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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-04
DJyyrp or THE WILLIAMS hLUUNI

The Williams men Of New-York city and It's
vicinity will dine together at the Hotel Brunswick
on Thursday evening. William u. Putney Will pre-
side Presiden, Franklin Carter and Professor John
Bascom Will be present. J. Edward Simmons will
respond 10 the toast OF college Men In Business.
and Henry J.. Nelson to that OF college Men In
pol,,cs" Thomas s. Pagan and Bainbridge Colby
u,i,l also sneak Tickets can be obtained from Dr.
Vanderpon. Adrance. treasurer OF The ton,
Network Hospital. West Fifteenth-st.
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NEARING THE END.

~ moHth after month passed.. IN" ends 81 the
r~rtiore reared each other. ard TN" anxious en-
glnoef4 auI officials of the company eagerly
awaited ih' tlm. when The iirsi connection should
boz made and they could b" assured thai their
carefully drawn nlang were correct and their fort
uno made ma, they were wrong. and that n
fortune haI bon thrown away. Toward the end
~ lalt August the mon driving north In No. ana
south in No { came within herring OF each other,
and ihe anxiety ro-, 20 foyer heat. FINALLY. on
s,ri,mh-r D. dfll from ~. 3. nfter piercing IN"
rock few irth'f. met With 70 resistance. the con
rfrion was made IN" engineers we're right the
pla.s U.ls accurate. the tunnel was a success In
n fow hours The wall of rock had been cleared
ava. nrf thcr" was not moro than an inch differ
ON. IN o.. floors Of tho two sections Truly a
greet pIsc' q engineering. rad All ihe prominent
OPERATOR Who were present soon after IN" wall
l.. tween 80 ! and 40 was broken away. and
tier. tho work was just as carefully ana accurate
IS dore ~ between No. and No. l. The tunnel
was finished.
Meanwhile. as tho tunnel was nearing completion
connection was h-lug made bctr e"n II ana the
flooded WORKING 10y means OF a hOrr-hole. This
bore hole started AT ono side OF the village OF
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change vls allowed o.; 10 Tunnel Company Three
hundred an! f,rty thousand pounds Of forciie were
used hy fho time the iaau" vas completed.
The workers wcrr bothered somewhat By meet
irg Cd rfctf many streams % water Thesc streams
Nerc 80 fsa purcst spring water, ana on many oc-
cts.ous blast would cIt them 10 two Ike n nose
pipe Some ~ them. - powerful w1s their force
pushed iw, or three feof from the rocx pfier be-
ln. thus cat. As the tunnel worked In sec
iIlur having 80 communication with each other. II
s.as u.cs.s fry - clear This water win pumps,
and .cven ~ taon. lgErcgatlng 30 HORSEPOWER,
ws-e us.I FOUR 10 ihe Lltt.ner and three IN the
.f.. .fY
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BRINGING BACK PROSPERITY.

The resumption Of work In these long-aoal'o",u
mines will be a great benefit to the region ATea'y
the villages beginning to show ne" me- no',e
are being built, and an electric railway places Jeuno
Ebervale and Harlcgh in direct communicate"
y,l,h u,z.eton on one enl and Freeland on tne
other Halfway between Har.eigh ana f.perva'e
an immense breaker VIII b. erected by the Mdth'es
and around this new village viii spring 70 NE
New shafts and slopes VIII be opened the od scopes
at Tberva.e ard IIarleigh will he retimoered am
p;acei in condition and the advent OF some ~
miners and their families into this region which
now boasts Of few hundred, VIII MAKE u 49,,
more thriving and prosperous than II was seven
years ago. . -, 49,. go rohrii. vri,I
no thai the company house will be absent Ever
since tho frs, ton OF coal mined in TINS region
,hees company houses. or the great majority OF
them which have hourished in every mining settle
ment have been a disgrace TO the companies mat
own them Poorly built as they are; the COMPANIES
have charged high rents and compelled their "ork-
men TO live In them. Now. however, every nine, miner
around Haz.eton who Is abe 10 SAY r ,oan
sorj.;lon and as result In the SUBURBS OF hanIe-
ION there are OF substantial houses peiohs"s
10 the men who labor In the mines.
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there are 5OoOOoOO gallons Of water, so 70
estimated I'm the mines 1t will take two mo"'"' ~
drain them. nathan oood The
Their will be danger OF another lIoou' vears
crock which caused all the damage seven 80 10
ago has been turned into course where ~ ws' an
No harm and a safety canal guards aea"s. o." Iii
other freshet Nor will the mines; a. 40 asi
mines have to be constantly pumped tne luh AL
will drain away all the water and Keep th l Va
rem arkable feature In connection VIII TIE NE sreat
vnrk IL that not a man killed despite tne gIcaii
amount OF blasting done. Four men we're i.Ju -
in Tho stones two by raising their heads above tne
car and striking them against the ropi; aha ' re
nv n car jumping the track But one thing mas re-
strained the company from competing us S,ns
york nv withdra wing the plug. IL was an mum
ron obtained by n farmer of Rutler valley; naHtu
Phj.ip C;octng who wanted $2oOol from me coIt'o
nanv FOR damage to his farm land wncn ne
Claimed would be caused by ihe overflow OF the
sulphur water from the mines into the crech' ~
before the work was begun the COMPANY ,'s pIh,
cha sed the right Of way along the banks 81 IN"
croek from ali the prosperous Pennsylvania Dutch
farmers whose land adions the creek except 'o e.
ling TO each was paid certain amount. ana lot
those who obtained their water supply rom s snI
rack arteaian wells sunk. Al were satisIeu
except Goetiing. VINO brought SUIT ! ne cas- was
decided on January 80. the company oDtalnins pr
,ntssion to draw the plug. provided 1t did NOT iet
the water out fast enough to overthrow the pa"hS
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h,h ,cre In mark tho real tunnel reduce, ~ ~
.,,i,o 1incnsong Tho architects OF Inc NH, MI.
Hrsw pIans upon plans or this great nv I'VE moi
ry,out un1or two mountains ana IL "ss M a.
mn,U no snring o. 1871 that everything "a' ~
readiness TO begin WORK
WORK ON THE TUNNEL"
The work was commenced at the EocrVaIe SUPP
and few weeks later AT the lattiner' n"'
NOR Us 10 he opened the line of tunnei b. ""'cm
M ,u, ,,c main tunnel TO the Jeddo, ana VIII
,ri, tho mines there. Tie Lattimer slope was ~
s,rke the tunnel line about 5000 feet from the nu'
,ar v,llc,. outlet As soon these slopes were wei"
dy,nceI q number Of men began WORK IN bu'er
valley to drive in Tunnel NO l. the outlet
of $500 feet. by the time inc hpe'''.e anu '
'. ,i,ros we're opencd to the line Of the tunnel
ice q, mon were able II work In different
,,roc,ions There were fifty in each gang and they
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the speakers. In the alternate weeks literary
course has been given at the College settiemeht'
NEEDS OF THE KINDERGARTEN
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12
Just q CITY RoY.

Its a wonder to me-" said the dear
old lady from the country as she stood
waiting on the crossing. that them
electric cars don't run of the track
sometimes
'They do, ma'am," said the small boy
at her elbow, who saw his opportunity.
Mercy me, child, and how do the
people keep from being run over?"
They don't ma Jam. When one o.
them cars goes gee-whiz off the track
there amt time for ennybody to get
out Of the way"
La, sakes, child! Let me get up on
them steps. Now, are you telling me
the TRUTH"
"S'hope tc die. ma am! But you amt
any safer on them steps than out in the
street. When they take notion them
cars can jest climb any steps in this
town. Honest Injun, ma am
The old lady turned and looked at the
boy. She saw frank face on the sur
face Of which few freckles fioated mild
blue eyes filled with innocence, and just
twinkle of mischief. She had seen boys
before and new the trade mark. But be-
fore she had time to apply her dubbed
umbrella the urchin was gyrating down
the street. He had seen that expression
on woman's face before and he. too.
new the trade mark.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12
A Water TObOggan.

In Perak. a state in the Straits Set
Elements. the Malays have one form
Of amusement which is probably not to
be enjoyed anywhere else in the wide
world
There is huge granite slope in the
course Of a mountain river, down which
the water trickles about two inches
deep, the main stream having carved
out bed by the side Of the boulder.
This rock. the face Of which has been
rendered as smooth as glass by the con-
slant flow of the water during hum
dreds Of years. the Malays-men, wom-
en- and children-have turned into q
toboggan. Climbing to the top Of the
rock, they sit in the shallow water with
their feet straight out and a hand on
each side for steering, and then slide
down the 60 feet into a pool Of water.
This is a favorite sport on sunny
mornings. as many as 200 folks being
engaged at time. and sliding so quick
ly one after another, or forming rows
Of two, four and even eight persons.
that they tumble into the pool con-
fused mass of screaming creatures.
There is little danger in the game, and
though some choose to sit on piece
of plantain, most of the tobogganers are
content to squat on their launches.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12
Let the Bear Eat Him.

Speaking Of hair-raising adven-
lures" said the president of the Ancient
Order Of Ananias the other day, as he
lighted match at the tip Of his nose,
reminds me Of little picnic excursion
I had about five years ago up in the
Rockies. There was party Of us out
there from Chicago hunting and fishing.
We were camped on a trout stream
away up in the Ute Pass, and, as
would rather fish than lug a gun about
all day, made daily trips to the stream
One day went much farther than ever
before and finally came to a poo, that
lay between two high rocks. To reach 1t
had to climb up the mountain side and
out on shelf Of rock that overhung
the pool twenty feet below. dropped
my fly and as fast as it struck the water
I had spreckled beauty on the end of
my line. But all at once I heard a
scratching on the rock behind me and
on looking around I saw a big she griz-
Ely bear coming for me with her mouth
wide open. There I was, without gun.
pistol or even pen-knife to defend my
self with. and sure death II jumped
into the stream"
What did you do?" cried the Boston
man in great excitement.
do? What could I do? Just sat
there and let the blanked thing eat me
up"
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12
Ginger gave a choking ven Of terror.

Ginger gave a choking yell Of terror.
and started to run.
But his legs seemed to melt beneath
him, and he fell in helpless, blubber-
ing heap.
Big Ben stood over him, fiourislring a
Ratchet and knife, as he cried:
Heap nice fat black boy! Ugh! Good
curly scalp! Waugh! Big chief take
black boys scalp-
"Oh, good Mistah Injun, please don't
take my scalpr walled Ginger. in the
most abject terror.
With the others. I had followed. and
we were concealed at distance, where
we could watch all that took place.
Ben fourished the knife, at the same
time pretending to seek for good grip
in Ginger's hair.
big chief like black boys scalp" he
declared. Look heap nice in big CHEERS
wigwam.''
Ginger rose to his knees and clutched
Ben about the legs, while he continued
begging to be spared.
His manner was heartrending.
Its too bad" I muttered to Zeb, who
was near me. ben will scare the mig
foolish"
EFF he'll cure him O. boastin' don't
keer a dern!" was the old fellows re-
tort.
stood it just as long as I could.
really began to fear Ginger would
die Of abject terror.
OF sudden I rushed out, firing into
the air with both revolvers. and yelling
loudly.
Big Ben took to his heels.
Ginger Topped over and lay stiff on
the ground.
When I reached him found that he
had tainted.
The others came out and we restored
him to consciousness, but he was rs
weak as a kitten during the rest OF the
day, and he would start and shake at
the slightest sound.
A thousand times he blessed me Tor
saving his life.
The boasting was completely taken
out of him.
Big Ben was going to tell him how the
trick was played, but objected.
made them all promise they would
keep still till Ginger got to boastlng
again.
He was not taken that way.
> But his admiration and love for me
seemed unbounded. Apparently he
sincerely believed that had saved his
life, and he was so grateful that he
could not do too much for me.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12
A Bird Imprisoned in q Flower.

A lady Of New Orleans relates that
some days since the first humming bird
of the season made it's appearance in
her garden, slipping Unfortunately
from the wealth of sweets. Later in the
afternoon she observed the little fellow
lowering around spike Of annuncia-
ton lilies which had shot up perfectly
laden with bells. The next morning
early when she went out for a stroll
through the garden she heard flutter-
ing and faint cheeping from the neigh
borhood of the lily bed. For some time
she could see nothing to account for the
faint sounds, but at last was aston
ished to discover that one Of the lily
bells had closed its petals, imprisoning
the humming bird within. 1t is proba-
BILE that the bird had buried it's beak too
far in and extracted so much honey as
to cause the already fading flower to
collapse suddenly.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12
REWARDS OF LITERATURE.

Number of Authors Earning Good In
comes Larger than Ever.
Not all Of the truly worthy authors Of
past times have been condemned to pen
ury and vagabonage. Some Of them.
on the contrary. have acquired fortunes
by reason of the liberal compensation
they received for their work. Scott was
paid for one Of his novels at the rate Of
$3.50 per day for the time employed In
writing it, and his total literary earn
ings aggregated $1,50O,000. Byron got
$50, 900 for "Childe Harold and $4,000
for "Don Juan" Moore sold "Lalla
Rookh' for SIS. $50, and his Irish Melo-
dies" brought him $1,000. Gray received
only 5000 for his poems. and not a cent
for the immortal "Elegy," out Of which
the publisher made $1,000; but that was
because he had an eccentric prejudice
against taking money for writing.
Tennyson had an annual income Of from
$4,000 to $4,000 for many years,
though in the early part Of his career,
when he wrote Maud and In Me-
moriam," he realized next to nothing.
Longfellow sold his first poems, includ-
ing some Of his best ones, at very low
figures. but he lived to receive $4,000.
or $50 q line, for the Hanging of the
Crane" and when he died he was worth
$3.50, 000 Whittier left an estate of $780,
900 and several of the leading American
prose writer's have done quite as well.
These are exceptions, it Is true, but
they serve to modify the general rule,
and to show that in cases of superior
merit, literature has proved to be not
ably profitable.
It is safe to say that the present rates
Of pay for literary work Of good quality
are higher than those Of any preceding
time, and that the number Of persons
who are earning respectable incomes in
that way is larger than was ever before
known.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12
Sambo's Close Call.

It was a Tennessee Methodist class
leader who had before him six
months probationer, whom he was
questioning for admission to all the
privileges of the church.
well, Sambo," said the class leader.
Il hope you are prepared to live a
Christian life in accordance with your
profession. Have you stolen chick
ems during the last six months?"
"No, sab. I done stole no chick
ems"
Have you stolen any turkeys or
pigs?"
Sambo looked grieved. "No, sah!
II am very glad to hear this good re-
port" continued the class leader, land
1 trust you will continue to live an
honest Christian life
After church Sambo hurried home
with his wife, who had overheard the
catechising. When they were fairly
out of everybody's hearing he drew a
long breath of relief and turned a self
approving glance to his better half.
"Golly," he said, in half cautious
whisper, "ef he'd er said ducks I'd
ben a lost niggah, suahv'
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12
ON

white, but he had taken back into
the black blood of his slave ancestors.
This may nave been true, but. as olo
Zeb Scatterman was wont to observe
he must have taken back durn long
distance"
Out on Freshet Creek, in the Black
Hills, we struck color"
Freshet Creek, think, has since been
given another name.
To Mike Clarity belonged the honor
II discovering that the southern BANK
Of the creek showed sign"
But it was Big Ben Harris who FOUND
the entire side of the ravine was full OF
veins" containing gold enough to
make us all rich, if it. could be taken
out.
Then we held a consultation.
Just above the point where we had
made these discoveries the puny stream
dropped from a high fall
"Ef we only he'd plenty of water thar.
we could work her by hydrulicks. said
Zeb.
That set me % thinking.
There must be plenty Of water there
In the wet season." 1 observed. RE
member this is called Freshet Creek y
"Begobs. that's So" nodded Clarity.
vivid bit av dam up above we could
git force to throw the warther clane
to tn top av this bank"
Ginger said nothing, but looked very
wise.
We worked at the bank for awhile
but, although it was very rich. the
work of getting it by the painful to the
1tream and washing out the 'yaller'
did not make 1t very profitable.
Big Ben thought we had better build
q dam. and wait for the spring rains to
give US all the water we needed.
had an idea.
'"The spring rains would clean out oul
dam in a twinkling," I declared.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12
Two Little Tots in Church.

Two little Kansas City tots, one and
the other 4. were allowed to go unat-
tended to Sabbath school. At its close
they decided to remain for church and
sit In the front pew with their grandma.
NOW grandma was not able to go to
church that day. Disappointed as they
were, they remained, and were very
quiet and attentive. Finally something
was said that greatly annoyed them.
Then whispering commenced.
III he says that naughty word once
more we will go right straight home"
whispered Lucy.
Yes, we WILL" said little Bessie. =
Suddenly the tots looked at each 9TH
er, then, picking up their papers, walked
hand in hand down the long aisle and
out Of the church.
On their way home they passed the
church in which their other grandma
worshiped. They decided to visit her.
In they went and walked down to the
amen corner and seated themselves by
grandma.
At the close Of service grandma
marched two crestfallen little culprits
home. Then she took them to task for
disturbing the meeting by coming in
so late.
"Now, grandma, you know" said ex-
cited Lucy, that you always told us
when people said naughty words we
should run away from them. The
preacher he swOre, he did, and I said
to Bessie that if he said that word again
we would just have to go home. He did
say it again, and we ruined off from
the church.
What did he say?" asked the amazed
grandmother.
HE said, devil:'
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12
Origin of you're It."

Boys. do you know why you say,
You're it! when playing tag? Of course
not; the professor didn't either when we
asked him the other day, but he prom
fsed to put his entire mind upon so i'm
portant subject and let us know at
once.
This is what he says, though with
some Of his big words left out:
THE people who live over in England
do not seem to think much Of the let
ter H., being in the habit of dropping
1t from the words where it belongs and
putting 1t where it does not belong.
What fun there is in it, or why they do
it, no one can tell; but they have been
in the habit Of it for good many hun
dred years.
For this reason, when the little Eng
lish boys who were great, great grand
fathers years and years ago were hav-
ing grand times in their games, they,
too, kept dropping their his from the
words they were shouting.
80, when they played tag, as boys do
now, touching each other with their
hands, whenever one boy hit another he
at once shouted out: You're it" for he
could not say hit you know.
And all the generations of little boys
who have since then been playing the
game continued to say it. instead Of
hit even after our fathers learned in
America to always put their his in every
other word where they belonged.
"Now, boys, let me whisper a word OF
warning. Don't tell your teacher what
the professor says. If you do she'll
never give you any peace. but will rap
on the window at every recess and tell
you to say hit instead Of St
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12

A young Chicago drummer was TAX
ing a vacation with his uncle in the
country and was suddenly called upon
to ask the blessing. and not being &C
customed to it, he promptly tackled
the difficulty in the following style:
1--WE acknowledge the receipt Of your
favor Of this date. Allow us to express
our gratitude for this expression Of
good will. Trusting that our house
may merit your confidence and that
we may have many good orders from
you this fall, we are, yours truly.
amen" The old man will say grace
hereafter.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12
Boys Composition on Sailors.

The following is declared to be the
work Of a pupil in an English element
airy school: "Seamen are what we. call
sailors, and captains. and training ship
boys. The sailors you see in the streets
are nice little fat men, with red and
brown faces. They ware boys coats
and hats, and their trousers are too tite
for them above and too wide for them
down below. 1t makes them feel very
riled. Sailors don't ware collars. be-
cose their necks are so thick: and they
always have their boots b!ackened for
fear the captin might see them round
a corner. They don't carry their best
close in boxes, but they ty them up in
big red and blue handkerchiefs, just
like Christmas puddens. Sailors are
very fond Of their mothers and sisters,
and you neerly always see them taking
them out to walk. The reason why
sailors like to get drung is becose 1t
makes them roll about like as if they
were on the ocheant."
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-12
HE SLUMPED AND FELL.

Really he hung about me so much that
he began to be a nuisance.
We had completed the dam, and 1t
gradually filled with water.
The pipes were properly laid, and one
day We turned two heavy streams
| Of water against the bank of the ravine.
1t melted and came washing down be-
fore the force Of the water.
We could not use the water very long.
for the pond lowered rapidly. and it
took time for it to fill again.
But we could wash down enough so it
was an easy thing to carry the precious
clay to the sluices we had constructed.
In this way we could handle six or
eight times as much in the course Of a
day as we could before.
1t paid, and we were jubilant.
At the end Of a week we began to feel
like millionaires.
Then something happened.
We had been using the water, but had
| stopped.
Twas getting my load far in under
the hollowed-out bank, where thought
1t was liable to be the richest.
Suddenly there was a yell Of warning.
looked up.
A big slice Of watery clay came swoop-
ing and sliding down the slope toward
me.
Above 1t saw the overhanging bank
slowly giving way, threatening to bury
me beneath tons Of earth.
Before could make a leap the sliding
clay came about me and caught me to
| the knees.
I tried to drag myself away.
Too late!
was held fast!
Slowly but surely the great bank was
settling for the fall.
Looking upward. I felt that my mo-
ments were few.
A numbness seized upon me. and I
gasped like one fascinated as death
| came down upon me.
Then there was another hoarse shout.
I felt somebody catch me about the
body and fiercely struggle to draw me
from the clutch Of the clinging clay.
Given sudden hope. did my best to
get free.
Thus aided. succeeded. and I was
sent Keeling through the thick clay. over
| q glimpse Of the face Of my rescuer as
went. 49, *
It was Ginger!
AS was suddenly freed. he slumped
and fell. struggled up. fell again.
| Reaching solid ground, turned to
see him In the clutches Of the cotling
clay. a.
would have Dashed back. but. 1t that
very instsnt. the crumbling bank gave
wayf6Aluame down With laundering