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Til V HS DAY. DECEMBER 23. 1886.
I
THE SEWS Tills MURS1SG.
FoRFir.x.?Tho siturulun in ireland; proteention
Bl Pillon and O* Brien; pgubttbte Rtippresmon of
UniUd Irrhind. -rrr-- Mr. ("lartstonp nnd tln> liilior
a's to opposp the " Tiaa of Campaign." ????- Gad
Dan l'aeha deelmitig to l.e h.inislied. =rr^ Nlottev
rcQuiretl to eoiupl?-t(> the l'anania Canal._("er
?ti.'tri railway* lilnrkid hy snow. =_= l*ropo8ed
transfer of "< itello" to i-oudon.
OmIO?B****_ -Hotli _r__e__tt_B (-esinion. - ..: ? Fen
ttte: New _*_ttatett bill Introduced by Mr. Blair.
Home: l>iseussi(in of the Oklahoma bill. * ?
Both h'.ii*es adjourned till .T.riti irv 4.
H 'Mi-t-tic?Judge ('reHham asked by the Pur?
chasing Couniiittee of the Wabash to give Iho com?
mittee o"t.tio| of the Ckti-ttftt and St. I,otiisbranch.
Bt. " - Plnppmc la_ttia_T.rl at rv>,_ - I'osiderl.v's
Becr.t ciri'iilnr ((.net-rnni- tin- Knights uf Labor in
Cbicago. :r^r-_ " Fred " Rockwell "urretttod in N.w
H;iven; his reported second niarringe._: Drttg
jri.ts letimiiik' |o pay liquor tux tn Louisville.
ViClint- of suptmsed _______ ta Col.o.-s, N, Y.,;intl
Leicester. Hatti .?_: Annual statement of the ele?
vate \ railroads. _____ Miif48-mcetin? of tomperaaoe
pi (ipie.it Ubrery Park. __== Tha buit of Puaou
Downs fur Bttlaiw m H...stnn.
City am. f^rB"-__8__c--8|u-_e__a at tbeNew-F.rjr.
Jand tliiiii-r hy (lencrnl Shennan, Willnun Walter
l'lielps. l?r. Tahnatre, l)r. Van Dyke, jr.. H. \V.
Giu-ly, (ieneral r*-___s_l_ aud othera __=__ The
firgunietit in McQnade's eas- incl puned. _^___ A
Verdict for Mr. Seymour in the Randa suit. -
Peiui-uii for another .oom fur aha Geucr-I __*__ett_L
:- lin-quarrel of tu, Rottrdaof Eduetttioo and
Sji'portKiniiient in conrt. ____= Two street oar tio
upn itveiti-d -____. A uew steamer for the Albany
fiat lim'. -?*-?= Gold value of the legal-tender nil
Ver dollar (412 _ grains) ?Kid. per ounce?76.79
f*entH. Stocks dull, irrc_iilar and |j*ei;era!iy
gigher, eii'siug ste idy.
1 io- Wi ai _____*- Indications for to-day: Slight?
ly cohbr, tilth rain or snow. Temperature \enter
a-y: Highem. 3^1^ lowest, 32 : Bverai/e, 36?.
In r__*_U__g not to authorize a 6trike on a
tttri-ot-car line unle*- two-tliirda ol the em?
ployes aiFeoted agrei- to it, the Executive Com
^nittee of the Knights of Labor has taken a
vvi-er course than that followed heretofore.
Borne of the etrect-car com panie*- show a
QiBpii.-i'mii to meet the fair demands of the
Brien and avoid trouble. In this way a strike
>n the Central Crofls-Town Line has been
frvoi.-cd. It will be fortunate if all the com?
ban ies nh ow equal wisdom.
The extent to which McQuade _ lawyers have
frone in their desire to prevent him from
-UflV-riiiR a )ont punishment is indicated by the
fttct that they took 300 exceptions on his trial.
J'hey have succeeded in keeping hine, out of
Bing B__| at least for a few days loafer, and
be is now hopeful of bein* admitted to bail,
liny delny In enforcing; punishment on a
Driuiinai ulioni nobody trelieves to be Innocent
U unfortunate for the cause of justice. It is
flonbly bo In the case of this convicted
u boodle,."
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Conj-iesa oui,ht to provide in some way for
the deHtitute veterans now livinj- in alni"houses
ttnd subsisting by the aid of charitable organi
eations. The managers of the soldiers' homes
Bay that they can provide for no more without
additional homes are built. The Commissioner
Of Pensions, who made official inquiries on the
lubject. says that at least 9,000 veterans are
in almshouses, or iecclving relief from chari?
table Bociet ies. Their mean age is fifty-seven.
This i? not creditable to the Nation.
The observance of Foref?thers' Day by the
New-England Society of New-York was in
keeping with the metropolitan character of the
city. The din nor last night was a great
Bums-, and the speeches are jtiinted ir full in
to-day'a Tribune. Mr. Phelps cannie nobly to
the it-fence of his brother me ink'rs of Con
gress ; Mr. Grady told Bomething of the new
liouth ; while the l.e*?. Dr. Van Dyke, the lUv.
Dr. Talniaue and the other speakers gaie au
equal amount of ainurterr.ent and instruction in
rfliac-ssiug phases of Puritan life. The absence
Of Mr. Depew, of course, left a cap not easily
--ed. ________
Nothing weakens the Knights of Labor bo
Inuch as a belief that they are on too friendly
terms with Socialists and Anarchists. The
future success of the order depends upon
fMnoving the grounds for this belief. Mr.
uwderly and the other leaders are Bat-acinus
enough to see this. The executive order that
bas been issued forbidding t}ie use of the
orgttoizHtion to aid Anarchists cornea none too
aooa. The BocisliBts, who are a smrtll minority
Of the Knights, huse contrived to make theui
ftelves conapicuous in the or*-aniruition. There
b no reason to thiuk that any considerable
Humber of work meu desire to further their
________ile doc tri ufa.
- '- _?
P Ur. Parnell apparently does not favor the
'pitta of carr, puigu."' Ho ls said to regan! aa
Improbable tne assert ion that tt the plan " has
procured aba tem eu is in rent where ck rv thing
?lau hus foiled. But he believes the position of
Ilia Irish ten ante to bu worse than when he
Introduced hit Ana-Eviction bil 1. Mr. Purnel .
will lead an attack on tho whole policy and
action of the Government. In laking this
course while discountenancing "the |.lan," ho
will secure the cooperation of tho ('lad*: ono
Liberals, wlic are said t4> have reached b con?
clusion antagonistic to the anti-rent campaign.
Mr. Parnell's courso in tbe wit. one for the
cause ho has at heart, lt will bo unfortunate
if its BBCBBBB is imperilled in any way by in-'
subordination in his own ranks, aa is reported
to bc tl.u case. _
If the Legislature does its duty it will
promptly repeal tho mandatory clause in tho
lair" in |*_sj___rd to thc retirement of policemen.
Under this statute, th- Police Boil- ia obliged
to it-riii- members of Ibo force upon their own
application after twenty years' set vice. During
this yeal seventy-three have been sn retired,
adding annual pensions aggregating aM8,900.
The number promise* to be much larger next
ycai, and thi* has led the _t___*d of Poll?- t?.
protest a-'.'iinst any reductiou in their estimate
for salaries, as the na expended baia n e*? goes to
tho pension fund. The parpens* of the Board of
Etttimate la reducing tho appropriation is to
i .ill public attention to this natter, und compel
tho money for pemwons to bc ajinropi lated Itt a
rental way instead 'if by this indirect ngetbnd.
The object is a good one, nnd as the Police
Commissioners aro oppo-ed to the mandatory
clause in tho statute, they ought, so far as
possible, to aid the Board of EttUuate in this
matter. An officer in the army must serve
forty years to secure rotinment on his own
application. Why should a police office, in
New -York be r<ti: ed after twenty years I
RAILWAY POOLS ABD LRGI8LATI0M.
The prohibition of railway pools in the Inter?
state Commerce bill is not. likely to bo veiy
etT -tlie for good or r-vil. u An honorable nn
dei-tandiag bet Ween gentlemen," socb as the
anthracite coal companies made some time
ago, respecting which tho autti rities of Penn?
sylvania nm tryititr to get sotisfaetory tes'i
mony, itt % diflicult thing to prove, lt it were
prohibited by National legislaiion, the ilil.i
culty would bo much increased; railroad mana?
gers who would then agree at all would take
care to do it in a manner bo Inforirittl ns to
evade the law, its penalties and its Inquisitions.
But the apparent impracticability of fully rm*
forcing tbe nieasuie, if enacted, is not conclu
?Iyc reason against its adoption. Though im?
per fectly observed, it might do some pood.
Tho broader question is raised by the railway
opponents of the Interstate Ci.mme:ce bill,
whether the formation of pools ought tobe
checked, whether tluse ag! cements ate in
any respect opposed to the public interest,
and whether they should not be em unatred
and by law rendered binding. Mr. diaries
Francis Adana, whose serv.ces on the Massa?
chusetts Hallway Commission entitle his opin?
ion to freight, has foy aoie time advocated the
legnliztiion of pooling contracts, ami nuiii
lained thnt they are beneficial to the public.
[t Itt evident that the railroad managers gen?
erally believe that the organization of pool-, if
not in all respects _a_t**__e.__a has nt least anvil
the companies from severe loss, and served
their interests materially. They urge, also,
that scarcely any other thing has been cheap?
ened sn much as the trmsporting of freight,
since the railroads began to combine for the
suppression of unregulated and destruct ito
competition among themselves. The public
sees that rates are marvellously reduced, ami i*
told that this is a consequence of the pooling
.system, or at least is not retarded thereby,
Tlie popular impression that railroad pools
aro merely conspiracies -gainst the public wel?
fare is not sustaintd by the history of transpor
tntioo in Ibis country. Tho object is to check
a competition which, if unchecked, puntosaa
ruinous to the company nnd harmful in tho lone
run to the public. The aim is therefore not in
itself hosile to the public good, although the
companies might, by agreement to maintain
excessive rates, do injustice, to the people. Bat
it is also true that the railroads have not been
able to agree upon excessive or unreasonable
rates. They have been able at times to main?
tain rates so far as to secure handsome profits.
Bat as a direct consequence honest investors,
dishonest blackmailers and desperate mais
have br>en encouraged to build new railroads.
The era of pools is the parent of the era of par?
allel railroad building. The trunk lines are
beginning to realize that the sort of competition
which they have thus brought into existence ls
more damaging to them than the (ort of com?
petition against which they sought protection.
The new roads fight for a division of the tralllc.
Uulil they succeed tho pooling companies have
to face losses. As soon as tho division of
traffic has been made, and Tates aro restored
with profits for all, other new roads are pro?
jected, and the end no one has yet been able to
discover.
Prohibition of pooling, therefore, would be
by no means nn unmixed injury to the rail?
roads, if it could be enforced. Nor is the build?
ing of too many railroads a blessing to the
people. The sinking in the work* of transportn
tion of more capital than can be profitably
employed therein is the reverse of a blcssiug.
The disturbance of values, even in old and
well-settled States, is not a blessing. In short,
it is not at all clear that thc railroads are not
making a great mistake la flinging to the pool?
ing system, and the prohibition, although not
fully effective, might do mare good than harm
to the railroads themselves, if it should dis?
courage combinations to which they aie prone
to rest rt, but which leally injure them moro
than the public.
FLA IS 8PEARI.\G TO JURIES.
Justice Putt's charge in tho Campbell divorce
snit offers a convenient baais for comparison
between English and Ameiican procedure in
jury cases. From the outline of the charge
furnished in tho general press dispatches, as
well as from the comments of our London
correspondent upon the directness and vigor of
the explanations to the jury, it is etideut that
Um judge's manner and method of presenting
the case differed essentially from the practice|of
occupants of the American _***"____ He left the
jury in no doubt respecting his own judgment
on the vita! issues of the case. Instead of sum?
ming up the evidence with judicial impartiality
and instructing the jury in relation to the pre?
cise nature of the issues of fact to be deter?
mined by them, he virtually discredited a large
mass of testimony, discriminated sharply be?
tween more and lost* credible witnesses, and on
critical points of the case threw the weight of
bia opinion heavily on one side. Probably
there is not a judge of enual standing in Amer?
ica who would venture to present a case to the
jury with tho Bame degree of lucidity and de?
cision. It is certain that if any ore on the
bench in this city (should attempt to imitate
Justice Putt's "manner, he would be accused of
interfering with the prerogatives of the jury.
It is an open question whether the practice of
F.nglinh Judges may not be followed by the
Ama-: i? ;m bench with excellent results. Many
of the miscarriages of jiihtice occurring in onr
courts might be prevented if the juries received
clearer, more definite nnd more positive in
struct ioiir, from the bench. Juries as a rule
are of an inferior order of intelligence. They
ure easily misled und unduly influenced by
wily advocates. They are wearied by intermin
a hie hair-splitting arguments reBpeotiug pomta
of law and tbe admi_sibility of evidence.
They are confused in their judgment of the
?Blue of te dimony by the devices of cross-ex?
amine!? by which honest as well as dull wit?
nesses uro rn trapped into absurdities and con
trad :ci ions. At the close of the trial they li*ten
in turn to the prcsimlation of tho case from
nppnsite points of view. If tho judge then
takes the evidence and reviews it with the
in .si ligld impartiality, without indicating by
word, tom- or gesture what is the trend of his
own (.i'iiiion, tiley will too often retire to the
jury-room in a dated nnd helpless condition
and a disngicemciit or a foolish verdict may
follow. In the M. Quaile case tho substitution
of a verdict for conviction in pince of eight
votes for acquittal to four against, it ls largely
to be attributed to the outspoken and vigorous
character of tho second charge. The ju?y
were clearly instn-cred respecting their duty
aad mihi.-it.'itingly performed it.
It is altogether probable lhat American
judges, from their solicitude lest their charges
s'iall seem one-silled, BBTitBBB or unfair, have
funned tbe habit of balancing evidence too
closely, of instructing jurien in too geneial
terms, nm! of delivering colorless nnd llabbv
ch inge* which fail to gigo requisite force and
direction to the deliberations of the jury-room.
A high-minded judge is naturally pleased when
his charge is approved on all sides as well
balanced and strictly impartial. Ile dteadl the
Imputation ol' having unduly influenced a jury
in con ing to a decision. He dislikes all ap
* eatances of interfering witb. the functions ol' a
Jory. In these reepecti certainly be needs to be
cautious and circumspect. Putt he is on tho
bei ch, just as tho jurymen are in their places,
for the supreme object ot promoting the high
emls of just ice. He neglects bil duty if be
.allows the jury to retire to their room without
clear, unequivocal and positive instructions.
This lt ii duty fiom which he sh mild not swenc
through a morbid dread ol bring accused of
bearing too heavily on one side or thc other.
A miscairiagc of jr_tio_ is the lamentable
ri -tilt which he should sec,, to avert by every
nu ans in his power. There cannot bo too much
plain-speaking to juries.
MORE ROOM FOR THE COURTS.
The Judges of the (onrt of Gem-ral Sessions
and District-Attorney Martino In their appli?
cation to the Board of Estirnata .ind Apportion?
ment for additional court-room have only
presented with greater force a need arbiefa bal
been r__Ogui--4J for years. '1'iine anil time
again, through ("rand Jury presi'iitmeiits, the
ut rei .'trices of the .Judges and th" comments of
neivsp.ipei.s, tbe iieics.s'ly of the removal of
thc nlllte of the Keciiver of Taxes from the
..eneia! Sessions building and of additional
facilities tor the trial of bail __-*_g has been
urged. Tlie plea of flic officials is disinterest.mI,
ns the fi'iiuatiiti of an additional part of the
court involves greater labor with no increase
in the Bomber of Judges ami prosecuting
officers. The city has ho many officials with
large salanes that when hone of thc-fl desire
to do more work without ttdditinnttl compen?
sation if would be a pity not t ""ratify them.
The Hoard of Estimate shouid act promptly
In favor of tbe Application. The offioiais say
that it is hardly possible to try the long and
bitterly contested bribery cases aad yet keep
the City Pi ison free of indicted persons, some
of whom are innocent* There should be nu
delay iii the trial of persons detained in prittOOa
and yet there should bo no valid excuse for the
potttponemeot of the bribery bbbbb. The results
of tbe recent bribery trials have been so satis?
factory to the public that everything ought to
be done to encourage the trial of more of tho
men concerned in these dishonest transactions.
Necessary room in which to work harder is a
_*_*??__ which an efficient oublie ______ has ix
rigltt vu muko. nnd to expect to seo grunted.
SOMEBODY TS IS A CORSER,
lite Evening Post's indignation is justly
arouivd l.y tho appointment of that utterly
worthless law-breaker, " Patty " W tl"li, to be
wanlen of the Tombs Prison. It follows Thk
TsiBUlfl. lead in pronouncing the conduct ol
the Coiiimissioners of Charities and Correction,
who made tho appointment, **shockingly dis?
graceful" and "an incredible piece of bravado."
It does not even stop here, though we are
afraid it will wish it had stopped when we open
its eyes a little. It wants something done to
prevent this criminal and friend of criminals
from being allowed to take the office into
which he has been boosted, lt even says this :
"Something ought to be done alsn to put tho
blame for this infamous appointment upon the
shoulders of the men who are sscretly respon?
sible for lt."
Urood for Thc Post I It Is right for once in
its life and we shall keep it to its word. Duos
it know what man is "secretly responsible''?
Dot's it know fiom u hom this fellow Walsh
drew his chief support I Doos it kuow that
upon tho list of persons recommending this
furo-bank-keeper, this "ruin in," this "ally of
thieves,'1 as The Pott calls hiu, is tho natue of
a man whom The Post has lauded as the very
pi ince of reformers, whose praises lt has never
fired of singing, and whose subtle schemes it
hal suppoited with blind infatuation T Docs it
know that William lt. Grace, Mayor of tho
City of New-York, l-cforim-r, Purga- of Munic?
ipal Corruption and -uccessnr of Hubert 0.
Thompson, lent his name and intliionco to this
"intamoas appointment"? Does it now want
- something dono" to put the blame, where it
belongs t
Come, now, lot ni have no shuning or
evasion. Lrt The Post tell Mayor Grace what
it thinks ot him, even if thc hapless cause of re?
form does disappear in the clearing.
THOSE LEAP ES WORTH STTOPS.
Theie seems to bar. arisen an incomprehen?
sible dispute about tho character of the shoes
made at the Leavenworth military prison.
These shoes were arraigned by General Miles
in his report on the Apache campaign which
ended in the surrender of _ref__.ia.Oj and sever?
al other officers corroborated his statements.
It was declared in these oflieial reports that tho
Leavenworth shoes were worthless; that for
the most part they caine to pieces after from
two days' to a week's wear; that tho uppers
parted from the soles in almost every cuso,
neither uppers nor solo* being worn out. It
was stated that the leather used appeared to be
fair, and that the fault was plainly in the in.in
afactare. General Miles said that several of
the soldiers were compelled to buy moccasins
for themselves, their shoes having gone to
pieces. Ile further stated that this circum?
stance was productive of considerable |0_____g
to the men during the long forced BWrehtttt over
a rough aud mountain.!SM country. Oilicial re?
ports have to be decorous nnd restrained, but it
was evident between the lines that tho General
thought it au outrage on his (rallatit troops to
furnish them euell wretched footgear.
The House Committee on Military AlF.iirs has
been examining the Leavenworth shoe man?
ufacture, und has como to tho conclusion that
tho articles cost too much, and that, moreover,
the convict factory is eoni-ieting with free
labor. They, however, (Iud (or assert) that the
shoes are not subject to tho Indictment pre
fttffted against them by General Miles and his
officers, and they say in offoet that the latter
have misrepresented the case. This ls a strango
eonllict nf positions, but il is so chiefly because
the attitude of the House Committee seems ab?
solutely untenablo. The QB|sti?ii whether the
shoos served to tho Boldiorson the Apache cam?
paign fell to pieces or not ls not ono of opinion
or judgment, lut one of fact. It is, moreover,
a qnestion so susceptible of pr(X>f timi con?
troversy concerning it must be preposterous in
the very nature of things. When General MU ea
and his lieutenants declare that the shoes fell to
pieces tfiey of course make that nascrtioii upon
personal knowledge, and nothing can be moro
perverie or ii rational than for tho House Com
mitttee to deny the facts ou general principles.
The truth is that it really was an outrage to
furnish the troops with huoIi shoes, and it is a
condemnation of the Leavenworth arrange?
ments that such a blunder should have boen
possible. Whether or not it is desirable to
close, up the industry at the prison, it is certain?
ly apparent that the man _ fact tires of the insti?
tution need a sharp overhanding.
JEFFERSOMIaE SIMPLICITY AT TAST.
Well, the -.______ nmy bttvePts for breakfast
at tbe WhiU House, hut his D_t_r-_-"__lc brethren
who Bit in Congress I.. In.' BMB of sim-Vr 1
declkM ht pritronize any of Hie 210 nield 1| Intel
cu-ajtidori ?"?____ are prosrUted for their aceo-amo
dsttion. And of course they dr,n't call them
"cuspidors"?a word that is manifestly tnron
siste-.t with eenuin" Jeffersonian simplicity. They
c.iii (_**___ '-s|iiii,1(i'.is.'" sven ns they employ In
their eoBTHSttt-OB, for the same dna old Demo
eratic rca.son, tho plain verb to "silt," rather
than the g ? t , ",.,, ,.r| orate.r It ls
ont piMtj-.eiy hxtown wether Mr. Cleveland say*
"spit" or "ttXpeet ? irate," but it is safe to etffl
iclure thnt a lVsid'tit. a I'cmocr.i'ie I're-ident,
who is rv. lost to nil sense of Jeffersonian sim
pli' itv es to rtl"-0 Plc his pemOBttl end ofllcittl
Tsiin'tlon at tho murmur- nasal has a marked pref
erence fur *_*""rJ__B_-*___."
lt l?t Interest in.' to notice }iow Confrre*;-; shames
Mr ('bireland, how by pnttm: the brand of ii>
(/n I'limiitinn on nickel-plated nispidors lt
shows ils emiti'iu; _ for rmcfa <n rvatim* luxuries
ns l'io. Mr. O'Donnell of M,ohi_an, from the
ll,tuse C_t_____**rSS <n Veal i"! -1" 1 ? ? ri and Acoustics,
has inst, iiiikIo a rcjtort ciniftinin, this __.kettbls
pttl .tph :
Att,'ilton I* dlrerterl to the f.irt ttfif th, re arr In tttl*
ohamber _16 otcs-el-plated cuspidors, fur_ls__d bv the
llllllllllr.'lll'i' et till- .Nulli,II. Willi Hie -,. ? Di Ming
am ployed for tlie purpose* ter ?i,ieii tbey are provided ;
hut. fm- ail?ms reason unknoa n t" fonr comroittee, the/ bm
Ignored aud tbe perforations In tne ina-- reotllators ara
employes" ns tba raceptarlea "f expectajTBtlon,
As (irover ''level:,ml K___ I his st ;t temi nt hc
may v..ll blush at Hie BOBtrasl between his own
itiiiu.i and ti mt ef ___m lawmakers of spartan
austerity. While he. trar,i| lin.* tiii'ler f ot what
over si*4?rests the frugal days of tbe l_tbers, _
dully Call lng for Pie .''111 is en ines*_y insist lu.' t lilli
the mt, , i,-i"i i -hal] be wii done, these Uri', errata
ttl the other eui of ihe Bvenuu. more faithfu1 to
pa i l.y principles, resolutely tum away from the
votuptuoua C-ttU-dor and '"spa'" into thc _oo_?
ten'atims brass ""? ni ilators.
If Mr. Cleveltt-t-- baefcettt nre wl-e they will
keep him from sur-eimg ttl this elena?- In his
putty, i'm ir the ?sus is made in the Nation?1
I't'tiirnKiii,' Convention <d I - n tlie braau
veniiL.t'ir [*_i_ocra_B s_- the Pie cuting Demo
CTU-B, are have no doubt lhat the brttSS ventilators
will beal the ]'j.?,',?- bj s larac majoritj The
( onunittee cn Res lu_ona eau be counted upon to
Pl alto (her or to mention it simply tor
eon.ieiimutiin But If Sam Randa- desirefl it.
sams Buch bram ventilator plank u.s Hus is cer
??.,iii (o be ? i lofted by enthuslaatifl a*?______in:
ilekcl-plated ruspldors icattered about tbe Hotise
aa i .pal with manly, una?_?ted blunteeai late tl ?
\.-ntii ii.
Il is not known that any I'cmoenit. bas as \.:
made an effort to work up a boom for 1888 by
pl_-_n_ hhnseU at the bett- "f sha brass venti
lat. ir CuuKI___-_! But the "i" ort unit r is so
promising that some shrewd bailer ls likely to
embrace, ib litfnii' tong.
HOPE FOR ISJ" A'/' RB \TER
A vei-jr oelfiile ati'l Int an st in_: ____*"__" OpmtOr
ti'itl bas just, been performed Itt. UttSfllHj (il
( indimiali. The patient suffered from a dlscaS
vvhieii lutd alic ted bis backbone, p__-_dng
fin ul;, .sis. The ______DS found that lever.d ot
tire Tertabrttt vent __*_?___, and determined to
COI them out. To do this wilhoiit l*_j___n_ the
spinsJ cord was extremely (lillicult, but the skill
of thc operator tfiiimi'lieil. The patient hail h:s
backuone partially mnnveil. uni not only sur?
vived the ord'al hut is said to be on tbe way to
oomplete recovery. It ls believed that in dobo it
should be neii'ssary artllieial vertebra can be
made to take the plttCS of those which have lieeli
tmnovi'd, aud that the |tfttient may survive to a
lntle old (t-o, his frame bu|'ported by a store
backbone, bo to speak. Now tho implln-aliims
of this advance, in sui-ic-l science, and its ____"?'
m.* npin Hie exist in' state of society, aro obvious
and imports.nt. The Man without u Bttd-bcoa has
iu idl times and landa been painful, nunnruns
The eminent mathe;nat klan Bttbbttftt once cal
cu lated, l.y the aid of his machine, that one per
?Ott in eveiy seven und two-thirds was a moral
invertebrate, end IL de Quati.fagcs, tho din
tin uished French student of the Law of F-Obabil
ilies, has reinforced this conclusion by iilde
l-n.lent experiment and research.
What to do witb the people without backbones
lins always been most n_rp1e__Sf. and the diffi?
culty is iii' re-tcd by tho fact thal u pcrs.'U may
present externally a vertebrate appearance, and
only reveal his hopeless _tt"f_-____tt_f when
brought face to face with Rome critical situation
Tho "tun ?? that try men's soul-" have, ever been
-lill moie emphatically times of trial for their
backbones. Thc French Revolution, tho ".Var of
t_t__kp_nd_n_tt. the War of tba Rebellion, uncov?
ered a deplorable amount of invei'lebiiiey. The
stressof those liei-y prniodtt seemed to dissolve the
lue _______ of numbers of public men who had
|tie\iiiusly walked upright., but thenceforward oc
? ?iipied position*, of inunctions desuetude. It is
evident thal their vertebra! had l"ii' been dis
easel, Mild that if they could have _t___""_j__? the
I nu nundi Ofttn-tion their usefulness mi'-'ht have
been DT?k_rgnd. Nor is it less clear that want of
b_*__bO?S evi.i in then ""*_?____I times proves the
t.ltt cal ruin of many a tt-____r__g cttiaen, nnd
thftt if science ran irnlly supply Hie place of
prematurely *e___t_als_d vertebra' the ___Ovtt_3f
will meet a In.*-felt want.
llrt-rftrn th* nov i-rn.ir sml the I'n re'li-ct as warm snit con
fi,Initial fiirnilslilj. fnl-t< ii* bBtWBeo th? 1'ieMili'lit ami
C'olunel 1_?iont-fHriK.kl.Tn _a__.
\\ hy, ceifitly. tV_o can doubt it who n-mem
bCfS t?hc effasivo public grsstinj" that BttSSed be?
tween these two en the occasion of the celebration
in ____"" bi-st Aiu-ust, and the r*a__r_-S_ with
whi'h she Gtevernoi t"re himself from |*t_?_a_
dtttlas Bt tba C?__-l___ in order to clasp ihe l'resi
dent in his linns m .N'.tv -Yolk on DoO-ftttiOB Hay
And. by the way, wouldn't it the the 1 tenn" rat te
heart if Miine .," the cmdial |_t*_era th.tt OttSB be
twit ll W tf-hiii-t'in lind All,uny sjsilllil be (.'iveu
to the world about this time ns livinr ex?
ponents of the "tv-rni and coiitideiiti.il friend?
ship ** C_ which "The j?gltt" i_ so BBBoMtiXBt
Waa-dnf-oa B. C-nnor is ? pt-ctiea] maa. When
he buys pi "is. _o___dera-ions of ?e.-taient do not
seiitnisiy affed him. His st*_teni-_t that ? good
yacht ian be bought nure cheaply ul hume than
aksiuad it He niore emit pd to Kraut weight.
A\'hy shollld New-Yoik bs behind other cili.s ii.
bavin.' a. teleijh'iiie call uud |iutrol wu-oii Bjrstemf
The \-lue of this m the polka |-__r__a____g ol'
firent cities has ___? ________r_sjed. Tbs _ka*_rd
of l'olice is unanimous nt sattdai Bot un ttpprro) ri
Ktion for thia imiiiov, nnd the I,.ard of lj-limattt
Bhos?d not i*eru.it tbs a|Tantaa;as ol ?_*_. a t*a__am
to bs lotti tl.niuuh a tttlte sense of oix.iioiny. There
is mach P?tte n ed ot this than of un addition
to ihe j.iico baree. lbs t__acs___ia ha_ __oo__s
|n__-B_tt_-b_S in the tnin-aiction of _*___s*Stt_t an1
once inlioihiced in the pullet.' SSH ll S il Uuuld
soon ber*uno ixiually ____SBB_mtthla there. lbs
lino.ooo i_.'nd fur is pretty certain to lum __fl
a wise uud protilaldo Inveslment.
Indutd ls not ulono In ber revolt _______
ou_r__.siva laadlord-tiu. AU ltliiuu_h Ucrmany. a
1 utin.-i ? u iing agitation is in (irrrgTett-, and it is
I meet Inf with micress. In Koenigsberg a State
fnrm hus lately bein sold to ?___?__ proprlettois
for only 15,500 i*gr-ii_4t a vuluatton three yearB
Biro of $10,000. lu Mecklenburg b_"___B_"_ birire
owners of land have sold out to the Stidje, and
the faruiB have been relei |<t the tenants at rents
-"______ by from 20 to 40 per cent. Elsewhere
the landlords have tstrreod to vBry the amount of
rent fMm month to month, ?**_*_____( it by the
market price of the iirodtiee of tho farms. All
these __a_aj-S -O-lnl the condition of the wnrkei-s
of the soil, and hold out) B hope thnt some day
tlio American sysieiu will piovuil, each nnd every
in 1 ii-.ti*.,11-, mau bttfaf aldo to have a hui_este_d
of his own.
m ? ?
In nil the vile history of Si.titthcrn eh finial
fratal, there never wiu* rt mure tlllTnr1*" ou1i,t_?
ti.uu the counliiu* out of ('on_i'ssmau .-mulls.
?
I'tin'incfjr M. Tn-p-w la [tri lil BBS. QM mott pownrftll sai-fl
otust ii sf Um KnplTB BU?- ' , aAf. .Al?mi aiarBBtt
1 Ie is not a single citi/.'ii. Ile does not bg
liers that eiiy Baa arho hag his complement af
iiioi.il, _______ uni i liv -.i.itl attributes has any
rieht to be a single ett-SBB. Hut he is a genuine
American, (ind the secret of his gllOCCBB In Ufa is
the coui'tv'e, food humor mid heart in e.ss which
he billies to his woik. Wo wi_h h__ it Merry
Christinafl.
If Mr. _-__?_- wants to Bake W>p people n
Christ mas ['resent, we suggest his "r_S___ltttl__l BC
the -rift they would be moat pleased to tt0C"_l
"The. Albany Annis" cen-ratukites Supcrin-'
lendeiiL .Maxwell, of the Insurance 1 'opartne nt,
ni t.n his uteaaurea to reprem wildcat _______?
iceiits. "The ktgOBn should eon_iatulute Tin.
iKinr.N'E. It had to work hard before lix __-_?
well imbibed tho idea that this kind uf service
was a part of lils duty.
If tho yr ni rut: New-Yorkers of to day do not
muka out to acquire the trudi?icuts of eduoatioB
il . et ta,illy will nnO be the Slate"-, fault. Thc
provision made is so ample that he wno runs maj
Dot only reid, but write and ci|her, to say nolie
Lag about the iieiiuisHion of other "branches "
It spptttt-S from the report of Andrew S. Draper,
Superintendent of Public, Instruction, that Hi
Coat BO maintain our pubtte school system ______
asl year the sum of 118,295,000, This is
ludet I a very pretty jenny; bid. th n taxpayer
can reflect foe oomfortthal no other Invcaament,
publio or private,yields sui li Itttgs returns. The
prosperity of a c?,uuu n,'.faith, in tba iiinsti im
portaal sense of the term, is ____**" couiilioiial
uis.n the geaeral ___r_-__a ot ___o*j""___*__a
*>? -
Mayor ('race recommended the ap; ointment of
"letty' Waiata aa w ur len <.f Um city l'i_son.
What ? tlitusv sham his pretence o? reform isl
-a
l_e prof easton-] B__neha_ers cunnot Bnd maj
thii?? to carp st in tlc ir pst avendon. Bo k ?
?peech ''ti religious a__tt_rs. Um most they eau
Ittjf ir. tliiit it was a purely **_onv_nti__U_i" affair.
Well, tot that matter. Mr. _____?__ _____tttt-_
at _______ in l*s- ams rt conven* ional tttt-ir
\slc Mr. (lillis, who tonk parti in il, and then
repudiated it, wini ber it was not.
It is said that Mrs. < 'leveland has C-Tced always
to take off her hat nt the theatre, and hy thi
e'.aini Is to mtttbttah a great social i 'form. It ls
not with Mrs ( Leretand's cud of the A_________ra?
tion that any ono can lind fault, she appears to
be eijiial to all emergencies, and more than jnsti
: - the beautiful romttnoe which i_ the _________
Hon of her life.
_?
Jacob Sharp objects to bein? tried by a jury
of bis pooat in New-York. Ii must bs confesaed
-bul it would be hard to Ind n jury of Bhtt-P
peen hero. Koiti:u_l.i ly for the city, there i>
only one Shsrp among tis.
Thc euii'rratit'n of Irish inring the present year
has been up to the first of Huh ti.onth 59,1 DO.
BUJU?_Bj 5ft,OOO in the same time last year, n
si nrci'lv coticettbls Inert sae. Dortag the same
i rind, however, lt.n.oito _*__*?___ and Scotch have
expatriate! thOSns. hes, _.aiixst 140,000 hist, year
lt is an latsnest in*,* queatiOB how far tihe hone ot
sei'iiriiiir Hum.. Rid- t,.i..U I ? _____?? T?? ia-l. ____,
,Tation and also bow preat, a factor the tliepali
,.f geSting rid of tho c.ils of free trade ls in
promotini" the exodus fiom England und Scotland
'lire rumor that Friend Whittler will write
*_*?*_?____ about. "Maud Mull.r B_Sa_" I-BBB
.-Vftei'" is discredited.
What astounding piece of intelligence ls this
which is furnished hy rt contributor to the
December number of "111 nek wood's Mi?'azine.. "*
He actuiillv usseits that cricket has seen Its best
days In Kit-land ! O, come now. Pretty soon
some ono will be asserting that irentlemen resld
in.' in Kentucky have lost their interest in thc
iccre-tjion known as draw poker.
PERSOSAL.
Tho late Thompr-on H. Murch, once a Greenback
'?nt-resstniin fruin Maine, wa* in early Ute a eailo
and -it rward a ItuttBClUtlai.
frenchmen ate talking In a desultory way of puttlne
p a monument to Victor Hugo. 'Ihe project ls not
tallied willi ent-uxslasni by the public.
According to Ijondon "Life" the German Empress
Augusta has fur many tears been under a "saBasage*1
treatment. It ls given to her by an old woman of
he .--.li .4,au peasantry, now more than seveBty years
nf age, who ls never allowed to be long away hom
be court, travels with the Eatt*~__B_, bas hat entree
?\ cry where, aaab*?I at all the court ceremonies from
sou.e quiet eui?er, and li _Uuu__ te bring iirr tiaugh
-r to the palace to see her, m__BT tlmn thnt she
should ab-M't herself (ur a Journey to her tte tl I a
p ice. "Die Mssrteiise" ls quite a power, sad her
brisk repartee ami racy liveliness make her a most
IgrsetthlS coiiipanioit despite her rusticity.
Now that the .Socialists have taken to ni.-iiHiiu,' her
a tlio Ht reels, tbe Queen of the Uolriisii-i no more
idea out in her little pony _a_f_-_tti in which Hhe
ti-oil da ly to \ i-it on ni-.inila) .1 v bari ty tbo i>oore*t
uarteis of llm-seU.
Tlie Mr. Finlay who vras I.ori Colin CainpbeH's
niiiiM'l in tbe trial lust ckand ls ate Itt wy er anti
pilitu ian who once S-Uerflsa*] >lr. ___8_ranttS as a
t'i'nt.riBM with two consciencea, one for private and
ene ior public use.
iir. F.iiiln ba- befii promotod bf tho Khedive fmm
the rank of liey to that of l_ch.i; but he probably
uill not know it until Mr. _'?uley _oo* ia and tell*
bim.
Wotd conics of tho death of Sir John ("r.impt.in, who
in lt--j_ caine at l;nt.-h Mta__es to WttaategtolI and
It'ft lour yars later in cottsaquanca of a char?i broujltt
.'it-an st him bf ttie Halted Stair-- (,,,mi iiinont that h.
had Attempted to enlist iicruli_ in thu DttlSttJ _tt-_M
ior tuo Bilti-h Anny.
Mrs. vt in Silies villi gantt*I the wiutor lu Wa*__ttg'
ton. Mafttgad In newfSpapsg work.
Watti conic* of the _e_t_ of Pr. Martin Willi?tj j
tbe i.'*-;iU.'st mineralogist uf tho lieiiln Acaihiny ol
Belenee.
"Sweeter than ""mr of biri* i* a thankful vulee" U_S
tim inotUi on John (J. Whittier's _c\i.u(y uiuth birth?
day cake.
THE TALK Ol' THE PAY.
'Ihe editor of "Ibo \\a-biuBt,iu __??>" appears to ba
GBkteg in .til tlie taut. Un- >tar. "Wo expect," he
_ifs, "lo | ay twilit) Ihe SSS?I ttpiS-S for OBS _OB-_Ctt
Ova lie ??*iit. algae tint verj avaaiag. Ute ovati for
tho ligar, the lot tbo _*_______ luiKi mo Uko lt Uv.in,
li\o itu Ike l'.vrl) Rfaa that look al ll j;o, live ior tho
ct., tn hps ?uti UH u," pi .co and ftvs ior Btttttltf'.
lau I thal ahattf enough I"
AH the virtues. First ChuStlS Mun Ubi Ci-orjre. lt
rt"iiuns tu \voels to tell that y nt h.ivu m.ul., a goo'1.
B_M?b. 1 too it in raul' minti nance.
laaos- Oau-ba .Mau ito ji?jC tho heit wilo in the
ttorl't an, aa 11,1-:.il.".
"M... looks li ?' a bright little wotnan."
" ihoio i-.li t much Mic i!oii"i Luuw Uiat's worth
knowiagi i cju ten >ou tti.it '?
?I - ip!',-o, Uka ad thS lest, though, rho is ik'Voted
to lr tu ii.u?."
B_______ar| I ?st-oul'l *a> so. i wish you could asa
*_r ..a.ile- ???[OSSttbtt Wurid.
A Mall ai. N. S , lUitiou do lute of the sea serpent
has -wallow.? a mau. Usia la ______ SU-teuoa that
iii, - a BB-IBBBt 1- baUBM-Bg au olijtii Sf ttuiliiiipo
ransons human tetaSUtt.
Mr C. 0, IT.mipt'iii sf ('""per C___ttS*, Mlstuirl,
? 'ribbed a p-tankia a bru days r-itu-e teat ratjuln-l Mbms
men to ,1'tt him in l-ttdtea H Into the wa_.ni, and bo
bal te rriin.vo a port on oi tbe __?_?_ from Ute roof of
tho crib t> get lt iiiKitle. When lue piunpUln .tunk
tho crib Mi>,,r lt bttSBtSd, hnwr-ver, revt-lin*; a doten
stalk- of corn B_tSS leet lt. length which wsw gru-iuit
_mide. Further starch shovtetl that yroodpecksni had
i__de scvcial bolos lu Ute puiuphu through uhb h
grains of corn had fallen from the stalk, and th*)
moisture Inside bad cauaed them to sprout aad grou
up.-iK-u-js City Times.
M. Uouvlor, the Trench Minister at. Buenos Ayre*
?mounce* tbe dl->C-very of gold In Tfira df. Fueg,.,
there are, he says, solid strata of the pnre metal, an,
ate ______ 1* strewn with nuggets of it as bis as S-gs,
tad the natives of tlie country are "courteotis and bot*
(liable" Now )?? the ohsn'e for another eiplolt ot
speculative loUtlcan.*. hke those at l_na,na and it_
i on.inn.. I*t the shorea of MazHian's Suntu be la
'Otibed ,v the narden ..r tho "Vesfrrn IfemMpbore, rival?
ling the "Riviera j- balmy climate and alluring sren.
tsy. Let, M. de L?.*ep* certify to the wondrous lera
tdlry of Cape Horn. Thrn fit mit an expedition to oe
upy the land, backed w.th a big r.overnrnent loan and
popular sui scrli Mens to st.**. And the Hours* sharps
-?bo "r.g" the French Oovernuient will make a gran 1
amil.
""flo yen know, my friond," f?ll Ute tr rr. pc io ix <?
?MM -<-.!< mnly, "what p cn*** you to drink wi ,
lt etti I rUUf health, character, homo, baiipi...
"TttB, bf Jim-s! am! lg coote gas four 'lollara ? gall
?i Ur*, 'jhat I Ult! wu-i ?jf it."- ,.. t. g i ..ur/.-r.
A'-crling to the miadostt "Ct-SBg- Kim':
S"ttt"p Ann, a f.lgh'y esieeeied _______ in i "?'
-T-ttUS house, W___d Inti Ute pallor the oth'r m< i
n,' bo* Ung a hand prcnade in her hand. And the f'
? iv ag remarks "pa-se?i" bea?-SB her Bad her m:
arras:
Mary Ar.n " 'n't ye -ny flbsm thin?a a
'or flies?
M!-tre.s Certainly.
baatf Ami Waa, inc buss ihrvln' (., In /ht the fire
rvid Man av th-in, but it d'"-n't HHB8 to ___""_.,
na'aaa.
<-',e knew all about lt. Fl.-t I hica^oan -How's
i - rr- ?
BeeO?d rhlcago.in- Haven't pot, anv wife,
F. ('.-What: l.i.otcril '
f". C.?Vis.
I.'' bTbf, you are the thirl _______ -_<?'? been dr
,'orecd boin'
s r ",
F. c.-Hi.e is (juite btenrv, i.-n't shel
8. c.- Ye*.
F. C.?What ls she tiolnp nowt
ts. c.-She'* TTitiiB-H i,,m.k alsiut "llriw to Mabu
nome. Huppf."?{Bostou Ooartea
la?_B_d for the v<irk.?omaha man?I _____ you
\"r w Yorkers migiit te be _ehainrd .it v-"?" ???? ?
New-York Yan A?teUM-ll Mr. y,u inii-t bs I ni/y.
? Hot a bit cf lt. Your own pus.*, admit that
.ir 7.'no Cbildieu in Nuw-Yock can't go to B?h.,.jl
or want of accomiuodatlcaa."
"Well, thal , BU."
'Ju-t Uiiiik of tba "utan of Ute SS children "meed
;o grow up in ig-tomnee."
"Don't wan] about tl,at. That's the gratti beauty
I uti iii-tiiiiii..iis. Th'v Mill .liva;* int .ute ot
dead) ? in|,l'.> milli and ____ BUf. -Mt
".-t- a if < ni ],,- t "nt : waa" ,it .''
"SUUug on Jurie-.'"-toinnh.i Wort-.
MUSIC.
QESMAN OPERA.
Ttcnrepreaentfttioiis of ?? Tri*t:in und Isolde" WUBUUtt
ihe Metropolitan list this week tor Mond.iv and Friday
?venlnu?. ThS inti rm, iliate BUa*_0t_B_-_e, which WM
.hat tit l.u-t iti_r.lit. v tis profteted ,i- :i OSS?-US, SSUttgtt
it rel let ol' the most pronouno d character, lt Bttt*
'riited the ttiO-t diveiting et,ft r't.iiimeiit nt tin- .. u>
tnand of _M ('orman artists?llttii:'- an rte" I BS-fc om-ra
riitith d '? The Ottl-Utt ( ro-s." and the bal it - Vienna
"?Valuer,." Rothbag BOuM BUM* pitt-lily show Utd capa?
bilities and lihernlitt ot the UBtabltahr.SUt than mo
striking a )____p_ait_?_, null?I u uars the Ugb __e*BStt
af e_eel lenee -nish?user tails te SMrk the in tc rna a*
tation ot the works. I hi Monday, when ?? Ti Utan '
h:ni it-t thtnl ittttf?uuutetkMa. fra?Isla I??Batta,
Barr bTiaaiaat, Fratt'eta Bnunit, Herr Bohtssctt, lb rr
Md] sntl the artiots who sit in the inconspicuous
orehrstta a?ain pbtckiti aa cn,'it troon thu thu wi?eh
bums in Warm r's wundi ifni score sml kindled
another eonfagrat?_ ?t entbwsla.ai like thal naioh
ra,"il in tba timi euee daring the Brat represent
The pertoriBttuee aaa ai imp iss'-.m d as that __*___?
l,'e .,'..,? et De-ember 1, timi ,-"11-, quentlj ntuub bi tier
than thc ?-ee-iinl, whet, Fraulein Li lin,.ititi wa- ?
what auder tbs uaather. Unbounded adu.ii ne n aaa
ehallenged by her wmk last blonday, and al bi oat as
tatssT?**Mug aa her espaattj?_ ot 'he mnsieal ami dra
tii.'itic coi,Tent- u' the pr.'t.uni.I eliaracterlh.it -h.-infer
?iieted nu her Illustration ot how agreatteal eai
Inspire n great irtiat. This la one ot the thiaga the
Herman season has given BU to thins, ulm it. We bttftt
seen alngera soon signs of eiiort m poTtorasi?g aeoai
pai ti'i.c"., lit-y Task in " 1 ;iuM," Iel in.-t.iii ? . aiel nt
the ccu opportunity reich. Buea nu oettoei ,,t paaaiott
in singing the lupposodly nnvoe_l mu-ie ol Wngomt as
kept nil tbought ol labor out ai mimi, rhbj -hoars
how artir-ts with lotty idenJa leel toward tbs uork
whi.h thev lija^a- it. Baai a* ___? .-..? aa-_^J. ?- ..t - !..*_
obnxaoteC. Tliey make the sacntice of sell which
every art-work demand*, not enif BBsrTudgingly but
gladly. 'Ibe influer.ee npon B nuWtl whi. h is yet in a
"f-SOUtsTB mood cannot M over t--ttauuad.
Ins pretty sra*Beares ami aardahle atory of Brail's
opera have a very different atmii-|ihere tli.i.. Wagner's
to'caiiic love Irsgedy, but thc art?_l ai the Mctr.'iioli
tan fitnl vehicles h>r tb*?B. Hie work ia really a
charming one ot its kind and us beauty ha? no; leal its
freshiipss during the rest thnt it has had while mutter*,
ot grenter p,th ami moment occupied the ?t.r_'e. ___
night it was Ita phalli presenteti, Frnu __MI>__r___|
singing omi acting with that simple and Sj inpathetlo
charm which tirst had rea! play here when in the lirst
season of German t.pera at this BstebHabssou- aha
appeared a.a ?? M.ir. ellina " in " Fnielio." Herr AI vary
was in good voice, aid Fraulein Jsnusehowshy and
Herr von Milds met all the requirements ot their
subordinate roles. Herr Fir-cher's renatf?ty ot ntvlo
and unchanging henuty nnd nobility of voce have
enabled him to attract to the character of " Betti*
bardon " rrtber more interest thnn the '? ."-ergeHiit " is
by drsmatic law entitled to; hui nj one would
begrudge so gall-t.t and tnueliil a soldier the BMSa-ftt
of popalai'ity which he ha.- won.
The hallet has been impi'iivd by some scenic
chanties and thft introduction of some "new .bureen, in
one of which Herr Atnl.ioggio. the ballet-master, takes
part. Tbe entertainment aaa a c'evei para*?M iitulerly
inf lt. and with *uch muse as 'uis been botrowed lroia
the dance-hook* ot 1.ai,uer nm! the __ra_BB_B. it i? no
wonder that the rhythameal amtioni __nj*_?1 by it are
not all on the stage.
MR. AORAMONTE- RKCITALS.
The plan of Mr. AgmS-OBte. vocal and lnstru
menial *sjet___, the aamad of _____ took place in
< ht,',_*n_g Hall ye?tei lay afternoon, is so e__-B_e*
b<?-Tra "fettl (here vt.ll H ir, ely rein,(;u a __f__tment
of song-wiitlng to whi, b be will not have given repre?
sentation when the settes i? over ono feature ol
<he pinn call* for -*"____ mention. >,r. Agranionto
'iiirpuses to _0 his -.hare t.,wanl helping along tbs
Alpert an movement. (>n both B__g_a__B__ thStt f.ir
Anieri'an ct inpo-er- ha\e li^unsl, and we ?? e tbetf
ninnes again on th- auhssaa of tho third recital.
f_at_ed_rf- eottt-tbuttssa m g_a eategery wore Dmiief
liing. I___CS| burlay, A A. stanley. V BJ, -Ul
hrt-t and .lutes .Ionian There was a vast difference
batwaaa thc i?,,t and Qm natal of tbi- ____>, and let
ho remalli suffice for tlc pre.-eut that while tba be,t
beta ' uii.piii-,u well with tlio chi,',.-liiot- of tba
otvign Ullk'lBi the ararat] was .-evora! i*gs belov tho
? of tlie Buropeaa eonttrlbutlott Mr. I i
lagan resets?ai aram M_m Martino/.. Mrs.
Anna BulfcatOf Hi I,, Jules Jonlau an 1 Pratts Ih'tn
Baurte. Ha a|m bad the help ol Mme gebilier, the
oianl-t. His o?n _t*_Bs?tt) i>l_\ivl ___uaBnS_____lB
went not the latte" enjoyable tatts-ttttS ot a **|S_S___
nd ii-ittable alum 'oa.
Till: s! BAtOMAMUt
Senator Wsaas tl Ulai l-U-rned .-e-terlav tu thu
,t, ti ,in Iii 'ISltt U-tt-B lie hud b?M t. BSh__l Ills
funei-.il of Ja nie* li. Yarren "A le's Jo,;rneyinrS
ihiutirh ibo b_ito many of bi* political Meads -_w
bm .it tail ot- places where tho trim -lopi>etl. la
Boehestef te had a aurttttart*. chat wiiu n. ii. wat uer,
BBS of his must _tt__-U, stip;s.it< r-, who doned anr
nt< tit on of 1^. .iiit _______ a Ctttt?___I tor n Bates.
ieuaitoc biller um rlslti ai ate ntth A**_s_i Hotel
raster af b> mo-.i) _e|*uhlb aaa -by ar. ?tr'tteg to
IS el it bin a- -tuatjr.
ii.iigi'i __ma 1 rank Hi-c ,cU, another of tho caudl
B-teS tor Ni.a'.r, UttS ttl " il tho Filth Aveline lt,,tr,
nuti una vusted hy a gool many ITajuMbTttttl -ho
fa.ur bis c;imit. ai > .
?Ih" bea .unrtera Ol levi P Morton, the third S-na
te..i ta nd Ida te, ai bte F.ve eu ii,,u-e. were thr- tcd*
Of haPl UUffb bf bli, rsSUBU-tem. Maut llopobln ans
rom ihe tettmat ol Uar bialo called un Mr. Morton.
A.\ BCHO PROM MW>W-I BaBY."
prom Tue Batten <? I -.
l'vhloiitly Mr. Ulallie bas not lost his hold SB tba
UsJstuU l-'jiilblliau _____
Till: KAI'.I Y Off I UK Ml OWt-fl-.
I ie bric York s?? (_? b_) ,
(?i.nr.lileiln- tbi- I'lilllaut capalii.liles ol the Mn?""'*"";..?}
| md his \:ci,>uh prope-sltj to smasb i? ?' ? "? oh
and lump ar-t lbs tuns, bia eaaBUttimm ?"???SJ
in tho (i'M'l.n.d stailc is a thins of tsnadar. Ol
tonis.., ba kaepa up ? enaUnual '"?,h;,*,1''**,,.,"'?
BttUlip-Ug. bul sn. h is tbe nattire ol Hie BUM ?.'';">! 'l
fOl.tl/llolled, .-.less. Iveulc.lrti.it ateItoud. Bj "? g~1f.
|n_ t.ii.itsN.l.iil uol'odt cxj.tl* Illili ';^;.'' Walloa
_l-lUm-r_.il km lluhtioi.s his instill. I ot* lr\n "*^a''"_
ive. -..Kt-t.-a lum tt. stay wbera ^'?JTu,**22 ai SaSa
ii,.t tot ,ittii\sl'oof Ihe.leiitiesl. ?l"l BU dole or o.tU
u,,i> i.tn .titt.tt" know- euou-h for "ina
nU>i "';,.' 't. le's well S_ NOMI,,',,, else can
r rh'uith,, tl Le njrv,.l.s.ine-t with tt vliih. S,. be snorts
be go altbout e uik ?*. mildly, asoat mildly. Ha
r,"'.'..! lt .v lUirtor. l" wli.1 lledoull, ..., ,1 t_-.b_att_
2f.,>. i-Vi.i iud be ts quteter. lame, ?p_ttt_U b_|
InaUon bas paiuu* . tlU-velan.l b Hie Untttf
"te.b^__wua5stat-wanlhun they show thent-olTci
t*-____lB__daar_a
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THK UIOHT LINK IQ DM TO.
>r.,ta A*--.ton-(.wrtttsjr. _____?
ijrtti P Morton, ot NswYor_. strtkes the ksynotaof tea
tttrifl it-forrn ipietUoti when be * riu_ : " 1 he ?*vl-^uiBt
ii i. tail- shelli- tu my lutluuient un mad- by tho t^ooM
TwBBomO SSI U thal-uertoan poUof. la a uuU___b