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1 i -v tnnu in pmi m tertian Mtmuiirt to im
t ' E - lota waoteeesrati-y.
The Latest and Mo Enllghtcnlng;
;. Coaiprloa of lllll and Clovolnnd.
I As Wert never haabeen any mystery about
i K tli6 pemotial relations of David Jirmrtr
W HILL hd OnOVEO CtKVELA5D, W6 can
I . the man be Is, despises Cl-RVKLAND, and that
D g to a lrallar Manner Clbyklakd bates Mill.
Ft 8 Nelthrts satisfactory to the. other.
Jj $ Thti make all tit mora striking the man
' lfest different between these two gentta
" men, oofiftdered as publlo- men. Sena
tor Otll without exception, when It wm
f tima for Democratto party politics, bos
'. nsrrtr failed to wrjf all personal feeling In
"' his party loyalty and appear upholding and
laboring, for the election of CutVRLAND la
U tbe front rank of the latUrs most enthu
I j. slaatto partisans. H IlaL'. Individual abU-
f if lty bad not lnr&rlably pat blm far beyond
J ' all otters aa campaigner ha would till
K a bam been conspicuous for devotion to tbo
'.' I party ticket.
? m Mr. CLKVELAKD, on tbe otber band, puts
W personal prejudice and comfort abors Do
i $ mooracy. His dislike of Hill Is too much
f for bis partisanship. He could speak with
f Hill when they met on tho platform In tbe
't campaign for himself In 1808, but be
I K refuses to speak for Hill when Hill
j p In the nomine, and, as between the two,
j ! k tbe prospective beneficiary of election.
i f Who-rrer feels tbe Are of Hill's cam
' I palgniag must bo satisled that whatever
r 1 1 sentimtnt bo entertains toward Mr. Cixvx
; LAND extsti In an intensity tenfold that of
any emotion animating the latter. But,
' i' In spltoof that, whoever detected a spark of
, bis Individual likes or dislikes in any cam
( palgn speech delivered by niLL f
" 1 1 Hill deserves from his party all that It
'. ! can giro him. He deserves to bo electod
i , as Governor of New York.
' ' k ' Of Ccmrso They Aro For It,
t U There Unotblngsarprlslngabont the sub-
, ' K stantlal unanimity of tbe People's and Bo-
' f clallsMabor candidates for Congress In
favor of the income tax Their replies to
. Ji J Tmt Bolt's questions are printed In another
: t part of this paper. Everybody ought to read
, these little Interviews with tbe Populists
and the Socialists.
' They are nearly all for the income tax.
i f; Most of them are hot for it. It they have
' k anything against it, It is that the tax does
! e not go far enough. Many of tbem want a
. r graduated tax, so designed as to confiscate
H tba accumulations of thrift and to repress
I g private fortunes. Some of tbem state their
, P wlsheewlth a frankness that would scorn
j y brutal If we were not becoming ac-
! customed to the theories of these phllos
4 k ophers. Jomtrn HrLDininAMDT, Socialist
Labor candldAte in tbe Sixth district, would
p k tax Incomes of $90,000 fifty per cent. Above
h S9G,000 Le would increase the rate. On
- very large fortunes Eottabo V. WnianT,
& Populist iq the Fourteenth dlsxrli-t, would
I makathtrateseventy.flveperceni.. If necee
' S sary, Instead of two per cent., as under the
f present law. " I want these rich fellows,"
i E nays OaoaCR ToMULEiCRJ, Populist candl
I dato in tbe Twelfth district, ' I want these
i g rich fellows to help support us."
i I Of course G Bona a Toiulbsox does, and
I j so do all of his kind. They are perfectly
, K. candid and open about it. But can any
' j a Democrat, whoso act or vote or failure to
I II tj vote has helped to fasten upon our system
If f of taxation the Socialist principle of taxing
j V! tbs few for the benefit of the many, read
I ( these replies to Tn fitnt's questions with
I out blushing with shame at what he has
'I p done, asd at the company he is in f
!Tno Unsophisticated Otiamber of
Commerce.
It Is not generally supposed that the Cham
ber of Commerce is made up of the sort of
men from whom tbe green goods industry
obtains its supply of guys. The members are
I K supposed to be selcoted because of their
1 distinguished sagacity In the management
f of their business affairs, and the sound-
J neas of their Judgment in business
' L S enterprises generally ; but it seems that this
. i ability is only manifested by them when
III f their private and selfluh Interests are con-
Ill ft corned. AVhen they come to deal with the
H H publle Interests, they aro as unsophisticated
1 1 If and gullible as tbe fellows who were steered
lis Into the greeu goods trap by Afro.
I Iff When the guileless Chamber of Commerce
"h devised its rapid transit schema to get the
I I ', publlo money for au undertaking into
I which none of its members would think of
putting a cant of his own money, It Invented
a contrivance for proteoting tbe public
treasury from plunder so obviously ineffec
tive that any man of business sense would
have laughed at It as a method of restrict
ing the cost of a private enterprise. In
order to secure the construction of
I' t the proposed underground road at the
I smallest possible cost to tbe people, the uu
I suspecting Chamber of Commerce deemed
I I It sufficient to provide tliat the contractors
I r should be required to pay interest on as
I fir much of tho publlo money aa they expended.
II H Hsaoe, argued the simple-minded Cham
K ber, tbe less they spend In digging tbe hole
lilt the loss Interest thsy will hare to pay after
'ItSt tbe bole is dug; and for tbelrown advan-
1P tag they will bo scrupulously economical
j lllyi Such childlike confidence may be touch
IJH Ing, but it does not prevail in business clr
I IflBS C'M uall'f A" uT rate contractors ac
IIIh customed to dealing with such large under
V takuigs are not so unsophisticated. They
HR would not bid for the job without having
IB ciphered out a profit on tho mere construc
ts 'on nn'c- would be enough to pay them
j handsomely for going Into It. Of that they
I would make sure, for there Is no assurance
j whatever that they can get any money out
j ' of the road after it is completed. No rail
( , ruul man competent to form a judgment
as to tho subject, would take any risk
' of snch i-roQt, for all the chances are-that
I hero would be uona
, V Uo expertciicol i-ontrsctor would bid for
I J the Job with any thought of getting any com.
pomatlan from tlmt source. He would not
I t trouble himself about his obligation to pay
I int.rvst on tbe cost if be completed and ran
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lire road, but would calculate only the profits
b could make In Its construction. Itenee it
would bo a matter of no concern to hl.-u
whether tho publlo expenditure on the exper
iment was $50,000,000 or 8160,000,000, so
long as he ruadie hlflvielt sure against loss on
tbe mere building of the road. What would
be earn about the amount of the Interest,
whether It was larger or smaller f The fools
who undertook to run the road after he bad
mode his profit on Its constrnctlon, would
have to pay that, and they would be the peo
ple of New York. He would have to put tip
only 81,000,000 as a guarantee of liU faith
ful performance of bis contract, and for thnt
sum, which would be practically the limit
of his liability, ho would makehlmself good
out of the profits of the constrnctlon ', and
then If tbe running of tbe road was not likely
to be profitable, he coutd forfeit bis deposit,
pocket tbe remaining profits on the job, and
leave the city to whistle for Its interest.
That must be plain to every man of large
business experience, but it seems that the
guileless Chamber of Commerce did not
think of It. They prided themselves ou
their childish device, forgetting the rest.
Cnprlvl's Downfall.
After holding for mors than four years
the ofllce of Chancellor of tbo German Urn
plre, Gen. Count vox CAPitivi follows Into re
tirement the man whom he displaced, lly a
curious coincidence, his first official nit of
Importance was his rejection of UtsMAitcK'9
antl-Soclallst programme; and now It Is the
sumo unwillingness to take tnensures of ex
tremo severity against socialism and Its
anarchistic outgrowth which has liuide his
post untenable.
There isnodoubttbat, on the whole, Gen.
VO CAI'ItlVl acquitted himself with unlooked-for
sagacity and success In a rOle
which called not only for high administra
tive ability but also for readiness and skill
In parliamentary discussion. As a mere
debater he was more effective than 13 ts
MAItcn, being quicker In retort and having
his temper under better control, but he was
incapable of tbe Impassion-! appeals with
which his predecessor used to shake and fire
the Iielchstag until in an outburst of emo
tion it renounced its convictions and aban
doned Its resolves. The troth is that when
Bismarck spoke on a great occasion,
the spirit of tbo German nation, at last
reunited and triumphant, seemed to ani
mate his words, and the minds of those who
heard him, remembering what he hod ac
complished, dissolved in gratitude and sym
pathy. To follow the great Chancellor and
subject oneself to comparison with his
illustrious record and massive personality,
was a test which no man could faco without
misgiving, and it signally redounds to
CATnrvi's credit that he boro it better than
bis best friends expected.
Having maintained himself for upward
of four years in a place of exceeding diffi
culty, It is probable that Cafrivi might
have kept it for an Indefinite period but for
two circumstances, for both of which ho
was responsible, and one of which was long
since recognized by onlookers aa a blunder.
BisxAncx bad always contended that the
smooth working of the complex imperial
royal regime could bo assured only
when tbe offices of Chancellor of
tho empire and of Prime Minister
of tbe Prussian kingdom were united
in the samo person. A house, he said,
divided against itself could not stand; the
very fact that the two political entitles,
Germany and Prussia, had the same sov
ereign, rendered it Indispensable that one
executive agent should represent him in
both canadtles. Bismarck nrnctlsnl what
he preached, and CAPnrvi began by con
forming to the precedent. But at tho
time when the so-called School bill, tbe
measure making certain concessions to tbe
Catholics In connection with the publlo
schools, was proposed unarailingly to
tbe Prussian Landtag, Capiuvi insisted
on resigning the post of Prime Minister of
Prussia, on the plea that to govern both the
empire and its chief constituent kingdom
overtaxed his powers. Tho composition of
the Landtag seemed to render inevitable
tbe cholco of a Protestant Conservative for
his successor, and accordingly the place
vacated was assigned to Count Borno tv
KulexbuRo, a typical representative of the
old Prnssian aristocracy.
In any event, this partition of offices pre
viously inseparable must have led to fre
quent and mischievous friction, but the
gravity of the mistake was not disclosed
until the negotiation of the commercial
treaty with Russia infuriated against
Capbiti the great landowners, whose
natural spokesman ha had suffered to be
come the head of the Prussian Cablnot.
No impartial observer blames tbe late Chan
cellor for concluding that treaty; It was
evidently dictated by weighty reasons of
State, the aim being to check as quickly and
aa thoroughly as possible the Cznr from
drifting into intimate relations with the
French republic. From the viewpoint
of a patriotic statesman it was in
comparably better that Prussian landed
proprietors should exierlence some loss
Of income through the competition of
Russian grain growers, than that the father
land should have to struggle for Its life
against the threatened coalition of the
Czar's myriad legions with tbe French
armies brought to the acme of perfection.
It will be remembered that, although Count
IiEHDKKr Bismauck vehemently opposed
tho treaty with Russia in the Reichstag, his
father, who could scarcely be expected to
regard his successor with a sympathetic eye,
nevertheless declared that he himself would
have stopped at nothing to revive tbe tradi
tional friendship of the HoiiK5ZOLLKli:ia
and the RoMAKorra.
The Prussian landowners on their part,
however, were Incensed at having to bear
tbe wholo brunt of the propitiatory sacri
fice, and we can hardly be surprised at their
exasperation when we recall that Bis
UARCK had managed to retain tbe Czar's
good will without flooding the German mar
kets with Russian grain. Their craving for
revenge took shape in the new Agrarian
party, formed, not so much for tho Imme
diate recovery of the German market for
the Russian treaty Is Infrangible during its
prescribed term as to gall and weaken the
Chancellor by incessant opposition from a
quarter whence hitherto the sovereigns of
Prussia could count upon zealous support.
Nevertheless, although it is a serious and al
most unheard-of thing for a Prussian King
and his nobles to be at variance, tbe landown
ing aristocracy would seemingly have failed
just now to upset OlFBIVl but for his reluc
tance to cooperate with Italy and France In
exceptionally harsh precautions against the
socialistic breeders of the Anarchists.whoby
the assassination of Caknot and the attempt
to murder CBISPI bsd proclaimed their
hatred of all rulers. This, obviously, was a
cose in which courtiers and politicians could
represent moderation as disloyalty and luke
wormnesa as betrayal; and when tha Prime
Minister of Prussia, Count zu Kllk.nuubj,
tbe typical Conservative, refused to bold
ofllce any longer on the ground tliat no
adequate measures would be taken to safe-
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rmard hts master's lite, William It, who is
himself a Junker at heart, gave way.
Some plausible pretext wilt, no doubt, le
found for accepting CArmvi'a resignation,
but tbe real cause is tho fact that circum
stances forced him to alienate irremediably
the landowning aristocracy. The great
Prussian landowners hare always been the
firmest bulwark of the throne, and it has
for some months been foreseen that even so
self-willed a sovereign as WILLIAM 11.
would eventually recognize tho absolute
necessity of their support.
Observations of tho Aurora.
Before Mr. l'KAItl'8 expedition sailed for
Greenland last year, Tun Su.v announced
that this explorer and many other observers
In northern latitudes had agreed to make
auroral observations on the system dcvlned
by Dr. M. A. VEKDKIi of Lyons, X. Y. Dr.
VKEDKnhas for over eighteen jenrs been
studying tho aurora. Before his tlmo the
sotar origin of tbe aurora had came to bo
admitted In a general way because of the.
airrei'inent In the occurrence of sun snots
and auroras from year to year; but It wns
Dr. VKKDEU who established the fact thnt
there isa periodicity of the aurora and its
attendant magnetic phenomena, correspond
ing precisely with the time of the rotation
of tho sun; and also that there is n curious
relation between the occurrence of big
storms and auroral displays. It Is Interest
ing to note that during tho tlmo when Mr.
PEAnr and his men were camped on tho
Inland ice last spring, ttnnblo to mnrch on
account of the terrible storm, tliero wns n
magnificent auroral display from March UU.
to III, inclusive, which wns very generally
sfen In the United States and Ktiropc north
of the parallel of 4fl degrees.
Dr. Veidkh has received Mr. Peauv's
records of olwrvntlons of tho aurora mivdo
nt hbt camp last winter, and Is now compar
ing tbem with similar records made In many
other parts of tho earth. The work has al
ready advanced so far as substantially to
confirm Dr. VEEDER'S conclusions as to tho
origin and periodicity of the aurora. Theso
observations provo that tho solar forces, of
which the aurora Is tho visible expression,
play an exceedingly Important part lit many
wnys, particularly with reference to thun
der storms and to certain phases of nt
mosphcrlc control. Terrestrial mngnetlsm
has, thus far, been very ltttlo understood.
Tbe peculiarities of magnetic phenomena
are known, however, to bo Intimately asso
ciated with tbe distribution and periodici
ties of the aurora ; and tho great significance
of tho work Dr. VETDKlt is carrying on, is
that it is likely to throw much light upon
and perhaps entirely explain tho arrange
ment of tho magnotlc system of tho globe
and tho changoa It undergoes. Tho observa
tions of the past year aro to ba continued in
many parts of the northern hcmlsphers.
Tbo Poverty of Oxford.
Oxford University, of all Institutions of
learning, is In pressing need of money. Tho
oldest university of tho Engllnb-spcaklng
raco In Its glorious past of a thousand
years has been fostered and endowed by
the Crown, by tho Catholic Church through
out the middle ages, by tbe Established
Church of England slnco tbo Reformation,
by private benefactors Innumerable. When
Oxford is mentioned wo think at onco
of King Alfred, of Edward tho Con
fessor, and Edward VI., of Archbishop
Laud and Lord Clarexdom, of Bodlev,
Bueldok, Asumolb, and the other names
Indelibly attached to it. Only twen
ty years ago a royal commission
found the Income of the university and
colleges to bo 410,000, or over two mil
lion dollars a year. Yet now the librarian
of tho Bodleian Library, In a letter to the
Dally Kcici, U compelled to appeal to tho
general publlo for immediate assistance,
that the great repository of learning may
continue to be of use to tbe world. The
secretary of thn University Press writes
that "what Balllol, like somo other col
leges, really needs is a pious founder, nble
and willing to repeat In England the munifi
cence of American millionaires toward the
universities of the West." Though the sis
ter university at Cambridge has not yet
announced Its want In print, university men
there also complain of poverty.
At both universities the causes of the dis
tress are the same. They arise out of the
very antiquity of the endowments and tbo
security of the Investments, which aro chief
ly in the one form of riches which cannot
make thomsolrrs wings, namely land. The
reduced rates as! Interest and the agricul
tural depression, which apparently have be
come permanent factors in BrltUh econ
omy, have played havoc with all endowed
institutions, and the universities among
them. Oxford's reputation for wealth, too,
may have prevented money bequests from
being made to It In this century.
But In the appeal for tho Bodleian, Dr.
Nicholson brings out facts with regard to
Oxford which will arouse tho lively sympa
thy of all American universities which be
gan as colleges. Though the Oxford col
leges have been rich (they haUng drawn
81,800,000 of the two millions of 1874) tho
university has always been poor. Collec
tions, books, gifts In kind have been left to
it, with no provision for their maintenance;
general duties, like the holding of examina
tions, new instruction for tbe wholo uni
versity, the proper support of tho library
and museums, extension in tbe many direc
tions in which tbe university may be useful,
must come from the meagre gen
eral fund. Since the report of the
but Royal Commission, this Is larger
than it used to be, as the colleges
and especially the richer ones have bad to
turn some proportion of their revenues Into
tbe university chest. But one instance will
show how precarious this revenue Is. All
Souls' College, with an Income of $80,000 a
year, and only seven students, though its
largo body of fellows gives help In the uni
versity teaching, was directed to pay to the
Bodleian 85,000 a year. Tbo college paid
sums varying from 81, f00 to 83,000 for a
few years, and for the lost eight years has
paid nothing at all. Oxford needs a large
endowment as a university. Harvard, Yale,
Columbia, can all reecho the cry of their
older and richer sister.
Harvard especially will feel tbe force of
the Oxford apponl for tho library. The
Bodleian is the largest unlvernlty library lu
tho world; it is exceeded in size by only five
national libraries. It contains "00,000
bound volumes and 30,000 manuscript-,
and it Is one of the few famous libraries to
which scholars from all parts of the world
must go, as Its treasures aro to be found
nowhero else. Tho estimate of the Bishop
of Oxford, Dr. STITD3S, that " for all pur
poses, Including salaries, repairs, purchases
of books, and binding work, tbe Bodleian
outrht to have an Income of 10,000
($73,000) a year," does not sesm ex-travaj-aut.
.As a matter of faU its
In-omo from all ssu'eet Is leu than $46,.
000. Immense arrears of manuscripts,
printed books, maps, and prints remain to
be catalogued, and keep accumulating on
account of the smailness of the staff. The
SjMgjngBSjasT'-lUI iimrni 'drt'i' "
second largest numtsmatie collection In tho
British empire is mostly uncatalogned and
not properly arranged, through the lack of
a special assistant.
One statement of Dr. NicnoLSOS'fl sound
strangely to an American. In this largest
university library In the world, attracting
scholars from the ends of tho earth, with a
large body of resident graduates and 3,200
undergraduates to use it, the readers num
ber hundreds daily, often more than one
hundred rending at the same moment.
What would Dr. Nicholson say to Har
vard's record of tho ttso of the library by
over 1)0 per cent, of her undergraduates t
What to its ovcrrrowded reading room and
departmental libraries where his hundred
readers aro far outnumbered by tho under
graduates atone t And Columbia ami otber
American universities could show him
similar 'sights. The modern method of
using the library, like a laboratory, as ono of
thn chief Instruments in the education of
undergraduates, seems hardly to hare taken
root at Oxford.
The Bodleian, like tho BrltUh Museum,
is one of England's great glories. Uven
In these hard times it is difficult to conceive
that tho cry of distress from Bodlht'S Li
brarian will not lie quickly and generously
answered by the great body of Oxfoni grad
uates and by tho rich men of l.ngtand. Tho
Bodleian will probably be fully endowed
long befora Harvard obtains the reading
room for which It has been begging for live
years past.
Is Dr. Drpew n Pen eh ?
"' You're a peach," Is not anew catch In
the Bowery, hut we do not think It has
grown tip et In the fresher parts of theclty.
It was brought to the cars of many people
fur the first time nt tho Cooper Union Sep
tungtnt meeting of Tuesday lat, while Mr.
Grace was speaking, and when ho promised
that ha would not exceed his allotted ten
minutes. " You're a peach," was then heard
ringing through tho hall. It was a compli
mentary exclamation, raised lu honor of Mr.
Grace's promise of brevity, a promise
which, to tho grief of his bearers, ho did
not keep. The compliment ought to have
been withheld till his tlmo was up, when, If
he bod promptly ended bis speech, it would
bnvo been appropriate to tho occasion.
Again, " You'ro a peach" was roared out
last Thursday night at tho Windsor Theatre
In thn Bowery, when Dr. Dwew bad
reached a thrilling point in his speech. He
was telling bow he started life up in
Pceksklll with nothing but his hands and
head to help him, and had Just reached the
point at which ho boasted that he was n
workingman, when an intelligent listener,
who may havo been another workingman,
gavo voice to his appreciation by uttering
In bis enthusiasm tho beautiful eulogy,
"You're a peach I" Wo say that Dr.
CllAUSCEr M. DEr-KW deserved this enmnll.
ment as a bard-working man, oven though
we proved tho other day that ho did not
carry a tin pall in his early life.
Tbe old way of expressing admiration in
tho Bowery and elsewhere used to go thus:
" You're a daisy," or, In rarocoses, " Thero's
no flies on you." We aro willing that both
of these tlmo-worn catches should bo super
seded by something better. What Is It to
bo a daisy In peach time I Nothing nt alb
One good peach Is worth a hundred daisies
any day. As for the fly catch, it Is very well
In its way; but it cannot compare with tho
peach ono for juiciness. Many an ordinary
white man may be seen without flies on htm ;
and oven If a fly, or yet a bottle fly, should
settlo on a distinguished man, that fly could
not make him lose bis distinction.
It is only a man of real merit who can
properly bo likened to a peach; and when
such a man la earnestly assured by bis
bearers, in tho course of his oration, that he
is a peach, ho has a right to believe that he
Is both pretty and good.
Now for folly. When Dr. Drrnw, after
calling himself a workingman In tbe Bowery,
was told by another of his kind that be was
a peach, tho rest of tho crowd roared with
laughter. What blockheads they must have
lieen I Which of the two worklngmen were
they laughing nt ? The Doctor might hare
told thsm truthfully that they hadn't any
nioro sense tlian a peach pit.
If " You'ro a peach " is to become a go be
yond the Bowery, It ought to bo applied
with discrimination and in gravity.
Wlioro Aro You, Sons of Song?
What is the cause of the silence and stag
nation that seem to prevail In tho good
State of Connecticut 1 The voleo of tho
Hon. Jamcb Perennial Pioott hns died
awny. The, two bl'KRRYS, .M.IIKlilAl! and
Lewis, brothers In protection, though one is
a Republican and the other ostensibly a
Democrat, seem to bo soaked and saturated
in the deepest quietness. No political
Moodus noises are heard. Tho voters may be
registering, but they are notgettlngaroused.
Yet Connecticut hns arousers that are
sweeter than sugar trusts and capable of
potent work. Whero is tho Hon. Ortiieus
V. ComN of Mlddlctown, and where is his
all-persuaslvo flu to, the German flu to that
was wont to pour forth strains as har
monious as ever swelled a heart of
wood I He used to play this celebrated
Instrument in tho beats of noonday and In
the bush of midnight, and not a soul that
heard but was aroused and comforted.
Hens crew like cocks, and cocks changed
visibly into swans, and fish worms became
dolphins, whllu the mellow notes danced In
the bopy air. Whero are those notes and
wheru Is Ol'.WIEUS Cot'ttN now! Hus the
hired man been monkeying with that little
German flute I Has it been sent away for
repairs, or has the Hon. OnriiF.ua Vikoil
H's gone short of wind or run up against an
asthma t Why does he not contribute its
due quota of music to the flute r Why has
this lovely bird ceased to sing f
And whero U another songster t Where
is the Hon. KLIA1 CORVELIfS BENEDICT
with his harp of gold Has he hung it on
a willow, ur is ho wearing the willow him
self? lie, too, is silent, and the yivcbt
where he used to commune with tbe Hon.
Grovek Cleveland is either out of com
mission or has lost Its harp. Whero Is the
flute, oh, ORPHEUS VlCOIUVsr Where Is
the harp of gold and sugar, oh, Elias Cor
nelius, thou heart of sugar and gold t
The trial of tho new Huust 8-tnch gun at
Imllan Hei4 on Friday may fairly be called a
succos, althoush the rnsalts actually achieved
did not corn up to tho more extravagant claims
mada for It. The rlflo Is of the multl-charse
type; that Is, It emplo)S a cry tmall charg
of slowly burulns powder to start tlio proJoUHo,
and then adds a jareu charso of powder to
accelerate Its elociiy. In tbe well-known
It ASKIU.L eon. employing this general principle,
two additional charges are placed la two pockets
between tbe breech and tbe mutsle, whereas la
the Hukst there Is only a second charge, which
Is placed ou tbe outside of a cylindrical case, at
the end or bottom of which Is the first charge.
With the first shot. It appears, tbe primary
charge, at the base of the Drojtcttle, was It
pounds, and the secondary, or outer charge of
quicker burning powder, was 100 pounds. But
the velocity obtained was only 1,0)8 foot sec
onds, whereas the ordinary service gun gives
about ona-f earth more. However, tt was noted
that both the recoil and the pressure were far
lens than In the service gun. Then the Initial
or starting charge was Increased to 10 pound
and the other to Its maximum of 142.8, and that
gave 2.1 00 feet per second, with only 23 inches
of recoil and u.O tons pressure each oa Ure Inner
and outer chambers, whereas the rreoUotthe
service gun Is 27 Inches and the powder press
ure at least IS tons per square Inch.
It Is much to know that the new weapon
stood Its primary test without accident, except
somo fusing of tho outer cae of the eartrldgo
that did not Interfere with the second shot.
Now Improvements rnn en on, and Indue tlmo
It may bo ascertained whether the llunsr gun
ran employ a high explosive as tha bursting
charge of its shells.
Any man Is a big fool, and also a villain,
who would prartlse fraud in registration, or at
the polls In an election.
To-day is the anniversary of four Ameri
can battles. On thLs day. 1770, was fought the
battle of White PUIns. between the American
army under Uen. WAsnt-oTon and the Drltlih
under (Sen. Howe. Two weeks bsfare this the
Americans had been compelled to evacuate
Manhattan Island. Wamuhgto advanced tip
thg neat bank of tho llronx, and on tho 2.Td es
Ubll-W IiU headquarters at White Plains.
While this movement was In progress there
were several unimportant skirmishes between
tho American and the British troops. Ilowa
resolved to attack Wasuikutox In his camp,
and, receiving re-cnforcemenls. encamped at
Hcnrsdnle Oct. 25. having his right wing about
four tulles from White Plains. At this time the
British army numbered about 1.1,000 men. while
tho Americans had a few more. Ilowa began tha
nttni k nn Oct. SH by sending a detachment of
4,000 men to carry Chntterton lllll. a poet west
of tho Bronx, which wns held by 1,400 Ameri
cans under MAct)nt'(iAi.u The Americans oc
cupied a favoraklo pnrltlon and made a des
perate resistance. Inflicting serious losses on tha
British, but tho oicrwhelmlng number of the
enemy finally enabled them to carry tho posi
tion. MacDocoali. retired to WA-msoTOM's
camp, having sustained a loss of one hundred
killed or wonnded and eighty prisoners. The
British In this afTalr had 220 men killed or
wounded. Howe now watted for re-enforcements
beforo continuing his attack on the
American camp. Meanttmo Washinoton,
perceiving that It was Impossible In cope suc
cesfully with tho superior force of the British,
retlrtd nbovo Whlto I'lnlns and eflon transferred
most of his men across the Hudson.
It was on Oct,2fl. 1802. that a battle was
fought between a force of Union troops under
Oen. llEnno.N, consisting of the First Iowa and
tho Seventh rntlllla cavatrv. In all about a thou
sand men. and a Confederate force of three or
four thousand cavalry, wlra were encamped on
tho White Hirer, somo eight miles from Fay
cttovllle. Ark. Oen. Hannox reached the Con
federate camp at early dawn and began a vigor
ous attack, and. In spite of the superior num.
ber of the Confederates, soon put them to flight
with a loss of their camp equipage.
On Oct. 28, 11X14, Oen. Oillex, while near
Bull's Oop, K, learning that a Confederate
force composed of the brigades of VAcanAHand
PAi.Mr.li was In his rear at Morrlstown, sud
denly attacked and ranted It, Inflicting a loss of
prisoners, and four guns.
On the some day a battle took place at De
catur, Ala., between the Confederate troop
under Oen. Hoon and the Unionists under Oen.
Oohooh Oranoiu. Tha Confederates had es
tablished a line of rifle pita within five hundred
yards of the Union Intrenchmenti and were
threatening a general assault. On Oct. 28 the
Unionists made a sortie, and a part of the garri
son gained the rear of tha rifle pita, taking 120
prisoners. About the same time one of the bat
teries on the right was carried and spiked br
Col. MonoAN's Fourteenth United States col
ored troops, with some loss. Upon this Gen.
Hood moved oft westward.
Royal line Ashing is reported to us. The
greatest flsherwomen that aver lived are the
Duchess of Firs and the Princess Lopise. The
favorite game of tho former Is the salmon, and,
if there can bo any truth at all in fish stories,
ber record will bo bard Indeed to beat. It Is
reported In the English and French papers
that during her recent visit to Mar
Lodge she captured forty big salmon In
a single day! What's the price of porgles
now? The angler that catches a big fish every
five minutes Is doing very well. That makes
twolvo an hour. But it takes half an hour and
sometimes an entire hour to play out a big
salmon. Tha Duchess must be a dandy.
The Princesses Victoria and Maud occasion
ally and In turns fish for tench and carp with
the grandect fishing rod on earth. It belongs to
their mother, tha Princess of Wales, it Is a
magnificent affair, all bedizened with Jewels
set la gold and Ivory. It would never do for
skates and dogfish.
Next to the IJuchcss of Frrx comes the Princess
Louise as an expert with the fly. In a littte Can
adian lake, now known as Princess Pool, she
killed four salmon one day that weighed 22. 24,
28, and 27 pounds. In Canada she left behind
her a reputation for casting which might well
bo envied by the ablest angler In the land. We
respectfully beg leave to Invite all these Prin
cesses to try our own Prinoe' a Bay I
It Is In the faith of all tho Protestant de
nominations which accept Calvinism that non
elect Infants, as well as all other non-elect per
sons, are foredoomed to perdition; but. In our
time, many ministers of these denominations re
ject that tenet. The r.ev. Sir. HAUEMANot the
Hutch Reformed Church has publicly expressed
his disbelief In It. It maybo because this clergy
man Is a sentimentalist and a poet that he haa
fallen Into heresy.
All the baker In New York are doubtless
aware of the tact that the bakers of Washing
ton, the capital of tho United State-, have re
duced the price of the ordinary loaf of bread
from five rents to four cents. A like reduction
l.as been made In several other cities. More
than that. Wo are told by n Mllwnukeocon
temporary that, since tho fall hi the price of
wheat and flour, loaves of the standard New
York size are sold In some parts of tho West for
three cents.
Knowing these, things, our enterprising New
York bakers will doubtless take thera Into consideration.
Tbe IxtrU'a Prayer,
To ths Edjtob or The 8r-Sir; Tour editorial arti
cle on the true resiling of tha Lord's Prayer g"u new
end Vila-bin Information to a Urge number of Inter-eiU-d
readers. The pre-alent belief iloubtl-M U that
In wuste-ereisctwnnU It wm originally spoken.lt
was wholly the crcailon of Jnui llimteir, and th-r-fore
of Divine origin. The faeti ferm to ihow thai
such Is not the rate. la Conway's "Uacred Anthol
ogy' which I" a selection from the uerrd Uki of sit
relUlnni, will bo found the following ancient Jen lib
morning and arming prayers, with which Jetus wu,
of course, familiar, and of which the Lord's Prayer la
evidently largely a eoodrniailon
"Our Father who art la hearen, proclaim theunlly
of Thy name, and MiablUh Thy kingdom perpetually
and reign ortr us to all eternity. Our Father who art
In Heaven, Thy will be done on hlghi vouchufe to be
stow -. peaceful aad tranquil mind to thoaa who honor
Thee on earth, but do, O Lord, what teeint good in Thy
iKht, Olve me only bread to eat and raiment to put
ou. Forgive. O Lord, lhos who have thli itay offended
me. Let us, O Lord, not fall Into the power of tin,
trav-resslon, or Iniquity, and lead us not Into tempta
tlon. Hubdue our Inclinations that they mart sub-s-rvlent
to Tbe. Thine. O Lord, la tbe g reetaeaa,
power, glory, and luajcuy ' Juu j J. Una
Wiiui-oroj, Oct. to.
No Heresy Title from Aiietrr I
To Tux Eonoa or Ths 8f Sir: Tax Pis la the
beat newspaper In ttae Uulud Slates. Its news Is pre
sentol In the most readable shape, while lt editorial
page Is the most remarkable of any paper I have see n,
not only for lu knowing treatment of question be
fore us, but for lie vast emporium of oommeut, humor,
and criticism. There la another special feature of
Thi Sua, however, aad this ts Its remarkably able ath
letic and sporting dspartment. It put all otber New
York papers In the shade on football new. May Ths
fits ever continue to outshine all Its contemporaries!
AStiOVLB, Ma., Oct. US. blltiUT.
Weak tunas are strengthened, pleurisy pains relieved,
(ad asUunatto ariuptojueaubuued by ur. D. Jsyae'a
ipectorant, a sovereign remedy for all cvgfti aad
. - - -San i if 11 ilHias si
jma-asv-1) ii im iiiiiit-aagatijgjijsasaaaa-ajaj
ma BAJJAXlTB MttBJBT.
JTrnwa tka Bemeeraey 4e flrover Cleveland,
nistls Hoaora and sMIMv. C'stah-rraa
CIcTelanal to tha e-aery, Hlleneel
To tna Editob n Tnn Bvn-Sin Now that
O rover Cleveland has prr-ven his Ingratitude to
the Democratic party It ehould be tbe duty of
every honest Democrat to tea to it that no
Cvteknos are returned to Congress.
No Democrat should be deceived by Cnekoo
talk. Itcmove their mask and you will find that
they have no mora love for the Democracy than
Cleveland himself has.
It Is common talk hero that Cleveland i more
anxlons to save his "Dear Billy "Wilson than
to have a Democratic House.
All Federal officers who can make speeeh
and many Cuckoos from different States, have
been doing all they can to help Wilson, while
the other 353 Democrats who are running for
Congreas are left to fight their own bailie. This
makes It plain why Cleveland should bo disap
pointed. The Democratic party ran get along
very well without Wilson, and no true Demo
crat will regret his defeat, now that Cleveland
has shown Ihat he cares inoro for Wilson's elec
tion than hedocs for the entire Democracy.
When Cleveland Is eating his meals or msk
tag a purchase of anything, t wonder If ho real
ises that through the votes of Democrats he has
received a hand'ome Income for many years t
Two years as Slnyor. iS.fJOOi two years as Gov
ernor. JVJO.onos eight years as lrcsldent, 1100,
000. In all, $128,000 Is the sum he has received
through the efforts of Democrats, and now that
ho sees nn chance to get more he Is willing to
see the party defeated.
Shame, nh, shame on such Ingratltndol
ItonntT T. jAcgsojf.
WASni.MITOH, Oct. 20,
JIEFOltMATlOS JtT STATUTJI.
Ilataaa Natara la Greater tbaa tha relltt
eal 1.ot.
To rue EtiiTon or Tnn fitjjf Sir: The chief
difference between tha Democratic and antl
Demncratlo way of dealing with political and
social evils Is strikingly Illustrated In your city
nt tho present time. Democracy Is based on the
clear perception that the functions of civil gov
ernment aro limited and must ncocsaarlly be
limited If anv degree of personal liberty Is to ba
preserved. Tho opponents of Democracy see the
evil and see nothing else. They usually call
themselves reformers. "Hero Is an evil," they
cry. "On to; let us now make more stringent
laws; Ictus establish a new political party, aad
this evil shall straightway cease to exist."
Tha Democrat replies) "Eipcrlonco haa
shown that tho function of law Is limited.
There nre soma things It cannot attempt with
out producing evils qnlte as eerlcus as those It
tries to rnrn. H will fall In its attempt, and the
last condition of society will ba worse than ths
first." It Is for this reason that most men who
have had largest experience In life are Demo
crats. Many who begin on tho other tack learn
better. They become Democrats as they grow
older, ami presumably know more than they
did. Tho young men who take the advice of the
old become Democrats early. Those who think
they know everything because they know so lit
tle find their Democracy after years of fruitless
endeavor to do br lawmaking what to their Inex
perience seemed so eoy to accomplish. Women,
when they begin to Interest themselves In pol
itics, usually begin as violent opponents of
Democracy. But when experience shows what
statutes can and what they cannot do, they also
will become Democrats. Preachers whose chief
object Is to make n sensation naturally take the
antl-Demncratto method until they And out that
tho politicians who applaud their efforts aro
Just as corrupt as those they are trying to over
throw, and will make as bad a government If
they get the chance. No one who has stndled
politics Is deceived by such pretensions. Those
oat of office are always "reformor"," but getting
themselves In office Is the extent of their reform.
Tho change needed In Now York, as It Is In all
large cltlw. Is greater attention all the time
rather than spasmodically to city affairs by Its
best citizens. That, and the efforts to effect
change In Individual character by moral and re
ligious means, will prove the only effectual way
to core those evils which It Is Impnaslbla for law
to reach. Yet no doubt tho opposite or anti
Democratic plan will continue to have its ad
herenteand win occasional victories until It
? roves by actnal trial that It Is nn better than
he party It has ousted. Thon the spasmodio
excitement will subside and the evils will go on
Increasing as before until another political revo
lution occurs.
One of the most witty and suggestive fables of
Benjamin Krankltn was that which described
the restlem fever which selred all womankind
annnally about the first of May, and set them to
overturning everything In the house by way of
getting rid of its accumulated dirt. It was
Krnnklln'rt conclusion that ths same effort to
keep thn house clean through the year would
accomplish better results. The fable seems
ostensibly directed at a cntom peculiar to
housewives; but any one familiar with politics
must suspect that It Is a parable. Impartially ap
plying also to tho vagaries of political house
cleaning.
Every city Is accnstnmrd to this periodic and
epasmodln revnlslon against flagrant social
evils. Boston has lately passed throngh such a
fienod. thnngh hero politics hns not bod much
o do with It. ome of the preachers last sum
mer made a great onterv because the police
were tolerating houses of 111 fame In certain
parts of Boston. So, In compliance with a strong
popular demand, snch bouses were raided and
effectually broken tip. To a limited extent an
attempt was msdn to reform the wn-nen In thesa
house. So far soma good was done. But with
out reformation of character tho dispersion of
fallen women to all parts of thn city and to sub
urban town has only spread the evil to locali
ties where It did not before exist. It Is Jnst such
a kind of reform a that whlrh Jesus Christ
nineteen renturlesago warned ths world against
In tills parable;
When thn unclean spirit Is eminent of a man he
waiteth throath dry places, seeking rest, and fln-e:a
none.
Then he salth. I will reium Into my hontn from
whence I rame out! and wh-n he Is corns h andett II
eini.ty, wrr.t and jurnHhut.
Then -oeth h.amt taketh with htmseireoven other
spirits more wicked than hlmseir. and they enter in
and dwell tlirrri and thn last atala of that man u
worse than ths first.
neformstlon to bn thnronghly effective must
be In charade-, and onlv Indirectly as the re
sult of law. The scope of law Is of necessity so
limited that a man or woman who Isnnlyrn-strMni-d
from evil byltspensttlr-smtlst be en-en
tl.illy Immoral. The great majority of good and
repatahle cltlxrns aro so hrrauxe It Is In their
character tn Im -nch- not because thn rH lar
requires It. This I. the kind of evolutionary
progress that Is wen In thn Bible history of fin.
man development. In early Jewish times the
moral law was a aeries of strict ami pro
hibitory rules. But some of tirn Inter Jew.
Un J'.fJPhets. especially Isaiah. Jeremiah, and
hzeklel. foresaw tha time coming when thn law
waHnnttobenserleniif mini written nn tables
nt stonn. hut was to lie written on the tablets of
men's minds and hearts. In short, the reforma-
ilon they foresaw was one that was to bn made
n character, superseding ned of restrictive
awe. This Is the millennial era toward which
thn world Is progressing. It means a stronger
faith In i moral uaion and less reliance nn laws.
l.nlr,..(f w w,tk' ." Mw a statement from
MlsaWIUaril that sho was satisfied that temper
anen reformation must come through moral
suasion and not through, political pnrtlen.
These facts all plainly W that In tho mil.
lennlalera of which these prophet wroto, the
Democratic way of dealing with political and
social evils by mora suasion rather than by
law will be tinher-sllv prevalent. In the mean
time, before the millennium begins, the Demo,
emtio party will always pUeto every town. cltr.
and community ns good a government oa Its
people ara able to maintain. It Is the party
which throws most responsibility on tndlvldu.
ols by leaving each rommunltv free to mviaga
I sown affaire. and each Individual the largest
liberty that docs no: interfere with tlm risht of
others. Mo-moi
Bo-TU-J, Oct. 53. MOJIIIOB.
Mauri of mcrcim.
t-aaant B Ilanlahsal from Mlaaesata Bonds,
Their Courts Hay.
rT. Pain, Sllnn., Oct. S7.-The Supreme Court
of .Minnesota has declared la favor of the rights
of bicyclists. By a decUlon handed down yes
terday bicyclists have all tha rlghUof the gen.
eral thoroughfare granted to other vehicles.
Jndgo Buck says In his decision against Mr.
Thompson!
"Bicycles are vehicles used now extensively
for convenience, recreation, pleasure, and busl.
nes, and tho riding of them upon tho publlo
highway In the ordinary manner, us Is now done.
Is neither unlawful nor prohibited, and they
cannot be banished because they are not an.
celent vehicle or nd In ths garden of Kden by
Adamand r.r. Bejause the plaintiff those to
?rlv.e .'!or? hitched to a rarriaen doe not gl a
tohlra the right to dictate to others their iun.1
of ranveyanre upon a publlo highway where the
right of each are equal."
The slodcra Drama.
atonaxtr-Your play Isn't orlgluL II I based on
ens of Prs-ton's lridle.
BrmUstI know that, but ray pUy 1 a ta-ee aeev
ada
nn at xb aoiso or xir bocjett. I
Notwithstanding the still desolate took of ths I
larger Fifth avenue honses. there Is no stngin. I
tlon In metropolitan life. Indeed, tho general l
cry among women when Ihey meet on lhcir
walks artddrires l, "So much to do; no tlmo f()f
half that 1 should like to accomplish." ,n,
not a few of them add the somewhat novel ex.
case for neglecting social duties, "After the
election you will see me. Jnst now I am so
busy." Those who read the newxipers, ahd
note that on oneday of thelnst week eltrrowd -d
women's mrctlnes rt-ere held between the t i'y
Hall and Harlem, and have observed the Ion j
list of prominent society names among tlux-, f
who braved a fnrlous storm to attend them, wilt
be forced to admit that slowly the gates are (
opening to give women access to the councils l
anil political work of men. A generation may ii
come and go beforo women aro fitted to got. H
em or even to Influence, hut there Is no longer B
room for doubt that the mothers In Israel of tha fl
future are to bo asvtldely different from thn 9
of a century ago as am the women In civilized 1
countries from Hindoo and Turkish slaves. Q
The anti-Tammany meeting at the house nt 9
Mrs. it. J. Cross, In Washington souare, had an j
attendance composed of old New Yorkers, many J
of whom came from curiosity, but all of linm
were glad to be Instructed. Only professional I
speakers addressed tha audience, hut In spite i f jl
tho words of wisdom that Iheso Indies uttered,
and tho many flagrant abuses that they ex.
posed, very few. If anv, of their hearers left the 1
house with nn Intelligent Idea of what they f
were able or expected to do to help tho matter, 1
Beyond persuading tho men of their families to
votethti right ticket, which every sensible wo. j
man knows to bo a slmplo Impossibility, and
preventing men from leaving town, and thns
shirking responsibility on election day, which
last dkl not recommend Itself to the yonnger
portion of tho nsscmblago, nothing practical
was suggested In the matter of reform.
Considering tho time of year, tho number ot
familiar faces tliat were seen nt All Saints' 1
Chapel, Newport, on Thursday, when Mr. Wll. 3
11am U. Hunter and Miss Edith Norman were
Joined In holy wedlock, was quite remarkable, 1
All those who are still living in their seaside
homes, snch as tha Cornelius and Frederick .
Vanderblltaand Mr. Yon Alen, who has Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver I sella In the Utcst house party at ;
Wakehurst, were there, besldea a large con
tingent of Boston people and all the bride
groom's New York friends, many of whom
outdated as ushers, all of whom hcli-d
to make the wedding a cheerful one, la
eplte of the moaning of tho sad sea wares and
thecorpotof wet dead leaves over which ths
bridal party trod. When the festivities were
over the happy couple started In a pony carriage
to begin their lifo's Journey, as novel adeparture
as that of a recent Long Island bride, who railed ;
away In a yacht. "A bicycle made for two"
will probably be the next vehicle to be utilized
for wedding Journoye, and it will certainly have
the merit of economy as well aa a thorough
Independence of the world and Its trammels. '
Tho two promlnont successes of the summer,
golf and wheeling, are. apparently, not to ba
allowed to die out during the winter months.
Clubs and societies aro forming every day to
make both sports obtainable within town limits,
but in the event of a cold season It remains to j
be seen bow far they can hold their own against '
skating, sleighing, and tobogganing. The hold
that the bicycle has taken upon the affections
of men as well aa women Is phenomenal, and
was illustrated the other day by the remark ot
a young fellow of large means and athletlo hab
its, that he had "twenty horses in his stables
and was obliged to hire men to exercise them."
The marriage ot Miss Susan Tucker Whlttier
and Prince Belosselsky, which took place In
Paris on Tuesday, was an eventof much Interest
and Importance to the Americana there, not only
by reason of the youth and loveliness ot the
bride, but of tho Imposing ceremonial of the
Greek Church in which the marriage was
solemnized. Many an American girl haa been
united In a foreign land to a German, English,'
or Anstrlan nobleman of rank and consider- ,
tlon, but none hitherto haa stood at the altar
with a crown held over her head by a high
dignitary of the State and pronounced her mar
riage vows to the sound ot solemn muslo and In
the pressnee of royalties, ambassadors, and
other conspicuous notabilities. The United
States was represented on the occasion by Am
baasador Eustls and hla family, and New York
by a lovely group of young matrons, who. In the
latest creations of Worth and his confreres, were
very fair to see. Among them were Mrs. Henry
Clews, Mrs. William A. Dorr. Mrs. Henry A.
Coster, Mr. Orlswold Gray, and Mrs. Townsend
Burden, whose daughter, exquisitely costumed In
rose color, officiated as bridesmaid. Miss Center,
Miss Ethel Irvln, Miss Katharine Dner, Miss
Clews, and Mine Potter formed with others an
attractive group ot young girls.
The dwellers In this Western land, happily for
themselves, know bnt little of the pains and
perils that royalty has to suffer; but American
brides ot tba present moment, who are sur
rounded by loving hearts, and ministered toby j
troops of friends, and whose wedding days ara
made as Joyous as It is hoped their future lives
may be, cannot but cherish a sentiment of com
miseration for the young Prlncn-s Allxe, whose
bridal will ba celebrated In the valley ot tha
shadow ot death, and the trappings for whose j
wedding are housed side by sldo with the rabla
hangings and mourning garments that are held
In readiness for the Emperor's death. Nothing
so ghastly and grewsoms was ever known In
connection with marriage festivities.
Engagements como out slowly, but still they
come. The latest one announced Is that of Miss
Louisa Bell, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Louis V.
Hell, to Mr. Stephen Whitney, great-crrandson
of the first Stephen Whitney, the architect of
the Urge fortune he left behind htm, and one
of the, few millionaires of fifty years ago.
It la hardly customary for those whom tha
law haa released from their marriage bonds to
annnnnca their second emba real Ion upon the
troubled seas of matrimony, but every onn Is i
glad to hear that pretty Mrs. Annette Wetmoro
has a life of peace before her, as ttie result of
her engagement to Dr. James Markoe.
Tho Hudson River seems to be, he central
point of society life Just now, and all the way
from Irvlngton to Ilhlnecllff come the echoes
of dinners, dances, ana tableaux, and during tha
coming weak the mytttc rites of Halloween will
doubtless be celebrated in man) a big country
homestead. Tableaux In aid of n local charity
were on exhibition lu Itogers's Hall, Hyde Park,
on Tuesday evening, under the direction of Mr.
Thomas Newbold. Mr, and Mrs. L. P. Morton ,
and their daughters took an active part, and one
of the young ladles as"Amerlca "and theother
as "June "were very strlklngand effective. One
of the best pictures represented Mr. Archibald
Ilogcrs and Mrs. W. D. Morgan as itruhcii and
(.Vnfifri from"A Trip to Chinatown," and tha
exhibition closed with a grand tableau ot an at
tack on a Puritan home, In which Indians, red
coats, and regulars were all grouped together,
Thoaa ladle who have not given sufficient
study to winter fashions should see MUsOlga
Nelbersol In "TheTransgrussor," Itseems tl st
this promising joung actress haa a trausatlantio
reputation for being the best-dressed woman a
the London stugr, and certainly the white sat n,
brocaded in big lllle, with tho white lacerapts
held down by diamond stars, Justifies ths dis
tinction, although it must be admitted that ns ,
up-to-date clilc ts scarcely In harmony with the
tragical crises in which It Is worn. The blue
molro, which calls forth murmurs of admiration
In the second act, and the pale pink woollen,
with ths blot k ribbon fastened to tho shoulder
by a diamond criacint, and after dhcrs rro
Ingsand twlstlngs ending at the feet with a big
bow, are all worth) of notice and imitation.
Mr. McAllister announced, soma tlmeflnre,
the dates of the Patriarch bolls, the first one
being for Dec H. The gentlemen who are to
recruit the patriarchal ranks this jrarsre" r t
Roderick Cameron, Mr. Cornelius Vandvrlni, f'
and Mr. Anson Phelp htokes.
Among recent arrival from theother side si
pear the names of Col. and Mrs. Ja; Mrs and
the Misses Lelter, Mrs. and Miss iMrfar Mr,
and Mtsa Hampden Itobb, the Miss Turnure,
svad Mr. SUphen Whitney.
