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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22

Have you ever noticed commented man. now
women put down their feet as they walk towaro
you on the street and how they almost always sno"
the soles Of their shoes In an ugly. heel-frs slap
me-down sort OF fashion: Not one in nifty. or even
hundred puts down her feet gracefully. and yet
every child that goes to dancing school IL told over
ana over again by her dancing master to point the
Toes AND put them down first" The habit OF put
uns Gown the heels first Is called the peasants
wak a. 1t ID essentially bourgeois in its character
ouse' - santuxza In "Cavalleria Rusticana," imi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22

Tho Goldfish balls call for cupful of salt cod
o.h wsshed and torn into flakes. and about nine
peeled potatoes. Put the potatoes In boiling water.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22

Certainly the silded youth Of to-day has not .ne
.hv.,rv -, ~. ancient prototype! Perhaps the new
woman has something to do with the bad manners
and n-conceaied indifference which he assumes a. :,
whatever function he honors wl.m ms p.sonS 49,,
this u the case however. 1t will be diamond cut
diamond. for the girl of the period is far readle,
With her tongue. and can be just as Indifferent and
independent as her masculine contemporary. .u.
Jack" said lady to one of her guests. come n.,
and be introduced TO Miss s. sne b Is vol" was
the answer overheard by the sharp ess od
young lady in question who couid see "e' "''''''
n.l the apparently yeiiSS sn s G%nf sse
next instant Mira h and her victim stood os.o no
her: Maud. dear" she whispered, MT y. and then
aloud Miss s. want to introd',u luce my nod and
frisnd M - The girl gsve ,a ae IN all his
pons Yes" .he sad, simply hes very nice n anR
she continued her Interrupted Conversation with her
companion.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

ON the 2sth the senate joint resolu- tion directing the secretary of the navy to accept the ram Katahdin and make it part of the navy was adopted in the house.
 MR. BARRETT, of Massachusetts. has introduced in the house q joint resolu- tion authorizing the president to ar range a conference between the United States and nations possessing territory on the American continent for the set clement of boundary disputes.
 ATTORNEY GENERAL HARMON has ap- pointed K. NJ. Landis. formerly private secretary to Secretary Gresham, special assistant district attorney for the northern district of Illinois, to prose cute the Beef trust.
 A cABLEGRAM from Caracas says that England is now willing to arbitrate the boundary line. but the Venezuelan government, while declining to speak officially regarding this rumor. sav4 Venezuela can not now renew negotia- tiOns except through the nited States.
 Miss BARTON. founder and head of the Red Cross society. who ex- poets to sail soon for Armenia. will speak in a few cities before her de- parture It is her desire to secure pledges for 5000 O00 to insure her all the necessary support in her new mis- sion of mercy.
 THE Daughters of the American Rev olution. the Montgomery Ccdntv Pa. ; Historical society and the Valley Forge Memorial association have united in protest against the removal of the remains of Gen. Winfield Scott Han- cock from Norristown. Pa. to the na- tiOnal cemetery at Arlington.
 JUSTICE BREWER. of the United States supreme court, has been tend cred and accepted place on the Ven ezuelan commission.
 4 FORTUNE of s20O GOO is said to be awaiting Samuel Plomer, formerly fruit and fish dealer of Brooklyn, who is now 70, and whose present where abouts is unknown.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.
l1uiled from Various Sourc
 LlV. CONGRESS.
First Session.l


 THE senate vas not in session on the 26th co. Tn the house the bill Co increase the revenue was introduced by Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee. and the entire day was occupied in its discussion. the debate at times being quite animated At five o'clock the vote was taken-with two exceptions on strictly party Ines-and resulted: Yeas 205; nays. sl.
 IS the senate on the 27th Mr Burroughs trep.. Mieh.) offered tariff bill as an amend ment to the house bilI which was referred to the finance committee. On the subject of bonds Mir. Hill offered a resolution providing for gold or silver payments at the option of the holder. which was laid aside. A resolution transfer ring the territorial machinery of government in Utah to state officers was agreed to. In the house the bill to provide for the restoration and protection of the gold reserve by the sale Of three-per-cent bonds and to authorize the issue of certificates of indebtedness to meet the deficiencies in revenue was reported from the committee on ways and means, and it's discus sion occupied the entire day and night ses- si0nS.
 THE senate was not in session on the 18th. ... In the house the bill introduced by the con- mittee on ways and means authorizing the issue of three per cent. coin bonds GO maintain the gold reserve and directing the sale of certificates of indebtedness to meet temporary deficiencies in revenue was passed without division. The joint resolution directing the secretary Of the navy to accept the ram Katah - din and make 1t a part of the navy was adopted The house adjourned until the 3fsr
 IN tue senate, on the 30th. MT. Lodge (rep.. Mass) delivered speech on the Venezuelan question. in which while diselaimiug any be- lief that either England or the United States desired war. he maintained the vital necessity of upholding th principles of the Monroe doc- urine on the entire continent and against all the world. The resolution providing for the reorganization of the senate was adopted. Yeas. 70: nays, 2s Senator German (den. Md.j voiced The soreness felt by senators of his party at losing control of the senate and some plain talk was indulged in on both sides on the subject of giving 10 the free silver men a majority on the commit, Q of finance
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03
Newspaper Train Wrecked

DENVER, Col, January 2-The Rocky Mountain News special on the Denver X K o Grande was wrecked at Malta. four miles this side of L adville. The engineer and fremen were both killed. The train slowed down as 1t approached Malta station, but the rails being cov- cred with ice and snow the wheels slipped and jumped the track, crashing into the depot. The baggage ear was thrown on to a coal car on the siding and broken in two. The coach rs- mained on the track.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

ON the e6th fire almost entirely de- stroyed the residence of Edward Lynn in south Scranton, Pa. and his nine year-old daughter Belinda. who was asleep upstairs at the time. was suf- located. Lynn. who had quarreled with and driven his wife and an elder daughter from the house just before the fire was discovered. was arrested on a charge of arson.
 ON the 27th. at Des Moines. Ia. ;. R. Dawson was bound over to the grand jury without bail on the charge of murdering his son-in-law. Walter Scott. Christmas eve.
 THE bells of Trinity church i1. New York city for two centuries have rung a parting to each dying year. and given welcome to the new one. At midnight on the 3lst the present chimes. for the forty-seventh time, announced the birth of a new year and peaIed forth notes of welcome.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

ON the e7th a dispatch from St. Pe- tersburg said that Russia will support Cleveland in the difficulty between America and Great Britain diplomat ically. and is also ready to afford tinan- cial assistance to the United States. if necessary.
 TIE statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ended the 2Sth showed the following changes: Reserve, decrease. S1. .139. .125. loans. decrease. fI.18O. 100; specie. in- crease. S742. 300; legal tenders. decrease. S4.f57.20d. deposits, increase. s1e. .2ot. 5oo circulation. decrease, SIG. 4e0.
 TIE associated banks of New York city held 15.939, ,675 in excess of the re- quirements of the e5-per-cent. rule on the 2Sth.
 CONsTANTINoPLEd dispatch says that the United States has demanded from the porte the payment of large in. demnitv for the losses sustained by American missionaries through the action of the mobs in Asia Minor.
 The navy department has cabied or ders directing the gun boat PetreI, now in the Asiatic station. to return to San Francisco. The Petrel has been i | active service for five years, and t badly in need of new tubing for hel boilers. The cruiser Boston will pro eeed to Yokohama and relieve the Petrel.
 THE Boerseu Courier says that the American government is negotiating with leading banks in Berlin for a loan of S200 000 000
 THE political situation in Johannes. burg Is said to be acute on account ot the struggle of foreigners in the Transvaal to obtain equal political rights with the Boers.
 IT issaid that many letters marked Box c" are now passing through the mails at Salt Lake City. Utah. anc causing anxiety among young Nor mons. The letters referred to are { notification from the heads of the Nor mon church that the recipient hal. been selected to go on mission oi which the destination is just as liable to be the Fiji islands as the southern states or Great Britain
 ON the 30th passengers arriving a Tampa. Fla. from Cuba, reported ac tive operations around the fortitica tons in Havana commanding the mar DOT entrance.
 THE Atlanta exposition was closet on the 3lst
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03
IS PATRIOTISM DEao7

Or Are Wiser counseis to Prevail in .
 ting the Boundary Disputeq- Tn ses
 Feeling In Washingto Has c.-' "as
 the Freezing PoInt-specuIa.,, ''.a io
 the Proposed New Dond Deal Aoaus
 CHICAGO, Dee. 3I.-A snaoi.,
 Washington says: oa
 Interest in the VenezueIar = seems to have died out comnlas'a ''''ef Washington. Senator Lade.a,- n nificent speech on the Monroe da.. nag and the bearing of the Va,a1l Ves'lae controversy upon it was deliva,as terday to half-empty galleries s.5 sTS' senate with two-thirds of tba 1ua a empty. The war feeling vqs eooIsa's a freezing point and the irnnras.;,,1-.o D daily strengthened that event. ,'''i : pointing more strongly than ayar' are entirely peaceful solution of sa trouble eae
 Nothing definite has yet been 1a,u, about the bond deal. and sta+a,,--la t'-iel as to the amount and the n,;oa ss 2, bonds will net the governna,t .Ie mere speculation. It is verv donh,a, ass if these details have been agrae5 ,s'1' ,,- by the government and j p;a.. Morgan, who represents inta,5;-' purchasers. Mir. Morgan has a,I;'4ss the cooperation of leading banl,a-s all the large cities, and it is said aa good authority that sufficient rat,,..4 are not yet in to en& ole him to talI = certainty just how larpa .. issue can be eonvenientlv #1 posed of. Government fonr
 cent. 30-ycar bonds. the sana will be sold this time. have sold ao,r- during the last ten days from Do = 116, break of five points. and + {, thought by treasury experts that tba syndicate will insist on safe n.ross of not less than five per cent. for hapd. ling the loan-
 Within the last few days nafion.l banks throughout the country bar. been notifying the comptroller of tbs currency of their intention to ineraas. their circulation, which leads N, Eeloels to the conclusion that cousia. efdDle per eAJa2e or the new bond s sue will be employed by bankers asa basis for enlarged circulation. One bank has notified him that it will want sI.d00,000 new notes and another names s9o0, J90 as it's acquisition.
 It looks as though the threatened storm of criticism that the administra. tlon intends to eurtail circulation bv locking ID gold and greenbaczs vii be met by statistics going to prove that the increased national bank note cireu. .ation will practically offset the sun realized by the government from the sale of bonds. National bank circula. ton now aggregates S2l2.a00000. h lss0 1t got as low as s1s3.oa0.0 .0o0. l. promises to jump s50,o00, ,010 during the next five months.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03
The Venezuelan Commission.

WASHINGTON, January ?. President Cleveland last night announced the ap- pointment of the Venezuelan boundary commission as follows: David J. Brewer of Kansas. Richard H. Alvey of Maryland, Andrew H. White of New York, Frederick R. Coudert of New York, and Daniel c. Gilman of Maryland. The two great parties are equally represented on the commission with one member having no outspoken politics All the members are expect ed to assemble at Washington as soon as practicable with a view to swearing in and entering upon their work
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03
TROUBLE IN HAITI.
One Insurreetion Suppressed and Another | Gaining Head.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 3l.-A steamer arrived here from Aux Caves. daytl, yesterday, brought a report that rising took place there on Christ mas eve, but that the government promptly arrested the leaders and sue- ceeded in restoring order and quiet. The steamer also brought news that Alexis Nord, at the head of strong party ln the north of Hayti, has openly declared himself against President Hypolite. Three boat-loads of Havtian exlles here have sailed for Havti. ore. sumablv to meet the expedition against Hypoiite
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
In Another Form Raised by Denmarks Oner ro sell Her American Possessions.

In Another Form Raised by Denmark's
 Oner to sell Her American Possessions.
 CHICAGO, Dec. 3I.-A Washington special says:
 Congress will be given another 0p portunity to purchase the islands of St. Thomas. Santa Cruz and St. JoAn this winter. Denmark Is prepared to sell them, and at the next session of the Danish stothing a direct proposi. Jlon will probably be made to the United States to purchase. The authority for the above statement s Nlr. Henrich Caviling. the editor ot the Politiilen, Copenhagen. who was introduced around the capitol yester- day by senator Nelson. of Minnesota.
 Denmark is compelled to dispose of the islands. said Mir Caviling. You must be aware of the fact that she IS small country, with no large army or navy, and the expense of maintaining the governments On these islands reaches sl5O, ,O00 a year. If your con gress does not see it to purchase they may be sold to Germany Every lm- portant European power, except ter many, has harbor in the West Indies Hence the desire of the German gov ernment to secure control of st Thomas, which has a harbor large enough to accommodate the navles ol the whole world.
 The people of Denmark dislike the . dian possessions to pass under ter many's control; in fact. do not wanl any European power to secure posses' sion of them. 4 most liberal o1ef would be made to the United States lo purchase at a comparatively snlan price, and it has been practically ae termlned to either sell these islands of give them liberty.
 Most of the residents of the lsands are British immigrants. Their nrs' move after securing independenes would probably be to petition 6rea' Britain for a protectorate. At lhi' time, with the Venezuelan boundary dispute in such grave form. Cuban an neXatlou very probable, and with e.. great Nicaraguan canal building y seems to me your congress would see its way clear to purchase. It was no' so in 1868, when Denmark first nia0' the offer, and it was not accepted.
 Then you think the Cuban revoiu' tionists will win27
 T think the defeat of Spain is not improbable, said Mr Caiviling, who has just arrived from Havana and q tour of the West Indies. 'Revolution ists may not win in the near futufs' but in time will assert the indepehl enee of the island and 1 found the con. servative thought of the island was T T favor of annexation to the UnlleT sl States. A petition of annexation Mn' % undoubtedly be presented to el' United States congress as soon as lA dependence has been asserted.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
New Eear.s .5.tY at Washington.

New -esrs DtY sit Washington
 NAsAIssroE. Jan. New Years Day was celebrated in the good old fashioned way i1 the capital city Of late years Washington is almost the only city that has retained the old cus- tom. Calls were exchanged by any body in official and private life. All of the officials received, the president first of all, the vice president, the mem bers of the cabinet, heads of bureaus and so on down to the humblest of these and after that the great social public It was an ideal day, clear sky and q bracing breeze from the northwest making walking pleasant but hard on the occupants of gay equipagas. The main interest of course centered in the president reception. Just before II o'clock the president and Mrs Cleve- land descended the stairway from the private portion Of the house. followed by members of the cabinet, and ex- changed greetings with the diplomatic corps who came resplendent in full court costume. headed by Sir Julian PauncefOte. Many of the corps, after exchanging salutes with the president, passed to the rear of the receiving party and engaged in conversation with the pretty women who were assisting in the reception. Next came judges of the supreme court, senators. congressman and others. The recep. tlon was over by o'clock
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

IT IS not often that botanist be- comes mixed up in war questions, but this was the vocation of Sehomburglx whose name is now so prominently be- lore the world. He served the London 1eographical society in the Orinoco re- glon sixty years ago, and immortaIized himseif by discovering the Victoria kegia lily The British government employed him to suggest boundary line between Guiana and Venezuela anu ne performed the work entirely in the interest of those who paid his sal ary. But he forgot to call in pre- Vious work not as favorable to his em- Dloyer
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

Ar an early hour on the 3Oth the vault of the Highland Park post office. iu Chicago WIS blown open with dvna- mite by burglars and $500 in cash and Sl. 700 worth of stamps stolen. A num- Der of letters were also broken open and robbed of their contents.
 ON the 2sth sherman Eastman was ground to pieces at Anderson. Ind, by falling between motor car and trailer, and was dead when taken from under the wheels He was a member of one of the best-known families of Indiana
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

AN active mind is required in these times to keep track of all the inven- tlons that promise important results. The French engineer who has succeed ed In solidifying petroleum for fuel cialms that he can make 1t as hard as anthracite coal and much easier to handle, while three cubic feet are equivalent to ton of bituminous coal. The invention is exciting much interest in France and England.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

TIE first English sparrows were brought to the United States in 1851. to protect the trees from destroying in- sects. Since then they have spread everywhere, and hardly town in the country is without them There is a question about their utility. but none whatever as to their fecunditv They multiply at rate which places them at the head of the ornithological col umn in that respect.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

ENGIIsHNEN have recently bought nearly half of the capital stock of the Anaconda mines in Montana. which are the largest copper mines in the world, and the second largest producer of silver. They yielded last year 5O. GOO tons of copper, 5,5oo.000 ounces of sil- yer and 22,000 ounces of gold When 3 good bargain is offered in America the Englishman doesn't stand back and sullS
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

TEXAS Farm and Ranch very aptlv re- marks: What law is. and what it ought to be. may be very different things- But when the law protects an attorney in palpable attempts to con- fuse an inexperienced witness for the purpose of eliciting falsehood. real or apparent it is not necessary for one to be learned in the law to know that the law IS engaged in dirty piece of business.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

TIE shah of Persia has just sold to he French government. for the sum of s1o,o00, the exclusive right to search for archaeological relics throughout Persia, where several Biblical cities are buried under the sand. France will reap more glory in bringing these an cient centers of civilization to the light 5han in schemes of territorial conquest ike that in Madagascar.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

TIE governor of Alaska reports that nore than a hundred species of food ish swarm in the waters of the terri ,ory, and that the value of the salmon prepared for market now exceeds S3.- 100000 year With proper regula- lions the supply of none of these fish will be seriously reduced. and congress would be well occupied in giving the natter attention.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

ONE of the best speeches at the re- cent Jay treaty dinner in New York was made by Gen. Horace Porter on the dignity of labor He urged that our young men should be taught that every honorable path is open to their success; that they should regard oc- cupaton as the armor of the soul:" that civilization is the product of work. and the busy have no time for tears. :"
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

IF citizen aids in the escape of a telon, he becomes an accessory after she fact. and may be tried, convicted md sentenced to the penitentiary but lawyer may labor diligently and sue ;essfully for the same purpose, and y I be protected in so doing by all the power of the court.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

TIE census of Germany just com oieted, shows the population of the empire to be 51. .75s 364. an increase of s.329. s94 during the last five years. The time is not distant when the popula- ion of the United States will be equal Q that of Germany and England com nined
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

TURKEYS treasury is empty, which would be a dangerous situation in any other country. But the six powers as sembled at the gates of Constantinople will hold the blood-stained old sham government together for fear of dis .urbing the status quo.
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

TIE present session of congress gave promise of being comparatively quiet and unimportant one. but things have changed somewhat, and there is now q prospect of some lively scenes and some legislation of more than ordinary inter sst and sirnifieance
The Forrest City times., 1896-01-03

PERHAPS it is true that the English war authorities have on hand a plan of campaign to be adopted in America in ,ase of war. but unless they can man age to run both sides of it they will en- counter some very diSagreeable sur orises.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-01
Wonderful Miniature Steam Engines.

1t was in 1874 TINT an ingenious mo-
chanic, ID. A. A. Buck of Worcester,
Mass, mado his marvellous miniature
steam engine. This lilliputian wonder in
tho limo of mechanics was so small that it's
boiler, pumps, governors and I'LL other
necessary attachments occupied space
only scvon-sixtccnths of M inch in diam
ctor, or less than the area of an old fash
Toned silver cent piece This littlo on
CINE was only nvo-cighth of an inch in
height, yet it contained l4S distinct parts,
nearly all of which were silver and gold
1t was held together by 52 screws, tho
smallest of these being but ono ono hun
drcdth of an inch in length. This minia-
turo engine, small MS it was, had all tho
valves, gearing, etc, that arc to DO found
on tho ordinary horizontal engine. Three
drops of water were sufficient to I'LL tho
boiler to OVERLOOKING. Tho entire cngino
weighed but D grains when rid of its base
plate. The diameter of tho cylinder was
but onc-sixtccnth of an inch; length of
stroke, thrco fifty seconds of an inch. Soy
eral years ago, in 1865 q mechanic at
Hull, England, constructed an engine that
weighed 81 ounces, and which was mt
that time thought to be q mechanical mar
vel. In 1876 Levi Taylor Of Indianola,
H., constructed an engine which weighed
but - grains.-St. Louis Republic.