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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-04
REPORT.

This sample OF water Is grossly contaminated with
sewage and is entirely unsuitable for for domestic
purposes. ERNEST J. LEDERLE chemist
Dr. Lederle said TO Tribune reporter in the
afternoon: 1--WE have examined the water from
many wells in this city and in every We have
found the water contaminated with sewage. Some
of the wells artesan wells, with a depth OF 30
feet. The contamination Is easily accounted for
The rock strata of the island is sloping or perpen-
dcular Instead Of being horizontal and for that
reason the sewage is bound TO sink. On account OF
the general tam!nation Of all well water In the
bultup parts OF the city, the Board OF Health long
ago made the amendment to the Sanitary Code by
which the use OF well is prohibited except by
special permits In where permits are issued
the water is not used for drinking purposes. but
only for washing"
The section OF the Sanitary Code TO which MI
Lederle referred reads follows:
Water from wells in the city OF New-York shaI
not be used for drink In any tenement or logging
house. hotel, mandatory or buildings IN Whlcn
persons living or employed, or in which there
are Offices restaurants or SALOONS except un ri,
and pursuant TO the conditions o, permit IN VIII
ing from the Board OF Health.
chief Inspector Martin, after receiving Mr. Led
erles report OF the analysis OF the water from the
Houston-st hot spring made this report to the
Health Board:
OF which FOR domestic purposes would De dangerouS
TO lie and health. would respectfully recommend
thaf the use OF this water for domestic purposes
be prohibited EDWARD ". MARTIN.
~ Chief Inspector.
There will be no more drinking at the hot
sprng" because the police will see that the or
ders Of the Health Board are carried out Even II
foolish people want to drink diluted sewage they
viii have TO refrain. Mr.. Lederle said YESTERDAY
that the water bubbhng up In the excavation sb
lie had no doubt that steam pipes somewhere III
the neighborhood kept the ground warm enough TO
give a temperature OF eighiy-three degrees 10 the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-04
TIVE SUPREME COURT CALENDAR

Washington. March 3--The day call in. inc on'.eo
s,e,ss sunreue Court tomorrow Will be as ioi'
lows Nos ss. @Ss and ESD. s. SOl' $685. S''' si' ''i
"a and 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
IN CASE OF FREE COINAGE.
secretary Carlisle ON the Obligation
of the Government

A statement vas widely published by the
press few days ago that President G. L.
Greene OF the Conrecticat Life Insurance
company of Hartford, Conn, had issued
circular letter TO policy hold 4rs notify
ing them that in the event that the gov
eminent adopted the free coinage of sill
yer the company would be compelled 10
pay all claims in deprecated silver coin.
MI. f. W. Alsop of Little Rock. Ark,
sent clipping of this statement to Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Carlisle with a re-
quest for an expression on the subject. He
has received a reply from Mr.. Carlisle.
which is in part as follows:
In case free courage OF silver should be
established in this country l presume in
surance companies and all other institu-
uons would continue TO make their paw
ments by checks and drafts on banks as
heretofore; In my opinion the whole volume
Oh our currency would sink at once To the
silver basis and these checks and drafts
would be paid in silver dollars or their
equivalent instead of gold or its euuiya-
ieit as is now the case. i presume no one
SuppcseS Tor moment that il would 10
the duty of the government to attempt TO
KEEP the standard silver dollar coined free
Tor private individuals and corporations
equal in value TO a gold dollar; or in other
words. that ii would be the duty of the
government to attempt under system of
ITee coinage 10 maintain the parity of
the TWO metals. The dollars would be coin
ed on private account and delivered 70 nri-
vate individuals and corporations as their
own property, the government having no
interest whatever in them and being
therefore, under no obligation to sustain
them by guaranteeing their value
Under our existing system all silver dol
lars are coined on account of the govern
ment and are issued by the government in
payment OF its expenditures and other OBJ
he Of
faith therefore to permit them to denre-
ciate.
very truly yours.
j. q. CARLISLE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
per, silver or gold. and that is given unit

per, silver or gold, and that is a given unit
of human labor. And my colleague was
somehow blind to the fact though Ii Is eX-
hibited in one of the tables to which he re-
ferred, that the wages of labor have been
on the average largely increased in the
last third of a century, the increase from
the old 'bimetallic' wages of 1850 to those
of 1880 being IS per cent in money and Il
per cent in purchasing power.
I'm 1892 a days work Of skilled labor
would buy more Of any staple commodity
of human desire, more and better food,
more and better clothing, more and better
transportation. more and better tools and
machinery, more and better heat and light,
more comforts and Injuries of every kind,
more silver and more gold than at any
time before 1873 in the history of the world.
And now let US see how the situation OF
workingmen in this country compared in
1890 with that during the so-called bimetal-
lie times. From the famous Senate report
on wholesale prices, transportation and
wages, before referred to, take the facts
for the following table of wages In leading
occupa tioLs every tenth year for some time
.before the war, when We had our mint
open to the free coinage of both metals.
in comparison with wages in 1880, a sixth
of a century after we finally adopted our
present system of unlimited coinage OF
gold and limited coinage of silver:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
SICK-POISON.
WHAT 1T IS AND WHERE 1T CONES
FROM.

Sick-poison is what makes you sick, irritates
your nerves disorders your functions. saps your
strength. makes YOU miserable.
Different diseases have different poisons some
have several indigestion more than any
That is. the symptoms Of indigestion are caused
by the pCisons which are created by undigested
food.
When you are sick, try to get rid of your poison
1t is often easier than you think for all nature
is helping Won Only the poison Is obstinate. but
the first step - to go to the root of 1t.
The poisons of undigested food. which cause leth-
argy. headache, dizziness. weakness, bad taste
stomach ache. fever, fatulence nausea, constipa-
ton. loss of appetite, Jaundce, anaemia neuralgia
rheumatism, etc, these poisons can be swept away
and arnihilated By the Shaker Digestive Cordial
Curing the stomach and helping IT to digest food
when II is too weak to do by ITSELF will purify
your system Of poison and renew your strength
and health
Shaker Digestive Cordial. a pure vegetable, d.
gestive tonic. made by the Shakers Of Mount Leba-
non, will cure all disorders caused By the poisops
of undigested food when nothing else will give any
relief
Sold by druggists. Ten cents for a trial bottle
Write for book food. Address The sbakers
~ Reade St. New York. t2s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
Fr0nklin's Grave.
From tbe Philadelphia Call.

Two men, both on the shady side Of
seventy. stopped at 9Th and Arch streets
the other day to peer in through the iron
grating at the neglected grave of BENJAMIN
Franklin. After looking a moment in
silence at the fiat stone which covers the
last resting place of the statesman, philos-
opher and patriot, one of the old men SAID
to his companion: Il don't think PhiladeI-
phia fully appreciates the honor that at
taches TO having within its precincts the
sepulcher of that great man. 1t seems to
me If 1t did 1t would take better care of his
grave. The fact is. that so far as know
the memory of Franklin is nowhere as gen.
orally perpetuated as it ought to be outside
the state OF Tennessee. 1 guess If Franklin
was buried down there they'd have a biz
monument over him. You know when the
present state Of Tennessee was first organ
lied 1t was known as Franklin. 1t bore
that name for, a long while until superseded
by Tennessee, which is an Indian word.
meaning the river OF the big bend.' For
my part. tank the state would have done
better to stick to its original name"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
TRIED TO CHEAT THE GIRLS.
Boy In knickerbOckers and skirt
Wins in Bicycle Race.

From the Long Branch Breeze.
y boy wearing knickerbockers and a
short skirt managed to smuggle himself
into the girls handicap bicycle race here
today, and came in first at the finish He
was soon found out and disqualified though
some of the friends of the girls wanted to
give MIN more severe punishment. The
Jeanette Well was awarded first prize,
gold Delt; Mrs. Flora Roo5 secured second
prize. gold smelling bottle; Miss Hattie
We'll came in third. and secured a heavy
silver tray, and Miss Leonora Foss was
fourth. and won a lorgnet.e chain There
were six starters beside the boy. who was
entered by several of the gentlemen hayina
the affair i'll charge more as a joke than
aEytnins else.
The distance was one and three-uuarte-s
miles from the flag pole, IN front of the
West End Hotel. to the Atlantic Hotel and
return The costumes worn by the riders
We're very pretty. There was an unusal
route, and the racers we're cheered Justify.
The starters were Jeanette We'll, Hattie
Well, Floss:e Baum. Flora Roos, Leonora
FCSS, Estellr Hammers. ein and an IN
known The riders were interf.red with
greatly, and two dropped out. The I'M
known. who proved to be the boy, came in
ahead. followed by those in the order
named. Miss Jeanette Well ran into Miss
Roos during the race and was knocked Off
when she tainted 1t was several hours be-
fore she recovered consciousness The win
ners time was six minutes and thirty Sec
onds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
MINING PURE GOLD IN DROokLYN.
About $IO,OOO I'm n Demolished Watch
Case Factory.

Case Factory.
From the Brooklyn Citizen
Gold hunters are at work in two 5iffaront
fields in Brooklyn. At 4th avenue and War
rem street about 5000 worth of the yellow
metal has already been turned UP, and the
melting pot is still on the fire On Cum
berland street, gold has been discovered i'm
large quantities. and the prospectors are
still at work. 1t is the pure metal. TOO.
without alloy, and no quartz crushers or
giant separators or electric plants are re-
quired to disintegrate it.
The Brooklyn Watch Case Company has
had its factory for twenty-four Years at
4th avenue and Warren street The Fay
watch case factory has been on Cumberland
street Tor almost as many years. Recently
the two concerns have consolidated end a
new factory has been opened. The two city
factories have been stripped and dsman-
tied, except the gold hunting. and it is this
search after buried treasure which has
given rise over Brooklyn TO all sorts of
stories about remarkable gold discoveries
Already more than 5000 worth of gold
has been secured. When the whole building
has been gone over walls, ceilings and
sewer pipes. the amount is expected to ex-
coed $4,000. In Fay's factory the same
operations are going on. Only the most
trusted vorkmen are employed in the work
handful of dirt or shavings is likely to
pan OUT two or three dollars in gold dust
When the American Watch Case Company
closed up its factory at Broadway and
Bond street, New York, few years ago, a
firm of contractors bought the privilege of
going over the floors for SIS 900. They real
lied a handsome profit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31

rom Inc Delaware College Review.
Prof kirkwood had a habit in the class
room of doing many things by signs. If he
wished the work erased fl ON the board he
indicated it by system Of motions and
so If he wanted door opened or closed, or
a window raised or lowered. One spring
day he wanted a window lowered He
pointed out student and then motioned to
the window The student did not under
stand. and so he repeated the motions more
vigorously than before. The student. still
falling to understand. the gesticulations
became more emphatic. Finally, thinking
that something must be dore. the student
rushed to the window and jumped out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31

Eve have seen that The condition of
American workingmen has vastly improved
since the days when we had free coinage OF
silver. 1t has been shown also. that open
ing our mint to coinage Of silver on private
account would at once send us to silver
basis. How would this affect wages and
the men who earn them? Every man who
earns his daily bread by his daily toll owes
it to himself and those whom he holds dear
to think this over carefully.
Chances i'm Prices and Wages.
"Any man who will examine daily quota
lions Of prices as reported in the news
papers will soon discover that they change
from day to day, and sometimes change
very greatly in the course of a month But
every man who earns wages is familiar
with the fact that they change slowly, an
increase Of 10 per cent in year being
quite gain. Prices change quickly; wages
change slowly. Now let us grant what the
advocates Of free silver claim-that going
to the silver basis would double the prices
of commodities Does any workingman
believe that wages would be doubled too?
Even If they should be, how much would
the wage Garner profit by the change? No
intelligent workingman believes for a min
ute that his wages would be increased by
more than small per cent-that is, while
his wages might be Eominally increased
somewhat, the prices of the things he has
to buy would be increased very much more
So the real purchasing power of days
work would be greatly diminished. All ex-
perience shows that any debasement in the
faster and farther than it does wages.
This might influence some employers to
consider the propriety of debasing our cur
rency. but 1t is precisely the reason why
workingmen should oppose 1t. So far as
workinsmen are concerned the whole silver
question is to be summed I'D in one query
Do yor want your wages cut down? If SO.
vote Ior>the Tree coinage OF silver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
1t Referred to the Dog.
From London Tid-Bits

In a well-known street in London a beg
gar was often seen Flooding about with a
small deg. The dog was held by piece of
chain, and had round his neck a placard
with PITY the Blind" in large red letters.
Mr. T. passing one day, dropped six
pence into the mans outstretched hand.
"Hallo!' he cried. as he was turning
away, was that a half sovereign 1 gave
you?"
mo. sir-no," answered the beggar: only
sixpence."
49," said Mr.. t, you are not blind,
after all?"
BLESS you, sir. no." he replied you
see. the placard refers to the dog. Hen
blind-not IT,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
Extracts From Utterances Of SeCre.
tary Carlisle, ]. 4. Teller, A.
J. Warner, Representatives
TOVle and McCleary.

The general interest manifested through
out the country over the financial discus
sion now prevailing, 1.-The battle of the
standards is apparent also in the District
Of Columbia. While there is no voting in
the national capital the fact that it is the
seat of government the republics political
center, and that the national voting in
which it does not participate decides for it
the makeup of it's municipal government,
causes the District to follow the November
balloting and the preceding campaign with
a concern that is more than merely philo-
sophical. This interest is intensified in the
present struggle by the fact that its great
issue is not partisan, not even political, but
a business question, affecting directly the
individual financial interests of every man
and woman, whether residing in the dis
franchised District or in state of the
Union.
The politicians assume that what is called
the business class of the community is
pretty generally committed to the sound
money side of the controversy, and not
much missionary labor is devoted to it. The
farming element, which is supposed to tend
toward the free silver side, and the wage
earning class, which is thought to be
divided, furnish the fields which promise
the most fruitful results to financial areu-
ment.
The arguments addressed to farmers as
such, have little local interest to the urban
population OF the District. But the capital
has a large wage-earnng class, among
whom, for the purposes Of this discussion
may be ranked the employees of the govern
ment, numbering more than 10000. and the
workingmen engaged in manufactures. who
10000 in number.
The discussion of the financial question
in its relation to the interests of the work.
ingmen has consequently an important To-
cal interest, and in response to a growing
demand from its readers for information
upon both sides of the subject The Star
today reproduces the standard arguments
addressed to the wage-earners by the re-
spectlve advocates Of the gold and silver
financial systems.
Secretary Carlisle opens the debate for
sound money. Mr.. Teller, Gen. A ]. War
ner and Representative Towne follow for
free silver, and Representative McCleary
closes for sound money.
OPENING THE DEBATE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
SOUND MONEY CLOSES.

Representative McCIeary's Reply to
His Colleague, Mr.. TOwne.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Towne's
colleague, Mr.. McCleary of Minnesota, an
swered this argument. He said, in refer
ring to this feature Of the financial dis
cussion:
There Is another serious omission in nv
colleagues allegations OF fact. There is
one commodity which stands out by itself
SO pre-eminent that even his disdain of de-
tails should not have ignored it, q com
modify which Is the truest and best meas
ure Of value ever discovered SURPRISING in
this respect wheat or cotton, iron or COP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31

Miss SalIie S. Mason, 1881 Sixth vt.
northwest: Il very deaf when I went to Doc
tors MCCoy and Cowden. With my right
could rot hear sound My loss of hearing came
suddenly. There terrible throbbing In my
ears. especially severe when L was lying down.
Il attended the exercises at the Dennison school
on the closing day, and it extremely annoy
II was the when 1 attended the Mount YER
non : NJ Church. Although the pastor, Rev DIR.
Carter. has clear, distinct voice, I could under
stand few of his remarks.
y preparation Was prescribed for me, which
tried, with the hope of finding relief. 1t made me
as
Deaf as n Post.
Il was continually obliged TO ask that question
and conversation be repeated. 1 became utterly
miserable.
= L ndcr the treatment of Drs. Mccoy and Cow
den my hearing has been completely restored
hear as well as l did in my life and the
throbbins in my has ceased
That al! may have adequate and correct idea
or The Nctoy treatment. the wonderful results of
winch are attracting the attention of the whole
country Docti rs Nctoy and CowClen have cener-
'hsly arranged for limited time give to all
applicants ON their first visit n Trial Urea trnant
FREE. his Is purely for educational purposes. In
Il lew years this treatment will be in general
adoption by the profession and it il the desire of
its diS"cverers that it be seen and noted by Ms
many people rs possible in the offices of the Ma
ttoLil Practite. which Doctor Mccoy has Instituted
III W ishinSton. at rs 18th ST. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION DISCUSSED

preciated paper, were less than 8 per cent
higher in paper than when paid in gold
but the prices Of the 2e3 articles used by
the laborers and other people in the main
tenance Of their families were nearly 1S
per cent higher than they were when paid
in gold; in 1868 the wages of labor paid
in deprecated paper worth about 80 cents
On the dollar were 10H per cent higher
than when paid in gonds but the prices of
the articles the laboret, had to buy with
his wages were nearly - per cent higher;
in 1854 the wages of labor paid in depre-
ciated paper dollars worth 40 cents each
had advanced by per cent, but the prices
of the necessaries Of life had advanced
currency worth 63 cents on the dollar had
advanced 43 per cent above the rates pre-
viously paid in gold. or Its equivalent, but
the prices of commodities had advanced
nearly 1T per cent-that Is to say had
more than doubled: and in 1866 wages paid
in currency worth II cents on the dol
lar had advanced a fraction more than 50
per cent from the previous rates in gold or
Its equivalent, put the prices of commodi-
ties had advanced 80 per cent. The rise
in the rates Of wages never corresponded
with the rise in the prices of other things
until the year 1869, four years after the
close of the war, when the value of our
currency was II cents on the dollar, and
it was quite certain that no further depre-
citation would occur. In 1860 this coun-
try was on a gold basis and lad been on
eHot odsiS 1of many eaiS uHQeF the OPP
GRAFTON Of the acts of 1884 and 1897 Wages
were then paid in gold or its equivalent,
and by reducing the wages paid in a de-
preciated currency to gold basis and
comparing them with the rates paid in gold
In 1860 we shall have another demonstra-
ton of the injurious effects of cheap
mcrey On the interests of the laborer
ION this basis the laborer received 76
cents and mills in 1863. instead of the gold
dollar he received in 1850: in 1854 he re-
ceived 50 cents and mills instead of q gold
dollar, and in 1865 he received Go cents and
2 mills instead of gold dollar
I'm other words. the wages of labor,
measured by gold as they were III 1860,
about "a per cent in 1862 more than 10
per cent In 1864. and nearly Al per cent in
1865, when we had deprecated currency.
and, gentlemen, the force Of this illustra-
ton is greatly augmented by the facts that
these reductions in the rates of wages &C.
Cured at a time when several hundred
thousand laborers had been withdrawn
from the field of competition when the
government was engaged in the prosecu-
ton of a great war and was expanding
money lavishly for all kinds of supplies for
the army and navy, and when the prices of
all the products of labor had largely in
time when an abundance Of cheap money
will increase the wages and improve the
condition of laboring men these results
ought to have been accomplished under
the combination of favorable circumstances
existing, especially III the great centers of
industry, from 1861 to 1861 and vet there
has been no other period in our history
when the rates of wages fell so RAPIDLY or
SO low"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
HER HEARING RESTORED.
Miss Mason Had Become Very
Deaf and Miserable.
her EARS fHROBBED TERRIBLY
Her Complete Cure Another In the
Long List That Testihes to the
Marvellous Skill of Doctors Mccoy
and COwdcn.

THE Mccoy TREATMENT FOR DEAFNESS
CURES BECAUSE IT Is HEALING AND SOOTH-
ING AID QUIETING, AND BECAUSE IN RE-
MOVING THE DISEASE IT DOES AWAY WITH
THE SWELLING AND INFLAMMATION THAT
BLOCK THE TUBES IN THE EAR AND PRE-
VENT THE ENTRANCE OF AIR BEHIND THE
EAR DRUM. THE NEW TREATMENT OF DEAF
NESS Is SIMPLY A MATTER OF SCIENCE, COU-
PIED WITH THE LAWS OF THE HIGHER
MECHANICS. COMBINED WITH COMMON Or
BINARY, EVERYDAY SENSE IN TREATING
DEAFNESS THE LENGTH OF TIME REQUIRED
FOR \ CURE DEFENDS ENTIRELY ON THREE
THINGS: FIRST, HOW MUCH OF THE EU-
STACIiIAN TUBE Is DISEASED AND CLOSED
Up; SECOND. HOW LONG THE DEAFNESS HAS
LASTED; THIRD. HOW FAITHFULLY THE
TREATMENT Is CARRIED OUT BY THE PA
TIEiNTs. IN RECENT CASES OF DEAFNESS THE
DISEASE WHICH CAUSED THE CONDITION
HAS Not PASSED FAR WITHIN THE TUBE
AND Is SOON CURED. IN LONG-STANDING
CASES MORE OF THE TUBE IS AFFECTED AND
IT TAKES A LONGER TIME To EFFECT A
GRE