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H Jl THE SUN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1888, ; .
H II FIUDAV, DEOBMBEIt 14, 1B88L
I HI Not In Poll tics.
HI "there Is only one Stale out of tho thirty-
HI eight whero tho l'rohlbltlonlst voto exerted
HI a controlling lnfluoneo upon tho result.
HI That Btato Is Oonnoctlout. Tho I'rohlbl-
Jll tlorilets did Infnctglvo Connecticut to Uio
HI Domoorats.
In New Jersey, It Is truo, Mr. ClkteiiANd'a
HI plurality Is a fen hundred loss than tho total
HI Toto for Gen. FisK. Assuming that 7,119
Ijl out of tho 7,001 Now Jersey Prohibitionists
ill wero Ite-publlcan Prohibitionists, tho Btato
HI would havo gono Republican had It not boon
HI for tho third party. But tho assumption Is
HI unwarranted. Mot nearly that proportion
of tho l'rohlbltlonlst strength In Now Jcrsoy
Is drawn from tho Republican eldo.
As to tho general result, It was not nffooted
by the Prohibitionist canvass. Really, tho
Prohibitionists are not In politics. This la
ol tho case In a nutshell.
R W1U Mr. Cleveland Veto the Direct
K Tax BUI?
B 1 The measure, known as tho Dlroot Tax bill
B I baa passed the IIouso by a vote ot 17S to W.
V 1 1 It had already passed the Senate, but roust
!a?o back to that body for concurrence. In the
amendments now adopted. Tho question of
Interest is whether Mr. Cleveland will veto
the bill; and. In that event, whothor It can
pass ovor his veto.
Not only in the amount of money, but In
isV; the principles Involved, this bill Is one of tho
most Important that has oomo before tho
Fiftieth Congress. It proposes to refund to
the States what they paid to the Federal
Government on account of tho direct tax
I laid by Congress in August, 1801, and also to
forgive tho debt still due to tho Federal
Government by those States which novor
paid their full sharo of that tax. About
10,000,000 would go back to tho States and
Territories in various sums, ranging from
Now York's $2,213,000 and Pennsylvania's
J 81,651,000 down to Novada's $4,602 and Do-
I U III koto's $3,241. Of tho balances due and Btill
j 'j carried on tho Treasury books, which tho
M j I bill wipes out of oxistenco, the largest aro
Alabama's $511,023, Georgia's $177,104, and
9 j i Tenneesoe's $281,703.
'1 , This bill passed tho Sonato last January,
'JH il after full dlsousalon, by a voto of 13 to 10.
m I There was llttlo opposition to tho measuro.
' ; Only Ave Democratic Senators voted against
1 i ' The Southern Democrats in the Senate,
i as a rule, acknowledged the equity of the
1 , proposal to refund the direct tax. Of the
I j tan Senators voting against tho bill, Ave.
I I il wero Northern Republicans, including Mr.
Mi j Blaib of Now Hampshire.
.(if) Throe months later, when tho measuro
II ' came up in the House with tho approval of
jl the Judiciary Commlttoo of that body,
(I h ' there was suddonly developed a flerco and
il 1 1 pertinacious opposition, led by Gen. Oates
fjj l of Alabama, and this resulted In tho memor-
, m 1 1 able deadlock of last April, whan every ex
it 11 pedlent of obstructlvo tactics was resorted
I II v to In order toprovontthe consideration of
W j tho Direct Tax bill. The deadlock lasted for
Bl . days, and was only broken by a compromise
, n I II which postponed consideration of tho bill
fl j until after eleation.
'"'' 1 1 Tlle TOto ln Houso on Wednesday
N l 18 shows a curious fracture of tho party lines.
v I til Members wero influenced apparently by no
ijl other consideration than their individual
1 ffl Judgment. Although no Republican voted
Mil against the bill, forty Democrats voted for it.
: H j j Mr. Randall stood with Mr. Mills, Mr.
' 9 !, Carlisle, the two BiusoKiMnicaxs, and Gon.
I Ijl Oates against tho measure; Mr. IIolhan
C I 3 and Mr. SoWden stood with Mr. Reed, Mr.
1 Ull BnTTEBWonTH, and Mr. MoKinlex In favor
'- I llil of taU"ff this money from the United States
1 M m Treasury. The Now York city delegation
(HI ' was equally divided Ctjumikob. Bbtoe,
1 IS Coz nm Spbtola against the bill, and
'., I h Campbell, AIekhiman, Cockham, and Frrcu
' jg Jljj for it. It Is a long time since there has been
'" 1 ill any vote in tho House so difficult to eiplain
H !i on any general theory of local Interest or
1 51 partisan policy.
1 HI Tho whole history of tho Direct Tax bill up
1 H JHH to date forms one of the most singular chap-
1 I iS ters ln recent legislation. Tho measure has
, M 1l been advocated or opposed on broad prln-
'i I ; clplcs of equity and justice, olid on honest
' I fM difference of opinion as to tho constitutional
M III powers ot Congress. Moro than two-thirds
, X of tho Senators voting, and almost two-
' fl 1 thirds of tho Representatives voting havo de-
'k II olared for It. It is neither a job nor a steal,
f. 9 nor a spasmodic Indulgence of extravagant
1 propensities; nor has It boon pushed ln tho
' interest ot any gang of claim agents. But
) m A it involves taking from tho Treasury, and
ifii ' consequently from the cherished surplus,
t m 'in I ' many millions ot dollars, and the question Is,
I 111 Will tho President sign it f
1 m t! II
t I jlj Bupposo Canada Says No.
i M n tbo Interviews of Tine Sun's correspond-
cfl ant with Senator Sueruan, Senator Blaik,
' 1 , m Representative BurrEBWoBTH, and other
II m American advocates of the political fusion
a i f of tho Canadian Dominion with the United
;, m Jlj ' States, the acquiescence of tbo Canadians
', m f bos been taken for granted. It has been
' 1 supposed that the main obstacle to such a
.'I l union would bo encountered ln Great Brit-
I 'I 'jfll Bin, which so it is alleged could scarcely
, j condescend to sell or consont to surrender
jjlll ffratultously htr hugo dependency on this
: ll side of the. Atlantic
' W To this the friends of tho schomo reply
' i r that, it small things may be compared with
Ijj great, a precedent exists ln tho cession of
, ij'H the Ionian Islands to Greece for England's
n! assent to the Incorporation of tho Dominion
; i j with the United States. The British Gov-
; .. j) arnment obtained tbo Ionian Islands by oon-
fifl! quest from France, precisely as sho bad ao-
, Itjll quired Canada, yet, after holding them for
i jr ' at least half a century, made thorn over to
nil the country with whloh they wero gcographl-
j !' colly and ethnologlcally connected. It
: s' should, however, be kopt in mind that the
I , 'HI chief argument by which Mr. Gladstone In
'il 1B61 defended that abandonment ot British
iyjj territory was the strong feeling exhibited by
jjjjf tho natives of' tho islands ln favor of an-
l.rf nexatlon to the Greek mainland. Had tho
iju Islanders strenuously protested against the
il proposed cession, It would nover havo been
ijl . carried out.
!J Now, It must not bo) overlooked that even
t JJI so outspoken a champion of political amal-
i-l , garaatlon as is Piof.GoLDww Smith admits
If that at present the preponderant feeling In
i Canada, is docldedly against tho scheme,
jl Still moro unequivocal evidence to tho samo
,! effoct is given by Mr. Erabtus Wiuan,
3R whoso testimony to the existence ot Intense
!B Canadian avorslou to fusion has the more
Jjfj weight,-tweauso ho evidently deems it un-
j reasonable. This aspect of tho Canadian
.P I question is considered by him at length ln a
' leoture recently delivered. He sees and pro-
ij claims that Canada's "only hope of success
B jj ful development and perfect growth" lies
t jl In her moro or less complete Incor
I I poration with the nation on her south
It J era border, and he distinctly Intimates
ijl that it is "a foolish loyalty" and "an
I) esponslva luxury" la which, tie Canada
Bll
Bar i hi llnnn 'i '-"'"'"'' ' '?- -- - -i - - f - ,
ans indulge by withstanding the material"
temptations to union with this country.
Granting, however, that their objection to
fusion Is purely sontlmontal, ho Insists that
it is a stubborn reality which must be reck
oned with a patent, doop-rooted, and, for
tho present at least, inturmountablo fact.
Ho ovon goes so far as to afllrm that it would
now bo " utterly Imposslblo to elect aeon
stablo to office, much loss a member of tho
Ottawa Parliament, who openly advocated"
annexation.
If we aro, then, to accept tho testimony ot
rino who at heart Is plainly doslrous of heal
ing the schism of tho Anglo-American rnco
upon this contlnont, wo might as well dis
miss tho project of a political union with
Canada on tho ground that It as yet lies
wholly outsldo ot tho field ot practical poli
tics. According to Mr. Wiman, If wo wish
to annex the Dominion, wo must proceed
like practical men, who, when tbolr path
abuts on a ntono wall, dig umlor It or go
around It. Wo can gradually, ho thinks,
dlssolvo local prejudices and absorb Canada,
as Prussia absorbed North Germany, If, llko
her, wo will adopt tho asslmllatlvo process of
a customs union. On the other side, it has
boon argued that by assenting to a com
mercial union wo should bo giving gratis
tho very thing which ought to bo hold
back as tho price ot Canadian acquiescence
ln political combination.
All tho vlows ot tho annexationists and
tho commercial union advocates of every
shade ot opinion are interesting, but tho
fact remains that tho United States aro not
ready totako Canada iu until Canada Is
ready to como.
This Great Town's Share of the State's
Expenses.
Tho Board of Estimate and Apportionment
at its session on Wednesday mado provi
sional allotment among tbo various city de
partments of tho sums likely to bo oxponded
for tho business of tho city during tho llscai
year beginning on Jan. 1, 1889.
Ono item is not determined or controlled
in any way by tho action of tho Board, and
that is tho sum annually raised by taxation
to pay tho city's sharo of tho expenses of tho
State. This item deserves moro attention
than It has yet received.
Although the State of Now York is grow
ing largely In population, and prodigiously
in tho variety and extent of Its commercial
interests, and although tho city of New York
continues each year to outrun all of tho
other municipalities within the boundaries
of tho Btato in both particulars, there has
been no substantial chango ln tho amount
of its yearly contribution to tho oxponsos of
the State Government :
Tor 1887 S4,258,527 OS
For 1888 4.004.179 24
For 1888 4.1O0,RB 71
When it is considered that tho city of Now
York contains 30 per cent, of tho population
of tho State, and moro than half of Its
material wealth, it will bo noon that tho tax
imposed upon our citizens for tho main
tenance of tho State Government Is not
oxoessive. Moreover, unllko most taxes, it
does not grow, but has of late years, since
the reformation effected by Gov. Tilden of
tho tax system In 1875, grown perceptibly
less a condition of things rare Indeed, and
welcomo becauso rare, ln any American
community or commonwealth.
Tho expenses of tho Btato lncludo tho
salaries of officials, tho payment of Interest
on tho debt, tho maintenance of charitablo
Institutions, jpti prfsqns. JWd reformatories,
tho fund for common schools, for the mili
tary, tho Legislature, tho State courteytho
outstanding bounties given to Boldiers ln
war time, the canals, and tho fund for tho
gradual extinction of tho State debt itself,
now nearly accomplished:
There has been no public declaration ot tho
fact, and It Is unknown to most persons, that
the expenses of tho Btato aro kopt at so low
a figure and show no augmentation, though
the population Is steadily on -the increase.
The cltlzons of New York, who expend $30,
000,000 a year for thoir city Government, are
not hoavlly charged In being called upon to
contribute, In addition to this, $1,000,000
yearly to the State's expenses.
The New Figure in tho P. K.
Things aro not as they used to be with tho
prizefighters. Years ago, when tho ring's
days wero regarded as tho palmy ones, their
habits wero like the rules of chess. In chess
it is touch a ploco and move. With the fight
ers it was talk and fight. When ono pro
posed a go, the response from sorao other
that a go It was camo almost invariably
ln prompt and satisfactory shape, and there
upon tho go went upon tho date as originally
scheduled for tho near future.
Between this way and tho way of tho pres
ent time any one can seo that the difference
is great, even If he knows nothing of the
radical distinction between the rules formu
lated by tho Marquis of Qoeensderby and
the more venerable ordor of business which
governs tho prize ring proper. Old-ttmo
challenges wore launched llko bullets from
tho gun of a Western Sheriff. Thoy meant
business, and rarely failed to bring down
their man. Modern challenges seem to bo
very muoh like muskotry fire In time of war,
when it is a pretty well recognized formula
that it takes a thousand bullets to kill ono
enemy. Nowadays there aro about a thou
sand challenges to one light.
An extraordinary Instance ot the latest
stylo was tho dollanco issued to the Grand
Sheik Yakub Kilrain by the deposed Sul
tan, Lorenzo Sullivan, while tho lntter
was still prostrate upon tho divan of sorlous
illness. Hardly had Azrael'b wings been
withdrawn from abovo his head, when Sul
livan raised his voice to say that he would
Whip Jacob when he got up. Then when
Jacob aroso Sullivan offered to whip him
for $20,000, a price unrecorded ln tho P. B.
books. Rosult no business done.
Fighters ot all sizes aro training ln
tho samo school. Muster Douikick Mc
Caffrey recently Journoyed from Phila
delphia to St. Paul to fight with Mas
ter Patrick Killen. In our opinion tho
fellow cltizon of Ignatius Donnellt
could havo eaten up tho fellow citizen of
Georoe W. Cuilds. But when tho letter's
friend placed his toe upon tho scratch tho
foot of Killen was not there to raoct it, and
things woro as though there had been no
challenge or acceptance. And so, with the
aid ot almost all tho recognized and classi
fied lights of tho piofosslon, It goes from the
300-pound giants to the 100-pound bantams.
They strike from their tongues instead ot
from their shoulders.
Yet tho men of to-day aro probably tho
best tho world boa seon. The old-tlmo
bruisers: might bo ransacked without finding
one who, pound for pound, could hold his own
with any of the entire school of present ar
tists, from Sullivan down through Mitch
ell, DEWI'BET.McAULIFFE.orWKIR. These
are all gamo men, too. There must bo sortie
now force working around tho squared circle,
the ring, and, in our Judgment, it is, in fact,
nono other than tho Angel of Peace herself.
Soma such benign Influence as the Angel
must be supposed In order to explain why it
Is so many of these really able men would
now rather talk it over than fight It out.
Their minds have actually been soften,.
They havo become much raoiu Interested ln
theory than in condition, and wo can Imag
ino no other caueo of their transfotraatlon
so rcosonablo us the ndded pros-enee In their
counsels of Hint gantlo spirit which, whothor
It comes In tho form of charity or music,
hath charms to sootlio a savngo breast. She
it Is that linn quietly perched upon tho cor
ner post of tho P. It., and It Is under her
mollifying influence Unit tho Institution, onco
occupied with cultivating tho most effectlvo
art of slamming knuckles against ribs and
noses, Is rapidly assuming tho orderly and
dlpcursho Imbllsof a well-regulated debat
ing society.
Votlns Uy Women.
Women havo tho pnvllego of voting on
school questions In fourteen States and four
Territories. In Kansas they can also voto at
municipal elections, and In Wyoming thov
are in all respects on an equality with men,
so mr as tlicnufTrngo Is concerned.
Yet, outoldo of tho Territories, thcro havo
been only two occasions where any grout
number of women havo taken Interest
enough In elections to go to tho colls. Thoy
wore tho Knnsas municipal olections In April
of last year and tho election of echool offl-
cors In Boston last Tuesday. In both of
those cases, too, tho women wero inducod to
oxerclso tho suffrngo only because othor
than puroly political questions woro In
volved. Tho elections ln Kansas brought up
tho tempcranco issue, and that at Boston
inflamed religious prejudices, tho contest
bclug as to Protestant or Catholic control of
tho School Commlttoo.
In Kansas, owing to tho moral Issuo and
tho clrcumstanco that tho privllego was a
novelty, tho women polled about 26,000
votes, to 06,000 cast by mon. But the scan
dals of tho contest and Its unprecedented
rancor served to make tho suffrage mote
distasteful than ovor to women, and gavo a
decided sotback to the movement for woman
suffrage throughout tho Union. Instead of
raising tho tono of oloctlons and exercising a
Durlfvins lnlluenco on doIIUcs, the Introduo-
Uon of women as voters, campaign orators,
and ennvnssers had actually aggravated tho
ovlls of political mothods.
In Boston tho canvass and tho election
passed without scandals; but it was a great
mlsfortuno to import a religious Issuo into
Uio contest, and itwas adangerous sign that
only 6uch an issuo could arouse tho womon
from their indlfforonco to the 6uffrago. Tho
privllego of voting for school officers was
granted to them on tho assumption that as
mothers thoy would havo a profound Interest
In whatovor concorncd tho educaUon of chil
dren; but until now very few of them havo
paid any heed to such olections, despite or
ganized efforts to awaken their zeal.
Thoy did not want to voto and could not
bo Induced to voto. Yot last Tuesday, when
their religious partisanship was aroused,
they went to tho polls on a cold and rainy
day to tho number of nearly 17,000. Other
questions touching education, no matter
how important, had not conquered their
aversion to voUng, but becauso a school
book had been thrown out to satisfy a not
unreasonable demand on tho part of tho
Roman Catholics, it containing what they
declared to bo a perversion of their Church
history, tho Boston women entered Into tho
contest with intenso feeling.
Boston seoins to havo been better off when
tho women rejected the suffrngo than It Is
now when thoy oxcrclse It to stir up need
less and perilous religious 6trlfe.
It is a Mugwump
This is tho pay of that
papor, tho Providence Jot
recent Mugwump outrng
cency:
" Whither It wera relljr kdrlsi
and Jin. Clktklikd to permit w
publicly lu contradiction of ecan
been told of their Uomeetlo In!
.Inasmuch, howerer, ai certain p
them, the person! Immediately
blamed for adopting herolo fflti
falsehoods."
Tho certain peoplo who
the scandalous stories ai
into publicity woro tho pi
and correspondents of tbi
Uio Evening Post, tho Spri
and other Mugwump now;
This fact should bo ko
been a Mugwump enterp
ginning.
Enterprise. -
Mugwump nows-
irnal, concerning a
a on common do-
ible on the part ot Mr.
irtlilnr more to be said
Salons stories that hara
relicltjr Is questionable,
eopla see at to reiterate
Interested cannot be
.sures to stamp out tba
saw fit to reiterate
rid to thrust them
oprletors, editors,
3 Xeiv York Times,
ngfteld Republican,
j papers.
it in view. It has
rlso from the be-
Would the new member of tho Cabinet, tho
Secretary of Marine and Flshorlos. asked for
yeatorJay by the National 1'lbliory Association,
attend to every detail of sea-const Interests, or
would there bo also noedod boforo long a Sec
retary of a Dopartmeot of Oysters? Or why
shouldn't the fishermen join tho Inad lubbers
ln aa agitation already, started and be satisfied
with a Secretary ot Labor, for all together?
Perhaps, if these two bodies of Cabinet re
formers should talk It ovar together, they would
aeroo with most other statesmen that the Cab
inet is big enough now.
Our naval expedition to Hayti is to securo
the release of thoAmorlcan stoamor that was
unlawfully capturod, but wo are also to call
upon the llaytlan Ooveramont to pay an in
demnity for tbo losses suffered by her unlaw
ful detention. Whore in the world will Presi
dent Leoitimc find tbo means to meat the in
demnity? His treasury is empty; he cannot
get a loan; be cannot raise nionoyto pay his
troops who aro lighting the rebels la arms
against him; he has a vory preoarious bold
upon power, and may at any tlmo bo forced
to fly from Gon. Htppoutit. When, from tho
top ot his palaeo at Port-au-Prince, ho foea
the Galena and Yaatie boarlng down upon his
capital, there Is danger that he will at the same
tlmo see tho end of his authority, for tho Insur
gents aro waiting to take advantage of the op
portunity which tbo arrival of our naval ships
is likely to glvo thorn. We presumo that Presi
dent Leoitiue stands ready to mortgage his
territory to meet the indemnity whloh Admiral
Luce will domand, bat wo do not doslro a
mortgage that would bo worthless to us,
Hurely the President of flaytl must now roallze
how oaslly he mlaht have avoided tho troublos
and perils by watch ho is onvlronod.
Ex-Gov. Dinolet of Malno and ex-Gov.
Loko of Massachusetts showed up yesterday to
almost ns groat an lulvautngo as reporters for
The Bun as did tho eminent Col. Danikl La
stoNT whon ho was in tbo full lcor of his
youthful enow,
Mr.ERWiNof Minnesota is a mighty great
man. but Judge Kelly of tho samo placals
mightier still. In a murder trial at Bt. Paul.
Mr. Er.wih' complained In npon court that the
natvspapers were not dealing fairly with his
side of the case. Thoy wero net giving enough
ot It. That was what botnorud him. Homo
Important testimony waa left out, mid so liu
told the Jmlgo,
With tho air of I'.iiadjihanthuh, his Honor
Issued a fiery ordor to the press. The report
ers tecum o terrlftod, und ocn tho pencils
trembled ln thoir fluaers as tbo vivid flashou of
Judicial lndlgnutlon came from that lofty
beuch. JuJko Kelly told thorn that if they
reported a word of the complaint of Mr. Krwin
ho would lock tliem up for contempt. The re
porters ran to their ofllces, and whlfporitd to
tnolr cdltort tlio TJrc.ttl seciets and tie (.liter
gritrulyloutcd up the law und humbly bowed
to the deoioioa of the Court
There must be queer laws In Minnesota, or
queer ways of looking at them. It is generally
believed that in this broad land of liberty tho
proceedings of any eotart of Justio are iiiblle
proptrty; that Uj' chaabir builnoitlcau't,
flourish hero, and that tho newspapers have a
perfoctly clear and constitutional right to re
port faithfully In full or in part whatever
occurs In open court. To distort tho testimony
or to comment upon It rending a trial is highly
Improper and Illegal; hut ta give lair report
of a trial. Including tho remarks ot tho coun
sel, has always boon recognised as ono of the
prlrllegos and dutlos of tho press.
Tho St. Paul editors ought to bo ashamed of
themselves. They would do wall to take to
snmo other profession.
It cannot be expected that all tho places in
President lUnmsoM's Cabinet, and all tho
diplomatic offices to bo filled by tho noxt Ad
ministration, will be given to cltlzons of tho
Btato of New York. But it is ovldont that, ln
tho Boptibllcan party ot tho Btato, there aro
plenty ot men ready to take them all.
The Boston Hcrqld finds fault with the) re
mark of The Bun that the slzo ot the Prohibi
tionist voto Is a surDriso to tho Prohibition
ists, and nllogos that wo should havo said laok
of slzo. Instead ot slzo.
Tho criticism Is not well foundod. Nothing
that is moasurablo laaks size. A pin hoad has
elzo, as well as tho dome ot tho Massachusetts
Btato IIouso. A flea has slzo as well as a lob
ster or a mountain. It is only to theunoda
cated or to tho Boston mind that tbo word slzo
necessarily convoys tho ldoa of magnitudlnous
dimensions.
Tho welcome that has been glvon to Vlce-Presldont-olect
Moiiton at Indianapolis, and
tho recoptlons that he enjoyed at many of tho
railroad stations on his way out there, may bo
described as tho opening guns In a campaign
of Republican enthusiasm that will oulmluato
on tho 4th of next March. The Republican ex
uboranco over Itopubllcan success continues
to bo boundless.
How Captain 8corr of the Canadian ma
rines would have laughed good soul and boon
companion though ha is if he had soon his
friend Itear-Admlral Luce stuck for five mor
tal hours ln tho mud of Wallubout Bay, while
Glory Impatiently bockoned from tho head
lands of the distant troplo lslot
A fault found with tho rccont messngo by
tho Minneapolis Journal that It failed to give
tho President's view on " Robert Elsinoro "is
illconsldeicd.
That book, so absorbing to minds In a con
dition ready to bo absorbed by it, Ib not the
proper subjoct for a stato papor. When Eng
land's groat political character. Mr. Glad
stone, delivered his opinion of it he did not
make it a foaturo of Parliamentary debate,
but stopped outsldo into tho domain of maga
ziaes and published his essay through tho
Nineteenth Century. It would be vory Interest
ing to loiirn what impression this book might
havo produced upon the mind of a strict
Presbyterian statesman like Mr. Cleveland,
Its ofToct upon a High Church Episcopalian
being known through tho utterances of Mr.
Gladstone.
Why shouldn't Mr. Cleveland, like Mr.
Gladstone, try his hand at magazlno dis
cussion? Ills views upon any subject ho might
seloot would thore be of unqualified Interest to
the public, and In such a forum, whore the
personality ot tho disputant Is always an Im
portant factor, there would be unrestrained
opportunity to oxpross opinions of every sido
and of every foature of his problem, In all Its
varieties and ramifications.
We copy a rather remarkable despatch
from Washington to tho Evening Foil concern
ing tho impatience of business men with the
agitation which Mr. Mills and his undlsmaed
lioutonants propose to koep up, if the party
will let them. Appearing ln this quarter, it is '
visibly a signal of distress, or at least a recog
nition of tbo fact that tho condition has got
tho hotter of tho theory.
.Edison's Improved phonograph reproduces
kisses with atartiinjr datluctnesa Jstimeiiyoiu irtoune.
So do tho verses or certain female poets of
pukslon ; but neither form of counterfeit adds
much to the comfort of the human race or
makes life better worth living.
We hnve Indulged ln.no typographic yells
or yards of boasting reminiscence about it, out
it is not tho less a fact that the official move
ments ngalnst tho Wlilto Caps are mainly duo
to The l- UN's vigorous, fearless, and complete
exposure of tlielnlquitlos of tho night riders
of tba Ohio Valley. Tho Ignorant White Caps
scarcely paused, but the tardy officials woro
stlrrod to oarnost action.
The Board of Trade has adopted resolu
tions calling tho attention of Commissioner
Coleman to tho " shamerully dirty condition"
of the streets in the down-town wards. Buch
action was necessary, and ought to bo hoeded;
but wo do not understand why tbo Board kopt
silent about the btrcets In tho up-towu wards,
for many of tho streotsasfarupasthoTwenty
third and Twenty-fourth wards have also bean
shamatully dirty. Tho same thingenn bo truly
said about tho streets in the ccntro of the city
und on both sides of it. With the amount of
money that is annually disbursed to kaop tho
streets of New York in a decent state, thore
ought to be no inBuporablo difficulty ln doing so.
Tho Philadelphia A'ckh Is authority for the
statement that Deacon Habeison for that Is
one of his legitimate and most honorable titles'
has a ncok measuring only sixteen Inches and
a half.
Haslneia Men Want No More Tori Br Un.
certainty.
rrom the Hew rert hvening Pott.
Washington, Dec. 13 If tho statements
of buslnoss men who come here nr'o a fair In
dex of the bUBlneBs of tbo country, the sooner
tho new Administration announces Its policy
upon Uio tariff question tho bettor It will be for
tbo InduEtrlos of tho country. The uncertainty
engendered by tho situation has greatly re
stricted existing business enterprises, and has
provented oapltal from seeking new fields of
invostmoat. It has beon impossible to muke
time contracts, as tho basis for computation
has beea wanting.
Business mon say thoy are tired of this eter
nal leap in the dark. Thoy doslro stability.
They look for certainty. They will ask tho
Harrison Administration to inform tho country
attbeeiirllestponslblodate what its poller is
to do, aid they will ask the Itopubllcan Con
gress tcgivo effect to that polloy wlthoutdelay,
Tho pontlomen who represent this sentiment
ora neither Protectionists ncr l'roo Traitors,
Thoy Mil endeavor to adapt themselves to
almost any character of tariff legislation if
thoy can only bo Informed what that legislation
is to Ip. Tho banner may bo, curried by Mr.
ltandill or by Mr. Mills, by Mr. Allison or by
Mr. Yst, it only tho light can be ended, and
the victor say what ho will do in his conquered
territory.
Col, Hbepart In Wnahlngton.
from the irtuifnoUn rent.
At 7 P. M. he had not yot taken time to eat
his dinner, but was sealed In bis shirt slreatalonr
table covered irlth religion books and papers, writing
away with much Tlror,
"lamxladtosee you," aaldhe, as he came forward
with' a charmingly reassuring and agreeable manner.
" I bare Just been engaged In siine Important matters
concerning our American Sabbath School Union, the
meeting of which I am bere to attend, and you must
excuse ice for keeping you waiting.
"Vou ask melt I hara any oolilon about publlo af
fairs." said bo. "Thla only at Hie present moment I
am eepeelally Interested in two matters. One Is a bill
already before Congress pro riding for the making of tha
Commissioner of Agriculture a member of the Cabinet.
Tba other a proposition to allow all retiring Presldonta
a pension of one-halt the amount of their salaries while
in oOlce."
One quevtton more. How did Col Shepardllke the
tieH,aper busineas as far as he hud gone t
"Very we I Indeed." said he. "It glrsi me an oppor
tunity of doing a great ileal of rood. Wa want to see U
we can't uli snade the morning papers from publishing a
Sunday edition. Does the ftit do so t"
"Yes."
"Well yea aaitt not to do at, and weald hare m
macaoioreUutmacaltyoudWMU HotltaiiUfe." '
m..J...,'t -..!. ) .
ot,i coLonoir's otrriittBAK.
The Death ofths Chief Will Probably FssdU
Itnte m Settlement or tbeVte Claims,
Washinoton, Bee. 18. Last winter tho
Secretary of tho Treasury sont to Congress a
deficiency osttmato made by tho Secretary ot
the Interior to moot losses sustained by Colo
row's bond of Dtes through being driven from
Garfield county, Colorado, a fow months pre
vious, by the military authorities ot tbnt State.
Tho War Bopartment and tho Interior Depart
ment agreed that tho Indians had beon treated
harshly and were entitled to indemnity for tho
horses, sheep, and goats thoy had been forred
to abandon. The claims aggregated 30,U35,
and tho view taken was that Congress ought to
moot them ln tho first lnstanco, in order to
promptly aid tho Indians, and then call upon
tho State of Colorado for reimbursement.
Commissioner Atkins in bis roport doclared
that this Ute affair" rocallod vividly the 8and
Creek nnd Camp Grant massacres, which blot
the history o'f tho dealings of tho American peo
ple with tho Indians." This maybe no extromo
statement, but tho reports of tho officers who
Investigated the matter show that tho Indians
wore 111 treated. Thoy woro, no doubt, off thoir
reservation, and some of thorn had been
charged with stenting horses and violating tho
gamo laws. An attempt mado by tho Sheriff
and Game Warden to nrront tho allogod offend
ers resulted In thoir attempt to oscape, and
they were llrod upon. Colorow and his immo
dlnte bond, who wore at a dlstanco. agreed to
move to the reservation after collecting their
horsos and shoep. But militia bad beon sont
to tho scone, and through somo misunder
standing or broach of fnlth, on ono sldo or tho
othor, the Indian camp was attuckod on White
llhor, at a point which tho Indians believed to
bo within tho Uncouinnhgro reservation, Tho
attack was a surprle. but the Indians dofonded
themselves. Tho whites lost a Lieutenant and
deputy sheriff killed nndsovoraliuenwounilod.
while ono Indian boy was killed nnd ono buck
nnd ono squaw woro woundod. Tho arrival of
regular troops probably provented a renewal
of the fighting. Tho Indians lost moro than
2,000 sheep and goatn and tnnny horses. Geo.
Crook gave tills summitry of the nfialr:
From the outeet the Indian wera, with but one sluht
Interruption, pursued inrcsiiAntlr. ln ecry case tim
whites were the aggressor and fired first, rolorow hnd
nudesire whiuerer to tight, and made uta of his weap
ons In self defence only, f.ir the tirniectioii it hl women
and children ami bis herds, fmrlng the whole tlmu
they were puroue L ut.d includlnr the Insfes in the right
or Aug an. are Indians died lniin the effect or noiiiiils
rerelred, rlA. one buck, one larire bnr. one email bor.
and two small girls, beren others were wounded, one
perhaps mortally.
Hon. Terry, who was nt that tlmo tho division
commandor. mado this comment:
These facta speak for themselres. Mnreorer. It Is not
within ro priiniice to criticise the actions of tlierivit
authoritien whose part In these transactions 1 set forlta.
I may. howerer, be permitted to ay that If Oen. c'roult
has not been deceived, the methods pursued by the orll
auihorltiesot Uarllelil count) were, to say the least, uu
usual. I donot understand that the nun Inaof the un
occupied habitatione of persons, ror the arrest of whom
warrants hare been inued. and the burning of the habl
tallons ot their friends and neighbors, or the opening of
ride tire without warning upon an unsuspecting bodr of
men. women, and little (hi clren. atuonir whom persona
for whoso arrest warrants hare been Issued are sop
posed to bo. are usual slaps lu the serrlce of process
There Is no doubt that old Colorow was a
great troublo to tho settlers of that region and
that bo risked tho disaster which ot Inst canto
upon him liy reluslugto btay on the reserva
tion whore ho beloncod. Still, thero was fohio
dispute, ornt loast fomo misunderstanding, as
to tho right ot Coloiow's band to bo on Iho
reservation, and in nny ease the emphatic
reports of tho army ofilcors mndo tho necessity
of compensation for tho Indian loos vory
clenr. Old Colorow vvns an intractnblo char
acter, whom It was difficult to deal with in this
matter, but probably now there will be ono less
obstoclo In tho way of doing substantial justice
and securing penco for tho future.
THE NBOJtO DELEOATK AT ATLANTA.
Ex.Gov. Bullock of Ocorela Writes Abont
Unco Prejudice.
rrom the Atlanta Conttttutlm.
To The Constitution: In yourSundny
edition you rofor to tho presence ot ono of tho
delegates ln tho recent lorostry Congress In a
way to create tho Impression thHt tho factor
his having African Mood In his veins wits not
known to other delegates. Tho inference Is
that If this fact had been knpwn tho dolegato
would have been for that reason oxcluded from
the CoDgros. lou also make tho keeper of tho
Markham House say that It bo bad known tbo
pedlureo of this deleg,Uo ho would havo ex
cluded him from that hotel.
With record to oh this, lot mo say that it was
a part of myofllolnl duty to receive tho dele
gates as thoy presented themselves nt tho
headquarters in tho Kimball Houso durlngtbo
reeont Congress. Tbo delegation from Ohio
was among tho first to report. A distinguished
delegate from South Carolina nnd mself wero
the only ones present when tbo Ohio dele
gates reported. Tho (net that ono of those dolo
gates hud traces of African blood was apparent
nt a glance to any ono competent to judge, and
was nrlvutoly remarked upon by tho gentle
man trom South Carolina and myself. Tbo fact
was subsoriuently generally known nmong tho
delegatos who leit any special luterest ta tho
matter. Therefore, tho fact that ono of tho
delegatos bad African blood in bis veins vvns
not unknown, and his presence la tho Congress
was not surreptitious.
Our city, of which wo aro nil justly proud,
has added to her laurels by opening wide her
Sates to those who fiod from tho contagion of
eadlr fOTers. Would you hao tis dim that
record by closing our gates for fear of conta
gion by African blood lu tho volns of an edu
cated Amerlcnn-lmrn citizen who is an official
In one of the States of the Union ?
Aro wo prepnrod, as a people, to advortlso
ourselves as not equal to tho usngo of tho
bostelrclos In Knroiionnd America? Would the
President of the United Status rfuso to recoivo
the Jlinlstor from tho republic of Hnyti bo
cause tbut Jlinlstor wan a negro: or tho Minis
tor from nnyot tho South Amorioan Gotorn
nients, because those representatives woro not
of pure Anglo-Saxon blood? Does tbo l'renl
dont neglect to Invite them to his official recep
tions or to his official dlnnors?
If the Hon. Mr. Woltzof Ohio chnso to hnve
the itov. )r. 1'olmlexter. who was bis official
associate, for his room mate, wbonn nrr.ilr in it
but his own ?
The delogatos from Kentucky, whom you
think were the victims ot ujoke becmiso of tho
'negro delegate," nro mon vvbo Btnpd nt tho
head of affairs in that Stato. OnoTof tboin,
whose acquaintance I had the honor to mako.
is a brother ot tho distinguished Governor of
Kentucky. Bo you think be whs nny less a
gentlemnn nnd stntesman bocnuso he had the
courage to rlso superior toraco prejudice to
custoV"
Is it not of vital Importance for ua white peo
plo to know, to admit and act upon tho funda
mental fact that a niantnkos rank an an Ameri
can citizen in all public affairs according to his
Intelligence and his personal ebornctor, neither
ndvanuodor retarded by his nativity or by bis
blood ?
The great boost of Atlanta is her superiority
to provincialism. Shall wo keep this boast
good and move on with tho world Into tho now
order of things, or shall wo hedge ourselves
within the narrow linos ot prejudlco and arre
gnnco and bo left behind ?
.,,,. , Hvrva B. UlII.LOCK.
President, late Bouthern forestry Congress.
Dec ;), 188S.
Sir, CtCTclnna Slay Sleet the Iloaton Tariff
IXeformera.
from the tuuton rott.
Washington, Dec. 12. It Is quite probable
that the rrasldsnt will accept tha Invitation to go orer
to Boston to the Tariff Iteform League dinner. Secre
tary rairchlld mailed a definite acceptance to-day,
Secretary bayard will probably be unable logo, but air,
Xndicott will probably go It the President doss.
The Way to Slake Life l'lcaaant,
irons a Utter from a Uauaehmetu Hilar,
Tho pleasaatest hour I can possibly spend Is
la perusing the editorial page of Tut Buy, which haa a
peculiar charm unknown to any other dally paper In
existence. Tie mind la left In a delightfully refreshed
condition after TkiBlk has been allowed to penetrate
tha lanermost recesses of brain tissue with Its effulgent
rays. Lite would bo better worth bring ware there
mora such Suits.
Curious Mixture or Sletaphora,
From the Wathlnaton rreii.
Tho best fruit of the Cleveland Administra
tion la the marble bath tub that Hr. Lamar caused to be
st up In tha patent office.
Daliuque'a ZMnchlnic Fiend Agalu at Work,
mm tilt thlcapo Tribune.
Dumjque, la., Doc, 1 1. About a yoar ago the
dtnlteuiof the Fifth ward ware greatly excited over the
actions of an unknown man, who was glTen to assault
ing uuatlended women In the night time by pinching
them savagely on tba arms. Prom this habit he got tha
name of "The I'lucher." The dread Inspired by Lliu
waa a great that parties wera organised to capture
bun, but he eluded all efloru and disappeared from
sight Recently be baa commenced the same crsctlce,
and has created a reign of terror In the neighborhood,
la is described as a wild, demoniacal looking creature,
and l undoubtedly Insane, fa far there Is' no clue In
"Tl.efincherV Ideulliy any moro than tbtheWhlte
ckspe) (lend.
r
One Ktault or tha Open Winter,
rrom (As feiion ittntd.
, Monogram stockings are all much worn bow
br Ue women. Tha recent sloppy weather hag led te
to tUKevwjr ! ttu UitruUaj wrhuus, "" "" "" w
''
ZNTEttESTlSO OOiHir OF TUB DAT.
now that notien Tlsrtlxwi'e nam Il known, rrery.
bady aboat tba Olleey House reallres Ibe faot that he
has been a frequent visitor there, and that Ms appear
ance Is well known to them, tie Is a pleasant-faced and
amiable tort of a man. who always iptaki courteously
te lb barber, waiters, and bell boys, to that his recep
tion In tha hotel was amiable. A great deal ot warmth
bas been ndded to the treatment of Mr. Harrison, how
ersr, since It has been discovered ho II bis father's ion.
Edward rsy, who has recently made ttteh a hit In New
Tark, Is tha only comedian of promtnsnoe who bafflei
recognition by his "make-up" on tba stage. Tha ma
jorlty of tha young American actors of tha present day
rather pride themselrea on looking, tha isns on the
street aa on the stage- It Is almost Impossible to get any
ef them to distort or obscure their face! after the fash
Ion of a generation agi among actora Herbert Kalcey,
Kyrle Bellew. Mat Goodwin, Charles Coahlsn. and a
host of others look precisely the sarai On tha atage as on
Droadway. It Increases tha personal fame of an aetor,
but II plays hsroo with dramatic nlcsllee,
Henry Haynlo Is stopping at tha Westminster Hotel
Ha is perhaps tha best known of American correspond'
enis In Farle, and lie comes to the United States now
on ono ot his rare visits to perfect soma of the details ot
his newspaper work. He Is a thick-set and rather notable-looking
man, with a beard that la slightly tinged
with gray, and tha anave manner which men Invariably
acquire arter a prolonged residence In France. Aall
usually the ease with Americans who have become do
mesticated In Paris, he Is the most rabid sort et a
Frenchman In feelings, tastes, and hsblta.
Honors ara easy between the Scotch coUle and the
English fox terrier In the affectlona of the women ot
New York. It Is dlffionlt to tell which of the pets la tha
most popular, bnt together thev aeem to have driven
the other dogs out from feminine favor, and lha leaat
popular and least admired of them all was tha former
monarch, the English pug. Fifth avsnue on a clear day
Is aire with dogs more or less attached to pretty young
women. The liner breed of fox terrier aeems to poseoee
pecotlsr adrantagea for a lady's pet. Tha dogs are
dainty, beautifully formed, very faithful, and highly In
telligent. The beauty of collies Is unquestioned, but
they are apt to dlsplny treachery. Jealousy Is lha most
remarkable characteristic ot this breed ot doga
rrlnce ron Pless, who is At present achieving a graat
deal of notoriety by engaging himself to various Ameri
can g r, according to the cable. Is very little known In
this country, though rather a prominent figure In Lon
don, lie is prominent by reason of tha fact that he Is a
confirmed tnglomanlac. He la tall, thla awkward, an 1
wahed nut In appearance, a'td he has two whims, llrlt
Ish clothes and American glrla. He la mora of a prince
ling than a prince.
Among the Interested attendants at the recant Chris
tian Conference ln Checkering Ua!! waa a short, spare
manor about 00 years. Ills face and hands bora the
marks af a rugged out-of doors life And his thin, Arm set
lips IndiCAted no little strength of character. Ha was
bloodgood 11. Cutter, "the Long Island farmer poet,"
as he styles himself. The muse has not deserted hlra ln
his old ago, and he turns out hie vcrsaa with all the
facility that made his fame years ago. ne has a way
nowadays of putting his poems luto print for the benefit
of bis frirnds. His most recent productions are two
ptiems on missionary topics, subjects In which be takes
a deal of interest They are published upon a single
sheet of paper abont the size of commercial note, em
bellished with the anthor'a picture and a fac-itmtle of
his signature.
It will be Interesting some time to publish the names
and photographs of some flttv or sixty women who reg
ularly parade up and down Broadway every afternoon,
and have done so for several years. Most ot them are
pretty, and all of them are exceedingly well dressed.
They are not actresses, nor are they women of loose
reputation, but they acem to tako an brepressibla da
light In patrolling the upper part of the big thorough
fare, and do it with snch regularity that everybody la
thoroughly familiar with their appearance. Shrewd
judges of the town say that when a woman becomes a
common flguro on Droadway her reputation Is gone,
and thereare a good mAny fAtbers And mothera who
Insist that their daughtera shall not be seen elsewhere
than on Sixth or Fifth avenue during the afternoon-
Sixth avenue for shopping and Fifth avenue for a
promenade. It is the mashers and sporting characters
generally who have made Broadway a bugaboo to the
fathers and mothers of New York.
Jtlis Mary Anderson has taken to English shoes, and
they are remarkably sturdy, sensible, and comfortable-looking
shoes at that. The fact was revealed to
people n ho were walking on Broadway yesterday after
noon by the manner iu which the cyclone seized Hiss
Anderson as she lett the theatre at Thirtieth street and
accompanftjd her with uproarious enthusiasm down
Broadway. She looked like a clipper ship running be
fore Uia wind. Her tall flguro was aa atralght aa an
arrow. Locks of her abundant hatr were blown oat
orer her face, and the wind flattened her dree almost
as smooth aa a sail cloth as she straggled down the
sunny side ot the street. The young Englishman who
accompanied her was barely as high aa hsr shoulders,
and be paid little at entlon to his charge. It waa alt he
could do to take care of himself in the sale, for he wore
what Is known as the box coat, and the cyclone
fondled It from the start.
"English actora," he said, "are becoming mora popu
lar ln America simply because they are reliable. They
are reliable, and Are not bothering the managers
continually to print their names In the biggest type
known to the world. Men like Joseph Uowarth and
Eben Flympton are good actora, but they are Infatu
ated with their namea It has beea proved time and
again that neither Ilowarth nor Plympton Is atrong
enough to carry a p'ay unaided nor bring In money
enough ln the box office to pay their extravagant de
mands for salary; yet tbay keep on Increasing their
rates regularly with each failure. A short time age
PlymptOn waa offered the position of leading man to a
well known woman star.and he said that ha would accept
the position at a salary of (400 a weak if it was guaran
teed that his name should appear ln the same size type
as the actress's did whenever It appeared. The actress
subsequently got a man for two a week who is giving
excellent satisfaction, riympton Is Idle, as be has been
for a year or more, except during short spuria Ilowarth
slipped up on 'Philip Heme ' Then ha went to Chicago,
where he appeared In the 'Bells of Hazlemare.'but did
not score success Ue waa stranded, and a manager in
Boston telegraphed him for his terms for a week's en
gagement there In support of an actress. Mr. nowarth'l
terms wera (3S0 and expenses. Men or this stamp de
mand more money with every failure, Tbla effort to
push themaelres ahead is general among leading men
In America, and It la acting aa a boomerang because
managers are now realizing that they can sate a great
deal ot money, to say nothing ot brain wear and printer's
Ink. by bringing capable and conscientious man over
from England."
In a discussion among some of the keenest lodges of
pugilism iu the New York Athletlo Club yesterday, the
majority of opinion was against Snlliran and for Kil
rain. It Is asserted that Bulllran's admirers hare long
since forsaken him as a boxer, thoogh a number of men
siUl cling to him purely through personal ilea The dis
cussion was protracted and Urely for an hour. It was
finally summed up by one of the best amateur sparren
In New York by the remark:
"It was a queiUon a year aro when Snlliran was well
and strong whether he Vas any match for A oooL steady,
and honest fighter Uks Kllraln, There la no question
about it now, because Bulllran's iretem Is depleted by
continued excesses, and the long sickness he haa undsr
gone haa weakened him to an extent which he can uarer
overoome. If Mitchell could fight him to a stop when ha
bad been training for six months, and he was wall and
atrong, Kllraln can do bun new without trouble."
The news ot ths snubbing which Mrs. Langtry rot At
ths bands of Lady Stanley at Toronto was a surprise te
New Yorkers, from the fact that Mrs. Langtry haa here
tofore saved herself from such treatment by keeping
away from distinctively social sventa A former man
agerof the Lily, In speaking of II yesterday, said I
- It showed a great lack of consldsraUon for Mrs,
Langtry In one way, but nothing else was to bs done.
The wife of the Ooremor-Uineral would not go to tha
ball If Mrs. Langtry were there. Hence Mrs. Langtry's
iarltatloc was rescinded, and she was told to keep
away. Sba will probably deny that she was ever Invited.
When I was In her employ that waa one of her unfailing
formulas. She claimed It was always an easy thing to
getacontradlollonlnthe papers if she threatened suit,
and so she contradicted everything that was said about
htr on principle."
Women whistlers are Jumping up everywhere through
the country. Mrs. Shaw sexsmple bids fair to be -pernicious,
and glrla who formerly whistled because they
thought It waa rather a lark and a hoydenlm thing to
do, now whistle with a well defined Idea of WOO a week
beCva them if tbey succeed in whistling themselves Into
prominence. Tbo crate seems ephemeral for lu nor.
elly Is Its msln attraction.
The bosom friend of young Boihem, the comedian, U
James O. Blaine, Jr. Young Mr Blaine rhapsodizes
over the actor, and they are constant companions. Mr.
Blaine haa been giving bis friend a series of very txpen'.
live dinners In Boston. It Is, however, asserted that
young Mr. Blaine's grocery Mils at this end of the line
are sliU unpaid. Gossip has It now that Ilinry E. Abbey
will bring Mrs Blaine out In October of next year. She
will have an extended Hew York engagement, and will
then go through the country precisely on the Unas Mr.
Abbey laid out In managing Mrs Langtry, Mary Ander
sen, and Mrs. Potter.
Katbryn Kidder, who II playing In aa up town theatre
In rather a subordinate role, started out with a tremsn
rtnur splure sa a rival lo Mary Anderson some yean
ao. Her rivalry consisted at that time Intherxtraor
dluary length of her limbs and lu the ImaglnaUon cf
her press agent She developed neither beauty nor tai
nt bat she had a wild son ef Western Tler, whloh,
combined with ibe extraordinary fashion ef apelUar
bar name, made a small reputation for her. She waa
going to star, but Barer succildtd la Baking an
ad wuati bsxtaaU
MfjsjaaaasM-ijej'sJ,-. " ' vtl ;
bad rroiitt at an joiixland.
Mr. Qntntard Hjj Cootraetor Fre.il nRa
Engineer Cnriy Have lilerecarded Rules,
SuporvIsor-aULiargo John A. Qulntnrd of
Rings county, in communication to (l0
Board of SuporSrlsors yesterday, approved of
tho resolution, of tho Board providing for tho
appointment of three experts to Investigate nn(
report on tho manner In which Ed Freel hus
enrrled out his contract In tho construction ot
the aewew at tho Countr I'arm at Ht.Jnhnlsnd.
Ithas been repeatedly oharged that the work
has not been prdporly done,
In his meago to tho Board. ilr.Qnintnrd
severely crltlcir.es tho action of Boifrv iRinu .n.
gfneer Corey ln ignoring the strlnurnt rules
adoptod by tno Board tn roforpneo to the work
ana In altering, varying, and adding to the
work at bis own will without the knowledgn o
the Board. Mr. Oulntanl suggests Hint "it msy
be prudent for tbo Board to inaulro whether or
not this official has also taken all powers Into
his own bands In the execution or the main
and accommodation roads and the water sup
ply aontracts, as well nsthlsono rotating to tbo
construction ot tho sowars."
Tbe rJanorvleora at their meeting yesterday
appointed Mr. Stevenson Tovvlo. .ehlef .ongiiiovr
of the Sewer Department of Now iork nnd
Park Commissioner an one of tho exports in
mako the Inventlantlon. Ho received lBvotiM
io 10 cast for Chlor Knslnenr Van Bu t en or the
Irooklyn Department. The Hupcrior-ni.
Largo baa appointed Charlos E. I.morv the
second export, and tho third is to bo unmod by
tho Charltios Commissioners.
BOCIKir IN TUB DACKtTOODS.
How the People JLtre, Towa, and Mnfcsj
Merry, AcoorellnB to the Local Chronicler,
rrom the fmuOtowu fnx.) Dravocrat
Rain, halt and snow.
Up the river we on.
Bnr-k wo come tn ninety-two
To take our place most true.
We are much pleased to hear that our most esteemed
friend. Ltsale Wlniera of Brodheaderilis Is aaln en
joying health aa usual
While one of onr beys w returning from a vidt to
bla best irlend Saturday night he saw a spook, or some
thing simitar.
II. Y. proposes having a wood-cutting party this week.
Wake up, boya that's a ten.
Mr. Charles Arnold returned home Monday, well
pleased ltb liUvtsti.
Tney ear E. vv. haa a very pretty lady friend below
Tanncrsville.
Tr.e folks are mowing their porkers down like weeds.
Thank vou, Tan Bark.
Peter Kresge waa threshing up this way Ian week with
bis machine. Peter knows Just how to ruti it.
It to fun to hear them say: Who writes the t'rrr
Poouno items diuino welt who do vou think. Dunno,
Ich waee net over lck dankt es l Old Buccaneer.
The boys took a game of leap frug un their way to
loan laat Monday.
A poem entitled "The Beautiful Snow' will shortly
apj'car lit the columns of tbe prmwmt by li. (J. Sliuff, r.
will the gentleman irom Pushkin plenre exp'aii
whether he or the ooal Dell and broke In three unequal
pieces T
All ubrorarlous Stroudnbtirg was aproralonsly furorlns
en Monday hvenlng. the occaebm biln-r tho return ,f
our enterprising citizen Mr C. K llanklns with liN ride
from their bridal tour: the brass band. th MU:tinm
plan band, and all otbar bands wera handed f g;h-r to
make note oc welcome ring, and llanklns la mm r ihrin
kind to know how to riftpnnd. eo (llory Halletubah enl a
Ufa of all tun to O. E. II. and Ills lovely bride.
We are having a eood deal of weather this fall.
Paul has eeti quite a successful hunter this fall, ss he
has killed a beAr, a deer, and a rahblt
It waa realty amnalng Saturday last to flee Mri
Thomas Kistler attempt to kill u eMoken. Mrs. K lias
not lived In the country long enough to perform s'tcti
work very ikllf ally yet. Mo doubt she will icet used to
It after awhile.
BUXBEA3I3.
In excavating 'for tho foundation wnlls
for a new mill near Rutland. Tt. the workmen found
three twelve-pound cannon batla and one four pounder,
thought to be relics ot tbe Burgoyne campaign ot 1777.
Last year our Imports from Japan, In
cluding raw gltk. teas, fans, hondkerchlefo, bamboo, and
the like, amounted to nearly tia.0OO.oai More than v. as
huught by any other nation.
Slavery tlmos wero recalled In Wilming
ton. N'. a, tbo other day, when two darkles cot Into a
loud dispute And almost cams to blows, quArrellinc in re
gsrdto the social standing and personal accomplish
ment of the men that owned them before the war.
Thirty-five years ago Goorgo M. Wood
ruff of Litchfield. Conn., eot his Initials on the limb nt
an appls tree. They disappeared In time, but when the
tree was cut down and split Into firewood not long ago
the Initials were found four Inches from the surface
perfectly distinct
Sarah E. Holland sued tho Boston and
Prondenoe Railroad for $30,000. that being tbe amount
that she thought might compensate her for Injuries to
her spine ln the famous Buseey bridge accident Tho
Supreme Court of Massachusetts baa returned a verdict
ot 123.000 ln her favor.
Two Rutland men, out after coons, ro-
cently treed and shot three rat and glossy black bear
ouba. They wera About six months old And weighed
ninety pounds each. The next day a hnnting party went
after the mother add got her af tsr An exciting obaae.
be weighed 00 pounds.
Some of tho good women of Hartford,
Conn , have organized a dressmaking ana arlthmetla
school for young women who want to learn a trade,
and also how to lake care ef tbelr aceonnta ,i th
like. Commercial arlthmetlo will be taught and a skil
ful instructor will give thirteen lessons of two hours
caoh ln dressmaking.
George Harold of St. Holons, Ore., has
had a touch of both kinds of fortune, lie won 7. WO la
a lottery, and immediately and properly started for
Salem to aee his sweetheart He waa eo anxious to
hurry to ber that he could not wall for tbe train to pun
up to the station, but Jumped from U while It was run
ning at full speed, and broke his arm and hanged him
self up generally.
A citizen of Lebanon, Conn- got n notion
that an attempt to rob his house wss to be made, so he
changed what money he bad Into silver, did It up care
fully, and buried It at night In a swamp behind hla
house, carefully marking tbe epot The heavy rains ef
this rati obliterated the marks, and now the careful
man cannot find his money, end wishes that he had left
well enough alone and taken tbe chances ot being
robbed.
In 188i John Shaw of Shamokin vowed
that he would never wear a coat nntU a Republican
President was elected. He kept his vow, visited hla old
boms In Scotland, and travelled considerably in the
United Slatea without a ooat wearttg a knit Jacket In
Its stead. It tt thought that the consequent exposure
resulted In the dlsesse of which hs rscently died. On
election oay. although then thought to be near to death,
he Insisted upon being carried to the pells, that he might
once more vote the Republican ticket
The statement was recently published
that a woman at Cortlcana, Texas, bad given birth ta
six children, and It waa followed by the news from MU
burr, Mass, that Mrs. Frank De Groote of that place bad
given birth to four girl babies. The lsst statement wag
true snd Dr. Slooemh, who aulsted the little girls Into
the world, wanted to know more aboit the Texas sex
tet So he wrote to the rostmaster at Corslcana ask
ing him about the report The reply wai: "No truth la
It whatever,' At last accounts the Da Groote quartet
were all alive, though Lilian, the smallest, who was very
delicate, was suffering from a levers cold.
A young mon of Vinol Haven, Me., who
attended a Bremen's ball, when he prepared to go home
out on the Sheriffs overcoat by mistake. He didn't dis
cover tt until he was walking home with his girt and
then It was by finding a pair of handcuffs in one of the
pocket. The young woman wanted to see how It seemed
to have inch bracelet on, aud she found out for the
handcuffs locked with a iprlnx and ef ter she had put
them on aba oouldn't get them off. She struggled, and
tried to squeeze her hands through the loops, but being
built on the gensrons Maine plan she felled In this After
training ber wrists and taking the skin off la spots.
There was nothing for hsr but to wait until the young
man hunted up the Sheriff, who came with a key and
unloosed the hshdeuffs.
Brink 1st s JCIano la&
rrom the. Boston Herald.
Forsorae time pact tho polios have been
susplolous that Mary A. Wright was selling
liquor at 15 Lyman stroot. and last evening
Bergeant Butters visited the jplaeo, and attor n
thorough search located tho illicit ardont. In
the parlor was a grand piano, and among tbo
fantastto carving or ono of the logs Soigeitut
Butters discovered .a keyhole. Ho obtained a
key, and In tbe hollowod-out leg ho found a
number ol bottles of lager and the necosaary
glasses tor Its use.
Earlier Than Usual.
Wife (oncounters ber husband aa sho enters
hsr carriage at II o'clock P. M.)-Wby, Ferdinand, dear,
areu'l you getting borne very early to-night
Husband-Well, ysa rathir, my love. And aren't you
vary early In getting out j .
..?.'ifir.l "" P"JL?P"J. tmt ' Ml" Mrs. de Courcy Is
rscslr the Baron Hwlgpll to-night you know.
Weverc on st Poor Man.
Woman (to tramp) Are you a man of family?
Tramp-Yea I've eot a wife and seven children, but I
left them. It's bard enough for me to make my own
brio', lot alone such a famllr as that
.i-vm.nrW .1 '"'' P rm nothln' to sal nnr
drink, nor old clothes nor shoes, nor BOthln'; so be off
with yoo.
.Trsaisses irstsllx ttxrgitner to gpl-roa're pretty hard on a
man, madam, who has a wlfeandseven children.
She Forgtot Nothing;.
Mrs. Anglomaniao (to butler) Matthew, his
Grace, the Duke of Tweedledum, dines and sleeps hers jj
tonight I wsut everything In Ibe most correct Eug- -H
IUh war, Jv
Matthew Uo, yes hlndeed, mum,
tiUlli arlomanlao-Berve tea In tbe drawing room at
ilitHi HUS!A. ,lr' "ir thirty o'clock. Ilavs no
Mrn'th'e'aldfuoar'd010"0'"4 "r""W "
Matthaw-Ile. yes. blndaed. num.
W' 55tom"??r,5,i Xaiibiw. see that the weath.