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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-09-05
OUR CHARITIES.


The Charges Against the Commission
ers-What is Said in Contradiction.
had bOmbshen exploded IN q church II could
not have created q greater CONSERVATION than did
the report OF the Commissioners OF Accounts IN the
circle in which the Commissioners OF Charities and
Correction move.
This Board held their usual session yesterday, and
adjourned early.
In answer to questions Commissioner Stern said
that he had been very busy and had not yet read
the report condemning the administration OF the
department which was submitted to the Board OF
Aldermen by Commissioner OF Accounts, Howe. on
Thursday His attention had been called TO one
statement, however, in which he could say that
Mr. Howe spoke only half the truth. Mr.. Howe
said thatin violation OF the provision OF the charter
no subordinate in any department should receive
salary greater than that paid to its nead and that
Mr.. cornell, the purchasing clerk OF meats i0r the
per pound upon all purchases made by hlm be-
which amounted to sS,7se A. or more than than
IN the same period Mr.. Howe neglected to
say, however, that out OF this commission Mr..
where the meats were received, pay for the ser
vices OF the men employed IN cutting up the meat
TOR the different titutons pay Tor all the quan.
tity OF ice required to preserve it, and deiray other
necessary expenses, the whole of TINS outlay
amounting in a year to from $4,000 to $500.
As to the various other allegations Ia the report,
which he understood TO be long, Mr.. Stern said
that he could not answer them without examining
the particular items. He could only say that al
though some errors might have occurred the
Commissioners had consulted the Mayor, Comp
troler and other authorities in regard 10 all their
measures, and would prepare full reply to the
charges as soon as possible.
President Laimbeer said that he had been en-
gagged with Mr.. Stern all day in reference case,
and that 1t was impossible for him to properly
answer Mr.. HOwe's report yesterday His atten-
lion was directed, however, to the assertions OF
Mr.. Howe that deliberate attempts mad been made
In the department to evade the section OF the
charter requiring all supplies exceeding 200 III
value to be furnished by contract, and that to
cOmplish this evasion numerous erasures and de-
ceptlve entries had been made in tue st0rekeep
er's books. In regard to this Mr.. Laimbeer said
that not hing of the kind had been done with his
knowledge or consent, and he Thought it unjust
that such a report should have been made without
consultation with the Commissioners. SO lar
he knew, none OF the commissioners had In any
way attempted to evade the charter or been viii.
July guilty Of any Improperly.
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MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Nj arrfed.

BULLwINKEL-KARsCH.-O n wednesday, Septem-
Der 2, 1874 by the Rev. Samuel y. Halsey. at the
residence Of the brides stepfather, Mr. j. I. Hen
Erickson, MARTIN A. BULLwINKEL to NJ. LAURA
KARsCH, all OF Brooklyn.
Philadelphia papers please copy.
DUNN-GREGORY.-At Syracuse on Tuesday.
Sept. l, 1874, by the Rev. M. S. Hard, MILFORD M.
DUNN, OF Planfeld, N. D., to ALICE ]. GREGORY, OF
Syracuse, N. Y.
HUFF-BoNFoy.--On Thursday, Sept. 9, by Rev.
Reuben Nelson, ID. D., JOHN K. HUFF, OF Brooklyn,
to IDA o. B0NFoY, OF this city. No cards.
Cincinnati papers please copy.
KEELER-SALTER.-At Newport, r. l., on sunday,
August 30, by Rev. j. q. K1mba EZRA w. kEELER
and FANNIE SALTER, both OF Groveville, N. j. No
cards.
TAYLoR-CoRNEIL.--I wilowvale, on Friday.
August %, by Rev. Mr.. LOveoy, MIR. CHARLES f..
OF New York.
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RACING AT PROSPECT PARK.

race meeting will be commenced at Prospect
Park to-day, which will be continued on Wednes-
day, eth and Saturday, 18th inst. There are three
events on the card for the opening day, compris
ing weepstakes for year-olds, three-quarters
OF a mlle which has six nominations; race OF
mile meats for all ages, and the days sports VIII
close with dash OF two miles Tor three-year-olds.
The track is in fine condition Tor racing, and fast
running may be anticipated. The following pools
on Inc races were sold last evening:
POOL SELLING.
Pools were sold last evening at JOhnsOn's rooms,
corner Of Broadway and Twenty-eigtth street, Tor
the races to take place in Prospect PARK to-day.
The bidding was not very spirited. The sales
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NATIONAL AMATEUR REGATTA.
Second Day Of the Tournament on
the Laureate Course.
Grand Attendance and Spirited
Contests.

Frank T. Yates Of the New York Athletics the
Winner Of the Single scullers Race; Smith
and Eldred, Of the Argonauta Club, the
Pair-Oared Contest; Curtis and Yates
Of the Athletics the Double Souls,
and the Bsaverwycks, Of Al
bsny, the Four Dared Event
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Contributions to the fund are earnestly solicited
At once, and may be sent TO the NEW YORK HERALD
Office, Mayor Havemeyer, City Hall; Arnold, Con-
stable d Co., No. 1856 Broadway ID. Appleton b Co.,
No. 561 Broadway; August belmont h Co., No. 19
Nassau street; 8. L. NJ. Barlow, No. IS william
street; Ball, Black Co., No. sos Broad way Judge
John r. Brady, No. 10 West Thirsy-third street;
Henry Bergh, No. 100 Fourth avenue Henry Clews,
No. 80 Wall street, or Rev. Alvah Wiswall, Master
OF st. Johns Guild, No. So Varick street.
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urpru, Incnes; weight, 81 Ips Siding seats
length Of sculls 10 feet; weight Of each, 5lbs.
NO. a-SEw YORK. ATHLETIC CLUB REPRESENTATIVES,
:, Mama Position Age. Height wesghL Chest 1ips.
W. .. Curtis. 49,. Stroke Sc $685. iss q s
Paper boat Peerless built by Waters 4 Son.
Troy, N. Y. Length "a feet; beam, IA inches;
depth, inches: weight, 90 lbs; sliding seats I;
length OF scuils II feet; weight OF eacn, Al lbs.
Total displacement, 3l3 lbs.
Color, blue.
DOUBLE sCULL RACE.
Giving afes time 10 shake OF the fatigue Oh the
previous race. double SOULS were called. me IeI-
cree sent them on their mission TO magnfnceht
start At 5h. I'm. the Mutuais clipping u enect-
lively to the number or forty strokes inmate, the
Beaverwycks the same and the Athetcs thirV-
eight. The Beaverwycks soon obtained q
slight advantage and retained " until
ali had gone n mile, the Athletics second, hail
length behind. with the Muinals two lengths
asrern. From this point the Workers began to
put on the steam, and, rowing together with the
regularity and precision OF a piece OF machinery,
pulled clear oil the Beaverwycks and soon went so
far ahead as To give the latter their wash, which
was not at all the liking OF the Albanians,
VINO tried to avoid 1t, out 1t was unavail-
ing Passing the Ulysse bOathouse Gurus
and Yates let her cot and laying Gown to their
business IN style crossed the Imaginary line three
being Jour lengths astern. The latter had no SHOW
IN tine race from the start.
THE TIME
Of the victors was ON. 37i4s., Beaverwycks ON.
441sS, Mutuals ION. 0,s. As they rowed back TO
the starting line to deposit their shell, Curtis and
Yates were cheered by the thousands on the shore.
Foar-Oarcd Race-Ftnal Heat.
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SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT SCORE.
1p ydrds. SO Yards
SCOTTISH GAMES,
FORT ERIE, q

FORT ERIE, Ont, sept. T. 1874.
The second annual match Of the Buffalo IN. VI
Caledonian Curling and Quoting Club for the Nc
Laren Medal took place here to-day. About thirty
members Of the club competed for the medal.
wnich was won by d. Bell BY four points fbe
party rctnrned to Bpffaio by steaner tBis evening.
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THE SENECA LAKE REGATTA.

ELMiRA, N. Y, Sept. 4, 1874.
Entries for the Seneca Lake regatta will be re-
ceived by Commodore A. G. Pike, OF Watkins. mp
to the opening day Of the regatta or until Wednes-
day morning, September 9.
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AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB.

The following are entries for the handicaps OF
the fall meeting OF tue American Jockey Club
MANHATTAN HANDICAP.-A sweepstakes or $50
each ha forfeit, and only $40 II declared by the
Goth OF september, with $500 added; the second
horse to receive $500 out OF the STAKES no close
and name on the 18th OF August, 1874. weights to
be published by the 5tn OF September. One mile
M u uunf
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: REGATTA ON THE NORTH SHREWSBURY.

LONG BRANCH, N. j.. Sept. 4, 1874.
The eighth annual regatta on the North Shrews-
bury River viii take place tomorrow, at Fair
Haven, N J. The start will be from Fair Haven
dock to and around stakeD0at stationed Of Long
Point; distance, eighteen miles. large number
a Antared-
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healtniest pIeasures, the votarles or riding and
driving steadily augment and the wealth OF tue
country multlpites with the increase OF well Dred
horses. War and panic may come and go. still Wal
the jolly riders OF Gotham be found Ito the lore'
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TIE FLOATING HOSPITAL.

Destitute Sick Chiidren's Relief Fund.
The following additional contributions have been
received by the Rev. Alvah Wiswall, Master OF St.
Johns Guild, and handed to Henry G. DE Witt, Al
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Weight OF crew, 656 los.
Cedar shell f. Z. Ransom, built by Thomas
n pe dsn1 ~ ee1 5s oG ias
length OF sweeps, IL teet; weight OF eacn, lbs.
Total displacement, sos lbs.
color, red.
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TIE GRAND NATIONAL HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES,
of 500 EACH hall forfeit and only $40 II declared
by the 20Ih OF September, with $1,000 added, OF
winch 500 to the second horse. To close and
name on the 18th August, 1874. Weights to be pub
llsned by the 5tn September. Two miles and a
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at three O'Clock p. M.
Canada papers please copy.
SwINToN.-At Hohokus N. j., on "Wednesday,
September z, MARY LOUISA, vile OF Alfred SWIM
ton, and daughter OF William Il. and Eliza Dena-
rest, OF Jersey City, aged ~ years and months.
The relatives and friends OF the family are re-
specially invited to attend the funeral services,
from ParamuS church, on saturday, September D,
at one O'Clock P. NJ Carriages will be IN waiting
at Honokus station ON arrival OF lo'so IRAN from
Chambers street. $40,
Thursday, September 3, JANIS TATE ~, Ill the
saith year OF MS age, OF typhoid pneumonia,
the funeral viii lake place from the reformed
TENDER O, at two O'CLOCK. -, - ,..,
TO attend. - -, - -,
THOMAs-At ST. German en- Laye, near Paris.
/ France, on Wednesday, september =, ISIS ALICE
GRLDI.EY, wife OF ADDISON lhomas' Oh Ehsewood'
N j. In the oath year OF her age.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
WAap.--Fren,s of the late MICHAEL WARD, be-
loved son OF Patrick and Catherine ward, late OF
the county Down, ireland, are respectfully invited
To attend hts funeral, on sunday the 9TH inst
from his residence, 256 Ten Eyck tate wyckofD
'Wft.iis.--iD Brooklyn, E. d., on Thursday. Sep
TENDER 0. LILLIAN IRWIN aged 20, elder daughter
| of James L. ana Marpretta Secor Wiilis
| the funeral services were held at her late resi-
! dence No. 30 Rush street, on friday evening,
4th inst, at eight O'Clock The remains will be
| taken to Woodlawn Cemetery for interment this
day Saturday, by the IL 40 A. NJ. train from
/ POrty-second street.
wooD-snddenly, on Friday, September 4, DAVID
! AUGUSTUS WOOD, formerly OF the nrH VI WOOD
Brothers, in the 69th year of his age.
The relatives ana friends Of the family are m
yited 70 attend she funeral services at his ate
| Monday, september !, at ten A. NJ The remains
Will be taken TO Bridgeport, Conn.,. for interment-
| WoLBACH.-On Thursday evening", September 3.
Mrs. J. WoLBAcu, mother OF JACOB Wolbacn 10 the
77th year OF her age.
The relatives and friends Of the family are re-
specuuly invited to attend the funeral, rom tne
residence OF her children, 26s East Tenth street,
: on sunday. Se0temher a. az nine O'Clock A. N.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-20
Advertising Statistics.

If the advantages of advertising could
still possibly be doubted, the high apple
citation which the business community of
New York places upon it should suffice to
convert even the most incredulous upon
this point. According to a correspond
ent of the Cincinnati enquirer, who has
fully investigated the subject, the aver
age receipts of the New York dailies for
advertising amount annually to $S,90S,
600. Of this sum the Herald receives up
ward of s., 100000, or about $4,000 day :;
the Stn0ts-Zeituag 81, $4,000; the Times
S1,46O,O00; and so on down to some of
the more obscure sheets, none of which
receive less than 100000. The weekly
papers take nearly half a million annu-
ally as their share of the advertising pat
ronage, and perhaps fully $4,000, 900 is
spent in posters, circulars, steamboat and
street-oar advertising, etc. The writer
also shows whence this immense revenue
comes, and quotes the following figures
from the ledgers of some of the leading
business firms: A. L. Stewart, for in
stance, is said to spend $500, 900 year
for printers ink; Lord & Taylor, 500,
900; Arnold & Constable, S115,0O0; Rob
ert Bonner, $200,000; Babbitt, the soap
man, 1925, 900; while Barnum pays out
every year about $500 900, and all have
made their fortunes largely through this
entality.-InterO Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-20
Hints to HOusekeeperS.

There are three things which house
wife should never forget TO see that her
family have plenty Of-Sunshine, pure
air, and a wholesome and varied diet, as
the health Of her family depends in 4 great
measure upon them. Sunshine and fresh
air are in many localities easily obtained,
but the food question is one that requires
more thought and labor Food contain
inc much phosphorus is best for students
and business men, and for all who use
their brain, for 9 thought, even in the
manual exercise of writing, exhausts the
vital fluid with incredible rapidly"
Graham bread, Oat meal and fish are the
best food for such persons-in fact, for
all persons, as they are equally good to
restore the tissues, and if growing
children use them daily their teeth viii
be stronger and less likely to decay.
Many cooks use soda to excess, forget
ting that grease and soda combined make
soap. soda or saleratus should never
be used unless bread or pastry is sour, or
unless you add to the flour before mixing
a prOpOrtiOnate quantity of acid, such as
cream of tartar. If you add soda alone
to perfectly sweet material it has no
more effect in making it rise than so
much salt. When using soda, be care
full to use only enough to neutralize
the acid. There are those who
consider the use Of soda as benefi-
cial to health. They make a serious mis-
take; the free use of soda for a length
of time will result in an impaired diges-
ton" For recipes which call for level
teaspOonfuI of cream of tatar and q half
teaspoonful Of soda I occasionally use
me heaping teaspoonful of baking pow
der. If the baking powder is good it
will be sufficient.
Eggs and yeast are healthful and pure,
and should be used to raise all kinds of
bread, mullins, etc. Some will say, | can
not afford eggs for such purposes. Can
you afford to lose your health and pay
doctors bills?
Bread should be queen of every kitch-
en-. 1t should not be neglected for an
instant after it is ready to make up, and
those having charge of it should not for
get that bread sWeetened with soda will
not have the same kind of sweetness that
it had before turning sour. As bread
rises slightly while baking it should not
be quite light enough when put into the
oven. | know what | am saying, for |
have had much experience in this branch
of cookery. 1t makes me sad to happen
in at a neighbours at a meal-time and see
family eat fried meat, hot soda biscuit,
or bread so light that all its sweetness is
lost, even if it is not absolutely sour. 1t
is the first duty of every woman who
has charge of domestic aff@'3 to see that
good, wholesome food is regularly pre-
pared for her family.-C0r Rural NeO
YOJLpT
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-20
Smoke Them Out.

The lOcusts are not proof against
smoke and fire and have been driven out
of one county in the West by lighting a
Gordon of straw and then smothering the
straw with green hay, when the plague
disappeared almost as quickly as it
came. In this way the locusts are mas
tered. in India. Having no wood, we read
that the inhabitants carefully collect all
the dung OF their camels, horses, mules,
donkeys, oxen, COWS, sheep, goats, etc,
mix it with chopped straw, grass or roots
shape the mixture into round cakes about
seven inches in diameter by about an inch
and half in thickness and dry them in
the sun. These cakes, called chowpat-
tee by the natives of Western India, CON
stitute the principal, and in many dis
tricts only, fuel, not only in India, but
also in Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Ara
bia, Egypt, North America and many
other countries. They burn as freely as
good peat, but create dense, sitting
smoke, the very thing needed to keep an
invading locust host at bay, or at least to
cause it to deviate in its course of de-
struction. These 'chowpattee' fires are
burned with really wonderful effect for
that purpose.
"LOcusts seldom or ever take to their
wings before sunrise, ana rarely, II ever,
fly after sunset. Even if they do light
on the ground between sunrise and sun.
set they will always be found to be very
restless, easily disturbed, and they will
readily take to their wings again if APP
preached by either man or beast to within
Il distance of ten feet. During the night
they rest and feed voraciously; but in
less than two hours they will drop into a
kind of semi-lethargic condition, when
they are utterly unable to take to their
wings. Taking advantage of this coma
tose and temporary helpless condition of
the locusts, the inhabitants of the coun-
tries above mentioned drive all their
camels, horses, mules, donkeys, oxen,
cows, sheep and goats over the ground
covered by the obnoxious insects, which
are trampled to death and crippled by
the million under the animals feet" Let
our distressed settlers of the Northwest
initiate their undivided fellOw-sutferers
of Asia and Africa.-Erchange.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-20
WOman's Work in the Domestic
Sphere.

IT remains to add that DR.. Priestley
was eminently fortunate in his domestic
relations. His wife possessed rare
qualifications as helpmcet to her hus-
band, and had large share in the sue
cess of his career; for, although, as fan
as we can learn, she did not participate
IN his special studies, yet it appears that
but for her, he never could have carried
through his numerous and formidable
undertakings. His testimony to this is
explicit He says: "My wife was a
woman of excellent understanding, much
improved by reading, of great fortitude
and strength of mind, of temper in the
highest degree affectionate and generous,
feeling strongly for others and little for
herself. Also, greatly eXCelling in ev-
erythlng relating to household affairs,
she entirely relieved me of all concern of
that kind which allowed me to give all
my time to the prosecution of my stud
les and the other duties of my station"
His son states that his father used to say
that he was merely ledger, and had all
his time to devote to his own pursuits.
All honor, then, to the wife to whose
womanly devotion the world is indebted
for whatever is great and good in the
achievements of the husband! We have
lately heard much Of great man who
attributes all his profoundest thoughts to
the genius of his wife, he being really only
a scribe and editor; but we here see how
a great man may owe his intellectual en-
inence to his wife, even though she be
not so gifted as to be able to furnish all
his best ideas. OF the two methods this is
certainly the most encouraging for
woman, as it assigns the highest office to
her acknowledged capacities, and pre-
clules all question of rivalry. The
united pair work in separate spheres and
different ways to the same end and the
wife's affections become as indispensable
to the result as the husbands intellect
Had Mrs. Priestley been animated by
modern views, and essayed to carve out
her own separate fortune in the field of
science or theology, it is eminently prob
able that she would have failed to do
any great thing herself, and quite certain
that she would have etfeCtually defeated
her husband. This must have been the
result, if what Dr. Priestley says is true,
that her efficient domestic aid and her
sympathetic support in his trials and
sutferingS were among the indispensable
conditions of his own success. And thus,
in the seclusion of her own family, alb
sOrbed in social cares, forgetting herself
in instructive solicitude for others, and
probably with no ambition beyond, this
true woman and model wife was really
ioint-partner with her illuStriOus husband
in the good he accomplished, if not in the
fame he won. And who shall say that
hers was not, after all, the nobler and
happier share of the work?-E L. Y0u-
mans, IN Popular Science Monthly for
17y03LSt
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Luck.

THERE are some people who are never
III luck. Ii they were not born under an
unlucky star 1t was because a wandering
comet, yet more baleful, was in the
ascendant. They made at the beginning
some one of those infnitesimal errors
which in the course of lifelong calcu-
latiOn widen out into the logarithmic
figures they came into the world behind
time, and have always been in pursuit of
it, and never catching up: thew were
born Just too late for legacy. they die
just too late for the life-insurance, Which
happens to expire first. Their piece of
bread is sure to fall, and ALWAYS on the
buttered side; their dear gazelles are
sure to die; if they think thew can play
comedy, compelling fate thrusts them
into tragedy; they would like to wife
poetry, but are obliged to make living
by plain prose; if they have a chance in
an oil we'll, it runs nothing but mud and
water: if they have silver mine, it
turns out false lead; if they dabble in
stocks, it is only to burn their fingers; all
their bulls are beared, all their swans are
geese, there are seven FRIDAYS in every
Cay of their lives, and all of them are
black Fridays, so black that they
are blue! On the wedding Jour
neys of these worthless nobody has
a slipper TO throw after them: horse
shoes never lie in their path; let them
get up never so early in the morn
ing 10 catch their worm, an earlier bird
has been before them. The blind beggar
on the corner always sees them, when