. The temperature ranged between 100 and
49, the average C207so being so higher than the
corresponding day last year and 14o higher than
Monday.
Rain, probably followed by clearing weather, and
lower temperature may be expected to-day IN this city
and Vicinity.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09

-Four Democrats voted blank TO prevent the reelection OF
Alderman widemayer. The detection OF the Aderinen
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
FRUITLESS BALLOTING.

The Common Council of Newark ballOted
fourteen nes for president last night without result.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
OREGON AND TRANsCoNTINENTAL LOAN.

Since the resignation OF Henry FIIIHTH aS
president Of the Oregon and Transcontnental company
tho new management has been engaged In devlslh5
scheme for the settlement Of tho floating debt OF the COM
pany 1t was announced yesterday that arrangements
had been made for loan Of SSOOo00o for one year ON
the pledge OF 9l.50O shares each oil Nortneth "o'
e,erred and common stocks and oregon Railway and
Navigation stock The securities are to DO deposited
with the Farmers Loan and Trust Company Whloh VIII
issue its trust receipts to those agreeing to take the Io
II Is understood that OF the whole amount 92oOOOo
has been taken in Boston, $2,0O00Oo in philadelphia
aud 100000 in this city No stock bonus wi" De gwen
t At the end Of the year commission Of per cent
will no allowed Horace White said yesterday that the
purpose Of the loan was 10 PROVIDE Iot pay tV Va
the floating debt OF the oregon and
C'orunanv. about railing due inc
OF the securities the trea ury was more thh sicicI
10 take care OF tho other obligations The entre IaVl
tiles according 10 the recent report OF te examining
committee were about Sll,OOOOOO out the present IL
rangcment prOyldos Tor au me pressing OUIsHlIO"9
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09

Costiveness, or any Bilious symptoms, are re-
moved eGectually by DR.. Jaynes sanatiye Pills. -
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09

LundbOrgs Perfume. EdeniG
Lundbors's Perfume, Marochal Mel Rose
S
IaIndborgs Perfume, Alpine Violet
Iundborg's Perfume, Lily Of the valley.
Buetts Extracts invariably acknowledged
the puTest aud the best
Every hOusekeeper knows that you viii take the trouble
10 20 down 10 markets you can buy things much cheaper
than al reta stores You will ind the advantages and
for me same reason In dealing with Hail. Nico 6 Gran
berry Entrances ~ John, and II and 10 Mbiden
lane. Wedding presents specially.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09

presidents; sas B. Browner, Arthur q. ssdgsicE SEQ
retaries; Edward Mitchell, treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
Artistic Memorials.
Church Choral Union

IT'S oBJEGT.TO cultivate sgheadns In parts Of ordinary
ITS GRoWTHNFirst season $50 voices.
Third season, i,G ,G05 voices
sEvES f5; AND LIGHT THoUsASD voices will be under
IT'S MEMBERs-Any members Of or sunday
schools IN ths city no SssTe 70 ls & gfn con
Three PRIMARIES between 10 and14 years Of age
Fourteen SfoRs Tor all years age, who need
FOUR 81 Sf!NIoRs. for more advanced members.
One ADVANCED for those quite proficient in musical cul
Centres are established all over the city Grandst
For further information and terms admission apply with
stamp, to Rev. c. Il. BURR, ~! West S7th.st
MIR r. c. Farrer formerly Of this city resident IN
painted y him IN Venice and they may De
5tWUNDERLICHs GALLERY s5o Broadway.
Twenty fourth Annual Exhibition
OF THE
ARTIST FUND SOCIETY,
now open day and evening at the
4rH.4VE ,CoRNER OF 22D.sT.
ADMISSION FREE.
OVER ONE HUNDRED PAINTINGS
IN OIL AND WATER COLoRS,
To bB by oA A4EEIS4S f1 s SSpeat AFaff 81 tbs fund
AT ASSOCIATION HALL
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS,
JANUARY Is and 10, at . O'CLOCK.
THOMAS E. KIRBY AUCTIoNEER.
By ORrGiES co.
The Union League Club.
The annual election for officers OF ts club will be held at
the clubhouse on THURSDAY January TO- 1884 The polls
will be opened $50 o'clock and will remain open three
hours. DAVID MILLlh IN, lr, secretary
The European and American Medical Bnrean books viii
show cured patients wealthy citizens Govern
Navy officers, who hal been unsuccessfuy
prostate gland bladder kidney diseases by the most
eminent professors this and Europe
Their physician has made these diseases speciality
"a years at 1873 Broadway, day and evening His 25
cent medical these diseases has saved thousands from
suffering and premature graves.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
6petidl Notiees
A Delicate Perfume,


Non-ofensive the most refined Is impaired 10 LACES
GLOVES and NOTE PAPER, by MAsSENs FLOREN-
TINEVIOLET ORRIS originated by CASW ELL, Massey
& CO., Chemists, lI2l Broadway and J15 5th-ayer N y
Artistic Memorials.
The NEW. ENGLAND GRANITE WORKS, Hartford coma
Quarries and Workshops. Westerly, r..
Fine monumental and ouillZ york In Geanita DraWnB
furnished without charge Correspondence 81
hcted. n. Y. O1ice 1921 Bway. G. w. CANFlELD Agk
New-York tribune., 1884-01-09

Burnett. Flayorina Extract. invariably acknowledged
he aud be st
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-10

The Capri women are almost in
variably handsome and healthy looking.
In the course of half an hours walk
You will distinguish in the women and
girls you meet pure specimens of Php-
niclan, Roman, Saracen, Spanish and
Greek types, Suryiyals of the successive
cOnquerors of the island. But what
strikes one mostly is the statuesque
gracefulness of these girls in all their
movements. However mean her Oc-
cupation, whether il be carrying build
ing stone or climbing ladder with a
pail of mortar on her head, the Capri
ota girl will always be graceful, and the
lines of her body in motion will always
call up "reminiscences of Greek art
This fact, together with the scenery of
the island, the delicious climate, and the
cheapness of living has made Capri q
favorite resort for artists of all ma
lions. Several artists have wived
with women of the country their for
mcr models-and settled down to a
strange half-wild and half-civilized eX-
istence. Other residents who. for
various reasons, have settled in Capri
have likewise taken unto themselves
handmaidens and spouscs from among
the women of the country; and as these
residents belong to all nationalitics, with
perhaps 4 majority of Anglo-SaXons.
You may imagine what a curious, het-
erogeneous, and thoroughly unconyen-
ti0nal affair Capriote society" is. A
man who has had the force of character
to cut himself off from the life of cities,
and to come and live, year in and year
out, in beautiful, calm, and sleepy
Capri, is a widely different creature
from the ordinary mortal. for whom it
is extreme bliss to take an excursion
train to Herne Bay. where he sits upon
the beach, binds green bandana round
his head, and reads the Morning Post.
All the foreign residents in Capri are
characters who would repay study, and
their ideas and manner of living would
not prove an ungrateful subject for the
novelist. London HorlG.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-10
Greatly MiSjudged.

She-"No. Mr. Blank, | cannot be-
come your wife. You are in earnest,
know, and you are wealthy and of good
family; but l cannot trust my happiness
in your hands.
Hon Mr.. Blank-"But YOU will
surely tell me your reason. 1t must be
based on some mistake"
Sne-''it is not, | am q good reader
of character and | know from the hard
lines around your lips that you have not
one particle of true, kindly feeling in
your composition. You do not even
pet your pretty dog, which frequently
tries every way 80 gain your attention :"
Hon MIR. Blank Dogs are not hui
man beings"
She We'll, then, to speak of human
beings. As long as have known you
have not seen you as much as look at .
child"
Hon Mr.. Blank will take my
oath that | have fondled scores OF
children. and more than that, l have
kissed hundreds, nay, thousands of
babies
She-"Oh! how | have misjudged
you! When was it?n
Hon. Mr. Blank When | ran for
office Phi,tdGlphiG call.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-10
ADVICE To MOTHERS

Are you disturbed at night and broken
ot your rest ny sick child suiferlng and
crying with Pain of cutting teeth? If so,
send at once and get Il bottle of Mrs.
Winsiow's Soothing Syrup for children
tecthins. It's value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it, 1t cures
dyscntcry, diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
TEN. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription OF one of
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price % cents per bottle,
feb 2S-m-w-s N 1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-10
Dwarfs Of Olden Times.

The most famous dwarf of Olden times
was Philetas. who lived in Egypt
three hundred years before Christ
When q grown man he was so small and
light that he dared not 90 out of doors
without having lead weights in his
pockets lest he should be blown away.
And yet he was a great poet, and so wise
and learned and Trustworthy that he
was chosen by the King, Ptolemy Softer,
to direct the studies of his son Philadel-
phus, the heir to the throne. How
queer it must have seemed to the young
Prince to have such mite for teacher!
Writers of that long ago time say that
there was once whole tribe OF dWarfs
living in India; and that they rode about
on sheep and goats, and cut down the
corn with axes as if the corn-field were
q great forest Every winter whole
1locks of cranes-those tall birds with
long beaks-used to fly to India from
colder lands, and the dwarfs were fond
of picking up the birds feathers, and
what was worse, of stealing their eggs.
This made the cranes very angry, SO
that they attacked the robbers, and as
the dwarfs would not run away, there
was a terrible battle, where, Addison
says,
High in the midst, the cheftain dwarf was
seen:
Full twenty inches tall he strobe along.
But he was killed, and SO were all his
little soldiers, and that was the end of
the dwarf nation.
This sounds rather like fairy-tale,
and perhaps it is not all true but at
the same time it is not impossible that a
very small race OF people lived long
ago, indeed their bones have been found
buried in the ground in many different
countries.
Whole acres of land in the State OF
Tennessee are thought to have been the
burying grounds of pigmy race that
must have lived before the red Indian.
1t is said that about fifty years ago some
one accidentally discovered there hun
dreds of little skeletons under the
ground, the largest not more than nine
Fen inches long, and people knew by
, The shape of the teeth that these Were
the skeletons of grown-up persons. The
collins were made of four rough, flat
stones, and were all placed in regular
rows, about two feet down in the earth.
the little people lying on their backs;
their arms crossed on their breasts, and
each one holding q sort of small stone
lug; one of these skeletons wore a neck
lace made of ninety-four pearl beads,
and at a short distance from the burial
place were found the ruins OF what
seemed to have been very old town
Whether this account is authentic, j
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-10

coutel, was regular part of their equip
ment. The Scotchman's fondness for
ms dirk is well known, and the boast of
me HIghlandman that he could drive
nus "bonny dirk" through ''twa-
inch board, is familiar to all readers
OF Scotch fiction. Originally the dag
ger had no sheath or guard to pro-
tect the hand, and these were
n2t added until comparatively recent
tunes, the guard first and after
ward the sheath. About the thirteenth
century the dagger became a fashiona-
Die weapon, worn by civilians, soldiers
and sailors alike, as well as by ladies,
ana on Its ornamention vast sums were
expended Gold and rare Jewels decked
not Only its hilt but the sheath as well,
and 1t was Worn suspended by chains of
gold and gemmed baldric. In the four
teenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
II reached its highest perfection both in
effectiveness and characterization. and
since those times no improvements have
been made in it. 1t has been tried to
turn the handle into pistol, and thus
produce a combined weapon warranted
to Kill at both ends, but the innovation
has not been favorably received. In the
mode of carrying the dagger, Ehud,
above named, was little old-fashioned.
1t is now variouSly worn in the bosom,
garter, and up the sleeve, and very bad
men carry it down their backs or in
their boots.
The name dagger has never been pop
uiar in America. 1t is too old and in
expressive, In its stead we plavfully
substitute ''tickler," ''toothpck, " etc,
while very staid people call it bowie
knife. " Some gentle creatures, how
ever, even here ''look daggerS, pre-
| sumahly because it would sound very
| unpoetic to look bowie-knives, ticklers,
or tooth-picks. - Industrial Horid.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-10
How to Shorten Life.

The receipt is simple. You have only
to take violent cold, and neglect it.
Aberncthy, the great English surgeon,
asked lady who told him she only had a
cough: what would you have? The
plague?" Beware of 'only coughs" The
worst cases can, however be cured by DR..
VIM Halls Balsam for the lungs. In
whooping cough and Group it Immediately
allays irritation and is sure to prevent d
fatal termination of the disease. Sold by
druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-10
WIDE AWAKE DRUGGISTS.

Messrs Hartz & Bahnsen are always
alive to their business, and spare no pains
to secure the best Of every article in their
line. They have secured the agency for
the celebrated DR.. King's New Discovery
for Consumption. The only certain cure
known for Consumption, Coughs, Colds,
Horseness. Asthma, Hay Fever, Bronchi-
tbs, or any affection of the Throat and
Lungs. Sold on positive guarantee.
Trial Bottles free. Regular size $1,O0.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-10

In MiannS, Conn, there Is a house
built twenty-five years ago by a man
it all these years without removing the
scailolding that was usc! in It's erection.
Only part Of the rooms are finished, and
it is said that she house was left in that
condition to escape the payment Of
taxes. - Hartford G0u,7l?1t