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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-20

maintenance of Republican principles without re-
gard to men or factions will act in corporation
with the New-York committee in collecting contri-
buttons for the National monument to General
Grant. The formation of these clubs attests the
devotion of the Republicans of Tennessee to ke-
publican principles and their practical regard iof
the memory of the great captain. Our party friends
in other States might well emulate their example.
Is it the distinct aim of our feliow-e1tlzens
whose business it is to gather and remove the
ashes that are placed IN barrels on the
sidewalks so to discharge their duty as
to confer the greatest inconvenience upon
the greatest numberi The contemplation OF
two of their number while they were at work In
Third-ave. day or two ago prompts this ques-
ton. Neither of them had covered cart Neither
took the slightest pains to empty the barrels so as
TO prevent cloud of ashes from powdering every
unfortunate person VINO came along on foot or III
the horse-cars. Both were nuisances and ought 10
have been abated Is there no law to protect the
public from this form of petty outrage Ii there
isn't, there ought to be.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-20

summer Hotels are frequently designated by
fssGocernment as regular Post OD'ces: beJore
Jor1sarding their orders for HE TRIBUNE
rcaders at summer resorts TiH do 'oeH to ascer-
tam the exact official title Of the Post O0tce at
rsich they expect to receire their mail Detas
nxd correspondence riH be au0ided BY so doing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-20

The tragic end of Carleton the actor will
afford good text for many temperance iect-
urs. Broken in health and destitute, suifocat-
ing himself with gas in miserable hall ped.
rosm, q the great Carleton" as he was called
in his best days, is another example OF the ter
rihIe effects of drunkenness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-20

The elaborate preparations made for meeting at
Kel between Mr. Pendleton and the United States
men-of-war Kearsarge and Pensacola have created
n suspicion that he has received private instrnc-
tons to smuggle Kelley on board the squadron.
We do not believe It. Kelley has not yet fulfilled
his diplomatic mission There is more salary still
TO be drawn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-20
Inner to Advertisements.
Business Notlres.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-20

The Brooklyn Eagl- has finally concluded that
John Roach has got the better of the Government.
Yes. he has but If it is any consolation to the
Government 1t may suck comfort out Of the fact
that it got the better of $500 American workmen
whom il turned out into the street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-20

The tide has turned at last. A Canadian bank
officer has defsulted and escaped to New-fork 1t
is true that anything IN the shape OF real re-
ciprocIty in this direction Is out of the question,
seeing that Canada has not yet got bank officers
enough TO Offset the immigration from this country
But il Is something to have it demonstrated that
the United States can be n land of refuge for the
weary defaulter aud that tho DomInon has no
monopoly Of that lucrative business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-20


innate production of q The Mikado," the source
OF all his troubles. Mr.. Rosenfeld is poorer
but doubtless wiser man than he was before
he began fooling with an injunction.
The Democrats of Ohio have assembled in
fun force at Columbus for the purpose of nam
ing a State ticket. The indications are that
Governor Hoadly will be renOminated, although
there has been not little opposition to his can
dilacy among some of the managers. The re-
mart that Mr. Thurman absolutely declined to
allow his name to go before the convention is
confirmed.
The Canal Conference was admirably organ
lied at Utica yesterday by the selection OF ex-
Governor Seymour as presiding officer. lie has
been constant and most valuable friend OF the
canals and 10 man in the State is more familiar
with the problems with which the conference
has to deal. Every prominent city in New
York has sent delegation of experienced bust
ness men TO Utica and the outcome OF their de-
liberations cannot fail sensby to promote tie
welfare of our imperilled canal system. The
proccedings of the conference, which will be
found Oh another page of The TRIBUNE, will
attract widespread attention.
Mr.. Gladstone's supporters will be cheered by
the news from Norway. His health has rapidly
improved during his pleasure cruise, and as
soon as he landed from the yacht he set of for
walk of eighteen miles. This feat of
pedestrianism will be welcomed as indicating
physical vigor that has not been impaired by
ace or by exhausting labors of State What
the Liberals are hoping for is that he will re-
turn to England with sufficient voice for two or
three ringing speeches in Midlothian. The con-
stituencies will pay little heed to Mr.. Chamber
lain's vagaries il the responsible leader takes
the field with old time energy and resolution.
Evidence in support of the theory that the
explosion on the steamer FELTON,, at Philadel-
phia, was caused by some kind of an internal
machine is accommodating. The finding among
the debris of what resembles the lid of q small
dynamite canister strengthens this suppostion,
while the discovery Of part of cabas,n bears
outShe statement of passenger that he saw q
man place such an article bshind door on the
boat. 1t is difficult to find motive sufficiently
powerful to account for the shocking feIocity
and reckless inhumanity of an attempt to blow
up vessel freighted with five hundred lives.
The only one hitherto suggested is business
rivalry, aud that seems quite inadequate.
The white bulldog appears to have furnished
the missing link in the chain of testimony con-
Meeting Mitchell with the Charles River MUIR
dor. The identity of the dogs hair found ON
the two pieces of carpet, one of which en-
yeloped part of the victims body, while the
other was in Mitchelrs house. seems, if COM
pIetely made out, to bring the, accused very
close to the galows. 1t shows that people who
commit murder ought to be preternaturally
careful in hiding their traces. This man was
fery sharp. but he did not think of his NANCY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-20

The "cast-iron man." professional Singer"
complains that his wife il-treats him. John l..
Sullivan also declared himself not long ago TO be
victim Of similar persecution. IL really Is amazing
how 125-pound woman can make 25O-pound
prize-fghter stand around We shall presently
have Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to
Sluggers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-20

SAID GROVER TO DANIEL.
Up to the mountain, Daniel,
Oh. let US quickly 20,
With rod and gun aud spaniel
And our incognito.
And don't forget, my Daniel,
when packing books To read,
The Pendletonian manual
or civil Service creed.
Wen fish aud hunt, my Daniel.
And let the spoilsmen swear
But, Moses. how they can yell,
Perhaps you'll hear them there;
The sound may come. but who so
Shows there his hungry phiz-
Oh, what fool to do sol
Win get no sop Ia his.
Wen exercise the body;
Wen rest the tired brain.
And o'sr cigars and toddy
Wen dream OF Brother Blaine,
Aud wonder II he can well
Appreciate the rest
He's getting now, my Daniel,
For being second best.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-20

1t is no joking matter, as Mr.. Rosenfeld now
knows by bitter experience, to set the United
States Courts at defiance. But he is once more
happy; his fine has been paid, and ne was re-
leased from custody in time to witness the legit-
innate production of The Mikado," the source
OF all his troubles. Mr.. Rosenfeld is poorer
hut doubtless a wiser man than he was before
no hogan fooline with an Injunction.
, 1885-04-22
WOMAN AND HOME.
AN AUTHORITY ON THE SUBJECT OF
GYMNASTICS FOR GIRLS.
An Old Lady in sooiety-The Cary Sisters
Principles of Interior Decoration
Uncomfortable Homes-Baby's
observation-disclosures.


lfal Mail bazette-l
Sew parents yet realize,r says an author
ity on tho subject, "how essential a part OF
their girls education is their physical de-
velopment In our large towns, swhere
there is no space for extensive Fairgrounds
in which children could freely run and jump
about, there is nothing which could equal
these Institutions, whore the muscular pow
ers are exercised and the joints kept 1.-THE
and supple. Girls who are so many hours Of
the day confined in the school-room must
nave plenty OF bodily exercise TO counteract
the effects OF sodentary and mental work.
This the ~gymnasiums alone supply, and the
public already begin to sec the beneficial re-
tultE In the country gymnasiums can be
dispensed with Joint need not grow stiff
there, nor chests narrow and spines curve,
and indeed 1t would be difficult to find a sub
stitute for the gymnasium.
There Is no need for performing any feats
OF force. Let girls Of robust health attempt
them II they like, but delicate girls can at
tend a gym sium aud have plenty of exer-
else without ever making great exertionS
Tn Swedish, or Lingis system, in which no
apparatus is used, and the modified German
system. as It is called, are among the best
that are practiced in the country. They are
taught In a way that brings into action all
the muscles ana JOINTS Wnicn are apt 10
grow powerless from want OF exercise. 1t Is
surprising to 500 some of the girls at first
laboriously struggling to move their hip
joints, the movement of which is so sadly
hampered by narrow and heavy skirts.
After a while, however, those difficulties are
overcome, and the healthy appearance OF
the girls shows clearly the result OF exercises
aiming at tho expansion of tho chest, and
the Strengthening Of the spine, which, in too
many cases with girls, shows a tendency to
curvature. some difference should GER
tainly be made in the exercises a girl Is put
through according TO individual c%onstltu-
tons; one girl may be able to practice gym
nastics and drilling for twice the time an
other moro delicate girl could go through.
at has been recommended that girls from
12 years upward should have their gymnas-
tics apart from the boys; they feel more at
their ease and can move about without re-
strnint But let young children be trained
together, by all means, and ON the same
principle. They are together at homo in the
nursery, later on at the kindergarten or tho
infant schools, and it is for their good that
they should bs educated together. Co-edu-
cation In later childhood and throughout
school and college life has found many
earnest and able advocates. and has much
to recommend IL, but co-education in the
gymnasium is hardly safe or advisable at
the present day, considering the average
physical caliber Of girls brought up in our
large townsr
, 1885-04-22

gray satin, trimmed with folds OF ruby vel
VET; a dress Ike herself and her lie, soft and
sad in the background, bordered with bright
ness This was Alice Cary. Even then her
face was a history, not q prophecy. Even
then it bore the record Of past suffering, and
in the tender eyes there still fingered the
shadow Of many vanished droam<n IiINW
@Phebe Cary had all the soft contours.
the complexion, hair and eyes Of n Spanish
woman And with her sparkle and re-
partee, she had besides a Spaniard's Ian
guors She was slightly below ordinary
height; full, without being heavy in out
line. The prevailing expression OF Alics's
countenance WA one OF sadness. p~ervnded
with extreme sweetne s; but Probes black
eyes sparkled when she talked, and even
when her face was in reposs there was upon
it the traeaof a smile" She had a love for
rich, bright c%olors, which added a new
charm to her personal appearances. She
possessed perfect health, and know little Of
pain and suffering only as it came to her
through her dear ones
, 1885-04-22


While a lady was entertaining a friend up
town yesterday n servant was directed to
@bring in the now style Charlotte Russo y
Instead OF the usual piles Of froth projecting
above paper. collars OF questionable aspect,
the servant brought creamy puff balls stand
ing on glass sauce-dishes.
There is a story connected with these
said the lady. "A young woman, the daugh-
tor OF n New York journalist of some
nota, has a natural liking as we'll
as a natural faculty for cooking
fancy dishes, and her father is willing
to indulge hor fancy. Among other things
she made u new combination for Charlotte
Ru+se, using cream purchased from a coun-
try friend, instead of the whites Of lined
eggs used by the bakers, and some other in
gradients not commonly found in bakeries
OF course they were delicious. In some
way a downtown hotel man heard Of them,
and found that he could give his guests n
new pleasure, for the young woman was
willing soil them, and now the young woman
is making a deal more money than her father,
and she only works thrs, hours q day. with
the assistance OF her maid She found, as q
COOL many others have found, that Now
Workers are willing to pay big prices for
goods that thoroughly please them
, 1885-04-22

our decorations too pictorial Most rooms
that are called decorated ara mere museums
"a transfer Of objects froR a store to tue
drawing room, Each thing that salutes the
eye says, Look at me. am beautiful 1
cost money. 1 am the latest style Eaca
one challenges special individual attention.
like the objects in a museum This is fn-
tiguing. This Is what makes a museum or
picture gallery or large store so wearying.
A dwelling house is for rest, and its decora-
ton should be subservant to restfulness.
Delsarte said the best gestures are those
which are never seen, but only felt The
lest dressed woman Is she whose attire is not
noticeable. The best furnished room is that
in which. IL you are tired, you can sit for
half an hour without noticing anything.
~The primary thing to be considered "a
our wall. Tho wall * The material environ
ment. II is 10 our parlor what sky and air
are when we are out OF doors. Tho ceiling
should be suggestive; never pictorial 1t
should not tempt US to twist our necks to
look at It Il is no place for pictures, and 1t
should bear no frescoes. except Of conven-
tional lines and forms-all the old masters to
the contrary Notwithstanding. What do we
care that Michael Angelo painted his onor-
nous and complicated FIRE Goes on the walls
Of the Sistine chapel at the command OF an
ignorant and luxurious popef Perhaps the
artist knew bettor at the time. The ceiling
should never be obtrusive and aggressive, as
It always is whom 1t bears frescoed human
figures or fruit or flowers to pull it down 1t
must stay hack and away from US
"There are three places in n drawing room
which we can make conspicuous the portal,
the mantel and the sofa which takes the
place of the throne. Here we may decorate
But we stupidity make our most prominent
object a mere brass machine, put there to
give us light Just because it throws such a
food OF light it becomes our most conspicu-
Gus object-dwarhng alike mantel. portal
and sofa 1t fills up tho center Of the room,
throws light ON the tops of our heads where
we do not want It, and casts black shadows,
giving TO people under and around it a bag
gard look Ishould want my ceiling, my
walls, my carpet, to be subdued in color and
texture-to stay AVA from me SO that the
three spots | have mentioned might be made
dramatic" HefH ".HFt
, 1885-04-22

iPixey Winter in New York Graphic.l
know an old lady who can't get reconciied
to this negloctful treatment She would love
to 1go out" but the girls win not let her.
They have touched this demoralizing ele-
ment. Out OF the goodness Of her heart she
chats long and evenly to all the young men
who call. When hints at pulling up" nre
given she is bewilde cred. She gets hurt and
fearful. She can't take a passive position
with girls that sho has looked after so long.
She likes a good supper when she can get
to a ball and enjoys herself hugely. The "old
LADY, has never calculated upon this sort Of
snub, and II Is something she can't get used
20. It Is harder than she can stand, this
knowledge-that after years OF service to
her children they do not recognize IT, The
real trouble with the girls is that they have
not been long enough in society TO learn in
dependence, and they are timid about them-
selves as we'll as mammals standing.
The papa that matches this mamma
knows very little about anything but his
business and Wall street. Mamma has
always beon the manager Of the family, and
she has engineered It bravely. With limited
means she has met the mystery OF feeding
and clothing a large family; but the girls
want now TO take the bit in their own mouths
In the matter Of dressing. This disgusts her
greatly. She finds herself actually OF no
use on the plane OF life to which she and
papa had pushed their daughters They
have eaton of the tree of knowledge and no
longer like her taste in dress or anything
else. A
Had mamma been wise she would nave
kept her children where she must stay her
self. Then she never would have lost them.
Perhaps in their case it is only a temporary
departure, for they will ave to learn that
without money fashion cannot be held, al
though it may DO reached. A few winters
will show them this, and ten chances TO one
II they will then have the same sweet tenn
pers they started with.
One day our dear old lady met a young
beau in the street whom she knew, and she
asked him home to dinner with some old
auntieS The girls cried with modification
when she told them. She was so hurt, be-
cause she thought 1t would be a nice sur
prise for them. The young man came, and
next day he sent her a box of bonbons,
which she passed around the family with
great triumph, as showing her discretion
and better Judgment
, 1885-04-22

lCor. minneapolis housekeeper.l
There is no class Of women, probably, who
have a better faculty for making homs I'M
comfortable than the nice woman They
are looked upon as being most estimable, m
dustrious women, good housekeepers, mod
els of propriety, and stay at home and at
tend to their own business in a commenda-
BILE way; indeed, they have no time to go
anywhere for the sake of sociability, or take
a hand In any work in the interest OF human
ity, for the stove wants backing, there are
some spoons and dippers awful dirty that
must DO secured, and the pack yard has
not been cleared up for three days, may be
four. To go into the house OF one Of these
nice women makes one feel like a miserable
slattorn; and In nine cases out Of ten, you
catch the complaint and go homo and go to
~scruhbing and polishing up things, deter.
mined that hereafter you will live as clean
as other folks.
One Of these patterns in a neighborhood is
enough to leaven the whole batch. For
tunately their influence is confined to a mar
row circle; they canno leave tho dishcloth
long enough to make many acquaintance;
and 50 there are many men walking in tho
house with their boots on, who would not be
permitted such a privilege, were their wives
more frequently subject to these spotless
examples
, 1885-04-22

Mrs. Josephine Redding, the editor OF The
Art Interchange, asserts that no ono OF the
awful prophecies about the fate Of woman,
should she devote herself to other pursuits
than house wifery. and motherhood, have
come to pass Woman in over increasing
numbers" she says, enters colleges and be-
comes a factor in commercial and industrial
life, and little by little the obstacles In the
way Of the achievement Of her political
rights are being removed, and still she is
neither an invalid, a corpse, nor a virago. a.
it was confidently predicted she would be-
, 1885-04-22

Valley Springs ODAk-9 Enterprise.
We are informed that Mn. Matte
johnson, who lives fourmiles west oftown
was doing her general Homework when
her little daughter Annie, . years old, got
hold Of a bottle Of Chamberlain Cough
Remedy, and instead of taking half a tea
spoonful as a general dose, drank the
entire bottle. 1t cured her cough and she
is doing well.
Mr. johnson was fortunate in having
procured Chamberlain Cough Remedy,
and the above circumstance shows conclu-
sively that il is perfectly harmless even to
small children in doses Of sixty times
what should be given. Remember, it
cured her, and has cured thousands of
Others, who gladly testiiyto its great val
ne. All druggists.
, 1885-04-22


The seasons Of baby's meals SHOULD DO
household habits by the time he Il allowed
to partake OF cooked food. Do not blunt the
ze,t which he ought to bring to the con-
sumption of regular rations by intervening
nibhles and lunches. he will learn t. ex-
poet and demand upon these, and be discon-
tented when thoy arc withhold. The prac-
tice OF appeaslng him when restless, from
whatever cause, ty thru ting a cracker, a
slice Of broad, OF, worse yet, a "hunkp Of
gingerbread or a "cookyp into his hand is
diseountenanced by wise mothsrS He be-
smears his face and clothes. drops crumbs
on the carpet and makes a continual want
for himself.
When the -FOUR comes for feeding him,
give him his quantum Of proper food, prop
erly prepared. Let him eat it leisurely, and
as soon as he is old enough to sit at a table
serve his meal neatly in plate, cup or saucer.
set on a neat cloth, his own spoon, china and
finger-napkin laid in order. These are not
trifies. More Americans would breakfast,
dine or sup in healthful decorum, and fewer
feed IL they were trained from infancy to
consider a meal as a ceremonial observance,
and the need of popular essays on Table
Manners would be less urgent
, 1885-04-22
In Letters of Gold.

In a new play by Alexander Dumas, called
~Denise,p one OF the characters ~enunciates
the following sentiment, which should be
written in letters OF gold; do you want 10
know what is absolute TRUTH 1t is to respect
the first women you have known and loved
your mother-in all the other women you
may meet hereafter. 1t is not to make them
fall IL they stand high-not TO drag them
lower if they are debased already; it is to
associate yourself for life with only one
woman, your wife, and to nave but one
motive in marriage-love. This is truth.
All that borrows the name and is not this,
has been invented to suit a society which is
at once elegant and dissolute."
, 1885-04-22

An exiled Canadian incidentally strayed
out of his room in a western hotel, and in a
moment Of abstraction fell down the ten
story elevator well. They got up what they
could of him and laid 1t out on the sofa.
~Don't disturb me-" the exiled Canadian
gasped, while an expression of ecstacy played
over his features "Ahl l haven't felt any
thing like it since l used to ride a ~toboggan
in my own dear native land" A peaceful
smile Sid into his facs and he was gone. He
mover came back. He couldn't