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DeeP.Wutsr HArbors In Texas.

GALVESTON. Tex. Jan. 6-The Central Deep
Water Committee met here yesterday. Tho committee
decided TO strongly advocate the report OF Government
engineers fAvonR Galveston the point for the locA
lion a O4 aITGS SI g ss g
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Typographical Union No. 6. at their monthly
meeting yesterday decided to abolish the moneyon0p
ing system. known among them rs the shyock system
whereby impecunous printers have borrowed frO0
other printers At high rate OF Interest They Will hold
ball March T. and the proceeds will toward the
purchase Of home for disabled printers In Colorado
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DIED in st. AntAony's Church.

While mass was being celebrated In Bt An
thony's Church Manhattan avenue GroenponL YestsT-
day morning Edward Burns a shoemaker, aged b5 of
I45 Franklin street. fell In an opileptc IT. lie was car
TIed TO the pTieHts' TobinH room, whore he died In
short time without recovering CONSEQUENCES. There
WAS only brief intsTI upton In the seTvceE
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A gray bearded man wearing Grand Army
badge was found drowned yesterday at Pier 40 Fast
River. On Saturday morning Henry Lind. dock
laborsr told PAuolmAn Jacob caprano that while on
Pier NJ he had seen man struggle in the water and
sink Tho oticer went TO the dock and soft FELT
hat lined With red sik, floating on the water.
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p,a Coyh snaaM HOLE mls son.ln.Ia~ steali

The trial OF Nelson H. Coykendall. the father
Of John Van tho absoondinE teller OF the Second
National Bank jersey City will begin in the Court of
assisting his inlaW ROB the bank BY OF
account which kept there The trial will last I1vera
h0 abacOnusd,
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Private LllIy Arrestod for Thon.

Last August George Lilly was short OF funds.
He called upon Elizabeth Hubbel Of IS West Forty
NTH street. for whom he had worked and she al
leges, stole S35 belonging to her. Having spent the
money, ho enlisted in tho regular army as the sureSt
fuTlough, and he is prisoner IN the West l25th
Street Police Station.
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Want Duty Collected on Stage Scenery

At a meeting Of the Central Labor Union yes
terday the Theatrical Progressive Union offered reso
luton that tho regarding the importation oftheAr
directed 10 write letter TO the Committee Of Ways and
Means OF Congress stating that largo amount OF
theatrical scenery from foreign portA hAd been al
mitted free OF duty.
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Adrsts, CSrflages, Il.
BRADLEY BANNER BUGGIES,

THE EASIEST RIDING BUGGY EVER MADE. TliR
HANDIEsT BUGGY FOR RUN.ABoUr PURPosBa
THE BEST BUGGY FOR THE MONEY IN THE NAE
KRT AND JUST THE BUGGY FOR THEsB MUDDY
ROADS. HANDY WAGONS PItABToNs SpRREYS
TWOWHBELER9 ROAD CARTS, Ao. 1T is WBLL 10
KEEP IN MIND THE NAME OF THB MAKERS OF THE
BRsr pRlpIEY h VIE ooHPLSY 90 MURRAY ST.
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The List or Referees.

These referees were appointed In cases IN
the State e0urtsin this city last weeks
suPRKME CoURE
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says:
ought qs 4: s1S u,
I.dgction Of ,hs hoS1s Of labor e eight wGqa be
g ;:Ss
income OF the lSbOrinE man
President Seth Low Of Columbia, College
wrote: :. am In sympathy, with the desire Of
the working people for an eight hour day My
stance: that an eight hour day would result In
standard were Of world wide adoption, But 1
direction in which the use Of maShipery MAJ, I may
worker quite as genuinely and quite as valua-
ply as IN eheepeninR the prices OF c9mmodi-
world has known always have worked more
than eight hours day. and most men will do
SO IN the future as In the P@t,,,,. past" ,,,o J..
reply 70 the questions: First. every working
man. ought to be able to make a good living for
work @ per day. u il is possible to aid him to
do this By legislation such legislation should
be had has bSsS H sGh
and obstructed in some cases by arbitrary
officials. but time an and PEI persistent work In Con.
smpIoy ssS %ho VASE was eompeed to work @ more han
sfh pa S SrE By nS
and pen, In Congress- and out Of IT, have
urged this, and expect to urge It until tho
thor jqst due second believe that The ieGSSe GEM
eral adoption Of the eight hour ,system would
stimulate manhood. guarantee Independence.
and throw additional safeguards around Amer
lean citizenship. The republic would be
stronger and the patton greater, with t."
Senator John Nipple, Mitchell Of Oregon is
emphaticaly OF the opinion that the WORKING
people, OF the country should not be required
to work more than eight hours o day.
Congressman ". d. Bynum OF Indiana says
that a eduction OF the hours OF labor would
give employment TO many that are now idle.
enlarge the number Of SoRsumers, reduce the
demand, and consequently the wages for labor,
Prof. Simon N. Patten OF the Unlyersity OF
Pennsylvania writes:
LeIen. work for eight hours onEht 70 give the work
ever serious dieultss 10 the way OF radical change
In the honTs OF labor There must DO complete read.
jusOnt OF pTlcea to standards and the friction Of
the change will be important obstacle the move
mont unless all tho interested parties become inter
esled ~ Its that they cooperate heartily for The
desired end.
Historian John Clark Ridpath sent this reply
from GTe0ncAStle, Ind:
lHeAtly SympAthizs with the effort now making 10
secure ne SEhkhepI system q labor tbs woTd over
statutory enaotnentA
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streets is a sortof shrine to some Of the Demo-
Srats In the Seryice VIC They receive their orders
Democrats determined to resign their places
rather than to serve under Reppblican Ad-
minlstrMattPn az with AKA "a a. It the helm" In. Mr.
Of the higher Depocratic, ofhcials and laid
down the law: You must not resign you;
your opponents would be made too clear. Some
Of you gentlemen are protected BY the Civil
Service statutes, Under no Sircumstances re-.
much. Wait and see how they can get rid Of
you" Mr.. Cleveland does not think that Col
iector Magone should have resigned 30 will
ingly
oa MI ia H aoR Rufis fsoSe psE il a0rds hn
NJ. Roosevelt. % and III. % George. ''A ~'' i-'"''
Acting Deputy Collector Thomas J. Dunn is
eT-County Clerk Patrick Keenan, is to enter
enter ,Tqmpany Hall on Jan; is af the ,apnYai
sOmbly district. But for that night only
When not in Washington. Franklin Woodruff
oi Brooklyn comes daily TO the Custom House.
He cannot see how IL 10 possible for him to be
Naval oiIiceE Wills Is also positive that M.
hSaso S WE Wb ROF as 5SsGsss SS
contest. 1t Is TO the eject that Mr.. Woodruff
T. P1ses IN the sSstS1bs b sTSTSNSe TSaS
have anything from deputy colleetorship
down. Mr.. Woodrufi and Alf OF his friends de-
clare emphatically that Granville ". Harmon
days. People friendly to MI Harmon say that
he win be taken care Of. but they do mot be-
lieve that he will get deputy collectorshiD.
Mr.. Harmon and Mr. Woodruff were In NASH
inEton on Saturday on this business.
Amid all the hutter, anybody with his ears
well thrown back can hear the name OF DIR,
Eenner Of ChSutGuQua as the man most
likely 70 be the SUCCESSFUL candidate for the
pext depdtys place handed out by Collector
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AURORA.

0Tfespo7tdeftce.
The Christmas entertainment and tree of the
primary school at the Center was in every way
success. The presents on the tree were mostly
from the little ones to the little ones and they
enjoyed it very much.
The teacher of the High School. Mr. Lumley.
has resigned TO accept position in Kentucky,
where he receives one thousand dollars year
Ar Markus Taylor is sick with erysipelas in
the face and head. The last account reports him
better.
Mrs j. L. Riley has gone to Chicago to visit
her sister and spend the holidays
Last Saturday. one of our Aurora ladies and
her SON took the train at Twinsburg Station for
Cleveland. and on returning home the SON was
in the smoker. and when they arrived at Twins
burg. the SON got off and supposed his mother
would. but she was so engaged in talking she
did not hear the call of her station and was
carried by to the next, where she got Off and
could see no other way but to walk home dis
tance of five miles through the mud but she
made good time and got there FIR breakfast If
IL was muddy. BowsER.
Dec. 23d. 's9.
DEC. GOD. M. Riley has returned from
Millersburg, where he has been visiting his son
The Board of Education have hired another
teacher, this being the third one for this term.
We hope this one will make success, and give
us good school. IL.
The Christmas tree and entertainment, at the
Disciple church was success in every respect,
Markus Taylor is now able to be out again.
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ATWATER.
G. w. MEEKs.

Correspondence
In the November number of the edicalW orld
is paper from DIR Higgins on the use of color
ed paper and print fer school books. In Cham
paign. the town in which he lives. is located the
University for the state OF Illinois. where are
yearly congregated from 400 to 200 student its.
Pain in the head is such common complaint
among the students that his Investigations as
to its cause satisfied him, over six years ago,
that it did not originate from too much mental
exertiOn He advised such students to wear
smoked colored glasses For six years he has
been investigating, and he has arrived at the
following conclusion: "Y Glow paper with blue
ink and large type give the ie... Jain; and white
paper with black ink give the We pro-
fess to be an enlightened people and give our
children liberal education. at the time we are
undermining their constitutions by giving the m
glazed white paper with small type to be their
constant companions till firm health and ma
turity ought to be attained"
Last evening. at the Center Church. the har'
vest of the nickcls was gathered. few months
ago. Mr.. Brown gave fifty nickels to members
of the Sunday School. to see how much they
could earn with them and present to some use
full cause. 1t was afterwards voted that all be
given to DIR. s. B. Shipman's Church, which was
left in debt at his death. The amount raised
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FAIR PROPOSAL.
Stetsonss Uncle Toms Cabin Con

Stetsonss Uncle TOMS Cabin Com.
panY. &
reporter of the PRESS CLEANED the follow
ing. in an interview with the general agent of
the above company. which will appear at the
Opera House tomorrow (Thursdayl evening:
This company is undoubtedly the largest
and best Uncle Toms Co. travelling. comprisla g
thirty first class artists. They have their own
private baggage car. carry their own horses and
wagons for hauling scenery and baggage, of
which they hava a full car load, and SO COM
plete is their scenery that the piece could be
put on In a barn wi h better scenic effects than
Is produced by any other company. They have
q grand double band of white and colored mu
sicians. an orchestra of ten pieces. and one that
is hard to beat The African mandolin stu
dents. with this company, are the first and only
colored people appearing in public and per-
forming on the Spanish mandolin The Lone
Star Quartet is claimei to be without equal.
and the Topsies-there they have something
that charms all. The Topsies are two young
ladies. and their superiors in character and
terpsicohrean artists have not yet been produc-
ed on the American stage; two Marks, the best
that good big salary can secure. The street
parade is the finest ever witnessed, and of the
performance we can say that if they do not give
the best production of this sterling old drama
ever given in this city. they will cheerfully re-
fund the price of admission. On their arrival
this city they will deposit 5000 as guaran-.
tee with K. A. VanNess. where our reserved
seats are on sale that our show is given just as
on the bills"
"Will any other Uncle Toms Cabin on the
road do this2'
No; because e they have not the show to do SO.
Stetson Co. have Something else not usually
carried by other companies, is the Bogatonka
calcium lights. producing a most beautiful eff
feet and to be appreciated
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-01
LETTER FROM OREGON.

SALEM, Oregon.
EDITORS DEMoCRATIo PRESS Would some of
the readers like to hear something of this part of
the worldp We are in Western Oregon. called
the Willamette Valley 1 am convinced that
this Valley offers many advantages to the i'm
migrant over any other country I've ever seen
any where Some real estate men here call this
Valley the Garden of Eden, !" but you need not
expect to find it such. Neither can you ind per-
fection any wnere on terra firma; but after one
crosses the mountains and first views this Val
ley, he will almost imagine he has struck the SO
called /" Garden of Eden."' The climate is almost
like the Southern England. Grass remains green
all the year. at this writing there has not been
any freezing weather at all; the Valley has the
appearance Of Spring.
would say to the intended immigrant, never
stop short of Western Oregon. You will not like
either Washington or Eastern Oregon but you'll
like this Valley. and the sooner one can get
here. the better. before the lands get too high,
as they are advancing very rapidly.
If anyone wishes to get full and complete in
formation. and are willing to risk a stamp
will truthfuly reply.
Fraternally. G. w. MEEKs.
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EDINBURo

correspondence.
Mrs. j. Fifer, who has been sick for some time.
is reported better. and is now considered out of
danger. ".
G. W. Barclay Esq. at last accounts was some
what improved.
MIR. c. R. Bingham. who recently returned from
the West with his fair bride. was treated to an
evenings entertainment by the boys. who made
sweet music upon all the different instruments
the youthful mind could invent. But it seems
Charley has no for music as he failed to treat
the boys to the usual box of cigars At least
some of them think So
We hear one of our "schoolmarms" has closed
the door of the house of learning, struck for
higher wages. &c.. leaving the young idea" to
learn to shoot as best it can.
You perhaps have all heard about the condition
of the roads. p.
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The Golden Wedding.

You are not permitted to mention
names, after having been a guest, in
relating what you saw or heard. There
was golden wedding in one of the fine
houses in fashionable quarter. There
were some judges and their wives, and
some wealthy merchants and their
wives, and some politicians, and others.
After the reception a few of the more
intimate friends of the family remained.
The guide auld wife was telling some
of the neighbors story in which she
seemed to be supremely happy. II re-
member" she said, 1.-The last day that
James came courting-the day before
our marriage. We lived in the coun-
try. He bad been to the house often,
for our courtship was long one. And
when he used to come, if the weather
was pleasant, we would walk about the
farm and through the woods until every
spot became a trysting place. The last
day of our courtship was one of those
delightful Indian summer days when
young people, especially lovers, be-
come dreamy and the air is full of
music. We went out as had been our
habit, for walk. We went to every
spot where we had been so often be-
fore. There was an old mill, and it
was there James had asked me to be
his wife. The old place was full of
memories. James said he thought it
would be nice to ask me again to be his
wife. Each old haunt that we visited
had language of its own. We even
went over to the old churchyard where
my mother is buried. She always
liked James, and he had been one of
her pall-bearers. We fingered about
the place until my father came out
and met US, and we all three walked
home. l don't think it is given to
many people to visit all of the places of
their courtship on the eve of their we'd
ding, and that day is one of the bright
spots in our lives. l don't know, but
think it strengthened our love. James
and have talked about it so many
times as we have travelled along the
road together"
The fingers of the wrinkled hands,
still white, entwine themselves in the
sunny hair of a grandchild who had
fallen asleep in the story-teller's lap,
and the few remaining guests went
over and kissed the good old face which
was lighted up as if it had in it the re-
Election of the better WORLD Chicago
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THE FORTH BRIDGE.
Wonderful Accuracy With Which the De-
sign Has Been Worked Out.

The connecting girder bridge be-
tilever of the Forth bridge was COM
pleted Oct. 1O, SAYS an Edinburg CORES
pondent of the London Times is
to say, the two sections of it were join
ed fin the middle. Mr.. Arrol superin-
tended the work, and Messrs. Cooper
and Moir, representing the engineers,
were present. The connecting plates,
which had to be placed in position,
were each ten feet long and eight
inches broad, and two of these had to
be fixed on each side of the lower
booms of the girder, and three in the
middle.
1t is striking proof of the wonder
full accuracy with which the design of
the vast structure has been worked
out that the two great arms, which
started from bases nearly 1,oO0 feet
apart, met in the middle in the same line
and on the same 1eve4.-More exUraor-
dinary still, the bolt-holes in the grid
ers and the corresponding bolt-holes in
the connecting plates were almost ex-
actly coincident, and the slight amount
of deviation that occurred was due en-
tirely to the irregular expansion and
contraction of the metal. 1t was found
yesterday that the corresponding holes
on the west side of the bridge were
only half an inch apart, while those on
the east side were an inch apart, and
the difference was explained by the
fact that the temperature on the side
on which the sun played was
nearly degrees higher than on the
other AS the day advanced the ex-
pansion on the west side continued,
but it was thought advisable to aid it
with the pressure of couple of hy-
draulic jacks. which put on the booms
a strain of $50 tons. When the juno
ton had been effected Mr.. Arrol him
self drove homo the first bolt. The
east side presented greater difficulty,
owing to the lower temperature. When
the west side had been joined up the
relative holes on the east side were
still an inch apart. Here also the hy-
draulic jacks were brought into play,
but when pressure of 17O tons had
been expended the holes were still one
eighth of an inch apart. The order was
then given to warm the bed-plate, and
the trough of the girder was filled with
waste" over which naphtha was
poured, and the whole ignited. The
/ steady DlaZe soon ulu lIS WOrk. OIdu-
ually the steel expanded, and when the
bolt-holes showed clean passage the
bolts were quickly driven home.
The top booms have yet to be joined
but that is different kind of opera
ton and one that does not present any
difficulty. The bridge is now continu
GUS from the bank at South. Queens
berry to the north end of the Inch
garvie cantilever. and rapid progres
is being made with the laying down o
the actual roadway. The connectin:
girder-bridge on the north side is max
ing rapid progress. 1t is expected tina
before Wednesday next the gap vii
have been reduced to sixty-feet. l
may be mentioned that each of thes
girder-bridges contains 800 tons o
steel. When completed they will res
freely on the ends of the cantilevers
so as to give play to the expansion an
contraction of the metal. The mum
Der of workmen employed on tn
bridge has been reduced from 4, 4,500 t
| 7OO
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was nearly $40. There was one donation of $5
outside of the nickels, from Mrs. Cumine That
you may know how this was accomplished. L
will give some Illustrations: Zach one was re-
quested to relate their manner of using the sum
placed in their hands One girl bought six
eggs and had them hatched; four of the chick
ems died. and the other two were fatted and sold
for SOC. One boy bought turnip seed and raised
tu' nips which sold for sOc One man got water
melon seed and realized g. from the sale of the
melons. l send you soma letters as they were
read there:
II bought row of potatoes which yielded
bushel. These sold for 40c the price of pota-
toes when these were taken from the ground
This amount return to the harvest of mick els"
u took my five cents and bought piece of
linen. henmed it and sold the handkerchief for
15c Then made some paper machies and sold
| them. which. added to the other made 22c L
bought some eggs and raised some chick ems,
whose value added to the other amounts to 40c -
II got about sc worth of turnip seed and
sowed them on ground that was hoed up and
made mellow and enriched to a high state of
productiveness. The turnips came up in great
abundance and SO thick that the leaves covered
the ground. Some of them pulled up to feed
| to my horse. SO that the others might have more
room to spread. While doing this, some of them
were raised SO high out of the ground that the
tips OF the roots only could receive nourisnment
Some of these bent down and could not stand
upright SO pulled them up ard gave to my
horse. to make room for the sturdy ones to ex-
pand. If the weather remains mild they will
continue to grow for some time yet though do
not think they will grow as fast as they did dur
ing the Summer; but stock are more refreshed
by green food in the Winter time than in sum-
mer when grass is plenty; SO they will be more
valuable than if they had grown earlier. This
is my first crop of turnips; if | should raise any
more would know how to get yield of larger
ones But these will have plenty of room to
grow if keep on thinning them out but l am
a little afraid they won't have time to get very
large. have not measured their girth around
nor their bulk in bushel measure. But 1 S, p
pose their value is not over fifty cents. and that
amount return to the harvest of nickels"
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Apropos to the story of the year." comes the
tell tale marriage record at the Probate Office.
What visions ef happy home castles and what
fond anticipstions of welded ecstaey enthronsd
themselves in the minds of the joyous applicants
no .man may tell. for who is able to paint in
words the ineffable delights of thoughts golden
climax? The record for 1889 compares very fa-
vorably with that Of preceding years. and shows
that 237 of our county women wese led to the
hymenal altar during that time OF these % were
widows, and 13 maidens under age. who. with IL
young men who had not arrived at their majori-
ty. were given the necessary consent Of parents
or guardians. The eleventh hour rush into this
final rendezvous of Cupid's emissaries was repeat
ed this year. and those who emerged from the
tranquil retreat with the license of bliss" care
fully treasured within an interior pocket. secure
alike from the vulgar gaze and possible loss.
probably actuated by the same motives that in
huenced those who waited until the last days of
1888 before taking the important step that sealed
their destiny. One thing is certain. 1890 is not
leap year.