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j ; . " THE SUN, MONDAY, JUNE 16,
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I MONDAY. JUNK 10, 1800.
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1 In nn Interview published on Saturday In
Stho Philadelphia Timea, Mr. OtonnE Mc
Gowan, tho 1'rosldcut of tho Amcrlcus Club,
gave Ills reanonn for retractlnjr Ills promlw)
1 to support Mr. Pattison for Governor and
I comlnu out squarely for AY attach.
Tho Hist renboti alono would bo Bufllctent
I to account for tlio change In tlio attltudo of
J eo experienced n politician ns Mr. McUowAN.
1 "Ibcllovo," ho Bays, "tlmt Senator Wal
lace will mako tho btrongest candldato and
can poll moro votes and raalto a moio ofll
. i clont campaign than any other candldato
t that has been named."
I Tho second reason alleged by Mr. Mo
t if Gowan la qulto as Important and much
I 'j moro Interesting:
I j "lean say that one of my principal reasons i the
)' ground taken by Mr WiLtiisi U Wcorr, who undertakes
j ; to control, through his ex-Federal odlelat and other-
wlii, tho poller ot the Democratic party of this slate In
tho pending oontest, end to dictate Hi nomination with
reference to tho campaign of 18JX I do not believe In
lighting tha hatUe of IWJ In Itrno. nor do I
believe that Mr. Bcorr and those who art aollng with
j him under Ms ortlsrs In Ibis city are really for the nom-
1 Inatlon of Dot. rsrrnoi, but at the proper moment In-
I tend to leave him and try and select a new man at a
1 candidate. I don't propose lo, nor will 1 content to ba
made use of In thii way."
Tho attempt of Bcorr to uso tho Dcmoo-
I ' raoy of Pennsylvania this year In tho lntor-
est of a slnclo Individual's boIHbIi ambition,
,J Is not prosperous. Thoro has beon nlto-
I gothor too much waistband In tho bcorr-
$ Pattisok canvass.
j A Narrow View.
I Mr. Kooer QnAiiLES MrtLsof Corslcana
j has decllnod to Bervo on tho Commltteo on
jflS miles, nud Mr. Heed has appointed Mr.
U Benton McMillan of Tonnesseo to tho
j vacancy. Tho only reason yet offered for
1 Mr. Mills's refusal Is his unwillingness to
1 p servo with Mr. Heed. Ho hasadlsllUo for
Bfj Mr. Keed, and takes a sullen anil high hero-
S leal viow of tho Speaker's cool and sum-
Ja mary methods of kooping t he Houso in hand
I ll and the minority in submission.
jjf Whatovor may bo tho talents and capacl-
!H ties of Mr. Mills, wo do not know that ho
ill has any special fitness for n, placo on tho
, J! Commltteo on Rules; but his refusal to
I i servo thoro seems both ungracious and un-
dignified. It Is ono of tho most Important
1 committees, and Is composod of sunio of the
' j , most distinguished mombors of tho Houso.
J Mr. IIandalIi was as poi histont in as scrting
)3 the rights of his party in the Houso as any
if man could bo, but ho did not refuse to Bervo
j , on tho commltteo with Mr. Keed. His
j health provontcd him from being much con-
, i suited, and Indeed under Mr. Reed's man-
' , agement the Commltteo on Rules may bo
1 Bald to consist mainly of Mr. Reed ; but Mr.
j , I RANDAXIi always recognized tho fact that
t I j ho owod his best service to his party, and ho
jj nover rofused to perform that servlco in
I whatovor form It might bo roqulrod.
' ill 1 But Mr. Mills Is of a very different torn-
j jj' per, as well as of a very different calibre.
j1 i IP He has said somo heated and angry things
f j? about Mr. Reed, who, as far ob we havo
1 j noticed, has treated him with entire
j j if ; courtesy. In hla plquo and I1I3 pas-
i, jj sion iio now declinoa to bo on a
j. j! commltteo with the Speaker. This Is
f 1 II mere childishness. Mr. Reed Is carrying
' ( j ' out for the benefit of tho Republican party a
policy of coercion and repression that Is In-
, defensible on any other ground than party
j nocesslty, and that he would himself bo tho
(I 1 first to attack If he were a member of tlio
1 minority. But there 13 nothing of por6onal
mallco or malovolenco In his policy or his
j rulings. Somo oxploslvo members from tho
South have erroneously assumed that thoro
was, and havo sought to visit upon him per
il sonally tho indignation which they should
I direct against his party. Mr. Mills is ono
of theso explosives. Ho has been spoiling
for 11 fight with Mr. Reed. Hot words aro
j of ton s.tid and hard blows given In tho lioat
j J and turmoil of debato, but it Is unnocossary
, i . 1 to lay up mallco on their account afterward.
1 II Mr. Reed on tils pait seems to havo laid up
1 It no mallco ugalnst Mr. Millh. On tho con
J 1 trary, ho heaped coals of llro on his head by
j 1 offering hint tho placo on tho Coinralttoo on
I Rules nudo vacant by tho omlgratlon ol
i Mr. Caiilisle bo the other end of tho Capl
, J ' tol. To offer to a man like Mr. Hills a
i placo oiici) occupied by Mr. Caiilihle is a
J jj very high compliment. Mr. Mills shows a
j churlish spirit in refusing It. Moreover, ho
, I j Is distinctly unfaithful in his duty to his
jj I party in refusing on personal grounds to
j J Bervo on an Important committee.
' i ;J Altogether Mr. Mills is not magnifying
ii ) his political character by this sort of thing.
I' Germany nud Knglitntl.
Diet newspapers that aro venting tholr
eplto agul list Prince DissiAiicii aropaitlcu
1 larly fond of taunting him with tho alleged
lmproeinentln the rolutlona of Germany
nndEiiglandBincolilsiotlroinentfrom public
llfo. They asaert tliut an ill-timed and per
emptory demand on his part, that thu United
Kingdom should join tho triplo alliance,
caused a marked estrangement botweou tho
British and Gorman Governments. This,
they add, has given place, slnco Kaiser Wil
liam II. has virtually taken Into his own
. hands tho control of foreign affair'), to an in-
r' ternatlonnl friendship, whoso inlluonco on
' ' tho political situation cannot bo owrnttod.
When BisJUiiCK hears hU enomles dopie
elate even ills tllplomntlo experloiico and
dexterity, ho must feel llko saying with
Othello, "I am not vallunt neither, but
, overy puny whipster gots my sword." To
tax him with diplomatic incapacity is to ro
duca calumny to an nbsuullty. If thoro is
any gift with which history will uiedlt U10
veteran ex-Chancellor, it H nn unerring in
sight as to tho limits within which ho could
hopo to exercise Inlluonco upon foreign
powers, nnd us to tlio mothods by which his
I ends could bo bobt attained. To afcsumo
that such a man could mlhconcnlvu tho rela
tions of an English Prlmo Minister to the
Crown on tho ono hand, and to Puillainont
on tho other, and that ho could overlook tho
conditions under which ulono utioatycau
bo concluded by Great Britain, Is simply
ridiculous. Vot just such a glaring Igno
lanco of notorious faots la Imputed by tho
I ; Kraiz-Zeituno to Bibjuhok when It charges
, j 1 him with having summoned Lord Balis-
I BUiiY, in tho summer of 18S8, to concludu a
I ilefonslvo nnd offenslvo treaty nnd mako
j j England a party to tho triplo alllanco.
U ft 'i'hero Is a mlxturo of contomptnnd Indlg-
I nation in tho reply which Uisuakck Is bo-
J iioved to liavo dlctatod to tho Hamburger
I Nachrichtcn. Ho declares that nelthor in
f 1888 nor at any other time was tho German
' 1 I Foreign Ofllco "olunisy or stupid enough"
J -I to present to tho British Government tho
''j J request Imputed to It. Not oven tlio blight-
njjjj est soundings were made as to tho reception
j jfiji of a project whose unfoaslblltty must havo
I '&A been clAir to the youngoit eccretary of lo-
Lka, "AUaa at Berlla or London. (Hoc-urea the,
British Parliament would not sanction a
compact which would forco England to co
operate with Gorraany upon tho outbreak of
a now Franco-Gorman war. What Is qullo
as much to tho point, It would not bo for
Germany's Interest, acoording to tlio organ
of tho ox-Chancellor, to bo compelled to
particlpato In overy quarrel that might
break out botweon England and Russia
about China or Afghanistan. If, as Bis
maiicic declared In tho Reichstag, tho Ger
man empire would not fight for Bulgaria,
sho certainly would not tako up arms to
Bottle a Central Asian quostlon.
BlMiAUCK casts well-de6orod rldlculo on
tho assertion of tlio Krexu-Zeituno that tho
present cordial relations of tho British and
German courts must havo a powerful effect
on tho political situation. Ho points out
that whatevor may bo the personal Inlluonco
of Kaiser William II. on tho forolgn policy
of Germany, Queen Victoma has no volco
at all In determining tho forolgn policy of
England. Tho attempt of tho lato Prince
Aliiebt to claim In tho Quoon's namo somo
sharo In tho management of forolgn affairs,
was resisted and eventually bafllod by Lord
Falmekston; and tlio experiment has never
been renewed slnco tho do.ith of tho Prince
Consoit. In tho present tompor of tho Eng
lish peoplo, tho knowlodgo that tho court
had exerted pressure In favor of a treaty
would bo fatal to Ita ratification. If tho
Queen, who, wo believe, nevor reads tha
nowspapcrs, la blind to tho conditions upon
which monarchy is still tolerated In Eng
land, wo may be certain that tho Prlnco of
Walis Is fully allvo to them. Tho fact that
the Gorman Emperor Is Quoen Victoria's
grandson would not havo a pin's wolght In
deoidlng tho attltudo of England toward
Germany In tho coso of a Continental war.
This Is truo oven of tho stato of things
under a Tory Ministry, although Lord Salis
nuiir, inheriting tho viows of Lord Bea
consfield, Is willing enough to gain tho
good will of Germany, provided ho does not
havo to pay too much for It. Ho U ready to
forego in Germany's favor somo of Eng
land's pretonsions to territory In East Africa,
in return for diplomatio support of Eng
land's occupation of Egypt, to which Franco
so strenuously objects. But ns to rendering
Germany auy aid In Continental quarrels,
Lord SALisnnitv understands tlio feelings
and interests of his countrymen too well to
oven listen to such a proposition. The belief
that he had entertained It would lead to his
Iramedlato ovorthrow In Parliament. It Is
doubtful whother oven the prosont friendly
understanding with regard to East Africa
will survlvo Mr. Gladstone's return to
powor. It is no bccrot that through
out tho Franco-German contest Mr.
Gladstone's sympathies wore with the
vanquished nation. So far, moreover, Is ho
from being a Russophobist that If ho had to
choose between Russia and Germany, he
would probably profor tho former as an ally.
Ho has not boon so well treated by Queen
Victoria as to have any motive to defer to
her predilections, and tho faot that the
young German Kaiser Is her grandson would
count for nothing In bis mind.
We may assume with perfect confidence
that whlchover political party happens to bo
In power In England during tho next Conti
nental war, that country will observe a pol
icy of strict neutrality betvroen the combat
ants. Such an attltudo on her part will, of
course, leavo the Italian peninsula at the
meroy of tho French navy; but King Hum
bert's! Government should havo thought of
this before consenting to ally Itself with
Germany and Austria.
The Beggar.
It la proposed to establish a board to se
cure cooperation among the various charita
ble institutions of the Episcopal Church in
New York, to glvo Information as to them,
and to check tholr needless multiplication,
so that tho same field shall not be covered
twico over, to tho waste of money, energy,
and charitable sentiment.
The charities referred to aro those outside
of tho parishes, appealing to tho Church gen
erally for support, and It Is Important that
they should bo undor such supervision. Tho
present tendency is to increaso these private
charitable agencies In all directions, though
tho list of those already existing fills hun
dreds ot pages, and tho public Institutions
for the samo purposes are numerous and
maintained at groat cost. As a consequence,
pauperism is stimulated, tho body of pro
fessional dependents Is steadily mul
tiplied, nnd tho bonovolontly disposed
nio beset with Importunities from
agents of tho institutions which mako llfo a
burden to them. Tho Scriptural Injunction
not to let your loft hand know what your
right hand does, is obeyed to tho letter, and
as a mattor of Bolf-proteotlon. A rich man
or woman who gots the reputation of liber
ality nnd Boft-heartodness Is pursued un
ceasingly by beggars for charities in New
York. Therefore tho wise do their good by
stealth oftontlmcs, oven at tho oxpense of
acquiring a reputation for niggardliness.
Theso eharltios aro founded by different
churchos, by individuals who havo some
whimsical Bchomo for bonoiltlng socloty, by
uneasy characters who nro at a loss to ilnd
something to do, and In otlior Instances by
professional almoners who go into the busi
ness to mako a living. Wlieiovern new Held
is oponed, perhaps advantageously at
tho start, imitativo woikers iiish In un
til it becomes so far crowded with
them that their principal woik is In hunting
up ostensible objects of charity upon whom
thoy can expend the money begged from
thu bonevolont. Where ono agency is enough
a score of agencies ai 0 established. Chari
ties overlap eitch othor many deep, and bioed
and support an army of paid operatives and
professional pitupors.
Besides thoso Institutions, every church
has its parochial charities, and thoy have
multiplied greatly slnco religion has substi
tuted tho bentlmont of humanity for doc
trlnal conviction, Thoro aro hundreds of
them, with thousands of volunteer workors,
good nndenthuslaBtlo youug women in ohiof
part, who aro shocked because the mass of
pooplo havo notions about tho propor mode of
living very different from tholr own. There
fore, no matter how heavy a man's purse
may be, It Is not full onough to satisfy tho
demands ot his own parish and havo much
left fur outsldo churlty. In many of the
churches collection boxos and subscription
papers nro passing around continuously,
nnd charitable impulses aro subjected to a
Bovore strain.
Tho tagging goes on so Industriously as
to givo the Impression that this Is a town of
paupers, Instead of u groat and prosperous
community of solf-respoctlng and self-do-pendent
peoplo. As an export In charity lias
dochu ed, enough inoiiny Is colleotod annually
to support all the really Buffering in tho
Fifth Avenue, Hotel. Moantlmo, an every
family kimws. thoro aro multitudes of
neody pooplo whom theso Institutional
chanties do not roach. Where, then,
does thn monoy go? It goes in groat part
to themalntonnncoof the idle and slothful,
tho leeclie-i, and thoso who make a business
of pauperism. They know boat how to sat
isfy tlio vanity of benovolonco In tho atna
teur almoners, Thoy can cringe, and they
are adepts In tho art of dissimulation. To
cot food for the body without working for It .
ther will pretend most of all to desire bus
tonanco for tho soul. But real noed Is shy
nnd proud, and restive under the ooddllng
condescension of fanciful bonovolonco.
Honco If tho Episcopalians can do anything
to lesson this groatevil.theywUlbo perform
ing a labor valuablo for society. The ex
travagances of charity aro enormous, and
tho Injury thoy do Is not to tho benovolont
givers bo much as to those In whom thoy
cultivate tho spirit of beggars.
The Australian Conflict Between Itnb
Mts and Mun.
It Is a curious fact that tho larger and ap
parently moro formidable spocles of anlmala
nro much more easily destroyed and driven
from off tho face of tho earth than creatures
which nro comparatively Insignificant In
sl.o. In nil quai tors of tho globo largo gamo
decreases, and finally dlsapitours before tho
ndvatiee of civilization. Tho American bison,
which onco roamed tho plains of tho far West
in herds numbering thousands of animals,
is now only met with ns a curiosity in tuonag
crios or In tho prlvato park of somo gen
tleman who. llko Mr. Austin Connm. takes
nn Interest In collecting wild beasts. In
Africa tho camolopard has been drlvon
northward from Its former haunts toward
tlio equatorial regions, and tho African ele
phant la Bought after by tho ivory hunters
so persistently that experienced travellers
predict tho ultimate extinction of that ani
mal before many years havo elapsed.
In tho contest between man and theso
largo creatures, man Is easily tho victor. It
Is In struggles with more dimluutlvo foes
that ho Is forced to suocumb. Only about
twenty years ago wo Introduced tho Euro
pean sparrow Into this country to help us
fight against the insect pests that wore de
stroying vegetation in our city parks; and
to-day theso birds have becomo such a nui
sance that the legislature 01 mo ouiui ui
New York has declared it to bo a crime to
feed them, and in other States bounties aro
paid for their destruction.
In tho early colonial days of Australia and
Now Zoaland tho European rabbit was Intro
duced by tho settlers. Whethor the ani
mals were oilgiually taken to tho antipodes
for puiposesofspoitor food is not known,
but at all oventa tho Increaso of theso ani
mals, especially In Australia, has boon so
enormous as to constitute a serious obstnelo
to the successful prosecution of agricultural
pursuits. Tho destruction caused by tho
rabbits was so great In tho colony of New
South Wales that In August, 1837, tho colo
nial authorities Issued a proclamation offor
lng a reward of 25,000 for any method for
tho effectual extermination of the animals.
This offer was published In all parts of tho
world, and resulted in tho submission of a
very largo number of projects and schemes
to the Royal Commissioners In charge of tho
matter. Ono suggestion which attracted a
good deal of attontion and no little unfavor
able corament,wasaplan, attributed to somo
of tho dl6ciplos of Pasteur in France, of in
oculating a number of rabbits with the virus
of a fatal and communicable malady, and
lotting these rabbita loose In the colony to
minglo with tho wild rabbits, and thus
spread tho infection.
Whether this plan has been tried wo do
not know; but a final report has recently
been Issued by tho Commissioners, in which
thoy acknowledge the failure of their ef
forts to obtain any efficacious method for tho
extinction of tho rabbits. Thoy declare that
thoy havo found no evidence to warrant tiio
bollof that these animals can ba extermi
nated by any known means. It appears,
howevor, that somo protection against tho
devastations of the rabbits is afforded by tho
use of wire net for fencing purposes, nnd tho
Commissioners therefore recommend that
tho Government should advance monoy in
certain cases to the lessees of publio lands
In order to enable them to defray tho cost of
such fencing in tho first Instance.
It is an interesting commentary on tho
boasted powers of man, that all hla Ingenu
ity, stimulated by the offer of a reward of
$125,000, l( insufficient to enable him to deal
effectively with ono of tho gentlest and least
pjgn.n ions animals on earth.
Spigot nnd Bunghole.
Gen. Harrison la getting pralso from the
Republican prons becauso ho has vetoed the
bill appropriating $10,000 for a public build
ing at Tuscaloosa, Ala. There is no need
for an expensive publio building nt Tusca
loosa. Tlio voto was right, and the Presi
dent deserves credit for It.
Unfortunately, tho credit la not very great,
because the reason for this veto is that ho
does not dare to veto legislation fully ns
unjustlflablo and a thousand fold moro ox
pensive. " In the present uncertain stato of
tlio public revenues and expenditures," ho
says, "resulting from ponding and probable
legislation, there Is, to my mind, an absolute
necessity that expenditures for publio
buildings should bo limited to cases whore
tho publio needs are very evident nnd very
Imperative."
In no state of tho public rovonuea nnd ex
penditures should money be appropriated
for public buildings the need of which Is not
very evident and very Imperative. In no
stato of tho publio revenues and expendi
tures should money be appropriated for any
other than a very evident and very impera
tive public need. Gun. Harrison's language
shows that ho falls entirely to comprehend
tho principles that should control the publio
expenditures.
This sumo President who Is afraid to allow
a small piece of extra vnganco will notblonch
at n big one. He has vetood this little $10,000
bill. Ho will sign, in the pleased expectation
of gratitude In the shape of votes, the De
pendent Pension bill, which will take slxty.a
hundred, nobody knows how many millions,
from tho Treasury.
Gen. Harrison's predecessor had the habit
ot making a big flourish with picayune,
vetoes, and meekly signing bills ot enor
mous extravagance. Bknjamih Harrison
is of the Bamo kind.
The gi eat caro German mapmakers bestow
upon the preparation ot their charts Is well
illustrated by the fact that Dr. Kiei-eut has
made three trips to the western part of Asia
Minor to Bather material for the map of that
reclon in fifteen sheets that ba exneots to com
pleto this year. Men of middle ace to-day wore
children when KikpuitIiuJ alroudy won fame
as a cooiirapuor and mapmaker; but be Is not
too old yet, It eooms, to travel thousands of
miles to gather faots for bis maps himself If ho
thinks he has reason to distrust tbo:e at bund.
Tho Sacs and Foxes have now followed tho
Iowas in consontlog to accept severalty allot
ments, and to sell to the Government such of
tholr laud as may remain. Their reservation
does not Immediately adjoin Oklahoma, but Is
separated from it by Hint of the Iowa, which
is elubteen mllsa wldo. There will probably
be no difficulty In so allotting the Individual
lands as to make a continuous traot of the re
mainder aoroas both reservations, conneotlnc
it with tho eastern border of Oklahoma. Undor
tho lurroemetit with the Sacs und Foios this
can bo done, it appears, by or before next
SDrlnu. presuming that Cougress ratifies tho
arrangement. Meunwhlle, the Commission can
begin sluillur nedoll&tlons nlth the Klckapoos.
who are also between the Sacs and Foxes und
the eastern border of Oklahoma, dirtotly south
of the Iowas.
A break hu Already bun mjul 1a the glrtUe
of Indian lands which has hitherto prevented
tho enlareomont of Oklahoma; and the buocobb
obtained with tho tribes recently vlsltod will
probably facilitate tho noxt oerlus of negotia
tions, to bo eonduoted with the Klokoroos and
then with the Pottawatomie", who are south
of thorn, and whoso reservation extonds to
tho Canadian River. Crossing the Canadian,
the Commissioners will probably noxt labor
with tho Chlckosaws. who aro Bouth of Okla
homa, and a largo part of whom aro known to
favor the sale of tholr surplus lands.
Tho Democrats of tho Fifth district of In
diana havo ronomlnntcd for Concress tho non.
Ot.oitauWn.MAM Ooow.it of Columbus. Mr.
Coopeb Is tho Democratic Conuroppman who,
on tho floor of tho Houso of ltopresontathoi
about throo months aco, romnrkod concerning
Mr. Cleveland's humorous nonslon voto mos
sagos that If their uuthor " had not cono out of
his way to throw tho great wolght ot his nnmo
and official station nsalust somo poor blind
man, who. to say tho least, wa9 rathor to bo
pltlod than rovlled, ho might hno boon Piosl
dent to-day."
That gonornlly very eonslblo nowspnper,
tho ltrHand Oreooman, has this to soy about
tho Inquisitorial census quostlons:
"llUtnbarterelteilfor inny reom that all this
twplMMiit latitat h been ilirre.l up oer tlia ramus.
It would be more regrettable than ever If noma lltUloua
pcriun takte ilia rata to tha buprema Court, anil that
auiruat bod) decides that Cow;"" haa no poaer under I
tha fonntltutlon to do anything mora than to count
noias. Kor the decennial census Is a verr ralueblo and
usetul piece of work, wbeinsr It Is strictly coimltu
tiouui or not,"
On tho contrary. It would be a publio benefit
and u publio Mossing If tho constitutional lim
its of tho eensus inquiry should bo finally and
distinctly dollnod by tho Supiomo Court.
Tho Mexican Congress nt its recent ses
sion passed a measure amending tho Constitu
tion to as to allow rot'lectlng a I'rosldont for
successive terms. Tho Presidential election Is
held in Mexico In tho samo lenr as It Is hero,
and for tho same norlod of four years: but as
It comes oft thoro in July, tho Inaucuratlon fol
lows on Dec. 1 of tho samo year. Tho Mexican
Concross has now done for the possible can Jl
dncy of (Ion. Diaz In 1892 what it did four j oars
aco for his candidacy in 1888. Tlio proBont
measure makeB a President elljrlblo for nnfu
doflnlto number of succosslvo tonus.
Aromnrkablo elianso has takon place slnoo
flfteon roars aco or moro. when Mexico
omondod hor Constitution so as not to permit
even ono rejection of a Prcidont until a full
term ot four-oars undor anothor Incumbent
should havo interoued. In our country thoro
has been no prohibition In tho Constitution of
tho rei'loctlon of a President. Kovurtholoss no
Prosldont has over had a third lorin. und Wash
ington himself sot the procodont against it.
while tho iy object ot tho protont meusure Is
presumably to glvo ttireo succobsUo terms to
Gen. Diaz, besides the ono ho bean fourtoon
years aco. The concent of tho required nuin-.
bor of Stato Legislatures to tho pending amond
mout will doubtless bo obtained.
Why lias young Mayor Maxniso with
drawn tho beautiful poem on the dulnessof
the Allauv Argun, which ho composed tho
otber day, nnd prmted so conspicuously along
bldo of tho headline of that newspaper, un
rivalled in its spoelalty ?
"Tin really a quite solamn duty
To read It where er you d welL"
Young Mayor Manning will not improve on
that If lie tiics a thousand times.
It is gratifying to hoar that Dr. Mi:rr.n,
having conquored tho loftlost of African sum
mits, is about to attack Mount Konia. which has
dofeatod all previous attempts to surmount it.
If any ono Is fitted (or this arduous task It Is
Dr. Mkykk, who did daring and brilliant work
In bis recent subjueation of Mount Kilima
Njaro. and who persevered as fowmonnould
In tho face of overwhelming obstacles Ho
left Europe three times to climb the mountain
before ho finally succoedod. In his llrtst at
tempt his white comrade bocaine too ex
hausted to bo of sorvico, and Meyi:ii, within a
fow hundred feet of the top. tho rn?o ulmost
wltlilu bis grasp, wascompellod togitoup. On
his becond journey he and his party woro cap
tured by the hostllo Arabs of tho east coast,
and he was dragged around In chains for
weeks before be was finally roscuod, complete
ly stripped of his equipment. His third at
tempt was a Croat miccobs. If such a man is
a mountaineer he is apt to be a good one, and
Me Kills not likely to tako his oyo off Kenia
until nftor ho surveys the gient mountain from
Its highest point.
Ttie Prealdent a u Out Grabber.
rrom tin I'MlaJtlphU IMord.
Tha hsndsoma cottage which a number of ge ntlenen
nave presented to .Mrs. President Harrison, situated ul
Cape May Point, is one uf the rinest buildings tf the sort
on the loner New Jersey cotsu
Just what the cottak'e cost only two men know, and.
they Hill not till Those Kent emeu art .Mr A. 11. Haul
Hum of the Hhorehain lloiiUnd Mr. William V. McKean
( f the utlic Iftigri It in Ki ow n that thoe gentlemen
wcru amonir the contributors to the fundi Messrs.
Oenra-e W ChlMa. A. J. Iiieiel, l'oitmaur Omeral
Wanamaker, Oen Willhm J. sewell, and A. 11. IlHmil
ton. It is undsrstood that there u era other contributors
to tha fund, but their names are kept secret.
A good story is told iu connection vlth the Harrison
cottage at tha expense of Mr. (,uiri.e Chllds. Mr.
Ctiildea coutldsnie In tho ui4iia'er of his paptr, Mr.
William V McKean, Is akin to tU4t Inch a child has in
Itsf.tiher OnodayMr Mch'tan sal 1 to the proprietor
of tho I'ublic Uijrr "Huff would you and Mr. Drezel
like togolnto a t'lnt pnnl" Knowing that it was for
soma worthy object, tha to gentlemen handed oter
their checks for the snmre'iuaslsd fcarly this week
Mr chlhls read in a neKhbapi r that he was one of the
contributors to the Harrison cottar fund lie asked
Mr McKean how aljout It, and ho was then informed
that that u us the blind p ol
MB. CIUMIS'S IlEfl.KCTIONS ON INJUPICIOUB
CllAlim.
Vomlne rulli, d;rro.Sltiirday,
Soma persons scent unablo to rifuseany call that Is
made upnu their purse or their time. Sympathetic and
generous they forget that In ) lelling lo one object
k hat rightly belongs to another they violate the claims
of Justice and do harm to both. Much of the mistaken
kindness in the uorll comes from a ntrrow and low
Idea of happiness. In order to give a transitory pleasure
to tha one xhotidists our Buip.tluy we sacrifice his
higher and bellsr uamre.
Everybody lMeinveil (o Hee Ilia Ho nan.
from the Avuttrdtna ltiltu Ptviocrat,
Tni Guv is letting the daylight shine upon the rascals
or "hogs," as It calls them-wholusultladleson ferry
boats, slrsst tars, and iu other publio Dlases. This Is
capital newspaper work. The hog should go no doubt
about that and the ladies owu Tut Sea a vote of thanks
neatly tied up with a blue ribbon and accompanied by a
blguossgay of suntluwera.
JeYoKupUut !
rrom las lirwUvn t:aglc
One hundred ysars hence, when Hrooklyn has be
coma tha greatest city iu ll.o Union and New York lies
Ilka a door mat at Us fist, this Imperial community
will scarcely teal any more contempt for the project of
annexation, ttiuu it feds now.
The Edticullou l the Iluuiaa Hoe.
Vm tht f aitadrljiMis tii'ulrer.
There seems to be a gnul many people whose only op
portunlty for learning how not to be a hog Is found in
publio placss The ihurches. the theatre holt 1 dining
rooms, railroad trains, are their only .schools ot con
duct. Where the management of these luitltutious takes
steps to rsstralu the natural Instincts of the liuuiuu aul
roul, time publio meetlug plaoes become important
centres of culture and of propsrbehavlor If the human
animal Is left to bats bis own way, as has been tha caso
for a long time on some of the streetcars and In Ihe
cabins of tha ferryboata. tho futtueuce of these places is
to strengthen and spread rlltby habits and disregard for
thacomfort of olhsrpers ns The tendency of decout
surroundings Is to give birth to a desirti on tha part of
their occupants to keip them dec nt.
Types- for Typewriter,
TOTuiEpuonorTiu Set Mr; I would suggest that
In place of the words typewriter, typewriting, type
wrlttea aud to typewrite, wa should say typers. typing,
I) pod, and to t) no. as being shorter, simpler, aul really
jj.ore comely.
They itre g.otd atol properly C"nstructcl uords.con
ve" lug the lull loeuiilugand (ontllcnn,- wnli no w.rd
now In use. ... J, II. U.
KoiutstsK, June It
i-MlUos: lliKht In.
" I will be a sister to you."
"AliiUul. OsuAbtAija, muivwtuuis,''
SPEAKER m:iil AS A PACW1CATOB.
file rism for TTnltlnn Ihe Hnnthern Demo
crista smd Northern ItelinhllrAne.
Washington, Juno 15. Thoro Is no cant or
humbug about tho linn. Thomas II. lleod of
Malno. Speaker ot thn Houso of Iteprooonta
tlvet. To borrow a phrase from tho down
castors ho so well represents, ho " speaks right
out In mcotlng" whenever bo has anything to
say. No ono will dony this after roadlnghls
article In the Yorfa Annrican Jlrvlew for Juno
on "Tho Pedoral Control of Klnotlons." Mr.'
Rood Is n shining light In his party, and Is por
haps as largely Interested In Its continued as
cendency as any man in tho land. Ho Is from
a Stato which has furnished n candldato for
tho Republican Prosldontlnl nomination In
evory National Convention ot that party slnco
and Including that of 1870, and Is himself re
enrdod by men of alt parties as a sound nnd
first-class ploco of Presidential timber. As tho
sunset of political llfo gives mystical loro to the
Sutro of Augusta It Is probnblo that he soon the
portly form of his successor In tho Hpoaker's
chair, like a coming ovent, casting Its Bhndow
boforo, and hears tho gleeful shouts ot thou
sands ot throats as tho Chairman of tho next
Republican Convention nnuounces that Thont
ns I). Hood of Malno Is Its candldato.
Uf cnurso Mr. Rood understands tho impor
tance to him of remaining In his proeent
post of Inlluonco and powor for another term.
Honco his nnxioty to f-ocuro a Republican ma
jority in tho noxt House of Itoprosuntattvcs.
lie sees before him every day tho vory narrow
Ronubllcan malorltr In tho nreBont House.
and roalies that evon for this his party 1b
groatly indobtod to IhotnrilT lottorof Grovor
Clovoland, nnd to tho rub-a-dub onthuBlnstn
incidental to Presidential campaigns only.
With the able National Commltteo rostlng
from Its labors and frying no fat, nnd with n
Congrosslonal Committee, tho Chairman and
Pocretnryof which havo quarrelled and sep
arated over tho cost ot a fow chairs and tables
for which the Chalrmnn says It cannot pay. tho
outlook would bo dismal Indeod If thero wero
no now political lloldB to work.
Right hero the genius of Mr. Rood comes In
piny. Ho will repair tho wasto places of tho
Houth. and Ropublican Congressmen shall
conio up from roglons long slnco given over to
dnrknoss and Democracy. Tho plan upon
which ho would havo this dono Is ontlrcly
original, and is sot forth with charming frnnk
noss In tho Hevietn article referred to. Ho llibt
assumes It ns an ailmlttod fact tbat, in tio
latlon of tho Constitution ot the United btntos
aud of tho law of the land, tho nogro voto of tho
South Is supprobsod by "intimidation with
shotguns and mobs," or noutrallzod by " stutl
Ing of tho ballot boxes," and "systematic
i falsifloution of toturns." Ho admits that tho
' mntho underlying this policy Is n deslro to
i save the Southern 'itatos from nogro doaiina
I tlon. and to that ho not only olTors no objoc
I tlon. but virtually commits himself toapolioy
or Tudora! non-lntcrforoneo. "Hut," taisMr.
Reod und hero ho begins to develop his plan
"this justillontioit doos not In tho least touch
tho subject of l'odoral eloctlona Lery South
ern man knows that thoro U no possibility of
negro domination In tho United Stutos." Ho
seesnorenson whvtha barbarians who hnvo
to bo drlvon from tho Stuto ballot box in tlio
intorest of civilisation mnv not bo freely ad
mitted to the natlonnl ballot box in tlio intor
OBtof Republican domination In tha House ot
Representatives. Ho continues;
If all this wrong nt the ballot box be needed to pre
sen e a proper local Stal6 government to keep the Cau
caelan sunreme in the btate. not a Uln soul tan dare
to say that the same w rong, or any other. Is necessary
for Laucaslau suprtmacy lu ihaUutudoutes
suppote it were a fact that negro domination and
burLarlim would folio from hontst voting lu the
houthern btato elections, suppose It were a fact that
disregard of law and i omp'ete violation of the rights
secured to the negro by the Constitution u are absolute
ly necessary to preserve the civilisation of tha south,
what haa that to do with lederal elections! Violation
oflaw ami disregard of atatutes are not needed to aave
the United States.
That is to Bay. the negro barbarians ought to
I bo allow od tho cnstlng vote to iletermlno
whether Ropublican or Democratic! policies
! shall control the House of Itoprosontnthos. If
thoro Is a weak placo In Mr. Iteod's plan it is
tills, that ho attempts to distinguish Lotween
ucgio domlnittlon nnd tho dotnlnnton of ono
set of white men otur nnothor by tho aid of
negroes. This is a distinction which tho white
Domocrats of tho Northern tier of fornior slave
Ktatoshnvo thus far rafiibod to recognize. It
doos not follow, however, that they will bo
proof agaitibt tlio blnndishmonls of .Mr. Reed.
Our now npostlo of compromise between
tho sections Indulges In no sentimental ennt
nbouttho nogro's violated rights. It Is only
tho right of hla parly to havo tho negro votes
counted in its favor nt Congress elections
thut appears to hlui so deeply to concern our
nholo people. With superb dlrectnes-. he says:
Bvidtntly. then, the luertion of race, surremaey, and
of good got eminent in the South has nothing u I ate er
to do with that other qu(stion which concern our u hole
people, whether tUr .Vj-ufclatiti iirl'j of the Lnitod states
shall receive and hate count ed tin to'ci vlihh lelunftu
tt by virtue of the Constitution of the country.
Tho sinfulness of depriving tho Republican
party, at Congress elections, of tho Houthorn
negro votes, "which belong to It by virtuo ot
tho Constitution of tho country," is tou obvious
for argument. Tho denial to the negro of a
Bharo lu tho control of his own homo Govern
mont. which Mr. lleod avers to bo th recog
nized Southern practice, does not so much vox
his sonse of justice. Ho tolerates nogro pro
scription for btnto rurpoeos. aud tacitly ad
mits that it isaaovorwholmlng nocousity for
tlio preservation of civilisation. This is, of
courso, an admission tbat tho negroos aro bar
barians as well us logal votois, and that under
the clicumstnncoH tho white peoplo nro justi
fied, oven whura thoy aro lu a minority. In ro
sorting to revolutionary methods for Insuring
their own political supremacy. To uso tho vote
of a man for national purprses who is too Ig
norant or vicious to bo a htato voter, would
probably bo juotllled by Mr. Rood on the prln
elplondtaneod by tho Trench restaurateur,
who had only addled eggs nnd Informed bis
customer tbnt they wore vory good for ome
let, but no good f' r fry.
Having thus prspurod tho way by yielding to
his Southern Democratic brothron the right to
purely CouooslanMatoQovtfrnmonts, Mr. Roed
comos fonsnrd with his proposition for a
"swop" with tho Domoerallo party of the
South. Ho thinks that it tho Ropublican party
agrees to thu subversion of majority rule, which
ho doclaro3 has been accomplished in tho
bouth, tho loust tho Demoorats can do lu re
turn is to allow the Congress eloctlona In that
roglon to go Republican by the aid of a Federal
election luw. Ho makos his proposition on
behalf of tho Kortharu Republicans to the
houthern Democrats. He treats tho latter as
tho South, and tha former as tho North. He
vorywisoly Ignores the Northorn Democrats
and the Southern Republicans. Hear him:
ltemember that this Is not a question of outcrisaand
epltheta, of reproaches and hysterics. It Is a plain
ipiesilonof Jmtire (in I air duio. Uoth sections of
thlscountr meaning thereby the Northern Republi
cans and tha southern Democrats) can atlord to ba lair
mid open with eaehoiltir If you I tha Democrats' say
that tou hit" ii right of local arlf.rfoverament which
we hmo no bonnes lo Interfere with, aud that unless
ou are allowed to go on lu your ouu way ou fe.tr
di.usur mot! foul, the next thing for allot iia Northern
ltepublb'ansandKouthsra Demooratsl to do Is to find
some plan wlik Ii ill give us I the llspubllcsus) tha votes
of the whole neopla of the United butts, and leava you
the Southern Democrats) your local self-government.
Suroly. nothing could be fairer than that If
tho Southern Republicans aud Northern no
groo.snnd the Northern Domouruts would aUo
agree t It. Mr. Deod could, perhaps, llx tho
Southern negroes all i ight to vote for Congress
mouaud to tiodonlodtho right to vote on all
othor ciHOstlons; but tho Northern nogtoos
might mako troublo In Indiana, Now York,
Ohio, Conneotlcut, and other States whoro thoy
bold the balauoa of pownr. The Demoorats of
tho North might make strong objection to
swopping olK'ongross in exchange for Demo
tra'le rule in tho 8iith, whlcn seems in no
Piont danger ot beiuj. ovorthrown.
Mr, Keed ouniluues
Tu put this whole matter lo a sutshtll, the Rspobll
can party alleges that It ti deurlied by all manner of
.dsTtets-OiairUtf la vUSctiat Stts biu featlaa. a .
eemmon purnosa-ef votes which, under tb OoniUti
tlon of Ihe land, that party It entlllad to.
Obsono that It Is not the voter who U
wronged, but tho party which owns his toto:
To this the parties onendlng reply that tha supprea
Ion of voles and tolers la necessary to rrevent the
threatened desiruction of local self gnvarnmant by tha
numerical superiority of rate Ignorance In vary many
Hates. We havearlcht. say they, to prevent, by vio
lence or by fraud, If need be. the control of the Ignorant
lu our own States.
Suppose all that he so. suppose that all you are dnlnr
Is needful fop your preservation, and Ihtt you must
keep un at all costs, how does that give ) on the rlsbt to
govern us by your methods t If )ou I meaning the
Southern Democrats have tha right of local self gov
ernment hate wo.liepubllcansof the Kortbl not the
right ut national self got eminent f If you of the Slates
are willing to take all hazards lo save yoursepes Irom
Ignorant negro domination, are you going to blame us
pf the United States .ItepuUlcaus, It we refuso to sub
mit to fraudulent domination 1
Mr. Rood's romodyfortho Inconvenience of
too much Republicanism n tho South and too
llttlo In tho nntlon nt largo Is tho I'edoral con
trol of Cougross oloctlons. Hero Is his schomo
In his own words; lis source entitles It to tho
onroful consideration of evorr voter through
out tho land, without rogord to party or rnco:
Let the country at once asumo at least the eount and
return ot Its ou n elections. It may be that this could be
dono In a May that would leae tho states which objeet
to supervision 'the Southern Btates tree from all Inter
ference from their neighbors, as It would certainly leave
us free from falsi roanttng and false returntiat Fed
eral elections), Ther lihe Southern white Democrats!
onuld then govern their own people In their own way,
free from Federal supervision, and the Tnltad States
could got em Itself treo from all fear of those practical
deemed ludispeueablo to local government
Truly this Is, as Mr. Rood romnrks, "a
practical world, whoro all unnocossary diffi
culties ought to bo avoldod, and whoro tho
middle way Is otton tho best bocausa it Is tho
mlddlo way." To glvo negro suffrage just
enough play to mako him Bpeakar again, and
yet not enough to dofent any Domocratlo can
dldato for any local ofllco in tho South, would
appear to be as noar a mlddlo course as could
wollbecontrltod. To a Fodorul olecilou law
having so consorvatho sn end In view, what
Soutborn Domocrutcan bo opposed?
Mr. Rood does not want to be mlsundorstood.
no snys that ho doos not caro what Is done to
tho nogi o so long as It Is not dono against the
Republican party In a national election:
They 'tho houthern States) could It tbev pleased, and
at their own risk, try the experiment of keeping out
aid of governmental power a body of men almost aa
large as those w ho govern, and In three States larger.
Hero ho rofors to South Carolina. Missis
sippi, and Louisiana. He consents to the
rtiloof tho white minority in thoso States, but
with tho proviso that tho Republicans must
hnvo for tho national omolot tho eggs which
aro "no good " for the local fry. Ills condition
Is thus stated:
.tu ve ail la that in national matt'rt the majority of
the voters In this country may rule Why should any
bouthern man object to this f t'ndtr what possible pre
tence cau It be claimed that certain States should send
represemailtea to Washington on the baela of a vole
which I not allowed to ho cast! Suppose your claim
to govern j ourselves under any violation of law be
sound, on w hut do you ground ) our claim to got em us
lu the hame fashion !
Never before tho prosont time has a Repub
lican leader presented n plun in wbloh the
Southern Democraoy and tho Northern Ropub
licuns could fratoinlzo.
Thoy should meot together In National Con
vention nnd nomlnnto for l'rosldent tho great
pacillcatur, Thomas Rrackott Rood. The plat
form should Lo "tho Stutos for tho white man,
and tho nntlon for tho negro." Ono thing more
would have to bo dono: tho .Southern negroos
would havo to be forcod to vote for Republican
candidates for Congross. for they would find
fault with being excluded from Stato politics
by an agteoment botween Republicans and
Democrats. This can bo managed, no doubt,
if tho two partlos will only unlto on Mr. Rood's
basis. Perhaps an amendment to the Consti
tution of tha United States could bo adopted
requiring tho negroos of voting ago to be
counted for tho Republicans by l'odoral super
visors at Congross olectlons whother thoy voto
or not. and to oxcludo thorn from voting at all
otlior elections.
A joint caucus of tho Northern Republicans
and tlio Southern Democrats In both Houses
of Congress has boon suggested for an early
day to consider tho Speakor's manifesto.
vuajsf. foil iiik Gorannon.
Ille Opponent Commenilluc Ills Inteerlty
und KxtolllUB Ilia ratiitcamnnablp.
tvom the Au'ttrn .ulvertlter.
Gov. IIU1 has provod hlmsolf moro of a friend
of tho pooplo of the State of New York than wo
ovor imaginod ho would. Ho bnB rlson to a
point In statesmanship very much ubovo that
which somo of his political onomles used to
ascribo to him when thoy charged Mm with
" peanut politics." In his course in regard to
certain bills loft In his hands by the last Legis
lature, he has actod with more goodjudgmont,
dlsctetlon. and valor than Domocratlo politi
cians generally manifest, and with striking
freedom ftom tho control of huso Influences
compared with tho course of (iov. drover
Clou'lnud, who consulted tho Interests ot cor
porations tu tlio oxcluslon of all cither Interests.
When llov. Hill, despite enormous political
pressure to go ihe casus of tho aiiuoduct con
tractors tho preforeneo on tfco calendar of Now
ork courts, vetoed tho aqueduct contractors
bill ho stood up in his place as tho champion of
unflinching ilototiou totho lights of tho people
and good government in general. Ho cannot
bo accused of pnitlsanshlp In that veto which
raps his own political friends on tho knuckles.
Ho cannot bo accused of narrow ralndodne-s
when no vetoes such measures as aro asked
lor by his own friends.
Another lob bo slaughtered was tho cable
railway bill ghing that cnrpotatlon seventy
miles of streets ot Now York city. That job
was as corrupt as any that made Its uopear
ance In tho last l.oglslatuto. It was reeking
With thu association of "abhorrent forces." It
had reeehed the condemnation of both good
and bad legislators, lioth openly and prlvutoly,
until it had nn character at all- It had not even
the respect of its champions. That iniquitous
bill llov. Hill has lelt to dlo the deuth It do
sorves. It Is u swindle from beginning to ond.
And no men know It bettor than tho members
of tho last Legislature, for thoy uero certainly
told of It oltun nough by tho press nnd by
metnboisnl tho Legislature in their places In
tlio Assombly. Anoilior bill, tho Duifalo char- :
tor bill, a pui el vi artisan measuio.wus knocked ;
in thn head by Gov. Hill.
Cmv. Hill Is a Democrat. This pnpor Is Ro
publican. Hut when (iov. Hill or any othor
Democrat sorves tho publio good conscien
tiously, wo will not hesitate to commend tbat
service. When tiov. Hill or any Democrat lor,
for that matter, nny llcpul'lican' d"C!i the op
posite. It Is becoming In any lit publican paper
to denounce tho action. In failing t" sanction
the cable railway hill and thn uqiioduct con
tractors bill, two of ihe greatest obstbat ap
peared In the last l.cgls atnre, (ov, 11111 actod
tho part of a friend of the people.
Fium tlu Sew I ort tititmj J W.
Oov. Hill has dono hltnsolf groat credit
and tho city much valuable sort Ice by rofuslng
to glvo Ids signature to many of the most oh
leeiloiiable measures passed l y the last Legis
lature, Vow tltt VliMivr ! Ill" K
flov. Hill has nintlti a mtisfactory and sur
prising hit by administering a pocket veto
ton number of bills which the I egislutiire hud
passed and which woio palpable und unmiti
gated jobs.
t'rtm t'f tiuH-h
Had a Governor In full sympathy with the In
fluences which doinihitto tho Ropublican party
of lids Stato boon In the i.ccutto chair ho
would bate done much worse ilinu Dutld II.
Hill In regard lo mo-t uf tho legislation ot tho
into session.
Hlirlnkucet Hciusvvhctr.
"This sn t Hftet n I urn Is of Ico It's otily ten "
"Can't help It, run inn It was nfiten pounds when
It lsft the storehouse ami nobody's been near It since."
Alt Uone.
"Ut. Foraker, I d 'Ike one or two colitlcs. Could you
accommodate ma t '
"'leased to do It If I could sir, hut the fact Is lam
out of po'liu's Just u w. t
I. nv ul ( dm l.itat.
Magira Hackinan-And what does your Oraca thluk
of Ihe falls
Duke of I'unuaughi I think It mighty line, your High
lies, but ou cannot evj'ect one who Is used tu l.cnloa
fugs to bo enthusiastic over a bit of moisture like that
'Wunich ou Weenie.
Ilawhaa'" I lugoet Chappie "I got even with
Wtglnal' Ve ko-w tt .mi, d dwives the c . u mil
o dida t iw4 me wtr we. w i is I wode out to
I'clham lat wesk so I bought up every seat for today
aud gate 'em to my mother s dwassmaker and the
coeli and the waimssi and when Hegloald started
fwom the Bwunswick he bad my washerwomtu a.gc-f
ablaottim, itonjf ,; ne W,"
TJ2.V TBAJIS' CaANOEB I.V XOIS TOIT.V,
And Very Interesting: Chnnnen They Are.
nj the census of lf-80, the population of tht city et
New-Vorkat that time was I 2uH,3D. Thlsyear'sceo
sub Is ejDtcted to show a popi'tatlon of I,B7S3n.!. Tbete
litis been no Increase of geographical boundaries during
tha Intervening ten yaart.
According to the census of ten years ago, the forsltn
born population In the city waa than T,B7a This yssr
It is conn uted to ba 073,000,
Ten years ago there were In New York tifl,4ru bnlM.
Inge-houses, stores, hotels, theatres, stables and ublia
department buildings. This year there are Its.boo-aa
Increase of ls.uou forty-two thousand buildings ate la
tha territory north of rmy-nlulb street.
Ten ears ago there were 4,000 Hungarians In Nw
York Now there aro 20,000. The Hungarian quarter
of Ihe city Is situated on tha east side, betwatn Miv
Ington and Honston streets, and between Flit and
Ullnton. The Intaraaction ot Houston and Atlornsy
streets is the cenual point.
The death rate In New York per 1,000 InhaMtanta has
declined during the past ten years from -6.2 to M
Tan years ago the Italian population In the city was
Z,1i This aar It Is 45,000. The Italians are te be
found chiefly la the following- slrselsi Mulberry, tlott,
and Elizabeth, between llerard and Fprltif, rark
street, James street, Crosby street (and Jersey street
which Intersects U). Sullivan street, Maodouial ttrsat,
and in Little Italy In Harlem.
Ten years ago the Tenth ward ot this city, which lies
north and south ot Grand street, east of the Powery,
had an average population ot 4X2 to the acre, tn 1870
It had 377. Thlt year It baa 54a
Ills easier to ret la or out ot New York then It wu
ten ysars ago.
Ten years ago there were 10,000 natives ofrolaad
and Itussla In the elty of Hew York. Now there are AO,
UH Poles and ttutslans and their descendant-. They are
to be found chiefly tn Hester, Division, Easei. Lndiow,
horfolk, Orchard, and Clinton atresia, In East Bread
way, and In Dajtar strset. The nusslana have a virtual
monopoly of the cheap clothing trade ot the elty; tn
I'olca are at first peddlers, then drummers, and finally
retaU storekeepers.
It Is ten years this month since Jamas X. Qerflald and
WinOeld a Hancock, both deceased, were nominated as
rival oandldatca tor the Presldenoy. Mr. Garfield waa
chosen on tha Oth of June In Cbloago and Oen. Hancock!
on the 24th of June In CtnclnnatL Oen. Hancock Uvecl
at the time on (lovsrnor'e Island, air. Arthur, Oarneld'a
associate on the ticket, lived on Lexington avenue,
The number of resldenta of the olty et New York wfje
can neither read nor write Is less now than ltwu tea)
years ago Uut the number of residents of the city vbc)
can neither read nor write the English language haa In
creased 40 per cent during the last ten years.
Ten years ago the estimated value ot real estate tq
this city waB one thousand million dollars. The axaef
CgureB were 11,00,340,836. This year's valuation ot
real estate In New York Is Sl.oOO.OOO.OOC JustSOpaf
cent more, and an Increase at the rate ot fifty rallUea
dollars a year.
The census wUl not disclose the faot, bit twtoe as
many joung men and yuung women between the Mas
of IS and 28 are obliged to wear glasses as wore thera
ten yeare ego. The change tn climate chiefly aesoanu
(or the great Increase.
Ten years ago tha park area In New Tort etty eras
1,004 acres. Now it la 5,000.
There has been during the past ten years n tnereaaa,
uhstanUally, in the number ot residents of Navy Tart
ot EwIps, Belgian. Dutch, French, Welsh, or ItaoU
narlau birth.
On an average S3 more boys than girls are born la
New York every week. On the average &3 more males
than females die In Nev York every week. By force
of natural increase, therefore, tho fsmale population
grows mora rapidly than the mala. During rat rut
tan years, from this cause alone, the female pepmlattea
ot the city has Increased 10,000 mere than tb male
populaUon.
Ten years ago there were 168,483 natives of OenQaoy
In the city of New York. This year there are 209,000
more Germans Is New York than la Bremen, ftenktert.
Cologne, btnttgert. Dusaeldort, IUbsck. Crsfsld, Nu
remberg. SUttln, or Lclpslg.
There are fewer theatres tn New York than ther were
ten years ago. There are. In proportion to the np
Uou, fewer drlnklne saloons. There arenoraeburtUtsa,
Ten years ago thera were 8,000 Bahamians ta tie ctty
of New York. Now ther are 16,000. Four-fifths of tha
adult male Bohemians are either cursnsakara or 0et4
netmakera. The quarter ot town to which they tg)
moat numerous la between Seventieth and Btghtleta
streeta and between First avenue aad tb East Btvafv
The omlgratlon from Bohemia has fallen eft greatly
since lttSS,
Tan years ago tha average number of fires ta Ka-cr
York city waa firs a day. Now tt Is eight The avcraf t)
loss at a flro was then JUTOa Jt Is now (1,400,
Trafflo on the elevated railroad has doubled alneatsea
New York city's share ot the expanses of tb Butt
Government at Albany, notwithstanding tb arfl
crease In population, and in property values, will beet
quartsr of a million dollars lets this year than It wis In
I860 ten years ago.
Ten years ago there were 7.000 naUres of ei1n
resident In this city. There are now 12,030. those who
speak English are scattered throughout tha dty.
Those who speak Francb are, for the most part, located
on the east side, bstwsen Eevsntysttxtb end ElifcUaln.
streeta, and first and Third avenuoa.
Tbemarrlaie rat In Now York city haalnaraased
during the last ten years.
rutting the probable populaUon of tb ctty this year
at 1.075.OOO, ther are mora people tn New York than la
any one of the following States i Alabama, Arkansaa,
California, Colorado, OonneoUout, Delaware. Florida,
(more than the total p'pulaUon of th laat four com
bined), Kentucky, Kansas, Louisiana, stain, Maryland,
Minnesota, allsslsslppl, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hamp
shire, New Jersey, Oregon, Bhoda Island, Bouth Care
Una, Vermont, West Virginia, or la tb four new Btata
of North and South Dakota, Washington, and If ontana.
Speaking of the female population only, ther era
fewer blondes, mere brunettes, and Jest aa tnaay
auburn haired arlrls and women as there wr tn,yerfl
ago. As the climate gets milder, the number of dark
haired persons Increases, and the change has bean
mora marked by the fact that most of th lmrolTUa ot
New tork city baa, of late years, been from the sontb
em countries of Europe and from the southern portions
of the northern couutrlea.
T; re writers and telegraphers have Increased nor
rapidly during the laat ten years than any other olaat
ot persons In proportion to their numbers In ISM). A
majority of tha typewriters employed In New York r
side in Brooklyn or Jersey Olty.
Ten years ago 4,068 Inspectors and poll clerks wares
needed tn supervise and conduct th election of thai
ear This sar, such has been th Increase lu tha
population and such th ohanget mads by th sew alacr
tlou law, that 10,600 will be required.
The law, making It a misdemeanor for a Beraoa to at
tempt to taka hla or her own life, went Into eSast la
September, lNsl, Prior to that time the average num
ber of suicides lu this city was ico. It Is now at the rat
of 315 per ;or. but the number of unsuccessful at
tempts has fallen off. The law was not. It should be ex
plained, directed against those who commit suicide, but
rather against those who attempt suicide and fall In tb
endeavor. The average rate of suicide la higher In Ber
lin, St. Petersburg, Carta, and t-tockl.olta than It lav tarn
New York city. It It smaller than in Jw York In ton
don. Home, Dublin, kladrld, Liverpool, and Kaplsa
There has probably been a smaller mortality amenf
tha class of persons who Un calls for citusu move
ments to regenerat and reform tho municipal liovern
merit of UiIh city than In auy other division of the popit
laUon. The. Identical persons who believed in 80
that nothing short of a lolitUal cjclone could prevent
the whole city administration from going to the dogs
are still on nsnd lu l"i with uuabaiel vigor They re
semble, lu this resiertthe oClceholders alluded toby
rhomns Jetereon iu his letter to the merchant otNew
Havens It w dls, iioiio withdraw.
The luw gov rulnti the Federal --tnsuief ! 880 provided
that ho enumerator m any ol the Mastcrn Histes, should
peine l.tj-.rr "ioif n..itlon ilniu ft a day of tin hour,
nrauy eiiumeiator iu ti,Mt tnoro than fOfor a full
da) snurk. Dieceiisus was begun In thUclly orejuu
7, with the understauduig tbat It would terminate on
June .11, but it w as incomplete on the latter date.
tVliy I.u Toilette Isn't un Aotor.
J-Timt the yiiilailtlithla htwrt.
l.lttle laKoiteiinnf Isconsin, youngest member ot
Hie malum) "f tl.etta" aul Means Committee h
. ill be iiiiem mouth, imdagreat aiiibltiuu tu be au
... tor ii'irr lie wuu the orihweil intercollegiate prise
lor tlniiiiinatiou u Jojei Jejil IW" He went le see
liootn atiout it. It ."in reicived hun graciously, beard
liuu leal nhakepiare piUently. an I theusaid-
mi read well to) J. ar sir aud your action Is good,
but elr there Is tine liieirmouutable obstacle to your
auecesoou tha stge. appose, eir. that wwr nleye
lug lllchard HI ' 1 as lltti-ari and you aa Kieaeritn
wh.it would become of ns In the combat scene If some
vulgar fellow in the gallery should yell at mi 'Why
Uou t you lake soiueboir uf Sour sire V "
La iu.lelte turned lu t te law alter that.
Sum .lime a Telia Htory,
'rv.'ioir fut Vo)riiond .vrwe-nr,
Au old man cam ui to breakfast, and told his yosuf
sou that the Doctor hsd brought him a baby brother.
H hy didn't you briug him lato brsaktas't"MM
tb bay
- He hasn't sot any testa."
"elI,tsUtli Doc,gg to tat bin back ul Holib