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New-York tribune., 1884-11-16
One Of the most extraordinary exhibitions yet

One of the most extraordinary exhibitions ye.
ia to come off ne 81 week At Orangeburg, = {. Two
coored ieacons are to compete for purse OF 300 IN
contest VIII re the one wins who shall snow ihe Nus.
feryor skill and endurance IN praying the entire camp
meeting 10 be the Judge New Haven Palladium.
DIR. Evans, the celebrated American dentist
I'm Paris says that "cranming children results III carry
Cannbas should cut this out aud paste ~
in their haa When they partake Of roast children they
shoud cat sparngly aud not " cram" II they wish to
preserve their teeth lNorristovn Herald.
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

It's TO be regretted that OF public men do not
pub. n their experiences have been reading George W
Julian's little book published in Chicago, called PO-
cal Recollections" had prejudice against it be-
cause he does not fall the channel about Mr.
Lincoln When / came 70 read the book. however,
found it so valuable stating peculiar side of every
that il educated me than treatises which
merely confirmed beliefs For instance he says about
with whom was best acquainted in that knew him
public or private integrity Personally and socially he
was one of the kindlcst men ever knew. The fate OF
the men involved with like perfect traycsty
OF Justice aud fair play Of them have gone down
under the waves popular condemnation others occu
pying substantially the same condition aecOrhs 10 Tue
evidence have made escape aud even been honored
and trusted by the public, while several others are
ouiety Willing away lives under the shadow Of sus-
plcon The case affords strange commentary upon the
nrucple of historic Justice" Mr. Julian is now acting
with the Democrats but he says OF speaker CoIiaN
. He discharged the duties of his great Office
with marked ability and fairness and was personally very
popular and there always gathered about him on these
occsons receptions, assembages Of charming and con
genial people whose genuine cordality rebuke TO
the nsncerities often witnessed in social life" Mr.
Julan SAYS: Henry Winter Davis ia fire and force OF
personality Irresistible AMI ou TO be lkencd to Mr.
Blaine" lie says Of COnkling lie never linked his
name with any important principle or policy and was
singUlary wanting in the qualities of "A party leader
He SAYS of Blaine He steadily into favor with
his party in the House man OF force but without
seeming to strive for H. think his abilities were never
fully appreciated till he became speaker
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

All tho work ionn bf " " stufr, tho author ~ the
alta statue lehyps npnh the mind what 49, other aintu
eft ia America docs, tho ~ lnipllertiaHtf 4
great sculptor n,hst nuus he something NJ thnset, Tt
t,e haud which executes Ia pptti'n ut tho Thought
which onnoo,ea, and he who ais uhiA g. please snhu
rii, tall. to please enough the Metropolitan Museum
mind The statue of john Marshall at Washington has
something Roman and antique IN IT, and tho reiefa upon
the sides also show that the sculptor entered deeply into
the broad spirit of the theme like the true son of his
uris father wonder that in the present sen'uous age,
with fondness for forms, there are not scutors who
will take some subjects of American literature and
model them. There is Hester Prynhe and her child,
Pearl for example by the way, it Just occurs to me
that Hester Prynne, perhaps, got her name from od
Prynne. the printer. who set mp in the pory ana
had his ears for Hester also Is introduced to the
audience standing the pillory In similar curious
reaction Hawthorne has named Of his conspicuous
Puritan character PIN, and perhaps ne got this name
from Pym the terrific prosecutor OF Stranord and the
Royaliss II Hawthorne had heartily sympathzed, like
Whittier and Longfeliow with the ordinary American
types and been merely author OF the orthodox, we
should have spoiled original and peryegse genius.
Uniformity literature is not to be one reason
why our literature is il that there is petty
sentiment abroad which would compel every production
10 be Ike some other An absolutely healthy
mind is ant TO turn to something else than liter
AZURE Those trees which in nothing defOrmed Or
fantastic grow straight and used or lumber. In
day there is a great passion for crooked and knOty
trees they make beautiful veneers their eccentrcity
and density OF grain ont In furniture ike literature
itself.
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

Colonel John Trumburs prints Of the Battles OF
Bunker HILL OF quebec Cate and OF the Heights OF Abra
ham, showing the several deaths OF Warren, Montgomery
and Wolfe frequently sold ten or fifteen years ago
for about 80 apiece. Mr.. Dorsheimer who purchased
them in London three years ago. gave, think,
about $50 apiece for them. Trum5u, in his Memoirs,
says the Bunker Hill picture - passed the funeral
procession Hoche Coblenz and at stuttgart
found my plate OF Bunker's Hill admirably engraved.
aud requiring very little additional work from NJ Muller
the cngraver. received my picture In copperpate and
settled with him. then to the splendid ball given
in the theatre by the Duke Of Wurtemburs. on the
occasion his marriage with the Princess Royal Of Eng
land and there waltZng for the first time In my
lie" IL will be remembered that the waltz was intro
duced contemporary with the NapoleoHic wars, and
Byron wrote a coarse ole 10 It. TrumDull says that
when he painted these pictures at Mr. Vests house he
frequently sat by side OF sir Thomas Lawrence and
Sir Joshua REYNOLDS. Benjamin West insisted on Trum
bull having his series engraved. Reynolds once said to
Trumbu: sir that coat is not cloth it is tin, bent
tin" At this West laughed at hs pupil, but soon after
Reynolds coming into Vests studio said: :" West what
have YOU got here This IA better cOlored than your
works are generally Mr. West blushel in his Quakery
way and said Reynolds that is the work of my pupil
Trumbul" How do we wonder at the present American
age of artists engaging In such large AMI wholesome
avocaions as men like Trimbull. West and Yanderlyn
gave their powers before the beginning of the present
century,
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

r James Underwood, the Broad way grocer was tell
ing during the that lie had been acqualntd WIN
Governor Cleveland several years. He sad Inc GOV
ernor had two brothers who went o Nassau on tue snip
Missouri and the ship destroyed by hie anu po'h
brothers perished My acquaintance with them led 10
my knowing their brother Grover He - an interesting
man. conyiyal. firm and believe just II he was not
elected to the office OF President do not believe lie
would move his foot 40 10 Washington he Is thor-
ough civil service retormer, believes that Tue puoic
patronage IL not matter OF spoil, and think at WASH
nton he Will labor to make that the policy OF the Gov
crnBIent.
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

Twas talking to Colonel Jewell during the weck-who
il the landlord OF Butcher House on the h"rIeIh
Railroad. a summer hotel owned Dy eNAppfai'''
Dutcher-about Mr. Cleveland Mr.. Jewell comes from
plo and commanded one Of the regiments from that
port on OF the state in the civil war He SAID; thhA
Cleveland III make less Of partisan nagIsUae 'hah
the Democrats desire He knows that ne has 90, every
potical favor in his life the hands of KepuohaS
They elected him Sheriff, Mayor Governor ana nave
now made him President. To sit with oi an evening no
is frsratc fellow, likes the boys has gooi appet.es'
and therefore ha. good nat IRE and good health He mas
never had great opportunities to show aDllty' out
think he would equal any ordinary emergency anu
perhaps any extraordinary one. do not eonsu'r MS
election indicate by any means reversal o ho gen
er.ll financial and patriotic policy Of the country any
Democrat Il to congratulated On beating the hePuo
m Marty Groyer CLEVELAND comes the nearest 70 being
Republican,"
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

There were made Harpers Ferry In the early third
OF this century a. many 1iOO musket month; zoo
armorers we're employed aud the nuskets cost sll
ariece Good workmen earned - day. number OF
the leading Englishmen from the arinory
mills at Deptfor Kent The Americans began to make
their muskets much later than tne English. Sometimes
as many as 100000 stand Of arms were kept IN the
arsenal at the Ferry Tue Harpers Ferry muskets were
made by taking OF iron and forging 1t into rough
te and drilling the inside OF the smooth by water
mower The outside OF the barrel was polished by huge
granite stones. guarded By checks Of wood 1t seems
that the duplicate machinery by which permanent
cun-tock in the machine shaped another sunsock ABOVE
or below invented by Brunei and was brought 10
this country by a Mr.. Blanchard
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

These old books. which are now bcco ming valuable
present great deal of interesting matter. At tue be-
ginning of te civil the Harpers Ferry musket which
had considered the finest weapon IN the world was
lust giving way - the Springfield. the Enfield and the
Mimic rifles I'm the recently published lie of Timothy
Pickering lnd the following order from General Wash
ington issued the 2sth of January 1896: By the Pres
dents orler Mr. Dindridse respectfully returns to the
Secretary W the several papers respecting SIT" on
the Potomac for tho pnnc arsenal The President Ill
,rrs Mr. Utnrire to Inform the SECRETARY that after
,n attentive examination of hs report of the 10Th IN
snnt with the ahive papers. nnI welshns the htNhn
t,opi and p the several places which have
rrn contemplated Tor the arsenal. he considers.
with the Secretary that at the Junction ct tho
ti,ots rutomae aud Shenandoah combines the
sipnto7t advantages and uf p1uiae Ia the mos'
atsltp spot lhp President desires that tho
=upepiafr w,ii paiae natsnirs t he thhph immediately
t,r rrrhasns tho ani au hniins ihu necessary Wuihs
at the aht,p tiaah m conformity Win th" Art ~ tnh
.,oaa fur ostaha 4lns tuho ,senaa" ihe,enron iun
otny ~, Aerus tbs SECRETARY of 7ale hey "a 10 bay tho
iand ffun tho rrnprlelu,s, pa ~ iho tnilnsa tnd
pruoarei the machinery. iiarpors fori has nuon sot
within the past iva hee weeks a. gentleman, 80
SAID from Mmiu -tnn Delaware, WHO proposes - erect
works uf some ehrAoter Ia thai vicinity are now tree
railroads indeed four the Pennsl lvanit Railroad comes
"a. lar as Frederick Maryland, the Baltimore aud oho
runs through the oil inory grounds, the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad comes within seven miles at Charles
town the Cumberland Valley Railroad extends To Mar
tlnsbar not far the aud the Western Maryland
Railroad reaches the Potomac at Wiamsport
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

One OF the most successful New- Workers In for'i-n
pars Is Mr. Hotchkiss the Of the Congress snz
or o ts controlling stock lie has invented both guns
and explosive shells anf at the close ~ be- went
IA Paris and estab ishel foundry there. aud he mas
great orders the French Government aud MS pro
eciles are used against the Chinese. The pnuo
has recently noticed that the Empire Spring Of saratoga
has been sold for respectable ~ money, and the
Congress Spring now stands upon its own meritA' i'
proceeding w.s good because the Congress sp"s
has hardly a rival In the world FOR mild yet eih'e"'
cathartic properties and soothing taste. The hmp"e
spfiuR II IL alleged saed tor several 20 rs athc
ally through desire to streughon It's saline powers NJ
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

When was In Boston about three weeks ago went TO
Bunker Hill to the statue of Prescott one OF the
commanders there II seemed to be 10 me one of the BEST
II not the best. figures In Amerci-somcthing between
American and French sculptor style. Prescott wears
wide rn slouch hat; his lips aar and he is watching
the British come mp the hill. while his left hand tells his
men To keep down and not lre till they get nearer
he ia leaning forward Ike one looking over the ram
parts He wears sort Of surout which nkens him tn
some ~ lIawthornes strange AMI wizard men Indeed
forgot the subject OF the statue while looking ~ IT, ann
Il sre,npl to me that wns eang page ~ Hawthorne
some here among hs Twice Told Tales" Those talesbt
the wnv recently heard IN accomplished man say were
tho hest work Hawthorne hal ever done, and that they
we're complete epitome uf hIa eenis, showing all his
fpcunty. Imagination and snbtctyi
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

Some months ago purchi.ed in Washington '''
handsome and large illustrated book Ia two volume, w
-crhing British America aud written by Joseph p'u
cnette the Canadian survcyJrGeneral about l''' ''
dedicated to William ~, Nictora's uncle ana PeN'
.or How much for this I" l asAea hhE''"'' Wv - "
tlnuarian bookseller. "siN dollars said ne rNo
u,tl do replied 40 no." said he. six" At TINS
happened To turn the ny leaf aud there saw Written "
a very plain and picturesque chirography the "oru'
10 his friend W. n. Ashurst senior from Joseph Ma"
,in London october D. 52" shut the cover anu 'oo'
the book.
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

Looking Bcnn Pimans trials for treason in In
diana during the war. md among the persons named
there connected with the secret societies generally
called the Knights OF the Golden Circle the name OF Cat
ling the In entor OF the Gatng note in the book
says: The OF the gun with revolving ride bar
rrls mounted whees known the Gating gun, ana
exhibited In many Northern cities during 1851 Ia the
person mentioned meeting with Or. Bowles. VIZ.
Nill.,n and others" These Gatng guns which are
manufactured Hartford aud also In Europe are prob
ay Celebrations OF what caledthe cofee-mill gun
in the Army OF the Potomac that the gun con-
sisted OF hopper wlich placed cartridges which
dropped by turning OF a the breecb Of gun
barrel ami there discharged rapdly In 1862 was
III London aud Cyrus ". Field. o this city then al an
interest in tai, coDee-m.ll | present at the
trial II the un In Middle.cs rifle grounds adace to
London and thiuE Mr.. tied also there The prn-
ciple Of the GaDg Is also that %! the mitrallleuse
relied upon by Napoleon 10 DcutrilHe the German
breec loiders needle guns When the prsslans beat
his soldiers the haggard Emperor heard to inutter
And they too have mitra~nse-" At the present mo-
nent this Calling gun nyentel-hy who figured IN
the Indiana secret societies T. being used by the English
near the source Of the Nile b. the French the coast
OF China and in Tohqun. aud 3t te recent parade o the
National Guard this city battery Of Gatng guns vl-
especially noted by the citizens, Of whom dI not
an lei stand what they wtrr.
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

MazEni may be regarded "a the most euc'e'' 49,
,,ro,o has ,roduced since tho fall of Napoleon Tho
aue bust OF him IN tho Central Park timely educator
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

have above caimel the discovery Of the fiat breeeh-
Oaling mas&et rne Tor American As the inquiry
may be made whether that gun closely resenbed the
German needle gun will take this description Of 1t from
old gazetteer OF Virginia published AT Charlottesyle
in 1885: We must not quit this part of the subject
without mentioning Halls rifle which Is loaded at tue
breech aud OF which there is separate mandatory
The barrel l. formed Of two portions by being cut
asnder iew inches the breech, and on touchi
placed before the ordinary the oSer portion
raised OF the stock by spring AMI may be oaleI
pistol. When pressed down again the parts perfectly
coincide and the movable part 0t the barrel Il sustained
In its place by cItc rns author then says IL may
doubted whether hese divided portions subject to vio
lcnce rust. and Intrusion OF foreign substances
will after much coincide with sufficient accuracy to
allow passage of the bail, though no great ac-
curacy cured for that purpose such objections rs
the probably pushed ont of our service weapon
which, during a collision Ike the evil war; would have
been worth another army the Union. Jefferson Davis
was accused wien IN the War Office OF meddesoIne ds-
position follow his prcudices IN almost every matter
10 said that the of Freedom was modelled
the dome Of the Capitol he objected to the Phrygan
cap and sculptor Crawford had TO put nondescirFt
something on the top Of it, looking little like plume
and more like garland
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

such assistance has been given % the Congress
wnter nor have s rivals asserted but they were
able as long ns the Empire sprirg associated with
the ongfc's Spring IN the partnership TO cast the
imputntlon OF snltlng the Empire upon the Com
sre's water The general ise OF these natural waters
has hardly kept TO the former fntio since everything
protesting to be natural from Europe IN
Tree Nearly all the foreign waters tnnpered with.
ana hl- ' especially the with the bitter waters.
wh'e the Herman catbonlsei waters nfe almost In
vnriably treated an charged The attnela waters made
IN the uhed States by the rturet chemists are more
whoesone fteshet ah IN better proportion than nny o.
these hhehish sptng w,tns the freight parcels ~
ths hihi IL nest to nothing ani the chances Us make
hV'hs Va ustnahr afe aeant that ihpe Ia premium
utoh aeilihH anything fiem a sausage w a plehed
mihefnl Waieh
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

Hhpa aN eh ,hs sNhipei " sinnaff Nhseftp that
b'pnnN-nailAs suRs Nage anang tho esgast American
manufactures the tFue hiaoef af ftls untd siales Ia
t va ha lnnni n comprehensive trealises like iilrn'h
"nd hane'ofi nut IN tho collected lnoa hlstores ~ the
country An Industrious Irlstman AT iarpers Ferry ny
tue name of nonahue has written the history Ol that
Town III little book sat up at nei eishbnrlns Irnung
ohor hud u seems that early the year ISIS John
H. Hall a native of tho State Of Maine, invented
breeoh loading gun which he patented aud the Govern
ment adopted the gun aud sent Mr. Hall To liarpers
Ferry To Take charge NJ the manufacture This factory
took the name OF Halls e Works in the course OF time,
and Hall stayed there superintendent till aboutlsio.
when he removed to Missouri. rnes' rifles are to he
found occasion ly in the vicinity arpers Ferry and
are said to be among the hes, guns From that in-
Office influence the breech-Ioadng gun pushed out
probably In JOha Tyltr's Administration. MIME rifles
were then ma le in Halls works. THIS Mr. Hall had
son. willard Hall, who became Governor OF Missouri
The son was born at arpers Ferry. 1t WAS In Halls
rifle works that kas. the second in command To John
Brown. took command the time of he nsurrection.
Beng separated from the arger number OF hs assoc-
ates ka-i and his three driven out and
killed while attempting tD the river Wnen we re-
member thi the German needle gun not invented Oy
Jean Nlcolls Dreyse till 1871 when his first model
shown and that he di make any brecchlOadns
needle gun TIL 1896 and that Il not adopted by the
Prlssan Government till 1910. Americans can lay
claim To the original invention Of brecchloader almost
Identical with tho gun in construction AMI pre-
ceding the latter by eighteen years.
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

The multiplication of summer residences on the line oi
the Railroad Of Philadelphia for forty
miles j. remarkable 10 see They often beautiful and
even majestic in architecture running generally into
Gothic FORMS sometimes into Roman aud Romanesqne,
and Great Britain their match in cOnsecnveness
or spirit are returning 10 country life always
do after the subsdeuce OF ush tines AMI the seaside
hotel ceased to be the visit OF season but Is an ac
cessory 10 an inland summer home.
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

saw m lancaster Penn, iasi thnfltaf The buchanan
Democracy enleurate The revival ei hauhananiam h q
fufuhllsht procession, fun iaH buchanan iast Ia
his grave and his Nheatands suii To- stranger Jern
iaoh had eot nnief his etaph, clancy jones was an
"a halaiion. William u Reed pedlltd manuscripts no
more Tho living members of nuehanan's Cabinet are
Joseph Holt aud Jacob Thompson, enemies AMI lor'uo
KING Of Maine, father Of Governor CleYclands staff de
tectlve Phip T. Thomas may yet be alive but II 50 oh
scuTe.
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

A. treason was work years before Fort sumter to be
fray the Union its nearest Northern personality has
earned the inscription OF Cataline Rex" Toombs once
said he would ike better inscription upon his grave
than Here lies the who destroyed the Union He
was quite as csTectabe in that mean motive a. they
whose egotm chuckcd to stab the party of
Il c era. which has set free the world.
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

Mobbng the letter carrier the reasonable expression
OF them who have hidden from the light and .mais .hcse
tweuty-four years and went OF notice roting.
New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

Cleveland would not go far wrong II he made his ac
ouaintance General MacMahon Collector of this port
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-28
DEUORATlON DAY.


Arrangements Made tor the celebration.
The committee having III charge the
preparations for Decoration day met last
night and made the final arrangements.
Post No. II G.. A. X of Philadelphia,
accompanied by Mayor w. Is. Smith and
Chief Of Police Stewart will arrive to-
morrow night and will be received by
George II. Thomas and Admiral Reynolds
posts q. A. Il.
At 6 o'clock on Friday morning the
members Of the two posts will decorate
the graves in the outlying cemeteries. The
parade will take place at . o'clock sharp,
when twelve taps will be struck by the
! Empire bell.
The Reynolds Rifles, who will act as an
escort to post II, Of Philadelphia, and tho
posts of this city, will form on North
Duke street right resting on East King
street.
No. 6 division Uniform Rank Knights
of Pythias, Empire council No. l20 jr., o.
U. A. NJ, Washington camp, i. o. 5. of
A., and all other societies in line will form
on South Duke street, with right resting
on East King.
All carriages containing wounded SOL
| diers will form on East King street east
| Of Duke. All societies participating in the
parade are requested to DO in line by half
| past 8 O'Clock, when places will no as
1 signed them.
J. X. Barr, chief marshal, has appointed
the following aids {: Ii. II. Betz, Abjah
Gyger, VIM. II. Inman aud j. b. Leb-
kicher.
The parade will move over the following
route From tho court house to West
King, to Prince, to Hazel, to Woodward
Hill cemetery, to South Queen, to North
| Queen, to Chestnut, to Duke, TO Lemon,
to Lancaster cemetery, to Walnut, to
Lime, to East King, to Plum, counter
march to Centre Square and dismiss.
| Ceremonies will be performed in Wood
ward Hill cemetery at the grave OF Henry
J. Young, by post "a, in the Lancaster
cemetery at the grave Of Admiral Reynolds,
by post 405 and ut the grave of General
Reynolds, by post n of Philadelphia.
| In the evening the ceremonies will con-
olude with an Grafton in the court house,
which will be delivered by Col. Theodore
Baer, of Norristown post No, IL.
| The committee of arrangements request
all persons having flowers, &c., to spare
for decoration purposes to leave them IN
| the orphans court room, in the court
house, on Thursday morning.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-28
FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS,

Alyah NJ. Smith, of the Philadelphis
Press, will take hold of the Willamspor,
Grit.
The Reading Herald considers that the
only safe solution of the tramp problem ID
to put them underground.
The chapter on the history Of Old
Franklin college," in the June Guardian
by Rev. DR.. Dubbs, is one of especial
interest.
Tilden, Tammany and tariff reform, says
the Wilkesbarre Leader, will prove as for
midable combination at the polls az it ID
alliteratively euphonious as campaign
cry.
The Pittsburg Uronsele- Telegraph
thinks that only foreign war can unite
the blue and the grey closer than they
now are.
The Easton Express notes that Butler
and Conkling are two men who have been
pretty thoroughly abused, but they seem
to have managed to rub along without
rObbing anyone.