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foTI ?/.?G? Tills M0MNINQ.
FORKICiN'.?Oermany has threatened to with?
draw from the Cretan negotiations unless th??
coercion of Greece is proceeded with, a calmer
condition prevails In Athens; King Georgs de?
nounced Sir A. Blliottl, British Consol In Crete.
:-Queen Ronovalona 111 has been exiled by
tho Preach ft .un Madagascar to the Island of Re?
union. ?? Professor Henry Drummond. tho
writer <>n religious subjects, died at Tunbridge
Welkt, England. - Tho Qoverninent troops in
Uruguay were defeated by tbe insurgente. -. - .
Cenciai Primo <!<? Rivera will succeed Genera]
Polavrtja as Governor of the Philippin? Islands.
r-^=^r Th-? University <>f Cambridge conferred the
degree of i.L. D. upon Ambassador Bayard. -=
Up lo date there have been 14.?156 cases <>f piaguo
in Bombay Presidency, and 12,204 deaths. ..
OeneroJ Antonio Basta is still alive, - Queen
Victor!? in passing through Fiance was met near
Parts by Preeldent Faure.
domestic?Presldeat McKinley is taking
his time in the matter of appointments, being
determined to secure ?M best men available for
the places to be filled, rr^rr^ Republican members
of the Ways and Means Committee estimate that
the new tariff bill will yield about 170,000,000
additional revenue. s= Mrs. Angelini P. Hall,
?if Saratoga, N. Y., has gi\en $2?>.(HS> to the
Judson Memorial Church, of this city. -- - ?:
Commencem?nt exorcists were held at the In?
dian Training School. Carlisle, Penn. rr^_z A
number of heavy failures were announced In
Wettern cities. ?r-?- The first annual meeting
of the Hudson Valley Horticultural Society was
held In Pnughkeepsie. ?- Professor Simon
Newcomb, the eminent astronomer and superin?
tendent of the Nauti? al Almanac, is to be
placed on th?* retired list ?>f the Navy to-day.
CITT AND SUBURBAN.?A mass-meeting In
favor of the arbitration treaty was held In
Cooper Union; some opposition to the resolu?
tions was developed by an clement led by Civil
Justice AVauhope Lynn. ==r The brief of the
City Club urging changes in the charter was
made public. r^= A bill to legalise the opening
of racetracks was Introduced In the New-Jersey
Legislature. ~=^= Stocks were dull, but strong.
THE WEATHER.?Forecast for to-day: In?
creasing cloudiness, probably with rain; warmer.
The temperature yesterday. Highest, G>7 de?
grees; lowest, 40; average. 4K**.
PROTFCTWS OF TUE TREASURY.
Chairman IMngley lias not yet explained, and
It Is proper that he has not, the method by
Which he propose?? to prevent heavy importa?
tions of goods in anticipation of duties. But some
Journals which speak for Importers have been
discussili?; the matter With much interest, and
have set up the claim that what they call a
retroaitiv.? duty would not be held valid by the
?marts. The Tribune has at no time suggested
Bach a measure, or supposed the committee
would attempt, by an aet taking effect July 1.
for example, to make the rates of duty therein
contained payable on goods imported in March
or April. On the contrary, it was suggested that
a short, simple act, which a Congress prepared
to support the Administration should be ready
to pass within a week, ?Bight provide that tho
duties fixed by an act to be passed hereafter
should take effect on all goods placed in wr-re
hous??, or imported directly for consumption
after the approval of such preliminary act, and
that bonds should be given for payment of such
duties upon the withdrawal of goods from cus?
tom houses or warehouses.
There can be no question of the power of Con?
gress io change the duties, to give ample notice
that it is going to change them, and to require
that from the date of such notice importers shall
bind themselves to pay the duties hereafter to be
fixed. If limitation as to any class of duties
seems necessary, it can be provided by a single
clause. The phrase "retroactive" would not lu
the least apply to an act requiring from the date
of Its approval the payment of duties to be fixed
in the future. Nor is it a step without precedent,
since other nations have pursued the same pol?
icy, as the importers are well aware. In fact, it
really seems that a government can hardly be
called civilised, In these days, which has not
learned to prevent importations of supplies of
goods for months or years ahead while it Is en?
gaged In deciding upon the pt-SClse rate to be
imposed.
But If tho ludefinlteness of such a measure
seems to any a serious objection, it is unques?
tionably within the power of Congress to provide
by an enactment which would require neither
study nor honest debate that, after its approval,
the duties imposed by certain sections of the Mc?
Kinley act shall lie and remain in force until the
proposed new tariff takes effect. Everybody
knows that the new Congress was expressly
chosen by the people to restore the protective
principle Bgshtdlsd in the act of lWS?, and while
some parts of that act are no longer needed, and
others will doubtless be modified, It would lie
no hardship to any interest to be obliged to pay
for three or four months the duties which were
paid for four years. The sugar schedule, for in?
stance, would be omitted because It would too
Kreatly reduce the revenue to make raw sugar
free, and perhaps It would not Ix* a serious detri?
ment if the iron and steel and the cotton sched
ules should be left to stand as they are for a
abort time, without the changes which will
doubtless be made. But in some other schedules
the unlimited Importation of goods for three
months under the present law would be so ab*
surd, so injurious to the Treasury, and so un?
just and disastrous lo home industries, that a
Senator or Representative would go far to mark
himself as an enemy to Protection if he should
refuse temporarily to revive McKlnh-y duties
for the prevention of such mischief.
For this i'immiii it does not seem easy lo be?
lieve that the genuine protectionists In Btthsr
housi* would Oppose such a measure. The free
Uadtrs falsest themselves with the idea that the
Republicans cannot get a silver or a Democratic
vote to restore any part of the McKinley duties,
even for a time; but there 1? not tbe slightest
known warrant for such an assertion. On tasi
contrary. Sonatore who have not acted with the
HopubUenn parly have distinctly Stated that
tltgj were ready to vote for the restoration of
substantially the same duties that were embod?
ied iu the act of 181k?. Moreover, It ought t<? be
the object of every patriotic man. whether Dem?
ocrat or silver uinn or Republican, to provide
without ilelay enough revenue for the (Joveni
ineiit. and to place flic Treasury in ti position
not to be defrauded of part of the revenue which
It requires by anticipatory imports. The form of
provision Is not of the least consequence, pro?
vided it is vnlld and sufhYlently effective. No
?Itiestlon could be raised as to the validity of
either of the measures suggested, nnd certainly
mi act reviving temporarily all or part of the
duties of a previous law would not bo without
ample precedent.
THE ELLSWORTB HILL.
If liardly need he said that The Trlhuue is In
entire sympathy with the feeling of Indignation
and disgust at the dally infamies of yellow Jour?
nalism which It finding expression in the utter?
ances of reputable newspapers and the action of
library trustees, oluhs and social organizations.
For the unanimity with which the press of the
whole country?for the slime of the yellow pes?
tilence has extended from Maine to California
has condemned and denounced these libellous
publications and their authors, we believe the
history of Journalism furnishes no parallel. From
the weight of that condemnation The Tribune
would not detract one iota, and possibly nothing
that It could say would give It added force. But
because public opinion is so aroused, and be?
cause rlie manifestations of righteous anger are
so apparent and so hot. The Tribune ventures to
make a suggestion hy way of warning against
indiscret and impulsive aciion. In the right?
eous anger which gross outrages upon public
morals, private rights and common decency ex?
cite in the minds of good citizens there is always
a certain admirable quality which makes one
think better of his fellow-men ns individuals and
of human nature as a whole. All the same, it
is to be remembered that anger, however right?
eous and however provoked, is fatal to correct
Judgment, Just conclusions and wise conduct.
It is well to let anger co?il before taking decisive
action. Otherwise the best of purposes may be
defeated.
It is a common delusion, and one, as The
Tribune has recently pointed out, that seems to
have had an abnormal growtli during the Last
three months, that all wrongs and abuses can '
be cured out of hand by the panacea of legis?
lation. It is a gravo mistake. There are few
wrongs or abuses for which the good old Eng?
lish common law does not provide sufficient rem?
edies, if properly invoked, without the Interven?
tion of new statutes. The bill introduced by
Senator Ellsworth "to restrain the unanthomed
"printing and publishing of portraits or alleged
"portraits of individuals" has for Its aim. as Is
well understood, the suppression of one of tho
features of yellow Journalism which have con?
tributed to make that class of publications not
only offensivo to good taste, but a crying shame
and public nuisance. And It is not to be denied
that public opinion approves the bill. The press
of the city and State, we believe, with practical
unanimity favor Its passage. Indetti, the two
conspicuous offenders against which it is aimed
have, after a fashion, with grotesque cynicism,
given It qualified approval, each assuming that
the other Is the sole object of attack. The Trib?
une, however, though in perfect agreement With
its contemporaries as to tho desirability of the
end Which this bill has in view, Is compelled to
differ with them as to Its practicability or the
necessity for additional legislation on tho sub?
ject.
In point of fact, we believe the bill as it now
stands Is In violation of the ?Oonstitiition, and
could not be enforced. It is by far too sweep?
ing in Its terms, and certainly Infringes the con?
stitutionally guaranteed liberty of the press. In?
herently It Is no greater offence to print tho pict?
ure of a man without his consent than to print
his name without similar authorization. The
present law of libel covers caricatures of the per?
son as well as printed libels. No new legisla?
tion Is needed to make that form of libel action?
able. And this is something that needs to be
borne somewhat carefully in mind In consider?
ing the ??ending measure. If the men who have
been must grossly libolh'd in these sheets by
caricatures and cartoons and scandalous charges
affecting their character and standing In the
community were to avail themselves of the legal
remedies easily attainable, th? re is no doubt that
through their prosecution for multiplied offences
th?? publishers would either bo driven to bank
raptcy or compelled to mend their ways and
show some regard for common decency. It
would be a great public service if the victims of
these piratical prints would for once sacrifico
their aversion to notoriety and bring the pub?
lishers to book and to Justice. So long ns they
do not and will not, yellow Journalism will run
Its foul-course. It Is useless to enact new laws
on the subject. Laws do not enforce themselves.
The only effect of the Ellsworth bill, if passed,
would be to add another absolutely dead letter
to ilio statute-book.
And perhaps, after all, the most salutary and
most effective remedy for yellow Journalism will
be found in the process now going ou of eliminat?
ing it by the force of a wholesome public senti?
ment. When it comes to bo known that self
respecting persons cannot be hired for any
amount of money to contribute to it, and repu?
table citizens avoid tho sight and touch of it,
there will be an end of it.
THE PENDINO TREATIES.
Two important treaties with Creat Britain are
now before the Senate for consideration and
action. One, pertaining to the Alaska boundary,
has been favorably passed upon by the Com?
mittee on Foreign Itclatlona, and its immedi?
ate ratillcation without amendment will be
urged. There is no good reason why it should
not be thus ratified. It contains absolutely
nothing of a contentious or debatable nature,
except the clause about Mount St. BUss, and
as that gives the United States a dozen square
miles of land it would not otherwise be en?
titled to It should certainly not be ?-ause f??r
objection on this side of the border. The treaty
is designed, indeed, to transact a bit of business
concerning which there is not and never lias
been any dispute. A few days ago there was
a hint thai some one would object to it bffflnet
it does not provide fur marking the entire boun?
dary, and would demand that In Its place a BOW
traflty" Im? negotiated to cover the whole ground.
Thfll object?o.i cannot be well taken. The Alas?
ka boundary consists of two parts, the disputed
and the undisputed. The delimitation of the
one hy diplomatic process and the marking of
the other by surveyors and mathematicians are
two entirely distinct and separate tasks. They
must be performed In different ways, and they
should be provided for by separate treaties. Tin:
pending treaty satisfactorily disposes of one.
The oilier will In due time be dealt with on Its
own account.
The other, and by far the more important In?
strument, Is the general Arbitration Treaty,
which, after being radically amended by the
Committee on Foreign Itelatlone and reported tu
the Senate, has been referred back to that com?
mittee for Its further consideration. Cnllke the
Alaska Treaty, this latter is of a highly conten?
tious nature. It deals not with facts, Bu* With
theories, policies, contingencies, principles. Its
fundamental doctrine is ur.doiibtedly CORBCt
But In some of its details it may need amoiid
ment. To dispute not only the right and the
propriety hut the imperative duty of the S?'iiate
to consider it carefully with a view to sudi
amendment Is to challenge the authority of the
Federal Constitution. It lias hem said by the
advocates of "jamming It through'" that any
material amendment of the treaty would cause
(treat Britain to repudiate it altogether. That
such is not the case Lord Salisbury himself lias
made clear. Then it has been said that such
amendments as have been proposed would de?
stroy the value of the treaty and make it merely
a "useless and somewhat childish formula ??f
goodwill." To this a writer in "The London
Spectator" makes effective reply. lb? points out
that that very option of referring <>r not refer?
ring certain questions to the tribunal ni.iy make
it easier to induce Slates to c?nchale siuli arbi?
tration treaties, and lie reminds liis readers that
the Parliamentary representatives of fourteen
European States who met at Brussels two years
ago to formulate a scheme for a High Court of
Arliitration put Into their scheme exactly BUCh
an option.
The sentiment of the Nation on the subject is
now pretty well kn??wn. That of the President
was express -d in his Inaugural Address in un*
inisiakahle terms. Thi opinions of tin? leaders
of the Senate have also boefl disclosed. It n??w
remains for the Senate to perform its constitu?
tional duty. Without other fear or favor titan
may lie comprehended in its responsibility to the
Slates it represents and tin- Nation whose In
tensts it conserves. There is reason to believe
It wU] perform that ?luty wisely, in a manner
that will be lutin -rabie to the United States and
beneficent to the world.
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C0N0RE88 AND THF FOREST RR8RRYR8.
Not ihe least important of tho matters which
may come up at the extraordinary session of
Congress beginning next Monday is the ExecU
tlve BCt of February 22, by which more than
RifiOOfiOO acres were added t<> the fores: reserva?
tions of the railed states. The Senate amend?
ment to the Sundry Civil bill annulling ?Presi?
dent Cleveland's proclamation, and the BCflrcdj
less objectionable proposition which th?' IIous??
adopted, were finally repined by a provision
which had no pr leticai significance, inasmuch
as it has since been found to have been merely
a reaHlrmatlon of a power which the President
already possessed. With that amendment the
Sundry Civil bill was sent ? Mr. Cleveland, but
died in his hands, leaving his proclamation in
full force. It is possible that no similar attempt
to stop or restrict the operation of a beneficent
net will have a chance at the coming session,
but it cannot be doubted that the opponents of
forest reservation will do what they can. We
do not believe that the opposition hau increased
to any considerable extent within the last fort?
night, but it has found emphatic expression, and
for this reason it ought to be clearly recognised
as proceeding from ignorance or selfishness.
The great poUcj which lYosirh-nt Harrison put
into firactice and President Covi-land atended
does not Involve the sacrifice of any ilegit?mate
Interests in the regions withdrawn from public
sale. Mr. Oifford I'lnchot. secretary of the Acad
emy of Sciences Commission, put the case exact?
ly right in the Interview which The Tribune re?
ported yesterday, '"The intention of the Com?
mission." he said "'is to prepare and recommend
"a plan by which the whole valu?? of the re?
serves may be used for the good of the peopl??,
"and by Which none of their resources will re
"maln undeveloped. Wo have no desire to pro
"tect these forests against use, but against ?h*
"structlon. It must not bo f.trgotten that the
"Judicious cutting of the timber is essential to
"right forest management, and that the best of
"all ways to insure the protection and preserva
"tlon of a forest is by use." While an efficient
system of organisation and oversight Is prepar?
ing it is essential to the pn-servation of these
forest resources, including the Umber Which
covers Um land, the ?oil from which It derives
Its nourishment and which It reciprocally nour?
ishes, and the sources of water supply which It
conserves, that they should be put under the
comprehensive shelter of an Bxecotive proc?
lamation. If the ('.Immission shall be sustained
by Congress, a system of management will be.
established of such a character as to meet ?he
requirements of settlers, while perman?ntly pro?
moting the universal welfare of the country.
Perhaps most of the objectors would admit
that the purpose is salutary, but it Is insinuated
and even asserted that the Commission H unlit
to carry it out. being made up of theorists, closet
students and social philosophers who here no
Intimate knowledge of practical conditions or ca?
pacity to apply It wisely if ihey had. Well, let
us consider who ihe men are win? made the in?
vestigation anil ?report upon Which the Presi?
dent's proclamai ?on was based. At the head of
the Commission is Professor Sargent. Direetor
of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University,
who is undoubtedly a scholar, but win? probably
has a wider acquaintance with the forest ?regions
of the United States than any other living man.
His work on the Tenth Census and subsequent
studies have giv?-n him an unrivalled knowledge
of their characteristics and ili-tributinii, ami his
two monumental works, "Tin? Forest Trees of
North America" and "The Silva of North Ameri?
ca," are beyond competition in their spheres at
home or abroad. Cenerai Abbott, ?if the I'nited
States Engineer Corps, vas one of the first ex?
plorers of the Cascade Range; h<- has been thor
oiiglily familiar f??r years through petaonal ob?
servation with many parts of ila? West, aii.l be
is Indisputably tin? hading American authority
on queatlons of strenne nnd woternow. Mi?.
Arnold Hague has travelled extensive.? through
th?? West during thirty years, has been a con?
stant student ??f forest condition?, beyond III??
Mississippi, and is MM ?f H.rlgina! and most
experienced members of the Geological Survey.
Professor BlwWOr, of Yale, was an early explorer
of California ami ili?' I'a?itl- slop??; was ?mt there
on that work in IStM, and travelled many thoit
sand miles before the advent of railroads la
those regions. He prepariti th?? tirsi foresi ???;?|?
of th?? United States over mail??, had charge of th?
forest statistics of the Ninth Census. Bod wrote
a botany of California. Mr. Pm.ln.t Is the tir?t
American who ni.-nl?? a profession and .1 lift-Work
of forestry, having laid the foundations of h's
knowiedf? iitnlcr ili?? righi discipline of < ?crinan
fotestara. When Mr. Qeorge W. Vanderbilt ?ras
preparlag to spend millions npoo his vast loath?
ern domain be engaged as his forest siip.riu
ti'tiileiil the most Iri-t tint. ?1 .iii.l practica] man
he .-oiild lind n.'inu'lv. Mr. Ptochot
These are the MO Who er?? superciliously set
down as theorists and bookworm?? hy yVegteTQ
o|ipon?'iits of a policy which is imdoiilitedlv more
essential to ?lie g?'n?'i'al w.'lfar?? of tin? country
than 1o the sellish Interests of BOOM great tres?
passing corporations. Inch ?lispnr.'ig<i,iciii i, ;(s
grotesque as it is Impudent Why. noel of then
had scoured tin? Western woods before ninny of
those who call them "Icn-leif????!" kn? w there
won? any Western woods to scour. If the? were
to begin now to forget the things vthlcli tlicy
have seen ami h-anicd and to keep on forgetting
etcadlly for ten yegfl they would have enough
knowledge of their specialties left at the end of
that time to make tho present opposition ridicu?
lous before any competent Judges In Christen?
dom. If Congress is wise It will keep the Pres?
ident's proclamation Intact for the present, and
leave the task of perfecting a plan for the ad?
ministration of the forest reserves in the hands
?if the men to whom by a wonderful stroke of
fortune it was intrusted.
Weylor Is engaged in official discussion of the
money question In Havana. There Is a ques?
tion to discuss, but?no money; If there were It
would vanish before his Incompetency like
victory, which allures from far, but ae he fol?
lows files. In field and Cabinet he Is the type
of failure, and Spain ought to have called him
off long ago
Ooodby to the Wllson-Oorman Tariff bill, now
In its final gasplngs, Ilk?? a speared dragon that
has wasted the lami and spread calamity through
all Its borders. Its brief pernicious history Is
now nearly at an ??nd, to i"? remembered for all
tine as the record of nnreUeved and unmitigated
?COnomlC disaster. Hut If y>u bray the Demo?
cratic theorist In a mortar, his theory will not
depart from him; when he gets another chance
to exploit It, of which the prospect now appears
sum? wh it remote, he will come to the front again
with unabated Mlf-OOOfide?ce, like a chim?
panzee doctoring the hall clock with a crow liar.
Th?? New-York baseball nine Is going to Lake
WOOd, a favorite Wert t?r the feeble. Put the
records Of IfiOfJ Indicate that both physical and
mental decay have wrought such ravages among
the totterlni? .'ripples who disgraced this city on
the beeeball Bold that the Home for Incurables
aeeme to be the proper place for them.
PERSONAL.
The Ree, Pr. John P. KlnSST, president of the
Maryland Methodist Protestant Church, has under
consideration a coll to lb?? presidency of the West?
minster'Theological Seminary. <>f Maryland.
The friends of Joseph O'Connor, the Kriitnr
of "The Buatofci Enquirer," are urging bla si'ieetion
as United States Minister to th? Netherlands.
"Mr. O'Connor," says "T.ie Buffalo BJipiess"
iRep.), "is a Democrat, hut not of the type which
his be.n in vogue at Washington of bite yean.
Hi supported McKinley both before snd after hit
nomination, in the press and or, the stump If
the McKinley Dem?crata who desirve ?o well of
their country, an? t.. ??<? specifically rewarded by
t.'i?? Administration, and Mr. O'Connor desires his
reward in this r..rm. then 'ih.? Express' desires
tn s iv that it knows of no better man for tho
position."
'"???? Hoston Transcript" says: "The late Mrs.
Robert Tr.a? Peine had been a substantial con?
tributor to the work Of th? Children's Aid Society
since IBM, the year following Its Incorporation.
She must have begun to srive when bu! a young
woman. *?f late year.? her contributions bOV?
been merged with those of tho Rober?. Tre?t Pain?
Assodati,m, and very gsnetOOS gifts have been
?.??? Iv? 1 from that source."
"Tho Puffalo News" says: "Wo wish Colonel
Llttlo Breeches Hay nil success In his new Job
of loeflng around tho throne.'"
Although ?".eneral Heauregard allowed the. use of
bis name to a lottery company, rje didn't think
much of lotteries, sccordlog to a writer In The
Chicago Times-Herald." One day he received I
long letter and a dollar from a man living In
Mi-slssippl, who wanted ? ticket that would he
e?rtaln to win. He reminded the General that he
hod faithfully served the Confederacy four years,
tnd that at times he had fought under him. He
stated, moreover, that when h>? returned to his
home after the war he didn't have clothes enough
t.. wad .?. shotgun. ?"Sonerai Hcauregard sent his
Confederiti friend a ticket, and In the same let?
ter Inclosed the following letter: "I trust that you
may wtn the capital prlr.o. One as poor as yon
say you are certainly deserves a different sort of
luck from th?. kind that you say you have I.?
having. lint mark my words: If you stick to
the lottery as faithfully and as long as you say
you ?lid the Confederacy, when you get through
with It you won't have clothes enough to WOd a
popgun."
ItbaVa, N. T., March 11 ? President Pavld Starr
Jordan, of Lelaod Stanford I'niverslty, comes hero
to-morrow from Washington. I>. ?'., where ho at?
tended a session of the Behring Sea Committee, of
which he is s member, to deliver ? lecture on the
Alaskan fur seal, before ? Ornell University.
TUF TALK OF THF DAY.
"Tho ChattSOOOgS Times" ??ays: "The Hen. Moke
Smith stated to Tat Times" when he was in thi.s
city a few days since that ho voted for Bryan ai
the last ?lection, beroOM ho bad pledged himself
t?> vote for tho aemtHea of th? Chicago Cooveatton
before he bad any Idea it was going ti ?io what it
?li.l. "lint,' said Mr. Smith, 'If Mr. Bryan should
lie nominateli agata on the same platform, my obtl?
gatloos "ill be different; I will not vote for him.'
Mr. Smith iti this aantlOMnt unquestionably vot?es
Ine sentiments <>f a largo aumber of Deaaocrots
?ho voted tho tlck<-t at the last election because it
was -regolar,' but who will In? fOOOd exercising ilio
ri?lit of thinking for IkSOMSll ? I "
? fricn.l of tho Listener has seen a funny sight
?Iowa in Maine. At ? place there, which needn't
?..? named, there lives a small boy named Jonathan
Longfellow, who Is a third or fourth cousin of the
?.:. and be is a gnat boy, too, Ooe ?day this
Friend of the Listener was driving past young Jona?
thon's house, und saw the boj < ngaged at a nul"
distance in sliding downhill on the slippery crust
?m something that ?ras noi .1 Bled. What could it
be? Evidently 'lie scrutiny of the passer-by arai
observed by the boy, for he stopped his coasting
ind called out amiably: "I'm sliding downhill on
the Bible!" And it was the fact. too. Me had got
the smooth, leather-bound f.? nlly Bible, containing
n? tarions of nil the Longfellowe, and was
cosstlng .ci it with mognlflcent Buccess.?(Boston
Transcript.
I'?.ul'tt W.ath.rsby. an English traveller, re?
cently sent to Meada in London som?? lasvea from
the tree in Africa un.l.-r which the heart of Living?
atone is burled. Ha says that Cbltambo, the chief
who ?ruled the district in the great explorer's day,
new li>s buried under tho same tree, and the vil?
lage that bore the chief* name ha.s been removeil
tea mi!.??? to th.? westward. Mr. Weathereby adda
that, unless steps ara taken immtdiatsly to mark
the spot, it will be made Indistinguishable by the
rapidly SOCTOOehlOg Jungle. The old "rnpundu"
tre.? has now become ? mere shell, and may fall
any ?lay. and after that it will soon be Impossible
to Und th?? place where Livingstone's heart has
1 . ? ? mould, ring for a quart? r of a century.
In th?? Thick of the Fight.--"Look here," said tho
pugilist's fri? n?l. "'that old enemy of yours says he
can v.i'i|. you with one hand."
"He Ko?- that, does he? Well, you tell him 1 out?
class lint from the start I can whip him with
i.?.th hands. I'm ambidextrous and coa write two
lettera at once."?(Washington star.
TWO clergymen are opposing nominees for the
Stata Legislature in ?Pike County, ??.. th.? Republl?
baring name?! the Rev. Anderson Mattici.1,
end the Silverlles th?? It v. W. J. May. The elec
tioa win tak?? place next taiL
-.lauer. lOOb at our MObor*S bairns onrj i.vlng them
?. ;?a on tin? ?Sabbath day' Oo an' s.-t the dog oa
hens: the Lord must have reogeance one way
o .ni ther.**?(Illustrata ? lltti
It Is toll of an old Baptist patsnn famous In Vir?
ginia that he ull?*e visited a plantation where the
colored BSrvattt who met him at the gate aoked
?Alii,!] barn he WOUld have his horse put In. "Have
you two barns?" asked the doctor, "Ves, sah." re?
plied th.- servant; "dar"a ?4s ole bam. and hlaa'r
trVslea has Jest built a new one." "'Where do you
usually put tin- horses of clergym? ? who c.me tn s.-e
your Balates?" "Well, sah, if d.y's M.-th>.ll?t or
?Baptist, we sea'ally puta 'sta ?? ?1- <>le bam. but if
rjeys 'Ph ? SpSlS we puta '?m In the new? one."? "Well,
?Sob, rOS cati put my h?>rs.? In th,. nPW barn; I'm a
Baptist, but my horse Is an Episcopalian."
S, semas?The f.ict Is that sln.-e the ?late of your
leal letter of Inquiry tinse -.??lows have advanced
in :?!. ?.
Cuatomer?That'a funny. How can they bo ?**?
p.Low.? If they have ? ?ne up?.*?'Boston Courier
"The Sui Fiari.lsc, Call" saya that tho taxation
?>f eb'ir.thee, eoOeges and all banaoolssl institutions
f'.r the list tw.tity y.ars In i'allfornlu BOB I??
Suited in repreaslSg charity, In turning many ?Ift?
to institutions outside nt the State. In placing
Ic avy bur.lens on private educational enterprise s
un?! crippling many others. I.lttlo encouragement
Is furnished for the maintenance of libraries, art
t; ill. il. s ?iti?! museums. It Is further declared that
ther?? is no State In tho 1'nlon with auch poor
?burches us at?? found In California, with un gver?
Sge tax of more than $U> a month upon each.
Utenti Construction. "Jane." said tin? mlstreai
"when that doorbell rings, I want von to dro?
everything S?d attend to It. Don't let me have to
teil \oii ?iguiti "
Fifteen minutes later there was an awful crash
et china, ici Ju??? hurried to th? door, tjhe had
"'"?"?J ur?tr-i.-iUetrolt Free I'ress.
SOME OLD MA8TER8.
AN EXHIBITION AT THE UNION LEAGUE
CLUB.
The art exhibitions at the Union League Club
have had ? ruther difficult time In getting them?
selves organized this year, but with the last one
of the season the Art Committee concludes Its
labors In a blaze of glory. Twenty-seven old mas
Mrs a.lorn the walls- Dutch. Flemish. Italian ami
Engllsh-and there 1?. hardly a panel which co?ta
well be spared from the collection. It Is compose?!
chiefly of portraits, with a group of lamlscapes a
SJOOd niece of genre, by Jan Hteen and another ,
??anally characteristic by George Moria nd; a beau- \
tlfui sttll-llfe study by William Kalff-a seventeentn
century Dutchman who ?omblned great natural?
ness with peculiarly brilliant polish-and a free.
v.i-orous. mythological sketch attributed to Van?
dyke. There Is also a spirited "Marine" by Jan
van Gown, done In monotone arid Interesting as
typical of an unfamiliar phase of his art. \ an
Ooven Is usually placid In motive and pearly in
tone, m this example there Is considerable move?
ment, and th- s.pia tones are at orce turbid ano
attractive, suggesting a greater spontaneity than
the painter commonly shows.
Th?? most Important of the portraits Is a large
study of Rembrandt, painted by himself in 1635,
when he was In mid-car?, r. It Is not one of his
gnat canvases, the modelling of the face being
b'-low the level of his best work in delicacy and
precision, but there Is much rugged truth and rich,
oily hrushwork, and In the animation of the eyes,
the vitality of the flesh, this production la dis?
tinctly Impressive. Later In life Rembrandt would
have mad.? his tones cooler than In this canvas,
cooler and moro mellow, hut we have here the
accustom??.! vigor an?! mastery of his art. It Is
thoroughly representative for Ita period. The
smaller and much earlier "Portrait of I Young
Man" Is a smoothly pointed work of moderate in?
terest. Gn the opposite wall hang two portraits
by Paulus Morsels?, who is not especially eminent
In th.? history of painting, but who shows in these
panels hli best qoalltlM In their best estai?. The
head of "Lyman van Volbergen" Is beautifully \
painted, the carnations ripe and glowing, the j
mod. Hing a little hard yet adequate and artistic.
In both these portraits th?? treatment of the ruffa i
of the ?Itti : is noticeable for a delightful breadth,
for a synthetic touch In curious contrast to the
close handling of the fae. s. For minute elalw-ra
tlOfl the lar;,?.? l'ourbus at the end of th? gallery
.??irr?..?? off th.? palm; It Is a r|eh, archaic dSOOrattOB,
more decorative, In fad, than pictorial, hut very
engaging In Its florid, jewelled SU|'faces. These
portraits, and we had almost said the larg.r Rem?
brandt too, pale Into insignificance for sheer love
lltass and MnsuoUS ?harm beside the BBOtchy
"Mr?. Campbell," by sir Henry Ra.-burn. !;" ls :Ul
artist rarely :-??>?? In AmerL an collections, and not
often tn?souatsred abroad in m good a picture a?
the pr-sent. He ami quite attained the power of
his - ik-l.teenlh-century contempoiaries, nor their
fame, but like most of the good British painters
of that time he had taste, elegance, a feeling for
graie and sentiment, and he painted this portrait
In a moid of bewitching ease and suavity. Th?
pin-monts are thinly laid on, and the delicate fabrics
of the sitter's COOtUflM ??? handled with th?? ut?
most softness. Tin; brushing Is a little reckless,
and ther?? are passages which seem not only
sketchy but Incomplete. Nevertheless it is a beau?
tiful portrait, with the hand of a master visible In
its execution snd the temperament uf a gentlemen
disclosed In it? spirit.
The small sepia of "Andreas Cotyee de Noi.?'' Is
one of Vaadyke'l brilliant monotones, free, ener?
getic and full of his distinction of style. The
"Portrait of t Burgomaster" by ?Orneiius de Vos
Is a rich, unctuously pointed work that Just stops i
shf rt of being a brilliant, first-rate performance. I
Romney, Hopper and Lawrence ??.? represented in I
food examples, and there are two of Sir Peter I
?ely'a shallow but plausible canvases. Among th?? ?
landscape? ther?? is on?? glorious work of Ja??.)?, ?
van Ruysdael? The deep forest scene la studied
with th? analysis peculiar to the man, and at ;ne
same time is bandied in such noble masses and
with so subtle a gradation of th? thick foliage that
It si-eins as If It might have hen painted hy Rous?
seau. The silhouette of the :r>?. s against the vivid. I
open sky is singularly modern and lovely. Th??
lai. Iscspe hy Saloman van Ruysdael Is not so good.
It Is characteristic, and therefor?? historically iti?
ti resting, but It is intrinsically too dry and formal
to leave a very favorable Impression. A framefni
of ?ketches by Constable gives some suggestive
glimpses of his art. and there is a pretty Tunu-r
?sque coast scene by Honlngton. Finally, on?? of
the three tiny panels by Francesco ?iuardi stands
us perhaps the best fragment of his artificial yet
fascinating work that has ever been seen In this
country. It Is No. M in the catalogue, where It is
calici, rather ambiguously, a "View of Venice."
It dee? not matt.-r that the title is inaccurate,
Th.? color In this Is Guardi's brightest and IWeet*
est. the style Is hi? liveliest and most artisti?. A
passage more exhilarating and sparkling than the
turquoise middle distan??.? in tin? sketch lias not
!.? sei ? at the Union League In many a long day,
Altogether, the show is remarkably even and good.
Th.? list of pictures ?s brief, but It la varied, and
ought to excite much admiration.
CITY GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
Mayor Strong yesterday approved Senator Ford's
Pneumatic Tube bill, having changed his mln?l on
the subject. .The Mayor, at the roc nt public
hearing, declared that the people should know
what str<cts wen to he torn up. saying that they
were oppeeed to such "omnibus" measures.
The Mayor's Marshal. Mr. Ilealy, was before the
Law Committee of the Hoard of Aldermen yester?
day, when the public hearing was given on tho
proposed new ordinance for public hack! and boba
The ordinance proposes that the hackmen shall
keep In their Vehicles a framed copy of the legal
rates of charge? There was no pfrson present to
advocate the ordinance, but the cabmen were out
In force to oppone lt. Among the speakers ware
Robert Winston, John Carroll and Joseph Thomp?
son. Mr. Winston declared that the prow Bt
ordlneocM wen lufflclent if they were properly
enforced. The trouble was that the Mayor's Mar?
shal did not do his duty; in fact, did not know his
dutf? When complaints were made to the Mar?
shal he had lined the delinquents and then pri?
vately remitted their tines, the speaker declared.
John Carroll assert.,! that the Marshal ha I always
favored th?? stable owners' cabs as against those
owned by individuals. Joseph Thompson was of
tbe ?.pinion It was useless to tniCt ordinances so
long as they were not to be obeyed. He said the
Mayor's Marshal had been persistently persecuting
the hackdrtvers and favoring the itsble-keepen,
Thomas Harry announced that If he were perse?
cuted and the bread and butter taken from him
and bis family, he would "blow off the top of
Marshal Heoly's skolL"
Controller Pitch advertised yesterday for pr'.hllo
bids for ttSMMOT 3 per cent gold bonds of the
city, maturing November I. I aie. The bids will be
opened on March 21 In the Controller's oftVe. The
hot ds ai?.? issued for net? schools anil for repairs
and additions to old school buildings.
-?
BOUND-MONEY CAMPAIGN IS THF. BOUTE.
Pirmtngham, Ala., March ? (Speciali.-Charles
Sp, ?r, assistant secretary of the National (gold)
Democratic Committee, who Is travelling the South
to "try to get the people to consider tbe currency
question from a non-partisan point of view,'' as lie
enprsssM ir. irritad in BlrMtngb in to-day. He had
previously visited the Carolina?, Virginia and ?'..or?
gia, and says be met with encouragement In theso
BtSteS. H?? goes hen. .? to Mobile and Now-Grloans,
and stona at Mississippi ind Texas points. He Is
making Brrangomenta for a visti by ta?CongTssessoa
j W. P. Hy until, Who Is to follow him In u COUptS of
weeks, and I'tosecute the campaign by delivering
speeches. Mr. Spear tar? tt is ih.? intention core?
i fullv to avoid politics, simply conducting s crusads
10 induce th? South to loin the New-York Chamber
? of Commerce and the East In an effort to solve the
currency question on purely bustntm principies.
ANOTHER POSTPONE VENT POSSIBLE.
The meeting of the Republican county Commit
t..? next Thursday evening may result In another
postponement of the srgsnlootton unt . the third
Thursday evening of April. The Committee on Ap
p. ais wlil sii next Mor..lay ?Viang to decid? (he
qoeatlooi Involved in the centos! of th.? xxvui As?
sembly District. It has been suggested that new
primaries for this A?s. llil.h district may be ordered
If (his course shall be di ? Ided upon, He?'.Match meet?
ing of the County Committee will nave to bi u.l
journed to April.
It is intimated that the failure of the leaders to de
ede whether Mr. L.intorbaci; is io continue a*
president of the committee or not has much to do
wlih tho present state of affairs.
j CARTER H. Il MIRI SOS Fou y ATOM,
Chicago, March 11 The following tick, t wan
nominateti this afternoon by tho Democratic City
Convention In North Side Turner Hall: 1-Or Mayor.
Carter H. Harrison, by acclamation. Tlctsurrr
Kniest llulmei, by acclamation. City Attorney
Miles J. Devine; City Clerk. W. J, Ixiettl.-r
A number of prominent members of th,. l\ople's
party occupied Beati In the convention. The plat?
form adopted, after dealing with lnunlcip.il mat?
ters. Indorses th?? Democratic National platform
adapted In this city last July.
VBBRASKA silver REPUBLICANS,
Omega, Neb.. March 11. As a result of a recent
conference of free stiver Republicana, held In tins
<?!(>?, a ?alt has been lssueil for a Slate Conv.n
tlon at Lincoln, Mureh I'ta.for the purpose of nam?
ing a provisional Nathurnlc?mimlttee, ami Mr the
transaction of any other buslnrs? t?ta? -W?v pi'op
MUSIC,
THE DANNREUTHER QUARTET.
Mr. Ouatav Dannreuther and his associates |n ?sa I
organisation which bears his name and ts devotai
to the cultivation of chamber music gave their
third and laet concert' In Chamber Music Hall ??
night. In the first number of the programma
which was ?Back's Suite In ? minor, the great?,
portion of which was played at one of the concerts !
of the Philharmonic Society this season, they hai
the help of Ernst Wagn-r, flute, and Fell* ??1?#?7
double bass; In the last, which was Salnt-Safne*
pianoforte quartet, In ? flat major, op. 41, of Hoe!
ard Brorkway, pianoforte. Betwoen these numb?
the club played the them?? and variations from
nazslnl's quartet in E flat, op. 7?; The Dana!
reuther Quartet has done excellent work in a s-C
cullarly difficult field for twelve ye*rs past ands
was most gratifying to the lover? of the high?
form of absolute music to observ-p that their ?f.
forte are meeting with a fine aseasure of appreetT
lion. The audience last night filled the riV)m tft?
STM gentle In quality. All that was offered was 71
celved with Intelligent and sympathetic appree??.
tion. In the closing quartet it *...rnc.| as if ?v
string players were a little less certain of th?E
work than Mr. Hrockway, who played with com.
plete understanding and finished taste, t?u ,?!
music held the attention of all BCVertheleoa It u
one of the composition* In which the French ,.om.
postr's influences of the exhaustive study 0f f-^,.
man organ music are "writ large," and his wish te
give coherency and unity to the classical form? m
manifest; but it sounded fresh and ?nvlgorauaa
from beginning to end.
IN HONOR OF PRESIDENT M'KIXLEf.
a reception t? M given i:y the ujfion
?,????IM CLCB AFTER THE TRANS
FER OF ORAMTI T"MIi,
The l.'nlon I.? igue Club will give a reception to
honor of the President of the United Sta'ei r,n the
evening of April 27, th?? day on srhlch the trarnf.r
of the Grunt Monument t?, the ?ity takes plaes ?
number of members of the ('ao.net an?l if the
Diplomatie Corps, it ? ?gpected, will be present
At the usual monthly meeting of the dub kug
night the following csodldatea were admitted te
memoershlp: ThOSoSS B. Kirl.v, ?Sdwsrd l'ayiea
Cone. William Marburg, Baltimore; Edward C.
O'Brien, Ferdinand \V Roebllng. Frank J H-'?.?r
Detroit; ?. Th.*o?i .r- I,e?rgctt, ?;? .rg?? M Cmi..'
Eugene Clifford Potter and it??1?? p ?? Parle?
A MOTEL CARNIVAL ON WB.
ONE HINPKKI? ?SKATERS IN FANCY COSTL'lIgg Of
THE ST. MCHuI.AS RINK.
a fan? y ?p. ss ?o* carnival and vaudeville p?e>
foimance was given at the St Nicholas Skating
Rink, in We-?: Sixty-sixth-st., last night, sad vu
attended by a ?arge number of men Sad women
well known in BOOtety. The interior of the rlr.k
was deoorsted with ropes of rad ressi and laurti
and different colored lamps for th?.? arra BBSS A
s.-t pisca ? sui essili lug an ice scene occupied tbe
east end of the big rink, and the gallery on th?
north and south st?l?-s of th?* room was par:;tian<ta
off in boxes, which wer?* sold .it prices a ?? .[,'able
to the organisers of th.? carnival, Stanford white,
James I.. ?Breaos Rlchanl Paters, Fri-klne Hewitt,
Edward A. Crowninshkld, Charles L liurr-.haa.
ami George D. Palillos
Tho carnival was preceded by general skating by
guests until about 10 o'clock, when the QUSSB of
th.- Carnival, eecortad by ber retinue of ??iibjects,
l.?l the grami entri*?, ] ?? ?t ;-:??.. t. ?1 in by a ?, .t one
hundred skaters in fancy cour?mes Aft? r making
a circuit of the building the Queen ascend???! hw
throne, and an laterestlog programme, ?MaaansSJ
of trick bicycle riding. i-;ik?* waiklne, t'.arure skiting,
sleiph t.eii and disk chimes. RTOtesque lancias
acrobatic acts, serpentine dancing and White
Wings" song and drill, was given.
The performers were m.-mbers of Ihe St NIchotSB
Skating Club. N-w-York Athletic Club. Naval Re?
serve end the 7th Regiment.
Th- boxes wer?? occupied as follow?: ?*. ? Dl?*k>
erson, Daniel Bradley, W. S. Rrown. Robert Me?
??iirdv. Mr. and Mrs l*. ter Cooper Hewitt, M1**B
I?: 1 Hamilton Mr and Mrs John I? I'rrr.??? the
Mi>s. s Hewitt, George 1?. P?trie. Mr Hawk??*,
worth, Mr. und Mrs William C. Whitney. Mr. and
Mrs E Reeve Merritt, Mrs. ?Bowman, Thomas
Kelly. W. Watson, Irving Brokaw, Mr. aad Mrs.
Juan M. cebalios R. J. Bchaefer, s J Moatgos??
ery William F. Mohr. E. A. Crowr.tnsH-fid and
Mrs. and Mrs Stanfor?! White.
.1 DENIAL FROM "JOE?' BLACKBURN,
Louisville, I\y, Ifs*-ek 11.-Ex-Senator ' Joe*
Blsckkura arrived at Oslngton this morn'ra and
?ave a prompt denial to the statement ti???- ha hsd
wT.hdrawn from the Senatorial rice In favor of
s??ine one wlio might command the entire Mrength
?if the Democratic m? albera of the legislature. Tho
Republican Senatorial caucus meets at Frankfort
to-morrow night. Ex-Congressman W. <; lluntsr
will be the nominee, and he will be elected unices
the Sound Money men Join with ih?? Bl o-kburs
Democrats In making his election impossible,
FREDERICK S. HAI FR APPOINTED.
Frederick S. Hau. r, Assistant Superintendent of
th?? Outdoor Poor, has bien appointed Superantes?
dent by th.- i'ommissioncrs of tin* Department of
Charities to succeed William Rlake, who died ??
c.ntly. Th? salary of the Superintendent la WS*
a year, Thie is th.- pia???? which was offersi te
Julius Harburger, ex-Excise Conuuleeloner, and
?? rimed by him
Bf. FRANCIS HOSPITAL REPORT.
The thlrty-tirst annual report of St. Francis Hoe?
pital, in Fift'i-st., which is un?Kr the ere of the
Slst.rs of the Poor of St. Frauds, shows thai the
Instltuttoa has dons ssestlsnt work in belptai hue?
dr.ils of poor persons who were 111 or in need el
food. In referring to the calls upon the hospital,
th?? msmhsrs of the medical staff in th?ir report
say: "The depression of trade and cms. |Uenl CUT?
tollmen! of work have made it mote than or.iir.arily
difficult for th" laboring classes to supply th?m?
M?VSS with the actual noCOBBtUse of the most frugal
subsistence. Wir?? we ad?l to this ccr.ditii'.n IBS
mUfortunea of sickness and accident, the urgency
of demands ?or help mor,? than overbalance! OUT
usual capabilities for charitable service. Durlnf
the last year th?? numb. ; ? I ? ? rsons admitted to tbt
hospital was 1.975, the number of patients cured SOB
l.ii.i, the number improved ?"?>?'. and the number ua*
Improve! 71. The death rate was 7.5 per cent."
COMINO MUNICIPAL APPOINTMENTS,
Mayor Stron?,' will on May 1 have to fill some Sf
th.* most prominent places in the city governmeOt
They include ru;.? Chamberlain Anson 0. Me*
Cook, salary- ??AIM, fill term <*f four yean; rous?
sci to the Corporation Fran-is M. ?Scott. fala?T
ti.?. ??". term four years; commissioner of l'ubile
Works CkariSS 1 T. Collis, salary |t,O00, term (ear
years; Presiditi, of th.? Deportment of Taxes sei
Assessments, Edward ? Barker, salary, **?"??>. tern
of six years; Fire fOWlSSlniii G James U Sh? flleH,
biliary ?".'..?m?, t m of six reare; l?".k CommisstSBl
John Monks, salary ?..???. term of .-:x years; Coa*?
nilssloiier of Jurors. William Plimlcv, salir> t?>.<&
term of six v.ats. ?President Samuel ? ????????
and Commissioner Smith Ely, of th. Park i?.p*rt?
inetit (president's ?alary l'.'>???. term of ttve yeses
also the Office or presi.? nt of Ihe Health HOSf?
wbi.-ii charl.s Q. Wilson haa held ?ino?? Kay l, 1m
although not reeppointed J^
?tutniirs were current yesterday that, while mon
of thos.? in the lut would receive new . ?.riimissioee
from Itayor Btroag. doubt?, were entertained?!
some ?ases. Ex-A??embl> man Burnirei l?. Kreuch*
a strona candidate for Commlsalonei of Jurors, ass
th.-r.? ar.? a number <?f applicant?, u is Mid, for IBI
placa of Commissioner <>f ?Public Work?. No ees?
urination of the rumor thai the Mayor would an
r. appoint li.ucral Collis could be obtained.
e -
STILL DROPPING THE "YELLOW J0l'RNAm%
The mov iii-nt aBSOng the clubs In the city?
rossore "Toa Worte" and "The Journal" trm
th.lr leadlliu-rooms Is gOiOg forward steadily. J
H ?us?? COBSBBltl ? ?< tkS New-York Yacht CBB
met ??? Tuesday night and decided to stri?.* S*!
papers ?from Hi?' U?i of paper?? subscribed f-'f -?J
! k.-pt in the readtng-rooss. i?n ti??? Basse *vt??3
? the House Committee t>f the Harvard clat? wvm
unanimously to exclude both papera in?? "?
i clabrooms "The World" hue been dropped ?SBSl
1 the list of Ihe Ifontauk Ctub, of ?Bfosklsa,
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POLICEMAN saves a CHILD'S LlfB.
Policeman Nicholas Ryan, of the Eldridge ?*??
Station, ?ved the life of Aaron Goldberg, oner?*
old. during n tire, late yesterday afternoon, atIjkl
Histir-st. The child was uneonsclou? when US?
from in? perenta' apartments but be revived is
few minutes. ?.u.
Th.? rtr.? started In the kitchen of Meyer ???*
berg's apartments on the ground floor Th* -**?'
??, which has been defective for a lees' "??
calighi th.? v.sterday. The child was the -H-1* ?**
In the room St the time his parents b*?"?" i0 .
tailor shop In front. When Mrs iioMl?erg
hmritse
cry of "Fire!" and saw the smoke 1>**"??{2??\3
kitchen ?lie tainted and felt into the *t??? ?3
her husband ran to her aid. Policemen ?^jLg73
Ryan, who knew that the B? wmJ '^?75-?
the house, hurrle.1 throush the h?llw*>?^,^*^
th.? child's cries, and Ryan burst In the ^TyuJ?i
while I?? > smashed a window In the rear, -
pail ?>f the sinok? escape. ?-rrlld ? "<?
Ryan found the child In a crib *nd *[: tie S*B>
the street safely, where he hands^? ?""?a
distraets? tather. The loss ?< property nos ??
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