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misses also tho long gravel bed south Of east end
OF Long Island even then her ratio OF shoalipg from
40 athons To 10 futhoms, com pared with that from
80 iathoms 10 20 iathoms Will leave but niue douot
to tho bearing OF Sandy Hook. But, suppose the
navigator, when he gets Into 20 fatboms from THIS
direction, should still feel In doubt 10 his position
In such y case he either have passed 30 The
euIiies and be somewhere between them ana the
Long Island shore he must be very much out in his
reckoning ana somewhsre between these holes ana
the Jersey shore Beng doubt and 20 iathoms let
him north northeast, aud he will, by keeping the
lead golne soon md oui upon which shore no IS. II
The Jersey shore north course viii take
along parallel with IL. or divergent from II, aud
the wafer Will sboai very gradually and slowly II II
all But II he be on the Long Island shore tue bot
tom viii be sleeper The distance that he carries
a,er between 20 and ~ fatnoms will Indicate beyond
all doubt when be Is on that snore.
COMING PROM THK SOUTHWARK.
vessel coming from tue southward and crossing
the parallel OF 80 degrees to the west OF Is degrees
according 10 mis- distance IRON The snore, ~ni carry
her safely until attention TO the lead rhai nave
% ns or me holes and their
ing channel
Tux yISAL oAUrIox.
Should the mariner hstandng all these
signs marks and Ueacous lind himself In IL fathoms
and still bs ~ doubt rs to his position, he should
never into less than II iathoms nor allow his
ship 10 get INTO the space represented by tie white
band along the shore until nc knows exactly where
lac Ia his only prudent or sale plan IN sacn = case y
to anchor or 10 put ths head OF the vessel OF shore
wait until the log iins the plot boards nim or
until he learns in some other way exactly how sandy
II Is scarcely necessary TO remind the commanders
OF and OF other vessels from Europe Of the
excellent beacon which the Nantaskct shoals aud
liz hr afford them, nor OF the upsrring landmark
which tue mud IRON 80 TO 40 fathoms end tho long
gravel beas make for them. The COMMANDERS OF
steamers coming and running between the paral-
lels 20 deg 80 min, and 40 Deg so MIL, WHO take
care notice when they first get mud ana when they
save IT, and where aud In what water they cross the
gravel bsa viii have very little room 10 doubt as 10
lheir longitude. In approaching Sandy Hook the
variation changes very RAPIDLY The total char 60
part OF tho chart to another. exceeding quarter
oil point. Vessels may have fallen INTO difficulty
and possibly teen wrecked by ncgiectng 10 allow
for this change.
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Stolen PROPERTY IDENTIFIED.

7. N. James. a Brooklyn dry goods dealer, yester-
day visited Police Headquarters, jersey City, and
identified among the property found by the police IN
tho house No 81 Montgomery street on Friday
quantity Of silk property stolen from his former
branch store No. so Montgomery street, over a year
ago. The carpets, oIlc,oths and lace curtains were
linden tilted by John A. Parker, OF No. IS MONTGOMERY
street, whose store robbed nine months ago.
Al tho time these robberes were committed
The police suspected that the thieves lived In
the house No. 81, and only few months
ago Inspector Morrison chased fellow who
was aching suspciously up through the house to
the root, where the man disappeared. The watch on
the house was continued, but the thieves worked 30
quietly and, entering the stores only from the rear,
batiled the police until tho robbery OF Turner u
Benucll's store, WHOM by accident their method OF
operating was discovered Benjamin Weber, the
only person thus far arrested on suspicion OF being
concerned In the burglaries, brought before
Judge DAVIS ana remanded tor examination. Weber,
instead OF being ted to the City Prison. as
customary, committed to the County jail to await
EXAMINATION
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most EXTRAORDINARILY"

In the case OF Fahey. Milhhan aud Campbell. 10.
dicted Tor attempted outrage upon young colorcd
girl, Marina Tyler, on the llth OF January last tho
Jury In the Richmond County Court Of Sessions yes
,crLay failed 10 agree aud discharged The test
nony for tho prosecution considered very strong
but the jury GU their return to the roou, au
nounccd through their foreman that they not Ind
the evidence sufficient to lind verdict OF guilty, und
they found not guilty
"rnat IL the most extraordinary verdict have ever
heard gives ny pott jury" exclaimed Judge wester
welt, disnahtIy.
.Your Honor" SAID District Attorney Croak, 81
now that all these criminal Cases DC sent over
to tue next Sessions We cannot get = eosviciion
here" ft
Mr. Gallagher remarked that II was a severe rslec-
zion the jury. - tssa
most mary vsraic snd the Jury mus der
slasd lnat Court docsao concur Iner yerd,ct'
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POKER FOR BREAKFAST.

LOUIS wsoo, an old man about seventy years Of
age lives with stepson, Mr.. Dooittle IN East
Fitty-sixth street. Mr.. Wilson Is said TO be very
irascble old gentleman and is constantly quarrelng
with some Of the members OF his family. Yesterday
morning. as Is alleged, ne made sud
dcn aud unprovoked attack on the wife OF
h,s stepson while she preparing break
fast aud ate psed strike her the head with
nsavy poker. Mr. DoolitIe was fortunately near by
and ted his stepather from dong turtncr vo-
ieuce Wilson, who was arragned before Judge XII
BROTH uousy denied the charge said had
OF assauiting Mr. Doottie or any one else
From what was developed in the course o! the ex-
ann ration It would SEEM however that the domestic
lie OF Mr.. Wilson and his family mas been Tor years
briefly reviewing the testimony adduced, decided to
hold Wilson 90 bail to keep the peace Tor six
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MRS. PETTIGREw's MoCKING BIRD.

THE BOARD OF HEALTH ATTEMPTS TO SUP
PRESS \ VOCAL DIsCoRD.
The judges presiding At the Ftly-ssventh Street
Court have been called upon repeatedly within tn last
lew weeks 70 tako decided action IN regard 10
an "uproarious" mocE,ng brd which NJ present
is allowed 10 exist IN the house Of Mrs. Jano Petit
grew, OF No. 12s East Twenty. sixth street This
mockinR bird has been declared nuisance by some
people In the neighborhood and Mrs NJ. f. Henry. OF
No. 1sl East Twenty -s,xth strest has maze up her
mind 70 have Tho nuisance absted. She appeared
before Judge Kibrsth, on Thursday afternoon,
armed with documents which disclosed the whole
case, and demanded warrant for the arrest OF the
Offending Mrs. Pettigrew. These letters show
c.usvely that It Is no child's play far Mrs.
Henry is concerned, but that she means 10 pursue
the owner oil the mockiny bird 70 ihs o'sies end
INTRODUCING hRs. HENRY.
No 81 Ksr TvxN1r -vIRsr srkxET July 3, 1873.
DEAR Docron-ArA hsary the bearer, IL psusnt Of
ss ns NJ. s .s. sss
tbs shsks " An uDrSsfsus necHnx bird In her vicinity
, ss 81 '''''
A.w lOsx July 2. 1878
Board Of Hssi.S !. NJ. Ix.a.y .rs.s, Mrs.
he. caused ~ .s:a doctor; .issp a
ousstns hor remove lard. tslhng her how III
The reply sue sent was shs hs Dird was In her own
ny attending 70 thl. soon possible will do
great whole nsighborhood
Yours respectfully
NJ. u. HESki. No. 1871 East Twenty ST xth street.
In response to these letters the Heath Board found
itself compelled 70 act, and the usual notice IN such
cases aud provided" issued, alter Inspector
Roberts had sworn that ho had satisfied himself
the knocking bfu disturbed ns quiet oil the nsighb0r
ho0d. Then came y notice from the lawyer OF Mrs..
Pesugrew, sayiux~ tnat he was Ready 10 mako good
legal light tor the right oil the mockng bird 70 do
nature gave him the ysft 10 do r4
On me ufndayIt Of Inspector Roberts the Justice
ALI MALI nd In las In
expected that Mrs. Pctsigrew would appear
yesterday afternoon, hut Mrs. Psttigrew, seems.
quite al, and shc merely appeared through her law
yer Mr.. Culver, aud further EXAMINATION Was post
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VETERAN JACK"

For many years a low-szed brinded dog, named
sysck," has boon the pot OF the First precinct. He
is so sagacious that no will not follow q patrolman
belonging TO any other precinct, and makes
his headquarters the Battery. WIN
all his sagacity, however, slack" could
not escape the ubiquit Gus dog catcher,
and on Friday last whio taking shelter under tree
In the Park, wiro moose slipped over his neck
and no was dumped into the wagon. me news vi
JACKS capture spread rapidly through the precinct
and officer Cotter rescued MIN from his travelling
prison oeloro he reached the Pound Yesterday Jack
paraded the Battery with large plated collar bearing
the iuscr Veteran Jack, tho Pride OF the
FIRST Precinct Leave alonci"
The collar Is the gilt OF the police aud the Battery
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WAR ON THE srENCHES.

The Board Of Health OF Long Island City were in
executive until late hour Friday night in
est discussion to the TO be pursued IN
reference 10 the nuisances OF Newtown Creek. They
had previously determined to proceed against them
summary, but were in doubt to where they
should FIRST begin. they determined ut last, as
learned by reporter yesterday, TO commence with
the works OF the Standard Ammonia Company, and
papers are now in course OF preparation through
which peremptory measures will be taken for their
permanent suppression. Meantime the Ammonia
Company, contendng that their works in sense
a nuisance under the statute. are preparing through
their counsel to resist the proposed proceedings OF
the Board OF Health, the ground Of their alleged
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TOO UNHAPPY TO LIVE.

Among the prisoners In Recorder McDonough's
court at Hoboken yesterday was William Williams,
baker, aged thirtyesht years, residing AT No. LAG
Washington street, VINO had attempted suicide the
night previous by Jumping overheard. He has re-
sided In Hobokcn Tor number OF years and is very
well known. On Friday evening, when his wife was
driving the children TO bed, ne thought Bhe
must repeat II. This led TO quarrel bctw cen
himself and her, which ended by Williams picking up
his hat and ieavI ing tho house He made his way 70
the foot OF Fitn street and jumped overheard. A
bostmau, named Herbert Il. Kline, icapcd after aud
picked him out Williams promised the Recorder
that he would not repeat the attempt and was dis
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BURIED BENEATH LUMBER.

largo pile OF lumber In William Gibson's lumber
yard at No. 40 Tenth avenue Toll with n loud crash
yesterday morning and buried VINO 1t Is sup
posed, had taken refuge there pass tho night Tho
force OF the Ninth precinct station was sent
TO clear away the allen lumber and rescue the men
beneath After Two hours work the body oi an I'M
known man about thuty ave years old, and supposed
be a tramp, was discovered. Jobu Stoxes, bome-
less man, VINO was asleep when the lumber tell, es
capped uniDjured The fall vi the lumber IS supposed
nave been caused by the wind. which was blowing
briskly at the time.
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STREET DISTRACTIONS.

To EDITOR THE HERALD
Be SO kind as TO call the attention of the Commits
sioner Of Public Works 70 the CONDITION. Of Twenty
ninth street and Eleventh avenue pile Of lumber
has been erected the corner, which prevents the
passage OF the air the river which we are sadly
Ia need Of We suffering enough from the NTH OF
the street without being deprived Of fresh AR j. y.
To EDITOR HxRALD:-
The pavement In front oil the lots on which the
Excelsior Building stood, on Twenty-third street,
between Seventh and Eighth avenues, Is rendered
impossible by the unsightly Materials occupy
lug Il. We are required to be very precise IN The
construction and grading OF walks, while nothing
Ia pelnx done 90 remove the nuisance referred TO.
WEST TWENTY-rHIRD STREET.
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pKsNsYLvAH1A RAILROAD poL1TENEss.

PENNSYLVANIA KAILNOAO POIITENESSs
TO THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-
Knowing the effect That your complaint column has
on those who deserve TO be complained Of, hope you
will draw the attention The managers Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company TO tho impolitsness OF
some Of clerks, and especially TO the waxed up
individual who issues ,icko.s the Office Corands
street About two weeks ago l was going 10 the
country and thought there o train At O'clock
asked this "gontisman" If there Was tram 1T that
time, be SAID THINKING he mad DOT sufficient
knowledge Of the running time OF trains, crossed
Terry, and, TO my satisfaction, got on the tram.
Again, to-day / had occasion 70 convey q lady who
was going TO Brunswick politely asked ths gentle
man before mentioned wncD was the next train 70
lssveY He said "Four O'clock" l SAID, 81 thought
inc rc wss Que vi ten inmates past thrseh TO which
he replied, II presume you cant read the time table
riShIn As couldn't sdninister The cnasttsAment
necessary for such person no is, hope you WILL
publish this In your valuable paper. W. n. d.
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HIGH FERRIAGK

To TIE EDITOR OF THE HRKALD:-
Why does the rhirty-fourth Street Ferry Company
ask poor man four cents 70 cross the Jerry re-
only IS week and am obliged 10 pay eight
reaching my business J. K.
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MARINE SOCIETY PENSIONS.

TO THE EDITOR THE HERALD
see iron, the report OF she New York Marine So
ciety IN tho HERALD that the President recommends
the curta,ng Of the widows pensions to SO per
mum. Now I would ike 10 have word to say
through your valuable sComplaint Book" Ny father
belonged to the Marine Society number of years and
10 now numbered with the dead. Ny poor. sick
mother draws her semi ually. Al nrst IL
was >l00 per annum, then $50, aud now the Pres-
dent recon y nds that be reduced 10 $40 Now
that pension every cent my mother has 70 supply
her wautx Sho has nome with me; bot, uniorsu.
naieiy, l poor ana sick and my husband out Of
employ ment. We we'll advanced IN years. II
the should cut down the salaries aud give less
sumptuous dinuers It would DO better than 10 reduce
the poor Widows pensions TO $40 year. The Marine
Society Is rich. Il has had lately number Of be-
quests. Let the members make up tho $500 due the
widows and reduce the pensions. SUFFERER.
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THE WRONG SHOP.

Joscphson, OF Josephson Co., who was arrested
charge OF perjury BY order of the Ere Marshal
who investigated tho cause OF the nre Josephson's
shop, did moi, as stated, occupy No l16, Dut l26
Bowcry No. i16 10 tho store OF another party ~
way connected With Joscphsoa-
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HUDSON RIVER TRAVEL.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD .ft
win not the officials OF the Hudson River Railroad
have the courtesy TO iurnish. the Metropolitan Es-
Road with their time tables, SO that the sched-
ule may be posted q conspicuous place IN the cars
oil the latter company? This would pc great con-
yen,epce 10 the travelling public. PASSENGER.
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OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.

MORE Letters Intended tor THE column must Do
accompanied by the writer's ial name and address to
insure attention Complanants who are unwilling to
comply With this rule simply waste time 10 writing
Write only on one side OF the paper.-ED. HsEALrl
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TEMPERANCE In BROOKLYN.

The Brooklyn Christian Temperance brotherhood
reports that on July tho humber OF licensed places
where liquor sold in that city was as iolows,--
FIRST class 49,; second class, $50, third ciass, S22
Total, 2440. Tho applications Tor licenses IRON Jan
usry L. 1878. to July l. 1878, they report TO DO NJ
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THE PARK POLICEMEN.

To THE EDIToK OF rRE HERALD
Please open your columns In bshaif OF the PARK
watchmen or police. Here II is midsummer ana VIC
still exposed the scorching rays of 'Od Sop
with nothing protect but the heavy, unsuitable
gray caps Long ago we we're promised straw Q! some
different mead gear. PARK POLlCE
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WHAT is THE Law?

To THR EDITOR TER HERALD-
Last Wednesday took three barrels OF dirt to the
foot OF West Twenty -nrst street dump, and was
mucn astonishsd when Inspector stationed there
refused to permit me unless paid him thirty cents.
Is there any law that compels person 10 pay Tor
such privilege az u city dumpY II not lwonid iiKo
to know where this mouey goes r. ~
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The rotherhool IN their report speak OF the great
good that has been Accomplished IN the closing OF
saloons the Sabbath and appeal to the law aoiding
ctizens to ard them IN preventing me liquor aeacrs
from furnishing Tree drinks TO poiicemen They
claim that IN TINS manner tho police are CORRUPTED
ana the force generally demvralized
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identified the his assailants On one OF she
prisoners found . piece OF Mr.. Smiths cane.
winch course strengthened the evidence against
them. They were held Tor examination.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24
A Hint to Consumptlves.

A correspondent of Les Moaades calls
attention to the fact that butchers,
though they may be pale and thin when
they enter on the business, quickly gain
freshness of color, stoutness and gen
orally comfortable look. 1t is pure
fiction, of course, that they put aside
the best portions of the meat for them
selves, and it is a known fact that most
of them lose appetite. The correspond
ent attributes the general well-being to
assimilation, through the respiratory
passages, of nutritive juices of the meat
volatilized in the air-a kind of nutri-
ton by affus;on. If this be really q
fact, it is argued that young people, suf-
ferjng from deficient or impure blood,
and especially children of weak or
Emphatic constitution, might be sub
jected with advantage to hygienic treat
ment based upon it. A well-known
French physician commends the idea,
and offers the following plan for the
treatment of consumptive persons, in
place of sending them on to distant
places with reputedly mild climates. In
a well-ventilated, sun.it and sheltered
room, with southern exposure, he would,
by means of a Mousseron brazier, the
high moist heat of which is salutary and
favorable to respiration, form for tue
patient an artificial climate, like that of
, Nice or Florida, having all the advan-
tages, without the inconvenience, of the
real climate. To aid the antiseptic
action of the. warm moist air, rich in
vapors, charged with dissolved carbonic
| acid, he would place in one or more cor
ners of the room an open bottle of water
saturated with sulphurous acid. By
this arrangement he thinks the progress
of the differentiation would be arrested
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Wellington's Veterans.

After the peace Of 1915, the Duke Of
Wellington took into his London house
hold several of the veterans of his Pen
insular army, whose habits, being more
in accordance with the battle fields of
Spain than the saloons of Apsley House,
were source of unfailing amusement to
the great generals fashionable visitors.
One battered old fellow with one eye,
who had figured conspicuously at Orthes
and Toulouse, was installed in the gar
dening department. The duke answer
ing all doubts of his fitness by saying,
decisively: "Well, he dug the trenches
in every vineyard of the south of France;
] should hope he ought to know some
thing of gardening after that" Another
veteran, who had been wounded at
Waterloo, was under discussion one
evening at dinner between the duke and
Lord Anglesea, when the subject of the
discourse entered with the measured
step of the battle-ground, carrying a
huge pie. "Now," said Anglesea, "let
us try if the old boy remembers his
facings;" and turning suddenly round,
he cried sharply: "Attention!' the
old soldier instinctively dropped his
hands, and with them the pie likewise,
which exploded like a bombshell over
the rich carpet in shower Of steaming
gravy. The poor fellows look of dis.
may at this catastrophe drew smile
FROM the Iron Duk e. himself; but the
lester shastened to console his victim
with the assurance that no English sol.
dier could be blamed for knowing his
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

The Gregorian calendar, introduced by
Pope Gregory XIII, towards the close Of
The. sixteenth century, was adopted at
once by the Latin and Catholic coun-
tries. Germany, however, chung to the
old style till the year 1902, and England
till fifty-two years later, when statute
of George II. provided that the year
should begin, not on the 25th of March
but on the first of July, and that after
the 3rf Of September, 1852, the next
ensuing day should be regarded as the
18th, thus dropping out eleven days.
The Russians, in common with the
Serbians and most of the Slavonic people
subject to Turkey, retained the old cal
endar, although Russia has given coun-
tenance to Pope Gregory by reckoning
leap years. 1t is reported now that a
commission will shortly sit in St. Peters
burg to consider the propriety Of giving
W the old system and adopting the
calendar in vogue in other civilized
countries The World remarks: "Itis,
o. course, desirable that the cars peo-
pie should reckon time as the people of
western Europe do, but it seems to be
suspected that some difficulty will be
experienced from the common people in
introducing the innovation, who will
think themselves cheated out of the
number Of days by the proposed refor::@:
When the change was made in England
the populace was greatly excited over it,
and a favorite cry at the hastings was:
"Who stole the eleven days? Give Vi
back the eleven days!" Some piece Of
folly similar to this seems to be expected
in Russia if the change shall be made,
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PiscatOrial,

The Russians claim that the sterlet,
found in perfection in the Volga and
other streams .tribntar to the; Blackand
Caspian seas, is the MOST delicious fish
that swims. It il !, kind of sturgeon,
and usually com lands so high a price
that only persons If means can afford to
eat it. The Russian restaurateur keeps
it, as he does other fish, in tank; his
customes picks out such a fish as he ap-
proves; whereupon it is taken out, kill
ed and cooked. Being served fresh, on
which 90 much of its flavor depends, it
is very appetizing. In the opinion of the
Ne,,' York Times: eve should do we'll
to in,t ia the Russians in this particu-
lar; tor an ordinary fish, ii fresh from
the water, is as good as an extraordinary
fish that is a little stale. The finest
caviare is made from the sterlet, and is
counted such delicacy, and is so dear,
that it is generally reserved for the i'm.
perial court. Most of the caviare is
made from the roe of the common stur.
geon. Aztrakan being noted for it's pre-
paration. Over 100000 pounds of Ca
Ware have been made in single year in
the Caspian n ehery: Fond 3c>thsf.s'
kksRns hleS NJ, it is1bt wkh th4 e.
re pt there and in France and italy.
Shakspeare's phrase, "'Twas caviare to
the general" put into the mouth of
Hamlet, still has significance, for most
persons in England and America have no
more relish for caviare to-day than the
subjects or Elizabeth had in the poet
time. The Anglo-Saxon palate rarely
relishes caviare"