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?ADBMT Of Mt'SP- |dl The Hesrt of Maryland.
i-'. u THEATRE S:l? Courted Into Oesri
???,?'? THEATRK 8:18 ". ? ?? M??!?trete ___
EDEN ??**???Wax Works, r.isnj ??????? ?nd Cne
Tnatogrsphe. ._
EMPIRE THEATRE?1:20- Cndsr the Red Robe.
??? A VENCE THEATRE- -VIS? T*n Of the D ? :???
(?ARIEN THEATRE?8?The Wife of Bearli.
?1ARR1CK THEATRsV^tW?JCersr Again.
<:rwi? niKUA HOUSE?A? The Politician.
HARLBTM OPERA HOUagl?S:1S ? JasU and the Dean
HCRALD SQVARE THEATRE?8:15?Th? O'.rl from
Pai ?
Hill rs THEATRE S SO?A Ilfifk Sheep.
IRVI.Vd PLACE THEATRE -??--OamhoUi.
XN'ICKKRniK'KKH THEATRE?*?The Serenai?.
KOSTBR A RIAL S- * -Oay?sl Munhsttan.
l.WEVM THEATRE? 8:?>?The Klrit Oentle-ian of Eu
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V..VIE??. IX PQE.UiR GARDEN ? 8 CtroiM
MfrTRORi^LITAN OPERA HorSE?S?Faust.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PESIGN??Pay end ?t?-?1???
Annual Eshlhltl.?n.
9LTMPIA MV8IC HAM*?iVliV-Vaudsvli'e.
PASTOR'S- 12.10 te p G. m.?VsudovlV.e.
?\-??.?_??"?'S?8:16?Miss Manhattan.
14T1I STREET THEATRE-*:1.v-sw*m Innlscarra.
Jnbct to ?Vbrcrti?cmenlo.
rasai 0?1 ? ras.Coi.
Am-iiements .11 6'lnetnicUoa . 8
Announcements _13 t> I^r?l Notlee? .? F.
Hanker? A ?roker?. ? 4 Miah'nerv . O 2
Bleyclse . 8 C Marriage* & IX>ath?.. 7 6?
livirj A Room?. i * Nei.? Publications ... ? 1
I?.?. Mord Nati.-?? ...11 ? (Vean Steamer? .IO G?
??? Wanted., t? ft-s Publia Notte?? .H 0
PT Schools ... 8 ) Public Notices . S 2
riklng . t? 2 Rh?resflB . 8 ?--?
Kicurtlons .11 ? Real E.tate . ? 2-?>
???G..???? Ai?.1? tl gehiMl Agen"!?'? . ft 1
? ?' ??,'?'?? ,11 4 Sperisi ?,???-e? . ? ?'.
ricial ??-etinfrs.H e ? torea? . I 1
Financial .11 S-4 St.?int??ate .Il *
P r Sn'.i? .ft 1 Srrlns Re??rt? . 8
'??? Itetata . R 2 W, rk Wanted .? ?-?
r??? <% G? rr" age?.. 8 2
FOUNDED BY HORACE OREELEY
MONDAY. APRIL G., IV.'T.
THE SEWS THIS MORNING.
G??G.??'??-A St. Petersburg seml-ofBclal or?
agli announces that the blockade of Greece will
begin on April ?; in Crete the foreign forces are
disarming the Bushl-Hazouk-'. -? - : An outbreak
(,f starving work people OCCttITe?) ?ti Malaga,
Bpalii. the trouble growing out nt lack of work.
?-The uiTlslriK of natives of New-Guinea is
r.ot believed to be serious -?-_ Ramsay, the
American sailor, wag rele??eed from prison In
Peru. _?-8 A White Star Line steamer ?passed
Holyhead in tow. ?--= Beneficiai tains have
occurred ln India, a? 1 ! rices are falling.
ror Francis Joseph has refused to accept tho
resignation ?>f the Austrian Ministry. =
shipment of ???.,???? bushels of grain ivr.s made
front Bt. John, ?*. B.
D0ME8TIC?The cruiser Vesuvius captured a
tup off Pernandlna, Fia., and prevented the
transfer of Sanguily and a party of Cubans to the
Herminia. ===== Further disastrous breaks in the
- of the lower Mississippi have occurred;
damaging tl.is continue In the Northwest
Thi were killed In a family feud in
The Adirondack Purchase bill,
: - ? ?? led, is satisfactory to Governor Black.
Tlie battle-ahlp Iowa arrivi d at Boston,
and will have hex ; rellmtnary run to-day.
Tho representatives of foreign Governments at
Washing! ? are closely wat|hlng the progress
< f the Tariff bill. ===== Forest tires have ?
leral I? lamage in the mountain? of Penn?
sylvania Senator Ham.a. in an Interview
? ?. expressed satisfaction with the
? ? Tariff bill.
CITT.?A reception was given In honor of Mrs
rlne A. Tingley and other members of the
The sophlcal crusade ar? und th? world. In the
concert b.v.! of M<adtson Square Garden
The new Bt. J..hn'n German Lutheran Church In
Moirlsanla w?as dedicated. Thousands of
? ? leite I Grant's tomb : The Rev, Dr.
dustav Gotthell, In his sermon at the T<
?.] th< prin? Iples of the ethl
1 >r. Alfred Walton,
.".ii'i Flfth-ave., was nttack.d In front of
? sj Hall by his wife.
THE WEATHER.? Forecasl for to-day: Rain
in the morning, clearing In the afternoon: warm
er. The temperature yesterday: Highest, BO de
krwest, 41. average, 11 ?-.
THE SLOW IMPROVEMENT. :
Many persons sitn-eivly fed. and others ?'X]iress
nioi'e or sees Insincerely, dlsappolntmenl because
the Improvement In business expected to result
from Republican success <Y?^ not come fully and
at <?????. It is quite true thai the hopes of a
coming change In National policy d ? have some
Influence, of this there have been proofs within
the lati ils months. Whoever will look badi
and make ? record of the works thai have re?
sumed ?'pera?ior. sin??.? bai October and of the
number of hands ad led by establishments then
;:i w?.rk with part force only, and also of the
number ot hands whose wages nave been In?
creased, will realize that the expectation of a leer
laws and administration has already produced
an important change for the better, lint it would
be foolishness to expect that hopeful anticipa?
tions alone cuilil bring ab..ut anything like th*?
entiiv change expected and desired
Then? fire about 5,000,000 worker? who aro
dlrectl] affected by the de?ence which tbe tariff
???vos to manufacturing and mining Industries.
Besides these, all the farmers so located that
part of the markets for certain of their products
have been invaded by importations along the
Canadian border, along the Atlantic Coast and
on the southern border and the Pacific Coast, In?
cluding about on.? million wool-growers, consti?
tute another large body nffeeted by protective
?luties. National prosperity depends In a urge
degree upon what demand these classes may
find foe the products of their labor and. upon
whal they may be able to purchase of the prod?
ucts of others. Il is essentiel to observe that it
.- : ? the expectation of having more money to
exp.-nd, but the actual having more to spend,
which gaakes larger business. In a ?????? branches,
? raw wool, heavy speculative purchases
may be Induced by confldtnee that price? u M
advance, bul not many products can be stored ;is
lung and with as little r'sk as wool, and there
an BO Other? in whieh tbe demand has been in
like measure affected.
When the mill; uis of producers find that they
are actually sine to buy more freely, as they did
? IS02, their buying "ill begin to empty retail
shelves, t?i deplete wholesale stocks, to prompt
mote orders to factories and mills of all kinds.
Then? has been gome improvement of that nature
already, heraus?? multitudes who Wer? idle have
found work, and others, hav.? begun to receive
better wages, and the gain has been enough to
btart a pood many mor?? mills. But nothing Dke
the full effeel of ? change of National policy ran
be r? ai zed before tin? eg? sslve foreign competi
tloa ha? been materially reduced by a change of
law Wholesale merchants hisitat.? t.. order
stocks materially ahead ..f their current needs
go taut a? there is a possibility thai the change
of law di s?red may be either defeated in the Ben?
so altered as to do little <-'<>.,d, ?,r by long
debate and delay rendered of no use for the nexi
gesuMM, Under the sanse circumstances manu?
facturers hesitar?? to ~r ? far beyond known orders
iu ? i l i u tr up manufactured produc?a
ft win take some time to realt?? The fun effect
of u .'hange of tariff, and much may depend
uim'i tue tinip occupied by the Senate In acting
on the measure. That It ougbl to be thoroughly
.and carefully examined bjq one will deny, tmA the
Senators who have devoted years ?if lalnir nnd
study to such problems would fall uliort of their
duty if th??v should Mgltct inch scrutiny. There
? also the tan that the Bmata Committee is
obliged t?> coneiier with great ear.?. n?.t merely
Witt would 1m the best j,?,sslblo bill, but what
bill cat? coiumund the narrow majority ln the
Seunte. Ami while debate only for d?splny or
for advert'.semi n* wPh eonstltuonts or for ven
'ilatlon of notions on ?juestlons not pertinent
win be an effete? to th.? isnaic and to the conn
'fy, th-re Is at times actual need In the tenate
Of carefully explaining meritorious provisions
and the reasons f?.r them. But Senators who
realise how much the prosperity of the country
depends upon early action will lie anxious to dis
ressjfggj mere talk, and the offering of amend
mente merely f??- tho sake of talk, bo far ?a the
rules of that hodv make It possible.
LEGISLATURE AND commission.
There has sel.loin been ? more fantastic ex.
hibltlon of Inooi.slsteney ihan tin? presen: Ugla?
lature has made ln it?? treatnouit of tills* city.
Having hastily passed ?M clinrter without Mid?
bag it, andar the plea thai '.? wta probably too
p.Kod to In* chang-ed In any Important particular,
?ml that In any casi? to attempt to l-CTlg? 11 would
be lnsultlnj* to the Commission which drafted
It ?tiitl productive of many worse evils than the
few which might be eared, the Rep?blicas ma?
jority has calmly proceeded to the eiiaetin??nt of
numerous measures w'olcli completely revers??
the operatliin of the charter and flatly contra?
dict the main rirjniments advanced in Its sup?
port.
Here are some of the claims which Avere
solemnly ma?le by the Charter CommlMlon In
COmmeOdlng their work to the Lsfgiglatnre and
the people:
The charter has been constructed upon the
principle thnt it is expedient to give to the city
all the powere necenaary to conduct It? own af?
fairs. . . . The city, a.? the Commission haa
constituted it. 1ms within it?.-if all Die ele?
menta and powers ?>f normal growth and do?
velopmont, making: it unnecessary t.? have ha?
bitual recourse, as hitherto, t>> the Legislature
of th<? Btate f^r adilitionai powers e serious
evil, and ln the past the source of much abuse,
. ,. . The city is believed tr? he equipped With
power to decide for itself what It will do with?
in the well-recorniizi'd range of ordinary mu?
nicipal activity.
To those Jud?ela] utterances, delivered with
n fine air of wisdom and conviction, the I.eizis
latnre responds by mahlllg the charter through,
and then resumes with cheerful alacrity the oc?
cupation of making them ridiculous by promot?
ing just such Impudent and outrageous jobs as
the charter is officially pledged to prevent. I?ok
nt the Concourse an?l Boulevard monstrosity, at
the Btenchful Bronx Sewer S?-h.-inc, and at all
the other devices for getting private lingers Into
the public treasury before the bolls which are
complacently guaranteed to keep plunderers out
can be drawn: Wae an official body largely
consisting of excellent member? ever worked bo
hard and treated so Ignomlnlously before? We
d.uibt It If the product of their difficult and
exhausting labors had been rejected with ridi?
cule and contempt, the Commissioners would
hare had reason to complain, but not half so
much reason n? they now have, when they s?'<?
the Legislature busily undoing the work of
which it haa just express.??! its sham approval.
The strangest tliins In th!? whole business
la that not a sinrie member of the Commlnaion
baa proteated agalnsl tl?..' affronta Cms put upon
?elf and bla colleagues. Not on? of them
appears to have the leaal objection to being In?
sult? d and made a fool of.
Iiow THF CITY is WRONGED.
At least one clause in the Greater New-York
charier deserves hearty commendation, even i*
the document contains g great many thlnga
which do not inerir praise. That clans;? forbids
tii?? granting of municipal franchises and priv?
ileges In perpetuity. If all the street railways,
the elevateli roads, the gag companies, the ferry
companies and ??der corporations had been com?
pellet] from the lime of their origin to pa* to
ihe public treasury equitable and adequai?.m
pensatlon for the privileges which they have
obtained, the municipality would he getting pay?
la from thes.? companies running far up into
the millions every year, ili?? municipal debt
would be onl* a quarter of its present propor?
tions, and the burden of taxation Would be far
lighter than it Is, NO franchise and do] priv?
ilege ought ever to have been granted by ?he
municipal authorities <?r by do Legislature with?
??ut siici: conditions that the city sii.ml?! r?.!ve
ample compensation for th? grants made, But
by the employment <?f every sort of improper
nie.nis doaens, scores, even hundreds, of cor?
porations have been plundering thla community
for a long series of years by using the public
s;reels or other public property of one kind and
another without paying to the treasury the sums
to which the city is Justly entitled.
it would bave been only fair and jus* if th<>
l'i- companies and electric-light companies bad
been required to furnish all the lights ?.led
for public ]>ui'pos,s without charge, and also i.?
pay int?? the city treasury a percentage of their
gross earnings. Theae companies are allowed
to tear Up the streets ami avenues and to lay
their pipes In onr thoroughfares. What return
do they make to the community for the advan?
tages which they possess? livery ?m.? of th.'in
exacts from the city unreasonable ??rices f..r
iras ;ind electric liizlitinc when it ?.'?'is an oppor?
tunity to do it. The profits on Ihe capital hon?
estly invested in the gas companies, ln the
streel car lines ami the elevated roads bare been
prodigious. The ?"ity ought to have its fair
share of these profits. It lias I.e. ? cheated ?uir
of almost all that should have coin? to it for
the us?? of the streets and avenues by these cor?
porations. And now some of the corporations
which have be.n steadily depriving th?? city of
its just dues f..r many yeara are Impudent
enough to be asking for extensions of vast im
portance and valu.? without any purpose of pay?
ing the city u satisfactory price for these ex
tensions. Could assurance and audacity po
further!1 How much more <>f wrong from these
corporations will the citizens endure?
NEW-JERSEVS ELECTION HUDDLE.
K<?r legislative purposes the cities of New-Jer?
sey ar<? dividisi into classes. Thus the Brat ?-lassi
consists only of Newark an.i Jersey city, be>
cause ih?? population of each is over 100,000t,
Most of the municipal saw- of recen! years are
based on this classification, so thai cities of ihe
flrsl class, for example, are operating under stat?
utes thai ?1 ' noi apply to oilier municipalities,
ami s.? on. How far (bla principle may be k
gaily extended la yel an unknown quantity, bul
Justices Garrison and Gummere, speaking f..r
the Bupreme Court ?>f the State, hav?? just d?
elded that it cannot be properly recognised in
ili?? lnatier <?f Bxlng a time for holding elections,
The question before ihe Court was as lotbecon?
-? tutlonality ??f a law passed lasl month abol?
ishing spring elections In Brat-class ?'?lies and
decreeing that hereafter Ibey should be held at
the same time and place as the general elections.
Legislation <?f this kind was common In New?
Jersey. Cnder lis charter the local elections In
Newark were for many years held in October,
but a Democratic legislature changed the ?lati?
to April. Thai a?-t was not questioned in the
courts, bul a similar <>n.? effecting Hoards ?.f
Freeholders was. and the Court of Errors and
Appeals sustained the law. This year's legisla?
tion nhollabiag spring elections in Newark and
Jersey City was drafted In accordance with the
decision in th?? Freeholder cas??, but, neverthe
1.--S. if has been brushed odd?? as void and of no
effect by the Supreme Court, because it was
not made applicable to all the ritlea of the state.
The Court's decision apparently means thai elee
Cons must be h?'ld In Newark and Jersey City
<?n Tueaday, April 18. In Newark neither side
was prepared for this, and both an- equally at
a disadvantage, Across the river In Jersey <'ity
tho advantage is with the Dem?crata, as they
had their nominations made and all the prelim
Insuiea arranged before the Court Issued its
mandate, while th<- Republicans ar?? only now
pulling themaelvea together to prepare for the
fray.
Tin? Anti-Spring Blectlou bill was pressed
agalnai the adrice of Franklin Murphy, chair
mau of the lb-publican state Committee, and
ochar wise leader?, but crying over spilled milk
will do no good now. Republicans In both ell
les un? bracing themselves for the Itnggle,
realising as they do that It Is the advance skir?
mish of the grail tlKlit In which th" Denio.niH
hope to recapture th" State.
MONEY AXD HI SIX ESS.
Clearly the it,...,i musi ?..? taken Into account
ns a considerai.!.? factor In business, both pres?
ent ami future. 11 affecta ? ????? fertile region
?eversi hundred miles in length, arrests ausine??
and Industries of all sorts In many counties,
mak.'s country roads Impassable, blockade? Im?
portant citi?'S, and has even mad?? II Impossible
to run trains on some small railroads for weeks,
und at ail Southwestern centre? of trad.? Its In?
fiuenee la seriously felt. Uses of property
amounting to many minions must be born.?, loss
of live stock and farm implements, loss of week?
beyond the actual abat, nient of the waters bi?
fore farm work ran be fully resumed, nnd thnt
at a most Important season. Probably appre?
ciable reduction In this year's crop? will result.
Th?? marvellous recuperative power of th? coun?
try will doubtless be shown ntmln. and yet It
seems hardly possible that the desired recovery
from general depression should not ba to som?
extent retarded.
?m the other hand, the effects of the Supreme
Court decision appear to hav.? ?.? less serious
than moat people expected. Th?? railroads have
not instantly plunged Into a destructive and sui?
cidal war of rates, merely because the ? Ourt has
Informed them thai they have n.. rlKht to bind
themselves not to ?b. su.'h n thing, and as yet no
sliins of rate-cutting are se? ? beyond those which
had appeared for months before tbe derision
came. Stocks have stopp, d declining, sixty rail?
ways averaging only 7 cent? per 1100 lower than
a week ???, nnd trust stocks averaging ?"?'.nt?
higher. Sales for th? eeea wer? 1,33.1
shares, nf whi. h Sugar furnished nearly an
eitrhin, and Chicago <ias. Tobacco and Leather
preferred more than another elphth. while four
Orangen, three Coalers, and Weatern Union
mad.? up r.ss.miii shares, and all Other Stocks
about iimi.in'm. The sham decline In coal stocks
was about balanced by smaller but general
pains in others, Railway earnings have been n.
shade better for March than f,.r the two pre?
vious month?, M that for the quarter they were
only I per rent smaller than last year on ? nitod
States r?ia?ls alone, and !> per cent smaller than
in 1>?!._, bui In tonnate from Chicago esstbound
the decrease compared srith 1802 has been over
_.*. p.r rent for the quarter.
The paaeage of th?? Tariff bill by the House has
Increased confidence thai the final adjustment
will not br? long delayed, has stimulated the
heaviest buying of wool evi known, and possi?
bly helped ? sllghl recovery tn prices of s fen
? co.als but in other markets has had no
extensive influence. Pri?es of nearly all iron and
ste..i products leather products and cotton
goods are mad.' at present by home competition,
and noi by the influence of duties, and the pro?
duction so far ????.is the present restricted de?
mand thai Immediate r.very cannol be ex?
pected. The sales of wool, U3.72o.20il pounds in
the flve weeks, against 23,021,200 in the previous
correspon ling period, showing Ihe largest trans?
actions on record, have rals*d prices fully s ceni
in the laat month, the avei ige ??' 10*1 quoi tl
by Coates Brothers being 15.0(1 cents, against
ll"'; March 1, and 12.10 at the lowest point,
s. pti m bor 1. last year, Heavy purchaaes fin?
an account in i.,nal?.n foreshadoa con?
siderable further Importa, and stocks In this
country, besides the new .supply just coming
from the barks of sheep, must be quite an sppre
part of ri full year's requirenti nts,
The closing of some Iron furnaces for a time,
? t.. low prices and heavy si?,, ks accumu?
lated, has not prevented ? small further decline
in Bessemer pig to 1102.1 al Pittsburg, and In
Gray F? rgc to .<:?. but it is a better sign thai no
further quotable reduction has appeared In prices
of finished products, and the demand for thi e
is gradually gaining, though noi as yet enough
to keep pace with the supply of mai?rials An?
other contract for 10,000 tons steel rails to go to
.tri) an Is pending, srith a number of struct?
ural contra? ts, and I etter orders appear in plates,
sheets, wire and nails. Copper has been weaki r,
bul tin and bad rather stronger, There Is some
shading of prices for boots and shoes, In view of
recent large orders secured by concessions, but
the changres are n<>t general, and leather holds
unchanged, ?????'?? hides show a ili;!?? more
sireiii.Mli. Th?? mark? t for cotton g<""Is haa ii"t
sufficed to .'ewr away accumulations, bul the
demand has somewhat Increased, although print
cloths are still selling al 2.56 cents.
Cotton has gained a sixteenth, which do?
seem much in \-iew of th>? widespread injury dons
in some of the beai cotton-producing regions, but
the d.-iay of recovery In ih?? ?...ids market has
some Influence, and takings <,f Northern Spin?
ners last month were 11 per ceni less than In
is'.'."., with total takings for the year to dat.?
450,000 bal?-s, or aboui -?"> ?-r ceni lesa, Th- r??
celpts from plantations decreased In even great?
er rati.., 80.4 per cent in March, compared with
1805, s,, thsl s lik?' decrease for the remaining
flve months Mniiid make the crop ? little over
?3,800.000 balea, bul In comparison with last year
receipts were larger, and a like increase for the
five months would make th? crop B.flSO.OOfl '
Exporta f"r the month were small??!? than in 180.1
or 1805. wheat comes forwar,'. more freely
airain, and for five weeks the de.t.-ase compared
with last year has been only 3.442.000 bushels
while Atlanti.? exports for the same week have
.,? BOO.000 bushels larger than lael year, flour
Included, l.ut ine price yielded again, May to
the lowest point for some time, while corn
advanced ? quarter, with continued enormous
ex] " an untlng to 1,201,020 for the week and
17,055,000 busheis for five weeks, agalnsl ...'.il'.
<mmi las! year.
The quarterly report by Dun ?- Co, shows
i.""-; commercial and banking failures, wiih lia?
bilities Of .*';,?.7.?_,..".??1. SgalnSt 4."S'.' last year.
with liabilities of 162.177,107, but ?here la s heavy
Increase In banks, liabilities being 112,744,050,
against $4,751,07?! lael year, and the commercial
failures separately show a small decrease In
manufacturing and a decrease from 181,424,812
lael year !.. ?f24.O4fl.0O4 this year in trading lia?
bilities. Thla Indi? at.-s clearly the caution whieh
haa prevailed for months, and the further state?
ment, separating the few failures exceeding
1100.000 In magnitude, shows that all thi resi
have been much smaller than In the tirst quarter
for either of the previous tin?? yean The
rati,,s of defaulted liabilities to firms In busi?
ness and to payments through clearing-houses
also show material decrease compared with
either year since ivi;;
William I.. Wilson Is the author "f a tariff bill
which produced an annual deficit of >."> > imo????
and moie and for four years plunged tha coun?
try Into business calamities us grievous ai II
haa ever known With th?s record i? might be
though! thai he would seek the obscuritj ui his
professorial chair and keep hia mouth shut
about tariff affairs. But he appear? instead as
the critic of the Dingley bill, and writes long
lettera to the papers sboul it not s word ot
?hi. h is worth the atti ntlon of anybody except
Idealoguea and fancy theorists lik?? himself His
forthgivlnga on the subject are ? serious tai on
the public patience, bul thai is the only effeel
they are capable of producing.
?
Th? Senatorial deadlock In Kentucky is not
creditable t.< those win. brought it about and ara
prolonging It.
Tha reappolntmsnt of William Rhlnelander
Stewart as a member of th? Btate Board ..r
Charities from thla city, while noi unexpected,
la worthy of special m lice The Btate Board of
Charities has a general aupervlsion ovei all
charitable Institution?, publli and private,
throughout lb? Btate, with a total of some "ihmhi
Inmate? To ih?? Inspection of these institutions
and to ths impr???emeu! ,,f theli administration
Ml. Stewart bus devoteil it liSrg? part ..f his Unie
for many year.?. Oilglnally appointed ?" Qoi
?mor Cornell In 1882. he waa rcappolntd hy
li'.vrn.ir piower, and on rrlday last i?v Oor
srnor Black. Por many years he hns i>-en chair?
man ..f th?? committees ?m Reformatories and on
Schools for U?.? Oeuf. Kite.? Janii.iry. IfltM, h?
haa been preatdeut of the Board. T.. him tie?
appointment rneaas simply th- eoatlnnaaos of
laborious and often thankless effort for the
amelioration .?f th?? condition ??f th?? Inmates ?>f
..ur pul.II.? Institutions and for giving a wiser
direction and fostering more affective r?*s?thod?
in all lines "f philanthropie activity. To the
community th?? reappolntmenl Is gratifying evi?
,1. ?,., thai th" value ,,f su. li work as Mr. BteW?
an has done is appreciated hy the public au
thoritlea ami win be availed of by titan* in th"
interests of the wards <,f publie charity
per soy IL.
Th?? Archblahops et Canterbury and Y.-rU meint
to Bbow their antl-Romanlsn* in tti.-tr rece?? repljr
tn the pope's laal encyclical letter, bul their
courteous use of th<? phrase "Revered brother In
i'iirist," in sddreeslng the Pope, has drawn upon
them the vlolenl wrath of the ultra-Protestants
in tho Rngllsh Church, who regard ti??? Pope as
Antichrist and the "scarlet woman."
The late Perl.?;. Deroy, of Baleni, Mass., eras one
of the best-known genealogists In the United
Btatea snd f..r thirty years had been employe?!
to make genealogical researches in nearly every
State In Ine Union.
Washington Hesing, who is running for 'he
Uayornlty In Chicago, I- a unique man In some
? ipect?. Helm: ask??'! ihe other ?lay what wa?
the Bcccssmenl on his newspaper offlce, he re?
plied: "It is 112.000 .'iti.l our p nt roll ii loti?* Is C4.0M
? year, ? regard thai as Infamously low. ? have
gone vea- after v.-.t to the South Town Assessors
with m? hat Iti mj hnn?l begging them to raise
thi? ;i -? ameni but thej refused to .lo so. 1 he?
ll? ve ? sin the only man In < 'h ? ? go who ever de?
mnnded that hi? sss? ?soient h,? rnlsed Almost all
th- downtown propertj ought i" be sssessed at
leas' M or ??" per rent higher in proportion to
residence property then it i?- now."
Bishop Hugh Mill?- Thompson (E|dscopal), of
Mississippi, has been Invited to preach In St. Paul'?
. ?,,? ?. ?? ?., London on Jun?
it ? announced thai Bboul W guinea? have been
raised toward Ihe fund for placing a marble bual
of the lit.? Lord Randolph Churchill within the
precinct? of the House of Common? ?nd, sa there
.?,,ui, ,.r the other hundred requin ? b? Ing ob
t,,i?,, .' it has been decid, ? t" h .?? "" busi ? ??
enteil an.: io pl.oe it In th?? w.'.ll at the ">[> land?
ing nf Hi?? members' stalrcaa? leading into the
i louse of ' Omm il
"When I was a pupil at Hebron ?eademy over
.? ; Hllborn of California,
,it ? ?.? m Kay dinner l lay, ' there srere
?.? .?.s ?? the Bcsdem; to srhom l irai eepeclally
attracted One came from Turner h ? waa t bright,
spirited ?Itti.? fellow, the best -.-ho!;?:? in hla ? ' ?
. to learn anil r: .? sort "f ? boy tha? every
i... ly s ild srould 'am ?uni t.. sonn thing by-and-liy.'
H.- nain. wa? '.;?:.. Hale. The other rame fr ?m
? nek field, an.I eras ?. year or tw?? younger, .? little
chubby chap, whom everybody liked, We al! call? ?
him 'Johnnie' Long, n?? aras fi. marvel of the
p ?. it.n ??- he l r?.? I Virgil through
knt s ,? ri si de il of II by :.? eri II?? wn? p ?
loo, p Latin grammar. After we left school I s/ent
We*i and losi ?labi "f them, Now ? am here, .?
? ' Committee in
. ;. ;? , ? ? | ? ? . \,. ,? , ? ... ?
? ??? ? I 'Johnnie' Long i.j Secretar) of the
?a? \."
THE TALE OP THF. DAY.
"Several days a?*.?." ? ? ? Ohio Bl I? Jour?
"Congressman Wal on sent several l.nrpe
?.i.-ks of Howes ai?..? garden s.Is home f.?r dis?
tribution anioni: his constituents. The papers an?
? ?? thla r.iet, ?nd r..r i?:r.e days pasl there
' ml -or. am ..f p.-rsons coming to
th- Congressman's law office In Columbus. On !
Baturday a mm .ani.? ? ;> h??! asked for beans. He
. v?:, two packages. M? demurred to tir.-,
??m.? r? 'hed over In?.? th? ?. l? and began I
his pockets When pallini down i.v the attendant
the lover of beans sold: ? hav. n't tr..r enough
mess ??' i' tilt??, more than a quart "f
I? iii.ik. ? mess for my family.""
Tr ul '?? Over th.? Percentages "What :- tl I
u ..I,...o ?" .?,. ? . .: .. f, |?nd .?" I? .?
p tnrtcil lo u:? t th. ? humpion .?f
il:?- Phlllstini
"II?'- kicking ribolli the klnetoscope privilege,"
r? pli? ?1 Uhi d "He I links hf ought to have 7? ??? r
?' Ihi pronta ..? ?? oui I of the differ? nee in
oil? -,/..? The bla stiff: I'm going to give it to him
? labi ?? ' he necs !"
Rul he gave ;t to him. aa will be remembered,
i.. th.- rorehead " "hi? ago Tul??:;,.
A writer in "The Cumberland Presbyterian" -
thai if ih.? Rev l?r. Lyman Abbott is ,-m Infidel he?
ll- .hui. s beliefs widely held i.v Christians,
the ?'un,! ...'.iiei Presbyterians are Infidel?
il o l'or in ri ; ud la tini* the doctrine ?>f predestina?
tion they m.ili.? us.? of exactly the same line of
srgumi ?.? ? *nployed by . '..!.| i;nh. rl < ? Ing?
"And v.t." ; .his thi writer, "?.??? srould justly feel
ourselves outraged if some one were to pia..? us ?.?;
?ni.? with Ingersoll."
i'? ng a G???.. "What's Mm? |ob worth"'? they
ask..l ih.? contractor.
"Well." Ii?- ?aid, slowly, "that depends a goo,]
deal upon circumstances. If it sras ordered by an
individual, 1 should think that ???. would be about
th- limit, ha? if .ion.? (.? thi city or county I
shnuldn'l think ..f charging a Lit less than law
with a clause in the contract permitting me to
make nn additional charge for extras." (Chicago
Po '
SiM an English officer .-it Canea tl??? other day
to . Russian oilier: "I should lik.? t.. ??:??< this
Island, end wash off the whole crowd, Cretans,
Turk?, and Greeks." "Tee." replied the Russian
"and wh???, ti?.?? island cam.? up again, you would
lik?? to plani the P.rltMi fhlg on the fop"
Onci th" tost wind met ;h.? West Wind,
Ry sn unexpected eh ince,
And said: "My dear, I'm glad you're here,
Wilt loin m. in n dance?"
"Yes." th?? wesi wind shyly answered,
And the 1*.. began t>. wait a
When suddenlj everything in the Immediate r.eict?.
hot-In ....I. inehi,1 '.. IraW stuck?.
hencoops, loose boards, household snd kitchen
nitore corn fodder, agricultural Implements
hnoks. old hoots, Irees coal sheds, musical In?
struments, family washings hats, cap?, papers,
trunks, bandbox? -. stove a.? anil other mis?
cellaneous urtici??- not fastened down, jumped
up an.) lolned In th,. giddy whli ^.-v
scandal of the entire countryside, th?? less of
many thousands of ??.?."? dollars and the utter
?mi? ti.in of a promising poem th.it
'!'?! ont In an orderl] way. and wasn't '??
? ting any auch overwhelming, calamity a??
thi-. ? 'hlcago Tribune
\ mall ? umber of women have serve.! aa letter
? ?? in Kngland for many years, and they give
general satisfaction Only a few months ubo a
noted old poet woman ? i i ? ? l ..? Cutayke, some ti ?,
miles from Leeds From tha Queen'a accession, In
Igt! till isas she was the letter?eafrler in the an?
cient town of Pontefract, and was never known
t.. b? absent from her duties from ?ickr.??? during
the thirty-two years Monckton Milne?, first Lord
Hougbton, tek an Interest In h?>r career, and was
instrumental In obtaining a Government pension
for h? r in ie ?? declining year?.
? .'. un. r "Yes," she said to the voline: man, "I
lia?-.? been present when rou acted "
"Indeed V
"1 think you ?v. ro with an opera company,
your voi? ?? Is .. lenor, Isn't It?"
"No." he answer.?,?. "[ goes? you nre thinking
ibom my salary." (Washington Star.
Th.- city of Dresden owns ? dally paper, the
"Dresdener Anselger," which was given to it by
p, ?.. proprietor, on the condition thai all profits
. th.r.ii..m should be spent upon th? public
parks Thi: year ?? larga, playground of nearly
.. ?.-to seres was purchased fr..m Prince Oeorge,
th.- King's brother and heir apparent, and it will
?,.? ready for use this summer Th.? papi r ? onltnues
t.? hold thi r? ? peel of all citi? ? s. tor the trust has
boon carried out In its broadest spirit, and the
power has never i.e.-n employed t.. foster any school
<if opinion? social, political or rellgtou?
s;. Havi yen ?<>? your bicycle y.-i ?
1!. uh. yet
"i iiont s.?.? ?on .?? ttii road us much tliix ?,?????
ns I did last."
' NO. I'm on my wli.el more now, I ride Letter.
you know." (Yonker? Statesman.
St Patrlck*a Church, Oalway, Ireland, u msKnin
eint structure, baa noi been oponed for thirty--ov.
yeere, because ? plot of ground tn front ..f the
building wo? owned by ?? man who had n bitter ?lia
llke to the form <?r worship carried on within, nn.l
he bulli ? high wall directly In front of the church,
preventing acc?s? The man, however, recently
died, ?nd, ti..? Rlshop ? svlng bought th? ground
uri ? will soon be reopened for the fini time
Rough on lohn Mr- Rlllus .lohn, are yoa > ?
Ing to v..!.- al the primar) ele? lion inis morali
Mr Hlllii? ?" I !? .vent time
?A psU ? '
Mr iiiiiu-. Maria, whal ara you doing with thai
Old sull of mil???"
Mrs Blllui I'm going t" pul It on snd ??? and
? the primary, I don'l ??..???. f?.ik? to think
ira haven't a msa e* .v-a-e ),-?-* .?-??*. ???? :??t?>???
??'lit. ago ?? '
MUSICAL COMMENT.
TBE DEATH OF HHAHMS WHAT THU
COMPOSER WROTE AND Tin?: kind
OF MAN HE WAS.
When Mr. l?spham, last January, gang the four
?ol.mn songs whieh hear the last number In the
catalogue of ihe eompositions of Johann?? Brahma
The Tribune observed thai they po???????* ?? ?ut''
Mogrsphleal Interest thel we? pathetic nnd that
their poetical contrats, the msaaer m which ihey ,
harked back to th? "<i?rman Requiem. with
Which he did honor to his dead moiher. and th?
fact that ihe composer was slowly succumbing to
..,., incurable dises?? combined to sm the songs
parts? works wMeh would be much talked shout
In tl,.? future. If Is mu.h to the honor of the
Viennese newspaper? that the world wsa spared
the pain of following the great romposer day by
.lav as he went steadily down Into til? vall-y of
the shadow of death. No hnrm was don- by th?
fact thai the newspapers failed 10 prepare the puh
He mind f..r the shook which earn? ?set Pridsy.ee?
cepl by a brief note on th? previous dsy. in fact,
it was s most gradous exhibition of kindness end
fine feeling. A few alarming reporis found their
way Into tha German journals about a year sgo,
but though :t was known by hi? friends even her?
thai the disease which had seised upon him was
.amer of the liver, and necessarily fetal. It tras
described aa Jaundice, nnd haste was mad.so?
listi the faci that h?? had resumed his dally prome?
nades and labors. Th" r.ason WSS con Ideratlon
for the distinguished sufferer; the contemplstlon of
death was grievous to him, and he wsa spared
even bv th- physician who watched over him t<> ihe
end Bul thai his thoughts ran on death l? evi?
dent from ihe four ".S.tIoiis Songs" which will
hen irrer have as mournful an Interest for the ad?
mirers ..f his genius as the "Pathetic" symphony
has f..r th.e admirers of Techalkowsky.
The death of Bnhma win natursllv srouse ..new
ti,,? controversy whl h rsged flfreen or twenty year?
.uro eoii. .ruing the real merli of his music, r p
nat.'iv, ? csn ???- be carried tn wlthoul bltl ?
of feeling. N" .ham;,Ion of Wsgncr worthy of
?- , ne win feei called upon to lenounce Brahms'?
music becai ?e Wagner did ? .t like either It or him.
?,, low of Brahms will hold p essential t" abuse
ihe lyric drama because ha finds pleasure in the
symphonies aad 'Herman Requiem." it has been
nil unhappy feature of the |>ol 'mie Insu?: led by
Wagner that th?? p.-rsmii element alway? ?
so lari;.? ? role In If Wo hue heard I'.nhn?.? grl-v
ously railed again?! by sn ardent champion and per?
sonal friend of Wagner Or reasons thai only one
? whom persons! prejudice had utterly destroyed
all favjlty for Judgment could find .veti a shred of
?, . Idlty. Brahma was a ?all??,'lor of musical auto
, of which he possessed invaluabb M
nr.?.. Peter Cornelius, compoeer it "The Birlar of
Bagdad," had given him the autograph manuscript '
of the overture to "Tannh?user" with the be
nallan scena as rewritten by Wagner for the Paris
performances In lift. In the last years ..f hi? Uf"
Wagner, ???.-eir ig-d bv !,:s Wife, was t/erj anxious
lo r??,-over as many as ? HSSlble of his origins] m.inn ?
scripts, which had got scattered throughout Europe.
H.? appealed to Brahma for the autograph in his
Ion, and offered in return a handaomely
I cu nd . ?py of one of his dr mi -, or. ? ,?=- My, of the
entire Nlbelung tetralogy, iuch an exchange, of
course, seemed entirely unequal to Brahms, who had
sufficient idmlratlon for his arch-enemy to want ? ?
?? ? ? po is? sslon of so Inter rating :' l ' over?
ture and ha tinnii; ami great was the anger
thereat of Wagner. Eventually, b) ? ime ? rr of an
appeal to Brahma*? generosity, Wagner got back
? inuscript, but the fact that Brahma wanted
? , keep it wa-. always looked upon as a itrageoua by
th? Wagner houai hold.
T? wri? entirely natural that nrahms should have
b.en th? object ..f violent attacks He was a .??ring.
assertive, self-reliant man. who neither aaki ?
.?id? ration for himself nor felt hlm?elf bound ? give
it to o!h>.rs. In thla he ?vas a thoroughly Herman
man. II?? never Indulged in afTeetatiin? himself nor
endured them in other. Th.-re ? probably only a
m.11 Infusion of exaggeration in the si tv thai ?
? having a drawlng-r. .,m In Vienna? he tun
' or t?. beg the pit.I h ..:' any on.? whom he
ha ? unintentionally neglected ti offend He was 'n
t. ?. rant of pretence, and in everything the opposite
.?f a sn ?. ? well-known ? imposer enee read at the
I .?? forte f, r him a work which Ins lince become
well known. Brahma's criticism waa: "What heau
tfu! music paper you use! Prey where do you get
it'."' Another composer ?r?.?.. a setting ?" ?
"l'i.? Blocke" nnd asked his ? pini >n on the music.
!!?? reoelved tr fn th.- - rae: "I luv.? alsrays
' ? ?? Schiller'? ? locke' wsa mo of the
' :? " 'n4 ? ' ? r ?>? r ;?. p. arai ? shall continue to
h .1.1 that .,;,lr.:,,rr " Hi; jf he would not Ratter,
neither arould he listen ,?. Ratti ry. Once a host pro
' b tile of wine which he ??,?,1 he rii'.cA
?' I" luse It ?urpa ier ? ne?, ??
Brahma's musi,? ^:,n,, . ? ? t of ?all other com
p sers "Tike it away." said Hr.ihms. laconically,
"ar: 1 bring us a bottle of Bach."
: ired With some ?f the cr.-at men nmong
his pr.'.|..,assors Hrahms was not ? voluminous
'.Poe*r- When Mmrock published his thematic
catalogue <?r Brahma's compositions in 1888 the n?t
of numbered works ran up to tot That represented
thlrty-flvs years of effort, ?me rn^ht hav.? eX
pected :'rom a young composer, for whom the path
t" popularity was made so broad and erisv as was
done for Hrahms by Schumann in his famous assay
"Xt ?. Bahnen." that he would have kept the pub?
lishers busy as soon as his opus 1 had ? ? ? ??
launched; but thts was not the ease. He w.i?
twenty year* old when he began to publlsTi; within
the next eight years (a period whieh Is surely the
heyday of an ambitious artist's Uf?) he gave the
world hut fifteen works, of whieh the large ma?
jority were pianoforte solos and songs Th? cir?
cumstance disclose? that from the beginning he
possessed that power ?if Mlf-Critlclsm and self
control and that reverential attitude toward his
art that marked Ills later eiireer. The last ten
year? .? Met only ten hty numbers to his published
Usi Frivolity Was wholly foreign to bla suture
He would take no Alances 6\*en with himself, [t
would hav? been strange Indited If he had not felt
the ambition to compos,? an opera- in ambition
Which tugged so strenuously at the hear; Strings
..? Mendelssohn snd cost Beethoven such misery,
Bui he resolutely held ih.? .ieslre In ehe-k Most
plainly he doubted his ability as a musical drama
ttsl and steeled himaelf against temptstlon in that
direction. "If an opera of mine bad failed," he
Once remark??.!. "I should surely write another I
.'in': make up my mind to write the first. I feel
aboul opera composing as I do about matrimony."
The time whi,?h mt"ht have b?.en consumed by
operatic experimenta ha gave to works m the style?
win h called up no doubts to affright him. His
creative career compassed about forty-three years.
Doubtless there are mtny unpublished works among
iris papers, bul the record of published works la,
after all, ? proud one, Ills opus I appeared in
MSI, his opus 1J1 list year. As a rule only the
works of first-class magnitude and Importance arer?
permitted to monopolize an opus number In his list;
?onga, smaller pianoforte pi.?,-es and part-songs for
choir? srere generally grouped, sometime? as many
as six ..r a dosen appearing under a single tuie.
??. aompoaed over two hundred eongs, about fifty
pli .? of various dimensions for pianoforte solo,
tw< nty-two pieces <>f chamber musi,?, two seren ides
two overtures, four symphonies snd one s.-t or
variations for orchestra, two pianoforte concertos,
une .on.erto for \lolln and one for violin and
violoncello, choral work? of all dimensions, seventy
one; coi.it??.! songs, such ?is duets, tn..? and quar?
tet?, :.?even, and two sets ..r a-altaa for four
hands, pianoforte, with vocal quartata ad libitum
Among his unnumbered composition? are arrange?
ments ol fourteen Oerman-folk songs, four books
of Hungarian dance? ?also arrangement?), tirty-nix
studies, or exerclaea for the pianoforte, and a
couple of organ pl<?.?.-?
Romance writers will find ?Brahms'? nr.? steril?
ground. A? in? himself Mid, he COUld BO more
make up his mind tO marry ih.m t,, compOSS an
opera. Wa misjie??!, however, thai Hansltck did
not tell quite all Its knew sevsn or eight wars
ago when, m reviewing the Hmroek catalogue, be
hinted that there was sotnetblng ilka a betrayal
or confession m tho two mottoes whieh Brahma
wi ?.- Hs supsrsorlptiona tu th? slow movements
of his sonatas in r major and ? minor, composed
when bf was twenty yean old. On the flral 1?,.
wi,,,,? "Verstohlen gehl der Mood auf? blau hi.?
?lllmeleln!??; un ir,.- second, l>,?,?\\..;,? G, ?,.
",'', Mondllchl seheint. .11 si,?i ,\? ? ", .Tt ',
LU.be rarelm und haben ?eh tniiiK unfair,
.;,?,?. h,G?.?? .G???^-?
-?."';-?;;-"??" r-?,?!,',,,,,,,,,, .??,? ,,,.,?';. ;p.;;;.'
Th? fam? ?f Brahms will ba ?afe in ih? hands
of P^tsrtty. 1... :,,, ,?,,.r ,,,.,.? bl, wt||
stood, never M admirad, .? now. there will be
M need of a dlstlaetlv? cull u, bis case there
S...I,,, music and laey*^.% S?RsT." "*" ""
ROUND ABOUT EUROPE.
AS ANOLO-ORRMAN DEALvff, ??. under?tood
In nfflepil circi?? In London that the true reason
for Lord H.illshiiry's detafieg of p-atoit? opinion In
EngJand hi connection with hi?, tttltod? towtfi
cni,' arai Qreeca i-- th?? ?Irtene? of -? deal wl?h
the Kmperor of ?I'rmary Lord .Sillstmry I? re?
porte* ti, hnve only consented to lo.a th? ?onM
nental Power? in ?? modified eoercloa <f flreae? on
the condltloa that Emp?rror Wttllam pladgad him?
self to ??xprcl.?,. no further anti-?rlMsr? Influence In
the Tranavaal, where a coneiei betwe?*?" tb? Beer
Republic and England ??, r.ow imminent.
MBO-CATHOLICI8M RECRIVE* * BLOW N'?o
Cathollcuna haa received a severe blow In Betglaaa,
for th.? Pope, having now realia d that the res>
dene?? of this movemeni is to make a a nf the
ChurCh for political i"?rpo-.s. ? s well SS for the
propagation or oootrtne? rjppo?? ; to tboae of 0s>
thollclsm, h??? onl?,,,) IM,. m,??;..?? of Llego, Mot*?
?ii'ter iiotiireioiix, t.. ?.-y r triti i*onnecti?m v.frh
th?? lenders of the BO-called Christian-Demo rie
party, t-> dia ? to
dismiss from office the re? tor of the Liege Rem.
Inory, who had conspicuously d? mself
with the platform
MICROBES NOT rNDlflPENRABLE Thorpe?*?
that bacteria ar? li alatene? of
animal life, put forward !.? I has teen
shewn to be without I ;.?,? experimenta
that have |usi tak? ? pis ? ? ,-: rric Insti?
tut?? of the l'nlverslty of Beri p The mo?? ? ho?
rate and conclu Ive t? ?^ have furnished the mo?t
convincing proof thai mankind, ?nd Uh wise tho
I,rufe creation, can sei ?:....? ?....;. with?
out acting '
M08COW8 MEDICAL CONORE88. <;? rmany
hns now defli ciov
ernment thai if will refnln from any i;ir,.l of rcp
. forthcoming Ini ???
gi? of Medicine al M? j ow unies? ??? restrtrtt-Mia
with regard to (he pa aporta of the Hebrew mem?
bers of the Qerman del.? ? enee with
drawn. I? la Insisted that the Jewisl nemher? of
the Congress shall re elve from ? tu
thorl'l.s identically the san ?? etr
< 'hrlstlsn colleagues.
OETTINO AROUND PREKCH LAW One ef th-,
principal clauses of the divi re? las Franca tor
blda marriage beta en tha rea ? ' co
respondenl of ??< has been practical**?
set at rutughl by the r? cen? d< cisi?n of the 8u|
Court of Appeal al Paris, aceordlng to which the
tribunals have no power to annul ;? union ot 'his
kind in Instati. ? s where Ihe parties tier??. !nv?
lipen chic to secure th. celebre11 f their mar?
riac?? r>v some public officer Ignorai t of their nnt??
.. ,?. . ta
JEW! BARftED PROM SIBERIA. Tha Russian
Government has just revived ? decree Issued frr?
th.an half ? century ago end which has been per?
mitted to fall Info oblivion. According to the terms
thereof, Jew? ar?? absolutely debarred from living
In Sil? ria To those Ir Wh? SB mici? the Miti?
? ?f Blberlo has always ?????. as ?elated with Ideaa
of cruel exil.? and tei rll ihe call?
im: Into exlatenci .f this obsolete law
will anp? ?r In the ligi t of ? booi rn1 ? p ?" a
hardship.
THE MUTINEER! Of THE BO?NTT Tha de?
scendants of the crew of the shi?? Bounty, which
mutinied more than a hun.1r.fl year? ago, s? ttltng
on Pltealrn Island, are henceforth to b? sul ? ?o
the Colonial Qovernmerr, of New South Wil".
Queen Victoria having signed ? Privy Council cr
der to that effect. Pitcolm Island hai ' ?
h?,?? abandoned by the descendant? t'f the R
mutineers In favor of Norfolk Island, which they
now occupy.
WAONBR'fl OPRRAi AT P.A YRBVTH The
? ; of Wagner will i?.- represented at iiiyre-ith
this year !n the following order: July IS. "I'ars!f-il":
ruty n, "Khclngold"; July tt, "Walk?re"; July \%
"Siegfried": July 2?. "OVitterd?mmerung**; July 2T.
M ind ?, "Paraifar*; August I, "Rhetngold"; Au?
gust X "Walkdre": August I, "Siegfried"; August
?. "OOtterd?mmerung"; August 8, !>*-md n. ''Paral?
fai", August lt. "Rhelngold"; August IS, "Wal?
k?re."
RUSSIAN DRUNKENNRM Par from dlrntn
Ishlng the consumption of liquor, -he ??.?vemm?nt
monopoly of spirit? In Russi ? s... tri? casti*' to hav?
Increased drunkenness among th^? BUbjBCta of t*" *
Csar Por, whereaa for-raerly th? autbotin
frowned upon the dramshops and favored th? es
tabllahment of tea-drlnklng establlahmente, tha
contrary Is now ?he e:ise, c|rr-o ?? has been found
?i .it the nopularlty and vogue of th.? ???????lops affect
injuriously the revenues derived by the St.ite from
ita monopoly of the sale ?.f spirits
GERMANY'S UNHAPPY rni 0"?G? Osi asan J
Is decidedly unfortunate in her African colonie?,
for scandai? succeed one another there with su? h
rapidity that the administration of the?? depen?
denote? has achieved for Itself ? most linen?, .alilo
name In the mother country. The !ite?t rrlsodo
of this kind has resulted In the ?Msmlsvil from
the colonial ??er\-io ,,f ?'apt.?in W? r:h?r, who has
heen sent back from Baal Africa to nerlln vnder
arrest, charged with shameful maltreatment of
th? natives, and With cross dishonesty ln connec?
tion with sums of money confided to "him by Ger?
ii.an tirnis doing business in the colony.
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Another recruit fr>m the dramatic stag* to the
vaudeville Is reported He Is Pelli Morris, of I
Lyceum Theatre company, who, it is said. |g ro
play "The ? >!.l Musician." a one-? it play which has
long been a specialty of his. In some continuous per
formstrce, after tha cl>se of t.1.?? season at the Ly
ceum Theatre,
I?-i-. I.eno, the Rngllsh music hall singer, who Is to
appear at Olympia In a short tinte, sailed from
Southampton Baturday ?n the St. Paul.
The nn of "!.'Arleslenne" at the tlroadway The?
atre ended Saturday tiighl. nnd the theatre ??? be
ciose.i for two weeka Prank Daniela and his com?
pany will tt-,.? begin an engagement In ' The WU
ard of th- Nile."
I LETTER FROM sir WALTER BE8AMT.
With the title "The Scie.ice of Sympa?h?." the
New-York Associatilo for Improvins; the ' ' on liti on
of the Pool1 has issued ;> well-print??.I pamphlet con?
taining liberal extracts from an .-s-ay b) sir Walter
nl on the occasion of the jub'l*?e of ti e Ragged
School Union In Lon.lan. together with a eon?M.?r
able part of the tifty-third annual report of th? as?
sociation. The use to which his essay had ? ? ? ?
pat was communicated to Sh Walter lc John Mir
risen, financial ?crotary of the as-?-in.on In
hla reply, received a few day? ???!??, th? suthor of
"All Sorts and ? Onditi?.na of Men" wrote Mr, Kar?
risen .is follow?;
"I have to acknowledge receipt of your !??? of
th?> Pth. with the pamphlet which sccompanies It I
hav? onl] to ?ay that 1 shnll be retolced In . I If
any arords of mtn?> should be found helpful
gnat work In whl.h you are engaged I believe s ?
| ve ihe idvantage of you, so to speak, in the ox?
tent and numbers of .?ur poor, bul i t? ei ough >t
? .?v-York in tin to moke mo uni??.stand tl. ;
? r ? gioita f ?? evi ry effort to amell .rate tha condi?
tion of the poor of th.?: city."
THE TARIFF BILL?
A REVENUE PRODUCER.
Prom Th.? Pitteburg Commercial Casette.
Th.? bill is not perfect nothing is bul II ??*?**?
th?? v;e\?s of those who wer? ioti ? : ..????! on NOvem
bar .'? laal ?,. ?,.,? ahead with the framing of s tsrtff
law which would giv.? fair promise of yielding a
revenu,? surplus inst. 1.1 of ? deficit, snd to pis?
Hiioh a measure ?? ?p< ed I) as ? ?slble The I III
has i.e. ? quickly handled bi the lions.?, but it is
not in order to call it hasty l?gislation,
THE SENATE ALL RIOHT.
Prom Th?? Chicago Post.
And now ih- bill goe? to the lenat? Prediction
is naxurdou?, bul ???? ai ? Inclined t.? believe that
the "deliberative body" h-i* ?< surpria? In store for
the ?hoi.- countr? it may not be .?s prompt and
businesslike as Ihe House, but it ?rill heed th?
popular man.Int.- and tr.-at th.,? Import.mi mattet
In ? dignified and siateomonttke way.
KO l'KSTKi' TIVK AMENDMBNTR
Pvom Tb? Philadelphia ln?*ulrar
it is not debate thai the country needa hut
definite aotlon. The Benata will do wall to re
member thla H?:?' ?nd there finishing touches
ma) i" needed 'Th.? .lut? ,>n m?? ??,.?? might poe?
ilbl) h.? .nt ?? little, for Inatanee, bui no amend?
ments should he made for the mere sake of UtlJ?*
li.? ? h.it tb? House has don,?
nil: DANOBR DP COMPROMieiNtl
Prom The Host.>u Ti.inset Ipt.
Th.? affect ^>( Ihe bill on polita? **pei*4i ? great
de.ii on the shape In which it shiii nu.iiu become
,?? if it is imrmanlaed. it m.is be ? serioua
menace lo continued Republican a ?Tendency: that
w if it is converted into a compromise measttrg
Which salisti,s iioho.ly
Tin; "RBTROACTTVI AMENDMENT.11
Kroin The Troy T.incs
The IMimley Mil Intends to protect Itself whit?
protecting the people An amendment ?raaodooted
which makes tho duties take effect from tO-d??>'?
Thla will prevent u rlotnl of Importations ?lesigned
to gel th?? start of tin? new tariff law