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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26
THE ponrn pARNrI1 coMNuss1oN.

London Jan. 25.-when the Parnell Commission re-
smed work this morning SIR Henry James, of counsel
for The Tines said no had consulted with Attor-
ney-Genera webster and that both had come 10 tho
conclusion that tho speeches produced in court were
important part OF the evidence and should be read
Mr. Reid, for the ParneIlites, said that his clients
must reply TO the passages read.
Justice Hannen-It win take ten days TO read the
speeches
Not 50 long as that think,' replied Sir Henry
James
The reading OF the speeches was then begun, and
occupied the time OF the court until II adjourned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26
no ooyrpsr eoYERyoR's ELECTION.

Llttle Rock, Ark. Jan. 25.-The House OF hepre-
sentaives having rejected the Senate RESOLUTION lo
bidding O. NJ Norwood, recently Union LAoor n' anu
Republican candidate for Governor, TO contest oos-
ernor Eagles election unless he fiist ss'o Dohus
co-,rood char1ss that frauds were perpetrated In
fourteen countless giving Eagle 5000 majority
sufficient frauds wers committed TO deprive nun Si m
majority enough 10 overcome Eagles ma0ng ~, .s,uH n
ethcr counties. Norwood alleges that but ZOE irauu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26
rar1rye no BLOW UP pAvr vAurr.

Charleston. N. H., Jan. 25-An unsuccessful at
tempt was made last night 10 rob tho connecticut
River National Bank in this town. Two brick walls
surrounding tho vaults were torn away by an expIo.
stve but tho granite vaults proved lmpenetrable,
An attempt 10 dHn the steel locks also failed. Tho
burglars left the bank and broke into the postoilec
where they obtained S25 IN money and stamps They
also entered the store OF r. ". HamliD, blew UP tia
safe and secured some money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26
DIR. pErERs,s MISSION TO AFRICA.

London. Jan o5.-In an interview to-day. SIR Fran
CTS De Wlnton said II absurd for the Germans to
proceed with the expedition for the relief Of Emn
Pacha. Jaekson's caravan. he said, started from
Mombassa three months ago. and will probably reach
wadelai before Dr. Peters reaches the East African
coast The caravan will form stations along the
route which supplementary caravans viii supply with
vlctuals. Sir Francis DO Winton believes lDao III
Peters intends M make anneXatiOns OF territory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26

shopkeepers, bankers and the, amiable old ladies
who sell you papers in the ldosques on the boule-
wards are all of this mind. Republicans high up
in politics admit that the contest is likely to be
close but they predict that General Bouanger will
be beaten. There is much talk of disturbances.
The Boulangsts publish horrible accounts of riots
to be provoked by the police themselves in order
to arrest Boulangist electors. There are. l sup
nose, people who believe these tales. G. VS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26
A NEW cort.EcroR AT HALIFAX.

Ottawa, jan 25.-It is understood that the GoVern'
ment has selected W. d. Harrington an extensive
grocer Of Halifax. Collector OF Customs at a'ian'
1t Is rimored that the Dominion Government "ni'
after reasonable perod of delay abandon the modus
vvendi and revert the treaty OF 1879 unIess slo
American Government expresses Willingness !" i'-
open negotiations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26

TWENTY MEN INJURED BY MOLTEN STEEL
London, Jan. 25.-A peculiar accident occurreh "h
dsy at the railway works at crewe. An Immense
crane carving lade containing seven ions Of molten
steel collapsed and The lade fell into pit. Masses
Of the steel few in every direction, and twenty mon
working in the vicinity Of tho pit were segerep in
tured Tho roof Of the building was torn on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26
CHANGE OF 4 STRIKE IN THIS CITY.

Although II impossible to INA ous u'",,V'y 40 "a
late hour last n,oht tbere s posslblty that eup Will
take place to-day on the Dry Dock, East broadway ana
Battery suraee railroad in this city One Of t reasons
for action on the part Of the men Is tnae tloen'
william Richardson Of the Atlanticave railway sopsny,
OF Brooklyn is heavy stockhoder IN ths rOa'. ino
strike II Il occurs viii be purely sympathetic ono
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26
THE SAMOAN MUDDLE.
ENGLISH DIsTRUsr OF THE GERMAN vIHw
OF IT.
THEY THINK IN LONDON THAT AMERICA
MEANS BUSINESS IN THE BEB.

THEY THINK IN LONDON THAT AMERICA
MEANS BUsINEss-coMMENTs IN THE BEB.
LIN PRESS ON THE SITUATION.
London, Jan. s5.-Lord Salisbury had a iona
interview to-day with Count Won Hatzfeldt. the
German Ambassador. The former is indisposed.
Gcrmany's view Of the Samoa muddlc and the
Zanzibar question causes distrust in admiralty
circles. Mysterious silence is maintained regard-
ing her naval reinforcements.
1t is stated at the Foreign Onios that Americs
means business, and that the American naval
officers in Samoa express confidence IN their ability
to hold their own.
Berlin, Jan. 25.-The National Zeitungs re-
ferring to the action Of the Senatorial Committee
at Washington on the Samoa affair." says that tbs
measures for the protection of the autonomy Of
the Samoan Islands are supcrfuous, because iS is
MOI threatened by any one. Tho sole interest cf
America consists in not allowing good relations
with Germany TO be jeopardized by few in
triguing adventures.
The Vossische Zeitung,' criticising the arru,
ment. in the Cologne Gazette Of vesterdsv
holds that it would be mistake to at,ac.
no Importance to the measures taken bv PresidanA
Cleveland merely because he is to be sbortlx
succeeded by Mr.. Harrison IL points out thai
the authority for dealing with foreign affairs
rests with the committee of the Senate and warns
the semi-oficial press that it would be unwise
to try to appease the German public with faIla.
cious illusions"
The North German Gazette. says that the
English Cabinet disclaims cooperation with the
Washington Government regarding Samoa.
GERMANS FIRE ON AN AMERICAN SHIP.
AN INCIDENT ON THE EAST AFRICAN COAST
WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXPLANATIONS.
Paris, Jan. 25.-A dispatch to the Temps
from Zanzibar says An American sailing vesseH
bound from Zanzibar to Madagascar, was fired ON
by German vessel and one of her masts was
brokenn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26
THE cUYss CONTEST IN HAvANA.

Havana. Jan. e5-The third game in tho chess TOUR
nsment here was begun yesterday and continued esht
hours. After midnight play was suspended TO DC re-
eumed to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26
STEAMSHIP LINES WILL NOT RAISE WAGES.

London, Jan. 25.-Thc Cunard, Allan, Inman, MIS-
sissippi. Guion and Canada steamship companies an
that they will ship scamen and hremeh o.iy
at the old rate of wages. The are moving ior
an increase OF wages.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15
Silent Thoughts.
Published bv REQUEST. I

IL uOiiSued ny hequest.I
eff | had known in the morning
How wearily all the day
The words unkind
Would trouble my mind,
That / said ere you went away,
| bad been more careful darling,
Nor given you needless pain; ..s...
But we yex sour own ss -[
With look and tone
We may never take back again. t....
"For though in the quiet evening
You may give me the kiss of peace,
Yet it might be
That never for me
This pain in my heart should cease.
"How many go forth in the morning
That never come home at night!
And hearts have broken saes. =
For harsh words spoken
That sorrow can ne'er set right.
"We have careful thoughts for the stranger
And smiles for the sometimes guest;
But oft for 'our own
The bitter tone,
Though we love our own the best.
"Ah! lips with the curve impatient,
All! brow with that look of ecorn
'Twere cruel fate,
Were the night too late
To undo the work of moro"
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15
A Railroad Racing Dog.

James Griffio, of Danbury, Conn, has
small terrier dog that is surprising the
people of bis town by his abilities as
runner. Every evening during the
summer, when the 6.45 train from the
West blew its whistle few rods from the
Main Street crossing, the dog would
bound out of the house near by, and take
ths track of the train for the station, half
mile away. The train crosses Main
Street at the rate of fifteen miles an hour,
and between the crossing and the station
is a trestle about three hundred feet long.
Over this the dog flee, always keeping
just SO far ahead of the train, slackebing
his speed as the air-brakes are applied,
and coming into the station at the same
distance ahead of the train as he took
VIXEN be started the race Once or twice
the engineer put on steam to try and over.
take the dog, but he has not yet sue.
ceeded in doing it, The dog never looks
back, never barks, and never pays any at
tention to the calls of his master. When
he reaches the station he looks up at the
engineer, gives two or three short yelps,
and quietly trots home up the track. This
performance is repeated with unfailing
regularity, aud if an effort is made to
keep him in the house at traiu-time, he
raises an unearthly yelping. 1t is the
custom now for crowds to gather to see
the exhibition racing.-N 7. San.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15
Ancient Oaks.

Prof Daniel G. Eaton, actuated 10 part
by the falling of WoodhIidge's famous
oak before the destroyer's axe, has been
lecturiDg in the mechanics course In
North Sheffield Hall on oaks in general
and Connecticut oaks in particular.
Among other things in very interesting
lecture be said that the best cutting tim
ber from an oak comes at the age of $50
years. Alter this the tree rots at the core
faster than it grows outside. There are
$50 different kinds of oaks in the world,
of which thirty seven are common to the
United States. In Connecticut there are
twelve varieties. The State has seven
varieties of white oaks All Connecticut
oaks belong to the section with the cup
whose mouth is wide enough for the acorn
to fall out. With most of the others the
cup encloses the acorn.
sThe largest and most famous oak
shown to u.s." he says, twas the Charter
oak on the Stewart estate in Hartford.
Two hundred and one years agoi it was o
large and ancient tree. The historical
connections which have made it famous
are well known. On Aug 90, 1856, q
great storm swept over this part of New
England. and the aged tree was blown
uOWua ~ was tuCu tVO VI CVO TcdEb OLOs
The event caused much excitement. A
dirge was played by the army band, and
bells were tolled at sunset. It was thirty
three feet in circumference, and thirty
seven men could stand in it's cavity at
one time. 1t was proved to be white
| oak by it's leaves and by other signs"
In speaking of black oaks, Prof. Eaton
said the Woodbridge oak was one of this
kind. 1t was sn ancient landmark, and
was cut down because it was feared that
some of it's branches might fall on some
body sometime. When the :ree was cut
down, although it's girth was 27 feet, the
entire heart of the noble tree was found
to be gone. A mere shell. six to twelve
inches thick, only was lefs. He believes
that the Woodbridge oak was not more
than 400 years old, although he used to
think it was thousand. The Charter
oak, he thinks, was much older.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15
Sunday School Convention.

A general call was made by the execu.
tive committee of the North Carolina Sun
day School Association, naming February
22nd as the time for holding "County
Conventions" for purposes as set fourth
at the last State Sunday School Conven.
tion held in Raleigh March, 1888, and for
the further purpose of electing five (5)
delegates to the next State Convention,
to be held in Charlotte, N. c., April 2nd,
3rd and 4th, 1885, The snow. or other
causes interfered, and but few County y
Conventions were held We have been
and are now without funds to employ or
ganizers and have to appeal TO the min.
listers, superintendents and every lover ol
the Sunday School cause throughout the
State, to bestir themselves and see that
County Conventions are held in their re
speotlve counties where pone have been
held.
The press of North Carolina, ever will
ing to do it's part in every good work, car
be used. and we appeal TO each worker
in the noble cause to see for himself tha
call for County Convention be issued
| at once.
All ministers are delegates. Elect a
| delegates those who will attend, and
please notify Prof. j. w. Gore, Secretary
Chapel Hill.
Special rates on all railroads. Let min
listers and delegates who intend going
notify G. W. Tillett, Charlotte, N. G.
chairman committee on entertaining dele
gates.
A pleasant and profitable time may b
expected. Let no county fail to be rer
| resented. :"
E. J. PARISH, President,
| Dnrham N G
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15
The Process of Embalming.

The process of embalmiug is as follows,
and is called the "Brunelli profess" The
cireulatorY system is cleansed by washing
with cold water till it issues quite clear
from the body. This may occupy from
two to FIVE hours Alcohol is then in
jected so as to abstract as much water as
possible. This occupies about quarter
OF an hour. Ether is then injected to alb,
stract the fatty matter. This occupies
from two to ten hours. A strong solution
of tannin Is then injected This occupies
for i'm bibtion from two to ten hours: The
body is then dried in current OF warm
air which passes over heated chloride OF
calcium. This may occupy two to five
hours. This body is then perfectly pre-
served, and resists decay. The Italians
exhibit specimens which are as hard as
stone, retain the shape perfectly, and are
equal to the best wax models. It will be
observed in this process that those sub
stances most prone to decay are removed,
and the remaining proportions are con.
verted into substance resembling leather.
The Cdsket.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15

az The N. Y. Sun some time ago
printed a paragraph entitled the two
smsrtest woman in Maine, and describing
two spinster sisters who run farm of
sixty-fve acres doing nearly all the work
themselves. A lady reader of the Sun,
skepticsl of the truth OF the statements,
wrote to the p. NJ. Of the town near which
they were said to live, and received for
answer these facts: One of the sisters
chops every winter the years supply of
frewood, going into the woods early in
the season and remaining until the work
is completed. She works in the bayfield,
in summer, and digs from seventy to a
hundred bushels of potatoes yearly and
puts them into the cellar. The other sis
ter is the carpenter of the family and has
added all manner of improvements to the
farm. One of them is large well house
with pipes to conduct water to the barn
troughs, so that the cattle may not be ex.
posed to the weather while watering. In
berry time the two women pick bushels
of berries to sell. and the younger sister.
when work on the farm is slack, works
out. They are said to have the best
stocked garden in their vicinity, and te
enjoy the most luscious berries, fruits. and
vegetables, all raised by their remarkable
and untiring industry. The sisters are
young, and are ambitious to be successful
farmers. -
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15
Ro Follows His Master,

can tell short story of dog that
has come under my observation. The
dog was owned by physician. A lady
was sick, and the doctor attended her
until out of danger. He always let the
dog, Bromo, GO with him to the sick
room. Bromo would watch every motion
of his master. At last the DOCTORS visits
were dropped, but the dog continued
them daily, and would 20 to her door,
and if be found it closed, would whine to
be let in These visits were looked for
by the patient. Her nurse would some
times refuse to let him enter, but he
would not go without seeing her. The
nurse would set chair beside the bed,
and he would sit there just as his master
had, and look at her and whine as if try.
ing to speak. Bromo was called the doc
tors student World.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15
Bob Burdette's Advice to Young Men.

You say You demand domestic, useful
woman as your wife IL that is so,
marry Nora Muliigau, your laundress'
daughter She wears cowhide shoes, is
guiltless of coFsets, never had sick day
IN her life, takes in washing, goes out
house cleaning, and cooks for family Of
seven childreB, ,sherEm and three sec.
tion-men, who board with her. I don't
think she would marry you, because Con
Regan, the track walker, is her style of
man. Let Us examine into your qualifica-
tions as model husband after your own
matrimonial ideas, my boy. Can you
shoulder barrel of -four and carry it
down cellar? Can you saw aud split ten
cords of hickory wood in the fall, so IS to
have ready fuel all winter. Can you spade
up half-acre of ground for a kitchen gar
den Do you know what will take the
lime taste out tsof.tksscistern, and can you
Can you bring home paue of glass and
a wad of putty and repair damages in the
sitting room window? Can You hang
some cheap paper in the kitchen? Can
you fix the front gate so it wont swag
Can you do anything about the house that
Con Regan can? My, dear, dear boy,
you see Nora Mulligan wants higher
type of true manhood You expect to
hire men to do all the mau's work abont
the house, but you want your wife 10 do
an thing any woman can do. Believe me,
my son, that nine-tenths of the girls who
play the piano and sing so charmingly,
whom you in your limited knowledge set
down as mere butterflies of fashion, are
better fitted for wives than you are for a
husband. II you want to marry first
class cook and experienced housekeeper
do your courtiug in the intelligence office.
But if you want wife, marry the girl
you love, with dimpled hands and face
like the sunlight, and her love will teach
her all these things, my boy, long before
you have learned one half of your own les
son. . -.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15

Hrs MoTHER's GIFT.-An object of Ma.
tionsl interest on Col. Lannon'S desk
was little ld-fashioned Bible in shiny
covers of Black enamel. On the upper
most cover, 10 little space left on pur-
pose, was the name "S. G. Cleveland" !"
Lifting the cover revealed line or two Of
writing in q neat, precise. feminine hand
declaring that the book was a gift to 8.
g. Cleveland from his loving mother.
Col. Lamont said that he first saw the
book on Mr. Cleveland's table in Buffalo
before he became Governor. Afterward,
he saw it in Albany, whenever he entered
the Governors private apartments. When
the Cover was about to become President
Col. Lamont abstracted the book, and Civ
ing it to Chief Justice Waite asked him if
he would not be so kind as to use that par.
ticular Bible in swearing in the new Chief
Magistrate. That, then, was the little
black book that 5000 or more men and
women saw him lift to his lips on
the Capitol steps four years ago last
Monday. On tne last fgleaf Of that
homely little Bible is now the attestation
of the Clerk of the Supreme Court OF the
United States that it was used for this
ceremony. The book was given to the
President when be was a little boy, be-
fore he dropped-as he did in boyhood-
the Grst OF his names, Stephen.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15

eB A traveller in Norway says that
the horses in that country have a sensi.
BILE way of taking their food, which per-
haps might be benefcially followed here.
They have bucket of water put down
beside their allowance of hay. 1t is in
teresting to see with what relish they take
a sip of one and a mouthful of the other
alternately, sometimes only moistening
their mouths, as rational being would do
while eating a dinner of such dry food.
A broken-winded horse is scarcely ever
seen in Norway, and the question is if the
mode OF feeding has not something to do
with the preservation of the animals re.
spiratory organs.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15

az The paper on which bank notes
are printed is called "Distinctive paper"
being used exclusively by the Govern
ment for the printing OF bonds and cur
rent notes. The mills where it is manu-
factured are at Glen Falls, West Chester,
Pa. An agent OF the Treasury Depart
ment receives the paper direct from the
hands of the manufacturer, and every
precsution ls observed in order to pre-.
vent any loss. Short scraps of red silk
are mixed with the liquid pulp in an en-.
gine. The finished material is conducted
to wire-cloth without passing through
any screens, which might retain the silken
threads. An arrangement above the
wire cloth scatters a shower of fine scraps
of blue silk thread, which falls upon the
paper while it ia being formed The eide
on which the blue silk is deposited is
used for the back of notes, aud the
threads are SO deeply imbedded as to re-
main permanently fixed. Each sheet is
| registered as soon as it is made. Can
celied notes are kept for ten years in
England. They are packed in boxes
which, if placed end to end, would extend
for the distance of ten miles. The notes
are burned once a month in brick fur.
mace, the smoke passing through troughs
of water in order to prevent any disagree
able smell.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15
A MANIAC FROM CIGARETTE SMOKING

A MANIAC FROM CIGARETTE SMOKING.
John Powers, IL years of age, living
with his widowed mother in Middletown,
N. Y, has long been permitted to indulge
in passion for smoking cigarettes, with
the result that he has become a raving
maniac, and was taken to the Orange
County Insane AeYlum for restraint and
treatment. In the more violent parox.
ysms of the disease he wants to break and
destroy everything he can lay hands on.
and the united strength of two men is
barely sufficient to restrain him. One oI
his hallucinations is that he has been Bit
ten by mad dog, and he has spasms Of
yelping and frothing at the mouth, at
though suffering from hydrophobia. The
several physicians who have seen him
unite in prononcing it case of acute
mania brought on by excessive cigarette
smoking and are inclined to think that the
boy will never be restored to sound mind
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-03-15
SALE OF LAND.

By virtue of Decree of the Superior Court
for Mecklenburg county, will sell at private
sale, or if not sold before, on Saturday the 9th
day of March next. at public sale at the Court
House door in Charlotte, valuable Tract OF
LAND known as the P. A. Hodge Tract, lying
on the waters of McAlpines Creek and adjoin.
ing the lands of John R. Morris, the old Max
well Mill tract and Others containing about Two
Hundred Acres. Said Land has improvements
on it, and is well adapted to growing cotton and
grain. Title good.
j. E. BROWN,
Feb. 23 1885, 3w Commi gsioner
The above sale is postponed un.
til SATURDAY March 16, 1885,
J. E. BROWN, Commissioner.
March g. 1889. ids