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u ,,oDu nAuv TRIBUNE TUESDAY, DECEMBER % 1888
RRIsK UNDER GOOD BUYING
FINAL PRICES NOT THE HIGHEST

FINAL PRICES NOT THE H10nHo1
-, ,vr,pCA1J. FOR COMMENT ON THE STATE
OF THE MARKET.
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE-pEo. "a
III. GENERAL LISE
Actual Sales Closr;. No
STOCKS org Hgt. L,w't Final Bid Askd sold
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STAINED.
Good Ordinary

Good Ordinary e9ii6 I L1,S.,i Middns SS11ss
qpe suecuiatye dealings limited and the major
noriion Of the time given up to the usual estiyes
"cdcnt +, Christmas eve. Prices declined 3G4 points
on Sbsence OF general support closing dull Sales
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& UNARD LINE.
NgW.YO9R TO LIVERPOOL via QUEENSTOWN from
49, Pier 30 North River
FAST EMPRESS NAIL SERVICE.
Seryia Dec 20 30 d.. ia. ScINia. jan. 20 J. D. m
IImhra Ian s. 5 a IA. EtIurls Feb .. 80 g. M
Bothnia Jan. 10 2 80 n m. hhrania Feb . noon
1,aa Ian 10 80 a H. umtTa. Feb lG. ) 30 "a M
Cabin passage. eco $50 ana 300 lntcrmediate sS5
eteeIsge tickets aud all parts OF Europe 81 very
low rates Bor freight and apply " the company
onsce Bowling Green. New. York ~
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OIL MARX FITS.

OIL CITY Dec 2iNa;ona, Transit certncate, openen ~
0Oi. hghest eOL lowest. S9N closed sot sales o2iOO'
barrels cearanccs lli2OOO barrels charters, 5e6s2 oA-
reis shipments. 10 500 barrels runs oOVOo oarels
pl1-rsBURo Dec 2i-Petroeum dull aud firm. Nst,nA
Transit Certificates opened AZ oO closed Al e9s hghes,
99i-, lowest. goa
BRADFORD, Penn. Dec 2i.-Natlonai rranst Ceruncst
opened at closed s9ss highest 0Os lowest ss's
Clearances $4,000 barrels.
CIycTNSAT, Dec 2t.-Cotton steady Flour duh weak;
Family ~ 35dss 40: Fancy - 10 aSi 90 Wheat quiet
No Red VI 90 II OF steady No Mixe "a PC osts
easy No Mixed NJ ~ NC Rye dull steady; No. y
easier. firm short b, - i2s47s IS Bacon quiet;
short IS. Whisky quiet sales 3Jl bbs
nushod goods on the ri ii! Butter steady hmi
Fancy Creamery 80 SOC Prime Dairy II zoe insei on
nrm at 50 sugar steady HAM Refined dSsc New
Orleans .95Ssc Hogs steady Comm n and Light 81 800
50 49, Packing and Butchers 80 % as 20; receipts
1880 shipments i.s30 Eggs quiet AZ II 9 isc Cheese
nrm Choice and ohio FAts l0h1lic Eastern Exchange
quiet aud unchanged.
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srvHE FALL TERN Of Park Place School," Batavia
N. r., VIII open September Q. 1883 For catalogue
s''iss' 49,. NARY J. STEPHENS. Principal
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For Bows and Youno Men--City.

UNIVERSITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 1,473 Broacwa,
near 42d. St 52d year primary commeIcla ana cas-
cal departments; instruction thorough N NJ. HObo
w. q. AKIN, n. {. HENDRICKSON, PRINCIPALS
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9netrurticn
For Young Ladies-City

For Young Ladies-City.
TT LECTURES FOR LADIES-Rev. DR.. Gardeners
"A school for girls Coz 5thaVe. Mrs Gardner author
Of History IN Rhyme. Lazy teachei waneel mex, , a"
Van NORMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDED 1s57). HOME
AMI DAY SCHOOL.-Central PARK, Wesl, al oZl-sL
Morgan Mansion) Nine. VAN NORMAN Principal
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Ddneln1 Ataoemfs.
IIrvANDFR MACGREGoRS. los WEST 55TH ST
"A Glasses and private inSruction daily .o.
Cenuewen's class Waltz only, begins SATURDAY even
,ns Dec /. Hall TO let for private entertainments
LIEN DoDwORTH no. esl FIFTH AVENUE
"A Classes and private lessons now open
Glasses for gentlemen will commence Dec. .,
Tor Terms SC, S~cent stamp Tor crcuLar. -
subscrption for former pupils VIII commence VI
Saturday evening. January u
A -CARTIER's Dancing Academy. so 5th-ave 80 be.
n tween 18Th and 14th private ana GAS IcssuI .
an hours. lady assistants; special for clubs ana
saiItes: classes attended city country waltz taught
sndiy classes afternoon and evening" terms moderate
rrpN.NDO,s ACADEMY 1872 Fast 65th-st Bank
Ruiidincl school for Dancing Departments, ana
Calisthenic Exercises Glasses forming sena iof
circular
~ FORGE w VILLAGES CLASSES -. a..
II 90 West 69th-st and BARLEM i2Stn-s~ anu 9.n
i've. See crcuars
NrE THENOR'S BROADWAY, S2D-sT,
wi Is the Lending Fashionable Dancing school OF A.
Lessons are given day ana evening. Olteolars
MIR MANUEL will resume his classes Wednesday,
WI Dec g. Address -, 20, -.
Barrett House Broadway and 43d-st.
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BOYS and Young Country.

IOLIN-Instruction thorough own or pupils resi-
dence; clty aAa vicinity. CHARLES AHLBOhA'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-15
AMERICAN HISTORY.
American Indifference to What Should
Be the Most Interesting Study.

American Indifference to What Should
Be the Most Interesting Study.
To whatever cause it may be due,
the fact remains that. beyond a few
namesSand dates fixed in mind by
study N boyhood, the average Ameri-
can has only the haziest knowledge of
the history of his own country prior
to the civil war. He has no exact
knowledge of caller events. For his
life he could not give an adequate idea
of the policy of colonial America, or
state the relations of En- gland to her
American dependencies. He has a
cloudy notion that the revolutionary
war began with the battle of Lexing-
ton, and was waged to assert the
sacred truth that taxation without
representation is tyranny" but ex-
cept that an unknown tax, called the
STAMP act" was levied by England,
he could not tell why his ancestors
took up arms against kindred -and
friends of the mother country. AL
though many diligent and pains
taking writer's have published valu-
able works upon American history,
few citizens of this day know any
thing of the diplomatic schemes of
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Ar
thur Lee and Silas Deane, which,
by obtaining the French alli-
ance and securing loans from
the bankers of Amsterdam,
contributed quite as much as actual
warfare to the final success of the
l.@
such as the origin of the war of 1872
except q false notion that it settled
the alleged right of England to inn
press American seamen; the invention
and PRONUNCIATION of the Monroe doc
trine, and the important events of the
administration ofJohn Quincy Adams,
iberally-e ducated Americans know
less than they know about the politics
of the Athenians under Pericles. Now,
while it is undoubtedly an inalienable
right of free-born American to read
or do what he pleases, yetif he choose
to keep his mind empty of his own
history he must not be surprised if his
ignorance is ascribed to dizziness of
intellect. Yet such an opinion would
De nlSnly unJuSI. Americans nave
always been well informed of the
events in the ancient and modern his
tory of foreign countries. The great
works of Gibbon, Hume and Macauley
are almost as common in American
family libraries as the Bible. In fact
many commons school bred American
boys and girls could easily instruct
Europeans upon the history of Europe,
though their parents find it hard work
to remember what happened on
American soil. Boston Globe.
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and passing over into the decisive
act Now. how do we ever get
up under such circumstances If /
may generalize from my own ex-
perience we more often than not get
up without any struggle or decision at
all We suddenly find that we have
got up. A fortunate lapse of con-
sciousness occurs; we forget both the
warmth and the cold; we fall into
some reverie connected with the days
life. in tho course of which the idea
flashes across us, .Hullo! / must lie
here no longer idea which at
that lucky instant awakens no con-
Trajectory or paralyzing suggestions
and consequently produces immedi-
ately its appropriate motor effects. 1t
was our acute consciousness of both
the warmth and the cold during the
period of struggle, which paralyzed
our activity then and kept our idea of
rising in the condition of wish and not
of the will The moment these in
hibtory ideas ceased the original idea
exerted its effects. The case seems to
me to contain in miniature form the
date for an entire psychology of Volt
ton. -Scribner' s Maqazine
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-15
CALIFORNIA osTRICHES.
A Vain Effort to Reach the Limit of Their
Eati

A Vain Effort to Reach the Limit of Their
Eating Capacity.
One of the first places to which the
sight-seer repairs in Los Angeles is
Washington Garden. Last autumn
about forty fine. large ostriches were
brought here, and they form
the chief attraction of the garden. In
spite of the injunction: DO not feed
the BIRDS" painted in large letters on
the fence outside the inclosure in
which they are kept, the temptation to
disregard it seems to be great, for
very little attention is paid to the pro-
hibition. When the writer had the
pleasure of looking at these birds they
had been plucked only few days
before. and more awkward, clumsy.
ungainly set of creatures would be
hard to imagine.
1t was rare sport to feed them with
oranges; to see them come to the
fence, look at you with their curious.
snake-like. eXpressionless eyes, and
then, curving their long necks, dex-
trously snatch an orange from the
fingers OF umbrella tips of the more
timid of their would-be benefactors
The interesting part now comes. as
the progress of the orange (Which has
been swallowed whole) can be traced
all the way down the three feet or
more of neck that intervenes between
the throat and body of the bird
Round and round goes the orange, in
true corkscrew style, until it finally
disappears beneath the bunch of
feathers which grows on the chest of
the bird.
There is no end to the ostrich's ca
pacity. One man, curious to see how
much bird would eat. selected one,
and, after gathering from the sur
rounding trees number of oranges,
proceeded to feed his bird. He gave
him thirty-six oranges. nearly filling
the long. slender throat, so that the
animal finally looked as if his neck
was composed of succession of tu-
mors. In short time however, the
oranges had worked and screwed them
selves down, and there stood the bird
his long neck stretched out. his whole
attitude one of expectancy, and, like
Oliver Twist, he wanted moro. 10 s
angeles Cor. n Y World.
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dense for endurance. Those hanging to
the outside of the window began to lose
strength, and drop. The impulse to
take the plunge seemed to spread like
panic among them. Waves of flame be-
gan to roll toward the window. The fire
singed HIPS hair and clothes.
The ladder came at last and the copy
holder who had struggled in HIPS arms
caught it. She grasped the rounds firm
ly, and went down in safety. $50
ahead" Hill said, 81 can watt" and the
rest of the group went down sliding and
tumbling over the rounds, but reaching
the ground safely.
Hill finally swung himself under the
ladder and made his descent with another
man in front of him. 1t was reported
that he was killed, and choking and
blackened with smoke he fastened to the
telephone Office to notify his wife that he
was safe.
Jos. Whitley, one of the compositors who
was slightly burned, said that the first
Indication of the fire had in the compos-
ing room was faint line of smoke in the
dire ction of the stairway. All immedi-
ateiy started for the stairs. There was
no hurry, as they expected no difficulty.
On reaching the head of the stairs, how
ever, they found the passage black with
smoke, and retreated to the elevate
Alter ringing repeatedly and getting no
answer, they lost hope. The smoke had
now become so dense IN the rooms that
they We're forced to the windows. At the
suggestion of Mr.. Goulding, attempts were
made to break the skyli CHIT, but these
failed.
They were also cut off from access to
the roof. Mr.. Wittey went to one of the
middle windows, where be was Joined by
F brennan Goulding and Miss Thomp-
son.
Miss Thompson asked Mr.. Goulding:
"Do you think we will ever get out?"
To which he replied. 81 don't know;I
am afraid not"
Miss Thompson then lay on the floor for
short time with her head close to the
floor and her handkerchief over her
mouth. Mr.. Goulding presently led her
away, no doubt to the W indow where she
was burned to death.
The block belonged to Emmerson Wight.
The Union office had but recently moved
in, and occupied the entire fifth floor with
the editorial and compos ing rooms. Their
coun ting room was on the first floor and
the mailing-rooms and press rooms in the
basement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-15
PARENTAL DISCIPLINE.
The Stern and Heroic Act of a Patriot
American Father.

The Stern and Heroic Act of Patriotic
American Father.
In the light of modern devotion to
liberty, one feels inclined to doubt
whether h, Spartan mother who
counseled her son to return from bat
tie ''with his shield or upon it, showed
more heroism than many anothe
patriot who may not attain to world
wide fame. To cap her words there
lies ready at hand the equally-stern
act of an American father.
During the Mexican war. question
arose whether regiment of volun-
teers. under General Johnston, should
not disband before the end of their
specified six months service unless
they should re-enlist for further
period. The matter was put to vote.
and the majority being in favor of dis
banding. the regiment was at once
broken up. Only few of the men re-
enlisted in another regiment.
Many of the soldiers who
were thus relieved from serv-
ice went home merely for short
furlough. intending to return to the
ranks after their energies had been re-
operated by domestic life. One of
them, brave but rather careless
young man, the son of a famous Texan
patriot. sought his home with the rest.
Full of joy at the sight of familiar
ground, he was Fastening from the
beach at Galveston to his fathers
house. when he noticed the old gentle
man regarding him from the front
porch. When the young soldier had
approached within speaking distance,
The father, in tones unexpectedly Sc
we're. ordered him to halt.
''What are you doing here, sir?
Your six months are not up.'
No. father; but the regiment has
and the men have gone
home. I thought would come and
see you, and then 60 back
Has General Johnston come
home?''
mo, sir p"
''Then go back. You can't come in
here"
The son returned on a schooner, and
was in time to join the army in its at
tack on Monterey. -YoutA's Conapan.
ION
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From this table it appears that
nitro ely cerine is by far the most
powerful of known explosives
Papillion. French writer on explo :
sives. speaking of it. calls it 1.-The
ideal of portable forc.." Berthelo t
says of it: ut burns completely,
without residue; in fact. gives an ex-
cess of oxygen; it develops twice as
much heat as gunpowder, three and
one-half times more gas. and has
seven times the explosive force,
weight for weight, and. taken volume
for volume. possesses twelve times
more explosive energy"
He adds: "Theore lically, there is
but one substance that can surpass it,
i. e. liquefied protoxide of azote
Cnitrous oxide) mixed with ether or
other liquefied carburets. These
mixtures range up to 1. 400 deg. of
heat, and their energy is expressed by
the number 1000. But it is
commercially impossible to obtain the
explosion of such mixtures formed
with liquefied gases. because it would
be necessary to compress these gases
into liquid form, and preserve them
in vessels Theoretically sealed, in
which form they must be mixed and
fired. "-Boston Budget
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-15
FIFTH AND POINT.

Nobody thinks OBJ trespassin' twell
de fence am put up.
Learn in manhood to unlearn the
follies and mistakes of early youth.
Be content with enough. You may
butter your bread so thick that you
cam t eat it.
Every man likes to talk about
himself; a good listener makes de-
| lightful wife,
Too much learning makes man
mad. Too little makes some other
man mad.-M O. Picauu,se
-Rumor is a stout-voiced old lady,
and she does her talking through a
sprinkler -Binghanaton Leader.
Truth is not to be spoken at
all times" Well. may be not. but
You can make up for it by the hardest
kink of thinking.
The wise man does not hesitate to
spend in advertising what lawyer
would charge for experimenting his
assignment. Merchant 7raueIer
Instead of making politics your
business. young man, it is much bet
ter, in the long run. to make business
your politics. Boston Transcript
De mos successful man needs a
drawback now an den. er he fawgits
W at success means, Eff yo' staat out
in a row-bo at on de ocean on pleas
ant day. Ter li'ble toe float toe fab
fom sho' less stawm vans yo'
back. fudge.
The trouble with most of the peo-
pie in this misguided world IS that
they waste so much time thinking of
their own virtues and enter prises that
they don't have leisure to see how
laudable and useful y our little schemes
are.
For man to undertake to drown
his sorrow in the flowing bowl, is like
trying to drown cork in the ocean.
You can get it under water all right,
but as soon as you let 60. it hobs up
serenely again. -Dansville Bree re.
Marriage is the strictest tie of per-
petual friendship, and there can be no
friendship without confidence. and no
confidence without integrity; aud he
must expect to be wretched who pays
to beauty. riches or politeness that re-
gard which only virtue and piety can
claim. DR. johnson.
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1ELEPHONIC,
Result of the Investigation by New York
Legislative Committee-The Right of the
Legislature to Regulate CHARGES.

Result of the Investigation by a New York
Legislative Committee-The Right of the
Legislature to Regulate Charges. Fl
ALBANY, N. Y, March THE commit
tee appointed to make an investigation of
the telephone companies doing business
in New York State made its report to the
Legislature to-day. The committee pre-
sented an exhaustive brief summarizing
the State and Federal decisions in a large
number of States, upon the right of the
Legislature to regulate the charges of
local companies, and find that they have
such right. They treat of the various
patents owned by the American Bell Com.
pany, and arrive at the conclusion that
the present monopoly of the American
Bell Company upon telephone instru.
ments for practical use will extend for a
period of seventeen years from the date
of the settlement of the interference be-
tween the patents of Mr.. Berliner and
Mr.. Edison. The only remedy to defeat
this monopoly will be the invention by
another person of a telephone which
shall render communication possible by
means of what is known as the snake
and break" system, which electricians
say, is extremely doubtful Two bills
accompany the report. The first limits
the issue of stock and creation of liens by
incorporated companies, and the second
bill fixes the charges in New York City
at So. 80 per month.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-15
A SOLDIER LESSON.

How Edgar Learned That a Brave Boy Is
Patient in Suffering.
Really. it was too bad. Elgar wa:
going out to play soldier He slipped
on the steps and twisted his ankle.
my little lad must go to bed and
get we'll" said Mamma Gates.
''Boo-hoor' howled Eddy.
Uncle Caspar looked up from his
paper and smiled.
Il don't want to 90 to bed; want
to go and be a soldier,' sobbed poor
Edgar.
But, if your ankle is not bathed
and put to bed, you will be very lame
tomorrow"
81 don't care,'' whined Eddy; 81
don't want to go to bed"
Il thought you were playing SOL
Her.. said Uncle Caspar.
yes, sir!'
We'll. what does soldier do?''
Edgar looked up puzzled. He
marches, and he drums" Eddy
looked at his drum, and began to cry
again.
IS tuit oil lie uOeS!
He don't have to go to bed. :"
whined Eddy.
But sometimes he gets hurt badly.
He is shot in battle. Then what does
he do? Does he howl and cryP"
Now Uncle Caspar was an old SOL
der, whom Eddy admired very much.
"No-o-o! 1 guess not Idon't know"
said the boy.
mo. He goes to the hospital. There
he is as brave as when he drums and
marches"
Edgar wiped his eyes. and looked
eagerly at his uncle. rs going to
bed and not crying being a good
soldier?' he asked.
Yes. my boy, that's the bravest
part of it. Now let me be the ambu-
lance-that' wagon, you know
and take you to the hospital"
Uncle Casper picked Eddy up in his
arms. and carried him gently to his
chamber.
Now I'm going to be good SOL
dier," said the boy, with a smile. He
did not vince when his uncle felt of the
sore ankle, and bound it up.
That's brave lad, Eddy" said
his uncle. Nov play it does not hurt,
and go to Sleep
Half an hour later Edgar was
dreaming He looked like a brave
little corporal taking his rest.
Uncle Casper hung up Eddy's flag
and gun where he could see them
when he walked. The drum, with the
soldier cap and belt upon it, was
placed on the bed.
Edgar limped down stairs the next
day, and went into camp on the sofa.
He whinei and complained no more.
He had learned the lesson that brave
boy is patient in suffering. C Bell.
in Our Little Ones.
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II know Susie'll be here before u
is done" she said.
But Susie did not como until the
hole was mended and the needle put
away.
.sWhy have you kept me waiting 50
longP' asked Mamie, when at length
she came in.
20, I'm sorry" said Susie. with
smile, ..but mamma wanted me to
help little with the baby. Doesn't
the sun shine bright and isn't it
nice day? / saw blue jay as ! came
along, and he twittered just as If he
wanted to say: Isn't this beautl-
full day for little girls and birdsP'
It would have done you good to
look from Nannie's face to Susie's.
She had surely brought in a good
share of the sunshine with her in her
bright little face, and the blue jays
twitter could not have been merrier
than her voice.
And dimples! Her dlmples were all
in place, just where God meant they
should be when He made little
faces to be the dearest and sweetest
things in our homes. Blue eyes.
cheeks, lips and all went to make up
the smile. You could feel pretty sure
that mamma and baby at home had
been left happy after the help OF such
CHEEKY little lassie.
II hate to wear old shoes and old
mittens." said Mamie, still keeping
up the grumble as she went out OF
doors. for all the clear. frosty air was
so crisp that Susie could not help
skipping along like fairy.
'-Old shoesp You dom call those old,
I hopep" said Susie, laughing. just
look at mine they're twice as bad as
yours. And look" she said, taking
one little hand out from between the
buttons of her jacket, II lost one OF
my mittens last winter and mamma
hasn't been able to get me another
pair yet so have to keep my hand
covered up. But don't you see, l
never have the trouble of taking my
mitten off when put on my skates,
so there some good in it. y
Yes, good in every thing for such as
Susie. Even Nannie's frowns had
melted away before ner livery Cna1
and she forgot what badlv-used lit
tie girl she was .long before they
reached the skating ground.
And then every body who came near
Susie felt the influence of her sunny
face and her loving, kindly ways.
Which of these little girls would you
wish to be like?
Dear little children. if you have
been in the habit of scowling and
complaining, bringing cloud over
the sunshine of your home and a
burden on the spirit of your mother.
or others who give you tender care,
stop and think if you can not do bet
ter.
Turn about at once and try CHEEKY
word. bright smile or loving effort
to do kind things for others. Try if
all the sunshine you make for them
does not shine back on your own
hearts and beam out on your dear lit
tie faces. making them things of
beauty and sweetness for any one to
look on.-Syd'aey Dayre in N. y o.
serUeT.