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New-York tribune., 1896-06-21
PERSONAL.

The Rev Joseph Newton Hallock. the Ed,. !.
1.-THE Christian at Work." of this city has r.os,
the honorary degree Of Doctor OF Dlyini,v s'
the Crslnus College, Collegeville. Penn b. i1on un
lock was a graduate from Yale In the sama nal'
with Chauncey N. Depew. and is a membsr - sc'sss
Behrends's church, In Brooklyn. !" "
VI. Antoine, the new conductor OF m. n
Odeon. was an underpaid employe in tha p.s
gasworks eight years ago. Ts1
The Rev. Joseph Henry Croker Of uu.
Mont. and the Rev. Florence Kollock wer. <
ried the other day in Chicago. Mrs Croo... -
been in the Uniyersalist ministry for about tv.,,-
years. She studied theology for a time ar ovrssnY
England, and has been pastor OF churcJt..soM.
Illinois, California and Massachusetts H.ss Y
Boston. w2
Queen Victorias walking stick is mad. =.
branch Of the historic oak OF Charles II Fase
to it's top Is tiny Indian idol part OF the 49,
Seringapatam. ~g
The Rev. ]. Frederick Heisse has respnsx
edISorsh.p of The Baltimore Methodist" IN -
to 20 into active pastoral work. wig
The 23d Ohio Infantry" says The Bos,o,r
script" lis marching on. It's original coon. -
General Rosecrans Stanley Matthews va. -
first lleutcnan'-colonel and Rutherford B H,,.'
went 10 the front az its major Mckinley nsye
in the ranks then. but rose 10 be one Of IT, aeQ @
tains. his first promotion coming for esian, ae
duet at Antietam, and toward the closs ~ az con-
he was brevetted major whence hIs III. ~ 'ne war
were few regiments that had a more brillIo,.i Se!s
and staff. 1t often in the field illustrated the neg
ty Of getting there which does not seem -. ECU. u.
deserted It's veterans in peace" nsW
oliver Marcy, LII. D., dean OF the Collier. o,,n
eral Arts and professor Of geology in Northv..,.-
University, Evanston, IL, has Just comple,.d a.
years OF continuous work as a teacher ,h,,,v ~.
Of which have been spent in Northyes,err iyur ~.
versity. Though he is seventy-six years "a Sns'
Marcy is in good health. ard discharges ali ~: y:
duties Of his office. al tne
EX-Speaker Crisp, with his wife, Is at Asb.vu.
n. c.. where he expects to remain several w.eks
New-York tribune., 1896-06-21
THE HOMECOMING.
Communicated by the GhOs, o. reppy.o,

by the GhOs, o, rennysoa,
Home the boss was gently led.
He nor SwoOned nor uttered CRY:
All his minOns watching sad
HE must weep or he will de"
Then they praised him soft and Low.
Called him worthy 20 be loved,
Truest friend and nOblest foe
Yet he neither spoke nor moved.
Sto'e youngster from his pace,
Lightly 70 the warrior slept,
Laid platform on mis- face,
Ye; he neither moved nor wept
Rose veteran full OF years,
set DICK Croker on his knee;
Like summer ieTpes, came his tearA
Happy thought. I've for thee"
New-York tribune., 1896-06-21

ever. The Black Eagle. Of the Oriental sts,..
man, II he gets 1t, will be as lustrous a. ],
peacock's feather which he was compe,aa :.
moult for a short time during the war. ana :. -
safe to say that it has seldom been confe,,..
upon a greater man.
New-York tribune., 1896-06-21

II was brave but fruitess fight for life that
Mr. Wyckon made. lie dies as much a martyr
any man ever did who laid down his lie be-
cause he would not surrender trust He died
the victim OF the passions stirred up by ire
sponsible agitators against bankers and other
successful business men. a victim 10 the dema-
gogc attempts to stamp as dishonest every large
business transaction. Mr.. Wyckoff Ike every
other banker. was the trustee OF the little prop
critics OF thousands Of poor people. and he de-
Tended their property with his life against
crank who had been taught to believe that every
man with money his natural enemy. whom
he might despol IL he only could
New-York tribune., 1896-06-21

1t would appear that satisfactory progress IS
being made in the negotiations toward an un
standing between Great Britain and the United
States Oh the subject of Venezuela. Evidence
thereof is afforded by the Washington dis
patch which we publish to-day announcing
that Sir Julian Pauncefote has intimated to
Senor Andrade that he will receive any pro-
posals concerning the boundary dispute which
venezuela may desire to make to the English
Government Nor does there seem to be any
foundation for the recent reports with regard
TO an alleged invasion of British Guiana by the
Venezuelan police, the story being ofhclally de-
MED by the English as well as by the Venez-
uelan authorities.
New-York tribune., 1896-06-21
Walt. now and see the Spanish defeat changed
hy the censor into az insurgent rout.

one good featu OF the Health Boards cam
paign on the rear tenements is the awakening
OF landlords who fear something more radical
may follow. Some houses are being entirely
renovated and made decently habitable which
hitherto have just escaped The inspectors con-
demnatlon.
New-York tribune., 1896-06-21

In these days OF political excitement the glory
OF the college graduate is temporarily obscured.
But he is much in evidence. nevertheless; and no
end Of pretty girls are Interested In him. just as
In the days OF yore. So. after ALL his case does
not call for a great deal OF sympathy.
New-York tribune., 1896-06-21
1,ne. n Aoper1,sements.
Dusiness Notices.

rRIRI.NE TERMS TO MAIL sIbsCNIpHN''
New-York tribune., 1896-06-21

Tartarn Platt IS still waving his tame lion
skin and shouting how he killed that fierce silver
beast OF the Rockies.
New-York tribune., 1896-06-21

A number Of NEWCOMERS, who went 10 ~
Louis as delegates or as spectators got pach
TO town last night. There was noticeaDe
vast difference in the spirits OF at least TWO OF
the parties. One group was headeo py 'he
chief infater of the late Morton Dooin, ana nc
was attended by the ever-faithfui HacAe''
pdell and a few others. He said ne was 100
tired to talk much; and that is proDaoiy true
enough. 1t was melancholy group IN con-
trast to it were the victorious leslons OF 'he
Mckinley League, who did such good work
for the successful candidate and the STATE at
ST. Louis. They, too, were tired pu' ho' eA'
actly as Mr. Platt was They had been push
ing things SO vigorously for the ONO s'a'es'nan
.hot they were worn out in body and husky
=, vo,ce. SO their celebration went over till
another night
New-York tribune., 1896-06-21

Where are the Democrats who want to try con-
illusions with the St Louis nominees?
New-York tribune., 1896-06-21

Quietly in her Highland home. still darkened
IN a measure by a recent bereavement Queen
Victoria celebrated yesterday the ffty-ninth
anniversary of her accession to the Crown OF
an Empire upon which, like that Of Charles
In medieval times the sun never sets with
the solitary exception Of King George ILL.,
Queen victoria's reign has already lasted longer
than that of any monarch in history; and, un'
like that Of her grandfather. which was In
New-York tribune., 1896-06-21

The infallbity which the Church asserts for
It's head is not claimed for internuncos and
delegates. or elsa Cardinal SatOfs opinion on
baseball would have the weight OF bull or a
decrctal That polite and accomplished prelate
has investigated nearly everything during his
few years OF residence here. not emitting the Ma
tional game concerning which he lays down the
secular proposition that 1t all depends on the
pitcher. This is not the uniform opinion OF those
who are considered authoritative in respect OF
the pastime Some declare that good deal de-
pends on the catcher while a numerous sect
maintain that the fielder Is Il factor In the con-
test by no means to be overlooked. Then there
Is the umpire about whom no two views are
alike. But the great majority OF experts con-
slider the rooter the real hinge and pivot of the
game, on which the ISSUES OF victory or defeat
are balanced like "A churchwardens pipe on a
juggler's nose, ready to fall either way. The
Cardinals view on any subject is no doubt
worthy OF attentive consideration but baseball
is one Of those things that the layman is apt 10
know more about than the ecclesiastic however
penetrating and s,iential the latter may be- Ii
the game is to be instituted one Of the pastlmes
of the episcopate. and umpired by the College
Of Cardinals, the retiring legate is hardly the
one to Introduce 1t. but ought to take along
with him New-York Giant or two, to give 1t a
scientific and authoritative initiative.
1t will be in order presently to remind some OF
the candidates for Governor and Congress who
have based their expectations upon the favor OF
"the Republican master Of the State" that the
tail goes with the hide"
Ii Hung Chang has been more extensively
lionized In Berlin than any visitor there roy
al other. In many decades. and is likely to
carry back to China the order OF the Black
Eagle. Since his arrival there from Moscow the
Chinese statesman has been the recipient OF all
the honors which could be conferred upon him.
1t Is OF no great concern whether he carries back
with him IN eagle OF any color. although In
China. decorations still much admired ~
The herald., 1896-01-22

is just about as firmly rooted; perhaps in
deed more so. If a man.is unhappy after
death, his relatives are constantly remind
ed of the fact by his frequent appearances
to them, and until they have done their
very utmost TO perform the duty which he
left unfulfllled they are liable to be an
noyed by his visitaihons, which, however,
cease when it is accomplished. The trans
migration Of spirits into the bodies of ami
mails is another article nn a PEASANTS creed.
The writer has known II servant maid who
left a situsstiou where she was happy and
comfortable because ON her way into town
she was obliged to pass "a large black re-
triever dog, which sho vowed was pos
sessed of an evil spirit
The banshee is belie,ed in universally
1t is the spirit by which death is foretold,
Its cry, which resembles the bowling of a
dog<in pain, but from which it can be
readily distinguished by q true born son of
the soil, is repeated thre e nights in success
sion, and forebodes Ger, sain death. 1t is
said that the spirit takes the form of a lit
tie white robed woman with faxen hair,
which she is busily enga ged in combing
while emitting her DISMAL death wall.
Should mortal approach her she van
ishes, but if he attempts to touch her she
hurls her comb vindictively' at him, and he
fslls victiin.-Chicago Di spatch.
The herald., 1896-01-22
His Objections.

One of the best men in Stafford county,
Va, was running for supervisor there,
and, as usual when really good man runs
for Office, there was vigorous opposition
to him. Some Of it was expected, but when
one ignorant but influential old fellow
came out against the candidate the friends
of both parties were surprised, and one of
the candidates supporters Immediately
won't to see the old man.
''Is it actually true that you are against
our man for SUPERVISORY asked the friend
when he had led up to the point.
In course L am" responded the old
man firmly.
But he is one of the best men in the
whole county," argued the friend.
81 amt doubtin that at all, only I can It
vote fer him.
"Why not?"
Cause 1 won't vote fer no man under
them circumstances
Under what circumstances" inquired
the friend in the greatest astonishment,
for up to that time no "circumstances''
had appeared in the campaign.
why, wantin two Offices at once, like
he does," explained the kicker. "I'm
willin to vote fer him fer super, but I'll be
derned ef I'm goin to vote fer him fer wi
sor, and you can tell him so ef you wantto." 4"
Thereupon the friend of the candidate
organized an individual educational cam
paign, and by delicate diplomacy brought
the old man up to the trough in good
shape.-New York Sun.
The herald., 1896-01-22
NEW WORKS. MIME.
Not So Bad as 1t Would Efnve Been Had
York's Old Names Survived.

York's Old Names Survived.
Now that New Works name is under
discussion it is well to be thankful that
the contraction of old Yorkes original
Eurewic took place, before the qualifying
New was added, for if York is bad
New Eurewic would be UNDESIRABLE
YorS's still earlier name of Ebogacum
would have gone no better wish "New,"
and her Celtic name OF Caer Ebroc would
have been even worse, than any of the
others with third element pBe6xed.
The syllable ''wic, p" which has almost
disappeared in the contraction .uc Eurewic
to York, is rather the Saxon vic, mean
ing an abiding place, than the Danish
vic, meaning a station FOR ships-surely
an appropriate suffix for SO great,a seaport
rs the chief commercial city of the new
world.
New York is really not worse off, how
ever, in the matter of its name than a
good many other cities are or have been.
York, with or without the New, is better
than Midtown, which is no unfair trans
lation of Lutetia, the ancient Roman name
for Paris, bestowed upon the city of the
PARISH because of its mnd houses. Lon
don, by the way, takes its name from thej
fortified hill of the Britons where St,
Pauls cathedral now stands. Dublin is b
name concealing two unattractive syllables
meaning the black pool, and Liverpool is
literally the pool of the living creatures,
so called because wild fowlabounded upon
the waters of pool near the site of the
city. Brussels is con njectured to rAean
either swamp or thicket, and Rome may
be merely the early Latin equivalent Of
the cross roads, from the fact that local
lines of travel met at the Forum. Berlin
is conjectured to mean the short lake.
Other gueSsers take IL as the,free and open
place, the river island and the mal'shy
spot.
Names that are commonly accepted as
Of but single word often con tain a phrase
of whole sentence. Consta ntinople and
Valparaiso arc familiar examples. Per-
nambuco sounds well to English ears, but
means the mouth of hell. Cairo, which
has been mistaken by European ignorance
for the name of the city, is really cor
ruption of its descriptive title, SO to speak,
El Kahirah, the victorious. The true
name of the city is Misr. Bombay is only
the Portuguese Bona Bahia, go'pd bay, a
modest enough name for an oriental city,
since the names of such usually mean a
great deal that it pretentious OF splendid.
Ispahap for example, is the hal2 of the
world; Astrakhan, the city of the star;
Bagdad, the garden of justice. Cop enhagen
is merely the merchants harbor -phe con-
cealed news in foreign city names are
legion, as Novgorod, Neustadt, Neufchatel,
and even Naples.-New York Sun.
The herald., 1896-01-22
Skulls as Medicine.

That belief the Chinese have in the
remedial qualities Of substances forming a
part of the human body seems to be irrad-
icable. Thipking that Europeans still en-
tertained the same silly ideas led rs much
as anything else to the Tien-tsin massa-
cres Of 25 years ago, Prehistoric man
drank from "a human skull, believing that
the uncanny goblet had certain potency.
Not so long ago, the skull of suicide was
used in Caithness as a drinking cup for
the cure of epilepsy. Even cases have been
cited when superstitious people within the
last 80 years have dug up bodies, so as to
possess themselves of skulls for the same
purpose.
As late as 167s in tho official pharma-
cop@ia Of the London Collegeof Physicians,
mention is made "of the skull of man
who had died violent death" For CEN
turies in the past for the manufacture OF
certain quack nostrums, notably anoint-
ment, ground skulls were used. The med
ical books Of Nuremberg of 200 years ago
always cite mumia-or the embalmed flesh
Of mummies-as sovereign cure for Ger
tain diseases. The Egyptian mummy was
q specific for one malady, the Teneriffe
mummy for another. Nav York Times.
The herald., 1896-01-22

uuctor had jass I2ssde a remark that net
tleo me quito little. | had asked him If
there were any orders at Maricopa. He
answered, None except to try to get to
Yuma IN time for dinner, which was pure
sarcasm, for IL we made our running timo
we would be there in time for breakfast.
wen, my heart was clean down in my
boots, and when I shut off tho steam 60
ing into Big Wells found the water so
low IN the boiler that something had to
DC como Tor the pump before we could
leaVe that station, us there was then n
heavy grade te climb for several miles. l
informed the conductor that we would be
delayed Is or 90 minutes with tho work of
taking down ono of the pumps and then
proceeded with the work.
"Wewere just about ready to start again
when heard the sharp whistle of an en-
gine, and looking up saw a special tour
LIST excursion train from southern Cali
fornia approaching from the very direction
In which We were going. When the train
pulled into the station, we found that the
telegraph operator at Marioopa had neg
lected TO give us meeting order for this
train. Had it Not been for tho pumps we
would have dashed on to what would prob
ably have been one Of the most terrible
collisions in the history of railroads.
"Now comes the remarkable part of the
story. From the time we left Big Wells
both pumps worked like charm-bear in
mind that found nothing whatever the
matter with tho pump that ! had taken
down, and there was apparently no reason
for its not working-and the old engine
seemed to dart along with twice her usual
speed. Gradually she began to pick up
time again, and in the next 80 miles we
made up Is minutes which was lightning
speed in those days. There were just 10
minutes to mako up the last 90 miles in,
and need not say that we pulled into our
destination on time. Here was an instance
of a cranky engine saving collision that
would probably have resulted in a great
loss Of life and property
Railroading is full of such experiences
AS to the peculiarities of engineers, it is
not best for me to say much, for 1 am a
queer sort OF a follow myself. But there
is one engineer running on this road now
who thinks his engine can feel, for when
she doesn't t run fast enough to please him
he beats her with heavy oak club that he
always has aboard tho locomotive when he
takes her. Old Hank Iurley, who ran on
the Central Pacific from Ogden TO Reno
for 25 years, would never sleep anywhere
but in his engine cab when he was out on
the road, because, he said, he knew from
hundreds of experiments that his own en-
The herald., 1896-01-22
IRISH supG85Tlu0Ns.
Fairies and Witches Abound In the Mind,
OF the People.

OF the People.
All rural communities in the old world
are superstitious, and Ireland is no ezcep-
tion to the rule, writes foreign CORE
spondent Fairies arc supposed to wicld
an awful power over a PERSONS life They
can take fine, healthy babies from THEN
mother arms and .legve sickly weaklings
In their place They cen spirit child
away from it's father for certain length
of time and restore him when it pleases
their fairy highnesses. They can steal
wives from husbands and parents from
children, besides. working all manner Of
mischief in minor matters, such as turn.
ing new milk sour, preventing cream from
coming" causing disease and death
among poultry and cattle and host OF
other calamities for the warding off OF
which they have numerous charms
In the little town Of Ballinasloe lived o
man, his wife and an only child. By some
unhappy chance the 'good people" cast
covetous eyes on the mother and bore her
away on gray horse, allowing her to re
turn at midnight for short time to see
her baby. This she did regularly, the
husband taking it all as a matter of course
and asking no questions.
Her brother however, CHANGED to meet
her on the threshold one night, and by
asking where she was going broke the en-.
chantment, and she returned to the world
once more and lived. perhaps is living
still to tell her story to the wondering
neighbors gathered around the glowing
surf fire to smoke their pipes of peace.
The belief IN spirits and spirit walking
The herald., 1896-01-22
The lnexplicabIe Freaks of a
Freight Locomotive
TOLD BY AN ENGINEE r
II Refused to Do Good Work and Butler
Was Mad
When He Knew of the Operators Oversight
He Changed His Mind About the
Ponderous Mac hine

~ will tell you about one of the stran-
gest freaks OF locomotive that ever oc-
Cured in my experience on the road, )"
said Harmon p. Butler, the best known
Southern Pacific engineer. in California,
the other day. 1T happened in the sum-
mer of 1884, when L was pulling freight
from Tucson, A. T., to Les Angeles, and
have never come across anybody who could
give an explanation of my experience, and
have never been able to see through it my
self. You may draw your own conclusions.
1.-The night [ had my experience was
dark and stormy. 1t was in the period of
peculiar storms and cloudbursts down In
Arizona. l was ordered from Tucson for
the overland express that left there at mid
night. Somehow everything seemed to 90
wrong that night. The fireman seemed to
be slower than usual, and he had d great
time getting his coal placed in the tender
The locomotive hostler at the roundhouse
had forgotten to fix the oil valves, and the
boiler never made steam so slowly. 10
make matters worse the train dispatcher
kept us in the station plump hour past
regular leaviiig time, and just before we
started the conductor came to me and said
the general superintendent was on board
the train and would 90 way through with
us.
81 ought to say here, even if it does
sound egotistical, that had at that time
made the best time known over the South
ern Pacific and was generally deputed to
haul the big bugs from the east over tho
road whenevcr they came in special Car
and wanted extra consideration.
This was the first timo the superin-
tendent had ever been on my train, and of
course ] was anxious to sustain my good
reputation. But the fates were against
MEAN hour late, the night dark and
stormy. Well, we pulled out of the station
with my mind made up TO reach our des-
tination on time If the wheels would stay
under her As soon as we were out of
Tucson put on all the steam and let her
go. But she didn't seem to move at half
her usual speed, and then she didn't make
steam we'll oither. l began to BE- iinpa-
tient and sooided the fireman for not do
ing good work with his fire. He seemed
to try his best, but it was no so. She
would not steam well in spite Of his exer-
tions. Thea the pumps began to be trou-
blesome One of them stopped working
altogether, and the other became more in
effective every minute. 1t began to dawn
on me that making up time was out of
the question.
"You mag imagine my feelings, for 1t
seemed to me as if my whole reputation
was staked on this trip. profess to know
my business pretty we'll and can get speed
out of an engine if any man can, and my
heart wes down below zero when we be-
gan to drop behind our regular running
time. But it was no use. Everything was
against me- I was mad clear through.
"When we left Maricopa, we were an
hour and ton minutes late, and the con
The herald., 1896-01-22

giHe wanted constant company day and
night in order to give the best speed LII
her He told me that he had left his en-
CINE alone several times in the roundhouse
at night, just to prove to himself that he
made no mistake in his belief, and that he
invariably made poor time and had much
trouble with the machinery for several
days afterward.
1.-THE locomotive engineers here think
n heap moro of their engines than the east
ern engineers. Many a man out here will
stick to an old engine after it has become
so worn and old as to be dangerous, be-
cause he can't bear to give up his old ma
chine 1 suppose tile memory of the plains
and hundreds of mikes we travel on the
plains without seeing illascs and cities as
the engineers do IN the eastern states
makes the western men more attached to
their engines.-Los Angeles Cor. New
York Sun