A-AOE-IT Or Mt-SKV 2:1?-? IS?Snorting Ulfe AUXl?!' AN" ART (..Al.-JCRIKS? 1? ti a Tl??"? ? Or???? Pvnir?? AMKRI? AN THKVTBE-2K? S:15- I.ii'i.n? ??.?G THBATRK- _.la-?:1?--Kale Kiy. RkciAnWAY 2?? The Sorrow? of Satan. CAR.vraiK HAI-I- 2- The Me??l?h CABIN?"* -? * -A Dangfreu? Maid. PALT'S THBATRK 2 ?Ml? Merchant ??' Venice KDE* Ml'SRE- --Wax, Work?. Or?n.1 foneart an?! t Ine? ewlegraah G????G THKATUK -2JO *:an--l"hrosc G????? AVBNt'g THEATRB 1:10 -sir? A Runaway ?'?????-??? STREET THEATRB -' * Th? Vtliage r-?tma?ter __ ftlRhPN' THBATRK 2?IS S IS - Th? rm aad? Off. VPTROPO'.ITAN OVERA H'?)'?-?" " 1/?-enerln s i_ ?i-pU?V HttX TlIFATliR 2 ?:1S ? Ment? v T/?n<*??n r*Sr'"'R f 11 te 11 l'nrt'nu a? IVr' >m?n<-e. SAM T. lA?r*K*S ?????????: 1 S- \'niulev'.ile. Jn?rt lu ^?t'Cttiifmrnte. Toccai ???., p ? Msirtsse* ??> Desiai . e Aniusereeat? ? ? S Mtoeellaeeous .M s-e l?.,-..ie.-*mer ? ,11 G? \>?v PuMleatlnM . a J Li??..-? j? ivo-e. li ' Kottce ?? 0*4Heee...ll a k^rt ?n.l R?cmi 12 4 Notice of Summon?. 12 - Business ?nanees .13 4 n-ean Steamer? ?????" ?" ?5spertnershlpX-?llee.1<* arinoseli.'" . _ p7(,,?. xeii,-ei ?* ? ' Railroads .JJ ? ? r?*- s?. ?? ?.????* 11 ? ? ?'-?l Bsieie. - ? banana - ' ?'? '2 ? Renames'*<>"**? t ? ? _T?,?-aK'fs r; 4 ?svlngl RsnK? Il ? j- fneer *.:?? ? ? "? S*bee? .???"?"" ? ? ! glnanelal Election! 1 ? Bgeelsl ??MI ?? ? " rinsnr??! :?-??lns? "> ?t Steaml-M? }J ? piMnrt! ir? S S "t t?*? ? lice ...?? * fereeieanre .?sl?e II ? Tea ?*-??? ,, I ?or ?al? "-' * Trr.? eiler? (luida 11 _ ir.,, . |] G. TI Nine Tmhm lUteS. 1 ? ,n?'..,- ?? ? wie?.- Reaort? It ?J lAnurea A Meeting? - .; w t-r Re.crr cuM'? s ? L_M lnd y-.!.-' 12 ?'? Wort ?antel 12 SO 2ff?^?-mrk Da?l? ?_Mlnnw. ?-ATURDA Y. DECEMBER 81. 18*8. THE SEWS THIS MORNINO, FOREIGN Th?? Cubona In Havana agreed to C*reral Lofllow'a wish that tliev sh. u'd hold no ce'ehratlon on the occasion of Rpnnteh ?vacua? tion ??;?? It is repor'e.i thai the Spaniard? at Ouam have driven ?ml the Oovernor an.l chosen his success?.? ?iivinp to the ??????? of Presi,lent Kr?ger, ih- plan of Lumini* Dr. Jaine s^n in effigy on January 2 has been iUran.?? ned. Tne Brasitlan Parliament ra'ifleil the featy for entradltloti wllli the l*nit-d State??. _._ .! Lord and Ladr G???7.??? 'a?G?? at Bombay and received an enthusiastic a-eleome. -Th* British steamer G lena ron, from H'.ng Kong for London, ?is ?rreckeil, nnu man] o? her crew ??ere reported missing ~ _? Th?? Rev Dr Bar? tholomew Trice, ifnafer of Pembroke t'niieg??, Oxfi r i Is den.l r?->MKf5Tl?* Reflor Romero, Mexl? .:, Ambne? padOT to the I'nited Ptat-s. died in Washington ? fr?-ni appendicitis Colonel Booeevell and j Ms family srrived In Albany, and beenme gueata ; of. Oovernor and Mrs Hlack at th?? Executive I Manalon ?? The Wn: Department, <>n th?* ! reqije?t .f Commlseary-Oeneral Engan. ordered ? an Investigation into the quality of the I.t f-iirnishei !.?> the Armi ? l'Imi?? for the gov? ernment'.?f Pula were ?liscuaeed ai the m*'etlng iif th? ?ablnet - The great union terminal railrrad station In Boston was dedicated. . The annual convention of ?he American His? torical Aaaoclatlon rame lo an end In Now? Ha'.en A multiples telegraph Instrument. in\erfed in Baltimore, arili permit s'??.:,r,.?' four message? ?ach way '.ver ? gingie tritt at on? ?. ard a practical ;??<=t from Philadelphia t?? Jersey ?Tity is helng arranged. _= Iv.ght men were Vurled in ? coal mine near Wllkesharre, hut five were speedily resiled, and h ???? are enter ta'rei .if saving the others alive. '""ITV -Stocks were ntroig and active ? ? Th?? Detective Bureau tontlaoed a ? work on ih** Adama poisoning case, but no arrests were made at a late h .ur. and the c;is?? was 'ap j-arently as much a mystery as ever: th?? list of 1 ur. hasers oT th<* "**14" holders wns mad?? puh ||e ?- The summary of the business (or the year at th* exchanges and the Clearing House, ? ?? - ng nr. unuaiial!?.' larrje volume? \?.i? made G ic'ii" ? ?- The Appellate Division of the Bu- ! preme (*????p decided th? care f the recelrera ol ih?? Madison Bqua? ? Hank against lh East j River Bridg?? Company In favoi of the receivers. | -a__j Colon?] a t Pianeta, of the 71^ neiv *Ti?t)t, annnur.cer] that a solution hai been found of that regiment's troubles The scientific meetings which have ?.? held al Columbia Vniverelty for the last few da\s we-,?,? brought to ? close. ??-?- - Tw?. Uvea ?.?.??.?? 'ms: by the hreaklnc of l-e on ? pond In New-Rochelle. -= .i?>siah T Marean and A mei ? Jenas, of Brooklyn looh th? oath of offici as Justices of the fhipreme Court, in the lid Judicial District. THF WEATHER Fore set f ? : -lay: Rain turrite Into snow, rlearing at nig'ii; ? .?! wave The t?mperat.ir? yeeterday Highest, ?r? de gr?e?, lowest. 41. average, IH THE YE 1/7 IV/? TEE WORLD. Forel?n war ind domeatlf wolfar.?* make up ? th?* ?ton- of i*i'.??-; for Hie lyitci States. All ether topic? gpd ilotjiics an? anbeldlsry to tbSM. W# hnre foiisiit ih?? -i\t!i foreign war In ?mr Na'Onn! hiry and ilio tir?*t for fifty roars s war thnt will ever rank .'i- OBS ??* tli?? lhr*M prca? ?rara, In Ita la*.im_ r?'<>*? acgakiua, and ? rommensnratelj girai ?levoiop Ttiont nf our long-estabUsllod Nat..?nal policy. 3n poacafol negotiation ami in the rude shock Of ^nr our tla^ lias 1??????? carried to distant lands and planted there, erra Into th?* other heini?ptVr<* and into ihe geographical system of another rr?ntinent. Onr Navy and Army have proved their nnsurjMsse?*] eflldency, Onr dlpiornacy ha? shown Itself a match for ihat of the Old World with nil it?? masterful tra?li tlons. The work of May I?ny rnornlnf Iran*? formed the lnite.1 Stat.-s from a merely local Power of unknown and di-rec.'irdf'd potency Into a world-Power universally recognised to be tf the first magnitude in both penco ami war. With all Ibis wo hare had ? year final passing of sii eoe? ! tional aatrangeimni and such perfectnesa of union among tbe Btatea aa nev.r waa known before, and W? iiave a chapter of American hi?? tory that for splendor nml good tlgnlflcanoa atanda ?wnrpaated la all our ?un?ais. Abrond the year lias been full of more lhan ordinary Mneresi Exactly eighteen hundred v?an? after the first great Spaniard bacamo Raa peror of the whole ?ivillTie?! world the Spanish F.mplre haa vanislied fr?.iu the fa??* of th?? glolw?. Jn-i four hundred year? after Ibe great Span |sk admlril flr?t planted ilie Spanisi) flag upon the mainland of America that flag Ig with? el-awn for??ver from the Western Hemisphere. .lust three hundred yenm after Philip II sur? rendered h!e vast empire to the feebler hands of his son that realm is reduced to smalh-r com pji?? than It had known for many a reign !>e fare Philip's far reach'ng ronqmsts, .lnst turo hundred year? nfter tin? sovorelgiis ?>f firent Britain and France bargained together for the partition of Bpaln the Spanish Empire is par? titioned without French nr Itrit?nh aid by ? Power of which those monarch? hud no knowl? edge. In its Immediate change? of the mai?? snd International relation? of the world the Spanish-American War wa? o? e of the most lin "portant of the century. Tn Its nil I ma te possi? bilities It vies with any that lias been fought alnco the British and Spanish races flrai gran pled In a deatblock. The work that Drake lie? gen at Cadiz waa complet?*! hy Dgerey and flampaon at Manila and Santiago, and it may ??ell be that the laat act will prove ?? fan of ' aeeaoent as waa the fleet , The great empire which la our kin haa marked the -retir In worthy fashion. British authority in the affairs of Kurope has liecn asserted ns it had not heasa for ninny a year. No one talk? now. as a few year? ago, of the ?le? I In?? of the British Umpire. Tbe centenary of Britain'* ??ne alliai?.? e with Uuaala has l-een marked with ? such nn alliance of spirits nn?l purposes 1*? | Iween Britain nini America ?is n?>ver uns known before. The centenary of Aboukir has been ; oolebraied in worthy stylo nt Omdiirmnn nnd j Fa?hoda. Tii?? centenary of th?? ?Trent Irish Re? bellion is marked vvilli | -Mclftcntlun and pro*? i purity ??f that laland unmatched since before I lhe Stuarts' days. Of ? truth, the old Lion le | very Baragli nl've. The history of Franrv for J 1Mb] is wrltt'Mi in the one word. I'reyfus. Agi? tation ??vet? tli.'it unhappy case ha?? dominated I all the naiional life of tbe Republic, nnd oren j menaced Its security. The German Emperor has celebrated the eighth centenary of the i First Crusade by visiting Jerusalem nnd swonr j Ing a blood-brotherhood wllh the direct deseend ?nit of the very Moslem chieftains against whom the ? "riisa,l?Ts warred, and his empire has marked the seven-hundredth anniversary of I lhe Qnelpll ami Ghibelline fend by nn ominous ' recrudes -enee of factional nnimosliles. F.x^ict ly six htatajprad year? umt ? Hapsbiirg lirst wore ; an imperial frown. This year the latest Ilaps i bur;: Finperor hn? celebrated his llf?eih jubilee and mourned the murder of his consort; he lias 1 seen and still ?*ees his realm conviils??d with Internal dissensions, ami enters lhe twilight <>f 1 life with tlie knowledge that only his personal Influence dama bfi*"_ tin? deluge. The Husslnn ! Autocrat lias in MM breath jiroelalmed ? prae ' licnl protectorat?? over half of China nnd in the n??*<.saii)i: Italy struggi??*, with the burdens ' of loti;? iiils_ovei"nment; (?reeco is rising to new life from the ruin wrought by her mad war With Ttirkiv; Hie long agony of l'rete ends in peace nnd happiness; all oth?T States pursue the checkered tenor of their wny without nn incident of wide significance. The two colossal figures of Bismnrck and Gtadatorae hare disappeared; their passim; so lnn_ discounted ihat when It came it made *_o Jar nor hitch in the world's progress. They bad already "leeone historic ohnrnclcrs. Lit? erature, science and the arls have produced nothing ,?f epoi'h-mnklng Importance, yet have made ste.dly and gratifying growth. It will In? for its wars and diplomacy, for its changes f hn iiianliy. individually and collectively, has been fiii-ward and upward, and thnt the vnst changea thai have occurred and the mighty forces that have been developed are. on the whole, for good and for righteousness and for the highest welfare of mankind. THE BUILDING CODE. In .'H'cord'iii???? with a res'jlmlon of the Mu? nicipal Assembly and pursuant to the charter. the Fresi,lent of the Council and the President ??? tin? Board members. to prepare a bnildiag code for the city of Nevv York. it was expected that the rejtort making the.?e nominations would be adopted without (lilticiilty. but a minority of ill?? Board of Al? fbrnien has su? ceeded in having ihe matter laid over until January 8. Ko objection la mad?? to Die individuals named, but It is urged that the proposed commission, being compi???'?! to tin? extent of one-half of men oonneot?'?l with build Ing operationa, la not broadly enough ???>u?-ti tuieil to deal satisfactorily with so Important an affali and a minority report submitted by Alderman Goodman therefore recommends that nn architect, a repr?sentai Ive of the Fire De? partment an engineer and a member of the Tenement-Hoaee Committee be ndde?! to the commission. It seen.s to us that the Aldermen who ndvo cat?? suc!? an enlargement of the commlaalon deserve support, nini wn hope thnt the sub? stance of their recommendation may llnally be approved by ili" Muni?? pal Assembly. Wi ? li? ent regard to lhe intimation Unit the composi? tion of the proposed commission reflects a will? ingness tn "make tilings easy" for builders, it Is obvious that a biMly charged with the fram? ing of a code affecting interests of such mag? nitude ought faltiy to represent "all the dilTer "Mlt classes of people whose experience or ex? pert knowledge would be of value" for the purpose. It is a matter of record that dishon eaty and negligence have repeatedly produced ffital results m recent years, and ? sirotig im? pression prevails that a gnat ?lea! of bad work !a consianlly going <>n In this city. It would l?e a misfortune and a disgrace if such opera tain? wer?? facilitated by the adoption of u faulty rode, Mini practically it would make lit il.? difference whether a boons.? tn do evil wen? due to inadvertence or design. The growth of the city, changing conditions, new n'(|iiiremenis and ih?? i-onipllcnted problema which they In? volve demand the employment of the broad est kn?.wledse and the highest integrity In the preparation of ? building code for New-York. FALSE MEWS OF HAWAII. The minority of the House Committee on Terrltorlea expreaaea in Ita report ? lbs ?liscn-iion of Congress to vary Ihe lnvvs for the conirol of Territories according to their various locad fharactarlatlca and raqnlre IlieBtn. N.'w-Mexlco and Alaska ?re not g?.v amed B?ke?, Arizona is not governeil as Ohio was a hundri'd years ngo. As a mailer of convenience It Is well enough for Congress to make the Territorial systems ns nearly alike ns individual conditions -.orinit. But as the Smtes of the 1 nioii an? by no means uniform In their count,tutional organizations, it ia not reason? able to reti?ir? that the Territories shall Ih?. And as ? matter of fact they nre not ..nd have not been. Bui the minority r^'.rt mean? tha: the '1er rirorlea shall be governed alike |g thla mm re? spect: With ? view to ihelr ndtalssion n? Mates. It does not nppeor thnt any such compulsion Is Imposed ????>? Congress, either by the Consti tutlon or by pn-cedeut. Certainly the CnsC tutton says nothing about nny obligation to nd mi' all our property as State?. On tho other hand the fact that this Is a aoTerei-jn Nailon unerringly implies the possession of all the ordinari powere o? a eg-rn-igu Natiou, and I nniong those powers Is thnt of acquiring prop ! orty and of holding It ns property. Moreover. I such has been the actual prsetloe of the Nn ! tion. it tins held from the beginning territory which it bns never mennt to ere?*t into ? Htm??. ; It ncqiilml a grent piece of ?neh property moro ; than thirty years ago. which It etili holds, nnd [ which it has no thought of admitting to Stnte j booti. Abate all these ??oiwiilorutioiis, linally, there J Is this supreme one. thnt the people of this 1 conntrjr do not mean to take in Hnwnll. or the ? Philippines, or nny such outlying territory, ns 1 a State. Of that we believe there ran lie no ! ?niestion. There was ? strong majority how fines not appeal strongly to our fancy, and I we venture to assure "The Toronto World" and those who share Its fears of sudden absorption j by this country that they are ln no danger of waking up to And themselves famous In that ! way. We esteem the Dominion, but we are . noi enamoured, if Onr Lady of the Snows win kindly continue to be a sister to us we shall be entlri'lv satisfied. THE SEW BACON -CIPHER. They numbered two thousand one hundred nnd three. They made one six burnir???! nml ? forty-flret of the voters In the State of New- | York at the last election. That Is what they amounted to when they settled down and wen.' j ?? mnted. Hut In the process of swarming they ? darkened the air, shut out the light and made | ns much noise Wltb their buzzing as If they j wem the whole i..%ti>,!>74 Instead of the 2,108, : They were the whole election. They knew that Theodore Roosevelt could not be Governor without them. At any rate. If he could 1"* Oovernor, it would only be by making a com- \ pact with tbe devil and Ibe exerdae of infernal powera against which even angels like them? ? selves could not prevail. Nevertheless. I'oloin'l Roosevelt has already gone to Albany, and as far as anybody can sec the people of New York .?"?? pretty well satisfied as to his boneety I and independence, in spite of the doubts of the ! 2,108. The 2.103 still take themselves seriously, and j send out circulars telling of the great thing? they failed to do but nope In the futur?? to per? form. Their "Nursery" is stili filini with child? ish prattle, an I they "make believe" ih.it they are In politics just like real grown-ups in that , sweet nu-mraclousneaa which goes wltb pretty innocence. But, however distract Inn their noise I may have b.en a while aeo, oilier people will j not be indine?! to attach much Importance to their doing? after having s?>en how utterly In? capable they are of any real work. The 2,108 are nothing but l'allouions in the light of their ??retentions nnd demands. Last summer they announced thai they wanted Theodore Roosevelt for Governor, and it happened that 081,707 other people wants 1 him f<-r Governor also. lint because Colonel Roosevelt would noi try ??? get elected by ihe 2,103 on a tichel which would have deprived him of the greater part of the 001.707, the 2,108 said they would not bave anything to do with him, but did all they could to eleef Augustus Van Wyck. Then, while try? ing t????? are thereby deprived of all the benefits of the contemplated refona. That ?? the meaning ot the new BacOfl cipher. That i* the lesson of the 2.10? ft |? | pity they had to tench It by discrediting independence, but we are glad tbe/ j , lind ? elinnee to do so without depriving the rest of the 1 ..110,074 of a pood (?ov?tiiov. CONVICT LAHOR IN SEW YORK. Th?? Assembly Committee on'convlct Labor bus 1?*???? making an Inspection of the prisons to determine how for the present labor system under which the convicts are employed In manu? facturing articles for the use of the State nnd divisions thereof op?Tutes to the disadvantage of outside Industries and free workmen. In I their report they say: "We have asked the labor I repreeentattvea and manufacturers In ea?'h | place we vislt??d whether I hey would clt?? a gingie Instance of a man losing ? Job, of wages j being reduced, or ? factory being shut down, | or ihe hours of labor reiluerd, because of the competition of prison work or of prison made goods. Not a single Instance has been given, ! but In all rases Ihe reply has been that no such ' cases limi come to the knowledge of the labor i nii'ii ?>r employers questioned/1 That ought once for nil lo shut the months ' of the demagogues who never can see a convict I ?niplnyed .it any useful work without rnlslng I nn outcry against the wrong ?lone to honest ln , bor. The State of New-York has ?lone away with | the old contract system which, It wns salii, en? abled a few manufacturers to drive outside workers from their particular line of business. I We have always thought there wns some exag | gerntion In this view, and believed that the ? damage to employers ami employed from prison competition was mora a miter of Imagination than reality, and thnt as between that slight competition nnd driving convicts crazy by Idle? i ness the competition was highly desirable. Nevertheless, there wer?? evils In the convict system, nml the Slate Is to be congratulated if it has succeeded In providing suitable labor for the prisoners in shops doing only publie work. Th?* committee nml the State Prison Commission regard the present plan ns a suc? cess, and recommend its continuarne and exten? sion. We bone this means thai the prisoners really have BilcQuate employment, but ev?-n If ? ?lues not are do not see how any other report could be mude. The Constitution forbids ? re? turn to contracts, nnd the COBVtct? must be em? ploye?! in the main as they are now employed or be idle Of course, the system must be continued. Th?? question Of interest is. How coni ph-t? ly are tha prisoners, not merely in the State prisons, but in the penitentiaries, employed, and whnt extensions are possible to give those now Idle work? Inasmuch as only forecasts of the report have been published, It is impossible yet to kUO* hov* exhaustively thla question has been exam /?ed. ???. recent outbreak of Inannlty In the Klnga County Penitentiary suggests thnt the work problem Is by no means solved, ami from time to time muttering? are heard auninst the law which puts convict-made desks in our schools for our innocent little children to work at as an outrage on tin? children, a wrong to free Inbor ami ?in Inconvenience to the State. Such things give rise to the suspicion that the convict-labor problem is by no menus solved, and we hope that our oflioinls nre giving due weight to the necessity thnt every convict should have a chance to work. The evidence discovered by them Hint free labor no longer ?ven pretends to be injured by th.? present prison Industries should give them courage to push ahead nnd not fear that every bit of labor they find for the convicta will be nt the expense of their political fences. The people who ha?l ?.Overnor Roosevelt'? ap? pointments nil fixed prow fewer and fpileter as the day of his inaugural Ion approaches. .. -? The Canadians ?ave. d?-clded that they do not wept tf> pny more to send a letter to th?? Tnlted States than It co* ta fui an American t? send a btter to Canada. Th* change costs us nothing, nnd Is likely to n?l?1 to the volume of Canadian correspondence an?l. consequently. Canadian business with the United States. The rubans will be entitled to a Jubilee of their own when they have proved their fitness for if. and they Will do the latter moat expe ?lltloiiHly and convincingly by acting In an orderly mnntuT nnd submitting themselves to the lawful authorities. __. m - The crisis nt Madrid Is again postponed. Th* other dny It was put off until Sefior Sapnsta ?hould pet arell, that statesman's foe?, with true Castillan courtesv, not Rishlng to turn him out of ?ifllce while he was Indisposed. Now It ts put off until - let us see; oh. yes!?until the ratifica? tion of the Peace Treaty nt Washington. And then what? Some other reason fur postpone rn?-nt will have to be devised, for these crises ar.d conspiracies that nre mlvertlsed so openly In advance are notorious for never coming to time. There Is no evidence that Seltzer is a favorita drink with Democratic Congressmen. -m There has deep a pood deal of nonsense uttered ahout Samoa, both In Cermany and ln the T'nlted States. There lias also been some sound sense uttered. And Just about the soundest of It all Is that of the "Vossische Zeitung," when It says. "There Is no longer a chance of Germany's ??curing exclusive control." We fancy that ex? presses the exact truth O? the case. < AfUlnaldo'a republic promises to' fall down before the rafters ar?? up. Its motto Slight be in some del'vafe Tagaleso version: if ?o quickly I am done for, 1 wonder what I ?mis bcfOS for. -? Tin? emotions of Confln?'nfal financiers In view of the possibility nf floating a Russian loan in this country are numerous and various, and not fully articulate, as they give rotes only to a iimit'-d ranas of their sensibilities on the sub? ject. Tiny admit that this city Is an Imminent competitor In hi?h finance with the older centres of capital, but think that In the case of the present loan our capitalists do n?>t understand Russia'? present oondltlon ns well as they do, London, Partei Dorila and Amsterdam hav.? re? fused to com?? to its help, as if the great ex? penditures of Its military ?-stnlillshment and internal Improvements, together with successive yean Of famine In som? of Its principal districts. bad overstrained Its ?'redit. That Is probably Considered sound financial Judgment amour for? eign hanker?. Ht 111. In the face thereof, If we determine to do business with Russia in the way of a loan, it will be with entire confidence that we shall get our money back, together with th? ??? unknown hand without stop? ping t?i Inquire Into its ? haiActer. ? Ths Kentucky nnd th?? Kearaarge sre n??_rlng completion Bo ars various other battle-thlp? And now work la begun on the Ohio, which La to beat them all. Really, we are getting on In th? world, as becomes the kinsmen of Hlake and Nelson and the countrymen of Farra gut and Dewey, PERBON AL, The llrst ?romas has Just reeelvi'd her degree of ?lo.-tor from the Cnlverslty of ilerlln. She Is Miss Kl?a Neumann, ani gstncd it "nini laud??." The Brters, sear -Millwood, Clarke County, Va., the old home of .lohn Esten COOk?, th?? Southern novelist, lias fallen into ruin, and the rain ha?* poured In through th? hroken panes ?if the study windows and destroyed quantities of the writer's correspondence with famous men and all his lit rr.arv remains, A traveller who visited the place some little time ano rescued value ble autograph lettera from "Jeb" Stuart. William f Baltimore, snd Peter Richard Kenrlck, first Archbtshop of Ht. Louts. The see? nd tin.?, the first and third BtShOP? of Hsrrisburg. Punn., the tute Rieht Rev. Jeremiah G. Bhanahnn an.? the I.l?c*ir Rev. John W. Bhana him. BUhnp.elSrt. of the name See, are brothers of one hlood." Ore.it ?ntrr'-rt has been aroused ln Germany In th?? proposed monument st Wiesbaden to Oustsv Prsytag. Many men prominent in Oerman liters? fir??, art and Helen??.?, a < well ns diplomacy, havo slRtie.1 the Appeal for funds. Ludwig Barnay is the ????'?ni* -r of th?? rnm'rmTii. Considerable con? tributions hav?? already been received. Pr. Pskenhsm-Wslsh, who recently resigned tl* blsboprlc ?>f Ossory, Is celebrated alike for his piety and his wit There Is . story told of how he pro? posed to his wife. ||.? was at a dinner party, and was tested beside the woman of his choice. In the oourse of the dinner he found that he had been helped to the "wlshlna bone," and, as Is often the custom at country bouses, he nulled for the wish with his neighbor. Th?? little V-shaped bone wsi broken, rimi th? Bishop, having secured the "wish," whispered to his fair companion, as he laid down ills part of the bon.?: "Will you ley your bones with my bones?" Sh?? blushlngly whispered ?'?!?. ss? sent, and after dinner ili?? enifrigemcnt was an? nounced. FHijrenn Toulouse, I W? ?'.-knnwn areha-oloprist ar. 1 ?tu.lent of tho antiquities ? f Parts, has Just made ? restoration of ? dru^plst's ?hop of the seventeenth rentury. with article* dlacorered recently In Paris. _ome of them are ns old a? the thirteenth a-ai four? teenth centuries, "The Philadelphia Press" prints the following dispatch from ?'hlcniro: "Friends of RtChSTd Hurd Ing Davis, the well-known novelist and newspaper correspondent nre discussine with Interest the ru? mors of his encasement to ? Chhmgo girl. Mr. Davis Is the guest ??? John M. ?lark. S millionaire, resi.ling in Pralrie-aee, Tbe ?larks have s sum? mer home at Marlon. Ms??., where Mr. Davis has often visited them There Is one daughter In the family. Miss ?'celle, a tall, ?rraceful and pretty young woman of twenty-one. She has shown marked talent, both In musi;? and art. and has written at)d drawn magasine sketches that hav?? been highly praised. Mis.? '".ark is on?? of the bell? ? of Chicago's most exclusive circle?, and was pre? sented to Queen VI? tolls I year ago." THE TALK OF THE DAY. Says "The Xa-ihville Ilanner": "Tli?? f.\ar of a pension for the ax-Confederates might as well be dismissed. If that Is all to prevent the ceni' of the sections the I'nlon is entirely whole. Presi geni McKinley*? utterance at Atlanta was cheer? ? becsust ths people who beard it, th'-ms? le? ?tous, were capable of appreciating in p>?:?:? ll sentiment The south is patriotic through priu? ? ple, and not for pensions, and th?.? proposition to pension ex-?'.infedera.e veterans will have Its strongest opposition from the veterans th? m?clve??. The South Is poor, hut It Is also proud, and 1 ? - not hep, for alms or bounty." It had to come A corresponden? of The New York Tribune has written a letter to call public attention to the gross .mpropriet) of the Presidi :.t In wearing that confederate badge in Ma.?, ? that an enthusiastic native pinned upon id* coat Hut the correspondent co'mmits sn snschronlsm. if thst bsdse had been put on thirty-five years agoorso.it would hav.? meant mischief. To-day the Confed? erate hedge I? as harmless on any man's coat ss a sprig of evergreen wo*i?d be In hi- cap. The s; rig oi evergreen in your cap once signified thai you wer?? one of Shay's rebel?, you remember iw? ha.lees ar?? emptv shells ln-dav. ? I Lincoln (Neb.) ?tat? Join uni "The Kennd.ec (Me ) Journal" thus explains th; the Cnlon Padflc, tlC.??io,? some ones corn or knock his silk hat Into the gutter?" -?(Washington Star. The Dem?ratl? "Memphis Commerctal?Appeal" basa'I a high opinion of Congressman Bailey's leadership. It satiri? ally refera to him as "arbiter of winds and tides, ralnmaker-ln?ehlef of a reunited Kation, Klan.? satellite of the Milky Way. chief co ik and bottle-washer of constitutions! conserva tism. the double-breasted defender of the palladium ? >f liberty, the main squeess of all our rested rlKhts, the Mad Mullah of Democracy, and tin? chief pouter pigeon of Americsn statesmanship." "? few davs uluce." relates a solicitor "as I w is Bitting with m> fiend 1? In his office ? man cani" in and said: "'Mr W .:.? Uverj st.il.le keeper tricked me ! shamefully yesterday, an ? ? want t.? he e?.? with htm.' 'gluts \ ?Mir .?,-?.?,' Bald ? ? " ? .iski-'l bim ho? iini.il he'd charge ne for ? I horse to iro to ??.??p???? He said half a sovereign I took ?be horse and when I cam.? back he said ' h?? wanted another half-sovereign f.ing him a ssveretsn " 'Where Is mv horse'' aald W - -. " 'He ? at Windsor ?? lawered the client I hired him only to go to Windsor.' "?(Pearson's Weekly. music. "TRISTAN* G?'G) VSOLEHE." Laat night nt th? opera-house wa? S'-Srumed h* Use lovor? of the highest In the lyric drama ?? * festival invasion: the first performen<-e this ????nn was glv.-n of "Trlstnn und Isolde" with the great artists ?n the two chief parts who have in rerer.t )?.'?rs re-estnhl|shed Wairriors great love trag-dy In the blghael -flaue In th?? repertory ?,f ?ho motro. politali opera. There was a great aullen? ?? r,r?%. ??nt that listen???! with rapt and eager attention an| let no opportunity pass of manifesting Ite delight .it the opportunity to hoar the mu?ie drum*. BgaBJ '."hat Is whs not In all respects a performance on the highest le*>el that has been rea? bed bv previous one? on (ho same stano ?xas not the fault of gf, Jenn do Reszke and Mme. No: dl? a. who m^a' at the very arme of their powers. These tw* ; great artist?? never seen.e?! more perfectly p?'.r?d In all the higher quaUUaa, vocal and hlstronir. t .at , battra mude their previous appoaran-es together In I these parts .-.riion* the mo?! notable In the mus|<-?i j history of thla metropolis. Both ?-re in si;..??, trot??, and bath sang with a freshness, vigor ?nd vitality thnt they have seldom Bill pa gas J. M ?'?, Ijes/k. particularly gave forth his voice ?i-ith ?pori , tlirlfr prodigality, nnd II has never BO-Bdted fre?h?r : nor exhibited lu fuller measure the ?arm ?nd ps?? ? s.omite quality ?? its narvelloue rango pt. r,,? ,r n denoting the pathos, tenderneee and rol aal? peo? s;..;) with wh: a M do itcszko dopici? the ha;,>?g ? hero. [I is ?????<11. ss now 10 ,ll?ouss t!;o nOMltty . ami overmastering power ot thla achievemen? t? , tugs at th?? ???????tstrlngs h? few others on t1.. stage have evsr done, snd all the admirer- of th? great alagaf ??st night rejoiced in the plenitud? of ids ar: that ha? in no respect Buffered los? or the ? , Ming sun.low of eclipse l?ver ?In? e sh?? llrst appeared on th? aperettg stag?, lints. Mordica haa aaaaand and ov.rjoyed , her friends bv the way In which ?ho h?? made each year show Its progress In I,or srr ?,?.. r I ? previous oui . and even at thla peri?xi of h?r ri;?? ?ar>.r, crowned a ' ll i- With .ilstinellon. she <"-on tlnues to reveal how I'ne and true an artist ?he is by the tact thai she !? not content with the laurels thai are already hers from her triumph In the part of Isolde. She showed last night a nig?.??? sublimation of the finer and subtler things t IBI go to mike a err ait a. tress. Ifer readme of " ? : ? Ifl broader and freer, an?l at the same time more ? aborale In detail and in wanner. - ?. ? quently mor.? Impressive, more completely eon Vlnclng, than it ever haa he??? ? before \'o^a::7 , she has never so entirely mastered the dem??,!? made on the singer, with so clear a display of re? serve power behind even th? most erudal pa)--asre?. Mr Blapham's Kurareoal, particularly la tl ? third get, is a performance that satisfies tram Ha thorough comprehension and sympathy and 1*? sincere elaboration of detail. j!e did not ?"?m laat night In the liest vole? Mr Edouard de Resske'a King Marke is also an eminently sr?. fying ?performance of a thankless task Mm?. Meleellnger was nr,t a..io to show her ceedenflala to move In the ?am?*, sphere with h?->r ssaoclstes In last evenlng*B performance. Her understating of the duties of Isolde's companion Is corree- ,?-?? If not warmed with the divine ?park, hut s -.e ear,, not sing the mualc BB it should )>e sanar- Aral of all In tun??, then with beauty of tone and w:th fire and dramatic expressiveness G??? Herr Seh.tlk, however, devolve? mi'' of the burden of falling to put the performance en a ? ane to mingle ?with New-York's most rhertehed memories of "Tristan und Isolde." He nn? ? more showed himself the accomplished, experienced, thoroughly trained routiniere, ?pilte familiar with the scoro, conversant In tho main with Wagner'a Intentions, but noi swayed by the passionai? power of th?? music to the extent of Inspiring it with the pulsing vitality that Is Its chief ossone? He brought out the climaxes, he male carefully studied modifications of the tempo, but he did not alway? elucidate the prismatic and ever-changing ? ? f themes In th? "?core, H- dui not always find the ?nie? ???? to the situation at ??_.-?. moaaent. T'i*re were moments of tine power in the orchestra In which it took it? proper placo a? a potent and controlling f.i.-tor. but there wore too miny In which it was a mere accompaniment. He did n*>? ? ? relee the function of highest eloquence th?r he had at his command to ex? rc.se if he but wer? g genlua So accomplished a musician ?? Horr Behalk can accompllab many thlnns: ?,u? h not li.ierpro? "Tristan und Isolde" fi? New-York has heard ir Interpretad THE CHRIf?TMASTIDE ORATORIO The annual performance? nf Handel's "Messiah*1 long .a?pi Iropped Into tho category of thing? which do not call for discussion. "A f.ilr choir ?or ? good!); a capable quartet: e so-so or' .,???.?, a big crowd!"?what moro l? th.-ro to say? Sim?? timos the performere (and then of course, the ?Var frsi receive a special dispensation of rmthuetaeaa, Inspiration, joyotianeaa or whatever one choose? t-, call it. and than the reviewer saya tha? things went Letter than usual, and the familiar oratorio did not seem so tiresome as it might. Put rhit I? ?.aloni of an afternoon, when business duties dad? mate the chorus an 1 tho prevailing armosphere 1? one of such staid primness and ?lu.isi-rell?loiis-'.e?? ia! even the devotee of duty is foroed to cafes. t iat th.re is much holloaueas In the annual fune? tlon. and to wish ihat som-thlng might he dons to vitalize the oecaalOB and k>rep Hand?, s mist admired oratorio warm In the hearts of those wl o love music for music's sake ani are not altogether given over to the dramatic dromon In th* ar? or -?, t.tinif titality. All that made yesterday after? noon's performance by lhe oratori?? society pardon? able was the conventlonalltiee of the occasion No experienced person could have expected the chorus to bo adequate, but the concert-room was crowded nevertheless: the orchestra played poorly, and Frank Damroaeb evidently feared monot?sny ?-? boredom so much that he whipped up the temp! until the music cried out for sympathy. Ver the people went away nt the end as If they had en? ?Joyed a araenn of spiritual and artistic refresh? ment. And untler "Rich circumstance? who emttd be BO churlish ns ta complain the le?s since Mr. Damroaeb has pathere.i tog.'tiior an unusually capable sol?? quartet In Miss Sara An lor?..? mho must look after her manner of tono production If she would meet tho expectations expressed in th?.?? columns). Mrs. Katherine Flske Whitney Mock* ridge and David Biapham. To-night, no d-.ust, there will t>e a brilliant performance. -1?e MUSIC FOE XEW TEARS FVF. BUborate music win be the distinctive fea?,;:? of the New Year's Kvo services at St. Patrick's Cathe? dral at S O'clock tills evening. A Miserere by nhlneberger an?! a ?3?ned!?etua from the ?Ratine Chapel Collection will bo ????? by th? Cathedr.il quartet and full eh rrua Mis? mike will .-'.r.s- "The iiuiy Night." by Adam, and Mis? Clary arili ?mg Bhetley'a "Chrleteasa Song " Silo's "Tantum Ergo" will 1.?? s? ?.? by Mr. Kais r and chorus. ?. Meislahn. Jr , grill play the following pro? gramme on Trinity Church chimes, beginning st 11 .?> ? o'clock tonight. Muglili- the changes on eight bella "??ur Flasr Is There," "1'nfurl the tMortUtt Banner," "all Country'a Flag of stars." "Hall, Cm? lumbla." "Yankee Doodle," "The Old Volunteer Kii in? n." "Happy Sew Tear to Thee,?? -Sui lay Morning Bells." "Grand Millennium." "Mi Ba??; bath Home." "Adeete F?lele?," "Old HundrodtB and "Hom?? BWiel Home." The s.gulii Chime of St. Andrews Church ?''?*, hundred-and-twenty-aeventh-et. and Fifth ?\??. win ring out the old year, beginning nt nr? tl ?'"?'? ???? urdiiv ni?;ht. THE SUHHESDEE OF Il.nu.n. THK PROBLEM COMFI.I'ATKP From Tho New-York Times. There ?? no denying thai the eueren 1er of r.oiio try the Spaniards to the Filipino Insurgente, apparent.? without titilli; .? -n ?t. ? lise? .? tr? ? leeom? ?? ?cstloB ,r ? mpll .?ics tii?? et -bien) of th?> Philippin?*?. ACTS <)F WAR N'?W AGAINST THIS ?'?G????. l"r,i(i. Tin? Ko, h-ste?? P,,s(- Kxpr.'sS. The sovereignty Of Ihe Philippin?'? does not rest In Spain, but In the I'nlted States If the Filipino? ?? noi ????.???? ?.iKiiig wai .?? ?.?? Spanlarde, with whj**a w.? are al peace, they will so?*n discover thai i*iey ar.? waging war against the United St.it??? DIPLOMACY I.IKF. ??fwky s nff.pko. From Th.? li..stMi H? r.?!?l. ? he condition of affaira In th? Philippine IsI_b