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New-York tribune., 1880-02-20
EXPENDITURES OF SAVINGS BANKS.


MR. LAMB GIVES INTERESTING INFORMATION RE-
GARDING IHE COST OF MANAGING SAYINGS
BANKs-NEw-YORK MORE EXTRAvAGANT THAN
OTHER STATES.
Iron THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBCNE.l
ALBANY, Feb. 19.--Superlntendent Lamb, of
the Bank Department sent the Senate to-day an inter
esng report expenses Of the savings banks OF this
state compared with those OF savings banks in other
States. The report respecting the banks OF this state
Is based upon OF their officers made late
as January l. 1880. Mr. Lamb for several years has
been urging the bank presidents TO reduce The cost OF
cafing for the deposits oODfded TO them. and has
used all the piwes Of hs Office TO force them TO take
such course 1t ms opinion that the expense ac-
count OF the baBkswas scale far beyond what was
necessary 10 secure the safe and wise banding OF their
funds In consequence OF his attitude and action
inc savings banks of this State have greatly re-
duced their expenditures the past two years. IL
As the superintendent's opinion, however, that
there Is SIN abundant chance for making snli
greater reductions IN the salaries OF the savings
hank officials The banks OF this state DO not yet com
mare yery favoraby with those OF ueighb0rng States m
me cost of administering the deposits great as mas Dee
The reduction. The following table shows the compara
live expenses OF savings banks III 1878 ana ISI0
New-York tribune., 1880-02-20

SCBSlIIU Ting PASTE FOX DlAMONDS.
Edward r. Stoutcnburgh. wcll-known resident
of Newark. was placed on trial yesterday charged
with stealing diamond valued at ~. 500 from a
ring belonging to Mrs. Francis Lcavtt. of West
Orange. and substituting for IT paste stone. Tie
ring was given to Stoutcnburgh on October 10
security for u loan Of $50 by the husband Of Mr-.
Leavitt, and when returned by him in November
the stone was found to be paste. Yesterday Mrs.
Leavitt the owner of the rirg, testified 70 and re-
peated declarations made by StOutenburgh that the
ring had not been out of ms possession, and that he
had discovered before that the stone was not
genuine.
William Lindsey testified that he met Stoutcn-
burgh III the Metropolitan Hotel IN New-foik and
saw the ring on the hand of a young woman from
Newark who was IN company with StOutcnburgh.
At the Revere House on the same evening the
woman was taken sick and lay on bed; and she
gave the ring TO Lindsey and he handed
IL to Stoutenburgh. Alfred G.. Snfin, clerk
for r. Humphreys & Co., jewellers at Broad
way and TwcitE-st., testified that a Young man
entered the store on September If or 10 and gayo
him the ring, asking that fac smile of the stone
be made in paste and substituted for the diamond
The witness identified Lindsey, the previous wit
ness the person IN question, and stated that he
called for the ring three days aterward. The case
will be continued to-day
New-York tribune., 1880-02-20

A general press dispatch says: careful
canvass of the Senate gives thirteen Iii favor Of Mr.
smyth's confirmation superintendent OF the lnsne
ance Department TO nineteen against IL.
Referring To the proceedings in the executive session
press seys Ii is understood that the debate
in secret Smyth matter very earnest
Messrs Mccarthy. HalDert and Madden supporting the
OF Smyth. Wnllc McssrS. Robertson,
WOodE and Forster urged that the best interests OF the
Republican, party. well as the people generally, re-
0tured change In the head of the Insurance Depart
fneut Mr. Mccarthy urged postpOnement of action un-
iii the 80 OF March, SAVING that the harmony OF The
Republican party demanded posIpOneneht uhUl 'hat
date.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-20
WORK OF THE CHILDRENS' AID SOCIETY

WORK OF THE CHlLDRENS AID sOClE' l.
At the last meeting of the trustees OF the Chli-
dreu's Aid Society reports were presented from the
various branches of the charity showing the follow
ing results of a months work: At the twenty-one
industrial day and eleven evening schools. the aver
age daily attendance was 4,107. In the last month";
357 persons were sent to places West and South
one company of 100 EOys going to Kansas ana VIZ
gInia sent through the kindness Of Mrs. J j. As'or'
and one company of 80 boys aud grls to Iowa,
through the agency of Whlcaw Reid.
The average nightly attendance OF dodgers at thc
six lodg1ng-hou was 513; 1902 lodgings
and 23,42S meals were furnished; 1o2 boys
aud girls were provided with homes and
employmcnt. Tie committee on the Gouy-
erneur Street Lodging House reported that
the new building AT GOuvernenr-st and Last broad
wav. built by Miss &. L. Wolfe. at cost 0i
$40 600 for this society, RAPIDLY being hushed
and the committee hoped that 1t would be occupied
easy in the Spring. The committee on the
Eighteenth Street Lodging House reported mat
circulars had been sent out appealing Tor ana TO
rebuild the lodginghOuse. to cost S3O,OOO ana thit
a few subscriptions had been received.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-20
PURCHASE or 4 WESTERN LINE.

PURCHASE Of \ W ENl IshN IlNIs
DAVID DDws REPORTED TO HAVE BOUGHT \ MA
JoRIrY OF TIE sr6CK OF THE CHICAGO. 81
PAUL AND MINNTAPyLIs RoAD-BELiEF THAT
THIS WAS DONE IN TIE INTEREST OF TnE
NORIHwFsTERS.
II is believed that the control of the Chicago, ST.
Paul and Minneapolis Railroad has passed into the
hands of the Northwestern Company. and that the
purpose Of the negotiations now pending between
the Minneapolis Company and the ST. Paul aud
Sioux CITY Road is t. throw the management Of the
latter company also INTO the hands of the Northwest
ern. The majority Of the stock of the Minneapolis
Road has been sold recently, and II Is generally
Thought that il hae been bought in the interest of
the Northwestern Company. David DOWs, pToml-
ucut director Of this company IL reported To have
made the purchase Of stock, but ne has declined TO
make public the details OF purpose OF the trdnsac-
ton.
The Northwestern Road has traffic agreement
with the Minneapolis Road which was made for
forty wears If The road remained under a MANAGE
ment friendly to the Northwestern, tins agreement
virtually gave TO that company actual control OF the
rond. In uniricndly hands the agreement would
amount to little The effort 10 secure the road is
thought To Indicate that there was danger of its
falling into hostile hands or that the final purpose
Of the purchase is to secure control OF the st. Paul
and Sioux City line.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-20
DRIVEN TO SUICIDE BY DEsTITUTIoN.

DRIVEN TO SUICIDE BY DESTTrUTloN.
The case of Abraham Hazelius, of No. oil "est
Twenty-frst-st., whose intended suicide was pre-
vented by the police late Wednesday night was
more fully Investigated by Captain Berghold yes
terday. Iazeius. who is Swede age forty-nVe'
together with his wife, leased the house IN whlch
they are now living, on February l. Inc
man used the lower part OF Ihe
honse as an employment agency whiIe
his wife occupied the above Tor dressinaKng.
They are both simple, honest persons, ana through
the advice OF friends were led to invest an unelI
savings in fitting up their new quarters customers
tailed 10 appear, however and little by niue lhelr
furniture and even portion of Their bedding Wel"
nIaced i'm pawn. On Wednesday night Hazellus,
thoronc chy discouraged. left the house, saying 10
his wife that he was going TO buy poison ana XIII
himself. u.h;-
His wife was so alarmed at his threat that she m
formed the police When HaZelius returned TO HIS
honse Inc was met bv Roundsman Price, 10 whom
he acknow lodged his determination. lie was per
shaded to change his mind, and to give 70 Tue
officer an ounce of creOsote which he had purchased
Food and bedding were immediately provided ioT
HaZelus and his wife, and Yesterday suDStahtIal
aid of various kinds, including money, was gwen
them by the neighbOrs, who had investigated the
case and were convinced OF the merits 0i the uest-
tute couple.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-20
ga hanks The following table shows tue RATE
NJ crnenditnres of The banks OF New-York City:

,,., p..L lDeposirs Jan s~ement n eac hi OF eJ'es
Nd"sV bo'N uaiy ]. 1880 Tor is7g. acc'nt 10 de'ts
New-York tribune., 1880-02-20
BROOKLYN.


Deaths in BROOKLYN last week, 2lO; births POO
marriages. GG.
rhe Rcv. J. NJ Fowell has resigned the pastorate
Of the Second Baptist Church. IN AInsl'e-st" near
Graham-ave.
The inmates of the Almshouse, at Flatbush have
had no hnttrrslnce September 20 1879, owing to
the failure Of o contractor to furnish 1t.
The workmcn in Worms furniture factory at Nc
Kibbcn and lumboldt-stS., who struck on Monday
lor higher wages. have received the advance OF 10
uer cent which they demanded and have resumed
work
The Rev. F. z. Hopkins has accepted call to
the pastoratc of the Bedford Reformed Church, at
Bediord-ave and Madison-st lie has been preach
,nr in the church since November, whes the Rev.
F. f.. Kipp resigned from the paStorate
While Ann Benken, age torty-four, was preparing
suUpcr last evening in the rear basement OF No
1G,; York-st. where she lived, her clothing came In
contact with the stove and was set ON ire. She
Was taken to the City Hospital. and Will probably
de.
If il believed that Mayor Howell will veto the
action of the Aldermen on Monday, in granting TO
ihe Empire Heating and Power Company, the rlght
10 lay pipes through the streets ms coPaS WE
orgauized only few weeks ago, the cAp!tal STOCK
baing 80 800 600, 90 per cent of which Is to be
paid in as soon Il, the right to beglu work IN brook-
lyn is secured.
Mrs. 4. l.. Enger of No Elm-place' repor.eu a' 10
Suurrintcndeut Campbell Yesterday that her son.
Charles = Engler, age 80 had been missing since
Monday evening. She knew of no reason why he
should not have returned home; MS ne was temper
atc and regular IN his habits. Vie is hvc feet egh
inches in height and of light complexion, and wore
a suit OF dark clothes.
Robert II. Tur'e aud Luther J. Rice, two member
| OF the NcwYOrk Produce Exchange came 20 blow
on the floor of the Exchange m Juue last. Mr. Rie
| brought suit in the Supreme Cont to recover
80 900 from Mr.. Turtle, but the matter has beer
compromlsed Mr.. 1mle agreeing o pay all the ex
pense1 and 10 give dinner to the plalntiff ana th
counsel on both sides.
Jennie Herudon Tyler, daughter of Colonel W
| w. Tyler and Crandniecc of President Tyler, wa
| married in 1879 10 William Collins aborer III th'
| Brooklyn Gas Company's Works. Ol Monday she
| died of consumption In miserable tenement -hous'
nt No rs Iudson-aye.. Brooklyn, and Yesterday sh'
| was buried in the Cemetery of tho Holy Cross, a
Flatbush. She was born IN lS4S. Before marryin
| Collins she had been deluded into mock marriage
with man named Jennings, Who obtained posses
sion OF her property and left her in needy clrcun
| stances She was very beautiful.
| NEWARK.
II f. intimated that steps will be taken to contes
| the will of the late General John Brsbln in the IN
| terest of Western relatives.
The sum of G202. 8 shillngs and - penc
| was sent by Wlcar General Doom, of the Ro
man Catholic Diocese of Newark yesterday, TO Arch
| bishop McCabc. of Dublin.
| The argument for "A trial in the case of Fran
| Lammcns, convicted with Mrs. MeerhOetler, of tn
murder of John MeerhOeilcrat West Orange, III OC
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-16
Dangers 10 Life.


1t is disadvantage of civilization that
it shows us the dangers to which life Is
exposed. Every year presents us with
new peril, and the latest is slways the
least expected. French men of science
are now preaching crusade against the
industrious race Of bees. Not only are
they destructive TO property, but they
are actually dangerous to human life.
The project of the Paris police has been
appealed to. NJ. Delpech has drawn up
formidable brief, and is precise III his
statements and clamOrous III his de-
mands. 1t seems that Bookkeeping is
lucrative in the neighborhOod of Paris,
and that so also is the distillery of spirits
and the refinery OF sugar. Moreover.
wherever there are sugar works the bees
are active and abundant. At Say, Tor
instance, the loss attributable TO them is
estimated at 81 900 year. M. Delpech
gives facts and figures. AT another re-
finery the number of bees killed daily
amounted to % gallens full. He himself
saw large glass of syIup drunk up III
two hours. As to the loss of life he is
equally circumstantial. He gives full
list of people who died of bee stings in
the course of year. Most of the cases
occurred in America, but many are fur
nished by France and some by Germany.
The death is very painful, and in some
cases extremely sudden. At Chemnitz.
in Hungary, n peasant stmg while cut,
ting u branch off n tree died Oh the spot.
At Chester, in Pennsylvania, farmer,
examining some hives, was stung, fell ut
once into state of syncope, and died
within quarter of an hour. In another
case 25 minutes elapsed between the
wound and its fatal consequence. M.
Delpech accordingly appeals to the pre-,
fec for the protection of the police, and
what he asks is that the keeping of bees
may be placed in the category of dan
gerous and unhealthy occupations. Tht
fourth George of Virgil may be reat
with new interest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-16
"The Grand Army OF Starers."

The following extract from sermon
delivered recently in a Catholic church
in New Orleans will apply with equal
force to the "grand army of starers"
who assemble about some of our churches.
much to the disgust of many: last
Sunday" said the priest, 81 was ut my
window, and looking down the street lit
was ten minutes before the end Of mass,
saw row of straw hats in front of the
church. They were all in single file.
And said to myself, 'Under those hats
can there be nothing?' and an echo an
swered, Nothing! Surely, l unused,
there must be something under these
hats-heads, suppose. Then Esop's
fable of the fox admiring the mask, and
exclaiming, GA beautiful head, but there
is nothing in it, was remembered, and l
went away. 1t is wrong for those who
call and think themselves gentlemen to
stand in front of places Of worship for
the purpose of staring out of church.
True, the ladies may like to be admired,
but this ordeal through which they have
to pass of being subjected to the glances
of regiment of men in single file is un-
worthy of country Doors staring ut
strangers who chance to cross their
yillaDe"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-16
Feminine FOrgetfulness.

A timorous lady in Providence, who is
always looking under the bed for man,
went to the postoffice the other day with
q friend to buy some postage stamps.
As they stood there one Of them noticed
q man standing close by, but she didn't
think he looked suspicious until after
ward. She ordered what stamps she
wanted, and, taking her pocket book
from a chatelaine by her side, she paid
for them, and stepped to the opposite
desk to attach them to letters. In mo-
ment more she went back in very ex-
cited manner and inquired for "that
man who stood here" He had gone.
"Well," said she, she has taken my
pocket book and all there is in it, and
she pointed ruefully to the open, empty
chatelaine. Glow much money was in
it ?" asked the clerk. She was either
too excited to tell or for some reason
didn't wish to do so. "What's that in
your hand?" inquired the clerk. Look
ing at the hand designated, she replied,
30 Lord that's il"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-16
Keeping Cows Clean.

More difficulty is experienced in keep
ing COWS clean than is the case with any
other domestic animals. Their homes
are 80 prominent-that is, SO near the
surface of their bodies-that the ordinary
card or curry-comb cannot be used to
advantage rs it can he on the horse.
The cow is much more likely to become
dirty than the horse Is. The latter
stands almost constantly, while the
former lies down, not only during the
night, but during a considerable portion
of the day. At night she is ordinarily in
a yard or stable, the bottom of which is
covered with dung that is soft and sticky.
This dung often adheres to the sides,
tails AMI udders of cows for weeks, and
even months ut time. The hair also
becomes full of fine dirt, and the skin
covered with dandrutf. Lice and other
insects not unfrequently are allowed to
remain unmolested in the covering OF
COWS.
1t is important in all respects that
COWS be kept clean. Their health and
good condition demand cleanliness.
Their milk is one of the most common
articles of food, and it is very difficult tC
obtain it in clean state If the surface Of
the COW from which it is drawn is dirty
If the weather is dry portions of the dust
will fall into the milking pail. If it il
damp. all kinds of filth, dung included
will be dissolved and carried into the
vessel containing milk. No amount O
straining will render impure milk pure
The particles of dirt may be mucl
smaller than those of the particles o
butter and caseine which constitute I
considerable portion Of the milk. The.
NAV be too small to be held by an!
strainer, or even to be detected by thu
eye, but they will, after all, contaminat
the milk, the cream that rises from it ant
the butter and cheese that is made
from it.
! Much may be done toward insurin,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-16
A Sailor ana q Piano.

A sea-captain, who was asked by his
wife to look Mt some pianos while he
was in the city, with view of buying
her one, wrote home to her: 81 saw
one that 1 thought would suit yOn, black
walnut hull, strong bulk -heads, strength
ened fore and aft with iron frame, seal
ed with white wood and maple. Big
ging, steel wire-double on the rahhes,
and whipped wires on the lower, and
heavier cordage. Delaying pins of steel
and well driven home. Length of taft
rail, over all, feet, inch. Breadth OF
beam, 80 inches, depth of hold IA inches.
Matches can be battened down proof
against ten-year-old boys and commercial
drummers, or can be clewed up, on occa-
sion, and sheeted home for first-class
instrumental cyclone" .
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-16
Grass I'm Orchards.

Seeding down orchards and leaving
the land in meadow may answer i'll moist
climates or where the soil is naturally
wet, but it is poor practice where the
trees are likely to suffer for moisture
about their roots in summer. We have
heard farmers say that they thought
shading the ground with grass or some
kind of crop growing thereon would help
to keep the soil cool and moist; but this
is an error, for the evaporation of mOis-
ture through the leaves of growing plants
is many times greater than from the ex-
posed surface of the ground, even in the
dryest and hottest weather. Any one
who desires to see for himself the differ
ence has only to dig under the turf or
about the roots of growing plants i'll n
dry time, and then examine the condition
of the soil that has been worked over and
left fallow. Many an old stunted Or
chard that has long been seeded down
would be greatly benefited by having the
sward broken up this spring, and the
grass and its roots left to decay during
the coming summer. If the farmer
thinks he cannot afford to leave the land
fallow, he may add manure and plant it
with potatoes, beans, or some other low
growing crop requiring cultivation
NctU York SIM.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-16
An Awkward Predicament.

Mr.. Pigweed has had terrible time
of it. He resolved to set pistol in his
safe before leaving home for the summer,
30 that when anybody opened the door
of the receptacle the pistol would he dis
charged. However, it puzzled him a
good deal to find way to set the pistol
with the door shut, and If he set it with
the door open there was no way to make
the thing go off when the door should be
opened again. So he finally set up the
pistol inside the safe and cooked it, and
then putting his hand inside closed the
door all but crack just sufficient to adj
init his wrist. Then he fixed IL loop from
the door to the pistol trigger so that
when the door was opened any wider the
pistol would DE discharged. Then he
attempted to draw out his hand, but
found that while he had left the door
sufficiently open to accommodate the
wrist, it wouldn't let out his hand with
out being opened wider, and that would
discharge the pistol into his stomach.
There was nothing to do but to take off
the loop and put on little longer one,
and when he attempted to do that he
found that though he had been able to
attach the loop, he couldn't reach quite
far enough to detach it again. Then the
awfulness of his position came upon h;r
He was imprisoned and could only re-
lease him ut the price of a shot in the
stomach. He began to scream wildly
for help, and ut last help came, and the
first man who arrived was about to yank
the door open before Pigweed could stop
him, and it gave the victims nerves u
terrible shock. Finally they got smiths
and tools and went to work to get in at
the back of the safe and remove the
pistol, and they had to work very care.
fully so as not to explode the pistol by
the jar. Itwas an all-day job, but finally
after Pigweed had nearly died from ex
haustion, and his hair had begun to turn
gray from fright, they got at the pisto
and found that when he put it in there
Pigweed had forgotten to load it, SO III
might have yanked his hand out at any
time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-16
Holidays for Farm LabOrers.

Most farmers put confidence in the
maxim: "All work and no play makes
Jack dull boy" Still they never put
the spirit in the maxim in practice in the
management of the men and boys en-
ployed ON their own places. They ex-
pect them to work from 'srm till sun,
from one Sunday to another. Some
farmers will "lie awake nights, contriv-
ing ways to keep the farm help employed
ut times when there is little to he done in
the fields. Men and boys are disgusted
with the idea of working against time.
They are generally willing to do their
"level best" during the seasons of hurry
when they can see that their extra exer-
tons are productive of great good to
their employers. But they dislike TO be
kept constantly ut tasks, theperformance
of which results is no apparent benefit
There is no good reason why men and
boys employed on Alarm shouldnot have
an occasional day for rest and recreation.
Persons engaged in other occupations
have itand profit by it. In old times in
the south many masters allowed the 1
slaves to have Saturdays for themselves
if they had worked faithfully during the
other DAVIS of the week. An exception
was made to this rule during hurrying
seasons, rs those in which tobacco plants
were set out and the ground prepared
for a cotton crop. Not only were they
allowed their time on Saturday but they
were also allowed teams to take fuel to
town to sell Oh their own account. Intel.
ligent hired men should certainly be al.
lowed some of the privileges that slaves
enjoyed. They would not only appreciate
them but would actually perform more
labor and do it in better manner.