j ; III I 0 THE SUN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21. 189.
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if i SiVJ' f aietinenti for puhllc us Instantly disseminated to
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I ! ji 1 Ho Cannot Do Happy.
t III' II 1 ' President CLEVELAND Is, Indeed. In saiI,
.'K i a pitiable condition. If he signs the bill, he
jig m I! becomes n voluntary participant In tho er-
u l' fitly and dishonor which he has denounced so
I i w il I earnestly, if he vetoes It, he will put him-
II IF I ' e" wluare'3r 'n opposition to a large part of
I ? iw il the party that elected him.
j 3 l I I In such a complication Mr. Cleveland
i I iM ll must, indeed, lie anxious and unhappy; but
j I ' W V, he should reflect that It Is all the result of
IS . m Ji ' Ills own Imd and prevarlcatlnK conduct.
! M' H. If he had held fast to the Democratic plat-
if, nj ff form, and Insisted upon a tariff for revenue
s'f ' ' U only! If he had stood firm as a rock against
! U j all discriminations In the tariff, either In
if m r. the form of high duties or In the form
rift! ! of a free list, large or small, he would
1 I ;3) I not now hare to consider w bother as n
j j Democratic President he shall sign a
, t t? j ; protectionist bill made by pretendel revenue
$ ; I Democrats, or shall veto the only mcostire
3 I , . which his wretched, deluded, and hypocrltl-
f i g j cat followers have been able to pass, after
,jj k I having plunged the Industry and business
J 5p of the country Into a state of run the like
,'S J1 S. '. of which our people have never witnessed,
1 j! ! nd could not have believed possible.
i " i ffi Tho unfortunate alternative which now
1" . n , oonfrontathePrcsldcnt,shouldsrveasaper-
! ! ' ' S pctual warnlngtoall men never to vary from
t ' W I the path of righteousness, never to promise
J m j with tho lips and at the same time cherish
"I H a contrary purpose In the heart. All history
J ' fjf Is full of this great lesson, but never In our
1 jjj day tins It Iwen enforced so tremendously as
1 jE' by tho existing predicament of this pro-
E j . H, I tectlonlst President of the United States,
i ' ! Sf j. lectetl to office as an utter and uncow-
1 1 ' 3j promising enemy of protectionism.
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''3s Cons-res.
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, ! 9 8 The present Congress has lecn In session
j iy: almost continuously slncethe7thof August,
, 'iSi 180D, and public attention is turned to what
i TM the critics call Its record of more than 840
, ' mj days. They say, for Instance, that during
' ; 'I this long session It has enacted much In-
(!ffl- jurlous and Ill-considered legislation; that
t 1i of 8,000 bills Introduced Into the House,
I j j) l) only 800 were adopted and sent to the Sen-
itjjf ate; that of 2,000 Senate bills n considera-
' bte number are to bo left slumbering in
aY SK h' committee rooms; that, deducting pensions,
Hill $ which are diminishing, the appropriations
Mi S are more than one million two hundred
l'll thousand dollars greater than they were
9 ; M 1' during the corresponding first year of Presl-
8 1 1 S dent IlAitnibO.v; that the salaries of many
. 11 If officeholders have been increased; that the
B iff I tariff bill adopted by Congress has radical
J 1 ji defects; that a substitute for the SllERWAX
B J 1 bill was not enactel when the purchase
1 clause was .repealed on Xov. 1, 1808; that the
H. I shifty declarations on the Hawaii question
H if leae the position of the Government unde-
' m w tcrmlned ; and that Xcw Mexico and Ari-
X t zona havo been discriminated against to the
4 J benefit of Utah in respect of admission to
I the Union; and that, worst and last, an
Bj9 N odious, unconstitutional, tin-Democratic, tin-
ifljWI American, and unnecessary Income tax has
S fll, ' been Imposed, at Mr. Cleveland's sugges-
WW, tlon, on as many of tho people of the UniUtl
I 'ivfl - Btates as by their thrift and skill earn more
'M ' than 84,000 a year.
8 m V ' ' Some of these charges are true; some are
I (I j not. Some of theso accusations nre justi-
I ijl S Cable, some are without justification. But
il j ' the Dtrnncratlc memliers of Congress com
llll Ing up for reelection this year, moyperhops,
A f. each in his own way, explain what Congress,
I Democratic in both branches, has done.
Hut what they can't explain is the ono es-
FmbBLV scntlal and ovcrshadowlngly important
HllVK' thing which Congress has not done; namely,
n 'mM J its failure to adopt, in fulfilment of the
W HK ' strict, solemn, and specific pledge of the
MM party, an honest, undiscrlmlnatlng, and
B mm ' constitutional tariff for revenue only.
H IK That's what the Democracy agreed to do.
H MM . Tliat's why Congress was made Democratic.
H 'Mm. I That's tho thing it has not done, has not
H Bl , tried, to do, has not even bo much as pro-
B Wmf posed to do. And why not f
1 WHl Italy nrlngr War on Kurope?
I 1 Mr. Alde.v, lately the American Consul-
Ll ' & i , General in Rome, has undertaken in the
H IK I. A"lnrfcnthCrntur to plead the cause of tho
B ff t' i Italians against France. He contends that
K the expulsion of the Austrlans from Lotn-
K ,aHfc ' bardy has been far mora than counterbal-
MjK anced by the suljsequent attempts of the
HVfl " French to avert the unity of Italy, Including
KI ' conspicuously the occupation of Home, the
HCMK cession of Savoy and Nice, the annex
HU I ation of Tunis, and the commercial war
' I begun in 1880, which, by cutting off Italian
HBSf , wines and Italian silks from their best
HHs ' market, hasdealtadeadlyblowatthe Italian
HBS' 1 finances. No one would dispute, we presume,
HBSt that there have been wrongs on both sides,
H.t but their precise admeasurement Is, after
HBSJ all, an academic question. What really In-
HBSJ terests us is the practical outcome of Mr.
HBS AlDES's observations, namely, that the logic
HBfl( of the Italian situation, no matter who may
HBSf be to blame for it, points inexorably to war,
HaHfllk If this is true, the desperate struggle of
Vm Elgnor Cltisn and bis colleagues to make
HftBE both ends meet, may well be watched with
HV 1 feverish anxiety all over Kurope.
HI-1 Most foreign students of Italy's Indus-
miM f V'8'- commercial, and financial condition
HB arrets that the fiscal problem with which
BBT S Signor Clfist'l is confronted is Insoluble, and
f tbati without a sweeping reduction of the
BBf I army and navy, the attempt to effect an
HBbL. equilibrium between income and outgo is
1 ' boneless. They concur with Mr. Alden
HBBp tn declaring the day to be close at hand
'.; when Italy must disarm. Her people are
HB bow taxed to the utmost limit, yet to-
BBS day she finds her treasury empty,
HBB I and no means of filling it. Any
BBV further increase of taxation is out of the
BBV ' j question, and any economies that might be
BBS ' wade, short of those just mentioned, would
BB i prove Insignificant. There is but one way
BBVv . In which Italy can escape the bankruptcy
BBV? ' ' ttow imminent, and that U by cutting down
BBV5, her army to the smallest force compatible
WWWg i 'th the preservation of domestic order,
BBSjvj .1 and by putting out of commission every
BBBri : vessel in her navy, except two or three
Bflhf ' I cruisers to be stationed, one in the Mediter-
IjBB ranean, another in the lied Sea, and per-
IHB haps a third in Argentine waters.
AS Granting that such a trenchant curtail-
BKI ' '" xnent of her military and naval power will
BBE at no distant date be unavoidable, we can
KSff see that Italy will then cease to be viewed
Bfyli by foreign powers as an auxiliary pf any
HjH value. If she disarms, she must withdraw
I'Bfli' f rom ,ho 'P10 Alliance, and she would
I B then placed la exactly the lajo position
99 f t t
In which she wottld find herself should she
now go to war with France and le beaten,
She would continue to exist as a nation only
by the sufferance of France, and on con
dition of slavish obedience to French de
crees. Put If, as Mr. ALDKN contends,
Italian freedom and unity are to per
ish, they should at least perish with
honor. It will, indeed, le denied by
no one, that If It be true that Italy Is drhen
to a choice between war nnd bankruptcy,
there can scarcely be a doubt as to which
alternative she 111 choose.
To the objection that war Is a desperate
remedy, the answer Is that Italy Is In n des
perate state. From nn unsuccessful war
she can lose nothing n lilch she will not lose
if she prefers to disarm, whereas she would
have much tn gain by a successful contest
between the Triple Alliance and France. In
the Utter etetit she could disarm In
fety, while her share of the pecuniary
'indemnity, which France would have to
pay, would go far toward covering her
share of the expenses of the war. It Is a
fact, too, as Mr ALDEV says, that Italy
holds the scales of vtar and peace; that It
rests with her to decide whether she will
risk war to-day or face bankruptcy to-morrow.
For Germany, much as her Emperor
may desire peace, must prefer to go to war
with Italy for an ally than to await, without
the aid of Italy, the attack of the French. As
things are now, Italy could give employment
to a quarter of a million of French soldiers
that otherwise would oppose the Germans on
the Hhlne, and the Italian war vessels could
keep the greater part of the French fleet in
the Mediterranean. It follows that when
the Italian Government Informs Kaiser
WILLIAM II. that either war with France
must lio begun without delay, or Italy must
withdraw from the Triple Alliance nnd dis
arm, the end of the present armed peace
will have arrived.
If it le admitted that Italy has no alterna
tive to bankruptcy but war, and that in the
surgery of the sabre lies the only hope of
her salvation, we must recognize that,
while the horizon seems for the moment
as cloudlessas It did In May, 1870, the peace
of Europe really hangs upon a thread.
Ho Has Gono Astray.
Mr. W. D. Howells. the novelist, has
been expending his Imagination of late
months In picturing a fabulous land, which
he calls Altrurla, and contrasting it with
our "plutocratic" civilization, as he de
scribes It. In this fanciful Altrurla, social
ism and anarchy prevail, and everylxxly is
happy, unselfish, and relieved from tho
hardships of actual human society by the
operation of the law of Its tyrannical organ
ization. The Altrurlans, nn created by the
Imagination of Mr. Howklls, look upon
wealth as a curse rather than n blessing.
They hove succeeded in driving out wicked
ness. Everybody is good. The only com
petition is in goodness and unselfishness.
Coming from this fabulous land into so
ciety as It actually exists, Mr. Howells's
Altrttrlan Is shocked by the civllizatlbn
which has been developed in this work-a-day
world, whero everylxxly is striving to
get ahead, some more successfully than
others. He Is astonished to find luxury
offset by poverty nnd squalor, and that the
peoplo who are prosperous are not miserable
because they have won In the race In which
they are all engaged, while the majority are
still far behind.
In his last "letter from an Altrurlan"
in the Cotmopolltnn magazine for thla
month, Mr Howells Imagines a rich woman
of our " plutocratic society " who sympa
thizes with his feeling that she ought not to
hold and enjoy her rightful possessions be
cause the mass of the people about her are
not so fortunate. He pictures her as a
hysterical widow, who lives in great luxury
and refinement on the money accumulated
by her hard-working husband, who had
raised himself from poverty to affluence by
his own efforts. She Is unhappy simply be
cause she Is rich while so many are poor;
and, consequently, Mr. Howells treats her
aa an admirable creature, though, as he de
scribes her, she la only a victim of a pitiably
morbid temperament, which would make
her miserable under any circumstances.
She is distressed because her " dead capi
tal," aa she calls It, Is really not dead, but
alive. Her property of itself earns for her
an income which other people cannot get
by working for It with their own hands, and
hence she hates her wealth ; yet that very
Income obtained from her capital proves
that it is a blessing to the public. Only thus
can it earn for her the money with which she
supports her luxury. It is an accumulation
which Is serving other interests besides her
own. It Is profitable to her only as It is
useful to society. It cannot be Invested or
employed In any productive way without
rendering such a benefit. It helps to keep
In progress the enterprises that support In
dustry. It builds houses for the shelter of
those who have not the money to
build them for themselves. The varied
wants and tastes which Its Income
both creates In her and enables her
to gratify furnish a demand which gives
employment to a multitude, of people. The
savings which constitute her wealth, are an
accumulation which helps society In this
way far more than it would if she gave the
money away, distributing It as a gift to
people without capital. In order that It
may be productive for her she Is obliged to
make it productive for other people. Cap
ital, whether It tie the aggregate of the
small savings of many, or the savings of
an individual possessor, is simply stored
energy, which makes the industry of the
past serve the interests of the present. Those
who own it are fortunate, but so also is all
society fortunate, because so much has been
saved to assist the further progress of civili
zation, until the time comes when the only
possible Altrurla shall be developed In a
society where all men are wise and prudent
Mr. Howells should at once get out of
Altruria and never return there. It is a col
ony of lunatics, a settlement of Auarchlsts.i
The Adirondack I'orestH.
The hearing given to representatives of
the New York Hoard of Trade by the special
Forestry Committee of the Constitutional
Convention brought out some interesting
points.
The proposal made on behalf of the Hoard
was that the whole Adirondack aud Cutsklll
region should be set apart forever as a forest
preserve, under a superintendent appointed
by the Governor, who shduld have authority
to lease tracts not exceeding five acres to
campers and cottagers for periods not ex
ceeding five years. Whether such a pro l
slon and such details, supposing them to
command approval, ought to be embodied
in the Constitution of the State, or to be the
subject rather of ordinary statute legisla
tion, is a matter for discussion. Hut the
testimony offered upon the need of forest
preservation was striking.
One of the points urged was that the cities
along the Hudson would one day have to
look to the Adirondack for their water sup
ply, especially the great and growing mo
tropoU, tot which tha Cretoa watershed
would in time be Insufficient, Cutting
down the forests helps to cause droughts,
and one delegate set forth that since his
Ixij howl the water supply had decreased in
some Adirondack lakes nnd the head of
navigation had receded lnIakeChnmplatn.
Then, too. as Is known, spring freshets nre
tho result of denuding the uplands of for
ests, since there Is no longer the same means
of holding the snows and Insuring a more
gradual melting Such freshets, ns Mr.
AltNofX (minted out, may also bring down
sand and carry seaward fertile soil.
Noteworthy In the testimony was that of
Mr. Miiktdv S. 1'AKMAI.rE of Albany, ns
to the mistake uinite tn the selling by tlw
State of trees that ought to be preserved.
Mr- PAUMALEK belongs to a firm that, to,
ttse some former words of his and on this
subject, " has lumbered some 120,000 acres
of our own spruce lund In the last twenty
fhejears, taking only the largest trees. I
lme spent nearly half of the time," he
ndded, " winter and summer, during theso
jcars, In the woods." H views, thus based
on an unusual experience, fully accord, as
now presented, with some striking remarks
which ho had prepared for the meeting of
the American Forestry Association last
spring, but which were not mode then.
The Forest Commission was authorized
by the law of 1808 to sell poplar of any size
from tho State's forest lands, and also the
standing spruce and tamarack nlxive twelvo
inches on the stump. Under that law there
had already been sold, according to Gover
nor Floweii's message of last January, the
spruce of the prescribed size on 17,408 acres
of Stuto land. The policy was based on the
theory that a forest may be Improved In
judicious cutting, and a revenue obtained
towanl offsetting the expense of maintain
ing and protecting the Stato forest park.
Mr. l'AKMALEE, however, opposed this
plan, nnd would not admit that Euro
pean practice could Justify It here.
In Europe, he said, the tops and limbs
were so valuable fur fuel that the
peasants cleared them up and carried
them off, to the last fagot; whereas here
the lumberman cannot afford to do this.
and thus from the fallen tops of the spruce
the danger of forest fires is greatly In
creased, as It also is by the very operations
of lumbering. Again, when the lumberman
receives the right to go Into the forest, the
opportunities for others to trespass are much
Increased from the roads he creates; he
wants the right, too, to store his logs nnd
drive the small streams; and, finally, he
cannot be expected to stop, In felling a tree,
to see that no saplings are Injured. In a
word, there nre great drawbacks, in Mr.
Paum ALf.E'fl view, to the policy of tree cut
ting for revenue on State lands.
The discussion of tho condition and needs
of the woodlands, before the Committee on
Forestry, Is, it appears, to lw resumed dur
ing the present week, nnd thus the results
of the laws as they originally were and as
they havo now lxen amended can Ixj fur
ther set forth, as a guide to new legislation
desired. The woods of the State are the
noble herltngo of tho people, so that the
Constitutional Convention Is properly con
cerned to know how far the task of preserv
ing that heritage enters into its province.
Mgr. Sat oil I nnd tho Idquor Saloons.
Mgr. ScilltoKDKIt, ono of the professors of
the Catholic University at Washington, has
made to n correspondent of the Acte l'orfc
Timts an explanation of the attitude of
Mgr. SATOLLl toward the liquor saloons,
which our contemporary describes as "au
thoritative," meaning thereby, we assume,
that It represents the views and purposes of
the Apostolic Delegate himself.
The explanation, in substance. Is that the
Papal Delegate, in approving tho regula
tions nnd prohibitions of the UUhop of
Columbus touching the liquor trafllc, simply
"desired to preserve, sustain, and defend
the authority of the Bishop." In so doing
he added nothing to " the fundamental laws
of Catholic ethics, or to the positive declara
tions of ecclesiastical authority concerning
this question." His utterance was not an
edict of the Church, for ho has no au
thority to Issue such a decree, and It
Is no new decision of the Church on "the
liquor question, either in favorof or opposed
to the saloons." Its purpose wom to enforce
discipline by confirming "the right of a
nishop to Issue independent regulations In
furtherance of the spiritual welfare of his
people;" but "it Is an exaggeration if the
approval extended to a local regulation, In
tended for and limited to the diocese of the
Iilshop, U represented to mean the promul
gation of n regulation for other dioceses;"
and "it is distortion of the utterances of
Mgr. Satolli to stamp them as n declara
tion of war against the proprietors or fre
quenters of saloons, or agninst the use of
spirituous beverages generally."
This makes the course of the Papal Dele
gate much less Important than it has been
represented to be. The disclaimer of any
purpose on his part to modify the ethical
law for Homan Catholics was unnecessary,
for obviously Mgr. Satolli has no such au
thority; but, If the explanation be authorita
tive, neither has he any Intention of modi
f ) Ing the general Human Catholic policy asj
regards the selling or the use of liquor. That
policy, as proclaimed by the Halt imore Coun
cil, is to admonish Homait Catholic liquor
dealers to get nut of the business aa,tlau
gerous to the moral welfare of themselves
and their customers; but, except in the case
of the diocese of Columbus, the warning
has not been supplemented by ecclesiastical
penalties generally applied. Moral suasion
only has been used, und its exercise has
not been successful In inducing Homan
Catholics to retire from the traftlr In
any large measure. The majority of the
saloon keepers, we believe, are still of
that faith, though It seems that the stigma
cast on the busltieis by the lialtimore Coun
cil has drhen some from It. Those who
remain nre engaged In a traffic upon which
the Church looks unfavorably, but their
continuance was not forbidden. It was left
to their own consciences to determine
whether they should obey the admonition
against the business or disregard It They
were advised earnestly, but they were left
to make their own decision In the premises.
As Interpreted by Mgr. SciiitoniKH, the
decision of the 14 pal Delegate makei, no
change In this situation except to nftirm ns a
matter of discipline that a UUhop has
authority to make regulations governing the
conduct of his diocesans respecting liquor
dealers and the Homan Catholic communion,
even If olx-dlenco to them "should intohe
special sacrifices." Mgr. Svtolli, sajs Dr.
ScuuoLUEU, dealt only with h particular
case of episcopal prerogative, und he "never
Intended to promulgate a fundamental
declaration ns to the liquor question, with
respect to the advantage or disadvantage,
the propriety or Impropriety, of the manu
facture, sale, ur use of spirituous liquors, or
with respect to temiwrance, total abstinence,
or prohibition '
The subject of the sermon preached by
th Rv. Mr. Dixoa but baadsywu "The
Yacht Race" Wtde&ot flod any fault with
his subject, which is an exciting cms. Irathe
was not familiar with it He cave proof that hs
was not well Informed about the details of the
race, hail not a propercomprehenslon of the ren
trcboard question, and did not know in what re
spects His Vigilant differs from the Britannia.
Itoth Mr.0out.ti andthe Princeof Wales would
certainlr hsve laughed if they had occupied a
pew while Htxnx ws preaching his sermon. It
cannot lie that he has read Tint Sea's cable re
ports of the erest rce.
As for the ethical and political lessons that
Dlxoxdrew from the sent race, they were ftt
ted to tickle the funny hone of sny jaeht.imsn.
They were follr and Ignorance. The thief one
of them was that KngUyl and America should
combine for the conquest of the world !
Dixon would hnvegtttn a better entertain
ment to his hearers If he had read to them our
despatches about the yacht race, and our com
ments upon It. In which the true lessons were
given briefly. Justlr. ami philosophically.
Those of our catchpenny clergymen who preach
upon the excltinit Inctdentsof the day must read
tho trustworth) papers dally and closely or they
will not become objects of admiration.
Mr. ( l.r.vr.l.Asn hss tacked another saying
to his tvartjr that will not leate It for niny a jear,
"IVrflrfj anil ulihetior ' -nmlru Aditrtitr.
Thnt Is not quite exact. It is not known jet
whether Mr. Ci.svilanh haatacked the Perfidy
and Dishonor label upon the Democratic party
or upon himself.
The Mcnnonlte brethren are one of the
minor communions of Protestantism. They
number about 40,000 In the United States, most
of them farmers. They exist In various coun
tries of Kurope. and have had settlements In
this country for over two centuries. Home of
the scenes at the encampment, which they have
formed In Kgolra Woods I'a., hare been de
scribed In The Hun. The most Interesting of
their customs. Illustrated at this encampment.
Is that of curing disease In the manner described
by the Apostle Javck. There are remarkable
reports of the cure of afflicted people by prayer
and anointing with nil In the name of the Lord.
Wclnve repeatedly expressed a desire that re
ports nf this kind should be subjected to scien
tific investigation and criticism. Some of those
sent nut from the Mcnnonlte camp In Egotfs
Woods nre unusually Interesting. The method
of cure Is strictly Scriptural (see James v.. 14
lfil, not like thnt of the ordinary faith curlsts,
many of whom are unbelievers or charlatans.
The Mennnnltes never go to law. never take an
oath, never engage In war, never seek pub
lic offlce; they are truthful and honest; they
aro Industrious: they dress plainly; they wash
each other's feet before partaking of the Lord's
Supper; thoy believe In baptism only for adult
believers. Tho 0.000 of them encamped In
Egnlfs Woods this month are all good and
patriotic American citizens.
They fay that Mr. Wiijiok will be the next
man to be ele ruteil tntha Supreme benrh In ease a
virtncj- ts-curi during Mr. CLsrcLAirD'a Presidential
term. Cincinnati f.nqninr.
flood. He has proved himself unfit to lie a
legislator, but perhaps he may do aa a Judge.
Tho miraclo of the two ringdoves, as told
last Sunday by our colored brother, the Rev. Mr.
Booker, at the Itye Lake camp meeting, de
serves to be investigated by a committee of
white critics, headed by the Ilev. Dr. llutoos. It
Is ono of the most Interesting miracles of recent
times. Our colored brother was looking around
Westchester county, all alone, for a suitable
place for the camp meeting, when he beheld two
foft -colored ringdoves fluttering over his head.
He drove slonly; they kept In the advance. He
praed; they cooed. He wondered; they ap
pealed. He fell nn his knees in the solitude of
the forest; they beckoned him onward. When
ho askel for a sign from heaven, he noticed that
one of them held a bay leaf In Its bill. Under
their leadership he made his way through the
tangled underbrush until he reached a hill
crow ned by a bay tree, upon a branch of which,
behind tho brood leaves, the two ringdoves
were perched. There was a eprlng of pure, water
at t ho spot ; there were wild berries all around It ;
there were flsh id thelakewhlch was within sight.
Hu had been guided by the rlngdoria to a tip
top place for the colored camp meeting. He told
the, wondrous tale to his colored friends, who
turned out, bearing axes with which they hewed
down the trees, cleared off the underbrush, and
made a broad path to the little hill crowned by
the broad-leav ed boy tree In which the two ring
doves had perched and cooed a short time before.
The camp meeting was opened therolast Sunday,
and Brother BnoKKnwaa on hand. Near the
place was a signboard bearing the Inscription:
"Teams. 20 cents. Single rigs, 15 cents." The
congregation, which was small, sang revival
hymns: but the singing could hardly be heard,
on account of the wood chorus of crickets and
trretoads. The description of the scene, as
glv en in yesterday's Sum, was good enough for a
romance.
Now, was the apparition of the ringdoves
miraculous? Our colored brother maintained
In his Hundny sermon that It was. Unfortu
nately, there was no witness to the reality of
the cooing ringdoves other than Brother Book
Kit. We wish that tho brethren who afterward
blazed the way with their axes had seen or
heard them. We wish that the Hev. Dr. Bitloas,
the miracle critic, hat been In the company of
Brother Bookeii. We wish the ringdoves had
cooed when the treetoads Interrupted the singing.
Anyhow, it ccros to us that It would be worth
the while of somebody to Investigate this pecu
liar miracle, and to crnss-eiamlno the Hev. Mr.
IJooKr.it, along the line of Its occurrence. In
Westcheater county. We can not pin our faith
tn It until we have some other assurance than
that of our colored brother.
Most interesting are the letters we have
printed descriptive of tha religious cere
monies of the pagan Indiana of this
State during the past few days In the Onondaga
Valley, near r) recuse. The pagan religion in
which they believe has many good features,
and the prophet whom they venerate was a
worthy teacher. Tills prophet, whose name
was Handsome Lake, and who lived In the
early part of this century. Inculcated the prac.
tlce of all the v Irlucs truthfulness, honesty, so
briety, hospitality, fraternity, and happiness;
he taught in the name of the Great Spirit;
hiadoctrlnca are accepted by the Mohawks,
Senecas, OnnndagAi, and Cayugaa, or br the
greater part nf the blx Nations of Iroquois In
dlous. We call these redskins pagans; but.
In so far a they follow the teachings of the
prophet Hamm-omk Lake, whose Indian name
was Con-Ya-Taw-Vow, they are better than a
great many people who boast loudly that they
are Christians.
We do not object to those of their religious
rites w hich are Illustrated by dancing. When
the bucks were rxbaustrd with the turtle dance
the venerable chief sathem gava them a ser
mon, and w hen the) got a rest under the sermon
they resumed the dam lug; k that dance fol
lowed keriuon and sermon dance, while tha ting
ing nf the braves kept time to the mutio of the
turtle rattle.
There aro plenty of w hits men who have not a
religion a good as the paganlam of the Nation
of Six i'iree, and who du not practise the vir
tues that were preached by the venerable Haxd
souk Lake.
McavlaWy Until Kaat AfUr.
Yum ILr Commtrrial OatrlU.
Coil-nits, A Uf I (.Got McKiulejr U flood! with
lutttatlottsand petitions to addreas meetlac of vart
out character la all parts of the country. It hat been
decided that the dt of bit Indianapolis apaeeh wlU
beffcpt. ill K4ue Urn In October ha all) go to Illi
nois to speak la In rampalgn there. He Is aiaotogo
to Maine, but tho dato U still to be D xl by correspond
ence lie will take his tuual large part la tke Ohio
campaign, and with bit oftVUI dull, which be nercr
nrglects.lt wUlUt hco ttal tha Gorernor has an ex
tremely busy faU before him.
Mr, Green's Orauid for Divas-.
IWm Ua At Unit fUpvlAtc.
Viirituo, intL, Aug. IT, -John W Oretn It a busi
ness man In Um town of Ullford, Kosciusko county
Until th BrcrklurWg scandal tna relations of Orrrn
and his wtf wr plraunt. The publication of the
Cong ,-iumu'i social downfall le-l Mrs. I ,-reato apply
UwtltUer-CU.BrrckUrld,-t',tJbr kusband. TtU
hit becocM to aanoytng to Oretn thai It has foxulthtd
lb ground ef cemp4atnt Mr aa actloa f or dlrofov
ran TAnirr dkbatk.
Th fln. I K, Qnlast BeaerlasMS Itenrke
Ctvekraa la tha CI Mia- t'enteat.
iVon IHt .Vrw lor rrttvse.
Mr. Cockran'a appearance In tha debate wss
one of those courageous performances of which
he Is always capable, but for which. In this
thankless world of ours, a man U rarely com
pensated. He got his time from Mr. Herd, the
Democrats refusing tn give him any. He had
expressed In the caucus his opinion of their post,
lion. He spoke from the Democratic side nf the
House, placing himself where all the etnbarrnss.
mrntsof his situation were sure to be most an
noying. But Mr. Ciiekrsn Is a -jreat orator, and
he seems greatest when most nptioed. llewent
swiftly to the point. He asked to know to whom
the Democratic party must surrender. He re
called the triumphsnt passage nf the Wilson bill
and contrasted the scene enacted then wlththat
presented now whe't the Demos ratlc leader,
" shorn of friends and followers. Invites us to re
cord our betrayal of every principle which, tin.
derhls leadership, we had maintained!" We
aro told, he said, that our pledges cannot be re
deemed: that men. Democrats, iiwlng nlleglntiro
to the Democratic platform, are held lusck from
the due performance of their duly. Who holds
them back? What unnamed, unseen, mvaterlous
forces nre these that sufflto to throw the entire
tcmocrllc party Into confusion? If we arc held
by the throat, let us at least see the hand that
holds us.
He would not admit that the (lorman bill wss
better than the McKlnley bill. It was worse.
The Democrats around Mr. Cockran resented
this assertion. They had been Interrupting him
all along, and now they broko out in a babel of
confuted protests. But his words came with tho
fierce swiftness of a cataract, and his voice
sounded out above all tho noise they could make.
He repeated that tho pending measure was more
obnoxious, from the point of view of a tariff re
former, than the McKlnley bill. That bill was
tho consistent application of the protective
policy: and in so far as It restricted production
It restricted all production evenly. But this bill
Involved the policy of special favoritism, and
there was no defence fbr It. It would operate to
give prosperity suddenly to the lines of Industry
it protected, and to oppress other lines of In
dustry, so that tho liepubllcan would find new
arguments for protection In the results that
would flow from Ijs passage. What caused this
sudden self-abasement? The Democratic hosta
had marched up the hill, and. without waiting
for the enemy to appear, becoming alarmed at
the solitude around them, they had turned pale
and fled, declaring that never again would they
enter on so perilous a lourner. For his tiart.
before he surrendered his sword, he wished to
look Into the faces of those to whom he gave It.
Bather than surrender to a foe that dared not
show his face, he would break his sword across
his knee.
Tho Republicans unnecessarily ana unwisely
applauded Mr. Cockran throughout the deliv
ery of his brilliant and audacious speech. Their
motive was not so much to commend what he
said as to express their admiration of his
courage and ability, and the sympathy which
tho Republican side of the House always has
for the Isolation of Xew York city Democrats,
The truth Is that between the Southern and
Western Democrats who control the party here
and those who come from the North, and es
pecially from New York city, there Is deep and
Irreconcilable distrust and ill feeling. It Is
shown In a thousand ways, hut more especially
when New York city wants nn appropriation.
It was shown when the Southern and Wewtern
Democrats voted to a man against giving New
York the paltry sum of $1(0.000 to keep the
typhoid fever out of the New York Post Offlce.
It has been shown In the Ineffectual struggle of
the New York delegation to obtain a hearing
for their bill permitting the completion of the
new building for the public stores, nnd It was
perfectly expressed In the extraordinary attack
which the Speaker of the House proceeded, at
the conclusion of Mr. Cockrnn's address, to
make upon tho brilliant New Yorker. I shall
not dwell upon that Incident, for It did Mr.
Crisp too little Justice. Mr. Cockran's reply, that
the Speaker'a assault was "on evidence of the
growth of Georgia chivalry since Alexander II.
Stephens was replaced In the statesmanship of
the country by the present Speaker of the
House," was delivered nrald Indescribable dls
older, the meanest part of tha whole discredit
able affair being the effort to prevent him from
making any reply at all.
THE ATMOSrilKRE OF 31 Alt S.
Reasona fbr nellevlnat There la Vapor
There that Would Support Lire.
mm IS Raehrtttr Democrat and Chrvniclt.
If there Is anything pnsltlrrly known about the con
dition of the planet Mars, II Is that a polar lee or snow
cap exists and ran be seen to retreat as summer ad
vances. The existence of a tnow eap f rrsupposes the
presence of tn atmosphere to hold water apor In
tutixnslon. Therefore the announcement of Irof.
Campbell of the Lick Obsrriratory I hat he hasdlseor.
rrtslby meant of the spectroscope that Mars has no
atmosphere, will not be generally accepted as correct.
It It apparent that Trof, Holilen of the oboerratory
does not accept tha conclusion that there Is no atmov
phere. for he slates that If there be an atmosphere It
pressure It not a great at that on our hit hett moun
tains. Prof. Holden Is on safe ground, as he merely
raltet the question of atmospheric density.
It may be tald that a man with a spectroscope It
quite as liable to be decelred as a man with a micro
scope. Th tpectroKope hat It limitations, and the
ehanret of error are to great that the Instrument It
now used wtth the utmost rare. Its apparent revela
tions are qnestloned sharply, and the conditions care
fully explained tn eliminate all sources of error. Bo,
In questioning l'rof. Campbell's announcement, wa
are not challenging thedetermtnatloat of an Infallible
Instrument.
Tiie planet Mart It red, and Pro'. Campbell will
find It very illfQcult to explain the pretence of thlt
color If there Is ro ttmotphrre tnd no water vapor or
dust In tusprntlnn. Iletsnnlnf from analogy, tha tur
fare of Mart ought to be as eletrty deRned In the tele
scope at that of the tuoun. If thepttuet batnualino
pbere, Ro far at we know, there are no good eI
deutea of an atmosphere about the moon, and every
observer It aware of the rltarnesi with which all ob
jection tun moon's surface sUnd nut. Not to In the
cat of Mart, lit surface appeart tobeeovered by a
thin veil, and only on rare occasions Is there anything
Ilka clear definition. This veil Is tinged with red, a
ytrf trying color, and through It the apparent con
figuration of the planet's disc Is dimly visible. It will
thus be seen that the evidence against the accuracy of
Prof. Campbell's conclusions, derived from the spec
troscope. Is strung,
The Cup In tha Csasasualoa Nervier,
To thi Entton or Tur hr-Mr The use of the eup
In the communion service In Protestant churches It
decltredby jour correspondent In yrtientay'i paper
to b miraculously protected by the Lord against any
consequences arlslns from communicated Impurities.
The list time I knelt at the roramunlnn altar of the
Episcopal Church Iher knell at one tide of me a pa
tlent whom I knew, as I wat trettlnr him at th time,
to tie a syphilitic: his mouth btd mueout patrhet,
which make the dlseate rspeeltlly loutagloui. This
person took the cup before It tinieto me. Ofeourte.
I let Iheruppass.
Al another time the prreon ntit to me but follow
ing m In the use nf the cup, was alto a patient of
mtne, laanadvtneeil stigeortutierrulo.lt. Themouth
of this person wtt In a condition dangerous to hit
neighbor
Of course, nn mtn who It not a complete survival of
the middle tget can assert that, under these elreuni
stances, a man (If he knew, should apply his llpt In a
probably dtugerously lontaiolualed cup, tru.tlngln
the protertlou of tha I-ord, who bet allowisl uuu
dredt, a hundred timet, to -rll lu burning ur rartu
shaken churches, while Ihry were In the very act of
worshipping Him. Yours truly,
tuaar 8. Asiixgtb, l, p
hsw Yoaa Aug 80
Great Ilea MIDI Hoaght For,
To tux Editos or Tur Set Sir.- You will oe pirated
to know that two ttaleinrn wlih world wide reputa
tions have nren uomluatcd for I be legislature of thlt
Stale. I refer to Jordan Bow of Steele aud Jtrrmlah
BuckblUi of (Irlgzt. The men should go diwa th
currldort or time with Vfeuri. Dint Molls an I Ab
Sluptky. Yourt truly. H. M. Tiro.
M.urpt. X. n tug 17-
Tbe Ola Mas' Humble I'art.
From Ik Atlanta loatfif utioiL
" Whit's Dirk doing now f
- Well. Dick he't a-doclorla' '
-Aud Johu r"
" Ile't hore tradln "
"Aud William"
U' a t via' vf touii.
AndTnusf
-Well, Tun-he't sorur pouUclanl a troun' "
-AOl yoal"
"VjleU. I'm aorterfarmla'aa'tvfMdla'el Dick. aa'
Jakarta' Wllllim, aa' luta,'
XVX THROUGH HT A BWOBDriBtt.
A Teasel Slra-1y Bawsaged la tha flair sf
Catlrnrala.
i'eois Me Statttt Awf httlllfnrrr.
Poht TtiwsiEiu, Aug. 14. The barkentlne
C. l Kunk. now In port from Hanta llofslla.
Mexico, hail an unusual and exciting eirfVnc
In the (lulfof (.'alirornla May l.t with a MonU
fish. The vessel was going south w Ith a cargo
of merchandise from San Kranelsco, and wss
speeding along nt a nlne.knot rnte when it wss
noticed that the sea was crestlv disturbed. The
water seemed to twill as though some big nnlmal
was racing through It at n tremendous rate of
speed. The oftlcers were unable to account for
the strangu phenomenon, and watched the un
Usual v-ene In amnrrment.
Stiddenlv the barkentlne received such a
revere shock that every mnn on board was car
ried from lilt feet. For an instant the vessel
was arrested In her progress, stopped atlll,
quivered like n wounded animal, and then
slowly got under way. Tho officers and crew
gnred at one another In blank nmarcment, sur
mising that a suli-inarlne volcano had burst
through the tsittom of the sen and thnt the ves
sel hsd struck a rock. Opt. Olaxler was unable
to account for the strange adventure nntll he
arrived nt Hants Koenlln, where the vessel was
discharged and her hull examined.
In tlielii'ldof the ship, sticking through the
timber, protruded the extreme end of a flth'a
sword. About four Inches was broken oft with
a sledge hammer, and Is now preserved nn board
as a trophy of tbe occasion. The animal had
evidently mistaken the hull nf the barkentlne
for a whale, ntid was lient on taking Its life. The
sword struck the barkentlne nn the starboard
side, al n point below the water line, beneath the
fore elmlntilatcs, penetrating a live-Inch plank
nnd one of the ship's timbers, where It was
broken, the flsh leaving about eighteen Inches of
hla weapon sticking In the vessel' side. Home
water came through the aperture, and It was
necessary to calk up tne hole.
Out. (Hazier ms that It was the moat re
markable adventure that he ever experienced at
sea, and that the flsh must have been of Im
mense sire to have so greatly disturbed the sea
and to hare struck the vessel with such tre
mendous force as to have driven Its sword
through a comparatively new vessel's side.
killed nr A cossmicTon.
A Oeoraia Bar Crushed to Death Br a
Hace Haake.
Prom tnt Avffutta ChronUU.
Macox, Ob.. Aug. 17. Tobe Wesley of Twiggs
county rame to Macon to-day to buy a coffin for
his seven-year-old son, who waa crushed to
death by a hnre snake late Thursday afternoon.
Thoboy had gone to the field with hla father,
aud while his father waa at work wandered oft
a short distance and climbed a muscadine vine
as was his habit, On being unable tn And the
boy when he had finished Tils work about sun
down, the father went to the house expecting to
find Mm there, tint was Informed by his wife
thnt the boy had not lieen hnma since he left
the house w ith bis father. Feeling no tineasl
neas Wesley, knowing the habit of his hoy.
went linck to the Held, which waa on tho edge of
a dense swamp bordered with muscadine v Inea,
and began searching tbe vines where he had last
seen the boy. Hr looking up in the vines he wss
not long In finding him. but when he called the
bo failed to answer. After calling two or three
times and rrcelving no answer the father shook
the vine, and to his horror saw what he had sup
liosed to be one nf the branches of the v Ine that
was supporting his son. begin to uncoil.
Healmng that hla son waa in the coil of a huge
snako w osier Mood rooted to tho epot, and be
fore he rnuld recover his sense the snake com
pletely uncoiled and the boy fell to the ground,
a distance of nine or ten feet. Wesley picked
the child uii nnd ran from under the vines to the
clearing. There his worst fears were realized.
The child was dead. On being carried to the
house and further examination made. It waa
round thnt the child's breast had been crushed
and that Its tongue and eves were protruding as
though It had lieen choked to death.
Wesley is of the opinion that the boy was
asleep when the snake colled about him and
gradual y crushed his life out. Wesley does not
know what kind of a snake It waa. as he did not
eeo It after his son fell.
Ur. Ileam'a Dreaming; Crow.
from ( Florida Tlimet-Vnlon.
'rs Henm hss a crow, and he Is the gawklett,
oddest, ugliest, but withal, tho smartest bird
one ever saw. He has learned the actomplMi
ments of men so well that he now dreams-ac-tually
has nightmares.
The cro- during the odd hours of his willing
and luxurious cap'lvlty has dug a hole In the
wall. In which he deposits dainty morels for
the future when hlanpprtiic Is not satiated.
Yestenla) In hi hole in the wall he carefully
placed two pieces of cheese and three blU of
meat, all the while casting a furtive eye, to
windward to we that no ono learned the secret
of bis hiding place.
This done, be ruffled hit feathers, drew his
neck dnw n Into them, and, standing on one foot,
went fast asleep, l'rrhups the Immense quan
tity of cheese wldch he had gorged himself with
a half hour before gave him the Indigestion, for
he had n nlghtmnrr right on tne spot.
Suddenly he woke up, and the air was rent with
"Squawk! squawk! equawk!" In quick succee
slnn. He danced over in a flurry nf excitement
to his hole In the wall and Jammed his bill In It
three time". Kver thing was there. Nothing
had lieen stolen. He sidled over to hit perch.
scr.Urhed Ills hill with his foot In a meditative
wi'-,u"P!le,lu.,0'ul "Well. I'll be ."and,
ruffling his feathers into a muff, drew himself
Into them, supiHirted the wjmlc on one leg, and
was soon again In th html of nod.
How Gulden Are Made.
From tht LeirUton K eninQ Journal.
"How do they make guides V Is the simple
question we asked oueof that fraternity In the
Piscataquis woods recently. "Do ou take ap
prentices'" The nran shrugged his shoulders and laughed.
"Well, to tell vou tho truth, mister." he re
plied. "I worked In a mill out In the settlements
until three ears ago. when I happened to go to
JIooeheud Ijvke. and a roan there wanted me to
go Into the woods w Ith him as a guide. The pay
was good, the work not hard. and I thought I
had common sense, so I agreed, and went. I
never was It i the region before, but I knew some
thing about Its geography, and I had also
lieen an observer of nature lu raanywavs. I
was a pretty good hunter and fisherman, and
that s an Important matter, because a good
many smrtmen expect the guide not only to
find the gnmti and tlsh, tmt to shoot and flsh for
them. I managed not to get lost In the woods,
and here 1 am- been a-guidlng ever tlnce. I
giiesa that's the way guides are made, aa a rule.
No. we don't take apprentices. They'd lie too
much In the wa)." He took a coal from the
campflreand lighted his plpe.aendlngthe smoke
up among the spruce boughs like one who car
rlrs an easy conscience and enjovs the peace of
heaven.
Told hr a Photographer.
From IK Owrirrjotirnal.
Tills Is a photographer's story: " About a year
agon voting mnn employed In a railroad offlce
came In and hiul his picture' taken. About the
same time a lieautlful young woman from an In
terior town came It. and had hers taken also;
both left the order deelrlng me to tend them to
their addresses as soon aa finished. In the book
my clerk put the Initial nf the first name and
i wrote tho surname In full. It happened both
had the same last name; the young man's name
waa John It and the young woman's Juluv
II . When the pictures were mailed there
was n mistake, the oung nun getting the young
woman h pictures, and vice versa.
"Now. out of this Incident quite a lore affair
has grown, the joting people having fallen In
love with one another at sight of the pictures.
They corresponded for several months. Some
time ago the voting tuiin bought a solitaire dla.
mond ring, nnd now he has ordered hit wedding
suit. 1 hat s what I all a fln-t-claM romance.
Tho hett of It all la that the couple are well
juitcd In every reapect and both are of good
Teat.alx Toaa ofNIIvrr Around the Altar.
Vimi rat ,r fault Rlu6r.fVno.-rar.
Mexico City. Aug. 17. The erection of the
iiiaKnlfltriit canopy over the high altar of Our
'V.1 .'" Wi1" "brin "f liuailaluiw hat lieen rum-
I'1'"', he nlllars in .uppnrt It are eat h of it
I H'!M .," of4?,",h, fcf'Xch Kranlte weighing
5,n l,n.t- rf,iUUm,,r of each pillar Is ,'i
feet, and the height "U feet. Thr altar will Is
ready for dedliatlon on He.-, la uiiimUliii.
I da Land Willi he imt rlalnrateand nti
ono.1" Vm""''1.'-. The addition, to the church
edlrire will not lie completed for ncurlv two
flniihed. the brine of the IjjiU of liundaluoo
will be ime of the notable Cat IioJh Church nil.
fitttof the world. Thrmilld silver altar railing
weight iwenty-tlx loin., and mau millions of
dollar are In other ) rrprs-rnlrd lu the pa.
I latlul pLiicof xondilp. '
WlKwaaaa Are laiurovreeta.
Viui li M Ijtult I)h4 Ifuofi-ut
IIIT1IKU-, Okla. Aug IT The Ijml Offlco
bat Jul rrudrrcd an iniirlnut decision, and
one t-nllrel) wltnoiit privrdrut The land law
require that tenier tuklug up liovernuient
I land must make improvement thereon, and in
the -' In question a Mie unit Fox Indian, who
hadbeiiime a i lll.-.en und settled upon llovern.
nielli land, was ituiletteu, on I he ground of not
having liiaile priqier liuiiniumilU. Ilut the I
offli-e liolds that, at he hail rr ted a wigwam I
Um the laud, and that Ulngull the Improve,
ineut be rouslderud uecrsury for comfortable !
living, hu aunt UK d tu the land.
I'ltralru Itlaadcra la ilarJ I.uh.
From Ikt lla-ratla Oasrtle
Ntaui.July M - Th lllcalrn Island ar having bad
timet nowaday. Itgnleen months ago a parly of
Amrrkau Mvtnth Day AdteatltU exploited thSr
rlrty and Pauinutu group, and In their kboonrr, th
liualro, vttlUxl the lonly lltil Uu. and converted
tbp-oplfrum "hard-rated ChrUlUnltj - into ,,
rath Day AdvectUin The mlttkia schooner brought
dysentery, diphtheria, nieailr. and Influrnta, and
now romei the newt that many of th mlterabi tur
Ivor laboul totnty) hav Uetn attacked with
nvtuxaast typhoU. to which lwlv ptrtua kv
already inrmrmUil.
DisroaiTtox or OAitnAtir
Adtttery Comwilaaloa to fllve llrnrlnts.
Aa lavltatlon front Ht, t.oul.
The Commission npiolnted trt rttnMr 't
question nf the disposal of the rltj's gi ij,
held an executive session yesterday s'in ,
In the Mayor's office, Msny plans huv-e t, ,.
eclved by the Commission, and somo
were dlcucd. It was decided to lim ,9
time for the filing of plans and propositi',, .
Ill Hcpt, fl, after whir h there will be heard B. ,a
those filed. Street Cleaning Commission, e v
drews was requested tn Inform the I 'omipi..i ,n
of the total uumler of cubic jnrds of refn. ,,,.
terlal removed from the ell) during t! . ,,(
year, and also the quantities of the il . ,(
kinds of refuse, and therot of rtinotal i ,,
Commission adjourned until Thur-dii) ' -.
noon, when they will meet In theoftlceof i , .,
Commander Delehanty In the Arm) hu , ,,.
I'nif. (leorge Forties. F. It. S.. of Lotnb q
appear before the Commission nnd till In u h-i-.
bag Is disposed of In Kualand.
fix-Mayor Franklin Kdso't, who Is t hnisi
of thaCommlislon. received nn Invitation fr m
the Merx Universal F.itractor and loii!ri ,
Company to visit their plant nt St. Louis i
Invitation Included the Msor. Ibinrtl of t'-i,.
mate. Hoard of Health, a committee of ntir.
men. Mate Ilonrdnf Health, and such ntl,,r- i
are named. The company will prmldi p'.v ,s
rars ami meet allexpcnseis of the trip, nnd a no
offers an opportunity to visit Its plants h' Mi.
wniikrr, t trolt, and Iliiffalo. Tho uiiiitn'nm t,
tlon was laid over.
Titr. colosists caxxot .ir.mn
rrealdeat Dlaa Trylntt to Malta IVae
Ataoaa the Topolobampo Hettler,
8T. Lottis. Aug. 20. -A special to the f,tr,f.
JVnioernl from the city of Mexico sa)s thnt th
dissensions among the cooperative coIonltiit
Topolobampo. In tho Stato of Blnalon, I.mh
finally reached the ear of President Dlar. , J,
Strcator, who is In this city from the mlntir to
lodge complaint against A. K. Owen, the rniotiy
cont esslonalre, before the Department of PnM10
Work, has held a long consultation with tin
President. Thedlsaenters represented h r,
Strcatorprotest against the methods cmplxiii
by Mr. Owen In fulfilling the terms of th" mti.
cession. The formal complaint has lieen plnn-l
In the hands of the chief of the Department if
Public Works. Iiefnre whom a hearing will
probably beheld. The Mcxlran Oovernment It
evidently anxious to mend the existing friction
among the colonists, and It It said Is working to
arrange tne matter satlsfactnrll) to nil partita,
I SVXIiEAMS.
A late and beautiful water Illy It now blooming nt
small brooks The leaf ts much like that of the estlt
Illy, but more lieautlful, while the flower are wido,
with a gold centre, and ranged upon spikes that go
deep down to the roots of the plant. The blof,,iji
tcaroely bears plucking, at It wither! quickly attar
hiving been taken Indoor
Outnf the mouthi of tho unwholesome cellar
bakeries now attracting unrrlendty criticism thert
come In the tmtll hours of the night ghostly flgur a
that sit on the stone slept at the street level or lie lint
upon one of the Inclined door. These are the nmir.
dust and dough teriaubed Journeymen come up from
their little hell l1nw stairs to breathe the coiniuirs
lively cootalr of the semi tropical summer hlrfht In
tbe street
This Is green apple time In the Westehetter emin
ty suburlis. when seemingly Inedible, tour nttdr si
pies from volunteer trert sprung up In meadousstid
woodlands, carried home and boiled, make the most
delirious, pungent apple sauce, far richer than snr
thing of the sort thtt Is to be obtained hr any kintvn
culinary treatment of the cultivated apple. Thl. il I
frnlt teems tobe peculiarly rich In malic acid, the en
emy of rheumatism and the friend of ahused stom
achs. It It even an antidote for pork and tieans or
roast goose.
ftronptof children search the suburban fields in
honr or o after sunrise for mushrooms, and carry
them off by the basketful. Parmer prize the mu-'i.
room little, and have a wholesome dread of poisonous
varieties. Thlt fear of poison Is so strong, lnilin,!,
that many firmer! eat only one, or perhaps two. well
known varieties of meadow mushroom, and neglect
a quantity of wholesome and ta1atahte food. One
flndt tn the course of an ordinary ramble In th
northern tuburtt at least half a score of different
varieties, among them three or four that are ecruitnly
edible, and prrhapt several others thtt any ears rt in
mushrooms would eat without hesitation.
Cheitnut burs have grown large enough now to
show that there Is the promise of a grent crop here
bouts. They dot the trees thickly with vivid, tender
green at of spring, and n'eni to tienhnnt two-thirds full
ttie. Whether or not they will enine to healthy ma
turlty depends upon the drought and tt.o worms. July
drought teemed tn deity them, and there bat not yet
been enough ratn to Insure a fair crop. At to th
worms, they alwayt take their thare Commerrlallv,
however, the worm It not a pest, as he Is Impartially
roasted by the black bearded Italian, who pours tht
hot and savory uutt Into your picket from tbe tint, st
half pint meature known to the realm of tmttness,
"The !opular notion that a Japanese It a Antral
little mnn that likes to wear West rn clothes of th
Utestcut ts curious!) false," said a New Yorker. I
met at tha Chicago Pair last year a Japanese gentle
man, the son of an Influential man holding nn hn
portant office at court. The young mandhicd isttu
me In full Jaianeie court costume. He wa a n ost
polished and agreeable man, and when I akeil lilm
whether he had lieen to the university at Toklo, h re
piled. Only six year. I afterward learned that lie
spoke, betldr Japanese and English, Kreneh. dermaii,
Italian, and Chinese, and that he had made n stud) "f
early Chluese literature which wat almost equivalent
to learning still another language,"
Foreign Notes of Real fates-eat.
Jutt before hli election the President of theFreneh
republle wat learning to ride the bicycle. He hat hi 1
no time to give to It of late, but lime. Catlmlr l'erler
and herchlldren are good rider.
It teems likely that the Eiffel Tower will he takrn
down. The committee in t barge of the corais-ttllon
for the building for the Paris Kxpotltlnn of limo his
Just agreed that the architect may discard the tuner
In their detlgnt.
Of hVO.000 children within tbe school age In Lon
don, between tSO.ooo and 500,1x10 are edueated In
tehoolt controlled by the London School Hoard. They
are taught by 7,i00 teachers, one teaeher to more thin
sixty pupllt, at a cost for Instruction of I3 a year per
child.
Hallelujah lasses In Paris have lately mule sen
sation by appearing on theboulesardstn anewstrl
of headgear. Instead of the blue scuttle tlitped
"kls-me-not," they wer round white straw tmt
with (lightly upturned brtms, exposing their prorilu
and back hair.
Two Russian. MM MenkhniidJInorr and OuUnoff,
recently arrived al Shanghai after a Journey of tno
year and nine months through Thlliet, In theeours
of which they vttlied IJiaata and hail an Interview
with the Datal 1-ann. It Is tho first time since sl
that European! have accomplished thl feat.
In Upper Tonkin there are wood nilnei. according
to the report of a rrench Cousul. Tha wood, whirl,
was originally a pine furest, was sw Allowed up by th
earth, which cover It to a depth of eight yards.
Home of lhetreearea)ard In dlameirr. the w ood I
lmierlhble and Is told to the Chine for cofrln.
Complaint Is made of the condition of Hyd Park,
Th grass In the portion near the Urble Arch 1 cov.
ered every day with loafer!, women making their
toilet, and vagrant of all Llud! asleep un the grass,
liotten Itow hat Irvii so uegbvted thlt su-cldentt to
rider, due tu the ttal of the roadbed, frequently
OsX-ur
The Krlllsh Post Offlce hat rrvrntly Introduced a
newststrmof nnlttlonfor Its ilite stamps. The let
I tritfroin . to M arti umi! to represent the hour and
I ittselve liiterv! of five inlnulvs each, thus A A
I meant 1 03, Mil 10, ami soon I. M and I' M, are
I expressed by A audi' after an ulerlsk, IbutMU'A
, menu ISA. M.
j lrop?tturs for gold In Mashontlsnd recently
I found uer the rulu of Zlmliebye a wonlen plal
I About thirty In, bet In elreumference tarved with th
ft;ureuf ucroeodlle, the sun. iiiihio, and three iiari,
1 aud uat seeut lu be tuteudrd for tlgntof tha aodlac
The plate lia been tent to Cape Town and will be ex
auilnrd by arcbirologUit.
The S.s lety of Antliuartetlieudeavurtng tnoMiiu
a photographic mrsey of all tbecouallet of tnltnL
It hat lilely lisiird an apeal Pi amateur phot g
riphert to work In tpeilfltsl districts, aud to preare
three pnotographtof raiholJit of arcuacologtrtl in
trrett, one tu go to lb to, let), one to the county
museum, and on to tha ilrltlu Museum.
In th ruouvtof Mr Francl Jeunr, President of ih
Admiralty Court, there eon now I teen a mull i.,
1 leeilou, placed orttcStlly under bit custody, of th
greatest Interest for International law it ountltts ..f
I the inauu. rlpt originals of tbe black Hook of tbe 1 1
L mlralty. the old Oaths Book and the bra Laws '
j OIron.and of tbetllvrr tun of the Admlralt) :'
sill Tbe Ulirk Hook It on vellum slightly illun 1
natrd. In old French and Uilln.andcoutilnt 2SV 11."
written In dlgereut haudt and at dl-frnt limes 1
the lustde of une cover lithe nam Clynion uit'i 0
motto, (.oyalu na borne," written by the Uri II
Admiral In ISM th signature T Norfolk, po-i-Tbomat,
Huk of Norfolk, High A luilril Inivn
curt four lime. TbcontrnttdralaImnt ev "
wUb Admiralty ordinance and practice un' 1
It a record of an Inquisition taken In 1373 a 1
dato of the whole minus, rlpt I probably ratlin
th tim of Edward HI
Ilia Uaaorlitallr.
Jack-How many men tare you docUaed th s 11a
turrl
Amy-Sot on. I really havent had a tingle , tiioe.
IfUUd,U4'U i wua foil wovUd prepe wtn.