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W 4 . THE SUN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER. IS, J8&. ,,
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fl . MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1839.
If i'- A Great Naval Event.
HI i. Tho Chicago, tho Atlanta, the Boston, and
(he Yorktown are at anchor this morning in
llll the North It Ivor; and beforo noon they will
I , sail from this harbor on tholrwuy to Boston
llSt -' end thcnoo acroea the Atlantic.
1 Jii) It Is a groat event. For tho first time in
j III many years tho United States Govornmont
III Is ablo to send Into forolgn waters a fleet ot
war vessels which will attract respectful
HI , admiration ovorywhoro, Instead ol provok-
llj " Ing derisive comment
HI May good luck go with Bear Admiral
HI Walksb's fleet t The now ships aro tho
l prldo of ovory patriotic American.
II The Natural Party of Freo Institutions.
Hi The BandannaiClub of Leavenworth celo-
brated tho seventy-sixth birthday of Axles
II jl aauc&BBX XntriuuN last Wednesday, and
jj the Old Roman sont a latter from which wo
I d toko this declaration of his llfo-long dovotion
HI to Domocratlo principles, and of tho indom-
ltabie and Immortal spirit of Domocraoy :
HI -It U now ever elxty yesri tines I nedt my flnt
1(1 Democratic epeech, and ever line tbea I have without
II II faltering given, the bi support or whloh I h capable
1 1 to oar noble eaoo. t thought It good eause when
H 1 Orel spoke. I think eo yet when the ohadowe o( llfo
1 1 art darkening around mo, and I thall no doubt think io
It when I am called to my final sooottnL Allow mo to con
llll gratalate too on tout brlgbtealng proopeols, and to re
HI mind Ton that tho Democratlo parti U too natural party
llll ot trot InsUtullont, and that ealong M liberty thall axlit
( la America It cannot die."
It teas "tho natural party of freo Instltu
l tlons," as tho party which favors tho greatest
llll freedom ot tho Individual and tho loast Inter
lljl feronco on tho part of tho Govornmont with
bis powers of lnltlatlvoand self development,
HI that tho Domocratlo party has always np
III , pealed and must contlnuo to appeal to
llll Americans who bolievo In tho froo and full
play of Individual, private, and local activity,
unhampcrod by a great administrative ma
ll i chlno. Tho namlltonian, Federalist theory ot
II government is to enlarge, tho powers and
l functions of tho Government, and tends to
mako of it a vast, quasi-paternal despotism.
llll Tho JoffeTBonlan, Democratlo theory is that
HI ! the citizen should bo freo and tho govorn-
III mentelmplo.
HI I Temporary crazes may somotimos causo
HI tho essential and natural' principle and pur-
HI pose ot tho Democratic party to bo obscured
HI ( or forgotten for a season, but disaster soon
enforces a roturn to them.
In viow of tho design of tho Republicans to
lj suppress tho freedom of elections In tho
IIJ I Southern States, tho Immediate task before
HI 1 tho Democratlo party may bo onco mora to
n defend freo Institutions. New departures
HI depart, but tho old-fashioned Democracy
HI lasts, and Is always ncoded.
Jul Dom Pedro and the Brazilian Army.
I! I if It is quite evident, from tho despatches
i received from Rio de Janolro, that thopooplo
havo taken very small part, If any, in pre
cipitating tho present revolution. Thoy havo
been lookers-on, whilo tho physical force re
quired has been supplied by tho regiments
stationed at tho capital. Tho President of
tho new ropubllo is an army ofllcer recently
disciplined for Insubordination.
Tho Brazilian army has a very bad reputa
tion and would bo a pliant Instrument for
revolution In tho hands ot any set of politi
cians who got control of It. Tho army, rank
and fllo, is hold In contempt by many of
tho best peoplo of Brazil. Mr. Dent,
an ouglnoer who was long engaged In
making railroad survoys In Brazil, wrote
throe years ago: "It is considered a dis
grace to belong to the army In Brazil." In
1881 tho editor of ono of tho Rio nowspapors
wrote a sovoro article on scandals In tho
army, and said In plain terms that tho ser
vice had become a refuge for Dlacklegs and
scoundrels. The next day tho editor's car
riage was stopped in the street, and he was
repeatedly stabbed by persons In citizens'
dress, who proved to be officers in one of the
regiments. They then dragged the body to
tho door of a police station, where they left
It and walked quietly away. It was charged
that tho crime was preconcerted, and that
tho police were sent to distant parts of tho
city so that it might be accomplished. The
officers concerned were soon sent to distant
posts, but thero was no investigation, and
nobody was ever punished.
1.1 Awhile ago a business firm In Bio wrote
J to the Neua of that city that tho officers in
: one of tho regiments owed them about
.1 $10,000 for goods obtained on credit; that
1 1 they had tried in vain to collect the money.
' and had given up all hope of over getting a
1 1 cent of it. Such facts as these indicate that
llli while, as la well known, not a tew able and
patxlotio Brazilians havo longed for a ropub-
lie, some ot the worst elements In the com-
munlty havo boon Instrumental In bringing
'' j this revolution to pass.
I The despatches from Rio say that tho
: , now Government has abolished the
Council of State. This body has long
;I been denounced by all tho malcontents
I , In tho country. Thoy havo assorted
1 j I that the Emperor, though claiming to bo
j I actuated by advanced democratlo principles,
, has screened himself behind tho Council of
; State whilo exorcising autocratic power. The
p members ot the Council of Stato wore ap-
pointed solely by bis Majesty, they wero ro
ll sponsible to no one, and their functions wore
! i - purely advisory. An Instance of tho Em-
I'l peror's alleged abuse of power, of which
, rnuoh was made at the time by theBopub-
. i llcan Journals, was his dismissal, upon the
advice of the Council of State, of tho Prime
r Minister Branmn, in splte'ot the majority of
; the Chamber.
: The license ot tho press Is unlimited fh
I I , Brazil, and savers! of the newspapers ot Rio
.1 . have been perfectly outspoken' in their do
ll slro tor the downfall ot the monarchy. The
.'j ' Republican party has long been a respects
' ble minority, and Its loaders, both in tho Son
I ate and the Chamber of Deputies, have, in
, and out of season, expressed their hopes for.
a future ropubllo. Able Republicans have on
l several occasions been members of tho Cab-
J ' Inet, Tho exerciso of pne of tho Emperor's
,1 ; functions has undoubtedly mado him many
'I ' enemies. Thero are no hereditary titles in
I Brazil, and the Emperor, as tho solo source
I t ot patents of nobility, has otcourso alienated
t. ambitious persona whom .ho failed to honor
1 1 p and young mon to whom ho declined to
1 transmit honors won by their fathers.
I r All tho malcontents havo taken great
I . pleasure In caricaturing tho Emperor, whom
, I : thoy have delighted to represent as a fussy
and pedantlo busybody, Thoy havo poked
fun at his habit of early rising, and at his
lovootllogulstlo studies. When a few years
I, f ago he took up simultaneously tho study ot
. I "'' Hebrew, Arabic, and Sanscrit, they said he
j was trying to pose as an erudite man, and
A ', that, In tact, his learning was only skin deep.
jj ; Thero fls no doubt, bowover, that Dom
( Pedeo has had a warm place In the hearts
of the common people, though among all
ml classes his daughter Isabel, who acted as
A regent whilo tho Emperor was absent In
Bfev. Europe, has long been very unpopular.
wSsfiHfct The people ot Brazil, like their Govern-
$i7jWs meat, have liberal leanings, and tho chief
SSrm
source of their displeasure with the Princess
Isabel seems to bo found In their allegation
that oho Is bigoted and narrow-minded, is
far more concerned for tho progress of tho
Church than for tho welf aro ot the State, and
is chiefly devoted to tho punctilious perform
anco ot her religious duties. Their strong
aversion to hor husband, tho Count d'Etj, on
Orleans prince, is apparently duo simply to
tho fact that ho is on alien. Tho Brazilians
aro hospltablo to tho passing stranger, but
thoy havo novor boon noted for klndlysontl
monts toward.forolgnors who oomo to live
with thorn and perhaps to mako more monoy
than thoy do. Mr. Gallenoa says that In
Brazil a strangor is a Gringo, an expression
about equivalent to that ot Giaour among
tho Turks.
Potropolis, whither tho Emperor has gono.
is tho Imperial summer rcsldcnco, whoro not
only tho court but tho official and woalthy
peoplo ot Rio take refugo from summer boat
and from Yellow Jack when ho Is ravaging
tho city. It Is a beautiful mountain resort,
from which a magnificent panorama of land
and water unfolds on overy sldo.
Brazil Is in area larger than tho United
States, and tho interests of tho various parts
of this enormous territory aro dissimilar.
Tho northorn portion, for lnstanco, from
wlilch tho rubbor exports aro chiefly derived,
has complained bitterly that It has been
compelled to bear an undue sharo of tho bur
dens of govornmont. It remains to bo seon
whothor, if the ropubllo is a permanency, tho
sovoral parts of tho country can bo hold to
gothor or whothor It will bo broken Into
fragments; and It is certainly tho glory of
Dom Pedro's reign that for ovor a half cen
tury ills poopln havo onjoyed comparative
ordor and quiet, and havo kept togothor un
der tho samo flag, whilo all tho other States
In South America havo been torn by violent
dissensions and civil war.
Wanamalccr's Great Advertisement.
Assistant Postmaster-General OZiABKBox
Is authority for tho statement that an Eng
lish business house has offered to pay our
Government $1,000,000 for tho privilege of
printing their advertisement on tho back of
tho United States postage stamps.
Of coureo tho offor was not for a moment
considered. Tho American peoplo would
not tolcrato such an outrage on dignity.
Thoy would not allow a mercenary an
nouncement to go ovon upon tho gummed
side of George Wabuikoton.
But John"Vanajiakeh, tho creator and
proprietor of Wanamaxeb's bargain counter
in Philadelphia, is doing worse than that.
Ho is turning a great department of our
mighty Govornmont Into a froo advertise
ment for his stock ot Surahs, French Sebas
topols, women's muslin undorwoar, and
Daisy corsets at $2.52. Ho is not paying one
cont for tho prlvllego, moreover; on tho con
trary, the peoplo pay him a salary for blow
ing Ids own horn In a public place.
Tho use mado of Mr. Wanamakeb's official
post to attract to his retail establishment In
Philadelphia tho mombers of tho Pan-American
Congress, and thus to secure an adver
tisement such an monoy cannot buy, is ono
of tho shabbiest and most disgusting scan
dals in a month ot years.
" On behalf of Mr. Wanamaker," said the
subordinate In charge, when tho Pan-Americans
wero corralled between tho bargain
counters, " who is tho head of this house,
and who is compelled to be absent In Wash
ington on official duties connected with his
position as Postmaste r-General, I am deputed
to welcomo you to our business bouse."
How far Wanamakeb hlmsolf is concerned
In this schemo of advertising his retail
trado Is shown by a card sent out from tho
bargain counter last week and reproduced
in fnc-slmllo clsowhero on this pago.
It is about tlmo for this sort of thing to
.stop. Waxamaker should cither go back to
'ids bargain counter and surrender his post
In tho Cabinet to somo cltlzon with some
sense of the requirements of official dignity
and common deconcy, or ho should bo com
pelled to sink tho shop whilo ho remains in
the Administration. Tho scandal Is becom
ing too offensive.
The Nower New Bnglnnd.
The groat moral and social change which
has taken placo In Now England during the
last twenty-flvo years bos brought about
something liko a complete transformation
of life in tho villages and farming districts.
Tho bright young men of tho old stock have
left and only tho more exhausted, as a rule,
have remained. Tho old activity of intellect
has passed away. Tho back country of New
England is no longer the soil In which great
moral ideas grow.
Therefore tho Rev. Julius H. Ward,
writing in tho New England Magazine, sug
gests methods of reviving the moral tone
and intellectual enterprisoof other days. He
would havo tho village minister stir up the
secular no loss than tho religious ambition
of the community, and calls upon tho school
master, tho lawyer, and the doctor to assist
him in tho work, they four being, moro
especially the educated men of the neigh
borhood. He would havo lyceums, libraries,
debating socIoUos, and reading circles estab
lisbod.and ho regards the Chautauqua system
as already accomplishing highly Important
results in the samo direction. Thousands of
people, for the most part young women, are
now reading under Chautauqua direction,
with what he regards as much benefit to
themselves and tho intellectual life of the
communities.
But, after all, the groat change In New
England Is duo to" tho ohango in tbo charac
ter of tho population which bos been going on
In the largo towns moro particularly, but is
now beginning to show itself in the farming
regions also, and to a marked degree The
census ot 1830 showed that tbo Inhabitants
of foreign birth woro about one-fifth ot the
wholo population In Connecticut, one-fourth
in Massachusetts and Rhodo Island, one
eighth in Vermont, nearly ono-soventh In
Now Hampshire, and about ono-elevonth In
Maine. Since that time tho proportionate
number ot foreigners has Increased, and In
somo ot tho States largely. To them must
bo added tho great number descended from
foreigners, moro prollflo than tho natives.
Tho French Canadians aro pouring Into Now
England ut a rate which gives hopes to some
of their raco that thoy and their descendants
will mako ot it ultimately another province
of Quebec.
However that may bo, and it cannot be
set down among tho probabilities, thoro Is
no doubt that tho time Is rapidly approach
ing whon tho great majority ot the popula
tion of Now England will bo of foreign blood,
Irish and French Canadians more especially,
and nearly nil of It Roman Catholic
The&o foreigners aro coming in to take
up tho abandoned farms and to work
tho mills, and as they aro so
much moro prolific, thoy will swamp out
tho old stock, so far, at least, as numbers go.
They will also wipo away old traditions and
introduce now, and will establish, are al
ready establishing, a now moral and re
ligious tone and now social customs and
demands. Tho priest and not the minister
will exorcise tho spiritual power, and wo
shall havo another Now England from top
to bottom.
Mr. Wabd expresses the natural sentiment
ot all men of New England birth when ho
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regrets tho passing away ot tho old ordor of
things; but it cannot bo stopped- A newer
Now England la coming In.'
Tho Slaughter of Bonjj Dlrds.
Tho American Omttholdglste Union has
been In session in this city during tho Dost
week. Among Its members aro many ot tho
leading ornithologist of tho country men
who know as much as any ono knows about
American birds. Ono of tho subject brought
to tholr attention was tho needless destruc
tion ot harmless birds of song, partloularly
in tho neighborhood of Now York. A letter
was read at ono of tho meetings from Col.
Jonu Y. Culteb, formerly Chief Engineer
In tho Brooklyn Park Department, In which
ho declared that such birds "aro not only
being murdered ruthlossly, but aro bolng
gradually deprived of their familiar haunts,"
by tho removal of woods and thickets. "I
am about so rnuoh," ho wrote, "and see so
muoh of this shooting, that it makes mo do
slro to shoot tho shooters sometimes."
Tho difficulty of enforcing gamo laws is
provorblol; and, unfortunatoly, thoro aro
many persons who doom song birds fair
gamo for tholr guns, it thoy cannot kill any
thing elbc. And tho letter ot tho law Itself,
in this Stato, renders evasion cxtromoly easy.
Thoro is a prohibition against killing any
oagle, woodpeckor, nlghthawk, yellow bird,
wren, martin, oriole, or any song bird, under
a penalty of ftvo dollars for each bird killed.
A llko penalty Is Imposod by tho statute
for killing any robin, meadow lark,
or starling except during October, No
vember, and December. But thoso pro
visions havo no application to "any
person who shall kill any bud for tho pur
poso of studying its habits or history, or
having tho samo stuffed and sot up as a
specimen." Thoso exceptions practically
nullify tho statutory mandate against tho
destruction of song birds. A poison who Is
prosecuted for killing such birds turns out to
havo beon desirous of studying tholr habits
or history. At least such Is his plea ; or elso
ho has shot them In ordor to havo "tho same
stuffed and set up as a specimen," which Is a
perfect defenco undor tho statute, and would
Beem to enable tho taxidermists to fill tholr
cases with stuffed song birds without fear of
the law.
Tho fact is that our laws for the protection
of this class of birds favor tho practical
ornithologist so much that thoy avail very
little asa safeguard for the birds themselves.
If a man can Justify his killing of a wood
pecker or an oriole or a catbird simply by
saying that ho was curious to learn Its hab
its, or wanted to havo It stuffed, It is Idle to
attempt to punish him. If Col. Culyeb
and tho Ornithologists' Union deslro to
prevent the heedless destruction of harmless
and beautiful buds, they should help to de
vlso laws which con bo mado moro effective
for tho accomplishment of that end.
Ono obstacle to overcome is tho general
Indifference as to whetnor laws lor tne pro
tection of song birds aro executed or not.
So far as gamo birds aro concernod, thou
sands of persons aro actively Interested in
tho enforcement of tho laws designed to
prevoiTt them from being killed out of
season. But no such Interest exists in be
half of song blrde, and henco thoy aro slain
with impunity.
Dead Ducks.
The Hon. Benjamin Harrison has boon
distracting and refreshing himself with a
little duck shooting on the shoro ot Chesa
peako Boy. What could bo bettor to smooth
the cares ot offico and certain disappoint
ments arising from tho elections than tho
keon salt air of the Chesapeake marshes and
the pleasure of eating convosbacks shot by
your own gun 7 And what a relief It must
have been to Gen. Harrison to shed his cus
tomary suit of solemn black and his White
House reception smllo, and to appear unfet
tered, uneonllned, picturesque, 'and peculiar
" in regular Chesapeake Bay toggery, con
sisting of long rubber boots, leathor shoot
ing Jacket, with red lining, an overjackot of
yellow fustian, andgunner'scapof tho same
material."
Seated In tho " blind " of the Benjtes Point
Ducking Club, whoso quarters are not far
from Saltpetre Creek and Triumph Post Of
fice, tho President waited for the ducks to
como to the docoys. Ho waited for them as
patiently yet eagerly as if each ono was a
nomination. '" He showed." as tho ducking
correspondent of our esteemed contem
porary, the Baltimore Sun, observes, "the
rare quality of patience coupled with unflag
ging expectation, for although he reached
the blind shortly after five o'clock In tho
morning, ho did not leave for dinner until
half past eleven, and then he was tho last
person to depart."
In tho bagging ot ducks as of offices, pa
tience and unflagging expectation aro neces
sary qualities. After Gen. Harrison fled
away from the Chicago Convention of 1831,
fearing tho lightning might strike him, what
but rare patience and unflagging expecta
tion could havo carried him safely through
four anxious years, and brought him up
smiling and successful, with his grand
ther's hat in his hand, in 1888 ?
It appears that Gen. Harbison's skill or
luck as a duck, shooter was great. On Friday
ho brought down seven ducks with four
shots. This la asgocd execution as has been
done elnco Nov. 6, when the Administration
brought down Republican candidates all
along tho lino.
In tho porch of tho Benjlcs Point Club
house bung on, Friday " the President's
spoils ot war, about twenty fat ducks." We
wonder what Gen. Harrison's meditations
wore as he gazed upon those dead ducks.
Tho Boaton Herald advances a new argu
ment in Buoport ot its theory that the letter of
tho ox-Hop. Hill Scott to Dr. Defew Is a
rascally foraery:
"There la In tbo letter n attempt at eiplanatlon, and
promlee ot ooneldentlon tor the faror aaked (or In the
way of f Dtnre penonal terrloee, which it aeemi to ni
could not kare appeared la a cerreependenM between
tbe Freeldeat end one of tbo moot influential director of
the New York Central Ballroad Company, whoee rlowe
upon ell qneiUona et railroad policy had been expreaied
oyer end orer egaln at the meeOsce of the Board,"
We are not quite aur that we understand
what our eiteemed contemporary means. Dr.
Dxtew la certainly ths President of the New
York Central and Hudton River Railroad Com
pany, and he was Its President at the time tbe
BcoTT letter was written. But Mr. Boon la
not " one of the most influential dlreotors" of
that company. He Is not a member of Its Board
of Directors, nor was he a mopbor at the tlmo
of his application for an annual pass to help
him In his district no la and was an outsider,
Mr. Scott Is a director ot tbe Lake Bhoro and
Mlcbljran Southern, but Dr. Dxraw Is not and
has not been a member ot that Board.
North Carolina is to havo a great centen
nial celebration this week of hor ratification of
tbn Constitution of tho United States. It may
seem to the uninformed a tardy festivity, but
it was the original event that came off rather
tardily, and this one hundredth commomora
tlon will be strictly on time.
North Carolina had taken part In the Phila
delphia Convention of 1787, which framed the
Constitution, and three) out of her five dele
gates bad slsned it But her State Convention,
held the following year, declined to give any
thing more than a conditional acceptance ot
that Instrument, so that when ten conventions
n her slater States ratified it ber attitude had
left her out In the cold, Accordingly, (he not
only took no part In the! election of Waisiko
ton as the first President, but ehoso no repro
aontatlTes to the first session ot Congress
under the new Union. However, on the 21st of
NoTernber, 1789, many months otter Congress
had met and the Presidenthad boon Inaugurate
ed and the new Union had been sot In motion,
North Carolina, having thought over the mat
ter, ratified the Constitution in ber turn, and
o com Into th Union with the rest ot us.
This was a wise move, and she 1 Quite justi
fied In holding a grand hundredth celebration
ot It at FayottevlUe this woek. Little Dela
ware, whloh put In her ratification on the 7th
ot Deoember, 1787, did not make rnuoh ot a
show of her centenary whon It cams around:
but North Carolina Is going to have more of a
rejololng. and the Marino Band will so down
from Washington to play good Union airs on
the occasion,
Tho investigation of tho Civil Servlco
Commission ought to bo ono of tho very first
jobs ot tho Fifty-first Congress.
Wo aro sorry to havo to robuko our es
teemed contemporary, tbo MtrAphis Avalanche,
f or a snoerlng alluBlon to Mr. Clevxland which
finds a conspicuous place on the editorial pauo
ot Its Issue of Thursday last:
"The head ot anjntereitlnz family In thle city eaw a
picture ot a Urge, benerolent-lovklnf dor, In a eportlng
paper, and waa much p'eaeed with lb By reference to
the acoompanjtni text he ascertained that th) anlmel
represented waa an Entllah maatlff, and, being a Clt
uxd man, he naturally ooneuhed the encyclopedia to
aacertaln the dUUngulehlnc tralu ot th breed. That
great authority told him that the maelirtwas the king
ot tho canine race: strong, but merciful; Intelligent,
watchful and, above all obedient to the ellghteet word
ot command. 'I must have one,' laid the citizen, doe
t g the volume with a decuir snap."
Everybody will seo that tbo roforonoo to tho
Cyclopedia is as unnecessary at tho lctontlon
to Insult Mr. Cleveland is apparent In pollto
Cleveland clrclos hero at tho North tho word
Oyclooedia is novor uttered, but some Inoffon
elve porlphrase Is always omployod; and whon
It is Impossible to avoid mentioning tho Cyclo
pedia in writing or print tho word Is Indicated
thus: O cl a.
We are surprised to find this violation of de
concy, good foellng, and political courtesy In
tho columns of tho Airmpni Avalanche, which
was severer than any other Southern news
paper In Its comments on Governor Hill's
Atlanta and Chattanooga speechos.
How much did the esteemed Co!. Shepard
really offor tho Sultan to become a Christian?
Was It (1.000.000? Was It $100,000? Was it an
annual pass on tho Rf th nvenuo stogo lino ?
In tho October number of tho Bulletin of
the Horticultural Department ot tho Agricul
tural Experiment Station of tho College ot Ag
riculture of Cornell University, a tomato is put
throush n sort of civil service examination.
The scale of points for a porfoct tomato, says
the Bulletin, will probably run about thus:
Vigor ot plant 3
Barlloaee 10
Color of fruit o
BoUdltyot fruit 20
Shape ot fruit SO
bite of fruit 0
Flavor 3
Cooking qualities 5
rroducUvenese - 20
luo
As friends ot tho tomato, a deserving and
succulent fruit, wo wish to protest against tho
marking system adopted by the Agricultural
Exporlmenters at Ithaca. Tho system is gross
ly unfair and uncommonly senseless. What
Is a tomato for, any way ? There is an Impres
sion, except among Agricultural Experiment
ers, that it Is to eat raw or cooked. If tho
tomato Is to be regarded as a missile, as a
vebiolo of expressing Impassioned dramatlo
criticism, for itstance. Its solidity must bo of
muoh imoortaice. It appears from a passage
in the Bulletin that keeping qualities aro not
" correlated vrith solidity." In foot, it appears
that "solidity must bo meosurod by a general
judgment rathor than by any definite expres
sion." Why. then, do the examiners civo to
tho solidity ct the porfoct tomato tho definite
expression of ono-flfth of its porfeotion?
Solidity, thqy say, " cannot be expressed either
In flgnres or words." We shall not horo follow
tbe able experiments by whloh selooted and
weighed tomatoos were Inserted Into " a grad
uated beaker of water." and " tho displacement
which occurred gave an accurate measure of
tho volume ot the fruit" It is enough to Bay
that solidity Is, by tbo experimenters' own
confession, almost impossible to measure.
Tho same is truo of flavor and cooking
qualities. But why is only a becearly 5 per cont
given to theso prime and indispensable quali
ties ot perfection? If a tomato has a botter
flavor than other tomatoes, what difference
does it make whether it Is early or late, solid
or fragile, dark or light ble or little? The
tomato that has tho best flavor ia tho bost
tomato and the nearest to perfection. Wo ad
vise the agriculturists who are examining and
marking tomatoes to ohange their scale. This
would do, perhaps:
Flavor and oooklng qualities 08
AU other qualities a
"loo
At loast, that Is about tbe way In which eon
avmers of tomatoes would mark them.
XII E DBHOCUACr AND SIR, CLEVELAND.
Plain Worda from as Goad Democrat.
Tom IA RoeMHcr rott-Eiprtu.
"Madam." said an unfortunate boarder to
the lady of the house, "I can eat pork forty or fifty
times In succession, but when It comee to having it for a
steady diet It makee me tired." The Democrats of the
country have bad a steady diet of Mr. Cleveland for
eight years, and the thought of another four yeara
with an Indefinite renewal givee them a qualm In the
etomach. Art le long and life Is fleeting. The days of
the modern Democrat are few and full of trouble, and
hale willing to spend eight or ten yean ot hla allotted
period of earthly pilgrimage In the buelnee of electing
or trying toelect Mr. Cleveland to office; but when It
comee to detoilng tho whole of hie threo score years
and ten, ct peradventnre four ecore yeara, to Uiat task.
he feels like wlshlnr for a removal of that Happy
Country where even Mr. Cleveland would not think of
getting up a boom or running for the Presidency, but
rest content to adjust hla halo sweetly, repose his
angello adiposity amoug the asphodels, and thrum hla
golden harp in the Innocuoua desuetude of all amblUon.
Emmou nialne'a Baltimore Home.
from (Ac ilaUfmore Suil
Mr. and Mrs. Emmons Blalno yesterday de
cided to rent the Moale mansion on North Charles
street, and will occopy It during the winter. Dr. Moale
baa long desired to rent or sell It, ae he Is compelled to
spend most of hla time away from home on acoountot
the 1U health of hla wife. Tho residence is In the ultra,
fashionable quarter of the cltr, and a number ot Balti
more's wealthiest men lire within a stone's throw. The
Baltimore Clnb Is only one squire distant The Moale
reildenoe Is of brick, with trimmings of brownitone, and
la the oostlleet building In the equare. Mr. Illalna com
menced to negotiate for tbe renting of It aa eoon aa be
came back from hla wedding tour, and Inspected the
house several times.
I.uck In the Plunk of tbe Banjo,
from the Buffalo Courier,
" There's a prevalent Idea In the profession."
(aid Urn Wooloett, tbe enterprising advertiser tor the
Jacob housea, " that a fellow who sticks to a banjo
never goes broke. That's why I keep an old banjo al
ways at my room, or In the den at he theatre, to plunk
away at In leisure moment.3I'm a victim to the gen
era! superstition."
Tbe llove, Mot the Boosjter.
From the Bolton Trarucript,
That plump and plucky little dovo waves her
wlnge Joyfully on he riret page of this week's S'unan's
Journal In honor ot Wyoming's ratldcatton of lta State
Constitution. Mra Stone eayti "By a vote of eight to
one It wrltee into lta Constitution equal political righta
tor men and women, after twenty years' experience ot
full woman euSrage aa a Territory."
Oriental Antborltlca set Variance.
JronrAcJforUa'e- rinnartUtnli.
We read that "an Eastern wife has only to
place her slippers outald her door to aecur herself
from the Intrusion ol her husband." Wo lire pretty
weU down Bast, but no eneh flimsy hi rri'.eo'e has any
effect la keeping a man out of bis domicile on this
Island.
Another Trlnaaph for Orator Grady.
jrron ike Atlanta conituunon,
MoHToourai, Ala, Nov. 18.-F, E. Grist with
hla celebrated Henry Orady cocks, defeated to-day Dr.
Gee's celebrated Alabama aocka. The Oeorgia party
are rich, ead the OeergU fleg tent to r, JS. Uriel watee
again with one mare victory otsr his cook he use.
e
a roBxuAnptn.atarettAVB AvroasAtxt.
rttoBlmlla ofthej eretret Thett XTmu Boat Ont Intet V7l fres BnrwtUn rjocaten
Tho International American Congress will visit our itoro la a body on Monday
naxt Novembor 1' .
In honor of the occasion w hava given prominent to a great variety of aottcxw
of Ambmcan Pooduotiok. and arranged a Special Exhibit of PHrtABixrniA madb
Ooods. The house also la deeorated with the National Emblems of the ssveral Gov
. ernmenla represented In the Congress.
Many othor features have been lntrodueod to make tho etore especially
attractive.
Immediately after tho visit the whole house will be open for Inspection and you
will find the exhibition extremely Interesting.
The display will contlnuo tor several days.
VIUOIXIA tlATBB irANAUAKBB,
And x.Aaalstsmt Potmatr-aertl
Brady Telia Why.
To tub Editor op Tnn Sim Sir: Now
that tho eleotlon Is over and Virginia romolns
In the Democratic column It Is worth whilo to
lhaulroasto tho causes that induced tbe result
Tho real reason le tho simple fact that the
poople of Virginia of neither party oan see any
good to them from tho change In the national
Administration. Thoroforo. as tho fight woo
made ostensibly and oponly to wheol tho Stato
Into tho Ilepubllcan column, the poople could
not see " what for."
It Is just this way: About tho only benefit tho
national Administration Is to the people ot this
Btato. or any other Btato for that matter, is as
a mall carrier. Tho poaallar Ideas of tho
Cleveland Administration, whereby a whiffet
in tho Post Offico Department oould detormlno
what the pooplo of any section needod. It was
thought, would go out with that ppndorous
body. Hut thoy didn't, Thooffortsforincreaijed
mall facilities have boon as coldly mot undor
l'roxlilent Harrison. . , ...
Tho fact is that it tho Govornmont of tho
Unltpd Statosls to contlnuo to enjoy the
prlvllognof carrying; tho malls, and topunisn
ovorybody who daros infrloKs that prlt lloge.lt
ouaht to do a bottor lob. The sorvico was baa
enouKh undor Cleveland, but is worse .undor
Harrison, inasmuch ns moro was oxpeoloa or
the latter. The samo ridiculous parsimony
prevails, tho eamo extraordinary number of
lettors 'missonf occur. The Hun c ota hero
just as irregularly, and consoquontly shines
with broken rays. ..,,.
Private enterprise would give us a better
mall sorvico than the Government now Rtvea
us. and if this is truo of tho northern neok of
Virginia, how much more Is It truo ot tbo groat
centres of trado and population? ., . . ..
I nfflrui. and no ono who has Investigated tne
mattorwlll door, that private enterprise would
S'vo a better delivery pervlco to the citizens
an tbo Uovornmant gives, and at loss cost
It is only a few years slnco our groat Govern
ment was compelled to interfore and stop a
penny delivory sorvico In hew xorlt a service
that was boating the Post Office out ot Us boots
and outline into its rovonuosl . , . ...
Politicians may account lor tho late result In
this State as suits their own convonlonco or
ropulatlon. but tho close observer cannot fall
to seo that tho roal oauso is tho failure of too '
Harrison Administration to improve the mall
Biinlco throuahout tho Btato. T. J. 13. a
Colonial, Beach, Vo., Nov.-10.
Tbo Honeymoon.
To this Editoo or Tns Sou Bin As usual,
when I need good and timely Information, do I go to
TnaSuxforlt. But thle time more than ever shall I
have to aek for good advice.
Where can I go on mr wedding Journey I am to be
married In December, and would then like to make a
short wedding trip. I am a young man and cot very
rich in thle world'a goods; so I wish to make the trip
at Ineipoualvoaa possible. C.
Our happy correspondent doos not say
whotber tor his wedding trip ho prefers to
travel or not in former days travel was an
Indlsponsablo feature of a honeymoon, and in
the bride's trousseau tho travelling dress ranked
second only to tho woddlng garment Wo can
not soy that tbe genorol tondonoy of the age is
to go slower, bnt of lato years the fashion has
been somowhat against travel and Inclined to
turn tho honoymoon Into a period ot quiet se
clusion in somosoleoted castle or hamlet when,
tho chief actors in that delightful drama may
bo hidden as muoh as possible from the
world, and particularly from hotels and rail- -wayaJThoro
Is still a theory that the trials and
frictions of a joumoy serve best for working
the ldlosynorasleB of two new companions into
that harmonious unity ot action which makes
lite happy, though married, but tho increasing
vogue of tho restful policy tends to show that
it is sensible. Anyone even lacking In expe
rience could vonture to say that It was sweet
To hato an agreeable honoymoon for not
much money, starting from Now York, is easy.
In tho first place the country should be chosen,
by all odds. All the entertainments of the
town and the honeymoon is not apt to dosptse
entertainments necessitate a publicity which
la not desirable. The country provides more
secludod joys. It has its Holds and:roads.1whlch
are still available in this season for walking
and driving, although its rivers and lakes
may bo a trifle chilly.
Ono of the most oharmlng places in the
neighborhood of New York is Lakewood. There
tbe air is dry and the climate is mild, and the
lovely pine woods are most suggostlva of that
sereno simplicity which Is tne very best for be
sinning a new llfo In. Morrlstown is a similar
spot in some respects, and New Jersey Is full of
quiet retreats fit for a honeymoon. In all the
places tho boarders have gono. and the hotels
and houses aro vacant Al'ong Lona Island
Bound, almost anywhere, lovers can dream
with delight for days In this lovely fall
weather. On Long Island tho spots are
numberloss that could take In our lovers
and oherish them with appreciative sympathy.
On the wholo, though wo do not wish to do
traot from other places, we should go, it wo
woro tbe interested parties, down to the south
Bhoro of Long Island, along the Hamptons,
whore every element ot healthy and contented
life aboundB, and where the great sea roars Its
porpotual aong that cheora or soothes whom
soever batons, acourdlns as he comes In joy or
sorrow.
Tbe beach Is a fine plaae for lovors.
Forelam Notes or Real Interest-
Sir John Lubbock haa just discovered that tho death
rate In London Is lb per 1.000 aa against 17M in other
English cities.
During tho twenty odd yeara he wea on the turf, the
late Lord Falmouth took la S1,&CU,U00 la Hakes and
purses. lie never bet but once'.
Doth In appearance and In manner the Ciarhae be
come a Muscovite of the old Cossack type, lie la a
colossal figure, being a giant both In height and In
girth, quite bald, with a flat nose, au Immense sweeplug
moustache, and a stupendous beard, which Howe over
his chest.
Tbe Convent of Trspplsta at Mont dee Cats, near Lille,
Frauoe. has been auppreesed by the Government, and
those of Its lnmatee who are allene have been ordered
to leave the country within twenty four boors. The
measure, though perfectly legal, baa aroused the Indlg
naUon of the leading Cathollo orgeni. Its motive Is
that there were too many foreigner In the brotherhood.
Bnglleh papers report the death ot Mr. Robertson
Oladstone, brotber of the ex-Fremler, of whom be wae
very fond and proud. lie wai a po erful and slashing
orator, and on one oocaelou, aome twenty yeara ago,
compared hla brother William to Christ on acoountot
the persecutions be had to endure over tbe Irieb Church
question. Thle comparison raised a terrible storm,
which took soma Ume to subside.
Baron Dounoial, a Frenoh officer, proposse that France
and Oermany abould fight on a new principle, eat.li
country to have 100.000 men on lie tide only. At the
aame time, he is liberal In his offers to Oermany, and
says that that country may have 10,000 Italians to help
1L Ot course the Saron It certain that France would
remain master ot the field. Germany would then have
nothing to do but giro up Alsaoe-Lorralno and her
standing armies. '
The German papera have recently spoken of Johann
Dose, aged loo, living near Lubeck, aa tho oldest man In
North Oermany, but this la aa error. At Bielefeld, In
Westphalia, there Is a private gentleman named Mar
kus Jordan, who completed ble 110th year In a com
paratlrely robust state ot health on the oth of October,
A gold medal, bearing tbo portrait ot the late llmparor
William, who waa an Infant when Ilerr Jordan was al
ready a youth of IB. waa preaented to him la the name
of tho present Bmperor on th last anniversary of hit
birth.
An opposition Academy planned by the Brothers Oen
court I to be established la Farls. Flctionttta wlU be
elected by preference, but poets will mot be excluded,
and Alphonee Baudot, Theodore le Banvllle, and Emlle
Zola will he tbe first ot the ten-not forty members
who are to compose the new Institute. It will receive
yovug and etruggltng literary men, who will be enabled
ty lta aid to develop tbelr talente and to work at ease,
each academician recoiling an annual allowance ot
pi.aoo. Is addlUon to this, there will be offered a Quia
ououalil prUt ef II.OOO for the but prose work.
t . V. ,-'.!rx.3mM
TUB MEBHV HOI MCKBH8.
Sitrertnt Tlewt) of nop Flehtnta From
Those ortkoDrooklvnGlrlYt'bo Tried It,
To the Editob op Trus BvxSir : I read
in last Sunday's Bun tho Brooklyn young
woman's account ot her hop picking. I havo
plokod hops In tho vicinity ot Oooperstown
nearly every fall ot my life and certainly can
not understand why that Toung woman oould
not havo fallen In better bands. All the hop
growers that I know (and they aro many) vlo
with each other In tholr kind treatment of their
plckorc Thoy nearly all wish you to stay
right with them during hop picking, and not
only gtvo you tho best tho houso affords, but
pay you tbe highest prices. I havo rocolvod as
high as 11 a box. Eaoh box measures ton
hushols, and a fair picker will pick two boxos
a day If tho hops aro good. If they aro not
good, of onurse, you do not get so much. It'B
truly a lone day from OH In tbo morning
until as lato as yon oan see ; but thero is so
much fun and lauithtorabout and genorol good
will that you forgot how tired you aro. Thoro
is always a rott aftor dlnnor. and if the nop
yards aro far up In tbo hills, as tbey often aro,
tho farmer novor thinks of lotting you walk,
but tbe largo hay rigging is before tho door,
and all scramblo on for rwmorry ride to tbo
yard. Of ton thero a a lunch sont out and if tbo
day Is warm always Iced lemonado or milk. At
flight thoro is dancing and riding and much
ovo making: indeed, thoro'e many a match
mode in tho hop Holds. You ore tlrod to doath.
but you sleep the eleop of tbe just and awako
in tho early morning ready for anothorday.
The nicest times I over have aro when I loavo
the hot dusty city for the hop fields. I oortain
ly hopo that another time, that young woman
may fare btnter, and I wish 1 could send all the
tired young workers from factory and shop into
tne health-giving hop fields, I utu, sir. yours,
A. P. 2.ETNOLD3.
BnooKLTN, Nov. 13.
HIanc.
Some French writers are now and then call
ing attention to what thoy term the argot Invasion of
their language. It appears that new words and phraaet
ota very questionable origin are gradually creeping
Inta current French literature. They are tolerated on
account ot their force end clearness. Tho tendency ot
French writers and orators Just now It to nse the words
that are most expressive, regardleas of their aource. In
many cases the antecedents of the newcomers are de
cidedly bad; bnt this does not prevent them from get
ting Into good oompany.
Parisian argot, aa everybody knows, le the slang of
tho elumt In former tlmee It waa the cxolualve
property ot the convict truata; hut It la gradually work
ing Its way to the front, and a slight sprinkling ot It
may now be found In the most arlstocraUo porUona of
the French capital. Take, for Instance, the word
ralccAe. lta original meaning waa a "son of a thief,"
or the "child of a convict;" but Just now It le em
ployed In the best famlllea aa a term ot endearment
addreesed to children. There are many other kindred
words getting Into common use which can be traced to
the prltona of France.
It la aometimea said, and perhaps with a share ot
truth, that this oo-ctlled argot Invasion Is the result ot
the poverty ot the French language; but, be this as It
may, it la certainly rendering that tongue more diffi
cult tor a foreigner. After all, there Is no good language
without Its elang, and, generally speaking, the parents
ot elang are vulgarity and crime. In London slang It
tbe thieves1 own. There tbe pickpockets and their aa
eoclatea have a tort ot language peculiar to themselves,
and from time to time some ot lta wordt break through
the llnetot propriety and become merged In the mod
ern vocabularies of the swells and belles. Then the
thieves abandon them and Invent new expressions to
take their places.
In this country we have no argot and comparatively
little elang; but we have expressive wordt and phrases
which are now generally known as Americanisms,
and by which, after all. the English language may bo
come atlil further enriched. The billiard, for Instance,
haa come to etay, and a moro expreative word it would
be difficult to Imagine. The word bulldoze la a singular
ly strong term, but It It too clumsy to rite very high or
slay very long. Boycot was first famous In Ireland, bnt
he was raised to the dignity ef a verb In this eonntry. In
Frenoh he la le bovcouaov. In other languagea he hat
not yet cast off his quotation garmenta or emerged from
Italics, but he wlU " get there all the aame." The mye
loma of -chestnuts I and ratal are well calculated to
worry the wits ot many a foreign student of the lan
guage of Shakespeare. Bolt the feat ot walking off on
one's ear after having been completely tktnned and
knocked Into a cocked hat.
On tbe other hand, an American In Farle might be
astonished at aa exhibition of grief or deep concern ap
parently out of all proportion with the simple announce
ment that a certain M. Dubois had Just "broken his
pipe." And a description of any well-to-do genUeman
walking along tome boulevard with a pa Wane under his
arm might lead to the impression that there were no
expretemen In the town.
But weeds will grow In the best cultivated gardens:
and slang will be heard to long aa men continue to bund
dtlte and towna The French cries of alarm la regard
to argot are merely a tat de tlaguer. in reality argot Is
not Invading French, but French it annexing argot
Tbo Base Hall Deliberations.
The melanoholy months that Intervene be
tween the close of one base ball aeaaoo and the opening
ot the next are thle year mitigated by unwonted excite
ments and commotions. The rise of the Brotherhood,
the explosion In the American Association, with the
tecesalon ot three out of Its eight clubs, the Increase of
the League totenoltioa by the admission of Brooklyn
and Cincinnati, the recruiting of a atxtb member for the
Association, above all the uncertainty as to nnder which '
rule. Brotherhood or League, moot of the famous play
ers wlU serve next year, makee the present a period ot
wondering suspense to the base ball crank, and thus
robe the duU seaaon ot halt Its ordinary monotony.
In the League meetings of the pact week a union ot
caution and energy bat been quite notloeable. The
repeal ot tbe cluil.1catlon rule took the back track up
on one ef the grievances of which the Brotherhood
complained. Securing two out ot the three largest cit
ies of the Association, thus ttrangthtnlng Itself at the
latter'e expense, was another Kteatetroke of the League
authorities. As fcr the Annotation ll took a step as
fruitful In results as that whloh the Loague had
taken In declining to talk over with the Brotherhood
Its alleged grlevaucoa Still, all might be well, oould
tne relics of tbo AstoelaUon make aome coalition with
the Brotherhood, tbue constituting the Brotherhood
and the Loague the two great organltatlont for next
roar. But, in anr case, we shall have bate ball played
by ilsrenounedeipeneln the leading cities, which la
what the public le concerned with.
Either f rem acolncldence or from caution tbe playing
rules have been altered much less than usual for next
season. Ferbapa the megnatet had more Important mat
ters to think about: perhaps tbey feared to make ex
perlmenta. At all evenie, the few reforms propooed
are minor, and too safe to excite controrersy, The
rule tnat the new ball thrown to tbe pitcher by the um
pire must be put In play at once, and not "Intentionally
discolored with tbe eoli or otherwiee," glree a pleasant
relief liom a familiar performance more vigorous than
de Icate nr agrtoau.e to witness. Allowing two substi
tutes to be introduced Instead of one, and either at any
time during the gema may bring out better tte full
plating strength of the clubs, although It may also go
nsedlesely far toward introducing fresh ttrtngth on one
aide at critical momenta Tbe rule putting out only tbe
bate runnar hit by a Uatied ball aud allowing no double
play, eeemt likely to work well. The reduction of tbe
time Allowed lor beginning play, after the umpire or
ders it to be resumed, from five mlnuiee to one, le rather
harden time-honored kicking privileges, and If Ave
miuutet le loo long, perhaps one will teem too thort for
a club to consider whether it will forfeit the game. The
rale that players shall address the urnplie as Mr.
Umpire, It a etcp toward ameliorating tbe unhappy
condition of that functionary ,, ,
Silica.
rrom ( tnti lUUt Prtiu
Tho Irish mile Is U.21U yuitls.
The Swiss mile U S, !AJ yarda .
Tbe Italian mile le l,7vu yarda.
Th Scotch mil le Mat yards.
The Ttuesn mile It tsua yards.
Th Oettnan mile Is 8,10s yarda
The Arabian mile Is 3,113 yards.
The Tcaklah mile U I, run yarda
The Fiemleb mile la tt.M.i arils.
The Vienna post mile le VM yards.
Tbe Roman mile le l.tUH or ,bzs yarda
Th Want mil It tier, or I.M7 yards,
The Dutch and Frualan mil U ,au yarda.
The Swedish and Danish mil It 7,ss! B yarda
Th English and American mil Is 1,700 yards.
XBB ZKAD ORB ItVLIKO.
rials Htatemtat that there, nets Beta He.
ceptlon of the Xoet Glnelna; Kind,
To the Editoii op Tns Btjx Sir: You
were kind enough to publish a communication
which I Bent you recently in criticism of the
ruling of Secretory Wlndom on tho subject of
the Importations of sllvor-boarlng lead ores
from Moxloo.
I crave apace and attention now to a definite
statement of the duplicity and double do&llna
of the Administration on this question. In the
first place I wish to go back to the political
struggle ot last yoar, whon the Republican
National Committee was in hard straits (or
money with whloh to oarry on lta campaign. I
was In Denver whon appeals came thero from
Chairman Quay asking for help. The agent
who was sont to Denvor by th National
Commutes was told by leading men
thero that thoy would contribute heartily
if thoy oould havo nny assuranco that Presi
dent Harrison, If elected, would give thorn a
rrotootlvo tar IK administration, and Instanced
the Mexican lead oro ruling as tho outrage of
which they oomplalnod under President Clove
land's Administration, Assurances were after
several days gtvon to thorn that It Harrison
was oleoted the ruling would be reversed, and
that tbe dopartmont would carry out tho striot
protection lutorprotatlon of tho low.
I know that these assurancos come from In
dlanopolls, because I bow tbo totters.
That tbey did not come from Gen. Harrison
is true, but thoy came from men who woro au
thortzed to spook and not for him In other
mnttors portalnlng to tho campaign, and If he
was mlsrepresontod by thorn it was a political
bubco gome by wbtoh ho should have folt him
Bolt bound.
Ovor $100,000 wns ratsod for tho Presidential
campnlgn on tho strongth of these pledges.
In Montana, Utah, South Dakota, Nevada,
and Washington I am told funds woro raised
on the samo pledge.
Tho promise has beon broken as overy one
knows.
But not alone that promise but a eubseauent
ono hns been vlolatod, and this oharge I can
mako moro specifically.
'J ho Kopublloan National Committee ap
pointed a sub-oommltteo. of which Honry 0.
Payne of Milwaukee Wis., was Chairman, to
talto chargo of tbo Republican canvass In the v
four now States. Mr. Payne gave sovoral weeks
to the campaign In thoso States, going out
there and looking the ground over, and then
having a long conference In Washington with
tho PrcsldoDt Chairman Quay, Clarkson, Dud
ley, and others. In Montana the situation was
critical. Itopubllcon success was Imperilled
by the nogloct of the Treasury Department to
make tho desired protoctlva tariff ruling and
shut out tho Mexican Bllver-boarlng lead ores
unless duty was paid for tho lead contents.
Itoprosontatlve Carter, who was running for
Congressman, very plainly Bold that be oould
not carry tbe now Btato puloss that old pledge
was redeemed.
I'ayno reoeivod Instructions to try to make
a dool with ex-Oov. 8. T. Hausor, the leading
Domocrat of tho State, by which he, as a Dem
ocrat, and a Ilepubllean should be sent as com
promise Senators to Washington. That cat
would not claw. Tho Republicans in the Stato
wero Independent and would not allow any
compromises to bo even suggested. They felt
able to carry the Stato provided they could
satisfy the miners and tho workmen in smelt
ers that they wore not any longer to bo kept in
ruinous competition with peon labor of Mexico.
Mr. Payne stated to Mr. Carter and to OoL
W. F. Saunders, tho loader ot the Republican
party in tbo Btato, that ho was authorized by
President Harrison to say that tbe Treasury
Deportment would in due time make a protec
tion ruling by whloh all silver-bearing lead
ores Imported Into this country would do re
quired to pay duty on the lead contents (IK
cents per pound), as the lawtpresorlbes shall be
fiald on lead ore and dross. Thero Is no ques
ion that this plodgo was passed to the voters
of Montana. Both Mr. Carter and CoL Saunders
have so stated In letters written to friends in
the East, and both are indignant that the ruling
made by Beorotary Wlndom should be a mere
gakeshlft and evasion. The entire fight of
jpubllpans in Montana was made on this
Issue. ' Everything else was discussed In tbo
papers which goes to make up a political oon
test but it was tbe qulot work of Carter and
Bounders in letting this pledge of the Adminis
tration be known that enabled the Republicans
to have oven the slightest ohanco of carrying
tbe State If tho election was to be held over
again to-morrow it would make a difforonoo ot
CUOO votos to the Republicans. ,
Now those are simply somq plain inBlde facts.
Tbe way and wherefore ot Gen. Harrison's
action I do not pretend to know or to under
stand. But he has been placed In the awkward
position of making promises that havo beon
brogen.
If Gen. Harrison made no promises or pledg
es about this lead ore matter there are lots of
ns Interested in It who would like to know it
There has been docoptlon and duplicity ol the
most shameful type In this matter, and some
of us want to know wboro tbo blame Ilex.
Hence I have told these tacts, leaving their
explanation to those who should explain them.
While I am on this subject I wish to correct
tho misinformation that has been going on
about tho effect ot the Soorotary's reoent ruling.
It is gonerally elaimod that his instruction to
oonsular agents bos shut off about one-half
the importations. If I am correctly Informed
it has done nothing of the kind. Tne agitation
ot this subject frightened the Mexican oro pro
ducers and tbey made an arrangement to stop
shipping ores for a tlmo until the agitation
should blow over. That is all tbo cessation ot
shipping that bos takenplace. Mlxod ores are
being used every day in Kansas City and Omaha
that novo come in duty free, although the Sec
retary bos expressly forbidden any mixed ores
from coming in without paying tho duty. The
mixing is done in towns and at mines remota
from tho border, and when the oro oomes to the
agent ho has absolutely no means of knowing
whether or not It is mixed. He has onlr the
word of a lying Mexican for it and It cornea
through duty freo on that word.
This is not protection to such American labor
as 1b encaged in mining and smelting and re
fining silver and lead in this country. It is, on
the contrary, piracy In the name ot protection.
a B. CONOVEB.
TUB UNION CLUB BAND)TICU.
A Dainty Tidbit that Has Mado tbe Clnb
CbefTopular.
A famous Institution of the Union Club at
Fifth avenue and Twenty-first street Is what
tbo epicures of the club hove proudly christ
ened " the Union Club sandwloh." It differs
essentially from any other sandwich made la
the town, and is a particular bobby of tbe club
ohef, and of club men who like a good thing
aftor tho theatroor just before tbelrflnal night
cap. Heretofore tbe composition of this sand
wich bs been n eeoret to the outside world.
The club chef toasts well two siloes of Graham
bread cut thin, and between tbem placet a
layer of chicken or turkey and ham. and serves
the sandwloh warm. An outsider who tasted
one of the sandwiohos for tho llrst time on Sat
urday night pronounced the combination de
licious." That lu just what everybody else says
to whom tbe sandwich Is sorted as a novelty.
lleward of Merit.
From tu Detroit We Test,
See what It Is to be a good manl. George W.
Child, hat not only always been good himself, but baa I
ever encouraged othere to the same ooorse. and hat a
finally eucceeded In making a collection of 730 different I
torts of paper weights
Where Kansas City Drawn the ZJne.
From Ut Kamai an llmtt,
Mrs. Frank LeBlle says that If ahe were a
man ehe would wear celluloid collar! and enffs fane
could uoitnoe In good society in Kansas City If she did.
Ilutled to Death,
Tom the tnilanaylU Journal.
WASRirfOTON. Nov. 14. Peter S. Odell. a well
knoan farmer of Uarr township, died yesterday of la
Juries rr.elrtd In an attack me.le upoiiTilmbyavlelout
ram, which knocked the old man down and bulled him
to death, Odell was eighty yeare of age.
Found n lii-other Deacon In the Hennery.
from tne rAtladelfltla ilervnt.
Dlsoord prevails lu tbo African Metbodltt
EpUK'upai church of fairilow Cumberland county. J.
J Deacon aloore heard a noise lu hu hennery anight
or two ago. instinct told Min what It meant, heielng
the looeo leg ot a three-cornered etool he marched
boldly out. 'IhlseicUmallon startled the nltbt "urer
Teppey. I'se araaied. Don't 'peer to me possible dat
you. a deacun Hide church .,.,...
Why, brcse yo' heart, llrer Moo1," broke In the
trcinhiliig Ilgure that rroucliM In the hen house, I
done mm In ..ah utitende ruin ' ...
"till out lllkli. I, done I'leui m I d-orwhacl. 'X
Von. a deacun in A church (wit.icVt'l, cumin rouu a
bruilder'e hennery (tutu) i( mi' M .
Iieacn Tnpper'a tece lonkolilke gerryrnendered
Assembly district map wlieii i4tou Mnore eoi inroufo
with him. There u now a division lu the church.
A Conspiracy,
"You ore a dogoatcber, oh?"
"Yes. sir"
"Well, at UH Blink street Is a confounded Bkre
terrier. If the dog Is nut there nut sunilay nlf ht you
may draw on me for a ten. haven !''
A flashy Affielr.
First Hstol-You haven't told me yet about
that ball yea war powdering up for the othtr us
Second Pistol-Ob. It went eg btautUsUr.
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