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It Ik a Poor Utile iIihI Doesn't Wink
ltutli YVm)h.
The Hon William L. Wilson miKhi now
". "frith grrnt propriety atlilresu peisemal 1ft-
ierto thelloii.Ui:oVM('Likl.Milnnil the
' fcotnmtllitcatlun mlglil be thus tuiiceivctl
("Personal I
"Tax SLoigx or Pasruvb Imml d, I3W4
7J lie Men Ormrri'lnthiuJ
"Mr Our Six Tin certainty Ilia t Uie pupguu kills
Wrc deed makes It also certain Ihai theisto uf Ilia
Dosha bill now In your hands It thelett hupeuf larlfT
reform. My public life hss been so closely relsted tu
.he subject, I have ao longed fur In accomplishment,
bnd I havaeo often promised Iterrslltstlou tomyfsl
tow countrymen aa result of their trust ad conn
J St e nee In th pemocratlc party, that I hop nu excuse
leneceesary for my earnest appeal to yon thst In this
cfcrltU you do jour plalu duty, aa required by every
principle of psrty liouetty ami good fallh snd a it lit J
adherence lu Peniucratlc pledget
( "I bellevethat a vetoed liieblll Itali absolutely arc-
sjHmary condition to the continuation of Democratic
tMltlence.
" I cannot rid myself of Ihe feeling that aih h anion
Yjii your pert will present the leest. If not toeonlyhope
tof true Iteniocrscy. Tbote who desire the genuine
' fruition of lleiuuerellc effort, the fulflluienl of Uexuo-
ratlc pledget, and the redemption of bemoc ratio
promise to the people, percrlvelhet the question now
fjefnre you involves Ihe qurtlluii whether liainoiratlc
Iprlnelplea are tobeaaveri or atiandotied
M There U no eicnae for lulitaklnc or rnliappreheud
SnK the feeling and the temper of the rank und file of
the Demoerary, They are downcait and apprahenalra
', In their fear that by the enactment of thli bill Deuo-
r TratloprlaclpleMay baurreudred. In tJiaaeclrvum
fetanrea they cannot do otherwlae than to look with
fc-onfldcnce) to you, who have jalrlotlcally and tin
rerely chaniplomnt tbn cam uf tariff reform within
Democratic tinea and Kiibled by Democratic prlni.tplef.
i helrronfldenceta rattly augmented by the recolltc
tlonthat )oaao recently denounced the but now In
your bandi, and urged tia In tha Ueuaa to relUt
to the lait tha Attempt to forca It npon na. Keery
Irue Democrat and every alncere tariff reformer
know that thin bill falla far abort of the coniumma
tlon for wtilch we have long labored, for wnicb wa
liava Buffered defeat without dJaeouragewent, whlcb
In Ha anticipation gave ui a rallying cry lu our day
of triumph, and which In Ita promlaa of ocotnplUa
talent It ao Interwoven with Democratic pledge! and
Xrmocratla auccou tnat our abandonment of the
t cauaeor the prlnclplaa on wblcb It reaU meajui party
f perfidy and party dlihonor.
, " You may remember that wa have In our platform
. ' ' and In every other way declared In favor of the free
I' Importation of raw material!. Wa have again and
I Main promlaed that thla thould be accorded to out
people and our manufacturer! u aoon a tha Demo
cratic party wai Invrited with tha power to deter
. ; mine the tariff policy of the country. Tha parly now
baa that power. The bill before you for Blgnature
doea not redeem that prorate, or any other Demo
, cratto promlae. The enactment of that bill la certain
in poatpone Indefinitely, probably forever, the re
demption of thoae promlaea. It muttbe admitted that
' no tariff measure can accord with Democratic, prlncl-
; j plea and promlaea, or bear a genuine Democratic
i, badge that doe not provide for raw materlali.
v In thee clrcumatancet It may well eiclte our
Vonder that any Democrat can expect you to approve,
orpaaalvaly to permit the enactment of a meaaur
which puU tha wool or tha fanner on the free llit and I
I place the protection Of tariff taxation around tha I
; j Iron ore and coal of corporattona and caplulliu. now
. can wa face the people after Indulging In auch out
. ' rageoua dlacrtmlnatlona and Tlolatlona of principle I
i It U quite apparent that this (juration of free) raw
material doe not admit of adjustment on any middle
', tround, tlnce the aubjecUon to any rate of taxation,
reat or amall, la alike violative of Domocratlo prim I
, pie and Deawcralio good faith.
, ( "I ought not to prolong thla letur. If what I bar
' ' Written la unwelcome, I beg you to believe la my good
! j utentlona. The Democracy of the land plead molt
:- carneetly for the ipeedy completion of a tariff acoord-
L. lng to Democratic profraaloae; but IStg drmandnot
Uu rantaffy that ho rtrru of vtereMty aAnfl Itmpt
tho then trutt fo fA alMiiicfonnirnf of Democrat!
I prine4ple$. You re very truly,
Wit jjm I. WttaoK."
u. Coming from such ft source, uch a letter
8 ' eottld not fall to carry to Mr. CLEVELAND
?T encourngement in nny purpose that he may
, enterUtlti to stamp out of life the hybrid of
I Populism nntl Protection which is now in
fh hit keeping, In order to make way for honeit
5? tariff reform liereafter. Mr. Wilson can do
jk rnucli, if lie cIioohcs, to atrengthen Mr.
; fc Clf.vki.AND'h hnuitx at this rrlsW in the
i- proHlileut's own career, and thli crisis iu
4B the Democracy's ftirttuiri,
rJ The Iucoiho Tar, In I lie Crtuvahii.
. Hurmony there must certainly be iu this
Ij yenr's important ami decisive election in
i Kew York, if the Democracy is to win.
t Undoubtedly it will be necessary for all
t New York Democrats of fighting spirit to
h stand up for their party principles when un
it der axnault iu order to wiu a victory in
; November,
The very generul disposition to smite any
(Miididnte that attempts to defend the
IVmocrotlc surrenders and desertions of
pledges and principles In Washington will
w "severely tax the astute leadership and
i- splendid organization of Tammany, the
t sheet anchor and mainstay of Democratic
hones in the Northern States.
''- I'urtlcuhtrly heavy will be the burden of
' .' defending the odious and un-Deraocratic in
K come tax. Defending It, did we say f What
m New York Democrat will undertake that
E hopeless task f
W The homely phrase used by John Bl'WAV,
m 'Out of the frying pan into the are," would
W fitly describe the fully of attempting a de
tjj', fenslvg campalgu on the income tax issue.
S The Income tav will figure in the canvass,
but all that New York Democrats can do Is
to hang their heads and be silent. Defence
pr apology will rout the Democracy more
'' Votes than silence andcoufesslou
Blue Triumphs Over Heil,
K A cable despatch declares that the judges
K Of the late Hrltish naval mauisuvres deride
ft. that tbeQuretistovrn and Mllford Ha en fleets
W were victorious oer those of FMltnoiith and
J Bere Haven This we tuks to mean that
i-t Jtear' Admiral Kkyiioiik's forces defeated
Vice-Admiral I'lTZ Koy'tf, or, In other
rords, Hlue lieat Kexl
I This result could not have been a ur
Jiriso, because Blue had the advantage of
position, and not only held the interior
lines which, with other things equal, insured
the earlier concentration of its fleets, but
had the support of its own territory to a
large extent, whereas Red, at the outset,
was t cut loose from its distant bases. Of
courso, it was ueiessary in some way
to offset this advantage, and that
was effected by making the combined
ited fleets stronger than the com
bined Blue fleets. Yst the principal
Blue fleet was rather stronger than either of
Its Ked opponents, so that a leading ques
I tlon involved wa that of rapid manoeuvre,
p With the two fleets concentrated and in
i Una Of battle, the odds wen on tha Red;
W but with the ITlue first effecting a juuetlou
and falllnK'tpon one of the Red before the
other came up, the otitis would be on them
Tills last appears to be what happened.
The tied side, Vt7. Rot's, at the Mart,
had n strong fleet railed "A," at Falmouth,
and nnotlier. ' 11," even a little stronger, at
Here Haven, on the southwest roast of
Ireland The Blue side, HkymoLK'b, hud at
tueensluwii a fleet, "C." superior even to
the "B" Red fleet . and it also had at the
HhMiiiion. h little north of the " 1" fleet, n
"!)'' fleet, which was much the weakest
of the four, yet of gmid leed To
prevent the Blues, (" and " ll,"
from slmplj closing lu on " H " ud
ciiishllig it forthwith, a ' fotbldtlett lielt."
thirty miles brosd, and running iudelliiltely
southwestvianl from the t-oast, wasestnb
United between L)uiitotvu and Brre
listen In other words, " (' " could notet
at "B" thele, and !)," vthlth was near
'II," west of the lielt. was too weak to
attack it Accordingly, whst evidently
happened whs that " I)" hurried north
from the sltong Retl B " fleet, and situ-
teeded in forming a juuetlou with the "C"
Blue fleet, which moled north for the pur-
setintlie other coast of Ireland, tin ongh
the Illsli Sea Belfast, nu Isolated Red port,
is -slil to lutvi l)oeu the iolut where the
tsiiiibliieil Blue lleeU won a decisive battle
There the Reds had half n ilou-li torpedo
Ismts statloueil so as to check the passing of
the N'oith Channel by n Blue fleet. Bui the
Blues hud, scuttered along both coasts of the
Irish .Sea, many more torpedo boats than the
Hetls, besides varlollH torpedo-boat Catchers;
and their concentration was not broken up.
Then they Attacked In succession their
divided enemies.
But a further ami still more interesting
view of I lie.se manoeuvres, It appears, is in the
application of their result to current affairs.
From the moment that the forbidden belt
was arranged, as in last year's mameuvres,
it was evident that the operations wore not
Intended to simulate any that could actually
take place around Ireland. What, then,
were they intended to represent f Ireland
practically had been made by this
impassable belt the extremity of a
peninsula. What peninsula was lu
mind? A survey of the map of Kurope
showed ossIble analogies lu 8'wln, In Italy,
lu Greece, in Denmark, and so on, so that
possible situations in the Tyrrhene 8ea, the
Adriatic, tho Baltic, and elsewhere were
suggested. The one that perhaps com
manded the most attention waa on the
Spanish coast. With Ireland represent
ing the Spanish peninsula, the Blue
fleets on the Interior lines might
be two rrencu squadrons, one at Tou
lon and the other having its bases on tho
Atlantic seaboard. The Ited fleets, in com
bination stronger than the Blue, were the
English, on exterior lines, operating from
Portsmouth nnd at Malta. Belfast, a sin
gle, isolated harbor of the Reds, oil which
the Blue formed jnnction, was Gibraltar;
and there England's Mediterranean fleet and
her Channel fleet were attacked successively
and beaten in detail. It may be a fanciful
analogy ; but when the distance of the Red
bases from the scene of probable conflict is
considered, with the small amount of terri
tory given to the Reds at Bere Haven, and,
above all, tho isolated situation of Belfast,
certainly the hypothesis is striking.
What, then, is the further lesson 1 The
despatches say that Belfast was found un
provided with facilities for refitting and re
pairing the Red fleet. This, being inter
preted, shows that Gibraltar should be
strengthened on a port of refuge and repair
and n strategio point d'appul. For some
time this policy has been under considera
tion, one of its fruits being the lengthening
of the Admiralty mole at Gibraltar, while it
has been lately proposed to spend several
millions In building a dock there, extending
tho forts, and otherwise making the placo
more efficient as a naval base. Less than
two months ago many members of the
House of Commons, of all parties, held a
conference, with closed doors, to consider
this question. The sentiment of the meet
ing favored the project, and a committee
was appointed to talk with Lord RoaEliERT
aliout it. There is, It is true, a coun
ter proposition, namely, to abandon the
Rock, and give it up to Spain. It Is urged
that something valuable could be got for it,
or that, in any event, Spanish friendship
would be secured. Agnln, while it is ad
mitted that the place Is not a pecuniary
charge on the Government, Its real naval
value has been questioned. A well-known
naval writer, W. Laird Clowes, has pointed
out in the FortniaMly Uevteic that as the
anchorage is directly under the guns of
the Spanish shore of the bay, it could not be
secure in case of war with Spain, until
those guns were silenced and that shore
was occupied. Moreover, Spain might be
tempted to unite with an enemy of England,
under promise of having Gibraltar restored
to her as the price of success. Hence Mr.
Clowes would have the Rock ceded to Spain,
In exchange for the Spanish possessions on
the other side of the Strait, in Morocco,
which would afford a good naval Btation.
But the prevailing opinion Is unquestion
ably adverse to. such a trade, or to giving up
Gibraltar at all. Now, accordingly, comes
very striking object lesson in the need of
strengthening the station. British naval
manoeuvres have of late years been directed
so largely to furthering projects of navy
legislation In Parliament that it is easy to
Imagine the arranging of this year's mimic
war with a lew to pushing through the
Gibraltar dock project. Whether so intend
ed or not, it is likely to aid that project.
When Women Will Vote.
So far as the present Constitutional Con
vention is concerned, woman suffrage has
been defeated by the adoption of the adverse
report of the Suffrage Committee, ou Wed
nesday; but the advocates of the Innovation
have good reaaou for encouragement as to
the future, for, of the votes cast, more than
one-third, or 08 out uf 165, were In their
favor In the last Constitutional Conten
tion, In IB07, they bad only IU votes with
them, and the proposition was treated both
by the delegates general!) ami the great
mass of the public as a mere exhibition uf
eccentricity ou the part of a few impiactlca
hlo Individuals.
Really, It was not uutil this )car, and a
short time only before the assembling of the
Constitutional Convention, that any consid
erable part of the women of the State begau
to take enough interest iu the question to
form any opinion about It. Feminine senti
ment respecting woman suffrage was uu
discoverable, for practically there was none
outside of the small number of unrepresent
ative feminine agitators. Kvrn women who
had broken through the restraiuU which
old-time conventions put upon the enlarge
ment of the sphere of their activities gave
little thought to the subject. They were
too much occupied with their struggle for
social freedom to have time to spend la con
tending for political privileges. The mass
including the most intelligent passed the
subject by with utUr indifference.
Suddenly, a few months ago, a great cluing
occurred. TL question uf woman suffrsgt
bea-nn to interest women of tha very social
circles in which before it bad always been
ignored. A strong and decided feminine
sentiment as to the subject began to be
manifested, and serious tllsciiAslons of It
took place In quartern where once Its very
mention would have provoked derision.
The advtHacy of woman suffrage became
even fashionable, but It provoked corre
sponding opposition, nnd the division of
Rentltueut was sharp. Petitions lu favor of
the lueasttid Weie counteracted by petitions
against It. and wheu the Constitutional
Convention met, the delegates were between
two tires Nu single proposition before them
lias excites! no much public Interest as this
of woman suffrage; ami their decision has
been niitlutisly awaited by many thousands
of women in all putts of the State who hith
erto have taken only a reflected iuteiestlu
H)lltlcal questions,
The agitation for woman suffrage, there
fore, has made great progress very rapidly,
it has not succeeded iu Its first real bottle, but
It has demonstrated that It Is a force power
ful euough to make Its future victory prob
able, If not inevitable. It has made the
question a serious ituesiluii of practical poll
tics by dually arousing feminine interest in
It to a wide extent, so that more than one
third of the vote in the Constitutional Con
vention ou Wednesday was favorable to the
innovation. That is as well as the advocates
of It ronld have hoped to do reasonably, con
sidering the existing division of feminine
Mcutlmcut as to the proposition. The re
sult of this Initial contest indicates that
whenever the women of the State generally
ask for the ballot they will get it. When
ever they agree In wanting to vote men will
give them the privilege of voting
Tho Sham Investigation at Chicago.
The leaders and abetters of the anar
chistic DKD3 insurrection who have testified
lieforethe national Commission, which Isln
vestlgallng the matter at Chicago, agree In
favoring Government ownership of the rail
roads as the ouly practicable way of pre
venting such savagery.
CTueof these witnesses, examined ou Fri
day, was a Methodist minister at Pull
man, named CAIlWAIiUlN'E, who has
lately published a book justifying the
strikers there. Another was a director
of Dkus'S Railway Union, who went even
further and instructed the Commission that
the Government "should own all machin
ery of a labor-saving nature and control the
product of labor in common," nnd that " all
labor and enterprise should be national
ized." vvuen sun anouer witness 01 simi
lar opinion was asked how the Government
could manage the business satisfactorily to
the laborers, he responded by saying "un
der the civil service reform rules." So far
this Is the only notable counsel the Commis
sion has received from the insurrectionists,
and it is not likely to get anything more
valuable from them.
If the Government owned the railroads, and
nil labor and enterprise were "nationalized,"
the only practicable plan of organization and
administration would be military In its
character. The operatives would have to be
enlisted like soldiers and held under strict
military discipline and subordination. They
would have to give up their liberty of move
ment, after the manner of soldiers, and to be
under an iron rule which would be substan
tially military. Then there would be in
verity an " industrial army," compelled to
render strict obedience, with no will of ita
own which it could exercise during its term
of enlistment, and subject to commands
from Washington.
That is, these fellows are advocating the
establishment of a military despotism, under
which the last vestige of their liberty would
be destroyed. They are begging that chains
be forged to shackle labor, so that it cannot
escape from despotio control. But they
have been preparing laborers for this abso
lute and final surrender of their freedom, by
organizing them into unions in which they
voluntarily subject themselves to arbitrary
authority. Many thousands of them blind
ly and slavishly obeyed the decree of
the crack-brained Deiw that they throw
np their places and their wages at a time
when a great part of labor waa already
unemployed because of the deficiency of
employment, though they had no grievances
of their own which should induce them
to pursue such a course. They threw away
their means of making a living simply be
cause he and their immediate union leaders
told them to do it. They had voluntarily
forfeited their right to govern their own
conduct. Under the scheme of their organ
ization they pledged and bound themselves
to be slaves. They gave up their freedom
and put themselves in subjection to an Irre
sponsible despot. More than that, they in
sulted, browbeat, and assailed other work
men who refused to accept such slavery and
Insisted on retaining the freedom to which
they were born, and in which they are
protected by law and our republican
institutions.
It is not surprising that the tyrants of
labor who have testified before the Commis
sion sitting at Chicago are seeking to have
their despotio power continued nntl assured
by legal enactment investing them with it
under a State ownership of labor; but it Is
lamentable, It is a distressing sign of deca
dence, that so many of the laborers them
selves have lost their spirit of independence
so far aa to consent to such efforts for their
complete and permanent enslavement.
The most discreditable manifestation in
modern society is the willingness of so large a
part of the laborers to surrender their liberty
and put themselves uuder despotic author
ity. The permanence of free institutions de
pends ou that vastly greater number who will
render submission to no tyrant, whether he
be labor leader or political despot.
Hecretary Herbert onthu Ezeia, Affair.
Is it to theonuoyuuto which the KihTA
affair has occasioned to Mr. U HLM1 Alt and t lie
Administration that we ate to trace the
new instructions from Secretary Heiibeht
ou the privilege of asylum for political
refugees Thou Instructions throw lit
tle additional light on the question, ami
certainly do not reflect on Commander
TliuuASuf the Bennington, who gave she!
ter to the fugitive Vice-President uf Sal
vador uud his comrades.
The right uf asvlum, sava the Secretary oX
the Navy, " has no foundatlou iu Interna
tional law." And yet he sees that it does
not suffice to stop there, He adds that "In
countries where frequent insurrections oc
cur and consequent instability of govern
ment exists, local usage sanction the grant
ing of asylum, but even iu the waters of
such countries officers should refuse all
applications for asylum, except when re
quired by the interests of humanity lu ex
treme or exceptional cases, such as the
pursuit of a refugee by a mob."
That, after all, does not greatly differ from
Secretary TitACI's instructions in the Chi!
Ian war, that " the obligation to recti v e polit.
leal refugees and to afford them auajylum Is,
la general, one of pure humanity. It khooU
uot be continued beyond the urgent usctMl-
Manslii its a mM -
ties of the situation, Yoit are not to Invite
or encourage such refugee to come on
board your ship; but should they apply to
you, your action will be governed by consid
erations of humanity and the exigencies of
the service upon which you are engaged,"
Certainty Salvador has had her share of
Insurrections In the last ten years. 7.ALD1
VAR, who had come Into power there at the
end of a war, left the country hastily, and
his successor was then overthrown by an
Uprising headed by MeXAXDEZ. The latter,
in his turn, became the victim of a rebellion
uuder KzETA Finally, K2ETA and his
brother were disposed uf this year by still
another revolution, so that Salvador seems
to be fairly Included among the countries of
"frequent lnsunec thins," alluded toby Seo
retary Hrrdmit
No suggestion has betli made of any other
motive than humanity as actuating Com
mander Thomas lu his course He ran read
with equanimity the new Instructions about
giving asylum to refugees, and leave to the
Department of State the question of the
future of F.2ETA and his lomrades.
A Ridiculous Regulation.
A few days ago the President nominated
tAMM 1). PohTKlt to 1 District Judge of
the United States for the F-astern ami Mid
dle districts of Tennessee. Mr. PoltTKlt is a
lawyer who was one of the Assistant Secre
taries of State during the first Administra
tion of Mr. CLKVKLAMi, while Mr. Thomas
F. BATAKD was at the head of the State
Department. During the period of his ser
vice as Assistant Secretary of State, he
could not devote any time to the practice of
the law, and recently he has been engaged
lu the railroad business in tho South. Fur
thermore, it is said that Mr. Porter does
not live in either tha Kaateru or Middle
district of Tennessee.
These fact have been used against him
before the Senate Committee ou the Ju
diciary. The non-residence of Mr. Porter
In the district is declared to have had no
weight. Some importance was attached to
his prolonged absence from activity as a legal
practitioner. The great objection, however,
which has led the committee to agree in
favor of rejecting the nomination is tho fact
that Mr. PORTER is sixty-six years of age.
" Early this session," we are told, " the
committee established an age limit, and
placed the figure at sixty years, believing
that no man ought to be appointed to the
bench who had passed that time of age."
This is an absurd regulation. What would
Mr. Gladstone's distinction have been if
he had been excluded from Parliamentary
life from the age of sixty upward t What
would the Senate of the United States be
to-day If every man over sixty were turned
out of it r
There may be good reasons for rejecting
the nomination of James D. Porter for the
judicial post for which he has been chosen
by the President; but no such rule as this
sixty-year regulation should bo Invoked
gainst him or any one else.
The Fathers of the Republic never In
tended that our lighthouse tenders should be
employed as floating hospitals.
The lPasMn'rton Jlrenlnr; star remarks,
In commentlne upon Secretary CAnLlSLC's esti
mate that the Income tax will yield only $15,
000,000 annually:
"There waa soma semblance; of an argument In
favor of an Income tax when It was maintained that
for the support of the Government such an Impost
was necessary, bat now that It has been developed
that the probable returns will not exceed 113.000,000.
this concession to Populist sentiment Is evidently as
much of a financial failure as It Is politically dis
graceful." It is not too late for Mr. Cleveland to dispone
of this financial failure and political disgrace
by vetoing It, together with the rest of the Tariff
bill. Ills fatal first idea that an income tax was
"wise, just, and easily borne," has been recon
sidered. If we accept his statement to Prof.
Wilson.
Navy officers must bid good-by to any
hopes of promotion this year under the bill for
reorganizing the personnel. The joint commis
sion cannot perfect and report it in season for
its proper consideration and passage at the
present session of Congress.
On tho whole, that Is well. The bill makes
great changes in every port of the naval ser
vice, and It Is not a measure that should be
taken up and put upon its chances of success or
a failure in the last days of a session. It has
been a great step to get the measure very nearly
In shape for the action of Congress, and a few
months of leisurely consideration of It will be
better for all the Interests Involved, tha Interests
of both staff and line.
CLETZLAXIi'S OXT,T C1IXXCE.
Democratic Jearsmla Stronaly Trstac aa
Veto of the Tartr aad Income Tax,
From tks Brooklyn Fael4 ef Ytttrrday.
Republican protection without an Income tax
or sham Democratic? protection with an Income
tax is offered. For the former the Administra
tion would not be responsible. For the latter It
would be.
To either result business would adjust Itself
with equal quickness, but In onaof them neither
the dishonor of the Democracy nor the defeat
of the President, to say nothing of his loss of
Idstorical prestige, would be Involved, while in
the other all would be involved.
Against an Income tax. Populism, the sale of
law, corruption, and the dictation of venal and
tratortous Senators a veto would make a con
quering Usua for the party, and would establish
beyond question Mr. Cleveland's imperilled
leadership.
JVoei the Adamt Vrrvuin.
Will the President sign tlorman's Tariff
hill? In signing It, or even allowing it to be
come a law without bis signature, h adults
defeat. Hhould he veto It, he would prove that
ha t an neither be Duffed, bulldozed, or buffeted,
and he would stamp out party treachery aud
the Income tax Idea forever,
From fits Jawpa jfty Tlviev.
Ob. Lord! llut wouldn't a Jarksoulau veto just
now wake up the Democratic heart and fire up
tha Democratic soul 7 Fur to long w e have had
a bread-and'iheese politics, fur th) earsonly
a rush for the beer aud pretzels of office, that a
tiUulc bluw on the anvil would ring through,
the nation like an alarum, seud a show er of glow -lng
sparks from ocean tu ocrau, aud wake to llfo
the constitute of every huntst and Intelligent
American cltllcu.
JH lJHItV HVtONM itt: tot
. UU Leader t'Hlla fur New Troepa.
v-j fA. CVturfT Jvlll.
Out thing alons has the appearance of bclug
certain, and that Is that the men uow lu publto
lift on the Democratic side seem wholly lu
capable of dealing adequately with the monster
of Protection, and that until wa gat a new set
sf 1'aUdlna tha cattle of the robber barons, girt
round about by the moats and dikes of corrup
tion, Is sale against the assaults of au army led
by noodles and streaked with treason.
The Uaisr r Wllllamaperl as Hie Hid.
MMtrsl.
Tu tss Kniroa or Txa Snc-iir la jour Uiue of
to-day you print my communtcaUon requeeUag lafor
nation as to the probabl actWu of Col. Abe Slupaky
Ukeware aUyor of this taoaaad received a side
board as a present from aa admiring consUtueaf , but
you faU to answer It. This may, from your distance,
appear a trifle leslgsHli-aat. butyoa. evidently do uot
hue w our Mayor. Up to the time of the sideboard ur
vuuutaace wa were of tha tsanreeekxi that he waa a
mu after CoL aJupakys own heart, but his action with
the sideboard has caused soma doubt ait it, ad
yoar haowWs of Abe was relied upa W set us
tuft. Wsat r4 dy ttl a r'aiaie ut Ass's.
WuiLuUruit, FL, Aug. IT.
Tttx A-ferr jixenviTixo ttrsTEx.
Tha Advantages It rrwmlaea -lrobalj
More Keeaaealeal aae) Kaleleat,
WASttlsaroN, Aug. IB. While less disposed,
apparently, than Mr. Proctor, to radical Innova
tions in the arniv, ierretary Lamont)rt shows
a deslie to tut down useless eipensen In the
military establishment, nnd to lop oft append
ages that have been outgrown. Ilia recent dis
missal of mauy clerks In the War Department
vi as one Illustration of this fact, while the re
organisation nf the recruiting service, an
bounced the other da). Is another
The distinctive uioderu ihange lu tec lulling
Is the gradual growth uf enlistments for special
regiments bj recruiting parties sent out there
from, and also enlistments at the posts them
selves, as distinguished from the general service
recruiting. The three reel tilting depots at Jef
ferson barracks In M. Louis, at Columbus In
Ohio, and at David's Island lu New York har
bor, were established under the old avatem, but
obviously have become lets needed 111 propor
tion as tecrults me sent dliettly to the legl
meuts fur vthlch theyaie enlisted, there tu le
ech e in their rompaiilrs the training they other
wUe would have had at the depots. Accord
ingly, the three depots me henceforth to be
abandoned as such and turned Into ordinary
garrisoned posts, although they will stilt, lit
vltwof the pteseht condition of the s stem of
enlisting, be designated, together n Itli a fourth
nt Fort .-dierlclHti, as recruiting rendezvous for
Accommodating recruits in excess nf the re
quirements of the Kurrl'tins near which they
enlist. One nf the features of the new plan Is
to place the recruiting stations, when practica
ble, near the garrisons that need the new men so
as to decrease tha rost of trnnsportatlon.
To show more definitely the facts and figures
on which the new plan Is based, It may he stated
that, for the fiscal tear ending June fill, lB:i,
the total number of enlistments was as follows t
For the general rcvrnltlng servli e . 5,tOT
Kor the departmental recruiting service 869
Kor the special reel mental recruiting service 1,890
ror the engineer battalion S3
7,95
tor regimental dstarhmeuls.ac ., 1,410
Total. , uTt
Here It will b observed that out of 0,074
men, only 0.107 were for the general ser
vice. During the fiscal year! ending June 110,
1804, the results were still mora striking, slnco
out of 7,810 enlistments, excluding those made
for the signal corps, the hcpltal rorps. Ac,
there were enlisted by the general service .1,824 ;
at military posts, 2,888, and by special regimen
tal service, 1,104. Tims It will be seen that
during the last year the general recruiting ser
vice had secured less than half the total num.
tier of men needed fur tha army. Considering
that tha new avatem of special recruiting has
only been In operation a few years. Its growth
Is noticeable, and seems to Justify the arrange
ments mads by Secretary Lament.
Another point worth noting Is that the law
on the subject of enlistments just passed by
CoDgree a will probably aid tho new method of
Lec-rultlng. It abolishes the statute that pro
lblted the refnllstment of privates who had
served ten years or were over :I6 years old. It
ought, therefore, to causa more retnllstments,
which will fnrthe? Increase the proportion of
men obtained at the potts as compared with the
recruits sent to the rendezvous. Again, the
change in the period of the term of enlistment
from five years to three is generally approved,
while the provision that the recruit must be able
to read, write, and speak Kngltah may lie an ad
ditional aid In sending him quickly to his com
pany Instead of to the recruiting depot for
Mncntlnn.
It Is fair to say, however, that the system of
regimental as distinguished from general ser
vice recruiting Is not advocated by all officers.
Oen. O. O. Howard, for example, in his last
annual report took thla ground:
The regimental reerulUng haa not. for the most part,
worked well. There have been large numbers of ap
plication, but ftw nave been found equal to the re
quirements of the service. The character of the re
cruits haa not been so much In advance as waa boned
of those who have come from the general recruiting
service. The system has kept many orncers away
from other Important duUes. and the extra expense
to which the officers selected to do this duly have bee-n
subjected hss created considerable discontent. The
Inspector Oeneral of the Department, comparing the
two systems, remarks that the recruits cost just about
aa muoh one way as the other. There are some elocu
tions to these conclusions, more particularly at Fort
Monroe: the complete reports of the recruiting from
that post afford great aatltfacUon. The commanding
officer. LleuL-Col. Frank, In aympathy with hla re
cruiting officer, haa Instituted methods nt giving con
tentment to the new recruits and rUsseminaUng In
formaUon regarding the service, thus to secure men
of good character and In sufficient numbers for the
want of hta large garrison.
Other officers consider It clearly desirable to
train the recruits aa soon aa possible in tho com
panies, rather than to send them first to a gen
eral eendeirnus for that purpose. Besides the
hoped for reduction of expense of transporta
tion by recruiting near the garrisons to be sup
plied with men. the turning of the three depots
Into regular posts will Justify the abandonment
of some smaller stations no longer needed. This
Is In line with tho new policy of concentrating
the troops at a smaller number of Important
fiolnts. whence they can be despatched by rail
n any required direction. It has significance at
thn present time, since the creation uf three ad
ditional posts, with Increased garrisons. In olace
of those depots for recruits, shown the deter
mination to station a large portion of the army
at or near large cltlee.
It has been suggested that the system of regl
mental recruiting by accustoming officers to get
men from certain localities for their regiments
would allow them, after a time, to become
familiar with the antecedents of recruits, par
ticularly where country districts are resorted
to; and also that It would bring acquaintances
together Ih the same company, lint theso ad
vantages In turn might be modified by the cus
tom of exchanging stations, a regiment some
times moving a thousand miles or more. The
rule to recruit near the post would then require
the new recruits to be taken from a different
locality, unless an exception were made (or spe
cial reasons. On the whole, the advantages of
the new system seem to be marked.
JUDOB JOSEPH HOLT'S ESTATE,
Ne frill Having Been roans'. Ills sir Ira
Petition for at Hettlenseat.
WAsniNTON, Aug. 10. Heirs of the late Judge
Joseph Holt, ex-Judge Advocate-General of the
army, asked yesterday, by petition, for the set
tlement of the estate by the Probate Court. A
long search has been made for a will, without
success, and the petitioners say they believe that
he died Intestate. Tho request fnr the settle
ment and distribution of the estate is made by
Washington D. Holt of Kentucky, a nephew;
William O. Sterrett of this city, and John W,
Holt of Yaioo City, JIIm, the last two also be
ing nephews.
They say that the real estate left by their
uncle Is worth between $.10,000 and (40.000,
and his personal property about SlUC.OOO more.
This includes $1)6,000 In bonds of the District of
Columbia, which were found concealed In his
house In an old satchel. During the Judge's
life it is said that h refused to recognize many
of his relatives, and their letters, written him
from ttnm to time, were promptly returned.
This Is the basl9 of the opinion among his
friends that there should be a will somewhere iu
existence, although there Is no trace of it.
sTvnrxxu j-ovocatapxtt.,
HrlratlBe hf ea Who Are New ss the Faaaeaa
Volcano,
City or Mkxico, Aug. 10.-The Government
expedition of scientific men now on tire summit
of I'opocntapetl Is making good progress in its
surveys aud study of tha famous vulcauo, Tha
altitude. Is 10,0. :i fret above the level of the sea,
aud the circumference of the crater is 14,000
feet. An elaborate stud) Is being made nf the
smoking vents of the volcano and the general
deposits In the (rater, as well aa the grologlc-ul
formation of the mountain aud the botanical
specimens encountered on Us loft) slutirs.
Donald rucwart returned on Friday night
from tho expedition with which ho spent several
days fur the purpone of looking Into the feaslbll.
Ity of i onstructlng a wlro tramway from the
base of the volcano to the sulphur mines within
the crater. He thinks it pusslbln to count rue t a
tiamway for freight and passengers, but hss
but entirely studied the obstacles loboenrnun.
tens!. The tramvvu) would bo curr ten miles lu
length, and the longest line uf the kind lu the
wotld
The ilarrlaaa erCathulle Ulrla.
rivM the talAcf.tf.sUMtuiAl
Lswylut aud poets have dlscotered that our t-slLv
lloyvuug men and women find It Impossible to get
Ibeuuwlvea properly nisU-J They must mt their
amn!ty,'aocordlug to these, among frbUelaut pro
fessional men and Protestant aristocrats -that Is, Ike
Ualkulks young wwusu must so mt, bile the Catho
lic )oung man may "go whlsUe-'ordo worsv. The
Catholic! young woman. It seems. Is educated." (sue
Is dslaty and refined. She dresses, eats, moves, aud
elcs.prououiu.se ber words aud touslrucU lirr sen
leaves acvoOlug to the great lights uf "vukhsu."
Bow, thsn, caa she marry the Catholic young man,
,wbo smokes a pipe, comes to the table la his shirt
sleeves, aad reads only the tvswspspers 1
tfctboUo youag mvu aad tualdeaado marry, and
will marry, aud marry each other. Catholic youag
wuniea are like other girls, hat their homes make
ttscu. The thla veneering of school life ovsrlsps, but
does not slak Into the native grain The laen she has
kuowa. tha brothers sha has grown up with, the lads
she has greeted and wbuse dawning admiration has
delighted her from chlUhoud win tlUI have strung
hold upwu her If she Is worth a thought.
There are worse things than smoking a pipe, la the
seal of evUs. tha man In ala shirt sleaves Is aol si
ways repuWie-fsr from II, the waa who reads tha
newspapers Is often antguUrly clear headed. Aad
the rtatestaat professional artstucrat sussttuues pur
sues bis wife vrtia U Jog n hip,
ftliesxMsmxs3pex&ise-J'f jSxxawgMaFaBKeiaSaSKl
JtVIXS OF VRKItlBtonlO KOPTOS.
-Ialerealtac
Arrberoleslewl xMneeverlta Be.
ealh aa UU JsfU"" t '"
There Is now on eitilbltlon In London an In
lerestlng collection of antiquities found In re
tent excavations made on the sit of Kiiplos In
Kgypl. , , ..
The ancient site uf Koplos formed the Mle
termination of the oldest trading route of the
world, the roudv. ay passing through the valley
of llamuiainnl to the shures of the Red ben. Ar
curding to tradition, Kuptos was one of the first
settlements founded b) the tljnasllf Kg) pilau
Immigrants when the) arrived from their home
In the sailed land of 1'iiiit In sotilhwesterli
Arabls AtchceoluKlsts have looked, with hos
of obtaining valuable material, toward the site
of KoptiM. Prof I'ettle leturned not long ago
after spending eleven weeks iu entavatliitis
there, and the rolleotloti nowoti exhibition Is a
patt of the result of his laboie.
The site of Ihe teliiplaur Kuptos was thor
oughly cleared, aud the result was theiltscovery
of nu less than six slice esslvc temples, l Bilging
ftoui the mint temtite prehistoric time to the
age of the I'lnleni) Hundreds of objects of
gtrat interest were discovered Hitherto Kgjp
tlsn art and chlllrttliiu have presented a strik
ing paradox. The furthei back one goes the
better the art. In the lowest strata of thn tem
ple of Kuptos Prof. I'etrle discovered the re
mains of an Htirletit settlement, which fur the
first tlineieveals prehlitoilu Kg) pi.
There In oil exhibition In his cnllei Hull a mas
sive heiut of a statue, which is one of three
figures found at a great depth beneath the
Ptolemaic temple. The statues tliemselvrifwere
thirteen feet high, and were little, mote than
truncated cones, the arms and legrbciug Indi
cated by hiimuiercd out lines, aud the ears and
whiskers were Indicated In the same way. No
traceof chisel work, however, can he found ou
any of them. Girdles are around the waist of
each, and upon them are a series of curious
drawings, supposed to Ixi the lutein figures
of the god of the primitive people. A
writer In an English paper says Hint these are
probably the first statues of Mln, the gud of
Koptos, The face Is lu no way Indicated, and It
Is believed that It was represented by tv wooden
mask.
In the rough sculptures on the bands and
girdles around theso figures Is represented,
HUintig other things, the fetich pole or Mln. It
Is an upright stulT. with a botitiiet of Mowers at
the top. and Buriununtisl by an ostrich feather.
Arounu this polo are hung offerings, con
sisting nf shells nnd swnrdflth. On an
other girdle thele Is a representation of
an elephant and u remarkable drawing
of the head of a varelle. Theso drawings serve
to connect the esrl) settlers with the shores of
the Red rra and tho district of Honinlltand,
where Uie elephant aud gazello would be known
to them.
Probably of equal Interest Is a collection rf
rude pottery made of c ourse Nile mud. carefully
polished with red hematite. This work Is sup
posed to belong to tho iiertcsl of the first or sec
ond dynasty, as the representation of a dog with
a peculiar rope collar, which Is modelled on a
large oval stand. Is never found after the time
of tho third dynasty.
These pieces of pottery show the work of a
skilful school nf artists who had learned to
model In clay. These artisans used In working
soft stone and wood the same finish that they
Imparted to the plastic class.
home ot tno objects representing Uie prehis
toric period are noticeable One of them Is an
alabaster vase Inscribed with the cartouche of
Kerf u. the builder of the first p)rarald. Two of
the finest pieces of work In the collection repre
sent the period of the twelfth dynasty. One
of them Is a figure of Usertesen I.
dsnclng before Mln, and the other is a repre
sentation of Amlnemhat standing before Mln.
The former of these Is 4n Intaglio, and in tho
latter the hlerogl) phtcs are ralseu. They are the
8 em of the collection by reason of their delicate
nlsh and minute attention to detail. Homo nf
the foundation deposits of the temple nf Koptos.
built by Thothmes III., were found In pits under
the centres of the wall placed nt the bottom of
She pit, the upper part being filled In with nun
reds of v'ascs. Tnesedcposlts consist nf bronze
models of tools, knives of various sixes, narrow
chisels nnd axes, and all of them inscribed with
the words "Thothmes, beloved of Mln of Koptos."
A number of model corn rubbers, made of sand
stone and Inscribed with blue paint, were also
found. Sereral objects hitherto unknown were
found In the 1'tolcmalc temple.
Three tanks, having fourteen steps on each
side, are among them. They are evidently
models of the sacred tank of Mln, and one of
them bears an Inscription of Aristlus Hatnrnlus.
It is supposed that these tanks were used by the
wealthier persons to perform ablutions of their
handa and feet before entering tho temple and
thus to avoid using the great tank of the com
mon herd. There Is a model of a font at the bot
tom nf one tank. This collection has demon
strated the richness of the field of Koptos, and
further Interesting discoveries are expected.
flP.V SPOTS AXI EAltTll STOItMS.
Aretle f.xplorrra IV ho Will Investigate
Their JuTagnetle Connection.
Dr. M. A. Veeder of Lyons, N, Y., long a stu
dent of magnetic phenomena, has Induced three
tmportant arctic expeditions thoae nf Lieut.
Peary. lr. Nan".en. and Jackson and Hams
worth to make special observations of the au
rora borralls In Ihe far north. Albert B.
Armttage of the Jarkon and Harnsworth expe
dition will old make record of magnetlu ob
servations during a prolonged stay In Franz
Josef Land. Dr. Veeder has set In motion not
only these concerted plans of observation, but
has received the records of observations
made by correspondents In nearly all
parts of the civilized globe. Records have
been obtained from the steppes of Siberia, from
Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, Hudson Hay, Tas.
mania. New Zealand, and from every land
where the aurora Is known, while words ot In
terest and encouragement have come from
regions w here the aurora Is seldom If ever seen.
Dr. Veeder eipects from this collection of rec
ordsa mass of systematized Information that
will be of great value to astronomy and to
ph)sics In general, and that may reduce the
principles that He behind the business of
Weather Prophet Dunn to an exact science.
Some of the results thus far obtained have been
described in a series of articles issued by the
Rochester Academy of Science, to which Dr.
eeder belongs, and iwfore which he has set
forth his theory aa to magnetic manifestations.
Dr. eeder finds that auroral dlspln)s and
thunder storms have an Important relation to
the spots on tha sun. The auroral dlspla)s oc
cur at Intervals of about twenty-seven and a
quarter duvs. This corresponds to the
time of the rotation of the sun upon
Its axis aa viewed from the earth, which is.
of course, advanced In its orbit In tho
same direction a that In which the sun turns
upon Its axis. If the surface of the sun be
Imagined as divided Into twenty-seven parts,
like the sections of an orange, it Is possible, says
Dr. eeder. to learn from records long ana care
fully kept just vv here each of these sections w as
situated with relation to the earth on
any given date. The number and slzo of
the apciu in each of these sections at
s-lven dates are also to be teamed from the rec.
ords. In this way it has beea found that euoh
sections of the sun as are marked with many
and persistent spots are invariably just coming
Into view by rotation whenever there is an au.
rora. The aurora, however. Is not Invariably
seen when a anted ses-tlnn of the sun bears
such ill at Inn to the earth, but sometimes. In.
stead, thunder storms seem to take Its place,
and heu thunder storms dn not replace the ex.
perted aurora, electrical earth current disturb
the telegraph Hues and agitate the compass,
The-irnili,urgur Dr. Veeder. show that the
Influence of the sun spots Is magnetic
He holies bv means of ntmervatluns taken all
over the world tu aluiw that In the case of the
aiirum there la a luutetitratlou of effectln a
particular direction frum the sun aud upon par
ticular pails of the earth. Already evidence.
lyw Uen obtained of the geographical dlstrlbu
tiunof the aurora In the case of notable out.
breaks, well eeen over wide areas. The most
pnu'llc al outcume huped from all this stud) and
cibhorv aliou is the dev eluumeut uf a relation be.
tw een U,e ,U, ssits and that very i ommouplacr.
eveo-day matter, the weather. Thu establish'
uimt of Ibis irlatlun. Dr. Verdrr hopes, may
Place lueteurulogy among thu exact sciences,
lie declares that Ihero are rearrangements uf
Ihe distribution of the aluio.pl, ere tu certain
iar lu such fashion as tu affect the weather of
whole scaeuhs.
nireo rearrangement are related to aurursl
conditions, and this he lakes a proof that Ilia
disturbances upon the surface of the suu may
control Ihe (ondltions of uur atmosphere lu a
w uot hitherto suspvt ted. In other words, ho
hopes to prove that the popular belief uf a rela.
tluu between tha weather and the spots on the
nuubae s tenllllc foundation If all is proved
Uiat Dr. treder hupce to prove, perhaps Mr
Duuii'h bulletins will uot be forth uelt twenty,
four hums, but fur the next tweutv-scteu data
or the next three uiuiiths
Boyund that pos-iblllty Ilea the more fanciful
pcwsfblllty of an almanac that shall foretell the
weather as almanac a uf lu-da) foretell en lluee.
occulutiuus, and transits, although Dr. Veeder
dot-a not lend his countenance to any auch
conjecture. He does, however, venture tb con
jecture that magnetic Influences proceeding
front the sun may nut only cause magnetics
Shenomems In tha earth's atmosphere, but In.
uence the who! solar system, and perhsD
keep the pi. nets lu uuiUon.
taella that Occurred te the Kev. Br
Talasage Im tha Mouth ratctat.
rrom a Letter U the Broohlt tagU.
What do the seagulls tying hnadnd ot tulles tram
share think et us I What iW the sharks think I What
4olh whales think I WaaJdvM Ik octets Uxk ,
8 VX RE A. VS. '
-'Pension checks cashed," Is a umisI tltn tl.-M
da) s In many sorts of small shops In lower sun, a
line, t'lgsr stores and small restaurants cci, ,,,
make a specialty of this butlnrsa, and o ,nnr,
there Is something In It fur tlic obliging hum,
t banger.
There ts a eoncs-rn down town that unitfrialtn
put) our pboiogrsph ouanytlilns,snd thcitltpiat uf
all sorts uf atllclrs sdorned with pluitnarjplK i
i online lug evidence of thn firm ikikhI faith l,v n
remained for u Hroailvtar photcstrsplier tnumlei it
the sulritltutlou of the owner's phutOKrepli fur u,e
Initial uu Ike pocket lisiuUrrrhlr-f, and in i ih i.it
sample ft uf the same In hi show cse
About the oddest little i ami) stand In dim c i
pies a yard In front uf a laige dwelling licncsr tii k !
street bordering the clown town 1 rrh, Ii iurlr- n
middle aged wumsn sits behind a little low 1st h , ,
ered wliucrcMii is ml) lu nunt sv mlurs A liimnrl
on the table prce Islms the wares to Is) home ins 14
Caudletlu Ihe trench el) le. Iht-lioiixilsplsisnlril
like fshlun and Ihe piece m-ciiis tu lctlif unn u
ciitiihliistlu" f a csnd) factor) with a pfnn) sin,,!
attached.
there are slgus of a levlvslln al least em 1.
nee lu that Interesting que iter west of rtruailitar n-M
smith uf Washington sqiiaie. where the hiskrri uf
cape, muffs, artificial flowers, aud great varlm ,.'
feminine finery bale their abiding place All nvrr
thlsiegluti there are little placards out callliijcf.r
skilled feather wurkers, which would xrin tolndiiir.
thst there Is luure work to be clone lliaii the fiailirr
workers who keeplu close luiiih with thrlrimi v
erssrvsblelodo.
There Isunecliverlng sign uf Imprutcu I set in 1 .
great Vnierlcan shirt wearing public, tln-iucli 1 t
shown Ins rather negative fashion. The eilelcmr ,t
In the fart that the men's furnishing shops sre si in,,
late stage uf the season left with s great quantit r
the mot luridly 1 ulored outing ililrt unsold a Isrn
percentage of these neglected garments aieof thu-e
InefTable shades uf pink that suggi-nt strnttlit-rtipsiid
cream llefure the autumn regularly set In ihM4
gurgrous things will be selling fur a third the pi 1 r,
at which they began Ihe eraion
"Yes, It's real milk In thuw show Jars '11 then a
dow,M said the dairy woman, bhe finds she mm,
thst the various Imitations with which show Jars are
usually filled, such as flour and other powdered oll.i ,,
gradually gel Into a condition that riposca the .r
tence.eir bee onie dusty and repulsive. Itlsmnrt-ei
pensive to eiiaiae fresh milk In a warm window
where It sours lu a feev hours, but It jays, on tie
whole, to have eier)thlng In such a shop beyond .
plclnn, snd It Is always peissible by a little wntc hf ,1
ness to churn the show milk and sell part of It nhul
trtmlls. A man of means at Kaston on the Eastern .Shore i'
Usr.vlsud was somewhst astonished the other elsv 10
receive uue uf his checks, which had been cashed at
llaltlmorr, with a i-utlce of protest and the uuud
1 barge In auch cases. On examining the check he was
atlll more surprised to see that Instead of being drawn
on his own bank at Eastuult was drawn on a bank st
lllddletown, Del. He looked at the check book from
which he had taken the blank check, found the cur
responding Blub, and realised that there was some
thing wrong about the book. The matter was et
plained when It came out that both hanks hare their
check books made at the aame stationer's. In binding
that particular book a sheet of one of the alddletuwn
bank's books had been put In by mlstske.
Notes of tha Jcwa.
Itabul Alexander Kohut, who recently died In thla
city, bsd spent twenty-three years of his life In com
piling a Talmudlo dictionary, which he entitled
"Aruch Completum."
Funds are greatly needed at this time by the "Ameri
can Society for the Ilellef ot Uie Indigent Jews of
Jerusalem." According to all accounts, the Jewish
denlsens ot the holy city are In a sad plight.
There are two small Jewish sgrlcultural colonies In
California, the first In Orange Vale, opposite t'olsom,
the other In I'ortervllle, near Krcsno. Hoth have
passed the experimental stage and promise snecesv
Mr. Stead's question about Chicago has suggested
another question of the same nature: " If Moses came
to the Jewish community of New York ?" It Is poeel
ble that he might recognise Chief Rabbi Joseph as the
only orlhodox Interpreter of the jtoaalo writings.
Thus fsr this summer there bare been but few com
plaints ot the proscription of Jews1 at the summer
watering place and other rural resorts. There Is,
however, some complaint that. In a number of case,
Jews arecharged higher price than other people.
The JttcUh ilretengtr smiles at the alarm of the
Oiurr'imiia) (Episcopalian), which recently said. "The
Jews are permeating American cities; they are
going out Into American village! tbey are pur
chasing the country housea of American gcnUemen.
The exchangee, the avenues of wholesale trade, the
law and the other professions are becoming crowded
with Jews."
A fact not generally known Is vouched fnr by the
JtvrUh .Veer thst " In most ot the Jewish clubs of Sew
York the membership Is not confined to Jews. Of
course, Jews are In the majority to a very large ex
tent, but even such clubs as the Progress and the
Freundschaft, which are commonly supposed to be
exclusively Jewish, hJre OenUles on their membership
rolls. The Harmonic, however. Is more exclusively
Jewish than the other Jewish clubs."
In a recent sermon Rabbi Emit Hlrsch said : "Juda
ism Is suffering from a dangerous disease caused by
an excess of Intellectuallsm and a lack of enthusiasm.
Judaism Is not a religion of the heart; there Is a
thought element most emphaUc In the Jewish concep
tion. In the Old Testament you And nothing of belief;
'thou shslt know' Is the keynote. Reason, thought,
knowledge, are the foundations nt our faith, and we
welcome the light of science. No one hss a right to
dictate tothe Jew In matters or belief. Ileran take
what view ha will of the tllble or of after life."
Foreign Note or Real Interest.
The manuscript score nf Tannhkuser has Just rxea
sold to a Letpslc amateur for 10,000 marka t9?,.VM
In Ihe Marquesas group the recent absolute pmhlbl
tlon of the sale uf opium has Increased at uuce the ds
maud for liquor.
The forest land owned by the State la In Germany
ay percent, of all fnresta. In Scandinavia Into to. In
France 10, In Switzerland 4. and In Italy nut !
The English rostmasler-Oeneral hss Just announced
that private cards with a half penny stamp aftlied
will be accepted as postal cards within the I'nited
Kingdom.
The three antl Semitic, papers now put.llahed in Her
llnare. It Is understood, to be merged Into one under
the care of Hector Aulwardt, who Is still cent lined
that "priests, princes, and landlords" are all Jmi
lu disguise.
M.Schneider, the head of Ihe great Creusot fn.cn
dries, was married the other day lu I'arls. c"ru.it
has grown In sixty years from a village of 5011 inhsn
Itants to a town of 30,000 people-larger than Krupp's
town of Essen.
Russia propiss to connect Ihellalllc with the Hlsec
Sea, according to recent report. The rivers Holrper
and Dwlna are to be Joined by a canal, aiirveyLng haa
begun al both enda of the route, and Chcrson Is spoken
or as the harbor for the canal on the Black rVa
Newspapers In llustla were forbidden some lime sun
to make any reference to tho drreaes worn li Ih
Empress ou state occasions. This was done Im-aus
one paper by mistake reported her as wearing a clre ss
which at that time was completely oeit of fashion.
The '8ong to Aegtr, musto and wonts by William
II., German Emperor, King of Trustla, "Ac. III !
published by a Uernian firm early in October The
Kaiser really wrote the words snd music, which is
said to resemble In geaeral style the "tVacht sin
Hheiu," and also designed the title page.
The Government of New South Wales proposes le
put an end to the absolute sal of the public Isn Is.
and to Introduce a system of Jong leases, with gusrss
tees for continuous residence on the part of the Irs
sees, and to gradually subdivide the areas urfw'
holdings Into smaller homestead allotments.
The Duke of Klohmond and Oordon presented s new
st or 1 oiurs last week to Ih Ninety second lteglmrnt,
the Uurdon Highlanders, which It celebrating Us
hundredth nnvrsary. This famous Scottish regl
incnt Isouauf few which sUU wsar Ihe LIU. It ills
tlnaulshed Itself In the wsrs against Napoleon In Ike
f eulntula and at Waterloo, and more recently In the
march lo Kandahar.
Au Assessment Cuuiuillte at Versailles decided sfme
I! uie ago that an M. lajucbet was to receive i 000 tots)
aa compensation for an acre aud a quarter of lacd
near poutoise, wanted by the t Ity of Parts for sewsge
purpuacs. Tb city authorities appealed to Ihe Court
of t'auatlun, which quashed the award and sent the
instterfor deelaluu tothe civil tribunal at Amicus.
This cuurl has just awarded M. Lou. bet I II francs for
his Isnd. Of course, he appeals.
It is remarkable rart that the deepest parts of Ih
sea are In all case very urar the land. The deepest
sounding known, 4 MS fathoms, or ST.kSO feet, was
obUlued 110 uille from Ihe Kuril Islands; the Beit
deepest, 4.&DI fathoms, was found TU miles north of
Porto llko. with a few exceptions Ilk thes Iti
depth of In oceans as far aa now known does not
reach 4,buo fathoms, or four sea miles. The North
Pacific has a mean depth of x.dou fathoms, the boutn
f adflc of ,4O0, the Indian Ocean of s.OOO. snd tl
Atlantic, by far the best Investigated ocean, nets
mesa depth of s.SOO fathoms.
Cmaplalstltmaiicof h rapid destruction of pi.
lures la tb National Gallery through the careless
method efheaUng. The air Is kept so hot sad dry
that tuasy weU known picture are cracked and but
tered. Turaer 'e -Orrlelo." hU"ApoUond Paibnr
nd "Italyi CbJM HsroU's Pilgrimage, look Uke
brokea mosaic Boors; In pictures In which asphalt
was used, like Spaaneld's " Zayder Zee." the coio s
er running into each ether, and other weUkaowa
ptctaresar cracked 4r being clumsily restored.
AmoagthaseweLeIe'a -Dacl Toby aad tb WW-w.'WUki.T-fcuircjuiUr.ed-T,.
YUcag r.
st . 4 CeaaUUe's Valley rara."
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