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New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
CAPTAIN ERBEy REACHES THE NAVY YARD.


Captain Henry Erben, the new commandant OF the
New York Naval station. resigned the stpeintendency
of tbe Naval Home, Philadelphia, yesterday morning
and reached the Navy Yard at p. m. lie was received
Mt the Iyceum Building by Acting Commandant lheo
dore F. Kane and the other officers OF the station IN
full uniform The marine battalion was also peraded
He Is senior officer In his grade, but until he Is pro-
NOTED TO the grade of commodore which VIII be III
few months he does not come under the distinction OF
flag officer II, however, act OF Congress passed
soon after the end of the Civil War had been carried out
he would have been rear-admral to-day. IL author-
lied certain increase in the Navy stpuatng that the
places should be filed by selection OF officers who mad
rendered conspicuous service. Eroen had perioi1hea
many hazardous services and conspicuous acts OF
bravery in the war and was recommended for advance
~ other officers until President G3relds Admlnstra
tion Erbcn was strongly recommended for promotion
hv hoard OF officers, because OF efficient faithful
and conspicuous services" His name was sent to the
senate by President Garfield. but ii died In committee
through neglect due the excitement attending the
assassination Of the President 1t was sent in aCain by
President Arthur but the delays caused by the absence
OF ore of the members OF the committee held 1t une-
ported until Congress adjourned Then came the Ceve-
land Administration. But 1t Thought that the hext
Congress will make good the long neglect.
Several other officers were named before captain
Erben was selected for the Navy Yard command, but
they did not wish accept It, 1t is recognized as be-
Ing the most important station in the Navy.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
EX-PRFSTDEyT GEDNEY INDICTED

Edward f. Gedney, the ex-prsident of the bankrupt
North River Bank, has been indicted twelve times
There two charges that he swore to false reports OF
the banks assets, and ten that he overdrew his
account, this being msdemeanor. Francis Higgins
receiver Of the bank alleges that Gedney reported that
the bank had more cash hand than it really had
The alleged Overdrafts were from S25 to $1,000 and
were made in 1890. The accused man pleaded not
guilty in oyer and Termner yesterday.
The Grand jury is st'll investigating the charge o.
perjury made against Frank Ingersol the cashier OF
the hank.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
VETERANS 10 HAVE A DINNER.

The veterans OF the Cd Regiment New-York State
militia (s2d NewYork Volunteers), will have an ami
versary dinner at one hundred and sxthst and Third
ave- tonight. Among the speakers will be General
G. T. Christensen, Major ". De Witt Miller, who
was on General Hancock's staff at Gettysburg. and
who vas taken on the field believed 10 be dead with
a bullei through the brain, and Major j. J. DmOck.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
-ur or-vARD MOVEMENT OF GOLD.

There was 81 10000 in gold coin taken from the
sub-Treasury yesterday for export The sum taken
on Tuesday was so.77o000. and on Monday $780,
0oO making the total for the week s4,520,000. II is
understood that shippers purchased 100000 in the
open market yesterday madng N,550,0o0 which
Europe has drawn this week. There were no en-
gagements or inquiries for shipment by saturday
steamers, and the impression created by the
declarations Of some foreign bankers that the outward
movement hsd ceased. This caused a sharp rally In
the stock marlet although inquiries proved that the
New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
!OrrDrcr COyrRAOrORs sTrRyIY BANDLED

AQUEDUCr CONTRACTORS sTERyLY HANDLED.
Tie Aquetuct Commissioners took extreme measures
yesterday with their contractors. 0Bnen Clark and
annullcd their contract for building Shaft No o1
Section 10 Il. An opinion from Corporation Counsel
Clark was received. In which lie sustains Controller
Myerss objections building 100000 storage house
in the gateousc yard, at one hundred and thirty fifth
ST. for the preservation OF the aqueduct archives.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
THE MAYOR WILL HELP THE SUNDAY OPENING

Mayor Grant reiterated his position in favor Of the
Sunday opening of the Metropolitan Museum Of Art
yesterday, and told committee Of citizens, headed
by ex Judge Henry z. Howland, who came 10 see him
about providing for the increased cost which the change
will necessitate that he would favor an extra appro
pration for the purpose at the Board OF Estimate
meeting today,
New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
JAYS
MOURNING HOUSE

"Has become one of the features of
the West End of London, so long has it
been established, and so entirely has it
fulfilled it's undertakings. The etiquette
of Mourning is continually changing in
certain matters of detail, and reliable
guide to what may and what may not
be worn under certain circumstances is
almost necessary. That guide is to be
found here. There are thousands of
customers who deal habitually with
Messrs. JAY without wearing mourn
ing, this being one of the houses where
NAV be seen the masterpieces of
WORTH and PINGAT, though in
subdued tints. Costumes, Nantes,
Bonnets, Fichus, Dinner Dresses, Tea
Gowns of sumptuous fabric are here to
be found in every tasteful gulse. The
assortment of Nantes, whether trim
med with jet, passementerie or lace, is
perhaps the largest and most certainly
the richest in London, ranging as it
does from the most elaborate of evening
wraps to the simplest and plaineSt
tailOr-cut walking-jacket."
Regent Street, London, England
New-York tribune., 1891-05-21

Washington, May 2O.-Mr. Raum, the Commissioner
Of Pensions this afternoon had an interview OF
hah-hour with the President lie prepared a statement
for the press which merely stated the duration OF the
interview and announced that it very pleasant"
The Commissioner would say nothing further about the
matter remarling that he thought IT was for the
superior officer and not for the subordinate, TO say
what took place al interviews Of this character.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-21

onnion was not general among wellinformed oanSI
haf there wouId be no more important engagements
New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
BEWARE! |!
Of mercsr, and potash mixtures. They sssrsvsA u

Of meYcuvy and potash mixtures 1ny sssrsvsA ~
disease instead of curing 10.
Life a Burden.
.I suffered for nve years with mercurlai rheumatism
which was the result Of potash and nercura ,restmen,
nv pbyscians for constitutional blood poison. Tsy p,
only failed but made me physical ara
NV life burden. then commenced taking sw.t,,
sueenc IS. s. ST. and after taking few bottles va
entirely cured 10th Of the rheumatism and blood poison
I chserfuIly commend s. s. s. 70 any one similarly
amisted
JOHN II. LYLEs
Sorrento III
Books on Blood and Skin diseases free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co. ATLANTA. GA
New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
2orH AND 2IsT Sis.
OIL BROADWAY,
IL BROADWAY, -oii
.Ho. Svmomoon

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HAVE SECURED FOR ,,hI This uarR Ir'i0 GOODS AND
p.pT,ciSIAELY "A A BEAUTIFUL QUALITY OF
SILVER. GRAY AND WHITE HAIR
THE HAIRDREssING pARLoR
HAS nEEy TREBLED ITS FORMER SIZE TO ,s.J AC
ro%MonATE nNS THE CONSTANTLY INCREASING
PATRONAGE ALL THE MODERN IMPROVEMENTS mTyI
TxpEpT CORPS OF ARTISTS, WILL BE
rorNn HERE TO ATTEND TO HAIRDREsslNG,
su.upooTSG HAIRCUTTING SINGEING, OK
uAIR coIoRfNG IN ANY SHADE.
TORTOISE AND AMBER SHE'LL
,7oops HAVE NOWHERE THEIR EQUAL in EA,
Corops AND AN ENORMOUS ASSORTMENT III
SELECT FROM. -r AVN
OLD AND BROKEN SHELL REPAIRED AND
ALTERED LIKE NEW.
A. sIMoNsoN,
GIL BROADWAY. 2oTH AMI @i'A S'
New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
FLlNTS FINE FURNITURE

Some people shop all over the city
to find Furniture at low prices, and
then learn that many days have been
wasted by not at once coming to us,
where from the largest assortment can
be selected the most durable and taste
full furniture at the prices that many
retailers pay for their small supplies.
Now we are showing many goods below
cost to make room for the new samples
GEO. G.. FLINT CO.,
FURNITURE MAKERS,
1914, i06, 108 West 18th st.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-21

THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-23
;CNE FRENCH FARMER.


 It appears that farming is not more popular in France than in New England The condition of agriculture in France has recently been investigated. It is found that wages of farm hands have quadrupled during the present century, and the great est increase has been in the lowest form of labor. The man of all work who was paid only 96 francs per year in addition to his board in 1884 now gets 400 francs, while the shepherd, ''the aristocrat of the farm" now gets 600. His wages have Aot doubled, while those of the humber workman have more than quadrulped The increase of wages of farm hands is ssbribed in part to the demand for labor in fac tories and on railroads, and in part to the military service, which takes young men from the farms at the period when their habits are forming, and gives them taste wholly weaned. When their term of ser vice expires they begin to look for situa- tions in the towns and to worry the public men to find places for them. These drafts upon the rural population, tending to les sen the number of farm laborers, raise the wages of those who remain. The result iS smaller profits to the farmer and sort of agricultural crisis. Still another fact ir the matter of rural depopulation is noticed namely, diminution in the number oi children.
 The farmer feeds us all His present condition in this country, in England anc in France is not very cheerful, but it vii probably not be long before there will be | change for the better in it.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-23
BAD.

Mrs. Al heard something about you the other day. Mrs. B.-Is it bad enough to repeat!-Puck.
 No chance for him.-"What were your husbands last wo1dsf' The widow tsob- bing)-He hadn't any. was with him. Boston Post.
 Woman may be able to pack trunk bet ter than man, but she needs the man to sit on the lid after she has packed it, just the same.-Somerville Journal.
 In Hard Luck.-"Are you going to Smithers' funeral:' "No, confOund it Tve got to go 10 see an amateur minstrel show with my e."-The Epoch.
 Teacher-Tell me some annual, regular ly recurring signs of spring. Pupil-Bock beer, colds, summer gardens, open street cars and Rheumatism -Fleigende Blatter.
 A by.-She-"Wasn't that Bava- rian lullaby we heard in the new opera just perfect!" He-"Yes. I lay awake all night thinking about it."-The Epoch.
 Chain Lightning.-tAre Harvard boy. faculty of Harvard think they can get through the prescribed course in three years. ."-Puck.
 A Little Stale.-Confiseur Mademoiselle You'll find those cakes very fine, madame; they won prize at tho Paris Exposition" Lady-"They taste SOL Harper's Bazar.
 Different Ways.-'How do you sell your susics" asked a prospective customer. ''It depends on what kind you want to buy, replied the dealer. "Organ music sell by the choir and piano music by the pound. ."-Harper's Bazar.
 Shorthand Notes Defective-''I See by the paper that at the performance of your new play last night there were several calls for the author" That's mistake in the print. It should read authorities. ''- Puck.
 "Cholly Hicks was awfully impertinent at the opera last night. He kept looking at me through his opera glasses all the 1 evening"" That was more or less of 8 compliment, wasn't it?' ''Less. He look ed through the large end."-New Yorl Sun.
 At fire in Buffalo the other day case of lamp chimneys was thrown from thirt story window to the ground and landed without one of the chimneys being broken If anyone wants to see one of those chim neys broken he should put it on a lamp | Rome Sentinel.
 "Why do they call these tall building
 
 scrape anything. They stand perfectl still" "They scrape 25,O00 miles of six with every revolution of the earth, i" re piled Brooks, pitying the others ignorance Chicago Tribune
 Wonderful Contrast.-The headmaste of the Girls High school is describing t the class the beauty of the Alps, which h. has visited during his vacation, and end his lecture in these words: And there with one foot stood on the ice of tn glacier, while with the other I was pluck ing the most beautiful fiowers"-Flit gende Blatter.
 ''What did you say this wasF' he aske as he dellied with his dessert. ''It is an gel cake, dear replied his wife; but Tn afraid it is just tritle heavy" 'It oc cured to me while was eating it, he It sponded, ''thet it might not have bee greatly out of the way to call it fallen ar gel cake. Washington Post.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-23
Ignorance of Girls.

If girl never hears of word about economy from her birth, and is conscious that to secure the means 10 gratify her slightest wish she needs only to stretch out her hands, and they will be abundantly filled, how can one expect after marriage that she can have the faintest knowledge of the duties that must belong to her in the care of the household, She has never been called upon to know anything about her own expenses. What she fancied she wanted she bought without a thought that if might be well to learn whether she could afford the money.
 How money came, how it was always ready for her when she asked, were ques- tions that she had never been taught that she ought to ask and understand the an- swer. As far as any teachings she has ever received, she might imagine that money grew in the woods, and her father had it gathered for her as wanted-and of course her husband would do the same No edu- cation before marriage ever taught her any thing more rational.
 With such girlhood free from every thought save that of her own qualification, what reason can there be for surprise if she makes many mistakes-well for her if they are not irrenediable. Duty was some thing never mentioned to her when girl. After marriage her husband gives her no insight into his business affairs, no caution
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-23
WOMAN HEiR OWN.

It has been the custom in England to look on wife as the property of hus- band. But the decision of the court of appeals i'll the Jackson case is directly against this custom. Mrs. Jackson was rich in her right, and after her marriage was disappointed in MT. Jackson. She therefore left him and made a home for tained Q writ for the restoration of his marital rights But as his wife still re
 fused to live with him, he seized her as she was coming out of church and forcibly tant. Thither her friends proceeded for her rescue, but he had fortified, provis- toned and garrisoned the house for a siege and held it against the attacking force. Then an application was made to the court of Queens Bench for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the wife was unlawfully imprisoned and asking that she should be produced in court. The application was denied, the court holding that if Mrs. Jackson was ill treated she had her remedy in an application to a magistrate for protection. On appeal this judgment was overruled and the court ordered that Mrs. Jackson should be restored to her full liberty and be permitted to chose her place of abode for herself. MT. Jackson argued that under the laws of England the wife is the property of her husband and he has abso- lute control of her person while the con. jugal relation continues, subject only tc legal restraint and punishment if ht shall be guilty of criminal acts toward her
 So falls another barrier to the progress of Woman. The time has been whe1
 Man, in sense, owned Woman. He vii
 be lucky if she doesn't make slave ot
 him now that things have changed.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-23
PINNED TO THE TABLE.
A Traveller Relates an Incident of
 Old-Time Etiquette.

A Traveller Relates an Incident or
 Old-Time Etiquette.
 From the New York Herald
 The custom has not yet been abolished in some out of the way hotels of electing some one guest to carve for the others st table.
 Forty years ago the practice was the rule rather than a rarity It was consid- cred then in the light of compliment and not as an imposition, it would most certainly be regarded to-day. At that time men prided themselves on their abili- ty to dissect joint or fowl. and accept ed the task of carving for twenty people most graciously.
 4 prominent hardware merchant in the city, who in early life travelled for the house of which he is now the senior mem Der, bears testimony to the truth of the above stated condition of things, and re lates one of his early experiences in con nection with it as follows:
 ''I was travelling from Buffalo to Detroit by steamer, d favorite method of making that trip in the early days At dinner time the captain asked prominent brush manufacturer Of Troy, \. Y. to carve for the passengers
 "rhe gentleman thanked the captain for the honor and proceeded to carve wild turkey, which was by no means q rarity ir the western part of this country thirty five or forty years ago.
 ''He carved exceedingly well and Wal very just in the service of individual DOT tions. He helped himself last, and placed on his plate the tidbit of the turkey which morsel was at that time considered the carver's honorarium.
 ''As he was about to take his seat-mel stood to carve wild turkeys then-a drunk en and quarrelsome gambler, who hat caused us great annoyance with his oath and importunities to play ever since W had left Buffalo, reached over from hi seat and said: Excuse nc, sir, but vol have on your plate portion of the turke, of which am very fond
 "As he made the remark the blackle l attempted to remove the tidbit with hi fork. The Trojan had not yet surrenderet the carving utensils. AS the gambler hand approached tine morsel the carve | made a sudden jab at it with the heav, fork. The prongs of the latter passeC through the flesh and pinned the gam bler's hand to the table
 ''1t was rather an unpleasant sight for dinner table," continued the speaker 'We all expected that the injured mal | would resort to his dagger or pistol, bu l he did not. He slunk away to his state room, where the wound was dressed, no did he venture among the other passenger during the remainder of the entire trip. | ''Did not the passengers consider the SC excessively brutal" the gentleman wa asked by his auditor
 | Not in the slightest was the reply | "On the contrary every one applaude
 him for lis courage and quickness of a'
 tion. It was justified by the rude SUI
 rOundings and tho ideas governing the t. l ble etiane:te of the time and nlac. :,
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-23

even as intellectual training has been the great end of the imperfect system which has so far fallen short of accomplishing the ideal of true civilization. Not that intellectual, industrial or physical train ing should be ignored; each has its proper place; but the pressing demand of civili- zation to-day calls for a radical change in our system,-a change which shall recog- nize the moral elements in mans being as paramount, in order to secure for man kind a reasonable measure of the bless ings, which alone can spring from socie- ty in which self is subordinate to unsel- fish impulses, in which the brotherhood of man is more than vague dream, and where liberty, justice and fraternity shall be the watchMor1 of humanity
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-23
ELECTRICITY LAW.
Points About Inventions that Have Opened New. Fields of Litigation.
IFron the IlitsOuFg Dispaicll-I

lI4NIA tue iNtNoaa4s I'isl-AlSll-I
 One of the effects of the rapid introduc- | ton of electrical inventions during the las: quarter of n century has been to open up entirely Gew questions for ;he bench. This in B general way is true "i every new creation of industrial property, but with | electricity many of the problems to be | solved are quite novel, and judge has of | ten tu % wid:e uf practice or precedent be fore h- caH de;cTn.:u" th" legal principal proper [" apply in ih" cas-. i'-;ore him.
 T:lU~. flor insia:iy-, in Pennsylvania the 1 qnes,io:. has }et,, sLjnl;ca;.5i n lsun yylleti,- CT a i"~.l ,l,-r:l;- tight cr-..:,;,ny was a in:,t. :.-turj,l-, cn, s'. Il.- .,nrt siys it is uat, ard yc: :-ll that fl ,l"-, i- [" make current for sale
 \ similar point k ih'.t rlisrd ls to the durability of electric CTrTrlt The law officer "; tAr treasury s=ty .t k intangible. and therefor, jays B" duty: vet ii can be measured tu the IuiI:utc~t fraction. The Western | niun company has had many a fight as ;1 whether pole lines had any right on ti1" public highway, and Massa- chuset;s sny they Lave, as transporting | messds. + part of inc work of inter course, for vhiri: roads are laid out and maintained.
 The AmorirIm Bell Telephone company | for years spent hundreds Cf thousands Of dollars in defending tnc ubs:rWsc doctrine | that trlcphomlc speech can only ba trans | mitted by an undulatoTy current, that make and break current would not do i:, and that other devices are simply jUggle 10 get around Bells patent In electric lighting millions of investments have hung on ''fiament,' and the exact | meaning that the courts might attach tO | the word.
 Among late legal fights Is one that prob ably the United States Supreme court will have to settle-namely. whether the tele- phone companies the electric railway companies have right to use the earth as & ''retur:l" circuit. The telephone people claim that the leakage from the railway throws their service out of gear and ren- | ders the instruments useless. The railway people reply that their tslephonic friends have remedy in metallic circuits, and l that no one electrical interest anyhow can town the earth" Already this dispute has cropped up in nearly score ot states, and the increasing number and magnitude of the electric roads renders it more and more important. In tne meantime. the telephone companies as far IS possible are putting their metallic circuits in, with q marked improvement in the service.
 New questions thus crop up every day. In the use, for example, of the alternative currents now becoming common not a little has deDrnded on tue patentGbility of the principal of transforming the current, and on whether step mp was equiva- lent :nn 'step ,lp7,a''-in other words, whether raising ik.' voltage and decreasing the amPerase was a simple and inevitable converse to decreasing the volts and rsis- ing the amperes Another point around which legal controversy has gathered is the fine one as to where How" potential ends and thigh" potential begins.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-23

industry 216, 765 men, 9.254 women, 14, ,s74 children, and 75, ,666 horses and mules. The leading vegetables grown upon truck farms with the acreage devoted to each are as follows: Watermelons, 114,3S1 acres; cabbages 77,094, peas 56, ,102, asparagus 37,970, Irish pota- toes 2S, ,046, musk and other melons 2S, Ar, sweet potatoes 22,0s2, spinach 20, ,195, eel cry 1881 and beans 12,607. The truck farm territory is so extended in latitude that the vegetable season in the market is now greatly prolonged beyond what it was a few years ago, and the variety of the food supply at all seasons of the year has been very much enlarged.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-23
No. 70

as to expenses, never talks to her or con- suits, or advises with her about their mu- tual expenditures. The same cruel love and indulgence-or it may be indifference surrounds her in her new home. and thus she continues to be left in utter ignorance of all practical knowledge, simply toy. a butterfly seeking only sunshine and per sOnal enjoyment
 And vet, under proper training, what a noble specimen of womanhood she, perhaps, would make,