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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS

In the diagram continuous line shows ne barometer
yc,try. obs"rNcl at the United states
Signal service station this city. Tho dashes Indicate
temperature noted at Pcrry's Pharmacy, sun Building
Tribune Onicc. Feb. T. / "A. m-Ccar cold weather was
the yesterday although 10 tribe cloudy in tho
carly morning. The temperature ranged between - and
81 degrees tho (30i) being ia higher than
the corresponding day last year, ami ls'i lower than
"wednesday.
Ia and near this city to-day there viii probably bo
slightly colder fair weather followed by weather
coudlneAs and Light rain or snow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07

Buffalo. Feb G-Thc street railroad franchise in
this city was sold to-day 20 the Buffalo Cros>own Street
Railroad Company, Of which Frederick Cook OF Rochester
is president The company bid ia OF the gross
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
ms Or Tur NORTH AM SOrTu IINr

OFFICERS or THE NORTH AND SOUTH LINE.
Springfield. H.. Feb. tSpecian-1he directors OF the
North and South Railroad Company to-day elected officers
a, follows: Gerald L. lIoyt. OF Ncw-York. president :;
C. H. Bosworth Of Springfield. yicepresdcnt, and j. w
Calhoun, Of Nrw-Nork. secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
THE HEATHER REPORT.

washington, Ich Ga storm has developed IN South
west TcNu, aud another In Northern Dakota boh moving
eastward Rain, are reported In the southern St'tN'
t,,o.,t and Colorado with SHOWS IN Minnesota Colder
weather. hu pr,ui"d with cold wave in the Atlantic and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
SOLICITOR OF THE NETWORK AND NEwENG.

Bos,on Fcb G-Charlcs A. Prince, who has been d.
rector of the Ncw.York and New England Railroad Com
pauy has been appointed general solicitor for the company
I, succeed H. NJ Saon-tal New ton. who retired It'll
the old management.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07

Catbnrtic pursai,e pills do moro harm than good
Cartcr's Little Liver Pills do only COED, out u IaEgs
amount VI that Only one Pill dose'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07

cornpcte schedule o. fast trains 70 baltimore and
washington is operated by the Jersey Central, Reading
aoS r. And o. All trains through, and equipped
with pullman paror and sleeping cars Punetual service
Station foot Of Lberty'st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07

What Controller Wcmplc means in his nbc, b' say
ing the appropriations for lcngthcning locks last yea
amounted to only T2g7 900 people cannot understand
the Legislature appropriated fGO0Ou0 IN the matte
OF encihcning tie locks, the Controller seems u nave
undcrstatcd the expenditures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
WILL THE LENOX HILL OPEN,
c. N. JORDAN TELLS THE DEPOSITORS THAT
IT Is SOUND.

Mr.. PRESTON, SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS,
SAYS THAT IF THIS is so ITS DOORS WILL
BE OPEN THIS MoRNING-THE DEPOsI.
TORS HoPEFUL-AN ATTACHMENT
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
Bundle Time,

Christmas time is bundle time, and the Joyful
children think;
Bundles like a giants eyes now In the evss
dusk blink:
Bundles peep from meath the arms Of all the
hast ming throng,
Bundles tower on the wagons rumbling quick
along:
Bundles in the windows piled and bundles on
the floor,
As If all the worlds good things were parceled
out once more,
Glad'ning hearts and homes again on merrie
Christmas Eve.
Bundles-bundles- come, and We anew
believe
God is good and all are kind, and life can
pleasant be:
peace on earth-good-W1ll 20 man" Is more
than prophecy.
There are bundles In the hands and In the busy
martS-
There are bundles of pure love within the peo-
pies hearts:
Christmas time is bundle time, the litrle chill
dren sing
May the Christmas bundles ever Faiths sweet
lesson bring!
-Derte~ Smith, in Free Press
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
LADIES ARE SMOKING.
London Cigar Men Find an Ever Increasing
Demand From the Fair.

London Cigar Men Find an Ever Increasing
Demand From the Fair.
Inquiry at a few of the principal tobacco
stores of London, says Pail Mall Budget,
has revealed the fact that smoking is very
fashionable among women, especially
among those of the upper ten. 1--WE are
used to being asked for ladies' cigarettes
here" said salesman at some big stores.
"We serve ladies with cigarettes in as mat
ter-of-fact way as we do gentlemen. Not
only do ladies smoke cigarettes" he went
on, "some of them smoke cigars. One lady
comes in frequently for box of cigars.
She smokes almost the costliest brand we
keep"
Some of the most expensive brands Of
ladies' cigarettes, he said. were artifclally
scented. The manager said that the ladies
whom they supplied were chiefly ladies of
rank and Observation-Disclosures, countesses,
etc. They patronize a good Turkish brand,
costing 6 or s shIllings hundred. asked
what the opinions of gentlemen were on the
subject. "Wel1," said nv informant, "those
OF tine old school naturally don't approve of
ladies smoking, but the young men take it
as matter OF course. have never heard
man speak in a derogatory manner about
lady because size enjoyed cigarette.
Mrs. Grundy. of course. objects, but I don't
think anybody pays much heed to the old
lady"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
TO SHAVE OR NOT TO SHAVE.
1t Has Been Very Serious Question In the
British Isles.

1t Has Been Very Serious Question In the
British Isles.
Blackwood's Magazne.l
For many years before the Crimean war
the mustach in this country was the dis
tinguishing badge of the cavalry; it was pro-
hibited in the infantry, and as for the
civilian who braved public opinion by sport
Ing it, he was looked on either as an artist, an
eccentric, or as wishing to pass for hussar.
But shaving by regulation Qittle as 1t may
be suspected by those who submit to lD Las
an origin more serious than mere caprice or
love of uniformity. It is the badge OF serv-
ice; survival of the primitive custom of
mutilating slaves to prevent their escape, or
insure their recognition and recapture 1t
they did escape. The Mosaic law made the
mutilation more merciful than it probably
had been previously. The proper mode of
re-engaging servant is set forth IN Exodus,
xxi, 6: Then his master shall bring him
unto the judges; he shall also bring him to
the door, or unto the doorpost; and his
master shall bore his ear through with an
awl, and he shall serve him forever"
AS manners grew milder, even this slight
mutilatIon was discarded, and shaving the
beard or the head was resorted to ior mark
ing servants. Fierce and long was the con-
troversy that ragged in these islands during
the sixth and seventh centuries, even to
shedding of blood, as to the right manner
in which priests-servants of the Lord
should shave their heads. At this distance
of time there seems as much to be said for
St. Columba's frontal tonsure-from ear
to ear across the brow-as for that favored
at Rome, which eventually carried the
day-the coronal, on the summit Of the
head.
The Roman Catholic priesthood has not
yielded to the lax practice of the age, and it
is not many years since any Protestant cler-
gyman of these islands, had he grown any
thing more than the orthodox mutton
chops" would have forfeited the confidence
of his entire flock. Modish young men of
the present day for the most part affect the
tonsure described by Julius Cesar as pre-
vailing among the Celts of Britain when he
first landed-that is, they shave everything
except the upper lip.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21

unless she can leave this and come home
under the mountain, and breathe the pure,
fresh air OF the heath. But she must re-
main here until the golden weights out
weigh the ugly reptiles. These little dwarfs
spend their time in visiting the homes of
the people who live in the villages and
cities. They meet here every Christmas
Eve, and tell what they have seen duting
the wear. When thev have good deal to
record golden weight is placed on the
scales; but when they relate OF unkind
words and selfish actions, toad or lizard
is placed on the other side"
Vigg now listened very intently Is each
dwarf told his story, and was grieved to see
how few golden weights were used.
When Santa Claus turn came he told of
50 many dear little folks who at this time of
the year were trying to follow the example
of the Christ child, and were remembering
the needy, that one golden weight after an
other was placed on the scales, until finally
the dwarfs raised a great shout, and ViPa
distinguished these words: Now our Prin-
cess can leave this dismal mountain"
Vigg could never tell how he reached
home. He had confused impression of
again riding over the heath with Santa
Claus; but his first distinct thought was of
Aunt Gertrude bending over him, and say
ing: "Poor little Vigg! was sorry to leave
you alone so long. Wake up, now, and see
how brightly the Christmas lights are buru-
ing. Here are the cakes which l promised,
aud at the door stands bundle of books
and box of candies, which are marked:
To Vigg, from Santa Claus"
PAYSIR.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
ANTS AS SURGEONS,
South American Indians Use Them to Sew
the Edges of Wounds Together.

South American Indians Use Them to Sew
the Edges of Wounds Together.
Ants are terrible fighters, says writer in
the New York Examiner. They have very
powerful jaws, considering the size of their
bodies, and, therefore, their method of fight.
ing is by biting. They will bite one another,
and hold on With a wonderful grip of the
jaws, even after their legs have been bitten
off by other ants. Sometimes six or eight
ants will be clinging with death grip to
another, making peculiar spectacle, some
with leg gone and some with half the body
gone.
One singular fact is that the grip of an
ants jaw is retained even after the body has
beer bitten off and nothing but the head
remains. This knowledge is possessed by a
certain tribe of Indians in Brazil, who put
the ants to a very peculiar use. When an
Indian gets cash cut in his hand, instead
of having his hand sewed together, as ply
sicians do in this country, he procures five
or six large black ants, and holding their
heads near the cash, they bring their jaws
together in biting the flesh, and thus pull
the two sides of the cash together. Then
the Indian pinches off the bodies of the ants
and leaves their heads clinging to the cash,
which is held together until the cash is per.
fectly healed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
WRITTEN FOR THE D1srArcH.I


As far as the eye could reach, a thick GOV.
ering of snow had spread itself over the
brown heath, in the midst of which stood a
small, low cottage, the only human DWELL
ing visible in the great white plain.
"What dreary life they must lead who
live there" said many a traveller as he
viewed the lonely house from the distant
road. But the cottage, though small, was
well built and comfortable. The moscow
cred beams were strong and firmly support.
ed the turf root, which in summer time
looked like green velvet, adorned with red
and yellow flowers; and the wide stone Chin
ney lowered proudly above the little dwell
ing, as If to protect it from any hostile in
vader. At one side of the house was small
garden patch, where grew potatoes. carrots
and cabbage, and also d bed of gay colored
tulips was to be seen.
In this secluded home lived little Vigg
with his Aunt Gertrude, who took every care
OF the orphan boy, and was both father and
mother TO him. Early in the morning the
kind aunt had gone to the distant village
TO make some purchases, and now, although
the sun was low and the short winter day
was growing 10 a close, Vigg was still alone.
Everywhere was deep silence. No sound of
slelghbei!S had been heard during the day,
nor the voices of passersby. When the boy
walked across the bare floor, he thought the
clatter of his wooden shoes must sUund all
over the wide heath. AS night came on,
Vigg drew his little stool close TO tine window
aud peered out into the darkness to see if
Aunt Gertrade were coming, and he
wondered if she would bring the ginger
cakes she had promised, and it she really
would remember the little fir tree and the
candies; for this was Christmas eve.
When the boy had watched anxiously for
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21

When he opened the bag, Vigg saw toys,
which surpassed all the others in beauty aud
richness. On largr silver plate stood hum
dreds of brave soldiers, some on foot and
others mounted on spirited steeds By
touching spring underneath the plate, the
soldiers shouldered their muskets and
marched to and fro, the horses plunged, and
the riders drew their swords. On another
plate, representing the sea, ships were to be
seen sailing, aud small boats filled with
people. When the royal gifts had been de-
livered, Santa Claus said: 81 shall, before
taking you home, show you the palace of
the Mountain King"
A moment later a high, steep mountain
rose up before them. This time Vigg, too,
disinounted from the sleigh, and with his
companion approached the rocky wall.
Santa Claus knocked loudly, and the great
rock opened, disclosing dark, cold cave.
Vigg felt a little timid and crept closer to
his friend. An ugly green frog croaked
dismally from under a stone, and a hideous
serpent with fiery eyes glided by them.
"What a dreadful place" cried Vigg.
"Let us 60 away from here"
But as they turned corner in the dark
way Vigg saw large hall, glittering with
light and fragrant with the odor OF Christ
mas trees. In the room were countless
SdSn OuC HOluluS q 1OiCui
whose glow was reflected many times in the
crystal walls. In the middle OF the hall sat
the Mountain King on his golden throne.
He was clothed in scarlet robe, glistening
with jewels. and by his side was his only
daughter arraYed in the greatest splendor,
but her face was pale and sad, and her love-
ly eyes were filled with tears. Before the
Kings throne stood pair of large scales.
On one side were golden weights, but they
were more than balanced by the toads,
snakes and Lizards in the other
scalepan. Then Santa Claus whispered:
"The Princess is very ill and must die
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
MONEY WON ON WALL STREET.
Quick Turns Made There During the Recon
Exciting Times.

Quick Turns Made There During the Recent
Exciting Times.
Many remarkable stories are told, says the
New York World, of fortunes lost and won
in the recent upset in the stock market, the
stories having a special value just now, as
financial affairs are again exhibiting tend
ency to wabble erraticaliy about. Some Of
the instances of sudden fortunes are trans
parently inaccurate, but there is one au-
thentic instance of a well-known broker,
whose Office is at IS Broad street, who cleared
$4,000 in the North American drop through
an interest which he recently purchased
from another broker for $500. In this case
it is not quite fair to say that he purchased
the interest, for it was forced upon him in
lieu of protested note.
Another case that has been considerably
talked about was that of q man who was
formerly well known and of considerable
influence in Wall street, and whose luck
has been SO far down financially of late
years that he was in the habit of borrowing
sums ranging srom 81 upward from his for
mer cronies. He is a habitue of the Wind
sor Hotel at night, and just before the drop
in values he went about the hotel claiming
that he had absolute knowledge that Mr..
Gould was at work downtown. But he had
cried "wolf' TOO often. No one would back
his information until he finally got hold of
$400, borrowing it from two sources and
pledging good share of the possible profits
to the men who had loaned it to him.
He played strong and reckless game,
risking the whole amount over and over on
single point, and finally pulled out
enough to pay all his people and open a
bank account with $1,000. These are two
- l.
risking small amounts. Had the market
gone against either one of them at the start
he might easily have been wiped out in an
hour.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
PRINCIPLE OF THE aRAMoPHoNE.
Sounds Produced by Etching on Zinc and
They Are Wonderfully Perfect.

Sounds Produced by Etching on Zinc and
They Are Wonderfully Perfect.
New York Tlmes.I
Prof. E. Berliner exhibited the gramo-
phone to the American Institute of Elec-
trical Engineers, at II West Thirty 6tth
street. last night, and interspersed his re-
marks with music from the instrument.
The audience was a large one, and ap-
plauded the singers who had sung into the
gramophone as heartily as though they had
been present.
In the gramophone sound waves are
etched into metal on the same principle that
the lines of picture are made permanent
in zinc plate. Prof. Berliner uses zinc
plate himself now, though ne expects to
etch into steel and even glass. The plate is
covered with film, the basis of which is
beeswax and benzine ether. A stylus or
needle does the etching on the same princi-
pie that the needles puncture the cylinder
in the phonograph.
The plate to be etched on is placed on n
turn-table driven by a wheel and the sound
waves traced in the film. Alcohol is also
poured over it, and the usual acid bath to
fix the lines In the zinc isgiven. The effects
ghined from the gramophone are excellent
and, according to Prot. Berliner, are capa-
bic of much improvement
The concert consisted of cornet and clar-
ionet solos, brass quartets, and some con-
tralto selections sung by Mrs. j. Esputa
Daily, o Washington, into the instruments.
Prot. Berliner etched plate before the
audience. gentleman having recited and
sung into the gramophone. Already Prof.
Berliner Is using the etching plates in cor
respondence with friends in Germany. The
zinc disks are made of small size, so that
they fit into an envelope and can be sent
through the mails for 2 cents postage.
The film used allows artists etching to be
accomplished with brush and the lines
can be shaded. AS the same principle ap-
plies in the etching of sound waves. the best
results may be expected from the gramo-
phone in the shading of sounds and distin-
gushing of voice quality, especially in loud
sounds. These sounds are difficult to pro-
duce in the phonograph.
1t has been demonstrated that the plates
may be copied and prints taken. Expert
ments are also being made to deepen the
sound lines etched in the plates and, by
photo-engraving processes, to perfect them
so that the volume of sound will be in
creased.
Beside the exhibition of the gramophone,
a paper was read by A. E. Kenpelly upon
Induction and Its Proposed Unit, the
Henry"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
The Best in the World.

j. B. Loughran. ex-Mayor of North Des
Moines, La, and the Locust street manufacture
er of steam engines and boilers, said: "I had
a severe attack of la grippe. used Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, and applied
Chamberlain's Pain Balm to my breast.
These remedies were just the thing in MY
case. NV child had Group some years ago,
and we used Chamberlain Cough Remedy
with perfect success; since then we have
never been without these medicines in our
house. I had cousin who was q printer
and was employed in this city, where they
were printing circular; for Chamberlain.
cough, and while setting up the copy he
made up his mind to buy bottle. It cured
his cough, and that was the first time ever
knew anything Of Chamberlsin's remedieA
1 have been strongly in their favor ever
since. Ny own experience and that of my
family convinces me that these remedies are
the best in the world. That may he strong
language, but that is what think" Thsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21

parent. Even allowing for a spectral tramp
star to take a fancy for calling on us it
would take it certainly not less than 100
years to get here after the astronomers would
have detected its intentions, even ii it should
come at the suns speed of 100, 900, 900 miles
in year.
But the question as to what becomes Of
the dead stars is one that the astronomers
seem very chary about discussing. They
can see what they believe to be the process
of star-making constantly going on, but
they cannot see any dead and dark stars,
and there is nothing but analogy, conclu-
sion and conjecture upon which to base an
opinion. One thing we certainly know.
there is no stellar specter now near enough
to the solar system to get here during the
lifetime OF anybody now living on the earth.
/. H. WEBB.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
134S-REvERSAL.

Small Bobby, aged 4, with basket
to carry,
Asked lift on his way from severe
DR.. Barry;
"Why nor said the doctor, so gruff
in his talk;
"A big boy like you is well able to wall" /"
Poor Bobby. chagrined, could have,
sat down and cried,
But his first at that moment last
up just beside,
Lifted basket and boy to his side In
a flash,
And away they all went with such
frolic and dash
That Bobby since then has assured
his small friends:
'Dr. Barry amt cross; he Just only
pretends."
NJ. IS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
BISMARCK AS A BREWER,

His Big Establishment Doesn't Harmonize
With His Opinion of Lager Beer.
Prince Bismarck, who started a long
while ago on his Varzn estate spirits dis
tillery, has arranged things with financial
society OF Hamburg for the establishment in
the same domain of large brewery capable
of producing so, 900 kegs of beer annually.
According to the prospectus published bv
the company, the shareholders could expect
to realize a dividend OF II per cent everv
year. The FreiSinnige Zeitung ironically
recalls, apropos of the undertakings "a para
graph of a speech delivered on March 2S
1881, in the Reichstag by the Iron Chan
cellor, who said then that "beer, render
ing the drinker drowsy, instead OF ex-
citing the nervous system, should be con-
sidered as bad beverage from an econom-
ical and national standpoint"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
ENGLAND HAS NO COOKS,

Very Few Articles of Food Are Put Up -
They Should Be.
London Letter in the Chicago Tribune.l
There is, properly speaking, nothing
good to eat in England but roast beef and
mutton chops and fried sole. Coming from
Paris, where the whole soul was moved to
ecstacy BY the melting deliciousness of Sc
ductive viands, there is something barbar-
ously rude and unsatisfactory in the things
with which one is forced to sustain life in
London.
The bread is for the most part as dense as
the English appreciation of jest, while the
compounding of sauces is an art the Brit
Usher cannot learn, any more than he can
appreciate them when they have been con-
cocted. He who goes to England to eat is as
wise as he who goes to Patagonia to study
art.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
1347-A CHRIsrMAsTREEF FOR THELIrTLE
FOLKS.

1347-A CHRISTMAS TREE FOR THELIrTLE
FOLKS.
No doubt you little people are looking for
ward to Christmas, and are wondering what
Santa Claus will bring you this year. Now we
will make believe'' that am a fortune teller.
and will tell you what each of you may have
from Christmas tree this year. and will not
require you to cross my palm with silver before
making it known to you, either.
These are some of the things You can have:
l.. Small pies.
2 Something that rises from warm water.
8 A boat.
4. Useless rubbish.
s. One of the month";
G. Part of a ship.
z Shining objects.
s. A span of horses.
g. A near relative.
10 A companion.
hope you may have many more besides and
doubtless you will, but these have mentioned
you can surely obtain if you try. ETHYL.