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New-York tribune., 1897-06-26

Henry-st 6l It e OF Rutgers-st instruments $1,000
Same and wife to Abraham schlesinser. same ooo
Hannis' Eliza. and husband to william Kncbow,
johnson. ID George = aSI wife to the Manhattan
Of Vest End-ave / Year ................... 10000
Johnson. on HaIriette L. to isomaine Brown.
Kervan. Charles and wife Bradley & Currer
Company. W corner 7h-aye and liith-st de o.,z
Kic"Sa. i'' Ka,harne p to Robtrt F sstsf';
MdSer 1SoS'iiS Ei1aSe'G BETH H. % to J1dsan TcSa
Brook aye l25iCft 5 Of i,',h-;, year "oO"
nrnsrtv Genand ',.'..'............... 5000
'Ti it5y and ys denond 1000
MacNe,n J9'GPh and id wife e. to ot,otad Wss. EaS Coz %
80 ., hais o'f at roinam part Of go
81 AS r. of columbus ave demand. ....... 5000
is2i-st 2G6 It e Of i,h-ave dSrnari..,". s2eI
Mcdonald John ard Ellen TO Johanna Gunther. ,oon
=, corr er ihoGae and & NSeH i1s yyirc l"o
N2r5SSE si%psSSs a5 Il .; Westcheer~aSs de-
Nathan, Marcns and others to Title Guarantee
AmsterGan.-aye and corner isIth-s' and
Norton MAJ i ara FatrcS. to the 1aron de
Hirsch Fund, corner l27h-st and 3daye.
o'iIsa william \: and wiz to John sloane as
G5s'3ays is 4 &, Ps,9s..' ys'Ts 's 1900
Sam, 70 Edmund coffin suardIan OF William
Coffin Nelson-a'e. ise.ii It n Of Devoe-
BOVertpan
tors. etc. Of william ID BOvsrman Woody
2Oj. 10 Of pevoe-st. years. 400
Same 70 Ednund coffin. guardian of Henry COZ
hn Nelson ave. 20J.0 n n OF Dpvot-st 3
years ......................... $500
Same to sane. as guardian ~ WlliAm Conn.
Ncison-nve l.ii ~ n Of Devos-st years. $500
Ottmann. Christine. 10 louis Otmann executor,
OF William Otnann corner 10Th st and
Irving Pace years ......................". 4oooo
Peterson John Il. Arthur II Slgier. II 4 Briggs
ave % = of lot ~. map ot Briggs estate.
WillamshrlaRe l year..... .................... SIS
Peterson John II. to Arthur II Siger. lot i3. map
- the Briggs estate. W1llnmsbrdgc. year. SIS
Rahi Andrew. William " Rrownng trustee,
etc. of sarah Browning. 3ith ~, go Il W Of
l0th ave years. ZOO
Reeves Herbert. and wife 10 the Union Building
Loan and Savings Association. LOT No H.. map
II village OF Wakefield instruments. ........... 1000
Robertson. Donald. and Alexander Grant TO George
Fearing ard another. trustees ~ Amey
sheldon. i1ith-st. 213 II ~ Courandt ave.
St)z George. and wife t. Joseph Mlthsrn and
wife 5 i5tthst. la5 II ~ C0urtandt- ave.
years l00O0
s,ah,er Clara VI. tp Eglpuenne Ccntat, l5sth-
~, sO56 Il Of u uIevarl, year............ 1000
BUILDING PLANS FILED.
l.If4f ott.r. sI,,a haya hN.u
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
asents il)ante6.

r,s-, scr Telephone Tablet. Woncerfal spflIs.,
4 III tn.vcle specialtiss Pays $1,000 ysSty' f"'N''
- h' ;;SSiEr,1RY MFG. CO.. Cleveland. ONO.
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
BUILDING PLANS FILED.

Pans for buildings nni alterations have been
nci Il follows:
New BUILDINGS. main office:
Q9th ST, 8, 3I5 II e OF columbusaye. for two
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
Suburban nca! Gstate.

A GENCY-Mor tclar real estate. all kinds sale and
a CLARENCE r. TUBBS. Beekman-st.. NewYork.
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
JMlpMIlloG11lGlMu
PACIFIC MAIL s. s. co.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL s. g. co.
Between San Francisco. Shanghai Yokohoma and Hong
Kong
NlMnRlE GTEMM@MlP GO,

DELIGHTFUL OCEAN TRIPS.
Only direct line for Cottage Ci,y Mass and P9ruana
from Pier No. 49, T.. r.. az 3 y. NJ Tuesiay. Ihlrslay
and Saturday 'teamers stop az cottage clty eh ole;
the new = ! John Engs' sails Mondays and Fridays
for Portland DIRECT. Connections made for ar HA.e1r
Old Orchard Poland Spring White Mountains s. John
: b.. all Fast steamers tffet
with every modern Improvement for comfort and con-
yenence OF tourists The comfortable route nr all
points East necessitatns no changes: Tickets may ..
purchased at Maine s. s. Company's Once. NO 2'S
broadway az offce No. 222 South street opposite
.he pier Thos Cook Son. 2ol ana l--o Broaf"ay
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
N00K,S SELECT TOURS TO ETROPE.
LINE

VIA BOUI>OGNE-SUR Il MER. - -
,uS1rt-PT1 Il Saturday. June 2S. 10 n.
> :, M,AsTAM Saturday. July 3. 10 a m.
> irs cabin $72 80 ana upwarGs: second cabin $50:
fmss n. s26 Apply u Netherlands American Steam
sS,vigation CO.. 80 Bway. y.
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
0ountrp l)ropertp Dor Sale.

|tHANCE FOR A FORTUNE.-One thousand acres OF
- POca hontas Coal Lands in Mcdowell County, West
Virginia; SIS per acre. unncumbered title perfect. SKID
MORE'S REAL ESTATE BUREAU, 81 Park Row. New
York details.
NIASTONBURY. CONN.-Mnnechaug Hills. y miles
VI from Cortland Air Line Railroad; 500 acres; 100 in
nasure balance second growth timber 600 feet altitude;
four miles trout stream; and wocGcock shooting
MILLS 5C3 5thaye Picturesque out OF Town, oc post
y,FN AFIY " Modern s-room house Tor sale $4,000:
| viii rent WEATHERBY 27l Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26

FURNISHED Gouses 10 Cet-Conntrn.
AVON.BY-THE-SEA.
handsomely furnished Cottage. with 10 rooms and al
modern Improvements (atablc in to rent for tn.
season. OGDEN & CLARKSON, Pine ST. and l21 5tf
ave. New York.
"A residence fourteen rooms: stable. carriage ice
house cold laundry: running water; 2e aces o
ground astefuy laid out the whole overlooking Lake
Placid and Mirror Lake. and surrounded by 80 mountain
peaks fully furnished said to be the most charming place
In the Adirondack $500 the season. also smaller cot
tage s4OO Call CLARENCE NOBLE, 26 Cortlandt-st
COsEY Connecticut seashore resort for tired people
"A furnished cottages, moderate rent broad
plazzas trees beach, bathing boating. Circulars Prof
NORTHROP. Brooklyn Polytechnic.
BERKSHIRE HILLS.-To rcnt-A cottage; y.
hours New-York Sharon and Lakeville. Conn.,
fully furnished modern improvements situated between
beautiful lakes. with ton acres Of land: nne view OF
the Iitchneld and Berkshire Hills. 3s w. nth ST.
C,HEITER ISLAND.-Eegant summer home furnished
- for housekeepng shore Of Derings Harbor; nvt
minutes from Manhanse House. fifteen large rooms and
bathroom hot cold water. Grand grove OF shade
trees Beach front: free Of boat. Rent 5000 Ad-
dress C. H. BATEMAN, Shelter Island. y. Y, or q. 8
Cartwright. J. l2} Main St, Kansas CITY Mo.
vJNO RENT for summer furnished. the Jane Dyckmar
L place. Crugers; garden planted Address Mrs
W F. GALLAGHER. Crugers. ~ y
THE WYCHMERE COTTAGES.
Cane Cod well furnished careful sanitation COOL breezy
buT: among pine forests fine bathing j. Harw!chport.
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
OlTD DWR00EIOOGl GlMgo

DAILY TO NOKFDLK,
SHORTEST SEA TRIPS OUT OF NEW-fORK.
Delightful urs TO Old Point Comfort. Norfolk Newport
News PetersbIrg Portsmouth Pinners Point Richmond:
Beach Va and Washington y. G. Freight ana
steamers sail from 26 North Rve. every
yeekday exce-t Saturday p. NJ. and Saturday A
/, N w 1. GJIIIAUDEr. Vce-Prest and Trafte Ng-.
The Press., 1897-05-20
Alway. Play Cards For Money.

England is termed puritanical, |" said a New Yorker who has been in London a good deal, "but English peo- pie who consider themselves very prop CT do things sometimes which would shock people of a similar sort in this country. For instance, even clergymen often play cards for money, and women do so as a matter of course. I never played a game at an English house at which there was not stake.
 ''The stake was small if women were among the players, and possibly only a few shillings changed hands, but it never seemed to occur to any English people ever met to play for fun. The people were of the middle class, which is anything but fast.
 Fancy an American clergyman play ing cards for moneyi He would be con- sidered bad lot by many if he played cards even for fun. And certainly 8 young woman who arose from card table with a dollar, more or less, of 8 mans money in her possession would be considered fast, to say the least. ''- New York Sun
The Press., 1897-05-20
THE PLAYFUL SEAL.
Lots of Fun In Juggling Things In {

Lots of Fun In Juggling Things In the
 Water With Its Whiskers.
 Seals have on either side of the nose a little scattering bunch of whiskers or bristles something like cat s whiskers. The bristles of the hair scal-the species at the aquarium at Battery park-are not so long as those of the fur seal, but they are three or four inches in length, and they are white and slender and fiex- ible. The older of the aquarium seals, which has been there about 2h years, gets lot of fun out of its whiskers. It juggles things in the water with them for hours at a time.
 There may be floating in the pool a fragment of fish skin, for instance, left from the last feeding. The seal will swim under this and raise it on the tips of its slender bending whiskers The fragment floats away or dodges off with the agitation of the water caused by the seals motions. and the seal swings it's head under it and raises it again on it's whisker tips If it slides down a wave that the seal has raised, the seal swims after it. The seal is a very rapid and graceful swimmer. Sometimes this seal when it has tossed up the fragment of fish skin in this way will turn over in the water with a swift spiral movement and catch the fish skin on its bristles again when it comes up. It is some thing like man tossing things up in the air and then turning round and back in time to catch them when they come down.
 For hours at a time, as kitten plays with a ball, the seal juggles this frag- ment floating in the water. York Sun.
The Press., 1897-05-20
Music That Reaches Out.

There is some recompense even in pain that attends the living of colorless lives. There is a story of how visitor Go Amsterdam, wishing to hear the wonderful music of the chimes of St. Nicholas, went up in the tower of the church to hear it, and there he found a man with wooden gloves on his hands pounding the keyboard. It was all harsh and discordant when heard SO close by, yet all the while floating over the city were strains of enchanting music. Peo- pie in their homes were thrilled by wonderful bell notes that fell from the tower. So it is in life. There are many sweet souls shut in to pain and sorrow and others whose days are filled with dull, monotonous labor, who little dream of the music that reaches out and touches with it's sweetness other lives; music that comes from their pa- tient hammering away with wooden gloves on noisy keys that seem all out of tune. Surely sometime and some where will come to all such so much of sunshine, so smooth a path, that they will forget all the past in present bliss. Times.
The Press., 1897-05-20
BraziI'e ,Jungles.

The jungles of Central America and Brazil are masses of vegetation so dense that it is practically impossible to pene- trate them. Swain and his party, when crossing the isthmus of Darien, labored hard with their hatchets and machetes the whole of one day and achieved but half mile. In many parts of Central America the undeKgrowth renews itself 90 rapidly that it is almost impossible so keep a road open through it. In one instance, in Honduras, a road 16 feet wide was made by engineers and laborers through jungle, the under brush and vines being cut away even with the ground. Two weeks later, re- turning to complete the work by laying stones on the roadbed, they could rot find the road, the vines having com pIetely filled the vacant space.
The Press., 1897-05-20
SlopinR Shoulders.

And now, says a New York fashion writer, comes the disagreeable news that in foreign fashion centers sloping shoulders are to reign We have it on undoubted authority that the leop- ard cannot change his spots nor man add one cubit to his stature, yet will the modern exponent of fashion ex- srcise her ingenuity in the alteration of the anatomy above the shoulders. For many years we have worn our shoulders up to our ears, so to speak. Now all is to be changed, and the fashionable woman must assume the virtue of slop- ing shoulders, though she have it or not Seams from neck to shoulder point are to be heightened, and all fullness that remains in the top of the sleeve will tend ill down ward direction. The shoulderr proper will where they are, but will look as if they had received a direct impetus toward the elbow.
The Press., 1897-05-20
FRENCH ARMY AND NAVY.
England's Traditional Enemy Not Behind
 Her I'm Arr


 Her In Armament.
 The French navy ranks next to that of England in numbers while in eff ciency and fighting qualities the French ships are fully equal to their English rivals. In fact, in naval architecture the French early took the lead, and many of the English types of ships were mod eled after the French designs, says The Chautauquan. One of the chief differ ences between the English and the French armored ships today is in the disposition of the armor and the conse- quent design of the hull English de- signers have striven to protect the men working the guns, and to do this they have reduced the length of the ships armor. French and naval architects, on the other hand, have given little atten- tion to the protection of men and a great deal to the protection of the water line. Therefore they have reduced the breadth of the ships armor.
 It is worthy of note that France is the only great power which levies a tax on such of her citizens as either io not enlist in the standing army or wh enlist for a shorter term than three years Only those who are officially de- clared ''impecunious' are exempt from such tax. It is payable annually as long as the liability to service lasts, and the revenue from this source amounts to about 30, 900, 900 francs. or S6, 900, 900. annually.
 The officers of the French army re- ceive a very thorough education at the different military schools. At the head of these (although not exclusively mili- tary) stands the Polytechnic school in Paris, which admits 15O pupils annually after a competitive examination. The course occupies nine months in the year for two years.
 As it is impossible to keep under arms for three years the entire annual contin- gent of recruits, the law provides for the discharge of thoroughly trained men at the end of the first or second year of active service in such proportions as to bring down the peace strength of the army to the number annually determin- ed upon by the general assembly. Pref erences in this connection are decided by lot For this purpose every recruit at his enrolment draws a number, and only those having the highest numbers are entitled to consideration
The Press., 1897-05-20
Costumes of the spreewald.

Consul General De Kay writes a pa per entitled "An Inland Venice'' for The Century. It is description of life in the Serbian swamp, Vendland. MT De Kay says: "School out" at the will lage school of Burg is a pretty sight. The substantial brick building overlooks the ever murmuring highway, and the boys and girls, instead of stringing up a dusty road, tumble into punts and pole away for dear life-the boys much like other boys, but the girls reduced facsimiles of their mothers and elder sisters, clad in bright but short raiment and visible afar off thrc, ;heir strange mob caps with wings -4s one moves down stream from Burg by Leipe to Lubbenau, these wings grow smaller and collapse, while the skirts grow longer and more resemble the ordinary dress of women. At a dance the Spree walder knows instantly, by the pecul- iarities of her costume, from what viii lage a woman or girl has come. At Leipe the multudinous skirts of alarm ing girth are no more. The gown reaches the ankles, and the cap fits close to the head instead of resting on 8 framework as in Burg. Thus the dress in Leipe is perhaps more graceful, but it is more commonplace. It no longer testifes to that pride of the peasant father or hus band which is shown by the number of yards in the skirts of his woman folk and the variety of their caps, by the richness of their dress as well as thei1 jewelry
The Press., 1897-05-20
Mexican Railroads.

Charles H. Clark of the Hartford Courant, now travelling in Mexico, writes: "One custom prevails on this road that The Courant has long urged for Connecticut. Wherever they kill a man they put up a black cross. You see them all along the road; here 1, there B.; at one spot are IA Take Connecti- cut. with its 100 grade crossings and its annual butcheries, and before long we would have such an array of crosses that the grade crossing would have to go. Here, of course, the road is the rarity. No fence pens in the railroad. If anything is on the track, the engine removes it. A train hand told me that, one trip being late, they hurried, and in consequence killed three steers and five burros i'll eight hours All along the track are skeletons stripped by the turkey buzzards and whitened by the sun. But cattle are as plenty as they are big down this way.'
The Press., 1897-05-20
They Do Not Mind the Pennies.

Experience has made the men of the fruit stands overcautious in handling coin above the size of 10 cent piece. The larger pieces they will test upon the pavement or sink their teeth into in a tentative fashion. It is to be noted, however, that whenever a customer makes penny purchase they pocket his change without scanning it-almost hastily indeed. There is deep reason in this procedure.
 For one thing, nobody commercials the cent piece; it is too cheap. For an- other thing, the fruit dealer knows that no coin of smaller denomination is pass ing into his hands For 8 third thing, and this is the most important, there is always a chance that the customer is deceived himself and is handing over 8 nickel, dime or one of the minor gold pieces, under the impression that he is paying but penny. If he looKs satisfied and starts to go away, he is not likely to be called back to get the change. Oc- casionally some such involuntary wind fall comes the way of the fruit man. New York Mail and Express.
The Press., 1897-05-20
A Last Resort For Dinner.

For sheer originality in matters of food commend the following direo- tions, which one of the Parisian papers gave to its subscribers. The supplies were getting lower and lower in the Prussian girt city. Seine gudgeons would not bite, so the anglers took to the sewers. "Take long, strong line and large hook. Bait with tallow and gently agitate the rod. In a few min. utes a rat will come and smell the sa- vory morsel. It will be some time before he decides to swallow it, for his nature is cunning. When he does, leave him five minutes to mediate on it, then pull strongly and steadily. He will make convulsive jumps, but be calm and dc not let his excitement gain on you. Draw him up, ct voila votre diner. "- London News.
The Press., 1897-05-20
BETTING ON THE RAIN.
The Queerest Gambling Game In the
 World Is Played at Calcutta.

The oueerest Gambling Game In the
 World Is Played at Calcutta.
 One of the most curious forms of gambling in the world is "rain gam bling" which in the winter season of the year is at it's height in Calcutta The principal rain gambling den is in Cotton street, Burra bazaar.
 No one who has not visited the place can have any conception of the vast crowds which at every hour of the day and far into night pass in and out.
 The great majority are Mawaris, who are born speculators, but there are as we'll plenty of we'll to do Europeans, Eurasians, Jews, Armenians and Greeks and women too. All swarm into the small courtyard where this strange form of gambling is carried on, through a narrow entrance barely feet wide. The courtyard is about 200 feet square. The far famed tank with a spout falling into the courtyard is the one spot where all eyes are fixed. The tank stands at the edge of a second floor roof. It is about feet long by 4 feet wide and inches deep, with the spout opening in- ward, some or inches from the bot tom. From this it will be seen that it requires a pretty heavy downpour for at least ten minutes to cause the spout to flow. Intermittent drizzles, which partly fill this tank, do not count, as the shower to fill it must pour down un- interruptedly. and then the bets are won or lost.
 Chances are taken either for or against the spout running. A gray haired. wizened old man is the owner of the den, and there is another similar place across the road, only smaller. On the roof, over the fifth floor, there is 8 small, square watch tower, in which are stationed five or six men, whose duty is to scan the horizon closely and report on the formation of rainclouds. On these reports the odds rise or fall.
 A bet made and won one day is al ways paid the following morning. Everything seems to be 'on the square, '' and indeed there is little chance fol cheating. The odds range as high as to 75 on some days, even in the rainy season. Many have made fortune in g single day. One person won over e5, 900 in the course of few weeks. But he worked the system on scientific meth ods.-New York Herald.
The Press., 1897-05-20
ONE OF THE OLDEST SHIPS.
An American Bark Built In 1764 Still
 Doing Duty.

An American Bark Built Tn I764 Still
 Doing Duty.
 The bark True Love, built in Phila- delphia in I764, has been found upon search to be yet afioat in the capacity of coal hulk, engaged in active trade This discovery was made through a cas- ualty recorded ill the Maritime Exchange as follows: True Love, barge, was in collision with schooner Gravesend of London, of Gravesend. and had port quarter damaged to such an extent that it was found necessary to tow her into Rochester, and she arrived at that place in charge of the tug Commerce. The true Love has not only outlived her builders and their successors, but has also outlived every craft that was built in her time and for many years after ward, and this fact, coupled with the report that the historic craft is still en- gagged in active pursuits, places Phila- delphia at the very top notch as a ship building center.
 In 1764, when this famous old craft was launched on the banks of the Della ware, although her length was but 96 feet 8 inches, she was then the largest vessel of commerce that the Delaware had ever foated. Contrast this with the dimensions of the huge Hamburg Amer ican Packet company's steamship Penn sylvania, whose length is 587 feet, and one will be amazed with the magnitude of the modern ship of commerce. The True Love, upon being completed, sailed away from Philadelphia early in 1765, and no record is had of her return to this city until Aug. 22, 1873, when, at the age of l09 years, she came into port from Ivigtut, Greenland, with a cargo of kryolite in command of Captain Thomas Nathaniel, consigned to B. Crowley. She was discharged here and surveyed by the American Lloyds in October, 1873, and sailed away, never to return again. Upon her arrival short ly afterward in London she was sold and turned into a coal hulk, in which capacity she still serves
 The dimensions of this famous True Love are: Length, 96 feet 8 inches; beam, 26 feet 9 inches; depth of hold, IT feet. She measured 296 tons register, and, like all old craft, carried very lit tie more cargo
 The discovery that there was still afloat Philadelphia built vessel of such an age has caused much comment on the floors of the Maritime Exchange, and some shipping men are of the opin- ion that this old craft should, if possi- ble, be purchased as a relic. Records show that the True Love was for a time owned in Hull, England, by G Dahl previous to her purchase by John S. Ward of London, and during that time she was engaged ill the Baltic trade Philadelphia Press.
The Press., 1897-05-20
4 New Orlean. DeIi1ah.

A Coliseum square belle is the pos- sessor of distinctly remarkable sofa pillow. It is stuffed with the whiskers, boards and mustaches of admirers whom the fair one, under the pretense of test ing their affection, enticed into shaving clean. The collection of hirsutes in- cludes all colors. shades, lengths and degrees, from grave to gay, from gay to debonair-the scragg1y snow covered whiskers of ancient beaus, the lion tawny vandykes of middle aged men, the curling nustaches of early manhood and the downy fuzz of devoted but cal low youth-all jumbled together heart. lessly and remorselessly into strange, soft, multichromatio medley upon which madamoiselle reclines her pretty head with languorous faith in the effective ness of her patent method for dreaming dreams of her faithful and hairless band of gallants. New Orleans Times Dem ocrat.