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New-York tribune., 1888-08-25
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WILLIAM RUGER.

william Ruger the senior member OF the nrm -
Ringer Brothers, shipping merchants of this CITY, oee
Yesterday at his summer home at Newtown' Conh-
His death was caused by lung troubles ana hao
been expected for several months Mr. Ruger was niy"
seven wears old and lived in Brooklyn He was born IN
premer Germany, but came to this country whom
hoy When he was young man he and bis younger
brother Emil founded the North American Lloyd stesm-
shin COMPANY which succeeded In 1890 oy the
North German Lloyd plying between New-fork sna
premen For this line they built the steamships At
Iantic baltimore, and Eastern Star, placing them
,,dor tho American flag. These were the first trans
atlantic steamships Of any regular line 10 hy tho stars
and stripes
m. line was successful until the breaking out OF the
Franco prussian war, when It went to pieces, owing
- German immigration, which was its principal source
,f revenue being prohibited By the German Govern
nent After the failure OF the steamship company,
Mr. Rugor and his brother started line of American
cuuper ships which ran with success until driven
u of the trade by the increasing competition OF steam
vessels Mr. Ruscr made ard lost four fortunes
lie was a member Of the NewN0rk Maritime f-x-
change lie leaves widow and two daughters.
Tho body wrl be- forwarded from Newiown to-day ios
burial in Greenwood.
New-York tribune., 1888-08-25

creation OF national sentiment would NJ ouSse.
any temporary inconvenience wo might sufsA
@But beyond this, tho fact must not b ovezsooE
that President Cleveland cannot confns hn W.
atory measures TO Canada. That is game N sns".
Empire would take hand in and tho placing % =
discriminating duty on American Imports oy Anp.
xoud quickly bring President Cleveland b ~
knees'
On tho other hand many members Of tho cansms1
Liberal party look upon the threatened retsnats.
with alarm Their views expressed oy -
Record. TO night the only paper which discussc -
affair IL changes all the trouble 10 the bungins os
Sir John A. Macdonad's Administration and .ayss
Retaliation will bring in Its train series of nnsn<
cjal disasters and greater financial distress than w.
eyer experienced by any country under the sun Lnss
It VIII lead annexation persesed II IS as cess
az noOnday- With allation I'm sight, win wrocn,e
and ruined trade 60 The Record. says, annexation v
the only solution Of our difficulties.
New-York tribune., 1888-08-25
crccrsTIoN TO THE PRESIDENT.

rome EdttOr OF The Irton"e.
sr. II the XXIXth Article is dead SO IS ns
XyyIIIth. and the President should, after setuns an
onInon from the Attorney General, issue proclams-
ton ordering the collection Of duties at all Honuse
norts excluding Canadian vessels nom LAKE ncar
gan . -. ,5oc
New-York tribune., 1888-08-25
SIR John WON'T DISCUSS THE MESSAGE
RE ,s ANGRY. THOUGH, AND SAYS THAT CANADA
VIII. DEVELOP HALIFAX AND THAT THE UNITED
ny

RE Is ANGRY, THOUGH, AND SAlo Thai CANAo~
WILL DEVELOP HALIFAX AND THAT THE UNITED
sTATrs WILL BIZ SORRY.
Doston. Aug "a (SpcciaD.-Sir John A. MACDONALD
the Canadian Premier who IS at Sydney cape Breton
w.s tnterv,eved BY a "GlObe" correspondent ron
corning the Presidents message. Sir John SPOKE
with considerable spirit and appeared much In earn
sst when he sneeringy repeated the word retaatloh
after the correspondent He was angry and con-
s,derahly ANNOYED at what he considered was the
sacrifice Of dignity for political ideas He would noo
discuss in any way the question involved IN Inc
message, saying:
~What will be moro interesting 20 your reahers
will be to learn how the mercantile interests involved
will take the matter. We have Halifax in winter
vou know and the Intercolonal Railroad. II the
idea OF kecplpg goods destined for Canada from pass
Ing through the States via Portland Boston and New
York is carried out, fail TO how it VIII lnlure
Canada: IN fact It viii force Canadians to do now
what they ought to have done ten years ago-nahe
Halifax the point Of departure for all their exports
and the port Of entry for all imports les one OF 'e
reasons why that has not been done Is because Hall
fax is as far from Montreal the metropolis OF Cahaha
as Chicago IS from New-York but where stern ne
cesslty commands and Canada has no other altcrnar
tive | don't think we will look upon the matter as
uuch OF a calamity. Halifax is the natural terminus
of all steamship lines from Europe IL has been her
own fault and that Of Canadians only that she IS not
the distributing port for all OF Canada and the Northern
and Northwestern States. Perhaps some OF ur A.
lautc ports of the States will have something 10 say
about the proposed driving from their wharves OF he
business they have been enjoying at me expense Vi
the Dominion and Sir John smiled quietly.
New-York tribune., 1888-08-25

ALIBIs PROVED BY FIVE OF THE SwITcHMKN.
Chicago, Aug 24.-TDe trial Of the six Chicago, Mlls
waukce and st. Paul Railroad switchmen charged with
vreckng O. engine In this city, tho evening %
July H. was held IN police court to-day. AL q
them except f. J. smith proved abis and were dis
charged from custody S"isA held for As actieo
OF the Grand Jury.
New-York tribune., 1888-08-25
CHRISTIAN A. COETZ.

Christian A. Goetz, prominent Brooklyn orewer
died yesterday at his home, No 1876 Leherts place
I'm that city lie was fifty nine years old. Mr. Gocts
was one Of the founders OF the Atlantic Garden, In
New-York, and in 1868 removed TO brooklyn and es-
tabIised the Bedford Brewery, at Franklin ave- and
Bergen-st lie was president Of the company which
managed Il for more than twenty years. Three years
agn Il was reorganlEed as the Budweiscr Brewing Com
pany lie was an active member OF the brooklyn
saengerbund lie left a wife and daughter. The
funeral will take place tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1888-08-25

p,gnes. Mcn,s As,oc,.tton said there ought to bc
a better way of settling the difficulties than tnls;
There's too much politics IN It that's the trouoie''
he added.
New-York tribune., 1888-08-25
RETA1IAr1oY NOT RELIsUED IN BUFFALO.

IN's' +'
Buffalo. y. Y, Aug "a Ospecian.-Mr Eisseu' 'oi-
Ie,tor Of the Port of Hunao, said to-day; " Tho
pronoseA Canadian Retaliation BIZ would simply XII
importatlons here. Al present importations are
about IN this ratio Barley, little less than one
third and live stock about the same while immediate
transit goods will bring the amount Of falling OIL In
the business of this office up to fully three-quarters'
Tho five stock trade Of Buffalo with Canada Is very
larges President J. i. Stafford, of the Euhalo
New-York tribune., 1888-08-25

CONFLICTING OPINIONS IL GLVrCEsTER
Gloucester Mass, Aug 9f.-Thc Presidents mos
SAG. a. much commented By fishing vessel owners
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-28
STATE NEWS.

A lot of real estate is purchased in
Laredo for a syndicate formed III the
city of Mexico.
Up to date between, 5000 and 5000
bales of cotton have .been shipped
from Cuero.
General King has ordered Captain
Tones, rangers from the Rio Grande
TO Edwards and Uvalde counties,
where their services are demanded.
TIC. Howell, a young Englishman
who has been ranching ten miles from
Fort Worth, while riding, fell dead
from apoplexy.
Can't. Thos. S. McDade, formerly
sheriff of Waller county, is shot and
killed at Hampstead by concealed
assassin. There is no clue as yet.
A fatal accident occurred yesterday
on board the British steamship Kate,
discharging coal at Galveston. mos.
West, while hosting coal from the
hold of the ship, missed his footing
and fell into the hold, striking on his
head. Death was almost instan-
taneous.
The grass on the prairies and in the
pastures of Dewitt county is very
good and the indications are that
stock of all kinds will be enabled to
go through the winter without great
loss.
A horse belonging to eX-Sheritf II.
Davis and four other horses are ia ken
from the ranch at Spring ST., Pales-
tine, and ridden away by parties I'M
known.
The courthouse at Gilmer was burn
ed Sunday night, shortly after 9
O'Clock, by incendiarism. a large
number of important papers were
burned. S. G. Hart, a lawyer of Gill
mer, is arrested, charged with the
crime. The evidence is very strong
against him.
A number of Texas delegates to the
st. Louis convention of stockmen and
butchers, have returned to Fort
Worth. The sentiment appeared to be
that the ball had been set in motion,
and that the seed planted in st. Louis
gave every promise of bringing forth
substantial fruit.
Near the town Of Midway, an old
negro man, who was an invalid, was
alone in his home when it caught
fire, and being unable to leave it, he
was burned to death.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-28
Manv People Refuse to Take Cod

Liver Oil on account of its unpleasant taste
This difiiculty has been overcome in Scott S
Emulsion of Cod Liver OF! with HypoPh3s,
NEST valuable remedy known for the treat
ment of Consumption, Scrofula and Bronchi.
it's, General Deb lily. Wasting Diseases or
Children, Chronic Coughs and Colds, mas
caused physician in al parts of the world 10
use it. Physicians report our little patients
take it with pleasure. Try SCOTS Emulsion
and be convinced. n-Slm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-28
BOTTOMS BARGAINS.

Two carloads bedroom suits, just
received, of excellent quality and ex-
ceedingly cheap.
New buggy harnesses at give-away
prices.
One Grand. square Wagner piano,
$125.
Magnificent oil paintings.
Two iron safes, metal cheap.
Large variety of clocks and notions.
Latest styles ladies' and gents reed
chairs.
A fine lot of flexible wire door mats.
Upholstering goods from 70 cents
per yard. 49,.
Kitchen and dining-room furniture.
Beautiful upholstered lounges, 81 to
S25.
Two billiard and pool tables conf
plete.
Stoves, new and secondhand, from
So to $50.
Stereoscopian cases with so views,
50
Baby buggies, new and second
hand, So to So.
Furniture repaired, packed and
shipped on short notice.
Mattresses of all kinds made at my
own factory.
Seven new fire proof iron safes and
one burglar proof steel chest, ditto, at
prices to defy competition.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-28

Chauncey NJ. Depew was graduated
from Yale college in 1886, and three
years later was admitted to the bar.
His connections with the Vanderbilt
railroad interests dates from 1866.
At the breakfast given to the car
and his wife at Baku, recently, by
Mr.. Rohel, Russia's petroleum
King" the host presen ted the czarina
with diamond bouquet holder worth
$4,000.
The day after Washington's death
the clock in the Masonic Lodge at
Alexandria, Va, of which he was a
member. was set at the hour and min
ute of his demise. Then the clock was
stopped and it has never been per
mitted to run nor have the hands
been moved since.
They have discovered new way of
making bonfire at Virginia City,
New. Bricks are soaked in kerosene
for two days, after which they will
burn brightly for more than an hour.
A London physician has copy of
the Bible written in shorthand, prob
ably the only copy in the world. 1t
is a volume of comparatively small
size, and the characters are exquisite
ly written.
Leo Archenger, a brewer of San
Jose, Cal, undertook to carry a 103-
pound beer keg a distance of seven
miles. After walking six miles he
gave up, declaring he didn't care to
kill himself.
A procession of the London cabs
would stretch fOrty-five miles. There
is only public standing room for twen-
ty-three miles of them. The other
twenty-five miles have to go wander
ing about the streets.
Miss Dolorita Mazury, of Chicago,
sold her lover, John Merger, to Mrs.
Josephine SicottS, a pretty widow, for
a cash consideration. Merger, how
evec, refused to abide by the bargain,
and on the wedding day he eloped
with Miss Mazury, leaving the widow
disconsolate
The fig harvest this year has been
good. The whole crop that practically
supplies Europe and America and a
great part of Asia is gathered from a
very limited acreage. The average
yield is about %, 100000 pounds. The
fig gardens lie along the valley of the
Meander, especially round the ruins
of Ephesus.
Paddy Lane, the author of the Irish
bull that he would rather be "a cow
ard for five minutes than a dead man
all the rest of his life," has perpetra-
ted another. Speaking of mis- assail,
ant, Kavanagh, he said: II won't
say anything hard of him. If he has
done wrong leave it to his own con.
science and God to play the devil with
him."
Mr.. Sam King, of Waco, drove a
young steer to the pen, tied him to g
tree and then leveIled a shot gun al
him, to slaughter him for meat
Both barrels of the gun exploded
tearing Mr.. Kings right arm SO bad
ly, that it had to be amputated.
Mrs. Harrison's favorite flower is
the old-fashioned sweet pea.
An alarm clock in a hotel at Greer
Bay, Mich, went off at o'clock tn
other morning and scared Mrs. Chas
Marshall, a guest, into fits. She ha
sued for 81 900 damages.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-28
A SAD STORY.

The child coughed. The mother
ran. No remedy was near. Before
morning the poor little sufferer was
dead. Moral: Always keep DR..
Acker's English Remedy at hand.
~ RAGLAND 4 Co.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
A MATCHING CRADLE.

Success has attended the first expert
ment of DR.. A. NJ. Thomas of the Wards
Island Emigrant hospital with an appar-
atus modelled after that used by Prof.
FARMER at his pavilion in Paris for the
preservation of life in infants born eX-
ceptionally small or weak. Early in
September Agnes Mclean, young
Scotch immigrant just arrived, was adj
mitted to the hospital. On the 9TH of
that month she gave birth to girl babe
one-half ounces, and apparently had very
little vitality. DR.. Thomas was having
constructed an apparatus like that of
FARMER, and in thirty-siX hours after the
birth of the child the cOntrivance was
ready for its occupant, and little Edith
Eleanor, as her mother had named her,
went into it, weighing then only two
pounds one and one-half ounces.
The "machine" was "A big wooden box,
with the walls of a refrigerator, and two
compartments constructed to permit the
free circulation of air between them and
its egress before it should become foul.
The upper compartment was for the babe,
the lower contained metallic vessel
full of water and connected with heat
ing arrangement outside that kept the
water in constant circulation, and, there
fore, at an even temperature. Fresh air
was supplied through openings in the
bottom of the box. The child was fed
artiticially.
Under this treatment little Edith Flea
nor lived, but her Improvement was very
slow the first six weeks, during which
she gained only little more than half a
pound in weight. After that she thrived
wonderfully, her weight sometimes in
creasng seven ounces in single week.
The temperature within the box was
gradually reduced from 80 at first to
20 :, the temperature of the lying-in-
ward, and week ago little Edith Eleanor
emerged from her hot box for good. The
Sunday before she had weighed four
pounds four and one half ounces. She eX-
perienced no i'll effects from the change,
and on several of the bright days of last
week one of the attendants took her out
into the open air.sOn last Sunday she was
weighed again. She had gained one and
one-half ounces. She had grown in
length from Twelve ihciles at olrth 10
eighteen, and it was no longer possible TO
slip finger ring on her ankle. The at
PENDANTS declared that they had never
seen healthier infant. By Wednesday
of this week little Edith had gained three
ounces more, and weighed four pounds
nine ounces. The hospital authorities
decided that it was safe to let her go, so
when the boat came up from Castle Gar
den that day mother and child were put
aboard it, The former still had the order
for ticket to Binghamton that she had
had when she arrived in America, and in
few hours she and her baby were on
their way to join friends in that city
| New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
The Growth of Children.

The rule of growth is that a child
should increase two pounds in weight
for every inch in height between three
and four feet, and two and a half
pounds for every inch between four
and five feet. A remarkable fact is
that the boys at the public schools and
young men at the universities, and
entering the public service, here called
the upper classes, average about three
inches taller, and from six pounds to
twenty pounds heavier, than boys in
the board schools and young appren-
tees and workmen. Two causes may
be assigned for this; first, heredity {;
and secondly, favorable surroundings.
Deficient and improper food, town air,
laborious work at early ages, all stunt
the growth. Every one knows how a
change from close town to free coun-
try life, with plenty of exercise, stimu-
lates growth. A good rule for pre-
dieting future height is that if FIVE feet
is passed between 10 and II years of
age, the child will be tall if between
- and IA years, of medium stature; if
not till Is years of age, he will be
short. -London Reader.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
Methods of Removing Freckles.

A lotion of chloride of lime made
very weak and dried on the face in
the sun for five minutes and washed
off with lemon juice, followed by
glycerine, will usually Danish freckles.
If they don't go at the first applica-
ton they will with sufficient repeti-
ton. Or you may touch the freckles
with javelle water, taking great care
it does not touch the eyes, lips or the
inside of the nose, and after a few
minutes of washing off with lemon or
vinegar as before. When | say that
javelle water. used by laundresses,
will bleach the hair, it is distinctly not
with view of recommending it, as it
will undoubtedly kill the hair and in
jure the brain in time, as all hair
bleaches and golden dyes do. Shirley
pare's Letter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
The Way of 1t.

There were four or five men in a
knot, and they were discussing a cam
didate who had been elected.
I'm sorry he got there" said one.
80 am l, added a second. Hes
a dangerous man"
He ought to be tarred and feath-
cred, instead of holding an Officer ex-
claimed third.
Yes, and I'd like to put on the tart
shouted fourth.
At that moment the man came
around the corner, smiling with de-
light and both hands ready for shak-
ing, and as he halted he said
well, boys, l got there"
you bet you did!" shouted the four
in chorus.
And want you to drink with me. "
''You bet we will Hurrah for
your
And they drank his beer and said
they had rather seen all the rest of the
ticket defeated than to have him get
left. -Detroit Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14

The fatal power of the new weapon
of the French army lies principally in
the smokeless powder used. The army
provided with it can conceal from the
enemy the presence of both its artil-
lery and its infantry. The opposing
battalions may hear the thunder of the
guns, but they cannot discover the
situation of the marksmen nor the OBJ
ject at which they are aiming. 1t will
be equally impossible to estimate the
distance or ascertain the direction in
which the fire should be returned.
The cavalry will be helplessly exposed
to slaughter. Strategy on a large
scale will be impossible, and military
tactics will be placed on an entirely
new basis. Chicago Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
1889.
Harper's Ma gazine.
ILLUS TRATED.

HARPERs MAGAZINE is the most useful, en-
tertaning, and beautiful periodical in the
world, Among the attractions for lss9 win be
a new novcl-an American story, entitled
"Jupiter Light"-by Constance F. WoolsOn;
Illustrations of Shakespeare's Comedies by
+. A. Abbey; series OF articles on Russia,
illustrated by I. de Thulstrup; papers on the
Dominion OF Canada and a characteristic ser
ial by Charles Dudley Warner; three "Norwe-
gian Studies," by Bjornstjerne BjOnson,
illustI ated; "Commodus," a historical play by
the author OF "Ben-Hur," illustrated by j. r.
Wcguelin, etc The Editorial Departments
are conducted by George William Curtis,
william Dean Howels, and Charles Dudley
Warner
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
THE LAST CARGO OF SLAVES.

' TIE LH0 SAh0O VT oIfNNGS.
Probably the most interesting charac-
ter hereabouts is negro man, who was
one of the cargo of the Wanderer, the
last slave ship to bring to this country
load of captives from Africa. Lucus
Williams, as he was christened by one of
the young ladies of the family into which
he was sold, or "Umwalla," as he was
called in Africa, lives in small hut on
the outskirts of Hamburg, across the
river from here. Since freedom he has
earned livelihood working gardens,
saving wood and whitewashng. He
was little surprised when asked about
his early life, but talks well once he has
begun, requiring to be questioned fire.
quently, however. Umwalla was born
in Guinea, according to his story, not
in Liberia. One day, when he was about
10 years of age, he was sent to his aunt
to carry her some pnders to plant. When
he was going through the woods two
his hands He cried terribly, and they
soon gagged him. Theynsold him to
native, who took him to Liberia. There,
for the first time in his life, he saw
white man, and he was terribly frighten-
ed at him.
Umwalla was then taken to the Wan
derer, where a large number of captives
had already been stored away in the
hold. The passage over was fraught
with untold terrors to the young savage.
A storm was encountered and for days
the hold was fastened up and numbers of
the negroes died from sickness caused by
the foul air. There was a number of
ferocious men among the cargo who had
to be kept in chains.
When the Wanderer approached the
South Carolina coast she was sighted by
a government boat and given chase.
During the night she dropped anchor off
Pocataligo and the cargo of negro men
and women was debarked.
Umwalla, or, as he was soon afterward
called, Lncius, was taken to Carolina
plantation near Beach Island, and put to
work there.
Lucius is very fond of the "white
folks" as he styles the family of his old
master and mistress, and frequently calls
to see them, walking several miles to do
So The style of punishment followed
among his tribe was to break the culprit' S
neck by a sudden wrench from forked
stick.
Lucius tells, in his quaint way, of the
interesting features of slavery. No
negro woman was PERMITTED, however
gorgeous her toilet otherwise, to wear a
veil or gloves. Negro men were neither
permitted to carry walking cane nor
smoke cigar on the streets. They
could not remain away from the quarters
after o'clock at night without permit
from their master.
He is not lonesome here, for on a
neighboring plantation-Capt. Benjamin
Tillman's place-are many negroes from
his old home, and they frequently meet
and converse in African. They do not
attempt to impart the language to their
children. he says, and of course all vesti-
ges of it, save what they have engrafted
on the Southern patois, must soon die
OUT Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
Getting 1t Down Fine.

A curious paper by an English Or
ganist on Melody in Speech" asserts
that a COW moos in a perfect fifth and
octave or tenth; dog banks in fifth
or fourth donkey brays in perfect
octave; horse neighs in a descent on
the chromatic scale. Each person has
his fundamental key, in which he gen.
orally speaks. but which he often
transposes in sympathy with other
voices, or when he is excited. This is
getting it down fine.-New York
Press.