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TRIALS AND JUDGMENTS—INTER
ESTING EVIDENCE.
The Board of Fir© Commissioners met in regular
weekly session on Wednesday last, with all the
Commissioners present.
Mr. E. 8. Savage, the general bookkeeper of the
department, reported that the total amount to be
disbursed for all purposes of the department for th©
month of August, was $123,097.91.
The Board then proceeded to hear th© following
trials :
THE ••SLUGGER” AGAIN.
Fireman Patrick F. Henry, of Hook and Ladder
Company No. 15, who was tried last week for
•'slugging” Captain Murray and for other serious
offenses (for which see New York Dispatch of last
week,) and whose case was referred to the medical
officers of the Board to ascertain his mental respon
sibility. had another hearing at this meeting.
Medical Officer Frank L. Ives, being sworn, said:
" The medical officers had a very careful and com
plete examination into the mental condition of
Fireman Henry, and upon looking at the records at
these headquarters we found that he bad been hurt
at a fire some years ago. In our examination we
found that there were no evidences of insanity in
his case, and w© attribute his alleged eccentric con
duct to indulging in a naturally quarrelsome dis
position, aggravated by over-indulgence in alco
holic stimulants, and our views wore borne out by
the different officers in whose companies Henry had
served.”
Being cross-examined by Henry s counsel. Dr.
Ives said : ’• Henry was not of unsound mind the
day he committed those offenses. From the evidences
upon the examination of his condition and from
that alone I have not heard of cases of people being
hurt at times showing signs of insanity. It was
possible, but this was not a case of that kind. At
the hospital his injuries seemed to be chiefly burns
on his hands. I don't know about Henry being a
drinking man further than what Captain Sullivan’s
testimony showed.”
President Purroy then looked upon Henry s
record on -the back of the charges and it showed
that he had been tried before tor being under the
influence of liquor, and he asked Dr. Ives if the
opinion of the sanity of Henry was the joint one of
the whole medical board and the doctor said it was.
Being re-cross-examined, Dr. Ives added: "My
experience in insanity cases has been among or
dinary cases only, and I am not an expert in such
oases. I have had in all, three cases where the
question of sanity has been brought up before me,
but I claim no specialty in regard to insane cases.”
Fireman Patrick J. Dunn testified: "I was on
house-watch on the day in question. I saw Henry
asleep up stairs in the sitting-room. Captain Mur
ray came in and asked lor Henry, who shortly after
ward came down stairs. Henry caught hold of the
captain and hit him in the face. I separated them
and Henry was taken out of the bouse by two po
licemen. I know nothing of Henry being intoxi
cated. The captain catted me and said • Come here
and take this man away from me.’ Henry had both
arms around the captain’s body and was dragging
him away. I said • What's the matter with you,
Paddy, go up stairs.’ He did so.”
Assistant Foreman John 8. Horan testified —
•'Henry was intoxicated in every way, and he
•bowed it. He was asleep on two chairs in the sit
ting room. I shook him hard and rubbed his ears
before getting him awake, and I stood him upon
his feet. I told him to go down stairs and report
upon the apparatus floor. He put on his hat and
coat. The captain then read to him the order sus
pending him from pay and duty, and be handed it
to Henry to read it, and Henry then tore it into
pieces and put them into his pocket. The captain
said • Here, here—that don’t belong to you, it was
only given to you to read.’ He then struck the
captain with his fist in the face, and I threw him
down. He wanted to get at the captain again and 1
would not let him. I wanted to get him out of the
house so that he could not assault the captain any
more.”
Fireman Benjamin.F. Morris testified—"l was on
house-watch at six o'clock. The captain told me to
enter upon the ‘Journal’ the suspension order of
Henry, and he (Henry) said, • No, that’s me.’ I then
heard a blow given. The captain and Henry then
had hold of each other. Horan ran Henry right in
tho corner. I saw blood afterward on the captain’s
Dose and face. Henry had no marks of any kind on
his face. After this Henry went up stairs, changed
his clothes, and went out of the house.
Fireman Lynch testified—•* I did not see either of
the assaults. The captain called for me two or
three times. They were embracing each other, but
by no means in a friendly way. The captain told
me to separate them, which I did. I know nothing
of Henry being intoxicated or of tearing up the
suspension order.”
Henry’s record was then read, it was a foot in
length, containing a very large number of charges,
and fines imposed, by which it appeared he had
been fined twelve day’s loss of pay.
Captain Thomas Sullivan testified—" I know’
Henry very well; he was under me for very nearly
two years, and while in my company he was very
contrary and acted as though he had been drinking.
Sometimes he was very cranky and had fire in his
eye, as if from drink. I asked tho Board to transfer
him from my company so as to get him out of the
hands of his friends, for he drank too much, and no
doubt would get along better under another officer.
I believed that when be drank two or three glasses
of liquor be was not of sound mind and any change
in his natural manner was from drink, and not
from the wounds he had received at the fire referred
to. He never complained of his head. He is a
sane man, and a good one out of liquor.”
Henry’s counsel here said that his client re
quested an adjournment so that he might be ex
amined as to his sanity, that is, to be examined by
an expert. Dr. Spitska for instance.
President Purroy—" Well, we don’t want any
certificate, we want the expert right here where we
can cross-examine him.”
The counsel then said--" Well, we will now rest
our case.”
President Purroy—“lf you rest your case to-day,
the testimony taken thoroughly proves the charges.
We have already given you an adjournment, but if
you want another, we will give it you.”
Counsel said it would cost a great deal, about
$25, to get an expert. President Purroy said no,
they could get a good one, Dr. Hammond, for in
stance, for $lO.
The counsel said, "Very well, we will got an ex
pert and have him here next Wednesday.”
President Purroy—"All right, we will have our
medical officers here too, and the case stands ad
journed until Wednesday next.”
A LONG ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE.
The case of Fireman Bertin M. Pettitt, of Engine
Company No. 33, who was charged with being ab
sent without leave for 156 hours between Aug. 15th
and 27th, adjourned from last week, was again call
ed up, but to it was added another charge, which
was that of sending a messenger to the engine
bouse and asking for another leave of absence for
the reason that his father had been taken suddenly
ill, and had in consequence to go to Albany with
him. This request was granted him, and the story
has proved to be a false one, and it was told for the
purpose of deceiving the captain to induce him to
grant the leave asked for, and at the same time to
conceal from the captain that the accused was, at
the time, under the influence of liquor.
& Pettit pleaded guilty to all the charges and said :
•■ Seven weeks ago I was married, and I have had a
great deal of trouble of a private nature, and I can
not tell it here, and it has affected me very much
and makes me lose control of myself. I went home
on the afternoon of the 15th of Auguet and things
did not go on as I wished they might. I then drank
two milk punches and fell asleep. When I woke up
I was very sick, and heard that charges had been
made against me. I did not know' what the rules
were, but send.ng in my resignation, I thought I
could stay away as long as 1 wished. I afterward
heard differently and reported for duty. I have
been in the department only four months. The
message about my father being sick was sent by my
wife, she thinking it might get me into trouble. I
have had trouble with my wile’s relatives. None of
the messages were sent by me, but they were sent
either by my wife or her brother. I allowed the
messages to stand and did not correct them.”
Captain Birmingham testified: "On the 14th of
August Pettit asked for twelve hours’ leave of ab
sence, saying he wanted to see his father to tell him
about getting married. I gave him the leave. That
night a man came in quarters and said that Pettit's
father was sick and Pettit had to go out of the city
with him and wanted twelve hours more leave
granted him. Other messages came in, and among
them one that Pettit was in Albany and wanted
more leave given him, as he could not get back to
the city in time. Chief McGill thought something
was wrong and sent a man to Pettit’s house. The
man found Pettit home in bed. The man told Pettit
he had better go to quarters and report for duty.
Pettit said, ‘How can I go; I am supposed to be in
Albany now.’ ” (Great laughter.)
Captain Birmingham—" He said something to me
•bout some trouble he had had with his mother-in
law.’’
President Purroy to Pettit—" Do you want to pre
sent your resignation to the Board now ?”
Pottit—" Yes, sir. - ’
President Purroy—•• Very well; the resignation is
accepted. It is a good thing you have done so, for
if you can’t control your private affairs you are not
a fit man for the service. The charges are dis
missed and the resignation is accepted.”
DID NOT PAY ATTENTION.
Engineer Joseph Creagle, of Engine Company No.
47, was charged with failing to notice a letter which
was sent to him by the Board relative to his settling
a claim which he owed.
He pleaded guilty, and said: " At the time I got
the notice my child was sick and subsequently
died. I forgot to answer the notice at once for
these reasons. I will pay the amount the next pay
day, and I intended no discourtesy to the Board.”
President Purroy—" I want you to understand
that for these offenses committed by you, for they
are many, you will be punished, so that you will
find out that it will be more expensive for you to
disregard the rules than it will be to pay your
debts.”
He was then fined two days’ pay.
MORE ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE.
Fireman William H. Dennis, of Hook and Ladder
Company No. 2. was charged with being absent
without leave for three Lours and ten minutes on
August 28.
He pleaded guilty, and said: "My baby had the
cAo.era infantum, I went for the doctor, and over
stayed my time. I got so excited I forgot to tell the
officer in command of the company.”
He was fined two days’ pay.
DID NOT PAY UP.
Assistant Foreman Charles W. Cruger, of Hook
and Ladder Company No. 9, was charged with fail
ing to satisfy two claims for money, one lor SIBO,
and the other for $42.50.
He pleaded guilty, and said: "I had been expect
ing some money for a great while, but it did not
come, so I could not keep my agreement.”
President Purroy—-"This is a chronic offence with
you. You don’t pay your debts. When you make
an agreement you don’t keep it. The only way is
to punish you by fining you so much, you will find
it cheaper to pay your debts than to be fined here.
You had better adopt that course hereafter.”
He has been fined two days’ pay.
THE NEW HEADQUARTERS.
Architect Le Brun here appeared before tho Board
aud said contractor Brady had not been as expedi
tious in his work on the new headquarters as he
should have been, hence the certificate for his pay
had been withheld.
Contractor Brady said that Air work was very
nearly finished, as he could show tho Board, and he
ought to have his money.
Finally it was agreed that commissioner Smith
and architect Le Brun would go to the building and
see how far Brady had carried out his contract.
The Board then adjourned.
RETIRED.
In consequence of having a broken ankle and
being crippled with inflammatory rheumatism, the
Boards Friday retired from all active duty Fire
man Alphonso Doncount, of Engine Co. No. 8.
HOSE.
The Board were to have opened proposals and
awarded a contract on Friday for the supply of
4,000 feet of two aud one-half inch seamless cotton
fabric rubber lined hose, with coupling standards
attached, but owing to the absence of a quorum of
the members the matter was postponed until next
Wednesday.
SICK FIREMEN.
The medical officers reported on Friday that there
were thirty-three sick and injured officers and mon
in the department, but that none of the cases were
of a serious nature.
CONNECTED BY TELEGRAPH.
Upon the request of the officers of the Consoli
dated Gas Light Co., who have their offices at Nos.
fts and 157 Hester street, the Board ordered that the
same should be connected with the Headquarters
by the fire alarm telegraph.
ARRIVAL OF AN OLD FIREMAN.
Tho veteran fireman of the old Volunteer Fire
Department, and who was an assistant chief engi
neer at the time of its disbandment, John Baulch,
now chief engineer of the Fortress Monroe Fire De
partment, secured a grand welcome on Friday night
by "Live Oak Engine Co. No, 44,” at their rooms,
No. 123 Cannon street.
Stories of William M. Tweed, and " Americus ”
Engine Co. No. 6, •• Big Six,” were told over and
over again, with groat good humor, and the old
"Gooseneck” with Charley Kelly and "Matt.”
Brennan, received honorable and pleasant mention.
THE MAYOR AND PRESIDENT PURROY.
President Purroy yesterday sent to the Mayor the
following telegram:
Manhasset Hotel, Shelter Island, N. Y.,1
September 3, 1886. J
Hon, William R. Grace, City Hall, New York,
Was taking a day’s vacation when I read th4s
evening in the World that you desired to interro
gate me in regard to its abusive article. I court the
fullest inquiry, and will return by first train to
morrow morning. Henry D. Purroy.
Mr, Turner, the Mayor’s private secretary, said
the Mayor was out of town and would not be at the
City Hall during the day.
THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN’S ASSOCIATION’S
BARBECUE.
The Committee of Arrangements for the Barbecue
and Picnic met with the Committee on the Parade
at their rooms last Tuesday evening to hear the re
port of the Committee on Grounds, Ox Boast, Appa
ratus, etc.
Mr. Anthony Burke, of Big 6, was called to the
chair, and after the reading of the minutes, hearing
of minor reports, etc., the election of officers took
place.
A resolution was adopted giving the right of the
line to the officers of the association who appeared
in uniform.
A spirited canvass, which called up many memo
ries of the old department, then took place, result
ing in the election of the following gentlemen, viz. :
Foreman of engine, John J. Moloney, of old Honey
Bee, No. 5; asst, do., Peter Ward; foreman of hose
carriage, Thos. Casey; asst, do., John Leary; fore
man of hook and ladder. Thos. Cornelius; asst, do.,
Jacob Piser, and John Dailey, treasurer.
A movement is on foot to visit the firemen’s
tournament of the Eastern District of Brooklyn, on
the 15th, with old Engine No. 26, and enter her in
the third-class playing match. It is feared that the
affair will not be successful, as the members will
not be in a condition to do so after the fatiguing
march they are to take the day before in the parade
te the grounds and picnic.
It is a matter of regret that the two—Brooklyn
and New York—tournaments come off so close to
gether. No other day was open to the New York
people, and they done the best that they could un
der the circumstances, not knowing at the time the
date fixed by the other.
The committee on tho Bartholdi statue ceremo
nies also held a meeting on last Thursday night, to
hear the report of the several committees. Mr.
Cornelius reported the number of apparatuses that
had been procured for the occasion, and, in conse
quence of the uncertainty of the day being fixed
for the final ceremonies, the committee adjourned
for two weeks from the date of the meeting.
W i’olirt parhme.
The Police Mutual Ajd-What Will the
Ccurt Do About It?
The Police Mutual Aid was organized over a
quarter of a century ago. The men agreed that at
the death of a member of the force all other mem
bers should contribute fifty cents on each death to
the widow or children.
For years the organization worked well, and the
collection gave relief to many a widow whose hus
band had been a spendthriit or circumstances had
not enabled him to lay up something for the day
of his death. In the many years of its existence
the association has been very useful, giving from a
thousand to twelve hundred dollars to the widow
on the death of the husband.
The assessment might have been rather high
fifty cents a death—as sometimes there was as high
a death rate as fourteen In the month, which made
it excessively heavy.
After many years this death rate became unusu
ally great, and many drew out of tho organization
and said their wives might take care of themselves.
As the relief fund was voluntary the newly ap
pointed members on the force declined to join the
aid society, to bury veterans, and its membership
dwindled down to a very low state.
Men who had contributed cheerfully to bury
hundreds of others, found that there was scarcely
enough at their death to buy the coffin if they died.
It was then thought proper to get some one to
draft a law that would make it obligatory on each
member of the force to join this Mutual Aid, and
on a death happening $1 200 be paid to the widow
or heir. All that the beneficiary had to pay was $2
a month, or $24 a year, a very small tax on the
surety of $1,200 being paid at death.
But to this light assessment a few of the men de
murred paying, and the constitutionality of the
law was questioned.
Judge Lawrence, in Supreme Court Chambers, de
cided it law, the Court of Appeals reversed his de
cision.
The decision of that Court has mixed up things
wonderfully.
There are hundreds of men who want the aid
society reorganized, so that the wife may have
something to fall back on in the event of sudden
death. But nothing can be done, everything is tied
up at present. There can be no reorganization till
the law has decided what shall be done with some
$13,000 in the hands of the trustees.
And here comes in a curious phase of the case.
The policemen who contributed their $2 a month
for a year to this fund, to give $1,200 at a death,
had their money returned to them.
The three hundred veterans, retired from the
service, who paid in voluntarily, who contributed
this money under false representations as it were,
cannot now get it back.
Some twenty.eight deaths have happened since
the law was declared unconstitutional, and to pay
out, according to the law (but now decided Illegal
by the Court of Appeals), twelve of the beneficiaries
would draw out all the funds, and there would be
nothing left for the others.
The law said the ex-members may come in; the
old members must.
The law was declared unconstitutional as to must;
as to may, shall it be said that the same rule does
not apply ?
Tile old members not on the force, who had been
paying in for a lifetime, were allowed by courtesy
to join the new organization. Now that it is de
clared unconstitutional, and there being no society
in law, the claimants ask that they shall be paid the
amount set forth in the act. That is, the $1,200
shall be paid to such as far as it goes, the remain
der who have paid in get nothing.
No court can make the law, it is made for the
court. It cannot distribute the money pro rata to
the heirs, as the law fixes the sum that shall be
given, and it is not there to give. But the court,
in a bankrupt concern, such as this, can distribute
the money pro rata to the living and dead, the $24
to each that has been paid in.
This is equity.
If the $13,000 is paid out to the first twelve wid
ows whose husbands paid in something less than
six dollars, there will be nothing left to give to the
other seventeen widows.
There would be no equity there.
The assessments were paid on the supposition
that there would be a fund to pay, on death, $1,200
to a deceased member’s widow. Now there is no
society, and when this fund is paid out, there will
be no money left in the hands of the treasurer.
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IVEental Giants.
THE PRECOCITY OF MEN OF SCIENCE.
(From the Popular Science Monthly.)
Among the greatest discoverers we have instances
of juvenile distinction. Galileo showed remarkable
aptitude from earliest childhood. His favorite
pastime was the construction of toy machines. A
passion for music did not seduce him from his su
preme devotion to mathematics, and by nineteen
he was making important discoveries.
Tycho Brahe illustrates the same early bent in a
slightly different way. His devotion to astronomy
had to contend, not with his own but with others*
inclinations. Sent to read law at sixteen, he man
aged, after the day's studies, to pursue his astro
nomioal observations, passing whole nights in his
favorite occupation.
Newton, like Galileo, occupied his play-hours at
school with constructing model machines (water
clock, wind-mill, etc.) By the age of twenty-three
or twenty-four he had conceived roughly his chief
epoch-making discoveries.
Another English investigator, Thomas Young,
was a striking example of precocity. He read with
fluency at two. He showed extraordinary avidity
of mind in very different directions, now busy
mastering the difficulties of Oriental languages, now
set on constructing a miscroscope for himself. His
mind, unburdened with its weight of learning, was
nimbly tracking out new truths in optics by the
age of twenty-nine.
Among naturalists examples of well-marked, if
less astonishing, precocity are to be met with. Lin
naeus, as a boy, showed so decided a bent to bot
any that, through the advocacy of a physician, who
had marked the early trait, he was saved from the
shoemaker's shop, for which his father had des
tined him, and secured for science. At the age of
twenty-three we fin'd him lecturing on botany, and
superintending a botanical garden, and at twenty
eight he begins to publish his new ideas of classifi
cation.
Cuvier’s history is similar. A poor lad, he dis
played an irresistible impulse to scientific observa
tion, and by twenty-nine published a work in which
the central ideas of his system are set forth. Hum
boldt, again, showed his special scientific bent as a
child. From his love of collection and labeling
plants, shells and insects, he was known as "the
little apothecary.” At twenty he published a work
giving the results of a scientific journey up the
Rhine. In medicine, Haller is a notable instance of
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NEW YORK DISPATCH, SEPTEMBER 5, 1886.
’ t A Bachelor’s Wooing.
TOMMY AND I GO HIDING.
(From Tid-Bits,)
j I had been •• waiting on ” tho Widow Smythe for
i some time, and thought my prospects in that dl
) rection tolerably bright, when one sunny afternoon
I presented myself at her residence with my horse
and buggy, and invited her to go driving with me
in the park. But the widow had a severe headache
and couldn’t go.
’ "Can I go, mar?” bawled her eight-year-old son,
’ Tommy.
5 "Of course not. Tommy. Keep quiet, do.’
Now I hated Tommy, but I was bound to make
myself agreeable at any sacrifice, and so, with a
. reckless disregard of the truth, I said:
, “ I should be delighted to have Tommy go, if you
have no objection, my dear Mrs. Smythe.”
"You are so good, so thoughtful, Mr. Bulger,’
said the widow, with an eloquent look. "Very
well, then, he shall go. Hurry aud get ready, dar
ling.”
Tommy’s preparations consisted of filling his
pockets witn peppermint lozenges—a confection I
detest with a detestation that knows no bounds—
and putting on his hat. Then, after many admoni
tions to me to be very careful of dear Tommy, and
to dear Tommy to boa good boy, we started.
"I hope you will both have a delightful drive,”
i were the widow’s last words.
Did we have a delightful drive ? Well, that drive
was not one of those experiences calculated to give
to a cynical and world-weary man a renewed confi
dence in humanity in general, to strengthen and
i reinvigorate him for the battle of life. Not exactly.
"Are you food of driving, my little man?” I
i asked, as we started, screwing my features into
what was intended for an agreeable smile.
" Becherlife,” was the quick response. " That
your horse ?”
"Yes, Tommy,” I replied, "that is my horse.”
•• Where'd you get him ?”
•'Bought him.”
"Of course. Didn’t think you stole him. But
where ?”
"Oh, down down.”
"Whereabouts down town ?”
"On Twenty-third street.”
"Who from ?”
"A man named Brown, Tommy.”
"When?”
"About two months ago.”
"I don’t think he's Bauch good.”
" Why not, Tommy ?”
"Oh,'cause. Y’oughtersee the horse that Cap
tain Jowler has when he takes mar out tidin'.
Jimminy, ain’t he a goer !”
" Oh, Captain Jowler takes your ma out riding,
does he, Tommy?”
" Yes, an' he brings me pound boxes o’ mixed
candy. Say, how fast can your horse go ?”
"I don’t know exactly.”
" How fast do yer think ?”
" I don't know, I say, Tommy.”
" But how fast do yer think ?”
•• Well, perhaps a mile in three minutes.”
" Pooh 1 that’s nothin’, Are you worth much
money ?”
" Not very much, Tommy.”
" That’s what I thought. Mar was wonderin’
the other day, an’ I told her I thought you hadn’t
got much. Say, if you was my dad would you lick
me ?”
" That would depend entirely upon yourself.”
"Mar said that when you got to be my dad, if
she concluded to throw herself away on you, she’d
bet .you’d make it hot for me.”
“ Oh, your ma said that, did she, Tommy ?”
•‘ Yes; an’ have you got much sense ?”
" I have some left. Tommy.”
"An’ do you think mar’s Skye-terrier has got
much ?”
" I don’t think that he has very much.”
"Me neither. But mar said yesterday she didn’t
think you had as much sense as he’s got; an’ she
said she thought you dyed your hair; an’ she said
she thought it was ridic’lous for a man as old as
you are to fix up the way you do; an’ sbe said ——
•■ Boy,” said I, interrupting him with much firm
ness, " I am going to drive you home now, and if
you so much as open your mouth again I’ll take
you by the neck and drop you out. I hope you
understand.”
Not another word did Tommy utter until we
reached his home. Then I lifted him to the side
walk and immediately drove off. I have not been
to the Widow Smythe’s since. lam not ambitious
to become Tommy’s step-father.
A Sharp Trick.
ONE OF THE LATE KENWARD PHILP’S JOKES.
(From the Chicago News.)
One Summer day Kenward Philp and Will. Mc-
Connell found themselves "broke” in New York.
There wasn’t a nickel in the pockets of either, and
things looked rather blue. Philp proposed they
take a free bath. They found one of the free bath
ing establishments and disrobed. Suddenly they
caught sight of a sign which read thus:
; The Superintendent is authorized to pay :
: $lO to any person rescuing a drowning ;
; person. Five dollars will be paid for the ;
; recovery of a dead body. ;
"There’s one chance, McConnell,” said Philp.
" I don’t see it,” said Will.
"Why, yes,” said his friend. "Come over in the
corner away from the others and fall in. Pretend
to be drowning. I spring in and rescue you; we get
ten.”
" Well, we’ll get the same amount if you don’t
do the drowning act, won’t we?” asked McConnell,
anxiously.
"My dear boy, do as I tell you; it'll be all right,
I assure you. Hurry up, so we cau get the ten.
That's five apiece.”
McConnell dropped off into the water and uttered
a cry of alarm as he went under. Several people
swam up, Philp assured them in his blandest
tones that his friend was an expert swimmer, and
they went off. McConnell came puffing and splut
tering to the surface. Philp was cooly lighting a
cigarette.
" Here,” yelled McConnell, •• give us a hand. I’ve
enough of this. Help me out.”
would, my dear boy,’’ said Philp, blowing a
cloud of smoke, “but, unfortunately, I can’t swim,
you know.” Just then McConnell went down with
a gurgle tor the second time. When he came up
again he was thoroughly frightened, and he yelled
out lustily : ‘ Help! help a drowning man ! Hurry
up, Philp, or we’ll only have five to divide!”
" You see it is this way,” said Philp. "Iflgo in
to help you, you’ll probably drag me down, and
we’ll both drown. So I prefer to wait. I’m sure of
five, anyway.”
But he waited too long, for a stranger rushed up
just then, sprang in and pulled the exhausted Mc-
Connell upon the platform. The superintendent
came up immediately and paid the stranger $lO.
■■" ♦ i •
A Brilliant Discovery.
ALUM AND THE FOOD QUESTION.
(From the Boston Traveller.)
Judge McCue, of California, is one of the most
amusing characters in town. The Judge can turn
bis hand at almost anything. He has practiced law
in the West, and when business became a little
slack he has doctored horses for a living. Not a
great while ago one of the President’s beautiful
bays got "under the weather,” and the Judge tem
porarily laid aside the prosecution of "that little
claim ” and went over and took a look at the horse.
Under his skillful treatment the horse rapidly re
covered, and is now a perfectly well and sound ani
mal. Now when the Judge turns his attention to
any particular subject his friends expect important
results. For some time it has been known that he
has had the food question under advisement. The
Judge has some peculiar views upon this topic aud
the result ot his investigations, which have been
pursued under rather trying circumstances, are
now given to the world for the first time. Said he
to a group of brother scientists in front of Will
ard’s : '
"Gentlemen, I have solved the food problem. I
can live here in Washington on ten cents a day, and
lam doing it now. My system is this, as you know
I am not an early riser. I usually turn out at about
eleven o’clock and take a late breakfast. Igo to the
dairy just around the corner and buy a cup of coffee
for five cents, and with the other five I get five
Maryland biscuit at a penny a piece.”
Just here one of the group of hearers interrupted
the judge with the interjection:
" That exhausts your ten cents, judge. How do
you get your other meals?”
“I am coming t© that presently, my friend. Don’t
be impatient; you shall hear the whole story,” was
the reply.
Then he resumed; "My breakfast is eaten slowly
and well digested. It generally lasts me until
about four o’clock in the afternoon. At that time
the gnawings of hunger begin to assert themselves.
This is where my discovery comes in. I always go
provided with several small pieces of alum. When
I begin to get hungry I place one of these little bits
of alum in my mouth and allow it to slowly dis
solve. The effect is that it contracts the throat and
the stomach, and the sensation of hunger disap
pears. I repeat this dose until bed-time, and I fall
asleep like a child. Gentlemen. I tell you that eat
ing is nothing but a habit, after all.”
The Judge’s important discovery has not as yet
stimulated the alum market to any appreciable de
gree.
Chance to Best.
(From the Omaha World.)
Indignant Pa—" Rather too late for a European
trip, my boy. Your college reopens in September.”
Young Pilkins—" No use going this year, pa.”
•• My stars 1 Have you graduated ?”
" No, but I won’t be needed next season.”
" Can’t understand, my son.”
" Guess you don’t read the papers. Wilkins, the
other stroke oar, has recovered his health.”
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A REMARKABLE SIGNAL TORPEDO.
(From the Boston Journal.)
A signal torpedo is being introduced on the Aus
trian railroads which presents some curious advan
tages. Instead of being placed in position, it is
shot backward by a spring, being attached to a sort
of carriage which enables it to slide along tho rail,
but does not allow it to fall off. By regulating the
action of the spring the torpedo can be sent any re
quired distance up to 300 yards. All that the rear
brakeman has to do is to place the torpedo slide on
the rail and give the spring the necessary impulse
for putting it exactly where he wants it to stop.
It is so arranged that he does not even have to
leave the car in order to do it: the signals can thus
be given while the train is still in motion. The
whole apparatus weighs about half a pound; it
rises less than a quarter of an inch above the level
of the rail.
Of course a special form of torpedo is required for
each particular style of rail. The inventor has
also made arrangements by which a whistle may
be attached to these torpedoes, in order that the
watchmen, etc., along tho line may be informed of
the sending of these signals. It is operated by a
rubber bag full of compressed air, which is fast
enened to the torpedo and moves with it.
oßiruAiiYr
THE LATE ROBERT A. LOVE.
The funeral services over the remains of the late
Robert A. Love, who was called the "funny jury
man ” on the trial of Ferdinand Ward by reason of
his indulging in amusing anecdotes, etc., took place
last Tuesday night in the North Baptist Church in
West Eleventh gtreet in this city. The audience
was very large.
The funeral oration was delivered by the Rev. D.
Henry Miller, D. D. (formerly of Noble Street Bap
tist Church, Greenpoint, L. 1., of which Mr. Love
was deacon), whose utterances at times were much
interrupted by his emotion, and in bidding farewell
to his friend of some fifteen years’ standing he paid
the most appropriate tribute to his worth as a man
and a Christian, which caused the tears to flow free
ly throughout the entire audience.
The Rev. Dr. Thomas Armitage, of the Fifth Ave
nue Baptist Church, followed in a discourse, explain
ing the noble traits of the man, which should
always be treasured by his friends, and deeply sym
pathized with the widow and the mother, who was
praying that night in her loneliness away across
the continent.
The church services were followed by a dirge of
requiem by a quartet choir with organ accompani
ment, after which the Rev. Ex. C. John P. Nichols,
of Charter Oak, No. 4, read the funeral ceremony of
the O. U. A. M. by the Ex. Nat. C. Bro. Seeley, of the
N. J. Daughters of Liberty. The vast audience then
filed past the bier to view the face of their friend
when he was in life, to rest until the morrow in
charge of the O. U. A. M. watchers.
The remains were taken to Orange, N. J., for in
terment.
Among the pallbearers were Ex-Nat. C. Bro. G. H.
Burton; Nat. Rep. L. N. Hart, representing the
National Council; State C. Bro. Lane; State C.
Treas. Bro. Grant, representing the State Council;
Bro. Ex.-C. Benj. O. Eckert, Inductor and Bro.
Banta, representing Charter Oak, No. 4.
The widow was assisted by Bros. Myers and Put
ner and Sisters Myers and Paynter.
Among the prominent people present were Na
tional Commander Bro. Geo. White; Ex-Nat. C.’s
Burton and Nichols, and Ex-State C.’s Baker and
Sutton, of New Jersey.
The body was taken to East Orange at 12 o’clock
on Wednesday, over the N. J. and Greenwood Lake
railroad, and was accompanied by delegations from
Charter Oak Council, No. 4, O. U. A. M.; Martha
Washington Council, D. of L., and Idlewild Lodge,
K. of H. All the floral offerings were taken to the
cemetery and used to decorate the grave, producing
in tfieir arrangement a very fine effect.
The following were the floral offerings: A large
emblem, three leet high, square and compass en
circling arm and hammer, by Charter Oak, No. 4; a
large piece, four feet high, a pillow and sash, by
Martha Washington Council, No. 2, Daughters of
Liberty; a large floral pattern collar from the Board
of Officers of the State Council, O. U. A. M. of N. Y.;
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POOLE S THEATRE,
EIGHTH ST. AND BROADWAY.
AN ENTIRELY NEW AND BEAUTIFUL THEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager Mr. JOHN F. POOLE
Being at length fully completed,
WILL OPEN POSITIVELY TO-MORROW NIGHT,
With the popular young Comedian,
W. J. SCANLAN, in SHANE NA LAWN.
BOX OFFICE NOW OPEN.
Fifth avenue theatre.
OPENING.
Proprietor and Manager Mr. John Stetson.
MONDAY EVENING, SBPT. 6,
The Popular Irish Comedian and Vocalist,
MR. JOSEPH MURPHY,
(His first appearance at this theatre),
in the greatest of all Irish dramas,
THE KERRY GOW.
EveningAt 8. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
DOCKSTADERI
The First Night,
Saturday,
SEPTEMBER EIGHTEENTH.
STAR THEATRE. BARRETT.
Second Week, Monday, Sept. 6th,
MR. LAWRENCE BARRETT.
Monday and Tues lay nights and Saturday Matinee,
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI.
Wednesday, HAMLET; Thursday, RICHELIEU;
Friday and Saturday nights, a double bill,
MERCHANT OF VENICE and DAVID GARRICK.
Third Week, Sept. 13— Hemani, Hamlet, Harebell, or,
the Man O’Airlie,. and Richard 111.
PEOPLE’S THEATRE.
MR. H. C. MINER.. ..Sole Proprietor and Manager
Every Evening, Wednesday and Saturday Matinees.
FIRST TIME IN NEW YORK,
1776. THE MINUTE MEN. 1776.
A GREAT COMED.Y DRAMA.
JAMES A. HERNE, KATHARINE HERNE,
Supported by a powerful c< m; any.
Splendid Scenery and Costumes.
100 AUXILIARIES.
IBLO’S.
Last week of the
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Most Pleasing and Popular Spectacle,
AROUND THE WORLD
in
80 DAYS.
With the Supei b CORPS DE BALLET.
Monday, September 13th,
THEODORA.
HARRIGAN’S PARK THEATRE.
EDWARD HARRlGANProprietor
M. W. HANLEYSo’.e Manager
AN ARTISTIC TRIUMPH and a POPULAR SUCCESS.
EDWARD HARRIGAN'S ’ INVESTIGATION”
AFFORDS INTENSE ENJOYMENT TO ALL.
Fun from the Rife to the Fall of the Curtain.
"ON UNION SQUARE” NIGHTLY ENCORED.
DAVE BRAHAM and his Popular Orchestra.
Every Evening, Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
WINDSOR THEATRE.
BOWERY, near Canal.
Monday Evening, September 6,
Bartley Campbell s Great Drama,
THE WHITE SLAVE.
Magnificent Company. Beautiful Scenery.
Rain Storm of Real Water.
Matinees Wednesday ard Saturday.
Next Week—Frederick Brytton in FORGIVEN.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Rag Baby.
Reserved seats 'orchestracircle and balcony), 30a
THIS WEEK O'.M.Y,
Charles H. Hoyt’s masterpiece,
A A A
RAG RAG RAG
BABY. BABY. BABY.
FRANK DANTBLS as OLD SPORT.
THE LAUGHING HIT. GRAB IT QUICK.
WEDNESDAY—MATINEES—SATURDAY.
ATIONAL THEATRE,
Nos. 104 and 106 Bowery.
MR. LOUDON McCORMACK,
Supported by MISS MAUD MILLER in
THE DANITES.
H. J. CAMPBELL’S TABLEAUX SOLEIL.
AL. FOSTELL and FLORENCE EMMETT.
E. W. WEST, ADA MELROSE, &c., <tc.
Admission: 35, 25. 15 and 10 cents.
Matinees Tue»d.iy, Thursday and Saturday.
National theatre.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
On Thursday Evening
MR. LAWRENCE M. DONOVAN
will be presented with the
POLICE GAZETTE CHAMPION AERIAL JUMPING
MEDAL,
by
MR. RICHARD K. FOX.
Seats can now be secured at Box-Office.
MISS LILIAN OLCOTT
IN SARDOU’S
THEODORA,
AT NIBLOB GARDEN,
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13.
ADISON SQUARE THEATRK
Mr. A. M. PALMERSoIe Manager.
Evenings, at 8:30. Matinee Saturday, at 2.
“HELD BY THE ENEMY.”
“A storm of applause after each act.”—JV. K Herald.
CASINO, Broadway and 39th st.
UNPARALLELED SUCCESS!
of the Sparkling Comic Opera,
ER MI NI E .
“ Received with roars of laughter.”
Roof Garden Promenade Concert after the opera.
Admission, including both entertainments, 50c.
OSTER & BIAL’S, To-Night.
SACRED CONCERT.
Vocal and Instrumental Selections by Selected Artists.
To-morrow, Monday, Return of the
BURLESQUE CO.,
and first time of a reconstructed version of
VENUS and ADONIS.
Specialty Artists: Davenport Bros, Acrobats; Leroux
and Wilton, Horizontal Bars ; Valjean. Oriental Juggler.
Tony pastor’s theatre
Every evening this week, Tue-day and Friday Mat.,
MR. GEORGE H. ADAMS,
The young, realistic comedian in
THE MISSING I. INK,
By the authors of “ Eagle’s Nest.”
Original music, songs, dances, choruses, etc., by Prof.
Charles F. Dittmar.
Next Week—Aaron Woodhull in ELI WHEATFIELD.
| 4 TH STREET THEATRE. Coin 6th ave
Thoroughly Redecorated—A NEW THEATRE.
MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6th.
OUR RICH COUSIN—A New Comedy.
OUR RICH COUSlN—Brilliant Cast.
Every Evening, Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
POPULAR PRICES.
rjIHEATRE COMIQUE. 125th st., bet.
JL Lex. and 3d ave —MR. JOSH HARTDirector
MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 6,
INAUGURAL PRELIMINARY SEASON.
HALLAN A HART’S VAUDEVILLE COMBINATION.
SEPT. 13— ADA GRAY—A RING OF IRON.
STRIKING, MARVELOUS SUCCESSI
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CAMP OPEN STJIVIYJkY.
A SABBATH ON THE FRONTIER.
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REFRESHMENTS OF ALL KINDS.
Take boats irom the Battery every few minutes.
FARE ONLY 10 CENTS.
Are you going
TO THE
FIREMANS’ BAR BA CUE AND PICNIC,
At the HARLEM RIVER PARK, Sept. 14th, 1886.
Grand Pyrotechnic Display; Surrender of VeraCruzl
1846; Ox Roast Racing, etc.
JOHN DECKER, President of Association.
CHARLES BRICE, Chairman Com. of Arrangements.
JOHN DAILEY, Treasurer Com. of Arrangements.
JOHN COSTIGAN, Secretary Com. of Arrangements.
WALLACK’S. Broadway and 30th st.
JOSEPHINE I McCAULL
SOLD BY CPERA COMIQUE
HER SISTER. I COMPANY.
EVENINGS at 8. SATURDAY fIATINEE at 2.
fIIHIBD AVENUE THEATRE.
I J. M. HILL, Manager.
Grand Si ejtacular Production,
YOUTH.
Introducing Co. D and drum and fife corps of the 71st
Regiment. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
BIJOU OPERA HOUSE.
MONDAY, SEPT. 13, MR. N. C. GOODWIN,
Supported by Miles Barton s Burlesque Co. in the Great
Success,
LITTLE JACK SHEPPARD.
F. PROCTOR’S NOVELTY.
• BROOKLYN, E. D.
Matinees Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday.
10 OTS. I A Reserved Seat, 30 cts. !20 CTS.
° P Commen^i g Ek ’ I SEPT ’ 6th ’ Mlaer ’ s Silver
Seats secured by Telephone 813, Williamsburg.
ERRIMAC AND MONITOR NAVAL
BATTLE. Not a moving picture, but an actual
battle scene. Open day aud evening. Madison avenue
and Fifty-ninth street.
HALF PRICE ON SUNDAYS.
LEE AVENUE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Williamsburg.—
Six Nights, with Wednesday and Saturday Matinees,
commencing Monday, Sept. 6, the inimitable AIMEE, in
hersu'erb comedies, MAM’ZELLE and DIVORCONS.
Next week HARDIE & VON LEER in A BRAVE WOMAN.
rinHEISS’ CONCERTS, 14TH ST/ NEAR
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CONCERT EVERY AFTERNOON arid EVENING.
The only Sliding Roof in the world with a Coney Island
breeze.
1886 SE^- ON 1887.
EDMUND COLLIER in JACK CADE, METAMORA and
VIRGINIUS, commencing August 30, at
MINER’S PEOPLE’S THEATRE.
'SANS SOUOI MUSIC HALL
Broadway and W. 31st st.
1. E. GOULDManager
FRANK LAWTONStage Manager
This handsome edifice is crowded nightly by the upper
ten of the metropolis.
FIVE HOURS OF SOLID AMUSEMENT.
Those wishing to drive away .the blues should visit this
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performances ever given in this or any other city in
America.
New attractions for the coming week; all of the old
favorites retained. Our elegant orchestra teach one a
soloist) will discourse all of the. popular airs from the
leading operas, corned es, &c.
POSITIVELY. CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
ARRY HILL’S TO-NIGHT.
Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert Every
Nigut. First-cla<s Variety Show.
Banjo Instruction—ss Course. Pupils
taught for the Stage. Rapid advancement guar
anteed.
Fine Banjos, heads, strings, pegs, etc. P.ay for callers.
Dare Brothers, 112 West 35th st., opposite Harrigan's.
BANJO —BANJO.—Banjo Instruction for
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freckles, blotches, sallowness, and
. ARM all eruptions, and purifies the skin,
Kg and renders it soft and “ velvety.”
w Queeu of Beauty is anen-
r r 7 tirely “ new departure,” and is the
Perfection of Cosmetics. Warranted free from lead,
bismuth, arsenic, or chalk (commonly used). Recom
mended by physicians and chemists for its purity. Ladies
may test it with a few drops of ammonia. Any cosmetic
so treated, which turns dark, should be instantly rejected
as poisonous. Elegantly put up in white, flesh, and cream
tints. Price, SI.OO per bottle. Sold by druggists am! fancy
goods dealers everywhere. Sealed circulars. 4 cents.
MADAME FONTAINE, 19 East 14th fit., N. Y.
FRESH EGGS.
A FEW FAMILIES CAN HAVE
New-Laid Eggs Delivered at
their Houses
BY ADDRESSING “ FARMER,” BOX No. 1775
NEW YORK POST-OFFICE.
Can refer to this paper as to reliability.
EPILEPSY
aT-a'v Is a terrible affliction, a real
curse. Repeated fits cause
wasting and weakening of the
BRAIN and unless, checked
. IDIOCY. Bromides and the
Vl r likearenogood. The BRAIN
la/g- Bl VST BE FED AND
NOURISHED by using
BR.BUCKLAND’S
Sleeplessness, Nervous Dyspepsia,
Paralysis, Locomotor Ataxia,
Jpium Habit, Headache,
Drunkenness, Ovarian Neuralgia,
Hysteria, Nervous Exhaustion,
Neuralgia, • Epilepsy,
Sick Headache, bt. Vitus's Dance,
Sciatica, Neurasthenia, &c.
This is in no sensea PATENT MEDICINE. Con
tains no Opiates or Chloral. It is a Nerve and Brain
Food Tonic, and is the best Natural Tonic and Beat
orative known. Illustrated Treatise on Nervous
Diseases, Exhaustion, Opium Habit, &c. sent FKEE
to any address. per Bottle.
Your Druggist keeps it. Fresh.
SCOTCH OATS ESSENCE CO., 174 Fulton St, N. Y
G)
We Will Open at RETAIL on
MOIWAY, Sept. 6,
OUR AUTUMN IMPORTATION
OF
CHOICE NOVELTIES IN
FANCY WOOL PLUSHES,
BEADED EFFECTS
and
SOLID COLORED DRESS GOODS.
c& I 6t,
jWMSiIIjWjM good news
to ladies;
J 3re . atel ' t Inducement, ever offered
■LQa How , your time to get up order, for
gqsFTOEB our Celebrated Teas and
■KriVlTm t°,, ?, es , an >l„»«:ure a beautiful
TTHfM liMlu I « old Bau ‘l °r Rose China Tea
Set, or handsome Decorated Gold
Band Mos, Ros. Dinner Set, or Gold Band Mow
Decorated Toilet Sei For full particulars address
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO.,
IP. O. Box aae.j Si and ss v Mlr A. Kt. York.
ana jnuwT -
Boots
i have opened a flrst-class custom BOOT and SHOE
BUSINESS at No. 70 E AST 13TH STREET,
near BROADWAY. All those desiring fashionable
BOOTS AND SHOES made from tne very best
FRENCH MATERIALS, at reasonable prices,
should give me a call. Orders executed with prompt
ness and dispatch.
WILLIAM F. CARRY.
EXCELSIOR!
The Justly Celebrated and
World-Famed
EXCELSIOR
Lager beeß
manufactl'hed by—
— BECHTEL
ZS STRICTLY* PURE.
It is the FINEST FEA YOKED
and MOST WHOLESOME Beer
before the public. It is pro
nounced the
BEST AND PUREST BEER
by eminent Physicians and Chem
ists, and they recommend it for
INVALIDS as well as the robust,
it has received
MEDALS
irom PHILADELPHIA, NEW
YOKE, PAKIS, SYDNEY and
JAPAN for excelle ace and puri
ty, and
STANDS UNRIVALED!
Tliis celebrated beer is now put up ixa
bottles expressly for FAMILY
USE and Exportation.
ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHQULD BE ADDRESSED TO'
GEO. BECHTEL,
Stapleton, Stat n Island, N.Y.
nn A Btren ’ thenß ' ‘-nlarges and devel ■
irl lulklo li (r’i )B an >' P :llt 01 the body - $1 ■
1 VI IVUIVIIV Nervous Jebility pills sl. Invig B
>rating Pills, $!. All postpaid Address $
New Exgland Medical Institute,
No 24 Tremont Fn-.v. Boston. Mass,
® XXX oSriSSyAZi g
|Z»ENNYROYAL
■ Warranted Safe, Certain and Effectual. Taken®
■ with, iny “Elixir of Pennyroyal,” (free) they®
■ never fail. Send. 40. (stamps) for particulars.®
J, V. Stanton, 444 E. ILCth fit. New York. J
TITTnVTTniI CURED ONLY by the Improved
it 11 s I 11 II ■ ■ El asti c Truss, v oru with ease night
a nd jay. Lady in attendance for
Ladies. Send for circular. IMPROVED ELASTIC TRUSS
CO., 822 aud 824 Broadway, corner 12th street, N. Y.
■ ■ AM Al EM E Develops the Bust. Change
■VI AlfinLt.llL in ten days. Harmless and
■ certa(n Particularg 4 C ts.
WILCOX SPECIFIC CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
ARMLESS, SURE AND QUICK.”—
Xi COMPOUND EXTRACT COPAIBA, CUBEBS
AND IRON, is a certain and speedy cure. Price, sl, by
mail. At the OLD DRUGSTORE, No. 2 First avenue,
corner of Houston street, and by druggists generally.
E A U ■■ B" Bl suffering from the ef-
If t. A•» kh mRI fectsof youthful er
■ ■ ■— |f| Bi Bw ror s, early decay, lost
manhood, etc. I will send a valuable treatise (sealed)
containing full particulars for home cure, free of
ch&rg* Address Prof.F.C. FOWLER, Moodus, Conn.
m apeworm removed in two
1 HOURS.—A PERMANENT CURE GUARANTEED
IN EVERY CASE. Prof. A. W. ALLEN, No. 604 Grand
street New York city. ALLEN’S SWEET WORM WA
FERS,’ a positive cure for STOMACH and PIN WORMS.
All druggists. Pamphlet free.
PJLLS OF TANSY.
I Seal-'d particulars 2 ctSu
WiJCOX Specific Medldno Co., Philadelphia, Pfc
DISEASES of Men Only; Blood Poison,.
skin diseases, inflammation; obstructions bladder,
kidneys and other organs; weakness, nervous aud general
debility; mental, physical prostration. &c., successfully
treated and radically cured; rema-kable cures perfected
In old cases which have been neglected or unskillfuily
treated; no experiments or failures, it being self evident
that a physician who confines himself exclusively to the
study of certain classes of diseases, and who treats thou
sands every year, must acquire greater skill in those
branches than one in general practice. DR. GRINDLR,
No 171 West 12th street, between 6ch and 7th avenues.