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The times., 1897-11-18
B. & o. BULLETIN.
FxCrRsIoN RATES

baltimore and return, $l.OO. Sunday
next.
Philadelphia and return, $500. sunda y
next, 1t
The times., 1897-11-18

To prevent colds; Rubini's Pills, the great
preventive against pneumonia, pleuIisy,
bronchitis. colds In the head, etc. Wash
ington Homeopathic Pharmacy, 1907 II
street northwest. No branches. Tele-
uhone, 1893 uo3-tf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-26
RI,IIDING PLANS FILED.

Plans for new alterations have been filed
at the Department OF Buildings as follows;
New buildings, main office :,r, ,-,ck ora stone
s 'SnHs s2s1o'9 10 is Broad SO 900
4s THy st., AT'H's ss2e shsys for 1ips
s,o ~ S 81 na 9o isds 0i'
No IS hrG $40 for ave story and baseen!
brick tenement 2Sx7e2 pnGus I b2sss ~ S OF
iSs e. East isd-st owners; Frederick Pelham o, NM
Of No 500 shave. architect ,rc.:;ory S2''
74 Scs ho, f 81 saos Ht cnSfs.
e" R Eas, East SH s9ds G" architect 1900
Alterations. main Office ,u,o, ,no,,ro
stores 81 ' ssa to s. 9Esf ers
S S3 M sf S6 SOL 1 East ss,h-s 1900
Knssbrdse Road s9Re, ass Charles wssseck
e err Of No 212 ,2sths. owner Frank xn
Ma MSass Of No 90 ss hIss.o5y ana a's!s
eck dwelling with whet store Hcs I%s s!0Sa srauS
XG store snS ana II ot is nnoFy Sss
s q St Ss ss West ah
2dost No iss ree-soIy and basement ,os S Dd
sHs o%asr rfS 10 scs
s New d bSilainss branch ONCE:
DS S0r2s, . Hsnsy f Bs@n Of ny
sCs wasSns" owner: Frank p sabeiti nm
S No So cSn:n as s fI'HsSi
twc-and- a-haif- story frame dwellinss 2ox2s
a Taom osn e@Is% Of No 2sss
3i-aYe, architects o'VoV
ssai s sssS si0s
10 30 ,s4 c'o%r;iand,eave archtec, .."..... 1900
Morris ave. e 4. 10 II OF 196th-s for
two-and- half story frame dwelling 2sx44
William SIMMER Of No 2lS East 53d-st. owner
Charles II Richter. jr. Of No Madison-ave
Kossuth-ave. 8 g. so II e Of Byron-st. for a
a -haif-story frame dwelling, 36xJ0 Cecilia
a ID Neverhcr. Of Concord-st. owner: W
Mapes of White Plains-ave architect. 5000
Simpson-st. 2i7 II n OF Honest for three
story frame tenement. 2lx4S; Annette A Olsen,
No l.4So Milford Place owner; G o Olsen
Of No i.4so Mnford Place. architect -. 5000
Alterations branch office:
Southern Boulevard. No $50 TO a two-story frame
dwelling. store Bryan Lawrence estate
No 40 CHAM ers-st. owner; G Baxter & Son.
OF No $3.50 3d-ave architect. ................ 500
Longwood ave. W cor Barry-s 10 a tuo-story
frame dwelling. with store: Thomas Me.iady
Of premises. owner: Charles G Jorgensen, Of
No 2S3 Hoe-st architect .........,.......... 500
Washington-ave. y 3I6 II n Of 1Gsth-st. toa
two story and Attic frame dwelling: Mrs
Cbom. OF No LIS Washington IA owner:
u Baker. Of No 1925 East i3sih-s architect. 500
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-26

G0OMOMOTTW OGyN,
FISHERS ISLAND, y. Y. Opens June 10. I miles
ward. Very accessible Booklet q. 4. HOPES Bsthe-
hem. Pa.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
DAYS AND MONTHS TO GROW
LONGER

Professor G. II. Darwin leutured last
night in Huntingdon Hall to a Lowell
Institute audience on the subject of
tides in the earth. He showed with the
aid Of diagrams that the frictlonal re-
tardation Of the earth's revolution by
the action of the tides is to lengthen
the period of the rotation Of the earth
and at the same time to lengthen the
period Of the moons rotation round the
eaIth-that is, to lengthen both the day
and the month. But the lengthening of
the day will be much more rapid than
the lengthening Of the month, and
thus it will come about that when the
change has reached its maximum the
earth and the moon will each revOlve
once in a period of fifty-fve Of our
present days, the moon having always
the same face toward the earth.
A similar cycle Of changes had been
gone through by moon and earth in the
past. There was once a time when the
moon revOlved very near TO the earth s
surface, moon and earth going round
one another in from three to five hours.
The total period of the change was esi-
mated at from 100000 to 6,O0O, 600
years.-BOstcn Herald.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
YALE WINS THE DEBATE.
She Defeats Harvard In the Annual Fo-
rensic Contest.

NEW HAVEN, Dec. 4-Yale oratory
carried an intercollegiate audience by
storm here last evening, the home de-
baters winning their tenth meeting with
Harvard in a close and spirited forensic
contest on the question, Resolved,
That the United States should annex
the Hawaiian Islands,"
Yale defended the negative side
which won the battle. This is Yale's
third victory over Harvard during the
ten years.
The debate was held in College Street
hall, which was filled with a representa-
tive audience. Many Of the distinguish
ed alumni OF both universities We're in
attendance, while many statesmen Of
even national reputation were interest
ed listeners to the discussion of the
question by the collegians. Hon.
Chaunccy NJ. Depew, Yale. Sc, presid-
ed with his usual grace and wit.
Yales strong attack on Harvard's ar
gument was her denial that the posses
sion cf the Hawaiians Islands would
strengthen thiscountry from a strategic
point. but that the possession Of the
islands would weaken her and cause
her a vast item Of expense in defending
them.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
mic s1BERIAN RA1IwAY.

The difficulties consist not only in
the construction Of the line, but in the
fact that much of what has already
been built has from one cause or an
other proved to be a loss of labor and
money. For instance, large sections OF
the portion recently constructed in
the valleys of the Amur Shilka were
washed away by floods this Spring,
and. will have to be rebuilt. The con-
troll of expenditure on the Siberian
railway appears to leave much to be
desired. For example. it has been de-
cided to adopt a system for carrying
trains bodily across Lake Baikal The
engineers appear to have forgotten
that in Lake Biakal, owing to the in
tense severity of the climate during
many months of the year, the ice forms
at the bottom of the lake and afterward
rises. The most competent authorities
declare that it would be impossible to
keep a passage clear. Again, in con-
nection with the work in this neigh
bOrhood an enormous number of cast
ings were ordered from a foreign firm,
which has been surprised at the rep
etition, four or five times running, Of
orders of the same castings. They had
to be brought by sledge over some
2000 versts and the drivers, in presence
Of the difficulties of the road, tighten
ed their sledges by throwing over
board a portion of their freight A
gentleman, who traversed the road
toward the end of last Winter, reported
that when the snow melted the whole
track would be found strewn with
valuable material which had been
recklessly thrown away. This is mere
ly a sample of the general lack of SUI
pervision, and although the present
minister Of ways and communications
Is an exceedingly capable and energet-
ic man, he would doubtless be the first
to acknowledge. if he ventured to speak
out his mind. that it is altogether inn
possible to exercise control over Rus
sian peasants and officials some thou
sands Of miles away.-LondOn Times.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
Genernl n1anco,s New soheme.

MADRID, Dec. 4.-The newspapers
publish the following, which is much
commented upon: Captain General
Blanco has cabled the government that,
knowing that General Correa, minister
OF war, is opposed to sending further
re-enforcements. he has studied the
means Of creating a volunteer corps Of
whites and negroes who would reply to
the guerrilla tactics of the rebels by
similar warfare, but he would need for
this undertaking 100000 pesetas
monthly. He is convinced that by max
ing such a pecuniary effort Cuba, ex-
cept in the eastern part. would be paci-
fed by June next when the local gov
ernment could finish the war"
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
The Situation at Vienna.

VIENNA. Dec. 4.-Herr Kramarsh
vice president Of the reichsrath, de-
clares that neither he nor DR.. Won
Abrahamovics, its president, will resign
in the face of mob intimidation. He
considers, however, that it will be i'm
possible to carry the Ausgelich (Austro-
Hungarian compromise bilD in the
reichsrath and that the present ar
rangement with Hungary will have to
be prolonged by imperial decree with
out the assent of the reichsrath. This
probably means the indefinite prorOga-
tion of that body and the reign of some
thing like absolute government. The
enforcement of the standrecht, the sys-
TEN of summary trial without appeal.
at Prague speedily quieted the dis
turbances there. -Four rioters who were
arrested yesterday were tried and SEN
fenced to 20 years penal servitude.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
He WANTED TO MARRY.
Son Arrested Tor Murderously Assault.
ing His Father and Mother.

ing His Father and Mother.
LOWELL. Mass. Dec. 4.-The excite
ment which prevailed in this city yes
terday when it became known that
Edwin A. Howe. a popular letter car
rier. and his wife had been murderously
assaulted by burglars, whom they had
interrupted i'm the work OF robbing the
residence Of Mr.. and slrs. Howe on re-
turning from an entertainment, was
greatly Increased when Alfred Howe,
son of the victims of the affair was
placed under arrest. charged with as
sault with intent to kill upon his father
and mother.
The arrest was the result of an inves-
tigation by the police which disclosed
the fact that on Wednesday night Mr..
Howe, who had been awakened by some
noise, found several Of the gas burners
wide open. He could not explain how
they came so, as they were turned off
when the family retired. Later the sill
verware. which was missing and which
il was thought the burglars had taken,
was found hidden under a woodpile in
the cellar. Then young Howe was ar
rested.
The police say that they have learned
that Howe. who Is n years of age has
been thinking of marriage for some
time, but has been unable to carry out
his wishes through lack Qf money. They
refer to the fact that Mr.. and Mrs.
Howe both carry life insurance, as hav-
ing an important bearing on the case.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
Prnotloea nredLcIne 1llernllr.

PROVIDENCE, Dec. 4-William An
thony, Edward Kennedy and David
Anthony, three Christian Scientists,
have been adjudged probably guilty OF
illegally practicing medicine. After a
hearing in the Sixth district court
they were bound over to a higher
court During the hearing counsel for
the defense raised the question of ju-
risdiction, since, it was urged. the law
as interpreted by the state medical
board interfered with the religious lib
erty Of the defendants. The case has
caused a great deal of interest.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
Special Session called by TANNER.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Dec. 4-Gover-
nor Tanner late yesterday afternoon is
sued a proclamation calling a special
session of the general assembly to meet
here Dec. z. The session is called to
consider amendments TO the laws for
the assessment Of property for taxa
ton and regulating the manner Of con-
Quoting primary elections and 10 pass
a reapportionment bill The governor
will also ask for an appropriation to
defray the expense Of testing the con-
stitutionality of the inheritance tax
law and its enforcement.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
rhe nlsorders 1n nohemln.

PRAGUE, Bohemia, Dec. 4.-Reports
from various places in Bohemia, includ-
ing New Bidschow. Melnik.and Kralup.
tell of disturbances during the last few
days, the houses Of Germans and Jews
being attacked by the Czechs. The Ger
mans of Bodenbach made reprisals in
the neighboring Bohemian village of
Kroeglitz. where a school, two inns and
a shop were attacked. number of peo-
pie being injured despite the interven-
tion of the police and burgomaster.
The Germans also fomented riots at
Gablonz, stoning a Bohemian school.
It was necessary to call out the troops
to quell the disturbance.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
Engagement of Society Folk Announced

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.-The en-
gagement is announced of Mrs. John r.
Fell TO Mr.. Alexander Van Rensselaer,.
Mrs. Fell is the daughter of the late
Anthony ]. Drexel and is one of the
most conspicuous figures in the social
world. Her beautiful house at Eight
eenth and Walnut streets has just been
constructed and bids fair to rank
among the handsomest residences in
this country. Her country place Camp
Hill, is also a model of beauty and
comfort. Mrs. Fell passes much of her
time on board her yacht, the May and
last winter she took a party of friends
with her. who passed the winter in
cruising about the Mediterranean. Mr..
Van Rensselaer, is a member of the
well known New York family of that
name. While his home is in Burling-
ton. n. j., much of his time is passed
in Philadelphia and New York. He IS
a member of a number of the best
known clubs in both cities.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
Neu Iine nf stenmers.

BANGOR, Me-, Dec Anew York
and Philadelphia capitalists will put on
a line of steamers between Bangor and
New York in few weeks. A new steel
propeller to be called the Aroostook is
said to be in process OF construction in
Philadelphia, and another steamer has
been leased to run until the new one is
completed
Evening journal., 1897-12-04

I'VE know Of no review published, In this
country or In Europe, which combines so success-
fully al the AMERicAN Monthly the alcrtncss,
tlmeliness. and energy Of journalism with tho
sound iudgment carefully weighed opinion exact
knowledge and well-chosen English Of The purely
literary periodical The Culook.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
Arrnnrlnr a Ront Rnce.

NEW HAVEN. Dec 4.-Captain
Payne Whitney Of the Yale crew says
that word has been sent to Harvard
relative to the receipt of Cornelrs chal-
lenge and asking for a date to be named
by Harvard when the universities can
meet for a conference. Harvard's an
swer has not yet been received at Yale
Mr.. Whitney stated that he did not ex-
pect that the conference could be ar
ranged before next week.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
Fourth ems. postmnsters.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4-The follow
ing fourth class postmasters have been
appointed: Connecticut-Plai Ed
ward E. Ashley. New York-East RAN
dolph. Daniel A. Hazard; Stratford.
Bliss Kibbe. nsylvania-Lawrence
vile, Eva ]. Beeman.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04

It may save trouble to examine your
purchase before it is wrapped. Then
you can be certain that you get what
you ask for, and not a substitute.
Evening journal., 1897-12-04

A good article is rarely dear at the
price asked. A bad one is costly on
any terms. See that you receive what
you call for. ss- sHA
Evening journal., 1897-12-04
senator Hanna Better.

CLEVELAND. Dec. 4.-Senator NJ. A.
Hanna continues TO improve, but says
that he does not know when he win be
able to be out. His return to Washing
ton is indefinite.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-09
PeeulIarItIes Of Early Rulers.

Henry !. was called "Beauclerk,"
because he was one Of the few Kings
Of his time who could read and write.
Shah Sophi, of Persia had n black
eye and the other blue. this difference
being natural, and not the result OF
accident or design.
Queen Anne was SO redfaced from
her love Of brandy that her not too
respectful subjects called her brandy
Nan"
Alexander the Great had q large
mole on the right side OF his neck. 1t
was regarded by his contemporaries as
a sign Of good luck.
Richard Ill. was commonly supposed
to have been a hunchback, but accord.
ing to some authorities was q well
made, handsome man.
Anastasius rarely spoke. 1t is be-
lieved thai he had some defect OF the
vocal organs. He communicated with
his attendants by writing.
Louis XIII. could not grow o beard,
and in compliment to the Kings
smooth face the courtiers all shaved,
and beardless faces were the fashion
during his reign.
Caligula was o maniac. For nights
together he would walk the halls of his
palace unable to sleep, alternately
cursing the night and praying for the
day.
The first fourteen Roman Emperori
all shaved their faces clean. There il
a portrait bust representing Nero with
q beard, but it is not believed to BIZ
authentic.
Jaropolk, one of the early Kings o.
Russia. had only about half a love-
jaw, the remainder having been cut OF
by a sabre stroke during a fight will
the Turks.
A.tila. the Hun, had q nose SO shor'
that from the front it presented thu
appearance of two holes in the middle
Of his eountenance, surmounted by
small wart.
Charles LIE Chauve was completed,
bald. 1t is said he had nota single hal
on his head OF face. Eyebrows AM
lashes were both completely lacking
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-09
TIE DEMON or THE HOME.

When the demon OF drink enters the home
tho angel Of peace departs; poverty follows
In the demons wake, for drink Is a spend
thrift vice. 1t Is terrible to ruin the home.
but 1t Is more terrible to ruin the soul, that
spark OF Gods intelligence. We despise the
thief; we shrink in horror from the murderer.
but they are men. But the drunkard-who
will say that this unloving, unthinking, un.
reasoning thing is a mann God made man
little less than the angels, but the drunkard
makes himself little less thar the brute. The
demon Of drink goes up to high heaven aud
deies the mercy Of God, for no drunkard can
snter the kingdom OF heaven. The lower
side of the drunkard's grave empties Into
hell. There are seventy-fve thousand drunk
ards going down to their graves every year.
II this is what drink will do, what will you
io2 We cannot sit down and fold our hands.
II we have q heart that loves humanity We
must do something, and there Is one thing
we can do; we can abstain from the use OF
Intoxicating liquors. The way to straighten
u crooked stick ia to bend 1t in the opposite
direction. II you are strong. give to your
neighbor Of your strength II he is weak
Rev. A. p, Doyle,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-09

1t Is lunch-time on a famous transatlantic
%''iier." q ship well nigh 600 feet long, with
engines OF 10000 horse power aud 1900 voy-
ayers, writes Frances E. Willard: "Here are
your table tickets" said the steward. and a
minute later l found myself seated Mt the
captains right hand. Tho distinction sur
prised me, for 1t was usually given to some
famous politician, noted capitalist, or So
ciety lender. A tee-totaler and temperance
reformer is the last one to be thus honored,
for tho captain generally takes a glass OF
wine at dinner, and II he does not his guests
are likely to do 80. But this time our cap
tain was a strict total abstainer. We talked
Of his career. He had risen from ''before the
mast" until he bad now been for years cap
tain OF a first-class ocean greyhound" aud
he told me that he owed 1t all to his clean
habits. When he first began to rise the ship
on which he was an officer put into the port
Of San francisco, and as 1t was IA great
day." all the men were drinking the captain
leading an asking him to celebrate" ~
did not know but 1t would cost me my
chance" he told me, ''but l could not go
back upon my training, and sail, Captain,
/ never touched a drop in my life, and 1 can't
begin now" Upon this the captain clapped
him on the shoulder and said, II wish that
the same was true OF me-"
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-09
REGRArr1se OLD APPLE TREES

So long as MI apple tree has a sound
body, it will well pay to regraft if the
fruit is OF n kind that does not bear
we'll or is not a good seller in the
market. There is some choice in the
varieties to graft, and it depends o
good deal on the stock. Ii it is o
young and extra thrifty tree that is to
lie regrafted, We would take two years
to do the work, cutting out half of tho
tree each year. and would put in
scious of the 20.ounce, Baldwin or
Greening, these being all thrifty trees
and reasonably early bearers. Bat for
an old and unthrifty tree We would
recommend grating with the Northern
Spy, which il root grated and on its
own roots takes n long time to come
into bearing. But if top grated on
"a old tree it will begin to bear the
second or third year after the gsatts
are set, aud viii contssue to produce
crops of good fruit Cor many years.
The Northern Spy is SO thrifty o
grower that it will make sufficient top
on an old, unthrifty tree, without les
SEEMING the fruit crop. On the other
hand, the less thrifty sorts will not
make sufficient call on the old stock
to incite it to activity, and therefore
the fruit crop will not only be small,
but the trees SO grated will die with.
in two or three |years. Guilt
yator.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-09
Electricity in Medicine.

The enormous strides made by the
new force in commerce and Industries
Of late years have been to a certain
extent, paralleled by the application
of electricity in medicine and surgery,
The electric motor turns the drill o,
the dentist, bores out all the noses OF
mankind in the hands OF the
rhiuologist, and may u the saw
and the trephlne OF the surgeon. The
electric light is made to illuminate ali
the cavities and interiors OF the hu'
man body, so that "the pestllence
that walketh in darkness" in the black
recesses of our viscera is sought ont
and driven nway by the electric
searchlight. 1t is nothing now to put
IN endoscope into the stomach ana
sc~rutinize it's walls from one end to the
other, and in a dark room the very size
of the stomach is determined by the
translumination of the abdominal
walls when the light is turned on In
side of that viscus.
Electricity furnishes heat for the
csutery, with which morbid surfaces
may be healed. wounds stimulated and
tumors extirpated.
The e~lectrolytic needle removes the
hair OF the bearded woman, eradicates
birth-marks, decomposes tumors, CO.
agulates aneurisms, and, in its most
romantic role, manufactures those
most desired ornaments of the femi'
nine physiognomy-lovely dimples.
The electro magnet pulls out the
beam from our neighbours eye when
the beam is in the shape of a piece OF
iron, and when the operation is IN
diligently directed by the ophthal'
mologist. 1t may hunt up and draw
out wandering needles.
Electricity has considerable value as
a means of diagnosis in many neuro'
logical conditions. Then, too. in the
surgery of the brain and spinal cord,
which has newly sprung into existence,
electric stimulation of parts of the
brain and of nerve roots is very VAL
liable in localizing the exact region to
be operated upon.
Altogether, electricity occupies an
extensive place in the armamentarlum
of u physician, and it is considered OF
paramount importance by the medl-
cal students of the dsy.-Home Queen.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-09
Pcddliur Electricity.

In disposing of the immense quanti-
ties Of electrical energy yielded by
Niagara Falls it has been found profit-
able to organize a local company to
buy the electricity at wholesale aad
sell it at retail. The profit of peddling
electricity at retail prices is said to be
considerable. The idea may be elabo-
rated and developed indefinitely where
ever electricity is supplied in very
large bulk. New York World.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-09
sArIya rnEE rors ron k1xpn1sa.

1t is natural for American farmers,
when clearing land, to pile the brush
from tree tops in heaps and burn it as
the easiest way to dispose OF a nui-
ance. Yet, when cut tino and dried,
as this brush can be very easily, it
makes the best possible kindling. The
fact that it cannot be ~compacted close
together makes it worth all the more
as kindliug for the larger pieces Of
wool that are required to kindle fire
in hard coal. The pile of brush that
goes up in smoke in a few minutes
will sell for 81 or more when cut up
and bound iu small bundles for sale to
city coal consumers. American Guilt
yatOr.