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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-17
HELD ON CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEHEN1.
EXPERTS SAY THAT LAPP ROBBED HIS EMPLOY
Frs OF THOUSANDS.

EXPERTS SAY THAT LAPP ROBBED HIS EMPLOY
Frs OF THOUSANDS.
Magistrate Cornell. IN Jefferson Market Court yes
terday afternoon held for trial Maurice Lapp. OF No
235 West One hundred md forty second-s who was
charged with embezzlement from his employers X
Smith & Co.. cloak manufacturers. at No. 800
Broome-st. Bail was fixed at $1,000.
Experts for Smith said that Lapps scheme was
most ingenious and one that had been hard to
detect. They said that they had managed by hard
work TO get through with the accounts In two banks
and that now the cash account alone there was n
shortage Of about 1000 From system he had OF
taking money sent In as checks and entering them
as loa MS on the books the amounts would reach into
the thousands.
Lamp in his defence declared that he had made the
en- ries that made him look like a defaulter by the
orders of Smith himself, as Smith was trying 10
defraud his partner, who soon TO leave The firm
Smith Indignantly denied this. and the experts said
that II was impossible that II was true, as Smith
would in that case be robbing himself The experts
also said that there was not an account IN all the
twenty eight months that Lapp worked for the irm
which had not been tempered with.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-17
BOND PAYMENTS BY BANKS.

Orders were received from the Treasury Depart'
yesterday for the banks designated to act az
special repositories for payments OF gold for Gov.
eminent bonds to turn In to the Sub-Treasury
within five days % per cent Of the amounts heio
by them As they held 500. 900, the order ca,ed
for the surrender of 100000. The National SHI
The time for the payment OF the third insalmene
of the purchase price of the bonds expired yesters
dav There were no defaults.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-17
MISS BENFEY'S READING.

Inc S'udentf' Aid Society of Wellesley College is
IN organization which IA doing great amun, NJ
good II gives financial assistance n many Young
women at that institution, wthou, which they
woulc De unable to complete the college course
an ORDER TO raise funds for this society a dramatic
tss rec has been arranged under the auspices Of
TTah1ay AZ 5;S5 p m. the Berkeley Lyceum
VII be Miss Ida B Besfe Forty foarts The reader
W Vles and The Middle Hail. An friends Of
sntertanm are urged to lend their patronage TO the
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-17
NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES.

Albany. March 1.-THE NewYork Commandery CT
the Naval Order Of the United States was incor-
porated to-day The directors Loyal Farragut.
Louis Joseph Allen. Henry Chauncey. IT, and Philip
sha1,sr Low Of New-York city, Jarvis b. Edison Of
onsitsf isiand Heights; Henry Il. Ross. John Lloyd
sno MaIsnall T. Il. Davidson. OF Brooklyn: James
"a. M9n1somery. OF Enelewood. y. j.: George Cowie.
a., % Nanway N j., and James Parker. of Perth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-17
AMERICAN INSTITUTE LECTURES.

Al the meetings OF the various sections OF the
American Institute. held at the institute rooms. No
ll3 West ThIrty-eghth-s;. near Broadway, the Iect
ures are free &c the public. For this week. on
Thursday evening at o'clock the polytechnic sec
ton Will have Professor William Haock OF Column
bia College. with lecture on Color" Illustrated
with brilliant experiments. and on Friday evening
PROFESSOR Louis H. Laudy. of Columbia College, will
lecture upon the Arc Light" fully illustrated. be-
Club.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-17
SUIT AGAINST THE WILD WEST SNOW

,.S Sanse' Tor Buffalo Bits" Wild West Show
smnr. al sppncat'on before Justice MacIean in the
Sms Court Yesterday for stay Of proceedings
Lewis. in vb ncSard Swan: assignee Of Risdal &
sae snow for electric plants said :" ~
S1A'ea last April The stay was re a neas pee"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-17
REFEREES APPOINTED.
Supreme Court.
nv Macf<an. j.


BY Macf.ean.
Ilppman VS. Bliss-IenJamin Hoffman
Macauley Vs. Halpn-Frank A. Acer ,,,. , ,
M.trupo.itan Go operative Bunding anu Loan
Matter ~ New York Oxygen Company-Thomas J.. Felt
Russell. J.
Cross VI. observation-disclosures O. Witterau.
by Davy. ].
Matthiessen vs. Goodwn-GeorKe w. Betts )r.
RECEIVER APPOINTED.
Supreme Court.
by Beekman. J.
Arnold Gehrer Peck Bros. co,-John NJ Peck and
Charles H. Downs.
Charles r. Appleby vs. Jenny Nelson-Frank J. Neais
Hy Russell j.
James Cross VS. Henry Oberschelmer s. Car
pcnter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-17

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consolidated store Service Co Finay Bros; ~ ONE
Specially Mfg. Co. " Cooks Cobb Co; 23 Mstthe%s
Essick Printing Telegraph Co " New York Times Pub
CO.. 20 Taylor Blue Ridge Marble Co. 10 Rr,nswick
BIake-collendcr v Phslan Billiard Co 49, H cSS
g. Fuchs " Wilson. &c. J. l. Mott Iron Works ':
Henry McShane Mfg Co.: 81. Campbell v. Mayor etc.
~ Pennington " Smith: 30 Miles Roberts. Issues OF
law in suits at aw.-l Conso Electric Light co; v.
Thomson Houston Electric Light Co.. Draper " Coer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-17
A LETTER FROM MR. SINS.

,,c s,vs pprsrnrNr PORTER NEVER PAID FoA
HIS MINING EXCHANGE SEAT AND CAN
NOT ACT AS DIRECTOR.
The members OF the New-York Mining Exchange
had another meeting yesterday to consider the
affairs of the concern. The following committee
was appointed 10 investigate the accounts ana re-
port on the financial prospects OF the Excnanse'
c. Way Holman. Floyd Ferris and r. A Ammon
George V Sims who was removed from the Board
Of Directors issued a circular letter yesterday to
the members. explaining his side and backing up
his claim against the Exchange for services he
said President Isham b. Porter had never PAID Tor
his seat and not legally a member OF the Elk
change and could legally act as director or as
president He also told OF his dealings IN the STOCK
of the Manhattan Gold Mining Company.
The herald., 1896-02-24
Baby Sympathy.

Mr.. Sully, in his interesting and popu-
lnr book on Studias Of Children, deyotes
e good portion Of his attention to the
origin of sympathy in their hearts and is
disposed wa think, to ascribe more Of it
to imitativeness than we should think
reasonable. For example, he tells us the
following very interesting story, adding a
remark, Of which we should question the
truth, that concerns all such stories:
"A baby, aged year and months,
was crawling on the floor. An elder sis
ter, Katherine, aged 6, who was working
at wool mat could not get ON very we'll
and began to cry. Baby looked up and
grunted, 'Onl on!' and kept drawing Its
fingers down Its own cheeks. Here the
aunt called Miss Katherines attention to
baby, device which merely caused a fresh
outburst Of tears. Whereupon baby pro-
oceded to hitch itself along to Katherine
with many repetitions Of the grunts and
the mimetio fingor movements. Katherine,
fairly overcome by this, took baby to her
and smiled. at which baby began to clap
Its hands and to crow, tracing this time
the course of the tears down its sister S
cheeks. This pretty nursery picture GER
tainly seems to illustrate a rudiment of
genuine fellow feeling. Similarly 1t is
hard not to recognize the signs OF sincere
concern when child of Q runs spontane-
ously and kisses the place that is hurt,
even though 1t Is not to DO doubted that
the graceful action has been learned
through imitation. .''-London Spectator.
The herald., 1896-02-24
EUROPEAN SuPERSTlTlONS.
Curious Examples of Popular Ignorance
In the Old World.

Curious Examples of Popular Ignorance
In the Old World.
A few examples may be cited to show
to what extent the popular belief in witch
craft demoniacal possession and the eff
cacy Of conjurations still prevails. In the
spring Of 1894 a Hungarian named Jordan
started on bicycle from Bucharest with
the intention of making tour through
the Balkan peninsula to Constantinople.
Not far from Philipoppel, In Roumelia, he
was overtaken by night and obliged to
stop at hovel, which served as public
house, and after confiding his wheel to the
care of the ihnkeeper, who took charge Of
it with considerable distrust, went to bed.
Very soon the news spread abroad that q
sorcerer had arrived riding on a magic car
drawn by invisible spirits, and crowd of
excited peasants filed the inn under the
direction Of the pope, or village priest,
who sprinkled tho bicycle with holy water
and adjured the. demon to depart. The
magic car Of tho itinerant sorcerer was
then taken out Of doors and demolished.
On the next morning, when Mr.. Jordan
wished to continue his journey, he found
his bicycle broken to pieces and was under
the necessity Of walking long distance
to the nearest railway station. 1t was
only the fear of his enohantments as a
wandering magician that saved him from
personal harm.
In October, 1894, a acknowledgement of
ST. Anna, in q church at Naples, showed
suddenly on the breast of the saint { white
spot, which in the eyes of her worshipers
gradually grew into the form of lily.
Tho rumor of this wonder caused thou
sands of people to flock to the sacred shrine,
and several miracles were already reported,
when the police ordered the print to be
taken down and examined. On investiga-
tion the white lily proved to be mold. 1t
Is hardly credible that the Neapolitan
clergy should not have known the nature
of this phenomenon, and yet they did
nothing to expose the delusion, but made
capital out of it by holding solemn serv-
ices at the altar In recognition of its sup
posed miraculous character The results
of such superstitious notions are not al
ways so harmless as In the cases just cited.
-POpular Science MONTHLY
The herald., 1896-02-24
uERALD MORNING. FEBRUARY "a.

and 1t has been partially proyed--the
eight hour day will come into general use,
But otherwise no amount of ethics or
philanthropy or Christianity will bring it
In. Men are always, everywhere, trying
to get all they can. If they can get more
by working ten hours than by working
eight, ten hours they will work.
Wages have been largely increased in
tho past 15 years, but this is due purely to
economic osuses. The principle of Chris
tianity which attaches an absolute value
greater than that of all earthly things to
a human being as SUCH has not Induced
any employer to increase wages. II can
be shown that this principle has led to tho
improved condition Of the laboring classes,
but 1t has done so in accordance with eco
nomic laws and not by suspending them,
or violating them, or substituting beneyo-
lent for selfish instincts.
Invention and the extension of the hu.
man control over the powers of nature
have enormously increased the amount of
product, Of wealth, that can be gotten by
the labor of each individual. This in
crease has been distributed, and the labor
er has got part of it. 1t is not material to
this discussion whether he has got his
share or less, or as some persons believe
moro. The material fact is that he has
often been paid his increased wages out of
an increased quality of production, and not
out of all accumulated fund Of altrnism.
No amount of ethics or philanthropy
would have been able to pay him increased
wages had not some ones inventive skill
enabled him to weave moro yards Of cloth
and roll more pounds of iron in week
than his grandfather did.--Lippincott s
Magazine
The herald., 1896-02-24
QUEER FACTS ABOUT SPIDERS.
They Are Said to Have Artistic Tastes and
to BE Greatly Affected by Music.

They Are Said to Have Artistic Tastes and
to Be Greatly Affected by Music.
My attention was called by clerk in a
drug store to web which had been su-
perbly decorated with fakes and scales Of
logwood thought at first that this beau.
tiful passementeris effect had been pro-
duced accidentally, but after watching
for few minutes saw spider descend
into the box of logwood, af1x a thread of
silk to fake Of the dye, hoist it to the
web above and securely fasten it to one of
the transverse strands. The glittering
scales moved at the slightest jar, or when
they were struck by current of air, and
were dazzling to the eye. This little dec
orative artist had indeed constructed q
truly palatial residence.
Some spiders unquestionably areaffected
by music to a marked degree. On one
occasion noticed a spider which had
swung down from the ceiling of church
and hung, suspended, Just above the or
ganist's hands. The orgRnist informed
me that he had repeatedly noticed that
spiders were affected by music. Several
days afterward, while seated at the organ,
observed the same spider. Several times
i drove her away and entioed her back by
playing alternately soft andAnte and loud
bravuHa selections. Professor @. Reclaim,
during concert al Leipsio. saw a spider
descend from one of the chandeliers while
q violin solo was being played, but as soon
as the orchestra began to sound it quickly
ran back.-Boston Herald.
The herald., 1896-02-24
The Sea Otter.

The sea otter combines the habits of
seal with the intelligence and amusing
character of tho otter When met in herds
far out at sea, they are commonly seen
swimming on their backs. They even eat
their food lying In this position on the wa
tor, and nurse their young ones on their
chests between their paws, exactly rs a
South Sea island mother swims with her
baby In the water. When swimming In
this attitude, they even shade their eyes
with their paws when the sun dazzles
them. Now they are SO rare that tho sight
of a single otter swimming out at sea is a
signal for fleet of Aleutian boats to set
out for its capture, and the poor beast is
hunted till it can keep below water no
longer and allows itself to be speared.
From the whole area of tho north Pacific
in which these pelagio animals are found
the supply of sea otter skins during the
past year was only 1,056. For six years 1t
has steadily decreased at the rate of 800
skins q year, and it is probable that in
few years time the creature will only be
seen in tho collections of naturalists. -
London Spectator
The herald., 1896-02-24
Rubinstein's Eccentricities.

ls'Little nose and much hair" WAS Ru-
binstein's own description Of himself, and
the description was literally correct. He
had strong, Beethovenish cast Of feature,
which was often remarked, and thero is
an authentic story Of his being mistaken
at an English provincial railway station
for the late Charles Bradlaugh, who was
expected to arrive by the Same train.
This, by the way, was a curious incident.
On becoming aware of the mistake that
was being made Rubinstein entered thor
oughiy into the fun of the situation, and,
being an excellent Biblical scholar, he I'M
proved the occasion by addressing his ''ad-
mirers" in terms which left them in some
confusion as to Mr.. Bradlaugh's consist
ency.
Rubinstein wore his jet black hair like
the name Of a lion. On one occasion he
landed at friends house in Liverpool aft
er having been for some time In Ireland
where he had allowed his locks to grow to
inordinate length. He was persuaded to
visit the hairdresser, who of course asked
him whether he would have much taken
off. On his reply in the negative, the
operator ventured the remark, Il would
really advise you to have a good lot taken
off, unless you wish to pass for German
fddler!' Rubinstein laughed heartily at
the sally and Charles Keene having heard
of it, the incident was presently immor-
talized In Punch. h.-Chambers' Journal
The herald., 1896-02-24
STORIES OF BRET HARTE.
How He Came to Print "The Heather
Chinee" and Win Fame.

How He Came to Print "The Heather
Chinee" and Win Fame.
Several friends Of Bret Harte were dis
cussipg story of his which came out late
ly in leading periodical, and several
anecdotes were told about him which have,
believe, never been in print. The men
were all prominent in some department. of
life, and the conversation was held in the
reading room of the Union League club.
81 wonder If you know how Harte be-
same famousp" said one fine looking old
man. 81 was in the west at tho time.
Dear me- it must have been s5 years ago
He had been doing regular work for the
California Overland Monthly, and the edi-
tor looked ON him as person to be relied
on to do not only regular work, but to fill
In gaps when they appeared. One day he
rushed mp to Harte and said:
'''I must have half a column immedi-
ately. Have you anything on hand?'
"Harte went to his desk, and ovorturn-
ing pile of manuscript picked out some
verses and threw them to the editor with
the remark:
''I don't know whether they will suit,
but have nothing else the right length
"The verses were Tho Heathen Chinee.'
1.-The next day Harte was famous. Ho
has since done what he himself considers
better work, but tho public, for once con-
stant, gives the highest praise to the work
which he thought hardly worth printing"
"The first time Bret Harte came east,
said a friend the other day, she was to
take in all the chief cities in New England.
Wo who were, familiar with the east ex-
claimed almost in a breath: How he will
enjoy the beautiful Now England fall !!
Perhaps tho gorgeousness of the foliage
seen ly him for the first time will inspire
another famous poem
After he had been east for short time
he wrote me letter, which can tell you
almost word for word. 1t ran like this:
You ask me what has impressed me
most since left home. can answer en-
phatically the waitresses never saw a
woman wait at table before. After my lec-
ture in Concord was waited on by one at
breakfast. She said to me:
g Coffee, tea, ham, eggs and bacon. l
enjoyed your lecture, Mr.. Harte. You had
"A most select audience!"
''He never even mentioned the autumn
leaves New York Herald.
The herald., 1896-02-24
GOT ONE ON HIS WIFE.
rho Trick Convivial Cemedisn Played -
Hfs Spouse.


A we'll known comedian of oonvivisl
disposition not long ago received a. q gift
from his wife a handsome diamond scarf.
pin, together with the Injunction that
when he caught sight of the pin reflected
in a mirror behind a bar 1t would serve to
remind him that .'some one was waiting
at home.'' The comedian Was deeply
touched, but it was not long before he fell
from grace. 1t was Q o'clock in the morn
ing before he caught tho reflection of the
pin, and then his conscience Enote him.
He hastened home and. finding his wife
in bed and apparently asleep, he hastily
disroDed and turned in without disturbing
her. While he was figuring out what kind
Of a lie he would tell her the next morning
he became aware that she was really
awake, but evidently believed that be had
dropped off into profound slumber. She
got out Of bed most cautiously, SO as not
to awaken him, and, going to the bureau,
where be had left his new soarfpin in his
cravat, she took the jewel bauble out and
dropped 1t into vase on the mantel, all
of which he was enabled to perceive by the
dim rays of gas jet upon the glass of .
picture frame.
Then the lady came back to bed with
caution, and having kept herself awake
by an effort for some time she fell into tfe
deep slumber Of exhausted nature. Now
it was the eminent comedians turn. He
gave his wife good half hour to get
soundly to sleep, and then he got out Of
bed took the scarfpin out of the vase and
put it back in the cravat, where be had
left 1t before. Then he got back to bed
undeteoted and fell into the refreshing
slumber of the just. At O'Clock In the
morning he was aroused by vigorous
shaking, and his wifes agitated voioe,
which said; "Wake up! You've been rob-
bed! Somebody has taken your soarfpinv'
"My scarfpinv' said the eminent come
dian. "Why, it's in my scarf on the bu-
reau. / remember 1 left 1t there last
night" "Oh, did youf'' said she, with
asperity, as sho snatched the scarf from
the bureau. just look hereV' Eyes,
there it is,'' said the eminent comedian,
and he turned over and went to sleep
again. He says that ever since thcn his
wife has been subject to occasional relapses
into deep thought, when her eyes are fixed
upon him with faraway look, and he
knows that she is wondering about her
vivid dream of getting up in the night and
dropping his scarfpin in the vase. New
York Telegram.
The herald., 1896-02-24
A Dangerous Passage In the Rhons.

Below viviers the Rhone breaks out
from its broad upper valley into its broad
er lowerAvalley through the defile of Don
zere. Here the foothills of the Alps and
the foothills of the Cevennes come togeth-
or, and behind this natural dam there
must have bean anoiently q great lake
which extended to the northward of where
now is Valence. The deflle Is q veritab)e
canyon that would be quito in place n
Sierra Madre. On each side of the sharply
narrowed river the walls of rook rise to
sheer height Of 300 feet. The rush of the
water is tumultuous. In midstream, sur
rounded by eddies and whirling waves. u
the Roche des Anglais, against which the
boat of luckless party of English tfavel-
ers struck and was shattered 100 years
ago. Indeed so dangerous was this pas
sage held to be of old, when faith was
stronger and boats were weaker than in
our day of skepticism and compound en-
gines, that it was customary to tie up at
the head of the defile and pray foE grace to
come through it safely, but nowadays,
with the same practical result, they put
extra men at the tiller and clap on more
steam.-Thomas Janvier in Century.
The herald., 1896-02-24
STEVENSON'S VAILIMA.
The Romancer's Description of His Sa-
moan Plantation.

Aho AeoHldAtcEb VI "a
moan Plantation.
This man lives in an island which Is
not very long and is extremely narrow.
The sea beats around it very hard, so that
it is difficult to get to shore. There is only
one harbor where ships como, and oven
that Is very wild and dangerous. -Four
ships-ofwar were broken there q little
while ago, and one of them is still lying
on its side on rock clean above water,
whore the sea threw it as you might throw
your fiddle bow upon the table. All
round the harbor the town is strung out.
1t is nothing but wooden houses, only
there are some churches built of stone.
They are not very large, but the people
have never seen such fino buildings. AL
most all the houses are Of one story. Away
at one end Of the village lives the king of
the whole country. His palace has a
thatched roof, which rests upon posts
There arc no walls, but when it blows and
rains they have Venetian blinds, which
they let down between the posts, making
all very snug. There is no furniture, and
tho king and the queen and tho courtiers
sit and eat on the floor, which is of gravel.
The lamp stands there, too, and every now
and then 1t is upset
These good folk wear nothing but kilt
about their waists unless to go to church
or for dance on New Years or some
great occasion. The children play marbles
all along the street, and, though they arc
generally very jolly, yet they get awfuliy
CROSS over their marbles and cry and fight
just as boys and girls do at home. Another
amusement in country places is to shoot
fish with little bow and arrow. All
round the beach here ia bright, shallow
water, where tho fishes can be seen dart
ing or lying in shoals. The child trots
round the shore, and whenever no sees
fish let's fly an arrow and misses and then
wades in after his arrow. 1t is great fun
! have tried it-for the child, and never
heard of 1t doing any harm to the fishes.
So what could be more jolly?