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H . ' Tbo agony-Is over. The Democratic party,
H i , Msombled regularly In Nntlonnl Convention,
H U pledges itself to revive the free coinage of
H I a -liver nt the old ratio of 10 to 1, and to no-
K I compllsh tbe imposltlivn of nn income tax.
Hf il The Democracy of .TCFr'Bueos, from which
H tj& haro been drawn Invariably tho Ideas which
B f,. havo Riven political stability and rcpubll-
H if can enthusiasm to tin country, has passed
Hf ;-A into tho control of Jeffekson's diametric
Kj opposite, tho Socialist, or Communist, or,
Hljl k, a he U now known hore, tho Populist.
Hkt Si Tho process which culminated yesterday at
HS Chicago has been going on for much longer
Mv than tho last ten years, in which It has been
K& fi'-J-. manifest to all.
K$ R Since tho war, while the Democratic party
Ki !& was being built up asatn in tho North, tho
nf : Boutb, where lay tho Democracy's main
i strength, made no sign of desire for anew de-
Hr' $ part lire. It accepted willingly ns Its candl-
HM S dates that pure disciple of tho Democratic
Hrff I'11 falth' SAMUEL ,T' TlLDKN' of New York, Win-
KL I" field Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania,
BS t pretending to nothing but party orthodoxy,
K& v and Grovf.ii Cleveland, an unknown
BS' 1'"' quantity, but, like Tilden, coming from tho
H$&lj? conservatives State of New York. But the
S i-V seeds of socialistic revolution wero in the
E 1 South all the time, and, by a singular fatal-
Hi? ' Ity, the first man to obtain possession of the
Bg '$v. President's office in tho Democratic name
H& .& I both weakened Democratlo sentiment and
'if; V I fanned populism's destructive flams. A
K9 4 1
S .' political freak, of alien instincts, 1th-
Wk t' ont concoptton of party government, and
H&J f., aiming at personal government only, he
Hs ' destroyed the Idea of party coherency
V? 5 : and allegiance to tradition, headed and
j ' inspired, In the mad crusade of 1802
j! 5. against capital's "iron heel" and against
'' '?i tbo rich as robbers of the poor, the
c5- Tv greatest sociolisUo demonstration yet
& recorded, made, by his financial blundering
i ? end falsifying, the national monetary
u -i- standard hateful in the eyes of every
TT i' tvavcrer, ond actually proposed the Pop-
pr uliitlo Income tax now openly made
fif, W- . r- r pliQk in the Democratlo platform.
Wv jf -SottlT poverty, engendered by the war,
?'- I' nn t'ne common discontent, stirred np
fi- ; to recklessness by the agitation of the past
tS-' l'i' twelve years, have at last blazed Into a
$?;. rS demand for debased coinage and a tax on
nMl & wealth, and have carried the National Dem-
HP Mil ocratlc Convention!
L' The Chicago platform cannot be accepted.
P' tfttt e United States was made democratic,
1 j , and it must remain so.
We- t Frellver coinage would be national dis-
'k 11 honor and a monumental anachronism. Sll-
W' '! Ter nas na aT aa 0Dey standard.
i Ik) oe commerce ' civilization, which has
'ML A Qse as me1'um ot exchange pretty
jvl'1 much everything from shells to the higher
j 1 I metals, has progressed beyond sliver. It
-9J ip has adapted Itself to gold, and to gold It
7' l& "'ll Btlck nnt11 " flnds somethlD8 otl11
L jR' more convenient. The silver campaign is
i J? based on delusions which havo no Justlflca-
,f S tlon, and on statements which are not so. It
U iff" cannot prevail, and every sincere believer in
v '&$' fair dealing and In bnstnsss honor as the
' jBff foundation of commercial prosperity must
, put aside all other purposes and unit for
;"-. j I its defeat.
r jHr4 Iu the different States the State candl-
: H j 1 dates for tho mortified And disheartened
' K ' i members ot the Democracy to follow are
R. H ' I jet to be determined. In them, and espe
E R , J dally in New York, whoro David Bennett
B. Hj t ! BtLti has struggled for his party against
w-'JK f overwhelming odds, tho nucleus of Dem
r ' ocratlc regeneration must bo found. But
K mk from now until the night of election day in
K H? ( Kovember, 1800, the Presidential candidate
wit '' ' 0Tel7 Democrat who favors honest
K WA money and who still hopes to crush the ene-
Spiff mles of the fundamental principles he was
r wfF bred In, should be, without hesitation, eva
li: Blon.orsoptoprejudlce.WlLLlAMMcKlNLET.
m WWi'fL ',0 ontorvatlvo Ministry Itcslgns at
W- Ottawa.
!,K Although they wero decisively defeated at
I Mk'. the ballot box on June SI), Sir Chaiiles
K CSsK' Tupfek and his colleagues parslsted in
B WSfiE clinging to ofllco until July 8, when they
Sv'ljS were practically driven out by tho Governor
. fflf General's refusal to nauctlou their attempt
r to nullify in some degreo the Liberal victory
fcW ljy stronutheultig tho Conservative party In
J tlie unner 1IollBe of t,1() Ottawa Parliament.
!i! t '" t'''s underhand attempt to filch by in
m v- trlgue what had been lost at tho polls, Sir
K VI CUAKLCa Is believed to have been backed by
ll Mr. Josui'ii C'HAiiii-nLAiN, tho British
I' 3 Colonial Secretary, who regards with cho
H grin the failure of the Imperial Federation
B Fi ,8ts to retaln preponderance in tho Canadian
H a Dominiou.
H ft What occurred was tills ; When the out-
H 1 come of the general election becamo known,
H BU I 8lr " AnLKH '"''Rl'. the head of the beaten
B J Conservative Government, recognized that
H t V 'iemust resign, but before doing so he de-
B ' V sired to secure the reappointment to the
H I Senate of Messrs. Akoeiis aud Dlsjaiuhnb,
B j who bad resigned their seats iu that body to
Hl PI run for tho Commons as uiemlx-rsof Tui'-
Bj Vii rKR'B Cabl,let- Tlle pretext for this addl-
H trot tion of two representatives of a defeated
HK TuT PnrtV t0 tliu Kmto was that in Great
H JHt Britain public opinion permits a beaton
H vioti Prime Minister to advise tho Queen to give
H) . certain of his followers seats in the House
HHJHj j of Lords. The alleged precedent is glar-
Ingly Inapplicable. The number of mem
bers of tho House of Lords Is Indefinite:
consequently no harm i dono by n distri
bution of peerages on tho part of an out
going Minister, since his successor Is at
liberty immediately to neutralize the peers
thus created by new appointments of n dif
ferent political complexion. On tho other
hand, tho numlcr of members of the Do
minion Senato is limited by law to eighty,
olid therefore It Is conceivable that, tho
existing members being equally divided, the
gravest wrong might be dona to a victorious
political party if vacancies in tho Senate
could be filled by their opponents after the
latter hod been beaten at tho ballot box.
The people of Canada, when thoy catno to
understand tho posslblo consequencos of
such a performance, would refuso with in
dignation and resentment to tolorate such
on effort to frustrnto by trick and devico
their recorded will.
Fortunately for tho Canadians, tho pres
ent Governor-General, Lord Aberdeen,
is not an appointee of Mr. Joseph Cham
HEItLAIN. On tho contrary, he Is a Glad
stonlan, that is to say, a Liberal in spirit
ns well as iu namo. Ho kuows that, under
tho British North America act, it is his
duty as the Queen's representative to main
tain perfect impartiality between tho Cana
dian political parties, and ho knows that
ho would bo unfaithful to his duty If, in
conformity to the wish ot u beaten Minister,
he gave scats in tho Senato to men whose
party hod just been repudiated at the ballot
box. Lord Adeiidekn needed no one to
point out tho folly of applying tho false
precedent furnished by the British mothod
uf creating peers to a Senate liko tbnt of
tho Dominion, tho number of whose mem
bers is determinate.
Had Lord Adeiidken been a man of a
different calibre, willing to be tho tool of
Mr. CnAUUEitLAiN, and to go any lengths to
further the Imperial Federation scheme, ho
not only would havo stuffed the Domluion
Senato with spokesmen of a defeated party,
but during tho last fifteen days would have
assented to orders in council framed and
urged by Sir Ciiakles TurPBIt in the inter
est of his financial backer, tbe Canadian
Pacific Hallway.
Tho Chicago Platform.
Tho beginning and tbe end of this extraor
dinary document are Democratic That
is to say, tho affirmation of allegiance to the
general principles of Jefforsonian Democ
racy, and of opposition to tho Republican
tendency to centralization, and the square,
straightforward declaration against third
terms, afford by themselves a platform
on which every genulno Democrat might be
proud and glad to stand. If there were
nothing else in the resolutions adopted yes
terday by the Convention nt Chicago, fortu
nate indeed would be tho present lot and
auspicious the prospects ot the historic and
beloved organization I
As to tho rest, it would havo been difficult
for the silver fanatics, aided by the TlLL
vians aud ALTQE-DS of the new revolution,
to have constructed a creed moro dangerous
and repulsive. The date line is Chicago,
but the spirit is that of Omaha and Ocala.
It is the murmur ot tho assailants of exist
ing institutions, tho shriek of the wild-eyed,
the tramp ot the Coxeylte army marching
again upon Washington. Consider the prop
ositions offered by Populism to the Demo
cratlo voters ot the United States as tho
principles ot Democracy:
"Wo are unalterably opposed to mono
metallism," Bays the platform; and then it
demands silver monometallism through the
unlimited coinage of silver dollars worth
fifty-three cents.
We demand that the standard silver dol
lar," says the platform, "shall be a full
legal tender, equally with gold, for all
debts public and private." That Is, tho re
pudiation of forty-seven cents on every dol
lar of publlo or private obligation; the
wiping out of forty-seven per cent, ot every
man's accumulations in savings bank, land
and building association, or fixed Income of
any sort as established under the present
standard. Repudiation on the one hand;
robbery on the other.
We are for liberty and the preservation of
personal rights, says tho Democratlo part
ot the platform. " We favor such legisla
tion," says the Populist part, " which shall
prevent for the future the demonetization
of any kind of legal tender money by private
contract." If legislation could ever accom
plish that, it would paralyze business at
home and annihilate commerce with the
rest of the world, excepting nations with a
currency as debased as our own.
Tariff for revenuo is demanded, but not
tariff for revenuo only. The duties are
to bo "so adjusted as to operate equally
throughout the country and not discrimi
nate between class or section." But there
is to be no tariff revision, on this principle
or any other, " until tho money question Is
settled." The deficit In tho revenuo Is to be
made up by tho imposition of at Income
tax, which does discriminate between class
or section; and the discriminating income
tax demanded at Chicago is to bo imposed
by evading in somo mnnnernot specified tbe
decision ot the Supreme Court of tho United
States; or, falling in that, by packing tho
bench and thus procuring u reversal of tho
Court's decision.
Thus far the sllverltes aud tho Populists.
Now Dnus makes his appearance, with all
that Dkiis demands: A firmer clutch by the
Federal Government on the throats of the
great corporations engaged In railway trafllo,
on tho one hand, and, on the other, shackles
upon the Federal Judiciary to prevent In
terference with thu Instigators of riot and
tho actual disturbers of the peace and de
stroyers ot public and private property.
Is this tho banner under which Demo
crats are Invited to march to the polls In
1800 f Repudiation, robbery, Inequitable
taxation, a free baud for the forces ot so
cialism, a clear field for tho advnnco ot tbe
skirmish line of communism and anarchy.
It seems to us that the Issuo bus been made
plainly at Chicago, not butween Democracy
and Republicanism, but between Democ
racy and the enemies of the institutions und
principles which it has been Democracy's
mission for a century to defend.
Protect tho Ports I
An excellent start was made for tho now
fiscal year, in coast defence, by completing,
on July 1, tho mounting of a heavy gun at
Wllletts Point. We cannot expect every day
in tho new year to bring forth Its quota ot
completed work, but each day can and
should have Its share In the outlay of the
liberal sums provided by Congress for en
gineering aud ordnance.
One conclusion reached by Secretary LA
1I0KT Is to go ahead at once with tho con
struction of barracks and quarters for a
garrison at Fort Hancock, on Saudy Hook.
This point may almost be called the key ot
the southern defences of tho country's com
mercial metropolis, and it has already the
nucleus of an armament in guns and mor
tars, but no regular garrison of gunners.
Kveu the sum now available for barracks
aaaHaBaai
and quarters is only a beginning ot what
is needed, but tho Secretary will not allow
that fact to delay the start. Years hence,
when an Impregnable lino ot defence Is ar
ranged liotwcen tho batteries nt Sandy Hook
and thoso Iwhtnd the eastern end of Coney
Island, aided perhaps by 10-inch guns,
mounted In turrets built on Homer Shoals,
Fort Hancock may provo to be tho largest
artillery garrison In thu land.
Taking contracts authorized and actual
appropriations, Congress has given Gen.
Flaoleii and Gou. CltAUHIILL a most liberal
sum to work with, and it not only expects
this to be ucd. but Is ready, wo doubt tint,
to mako another great contribution next
winter to the Important task. The most
urgent part ot the work is tho building
of disappearing carriages and of cmplaco
ments for tho gnus, and no energy can bo
too great In hurrying theso forward.
Tho Threat Against tho Snpromo
Court.
Tho addition ot tho unconstitutional in
come tax to the flfty-thrcc-cent dollar
rounds out tho Chicago platform to tho full
diameter of Populism. No wickeder pen
was ever turned to tho composition ot party
resolutions than .that which wrote into tho
Chicago platform of 1800 an attack on tho
Supreme Court of tho United States for
protecting the citizens of this country
against robbery by taxation, and followed
up that attack with n plain throat to pro
cure a reversal of tho Court's opinion by
pocking tho bench for an lncomo tax.
Horeln lies ono of tho gravest dangers in
volved in tho reckless socialistic movomont
which for tho tltno has usurped tho name of
Domocracy. The election of tho candidate
of the hybrid assemblage nt Chicago means
peril to tho Court that constitutes the lost
bulwark of our common rights and privi
leges. In the ordinary course of nature, nt
loast one new appointment to tho bench may
bo expected within tho noxt four years. Tho
threat is distinct that at the very first op
portunity Populism in the White Houso
will fortify tho revolutionary movement by
forcing more Populism into tho Supremo
Court.
Robbery seems to bo the prograramo ull
along tho line : Tho robbery ot tho wage
earner, tho small Investor, the salaried man,
through n depreciated currency; the rob
bery of tbo more prosperous of our citizens
through an unequal tax on thrift; tho rob
bery of the Government's creditors, horo
and abroad, by tbo repudiation of a part ot
tho nation's debt; the destruction of that
most precious possession of the nation, its
honor as a dobtor which pays In full; nnd,
finally, the entry and seizure of the Federal
court of lost resort I
The McKlnloy Democrats.
Somo great truths, so broad as to be over
looked in ordinary times, are beginning to
bo discernible to minds that havo been run
ning in a rut.
Parties do not make Issues. Issues make
parties.
In the readjustment of political boundaries
that occurs whenever a question of supreme
Importance turns up, the old nomenclature
becomes meaningless.
The greater lssuo practically annihilates
the lesser. Men range themselves according
to their convictions on the question of prlmo
importance; not according to their convic
tions on secondary matters.
This Is likely to be illustrated very forci
bly during the months to come. Four years
ago it Boemed impossible that a body ot citi
zens with opinions so pronounced and a zeal
for agitation so intenso aa possessed the
tariff reformers in their crusade against
Protection, could ever sholve their convic
tions on that subject until tho question was
settled definitely one way or the other. Tho
question has not beeu settled; nobody'pre
tends that tho tariff war has been fought to
a conclusion. Aud yet every well-informed
observer of the present sltuntion knows
that thousands of tariff-reform Democrats,
recently bo styled, are preparing them
selves, in the event of certain results at
Chicago, to organlzo and work for the
olectlon of a man whose very namo typifies
to their minds an abhorrent thing. Six
weeks ngo the Idea of a McKlNLET Demo
crat would havo seemed as absurd a contra
diction of terms as a wicked saint or n
righteous devil. Six weeks hence there may
be MuHlNLET Democratic campaign clubs
in every State of tbo Union.
Here we seo the powerlessness of Indi
viduals' or oven of conventions to dictate the
issue. Parties do not make issues; issues
make parties.
The Tribune extends to TnB Rn.f the as
tnranca ot tli mot dlftlnfiUlibMl ronnlderfttlnn. In
whatrTtr coDtrorlf mar fall out durln. ta
camratf7i, II will endeavor 10 b both coartaous and
charitable. Sew Turk TWfrana.
We take this plaintive protest to bo a petition
that The Sum shall not dlreotly call tho editor
of tbe Tribune a liar.
It Is time to dci a tardy justice to n prophet
too lone disregard.. Ilefore tha site of the
Democratlo National Convention of lNUOwas
decldod upon. Col. IticiiAltu UniniiT. a eood old
Hooaler Hard Shall Democrat, used somo vivid
lan.aace In rritard to Chicago aa a Conveutlon
city. As between Chlraeo and Ochenns, said
the Colonel, slve me Oeliennn arerv time. For
this frank remark ho was sevorely scnurired hy
the Chicago newspapers, and, althourh ha
Is somewhat of a Hergeant-at-Arms himself,
thre conld be no thought ot limiting lilra Hur-eant-at-Arras
ot a Convention to bo held In
Cook county. Kvcntu may bo nald to havo been
an ample defenoa nnd vindication of Col.
Uiiioht's prophecy. For nConventlonln which
hatred, envy, Insanity, cove tomnen of the prop
erty of the rloh, anger, profanltr, comtnnnlnin,
and Anarchy hold undisputed sway. Col.
BltloiiT's cholc seems preferable.
Hi5K!cusen's poll was verified Chicago Infer
Ocean. And small trouble to verify It. There Is no
other l!ke It known to tha world of science.
Tioosit IUcon was a clever chnri, and the
braten head which lie built was a clever toy,
although somewhat oracular, but he never made
and probably never oould haro mndo a head as
gifted as that which crowns tha Hon. IltliK
IIiniiioiisen. There have been plenty of heads
with nothing la them.and a few with too much;
henda, soft, bard, aud medium; and more big
heads than any other kind, There have been
head that never opened, and Chlcaao all
this neok has been full of beads that
never shut. There are plenty of poo
pie with no heads and plenty more of peoplo
who prefer to stand on their hruda; nnd Chicago
Is full ot both varieties. There ham been mliitA
who carried thstr beads In their hand, anil
there have been heads which Insisted nn giving
rather Irregular testimony In criminal cases
after tbey had parted company with their ro.
spoctlvo necks, Hut never before was there a
poll like the Han. Duck Hiniuuiis-n's, a poll
whose whole activity is oentred In a mouth
which swallows sixteen largo silver dollars a
minute. It could be verified In the Valler of
Jehoihapbat.
Stop for a moment, and through tho laby
rinthine whirl ot whiskers that now darkens
heaven strive to see the great deed of the week.
A deed of Justice, Irregular but mighty. Dur
ing the baseball game between Pittsburgh aud
Washington, at the latter city, last Monday,
two members of tbo S.-uoketotrn combination
amused themselves by pushing tha umpire
about, threatening htm with a bat, and ponrlog
over htm those carboys ot Inflamed language
which are part of the necessary baggage of
soma prnfessor of baseball. After the
game the utuplro nked tba two Pittsburgh
thinkers tu repeat their Improving ro.
marks about him. Then be smote each of
them In tho Jaw, n loud and sonorous
punch, audible above all the yawp nt the Chi
cago communists. And all the slain umpires ot
other days stretched out to their militant
brother a shadowy, glad hand; and all tbe
other living umpires, the abused, the Joered,
sworn nt, insulted, threatened, slugged, heard
tbo sound of that blow nnd began to havo a more
cheerful heart. Still, It Is a tactical mtstsko to
attack certain obstreperous players on tho Jaw;
'Us their strongest part, nsuoll as their chief
talent.
Down with Jackson nnd JErrnnsoN nnd
up with our bnnuer, IU to 1 1 l'lle tho load on
plutocrats' backs, souk it to 'em with tho Income
tnx. Of goldbug law we mako a sport; when
the time comes we'll pack the court. On
with the programmo without a hitch;
skin the Hast and skin tha rloh. I.lft tbo heart
and lift tbe fist; swear to be an Anarchist. Our
creedlsruln.nurflag Is red. On. brother Anarch
ists, and raise Kr.u. -" Chicago Chants."
The Hon. Thomas FltAXClB Batard has
recolved from her Majesty tho Queen, and pre
sumablr has executed gladly a command to
send to the lion. nnoVERCt.r.VELAnnamessage
whloh will tnnke the sendee ns happy as it
has made the sender; In short a mossngs
calculated to mako everybody happy and pro
mote the coming of universal peace. The queen
was graciously pleased to express to tho Presi
dent hor approval ot those grim and gory war
riors, the members of the Anolenl and Honor
abto Artillery Company of Boston, who thus
far into the bowels of the land have marched on
without Impediment. The conquest ot England
by this band ot martlallsts Is ono ot the
most Impressive facts In history. In former
years tho longest inarch of the Company
has been from Faneutl Hall to the
Parker House, but when the call of duty came
It didn't come for nothing. To the Tower, to
Windsor, to Aldershot, to tho Cinque Ports,
wherever It Is summoned, the Company will go,
provided lunch or dlnnor Is provided at both
ends of tho route. It Is believed In England
that the Company put down the civil war: and
certainly It Is putting down a good deal. Mobs
eurgod around the Company yosterday, begging
for buttons. At Aldershot It woa with difficulty
restrained from attacking the forces reviewed.
"It tbey can fight as well as they can food,"
said Lord Womelbx yesterday, "tho world Is
theirs." The price of champagne In England
advanced another elgbt-and-slx yesterday.
What will Herr Most get t
There have been In the Chlcaao Conven
tion some nnblo subjects to lure tho genius and
the pencil of the historical painter. la there no
rich friend of art and silver who will prepare
to adorn somo museum and to delight nil pos
terity by giving to some artist ot merit an order
for a llfc-slio ptctnronf "Jon.f PAnnoN Ai.t
OELU Grasping the Hand of Or.onon Fred
Williams"? This event occurred, it will bo
remembered. Just after tho convicted Saul of
Dedham had made his beautiful speech ; a
speech which drew tears and quids from
many ot tbo sternest Populists and An
archists present. Iluth la actual and In
mystlo significance that handshake was
surcharged with moaning. It wns tho
West taking In the East, the Anarchist sa
luting tho reformed Mugwump, QurrxAuand
Miss Nancy. There has been nothing more af
fecting and pictorial In the Convention, with
the possible exception of tho occasion when the
Hon. James Btepiiev Hooo of Texas, about to
mako a speech, pried a cud of tobacco ont of his
Jaws with his Qngers, and threw It viciously at
arose. This Incident, too, was fall of loveli
ness and of allegory. Ittlcured the triumph of
the West and South over the East, of silver
over gold, of sectionalism over patriotism, of
Anarchy over Democracy. This, too, ehould be
painted, showing both the cud and the orator In
full sire.
There has bocn a most discreditable at
tempt to make It appearthat tbe Hon. w'illtam
Jenninou l)iiYh, the Doy Orator of tbo Platte,
has been keeping out of the Convention ball
because his shapely and Intellectual head was
too big to get Into It. Lamentable error. lie has
bad more serious business on his hands. Meekly
and humbly he tins been baring that brain
trunk to the lightning, and saying: "I'toase,
Mr. Lightning, don't strike me; I like to be
struck." At last nccounts the lightning was
got'.lng to be closo and frequent, so near that It
was difficult for even a cool-hended person to
find time to count one, two, and three, and
rockon up tho distance: and Mr. Urvan
has hot coals iu his head and no turn for
the exact eclcures. .Still, the lightning
make a very pleasant companion to the
thunder which Is always rumbling in the Hoy
Orator's lips or bolting out of them. He ltkrs
to be struck. Few silver-plated rtntesmen havo
command of more parts of Populist speech.
Fewouthsof his age have a greatur roadlntss
In coming forward.
It is understood thnt Secretary HEltnKRT
has decided to give names to the two new battle
ships before retiring from office on March 4
noxt, and that he will announce his selections
as soon ae tho contracts for building them are
arranged. As tho namo Krarsarge was madu an
exception to the general rule only by the special
direction of Congress, tho two names chosen
will bo those of Htiites. Indiana, Moasaohusotls.
Oregon, Iown, Maine, Texas, and Kentucky havo
already been chosen for naming our new steel
hatllu ships. New York Is equally ont of the
li-t, because there Is an armored cruiser of that
name. Then we have the Michigan, n small
Iron cruiser; tho Minnesota ft ml tha New Hamp
shire, used by tho naval mllltla, nnd the Ver
mont, a receiving shlu,
Here area round dozen States taken out of
tho possibilities; but thu others may put In their
claims for the meditations of Mr. Hkiiiiuiit dur
ing his Jaunts on the Dolphin. Perhaps Colo
rado, however, may roncludo not to apply until
Tki.i.-U Is elected President.
Hrnittor 11111 To.iluj,
from the .Vrw llaxtn Avn(ft0 lleoliter.
It was a great day yrnterdajr for Senator Darld n,
Hill ot New York. It Is nnt pos.llilo that he learned
of his election bv tliu Nations! fominllteu for tempo
rary Chatrinan without a thrill of emotion, He was
not unprepared for this mark of confidence, for It can
bocalliil nuthttiK else, nor could lie hare been Insensl
Lie to llio ilUtluctlouut It. which ratn-s til in to tho
leadership of the sound money lemocratt of tbs Tail
and Northeast.
Thosu who were In nttrndanco at tho Pomocrulo
Convention four yoari aeocau more fully appivclatft
tun dimensions of his Tlttory thsn n-onii el, He
v-as then a candidate for the I'resldentlAl nomina
tion and tbo dlrcctoMn chief ot Itio ami Cleveland
forors Aaaliut Mm was oppoaed the ureal hulk of
tno delezates under the lasdcrslilp of William O.
Wliluicy, Don M. Dlcklnaon, senator WIm, and the
other dlsllmtuUhrd party leaders vtlm are lo-Uir
among his strongest supporters. Hcnatnr Hill must
haro smiled yeslerduy w lirn those who fought htm
four years ago were ttni first lo rongrululsta him
and acknowledge his leadership, No living man Is
Impervious to such glorifying Incidents.
Boustor lllll stand as one of Hie coolest, most de
termined, long.headed, and resourceful political lead.
rs ot hU generation, More than that, he nas brought
hlscareerolts inoit Interesting focus, and refioforosd
It and strengthened i In publlo respect by his loyalty
to tbe great principles of his party, No one doubts
that his leadership would hare !e;n equally as mas
terful over the majority ha 1 he seen fit to Join hands
with them, nor Is It eilravagauoo Instate that he
could havo received the "residential nomination bad
he taken this step. Ills open light against silver, bow.
ever, has won him greater distinction thsn he ever
enjoyed before, and more than ever entitles him to
stand before bis constituent! and declare) "I am a
Somocrat."
Banota Possibility of a New fllKnltarr.
Yost the MempKlt Commercial Appeal
If ever Mrs. Lease should be eleoted Prtsldsnt, Mr.
Leas would then become the gentleman ot the Whit
Uoose.
CAlfADA'H Hr.KCTION.
JCts I. Brier's Reasarhishle Victory Tap
per" Hptternl ProtteedlaK.
Toronto, July 7. That brnca of Illustrious
knights. Sir Donald Smith and Sir William
van Hnrne, must by this time be lament
ing their Invitation to Sir Charlo Tuppor
to come over from England nnd take
from the unready hands nf Hlr Mackcn
rIo;ilowcll the lead of tho Canadian Con
servative party. Hlr Charles himself must feel
poignant regret that he listened so readily to
their request, and sacrificed the substantial ad
vantages of his seiul-dlplomntic slnrctiro In
London for the chances of n rough-and-tumble
fight In'whlch ho has been badly worsted. Tlicro
Is no doubt the lrlnce of Political Craoksmen,
as ho was erstwhile dubbed by bis partisan
organ, thnt Journalistic mule, the Toronto
Mdll awl Kmptrt. hod mode stue of the victory.
Evcrj thing was apparently In bis favor. Tho
electoral llsta wero two years old. They had
boon mado uo by Tory partisan barristers who
neglected nn Illegality or contrivance by mcnnB
ot which the success ot tho Liberal party could
be prevented. Campaign funds had been pro
cured from tho! various trusts and combines
interested In maintaining the partv in power.
Tho Government had tho nomination of ovory
official, high and low, connected with tbo ar
rangements for the voting day . Every Domin
ion official was a silent or active worker for
the pa-ty through whloh ho enjoyed tho loaves
and fishes nf place: and by no means the least
potent factor ot tbe situation, there wastthe
venality ot a lariro part of tho electorate. With
all that In favor of Tupper, the Liberals
nave won. It Is little short of a miracle That
amid the confusion of mendacity, siandor, nnd
abuse, enough Canadian votars wore able to
oast aside the shackles of party and discern
tho trite Interests of tbo country and to give
the vtotory to the Liberals show s how deeD the
Iron of hard times has enterod Into their souls.
Still tho majority that places Mr. Laurter
at tha held of the Government of Canada,
though sufficient. Is not entirely sat'sfaotory
from ono point ot view. It has not been pro
portionate In each province ' the representa
tion of the Individual provinces, for It Is given
by tho Premier's own province of Ouebc,
French and Catholic In a well-conditioned
Btato. where considerations ot raoo or :reod did
not entor Into national politics, this fact would
be nf little consequence. In Canada It Is un
fortunately different. There Is among a cer
tain section of tho English-sneaking population
of Canada a rooted dlsllkn to their French fel
low subjects, as senseless as It la unjust. That,
combined with political party reasons, was un
doubtedly at the bottom of tho comparatively
small majority In Ontario. Ilrltlsb Columbia
did well, and Nova Scotia may lie honorably
mentioned, though It should have dono better.
New llrunswtck, Manitoba, I'rlnoe Edward's
Island, and tho Northwest Justified their repu
tation for venality and endorsed the regime of
corruption that has so long held swav.
That the majority Is due to the Kronen of
Qnebeo, has given the viler organs of tho Tup
perlte Tories occasion to raise the hue aud
cry of Fronch and Cathollo domination. It Is
absurd: and the falrcr-mlnded I J Serai press of
Ontario, led br tho Toronto HInhr. rendors
full Justice to the French of Quebec for the
really splendid fight they made against corrupt
Government. It woa malnlv owing to the
French revolt In 18,17 against the Encllsh
place grabbers and tho United Empire Loyalist
Tory domination, known as the "Family
Compact," that Canada owes the constitutional
freedom she enjoys to-dny; nnd it Is equally
to her Fronch cltitens that tLe country now
ones tho rescue of that freedom which the
pseudo-Imperialist Tupper famllv faction wero
so grossly abusing.
Canada has to-day a Premier who will
govern Canada In tho Interest ot the Canadian
people. Instead of looking fnrnpplauso to tho
Anglo-Jingo gallery. Ills often nnd oocnly
expressed loyalty to Ilrlttsh political Institu
tions has nothing in common wltn the hypo
orltlcal and grovelling loyalty of tho recently
routed Tory cohorts to tho English money
lending fraternity nnd tho royal fountain of
honor, whence flowed titles nnd decorations
as rewards for disloyalty to Canada and her
Interest.. Mr. Laurler is a Canadian flr.it,
last, nnd nil tbo tltno. ami be and the men
he will gather round him will place tbe Inter
est ot Canada before any other consideration.
Of that wo are sure. One of tbo main Interests
of Canada Is friendship with the United
States, and that will be rttltlsnted In spite of
the ranting of such moa ns Cob Denlson aud
Messrs. Castoll-llopklns, Osier, and Arnohll
of Toronto. These last-named three ere
delegated by that city to represent It nt the
late meeting In England of the Chambers of
Commerce, aud from all account? their antl
Amerlcan tirades, accompanied by appropriate
gesticulation taa reported by telegraph) uro
uced a sory mixed effect on tho minds nf
their audiences. Thu thing wns overdone,
and the strong suspicion ol opera bouffo that
ran through It all "polled the ottect.
England Is not likely to send out more
troops to Canada In the present aspect of
affairs In South Africa and Egypt. The
work she has cut nut for herself In those
and other melons will preocoupy her for
some time lo come, and excepting that re
markable Jingo statesman, Mr. Joseph
Chamberlain, It Is nretty safo to say that tho
English Government will feol more at easo as
regards Its relations with tho Unltod Status
In having a common-sense Government In
power at Ottawa, than It would if the troublo
provoklng agents who hase Jut been ejected
from there had remained In.
Hut with tho best of will nnd a sufficient
majority to carry It out, Mr. Laurler will not
find it all plain sailing. With spiteful deter
mination Sir Charles Tunper Is parsing the lant
hours of tenancj of power nominating and ap
pointing partisans to ery vacancy In the
Administration, nnd esen in creating frosh
vacancies by tho superannuation of present
occupants. The objest obtlounlv is to cre
ate a tower within the (internment which
w III look rather to the opposition .'or Its cuo
than tako lt Instructions from the Govern
ment. The temper of the slctormus Llberul
is not such as to tolerate uch u suite of things,
and if Mr. Laurler should unhappily find bis
Intentions of purifying the public service and
reducing It to the proportions icquln-d by
tho necessities of the case, thwnrted by dis
loyal and partisan Tory officials, ho "111
bo backed b tho full force of awakened pub
llo opinion in making a clean sweep of them.
But It is not necessary to prcdlcatcrtll.eseu nf
one's alversarles. It Is sufficient at this pres
ent stage of affairs to establlsn tho -allent
fact that tho great victory achieved by tho
I, liberal party In Canada has lifted a heavy
weight of anxiety off tho mind of eery
thinking and patriotic Canadian,
Kiilea for Agreeable Con-erantlon.
To thk Kmtok or Tna Ben Str; I submit the fol
low Ing as seven rules to be observed la dally life by
those who wtih to tiecome entertaining conversation
alists, eloquent extemporaneous speakers, or accom
plished orator'
1. Preattie through ttio nose.
8. lo not cense) In words an Idea thai can be ex
pressed by netlnn
8 Accompany each thought by Its appropriate ex
pression, attitude, or gesture.
4. Pronounce correctly, artleulsto distinctly, and
enunciate clearly, at all times aad under ell clrcum
stanc, i.
A litch your voice on a low note, use tbe median
stress, anil modul-ite your tenes
6. Use grammatical, elegant, forcible language,
7. Io not talk laugh, lUten, and tnlnk,
A. Muiiuot HHTsruix.
U'itiiiiiiTos, I). C, July s, isua
'I'tia Course nt llrnley.
To tiiii Eonon ok thk bi'x- Sir: In your an
swer to "'.V, J 's" letter In this morning's St s, us
to tha comparative time of ('..moll ami U'ander,
you statu thut there Is practically no current at
Henley. 1'ermlt ono who has Used at Ilenle) and
rowed (he eourso many times to slate that titers
hot only Is a current st Henley, hut at certain
stugrs ot the water a very evident current, and that
as thu races aru rowel up stream thu rowing Is douo
against It.
V J.'s letter Is therefore moro absurd csen lhau
you make It. oui Osus-is,
Nlw Voi.k, July 0, 1HU0,
" A. Illorcte Itua for Christ."
To Tint Enirou ok Tna Bcs-Slr: " II means simply
a lark for sotio of the members of that big rcllrflou
organization." That quotation Is from last Niindu)'s
edition. If you will kindly publish the following I
think It will glsa abutter Idea uf what a "bicycle
ruu for Christ "really means. Uf course It means a
party of Christian Kndeavorers en route on whirls
for tho luteruatloni! Conveutlon at Washington,
IJut It means more lliuu tliat. It meant thut wherever
ther go the story ot Christ's tracMng will ro with
them; and whrrasertbiyslop theearncstmssuf their
religious life will be seen and felt. Not (he Iratt good
done by these great eonrentlous of earnest young
(eopluls the gool doua Indirectly to ait wloiurui
Hem as they Journey The servants In iliecrowiled
hoteik havulearuod tolellcse iu Christian Tudiainr
ers because of Ihulr courtesy! the street car cou
duriore have learned to believe Iu them because of
their thougliifuiness. the ssloon men have learned to
believe In them because of thnlraoseuee; the railroad
snudujturs who have listened to their praer meet.
Inge lit the train have learned to believe In them lx
eause ot their raruestness, and the ver) hootluacks of
lloatreal saug the rndeavor hymn, "There's hun
shine Iu My Moul "
Wht!u ti.oou chrltllau Kndearorers wero ou the St.
I awrenoe, en route to the Convention, during
au afternoon prayer meutiug on one ot ihe
steamers a gray-haired Ihighsiiman stood through
out the service an attentive listener At
lis close bn said to a gentleman standing
near, "hlr. what is this? Who ure these )nung
people I came to Atnerlo two months a.oto see
your greut country aud Its poople 1 1 ave travelled
from New York to hau Kraut uco. I h.tvu iruvctl'il
Norm aad bouih, ami I have seen many tvoulerful
things, but nothing so wonderful to me as this'
Never In my lite have 1 beeu so Impressed hy a re
llglous service." That was "a sail on the hi. Law.
reiioe for Christ." "A bicycle ruu for Christ " will
not fall to tell the "old. old story " to all aloug the
way, ilnj.toa U biuu.
MlEttHAN'B STATVK.
National Henlptnre fsseletv'aReaisoaaa to tba
Committee or the Artsy of the Teaaaaae.
Another Interesting chapter In tho Sherman
statue cptsoelo Is the letter sont bv tbo National
Sculpture Society through President Witrtl to
the Dodge cumtnlttcn ot tbe Army of the Ten
nesieo. The Dodga committee, which Is
charged with the erection of the Sherman
statue, for which $80,000 has been appropriated
by Congress, Invited tbo Sculpture Society to
Jiulgo the motlols. Then thoy rejected the ex
perts' nils' (o r.tul choso a sculptor of their
jwn whom tho experts hnel condemned. Presi
dent Ward's letter clearly exposes tbo mon
strous claim of the military men on the Army
of tho Tenneiseo committee to decide upon a
work ot publlo art which tho people ot the
Unltod States are to pay for.
110 Wf.st FirTV-srroNt) smnirr.
New YtitiK.Julr (I. mL
O. M. Honor, I Sherman Rtatua
JOHN V. NOllI.T;, I Committee of tho Society
1). II. IinNDKIlsok. f of the
COIt.N'EUUH OADLE, J Army of the Tennessee.
Gr.ttTLr.MEx: 1 am In receipt of jour letter of
June 1? in answer to mine ot Juno 3 respecting
the competition for the destgu ot the monu
mout to (Ion. Shormati.
One point which you ralso may bo planslble
enough to deserve elucidation, and tbatlsthst
wn suffered tho proper 'line for a protost to
paHH, and did nut prn.cst until tho final award
had been announced. Tha answer is that, tip
to that time, thore had been no occasion for
suoh action on our part. We recommended two
competitors, and two only, for a further com
petition, anil you selcctjd them. If you hod
omitted to select them, or either ot them, we
should have protested at mice. It Is true that
you added two others of your own choice, but
this would have done no barm. If you had re
curred to our odvlco, as wo had every reason to
expoct that you would from your explicit state
ment that such advlco was to aid you In reach
ing your "conclusions." It might even have
douo good If we bad found, n-hen again called
to "pass upon tho nrtlstlo character of the
models" that, contrary to tbe Indications fur
nished by the first competition, one ot the
sculptors rlto-en by you had succeeded In sur
passing not only himself, but those who bod
beroro surpassed him.
Tho announcement of your award was tbe
first notification wa bad that your promise, to
tako expert ndvlra was to lie no mora com
pletely fulfilled, although you bad expllcltlran
nounced that such advice was to aid tho com
mittee In reaching "Its conclusions," and this
announcement formed the earliest proper oc
casion for a protest. Then wo did protest
promptly.
With this exception we choerfully submit
without further argument the questions of
propriety of procsduro which you raise. These
are questions which tho public Is competent to
deslde for Itself upon tbe evidence.
Hut thore is another and much larger ques
tion upon which the public has not sufficient
evidence to decldo. and yot which tbe publlo
must decide, both becauso there is no other
tribunal and Iwcausb the publlo has a right
to decide It. Of the 300,000 put at yonr ula
posol with which to erect a monument to Gen.
Sherman. $80,000 was contributed by tha peo
ple of the Lnltetd States. Tha question Is
whether by trifling to )nur oirn. In neglect
of more competent because moro Instructed.
Judgment. )ou havo undertaken to misspend
this publlo monev by directing the expendi
ture of It noon a loss worthy work of art than
might havn been obtained fur It. It Is a ques
tion whether tho training and exprrleneo that
confer authority In every profession and In
every trade shall confor authority in the choice
of publlo workB of art. to be paid for with nub
ile money. This Is tho question upon ivhloh
wo havo notified you that we should appeal to
tbe public. Wo base endeavored to appeal to
the public, not. as you erroneously suppose, by
an appeal to tha Senato of tbe United Stalest
for though we should has o held It entirely
proper to Invoke the '-ennto to arrest tho exe
cution of our project, as a matter of fact the
quretlon was raised In that body without our
prompting.
Hut we have appealed in the first Instance to
tbe Secretary of Warns the custodian of the
public money which you propose to spend, not
merely without but against expert advice. And
wo huve deno what wo could to secure nn ap
peal to the general public bv inquiring of each
of the sculptors In tho second competition, In
stituted, conducted, nnd decided by your com.
ntlttco. whether be would ho willing to ex
hibit bis rondel In competition with tho other
three In Oils city. From Mr. Hurtlett. Mr.
NIehnus, and Mr. Hhlnd uo havo received un
qualified nsrents. Mr. Hohl-Sneith has In
formed us that 111 hehlth and absence from the
country would prevent him nt nroent from
taking part in t-uch an exhibition, but that In
the early autumn be might be able to do so.
We therefore respectfully Invite you to co
operate, within In securing nn exhibition of the
competitive models, not only In this city, but.
so far as may be practicable, in other cities of
tho Union. To you we presen. the considera
tion that. If tho public agrees with you, your
cholc will be ratified and vindicated. For
ourslvc. It Is a sufficient inducement that
such an exhibition would necessarily tend to
promote public Interest In tho art of sculp
ture nnd nubile discrimination between mo-o
or less admirable examples of that art. To
bring about such a result Is one of the roost
Important objects for svhich this socloty ex
ists. Very respectfully yours,
.1. 0. A. WAiin.
President National sculpture Society.
nr.n j) isua j. zrEXixa.
The Experience or is Tonne Type-thump
Ctrl Who Wise Locked In n Ills Hlore.
From thf Chlcaao Urconl,
A young woman employed as stenographer nt
a Franklin street wholesale house had a dismal
txporlenco tbe other evening. She wns Im
prisoned for four hours, and a company of her
friends waited dinner In vain. The young
woman expected to go to Evanston to spend the
evening, and that Is why she gave so much care
to hsr toilet. The nour of closing the store was
6:30, but tbe young woman did not hurry away,
aa she had to " primp " before a small mirror In
the private office. When she started for tbe
front door all the other poople hod gone. That
did not surprise her. Even when she found the
front door locked she was not greatly alarmed.
Sho supposed that "somebody" was still
around. After rattling the door she wandered
back through the big room and shouted for
Harney, the Janitor. There was no re-ply, and
It began to daw n upon her that Harney aud all
the others wero on their way home, and that
whoever looked the front door did not know
that she was still lingering In the private office.
The youngwoman went back to tbe front door
and rattled the lock. This attraoted the at
tention ot some of the people outside. Several
of them stopped and began to gaze at her as if
she wrre a curiosity. Sho could not endure this,
so she retreated to the private office. She won
dered how she could manage to get word to
Harney and haro him coinn back and release
her. As sho did not know Harney's full namo
or vv here bo lived, anil as Harney was doubtless
half way home already, she did not find any
thing hopeful In the situation. The night
wntchman might be able to release her. but he
would not boon duty alone the street before 8
o'clock.
The young woman wondereil If any one who
carried a key would come back to tho store. She
feared not. The plan of telephoning occurred
to her. but she hoped to escape without a long
wait, so alio we'itt to the rear of the store to see
If she oould got out through a window. The
windows were barro.1. Again she tried the front
door, hut sho realized that there' a no neeel of
attracting a crowd unless some one In the crowd
could unlock the door. So she had to use the
telephone, Onlv one member of the firm had a
'phone at his houe, nnd the houso was away
out on the south side.
When the young woman called up the number
a servant wns at the other end of thu line. Tho
servant said tbe member of the firm was nnt at
home, Tho young woman who was Imprisoned
then began to explain why it was Important that
he should be oalleel to the 'plume.
"This Is Miss --," tihe said. " I'm locked up
at the elore, do you understand ? 1 can't get out
of the store. Home ono must come here with a
key and let me nut,"
Of roursu vv ben she said that the servant con
cludes! thnt there sv manlaoat the other ond
of the wire. Sho demanded a full explanation
of what hud happened, und when It was given
she didn't understand It.
The oung woman at the store lighted a gas
Jet us tbe l.lg cavernous Interior began lo dark
en, and then, between eiolted calls on the tele
phone, she had a good cry Sho began to ere
ink'O nnd burglars dodging around tbo long
rows of counters in tho main storeroom, At
lnel. Inward 0 o'clock, there was a welcome call
un the 'phone, ami the member of tho linn In
quired what was the mutter. She told him as
best "he could, und bo said he would comedown
and release her. It seeme'd to her he was hours
to t'ouiln:.-, hut nt Inst sho heard the dick nf the
kev at the from door, ami shit ran to meet him,
He teemed to think it vrus a gient Joke, but she
went homo In n tab In a state uf collapse.
"I'll nee Yon I.ntrr," .lint Discovered
Abroad,
rVoei Punch, July, MM,
"Oh, by tho way, joun member that old hore, Prof,
Podderlngton, who look each u fancy to you on the
links at M. Andrew's last aulumn I Well, he s la
tow n, aud d) lug lo meet you1"
"Ah-lt he I Well, he won't meet me If I manage to
catch sight of hhnnril!"
llnlfonr tsud tba London Times.
rVwm the &iturtav lteriic
The Times "nil alinlrablo friend In prosperity. but
a broken ned loan) Government In ndverttl)," VtHIr
William llureoilrtsala lad been pulling Mr lui.our
In his prep' rplner, uml lelllug him exactly wh) there
it uti ii an uiiiunia teteio t in earr cte 1 ducat.ou
hill, an 1 what othrr mrnsures mutt uo dropied
Sumo in-uiher In the course of ileuatoatked Mr Ual'
four whether he was swre that hit new programme,
lollnwed that of Ihe limes up toacertalu point, and
then differed from It. "Str.'tald Br. Balfour. i nn.
fortunately did not see the rimrtthli morning." v
soultt bug Sir. Ualfour for this auswtr, """" "
rns pvncttAittt of witsb. V
Conntrlea In VMen 11 Marrlaea Fat- 9
losva Ihe l'nynnitt ofes Trlee. M
from Ihe Jlill itnll Gn retlr. Jfl
Tliero ore many countries Iu which. If a man jfl
wishes to bo legally married, ha has to go out -TM
and buy a wife, tbougb the market prices ot :H
thnt arlldo varies considerably. In Uganda
you can cat what you require for two or three H
bullocks, or oven for six good sewing needles, or ' W
perhaps a box of percussion caps) whlla Inferior '"M
wives can be picked up In exchange for a coat, JS
and If ono Is Indifferent to health and beauty, WM
for a pair of shoes. In the Caroline Islands S3
wlvos are cheap. A father will lot you marry jjK3
his daughter. If you glvo him a little fig
fruit or a small present of fish, while In Samoa ERJ
matrimony runs jou Into pigs and canoes WW
among tho FlJIans, Into whales' teeth nnd bus. SW
kets. In Tartary it U best to marry beneath H
you (you can do It on a few. pound of butler). fXj
because a man who has lordly notions of a mar. lffl
rlagowlth one of the tippor ten must bean IM,
ownor of horses. Tba aborigines of Australia
manage their marriages npon nrnnst equitable mi
principle. If A wishes to marry H' sister, ha ,'
allows him to marry his own: or If 11 happens to 91
bo a widower, then his daughter will do Justaa GK
well. One of tho most objectionable forms of gsm
gaining a wlfo is to work for her. A habit prao- f
tieod among many uncivilised nations. Its fiffl
only advantage being that a mnti can get a wife M
on credit, though his fathor-ln-law takes good 5J
care that ho servos his time. Among eoino races fKJ
yon havo to do your work before you get your ill
wlfo. as Jacob bad to servo for Leah and for IKR
Hachel. Marrlugo by exebango and purchase UW
Is not customary among uncivilised nations rjt
only. In Central America and Peru a man baa iBB
to work for his bride. .s. . Mi
In China a present Is given by the fathor of 6W
tho bridegroom, tho amount of which Is agreed rtg
upon by both tho families. The Jnpanesp make J8
it so of a similar custom, though. In tbolr case, JSS
tbe giving of presents la tho most Important .ya
part of tho whole marriage corernony. for after :W
these have been delivered and formally ac- figi
copied, neither of the contracting parties Is able )$
to go back. Wife.pnrchaso appear to have Sj
been tho basis of Indo-European marrlago bo- VA
fore tha separation of tho peoples took place. jj
Manu mentions tho ABQra form of marrlago as m
ono of purchase and according to Aristotle tne f
ancient Oreeks were In tbebablt of buying their M
brides: for in tho Homerlo ago a maiden wae eKt
called by a nam which slcnlfied "ono who ftj
brings her parents many oxen." S
Tho old Scandinavians belloved that even the Jiffl
gods had paid a price for their wives, and In f
Germany tho expression "to purchase a wlfo" g
was in vogue nntll tho ond of tha middle ages. M
Tbe ola Inhabitants of Ireland and Wale wore .
accustomed to buy their wives with gold and vSj
silver or land. In Sorvlo, at tho beginning of SH
our century, girls had reached such a price thai Jg
Black Oeorgo reduced their valuo to ono dtioaU '
Among many savage nations tbe equlvalenta ;&'
of a wlfo ore varied and grotesque. Poor Bash- cfc
klrs purchase theirs with cart loads of wood or sB
har: tho Indlon Klsftns. with two baskets of rice $
andarupeo; a tribe In California, with half y
string of dentallum shell, ond among the y
Padams. a rude people of India, the sultorsbows $.
bis Intentions by gifts of field mlco and squirrels. 'jf,
OLD irniSKEY DBTXKR TttAlf ITS IT. ,
''A
Faeel Oil and Ita Polaoaoua Effect ea (;,
the Ilamaa Hj-ltm. .
rromthe XJinctt. M
The commonly prevolllngldeasastotbechem- 1
Istryof whiskey ore evidently confused. The
public notion boa always been that crude or j
freshly distilled whiskey wa Injurious and that
It required tho mellowing Influence of age to ,.
make It fit for consumption. In other words, 3
new whiskey was held to bo deleterious because i
It contained fusel oil, and that the reason why old 'j
whiskey was more wholesome was because till ;
fusel oil changed In course of tlmo to the so-called 4
cenantblc ether. To put It chemically, tbe amyl
alcohol (fusel oil) oxidizes slowly Into amyl S
ether, which Is not only thought to be Innoc
uous but to improve the flavor. The Deputy "
Principal of the Inland Revenue Branch of the
Uoserninent Laboratory would remove these
notions at one sweep. Thus. In reply to a ques
tion before tho Liquor Commission on Tuesday
last ho stated and It was a repeated statement
that It was a mistake to suppose that new
spirits contained more tnsel oil and were more
unwholrume thnu old.
With tne former part of his statement we will
nut now deal, but to the latter we distinctly de
mur. It cannot bo supposed thnt whiskey mer
chants tuke the trouble to store their wblskey
for years unless tliey know that It Is thereby
Improved trout the dietetic point nt view.
Agaln.lt Is well known that so convinced are
the authorities of the Canadian Government uf
the unwholeomcnesa of new whiskey that wo
believe they have a regulation In forco prohibit
ing thu sale of whiskey that has nnt be-n stored
for a certain number nf jears. Fusel oil
Is admittedly Injurious indeed, poisonous- ac
cording, at least, to the experiments of sevrral
observers. I si ono case, for oxamplto, 1 part
of amyl alcohol In 500 parts eif water cnuscd
an.-r-sthesln in frogs In twenty minutes, the
heart's action becoming slower, the skin dark,
denth occurring In about two hours, and the
cardiac pulsations gradually ceasing. Tho
common effect of fusel oil Is to produce in
tense headache, and It must be borne la
mind that In the case of whiskey the action,
ot alcohol must be added to thnt of
the fusel oil. The amount of fusel oil, we be
lieve. In whiskey averages about 0.2 iter cent.
These observations hardly bear out the state
ments made before the Commission. Inciden
tally we may add that It Is exceedingly satisfac
tory to find that the consensus of opinion of tho
wltneses before tills Commission appears to bo
that there Is a decrease iu drtinkearess In tha
metropolis, but this decrease'. It Is noteworthy.
Is less among women than among men.
Forelsrn Note or Hcl Intereat,
Eardou It said to be writing n play for Sir Henry
Irs lug with Rotxipierre for tho central -cure.
London society was startled on a recent Sunday
by seeing half a doien Jlnnrkasbas drawn by
coolies at the church parade In Hyde Tark.
alllan'e monument to King Victor E.umsnuel
was unveiled nn June Si, the thirty scveutn an
niversary of the b-.ttle of Kan Martlno, where, for
the only time. King Victor eomenanded alone la
person.
A tablet In memory nf Kellce Ortlnl, who tried te
blow up Napoleon III. with a bomh, has been placed
on the house near Placenta, In which he lay con.
coaled from the police Jutt before he male hi
way to France.
Slgnor Crttpl has asked the Italian Council of
State ror a pension on his retirement from poll 1 1,
cal life, on account of hit adranced age and because
telstlca prevents him from exercising bis profes
sion as a lawyer.
lules Simon was converted to Catholicism, ac
cording to the 1'arls In Vtrlii, shortly before hi
death by his little granddaughter, who had been at.
tending the catechism clast at the Madeleine, She
brought him a confessor and he reoelred the sacra
ments while In full possession cf all his faoultle.
In a recent sweep of the llols de Boulogne for uls
reputehlo characters a tramp with a ttranje tie
tory was taken. He ha been n sailor and maatar
of a sailing vessel, had undertaken to explore
Abyssinia, and had ended by becoming chief coo
to King Menollk. He grew homesick, however,
mode hit escape, and on reaching France had b
unable to nnd work,
How great the growth of ritualistic praottoe n
been In the Church of England during the last four,
teen years Is showu by fome rlgures compiled by
the TDuriift' CaurrA i;u(tlc. In 1 dally com
munlon was administered In 123 churenes Id Great
Britain, Iu 1R0Q In 71 churches. Incense, uted In
nine churrhes fourteen years ago. Is now used la
007. The ftgurrs for churches using ltghu on the
altsr are 081 and 3,S!)8 for those where vestment
are employed, BUB ami l.OOS, and for those where
the worshippers face tbe east, l.etlS and 0,084,
The change Indloates In many cases some Chang
In doctrine.
Sir Edward tlunbury's magnlflcent collection of
Qreek coins was sold for over 149,000 In an eight
days' sale latily In London. Among the highest
prices were fOBS for a Syracuse dcmaratelon f
S0 Before Christ, with a head of Nike, crowned
with olive, commomoratlng the great victory at
the ITtmrra, tbe rarest of Oreek colnsi 8no roro
drkadrachm of Klmon.'wlth a head of rrrtephonei
$03 for a stater of Kits, having 00 It an eagle
with a hare In Its claws. A tetradrachm with
head of Arethusa brought SsCl; gold stater of
Tarentum, with the heal of Deme'ter, 330-
lotradraohm of Thurll, lth lead of Athena, hav
ing her helmet adorned with Ihe tlgure of Stylla,
nB one of Agrlgentum, with two eagles stondlan
over a supine hare, UB0.
John Kllofs Indian Dlhle, a perfect copy, was
sold for 8410 In London recently. "W, Hubbardl
Narrallvo of the Troubles with the Indlsns of New
England from tho First Planting Thereof In 1B07 to
the Present Year, 1077," with . rare wood out
map, one n! tho ewllott produced In New England
fetched S38S. a preset tatlon copy of Keata's
St""., ,,S'7',n""""n. wiih the autograph
"To W. Wordsworth, with the author's sincere
reverence." brought 8S30, Wordsworth had never
even cut the leaves. A presentation copy of rtlch
ardton't Clarltsa, with sixteen lines of tbe author'
writing, brought a; six pen-and-ink sketches hy
Thackeray, with description Iu his writing 038i
a pane of g, frm Carlyle's student's lodging.
In Moray street, Edinburgh, brought I3U "
scratched on It theia Unet,
" Mttle did my mother think,
That day she orad ed me,
What land I was to travel In
Or what death I should dea.
Oh, foolUU tbMl
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