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New-York tribune., 1886-02-07
Ne " ORLEANS.
MARDI GRAS-THE EXPOSGIION-Y. NJ. G. A.
-TEHUANTEPEC STOCK
rnuIpu To- THE rRfrt';EI


NEw-ORLEANs, Feb. G.-Ihc will of Casper
Anch who died last week. gave JOOOD tho Prcsby
terian churches ana charitable Institutions In this city
with the stipulation that the money shall be devoted
caring for the poor OF the church.
Much disappointment has been created by the an
nOunccmeut the fact that ths Mystc KrcUo OF Co
mus" will not appear the coming Mardi Gras. The
Krowe" Is organization within the Pckwick Club,
and the expenses attendant tho erection and finishing
OF a new club house will prevent the expenditures
quired by their dspayG q Rex " aud ProIels," how
ever will appear as usual.
The Exposition management has gone into the show
business on an extensive scale. TO LOrseracing and
fireworks have bcon added billiard matches, and to cap
the climax this evening they give masquerade ball In
the music hall The affair is decidedly democratic Tho
ball committees include all classes OF society from the
merchant punce to the 81. Charles-st sporting man.
It's announced that s. W. Feltes. caterer and hotel
proprietor OF York. has leased the Spanish
Hotel Lake POnChaltTain, tavOTite summer resort
for " can't get away citizens Of New Orleans
The Young Mems Christian Association OF this city
celebrated their thtythTd anniversary or ts
ton Tuesday. The association declared bo
a floursning condition. the active membership num-
bers 324.
Two shares OF Tehuantepec Ship Railroad stock Of the
par OF 81 900 each sold at public
Thursday 81, ,O5J eaGh. The stock sold the
succession OF A. j. Goma, who when living was one of
the leading merchants OF the city.
The artesian well which wOrkmen have been sinking IN
Lafayette square, opposite the City Hail. for month
past has at last reached good water. The well Is
lOl3 feet deep.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-07
CONVENTIONAL COLORs IN SIGNS.

CUSTOMS THAT PREVAIL IN THE DECORATIONS OF
TEA STORES AND LIQUOR SHOPS.
COnventionality, my dear sir" remarked an
old New Yorker 10 young companion the other day,
does q great many things than you might I'M
agne 1t settles the rank OF families the style OF car
riages the price OF luXures and even the paintng OF
stores" The companion looked lncreduous, but wisely
maintained silence, aud the old NewYoIker went on
Yes even the coors used In painting places OF business
are conventional Perhaps you might not have noticed
it, but certain colors nstincve recognized by resi-
dents OF this city representing certain branches OF
commerce. Take, for instance, red. Think OF street
and try to call up all the places painted that color
What do you seei Tea and coffee storesi Right
Wherever you go In NewYor or its surroundings, and
also In great portion Of the United States, red and
cen tell OF and coffee Maybe its the similarity Ot
coors to the articles sold that caused the painting OF
perhaps 1t was first adopted distinctive marx Dy
some importing company. But dealer in those goous
nowadays Is pretty bold when he uses augh but rea anu
green for the painting Of his establishment GOING Win
the painting Is invariably collection OF cooreu gns'
giving "a remarkably brilliant appearance 10 tue piaoo
IL conventional but beautiful Tnen again. VINO ever
Chinese laundry that was not announceu III soa.
red letters and that not screened iroth tno
gaze by n red curtain tire window anu uooII a
blue laundry Is absurd aud Ia green ohej pN ou'
that Ia the color they grow, and don't beie' Cnha
would think he could have success Win any ohof
color but red. -, - - -.
And how about bluei In imagination you can see
of localities with bright blue signs ana
All OF them have multitude OF wires running into .ne,r
uppnr portions, while from the doors below Dart ht'io
New-York tribune., 1886-02-07
orEEy NArALIHs sEWING MACHINES.
r,op, 7b, yoryisio,gn Penny Herald.
T'"!. y --.1l -, o~aallant anthOrlI

Erop1 NOrTfSf0pn tPeffl HeIitu'
Wa have inst learned, on excellent authority,
,b ', tho dav allowing the announcement tIat Queen
Natalie had purchased forty Anerica $500 ,nahinS
oibcs Tor the servian army agent for maenu9 % or
another manufactured secureu an ,.',h, news of
Hobcr Serylan victory" and immediately proeeedea
to business "Yonr most gracious t&grsi3n when
a. know you Will pardon ths ntrusG" nttruuSI,Iad agent
irform you that some unprlneipeu "II,, reIs
taking advantage OF roSs yS"p Saving mac6nes. has
iuduced you 70 purchase q perfectly wortnes Iii
but our company mas resolved NAV ts ia "a Te ths
Sorty Hummer machines NOW IN the royal palace "uu
replace with an equal nuOTr G me best feat.
nprs of ali other machines besides possessing man an
merits OF its own-a machine RbrSSns Rbnmmcr broqd
Somge reaper aud hinder, seltactns sS,es pas,s
@using a donble-extensiSn ne. ne,9r In:ncss aiming
NOT To cut in the Oye. and the whole nusyS, @ t frty
so sEty that enid ten years old can turn GU. ht
pairs of army pants in one day hflo'e , @ wbirh tle
rcrnvrred from the daZed condition lnto rr 49, bar
err0nterv and volubhty cf her visitor had and
the agent hal summoned dozen ., ms nrrs wcrs
inside Of twenty minutes inc loiS ,r,nr of Fire
-tondiuc on the sidewalk and The same huhoo' 0' '
sides occupied their places III the audience with
Next day another stranger souGht IN ns mos inn
tbc Queen declaring that his mission WIS mi Her
portant "A messenger troni tue it,.d hin' ~ have
Majesty, who ordered INN 10 oo ,or a"ue that soms
fortunately learned" said the meS'rnSrt mas py
unconsconable person IN the gul'e oI & Taacc forty
actual force 1t were paced III te he room they
sewing machines which are MOI Wottu i % IN the house
occupy and will cause more dlssatlsla % suic- be-
c'nSo of vour lack OF knowledge III SUI Sn,,oen nj,
ters | have the honor '-hatu'hI IN, ~ fmnroved
ouS'le ,rroct nachine ever invented-the Ne
when IS marvel Of simplicity ana @ fie
in parvo Of usefulness It's sales "s5 se s af January
srSd ne with twelve thousand untitled orders on
Tn No pins Ultra has u magic dutet, reVoiElnh
lne 49,, No ontomatio baby. spaBker and serea uaue
alarm clock attached the Whole i9ring spT pTngenaity Of
p'ero ,ar conrefved | am ordered to remove Tue nr
sides now in the palace and substitute ior nypensa
neeriess Ne Plus Utra-and the ony Vorp onpp sie.
hon we ask IA certificate over yonr Nv" Nv" lest
noture. stating that our machine IS noortrait or in
i'm fhe m arket and permission 10 use yoi Pd utter.
onr adyertsement' Aud before the queen eou u,achines
nose word of objection. the forty E,esy cyorrespond
tyaT, bnsed out onto the sidewalk ana Ji, tSged
me's a ~ - Ma pins UItras" nurrledy .od
into tho palace Early next morning .nt to spend
Oncen ecke up the palace and went osn,nnts TWEEN.
SVS S y h bcr Amt Rachel and at last accoun. Isnce
tyseysn agents ware shadowng ,hs Plus Ultras.
awaiting an opportunity To pounco '"'
New-York tribune., 1886-02-07

BOYS in bue Telegraph Offices. they The origin q
that Is queer as it can well be- 1t was started
by the Western Union Company as trade mark but %
MAS promptly Initiated and all tha telegraph
panies use t 1t Is cold bright coor well suited foe
electricity and that Is perhaps reason why n Is used 30
extensively.
For auohc. conventional color go into any street and
by and by you Will see store front painted dead
black black curtains bar across eaon window, rev
plants and a sign Pinking done here. What 10 fts
An undertaker's establishment The elements Oh gloom
seem to have inspired make death de0us instead OF
Pleasant and conyentionslity perpetuates the borrld
idea. Accordingly undertsker's once Is trmmed
with black a Deep lustreIes Disck, his wagon is plain
black with little silver plate. and he looks ike an at
tendant at a funeral. Did You ever notice that
undertaken generally has black eyes and hair Very
few relneads among them. All Is gloom and duskness.
Tie undertakers twin brDther tho liquor seller, has
bs color 100. He can't black, so he tries rich
onor stores are fitted up outside in rich woods polished
ana grained and brown hue invariably accompanies
drinking room The signs are usually gold cO0red and
the rail- belstead like ralgcment IN the window Is Of
or cherry and gests bed OF state for the
Liquor dealers don't use gloomy coloIs, but
their conventional tints are suggestive.
In combinations OF colors, aso there Is the mark OF
custom Look at the BARRIERS. They use two combna-
tons in New York. red white aud blue and red yellow
and black The colors alone frequently Indicate the
shon s poles have gone out OF fashion, The doors VIII
ba panted In striI es or square wooden DOA on tho
will have checkers OF the three tnts No 0ne
ever asks what these cOlOs signify They know muse
be n barrier shop and be nothing else Inc urrs.
gsts also reveal their TO tine unleteren py tner
eobes of red yellow blue and green They are UNDER
stood when mortar and peste would be mystery aho
these people ado ting the CUSTOM ., & pu..ns
piece OF glass In the lamppost nearest 10 th' a' An
additional sign"
New-York tribune., 1886-02-07
A PATIENT A AUDIENOE.

FTOn TIE THS0nIu ltOhh iNfHNHt
This musical organization llhOmas's Orches-
tra booked 10 give concert In Waterbury. and left
New York the a. express. On arrival OF the train
IN further progress barred by several wash
outs the Naugatuck road between here and
Waterbury, there having been flood. The
musicians then started for Waterbury via
Newiayen and Hartford. but whom the
train they were aboard nearcd Bristol the New Eng
land road freight train of the track encountered
The line was Obstructed that tho orchestra did
reach Waterbury until close on to midnight An au-
dience nearly filling the CITY Hall had gathered at 8
O'clock and they waited four hours for the orchesra
appearance the Rev Professor Russell in the meantime
entertaining them with readings. The orchestra took
position the stage just midnight and rendered the
prcarrsnged programme the concert lasting two houIs
New-York tribune., 1886-02-07
BIBLICAL EXAMPLES.

IT0CouRd TheOlogiIn IN The BOSTON Gdlstte
bright hye-y old at the Hgh tnds. who, II Will be
needless say, IL an interested member Of tho sunday
school watching the moving IN Of family 0i boys
across tho street with great anticipation written IN his
face. His mother noticing II, told him she dldnt want
HIM play with those boys, because they were Jews.
Well, mamma" said the bright little fellow, after
moments reflection, d" wasn't Jesus Christ jew T.
Logical inference. surely. Tae same boy on another
occasion being admOnished for his unru;y behavior
Why" said his grandmother with AZ h, | don't
know what will become OF you II you are such bad
boy"
"Grandma" said he, his bright black eyes twinklng
and his yOice full OF hOpo for his own future, wasn't
st. Paul bad man once and he turned out well"
n that boy keeps shall him at the bar or In
the pulpit before many years.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-07
CHiCiGO
A RAILWAY GRAB-GENERAL HUNTER
AMUSEMENTS

AMUSEMENTS.
fBT TELEGRAPH TIE rEGBUSE-l
Chicago, Feb. G.-Thc life Of the present
City Council expires next April. and number OF tue
members will be retl-ed Extensive grants have lately
been given Il corporation known the Chicago Pas
scugcr Railway. operating street cars IN tho West Dyi
sion. For many years the West Division Railway Com
pany dominated the Council and rival limo WIS posi-
be. Tho corporation vas therefore considered .
boom But 1t gradually been disclosed that nearly
all the " ring members" o. tho Council and their adj
hcrcuts outside tho controlling power In the new
corporation and received their stock-not unlike the
Government officials involved In the Pan Electric Toe-
phone scandal
General David Hunter. who died at Washington this
week, was intimately associated with early Chicago,
sowing lieutenant IN The garrison ~ Fort Dearborn
in 1873. ana whic there ing daughter OF John
Klnze, one Of the earliest OF t.c whito settlers,
The dramatic company headed by Roslna Vokes play
ing at the COumbin, has rcccvsl cordial ndOr5cmcnt
The patronage b,tOwrd has been the largest. that
gwen 10 " The MikndO." thus far this wmtcr The adj
sale for the NtplcsUn season OF opcra has been
good, Dut not arZ" the preceding ones Mr., sid
nry WOOctt has given nGmbcr OF readings before tho
Chicago Literary Club, aud on Thur1day gave public
reading. He attracted fair audience at bis Initial en-
tertanment. The press accord him high praise
New-York tribune., 1886-02-07
PHILA DELPHIA.

THE SOCIAL Seasonal PROVIDENT HOTEL
PORTER-THE THEATRES.
lFRoM OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TUE TRIBUNE. |
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6.-The social season
began good Monday night with the ball OF
Americas Club which bears the distinction OF being
a purely political organization with none but stalwart
Democrats Oh its roll o, membership The crowd was
not great year ago. yet the finances summed up
$4,000 In OF expenses 1t 10 not wide OF the mark
To add that all the Democratic politicians OF any note
all present. and below stairs where refreshments
served Thirsty the cxpectants assembled
New-York tribune., 1886-02-07

NOT EN0UGH NERVE FOR AN EDITORIAL OAE
Primers DepH IN The Kennebee Journal
The onoo cat OF Water-s lady accountant Tapped up
quantity OF Ink Friday night, taken with spasms
sinco..
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-06-12
A HIDDEN DANGER.

How Tuberculosis in Cows Causes Con-
sumption in Human Beings.
DR.. Francis Bridge, the state veterinary
surgeon, recently paid visit to "The
Neck" for the purpose of examining some
of the cattle Of the alleged swill-milk
district, writes Philadelphia correspond
emit of the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
His Investigations we're made up with
the special purpose of ascertaining
whether there were any cases of tuber-
culosis.
'This disease" said the doctor to a
reporter who accompanied him, '.is the
most dreaded of any of those to which
cattle are subject, and it prevails to such
an extent in the country adjoining
Philadelphia that 1 myself would not
dare to drink any of the milk sent to the
market here unless knew the herd from
which it came, and was sure there was
not a COW in it which had the disease.
Pleuro-pneumonia kills the cattle, but is
not dangerous to human life, and even
the meat affected with that disease, when
eaten, is not harmful on that account.
But both the milk and the meat Of cattle
affected with tuberculosis will plant the
germs of the disease In the human sys-
tenn. We have a law by which the own
ers of cattle affected with pleuro- pneu-
monia can be compelled to kill and bury
them, the state paying part at least Of
the value Of tho condemned animal On
fortunately, this law does not spply to
the other disease.
.Do you imagine that many people in
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-06-12
OLD BENDER's DEN.
Day of Peril and a Narrow Escape From
Death. Hints of the Awtui rate that
Overlook the Friends.

A Day of Peril and a Narrow Escape From
Death. Hints of the AWFUL rate that
Overlook the Friends.
NEW YORK, June l. = The New
York Sun of to-day publishes the
following interesting sketch: II have
been pack peddler for more than twen-
ty years" said the old man, as ne
whitfield away at this pipe to get it alight,
sand you may suppose have ,aet with
some stirring adventures. l have trav
eled great deal in Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska and Minnesota, and for weeks
and months 1 have been on the alert, not
only to preserve the contents OF my
pack, but to defend my life.
"My line of trade has been Yankee
notions with jewelry added. have had
with me at one time as much as $4,000
worth of gold and silver watches, ear
rings, fnger-rings, etc. have sat on
log beside a highway in Kansas and sold
$4O0 worth of stock to three or four
men, and I have disposed OF $50 worth
of ladies jewelry at a pioneer. cabin
which had neither floor nor partitions
On two different occasions 1 ate dinnei
At the cabin of old Bender, the Kansas
fiend. Onlthe first occasion the old mar
was away, and I saw only two women
about tie place. Six months later, wheI
I called again, it was about IL O'CLOCK
in the forenoon. Then I saw old Bender
for the first time. I have heard him
described as pleasant-faced old mar
WHOM NO one would suspect but I tel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-06-12
He Holds the Fence.
Detroit Free Press.


Several weeks ago Detroiter pur-
chased piece of land in the west end of
the county. After the purchase had
been completed he engaged a surveyors
services to see if he had been cheated.
The discovery was made that a line fence
was over on his land eight inches. When
he went to the owner of the adjoining
property with the statement the man re-
piled:
"Stranger, the row about that fence
began twenty-eight years ago. 1t was
then five feet over the line, and the two
men fit and fit until one was killed and
the other crippled. After while it was
moved foot, and then two other owners
fit and fit until the lawyers got the two
FARMS The fence was then moved another
foot, and the two new owners spent bali
they ear in jawing each other and the Oh
er half in having. One died and the othe-
got sold out on a mortgage, and when !
got this farm the fence was moved over
another foot. Then I fit and fit, and two
years ago was kicked in the ribs and was
laid up for three months. During that
time the fence was moved to the present
line. So it's still on your land"
eyes"
"Well, I s'pose the proper thing is a
row. If you'll go out by the barn with
your revolver I'll come out and hunt for
you with the shotgun. If you git the
drop on me don't let go, because shall
shoot to kill"
It took the Detroiter some time to
convince the farmer that he didn't care
for eight inches of land, and that he
wouldn't have the fence moved for $50,
and when he had succeeded the old man
drew long breath of relief and replied:
'eThat's kind O you, and it leaves my
boys chance to fit and fit after I'm
gone. Ihope you amt comm out here
to live alongside O me?''
"No."
"Glad ont. If you lease, git some
man who'll want them other eight inches.
The boys and I is lonesome for excite
ment.'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-06-12

Philadelphia have died hon drinking
milk from the cattle afflicted with this
diseased"
Undoubtedly" promptly said the
doctor. Thousands of babies who are
Drought up on cows milk thus get the
seeds Of consumption into their system
and are dying all around us, as believe,
who, by little care and supervision,
would live to ripe old age, and the
adults who yearly die of consumption Of
the lungs probably owe the origin Of
their disease In many, many cases to
this source"
"Do you know of milk being sent to
the city from herds containing cattle sui
fering from this disease?"
II regret to say that I do. An alarm
ing proportion OF the herds have re-
Gently examined contain cases Of tubur-
culosis, and know of one herd in which
there are ten COWS sick with the disease
from which the milk supply Of one Of the
largest hotels Of the city is obtained
When you consider the fact that the milk
from one COW is sufficient to spread the
germs-the bacteria, as the doctors call
them-of the disease through the entire
supply of herd, you can imagine what
sort of milk supply that hotel is get
ting. Of'course, I have not examined
anything like all of the herds about
Philadelphia, but Judging from the cases
which have found in number of them
I am satisfied that the disease is quite
common. The great difficulty with It is
that in it's early stages it is very difficult
to detect, and in order to fully protect
the milk consumers, constant inspection
is necessary. The germs of the disease
in the milk can be readily detected
through a microscope. There is no more
hopes of treating case of tuburculosil
in a COW than of attempting to save ,
human life when grim consumption hal
got grip upon the patient"
''Is there no escape from this danger?'
"None for those who drink milk as j,
comes from the mixer. But after mill
has been boiled, the germs of the diseas'
are dead and the disease can not be con
tracted."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-06-12
AN DESERVING HEATHER.

He Proposes to Introduce the 1Ortures OF
the West into the Flowery Kingdom.
A correspondent sends us the follow
ing, says the London Globe. 1t pu1ports
to be translation of Chinese docu-
ment picked up last year at the Health
cries. 1t is dated from King Sing Tong,
in November, 1884, signed by certain
Lyah, and would appear to be part OF
an official report addressed to the board
of punishments, Pekin: After six moons
soiourn in this abode of moistened gloom,
I am prepared to offer some suggestions
for improving our celestial punishments.
Those which we now use, and which are
shown in pictures at the exhibition OF
Nine. Too So, require good deal of ap-
paratus, and can from their destructive
tendency be inflicted only once on the
same criminal. The torturss in vogue
here are, perhaps, the only points where
these barbarians have improved on our
civilization. They are self-inAicted; they
may be repeated many times; and they
are always conducted with that rigid
etiquette which is distinctive Of superior
people. From patriotic motives I have
even undergone many of the punishments
myself, and I have arranged with some
barbarian experts who will accompany
me home and introduce their art into our
peerless country, should the brother OF
the sun and moon be pleased to SO or
dain.
The name common to these infections
is pah-ti, and it is customary to refer to
them as pleasant. The executioner at
whose dwelling they occur writes to ask
the victims for the pleasure OF their
company; and they reply that they are
happy to accept the kind invitation.
The pae-tis are of various kinds. One
kind, now almost obsolete, is called the
tee-pah-ti, or hi-tee. 1t is usually ap-
piled to middle-aged ladies. They have
to assemble and each swallow q portion
of meat, followed by tea cake, muffin, OF
hot toast soaked IN fat made from the
milk of COWS. Each then drinks large
draughts of a decoction from those
twice boiled leaves which We disdainfully
export to barbarians a tea. The tannin
in it changes the meat into leather, and
its fluid bulk makes the tes-cake or 9TH
or spongy substance expand Thus
present discomfort and future indiges-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-06-12
Woman in The Procession


One of the most important and striking
features of the parade in New York on
decoration day the presence in
the ranks of a lady on horseback, who
served as an aid to one of the division
marshals. The lady is Mrs. @. w. Howe.
At the outbreak of the war, and when a
girl in her early teens, she ran away from
home, and, Disgusting herself in boys
clothes, joined the army as a drummer
boy. Although her skin was fair and
her complexion was beautiful she man
aged to Join without being discovered.
She served with the army for two years
and was noted for her pluck and bra
very, always being in the thickest of the
fight and wing with the most daring of
soldiers while in the field. She was
was wounded slightly at fredericksburg,
and resisted all attempts of her comrades
and officers to have her retire. Her sex,
Notwithstanding this accident, still re-
manned undiscovered. At Lookout
mountain, where she was particularly au-
dacious in her bravery, she was again
wounded. and this time quite seriously.
She had to leave the field, and it was
found that she had been injured in the
hip. Her sex was discovered by reason
of this inciden. and she was compelled
to leave the army, although much cha
grined at having to do SO.
Mrs. Howe called at the headquarters
of the memorial committee in the Nor
ton house, and had talk with the grand
marshal and the adjutant general and
chief Of staff about her participation in
the parade. These officers were at first
disinclined to grant her request to be al
lowed to ride in the procession, but final
" consented. She rode cream olored
steed, and the animal was gayly capar.
isoned for the occasion. The lady hersel,