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New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
MR. wAsHBURygS PREDICAMsyE


Probably of the greatest Ministers we ever had
abroad was Washburne at Paris. He made made moro
OF mark for himself in modern times than any Minister
we have sent Europe. Yet Washburne was the hero
OF an incident of social misfortune which would have
driven any the delicate creatures swarming after
foreign place to commit suicide IL they had been SIM
ilary unfortunate. Washburno was one evening at q
court dinner given by Napoleon Ill II was tho custom
nj dinners when the Empress TO retire with
the ladies' the gentlemen to rise from their seats and
step back from the table so that she could pass
down the line between them. By this all could avoid
turning their back upon the Empress
Washburne had very tender feet. During the dinner
his feet gave him great deal OF annoyance. To
himself he had quietly slipped of his patent leather
pumps under the table. He absorbed In convcrsa-
ton toward the close Of the dinner and caught
awares when the Empress made the signal Of departure.
He Obliged TO step back without having time To put
on his pumps He stood in his stOckingfee grave.
dignifed and sepOssessed in the OF grinung dt.
pomats who stood at his right and left He betrayed
none of the that ho must have fe and
was never heard allude to the incident by any one
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
WIEN SHALL WE THREE MEET AGAIN,

A steam-pipe filter, dressed in his working
clothes employed the elevated railroad was working
under the structure at the South Ferry yesterday
noon trying thaw out dran-ripe which had become
frozen The hre in the sheet pail suspended under
meath the pipe had deadened. and the mechanic had
climbed the column to stir It up and the yellow flame
upward two feet It reminded OF the re
the cadron In the first In Macbeth" without
any warning the engineer OF q locomotive which had
backed up directly overhead thou ghtIessy opened
watervaye and volume or water from the condensed
steam shOwered upon the unsuspeoting filter. He
rpared in language neither elegant nor mid, and
facetous and path hiking person calmly quoted
he glanced upward with clencbed hands.
awhen shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning or In rain y
The drenched mechanic dropped plpewrenoh ana
tho enthusiast hurried his steps toward
the Barge Ofnce.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
COLONEL UypERwooDs KISSES.

Nom TIE Pttsourp DtspateA .v.,,,.x.
sGss sHsas state a inc 'ni We S.y: aaIa:S%:: =
women in the world; We make the oesS wa,sscy onI
have the the purs.t air. What more could be asked y
addition to that people pull together put sney Gpm
Ing Of the mountan bought go rorss
OF nekels and put them In my ssadeoasd snd ast Tor
SrnR Of water e0%s ws out would come little o
girl with urd dipper Of warm water won,u i. .,,
ons %Sala sder run nfIp II and f Would The csd
mother would come and have the fat gentleman pon'e
sn ss once ss
little , SrGqFhs me ont dPRssa o' copper LIZ
IL sP sGifs: said M generally have .omsyhs.s
about me. but haven't to-day. so III give you wnas
sss Ss thing for s2
Another little black eyed rrl he,: showed up sSs
looked like By this tins another little r showed NJ
s' rSsn ssn ss
had SS "a. and s..a each sSs
s Ss.s & that sP aa al. :S f:
no. and thinking had made bad break nited ~
Be- to r. LADY and q
eps ss sm % az. asrn i ledge Me- I. xi,.3
house S .na we: ted that y was s.!s SaiT az
noticed ito gang about % ISusSootins tsloIs c
inSuSsa nnS That. sasi Holmes and his s.nsJ sa1
reach S Il % WisSousE ~ EsrouSis and asa iosAssf uY -
sss., ss sss isns az e. "a %
don't kstch my Yots. No spsb thar. gsrtlem?u jess
eooa ti.. poor maA's wife g iieh on:,a ey..s:
sias Has any sSstlss Ssa.s e. nsn q: n ~ sSs HSSss
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
4 SEA STORY

Silence. A while ago
Shrieks went up piercinglyi
But now is the ship gone down;
Good ship, well manned. was sne.
There's raft that's q chance OF LIE TOT ons
This day upon the sea-
A chance for one Of two:
Young strong are he and he,
Just In their manhoods PRIME
The oomelier verify .,A ,vsra.
In the LIE upon the sea.
One of them has wife
And little children three,
Two that can toddle and lisp
And sucking on the kneo 49,
Naked they'll 60 and hunger soSO
II he bo fost At sos.
One has q dream Of home,
dream that well may pel
He never has breathed II yet.
She never has known II, sne
pnt some one will be sick at heaSS
II he DO Lost at sea.
"wife, and KIDS, and homer
wife kids, nor home has hei
s(3iye US q chance, Bill T. Boz
All right Jem" Quietly
a man gives up his lie ZOE n'* r,ryrv r. fsrcxyx
This day upon she sen 49,
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
A LITTLE CONTRAST.

Strange people the fashion reporters met ono on
Kearney-st the other day. Being woman OF course
never notice what other women wear; so merely OBJ
served cursory that she serge OF the two
bit variety and sadly In want of buttons and repair.
worstd gloves untdy shoes and shaggy umbrella hat
of two and cloak that seemed 10 have had
all It's own, and bore their impress on It's
shining surface. This enticng and costly outfit was
yiyidy recalled the next Sunday morning perused
her fashion notes. from which take extract at ran
dom:
These goods come at from $40 $75 per yard,
though they may be haC low S50 but since only
eighteen yards required for the suit best to get
good article while aUout It, Very good lace OF course
the genuine accompany the above can be had Tor
$37 so per yard 450 yards being quite sufficient forA
lady moderate size and preensons To suit the purses
of those Of slender means there are cheaper grades AZ
lace advisable. either matter OF taste or OF
economy" Aud SO forth, ct cetera-
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
srp.yop pODJRs IN TJuRER

Cumberland Dispatch 10 The Htitddetphta Press
Cornelius smith has the contract for saving into luns
ber large number OF logs cut from trees standing on
the fields Of Aatietam the time OF the battle fight Hc
saws that ali OF missiles from balls to buck.
shot, almost daily met VITA In the timber, aud that
Is really dangerous to stand the in his MIL
when such lumber being cut, number OF having
been snapped into fragments when running at high
rate speed by striking shot imbedded In the logs
A large, angular fragment OF shell struck by
few days ago, and perfect shower OF sparks
raned about the mill from the contact OF the etas the
saw being finally snapped several pieces In another
instance grape shot cut hroGg by asaw, leaving
a bright polished surface each hemisphere OF tho
missile Many eaden bullots which offer little OF re-
sstance to the saws revealed boards and panks
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
ALIVELY OLD LADY.


There was an old lady III town Wednesday from near
the lower line DoOly County whose remarkable ac-
tivity deserves mention. She is sxynve years OF
age ploughed the entire day last Monday and she
never felt sprighty in her life Tho old
lady came to do shopping. and drove
cart from home distance or about thirty miles. Sac
bought buggy OF harness, lot OF dry goods,
groceries and other supplies for portion OF which she
paid and the remainder she had charged 10 her az
count which is evidence that she Is In good circum.
stances The old lady certainly possesses wonderful
vitality, and is a" better man now than most OF the
Young men raised In town. There very few old men
who plough In the field at her age.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
MA +.

Shall we crow old together
nay though W. wintry ,yeathsS
1"' Ths sarth awaitS tho spnnk
vhsn anna ~ All warm the heather
when birds Will moult and foather
And happy things take wing
And thou and together,
O1Sytng wiptry weather,
Wa, too, Will wait our spring:
zL0Ulsn CnANpLsa MooLToA
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
TO MY SWEETHEART
WITH SOME WHITE yIoLgTA

WITH soME WHITE yIoLgra
Ohappy buds OF viOeti
give them to my sweet, and she
Puts them where something sweeter yes
Must ever be.
White violets ind whittier rest:
For fairest flowers how fair fatc
For mo remain, . fragrant breastl
Inyiolate.
MoRrInHR CorI1A
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
MIR. COLLEYS MARE.

From The Warrington (6d.) Gdzsns.
short while since early morning Mr. II. o. Col
leys turned OF the stable TO let her eIer-
else herself I'm the lot The morning fine and frosty,
scamperng over the lot enjoying her freedom, when In
passing the mich she playfully raised her heels
and gave kick knock the stupidity out OF the COW.
and make her join in the fun II proved centre shot,
the struck In the head and fell over as dead
as IL she had been shot by rifle 1t is thought there
was no malice ought tue part of the
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
THE TWINS.

From, The Detroit free Press.
"Boss" he whispered as he leaned the counter,
'dc ole wants some tea mighty bad an hasn's
got any money"
" Can't help that, sir was the reply. I'm giving
more than afford to without taking on any new ap-
plieatiOns."
"'Zacty, boss-I presume so. Boss please give mo
your full name"
" John Y Blank"
e" An dat of yer pardner."
His name is William J. Jones. What do you want OF
names o" -
" Wall didn't get do tea, but you used me Ike Q
gemen an bein' has got twins In our family fZo
gwine name em arter yeu an your pardner.'
"Oh you said tea. eh Z Why, yes I'll be happy 70
put you up half pound. Greon Japan Twins, eh
Hope the mother is doing well. Say II You waRt those
boy to make smart men give 'em smart namcS III
were you I'd call 'em Washington aud Jeforson."
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29

An Arkansas man was beaten for United States Sena-
tor one day and his burned down the next
When crosseyed Destiny reaches for In Arkansas
she hits him all over.-lPhiladelphia Press.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
CURRENT ANECDOTES.
TIE HOSSIL,6 TALE.

n.
Wdshf1gton the Pftfsburd Tfnses.
One of the old FOSSILS about the Department or 6tAe4
who from outside appearances looks II he night have
received his appointment during Jenersons Soorsssry
have applied for Consuates than ever before They are
especially CODsulships at the prescno
time IL were President" the old fossil continued
" would treat all such applicants as jackson onoe
treated preacher who applied to him for foreign ap
pOintment"
What's your professIon" Jackson asked of the
minister.
"A preacher" the latter replied.
Them" said the President, you hold better ap-
polntment than can give you"
"The PREACHER my informant continued. looked at
jackson for moment turned upon his heel and left tho
room He made more applications for foreign APP
polntments."
very queer letters TO the State Departmens
from individuals who aspire TO go abroad. One ann-
ous but honest Democrat desires foreign mission. He
says: speak five languages huently and indis-
crimnatey."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26

That the foundations of his houses were IN
sufficient to support their weight, and that the
bricks and other materials were of the poorest
quality, no one who has read the published ac-
counts can doubt. 1t is appalling to think
what catastrophe might have occurred II
these houses had been completed and occupied
before falling down. And who can tell how
many houses in the city, built in the same
shabby fashion, are liable to collapse at any
moment The Inspector of Buildings is acting
wisely in making an examination of tho houses
put up by Buddensiek. If they are in dan
gerous condition the tenants ought to move
ont without delay.
The COrOner's jury bore hard upon the in
dictcd building examiners, found culpable
negligence and loose management in the
Bureau of Buildings and suggested that the
Bureau should be made a separate department,
with n head appointed by the Mayor. 1t is
certain that this is one of the most important
branches of our city government; and yet
there has been disposition to belittle it and
cramp it. There is good reason to believe that
:he number of examiners is too small and that
their districts are.tOO big
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26
TWELVE PAGES.
The NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-British Cabinet discussed the Afghan
situation. 80 Contradictory reports about q
compromise between Egypt and France. - All
Quiet at Panama. 60 Enthusiastic reception to
the Prince of Wales in Londonderry.
DoMEsTIC.-The settlers III the Winnebago Res
ervation held meetings to discuss the Presidents
proclamation. 60 Forest fires occurred i'll Massa-
chusetts. - Weston, the capitalist, was found
guilty of murder in Pennsylvania. - Many
deaths occurred from fever in Plymouth, Penn.
81 The body of one of the victims of the col
Iiery disaster at Shenandoah was recovered.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-General Grant not so well.
= Funerals of Kingman i. Page and Captain
Wotton - Examination of Captain O'Brien.
g. Discrepancies IN statements as TO the value
of street railroad tracks. 80 End of the Green
wood investigation - Gold value of the legal
tender silver dollar A12l2 grains), e3.24 cents.
- Stocks dull, with small fluctuations, and
closed with irregular changes.
THE Manufacturers local observations In
Sicate clear and colder weather. followed by ln-
creasing cloudiness with chances of rain at night.
Temperature yesterday: High est ~; lowest, So;
average 633so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26
PERSONAL.

Dr. Cults, OF Boston, is holding "hollness oonyo-
cation" In Philadelphia
Mr. yam Phon Lee, OF Canton, China, studying ut
Yale College will lecture In Boston tomorrow evening
ON Chinese Women: Their Social Condition"
The Rev. Dr. Henson Of Chicago, will not accept call
from the Washington Avenue Baptist Church. Brooklyn
lie intends remain permanently In Chicago
Secretary Lamar prefers the poems OF Keats and Shell
ley to all Others and has committed many OF them To
memory and is ready to repeat them on the slightest
prov location
Judge Appleton. ex-ChiefJustce OF the Maine SUI
preme Court Is eighty-One years old strong and
vigorous and as much interested in the law He
has "A fine library SAID be the most comprehensive
private book collection In the State, which he will prob
ably Asmetime Awe 10 BowdOin College,
Senator Sherman will start from Ohio next week on q
trip to the Pacific Coast. with Puget Sound and San
Francisco IA objective points.
The Duke OF saxe-Coburg- Gotha will not attend the
marriage OF his niece the Princess Beatrice He consld
cred IL To be 10 Migrant mesalllance.
The death has lately been reported of the Rev. Helm
rich Georg Bunsen, OF Downngtown, near Welyer-
hampton. England. He the oldest OF the famous
scholar ana statesman. CARL Baron Won Bunsen
Professor Mommsen Is hard ut work restoring the
valuable manuscripts partially destroyed last year by
lire In his library
The widow VI Lord Ampthin has been made lady-in-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26

of the police detective force in this city without
regard to Civil Service rules or anything else
and it is said without even limiting the pay.
The present law limits the number OF detec-
tives, fixes their pay, and provides that they
shall be taken from the police force. II a de-
tectjve is found inefficient he can be remanded
TO other duties. But under the Murphy bill all
these barriers are swept away, and every ward
politician, including Mr.. Murphy himself
could be made detective on liberal pay Inc
curious thing about the bill is that the Poiice
Commissioners knew nothing about It, Sena-
tor Gibbs stated that President French ana
Commissioner Porter had both asked him to
have the bill laid aside until they could ascer-
.ain its provisions. But Senator Murphy, who
said he got the bill from Inspector Byrnes'
found enough Republican Senators, regardless
of their public duties to vote with the Demo
Gratis and pass the bill without its even having
been printed.
IL may be desirable to provide for the en-
ployment of skilled detectives outside the police
force but if so it should be done by the pass
age of carefully drawn bill, approved by the
Police Board, and giving the Board of Estimate
the power to fix the pay. There can be no ex-
cuse for passing such loosely drawn measure
as that of Senator Murphy; and the railroad
ing" of that or any other bill through the
Senate mt this stage of the session is dscredlt-
able to the members engaged in it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26

Msfortunes never do singly, but really The
Neic. York World hasn't enemy cruel enough to have
wished fer II the blow It got yesterday. IL was just
recovering Its head land It's temper over being forced
10 back down on its brag about circulation,
when its delivery clerks contrived to send out
ten TO twelve thousand copies of Fridays unsold
Worlds on Saturday morning In place OF Saturday
issue. To the wrathful newsdeaers 1t explains that
this was all the fault OF in the deliyery-room who
has been promptly discharged. We should say so. The
wonder Is that he wasn't hanged, drawn and
ouartercd. But Furnishing him doesn't help things.
The guileess advertiser wants TO know how so
enormous proportion OF Fridays paper could remain
unsod that ten twelve thousand Of 1t got sent
out on Saturday before the mistake was discovered.
DO they print many than they can sell every
day Is that the way the figures are made upi Is 1t
purely big circulation in the cellar they have been
Dragging about
incidentally may mention that The World no longer
even pre;ends believe what 1t SAID about its crcula
ton as compared with The TRIBUNE's 1t still has
$4,000 for the Barthod Fund dangling under its
the moment IL will make such preteRee; but 1t now
knows altogether too much for that It's Wiser paper
than II was week ago. In the main it's q lively ana
amusing paper and just the sort we hope to see the
Democracy sustain in this CITY,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26
WAR INETTTABLE.

War is now considered inevitable in every
European capital. Sir Peter Lnmsden has
forced the British Government to revert to the
Pendeh outrage and to demand explanations
and reparaton. The reply of the Russian Gov
ernment may be deferred for Il week or fort
night, but there is every reason to believe that
it will be unsatisfactory. The interval will be
employed in massing force at Penjdeh and
Sarakhs which will be ready to swoop down
upon Herat as soon as war is declared. The
license accorded to the Russian press at the
present crisis proves that the Cars military
advisers are determined to have campaign
in Central Asia. The reports received from
General KomarOf and other agents on the
Afghan border have convinced them that Eng
lish prestige has already declined in conse-
ouence of the battle of Pcnjdeh, and that the
occupation of Herat would be a staggering
blow. The military party are apparently so
intoxicated with their success in winning a
dishonest victory that they would not hesitate
to attack Sir Peter Lumsden's escort if by that
expedient they could open way for dash
upon Herat. They allow the Russian press
to speak disparagingly and even cOntemptu-
ously of England and seek in every way to IT.
ritate and harass the Liberal Government.
They have no intention of abandoning General
Komarof after applauding him for his treacher-
GUS advance and unprovoked assault; and
unless they do this, the reparation demanded
by England will not be offered. The attitude
of Russia is positive and formidable menace
of war.
Our special cable dispatches published on the
first page contain a terse and incisive review of
the events of the week and betOken unmis
takably a speedy outbreak of war. The Glad
stone Ministry while still persisting in conduct
ing negotiations have practically abandoned
the last hope of peace and have already made
arrangements for closing out the SOudan
business and dispatching every available
regiment 20 India. The possibility of arbitra-
ton is not discussed seriously IN any European
capital. Diplomatists are chiefly concerned
with the recasting of alliances in the event of
war; An understanding is believed to have
been reached between Great Britain and the
Porte, and the Russian stories of German and
Austrian attempts at coercion are officially con
tradicted. Europe is evidently preparing for
long war fraught with momentOus results.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26
OUT IN THE OPEN AIR.

The click of the car in the rOwlock. the ring of
tho yacht-bullder's malet tho whirr OF the swift
turning bicycle, the stroke of the batsman's ash,
the rhythmic beat of the thoTouehbred's boots
upon the race course-these sounds fill the April air
aud set the blood dancing. Our readers this morn
inc may take glance at the satin-sknned racers
as they fly over the measured mile at Jerome Park
may watch the slender eight-oared shells as the
brawny arms Of our Harlem River amateurs send
them flashing through the ripples may exult in
the victories or sympathiZe with the sorrows of
their favorite ba-players may note the prepare
tions for the battles of the whitewnged schooners
or may wind along the Boulevard or the Ocean
Parkway with the knights OF the wheel 1t is a
wide range Of activity, of healthful recreation,
of honorable rivalry that these sports cover, and
more and more. year by year, does young New York
aud old New-York, too. throw heart and soul into
them.
There will be no great match with England on
the CrecdmoOr ranges this year. British rifles may
be busy in the Afghan passes. Anyway they can
not he spared for contests not fought with living
targets. Possibly the war clouds may lower so
darky that the yacht races to determine the pos
session of the America Cup may go over. If Eng
sh armies and English navIes should be engaged
in a death grappe with the hosts of the great
White Gar little heart would English yachtsmen
have for the noseless strife of cutter with centre
board.
But be the issue what it may abroad, the people
of the United States will not be turned aside from
their favorite diversions by wars OF rumors of
wars Even il Europe should be all ablaze the
Champion Stakes at Monmouth Park will DO
decided just the same, the New-York Yacht Club
will take ts annual cruise and the big wheels will
rovolve IN our highways and byways. The League
and Association mines will continue to weave the
tangled web of mysterious triumph and perplexng
defeat. The Harlem River will be crowded with
spder-like shells. Maud S. will be making all
other lrotters sing small and men will still diiler
as to the respective merits of Maxey Cobb and
Harry Wilkes. II the Pool bill passes, District
Attorneys and Judges may be seen at jerome Park
as of old. and possibly may tempt fortune with
modest investments in the mutuals. even If Herat
becomes Russian and the Ameer loses Candahar
The American people, with no foes at home or
abroad TO disquiet them, will go on prosperng and
to prosper. and they are likely to make this season
the liveliest ever known on race track, river and
ball field.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26
LOOSE LEGIsLATIVE METHODS

1t is not surprising that much vicious legisla-
ton concerning this city gets upon the statute
books, considering the loose methods that
seem to find favor in the Senate. notable
instance of this reckless way of doing business
will be found in the proceedings of that body
ON Friday. AT this stage in the session it is
particularly desirable that no bill should be
passed without first having been printed and
considered in committee. There are stringent
rules in force to provide for such consideration
and against hasty legislation in general. De-
spite those rules and in face of the urgent pro-
test of Senator Gibbs measure was introduced
by Senator mike" Murphy and passed on
Friday without having been considered by any
committee or even printed so that the members
might know what it contained.
That bill provides for the unlimited increase