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tan.
OLTMriA ROOF a ARPEN- -V.udovllle.
G?????'??Continuimi Performance?.
Jn?cjr to '?bpcrliocnunte.
l'?ge. O?! ! P???? Co)
Amusement* . S talLost A Pound . ? 4
Announcement? _12 <*> Marring?'? A Death?. 7 ?
Business Nelle???.... ? 1 Mlscellaneou? .12 4-rt
Ranker? A Rroker?..ll 4 Oce?n Steamer? . ? % 9
Bicycle? . ? ?? ITepoB.ls . I? 6-ft
B??M A Room?. t* 4 Public Notice? . H II
Dividend Notice?_11 4-5 Railroad? .11 ? rt
Dom. Sil? Wanted., f? 5 41 Real Esiste . I? IV?
K?cur?lons _.8 S Wiiyil ????????? .S 2
Fumpean Ads. 4 ?', Special Notte?? .7 fl
Financial .11 2 4 Hteamtvia?? .8 ?
lintel? .?. S ? Bummer Re?/?rt? .... S ?-.**
Instruction . 8 1-2 The Turf . 8 ?I
Ilegal Notice. . 8 ?'Work Wanted . f? ? *
BneinteeJ?Coliffe.
Roll Top Desk? and Offlre Furniture.
Or??t Variety of Styl. ?n<*. Price,
T. O. 8EIJ.EW.
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FOU ?DKP BY HOR AC E O REEL 1?Y_
THTR8DAY. JL'LY 22. 1897.
THE SEWS THIS MORS ISO.
FOREIGN*.?The Sultan has issued an irade
sanctioning the settlement of the frontier ques?
tion in accordance with the wishes of the great
Powers. =^? It is believed that the question of
an arbitration treaty between the I'nited States
and Great Britain w ill be reopened In October.
: ". - A semi-official announcement Is made that
experte on the snnllng question will meet ln
Washington next autumn to compare the re?
sults of their investigations. - ??--.? The Right
lion A. J. Mundella, formerly a member of the
British Cabinet, died from paralysis. ssss Writ?
ers In some of the London papers discuss the
chances of a war with the united States.
CONGRESS.?Roth branchps in session. : =^*
Senate: The roaiUnK of the conference on the
Tariff bill was completed: it ls expected that the
vote will be taken on Friday. =?= House: A
resolution askinp the President to make an in
vostleratlon of the restrictions on the sale nf
American tobacco in foreign countries was
passed.
DOMESTIC-The Civil Service Commission
ennounc*?d that the post of Supervising Archi?
tect of the Treasury wuuld lie filled by a com?
petltlve examination. ?? Seven persons were
killed by an explosion in the Winchester Arms
Company's works at New-Haven; several Were
injured. * -? * ' Deba 1? It Weat Virginia, bis ef?
forts to induce the coal miners to strike having
f.-.i'e.i. Arrangements are being made In
tl.? W? st for running more steamers t<> the Clon?
dyke K"bl resjli n. =s At the Inquest In Poush
k? ? ? si.? on the death of Selma Larson, the cause
? ?itli was left uncertain, and no motive f'?r
either murder or suicide was found.
CITY -It was learned that negotiations are
in progress for the consolidation of the aurface
roads of the Metropolitan Traction Company
and of the Brooklyn Sapid Transit Company.
Thi???- "f the crew of ihe collier Saluin
were severely scalded hy the bursting <>f a
water ?aug??. - ?**?= Mr. Hatch, the assistant
bookkeeper of Flint. Eddy ft Co., who dlsap?
P'-himI "u Mo iday. returned t,? his ofBcc.
Commissioner ??rant, at a meeting of the Police
Board, denounced the method? employed in oi>
taininu evidence against disorderly house*.
In th?? Larchmonl open regatta th?? Colonia de?
feated th.? Emerald in a heavy s?n Win?
ners at Brighton Beach: Refugee* Bwango,
Estaca, Decide, Loiterer an.i Menasses.
Blocks were active and generally strong.
THK WEATHER. ? Indications for to-day:
Show? rs. The temperature yesterday: Highest,
Bl degree*; lowest, 77; average, BOH.
F
Persons going ont of town, either to sum
-*;??/" resorts or country homes, can hare the
Daily and Sunday tribune mailed to them
for h per monti;. or *?;'.?*>?? tor '? months.
The address wilt be chance.? .;*? often a*
desired.
Travellers in Fu rope can receive The
Tntunc during their absence for $1.78 per
month, or 14.85 for '?'> months, postage pr??
tant. Address changed as desired.
WHAT RECOVERY Woll.lt MEW.
Pi.'?P?T?ty i? coming, ?is basine** men believe
who have been starting mon- works for months
past, s.? operators in securities believe, who
nave permitted ??* reaction worth tne name for
two inoiitiis. Large crops an? substantially as?
sured, nnd these glotte go far ?? make ? large
demand for mannfactnred products from agri?
cultural State*. Heavy exports ire airead* so
far assured, la Ihe Judgment of experienced
bankers, that exchange against tin? future mova?
suent Is freely drawn. Tuer* Is noi a trace <>f
v??.isoii to fear monetary disturbane? for months
to ?-??;)?', in view of these prospects, in which
the most cautious business men ?m? constantly
sin?? ?ni: their confidence, it seems entirely jus
llnubie ??? expect an expansion In business, in
consumption, and in suc?i revenue as depends
upoa Ihe general prosperity. Thai Increase may
??? greater than many Imagine, if tha course <>t'
business only answers fairly to the expeeta
fletta cherished.
Thla period In every respect thus far closely
rt s, ?.?.??.* tin* one of waiting, of slow recovery
and ilion of wjnneifnl progress which followed
specie I'.suinpti ??. Thi weary period of wnit
Insj for iii.it event was most trying, though slow
Improvement ??? >r?in in 1878 when success was
guaranteed, but some months before it actually
?an, ?. as like Improvement lias appeared siine
a chanfla of tariff was aasurad. But tii<> in?
crease in volume of payments through clearing
hausse In i??~'>, compered with the previous
year, rose monili after monili as follows: April,
118 per cent; May, 4i>.<;? June, H?.*_>; July, 20.9;
August, ?.*?..: Bcptembcr, .".?..?.; October, ?*i'..">;
November, 84.0; December, 0SJ2 per cent, and
then tin? lirsi half ?f 18B0 exceeded tin- lir-t
half of 1879 by 4i?.i per cent Trices of all
prodnctB roso on the averags nearly 80 por
cent from May i. isTD. io January l, 1880, fot
the demand became ao great thai all the works
in the country, though crowded to their utmost.
eouM not meet it.
Nor was this vast expansion without a sub?
s':?. tilia 1 reason, llnfomsl economy and busl
ii' ss caution had denied the country for four
full ?rears Its aataral Incrtaee of business. The
Volume of buoltte*? was smaller In 1878 than it
had been in 1*74 or 1S7.~. Whan recovery came
it brought not merely Ina volume of business
Which had been dons In previous times of pros?
perity, bin tiie gam proportioned to growth In
population and ??\..1?????.\??? power which should
have been realised in the yours of ?h-presslon.
Tims ilio volume of eXChattgai through olear.i.,*
house?.?? ouisiil?? New-York in ISM? exceeded the
amount at the same eitles In 1875 by 12,000,?
?sjij.OOO. or about 23 per cent, while at New
York th?? Increase partly due to speculation was
72 per cent. So business has now been flg?
preissed since 18BS, and last year the exclinn<*cs
outside New-York were .<;?,'{')0,(Ksi,000 smaller
lhan In 1868. But In that year t?iey had In?
creased ?liiriiij; the five previous y?'?r? no less
thnn $-1,7?ki.?k*',<*J0, or nearly a tMld. Fui! re?
covery should bring not merely the boainess
?Ione Uve years ago, Lut eome p.vrt of the natu?
ral Increase sin.?*? that time.
Some idea ot what the normal ?ncn-ase may
Ik? ?q th?? volume of business can be <*aini-d
from census returns, which show from 1880
to 18i*0 an increase ln manufacturing prodtio
tion of F?7 p?r com, notwithstanding the fact
that price* of all commodities had declln?*d
iM.4.1 per cent in the ten years, ro that nt the
values of .lanuary, 1880, the Increase In ten
gear? would bara been 121.12 per cent The
amount actually pnld In wages did Increase in
the len years 1'?.?.? por cent, which measures
tho purchasim; powiT <?f ? larg?' majority of
Ilio people. Hut a gain of only 1-4 per ?-out
in I dtvsde would mean nmphly almost BO DCT
(???nt tn four years. When recovery In business
come? lb full measure It Is only reasonable to
expect not merely thi? consumption of l^irj. but
such Increase as years of growth may warrant.
From IMI to |aaj tlie increase In cnnsiimptlon
of OsaVO in ?piantlty was Mil per cent; of
cigarettes, S2.1; of manufactnriMl tobacco. EIA',
of fermented 11????????, 37.0, and of distilled
llqtiors, 41.1 per cent. A similar increase ???????!
have made this v?>ar's revenue many millions
larger than It Is, and part of It at least may be
expected wlunevor business fully revives.
THE "DAGO" AND THE LOAFER.
Antonio Agnio, ? peaceable, hardworking and,
so far as we know, respectable man of Italian
birth, Is held a prisoner at the Tombs In default
of $l,.r'(X? ball-It might afi well have been
$1G?.(??>?to await trial at some far-off day for
having shot in the leg Charles MacMalion, one
of ? gang of .voting rutilan? who assaulted him
as he was engaged In the lawful exercise of
his vocation. Agnlo. who is a bone collector,
was driving through the street when he WSJ
fixed upon as a proper subject for attack by
?me of the street, gangs which delight to rol?
and mallreat "Dagos." They threw stones an.l
?iVoayed vegetables at him, and finally jumped
Into his wagon and began beating him In the
face. Driven to desperation, be drew a re?
volver nnd attempted to drive ?iff ?ils tormentors
by shooting nt random. One of the blackguards
received a bullet In the leg, wounding him
slightly. Then the ruftians of the neighbor?
hood, taking a lesson from the ruthans of other
regions, threatened to "lynch the Dago," but
instead he only Inngulshes in Jail.
Now, if this Is not. on the fiVe of It, rank In
justice, we do not know what injustw is. "Wo
do not lose sight of the fact that shooting cases
cannot be passeri over without investigation.
and that the processes of the law must often
be inconvenient to innocent people. Nor should
the use of firearms be encouraged among a
quick-tempered people prone to violence in petty
quarrels. At the same time. It is hard that the
hand of the law should thus heavily be laid on
the poet victim of aggression, that he shoulil
be kept from his Work, that those who may be
dependent on him should be left without sup?
port, while the young hoodlums are left to run
at large and annoy other people. It Is a noto?
rious fact that many policemen look with good
naiured toleration on Hie New-York rattans'
attempts to "have fun wlfh the 'Dago' and the
'Chink"." Whenever such citizens are Involved
in trouble with English or ra'lu-r Bowery
speaking persons, the police act on the theory
Huit tliey are to blame. In three cases out of
four the fact probably is thai they are wantonly
baited and madden??.! beyond what they can
and far beyond what lliey ought to endure.
They are unpopular to a certain evtent because
they work harder and are more thrifty ilian the
loafers who would like lo be paid twice a?
noch for doing the same work half as well.
But tho aim-.? of them is due mainly to the
mean nnd cowardly characteristic of tbe scum
of all countries, (be love of bullying foreigners
poorer than themselves.
Tbe hoodlums need some severe lesson?. The
police should be held far more strictly ??? their
?liny of protecting Italian as well as other resi?
dents from annoyance. The Neapolitans and
Sicilians may be quarrelsome among themselves,
inn they ar?? usually peaceable in their relations
with others. They are, indeed, so patient as to
encourage loafers to attack them. Imagine an
Irishman subjected to the annoyance tbe Ital?
ian pt'dl.T suffers daily. There would be some
broken beads In town without fail, and the gen?
eral verdi.! would be that ili?? Irishman was a
good fellow, who knew how lo take care of
blmself. We should by co moans rounsel th??
Italians to meet fon??* with for????, but if every
street tough who thinks it smart to stone "Da?
nos" could be removed to make place for I
hardworking and law-abiding, if noi always
agreeable, Italian, this pity would be a more
comfortable dwelling-place.
fflA'l FACTUBING MADMBN.
Mention was made the other day of reports
concerning Hi?? Irish "political prisoners*1 in
British jails. Those unhappy men are said to
be losing their minds, as well as bodily health,
as a rosulf of ili?'ir confinement, a few years
ago two of tlioir comrades were ndeasod in. as
was slleged, a stale of imbecility or Insanity.
superinduced by the treatment they had suffered
in prison. Many tales have been told of ihe
horrors of Russian ?irisons and the Siberian ex?
ile system, and tlioir destruction of minds and
bodies. And over all these things the world,
antl ?'specially the United Stan-, has waxed
righteously indignant. Orators and writers have
dwell with fervent rhetoric upon the Iniquity
of administrative systems under which men
are deliberately deprived of their reason, of the
very element which differentiates tii<-m from
brute beasts; and Great Britain and Rusais have
been more or less untruthfully Inveighed against
for reviving the terrors of Torquemada and
making real the pewsome imaginings of Poe.
Yet here, in th?? metropolis of the Empire
State of this most "firtUOOS and enlightened
Union, UM Government has deliberately gone
into the busin??ss of manufacturing madmen.
It is driving prisoners Insane through system?
atic refinements of cruelty rivalling any that
hav.? be?'ii told In history or devised in morbid
Action, t??? Chinese, have s horrible habit of
torturing men to death by depriving them of
sleep. But they are half-civilize?! Mongolians.
In the Inquisition men wore driven to madness
and then to death through being deprived Of
drink, while cool water and sparkling wines
were tornieiitlngly displayed just ?nit of reach.
But that was in the Dark Ages. It was re?
served for highly cultivated American?, in the
closing years of tlie nineteenth century, to in?
flict more agonizing tortures and more surely
to destroy both minti and body by depriving
their victims of all employment with which to
exercise the muscles or engage the brain.
That is the appalling Indictment against
Which no pleading can avail. Months ago It
was officially reported that, owing to enforced
idleness, the inmates of Sing Sing Prison were
l??'ing hurried wholesale to the discipline rooms,
the hospital and tin? madh.uis??. Now Comes a
like n'-Hirt from the Kings County Penitentiary.
Seven of its inmates have been officially de?
clared laaaaa, and at least two more will ??rob
ably thus be declared before the week Is out.
Their madiit ss is of I most agonizing kind,
marked with horrors too great to be described
in public print. And of the cause of It there Is
no ?shadow of u doubt. The prisoners hav?? for
months bi^en pleading pitifully to he allowed to
work, as starving men might pray for food.
Their petitions have been, p<?rfor?-c, denied.
They have ben doomed to utter idleness an?l
Isolation from their kind. In some cases death
has mercifully come to their relief; but in many
dissolution of ihe mind lias preceded that of
tin? body. ThO prison has In-come a feeder to
the asylum for the insane.
It is a hideous reproach to our penology, There
are those who think It strange that | better
disposition cannot be made of murderers than
killing them, and that simple shutting up In
prison Is not tlie best us?' to make of ordinary
criminal.??. There can he no possible ?lissent
from th?? opinion that systematically to drive
?irlbunei? Insane is a blot upon civilization.
BeTOlnthaaa have hitherto been provoked by
showing to the people the suffering victims of
I despot's cruelly. The public knowledge of
the existence of this Increasing number of vic?
tims of an evil system Doghi to provoke I lega]
revolution that will sweep thnt system out ?if
??xistence and mak?.? its reconsidera lion forever
impossible. The I'ommissloners of ?'hnritles nnd
I'orrectioiis appear to be not at fault. The War?
den Is not to be blamed. They have been doing
their best to give the prisoners employment. It
is tho system which imposes idleness upon the
prisoners, the system which forbids them rea?
sonable ocoupitlon that W the enemy. That Is
Hie nianufaiiurer of madmen. That Is the
thing to be abollsln?.!. A return to the contract
labor system would probably be resisted as
abhorrent to the sense of Industrial Justice. Hut
that is not needed. It is possible without it to
give all th?? convicts healthful and profitable
employaient To say that cannot be ?lone ?s a
libel upon Intelligence and enterprise. To say
il shall not ??? done is to brand OUT prison sys
tem with everlasting infamy.
MAKING BEGGARS.
Tiie Society fm* the l'reveiitioli of Cruelty to
Children has undertaken a good \v?>rk in at
'"tnpting to stop street solicitation for charities
by children, it la a favorite device of worthy
but overeariK'St reform and missionary laborers
and of schemers who work the charitable for
their own profit to send < ut children to beg.
They think thus to get enthusiastic service from
? larger number of persons than their adult con?
stituency would furnish and to reap benefit
from the Indulgence allowed to the appeals <,f
hoys and girls. The honest promoters of this
sort of activity probably flatter themselves that
they are training tiie yot ngslers in good works,
while they are in reality teaching them to be
bold and often dishonest. Unscrupulous con?
cerns who use them, as a padrone does his in?
fant beggars and cripple?, merely t<> aerva their
own purposes naturally care nothing for the
eiTeot of the demoralizing business on the chil?
dren or on the community?
The cases related in Hie police court amply
lusiiiieii interference, it was shown that linio
girls inatb' a habit of stopping passers in ihe
street to ask for pennies iir the name of charity
funds, and then us.-d the produit of their beg?
ging to buy candy and oilier things for them?
selves. This evil lias before been brought to
attention, and children IbUS carrying on fraud
have been warned, but the same ones are found
practising it again. The real responsibility
rests with those who encourage then and pul
?n their way the temptation to lie and steal
li Is unreasonable lo expect thai children with
large appetites for sweets and toys will resist
the temptation to spend money which they ob?
tain by begging snd do not have to account for.
Even If ? child d.? honestly turn ??ver to a
fund what be raises ly 1 Is "lark" for randy
are such nndertaklnga anything bui a search
for a good time- he has learned how to slami
in Ilio streel ami pest?i? people and gel things.
not because he ought to have iliein, bui 1.ans??
he Is amusing or makes himself a nuisance.
This ?s one of the worst lessons a child cm
learn. Th?? who!.iurte of ?ducation is meant
to teach him to expect to win by merit and not
by favor. To undermine that teaching Is to ?lo
injury which far outweighs nny possible g.1
from the proceeds of his begging.
We hope ihe police will stop this nuisance In
our streets. And we hope also thai philan?
thropic societies will some day conclude that to
make children either h ggars or prigs, who con?
SldCT it their duty to lecture the elders of their
own and other families on morals, is to weaken
rather than upbuild the character of ihe coin?
ing generation. There is generosity ami philan?
thropy enough to support worthy enterprises
properly presented wltbonl spoiling th*? children,
and unworthy ones which musi rely mi them
ought lo fail. Let IK. cultivate self-respect and
modesty among our young folks.
TWO "LE WE TO -/'/./NT" ORATORS.
These are the days when ? lie "I.eave-to print"
orator in Congress gives rent t?> his pent-up
feelings, and, loosening the throttle of his elo
quence, dashes headlong into "The Record.*4 it
la al such a time as this thai our esteemed con?
temporary, ordinarily so coy and soothing,
throws reserve to the winds and In.mes as in?
terest ?ni: almost as a chapter taken at random
from Burton's "Anatomy" or a passage culled
haphazard from the Hunk of Jeremiah. The
taxpayer, ii is true, must in the end foot the
bill, but WC cannot permit that sordid thought
in Interfere With our present enjoyment of the
literature manufactured in Washington. Why,
Indeed, should "The H.rd" confine itself to
tin? publication of dry, statistical and soporific
details or to a recital of what is actually said
In ihe two Imus.'s of ('.ingress, when It can
command the services of writers like Repr??
sentatives Andrew ,f. Hunter and James M.
Robinson, whose eloquence In speeches never
delivered, but now embalmed in print, must
forever remain stupendous monumenta to the
Wisdom of the constituencies which chose them'.'1
Why. Indee.K
In the number of "The RecortT before us?
ami, with Ilio precision of a book reviewer who
neatly places ? transcript of the title-page at
ih?? head of his review, we begin with th?? an?
nouncement that our copy bears date of July
'Jo, 1807, nnd is .?! Volume XXX the ninety
sixth number issued we nolo tuo speeches
said to have been delivered in Ihe House of
Representatives on Monday. .Inly 111. one by
Representative Hunter, of Illinois, the other by
Representative Robinson, of Indiana. While
the former is content with the simple and un?
pretentious headline, "The Tarili.'? the latter
shows decidedly yellow tendencies by adopting
the startling superscription, "False Promises
and False Light." Whatever the meaning or
Significance of these words, they cannot truth?
fully 1??? applied to Mr. Robiimon, if, ns now
seems probable, his constituents Intended that
he shouhl impri'ss upon Congress his powers nf
imagination and liis talents as a writer of fic?
tion. Hut l.t Mr. Roblnnon speak for himself.
It will be seen that In- "wades right In":
Mr. Speak'T. this b- a lifting finie indeed
th?? d"ad hour of night?to pas.?- tnls bill of
spoliation, that rovers with a blanket mortgage
In favor of w.-alth the futur.? profits of honest
toll. The Becepttve title nf this bill Is only n?
centueted ?*y the gloom ami grewsotneness of
tills mi.inieht hour. All design? by man t.? make
countless thousands mourn aie canopied about
with professions "f virtue, .ind on ibis bin are
huiiii: out the f.-ils?? lights "T.? Encourage indu*?
tii's," while underneath the mask th?? trusts
are fostered, and, like the big bats of Bout l?
America, they **?*-111 silently and noiselessly ?u.k
the Mood from th?? veins .?f their victims ahile
they lull them to sleep with the gentle rn??tlon of
their win?*???
The following passage, so eloquent in its al?
lus'oii to Biblical gastronomy, suggests th?? pus
sibility of having been composed not only **in
the grewsomeness ol th?? midnight hour," but
also under the Inspiration of a frugal repast of
beet and Cheese, at a ratio of 18 to 1, or "soine
tblng equally as good":
Driven from "very position, tee ????? them t..
day reaching oal into the unfathomable depths
?if political obscurity f.?r fio..? booh on which
t.? bam* their promised prosperity. Statesmen ??r
l?i?lli parlies stand appalled us they see th.- f.it
kine .,f the hind, so sumptuously provided f??;
by this bill, eating up th*? lean kin??, too weak
to resist, too b*n?c fed mi the .up.ranniiat. ,|
chaff ami dry husks nf tulse pt.?mixes, tarlthoul
performance, to survive. Sir. they have played
ni??.? the ..(ft lut? .?f hope s?? long that patience
has r*eased i.? be a virtue, an.i the Imprisoned
spirit of a lontc-suffering and deluded pe '!?
clearly ?res to?? hys*ocfisj .?f their pratseasrana,
After Hint wc are not surprised at the figga?
edy suggested by Mr. Robinson t<? get rid of
statesmen who play upon s.ift lut??* or of trusts
which, like bats, noiseh'ssly stiok. etc. we
haven't the space lo print tho harrowing simile
twice Tii?? remo?ly he works up to Is what we
exported It would Is?. It is contain?'?! In the
f?'w words: "Tho people want more money."
There you are. It's as simple as rolling ?iff a
log. While a distinct tone of midnight sadness
pervades Mr. Robinson's essay, Impressive In
itself, but doubly so when mail???! to the voters
of ihe Fort Wayne District under a frank and
at ll.xponse of the "toiling masses," the
"speech* of his colleague. Mr. IIunior, w that
of a prophet mil?ant. Like the Indiana slates
man, he Is much given to Biblical Imagery, but
it Is more slreiuious and l?-ss dreamy in char?
acter. I "pon ti pinch we might admit Iho pos?
sibility <'f tin? "speech" having been composed
before luncheon; yes, probably before luncheon
and certainly before dinner, To piove this we
will cito a few of Mr. Hunter's empty stomach
pronuncumentos:
Mr. Speaker, this AdmlnlntratlOB stands for
nothing but greed, extravagance and the protec?
tion of the wealthy and powerful, ?'uba to-day
is in the grasp ?if a erne! despotism, because
this t?.'Vernnient ?loes not ?lare to displease th??
Spanish bondholders and impair ih?? value of
their securities. The grip of greed l:t OU the
country?a freed that is only Intelligent enough
in see where Imm?diat.? profit lies and remains
blind t.. the necessity for the general well-being
<m Which the well-being of capital Itself In the
long run depends.
This is merely working up his wind, how?
ever. When tbe prophetic spirit is turned on
full head, as it were, Mr. Hunter ?.antes ?
Ino loo: "Mr. Speaker, no effort, no word of
"mine, can now avert the calamity that hangs
"over ih?? energies, enterprise and industry of
"iho people .?f this vast Republic. The die is
"casi; the feast of tin? modern Helshazzar is
"now being spread; the banquet is announced
"and lh?? revelry of four hundred trusts and
"corporations Is now in the mldsl of ils cetebrs
"tion." it is positively barrowlng. if it were
no! for Mr. Hunter's assurance iii.it "ilie day
of deliverance is ai band" we should noi have
courage enough Wt to face the pangs of in
dlgeatloa thai must follow tin? feast "in our
midst." True, like Mr. Robinson, Mr. Hunier
has a remedy, but ?u Un? excitement of pre?
paring "copy" for th?? compositor tin? remedy
which was printed on tin? back of the Helsliaz
7.111- foasi was pasted on a piece of paper face
down to give tin? feast a show, and we haven't
another ropy of So. '.??. Votame XXX, of "The
lie.-ord" at hand ?.? repair tin? damage. Tf wo
had. we feel sure we conili agree witli Mr.
Hunter that, with thai remedy applied, "rob
"bory could noi longer 1??? perpetrated by the
"tricks cf legislation."
Debs siili asserts thai his Communistic scheme
Is nut s?. .lea?! as it looks, lint evidently does not
expect anybody to tak>- him seriously. His
sch.-nie had not ?-von the vitality of Cozey*S,
which really did pul an army of holmes in the
Held and quartered them on the public ? ill they
were dispersed by lh?? DoltOS.
,-?- ?
Hotter Is a roast ?? and peace therewith than
a dinner of herbs and strife. Such Is evidently
th* opinion of th* <?hlo Bilveiites, and they ar*
preparine to conduct their campaign on a basis
of unlimited barbecues and brass bands, with
Populist oratory poured round all In torrent,
tempest and whirlwind, like a midsummer thun?
derstorm. When it Is all over and the prudent
Ohio do?? Is crunching Ihe bones of the feast
It will no doubt bo found that th* State has
Bf.mp Republicana as usual, and the country I?
still safe.
-4>
Andr?e Is out of sight and probably off the
earth. Hut he must come bach to land, or sea,
? ?r |,, ; atei well will It be If he do?s n?it ???.G
with tin- philosopher of old that lighting Is
harder than flying.
?-?
A few w.'-ks ago It was announced that the
plague had manifested Itself at Jeddah, the s*a
port end landing-place of ptlgrims from all parts
of the world to Mecca and Medina, the holy
places of Islam, which have been distributing
points of various pestilences for centuries. Han
Francisco has now In quarantine two convales?
cent cas?'S, brought by the Hritish ship Annie
Maud from Calcutta, and another of the ?row
?lle?l on th* voyage. There is Mil* reason to
apprehend Ih* spread of the piagli* Iti that city
and region, nnl*ss, Indeed, It should strike the
Chines* quarter. Once Introduced among that
closely herded people It might give the Call
f'-rnlans another reason for objecting ?o th*lr
neighborhood. Hut tb* prospect is not rs yet
alarming.
The gentleman from N'evn.la who Insisted
that li* was nil right, but that his hotel was
lost, must have Indian blood In his veins. His
tranquil departure for Europe without th? be?
longings which a diligent search had failed to
recover Is a further proof of his aboriginal
quality.
The Kansas crops thl? year are copious and
abounding beyond precedent, promising an
abatement of the political discontent of that
State not to lie brought about by any amount "f
Mrs. Lease's oratory or the legislative abolition
of the corset, In which it was deemed that a
measure of relief might be found. Tlie ?state will
now march forward on a new career of pros
perity, pay Its debts in the same kiml of money
it received in Incurring th?*m ami drive the
noisiest of Its political malcontents to the rear.
-??
Solomon Rickey, an engaged young tobac?
conist of St. Louts, left bis affianced in th*
theatre while he went out between the acts to
look for a namesake. Having encountered two
or three of them he forgot all about the lady,
and. "ti interrogating hla memory the next
inori,lug in th?? station-house, oonl?l not evoke
from It any satisfactory response as to what had
befallen him over night. He was re'*asod on
payment of a small fine, and. after restoring
to his person som* signs of decorum, hied him?
Self forth to th? habitation of bla lady love t<>
explain and apologize; but sh" would ti"t s??.?
him. and remained sulking In her ?. nt, leaving
her mother m Interview him with a rolling-pin
at the front door. He Is now bringing ? suit
to recover the ante-nuptial gifts which he had
bestowed on the young lady, and, though they
are said to wax poor When lovers prove unkind,
sh?? holds on to them, and will sustain her
right of possession in the courts. Th?? peel
knew what h" was talking about who attuned
his harp b3 th* melodious lay:
He ?,\v?';ir?, thai be will cleave to her.
His best snd only love;
Then leave? ber In Ihe theatre,
?:?? g',? s out for a ? love.
? e
Sovereign ?alls for a general strike among
ali th?? labor organizations, but as his power
among them does not precisely correspond with
his name, they may not respond to his sum?
mons, and would b? ?i concoures of Inexpressi?
ble and Inconceivable fools If they did.
? ?
As Tammany's candidate for Mayor, (Trotter's
ihan.-e wuld be about equal to that of the
Hull Osiris, with the "Ids on the bull. Both are
back numbers, but the latter preserves soin??
prestige from Its unlmpaln-d ??'.gyptian Stand?
ing. whereas ???>? tarnet has dropped his by
putting ?? we War paint ami feathers and hie?
ing to a foreign country? Among the present
Pawnees "f the Wigwam h.? will find hlms.-lf.
when h?? com???! bach, a WOTUOUt old Indian.
Without strength enough to lift the scalp from
th* summit "f the refractory, and hardly enough
to pull the calumet of conciliation
?
It was thirty six years ago y.-sterday that tl,
battle "t Bull Hun?the first trial of sti.ng'h
bsiWOSa the North and th?? South In th?? Civil
War?wee fought ll v. as uftsn said that in Its
purely military results "the cannon of Hull Run
ech".d thenceforth on every battlefield of tho
war."
John C. Sh??'han has gone fishing. That Is
more fun than apologizing to gold men for his
silver platform and apologizing to silver men
for his gold friends.
Th* new SllpBIlining architect Is 10 be selected
by competitive examination. This Is a distinct
Stop f??r advancing the scope of tie? merit system,
but It's dollars to doughnuts that the next act
of the President concerning the Civil Service
which Is not exactly In accord with the plan
Which his Mugwump critics have made before?
hand will cause th??m to c*y out that I hat awful
McKinley Is breaking nil his promises and turn?
ing over the Government to spoilsmen.
We regret to hear that Dr. Parkhurst'e health
is improving less rapidly than he expected, and
WO hope that ho will be able to show that h*
Is not responsible for the shocking English
In that part of his message which reads: "I
"am sorry that I will not return in time to
"register."
PERSONAL.
During the war "i'aison" Urownlow, of Tennes?
see, offered S reward for the lato Senator Har?
ris, nn.i gave this description of him: "Tall,
?tralght as ?in In.lian, red on tbe top of his beai,
red face, s little profan* and lnclln?'?l to be dicta?
torial "
Monsignor Willi im H. O'Connell, rector of the
Am.-rban C,ll?g. at Home. Is visiting his family
In Lowell, Mass.
Th?? Ray, Dr. H. S. M.icArthur, of this city,
preached In Tremo it Temple, Hoston, on Sunday.
The Rev. Dr. S. C. Swallow (Methodist?, of Har
rlsburg, Pena., haa been sentenced to pay a fine of
Phil for libelling Captain John C, Delan*y, super?
intendent of Publie Buildings and ??rounds. Dr.
Swallow is a Prohibitionist leader In P??nnsylvanla.
an.l th.? Prohibitionists of the ututo regard htm as
a political martyr.
About eight year? ago the late II-nrl M'-llhau.
ths posi and librettist, became Identified wtth the
Angionttaniae fad la Paris, it was at the period
When "club llf.?" (a French word, pronounced
"clooh-l.i'f"? and "hlg-lif" and "sport" were all the
rage. At least twenty English tailors set up on the
boulevard? at this time, counting on the prevailing
taste to secure custom. One of them entitled Ids
sliop "??? Itoyal-.M.iihac." Tier Hoyal-Mellhue
hand was a society of young bloods, represtntlng
nil that was most desperate snd exaggerated in the
way of extreme fashion that coul.i well be BOSr
oeived They Were, In fact, the Mohawks of moil
? 10 Paris. They always wore red coats and knee
in??.eins at evening parties, did every desperat?
thing, played extremely high at all sorts of clubs
nnd were nothing If not "correct."
Miss Christine Law has been appointed assistant
clerk of courts for llampileti County, Mass. She 1??
the first woman in the Stato to hold this office.
Mrs. Kliza D. St.-w.trt, who organized the first
woman's temperance union In the Weet, celebrateli
her eighty-first birthday at Springfield, Ohio, re
e.ntlv. "Mother Stewart." as ?he Is called, organ
iz.,1 the tirsi union si Oeborn, ohi", with 188 mem?
ber? in 1ST8. Since then, up to recent years, she
lias employed her entire tints in active crusade
wo: k.
De? Moines, Iowa, July 21.?The condition of
Governor Drehe, who fell recently, striking an old
wound In his left hip, lias not improved as rapidly
as waa hoped. His family physician has been
called to consult In the case. It is thought that It
will be some iline before li?? ein use the limb.
THE TALK OF THE D\Y.
"Law Not?e" tells a ftory of a young lawyer
who ?isk"d S country Justicia for a oaptas, Ihe
Justice did not know a capias from a police cell,
but he disliked to admit his Ignorance. So he Baldi
"Now, see here, my friend, roo are a young law?
y. r, and I fear lack experience, l would advise you
not to be too hasty. Don't'bo la ? hurry. Walt
twenty-four hours, and ther, ?f ron think beet,
COme to ???>? and I Will give you ? ,'apiris." ihe
young lawyer SSI ?sil and went away. Tin Justlco
spent th?- remainder of the day getting acquainted
?util the writ call?-,! capias. When the limb of the
law appeared the next morning the Court felt him?
self qualified to issu.? capiases by the bushel. He
fore he could speak the joiing lawyer said: Mr.
Justice, ?ou w.-re ris,lit; ? was too hasty. 1 have to
thank you for the good ailvb-e, and also have
brought you the $? fee you would have received for
tlie capias, as I don't want you to lose anything by
your good del " II.? Went away believing the Jus?
tlco to I?? a paragon Of good sense and lega! hire.
Strategie movements.?First Bey gee here!
didn't ? ?ee you running down street yesterday
with lull Bounce after you, wantln' to lick you?
Second boy?Y-e-e.
"What .li'i you run for?"
I I was only running sa as to get him away
from home, so lus mother couldn't ?ee him tight
ln': but by the time he was out of sighi of his
house we got in sight of our house: and then, us
my mother would see m?? if I stopped to hit him 1
went in. so as to br ?mt o' temptation!''?<New?
York Weekly.
Before tin? days of chloroform there was a quack
In Ban Francisco who advertlse?l tooth drawing
Without pain. The patient was placed In a chair
and a wrench given, when he roared violently. "I
thought you said there was no pain." "So there Is
not by my process. That Is Cartwrlght's way.
That's the way h? do?** It. it's very different from
mine." Another tug. and a still more violent howl.
"That's tho way immerge pulls teeth," said the
unabashed pra?-till.in? r. "YOU don't like It, no
doubt. Who would?" Another twist was given, and
the patient, as a rule, howled worse than ever.
"That," the dentist says, "Is Parkinson's mode."
By this time the tooth was nearly out. "I will
now," he ?raid, "display my own method," where?
upon h.? triumphantly withdrew the tooth and held
It up for Inspection. "You observe that by my
truly scbntlfle process there is really no pain what?
ever."
Y'oung Father?la it a boy or a girl?
Doctor (CJTCllSt)?No, It's a tandem.-(Chicago
Times-Herald.
Some years ago a congress of chimney SWBSfPS
wan held In ? ?retir.?, 8we?len, the sessions being
opened with ps ilm-slnglng and prayer, atid debates
were held concerning tli<? moral and social IBS?
provementS which it was desirable to Introduce
among the BWeeps, Now another meeting Is to be
held, this time at Stockholm.
"And your wife aimed ?it and struck your head
with a cup?"
"Yes. sir."
"Well, then, all I have to say is that you nhould
be very proud ,,f tier."- (Tit-lilts?.
"Tbe Kenn?-bee Journal" tell? of a Rangor
"drummer" who tried to save a lady from leaping
from a rapidi) moving train. After he ha?l thrown
ills arms around her and dragged her back Into
tb?? -ar, she recovered from her surprise enough to
call him all the names In the feminine vocabulary
mi?! explain that she wenl out on the piattona to
wave h<-r handkerchief at some friends. The pas
seitgers appreciated it all, but the ".lrummer"
didn't seen? to enjoy the situation.
Weii Begun, Hair Done First Itafonaei Tin try?
ing t.. writ?? in essay on the ??mancipation of my
sex, and I find Ir very hard to begin.
.-'? ?nd lief?.finer i?h, I think that srottld lie so
easy, Why, you might begin by sharpening rour pen?
cil with your husband'? rssor, you snow.?(Detroit
Tribune.
A funny episode of the Christian Kndeavor con?
vention In San Francisco was the draping of many
saloons In honor of the event, and the display of
the motto "Welcome C. F.."
"Didn't I tell y?M? that If you went swimming
again I ?rould punish you?" asked the stern father
"I didn't forget," replied Johnnie, whOM hair
area dripping, "but I can't swim a stroke" (De
troll Free Press.
"The London Saturday Keview" refers to some
absurdities la BertOUS poetry, heading the list with
Wordsworth's lines on the chamois hunter's fate,
which be afterward ?oppressed:
Haply his child In fearful doubt may gase
PasMng Ills father's bon.s In future days,
Start at the rei'pies of that very thigh
? m wbl? h so oft he prattled when a 1?>>?.
A not unknown living port when he competed for
tie- NeWdlgatS prize On the subject of the HI.??., of
Parts cime very Bear this, Describing the ,1.
laicii ?rough! by war h.? arrived at hi? pathetic
etna i\ sits, ths couplet:
Stark on its threshold many a .?..ri.se was laid
Which yesterday with happy children played.
Y.t It may b. ?lue.stloned whethfr any of these
things were e pial to a stallia which not long ago
headed In all seriousness an appeal for the reatoni
ttaa Of thS church attached to the r?>etory where
Nets? n was born:
The man who arai tanghi BngllsbSMa their duty
And fenced witii ?modes wain hi? as Ive ifie,
Now usks on? r,billing, to restore to beauty
Tu? church thel brwod?d e'er bis intent ?mils.
PLAYING ?? AVAR.
WITH THK RISK OF I/M'HK PISTON
8PRINOH-A CAMFAK'N IN/? LIBEL
COURT?TIIE SOl'TIt AFRI?
CAN REPORT.
London, July 10.
The Rrltish fleet after )h<? naval review e**t
sail for the north coast of Ireland for the annual
mannuvres of the Channel and R? serv*? squad?
rons. It Is a game of make-believe war, with
the fleet divided against Itself and operating hy
the rule of three, and capturing prizes and win?
ning liattlcH without any burning of g?inpowder.
Mathematical puzzles are worked out In nominal
circles ?>f action within ninety hours of an hy?
pothetical declaration of war; and Incidentally
there Ik fine practice ln handling ships? and ln
doing ev?>rythlng except actual lighting.
One of the Incidents of this sham fight was
not anticipated, on*? of the newest and finest
of the battle-ships exhibit???) at th?? naval re?
view iras the Mars, a monster of 11..SS) tons,
which a few weeks before had b**n put In com?
mission after a series of exhaustive steam telale.
She was ordered to Join the first division of th??
fleet at Lough Swilly, reporting to the Admiral's
flagship Majestic, for mimic battle against the
second division, headed by the Magnificent. In
Rlacksod Ray. The orders could not be carried
out, for both her high-pressure cylinders ?tar
board were badly scored or cut with piston
rings, and ?he was disabled before a single
m an.ouvre had been planned. Th" Mars was
detached from the squadron and ordered Igno
mlnlously to the repair shop. One of the new
cruisers, the Terrible, narrowly escaped a simi?
lar fate, for one of her high-pressure cylinders
got out of order through Ill-fitting piston springs,
and the machinery could he patched up only
after a delay of twenty-four hours.
The Injuries sustained by these two splendid
war vessels during a run through the Irish Sea
Illustrated the uncertainties connected with
modem naval warfare. The Mars was a battle?
ship of the most recent and appr??vf>d type, and
the Terrible a cruiser representing ln speed,
coal endurance and battery power the maxi?
mum Of efficiency; but each was a floating ma?
chine-shop tilled with complex and delicate
mechanism, and each was liable to be disabled
ln an ordinary run through a choppy see.
They were playing at war. without the bursting
shells, the roar of quick-firing guns and the In?
sidious atta k of torpedoes; and the piston
rings and springs got loose, nnd the proud war?
ships, with all their OOBtlT armaments and de?
fences, were temporarily helpless. What will
happen when a fleet ls actually under flre and
exposed to the resources of destruction which
modern engineering science has devised no
naval expert attempts to forecast.
The fighting ships of Nelson's day were prac?
tical products of the genius* of sea-power. The
fleet recently reviewed at Splthead and now
mano'uvrlng in Irish waters ls. Ilk*? all modern
navies, a gigantic experiment, for which no de?
cisive test has yet been provided by actual ex?
perience ln war. When a squadron is playing
at war, the damage ls not serious if the mechan?
ism breaks down through ar. ill-fitting piston
spring or some equally trivial derangement.
When the first naval war worthy of the name
is fought to a close, the real value of the modern
science of sea-power will be known. It will be
follow.-d by the survival of the fittest, and a
complete revolution ln naval architecture and
engineering.
?? I? BADO! OF COrRAGK.
Another method of playing at war has been
Illustrated by the man?uvres ?if Jealous rivals
ln a libel case. Two war conospondents have
been fighting a batti? in the c.urts with moie
audadty than discretion. ?>ne has recovered
?.<??) damages from the other ln a lib??! suit
based upon an abusive letter charging him with
cowardice and vile and Inhuman conduct tow?
ard a fellow-correspondent from Ain??rb a. ?o
far as It Is possible for a Jury to establish repu?
tation by a prompt, emphatic verdi.-t, he has ac?
complished his purpose; but the .?pismle le a
scandalous one from which neither victor nor
vanquished emerges with dignity. Journalists
discredit their profession when they fin?l it neces?
sary to have recourse to the courts ln order to
prove their personal courage and their fidelity
to their employers.
In this Instance "The Times"' corresp.?n?lent,
Mr. Knight, was guilty Of the in?liscretlon of
miking charges which lie could not prove. He
had sent by a roundabout way a letter to the
office of "The Dally Chronicle." which was de?
signed to blacken the reputation of a fellow
correspondent In the Nile campaign. Mr. At
terklge. by describing him as a despicable cow?
ard, who shirked his duty to his employers. Ill
treated his tent companion from America, and
finally scuttled out of the campaign under a
fictitious plea of illness. Mr. Knight's letter
was as childish ln Its threats as it was mall
clous In tone, and the object of it was unmis?
takable. It was to discredit a rival so thor
OUghly that he could never again obtain em?
ployment In a military campaign. His own
testimony tended to emphasize the malicious?
ness of the libel, for he avowed his Intention
of repeating his charges, whatever might be
the verdict of the Jury. He will probably think
better of It, now that he has a Judgment for
?1,0<)0, with costs, hanging over him.
The only point at which any serious effort
was made to sustain the charges by direct tes?
timony was the absence of Mr. Atteridge from
the fighting line In the battle of Flrket. Sev?
eral correspondents supported Mr. Knight's aa?
sortions bv affirming that they were well In
front and did not see Mr. Atteridge. Among
these was Mr. (iwynne. Router's representative
in the Soudan and Greek campaigns, whose
recent work in the field has been conspicuous
for energy and coolness. Mr. Atteridge him?
self declared that he was under fire from the
opening of the fight, and that as soon as possi?
ble he Joined tho Sirdar. Whether he was in
the fighting line or not, he seems to have euc
I ceeded ln sending to London the first complete
account of the battle, and this fact Justifies
: "The Chronicle's" conclusion that a war cor?
, respondent ls not a combatant, who Is com?
' polled to take all the risks of the "fou furieux*?
| attitude. His business Is to see the battle and
I to send off the earliest account of It. In this
j respect Mr. Atteridge, while a raw recruit, com?
peting with veteran correspondent?, seem? to
I have been completely successful.
English hoy? In private schools hav? a Sim?
? pie method of enforcing discipline. They elect
j a captain, who ls arbiter In all disputes, end
: banishes to Coventry youthful offenders by de*
[ crees from which there can be no appeal. Mr.
, Knight seems t<> have acted upon the theory
? that he wa? cock of the walk among th? war
j cinospondents In the Soudan. He attempted
I to ostracise a rival who did not "?how up" In
', th?? fighting line, but had his own plan of seeing
| the battle and covering the wire? to London.
He ?ought to drum him out of the war corre*
spondents' service as arbitrarily as the captain
of a school outlaw? an audacious rebel against
the rule? of the cricket ground. He rashly as
' suiued the responsibility of branding as a craven
? u colleague who looked uncomfortable when
there was talk of cholera, and who was not
seen In the front line until what little fighting
there wa? had virtueliy ended. It was a Juv?
1 nib? performance, wl..,h has n.?t commanded the
1 respect of a court of law n?>r the sympathy of
a Jury empowered to assess damage? for libel.
What was mmt noticeable in ? his war play In
the court? was the unfortunate lack of humor
.?? iii.'h side. If Mr Knight had been capable
of perceiving the co:? lo element of the case he
win-Id not have written the abusive letter, hut
would have smiled over the grim pleasantry of
Wt a bilabiati any standard of courage ln a petty
?kirmlsh like Flrket, where the lighting line
was hardly more dangerous than th? haggage
vau er th? telegraph sh?d. 1. Mr. AUtrldf s (?