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J ' 'H H' The Vencxuela Commlulon'i Report.
' Hf' p The amount of material that baa been col-
I '; B ' t' Ieeted by the Venezuelan Boundary Com-
j jHI J inlnslon, aa shown In the report sent by
t ' jBl President McKinlby to Congress, fully
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Bl I the result -will ' abridge the labors of the
IBj arbitral tribunal" which has taken Ita
t B i I- place, and will Insure an earlier solution of
' tK '' the question involved. Its atlas alone In-
1 ' jK j eludes seventy-six maps, and tho documents
i 'H & from the Dutch and Spanish archlTes are
( Hj b most valuable.
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! vjB i terlal Commissioners BiUErxn,ALTZT.CoC'
I jHK l :' & debt, Gilman, and Wnmt point out that
$ H. ft the appointment of their body waMequlv-
i( , ;K fc alont to an Invitation to the two contend-
1 'K P Ing nations to appear before the bar of pub-
H, L lie opinion" with their claims, and appears
I '( 'iSssK ' to DaTB becn rccEnce y them.
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, vKL s f- other fact still more suggestive, and still
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j 3B ' ncteristie one, although on this last the
:; jH' ' V commission, with delicate diplomacy, does
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llB v. '& tho eP18 purpose of tholr appointment
SIvB ' ) P was to draw upon tho map, for tho practical
IB --B 4 guldaneo of the United States Goremment
iljyB ", 1 In Ita enforcement of the Monroe doctrine,
-.B'PH 5 ' 1 the true divisional line between British
.;B ''' '' Guiana and Venezuela: That was the great
yB ' s 1 novelty In this affair which history will
H BtB I never forget ; and when It la added that the
J I jBBj t result was Great Britain's consent to a fair
B B arbitration, after having for years fought
BJ B 'jH' f against It, tho other fundamental fact that
BJ B jB V Tr'11 interest bistory Is also set down.
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B flaBI ,; ' m TleTr ' tDe present state of the case, po-
BJ 1'B W lltely refrains from emphasizing theso two
B laB . points, beyond what the official records
'BE t . $ show. Indeed, it graciously and magnanl
BJ B, BBJ h; mously surmises that, while preparing the
BJ BiB - W, evidence to be submitted to It, each nation
B I'flaB ' 3?'' became Impressed with the view that the
B iV'SaB I c&sc WBa not one tor the Iaw of tbe stronEer
B Bi nQt for 3udlcIal determination by arbiters.
B !BBai II ml8bt go further, and say that Venez
B lljB f nela had thought so years before. We can
B , 8'VB - certainly assent to the conclusion that the
B yl'IPBI commission has been a potent factor In
B lI'Bai t"' bringing about the reference to an arbitral
B )'9B ( tribunal, but wo shall also concede to It a
B 'B''bPB persuasiveness beyond what It claims, based
B illBr r on tne fftCt thaX lt bad the Unlt'd GtAU Rt
B 'laBB t Its back, ready to accept Its conclusions and
B I'SaB to act on them-
B . '' With this report and Its accompanying
B ! I'B' documents this novel and interesting body
B ilR i '' closes Ita labors, and passes Into history.
B flaB '' It will form'the nucleus of many a specuia-
B l PBJ ',',, t Ion hereafter aa to what might have been;
B 9B f- ?tl ,ts Breat lesson for after times will not
B IB 1- Its lntelllSellt Industry in collecting ma-
BB t Alft ' i ?' terial, but the great practical result which
B iCyM 'ts Tel7 creation accomplished.
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BM l BBf ' ablo Seqnences.
BK flB ', fe i The fear expressed In some quarters that
BJ I 'B ' tte 8toJP ' tbe Ircsl(lent'B Special Com-
Bl IB PH c & mlssioner in Cuba would be unduly pro-
BM B BaB longed is already shown to be unfounded.
BB l PPJ '-I It was surmised that his lnvestiga-
BB il.B - tions might go on to such an extent
BJ 4.B ' I Dat' the fervent sympathy now felt In
BB ; flBJ ' ' Congress for the patriot cause would cool a
BM KpBB i- little. Or, at least, it seemed a possibility
Bl fB B' V that, when the President got ready to act
Bai ll BaB- t- cn 3Ir- Caluoun's report, both branches of
BBI I PPJ h Congress might be Immersed In the final
!PBR i'" stages of the Tariff bill.
PBJt ;- But Mr. CALnocN's errand Is already
BB f' nearly done, and It Is announced that he
PBJ, V will leave Cuba on Thursday with his ao-
BB I BBS '' f count of the terrible condition of the Island.
PB I BaB I while it Is also thought that Gen. Lei's
Bfl I Bfta I, report on the Ruiz investigation Is already
PB " m s. t, on Its way to Washington.
BJ BBf , i. It Is not Impossible, therefore, that the
BB) RpMbI i i- next ten days may see the reports both of
BBT llBBm "" Gen. Lee and Commissioner Calhoun not
BM flB' i "' ' 0Dly laid oe,ore the Cabinet, but followed
BB llH ')V the sending of a proposal of the Fresi-
BBt, iSB. V dent to Spain for the restoration of peace
BB (IBBb' f to Cuba on the basis of independence.
BB flflvM $1 It is certain that the President, with
Bb UaPAt the return of Mr. Calhoun, will have all
BBc ilPBai the essential facta he can hope to gather for
BBT IIbVcI a long time to come as to the futility of
BB BBHi ' ' Spain's efforts to conquer Cuba, the terrible
BB fBK iv Buffering Imposed upon Its people, and the
BBf llBB' heavy losses sustained by our own country
BBf fPJBBpj.' from the continuation of a struggle so
BB IBBBT; costly to Spain, and of prospects so gloomy.
PB BflBaft nut vrDat " Spain rejects the President's
BBf fPBBft ' overtures! The Administration and Con-
BBf iHBB gress may then be brought more nearly to
IbBBBt the samo mind as to what practical action is
V IbBBY demanded. Assuming that Mr. Caxiioun's
BB IIBh report Is what it is expected to be, the
BBf 'ftHBB, i defiant rejection by Spain of the proffered
B iBBS' "" mediation, might convince the President
B IBBh '' that it only remains for him to do bis
B (BBH duty by Cuba and by our own people,
BBf lB ' i' leaving Spain to make the best of it.
BBf jjBi' ' a lkat case a BtronK expression of Con-
B BBaB ' ' t K18 i recognition either of the belllger-
B iB'1 ' f ency or the independence of Cuba might no
BB i'PB: 'f ' l longer be regarded by him, we may aurmlse,
PPj J PBB ': i. as untimely, but rather as necessary.
PPJ ' BB8B 3 '," ? This present month of June promises,
B ) BBBJ . i therefore, to be momentous Is clearing up
B ;BB our relations with Spain and Cuba. The
BB i BiBBY signs increase that, if the war la still to go
B , BB ' ii on' ,lje Patr'ot5 wl" renew It, when the
BBf fiBvBf f "e,T campaign opens in autumn, Inspirited
B IbPE- J-' aDli -lded by the lawful, just, and friendly
PB f HB . - 1- cts o( tD's '&n(1'
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BB 'PB. t1 It T, Itecord of the Ttegnlara.
BBf BBB- ' ' fc iC rrll'r -fniy formed but a small
B 'BBBK w fraction of the total Union forces during
PB 'B '' '" ? the civil war. According to a report of the
BB 'Pflt ' 1 Provost-Marshal General, it numbered 10,-
BBl 'IBbS i-' I" U07, present and absent, on Jan. 1,1801,
PB fllvM ' td two years later 25,403. At this last
T BBbR v' ' T' date tho volunteers, present and absent,
BB '.bPK X, f ere 802,728 strong, and on May 1, 180.1,
BB 'HilK ' no fewer than 1,000,010.
PBL iPPKI, But while the disparity In these figures Is
7 ;BfR: If t Krent tbo regulars always showed a good
BPJ PSBiS ' ' proportion of effective strength, while that
B iBjBlrli' they did their full share of bard fighting,
BBf !BBl(rn" 'le k? o'de with the volunteers, is an-
B !PAB.j i other unquestionable fact. The Adju-
B BbBTIi Unt-General's report for 1800 says that
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there were billed In battle 1,355 regulars,
officers and men, and that 800 mors died
of their wounds, making an aggregate
of 2,203. The figures have since been re
vised, and the West Point monument con
tains the namesof no fewer than 188 offi
cers and 2,042 soldiers, being an aggregate
of 2,230. In addition, the deaths from
diseases were over 3,000. Lieut. Totte
once computed the ratio of deaths In battle
or from wounds to be slightly higher among
the regulars than among the volunteers;
and at all events, the former were always
ready to do their full share on the field.
The monument, therefore, which was un
veiled jesterday at West Point to the mem
ory of the regulars who fell In battle during
the war. Is a deserved tribute both to sol
dierly fidelity and to patriotism.
Kentucky.
ThePopocrataof Kentucky will hold their
State Convention at Frankfort to-morrow.
Tho only nomination to be mode Is that of
a candidate for Clerk of the Court of Ap
peals. The main business nnd pleasure of
the convention will be to proclaim with due
volume of voice Its unabated love for tho
Chicago platform. Only Democrats who
voted for liRTAN were permitted to have
a voice in the various local conventions
held last week for the purpose of electing
delegates to this State Convention. The
Louisville Courier-Journal warned such
Kentucky Democrats as voted for Biitax,
not because they believed In his platform,
but because they had eat In th' oonventlona
which elected delegates who helped nom
inate him, to keep away from the prima
ries. Possibly regularity has become so reg
ular a babit with these devotees of lt that
they are reconciled to BnYAN by this time.
Whether thoy stayed away from the prima
ries or not, to-morrow's convention will be
full of unanimous and hlgh-whooptng silver
men, and the heart of Gen. P. Wat Har
din, who Is determined to be renominated
for Governor when the time comes, will be
cheered inexpressibly.
The Courier- Journal says that " the cam
paign is to be made not so much for the
comparatively unimportant office of the
Appellate clerkship as for the prestige of
victory for free sllverlsm and Bryanlsm In
Kentucky, and for position from which
to make the campaigns of 1808 and 1000."
Exactly. There are no " local Issues" now.
The campaign of the Popocrats is already
national. They are hopeful and defiant.
They mean war all along the line.
The Michigan Popocrats have already
proclaimed their loyalty to the Chicago
platform. Tho Kentucky Popocrats will
shout for that charter of anarchy to-morrow.
When the convention season has
fairly begun, there will be no lack of blow
ings of the silver trumpet.
The Old Principles nnd No New Party.
Our esteemed contemporary, tho JRieh
mond Times, convinced that the Popocrats
of this State have no choice but to stick to
the Chicago platform, reaches the Inevita
ble conclusion that this State must con
tinue to be Republican until 1000. " New
York's great commercial Interests," says
this clear-sighted Virginia observer, " bind
the State too firmly to the principles and
philosophy of progress to allow the State to
cast her vote upon any national issues for
the reactionary and revolutionary proposi
tions of the Chicago platform."
This Is a prognosis exactly In accordance
with the facts, but in Its disgust at the Chi
cago platform tbe Richmond Times wan
ders away among gossamers of dreamland :
" EraiT amy tbe proipwrt loere that a new part
wlU arlie In 1900, composed of the men in both the
old paraee who lore Justice, reepect tne njnu or
property owsen. dtmaad tbe equality of all dtUenx
before the law. and beUere In tbe unhampered devel
opment of our glfantle natural refroorce. If the Idea
materlaUaea, lt will be a party to be reckoned with."
There is no such prospect visible In these
latitudes. There Is no such prospect in
Virginia or anywhere else. The Old Do
minion student of tbe signs of politics here
mistakes introspection for prospectlon.
Doubtless many generous minds have
dreamed of such a new party of justice and
conservative progress as he desires, but no
Utopian abstraction will help that practical
defence of justice, good order, tho rights of
property, and the free development of the
great modern agents of business, prosperity,
and civilization. That defence may have to
be made even more stoutly In 1000 than lt
was made in 1800, and by tbe same means.
That means is the Republican party, aided
by those Democrats who have not surren
dered and will not hurronder to tho forces
of populism, of social discontent, of finan
cial quackery and anarchistic fanaticism,
which control and seem likely to control the
so-called Democratic or Popocratlc party.
Any attempt to organize a new party
for the purpose of resisting Bryanism
would be nothing but an attempt to weaken
the side of conservatism and order, and
could result only In injury to that side.
There should be no such division among
the men who, of whatever party they may
be, believe that the theories of the Chicago
platform are false and dangerous. Every
body who so believes is bound to continue
his opposition to them In the only practical
way, by continuing to be an ally of tbe Re
publican party until the Chicago platform
Is abandoned by Ita present supporters.
That will hardly be in 1000.
Can the Union Be Saved?
Mr. Jontt Jat Chapman, an amiable
young gentleman who combines litera
ture with strictly non-partisan politics,
tells tbe Citizens' Union people of the
Fourteenth Assembly district that the
Union is neglecting its opportunities.
"We must take some action which will
give tho people confidence In our work,"
says Mr. Chapman. "I cannot get en
thusiastic In such work as Is being done
now. The enrollments, subscriptions, &c,
are failures until a ticket Is put up." Mr.
Chapman's Impatience may bo explained
by the nervousness of the literary temper
ament, and is far from being shared by the
public. Tbe public can see and enjoy thor
oughly the Citizens' Union, whereas Mr.
Chapman and his fellow Unionists are un
able to appreciate its advantages because
unable to look at them with a calm and
beautifully objective eye. The work which
the Union Is doing is excellent. Even the
earnest thinkers In Good Government Club
C must admit that. The work of prepar
ing a platfcrm, getting It printed, and hav
ing it stuck up in various ports of the town
is alone enough to justify tho existence of
the Union. Indeed, some of the less active
members think that the record of tbe Union
for the year might well cease with the pub
lication of this platform, an acknowledged
masterpiece. "Let ourprlnciples permeate
the populace," say they. " Time is all that
is needed to bring the populace to the opin
ions of the select citizens."
!To be sure, Mr. Chapman believes that
money, as well as time, is needed, but here
he does injustice to a noble cause. Money
may be useful in common political parties
and societies, but It would be a profanation
and a superfluity to give money to a band
of regenerators who are willing to save tho
town for nothing, and who have built a
wondrous platform of the rery chrysolite of
wisdom and are standing on lt, beaming
and gleaming upon tbe awe-struck citizens.
Neither money nor emolument should be
desired by the Citizens' Union, Either
would be lowering to an institution full of
so holy a purpose, conscious of so vast i
sapience, and offering Itself in such a lovely
spirit to be the guide and guardian of a
community still groping darkly In the wil
derness of partisanship.
And what other action does Mr. Chap
man or any other critic of the Sanhedrim
of Prigs expect of It f la not Its vocal ac
tion full and frequent? Mr. Chapman is
dluatlsficd because the C U., or Stoux
bosses, don't put up their ticket. " Let na
send a committee to the Union to urge a
movement to move, to select our candi
dates," he Bays. At tho aomo meeting
where he expressed this regrettable destro
to goad tho bosses, a resolution was passed,
by a unanimous vote, appointing a commit
tee to call upon the Executive Committee
of the Union and Insist that a full munlcl
pal ticket be nominated before June 15.
Why this Impatience, this petulance,
unworthy of philosophers and of the Four
teenth Assembly District Branch of the
Citizens' Union f It roust po tn the Com
mittee on Organization to eee these en
deavors to set tho Executive Committee
at It. Nobody who venerates superiority
and selectncss can help being pained
by the mtn ouggcation of splits and fissures
In the Mugwump ark. Is It to be a Citizens'
Disunion, after all I Must the sweetest
hope of the year be curdled f Will there bo
two Unions or DIsnnions, two tickets In
the field t Two sets of reformers and pre
servers, and only one genuine, and nobody
can tell which it is! O. this la the time to
clasp tho knees of Harmony and Implore
that there may be no rift within the luto.
Ambassadors should bo despatched to Ave
nue A at once. The Fourteenth Assembly
District Branch should be entreated with
all honeyed suavities of speech and solemn
high moral adjurations not to put tbe Ex
ecutive Committeo Into execution against
the Committee on Organization ; to take in
the bulldog and send forth th: dove.
Is tho Cabot Celebration Justified?
The good people of the ancient town of
Bristol in the kingdom of England are pre
paring to commemorate with impressive
ceremonies, on June 24. tbe supposed 400th
anniversary of the landing of John Cabot
nn the coast of the North American conti
nent. There Is yet time for the men of
Bristol to reexamine the question whether
they have hit upon the proper dat
for the proposed celebration. Apparently
It would behove them to do so, for Mr.
Hknrt HABniBSE, undoubtedly the high
est living authority concerning the discov
ery period of American history, maintains
In the June number of tho Forum that
neither do we know exactly when or where
John Cabot first sighted the New World,
nor do we possess meens of ascertaining
these two points, the settlement of one of
which, at least, seems to be a prerequisite
of any celebration at all.
It Is pointed out by Mr. Habrimk that
the alleged date of Cabot's landfall rests
exclusively upon a statement brought for
ward for tho first time forty-seven years
after the event, and uncorroborated up to
the present hour. The statement Is con
tained In a Spanish pamphlet written about
15-14 by one Dr. Grajaus of the Puerto
do Santa Maria, about whom nothing else
is known. The pamphlet was printed out
side of Spain, and was intended to accom
pany a map by Sebastian Cabot seem
ingly engraved in the Netherlands. The
passage relating to tbe date reads as fol
lows: " This land the corresponding in
scription is engraved on the map over the
region extending from New Brunswick to
Labrador) was discovered by JonN Cabot, a
Venetian, and Sebastian Cabot, his son,
in the year of the birth of our Saviour. Je-
sc Chbist, fourteen hundred and ninety
four, on the tn enty-fourth of June In the
morning, to which they gave the name
'Prima tlerra vista;' and a large island ad
jacent to lt they named ' San Juan,' it hav
ing been discovered on the day of that
saint June 24."
The first observation made by Mr. HAlt
rissb on this passage is that the year
"1404" is clearly an anachronism, Inas
much as the voyage was not undertaken
until 1407, by virtue of letters patent
granted on March 5. 1406. Tbe inhabit
ants of Bristol, therefore, are right about
tbe year; but Mr. IlAnnifisn goes on to ar
gue that the statement In the Spanish
pamphlet concerning the month and day
is also doubtful, If not entirely inadmissi
ble. This he undertakes to prove by re
viewing the testimony of John Cabot
himself relating to his first voyage. Tbe
Venetian discoverer, when he returned
to England, gave an account of his voy
age which is briefly reported in a letter
written from London, Aug. 23, 1407, by
Lorenzo Pasquauoo to bis brothers in
Venice, and by two despatches sent by Raj
mondo di Soncino to the Dukeof Milan, on
Aug. 24 and Dec 18, 1407. Mr. Habhibse
has Inspected these documents, and he tells
us that, according to Pasqcalioo, John
Cabot "coasted three hundred leagues of
the newly discovered country." This state
ment is corroborated by Soncino, who
"saw the description of tho country
discovered by Cabot marked in a chart
and on a solid globe which the latter
had made." Mr. Harrissb reminds
us that these three hundred leagues
amounted actually to six hundred, inas
much as Cabot when sailing homeward
had to retrace his coastwise course before
striking eastward across the Atlantic Now,
John Cabot wasalready in London on Aug.
10, 1407, which implies tbathe had reached
Bristol about five days earlier. If, then,
we accept, as the inhabitants of Bristol
have accepted, the alleged date of June 24
as that of Cabot's landfall In America,
there are left only forty-two days between
bis sighting of the New World and his
arrival in England on his return voyage.
Mr. Hariusse contends that this term of
forty-two days Is altogether too short for
the work which Cabot Is known to have
performed, and for the conditions under
which he accomplished It. Ho and his
small crew of eighteen men left England
early in May, 1407, and the outward voy
age Is alleged by those who accept June 24
as tbe date of the landfall to have lasted
more than fifty-two days. We must as.
sume, Mr. Harrifse submits, that after
a voyage, which in a small craft (uno
piccolo navlgllo) and amid unknown seas
must in any event have been protracted, tbe
discoverer and bis crew must needs havo
rested awhile and devoted some time tore
fitting or repairing their diminutive vessel,
aa well as to taking in wood and water, and
to renewing the stock of victuals by hunt-
a
Ing' and salting game or fish on shora. To
these unavoidable delays munt be added
the ttmo spent In skirt trig to and fro along
300 leagues of a shore whicb, being un
known and dangerous, would only per
mit a moderate rate of speed. How,
.asks Mr. Harrissb, could all this have been
accomplished In the limited time which
tho alleged landfall on Juno 24 leaTea to
Cabot before his known arrival in Bristol,
not later than Aug. 5 Even If we suppose
that, owing to westerly winds and the Gulf
Stream, he effected the homeward voyago
In one-third less time than la alleged to
have been required for the outward passage,
that is. In thirty-four days instead of fifty
two; then, as Cabot was already bock in
Bristol by Aug. 5, he must havo taken tho
necessary rect In the new land, made tho
indispensable repairs, effected landings, and
renewed his stock of provisions, besides
coasting six hundred leagues, all within
eight days.
The date, June 24, is, therefore, pro
nounced by Mr. UAnniosB highly improba
ble, if not impossible. Starting from Bris
tol early tn May, 1407, Cabot must have
reached tbe New World at a date consider
ably earlier than tho last week In June, In
order to have completed the needful repair
ing and revlctualllng and to have accom
plished the exploring work reported by
him. Mr. Haurisse thinks that tbe date
given In tho Spanish pamphlet, June
24, may bo explained on the the
ory that tho pamphleteer, finding on tho
accompanying map an island placed In the
Gulf of St. Lawrence and named "San
Juan," assumed that In this case the usual
piitctieo had ten followed of naming Isl
and after the salnto on whoso days they
were discovered. However this may be, lt
seems tolerably certain that the men of
Bristol have chosen the wrong day as the
four-hundredth anniversary of John Ca
bot' banding.
Tho Rank of the World' Republic.
A correspondent of Tnn Sun sends us
word that he recently heard a statement
made by a lecturer that "Mexico is the
third greatest of the world's republics,"
and he asks us for information on the
subject. We can tell him that the
lecturer made a mistake. Brazil is
the third greatest of the world's re
publics, and our esteemed neighbor,
Mexico, Is the fourth. In rank, so far aa
population is concerned, the chief republics
stand thus: The United States. France,
Brazil, Mexico. After these four, there
stand Argentina, Colombia, and Chill In
South America, and Switzerland In Europe.
When we come to the republics of Central
America we observe that the population of
the whole five of them is less than that of
the enlarged city of New York.
Brazil is far ahead of Mexico, both in the
size of ita territory and in the number of
ita inhabitants. Brazil's population Is
now over 18,000,000, while Mexico's is
12,000,000. Tbe area of Brazil is more
than four times as great as that of Mexico.
As to the relative importance of the com
merclal Interests of the two countries,
Mexico is in advance of Brazil.
The city of Rio de Janeiro, the capital of
the Brazilian republic, is now nearly twice
as large as the city of Mexico, tbe capital of
the Mexican republic In Brazil there are
a number of large cities besides the capital.
In Mexico there is not a city, other than
tbe capita, with 100,000 inhabitants.
The population of Brazil is enlarged every
year by immigration from Italy and Ger
many. This cannot be said for Mexico.
We esteem Mexico equally with Brazil;
but that does not prevent us from correct
ing the lecturer who said that Mexico is
the third greatest of the world's republics,
when, in truth, it is the fourth.
If you add up the figures of the popula
tion of France, Brazil, and Mexico, the
three republics that stand next to tbe
United States, you will find that the sum
total is millions less than that of the popu
lation of our own country. Yet wo are not
at all stuck up on that account. We are
good friends of all the republics in the
world, including tbe two that exiat In
Africa. We belong to the concert of tbe
powers of free and progressive republican
ism. Hurrah for all republics, and for the
rule of the people, and for liberty !
The Abolition of Slavery in Zanzibar.
The State Department haa received in
formation from the United States Consul
at the port of Zanzibar that slavery has
been abolished in both of tbe Islands
of the British protectorate of Zanzi
bar, East Africa. The decree of abolition
was signed by the Sultsn, who, however,
possesses only nominal sovereignty, and is
completely subject to the authority of the
British Government, represented by the
Englishman who Is chief of his Ministers,
and by a Consul-General. British power la
unchallenged in the protectorate, and
British orders are law there.
We have no satisfactory information as
to the number of slaves who were there.
An agent of the British and Foreign Anti
Slavery Society who was sent from London
to investigate tho subject baa affirmed In
his official report that 250,000 negroes
were held in slavery; but this estimate
surpasses the estimate which had been
accepted as that of the whole population of
tbe protectorate The agent's statement was
probably correct notwithstanding, for be
reported that, though a decree prohibiting
the Importation of slaves was Issued twenty-four
years ago, It had never been effec
tively enforced, and that slave dhows filled
with negroes ran betneenthe African main
land and Zanzibar, regardless of the British
warships that were on the watch for them.
A Scotch traveller, Prof. Nicholson of
Edinburgh, who recently made a tour
along the eastern coast of Africa, tells of
his astonishment when be learned, dur
ing his stay at Zanzibar, that nineteen
twentieths of the black people whom
he saw there were slaves. It Is pos
sible, therefore, that the anti-slavery
agent's statement that they numbered a
quarter of a million may not have been an
overestimate. Prof. Nicholson mentioned
the circumstance that Mr. Stanley, speak
ing in tbe British Parliament, has opposed
their emancipation; and he might have
added that, until a recent period, the pres
ent Premier in the BrltlRb Government also
opposed It, arguin? that it would be Inju
rious to tbe industries and the revenues of
the protectorate. It Is probable that Lord
Salisbury has been led to change bis mind
oo the subject through the very energetic
agitation raised by tbe British and Foreign
Anti-Slavery Society.
The slaves hove been employed chiefly In
the cultivation of cloves and rice and In
domestic sen Ice. Four-fifths of the total
clove crop of the world Is raised In Zanzi
bar, and tho large profits derived from this
crop have accrued to the advantage of the
elave owners. The American Consul at
Zanzibar entertains the belief that this in.
dustry will not b adversely affected by
?,!' !""" '' ii a i m i iji.i ..er. ' '.JL-i'mfi-y-?
ea!nclpation,and ltlahlsbellef that nearly
tbe whole body ot freedmen will remain
on the plantations. Prof. Nicholson pre
dicted two years ago that this would be the
case In the event of emancipation ; for he
found that tho negroes were not greatly
discontented with their lot. Wo may re
mark that In tho United States forty years
ago the pro-slavery orator were never tired
of asserting that the freeing of the slaves
would put an end to the cultivation of
cotton ; whereas tho cotton crop of recent
years has been far greater than it ever was
before emancipation.
It is men ot the Arab race who have been
the slave traders and slave owners of Zanzi
bar as of other parts of Africa. Our Consul
at the capital of the protectorate sends
word that they have made no resistance to
the decree of emancipation. They have
found. In past times, that any resistance
to British power on their part would
bo futile, and It was only about a year
ago that they saw the Sultan himself
take to flight when the guns of the British
navy were directed upon his palace British
rule in Zanzibar is ot the most authorita
tive character. Besides, the slave owners
are to be compensated for the loss of
their slaves, and they have been Informed
that If the Zanzibar treasury cannot meet
tbe expenditure England will furnish re
lief. It Is our opinion that Zanzibar will
be taxed for the whole amount.
We doubt whether slavery was ever abol
ished in any other country with less dis
turbance of existing industrial and social
conditions. The various reports from Zan
zibar that we have examined, both those
that came to us before emancipation
and thcoe received since the issue of
the decree in the first week of last
month, all concur In their statement
upon this feature of the situation. No great
changes are looked for. The negroes will
now be paid for their service moie directly
than they were; their labor will be, In some
measure, voluntary; they will have the
privilege of choosing their employers, and
the laws will bo modified In their Interest.
It used to be their custom to sing when
working a slaves upon the clove planta
tions. We trust they will sing yet more
gleefully, now that they are freedmen.
How one-eided Is the view of some
former members of the Democracy about the once
Democratic doctrine of a tariff for revenue only.
Is apparent fro -enator Cattzrt's description
last week of ti - hi on sutrar as the "keystone
of the arch of the Democratic Idea of revenue."
Where can Senator CarrZBT And authority to
call anything the " keystone " of a revenue-only
tariff I That great principle taxes with blind
Impartiality everything Imported. Engar. or
wool, or tea, or coffee is no more it keyiton
than ia chicle or dragon's blood or diri-dlrt.
Back In 1894 wool became to a certain extent
the keystone Senator CarrERT had in mind, for
the reason that the Democratic leaden were de
termined to betray the party platform and dis
criminate between wool and sugar by admitting
wool free. Groteb Cleveland refused to let
wool be put in Its proper place, and so the great
Democratic tariff arch collapsed, and with it the
Democratic party. And In the ruin also there
was buried the right of the lion. Donxxson
CArrxKT, who voted for it, to condemn the first
principle ot the present Republican tariff bill.
The production of gold In the United
States during 1690 was close to (60.000.000, an
Increase of nearly 912,000,000 over 1893. Tet
when we export a few million, the advocates of
bank-currency grow frantic for "currency re
form," and set a-howllng every Populist slxteen-to-wunner
in the land.
The accident to the Yerkes telescope Is a
startling Illustration of the ineradicable danger
of bad workmanship. The Yerkes lens is one
of the most precious thing In the world. On
could not name off-hand any one thing existing
which it would not be a leas pity to destroy. It
was a labor of years, and it is a national pride.
Telescopes in every feature and in all their ac
cessories require the highest mechanical per
fection of which man is capable. One would
naturally suppose that the plant for this un
rivalled star-seeker would be flawless In con
struction in every respect. Yet a portion of
the structure prepared for lt collapses and th
telescope falls, making its preservation a mere
happy accident. Every builder in the country,
every mechanic or artisan of every sort,
should blush for this disgrace upon his profes
sion, and resolve that the like of It shall never
co me from any work of his.
The Baa FlatTem.
rrvm Ik Critic LouUrilU, XTy.
New Journalism may come and go. but Trrt Br Is
not dlTrrted from 1U sane oourse by the ware of In
deoency that has submercvd certain portions of news
paper row is Manhattan town. Tax Bus U stilted
with a care ar.d sail! that puts to shame many ot its
slOTenly contemporaries. It editorials breath th
Tery essenc of Americanism, freedom of thought
and speech, defiance of Intermeddling foreign powers,
lore for fair play, friendship for th weak, an opra
band to Uberty-lolnz nations ererywhere. That ts
Ths En's platform. It news columns reflect the
life of th metropolis so picturesquely and so ac
curately that even " In th prorlnoes" we are lured
Into partlrlpaUng In th attain ot Ootham. AU
honor to Tua so for Its talent and 11 courage-
Tbe Becnlanaatten trsaalsr In Seellaaa.
from the EdiatmroA Xtvniit? DUpatcK.
The opening of the clubhouse has It serious, almost
Its solemn side. It Is to be open on Sunday a oo
Satrrdsji It Is the headquarters of a Sunday golnns
fraternity, with whom a past Prime Minister has as
fodated himself, In common with other gentlemen
eminent In Church and State. Here Is witnessed In
Its wisest form the practice of true tolerstion. Alt
the members do not wish to golf on Sundsy, but those
who do not. agree to differ from thos who do. An
eminent eccleslsstio confessed th other day that the
attempt to Impose uniformity In regard to the eon
sciences of mn must be abandoned aa a hopeless
task. Th wonder ts that th attempt ha been per
serered In tor so many gentrstlons, snd that vision
aries perssrer tn It Mill.
Detr Killed fey His Om Medietas.
mm (As nUadlpk(a Prut.
Josmrowx, May Jd. Dr. p, a. Lockwood of Panle
ts dead from the effect ot his own rnedldn. lie hsd
prescribed nax vomica for a patient, who objected
to that sort of remedy. To allay the paUent's fears. Dr.
Loekwood swallowed a quantity of the medlatne. Th
patient thereupon accepted th remedy, and started
home with a vial In hi jxxktt. The doctor took
an oTsrdose. It was ssid that he was Ignorant of the
effects of tbe medicine, but he has been a practising
physician for some years, sod Is a college graduate.
It came from tbe West sbout six months ago. His
wife Is grief stricken orer tb accident. Dr. Lock
wood was 85 years old.
Halse Phetoaraahs.
Yom the London Figaro.
Ur. Cecil Lawrenoe has Just been showing m s pic
ture of H. R. H. the rrtnoe or Wale In lb "new
photograph." lt la a rlili likeness of the Prince, but
the startling tblng sbout this new process Is thsl
oTtry rise of the feature or dress Is reproduced by
similar risings In tbe picture. It looks like an In
flated M plattnotype, and reminds you at once of those
rasps where tbe mountslm swell from the smooth
surface. They are very experulrepbotogrspbs but
they are bound to be a bit, Mr, Cecil Lawrence and
Mr. rrank MO'aghten represent a syndicate, of which,
I understand. Lord Rothschild Is a member.
fsss Mablus War Spain Met.
from tht Mexican Herald.
War by starvation 41s Wejler Is not to be recog
nized as wars It Is the extermination of the non-com-bstsnt,
of women and children and old men, and II
should not go on.
Ullna Haa Walkloa a tracer.
HoixisiTsscso, May S 8. James Jones, blind, &
years old. Is walking on a wagsr from Philadelphia
to Pittsburg. This Is his twenty'-flrst dsy out, and h
Is confident ot winning.
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rRXPAAATOBY 8CUOOZ BTVDtKS.
Caararrtic r Istaetie trm uin
Idea Urol Cmm far All HtadewU.
Representatives of colleges, preparatory
schools, and high schools from nearly every part
of the country cast of the Mississippi begnna
conference yesterday at the Law School of the
University of the City of Sew York. The pur
pose of the conference Is to revise the rejruin
tions drawn up by a similar conference In Phila
delphia fonr years ago relating to requirements
in English branches for admission to college.
That conference recommended to colleges and
to preparatory schools a uniform set of require
ments, and it was very generally adopted.
Two years ago there was another conference, by
which these regulations were slightly modified.
Tho present conference has new matters to
deal with. Its chief object is to secure in high
schools and other preparatory schools uniformi
ty of English courses, with reference alike to
students who Intend irolng to college and those
who do not. At present some schools mslntala
separate courses in English for the two sets of
students. Others do not give tbe course pre
paratory for college at all. Another question
before the conference Is a change in the present
system by which the text books In use are
changed ircai year to year by n process of rota
tion. Before going into executive session the con
ference gave a bearing on these questions yes
terday morning. Thoso constituting the confer
ence are Profs. C. T. Winchester of Wealeyan.
Albert a Cook of Yale, and L. II. It. Brigjrs of
Harvard, appointed by the " Commission of Col
leges in New England on Entrance Examina
tions;" Profs. F. II. Htoddnrd of the University
of the City of New Yorfc. O. R. Carpenter of Co
lumbia, and Wilson Tarrand of the Newark
Academy, appointed by the " Association of Col
leges and Pre para t cry Schools of the Middle
Btates and Maryland;" Profs. Frank A.
Hill of Boston and M. A. Jordan of
Smith, appointed by the "Now Eng
land Association ot College and Pre
paratory BchooU;" Profs. F. N. Scott of Ann
Arbor. C. N. French of the Hyde Park High
Bchoot. Chicago, and W. W. Creasy of Oberlin.
appointed br the " North Central .Association of
Teachers of KoglUh;" W. M. Baskerrlll of Van
derbllt. J. B. liennrxian ot the University of
Tennessee, and Edwin Mima of Ithaca, ap
rxjlnted try the "Association of Colleges and
Preparatory bchools of the Southern Btates."
Prof. Stoddard was elected Chairman, and Prof.
Cook Secretary.
Those who Lppeared at the hearing were Prof.
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia Univer
sity, formerly President ot the National Educa
tional Aassociation; Superintendent Maxwell
ot tbe Brooklyn public schools. Principal
Buchanan of Kansas City, Assistant Superin
tendent Marble of this dty. Profs, J one. Cobb,
and Davidson of the Regents' OSce, Albany;
Prof. Mott of the Collere of tbe City of New
York, and Principal Douglas of tbe Brooklyn
High School.
The sentiment was practically unanimous in
favor of malting tbe courses Identical for stu
dents preparing for college and for other stu
dents. It was also favorable to tbe use of tbe
same set of books from year to year, except in
cases where new authorities appear to super
sede old ones. On objection to the rotation
system is that a student who drops out for one
year and then returns Cnda himself at a disad
vantage. Tbe conference held a long executive session
yesterday afternoon and evening, and tbe mem
ben submitted tbelr several plans for effecting
these change. The final session wDl take place
to-day.
J.GJ.ISST BTTXDAT imKET.IXa.
rxaladelsata rrescSMT Appeal tn Its City
cyeusu t cit r Mdstr bum.
PmLUinjmi, May 31. The special commit
tee appointed by the Presbyterian ministers to
prepare, with the Baptist and Methodist minis
ten, "a judicious letter" to tht wheelmen's
dub of Philadelphia regarding th use of tbe
bicycles on Sunday, submitted tb following
letter to-day, which was adopted by the associa
tion: -To the Waetieun's Clvo cf FklUAelpklm 4
ricinltr:
"We. the ministers of tbe Baptist. Methodist,
and Presbyterian churches o! Philadelphia and
vicinity, desire to bring to your attention the
growing evil of Sabbath-day bicycle riding under
tbe auspices of organized bicycle dubs. We
recognize tbe pleasure and use of the bicycle,
but already the enthusiasm for this pleasure baa
apparently carried many thoughtlessly beyond
what their maturer judgment would sanction.
The temptation to many to forget or neglect the
Sabbath by the common use of the Sabbath br
tbe bicycle dubs for special pleasure and 'runs '
is veTy great.
" Tbe Sabbath ha always been observed in
our dty. and its observance has been used of
God as one of tho great Instruments in further
ing our prosperity. To prevent tbe increase of
the evil referred to and the evils already result
ing from Sabbath bicycle riding, we aak your
consideration of this subject, and that you make
some effort to secure action against the use of
the Sabbath day for such organized or dsb rid
In ir."
The Rev. Dr. Wills. Chairman of the com
mittee, stated that tbe discussion of this sub
ject had been a difficult one. some advocating
bomoopatbic doe" and other "drastic words"
in tils letter. The result was a compromise.
On motion of the Rev. A. J. Sullivan it was
dedded that tbe committee prepare an addi
tional petition on tbe subject to tbe League of
American Wheelmen.
Taie ssaaehee.
We hear co more of th Banshee. It that melan
choly old lady dead Tbe hills where she took up
her residence In times past are silent now, and eren
the whirlwind! In which she used to appear, with her
asd. pale faca and flowing hair, come wtthoot her.
After au. it may be too soon to writ ber ohtruary,
but Inasmuch as she was slways a sympathetic and
stngulsrty Interesting creature, a little sketch of her
rosy not be out of place.
There was always a good deal of mystery atioul her,
and eTt n her native country was never knows. Al
though ScotUcd and Ireland have claims npon ber. tt
ts suspected that she first saw the light In Norway so
lODg ago that she is now forgotten In that country,
Probably she came over to Britain with the Tlktngs,
and. as she was a lady of refinement and rood taste,
she preferred to confine herself to ScoUand and Ire
land, she lored to listen to th pibroch on the dis
tant hills and to sit on some rock near a frowning
castle and catch faint fragments ot tbe music ot th
harpers as It came to her In -the wind that
shakes the barley " Like most rorasntlo ladles,
she was fond of tbe soldiers. Sb lored the warriors.
and farored the CghUng families only. Proud, tn
deed, wr the Celts who could boast that their an
cestors for centuries had heard the keening cf tbe
Banshee ner painful duty was to gtTe warning of
approaching death, and she always performed It tn
tears. She was kept pretty busy weeping and wall
ing, and, like her uncle Odin, could be heard to the
best sdTsntare on a wild and stormy night.
yow the real name of tbe Banihee may or msy net
b known. Possibly some of oar Norwegian scholars
msy be sble to give It to ns. If tbe really doe belong
to Korwsy. Certainly shs might be called a somewhat
superstlUoui dsmei but she wss beautiful, and, al
though nobody ever liked to hear her voice. eTsry
body would be sorry to think that tb was dead.
Cteas.
TomEorroa or Tux Pes sir: While not approv
ing tbe method adopted to rid the neighborhood of
tbe dog pest tn West Mnety-etxlb street, as chroni
cled In the newspapers this morning. J heartily sym
pathise with and congralulste th residents of that
section on their relief. Dogs ar a nuisance la a dty
like New York, where there are no unoccupied
grounds for their peculiar tndulgesce and no one
has s moral right, by keeping canine pests as pets, to
punish his or her neighbors by causing suffering from
tbelr noise, filth, snd bite. Ths dsy is not far dlitant
when the law will exclude dogs from dtie. TV do
not propose to Uve In kennels
I also beg to suggest that the Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Animals, which exist br vol
untary contribution! of the genera! public, princi
pally, has somewhat overstepped tbe boundary of lis
province In offering reward! for tbe detection of the
parties guilty of the dog poisoning
I can appreciate the attachment that otherwise dis
engaged youug womtn and old women form for
dogs, but thst doe not give them tbe right to convert
the rlly's streets into filthy runwaya "There ar
others" who hsve lights. An Casts.
rBltariaaUsa In the Caarch or Baalaad.
To tbe Eorros or Tax Sn sir; Will you permit
me to flatly contradict the idea which tbe Iter. Mlnot J,
Savage gives In your psperof the condition of the
Church of England? He bss put lt tn such general
terms thst It it hard to fasten on the exact libel, but
In effect he tsys thst the English Church it full of
Cnltarlanlsm and agnosticism, and that the priests
who hsve these views hsve p'unged luto ritualism or
philanthropy and stopped thinking. I have no hesi
tation In string that this Is a wilful and malicious
HbeL Wat. wiar Miua.
Cms Jktjlcr, Teo.
frost the Chicago Accord.
"Johnny?"
"Tei'ro."
"Complete this adage for me. 'People who live la
glass houses should- '
" Should pull down th blinds."
wjjttkd bis nmiovoir Tiny. Wn
A Kennewt That ) His Otams Itk t, ' S
Ism I'm tree af (treat Banger. I
frost fA CAscosYO Rfeov-rf. I
John W North ot Neosho, Mo., reporter for the I
St. Louis Court of Appeals, says be is one ot ti, I
few surviving private soldiers of the civil ws, I
"It It strange," he said, "the great number ot R
private soldiers who were killed outright in tht Mr
conflict died of their wounds or sickness after- 3 -ward,
or hare left the country. But Strang M I
is this feature of the strife, it 1 nothing In cots. I
parieon with the large number of officers wh. I
yet survivo and live to tell of the conSJet. t? I
yet, in my experience during the war aWtn, I
the offlccn took equal chances with the tnen." I
Judge North belonged to a Wisconsin rcrt. I
rnent during the war and served to tbe end. hTi, V,
ring such time as be was Uld up with wornd, B-,
He tdls some pretty good war sloriet, 411 TS 1 p
which lack the heroic tinge so often met with: t
During the war he only asked for afunouchon
one occasion, and then it was denied him. Is "
seems he was a warm personal friend oi til
Colonel commanding hi regiment, and the Ut.
Ur bad repeatedly Informed him arter be bad
served a long time that he would grant biroa
ten days' furlough at any time requesiecL
Shortly before Sherman commenced his march
to the sea a sharp battle took place biwn ti.
division to whicb Judge North beloagul and a
heavy Confederate force.
Prior tn the battle every soldier knew that ths
fight would be a desparate one and that aianr "V)
would lose tbelr live. In following orders V
Judge North's rrtriment formed the front Urn- of J
tb advance. Tbe situation thee men ? I
S laced In was extremely perilous and etery to). I
ier could see the danger for himself, and (w I
entertained hopes of escaping alive, while ths 1
regiment wa momentarily expecting orders to I
advance on the Confederate stronghold ths I
Colonel passed along tbe line. As he approached I
Judge North the latter saluted bun. and called I
out so all thou near could bear him: &
"Colonel, have you not repeatedly told p.t iw)
that I could procure a ten days' furlough at any W
time I applied to you for the same r" 1
The Colonel, who wa a pale as a ghost him.
self, and probably aa badly scared as Jairs
North, replied rather hesitatingly that such wss
a fact.
"Then,' said Judge North. "I want a tea
days furlough right now. asd wast It worts
than I ever wanted anything In my life '
The ridiculousness of such a request under
the distressing circumstance did no: fs.il to
cause a smile to spread among the tnen whs
were facing death.
as Cents fewest n S3 Ltvtag Waare t
from fa tTaaataotew Ami
Can a Senator or member ot Congrees lire It
Washington on his salary '
Th answer to tbe question depends cnoa ths
man to whom It Is addressed. Senator Elxict ot
Wert Virginla.wha live In a palace oa K lire:.
where the furnishing of the bathroom slot
would cost almost a year's salary. woiH uy
that the $5,000 whicb tbe Government pays
Senator is but a drop in tbe backet. So won
Senator McMillan, whose Income from hu g-eat
lumber, manufacturing, and railroad interest.
Is to his salary aa the top of Pike's Peak u to tht
Nebraska prairie. There are other Senators liie
Rale asd Wetmora whose establishments cc-d
not ba run on tbdr salaries for three months .a
tbe year. In fact there are very few Seiaton to
whom the salary is really aa ImporLaa: asd a ,J
vital factor of their position.
It costs more for a Senator to live in Wahitg
ton than tor a Representative. Bit todal pontion
is more pronounced, asd if he is married sai 1
housekeeping tbe demands of society upon him
are very great. Sometime a Senator wil, go to
a hotel to save money. Uotel life is alto chora
for other reasons. Senator lianas went to a h
td because he hoped that Congress woc'd b
through by April or May and because a hcte
would be urmeceesary if something should drop
In Ohio next tall. Senator Piatt of New York
live at a hold because bis wite !s
not well enough to undertake the dttties
of housekeeping, and Senator Piatt of Coaaec
ticut likes a hotel because but as he has li ei !n
a hotel all his life, one would bare to go too far
back for any genuine Information oa the ques
tion. Opinions differ a to whether it is cheaper
to live In a hotel than to keep bouse. It all de
pends upon tbe hotel.
Some ot tbe Senator live within their sala
ries asd save money. They shun aocety, aad
ride In cars instead of carriage, and settaer
give nor attend dinners. These, however, are
tb exceptions. A Senator cannot, as a general
rule, live on th salary which ths Goverameal
pay him.
BVirBEAMB.
Timmstss Is letrsTng forward s vary lsrgs
Mscsijsm y crsrp.
A wsrlrtTng ef aa esfieptl and aa -- aeJs
las paralvrxe ts reported ta Csmbarlaad, cecaty,
Xsxtacxy.
TranspoTtatioa of aoft-anell crabs aS frees
rbe East to Fortlaad. Or., has Jsst nsca success
ruDy aeeompushad for tb first txa.
Alexandria. Vav. has raised tn ban wtdefi fra
tb aarty days of th settlement mad tt tslawfzl
to bring tn oysters between Arsfl asd Sepasaber.
Ugfctsjag street: two bees that a negro was car
rying over bis shoadoar near XSUmtss. Xi. aa
passed taronxh hint frost bis ssos13st to his feet,
killing htm,
Already grasshoppers ar hatrrirrg ta szci na.
bers ta ths region of Oasesdale. Wa that ii
inhabitant ar aianaed over the tareau-sed ta
jury to crops.
Oyramor trees which for several years ht
flourish- wber they war planted tn varices sec
tions of Portland, Or are eytrg ef some estate
which th ciusens do not aaderstaiad.
It ts said that tb rulnscr mine near Bactley,
Was were discovered br a caper wtost ar 9a
a roes gave rise ta saea fumes ital be was force!
ro move a long dlstaaos to escan sarloeaaioa.
George S. Xteaaias of Bowlesb-vrz. w. Va, a
surveyor, has the compass and the mstmmt:u
which belonged to his graastathtr waes. wm
Washington, he surveyed th road rroai Waahug
ton to th Ohio.
Tb Ber. zr. Hepkins of rbe First Coarregs
ttonal Church of Dubuque, . a fermar ep;arS
of the Sunday newspaper, has become sn asvo-tit
or It, declaring his belief that changed ttmes na-t
made tt necessary, and thai tt has recoae s per
manent feature of the comxauatry's Ufa.
James B. Ireland ot Baaoocc eoxnty. Kj.. II
be 100 years old oa June 4, ana his blrtboay Is te :
celsbrated by the coram ostty. Every on t: years
old and eldtr ta th community ha been Uvtfi ts
taae part la th Jollification. EaUglout services
ar to b conducted by taa oldest clergyman In tt
State, the Rev. L. E. Dand-on, whom Mr. Irelast
beard preach sixty years ago. Mr. Ireland's ratal
Is described as ratrly active, his raeraery of Ms
youta at perfectly clear, and tt Is sail that tt ts
"not st all htlpleas."
reretgw VMea or Beau Inlerenl.
sfachloe runs have been supplied to the Queen's
Life Guards, and gradually all the British cavalry
regiments wtu be armed with them.
A complete set of thirteen Jacobean silver apostle
spoons, one of the only three complete sets ta ex
tstenca, ws sold la London the other day for
8.I30.
Carbide ef calcium baa been found to be a retneiy
against th phyUozera, aeeordtag to a Swiss irads
Journal, and In be also an xcsllnt fertiliser for
plants of all kinds.
Germany had SS.ioO miles of railroad open ea
stsreb 91, aa increase of 473 mils over last yrsr.
Ths earnings for th year were f, 17,709 per mile,
aa Increase ot 1873 a mile.
Dr. Jacob Oeora Agardh, satnsrtrua proteesv of
botany at the University of Lund, tn Bwsdea. wse
U S9 years of sgs, has recelvad this year's gold
medal ot th Llnnieaa Society for his researches os
tb Alga.
Temen's Arabian Jews have asked Ksgus Mtseltk
for parmlstlon to ssttle In th town of Abyss's't,
oa the ground thst Xeneltk It on ef the rhciis
pevple. being descended from Sing Sotomea ssi
lb Queen of Shebs,
Mr. Aplrlna Turspa Xgata, a ruU-btoaded furl.
who holds th degrees ot bachelor ef srts at! e'
laws from Canterbury College, has been admlttel
to tne car at Auckland, be lug ths first of his rs-e
to accomplish th feat.
Great Britain'! second oldssl ship In coamtstlot,
ths Q ram put. tullt la 1784. has been sold to tt
broken up. It had been used for maay years at s
powder hulk at Portsmouth. Stetson's Victory t
ths only older ship In the service.
Maria Theresa's equesttiso status, recently 03
veiled by Emperor Francis Joseph at rrettburg, is
said I be the first monument crested In IIJKttr
to sovereign of the Tttptburg Use, which bas
rulsd over the country for S71 yrart.
Th Salsa of ths Benl Hamad, which In the tit'
snth century was a town or 80,000 Inhabitants,
tb capital of the Barbary Slates. lWocro, a,;!'),
and Tunis, and hsd long completely disappear 1.
bas been rediscovered by XI, llUncart, a rres 1
archaeologist. Among tbe buildings trowM '"
light ar a mosque sixty fivs by nftr-nre metres
area, covers with greea 'namel sad containing
pink marble columns, a palace, a puxlle fouutelr,
and a towsr, wclcU even In It! prsteat coniuloa s
nearly fifty fsel high. These buildings dste from
1007 aad are the oldssl Moslem monumtau la as-aria.