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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-05

nections. While pin connections and tension
laterals would probably have saved considerably
in time and trouble in erection. 1t can hardly
be doubted that they would have been mach
inferior in point Of stiffness. and in a structure
Of such cost and magnitude 1t unquestion-
ably wise TO subordinate such minor advantages
to gain increased rightly in the structure as a
whole Ii is plain that the wearing out OF the
Niagara arch by impact or by movement under
load is a very remote contingency with the not
able qualities Of stiffness which ii now exhibits
under traffic Indeed. there seems to be every
reason to anticipate that the structure will be
as capable of serving the purpose barring in
jury by corrosion hundred years from aow
as il is to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-05
clothing
4 GOODNESS. AROSE.
From The Chicago Post.

From The Chicago Post.
yes" said Mrs. Crrsus, proudly, we married
our daughter very we'll indeed. think. We gave
her a ,wry OF 5000 900. and yOu have no idea
how many noblemen there were who were after
her shes countess
YES: | read II all IN the papers" returned mrs
pl.,sonton smilingH We didn't give our dauSh-
,cr any dovry at all and she is very happily mar
RED TO a successful young business man
NO doWryt +,
market YOU knew Il depends on the girl whether
shr ~ accented as a debit or credit
Nuer the fun meaning OF TINS haf Pe:- ~'"S
,hro,eh IN. Intellect OF Ers. CrpSuS . coldnaBs
seemed 10 arisc and make itself felt-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-05
"SCHLEY" is "SLY."
THE COMMODORE is OF AN OLD MARYLAND
FAMILY. WHICH HAS LONG USED THAT



FAMILY. WHICH HAS LONG USED THAT
PRONUNCIATION
There has been 4 good deal Of speculation, not
only in naval circles. but among the public at
large. as to the origin Of Commodore Winfield
Scott Schcy's name. by some 1t has been as
serted that he is OF German descent. and by
others that he Is a relative Of the doughty old
hero Of the Mexican war. A little while before
Schey became a commodore ne gave Tribune
reporter A talk which will throw light on the
matter.
AT the time was a pulling mewling baby
without name or much more hair on my head
than have now" said the gallant officer, play
fully brushing back the locks which so skilfuly
conceal his bald pate. my parents were. sup
pose at their wits end to cudgel up some name
appropriate for the marvel Of human excellence
they undoubtedly thought me to be- The mat
ter did not bother me so much 1t does now.
for wisely RETAINED from giving an opinion on
the subject or at least any that the newspapers
would care to publish At that time. which
marks an era in one life anyway. General Scott
was in the zenith Of his glory and rotundity. y
very great man was Scott at that time-phys-
cally and popularity. lie was a great friend OF
my parents and frequently called at our house.
As | said my parents were cudgeng their
brains to find some name good enough to tack
on such A morsel # humanity rs myself. ana
while N the midst Of their councils one day. the
huge shadow Of Scott dar<cned the doorway and
cas-, it's robust shade on me. That settled it.
tn circumstance was regarded as an suspicious
omen. ana forthwith it was decided that was
- pass through life as Winfield Scott Schley.
Now. for PHYS sake don't give my last name
r.r4nnllprgl
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01

Seedy ndividual-"Can't you give a dime to poor homeless wanderer?'
 Well-dressed individual-"No home? Why, man, you're in luck. I've got bill in my pocket for $200 taxes on mine Six months overdue-that l can (Mass) Journal.
 She-"Don't you think Mrs. Wapsley is beautiful woman?" He-"She is a beautiful woman--the most beautiful woman,I think, that have ever seen. y She (after he has gone)-"I wonder if he has always been such fool, or whether it has just begun to grow on him y.''-Cleveland Leader.
 Englishman-'I say, ye knaw, what's the bookage to Boston," Railroad ticket clerk-"The what age?'
 Englishman-"Th bookage. ye knaw the tariff. Whats tn tariff%' Ticket clerk-"I haven't time to talk politics. ."-New York Weekly.
 Aunt Sarah Gas she lays aside her bonneD-"Weren't those flowers that they had at Jane Newcomb's funeral handsome, Eben? It does seem < though some folks just have every thing. Now, I s'pose they'll have g monument with angels on it, or some thing. But let them just wait; oui turn'll come some time, see if it don't! -Judoe
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01
NOT THE SAME.

The house isn't like the senate, and so the Teller resolution didn't get the same kind of treatment in the house that it had in the senate. It got knocked out by vote of 1S2 to 1S2 after a very lively and interesting de- bate.
 This silver craze is queer thing, and it's queerness stuck out conspicu- ously in the remarks of some of the silver men in the house yesterday. Their zeal and enthusiasm for the white metal are boundless. We sup pose they expect to go to Heaven after living lives devoted to silver and we sometimes wonder if it will not dis agree with them to walk the golden streets.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01
THE WEATHER.

Ever since "the blizzard" people in this region have been wondering if every fierce snow-storm wouldn't turn out to be another blizzard. The per- formance yesterday and last night was enough like blizzard to satisfy most people and to convince them that the old-fashioned snow-storm isn't played out in Connecticut. Come to think of it, what astonishing changes in the weather we have had around here late- ly! Only a few days ago it was ''as warm as toast" Then it was as cold as ice-cream. Then the winds blew like a free silver orator. And then the snow came just as it used to come be- fore the climate changed.
 New England weather is holding it's own, and if Mark Twain feels disposed to write another chapter on it he can find enough to write on.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01
 THROWING THE KAU PUI.

An Interesting Ceremony of the Chi
 nese New Year-The Quarter en Fete
 The Altar in the Joss s-House-Good
 Fortune Foretold.
 The New-year holiday-making was at it's night in Chinatown at eleven o'clock on the night of the 21st The brightly lighted gayly decorated shops were crowded with chattering Chinese, garbed in their best, and the shop fronts were bedecked with new signs in brilliant colors, and odd-shaped, brightly burning lanterns. Flags hung from the upper windows, and waved dimly seen, from the house-tops High up, as though suspended in the air, for the outlines of the buildings were lost in the darkness, the balconies on either side were ablaze with the light of innumerable, yari-colored lan- terms, like so many glowing globes. both great and small. From here and from the cellars. shops and living roons-windows and doors were open wide-came the strident laughter of the merry-makers; the crash of tom-toms and cymbals; the sound of good-na- tured scuffiing; now and again, like discordant note, cry of anger; and a confusion of inexplicable noises Mott. Doyers and Pell streets were thronged by Chinese of every condition and mood, from scoWiing old man in rags, who slunk through the darkest places, from house to house, to bois- terous young fellow in American dress, whose noisy hilarity kept him in immi- nent peril Of an altercation and arrest. Weary revelers who had dared the Chinese minister's proclamation that the day should not be observed until to-day jostled the spc-and-span loyal ists who were only now, with fiimsy red paper calling cards in their hands, bent upon their New-year duties Gaping street gamlns and parties of interested sight-seers pushed their way along the narrow pavement, and ventured into the restaurants theater and public halls. Light and color hurry and noise were everywhere.
 On the stroke of eleven, Lee Chung, a merchant of Pell street, whom fortune had not favored during the year just past left his home to inquire of the god Kwan ri, the patron saint of gam blers, concerning the future. In great impatience to learn the answer to his question, he hurried through the noisy l crowd to 16 Mott street, where, upon the fourth floor, the temple of which Gnu Lin, the famed high priest, is to be 1 found. He had begged Gnu Lin, on the day before to read his future, but the priest, being punctilious in his obedi- ence to the royal commands, and know | ing the day to be unpropitous, had de- nied him. Not until eleven o'clock on 1 the eye of the new year, he said, would
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01
SOME LIFE IN TEXAS,

MT. w. T. Richardson, of Denison, Texas, is suing for divorce. He lived with Mrs. Richardson thirty-eight years, and then she left him. Her ex- p1anation of her action is interesting and impressive. She says that before she married MT. Richardson she had loved another, who had died. The longer she lived with MT. Richardson the more convinced she had become that one who had loved once could not love again, and so she gave up trying. Poor thing! How she must have suf- fered all through the thirty eight long and weary years in which she has been trying to endure Brother Richardson! With the image of her dead lover ever before her she has been painfully and reluctantly endeavoring to do her duty as the wife of the husband whom she couldn't love- And now after practic- | thirty eight years she finds that she can't keep up the humbug any longer and that she must at last be really l true to the memory of the dead man to whom her heart has been true while she was struggling to continue to be | Mrs. Richardson.
 1 Of course she will have heaps of sym pathy. She loved and lost, and after a trial of thirty-eight years found that she couldn't stand a substitute for her
 lost lover. Brother Richardson will not have any sympathy, and he doesn't
 deserve any. He has had more than
 he deserves in being allowed to be the
 subject of the thirty-eight year experi-
 ment of his wife. and being allowed to
 other things that help to make com
 fortable home. He probably realizes
 that he has been treated better than he
 could expect and now wants to step
 clear out of the way of his wife and her
 dead lover. His old age will be cheered
 by the thought that he did the best he
 could, first and last, for the woman
 who married him as an experiment and
 practiced on him for thirty-eight years.
 And her old age will be cheered by the
 thought that she has been true to her
 dead lover.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01
FASHION NOTES.
Piumes Must Droop.

Very large hats may be worn with entire propriety for swagger calling, with cloth calling gowns. The picture hat is dropping and plume-s -shadowed, is rather a picturesque frame for the face than a picture in itself, and there is a difference in those two proposi- tions. Fumes according to the latest advice must lie down and not stand up nothing must stand up, it would seem, on the picture hat. The great awkward sweeping plumes of a few seasons ago that cost such a lot and were so perfectly useless in the days of tips are now to be brought forth and are to be highly cherished.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01

such agricultural counties as Genesee and Jefferson the personal tax is lS per cent. of the total tax; in Livingston county it is IA per cent, and in Wash
 ington and Warren counties, nearly 20 per cent. On the other hand, in Vest
 chester county, bordering on New York
 people reside, the tax valuation of per
 sonal property in some of the towns is
 only about per cent Of the entire val
 uation, and throughout the whole
 county it is only 43 per cent. In the
 old county of Richmond, which includ- ed Staten Island, the ratio is only six
 tenths of 1 per cent, and in Brooklyn
 only little over per cent. All this indicates that the tax is greatly evad-
 ed. As sample of these evasions, Mr. Roberts takes 107 cases where inheri-
 tance taxes have been paid, and finds
 that, while these estates were apprais- ed at the death of their owners at more
 than $215, 100000, the previous annual
 tax assessed upon them was on a Nalu-
 ation of only S,471 ,00O-that is, the tax | able value of these estates during the life of their owners was less than per cent. of the amount represented by the appraiser after death when the strong boxes were taken from the safety de- posit vaults to the surrogates court.
 This comparison also brings out the | fact that thirty-four, or about one
 third, of all the estates classed in this | group as paying a tax upon inherit
 ance, paid not cent of tax during the life of their owners. The opinion of
 the New York State comptroller is that
 tax upon personal property-and he in- i cludes in this tangible as we'll as in
 tangible-is thoroughly undesirable. His
 suggestion appears to be that the State l government should secure it's revenue
 from inheritance, liquor and corpora
 tion taxes, and allow the local author
 ities to assess entirely upon real estate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01

One of the curious ways of making a living is that pursued by MT. Binbridge of London. He is the custodian, sexton and care-taker of plot of ground in burial of dogs. MT. Binbridge was for merly in the service of the Duke of Cambridge. The influence of his royal highness had bit of land in seclud- ed part of Hyde Park set off for a dogs burying ground. MT. Binbridge sells the graves. puts up the monu- ments, plants flowers and dwarf shrubs, keeps everything neat, and watches the place from intrusion. The lot is now filled up except space for four graves. No dog is buried there except the owner can afford to keep the dogs grave in beautiful order. A few of the dead dogs are put in plain
 wooden collins. but the usual way is to sew the body in canvas bags and then put lneHl III lHe SIouIiu' MI. DihpiioSe makes quite a little income from his care of the dogs cemetery. He dresses in sort of semi-clerical garb and wears a silk hat. A folding chair af- lords him comfortable seat on pleas
 ant days, in a shady nook and there he sits and reads. All the grave stones are of uniform size and pattern.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01
SNOWFLIKE ES,
''Perkins has gone to California fc

Perkins has gone to California for his health"
 How did he lose his health?'
 Earning the money to go to CaIifor- mia. Chicago Record
 Say, I haven't seen you at the club for a fortnight. Whats the matter?''
 Lust now I'm staying at home a good deal"
 "Really?"
 ''Yes; my wife is visiting her par ents.''-Gaulois.
 In as.-Visitor-''But there doesn't seem to have been any evidence against the man you strung up.''
 Native-'No, ther want much; but we knowed e wuz Republican, enny- how, 'n' drawed our own infrunces."- Chicago Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01

Once outside the field of pIumes and picture headgear, and the trimming may stand up as assertively as you like. The artist puts two hats here that illustrate this point That at the left was a theater toque of pale pink satin ribbon, the crown of the same shade of velvet, crown and ribbon loops being with black velvet ribbon. Quite as perky as these upright ribbon loops were the brown and white wings that trimmed the other hat in this picture. It was made of brown velvet, it's brim rolling up in back and disclosing a spray of pink flowers lying against the hair Its low crown was encircled with a full-looped ruche of brown sat- in, dotted with white, and from this the wings rose. These wings are so abundant in pretty, natural tints that they should content the heart of the woman who doesn't own a lot of rich plumes.
 It is a pretty and generally becom- ing fashion to give to the edge of a great dark picture hat puffing of chiffon for binding. The chiffon being of lighter shade than the hat, all un- due heaviness of effect is avoided. and the edge of the hat will not wear rough when thus protected. Hats of the pic- ture order are usually-at least in ef- fect--all of one color; all black, blue, purple, or, and this is in great favor, all brown. Yet the all-black hat very | likely will have a crown of violet or deep blue, and the brim will be black chiffon over blue, while the feathers will be heavy solid black. So, too, the brown hat will have a crown that is al- most biscuit color, it's brown velvet brim will be edged with light brown chiffon, and among the feathers sev- eral shades of brown will be represent ed. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01
AoUESTION OF TAXATION.

The people in other States have an interest in the study of personal taxa tion which has been made by Comp troller Roberts of New York. MT Rob- erts makes it appear that the rural dis tricts in New York are bearing the larger proportion of the personal prop erty tax, according to their wealth. In
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01
ADYERrIsING RATES.

ADVERTISING hAINo: ', Situations, Wants, Rents, and other snali advertisements, One Cent Word each m sertou. Five Gents Word for full weeS tseven times). ,r
 Display advertisements. per inch, one in, to kerton, $1. 20; each subsequent insertionl ,a. 6c one year, $40. K Obituary Notices in prose or verse; 10 ID cents per line. Notices of Births, annh MI, riages, Deaths and Funerals; oo cents s"'N Local Notices 15 cents per line. +ha;r Yearly advertisers are limited to 4 onIM ha own immediate business Gall matter 5o eo rot unobjectionable). and their contracts uo No' Include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01

A young woman in Greenville, Tex as, fell from her bicycle the other day and bit off her tongue. It is not good plan to keep the tongue between the teeth when wheeling.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01

According to Commissioner Evans there are only 45O0oO pensioners ask ing for an increase.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01

Princess Beatrice has, it is said, writ ten an oratorio (which is to be execut- ed next spring." Probably, and we hope that it's execution will be less painful than such things usually are.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01

DELIvERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 10 CENTS WEEK, GENTS A MONTH. S3 FOR
 SIX MONTHS. $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS
 BYMAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01

! 'sI think Miss Bradley is right in de- ciding to christen the battleship Ken lucky with water,'' says a Kentucky colonel. We want to drink our whis- key; we don't want to spill it around on ships, even if they are named after Kentucky
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01

in the same manner as other marble, the new product resisting acids and all atmospheric influences.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01

All the houses in Mobile, Alabama, in which there were fever cases last fall are again to be disinfected careful ly and thoroughly. When they were disinfected during the prevalence of the fever the work was necessarily done hurriedly and without that care and completeness possible now that cold weather has come. It is hoped to remove all apprehension of return of the disease next summer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01

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 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-09
sERENADED BY FILIPINos.

Singapore. June 9.-The local Philips
pine insurgent committee has rece n ed
Z dispatch from -Aguinaldo, saying:
I'VE have taken ell in the province of
Cayite and several towns In the province
of Batangas. We have captured 10
guns, 600 rifles and 1900 Spaniards, killing
500. We are besieging Biejo. In the
church there are 800 6paniards en-
trenched who must surrender soon. We
hear that the governor general proposes
to capitulate."
The Filipinos here serenaded the
United States consul general. Mr.. Pratt.
Before the serenade they presented him
with an address, thanking him for send
ing Aguinaldo to Admiral Dewey. con-
graduating the admiral and expressing
a desire for the establishment of native
government under American protection.
The spokesman deprecated a restoration
of the islands to Spain, or their transfer
to any power, and expressed his conf
dence that the natives would prove their
ability to govern themselves. The
Filipinos then gave cheers for America,
England and Admiral Dewey. Mr..
Pratt responded and presented the
spokesman with an American flag amid
great enthusiasm.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-09
TROOPS ARE OFF.

London, June 9.-The Washington COR
respondent OF The Daily Chronicle cables
the following: THE army sailed from
Tampa at noon Wednesday. The force
numbers 27,0o0 men. composed OF in
fantry, cavalry artillery. engineers and
e signal corps. The infantry consists Of
"a regiments. is regular and IL volun-
teer. OF the regular regiments there
were the First, Second, Fourth, Sixth.
Seventh, Eighth. Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth,
Thirteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth,
Twenty-frst, Twenty-second Twenty
fourth and Twenty-fifth, apd the volun-
teer regiments include the Seventy-first
New York, Thirty-second Michigan,
First and Fifth Ohio. Second New York,
First District Of Columbia. Fifth Mary
land. One Hundred and Fifty-seventh
Indiana and the Third Pennsylvania.
THE transports are due at Santa ~
Friday night or Saturday morning, a. j
a landing will be attempted on Satur-
day. This should be effected without
difficulty, and no doubt by Sunday or
Monday at the latest the stars and
stripes will float over Santiago"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-09
PHASE OF SPANISH IMBEcILITY.

London, June 9.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of The Times says: THE news
from Santiago produced little or no ex-
element. At first there was feeling Of
sadness because only Spanish losses
were announced. Gradually the feeling
changed on learning that the Americans
also suffered, although their losses have
not yet been reported in detail In any
case there was justification for patHectic
satisfaction in the fact that the attack
had been successfully repulsed with
fewer casualties than have sometimes
occurred in insignificant skirmishes
with the insurgents.
"On analyzing the opinion that the
psychological moment for starting peace
negotiations has arrived, found Ii was
based not on the consciousness that
Spain is rapidly exhausting her re-
sources, but on the belief that the great
majority of Americans have already
tired of the war; that President McKin-
ley Is consequently becoming unpopular.
and that the peace suggestions of the
Paris edition OF the New York Herald
were inspired by President Mckinley
himself. AS for Spain, my friends main
tain that she Is In no hurry, as recent
events have shown her powers OF passive
resistance to be far greater than has
been supposed. The conquest of Cuba.
they say. will require two years at the
least. and probably much more: and IL
the island is ever conquered IL will be.
they argue. a white elephant for .tts
United States. The conclusion IL that
America has much more reason than
Spain to desire termination of hostill-
ties"