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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
unIrSEHOLD MYSTERIES.

The article on diphthcria and plumbing. recently
publshcd on this page has called ont pressing ie-
uuest for information from one 81 our rcauers' ITO
Describes the house which he occupies as prr'hdeu
occasionally by mephitic odor. ana ne SUSPECTS
that the cnrthen scwer-pipc under the cellar IL
bro,n and out of order. lie complains that as he ~
- ,,,oni lac cannot order an investigation OF tho
so,tnry condition of the house and asks us To pro-
vide him with some accurate means OF determining
whether or not his family are breathing sewcr-gas
,,I oxnosing themselves daily 10 40 deadly disease
a. dinhthrria He evidently despars of inducing
,ho landlord TO mako any repairs or 70 take any
,,',,ioo &c his complaints. aud wishes to know
,ho,hcr Nv appealing 10 thu Board of Health he
c,, b,vc an iron pipe substituted for the earthen
o,. As the subject Is one of general interest,
s,,.igc answers ARE given to these questions.
e,,,,,ns in it, most dangerous forms ~ odOfless,
,,d ,berr nrc no chemical tests fnr detecting its
n,rsnurr which cnn bc cont,nicntlv applied NY
h,rsrhnldris But m ulot snch - the corresponds
,,, lrsrribrs while " may not Indicate uie deadli-
IA, snrrirs ~ srwrt-gas, must indirnte a con-
s,,,, s,,,trr ~ lanpri us the orrnrhnis ~ tins
..,sn n thr landlord trinsea Us give attention to
4, ,ha ,nant Unght US rhnrlnih ~ hnrr US tm
n,,,. M Health hnh US demand hthutdnph ihshre-
,,Nn ~ iha hHuap tpithNlN " tho halh uthii' h'M
N. h,oLev a, a,snust Nnt ~ HNiph thp anllntl rhh
Du ee,uiph w mahN tho fpiNlal,p iplAlis ANh ptph
IA suhsuiglp 49, ifNN pp iHi lhp pHllhph hhr Ns'Np
lhe housu ~ ,hls lnalaNpp ,hp maln apNpt mNi hNt
te A, lault hul u lio hal ohpF pan hp sAeeh w ~
.oureo. yhe,oyer u maY he, tho landlord eln lao
lorood 81 ohyiato tho eyil aud 20 pal lhe honsp "
good SANITARY pGuor
A wiso househollor will noyer allow anybody ~
argue away u bad smell of which there ID NJ times
unmslakabe evidence. IL may bo ala intorm'ltont
odor aud tho inspector or plumber, when no APP
pears upon tho scene, may DO unable either ~ OK
nlain or even to discover II. and tho housoholdeTs
su.ncions md fears may be pronounced groundless.
Wa know of one instance where in too course OF two
wears as many ~ six plumbers were employed To
inyes agate u mysterious damp smell in an English
basement house, and not ono Of them was able TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
PERSONAL.

MAYER allow business ~ any klnd 10 enter my ohA-
her door" said Nj Gladstone reoanty, " ~ all my pok
oa HE have neyer been kept awake Ave miautss ny
any dnbala IN Parliament"
Tho favofile writing paper NJ ths Princess ~ Wales
bita bash paper, with aesime NJ har signature ~
Christian name ~ gold ~ bronze tha upper iaf
hand corner aud Tho day ~ the week IN tha style
on tho top iina NJ The right, The 9ueen nses black
edged paper with Tho address Windsor Castle halpofa
O4lioihp ob Tho top ba N plain black and spld lst
terra aud IN Tho upper left hand corner " w." AMI Tie
crown cmbn,onei ~ red. black aud gold.
Although only thirty seven years old, tho Rev taules
X Ever just called 10 Tho baptist Church ~ Concord.
Mass, Ia a veteran Of the War OF the Rebellion Hs
served three years IN cavalry regiment was nearly
captured ut Port fiudson severely wounded 10 the
Red River campaign and wns one OF sheridans body
guard IN the Shenandoah valley.
Jean Rlchepn, the French dramatIst. whose deser.
tlon gave Sarah Dernarlt such splendid lot OF flee
Advertising lately. ia surprisingly ubiquitous Within
month he has been writing drama In Newfoundland,
killing Chinese mt Chow living with the Trappsts nj
saoncl connecting Anarchist plots In st. Petersburg
wandering hermit In the Sahara and living with his
yyfe-bis original vifp-and children In Agiers I'm Bel
guin and In the South of France. That H. he has done
all these .hlngs In the French newspapers.
Mr. Moody is planning the establishment Of great
training school for city lay missionaries In Chicago The
sum Of s2jOoOo Is to he raised for land and building
and an endowment fund.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
aseastaIa whst wss The mssssf, 4 beard N The

ascertain what was she mAstsf: 4 .teafa " tAe
kieheH a9eF was aaally tsfn w, ana iHeFealsls ~
II NAV seem, the sFpHnd underneath ieHAa W w
saturated with water and hlth ~ the aePtn ~ .sA
feet A sppngy lead pipe, perforated WITH holes,
had been emptYing oil tho water from sink ana
washtnbs directly under the floor, and the rain
water from tho leader had been discharged In tho
same way. At the Same time the main sewer-plpe
had become INSTRUCTED and one Joint after another
had been forced, until finally there was backset Oh
the sewage system of the house, and an overflow
under the kitchen floor. Anything worse than the
sanitary condition OF that house can scarcely DO
imaglned yet experts who were repeatedly paid to
make q thorough investigation had never discovered
the sources of trouble. damp, mephtio sewer
odor In q house is positive indication that either
the plumbing the drainage is defective, and that
the health of the household Is mperilled prudent
man will heed tho warning and not be deceived by
the vain words Of ignorant plumbers or the plausl-
BILE explanations Of self-interested landlords.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21

ihe heatns apparatus, Nav experience PFetes
that ahnnt Two out ~ hye heafll'S NifahsS-
mepls arc out of Fepar nv the enh ~ the
summer, and as Q rule some ot inc ues arc
stamped up, OF disconnected, pr switched oll W
such a manner that tho heat, when the furnace
is lighted, has free access to the most nliamma-
BILE parts of the building; which are usually so
situated that it is impossible to get ut them
natural consequence Is that when the ordeal by
fire ia resorted to there is very often a church
the less in q few hours, and then OF course
people wonder how 1t could have happened.
It would probably be asking too much to ex-
pect any change in the programme this year.
To have church heating apparatus examined
carefully by an expert before "a fire was lighted
would possibly SAVIOR too much Of mere worldly
wisdom. 1t is true that such a precantion
would frequently prevent the destruction OF
valuable property, and property which II mas
cost much anxiety and toll to get together and
that if it we're generally taken quito number
OF congregations would bo much better OIL at
the end Of the year. But these considerations
are not new, neither are they recOndite. Their
ObviOusness, in fact, appears to be their us
tingushing characteristic, and yet 1t Is plain
that they have not In tho past prevented the
average annual church burning. This is one
reason for concluding that the present season
will resemble those which have gone by, and
that If the cold weather continues many SEX
ton will demonstrate to the conviction OF the
philosophc observer that the application OF
the "didnt- know 1t was loaded" principle Is
not by any means confined to guns aud pistols
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
TIE SILENT HORN,

The poet Wordsworth In the most notable OF his
sonnets expressed desire to
Hear old Triton blow his wroathed horn.
IL would seem that the good people of Philadelphia
arc not so fond of the music of the horn as Words
worth was. The small boys Of that city have long
been accustomed to pay tribute to the festival OF
Christmas and New-Year by filling the streets with
the jubiant strains of that enhancing instrument
Tut the Quaker City Mayor, using not to say abus
inG tho power that IL vested in him, has officially
decreed that the horn must 20 to tho end that
silence may like poultice come to heal tho blows
of sound"
What the small Philadelphia boy will do about 1t
remains to bo seen. II will readily occur to him
that he owes ID to himself to proceed in an indig-
nant body to Independence Hall and set the old
Liberty Boil ringing IIe can be counted upon To
argue that the nalenaba right Of free speech IL u
hollow mookery and u sokenng sham unless u
includes tho right 10 blow tho cheerful horn, IL
may comfort tho Philadelphia small boy to reflect
IN this hour Ut his humiliation that hs contain
porary, thu Nav York small hoy, has also Just baen
brought ~ grief by tho authorities, onf city
fathers have como between the metropolitan small
hoy aud ono Of the dearest of his earthly i0y=fyon
the hnan blower A small boys protective union
would hfem tD be- demanded II the small boy In
not willing to feel himself ground beneath tho Iron
heel Of brutal oppression, ~ 10 speak.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21

heHse iadpRnilelYl hls name wepid ~ agwf W
ppsieTitY as that ~ 2 great pRblla he''efAstbf
Bul we fear his commitments W0Nli nov SUE
yiye an examination by the supreme poult'
Though the Suliyans aud the Greenlields, lhe
Fitzgeralds and Rowells, swindle deluded Tools
out of a great deal of money by their pretehneu
"matches,r and deserve the attention OF 'ho
Board of Health rs fully as do the propr'e'o'ss
of manure heaps and rendering works. u wou'"
be difficult to prove them Migrants !" '"o
eve of the law. Yet from the point Oh We" o.,
reason and common sense they are iu'o III"
Eaorderlv pcrsons of an. especially pernicious
soft. A.
a How easy Il is for such fellows to put inc
finger of contempt to the nose OF au"ac''y III
the very face of Justice and vets 20 oil unharmcd
was shown by the acquittal of the two prize
FIGHTERS in the Oyer and Terminer only day OF
two ago. But that very tlial, impoteht US us
conclusion was, may have done some goou ny
showing in open court, in the plalnest possible
manner. what swindles these MARQUIS Oh
Oueensberry exhibitions always are. Inc EVIL
Jcnce was overwhelming that the two prawhy
ruf,ans. who had brought thousands OF
neonle to see them thump each other In earnest,
had agreed to go through a mere pretence Oh
boxina in which neither was to do more IMAM
would suffice to make the simple-mihueu
spectators suppose that what they saw was
sparring. T..
Walking matches as a rule are Just Us I'M
pudent swndles as boxing matches ana are
gotten up chiefly for the benefit OF professional
law breakers who hope to defraud the "hw"ty
into belsupon the walkers, all whose movements
are absolutely controlled by bookm"kerS "n'
keepers of faro-banks,
MIR. Vanderbilt il the man who can u" more
than all our courts aud departments seem "p'o
In do 10 put stop 10 these schemes 10 oh'".
tLe public. II he would close Tho doors oi
Madison Square Garden 10 every boxing "ateh
aud every "go-as- YOU please " coh'ea' INC
city would DO plagued with few OF Ties" h''''fS'
The central location, the vast size ANA tl'' con
yonlent arrangements of Mr. vanderbilt
building nio Indispensable to tho success OF
these oney-mahng schemes MI vanderbilt
win earn tho gratitude of MI lovers OF order ana
doecncy, II he viii forbid the uac OF the Garden
for my of these dcmotalzins and disgusting
exhibit ions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21

uR pUELpS on THE Rh4GdN BILL
The speech of Mr.. Phelps on the Reagan bill,
IF which the chief points were published III
Yesterdays TRIBUNE, was n powerful argument
against measure which lacks every element ol
stolesmnnshp The truth is that this bill is
distinctly in the line of reversiun To obsolete
and semi-barbarons Methods of legislation. 1t
is an ATTEMPT. moreover, to put in practice
crude theories which have been tried ana iouno
wanting on a smaller scale and the folly oil the
project is nagniiird by the proposal to apply 10
the whole subject of interstate commerce iegu-
latiuns and principles which, when testeu
within the confines of single States, have in
yolinllv failed tu produce anything bat con
fusion and mischief Mr.. Reagan is illustrating
Ia his persistent agitation of ths hill what Di
Iptupnipi calls The influence ~ dominant iirhs
he has hppninp absorbed w siihhep survival
f,em the period ~ su-callrd Hihhett lreisi
atinn, liz WISHES tn lHipp uinh the country q
measure modelled urnh Tho imrhrlithl'lr
ueuHtahin, and altogether mslhhph laws
which Illinois ani other Weston States
papuod themselves with several years aE"
The whole conception 10 falaol0us. II proceeds
unon tho entirely false nssumpilon that trans
marathon can be- conducted upon arbitrary and
inelastic lines. This assumption Is not less
absurd than the supposition that merchant
could conduct his business upon one and the
same line for ten years together.
The fact is that TRANSFORMATION is Influenced
by multitude of factors OF which three
fourths are beyond the control of the railroads
Connections the general condition OF industry
and exchange the price of iron, the state OF
c,ops. the weather. all enter into and affect rail-
road tariffs and since the Reagan bill in effect
declares that transportation shall be regulated
without regard to these factors, 1t Is I'M
practicable, inc luitable, and unworthy OF an
intelligent legislative body. Nor can it be
shown that any necessity exists for such legls-
lation. Mr.. Phelps is undoubtedly right in
predicting that the passage OF that law would
only produce a confusion rendering its speedy
repeal necessary. But it is not credible that
Congress will commit itself to so crude and
irrational bill. I he country certainly knows
better than TO demand il. No commercial in
tercsts call for it; and considering the present
business depression, serious RESPONSE
bilty rests upon those who are urging the
passage of law so cmincntly calculated to dis
turb commerce and industry from one end of
the country to the other.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
rHf TigUBORNE UippObROur

Tho American people arr threaten with an In
vnsion Of \ very dlsnrreeabe kind. Their love of
aud tolerance for novelties has long been abused
by oil sorts Of shady European notorietles rs
we'll az utilized by celebrities, but never
before has il occurred TO o ticket-of-leaye
man that his purse might be repenished
by q hippodrome season in the United States.
Yet nothing less than such an infction Is
forecast and the so-caled 1ichborne Release Assoc
ciaton has already begun to A" bill the country by
sending broadcast pamphlets pnfporting to give
the "1rue History OF the Tichborne Case This
document Ia somewhat ingenious peryerslon OF
all the main facts brought out IN the two trials of
the claimant. The latter il represented as the vie
tim of the Jesuits who are charged with having
conspifed with the Ilchbotne family and the Brit
ish Government to deprive the true heir Of his es
tatea heranse II he had been recognized on his re-
turn frcm Australia the followers Of loyUa would
have iost rent charge Of ~ per cent 80 iha
pfnrpfit which they now enjoy 90 course This
piptuseiDHs story 10 intended ~ capture The
ei6nnalHgs, u Ia 80 appeal ~ tho "he-f9pefv .
snjll which, eHflGWsif enaNah, siii iufbs aMih ha
ieani iele0Wa CLASSES ~ England -the classes
Wh0sp ancestors were active ~ thn iiofdoh Ilets
II scarcely requires 81 be said that tho true his
tory is a mass 1T tho most inpnlent iGtloni that
tho claimant had u far trial that lao broke down
utterly in his deenoe that his Identity with Ar
thur Orlon was proved as oononsiyey as anything
can be; and that only the grossest oreduty or tho
most binding prejudice can maintain the least be-
lief in tho justice of the mans case. There is no
ground for supposing that the ticket-of-leave
claimant would draw" here He could not hope
to pose AZ a martyr. AS sldeshow to circus Mr.
Barnum has already weighed him aud found him
wanting 1t is certain that he will never find
another opportunity of getting his case tried again
lie had therefore much better stay In England.
and by opening public" where he can receive
his followers and patrons lay up something against
the rainy day which generally drives lmpostors
and rascals TO the workhouse or the jail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21

The sprghtiy and Ingenious Police Justice
who rci0ccs in the surname Of Duffy, has
sluck out novel plan to discourage Sullivan
and Greenfield, Mitchelland the other wicders of
the paddcd buckskin. Mr.. Duffy proposes To
put II sudden stop to the pursuit of the dollars
of the simple minded under the rules of the
little lamcntcd Qucrnsbriiy. His notion is that
" Is only necessary for some respectable citizen
living near Madison Square Gaiden to make II
complaint against that ipsoit Ui the broken
nosrd fraternity AS dsoiirtl, house, and hr
will immediately issut Warrants iUi the arrest
W etpA buth concerned W. ihr vino c0NiiDtpiat
which is ,he tiDuna ~ cDmtiaint When ,hp
iiulNp Department hts hliph ihe lWnlAeAhp
lHslcp's cgHii ,ngm with lhp pNglissANd lhpir
lglenhs, AZ, i'uili plNpNsps w pAch ihp WhNlp
lol vt lipm sal 10 iiaek wolfe isiani 90 Va,
grants,
This sohemo 10 certainly radical aud exhaust
iyo enough ~ theury, hat Wp lear that IL
would hardly meet Mr. Duliy's expectations in
practico II the spoken and pucLy little
Justice could by due aud orderly process of law
rid this city OF the nuisances which have given
Madison Square Garden an unfortunate roputi-
ton, he would deserve 10 be perpetuated In
much enduring bronze in Central Park. II he
could include the troop of days walkers and
their followers with the transported prize
fighters, and keep the whole tribe in the work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
rnn onlGnnArkNINa ANlAnN

Tho cold wave which has so brutality as
saulled tho ears aud noses al u ileo pooplu
marks the opening of the church burning soa-
sou. Owing 10 the touching lidellty with " hich
mankind cling 10 their loast incurablc stupldi-
tics and ncgligoncles. II may be- confidently
counted upon that the opening OF every winter
will be sgnalized by the combustion of u Ger
tain Tor uncertain) number OF sacred buildings
all over the country. For II Is at this time of
year THAT the sexton or whoever ia in charge of
the church undertakes " test the efficiency OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
PAINTING FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT.

George Scobie, Manager College Of Art -Crayon ana
pastel portraiture increasing In favor II may
Judge from tho number Of applicants have for nsruc.
ton in the art To learn to paint from tho photograph
is easier than from life and the result Ia not generally
brass Is accomplishment acquired with more difficulty
but quickly turned to profitable account. Tho simple
art OF coong photographs practsed by more people
Tor living than you would suppose. No uncomfortable
skill and taste Ia required to reproduce In photograph
copy ~ landscape the oolors Of thu original Much Of
the nsraoonin these branches 10 done by correspond
enOs,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
SIXTEEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGy-Securties have been found IN the
house of the broker suspected of completely with
Jauner. &C. Navigation of the Nile growing diff
cult - The second officer and boatswaIn of an
American ship on trial in Liverpool for the murder
of a sailor 60 1t was rumored that France has
declared further negotiations with China useless.
CoNGREss-The Senate held a secret session and
d,scussed the departure OF the MenocOl Surveying
marty. - In the House the Inter State Com
merce bill was discussed. Mr.. Randall reported
conference disagreement on the temporary Naval
Appropriation bill.
DoMrsrC.-The weather west of Lake Superior
became miider. 80 The thermometer TELL low IN
Nsw-England and Northern New-York. - otto
wife murderer sentenced in Buffalo -= Catholic
priests were ordained at Boston and Troy --
An unusual number of fires reported. 60
The ew-England tobacco growers declared their
oppos,tion to the Spanish treaty. = mob
DESTROYED q court house IN county town in Dakota
Ci1Y AND SUBURBAN.-Seven more bodies found
IN the Brooklyn Asylum ruins. - No nomina-
tons BY the Mayor. --= David Lydg Suydam
and Isaiah {. Babcock died. -= $4,000 fire
IN Water-st. - Dinner Of the New England
Society In Brooklyn. == The injunction regard
ing unexpended balances not continued. - A
woman nj n tenement house fire died from fright.
- Gold value of the lcPal-tender silver dollar
lAl2io grains. S33i cents. == Stocks dull with
fluctuations within n marrow range OF figures ana
closed weak.
1Hy Manufacturers local observations in
dicatc milder cloudy weather, and light snow.
Temperature Yesterday: highest 100 above zero 4;
lowest, 4 below; average 4i2o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
THE GENESIS or LIFE.

An ingenious correspondent recently argued
at some length in THE tribune that tho be-
ginning of life on this planet was ut the South
Pole. We pointed ont the chief fallacy In his
reasoning which was the assumption that the
relative position of the earth To the sun and the
apheion and pcrihelon conditions have re-
manned unchanged since the beginning of life.
Professor Proctor afrmS the correctness Of our
criticism in an admirable letter published on
another page. Modern astronomy cmphatically
declares that the relations between the poles
and the sostccs are varying from age to age,
and consequently that il is impossible to deter
mine whether the conditions for the genesis of
life were originally more favorable a, one pole
or nj the other
The theory that the beginning of life was ut
the poles is now engaging the attention of Sci
rnlilic minds M Europe as well "a In America.
The credit of irs, proposing IL belongs to Nj.
g. Hilton Scribncr, whose monograph, Where
Did Life Begin ?" isa scientific treatise of stiik
ing interest Starting with this hypothesis NJ
n base he advanced from one stage of n pro,i
reasoning to another until he practically
,rnrhri a phinl where investigators like Dr
Asa GRAY had pausrd while mU,ing IN the op-
hustle dirriinn iiom effects to ransps. Mr.
s,,ibnti's ihDbit srpnis as ~ w NATURALLY with
se nan facts IA connection with the extension
anh drtDnrNpni ~ ihi $50 nUtlh hni saN,h
lINta that distinguished aripniisis have pjtpn
,hpI, asspNi W. q 80 q ,phsNNahlp p.nianalloN ~
Uaut lhNgs Whlph have hiihpin haliipi To-
V,stlgatilu.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21

The interview with the inventor OF the ,'"-
phone which we publish this morning WI, oo
,end with much interest The telephone mas
become a necessity In business, nnd' ~ WIN 'ho
telegraph and the railway we wonder now we
were over nblo to get along WITHOUT w. nv
phonog,aph WIS invented about the same ll'oe
ns the telephone. but. being of liH'c OF no pfnr-
tipnI usr. II has been almost forgotten WINE 'ho
lelcphonc has become IN indispensable fno'of
IF modern life. Professor hell enya mat i's
usefulness Ia likely i6 be widely increased. ana
thnt we shnl soon DC able to talk between New
York and San Francisco rs easily ns we do now
between New-York and Brooklyn. Ills state
mcnt that there has been no real Improvement
in the instrument since II was first ln'roouceu
will cause surprise. Not the least interesting
part of Professor Bells entertaining tax Is MS
account of an invention by which the hearing
capacity of the human ear can be accurately ue-
trIIniupd