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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-19
WHY Jersey MINISTER'S FOR REVISION.

nrtdrcton. ~ j., Feb. Il (SpccihD-Ihe lrcSoS-
tcr,p ministers and elders composing the West Jersey
prcsbytcry met in the First Presbyterian 'h'r'n
mi. morning 10 discuss and vote on the revision Oh
thc Westminster Confession The Rev. william boEu'
Of Camden. presided as moderator Inc Kew Nr'
stephenson outlined the question lor uiN0"SSO' Hu
w,s followed by the Rev. Messrs. Snyder, Thomas
-, ,t.vulin THOMPSON and Coyc. After recess
The discussion was continued, led by the ReE. L: H.
Trace who argued for revision. All OF the speakers
a. tho morning meeting favored revision except the
Rev Mr. SNYDER. The afternoon meeting was largely
attended. The Rev. Messrs Peters Dow and . br,h
aiSo believed I'm revision. IL decided TO meet in
Camden, where the Presbytery will take vote on
the question In March.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-19
VOTING SpgAKgRs PRAISE GREAT ORATORS.

There was not vacant seat upstairs or downstairs
in the handsome and spacious hall attached TO the
College Of II. Francis Xayicr last evening when ts
semi annual literary exercises of the Debating society
took place. The programme consisted of dlscussion
~ .,e relative merits of the various great orators,
ancient and modern Six speakers were selected by
the members OF society 10 defend the cause OF ths
orator Of their choice The prizes were purses OF 500
and a3O given by the Rev. David A. Merrich presloeh.
OF the college, and ~cNcellency IN deh'erF al"
recommendation were the qualities needed 10 wins
these were the speakers and their subjects stuart n.
clarke Henry Clay; Edmund Burke. Bernard J.
McGlone. James l. Moailey, " Demosthenes'; Thoma
F. Burke. Cicero; Frederick J. Reilly Ranis
oConnell'; and Francis y =, lennesSy panls
tHcnneSsv 10 whom was awarded the first prize, thd
second going 10 James J. Moah.cy, All OF the Young
orstors were praised and the decisions were received
with applause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-19

EAGER NOW TO PUSH AHEAD.
MAYOR GRANT CALLS IT A HAPPY SOLUTION
OPINIONS or OTHER MIN.

OPINIONS or OTHER MIN.
Mayor Grant, when asked how he felt regard
ing the compromise, said: Il think 1t very
happy solution, and no one IS more pleased VITA
il than an 1t only makes a little stronger,
perhaps what have aimed to do from the start
When selected the names of the gentlemen who
compose the four committees of the Worlds Far
and which have since been placed in the bill as
corporators | supposed that | had made it i'm
possible for partisanship in any form 20 enter
into tie management Of that great enterprise
agreed 10 the two-thirds plan proposed by MI
Dcpcw without hesitation, not because | thought
IT, essential at all in keeping politics out OF the
Fair That was assured already By the very consti-
tuition of the committees. | agreed TO II most
heartily "a remove the last element OF discord
from tie way Of New-lork's success in securing
the Fair There can now be- no possible prctcNt
for adverse action on the part of any man who
has Ncw-Yorl,s interest at heart
"Sdpuose Governor Hill should refuse 70 ap-
provc the bill with the compromise amendment
inserted? II Is reported that he has characterized
u as undcmocratIc and subyerSlvc OF majority
rule
Il do not believe that the Governor viii with
hold ms signature from the bill on that or any
other rround.T the Mayor answered. " He is not
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"If tie Governor should veto the hill would
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=. ,,h, ,,i,c ., Govcrnor Hin ,honld veto the
a.. -,.,,. r,. ,...,,r. ,bou,h do not believe
.-,.'rd ~. cI.n,cd I can sncok for my
.l, l,y,.,.r am heartily and sincerely in
. ,t tiu ,,itt .l. conn
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promise "ucAnu.'ll, anu '""' H"' N'''-''' VI
Illl II be- should veto a. repeat, however, UNIV
| I a.. NAT Lciirvr that lie La, any such purpose
III WV .,.
| THE 'oEFoHAIaD" COZ N'''''S "IIi''' ~"
| CorDoration Counsel Clara said that Mr.. de-
~. ,,,,,,,,oi.. Man mot Li, entire approval
=, ,i . ,.ti.,er ~ dissent from il
| , y, ,,,u. a.. t,,ords and nolitical associates
Mr. Glars did not crcdil The report oil Governor
| HIS hostility 10 the bill as II WINS lh'hd'u I'D
| amend IL.
| 90 of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-19
The YEA TIER REPORT.

FORECAST TILL g Z. NJ. WEDNESDAY.
Washington. Feb. 1s-For Ncw-Engand' colder ho''n'
erly winds with rain or snow.
For Eastern New.York colder; northerly winds snow
In the northern portion light rain in the southern portion
For Eastern Pennsylvania and NewJersey, colder
northerly local rains turning into snow cold wave
For Western New-York, colder; local SHOWS eo'
For Western Pennsylvania. colder fair weather. eAe''
on the Lake; local SHOWS cold wave:
For Ohio fair weather. colder; cold wave.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-19

Tribune Orlce Feb 10, l a. m-Foggy ana par"
cloudy weather prevailed yesterday, the wind o"s hor
,y and northeasterly There was trace OF rain inc
mpcraure ranged - and 63 degrees the a'esSo
c hono ia higher than CA the corresponding day last
year and 90, higher than on Monday. . ...,, Ia .omo
In and near this city to-day there will propaDN ~
coadiness aud possibly light rain, followed " s'esnS
tendency growing colder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-19
Fast Train. TO Washington.

A complete schedule Of fast trains To Baltimore and
Washington Is operated by the Jersey Central Heading
and and o. All trains through aud are equipped
with Pullman paror and sleeping cars, Punetual service
Station foot OF Iiberty.sL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-19
TINS MEANS NEwYoRK WILL WIN.

John &. Calhoun president OF tie Southern
Socirty. said that the mass meeting was the
c,,,,cst demonstration seen in Ncw-York for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-19

In the diagram continuous line shows me osrome1i
ructuatops yesterlay observed at the nlsea
SiSn al Serltce station at city The dasnes Ss~
noted AZ Perry's Pharmacy Sun Building
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-19

Rockwood & Co.'S Cocoa.
Wakefield ios richness ana asyor. All Sroe"r.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-22

invite Our Murderer" as Rose and |
called him, to an evening entertain
ment at our house. There WAS to be
music and tableaux. My part of the
performance, Lose SAID, was NEEDY 10
sit next to Mr.. Tracy in the audience
and prevent him f.om lenying the
house in any event, for, as Rose 81 T.
hiticantly observed, Something might
happen that would frigh,en him"
Upon the evening of the entertain
ment the company assembled at about
9 o'clock, Mr.. Tracy and myself being
assigned seats in the rear of the o hers.
The tableolx, intersperscd wi h music,
went on successfully for an hour, then
the programme changed and the stage
manager made this announcement:
Ladies and gentlemen, we are IA
vored tonight by having ia our midst
the great materializing medium, Dr.
Slayton, recently from London, where
he suffered considerable persecution
for the sake of his supernatural row
ers. He has kindly consented to give
us slight exhibition of his remarka-
bic ability to communicate with the
unseen world. He promises, however,
not to frighten anybody who has rot a
guilty conscience"
This speech was greeted with laugh
ter and applause, a0d the introduction
of DR.. Slayton was generally believed
to be capital joke, part of the amuse-
ment of the evening. But the veri.s-
ble Doctor soon appea;ed upon The
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-22
NTlc Tail of ROhertO.N

Speaking OF that stereotyped answe,
of the bookseller, I'VE haven't the
look in now, but will send and get it, 2
the Listener" recalls story. In a Ger.
tain family every member wrote out q
list of the Christmas presents that he
or she would like to get, and hung it up
on the chimney piece, for the guidance
of those who were going to make gifts.
1t was rather convenient and nice all
around. But young man of the fam
lily conceived the idea of throwing lit
tie humor into the list of things that he
wanted, and among the other articles
that he put down as desirable Christ
mas present for himself he included
''Ihe tail of Roberto" Now Roberto
was the name OF q cat that lived in the
house, and the young man could not
possibly have the cats tail for u pres
emit, because it was bob-tailed. 1t was
a fairly good joke, but it happened that
member of the family, who wasn't
very good at photography, took this
entry for the name of book, and, hav-
ing a partially for the young man,
started off on tour through the book
stores in search of it.
Have You The Tale of Roberto p
she asked at very large and entirely
first class store.
The bookseller scratched his head a
moment and made answer:
NO we haven't it in stock just now,
but we can send and get it for 1ou!'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-22
hall and entered the room, which was
illuminated by the silvery light of the
full moon that shone through the long

hall and entered the room, which was
Illuminated by the silvery light of the
full moon that shone through the long
windows.
We were not alone. The phantom
like figure Of woman stood by a win
dow, apparently gazing out into the
radiant night. She slowly turned at
our approach, and we stood face to
face with the ghost of the murdered
wife. For time [ could never tell
no long dead silence reigned. The l
these words were pronounced in a
chilling tone that seemed like an echo
frcm the tomb
"The sea giucs up its dead!"
My companion sank upon his KIN; es
in pitiful, abject terror. "Oh, Gene
We've, forgive, forgive mel" he cried.
"My God, have suffered-how ] have
suffered Pity and forgive mel"
The attitude and the cry of uumis-
taxable anguish were, to my mind, SUI
ticient evidence of Tracy's guilt.
While we were both completely
dazed, the apparition vanished. When
the villain had somewhat recovered,
and become Aware of all that he had
betr ayed, he tried in confused way
to account for his exclamation, but [
was not disposed to lose the advantage
so gained, and so affected to possess
absolute proof of his crime.
Finding denial useless, he confessed
all and pleaded eloquently for his life.
His evident remorse affected me. |
called in Rose, and the result of our
consultation was that we agreed to keep
to ourselves all knowledge of Tracy's
crime, upon these conditions: The
criminal was to devote $4,000 49,
out of his annual income of $4,000
to the sick and destitute of the power
ty-stricken portions of New York, and
he was to live an upright, regular life.
He was to personally superintcnd,
each year, the distribution of this
money, and at the least deviation from
the terms of these conditions we were
ct liberty to denounce Ep TO TIA au-
thoritles. TO make everything secure,
we had eXacted written confession
from him. to be used as evidence in
case he violated the terms of our con-
tact.
When we were alone together again
tried to induce Rose to explain the
mystery of the ghost, but she would
give me no satisfactory reply. If she
knew it she was resolved to keep her
own secret, and in thinking the matter
over 1 am forced to the conclusion that
the famous doctor evolved the mani
festation out of "thin air."
Whatever it may have been, the APP
partition was precisely the shadowy
counterpart of the murdered wife,
even to the expression of the wistful,
beautiful eyes.
Truly "there are more things in
heaven and earth than are dreamed Of
in our philosophy"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-22

is made Of certain Play Illus who jumped
beyond the dug ground" (Which was
turned up with a spade that the point
reached by the jumper might easily be
SEEM, clearing n distance of fifty feet.
This was probably q standing jump, and
as the modern jumper can, with o run,
clear only twenty or twenty-one feet, il
is perfectly incredible. To assist them
in standing jumps, the Greeks carried in
their hands pieces of metal or dumb bells
The five enumerated contests formed
the Pentathlum or five-fold competition
and the prize, according to one authority,
was awarded to him only who had been
victorious in all. According to Mr.. Ma
haffy victory in three contests was sufi.
cient. but it appears that sometimes the
running and wrestling were omitted, and
it may have been on these occasions that
three successes constituted victory.
The most dangerous sports of oil re.
main to be considered--the boxing and
the pancratium. Greek boxers we're not
content to use tho naked fists, but bound
their hands and wrists with leather
thongs. Later on these thongs, which
were termed mild or gentle, were studded
with pieces of metal, and then the blow
must have been frightful, though inten.
ticnal killing of ones adversary was not
skill, endurance and courage must have
been required for such contests, the
Greeks did not understand the scientific
principles of boxing. We read of boxer
getting up on his toes in order to deal
deadly blow upon the top of his adver.
sary's head, and boxer was commonly
spoken of as a man with his earl
crushed"
A most terrible contest is related by
pausanias. Two boxers of great skill
and strength could neither of them get al
the other, and therefore agreed to receive
a blow turn and turn about. The first
struck his adversary full on top of the
head, while the other drove his fingers
into his adversary's stomach and pulled
out his entrails. The dying man was
| crowned victor, on the ground that the
five fingered blow was foul one.
After the competitors had thrown each
| other tho contest was continued on the
ground, and sometimes combatants were
choked or had their fingers and toes
broken. The pancratium was the Lowest
and most brutal of Greek sports and waf
not in favor with the Spartans, who con.
sidered it, as we'll they might, an un'
| gentlemanlike business.
Of smaller and less violent exercises
We may mention ball-playing, which wal
much recommended by Greek physicians
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-22

rot. 1t was taken to Mr.. Billiards.
room while he was absent, and that
same night after his work he retired
INN edia ely upon reaching his bed
room. As s1ee,, wooed him he heard a
toice:
This is fine time of night for you
to be coming home"
Mr.. Ballard is not accustomed to
helr such talk. There is no occasion
for it. The first thought that occurred
to him was that he might have entered
the wrong room. He soon satisfied him
self that he had not, and again pillowed
his head for sleep, when:
what head you'll have on you to-
morrow" broke in upon his ears. This
was uncalled for Mr.. Ballard arose
and looked in his mirror. He examined
his ice-water cooler. Nothing there but
water. He again went to bed.
Next time you go out you'd better
take me along" was muttered in his
ears, and he got up again and did what
few men ever do-looked under his bed,
and then in the closet. Nothing any
where, and again he went to bed.
where did you get that hat?" was
propounded in awful solemnity, and he
sprang from bed, turned up the gas and
threw up the window sash.
He sat there until morning dawned
and then retired. He slept When he
awoke it was noon. And glancing up at
the top of his wardrobe he discovered
the parrot in his cage. with q card hung
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-22

1t was practiced by mon, boys, women,
and girls in part Of the gymnasium
specially reserved for it. Tho balls varied
considerably in size, and the rules for this
various games were numerous. Bath'nG
was much INDUCED in by the Greeks, and
hot, cold, and vapor baths were attached
to the gymnasin. After violent exercise
the athletes scraped off the dust and oil
with strigels or scrapers of metal or bone.
The cut shows an athlete thus engaged.
Warm baths were taken in the public OF
private bath houses MS refreshment afel
the days fatigue.
The Olympic victor in early times al
any rate, received very substantial re-
wards. He won n money pr re OF con-
siderable value, and was welcomed back
to his native city as q hero and enter
tanned in its town hall by the dignitaries
of the state. The great scnlptors of the
day executed his statue, and poets sang
his praises in odes which in some in.
stances nave become immortal. but IN
later days public opinion altered very
much in this regard. The polished Greek
came to value intellectual strength more
than phys cal, ard to csi eem mental GYM
nastics more tho. bodily exercise. The
severe training for prize winning became
more and more eXacting, and tended TO
usurp an athletes whole attention, to the
exclusion of more liberal culture.
hthet, fell into disrerute in much the
same manner as Professional runners,
boxers. nnd scul!crs have done at tina
present day The athlete was no match
for the oli,hed thrusts of the philoso-
piers Wit, md his heaviness, dullness,
and stupidity were constant target for
the comic poct'- subtle humor. Another
argument against athleticism was the
bruta!izing tendency of such cont ests as
the rancratium, in which the vanquished
competitor was put to tn humiliation OF
suing for mercy at tho victor's hands.
Finally We may say that though the
p,ncrAtiast at any rate not much
above the level of the modern prize
lighter the Greeks contriyed, by the COM
b ma ion of lite rary and musictl con.
tests with physic | and by the aid OF
sculpture and poetry. to throw around
their games an upequaled splendor. The
greatest ainters and sculp;ors foand
their models and the greatest poets the
leroes among the competitors at the
olympic games.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-22
Here Is n Genuine Touch Of Path0s.

A lady living on Sixth street, who
has window full of flowers all in
bloom, answered a ring at her door bell
the other day to find little girl skiver-
ing on the doorstep.
"Please, ma'am," said the waif, lifting
her shy, beautiful eyes to the face above
her, "will you give me a fower?"
The request was such an unusual one
that the lady hesitated in surprise.
"Just one little flower" pleaded the
child, looking as if she were about to
why, of course, you shall have
flower, child; come in. You shall have
a pretty red rose, )" and the good woman
looked for her scissors and stepped 10
the window where the flowers grew.
Before she had cut one a light touch
fell on her arm.
mot that one, please not red one;
that white one. Oh, won't it be just
boofu1," and the little girl pointed to
candidum unfolding its lily petals.
THAT" the mistress of the house
shook her head. 81 cannot cut that
one, child Why must you have white
one? Why won't any flower do?"
ooh, becau ;c-becausc- because, it's
for poor mamma" and the child burst
into violent fit of weeping. Mamma
is dead ard ! ruined away to get her
some lowers"
The next moment she was scbbing
on the boron of a new friend, and when
she went away she was comforted, and
she carried tho precious lily with other
flowers to the home were death had
been. DcT0U free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-22

MONTE CRIsTo ISLAND, in the Medi,
terranean, rendered famous by tho
thrilling romance of the elder Dumas,
has recently been purchased by a
Florentine millionaire. the Marquis
Ca rio Guigoroni, who intends to build
q magnificent chateau in the finest part
of the place. The Marquis will further
more erect villa in the island as an
annex to his chateau, while in the most
sequestered spot he will raise hermit
age, to which he can retire at his
pleasure from all worldly turmoil.
The modern Magnifco of the City Of
Flowers has also given orders for the
construction of splendid yacht, to be
named the Mercedes like that of the
hero of Dumas, and which is to take
him across the sea to his rocky retreat
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-22

perhaps, in England, been somewhat ex-
aggerated. Boys have been moro anxious
to be good oarsmen than good scholars,
and to play in the cricket eleven or win
the l00-ya'd race than to be ut the head
of their class. The undue importance
attached to athletic prowess was doubt
less the result of a reaction against the
almost complete absence of the means of
bodily training and exc rcise in the
schools of a century or two ago. But the
clear-sighted Greeks in this, as in SO
many other matters, drew distinctions of
which we in later days have somewhat
lost sight. Bodily exercises were CLASH
fed by the Greeks in three groups: Gym
nastic, agnostic, and athletic.
OF all the public exhibitions of gym
nastic exercises in ancient Greece the
Olympic games were by far the most fam
GUS, and an account of them will serve
to explain the nature of Greek sports.
They were first established in the year 776
B. c., and were not finally discontinued
until about 400 A. D. They were h, Id
once in every five years at Olympia,
small town in the province of Ellis, on
the western coast of Morea. Men of dis
tiuction termed hellenodike Judges of
the Hellenes or Creeks, clad in purple
robes, presided over the games. None
but free born Greeks were allowed to offer
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-22

JULES VERNE can travel no more,
prevented by the accident which befell
him four years ago when favorite
nephew went mad suddenly and shot
at the novelist. One of the bullets hit
him in the leg, and the wound has
never healed He is consequently I'M
able to walk much His forthcoming
book is called "The Journey Back
wards" and describes trip through
the North of America and Alaska and
over the Pehring Straits. Verne is
now at his seventy fourth novel. He
writes two every year. He gets through
certain amount of work every morn.
ing, never missing day.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-22

Some people seem to be horri fed
when they hear of corn being used Tor
fuel, said Frank G. Walker, of Man.
haitian, Kan. "Now, if corn is cheaper
than coal, what possible objection can
there be to using it for fuel? A Hans as
farmer can get Ii cents for bushel of
corn. Let us see, that is $3.50 for a
ton. To get that he may have to haul
his corn six or eight miles to market.
If he buys coal he will pay from 81 TO
s. ton and haul it the SIX or eight
miles back home. The matter simply
comes down 10 the question of how he
can get the most effective fuel for
dollar. You could hardly expect
farmer to pay bonus in order that he
might burn coal if he could get the
heat some other way. Corn at So. 70
ton is cheaper fuel than coal at So n
ton, and, besides, it has in its favor the
fact that the farmer has the corn at
home. There is no more reason for an
objection to burning corn than there is
to burning wood"