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| "U. S. Commercial Expansionist," Harper's Weekly, Nov. 18, 1899. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, February 21, 1899.
LETTER FROM JAPAN
Written to Arthur Holt by J. A. Gilkerson, Formerly of Homer, N. Y.
Mr. Arthur Holt has received a letter from Mr. J. Arthur Gilkerson, who three years ago went from Homer to Kobe, Japan, where he is now engaged in the freighting and ballasting of ships. It is very interesting but its length prevents its publication entire. Some extracts, however, concerning the Japanese people and their customs we print as follows:
KOBE, Dec. 7, 1898.
Mr. Arthur Holt, Cortland, N. Y.
DEAR FRIEND AND BROTHER—You have asked me for a description of the country and customs of Japan. Every one who visits the country even though only passing through on a tour of the world or after a residence of years, writes on this subject. No two writers see the same things from the same standpoint and no one can understand these peculiar people, with their ancient civilization and Oriental manner of thought, which we "foreign barbarians" have been taught to think of as heathenish. The popular writer usually commences with a dissertation on the Shoguns and Daimios who ruled this country up to the time of the accession of the present emperor thirty-two years ago. He changed the whole social system, and made the Japanese nation a source of wonder to the western world. Our people express great surprise and wonder that this nation, in the short space of three decades has advanced from the state of feudal barbarism to a civilization nearly, if not quite, on a parallel with the great powers which spent three centuries in the same transition.
I cannot think that this has come about by other means than that of purchase. In the early days of the navigators it was told, and believed to be the invention of the narrators, that "the temples of Cipango were roofed with solid plates of gold and that untold wealth abounded." There is plenty of evidence to-day that there was more than a rumor of truth in this, but the temples have been shorn and the great idols of gold melted down into the paraphernalia of commerce and modern warfare. "But," the foreigner has been the assayer. The foreigner has made public school, the army and navy, the railway and the merchant marine. In all branches of modern manufactures the Japanese have been obliged to depend upon the instruction of the foreign expert, the footprints and thumbmarks of whom, in many instances, are totally obliterated, owing to the independent thinking of this interesting people whose blind go about, either night or day, with only a light rod of metal as a staff and never so much as a dog to lead them.
In the days of "Old Japan," when the chief business of life was death, or the means thereof, the artisan was the slave of his lord and master, the Daimio. Apprenticeships were well nigh interminable and the master workman was a chattel well worth the waging of a bloody war for his possession. The production of an article of virtue or utility was often the work of years, and when finished was in very truth a rare work of art. In the making of a noble sword, prayers, and orisons were said and the tempering of the blade was a high function in which priests and even the great Daimio himself took part. When Perry with his Yankees anchored in a little cove in the Gulf of Tokyo, now known as Mississippi bay, the whole order changed. The Samurai or fighting man sold his swords for a few pieces of copper or brass money with a square hole through the center and in many instances went into service as "boy" in the household of the hated foreigner. The artisan artist being thrown upon his own resources found that (except in a few cases) he could not gain a livelihood. He therefore either abandoned his occupation altogether, or having met by some chance, that peculiar humanity, Acurio himself, the curio hunter, became first a dealer and then a maker of ancient wares (warranted genuine?) and curios. The introduction of Yankee clocks and other goods from the land of wooden nutmegs, and manufactures bearing the more pretentious stamp of Birmingham readily found an apt pupil in the cunning Japanese who straitway sets to work and scamps his productions and improves (?) upon the order of things with such a vengeance that it has become second nature to him, as is proved by the many beautiful bronzes, made from old lead pipe, costly ivory carvings made from bone of beef, lacquers and Satsuma wares which are nothing but delusions and snares.
The ubiquitous "Jap" will furnish you a sample (if you pay for it) and engage to furnish any amount of goods according to the same, and at a certain time; and when after you have carefully inspected and rejected nine-tenths of the goods, after waiting patiently (?) for months of lax delivery, the aforementioned individual with the most studied politeness reverently douses himself up and with a ghastly smile [and] calmly says "Donasan dozo gozarimasi; gomen kudasal, Watakushi taihan wari," or words to substantially that effect, which may be translated, "Worshipful master please to honorably excuse me as I have the honor to be very bad."
After this, which is an every day occurrence, the feelings of the foreign export merchant can be better imagined than described. The commercial morality of the Japanese has suffered despite repeated admonitions of the government and the untiring labors of the missionaries. I have listened to "tales of old Japan" by men who have lived in intimate relation with these people for more than a generation and almost without exception, they say that they do not understand their ways. How useless then for one who has but one tenth part of that experience to write of the manner and customs of such a people. I have seen much of the Japanese character which is to be deplored, but all that we westerners think bad, is not so considered in the East. A business engagement may not be as punctually kept as a social one, possibly for the same reason that your servant, when he wishes a holiday, will tell you in all seriousness that he has a mother or other near relative who is very sick and that he has been sent for, many even showing you a letter just received, written in Japanese, of course, to prove it, well knowing that yon cannot read a word of Japanese. This is the stock excuse to be absent, to foreign and Japanese master alike, and servants have been known who have even [buried] five mothers in as many months. The ideas of many regarding "Mine and Thine" are very vague….
Near the gateway at the dock yard in this city (Kobe) are seen the hundreds of workmen pass out from their work between uniformed detectives who searched each one, taking from them the plunder of the day consisting of everything portable from bolts and washers and small tools to bits of iron and brass and small parts of marine engines, the size of the article depending somewhat upon the amount of clothing which the workman is fortunate enough to possess. What they intend to do with the stuff, provided they pass the guard which I think they seldom do, is more than any mortal mind can guess. It is the same in the tea firing establishments and other factories and in private life it is most unsafe to settle up with the cook, until an examination has been made to ascertain if anything be missing and to let outstanding bills come in which he has been supposed to have paid. There is a great deal of human nature about the Japanese. They love their little joke and it is mostly an innocent affair.
The intercourse between the foreigner and the Japanese is almost wholly confined to business. Socially they very seldom meet. The upper class of Japanese consider themselves above trades people and these latter, being the ones with which the foreigner comes into business relations, and the social manners being different, the meeting in a social way is therefore rather awkward and strained.
Among the lower classes, the feeling of bitterness is becoming more and more pronounced. Until the time of the late war between Japan and China these classes did not realize how much of freedom might be enjoyed under a constitutional form of government. But the signal victory over so large an empire, coupled with the teachings of the missionaries which is that "one is the equal of another" often forgetting the precept, "servants, obey your masters," the lower classes have become very aggressive towards the foreigners, often assaulting ladies and in several well known instances committing mob violence and murder and receiving therefor a slight punishment in the imposing of a fine of one hundred yen ($50 American money) and imprisonment for one year. It is needless to add that under such administrative control the rough element is fast passing from beneath the yoke of authority.
In our intercourse with the Japanese, we westerners may be a little too free to speak our minds on various subjects which they are too polite to openly resent and while nothing may come of it, still a cooler manner is the result, which may grow not into open enmity, but into something like a boycott working from various and unexpected directions. And all this when I am sure that no discourtesy was thought or intended. Every resident knows how tender, and easily lacerated are the feelings of the Japanese. One may spend his life in writing of the Japanese, and when "the pen drops from his nerveless hand" still he would not have complete the opening chapter of a wonderful narrative.
Their country may be studied apart from the people with pleasure and profit. The undiscovered natural resources of the country are inviting to the geologist and manufacturer alike. The island empire has been lifted above the waves of the Pacific, and again submerged many times, like the breathing of the fabulous fish, which the Japanese say underlies their land and whose movements cause the earthquake. The convulsions of nature and the subsequent labors of the inhabitants have made Japan the ideal field for the artist who too often spends his time painting the picturesque and highly interesting street scenes in the open parts and larger cities, to the detraction of the beautiful landscape with its raised riverbeds and terraced fields, interspersed with gnarled and ancient pine and camphor trees, the sawtooth Yamas (mountains) and the jagged distances upon their summits, which look like the giant tooth crown of some vast carnivora or perhaps like the toothmarks made by some fabled monster who had taken the world between his teeth and tried to crack it as you would a nut.
I started to write you about Japan and its customs, but the field is too large for a letter to cover more than a passing thought, and this is mail day, so greetings and good health from "me and mine to thee and thine." J. A. GILKERSON.
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| P. Mateo Sagasta. |
HOT TIME IN MADRID.
Spanish Cortes Meet to Discuss the Present War.
PEACE TREATY TO BE SUBMITTED.
From Indications of the First Day's Proceedings It Is Evident That It Will Not Be Ratified by Unanimous Consent—A Very Stormy Session In Both Houses.
MADRID, Feb. 21.—The cortes reassembled. The galleries in both chambers were thronged with an expectant crowd. The senate was very full, hardly a single general being absent.
Senor Montero Rios, president of the senate, in opening the proceedings pronounced a eulogy upon M. Faure, and a resolution of condolence with France was unanimously adopted.
Senator Sagasta, the premier, proposed to refer the bill providing for the cession of the Philippines to the United States to a special committee, but this the Conservatives protested against declaring that the bill should be discussed, and Senor Sagasta withdrew his proposal.
Count d'Almenas then brought up the question of the conduct of the generals engaged in the war in Cuba, declaring that General Primo de Rivera, General Weyler, General Blanco, Admiral Cervera and General Linares had proved failures.
This declaration elicited much applause from the public galleries, in consequence of which several of the spectators were expelled from the chamber.
Observing that he would deal with the shameful capitulation of Santiago, Count d'Almenas asked the house whether he should proceed and was answered with cries of "Yes," and "No," and a general uproar ensued.
A repetition of the query provoking still greater tumult, Senor Sagasta rose and defended the government and its Spanish peace commission. The premier criticized America's "unjustified conduct," and said that everything might be discussed except the war because the cases of the generals were still sub judice.
Count d'Almenas resumed his attack upon the generals and complained that "five months elapsed and not a single general had been shot."
This gave rise to another tumult and Count d'Almenas was called to order. Again he asked why the generals who capitulated had not been executed. It is quite true, he declared, that the army is an army of lions led by asses. Captain General Blanco's administration in Cuba was deplorable, he said, but he was not responsible for the surrender of Santiago.
Recriminations continued between Count d'Almenas and Lieutenant Correa, the minister of war, and there was renewed disorder. Then General Primo de Rivera arose and denounced Count d'Almenas as "a contemptible calumniator."
General Blanco followed, defending the generals and accepting full responsibility for events in Cuba during his command in the island.
General Burges also denounced Count d'Almenas as a calumniator. After a promise on the part of Count d'Almenas to produce proofs of his assertions the senate adjourned.
SPAIN WILL BE PAID.
The Bill Appropriating $20,000,000 Finally Passed by Congress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—A separate bill appropriating $20,000,000 for payment to Spain under the provisions of the treaty of Paris, was passed by the house under suspension of the rules. No amendment was in order, as an attempt to secure unanimous consent to offer an amendment declaratory of our policy, not permanently to annex the islands, was objected to.
Mr. Wheeler of Kentucky, upon whose point of order the appropriation went out of the sundry civil bill, made the only speech in open hostility to the measure, but upon the roll call 34 members—31 Democrats, 2 Populists and 1 Silver Republican—voted against it. The votes of 213 members were cast for it.
The senate bill to reimburse the governors of states for expenses paid by the states in organizing volunteers for service in the war with Spain before their muster into the service of the United States also was passed under suspension of the rules.
The bill appropriating $500,000 for the Pan-American exposition to be held at Buffalo in 1901 was before the house on a motion to suspend the rules, but it was antagonized by the chairman of the appropriations committee, Mr. Cannon. Owing to the lateness of the hour a quorum had disappeared and advantage was taken of this fact compelling an adjournment. The bill now will go over until next Saturday, the first of the six suspension days at the close of the session when it will come up as unfinished business.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Restricting the Theater.
A bill introduced into the New York legislature to establish a censor of plays has undoubtedly been brought about by the number of disreputable exhibitions which have been given in New York this winter. It is said at Albany that the bill is the result of church influence. Certain it is that complaints have been made by religious teachers that the character of some of the plays produced this winter has a decidedly immoral effect upon the younger members of their communities, and they complain that these exhibitions have been condoned and excused. The objection to a censorship of plays has always been very strong in our large cities, and the objection is not without some force. It is declared that judicious censorship must depend entirely upon the censor himself, and an unscrupulous man might make the office a means of merely exacting tribute. Besides, there are no fast and hard lines by which to determine the evil effects of a play. What one man condemns another commends or, as our grandmothers put it, what is one man's meat is another man's poison. For the most part the intelligent press favors the utmost license to the theater, on the theory that the public will make unprofitable any exhibition that violates public decency. It is to be regretted that the facts do not always corroborate this theory.
◘ The women who do all the talking are not doing it very well just now. Two questions have been met by them in a manner to elicit some surprise even from women who do not do all their talking in public. With regard to the ineligibility of women to bear arms Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake has recently said from the platform, "Well, as to whether women are able to fight for their country, I can only say that, judging from the number of men who were thrown out under medical examination during the recent enlistment, the women would make a pretty good show." This is really advanced in a serious manner by the platform orator. Because only five men in ten are fit to be soldiers therefore all women are fit. Prudhomme once said that a woman's logic baffles like her smile. The other question up for debate is the killing of birds to afford decoration for women's hats, and here is a woman in the front declaring that the women do not kill the birds, the wicked men do it, and if the wicked men didn't do it the women, of course, wouldn't wear the birds in their hats. Even Mrs. Blake will have to look out for her feathers after this.
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| Main Street, Cortland, N. Y., 1899. |
PAVEMENT IS ACCEPTED.
OFFICIAL POSSESSION TAKEN OF THE MAIN-ST. ROADWAY.
Balance of the Payment for It Ordered—Bond to Indemnity Village Against Possible Suits on Account of the Patent Curb—Fire Department Wants $500 In the Budget With Which to Purchase a Team—Current Bills Ordered Paid.
The new pavement on Main-st. is now officially in possession of the village and is paid for in full as the result of the action by the board of village trustees last night.
All four of the village trustees were present at the meeting and in the absence of Clerk Crombie, W. Heath Smith acted as clerk.
Chief A. J. Barber, First Assistant Engineer H. P. Davis and Second Assistant Daniel Reilly representing the board of the fire department appeared before the board, and asked that the sum of $500 be placed in the annual budget for the purchase of a team for use in hauling the hook and ladder truck to fires. Chief Barber thought a team would be more than self-sustaining. The team might be kept in the enginehouse where the cells are now located. The cells might be placed in the cellar. The department owns a latest pattern drop harness that could be used. The team could also be used on the streets. No action was taken, but this will be considered at the meeting next Monday evening, when the annual budget will be made up. Bills were ordered as follows:
Jas. F. Costello, salary, $25.00
Police force, 189.00
Street Commissioner's payroll, 172.00
M. F. Riley, typewriting, 3.00
STANDARD Printing Co., 10.35
Estate B. B. Jones, 10.75
O. A. Houghton, reporting marriages, 4.25
T. P. Keefe, health board, 2.92
Police Justice E. E. Mellon filed a report showing that between February and November, 1898, he had received on account of town and county criminal business $1,383.15 and from the town and county as the earnings of the policemen and fines, the sum of $937.50.
The board of health submitted a bill of $190 in favor of Dr. W. J. Moore for burning furniture, bedding, etc., disinfecting and for meat, groceries and coal provided during his illness with the smallpox. This bill had been before the board on many previous occasions, but this time was fully itemized. President Stilson said that Corporation Counsel Kellogg had advised the payment of the bill except the items for meat, coal and groceries amounting to $34.20. Trustee Nodecker stoutly objected to the payment of the bill, and an aye and nay vote carried it, Mr. Nodecker voting nay and Mr. O'Leary refusing to vote.
Bills of Frank F. Gerald for three days' quarantine $7.50, and of A. G. Bosworth for two days' quarantine $5, were laid on the table "for the next board," as Trustee Nodecker remarked.
Paving Engineer Allen's final bill for services, amounting to $152.79, was ordered paid, he agreeing to come to Cortland this spring and make an inspection and see that all iron sluice-covers are in proper position.
But the most important piece of business transacted was the final acceptance of the pavement, curb, gutter and all, and the drawing of an order on the village treasury to pay the balance due the Warren-Scharf Paving company, amounting to $23,069.31.
The maintenance bond for a period of ten years, in the sum of $18,000, furnished by the paving company with the Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Baltimore and W. R. Warren as sureties was read, and it was said had the approval of the village attorneys. The bond indemnifies the village against loss by suits brought for injuries alleged by neglect during the construction of the pavement. It imposes no conditions in which the pavement is to be kept by the village. It guarantees to keep in repair for ten years all portions of the pavement becoming defective by reason of defective materials or workmanship, wear and tear by traffic or by the action of the elements.
On motion of Trustee White, seconded by Trustee Sprague, the bond of the company was accepted, Trustee Nodecker alone voting in the negative.
Then came the resolution as to accepting street and making final payment, but after considerable discussion a resolution to that effect was carried, Trustee Nodecker voting nay. The paving company executed a bond agreeing to defend and protect the village in any and all suits for alleged infringements of patents in the construction of the Parkhurst curb and gutter, and it was upon this agreement that the work was accepted.
Engineer Allen in behalf of himself and Assistant Engineer Hall, presented the board with a handsome framed group of views of the new pavement made during construction.
President Stilson appointed Trustees Sprague and O'Leary a committee to examine the books of Village Treasurer Maine, and an adjournment was taken until Feb. 27.
MEMORIAL TRIBUTE.
Resolutions of Class No. 2 of the First Baptist Church Sunday-school.
WHEREAS, It has pleased God, in his wise providence, to take from us our beloved brother, Randolph Beard, be it hereby
Resolved, That in the death of our Brother Beard our class loses a member, who by his interest in the work, and so long as he was able, his regular attendance upon its sessions and by his patient, cheerful submission under the long and trying experience of bodily infirmity through which he has passed, has won our respect and admiration, and justly claims our grateful acknowledgment of the grace by which he has been so wonderfully sustained.
Resolved, That we hereby extend to our Sister Beard, and her family our heartfelt sympathy in this time of their bereavement, and sorrow.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the family of our deceased brother and that they be published in our local papers.
GEO. H. BRIGHAM, Teacher, N. STARR, Asst. Teacher, Committee.
ACETYLENE GASLIGHTING.
Local Firm Taken Agency for Several Counties.
Messrs. E. D. Rogers and E. N. Sherwood, two of Cortland's most trustworthy young men, have taken the agency for the Pan-American Acetylene Gas generators for the counties of Cortland, Onondaga, Cayuga and Tompkins. Their office is in the new Samson building at 3 Groton-ave., and there they have on exhibition one of the generators which is capable of furnishing sixty lights. They invite the public to call and inspect. One of the members of the firm will be in the office continually, while the other will be on the road. The generators are made in all sizes and capacities from five to 1,000 lights. The light is adapted to fine country houses, churches, stores, hotels and public halls, where modern conveniences are desired, yet are situated far distant from electric and gas franchises. These generators were awarded the highest gold medal for generators at the Omaha exposition. The firm name is Rogers & Sherwood and is a strong one.
ALONZO B. SPRINGER.
Death of one of Cortland's Aged and Respected Citizens.
The malady, grip, this morning claimed another victim in Mr. Alonzo B. Springer of 43 Union-st., one of Cortland's oldest and most respected citizens. Mr. Springer was taken ill with the grip about two weeks ago and pneumonia followed, causing his death at 5 o'clock this morning. Mr. Springer's birthplace was Sempronius, Cayuga county, April 12, 1821, and there he lived until his marriage Feb. 24, 1848, with Miss Lucy J. Swetland. They lived at Glen Haven until coming to Cortland twenty-nine years ago, and have since resided here. On Feb. 24 of last year, their fiftieth wedding anniversary was celebrated by the gathering of about forty of their most intimate relatives and neighbors. Mrs. Springer, who survives, will be 78 years of age next July, and of seven children born to them, but two are now living, Mrs. Irving Price of Cortland and Mrs. W. C. Newell of Onativia. Mr. Springer leaves two sisters, Mrs. Charlotte Browuell of Cleveland, O., and Miss Sarah Springer of Chicago, also one brother, Job Springer of Homer.
Up to the time of his illness, Mr. Springer was the possessor of much vitality, and was remarkably full of life and vigor. The cold which resulted in the attack of grip was caught while returning home from the golden wedding of his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bates, on the night of Feb. 25. The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and Rev. W. H. Pound, pastor of the Congregational church, will officiate. Burial will be made at Homer.
A Native of Truxton.
The Harvard (Ill.) Herald of Feb. 9 notes the death in that city on Feb. 2 of Henry Benjamin, the oldest merchant of the place. The Herald says:
Decedent was born in Truxton, Cortland county, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1822, the second of thirteen children of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah E. Benjamin. When 21 years of age he came as a school teacher to Illinois and taught two terms of school in Putnam county. He then returned to New York and was married in 1840 to Miss Carrie C. Hull, who now survives him. They came at once to Illinois and purchased a farm near Bloomingdale, DuPage county. In 1850 he moved to Prospect Park and conducted a general store until removing to Harvard in 1858, where he associated himself in business with G. M. Hull, under the firm name of Hull & Julius. Mr. Benjamin became the sole proprietor in 1867 and conducted it until 1874, when he retired from active business. After this he taught an unexpired and a full term in the Harvard public schools.
Mr. Benjamin had a family of two children, a son and a daughter. The son, Herbert Elijah, resides at Milwaukee, where he is a messenger for the American Express Co., and the daughter, Mrs. Sperry, the wife of Dr. C. C. Sperry of Chicago, both of whom were here to attend the funeral.
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| American Baseball. |
NEW BASEBALL RULES.
Some Quite Radical Changes Recommended by Committee.
The committee on revision of the code of playing rules of the National Baseball league has prepared its report which is now in the hands of President Nick Young and will doubtless be adopted. Several changes are recommended, all of which seem to be wise.
With the indications so favorable for an unusually prosperous baseball season magnates are desirous of increasing the fascination of the American game as much as possible. It is universally agreed that one of the most spectacular features of baseball is base-running, especially when the player steals a bag on the pitcher.
It may not be the most scientific play but nevertheless it arouses the crowd to an enthusiastic pitch such as no other play on the field, except perhaps a sensational hit, which results in the accumulation of a run or two. Base-stealing, however, has not been frequently practiced during the past few years. The habit of pitchers feinting before they deliver the ball across the plate has brought base-runners to exercise great caution before they make a dash along the line.
Almost invariably nowadays when it is attempted the pitcher is on the alert, and a quick heave to a baseman ends the career of the runner before he reaches his destination.
But in the future, base-running will be a prominent feature of the game for under the new rules a balk occurs as follows: Any motion made by the pitcher to deliver the ball to the bat or to a base without delivering it; the throwing of the ball by the pitcher to any base to catch the base-runner without first stepping directly towards said base immediately before throwing the ball; any delivery of the ball to the bat by the pitcher while his pivot foot is not in contact with the pitcher's plate and he is not facing the batsman; any motion in delivering the ball to the bat by the pitcher while not in the proper position; the holding of the ball by the pitcher so long as, in the opinion of the umpire, to delay the game unnecessarily; standing in position and making any motion to pitch without having the ball in his possession; the making of any motion the pitcher habitually makes in his method of delivery, without his immediately delivering the ball to the bat; if the pitcher delivers the ball to the bat when the catcher is standing outside the lines of the catcher's position. These recommendations contemplate radical changes and are in the interest of base-running.
A fair batted ball that goes over the fence shall entitle the batsman to a home run, except that should it go over the fence at a less distance than 285 feet from the home base, then he shall be entitled to two bases only, and a distinctive line shall be marked on the fence at this point. This change is made to remove in a degree the element of luck from the game.
A foul tip by the batsman, caught by the catcher while standing within the lines of his position, is a strike. This makes a caught foul tip a strike.
The regulations in regard to the umpire's duties and powers as to firing players are made broader than ever.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Buck & Lane, Heating Stoves, page 6: M. A. Case, Bargains in Torchon Lace, page 6.
—There will be missionary teas at Grace church rectory, Wednesday afternoons during Lent from 2:30 to 4:30, to which all the ladies are invited.
—The University Center meets to-night at 8 o'clock at the Normal building. Rev. Amos Watkins will read the paper postponed from last week on account of the storm.
—It is said that the New York Central R. R. has leased for ninety-nine years the Fall Brook Coal Co.'s road which runs from Geneva to Corning with branches down into the Pennsylvania coal mines, having a total mileage of about 300 miles. Possession will be given April 1.
—To-morrow is Washington's birthday and a legal holiday. The post office hours will be from 7 to 10 A. M. and from 6 to 7 P. M. The carriers will make but one complete delivery. The money order department will be closed all day, and the last mail will close at 7 P. M.
—Word has been received in Cortland from Mr. E. H. Brewer at Winter Park, Fla., to the effects that though the mercury got down considerably below the freezing point at Jacksonville, his orange grove at Winter Park was wholly uninjured. His Cortland friends will extend congratulations.
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