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FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
MONDAT, MAY 17, 1S07.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
FOREIGN.--The rorte declines to grant an
armistice until those conditions ar?? accepted:
The annexation of Thessalv, an indemnity of
?1(?,(Xm?,(i0(i Turkish and the abolition of tho
capitulations; the Powers, it Is expected, will
not accede to the retrocession of Thfssaly. :
Mme. ?le Lauinc and her daughter die?l in Paris
from injuries receiver] at the Charity Ha/.aar
fire. . The HamburR-Amorican steamer Ar?
cadia ran on the rocks near Cape Hay, N. F.;
the French brigantina Croialne went ashore
?'??ar Lrfunallne, N. F. ? J. D. Spraker. son
in-law of John H. Starin, died In Managua.
Nicaragua. ?;- r? The Canadian Government Is
nia ut t,, ??end an expedition t.. explore Hudaon's
Straits. . ? - A memorial of Daniel O'Connell
w?? unveiled In <".eii'>a. r--~ General Folavieja
return.d to Spain from the Philippines.
DOMESTIC?Haines law receipts show that
the ' ities are payim? more .ind th?? country dls
trlcti less than last year.-A Santa Fe
train went through S trestle In the Indian Ter?
ritory; fifteen people were injured, some of them
fatally -- = The Very Rev. Dr. Edward P. Al?
len was eonaecrated In Baltimore as Bishop of
Mobile, Ala. - The Cleveland and Washing?
ton National League teams were arrest?! in
Cleveland for playing baseball on Sunday. .
A largely attended meeting in aid of the cause
of fhe Cuban Insurgents was held In Washing?
ton. ^^?- The ship Dirige Is thirty-five? days
overdue at San Francise", and concern for her
saf< ty Is felt. =?***_= A little >?irl was killed in
Philadelphia by an insane youth.
CITY.?Twelve thousand tailors on the East
*?ide went out ??n strike amid exciting scenes,
rr-? E. It. Chapman, the broker, went to
Washington t<- begin his month's Imprisonment;
he was gccompanle?* by H. O. Havemeyer. ?
Four m?*n attacked and robbed a passenger on
a crowded ferryboat from Eon?? island City;
three were captured aft? r a hard fight.
The attempt to enforce the amended Haino.s law
proved less ?u?**ceeaful than ever. ? The Rev.
Dr. M, J, Bavage replied to the contention that
the world Is growing worse, and favored aggre?
gation of capital. ?.-- Two schooners cams
?nt-? collision in the Lower Bay, and the crews
of both had narrow escapea.
THE WEATHER--Forecast for to-day: Fair
and warmer. The temperature yesterday; High?
est, ??7 degrees; lowest, ?"'?'; average, ti_V
ONE SAMPLE.
A hirrre German msnufacturlng company is rc
potti'il to have purchased a tract of six hundred
acres ten miles from Now-Hrtinswlck. mid
will create ?* town nml er??<*t factories
fur the employment of about four thousand
hands. The name of the linn Is not dis?
closed by its representatives in ihe tr.ins.ic
liiin, but they admit thai the object of the firm
is to establish in this country the manufacture
of goods which the proposed tariff would pre
vent them from sending hither from Germany
with profit in the abserce ??f further Informa?
tion it is conceivnhle that tills particular plan
may not be carried nut. or that it lias been In
some respects mis?'??nceived or niisreprosciiio.l:
but it is well known that other establishment!
bare In the same manner ban transplanted
bodllj from Eiir??p<- to this country,sind in wool.
cotton, silk, thread) Iron and steel manufactures
satabUabments ?juite as Important are now in
operation and well known, created in this coun?
try by fo'-ei^n capital and skill, in order to
reach th?* best consuming market of the whole
world. Nothing Is therefore risked in consid
srlng ti??* Xevr-Brnnswlek plan as typical of an
Mustrlal changs which the new tariff is calcn
latfd to produce.
About four thousand bands would nicfin as
many as were employed ?n nil the WOTfcl of ihe
woollen nuuinfacture proper in such States as
Maine. New-Hampshire or New-Jersey in 1800.
The proponed works alone, if of that character,
would about double tbs production In New-Je**
Mj 'n ?!.f the moat Important branches of
iiiaiiufactui?'. The benefits to b?? derived by jlle
pcojile of that and other States are, however, by
no means mainly KntlmentuL There i> first tin*
pnrehass of land, an 1 for six hundred acres on
the line of th<? AmhO** Division of the IVnnsyl
v.viia RaOroad ? fair pri?-?' was probably paid.
T\? that extent, at the ontset, tierman capital
oom?'s btthef for permanent iiiv??stment In the
dtvelopmenl <?f American ?esources, whereas a
*-um probably much ifcatar has gone into the
j.kefs of tli? (?crinan linn within four years
as Lirofits 1,11 goods purchased by Asaerlcana
Tiu'?e who s? li the land have the cspttsl for us?*
in otlwr Industries.
Next the works and jierinanent ??hint for an
Mtuhtlebttteat to employ four tbooaand bands
?Igbt naturally COSt from 98?0O0,O00 to S.kkio.
BBo, as in New-Hampshlrs or Maine. In t.'ie
sroctloa of work** tbere will be r*mploymont for
American m?,|-hani< s, demand f?ir Aineri?-an iron
and ste?l. brick or stone, lumber and ?_la??--. t<<v
a paal quantity <>f costly machinery, and for
the labor t?< prodncc and put together all these
materials into | Qnlshed factory. This means
work i full y-ar at good wages for ?sreral lh??u
?tiiid men, many of ih<' better grade ??f n.iiau
ics. and more ivork BBOOt also be done in COO?
stripitlng ill" dwellings and ether building- of
the town to be eraaterl The millions <?f capital
to employ A?mericaa Ubor ?i? this eonatruetlra
P*orfe will coiue ti'oin <?< iinany. whereas here?
tofore the Ainerican labor ?has lacked employ
incut because th?* ni"ii?y of Americans w? nt over
to ijermatiy to pay for the goods Hunufacturod
then?.
It Is coiiceivabl?' ihit the t'erman linu might
br'* ?? over some of its tra?ne?! workmen and
foremen in different dcpartnienis. tltboug
gnve dlfllcultles arlac whenever inch nien come
In under any definite contract to labor litre, and
if they come 1n free from stich a contract they
will soon expect and obtain wagci? such as are
paid In this country, enabling them to live as
hands in the same occupation do not live in Gut*
many. X??r Is the addition to the working force
In this country ? detriment, so long as it is con
lin??d to branches of work in which the hands
now in this country are far from able to sup?
ply its -?-ants. There ought to be employed
here in several bronches of industry, the wool?
len manufacture l*cing one. not far from twice
ns many hands as have heretofore been so em?
ployed. Hut, in any event, the new establish?
ment would obtain the greater part of its hands
from the Niroundlng neighborhood, it would
give for all time to come. If well managed, more
work to the Inhabitants ?if New-Jersey, whose
money heretofore paid for German goods will
then go to the employ men! <?f New-Jeraey work?
ers and the improvement of their condition.
Yet there nre some persons in this country who
think a tariff which produces these results is
wasteful and wicked.
OUR NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY.
A good deal of inten-st is already felt by tho
citizens of New-York in the new public library
building, which is assured by the recent action
of the Legislature in authorizing the expendi?
ture of two and a half million dollars by tl?*
city for this purpose. The library is already In
??xist??nce on the Astor, Lenox and Tilden foun?
dations. The consolidation of the Astor and
I.enox libraries, together with that portion of
Mr. Tllden's forums finally secured for the
purpose he had in view, gives the metropolis
resources that will enable a great Inch t?> be sup?
plied and an Institution established in keeping
with the character of the city. As its share in
achieving this result lbs municipality is called
on to furnish a site and a suitable building, anil
there has been ro difference of opinion among
citizens of intelligence as to the wisdom of re?
sponding in a liberal spirit to the suggestion of
the men having the interests of the library in
their immediate charge.
In addition to the appropriation mentioned, a
site for the library is to be provided in Bryant
I'aik. The old reservoir at l-'orty-second-st. has
outlived its usefulness, and is soon to be demol?
ished. .Many people suppose that the library
will be erected on a part of tho ground now oc?
cupied by the reservoir: but under the act which
became a law n few weeks ago the Park Com?
missioners are at liberty to place the new build?
ing in any part of the park. The suggestion
has boon made tint, lnst?\id of putting it close
to Fiftli-ave.. there would be advantages in
choosing a site nearer Sixtii-ave. Tims the ma?
jor part of the park would be transferred to the
Flftb-ave. end of tho equare, away from the de?
rated railroad, and the change would add a
most attractive feature to th?? principal resi?
dence street <>f the city. At the same time it
would bring tho library nearer lo the large num?
ber of people who Will naturally go to ami from
it by the elevated road. In any case, we pre?
sume then will be a ronsiderabls addition to the
park area: and the strong ?abjection which ob?
tains in other cases whore it has been proposed
to erect public* buildings in city parks is with?
out weight in this one.
Obviously the architectural treatment of ihe
library building will depend to a considerable'
??xtent on the place in the park where it is to
stand, and the lirst tiling in order would appi'.ir
hi be the selection of the site. The library irus
tt ?s an* seriously considering what sort of build?
ing will be needed nnd the best form of compe?
tition to be adopted in securing the ?leslgn.
There can be no doubt that a building worthy
of the city and admirably adapted for the pur?
poses in view will be erected. It should be, and
we bars no doubt it will be, one of the proud?
est ornaments of the greater city. Hut, after
all. the usefulness of the library is tho main
thing. In Increasing that the city will also be
called on to play an important part. Our public
library must oe adequately supported after it If
established ami boused? to the en.l that bronches
for the cir?-iilfitio:i of books may be provided in
all parts of lie city and the people enabled to
draw and achanga books with tho least possible
trouble and without the payment of carfares.
TRE RASTERN BMBROILMMRT,
The Gr?>co-Turkish war is like tho Irishman's
decapitated turtle, which was dead but not con?
scious of it. Logically, the war ended more
than a week ago. The. Gr??eks wen* then hope?
lessly beaten, ihe Turks were fully victorious,
and neither had any good object to gain by pro?
longing bosilities. During the week ihe great
I'owers proposed me?liatlon and an armistice.
The offer was promptly accepted by (?reece,
tbongb its terms were most, humiliating to her,
But Turkey somewhat scornfully declined It,
or postponed consideration of it to a more coii
venlent season, nnd went on with tlie war. Of
?ourse Gro?os had to continue resistance. So.
(?esultory lighting has gone on all tho week, on
land and sea, With consid?>rnble loss of life, but
no material change In the general alignment
of the belligerents.
The immediate blame for this state of affairs
must rest upon Turkey. Hut the motives that
govern her, ?.r the influences thnt control her in
:1ms continuing the war against" the will of the
great I'owers, arc not entirely evident. One ob?
server at Constaiitiiiopl?* says the Sultan wants
to stop the war, but is fOTOSd to continue it l?v
til?- military and fanatically routions parties.
That is in a mensuro credible. The Sultan lias
Strong personal reasons for making pence Si
once. Vet another correspondent declares lhat
the Sultan himself is benr on lighting until
terms of penco satisfactory to himself are ar?
ranged, ami that he takes such ground on the
advice of the Germa** Emperor. Tii.it. ten. or
the lutter part of it, Is ?redible. It would be
just like th?' German Emperor to giro such ad?
rice. Still, a thlfd correspondent, this time in
Paria, reports lhat Germany is urging modera?
tion opon ib?* Sultan. Perhaps; but n seems
scarcely probable, Two other tb<**ories are also
to be mentioned, either <?f them as cr?dible as
any <>f the foregoing, One Is thnt Turkey, with
on?* Christian nation crushed beneath h?-r f?*et,
with half a million fighting men in the field, an?l
with her old martial spirit fully mused, is a<-t
ually defying ail l?uropo ami aiming to renew
her ?ailier schemes of conquest- The <ith?*r is
that Buerla- tur her own ends, ?* secretly back?
ing lb?' Porte; whi?'h really seems, from eur
i? nt indications, the most probable of all.
In connection With this last theory it is In?
teresting t<> observe that a .umor romea?sig*
| Olflcantly enough, by way of St. IVtcisburg
that Russia's prob-ge. Bulgaria, is again gelling
ti stiess. and that its army and people may force
iis i.ovcriiiiiont to take action against Turkey.
, That would, of couine, nu-an lhat Russia bad
: given th?* signal for a Bulgarian uprising, it
seems iiiiogeiiuT probable that Bulgaria will
play a further par? in the embroilment. Her
: part thus far has ban important, but not hon
i i.i ble. In brief, she betrayed Greece to I lie
latter*? ruin. PrittOS Ferdinand of Bulgaria
? ncoiiragi'd King George of Greece to go lo war
with Turkey by expll fitly promising to assist
: him by raising ? sympnthrftlc insurrection in
Ma? ???Ionia, and then, BS soon as the war bo?
gt U. repudiated his promise, left i.i??'?e to shut
lor herself, and formed, or tried to form, in
anli Greek league with Servia and Montenegro.
Sii-h is ihe fact, as weil known al Vienna, ac
cording to ??ne ?if th?* most trustworthy <?i polit?
ical corwapondenta, it arouses some curiosity
as to what port Bulgaria will next play us the
Obedient servant of Russia, and It thr ?wh an
inti'i-cgting light upon the manner in which tho
war has been manipulated, nnd is still being
naintaincd, behind the scenes.
MONEY AND BUSINESS.
It 1? the one significant fact of the times that
gold goes ?nit and merchandise Import? greatly
exceed exports, and yet there is no disturbance
of the money market. All ??hservprs of th"
situation perceive that the outgoes of ??id are
i?ut temporary, thnt they can be stopped by the
Senate In on?? day If It pleases to ad <>n tie
Tariff bill, and that meanwhile ?hey only lessen
by B little an enormous balance due by other
countries to the United States on merchandis6
account during the la?t year. Certainly there
never has been M large nn excess of Imports
over exports In any prOVtcUS year, the Imp?t is
amounting to $.''i?.t-l 1.7H'? for the first half .?f
the month Of May; nor have there lieen In th?
whole history of the rfitintry Imports ns large
as appeared In the month Of Aprfl-^01,806,181
?nnd the apparent trade balance in thai month
was $23,570,431. Yet aven this hurga sum must
be Increased by nearly 100 p?*r cent If actual
values of dutiable Imports are to lie considered,
and Ihe great excess of Imports during the
month must be attributed, to a large extent, t?>
the unwillingness of Senators to shut out Im?
port? by th" plan proposed hy the House.
The persons who Insist that business Is not
really Improving have a rather difficult task
on hand this week. The actual payments
through cleartag-'houae returns outelde New
York are only N.l per c?>nt smaller than those
of the corresponding week last year, ami for
two weeks of April Ihe ex? harges outshle New
York have lieen only 7 per cent emaller than In
the same weeks of 1802, when business was
larger than It ever bad been previously. The
Investigation by "Dun's Review*' a week airo
Indicated that payments during the month of
April had been only about 1'? per ?ant smaller
than In 1802, so that the finures thus far Indi?
cate some improvement In May. Nor Is It t.? 1? ?
ignored that the difference In prices since l**!l'_?
affects the calculations materially. Reckoning
April apalnst April, the fame quantities Which
cost $80.001 in i^.''J would ?..?.t 173/207 at the
lowest point In 1807, an?! about ST-".. 1 :tS for th?*
month ?.f April. The truth is thnt in quantities,
all business considered, there is really more
done than in any year of prosperity In the last
five.
It was properly stated by The Tribune a week
?ago that the lialance of foreign trade was tu?
longer in favor of this country. The officia! re?
port just made public shows that In April the
agpre^at'* value "f Imports was for the first
time njbre than $100.000,000 In a month.
am an.tint,' t.. $101300.181. As the exp->rts
were In that month comparatively small, Which
Il to h?> expected f'?r this season, the excess of
m ?rchUbdlse imports over exports in value was
$23,570,431. Hut, in view of the fact that the
Imports were in value about $50381.908 more
than exports, and In all probability were heavily
Undervalued, be|n?r mainly of the classes Which
were most affected by ad valorem duties, it may
he presumed that the actual value of lmp"rts
during the month of April was probably greater
than the value of exports by ?fSO.OOO.OOO ?>r
more.
This Is not a pR-a?nnt statement. The plain
truth is that it _*?>ks very unfavorable f.?r busi?
ness In the Mining months, and, while The
Tribune would be much better pleased to offer
a more ?ncouraclng account, the fact has to be
stated without shading. There Is In this coun?
try many millions' worth of dressgonds, >'f ?ittvr
forms of dry goods and ?if manufactured pr *d
UCtS generally, brought In for the express
purpose of anticipating the new duties which
are expected to be Impose?-. Probably it le nol
far from th" truth to say that half a year's
consumption in these branches has been antici?
pated by Imports during the last three months.
Durir.tr the four years under the ?Cleveland
tariff th" Imports of such products were won?
derfully large, and yet within the last month
they have been greater than at any previous
time.
The advance In the price of cotton from 7%
cents to 77? cents Is supposed t" be warranted
by tlK* evidence ?if destruction and decreased
production in overflowed districts. Yet the r-'
turns published by the ?"...vcrnnvmt show that
In the counties most affected th>? 1. ss Is not
nearly as gnat ns offlctal reports Indicated,
and that the actual acreage of cotton has been
?mly moderately diminished. Kven In Mississippi.
where the overflow and destruction have been
?-rreat.T.t, the d??crease In acreage cultivate?! does
not exceed 1 per cent, and the output this y?'ar
has been far In excess of the demand for con?
sumption. Mr. Ellison makes the crop h?'l?l by
European mills 808,000 bales, against 788,000
April 1. and the receipts from plantations in
this country are about as large as last year,
with takings of Northern spinners not one-half
as larpe.
As to wheat, the conflicting r-.tatenients by the
Department and by the various State organiza?
tions are not easily reconciled. Nobody at?
taches much Importance to the report of the
Government regarding acreage Of wheat, and
yet the discrepancy between its statements ant
those of the various State organisations cau?-?-s
tliis year more uncertainty than usual. Per
hspi the best that can be .?-aid Is that the offi?
cial reports are probabl) about as far below
the truth as th?-ir estimate of acreage a month
ago was below the probable quantity sown, so
that we may expert something lik" 1 ? ? per cr-nt
irreater production of winter wheat than the
official statement indicate??.
Th?' condition of the chief Industries Is not
at t lie moment encouraging. In the iron In?
dustry ther.' is a struggle to meet th.? necessi?
ties repultlnK from a cost of material much
below what has been known itv past years, and
th?- disruption of Ihe beam combination durinp*
the last week will probably result in much
lower prir-ea for structural products an?l also
f?>r billet??. In th- WOOllen ati'l OOttOO manu
facturs there has been no Important ?hange dur
Ing the week, .as both sre watting f??r the out
? .in" of action at Washington, atul there Is a
disposition to restrict production as far as pos?
?ible until It is known how far the tariff is to
be advanced.
Wejrler*! declaration some time ag*o that Cuba
was pacified ap?ief,r-> to have ln?r. a n mark mad??
through his hat.
Fpaln Is in the market f.,r a new loan of
$40,000,000, to i?e secured i.y he-* customs reve?
nues, which the Bank of Spain will try to
float nt some rate, but will find It as hard a
task as it has ever undertaken, n is Intended
to be poured into the two enguhtng ratholes,
Cuba and the Philippines, which have already
diunk ui? euch floods of treasure, to say nothing
of the sacrifice of hi.man life they have cost.
-?
It is mere Irony to call a ?lock that lets In
watsr ail around a drydock, ami the Govern?
ment ensineer? who built N?>. 'A at th.? N?*w
Y'irk Navy Ynr.l will have to (tve a MriOUS
an?l particular account of their work Flocks of
experts have already descended upon it iik<- the
clouds of cranes that stream over Caabtn and
the Arallan estuaries, and when their reports
are all In" WS shall DTObaMy know what tbs
matter is and where the responsibility lies. Qov?
ernment work is expected to be the best ()f \**?
kind always, bul in a it....?1 many cane* It \? a.
matter <?f expectation merely, the fad being
ib- other wav. The failure ?,f i?,?k No..". ??eaves
us without any spa? ions enough to receive <?ur
bluii.st ships, some of which are not fit f,,r
?servies tin tiny have been locked, and at the
Luvest calculation It will Inks several month?, t..
make th.- leak) "ti" watertight, aven ir it has
not ultimately t?< be rebuilt altogether. The
public will be curious to learn what SXplOnStlon
Its builders have to offer concerning their work.
Why docs It leak more In one place than In
another? In other words, as the visitor re?
marked concerning the Yellowstone geysers.
"Why arc Its -?lulrtutlons so Irregular?'' In fine,
why la It so useless after so much money has
baso expended ut"'n It and so many smart Oov
ernment engineers, educated at no end of 03OV?
eminent cost. bSVS Invlshed all thslr pent-up
capabilities upon It?
More atrocities arc reported In the C*OOgO State.
Probably they will be, as usual, indignantly de?
nied by the Helgian rjovernment. Hut it Is <b?i
cult to avoid the conviction that there must be
pome fire w here there Is so much smoke.
-4.
Jerry Simpson r-envers from the collnpee of
being sat down upon by Speaker EUed like an
?india-rubber toy l?>nkey, taking on his cus?
tomary shape, such as it Is. with no ?h lay and
little or no ease, as the kangaroo take? a pali?
sade. Jerry Is always SmUSlng, and most M
when he I? nioit completely flattened out.
PERSONAL.
\v. j. Connors, who has .I"*- ?*&ougbt "The Buffalo
Courier," ones v-.rk??i a.? a deckhand on lbs tu?
Oeorge Terrant, of ths Durham Touring Com**?any
.?r Chicago. Captain Dunham says othjm.Hoia
a character all by Ulms. if. There 1-? < nn.??he
?-ii'li 1:1 an to be fourni anywhere.
The Kawab Hrdur Msheseed Afsul Khan, of th.
native Indian army, whose de.uh is announced,
wai of Afghan btrth nn.i deoeent, He ?nt.-r...i th?
Indian army at sn early age, joining ths ttth Ben
aal Lancers, better known a?. Probyn'? ?Horse, >>*
ism he was attaehed to the mission t?> the capital
of Yakooi? Beg of Kaabgar, under the late sir
Douglas Forsyth. When the Indian troops wore
sent to Malta he came with them end visited ron?
d?n, ?-ti which occasion he was appoint, d native
aide-de-camp to the -Prince of WoUm. During the
Afghan war he served on the politicalataff. and
took an active .and prominent part in the negotla
tlons with the present Ameer Abdurrahman, in
!??*:?' he wax appointed th" first native agent at?
tached m thai ?Prince's court, an.I he1 discharged
hi., delicate ?loties with much tact, until hin falllni?
eyesight compelled hi?, after three years resi?
dence, to resign. For his diplomate- servlon he
was rewarded with ?he rank of colonel and the
Companionship <>f the Star of Iruiln.
"On?* morning not long ago," say? "Th? Phila?
delphia Iteeord," "when the servante of the Clave?
land household came downstairs for their dav't
work their astonished Raze rested upon ducke by
the ??care. There Were dUCke before the porch ami
duck.? upon the wlndowsllls. Whole flock?, of dUekS
nodded from the ?branches of the tree? sutvoundlng
ths house, and still others squatted ?ipon th?* lawn
before the front of th.- dwelling. Little stream?
ers of ribbons ami flags fluttered early in the morn?
ing br?ese, The opening of windows snd doon
had no disturbing effect upon the flock of birds,
nml .1 moment's Investigation showed that th?*y
w.-re all decoy ?lucks, with which some industrious
Venn.,- men had ?l.?rated the ex-Presldent'a prem?
ises during the night. The men about the place
had a half-day's w?,rk in collecting tl.?- decoys from
about the house and from off the Frese."
Richard .lohn Sedden, the Pr?mier of Kew
Zealand, who arrived In ?""hleago the other day. on
his way to England, raid to a reporter in that city:
"You are ahead of New-Zealand In the matter "f
railroad travel, perhaps. We do nol have your
sleeping-car arrangements, but otherwise ou*i
coach'es ar.? on tiie American Instead of the K*i?.r?
llsh plan. Wo are far ahead of vou in the matter
of roads and streets. We wouldn't tolerate such
rough pavements a.? yon h?v.' f..r your business
?tr?'?is nu- streets ar?' pared with tarred plank
on a foundation of concrete, th" whole being sur
faced with asphalt,"
The late Max Marrtzek used to tell the following
anecdote of Adelina PattJ: "I remember once nt
th.? Howard Athenieum. Hosten. Mme. Harill I'attl.
the mother of the I'attl sisters, asug the purl of
Norma, with Amalla I'attl as Adslgisa? SUd Ads?
Una, th? n a little child, n? on? of the children of
Norma. Adelina, always wilful, Insisted at re
bearsal In .?.Inglng the music of her mother nn?l
?later In the duo -Mira Norma,' nti.l when, after
several warnings, she would ?till SOBtiUUS to sing,
her Irascible moth?-r took her up and gave bCf S
regular spanking before the eyes of the assembled
orchestra nnd member?? of the company. Now A?le
llna J'.atti gas M.O?0 ? night for singing, Instead of
a spanking?almost as ?r.-nf a change of condi?
tions a? in th.. mm of Kiita Ffensler, Adeline Pattl
m.ol? her first appearance In public under my ?11
r.. ti.?n In a concert at Tripler Hal!, In February.
i*': She w-.-.s then a ?-hiid of nine vcar?, and at
that ?aiiy age not only nave evidence of her pre
coclt) in vocallalng, bur also m making bargains
The condition! on which she agreed t<> sing tier..
were a hatful of candles, un?l she insisted on re
celvlng it before ehe went out to appear before the
public."
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
"The Philadelphia Record" says that the scarcity
of cedar wood for clgar?boxes .''nd other purposes
has caused ?baler? to look to foreign countries '0
supply the demand, Th<* steamship Borderer left
Philadelphia a few days ago for ih?> Colombian
????as? to load a full cargo o? (?*?lar logs for the
Philadelphia .-nd Boston mark"t?. Tho logs are
eut high "P on the mountain sl.les ntxl are drifted
down the streams to the coa?t.
Beneath this stone, a lump of clay,
Lies Uncle Peter Dan'ela,
Who, early In Ihe month ??f May,
Took off his winter flannels
?{?Chicago Tribune.
A large number of prominent lietbodlst laymen
?if Indiana have Issued a. e,-.|l for a mass-meeting
In Indianapolis on September 15 to advocate larger
representation for the laity in the c.enerai Confer
ence, "Two and a half million laymen," they ?ay,
"have bo; ?me-thlrd of the representatives In tho
Oencral Conference, while fifteen thousand preach?
en have tWO-thlrdS. Tho laymen furnish the mill?
ions of money to carry on the work of th? ?'hurch
In al! h?-r various departments. The Impolicy, to
Bay nothing of the Injustice, in denying them an
equal voice In Its disbursement and In the genera!
maiiapement of the ?'hurch 1? painfully apparent."
"Brother Jim has the bicycle face, .In?- has the bl
cyr'ie bach and sister Bue has the bicycle leg."
"Any other bicycle aliments in your family'.'"
"Will, pans says h?- 1.as tin? bicycle pocketbook'
nul it's badly punctured."?(Truth.
"Now, bOys," ?aid the teacher, after delivering a
little lecture on the divisions of ih?* year, "how
many month? have twenty-eight ?lays?"
"All of them," promptly replied ?1 bright hoy In
from.
Th?. butcher's boy who had ?sailed to deliver a
parcel thoughtlessly left the garden gate open, and
(he seven-year-old ruler ?>f the house called aft?'r
him to ."iii" back and shut it. The butcher's boy
stopped, but showed no Inclination to obey the
command, "1 don't have tor1 he shouted defiantly,
"Yes, you do." Insisted th?- seven-year-old, "You
com? right bach anil shut It. or sum ?body's going
to net the Worst liekltlg lie ev< r h.i.l."
'Ih" butcher's boy cam?' running back, full of
fight. "He Is. eh'."' he said. "Well, who's going to
ii.-k him, ehf
"Mother is," calmly responded the youngster,
"If you leave that Rate open. I'll 1?? certain to go
out'Into th.- street; mother*!! see me and ru get
licked. Shut it tight, phase, to I ?ain't gel out.
And tin? butcher's boy shut It?(Chicago Times
Herald.
Ths f.iru'i'ts great organ that was built for the
Boston Musi.' Hall thirty-four years ago was sold
this WSSh for BJN, Its original cost was fetJtOt,
' My wife ha? b?e?i Studying R-eolojry. and tl,.
house la so full of ro?ks I can't find a piece to sit
down."
"What will you ?lo about It?"
"I've Induced her to take up astronomy."
"Is that any better**"
"1 ?f course; she can't ??ollect specimens." (Chi
cago Becord,
An experiment in ? ??-operative farming nnd fiuii
.factoring 1- soon to be tried in Bay City, Minn.
ah the work done win be m th.? co-operative pian,
the workmen being stockholders ami participating
in th- profita They an t?> own bornee purchased
from the corporation, are to have Wages on the
eight-hour system protection in esas of tlokneee,
and loss of homo from any raus.? is to be reduced
to the minimum.
"Friable la the laziest man I ever knew."
"What makes you think *.?'.'"
"Hi .o-iu.illy seems to be glad that he's getting
baldhea,!??l. so that hi- won't have to comb his hair
any more." -(Cleveland Leader,
a eeries of important Baptist gathering! will be
h.i.i in Plttaburs, tu th.- Fourth Avenue Baptist
church, a? follow?: Women's Baptist Home m -
?loa s.iieiv, to-day ami tOMUorvow; American
Baptlei Home MHsion loetety, lv*edneeday ?sad
Thursday; American Baptlal Ulatorteal Boelety,
Thursday; Asesrlesn Baptist Publication society,
Thursday and Friday; Commission on Systematic
Christian Benevolence, Saturday and Hun.in> and
American Baptist Missionary Union, Monday ami
Tuesday "f neat week, it is eapeeted that sa?
nounceeasnt win be made of tin? eancelling of the
?bil? of PIMM ?.f n??? two missionary societies,
toward whir-h obj?'?'t .lohn i> ?Rockefeller gave
BnoAOt
I'Miior- 11 a\?? you miiitiiitt.il this ?.m snywbsre
els.'''
poet -No, sir
Kitltor Then how Is li you haw a black eye und
walk -u crutchts??ll'earson's \Ncekl_-,
MUSICAL COMMENT.
Mnretj-ek took a happy view of life. If? ??-as fond
of telling of hi? SChlefemente In the early days of
opera In New-Vork, nnd his reminiscences,"!'roch?
ets nnd Quavers," published In 1S.">, nnd "Sharps
and Flats." published In 1S90, nre exceedingly di?
verting, though a little too one-sl?l??d to be ae
. ? ptod as history. It was seldom that his convlc
tlon that he had been Ill-treated by the public
found more energetic expression than that which
may be found in the ahovi* letter. One ?Saturday
afternoon In the first penson of the Metropolitan
'"?pera HOUM, thirteen years ago, the writer found
him ?landing In the foyer at a matin*--? nnd asked
him In to occupy a vacant sent. Hetween the nets
the conversation turned, naturally, on the new
venture.
"Why aren't you manar-lrc- this h?use?" he was
H^Ur. 1.
"I '?"n't know," he replied, almost ?-adly. "I
guess the publie has forgotten me." Then th? old
twinkle cam?- bach Into hi? eyes, and he continued:
"When these rich people got tired of the Academy
and built an opera house f,,- thems.lv.s, I _| 1 think
for a while tbal I mi.? of them would corns to me
? i - > ; 'See here, Max. you're % good fellow and
used to do n pood d.al for Italian opera: we want
to show our appreciation. Will you have the l>nr
Privilege or be head usher?' If rhey had given me
the bar I Srould probably have made more money
than I ever made out of Italian opera, but none of
them thought of Max."
Following Is the list of operas which had their
first performance |n N'ew-Vork under IWr. Maretzek's
managem.'nt: "Trovatore," "Rigole:lo." "ForSS del
Destino," "lone," "?Carnival of Venice" (Pttrella),
"Don lebastiano," "Snffo," peri'? "Judith," "Fauet"
(Italian version?. "Fra DlavolO" incw Italian \vr
slon), "Le Prophet??," "L'Africaine," "Aroldo," "I
Masnadleri" ?CVerdl), "Medea' (Paelnl), "?-risptao e la
Comare" (Hied brothers), "Komeo and Juliet." by
Qounod, with Minnie rtiu'ri a? Juliet: "The Korth
Star," ' TraviaM," ''Luisa Milier," "I Due foOCOrl,"
"Attila," "Roberto,'' "Anna Botena," "FoUuto,"
"Maria dl Rohan," "Linda," "Favorita," "Don Pas
qu?le," "Betly," "Lombardi," "Macbeth," "Mirino
Fallero," "Bellsario," "Don Buc?falo" ami "William
Tell" (Italian version).
Apropos of "11 Trovatore" MsretSek, who never
became reeonelled to Oerman op.ra, used to tell a
?tory as follows: "When Mme. Pappenhebn a*as giv
lag I'.'.in.in opera at the Academy of Music, it was
decided to try a season out of town, and I was en
gaged as manager, w?. grant to Boston with the
announced intention of plvlng nothing but Wag?
nerian opera, it ?rae Just at the beginning of the
erase. Every ?.ne was pooh-poohing Italian opera,
saying thai it was dead, ami th.it nothing but ???'r
man opera ?a? worthy of public attention. After
one week of Wagner i'i Boatos there was not a
penny left In the treasury. I called the company to?
gether and tlmld'.y BUggeeted It might be w< I to
try II Trovatore." Mme. Pappe:ihe|m and Mr.
Adams, the tenor, protested, but ?; was either 'Tro
rsl -? ?T the Sheriff, and 'Trovatore' wa:? given
wirb Immenee sn.voss and recetpte amounting to
more than UfiOX The morning after this turn !:i
th- ti le i w? -it around among the rangers and ko' it
from esch one for .-?. purpose which l refused t<? die?
loss at the moment With this mona*" i ?=;. * n t a
??.hi,, dtepstch to Verdi tnillng him that 'II Trovs?
ore' hei saved a company ,.f Wagnerian singers
'rom starvation."
Th.? newspapers of Berlin have recently paid
some pretty complimente to live of Mr. o. B. Bols? 'g
pupil??, who gave a concert <>f their own cosepoM?
MOOS on April 17. They called in the .services of
the Philharmonic Orebsetra, with Dr. Muck as
conductor, and a violin virtuoso nam??l Franz Kink.
The pupils ar.' described as Americans by all the
newspapers, but oi.lv two ol them ar.- natives of
this country. Thrs? are Krnst Carter, who pro?
duced an overture, ami Arthur N'e\ln. a brother ot
Bthelbert Nevln. who won much praise with a suit.?
entitled "Lorne l ??>?>n.'' very much to the bewilder?
nn nt of the tierman critics. The others were into
l'l... rrhetm, for some years a resident of this citv.
but ,i native of Att-la-Chapelle: ?Charles Hulton, art
Rnallahman, snd rsdmund Herts, a Pol?. Mr*
Ploershelm's composition, to which the critics
with ??n.? accord award the palm, waa a suite
miniature for orchestra entitled Llebeenovelle. ?\
second concert "f Mr Boise's pupils was announced
for May ?'?. at which a composition t>> Mies Melville,
an American woman ?ho was sent abroad by tin?
late Mi. Btelnway. was to be piay?-d. Her cr?-atlve
talent Is spok.n of v??ry enthusiastically. Mr. Rolso
Is a native <>r ? ?berlln, ? ?hin, bul was long a resident
..r New-York.
?o
MR. BAYARD AND THE IDG.
Thomas P. Bayard, ex-Ambaaoadoe to Groat
Britain, spent the say yesterday at th.? Fifth Ave?
nu? Hotel Nlis. Bayard weat to her home In
Wilmington laturday, but Mr. Bayard had busi?
ness that detained him lure. II.? received a num.
I.er of callers In the cours?? of the dav. nnd was
greeted bj many old friends who oann"to welcome
him home, it.? sii.i in th.? afternoon that he had
jusi received word from ?Governor Woicott about
the Mayflower log, bul thai the date of presenting
the leg t.? the state <.r Massachusetts had not
been decided on, adding: "i mus? go to Wilming?
ton Monday, but whenever the day i? fixed l ?hall
y ? to Host.m an?', turn over the log to ihe Qoy
?rnor."
-*>-.
MR. DORNEY Loses ills 000.
Richard Dorney, the bUStaSM aisnstSf of Daly's
Theatre, has i?st his pu? dog Dick, which he
brought with him from London eevou years n?;??.
The dog strayed fr?.m Mr, Derney*a bom. at No
I.V. W.st Forty slxth-al , sboul 10 o'clock ?>n Satur?
day iiIkIu. The .mini.11 has a black face an?l a, ?b
clded black stripe down tin? back, Mr, Dorney
wlslu-s th.? llnd.r would return Dick to his bom?
er to Daly's Tb.-uti-e.
max marktzkk'S autobiography?
SOME ANECDOTES OF THE LATE
MANAOER AND ('< ?XDl'CT? )R -
TOUMO 0OMPO?ERI IM
HERMX.
livre It? u letter written some yean? SgO by the l.v.e
Max MaretSSk to S friend who had asked tor infor?
mation concerning him which th.? friend wished to
uae In a historical sketch of music m Amorti ? It
Is given esactly as written, wltho'it the literary
furbishing to erbleh Mr. Msretssk'e published writ
Ingg w.-r.' Bttbjected, for thus It will sound natural
to the many WOO knew the veteran msaSgST, who
In his Old dsye was as gcr.l?! a? hS ?I garru'.ius
when be go) to lighting hie eld operatl i battles <?v?-r
again:
My Bear Friend. , ,, ,
Von will excuse thai ( did not an.?w-r your lett.-r
of June ? sooner, but, having bean out of town
for a little well-needed and well-earned rest, I neg.
jected ?ir rather pos'poned my answer from -?
to dav. The fact is that, ?ithough i may have ??
great opinion of my.-alf, 1 keep it .aba? bottled up for
my own horn- uae, and ?to not lik- o talk or write i
too much Sboul myself- "Mine 111:?-. lacrima'. That
accounts that 1 uni ho rich! ! I T 7 " or to eaj
plalnl) I n.-ver have b.'.'n a humbug snd never
[earned to blow mv own praise, I will, th?*refore.
only give am a few faets. undeniable and unlni
peachable facts as vou desire. Am born In llnlnn,
rVustrla, ..n the ?th June, Ittl; studied medicine at
il?n iTnlverslUtt of Vienna .???d composition with
Ignas Ritter von Beyfrted, Hofkapellmeister In
Vienna. Wrote an opera at eighteen years o? age
??niiti.il "Hamlet," words and muslo hy myself.
The words did not hurt the reputation ol ? certain
Shakespeare In th?, least. Therefor? I shall not
apologise for them, h?u for the music of that
"Hamlet" I have after long Mars of contrition und
of sufferings from conscience obtained oblivion and
? a- i.ition. Still, thai ??p-r.i was performed In
Hriinn. Nuremberg, Bamberk, Agree?, ? Us., etc.,
with suc-qess (?? and honor? to the composer, who
conducted lo the above cities se KapeUinetstsr at
the age of twenty years sine?? then i have <-on
ducted in various cltl**a in ?Trance, England, Am?r
lca, West Indies and Mexico, composed many songa,
overtures. ?Ballets (several of them performed si
Drury ?Lane, l.on?lon>. Incidental music to Dramas
and burlesques, etc., etc. In 1871 produced my opera
of "gleepy Hollow.' aft.-r Washington Irvlng's
legend, which obtained at the time an extraordinary
srtlstical success In New-York, ?Baltimore, Chicago,
St. I.ouls and other cities, bul as neither the libretto
nor the music were of that kin?! of so-called Ameri?
can comic op-ras which pander to a depraved
taste; as there was no occasion to display har
monl? i ..f legs, no allowance to topical songa, etc.,
and as the opera has not been perform?-.! Best In
Paris or London; as the managers could not buy
the score f""' one dollar and have ?t orchestrated
by their tir-t tiddler, the pecuniary success of
"Sleepy iiollo%v" was not equal to the artistic one.
You desire me to d< line my alms in my profes?
sional endeavors. Tiny have always been to fight
against the degradation of the art. against com
mon-place music, and for tho elevation of the
musical taste in America, as far se my contempo?
raries (I mean fhe publie) could digest and relish.
To prove my assertion I would mention that when
I arrived In Xw-York, In IMS, there w? re hanlly
mor.? than thirty able orchestra players in New
York, Negro minstrels occupied the public's mind
and negro military bande paraded the streets,
When I left conducting Mr. Soldi found the neces?
sary material to work upon! I Mr. Theodore
Thomas, Mr. carl ?Bergmann, Mr. Neuendorf*, ?Slg
nori Torrianl, Mono anil others began their careers
In my orchestra, and It was me who, recognizing
their talent, Intrusted them with conducting ss my
alternates. I only record positive facts wh.-n I s.a.*
that I introduced the operas of Meyerbeer and
Verdi first In this country, that I revived Mozart's
operas of "Don Juan," "Zauberfl?te," "Hoehseit of
?f?garo" and Beethoven's "Fidelio"?which had not
been heard since Mallbran's and Oarcla'a time. i?_">.
I Introduced tn?- beal singers of thi? century to
American audience?, and gave a chanee to Amer?
ican talent, vide, Kellogg, Ilauk, Phllllpps, Morenst,
Durand, M<''ullouKh. etc., etc.. etc., to make their
debute, and prepared the way for the roniluetor??'
nnd managers of thl? day, You asked for unim?
peachable facts, Do not take u a? a conceit on my
part if f furnished them fours ?rery, very truly,
MAX MABBTZEK.
ROUND ABOUT EUROPE?
ENGLAND GETTING READY FOR THE aVU
TAN.?Abdul Hamid, now conscious of his strength
In consequence of tho successes of his army In
?Jreece, has resolved to take steps to obtain a more
effective recognition of his sovereignty over Egypt,
and It Is to this Intention that I* ascribed In I?on
don. as w?*H as In the Continental capitals. Ms
otherwl?? Inexplicable Action In continuing to call
to arms the reserves In hi? Aslette province? nt
an enormous expense, whbh his treasury will hsve
?lltTliilty In faelng. For the war of OfUSM Is f?o
nearly at an end that then* fresh troops cannot
i. deetlMi for service In the present conflict with
King Qeorge, That England foresees some trouble
Of the kind on the part of the fluhllrr,?*. Porte,
which Is believed to be acting In deference to sug
?geetlona received from Merlin, Is shown by the
extraordinary preparations ,whi-h she |.? m?kln?:
to meet steps such as this, even to the extent of
? nbavorlng to put pressure upon Turkey. The
great channel squadron Ian b ?n brought round
Into the Medlt? rranean, and while part of It Is
?ontrolllng the Htralts of Gibraltar, tho rSSSSlUdaf
la patrolling the rout? thence to Malta, where an
Immense amount of stores of every kind, altogether
SUt of proportion to the wants of the ordinary
garr? "n, has lately been accumulated, while the
troops there ar? gufetly beeng tasroaood le such
an extent that within relatively a few hours an
urmy corps of from MrMf to 40.?V? men could be
landed on the eoast of (HUSOS or of Turki- or of
Bgypt,
In the mean time tho Indian Squadron of the
English Xavy has been "summoned from Its ordinary
Station to the Rod Sea and Is now off Sue?, while
the ordinary Mediterranean fleet of Great firltaln.
the largest and heaviest ever assembled In those
waters, In hovering between Crete, Alexandria and
the Dardanelles, acting In such a mysterious man?
ner as to have caused diplomarlo Inquiries to be
address?-*! by the foreign Cabinets to Lord Halls
bury on tho subject, Inquiries which, have become
more pressing since it has been ascertained that
Great Ilrltaln Is busily engaged In fitting out or.e
more of tho*?; Flying Squadrons which It occasion?
ally organizes at moments when the condition of
affairs appears isufn>w ntly crltlenl to make? ne .?*
gary a sfe;> of this Mad. Kugland, it may be
added, is In exceedingly bad odor at thy Sublime
}'ort.-, owing to tier refusal to permit the Khedive
to comply with the? Sultan's demands for ths ex?
pulsion of the Greeks, who number nearly elt-hty
thousand, from the Nile i^elta, and for toe sever?
?.nee of oil official relations between the Jl??He?id
Government and that of the Khedive. The Bullan
claims that Egypt is Turkish territory, and noth?
ing but an Ottoman province. England la pre?
pared to admit this In theory, but absolutely <*e
. lines to allow any practical effect to be given to
the latter.
WANE OF THE FRANCO-RT'SSIAN HONEY?
MOON.?All tho guns, standards and other trophies
captured by the French from the Russians durlug
the Crimean War were returned to Russia more
than a year ago. Emperor M cholas promir-ed at
the time that he would return the compliment.
But, In ?pit? of this assurance, no steps have as yet
been taken to restore to France the guns and the
flags which she was compelled to abandon to th>
Russians during h?-r terrible retreat from Moscow
In Utf. The delay la ex?-iting both surprise and irri?
tation at Paris, anil is tending still further to cool
e.ff tho enthusiasm which, until the beginning of
this year. pr.*vii?ed In Franco In ??-vor o? every?
thing Russian.
A NEW USE FOR THE CATACOMBS.-A new
and essentially nineteenth century use has been dis?
covered for tho catacombs by which the subsol. of
Paris is honeycombe?l. The subterranean RallerK?
of this kind beneath the Jardin des plant's have
now been converted into a epSSSM of laboratory and
aquarium. A number of them have been fitted
with resenrotrs and glass tank?, while In otn?rs
th?, niches that once contained human bo'i:^s bave
been converted Into cliffs, when; scientists are abU
to stu?ly the effect of total and part'.al rJarimeSS
upon animal life.
DMMIBACB OF AN" EXPLORER -It is generally
felt throughout Germany that IT. Pet. rs. the late
latpsrisJ Commissioner and Governor of tjfxr.an
Mast Africa, should have received a more ?severe
punishment thun mere dhuutsesl from the servir*
of the ?Crown. For be was tri? ?1 on i bargee of hay?
ing caused some of his BStiVS servants, A hoy ar.d
a girl, to be hanged, tho R'.rl '.?r having manifested
S preference for a dusky rival of the doctor In h? r
affections, oral the buy f??r having purloined four
of his master's cigars, while he caused other native
women, m.mber? of his household, to bo tubjeoted
to such barbarous corporal punishment on the most
trivial pretexts that they sun-umlietl to tho t?>r;ur \
In fact" the man h.,.-> shown ?luring the course ? /
his trial t?? have behaved ilk?- an absolut?? ruffian,
flogging, hanging and .'rooting, as if d? mented,
and the ?Oerman Oovernmenl has d< ae well In set"
ting rid of such ?'t servant. Inasmuch as Dr. Peters
pr?jf"Ss?s to have accepted now an engageaient to
act as the representative in Afri.-a of a syndl? ate
of American capitalista Interested in Afrb-an enter?
prises, it is just as well that the circumstances of
his dismissal by the German Government should
be known In tills rountrv.
Rl'HSO-JAPANKSB WAR IN SIGH1 -Serloui
alarm Is being crean-d In BUTOPS by extraordinary
extension of the armaments of Japan, which had
ro the iinpresMon that tho Mikailo 1s determined to
provoke S war with Ituss.a befor?; tho latter has
time to completo her Trans-Slberiun Railroad.
Japan's annual eotlSSStes prior to her conflict With
?'iiina amounted to $l?X?.?m<l0O. Tho budget f?->r the
preeeni year, however, exo, eds $*a\o?,?j(X>, of arhi i
M80.C?00,<X)0 Is to be devoted to Increasing the size of
the army and navy. Japan and Russia are equally
determined rivals for supremacy In the {forth Pa?
cific, and if the respe??tivo size of the two countries
causes at first sight the notkr. Of Jap m ni a seri?
ous antagonist t> Russia to appear rtdtculoua, it
must be remembered that, until the Trans-giberlan
Railroad is c?mplete,!, ib" ?'Mr is not i:i a |- ?- I
to bring ills army m bear upon Japan. Rusa i
would, therefore, be compelled to reiv solely upon
her naval squadrons, and, inasmuch ae ehe could
not possibly concent rate |??-r entire fleet In N
ern Pactflo waiter.?, and is. moreover, without any
naval yard or dock f any si/.?- In the Far Fast.
Japan would have ?l...,inetlv the advantage. More
?)\<r. Japan has recently emerged vi'-torious from
a struggle with s nation ol MO.tJOO.ooo, and therefor? ?
Is n??t likely to be Impressed by the site and bulk
of her antagonist. By two years hence Japan will
haue trebled all her existing armaments, and, Inas?
much as it is impossible th a she should bear be
yond that time the terrible financial strain Imposed
upon her by her present nasal ar.d military ex?
penditure, a conflict some time between now and
then with Russia may be expected the Japanese
prese expressing th<- opinion thai it is only ? war
of this kind that can save th.ir country from ultl?
mateiy becoming ? Rumian province.
Tltrc "TRAIN OF BLA<CKOUARDS.'*--lu mnny
of th?> gnat cities of Europe, when, ver a (reel
festival h abran to take place, ail the Questionable
ami suspicious characters are "urged*1 by the polt?*o
to take a few ?lays' airing in the country, and to
disappear for a time from their accusi med I
Tins is found prefer il le to putting them under lock
and k.'.v. l". Bt, P tcrsburg and M ow and
Vienna those who do n >t leave of their own accord
on being thus presaed are shipped oft by the po'.i.-e
in a special train, and Japan has recently adoi t< 1
the same excellent custom. Now, wh< never a _.-?a:
?popular pageant i?. ab.ua to take place In the
Mikado's capital, the "Boshl-no-Kisha," or 'train
of blackguards," may be ?,.,.n steaming away into
the country with its freight, of known and" t*.ii
pocted malefa -tors.
THI LOIR! NO LONOSR KAVIOABLK-ta
this country canals have been Mtted off by the OOS??
petition of ratlroada. Rut ta Burope tin? tatter are
actually dt-stroylng grtM rivers. The l.?l:-. R
was formerly the Mggest and most Important riMT
in France, his been gegtootod to (".ich a degree tri?t
it has practically ceased to exist as fur as ::_vtg_
tlon is concerned. In UM BO less than ten thousand
VtoeoUM of one kind an,I another passed UP ?nd
down the Loire, four tie? ts of st?ea_nboats ruontng
between Orleans and Nantes alone T? ?li? t;;er?j
are not on.? hundred boats I.ft on the river, SI I
theee are only able to navigate small stretches of
the stream In spring and winter, sandbars formlng
Inauperable obstacles at every point, while m sum?
mer th? l,oir.? simoal sattrsly dU&pp??** In s doaen
small rivulets, bsr.-iy a fo?t ?i?>p, which meander
along the huge sand) t>???i of this once noble stream
that has now sue, umbel to negtoOt. Meanwhile
Germany has during the last two de-ado? BSeUi
??lose ii|Hiti $li\i.or??,??n? m ?Ir.slmng and Improving th?
Rhine, the Kibe and Ute Vistula. This fact has
lately been brought home to |he French lA*rto*
tature? which Is exacted to tiikt? ?'.irlv action with
regard to the restoration of the bank? of the Loire
and its ?onverslon once moro Into it r.avlg-blS
stream and Into mi artery of ?commerce.
MVEI.Y TIMM AHMAD IN Al'STRIA -au?
stria's new Parliament consists of no les? thaa
twenty-five different political parties, bitterly Of
posed to one another, except In tlwlr common hatred
of Hungary. I'n.ler th?? circumstance? ?am.? it"''?'
times may be look.,1 f,ir In th?* Rslchsrath, while
the hopes of effecting a satlsfaotorv seulement of
the Bnanctal relations between Austria and Hun?
gary an arrangement which is indispensable for
the administration of th.? Dual Empire as now coa?
etltuted are eaeeedtngt*/ small.
-e-?
THE DIXXER FtIR ANDREW D. \YHITB.
At the dlnn??r for Andrew 1>. White, the new Am?
bassador to Germany, to bo Riven ?>n May 12 nt the
l.halcrkruna Club by ??. mum American citlsons,
?'url S.'hurs wilt presld.-. Tl.c toast- will be re?
spond.'.! to a* follows: "Our Guest," Mr. White:
"Cerinin Dlplomaey In \ni?rh a," lt.\ron von
Thirltnnn; "The ??..man - Fatherland." RelnhoM
Bledenhurg; "The I nSted Btate? of America." r\
\v Holla; "?Oerman iclence." Dr, A. Jacob!; "Gor?
man s?>?-iai induenee." Richard Kataettsaayor. and
"Germnu t'o?nmerce." ex-Ma*,or Vharlea A.
Bebieren. Tiekots may be bad of Julius lloStuaa,
ho. 14 Broadway,