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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-12
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL
BUYING NAVAL SUPPLIES.
CONTRACTORS IDEA OF HOW 1T SHOULD BIN
DONE BY TIE GOVERNMENT.

a
DONE BY THE GOVERNMENT.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As a contractor Tor naval supplies Tot tne
last ten years your article In the SUNDAY issue Vi
The Tribune regarding inspection, etc. was inter-
estinr While there Ia a good deal OF complaint
with the mode of purchasing by the Naval Blu
reau and the acceptance OF goods by the boaru VI
Inspection the trouble is not all chargeabe TO the
Navy Department; the contractor Is one OF the
principal offenders The specifications are drawn
specially to meet the requirements OF the haVai
service, and not the general public. When pro-
posals for supplies are issued bidders invited to
call and examine the standard sample. Some avail
themselves of this invitation, when Information
is freely given by the paymaster In charge, while
there are others who think they Know an ABOUT
what is required and won't take the trouble 10 eN-
Generally speaking this is the class of bidders
who do the most kicking; their bids being me low
est, the contract is awarded to them. linen tne
trouble for the contractor begins, as the price AZ
which he contracts for is so low that 10 deliver
what is required would show not Only no pro ON,
but In many cases actual loss To AVOID inns
he is willing 10 gamble on what he considers the
inexperence OF the Board Of Inspection SO de-
lvers an article of lower grade. If TINS worKsI
and regret that there have been times when TINS
has happened-the contractor is happy ii IL does
not, then he kicks. -, - =,
spection In my judgment, will not correct the evi
! would suggest that the Board of Inspection be
CHASING up o afom tnf Re y N and is
sumo they are more familiar with commercial GUS
toms than line officer. The latter Is taught to
command a ship and is better judge OF an article
of food when prepared for the table or OF wearing
apparel when made up, than when they are IN
their crude state. Let the pay corps he not only
the buyers but the inspectors with standard
sample to work from. DO away with all non-co IN
merCial usages and insist contractors toelng the
mark and there will be no cause to complain.
New-York March %, 1897. I. d. -
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HANNAH MARIA'S ADVENTURES.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: In your paper of Sunday. March q, is n
question concerning the identity Of the Henrietta
Maria, so well known in nursery lore As | read
IL the thought occurred that the moving adventures
related of that unlucky parsonage may he a popu-
lar travesty of the cver-popular wife Of Charles
J. whose life certainly full Of events was
that OF the doggere
In crossing the Atlantic her name. Ike that Of
many Of "our first families" has undergone a
change, and the events of her life slightly
altered. too as they are chanted by most American
children. We sang them In our early days thus:
Hannah Maria.
She fell in the fire;
The fire hot,
She fell in the pot:
The pot black
She fell in the crack;
The crack dark
She fell in the park
The park cold.
She fell in the hold
The hold deep,
She fell In the creek:
The creek shallow.
She fell In the taow;
The iallow greasy,
She slipDed out easy.
Inwood- on Hudson. March %. 1897 NJ. NJ.
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stocks or playing the ''benr side OF the s'ocn
market: cutting rates. to inJure the business s"u
profit the seller by the final results. immense lot
tunes thus supposed TO have been mane y, r r
last twenty years In this work OF rai,roau S"'
ers and "tricksters," as denomlnateu py .ou, or" IT,;
to the ruin OF stock and bond ho'oers anu TO- heen
vestments of widows and orphans, inin .na ond
one OF the greatest scandals of the country anu
has disgraced us before the worid. =. -,.,
TO exist even on many railroad lines this easy
method of money is not alone ABSORBED by
the managers. but many trafiic agents an IT,
on small salaries can play the same game py preak
ing tariff rates and getting the fact widely pub
shed for Wall Street results. -. -. ...,.
of the sneak thief but OF mcnstrous pr uo,,s
I'm twenty years Is believed ana YOU, W ,pu uoc
may stop this crime. H. H. "o"'''
New York. March II. 1891
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CHANGES IN NORTHUMBERLAND TWENTY
SECOND-sT SUGGESTED

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Would II be wise 70 endeavor 10 have
One-hundred-and-twenty- between Riv-
erside Drive and Morningside-ave, widened at this
time. when the city is the eve of laying out the
plaza east of Grants Tomb? On fine days the
crowd Of pedestrians, horseback riders, carriages
and bicycles Is great that II Is only a wonder
that no casualties of serious nature happen.
Should not the One-hundred-a nd twenty second
grade be lessened and the street be made similar
TO the Drive? BY the last sentence I mean should
then the carriage road and then bride path and
one for bicycles, and then again. the north
along the Plaza, another sidewalk?
II you think well OF the suggestion please bring
Il TO public notice. JOSEPH J. kITTEL.
New-York, March &C. 1897
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A GLARING RAILROAD ABUSE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The public ought to thank you FOR your able
editorials on THE Managers OF Rallronds' and
their delnGuenoies. ! suggest 10 you 10 touch on
another Vital point of this subject which comes
close to Wall Street, and without which TO dis
cussion OF railroad Encouragement is complete
In fact this is supposed 10 be ii main cause OF
most railroad wars" or OF their nrst outbreak
This ID no lees than short selling" OF railroad
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pREAsuRY DEPARTMENT. Office OF Com

missioner OF Imm'Sra,lon Ellis Island New fSfs h,
bor y " April :. lsoI.-Seaed proposals u o. ie
oeivd a, this Office unN o'clock Il. NJ on April w.
1901 opened Immediately thereafter. for Al IN, ia.o
and material used In the construction ~ garbage cie
tory al this station IN accordance with the awnss s'
spee,ncailons copies OF which can be se-n AT ms o.
PROPOSALS should I've inclosed In envelopes sesieu az,
marked Proposals :or construction OF garease etsso,
Ellis Island. New York liartor and aadrssseS M
Commissioner OF Immigration. Ellis Island NJ - W
J. H. .SENNER, Comm!ssons.
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s DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE Once ~ the secretary. Washins-
ton. d. C.. April iseIsealcd proposals IN daphcats
subject the usual conditions will be received at M
Office OF the Discussing Clerk until p M Thursday
May 1897 for furnishing the L. $ Department OF Agr.
and branches during the fiscal yea
ending 1898. the following supplies: Stationery
duplicating supplies printers material and sesed pockets
laboratory supplies: lumber and packing boxes. fuel
painters material: plumbers material tee forage; car
seas and hog rings; brooms, brushes, etc
nowerpots cleaning carpets and washing towels ,ele
graph supplies. nagsi instrument suppiee
maps map frames the purchase Of waste paper
Full Information with schedules and blanks De %
Accounts Division % ths
Department or the Weather Bureau Persons applying
should name the schedule ard specify the class % agtcs
upon which they desire 10 submit bids Bids b
sealed and addressed the Secretary OF Agriculture
accordance with instructions given ON schedules
JAMES WILSON
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7 INTERSTATE COMMERCE. COMMISSION,

Washington d. c., April 10. 1s07.-Seaed proposals
be received this Office until o'clock p; m Thurs
day May g. 1897. which time and place they will be
opened Of attending bidders for furnishing
the following supplies during the fiscal
ending June 80 Stationery ice, and such misce.
may be ordered. Bids are also Invited
Tor the purchase OF paper from the Commisson
and washing towels Bids will BE- considered on each
item separately The right reserved reject and
all bids to waive technical defects. and 10 accept
part OF any bid and reject the other part Blanks for
proposals specifications Of the requirements os
in TO each article and also the estimated
quantities. probably be required OF each. Will be fur.
nished on application 10 the Secretary. Responsible
curity be required FOR the faithful performance Of The
contracts. BY the Commission EDW. A. MOSELEY,
Socre
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DROpoSAIS will be received at the Burear

Of SUPPLE and Acc cunts. Navy Department Wash.
ington ID G. until i2 o'clock noon. April - 1897, ant
publicly opened Immediately thereafter to furnish at III
New YORK Navy hma Ss"i brsss hsr rnn NM" S,r ,sei
iobtn bronze seamless brass pipe brass hooks tws
drills window glass raging leather ather betting. pack
ng and paints Blank proposals viii he furnished upos
application the Navy ray once New York EDWIN
sr!L,vs ApI paxma Ceneral. L. y Y. B 26-ni
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~ this office until II O'Clock. noon OF Wednesday, hs
2ist day OF April 1891 Tor filling about 10000 cubic yai
h.hnd m. Bulkhead Wall at the United States Light
House Depot staten Island. New York, Form q pc
nosa and other Information be obtained appiea-
ion TO this Office The right 10 reserved to reject any OF
al bids and waive any defects. ID. L. HEAP. Lieut.
col Corps Engineers. L. A.. Engineer 81 l. H.
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,Bioomar-i understand that fully 20 per cent OF
ment relate directly or indirectly to the bicycle
=, spToc c yet believe nothing has been de.
viseo that Will prevent from feeling Iika a
FOOL when he falls off.-(Yonkers Statesman
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TRAvELLERS THROuGuoIT EI.Rop,

VIII una The -ibune On file leading Hotels and
a. he principal Banks Americans concentrating going
abroad should consult the European adyersements bcs
appear every sunday. Wednesday and SATURDAY. onl~
s-iec, ana feiiabe announcements published Yo,
soid much annoy ance and dissatisfaction caused by many
., me "ssted Guide Books Our London Office rs
rleet St. t. ca open TO all Tribune reades busness
or pleasures doesnt matter The welcome h The .ams
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Proposals.


RMY BUILDING, Whitehall ST., New York
"A CITY, April 12 1ss7.-sealed proposals. in tripcate.
will be received until II o'clock noon May II 1891
and then opened supplying 10000 feet inch rubber
hose with couplings 1000 feet pa inch rubber hose with
couplings 800 feet 2a inch cotton hose with COUPLINGS
Specincations &c be had this office. The United
States the right TO reject or accept any or al
PROPOSALS or any part Preference will be given
10 articles OF domestic production manufacture cond
lions quality and price ncudng In the price OF Foreign
productions and manufactures the duty thereon being
equal Envelopes containing proposals should te en-
dorsed proposals for Hose and addressed A.
KIMBALL O. NJ General.
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L Observation-Disclosures OF the Interior.
once OF Indian Affairs Washington ID. c.. April 3 1897.
Sealed proposals. endorsed Proposals for beef bids fs
be submitted separate envelopes Flour q
Transportation. Sc as the case may be. and directed
the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs. No. l2il state
ST. Chicago. Ms VIII be received until O'Clock ?. M
Service beef. -four bacon and other articles Of subs
ence also for agricultural implements harness.
hardware. medical supplies and long list OF mlsce.-
aneous articles also bids for the transportation ~ such
OF the articles goods and supplies may be
be delivered the agencies. Sealed Pro
posas endorsed Proposals for coffee, clohlns,
school books &c.. the may be. and directed e
the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs. Nos. - and Is
Wooster St. New York city. will be received until
o'clock p. Of Tuesday May IS, 1897, FOR furnishing
for the Indian Service coffee sugar tea rice beans,
cotton goods clothing notions hats and caps boots and
shoes. crockery and school books BIDS .e made
Government blanks. Schedules giving all Necessary
information for bidders will be furnished Application
10 the Indian Office in Washington Nos IL and IS
Wooster St. New York city. No l24l State St.. Chi
cago Tlls the Commssares OF Subsistence L. :. A.
Cheyenne. Leavenworth. Omaha 81. Louis and 80. Paul
the Posn,asters Sioux City Yankton Arkansas city
Caldwell. Topeka. Wichita and Tucson. Bids VIII b
opened at the days above stated and bidders invited
be present at the OPENINGS Certified checks-Ah od,
must be accompanied by certified checks drafts upon
some United States depository or solvent National Bari
for AT least FIVE PER CENT Of the of the pro-
posa. ID. II. BROWNING Commissioner.
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FURNISHED 6ouses 20 cet-Conntrn

ANNNrNeNcNNNrNoovN//r/|
Atlantic City.
no YOI- INTEND Spending the Summer AZ the Sea-
~ Shore II go. address /. G.. Adams Co.., Real
Estate Agents Atlantic city. y. J.. and they will give
Won full information concerning cottages to Of all
sizes and descriptions. few samples which offered
a particul irly low prices.
Cottage ohio between Atlantic ami Pacific fur
nsbed large bedrooms paror. dining room and kitchen
line ba sercn all modern conveniences; large yard oox
l55. nlenfv Of shade Rent for season, 500.
Fine cottage on 81. Charles Place furnished. bed
rooms par,or reception hall dining rnom Kitchen all
conveniences Rent for season. $500
enc ,,d nicely furnished OF O bed
,ooms IN Chelsea near Beach Rent for 500
Tun nne-room houses. located upper en-: i,a
c,,v. bedrooms all cOnveniences Tor 500 each foi
,., nd complete I'm every deall; 81 900 for season.
"a row house I'm Chelsea II rooms bedrooms. ocean
.a,r ssoO 'or seasnn ]. g. ADAMS A. CO.
NV Atlantic city y. J.
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Conntrp roprrtn 60 Get.


4 TO RENT.-Fine house, perfect order. hest street
a. in Flushing every room heated by warm water and
lighted by IL large bedrooms
i:ng-room w,ng-Toor library ana billiard room. ali
large light and well grouped. four bathrooms -four toilet
large ldters pantry kitchen 25xip laundry ok
L. bcyce-room beautiful grounds magnificent trees 30
high. extensive Views. charming summer and
winter home for large private family or weI-krpt
boarding house which could he kept full at al season.
unencumbered would exchange. II. C. HOWFI.IS Ma
ple-ave., Flushing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-12

>,sss,s Rroaker Chapman have just pub
ushed IN n neat octave the first volume OF THE
American Accountants Manual" II Is the work.
principally Of Mr.. Frank Breaker. his partner nav
ing assisted him 10 a certain extent Tho Dook 5
yell conceived. II advocates uniformity OF nc
counts which is as essentia! IN IT'S way as 'ne
,ne,rc svsten, IS IN the world Of weights and meas
,ras-.nd probably as hard TO secure. 1t Is ad-
n,rably divided and many important topics are
treated fully. under the following heads: Theory OF
Accounts, Practical Accounting, Auditing COM
merc!al Law Balance Sheets, Statements OF Anairs
and Scope Of Accounting. The book Is well printed
and should be of practical service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-12

NOR RENT-RdgeAeld. Conn, about mile from
Il station n hous, with double bedrooms. servants
rooms parIor hlnas laundry stationary tubs bath
room &C. with abu ldan water supply ana ample grounds
arcaard house completely furnished; SEQ n
ynar or 500 for six months Apply to s. SCIIEFFEIIN
ST'F,gBINg Murray-t. New York
INTENSIFIED HOUSE FOR RENT.-New Canaan.
conn !: bath; hot and cold water; 30 acres
D, nd lawn frui trees gardeners cOtiFge ana stable
H. G. THOMSON 10 Corandt-st
II from June Is 10 sept. ! Sly minutes from r. Y,
a ~ n H. II, Station. Bath laundry. hot and cold
water ga. ample grounds. esfe bathing mile distant
en- Long Island Sound. Apply 70 =, n. BREWER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-12

Among the auction sales scheduled to take place
this week at No. III Broadway, unless otherwise
specified, the following:
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A SPECIAL FEATURE OF
~ . HOTEL. LURAY.
Atlantic City, ". j., is heated SIM par,ox -. 49,.
Esplanade with unobstucted ocean view and
with the Hotel by an enclosed passage ~ "e'e'
JOSIAIl WHITE a SON
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-12

When DR.. Murray was approaching tho letter II
in his dictionary he received from Professor Skeat
the following lines. which have recently been pub
lished:
I'm glad that you've done-so I hear you say
With words that begin with ID,
And have left II. Il. 10 be Glad ana Gay
With the Glory that waits on G.:
And you laugh Ha! Ha, defying fate
As you tackle tho terrible aspirate
The II that appalls the Cockney crew,
Lancashire, Essex and Shropshire. too.
For they cannot abide the Hunters Horn.
And hold cen Heavenly Hosts in scorn;
And fear there some that can scarcely say
Why you didn't give Hat when you worked at A,
Whose utterance leaves some doubt between
The human Hair and an Air serene
The Harrow that creeps and the Arrow that nies.
The Heels where chllblsns wont to rise
And the nice fat Eels that are baked in pies!
We all rejoice on this New Years Day
TO hear you are fairly upon your way
TO Honor and Happiness, Hope and Health
would you were nearer TO Worldly Wealth.
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New publlratlons.

MISS NJ f. RAYscN. l.. A.
M Boarding day school for girls Small classes
College preparation Special students. 17e West 18th s.
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For Young Ladles-Country.

~ ERMAN HOME SCHOOL, az WEST ssTH STREET
SUMMER SCHOOL. WINTON. n Y.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-14

Under the operation of the civil service
rules established by the Police Department,
which maintains n separate Civil Service
Bureau of its own, there has been n large
infusion of :" countrymen :" into the police
force Of thist town, recently enlarged by the
addition Of 800 patrolmen, bringing up the
present number to 1897, with Ala higher
officials OF the grade Of Inspector, Captain,
Sergeant, and roundsman. The selection OF
patrolmen, or probationary patrolmen us
they are called before final appointment.
has been made largely from the ranks of
those who have not enjoyed the advantage
OF much personal acquaintance here, but
who, with the sturdy and adventurous
spirit OF country bred boys, came to New
York "to take their chances" OF getting
practically life positions with liberal pay. IL
they failed in the examination, they were
not worse Off than before.
The physical requisites for appointment
to the police, size, age, weight, freedom
from organic ailments, and sufficient power
of endurance, are likely to be satisfied by
such applicants. Country-brcd men may
not he in better health than those reared in
the city, but 1t is a fact that usually they
pass II better physical examination, because
OF their more regular habits of life and sim
pier fare. Nor are the countrymen likely
to be applicants for the places yielding a
salary of $1,000 the first year and running
thereafter up to 81 400 unless they are Of
good character and have received the rudi-
ments Of school education. So long ~ the
appointments from an eligible list prepared
by the Police Department Civil Service
Board went practically by favor, such can
didates were few; but under the present au-
tomato system of appointment from eligi-
BILE lists without recommendation or in
dorsement, they have become numerous.
Do countrymen make as good policemen
as those reared in the city itselfi As W.
have suggested, those who have been &C.
cepted are Of fine physical appearance, we'll
able to cope with criminals, II not always
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-14

enough, " the Governor-G General" says Mr..
vARoyA, " has the right TO veto all les reso-
buttons, and to suspend at will the elective
members"
The Porto Rico autonomists who went to
Madrid to obtain home rule are now said
TO be mortified at this poor sham OF a sub
%stitute, especially since the royal decree
putting the so-called reforms into force
for Ian. 1, 1897, really restricts even what
little the Abarzuza law, as passed by the
Cortes, intended to give. The bureaucracy,
the burdens on trade. the debt, the crush
ing taxation, the Spanish mockery Of an
electoral system, all remain, and the only
conclusion is that, as Spain never knew in
the past how to treat a colony. so she has
not learned. in spite Of the plaincst dictates
OF self.interest. to-day.
The true lesson from this Porto Rico trav-
esty on home rule Is that the CLEVELAND
negotiations with the Madrid Government
not only are futile, but are treacherous to-
ward Cubn and toward Congress. From the
first the patriots have insisted that It was
hopeless to seek any concession OF value
from Spain, and, indeed, far easier to win in
dependence by arms. That this, too. was the
view Of Congress is shown by its resolutions
adopted months ago. Will it now be tricked
by the limitations and the delaying,
%betraying tactics OF the Administrator into
a different attitude
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-14
A Populist Recantatiop.

As the Hon. WILLIAM ]. STONE. a rip
roaring Bryanite and scourge OF rusts and
plutocracy, %retires from the office OF Govern
or of the savaseiy Bryanite State of Mis-
souri,, he confesses to these unusual conclu-
sions Of his mind:
"Ihave seen much recently In the press that this
Legislature would be unusually hostile to corpora.
tions and other special interests To these reports I
have given little credence, but II l can venture to do
sowithout offence. l would advise that all legislation
should be along high lines and characterized by wise
conservatism and the spirit OF absolute Justice. The
State cannot aford TO make war on any legitimate In.
terest, for war means to tenr down and destroy. not
to create and build up The property OF corporations
Is the property OF tho citizen. IL Is entitled to the
same measure OF protection accorded the poss- ssions
OF Others. and should be required to bear only its
Just and equal proportion OF the public burdens.
Just laws for the government " corporations should
exist. but no law which unfairly against
them should be enacted. No important legislation
should be attempted until the situation II deals with
Is fully understood. and the effect OF the legislation
thoroughly weighed. The thing I counsel Is modera.
ton: the thing ! advise against Is injustice. A spirit
OF resentment should never give direction to public
policy, nor WELD an influence over those charged with
public functions"
Is the fire OF Populist fury fickering' Is
wealth not n curse, and are the owners of it
not robbers' DO two men incorporated into
one retain the original rights and securities
OF each and both Of them; and Is a man
who, having earned money, lends it, entitled
to receive 1t back again according to the Dor
rowers' agreement Is public justice to be
fixed, sure, and blind, instead OF being the
vote Of the majority Of members of
the Populist Reputation pay -as-you-please
party Has capital any rights which Popu-
lisih, christening itself labor, is bound to re-
spect? Gov. STONE evidently thinks SO,
and let all CALLED BRYANs vince.
The sentiments expressed by various
other Populist Governors on taking office,
before Gov. STONE had retired from his,
have shown that the recent triumph of hon
est money and Anti Organism expressed
the national sentiment much more ade-
quately than the popular vote by which
Mr.. MCKINLEY was chosen President.
The Populists are really better than they
knew. and as the evidence OF this spreads
over the country generally, the old founda-
tions for hope and prosperity will be cleared
for rebuilding. We may be happy yet.