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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-22
THAT FEDERAL couRr srENoGRAPHER

To the Edtfor Of The Tribune
Err The Attorney General says that there is no pro-
priatop for supplying the FEDERAL courts with stenog
raphers Wbers than docs the Attorney get the
90 300 year allowed Nv the Department OF Justice to
stenOsrapher fer reporting Government cases ried IN
the Feder nj courts in this city LA" LIN.
NewYork. Feb.lS. 1859
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-22
FOR LAW AND ORDER.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 81 CspeciaI-rhe Law and Order
Society Of this city held its seventh anniversary meet
Ing at the Academy Of Music this evening. Among
those present were Senators w. H. Evarts ana
Alfred II. Oolquitt Governor Beaver and Chares "
Bonney, OF Chicago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-22

FLEET STEELE SIT FREE BY A BROOKLYN JURY
In OF Fleet Steele In
degree killing Charles Jimenez in the Brooklyn Coart
of Sessions yesterday the prisoner testified that while
Tonjess liquor shop at Broadway and Dunhampace no
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-22

John McMackn, chairman of the United Labor
County Committee, said yesterday that while the new
party organ, which Is 70 be in opposition 10
Henry Georges Standard" would ultimately be is
sued a daily paper the first few numbers VIII
be published weekly. The members Of the editorial
star have not yet been selected, but the names or
several well known Journalists being considered
by the committee, which purposes TO make the paper
on of the most complete OF the kind In the country.
Tho fret number Will appear IN ft -tnight or so.
Until then the party will use the sheet issued by the
Ant-Poverty Society for the publication of DIT MO-
GIynns sermons and other matter Of tits character
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-22
BITH OF LEGAL NEWS.

The adjourned hearing of the kaufman divorce suit
was held before the referee senator Ecclesne at
his Office No. A. broadway, yesterday. Before taking
the testimony of the witnesses for the petitioner the
referee read Rule IT Of the supro9e Court which pro
0Sts any testimony In documents relating to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-22
INTERESTING NEWS PRox CUBA.

INTERESTING NEWS FROM CUBA.
The coasslasasraI of spAs, Miguel snArsz ouAnea re-
csved lat following cable dispatches relating TO
Cuban anairA "vrusnt sickness 10 fAs disappearing -
Habaaa The famous bandit LsDgue Romero yesterday
killed by the Civil Guard cAposs OF sarsss ere rssse
Complete peace rsiEns whole leland Busness 10 ast
picking ue"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-22
POPULAR OBJ SERVATIONS.
THE PANAMA CANAL
TO me Edltor OF fhe Tribune

TO the Bditor OF fhe tribune.
oih' III consistent Will you please explain 10 your
reaiers aud subscribers, who look always With favor
Tbs TaiBuNE's usual fair and manly way Of dealing
Win all public important questions why IL 10 that you SO
constantly unceasingly and almost scornfuy disparage
the effort, OF NJ de Lesseps In constructing the anama
oans' tthonsstly appears a. you were engaged and
especially Interested Ia bearing the stsok of which By
tue wayI do not own a cents worth. The late able 70
port by disinterested party officer ot the United
states Navy, 20 have escaped your notice -
has not been published by you OF noticed IN your col
nmns Why not treat both sides alike Ts all citrens
Interested In the consum.naton OF this mighty enter:
Pse-and we'll it may be said 10 be the GROWING Que OF
tAs age as well that OF Of the most remarkable
men OF THIS or Indeed OF other time 1T would appear
newspaper II you would siren g6ei the hands Of n de
kessePs and encourage the undertaking TO complexion
question. BOSTON.
BOSTON, Feb 10, 1885,
Our courteous correspondent is mistaken. We
have no desire to dsparage the efforts Of re-
marEable man. or TO bettle the importance OF
mighty enterprise" But even remarkable men
and mighty enterprises deserve to be judged
strictly on their merits and II they break down
under the test the blame is not with the ex-
amlners. BY referring TO what we have already
published on the subject, Boston will find ample
and indubitable evidence that conclusions are
ehtHcly Just anu falr 1 nat NJ de Lesseps snoulu
have been guilty Of enormous blunders IN the
prosecution of his difficult task is, perhaps less
his fault than his misfortune: but what shall be
said OF the strange subterfuges he has used TO
conceal themP Indeed, If the Frenchman's We
rac,ty were at all comparable with his sudacity
Boston" would not have had occasion to make
his very proper inquiry for the mountain at
Culebrs would long since have been removed and
the course Of the Cbagres River diverted the
savings of the peasant shareholders would not have
been scattered among thieves and ships would
he TRANQUILITY gliding from to ocean IN an
hour or two on the placid bosom Of tide water
canal As It Is the significance Of the Isthmian
enterprise as an engineering feat is small As
lesson In human gullibility, however its value
should he incaoulable. The latest report Of
NJ. LEROY Beaulieu, the eminent French engineer,
published in the Economists FrancasS for Janu-
airy 2s gives milliards and 625 millions Of francs
a. the minimum figure for which even u loclx-canal
could be completed under the present management,
and contains moreover. some general conclusions
on the subject which Boston" ought 70 make a
study Of.-Edl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-22

tho oanse Of emancipation, to Temperance and to tho
tEousspds Of warm fricais Many OF them think, =
do that he sometimes allows his zeal to outstrip his
discretion But none The less they object 10 seeing
him needlessy assalled. his life has hitherto been
one OF great usefulness DO not utterly condemn
him now because be pursues Q course which gives
offence to 9 large part Of the community Thee Is
another large part Of the community that firmly be-
leyes his course 70 DC nearer right than wrong
Brooklyn, Feb L. 1883 BAPTIST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-22

The committee Jsnhs also Asi protest. with ~
Boar nst street railroad In Wsss End AVE. ev0
which the 2 Board has control,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-22
IS A BABIES HOSPITAL A NUISANCE?
DOCTORS DISAGREE ON THIS As ON OTHER POINTS


IN THEIR PROFESSION.
The question whether the Babies Hospital is dan
gerous injurious or offensive the neighboring in
habitantss which involved in the suit Of Thomas b.
clifford and other residents of Lexington ave-, to pre-
vent the Institution from being established near their
houses occupied INC attention of Justice Beach in the
Supreme Court Special Term, yesterday.
The complaint sets forth that In February 1855
MIR Clifford sold TO John Graham several lots in Lex
ington-ave including the lot the northeast corner
of Forty-ffthst In the deed covenant that no
tenementhouse livery other stable slangherhouse
butcher smith shop, forge, steam-cngne foundry
manufactures Of glue. varnsh vitriol, turIenne, or
ink or any brewery, disery, or any other buldlng'
trade or business which may be dangerous injurious
or offensive to the nelghbOring inhabitants shall be
bnilt allowed or carried thereon Mr. Graham
erected dwellings the lots and afterward sold
them TO various persons subject to the covenant 70
ferled 70. In November last Mr.. Graham sold the
building 10 be used hospital TO the corporation
Mr. clifford and Mr.. Graham on the witness-Stand
testified the trCth Of the allegations In the com
plant. Dr., Charles Schram. Charles Milne Ellsworth
Elliott and Alexander Hadd6n. called by the plantlhs
thought that the hospital would be a nuisance and
that oniagOus and infectious diseases might be COM
munc ated from IL the neghbors. DrS. Abraham
Jac0bl, Walter G. Wyle and Allen starr called 40r
the defence took the opposite view Mrs. Jane l.
smith pesident and OF he Board of Directors Of
the Institution said that knowingly would be
admitted had cont sgious or infectious diseases
Each OF these patients wound he placed in Isolated
apartment when first admitted
The decision reserved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-22

TESTIMONY IN TWO CONTESTED WILL CASES.
Additional testimony taken yesterday by surro-
rate Ransom I'm the contest the VIII of Mrs.
sarah NJ Silber Mrs. julia staff testified that she
often heard the testatrx speak aectOnately OF her
granddaug hter, Mrs. Emma '. Parks, TO whom She
left the bulk Of property, and heard her say that
her children, Charles SLIDER and Mrs. Sarah Brown,
had spoken cruelty of her. John ROmme, real es-
tate dealer, depoSed that Mrs. SLIDER had told ham
that she afraid OF her no had violent tenn
per and had approached her with knife In his
hand The prepayment. Mrs. Emma V. Parks. said she
had lived since her childhood with Mrs SLIDER, who
had been like m hher 10 her. She had never spoken
TO Mrs. SLIDER about will The witness was seven
teen years old, and at school in 1850 when the
will executed She did not know Of It's existence
until after her marriage in 1882
The trial of the contested will case of Sherman
Crawford begun yesterday in the surrogate's
Court before Referee UndcrhilL Mr. Crawford, re-
tired merchant, made Will on october "a, 1887
leaving all his property, worth $4,000 TO his niece
Mrs. A. Archer Mrs. Adela Crawford another
estate, and alleges undue influence the part Of the
beneficiary and want of tesamentary capacity on &C
count Of drunkenness. William Hanches, house
agent testified that although Crawford was an invalid
his mind sound Crawford was addicted TO the
nsc OF liquor. but for year and half before his
death took II only as a medicine.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-09
A Delicious Java Fruit.

Travellers ia Java have filled pages and
columns with rhapsodies over the mangos-
teen, and ell unite in extolling IL as the
supreme delight Of the tropics. The man
gosteen appears TO one as Il hard round
fruit the size of a peach. Its hard outer
shell or rind is Of the same color and
thickness as a green walnut, but in this
brown husk lie six or eight scgments Of
creamy white pulp The little segmenis
are easily separated, and transferred TO
the mouth melt away, the pulp being as
soft and fine as a custard. The mangos-
4een's delicate pulp tastes, as all its Gu
logists say, like strawberries, peaches,
bananas and oranges all at once; a slight
tartness is yelled in these delicious hayors,
and 1t is never cloyingly sweet. Taken
Just as it comes from the ice box the
mangosteen is an epicure's dream real
lied, and the more's the pity that it only
grows in far away places and deadly eli
mates, and does not bear transportation.
Large sums have been offered, and T..
ind O. steamships have made hundreds Of
Intellectual efforts TO get basket Of man
gosteens TO England for the queen. The
hard rind looks unchanged for weeks, but
the delicate pulp melts away, and the
dryest and coolest refrigerator chambers
cannot keep the heart Of the mangosteen
from spelling Globe Democrat.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-09
Diseases Among Chickens.

Fowls are subject TO many diseases
when confined in restricted quarters in
towns that do not appear where unlimited
liberty is enjoyed on a farm. When
fowls are slightly siling but will still eat
and drink, there is hope for them, as
remedies can be Administered in food and
water, but when they become so bad they
can only be doctored by force, unless in
the case of unusually valuable ones. the
best thing to do is TO kill them and re
move them from the others. For keeping
fowls In good health in small runs their
quarters should be kept clean and be Oc-
casonally disinfected, and particularly
should they be kept free from vermir.
An ailing flock should al once be examined
for chicken lice. which constitute fruit
ful source Of disease. When chickens are
infested with them, although they may eat
well they will not improve, but will lose
IN tone and condition ana 50 become easy
subjects for diseases. Fowls affected IN
that way should be creased about the
neck and under the wings and along the
back or insect powder may be busted into
the feathers The quarters after being
cleaned, should be sprayed with kerosene
oil. Let them out for a run before going
10 roost when it can be done. Give a
tablespoonful Of the Douglas mixture daily
in their drinking water while the disease
is on the premises, afterwards give 10 well
fowls two or three times week.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-09
handed in n Surety Company.

The method by which an employe is
bonded In a surety company Is simple
enough. The employe, having been re
auested by his emplo yer to furnish bond
in some stated amo INT, goes to reliable
surety company and fills out and signs an
application. The application contains
number of questions regarding the char
ncter and antecedents Of the employe,
which must be answered fully and specif-
ically All employments for ten years
last past must De clearly stated, with the
reason for leaving each complete de-
scription Of the appearance Of the appli-
cant Is noted on the back of the applica-
ton. At least four responsible persons
must be given as references. To each Of
them a special form of questions is then
sent Upon satisfactory answers 10 these
questions, and upon careful private in
yestigation Of the habits Of life Of the Gp-
plicant, bond is executed by the guaran-
tee company and handed to the employer,
insuring him against loss arising from
dishonesty on the part Of the employe.
AT the very threshold it is remarkable
20 observe how many employers dread to
offend their employees by asking them for
such bond. This may be very well as a
matter of delicate polieness, but surely,
in the expressive language Of trade. ut is
not business" The question is not what
is most courteous, but what is most
right What is mos, just not only TO the
employer, but TO the cmploye HIMSELF
Could a better test be devised than TO ask
an employe TO give bond? If he is
honest, he will do SO cheerfully; if he
''gets of ended. it were as well to dis
charge him without much delay.-Lin-
coin l.. Eyre in Lippincott's Magazine
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-09

What is electricity The engineer and
the physicist are completely al variance
on this point The en- sineer regards cleo
tr,city. like heat. light and sound, as a
definite form Of energy. something that
he can generate and destroy. something
that he can play with and utilize. some
thing that lie can measure and apply
The physicist-at least some physicists,
for il Is difficult TO iind any two physicists
that completely agree with each other
regard electricity as a peculiar form Of
matter permeating all space as well rs all
substances. together with the luminiier.
Gus ether, which it permeales like jelly
or a sponge
Conductors, according to this theory.
are holes or pipes in this Jelly aud cleo
trical generators are pumps that transfer
this hypothe;ica matter from one place
TO another Other physicists, following
Ediund, regard the ether and electricity
as identical, and some. the disciples OF
Helmholtz, cons-ler IL an integral con
stituent Of nature. each molecule Of mat
ter having its own definite charge, which
determines its attraction and its repul'
sion. All attempts to revive the Frank
linian, or material theory Of electricity
have. however, TO be so loaded with as
sumptions and so weighed with contra
dictions that they completely fail to re
move electricity from the region Of the
mysterious. II is already extremely diff
cult to conceive the existence Of the
ether itself as an infinitely thin. highly
elastic medium filling all space, employed
onIv as the vehicle Of those undulatory
motions that give US light and radiant
heat. The material theory Of electricity
requires US to add to this another incom-
prehensible medium embedded or entan.
gled in this ether, which is not only a
medium for motion, but which is itself
moved.
The practical man. with his eye and his
mind trained by the stern realities OF daily
experience, on a scale vast compared with
that OF the little world Of the laboratory,
revolts from such wild hypothesis, such
unnecessary and inconceiyable concep-
tons. such a travesty Of the beautiful
simplicity of nature lie has a clear con
ception Of electricity as something which
has a distant objective existence, which
he can manufacture and sell, and some
thing which the unphiiosophic and oidi.
nary member Of society can buy and use.
w. H. Precce.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-09
Sailor. Not oncn oysrsoricd.

PERHAPS here it would be well to say
y fey words about sailors and contra
dict some Of the romance ana false
sentiment that IS connected with them
by people and writers who know a6so.
lutelv nothing nbout them. We had
angcxtraordinariiy fine crew, which i
studied closely an the way. and came
TO this conclusion: First. that Jack Is
not really vicious at heart, but at the
same time he IS 4 perfect child and
easily influenced by any character Of
strong will that he comes IN contact
with. so that one Ulan who 50 desires
can spoil and make DISCONTINUED a
whole crow. no matter how well they
NAV be treated by the officers. Sec
ond. they are 50 much like children
that thev even have to be told when
TO 90 TO bed and when to get mp. The
least little thing will upset them, and
| have known of a whole crew coming
forward crying and complaining be
cause the cook had spoiled their soup.
Third, that they do not have to work
as hard, and that as a rule they are
much better sed than the class of com
mon laborers.
II is all nonsense TO imagine that a
sailor is an overworked man, for he Is
not. Jacks day is divided into watches
of four hours each, four on and four
off. Nor does this mean that they are
all, especially in pleasant weather,
obliged to keep awake during the
hours at night when on watch, only
that they must be dressed and around.
They generally have one or two men,
chosen by lot, who keep awake and
instantly arouse the others il any order
is given. Then they are 50 trained by
habit that they wake up instantly
whenever an order Is given. and then
90 to sleep the minute 1t i executed.
OF course. in stormy weather THIS IS
different. but IN storms-aud / have
seen some pretty severe ones, lnclud-
ing a cyclone in the Pacliic--there Is
not nearly 50 much to do as one would
imagine. -Samuei +. Farrar in Chi
cago journal.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-09

Ia three DAYS time had visited nearly
200 huts and cabins in the wilds Of mi.
shower. The mere mention Of the words,
Il am from America, was the magical
ta,isman opening every door and heart.
"Heav'n bless ye for thatl' Raally-
uow-an' ye'ro' tellin' mey' May sc be
saved for the great journey homl "Ah,
now, but that's the fine country. alto
getherl" "And did ye see my Dennisy
"Wor ye comm up wild my ould man,
SIR Faith, but our hatys thereV
May the blessed saints show ye our
Phadrick, when we're backi'-and hun
bred like greetings and questions, with
tremOrs from the region Of tears in them,
were showcred upon me; aud may / be
forgiven where hearts hunger IS counted
no crime lor the mild and comforting lies
that told them.
But one Of the whole simple host q
poor old woman living alone with a goat
and a pig in q hut, turned upon ne. Had
seen her Michael darlin', who the next
blissed year would bring her outl had
not: but would find him. She was as a
June day Of delight until that fatal de.
MAJ NO matter loL NY biAii'ut - b'1'
ton Of Americas geography It's wide eX-
panse, its numberless cities All, where
Michael was was her America entirely.
Aud God bless the true old soul Of a
mother for it, though she did slam the
door upon me and glare unassailable de.
fance through the little window from her
stern, white face, until the friils Of her
ancient cap danced like wind swept
heather among the hills.-Edgar l.. Wake
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-09
Arc Ihere Unknown senses?

Sound is the sensation produced on
rs when the vibrations OF the air strike
on the drum Of our ear. When they
are few, the sound is deep; as they IN
crease in number il becomes shrlller
and shriller, but when they reach
forty thousand III a second they cease
to be audible. Light is the effect pro
duced on us when waves of light
strike on the eye. When four hun
dred millions Of millions Of vibrations
of ether strike the retina III a second,
they produce red, and as the number
increases the color passes into orange,
then yellow, green, blue and violet.
But between forty thousand vibrations
in Il second and four hundred millions
OF millions we have no organ Of sense
capable Of receiving the impression.
Yet between these limits any number
Of sensations may exist. We have
five senses, and sometimes fancy that
no others are possible. But 1t IS OBJ
vious that we can rot measure the m
finite By our own narrow limitations.
Moreover. looking a. the question
from the other side, we find IN animals
complex organs Of sense, richly sup
Piled with nerves, hut the function Of
which We are as yet pOwerless 10 OK
plain. There may be fifty other senses
Is different from ours as sound Is from
sight, and even within the boundaries
nj our own senses there may be end
less sounds which we cannot hear and
colors as different as red from green
of which we have no conception.
These and thousand other questions
remain for solution. The familiar
world which surrounds US may be a
totally different place TO other ami
mails To them il may be full of music
which we cannot hear, Of color which
We cannot see. Of sensations which we
cannot conceive. Sir John Lubbock
in Popular Science Monthly.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-09

Though the slave trade was prohibited
by law after 1903. period of eighty
years, it was clandestinely carried on 50
long as slavery in this country made a
market for kidnapped negroes. The last
cargo of this kind that effected landing
was from the Wanderer. slave trading
vessel, and some of the negroes kidnapped
in Africa still live on plantation in
Georgia. They have become civilized and
Christianized. speaking the English Ian
euage with "a lt.le reminder of their
original mother tongue. They talk occa-
sionally In the Guinea language when by
themselves, but make no efforts TO teach
it to their children. Boston Budget.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-09
Questions of Vital Interest to Insurers.

Dohe policies implication provide
the application dividends prevent policies Ig premiums
whe due
Dothelaws the policies a
whe
the policies
any rena to IS
DO the policies
the full Of the policy
be
standing o he o policy
We n o he points n policies:
l. The insured reside travel
D. n ar o
He blasting
railroad 81 switching n upon any steam or other
g. After two years he military
war.
f. AFTER THREE YEARS THE POLICY INCONrESTABLE
We call 10 our POLICY"
years Policy accumulated DIVIDEND and n
addition thereto Policy oil org
Don't of what really Washingtons Contract
Rates Of premium concerning
will be furnished by
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-09
THE LION AMONG THE FLOWERS.

Hero. in this garden nook, alone,
Lies an o'd lion q gray stone
Oacc. 10 the long gone golden hours,
A lordiy lion proud ~ state,
The guardian o. mansion gate
Now he lies low among the flowers
Then. oft he saw the shining doors,
Heard light feet fan on fes,al floors
Heard music wake rs wiiching DIN,
Then dance beneath the torches blaze
The knights and ladies Of old days
While he watched ever ell within.
Now be lies here: In his old rec
Cast out. rejected, by the rage
OF time. down beaten, broken, Scared
An old gray llon yet not less
A ion la biz fecbleDessl
One thing is left him still to guard.
Tie guards Il well. by night and day,
In those great paws Of granite grey,
In the strong shelter Of his breast
No man shall serve him yet with scoTa,
Though an old lion. thus forlOrn,
And all be guards-a robins nest
Temple Bar