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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
INSURANCE AGAINST ACCIDENTS.

TO The RdftOr OF TIC ITIO NNe.
SIR: Although | am not n resident of New
York but only an occasional visitor would like TO sub
scribe the sum OF $40 toward fund be collected dur
ing the year 1881 and awarded December 81 ISL az
premium to the engineer OF the Sixth Avenue Elevated
Railroad who las had the fewest accidents; and none
OF them have had any accidents the fund to be divided
equally among them 1t s SO 10 speak not 10 be ira
yeers life insurance In case Of accidents, out haoues
insurance against accidents those VINO paro"iAo Tue
,.., a,-oods runpinr along other avenues will
adopt the same or similar plan, have no douot tnat
some met nod may be devsed for distributing tne pre-
,ninms coecird which shall be practicable AS under
tnnd the various roads consolidated and Is quite
thar an yneers road may be transferred
~ other. hut not being thoroughly Informed as 10
The systen have into the details OF the man.
49, ~ which propose carry out my suggestions but
M sooes,Ion itself having met the approval OF several
70 whom have mentioned IT, vel tlre to call attention
TO 10 IN your columns.
Ncfr- York Dec. %, 1880.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
the COURIS.
SIDE ISSUES OF A DIVORCE SUIT.


At the time that Edilberto Giro one Of the
witnesses in the Chstancy divorce sur, was arrested
at the instaece OF Charles h. Blood. the charge OF
false Imprisonment, Ingcrso Lockwood, Giros counsel
stated that had AFFIDAVIT OF Daniel b. Sheehan,
detective. OF No. East Third.st, which states that
Blood requested heean 20 take room In the Bclvcdere
Hotel, where Gro lived October, 1850 and to place
watch Glrns roo to obtain search warrant TO enable
the detective to * anime the and find lhc watch in
1t, that the proper aldyits charging larceny could
be made out: further that Joseph j. Barnun, OF No.
2i2 East Is the agent and
partnct Of Blood; that month ago Barnum paid
Shcehau $40 on OF services 10 be rendered In
causing the arrest Of Giro that Barnum promised to
furnish the detective wiki 500 to enable him
10 take his watch out OF pawn; that at
an interview with Barnum at his house,
Barnum told detective that he and Blood, together
with John A. Oliver. attorney AT Washington, were
making 10 have Giro indicted by the Grand
Jury Of the District Of Columbia by OF afdays
made by agents OF Blood that Barnum admitted that
there legal grounds for any such Indictment
hut s.id that the whole matter he termed It,
lob 10 be put up" on Giro Blood from punish
meut on any charge preferred 10y Giro
Mr. Blood was yesterday afternoon by TRIBUNE
reupricr AZ Ludlow street JAIL where ne ~ nov being
stil held n civil suit. He produced two 1udAvlt-,
made by Daniel Shcchan, ana tho other 10y Ih,o,
dore Lewis The first paper sets forth that sneenan ala
Hut make an affidavit as stated By lngcfbOI LOCKWOOD
but only written settlement wAlcn ne now sMca .o
false. For this statement Shcehan SAYS he reccly 20
GrO's counsel with promise OF more II Ne pre-
cured somebody cOrrobOrate the statement on oath
Shceh tried 10 induce Lewis TO swear 70 having oNcI
heard the Instructions he supposed 10 nave re-
criyed from Blood Lewis refused In his aihnault
Lewis sta'cs that Daniel Shcehan asked him 10
Blood matter; that Lewis went 10 Lockwood. Giros
council, To know what was wanted or nun, ana mat
when he informed Of the nature OF tue saction
for which So promised, he lewis declined ~ have
anything ~ do Win H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09

HARD TIMES IN GUILD ERIN.-Pat-" Shure.
your Honor an here's foinc sample o. tatcrs can ict
YER have at thruppence a stone" His Homer" That's
dirt cheap" Pal An my ffind hero can ist yer nave
some prime Irish hams at Atty snilun hundredwhte
His Honor" Why that's less than half the usual price,
far cheaper than American hams even" Pat" Az
they haven't enough relate In wevs oeS9
bit nor scrap OF own" His Honor" send round
some potatoes and half dozen MANS ana 'ne sain'S
grant the distress may last."-LFun.
Mosr USroRrUNATE.-Bailie McScrew ITO
Smith. who Is on snort visit to the Nerthl Az What
are We daen' tomorrow NIGHT hester smeth Y smltn
ment0 Baltic; IAN the next nohtP Snith 80 AN on
Friday I've proInised 70 dine with the 90 ta
var dinner wiz as o. Friday i''-lPunch AlmapaeR.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
APPLYING TO THE WRONG COURT.

Kate Z. Lyon began in December, 1850, in
the Court Of Common Pleas action to secure an alb
soIute divorce from her husband Robert F. Lyon. The
only issue Of the marriage SOD, about ten years
old. The child remained in the custody OF the mother,
and few days ago the father obtained writ Of habeas
corpus in tue Supreme Court, with view to gain its
possession The matter up yesterday before jus
tlce Barrett who dismissed the writ. The point raised
by Mrs Lyons attorney, and sustained by the Court
was that under o section the Code The court In
which an action for divorce Il pending must make
every necessary order and decree in regard TO tho
and custody OF the children of the marriage. III. e..
Farnsw orth appeared for Mrs Lyon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
WHERE THE oBELIsK SHOULD GO.

70 fhe EdftOr OF The Trt6uRe
SIR: Taking occasion few weeks ago to
attend the unveng OF the statue Of Alexander Hami
ton and noticing the trese near the Art Building
and finding was for the purpose OF transporting the
Obelisk to the place which had been designated for IT,
my first thought was: Better dump 1t into tho North
pver 40 far "a the general public is concerned than "a
Mace II on the designated site. The plaza At the Fifth
ave- entrance rs unquestionaoy the place ior ,,i IL
where 10 would be more people In one week tha
m a wear at the proposed place IN the Park. Don't lei
mn" on it until Il Is placed where 1t ought to be-
Brooklyn, Dec. %, 1880 H. d. D.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
WARNED AGAINST UNDUE INFLUENCES.

A jury was empaneled Friday before Judge
Van Worst. In Part ii OF the Supreme Court, In what
promises be somewhat Interesting the jury
men were particularly Instructed by the Judge TO
allow Themselves TO be approached In regard 10 tho
between their emaneing and and the beginning OF the
trial tomorrow morning. Is observed that the
panel was carefully scrutinzed by the counsel both
sides The action Is brought by merchant OF this city
TO recover S 900 damages against police captain and
his officer for false arrest and malicious prosecution
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
SCHOOL LANDS IN NEw-MEXiCO.

TO me EuttOT OF 4 nc lTtON"t'
SIR: Congress should during the present
session. pass an act setting apart for schoo purposes all
public lands not mineral in each alternate township
New-Mcxlco is the most ierate OF the States aud
Territories and proportion 70 its population and ares
has the smallest school fund OF the sixteenth and
thirysecond sections in each township set apart FOL
school purposes by the General Government very ts
has been Sold as OF this land is M only for grazing
aud not worth ~ % large numOer OF these
sections would fall on mineral lands and so be excluded
from school purposes There are no school sections on
the vast area covered by land grants The present.
school lands OF New-Mexico lessened in quantity by
mineral lands and land grants, and lessened Ia value by
the character Of the lands not worth oneenth as
much as the agricultural school lands OF the West and
Northwest The sale OF onehsli the remaining public
lands (not mineraO of New-Mexlc0 would not create
larger school fund than that realized by Kansas snd
Iowa from the sale Of two sections 10 the TOWNSHIP
while the character of the population and the teacnne
OF two languages Spanish and English require larger
fund Congress should pass this act at onc as the oss
public andS-those along tho watercourses-are rspdy
being taken up The school lands should be assigned ~
alternate townships rather tan alternate scc'ions
grazing lands are only valuable IN large areas.
CimGrr0n, N. H., Dec. lS. leSO. f. i" 'hSL"ON
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY FOR MAILING.


To the EdttOr Of The Trt6wne.
SIR: Commerce and convenience both de-
mapd postal currency In fractions OF dollar, for mail
ing purposes exclusively. | beg leave to suggest,
through your columns, the following plan fsuch cur
rency, and for the name " Franks"
There should three denominations, viz, so cents,
25 cents and cents printed on the best quality oil
paper suitable for the purpose and all three OF the same
slze say about three inches long by one-andthree-
fourths inches wide to into any common pocket
book or envelope without folding Let them be sold at
all United States Post Offices, guaranteed redeemable
cent for cent Uued States postage stamps, stamped
envelopes cards other devices used for paying mail
carriage or for mailing issued by the United states, OF
whatever denomination at any time aud at any United
states Post Oce and renewable II torn or worn too
hady for further use They would thus be always prac
tray at par with anything that would purchare post
age staup, would supply pressing need, ana possb.y
be "A gain TO the Government. Sluce tley wouu Dc Is
sued 10 subscrye special purpose and IN small volume
and would fan under the same general laws a. money
convenience could reasonably be protected by imposing
supcla fine OF NJ least double the face value or the
smnunt 40 held offered Sold upon any person offering
TO sell or selling them. at discount or selling them at
n p:euiinrn or demanding premium Tor then: IL We
have fractional currency something OI ths sOrt
ia much needed for small silver coin Is unht for mailing
I'm any way and the only present Alternative, the gum
nv postag &c stamp, is a nuisance. - NJ l.
iTOrtdeHce, X. L., Dec. 80, 1850.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
GEORGE ELIOrs PORTRAIT.

To The EdtfOr or The TrIbunc.
SIR: An amateur artist made crayon
sketch OF the late George Eliot" while she listened to
religious services In London some eight or ten years ago
The face IN this sketch fs striking tho forehead recsd
inc nose large and pronounced features generally.
TO say the least uncopmoD The sketch Is now "a
possession Of lady IN New York, and would interest
The most casual obserysr. JEROME Z. SMITH,
Afddict0nn, Conn, Dec. 90, 1880.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
A VALUABLE PRIVILEGE WITHDRAWN.
THE LADIES OF TIKI HARVARD "ANNEX' DEPRIVED
OF TUE USE OF THE LIBRARY, AND SUBJECTED

THE LADIES OF THI HARVARD ANNEX DEPRIVED
OF TUE USE OF THE LIBRARY, AND SUBJECTED
TO GREAT INCONVENIENCE.
To me Edftor Of The Tribune.
SIR: Last year society for the private
cole gate instruction Of women was started in CAM
bridge. The Professors who offered to teach we're
among the beet Harvard Professors, the courses
offered aud the examinations were the same as those
given TO the young men, though the instruction was en-
trey separate facilitate the study OF all the college
the Professors, in the beginning OF the year.
place reference books in the rcadngroom OF the college
library to which all the students have free access FIRE.
quently all the copies OF work which the library owns
are placed In these alcoves and they cannot ccuate
except between m and a. m. Last year, and until
now, the young women composing the annex were
allowed and encouraged to use these reference books
this week the privilege has been Withdrawn without
any reason beng assigned 1t through rear or
numbers for though the annex had twentys1 students
last year and has forytwo only ten OF the young
ladies regularly consult the reference books so that II
Is impossible that the students prior rights could nave
been invaded The only pretext alleged that is CO.
education for ladies and gentlemen TO read III the
same public room ! - A. $1,000
ladies are placed in great perplexy TO supply their
wants. limited number Of reference books NAV be
yate house mearly half mile distant sta s from the
brry where the young ades may Ha fSL men ne
books gas eh who has been obliged 10 coatc WORK.
search references ana WHO these VI
the day. instead OF having daylight for the work who Is
obliged 10 do without dictionaries and encyclopedias
who ia forced II his book refer him to another to wait
whole day before that other book can be brought who
instead OF having all the works on SUBJECT under ms
hand with freedom to eriect the one he needs. must
select book that suit at the distance OF half
mile with the hep OF no cataogue-sucn reader can
understand how special students work Is cramped and
impeded. ~, - 49,. -,
has sustained her reputation unsullied for so many
years that she Ill afford 70 take backward step
Can her best friends permit What has she to lose
IN the feeling OF rignninded man or women By set
ting apart in library some quiet corner where
the students Of the annex can consult the books their
work demands H. F'C'
BrOOE[vn Dec, 10, 1880.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09

is with chorus and the chorus completely monop
Olzes exits, leaving only exit for the public
would Ike TO know what chance In case or hre, the
majority OF the audience have 10 avoid sufocationf
Yours respectfully, g.
Netc- FORK Dec. PA, 1880
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
rYrrs FROM s-rEINWAY HALL.

TO the EDITOR Of The Tribune.
SIR: Permit me to inquire whether the
attention OF the Inspector of Buildings has ever been
called to steinway Hall when musical performance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
OPERA HOUSE INSTEAD OF RESERVOIR.

TO theEditor OF The TrfbHne.
SIR: In view of the fact that the so-calied
Distributing Reservoir Ffthsve., between Fort'eth
and Forty OF practical USE and can be
removed by legislaton, would It not be well for the
stockholders OF the Academy OF Music to unite with
those who seeking an uptown site for new opera
house and obtain from the city lease Of space sum
cient for the erection Of O structure combining
opera house and Conservatory Of Music. This
suggestion offers the citizens Of New-fork he
with the progress of the metropolis, and In
sentjmeur with tho artistic and musical population:
The erection OF q structure this large space would
afford free access and movement OF vehicles and
pedestrians giving every opportunity to embesn anu
beautfy that portion OF the city, which 10 now G'e
figured BY an unsighily GEORGE NJ VAsNo~A
Ne,o- York, Dec. %, 1850.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
UNPRECEDENTED WEATHER IN VIRGINIA.


TO tn c EdttOr Of me Tribune.
SIR: The extraordinary if not unprecedented
weather this section country has attracted SO
much attention and is, undoubtedly, great interest
especially to those engaged IN meteorological observa
tons that have determined TO give your readers the
result OF experience. accompanied with some Of the
notes taken at this stitution recently.
In November the mercury fell TO A. Fahrenheit. The
instrument exposed all night onthe north side Of
the buIldng December 90 at o'clock .. m, II was
lOo and rapidly fell unuL $3.50 oeocD 10 2'; at 6:30
O'Clock Thursday morning. December 80, Two Their
mOmeers registered 5o and - respectively below zero
at 1880 the same morning the mercury showed lO'
and 12o below Teachers and pupils could
scarcely realize The fact that III Virginia The cold was SO
intense. At IL O'Clock the day noted zero
Notwithstanding the sun shining brightly at 2:3O
o'clock PIN TO above After this hour the mercury
con tnued TO fall until o'clock when II reached 20 At
O'Clock Friday morning, December 81, We wFe sur
prised 10 find three instruments yeeering l5@ III aud
2O9 below zero. The first was placed IN an exposed
position alter RISE while both OF the others Lad been
out all night. During this bright day the weather mod
Grated until the instruments showed loo and l2 above
Zero but as night approached discovered that the
mercury was down to A. and about O'clock again AZ
zero This morning at ocloeK our Instruments were
standing at 90 and lOS below zero.
During the storm OF January, 1857 IN Richmond
the ranged from % 10 - below zero, ac
cording to location, ETC. Comparing that season WIN
the present ind this has been from l0 to ~ colder
= appears e shsuT re a. 80 81 in S . nar
TIE State. We have far relied on the reports OF the
press alone published at that time for information.
Twenty years hence the files OF your paper OF to-day
will interesting to some persons as those papers are
which account OF the range OF the thermometrr
in Virginia in 1s5657 The snow covers the earts
Yours truly. WIN. II. VAUGHAN.
G0rd09sriie Female Institute Gordonsriue, "a, Jan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
THE GREAT CONCORDANCE.
A MISTAKE CORRECTED.
To the Editor The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: Concerning recent letter relative to
the ABOVE book published by two American houses, it
appears that correction is necessary both for the
accurate instruction OF the public aud justice TO the
learned author, Dr. Robert Young. comparison was
made between the two issues to discover discrepancies
IN one which alleged by the publishers Of the
other, through a letter from Mcssrs Young, OF Edin.
burgh. Unfortunately, the advertisements did hos
distinguish between first and second edtou-the
second, new ana revised" TO 0e Issued soOn am
informed. Therefore, while the American edition is
fac-simile, by phot0eDgaving Of the first edition, the
and revised hen It appears Comparison between two
copies OF the edition. for when the writer was not
responsible aud which far the first
edition ia concerned nevertheless caused all erroneous
statement Tho error consisted IN deciding that dit
ferenccs could exist which cheeruy corrected
herein, hoping that wrong impressions created may be
Pastor Baptist Church.
Rainb0w, Conn, Jan 8, 1881.
a brief statement is all that IL necessary to
proper understanding of this matter. The British
publishers issued the Concordance about ff-
teen months ago, advertising that many years of
labor had been devoted to it, and claiming for it
thorough accuracy aud reliability. II Was sold at
$15 per copy
When they found that an merican publisher was
about bring out an edition at price which would
place it within reach of everybody who wanted it,
they commenced their talk about an unrevlsed
edition." thus dscreditng their own book at time
when they had no other in the market, and solely
because OF their desire to checkmate the American
publisher who was selling it at fair price.
The plates for the edition which The TRIBUNE is
using were made BY the photo-engrayIng process,
which renders it utterly impossible that there
should be the variation of single letter or punctua
ton point from the original work.
Do the British publishers not see that il the Amer
lean edition is imperfect and contains obvious
typographical errors" they were guilty Of a fraud
in selling for more than year, and at high price,
precisely the same edtioni
And does anyone suppose that they would ever
have had a single word TO say about errors" Or
"impcrections if an American edition at a fair
price had never been issued'- Edl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09

tOunder study she proposed to herself Before she
wrote adam Bede' she had translated Strauss
life of Jesus" and had shown the extent OF her
familiarity with O sort Of erudition then moch less
common than now. to require winch lmpheo
patural force of character and courage as wen as
bent toward serious study of great subjects Loves
tostered taste he might better have checked tor
there are plenty of metaphysicians and rev great
noyelsts. He did more than foster It, he perverted
1t; turned it morbid and instead OF letting It work
Itself free in natural direction directed the whole
force Of the current into the one channel where IL
ought never to have been allowed to dow.
THE CANYONS OF SOCIETY.
What society, however, considered ana discussed
was not the effect Of Lewess advice on Miss Evanss
literary pursuits but the effect of his living Win
her. and whether such an offence to conventional
canons ought to be condoned; and to what extent
condoned. The excuses referred to above never
counted for much; at best they were secondary.
What counted was tho exceptional splendor OF the
woman's genius; her immense reputation
and perhaps her complete indifference to
the opinion Of society about the mat
ter 1t ia, Of course, to be understood
that the relations between herself and Lewes
lacked no element Of regularity except the legal
bond. which did not and for the reasons mentioned
could not exist. Every now and then you heard
report that Mrs. Lewes was dead and that the long
existing union between her husband and another
woman had been solemDized with the usual form OF
religion and law. But when Lewes died she was
still Marian Evans; and now that Marian Evans.
having In the interval become Mrs. Cross, 10 dead.
1rs. Lewes IL still living. But the Evans-Lewes
household was Q perfectly decorous one
10 sort Of similarity could DO found
was 20 Tar a. know, ever
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-09
THE EARTH DRYING UP.

There is abundant evidence that
the amount of water on the surface of
the earth has been steadily diminish.
ing for many thousands OF years. No
one doubts that there was q time
when the Caspian sea communicated
with the Black sea, ard when tie
Mediterranean covered the greater
part of the desert of Sahara. In fact.
geologiststell us that at one period the
whole of the earth was covered by wa
ter, and the fact that continents of
dry land now exist is proof that there
Is less water on our globe now than
there was in its infancy. This dimin-
ution of our supply of water is going
on at the present day at a rate so ra.
pid as to be clearly appreciable. The
rivers and smaller streams Of our At
lantic States are visibly smaller than
they We're twenty-five years ago
Country brooks III which men how
living were accustomed to fish and
battle in their boyhood have i'm mans
cases totally disappeared, not through
any act of man, but solely in conse>
quence of the failure of the springs
and rains which once fed them. The
level of the great lakes is falling year
by year. There are many piers on
the shores of lake side cities which
vessels once approached with ease,
but which now hardly reach TO the
edge of the water. IIarbors are eve.
ry where growing shallowcr. This is
not due to the gradual deposit of earth
brought down by rivers or of refuse
from city sewers. The harbor of To.
ronto has grown shallow in spite Of
the fact that it has been dredged out
50 that the bottom rock has been
reached, and all the dredging which
can be done TO the harbor of New
York will not permanently deepen it.
The growing shallowness Of the Hud.
son is more evident above Albany
than il is i'm the tide.water region,
and, like the outlet of Lake Cham
plain, which was once navigable by
Indian canoes at all seasons, the up.
per Hudson is now almost bare of
water in many places during the sum-
mer. In all other parts OF the world
there is the same steady decrease of
water in rivers and lakes, aud the
rainfall in Europe, where scientific
observations are made, is maEifcstly
less than it was at period within
mans memory.
What is becoming Of our water?
Obviously it IS not disappearing
through evaporation, for in that case
rains would give back whatever wa
ter the atmosphere might absorb -
We must accept the theory that, like
the water OF the moon, our water is
sinking into the earth's INTERIOR
New York Times.
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JOSH BILLINGS HEARD FROM.

NEWPORT, r. L., Aug. IL, 1880.
Dear Biners IL am here trying TO
breathe in ell the salt air of the ocean,
and having been sufferer for more
than year with refractory liver.
was induced to mix Hop Bitters with
the sea gale, and have found the tine
ture glorious result.
| have been greatly helped by the Bit.
ters, and am not afraid to say so.
Yours without a struggle.
JOSH BmLISGs.