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A? "Copkt Up Votjr Mercies."
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Bhakfna liard ai oomplalncr* her aolemn gray head,
Tha alr aa-l the aunehlnp, the blrd* and the flowera,?
Jnet t-dak what adom thla exletence of our*:
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Xo toilet wrthout lt la rendered compiete.
'lla ueeful in childhoed.-'Ua uaeful ln age,
All va__e whlte teeth. from the fooi to the aajfe.
T1?e? bay lt,?your bla*?lng? enjoy while you may.
Uae pure fragram SOZODOXT freely each dav.
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by a dealer ol any artiele clalmed to X*bot*t vropertAe*
identleal with ot Blwllar to teeth-aavlng sO/ulK)Nl.
Oaly Ba-K-aae tke real Alawn Pure. which dciljw both
lmlt-tlon and rompetltiotB. Nothing can vie with lt n
entca<-y. na a donor of dental hcalth and bratitv, notwlth.
atandlnf aay repre-e-otflon to the rontrery. lt CBMMB tim
teeth to gleam llhe burnished lvory, contalna no huruul
lngredieut, aad haa a jnoat_ gratefulflayor andjmiell._
~A.-i-_utERrs BiTT-tRS, alnce 1828 acknowl
edged to fc* by far tbe beat and flaeat Stomach Bittera
aaade. whether taJren pure or with wlnea or llq.cn..
Amroetura Bittera. the eeLebrotcd appetizer of cx
auUlte flavor. la uaed all over the world. _.
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SUNDAY, APRIL I, 1S91.
TVVENTY-FOUR PAGES.
THE XKWS TB1S MORXING.
Foreign.?Thrcats have been made against the
lifp of I'rince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and his
mother.- NeROtiationa have been resumeA
for the admisaion ol American pork into Germany.
:- lt is naid thv Preaident Carnot will visit
Kusaia. -ssaaa The International Mincra* Congress
haa tleeidetl to organire a general strike on prin
ciiil*-.
Uomestie-The note of Prcmier Rudini to
MaiOjOiB Imperia-li will probably not l>e made pub
U? until Soeretary B-B-M haa framed hw reply.
Tha vietims of Thursdny's conflict in the
t < nneilsville coke reglon were buried at Seotb
ilalc. l'enn.; anticipnted trouble with the -trik
rr. did not oceur. == Much damage was done
lo B-Upf-Og along the New-England coast by tlie
hiorui. aml lelegraph and telephone wires in tho
Intciiot s.ilTered greatly. =rr= President Eliob, of
Harrai-i. waa wed liis criticism of the books used
ln iraaoaaai aclioola. = The Arkansas T>egis
?k-Jearned wlthOOt making an appropna
tloa for the World** Fair.
City nnd Subtirban.-A dispatch was reeeived
from W.-.rner Miller at Creytown saying that his
party had beoo WOOOOd from the Boataodot reef.
- _____ \ n_au threw l.imself from Washingfon
Brldcc aml was dashed ta pieces. = Tlie Sugar
rmad investisration was enlivened by a tilt over
De naaapailj a books: Theodore A. Havemeyer
MtadB an latRCOttag statement. == Te Coioniai
Club Inid the c-ornerstone of its new home and
Ind a dinnr-r iu tl.e evening at Delraonico's. a=
Btookl .wtivc and gcnerally hi?hcr, closing practl?
cally nt the l*Kt prices for the day.
Thi \\>ather.-Foiec%ist for to-day: Clear or
Inir and c-oMcr. Temperature yesterday: Uigh
Jbt, 41 de-iecs: lowest, 32; average, 38 1-4.
1- is hard to 5itit us in the matter of weather.
lf we *et April weathcr in April, as wo have
baoo do'ing for the last few days, we grumble
and irowl. And yot we would giiimblc and
Kroul even moro vigorously if wc should happon
lt foi IamrU9 or May wcather in April. All
of which sugg?sts that jwrhaps we do not ex
pect to he taken aeriously in our weather crit
ieisms. Hoaa-brj it may reoonoilo us moro to
the dis ivreeahlc- features of tho early spring sea
M.ti to knt.w that it has been highly favorable
u the toming crops. A good yield of cereals.
tadta and vegetiibles may bo expected; even
tho p?a(h-growei-? ai-e talking of a big crop.
This may be bad news for eertain orators of
the K-imerV Alliance, whose stock in trade is
bad iitnes- l.'it it will be good news for the
gtcit.nviititude of plain people in every part
of the country.
Mr. I'ainell's position remuns the burning
lUUBoinp in Uritish pclitics. Notwithstanding
tho efft-rts made by his enemies to depose and
discxedit him as a leader, he continues to oe
dupi a laifa Rharc of P,lblic at4^111'011- ,n ?
letter published to-day our London correspond
ent diaws attention to the remarkable dext<?iity
which ho is displaying in his controvorsy with
Mr. I -lad*tone. The latter incautioush dclai-crl
in tho courae cf his pnblic ?ddfeaa at Haotinga
the othcr day that he would absolutely refnso
t., p-008 the constitutional leadership of [rolaad
in Mr. Pameol'a hands. The senior member for
Corfc M eawa responded by pointing out ihe
at; .ftoace ol the claim made by an Engliah
paitc? tO decidc who should and who should
not ba the constitutional ruler of livland. The
question, adlcd .Mr. 1'arnell, as to who should
be the prindpal Minister in Jieland was one
for the Ciown alone to decide, and in assum
tng that right Mr. (iladstono was pr;u.tically
ormaating to himself the prerogative of the
?o^eroign. _
One of the most important movements of the
day in British Jmperial politics is the erection
of the Australian colonies into a Commonwealth,
whith is now almost an accomplished fact. So
far aa the scheme has yet been unfolded. a far
moio radical step aeems to be takea than wa*.
taken in the formation of the Dominion of
Cnaua. The vpry name choson MoajaB more od
republicanism, and kt is evident that in the re?
lations between the variotm colonies and tho
bleneral CJovernment, and in the arrangoment
?f goverrmenlal function? under throe co-ordi
nate headn. the American example has been in
centionally followed. Sir Ueniy J'arkes did not
o i'lv our insti*ittioriH for natight. It does not
appear that. as thr New-Zcalandcts fe:iic-d?and
thererorr deelined t<i cntor the Sydney t'dnven
tion?tne Anstialians piopose to sevei- oltogether
their connec-iion with the Mo'hei ('nintiv. The.\
Wih rcEiam in the i-mDlre. and the (Jovemoi
General will bo appoinred by the Crown. They
mcrciy pi-opose to govern themselves so fnr as
li.r.il iiit'-tests BM conceriietl; and to ivniain
? undor the ..niers of the Crown in all Intpciial
j allairs. This order of things. we doubt not.
! will add much to the wclfare of Ihe co'.i.-nics. iad
will nol impair tho strength ond splendor of
the Empire.
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I'niversal satisfaction will bo felt to learn
of tho safe nrrivnl nt Groytown of .Mr. Warnor
IflUct and his shipwreckcd fellow-passcngors.
The party, oonsisting of some ninety-throe pcr
BOM, appoar to have spont four days, including
Good l-'riday and Kaster Sunday, upon the deso
lato Konoador Jsland. which is uninhabitod save
hy sea birds and land crahs. lt was not beforo
Tucsday afternoon that the stcarnship I'resi
dento ( arazo hOTC in righl and rcsciied the en
tire party. W* it fi the c_oeption oi a momentary
lack of drinking water and a scarcity of fresh
provisions Mr. Miller and his feliow-tiavellers
appoar to have sutiered no serious discomfoi-t,
and a.'l hands are reported as in good health.
UXTRVTHS THAT ARE DISLOYAL.
AH civilized socioty reats on a basis, not of
forco btifc of good faith. Tho police and the
army are ready, because there is apt to be a
faction, generally stnall. which casts good faith
to tho winds when passion or personal interest
impels. iltit neither goveinmcnt to wield the
police or the army nor protection of rights nor
BOdal order could exist if thero was not a spirit
of fidclity and honost desire for the common
welfarc swaying the majority of snbjects or
citizens. Those must therefore be regarded as
enemies of all social erdor and a!l civilized so
ciety who delilierately falsify fai-ts regarding
matters which involve the publie welfaio.
What shall bc said. then. of those naturalized
Italians who deliberately conceal the fact that
the oniy Sicilians killed at New-Orleans who
were not American citizens were in fact crim
inals who had escaped from Italian justice?
There*were two, and one was a bandit and tho
other a murderer, as ofticial records o)_>t;iined
from the Italian Govornmont itsolf have proved.
VVere these persons entitled to protection of tho
Italian Government as clean-handed subjects of
Italy?
Or again, what shall bo said of thow labor
leaders who puhlicly speak of the slain rioters
at Morewood as martyrs, who were slaughtored
without exctise? lt is an undisputod fact that a
large body of strikers. armed and many of them
inttamed with drink, startcd in the dead of night
to the woiks which had been put in operation
hy new hands. At 2 o'clock in tho morning
it was not for the purpose of being seen by or
intimidating workers that this body marched.
Having reached the works it broke down a fenoe
and entered npon the property, in that very act
violating law. Tho mob was then formally
ordered to retire or disperse. with notice that
if it did not the lawi ul defonders of the property
would fire. Yet it persisted in lawbrealcing.
Then the shots came, and the men slain fell in
tho very act of defying violated laws. Such are
tho facts about which there is no dispute.
Whether shots wero Hred lirst by the mob or
not.is immaterial. It is enough that it had,
broken into and entered upon the property in
violation of law.
Tho painful feature in these cases is not that
oertain persons were killed. It is not that a
foreign Government or foreign subjects Jiving
in this country show ignoranoe of American
laws. Tho painful and dangerous fact is that
many American citizens, born elsewhere, in?
deed, but who have taken the oath to support
the Constitution and the laws, conceal essential
facts in order to make it appear that the New
Orleans bandits and the Morewood rioters were
martyrs, innocent of wrong, and slain because
they wero Italians or because they were strik?
ers. These pretences are more than dishonest.
The supremacy of law being involved. they are
disloyal. Vnr it is disloyalty to the Government
to raise false accusations against it by hiding
essential trnths.
The men who are guilty of *uch bad faith
toward tho Government which has generously
admitted them to citizenship and given them its
protection deserve punishment. Their rights as
citizens ought in justice to ho rcvoked, and they
should be requirod to leave the country they
try to dishonor. No laws exist for such pun?
ishment, so far have Ameticans gone in uphold
ing free -pOOt-l. on the presnmption that a citi
zen will act in loyal good faith toward the Gov?
ernment which protects him. Hut the men who
will not. and do not. give proof that franchises
have heen conferred upon them which they do
not deserve.
l'ossibly it may be impractioahle in most
cases to reach such disloyalty of speech and in
fiiienc? without breaking down that freedom of
discussion which is essential to anr institutions.
But all men can realizo that thero aro ilagrant
cases to which laws and penalties can be made
to apply, without restricting ih the least tho
propcr freedom of any loyal 'citizen. The An
archists who justitied Chicago hombthrowers.
tho Italians who talk of escaped bandits as in?
nocent vietims slain because they were Italians,
and the labor leaders who say that armed rioters
wero martyrs ?to tho causo of labor, have no
1'iisiness in this country. Their presenco here
is a souroe of danger to civilized society.
RAPID TRAXSIT STILL BRMOTE.
it is nnpossiiile not to feel a touc-h of disap
poiutment at Mr. Steinwaj'a confession that the
Kapid-Transit Cc-Oiniaaion "has made no ap
prcach to a deci^ion as to what plans it will
ultiinately adopt,'1 and that at least a month or
two must still elapse bcfoi-c the publie can cx
pect any actioo. <>f coui-so, we realize the im
portance of pioceeding dclilx-rately, and of giv
ing full oomidei-ation to all the advantages and
dN..dvantag"s oi eveiy plausilde s'henio BUg
gested. The Commi*sion is asked to do a pe.ma
nent work, to aolre tlie bjvbA problem of city
life. Bnd it may woll be said th.it th.- .i-eliminaiy
work is the mooi tmpoi-tant of all, and that Ume
spent in rendering futore mistakos hnpoasible
is well apemt All this is as true as it is ol.
vi Mis. hut u is also trua that the Commission
has had the BUbjeot ol' ropid transit befOTB i'
for over a year, and that its autlioritv has been
complet-^ for two mouthB. It did not come, when
the Act of .lanuary _.*> ^as poaacd, a strangor
U> the probl-BO, and ta-rtaiiily SI.gh had been
said and done rinco it waa ii;-t named to Im*
pvaafl its incmhers with the extmne urgency ol
tho sittiation. l-.vci-y month ti.at patiBtll blinga
into tl.e city 2,000 naore paoaenffera, and every
rliiy the OTOWdl in the elev:it I aii'! BUI-M
becotne dtnaet and more iinpatie.it for relief.
Tho ocoBBlon doea not oiten ;ui<!> when the
pu!dic is justitied in a*king a number of buajf
men to set aside their alfajts and to glve them
selves over to the busine*s of the (oinniunitv.
But when such an occasion does otMBBO, to be
asked tn roapond to it involvfN a co.mpli'tient
that is well worth the saciiflce. The settlement
of this anpmna queatioii of transit could oniy
bo intrusted tO |UBl that cJoaa of men Orh-OB
minds, hearls and liat.tls aie already full fa)
oTarflowing. Oniy thal cfaMB would have tha
exp'-iieuce i.r th" publie ronfideiico ne<< -n
Eor such ? labor. lt i> bsIcIdj. i nood daal ot
tha <(-iii',i:-.s|..ii. nr know, but not more than
men of puMi'- Bplril and zeal for Uf_ weiian
and i?.Dgroaai of tii'-i. urexA dtj ahould be wiil
iug t-i jrjve, Tho people ore poinfully tired of
th<- b i?tiii'.' utuatina, Kvery hoan <d its pro>
ion_a'i'jii is au boui of tddofvretd hnnoi-Jioe.
v.'Xiitiort and inoonv.-nionee. If theae are to bo
ondtircd mtit-li hmgor the peopie will foar thut
tho C.ainniisaion ia not moving with tliat liffSe
of diliponce whirh, under thr- c__-t-B8-_U-*3*i
they wero jiistified in asking BBd o-peeting.
THE WORLD'S FAIR AXD THE XATWXAL
TRF.ASFRY.
1-ispatclies from Chicago report. aetivity and
piUftlB- in Worlrt's Fair work. Jaekson I'ark
is iindorgoing tho transformation cs-ontial to
lmilding opei-ations. N'umerous oontraets have
baen lot, antl a general plan of constrii.tion and
anangemont is emerginc from 0-8OB. State
gg_g___BTi__tP~1 aro under discussion or about to
become availahle, and tho country is slowly
putting Into artum whatevcr intorest it feAls in
tho enterprise. So far as these things go ihe
outlook is becoming hopeful. Hut scvcral quos
tions of vital importanoe remain nnanswoi^d.
and thorc is no jealousy or disioyalty in askinp
the managera for a full and frank statement, of
their intonlions and expectations regarding
them.
We refer, of course, to tho problcm of ways
and means. ls it not a faot that tho manapers
:u-e relying upon l hnpe sum of money from the
Nationai Treasury, and that if they were now
rertain that this contribntion would not bo forth
ooming they wotild at ouce coniess tho neoes
sity of abandoning the undertaking? We aro
informed that this question enn be tnithfully
answered only in tho aflirmative. We have
been told on prctty high authority that the m.tn
ngers intend to aay aa little as posaiblo about
tho linancial sitnation dnring the next six or
eight. months, in the meantime oommitting the
country ii-rcvooably by extensive opcrations at
homo and urpent solicitations abroad to tho
completion of tho undertakinp, so that they may
po before Congros* next December with tbe as
suranee tbat their plea of absolute necessity
cannot be disrogardod. If this is the plan of cam
paipn, and if it sucoeeds, no aerious harm may
resnlt, nnd possihly in the lipht of a hrilliant
tni.inph in tho face of the world we may all
rej.ii.o in the shrewd diplomacy which mastered
a des.te.-ato sitnation. The Amorican pooplo
penerally accept aceomplished facts at least with
complacency.
JJut supposo that this is tbe plan, and that it
miscarrios ln that case the managcrs may find
that thoy havo drifted into hopeless ruin after
tho maiiner of the ni.-rchant who hasn't the
inoral eoiu-age to take an honest inventoiy.
ln that case aro States, communities, oorpora
tions and individuals to be mado the objects of
frantic appeals for snecor, with the alternativc
of a dismal and disgraceful Nationai 18800
staring them in the face? ls the World's Fair
to become a (irant Monument enterpriso on a
huge soale, with th? fatal attachmevnt of a ri^id
time limitV Thia is a legitimato qnostion, and
it requires a candld annwor, for there is grave
douht whether the Chicago manapers can create
an cmcrgonoy ao great that tho Llld Conpress
will reeognize it with the practical gift of mill
ions from the Nationai Treasury. The Jlonse
will bo oontrolled by an overwhelming Demo
cratio majority, and that majority is likely to
bo oontrolled by t-086 who have conceived the
idea that the Woiid's Fair is a Republican en
teri)rise with which they do not need to con
cern themselves. Morcovcr, to put the case
gently, there are likely to be members of both
parties who will be slow to.admit that thoy havo
been driven into a corner from which there is no
eseape except by means of an appropriation.
"Stand and deliver" is. not a message which
sounds pleasantly in the ears of any one. At
the very least it is inconceivable that a great
sum of money should be voted without pro
lonped discussion: and the consequent delay and
uneorrninty \v,ould bo only less disastrous, at
that stage of the preparations, than ultimate re
fusal.
Thr Tribune takea no pleasure in suggest
ing those considerations, bnt it is imperativ.-ly
necessary that they should be brought to the at?
tention of tho country. If tho managers have
any other hopo of linancial salvation than the
public funda they have sticceeded in ooncealing
it; and if their only reliance is in an aet of
Congrets nearly a year hence they need to take
the peopie into their confidence forthwith.
TBE NEBRASKA RAILWAY LAW.
The new rallroad law in Nebraska, pmso.l
by the Legislature of this yoar, appears to be
substantially equivalent to the Maximnm Iiate
law passed some years ago by the Iowe Legis
lature. It is said by tho railroad managera that
this enactment will cause a reduction of at least
20 per cent in the averago charges by the rail
roads for tho services rendered. It is also
gtated that most of the roads, at the new ratea
permitted under this law, will not bo ablo to
earn operating expenses and interest on their
funded debts. Indeed, as to ono of the largest
corporations in the State, it is stated that the
new law will in ordinary seasons make it im
poaa.b.8 to earn anything for stockholders, and
though whon there are good crops a fair income
may bo earned, even this strong company is
liable to bc in defanlt on its bonds in any year
of partial failuro of crops.
It is not improbablo that these ostimntes of
tho new law are to some extent exaggerated.
It is probable also that tho law itsclf may never
be striotly obeyed or enforeed aoeording to its
spirit. lt is also probable that both the cost
and the value of tho services rendered l.y the
ditleront railroads will be ieduced materially
in order to avoid bankruptcy. Hut there is no
reaaon to doobl that the aet will do preat hartn
to many of the companles, and ita effect s will
)*e felt ii ,1 inoroly wilhin thr- State of N?_-_-_Jca.
Poi it is to be remembered that t_M BOO. im
port-nl roadd of that State aro proat trunk linen
of tiaftic between tho Far West and the Eaat,
and aie in such relations of COtnpetH-Ofl wit*.
other roads on either sido that tho ratos they may
br- eonpaltod to mako will have to bo adopted,
? , , ,nT-' extent at kast, by the Other railroada
f.,i- th'-ir n.iuual defonco. A gteat paii of the
trafllo west of Chicago will Umi i.o iiK.ro <n- keaa
atTo. t.'d l.y tlie lawg of Ihe two States. Imvn and
Nebraaka, aad unlgoa the now eaaotaiaat should
i?- dc_ii.Ted of fotca by the eoorta, its opetatioa
will iiti.l. iil.todly make proat difHcuitJ Ibr most
,,f t'io Weotorn raiin_g_g. Tha proapaol <<i i
iecreaae <?f aarninga is not bu enoottragiag one
either for s'.ocklnild"is or for crediton
Thcie is little prospect that an aiipeal to
tho eoorta ariil give preoeot re'Jef. lt is Um
ilis]),,,it]iin ol t!?- OOUrta to try I n.-w aet in any
State, and tost it by its prn.ti.al u.nkinjrs. bo
foro decidinp in regard to its violation of con
stitutional oblipations. The piesumpti.in ia
natiitally in favor of the new law, tbe cotirts
liomg inclinod t.. as-uniu that the LtgitJatm.
knows Um facta and that the repreaentationi
by Intereated parties aro ggggsemted. X.. doubi
the strong drift of public opinion in the West?
ern Statos hs_. its inlliience aK.i npon the minds
of jud'.-es, as upon tho action ol othor peopie.
But if the OOUlid wait for proof in a.tual ex
perienee thal ? n^w |_get_mH ororki injoatioe,
in many ,-;wes tli.y wait for the bankruptcy of
th.- raiiroadi coaceraed. It is not unlikelj that
a |gqt8 propoHiOB 8f the lailroads iffgeted l.y
the i.'"-v law in qoestton may aooner ..r lat<-i
i.?- foroed to defanll <>n their obligationa, noleai
Ita opimlhiii siiniii.l in bobm waj be chtoefced,
The iinini'diaio eff.-.f ..I gnj an. h onactroenl
is an <?;.?-. li ti." baiktini of aen railroada. Thia
cik'L*. was very gutrkgd hftgl the lowg law \t:ir,
passed. and within tbe last few years it has been
f.dt l.v Um P-Ople Of that State. Doubtless sim
ilar raralta will appaar ia Nebraeka, and they
inav jMissihlv bo not to the detrimont of the
Btate in Ihe aad. There are many things better
for a new State than that it should be Kttled
all over hy B sparse and BOOttered populition loo
(jiiitkly. At 'ho same time tho advance in tho
vaiin- "of land thiougho.it ti." Baata is likely to
be anested. ln many localities where better
raihvav bC-JMaa vere erpccted a BBrioUfl decline
in piico mav follow, which will be Wl by land
owners. Thu?lllll el individuals aie thus
likely to sufTer from the act, of the LegisJatalO.
A more lasting effeot will be the deterioration
of the servioe on th* railroads afTcctod. For
railroad cunpanies can give all sorts of servioe.
'Ihey can give exceedingly had, s!ow, scanty
and cheap sorvioo to the publie or excoedingly
frefptent and rapid trnins and good service, ac
cording to tho revenue they receive. No law
compeis a railroad to run many trnins instead of
few. unlcsa the trafHc is proUtable. No law
compeis a railroad to provide more onrs for
freight than it may nnd it profitahlo to employ.
If the people md especially the farmers of Ne
braska liscovcr within the next year or two
that they are suffeiing severely from inferior
railway servico they may thank themselves and
the Icgislators they have clothed with power.
RUM AGAIXST WATER.
Spring flnds the advocntes of total al'Stir_sj_oe in
the uae of tobacco and liqnor ahcad. It has Deen
a stubborn and exeiting eontest and at one time i*
looked as if the rum folks were golng to be vic
toriotia, bnt the cold water people made a final
effort and spurted to the lead with the advent of
spring. What rum nnd tobacco may do during tho
summer campnign we cannot aay, but they must,
acknowlodge themselves a hopelee* socond at
preaent.
What, nsks the intelligent reader, is it all about ?
We will hnsten to explain. Even that less intolli
gOBt and, hnppily, somewhat rare individtral who
habitually rcads the other papcrs and npglects The
Tribune must have noticed the remarkabre number
of extremely nred people who have been durlne tbe
winter reportcd either dc.id or n.s celebrating their
most astonishlng birthday anniversaries. He must
too, have ohservpd that ln every case the nncient
person's habits conrcrning aleoholic lintior and
tobacco have been given in the aeconnt.s of these
oeciirrenres. But even tlie rcgular and therefore
intclligent reader of The Tribune may not have
suspected aa organized contc.st between tlie ab
st.-.iners and tl.e imbibers, if we may so classif.v
thOBB. Bat that such a eontest wns arrnnged we
feel certain, as must any one who examines the
records. It was opeued early in Docem
ber by the rum element, who rported
the rleath of .Tosiah Llttlewood, of Jnck
Ronville, Vt., at the ndvaneed age of ninety-six
years. New-England rum and Connoctlcut Valley
tobacco had, it was stnted, been the eompanions
of Littlewood's youth, tlie reliance of his man
hood and the solace of his old age. He was hale
and hcarty till the last, dying from injuries sus.
tained from slipping and falling on the iec?ice,
it will be obttcrved, congealed water. This was
consldcred a bad blow to the abstainers, but they
rosc to tfce occaslon. A week later came the news
of the death at Rlvertown, Penn , of Joel Harvey.
Bt the age of 102 yeara. It wns added that Mr.
Harvey attributed his long life to the fact thnt
he never used tobacco or nlcohol ln any form, nnd
got up at 4 o'clock every mornlng. The rum
element wras astonished. There was an ominous
silence for ten days. The cold-water folks beenme
ncrvous. Suddenly the bomb burst, and their
worat fears were renlized. A long dispnteli eame
from Black River Falls, Wis., saying that Picrre
Dardet had just passed his 110th birthday. cele?
brating the joyous occasion in the county jail,
where he was serving a ten-days' term for drunk
enncss. He had used ardent 6pirits and tobacco
in all forms sinee early boyhood, and as he looked
out of tbe barred window of tbe jail nnd booleil
at, the judge who Bentenced him he announced that
he should ever continue to use them. Tlie tem
perance hosts were demoralized, and sought in.
spiration ln lemonade. The hoUdaya came and
went, and still they were not beord from. But
the rum people did not dare to congratulate
themselves. And it wns well that they did not,
for on January 10 there came a dispatch from
Santa Lucia, Cal., which told of one Vallejo
Morito, who had that day eelebrated the 115th
anniversary of his birth, surrounded by over
200 descendants, to whom he had imparted the
uecret of his long life, namely, total abstinence
from the use of nlcohol, tobacco, tea, cofTee and
highly seasoncd foods. This put the rum advo
eates to flight. and they oniy met in BCOtterlng
boada la rcmote plaecs for a number of days.
Finally, however, they BBOUOg-d to get out a
report of a hoary old drunkard in Mexico, 12'.
yeara old, which was prompfly met by a mmi
up in Manitoba, who did not know liquor
when hc saw it, who was 130.
So the war continued through the winter, but we
cannot follow it in detail. The cxamples on both
fcides constantl.v came from more distant points,
but it waa decided to bar nothing on the Ameileaa
cont-icnt. Finnll.v a week ago tlie liquor interest.-?
reported the death of an Indian at Alajtiela. CoatO
Rica, at the advaneed age of 141 yc.irs.
He had used the most licry of Spanis'u
spirits and the strongest Ottbon I
and cigarettes sinee his earliest infaney. and hnd
never l>een siek a day in his life, meeting his
death by drowning in an artilirial lake. It was
the last rally of the lost cause of rum for the
winter campaign, for yesterday The Tribune
priuted a dispateh from Piunamn, tclling of a
ChiUaa living in Tacna, Peru, who u? 151
years old. and who has never drunk
intoxicating lhiuors or used tobaceo or playing
cards. Hc still works in the garden, and is in
good liealth. He eats plain food. nnd BOtB lt cold.
(Jraliam "gems'1 are favorite BltiO-Ea of diet with
him. And os a Bliaehat it is added tlmt his nelgh?
bora think that lie is miii-li older than he will
ndmit. This sr-ttles the BdTOOOtBB of iiiiii as a
U'verage for the present. If you would Uve 1" bc
over 160 you must avoid alcohol and tODOOOB as
you would a mad dog gnawing the bark of a
upas trce.
TIIE SHAME OF CTICA.
Ctlea baa long l>een reeognl-Od by intolligent
and npprccintive peraOBa who krmw a good lliing
when they BBC it as Ihe inesislible qnceu of tlie
anaalted Mobowk. To Ik- sure, her emporiam t..:
*refri-slitiic.its" ,-it tbe depot has never qolte
aatlafled t'.e extriUfftstldloua palate, bol thla haa
been awlog to eirenowtoBO-a not under her oontrol.
In othcr res])(>nt.> she has nn t eVOT tht beet BX
peetatiooa and haa long aupported one of thi- beal
BrowntUg clubs in the cuiiiitry. Her pablic nien
bave rendered her n.-une nuootia wherevar st itea
ntanahlp is honored; her poUUeiana aie eoueeded
t.i i?e among the ninsi BBgooiooa of tiieii roco; her
merehauls ;>re ei.terpnsitr.' a.nd |>olite, Bteadily
urging customeis if they don't see what ll.ey
want to ask for it; her barristeis, divines nnd
doci.irs do oredll to tlie respective estat.s whloh
they st-rve so faitlilully; ln-r girls are eoormooaly
pretty: her young men are brave and not addicted
t.. tlie tobaceo habit.
Thus it has been, but alas, thus it is not to be.
Like l.'^ifcr, son of the taorning, Dtlee h.i-< n
BBltod B bad fall. Tl.e fall is so Btrlooo, in fact,
it aroold not be aurprising if her BBBOll boya Bpenl
yeaterday writing witb i-hnlk " Itiea fuit," or nt
all eventa, " Delemla est DttOO," ill over her
teneei aud duuiatepB aml daad wolla, \\> bob
IndebtOd te "The l tic-v Otwilll** for the par
tteolofa of tbe eaanalty. *?ne nf the a?_ol eti
K*niiin ol the Boburbaa portiooa of i tioa i-^ Cora
lllll, und tlie favorite doagbtCI of th.it lovcly
rur.il relreat is Bhoriehed m litenry <-irelea us
Ihe Bweel 8-Bger of Corn llill. lt ia the treot
ineiii whleh l tiea boa awarded t!us itareyed
doogbtat of aooloa arhloh lms -taaghl eut a
gpot as l>ig as a BOQO-plate upon ber lur fOBBO.
H.,, i ti'-n Bopplied her arlth tfie at-B_opl_era aad
Butifo-O-Ml -coeaaan forderelopaaBtf No. On
tlie oontrary, 1,'tica, by rneanB of her aou? who are
ln the news[raper Liisinea.-, hae done its beat to
exasperate her into flyiii? with all her songa un
printed. If the Swcet Singer of Corn Jlill hod
not, lieen na pluoky na ahe ia noetlc she ruiirhi
hnve milm)itte.| in hiloncc to the outragOK plled
upon her. Ifl that rnse I'tira might slill hold
?p iVr head, _fl_a llie genera* puMie would not
lii.vc foiinil her out. Bflt havlng made up her
mind a few days ago not to omdono the 88-0-8.
of the I'tiea e.lit-irs nny longcr, she turned upon
them ; she Bh-ffOd at them ln a st.yle which waa
wortliy of the Light I'.rigade itaclf. Listcn to
her; we quote from " The Obscrver": ?
THK MEAN EDITOR.
He keepa your niar.uscrlpt and stampa,
And flUent la tliereafler;
While you are forcod to teara?then he
Iixlnlces ln gay laughter.
While yon ?xow thin, for want of lnck,
Ho fattena on your soirow;
He does not pul.lMi wliat you ?end
To day, nor yet to-morrow.
We hope sometlme he'U get lil? pay
In belng snubbed most grcatly I
Hy some one ln authorIty
To use him up complciely.
Wo know not why an editor
Should not more roiirteous be:
And. when blg letter* come to hlm,
Their contenta try to see.
He mlpht flnd them superlor
To any of hla own,
And. too. regret r-_rne future day
That they away were thrown.
It will hc tvdmitted bv impartial obserrers that
thia practically disposes of Utloa. Of late years
her ambltion baa been to win the plaudlta
of mankind as a literary centre. But, after
thia revelation of her pronounced eruelty t-o
one of heT own ofTapring, a poetess by birth,
achievernent and the hablt of lnolosin_r stampa
to editora for the retum of her unavailable
verse, I'tlca- might as well cherish an atnbi
tion to be known a*J a voWno oentre or n seaport
centre or a datc palm centre. She will douhtleos
long conriniie to be a hop centre, but her literary
goose is ooohad, and thea, too, by her own hand.
It ls only fair to state that "The Obsorver''
soleinnl.v protests that it has never retoined nny
of t.he oontin_ent postnge stamps of thg Swcet
but, snubbed Sin?oi- of Corn liill. It fnils t-i
state, however, whether or not it has eteadily
baa paid her linerally for w.iking her l.yre to
eneoiiraged her to contribute to ite columtis and
ocstasy. D-ktg it can satisfactorilv answer this
lattor innjiir.y she is jiistified in shaking her gory
looks at "The Observc" " 'or neglectin_ to aet
the part of guide, philosophcr and friend toward
a buddin? hard.
Tl)e friends of The Tribune who propose to be
present at its seini-centennial anniversary next
Friday evening, or who ure looking forward to
the pleasure of reading the report of the exercises,
will rejoice lo loarn that Kdward < lnronce Sted
man has aoccpted an invitation to contributo B
poom to the oceasion. -Mr. Stedman's well-aohieve.l
place in the front rank of American pocts, and his
rcgard for ti.e newspapcr whioh has so often lieen
BBliehad by his varlously aceomplished pen, are
the guaranteea oT "a notable production for our
jubilec.
The line between expert and non-expert tcBti
mony is a flnc one. The other day a physician
was on the witnp.~-s.and in a Trenton court, when
the question, " How many ribs are there in the
human body?-' was put to him. Hc rcfused to
auswer on the sLngular ground that the question
was a technical one, and that he was not under
any obligation to answer it be> _use he had not re
ceived a fee for expert testiuiony. The Judge,
properly we think, commilted him for contempt of
court. It is to lw presumed that every doctor
knows the correct answer to tlio u_ae____-_ This
witncBS, however, may have sutl'ered a lapse of
nieuiory. In that case there would be no inipro
priety in the Judge _ excusing him on the ground
that to have confesscd his ignorance would have
involved a loss of professional standing. and a con
sequent loss of fees.
The Tammany politicians who nre BBtMag to
tear down the ''ity Hall and buil.l a greatcr one
have no keener a sense of the eternal fitness of
thiflgg than IVter Kingsto-n, of PriflWtOfl, N. J.,
who ls conlident that the kev lo tlie rapid-transit
problom would l)e turned ii the ("'ity Hall were
deniolisiied to make rootfl lor a gigaatlo raiiway
stntion.
A new Frencli law empowers the? cotu-te. arheo
dealing with offenders who have committed crimes
not of the highest- grade, and who have never
l.cen previously accused, to euspend sentencc on
the crlminnl for a p.-riod of H~e y.-nrs. and if in
that time no addittonal aeeaaattoo is made the
offender aacapaa pnnlahiaent, Ihe jadgea in this
State. without formal nuthi.rizutioii hy law, fro
quentlg allow a young oll'cnder tO RO bBB alter
hc hns plaaded nuilty, with a waral?_ that it
subsequently arrestcd he mav l>o oooipeUed tO
scrve a term of imprisonment on the original
charge. Tlie Freneh law legalizos such a s.._teni,
and if the judges aet with diseiriion it is poagtbld
that young men, led by sudden teiaptatiofl into
a flrst- ofTr-nce, may 'h? saved froai a ___!____?_
career through leniency in the diepooltton of the
BBBBB against them. The punishnient for second
ofTences is made correspondingly heavy.
Is Controller Myors araitiflg for some clever
lawyer to come along and tell him that his eon?
traei with ex-Co_gKaBBaa Adaaaa is n..t worth
the paper it is writteu on?if indeed it is iu wrii
ing?nor even the breath rcspirvd into a willing
_ar? The cotirts luwe always liold all OOBtTBOta
.,f this elaaa to i>c void, as Bgaloal pu'.lic poUej,
and cunseqiiently beyond the power of any <'<"'
porntion, niunieipal or other, to make. If Mr.
Myors should pay that cnorninus fec, d.aes he n-)t
know that any taxpayer can ent'orcc its recovery
from him? or may arrcst its payment, or even
now break np the contract by an injuuetion?
l'ouder, Mr. Controller.
The seductive potency of tbe gieeagOOdB cir
oular is illustrated by a singulnr lnwsuit iu Ken
tu.'ky. a reprraratatlre ol ofveral citizens ot
tiuit State M is BOflt tO .NVw-Vork tO invc-t B sum
of money raiaed to pn iv has,- ooanterfeil aaoney.
lle retiirncd without the iuoticv an.l said ll.-.t ho
bad i>e.'n defraaded bj the men arbooi hc n.ct la
this city. The Kentii.-kiaiis pi-elcrrptl, however. to
Im-Hcvc ti.o reDreeentatlona of their ooneapondenta,
wim had protiii.sc.l t<> deal will) llu'tn " in the
Btrlcteal honor and oonfldenee." nnd thev have
beaaa s-iit i<? reeoTer the n_oney Intrnated t-. their
Bgent, who. they think. UOed it l"i' bla OWB
lienefil They ciav have dilli.-nltv in ooBviflOiag
the ooarta that thev are eatltiod to any relief for
ihe loss resulting from their oam folly.
PERSONAL
J. B. Grinnell, foundcr of the L.wa city whirh bear.
hia name, whose -with araa BBBOaaaal laat week, vca
tho p?rtlcular persoa i,> uhom Horaw t.reeley art
clivssed that famous BBBBBtfe, "Oa West, young raaii,
BBd gww up wltli tho countrv." He wu., a roaog
t'ODgregatlonal minister lu Near-York -state beforo h-_
ac!e-l on Uils advlcc.
1...1-.1 Hosse, the Rrlti-h astrononier, addressed the
A-tnniomlcal feo. lety of the l*acllie Ifl ean Franolaco a
ftm .i.ivs ago, darottag hlm-eif mainly to n de-crlp
tion of the great refle.-tlng u-lescope at Blrr Caatle and
Its work.
Lawraaea Ban-ett's will le-ves 91.H00 per year to
e;.. 'a of his three (lau?'liter<, nnd ihe remainlDg lncome
from I?fl cstato to liis wife ?-, jong aa she remnlna a
?rido?. ir sho msrrles, ihe is t,, bava Balr aaa thlrd of
llie ,:.-t Inioine. uial Um reaotnlng (wu-tiilrds u to bt
,i;v ,i <! Btn Us tii.. danghteea,
The lanaara laal Mra, Hoakl-Maariaa i? anxioua ta
sell her Une t'alifoinl.i ro - :<:.-t,.... ,..,-.-? g* ? gnW
llre, so..|iis to I a\e :,,r IU fouinlnlloii tlie fa. ! tlnit
-.nne ...' har famttaia aod pletoiaa __ai baaa >hippe?t
?aai Neverili. I.---, "The Sai, Kiancisc. Chrotii. le"
Ib iii-in.sed to .(iiestion ihe tnith of ikaaa aaaaaaee
ni'-ii ? 'I de l.ii.s tliat tha niaiis|,,n still reiiiain
BBM of llie BMfll liatut .oiuelv and eottiiileleiv fllvnlsli.-,!
on the E-elflc ?'".?'. Bat thal ioaraal aoa_i Thea. b
; regrol that M:-,. Hoaklns-Seartefl ihouM
? of her Ume in ihu city. r.-rhups this
ls nol i.ltou'.'il.e- to ne nuudei-d at, conaldoriun Uie
fact thai ahe possessea handiome clty and eot___ry
re->ldenoea it the Eact."
Mrs. Cathtrlne T. Shipley, who dled ln Sallsburr,
Md., I.i-t weajJL cl-'ilnied dlrect dcacent from Lord B-coo
through her fnther.
lt |a lilntcd that Mlsa Phebe Onzlna ma- realgn tha
offl'-e-of BBarooaTy of Ihe Board nf Lody Managers of the
World's Kair becatm Uie Board of t onUroI haa votei
ili;.t all nnrraBpaoiaOUa <?? the Board shall be nndcr the
direetlon od Mr.. itofmer. Thla, she la reported to hava
toitX, I* taking her right* away.
FaUier Ignattua wm prohiblted from hoMIng aervtri*
In Eplscopaj rhurrhes in Philadelphia, before ne hai
applied for a liceme, by BUhop Whltaker; bnt h?
leriurcd last woek in the Industrlal Art Hall afterrooaa
und cvenlngs.
Senator Waahbiirn, ol Mlnneaota. has en many Scundl
navlan* In hia conatltnenry that he haa deelded lo vUj?
Norway and Swcdon thla summer to study the orlalnaJ
stock.
Senator Quay, who ls back ln Waahington, la freatly
Improved Iri hcalth, but he did not ratek a flh __a
tarpon during his recent atay In Florlda.
C.unt Herbert Blsmarck, accordlng to "The Oallf
nanl Mcs.senger,'' recently loat $70,000 In tha Nlra
clubs.
The Rev. Joseph Cook haa been credlted with tx
plainlng Stanley'e abandonment ol hia leetare engage*
motita ln Toxa* on the ground that Uie great explorer
was In p -ril of hclng ?? Kukluxcd'' for having tafccn
Frcnrh Icave of tho Coufedcrate eervtce. And the
leet-BBOO l? al-o reported la have aald that he had
canoelled some of his own engagemente ln Uie I?n?
Star State bw eaaa free ..peech was not tolerated there.
"The Galvcston News," though. ptlnta a Dallas dls.
pefch strongly dlserediflng thls i?tory so far as II
relrtles to stanley. and Insisfing that Mr. Oonk'a da'ea
have not boen withdrawn. l'ua.lbly Uie greal ex
potinder l.as a doublc.
Madame Albani has return?d to London after a very
suocessful season in Holland.
Prince Anton Rndxlwlll, the father. and Counte**
Aronlcka. BBO_BOC_Bi -In-law, of Prince George Radzlwtll,
have procured an order from the ro.irts at Pot*dam.
piadng Prlnro oeorge under tutclacr, on areoont rrt
his extrnvagant mode of llvlng. Hia raelng stable U
to be sold off, and It is under-tood Uiat bl* crodltore
will lose every tht ng.
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
Says a clerk of a Weatern hotel: "There ve TotB
of whdmalraJ people In the world. There ia a trareb
Ilng man, for In-tf.-.nce, who always Inststs on orrupy
Ihk' room 441, says It lnsures liis dotng a good1 bu*1
nea_. Then the snperstiflo-is people are almply with?
out nnmber. Tlte most snperstltlous people to a
Intei are the waltera and bellboys. If they ara
rrap-ahooters or pollry-players tlrey pl'k np all sort#
of numbcrs nnd use them. Some walters will not want
to serve the gue^ts where there ar? fliirtcen seated at
a table. A boBbdy who b rallcd at eight minutea
of l_ o'i |(?-k lo Room 45 would rlsk hts money on
the combinatlon fl-12-45 eomlng out at pollry. The
beliof ln sigiw of gix.d or 111 litek ls not as notleeable,
however, now as ln tho past. Among hotel guer-ta
I notlco that lt Is conflned mora to Southern vlsitora
and from t!ic reason that Tt ls lear.ied from colored
.ervauts or nurses."
Eronomv ln PlB-B. A literarv ladr who wrlte* fr*
tlie. BMfBBUiea met a frietKl on tho atroets of Oalfaalaa.
?? ^ ou -'.-ni (0 Xm ln liigli *pliits. Ilerird ^inie good
ne.s ! (i.iing to get B_airte- ?'" a-.lted tJic friend.
-oh, no: Its Dettar tium th?t. I've Ju?t got a
letter from the adltor od ''lli- I._d>?,' Macuzlnc.- taelBS.
ie .- n , heck tor 000 In p-vment of my artirle on
'Beooomy ln Dl<ua.' and I am golng right now to buy
:ne a new bro<ad"d sllk velvet dre<s. mwte In tlie
Uitcst stylc. lf lt tal:es every cent of the flfty dolla^*.?
?(Texas tslftings.
"As the season advances,'' ohserves "The Jackson
ville Tlmes-rnlon," la a burst of franhnoss. ?? the tarpoa
talos grow larger. more cxtended ln detalls and more
BXeitlng ln the nr.rmtlon. The sllver king' la gettlng
longer. heavler, stronger, gamler and more pientiful
every year-lf we let the flshermen tell lt,"
In I'arls there lives an emlnent palDter who Is
eronomi.al and >et,te-itioi s. The other day one of t:"?
itadenta broke a pat.e of glass In tlie studlo wlnrlo-v
and repnead lt t mporarlly by pattlng a sheet of paper
over the Bpertare.
iVIieii th% n. inter ran." down next mcrnlng, ha
thnist his (ai,e thnuigli tlie makesl.lft wltl. the re*
Bmrk, ?? Hc thal hr&iks paja." Koaa ><t v.\e clas-,
however, took the hint, Tnn next m >rnlng anothT ?l.o..t
<>f paper waa paated bobom Um aiadaw. lt met with
Ihe "-iirnc fite. And -o on tl.e ne.vt day, aad ao on tlie
ti.llllll.
On the Rfth day, wlien tv artlst came down, there
was tho paper a-, batoro. Fire fla?hed from hts ey- ,
aad i-oHrn.g. ?? Ho that breaka iiavs:'' aa drove'im
rane through tlie paper?aad t'irotrih the paaa of da-a
b-TOnd lt that had been put In l.v the sturients nifl! then
t-arvfnlly pasted over with a sheet of paper.-tLondoa
ndUits.
A great, rellglotis se:vlce thnt recently foole plaee Ia
C'alcutta ls thus BBoaAb A. -'Two hurdi'd IhOOBBBd per
noa taok part la tba laiiica. Batooa. aaa_hBB__ap
nierchant-:, ihopkeepeia, ple<uler?, professor*;, BrOdNntaa
and loetora WON piOaenti and the llliidoo l;vX\<-i f;i.te<t.
Three bnadred Bnihmlns ronduct"d tl-.e Mrrteea, chant
Ing tho Vedaa. Tea thous.-ind hoaaaa were parf-naai
f>r tke protection of religlon, thou?-inds satig tli?
hvnia-, and sh-.iiTs and horriblo BWOnOB ree.t fie nlr,
the people seeming __at. Many of tliem s'wooneil,
add one devotee offered his ntck, but was prevented."
Btorybodr kaewa what '?foofceap" paper is. but
everybooff rtoes not lenow how lt came to bear thal
naino. ln order to in(teaso his revenues Charlea I
pantad eertala privileaea, amountiug to BBooopollaa,
aad among Uieae waa the -UHinJaetare ol paper, tha
ezcloalva right of wkleh wbb -old t.> aertau parties,
who graw nch, and enrlehed the Governiaenl at tho
expense <>f thoaa arho were abttgaa to u-e paper. At
ti'tt tinii- aU Bnglis- paper bora the roral arms lo
watera-arha. The PBruaB-aal uoder Oroaiwell m;?de
iport if thls law in every posalbla B-aonar and among
othcr lodlgnlt-M to tiio BKBMM. of Charles, It w.i
ordared that t'ae rojral arma be removed fr"m th->
paper, and that the noVt can and liells should b* u?cd
as a suh-tltnle. When the Kunip Parl Ia men t wa.s pro
r igned th.-c were alao removed: but paper of tln; ilea
of the Parlianieiitaiy .oarnaU, which i> u-ially BOOOt
Mvanteen by (buv-een Inchas, s'ill bcars the bobbb of
??foolarap."'?(Harper's Y-mag I'eople.
"Flve or six years ago." says "The Detrott Free
Pnaa," ?'wlien the luliau brigands captured an Fng
H-h naval OaHnor and held him fOf 18JXXX rooaeaa. what
did tho Italian (.ovcrnmenl dot It looked on aad
laaDad Whfla the BOgHai paid over the money."
A Sensitivo Tenant.-Indignant Landlord-If you
don't pay np, out you go. I'li have you nred righl
oul into the atreet, b:ig ;tnd baggaice. You havon't
paid a i aol In da awataa.
Pelln(|tie;:t Tenant- Don't do that. I'I] be dl?graced
ln tho eyes of the nelghbors. Bathar thaft havo you
llre me oat, I'i >tnnd foar ralslng the rent from i*-fl
to i*J0 a month.?(Texas Sifting*.
In a Kcntucky town recently. every one of the 7_1
adult inhnbitants had the grip. and a patent medicine
man who a truck Ihe town |o r.ell a BOB-M-BffOaOl rure
got ao dlscotiraged that he iiired a mule to taUe liuu
out of town.
We are MNDOWhol Barptiaoi Ifl hnd in our orthodos
eontemporarr -The Rellatoaa Herali," o. llartf^ixi, the
folbiwlug bl. of uifomiatlon und.r tli<- p-nenil headlng
--flnlBtera and charehaa*: ">ii-.-> Ulllao BoaseU. ir-?
opera alnger, haa appeared in tight^ to the dettcni "t
hundreda of BudlenceB ln tho 'Queen's Mat-.' Bh
lately trlcd a -.ult, and ?a? defeatod. llea- bond w,h
sr-J.(>)U. Slic bai appeared alrt-tdy at 1">0 nlght^.'
Aa tht* K folloared and precedod by items a!^>-.il
Dwlghl L M.Iy aud other reveretid get.tl-nien. wa
Imajdne thm the edltorlal artaasta araot hoaa ^lippcd.
?(Cariatloa L'nlon.
Says th- Bev. Dr. B. T. DBIIOWB, Kdltor of "Tha
( hi-Klian Bogbter," of Boston: "If It hadn't be.-u
fi?- one word bv telcgram from my wife I BheoM have
perl-bei. i-i aU hoaaaa ptooobOr-fi wllh the B-Mai
?( in.f with tha Yellow Hatr,' a- ti.e iad_aoa rallcd
Qaneral Cosler, bI tha battie of Iha Uttle iii? lloroi
v. h. n i was lu the Dtvin .y Behool at Rarvari i w_b
eorre-i.iaarl f r The ttew Yerfe TMhoae. My -rtttra
to tho paper BfeOOt AgBaata BOi hU B lt in MaOOlIN
niaoarrh and laaoatlgatleo had Bai BMaaglog adltor t_
plve much faith In my ablllty as an laTCStlfBaM Bai
exptorer. le khol pBarttaaaao ordered me aerooi Iha
plains wtth Maaley and CiiNt-r the lirst Mimaier tliat t
wa_ at llarvard. The next year I acted in the BBfOJ tT
uf corro>pondeiit agaln for the -ame paper with tha
Black HilK e\Kdltion. (u-ter, as cverybody knowa,
was a man of much natural roliglous fcrvor, and he ani
I got along very well Indeed. so well that a greuB
love on my part. at lca*.t, sprang up between u?, and
I liked nothlng better than to be wiUi the hand>ome,
romantle soldler. In Uie auuimcr of the year tliat
Custer was killed 1 was agaln a-ked to go wllh bla
baad for the paper Into the Indlan country. I -*ut
wovd to my wife: 'Shall I go f The teleh'ram oaua
back: "N'o!' I couldn't understand the raeaaage al
the Ume, but very *oon afterward the news came Eaal
of the battie of tho Little Blg Ih rn and Uie total annlr
litlaUon of the danug man and his UUle baud.*
Some of the " personals" In Krench newspaners ?M
very patlietlc Here i> one: " I t*end you. my beloved,
the mor.t urdeut proieslatiwi- of aa utmltenibh! alfetiotu
May you tnr lv^ happy aa yoar illeaoa bbbIub bm misenv
ble." Auother. evlitently from a huaband t<> hb wMa,
leuda: -Come back. Mai-iu. und hrlof iQOahlBB ?o our
BOOM nnd lleap la our e-JM. All ?.hall be forgiven."
C'on-lderable aenUneal I- caiaOeaaei ln thi-. advortlsa
nicut : ?? How i artah yaa w<?iit kis-i> yoar ptoooaa made
to me iu Iha loi.ntry. I will be *o fultliful. Ah. il
roo onlv kaawl" in-n- foiinvv Beveral wcrtbj la <-ii>her.
How praclical ai-o the two following: "To make a
weaHfcy rnarrlage nalekly applv i<> Mudiime Bonvleo,
aged nliicto.-i. vears." ?? A Beatlamao, good health,
weU-to-do, wonld auurn a raoM Mi or wldow with
fortaae." Knthor a aaxlura od iMtaphor la givon tn
the following: -fnme back, tharles; all N oxplalne.1.
den-. Um bouae la ~..u\ wtthaal you: and vour boot-,
luighth pohahei. are (.taiidlug ui Uie h:_il, wa?:lug
tlielr -weo.u<_s ou tho do-ert air."? llrUii