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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20
nnorvrpyoon MtN NOT WANTED.

Reading, Penn Feb Io.-An intimaton wcs re.
Gently made to tho members OF the brotnernoou Oh
Locomotive Engineers in the employ oi .i' Hoai'ns
Ralroad comnanv that Il was desired by the company
,Ia Inv shord either ouIt the Brotherhood or tho
company Since then many members have MIL wtharnwn ap N
from the order and IL Is asserted hat tnoso WI" i@ "
do so Will be dlscharged by The company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20
\ pp,unnLEyr oLAIM REJEorED.

Minneapolis, Feb. 49," The Journals Duluth DIS
patch says: Advlces from Washington say that tho
Government has decided against the stnson claim,
involving fourteen quarter sections OF land at Old and
West SUPERIOR Wisconsin, worth about sa,00o-ooo
It was charged and sustained that sunson, twenty
years ago. had the land taken up by his employees ana
later made oyer TO him, pre-arranged fraad.s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20

town and ogiensburg Railroad since early morning, all
trains from the north and from Utica have been on
time. The train from Rome, with It's oswego and
Syracuse connections, arrived hero three hours late.
Snow ploughs run over the road ahead OF every
passenger train About ten inches OF snow have
fallen the level since the beginnng OF the storm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20

As was stated in The Tribune yesterday, Chinatown
is making a fuss over Chinaman who reported
to be worth 100000, 900. But II was learned and
printed here that no in the Chinese quarters really
knew how much the man was worth. IIe has Just
from China 20 inquire into store which no Is
said 10 own at No. "a Pel-st, and there Il said
yesterday by one sagaci0us Celestial that 100000 was
Poi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20
DID RUSSIA SUPPORT DouLAvGER, i,

Paris Feb. 10.-The "Pester LLOYD PROPOSES to
have secret knowledge OF tho source whence General
Boulanger derives hls election funds. IL saws that
Pansavists staked their homes Boulangcr and the
political success he has achieved Is no small extent
due TO the support given TO his cause by Russia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20
ILLICIT sEAIerAKING IN ALASKAN wArEps

San Francisco, Feb. 10 tspeclan.-Yithin few days
letters have been received hero from Victoria n. c.
stating that owners Of British sealing vessels beiur
fully aware that SECRETARY Bayas policy VIII bs non.
Interference with vessels hunting for seals in
Behring Sea, are fitting out large fleet. Over twenty
vessels viii sail under the British 1aS while ten
schooners VIII ny the American hag. Those who d..
sire 70 seal poachlne by the british sutpressed hos.,
That the new Administration VIII dispatch O revenue
enuer 70 Behring Sea in tine 10 put stop TO tho a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20
ACQUITTED YESTERDAY, TO BE TRIED AGAn

Asbury Park, Feb. 10 (speciaD-The third trial OF
James /. Black the former confidential clerk and
cashier OF Uriah White, wealthy plumber here, on
criminal Indictment for forgery, closed tonight with
verdict Of acquitaL Another case begins tomorrow,
I'm which Black IS charged with forging the name OF
benjamin Abertson, contractor Of Asbury Park, on
a note.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20

Edinburgh, Feb. 1o.-At Liberal meeting herr to.
night letter from MIR Gladstone was read IN which
he protested against Mr. oBren snd Others being made
political prisoners for acts which were called crimes
In ireland, but which were no: crimes In England
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20

Panama, Feb. 10, VII Galveston-Iwo thousand
five hundred men discharged from the canal
works at Tavernllla February 10. The contractors
continue to curtan the work on all the sections.
There is strong military force on the line Of the
canal TO maintain order.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20
1oo1n r1roTrov IN CARLISLE, PENN.

Carlisle Penn Feb 10 tspeciaD. The regular spilns
election took place here today. The prnelpai nshI
was on toe Council Theodore Comman 'Dom' "'1'
reelected Mayor by a reduced majority
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20
FRENCH AGoKEssIoNs IN THE SOCIETY

FRENCH AGCRESsI0Ns IN THE SOCIETY GROUP
San Francisco, Feb. 10-Ihe schooner Tahiti arriy-
Ing here from Tahiti, brings word that the greatest ex
element pre- s there In consequence Of news brought
OF trouble at Samoa This has been heightened BY the
operations OF the French toward Bolabola Huaheine
and Raiaoa, Which form the leewan Islands Of the So
ciety group. The French authorities have expressed
their intention Of taking possession Of these islands
but have been met with most determined opposition
On the part OF the natives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20
A GLApsroNIAN wINs IN pERrnsn1RE

London. Feb 10.-In tho Parliamentary election IN
the eastern division OF Perthshre TODAY Mr. Kinloch
the Gladstonian candidate, received 4Oo5 votes and
Mr.. Boase Unonlst oos0. In the last election the
Gladstonian candidate received 3504 and the Unlonst
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20

sToRMY VOYAGE OF AN OVERDUE BARE.
Philadelphia Feb. 10 (SpeciaD.-The Italian bark
Antonio NJ, which had been given up for iost ar
rived in the Delaware to-day, after voyage OF
l3s days from Malta
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20
ELEoTRroIAYi

ELECTRICIANS IN CONVENTION IN ohioAoo'
Chicago. Feb l9.-The annual convention VI 'no
National Electric Light Association mot In the EApoSi
ton Building this afternoon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20

MIR. GLADSTONE RETURNING TO ENGLAND
Cannes Feb. 10-Mr. Gladstone left here to-day for
London. He IS looking well.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20

BInghanton, N. Y, Feb. 10 ;speciaD.-Moro man .nan
1000 delegates and attendants upon tho O. A. NJ s'sso
cncampment which opens 10 this city to-'norivw,
have already arrived and as many more are eSpeoted
on the morning trains
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20

FEAIs FOK JULES BKEV1's HGALTH
Paris. Feb. 10-Ex- President Grevy has been taken
suddenly ILL., II IS feared that HIS constitution VIII
break down. The members OF his family are very
anxious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20

watertown, Feb. l9.--Althongh severe sno~s'orn
has bean raging all along the line Of the Rome' "a'er
, 1889-04-04

Mr.. Boyle says that it is one of the
amusements of West Africa to show
strangers how a Fantee boy can sleep.
A friend of his wishing to rouse some
servants and send them to close the
shutters and lock the doors, said to
him, iii show you something which
you wouldn't believe on hearsay."
Thereon he grasped q boy by the
heels, dragged him a yard or so, turned
him over, and roughly lifted him to q
sitting posture; the youth sat up, rub
bed his eyes, scratched his head, and
went to sleep again as he lay. To an,
other he did the same, with q like re
suit.
Having thus got the two alongside,
fast asleep, he dragged one on top OF
the other, and left them a moment
they slumbered placidly in that posi-
ton. He then ran amuck at them, be-
ing in slippers, and upset the pair, and
ordered them loudly to close the shut
ters. They both got up, eyes wide
open, and apparently conscious; one
walked gravely down stairs, the other
retired, with all semblance of reason,
to the pantry alongside.
The one who went down came UT
again in two minutes, still with his
eyes wide open, and leisurely lay
down to sleep again; the other we
found fast snoozing in the pantry on 9
stool We took them up, and shook
them violently; they rubbed them,
selves, and went to sleep again.
Dragging them into the dining
room, without q word, they silently
set about their work, fastening shut,
tiers and doors.
DO you think they are awaken
asked nay friend. Tell them to get
you something"
1 did SO. No response. 1 repeated
the order. They quietly went back,
their work completed, and dropped
to sleep upon their mats, fast stupe-
fed with sleep all the time.-Youth's
Companion.
, 1889-04-04
A poY,n Lncicnl Argument.

The Up-River News gives the follow
ing "Reminiscences of an incident in an
Oldtown lyceum forty years age to
which all the ministers, doctors and
lawyers of tho town belonged. One
evening capital punishment was the
question under discussion and called
out the best forces on both sides. Dur
ing the evening a young boy who had
been n constant member, replied to
Deacon Rigby upon this question. The
deacon was for hanging. The boy OPP
posed. Said the deacon, quoting from
the Mosaic law, Whose sheddeth
mans blood, by man his blood shall
be shed" thinking this to be a bomb
shell to his opponents, he dwelt upon
it until his time expired, when the boy
sprang to his feet and said:
Surprising we take the law which
the gentleman has quoted, and which
in q philosophical sense has been alb
rogated rs null and void since the
birth of our Saviour, and see what the
logical deduction would come to. For
example, one man kills another, an
other man kills him, and so on until
we come to the last man on earth.
Who's going to kill him2 He dare not
suicide, for hat same law forbids it.
Now, deacon" said the boy, what
are you going to do with that last
mann"
The boys logic called out rounds of
applause and vanquished the deacon.
The boy is now chief justice of the
supreme court of the United States,
Melville w. Fuller. Lewiston Jour
ual.
, 1889-04-04
Identified by His Hend,

George Bowron, rs everybody
knows, is the leader of the Columbia
orchestra. Hc is also one of the pleas
ATTEST gentlemen TO be found within
the city limits. A story is told about
him which is good enough to be true,
whether it is or not. In the course of
events during the last summer, Mr..
Bowron received n draft for money |
think Mr.. Bowron's draft came from
his estate in England, and that in
view of his recent marriage he had in
structed his steward to quit stacking
the estate fund up in the bank, and to
send him n small wad. Anyway he
had the draft, and he took 10 n bank
and handed it through the little brass
window to the cashier. This gentle
man looked at MIR. Bowron, who
blushed, as he always does when peo-
pie stare at him.
Are you Mr.. Bowron2" asked the
cashier.
II believe l am
We'll, but you'll have to be identi-
fed"
But Tn Bowron-George Bowron,
leader of the orchestra Mt the Column
bia."
"Oh, l know George Bowron is all
right enough, but / don't know that
you're the man. Just bring somebody
that we know to identify you.
Mr.. Bowron was moving away in
disgust at the red tape and circumlo-
cution which rascality makes neces-
sary in all professions, when the cash
Ter called him back.
Would you mind turning your
back TO me and taking off your hatR"
he asked.
Mr.. Bowron did so.
Here's your money, Mr.. Bowron.
It's all right. I've known the back of
your head for five years.-Chicago
journal
, 1889-04-04

Some idea of the vast importance of
the natural gas interests of Indiana
may be gained from a study of the re-
port recently made by the state geolo-
gist. He has been collecting all the
information he could possibly get con-
corning the subject, and from the re-
suits of his investigation we learn that
the gas area of Indiana is 165 miles in
length by 65 miles in width; alto
gether there are 3S1 paying wells in
the district. The entire How of gas is
placed at 600, 600, 900 feet of which, it
is calculated, something like 1 1000, 900
feet go To waste. The average flow of
gas from each well is stated as being
about 1s0, 900 feet. The report further
mentions the fact that during the past
two years seventy-nine manufactures
have located in Indiana, simply and
solely because of the fact that they
could obtain this fuel. Their combined
capital is stated, in Fire and Water, as
reaching 81, 500, 900, and il is said that
they. will employ $500 nen.-Scien-
tifsG American.
, 1889-04-04

They were all Boston boys, and
neighbors, playmates and constant
comrades. Appleton was a man of re-
markable wit and quaint originality,
with strong literary and artistic tastes,
which, however, did not reach the
point Of high creative power. A syb-
aritic temperament, favored by pros
porous circumstance, held him salts
fed all his life within the conservative
circle of the most delightful social
companionship, in which the wonder
was that the latent forces of his nature
took no definite and enduring form,
so that tom Appleton" remains only
a marvellous memory; a man tenderly
beloved in life, and now affectionately
remembered.
Butin him, as in the others, were the
stern old Puritan conscience and truth
f~ulness, a scorn of dishonor and indi-
rectness, yet blended with such suavity
and accomplishment, such grace of
mind and rectitude of life and delight
in refined enjoyment, that in no other
grouPo friends in New England, prob
ably, were the characteristics and en-
gaging qualities of Puritan and Cava-
lier more happily combined. Their
careers were widely severed, although
Boston was always their home. Phil
lips passed on to the renown of a great
orator and leader in one of the noblest
causes in history; Motley won the
highest laurels Of literature in the
works which record the defense and
development of liberty in Holland;
Appleton plac;dly drifting with the
current of his time, watched with the
keenest interest and admiration the
cause of both, and if perhaps he some
times felt, with Browning's Pictor
Ignotus,
1 could have painted pictures like that youths
men praise so.
there was no hint in word or name
that he regretted any prize he had
not won. Long after the college days,
and after Motley's first unprosperous
literary ventures and his diligent study
in Europe, he sen Appleton the sheets
of his History of the Dutch Repub-
lie" Appleton received them in New
port, where he read them with de-
light, and one morning, bursting into
the room of q friend, he exclaimed,
with unwonted enthusiasm, I've read
it all, and, by Jove, Motley has done
it at lastr-Georg William Curtis in
Harper's Magazine.
, 1889-04-04

When Pezon, the lion tanner, was
at Moscow with his menagerie, he had
occasion to employ q moujik, a fine
specimen of n Cossack, to clean out
the cages of the wild beasts. The Cos
sack did not understand a word of
French, and the terms of the contract
were settled in dumb show. By way
of instructing him in his new duties,
Pezon went through a sort of panto-
mine with the broom, sponge and
water bucket The moujiR watched
him closely and appeared fully to un-
derstand the details Of the lesson
given. Next morning, armed with a
broom, a bucket and a sponge, he
opened the first cage he came TO and
quietly stepped in, as he had seen his
master step on the previous day into
two cages of harmless brutes, but this
one happened TO be a splendid but un-
tanned tiger, that lay stretched on the
floor fast asleep. At the noise made
by opening and closing the door the
creature raised its head and turned its
green eyes full on the man. who, all
unconscious of his danger, stood in the
corner dipping his big sponge into the
bucket.
At that moment Pezon came out of
ms caravan and was rue dumb by
the terrible sight that met his gaze.
What could he do TO warn the man of
his danger1 A sound, movement on
his part might enrage the great beast
and hasten its attack on the defense
less Cossack. So Pezon stood await
ing developments, ready TO rush tothe
scene when the crisis came. The
moujik, sponge in hand, coolly ap
preached the tiger and made ready
10 rub him down with the stolidity of
a military bootblack polishing his cap
tain's boots. The sudden application
of cold water to his hide evidently
produced n very agreeable effect on
thetiger, for it began to purr, stretched
out its paws, rolled over on its back
and complacently offered every part
of its body to the vigorous treatment
of the moujik.
All the while Pezon stood there with
his eyes wide open and as if nailed to
the spot. When he had finished his
job the Cossack left the cage as quietly
as he had entered it, and it required
the most energetic and expressive ges-
lures on the part of the lion tanner TO
prevent his repeating the experiment
on n second wild beast. London
Times.
, 1889-04-04

The question is asked why the face
of q person who is strangled turns
black2 An answer to this is as fol-
lows: Blood is of two kinds, arterial
or bright blood, and emo or dark
blood. The brilliant color of the arte-
rial blood is due to oxygen which it
carries from the lungs to the tissues;
these rob it of its charge, and it hur-
ries back to the lungs as dark venous
blood for more. If this regular course
of nature is arrested by strangulation,
which means the compression of the
jugular vein, the venous blood is re-
tanned above the ligature and becomes
less and leas oxygenated. If the liga-
ture is very tight the carotid arteries
will also Re blocked, and no more ar
terial blood will reach the head and
face. And so the result of strangula-
ton is blackness or rather purpleness,
of the face--the outcome of an excess
of venous blood and deficiency Of oxy-
genaton.-New York Telegram.
, 1889-04-04
Indian uorsemanship.

There are some points in Indian
horsemanship that deserve mention
hero. To begin with he always mounts
from the off (righD side of his horse
instead of the near side, as we do. The
only reason why the cavalry man has
not been taught for centuries to mount
from both sides is that his saber,
swinging from the waist belt on his
own left side, was in the way. Now
that we m attaching the saber to the
saddle instead of the trooper, it will
probably lead to practice on both sides.
West Point has already begun it. The
Indian, nee in his saddle, wrapped in
his blanket, is a depressing sight. He
sits hunched up on his pony, his knees
way up, his feet thrust far into the
stirrups not unlike those of ladies' sad
dies. He looks utterly awkward and
u~ngraceful as he joys along, tapping
perpetually with his wooden handled
whiplashes at the right flank of his
steed; but the instant he clears for
action, throws off his blanket and darts
out over the prairie, he is TRANSPORTED.
More daring, graceful, swaying
Workmanship it would be almost i'm
the punched up knees in the freedom
and fexibility of his 1.-the, painted
body. You marvel at the cat like
agility with which he bounds on or
off his dashing pony, ducks under or
down on either side, firing under his
neck as he whirls across the springy
turf, but you have only to remember
that it is all second nature to him. He
began to ride the moment he was
loosened from the bonds of the pap
poose board and has been at it ever
since. Many of them, especially among
the Snakes or Shoshones, are wofully
bow legged as q consequence and most
ungainly bipeds when afoot-Col-
mans Rural World.
, 1889-04-04

Tho people residing in the neighbor-
hood Of Brushy Ridge, this county,
r greatly exercised over the reap,
pearance there of what they claim to
be a genuine ghost. 1t is said to be as
large as a red fox and has four legs
and a pair of wings. The strange and
oddly shaped ''spook" can both walk
and fly, and make hideous cries at all
times of night. The people of that To-
cality are so terrorized by the unnat-
ural being that they cannot be in
duced to venture from their homes at
Columbus (O.) Letter.
, 1889-04-04

There Is not one man in n thousand
who can honestly and sincerely say
that he is utterly free from supersti-
ton. He may not be ever impressed
with signsands see omcns in everything.
but the chances arc that if he put on q
sock wrong side i, lie will laugh ut
his own cred i,,. and not remove it,
though he G 'ok the rising disposition
TO make the orthodox wish. lie feels
a sense of attlsfaction that he sees the
new moon lbr the first time over his
right shoulu ~. Tho incident cannot
do him any hHI.n. Just nov the reign
ing fad Is TO carry n rabbit foot around
in one of the pockets. That will bring
good luck according TO the old colored
superstition. OF course, a man SAYS to
himself that it is all nonsense, but the
fool is not in the way, and somehow
the man who would become indignant
if you accused him of being supersti-
tious continues to carry the Africans
favorite charm about with him. No
man would deny that Ex-Governor
Crittenden is n man of education and
culture, conspicuous in his church and
presumably Christian; yet he has for
years carried in his pocket n rabbit
foot, a buckeye and @ petrified potato,
and in the crown of his hat the but
tons off of q ~rattlesnake's tail, each
having its OWL mystic power of good.
II there is one man carrying n rabbit
foot about for luck I'll bet there are
10000 in st. Louis.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
, 1889-04-04
land worth SIS, 900, o nm Acr,.

The highest price ever paid for n
piece of Chicago real estate was that
given by MI. Il. II. Kohlsaat for the
northwest corner of Dearborn and
Madison streets. The dimensions of
the property r 90 by 40 feet, and the
price paid a $3.50, 900, which is
equivalent to 81, 500 per front foot,
$3.50 per square foot, $1.30 per
square inch, or about IS, 600, 900 per
acre,-Chicago journal.
, 1889-04-04

VIXEN a person tells You they never had
such a cold in their life take their word for
it and advise them to use Chamberlain
Cough Rem edy and cure it. For coughs,
colds and hoarseness it has no equal.
Sold by B. b. David, druggist.
, 1889-04-04
RuckIenn ArnIca snIre

The best salve in the world tor cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
eorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by DR.. w. n. Hunt.
, 1889-04-04

I lie largest stock of fine brandies, old
whiskies, choice hquelrs and superine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1889-04-04

Mr.. Henry Yalerius of Harper, Keokuk
county, Ia. has found what he regards as
a sure cure for rheumatism. He says:
I'm regard to Cbamberlain's Pain Balm,
| an pleased to say that L can recommend
it with confidence, and that it has done
more for me than any other medicine for
rheumatism, of which | have been a great
sufferer" Sold by B. B. David, drug
gist.