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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

,,so u,ben his attention was called 10 the con-
o,ct hetween the charter and the Black law pu'
id that he did not care TO express an opinion OF
., min he had examined the matter with care ne
i',Snd that II certainly raised interesting ques
a a,nn For The courts The Black act was enacteH
subsequently TO the charter hut the cnar,ei itsen
eoid Il would not 20 into effect, except as 10 Ger
tain parts until January /. 1885 The Black &C.
reneaied all laws inconsistent with Itself. nut tne
charter in Section l.61s provided that no par! vi
any act OF the Legislature unless II was so ea-
nressy stated. unless the leglshtiVe intent "
that effect was unmistakable In view p OF unese
the sheSk OF his head as
the most expressive of showing that the si'u"-
ton decidedly mixed
MAY BE CONSTRUED TOGETHER
Another lawyer said that from his examination
of the subject he was inclined TO the opinion that
the courts would construe the charter ana the
Black law together.
THE courts" he remarked care not disposed 10
rule that a law is repealed by implication. and In
this case IL is possible to hold that the TWO acts
are not inconsistent. The charter proVlues tnat
the Civil Service Commission shall make regula.
tions for examinations to determine the fitness or
applicants for Office. II says nothing about exaln-
nations for merit, as provided by the b'ack law
nor does IL say that the Civil Service Commission,
ers shall hold the examina tons for htness NOW,
deem II possible that the courts may hoid tnat ex-
amnations for merit are 10 he conducted unuer
ness shall be held by the appointing officers under
regulations made by the Commission ana approved
by the Mayor go
There is no doubt that this question Will be
becomes operative. And" the lawyer added with
smile at is Of A hundred questions ralsen 10y
the provisions OF the chartcr-perhaps 1t would oe
closer 10 the truth to say one Of thousand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
SOME HEROES OF TODAY.
pp,vr DEEDS OF POLICEMEN. F1REMEN
AND LIFE-sAvING CREWS.
-,.rrvr ACCOUNTS OF DARING REsCUES
c,vrN AT A QUILL. CLUB DINNER-FRANk
MOSS, J. r. SHEFFIELD AND MAJOR
PIPER THE SPEAKERS.

uoroisr, a. displayed by men in times OF peace
u,os discussed at the Quill Club dinner on luesua!
evoninr last. Three great branches OF 'ne pun.
.,,,oo we're representative police. by Pres'dent
u-r,rr Moss OF the Police Board: tSe nrehen D.!
president James r. Sheffield OF the Fire Board. ana
,ho iife-saving service. by Major horace H. P.'
Assistant Superintendent Of the United States LIE
Saving Service. ,o
The subject for discussion during the eVen'ns
~ Modern Heroes" and the speakers most
graphically and eloquently showed 'hat inc nv"
who are enlisted in time Of peace 10 pro'ec' Nv.
and property against the criminal ana 'a"r'
classes against the devouring flames ana inc STORMS
80 80 90, deserve Mace on the pages of history
,or ,ber acts ~ heroic self-sacrihc". as wei as
,bose who In time OF war displayed their courage
on the field OF battle.
J. Cleveland Cady. president Of tho Gum ,I"o'
introduced the various speakers. hrst oil who'.
was Commissioner Frank Moss. VINO IN speah'hs VI
the heroes OF the Police Department. SAID 20 o''ns
before YOU all the cases OF heroism IN tho pepa''
man, that have impressed themselves on my NINA
| would be compelled 10 take up your whole even
ing As my time IL limited, | VIII only '"Ne up
a few that are types OF hundreds OF others ana
tell the stories Of the few as representing inc
Others
zone Of these men is Roundsman schensser. OF
tho bicycle squad. lie has a habit OF going 10 '"c
hospital You cannot keep him out. lie Is Always
around when something happens What does he
do? Here comes runaway down the avenue Inc
wagon strikes the wheel Of another wagon ana
there are two runaways. Women and chiIdteh are
in danger Of losing trer lives. Scheussler comes
riding down on his bicycle runs In between inc
racing frightened teams and is soon at the horses
heads Suddenly he drops the handle-bars. catches
each team and Is dragged for some distance be-
tween them. He stops them and saves the hVes
Of the people. He cannot tell you how 1t happened
lie cannot talk about such matters He comes OUT
OF the hospital and starts out again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
BRAVERY AT A FIRE.

How Policeman Gallagher saved Eve lives at a
FIRE Is well known. That brave officer became I'M
conscious before he had passed the nfth person 10
place OF safety, yet involuntariiy he rescued the
last one patrolman GrGenhagen. who stopped
three frightened fire horses AT the review In the
plaza at Scventeenth-st IN 1880. and saved many
lives. day struck down by vehicle in
Broadway and now he is retired on half pay. /
felt sorry for him. Such men should have full pay.
The story Of how a little band Of weary police
men dispersed a mob OF thousands during the
Draft Riots is one OF the traditions OF the Depart
that the men love to relate. Fighting between
three days in the upper part OF the city The riot
had not yet attempted to attack the banks in
Wa-st Inspector Carpenter. with two hundred
worn-out policemen. at tho Headquarters In
Mu,bcrry-st.. where they had been sent TO get
needed rest after their hard iabors. Word came
that a mob OF several thousand determined men
were marching down Broadway. and that they
going TO loot the banks in Wall-st. When
the word was received at Headquarters the mob
only three short blocks away. Inspector Car
penter led his men through Houston-st. to Broad
way; at that time the mob was within half
block Of where ne was. He halted his men, faced
the mob, and ordered clubs drawn, and that little
band OF brave policemen fought and broke up that
mob inside Of fifteen minutes. The stree. was
covered with the forms OF those the policemen had
beaten down The policemen themselves were COW
cred with blood and bruises. but they had won the
day"
SIR Moss also spoke OF Doorman Charles Flood,
Pa,rolman John j. Crosby and a number OF other
brave officers. and said that he regretted that the
time allowed him too short to mention many
other Incidents OF heroism among the members Of
the police force.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
EVERY FIREMAN a HERO.

President James r. Sheffield Of the Board Of
Fire Commissioners followed Mr. Moss. lie paid
the following tribute 10 the men In his Depart
ment THE men I'm our Department are all brave;
not one OF them ever proved coward 80 1t Is
difficult for me to single out specific cases. our
Department now numbers eighty-six companies OF
Gremen, on duty twenty four hours each day for
nine days and on the tenth day they are allowed
twenty-four hours absence When on duty they
liable to call at any moment. They must
leave their quarters at the stroke OF the gong half
clad. dressing on the way tc the fire. where they
are called possibly to face death | regret thai
some writer has not taken up the story OF their
brave deeds for the last thirty years, and made II
the theme OF one OF the most thrilling histories
written.
Incidents Of their bravery 30 hume rous that
It would be impossible for me 10 tell them all here
How our men &C, may be best illustrated by an ex
perience OF the captain Of one Of our trucks who
when he II was almost certain death to at
tempt the rescue Of a person at n fire. long ago
called for volunteer to ascend the ladder and
attempt the rescue. He had twelve with him
and every started for the ladder. He Was
compelled to use his fists In order to keep the entire
number from going UP the ladder they all were SO
eager a life. That Is the way Of our entire
force: each man wants his chance and II is con-
sldered piece OF good luck among the men n they
have an opportunity TO save person at the
risk Of their own lives
"One OF the Incidents or heroism was that which
occurred at a fire less than year ago. The fire
was in a boarding house. and was burning vigor-
ously when the hremen arrived Four persons
could DO seen at the thrd-story windows. They
were completely cut or by the flames. Two OF
our men. not waiting for the ladders to be raised
rushed into adjoining house and one OF the
men held the other while he reached and
rescued three Of the people in the burning house.
The fourth person could wait for the fireman to
reach for him. but jumped from the window and
caught the fireman around the neck. The fireman
reached out his hands and caught the man. They
both hung cut OF the window. the fireman head
downward Below q stone arcaway. which
meant instant death for both II they should fall.
| The fireman could have saved himself by letting
fall, but he would do It. He called
to his comrads to hold fast his legs. and there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

Whether IN the course OF time the public H.
brary will absorb existing free circulating H.
brariNs s matter for future consideration The
present disposition OF the public library trustees
Is to walt for to he made by the officers
OF other institutions which are largely dependent
on private benencence although certain appropria-
iionS made for their maintenance from public
funds With great public library in the field
having branches In all parts OF the city and doing
on a large scale the work now done n small
scale by other libraries, IL s believed that there
will be a decline in IN" interest In the smaller
libraries the part OF those instrumental I'm
maintaining them. and At the same time IL is prob
able that the city authorities will prefer to make
one large appropriation for library purposes her
than divide the money into several parcels. These
Influences accordingly will tend to bring about the
ABSORPTION Of the smaller Libraries by the big
In connection with the suggestion already
toned that the historical society acquire the
I,enox Building, II IL interesting 10 recall TINT he
fore the society bought It's site on Central Park
West II made effort 10 buy the part OF the
Lenox Library property fronting on MadisoD-ave..
hut the library authorities refused TO part with H.
There IS one part OF ,he l.enox property which
cannot he sold to be built upon, but Will have 10
be reserved as private park or omethnS OF that
nature whatever the future OF the rest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

George NJ. Pinney. Jr., who was tho secretary OF
the Charter Commission manifested considerable
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-04
wonders of tho 1nflnItesimal.

There are so very many things other
wise unknowable which the little in
strument helps US to know we'll, which
would forever be in the realm of 1.-THE
infinite were it not for that tiny bit Of
convex glass, that nothing should sur
prise us in its revelations.
Take, for example, the red corpuscles
of the human blood. One thirty two
hundredth of an inch is its diane
ter. One hundred and twenty -one-thou-
sandths of the entire blood quantity is
red corpuscles They are individually
SO minute that it requires microscope
of consi derable power to see them at
all, and yet their number is such in one
man that if a chain were made of them,
each corpuscle just touching its neigh
Dor, it would be over 3, 900 miles long.
Three gallons of blood in man Of
l4O pounds weight is fair average,
and O.381 of a gallon of the above is
red globules. One cubic inch CT these
corpuscles made into chain of single
corpuscle's breadth would be 8, 200 times
3, 200 inches long, or |, 100000 inches.
As there are 29l cubic inches in a gal
lon 0. 3Sl of 23l would give the cubic
measure of red globules i'll the above
man. Thus ,600,0 900 times IS gives
40, 500, 900 inches Reduced to miles
this equals, counting 800 inches to the
mile, 1929 miles The little invisible
red corpuscles or oxygen carriers of our
blood would then, if "hitched" together
into chain, reach two-thirds across
the American continent. A single hair
from ones head would make in caliber
very many fibers as large.
And yet, small as these corpuscles
are, they are giants when compared
with many we'll known individuals Of
the bacterial world Think of body
which has to be magnifed 500 dame
tiers to be visible at all You have here
some of the monococci. Yes, and these
inconceivably small bodies are endowed
with life, organization and means OF
propagation. Microscope.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-04
The Drag Rome of the Balloon.

1t is not generally known that the
drag rope now so indispensable to bal
loonists, was first used by Aeronaut
Samuel King of this city. 1.-THE idea of
using such a rope, says Professor
King, was first suggested by the ia
nous Green of England. He called it a
guide rope, and he carried one with him
in trip across the English channel,
but he never used it. Away back in
1857 1 was making captive ascensions'
at New Haven, and, having finished
that business, decided to take short
voyage 70 test the value of the trailing
rope had l5O pounds of rope on my
windlass. and oil certain day ar
ranged w;th my assistant to cut the
rope at the windlass after had got my
balloon in the air aud let me sail off. !
ballasyed my balloon so that only half
the weight of the rope. or rs pounds,
should trail l got off all right, with
my rope twisting along under me like a
snake A score of misguided labcrers in
field, imagining that the balloon had
broken loose By accident, grabbed the
rope and held me- 1t took me some
time to convince them thct l didn't
want to be stopped sailed along for
some time and found that the drag rope
gave greater stability to the balloon,
but the action of the sun upon the gas
worked against me The suns heat, ex-
banding the gas, gave me false buoy
ancy, picked up my rs pounds of rope
and severed my connection with the
ground. After that used the drag rope
very frequently. and it was generally
adopted by aeronauts philadelphia
Rnrord
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-04

Sir John Waters, says the author Of
English Eccentrics, - was the most
admirable spy ever attached to an army.
In the pcninsular war he gave Lord
Wellington the most accurate and valu-
able information about the Spaniards
and their movements On one occasion
he was taken prisoner By company ~
Spanish dragons while still clad i'll
the English uniform. He was supposed
to be a stupid Britisher who could not
understand word of French or Span
ish, and his captors conversed freely be-
fore him.
He learned from his guards whilo
riding between them that they were 60
ing to kill and rob him at an old mill
where the company was to stop for din
ner. They would pretend that they shot
him because of his attempt to escape.
On reaching the mill the dragons
dismounted and went into the house,
leaving their prisoner outside in the
hope that he would attempt to escape
The instant they were out of sight
Waters threw his cloak upon neigh
boring olive bush and mounted his
cooked hat OH top. Some empty flour
sacks lay on the ground, and into one
of them he crawled. A moment later
the dragons came out, fired their car
bines at the supposed prisoner and gal
loped off, intending to return later to
rife the body.
a horse, loaded with sacks Of -four,
stood near the door. and Sir John, still
enveloped in the sack, managed to
throw himself on the horses back, as
if be were part of the load. The owner
at length came out, mounted and rodo
away, without detecting the peculiar
contents of one of the sacks
When far enough away for safety, Wa
tiers, finding his position most uncomfort-
able, managed to free himself from the
sack and sat up The horseman, chanc-
ing to look around, beheld the man
covered with -four and took him to be u
ghost pcrched behind him. Terrified at
the sight, he fell over in a swoon, and
the supposed ghost thrust him to the
ground and galloped off.
Sir John reached the English camp
without further adventure and was
warmly greeted by Wellington.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-04
How Dead Soldiers Look.

A British army surgeon is authority
for the statement that the cause Of death
is clearly shown in the expression of the
face of corpse Oh the field of battle.
He states that those who have been
killed by sword thrusIs have look of
repose, while those killed by bullets
usually have pain of an intense nature
clearly depicted.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-04
Where Princes Are sacred.

When a young prince of Japan wishes
to learn the mysteries Of chirography,
young maidens bring paper, others make
the ink and nrepare the paint brush.
The master expresses admiration by
gesture and face, for no words must BIO
spoken by him to the prince. his mouth
even beirg bandaged that his breath
may not blow upon the face of the
prince. The teacher must move about
in the quietest manner and give COM
mendation ONLY
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-04
Only Man Has q Nose.
Record.

Man is the only animal that has a
real nose or chin Horses have faces
that are all nose; swine have SHOUTS
and elephants trunks; lions have vast
smelling organs, but none of them any
thing that can be separated from their
faces and called nose 1t is even more
true of the chin. which is practically
humau
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-04
ACCOMAC c. h. VA, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1897

Into the narbor of heaven now we glide.
We're home ut last. homo ut last.
Softly we drift OIL its bright, silv'ry tide.
We're homo ut last. home ut last.
Glory to God all our dangers are Ger.
We stand secure on the glori1ed shore.
Glory to God we will shout evormore.
Wore home Mt last. homo ut last
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A ROUGH SEA VOYAGE
DIR. rALMAae SAYS cHRIsT's FOL-
LOWERS MUST EXPECT 1T.

lie breaches Sermon of solaco to People
Who Are In Troubic-The Storm end
the Calm on the Sea of Commemorative
uarbor
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Sixteen Years 4 ssss'5ss

and q study Of the business IN a
general way has enabled me TO fit
those whose sight was failing be-
cause OF advancing age (Presbyopla)
and those who were nearslghteo
(Myopic), but where astigmatism or
any REGULARITY of the sight existed l
was obliged to refer the customer to
a CITY oculist. Not satisfied to do
business that l could not do properly,
determined to study Refractlon. L
secured the best works on that sub
iect, "Hartridge on Refraction.n by
Gustavus Hartridge, f. r. G. S., a
well recognized authority on Optics
and Refraction, and these l studied
we'll. I also attended lectures at the
New York Optical School last fall,
and bought the best quality testing
case and outfit at 500, and feel jus
titled il making the announcement
that, ali now ready to prescribe Tor
and correct the vision of almost any
and all conditions OF the eye where
glasses are needed. The liberal pa
tronage extended to NE during the
sixteen years l have been IN business
here encourages Inc to enter thls ne"
field in connection with my regular
business, and believe my customers
will be glad to know that they can get
PROPERLY FITTED GLASSES
without the trouble and expense Of
.oin. to the city. No charges at
p1esent for examination of eyes.
Glasses ground to order in New York
when special lenses are needed:
Those coming from distance would
do we'll to notify me by card.
Respectfully,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-04
No Need of Worry.

In all ages very good people get very
much aifrighted. 1t is often SO in our
day, and men say: WHY, look at the
bad lectures; look at the spiritualistic
societies; lock ut the various errors go
ing over the church of God. We are 60
ing to founder; the church is going to
perish; she is going down. :" Oh, how
rlauy good people are affrighted by tri-
unphant iniquity III our day and think
the church of Jesus Christ and the
cause OF righteousness are going to be
overthrown and are just as much
atfrighted rs the disciples of my text
were atfrighted. Don't worry, don't
fret, as though iniquity were going to
triumph over righteousness.
A lion goes into Il cavern TO sleep. lie
lies down, with his shaggy name cover
ing the paws Meanwhile the spiders
spin web across the mouth OF the cav
ern aud say, 1--WE have captured him. >
Gussamer thread after gossamer thread
is spun Until the whole front of the
cavern is covered with the spiders web
and the spiders say, The lion is done;
the lion is fast. {" After awhile the lion
has got through sleeping. He rouses him
self, he shakes bis name, he walks out
into the sunlight, he does not even
know the spiders web is spun, and with
his voice he shakes the mountain.
So men come, spinning their sophis-
tries and skepticism about Jesus Christ.
He seems to be sleeping. They say;
1--WE have captured the Lord. He will
never come forth again upon the nation.
Christ is captured, and captured for
ever. His religion will never make any
conquest among men. " But after awhile
the "lion of the tribe of Judah will
rouse himself and come forth to shake
nightly tie nations What is spiders
web to the aroused lion: Give truth and
error fair grapple, and truth will come
off victor
But there are great many good peo-
pie who get affrighted in other respects
They are affrighted in our day about re-
yivals. They say: "oh, this is strong
religious ralel We are afraid the church
Of God is going to upset, and there are
going to be great many people brought
into the church that are going to be Of
no use to it," And they are a1frightet
whenever they see revival taking hole
of the churches.
ChaG and Wheat.
As though ship CAPTAIN with 1000
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-This sermon
by Rev. DR.. Talmago will be of grea
solace to people who arc finding theil
life u rough voyage. Text, Mark iv, 3G
And there were also with him othel
little ships, and there arose grea
storm of wind And tho wind ceased
and there WAS IL great calm. "
Tiberias, Galilce, Gennesaret-thret
names for the Same lake. No other gen
ever had so beautiful setting. 1t lay
in Il scene of great luXuriance--the sur
rounding hills high, terraced, sloped
groyed, so many hanging gardens Of
beauty; the waters rumbling down be-
tween rocks of gray and red limestone
flashing from the hills and bounding
into the sea. On the shore were castles
armed towers, Roman baths, everything
attractive and beautiful, all styles Of
vegetation in shorter space than in al
most any other space III all the world
from the palm tree of tho forest to the
trees of rigorous climate.
Smooth Sailing.
Itseemed as if tho Lord had launched
one wave of beauty on all the scene,
and it hung and swung from rock and
hill and oleander Roman gentlemen IL
pleasure boats sailing the Lake and
countrymen in fish smacks, coming
down to drop their nets, pass each Other
with nod and shout and laughter OF
singing idly ut their moorings. Oh,
whit wonderful, what Il beautiful
lakel
1t seems rs # we shall have quiet
night. Not leaf winked i'll the air.
not IL ripple disturbc. the face of Gen
nesarct, hrt there seems 10 lie little
excitement up ihr Leach. and we hasten
to see what it is. ;;n; We li::d it 81 en-
harkatiCu.
From the wos!e:n shore :: flotil!a
pushing CIT, tot y squadron OF deadly
armament, nor ci:a:Nr With valuable
merchandise. ror pratt I'ise!S ready
to destroy evt:y;::iilg iaey ,1Gid seize,
DuI llDll!IS tct: illss - $50 - - -
and light AID peace CHRIST is il lhe
front of the boat His ,iisciYlcs are ii
a smaller Eoa: Jesus, weaIY with much
speaking to large multitudes, is Fnt i'll
to somnolenec by the rocking of The
waves. ), If there was any motion atsll,
the ship was easily righted; if the wind
passed from one side, from the star
board 10 the larboard CT from the1lar-
board to the starboard. the boat would
rock, and by the gentlencss of the mo
tion putting the master asleep. and
theyextcmporfzed. u pillow made ont Of
fsherman's coat / think no sooner Is
Christ .prostrato and his head touching
the .sillow than he is sound asleep. tRlc
breozes of the lake rim their fingers
through tie locks os tire worl sleeper,
and the boat risen ard falls IKE sleep
ing child on the bosom of a sleeping
mother