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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05

Captain Charles Lewis (of Company 10. captain
Edward Kalle 1of Company O. First sergeant Va
the Drum Corps Frank NJ Brown. The cadet ON
GERS are responsible for ,he behavior OF telr p"s9
while IN and about the school premises; ms ms
had noticeable effect In maintaining discipline III
the school ....-
when this par, os Westchester County was an
nexed 10 New-York city. IN 1874. all the scnooIs
OF this district. by the act OF annexation Deca III
a part OF the NewYork public school system. Il. :.
schools were almost entirely mixed schoOls tnat
is boys and girls We're in the same classes tleIe
being no boys and girls departments. as Is EEL ei-
orally the case in NeV-lork public schools. lhlS
plan OF having mixed classes has been entlrcIy sue
cessful in the Annexed District.
The popularity OF this school Is shown by the fact
that IL is crowded and admission has frequently
been denied To children on the ground that no
more could be accommodated. With view or
meeting all demands the Board OF Education has
been erecting a schoolhouse on an advan-
tageous plot OF ground @otx2'0 feet in Church-st
This is "A threo-story and basement building which
on completion will be OF the most desirable
schoolhouses in the city. In the old school two OF
the classes are obliged 10 meet in the janitor's
quarters Measures for abandoning this old build
ing have been taken none too soon, as Its sanitary
arrangements are exceedingly bad The new school
building will be ready for occupancy on Septem-
Der !
Isaac y. Sprague is tho principal OF this school
His assistants John ". Davis and Plowion
stevens. jr. The school has a branch Of the Anti
Cigarette League.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05

The Introduction o, military training In the pun
lie schools % Ncw-Nork has created nar"ai
spirit among the pupils. which has mahiies'eu "''
I'm many WAYS In Grammar School No. %. In Al
bany-avo. Kingsbridse. the opening exercises OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05
BLACK
DRESS GOODS
millinery.

In our Millinery Department We are showing
very desirable lines in Untrmmed Hats for Ladies
and Children also a choice selection OF Imported
Flowers at rdiculously low prices.
An elegant assortment Of Trimmed Hats Will be
placed on exhibition at figures that will bear
comparison with any house In Greater New-fork.
Ladies' and Children's Fancy Straw III
ltdtS -
Imported Leghorn Hats. from. I'D
BLACK sss. Hair Braid Hats with fancy .49
Forget Me- Not Wreaths. all colors.... 10
Fine Imported Rose Sprays......".. Id
Fine French Muslin Rose Sprays.... .23
Black and Colored Straw Braid, yard. .Oo
Jet and Fancy Piquets. 10
Ladies' and Children's Trimmed Hats k0
from ......................... .HO " eoOO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05
FACTS ABOUT GRAMMAR SCHOOL no. 50.

FACTS ABOUT GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO. Sc.
One Of the old fashioned publlc-school houses OF
New-York which has been kept in good repair and
in admirable sanitary condition IS Grammar School
No. g. in Seventy inth-st. between Third and Sec
ond ayes. This building Is good Illustration OF
what good management on the part of the school
trustees do toward making schoohouse
desirable place for hundreds OF pupils to meet in
If the structure Is antiquated and does not
have the advantage OF modern improvements Gram
mar School No. 50 built in 1850. when Seventy
nlnth-st. regarded being far out In the sub
urbs. Yorkvlle then thriving town. and
although within the city limits il still regarded
itself as being a separate community. When No. 50
was built the people in the neighborhood took great
pride IN the fine structure" The building
occupies a plot l0oxlG feet while the main build
Ing is 45xs9 feet Wings In the front and have
been added, 80 that now the school covers almost
the entire plot OF ground. This has serious Y inter
Tered with the light and ventilation on the lower
floors but two lots IN IN" rear OF the school facing
Eighticth-st. have been secured and built upon,
as to improve the light and air In the Of the
school. IN annex has been built on these lots.
This annex, built OF brick. with stone trimmings.
school accommodations. The original building was
erected AT a of $4,000. The street in front Of
the main building has been covered with asphalt,
which has been a great relief TO the pupils and
tieth-st however in which the fronts is
paved with rough stones. 20 that passing trucks
serious nuisance. ! ms street also should be
Miss Salome rurlo,. the principal OF the school
has az her immediate assistants Miss Sarah Breese,
Miss Anna G. Kelly. Miss Elizabeth Antisell Miss
Hcrmne Heylbut and Miss Joanna stafford Miss
". NJ Boneseel is at the head OF the primary de-
partmeut.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05

LXI.
A MARTIAL. SPIRIT PREVAILS IN GRAMMAR
SCHOOL no. IS.

PROMINENT PART PLAYED BY THE DRUM CORPS
HoNoRs TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05
-TS AND MORTGAGES.

Tho following table shows the number Of convey
srce. mortgages and projected buildings for last
zee, and for the corresponding week year ago:
CONVEYANCES.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-05
CALIFORNIA JUSTICE IN 10.

'Justice was administered in pretty
crude shape in Californinia in the year
of our Lord 1S49," said Colonel T. L..
Lochrane, of that State, to group of
friends. II shall never forget one
scene at Stockton. We had then what
were styled Courts of First Instance
A judge named Reynolds presided.
He wore high silk hat, about the on
ly one, I think in the whole State at
that time. He was utterly destitute
of moral principle. One Williams was
prosecuting attorney, and a bigger
thief never lived. The sheriff was
Dick Winn, equal in knavery to the
other two. They held court in one
corner of big tent, the rest of which
was devoted to gambling monte being
the prevailing sport. The play was
often for pretty high stakes, and the
swell gamesters, tapped the bank
regularly.
"On the occasion have in mind a
Mexican dropped in and began to play
with phenomenal success. He won
$4,000 in less than an hour, and was
preparing to leave with his gains, when
the sheriff arrested him for horse theft.
He was taken to the other end of the
tent, where Reynolds sat behind big
dry goods box, looking very solemn
and dignified.
Williams, as prosecutor, made very
brief speech, in which he proved to the
satisfaction of the court that the greas-
er had committed the crime of horse
stealing. His money had previously
been taken away from him. 1t con-
sisted mainly of coin, and was heaped
up on the judges desk. The verdict
of the court was confscation of the
money and two hours to leave town.
The Mexican cast a wistful eye on his
wealth, but skunk off as if glad to es-
cape with his life. Meanwhile Winn
and Williams had advanced to the
desk and were filling their pockets
with specie.
"'Well, guess the court will have
to look out for its own interests re-
marked Reynolds; and hastily COM
ing forward, he swept the remainder
of the gold and silver coin into his lofty
plug hat, and declared the court 'ad-
journed.'"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-05

To THE REsCUE.-Some years ago
there lived on the coast of Lincolnshire,
England, q man named Richard Hood
less, whose chief business was to rescue
shipwrecked mariners. He had no
boat and none of the usual appliances
for saving persons from drowning, but
mounted on his gallant horse, would
ride boldly into the widest surf.
In the year 1888 Hoodless rode his
horse through stormy sea and res
cued the crew of the wrecked Her
mione, for which brave service the
Royal Humane Society gave him a
testimonial.
So high sea was running that 1t
was impossible to launch the life-boat !;
yet Richard Hoodless and his horse
faced the danger. The horse was
trained to swim in heavy seas, but few
riders could have held their seats
under such perilous conditions.
The faithful horse plunged onward,
turning now and then for an instant
when wave threatened to engulf him.
Obedient to the slightest pull of the
rein, he swan to the sinking Hermione.
Two or three men clung to the brave
steed's back, and the perilous journey
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-05

against what appeared to be at least a
division of infantry, with very strong
force of cavalry. Nor was he wrong.
The scythe swung round as if moved
by the arms of q Titan, moving with
its sharp edge the opposing Unionists.
They were sent flying back to the bridge
and hurriedly put themselves into po-
sition to defend it.
They are ready for the storm when 1t
breaks, meeting it with artillery AID
charges of cavalry. The Confederates
are driven, but by this time their artil-
lery has been got forward and posted at
q point north of the bridge, where it CAL
sweep the valley of the creek, tho bridge
and those whose purpose it is to defend
it.
Now there is imminent danger. Will
the littl= force on the east bank get
over, or will it be cut off and captured
by these overwhelming Confederates?
1t can only be saved by one portion
charging the enemy whilo the others
are moving by twos (the bridge will
stand nc more) across the structure.
Among those who charged and re-
charged 20 keep off the gray coats swarm
ing upon them on that eventful morn
ing, always in the advance, in the spit
ting line of foam that precedes the bill
low rolling upon the sand, Mark May
nard was ever present. AS each wave
rolled from the margin Of the Chicka-
mauga broke upon the soutnerners and
receded a number of the Union troops
had passed the bridge.
Maynard waited till every man was
over. Then, stepping on the bridge, he
joined party who were tearing up the
flooring to prevent the enemy from fol-
lowing. At last these left for the shore,
and he remained alone. AS board after
board came up the Confederates pushed
nearer, but still he worked on. Bullets
sang to each other as they passed from
east to west and from west to east,
while the air was thick with intermin-
able explosions. At last all was done
that could be done. Whether his action
had SO excited the admiration of his ene-
mics that they had no heart to shoot
him or whether All overruling power
would not let him die, he at last turned
unhurt and joined his comrades.
He had been exposed as never before,
as ho might never be again, but he had
not met death.
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEDNESDAY.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-05

SCIENCE AND SORROW.-That sor-.
row and grief exert bad influence on
the functions of the body has long been
known, but the nature of this effect is
now receiving careful attention from
psychologists. According to DIR. Louise
Fiske, sorrow is disease, and should
he treated as such. The internal or
gans of dogs which have died of home
sickness and other forms Of depression,
show a deterioration similar to that
caused by starvation or infectious dis
eases. DR.. Louise Fiske considers that
sorrow, as disease, must run its course,
and that all attempts to Danish it and
cheer the patient up are fertile. AS a
disease it must be treated in a special
way, and she recommends quiet drives
in the country, or gentle walks with
Nature, in the woods or by the seashore.
The patient should not be tasked either
in mind or body. The bright, sweet So
ciety ofchildren is preferable to that of
adults, and the presence of a familiar
newspaper or magazine may be COM
fort where the most tender and sympa-
thetic friendis troublesome. Mourning
wear is, in her opinion, useful for a
time, year at most, because itsecures
considerations for the sufferer; but if
continued too long, it becomes burden
and source of low spirits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-05

these facts and figures, because they
illustrate as nothing else could the
two tremendous problems which our
nation is left to solve. There is but
one case at all parallel to it in modern
history.
The nearest approach to our peculiar
conditions is the Argentine Republic.
There, as here, little more than one
sixth of the entire population is of for
eign birth. In some respects, too, its
problem is akin to ours, especially in
its capital city, where more than a
quarter of the population is made up
of foreigners, chiefly the ignorant class
es from Italy, France and Spain.
Unfortunately for them, the native
born Argentine citizens lack the i'll
stinct for civil order and good govern
ment which our native citizens inherit
from centuries of Anglo-Saxon pro-
gress. In our country, the experiment
which Europe watched with so great
curiosity is resulting in the elevation
of the newcomers to the moral and in
tellectual standard of the natives. But
it needed native born race of high
character to accomplish this.-Youth's
Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-05
OVER-EATING.

It is perhaps true that most Amerl-
cans eat too much. The person who
eats much, yet is hungry and grows
thin, is not suffering from lack of food,
but from lack of power to digest the
food taken into the stomach, or from
an abnormally rapid tissue waste, and
should consult his physician.
Every ore puts into his stomach
more food than is digested by it; but
in many cases a great deal of the ma
terial really digested does not do its
full share of vitalizing work.
We live by the oxidation of food.
Food, whatever its chemical nature
if it is food in the true sense-is capa-
BILE of being changed into more oxi-
died material. This chemical change
must 20 on in a more or less active
way or death ensues, since the oxidiz-
ing of food is necessary for the life OF
the individual cells, whose aggregation
constitutes the whole of our complicat-
ed structures.
Now if more material is supplied to
the system than it can use, or, in other
words, more than it can combine with
oxygen, much of the supply must pass
out of the body in state not fully ex-
hausted of its vitalizing power and it
is highly probable that these unoxidiz-
ed products are the causes, direct or
indirect, of many troubles Of a some
what obscure nature, to which we
have applied the names Of rheuma-
tism, gout, lithamia, and the like.
Such partially oxidized materials
circulate in the blood and are carried
to all parts Of the body, and are
known to be more or less irritating to
its delicate. structures, organs and tis-
sues.
In the case of the habitual over-eat-
er, the presence in the blood of such
materials, which are constantly acting
as irritants to the organs, may easily
produce changes in the tissues so irri-
tated. AS time goes on these changes
become greater and greater, and final
ly result in permanent conditions of
disease, or in an appreciably fastened
death.
Exercise, by promoting oxidation,
lessons the dangers of over.eating.
The habit of rapid eating, especially
when habitual over-eating is indulged
in, results in an inability to digest the
amount of food necessary to keep in
active condition the various functions
of the body.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-05
WHAT lie COULD AFFORD.

Robert Carrick was one Of the ear
liest bankers of. Glasgow. He went to
the city poor boy, but became the
leading partner of the old Ship bank.
He lived and died a grim, penurious
man, and left not penny to any
benevolent institution in the city
where all his wealth had been accumu-
lated. Once, however, according to
Mr.. Paxton Hood, he was obliged to
act with an appearance of generosity.
He was waited on by three fellow
citizens for subscription to the Royal
In6rmary, then in its infancy.
They wished him to head the SUBJ
scription, and to their modification
and surprise he put down his name
for only two guineas, and when they
besought him to increase the amount
he became indignant, and threatened
to withdraw his name altogether.
He could not really afford even so
much as two guineas, he declared.
The deputation proceeded next to
the office of Mr.. Milquham, one of the
great manufacturers of Glasgow. He
looked at the paper and exclaimed {:
"Bless me, what's this? Banker
Carrick only two guineas!"
They told him that the banker had
said he could not really afford any
more.
"What's that you say?" He turned
to his faithful cashier. "Jamie, bring
me the handbook" Then he wrote
a check on the Ship bank for ten
thousand pounds.
"Now, jamie, run to the bank, and
bring that money to me-"
The check was presented. Old
Robin stared. $50 back" said he;
"there's some mistake" and presently
he came running into Milquham's g
countiug-house in great anxiety.
"What's wrong wi ye the day?"
asked the banker.
"Nothing in the least degree wrong
with me. But I suspect there's some
thing far wrong with you and the
bank" answered the manufacturer,
"for these good gentlemen sitting here
have assured me that, in your own
office and out of your own mouth, you
declared you could only afford them
two guineas. And that being the
case, I think it is high time I removed
my deposits"
Mr.. Carrick was in hard place, but
he finally put down his name for fifty
guineas. Then Mr.. Milquham cancel
led his check, and the deputation went
away rejoicing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-05

ROYAL Observation-Disclosures
the Great made generous presents to
all musicians except fute-players. He
played the flute remarkably we'll him
self, and his proficiency sometimes led
to acts that caused disappointment to
his brother artists. A famous futist
once visited Potsdam, and asked per-
mission to play to the king, hoping
that Frederick would show his appre-
citation of his skill by some valuable
gift.
Frederick received him graciously,
and listened attentively while he play
ed difficult piece.
"You play very WE'LL" he said "and
am very glad to have heard virtuoso
of such ability. 1 will give you proof
of my satisfaction"
So saying he left the room. The
musician waited, guessing at the pro-
bable nature of the "proof."
Presently the king returned with
his own flute, and played the same
piece which had just been executed
for him. Then he bade his visitor good
day, saying:
II have had the pleasure of hearing
you, and it was only fair that you
should hear me-"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-05

RUNAWAY CARs.-Mr. Crofutt tells
ofa thrilling experience in Echo Canon,
when train of 16 fiat cars, loaded
with ties and iron rails, was making
its rapid way down to Echo City. The
train had proceeded but a few miles
down the canon when it was discover
ed that it had parted, and four heavily
loaded cars had been left behind.
When the accident happened, the
grade was easy, and the portion at
tached to the locomotive had gained
about half mile on the stray cars,
but now the latter were on down
grade, and rushing upon the train
with lightning speed.
Two men were on the loose cars and
might put or the breaks and stop the
runaway. The whistle was sounded,
but they did not hear; they were fast
asleep. On came the cars, fairly bound
ing from the track in their unguided
speed, and away shot the locomotive
and train.
sLet on the steam !" came the order,
and with wild and terrible screams,
the engine plunged through the gorge.
"Of with the ties !" and the frantic
men cast them off as they flew, in the
hope that some of them would remain
on the track, throw off the runaways,
and thus save the forward train.
Down the gorge they plunged, the
wild whistle, signifying "switches
open," all the time thrilling the air.
That there was trouble was well known
at Echo City, though its nature could
not be surmised, and the switches
were all ready.
If the leading train had but the
requisite distance, it could pass on
while the following cars might be
switched off the track, and spend their
force against the mountain side. On
shot the locomotive, the men still
throwing over ties, and suddenly, just
as they reached the curve outside the
station, they saw the dreaded pursuer
strike tie and plunge down the en-
bankment into the valley below.
"Down brakes !" screamed the en-
CINE, and in moment more the cars
entered Echo City and came to stand
still.
The excited crowd, alarmed by the
repeated whistling, set off toward the
scene of the disaster to bring in the
dead bodies. When they arrived,
they found the two men unharmed
but bewildered, sitting on the green
sward. They had slept soundly all
through their perilous adventure, until
the moment when they were tossed
down the valley.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-05
Attsfellantuus Reading.
OUR MIXED POPULATION.

There is perhaps, no benefit which
the most of our citizens derive from the
government census, which is more use
full than the influence of its figures in
broadening their minds.
To those who live in the city come
the facts which show that the people
who live in the country are vastly
more numerous than city dwellers, and
that the agricultural product is by far
of the greatest value.
The magnitude of our manufactures
startle us when we hear that the cotton
cloth woven in the United States would
encircle the earth at the equator with
a great swathing band of 6S thickness
es, and yard wide. The statistics of
the criminal and prison population
preach a perpetual sermon of broad
minded striving to make the world
better than it is.
Or take the nation and race prob
lens of the United States. How many
of our readers are aware that one-siXth
of the whole population of the country
is of foreign birth The census of
1890 informs us that this is the fact.
How curiously this separates US from
countries made up of one sharp, we'll
defined nationality, may be imagined
when we consider that to the foreign
born one-sixth of our population, must
be added almost an equal number born
in this country but of foreign parents.
Not less noteworthy is the distribu-
tion of the foreign born element. Mas
sachusetts has always, and deservedly,
been looked upon as typical Ameri-
can State. Yet the census tells us that
Al out of every 100 in its population
were born in foreign lands. In Rhode
Island the percentage is even larger I;
in New York, almost as large.
In many of the Western farming
States the comparison is peculiarly
startling, as for example i'll Minnesota,
where there are more foreign-born than
native-born residents, and in North
Dakota, where the foreigners make up
80 per cent. of the entire population.
1t is interesting to observe that the
foreign born element, so strikingly
large in the Northeast and Northwest,
is almost entirely lacking in the South.
For this is accountable, no doubt the
comparative lack of manufacturing
employment or farming work on a
large scale, and perhaps, too. the diff
ference in climate.
Whatever may be the cause it is
plain that the States south of the Ma
sou and Dixon's line" need have little
worry over the "foreign population
and the "foreign vote," which perplex
so many communities in the North.
But precisely where the problem of
other nationalities in their citizenship
ceases to disturb, the problem of anoth-
er race begins.
The very fact that European immi-
grafton does not reach these States re-
moves the probability of an increase OF
the white population more rapidly than
the colored.
In South Carolina, for instance,
though the colored population has ac-
tually decreased very heavily since
1880, through removal to other States,
there are still 149 colored citizens to
every 100 whites. In Mississippi the
proportion is almost as heavy, and m
Louisiana the colored people are in the
majority.
1t is useful to dwell sometimes on
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g9- "Mr. Smarte," said the head of
the firm, II happened to overhear your
criticisms, this morning, of the manner
in which business is carried on here.
You appear to be laboring under mis-
taken idea. As a matter of fact, we
are not running this house to make
money. Not at all. We carry on this
business simply as a school for the in
struction of young men. But as you
seem to know so much more about the
business than we do, it would be only
wasting time to keep you here. The
cashier will settle with you. What is
our loss is your gain"