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B. At Constantinople.
j The news coming from Constantinople In
H rather a piecemeal fashion la beginning to
& have an ugly look. Tho story that tho Or-
nt Ing of tho salute In honor of tho Jubilee of
Queen Victoiua brought hundreds of
2 Turks, armed with bludgeons, Into tho
f streets, eagerly Inquiring of tho pollco
$ whether It -was tho Greeks or Armenians
",. that were to be attacked this time, gives
;l some Idea of what tho Mussulman mob Is
& -waiting for. This Inadvertent disclosure
r- " of feeling, though It cannot havo been
BP Yery satisfactory to tho Sultan, Is a timely
,$' training to tho Ambassadors who are Bup-
S; posed to bo treating for peaco between Tur-
p koy and Greece. It also happens that tho
ijj authorities In tho provinces havo been
ff ordered to pick out and send to tho capital
ft tho strongest men they can And, and uovoral
. thousands are reported to havo arrived
thcrealready. Putting these things together.
and looking at what tho Turks aro said
HJi to bo doing In Thcssaly and preparing to do
Si If they are forced to evacuato that province,
It would appear that the Sultan is holding
? tho menace of a general massacre of Chris-
. Mans up before tho powers to deter them
from pushing things to extremities.
U "When It Is considered that fully six mil-
lions of Christians are In different parts of
& thocmplreon whom Mussulman fanaticism
b may bo letloose at anynioment. the gravity
i of tho caso Is seen to be very great. Tho
f Christian populations In Europe and along
W the boasts aro tho least In danger, as relief
gv- - Is less far off, but tho plight of thoso In
?. the interior of the Asiatic provinces Iscrltl-
V cal beyond measure. In the event of un-
J-j toward occurrences happening among tho
ij' Christian populations of Turkey tho rcspon-
4 nihility of the power or powers that have
l been encouraging the Sultan will be, there-
i fore, very-great.
Tho general tenor of tho news from tho
J East goes to show that tho Sultan has rcso-
li lntcly made up his mind to resist any fur-
it! thcr interference by European powers with
J the affairs of tho empire, and that ho Is
iS? firmly and actively supported by Germany.
'' Tho way In which the affairs of Crete aro
allowed to drift, and tho dragging out of
f tho peace negotiations, are eloquent of dls-
B.J. agreement If not actual disconl among tho
p. powers. Tho reported offer of tho Gover-
R norsblp of Crete to Mr. Dnoz, the ex-Prcsi-
flg, dent of the Swiss republic, and his condl-
Hp' tlonal acceptance, has 'a peculiar signtll-
K? cancc, and, if seriously meant, would not be
Hgt tho worst thing that could happen to Crete,
Mj HhoUgh for the moment It would put an end
Bi to all hope of its annexation to Greece.
H$ As regards Greece, the s. .wness with
B, which the peace negotiations aro proceed-
K?f lng are telling heavily on tho resources
Br of the country, which are strained to tho ut-
f most by tho necessity of maintaining the
H enormous crowds of refugees who dare not
Bv - return to their homes during the Turkish
WK' ' occupation. Tho harvest that ought now
BE. to be garnered is being wasted by
HS tho Turk or is rotting in tho fields,
mf- and the period for tho autumn seed-
Kff lng is coming on apace. Everything
K$ Is lost to the unfortunate inhabitants
Ht for this year, and next year's harvest is
HpT being Imperilled. To add to the difficulty
H, of the situation for the Greeks, the Turks
Hp ore advancing their troops quite regardless
Hv of tho armistice, with tho object, appar-
H3-: ently, of provoking the Greeks Into some
B;, act that would give the Turkish commander
Ht the pretext for resuming liostlllties without
HE' further parley. On the whole, It cannot bo
mji said that there Is any improvement in the
HE general outlook in southeastern Europe, for
Hj the Sultan continues to defy the powers,
K and the powers themselves, with nil their
B display of might, arc impotent to agree and
Kl, Impose their will. While this is the case
Kl tho negotiations may bo dragged on in-
K definitely until a crisis Is produced in
k" Greece that may give an entirely new turn
B to affairs. ,
Bf Sugar Bounties and Their Effect.
H-t, The Senate adopted yesterday an amend-
K ment to tho ja-nding Tariff bill which pro-
H Tides for retaliation against tho product of
Bl countries that allow export bounties. It
H' Is, therefore, a timely article on tho Inlhi-
KV enco of such bounties which has been con-
K trlbuted to the July number of the Forwn
K by Prof. H. V. Wilky, Chief of tho Dl-
p vision of Chemistry In tho Department of
K, Agriculture.
Bf It Is mainly to premiums or bounties
H paid by the German and French Govern-
K ments on exported sugars that Prof. Willy
Hl confines himself. By tho German luw,
H' which has been in force since May 20, 1800,
BE there Is u prohibitive duty on Imported
Hi5 sugars of all kinds, amounting to 4.:2
HT' cents per pound. It Is also provided that
BKl all sugars deposited in bonded warehouses
BKL uid Intended for export shall receive dl-
BSf rt'ct' premiums ranging from O.'JUO cent
E. per pound to O.riSII cent per pound. Under
BE, the Trench luw, uhlch has been operative
rV sluco April 7, 1 WOT. imported sugars aro
Bi' so heavily taxed as practically lo be barred
Bt out' au a" H"Biw produced In Franco and
Kl; not Intended for domestlu consumption are
BJ entitled to bounties varying from 0.31 cent
Bjfc' per pound to 0,!H) cent per pound. Tho Im-
BM' modlato purposo of thu direct premium, of
Bjj; which Franco and Germany afford tho most
Bf striking examples, is to force the surplus of
Bf domestic production over consumption upon
pK'. other sugar consuming nations at less than
HfAy cost price, or, at least, at a price lower t ban
Vcy' that of rival dealers. Tho effect, Indeed,
14 of tho bounty on exports Is twofold :
K.. In tho first pluco It stimulates domestic
production in the country In which the
B; ' premium Is paid by securing an outside
B i market for part of tho sugar produced. Un-
Hi i less such an outlet were afforded, the limit
Umf, of the Industry would bo soon reached In
HV4 thoso continental countries where high
Rfjj taxes aro levied upon the sugar producers.
BJk Uy reason of tho high premium received,
Hp however, exporters are enabled to undersell
BE In the markets of the world those whose
BZ sugars are grown without the stimulus of
BX a direct or indirect bounty. A secondary
H; consequence of the premiums on exported
Bap sugars Is to cheapen their cost to the consum-
era In non-producing countries, whereby the
consumption In thoso countries Is Increased.
Tho outcome of the continental bounty
system is especially conspicuous In Eng
land, which, In proportion to Its popu
lation, Is tho largest sugar-consuming
country In tho world, tho amount annually
consumed per capita In England being 80
pounds, as against 1 1 pounds In Russia,
20 pounds In Austria, 27 pounds In Ger
many, !ll pounds In France, and 03 pounds
In tho United States. England lays no Im
port duty on sugar, tho result being that
tho prlco of sugars In the London market
Is cheapened In direct proportion to tho
amount of premiums paid In continental
countries. Of course, tho English consumers
of sugar do not complain, but, on tho other
hand, tho English sugar refiners and tho
Drltlsh sugar-producing colonies havo been
virtually ruined. So far as they are con
cerned, Indeed, things seem likely to go
from bad to worse, for, Instead of dimin
ishing, tho premiums on the exports of
continental sugars are Increasing. Franco
has met tho direct bounty offered by Ger
many, and la prepared to go further. Othor
European sugar producers ore clamoring
for tho same degreo of support furnished
by Germany and France. Prof. Wh.ky
thinks tho competition among tho sugar
producers of tho Continent for outside mar
kets may go on until sugar can bo delivered
In London at tho cost of transportation.
Even In the United States tho effect of
tho continental sugar bounty Is beginning
to bo seriously folt, tho situation having
been grievously aggravated of late by rea
son of tho troubles In Cuba, which In tho
past has been our chief sourco of supply.
Tho war has reduced tho Cuba output of
sugar from 1,000,000 to less than 100,000
tons, and, by reason of tho great plethora
of tho commodity in continental Europo
caused by tho application of tho bounty
system, almost tho wholo of this deficit has
been drawn from beet sugar producing
countries. Prof. Wll.EY computes that at tho
present rato of consumption our annual
importation of beet sugar amounts to 800,
000 tonn, an Increaso of 700,000 tons in
three years. At present a littlo less than
one-sixth of tho whole amount consumed by
us is mado at home. Yet wo havo in tho
United States a growing sugar Industry,
especially in beets. There Ir, Prof. Wiley
holds, no rcasonwhy this Industry should
not expand rapidly until a largo part, If
not all, of the sugar consumed in tho United
States is of domostic origin. All we need
to do Is to secure protection for our planters
bv levvinir duties on imported sugar, whllo
at the same time refraining from taxing
tho domestic product.
Can Americans Stand Tlieso Out
rages ?
Many persons still living remember the
Island of Cuba when It was In full pros
perity. They remember when its exports
amounted to over $85,000,000, and its
commerce with this country alono exceed
ed $100,000,000 In a single year; when it
maintained an army of 20.0UO Spanish sol
diers and from twenty-five to thirty ves
sels of war of tho Spanish navy ; when
its great sugar, tobacco, and coffco es
tates were cultivated to their fullest ca
pacity. They remember tho palatial resi
dences with which Havana was crowd
ed; the society of tho gay capital; Its
Paseo thronged In tho afternoon with gor
geously accoutred "volantcs," In which
were seated the beauties of tho Island
taking their dally drives; the plaza
In front of tho Governor-General's pal
ace, which at night Bwarmed with tho
most cultivated people of tho city
listening to the strains of accom
plished military bands. They recall tho
Tacon Theatre, one of the largest buildings
of the kind in tho world, filled to overflow
ing; the clang of bells, which pealed from
the towers of Innumerable churches on feto
days and holidays. Those were the days
when Havana and the rich Island of Cuba
contained a population quiet, prosperous,
and happy. It seemed to the visitor that
if there was an approach to paradise on
earth It was to be found in Cuba; that if
ever there were people loving tho land of
their birth, It was the population found
thereon. To the mother country, too,
Cuba should have been Inexpressibly dear.
Leaving out of consideration its ucalth
and commercial possibilities, it was the last
of her American colonics remaining to her.
Whllo nearly an entire continent had re
volted from her jurisdiction and set up
independent Governments, Cuba alone bad
remained loyal and true. Indeed, it was
her delight to be known as " Slempro Flcl."
She was tho "Ever Faithful Isle."
One would suppose that a possession thus
favored by nature, thus Improved by culti
vation, of such strategic Importance, Inhab
ited by a population so docile, so loyal, with
such possibilities in the future, would havo
been considered by the mother country tho
apple of her eye ; that everything would
havo been done by her to develop Its re
sources, to make tho Islanders happy, to
protect them, even to show gratitude to tho
offspring which were such a credit to her,
nay, which were contributing 00 largely to
her support.
And for a tlmo Spain was grateful and
considerate. Sho erected In tho princi
pal ports of the Island forts which were sup
posed to bo Impregnabloby any naval arma
ment of thoso days. Tho Captain-General,
although always Invested with the power
of a General In time of war, allowed tho
Islanders to take pretty much their own
course, permitted them to celebrate their
fCtes and to enjoy every kind of amusement.
While the Inhabitants of Cuba were liv
ing In peaco and Increasing in prosperity,
Spain, however, was retrograding. Dj nan
tic war convulsed her. Iiovolut Ions were
not unknown. A profllgato sovereign
reigned over her for many cars. Social
nnd political disorders were followed by
financial troubles, and in their wako came
wrack and ruin. Then, instead of making
thoso who had incurred tho burden shoul
der It, she shifted it upon Cuba. It
occasion required exactions were increased.
Worse than that, she not only sapped tho
sources of tho wealth of her colonists, but
she nUo treated them with contumely and
scorn. Sho Infested the Island with office
holders from her own shores. She denied
to the inhabitants any political rights. She
withdrew from them all social recognition,
Thcybccamo simply bowers of wood and
drawers of water for tho distant mother
country. So violent and Incessant were
the Impositions upon them of every descrip
tion that no manhood could quietly submit.
They revolted. Under promises of better
treatment they laid down their arms, but
only to have greater burdens Imposed upon
them. A succession of similar events was
followed by similar results. What would
the Canadians or Australians have done If
Great Ilrltaln had treated them as Spain
has treated Cubaf Thoso who read our
Declaration of Independence will And In
the Indictment which Jeffekson framed
nualnst Guanas III. a mild statement
ot the outrages committed 'upon tho
Cubans by succcsslvo Government of
Spain. Nor ore these outrages only
of today. WnYLElt Is not tho first
Captain-General of tho Island who burned,
plundered, and pillaged, or who has com
mitted atrocities upon tho persons of tho
unfortunato people. As far back as 1801
Valencia, then Captain-General, Issued on
order declaring that every malo abovo tho
ago of IB years found away from his habi
tation, who could not glvo a satisfactory
reason therefor, should bo shot; that every
unoccupied houso should bo burned; that
every houso not bearing a white flag should
bo reduced to ashes ; that non-combatants
should bo herded In towns. In tho various
struggles on tho Island up to 1872, Spanish
official reports show that over 13,000 Cu
bans had been killed Inbattlo; that upward
of 43,000 prisoners had been put to death.
Tho work of extortion, of murder, of de
struction of property has gone on Increas
ing since that period. Never slnco WAn
nEN Hastings looted India has a country
been so despoiled. Never slnco that ruler
turned over to tho tormentors tho old
eunuchs of the two Hcgums of Oudo with
tho vlow of making them disclose where
their treasure was concealed, havo any
people been tortured as havo been tho
Cubans, In order to wring from them their
earnings that they might bo appropriated
by their unnatural kindred. Indcod, It
there Is any mercy to bo found in
tho above comparison it Is on tho
sldo of Hastings. After conquering tho
Peninsular ho saw that tho laws were
executed. After ho had extorted some
1,000,000 from the unfortunato Ilegums
ho released their long-suffering faithful
servants, nnd they were permitted to drag
what was left of their mutilated forms in
quiet to tho grave. But tho Spaniards!
For many je.irs there has been no law In
Cuba except tho will of tho Captalu-Gcn-erals.
The treasure which" they havo taken
from tho island Is counted In bil
lions. Tho value of property destroyed
by them has been enormous. Tho
atrocities they have committed aro not con
fined to an individual hero and there.
Wholo districts of country have been laid
waste Men, women, and children havo
been driven from their homes, deprived of
food and clothing, herded like cattle where
fevers nnd pestilence might do their horrid
work upon them. Still tho work of devasta
tion, torture, and murder goes on.
Remember what they were In tho days
when they were allowed to enjoy their own.
Look at them to-day I Their prosperity is
gone. Their liberty has been taken from
them. No more is the Paeo crowded. The
only sound heard In the Plaza Is tho tread
of the sentry who guards the entranco to
the Governor's palace. No more carillons
from church steeples ; the bells only toll tho
knell of aomo one departed, or summon tho
faithful to prayer.
These nro the unfortunntes whoso cries we
will not hear, or, hearing, we will not heed.
These are tho people who, although they
have succcsfully resisted an army of two
hundred thousand men for more than two
years, we will not acknowledge to bu bellig
erents and entitled to tho treatment of hu
man beings. And it Is Spain whose ally wo
are Inthlsunholy war which is being waged
againstthem; Spain, which hosllauntcd in
dignities in our face over and over again;
whose war vessels, while enjoying the hos
pitality of tho port of Now Orleans, were
crowded with refugees whom they had
no right to receive ; from whoso ports sailed
blockade- runners loaded with everything
which was necessary to those with whom
we were then at war; whose vessels havo
fired on our flag; which bus arrested, im
prisoned, and murdered our fellow citizens.
This is the Spain which we have allowed to
direct us In tho enforcement of our own
neutrality laws, although If sho has
any Blmllar laws sho never put them
In operation in our behalf when tho
opportunity presented Itself, but per
mitted the Shenandoah, probably the most
destructive piece of naval architecture of
her day, to remain nearly a month In ono of
her ports while completing her equipment
and taking on her armament, all of which
was contrary to Spain's proclamation of
neutrality, and in spito of dally promises to
our representative to prevent the outrage.
It Is to tills Spain that we still bow tho
knee and sue and flatter while wo assist her
In tho perpetration of atrocities. Has our
manhood entirely deserted us? Havo wo
been cowed by some occult power so that
wo fear to do what wo know wo havo tho
right to do and what would be right If wo
did It? Will tho House of Representatives
adjourn without taking up and passing tho
Senato resolutions? Flint, of course, tho
tariff bill must bo passed, but that out ot
tho way, let It do Justice to Cuba and to
ourselves.
Tho Award of Army Stars.
Tho appointment of Col. Meimuam to be
a Brigadier-General is the last of an ex
traordinary scries of promotions to tho
grado of general officer mado during tho
last three months. AVhilo It was In prog
ress we noted In part what had been done,
but tho process has since gono on to such
an extent that wo bring tho record up to
tho close of the scries.
Originally there wore two vacanclescreat
cd by retirements for age, thoso of Major
Gen. Ruokh, who reached tho retiring age
In April, and Drlg.-Gcn. Wheaton, who
followed in May. Thcso vacancies would
ordinarily call for ono promotion of a
Hrlgadlcr-Gencral and two promotions
of Colonels. The senior Brigadier was
Gen. BltooKE, and the two senior Colonels
were Col. W. R. Skahteii, First In
fantry, and Col. II. C. Meriuam, Sev
enth Infantry; and these three officers havo
each been advanced to thogradc above. But
meanwhile tho opportunity has been taken
to promote and retire certain meritorious
juniors who otherwise might never be ad.
vanccd, slnco Gen. Buooiu: does not retire
until lflOU. Gen. SHArnm until 1800. and
Gen. Meiiuiam until 1001.
To begin with, tho second Brigadier In
rank, Gen. Wheaton, an excellent soldier,
was made a Major-General ; and when his
retirement followed for age, on May 8, Gen.
Forsyte, originally the fourth Brigadier,
was promoted, 011 thu understanding that
he would then usk for retlremont. This
was done, and next a like process followed
with Gen. Zexas R. Hlish, tho fifth Briga
dier, whllo finally Geu. IIhookk received
the double star, thus making ono vacancy
servo for four promotions, tho final one that
ot the ofllccr who was nil along Intended
for the prolonged Incumbency.
Among the Colonels tho promotions were
no less liberally' arranged for. There, with
two vacancies certain and more to be made,
the senior Colonel, Suaftku, was taken up
first. iBut before Col. Merki am was reached
many others were Interposed. First came
a batch of three, CoL James F. Wade,
Fifth Cavalry; Col. J. K. Mizner,
Tenth Cavalry, and Col. W. M.
Guauam, Fifth Artillery. Then, bj an
understood' arrangetneni, Gen. Mir.NBB re
tired, and CoL Anson Mills, Third Caval
ry, was appointed Brigadier-General In his
place ; next Gen. Mills retired, and Col.
C. II. Carlton, Eighth Cavalry, was pro
moted ; finally, Gen. Carlton retired, and
then tho long-delayed appointment of Col.
MKnrtiAM, well understood to bo coming,
followed. Thus, instead of stars for two
Colonols, there were stars for soven.
Of courso throughout tho grades Ilko
benefits were derived. Even with these aids
there aro thus far no vacancies among tho
Second Lieutenancies In sight for tho class
that graduated at West Point lost month.
Capo Cod.
Tho Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics has been trying to earn Its money
by Investigating Capo Cod, a portion of the
world which has endured much and will
not bo permanently disabled, even by a
Bureau ot Labor Statistics. It is not known
what tho capo thinks of tho bureau, but the
bureau thinks 111 of tho cape. If tho statis
tics hunters aro right, tho capo Is in a bad
way. Tho main object of tho sea used to bo
to let tho Coddcra catch fish In It. They
fish no more. Somewhere In tho dark back
ward and abysm of tlmo a native of this
town met a man of Provlncetown In Har
wich, or was Itllyannlst "If you want to
seo a real llvo place," said ho of Province
town, "come to Provlncetown." Alas, Prov
lncetown, llko Rome, Is not what it was.
Tho marine railways are rotting. Popula
tion decreases. All over tho capo tho
natives are getting out and immi
grants are coming in. Which shows that
tho Immigrants havo more senso than tho
natives. Let us not blame tho latter, how
over. Most of them are Presidents of
banks, or monopolists of some sort or other
in Boston. The sand ot Capo Cod is
sprinkled over the highest-pointed escutch
eons In tho city ot tho threo hills and tho
crown of brass.
There Is nothing in tho report of the Bu
reau of Labor Statistics about tho retired
sea captains of tho cape, a set of gentlemen
outclassing in variety and interest any
other known varloty of articulato speaking
men. If they aro all dead, who Is alive?
What tales they had to tell and how subtlo
were their nostrils to tho impending
changes of tho wind. Some of them used to
patrol their littlo yard as it it were a quar
ter deck. Sonic of them, In front of houses
bristling with tho skeletons of whales,
searched sea and land with telescopes.
No man has seen what wrath Is unless
ho has seen n retired Cope Cod cap
tain, whaler, or Bwccpcr of tho China seas
give a candid opinion of steamers and tho
follows w ho run them. Ask tho Archbishop
of Canterbury for his private opinion about
dissenters, and you might hear something
of stately disapproval. Ask a Capo Cod cap
tain for his opinion ot steamers, and you
would get a hurricane.
Personally we don't care a rap for tho
Bureau of Labor Statistics. So long as
one sea captain survives on Capo Cod
it will not bo depopulated. It may bo
that the salt sheds havo fallen In and
that there is no windmill left until
you come to Canton and tho Hon. Elijah
Adams Mouse, but the cape Is all right.
All the people In it are related, except the
Indians and tho Portugees, and there aro
not more than six names of gentea in each
town. Elderberry wine, Good Templars'
lodge?, and sound Republicanism prevail.
And the peoplo know a thing or two about
sailing boats, and have many valuable Ideas
about fish.
Various monopolists are making or los
ing money In tho cranberry bog lino on
Cape Cod, and the farming business is not
bad there; and if the place Is really losing
Inhabitants, we advise folks In these parts
who want to live In an original and at
tractive community to go right to Barnsta
ble county, Mass. There must bo some of
the captains left, and there Is a very good
sea; and there Is a lot of genuine American
citizens who fear God and novcr heard of
tho Goo Goo movement in politics.
Tlio Ijast Premium.
With the speed run of tho Nashville, tho
last of the premiums open to our warships
has been earned, and it is possible, now
that the official report upon her has been
made, to reckon up tho results of tho sys
tem from the start.
It began under Secretary Whitney with
awards for horso power, at tho rate of $100
per unit in excess of the contract require
ment. Under that system tho Yorktown
earned $30,82.1, the Newark $3(1,857, tho
Concord $ir3. tho Bennington $3,000,
nnd the Baltimore $100,442. In all
cases thcro was a penalty of $100 per
unit for any shortcoming in horse power,
and under It tho Charleston lost $33,384,
which was afterward remitted by Congress
for special reasons; the Monterey $32,823,
and tho Petrel $485. There were also some
premiums for machinery furnished by prl
vato works to ships built by tho Govern
ment In Its navy yards.
But soon a change, was made to premiums
for speed, Irrespective of horso power. It
was urged that speed, after all. was tho
thing valuable to tho Government, not
tho means by which It was achieved;
and accordingly tho premiums and pen
alties wcro changed to this basis, tho
rato being usually fixed at so much por
oven quarter knot of excess or deficiency,
whllo in most of tho latest cases an allow
ance at tho same rate was also made for
fractions of a quarter knot.
Under this plan tho Wilmington has
earned $11,500, tho Bancroft and tho
Machlas $-15,000 each, tho Nashville
$40,080, tho Helena $40,040, tho Castino
and tho Indiana $50,000 each, tho Phila
delphia, tho San Francisco, and tho Massa
chusetts $100,000 each, tho Marblehead,
$125,000, tho Detroit $150,000, tho Ore
gon $175,000, tho New York and Mon
teroy $200,000 each, tho Iowa $217,
420, the Olympla $300,000, the Co
lumbia and Brooklyn $360,000 each;
whllo tho Minneapolis hroko all records
with earnings of $114,000, her contract
being ono of thoso that allowed for frac
tions ot a quarter knot. Not a single ves
sel has lost anythlngon this spcodtxisls, and
ono vessel which on her official trial fell
far short of her estimated horso power, so
that she might have had to pay a very
heavy penalty on that basis, really gained
a magnificent premium for speed.
Tho highest excesses ot speed were those
achieved by tho smaller gunboats, the
Castlne, for examplo, making 2.02 knot
over her guarantee, the Machlas 2.40, and
the Bancroft 2.37. Nevertheless, theirs have
been among the smallest speed premiums
paid, since on the smaller vessels smaller
rates ot premium were allowed, tho three
mentioned receiving only $5,000 per quar
ter knot. The great successes of the three
final premium winners, the Newport News
trio, ach loved thlsycar, tell exactly the same
story. On the other hand, the Philadelphia
and the San Francisco earned $100,000 each
for somowhat over half a knot In excess of
their contract, because they had tho great
bonus of $00,000 por quarter, or ten times
as much as the gunboats Just spoken
of, while the enormous earnings of
the Minneapolis, Columbia, Olympla, and
Brooklyn, amounting to $1,414,000 for
thcso four vessels alone, are accounted for
In tho samo way. A single firm, tho Cramps
of Philadelphia, earned, according to tho
figures just given, tho great extra sum,
abovo tho contract prlco, of $1,805,144,
never losing a dollar for penalties, either in
speed or horsepower.
Tho total amount earned In premiums for
horso power or speed, excluding premiums
for tho machincryof ships built In tho navy
yards, Is, If our figures are correct, $3,200,
020. Whllo this Is a largo sum, yet no
doubt tho contractors havo Improved vessels
for tho purposo of producing extra speed,
with tho consent of the authorities, and
such changes, If made for that purpose only,
havo been, according to a statement of Chief
Engineer Melville, "at tho expenso of
tho contractors." Again, as tho speed re
quirements havo been studied carefully,
whenever builders wcro confident that they
could surpass them, and so earn a premium,
tho effect was to lower tholr bids, of course
to tho benefit of tho Government.
Tho speed premium system was stopped
after tho prodigious winning of the Min
neapolis had been recorded, although sub
sisting contracts for premiums were of
courso carried out. Perhaps a reaction was
then natural ; and If tho system should
ever bo revived, perhaps smaller bonuses
would bo paid than thoso which allow
$200,000 for an extra knot. But at pres
ent tho view taken Is that, with tho
experlcnco gained, premiums nro not
needed, and, In fact, tho composlto gun
boats and tho torpedo boat Porter, without
premiums, have far exceeded their contract
speed. However, contractors now tako Into
view that no premiums are payable, when
they niako their bids.
Tho Hon. William T). Bynum, the Chair
man of tho National Committee, of tho " Nation
al Democrats," Is reported by tho .Vein l'or
Time as making this remark touching our
forthcoming municipal campaign:
" If Tamnianjrahould make tholuue the fr coin
age ofdlrtr and the n-amrralnic of the principles of
the Chicago platform, the National Democrat. I
think, would coulder It their ilutr to right Tammtnr
In the most effrctlrewajr. It mltht be best. In such
an t nt. to Join forces with the Republicans or the
Cltlrens" Union. Wo do not wish to take part In lo
cal campaigns; but we must and will flffht freo coin
age ami Eryanlsm wherever ther raise their heads.
We should, then, onooee Tammanr in such war as to
Insure Its orertlirow."
That ! tho way for a Democrat to talk: "fight
freo colnago and Urynnlsm wherever they ralso
tholr heads." Hut Tammany will force the here
sies of the Chicago platform ns the Ibsuo if it does
not expressly condemn and repudiate them. It
cannot dodgo tho Chicago platform. It must
either tako It flatly or reject it flatly. It cannot
snvo its head from tho blows Mr. Hy.num would
havo dealt against 11 by simply "Ignoring" tho
Chicago platform. Urynnitos no less than gen
uine Democrats will demand of Tammany Hall
that it declare unmistakably nnd emphatically
just how it stands with reference to Bryanlsm.
Tho Tammany campaign must be either a Bryan
or an anti-Bryan campaign.
"As far as I can see," said Dr. JomrsON,
"foreigners are fools.' Evening tisf.
It was not Dr. Johnson, but one Mrtnell,
who made tho remark referred to. Ills exact
words wore: " For anything I seo, foreigners aro
fools." JnnxsON onco quoted them, but cred
ited tbcm to Meyneix at tho time. The Evening
Pott had bettor give up American politics alto
gether and study Its Boswell.
Senator Thurston of Nebraska, a man of
solemn and profound temperament. Introduced
into tho Sonato yesterday a bill to Imprison for
not more thnn llvo years and Imposo a
flno of $10,000 on persons convicted of
forming trusts or combinations In re
straint of trade. Senator Thuhston means
well, but he docs not gn far enough. Too
men guilty of forming trusts should bo pun
ished with capital punishment twlco a week,
and all their property should lie confiscated for
tho use of tho makers of campaign text books.
When Mr. TnunsTON has done justlco to tho
conspirators, ho can bring on n Btatnto to pun
ish tho multiplication tablo and to amend tho
law of supply and demand.
Down In Louisiana tho St. Mary Optic
thinks that "tho Democratic party is n defender
of the people, ns tho Republican party has been
tho support and mainstay of tho powerful com
binations of wculth." Tho Democratic party
nnd tho Republican party used to bo nlikoon
the question of wealth. Each nas in favor of
every man getting all ho could, and ot putting
barriers before none. To-day tho Republicans
nro as they wcro. and thu Democrat lo party,
Brynnlzcd, has undertaken to defend tho peoplo
against riches. Whrro it socs wealth It denounces
it, and whero It sees prosperity it strikes at It.
The tariff question nnd tho currency question
are not and cannot Ix seitiM by a municipal election;
and 10 allow thr-lil tn enter Into and afreet a munici
pal election Is tn allow tho cltr to become a football
to be kuked about Is tho field of national politics
The Outlool.
Why does not this religious preacher teach
that the religion for Now York and tho religion
for the nation ns n wholo should bo kept as dis
tinct Issues! Tho first political Issue in cities
and villages, no less than in the wholo Union, is
tho national Integrity, tho preservation of tho
political and social order. Kvorythlng clso
hinges on that. All the parts of our political
system aro bound together and nre interde
pendent. Hcnco the politics of tho n hole Is tho
politics ot each and overy part. Political parties
In this republic have always boon made by
national Issues.
The Hon. Ciiahlks Couiitnf.y continues
to bo tho monarch of tho wave. Ills crow hnd
somo pleasant exorcise yesterday, and triumphed
with ease. A good word must bo said for Colum
bia, But poor Pennsylvania a as not even tho
Harvard of tho race.
Not before tho 4th of July, It Is esti
mated, will It bo possible to stato In detail tho
number of regularly enrolled Republicans In
New York. Tho universal opinion is that tho
recent enrollment exceeds In number any other
In the history ot tho Republican party. If this
be so, and thoro is no serious reason for doubt
ing It, tho Republicans have obtained tho end
which they had tn view In depriving not only
the Citlzcas' Union, but malcontent Republi
cans, of any f urthor grounds for complaint that
tho party rolls did not truly represent tho mem
bership of tho Republican party in this city.
Georoe Mahtin Lank, emeritus Pope
Professor ot Latin at Harvard College, who died
last Wednesday, was u typo of tho urbano, old
school scholar and humanist. Ills posltlvo
services to scholarship wcro not grout, A littlo
pamphlet on the pronunciation of Latin is about
all that he has left, although It was said for a
generation that ho wub writing a monumental
Latin grammar. The materials for such a work
be is said to have gathered, and it will bo pub
lished. But his enjoyment was in reading the
authors. Ills scholarship was curiously minute
and exact When Mr, Ciuiilks Sumnkii died, In
1874, of angina pectoris, and tho word angina
was currently mispronounced, Mr. Lank shov. od
what Its Roman pronunciation n as by a reference
toMANiuus or some other obscure weavor ot
hexameters. Ho was a man of the world and
of society, and in a reasonably long llfo ho
enjoyed himself rationally, With their three
months of vacation In summer, their two weeks
at Christmas, their ten days or so at Kastor,
their abort weeks and tholr short hours, the
a-jyaAtgftffetft
professors are not tho hardest worked or the
least to be envied ot mon. Mr. Lame, llko his
classmato Prof. Child, was able to devote fifty
years to scholarship. There are groator ambi
tions, but thcro are tow groator enjoymonts.
Our esteemed Concord contemporary, tho
People and Patriot, .form II. OnenLY, of chll
service reform fnmo, editor, remarks somowhat
petulantly that " no party In Now Hampshire Is
yet ready to Import Its gubernatorial candi
date at any prlco, either from Now York or
Massachusetts." Well, tho New Hampshire
folks can afford to bo good to Massachusetts.
From tlmojmmcmorlal tho Naval Ofllcor of tho
Port ot Boston has been Imported from Now
Hampshire. Maine and Now Hampshire men
coma to Massachusetts and hold all tho ofllces.
It would be only a fair return for favors received
for New Hampshire to import a Massachusetts
candidate for Governor,
Tho chief social joy In the State of Malno
at present Is an cntortainmont called tho "hor
ror party." Krory v.oman guest at a horror
party brings what she has tho most horror of,
and tho other guests guess what bor horror Is.
Tho Idea Is taken from tho Cltircns' Union, tho
horror party of this town. The chief horror of
tho C. U. Is tho Hon. Thomas C. Platt, but as
everybody knows It, It Is difficult to show any
Interest In tho horror ontcrtatnmont.
Montana seems to bo the severest of
States In regard to games ot chance. It Is re
ported that her law In restraint of gambling for
bids tho shaking of dico for drinks or cigars and
the playing of progressive euchro for prizes.
Montana has a right to pride herself on her
breathless but scrono occupation ot tho extrcmo
heights of virtue. A Stoto which bars progressive
euchre and Is cool forever beneath tho eloquent
savings of tho Hon. Thomas Henky CAn-rcn's
superb 10 to 1 chin whisker offers unequalled
attractions to tho nativo and tho immigrant.
It seems that the Hon. Job BLACKBUrnr,
much as ho abominates protection, is to be pro
tected by tho now Tariff bill. It lays a duty on
crude sulphur and brimstone
Fame comes late sometimes, but It should
bo all tho sweeter for having been long delayed.
Our loomed contemporary, tho Hartford Cow
rant, lays this laurel on a brow henceforth to bo
revered and beloved:
Professor 3lEAHof Wesleyan has edited, with notes
and glossary, an edition of Mahout's 'Uorte D'Ar
thur." "
Malony has had to wait somewhat mora
than four hundred years for his glory, but it has
coino at last, and in a flood. Health and good
day to tho Immortal MalonvI Long after
AiiTitun and Lancelot, Morgan Lc Fay nnd
GuiNEVKitK. Kay and Oawain aro forgotten,
Connecticut will gratefully preserve tho memory
of tho mcmorablo Malony.
A numlcr of physicians and philanthro
pists In Boston, frightened by tho approach ot
the Fourth, havo asked tho city authorities to
restrain tho demonstrations on that day. Non
cxploslvo explosives and noiseless nolso ore rco
ommendod. No doubt there aro a good many
ncttro colchraters In Boston, hut if the physi
cians and philanthropists will only go down to
Nahsnt for Sunday nnd Monday they can es
capo disaster and protect their ears.
The Hon. William LioirrwEionT Wil
son was received with tumultuous applause at
tho Phi Beta Kappa performance nt Harvard
Colleso Thursday. Even a statesman fordeflclt
only has his friends; and to be admired by tho
Boston Mugwumps is a rare honor, most of their
time being taken up In admiring themselves.
TUE SrCXZCZFAL CA3ZFAZOX.
Ho Trouble About TL'nlty ir m Sensible Course Is
Pursued.
To tub EDlTOn of The Son Sir: If the Citi
zens' Union and othor independent organizations
expressed their preference for any particular
Republican as a candldato for Mayor, theiropln
ion would have much weight with the delegates
to tho Republican Convention, all of whom trill
desire, first of all, to unlto the opposition to
Bryanlsm. It Is proper and desirable that these
outside and irregular organizations should come
to an understanding among themselves as to tho
candldato upon whom they can "unify," but,
having reached such an agreement, tho only
scnslblo courso for them to pursuo is to confer
with tho Republicans as to his nomination, with
the view of "unifying" them also since they
ha,o tho party organization upon which suc
cess In tho election depends.
That is tho way they would go at so serious a
business if they wcro really anxious simply to
d-foat Tciumany Hall and to "unify the friends
of good government." All hands having agreed
on tho candidate, they could simultaneously
nominate him, if the outside organizations have
nn aversion (which to mo seems oven silly) to
follow tho Republicans, who must bo tho actual
leaders, as everybody knows.
Thntvtould bo actual "unification;" but for
outsldo organizations, n hidi of themsol ves alono
aro powerless to accomplish anything at the
election, to Insist on pushing themselves into
tho lead In nominating. Is bad manners, bad
policy, vanity, nnd obstinacy Indicative of a
purpose to defeat " uni tlcatlon."
The mlstako usually made by amateur and
reform politicians is tn forgetting that the
political organizations. In which all except
a very small and almost Insignificant part
of tho peoplo aro Included, nro representa
tive bodies, which cannot run things in dollance
of tho com ictlons and preferences of their mem
bers without coming to grief. A party conven
tion must tnko care to express the sentiment ot
tho party, and bosses, as they are called, are
only successful In their leadership v,hon thoy
havo tho perception and tho instinct to divine
that sentiment and gratify it.
Tho most important matter in the seleetlon-of
a candidate for Mayor Is to "unify" tho Repub
licans In his support, nnd any attempt to dletnto
a particular nomination is bad policy. Tho first
requlslto Is to secure unity among tho Repub
licans in support of tho tlckot nominated.
Tho organized Republicans nro Intelligent
citizens, reasonable nnd considerate, and no
organization which really wants to unite with
them In opposition to Tammany llryanlsin 111
be rebuffed, nor will Its desires as to a ticket to
bo nominated bo treated othcrwiso thnn most
respectfully: but they expect and require that
their representatives Bhull bo consulted In tho
making of tho ticket. There is much talk about
bringing "business methots" Intopolities. Men
Becking tn brlngaliout union In a business enter-
Crlso first of all endeavor to further agreement
y rnurtcsy nnd conciliation.
All hands should ngreo on a candidate for
Mnjor, and thou tho conventions of all the uni
fied organizations can nominate him at the same
tllllO. , RKfUllLIOAN.
New YoitK, July 2.
The United state.
To Tiir KDrronor Tint Bvs Sir: Is there another
paper In the United States that talks out with the
spirit of '711 like The hex? I think not, and I hare
some acquaintance with moM of tho big ones. Your
editorial published Suuday under the beading-, "The
Development of American l'Mrlotlim," breathes a
spirit that should mske even a Colorado I'opullit pull
his whiskers and wonder why he abolished the Fourth
of July.
Run up the flag and salute It I May Its (lorloos
folds (lost over every foot ot land that should lie
ours. Teach Americanism tn the schools and talk It
from the pulpit. Wo aro tho people, nd bully for
usl C. I, miixEO.
Bt. Louis, June SO.
llnnllr Decent.
To Tint Editor or Tun Sex Sir: "It was reported
yesterday that a suggestion might l3 mado that the
companies cause straps to be placed In the open cars,
so that passenger who are compelled to stand may
haresomo means of saving thilr necks when Irsrel
lltitr on the c.rs "
The oIh e Is (ram Tun hex of July 8.
Poyounot think It an outrage ua the travelling
public that nnvthliiff like this should tie for a moment
contemplated Allowing paaiensers to stand bo
tween the seats of open inrs to my mind ts hsMlr
decent and I think should nover be permitted. 471,
In Fnvor or Trusts,
from Qunton'l Xagatine,
There Is In progrtss In this country a gradual but
certain ctianne lu puhllo opinion with reference to
the nature and effect of large aggregations of capital.
Papulation of Chicago.
From the InttrOccan.
It Is probable that the present population of Chica
go falls a littlo short of 1,600,000,
Tzze Touzizsr xror ow fzzir ifft
The I.ltlle Steamboat It mis Ont or Water aa JX
Quietly Lands Her Tea I'nssengers. 'J
Sonsntional stories wore published In several iS
newspapers yoslorday In relation to an alleged "My
flro aboard tho steamboat Tourist In the Nar- dtp
rows nn Thursday night. Tho Tourist Is allttU H?!'
stoamboil that for tha last four wools hni bcoa Wnl
plying between Bath Beach nnd tho Il.ittery, Hr'
At nbout 0:1S o'clock on Thursday night, a BeV
cording to tbo reports puhllshod, the lmat left Vfjsss
tho Battery bound for Hath Ilonch with about a
fifty passengers aboard. Whon In tho middle a'
of tho Narrows smoko was seen Issuing S'lsr'
from tho hold near the engine room, and n imnlo SsS
occurred among tho passongcrs. Tbo Captain, ft&
It was said, fearing that tho fire would gain too )?
much headway before ho could reach llnth jCm
Boach, landed tho passengers nt Fort Itnmlltoa x9t
nnd then boach cd the boat on Oravcscnd beach. Jf-
The fire, tho story added, was shortly afterward rf tsif )
extinguished, Tho boat was chartorcd about a"-.
two months ago by William Remscn, an ex- J"??;
pressman of Oravcscnd, nnd CapU Kllltnsr aP9,
who nctrd as pilot. Yesterday Mr. Item' -alorr
sou denied tho report thnt a flro had lle
occurred on the boat. Tho facts wore, ho sild WTi
that the Tourist's supply of wator ran out when a
opposite Kort Hamilton nnd thnt Cant. Kllltncr Z&HK
told tho ten passengers thnt It would bo over kb ii
hour before ho could rench Bath Beach. They CHE'
then decided to havo him land Ihcm at the Wt-
Government pier nt Kort Hamilton, which h gjtk
did, The Tourist, ho further said, was running hhP
on schcdulo tlmo yesterday. B?'
Lnwj or A. V. II. Voorhles of Bath Beach ani mi
Pollco O iptaln Brlseoll of tho Twenty-fifth pro- aK. '
clnct, whon ero among the passengers, also de- fm
nlod the published reports, and said that tot 9E-
passengers wcro landed In a very orderly B?
manner, and that thoro was no lire and no p&nio kS
aboard. tig,
JUTjT It NOT A FJSDBJtAZ ZZOZZZfAT, M
JHs..
Still Only Few Customs Clerk trill Bar to - '
ITork an Ifour on BXonOJsr. &
The now employees of Uncle Sam In the local "aE '
customs Borvtce wore considerably exercised m'
yesterday when notloo was posted, signed 48.'!
by Acting Collector Couch, Acting Naval 5 '
Ofllcor Qourlcy, nnd Survoyor McGuIro, an- j-8i
nounclng that the Custom House would be open (
for an hour noxt Monday for tho entry and io
cloaranco of vessels. There were many expres-
sions of regret and protest on tho part of sulor- ' -
dlnatcs, who declared that Independence Day Is '
a legal holiday, that thoy have planned to
spend It In n certain way, and that the acting , '
Collector had no right to compel them to work. ' Is 1
Most of these grumblers will be relieved whea ,
thoy learn to-day that only ono clerk will be re- "
3 ul red to bo on duty In tho cashier's otllce, a voTS
eputy Collector and clork In tho navigation ielst
division, and a clerk In the naval otllce, and that 'fcal
these men will be required to bo on duty only i
between It and 10 o'clock In tho morning. sss
Acting Collector Couch said yesterday that ht ;bJ
had morely followed tho custom which the reo- 'b.
orris of tho offlco show lo havo prevailed for at 'Sj
least thirty years In providing for keening th if"
Custom Houso open for tho entry and ciearanc "WO
of vossels. This has been done, ho said, every Bi
time tho 4th of July fell on Sunday and tho ,
celebration of Independence Day occurred on 'i9
Jujy 5. There Is nothing In tho Federal stat- :oto
utcs making July 3 or July B a leital holiday, 4'-n
In some States when July -1 falls on Sunday It Is ''7
eclcbrntod on Saturday, but in this State it Is iP"
celebrntod on Monday. .'He
"I havo only followed custom in what I hars 'sjka
done," ho said. .'.Rj
fe1
ZtETZBZSO TZZE EZZOIBZB XI.1IS. i'
tire
The State Civil Service Commission noting for ".gj
nerlt Lyman Bsamlnatlon. yi
Albaky. July 2. Tho present eligible Stats if J
civil service lists havo been revised by tho com- f)
mission to show a rating for merit only. In no- ,'J"
cardance with Gov. Black's "starchlcss'Tirll j
Servico law. This has been accomplished by fc'Jf;
giving candidates on such lists half their original ,K
percentages. Theso candidates will now h.ivo J?
to be examined for fitness before any appoint- - T
ments can be made. 'J
Tho first examination for fitness probably will ?
bo made by State Excise Commissioner Lyman, if
who U-day made a requisition upon the State JJ!
commission for tho Hat of candidates on the -rf
merit roll for special agents. Thcro are eighteen !J
names on the list, and each one will have to be ;
examined nnd marked for fitness. Commissioner rj
Lyman Bald to-day that he desired to appoint a -g
Bpecini agent for tho Fourth Judicial District,
and he would appoint a board consisting of -'
threo experienced employees in his dopaxtmaai '?
to conduct this examination for fitness. X
ski
ninneootao Monument nt CettTabni-sj. rj
Qetttsdcho, Pa., July 2. Tho twenty-flvo- , '
thousand-dollar monument of the First Hbxas- "j
sota Volunteer Infantry was dedicated to-day 0
in tho presence of survivors of the regiment. Xt
United State: Judge Lochren presided, and Gov. yJ
Clough of Minnesota made an address and trans- ". tn
(erred the monument to the National Park Coo- ' Jal
raitteo. for whom it was received by Major E. B. J"
Cope, the engineer of the commission. United ,
States Senator Cushmnn K. Davis delivered an S
oration. Ho was followed by Col. Colville, who J
commanded tho regiment In this battle. Short
addresses were mado by Congressman J. A. r
Tawnoy. Lorin Fletcher. J. T. McClearr. Pags . f
Morris, a E. Stevens, and Frank M. Eddy. jg
An American ITomsa of ffoto. x e,
from the Spirit of th Timet. JJ
Elizabeth Marbury is being highly honor! sa
abroad. In Paris sho wore her official decora- ts
tlon at the benefit for the Dumas statue fund, f
nnd was surrounded by such notable men as
Snrdou, Clarctle, Feydeau, and Richepen. In t
London sho was clotted a member of the fash- f
lonnblo Grcon Park Club, whose committee In- M
eludes Princess Christian, Princess Victoria of
Schloswig-Holsteln. and the Dowager Duchess
of Marlborough. She ts now visiting the Bar- T
berint palnee at Vonice. Upon her return to si
Now York sho will be quite justified tn refusing Is
to speak to anybody that is not of equal social M
rank, and she will continue to do business at las
same old stand. , a.
JB
Trurelam Sfoteo orTOeol Interest. f,
Prof. Dubois Reymond's successor la tho chair of f$
physiology at Berlin University Is Prof. W. T. Eng -M
mann ot the University of Utrecht. ja
Collegio Deda Is the name given to the new English 7b
college at Rome by Pope Leo In honor of St. Bede tot j
Venerable, lie rejected the names Plo and Leonmo. "
Prince de Jolnvllle la spoken of In Parts as the prob- ., f
able successor of his brother, the late Due d'Aumala, g(
In the French Academy. The Prince Is 7B years of i.y,
age, and has been stono deaf for some time. . u
Croquet seems to be really taking bold again la p
England. Tbey aro playing the game more this sea- ifl
son than thoy did last, and Important matches are
announced to take place almost dally for the next '-,'0!
two months. T
A Birmingham worklngman made use of the pares! ft
post recently to send his 8-yrar-old boy home by mail. ' O
The Tost Oflloe, under the rule regulstlng the convey- $
auee of live animals, was obliged to accept the child, t jj
and charged nlnepenee for the servico. a,
Konakry, on the west coast of Africa, has bees ;?
reached by a French expedition In three weeks from i
the Niger for the second time. This establishes tbs fc
advantsga of the route by war of Fula DJsloa, sad 3 3
surveys for the road aro being hastened. )j
Sir John Kirk, once ilrlllah Consul General at Zantl- fi
bar, whose name Is associated with African discovery Ja6
from the days of Livingstone, Burton. Spke, snd r
Grant to those of Stanley, has received the degree of 3
doctor of science from Cambridge University. t
Sarah Slddonss statue, the first erected loan actor j
or actress In London, hss at list been unveiled en ab
l'addlngtou Orreu, near the spot w here she lies hurled, JSt
Eleven of her desceudsnts wcro present tn Uaten to
Sir Henry lrvlng's speech. The sculptor Is M Cos- Wt
valllaud, a Frenchman. jM
Otn. Reblllot, a retire J army enlcer, TS years of sir, wt
has just fought a duel In Paris n llh a youm; journal- "L
1st who had offended him by an artlcln In I' Itli't jggj
HtpubllQvf rrtmcaUe, The old gentleman Instated on Xn
fighting with swords, and wanted lo keep un after re- 3
celvlng a gash over bis c ebrow. I 9
Dsnlel O'Connell, youngest and last surviving son I, '
of tbo Liberator, hss just died at Bedford, Knglsnd, 1-
sged 81 years. lie was a renegade to the rnuie of I 31
Ireland, accepting the onice of Income Tax Commit- I j,
slonerfrom Palmerston forty years ago an I sutcrlb- )
log regularly to tho ITnloulst fun 1 to fight borne rule- ,'
Emperor William II. seems to hav b-en the only '
person to rememlier Waterloo In tho flurry of the '
Queen's jubilee, Ho sent a big wreath of gll led and a
green laurel lioughs to tho First Dragoon (lunrda, of V
w hhh he Is honorary Colonel, to adorn Its sismlsrl,
U n as tied up with a scarlet gold trim d rlbl'On, one '
end einbroIJered with a hf Want the Imperial
crown, the olher with the Inscription, Waterloo,
June 18, 1B13," 1
Sir Walter Scott's manuscript of "Tho Lady of the
Lake" has just been sold In London for 1,460 j
thirty years ago It brought 11,1185. The manuscript
of "OldSlortallty" sold for J3.000. Lord Nelson's
autojrapb memoir of his own life with some suto-
graph letters was sold for S5,000 twenty three other j
letters of his to Trowbridge fetched 1, 400. Robert (
Burns't private journal begun In 17S7, "The Edln- j
burgh Commonplace Book," brought St. 810, Right
manuscripts of A. C, Swinburne, poems publUa4 j
la his Orst volume, sold for $1 J, (
I