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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08
TUr CHANGES At PRINCETON.

60 much OF thc college news Of the period,
onort from the annual commcnccmcnt-day eXcr-
c.cs relates TO football. rowing and athletics
generally that it is relief TO turn aside for n
brief consideration Of the change in entrance en-
aminations just announced at Princeton Here
i, piece Of real scholastic news and one that j.
certain to provoke earnest discussion among the
members Of college faculties and boards OF trus-
toes all over the country. Heretofore, in gen
cra way the requirements for admission To our
principal colleges have been substantially the
same 80 that the boy fitted fer one of them could
UNDERGO a successful examination should he pre-
fer 20 matriculatc at another. In one respect
Princeton has now made radical departure. For
the study Of few books Of Homer it has sub
stitutcd a portion Of Ilcrodotns. an author not
generally included we believe, in the college
course The principal reason assigned for this
change is desire that !Iomer's Had should no
longer be considered a. n parsng but IN
its true character as "a great epic Further
more il is believed that the transition from the
classic Greek Of Xcnophon to the archaic Greek
Of Homer is too great for the best good OF tho
pupil, whereas IIer0dotus stands midway between
the two BESIDES this significant change knowl-
edge OF either French or German is 10 be required
hereafter for admission 10 Princeton; the require
mcnts in English have been enlarged and an mr.
rangcment Of maximum and minimum rH1ulrc-
men,s has been provided, whereby q student
specially qualified in certain branches may take
an advanced standing therein at the outset Of
his college course.
Just what the practical effect OF this last ar
rangcmcnt will be cannot he easily foreseen unless
there il n change in the makeup OF classes, and
n student is allowed 10 press forward rapidly in
the studies which he prefers and TO take his de-
gree in n shorter time than that usually pre-
scribcd. Under such plan there would be larger
development Of individuality, and men would not
bc turned out after the same pattern TO 80 great
an extent as under the prevailing system. In
this view the change would really be natural
from Homer to IIcrodotIs. though the motive be-
hind il il n reasonable one. will be- likely To lead
10 confusion in the preparatory schools, since boys
intending TO 20 10 Princeton must devote their
time 10 lIcrodotus, while those making ready for
other colleges will stu find the great epic in-
dsprnsablc II is possible that the action taken
at Princeton may lead to similar action on the
part Of other colleges II not to a general revision
of the standards Of admission. AT all events, 1t
is undcnably wise To insist ON greater familiarity
with English in those about to matrculat" The
knowledge OF English in our schools in general has
recently been shown to be- lamcntaby dclectlvo,
and ANYTHING which tends 70 stimulate the study
Of our own language Is most welcome. What
Princeton has done will be certain 10 set the co..
lcge professors and officials to thinking, ana this
in itself will prove good thing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08
NruxoRK DAILY TRBI THURSDAY, DECEMBER lo1~-O

nm IN ne an orator of uncommon fiuency anu
frequency. his social or political standing win
bo in the least affected by the phllosopho
oomnosure with which he heard himself called
liar. ,-
Take another case Ono day last week.
du,inr the highly exciting trial of DR.. Briggs
for heresy, it was said in the course OF inc
discussion by a clergyman that the court ny
the terms in which one of the charges Was
made had given DR.. Briggs the lie direct
Now if the usage of the Presbyterian Church
had been at all like that in Washington, Mary
land and Virginia society it would have been
DR. Brggs's duty to slap the face OF the whole
court or lose his standing as n Prcsby terrain.
And as. in that case, it would have been neces-
say to do it publicly, and there was no llkeh-
hood of his catching the whole Presbytery ae
= Horse Show. he would have been Obliged TO
do il then and there. This would no doubt
have created confusion and added another 10
the many embarrassing complications WIN
which the court is wrestling. As nothing OF
the kind took place we infer that the PresDy
ter N usage differs from the social usaSes OF
Washington, Maryland and Virginia. NO doubt
there is a feeling among Presbytcrians, as well
~ in the first circles OF TammaDy Hall, that to
viye the lie direct or call man liar does not
tend to promote harmony or cement friend
ship. but fortunately there is no social usage
among Presbyterians or statesmen that COM
pcls them either to vndicatc their truthfulness
or maintain their social standing by face
slapping. It is different in the social circles
adorned by Mr.. Neville. And without ex-
pressing an opinion as to the adequacy OF the
ucnalty imposed we venture the hope that Mr..
Neville will hereafter confno his face-slapping
exercises to the localities in which it Is con-
sidcrcd an essential requirement for the mantle
nance of high social standing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

The uncertainty regarding the time when the
next session of Congress will be held has a
tendency to precipitate the contest over the
Speakership. The "loSic Of the situation
does not appear as yet to point uneTlngy to
any one man, as it did a year ago; but those
who have the most Astounding respect for 1t
are sure that it does not point to Alr. Crisp
-Four candidates against the present Speaker
are already in the field, our Washington dis
matches state. including Mr.. Breckenridge the
author of the strikingly original idea that the
revision of the tariff should be made not by
Congress. but by Mr.. Cleveland The other
three are McMillin, Bynum and Wilson, Of
West Vlgnia all of which makes the situa-
ton interesting whether there is any logic IN
moi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

and he has not vet utilized either to anything
like its full extent.
These are some of the Consideration, =!
which it is reasonable ID hope tha' INC hoa'u
of Estimate may be innuenced Ill aPpor'io"'i'o
the public funds. During the next ic" WINS
faithful citizens will do well to be lnquisi'i'e
and watchful. They can make their WISHES
known if they will, and cause them to be re-
spccted too. at least TO some extent. II they
arc attentive. firm and outspOken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

After a prolonged interval of inactivity re-
parding the removal OF wires and poles from
the citys streets, Mayor Grant and the Board
Of Electrical Control are again moving. IL
appears that nearly all of the electrical COM
panics have strung wires without authority. ana
that there ale besides many dead wires which
serve no purpose whatever. Why the com
panics have been allowed TO carry on their work
in disregard of the law is not explained. Inc
duty of the city officials toward them, how
ever, is entirely plain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

II is n sufficient demonstration OF the diseased
condition Of public sentiment in this city That such
an organization as Iammany Hall could be per-
mittcd to exist twcnty-four hours. No one pre-
tends TO deny that it, methods are both un-Amerl-
can and criminal. The mere fact that it enables
a private citizen, whether good or bad, wise or
foolish, publicspiritcd selfish 10 direct the
government of the city with more than the au'
thority Of Russian Gar. compelling officers
elected by the people to do his will as blndly and
dcvotcdy rs if they were his hired servants,
should he enough 20 cause sucha popular revolution
| no ,yould blow the entire organization into frag-
mcnts But when TO this fact is added the cquall'
evident and nowhere contradictcd fact that it is
IN organization for plumber and for nothing else and
that its operations are often as reckless of
law as those of gang of Fyrencan bandits,
il becomes tolcrably clear that the people
OF New-York are sadly scrvc race Revela-
tons were published the other day concern
ing tho conduct OF fammauy policemen ard
election inspectors at the last National cleo
ton which ought to make people utterly
ashamed OF themselves. That there could eXnj:
anywhere in this greatest Of American cities an
election precinct where the officers of election.
man having presented himself to vote and having
claimed assistance on the ground that he WAS
deaf and dumb, would calmly ask the If lie
swore to that disability and receive his oral dccla
ration, Il do,' and then proceed TO give him tho
assistance demanded and 10 receive the vote Is be-
yond all words disgraccfu And this is mentioned
only as an example Of the methods by which it is
perfectly just 10 bccvc that NJ least 600 illegal
votes were cast and counted for Tammany Hall
candidates in this city at the last election.
II il learned from " The Boston Advertiser"
that Eugene Field, who has been cdifying the
Bostonians with his readings and Rotations,
:" looks somewhere between twenty-five ard
hlty-oight years old" Thus, by one stroke
of its brush, the stroke of genius The Al
vcrtiscr' enables who has never Field
to form on his mental retna striking likcrcss
of the poct-humorist
Here is Cleveland ohio man who has entered
upon the heroic task of fasting for fifty con-
sccutivc days. They say in Albany that il Hill
and Murphy have their way a good many Cleyc-
land will fast consecutively in this State
during the next four years
The season for the burning of churches has
again arrived. Two church fires have already
been reported since cold weather set in The de-
fective tue is blamed, usual Surely there
have been enough fires from this cause in the past
to teach church trustees and sections the import
ance--nny. the nccessty-of having a careful eN-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

column. The Postmaster-General has the
keenest appreciation of the demands OF large
cities in this respect. and has diligently ursed
more liberal treatment for the metropolis lie
afiirms that this city's greatest needs are
new postoflice building and pneumatic or
electrical system 10 connect the stations win
the general office And what he says about
New-York is almost equally applicable 70
several other cities. Postmastcr-Gencfal
can onlv make recommendations Congress
must be appealed to to 60 the rest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

The famous cathedral ut Vienna IL lighted with
electric lights. How Ruskn. In his prime would
have ragged over the Dissertation!
wlfc-Do you think Tommy dlsur6s our ne!ghbors
with his drum
Husband-l am afraid so: they made him present
OF nice new knife today.-tBrookIyn Lie
A local paper tells OF remarkable union funeral
that took place the other day at Black River Falls,
Penn Three different families met at the Lutheran
Church at the same hour each with dead relative.
and none OF the families related one sermon was
preached for them ALL and Then the procession was
formed with the hcarseS, morncrs and friends follow.
Ing indiscriminately.
His Weighty Yews"I an not afraid TO say
what think. exclaimed lliland, 81 always ex-
press my views =.
They are too heavy 10 90 by mall / suppose
replied lshimer.-ai1t usburg Chronicle.
1.-THE Cory PENN Flyer thinks that It has dis
covered way OF Inducing everybody 10 vote at the
primaries IL advocates the passage by the Legislature
Of act under which every citizen who votes 40
the primaries shall be credited with dollar his
taxes.
Miss Glgglegirl-so you teach at Harvard
That must be nlcel And you teach the students
all sorts of languages. / suppose they never
speak English nj all
Irofessor-ycry seldom speak 1t.
Miss G.Ihcre, l was Of II! what IAN
gage do they speak most Greek or Latin Or
frofessor-slang. Transctpr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08
1n0cf TO Advertisements
Business Notices.

ROLL TOP DESKS AND OFFICE FURNITURE
Great Variety OF style and Price.
Il. O.. Secw.
No. Ill Fulnn-st y. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

Few worthier objects appeal to the liberal.
minded people of this city than the New-York
kindergarten Association, whose aim is to rescue
poor children from the streets for few hours
each day and give them ideas and occupations
which will provide them right start in life
This is rescue work of the most practical and
bcnefcent kind. The association has nine kin
dergartens under its care. 1t needs money to
establish and carry on much larger number
Another appeal has just been made in it's behalf.
II every one realized the good which these kinder
gartens arc capable of accomplishing, the asso-
cations treasury would speedily be filled full
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

The Presidents message is calm, sagacious,
forceful and patriotic-lke the author, as he IL
generally estimated now, and will be universally
estimated hereafter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

after four years of Democratic RUE the pam.
finances, the currency ana lorelSh u'"u' ''0
found in as satisfactory nditlJh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

animation made of every fue before the fires are
rekindled in the autumn. The old proverb about
the happy results of taking stitch in time is ex,
ceedngly pertinent here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08
THAT KIND Is SCARCE

From The Chicago Inter Ocean
An exchange tells Democrats that "ihe way 10 Ses
office under Cleveland is TO tell him you want nottng
There Is not Democrat east Of the AIeghsives 'aas
has the nerve TO say v,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

Mr.. Childs is not only philosophical under
misfortune he is stimulated thereby TO liberal
ity. 1t was a characteristic decd for him TO
send yesterday to Mayor Stuart $4,000 to be
distributed TO the Rremcn who endearored to
save "The Ledger Building, and $1,000 for
the policemen on duty at the fire. 1t is not
strange that Mr.. Childs is well beloved and
that he has been overwhelmed with words and
messages of friendship and sympathy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

1t annoys "Thc Evening POST desperately that
the President should be permitted to call tho
country's attention to its unexampled prosperity.
"The Post" urges the passage of an act of Con.
gress to prevent him from doing it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08
APPLE PIE AND CHEESE

APPLE PIE AND thEfcrs
Your favored creams and ices
And your dainty angel 1000
Are mighty fine devices
To rcgaic the dainty dude;
Your terrapin and oysters.
With wine 10 wash 'em down,
Are Just the thing for ROSTERS
When painting OF the town,
No fippant sugared notion
Shall my appetite appeas@
Or bate nv souls devotion
TO apple pie and cheese.
And cheese No allen II, sir.
That's brought across the sea-
No Dutch antique. nor switLefs
Nor glutinous de Brlc;
There's nothing ! abhor so
As mawmets OF this Tx
Give me the harmless moroccan
That's made OF true-blue mllkt
No matter what conditions
Dyspeptic come b. fcaZe,
The best Of all physicians
Is apple pie and cheese
YT,fl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

1t is unfortunate that there has been much
delay in the allotment of space at the World
Fair that large numbers of intending exhibitors
do not yet know bow much room they will
have for the display Of their wares In less
than five months the Fair will be opened. As
suredly there Is nothing unreasonable in the
demand that the Fair officials should make the
alotments at once. Some of the applicants
for space are already on the point of with
drawing their applications.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

MORE IMPORTANT. LOCALLY, THAN THE HEN.
From The Milwaukee Sentinel
II IS NJ longer Housekeeping in Boston They
call It "the science Of ockOlogy,' fom the Greca
word for house. The most Important branch OF oeAo'
ogy Is pyanonology, the science OF taklng BEANS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

ONE MODERN IMPROVEMENT STILL NEEDED.
From The Baltimore American.
Canada has II new cabinet. She would also Ike z
constitution. but her st p'ather John bull. WON'T
think VI letting her have II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

What Mr.. Wanamaker had to say IN his
annua, report regarding the postal service in
this city-a matter of great interest to every
New Yorker-wil be found entire in another
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08
THE Talk OF THE DAY.
In thrty-six years south Australia has had forty
Eve administrations.

In thIrty.six years south Australia has had forty.
Eve administrations.
At Country Ball" NY dear sir. you have lust
stepped on my partners foot. demand Satishclon.'
ION. certainly; yonder sits my wfe-go and step
on her Otr-(Petersburgskaya Gazeta.
The colocd ianltor OF sedalia No., public school
saves $40 every month Of his monthly salary OF
s4a lie is undoubtedly the greatest accumuntor OF
the country.
A-what IS II the French call man who Is FOND q
the good things 81 liie good table and all tnati
ia good table GOOD table WY; IS ; yis, y.
A. with sigh VI satisfaction)-Oh. yes. that's II.
-t1ck Me Up.
At a meeting In Little Rock. Ark Last Saturday
Division No. 1872, Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
glneers, passed resolution about tho late Mr. Gould
that f. cuusing great deal OF comment In the Wess
The resolution was a. follows: " Resolved, That 10
the death Of Mr.. Gould We In common with the vast
amy O, locomotive engineers and organized labor,
have lost one OF It's grandest and most liberal oena
factors lie possessed the confidence OF the labonng
man MS well Us that OF the capitalist, and by this he
has proven himself one OF the most remarkable ano
succ. ssul flanders OF the country and the community
las lost n man who has done more TO develop the
great southwest than any man, TO whom
every citizen Of this great land may point with pride
AS an illustration OF what personal energy VIII DO
A Matter OF Doubt" Is that there sculptor
or "A surgeon y
II heard him say he had been doing q football
player in plaster. T-(IndanaponS Journal
Ara PRESBYTERIAN minister's meeting In Philadelphia
tho or.er day the Rev. DR.. Wills said that Mr..
Cleveland Is not only strict Cavinist, but that he
can repeat the Shorter Catechsm from beginning To
end This news will be- more interesting TO the
Princeton tiger than TO the Tammany tiger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08

Here is Cleveland ohio man who has entered
upon the heroic task of fasting for fifty con
sccutivc days They say in Albany that if Hill
and Murphy have their way good many Clcvc
land men will fast consecutively in this Stat,
during the next four years.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-25
concerns 1t.
As follows
/. This stan dari Is, III or.cf,

Carriase-Erect; eye on line with the toe
nails; the tips of sickles OF the male about an
inch from the ground
Bnck-Short, broad, flat. dropping from
shoulders to root OF tail, which should be
thick and muscular.
Breast-Broa and fiat, recading from the
ueck hackle. and meeting the prominent part
Of the thigh; breast bone and shoulders bare
tue red skin showing through.
Wlngs-Well up and close to body, and
not showing beyond the stern.
Legs and Feet-Evenly apart; the shank
dat and stout with fine, close seals and free
from roughness and irregularity; toes small
| and compact.
Plumnge-Scanty, hard and smooth.
Neck-Hackle short and close and wiry;
that is, difficult to break.
Tail-Feathers in male sound, close, taper
ing to one point
Comb-Small aud bright red tough and
! gristly, not overlapping.
Ear Lobes and Wattles-Small and hard
Face-Covered with hard, bright red skin
of fine texture and free from wrinkles and
! puiiiness.
Head-Broad between the eyes, and deep;
beak strong at base, slightly curved aud
| hard as ivory.
Eye-Peari, white or pink; very promi-
nent, lustrous, and ceaH the brow not over
hanging, as i'll the Malay
| Neck-Slghtly curved, not too long, free
from ilesh thick strong, muscular, standing
out of n pair of level, broad shoulders, the
butts being well away from the body at that
part and slightly raised.
There are the black red, white pyle,
gray, and black spanglcd. The best
lighters are the black reds and grays
But it Is not color but race and pluck
that are looked for abroad.
In general shape they resemble the In.
dian game, but are smaller and stouter;
that is, have greater width of shoulder,
with shorter and thicker neck and greater
(ulness OF breast. The hens weigh five
pounds, the cocks proportIonately more
The Aseel is not we'll known in even
the English show room. Three times in
ten years they have been shown mt the
Crystal Palace-once in 1884, when the
single class had five entries; again in
1886, when the three birds shown were
not provided for, and this year, when
the two classes had fourteen birds. At
this show the classification was for age,
all colors competing together. OF the
winners the first cock was gray, the sec
ond white, the third red spanglc. the
fourth gray. The first hen YVES black
splash, the second aud third gray, and
the fourth white
| hHc oi hih5hhii STU" His ior years
provided classes and may be credited
with keeping the interest alive. This
year the four classes had twenty entries
eleven cocks, six hens, eight cockerels,
and six pullets. The iirst cock was
white, owned by Mrs. Mary Simpson; Il
white was also second, grays winning
the other prizes. The first hen was also
a white and is one of the visitors sent by
Mr. Whitfield rs entry at the Garden
shows. The cockercl cup winner, owned
by Miss Mortimer, is gray, whereas the
cup pullet,, Mrs. Simpsons bird, is a
white pyle.