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THIHSDAY, MABCH 19. 1896.
EIGH TEEN PAGE8.
THE SEWS THIS UORXIXG.
FoRElGN -H is st-ml-ofticlally declared in
Parla that M. Berthelot- .tatement slmt.ly re?
ferred to the use Of the Egyptlan fund for the
expeditlon to Donso'a and has hence recelved
undlM gravlty. -----= It ls r.-ported in Conatantl
nople that the Armenlan Patrlarch may reslgn.
dlBEuate-l that nn attempt has been mnde to
punlsta theaa penoaa gullty of the Armenlan
maaaacr-a. =-= A Bpanlah defeat is reported
ln Candelarla. in the provinve of Plnar del Rlo.
CONGRES8. Both houses in sesslon.
Benate Mr Vest made an impassione.i attack
on the Prealdent for his Home MH-Ona speech;
Messra Thurston and Chandler spoke on the
Dupont case. s-sa-sa House: The resolutlona cen
BUrtng Ambassador Bayard were dlscussed.
DOMK8TIC?TlH Ooaamot ??ave a hearlng ln
ilbgnj 10 the mayorsof several clties whj wlshed
. ipeah OB the Haines Llquor Tax blll. _=_=
Flve men were killed by an exploslon of a powder
mlll .if the I?flin-Kand .'ompany near Klngston.
X y. The RepUhliCBB BtBU Conventlon uf
\v i naln aelected dele_at4-s-at-larK>- to St. Luuis
anl lnstructed them to YOte for MeKlnley f-.r
Preatdeat; thirty out of thlrty-four countlesjjf
Itabama were carried by MeKlnley men.
Tlie blll of the Rapld Translt Cmmission was
introduced ln the Senate by Mr. Stranahan.
ciTY AND BUBURBAl..- -Deks*-** wl%rf'
- n to the St. Louls Conventlon in the Con
_r. M dlatrlcta of this clty; there was trouble ln
tbe Xllth and XVth districtB. -__=--= The Polloe
B ard laaued a statement replylnp to attacks
made by "The New-York World." ^-=^ The Jury
t? determtne tha sanity of Danlel Levy dteaejreed
and were .llscharged. -_-_-_a The Rapld Translt
Coiiunissloners ?ent a number of amendments to
the Rapld Translt act to Albany. r_=_ Two of
Captain O'Rrlen'B men captured a man c*llln_
himself O. M. Norton, who ls believed to be an
extenslve Kold-brlck awlndl-r. -= CharKes
were made against the supcrintendent of the
Odd Fellows' Home, ln Hollis, Long Island.
The stock market was weak.
THE WEATHER? Forecast for to-day:
Cloudv. with raln or snow. The temperature
yesterday HlgheBt, 43 degreea; lowest. _.; aver
age, '-.'.-(. _
It is now appaient that flnal actlon on tbe
consolidntion Kch.-me will not be taken untll
next WCtk. Tbe blll as lt passed Ihe S.-nate wus
fitvoDlily r4'ix>rted to Ihe Assembly yesterday.
and ls likely to be advanccd to thlrd readlng
to-<lay. Those who thlnk that this dehiy ls un
favorable to the pBBMfC of the BMBM-VJ ni:iy
be rl?ht. but it ls probable that tbey are too
san^ulne. That It mlnht have b.-.n defeatetl by
geaadOBg and unlted actlon 4>n the part of th"
Rrooklyn repn-sentatlves U posslble. but mi?
i.ikos already made wlll not be easlly repaired.
-e
I.nou_h was llMlOBed at the h.-arinK on the
eoraprotnlse School hlll yt-sterday to show that
the Senate Commlttee on Citles ls in fBTOff of
doinj? away wlth the school trustees ln thls city;
but the strentfth of the opposltlon to this reform
w;is also manlfested. one of the spcaker* on
that slde offerinK to present a petition wlth
half a mllllon BlK'natures In favor of retalnlng
the truste4>8. It ls evldent that there wlll be
a hard flght aajalirst the abolltion of what Ib re
gardetl bv the most competent and dlslnterested
judges as the chlef evll of the existlng eystem.
and those who believe In school reform should
be prepared for a strennous atniggle.
-e
The Commlsslonera 4>f the New East Rlver
Brldge have declded to take an appeal from the
declalon of Judge Oaynor grantlng an Injunc
tlon against the purchase of tbe I'hlmann fran
(hisa on the terms agreed upon. No fanlt U
to be found wlth thls declsion. and there wlll
he eordial commondatlon of the CommlBsl4)n(;rs
because of th4?ir purpose to go ahead with thelr
prellinlnary work Juat as If no iujunctlon had
l>een granted. If the Injunctlon ls sustalnetl by
the hlgher courts, lt wlll be in order to mwlify
the agreement whlch Judge Oaynor haa pro
nounced faulty. The eonBtructlon of the brldge
wlU not be Interfered wlth In either event, and
we hope the work wlll not even be materlally
delayed ,
-a
It la a noteworthy clrcumstance that of the
dosea or more Mayora who appeared before Gov
araof Morton yeaterday at the hearlng on the
lUInr-s bill just one sp?.ke in advocaoy of tho
mmornt This was Mr. (!wn, of Blnchamton.
Two <.r thtve otlMC May.th gettl word that they
wero ln favor of tbe bill, hut the general sentl
nant was deddadtj adrarae to it. lf it li aeder
min.-d that tbe blll must be sent to all tbe
rltleg of the State for Bcceptance or rejectkm,
,!?.?. can be no i-ueetJon that it will have to
mm th.- teg.al.taK ifaln. Jt is u'" imi"'s'
?Ma that tiiis eowrae may be agreed on to bbtb
the Goreroor frona embarraaemeot, or at least
10 postpone rhe evi! day- *? '"' (,annot 1,u' ''"
Knrd lt when be will bare to act on tl.e
measure.
Tl.e Rapld Tranalt OotomtaBtoiieri bar? farnad
the eoafkletice ef the communlty in a bbjh de?
gree, and tha people ef IBB CltJ are prepared to
glv* i willin? ear to any su^cstions or reCOBB
m.n.lations they have to offer. They have devoted
careful an.l close attention to the rupid-translt
l.roblem. whloh now seems tO be approachlnu B0
lutlon. What rapld iranslt by iimhTgrmind roads
me.ins is BKMrt strikingly sbown l.y the remark
ln the sluteraent whleh the Commlssioner* put
foith vest-Tdnv, that the runnlnit tlme for ex
preea iralns from the Clty Hall lo One-hun.lr.sl
and-twenty-tlfth-st. wlll l.e tlfteen minutes. an.l
to the (Jrand Central Staiion only slx mlnutes.
The Commissioners are now seeklng to semre
certaln amendments to the law of WBI, whlch
their study ot the qiiestion has convineeil then
un- necessary. Tlie amen.lments are desk-ned
io make it ea'sier to lin.l a rosponsible hiddor for
the franchlse whlch they expect to offer. an.l
to open tl.e way for the l.iilMIng of a tunnel
under Klm-st. wlien greater facllitles between
tbe Clty Hall and Foorteenth-at. are ne^nled
than the road un.ler Broadway will provide.
No sensil.le clti/.en should ebjecl to tliese anien-l
ments. nn.l the Legletature should not hesitate
to enaot tln-m
WRY THEY IAIL.
Several woollen mills falled on Tuesday, nn.l
many more have sluil dOWB wiililn the |gs1
week, becanae of narrow demand for good*
Democratlc papera are n.?t derotlng mu.-h apace
to theae occTnreacea, an.l do aot use columna
4?aeh day with Btliklng beadllnos to displ.iy
B_annfa47tnrlng mlefortunea, ns thej di.l t? s.-t
forth reBamptJooa Of work ut times last ye.ir.
Hul the stil.io.-t. nevertheless. deserves tlie Bt
i.-niion not merely .-f woollen manufactnrera
nn.l WOrkers an.l wool-erowers. t.iu ?-f ev.ry
man who arlshes ti return <>f general proaperlty.
It will n.'t be forirotten thai the Presl.lcti! and
his frl.-n.ls vocif.ioiisly profesaed ihe bellef tbat
the repeal <>f the sllver purcbaelng act In Octo
ber, 18B3, would end trouble an.l reatore ptoa
p.-rlty. l.ivatise. thej declared. the prospective
ebange of th.- tarlff bad nothlng to <io with the
(lepression of huslness. Nelther Is It fbrgottea
that the pasaage of the Tarlff hill in 18W waa
by rhe same people declared a long step toward
relief from hiinlens an.l therefore toward re
vlval of prosp.-rity, an.l that for nionths thej
arere shouting over every symptom of improve
m.-iii, eren the smallost, as proof that the new
tarlff bad iu fact broofbl proaperitj. Blther
thej told tbe truth or they dld n<>t.
The demand tor woollen goods is not large
enough to keep most of the mills at work. ln
fact. it is stated hy men who have exceilent op
portunltles of Judging that m..re than half the
machinery for the productlon of such foodg is
now i.lle. Hut no one can denj, in the f;n-e <>f
ciirrent evenls. that there is at least a ensid
erahle proportlon i.lle. becanae ihe demand for
gooda of Americin miiKe is fnr beiow il.- ra
pa.-liy <<t Hi" mills whlcb, if worklng Bt full
force, would nol produce more of auch gomla
than in times of proaperitj th" people reqnlml
an.l purchased The cauae is foun.l, Ili'st. in
that general shrtnkng.* of wagea whi.h oc
curred when it became certaln ihai the tarlff
would !?? cbanged, and from whi.h there baa
not h.H'n full recovery. At tbe wora! point of
the panlc ihe w.lume of huslness measured hy
dearlnga waa abont 80 per cenl beiow that of
the same month in a proaperoufl y.ar. There
was a little cain in N'ovemher. 1803, aft.-r Ing
paaaaga .-f Ihe silver Repeal hill. bnt then a
reiupse to greater depreealon than ever in Jann
arj an.l i-'.'iiiuary. I8B4. Moderate Improvemi nl
came in tlu- full wh.-n It waa underatood that
changes of tarlff would he mncb leaa than li.nl
been expected, hut again a reiapae came <?> greal
that in ihe lirst three monihs of last y.ar buai?
neaa was 29.6 pet eent l.<s than ln the game1
months of 1868. PlnaDj there came lnai sum?
mer nnd fall th.- big buying for replenlabtnenl
..f stocks. wlth spectilatlve rlse In products, an.l
then another reUpae Ibllowed, so that the vol
ume of boalneaa f>?r tbeurst quarter of this jear
ls ahout _it per c.-nt l.-ss than In 1893.
These ev.-uts prOTe thal DetnoCTBtlc preietic.-s
wera not true. nnd that none of thelr quack
Baadkineg broughl much real relief, boi i' ls
rea.iiiy daBaonatrated that thej have caused
serloiis loss In the woollen buatneas, for ln
stan.e. Imports at New-York alone have been
over Sll,iK*?.o<X) In Involced value thls y.ar ilins
far, which Impllea more than $i:..imki,(hh) ln
actual value, apalnst less lhan 19/100,000 dorlng
the same week of 1808. Thls points to un ln?
erease of more than ">."? per cenl in the quantlty
of such goods brooghl ln. Last jeat the in
vo!c?h1 value was over $(iH.IK?0.()HO In twelv.
months. and the actual vnlue over f7K.000,0(M),
whlch wns not far from a thlrd of the qnantltj
of siniilar fOOda produced in thls country in ihe
hesl y.-iir. If'_.'! per cent of the husiness Is lost
hy general reductiori of waires and of purehasinif
power, and from the part rvmalnlnic nearly a
thlrd of the entlre consnmptlon ls mi>t by for
elgn lmjiorts, lt foflowa that less than half <>f a
full demand r.-mains for American mills to sup?
ply. Neceaaaruj lhal meana stoppage ot- fnllure
of many works. whi.h Iu turn thiows more
peraona out <<f employment. and rednceg still
fnrthef the porrbaslng pow? of tba p.-ople.
There cannot he any questlon amon^ sln.ere
and eandl.l m.u that these chanues greatlj re
tanl tvc.very of huslness. Yet a tarilT dealgaed
to i.revent Just aocb .lisasters was promplly
peggyfl by the House. nn.l has heen Btopped ln
the Benate hy the rotra of ??verj Den*ocra1 and
Popnllal an.] llve silver extremlsts. Thej are
the men who now stand r.-sponsihle f(>r stop
pgfga an.l failurcs of mills. aurl for c.ins.qli.'nt
ilisasier to wool-erowers, for eveiy gtoppage
means |eea demand for Am.uican wool. The
wo.d jtrowers of Montana. t'olor.i.lo, [dabo and
Utah have lo (leal wlth the Si-nntors from those
Stales. Hut the peoj.le of the wh?le countiT
have to deal wlth the IfBoran! BBd mulish
Hemoi-ratle DoBCJ whlch has flrst ranaaaj an-1
then pioloaged ilejiresslon. and now refuses to
jM'i-mlt any measure 4?f relief.
THE WAR IX AFRICA.
Mr. Klpllng's jiromlse to ruzzy-Wuzzy ls to
be fulhTh-d: '"We'll come an' 'ave a romp wlth
you whenever you're In.linwl." Fu7.7.y-\Vii7./.y
does seem Just now very much incllni'd to have
a romp. He hag left hls " 'ome In the Sowdan."
and has be*n prowllnj? awny down the Nile an.l
acroga to the Hed Bkl coast. He 1. a. truly
"spolllntf for a tlght" a? ever was the holdest
-hroth of a boy" at Donnybrook. And hls In
vltatlou. or chalh-nite, la not to be (l?*cllned.
The safety of Rljpt, the honor of Knjflaixl. and
the welfare of Knuland's one frl<>nd upon the
CnntlBaalt. Italy. nll require a prompt nccepi
ance. So up the Nile K"<'" another ex[>edltlon;
ehletiy- Kgjptian. It ls true, but Kngllah-olllctTed,
aijd almost 4-4>ruin to need preaently the 8iib
stantiul ald of Tommy Atkins ldmself, in nurner
oug force. There are sald to he 300,000 iler
vishea on the warpsth at Kasanla alone, a host
sufflclent to turn to water the bearts of tba
whole Egyptlan Army. and to require the very
iM-st attentlon of DOt a feW nf-MtS of tta
best Brltlah Begnlara Por, as Mr. Kipling btt
told us in tlie grapbk languug.* ot the barrack
room. Pnwy-Wtt--- la not a foe to be deaptoed:
?E'? a daisy. Vi a ducky. 'e's a lamb!
?E's a lnjla-rubber Idlot on the Bpree.
?K'a the on'v thlnK that doesn't can- a damn
ForUiSReJSwfnl * Brltlah Infantree. . . .
An' vr"s toyoB, PB-B-y-WBg-O/. wlth your a>
YourblVMaVkf?'ou^lin' b^ggnr- for you bruk a
Brltlsh square.
Somcbodv more thr.n Kuzzy-Wuray K bow
erer coBcerned In thta ?terprtoe. The wlld
raptarea of Ihe war party al BoiBe may be ex
traragant. it is acarcely gappoeable that Bng
Ind is taking thrs seri.-'.is gtep solely for the
beneflt of Italy and the Triple Alllance. _M
there is no queBtkm thal lt wlll BfTord powerfnl
ggalatanca to tbe italian eanM in Erythrea and
Tlgre. A glanee at the map whlcb we prlnt 4m
another paaa of to-day's paper will show how
close ls the geOflWphlcal and strategionl rela?
tlon between Abu Hamed. Betber and suakim
on ihe one hand aml Kaaaala, Adowa and Mas
Bt.wah on the other True. the deivisl.es and
the Abvssinians have only one thlng la com?
mon Tli-v dlfTVr ln raee and creed. They have
often WBged 1'itter warfare gfBtBSt each other.
and are llkely to do so agaln as soon as they
have n chance But the one bond Miat BOW
ttnltea ,i,em ls batred <>f BBropeoBe. Ho they are
prariicatly -o-operatlBg ln the campa!gn agalael
the Itallana, with tbe cbeerful porpoee of drlv?
lng all Europeati inva.lers oal of that part of
Africa and then Jolntog th.-mselves In a death
gtruggle for gBpremacy. The approach of tba
Anglo-Egjrptlan expedltloo wlll compH the der
rlabea to' turn ..11 their ottentlofl to the Nlle,
ICBTlDB tbe Rases to meet alone such new forcea
bs Italy mav eefld agalnal tbetn. it wttl be a
hard ondertaklng. eren then. for the iu.iians to
win "peace Witb h..n..r" in Ahyaalnla; bul BOl
so atterly deaperate aa lt would be lf they bad
to deal wlth the .lervisii.-s g| the game time.
It must be c-nfeaard lhat, eren with thta ald
from Bnglaad, tbe outlook for the Itallana is ool
InaplrlDg, either for thelr armlea la Africa or
for their preaent Mlnlstry In Homa The Mar
qnla ,11 Rudlal betoaga lo tlie claaa of statesBieB
of whom llosei Blglow declared:
A Biarclful Prorldunce faahlonad us holler
,)? purpoae th.t we mlght oar priBdp.es awallee.
So down _-<> his gatl-war prladplea al a golp. and
beaanouncea tbal Ibecampalgn agalnal Menelek
aml liis Raara win be pwaaed more rlgorottely
than ever. Bur not. 1>.- lt BOttaed, for COBqueat,
Not at nll. He baa bo ootioo of gubdnlug Abya
slnia. or ratabltabiBg a p-Oteetorate orer lt. lle
inerely waata rerenge for ltaly*a defeat That
ls all. Tba, galned, be wlU be aattafled, and wlll
wltbdraw bla Iroopa Bnt what a programBie
tbal is! irispi bad a aobatantlal object la rlew,
the acqataltlon of n rolontal etnplre. Rodlnl
haa aone auch, bul openly an>we that be meaaa
to wage .1 wai of flbeer rerenge, to kiil so many
tbouaaad Abyaalnlana in retura for tbe kllllog
of ao many Italians. Tli.it Is an nvowal of utter
garagery, onworthy erea of a natlon whlch is
J.ilne.l to the Ifolocfa of mllitarNm. The change
from Crlapl to Rndlal la one ont of whlcb Italy
ls llkely to gel llttle, either of pr..ii, <>r of glory.
TIIE IIAX\ I INYA8I0X.
Ii is bo1 yet absolutely rlear t.. the general
publlc whether Mr. Marcua a. Haana la aa
nrdlnary Bialefactor, a roniBofl take plrate or
g wllil and reckleaa freebooter, raaglag Ihe blgb
seflB and picklng up everytblng ln bla path froto
;i (ilouceatei aablBg-amack to an oceaa ateamer.
Tbe general undt-rataadlBg, ao far aa we are
able to gath?r it fron tbe publlc utteraucea r
Buch atnteamen .rs Tlmothy B. Eltaworth and
Ihe mi'I.-h- uutglrlBga of many aewapai-era Ib
tbe laterlot whlcb derire laaplratloa and -u
tenance in equal quantltl?*u froai ibe l alled
Statea Exprea4 Company, \- tbal llanna la ..:i
.-Mr.-nieiy bad man A damterooa maa. A naaa
wh.un earneal Republlcana tlr.-l aitb rnthual
asm for Mr. Ptatfe Icadereblp and iJoTernor
Morton'a candldacy for PreaMeut undVr thal
leaderahlp, bul Boi abaolutely certala bow k>Bg
tbal pntbualaam wlll rudure tbe atreaa of
temptatlon, would do well to avold if we are
.-.air.Ti iii oar luterpretatloa of tbe remarka
lni.lv atade by Mr. taiawortfa end ?!.beenra
tl ma ..f tbe aewapapera refetTed to, llanna bag
tackled ibe Bmplre Btate fron tbe lake froat
of Buffalo, aad bi auklag arraagementa to
deraatate ibe face <<f tbe rouatry from thal
polnt to Moniank. lle la romtag rlowa, n dld
the A-syiian. ? like rh. wolf ..11 tbe fold," und
"hls roborta" ir--; !n- la not yet reporti-d .is bar
log ".?oliorrs'' lini be blmaetf **la gleaaalBg wlth
sllv.-r BBd gold "
Few people liav,- aeen him yet. Bul u great
m.iny are waltta_ to gee liim Blace tbe Informu
tlon has be.-n apread abroad aa to liis paaoply.
Ib- la reported to h ire j.tj.*** and Jag*. and sn iga
nnd awaga nnd sl.uhcrs nnd BtatheTB of mon.-r
II.. reeka with it. l, leaka oul ><f his truuaeri
porketa as be gtaggera along under tbe bnrdea
Of It. And any atat, -mnn WBO plcka lt up ls
loat. Por ao matter lmw profoundly Impreaaed
aay auch Btate__naa may be wllh the greataeaa,
the amiabllity, reraatlttty, Hexlbillty an.l pcreB
nlal youth of New-Yoi_"a faTOttte son, Mark
Haaaa'i money, boi from Tartarua, wlll burn
out all hls eiitliiislasm after tbe Bral ballot-If
BOl earller and turn hlm orer lo MeKlnley.
Thls is tbe dismal apprebcaaloa tbal aenda a
shiver through the Sfaie, eztortlag a wail of
anr.'uls)i from Tlmothy Bllawortb in the far
Nortbweat, aad an ladlgnaat outbnrat from
Lemuel i.ui^k' rlghl here ln tiils goutheaat eor?
aer. Pew thlnga bave ever eatered tbe stati>
from tlie Bull'alo lake front ao Btterly tli-blliui,
insj in thelr effecl opoa patiiotlc entboataaBi and
so dtalategratlBg la thelr lafluence upon .1 greal
und worthy purpoae as Mark Haaaa'a money.
We recall Bothlug romparable wlth it gtoce
since well, since Mr Platl begaa dtatiibutlag
moaey over tle Btate to rted Democratlc Btate
offlcera and a RepubUeaa mlnorlty to tbe i.e.is
hmire upon wiii.ii be could depeud iu a piacb.
Bul tbea tbal begaa al this ead of tbe Btate;
lt was not hls own, but coTporatton Baoneyj
and the ezpendlture was for bualneaa nnd n<>t
]i..ii,i.al purpoaea
M.irU llanna, if we riirlitly und-TBtand Ibe
estatlag situatlon. baa already expeaded several
mllllona of his own money, Bnd is getting ready
to spend several hundred tiiiiiions atore, aol ao
mueh to draw away aupporl from (-orernor Mor?
ton on the Bral ballol as to aerure the favor of
id- Bupportere for McBlnley us thelr aecond
choio'. This. it s'.iikes us, is wrong. Blace th<>
retum of the geatleBBeB whom Mr, Platl sent
BoBth to preaa OoTernor Mortoa'a aomlaatloa
| upon all driegatea who dealred aonad mon-y it
I is aaderatood tbal thf Qoreraor'a gapportera
I hnve taken a declded stand Bgalaat the use of
1 BBBKg ln tlie prellnilnary CBaraBfl espe.lally
: in larp. qnaajltlea IMf poaltloa is no entiii-iy
i sound that lt OBghl to Klve the Uovernor _*ieat
strength <>u the tlrst liallot. Tba WOfal feature
Of tti*- llanna Invasion, however, Is the fact that
nelther Mr. llanna n.?r anyboily else lias uny
buslness to eOBM Into thls State wlth nr wtllioiit
money aml under^ike to iBflBeBCC tha second
cholce of dataprten The aawrittaa taw, ?s lald
down by whal h> called **tha ragtdar argBBtaa
tlon," ls thnt Bftaff the llrsl eliolen. as lndlciili',1
hy Mr. l'latt's s-lectlon and popular eiithusl
usm, has 1.u dlUgantl* aad aiitbnatoatlcally
gqppogted for on>' balioi tba wiioie delegatloo
passes Into Mr. l'latt's hands for traillnu pur
paaan This, we bgttara^ was tfte aaderataBd*
Ing reached at the Ilrunswlck Hotel dinner -
Miat after the tlrst ballot the "Boss" of ench
State was to take eharge of tli4> deloaatloii, and
that the selectlon of candidates would In the
?nd depend entlrely upon the agreement of the
??Bosses." This ls such a simple and beautlful
gllBBMiBMBll that lt seems a plty W have lt |n
terferad with. The present tnabla nppc-ars ?
bave arlaen fr?.m tha cucumstance tbat ne ther
Mark Hanna BOT any other frlen.l of McKiniey
?ttended tl.e dlnner. Hence Hanna'- deraatat
ing rald with money leaklng out of hls trousers
pocketa at ererj fbtp.
lt ls trulv dreadful. Kven Senator Wllliam
]?' Chandler is alarmed And when Wiiiiam h.
Chandler takea frlghl nt such thlngs it is time
for all good men to take seriotis thought as to
wlt-ther thelr own vlrtue is aafe.
TO IXCREASE THE MAR1XE COBPB.
The propositlon tO incrense the enlisted
gtreagtb of the afarlae Oarpa hy Bva hundred
men. for whlch provislon has heen made In the
Naval Appropriation blll. appeart from n con
?Ideratlon of all the clmimatancea to he wise
und proper. Much Interest attacbea to thls
branch of the Navy on account both of Its orlgln
nnd of Its record of falthful aud often brllllant
servlce siuce the foiindation of the Government.
lt was organlaed ln two battallons hy dlrectlon
?f ihe iVintinentul Congress. and has heen mnln
tained wlth rarjlnl strenfth ever uluce. Dur?
lng the Hehelllon it nuniberetl 8,700 enlisted m?>n,
boi now number., only UoOO. It hns repeatedly
recetrad formal expresslons of approbatlon from
Coagraaa for naerltorloaa conduet in efner
grn.'ies. and Its uniuterrupte<l performnnce of
fahorioiis dtuies In peace und war cntitles any
otticlal stiggestion desigued to promote its effl
.lency and its welfare to respeetfttl consldera
tion.
Becretarj Hethett, who is iu jrcneral aijree
ni.nt with hls predtUBBOrg as to the character
an.l ntJlltJ <'f the Murine Corps. and who ap
prorei the propoadtton to lnerease Ita numerlcal
gtrengtn, potnted out ln his last report thal not
?tily the enlargement of our Navy, hut also ihe
BObaHtntrOB of st.am for sails and the develop
ment of marine archltectiire have aiigmented
Hi,. neceaaltj for .ind value of a Marine Corps.
The modern battb'-shlp. he says. being largelj
a floatlng fort and retoalnlng most of tha rtme
in port. exerdses its new ln hin.ling partles nnd
Infantry drills far more than was permisslhle
in former times I or su.h diitles, havlng n?
dlred relaiion to tbe nuvlgation of the ahlp, the
ntarlnes are s|.lnlly iitt.il. Ko reason. BBore
over. appears why they should not help to man
guns mi board ahlp as well as handle amall
nrins. nor why thelr offlcera may not he aa
slgned lo eommand gun crewa and gun dlrtatonB.
Th.-y are enltated for a longar perlod than aall
ora, and thelr average efaciencj ls tberefore
preaumaWy blgber, while tba rlrnlrj of two
iirg.iiii/.atlons may have salutnry con^qnenc**.
?I'or Ibeae and other rreaona the Department
"decided to pot slxty mnrin.s and two marine
"offlcera on hoard the Indlana, and lt will put
"imilnes on Ihe otbei battle shipe as they are
"aererallj c<>nimlss|.>ncd."
11,.. utllltj of UM Marine Corps is thus clearly
Indkated hf Its hlstory and hy a conslderatlon
of tha character an.l operatlona of modern na
vi.s. The queation remalna whether Its gtrength
ls bow equal t.> the daaaanda llkelj lo be put
iip.m lt. The factl aaaiB lo ns to show not only
that new opportunltlea wl!l umply Btttaa a
larg.r force. hut that for a good while the corps
hns been orerarorhed, while nt the same tlme
ibe coal of BudBtenanea has been much less
than that of nn equal number of sallors. The
dutiea of Ihe marfnea al ahore st.nlons und at
st* ur.. extremriy onemna, nnd Ibe fact that
th.-y bar. nnlformly heen diacharged wlth ad
mlrable ltdellty shouhl fadlltate rather than
,. ? ,t.i ihe tii..v.-tni'iif lo Incrcaae th.rps.
The marine. are ? braee. lojal and efflc'-nt
l?.d\ -if m-n. a strong elemenl <>f s,--urliy Bt alt
.?,.?, gnd ? factor of urreaalBg taaportance
ln ralculatlona as lo lha future.
CVBA\ BBBBLB AXD Tlll IR WOBE.
Mr. l'liimi baa amde aa Importani eontrlbu
,,,,? t0 ibe rurrent llteratnre of Ibe Cubna canee.
Whether or n"i hla appaal for r..gnltlonof
i,.-ii;_-,-i.-ri? y ahall be granted. iu-* worda will
inv,. much inthieiice npon tha optnloai <?f the
American peopb. For Ajaerlcao gjmpatblea go
oul aponun.isly to all people, arerjwhere,
irho are atruggllng for llbertj, and eapedallj lo
tbnae wbo are ao near at hand as tba Cabana
?nd eonnected nith thls conntrj bj so manj
gnd so inilmite tlea, Il wlU be well, bowerer,
fi.r Amerlcang to baaa their gjmpatblea witb
Cttba not ni.iely DDOB geueral prln.llpiea and
sentlmenta, bul alao npon a rirat kn^wtadga of
the fa.'s an.l dr. timstances of thla partlcular
, ,s... Thej -h-tild k.-ep ln mlnd Just who ihe
Inaurgenta are. why th.-y have rerolted, an.l In
uh.it manner Ihej are coii.luctlng their catn
peigu if Bpanlsh anthorltlea ara to be be>
llcred, thls rebelHon ls r. small affair. ln whlch
the mnss ef th- people of Cttba have no Intereat.
It was started and ls led hy a gang of out
tbroal adrentnrera from ontalda the islan.l. f..?
no other purpose ihan raplne and plunder. nnd
la betng conducted in a manner approprlate to
such .nds. hy a mere rabble of crlmluals and
balf-saraga negroea. That ls the Bpaatah ao
count of lt. ln whlch, It may be frunkly said.
ihere seems to be llttl". lf nny. truth.
The world knowa patfaedj weil that Oabaa
disaff.H'tloii toward Spaln Is no new nor causc
lcss thing Many tlm.-s wlthlu the last thre*.
qnartera of a century have the Cubans shown
their dealre to ba rid of Bpaatah misgiwrnnient.
Twenty elghl y.ars ago an act <>f gross Injustlce
hv lha Madrld (lovernmeut caused a g4>nen?l
iiprlsing tbrooghont tba Island, not of tho
Begroaa and tha socalled lower rlusses, hut of
tbe very Is'St ehments of the populatlon. The
gtrngglB lasted ton years. und wus marked hy
rrneJ and baurbnrottg condnet on the Spanish side.
At last, when gcorea of IbOOBBBda of llvos and
bnndreda of mflllona of doUara had heen sacri
li.-ed. Ihe Insiitgeiits w.-re In.luced, hy llberal
promiaea of refbnna, to lay down thelr arms.
Thoae promlaea were noi niltliiixl. atlagorera
ment contlnued, eren woraa tiian befora, untll,
somethlng mur.' than u year ago, the Madrld
Covernnietii propoaed, hy m.-aus of a measure
called, ln grltn Ironj, g "Home llule" hill, to
make the BJanadeg of deapotlgm .tlll nearler
and rlvet them still more securely upon the long
siiITei'ing island. That proposal was the slgnal
for Ibe preaenl rajbaJUon, ??r revolutlon, as every
friend <<f Cuba bopea lt may prove to ba.
As to who Um Insiirgenis are, we may safely
gccepl the tesilir.ony of Marshal Cainpos. who
says. frankly. they Include. actlvely or pisslvely.
gUBOal the whole natlve populatlon. 'Iliat
meani more than 14*00,000 out of tha 1,700,000
Inhabitaata <?f tba island, fot tha Bpaalarda ln
Cuba, apart from the reeent mllltary lmporta
tlons, Dttfllbaf less than MfcOOO. And who are
these l,.VKi,(Hal InsiirgentsV Are they mostly
negroes and "poor white trash," n>4 Oenerul
Weyier would have us thlnk? By no m4>anB.
Th.-y are the bralu nnd hrawn of the Island,
the planters, the merchnnts, the edueated
daaaaa ns well. It la a uotorlotis fact that thls
lusiirrectlon, llke that of 1868*78, b??gan ut the
top It was ergaBaaad hy the best men of
Cuhii; and. Inilwil. the chief trouhle at the out
set was to get the common people and the work
Ingmen arousetl from the apnthy Into whlch
ihey had Ih-cu erusbe<l hy years of Spanish dea
potism. Nor will tt do to Imaglne that the mnss
of the people are negro4?a, and that the Cuban
Itepuhllc. when lt shall he estaUlshcd, wlll be a
"hhii'k reptihlie," llke Hayti. If tlutt w??re a
fact. It would not lesaen the rlght of the Cubans
to llberty. But It Ih not a fnct. Only nbout one
ihlrd of the people of Cuba are negrow, and
many of these lnfter are m4>n of hlgh Intelll
gi-nce and culture, a'ell fltted for self-gorern
ment. Tbe ovcrwbelming majorlty of the Cu
bans nre ercoles. of JubI aa pure blood aa the
grnndees of Spain.
The leaders of tbe Inaurrectlon are cbleflj
creoles. natlves of OBbB, of hlgh character, ln
tefllgence and aodal rank. The Presldent ta a
member of one of the most dlstingulshed fam
llies on the island. The Vlce-Prealdent ta a
natlve Cuban. The War Secretary ls a 1 ole.
but has spent most of his life ln Cuba, and his
asslstanr comea of a famlly well known for its
rtrtuee and gerrlceg Ib tbe Unlted Statea n*
well as in Cuba. The Secn'tary of Forelgn Af?
fairs and hls aaatetaat, the Secretary of tlie
Treaaory and hls asslstnnt and tta Secretary
of the Interloi are all nntlve Cubaus, diatln
gulshed ln buslness and professional life. tlen
eral Qottaa was born In Baato Domingo. but
has apent most of hls life In Cuba. and Lieuten
BBt-OaaafBl Maceo. who is a BegTO, ta a natlve
of Cuba. As to their comluct of the war. Mnr
shal Campos deelares it to ba gallant nnd hu
mane. It ls Immeasurably rooro clrlltaed than
tba system adopted by Cem-ral Weyler. True,
the Cuban Government ls not yet fully organ
tacd. lt has no (ixed capltal. It exerclses Jurls
dlctlon 4>ver no deflnlte area. It colns no mom-.v.
It has no poatal service. These nnd other defl
clcm-ies must 1),- mailc g4K)d before it can hope
tp win recognltlon as nn indepenilent PB-T
er. Su?h m-ognitlon lt does not, however. yet
clalm, but merely thnt of belligerency. The
grounds for thls clalm are the character, ex?
tent and actual achtevements of rhe rebelllon,
nnd these have been get forth bf Mr. Pnlma
in a lucld and engnglng manner. Whether or
not hls letti-r carries full convlctlon. it fumishes
much BBd, we belh-vo, tnistworthy informatlon
on <>ne ,>f the m4)st lmi>4)rtant Mbjecta now be?
fore the publlc.
STREET AXD HOUSE 810N8.
Tba detalled report <>f the condltloa of tba
gtreeta of rbis dty with reference to si-_rns. aml
of tbe dlfflcnltlea which confront the utithorities
in eatabUablag a BBlform system. pabltahcd by
Tbe Tribune in tbe last few days, must call at
tentloa to tba n?-4-tl of Immedtate legtotatloB for
the proper tabe_Uag of our atreet eornera The
annoyance experienced by tlie BtrBBgar, and
even by tbe resldent when olT the beaten path
of hls daiiy Journeys, in Identlfylng any par
tlcnlar corner ls famillar to everybody. It is
so famillar that it his been BCCepted as one of
the laerltable unnoyun.es of a city arblch has
developed undei had government. When one
had to pl?'k hls way tbrougb dirty etrei-ts in and
oni among eart- gtored at rttrba ba was not
dlapoaed to ba bypercrltical aboot th)> signs on
tboae streets. But we now have dean thor
onghfBrea k.-pt clear of iBcnmbraacea, and arlth
the lmj)rov)'inent com.-s u new reallzation of
the ilesirnblllty of proper marklngs at the eor
niTs as tlie ni'Xt st4>p in making the 4-ity a place
of eonvenlent and com.ort.ibIe ubodi>.
At one time New-Yurk had a system of street
signs wblch bad at least the merlt af being con
sistent. When gas lumps were everywhere ns? _
to llght tbe streets everybody knew where to
look for names, und the glass signs were vlslbh
by nlght as well as by day. But with the In
troduetlun of eiectrklty that urrangement be?
came Bttaattafactory, and nothlng adaqBBBI has
come to take lts place. The tin signs on the
UBtlsed tamppoata, whlch are generally twlsted
out of place and nre tnistworthy guides only
fnr those who know rhe way wlthout them. to?
gether Wlth tbe labeta liere and there tacked
ti[ion bulldlaga and tbe few diftVrent pBtterna
of electrlc-llght algna, makea jumble whlcb <lo<*s
a-. much to eonfuae as to aaatat ,he traraDer.
The eaaenttala of a proper ayateoi are unlfonnlty
and utilver-ality. Oae must never be ln doubt
where to lo..k for dlrecttOBa, l)aving once learned
tbe customary place of poetlng them, und ho
must aerer rin.i a corner wbera tlie aoaght-fbr
siirn ls mlaalng.
Tli.re iDt-d ba no trouble ln meetlng Xhese
waata. Other cltles do it. and p-fTbapf aowbera
i- li ao well done us la Parla Thera at aii four
eornera of InteraecttBg streets, at a uniform
helghl on the wall of tlie bulldlngs, ure ciinm
| elled algna of whlte and blue. somowhat similar
to tbe elerated railroad ..utlon signs. but smaller
aad prettler, whlle belng gufflcteBtly dear to he
r.-ad la tbe dayllght or dark 4?lther hy ped_B?_?
j uns or by people drlving. Nobody ln Paris BBCd
liave tlie sliglitest dtfflculty ln telllng where he
ls Some equaJly aatlafactoty plaa mlght ba
adopted befe, but the clty ofllciids are of the
oplalon that they have no power to compel
j property-crwaerg to atfix signs to thelr bulldings,
! even lf tlie city should furnlsh the signs. Then
j let th.-ni draft a plan for pro-w-r signs and ask
I authorlty fn?m tbe LeglalatBrg to eanry lt out.
It raanot be poaalbla thnt the tawmakeia would
refuse g requeat f.?r ald In thls matter. While
thls reform is belng carrled out nnother might
well go un wlth lt. Tlie numtx-rs on the houses
here are only less bowllderlng than the signs
oo tbe streets. Tlie hablt of puttlng "So." on
oBe-balf of a door. whlch ls kept closed, and
tba figurea on the other. wblch stands open,
leada to a d.-nlal of Informatlon In a form that
Is cruel moefcery. Tlie placlng of numhers on
j the glass tran* >m above the Inner doora of
houses is eipially troublesome. Tliey can be
seen only when the outer doora are open nnd the
llghtB are Just right. Paris ln thls. too. can
teach New-York a lesson. There a amall blue
an.l whlte enaraelled slgn, large enough to be
Beea wlthout trouble and Bmall enough not to
I be ugly, Ib flxed b4-slde every gate and door.
There ls no reason why some such plan mlght
I not he followad here I/et it be made eoay to
find both streeta nnd hotifles In New-York. We
, hnvo put up wlth the nnnoyancea due to the
' present luck of system long enough.
4^MaM__aB.a?
We believe 1n educatlon In thls country from
| end to end. but that Is no reason why we ahould
i uadertakg the task of eduratlng th? people of all
! the reet of the earth. To limlt our lmmlgrant?
to those who can reud and write thelr own
tongu.'i- wlll keep out a lot of undeslrable folk
and wlll afTord us proper protectlon. Who can
doubt that the tlme wlll come when lt wlll be
thoiiKht rlght to exclude Immlgrrants who cannot
read and write Engllsh?
How to get rld of rabbits has been an lmpor?
tant QUeettoo ln Auatralla f.ir several years.
MIlllotiB of dollara havf been Bpent to get rld
of the long earad and short-tallecj peets, but lt
has been Impoeatbta even t-> lessen thelr number.
X. w It Ifl propoaed that they nhall be made to
yleld a revenue. la one y.-ar the Oovernment of
New South Walea pald for .T.'WI.OOO rabbit sklns,
but there w.?re more rabbits sklpplng about at
the end of the year than there were at the be
glnnlng. Slnee 1883 one colony haa- spent more
tlan $5.00.1.000 ln a veritable war agalnHt the
pe. t, and has constructed lo.dOO mlles of barbed
B ire fenclng. one fence al.u e runnlng 407 mlles
ar.d another 306 mlles. The Oovernment of New
South Wales has upon Its hands 7,000.000 acrea of
lar.d abandoned because of the rabblta, but they
tseemed to thrlve and grow fat upon barren land,
where other Btock, even goata, would dle of
starvatton. But now a company has been
formed. whlch la to bulld a refrtgeratlng factory
ln one of the agricultural dlstrlcts near Mel
hourne, and to freese and Bhip rabbits to the
Kngllsh marketa. If thls rhcine is aucceaaful,
afl lt promlaeH to be, then rabbits wlll not only
1 become a common artlele of food, but perhapa a
! aource of proflt to Auatralla.
Can the Governor approve the Ralnea blll ln
the face of the grave doubt that .xt-ta as to
whether lt waa passed ln a conatttutlonal man?
ner? The looklng the doora of the Asaembly
Chamber wlll certalnly afford ground for an at?
tack on tha blll In the cou**ta, In case lt becomes
a law. There la no ahadow of excuae for auch
?itr.nrdlnftrv and unnracadanted methoda to la
.ure the passage of the blll at tha tlme set %
all appearance the plaln letter of the Conatb*.
tlon was dlstlnctly vlolated.
-?*->
The Clvll Servlce Commlssloners at the oth*
end of the Brldge are greatly hampered In the*
work by lack of money. They showed the Boar|
of Estlmate last summer that they would netj
every cent of the amount for which they aaka*;
but nevertheless a large cut was made ln thefc
appropriatlon by men who have little sympafcy
with the work whlch the Commlssloners are Ao,
ing. A blll has now been sent to Albany authce.
Izlng the appropriatlon of $10,000 additlonal ft*
thelr expenses. The blll has the approval af
Mayor Wurster and of atl lntelllgrent cltltei*
who wlsh to see the Clvll Servlce laws properi
enforced. There ought to be no questlon about
Its passage.
The members of the pollce force have abaa.
doned pletol practlce for the time being tg|
have taken to drtlllng. Whether lt aill be pra,
dent to let them go upin the streets armed wM|
pistols or not is not yet satlsfactorlly d*t.N
mlned, and lt ls safe to say that whenever ig
offlcer drawa hls "ipun" everybody In slght wfcg
can get under cover wlll proceed to do ao whft
all possible expedltion. It would appear that tha
blueroats are gettlng ready for another annon
parade llke those whlch formerly dellghted th)
people in the clty. Last year the parade wt*
omltted. By common consent lt was felt that u
the force was "under a cloud" the less tt waas
ln publlc en masse the better. No good rea
for not returnlng to the old custom has yet bcq
brought 'orward, and In ao far as the parach
tcr.de to make the policemen toe the mark tol
to Impresa on the publlc a sense of thelr uMgnltj
and dlsclpllne it Ib a good thing.
-a
The pretence of dellberatlon in reference totfc
Oreater New-York blll wlll decelve no one. At
no time has there been any real dellberatlon oa
the matter. The reference of the subject to tk.
Jolnt Cities Committees and th<? .ending do*i
of Senator Lexow and some others to ascertajg
publlc s??ntiment In Ilrooklyn and thls clty wera
not an indicatlon of any genuln.- dealre to leat)
what the people wanted ln order to be guldal
by lt. _
PERSOXAL.
Cardlnal Satolll wlll be preaent next Bunday at th*
consecrntlon of Ulshop-elect Hoban, In JWintoa,
Penn.
A Kentucky admlrer of ex-ronRre*sm..n W, C. P.
Breckinridge pradletfl that he will be returned to tht
next Congrea-,, because "be haa not lost a caa*-|
mv'in a murder case. for that Is tho only klnd that
eouata ln Kentucky-for two years. In every Iv
atanc? he haa aucee??ded In gettlng hl? ru.in cle4M^
and that ls a strong plea In a man's favof ln Kea
tucky."
The eomlng marrlage of the Princaa Manjaretg
Orleans. aecond daughter of the Duke de ('hartrat
and B'.ster of the I'rinee** Valdemar of I>enman\
and I'atrlce de MacMahon. .on of the laid-marahal
exelt.-s great Interest abroad. It wlll be i'?I?br?tal
after I.ent. .'ommandant MacMahon la cMal tt
th* 8;h Hattalion, and bears the tltle of Duk* 1
Magenta. He la forty-one years old. Hl* flanc*t(i
twenty-aeven and 1. sald to bti beautlful.
Klnathan Corrlngton Oavltt, who died the otha
day ln Toledo, Ohlo. at the age of eighty-elght fttn,
wsa a noted ploneer of Methodlum In ohlo, and u.
author of "Crumba From My Saddle Bag.' a book
that had a wide popularlty aome yeara ago.
Commander N. Mlyaoka, a naval attache of tht
Japaneae I.egratlon at Waahlngton, haa sailed fa
England, to be present at the launchlng of 08
Japanese battle-shlp FnJI, whlch wlll tak. pUoj
about the end of the present month.
General Roaecrana, who recently received thi
I.aetare Medal from N'otre Dame. Unlverslty, Sootl
liend, Ind., i. aeventy-.even yeara old, aM
la feeble health. The reclplents thus far St
thla medal, whlch ti often called th. Aaa*
taaa counterpart of the "Golden Roae," a maft
of dlstln.-tlon shown by the l'ope to loaa)
crowned head of Europe each y.ar, ara: Dr.
John Ollmary Shea, hlstorlan; Patrlck Keeley,EtaB J
Allen Stj.rr, artlat and writer; General Jolu KsB> J
ton, aclentlst; P. V. Hlckey. Wiiiiam Ooaaaa, >l
Chlcago phllanthroplst; Danlel Dou/rhertjr, Haary Wl
Hroanson, Detroit; Patrlck Donahue, Boston,edltom
Augustin Daly and Anna T. Sadler, writw. Tl
THE TALK OP THE DAY.
"Adam may have been the author of oritfnaleuV
.?nvh a N'ebraaka clergyman, "but at leaat he van
not guilty of Inventlng the mother-In-iaw Joka"
What Dld He Expect??"Mlss Jayamtth, hav. yei
done any I.enten penance?"
"Why, Mr. Caasuck. I've heard you preaeh m\
day for weeka and weeka."?(Chlcago Record.
For the crlm. of whlaperlnR in chur.-h a llttl. lt!
of Portamouth, Ohlo. waa recently aent to Jall ttt
ten days and flned 15 50. The Bberlff, however, re
fuaed to put her In jall, and took her to hia oaa
home for the period of the aentence.
A Comlng Prophet?Mr*. Waha?h-l *hnt_ not b
In tho least astonlshed lf Johnny develop* .'.atrvof
ant powera.
Mrs. Jaekson-I'arke?Indeed?
"Yea. Ho 1. the s..n of a eeventh hushand. jrei
know.?(Indlanapolls Journal.
Darnley Beaufort, who la in jail in Rirdstoet,
Ky., charged with certaln offeocea when princlpal
of th. Trar?pl*t Collefre at Oeth*emare Abbey. B
aald by a I^oulavllle J.iurnal to be one of the bui
whlch asa&sslnaud Alexan.br II of Russts.
BARRED.
Hla face waa pale; hls glance was sad;
They .ought to cheer In vutn.
"You'va youth," they aaiJ. "my nobl. lad;
Wherefore should you compl.ln?
Perhapa you'll make your mark BOBM day
Where glortoua deed. are done;"
He .hook hl. head and anawered. "Nay,
I cannot ahoot a gun."
"But you may ba a atate.man y.t,
And ln the councll hall
Behold care.ra that rlae and *?t
While men awalt your call."
He ahed a tear and answered. "Trnugh
I am Kentucky*. aon,
In atateamanahlp I atand no .how;
I cannot ahoot a gun."
"Couraee!" they cried. "Why. you may ba
The Presldent er. long.
Thi. I. a land where all la free
Unto the .wlft and strong."
Hl. proud llp curled. They heard him aay:
" 'Round ma the dueks mlttht run
The Uvelong day ln irullelesa play:
I cannot ahoot a gun." ?(Washtngion Staft
Her. la a paragraph about Congresa from a lettej
recently wrltten by a Frenchman vtaitlag Waahlaf*
ton: "What of tho Deputlea .nd Ihe Senator.? M
wlth us, they do a ?reat more talklnar than leatala
tlve work. They are more free and raay. and ta*f
are not ao reacrved. However, thls la qulte natural
ln a country where, tn order to be elected a DepuW
one has only to be the father of eighteen chlldren, al
of them born In the same distriet. If the same coa
dltlon. were Imposed on us, we might auceed B
maklng a aucceasful fljrht asalcst the lncr***'-!
depopulatlon of Franca. What would not on. do tt
become a Deputy? It I. true that It la not la tha
power of every one to become the father of .IfhtteB
chlldren. At the aame tlme. It I. v.ry unju?t thal
only tho men ahould be rewarded for acts of BO
klnd. It la rather on the women that an honoraff
dlatlnctlon .hould be conferred."
Not at All.?"Do you flnd," lnqulred a m.n aaj
wa. ln aearch of Informatlon, "that typewrlter gt'm
aa a cla*. are clannlah and exclualve?" ^^
"No," answered tho man who had the Infornw*
tlon to give out. "They are not; though each oa*.
cf courae, always ha. her own cllck."?tChlcap
Trlbune.
"The Worcester Gatette" tell. a .tory of a lawT*
who ran across an old statute provldlng that aW
one who Ilaht. a bonflr. wlthln ten roda of a oulwj
Inc ahall b. llabie to a fln. of 120. Then lt occurrw
to hlm that he would have to burn aome rubblah B
cleanlng up hla ground. thi. sprlng. H. told ?
broth.r lawy.r, who alao expected to burn aeaw
leavea. They worrled for aeveral houra, untll ?*
explorer Into the lor. of Juatlce looked up th. a0'"
bonnre ln the dlctlonary. It. deflnltlon la "a tanF
flre bullt In the open air. a. an expre.alon of P"*0*
Joy and exultatlon, or for amua.ment." Bo alt deuaa
a. to thelr rtaht. fled from th. mlnd. of the l.wy*
A hard-looklng tough wa. on trlal in the Court ??
Oeneral Saaalona. Judge Cowlng wa. on tM"*"i,
Lawyer Howe. In a volce hu.ky wlth tmolton.*
drea.ed the Jury: "Uentlemen, my cll.nt t* ? PT,
man. He was drlven by hunger and want t_l?"V>
amall aum of money. All that he wanted waai^
clent money to buy bread. for It I. ln eylderue ??
he dld not take the pocketbook eontalnlng m> ?"J
wa. ln the sam. bureau drawer." The BJ^Mf"'^
torney for th. accu.ed waa Intewrvipt-d by tn?JJ^.
vulalva aoba of hla cll.nt. "Why do you ^JT*^
a.ked Judge Cowlng of th. doort??4l man.(i g'JJ.
I dldn't aee der pocketbook ln de drawer. *J"Jy
body laua-hed except Howe. tha attorney w ?
careleaa burgtar.?(Texaa BUtlag*.