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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-05
THE FALSE PRETENCES OF TAMMANY HALL

THE FALSE PRETENCES OF TAMMANG HALL
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Tammany Hall prides herself on her democ-
racy and the love she bears the toing masses. L
feel 1t to be my duty to swords with her on her
claims, and to prove them false She is not domo
cratic because she does not trust the masses, and
never considers them rational beings. few make
up the ticket for which the many vote. But this is
not her worst crime against democracy and demo-
cratic form of government. In democratic govern
ment all power comes from the people, and its ex-
istence depends on the intelligence and morality OF
Its people. In order TO perform the functions OF
citizenship II is required that the citizen should know
what the government was called into being for. Such
being the case the State in order to protect herself
founded our grand system of public schools. Any at
Is high treason against the State, and yet
we find Tammany Hall refusing to extend orr
school accommodations to meet The requirements
OF the times 1t means much that. 10000 children
cannot find school room in our city. 1t means In the
first place that 10000 children will grow up without
ever being what God intended them to be-persons
able to think and reason for themselves They VIII
not be fitted for citizenship. because they will not be
able to comprehend their duty as such. SO much for
the question it relates to the political life ID the
individual.
But il must not be lost sight of that the time Is
with us now when a without education is handi-
capped in life and that the 10000 children refused
education by the Tammany Board Of Education the
children Of the poor. can't for the life Of me
why or how the fathers Of children condemned to
condition OF Ignorance dare to vote the Tammany
ticket-and yet they will do it, 1850.
Ncw-York, Sept %, 1891.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-05
DIR. ROBERTS AND HIS CRITICS

TO the E.ditor Of The Tribune.
sir: In The Tribune for saturday last the Rev. ".
II. Roberts. d. d.. Stated Clerk Of the General
Assembly OF the Presbyterian Church. is reported rs
having referred to the criticisms upon him in The
FvaneelIsts as malicious The two gentlemen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-05
THE DEMOCRATIC CONFUSION OF TONGUES.


TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Ever since the work on the Tower OF Babel
was abandoned, the efforts of every combination that
have not had for their object the best interest of hui
manity have come to naught. With all the facts OF
history before u.s. we can look at the powerful com
bnation Of Hilism, Tammanyism, whlskeysm, Doodle
ism and every other corrupt ism without dismay
Already there Is beginning to be great confusion OF
tongues among the builders. When Tammany calls for
brick, Kings County sends up mortar, and Buffalo a
milestone to hang around its neck. Jones can no
longer understand that they want him to pay the
freight and so far as the judgeship Is concerned,
Herrck from Albany is not In It, About the only
man they can all understand Is Flower, with his
barrel His language like Peters, seems to be under
stood by the people Of all natonaes. Some contend
that he cannot make speech. If that be so, 1t must
be his barrel that mpars Inspiration to the few words
he does deliver: but be that it may, how can one
poor man bring order out Of such dire conflsion
Ill., Tammany and the rum power all know that they
have not the best interest Of humanity ut heart They
stand before the world sefcOnvlcted and self-con-
demned and looking at their efforts in the light OF
history they must know that unless they manage
to deceive the people their tower must fall The
erection Of ,he Hill, Tammany Co.'s babel Is no
more in accbu with the designs OF Providence than
was the construction of that other building and the
work it Will have to stop IL will never get as nlg
as the Presidency Of this great Nation. Instead OF
obtaining the White House a capstone with which
To top out their edce in November 1892, long before
that time there will be left of one stone upon
another GEORGE PRITCIIETT.
Brooklyn, Sept. g. 1891.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-05
THE FOUINoCTIAL STORMS.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune q
Sir: Is the popular idea respecting equnocuai
storms founded on any scientific basisl
New-Yorl Sept. 90, 1891. a DAILY READER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-05

"Theres 81 coo, Just half months salary list said
Superintendent Duffy in his cosey Office back Of the
desk room in the New-Yo Athletic Club the other
night as he smoothed out roll OF bills Mr.. Duffy
saws the salary list OF the club while tho Island has
been running has been close to $1,000 month.
lie will be glad when the Island shuts down. as 1t
will after the autumn games on October II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-05

Tie Amateur Fencers League Of America Of which
Dr. Hammond Is president. and ". Scott OConnor
sec Rotary lad meeting Of its Board Of Directors at
the Ncw-York Athletic Club house Wednesday
evening The object was to discuss amendments TO
The present by laws and to draw rules to govern
all contests taking place in America with fois. duellng
swords and broadswords. II Is expected that the
lmateur Athletic Union will adopt these rules. after
which the Fencers League will Join the Union. have
the country laid Oft into fencing districts. rs II now
4, into amateur athletic districts. and give annual
fencing chnmpionshiDs The Amateur Fencers'
earue of America has 1875 members now and u Is eX-
necfed that the Philadelphia and the Washington or
Limitations OF amateur swOrdsmen will be taken In ~
the next meeting.
Entries for the second annual boxing tournament OF
fine Lorard Athletic Club. which will be held at
Wo~ps Hall Jersey CITY, October 10 and 30. close on
october -. with Secretary Farrell No. III firStS1'
Jersey CITY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-05
GOSSIP OF SPORTING MEN.

OF course the talk in athletics today and Tor many
days to come will be of the great National Champion
ships meeting whicr took place ut ST. Louis on sa'uru
OF the closely contested competitions and OF the can
MONS who commended This trip will be bright spot
I'm the lives OF the half hundred amateur champions ana
their friends who 1t, Just the journey TO
Detroit fOnr Yenrs ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-05

them the DenentS OF our laws, Ine sdnlc 10 SVui
f0refathers enjoyed when they landed III this
country?
This man asks if / am not in favor of law
which would guarantee that laboring man
should receive all the benefits of tariff legisla-
tion," and then he asks why not put tariff
upon all foreign labor offered upon our markets,
so as to give the home market TO American
workngmen, at least 10 the extent OF the margin
allowed by the tariff upon manufactured articles ?"
This is strange question for man intclli-
GENT as Mr.. AshwOrth seems to be. Does he think
that we can fix Che price of any material by an
act of the LEGISLATURE? If so, why not have the
Government fix an actual price for corn, wheat,
oats potatoes, horses and cows; in fact, price
nm everything bought and sold F.? That would
seem. perhaps without any careful thought, To be
an excellent plan. Why not have everything run
IN this country on simple plan OF letting the
Government decide everything, Tx price on
everything and manage all the business Oh the
limited States? | find now and then man VINO
insists that that is just what the government
,bo,ld do | have my doubts about the WISDOM
NJ such an attempt. i imagine that the ehoI1
,yould nroye a failure; but i am quite sure lh"O
the Government can fix price on all these thilss'
inst as easily as it can fix IL price ON the aruo"
~ davis work The price OF all JDese lhlhs'
will always be governed by the law OF buppil
and demand. and by certain surrounding cir'ui"
s,anoov and conditions which will always nc DC
vond tho reach Of legislative cnactmcntS. oolie
men get So O day; some gel DO so'ne ~"
IS; others get $40; now ana 'aeh nran
$50. They all get it on the siinpie piiH''p''
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
THREW ~nIs MONEY away.

l
Stony OF n Young Physician Who
Was q Victim OF circumstances.
When the doctors, in q jovial mood,
get together they invariably tell stories
IL they have any time on their hands,
Half dozen Rochester physicians
were feeling particularly happy and
exultant few days ago. They had
passed a delightful hour in making an
examination of the body of man
| killed in an accident, and were well
pleased with each other and the gen.
tleman who had furnished them with
their scientific amusement. When
they were through their work they ad-
| journed to the Office of one OF their
number and began telling experiences
and "reminiscences. They told OF ex-
citing amputations and exhilarating
operations until it came the turn OF
the Oldest man present to speak.
Then such u tale was unfolded as
brought tears to the eyes OF many
present.
"Wlen was young man." said
the old physician, II practiced in a
Western city. This was about 80 years
ago. 1t was not q great while after
had my first case that l was called
one day to attend a young man who
had u most peculiarly shaped head.
Uuder my care the fellow soon got
well, but 1 cultivated his acquaintance
to serve certain ends that / had in
veiw.
"When / came to know the young
man pretty well l told him frankly
that wanted his head. You all know
that have always made brain dis
eases a speciality, and / thought that
the mans head, with it's abnormal de-
velopment, would be splendid sub
ject for study. The chap fell in with
my proposal. Igave him $500, and
he made a will in which he mentioned
me as the heir to his head. TO be sure
( the fellow was young, but SO was l,
and was willing to wait.
"Well, gentlemen, within less then
year after we had completed arrange
ments the young fellow was killed"
Lucky man" said one OF the listen
ers, and all the Others gave evidence
that they thought the doctor was for
tunate.
But, gentlemen, continued the old
physician. 1.-THE fellow was struck on
the head by a safe that fell to the side
walk while being taken in the third
story window of O block" and the old
fellows voice choked with emotion at
the remembrance OF the wrong that
had been done him. tG
"Saddest thing ever heard Of"
said one OF the listeners, while others
walked up and shook the victims
hand, too full for utterance.-R
chester Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
rravelIlnS stones.

The travelling stones" which arc
often spoken about by people who have
visited certain parts Of Australia ex-
ist it would appear outside as well as
inside the vast realm Of travellers
imagination. There are such stones;
and they are 10 be found. not only in
Australia, but also in Nevada They
are discovered In tracts which consist
chiefly OF bare rock; and their pecu-
liarity lies in the fact that II two or
more Of them happen to be within few
feet OF one another they have q tenden-
cy totravel towards common centre.
and there to lie huddled together. gen.
orally in hollow. They vary from q
few grains to several pounds in weight
and are probably composed Of load
stone or magnetic ore. Saturday
Evening Post - ttsFs
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
Might Have Been Worse.

The Princess Charlotte, daughter o.
George w., was young woman Of
great spirit and originality. One day
she took n fancy to make her will, and
in it bequeathed all her property to
one OF her teachers. He was impru.
dent enough to keep the document,
and was i'll consequence, dismissed as
soon as it was discovered.
The gentleman who then undertook
his duties did 80 with great zeal, and
had reason to find one, at least, OF
his corrections productive of good.
He CHANGED to enter the room when
the princess was reviling one of her
attendant ladies, in great wrath, and
after giving her lecture on hasty
speech, he presented her with book
on the subject.
A few days later he found her still
more furious, and using language oven
more violent.
II am sorry to find your Royal
Highness in such passion" said he.
"Your Royal Highess has not read the
book gave YOU"
81 did, my lord" cried she, tempest
uously. III both read it and profited
by it. Otherwise | should have
scratched her eyes out''
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
IA nncRAyNSn eysYsAH u
Fss. :z IS, fysss7,s.aSy9,

The new / rocess Of lpyvkfA yYra or
engraving by heat has immensely In
creased the resources Of decorative
art This process consists In tracing.
by means OF an incandescept point.
upon wood. leather. bone. ivory and
other materials. designs which. modls-
lated intone, depth and tinting. through
q carbonization more or less complete
produce extremely varied and remark
able effects In the hands OF the artist
The fexibility of this devise Is won
derful. and while IL can be handled by
nero novice. its possibilities OF artis-
tic treatment in skilled hands are be-
You'd those OF any kindred process.
The evolution OF the invention Is
interesting 1t occurred to Y its In
ventor. M. Perier. over twenty years
ago, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. that
less primitive method should be
adopted for branding the boxesof vine
for shipment He first of all tried,
unsuccessfully. to reproduce the re-
quired sepia tint by adjustment OF tho
branding-iron through red.hott arms
These cooled very quickly and gave
uneven and indistinct lines. He then
went on to. experiment with gas and
secured much better results with small
soldering irons heated by this means.
Still not satisfied he continued to ex-
pertinent until he arrived at the util-
ization OF n platinum wire kept mean
descent by the passage OF an electric
current
He knew he had reached the right
principle, but as the means Of storing
electrical energy was not generally
available, he had to bide his time.
This has now como and the inventor
is reaping his reward. The principle
OF the invention consists in keeping
the tracing point destined to produce
the carbonization of the object to DO
decorated incandescent for an indeHn-
lite length OF time, and always ut tho
same temperature.
The apparatus consists of three
principal parts, an air reservoir, a
carburette and thermo- tracer Be-
sides being extensively used in surg
cry pyrogravure is entering largely
inso cabinet-making. carpentry, artis-
tic book-binding and the manufacture
OF decorative leather for chairs and
hangings.
Furthermore. by combining 1t with
the art OF projection, drawing or
ornament OF any size can be quickly
transferred to panel. and some beau
tiful results of this treatment have
been exhibited in Paris by M. Perier.
1t Is quite convenience to DO able
to quickly transform tho ordinary
plain glass incandescent bulb into one
OF any required tint and the ability
to do this is now at hand in the shape
OF coloring solutionso various shades.
which can be instantly applied. and as
quickly washed off when no longer re-
CURED.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
The Man-Faced Crab.

One OF the most singular-Ioo king
creatures that ever walked the earth
or SWAN the waters under the earth"
is the world-famous man-iaced crab
of Japan, It's body is hardly an inch
in length, yet the head is fitted with a
face which is the perfect counterpart
of that of "a Chinese coolie; a
yeritable missing link, with eyes, nose,
and mouth oil clearly defined. This
curious and uncanny creature, besides
the great likeness it bears to human
being in the matter OF facial features,
is provided with two legs, which seem
to grow from the top Of its head and
hang down over the sides OF its, face.
Besides these Lego. two "feelers, zach
an inch IN length, grow fromthe chin
OF the animal, looking for all the
world lihS . colopel's forked beard.
These mLn-faced crabs fairly swarm in
the inlani seas OF JaranA
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
An Enthusiastic MusoovIte.

The first Russian visitor on board
the French men-of-war at Cronstadt
effected his appearance among them
i'm somewhat peculiar manner. He
was q Russian soldier, who had an ex-
tended swim in the Baltic off Cronstadt
to where the French squadron was
approaching. When he reached the
first vessel, which was just about to
anchor, he chung to the side, shouting
with all his might the only French
word he knew, "Vivela Francep Great
were the rejoicings when the unclad
enthusiast was hauled on board. He
was treated to any number ofcognacs.
wrappedin a French naval cloak, and
preparations were made to convey
him back to quarters in the ship, when
suddenly he threw Of his cloak, plunged
into the sea, and still shouting, give
la France!" returned home as he had
come.-St. Louis Republic.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
HEIGHT OF THE AURORA.
Attempts to Measure It Give widely
Varying Figures.

Varying Figures.
Interesting particulars concerning
attempts to measure the height OF the
Aurora have been given the Royal
Danish Academy by Mr.. Adam Paul
sen. At Godthabb. with two theodo-
lites four miles apart the height Of
different aurore was found to range
from one third OF mile to nearly for
ty miles in height. Near Cape Fare
well, with base line OF about three-
fourths OF mile. the results showed
them to range in height from one TO
ten miles; and at Spitsbergen, with u
base lime OF about one-third OF a mile.
they were shown to be from 800 yards
to eighteen miles high. according to
brilliancy. In earlier observations.
Flogel estimated the height OF several
aurora at from ninety to $40 miles.
Reimann found a height OF Mt least 500
miles for one aurora observed by him.
while Nordenskjold placed the mean
height OF all aurora at 100 miles. Lem
strom claims to have observed the au-
rora when it was above 1000 feet
high, and Hilderbrandson has seen
them below the clouds. From the
great variety OF facts and figures pro-
duced by different observers and the
wide difference Of opinion which exists
among scientific men as to their exact
height Mr.. Paulsen .infers that the
aurora only appears at a considerable
height in the temperate zone. while
in the auroral zone proper the phe-
nOmenon is generally produced in the
lowest atmosphere. st Louis Repub-
lie.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
Parting Panrs.

'ff"Good-by, my dear friend. l am GO
ing to leave YOU Inn going to Canada
and will probably never come back
said n New York youth TO Gilhooly.
will never see you againpr
Never"
II say, do me one last favor Lend
me twenty-five dollars"
oh. no; don't let us do anything to
increase the pangs Of our partIng."-
Texas Siftings. ft,..
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31

long his life al lcnst three years ny
creosote. At LAST the other night,
whsn it.wAs freezing cold, Ne left his
snd Wa taken with bleeding e. the
luu6s Yes, that he might leave bread
for those. two women. The cure does
not dream that he is blessing - sui
eide, ~ e,N v Tifsss
But what Of IL. my good fellowf
Mirnsisin the paradiss of the brave.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
Cleanliness In the Dairy.

In butter-making cleanliness must
be the watchword always, especially
in the home dairy. The entire process
is composed Of one little detail after
another, and the person who has not
the inclination nor the faculty to
observe perfect care in each Of these
minute operations can hardly expect
to turn out produce that will COM
mand an outside price.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
Feed for Poultry,

Where cows are kept OF course sour
milk can be provided for the growing
chicks; they are fond of it, and they
improve on it wonderfully. For solid
food, even now, give them wheat and
scalded oats. Potatoes are plentiful;
boil the small ones and work them up
with the ground feed, which should be
given in the morning; wheat and oats
ana q little corn at night. This sys-
tenn OF feeding is good for the old as
well as the young. Your good judg-
ment will tell you what else to feed by
way Of variety.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
An Imaginary Horse.

The general purpose horse is sought
for by many, yet obtained by none,
says an exchange. Strictly speaking
a general purpose horse is one that
can do everything that horse is call
ed on to do. 1t is impossible in the
nature of things for horse to be so
constructed that he can do every
thing. A horse to be a general pur-
pose horse could combine oil the
qualities OF q runner, trotter, a
PAGER, a roadster, a coacher, asaddler,
a hunter and draft horse, also O
lady's driving horse and children's
pony. The greatest value in horse
comes from his possessing some par
ticular quality, or combination of
qualities IN the same line, and the
ability to do one thing and do it well.
The better adapted a horse is to do
one thing, the more valuable he is.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
scholastic Item.

Professor, Ito boy at blackboard)---
How do you write hornp '
Boy-You don't write horn at all
You blow . horn. --Toxas Siitings.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31

President Of the Society OF Public
Analysis, foreign butter is still adul-
teratsd with margarine to a very con-
siderable extent. Out OF 46 samples
Of so-called butter sent to him to be
analysed, during twelve months, SO
were found to have been adulterated
with margarinet to an extent varying
from 9 to 80 per cent. This must not
be taken to represent the average con-
dition OF imported butter, as the
samples were sent because they were
regarded a. Suspicious; but the, fact
that SO large number OF deliberations
have been detected among samples
submitted by the members of one as
ISOLATION indicates fraud on an extern
aive scale. Unfortunately, as Mr..
Hehner points out, the Improvement
in the manufacture of margarine has
been SO great that mixtures contain
ing from 20 to 80 per cent. of It can.
not easily be detected by the best
judges without analysis. Moreover,
he has reason to believe that shippers
regularly employ chemists to advise
them as to the kind and percentage of
adulteration which may with some de-
gree OF safety be practiced, and for
this reason he apprehends that mix
ing will become more and more COM
mon, unless analysis to detect fraud is
more frequently resorted to as a pre-
ventiye. The truth seems to be that
the Margarine act requires to be ex-
tended in the direction of appointing
officers to take samples occasionally
from the consignments of shippers,
and to have them analyz The
Dairyman, England. -
Raising Cream. ~.
In q series of tests made at the
Cornell station to determine the re-
lative value, of different methods in
raising cream, the following results
were obtained.
In elVen trials OF milk set in the
Cooley creamer with ice water, at A.
deg, the average per cent of fat in the
skim milk was "a
In eleven trials OF milk diluted with
an equal weight OF cold water and set
in open air, the average per cent of
fat in the skim milk was 1.2S.
In six trials where milk was diluted
with 20 and so per cent OF cold water,
the average per cent OF fat in the skim
milk was Ill. ~
In two trials was set in deep cans
without diiution, in running water, at
90 degrees, the average per cent of fat
in the skim milk was 80. qb B5.fse Il
In two trials OF milk set in shallow
pans, at Ga degrees, the average per
cent OF fat in tho skim milk was
.48. Ntt s.e E,s
In trial where milk was set in
shallow pans and ono third OF its
weight Of water at \ 20 degrees added,
the per cent OF fat in the skim milk
WAS 10.
These tests were made by H. H. Wing
and c. D.Smith.