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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-07
GOVERNOR MORTON SIGNS THE PROCEED
IRE BILL.

Albany. Feb 6-Goyernor Morton to-day signed
the Procedure bill relative to cities Of the hrs'
class including cities OF over $4,000 and II De-
ca,,e chap,or of the session laws. His prompt
action on this measure due to a desire to heip
along the Ncw-York Power of Removal plii, whrn
ua ssed the Legislature to-day. with the froceuuIS
bin upon the statute books, Ii was possible 10 ssho
the Power of Removal bill TO New-fork to-nlgh3tt
issue his notices for hearing upon II Tomorrow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-07
OBJECTION TO A STRIKE RESOLUTION.

OBJECTION TO A STRIKE RESOLUTION.
Albany. Feb S-Assembyman George W. Brush
attempted to introduce the following resolution IN
the Assembly to-day. but objection was made:
Resolved. That committee Of five be appointed q
nv The Speaker who shall take into conslderatoh
he suggestions which may be contained IN the re.
port Of the Board of Mediation and Arotratiom . 10
also suggestions which have been made, or may
be made from any other source or ~ nrsvent
conaicts between organized labor and corporations
who employ such laborers; such committee 10 re-
Whether in their judgment there is any practical
vay Yea sble by which the rights OF the public OF
nv leglslatiOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-07
Ideal Summer Climate

he reached by the Southern Railway and f. C. r..
New iork ard Florida Short Line the Of the
less Limited dining drawing. sleeping and
cars New York TO H. Augustine NswYork ofhcss III
and 363 Broadway
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-07
Pure Rich Blood

Is essehuai 10 good health. because the blood Is
the vital fluid which supplies all the organs with
life and the power to perform their functions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-07
INDoRsING THE COOPER UNION MEETING

INDORSiNG THE COOPER UNION MttIlN'.
The Republican club NJ the Eighth Ward held It's
first regular meeting last night At Hudson Hal No.
27G .Springst. John X. De Ieier. the president.
called the largely attended meeting 10 order and
after several speeches had been made the Following
resolutions unanimously adopted:
Whereas. 1t Is with modification and dismay that
earnest Republicans in this city and State discern
the fact that attic nps TO oppose inc poop" VIII
and seriously compromise the Republican party IN
this State berg made by INSCRIPTIONS mnnlpu-
latOrs to serve selfish and pernclous ENDS; ana .
Whereas. These manipuators known az bosses,
''1ctators' "heelers' are not recognized or ac-
knowlelged by us az representing the true spirit or
Republicansm and repudiated by all worthy
Republicans. therefore be K
Resolved. That the Republican Club OF the Eighth
Ward does fully and earnestly indorse the purposes
and proceedings OF the great mass-meeting held at
the Cooper Union on the evening OF February 4.
1895
Resolved That this association does assure the
people OF this city that H. with the great mas OF
honest Republicans will promptly prosecute the ex-
trpaton Of the fungus growth OF bossism to its
very roots. no matter IN what party or political
system 1t may be known TO exist
Letters from Cornelius ~ Bliss, s. " H. Crugcr
and j. Murray Mitchell were read. expressing their
regret at not being able TO be present at the meet
Ing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-07
A POLICE BILL COM KOMISE.
COMMISSIONERS TO BE ELECTED on TIL Z
MINORITY REPRESENTATION PLAN.

spx,rop rorxp.s AMENDMENT PROVIDES FOR
HI-pARTIsAN BOARD OF FOUR MEMBERS ~
BE CHOSEN ny THE PEOPLE NJ ~"
MAYOR STRONG NAMES Ills FIRST
ApPoINTMENTs-PLATr AP-
PROVES or THE PLAN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS SENATE BUSINESS

Albany. Feb. tSpeciaD.-Some Grand Army
veterans visited the Senate Chamber this morning
just before the Senate met and hunting up Lieu
tenant-Governor Saxton, said they had heard that
the new Constitution did away with the preference
In regard to public employment formerly granted
to veterans by the laws OF the State. Mr.. Sax
ton listened to them sympatheiIcaily and replied
that he would look into the subject carefully and
tell them his opinion later.
The Senate Committee on Cities to-day reported
favorably Senator Ahearn's bill providing for the
issuing of additional bonds for the park ut Null
berry Bend New-York, and Senator Guys bill APP
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-07

La, rD:aa the sfter-dinner pill. and
llVOu Fills family cathart!c. Csc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-07
HEARING on BALLOT REFORM BILLS

Albany Feb (SpeciaD.-Thc Senate and As
sembly Judiciary Committee gave a hearing ths
afternoon upon all the ballot reform bills. Horace
IT, Denlng had conference with Senator Raines.
who introduced one OF the chief bills, Mr. Deming
representing ballot reformers In NewYork who are
pushing the adoption OF the Massachusetts, ballot
system Mr.. Raines. In his bill. aboshes the pastcr
ballot. and provides that illterate voters may be
assisted by two inspectors OF opposite political
faith TO prepare their ballots. Mr.. Deming was au-
thorized to draw up bill and prepare n Massa-
chusetts ballot to submit to the committees mt n
future meeting. Senator Raines said that his sys-
tenn was substantially that used in Ohio.
Alfred X. Conkling explained his bill. which
strengthens the ballot reform law Mn many I'M
pOrtant respects
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
Van Buren's Answers,

One day the merits of Van Buren, were
being discussed by "A party of politicians
on Hudson river steamboat. One of the
party had been dwelling ON his noncom-
mittalism and complaining that plain
answer to a plain question was never
elected from him.
"I'll wager the champagne for the COM
pany," added he, "that if one of us shall
go down to the cabin and ask Van Buren,
the simplest question that can be thought
of he will evade II direct answer. Yes,
and I'll give you leave, too, to tell Van
Buren, why you ask the question, and that
there is bet depending on the reply
This seemed fair enough One of the
party was deputed to go down and try the
experiment.
He found Van Buren,, whom he knew
well, in the saloon and said:
MIR. Van Buren,, some gentlemen on
the upper deck have been accusing you of
noncommittalism and have just laid a
wager that you would not give plain
answer to the simplest question, and they
deputed me to test the fact. Now, sir al
low me to ask you, Where does the sun
rise:'
Mr. Van Buren's brow contracted, he
hesitated a moment, then said:
1.-THE terms east and west are conven-
tional but
"That'n do" interrupted the inter
rogator; I'VE have lost the betn'-Wash-
ington Post
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
The Rose breasted Grosbeak.

Perhaps the most beautiful of all the
birds that visit us is the rose breasted
grosbeak 1t has not the dazzling bril-
liancy of the scarlet tanager or the oriole
nor the striking intensity of the indigo
bird. But its general coloring is harmo-
NOUS and finely shaded while the spot of
crimson on its breast is a decoration that
all the other winged creatures well may
envy These groshoaks were comparatively
rare hereabout until the year of the great
blizzard Qsssi. That as many will re-
member, was followed by an unprecedent-
ed abundance of song birds, and among
these grosbeaks and orioles predominated.
Ever since then the grosbeaks have been
in many parts of the city at least as album
dant as the orioles. Hartford Courant.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
Bonaparte's Last visit to Corsica.

Professor sloane. in his Life of Napo-
leon, in The Century, writing of the TO-
turn from Egypt, says:
At last favoring wind began to blow.
With lights extinguished and at night
they passed the strait which separates AZ
RIGA from Sicily, escaping the observation
of the English cruisers sent from Nelson :
fleet to patrol those waters. Skirting Sar-
DINA, the flotilla reached Corsica early in
October. Though, as he declared. he was
"decply moved by the sight Of his native
town, no remnant of his early enthusiasm
could sweeten for Bonaparte the enforced
delay of severa! days in the harbor of \ JAG
clio He had left far behind the emotions
of that primitive society and was inditfcr-
ent to the Astounding caresSes of all the
friends who crowded the decks to see him,
evdcn " fretting to be gone. One fact
alone has been recorded to his credit. His
features relaxed with evident JOY as he ten
derly returned the greeting of the old
woman who had been his earliest attend
ant 1t was his last visit to the island Of
his BIRTH but not the last time the accents
of its dialect fell on his ears for it was "A
Corsican who soothed his last hours ut
/ st. Helena.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
HYGIENE OF THE EYE.
A Few Simple Rules For the Preservation
of the Sight.


A few simple rules carefully obeyed will
do much to preserve the eyes in health
Light and color in rooms are important
The walls are hest finished in single tint
Windows should open directly upon the
outer air, and light is better when they
are close together not separated by much
wall space, not distributed Light should
be abundant, but not dazzling 1t should
never come from In front, nor should sun
| light fall upon work or on the printed
page Never read or sew in the twilight
after an exhausting fever nor before
breakfast. Look up frequently when at
work and fix the eyes upon some distant
object. Break up the stretch of wall by
pictures that have good perspective.
These rest the eye, as does looking out of
window.
When at work on minute objects, rise
occasionally, take deep inspirations with
! the mouth closed, stretch the body erect,
throw the arms backward and forward and
step to an open window or out into the
open air for moment Two desks of diff
fercnt heights are valuable for student
or writer, one to stand by and the other to
sit by. Plenty of open air exercise is es-
sental to good cycsight.
The general tone of the nervous system
]
longcd or excessive study frequently has
pain or poor vision as symptom. The use
of tobacco may bring about defective vi
sion, and alcohol sometimes destroys it
utterly, owing to nerve inflammation that
it sets up. City life with shut in streets
and narrow o,::lnok. faVors the production
of errors in vision When looking at dis
tant objects, the normal eve is at rest. To
see near by muscular effort is required
This effort when constant, changes the
shape of the cycball After the eighteenth
or twentieth year parts Of the eye that
earlier showed signs of bullying or bccom-
ing nearsightcd may acquire new strength,
and those who escape myopia up to this
time are usually free from it after that.
The children of ncarsighted parents are in
special danger. They require constant
care. 1t is best to have all children 5 eyes
examined for defects when they are 10
years old.
Ncarsight and color blindness are bar
riers to the army and navy, to certain fine
and mechanic arts and to many industrial
pursuits Their early recognition saves
time and rooney and often prevents the
Encouragement of defeat.
Ounces of prevention are better than
tons of cure. There are but few forms OF
partial or total blindness that were not at
one time the reverse of hopeless In view
of this fact, the duty of parents and guard
ians is clearly manifest. Ignorance must
be replaced by knowledge, carelessness by
enlightened forcthought Precautions in
the way of type, light color and rest and
exercise, together with occasional calls up
on the oculist, will probably secure fail
eyesight for life Outlook
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
Plenty on So "A Week,

He is little more than an infant now,
though he has been man of the world
and burdencd with all the business cares
of an Independent Garner of his own livcli-
hood for two years or more. He started
in as a street musician-that is, he ratified
the tambourine and picked up the pennies
but some one else got all the profits of
that venture. Then he ran away and
went into business for himself. Some
body hired him for night messenger, but
the little fellow couldn't keep awake, and
that failed. Two bankrupts in his short
career. Then he sold papers and saved
enough to buy himself IA bootblacking out
fit. And now he tells me he averages SO
a week and has money to burn" He is
the brightest, happiest little fellow on the
street.
Which merely goes to prove the value OF
ignorance where bliss is ooncerned-New
York Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

"That's a portrait Of your grandmother
as she looked when she was young lady,
is it? How strongly it resembles you, Miss
Benderby!"
"You only say that to flatter me, Mr..
Spoonamore. Grandma was quito beau
ty, and everybody knows that don't make
any pretensions Of that kind"
"Indeed am not trying to flatter you,
Miss Benderbyl The family resemblance
is striking. I've often known cases OF
that kind. There were two sisters l was
acquainted with when l was boy. They
looked wonderfully alike, just as that por-
trait looks like you, and yet one of them
was as beautiful as poets dream and
the other was dreadfully-that is l mean
she wasn't AT all, or rather she was lack
ing in that-aItractive quality, you know,
that constitutes-whata lovely frame this
portrait has, hasn't ity"-Chicago Tribune,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

There is "a curious modern theory about
nervous breakdowns which may be worth
stating Some physicians say that just
before the nerves "go on strike" they full
fill their functions most fully and easily,
deluding their unsuspecting possessor with
the idea that his mental capital is mex
haustible and thus intcnsifying the break
down Certainly this was the case with
Lord Randolph Churchill in 1885 and 1856.
On the other hand there are medical au-
thorities who cherish the hypothesis Of a
slow and gradual wearing out of the nerV-
GUS energy London Saturday Review.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
ROYALTY Worship.

Royalty worship reached an absurd
point the other day. The Prince of Wales
seated himself in public park to chat for
a moment with friend. On his rising to
resume his stroll three well dressed young
ladies fastened to the spot which he had
lust left and one after the other knelt and
kissed the seat which had been honored by
supporting their future king-this, too, in
the presence Of several hundred onlookers
This is even worse than the idiocy of the
man who picked up the stump of a cigar
thrown away by the prince and keeps it in
glass case, to be exhibited to all his
friends. 1t is a rich manufactures in Shelf
field who religiously preserves a grease
spot ON the wall of his billiard room made
by the august head of his royal highness
when seated on the divan which runs
around the room while watching game
of billiards after dinner. A number of
years have passed since then, and the bill
lard room has undergone many alterations
in the shape of new wall paper and redec-
Grafton. One thing alone remains un-
touched-namcly, that little oleaginous
mark on the wall.-Boston Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
WHAT CONSTITUTES A LETTER.
Some Points Not Generally Known About
Foreign Mails.

Most people hsve supposed that anything
sealed against inspection and delivered to
the postofiice constituted in effect "let-
ter" which at the regulation rate of
cents postage per ounce the mail service
would be obliged to forward to its destna-
ton. So far as the domestic service is con-
cerncd this supposition may be correct and
would seem to be implied by the wording
of official decisions, which declare that
call matter sealed or otherwise closed
against inspection is also of the first class. "
But with the foreign mail service at least
the condition is different. A provision in
the postal treaty specifies that letters lin
their usual and ordinary form" are to be
forwarded at "A given rate. just what con-
stituted this "usual and ordinary form
has not till now been defined and officially
declared, and this is the way in which the
definition was brought ont
a Boston architect offered at the post
Office in that city II sealed roll addressed
to the commissioner of patents at Ottawa,
on which tl.r i.nrcr amount of postage
at letter rn;c, had been lid The clerk
i'm charge of the window declined to re-.
ceive the roll rs letter, and on the mat
ter being referred to him Postmaster Co
veney decided that the term letter is to be
construed to mean and embrace scaled
packages consisting of an envelope of any
size, but fat a. is the usual letter. The
obiector did not think that this ruling and
definition of letter was correct and gave
I his opinion that a letter was . package
containing personal matter of no salable
value" The matter being referred to the
authorities at Washington for decision
the superintendent of foreign mails in due
time forwarded a decision embodying the
joint opinions Of Canadian and American
postal authorities to the effect that 1.-THE
term letter, in its usual and ordinary
form, is to be construed to embrace sealed
packages consisting of an envelope of any
size, but Of the usual letter shape and its
contents but that rolls or pacakge not
incloscd in an envelope as the word en-
velope is generally used, cannot be consid-
cred to be "a letter in its usual and ordi-
nary form a sealed package in the form
of a roll is, therefore, not entitled to trans
mission in the mails exchanged between
the United States and Canada, and your
office was correct in declining to receive
the sealed roll mentioned This would
seem to settle the matter rs TO what con
stitutes "a lcttef within the meaning Of our
postal treatics.-Paper World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
The Usual Result.

In the neighborhood of a certain race
course the late Sir Robert Peel found a
man practicing the three card trick who
asked him to try his luck, Sir Robert
was tremendously indignant, said that he
was privy councillor and was incapable
of such thing and swore that if he could
find constable the man should be locked
up. While al this tempest was going on,
however, the confederate of the operator
played the old trick of turning up the cor
ner of the king. Instantly the storm
ceased, and Sir Robert "tried his luck to
the extent of half sovereign, with the
usual result.-London Tt-Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
NY soul.


When that this evant mt shows of life
Are vanished from Us or arc memories
OF flowers and times and Slips of other seas f;
While friends and swcethearts deaths resist
less knife
Has slit AWAY even while love was rife,
And one by one are lost the golden keys
That oprd our thoughts and gave the power
to please,
And we re as nothing whether for joy or strife
What shall we be when comes that certain
timu2
Singers in fame's great cage of birds, not
hungf
Shapes in the commonplace Of things unsung3
Out Of the paradise of holy rhymeP
Oh, let my soul Ace to some world sublime
And feel that it will still be living, youngl
Edward S. Crcamer in New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

"Wheres the barr" asked a dirty look
ing stranger of waiter at a hotel the
other day.
"What kind of BARI" asked the latter.
"Why, a liquor bar of course. What do
you suppose | meanY'
"Well," drawled the boy, 81 didn't
know but you might mean a bar Of soap"
London t-Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
Letter Writing.

Let your letter be written as accurately
as you are able-I mean with regard to
language, grammar and stops-tor as TO
the matter of it the less trouble you give
yourself the better it will be- Letters
should be easy and natural and convey to
the persons TO whom we send them just
what we should say TO the persons If we
were with them. Chesterfield.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

May-Why, Daisy, you have Mr.. Ccdly
down for four waltzes l thought you said
that he trod on your toes and you would
never waltz with him again?
Daisy (winking the other eye)-So did.
But have stuffed cotton in my toes since
his grandfather died and left him $4,000,
O0O.-New Orleans Times Democrat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.

The dollar, though unit, is
OF thrcefold character,
Which on reflection TO the minds
OF all men viii occur.
For instance, take a dollar
THAT is to say, If you
Have got one handy and proceed
To run the premise through,
And you will find it in this wise:
The dollar that you show,
The dollar that you haven't got,
The dollar that you owe.
w. J. hampton in Detroit Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

A mans profundity may keep him from
opening on "A first interview and his eau
tion on second, but l should suspect his
emptiness if ne carried ON his reserve to u
third Cotton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
The Mundane Adyent of Sin.

Teacher-How did sin come into the
world?
The New Boy-The preachers picked
out all the things people liked to do and
said they was sins. --Indianapolis Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

If there is anything on the orb of sin
more fldgety than man with two cigars
and no match, it is boy with unbroken
legs in the house on rainy day.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
Eorry He Spoke.

He-Great heavens, womanl Do you
think am made Of money!
She-I wish you were; l could get You
changed hen.-Indianapolis Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

Lackawanna is a corruption of the In
dian words lechan-hanne, the stream
that forks"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-25
FIREMEN DIE ON DUTY.
Falling Walls at Cincinnati Kills
Two and Injuries
Eighteen.

Cincinnati, O., July 1S.--Two firemen
lost their lives in a fire that broke out at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the five
! story grain and hay warehouse of Her
mesch & Co., at Walnut and Water
streets, near the Ohio end of the suspen-
sion bridge connecting Cincinnati and
Coyington, Ky. Many others were in
iured, eighteen of whom have been ac-
counted for. The dead:
HALEY, CAPT. MIKE, of Company %.
Wisely, THOMAS, ppeman OF Com
pany 8.
The fire is said to have started from a
spark blown from the pipe of stranger
who had stepped into the entrance to the
warehouse out of the wind to light his
pipe The fire moved in northerly d.
rection through the square, destroying
every thing in it's way until it struck the
walls CT the new buildings of Simmons
& Norris, on the northeast corner of the
block. Here is where the calamity to
the firemen occurred. Their aim was to
save the Simmons e Norris building,
and also the big refrigerator warehouse
of Nelson Morris 4 Co. of Chicago,
which adjoins. Up to this time the Mel
son Morris warehouse had been damaged
but little. There was a feeling Of COM
parative satisfaction among the tiremen
and police at saving this valuable prop
svayed, cracked, and in sight of 10000
people and in the hearing of many more
came the crash. Brave men We're buried
alive beneath burning timbers and red
hot bricks. Women in the crowd tainted
and We're carried away.
AS soon as the dust caused by the terri
bic crash had cleared sufficiently to per-
init the rescuers to see the work of taking
out the dead and injured in the collapsing
building commenced.
The property loss is not heavy, and on
buildings and contents will not exceed
S16O,OOO; some of the buildings had re-
Gently been condemned for bridge APP