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BBNUDWAT THBATRB B:M Bla Baealwaey,
CARKEOIE HAUr BJ8 Oeaeart.
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BOLUMBVB THEATRB 8 18 L'pa an-l newaa M l.ife
i>Al.vs THBATRE 8:19 TraaaaM i' L
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BMPTRE THBATRE 6 CaaaBle.
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OAHDEM THBATRB 8:1* TrUby.
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OBLAHD OPERA BOP8B * OaaatBe.
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Angela.
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Help Wanted .H 3 Work Wanted .11 8
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Datittgti ffoticft.
RolTTop beeka and OfBce Furnitura
r.rtai Vaitety ol Btyia aad Pitee.
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Bew-Torh Clty. Thla i-ostnKe muai ; ? ? paid by aub
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TOUND2.D 3Y HORACE OHEELEY
TlH R8DAT, DECEMBER 12, 18M
SIXTEEN PAGES.
THE VKWB TIUS BOKXHiG.
FOREION.?Tne Whlte Btar Bt< imahlp ?er
manlc came Into colllelon with and aunk the
.,:? i.lv. rpool; no llvea loat. ?
Bultan thit they
k< nae of the Brn ai I the pa
of gdditional guardsbipa Inl i the ti ?. ? i -?
_ Qreal exclusmenl waa cauaed ln ihe
Reicbatag by a Bpeech of Hen Bebel, a BoclaUat,
denounclng the Kalaer. = Tho eommaBdjgr
Of the 15iitl5h Ashuntee expedltlon lins uPked for
jnore gun?.
CONGRE8S.?ln the Bei ite Mr. Dubola called
.- | advocated his propoaal for dlatrtbutlng
the approprlatlon bllla; XIr. .w. n ap ike ln fav >r
,.; recognlzini th i logurfenti Tne
,i in ? was not ln eesalon.
DOME8TIC.?A apecuU commlttee of the Re
r.nblican Natlonal Commlttei made an
mi nla i " the conventlon ut st. i.ouis. =
Tiu- commlttee of ihe Pennaylvgnla Benate be
gnn an Inveatlgatlon of th.- Pollee Departmeni
of Phlladelphia ===== Oovernor Morton dla
inisaed the chargee agalnai Bank Bupertntendent
Preatoa_- Membera of th<- Cablnel are aald
to have Font dlapatchee t-> the Prealdeni re
queatlng hlm to return to Waahlngton. =
A Dartmouth medlcal etud ni waa irreeted, ae
- i of gtealing Ihe body ol Joaeph MurJo k
fi .in its grave In S rwlch, V't. The di
voree suit oi Mra Samuel i'. <"-dt. of Provident
nnd iier hneban l'a a< ti m ,-iK'iinst J. J. Van Ali n
lur damages for the Bllenatlon of her affe.-ti.,r,.?.
were dlacontlnued - Anthony Clinchy. Btate
Buperlntendent of ,;.,.s Metera aarginai whom
^>-riou3 chargea had been preferred, wae per
mitted by the Oovernor lo realgn.
CITT AND BUBURBAN.?"Old Bill" Voaburf,
the notorlona crlmlnal, leatlfled ut th" tritii ..f
Bheriff Tam ? Th aeaaiona of the Aa
sembly Citlea Commlttee, to taventigate Brook
lya Brtdge nffalra, were brougbl '?? a cloae jrea
terday. ? Barbara A;ii> retracted her con
fcneton and declared tbai he,r orlgtnal teatlmony
agalnai Langerman ^.ts true. - The Board
of Trade an-l Tranaportatlon adopted re?olu
Uuns fnvorlng recliaroclty. = th- Nlneteenth
Century Club held a dl cuaalon on the aepara
ti->n of munteipal and Natlonal polltlca
Mr. ?n?l Mrs. A.iri.iii laelln eelebrated tli*ir
golden weddlng. = = The atock market was
dull and Irreanilar.
THE WHATHKIt.-?Forecaat f'<r to-day:
ThraAtenlng weather and enow; northeasterly
winda The tetaperature veeterday: tllgheat, .9
eea; . aea1 23; av. rage, M
t?ue Deaiocrgtlc utti'-iitl who Las beeo uud<?r
inveaUgatlon haa aeemlagly coaae lo tii** eoBchi
akoB tha: ha haa a bad caae, ;in?i haa baotled in
li!s rcsignation. This is AotBOBJ rliiu-hy. wiio
iias held ihe ofBce <>f laapector <>f Has Metera
for tka last three reara, arui who had naore thnu
B raar yet to serve. Tlie nstimony taken bjf
the eommis^loner nppoiuted by QovtrBOT Mur
IOB BaWWCa] ibal Clinchy liad beOB (jullty uf !in
proper practices. iseeing that his laggaoval w;i?
iiievitaV.i-, the laspectot decided to reatgB nnd
8TBI perrnltted to do so. It M not rltftf why, lf
a plaln case hud been made out ojfa'mst him, he
was not summarlly removed, laatead of beint;
allowed to retire hononibly. The ufflee is on<"
ol B0BBB impoitan.-e. nnd COBtroM B small omount
..f BkAtroBaga; s-. i: is ni.t BaifprlalBg thal there
are numcrous appttogBta f?>r it.
l-Vw Begaple, protebiy, wlll be Burprtaed al tlie
beginuin^ of an gettOB lo t?-?t tbe cotuTUlOtlon
ality of the rapid trnnsit oet under whhth it is
proposed to iimvide the dty with a BYatOflB ol
undergroimd raOfOBtlg, But it seefJU bb 0tM
way tu tco aboul it 10 aeek aii HaJuBCtlOB 10 re
straln tlie dtf OnldalB froru pajrtBf any more
money to the Rapld Transit CejBBBBJaa)o?iera m
their emi!>y<.<. Thia i*. we pn-sume, thc be
^inrdnj,' <f ;i loBf lefgl batik wli'nh wlll bave
to be foti^'lit to a linish bofbre the Cocomlaaloa
ers wlll be ail-iwed tO pr'-?(?ed with tlie'i- WOrft
The BBore lapld ihe progreaa made wttn ii the
ii.-tter, IheTefore. This BetJoa wlll laevltably
CB8JBI 8g?iioBB d< I .y in tha provlaloB uf the rellel
whlch the dtf bo Boreiy Boada, boi we cannoi
permii oiir.si!vi-> to bcUora that it wlll defeal
the plan to whlch tba pejopla have alreadj glven
their approval.
Our WaattBaTtoa dlapatebea eafl atteaiUoa io
rlie extmoidinniy prccavtlOBa wbicb the ever
fuithful Tbwbet iias taken lo guard ihe aaered
person of tba CoBaaeTated <?n.. froai tba rofla
caattad of tba tMaaaaoa barel >'? t less tbaa
?wenty-M-v.-n potlec oflcgfa liave now aaCfJ p Bt
i-ii abotti tit<' Wblte Hooae, aad in ixBiawftKBCf
?f tfca lai?e diift llnts made Ofl Ihe limilt-d po
itea torco of Waabioftoa otber fttts of the city
nr* fni from .Ml.'.iinlHy gBBldad, Tliurbi-re de
vntf..n 10 his ehlef l? *> notorions ilint Ibe
numeroaa aentriea thal bc lus g*l <u> ?r??w
aw.iken legg suiprNo if tl?B greal man Wbom
they are 10 guard were aeinally ln resld.'ii.o.
But why doea bedlapfcay Buch annrked aottcltode
?1 ? tjme when tbe ttcred petaea ii abeeat oa
g huntlBg expedltlotti IMainly. Thurher Ii BOl
Koing i>? be caogbl aapplag, if be eaa beip lt,
,?? expoaa his o?n pn>< ious pereoa ta Beedleaa
daager.
l; is | raaae foi agtlgfgclloM Ibgl i blll In now
belng propared, for earty pweeatatlon to ibe
Ix-glalaturo, prorkllag for a Bigbway Commla
alOB for llils Stato. Th.- men eagaged In Its
prcpgratlofl bti Mr. Potter, of ihe Lenfof of
ABiericgB WbertBMfi: Beaator Hlgbta, wbo bal
been the rhalrman of aa aeaemWjf commRtee
gppolated to iBTeatlgate Ibe qneatlon of good
rofldg. gBd Geaeral Rof Sr.me. who ll wefl
known as BB iBteHlgeal gtodeill of tbe road
problem With Ihe road laws of otber States to
gulde ihom. thev wlU doubtb'ss bt nble to draw
Qp g cogflprebenslve rthtBtB tbil will eommaod
md reeaiTO Ihe fbrorabtg atteatlon of tbe i.?
ple of ibe State gBd of th** LcgtnbifBrp.
/.'//: 8KIKMIBB /-/.va;.
The reealta of tbe RdpObUcaB prlmarles on
Tueaday nlgbt are la tha main arbat was gea
erally expeeted. They bad beea foreehadowed
liv tbe refuaal of Ibe Lautartacb coatgplratora
to graal u poetpoaeaaeai upon tbe proteet of
wi 'll known laftoeatlal RepabUcaaa ggalast arbat
was admltted to ba a falae aud franduleni earol"
nu-nt. anil they had beaa ppotlded for wit 11 macfa
lageaalty aad ruaalag la tiu* pBroRaeBt itsoif.
If iiion- i* any dleappolatmeat, it is oa Ibe part
of Ihe eoBeplratore, who epafldeatly expeeted
a mocb more gareeplag rlctorj as the fruir. of
their loBf-Bgadltatad and eaiefttUy cmeoeted
plaua. Keadera <>f Tho TrfbtUM will beBt wlt?
neaa tbal are hare Bcrer al any tlme expreeaed
,. reaaoaBble bope, raaeb loss expcetatlob, of a
dlffereal reaolt. Bat whOe are bare kepl coa?
atantlj before th<? Blada of RepabUcaaa tbe
patoni fael tbal tbe odda arere In favor i?f tbe
conaplratora, tbroogh tbelr being la poeaeeaiou
of tbe madilacry of tha eonatj orgBalgatloB and
coaeeaaeatly latreBched in the dtadeJ of poarer,
we hare atrenuooaly laaiated that it was tbe
doty of all RepabUcaaa to avail tbemaehrea of
\oiv poaalble neaaa to defeat tbe coosplracy
wltboal golBg oatolde tbe reftdar orgaalxattoa.
Ti thla ead are adrleed all Repobllcana to eom
i.iv with tbe condltloBa of earolmeal ao-far as
tbe plaaa of the coBaplratora pertaltted them to
be pubUdy known. and to raatai ao far as they
were able tbe paddlag of tbe rolbi in tbe latereat
of tbe LBUterbacb eonaplracy. We were Bol bb>
mlndfbJ of tbe dlfUcaltlea In tbe way of brlagtog
? full role al tbe priflutriea of tbe Anti
Madilae RepabUcaaa, nor of the fact tbal tbe
Lauterbacb coaapuniorg bad aome Juatlfloatlon
for their COBfldeBCC in the slaikness and iBdlffeP
eace of their opponeata Nor dkl ?re fail t<> take
lato aecouat the Importanl clrcamataace tbal
whiio tbe conaplratora have had raoatba In whlch
to perfect their plaaa, tbe Aatl-MacblBe Repatv
Ucana, as the reaull of Uieae pUBa, have had
very UtUe tlme foi- coaaaltatloa or agreemeal
kjoklag to cineert of aetlon.
Katwltbataadlng all this. the resnits aboar tbal
a berolc flgbt bna been made nnd we polat to
them with aometblag of aattafactioa, ;i< aboarlag
what ean be done by earaeal aad defprmlaed
RepubUcaoa when the good aame -4' tbe party,
Ita nsefuiniss aad 'ts future wrtfare are al
gtake. Too much pralae cbbbo! bo gararded the
m.'n who bave atood ap ao maafnlly and al
mucb saoriil^e of peraoBal coBveBlence and com
fort, as weii as of Uma ami moBey, for tbe ocai
lnterestfl of the Republlcan organlaatioB in tbla
county. it win not bo their rault ir 'h>' nta
ohinery of what ls cuile.l tbe regular urganlaa
tloa abaD be coailnued in the baada of poUti*
cal freebootera, arboae aole pnrpoae lt is io lniii
ato a reacttoo agalaai tbe arboleeome rcforma
to wblcb tho party commltted Itaelf last year,
and reatore to poarer tho Tammaaj trani,' arlth
wblcb they have ahraya bad, and bope to coa
tlnae, proUtable iMmmcn-lal rdatlona. It N not
by any means certala as yet that tbe Aatl-Ma
chlae RepabUcaaa haye been defeated. Repalae
on the sklrmish line ls BOt COBdoalre v( tlo
batlle. The tlekl remalns to be srOB. A County
Commitieo has not yet been ehosen so uarepre
geatallTe of the party and ko doetitute of its
confldence that it cannol lu the midai of a earu
paipn be trustod with fnnds enoagk to defray
necesaary expi-nsts; nor has tbe RepabUcaa
party of the coaaty laaued t.? Mr. RdwArd
Lanterbacb its commlaaton to carry Into tbe
lobliy of the Leglelaturc at Albany Its delagated
aatborily to aae its^name and preatlge ln fnr
iberance cltber <?f his personal ambition or of
tbe latereabi of ibe corporatloBa arblch employ
him Tiu- adraatage uained by the coaaptratora
is gmaUer than they coaBdeatly expected, and
far from beinjr flnaL Tho gfardy reelataace ul
ready offered glveg promlse of a detcrmlaed and
uoyiekUng oppoaltlon, wblcb will coatlnne ia
tbe lield in Kjiito of temporary rereraea, aad, n*
we coafldefiUy beUete, a/Ul triampb in tbe enil.
For ll ls a tight in the beal of cauaea agalaai
maalclpa] mlagoTerameBt ln ibe tirst placo, and.
as an ossoniial factor ln mnnicipal misjrovern
iiK-m. :i>t.iiii>'t the corrurpt eoadvci of nn honaat
party.
Tho prlamrlea were only a gglrmtab. They
coBclode Botblag. There is siill time for lu-n
cst and determlaed work aitblB tbe line? of the
organlxatlOB. The Tribune Mid htal Monday.
referriog to tbe raapectfol reqaeal for n poet
ponemeol of Ibe primarlee, ibat there was no
need of baate. There is aoae aow. Wa aeed not
burry. Bal betweea this tlme and thnt wblcb
will bo set for boldlBg the coaaty coBTeattoa
there ii the mjst argeat Beceaelty for coaaalta.
iion, deUberaUoa and preparatloa for a last ef
fort wlthin the liues of the county orgaBhtBtloB
to defeet this iufamous eonsplracy againat tbe
good aame und pefmaaeat weU-beiag of the
party. There Khould be no relaxatioii of eff.irt
ou tbe parl of tnose who have already done io
well. On tbe coutrary, there ibjOOld be un In
creaae af earaeataeeg and mtbaalagm nnd a
Baora determlaed parpoae to igbl iho coaaplracy
to tbe last R.isp and, If need be. dle BgbtlBg.
But there will be no BBCb neefl. Tho Hopnb
Ucaoa of tbla coaaty who beUere in tbe prin
dplea of ibe party; in iis boaeaty aod good faltb;
lu tbe piofagaliiiig it has Bsade of derotloa to
good goverameot and mnnicipal reform, coaatl
tBte the great majorlty of the party They will
BOt submlt lo be defrauded or bctrayed. Suor.tr
or laler they will assert them!?ilves.
TBB ATTACE ll'OX M. PAVBB.
U, Faare is to be coagrataiated. His eu,ui:es
bave done tbeir worst, und havi- misorahly
f.i 1. The abborrcot gaag wh!<'li bga been try
lag for years to mako orderly goreromeal in
Praace Impoeaible, and wblcb leaa than a year
ago aacceeded in drialag one I'resldont trom
OfAce, has taraed its fbvl batteiies upon tbal
Preatdaat'i Boaceaaor, in hope of iikewise driv
ing him out. Those batteries have beea un
BsBBkad, and the result ls to make If. Faure's
place moie secure, and to !uon\ise the esteem
and aaTectloa wltb wblcb he is regarded by his
eoantrygaea.
Tbe campalga agalaai him was coaceifed aad
coBdacted in a pacaUariy daatardly manner
He wa? io be.aaeaDed mroagb his wtfa. A
hideous acaadal aaaa to be aude pubiic coucetu
inp ber if M- Fanre dld not realgB the I'l's-i
detacy. It has now beaa gaade publle, and
amounia to this, tbat ber father, befi>re ahe was
aora, cosagBlited b hrtBcb oi lisaa and abaeoaaJ.
ai; nnd M. Fiiuiv. iweiity y,ai> IstcY, ItaVrwlnj
sneh to have beoB tli.- caar, mtmied her. Tbai
waa ail. And for HkSt her BffJM was 1,1 be be
foiileil and be wnS t<> Df drivm in oisgrace fTOBI
tbe Etystc.
\\v tiiinii tbe optnlon of tba afortd wlfl be tii.it
anresssd by ' le IIgsro," that M. Fsbt* la to
i)(. thousjbl of ail the m?'iv Mgbty bt esaaa <>f Ibat
very fset. Ha Bded tbe psrl of ti loyail and
gglbinl geiitbmnn. It wai B flls tblng for his
foea lo rafce op Hi.it gtorj and brnlt it abroad.
Hnt It Wlll BOl lmrf M? or :iny in<-ml><r Of his
f.-imily. N'i- wili ihe raproarb of "boarsjeola"
go oftfB CSSl BgalBSl Mm l'i<n<hinen. with
tba reai of tbe workt, are learalog lo loterprat
tiiai aronl fnstly, ai |s aotw h-v ? pontt^pottrj
writer: "An epitliot wblcb the rlflrafl apply to
-wbai Ib waneetable, afld tbe ariatoeracy to what<
??|* decent." I/OBf Hve the "bonrgeolB" PPI td
deiit of ihs Ppsach Rppobllc!
BBOOKLTS BMIDQE BCAXDALB.
So hoBorsble man can nonbl tbai it la Ihe
lajaperailre and orgenl duty of Ihe Ineopiing
LegUlatnre to make cartala riiangea in the
Board of Trmteea of tbe Brooktya Bridge.
.(;ini-s HoweH. ihe i.r.-s!,l-iit. and Btth L
Keeney, one -' Ibs trttsteea, admll in th<ir
teatlmony before ihe AaaemMy Cpmmlttee Ibat
thi y are atockhoklera Ib the tronejr llae wblcb
is trrlBg lo Bteal a part of the pkiga in Brook
Ivn Xo man of acTOpaloOB eonedebtlonaneaa
and a lofty Beatlmeni of boaor would Iblob for
a momeBtol bc?b| aa trnei.t tba Brooklyn
Bridge whlle be waa n Iwlder of atoek Ib Ibe
ii-,.l!ey Unea whleb are attemptlng to get, with
??i adetpitte rehvn. property whleb baa I.n
acqulred for publlc pnrpoeee. The acbeme lo
ateal a part of thi- plaxa in tbe Intereal of trol
lev lllies ls one of tbe BIOB1 Impllileilt and ail
dadona wblcb haa beefl broagbl lo pnbllc rlew
for a wnd time. Tbe Brooklyn Bridge is anp
ported by thc tazpayera ol Xew-York and Brook
Ivn. It H a pnbllc enterpriae conatructed wltb
money laken frota ihe taxpayer* ?f ibe two
citlea. The traateea of tbe Bridge gome time
Ngo boQfht landa for ihe plnm nt groaely . x
travagant prieea, .and it la ifenerriHy bdlevod
thal ln poanectlon with tbe mirriinae of Ihoae
lands raiiU Jobbery prevaUed. A pari ol thla
property was bonglit froni a trolley llne. Thla
game trolley llne baa a adietae on foot to obtain
frota the Bridge Trualeeg permlaalon to roln
tbla part of ihe plaaa by aalng 11 for Ita own
purpoee. Notbtng can be rlenrer tban thal to
grani tbe oae of any pari of tbe plaaa ro any
one of the irolley Unea wonld be a serioua aacri
flca of publlc Intereat.
No atookholder In any Brooklyn trolley llne
ongbi to !)?? allowed to aerve aa a irnatee of the
Brooklyn Bridge. Tbe totereata of Ibe trolley
Unea ronfllri wltb tboae of the Bridge. if Pre*
klenl Ilow.il and Trnatee Keeney erere aenalttve
to pnbllc oplnion or di-alrona of Ibe reapecl of
nprlgbl an.I pnbllc-aplriied ritlxene, they wonld
realgn tbdr poaltiong In ibe Brooklyn Bridge
Board of Traateea wltboni tlelny. Bm do Btieli
actlon i an be rxpected of tbe iwo men, wb > bm ??
gbowB tbemaelvea to be ao regardleaa of wbal
la rlghl and proper aa to retalB tbdr alodt ln
irolley Unea whlbi pretendlng lo aerve Ib* ln
teivsts of tbe Bridge. Hence tbe LeglaLntnre
oughl to take prompt and rlgorotw actlon aexl
moutb.
Ail ibe moat Important newapapera in ihis
pari of Ihe eountry have: deolared empbatleally
for many reara ibai the Brooklyn Bridge waa
abameftiily mlunanageil. Many people bokl the
rlew tbai an itnaparlng and merrlleaja Inveal p>
tlon by tbe ableal and keeneal experta who ronld
be obtalned wonld abow that Ibere baa beea al
tlmea a greal tleal of aemal dlaboneaty Bnd
tbloA-ery ln ihe bandllng of Brooklyn Bridge
luuds. as w.-il as ontrageona extravaganre,
profllgaey and waaie. ll baa lieen pbtbi enough
for many a day tbai tbe pnbllc Intereata wera
iBjnred and damaged by the keeping In ofB.\t
Prealdeni Howdl al the bead of the Board of
Traateea, but H baa nol been generally anapected
that Prealdeni Howdl bad ao llttle aenaa of
honor and bo dull a eoBadeBce tbai be w- nld
att.-mpt ro pul ibrongh a aebeme lo roln o part
of tbe plaxa for the benefll of a trolley llne In
whleb he blmeclf beld al k*. The admlaauma of
Mr. Howdl and Mr. Keeney before tbe Aaaem
bly Commlttee wlll aend a aboeh of appreben
sioii. alarm and disgnal tbrongb botb of Ihe iwo
greal commnnltiea whleb are eonnected by the
Hi-iili:.-. The bellef is gencral among peraona
famlllar wltb tbe anltjeei tbai If the Hii-lu'.- bad
heen propeil managed from the atarl ll w.-nld
\i.\\i' been -i Btmr.if ajreal proflt inatead ?f
a bnrden up??n tbe dtlea of New-York and
Brooklyn; thal tbe be?i and fineai approacbea
al each end ronbl bave been r^matrueted onl >-f
tbe revenBea of Ibe Bridge without nddltlonal
issai.-s of bonda and wltboni calling upon ihe
taxpayera In Ibe two dtlea for apedal ontlaya;
tliat Ibe Byatem of tranaportatlon eoald havo
lit-.-n aiflde far more pffwtlve tban 11 is. li is
alao bdlered tbai the revenuea of tbe Bridge
have been mlaapplietl lo a niost grjevouji extent;
that the payrolla of the Bridge have been atuffed
by tbe empluyment of a loi of wortnleaa poUtl*
ral beelera :is polleemen and In otber plaeea.
It i- eertaln tbai tbe Bridge could be properly
polleed and managed al far leaa cual than al
present.
Any and :iil membera <?f ibe Board of Trnatoea
who are adroeatlng a aacrblpe of a pari of tb*
]ila'/.a lo a trolley llne are faltbleaa lo thelr ini<t.
and ongbi to bc caal oin of offlce Ignomlnloitaly.
No peraon wltb any feellng of boneaty wlll feny
that it would be a betrayal of trnal for any nem
her of the Board to v.for the aurrender of a
pari of ibe plaaa to a trolley llne in wileb be
la a Btodtholder Every irnatea who roti>a in
favor of a BBcrifice of any part of tbe plaxa to
a trolley line mnai be looked upon as nnacrapn
lona and nnwortby of eonfldenee. The Legia
latnre sliutild taUe prompt a-'don early In .lanu
ary fur tbe reorgaBuution of the B>?ird of Tnuv
lees of the Brooklyn Bridge.
H.MI. To TBE OVARDABfPB!
So il).- gnardahlp ipi"stlun is a#tled. Tbe Sul
tau baa issui-<l tha Irade over whleb there baa
heen sb iBternatlonal wrangle for weeka and
tsix small reaaela, one belonghig to each of iiie
"Ota-at Powera," may now pfoceed to^be Boa
pboras. It is auppoaed ibey arlll render tbe for
e'un leiratioriM tberrj more aarnre, in caae of niob
ruie in Conatantlnoplr, I.'ertalnly tbey cao
aerve no more Iraportsnl pnrpoae. Bul ibat,
; pparently. ls ail tbe Pawera care for. .v>w
tiiey have gslned that potnt, they wili probably
in- gatlafled and tura mdr attentlon to otber
BMttera. Tbe wbole ArmenbiB qneatJoB wili be
abehred The s:x 'afireai Powera" or greal
Pbariaeea?wlll go be on tbe other alde, learlng
a Chrlstlnn people to be exrerminat. d.
Tbe gnardahlp (pit?JT:oii is asttled. Bm wha!
good wili that doV Whnt is wanted la an i;n
medlste atoppage ^f tbe devll'a w..rk ln Ar
men'.a. nnd Anatdia. and Syiia. The extra
gBaidsblpa wlll qring that end not on<- whll
nearer. ThousaniB of men. women BU 1 <hildivn
nr* baiaf bnteba/ed. The goardablpa wlll give
them n<> protei t!*n Hnndreda of tbooaanda ai"
njeriablng <-f eoD and atarvatloa The gnard
ships wili carrf them n>> aocoor. Xotlce tbe
Bswa.ol yederany: "Tbe pluagingand barnlag
"of Armeniau viUagea are golng on, aa tbongb
"th*. Snitan hMd taaned no ordjeta lo tbe BBtbori
"tie? to cio|> them." Ami Bgaln: "Tba Ar
?menian rafrianh esttBlStafl thi nuinber of
"honieless .UiiM-nians in six vilayois at Besrly
"half a m'llon." And winter 1? al haud. and
ti,;l, rilmate is rbtoroua and bxtemeoL Serer
IupIohs, tbe -'n.miship ojaeetkm is gettled!
.\,,. these talee lareated bt wleked Argaealaaa,
| ,,.|?.|s ggaiBBl Ibe niild and benevolont rule of
Ihe Tarkn? ?otlce tbe Bgwa again: "Impartial
??a.Tounts eoBtradlrt Ibe gtorleo thal tbe Ar>
-nunians provek.-d ibe ilisorders. and iloclaro
??tbal ii"' maaaacrea were tbe reaali of i abll
?fuUv arraflgad plaa to obUterate Ibe Armeol'
"aaa." Tbere is ao reaaoaaMe room for doabl
of it. Bober Jodgmeol ladacaa the coBtlctlon
thal Ibe f'1" ,*or' "f TBgklah wlckedjgggg and
AraBBBMB martyrdom has not ev?B yet been
toM. Awfal aa are tho ivporls Whlch havo oome
to baad, worae yet remalaa, wblcb, when re>
reatad, arlll aabject th.- Ooreraageata that bave
permltted it to BBlYeraal execratloa,
Tlie glgBlflCBBl statement is BBM renewed .hat
the maagacrea bare chlefly occorred la thoae
proTlnces to wblcb tbe reformg receatiy deci.<l
by the Turkish OorerameBl were to apply: that
la, to tboaa in wblcb a majorlty of th.- Inbab
it.',n,s j,,.r were -Cbrtettaae, and over wblcb,
nccordiagly, I'hristian goreraora would baee t<?
i?. gppolBted. There is Itttle or bo room ror
doabl thit tbe Turkish OoTerament, when at
last foro.il to graal the reformg, deUberateb;
pbtnoed and ordered Ibe maaaacra of eooogb
Cbriatbtaa in tbeae prorlacea to leare the sur
vivms in a bopeleag mlaority, and tboa to obvi
ate tbe appolatmeol of any Chriatlan gorerBorg.
That i< tho aoH of "reatorlag order" ln wblcb
ihe Germao Kmperor says be is reeolred to
BpboJd aad a-sht ihe Turkish (b.vernment. Aud
to iiiai ead additloaal gtmrdahlpg are t" '?' aeBl
io tho Boapborua!
Th.- simpie fad is that tho greateal crlme of
iiiis ceatory, aad on.- of th.- greateal of all tlme,
is now bdag commltted la tho Turkish Rmpire
by tlie Turkish Ooti TBBteat; aud the "Great
Powera" of Chrletlaa Rorope, which are re
Bponslble for the vory exlateoce of Ottomaa rule.
gre Btaadlag Idly by, tookiag ob gpatbetfcaRy, or
:1I most patteriag over petty detalla that do not
toacb tbe rool ?.f the matter. They, in tbdr
Pharlaalcal adflahaeag, are makiag themadrea
t'liu iiiv gollty with tbe "Uoapeakable Turk" of
tbe w.inion pxtermlaatloB of half a mlllloB
Chriatlan men aad women. Tho blood of butcb*
ered Armeula is upon tbdr haada, and beade, aud
b.-arrs. Bat?tbey bare got their extra guard
ghlpe ai Btambooll
OROWIXO KEVEREXCE FOR IAW.
a bealthful aeotlmeot is ipreadlag tbroagb
th.- Soatb. I^iwleaaaega ls becomlog leaa pop
alar. Tbere is an locreanlag rolume of proteat
la tbe Bouthern newapapera agalaai mob vio
]. aee and lyacblBg, un.l mocb geriooa dlacuaaloB
oi metbode to laauie tbe orderiy gdmlototraUoa
,if Juxtlce. a moral awakealag baa oome. and
aatarally eaotigb it ls eoladdcat with the po
lltlcal brcaklBg of th.- s..n,i Soatb. Cbaractea
devdopa aa a whole, aad as people grow oul
of ih-- prcjudl i?a whi.ii made them the bliad
adliercnta <<( party regardleee of pdadple, aud
,,..|.(. to be toli rant of electloa frauda, they alao
become moro seualtlre of other flawg la tbdr
i , -lal eyati m.
.\ f. w \cirs ugu commeBt, bowerer klndly in
tofie, oa ihe lyncblng erll was bitterly reaeBted
as iin exblbltloB of so.tional hatred if lt eamo
from iii" Xorth, as traltorooa if it came from
ihe Soatb. But that Ume is f.ist golog by. "Tlie
Ni'w-orleuns Tlmea-Dcmocrat," ln a cbaace
gatberiag of opialoaa from the Mlaslaalppl presa
on rarloua toplca of lotercal in tbal State, prlata
Bcveral tbooghtful dlacaaaloBa of lyocblog called
oul by the l'arborougb caae. "Tho Vlckaborg
poal" dedarea that tbere was no excaae for
lyocblog tbe prlaooer, as there waa somc doubt
abottl iiis Ideotlty and no proapeel of his aecaplag
legal puotshment, and it adda: "Ir anpeara Ini
"powlble for 'he courta to pleaae jne lawleaa
"demeat in this State. in aaotbey caae, that
"of Will Parvla, In Marhm Coturly, the oaob
"tboagbl ihe paalabmeat was tfO severe. and
"tberefore attacked tho jail anl llberated tbe
"prigoaer. ii is probable Porrla'a aeateacp
??would have beea commated to ImprlaoameBt
?for llfe, o" accouoi of liis y..uili and ?>f peii
??tions ;n his fav..r. if be bad rematoed in cua>
??tody. Bolb >f tboae ev.nts mdlcate a. ipirll
-of lawleaaoeaa in portloha of tbe State wblcb
??is dlacredltable t<> lt. Poaalbly race prejodlce
??was maalfeat in both faataacea - -tbe Bcgro was
"lyacbed and tbe wi'iite man was Ubemted.
? Tbe fuii power of tha State aboald
"bo laroked lo puatab Ihe btwleaa m.-n aad boyi
"arho compoae tbe moba." "The Meridlaa Her
nM" propoaes ms a remedy that every coaaty ln
whlch a lyochldg takea ptoce be made Uable
to tbe iamily ol tbe rictim for 95,000, for wblcb
tbe eotlre taattble property aball be llable, and
the paymeat of whlch abaU be eaforced by the
State. Tbli makiag everybody pgy for tbe acla
Of a BJOb, it beliov. s. WOUld BOOB ereate a 000
i ii.- aeatlmeat wblcb would pat bb PBd to lyach
log. "The Jackaoo News" Beea ao remedy bal
in ini improTeaaeat in pabUc cooadeace, aad
gomesrbat cyalcally remarka: "Tbaaka to Ibe
"gopedor .ivili/atioii of MlaelaalppI, tbe allaala
"sipal mob atlckfl to tbe old baagtag plaa, accom
"pflBled Bomdlmen wltb tbe almble IVIacbeater
?jist to barry ap tho matter i llttle. But tbere
??s no teUlag when tbe more bordble atrodtlea
?may be reaorted to."
That BOcb expreaaloaa as tbeae Bhoold not be
nocommoo ln the Soutb is an lodlcatlon of Im
proved fedlag. Leaa and ie<s gre tbe regpert
able people ibeBtadrea laking part in tbeae moba,
or defeadlag them as a i.aUar loatltoiloa.
Tbey are comlag to be soldy ootbreoka of Ihe
lawleaa demeat, wblcb careg nol what the latne
may be bo lonn as it has g rbaacfl to riot. That
demeat oxists |g every commoalty. in most
lt is kepl in subordlaatioB, Ia tbe Soatb Ita "Ut
ra-'.s have too oftea beea la the line of popnlar
prejodlce. Efapplly ihat prejodlce growa less.
Every deed of rloteoce exdtea more coodemaa.
tlon At bome than tbe last and less dffPBCC.
There are yel Bewapapera wblcb commeat with
gpprOTal 00 evory eXblbltlOB of mob rule, but
they may be trusted to reform If not eBcooraged
la tbdi coorae by lujodldoaa oppoalHoB, Any
tblog tendlug to Btlr up raeo feelin^r BBOOld be
arolded by the frieada of order. rmpaaaloaed
appeala aud tbreata of retaUatloa by aegroeg or
wbltea la tbe Sortb caa only aet back the grow
iiiL' rerereace for law. There have beea tlmeg
wio-n paaaloaa raa ao blgh that exteraal rc
snaint lias been n.Baary for the aafcty of birge
daaaea In tbe 8 rath, bal that tim.- ls paaaed.
Tbe better demeat la tbe Soatb nc-.i oaly sym
potby and eocoaragemeat to work o?u their owa
pilitio.il. industiial and soelal aalTBttoa.
LAKE BUB8IDBNCB f.V THE N0RTBWB8T.
Th.- lakea of aUoaeaota are dlaappeaHag. That
is ihe BtartUag lateUlgeace thal oomes t?> us.
cooflrmed by carefol obaervatioB. Erer atece
the dbfeovery of tbe regtoa now formlag tbal
State lis inultitude of lalies has b.en its most
strikin^ natiir.il feature. They gre great and
smali. but acatlered freely all over the BtBte.
Plalaod has long be?'n famed as the "iMind of
a Tboaaaad Lakea," bal PlaJaad is not to be
compared with MIoBeaota, for the bttter has, or
bad, not oaa tjaooaaad, bal more than aevea
tboaaaad by actagJ eooat We ggy it hnd bo
many, ten yiara ago Sin.e tbnt time probably
one thiid of them bave disuppeared, und ggggg
and grala are aow growlag la thdr b?sis. in tha
tbooaaada that stin reauUa the water has fallea
from four to dghl feet, and is siill falllng al the
rate af gareral uachea a year. The aama is true
of the mnliltu.le of ktkeg in the adja.vnt State of
Norih DakotB. Bo far. imbed, has the ilrylng
up an.ss goae that ii n.>w eaaaea aailtma eoa
eara, Of coorae tbe dlaappearaaee <<f tbe hakaa
ftBda to tha graUablg mjtegd af fBrm I"**?'
I. alao doprivi, Ibe cooatyy of b <^*?}J?
propoptlOB Of Rl water Hiipply. and ls thenf.n
l,v BO means an nlways wel.ome CBBaaJB.
?.,;???, nn(, Forest," wbhh eallH a.ten.ion to
,?!s strange pbeaomeaoa, bbi wKmA "?fW.'
???. hu.1 eaiwrt oplnions as to l.s -ause. 11 ?
,t ?,, ,? ?, .,??,. nor Aoea any Of th?B
s'omalrogetbereoneliHve. The OOptfar the., ,
,s ,,,.?. si.ieotheprairielandhasl.o.-nbnKe
npforcoltlratloft, the ralB aaaka dlredlylut.. R
when lt talh Inetead of nmnlng bjto ImUbwi
BOd formlog lakea. (1 is ima thal |boee tokee
wblcb areellU gwroimded by BBhtokaB prahru
have shim.k and dr'.,l up just as mii.h as ihose
,? onltivated legi.-ns. But that doos not dk>
pfOT.tbetl.?v.Kin.-e.ofeour.so.thesul.shlen.e
of anv .onshlerabb- number of tho lakea WOOld
tend ... lawer Ihe gaBeral water lerel gf be
wbole eountrv. The faet that pr.otleallv all tbe
lakes ov.r an nrea several hundicd mlles la ex
?.?,;??? sevenl entirely dlfferont jtefglk-dB,
have pretty uniformly subslded, and tha ..11
rlrera and' atreaau in tha aame cooorry hare
Ito0 become mocb amaller than tbey were polata
strongly 10 tbe nperatkiB of axma geaeral caaae
It i. aot credlWe that that caaae le to be^foowi
ln ehaaga of cllraate, for noae has occarred. i he
ralnfoll haa not dlmmiabed lo any marked ex
,,,11. if nt all. Ordlaary wel and dry aeaaoaa
u?ve. of coorae, aome effed obob tha lakea, bal
?one auch aa tbal whlch is aow obamed.
Oeologiata have a iheory, geemlagly wen
rooBded. that tbere bare bltbetto beeB just aodi
pbeuomeaa aa -his. The lakee hare subs.l.,1.
:1I?, ma.iv of them i.ave drl-d up altogetl.er.
Then tbe wat.r lorel has ris.n and all UM
takea have been li'.led up Bgalo. The caoaa ot
Bocb movemonts. bowever, is a profouod mys
tery Wbatevei it be it ls appareotly ooce iBore
at work Whotlior the water has yet reacbed Ha
Iowp?i lev.-l is a matter .if earoeel gpecolBtloa.
PertalBly it la lo be hoped that the drylBg-up
pr,.bb 'will nol go mu.-b farther. If it doee,
the rouotry whlch has beea ao famoua for Ita
abundani water anpply may actaally beeome
Rrid AccordlBg to gadeat prei.eat. there
Bbonld before long ).e a reactloa, wblcb would
reflll tbe takea to their former leveL Bat we
mtrst take lato aceouol the other caaaea whlch,
though perhapg partlal are umiiiestionubly po
Tl>11. Tbe tlUaga of tbe aetJ is doubtleaa not
wltboul aome ancb effed as that wbkh poptuar
theory attribateg to it. Tbe wboleaale deetruc
ti.m of forcate is alao ntayianj Ra BBrt, Taklag
these ibings lato oonsi.loration. It aaemg aearcdy
probable that the water lerel will egalB rtaa
qnlte as blgb as of bkl. Bat tbere is in the caae
an ol.vioiis and BTgeBI b'sson. to wit. that a
goodly proportloB of forest taad sboald be eare
fally preeenred, and where ir doaa not exlal
sho'ul.l be created. No coaatry can afford to
ba tleeleSS. llllloss it ls ,1-slgn-d tO bo a degert.
Oar Basteri Btatea bare aaffered mocb trom
recklese deariag off of woodtaBda. <?ur West
era Statea, maay of them. have snffercd and
are gufferiBg from orlglanl lack of treea. The
latdllgeat pracllce of the adeace of i reetry
will be of s.-rvhv to all. equally to malotau the
ste.-i.lv llow of wat.r In the tril.utiries of tbe
lli:.Non. and to coneeire, ao far aa it ls wltbla
man'a power. tbe DBriralled lake syatem of
Miiinisoia.
Poor Danlel Bradley! ile |g anxious to see
Brldge abuaea eorrected, though be doean't bke
? . glve Republlcans powder to blow up Deaao
crats. but he haa loat hlmseif. and is as hard
io iln.l as ever was the nayBteHoua Wllllani Van
Blooten, who waa burled oul of aight by Danld'a
popularity with Republlcana,
The addltl nal funds needed for the Botanlc
Qerden whlch la to be aetabHehed In this dty
ought to he rortheomlng wtthoat driay. A quar
terof a mlllton was r.iised by prlvate subscrlption
sunie tlme ago. but It ls now sald that as much
more la requlred. The originai aubacdptlooa
were ln large amounta, but it is the present in
tentlon t<> aak for amaller sums. It ls t.. be
hoped that there will be b generoua respor.se.
-.?.
By a recent Iftataterlal order ln Ruaata those
,I.-\\s who have been membera of a Brat-claaa
guiid for flve yeara are permitted to retaln a per
manent domlclle In the placaa where they now
r.-side. the privllege deacendlng to thelr ehlldren.
But they do nol commonly belong t) the indus
trial bo. letles. and only a llmlted number are able
to fulfll theaa terms of exemption. The great
majodty throughoul the emplre are stiil llable
ta forclble expuurton whenever lt buHb the pur
]. m of the Oovernment to decree it. and to go
through the Brea of a new peraeoutlon. It s.-.-ms
the lueh of the ohll 1 of Isra.l to be ultimat.ly
caat oul of every land to whlch he tinds admla
Blon, bul he always llghts ?n hla feet elsewhere.
aud has monev out at Intereat before he has
changad his gaberdlne and aandala, Ruaata may
aome tlme try to oali back tbdfty ecoaomtota and
purveyora of small warea and mnkers of amaU
and large loana wnom ^he is now baalahlng, bm
the proepect is not an lmmedlate one and may
not be fulfllled for a long tlme to eome.
Powerful Influencaa are belng broagbt to bear
on Mayor Stroag In favor of the appolBtmeat <>f
lienry ii. Porter as Charitlea Oommlaaloner un
.! r the new law dlvhjlng ihe preaent Department
of Charitlea and Corraetlon. But the conaldera
llons on the Othar sid.- are e\en more powerful
ln the iniiuis of New-Torkera. They knour Mr.
Porter of old. and know that he i? ill-tltted for
the dutles of the olhVe. Darlng the perlod that he
has been at the head of the preaent Department
the groaaeat abuses have Bourlabed, and there is
no way ln Whlch Porter ean t-seape responalblltty
for permlttlng them tO exlst. If Mayor Strong
conaulta the publlo Intereat and the welfare of
the city's war.ls. he will not make the appolnt
ment which is belng urged DBoa him.
So our old frlead Coin is going to eatabltob aa
"order." If it doe* not dUKOVer better staylng
qualitles than "Coln's Flnanc'.al School" lt will
not be aufflclently lotig-llved to catise the country
much trouble. *
Th*? lot of the tramp. though he tulln not,
nelther does he spin, is not altogetber a happy
one; aud now the cold, unfeellnj? Grand Jury
of Roektand Coaaty has devtaed a way of mak
lng it atui barder. The "Weary Winies" who
have counted on tha county noorhouaa hb a hei|>
ln avddlng tha rigora of wtater arUI be dlaap
polnted when they Und that a term ln the "|nn"
awalta them. arlth the eccompenlment of hard
labor. If they are caoghl Wlthln the llmlts of th?i
county where tbe bricks COBM from. This iBOVe
is ilkely to resuit lu the abandoament of the
west bank of tho Iludson as a hlghw.iy to X.w
York; and now, If Weotcheeter will only put a
Btmltar rule Into operatlon there may be a decrease
ln the number of "paabaadlara" who make Paik
Row a hard rOW to travel un n cold nlght. VfOrit
ls bad enough, but the bath that goea With en?
trance to the penltentlary is too much. They
will dodge lt. If tbey i IB
Several bills for eatabllahlag a uniform systein
j of baakraptcy thro ighoul the T'nion hav-' ai
j ready been introdiieed at Washlngton. Ii Is
i earr.estly to be hoped that aome one of them,
; CarefttUy and aatlafnctorily framed, will be
i enacted Into law. The noed of auch a meaaure
[ haa long be*n fe!t.
I'reslder.t Ilowell aaya that the termlnal ar
I rengaroaata which are aow belng provtdesj for
tbe Brooklyn Brtdga wlllbaoali a amkaahlft As
they will Involve un oiitlay of about $2,tKH>,iKW,
ih.- "raakeablft" ?mi be a rather expenatva ax>
pei Iment,
?
Xews from Cttba eontlaaea to ba coafaatag, an.t
no one, not aveo Itg tranatnltters. know how
ou. h or bow Uttle of u t.. beUeva, avaeoreUaf ta
eurrent report*. Campos has had the Inaurreo
tlonary patrl-.ts Whlpped over and over agaln,
and by the aame aUthorlty thr? patrlota have
atfaln anl agaln had the Invndlng tyranta by
tbS throaf ar.d were Bfl the potBl of destnylng
them. BaB the campalgn draga along aa uaual,
nnd the lai'-s of vlrfory or BSfSBl whP-h rearh im
from tlm.- to time from that quarw aro r.,m
inoniy lereraaa' 'n aathBaanaarl asnb tins, whir-n
ure themselven llk'ly to he ail wrong. ?rd to
dagpan the fOf Of COIifagdOB ln whlch ail d.ln^a
there n?tm te be lnvolved.
FBMBO \ .1 //.
AJBKN Hadleg, of Conoord, N. H.. I* t owaer of
ih- ? laapliTr wafBa of Xegtophon, wi-n .1 Latia trajuv.
latlea ln paraih-i rolummf pefatad m Parla ln iS4j.'
II- ?av? It waa bougbt for him hv a fri-nd aoatfl
veiMHgo at an auctlon ln 1'arls. and that. so far
JuThe knawa, it la th 1 only copy m Aatertea \
riufaasof a. M. fJetkan, of Celgate Acadeaiy, has
heen ehosen profeaaor of Latin In Vau ? rbW Inivt-r
alty.
Mum BHea Meyrlok, wi.iow of Mr. rrederlc Bm
mm baa returnefl to the Btage. Mlaa Me - ?.
r.i.v^i kaatdlng buaaaeaa with Bd? a Boath, in hu
fi^tOUr of the BhBBtfcBk t^atrev.
S.hiat-ar.'l.l. IBS a.-dror.omer who ftr-r BU
tha ,.,.-alled "canala" of Msra. dld no with a araeh
smaller fle.seope than Ibeaa M use in manv r
obaervatortea at thal ttme. And gei b
near-eighted man. u^rretl P. ?ervlee, of Bi
,., speakrng of his Brat Intervtaw with th.- eminent
itaiian aald a few daya ago tha? ichlapareill would
ho-dl a vWtor"e .-anl within Bveor Bta Inchea of kta
?vm ln ordar ta dactpber it The ainguiar pa* ..t
thlartory li not thal a man with auch aa Inflrnutp
a houlcI be al>le to Otttdo Other aj.trononr.era. for keea.
naaaof^rbnaa dependa rather apon the retlna thaa
?hTconveklty of Ke lenaee of the eye. and the eye.
It .at'ter it di-- aeem a llttl. odd that the
Wt, f aananuai ln oiwatloo Bhould habltual
fiffi? fronfiraaHSg eyegieeeea. PttudNy he ha. 4
theoryaa to thc effecl of thelr aaa apon hla rkagtl
powera
To-day ia th^ thirtietn aanlveraery of the v-ttle
ment of the It. v. ftmpk H. Twltchell a* paetOf cf
the AHvlum Hlll rongregatlonal Cburch of Batt.
ford, Conn . ant a recepttoo wili be h^u al hla aohts
thls'eveninj.'.
It la sai.i that Prince Bkaaiarek ia partlcularly
well aacaeed with the truthfu; way in a
gehner the aculptar, haa treatad hla lower Up la the
relief wadalBOB for his monummt betnfl erecl
tt?- RodaBaburg "The urtists." be aaya, "have
alwaya mada nn boata without r?vlng me Juel
far as niv lower ;tp la eoncarne 1. and tbai la wronS;
it ia there, and it la th*r?- very " 1 not toe
much-for that would Indlcate wUfulneaa; thal ui
never one of my auaUtlee: and I have alwaya been
amenabla to argumenl if better oplnlona tr.an mlne
werealven. But a weU-formed lower llpin-1 v
oaraeverance." ITpon th.mpleton of the artbta
Work the Prtnce took the naodeUlng epatuU Into
bla own hand and engraved penaonally hla areU*
known "v ??" *Mn* rh" '"<?'??'n"n l rta^tttro
whlch no oth.-r Blansarek portrnll haa evi r raoaavei
Portland, Me., be'dev-n It ha? tWO Of the ? I !??t
BX-Mayora in Ih-.- eountry. The a?^ of OM ' them,
W W Tho-nas. is nlnety-one yjr* and leyea
raontha and the other. Meai Daw, la hng four
moiittH younger,
??\v. <;. Marcy." aaya "The San Ptanctaco CbbV
"an old realdent of Alameda, one of th*- flrat of the
Argonauta, and a member of a diatlngutaked fam
lly, has become a member ?f the <*M Peofafg
Home In San Kr.m?-is ... provbdon havlng t**o
,?a I.- for h;m and hla Wtfa ln th.it instituiton. U?
bi the ?uti of the late Wiillam L. Mar >. of Xa
tional fame aa au ottlplal anl puttleiat. W. (i.
Marcy ?ame u> Callforala la ISM as an army offl
cer. and wa* sutloned al Moaterey * ea the
mnericana Brat occupled tbe countr>', H< aaa aaa*
rVtary of tbe Brat donatitutlonal Conveni .... h-U
?t Monterey. and at ? very early day ebandontd
fhe army fof mercantile pueulta for marj yeenj
he was a commbarton merchant in rtan bran laea,
Latterly be hae not engaged ln uny buaineaa na
ha^ llved In Alameda for twenty yeara.
thi: TAl.K OP TBE I'lY
"Bhe euchred him into marrylng aar."
?Well. abe only got the booby paiaa, after ali.*
Commerrial Itena-Moaaw Bchaumlwrg (to bta ?oo
Jiik.vt-HOW many waa twlce IWO, Jake> .
Jakey?Tervice two tsh slx.
??Vou va? wrong, Jakey. Six vaa too tuoocb.
??Uon't 1 know dot. fadder. alrea-lv aome tim-s
ago. Hut I ahooat aald six so dot you could chew me
down to four."-iTexas Mfttnga
The name Olga, whleb has boea given to the ln
fant aaughtef of the Caar anl Czarlnfl. Is fin anoieat
Itussian name. It ls also a favonte in the RuaaUa
I Imperlal famlly. It is likely that neariy ail tho
feaaatS chlldren born ln Ruaala during the next few
months wlll be named (Uga.
A siKn.~"l am s ire 1 do not feel 1 day ol l<
I dld when I i-ame out," aald Mlaa Bevena* -- 1 -,
?and I dldn't thlnk I tooked any obter. Bul of Ute
I have nottced thal the young men who ar.- havlng
trouhle with th-.i swe-'thearts ail eeemMtO drlft W
me to t.li thelr aorrowa"?<Clnelnnatl EnQuirtr.
THK BXCBPTION.
That "ali the world a lover loves,"
Doea not prot.-et hlm from the mltten;
The Bad eaceptioo to the rule,
is oft the k!j 1 aitb whom he's aattttaa.
?Tou'ra pretty small." rald the man ?b ?'i
etuMtMng Bome m.-n to Ko 011 an explorlng expedltlval
wltb him. "i Bhouldn l thtnb roa had enouga en
durance to Btand"? ...
??Endurance!" eaclalmed th- llttle man. -\\ ay, m
I'vt- i^ot a re.-ord for tliat."
?'l,,w *o?" . .. ,, , ,k ,?
? I o4H in a whole afiernoon al a footba.l mataB ?
the rain With a glrl Btx feet tall. ani lu-l-l tiie utu
biella over lier hea-1. If that doesn t Bho? en
duran.-e I ahould like to know1'?
?That'8 enough. You'll dO. ?4TIH a
Ambiguous.-She-i don't belleve that Chartey ua
fllrt. Why. he told me last night that. la aB hla
life. he had never kis.?ed a Klrl once.
He?I dont doubt tt. To klss a girl om-. wonlJn't
be (.'harleys style at ail.
a Provtdeat fultor.?-??! am afrald." aald the atrrs
father. "that Harold wlll not be much Of .1 - leeBBB
"He aeansa very peiaaaal aad far aeelng"
"In what way?"
"He said that if we wera to marry he ? aure
that th. re waa no reaaon why our liv-s BBOUM f\er
j know want."
"H*m. Wh.it makes him 90 aure.
"He said he had looked up your ratlng ia tne < om
I mcrdal agencles."-tWashlngton St.it
I Aecordlng to a I.os Anroles ?Ml) paper, a mini
: bor of Laa Aausatea men have receivad -? ?ovea
j ?lon from the Mexlcan Oovevsusaeal of the Isl.in 1 of
i TtburtM, la the Ghalf of Californta A caaapaai of
;;i)0 men la belng organized onder th. command of L
11. Polk. Each man is to laaatVO BM anl i'W BCfSB
of land, after the Island is conquered The money
! for the expedltton IB belng pttl up hy ColOftel Pra1
bury, who btherlted a BaUllaa or aa a faw >e?ri
ago. There are cniy about luo male ladlaaa 00 tha
lsl.ind. but they are s--ald to bo Back vallanl flghtera
| that the Mexl.-m Uovernment dcapalred of BUbdatBg
i them, and. has offered the Islar.d to Hradbury and hia
' eompanton!?. If they would undertake the work. It
ls the Intentlon of the Tiburon CoBMtttaal Compaay,
aa the new eorporation I? c.ilie i. to establl-h a repak
llcof Itsown and have the Tnlted Stat.-s Batabllak^a
! protectorate. It l? stated that Mexlco IsMCOaeenWd
to thla. One of the objects of tho COtapanjr ls t<>
establlsh a great rcsort. and lines of atcamera wl'l
j be put on from both Yuma and Qwyaaaaa
Hla Wlfe?AlKernon! Hun for the doctor. <iul k,
baby'a JU?1 aufferlng awful with the eoli.
The Artlet--Kr-walt a mlnute tlll l 9ketch bwv
That Is the very attiiude 1 have been tr> .;-? ' ?
for my aoxt rnagaiahM poater.-<Indlanapolle Jouraaa.
Whittaker's "Churchtnan's Almanac" la the tlrst of
the thraa bi the BeM thi* year. To ail outn ird ap
I pearanoa it la th- ^ laae booh that has gppeared ycar
: aft.-r yctr for a gOBaratklB or nu re. BXCaftlag. of
' coaraa, that the uibie* of laferaaattea are up to
' date. A careful examlnation of tba aootaBta, how
i ever. revea'.s a great deal of progresslve work. In
the llrst place. It contalns .?Ixteui panes m MTO than
the last Issue. The edlter g'.ves this reaT, BBdaff th*
headiufc. of dlccra.in informatlon, the BBBaee of ail
the non-parvx hlal clergy of each aioeeee. end he
ad Is to the table of churches and ebapeUI I" th*
jjreat cities the llat for Chlaaga The most notabie
Improvi-m-nu. however. are tha tat-Vs ahowlag the
worka, alms and benciits of ihe Instltutlons of tha
Proteataal i:pi?copai Church. Thcse wMaa ara aaat
la au , Bttn Iy new form, displaylnK at a vlanc Just
1 the klad of informatlon that Churohmea arai I Tha
edltor bellavea that no aneh atteaaaai h:,.-> avei Baaa
made to BftSi BI IB auch an exhaustive akapa the
poaltlon and work of the Church ln the Pathsf.
Stites. It la a feature of Mr. Whittaker's almanao
that adll be more vtilued than any other improve
ment he haa Introduoed for the last ten yeara. Any
one at ail famillar with the work of gathering sta
tlstlca wlll appreclate the Immense amount of laho'
that BNSt have be ti expen-led ln preparing thne
v.iiuabie tabtea
Revaage Beaforehaaal?"Juat aa i exp.vt.-d," aald
the Kruggilna vouhk genlua, openlng a letter from
tbe edltor. "He aaya my t>o.-m la "very aaoa. aaa n?
accepta it. but 'under the ehrcumataneer he aaan
not teel [uatlfled ln ailowing more than H f'ir [)?
whlch sum he 'bega to Incioae.' W ban he aada out
It'a nn acroatk ooaveylng the atatemenl th.n aaa
e.iltor la a atliiftv old puea he WOM't thnik M g";
iliut poem ho tdanied cheao uftei ail. gol Jt"a BBBa
?(Chictago Trlbua