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QUESTIONS OF REFORM.

At the regular meeting last evening of the
Municipal Reform Association NJ No 43 South Washing
ton-sauare lecture delivered by Abraham l..
Earle Deputy Controller upon the subject, Forty
millions a year-where the money comes from and how
IL is spent" His remarks referred very directly to the
various departments OF the city, the expenditures Of
which and the for the samen many instances
he asserted without a shadow OF protensehe stated In
detail, giving facts and figures that he argued
beyond dispute He suggested that retrenchmept In
most Of the departments could easily be brought
could political interference be entirely dispensed with
He argued that taxation most unequally borne !;
that the one half taxed for the expenses Of tho
other half and that the association had work to per:
form In eQualzing this His concluding remar ks were
favorable the OF Controller Green In his dis
charge OF ls official duties. At the conclusion OF his
address Mr. Farr proposed TO offer series OF resolutions
to the effect that In Controller Green the city had
officer who stood like rock against all evil attacks one
whose should meet the approval Of all who held
the the city at heart Further remarks
made by William o. Bourne and by the presiding officer,
both approving the argument OF the lecturer. 1t was
announced before the adjournment OF the meeting that
March Is the subject would BIO further considered
and that that time the operations either OF tho De-
partment Of Charities and Correction or Of Public
Works would be brought before the association and
facts Of great interest made public.
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The LECTURE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: regret very much
that could not have bad time 10 give TO the pre-
paration of my lecture before coming before this audi
once Yor are all aware what this transit OF Venus is
need not spend time that. Occasionally an interior
planet passing around the sun-seen on the disk OF
the sun as small black spot This happens In the rev.
Olutions Of the planet Venus Thirteen revolutions OF
hers very nearly equal eight of the revolutions OF the
earth The order two iransts in pairs, eight years
apart The period OF revolution is not in proportion as
1 have indicated, varying somewhat IN point Of fire.
Quency.
There have occurred only four ransts OF Venus since
the period OF observations began The first In 1884, was
seen by nobody as far we can ascertain 1t was
observed by two persons in England The transits of
1861 and observed with very great care by
parties dispatched from London and Rttenhouse OF
Philadelphia made some important observations The
interest IN the transit does lie in the thing ITSELF
N black spot passing across the race OF tIe
sun The recent transit was so mnch snaded Dy clouus
that II could be without the aid OF the telescope
There nothing of interest In the phenomenon Itself
There ia no magnificent Why then so mueh palos
In It's observaon2 By IL we are enabled 10 determine
the SUMS paraax the distance from the earh 10 tDe
ann and that enters into nearly all our astronomical
1t is the base line OF nearly all our celestial
measures Of distances. Our knowledge OF the sonar
system depends the knowledge OF the paraia1 OF me
Accordingly astronomers nave Deen on tue q"' ope
" determine its quantity ,, ,
The transit OF last December was observed ny
hundreds of persons sent for the purpose from all
parts world The United states sent eleht par
ties England the same number France seven Ger
many, Ave; and Italy and even Mexico sent parties.
Some went the north and others TO the ex
treme. You have the records from time TO time
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THE TRANSIT OF VENUS.

A LECTURE BY PROF. c. A. YOUNG.
oBJECT AND METHODS OF OBSERVING THE TRANSIT
CURIOUS FEATURES ABOUT PEKING-CHINEsE
ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTAL TRIP INTO TIE
CUpNTRY-THE DAY OF THE TRANsIr-THE WORK
AND ITS RESULTS.
A very large audience assembled in the great hall
Of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken,
last evening. TO hear Prof c. A. Youngs lecture on
The Observations Of the Transit Of Venus In in
Producing Prof. Young President Morton explained
that he wrote to Prof Young asking him TO lecture
The letter reached the Professor just he was eav-
ing Peking. As he was coming directly home he did
not answer the letter, but wrote accepting the IN
yitation while on the Pacific, neaI the American
shore As soon as the letter was received-three
days ago-President Morton telegraphed to Prof.
Young to come immediately. 49," concluded the
President, "the scheme that was proposedn Peking
and perfected the Pacific, is about to be consum-
mated tonight" Prof. Young then delivered the
following lecture which was profusely illustrated
by diagrams reproduced on a screen:
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Ana INV as N the manner In which the transit OF
Venus enables US to solve thus problem. t1aI
the earth are placed one al the upper point
IN and the other at the lower ts), and Venus w De.
tween the earth the You at once that
the observer at the lower point Will perceive the planet
Al TIN. pom. a. While Inc 81 b Se aeR
winch Venus appears upon win hold differ
Now astronomy informs us with extreme accuracy-cer
tainy l1OO00th part Gus OF The way-of the relative
not tell what the distance is, but it tells us
that one of these distances Is about 2 6-lo
simes a great as the other The observations
OF the transit tell precisely this thing when they x
the positions Of those two spots occupied by the planet
at the instant OF time. Observers looking, al 8
O'Clock Greenwich time, the planet at different posi-
tions on the SUM- observation can be devised
tell how far apart those spots are II 10 an we
Now the methods Of procedure are quite different
There are three principal kinds In the last century
only one employed The observation then con
sisted simply OF noting the times when the planet
touched the edge Of the and left it, Suppose one
observer stood at the South at the North the
one the North will see the beginning OF the transit
eorer than the other and the difference In Duration
being noticed will at be possible to compute the
length Of this line across the suns disk representing
the path Of the planet Another method Is TO oo,
serve the time merely OF the beginning ana
ending without any reference to the duration ara
east would see the planet in the sky
later than the other and il the distance between the
observers known and the rate OF motion OF the
planet known as IL is. that would enable them to make
the proper calculations Another Is by photography
and another by means OF the hehometer.
Allow me. however, to show you how the planet ap,
reared as passing the sun-its dimensions compared
with the sun Here diagram OF the Sun and Venus
passn nc was ex inhibited 1t should be little ndlstDct
around the edge the Sun always Is. You see the
black spot appearing here about lS2d OF the dom
planet was very nearly far from 1.-THE center
OF the ths is perhaps little nearer to the edge
in passing edge OF the sharply defined.
sn the edge OF the planet also would be possible TO
note with great exactness the moment the latter
touched the edge, but in consequence OF little indis
tDctnesswhich was very great indsunctness IN the
Telescopes OF century ago-the moment the planet
proacbes the edge there lie developed the 0lack Drop
ligament about which there is so much discussion,
where patch seems TO raised the suns edge TO
meet the edge of Venus and IL is therefore difficult
10 determine the exact moment Of contact am happy
most OF the Of the transit and there was very
little OF the black drop" appearance. There was,
fully half minute during which the observer
of the present transit might say there was contact
eordng notions he had conceived ss to the point
Of contact
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-03
A REsoLUTE STRUGGLE FOR sELF-MURDER

A
A remarkable suicide took place near Pater-
son last evening While the Oswcgo express train of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway, due at
Hoboken at 943 D. m yesterday running at the rate
of thirty miles an hour OF tho passengers, named
Patrick Berkey OF Fall River, Conn, who was accom-
panied by his young wife and two small children sud
deAly jumped up and rushed for the rear platform
OF the car He was followed by his wife, who
endeavored to detain him. Berkeley shook her
off, and gaining the platform, stepped down
one step when he was seized by Frank BeDja-
MIN one Of the brakemcn. The man succeeded
in breaking and with Wild shrek leaped OF The
train was stopped and Berkeley found lying between
the double tracks with his skull crushed III but still
alive. He was brought to Hoooken and sent to 81.
Marys Hospital but IL deemed impossible for HIM
to survive the night. Berkeley was miner, about 80
ears age and with his wife and children, had been
on a visit relatives in OswegO. He was considerably
influence OF liquor and just previous TO com
hitting act told his wife that he would Kill himself
The conductor OF the train had the unfortunate WIG
and children provided for at a hotel.
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Eight Is thrown by q moving mirror upon the camera
and there 10 photographed.

ana tnerc il pnOtogrtpu"u.
IRREGULARITIES OF PEKING.
Now as to the observation and the party with which
was connected IL under the charge OF Prof. Wat
son. and started from Chicago the very morning after
the second fire. We left the city smoking In ruins We
sailed from San Francisco the 2sth Of August passing
on In man-ofwar to the mouth OF the river Peiho.
From there we jOurneyed they ordinarily journey
in Northern China TO small city OF $4,000 or A0oo IN
babiants, by Picking and from thence we entered
the city Of Picking Itself The main city OF Peking
known as City, is in the form Of square Ii
Is of at Is the cnstom OF the country
for the Chinese will not have anything perfect square,
They give for THE, only that II is as the
miles op each SIDE ullv four miles east ana wes but
little less north and south The whole is surrounded by
WALL The angles not opposite each other Tor thnt
would be opposite to Chinese notions. The wall
with which it is surrounded is from ~
to co feet high. by about 40 feet
in width at the top. At regular Intervals
around wall placed large which are rep
resented very roughly the III all speots the
city fortified In manner which would be very annoy
ing TO any person who might try to break In Al least
the British found in their attempts some years since
To take the city.
Inside city s interior city. about two miles
IN length by and onehalf miles In width That 10
also surrounded by wall. Picking has nothing 10 rec
ommeDd except that 1t is the capital OF an empire
The Tartar City is largely inhabited by persons OF mil
distinction not however, to the exclusion OF ON
Inside Of this is what Is known as the Forbidden
city, which Is about and quarter miles IN length
by half in width. Inside OF this place are held
aud various buildings devoted worship South of this
IL what is known the Chinese CITY, surrounded oy
wall shown in the diagram.
NOW THE ORsRRVEpS WE'RE DOMICIIRD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-03
BALE OF PAINTINGS.

The auction sale of the collection of paint
ings which have been exhibition during the past
fortnight at the gallery at No S45 Broadway began
last evening The attendance very large. but
the bidding was active. The reserved right
one bid for each picture and several Of the paintings
were laid by default Of prices considered equal
their value. These pictures will be put up again this
evening Am9nH those tpaa a so, %ere ..
Venice" by A. Pollentne Of London, 1856; The Con-
versation," by Ortego OF Rome, $3.50; "Dleppe." by
Kuwss Of Paris ei5 Rims Of the Temple Of Pnae
on the Nile" by +. ID. BrscOe OF Philadelphia SIS; Re
turning from the Fair" by J. Turner. London $40;
After the Shower" by A. Bennett, London, So
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THE CAUSE OF A DREADFUL DEATH UNCERTAIN
About two weeks ago, Jacob Stockvis of No.


1851 Thrdave-. disappeared from his homo, and his
friends searched for him until Monday morning when he
returned homo. He had been inmate Of the Penitsu
tary for 10 days under sentence by Police Justice for
alleged intempersnco. He terribly bruised about
the face arms and logs when he returned home, and
told an indsinct story OF having been put the
cell in the Tombs with maniac who Was suffering from
delrum treuens, and Of being beaten by the mailman
in bis frenzy Dr. Hrsch OF No. II, East FfgyfourthSt
O brother in-lAw Of 6tockvis. had tho injured
brouxht TO his for treatment but he died on Mon
day night, the Same day that no returned. Coroner
Kesslsr began a Investigation yesterday and
Deputy Coroner Cushmaa made . post-moe
tom eIsmnstion. vhchidisclosed variety Of drosdfui
bruises tho eye forehesd sfma end eG Tho
right greatly swollen, and inhltrAtsd through
out Ne loasA With pa snbeoate sotening OF the left
he isphere q The brain found On opening the skull
DIR. Cashman concluded that desth had resulted from
exhausson pcoAuosd BY extcnsivo suppurston Of tho
loft arm. jury vs. impsssisd, nd a. Inquest VA
30 held ct 90 early day.
eesufyssss - ~ bss6so u Dg1Deoss - ssA ~
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Now, as TO the second mode OF procedure-by the
photograph. Arrangements are made for photograph
Ing The disk OF the sum- giving tine disk IN which the
and the planet white spot Close TO the plate on WHICH
the photograph formed is placed glass plate ruled
IN lines. carefully measured During the time OF the
transit photographs are taken from moment 70 mo-
ment for instance Prof Peters 10 Ne Zealand obtained
something 200 in the course OF the transit Sup
posing they taken In that way at New Zealand ana
also at Picking can compare them Afterwards ana
obtain the desired results The Peking photograph VIII
show the planet at slightly different position from the
New Zealand one II then the photographs can be
made with sufficient accuracy we can ey measuring
from the center OF these images 10 the CEN
Ter OF sun determine the distance OF the SUM- III 10
difcult hard sharp edge because the sun gives
20 much light upon that portion OF the surface and
then s always more or less oistorton OF
tht ns re and take 10 altogether II 10 questionable
although am sangunewbetber better results cen De
rot from photographs than from the obscrvstons OF
contact must say further thsttw0 systems OF photo.
graphing have been employed. In one the arrangement
Is smply placed at the end Of the telescope polnteo
direcly tow ard the sun, the image being magmned
aad In that case there Is always considerable amount
"a distortion, and what u verse = inpo:.
sersh from u. ssss.r. You can 60 import,
- the whole hsssSt Of your vorl ,ycs must
Enew 1resasely vhas posat on The image d the north
Ssnt d sun and i = very dtncul. 70 ..eur. the.
0s6ss1 - ssseessss .3keee Aes,ssessDy' ssa Tue
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ANOTHER STEAMER AGROUND.

The steamship Richmond of the Old Domln-
ION ine while engaged in conveying freight to this city
from b .lnore went ashore yesterday at the mouth Of
the Patapsco River The officers Of the Company in this
city stated that they thought the vessel would get of
without any difficulty. AZ the Office Of the Coast Wreck
ing COMPANY the statement made that there would
be no necessity FOR the Of OF their vessels the
Richmond lying 10 q verv easy position WITHIN the
bay and beyond the reach OF any surf or dangerous
swell. The bottom is SOFT aud muddy, and the opinion
was expressed that the Richmond would be gotten of
at the next high tide. Her position IL very much like
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-03

At meeting OF the COmmlsslOners OF Eml-
grafton yesterday. the President Mr.. Geo j. Forrest
who was elected the last meeting for the year 1875
announced the Committees for the year, follows:
On Casa< Gasen-Commssoneu Habart Setback Lynch Starr
and Mayor Wiekbam
On Iand-CommissiOaers Quntarj, Lynch, sehaes
Stephenson and Mayer.
on Maujer, Huburt sehaek Lynch and
Mayor wekham
10 draw up memorial to bo presented to the 1t gs
lature consstin. OF Commissioners Hurlburt. Lynch
Setback, and the Mayor, be requested TO report what
action they have taken IN the matter 10 the Board al
the next meeting.
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THE cUsroM-HoUsE sUPERNUMERARIEs.

The additional changes in the working force
at the Custom. house will probably take place fcw
days There is considerable dissatisfaction the
employees who have been discharged, a. they believe
that they have been selected because Of their limited
political influence. Included In tho number Of dis
charged employees ten inspectors. among whom
Messrs. Robinson, Davidson, Woodbury. Weaver, ssd
Olindle,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-03

TIE ALLEGED CHICAGO MURDERER COMMITTED
CHICAGO, March 2.-Patrick Hassett, charged
By his son. Daniel Hassets. With tho murder Of
whose body Vas Iound In tho South Branch ef tho
Calosgo Rvs three ysas AGO. bad preliminary exam.
iass,o, today, and held for the Criminal Court
vstAost ball alao his Tue latter tsstised more
e1rcumasnaany tho matter nAAe public through bic
sworn statsmsnt desorboG misstsly Ne maases 10
vhSeA ~ Duedsg ~ oODOlsseA
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taken pace in that institution He would have heafd
Of t either the Of the victim or me fepUrs
of the surgeons next morning The prison lst slnce
Feb showed no such namd as Stockvs or LeRranu'
tho latter being name some time assumed oy 'uo g1
ceased The relatives OF StOckvis state he was parity
insane and had occasionally wandered away from home
buI be was aIways harmless In his worst moods
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Fiji Avenue HOtel-Ex-Gov. Il. A. Straw OF New
Hsmpshr Ds.ey Of rsHnsy',Ss LETT e.i
Gen james Os President o. the Hssss. and ~ Joseph s New.
Compaa, rand Central Hokl-judse Ransom Bacon o. e ~
Yors supreme Cour, linton Square HokI-Cap nhe sna
Qasrtermaser NJ Marshall Of West Point oSey
William H. Learned Of Albany .Brevoort Honse-b openV
N,,r York Bokl-Robert Pomeoy sf Pttshtd Mas
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HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARIvALs.

THERMOMETER YESTERDAY. AT HUDNUrs. IN BROAD WAY.
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LAMPLOUGH's PYRErIC SALINE is the cure for
eyers bouness small por ami many ohe5pnns AID
Summer ailments Sold Chemists throughout the work. s9d ns
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Rid yourself of the discomfort and dangers
attending DR. JAMES ExPEcrosASr old esta6S
hhed Throat Pulmonary Affections
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WALTHAM WATCHES are now made as Stem
wnders CO.. 222 Eihave, have BY far The hTses
assortment o
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ZERO REFRIGERATOR, with WATER
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Catalogue ALEX NJ. LESLEY 22i West twenty i6rdt N l.
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LYoN's TOOTH TABLETS are the perfection
Of pesines deieatey favored and please the sous
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SIGN PAINTING-0ld signs reprinted and
- lettered made hspan pncet Gold and hvk
Signs running board included All Kinds Of agu painting
very low figures j. T. COhaOSs Sisn Pnnter
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DABY CARRIAGE-THE NOVELTY. Send
I'D stamp TIBBALss New 500 BOadvs's
thin heloU Tseift
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BURNErr's ExrRAcrs.-Beware of substitutes
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AT the Tombs Police Court Yesterday. Sara
CamDbe held 500 stealing 81 Las Erickson
house at No. 1873 John Lsnhi held for keeping
policy shop Of No. 3S7 2 Waerst
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-26

as the accusation brought against him was not
coarse and vulgar in its terms. He was not free
although he we'll knew that he had never said al
improper word nor offered an improper caress.
Yet he could not deny the charge Of having be-
to her the indelicacy Of "thrusting her affections
upon him unsought." This Is what he said he
would die before he would doi this is what he
said In his statement last August that he had
always found It impossible 70 do. Nay, more.
With such instructive horror did he shrink from
such defence that he would not use IL to justify
himself before his own conscience, but assumed
at once that In some way he must have been TO
blame; he must have criticised the affection Of
this wife from her husband; And 20 this charge,
pleaded guilty before his own conscience and De-
In reference to preparation Of letter Of contri-
tioD, Tracy continued: Houlton says It was die
tated by Beecher deliberately, sentence by SEN
tsnce, and that he wrote It down as dictated, and
but very H Of On wcS
Beech er will tell you, gentlemen, that the paper
was prepared toward the close Of long and ex-
than those referred TO by Moulton, who remarked
that I1lton was under impression that Beecher
was inimical 70 him and DESTROYS Of his over
throw, and that II Tilton could but know
how kindly Beecher had expressed himself
towards HIM in conversation II would remove all
harshness from his mind. Beecher declined to
write, but said you can tell him what say, to
which Moulton replied IL would have more effect
II 1t came from you in some authentic form. Well,
Bblu DeeCueI, you can mako memorandum OF
what say, and, thereupsn, Moulton took q pen
and began to write what Beecher had said during
the conversation. The only dictation which
Beecher did in the matter was on two or three
occasions, when Moulton asked him EsHhat word
or phrase did you use on this point" and Beecher
supplied the word or phrase, as the case might
last thing done at the interview; It was COM
pleted after Beecher's tea-bell had rung, which
on Sundays always rings at tye O'Clock;
the gas was not lit. 1t was written in great haste
1t was not read over by Moulton nor was It read
for either to read It. When asked by Moulton TO
sign 1t, Beecher refused on the ground that IL was
not his paper, but being pressed he finally took
pen and wrote on extreme lower edge Of the last
page ~ have trusted this to Moulton In conf
dsrce. Henry Ward Beecher." Adjourned.
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GEORGETOWN UEIyERs1Ty

The Graduates Form an Alumni Assoeist;on
A meeting Of the graduates Of the academic
medical and law branches of the Georgetown mi,
Tersity was held at Gonzaga hall:last evening for
the purpose Of forming an alumni association.
Considering the Indictment night the attendance
was good. and the manner in which work was be
gun Indicates that the association will be estab-
1lshed at an early day on firm and substantial
basis.
]. Carroll Brent, who graduated In 1888, was
chosen temporary chairman, and VIM. Lambert
secretary.
The following committee, Drs. johnson, Eliot
and p. J. Murphy, Of the medicalf W. s. Quick
sill and q. Z. Hamilton, of the legal, and Messrs
Lambert and Lancaster, of the academic branches
were selected as q committee to draft 3 eOnstitu-
ZION and bylaws 10 govern the association, and
report the same at q meeting to be held q fort
night heRce. The chairman was, Afterwards,
added to the committee.
The reverend president OF the college was
present, and, By invitation, briefly addressed the
graduates, amer which the meeting adjourned.