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been metcd out, and the dealers go right on,
using precisely the same quantity OF water to
the gallon rs before. In the present instance
the solitary defendant was Daniel Schrumpf.
The lactomcter indicated that Daniels milk
WAS thin. To offset this an assault
was made on the accuracy Of the
lactometers in general, and of this
| lactomrtcr in particular. Experts in nlilk-test-
| ing were gathered from near and not SO near.
| The Board of Health was handled without
| gloves By tho counsel for the millSmcn, and the
| milkmen were handled In the same way by the
counsel for tue Board Of Health Moreover,
there was so long and bitter a contest between
the inspectors who claimed to be experts and
/ experts who were not inspectors that for time
| Daniel Schrl1mpf was Of no more account in the
| matter than il he had been some other milk
| man. But at last the Judge sent the jury out,
and at the end of all hour an officer brought
them in again with 4 brief message which inter-
] estcd both Schrumpf and the other n1ilkmcn-
| The message was = Guilty,' and the Judge gave
! sentence Of ten days imprisonment and $3.50
I fine. Schrumpf went to jail, the other 1nilkmen
to convention. They raised money to pay the
fine, instructed counsel to appeal the case, re-
/ licyed themselves as to the Board of Health lac
tomctcr, and went back to their milk-cans and
watcr-troughs. From all which consumdrs
| hope good will come-good milk.
| TEMPERATE, But NOT TRUSTED,
The suspicion that money collected for vari
Gus good objects never reaches those objects is
not fresh. The method adopted, however, by
certain temperance people to prevent waste OF
funds in that cause certainly is fresh. There
has been series Of temperance meetings at
Stcinway Hall, extending good way back in
time. The custom of passing the collection
boxes at these meetings obtained from the first.
In that way it was hoped to get goodly sum
to aid in prosecuting the war upon ruu-scllers
and in reclaiming rum-drinkers. As may well
be imagined, it created no small excitement in
Stcinway Hall when the President OF the Ameri
can Temperance Union openly charged that the
collectors were in the habit OF stealing
from the boxes. It seems that In pass
ing from the auditorium to the plat
form the collectors went through rear room.
According to Mr. Gibbs, the President aforc-
said, they made use of the moment in this con-
ccaled place By seizing all the bills and larger
coins, and depositing these in their own pockets
This method had the double advantage Of pre-
venting the squandering Of the money By the
Temperance Union and 1cpayins the collectors
for the arduous task Of passing the boxes. It
was not favorablv regarded, nevertheless, By
A1r. Gibbs, and will probably be discontinued
on account OF Ills preiudices. That such
charge could be so made; that the collectors
could be men considered not only respectable
and temperate hut pious, and that nothing
should be done about it save the passing Of the
boxes by new parties, is state Of things pecul-
iar to great city.
THE HOME or CHANGE.
A chapter OF changes might well be written
regarding the Hippodrome. 4 circus, 4 beer
garden, tabernacle, a trotting- ground all
these has it been within the memory OF a young
ster. BarnlIn, and Gilmore, and Moody, and,
worse than all, trotttng mares and kicking
mules, have succeeded each other at this huge
hybrid institution. The trot1ing has been more
popular than Gilmore's glorious music was,
though not moro popular than GDmore's frothy
beerwtas. An exciting incident occurred the other
night, when one of Bcrgh's officers stopped d
trot. The reason given was, that one OF the
horses had broken shoe, and was being injured
By the race. Tie betting men charged that the
officer had been brought in by parties who saw
they we're to lose, and who succeeded in having
the bets declared "off'' in this semi-of1icial
way. There was Il fine field for fight, but, as
is usually the case, too many Metropolitan Po-
lice we're hanging about to offer any encourage
meut to that pastime.
MAKING UP AN AUDIENCE.
The managers Of Booths Theatre are resolved
that - Dan'l Druce'' shall be seen whether or
no. They have invented plan to manufacture
professional audiences. For instance. invita-
tions sent to 200 doctors, with tickets good
for certain night. After that the lawyers will
have their turn; and after the lawyers the min
listers. Nor Is there reason to think that the
clergymen's night will be lighter in attendance
than the others. The SUCCESS of this course can
not be too confidently counted upon. The 200
doctors will doubtless conclude that oncc is
enough: the lawyers are non-cOmmittal body
in such matters, and not to be affected for or
against; the clergy might possibly, some Of
them, take the opportunity to investigate an
abomination, and then preach strong sermons
against the tendencies of the place. Altogether,
there is enough risk about the experiment to
make it pa!atable to an ambitious management
Mr.. TALMAGE's LECTURES
As an offset, perhaps to to the movement Of
Messrs. Jarrett & Palmer, Dir. Talmage an
nounccs course Of Sunday lectures to
professional men. He will begin with actors,
and then tell what the model ncwspaper-man
ought to do and be. lie is not expected, how
ever, to hold up as shining exemplar his con-
nection, and more particularly his disconnection,
with the Christian at Work. The Tabernacle, By
the way, is In desperate circumstances financial
II. The announcement is not infrequently
made that the Tabernacle is free from debt.
The truth remains, nevertheless, that men are
laboring with might and main to prevent the
selling out Of the sensational institution.
b. G.
BUSINESS.
Special Correspondence tf The Tribune
New YORK, Jan. Sit is already evident that
the new year witnesses much better feeling