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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
PERSONAL.

President Dwight. OF Yale. denies that he Is prc-
pairing for a tour in Europe.
"If had been able to follow nv own inclination
says VI. Dumas, 81 should have occupied myself /
do not say exclusively. but certainly large extent
with horses and dogs. fencing and tho chase. and
above all, with gymnastics To be possessed OF great
muscular power was long ago my ambition. and |
should have secured IT, for Nature has mo- me half
way. but fate-or fortune-dccided otherwiso.r
Mr.. George W. Williams, tho negro historian, has
recently returned from Europe laden with tho fruts
OF a long search through the libraries of the Old
World for matter pertaining TO Toussant iouvernro.
The marriage is announced Of Mile Cabarrus. a
descendant Of Nine Tallien, 10 Baron DAnhouard
de Draincouri SON of veteran general Of the Spanish
expedition under Louis XVIII.
Princess Helene third child OF the Count Of Paris,
IS likely to DO married to Grand Duke Alexis, OF
Russia She was born In England seventeen years
ago. and has a very sweet face and lovely lily
whito7 complexion. She IL tall holds herself well.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
COST OLE RAILROADS

In connection with the census TO be taken in
little moro than year it would be well worth
while to get definite information regarding the
actual cost Of railroads. What is wanted IL
not collection of fctions embodied in annual
reports II is not mere addition If the NOM
inal or par value Of stocks or bonds issued. IL
is not the opinion of a competent accountant
after more or less hasty examination Of official
reports. In great many cases something ell
tirely different is desirable, and is not beyond
the reach Of inquiry by the Government.
For many years a considerable part of the
voting population has believed that the actual
cost of all railroads is but a small part of the
sum represented by securities issued. There
has resulted much legislation, with persistent
attempt to legiSlate, on the theory that the
public has been plundered in order to pay divi-
dends on watered stocks and bonds which repre-
sent no actual investment. Another cOnsd-
cradle part Of the voting population has scout
ed this opinion, and denounced the acts and
hills based thereon 1t has come to be essen
tial to a correct understanding of the merits Of
much railroad legislation, and to just APP
probation of measures proposed, to know more
definitely what the actual cost Of railroads has
been.
The actual cost includes all losses in OPP
Grating, where there have been losses. The
money sunk in gradually establishing new
route or in trying TO establish it, is as truly
mart of the cost Of the existing property as the
cash paid for land or labor rails or rolling
stock. The people who have been living five
or ten years without bare interest on theif
money. and serving the public at less than the
cost of transportation, in order to build up a
new state or region and a new route for traffic
have a perfect right to fair returns when the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
New91erk Dailu Trihm,te
vouNpFpBY HORACE oREELE
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1885,
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreien-It is reported that two indemnitles ac-
eompanied the surrender of the Haytien Repnohc !;
ma of 5000 600 for the owners Of the vessel and
one of $4,000 for the ships crew; the report
could not be confirmed At Washington. -
General Boulanger will contest the seat Tor rams
AGAINST The Ministerial candidate - Inc
British will build permanent forts before With
drawing from Suakim.
Dom.stie-The steamer John II. Hanna burned
on the Mississippi River at Plaquemine, La and
thirty lives were lost and many persons were oadiy
burned. - A Central Pacific train was held
MP by robbers at Clipper Gap, in the Serras' ana
robbed. - Factories dwelling houses
and other property, covering three
acres. were destroyed by ire IN
Csncinnati Total loss over $780, 900. - The
steamer Silver Star, Of Bar Harbor, Me, struck a
sunlken wreck near Portsmouth, and went down in
three minutes Her captain and crew escaped
= John Martin mate of the schooner Annie
Carl. at Atlantic City, was killed by drunken
r.oro who was arrested =-=Melyl Dewey has
accented the position of State Librarian -
General Harrison spent Christmas Day quietly az
home
CITY and Suburban. Christmas Day was cele-
brated throughout the city and the suburbs by
services In the churches. dinners TO the poor ana
the prisoners. theatrical performances. athleuc
sports and in many other ways private and pup
lie. - The Brooklyn police made an arrest
in connection with the death of Henry St1llweIl'
in addition to the one made in Newark On Monday.
- Some people in Bowery tenement-house
narrowly escaped being burned TO death, while
two men were severely injured. WILLIAM A.
Ogden Hegeman and the Rev. John NJ Grady
died
The Observation-Disclosures for to-day: Far
followed by rain. Temperature yesterday: hlgh
est so degrees lowest, 81; average, as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
TIE LATEST THING IN FAIRS.

We had occasion few months since to call at
t4ntion 70 a Rhode Island fair whose leading at
traction was a balloon marriage Two young
neople were found who consented, for a conSldera-
tion. to be married while standing in the car OF u
big balloon and directly after the ceremony they
started on their wedding tour, gong up
in a balloon, boys" amid the applause OF the as
sernbled multitude and music by the panu
Tickets twenty-five cents.
Now comes the news of another OF these inter-
csting fairs. 1t is to be held IN one Oh inc
interior towns Of Pennsylvania, and its delightful
star feature is thus described
a Two young women noted for being excellent house
Keepers with desire Of making Sons Of america
Fair shortly to be held as profitable possible, have
consented be chosen In public 70 De me w. 20
them and their parents. The young women VIII De
al the fair every evening" and VIII bave ehaso VI
booths Any young who Is serious IN his IN,
voice. In the hall where the fair Is held sin neIt
answer: So am L. The wooing is to take place IN
tho sight of all spectators, and If an egreemeht 30
witnesses thereto to be selected from the audience
This sort of thing, while not so picturesque or
exhlarating as the balloon marriage, is perhaps
equally as well calculated to draw crowd. Inc
fact that the wooing is TO take place in the sight
Of all the spectators" although doing violence to
the old familiar proposuCD that with people IN
love three is no company" is we'll calculated 20
| I'll the house Those who consent to make an
| exhibition Of themselves in public can always
| count upon large attendance, provided there is
something unique and diyerting about the sho"
II Is known that the goose and gander who were
married n few years ago in the large show window
Of q clothing store drew splendidly-the crowd
making up in quantity what it lacked in quality
1t is 10 be hoped that the fool-ldller Will ar
range 10 be present at this fair, and that he vii
attend 70 business. If he does so, a gloom may be
cast over the fair, but its originators and pro
meters will have been taught salutary lesson
Men and women who can see nothing indecent II
turning n holy institution into a catchpenny
stand in erievous need Of instruction
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
GR1nY EOR TILE SEM w.

Tammany has named Tom Grady to Ell
the vacancy in the State Senate. and the county
Democracy, although the dose is an awful one
swallows IT, Grady will be the only Democrat
in the field and since the district is overwhelm-
ingly Democratic he doubt will be the next
Senator from the With. ho'incident proves
that the Democracy of this great city do not
care a picayune for the official head Of their
marty. The nomination Of Grady Is cruel
blow to Cleveland when he is down. Follow
ing close upon his singing defeat for re-elec-
ton comes the preferment Of Grady, than
whom there is no Democrat in the State so
offensive to the President. 1t was Grady who
led the revolt Of the Tammany Senators In
1888 which resulted in the defeat Of the then
Governor Cleveland's nomination OF Mr.. Muir
tina for Immg grafton Commissioner. 1t was
Grady who openly denounced Governor Cleve-
land on the floor Of the Senate as endeavorng
with the nomination in question to placate
the Brooklyn politicians who had been driven
from power at home" 1t was Grady who
charged in the same philippe that Mr. Murtha
was nominated "only because it was under
stood that he would do just what Boss Nc
Laughin wantedr Ii was Grady whose re-
election TO the senate OF 1904 % VIZ SAc'"
land protested against in letter to John Kelly
ON public grounds, and because it would inter-
fere with his personal comfort"
Such, in brief is Tom Gradys political
record He is anti Cleveland from the crown
of his head to the soles of his feet, and he did
his best to defeat the Democratic National
ticket in 1884 Still, he is Tammany's first
choice for the Senate, and the County De
mocracy, while not formally seconding the
nomination, contents itself with uttering feeble
protests against it. "The Sun" reports some
of the County Democracy people as asserting
that calvin could beat Grady two to one"
but nobody hears Of any serious effort being
made to induce Calvin or anybody else to run
against Grady. Governor Cleveland, sue
cessful office seeker was able to prevent The
denomination Of Grady. But the feelings OF
President Cleveland, the unsuccessful candi-
date for second term. are ruthlessly trampled
upon by his political brethren in the grea
| Democratic stronghold. We'll may he exclalm
| Authority forgets u dying king"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
PETTY GAINS And 4 GREAT loss.

PETTY GAINS And 4 GREAT LOSS
Now that Christmas has come and gone, and
twelve months must pass before Santa Claus
will have a chance to take revenge for dis
loyalty it is comparatively safe to say that the
system of holiday gratuities has grown into
a complex nuisance Of aggravatng proportions
The postman, the elevator attendant, the jan
itor, the bootblack the eXpreSsman the gro
GERS boy the club servant, the paper Garner
the district telegraph messenger and his col
league of the electric circuit the milkman, the
lceman, the dndhngwood man and the man
who cleaned your sidewalk last year-all these
and many others look for Christmas remem-
brance with a persistent expectancy which
amounts almost to q demand No one likes TO
ignore recognized conventionality, and least
of all at the holiday season does the man who
is conscious and glad of his own good nature
wish to appear a churl in the eyes Of anybody
And yet when the claims of affection and Of
charity have all been satisfied there are thou
sands who find it inconvenient to meet the
exactions of custom. It often happens that the
cheerful and jealous performance Of small
services and the daily interchange Of cfviliteS
establish such relations between those who are
expected to give and those who hope to re-
ceive that small benevolences may be bestowed
with pleasure and accepted with self-respect.
But when the fear of petty annoyances on the
one side and the consciousness Of power to in
nict them on the other combine to pre- luce the
conditions which result in a gratuity there is
neither satisfaction in giving nor honor in re-
ceiying.
In other countries the system Of tips is so
| universal and has been so long an established
modus yivendi that it has ceased to be regarded
as an exactOn; but in the United States,
though widely extended in recent years, it is
still thought Of primarily as means by which
the prudent man may shreWdly provide against
discomfotS. Foreigners used to be much i'm
pressed by the cheerful and friendly alacrity
with which Americans in every condition OF
| life rendered small services to strangers with
out expectation or desire of any reward except
thanks This spirit of helpfulncsS founded
on the sense of equality, is rapdly disappear
ing. and one Of the most prevalent and con-
spicuous signs and concomitants Of the new
state Of things is the eyer-increasing numb CT
of well-tO-dO persons who are not only willing
but eager to receive money which they have
done nothing to earn. Most Of those who are
found in this category would be aStonished to
be told that they ought to be ashamed of them
selves. and that is really the worst Of it. Their
Inconsistencies of anything wrong or even I'M
seemy marks very decided and unfortunate
decay of that independent spirit which was
once a valuable National possession.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26

and dresses very simply, but looks moro like On
unaffected school-g Of hftocn than young woman
approaching eighteen.
Nine Bernhard has her own views a. 10 tho vsIus
of her professional services She recently rejected
with scorn the paltry offer from the Sultan OF over
900 for a single performance in the palace.
When tho late ~ J. Bradlee undertook the moving
Of tho Pelham Hotel. Boston-s feat In engineering
hitherto Unprecedented one suggested that prob
,hIv the walls would crack somewhat. al shall know
Il II they do,' was bis reply. FOR have taken
great precautions' But Old cracks may be called
new ones y was suggested. am prepared for hst.s
was his reply. AZ have pasted with my own hands
very thin sheets of tissue paper wherever there n
ahs 10 be any strain and the slightest crack will 1t
once DO apparent" There were none.
Dr. Carver the riaenan, IS at Minneapolis, On
deavorng to shoot 10000 glass balls In six days with
a ten pound rife
Rome, Dec 25.-Count do Foresta secretary OF tho
italian Legation at Washington, has been appointed
10 the Legation at Brussels. He Will De succeeded
nj WASHINGTON By signor DcnittO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26

over the vessel with almost uncomfortable "a
pidity. The boat was run to the shore oue
rebounded when the bank was struck SO tha'
this effort to save some of those on board was
unayailing. Whether any attempt was maoo
TO lower the boats does not appear, but CYL
IDENTIFY the time in which to do anything was
exceedingly brief. 1t is reported that the nre
was caused by the carelessness of smoker
which is exasperatngly inexcusabe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26

twenty-one guns by Admiral Luce's heeb can
only be explained as a vagary of good nature
on his part, or else as a reply to similar denl-
onstratlon on the part Of the Haytian gunDoas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
TT PAYS NO DIVIDENDS, THOUGH.
From The Atlanta Constitution.

From The Atlanta Constitution.
1t seems like the good old times TO see our esteemed
contempt "The Congressional Record resume
business the old stand and put I'm IFS appearance
with unvarying regularity. The Recon- has new
dress and is publishing an entertaining variety OF
matter. 1t is popular In our sanctl,m thai tne
literary editor rarely has chance 70 see II, as ~
is eagerly snatched soon ~ tho mall Is opened ~
has big circulation, and is evidently firmly estao'
lshed on paying basis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
JUVENILE ROBERT ELsMEREs.

This Is an ic. noclastic age H. nowadays. you
talk TO baby in panalets and pinafore about sants
Claus coming down the chimney, your only answer
is rats The little agnOscs even have Serious
doubts about Jack the Giant Killer and the Seven
Leagned Boots, and as to Aladdin and his Lamp,
loo much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26

die on the stage, and not in the orchestra. we
boIicve that the neat company which comes nero
can strike the idea of our citizens and play 10
standing room only II It will advertise 'lhey
DON'T die in the house."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
amnsemeuts.

AxrRroAN ART oALLERIFs-pay ana &''H''s
sashagh Bxhisfisn ~, v.u..,.aa
c4nrwY OF MUsIc-s and s-Thc Old Homes'cs.-
Hnrpc,s THEATRE-2 and s-Ein Toler Email
nJyou OPERA HOUSE, and s-A Brass MONKEY.
BRoApwAy THEATKE-2and s-iA1 's D''" >"A'
rasYNo- sl5-The ysomen of the Guard
naIy,s THEATRES and 81 5-Lottery Oh Love
DocKsrADERs- s-Minstrcls
rpEN MUsEE-wax Iablesux =.
oRANp OPERA HOUSES snd e-zAa'oa" fnmi0'' "
v, C,s PARK THEArRE-2 and Sine Lorsare'
- HEATEE-2 and sds-sweet Lavender.
SQUARE THEATRE s:3o-capt Swift
and Stunned Up
AS THEATRE-2 ands-Mrs Potter
rHEATRE-s- P1xiey.
srAEpARD THEATRE eIMiss Esmersoa
TEE GRAND MUsEUM-loA m. TO 10 p. m
srH AVENUE THEATRE-s-Julius Caesar
18th STREET THEATRE-aa and s-A I'm e0'a'"
srHAyr AND lsTHsT.-Getvsburg
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
SIGNS OF LIFE.

From The Waterbury Republican.
George william Curtis says Civil Service Reform
not yet dead. No; 1t isn't dead We can hear
snore.
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HIS BONDAGE HAS BEEN so IRKsoME.

From The CINCINNATI IommcrcIaI UaLtttr
To a Buffalo friend President Cleveland writes )
g am eagerly counting the days until March 4.
when I shall be free" Poor Imprisoned canary bird
Cleveland VIC almost hear the beating Of your
wings against tho bAr4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
IN THE CITY OF sIsTERLY LOVE, TOO

From The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The girl who didn't receive present from Ger
other girl ejoices that she didn't NAH present W
that girl yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26

u would seem that action by the Senate in
regard to taking the census next year ought
not TO be much longer delayed. The pending
bin limits the census to seven volumes Qnstead
of more than three times that number which
was the outcome of the census of 1880 and
the expenditure to 100000. census is
extremely important, but it need not be ency-
clopaedic IN character, and the strict definition
of It's scope by Congress will undoubtedly be
wise.
A well-laid plan of the elevated railroad
companies TO get the better OF the property
owners who are suing them for damages IS
shown up in an article entitled "A Legal Para
dox,n elsewhere printed. There is necessarily
a good deal of legal and rather technical Ian
guage employed, but careful perusal OF the
article will make it plain to every reader that
the companies are hoping for a defeat out OF
which they will really plnck decisive victory.
Hundreds of thousands Of dollars are involved
in the question whether suits for damages
should be brought on the common-law or the
equity side Of the court. Fortunately there
is good reason to believe that the clear headed
Judges Of the Court Of Appeals will not fall
int the trap so cleverly baited for them
Seldom, If ever, has Nature bestowed upon
New-York and its neighborhood richer Christ
mas gift than the perfect day which yesterday
fty marked the time Of peace and goodwill.
The balmy breath Of spring was in the air, and
the mellow sunshine lured everybody, except
the most inveterate stay at-home, out Of doors.
The skating promised a day or two ago was
not forthcoming, but there was full compensa-
ton in the genial atmosphere and temper
allure that made lightweight overcoat almost
burdensome. The cLeerness outside was every
where reflected In the joyousness Of the fire.
sde festivals both in homes and public insti-
buttons.
The burning Of the steamer Kate Adams
on the Mississippi on Sunday is speedily fol-
lowed by the destruction Of another steamer OF
the same river, with equally lamentable re
suits. The steamer John II. Hanna, running
on the Ouachita and Mississippi rivers wa.
burned near Plaquemine Oh Tuesday night. ant
the loss Of life is placed at thirty. Flames wer'
discovered about midnight in the, cotton taa
formed the chief part Of the cargo, and sprea'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
THAT'S FAIR. LET ZEN WINK

How would Il do 10 have the representation m
Congress based the popular vate instead OF popi-
latlonf We think this would make the solid South
wink very hard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26

President Dcpew unhestatingT pronounces
steam-heating of railway trains success ana
saws that is the opinion OF railroad men generally
Nor does he believe, from the experience already
had. that enough steam will be consumed to inter
fere with the speed of trains. This is expere
testimony of the most valuable kind. The cost
Of the new equipment Is the only argument that
railroad companies can make against it, and the
advantages of the new system are so numerous ana
nnouesionabe that the matter Of expense ought mol
70 weigh heavily in favor of the dangerous stove.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26

II green Christmas makes tat graVeya'u,
what does Christmas that is not only green ou.
clear, calm sweet and balmy, maker we nopo ie
made a little Heaven below for savera. nniiHon'
90 roon1o in this immediate neighborhood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
3noex TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
Business Noiitts.

OFFICE FURNITURE
In Great Variety, manufacturer "
T.G. SRLLRw,
III Fulton-st., New-forh
rsssra Library Tables. &c
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26

Grave injustice IS done to the women Of Boston
by the intimation that they were responsible for
the casting Of illegal ballots for Mayor. Perish
the thought that they took advantage of their
privilege of voting for school officers to deposit
ballots which they had no right TO cast The
stories to this effect must have their origin in the
brains of men who seek in this way to divert
suspicion from themselves. One or two women
may have made mistake by reason Of the nervous
ness incident TO their novel surroundings and duty,
but that any large number of them did so is not
90 he helpVpl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26

Are we wrong, or isn't it a fact that we have had
nothing but most welcome silence from the
Chesapeake Bay oyster pirates ever since one Of
their craft was run down with grim results by a
determined and practical cruiser in the service of
the law?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26

This is alleged to be degenerate age nus 'ne
company that has provided every sea' III inc
Casino with an opera glass, which only Quarter
will release but which dishonesty might retain' IS
evidently possessed OF an optimistic as well as an
accpisitive spirit How far this faith will be
ustifed remains to be seem but there are theatres
in this city whose frequenters would cheerfuhy
drop quarter in the slot in exchange for space
in which to stretch their legs and give bonds 10
leave the spacc behind them when they went home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26

The kind of motor that the New-York Board
of Aldermen believes in is not the kind that
makes the car 60, but the kind that makes the
mn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26

Whatever credit accrues to ten-foot giant
for trouncing n ten-inch dwarf belongs 10 onc
United States for its glorious victory over HayCl