davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15

sArurpAY. Nov. I'm ~

sArunpAY, Nov In
The stock Exchange markets. to-day openea W"uo1'
.nv d,minution OF the buoysncy and conhaen' S'A.
,t,cb have characterized the markets OF sne iass
few davs Aud additional evidence o. we
nrssence of O buying public was
nished by tho days dealings I'LL son'' N'
after noon prices generally Oh the ssoehu"s
and further material approximations were markeu' A'o
tho r,pd advance OF the last three days smart Us"
t,o on the day before holiday was to be expected
natural seauence. To-Day was aiueo ~
report that the Baltimore ana oh'" i
road clicked" nc It's allotted percen'"So
I'm tho New York pool who had rDnde an specai
for tho Baltimore and Ohio Company wheh 'ne pei
centages or some of the companies has peen A
"a a ouestiou which was not asked The story wac
opportune for the moments speculation ana tha' 70 "
there IL Of Il. Nothing Ia more certain 'h'" ~
division OF busiuess between inc se'o'',
railroads will not DO permitted to Interfere WIN
the contamination and practical testing OF the Pnh'
which have been under discussion and have maze s'es'
prgress ward comp during the last two nohtns
No one denies that there still for difference
opuion and some pickering put the grand scheme surely
will finally be completed and given iair
trial. The late declines In the market
were general, hut they are large Only
when compared with the figures OF the days early al
vauces STOCKS even SHOW advances Oh yescIu9
$3.50 shares and market closed fairly steady NJ
some recovcrics from the lowest hRures -,
Government bon, dul, hut tue tohe OF VIC
market was steady unchanged quotations as ioio"s'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15
AN IycREDULoUS WESTERN coyDUoroR.

West Shore passenger conductor. While the road
day I've Tell Ia with brother conductor from the
far West They talking about fast time. ana the
We-teruer remarked that wet OF Chicago twenty.
miles hour about the best The Ell press trains
cond do. rne West shore man OF the pinch claimed
that bis train often made sixty miles, and on certain
grades could do letter. To this statement the
conductor the West took exceptions saying that
did not believe ~, and regarded published reports of
ty mile he dow 1right lies At this the
con gersntiOu the train climbing the grade this side
The conductor took ont his stop watch from
post % another. and II registered me In fty
nine seconds. As they reached tho summit han ded
THE alch the Weserner aud asked hm what he
made Il. Down the grade the rain few. swayins ike
ship In a g7e. The conductor held to the watch and
kept bis Gus for the mile post. When II came lie
looked and IL resseted speed OF sixty-tvs miles lie
looked hard a HE Eastern neghAr he returned the
watch and asid: II told the boys hopa OF this they
sast usaA ala fAAls
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15
THE gOMAN VINO TALKS HORSE.
A "REMINISCENCES OF THE HORSE SHOW.

A feature of the recent show of horses, ponies,
mules donkeys carriages and harness at tho Madison
eauare Garden was the Young woman WHO talked
horse She was visible and audible at all times to all
eomers the only place where she ala not appear was
the ring Who that saw her will forget her Who
does not smile at the recollection Of that charming
parsonage fitting here and there and everywhere,
shedding hght upon everything pertaining TO morse
She wss dressed Ia q kiud OF halt-nfap. half woman
stye being OF the usual pattern and her coat Oh
the unusual n her brothers II was certainly maze
by tailor IL four button cuiaway and htted her
like glove Her high standing collar that rivaled INC
Wilderness OF her throat surrounded with plain
white crayat The hat jalnty Derby, hei
gloves gsuntets with silk sccs. aud her shoes
patent leather Her eolorsf Hat, brown: collar and
cravat white; coat mahogany bay fDeed with chestnut
silk; SKIRT chestnut trimmed with dapple worsted
cut bias; gloves, chestnut. aud slices. coal black
How nervous and high strung She was. How beaut-
fully silky rolled under her brown Derry and
what q lovely fCrelock nestled upon her forehead!
Where was there ever a slender nose thinner
nostrs sounder teeth, finer. pointed ears, than
And her head the vorr Of her carrying 1t
showed the th0roug Her shoulders and chest were
marvelonsly well developed but not her girth Just
little too small for long staying qualities She appeared
out proportion there Her fore mbs you remember.
were fiat and thin, .and clean cut joints small and well
knit, but muscles undevcopca to Indicate hign
fec ling, luxurious quarters and tender handling
Aoyone himself. however, did stand squarely
on his rubberlike paserns than did she, did Red
Cross step more proudly; and she never pointed -
unassaiabe evidence tra her feet had not been made
unsound by bad shoeing
II WAS amazing how mnch abe did know about horses
what a s,udy lt was To caDtering from stall
stalI ipspecng to blanketed beasts and looking NJ
their pedigree catalogue IN her hand And how
she animals eyed her. sho hal soft pat or gentle
oks of the hand vovey nose she passed and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15

MANY CHANGES FROM THE LIST or LAST YEAh-lhH
The two cuts given herewith show the plan OF the
two principal tiers OF boxes in the metropolitan
Opera House. The name opposite each oox hol-
Gates its possessor for the coming season Oh uer'h
opera. majority of the boxes are owheu a"'o-
lutcly by those whose names are attached 10 Vho"
the others have merely been rented for the season.
As glance will show, the tiers are practicaiy iui'
only one or two boxes being Yet unlet These
however. will probably be taken before the
aeason begins save one, which Is unfortunately
likely TO I've empty through the season. 1t ls
that in which III former years has been seen
the genial face of Charles j. Osborn, whose uii-
timely death was chronicled last week. Inc
hoase will present crowded and brilliant
appearance wheu the curtain rises on the iIs'
night. SO far as may be judged from present ihdi-
cations the second season OF German opera, WHICH
will begin Oh November %. promises to be even
more successful than its forerunner. lhoueh IL
will be noticed on tho first night that many
charoes bays oecnrred in the ownership of boxes.
there Will be no vacancies in the drst and second
tiers and there has been no lack of competition
among those anxious to secure desirable DoNes ior
the season. A box at the metropolitan Is no mex
pepsiye lu xurv for the seasons rent amounts TO at
least.S2 800 In the orchestra, over zoo seats nave
already been sold for the entire season, whlIe
seventy have been taken for one or two hiSDts
week or for the matinee performances alone. In
the dress circle aud balcony some hundred nave
been sold for the entire season, while nearly all the
baignoire boxes have been disposed of. Thus the
advance sale. not including the sums paid for the
boxes amounts to over $4,000. In about week
the sale of single seats will begin.
As to the artistic merits of the performances the
general expectation is high. Not only has q com
pany of acknowledged excellence been obtained,
some of whom have already won r.laurels in
New-York. while others have held high postl ms in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15
THE SEASON AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.
a SHOWING THE TIERS OF BOXES AND THEIR OCCUPANTS,
Prom THE LAST vrAanr

,vAycg SALE or sFATs--pRosPKcTs OF TUE SEASON
Germany. bit unusual has been bestowed upon
the scenery and accessories. For some OK the ope"'
which were performed last year new scenery n''
been painted, while that provided Tor bho no'oUe'
has been made from models carefully prepdreo u,
Germany @The Queen OF Sheba" especlai'y' wiz
be mt uuon TN. stage in an elaborate manner an"
many novel effects. mechanical and otheF"'Se' nav
been devised. The work during the iast ie" "uo"'
has been executed undcr the dlreStlon ol H'i'
seidl. whose connection of many years with
Wagner renders him peeu iariy htted lot INC '"9A'
Herr Seidi will conduct the during the Ell tre
His postion is nttested by the fact that to
him has been given the post OF conducting ''o
aparsfaID performances at Bayreuth next year.
The stare-manaQer to whom the practical eNecn-
ton of Herr Seidrs ideas has been assigned is l'r
Van He'll who is assisted by Herr Habe'manh' aV
one time a favOrite leading tenor IN Germany. 10
Edmund G. Stanton, the secretary Oh ING Op'i"
House directors, however, especial credit Is que.
Mr. Stanton for the last six months has workeo
without rest in a field which was to him almost
entirely strange. and has accomplished excellent
results he has borne the burden and RESPONSE
bility of bringing together and harmonizhg tho
many elements which compose a great opera cori-
pany and so far he has done this without Il hltch OF
disagreement.
On the first night of the season the opera OF
Lohengrin" will be produced in a mamuei superior
TO that of last year. with Fraulein Brandt and Fran
Krauss and Herr Stritt, the new tenor, ana Herr
Robinson. in the cast The second night or the
season will witness tt e first appearance OF Franleh
Lily Lehman. who will sing in "Carmen," with
Herr Alvary as the principal tenor. On Friday
night of the same week "The Prophet" with Herr
Silva and Fraulen Brandt, will be Produced and
probably in the middle of the week following the
performance of "The Queen of Sheba" will take
place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15

s1LESAr the c0ySOLfDt TED SroCR AND PETR0-
LEUM EKCHtNGh
sIOCkA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15
7 PER GENT. FAKM MORTGAGES.

THE CORRyN BANKING CO.. MS B'WAhA
.xs,n rs, attention to these Among the SD
peTlor advantages arc; ,,oo,ovos t.rm,-.
lst Perfect security upon orosd aot' -i"p'''
sscur,ty remain. in yoar possession and in sform
preclude loss BY theft or hre. $1,000. ,,.n an .uv athes
n, So ae, With company having 81 years actSe ana
eont,n mons eTpersnes-ls 81 them In this CITY h..,
6h The reeords Of business sre eero an" CON
amined .-.r,,.,,.or vii sent
fi doscrptiye pamphlets with names ana "A
vrstors " whom refer-our customers iof i'As
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15

CLOSING PRICES OF PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
Rep,rJcd by JpHV A. DAVIS " 90. II WdtH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15

IApTTAT, WANTED.-Fcr company to e.
u produce oil paintings small cost viii pay 20 per ''A'
per Ahhan OIL II W. rossEy. SO Broadway noonl IS:
vSIR3T-CLASS WATER WORKS BONDS
ana other solid securities Interest Issannssess1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15
FINAL NOTICE.

FTHRC M ICE.
IN HOLDERS OF WABASH. ST. LOUIS AND PACIFN
RAILWAY COMPANY GENERAL MORTGAGE
BONDS
1876 BRoADwAr NEw-YoRK. Nov e. 1882
Tn accordance with the xccstin the London comme
s rms dining which bonds be deposited under ts
sgcemont OF Is hereby exteu ed TO Nov ~
1855 After that date extra pay mont VI ~ 49,
will lie required all bonds deposited hounIs tr.sds
OF about S3 100000 out OF sloOooooo ha''s~
AiGnod the agreement
L II. HUBBARD, Putcmn.ns
FDGART WELLES Commi''eo
O ID ASHLEY.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-02
How Arabs Live Without Much Water.

How is it that Arabs contrive to live
in the waterless deserts of that much
talked-of-region. They are, to begin
with, abstemious in their habits, and
know every crevice and hollow in the
hills where water will collect Theyre re-
gard this fluid more, perhaps, in the
light of luxury than as necessity, and
use it with wonderful economy. They
would never think of wasting it on the
exterior of their bodies, and consider
that once in forty-cight hours is often
enough to replenish the inner man.
General Colston tells us that when
Bedouins.eame to his camp water would
be offered them, but often be refused
with the remark that the visitor had
drunk yesterday. By cultivating this
habit of abstemiousness they are able to
cover immense distances, which would
be impossible for European, unless he
were accompanied by baggage animals.
Chambers Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-02
Men Who Drag Carriages.

Trot, trot, trot, along the smooth.
sunny, but bamboo shaded high road,
have little leisure now to observe these
astonishing rickshaw coolies. They wear
the. enormous traditional mushroom
Chinese hat, suitable in case either of
beating rain or fierce sun, under which
are tucked their hard plated pigtails-
for even coolie would feel himself dis
graced were he minus a pigtail. They
are bare-footed, bare-legged, bare-armed,
and wear just sufficient rags to save
themselves from the charge of indelicacy.
Their skins are sallow, their Mongolian
faces are pinched, their stature is small,
their limbs seem attenuated and loosely
put together. And yet these demonical
looking wretches, to call whom "breth.
rem" is indeed heavy demand on our
charity, throw themselves forward into
the shafts and drag their carriages with
their passengers, who may be ten or may
be twenty stone, not at walk or a shuttle
or an amble, but at a good round trot of
about six miles an hour. They neither
flag, pant nor perspire, but keep up this
pace for two or three miles at a stretch.
Would not the most renowned Euro
pean athlete or pedestrian be but feeble
coney in comparisonl Moreover, these
coolies have to content themselves at the
end of their journey with five cents-a
cent is fraction less than a half-penny.
They exult if they receive ten cents, and
consider the donor an utter fool if he
gives them fifteen cents O0lRAM Mag
dzins
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-02

moving mass of humanity. Human rats
who vegetate underground for six days
Of every week emerge on the seventh
for one single hour like moles in wet
weather, with a coin in their skinny
hands, to purchase the necessities of
life.
At 10 o'clock sharp all Sunday fairs
close by act Of parliament. As the mel
odious bells from various churches chime
the hour of noon there is general stam-
pede. Barrows are wheeled away, stalls
are cleared, merchants vanish with their
goods, and the surging crowd melts like
the mists of a summer morning or clouds
before the rising sun. The whole pic
ture vanishes in five minutes, like the
scenes in a panorama, the tavern doors
CLOSED by law during Sunday morning)
are thrown wide open, and rag fair be-
comes memory of the past until next
Sunday awakes it into fresh activity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-02
The Age Of Niagara Falls.

Mr.. Bakewell, an eminent English ge-
ologist, gave personal attention to the
problem as early as 1910, and, from every
thing he could learn at that time, esti-
mated that the falls had receded about
hundred and twenty feet in the forty
years preceding. He recurred to the
problem again in 1916, 1851, 1856, and
was each time confirmed in the belief
that the apex of the horseshoe fall was
reeeding, on an average, three feet a
year. On the other hand, Sir Charles
Lyell, upon his first visit, in 1S41, ICON.
ceived" upon what basis he does not
tell us) that at the utmost the rate could
not be more than one foot year, which
would give us thirty-fve thousand years
AS a minimum time But as it appears
the result of the recent survey is to con-
firm the estimate of Mr.. Bakewell, thus
bringing the period down to about seven
thousand years.-Soisnces
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-02
Lakes Of Solid Salt in Asia.

Yar-oilan means "the sunken ground"
and no word can describe the general ap-
pearance of the valley of these lakes.
The total length of the valley from the
Kangruah road on the west to the Band.
l-Dozan, which bounds it on the east, is
about thirty miles. and its great breadth
about eleven miles, divided into two
parts by connecting ridge which runs
across from north to south. with an
average height of about 1900 feet, but
has narrow, which rises to some 400
feet above the general average. To the
west of this ridge lies the lake from
which the Tekke Turcomans from Merv
get their salt. The valley of this lake is
some six miles square and is surrounded
on all sides by steep. almost precipi-
tous, descent, impossible for baggage
animals, so far as l am aware, except by
the Merv road, in the northeast corner.
The level of the lake made to be about
!, ,430 feet above sea level, which gives it
descent of some 400 feet from the level
of the connecting ridge, ard of some $50
feet below the general plateau above.
The lake itself lies in the center of the
basin, and the supply of salt in it is ap-
parently unlimited.
The bed of the lake is one solid mass
of hard salt, perfectly level, and covered
by only an inch or two of water. To
ride over it was like riding over ice or
cement. The bottom was covered with
o slight sediment, but when that was
scraped away the pure white salt shone
out below. How deep this deposit may
be it is impossible to say, for no one has
yet got to the bottom of it. To the east
of the dividing ridge is the second lake,
from which the Saryke of Penjdeh
take their salt. The valley in which
this lake is situated is much the larger of
the two. The valley proper is itself
some fifteen miles in length by about ten
miles in breadth. The descent to it is
precipitous on the north and west sides
only, the eastern and southeastern end
sloping gradually up in succession of
undulations. The level of this lake is
apparently lower than that of the other
l made it out to be some eight hundred
feet above sea level. The salt IN this
lake is not so smooth as in the other,
and did not look so pure. 1t is dug out
in flakes, or strata, generally of some
four inches in thickness, is loaded into
bags, and carried off on camels for sale
without further preparation. Sir Peter
LlnSdeU
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-02
Approaching Earthquakes.

The earthquake shocks winch were
felt last week over wide area in York
shire remind us that an authority on the
subject of those phenomena, M. Delau-
nay. of Paris, is of opinion that next
year will see the recurrence of upheavals
of the earth's crust in an intensified form.
M. Delaunay is prophet of evil, but
unfortunately all his prophecies have
hitherto come true. His speciality IS
earthquakes, and he predicts them only
too surely. In 1877 he announced that
that year would not conclude without
disturbances of the earth, and as a mat
ter Of fact, two frightful catastrophes on
the coasts of South America followed.
In 1883 M. Delaunay again pointed to
approaching earthquakes, and soon
after the volcanic eruptions id tiie Iatiiian
archipelago occurred, by which thous-
ands of human beings lost their lives,
and hundreds of square miles of terra
f'ma were engulfed by the sea. Toward
the end of last year NJ. Delaunay once
more raised his warning voice, and the
earthquakes in Spain proved how well
founded were his warnings. Quite re-
Gently he has prophesied very severe vol
canic disturbances for 1886. Having
acquired a well-merited notoriety in
foretelling earthquakes, some weight
ought TO be attached to NJ. Delaunay's
utterances. He affirms that next year
these natural phenomena will be of a
very intense character, and that they will
show themselves either when the earth
is under the direct influence Of planet
of the first rank, such us Jupiter, or
under that of a group of asteroids, OF
at time when sun and moon are near
est to our planet at the same time.
Iron.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-02
Plague of Monkeys,

The natives of Benares are suffering
the results of monkey worship. The Ii,
eensed beasts plunder right and left,
they invade cake stands, ana make raids
in fruit stores, and no man may say them
nay. The Brahmins of Benares have at
last decided that the monkey must 60
A pious old rajah offered an asylum
across the river in the grounds of his pal
ace. They were deported thither in boat
loads. But they only took it as a days
picnic. For a steady life they preferred
the town. So when the shades of night
began to fall they went down to the
wharf, where boats were always plying
to Benares, and without showing any
tickets or any nonsense of that kind
deadheaded themselves home again.
Then the Brahmins sought to make a
contract with the English railway com
pany to convey these descendants OF
Hanuman, the monkey god, to Saharun-
poor They wished to send 10, 600 to
begin with. And the company is consid
cring the question, but incline to de-
cline IT,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-02
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Sound sleep-A snore.
Generally (w)reckless--Careful sea-
captains.
''It is not always May" sings poet.
You are very right; it is sometimes must.
A rosebush is thought to be exceed
ingly modest, but yet it wants the
earth.
The only muffs which have not been
packed away for the summer are the
base ball muffs.
1t seems a little singular that mans
face is generally the longest when he is
himself the shortest. - Chicago Ledger.
In the morning, cool and early, ~
Ere it's time to rise, ASP ag'
What blissful, sleepful season,
Were it not for flies ;1
-Merchant- 1rnpeler.
A little miss noticed the gold on her
aunt's teeth, and exclaimed in tiattering
admiration: ''Auntie, dear, l wish | had
copper-toed teeth like yours. - Boston
Beacon.
1t is remarkable what difference
there is in the sensation when you get
letter enclosing ten.dollar bill and
when you get one enclosing bill for ten
dollars. .-Somerrille Journal.
Virgins predicts very mild winter.
This shows where the professor lacks in
tact. What this country demands just
now in the prophecy line is winter cold
enough to freeze the tail off cast iron
dog -NeD York Graphic.
MooN-BURNT.
One moonlight night a happy boy
OF cherries stole pailful,
The farmer quickly turned his Joy
Into q sorrow baleful.
And while he roared, it came to pass
A settled fact the boy learned,
That being tanned by moonlight was
Far worse than being sun-burned
Life
A piece of laundry work" Now,
then" said the captain of police to the
janitor of the station house, ''giye the
prisoner bath, and when that is done,
let him be handcuffed and sent off to
the Jail" '.In other words,n remarked
the janitor, ''you desire the prisoner
washed and ironed and sent offln ''Pre-
cisely," and it was done. Boston Courier.
THE HYGIENE OF KISSES.
"Chawiey, dear, said lovely maid,
AS they sat in the house one night,
''It's unhealthy TO kiss the doctors say,
So, Of course, it cannot be right,
Not right.n
''Well, darling" spoke the noble youth,
As the color mantled high,
81 never thought being kissed to death
Such horrible death to die.
Let's try"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-02
HOW 1T HAPPENED.

Once on a time beauteous maid
OF figure most divine,
OF graceful carriage, high-tonod air
just cut out right to shine,
Had for husband, such man
As women most do crave
A million dollars and cough,
And he her abject slave.
IT'S true he wasn't very old,
Nor either very young,
But he was strong in solid cash,
And very weak in lung.
He furnished all that wealth could buy,
A palace for home,
Her summers, where she might select.
Her winters all in Rome.
The rarest jewels, finest silks,
And viands fit for queens,
All these and more were at command,
Because he had the means.
But strange to say, the girl refused
The proffer of his hand
With naughty scorn, and wed lad
Who kept peanut stand.
L'ENvoI.
You think this strangei Well, so do all,
Until they've been told why
That poet was to get prize,
Who told the biggest lie.
Merchant Traveller.