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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09

uyn TO stay nome ana take care Of hX
child the Oldest boy Yves kept from school for that pur.
pose But the School Board promptly summoned Mrs,
Gould before magistrate TO for the absence OF
her son. and she ordered TO pay fine OF penca
and two shiliDgs costs. sxtytwo cents IA Largo
sum OF money. but the woman could not raise H. and
so she taken TO Milbank prison.
The year 1883 was an unusually prosperous
one the Equitable Life Assurance Society The amount
OF Its new assurances more than Ssl000000. Its
assets were increased 100000 and its surplus about
Sl5OOOOO Six millions and q half paid TO its
policy and their heirs. The prosperity of such
institutions carries comfort and help TO thousands Of
families In the time OF Labor one may
10 support in the future for those who are
depending upon him. there is little more sure 10 ac-
complish II than life assurance policy.
The discussion on the cattle disease. In tho
meeting OF the Farmers Alliance Of Great Britain seems
TO have taken which may prove interesting in
this country A Conservative Member OF Parliament
stated that he should for total exclusion OF cats
from countries which the disease had appeared and
stated for this strong that the
cattle 1900 farms in the United Kingdom IN
fected with the and mouth disease and over
animals are suffering from II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
GENERAL NOTES.

The example of Mrs Mary Miller appears to
have stimulated one, at least OF the Suppressed race
The Sacramento (Ca) RccOrdU Union states that young
woman in that city recently applied for the position OF
streecar conductor The superintendent Is said to be
seriously considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of giving her the
poson and Of extending the experiment stl further,
II IA 10 be feared however that female carconductors
woud not ring the bell with sufficient prompmess when
persons OF their own wanted TO get Oh or oil.
A striking example of the hardship which
law rdiculously administered may nlict is reported
from Iowlshain, England Elizabeth Gould. a widow
had succeeded In keeping her three children from
raryfng though their homo was single wretchcd
apartment without furniture OF even bed ono day tho
youngest was severely burned and II meant starya
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
INSURANCE RESERVES.

j. L. Halsey. rieepresdent Manhattan LIE b'suranes
COmpdny.-I understand that the bill before tho
State Les aure TO place the OF insurance
panes upon per cent Instead Of 42 per cent vaua
has the support OF the Insurance superintendent
the bill becomes law probable insurance
may safely leave the execution Of 1t IN his hands Under
an incompetent department. however, the change might
work harm among the minor companies. We are really
doing business upon gig per cent valuation 1t Is mis-
take TO make this test OF cOmpanys solyency
The factors too ucuating to be estimated by hand
standard eIpedient grounds OF prudence
to protect the public against insurance that does not
insure should be IN favor Of National Department OF
Insurance II could be Of settled and uniform
system under whichto do business. The different State
standards source OF constant annoyance. Tho
Dwight case :" We shall win 1t this spring; OF that am
confident An expensive but not useless fight. 1t will
prove that insurance company cannot be robbed with
impunity any more than private individual. That
Dwight stranged himself in his bed. Read DR.. Woods
summing up OF the expert testimony in the last Medical
Nc,s There material for threeyoume novel in tho
career Of Dwight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
4 REN4RKABLE FITNESS.

John Barry's testimony before the Senate
Committee yesterday fairly illustrates the
peculiar methods of the Public Works Depart
ment. Mr.. Barry keeps road-house, and al
though without any facilities or means of fur
nishing the city with sand, gravel and stone,
one of Mr.. Thompson's bureau officers pro-
posed to him that he furnish such supplies on
the 1899 order system. Mr.. Barry engaged III
the business although amazingly ignorant OF
almost everything connected with II. The ma
terial he furnished was supplied through
William Mcdonald, who was at the same time
furnishing similar supplies on orders given to
himself. Mr.. Barry never measured the ma
terial and did not see it delivered ; and made
ND his bills on the information supplied him by
the obliging bureau officer who first proposed
that he 90 into the business. According to Mr..
Barry's testimony he purchased by the cubic
foot and sold by the cubic yard, although
he swore he did not know how many
cubic feet there were in cubic
ward. He said that he had never heard of such
a word as gneiss and did not know what 1t
meant. When shown bill on which he had
drawn several hundred dollars from the city for
furnishing gneiss to the Public Works Depart
ment. the witness said that he could not explain
it, but lie thought it was all right.
1t was a fitting close to such extraor-
binary testimony for the witness to ac-
knowledge that while he kept bank
account he never used single check in
any of his transactions on account of his bust
ness with the city, but always used bank bills;
and he has no records Of any kind whatever
that will show anything of these transactions.
Aad it is of such men as these that Mr.. Thomp-
son purchases material on 5000 orders without
competition, instead of by contract as contem-
Mated by the statute.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09

and colored bottles, the duty on which Is not TO
be reduced at all because it is specific, ana the
reduction on Schedule i is expressly conhned
to q all articles subject to ad valorem duty'
But il they happen to have anything IN theln'
the reduction under this beautifully scientific
tariff takes effect, because the present duty on
bottles filed is adj valorem 80 per cent and by
pouring water into them the importer can
reduce the duty to "a per cent, whereas II empty
they must pay one cent per pound But 1lnV anu
lime glass bottles and walls, whether hlleu Oh
empty, get impartially reduced from 40 to 81
per cent. Cut or colored glass, too, drops from
10 to SO per cent.
Next we have cylinder and crown glass
polished Oh which the duties, being SPECIFIC, are
not to be changed. but are to be 2l2, 4, d, ~
and 40 cents per square foot, according to slze
But the unpublished cylinder, crown and
common window glass; if Mr.. Morrison can get
his bill dramatically mended, Is to be cut
down in spite of Mr.. MOrilps example, ana
although the duties are specific, to L, 1l2, l9
and "a cents per pound, according to size.
Fluted and rolled and the ordinary sizes OF cast
polished plate glass, plain or silyered, are TO
retain the present specific duties, ranging fro1s
8, of a cent to 60 cents per square foot; but II
man imports his plate glass larger than two by
five feet square, not silvered, he gets the duty
cut down by special exemption from 90 to 40
cents per square foot.
Such is the wise simplicity of the Morrison
tarif-provided it can get its grammar mended
so as to mean what Mr.. Morrison Means. These
are but samples of the gems with which it Is
studded from end to end Having the capacity
to produce without limit gems so very cheap as
these, Mr.. Morrison graciOusly permits the low
duty of o per cent on imported precious stones
to stand, though he is careful by special excmp-
ton to exclude that duty from the 20 per cent
reduction. The caution was unnecessary. Inc
peculiar gems in which he deals are unknown IN
any other country-at least among those who
make laws elsewhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
PROTECTION CLUnSILY DISC USED.

The English Conservatives have failed in their
dsingenuOus attempt to prevent the importa
ton of cattle into Great Britain from the United
States. At the last session of Parliament
they succeeded in stampeding the House on this
question. They offered the dishonest plea that it
was necessary to afford England security against
the spread of the foot-and-mouth disease, and
consequently to restrict impOrtations of cattle to
British North America and to Scandinavian
countries. Mr.. Chaplin took a conspicuous
part in tho debate, and made the astonishing
assertion that the population Of the United
States was increasing 50 rapidly that its surplus
meat supply could 10 longer be safely depended
upon in England. The Liberals presented sta
tistics proving that the alarm respecting the
extension Of the cattle disease was groundless,
but the Conservatives carried their resolution,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
THE CuCRCU MOVEMENT UPTOWN.

Ed.eard D. jennings clerk Of the Spring Street FfeSby'
teTan church. We sorry to lose the Rev MI Mo-
ment but he is judge OF his duty. His relations
with tho church have always been Of the plcasanteSt
During the eight years Of his passionate 300 new members
have been added; churcn Is in better financial con-
dtion than before and 1t Is the only one Of our de-
nomination south of Fourtconths that has any lifein
It, Fourteen years lost the Rev Dr. Wilson, pas
tor Of the Central Presbyterian Church. in the same way
Yes the tendency of the churches be 10 be TO
move uptown. But think the Pcsbytery are making
a mistake. They should hold their ground here as the
Episcopaans do. II will do abandon this part
NJ m city
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09

Monsiguor Capel asserted the other evening in
lecture on the Irish race that every country has its
mission, that of Ireland having been to distribute
over the world three things-faith, learning and
purity This is strkngly illustrated by the emf
nent learning and splendid virtue recently dis
played by that representative body, the Newly Ork
Board of Aldermen Tho literary requirements
which have made Mr.. Michael Duhys name Illus
trious are only exceeded in their impressive effect
Inv tbe snowy vhiteness of President Kinks moral
nature.
No there does not seem to be what might be
called a great tidal wave of enthusiasm for Mr.
Morrison's bill Mr. Fswtt IS reported as calmly
scrutinizing it and remarking in effect, II can con-
struct better bill than that without half trying"
Mr.. Hewitt is doubtless correct
When Mr. Parnell made his defiant speech at the
Dublin banquet he boosted that the Irish party
would hold the balance of power in the next Par
lament and rule England if they could not govern
their own island One of the answers to this chal-
leuge was the assertion of leading Conservative
Journal that the two main parties could agree IN an
emergency to leave the Irish votes out of account
on any critical question involving the fate of
Ministry. This expedient would be uneonstitu-
tional since the continuance of Il Government in
Office after il has been placed in a minority on IL
Cabinet question would be- contrary to the prece-
dents of parliamentary government. Ii would also
be impracticabe, for under the Cabinet system of
government a Ministry cannot dispense with Il
working majority. The spirit of partisanship,
moreover, would preclude such an agreement be-
tween political leaders. An Egyptian debate is an
nounced for next week, and tho Conservatives are
confidently expecting the Irish members TO vote
with them in cOndcmniug the Governments policy.
The Liberals meanwhile have adapted their Fran
chise bill to Ireland as well as to England, Wales
aud Scotland aud the Radical chelsI arc cndeav or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
4 DTST1NT IELEBR4TION.

II "a perhaps somewhat early to talk about Cele-
brating the fourth centenary of the discovery of
America but an article by Mr.. Benson j. Losing,
in recent number of The independent fairly brings
the matter before the public. Mr. Losing states
that the question when the celebration shall take
place is already being discussed in Spain. The
Spaniards are, of course, in favor of making it an
exclusively Spanish celebration, and Granada,
Madrid. Barcelona, Huelva and PalOs have been
suggested as the most appropriate cities in which to
hold the anniversary Mr. Losing, on the other
hand maintains that New-York is the most fitting
Mace IN which to celebrate the event. "NewYOrk
CITY isl he says n symbol and embodiment of,
and a monument to, the grand idca-the benefit Of
commercc-whch mpellcd the Admiral of CASTLE
to sail on his great quest. 1t the most suspicious
living and growing result of the great. discovery
seen ON the continent Of America"
While ali New-YOrkers and nearly all Americans,
will probably agree with Mr. Losing as to the pro-
priety of marking this great event by an appropriate
celebration in NewYork, there is no reason why it
should not be celebrated both in America and
Europe Let there be an honorable rivalry
between the New World and the Old as to which
shall do the most to honor the memory of the man
who probably never saw the land which he discov-
cred but to whose blind faith and intrepid
the whole world owes so much. The independent
has also given the views of several prominent men,
all of whom agree with Mr.. Losing that New-York
is pre-emncnty the place in which to celebrate this
fourth centenary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
TALKS ABOUT TOWN.
RISKS IN COTTON PLANTING.

RISKS IN COTTON PLANTING.
General Haneook.-Cotton planting In Mississippi, where
visited my son, is profitable but precariou business
II requires large capital 10 any degree OF success
Crops may fail, floods may Either Is disastrous.
In such Oalames capital must be had at whatever cost
in rate Of interest Overflow the cotton worm, much
heat or codthese are the obstacles. a consider
able quantity OF cotton unpcKed for lack Of labor Ths
percentage Of loss in this way Is not large but st quito
an item Cotton is splendid paying crop when the
ditions favorable and genarally speaking cotton
planting Is a good business
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
TIE AMERICAN porrERIEs OF TO-DAY.

"
O. LetciS p0teries-Amd all the inventive genius OF
mis- century the potter wheel is the only thing
know of that remains unchanged 1t is the same wheel
that was used hundred years ago. In the turning Of
some articles whose proportions equal steam has been
apped for power; but in all the hner manpuatOns the
foot treade used. There are thirty poeres at
Trenton averaging $50 hands each. The Morrison bin
would throw half Of these 1900 people out Of work. or
cut the wages OF all point below their present living
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
Amnstmenis Uo-Nisbi.

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-S-Concert.
ACADEMY OF DYsIGN--water Color Exhibition ,, %
BuoU OPERA HoUsE-2 and g." Orpheus ana Eufyui'0'
CAsrSo-2 ard g." Tho Merry War ..,
DAYS THEATRE and s-"sev en-Twenty Eight"
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, and s-"Esmerald,h aida pososr
MADISON SQUARE THEATRES and S-"Alpin Roses
MEM PARK THEATRE and S-"Three Of a KIND" .,o
NFw-YoRK COMEDY THRATRR-2 and Stun on INC
Bristol 80,
EIBio's GARpYS-2 and ga Wife's Peril"
STAR THFATRF-2 and s-"Wanted, Farmer
THaIIA THEATRE and -"Griseldls
TaYATRT CoNIouE-s-" Cordelias Aspirations.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE and S-"separHs,ion'
WIII.CK's THEATRE and S-"Decepuoh',
an GyFsIJE THFATRH--2 and s." That Man..
MN AyTSUF THEATRE and s." Confuslon.
1xTu s1RFrr THE AIRE--2 and s." Fritz IN lreldnu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
ANXIOUs TO BE LET ALONE,

F. ~ DerOe, Paints and Chemicals. You may say that
everything IN our line the public less and less every
year And another fact With three times the capi-
tai ia employed that was formerly used. We work
harder longer and with tools for relatively tho
same net profit Midwinter ana midsummer used to be
holiday for our trade. With railroad and telegraph
facilities orders come oftener but for smaller amounts
The Morrison bill Don't mention It. think that
speak with the voice Of all business when say TO
Congress Let MS alone" Absractly AIN free trader.
that is am not a prOhiOitiOnist which Is what your
yed-in-the protectionist out IN the last
equation But this everlasting legislative tinkeng and
tanpering plays the deuce with all And It is very
expensive keeping a committee in Washington to look
after on interest. At least so l am informed sOme-
times wish that the Constitution might be amended 80
that Congress could only meet four times in century,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09

The untimely disagreement in regard to the
Greedy Relief bill continues, some of the Sena
tors clinging with inexplicable tenacity to their
trivial objections to the measure. Meanwhile
the Secretary of the Navy, with excellent COM
nonsense, is actively engaged in preparing for
the search, and it looks now as if the expedition
would be about ready to sail by the time the
Senate gets through talking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09

was mostly smoke however, and the destruc-
ton of property is placed at $oo'ooo-no.
small sum, but yet not large one, as losses by
fire 60 in this neighborhood. The most remark
able thing about the conlagration Is tnat II
did not cause more damage.
The rules of the House of Representatives. as
adopted yesterday are substantially the same as
those which governed the House in the last
Congress. The amendment to give the majority
power to control and direct its business falled'
This result will probably make little difference
with the work of the XLVIIIth Congress. Inc
Republican minority has no wish to mpeue
legislation by factlous opposition, as the Demo
cratic minority Of the last session dld /; anu
moreover, delay is Just what the present Delno,
cratic majority apparently desires, above al
things. lest the laws which might be maue
should damage Democratic prospects In INC ap-
nroacbinp National canvass AS was 10 De eA-
nected. Mr.. Randall opposed the amendment
vioorously-having an eye to the danger Oh
| tariff legislation.
The nlan to bring water to New York from
the Ramapo Valley, as spread before the olnK-
ing Fund Commissioners yesterday, has many
attractive features of its own; and an add
tonal point in its favor is that it has provoked
no little opposition and rivalry among persons
in public and private station. There seems to
be some confusion even in the official mind In
New-Jersey in regard to the matter. The chair
man of the New-Jersey Water Commission
gives notice that the Ramapo Companys plan
will be opposed in the Federal courts as an
infringement upon his States rights; while a
committee appointed by the Mayor of Jersey
City wants to know what New York would pay
for thirty million gallons of water daily from
the Passaic River. In view of all the facts,
however, there seems to be no reason why the
advice already given in this matter by The
TRIBUNE does not still hold gOOd-namely, to
act with the greatest caution-if at all. The
cost of the Ramapo water has not yet been Zig
ured ont, nor have the names of the men who
will form the company been made public.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09

The situation in the flooded valleys of the
West seems to be more hopeful The water at
Pittsburg has fallen several feet In twenty -four
hours and while it has risen at Cincinnati
about foot in that time, it is not believed that
the high water mark of last year will be
reached. Much damage has been done all
along the Ohio and its principal tributaries, and
many people are suffering but a most com
merdable spirit of independence has been
developed and each community thus far has
been able to look after its own sufferers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
IDAHO DISCOVERIES OF RICH MINES

j. j. Bro,cne Of Spokane FdlLs, w. T., dnoi7ey.-spo-
kane Falls good deal talked about just now in con-
nectlOn with Idaho gold and silver discoveries But
not so much mining anagricultura centre. Its on
a sort OF divide West is rich agricultural country
under fair CIVILIZATIONS east is timber and minerals north
fertile agricultural valleys and mineral hills.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
THREE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

General James IT, Leach, Of North Coroina-l believe
the closest ght ever made the Presidency will occur
this year. Three candidates will surely be in the field.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09

The people of Hazleton, Penn, are suffering
from very efficient substitute for an earth
quake, in the shape Of a caying in of the ground
over some mines A square or more of surface
has sunken in, several houses have tumbled
down, and more seem Oh the point OF doing So.
This f. the second accident of the kind that
has happened in HazletOn within few months,
and the worst of it is. a third or fourth does
pot seem unlikely to occur. People in other
places, in the coal-mining districts especially,
would do well to examine carefully into the
condition of the excavations beneath them.
The danger of building ones house upon the
sand was pointed out long ago, but there is
certainly equal peril in building over deserted
mine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09

Wherever there is much smoke there must be
some fire but it is safe to say that there Is
more smoke and less fire i'll cOnfagration at
Hunters Point than at any other point around
New York. The destruction of several tanks
OF oil In the Standard Oil COmpany's works
there yesterday is case In point. The whole
eastern sky was black with dense clouds Of
smoke and the sight attracted as much attcn-
ton as the recent remarkable sunsets. The
opinion was heard on all sides that the cOn1a-
grafton must be terrific and the loss fearful 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09

The indOmitable commercial spirit Of the Amer-
people receives odd illustration In the fact
that the flood In Cincinnati has already been
turned to profitable account by boatmen who get
up excursion parties to explore the flooded streets
The elements will combine in vain against men
who thus show their ability to utilize even the
most serious misfortupes.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-14
THE ROYAL NgAR1HNETTES

N. 0. Timcs-Democrat.
The Royal Marionettes made their
first appearance last night at the st.
Charles to house large below and
crowded in the galleries. 1t has been
so long since this species of entertain.
ment has been given here that it pos
sesses the charm of novelty in addit.
ion to its amusing and ingenious mer-
its. The opening of the performance
was a counterpart of the usual black
cork overture, and when admiration
for the ingenuity by which the figures
moved had subsidized, we could observe
that the unseen individual who gave
them seeming voice were not strang-
ers to the arts of the minstrel stage.
The second act was "CarnivaI
Fantastique," introducing character
songs and dances, with most qrotes-
que mechanical results. The Marion
cite Humpty Dumpty was highly
entertaining, and the scenic effects
and mechanical perfection of the
grand transformation scene, "The
Realms of Fairyland," elicited the
approval Of the audience in strenu-
Gus applause.
The entertainment as a whole is
calculated to delight all, and will
prove most convenient to benevolent
people who are disposed to be kind
to the little ones without any saeri-
flee Of their own pleasure.
Throughout the perfection of move
ment the accurate stimulation of hu
man action was the wonder of the
audience, and applause and laughter
followed one another in rapid success
sion.
The Marionetts perform much bet
ter than some companies of real flesh
and blood, and make one almost wish
that more dramatic troupes were not
mere puppets, as we'll endowed with
graceful actions as those at the St,
Charles. The Marionettes will re-
ceive their friends again this evening.