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THE CHURCH IN QUEBEC.
POWERFUL INFLUENCE OF CATHOLI?
CISM IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCE.
A JUAI.OFSLT OFARDKP dfMERITASFB FROM TIIK
FRENCH DAYS? PROVISIONS OF THg LAW.
Montrenl. Quebec. Jag. 17.-Wlth bishops striking
down a polltleal newapeper by threatening to ex
SSSSmnnlcate Its readers: with members of Parlia?
ment being unseated by the courts because of priests
telling electors from the pulpit that it would be a
sin io vote for the candidates of a certain political
parly; with these things happening In the Province
of Quebec a Canadian from another province, or
nmoh more a cltlsen of the Vnlted States, must
naturally ask hlmaelf what ls the poaltlon of the
Roman rathol!,- rhurch In the French member of
tbe Canadian e-onfederntlon.
No visitor to this province ean fall to observe the
poaltlon and str-ngth of that church as r .'gards tho
number of Its adherents and the extent of Its tem?
poral possessions Slx-seventha of the population
are Roman Catholic, or fully 1.2.10.000 people,
being a majority In every city except the
small one of Shirbrooke. and In every county ex?
cept perhaps half a dozen along the American
frontier. In large sections the population has but
one creed: for example, tn thc county of Kamour
aaka there ls a population of 20.000, all but four of
whom are members of the Church of Rome. Be?
sides numbers, the Church has another great ele
?eat of stieaglh satsnsWs possessions. The
atreeta of every city and town are adorned by her
stately cathedrals, churchea and chapels, substan?
tial and for ihe most part beautiful structures of
atone. And from every hamlet, with Ita country
shops. Its wayside tavern and humble cottages,
towers the parish church, solid, rich nml imposing.
the centre of the parish life and the dominutlng
object of the generally monotonous landscape And
there are the convents, the colleges, ihe seminar!.-*.
the monasteries, sprinkled all over the province;
large, well-constructed buildings, and all owned by
ecclesiastical bodies.
Cpon looking over a mr.p of Montreal or Quebec
City one Ands lt fairly honeycombed by eburch
property. Nor ls lt all devoted to religious or edu?
cational us.-s. For example, the ?ulptelans who
came to Montreal when thc city was founded, In
1612. and were the original seigniors or landlords of
the Island, own to-day much of thdr original grant.
which has become aome of the most valuable prop?
erty In the city. Outside the officers of the older
no one knows the extent of their revenue, for r.
turna are made only to their headquarters In
France. The Clay Nuns, as they arc commonly
called, nre also large property own-rs. and their
rentroll must show a handsome annual revenue
And the list mltrht be continued with B score of
similar bodies; but only an approximate eatlmate
could be giv. ii of the extent of their possessions.
for no public report ls made, and It ls only upon
property not exclusively need for religious or edu?
cational purposes thnt lanes, are paid. Theee
things can all be seen and Judged of by any visitor,
for th.y are on th.- surface of the case, but they
do not fully represe-nt the position of the Roman
Catholic church In the Province of Quebec. Much
remains that forma the foundation of the matter.
Tilt: ciil'Rcirs ADVANTAGES.
Tbe Church In Qtiehe" certainly has time on her
slele. for eyer sinee there was a settlement on the
banks of the St Lawrence she has been a power,
and often a dominant one. in the Canadian com?
munity. The Intense religious fervor and the
stanch loyalty to Rome of those who founded and
directed the fortunes of Ne.v-Frnnee have been
arcun-Vlv and graphically set forth In the writ?
ings of Parkman. Thia aspect of early Canadian
history ls well know.i. Under French rale the
Church was, in fact, -established by law, and the
colony knew but one religion. The- Church In tem
poral affairs was almost equal to the State. The
Bishop sat at the council-board with the (Jovernor
and the Intendant; the priest collected his tithes
by sanction of law, and every school In the colony
was In the hands of the clergv. And, strange io
say, conquest and a century and a thin! of Hrltlsh
^a possession have mad" but little change lr. the es
\W<^ senttal features of these privileges. The guarantees
tLW glren the French-Canadians have been mor.- than
W obst rv ed to ihe letter; they have received a wider
application than was Intended hy tl: .se who grant?
ed them. By the treaty of Paris af BM, Canada
was reded to the Rritlsh Crown, and In that treaty
the religious prictlce-s ol the Inhabitant.-- were pro?
tected by a clause, as follows :
- His Britannic Majesty, on his side, agrees 'o
/ grant the liberty ol the catholic religion to the in
9 habitants of Canada. Ile will, consequently, give
the most precise anel effee-tual orders that his new
Roman Catholic subjects may profess the worship
it their religion according to the rites of the Rom?
ish Church as far as the laws of Great Britain
permit.
?neb was the treaty la regard to religion, but lt
reenataed for ihe British rsrHsmeni greatly to ex?
tend the privileges of the conquered colonies. The
early British Governors set out lo Introduce into
canada English law anil practice as prevailing In
the other British colonies of North America. At
that time the population of Canada numbered but
.IMsSj and west of Montreal there was not a settle
ment worth speaking of. To this people English
was an unknown loague and F.ngllsh law a sealed
book. The people clung to their own customs and
practices, and petitioned tha; they be formally re?
stored, la 1774 the- British Parliament pissed what
la known as the Quebec Ae-t. which ls the- great bul
wark of Preach ami Roman Catholic privileges in
the Province, of Quebec This measure reafflrme-d
the free exercis.. of th.- religion of the Church of
Rome, but lt went much further. It restored to
the Clergy tin* right to "hold, receive and enjoy
their accustomed dues and rights with respect to
auch persons only as ahall profess the sahl re?
ligion." French civil law In all that related to
civil rights, property and succession was restored,
b it at the aame time English criminal law wa.-i
Introduced.
Firmly Intrenched, the church lins since, year by
year. Sdded to the strength of her position. Po?
litical Institutions have changed since then, but
ahe adapted herself to the new conditions, s/ways
the tea.ber and director of her people. In r,t,\
parliamentary government was given to Canada;
In "Hil responsible government, through a Cabinet,
and In 1S67 came the confederation of tbs British
provinces, and old Canada became the Province of
Quebe-. with perfect sell-government In local or
provincial affairs. I I.r Legislature, like her popu?
lation, la overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, and for
yeara lt has been recognized that In all matters
that concerned herself thc Church was the power
behind th" throne. Such legislation as the Church
desired haa never been refused at Quebec, and
much of lt does not relate to purely ecclej laatlcal
mattera, but to the Church as a great social nnd
political body. Strengthened on every hand bv
acta acattered through th.-- provincial atatutes, sin
f<tanile to-day, not where she stood at the conque-st
or In 1774. the Church that was tolerated, that wns
permitted by virtue of except! .ral circumstances
and exceptional arrangements, but practically the
Church of the State, the religion of the people be?
fore which all others In the piovlnce nr.- escep
tlonal?only tolerated.
THE TITHKS AND RATKS.
The effect of the exercise of these privileges and
the aystem that has grown up around them. If de?
scribed In detail, would curry one beyond 'he scope
of an ordinary letter; but a few general hi ri Hants
will Illustrate the condition of affairs. Take tin
tithes and rates, one of the moat Jealously gas fda ll
privileges, sanctioned, lt will be remembered, by
the lmperinl act of 1771. The tlthea made the living
of the palish priest practically aecure. for upon
the grain crops of bis parlahlonera he has a pre?
ferred claim to the extent of an average of one
fourteenth Of the yield. Every autumn the tithes
are delivered at the cures granary, which ls rna
i.ing over wltn the beat of grain. When farmers
are ahort of seed !n the spring lt la a common prac?
tice to purchaae from the priest, because lt is well
known that bia atock ls the very beat produe-ed in
the pariah.
Beatties this, they have all the other means of
raialng a revenue, whhh. te> a large extent sre
common to ecd, slastical authorities iht- world ove-r
*l\ hon a churcn or a priest's residence lu io bc
built or repaired, or a burial-ground provided or
restored, ther. the Church authorities resort to an?
other well-recognised right, sanctioned by law and
practice. Every Cathou, property in the parish is
assessed for liv share of the proiiosed work Just
aa the property of rate-payers ls aasenseil bv mu?
nicipal auihorltles for tbe construction of road!
and bridges or lhe building of a schoolhouse Tins.
church rates are not only collectible by lav bul
thev are a privileged claim upon the rea! estate
snd. unlike ordinary mor*gage*. do not require
registration Shoubl h Protestant ae-.|ulr? such
firoperty. tbe Church's claim muat l..- paid In
nil This accounts for the Targe, beautiful church
buildings one seea In pasalng through the country
districts. Practically, the people must billi them
whether they will or not, and tbi- church mu
are lo many a Krench-Csnadlftn fnrm.-i Ihe heav?
iest burden he baa to bear.
Thia Church ia nlso re-og'iised by law in anothei
positive niann-r. Provincial statutes provide thal
official riorb es of Judicial sales are to I*- iK.st.-d &t
the door of the pariah church, and that alway*
means the Roman Catholic Church, wherever one
?slats within the garish, although the majority ol
rate-payers In the pariah may be Protestant, aa
ls often the caae In the Engllah counties. The man?
ner, too. In which pariahes hsve been crested, shows
the trend of affairs In Quebec during the Inst fifteen
veera. The southeastern part of the province. King
along Ihe frontier of the State." of New-York, ver?
mont and New-Hampshire, wns not settled at "the
time of the conquest. When lt wns organized under
British rule lt wps surveyed into counties and
townships: Hie land had never been under seigniorial
tenure, e.nel settlers became holders In free and
common eocag), according to the terms of English
law. For a time these settlers believed that French
civil law. preserved by the Act of 1774. did not ap?
ply to these counties, but in that they were wrong.
This section of thc province was known ns the
Eastern Townships, and lt ls known to-elay. al?
though the French have Invaded ll. anel are to-elay
a majority In "mary parts, buying out the Kngllsh
farmers, tilling up the Utile villages and often cross?
ing ih.* frintl.-r and settling In Vermont.
THE TOWNSHIPS LOSING.
For ten years the Kastern Townships have been
at-idlly losing their English population: but. mon?
th.rn that, the township system ls gradually but
aurely being wiped out. All this has been made
easy by means of provincial legislation. For ex?
ample, the Ro.nan Catholic rate-payers Of a certain
section Of a township wish to have B e-hureh anel n
priest af thdr own. all of which ls perfectly proper.
They pel lt lon their Bishop. By means of s Cominis
sion he Inquires Into the ability of the community
to support such an establishment. The teport belnir
favorable, the ecclesiastical parish ls elected atv.
ns mad, of course, eftsr some saint known, per
hana onlv to the "moat faithful." So far no one
has ground for omplalnt. for tbe arrangement con- ]
e ems no one but the Roman Catholic population.
But it is Ihe entering of the thin edge of the wedge.
onie erected into an a - "tleatastleal parish, s prudi
motion from the Lieutenant-Governor of the prov
ince issued, of course, on the recommendation of
ihe 'ministry of the dav, makes thc ee-cle-slastlcal
jiuisii a civil ene. The territory ls at once detacneii ,
from the r.-st of th.- township, receives the pious
liane taken bv th- parish CbUTCh, and a new mu
nlclpal government is set up. applying, of course, to
all who reside within the limits of the detached
territory, lt mav be pointed ont that a civil par?
ish. Ilk" a township or village, bas its own munic?
ipal govcrnmeni. Hs Mayor aii.l Council elected
b\ tin- rate-payera, and poeseantng the power of
local taxation.' The effect of inls cuttlng-up nf
town-ships Into parishes ls evident, anel lt ls e-er- i
talnlv a grievance borne- l.v the Protestant rural
population of Quebec. And so thc Eastern Town?
ships are disappearing fiom the- ir. np of the prov?
ince.
In educational mattera 'he poaltlon of the Church is
even stronger. So far as -i-r own pe.,p,.- an- con
turned the Church ls practically the school system,
for the majorltv of Hu lr larger schools are In th
hands of ihe Clergy, end a rural pari.-h achoo. If
conducted by a layman is alwaya under the eye and
the control of ihe pri-si. Al the h.-id of the provin?
cial educational system is a Council of P. bli.- in?
struction, and a section of this known as the Protes?
tant Com mi: l.e administer the schools of i .ac minor?
ity. The Roman Catholic siction of th.- ,'ouncll is
com (io.--ed of bishops and opp .int.es of the provincial
koki rnment. In school mullers this council ls practi
cslly supreme, and dominated as lt is by ,-h'ir.hmen
the'interests of the Church are w.l SSfS-gUSlded.
Besides provincial grants, i-jioh school aystem ls
supported by taxes collected from their own support?
ers, but when it conics to the division of the school
tax of a corporation a difficulty arises. The division
is made according to the ra:lo between Roman Catho?
lic and Protestant population in iee mnni.-lpaliry.
Protestants complain of tbe Injustice of tins arrange?
ment, for, take a financial e-orporatlon in Montreal:
three-fourths of the stock may be owned by Protes?
tants and vet their schools will receive hut one-third
of ihat corporation"? tax beeaust emly one-third of
lhe cltv's population ls of that faith.
But after all. the chief strength of the Church Iles
In the affection and veneration entertained f-;r lt by
the French-Canadian people. They are essentially a
religions race, law-abiding, nnd above all thligs lov?
ers of peace. But If lovers of peace ihey are also
lovers of political liberty, which as far as the civil
sitthorltles are concerned they enjoy to-da ro th*
fullest extent. But If bishops are to continiie'to pince
newrpapera under the ban and threaten e'ectors for
freely exercising the right of franchise then these
liber Ilea will become an empty form.
,1 CALI TO DE. NORTH.
TO DBCIDK BT TO-MORRO'W NIGHT
WHF.THLn HE WILL BECOME PAS?
TOR OF calvary METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The trustees of Calvary Methodist Episcopal
church. Seventh-ave. an.l One-hundred-and-twenty
nlnth-si.. have- Invited ilif Rev. I>r. Frank Mason
North to nil the vacancy In the pulpit which will
be caUSBd by lhe retirement of the preseni pastor, i
th- Rev. I?r. Amos B. Kendig. who ls obliged to j
give up his duties by reason of falling health.
When seen hy a Tribune reporter yesterday nf
ternoen, I>r. North sahl that as yet he had not I
been able to come to a conclusion as to what action ;
he should tak-\ Xf lt were simply a question be- :
twee-n iwo churches, L>r. North said he would no
THE KEV Lit PRANK MASON NORTH.
I hesitate a moment in accepting the call to Calvary,
for it was one of the large-st and strongest organ?
izations under Methodist control In this country.
r A call to this church could not foll to possess
] great attractions to any pastor. But Ur. North
said that his work of late had rot been that of a
clergyman. As aecretary of the Ni w-York City
Church Extension and Missionary Society for the
last five yenrs, he explained that hla time and
efforts hm! been eiii-.-cti-.i in s department of church
! work which he considered of great Importance snd
, in which he tool; the deepest interest. Tin- (.re.I,lem
i for him to solve in considering the Invitation of Cal
' vary Church was wlie-ther he cemld render more
? efficient service- by sttcbtai to the work he is now
engaged in or by taking up the squally responsible
: position of (Histor.
I Dr. North said that he will make his decision
know.i to the ofllcera of the church to-morrow
| night.
Dr, North is a thorough-going New-Yorker hl?
sctlve life having been spent in this city, except?
ing on.- period of the yeara ever sin.-.', he was
graduated from Wesleyan His hrsi .barge was
a small mission church in Harlem, Thirteen yeara
ago he Was made- (.r.slor of Calvary Church, Whieh
had then just been reorganised. As its Hrs- paator
bs threw himself into the work of building up the
Church, and .'is a r.siili ot his efforts ISn.inw was
raised snd the tlisi church building erected. That
has since been remodelled and enlarged to meei
the demands of ihe- church. He remained with
tbe church three years, the time limit of service
when he went to Middletown. Conn., to take- charge
of the Methodist Church, where h.. remained lor
five years. He was then elected secretary of the
New-York City ''burch Extension and Missionary
Society, a position which he at preseni (ills In
North is cre-elite-j with unusual executive ability
and the work of the missionary eoctety has pros?
pered materially through his services, "it is under?
stood that conalderable preeeure is being brought
to bear upon him by the officers .uni members
of this society to have him eleciine the Invitation
to bc- pastor of Calvary Church.
NO ALIAS EOR HIM.
"Thomas Harrison, you are accused of being
drunk." said Magistral. Kndli.-h to a prisoner In
lbs Essex Market Court yesterday,
"My name ls not Harrison; my name i.s Fargo
Bon." he replied,
"But you caye th<- name of Harrison," said Ihe
Magistrate.
"I won't (dead to such a name," r-plled the pris,
oner.
"Woul.in i you rather ie Aned under the name of
Harrison Clari ;. nor own name?" asked Il.e M igis.
trate.
"No, sir. 1 wouldn't," he replied.
"Weil. Hsrrlaoii is discharged sad Ferguson ls
fined H." s..i.i Magistrate Kudllch.
Ferguson paid his line with evident satisfaction.
A TOURO (URE RBBCVBD EROM A HEX.
A good-looking young girl, who gave her mme as
Florence Keel, arel sahl she was sixteen years old
nnd lived at No. IMS Bushwick-'ive , Brooklyn, was
found in an alleged disorderly hOUSS at No il
Motl-st . last night, and. aft.-r Liing '.ik.-n to the
Elisa bet h-M. police station, *he wes sei t (o in,
?t**TI ?m",v rZ'm"- ]?'?- Wai,.hlaamaa aad
Lillie MUler. who sahl she was his common-law
wife wr- said to be th- proprietors of the pl.,,.'
Which ls on the top flo -r of the building. Thev with
four others, were slso arrested bi I- ?.-. ilvei'sber
wood Murphy snd Drennan and lacked up In the
Ellsabetb-et. station The detectives allegedthst
hat^hr^iH c.,n,,m""* ';""" ?nd sddrsss. snd
that lhere ls much more I..-I, ne 'ne case arhi-ii
they refused to dlscloss Issi mw,,', ' ' "
THE APOSTOLIC DELEGATE COMING.
On next tanney, tbs Feast sf St Agass tha
solemn Pontifical mass wm bs sang In St tgnes'i
Church. H.-. rorty-thlrd-sL. by Archbishop Se
DR. NEWTON ON THE TREATY
ITS INTEREST TO HUMANITY AS HE
SEES IT.
UK UMM HMM OT IKFIOTDCCB ro lilUN'i THF.
I'l'.KSSI mg Or I'tlll.le Ol'INI'eN Tei I1KAH
OH TIIK r-KN.-.-1-K TO HASTKN IT*
RATIFICATION.
The Rev. Dr. R. Heber Newton, of All Souls'
Church. Madlson-ave. ar.d Slxty-slxth-st.. took as
the> subject of his sermon yesterday, "Humanity's
Interest In Our Arnltratlon Treaty." He said
among ut he-r things:
I 1.1 ll MIK I'" 'I I ,,.,?..??
Our experience lasl vear revealed tn lia that
which we ought to have known, but to which w
In the Baal were strangely blinded: Tin- wtde
-pr. a.l feeling of irritability toward England,
which ls a constant menace to our (u-ue-e-. To ,r:"'"
atui brought to reason, csnnot bul a'lmi! lhal s
war between Bnglsnd snd ths i'nlted States would
bc the gre-ate-st possible' crime ug.ilnst humanity,
li behooves ns. therefore, to make- any such dan?
ger as that of the last year Impossible In the fu?
ture. Impossible, In one sense, the danger can?
nu! l.e mad.-. With the most rarefull) drawn
treaty of arbitration, th-re- may coma SKperten-WS
In wide h reason ami conscience and duty may be
thrown lo the winds In u violent outburst Of
passion or national pride-. But this .1.inner can be
minimized, lt can be made impossible thsl thi ie
iwo great countries mn ?;.. t.. war without, at
bast, lime for sober second thought, for calm and
of th., treaty. No conceivable difference
between thees two gr.-at countries, os lt seems
10 nu-, inn .vcr be BO serious as not to aelnilt Of
adjustment, wben time- ls given for sober second
til..ugh!, lt ls Inconceivable to m.'. after the set?
tlement of the Alabama dispute, that gny differ
ence- can ever uris.- which may ned be- settled
peacefully, lime being sllowed to calm the neates
pa- sions.
lt ls true that tbe treaty ls limited In time.
This is B WISO provision It does not bimi Ila
forever. After live vars ii may be discontinued
nf:er a twelve moulin*' notice from either Power.
But during the liv vars of Its operation lt secures
both countries from the quick blow whleh may
follow the sudden musing of some angry passion.
It ls Inconceivable tei me. again, that Stier an ex?
perience of live years, in which ellspntes will be,
wiihout question, settled pescefully by arbitration.
the two gnat Bngllsh-speshlng peoples of the
earth, the peoples of reason snd conscience, can
ever again return to the old barbaric, un-Chria
tlan, Inhuman methnd of settling ih.-ir differences.
At ih.- end of five vars the ir. atv will, without
question, be continued in some form or other. And
ihus from one t.rm ie. another its blessed snd
beneficent wgla will be llfn-el above the two gr.-et
Rngllah-apeaalng peoples and Ihe peace of God
will prevail. This treaty is. therefore, the begin?
ning of th- end of war between tl-,.- Anglo-Saxon
rares of lhe earth. It concludes the e.ra In which
th. mother nation nnd the daughter nation, who
together hold the destinies of humsnlty in then
hand, shnll settle their differences St the point of
th.- sword.
What s boon to these two nations! What a
Ananda] blessing to both! The- me-re- rumor of yvar
a vear ago, hov costly it proved to us! The ris
ibg tiel" of prosperity was checked. The- dawn of s
new dav of Industrlsl happiness was clouded over
Our cummeroiiil snd Industrial civilisation willed
St the mere breath of wnr. Your financial experts
can reckon for von the coat of that last paragraph
of Preside-nt I 'I- vlanel's nie-ssage- a year ago. All
such sudden disturbances In our business anel com?
mercial world will be prevented for the future, so
far, at least, as England ls concerned. One great
cause of our poverty will thus be drieel up. As
with ns. so with Kngland. More beneficent still
will prove the spiritual fruitage of this set. By li
the- peoples "f Kngland anel the United Staten pass
from OUI the- era of savagery Into the e-r.i of Civili?
sation; cease tn be big brutes snarling over the
disputed prey anel ready to tear e-ae fi other to
ptecei become human beings, rational, consclen
lions, sdlUStlng ihelr elifferenres In the light of
reason and eif the- moral law. The obi Ideals .,e
militarism will begin to fade In tb- minds ..:' these
iwo gre-at peoples. The new Ideals ()f a peaceful
civilisation will dear anel strengthen within their
souls. The ape- an.l the tiger will begin tei eli.-; th*
man will begin to live. The far-reaching influences
of sueh i tre-aty upon tin- character of the two na?
tions, who can Bean, who can measure? All tbe
evil passions that flow in the train of war will re.
civ a chech. All the divinely human ssplratlons
which hav Leen stunted thre.ugh the ages of w?r
will have a chance lo grow. No greater strl'b has
ever been taken by these- two nations toward the
realisation of ri Christian civilisation than thal
now proposed in tin- arbitration treaty pending,
i: is entirely conceivable thal wubin ;? decade Ihe
silent revolutionising force of such an example may
bring Into sueh a compact enough of the nari."is of
the Old Wolli to prepare the way for the disarma?
ment, now owned universally to be a necessity, if
bankruptcy 1- t,, bf averted by the nations of Rurope.
lt is entirely conceivable and to mv mind probable
lhai the preset-.-, generation arlll see, as rio- outcome
? rf this proposed arbitration treaty, the rough-hewn
outlines of "the parliament ot men, the federation of
lhe wor!,)," the- alliance of W.-si-rn civilisation in a
concert of (lowers io establish peace, to adjust inter?
national differences by arbltratl in, to enthrone rea?
son and conscience in the place- of brute- fore,
lt should have been known to the fiirihe-st portions
of the world with what gladness and thankfulness
such a measure-, thus deliberately conceived and
wisely carried out, was ratified by the represents*
three of our p*opte. Whst amazement, what conster?
nation, what ind.gnatli.n must then fill the soils .,f
the earnest people of the land to-day over the fri-''
lade of our highes: representatives in Washington
faltering In their Instani duty! That petty Jeal?
ousies and Ignoble parilsanshlp and mean and skulk?
ing motives of one kind and another, the vermicular
vice of politics, should even for a moment endanger
sue-h a treaty, this la a shame Indeed to our country.
a sham-- deep and damning. An opportunity such
ns never occurred ;n ih. history of men m be now
dealt with In the spirit of the wari politician, of the
selfish, scheming Intrianei foi piece snd profit, thia
i-' s crime against humsnlty.
1 cull upon you men of Influence in your several
sj.heres t.i use every means In your power to l.ring
lhe pressure of (.ul.lie opinion to bear upon our hesi?
tating Senate and I'ongress to rebuke their Inde?
cision, to shame- their Ignoble treatment of such ?
magnificent opportunity, to make sun- that, without
a moment's furthet daisy, the greatest boon which
the century has yielded to civilization may be se?
cured for humanity.
.? #?
DR ll. C. PETERS'! TRIBUTE.
The Rev Lr Madison c. Peters in thc Bloommg
?Inle Reformed Church last night touched on the pro.
posed Anglo-American treaty in a prelude te his ser?
mon. "Th- arbitration treaty between England snd
America," raid Dr, Peters, "li the most magnificent
triumph of human progress, th.- crowning glory af
the nineteenth century, ll means th.it we have out
lived the barbarous fancy that a question of rltziit
and arong ess bc settled by gunnery, it i* rt proud
achlevemeni worthy of the two Christian nations in
the fon-friini of civilisation, li meant that Dolli -
elana leas peaceable than pol troon lah dar- no longer
endanger the p. ace of run- country bv SDDeala to
passion or prejudice. Tbe L'nlted Slate* Benate will
hardly ratify thia high achievement of free popular
government. To spit., the President som- Beuton
would throw us out of contact with the civilised
world, hinder al! pressing legislation and post;, me
th.- era of bualneaa prosperity. David's praver in
I'-ann cv. 22. Teach the senators wisdom ' is the
Nation's prayer. It is time ihat our lawmahen
learned thst lt swill never do to leave,
Truth forever on the aoiffoM
Wi mg forever on the throne "
.1. C. DIXON'S REVIVAL SERVICES.
The Rev. A. C. Ilixon. of Hrooklyn. Conducted re
\ival set vi e-s at the Academy or Mus: yesterdsy
Then was ringing by ira i> Bantu ? snd .iii. Burke!
Mr. Oix..n In opening his sermon .laid a collection
won;.I be taken np .,, gp&ty \p ?-. . .,,,,., .,( ,, ,,,'..
Gospel amour,- the inmates sf lhe Btate prisons, who
i under a recent law have much enforced Idleneaa
whieh, ne said, was injurious to their mom nd
Physical well-being "Chrlsi for ir,.- World" Ira,
I ihe subject of Mr. Dixon's sermon. H.- aald'Christ
\ warned to be a savior of all national;:!.-, Hiid si
classes, the wealthy and the poor.
"CiOd bless the reformer"." he said. Thev have
I dene good things for ibis city .md helped to i. irlfv
the moral atmosphere, lt is a good thing i believe
to rap ihi- head of inl.piltv wherever il annex ro'
whether In Church or Bute l approve th* Vork oj
!'. Rev. or Parithursi and Anthony Comstock snit
al. those who aid in suppressing the ki.-, a thai seduce
our youth in saloon* and gambling dena Hm
ref.irmane.n la nm regeneration Men mav'be re?
formed snd ye) not have a change of heart aa ta ti
moral.:-. ?'
?
FOUGHT lix RD TO HIE.
Annie Murphy, twenty \.r,rs ,,!d, attempted sui
.-ll- in bey hume- Na 7*i ei. v. -.ih-av,-. yesterdsy
afternoon by taking carbolic ..dd. Th- naman
lives wiih h-r Cather, john Murphy resterday
afternoon while in tba kitchen she took a small
''";""l,v "f ??rholic .id,, a Mts. Purcell who
!'T,- \**\t. *m"'" ,r""""' f.?'? ','" r?wf ""'"??''
,n, Tt... " ;", ""' I"""1 '"?" ?'" MWnum room
?<ni t.ld the girl's !?,her thal his daughter had
' ""ipi ?-! Mil. m.- Mn. pi,., is sn Invahd and ?
blLreVhl'S ''"/? '"? ';|""" ?'""* ""'???' Kier!
ie cid .,',', ' 1"'"Y-'"^""b-M station wi,,-,,
ti- policeman got io tbe bourn the gui was still
one to help him. he locked ths hall ,ioor and
Uf tba, biuL SS ?'"""????"?? Soon af.er I,"
un the house the woman got up an?t setting a
carving knife, attempted to a?-uU her fs]iher.^m
was irving to ?"??'P JV'r i0?^Ver anil when the
Rh.- go. the eloor "^"?.A'-To,^ he found that
policeman got buck to tne 'J0"- rt h)lll ),,.,.?
the hi... ^eape. from .h.- room; Hn^iiirs ^
seen going tn tim WOT. ne ' , wnmil?
r.,,.h.;.l thei-oofJueUa tlmsba pre veni^ w
from lumping off. W?"*"2 ,,,., n?nllv euc
i.-inptl-..-.
Yorkvllle Court this morning
81 IC I OE SOMETIMES JUSTIFIED.
THK RKV. M. ST. C. WRIGHT THINKS
THEM ARK CERTAIN riR.TMSTANCES
DMDCR WHICH 8KI.F-I-KSTRCCTION
WOII.I) M MORALLY RIOHT.
The Rev. Marie Mr- C. Wright. pastor of the l.enox
Unitarian church. One-hmbtosd-ninl-twenty-Brst-st.
and Lsnos-avs.. iirea.ti-d yesterday morning on
?Suicide." He took the ground that suicide under
certain ctTCUmsUHMS. and .-v. n the killing Ot others,
w.-r- justifiable and sometimes a duty. Bal ordi?
narily, he declared, the killing of one's self I" the
depth of immorality, dishonorable and cowardly.
Ile said, among other things:
? The causes of suicide nre of three kinda. There
are (hose of a physical nature, those that have to do
wllh one's environment and nre outside of his con?
trol, and causes that are Inscrutable, having to do
With th- man's Individuality. Which is not open to
the world. Ia si>m- oases sui.dds appeSM to be an
notion of iib.-rty. but liberty not unfettered. It li?
the r-spense of a free Individuality, weak or strong.
to Its environment. Ka I allum bus nothing tu do with
... and the phenomenon ls not wholly physical Ah to
the re-me Iv: Tlv causes of suicide may be irae-ed .ml
.om* of them may be removable. The first remedy
might be a strengthening of the character Of the in?
dividual. We cannot amend the laws of life, an 1 no
Individual has a light to ask tor Immunity from
the m "
Mr. Wright spoke of Marlon ami Paulsen. French
and Herman authors on this subject, who tak- op.
poslng positions as lo the- moral righi of a person to
kill hims.-if m extreme circumstance*- The former
ai cu<? tbal one eloes not live wholly to himself, that
be has dutlea as well as rights, and 'hat one Who
link- aw.iv with hlms.lf to escape ard nus dory has
failed in all his duty si once, snd thsl such fsUure
ls the- depth of Immorality. IXu has committed high
treason. Tin- latter, while condemning aulctde In
general, holds thar th.-re an .cases where the killing
of one's self ls honorable. Mr. Wright th'-n read
notes of some ideas of his own which he had written
ont winn Drat ;.ske-i| ti preach on the subject. He
said that he took a mid.Ile ground. He mid thal li"
believed that the lasr survivor in Custer's raiiv,
Surrounded by savages and with no hope of sa
was Justified iii killing hlmrelf to escape an Inevit ible
death, accompanied by torture. "We have ? rigiit."
sahl he. "to kill ourselves or our women rel Ul" es irt
auch a case to prevent outrage." He said Ih.it In
cases of sickness, Incurable and burdensome, where
the sufferer longs for death and his frle-nds and rela?
tives consent snd with th.- consent of the Btate, bi
would sdvocate thal a physician !>e allowed to fi.il
nie patient, under the supervision of s Maglstra i
an-l other trustees or witnesses.
? As we have a right ro [Ive so we have a rlghr to
elle that no man can take fr.m us," said he. He then
spoke of cumulative and slow suicide through dissi?
pation, overwork or even talking loo much, an 1 aald
that lt was hard c, elr.iw the line- where active sub ! ie
began, ll.- sail tbs; en- could probably cali !? sui?
cide where the aelf-klltlng was eonscloi
However, the preacher thought thnt the subject
was a perilous one to broach. He *aid that people
ought no' to be in circumstances to he inten lied In
suicide, and that lt was a sign of health to be In?
different to the subject.
DIAMONDS STOLEN AT A WEDDING.
(INT, OT TIIK OI'KSTS AT THK KAUMAG! OF Miss
KI.FKI.T (.OSES A TIARA WITH
1MBM1-UOHT BTOHBB.
Not until yesterday did lt become known to the
police that the wedding of Claire Klizabetb Eifelt
and Len Kohns. which took placo at the home of
Mr. nnd Mrs. Augustus H. Eifel!, Xo. || West
Slxfy-nlnfh-sf.. on November I*, was rudely Inter?
rupted by the theft from one of the guests of a
diamond Hara, which ls valued at several thouaand
elollars. The name of the oyvne-r of the Jewels is
even now withheld, so lt la to be Inferred that stil?
ls not an actress. Mr. Klf.-lt says thal the women
was one- of the guests Si the wedding of his daugh?
ter and that In some way th.- thief, whoever hs
may be, succeeded In removing thc tiara from her
head without her no icing the theft until lt was
-ailed to her attention by a comment of a friend,
who Inquired what hail become of the jewels. All
this happened, lt ls said. In spite of the presence
of s.-verril private detectives, who were th.-re lust
lo prevent exactly the thing that happened.
Hone of the servants of the Kifeit household are
suspected of the theft, and Mr. Rtfett |* st a loss
to imagine who could have taken ii. Detectives
w.-re ai once started on the Case, but all their
efforts failed to trace the stolen ellamonels. ami on
Saturday the police were- Informed of the circum?
stances in th.- i-.-isi-. Cs ptain O'Brien st once pul
his men to work, and notices were sent to sll the
pawnshops in this city, .jersey city and Brooklyn
to secure the arrest of anybody presenting the
tiara, which ls described ss .ont.lining twenty
eight ellamonels and nine pearls In Its centrepiece
Captain O'Brien thinks thal the recovery of the
Jewels will be a matter of great difficulty, even if
lt ls accomplished st all, owing to the time that
has 1.n allowed the thief In which to dispose ,,f
his booty.
DR. 8ATAQB ON RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS.
The Rev. Pr. Minot Savage preached yesterday
forenoon In the Chunh of the IfSSSUtl on "Our
Present Religious Conditions."
"To-elny." he said, "there la not a competent
scholar in all the world who, however be may
inoe]|(y the theory In this direction or that, ls not
.ni evolutionist. The 'ears or the theologian as to
the results of eeceptlni evolution In ths depart
menta of theology wera nol eaaggerated. it .loe-s
compel s Complete reconstruction of all the the
OlOgtcal tlu-eirle-. of the worid, but, as we shall see
as we go on, the decay of theology ls not at nil the
same thing as ths dee-ay of religion. Evolution does
Indeed mean the destruction of certain Inadequate,
ern!'.. I'toi'-maic. theological theories of the psst,
but lt does not me.an the destruction of theology!
Any parti..ular type of theology, when clearly
though! emt and freshly applied In all depart?
ments, will be s.-.-n to re-suit In a grander theology
and s mora magnlflcent religion than the world
h.is e-v.-r known. lt seems strange, Indeed, that the
theologians should not learn the lesson after a
while that not only ls Hod's truth safe, but that
lt ls Hie only thing Which is safe."
THE BAMA TOWED INTO PORT.
The Norwegian fruit steamer Kama, Captain
Krosiiid, whe-n leaving Sf. Ann's Ray, Jamaica, on
the night of Kovember 2.1. ran on a reef and re?
mained fast. The Merritt Wre-cking Company
sent their steamer .1. I) .lones to her assistance.
fri arrival the- wreckers fouuel the steamer high
up on the reef, with feiur feet of water under the
boat nnd about eight f.-e-t .-midships. The task "f
Boating the snacked Steamer was accomplished on
December Ul. uml she lefi port January r, in tow of
the J. li. Jones, arriving at Norfolk Januarv 1.1.
Th.- tug C. W. Morse then took the Sama In
.barge, having Norfolk January Ifi. and arrived off
Stapleton, Staten Island, at 9 o'clock last night.
Th.- Sr.ma's bottom ls ilainage-.l. and she will be
hauled mn for repairs.
SUICIDE BY A LEAP.
Lottie Frants, twenty-two years obi, a servant,
who had been too 111 io work, threw- herself from
the roof of the- tenement-house, No. r.44'2 Ess)
Twelfth-st., yesterday afternoon, and was taken
to Bellevue Hospital, whsra sh.- died.
THE PETROLEUM MARKET.
Th' r-etr.-leum murk'I last week, uhlle quiet, waa
Hea.lv. The complete pipe line statement for DeeSOSbSf
llwaad a e*ec|.1e?l lncr?r.s? In receipts, hut ..riv a m.Mer
.-ile gnln In <l?llver!e?. The Ini-re-itse in net atOChi fr-rn
N..\-mt>er was about HMM barr. Ip lt.ournie >.. far In
I Jaauary ladlcata lhal sst smsa thea -1 i.e mo barrels win
ba *?' b I Iii!" rn.nth ! I Hie vlsi!,le aUBWlj ??( I ll. I'..!|. u
; (nie i? the reporl et pip line movamenta, compiled noan
I Hi.- Hen's . r '?Tlie em I itv ll- Ml, I.
Yitnrv* in bbl*. Dee. "M. Dee. ".'*> Nev. 'M Ive :m\
T..tHl reeelpti" _2.4*0.311 2,ftKS.*33 2.7HI IM7 JIU.; II
Total ih.lv. ne- . :.i:2~r> ,\Pt 2. ?<e|. u-,; S.4S4.S2I 1.603.S87
El ess receipts . ?7!i.".'...*.? :>; TM 101.104 Sill Ml
Imii> av. roe'ts. . '.?i "T'e M.TSJ DO.OM '.i .7s
Hall) uv. dM'VSS. lu",..?,?..-. 77. l.M M.Ul M.SM
Da av. ex r'pls "ll..l>4 MOP il ini:, IOuSO
.????? lA-un.rt.rtit.777 .'..nu.ism a.ci.-..47i 1. :,.*.., -1
?Kseaas ileltaailes
The purl ml pipe ;in? returns fr. m .l.itniarv '2 IS 12
. 1. mers i" the mho. lari sell a, me ss f.,11 .??.
T..UI bbts. 1 >m 11 > pta. .un aa
Runs . ffM-B S.I n7s TO SUI
l>e|!\ene? . S-.IIM1 7I..V.N 74 .117
Bsasss nina . Mg.Ul s.Mu "io.*,;
? .-?? ? .li?lu Ins 7" 7.1 .Vt..".71
I-I . nm . .-?'? |
F'.-nn.-.l netrnleirin elSSSd nt fl 2u reata mat asl! n lu I ?r
reis an.l .1 7o rents In bulk a. New Toft, I'lilUleip ila
prices i.-in-jr i.n a Usu ?, j. -tin i-iw.i I'.,reign quotation
were LeoSoO, MS] Hid p?r lni|.erlttl aall.n. Antnetp.
I lsi, fra:. ? per luu kiln, un.i bremen, A af, marka pat W
kliua.
TALK AMONG TURFMEN.
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS HERE AND
ELSEWHERE.
f
THK ItAC'INO IN ('ALIKOI*.NlA?THR MANICURE 1
GETS OARRl'l/lt'S AGAIN AND TEI..UI A
THING Oil TWO.
Turfmen, racegoers and everybody aaaoclated
with rae inn look forward to the eomlng raring Ben?
son ns the dawn of S new ern on the turf. To be
sure, many spei'lmena of the fossils of former
ages have been retained In thu nb'hea of the mu?
seum of the Joe-key Club. Fossils have their uaes,
so the' menwho have charge of racing affairs have,
In the wlselom of their experience, eledde.l to retain
lbs familiar specimens. Although there have been
much smoke and little- fire In tbs scinelalous ru?
mors that prevailed on the turf last year, the
situation was such Ihat the .tookey Club was power?
less to take aetlon In many cases of fniuel where
the evidence of aioagilnlng was wholly e-ir.-um
stanilal. It ls one thing to rule a man off the
turf, but lt ls another to he sustained by the
courts. The decision In the Riley Ornnnan caae
wns given on the- fact that Orannan violated ono
of tho rules of racing. As at.ited In Tlie Tribune,
the Qrannan decision gives the Jockey flub ad
elltieina! power to deal with the auspicious actions
of persons who are assoe-l it.-.l wllh racing, whether
as owners, trainers. Joe-keys, layers or takera of
Odds or spe-etntors. Hence lt I" safe to pre-elli't that
rae-lnc will be greatly Improved uneier the> chanced
conditions of affairs, owing to Judge- Osborne's de?
cision in the Qrannan casa
Another thins; that has attracted the attention of
turfmen, breeden snd eithers ls the movement
beaded hy Dr. Day. eif Waterloo, X. Y.. to secure
a mollification of the racine laws for the benefit of
the trotting tracks. Owing to the vast amount of I
money Invested In the breeding Interests In this
State, there ls no objection to any effort the trot
tlng horsemen may maire to Improve the condition
Of the- trotting associations and ths breeders of '
trotters.
in New-Jersey thc turfmen, like the mosquitoes,
ire- hlbernstlng, an.l ihe prospect! of racing in rhat
SI.iii- are very remote. The- Idle, silly vaporings i
of Imaginative meddlers aboui a racing law In
New-Jersey have bu i.led in srouslng some of
the professions! reformers of the "whnt's-in-it""
Stripe. The racing situation In Xew-Je-rscy may SS
summed up hy the slang expression., "Xit."
In the West turf news ls far more, plentiful th in
In this nelghliorhood. Bales anil transfers of race
horses sra almost or* dally occurrence. The stake's
offered by the Western associations have been llh
erally patronised. Turfmen and breeders are con- ,
Ir'le-iu Ihat Just and equitable- racing laws Will be ,
secured In Illinois, snd that Chicago will one
more take Its place as a racing centra, lt has
been said thar the wind ls tempered for the shorn |
lamb, but If report l.e- true, the shorn lambs from
th.- eastern racetracks have struck a blizzard in
tlu- land o' thc Kiorious climate Large crowds
attend the raes In California. The betting ls fast
and furious. Th" men who manipulate races have
received what ls known as the ".loul.lo cross" bo
often that the "sure-thing" element are driven to !
etciperatlon.
Owing tc the success of some Eastern turfmen
who ra.-e (heir horses to win .very time they are '
sent tn th- !i,?t, some of the Wyatt Karp turfmen !
desire to boycott Eastern horses, through dis?
criminating legislation. Thereile no immediate
danger thal snybody will present any measure
to the California Legislature inimical to the In?
terests of California breeders snd their best pa?
ttens, tbs turfmen of th-* Bul
"Tod" Sloane. "Ku" Purser snd David Gideon
have aroused thc Ire of Han Francisco swells by
causing them to have trouhle with their tailors.
This ls due to the futile attempts of th* awe-lls
to keep in line with the wearing apparel of the
I visitors from the Knst.
George Wheelock ls a winner on the races, but
I- far behind In the procession when th" leading
lights of the turfmen appear on drejs parade.
(Gottfried Walhaum ls at the Arkansas Hot
Springs, where he holds dally conferences with the
spars.- sprinkling of turfmen wintering on hot
water. Phillp J. Dwyer ls expected to nrrlve at
the Hot Springs next week, when it la confidently
expected tha' his sdvent will enliven matters
io a marked degree.
M'QUIOAN.
William IfcQltlgan, whose remarkal'le eare-r
compares favorabli in interesting details with
ih.i- ot" Captain Robert Ki.ld. :.? a prominent citi?
zen of Hot Sprints. "Mae" is known as a
good fellow, whose nfc ls full of startling situa?
tions, that would furnish any number of oppor?
tunities for "to tn- continued In our next," If lt wen
Written in serials. Th- 'lays .if Small Hopes are
scarcely remembered now. having been ecllpeed by
mor.- recent occurrencee. McQulgan is tin- man
who wis described by lohn Bplan. the famous |
driver of trotters. US tri" univ man who ever got .
wealthy in Arkansas. Bplsn said: "McGiilgati went ,
io Arkanaaa to mart a milk route. H.- purchased
on.- row and ten pumpa. Now he owns a stable pf
racehorses." There was ,, time when "Mae mad.- j
air-line- mais of Kentucky, but the Kentuckians
did not appreciate his talent, and Arkansas gained
a prominent citizen. There ls one thing that Mc- I
Uuigan can do, and that ls to train and develop i
thoroughbred! He is a good salesman as well.
Ile sold Ben Kder to Michael i-'. Dwyer last year. |
ami has sold him a two-year-old colt and a two- |
year-old illly thal ara likely to bs heard from this
The entries for th.- Hrooklyn Handicap Indicate |
that the rac. will be fiercely contested from start ,
to Ilnlsh. With Harry Reed to rate along and
t'leopttui or Harrington to make the pace. If, F.
Dwv. r's Chances tO Win With diner Harry Heed
or Hen Hrush have been discussed by men wini are !
considered as skilful handicappers. Then there ls
Handspring. Havoc, Hastings. Raima, Howard '
Mann, not to mention Requital. Peep o' Day and
Th- winner. In talking about the Brooklyn Han- i
dlcap one hardened turfman said: "Dorian ls en- '?
tered in that handicap by Frank Foster. Xow, if ?
Dorian should win lt John J. Hyland ls likely tei
explode, as foster won the race with Dr. Klee,
whie'h Hyland discarded, and lt would be too mue-h !
for him to hear if Footer won with another of his
cast-offs."
August Helm lilt's horses will race In his own name
thia year, and the Blemton Stable will be a tiling of j
t ie psi Sir. Belmont had good reasons for racing
hi- horsei undi r tbe name of Blemton Stable's. n,> ,
is a tirm believer in owners racing under their own
nsmes, but could not consistently advocate it while ,
he himself raced under an assume 1 name. It might
lu- w.-ll for trie- Jockey Club to make a rule, that
every hors.- shall be- entered in the name of his own?
er. Th.- rule ls In force In trie West and gives gen- '
ii il satisfaction.
LADY MARGARET! FOAL.
T.i ly Margaret, one of Mr. Belmont's pet matrons,
luis given birth t.i I slashing foal by Rayon d'Or. If
lin- coll thrlvss snd is up to the standard of the other \
foals of Lady Margaret, he- is almost certain to be
a tu successor to Rayon d'Or.
James Qalway is sad snd forlorn owing to tho j
premature foaling of many of his msres si Vilsy's
Karin. Spring Station, Ky.
The yarunga at the Hurricane Farm run out in
Luge paddocaa avery day. The result la that rip'
yearlings ara of excellent Bise, free from ailments
of every description and promise to excel any other
lot of youngsters ever i.r.-.i m Hurricane.
John J, Mccafferty is highly pleased with hi
still.:.- of horses at Morris Park. He reports avery
one of ihe-m as having excellent appetites, and says:
"If my horses do as well on the track as they do at
t 1. manger I will have money to hum."
.v J Joyner la expected home from North ("an?
ima -ni Thursday, when hs will begin active work
with tin- ('.deon horses,
Tilers- has not been S single ease .if sickness re?
port...1 from any of :he local tracks .luring the last
ie n days. This ls s tem ilka'..le ihOWlng,
Tin- manicure ls consoled for the- loss of some of
h. r best customers whei sre we-ll known on the
lurf bv an Increase of patronage- freim politicians
nml Others who desire to get something on their
enemies, and she talks about it as follows: "I
think ,t ls real mean thal anyhudv should think
for n moment ibm we giris would talk shout any?
body. Besides, how .COUld we- lind things out ir
th- men .lie! not loll us? Now. ther.- ls that base?
ball umpire, who ts mn' of our best customers
Why. w.. all though I ha was a Wall Stn-e-t broker
be was so particular. And just think, he always
wears white vests (althouah he .-ails them waist
eoe m i no matter how cola it ls or the season of
the ye-ar. I thought I would faint, and some of
us were greatly shocked when a man came tu h. r.
wtth 'Joe-' Ullman and told us ihat he was the
owner of n patent on hot tamale cans and lived
on the .-...valuesibe collected. He occasionally
r.-f.r, ,-,| a prisetlgh! or waa umpire nt s hull
game, ami claimed a legitimate standing aa a
sportsman. DO you think that any of US maul
cures would mik Ilk.- that about each other'* rf
course we wouldn't.
"But. say. dbl you In-ar about the golf-pim-crs
a Tuxedo! Why they just own the place Tl ev
play golf all dav. talk golf Iti the evening .nd
dr.r.m about golf at nlaht. Th- plgeon-ahooteiS
used 10 CUI a wide sw;,,!, .-? Tux^bMnlS
th.-y don t mi any lc. or congealed air
"The wing shots ar.- R regular frost. I'ar.lon me
fm using Sang, but we hay.- M many clubmen
BS pall.ms I can't help lt ,,, ,!??.., boca use iffSS
ta catching. Tbs poor pigeon shooters could not
get b worri in edgewsyi al Tuxedo, and now thev
tell il sll to 'Charley' Delmonico **
"l h..v.- been bored to death ever since the
Beelay dinner. We have i.n forbidden to talk
about it and one of the girts got discharged be?
cause sh- looked at a map of Egypt In th,, i,,
r.s.(ni, Sf i.ll- of th- Hr,,-,,,',., Chili hoy" '
\ JORI OM \ CLUBMAN.
"Obi lore N i poad Juke on ihr.-,- clubmen and
psrhapa, skits trouble for one- of Captain Cha*
man's p..||,.-me,, Von know that all the swells
wear long-tailed overcoats if they are up to date
ST up to Tod' Sloane W.-ll. ,hr.e of them at?
tempted I'l
tempted to enter a swell reception In Fifth-m..
hu. were ruddy forced hack bl ? ? , ^h
MM: U-vii., now. ths pince fur mime i la ? udald
Ibu awning bey ant.' Just what Teddi'' ?Ilia
about it ta unknown, but ons of tbs mw SSL a
Uar. J M. Fa?sas, D. D..
Paaeor Flrai Reformed Church, Brooklya, tt. ?."? 1
Here ii positive evidence of immede
iatc relief and absolute proof that Booth's
" Hyomei"
the Australian " Dry-Air" treatment cf
thror.t and lung diseasei, pe.manently
prevents colds and Curer by Inhalation*
DroeUyn, N. Y., Der ,-fth. >fr/.
I ha?? firmly ref.n-nl r.y r.nme aid pe-rrait bf atp
idv?rt*?elii*nt. bel I <ratmo? r*fu?? 'o do ?'l I ran Ur
11 votnci. ?? i> Wtassij I will, by 'rc aamm et
Ilyemei. 'etlebrmte nea year.' f Wrdim from ro'^.i tf
r.oi loo late, I w.'l send rae a I Si>-?|Tapl;
(Ue-.-.l J. M. Fesses, DD.
U 1131*3 fl ICC money to all per.
sons purchasing Booth s Pocket In.
haler Outfit anywhere in the I 'ni/cd
Slates, during fStj'r, who tvill say
that HYOMEI has done Alawa no
good, on cor.dirion that they apply di?
rect to thc head office, 23 E.tst zofh
Street, Km York ^ m? _*% emf*
City, {fyuoml) (/C. J. Grhvfc
ll em elrnggiH hi* it it rrtti ge* i> if you ir.tm.
Ilieie it no MtsrilMO. Pi?\vt tahalar Hoi fir al
i!niKM',iit bftoaA.f*jae. I ,m Bowba Inh?:?m,
57 cent* llye.mei Baba. a$ -r-trrt*
Pjmphlet* frve C-rdia! weli-orrie and free a lr leo
if yoe will write ur cali bil
R. T. BOOTH, 23 East 20th St., N. Y,
j
Insulted about the horrible mistake that he says
bin guv*ner will haye the man who don't know the
difference between a footman and a swel put
through n Civil Bervlce examination.
"There- are- a few real koo.I fellows In town.
There ls Johnnie Kelly, who smiles so aweetly that
Oscar Hammerstein la Jealoua of him. but then
oscar has ao many troubles! Matthew < orhett
takes a bini? walk every day before he vtalts Del
monlco'a to he-ar Phil.ps quotatlona of the sro-it
market. 'Jack' .McDonald plays a regular part lu
the farce called 'Ups nnel Dawna, or .'hi- tgo Oaa1
Arthur White la waiting for the arrival "f J?c|<'
Kollanabee to tell him a good thing, .lohn Iialy
visita Monmouth Hark once a week to iee hu
e-hamplon two-year-olds, who are trained hy
James McCreery. The colta are the rhamplona of
Ilolmdel. Jimmy Rowe ls getting to be a r-cular
iountryme-n. He comes io town to remain two or
three days and Rets so Ion-some thnt. h.- returns
to Hrookdale on thc same night.
"bank Me''ahe would e-ome here, but he ts
afriuel we woulei falk about him. I wonder what
Prank McCabe has done? I must ask som- hook
maker's cashier. Frank ''lark'- ls golnR io England
In February. He ls not going to h.- thi official
start.-r for th'- Kngllsh Joe-key t'ltih: beside i lia
never applleei for the pince. I know where the
greatest gossips In this city (rather every day. It
ls in that place- whir.- the- men who bet ott ths
races have their Offices, In Sixth-si. Tl.ey fust
talk about everything, and ro without their lunch*
?-ona. ns they arc afrnbl to leave singly because the
othera would lalk about them, ao they leave the
pince in a crowd.
"Denman Thompson and Colonel 'Dave' PuNlfer
bet on the New-Orb-ans races: so do 'Jim' Brady
atui Harry Perry.
"Howard Gould told one of his associate? when
asked ahout a report of his probable marrtsge to
Miss Viola Da van: 'I enioy myself hy minding S?
own business and not asking Impertinent questions?
There will be no further conversation un any sub?
ject between them In the future.
"A poor young clubman who has heen straining
every nerve to keep hla head above water, lovea
and ts loved hy an heiress: hut he could never get a
chance to tell his love and to propose to her. Her
ftuardian keeps a close watch on her. but one night
ast week, through aome mlsunderatanding, he and
hla party got Into a coach nt the opera, which gave
the ardent young lover a chance to rhle home with
hla adored. He waa overjoyed nt hla Rood fortune,
when. Juat aa the coach waa ahout to start, hor?
rors of horrors! a great burly policeman Rot In the
coach as an escort to prevent possible Injury by
strikers. It was a New-Vork Cah Company's
coach, and the romance was ended for tile pr-?ent,
as the helreas saileel for France on Saturday morn?
ing. The distracted lover can And no rell. f, as he
does not know whom t.i swear at?the strikers, the
cab company or the policeman.
"Now. wh?n you go out. don't dare to say we ever
talk about anybody.''
IX THE CYCLING WORLD.
ATTRACTIONS FOR WHEELMEN AT THB
GOOD ROADS CONGRESS.
a woopen BICTCLI TO nr: tit o.v the market
NONSENPK FROM K.WSAS-A MTTER
FIGHT IN TIIE I.n.VO ISLAM >
r-i.t!'..-*' aabOCIATtOM.
In ronnootlon w-lth the Good Hoads Congress, to
be held nt Orlando, Fla., on February .1, 4 and 8,
there will be a three days' hleycle meet, to which
all the promlne-nt riders of the country hsve heen
Invited orlanelo is a eily of 4,000 lnh.ihlr.ie-. a'.t
uat.-.i in miles south of Jacksonville, snd has a
one-mil" bicycle- track, five-sixths of a mlle long.
enclre-IIng one- of the- prettiest clear wit- r lakes
In fhe State nnd only fly., minutes' walk from the
centre of the civ There arc clubrooms sdjeb>
lng the truck, affording facilities to riders for
bathing, rubbing, etc. The .-itv of Orlando baa
within its corpornte limits twelve mil's nf clay
roads for wheeling, an.l ls connected with Winter
Park, four miles distant, by two dav roads, whf-h
afford delightful wheeling through" some eif the
most '-harming scenery In the South. Tire Semi?
nole Hotel, with accommodations for 4."1 guesta
ls situated nt Winter Hark. Th-re ls a bicycle
path, four miles long, extending to the P'*'o
?"'rounds. Before th- end of the- bicycle meet there
will be polo games, bicycle para.I.s. ar, opt ri and
other amusements for tile diversion of visitors.
A Springfield firm will put n w.oden bicycle on the
market this season. In place of the steel tubing in
the ordinary bicycle, wood rods turned sal of se-ijnd
growth rock maple or hie-kory are med. and :n?t^ad
of drop forgings or ?ree?i connecnons, which ate med
to hold the frame together, this .company aa ? g***
nilnum bronze metal. This metal is shout the -.lor
ut'J4-karat gold. The w.l roda ire dnlshed In lbs
natural wo.nl. antiene' o.^k. mahogany or rosewood
and, with the gold-colored trimmings, make- a .v.nfc.
ing wheel.
Repreoeatattve Lamber:, who will Introduce mts
iha Kansas LsgbCatUrS a hill to prohibit the- w i-lng
pf bloomers and make- the riding of bicycles a---!le
by women s mtademean r, ins consulted with ww*
ae-rea of the medical profession In thst Btate, wno de?
clare that if the sromen pental in tho riding of hi
cycles "the extinction of the mee must oe ..--arlly
follow."'
The annual election of the Associated Cyctlag -Cube
of Long Island will le- h. "..1 to-nlgbt, and the liveliest
int.-rcst is felt in the llghl for tbe steel taney. Miches!
Kural, of the Hrooklyn Bicycle Club, has ,|,-??!lae 1 9
renomination, leaving the Held to John Barnett,
president of ihe Logan Wheelmen, and Preeldeol
Shannon of the Prospect Wheelmen. Tin- buttle
promises to be a blner one. beesuee the Logan
Wheelmen was formed by seversi o.l ntembera sf the
Prospect Whedmen, wii i became dtssstlsfted with
Hie manner lu which the Prospect dub was eon
duotsd anel formed S new club, which ls ROW one of
the most proareestve In Brooblyn. Barnett ls pop*
tar, and hl? friends are confident that h.- will win.
Some reside nts ,-f Long Island arc in favor ,'f light
jug the- Merrick Road at night, espsdaM) on Sundays
anel hedi.lays. The vat I.us roadhOOM JtSIHH ****%}
the line favor the whims, of course
Cyclists d.-siring to Join the League of Americas
Wheelmen may obtain tull printed information ant
membership blanks by lending n.unes and adlressei
to the Cycling Kdltor. Tribune.
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CHAMPION Pool PLAYER CBALLESOEaX
H K. Stewart has challenged Alfredo de Ora
champion pool-player of lbs world, to a mate!
g.nnc at continuous pool for the championship ol
UM world and a money slake of $1^>; Ihe malo!
lo be played uneier the rubs governing the cham?
pionship, further details lo be arranged later.
Stewart hus deposited the sum of ITT, ns forfell
money, pp wqalrsd 1,v Uta rul"""t governing tM
championship.
(Enroprati ftQpcrnoemcnte.
riL'Rori;ANs and tuavklleks win aol
!>?? "London ofllc? of TS* TMbune. TS Fleet Stree*. A\ 0*
a eonvrsitot place to imre ibalr edvertleeineaio aad ssS>
??riptlona for TIM Trtb-uaa.
Hotel de Lille et d'Albion
'"22. Hue St. Honore. Parla
Hot ween the TuUeries Carden* Place VendonM
snd New Opera. Advantageous arrangement!
for families. Beautiful Hall. Large Drawls!
Rooma Electric Light, Atc Telegrams. "lAMU
bloa." Parts. UBNRT ABAOJft