The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-28
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
Correspondence of the Democrat. J
New York, Feb, %, 1884.

1t is currently understood here
that the ''bloody shirt ISSUE" will
again be depended on largely by the
Republicans during the coming cam
paign, particularly in the. Western
and Southern part of the country. 1t
is amazing how few Republicans can
be made to perceive that the day for
such a slogan has gone by. The end
of Wendell Phillips, who with all his
brains, enthusiasm and energy could
not be made to understand that the
a was over, and in consequence
fast lost his prestige and reputation,
standing and influence, ought to be
a warning. The only issue on which
the Presidential campaign can be
fougat is the tariff. Whatever side
issues will be introduced will only
weaken the party responsible for
them.
The thick heavy weather has
materially delayed the Frisia, which
is now on her way across the Atlantic
with the remains of De Long, Collins
and other heroes of the North Pole.
The HERALD boys are arranging for
an elaborate service in his memory.
to testify to the high regard in which
he was held by his associates in the
journals tic field. Collins was always
q genial, whole soulded fellow. Never
loud or demonstrative there was o
sunny quiet n about his man
ners which made everybody like him.
While on the editorial staff of the
HERALD he vas always dabbliDg in
some sort of meteorological. expert
ment, and whatever prestige the HER
AID had gained by its weather prog
nostications, it is due solely to
Collins work, In 1876, when Hell
Gate was blown up, Collins suggest,
ed that the explosion would afford .
splendid opportunity for testing the
rapidity with which sound travelled,
as also the distance to which the
shock consequent upon the explosion
would be felt. AS result, the HER
AID started ont a staff ofovera hun
dred men, placing them ct various
points from the East River, opposite
the scene ofeXplosion, rs far rs West
Point. Each observer was armed
with a sheet Of white paper, a pendu-
lum with & soft lead pencil in its
centre, a glass ofwater, a spirit level
and a piece of'putty. The putty vas
used to fix the spirit level. The
pendulum was hung against the
white drawing paper, and the glass
of water placed near the spirit level.
When the shock came after the ex
plosion, the pencil in the pendulum
described n or two faint curves,
the bubble in the level moved, and
rings formed on the surface of the
water in the glass. The number of
these vibrations were duly recorded,
and the memoranda given to Collins,
who used them for a series of elabor
ate calculations which proved of
much value to the interests Of
science.
The Stock Exchange I am inform
ed is on the point of beginning an
elaborate crusade against the bucket
shops where thousands Of young
men weekly squander their salaries,
mortgage their furniture and eventu.
ally rob their employers, in the vain
tope that they will be able "to beat
the Stock Market" Lower Broad
way is filed with these dens, and
uptown they are springing mp at such
a rate rs to show that the mania for
gambling is spreading. Several OF
the former pool rooms, where once
the Spectator ON horse races wasted
his substance are now devoted to the
ticker and stock market. Houses
where they gamble on the green
cloth are closed. but these places
take the money of the deluded dupes
with all the more readiness and
rapiditv, The way in which this
nefarious gambling can be slapped
is by the removal of the Stock Elk,
change indicators Or tickecs from
places of this kind. The Gold and
Stock Telegraph Company has leas-
ed from the Exchange the privilege
OF furnishing TIE quotations of the
market. 1t grants instruments to
such houses only rs are approved of
by the governing committee Of the
Exchange. OF coErse plany Of the
bucket shops get instruments sur
rertitiously, bat it is suspected that
many improper awards are conuivcd
at by employers. Tie Stock Elk
change must- insist that the Tele
graph Company discover the means
of information possessed by every
bucket shop, and Oh discovery des
troy it. If the telegraph company.
tails, then the governing board can
take away from it the privilege of
supplying the quotations and furnish
its own news. The effect of these
bucket shops is %damnab!c, and pres
and public opinion should unite in
su%ppressing them, for their influence
is worse than that Of gambling houses
in as much as the gambling in the
former places have the appearance
of legitimate business, if~speculating
in securities is legitimate business
and thus can be maintained lonper
and without q sense of shame.
Typhus, by the way, is becoming