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New-York tribune., 1886-08-03
NOT THE PURITAN" OF DIPLOMACY.

FFVW TN UeTTOW JOnTHuI
Gloucester fisherman a ~ schooner the
IhOu'as +. Bay 'ii because It II "a slow boat
New-York tribune., 1886-08-03
The TALK or THE D1 Y.

uis sngrcstei that Baron Xxx would be a good title
for Mr.. Gladstoaes new peer. Sir Michael Bass
smpkinson came home tho other night from long
series of billiard at the club, which had been in
eIsperset frequent visits u the bullet IN pursuit
OF Inspiration and good fellowship w .,,,
When he arrived at home the billiards were sun
uppcrmost In his mind but the bniet was uppermost
In lis head and his mOvcnents lie Opened inc door
n gsTy crno" er the ScI lie stumbled on the
threshold. however, reeiei asanst the door post an
fell Hat IN the middle ot the room. ., l., ,,.
HIS wife jumped up with a start, aroused by the
"why. John !" sho exclaimed. "what is the mat
teri" .,.., at, ,o "ro,-
roued the door Ianb FOR the bed but played 100
full. Boston Record
The newest thing about town is the Chestnut gons.
Itisauny bell with L, spring hammer and can be worn
easily pinned to the wascolI One ring on Is mas been
found to " kuock out" the staest Of TESTERS
The poverty o, professional men up In Toronto is
SAID to be something startling Only doctor there
has income of $1,000 AMI that includes tue
Interest on HIS previous Only four make r5Ooo
aud fourteen $1,000 The lawyers are stil worse oii
Toronto has an income tax.
THEIR TRIP TO CANApA.
Said Mr. " HeLzer to Mr.. ID. Faul'er,
whIo sitting one eysning at tea:
see thoy trying that treaty 10 alter,
think shall skip tao traler.
"My purpose exactly" said Faulter. in fact. rvo
Prepared to get OIL after tea
No ir-aty, you know, can br made rctroacu 70
Ihey never shall eAtrGdte me-
so over the border they skipped 1t together
These Two. with \ trAla-l,-le-
And they ~ they nsi, IL IA very warm weather
Back there FOR sucn nOItaIs as We"
-lColuu bus Dispatch.
Speaking OF anniversaries this one. Ii Is the ami
versary OF that famous occasion when the heather
CnInoo Was exposed in all his dspravlty:
It twas August tho third
Aud quite soft were the skies;
Which 1t might be inferred
That All Sin was. Likewise;
Iet he played 1t that day upon william
And me In way despisc
SCINFS Al TIE 700.
Keeper-Stand back there gents! That monkey 10 vie
and might claw You
DE IwirhSer-Aw! no fear, dean boy The beggah
won't claw me.
Krrper-I don't believe he will. Them monkeys are
very peaceful with their own kind
-lPhiladephia Call.
Motor Keeys career an inventor gives great deal
OF plausbity TO the story that he waiter
a summer hotel.
New-York tribune., 1886-08-03

Mr.. Garland has gone on vacation again
Let us hope that the wicked agents OF the Pan
Electric Telephone Company viii not seduc'
the new SolicitOI-Genelal, Mr. jerks, late
sIongdoing while his supelio, officer Is away.
New-York tribune., 1886-08-03

FoREIGN-Exceptons to the new Extradition
treaty. - Additional appointments under the
Salisbury Government. - Revolutionary
New-York tribune., 1886-08-03

Mr.. Evarts's speech in the Senate relating to
the silver question was not on the m'un points
now at issue i'll this country. In respect 20 thcll'
therefore, he is not clear, and correct mieiences
from what Mr.. EvaIts says are not drawn easily.
What he urged upon the Senate yesterday WIS
the need of corresponding with foreign nations
10 see if some international arrangement could
not be made which would keep silver and gold
from parting cosnpany. An abstract OF th"
address will be found in The Tiibunc's Wash
hIgtOn dispatches.
New-York tribune., 1886-08-03

Mr.. Bakers sarcastic resolutions reviewing
the course of the present Democratic majority
in Congress ought to be pi eseved for use as II
campaign document They highly amusing,
aud while offered as a jest, they contain nothing
but the truth No wonder the D,anocrati;
leaders ragged about the House and tined to have
the fun at their expense stopped. The bitter
irony must have cut them sharply, and their
lack OF principle does not prevent them from
realizing that ridicule is weapon which po-
ltcal humbugs have good reason 10 fear.
New-York tribune., 1886-08-03

CONGRESS- Both branches in session. &C Sem
ate: Mr. Evarts spoke on his SILVER resolution.
- House. Jronical resolutions offered by Mr..
New-York tribune., 1886-08-03

. The relations between Austria and Hungary.
- Threatened strike against the payment OF
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-03

some very late, and they were not all clerks either. Nobdoy is late now and there is no. dawdling, no visiting, and no idle talking, Moreover, many offices created solely soft places for congressional favorites have been abolished" And her sister, who is in the treasury is true of all the departments; and what is more, the employees all like it''
 Can it be that one protesting to love and serve his country would have this other wisea Congress, whole, loves not the prudent. For years Congress has held pow CTS rightfully belonging to the executive, and shamefully abused they have been. All this is changed. There are Republican poli- ticians who see that the President with his broad patriotism, and the civil-service act in his hand, is a very formidable person indeed, and an insuperable obstacle to their supre- macy, while many Democrat says virtually: ''The Republicans have been cheating and robbing the government for 25 years; give 8 chance now" But the man in the White House thunders, ''There shall be no robbing the government by any man or any party" and the whole country over, the peo- pie shout "Amen." A stupendous revolu- tlon, quiet and irresistible, possible in no other country on the globe. And this ad vance in public sentiment will tell on Con- gress, and the time will be when the entire standard will be higher and the honorable Congressman will no longer be handicapped by the many dishonorable.
 Doubtless it is bitter humiliation to all who believed in the divine right of the RepubIi- can party always to rule, that this reform should be inaugurated by despised Demo- crats. Once there was place called Nazar- eth, and some highly exemplary people de sp1sed it. Under Democratic government, possible only because Nazareth did exist, it isn't safe to despise anything
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-03
SPECIMENS OF REDUCTIONS

Brocade Velvets $5 to $3, $4 to $2.5o, $50 to $1.75, $1.25 to $1. Silk Velvets, $6.5o to $5.5o, $5.5o to $4. 25, $4.5o to $3.5o, $4 to $3'25, $3.5o to $3, $2.5o to $2, $2 to $1.75, $1.75 to $1.5o, $1.5o to $1.25. Lyons Cloaking Velvet $12 to $50. Black Silks eoc to 75c, $1.25 to $1, $I.5o to 1.25, $1.75 to 1.5o, $2 to 1.75, $2'5o to 1.S7H, $3 to 2.5o, $3.25 to 2.75. All-Silk Rha- danes $2.5o for 200, $2.25 for 1.75, $1.75 for 1.25, $1.25 for 100. Armure Silks $2.25 for 1.75, $1.75 for 1.25, $1.25 for
 100. Colored Silks 1.25 for o5c, 100 for 75c, S5c for soc. Pushes and Velveteens reduced in like proportion. Remnants of Black Silks, Colored Silks, Brocaded Silks, China Silks and Fancy Velvets very cheap.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-03
Black Goods

The stock is almost altogeth- CT comprised of new goods. We quote present values and our reduced price: Silk Warp Hen rietta, 2.25 for 1855, 200 for 1.75, 1.85 for 1.55, 1.65 for I.5o, I.5o for I.fo, I.55 for I.2o, I.25 for ITO, L.I5 for 100. Surah Twills, 100 for 75c, S5c for o9e, 75e for 5oc, 55c for 45c. Cashmeres, new Spring impor- tation, L.25 for 100, 700 for 75G S5c for 65c, 75e for 6oe, 65c for 5oc, 55c for 45c: Nuns Veiiings. S5e for 65c, 65c for 5oc. Silk Warp Yelling, 200 for 1.65, I.6o for I.55 Alpacas, Mohairs, Jacquards, Grape Cloths, Satins, Tricots, etc., all come under the same reduction. Grapes way down regardless of cost or value.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-03
IDLE WORDS.

If there is any other new variety of wealth CT to be reported, we move to lay it over till the next session.-Boston Post
 A grammarian would no doubt define Adams original position as first person, singular. .''-Pittsburg Chronicle.
 The Lowell Citizen thinks that, now he is married, Edison ought to be able to invent a good reason for being out late nights.
 "Our citizens take great deal of interest i'll the recent bank robbery" says up country exchange. Yes, but who took the principal?-Texas Siftings.
 Flipkins was passing along the street and saw a trunk outside the door of a dealer bearing the legend, ''This size for S10.' ''So do 1, ," said Flipkins--kaleidoscop
 Five million needles recently sunk with an ocean steamer to the bottom of the ses. We hope the mermaids will take the hint and make themselves some clothes.-Burlingto Free Press.
 In spite of all the inducements the eli mate offers, you can't get a. real old-fash- toned Bostonian to die of pneumonia. It's got to be old -monia for him or he won't look at it.-Somerville Journal.
 Bookseller (to clerk)-See here, James, you have advertised "The Modern Salon" in our list of new books. Clerk-Well, that was your order, sir. Bookseller-Yes, but that's way to spell saloon, two o's, James. See if it can't be corrected.-Tidbits.
 It is said one firm in Germany has made cold lr1rir,z the ln<t y.azrs s nHn hnn thermometers. This enormous quantity made may be @ reason why therm ometers have been so low in Florida during the past winter.-New Orleans Picayune.
 Happy thought; Sir Pompey Bedell looking the fire in his new smoking room)- This wretched chimney has got into most objectionable way of smoking! Al can't cure it. Bedell, jr,-Just give it couple of your cigars. goyernor-it'll never smoke againi-London Punch.
 Our attention has been called to another dreadful crime in Vermont. A man walked deliberately into the railroad library room in St. Albans tte other day and took the life of Macaulay The wretch has so far escaped, but it is suspected that he has gone to Read ing-St Albans Messenger.
 "Youog man, I heard you offer old Soaper a bottls of champagne. last night in the libra ". Now what do you mean by such prohi- gacy!'
 siBut, father, he is going to give you great profit in this stock deal if you stick to him, and, besides that, he never touches champagne.
 ''What, never touches it?' We'll, the next time he comes just offer him two bottles. Never let it be said there was lack of hos pitality to the Bouncer mansion, sir, never!" Philadelphia Press.
 Now tell me why the ruby wine
 Is somewhat like the bee bvine,
 Which works on every shrub and vine
 And every blooming flower.
 You cannot tell? Well, look you here,
 And will make it plain appear
 The wine, 'tiS said. improves each year,
 The bee each shining hour
 -Yonkers Statesman.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-03
Wednesday, March 3, 1886.
THE PRESIDENTS CLAIM.


 The Presidents defiant message to the Senate is an extraordinary document It does nothing to bring him and the Senate to 8 better understanding, but it presents his side of the case to the people in way that will secure attention, and will perhaps have some effect in breaking the force of what the Republican Senators will have to say Viewed in this light the move is a shrewd one.
 The President declares that he has inter posed his 'tadvice and direction" against the transmission of the papers and documents wanted by the Senate. He has not done this upon the assumption that the Attorney General, or any head of department, is the servant of the President, and is to give or withhold copies of documents in his office according to the will of the executive and not otherwise, but because he regards the papers and documents withheld and ad- dressed to him or intended for his use and action, purely unofficial and private, not in- frequently confidential and having refer ence to the performance of duty exclusive ly his. He considers them in no proper sense as upon the files of the department, but as deposited there for his own conven- fence, still completely under his control. And he supposes that if he desired to take them into his custody, he might do so with entire propriety, and if he saw fit to destroy plausible and forcible way of putting the case, but it is not conclusive. It will not convince the Senate or the people that they have not right to know why removals from office are made. The President says, in effect, that they have not. He and his supporters will have difficulty in defending the position he has taken and which he evident 1y means tn maintain for hA says. Naitl,Ar the discontent of party friends, nor the al lurements constantly offered of combinations of appointees conditioned upon the avowal that suspensions have been made upon par ty grounds alone; nor the threat proposed in the resolution now before the Senate, that no confirmation will be made. unless the de- mands of that body be complied with, are sufficient to discourage or deter me from fol lowing in the way which I am convinced leads to better government for the people.
 If this important and interesting contro- versy should lead to reform in the whole matter of appointing and removing public officers it would be good thing. Less secrecy is wanted and needed. There are very few cases in which more harm than good would be done by stating plainly the facts upon which removal from office is based. There is altogether too much that is confidential" and secret in the present method Let the President be frank and the Senate give up it's secret sessions.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-03
Cases of Strong Memory.


 The following case given by Dr. John Abercrombie, much abbreviate for want of space, shows most strikingly that memory is power unlimited in its operation, and that in it's unconscious workings it is most wig orous and overmastering where it's subjects least cultured and nearest the condition of the animal world A girl of seven years, employed in tending cattle, slept in an apart ment next to one occupied by an itinerant fd- dler, musician of considerable skill, who frequently spent the night in performing pieces of refined description. She fell i'll.
 was taken care of by lady, and eventually
 became her servant. Some years elapsed, and the family were often surprised to hear
 music during the night. At length the sound was traced to the sleeping room of the girl, who, fast asleep, was warbling in manner ex- actly resembling the sweetest tones of a small violin. It was found that after being two hours in bed she became restless and began to mutter to herself; then, uttering noises re- sembling the tuning of a violin, she dashed off, after some prelude, into elaborate pieces of music, which she performed in clear and accurate manner. A year or two passed away, and she began to vary her performance by initiating the sounds of an old piano in the house, the singing of the inmates, and rufCner on Sne began 70 ulScOurSe on Varle- ty of topics. The justness and truth of her remarks on all subjects excited the utmost astonishment in those who were acquainted with her limited means of acquiring informa- l tion. She was known to conjugate correctly Latin verbs and to speak several sentences l in French. During her paroxysms it was almost impossible to wake her, and when her eyelids were raised and 8 candle brought near the eye she seemed insensible to light. About 16 she began to observe those who were in the apartment and answered quas- tions put to her with astonishing acuteness. | This affection went on for 10 or Il years. She was, when awake, dull, awkward girl, | slow in receiving any kind of instruction, | without any turn for music, or apparently | any recollection of what passed in her sleep. | At the age of 21 she became immoral and was dismissed. It is believed that she afterward | became insane. Dr. Moffat relates that after preaching sermon on Eternity" to
 some Africans he heard a simple-lookine
 young man repeat it all over again to 6 | group of natives with uncommon precision
 the very gestures being reproduced. On tell l ing him that he had done more than the or l iginal preacher could do, repeat the sermon l verbatim, the savage touched his forehead
 and said, ''When I hear anything great it re- mains there"
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-03
VERY RARE DISEASE.
Farmer Wafte's SuferIngs Brought
 an End hv

Farmer Wafte's SuferIngs Brought to
 End by Death.
 most rare and singular case of disease has just been made public at Jackson, in Michigan. About three years ago Danford J. Waite, aged fifty-fve farmer and car penter by trade, living in the township of Spring Arbor, few miles from Jackson, was taken with severe pain in his left leg near the knee. Local applications failed to bring relief, and the pain continued to in- crease in spite of the skill of the surgeons who treated it. The leg swelled to an ab- normal size and the man suffered excrucia- ting pain. Eighteen months ago Mr. Waite went to Ann Arbor and had his limbs exam ined by the university surgeons. They could do nothing for him and pronounced his case hopeless, telling him that he could not live more than 8 month. Since that tiIae he had been steadily failing and suffer ing untold torture until Friday night, Feb ruary 18th, when death came to his relief and ended his sufferings. A post-mortem examination was subsequently, made by sur geons from Jackson. They cut open the limb from the knee to the hip and found that the bone was entirely gone, the upper portions of the tibia and fbia, and also large portion of the sacrum, being honey combed and absorbed, and the whole space where the thigh bone should be had several sinuses filled with straw-colored liquid. Of the latter fluid the surgeons re- moved two gallons or more At several points within the limb were peculiar growths of bone, like coral, that branched out in every direction, reaching nearly to the skull. These growths of independent bone had no base, but formed at random and were not connected. There were strips of cartilagi- nous matter that extended in various direc- tions. The disease is known in surgery as osteo sarcoma and is very rare. In fact no case has ever been examined and reported where the absorption of the bone was complete, or where the disease had pre- gressed so far and become so pronounced before resulting in death. The surgeons say that amputation of the limb would not have availed, but would likely have has tened death. The only assigned cause for tRs @ s the of thfb that we m at his carpenter trade he usually rested heavy boards on his leg while saving them, and it is thought that the jar and strain thus produced started the decomposition of the bone, and his great vitality kept him alive for months while the destruction went on, when a less rugged man must have died long ago under like circu.Astances Tba surgeons regard it as an incurable als~osa
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-03

HIS nyOrOpnOD1a SCaT0 aG NeWdiA ID ofoi, and the seven dogs which were bitten by the ''mad" dog that bit the children who had such pleasant trip to Paris have been set at liberty. All's we'll that ends we'll
 Those very 'sniee" inhabitants of Washing ton who profess to be shocked because '"Ostler Joe'' was recited by New York woman at the house of Mrs. Whitney have made themselves very ridiculous. They are much more nice than wise.
 The determination of the Milwaukee Knights of Labor to have nothing to do with the Socialists is an example which can be proftably followed everywhere in this country The Socialists cannot help the Knights of Labor, and can do them much injury if they are allowed to become part of the organization.
 The sparrow is not entirely friendless. The president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals protests vigorously against the widespread denunciation of these little creatures, and particularly against the suggestion, just now being urged in many quarters, that they be poisoned by wholesale. The answer to this is that it would endanger valued animals, and possibly even human life.
 A correspondent of Nature tells fair fish story. He says that he has observed whole shoals of herring, in their anxiety to escape when pursued by whales, piled up above the surface of the sea to height of from three to six feet. On one occasion the fish formed m ass even with the top of the mast of a fishing boat, viz., about fifteen feet, and had part of this mass fallen into the boat it would doubtless have sunk it.
 Housekeeping in Japan has few trials,> ac- cording to the lady writing from that coun- try She says: I do not visit my kitchen once a month, never give an order outside of spoken wish, yet the domestic machin cry moves with an ease and perfection unattain- able at home by almost any effort on the part of the mistress. The manners of the servants are amusing, not to say startling Every night at bedtime our five retainers appear, prostrating themselves in succession to the earth, and retire. This is to wish me good night and to renew their testimony of profound respect and pleasure over the privilege of serving me.
 The outlook for the industrial school for Indian girls at Santa Fs, under the manage | ment of the University of New Mexico and l teachers from the American Missionary asso- citation, is bright A fine location has been secured, including seven and a half | acres of land, fifty large cottonwood trees, pond, pasture, hundred fruit trees, ,plats | for the cultivation of small fruits, flowers and vegetables, school and dormitory build ings, and Mexican adobe house for teachers l and for work 4ooms. Considerable sums have been contributed toward the enterprise
 and one of the contributors, philanthopie
 Boston woman, has named the school the Ramona School for Indian Girls" as 2
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-03

Dr. Ogle having expressed d1sappoint- ment that the medical profession did not show complete immunity from fatal small pox, the Lancet points out that the rate of thirteen deaths of medical men from small pox per l 1000, ,O00 living implies that during the ten years 1s73-82 only two deaths from this cause, out of 3,965 deaths from ali causes, occurred in the profession in Eng land and Wales, numbering about 15,000. "There were in England and Wales during those ten years 19, BIT deaths from small pox, and it is fair to assume that one or more medical practitioners were brought into personal contact with each of these deceased persons. Bearing these facts in mind, the deaths of but two medical men from this disease during these ten years induces over towering evidence both of the value of vac cination protection from smallpox, and of it's general and effectual adoption by the profession"
 The value for manufacturing and finish ing purposes of the richly grained redwood of California is beginning to be appreciated. though not, it would seem, until after i'm WeuSo or IL nave D6eu OIV0rCeO to unnecessary uses. Until recently the rich. curly bird's-eye and other peculiarly marked species were cut for rough lumber, and the softer, straight grained kinds being so much more easy to work, less liable to shrink end wise, and not so liable to split in mailing, were the favorite material for building and other purposes for which redwood was used, to the exclusion of the wavy and peculiarly grained varieties included in the frst-class redwood list Thus trees or logs indicating the very features now so prized in redwood have been used in prodigious quantities, simply because of their size and strength; but it is now matter of special interest to builders and artisans that, for richness and peculiarity of grain, the redwood is excelled only by the finest of costly hard wood The shrinkage endwise is special to this wood, but does not extend beyond thorough season ing.