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THS XEW8 TMJS MORXIXG.
Foreign.-Chaneellor von Caprivi had an intor
view with Prlme Mlnister Criapi, and afterward
waa entertained at dlnnef by King BaBBBBtl
(Jeneral Boulanger has issued an addrew aMTvaBMlfJ
the oitiseiis of Clignanoourl not to vote. ??
There waa a dlsastrous llre at Pictou, N. S. =====
Mrs Birchall had aa interview with her husband.
Domestic.-The rrraldent issued a proolamatuoa
appointing Novemlier 27 as Thanksgiving Day.
_- Lftte retunns from Tuesday'a electlon were
more fevorable to the Republicaas. bssbb Beveral_
BBBBl issuea are involved in a railroad auit before
a oourt in Bridgeport, Conn. = Several collfge
fuotbaU gamea were piayed. aaaaas The body of
Abraham Lineoln, jr., was deposited in the
tnonument at Springfleld, 111., alongside of that
of his grandfatber. ===== The aunual report of
Superintendent Witeon, of West Point, was made
public. === Miss Mary Abell, of Baltiniore.
daugbter of the founder of "The Baltimore Sun,
will beoome a nun.
City aud Suburban?Henry M. Stanloy waa tlie
Kiiest of K. A. Quinurd, at a dtnner in tbe CbJob
Uague Uub-bouse. bssbB Tbe Lotos Club
Kave its lirst dinner of tbe seasou in
bonor of E. S. Willard and O. H.
Boughton. aeaaa The Tandem Club had a drive
to Jerome Park. == A luncbeon waa given at the
Madison Square Garden to a nnmber of prominent
boraemen. ssaas The Orange football elevenjle
feated tbe Crescent* by a score of 8 to 4. -
Winners at Elirabeth : Al Ktirrow, Kik-y. Peter.
Iladge, Aurania, Forest King aud Wattorson.
Stocks, after an early raid, were appreciaUng till
tlie publication ol the bank statement, then broke
sharply.
The Weatiier.?Fojecast for to-day: t iear or
fair aBd oooler. Temperature yesterday: High
eet, 81 degreea-. lowest, 48; average, 54 8-8.
The Btitiimn parade of the New-York Tan?
dem Club took plaoe in Central Park yester?
day. The meet took plaoe at the Casino, and
ibe procession of sinart tnniouts, several of
them exoeptionally well h<irsed, wended its
wav tiienoe to Jerome Park. The Ca*ino
w-as reaohed on the return juurney shortly after
4 o'clock in the afternoon.
It would seem that Chicago ought to revise
and amend her police forre before she throws
open tbe doors of the World's Fair and invites
ali the world to enter. l'eople have a prejudioe
against a oity whose offioial giiardians are not
trustworthy, and Dr. McPherson, of Lyons,
this State, brings a serious tharge against the
'.hicago police force, which demands ptompr
?nd thorongh investigation.
The people of California, knowing when they
are well off, turned the landslide into tho Dem?
ocratic camp, piled up a monumental majority
for the protection of ali their material interests,
and buried the Hlind-Boss-Boodle-and-BoHrbon
eombination undt'i a handaome motind. Then
they 8luic<?d off the scarcely muddier watoi-s
of tlie Kcethor Kiver, and now it is pleanant to
know that auch virtue, intelligenoe and eneigy
aa theini have been promptly rcwarded by u
?x>ndert?lly rtch atrike of virgin gold in the
old channel of that historic stream. Fifteen
million dollars makes a good beginning.
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The Nationa! llorse Show Association will
open to-morrow at the new Madison Square
Oarden its annnal exhibition. which ])ix?mises to
be the llnest ever seen in this oountry. Most
of the interest will be oentred in the baekney
class, which is particularly well rcpresented
both in point of quantity and of quaJity. So
large has been the nnmber of entries for the
show that the stable-room capacity of the Gar?
den bas been found inedequate, and the
(ommittee has been forced to build stalls out
side.
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Tha acoeptanoo by Great Biitain of tbe
modus vivendi propoaed by l'ortugal may be
regarded as the tormination of a quarrel be?
tween two old allios from which neither had
inytbing to gain. The hostilities which were
aeveral times on the ave of breaking out, would
hBve proved diaastrous to Portugal and would
hare brmjght neither honor nor glory to Kng
laad, uhich in times gone by has oontributed
? vsjst amonnt of treasure and blood towari
ihe maintenanoe of tho integrity of tho littlo
Kingdom. ,
Although tlio cagio may tiguro oflicially as
tho NationaJ bird of this oountry. there are
many potriotic citiaens who are inclined fjo
doirbt an to whet-her it should not, be ?upplant<?d
by the canvas-back duck. The latter certainly
apjieals more strongly than the eagle to their
l?late. their heart-an orgpn cloaely conneoterl
with the digestion?and to their National pride.
lt is thereforo with interest that the readers of
Thr Tribitnb will pemse in ro-day's issue a
letter datoR ffom Havrc de Grace, the Mecca
of the cRDTBO-harfk huntera, in which one of
Uie latter dioeoasen the rival merita of a " sneak
box" and a " gink box." the auperior advan
tasea of iron deeoy dtirks over those made of
wood, and the unaportsmonlike devioe of shoot
in? the fowl with a eannon mounted upon a
swivel instead of with a fowling-piece. Can
vas-backs are beooming every year rarer and
more difticult to obtain. and a brace of these
shy bii-ds furntshes a greater catise for pride
to a sportsman than almost any other kind of
feathered game.
A SURPLVS OF HORRORS.
One of Mr. Stanley'* revelations impoaoa a
heavy tnx npon oredulity. He alleges that
Jameson of the rear-gtiard proenred a praoticol
demonstration of eannibalism. Tippu Tib is
represented as saying to him: " lt ia easv
onough to prove. if you like. l'ay for a slave
and give it to those men there. They will
show you/' Whereupon Jameson aasented, and
furnished twelve poeket-handkerchiefs for the
purchase of a girl ten years old; and then he
gtood by whilo the natives pltinged a kirife into
her heart, sketching the rovolting .scene and
the srtill more horrible orgies of brtitality whioh
followe'd. Six of these sketohes aie stoted to
have been liiade. Mr. Stanley avcrs that these
allegations ?re supported by the sworn affidavit
of an eye-witness, and that a Kuropean pro
fessed to have aeon Jameson's aketches. That
Jameson may have made drawingg of revels
of eannibalism k not incredible; but that he
should have piwtired the assaoaination of a
native girl for the express pnrpose of having
a working model for striking llluatrations of
his future book clearly exceeda tbe limits of
belief. Englisbmen may bo brutal, but thoy
are not savogea. Mr. Stanley weakene his own
oase by repeating ao incredible and unspeak
ably horrible a story.
Indeed, we may as well frankly say that
while tbe Stanley-mongers have been aerioualy
at fault in bringing on various controversies
over the relief expedition, tbe explorer him
self now needs to exeroise aelf-restraint In re
plying to his adversaries. The markat for
African horrors in both Kngknd and Amerioa
is one that may easily be overdtocked. Let
Mr. Stanley ancoeed in proving that the pioked
men who aceompanied him to the Congo were
barbarous savages eapaMe of purchasing alaves
with cottop handkerohiefs and rapidly sketoh
ing their death agonies. and the public will not
want to hear him lecture. nor 80 nr-ad any moro
of his books, nor to have any further mention
made of enands of mercy in mid-Africa. Th< re
aro many other incidonts in his special reeital
for " The London Times" which challenge be?
lief. but this is one which is so unutternhly
horrible and iiuprobable that ho exposes him
self to cenrnire for repeating it. lt is not a
camp tale which ought to havo been told about
a dead man.
Life in Africa undoubtedly tends to brutaliae
Europeans. Men lik'o Harttelot and Jameson,
surrounded by naked savages and released from
the restraints of civiliration, may readily be
oomo wanton in thoir oruel treatment of help
less nativos and even aeqiure a morbid ap
petite for the hoiTors of barbarism. The mania
for writing books of startlin?T adventure may
also have some intiuenoe in blunting the sensi
bilities of soldiers of fortune in the Dark Con
tinent. When all these conoessions are made
it etill remains inherently improbable that a
species of human viviseotion sueh as Jameson
is described as deliberately sketching could
have been bargaimd for and procured ln oold
bkKid. It is one thing to prove that the ofhoers
of tho cear-gtiard were blunderors and mar
plots; it is another to attempt to oonvinoe
Christendom that they were Hends traflicking
in assa*sination and eannibalism for the sako
of getting a few striking sketches for a book
of travel. Kven if it bo possible to prove that
Jameson was gtrilty of suoh nnsiieakable atrod
ty, it is not for Mr. Stanley s intcrest to do so.
Men and women wish to be able to attend
his lectures and to road his books without sup
piug upon ghastly horrors and barbarous crimes.
Let many more inatalinents of his revelations
be put beforo the public and relief expeditions
and exploration tours in mid-Africa will cewe
to interest anjbody with a heart.
WHAT IS ASD WHAT LS TO BE,
One of the cJosest and most inteiested ob
servers of the election, its accompaniments and
consequences, lias doubtless been tho aocom
plished Knglishman who has maatered tbe in
tricacies of American poHtics more thoroughly
than any other foreigner of his generatiaji:
Professor Bryco has had the good fortune to
witness at, close range one of the most com
piete transformations ever aooomplished upon
a public stage in a time of profound peaoo.
He has seen the party in power defeorted by
an overwhelming, majority of voters, and he
has seen this unparalleled reversal aeoomplished
without exoitement and aooejited without bit
teriP'ss. So far a* we havo observed, not tho
smaLbast explosion of wrath has been recorded.
ln fact, millions of the disappointed have found
that there is nol a littlo humor in the situation.
The Democratic majority is so large a? to be
grotesque, and IJopublicans meeting f<?r the
h'rst timo since last Tuesdoy are prelty sure
to laugh before they speak.
This sort of good-nature, whioh aooepts an
aetomplished fact in politics and govonmieut
uhpoj fullj and even oontrivea to eTttract a
siinbeam from tbe cuoumber, will impress P?>
haRor liryce as a most admirable quality. Ave
may bt^ sure. This striking exomplifioarion of
the National teniperament wiJl not a.mpol
him to revise any fqiinion which he has ulready
forme.1 and expresned, but it can soarcely fail
to tleepen his appreciation of American candor
and (ommon-sense. 1'opular governmont is
perfectly aafo in the hands of a peojile who
pay sueh loyal devotion to the fuudaincntHl
princijile of thoir own institufioiis.
This good-nature, whioh aooepts the verdict
of tho polls without repining, and whioh is alto
gether praiseworthy, is a very different thing
from tho negligenee which loaves milliona un
represented or only negativoly represented in
that verdict, and which is in every respeot
woi-thj of condemuation; and the two ought
never to be oonfounded. In many diatricts of
tiie octintrj the grcat Democratic majority of
votes cast last Tuesday signifiea a change of
public sentiment only indirectiy, ainoe it doeg
not inolude a majority of the votea that
might have been ejRdj, The tens of thou*
sands of Ifepublioans who chose to expreas
their disoontent or their indifforence by stav
inti at honi" would have been deaervins;
of more respect if they had gone to the polls
and helped to vote their party into retirement
On the other hand, this oommerxlable ae*
' auieaceaco in the oouukir iudgment kaaiii roa.
dered doe* not imply an ahandonrtient of in
dividual convictions or a sense of releasc from
the obligation to sustoin and propagate the
ca.*e that has lost. lt was nevcr more em
phatically than now the duty of those who are
faithful to Hepublican principles to uphold and
uefend them with oonrafe and aeal. A fnink
acceptance of tho conditions which exist t?
perfootly consistent with a deternrination that
those conditions shall cesse to exist as soon as
possible. ________??
TEMPER, RATBF.R TIIAX COXSCIEXCE.
The school question in Wisconsin and II
linois. and the saloon question ln several other
States, have caused the succeas in those States
of the very party which the friends of tem
perance and of the pub ic schools liave most
reoMOB to fcar. Angry al the Uepublican party
because it would not do exactly what they
wish. a portion of the RppuUican votcrs have
sectircd its defoat, thus turning over nll power
to a party which will n>t and does r.ot even
pretend that it will do onything that they wffiB.
Other caitses doubtless i-o-operated in theae
States. as in others, but the si<ale was turnod
by Uepublicanw who have BO oonlidence in the
tJeniofraric l^rly whatever or sympathy with
it. Yet. intcrests which they esteem most
sacred have been by their votes left to the
tender mercies of euemio? of the public schools
and UlltlllBBBIfl of the saloons.
lt is not easy always to be entirely iratient
with behavior which so closely resemblea the
pettishness of a spoiled child. Tbe govem
liioufc oi aj freat Xation is business for grown
and self-mastering men. No man has a right
in tbe use of his trust as a citizen to sacritice
or imperil grave publio interests for no better
reason than to punish ussoeiates who fail to
agreo with him. Just as the political Pro
hibitionists have set ba.ck their cause nW a
quarter of a century by making war on ali true
friends of temparanoo who were not ready to
aupport seiwrote Prohibition tickets, so mon
who claim to care most for public education
and for temperance have pushed their. antag
onism toward other friends of both, so far as
to throw away completoly for some years at
least ali their power to ijuard the most sacied
intcrests of school and heme. For the Repub?
lican party the chastening may be good. But
for those who have defe-ated it, at the peril of
intereits which they hold dear, the results of
the election can nevor be anvthing but mortify
uig when jiassion gives plaoe to oonscienoe.
It is of record that tb* Republican party has
long employed its intluence on the right side
in questions of morals, education, temi>ejance
and religious freedoin. Its oonstituent ele
ments being what they are, that party could
not do othmviae as lonp1 as it had the ]K>wer.
But it could not go as last or as far as some
desired in this or that particular without sacri
ficing its power to do any good whatever. The
majority of its voters mu.'it determine its policy,
for without them it could neither have power
nor oontinue to oijst. When the majority of its
voters has declded against any measure or step
proposed, the question of duty for voters of
the minority becomes sinply this, " Is the in
Huonce of this party on tho wholo better, with
respec't to the interests l hold paramount, than
the intluence of the Democratic party?" lt is
difticult to helieve that conscdentious temper?
ance men or friends of publio education have
in their hearts answered this question ia tho
negative. But if not. some have dono violence
to their own consciences in aiding tho triumph
of the political party whoue intluence they know
to be not the best.
After every such maaifestafion of temper
rather than reason the good eitizens who com,
pose the Republican party always come back
to a realization of their duty to the country. If
they feel condemned by tlieir consciences for the
evil they have dono, the;: strive the more ear
nestly afterward tu help the party whose in
tluenee they kiliw is on the whole the best.
Such defeats are humiliating to those who are
resjxmsible for them" bnt in the end they often
makc tho party stronger and braver to face
emergencies or discharge its duty.
CBR1STIAX COOPERATIOX.
The Congress of the Protestant Episcopal
Church to be held in i'hiladelpbia this week
promises to be one of unusual importance. This
will be the thirteenth unrrual session of this
unique debating society. An American repro
duotion of one of the modern institutions of the
Knglish Churcli, this body has been e most uso
ful ageucy iu enlarging the soope of Christian
work in the churchos and in developing liberal
opinion. Ali sehools of thought have been
represented in the debates. yet the interests of
no group or clique within tho communion have
been promoted. Discuswion has brought ex
tremists together, broadened their minds :ind
made them more tolerant. Qnestions of ritual.
dogma, practice and government have not been
aettled, for the Congrets is not a legishUivi!
body. On such matters olergy and laity have
compared views aml agieed to differ. l.ut on
ali practical questious, such as missionary
growth. evangeh'zation in cities and work among
dertitute and criminal crasses, there has been
a glooa approach to unny of thought if not of
action.
Among tlie subjeots tc be discussed this week
at the Congress ia one of vital intorest and im
portanos to tho Protestant Episcopal Church.
This is tbe prBotioability of co-operation with
other Christiau bodies in " rcscue work." or t ho
evaogelisation of the d scontented and viciou*
claeses in large centres of population. Twice
in the oourso of tho history of this communion
;? plain duty has been negleoted and a grand
opportunity lost. Jn 1787, when a mcmorial
was presrnted by a Mettodist Hishop to Hishops
Soabury, White and Madison on the subject of
their i-eordinetion ;u?d almission to the Church.
little notice was taken of it. Again in 1853,
when the Muhlenberg memorkil iniited action
in tho direction of a mcre comprehensive work
in tho Churoh, nothing v.as done about it. Tbobb
were oppoftunitlcs for Christian co-operition
which were friftered away. Foiu" years ago the
House ot' Hishops. in answer to a iniinerouslv
muned petition on the snbjoct of Church unity,
issued its doolaration of princlplo.^. llroad
n?indi>d churebmen are a.sking themselves
whether anvthing is to be aocoinplished by that
famous deciaration. b the Church to stand
still for amother centurj or is it to open a way
for pmotioal co-operaticm with other Christian
bodies in tields of lahor in tlie cities where
workers are now divid -d and pulliug against
oue another?
This que?tion is to be discussed by thr- Rev.
Clarenoe Buel, of Ma-yland, by Archdeaeon
Mackay-Smith, of New-York, and hy the Rev.
Dr. Van de Water, of St. Andrew s. Ilarlem.
whose energy and BBOOBBf as tieneral Missioner
arm him with speoial pijwer for considering it
in its practical benrinjis. It will )>r very
strangc if this debate fails to impart a power
ful impulse to the movcinent for Christian co
operation. ln every large oity the churche*
and denomirrations are engaged more pf le?*
effectively in the work fif evangelizatjon of the
lyassos. The Protestant Kpi>copal Church is in
a position to show OffBCt leligioua bodiea
that it also deeply ini:erest?d ln thia work
and ready to make, not. sacrilices of prinriple,
but oonoeasiana of polioj and prartice. in order
to proBvrte co-eperaaion. Let a beginning be
mada ia thia oJaas of "rescue work" in tha
tic* an(* hannonious action in that lield will
h in J'rotpstants to think alike in other mat
J^, The problem of Chureh unity will seem
to be ono open for solutaon when this oommon
factor of united Christian work in great towns
hw beon found._
THE HEVENVES OF CONOO.
While the illustriotis founder of the State of
Congo h rcneuing bis acquadntance with his
roiintrymen and resting from his labors. tbe
State itself is passing through a serioaa crisi*.
upon the k*suo of which its future weffare in
creat measure deponds. Tuere is now in session
. Hrussels a Technical Commission, which is
uliBjIfkrirg and is to deeide the question
whether or not the State shall be perinittod lo
palaj l>v means of custoins upon imports the
?ajtajp necessary for Ifc governmcntal func
ghaaj. ln f-hi* Commission are* represented all
the Powers that signed rhe Congo Treaty at
Uer\m in 1885 except Holland, which is strong
|y opposed to the tariff and has nsked Belgium
to |BRajBBR8 a subsidy srheme instead. What
will be the outcome of the Commtssion's de
liberations it is impossihle to predict. But
this scems certain. that unless the. Congo State
be promptly provided with an adequate reve
nire. ite interests will be impaired, its pi-ogrcss
checked. its good fame tai-nished, and the cause
of civilization in Cential Afriea incalculably
injured.
This is the sittmtion. The work of found
ing the Stoto cost tbe King of the Belgfons
81.750,000; and for nearly gfat years he has
peisonally borno tbe cxjxmse of maintaining
it, minus about 8100.000 a year from export
dues. The cost of maintaining the Stato has
nPVer been less than $400,000 in one year, and
the building of new stations and new roads and
the extension of the polico system have swelled
the sum now to 8850,000. To meet this the
King of tho Belgians can give only 8200,000
and the Helgian Government 8400.000. If
art add to these stims 8125.000 export dues.
there is srill left ? deficit of 8125,000. Nor
is this all. The re.-ont Anti-Slavery Congress
at Hrussels imposed ujk)H the State the duty
of nnkiug greatly extcn.lod efforts to suppros
the slave trade, to do whioh, will, of course,
cost much money. Whero is the money to
come from?
Thero are those who oppose the iinposition
of a tariff. They are slicklers for preserving
unoltered the Treaty of 1885, which forbids
the levying of duties on imports for a spaco of
twenty years; and as a sul.stitute measure thoy
propose a subsidy, to be subscribed by the
signatory Powers. Hut why ? And why not
adjaj Congo tlie right to establiah a tariff sys?
tem? Sueh o ngbt is enjoyed by the great
chartered companies whose territoiies sttrround
tho Congo Stato?British, German, French and
Portuguese. All these colonios enjoy a sus
taining revenue from customs on imports. Why
not let Congo do likewiso? Why not, in brief,
invest it with all the powers, as well as impose
upon it the renponsibilities, of independent
Statehood? Mr. Stanley, the greatest living
authoiity on African alTairs, strongly favors,
we believe, sueh a course. It is to be hopod
that his counsels will ]>revail at tho Helgian
copital.
A VIVACIOUS YOUNG LADT.
To The Tribune's entertainlng " Llbrary of
Ameriran Elopements" WO may donbtless add the
atory of .MLss Eunicc Marr, of Carpentersville,
Ala., which has just been made public. Mies
Marr is a young lady rather under than above
twenty yeara in age, and of a most light and
blithesomc nattire. Indeed, her vivacity and play
fulnesa are her prominent characterlatics. We
may mention also in poiising that ahe is an en
thusiastic amateur photographcr. Now this in
terestlng young lady bas for some time been re
ceiving ti.e earneet attentiona of two young men
of Corpentersville, Edwin R. Col? and Alonzo
Doubleday. Each 1b an excellent young man, a
member of tbe Young Men a Christian Asaociatipn
and a teaoher in the Suuday-achool. There was
rcally little cholce between them, and Mlss Eunioe
bas found lt impoasible to declde wbich one to
select. Under ordinary circumstances shc would,
of course, have taken the one to whom
her parents obj-cted, but, unfortunately, these
wortby people, from aome itnknown reason, did
not look with any grea', favor on either. She
did not, however, allow her anxicty iu deciding
to interfere witb her buoyancy of apirits. In
lier extremity slie hit upon tbls ingenious plan:
Sbe deteruiined to iiwist on an elopcment, arraug
ing witli each of tbem lor the same night, and
then go with the one who arrived Grst. She
accordlngly i.'istriiet*;d BdwtR R. Cole to put B
ladder up to the north wipdow of her room at
'J o'clock Tuesday niorning, and told Alonzo
DouMeday to do tbe aatue at, the weat window
at the fc.ime time. Oue muat almoat certainly
come a little liefore the other, she argued, and
the other could acarcely ialarae her for not wait
ing. Having tJius settled the perplexing queation
aatlafactorily, sbe went tibo.it for tbe next few
days with even a lijjhter heart than usual.
Monday night, wlien Miss Marr retired ahe
set the alarm on . her clock for half-past 1.
ArisiDg at tbat time, ahe, was ready in llfteen
miuutes. Then ehe got out her deteotive camera
and put it in readiuess, her idea being to take
a snap-Khot at the mkiistur during tlie ceremony.
This attendod to, ahe sat down and waited the
arrival of the man who was to be her husband,
with her young heart iu a pardonable tlutter,
aomctlilng which was donbtless increased by the
pleasiug uncertainty as to whether it would be
Edwin R. Cole or Alonzo Doubleday. At one
niiuute before ?_> she heard a slight uoise outsidc
tho north window, aa ahe thought. She liatened,
and it aeemed at the west window. A horrible
Uiougbt flashed upon her. She rushed to tlie
north window. Edwin R. Cole waB wregtling
with a beavy ladder below. She ran to the west
window. Alauzo Doubhilay had a laddejr about
half way up. She stepped back and pauaed one
moment. Simultancously through the darkness
she made out tbe upper end of a ladder rise at
both tbe north and west windows. She saw that
the tlme had come to act, and shc did not
hesitate. Going to tbe north window ghe gpoke
to tlie ardent Cole, and told him to take his
laddor around the corner to the weat window.
(juickly passing to the west window, ghe in
atructed the fervid Doubleday to carr>r hia ladder
around k the north window. Each impetuous
young bbORbBO seized hia la<lder and started with
tt in an uprlght position. They met at
tbe corner in the tlarknegs. One ladder
fell agaluat the houae with a loud report?the
other craalicd into a tree. Then these two young
men?Mcsars. Cole and Duubleday?foiiaht. There,
aniid the wreck of the ladderg, tliey cleucbed in
iiliiioat ? death atruggle for tlve minutoa, and
shoi.ted and iise.l language whlcli atn,rtled and
sliocked the lonely nlght watchnmn on his beat
four HaoRB away, hardened and profane man
though he was. In the thiekeat of Jt, while they
were belaboring each otlier over tlie hcad witb
runga.torn from Uie hvlders, there was a bright
Klare of light from above. The coy young girl
that each had thought to make his brlde had
tnken a flaah-lisfht. photograph of them. The
night wBlehman then came up, and after clubbing
tliem judicioualy arreated them. They were llned
$10 apie.e iu the morning, and each uaexl fhe bill
to pay lt whioh he had intanded for the mlnlater.
Nor was thla the end of it, aad oa it is. lt it
now announced in CarpentersviUe that Mlss Kuuii-e
Marr will not inarry eltlier of theae young men,
but a pale youth who sinna in tbe cholr nanied
Foater; wbile 11?> Younc Men'a ChrbrtaMi Aaa?>ei?
ttsn ia takina ateps to ex|?el both Cole and Doubkv
day on the atrength of the watchmsn'a report of
their language; au<l the playfal Miss Eunioe ia
pniting off her aoao pkture. at tho jate of Ufty
a day and aelling them, tbe proceeds to go to tbe
foreign mission soclety.
A correspoBdent, of "The World" onggesta that
liefore put.ting away their electlon hroonis the
TammanyPes ought to use them on tlie strceto.
We siibniit that this ls expecting too much of
Taniniany. That organization does not baJafOf
in olean streeta or elean anything else. Its
strength to with the great umvaahed. lt. thrivea
on dirt _#
The munioipal corporation of New-York Clty
is not ali covcred by the bat which the youthful
secretary of Mayor Grant wears.
?. ? ? ??
The anomnly is prcsented of a villoge wlthin
ffce aorporate limits of Chicago whleh resolutely
rofasis to l>c<!dme a part of the oity. It is not
preeisely clear what Chico^o can do about lt,
It cannot take possesslon of Fernwood by force
and arnis, aml cvblently the only altemative
is to wa't for the doaiiuant opinion of Fernwood
10 liecome modified. Meanwhile, Chleago cnji re
joiee in having something the like of which is
not to be fotitid elsewhere.
_????
We presume that Licutcnant-Governor Jones
is too modest to moke a convasa for the place, but
what a lovely dark horae be would niake for tbe
United State? Senatorsbip.
Another tribute to the angelic nature of woman.
A otory ootnes from Canada of a prisoner eonflned
in theKingston Penitentiary for bigamy. who has
juxt been left $:iu,000 by his tlrst wife. If his
other helpmate does as well by him. be may regret
that he didnt oommit polygamy instead of bigainy
wbilc lie arad about it.
Let us talk about the weather for a few mo
meutu. It is one of those nicc subjects upon which
011 men of ali parties can stand together in
aniity. Wasn't Friday a charming day, and yes?
terday, was it not more suRgestive of the merry
month of Mav than of "the melancholy days, tlie
saddest of tlie year," of which Mr. Bryant used to
giBf when November arrived ? How (Bal the slde
wflks were of people. And the horse-cars! As for
the elevated-road trains, they were i* crowded as
they usiiolly are during Cliristtnaa week-that is
to say, the sitpply of rapid transit did not heiun
to equal the denian.l. ln the eircumstanees why
do not the manngers of the clevated lines run more
trums and esttiblish a nnmber of mucli-nceded new
stations ? ily doing these two tbings, particulaily
on the west side of the clty, they would earn the
grotitude of thousands of long-suffering New-York
Crs. bbsbsbSbbssb
Tbis would seem to be a good time for Kcpttb
licans to rwall the comforting-comparatively cum
forting?retloction that the blood of the martyrs
is tbe aeed of both the Church and tbe State.
"Tlie Clenieuceau Case""has crawled out of
the gutter into which it was littingly flung tlie
other day in Boston, and now threatens once
more to obtrude its purulent presenoe upon tliis
capital. There is no room, we suppose, to hope
that the police will suppresa it; and there is
only too much room to fear that there will be
found in New-York a sufrlcient number of dirty
souled and empty-minded persons to glve it pay
ing patronage. It is depreasiug to think that
such a oombinatlon of stupidity aud uncleanness
can enjoy prolonged existence, but it is so.
Nevertheless, there is this blt of consolation, that
we noed fear no deeper depth. A merciful Provi
deuce has happily so rircumscrii.ed tlie powers
of man that it lies outsitle the bounds of human
potency to bring forth anything worse than tliis.
?
The "Angelus" is to go. It is just as well
that it should. Tbe anxiously listening citizeu
hears across the plain only the chime that an
nounces the triumpb of the spoilsmen.
Not content wlth carrying tbe Assembly and
winning the United States Senatorsbip for Smith
M. Weed?or some one else?Governor Hill is plan
ning thus early to turn out some Republican
Assemblymen and thus increaac his party's major?
ity. How fortunate it is that there is a Bepub?
iican Senate to put some check upon his schemes
for pereonal and party aggrandizenient.
o i
It is to be hoped that arrangements can be
made without delay for tbe continuance of Pro
fessor Biokmore's lectures at tbe Museum of
Natural History- It appears that the last Legislat
ure failed to make the necessary appropriation,
and an effort is to be put forth to induce the
next Legislature f& take action early in the ses
slou. These lectures are of great interest and
value, and it will be a serious loss to the teachers
of tbe eity if they are deprived of them.
Who says that David B. Hill is a selfish nol
iticinn ? Go to. Are not the friends of the Demo?
cratic ex-President contending that Hill's labors
during the recent campalgn have resulted in pull
ing Cleveland's chestnuts out of the flre?
A good many people living within olfactory
rearh of Barren Island will be glad that the State
Board of llealtb lias turned Its attention to tbat
decidedly unsavory subject. There is little room
for doubt that Barren Island as lt is, and has
been, lo ! these many years, ought to be abolished.
At ali evruts, whatever reform is applled to it must
l>e searohing and drastic. A mitigation of the evll
will not lie suficieiit. Tbe wiplng-out of the
uuiaance is realiy demanded in the interests of
heaitb and happiness.
Why do not the basebnll men imitate the pu
gilBts and stop tighting? If they must quarrel,
however, they may as well do it now and have it
over before the umpire at the tlrst game next
season says "Play baB."
Sundry Democratlc newspapers are iniigting
that the coming Democratic Legislature of this
State must pass a Census bill. What nonssnse la
this! Have these journals forgotten that Gov?
ernor Hill was given two opportunities in 1885
t<i| sign a constitutional Census bill?modelled
ui?n tlie Consus bill which Samuel J. Tilden aljrned
-ind that he met both opportunities with his little
veto ?
Major McKinley made a gallant flght against
overwhelraing odds. Hia defeat is virtually a
victory. Such a defeat, at ali events. will have
no power to retire him from publio life. He is
bound to come to the front again.
I'ERSOXAL.
Gorernor elect Rusaell, of Musachusotts, will be
tlie youngeat chief muglstrate that conimonwoaitb ever
had. Hia age 1* thlrty-three.
The llberal rontrlbutiona of ex-beoretary Vllss to the
Dcinoeratle eampaign funds ln Wlaeonalo are thouglit
to glve hlni the best clianco of succeedlng Mr. bpooner
' ln the Senate.
General Butler'a Iiappy faculty of dropping off Into
I a sound sleep on short notioo U one seeret af his great
I vltallty and vlgor. In his atumplng tours abouf itie
' eotintry It ts said that ho wtll aleep ln railway traina
1 and In carriages aa readlly and as eomforUbly as in his
;bed.
Ttt? ex Uictator of Peru, Sem.r Don Nleolae de Plerols,
lias succeeded lu maklag his eaeape from tlie Prefeoture
Palase at Llnia, where ho waa htld a politleal prisoner.
llerola bad piayed a great role In the guano luan affalr
of Dreyfus at the tlme of the Chllo-Peruvtaii War.
; After his orerthrow from tbe dlrtatorlai ehalr he dtd
' not glve up his politleal aaplratlona, but preaented
, himself aa a PreBldentlal eandldate at the last electluu,
' wliieh ended three montlis ago In the sucoesa of tho
actuttl Presldont, Colonol Beronudei. During the olec
1 toral rampalgn llemlu was aeeaaed of fomenttng
! trouble, and was ttnprlsoned. He waa put ln rharge
of Lleutenant-Oolonal sranclbla, whoae ordera wore to
1 koeii a itnrt watrh over hia prlaonor, eB|>erlall]t oo
liullSays, when tlie, raiully of tlie ei Olrtator wa* per
inlttaMt to vl.lt litni It appwws that iiolonel Arsuicuila
Bhfleated hlmaelf from ths Prefacture Palare on ouO of
the reoani boUdaya, loavlng the keys of the prlaon wlth
an wnploTB. Seoor Boranegra, through whoae hands
I Plerola managed to allp ahnipBy.
Blshaa Baodolph B, *'osMr. of the MeUiodiat g?is
copal Chureh, la about to maka a tour of the foralgn
nilxslnns of the Chureh ln every part of the aork.
Mlss IxabeUa Thobuni, a slster of Wshop ThoOarn. of
the Methodlat Rptsropal Chureh. will return to Indla
next montli to resuiuy ber ml>ulonary work t liera.
Blahop Alexender Cloveland (oxe, ot Buffalo, though
advaiited In years, Is sfill abl? to do the work of hia
?xfnsive dloceae. Hc preaeheN to-day In the Churrk
of the llory Trlnlty. Philadelphia, on the preaent eut
louk of tha (raUleaii Chureh.
In "Tlie North Amerlcan Rcvlew" O. P. A. Healy
tclN tbe loltowlng anertote about Itonry Clay l Oa
one ocea&lon Henry Clay ?al<1 to me, " Mr. Healy,
you are a eapttal portrait palnter. and you are tha flrat
that haa ever done jastlco to my moutb, and it la wsR
pleaaed to exprcaa iu g*HtiU*V.- Clay'* moutb was
a aary peeaaar one-thbi-Uwped and extcndltig almoxt
from ear to ear. ? but," be added, - you are an in
dltrerent courtier; thougb you come to ua from the
Freiirh Klug's preieuce, you have not onee apokerr ta
me of my llve atock. Don't you know tbat I aia
prouder of my cowa and sboep tiian of my beaO
ipeeclic* >." I confesaed my want of knowledgs on the aub
leut. but I wllUngly accompanlcd him around tho grounda
and adrulred the auperb rroaturc*. aayiug they would
d<> very well in a plclare. I fear tiiat that waa not
tho sort of appreelaUon he expected. and that 1 aank
very low ln liis efcteem from that raoment
Mayor Howland, of Toronto, Canada, Is one of the
promlnent delcgate* to tlie Chrlstlan WorkerV Conven
tlon now ln aession at Hartford, Conn.
Ueutenant General von Kaltenbom-Htaehaa, the n?
cenfly appolnted Prassian Mliilxrer of Wur, baa kad a
long and honorable caroer as a aoMler. fk leavlng
the mllltarv arademy In 1<*M at tlie age ot elgbteen,
he waa made Seeond Lleutenant In the 27th Infaalry,
and slnce that tlme hia caroer haa beon a ?u?-(..uon of
promotlons. He was decoruted for his bravery at the
bottlc of Koeulggraete, and won the lron croaa af the
flrst rank for his conduct before Thlonvllle in lk
Franco Pru?alan War.
THE TALK OF IHE DAY.
The Rev. Dr. H. A. Monroe, the weU-known ee*
clergyrnan of thla rlty. rocently violted aome <d tha
slurus of London. " I did wlsk a hundred tlmes,* he
?ays, b tliat I could have taken tliat walk and the ons
I took tbe day after through Seven Dials and White
chapel In company with some of our Soutliern negro
liaters ln order that they might bc ronflrmed In thetr
roneelted oplnlon of the superlority of the Angkv
riaxon. The ucgro slave ln hb darkest Imur had more
deoeiu-y, more regard for rcllgiott. more deslre to rlse
lnto aomethlng better than you can ever Insill lnto
the miserable dninken oxider-stnita of thla great eity.
It may be well enough standlng ln Hyde Park and
WSkBRaJ the splendld whirl of fashlon and prldo
around you, to talk almut the proud po*ltlon of Cie
Hritihh Nation, but what of tlie great majority-tho
millions tliat are grovclllng in fllth, poveriy aod
drankennes* like BWBBOt"
An Amerlran Flnnkey.-" Wetl. Jame*.?' obaerved
tlw gentleman, " l he-ir you got a sttuation a* valel
recently.'' ... ~?
-1 did, sir." replied .fames. "but It waa too bhwned
araeh for my self-re?pect. what do yoa thiok the boes
usked me todo the very fir-,t uioruiug I Waiited me to
help him dress."?lAinerliati ttrOOOf.
Among tlie most successful women prearhers ba
thW ronntry are tlw Rev. Floreme Kallock. of I hieago;
Mrs. C. L. Jarkson, of tlreenpolul. L. 1.; MbRRBRi
CumJitoek, of t'nion Sprlngs, >". Y. j Mary L. Morehead,
a| Wyanet. III.: Maggie M. Elliott of Arrow.raiUi. III.;
Klla Nlsworger. of Elliott, III.; Maa, OnnUton < hant,
tlie Rev. Anna Ollver. and Ui? Rev. Phoeoe llaiiaford.
Tlicse, and many other; wIkj lould be named, liava
made a flBRRRaRh reeonl 88 preathon a..e paitora.
Nevertheless, there doen not ?eem to be any general
deslre for female clergy in Uie < brlstlan denomlnations.
ITactli-ally womeu tbem-selve* are nc<i>.?ii-.ible for thla
state of attalra. Tliey are tlie workiug ?rm aj moat
churclies, and vlrtually control their policy. If, tlwre
fore, women wanusd female pa>-toi>, it woukt not ba
long before they would have iluyu. The fa^t Ui?*
tlw leading churolios of the coutitry ln wlUch woinea
have ao potent a voloe have men as paatora i? pretty
good evidence tliat women prefer men for that ottbe.
ln a Texaa tM-hool.-Small boy (holdlng up handi
WlaWPa H. C. hltcbcd otiter them dates in ureek ltia
fB8dXaW 'a trifle eonfu>ed)-Well-er, ftainmle, you aea
them old tireeks were <|i.oer kind af creetep,. ?o wh?
they didn't lenow a date for sartm tliey put ???-.,
*? 'bout eerreeta" arter tho aaaRaaanv?tTaaj ajsaaaa.
Probably 500 newspain-i^ leeeutly <?lironb-led tho
atory that two Kansas men a h?w weeka ago found
85,000 ln gold in an lron pot ln a gully BH8 a certaia
town. Now, the papers, of coui>e. aaOBl Bj t'ood
faitb in prlntlng tlie story, but as a matter of fa<-t
they were fooled by an unprinclpled bur. There Mta
no sueh men, no imcli gully, no BBBB kaJB, no lron
pot and no 85,000. Storles about the Onding ot burled
treasurc, and about llve snakes i? people'a atomach*. as
a rule, need not be bclleved.
Soven Tliousand for One.-U ls doubtful if the Itbtory
of tlie world has reconled another ?uch spe< mrie U
?Lt nreacuted ln 1'cni^ylvai.ia. where a.OUO cuke buni
,VPs who havo 4.000 wirea and chlldreu to kad, wwal
ou a "trike BOOaBWa one aingle man walllhlBt
lt ls eiUier a grai?* aacrinca or the top-noUU ot toin
foolery.-(I>eti-olt Treo Preu-i.
? History canuot be wrltten in a hurry bke a ier
raon," says a writer ln "The Churchman.-' Thla
fitatement would 1wm> rouaed tbe righteoua ludigna,
tlon of the late Canon Llddou, who bclleved that tho
preparation of a aermon, like matrimony, sbould nol
be entered upou hurrledly, but with a Bolemn aeaao
that it la tbe most lmportant thing ln life.
THE ATHLET1C GIRL.
bhe rldea, and walks, and runa, and rowa,
She's qulck and energetlc.
How ahe turna up her pretty noae
At all tha woea patliedc
Which MU ber weakcr aistora' mmda,
And keep them all complalnlng;
Her greateat Joy ln Ufe she nnds
In her athietlc tralnlng.
6be boxes, fencea, rldes and swlma,
And keepa her blood ln motion:
Whlle other women nurae their whltna,
And algh for man'a devotion.
Khe's never known to have the blues,
To headarhes ahe's a atranger,
You may be aure t>at ahe'd refnaa
To falnt at alght of danger.
A perfect woman, full ol health
And llfe, aU men adore her. _
To her they'd gladly brlng their wealtn,
And biy tt down before ber.
Bnt she. Ptana-llke, la cold.
And hate* thoir love-alck slghlng,
And so ahe atops Rwar wooing bold.
And aenda ber lovera flylng.
6he'a oold; but there will come aome day
A man who'e fli to woo her,
And then, the more ahe aays him aay,
The cloter he'U puraue ner.
To love ahe'll ytald-eonaa happy day
She'll give beraelf Ui marrlage.
Later her atrength win come ln play
B^hlnd a baby -Mb*^^, Jeww_
Medieal atreet faklra saem to be apareelated R
Boaton. aa wltneaa the foUowlng from "The TranacrlpW
of that city: "How plctureaque and baadsome tta
balf-breed Indlan doctor kwke-kajekomoeua. aa Honvst
would aay, L e., with clean, freah black halr 4owrn|
over his shouldera, and vast-rlmmed whlte ******
and whlte woollen coatl A fancy BaBRl JWB, R8?
agreaablo to Uie artiaUc eye, famiahed with feedmg
ao long on the auperlaUva ugllnesa of crop^aared a.*
bob-tailed Saxoiw.'' That oontomptuoua refereaoe ?
"bob-taUed Saxooa- wlU ddbgbt all good Irlahmen wha
read "Tbe Tranacript."
b^SdTuudee?f S?SS Ci^faTwRI
tendar Inluuctlon aa ahe atauda m the <ioorway wna
l^rn^^ined lovtngly around her huaband a naok
*?" N^w' :do take cara of youraelf tantu you get born*
again, won't you. Charilo. dear!?-(8omervlue JournaL
A dtsUnguUhed Haek Bay genUeman of Boadoa
bas been playtng the cornet ln tlie atraeta of Boatoa
and collectliig peunlea for lda j>erfonaance, ln Bjgaaf*
ance with the terms of am electton be*.
Growth of Usidon.-One of the most alngular fatto
about tbe growth of London U its regalerUj. M "W
bTrouBhly Uken ihat every munth about a thouaaod
housei are added to London. ln Anguat of Uda year
700 6T7 house* liad to be aupplled by Uie water eonv
?wAkM with water; ln tiepteniber that uumber had u>
er^iSad to 7?W.7WT. In Auftt\t uf last year 7M.404
houaea had to be auvplted, or 18,118 below the naaaber
ln tbe aame moutb of tlila year. In deptembsr of fMa
v.iar the ooinpanles liad to suyply lO.ftTtt housea raoro
than ln 8eptember of 1R8U. Tlila extenialon la not
eonilncd to anv one portlon of tbe capltaJ, bnt a
nreference ls ?ttll l?olng tdaiwn f,?r the Uortli and north
weat auburbs.-tPall MaU Oaeette.
Blshop Oonrtney, ot Rova xeotla, wall known to
thla clty aa a former aaalstant mlnlater ef St. Thomaa'a
Chureh. reeently made a atatement ln a aarmon whlrh
ta exolttng a good deal of dlscnsaion. " lt l? not the
people'a plaee," he ls reported to have aald. " to waerh
If their rector teaeheH orthodox doetrlne or t?> erltlel-*
his praachtng as if they were the abepherds and not
tbe sheep. They shoukt be willing to learn from their
mlnUter. They abouM reeelve him aa Jania Chrltt
bimaelf. Whau they meet birn oa the atreet or bolte
li|in to their home* they auould feel tbat Chrtat waa
meeRng or supplng with them. Would you daro to
rtltiolse Jesus Chrtat 1" Dr. Courtaey'a friends in thlfl
efty do not balleve tliat be ls corractty reported.
Her Money Talked.?" That young Mlss NeadR to
Whom you were paylng ao much attantton Ust eveulng.
Laon," aald his mother, " talks very ujigraaimaUcaib;-"
"Thunderl" eaobaliaed the young man. "8he
doesnt need to know aurthlng about graauaar, atoiksV
1 iha owaa a tao weU,MChieaie Trlhaaa>