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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20

hotel would be well placed there So would me
apartment-house. o.,,,
The possibility of tying up piece OF property
through will is well illustrated in the instance
of the Stevenson parcel. in Second-ave, near
Nineteenth-st. The New-York skin ana cancer
Hospital which recently purchased the properly
at the northeast corner of the avenue ana tne
street for site for annex to itself, urea III
vain to secure the Stevenson dwelling and land
adjacent on the north, so as 10 obtain a SUM-
GENTLY large plot Miss Matilda a. w. Stevenson.
whose father had conveyed this and other real
estate his wife il her death to go TO the TWO
daughters one Of whom is Miss Matilda was
willing to sell the four-story brownstone-front
house which her father had built but her mother
and her sister. who had died. In succession hau
made wills, with the result that the bank whiSn
was ready to loan money on a mortgage W .S
given by the hospital authorities, upon ASKING W
see the will. declined to advance the money upon
the plea that Miss Matilda could not give cieal
title Hence the property now STANDS tehantieso
and shored I'D in consequence of the demolition
OF the other buildings. while superintendent IN
stable Of the Department of Buildings mas VI
dered the southern. rear and front walls " ue
torn down and rebuilt, because OF their dahseiou'
condition. >, A.
The interesting part of all this Is that Ola M.
Stevenson, paralytic and said TO p S,s dauqh
mind. still lives and is cared for by ms uausn
ter, Matilda, in Brooklyn His condltioh 10 Su.n
that he can make no change In the reai eS'a.e
situation affecting the property. BESIDES nay
ing conveyed the property to his wife. and she
being dead. Mr.. Stevenson could 90 ho'n'ne i"
the .,,
The most valuable corner In this city; OUTSIDE OUTSIDE
of Wall-st is supposed to be that bounded
bv Fifth-ave. Broadway and Twenty-tnlrd-sl
Aside from the Cumberland Building. which oc-
cupies the southern part of this plot. the land Is
covered with onc-story and two-story modern
structures. -,
Exclusive of the Cumberland property the
plot is owned by Amos r. Emo 1t is SAID mat
Amos F. Emo. his son. who has charge or MS
fathers real estate interests. fairly laughed at
the late Austin Corbin when he offered SoouooV
for It. The plot is two feet in Twenty-thlrd-st'
1876 feet in Broadway. 1324 feet in the avenue
and rs feet from Broadway to the avenue AT the
Cumberland line. This gives over 4,OOO square
feet Mr. Emo is said to receive S6J.Ooo an
nual rental from this property. or 6l5 per cent
on 81 OOOOO This would be at the rate OF more
than $3.50 square foot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
IMPROVED METHOD or ELECTROPLATING
From The London Standard.


An invention which promises to be OF great i'm
portance to the eectro-plating trade has been
brought to our knoWlsdge by Msssrs: A. = smith da
post of metal is desired have had TO be suspended
naming in the solution for stated time they have
been taken out in a dull or unpublished condition,
furnishing them BY this invention. it is claimed,
wiring is done away with. and no 'moppers" Opol-
understand In addition to this. It is stated, three
out in the same time as heretofore.
The system. we understand, has been in operation
I'm Messrs Smith K Sons workshop for the last
seven or eight months. one important advantage
Is that no interference with the existing arrange-
All that is required extra is shafting to be placed
power The process is not suitable for the plating
ot such articles as teapots. trays, art work and the
articles we are informed whether the deposition
CURED is Of nickel. copper. brass tin or zinc a
perfectly bright and lustrous surface is given with
a thicker more malleable and more lasting deposit
than heretofore by means Of the apparatus in ques-
The articles are placed in large quantities in
revolving hollow contaner-theoretically there Is
no limit TO the quantity, but practically 1t may be
found advisable not 20 have more than 90 or 100
or supported within the electrolytc bath, and dur
ing the time the deposition is taking place is sub
to fifty revolutions per minute. The container which
is mounted centrally upon long. insulated metal
walls perforated in such way to allow
the fluid to circulate freely through it, and to act
the container carried by It. Is fixed TO central
metal rod or box. supported by metallic bearing
brackets clothed In wood other suitable nsu-
lating material and fitted at equi-distant points in
It's length with copper contact arms. These latter
are mounted In such manner to always be In
intimate contact with the articles placed In the
cCntainer acting channels for the passage OF the
electric current to the negative pole OF the gen.
orator.
The anodes COR positive terminas) are slung
upon their supporting rods around the inside walls
OF the vat in the ordinary manner or in rows to get
more anode surface. as the case may require.
that there is nothing in the interior OF the container
To interfere with the continued rolling movement
OF the articles placed therein The electric current
is sent through the solution and back TO the gener
ator by means of the articles being plated (the
cathodes) through the contact arms or their equiv
aents and thence through the sleeve and the In
sulated rod or bar 10 the negative pole OF the gem
orator Messrs Smith do not claim for the in
vention that II does away with the processes pre-
paratory TO ordinary plating. To get good results
the work has 10 be prepared at least carefully
II used TO be under the old system. and the more
careful this preparation the better are the results.
The invention Is Professionally protected. and APP
pcation has been made for full letters patent
made In all the principal countries OF the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
4 FLOWER THAT CLOSES RIVERS.

From The New Orleans Times-Democrat .,~c,
The water hyacinth continues TO sro" sn,,bern
and numbers Sarcely stream OF IRA.
Louisiana but Is beset with these beautLu, are
sites and their eyer-increasing proportion, the
rapidly assuming n serious phase Many VI allied
bayous Of the Atchafalaya Basin have beco rt,rey
with the plants and the lakes are amos, s that
covered with them So dense are the mass ,H, 70
boats OF considerable size lind II lnipso1ShaSslays
make progress i'm the streams ana the AlVn,1, Isl.
River itself IL dotted constantly Win noaS"e The
ands of the wonderfully proihc hyaci,n'n, ase an
police fury OF rerrchonne Parish recently ME M
appropriation TO secure the services OF rarrshonns
boat 10 make trips up and down l't,ss no
Bayou SO as 10 prevent the stream being e nrac
entirely. Bayou Teche Is infested Also aha ,hat sec
tically every one OF the waterconrses OF ne hn IVA
ton Of the State are being closseo VIII" INV
cinth. ,.aa ms IN
question and Kill the myriad OF plants wv eng-
will demand the attention OF the Go.ernnr" "a re-
neers and appropriations will be NECESSARY wvsxs
move the incubus. From Florida Also sol,y ard
of the plant and II Is said that the su'n,s"ssA by
lakes OF the Peninsula State are being cioss" md
the rapid growth OF the parasites In question: The
yet but few years ago they were unknown" "
regions infected.
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many varieties about forty-fve IN az heir Young
sIdes Holsters that have spent most ~ arc also
and tender lives In the Aquarium ne,s ,srection
several kinds Of crabs that travel IN any are sure
with facility. or these the hermit harnit crab is
the monkey Of the Aqgsrum rI Many for 81 long
creatures have been In the AQUA so Years Add
tons are constantly being made ana Middle ~ Of De-
on DR. Rean expects to have ABOUT ei snao
different varieties to show the PeoP p the waters
nj vash our own coasts there are sau !" w
more than one hundred different KINDS OF res that
In anv reference to the marine crea,u "a 1,astie
are 70 find their homes In the tanks OF olu ia, -,
Garden one should not forget to make ms sns two W
are are The scavengers OF the Aquarium Inc VIs
crabs are in the large pool, and, moving cons'a,Hft
orap The bottom they keep II as clean as u ~
we're polished every day In the smaller TANKS '"c
h \, cafe 70 saw that when the Aquarium Is AT
lost onened it's patronage will be great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20

few years ago. the circular structure OF CORFU
gated iron was torn down. and since then a high
board fence has kept the vacant plot from the
public eye. According to Watson Matthews, the
agent of the property. the estate considers ths
the best site in the city for fine downtown no
tel. to be run in CONJUNCTION with the Florence
and is holding on to 1t with that emo III
view. The American photographic Company
which is erecting what is already thirteen-story
building across the way. at the southwest corner
of Nineteenth-st. and the avenue. tired 10 get
the Matthews property for its present purpose
hut Watson Matthews said NO" because ex-
planned he the other. day. "a lithographic es'ap-
lshment would make too much noise and supply
too many pungent odors besides the sight OF
workmen at the windows would not be good
thing for tenants of the Florence House to gaze
upon" The cyclorama people paid S2l,Vo an
nual rental Mr. Matthews says, and he declares
that the spot will yet see the ideal downtown
hotel especially if the underground railroad
shall be run under the surface of Fourth-ave..
and even If the cable or electricity snail suppiaht
the slow footed horse as the car motor Tor 'he
Fourth-ave. surface railroad. Whlch Ieads 10 anu
from the Grand Central station A.,
The row of four-story brick dwellings, on the
west side of Fourth-ave. between twentieth aia
Twenty-frst sts once belonged to the estate OF
William B. Astor. 1t went to one or me COL
lateral heirs said to be the Langdon group NOW
that the policy Of long leases ana lIhproNeu
property have become features of the AstorI man
agement in real estate, 1t is rumored that these
old-fashioned dwellings will soon give way 10
the spirit of improvement, and that Dig new
building will be erected here.
The only vacant plot Of John jacob Astor
property in this city, stated by one of its real
estate experts. is that 10 feet In Ffth-ave ana
100 feet in Fifty -ffth-st.. at the southeast juno
ton of the two. This is directly opposite the
old St Luke's Hospital site Its value has peen
greatly enhanced Of late years by the proximity
of the Rockefeller. Flagler and other rich men
homes The purchase by the University CluD AT
the northwest corner of Fifty-fourth-st and the
avenue of a site for its new home, with an an
mex running through to Fifty-fifth-St., mas addeu
still more value to this idle Aston real estate;
And now that Governor Morton has purchased
the fine old DOdworth house in the avenue, a
door from Fifty-fourth-st.. with view 10 eX-
pending large amount of money TO mt IL up
for his home from September ! next. the Astor
investment is the beneficiary Of still another
financial accretion. big wooden sign an
nounces that the plot is to be cut up for the
erection of private dwellings. An agent or the
property states that fine apartment hotel may
be put up there.
Embedded in the brownstone front OF the four
story and basement dwelling at NO west
Twenty second st is a white granite slab Dear
ing these words:
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nous existence in primitive dwellings and with few OF
the comforts that usually with the severest
barrack life of "A large town Their cabins are de-
scribed as resembling a man-of-war In the arrange
ment Of the hunks. The Italians rub along on the
baldest of accommodations. their shelters being as
bare as the rocks amid which they pa ced. The
Frenchmen are little more ingenious in modify
ing the hard conditions of their life. But upon
wreak themselves they watch each other across
the line with a vigilance that has been keen ever
since the establishment Of the Triple Alliance and
when this grows tedious they play jokes upon one
another i'm the vein indicated by the zinc portrait
of Sgnor Crispi The effect Of this outandish flag
turning slowly about its staff in the chill Alpine
breeze is original enough. Such a standard would
be the last thing the traveller would expect 10 see
flung out against the clear blue sky He might
think 1t an annoyance. blot upon an otherwise
heroic landscape But the soldiers even those who
are the countrymen of Crspi shout with gee over
the thing They the clever Frenchman a man
of genius and a benefactor OF their Isolated little
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20

the best results from the point OF view poth OF '
scientist and the general sightseeing PUBIC. me
fire, immersion one receives is Of the height and arr
ness of the structure Nothing intervenes 10 ol'"N
this effect between the floor and the dome Inc s'
Is so admitted as TO be dfused much as posSiole
instead Of allowing It to fall directly from the WIN
dows In the centre of the pavement IS the big pool
in which the water Is nearly six feet deep Inc
or,oun, of water it holds exceeds that contained IN
ho whole salt water exhibit at the Worlds FAIR IT
amounts to something like 800" cuplc fee'' Aio""d
the big pool are smaller pools of various SIZES -e
of these pools are covered. and the water Is peau
fully clear every movement oil the is" o"ii NC us
tlnctv seen by the observer.
,rourd about the sides of the hall are placed
the small tanks. scarcely large enough 10 DE
called anything more than cases Ihree SUES u
,hose cases are thing but the fourth. or course
the one toward the spectator Is OF glass Inc
surface Of the water in these cases Is above the
heads of the people on the floor. so that one eA-
periences rather queer sensation IN COOKING up
~ the surface of the water-quite as II one were
really in It, save that one Is perfectly o'S' Inc
INNER gallery tanks have not yet Deeh oul''
This work Is the last to be done Ii WI" prop"o'S
no two months before it is finished, ana the re-
naming month before Or Bean plans to open the
building to the public will be devoted to perfec'hs
many small details OF the interior structure.
MANY FISH IN THE POOLS ALREADY.
NOTWITHSTANDING the idcl '"'i' ''O @Nf
NOT vet OPEN It has already laid in 8ood part
Of its stock of attractions At the present time
there are in the pools, large and small ABOUT
fortv-fve different kinds Of FISH. All OF THESE are
NJ the sort to be found In our own waters III
fact most OF them were taken no further away
than Sheepshead Bay They seem to thrive wen
in their artificial home. and every effort Is MADE
~ make the conditions that surround them as
much as possible like those they enjoyed before
they came into captivity The water for the salt
water fish IS taken from a well sunk under the
building When Or. Bean proposed this method of
securing saltwater supply it was thought TO be
impracticable by many who gave their attention
TO the problem but the success of the enterprise
has abundantly justified the risk that was taken
at first One thing however has to be excluded
from big tanks There can be no sand bottoms
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
A MILITARY JOKE.
srGNOR CRIsPI AS DRAWN BY AN ALPINE
SENTINEL

rho eorous statesman of Italy who has shared
With bismarck and Gladstone the dubious distinc-
tion Of being so frequently caricatured that DOCKS
have been made on the subject, with hundreds upon
hundreds of illustrations. might have comiorteu
himself with the reflection that once he had retifeu
from the stage of public affairs ne wouiu pe 'e.
alone by the artists. But the FEATURES u .
a.,,,,o 70 cron ont In the most unexpected places
~ cha oddest way Having ceased TO provide the
pictorial Journalistic of Rome with material for
while the ex-Prime Minister of Italy has become
tho object of an Alpine soldiers satire Our Illus
tration shows his appearance as he swings h'iuiS'
in zinc. the top Of a great post erecteu ." INC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
THICK MOSS HfDES THE GOLD.
From The Los Angeles Herald.

From The Los Angeles Herald.
w. Sam Clark. old resident OF Alameda
County. Cal, who went to Alaska several
months ago In search OF a fortune. made tour of
that country and has sent report to his friends
He tells Of the great suffering among the men, and
how they long TO come home. II would en-
courage any one to come to Alaska this year" says
Mr. Clark. This land of glaciers has It's surface
rubbed and secured and Its golden seed scattered
until every stream and brook will show color
hence the cry that all Alaska Is gold and the metal
Is 10 be found from the grass roots down. but not
IN quantities that will pay to work except In few
localities. When the quartz veins Of the country
are found and the gold belt discovered and marked
on the maps then IL will be time enough for men
from civilized parts to come and locate their small
twenty acres IN this vast land The moss blanket.
I'm places several feet thick. Will hide for years TO
from the prying eye Of the miner its golden
color. There Is room for all. but gold for few"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
DENTZENS OF THE WOOD LOVE HIM
A VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEER WHO SUMMONS
AT HIS WILL SNAKES. SQUIRRELS AND
WILD RIRDS

Rockbridge. Alum Springs Va Sept l5.-lf kipling
were here he would write Of another and elderly
Mowgu local genius OF this green valley, with its
Gordon of hills and outlying rocky SUBMITS Thomas
Hostetter Is his name, and his is absolutely UNI
certain. He thinks he Is about eighty-hve years
old. The wrinkles his bronzed face rival In num-
Der and compexity those Of Lofts mummy. His
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20

rival 10 the old lady who lately received gift
from the Queen for being the mother OF seven sol
diers has been found at Old Southgats near Lon
don She is Mrs. Skeats. whose six sons have all
done good service policemen. George has been
twenty nine years In the city force, Caleb twenty
six years Henry twenty-five. Ben twenty-five. Ton
twenty four all in the Metropolitan Police; and
John twenty four years In the Berkshire ConstabI-
army. Their only sister. afraid perhaps OF seem,
ing singular, was married 10 policeman. The old
lady herself is eighty-two years od.-tLondon
News.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20

Franco-Itaan frontier The soldiers in those remote
stations have little do and not long since one OF
Thorn on the French side of the border. produced
the silhouette of cut. 1t is ludicrous thing,
but very clever. It is striking in itself 1t Is also
amusing as the work Of peculiarly situated SOL
der.
The little 'postes' of the frontier are in most
cases stationed far up among the mountains, away
from the villages. There the soldiers live monoto-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
HIGH AND AIRY STRUCTURE.

Tribune reporter last week visited the building
that will In all probability become one OF the sho"
nlaces of the city Thus far nobody has been ad-
mitted except workmen and those who have special
nermits But Notwithstanding this fact, the interior
of the Aquarium already presents fairly hnished
ASPECT The details of the plans have been published
many times 80 that all that is necessary mere Is to
give some idea Of how the pace impresses one anu
how It's arrangements have been adapted for securing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
NEARLY READY
OLD CASTLE GARDENS DOORS TO OPEN
AGAIN IN THREE MONTHS.
QUEER VARIETIES OF SEA LIFE FOR THE PUBLIC
ro GAZE UpoN-LoOKING FOR A

QUEER VARIETIES OF SEA LIFE FOR THE PUBLIC
TO GAZE UPoN-LoOKING FOR
WHITE WHALE
The big round building that stands on the North
River side of Battery Park Castle Garden. OF old the
immigrants door to the New World. for months mas
given little outward token OF the changes That were
going inside It's dun and forbdding walls Inc
New-York public knew in a way that 1t was being
transformed into an aquarium. and has been kept In
formed from time time OF the unpleasanty numer-
Gus delays that have protracted the completion OF
the undertaking. The plans for the Aquarium began
in 1893 and the public Is prone to lose interest," 10
great extent in any enterprise that takes nearly as
long as IL does to build modern cathedral. But the
Aquarium is fast approaching its long deferred com
petion The contracts for the last considerable piece
OF work have recently been given out. and DR. 1. II.
Bean said few days ago that II no more unforeseen
and vexatous delays occurred to block his plans the
Aquarium would be opened to the public In about
three months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
SOME ODD LOOKING FISH.

because. IL they were allowed, it would not be
long before the pipes would be choked as TO be
absolutely useless. In other things it is attempted
to provide such bottom the fish most
fond of In nature. The result Is what Irish
might call some pretty marine landscapes"
The water in al the tanks is kept constantly
changing fresh water running I'm at one end fast
the stale runs out at the other
Perhaps the most snowy fish just In the big
pool is a young shark. He Is a beauty. about four
feet long, but he is not Of the man-eating variety
lie has mate who is not quite as big as himself
but who is getting there rapidly DIR. Bean Is plan
ming TO get white whale later on but IL Is some what
difficult to capture them. they seldom or
never found In the waters Of this climate Next to
the sharks perhaps the most interesting specimens
In the big pool at present are several weakfsh. The
interest attaching 10 them Is OF scientific charac-
ter for the most part although they pleasing to
look at. 1t seems that weakfsh are extremely sens
tive creatures, and that until DR.. Bean succeeded in
accomplishing the feat they had never been kept
alive In captivity throughout winter. Three Of
those now In the Aquarium. however. survived the
rigors of last winter and very lively fish just
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
CANE ALONG UNLIMITED.

One OF the most peculiar marine creatures In the
whole collection is who was neither invited nor
desired TO Join the happy family. He Is good
sized eel and one fine morning he appeared in the
tank wherein disport themselves two or three dozen
big plckerel Thereupon an Investigation followed
but nobody about the Aquarium could be brought
to admit having put the eel In the tank The only
conclusion possible was that he came in through
the water pipe. He was small enough to accomplish
this AT the time and. OF course he small enough
TO get out again. too. But he didn't. and before ha
availed himself of his privilege he grew big that
be had to stay, whether or no. And nobody OBJ
jcctcd to his presence. there he IL to-day.
Others of the varieties on exhibition are the bass
perch OF many sorts, andlocked salmon Jake
trout. pun fish, and the strange and ugly sea
robins. so-called on account OF their color and the
fms. that look something like wings There are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
THE MATTHEWS PROPERTY.

Professor r. Ogden Doremus lived in a high
stoop two-story frame house some fifteen years
ago. next door TO where the Florence now
stands at the northwest corner Of Fourth-ave.
and Eighteenth-st 1t was one OF a row Of frame
dwellings Of the same pattern in the avenue be-
tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth SITS. The
Florence and the land on which 1t stands
belong TO the estate of Edward Matthews,
OF the best known real-estate men Of his day.
Dying, he left three heirs. These are Professor
Brander Matthews, and his two sisters. Mrs.
Peter r. Barlow and Miss Florence Halett Mat
thews The adjoining plot north Of the Florence
and constituting the rest OF the real es-
tate the Fourth-ave. front between the two
streets, also belongs to the Matthews estate.
This site is vacant. II il 131 feet in the avenue
by 80 feet in Nneteenth-st. Here II was that
the old cyclorama, with it's views of famous bat
tleields, stood for many years.
When the cyclorama proved no longer paying.