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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18
UNIVERSITY OFF ROCHESTER,

Rochester. y. V, Feb. Il (SpeciaD.-Prcsident Hill
has given his approval to the plan for summer
school here. 10 continue during most OF July and
August. An application Will be made TO the Ex
ecutive Committee Of the Board of Trustees for per-
mission TO the university buildings, and IL Is
believed that they Will act favorably upon It, Sew
eral Of the professors have already expressed their
willingness 10 instruct classes and 1t is believed
O corps of teachers be readily secured. A COM
mittee OF the faculty has the matter in charge.
Fifteen candidates for positions on the university
ball team nave begun 10 practise at the y. NJ. G. \.
gymnasium. Outdoor practice will be begun as soon
the weather permits. Norris and Montgomery,
will probably alternate in the pitchers box Presi-
dent Hin's favorable attitude toward athletics has
led TO universal interest in them here
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18
WILLIAMS.

Williamstown. Mass. Feb. II (SpeclaD.-The Will
iams Glee Banjo and Mandolin Clubs have for the
last few years been unheard Of outside Of New
England and vicinity but this year a trip has been
arranged for the Easter vacation which will eX
tend as far west as Missouri. and include Albany
Buffalo, Cleveland. Columbus Chicago. Detroit and
st. Louis.
The sophomore class has elected It's ''Gul" board
as follows: Brown, Robinson, Reed, Weston and
Durham.
Baseball prospects unusually bright this year
There are twenty men in training. who are alto
gether the best bali-players Williams has had for
The manager has arranged =
spring "trip TO include Washington, Philadelphia ana
NeW-Iork
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18
SMITH COLLEGE.

northampton. Mass. Feb /, (speciaD s. Val"n-
tines Day was celebrated here ms usual. each
house having Us Valentine box which was opened
in The evening ~ 'he Woace House an GA FOLKS
party added tho general entertainment. each sta
dent appearing she expected 10 look IN forty
years Frederick W. Bancroft gave n lecture
recital on Irish Ballads" in Assembly Hall.
ON Saturday evening the Phi Kappa Psi eject
cd the following officers for the coming half year
Miss charlotte Wilkinson. -. president Miss Do
rothy Reed. 90 president Miss Elsie Bourlard.
'9J secretary. and Mas Maudc Curtss, 80 treas
urer Miss Grace Collin. Miss Florence Day ana
Miss Elizabeth King, OF the sophomore class were
electol member3 VI the aOcicty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE

Easton. Penn. Feb. II (SpeciaD-A new departure
in college life at Lafayette. which will be begun OH
Thursday evening is the prize debate between the
Washington and Franklin Literary societies. The
subject is: Resolved. That the annexation OF for
eiyn territory to the United States is undesirable
President Warfed Will go to WiikeSbarre on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18

Wednesday next to attend the annual reunion oi ,e
alumni In that seclo OF PennsyIVanI,a, r college
sermons delivered once a month on ,e Kew. pT.
evenings The first two VIII be by NE ~ ~
Walter H. Brooks. OF Trenton. and the I'e'' ~
Theodore l.. Cuyler. CT New-York IT,, e.. htc4
q /. srk 81. has established a prize lot HEh-
es; proficiency in Latin III the freshman year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18

theses The winners were Mss Elizabeth WaIace'
J. a. Ward and T. G. Soarer. 49,,
Instead Of the Wednesday chapel exercises me
University Council has substituted monthly Het
ngs OF the different SCHOOLS of the univ rsity for the
consideration OF questions of more particular inter-
est 10 each school.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNo1-

Boston, Feb. II (specia)-A new plan for helping
the students Of the freshman class select their
courses has been agreed upon by the faculty Each
student,when he enters is assigned to certain pro-
fessor to whom he is to go for advice on all points
concerning his coursesof studies at the lnsutule
The students however, are not allowed 10 choose
the assignments being made by the secretary .rhis
will give each professori about ten students TO look
after. A., 1,...
Club the Junior Promenade and the Glee ana BANJO
clubs concert three consecutive evenings IN
its annual exhibition those three days. Inc an
nual indoor games of the Athletic Association are
10 he held on March TO-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18
IEHIGH.

bethlehem, Penn. Feb. II (SpeciaD-At a college
meeting held to discuss the subject OF dropping
either lacrosse baseball on account OF lack vi
runds 70 support both 1t was decided to make an
aftempt to raise the money and to keep pom teams
AS result more than $500 has been pledged by tne
Students 81 900 by the alumni and 500 by some gem
tlemen living In Fountain Hill This Will more IMAM
cover the debts of both teams. $3.50 ,.,
captain OF the football team He has Pla!ed rSnt
guard since he entered college. johnson, 10 mas
been elected manager, and Womrath 80. assistant
manager.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14
Origin of the Diamond.

AS usual upon disputed points,
speculation has been busy about the
origin OF the diamond, aud a large
number OF theories. all more or less
probable, have been propounded to
set the matter at rest The two
snost reasonable expeditions are, per
haps, the explanations put forward
by NJ. Par OF and Baron Liebig The
former scientist. who has laboriously
investigated the perpleXing subject,
is OF the opinion that the diamond
arises from the operation OF violent
volcanic heat on small particles Of
carbon contained IN the rock, or on a
substance composed Of large pro-
portion of carbon and smaller guam
tity OF hydrogen. BY this theory as
he conceives, We are best able TO ac-
count for the cracks and flaws so
often noticed in the gem. and the
frequent occurrence OF included rar-
ticles OF black ,arbonaceoas matter.
Baron Liebig on the other hand,
claims the credit OF Offering simple
explanation OF the proJabe process
which a tually taxes place in the for
nation OF the diamond. His con-
tention is that scien can point to
no pro ess tapable OF accounting for
the origin and produc ion OF dia.
monds ex ept the powers OF decay.
IL we suppose decay 10 proc ed in a
II luid containing carbon and HYDRO
geu. then a compouni with still more
carbon must be formed; and IL the
conn round thus formed were tself to
undergo further decay, the final re.
suit, says this eminent authority,
must be the separation Of carbon in
crystalline form. m.-Gentlcman's
Magazine
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

TIE indictment against Col. Aims
worth of the ension Department
has been Quashed. Nothing else has
been expected, and the inevitable
was slow In arriving. Colonel Aims
worth was held responsible for keep
ing clerks at work in an unsafe build
ing. The structure collapsed, killing
score or so ot the clerks Possibly
the fact that the vacancies thus
created were useful was taken into
consi leration and regarded as a miti.
eating CT cumstance.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14
Book-Learning Only.

II is said to be n true story OF an
English clergyman that, on his ap-
po ntment TO a country living, he
went about from house To house ask.
ing why the good wives did not 60 TO
church on Sunday afternoons. "Milk-
ing the cows" was the universal an
swer. On Sunday morning there
fore, he spoke his mind. Il have
been round the parish, he said, ''and
find you all make the same excuse.
Now / have only one thing To re-
quest, and that is that you milk your
cows the last thing On Saturday
night and the hrst thing on Monday
morning."
Who could hearken to a man In
the pulpit, or out of It, after that9"
said one old countryman. But
then, you see, he's ~ book-larnt
man"
Another "book-larnt man" was
standing by one day when a country
parson was looking at his cows.
Poor old lady! poor old lady" said
the country arson, apostrophiLing
one quietly chewing her cu1. I'm
afraidowe must soon part company"
"But Why" exclaimed the other.
ITO 20 the butchers
ITO 90 TO the butchers? Why,
always thought cows died natural
deoth. and that we only ate oxen"
Dawkins, the countryman OF the
previous tale, was on the other side
OF the hedge grunting enphatically
at interva s, aud the country parson
looked across at him with twinkle
in his eye.
What do you think OF that, Daw-
kins?" asked he
wherever has he hid hisself all
these days." asked Dawkins, In ir-
repressible scorn. "But then, 1"
twinkling back at his master, "he's
a scholard," Amt he? He never ate
COW beef. He. he he"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

There are some birds that depend
almost entirely for tn ir food on
light winged summer fies that loyc
the sunshine. These the economy
OF our cold season does not provide
Tor. The tree-creepers and the tits,
insectivorous in their propensities.
are content TO seek food in the
crevices Uf bark and up and down
the branches OF old trees, In the
cracks Of walls aud in aud out among
the stones and bricks OF old build ings
peering, probing, pecking at the
creatures that have thought to get
safely tn ough the cold weathe by
hiding. Not so our migrant singers.
Many OF them, like the swallows, eat
only such thinss as they can catch
In their swift flight open-mouthed
through the air: these are few and
far between in the raw and cold at
mosphere Of winter here Swift and
swallow, nightingale AID cuckoo,
warbler fycatcher, whin hat, wheat
ear, blackcap. and wrynecx-all the
merry troupe OF strolling SINGERS,
must follow vhe IN and the creatu es
that dance in the sunbeams TO lands
thHt are warm in the W liter.
The movements OF the birds that
come and 10 in spring and autumn
a,e prompted by the abundance or
the scarcity OF certain kinds OF food
among the varied stores our land
affords The nomadic wanderings OF
our resident b rds are also foraging
expeditions Only in the spring and
early summer are any birds able TO
find the food they require in partlc-
ular ne ghborhood. Then insect life
abounds, and round about the nest.
ing place enough and To spare Is TO
be found both for the busy parent
birds aud the Unsuitable chicks and
sIuabS But in the autumn and
winter there is, strictly speaking. no
such thing as a stationary populat N
OF bids in any place. All turn
gypsies then, and hithe and thither
wend the.r restless way. e.udng the
famine OF frost here, the dearth OF
a snowstorm there, or the butfeting
Of storm winds, by continually NOV.
ing onward.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

A VERY important treaty has been
concluded between England and
Belgium as regards the Congo Free
State In Africa The Belgian King
gives TO England small strip OF ter
ritory ia the region OF the upper
Congo, thus connecting EDgland's
South Africa possessions with the
sources OF the Nile. and giving Eng
land strip extending from Cape Of
Good Hope, TO the Mediterranean
In exchange England gives TO Bel
GUM during the reign OF the present
King the left bank OF the n le 1t
is expected by this that France will
be wholly shut out from the Nile
basin, and the Congo Free State will
he under the obligation Of fighting
the SOudan dervishes
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

THE Postoff!cc lnspe tor In Chi
cagO, haying his doubts as TO the
honesty OF one OF his carriers, placed
some marked bills In a letter put a
spec al delivery stamp on it and
gave 1t 10 the sus ected carrier TO
deliver. The latter, finding no per.
son at the number given answering
TO the name OF the addressee,
pocketed the letter and the money
He was tried before Judge Grosscup.
and acquitted. the Judge instructihg
the jury that unless they believed
the letter taken was mailed In good
faith TO be carried through the
mails and not for the mere purpose
OF seeing whether somebody would
steal 1t, II was their duty TO acquit
A somewhat similar decision was
made by the Judge week be ore.
The Postofiice authorities are not
pleased with this ruling In behalf OF
The thief, as IL prevents their max
ing use for the conviction OF offend
ers OF the expcdient TO which they
have resorted so often and SO c.
cessfully for the purpose OF testing
the honesty OF a suspected carrier.
The ruling OF the Judge is not that
this pra tlce is wrong nj, or that IL
is immoral TO lead man into temp
tation, but that decoy letter is not
in the mail at all, within the mean
ing OF the statute and consequently
person cannot tc tried under a
United States law for taking it. 1t
Is not likely that this metho Of
testing the honesty OF subordinate
will be a! andoned. For even II q
man who steals decoy letter can.
not he punished for IL IN a Federal
Court under the curious construction
of the law, he can at least be dis
missed rom the service with great
promptness 10y the Postmaster.
There have been many occasions
whe the dishonesty OF one EN-.
ploye has put thousands OF citizens
to loss and Inconvenience, and sub.
jected his fellow-employes to unde.
served s.spicion for long time. Ii
is for the public good that postofficc
thieves should be detected at the
earliest possible moment Ii they
cannot be imprisoned they can be
dischared and disgraced.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

THEY are shipping brandy from the
Leland Stanford estate TO Hamburg
10 meet a sudden demand ;or the
Cal fornia eau de vie that has sprung
up In Germany. The liquor goes
round the horn To escape the exac-
tions OF the Leland Stanford South.
crn Pacific Railway, and on the
route passes no end OF French cham
payne making the return trip to al
ifornia, whe2ce IL was or ginally
shipped TO France for fresh labels
anu expectation.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

Attempt st Exptsinisg . Curss>s rA.1
enon observed on Raiirosds.

enou observed oa RaiiroSds-
Unless there are counteracting in
fluences, the natural tendency OF
rails is 10 ''creep" downward, obey
ing the well-known laws OF gravity.
Ii, however, the grade be too slight
70 give much elect To this law,
and, in fact, SO slight as 10 require
the use Of steam In the handling OF
descending trains this natural ten
dency may be minimiZed. and, in
deed, overcome and reversed by con-
slant draft OF loads in the direction
OF its descent, says the Charleston
News aud Courier. Heavy loads
pulling constantly in one direction
have a tendency To drive the rail in
the opposite direction. Should il he
necessary however, TO apply the
brakes the rail is driven in the di-
rection Of the moving train. On a
perfectly level track the rail almost
Invariably ''creeps" In the opposite
direction from the movement OF the
heaviest and most constant trarfic,
except at points where IL Is custom
ary to smut of and apply the
brakes at which the ''creep" is
in the same direction. On roads hav-
ing grades which change abruptly
from ascending 70 descending grades
over the crown OF hill, IL often hap
pens that the rails creep" up grade
on both sides OF the crown, and tbs
is especially true where long. heavy
trains are run, as the heavy pull
Ing OF the engine aftef IL has passed
the crown, going down grade causes
IL TO drive the rail upward on the
one side, while the rear OF the train
has somewhat the tendency TO pull,
or at least TO hold, the rail on the
opposite ascent. One rail often
'creeps" faster than the other; this
Is NOT confined TO the east IA or the
west rail, the north or the south. 1t
is due TO a variety OF causes, and TO
none perhaps more than TO the fact
that there Is difference, and often
a peculiarly, in humanity. There
is In railroad parlance what is known
as ''line" and gauge" rail; in
nine cases out OF ten the al ne" rail
gets the most attention from the
lOiCnou III anu
two men are usually selected TO
keep up" the bolts on 10 nts, one OF
which Is generally the most trusted
man in the 'gang" The other
works under him: almost invariably
this trusted man gets on the 'iine"
rail, and thus It will be seen th..t
the joints and bolts are kept in bet
ter shape on the one rail- than on the
other. and are therefore more capa.
bic OF resisting the tendency TO
creep" This habit among track
men OF adopting "A pet rail is one OF
the peculiarities OF human nature;
BARRIERS have somewhat the same pc
culiarity-they lather and rub, shave
and powder one side OF a mans lace
until human endurance rebels against
the INJUSTICE.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

TUAEKCULosIs, that prevalent
cause OF lung disease among adults
affects infants more in the brain,
bones, and intestiaes, and In fact is
more fatal at this early stage OF life
than later. The comparative i'm.
mum ty OF japanese infants, where
cows a e not kept, suggests the pos.
sibility that mill: Is not an unalloyed
bless ny, and may be potent factor
In causation OF infantile tuberculosis.
Must m TX then be abolished? Not
necessarily, for means OF sterilizing
II are be ng perfected, so that what.
ever germs II may contain will be
rendered inert Boiling Is a ready
means OF nsuring safetG Raw milk
IL coming TO be taboo, as there is no
immediate prospect OF eliminating
every tuberculous COW from our
herds
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

openly avowed themselves such,
thereby cutt NJ loose from the Ma
tionxl Association Of Base Ball Play
era This convention adopted rules
for championship cootests. the most
important being that the club win
ming the largest number OF games In
a series Of five with every one OF the
other professional clubs should be
declared the champion. Prior 10
this championship contests had been
wholly unregulateIy
The base ball championship origi-
mated tetween 1857 and 1853. At
the Elysian Fields, In HObOkeu, n.
j., the Atlantics, OF Brooklyn, at
length proved their superiority over
the crack New York clubs. the En-
pire, Knickerbocker. Gotham, and
Eagle, an at length came 70 be
champions Ia the general estimation.
In 1898 picked mines from New York
and Brooklyn PLAYED what we're
called the Fashion Course Games" :"
New York winning the first and
third by z2 10 Is and 2g TO ls re-
sLectiyely, while B ooklyn took the
second by ~ to Z. From that time
on, until the establishment OF the
above named championship rules by
the professionals, whatever club won
two games out OF the three from the
then champion club became cham
pions In turn. The Professional Club
Association Of 1871 WAS succeeded on
Feb ?, 1875. by the National League.
formed 10 New York City by the fol-
lowing professional clubs: Mutual
OF New York: ST. Louis, Athletic
OF Philadelph!a Chicago, Hart.
lord. Boston. Cincinnati, and Louis.
Vile. In the same y,ar thirteen
minor professional and semi.profes-
sional clubs formed the League AL
lance, of which nothing has been
heard since lss2
The National League and Ameri-
can AS Ociation we're for many years
the two great representative assOcia.
tions OF professional base bali play
ers The former still fourishes
more powerful than ever. with 4
mem bcrship OF twelve clubs.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

1t looks to the New Orleans Pioa-
yune AS though the next war of gem
eral interest were likely TO take place
in China. Indeed. it appears to be al
ready begun, according to the late
dispatches to the London Times from
Tientsin. The provinces of kirin and
Manohouria are in a state of rebel
lion, and the insurrection is daily
growing in strength. Mounted rebels
armed with repeating rifles, have de-
feated the imperial troops in mum
ber of battles. and have captured many
important places, among others the
Sursing arsenal, where are stored
900, 900 rifles. This will provide the
rebels with a good store of arms and
ammunition. II is said that the situa
ton is so serious that the viceroy, Ii
Hung Chang, is waiting to gather q
large army before attempting to sup
press the rebellion.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14
THE death OF Muley Hassan. sui

THE death OF Muley Hassan, sultan
OF Morocco, at the hands OF some OF
the pc sOnal attendants OF his son is
an instance OF poetic ret ibution
which is but infreQuently parallel in
these matter-of-fact days. Muley's
succession 10 the throne upon the
death OF his father was attended by
the mysterious disappearance OF sew
eral OF his near male relatives, and
the hrst years or his reign were
marked by the removals Of all OF his
klnsmen who III ght ever by any pos
sibility become leaders OF factions or
parties opposed TO the imperial will
or policy. Muley Hassan is succeed
ed by his son, Muley Abdul Aziz,
who Is said TO be a faDatical. cruel,
ignorant semi bar bar ian. The chances
are that he will not long occupy the
throne OF the country which was
Rome's granary In anci.nt Uays and
toward which England, France, and
Spain are all looking with long ny
eyes at present.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

The De Lesseps family appear, to
the Chicago Herald, to he coming ont
of their sea Of troubles in fairly good
shape after all, thanks to the bounty
of the Suez Canal Company. which has
not only reelected Charles de Lesseps
a director, but voted madame a pen
sion of $l2, 900 year and handsome
sum To each of the thirteen children,
enough at least to keep the Panama
and other wolves away from the door.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

A resolution was recently introduced
in the House of Commons of the Brit
ish Parliament by Mr.. Hanbdry to
provide each private soldier with .
pair of clean sheets fortnightly in.
stead of monthly. To this Mr.. Camp
bell Zimmerman seriously protested,
upon the ground that it would involve
an increased expenditure of $50, 200 a
year. He thought that the money might
be spent t. the greater advantage and
comfort of the soldier in other ways.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

TnE death 6f a well-known wheel
man OF M,line in cOnse Iuen:e OF
rupture OF an artery ( the stomach
caused by over exertion on the bi-
cycle should not be without effect on
votaries OF the wheel. Athleticism
In the colleges and universities has
been carried To such excess in ia:e
years that the sanitariums OF the
with men now wrecks, whose names
were celebrated in the games and
sports OF few years agn Like good
wine, athleticism, including wheel.
ing, may be abused. lmmVderation
brings its Cwn punishment
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

"FRoo-EATER" is supposed 10 be a
synonym for "Frenchman, but now
IL Is sa d that more frogs legs are
eaten In New York CITY than In all
France. Ills Southern frogship's
" adde's" begin TO arrive in New
York in early spring, and as the
season advances his Northern
cousins whose members are cons d.
cred 10y those who are good judges to
oe OF Amer flavor, take their place.
The Canadian breed Is most in fave.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14
Cold, Not Iced, Tea.

Those who do not like TO use ice rs
prodigally as some do In beverages.
and yet like 'cold tea" will ind that
they can have IL without the ,ce liz
you have no ice at all. put the
amount or tea required in a pitcher
in the morning aud podr over IL only
enough water TO cover IL; let IL stand
for th ec o. { u hours, aud you will
3nd that all the favor $ extracted
from the leaves. When you " n TO
serve. pour fresh water. as cold as
can he obtained, upon the tea. and
you will have delightful glass OF
tea with none OF the bitterness OF
boiled" tea about IL and sufficiently
cold. Boston Post,
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14

A curious question came before sn
English court recently, when an in
ventor was sued by an engineer for
the price of certain work upon n ma
chine which would not work. The
engineer pleaded that he never guar
ranteed that it would work, for il was
q machine for producing perpetual
motion. In the course of the pro-
ceedings it was stated that there were
several thousand inventors engaged in
attempting to solve this old problem.