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New-York tribune., 1896-12-26
THE REAL DUTY OF CONGRESS.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir, IL common with most, If not ali OF your read
ora ! was pleased with the spirit ana tenor Oh this
,or,inss leading editorial concerning Cuba.
In the first place. think we all would IKE Con-
rsss 10 understand that the consensus OF ophoh OF
intelligent and far-seelng persons Is decidedly aVefse
% war with Spain for very good ana apparent rea-
sons. .
I, il the province and duty Of the press 10 ioice
,,non The attention of the members OF oW Ndtiohai
legislature tina; they have just now duties TO per-
rm in the interests and for the welfare OF our com
ron country far important than iii-auNseu
snssches and belllgeren; resolutions against SPAN
What We want at present is a period OF proiouhd
rec, and peace in which TO recuperate from haru
times and financial troubles. To my mind the most
messing duty of Congress in seasons like THESE Is 10
dnd an immediate remedy for the difficulties ana ds
sst few years. and II that body has sufciehi DIss ~
and good sense. 10 prevent recurrence OF thei" al
the future e .,o.hor an1 higher
pon; view. let not forget that We AZ o,, r,r
yerge OF a new century. in the course OF wnicn Pia
raI Christianity not only hopes 10 inausuraS @ u,,
n carry out the theory that conquest sPoiI" noI
md war are roles of past and barDarous as ai'
"a, ali National difficulties can find peaceapie ~
h,.ion through negotiation diplomacy anu "''''
ton. .., o...a,. tho snirt of Brvan-
ro he synonyme for demagogy and sensation any any
,hirg for novelty and change resaiuesS " a.
umencas appears to be rampant tnroughout w
isng;h and breadth of our country. SUI oor.io, ~
fsr II devolves upon the more thoughtfnl iorno 81 81
20 community to stamp out or existence tn'S-
az one would q snake he finds IN ms PAIN - - "
Vew- York December 49, 1876
New-York tribune., 1896-12-26

It Is surprising what little of the right kind OF
medicine will do. Small doses OF DR.. u. Jayne's Ex-
pectorant cure many OF the Gods ..
New-York tribune., 1896-12-26
CHRISTMAS H0MICIDEs ~ SAVANNAH.

Savannah, Ca. Dec. 25.-fhree homicides occurred
IN this city to-day. One negro boy shot. another
through the heart this morning. killing him instantly
william TItcomb, white man, was fatally stabbed
In Quarrel early this morning. and died In few
New-York tribune., 1896-12-26
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

In Tina diagram a continuous white line shows the
changes pressure indicated by The Trtbunes self
barometer The dotted line represents tie ~
rern,urr as recorded Mt Perry's Pharmacy.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-26
MlRRIED.

DeerfOOt Farm SausaRes. made from little pigs:
reputation has brought many cheap substitutes into
New-York tribune., 1896-12-26
DETAILED FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.

DETNII.EO FOKEI NST FVT. TNI.
For New England fair. followed by local SHOWS in
northern portion; warmer southwcs'erly Winds increas-
ing In force.
Ear Eastern New York fair in southern portion; in
reasng coudness and probably local SHOWS III northern
norton: southwostcry winds increasing in force.
For Eastern Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Delaware
f,Ir and warmer southwssterly winds.
For Western New-York and Eastern Pennsy wanna gen
orally fair except the lakes cloudy. win local SHOWS
slightly warmer Saturday. colder 10y Sunday morning;
hrsk TO high westerly winds.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-26
THE WEATHER REPORT.

YESTERDAYS RECORD AND To-DAYs FORECAST
Washington Dec. 25The barometer has fallen rapid,
throughout tho central valleys and lake region Il has
risen on the Atlantic and Gulf and In rho extreme
\,rfhw.s There extended Of low pressure
north Of region moving rapidly eastward and the
barometer is hlghes the South Atlantic states The
,empera,ure risen generally throughout the lake
region and central valleys but 10 is colder On the CUR
coast and tho pakoias. The weather s gen"ralN
clear except the lake region ani Upper Mississippi Val
yber. IA Is with local SHOWS. The Indications
are that It VIII h. slightly warmer and fasr throughout
b. southern states Onto Valley and Middle Atlantic
state. on SATURDAY Threatening weather. with local
SHOWS will In the lake region. probably with
colder weather at night.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-26

rms is "HOSPITAL SATURDAY,"
This Is Hospital Saturday, and Tomorrow -
Hospital Sunday" ~ =, ,or,
The officers request that the SICK poor oe ie"'"-
hered In offerings
New-York tribune., 1896-12-26
WHERE DO THE ANIMALS COME IN


To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir. have not a copy OF your issue OF ms 'i'o INNS
nv me a; the moment. but read with approval your
~~.srondent's letter in regard to the budlhe vi 'ie
s,,o,v for the Prevention of Cruelty 10 AhiaiS,
r,r helng erected at the corner or Mauisoh-iN'' an"
rxen,y-six.h-st. facing the Park ms Is a'o"' q"
,nsnsjyc q site as could be selected IN the Gay ""N
the building (of which have seen the piai9 = o'' az
,ros, regal scale The mere excavations anu ioui-
sns .,,no u-,il cost large sum. and the structure
,ru bc as elaborate inside and ont as any "e,l can
be Cui bono? For the benefit OF the society w
and staff who IN our broilins summer we"''''
oazs out at the green trees and cool shdoO"a - '
marx while carhorses within a block are o'opp'"e
s,on exhaustion and dogs going MAD from WHY
na beat and who In our bitter winter Gays can
a,her closer round their fire while clipped horsS are
shlyer.ng in front Of The shops OF are p"s
,he,r last ounse OF strength in poughhg up Ni"i'"'
Hiu through the snow with an omnibus 'D '
people behind them -, , q,
. walking home tonight observed the s"o" a.
tYrb.ove formed into Alps and abysses the gong 80
rough that the mere slap of the snails OH ms
horses sides would make them sore. nos ,ning -
hundred had their shoes ronghsd an ,Se leader OF
keep their feet and do Their dnty' te 80 trod on
tonrhorse omnibus team fell down ms ma 80 -
his legs and the wheeerS sIa'he' me per lust behind
were "yanked' on 10 their haunches 10 p,vng a
and drivers al nnS SSns ana 1ae s VET Two or
people said "Wha, shame W. b mere watch
hpre ,f,l
m, oft,cer Of the 5 p c. A. present. alert inei0
clothed in authority and an ulster: NIan no, Ian angel
Does the s p G. A. hover IKE Suaruailh Oh ane 20
over the horses of the retail shops now Isne nd bep p
double duty TO deliver Christmas goods ana Ss,
state of the streets? officers ike soothns y! ;
10 good thing 10 have in the house douDt'e 1u'
are moi percepible the ordinary observer Ij
Did YOU ever notice one of them loosen r'e snffer1ns
baarjnr rein which ties wcalth's poor. suileiIns
hrutes head to its tail. when II losses ,.e o n Ma
10 relieve its pain the latter bobs up IN UNISON DLu
you see the solicitude with when they te'. ~
man arrayed in furs to tuck o.akei M u. seano
chilly seeds clipped so closely that the SKIN !. seen
don, believe you did And why not; beGdnse sidt
mo { A. puts its money into splendiu p~uliuIns ~
ana enupment thereof not into wages ior huneIo
inspectors 10 walk the streets ana prevent cruelty @
Mr. Haines has printing press ara SGl"ioSs is 7,ae1s
and every appliance for herading ms goon ueeus
hui should fancy that copy based on iacts "9uiu
he short He boasts Of his new members. whose uueS
swell The building fund the front Of which might be
chnany decorated with the bones OF oses dtad lroi
abuse and overwork Let the $ =. c; A STICK 10 Us
functions leave fine buildings 70 life insurance com
psnes and spend its funds paid in for that purpose
for the prevention Of cruelty There Is plenty 70 ex
haust them. and more: aNli-ni Ia Nr'-'
Eew-York. Dec l.. 1896
New-York tribune., 1896-12-26

A-The Kensico Cemetery.-rr,ssa'e- IVA -srS Ssntr,I
~ panroaI. az minutes ride from the Hfaho Sen''s'
peoot Office 16 East 42d-st.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-26

Foreign mails for week ending December 26 Uiu
clos. ,nronptly at the General Postofce
follows: .,.., ..-,,, ,,.,,,
The sun., 1896-10-28
sUL1IvAN,s HAND IN DANGER.
A Cancer Cut from That "MIghty RiEht"-
TRYING 10 Avoid Amputnti0n.

BosToN, O:t. 27.-The once mighty right"
of John l.. Sullivan Is in danger of amputa-
tion. The hand which enabled him to hold
tho championship of tho world for twelve
years, that laid PROSTATE many foe. that has
brought him fortunes in money and was the
mAlnstay of his career. has been attacked by
q cancer. The cancer itself has been cut out
by DR.. Calvin of the Emergency Hospital but
the danger Is still imminent
Sullivan has been warned that II he does not
stop drinking liquor, or II he commits any
serious breach of Instructions, the whole right
arm may have to come off. His closest friend,
Billy Hogarty. is with him constantly, and
helping the ex-champion to take good care OF
himself Other friends also are exrrting their
influence TO keep him from forgetting his dan
ger. lie Is surrounded by good advisers for
once III his life, and Il Is probable that under
such circumstances tho trouble Will not pro-
press.
The cancer has been developing for long
time, but until within few days = seened'so
insignificant an afflicton that sullivan gave
only little thought to IL. Finally the hand be-
came so painful that the big fellow could no
longer disregard IL. and he showed IT. 10 DIR.
CALVIN. 1t was dlagnoscd as cancer, ana an
operation was advised and performed. Tho
cancer was situated ON the back OF the hand
near the wrist
Sullivan was deeply impressed whom warned
that he must not drink liquor IN order 10 save
danger. and declares his intention OF renounc-
Ing rs bibulous habits and living temperately
IN all ways. Hs IL ablo to go about as he
pleases, ana Ends his chief solace IN cigars
The sun., 1896-10-28
Bntsy's Method,oal Madness.
From the Detroit Free PresA

from Iho JletfON fTee fTeSA
rs Batsy a hard drinkerf" inquired tho
Judge of one of his neiGhbors us they rode down
town together.
Never knew him TO drink anything soft. :"
was the laconic response.
I'm not Joking. lle does como very peculiar
things, and I'm trying to account for his con-
duct. Tho other day. when WAS walking by HIS
or close to the ground and when | expressed
surprise he snapped out
- bought these things for dwarfs at q stiff
figure, and by the eternal they are goIn' to bo
dwarfR or nothing
1.-THE old fellow has sized up the situation
and has an idea there Is going to be another
war. saw him the other evening with an ls3o
musket over his shoulder, marching back and
forth on his real. porch, Keeping time with his
hip sSs! hep of PERIL 5%aknG military turn u
the right nor To the left. Owing to this latter
military Observance he had a terrible fall over
q vinegar barrel down the stone steps and on
the cement floor OF tho cellar. Mrs. Ba,sy ran
up. she raid to him: 'Batsy, / told you you
you're half killed "
Mrs. Eatsy.' he shouted. 60 into tho hou,s
and tend TO your own domestic affairs. What
do you know about military tactics y
Judge he continued. I reckon I'm pretty
badly wounded, but you can bet that I'm one OF
the fellows to take tho fortunes of war lust A
thay come"
Is he crazy or just eccentric 2" ono asked.
says that Batsy does occ asionhlly crook bis eI
bow too often, but that he never lets hia eve
wander from tho main chance. lie sawed
those trees on she told me. because he IA
poses and al thar tomfo0l talk OF his about
war blind; He's going to run for a county
Office this fall, and wants to get up "A narrhiV
company In order To boom his chances"
The sun., 1896-10-28
HORSES HOLD UP TWO RAILWAYS.
They Raced Three Miles Ahead Of Trnin
and Then Got Caught In IA Trestie.

NYAcK, Oct. 27.-Four valuable horses owned
by L. C. Rand, Russell Shnc's railroad expert,
DELAYED trains on two railroads near Mr.
Ranl's farm at Orangeburrh last night, and
caused moro excitement than had been wilt
messed hcreabouts In years.
As train on tho Erie. running from Spark
III to Sufern, approached Mr.. Rnnd's farm,
four of his horses broke out OF pasture lot
and made a dash down the track The horses
ran ahead OF the train lively throc-milo race.
The engineer footed and footed, and lie slowed
down tho train, but to no avail. The horses
seemed to DO fascinated by tho headlight OF
the locomotive, and in these ravs they ran. a
trestle spans tho West Shore Railroad tracks
near Orangoburgh The horses could not keep
20 tho ties. and iell between and remained fast,
bnortlng loudly when the train men pried them
out with planks and railroad ties. II was a
hard job and 1t delayed tho train for an hour.
The West Shore trains under the bridge
we're tagged and stopped, for 1t was feared one
of the horses might extrlcate Itself and roll
down on the track below and cause u wreck.
A mare hud one leg broken and was killed. The
other three were somewhat bruised and cut,
but had no broken bones.
The sun., 1896-10-28

The form of the crystals varies according to
the method used in cooling. When water is
uHed the diamond is often full of black specks.
which jewellers call crGpduds "pogs." and which
dotract from tho value Of q stone. NJ. Moissan
was delighted to discover these spots, as they
proved to him that he was following In the
track of nature.
When molten lead Is used to cool tho crucibe
the crystal takes the shape of a small rectang-
ular figure, sometimes with the sharp edges
rounded. but when mercury 10 used tho crystal
Is regular octahedron. Some of the last when
exposed to the air, split, as has happened to
some of the diamonds found at the Cape. This
Is an additional proof to NJ. Moisssn that dia-
mond is produced under strong pressure.
His conclusion is that At the ordinary temper
ature carbon does not liQuefy. but changes at
once from solid into gas. always taking tho
graphite form, and that only under pressure
does 1t take the liquid" form. diamond.
Tho rest OF tho lecture was taken up with A
hurried review Of the other products Obtained
by NJ Mossan by means of the electric furnace
metallic chromium, moly ybdsnum and tungsten.
These, with many of the oxides supposed to be
irreducibls. which have yielded to tho furnace,
he had on the table in glass jars. He spoke
particularly OF the excellent qualities of mo-
lybdenum steel.
He ran over the properties of the long list of
oarbides discovered by him. and produced acct
yline gas before the audience by putting somo
lithium carbide into high Jar OF water. which
thereupon bubbled up. After which he touched
the gas off with a match, producing a brilliant
flame. IL smoked 80 much that after two min
utes the jar was removed, and during the rest
OF the evening smoky llaments kept falling
upon tho spectators.
The last experiment WAS the voatilizing of sil-
lea, one OF the latest OF NJ. Moissan's scientific
The sun., 1896-10-28
ASIATIC IMMIGR4STs.
Marked Increase In the Number OF Sub.
Jects Of the Sultnn In NnHr NnrlI

Marked Increase In the Number OF Sub
jects of the sultan In New York.
The controversy which has arisen over the lj7
assisted Armenian immigrants whose drporta-
lion unuer tho Federal statute OF March, 1891,
mas been demanded, brings again to public no.
tice the fact that New York has been getting ot
lato years large immigrant population froln
countries not previously represented in the city.
Up to few years ago the only Asiatic new
eomsrs were Chinamsn, with occasionally bus
rarely, rarely Japanese. When the Chinese Excl.
supposed that Asatio mmixtGsrios nipnGtISs to W. G,
ports of the United States "a would r@top' 700
rn Counties Of Asia ald chn% from AMI nae Ea'
a,r spt there Is very old saying of Aaistic orr
aonr shuts, another opens and so it has hap.
pen.d that while immigration has been niim-
Of Asia 1t las started Up afresh and md +" c5ss
sp9ndlng extent from the western counrr rir.
~ Hsn nsona uGa nGIudGs also considerable nUnhrr
VI .h peoopo from those Kingdoms or priuciIA e
Ties Ties OF Europe which ara either under tho jn~ ~r..
racant GlSs0h OF the sultan or haye at somc lmo Il
=, In the year 1905 5000 'ys'"f NATIVES OF Ata,r,
dnrEey ,Arm"nis includcdl landed In tho rl,y
or or girls. The Immigration from Rnulnrnt
uno @ SANS year was In excess of 900. aud '.,..t
were. moreover, 300 Immigrants fr,r, t;,... ,
and 800 from European Turkey. A Lat'rr
SA St rne Asinlin population OF this city ~ I...
Il is an rpfo n iIhrnsnG1 by a." police n.D.
,orelEn colony IN town that tAerr shr.. ..., .
nlnOer OF arrests among tho men. h... ,.. no..
newcomers Heemlng to have rather 1,.- t,,u. .
stnGe ,t,GG OF me minor laws OF tho Uuitrd -ln'rt
man they have OF tho language. By i,.nrr..,s
oI m tne P9lice Department for the quarter rri,fI
On ly July last II WAS shown that or "s.u
ists M,ests made during that period, u"u n aur..
s'uorhne percentage, We're natives ur 'Iurh...
Armehla' Greece, Syria. or Rouman!a NJ.
FIX per cent. or tho total number -
cused t persons born in tho damiu.ors ~,
sm9 s,1, rorte or under the contr"l IL tl..
suttan,s nelGhbor, tho King OF {. ,recr. r. 10
quite true that tins number docs uu' ,rr.
Eyr,Syn. EtrI,y feRbrsSGnt Rnt the total number of u's,
tahs IN town, but 1t Ia Il fact .eycrtrr..,.. tln.
~ q enInisSsluShcc Of tho Armenian trou -....'
tns re. GtihGnIiits Lint have arisen h,'v.,.
tracks ana the Turks IN mqny uinrn. rt ..
i in"eh u 'arRe increase of Turkish suh. .r,r. .. .
n,nIyrd states. but more paIticninrE A. .,.
~ M Sew YORK. They appear to md &.,..
enS em cohgehl9! to their developmea, NJ ,...
~ anu as. each year New York gets n lar ....-
81 9, @ tho now cohsldernbo fruit trade of Lem
biyhIS' my pne west Indies and California - seem,
VIII rather increase than diminish ''-'''
The sun., 1896-10-28
EoRKMEN SHARE IT'S PROFITS.
Remark able Success OF the Bourne MilIss
Trentmeut of EmpIoHocn

Remark able Success OF the Bourne MuIs'
Treatment OF Employees.
FALL RIVER. Mass, Oct. Cit became known
among mill men to-day that at a meeting of the
tockho!ders OF the Bourne Mills held yester-
day afternoon surprising statement was m mad o
concerning tho success of the proft-sharing
plan that has been In force at tho mills for
seven years During tho financial year ending
Oct 10 the Bourne Mills paid to stock holders
is per cent. on capital stock of $500. 900. In
the same time operatives who participated in
the profit sharing plan got 10 per cent OF the
profits. or 10 per cent of $4,000. This amount
was distributed at Christmas q per cent? and
just previous to the Fourth of July (3 per cent?.
When the plan OF proit-sharing was first
made public seven years ago mill men here and
elsewhere TOOK very little interest In 1t except
TO condemn Il. 1t has had fair trial, neverthe-
less, and it has gone beyond the experimental
stage and is an undoubted success. satisfactory
in every way to stock olders. George A. Chace,
the Treasurer OF the mills. conceived It, and has
unwilllngly been forced into much prominence
IN economical and social science circles on
account OF 1t. Several OF tho large universities
have examined into 1t with gratifying results
and Invitations to explain 1t before the Profit
sharing Society OF Paris. now meeting. were
received some time ago.
All of the employees OF the corporation, some
400 or more. nre eligible to participate except
the Treasurer nnd head bookkseper. Each OF
the participants agrees with the authorities OF
the corporation not to expect exact any part
OF tho dividends distributed among employees
unless he complies with the requirements out
lined BY the corporation. Among tho conditions
imposed are: An employee must work six
months for tho corporation; He must not have
Guarrolied, seriously, with the oyerseers or other
authorities in charge of him because Of idlcness
or bad work. lie must make a regular deposit,
or saving, IN what is termed the proht-sharing
bank, established and managed by the mill Ru-
ihnritics, as in any other banking Institution,
public or private, where regular and frequent
deposits OF savings are eXacted. Between 200
and 300 of the employees have always pRrtici-
nated In tho proft-sharinB and the result is that
the Bourne Mills have one of the st-adiest COIN
muntles OF operatives in New England.
The amounts received by operatives vary
greatly. Some receive SO for the six months
and some receive as much as $40. These
amounts are paid In addition to the regular
wages earned in accordance with the schedule
OF wages adopted by tho Cotton Manufacturers
Association. No objections were raised at the
stock Olders meeting to n continuance of the
plan for another year II the directors so decide
The sun., 1896-10-28
Her Mistake.
From the Detroit Free Press


They were twins, as much alike as two pens
and even their mother had trouble sometimes
to discriminate between them. But a carsfui
scanning of their faces usually decided her be-
cause one of the two wore u serious look whiie
the other was always smiling. They were Ave
years and half old and iulI Of m isch lef
liere Was q peculiar feature OF their char
acters. The serious boy was brmful of I'm
whiIe the one that was always smiling hadn't n
particle OF fun III bis composition.
one day thoir mother found them in the china
closrt, which was a forbidden TERRITORY and
both boys had been eating preseryes iTbav
prove an nlIb. 'N'"
I'm whip you both" said the mother "and
not, show any partially. You both look iik a
on came the maternal slipper, and M..,s,
Dhyid had good trouncing and the morhes
had seized Claude to give him the same n,hsn
she was disturbed By caller who stSvad 90 40
long That tho punished twin had stoppsd cry,n,
10 listen TO tho conversation. '''"s
SOW, C!1uue, IT'S your turn" said the m othar
and wLhck whack! went the slipper sole vhiis
the MrlEE !HE youngstcr howlcd ami bnwi.d w
Tnint far" he sobbgd; you got the ,yronv
p!c by tn ehr. mamma" ''"A
10 you mean 10 say Claude that Won ara
as guilty as your brother" '' NY
But The boy kept on bowling and then tha
other twin SAID. with calm intonation thai ha'
spoke an unrutied disposition: ~' '0-
You've whipped DAvy twice, mamma. tbis
ittls pig didn't get any" '-''