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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17
TIE RAPID Transit SOCIETY
The FALL OF BLACK AND WHITE, WITH TIE RISE
OF DROWN AND MARrYRDOM or GREEN.

OF BROWN AND MARI1 hDoh W uhT''''
"Gentlemen,7 said the president Of the New-fork
Business Mems Rapid Transit Society, as he rappeu
for order at its meeting last night, have here TWO
serious charges against members OF our society,"
After short discussion it decided 10 take them
up and dispose OF them first. 49,
One Of the charges continued the president is
against Brother Black and alleges that he was seen
to miss an elevated train, thus losing TWO minutes oi
time when by going up the station three steps al
a Jump instead OF two he might have caught It.
"Mr President said Brother Black, as no arose In
his place acknowledge tho truth Of the charge out
/ wish to state that thero were eGtenuauns oneuH-
stances l can prove that went from my hou'o !"
the station on a faster run than ths resuiS'o7 Va
our society insist on, which should DC sohio'h'nH III
my favor. ! also, while waiting Tor Inc heA' "'n,
tore up and down the platform on the rot instead OF
sitln- dow, and resting which / also think
looks favorable Still further, ! want 10 state
that I tumped over the gate at the do"hto"h
station and sprained my ankle, which aso counts
largely for in this society 'n'n H-l"o 80
for my office and the way passsu wv Vi nv
Philadelphia men who had got on the traih inisseu
The explanation was heard, ana ineinoor 'no''Hh
that Brother Black be entirely exonors0u' " "@
carried with but few dissenting VOICES ,,. M
1.-THE other charge continued the PRESIDENT Is
that Brother White was observed TO stand on the
curb when starting 10 cross broadway tili ''roo.
had passed instead OF rushing arounu W. anu
thus saving one and one half secohuS' VI 800 So
diving under the horses and thus saving possible
two seconds
Brother White arose and SAID a., .
Mr. President. desire to oher as my oAou'e .No
fact that my leg was still quito iano In ..
broken week before In catching ferrSDos' anu per
forming the cytraordinary feat of gaining one minute
and fifteen seconds and feared If tred to go around
the car might get knocked down and lose half an
my strength intending to bring 1t all to bear on eating
my luncheon and thus saving twenty secohos' 'om'-
thing sfterward did, a.
sboud be impossd but ho was severely reprimanded
al will now. rentlemens said the president vaea'e
this chair IN accordance with our bylaws to Brother
Brown, who viii be assisted forward by two sur
geops Brother Brown this afternoon Jumped into
an elevator after It had started and broke oo.h ess
gaining thereby one minute Of time' Ills enAf Hsa'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17

ediilce. Moreover vessels are continually arriv-
ing from Odessa and Sebastopol laden with build
ing materials and huge cases of provisions and
of what are declared on the bills Of lading 10 be
ecclesiastical furniture The latter is known
TO consist Of arms ammunition and heavy guns
which are Canons Of the Church" but in name.
1t is true there is an unfortunate representative
Of the Ottoman Customs on the promontory.
But ill-pad, or rather not paid at alias is the
case with most Of the functionaries of the Turk
ish Government-he has found il advantageous
TO turn willing ear to the whispers Of
baksheesh' made by ON Ashmoff
The Importance of all this can best be gagged
By an inspection of the map of Turkey. where
it will be perceived TINT Mount Athos commands
not only considerable portion of the IEgean
Sen but also in measure the access to the Darda-
ncles When therefore the inevitable hostili-
ties break out between Russia and Turkey, the
latter viii discover to her cost that frst-class
Russian fortress, fully garrisoned, armed and pro-
visioned has been quietly established on one OF
the most strategcally important points Of the
Sultan's dominons
l should add that General On Ashimoff has
been reioined on Mount Athos by his principal
lieutenant, Sastreb, and by most of the band whom
he had left behind him in Abyssinia. Sastreb,
who is gigantic in stature and sinister in appear
ance is Russian ny birth, who outlawed
for some crime during the reign of the late Car
and forced 70 fly from Russia. He spent several
years as a sailor on board an English vessel in
which he repeatedly visited the United States.
1t is asserted that on the occasion of his last
stay in New-Yorll he committed most horrible
murder, for which he is wanted" by the Ameri-
can police. Inspector Brynes may possibly he
interested to learn that the fugitive for whom he
is lie at N he
robes OF monk in the monastery of st.
Panteleimon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17
HER DEEP INTEREST
From It'd. Bits.


Atter sgonring for eight months the raggeu edge.
young Perkins mustered up courage enough to declare
IL. for the beautiful Miss Wswa ami was sweety
and gracousy accepted
Nv own darling !" he cried joyfuly folding her 70 his
heaving breast How very, very happy you make me-
Ana YOU do love me r
Ye.s-s Harry, I-iistenT
~what Is It my angelr
NothIng 1 mistaken Go on, deart
NJ prrctous one II you only knew
Listen dear.'
what is ~ No one is coming. Let US be happy
happy ID" ,.. 40. A..
The wsboy Is coming with The evening paper and
40 anxious the Detroit or Boston club won to-
day won't you and get the paper, darling r
He geab and never, never came back.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17
ENFORCING HIS LESSONS ON SLANG

Causeur" civilian A. Hoyey) in The Boston Herald
1t was at the Institute OF Technology few days before
the close OF the term One Of the professors been
troubled by hearing OF the students INDUCING in
slang. Accordingly, when his class had assembled 10
hear his lecture. he gave them ten minute discourse on
the use OF slang told them how IL cOrrupting the
Language, and that its use was, persons cuty-
ton and rerncment sure ssn C III breeding Thea he
went on with his regular lecture, and at is close called
the attention OF his eass fact that some Of them had
been ren.s in their studies and that behooyed them 20
make up FOR lost time they would fall 10 pass the an
pFosching examinations The fact is" he concluded
you've 500 tn brace up you'll get left" which shows
that preaching and practice are often wide apart
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17
NOT FITTED FOR TIE BUSINESS.

johnny said a seventh-ave. grocer to the new
boy, what kind OF butter did you send over to
Hendcrson'siD
Some of the prints herc,' said the boy re-
specially.
oh, great bowling Caesar, rroaned the grocer
sent em some of that good butter Just after have
got 'cm down to this here in the barreli sent 'en
the best butter in the store Just as / finish Two
years course Of getting them down to the barrel
BUTTER Give 'em taste of good butter after bad
got 'em they thought this barrel butter was the
best in tho world And still you say you hope to
a grocery store some day The taste Of that
buster you sent 'em will awaken all their old
slumbering desires for good butter and III have to
work another two years grading 'em down, little
poorer each time, before I'll get em where there's
any profit on 'em again You might Just as well
put or your coat and 90 first as last-ocerfes an't
your line, You better go into the ministry or get
lob on q ferryboat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17
sNOTHERIyG FLAMES WITH HIS BARE EAyD

From HaftOru
John Smith, the Fordst plumber. has been terrible
sufferer with his hands ever since the incpent fire next
door his shop, three weeks ago. NAV be
that gaspipe parted and the gas was accidentally LIGHTED
and volume Of flame poured into the room ana would
speedily have had the whole building In flames Mr.
smith with great presence OF mind and disregard for
personal con which few would have shown
ran 20 the place and smothered the by
placing the palm Of his hands against the burning nine
IL was an eecua remedy all danger being over before the
aremen arrived Naturally Mr. Smiths hands were horr
bly, burned and he been sufferer under the doctors
care ever since. People who appreciate bravery might
remember that Mr. Smith Is good. honest plumber who
has enjoyed good deal Of hard luck with eomeRdabo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17
A COFFIN ON A HONEYMOON.
rur prcT,Ir,p ANTICS OF A DYsPEPTIC BRIDE

THE PECULIAR ANTICS OF DYsPEPTIc BRIDE
GROOM.
To show what degree Of mental perversiy man may
driven by digestive troubles Is shown by the case TO
Gently related in Tho Manchester (England) Iimca
Mr. Lushlngton, about fifty years Of age and terrible
dyspepuc married bride OF twenty and nearly ghteheo
her death by insisting upon taking with him on their
bridal tour an elegant coffin, for which he had had hmseu
measured time before.
This Is terrible concet but there thousands OF
people whose minds becoming daily unhinged ana arc
say tho least incapable OF proper action BY reason OF
digestive troubles Some Of the most marvellous cures
OF mental and nervous dcutes which have been atto-
ued to Scotch Essence have been due almost en-
trey apdty with which that remedy has reiieve1
patients dyspepsia. and has builsu the weakened
brain and impoverished blood
Al is well known this remedy rich in PHOSPHORUS
IRON and other ingredients needed by the blood and Dran
besides certain medicinal properties Of the oats which acs
upon tho digestive with strength and rspiay.
and the time safety wholly unknown TO any other
remedy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17

fully belongs to him TIL worther shall arise among
us 10 claim its
vote Of thanks was then rendered Brother Brown-
Resolutions werc passed expressing the Rapid Transit
socctys profound respect for the memory OF Brother
Green who missed an elevated train but followed 1t
on foot from One hundred and keep
ing but block behind, only to fall between the Ties
and break his mock Just he had saved two and one
half minutes After some routine business the society
sdjournsd the members proceeding to their respective
homes on the run.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17
PAUPER INHERiTS MILLIONS
From The Albany Express

well-dreGsed. mldde-aged woman called rne aims
house on Friday evening, during Superintendent Me.
Kennas absence, and informed Mrs McKenna that she
in search Of John Tripp information concerning
him. Trip she sad. had left his wife and home In
England TO CONG 10 America. Soon after he left home
1t found that had he remained would have inner
ited fortune OF 600 000 This fortune now amounts
70 $1,000 00o or sS5 600 000 and Tpp the sole heir
Trip traced 70 this city and IL thought be
became a public charge. HIS widow is stll living in
England and Is eightyslx years old The woman sald
she ycd in Troy and that Information concerning Trip
would be literally paid for.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17
SIZE EANrED TO KNOW.

From The Boston Transcript ,., ...k
little girl Who tsFen 10 the Ep.scopai enuS"
for the fret tmo heard the clergyman reaa p,1 pAl
On these commandments hang all inc "a" Aii' "'
prophetsn . 49, a.. aha co, hama
Do they hang the prophets the commandment JUST Inc
same a. they 40 presents on the Christmas tree u
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-30

stance the Republican party protects both
the wool grower and the wool manufacturer.
That is fair That is distributing the bene-
fits of protection equally. Now what does
the Democratic party do, or rather what has
1t tried to do in the Mills bill. 1t has i'm
posed duty of some thirty per cent. on
wooden goods that is for the protection of
the manufacturer. Now how has IL treated
the wool grower? 1t has removed all protec-
tion Whatever from him. Does Mr. Moulton
mink that is an equitable arrangement? Is
there no taxation of one class for the benefit
ofanother In thatP The Republican party has
protected the rice grower of South Carolina,
by imposing duty on foreign rice. 1t has
protected the grower of vegetables in Maine
also, by imposing duty on foreign yegeta-
bles. This is fair No distinction is made
between the Northern and the South
ern farmer, but both are given the
benefit of the protective system. Now
what have the Democrats attempted to
to do9 OF course Mr. Moulton does not
know else he would not have informed his
audience that the Democrats were opposed
to taxing one class for the benefit of another.
The Democrats have placed vegetables on
the free list, but have kept a duty of over 100
per cent. on rice. This is the fact. Perhaps
Mr.. Moulton can reconcile it with his claim
In behalf of the Democracy. There are
plenty of other instances of this same dis
elimination in the Mills bill. After Mr..
Monlton disposes of these two perhaps we
will submit some more problems for his solu-
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-30

South Russia and even in our own dominions
in India where the soil and climate are I'M
rivalled and labor is only eight cents a day.
We are anxious to see you enjoy the privilege
Of all the markets OF the world Tor your pro
duce and TO see you underselling them all
We will take all that you can sell cheaper
than anybody else.
Some of your selfish politicians accuse us
OF always wishing to sell dear and buy
cheap. and of forcing foreign markets to
you, dear Grover, that ON the contrary we
are the most unselish people in the world.
Who ever heard of Englishmen being grasp
ing, or wishing to get the best of bargain?
We want free trade purely for your good
With you we will buy dear and sell cheap
We will give you almost any price for your
iron, wooden and cotton industries. We will
take every pound of your cotton and make
the cotton cloth of the world. Wool and
iron we have to sell. You may close all
your iron mines and kill all your sheep. We
VIII furnish woolens for all your millions at
the lowest price Of the market, and we will
give as much for your farm products as you
can get in the markets of Europe. All steel
and iron products will be furnished at such
prices as those great industries may demand.
Now must come to the closing and least
pleasant part of my letter.
some mlschievous persons, knowing
neither their own nor the cOuntry's interests,
are plotting to construct the so called
Nicaragua canal. L must say TO you private
ly, but frankly and positively, that l will
never allow it to be done, unless it be in
equal cooperation with my government and
under special treaty conf0rmed to our in
terests. Sir Henry Bulwer fixed that matter
with all the skill for which he was famous,
and for which Mr.. Clayton was not famous.
My government condoned his desperate i'm
morality and bribery for his deep skill in
treaty making. Do not listen to the voice of
that MIR. Blaine OF Maine, whom regard as
the most dangerous man now living, and
who accused my government of having Yio-
lated that treaty, and by that act released
yours from all obligations. / wish to remind
you that l have fleet capable of interpret
ing my treaties, and | shall not allow an
American plotter to interfere. What L have
done to Turkey, Egypt and China, to Aus
tralia, New Zealand, and many small pow
ers Of Africa, ought to be sufficient warn
ing.
know the goodness of your heart and the
sublime virtue of your life. In my regards
you stand next to Washington. There is no
other President of the United States worthy
to be named in your presence. l trust you
are called in divine providence to establish
one universal commercial law for all English
speaking peoples. There will then then be
no occasion for war. You may abandon your
feeble attempts to construct a navy. NY
navy Will police the seas as much in your in
terests as ours.
lNoTE.-The reference made to the fisheries
treaty is withheld. as the whole affair has assum-
ed new and unpXnpptad form
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-30
Free Raw Materials

When our ships can carry our manufactured
GOODS 10 south America and Africa and other for
eign lands and exchange them for raw material to
be brought back and worked into other manufac-
lures 70 pc exported in turn they are bringing
business for factories and mills and labor for our
mechanlcs.-Speech OF Mr.. Augustus +. Moult0n.
What is the reason that our manufactured
goods cannot be carried to South America
and Africa ana changed for raw materials,
and those raw materials worked into other
manufactured goods and exported in returnp
There is law on our statute book which al
lows the exporter Of manufactured goods 90
or.lOo per cent. draw back of the duty on i'm
ported raw materials which enter into their
composition. Our tariff duties do not prevent
the importation of raw material from South
America or Africa and their manufacture
into goods to be exported, for it is expressly
provided that in such case the duty shall
be returned. Leather has been free for
many years. yet our exports of leather manu.
features have been trifling. The real diff
Guilty is not the lack Of free raw materials,
but our high priced labor. With free
raw materials and reduced cost of labor we
might possibly supplant England in South
America and Africa In some kinds of goods.
But as long as England can get her labor at
one-third less cost than we can, 1t is no use
competing with her, as rule. for the mar
kets Of the world.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-30
An object Lesson.
To the Editor of Portland Press.

10 the Editor Of Portland Press:
The following is an actual case and can be
investigated by any one. A stocking is
made in New England and precisely the
same stocking is made in England, the same
kind Of machinery being used in both places
Here. the labor gets SLY on every dozen
pairs made
In England the labor gets Y cts. on every
dozen made.
Now If wool and wooden goods were not
protected the English maker could sell his
stocking in this market for 10 cents a dozen
less than they cost to make here and still be
making so cents profit ON dozen.
What must follow? Either one Of two
things, either the labor must stand a reduc-
ton OF TO cents on every dozen they make,
or the manufacturer must go out Of bust
ness.
The above looks clear to me but as am
only commercial traveller perhaps am
little dull. But think protection protects
us laborers. C. T.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-30
The Democracy in the war,

Yesterday the Argus concluded its report
of the speech of the Hon. John E. Russell.
Mr.. Russell appears to have waxed eloquent
as he proceeded and when he got to the
peIoration he was quite beside himself with
enthusiasm. Certainly nothing could be
grander than this description of the way in
which the Democratic party put down the
rebellion and abolished slavery:
There was canker in the body polite for which
sible There was human Slavery, ana slavery and
liberty could not exist together. One or the
other had to die The Democratic party then in
power, had to give way before the great change
that came over tnis people. But what became OF
that party? i filled the armies Of the republic
nent rocked with the trade Of millions of men, the
chattel black, for lack of name, called slave,
stood upon his feet, a man, enfranchised and dis
entnralled, not by the action of party, but by the
genius of universal emancipation Great an.
plause1 That grand old party of the people Is
Of America. Her diplomacy will be sound. The
defence of American rights in it's hands will GER
tainly be according 70 the traditions of the party
IN times past. ., fellow citizens of Maine, Young
men here tonight who have never before heard
the truth OF the great party which we represent
look back into IT'S past history and glory in the
TACT that II is given TO you TO march in those con-
quering columns that never again will be STAYED
nor turned backward. (Greaf appausel
Unfortunately for Mr.. Russell the Demo-
cratic party put itself on record in regard to
the war for the preservation of the Union
during its progress, in national convention
assembled, and no amount of falsehood or
hifalutin like Mr. Russell's can ever wipe
out that record or relieve it of its flackness.
In 1864 that party in national convention at
Chicago declared:
That this convention does explicitly declare as
the sense Of the American people, that after four
years OF failure to restore the Union by the ex-
pertinent OF war, during which, under pretense of
military necessity OF war power, higher than
the constitution the constitution itself has been
disregarded in every part, and public liberty and
private right alike trOdden down. and the material
prosperity OF the country essentially impaired,
Justice, humanity liberty and the public welfare
demand that immediate efforts be made for ces-
satlen OF hosilities with a view to the ultimate
convention of all the States, or other peaceable
means TO the END that at the earliest practicable
moment peace may be restored on the basis of the
federal union OF all the States.
We have no desire to revive the memories
of the war, but when member of Congress
extols to the young men Of this country the
position of the Democratic party during the
Rebellion it is about time to narrate some of
the facts Of history at the risk OF waving
the bloody shirt.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-30

Along the Kennebec river Ira d. Sturgis
is known as business man with a very
plumb head, and his opinions are according
ly valued. he has recently visited Califor-
mia and travelled extensively over that State.
This is what he writes to the Fairfield Jour
nal about the FL Dorado: II do not think
there is SO good a place in California for a
man wi tn money to invest as In New Eng
land. saw no kind of business that man
could go into in which he could do so well as
In Maine. The State is filled with laboring
men of all nationalities. saw more idle labor
ing men than ever saw before in the same
time. In California they have long disa-
gieeable rainy season, that they detest and yet
wish for, as they will have no crops without
1t. Then long dry season that is very un-
pleasant as the land is of sandy nature and
great whirlwinds of dust cover everything.
So upon the whole give me New England in
preference to any other part of the country
that have seen yet, both for climate and for
business" For gambling In corner lots and
town sites California may furnish superior
advantages, but this is not the business that
honest laborers and conservative capitalists
wish to engage in. For the honest and in
dustri0us man, whether he have money to
invest or not, Mr.. Sturgis thinks Maine
affords as good chance as California; and
Mr.. Sturgis is right
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-30
Democratic Equality.

,he republican party dominated as we
90 .ay W wealth and monopolies demand taxa
t,on Oh enc class for the benefit of another
Glass; This is one of the utterances of Mr..
Augustus F. Moulton. Now we saw with all
que respec. 70 MT Moulton, that this is Just
what the Republican party does not do and
Just what the Democratic party would do n
1T could make the Mills bill a law. For in
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-30

Congressman John e. Russell has gone
back to Massachusetts, and is telling that the
prospects of the Democratic party in Maine
are ''tip top, first rate" If Mr.. Russell is
talking Of the prospect Of carrying the State
he is off; IL he means that the financial pros
poets of the Democrats are slip top, first
rate" he is probably right in view Of that
two hundred thousand dollars said to be In
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