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ES TAtumnny ami Bryanisin.
P? Mr. Dnni.ACHKnof tho progressive Demo-
BH& emtio Leaguo feels assured by Information
BHk( ho has obtained from Mr. Shkkiian that
K Tntamany Hall will renfflrm tho Chicago
K platform "with emphasis," ami tlmt "n
Bu ticket trill bo nominated which will bo
K'i composed of men who can consistently
HBf stand on that platform."
HBl. Even If Mr. DcnLACiinn Is not altogether
HKr Justified In drawing that conclusion from
HHl the purport of Mr. Shekhan's answers to
K his questions on tho subject, It may bo as-
HHl turned that actually when tho Tammany
KH& Convention Is held his confident expecta
KB . tlon will bo fulfilled. To prcscrro its tech-
HjR nlcal regularity that organization will ro-
HH$ affirm tho Chicago platform, for It has
kBkL lielthor tho conviction nor tho courage to
K:Ba nark out a courso for Itself which runs
ESi counter to Bryanism.
K)H Ono thing or tho other It must do; it
ElK-' must either reassert and cniphastzo Its
BjMj1 Bryanlsm, or It must reject and repudiate
B'Ej that body of revolutionary social and po-
KHk lltlcal doctrine. Tho plan of dodging tho
? Bryanlsm it supported so violently lost
kB& rear was hopefully conceived by some of
BKv Ita leaders, at the suggestion of weak-
KPf fcneed gold Democrats of tho Manhattan
HB$ Club, but It has now been set aside as Im-
ftBN practicable. It could not bo carried out
glafcf except at the cost of the fatal demoraliza-
Rf'Kr' 'on ' na Tammany campaign. It would
ft; Br? exasperate the great Bryanlte following
R? Bs upon which Tammany must depend for en-
Eft, thnalasm and aggressiveness, and It would
KE not satisfy tho honest and genutno Demo-
KsBrii crate driven away from the organization
Kk last year.
E-Ky 4 "Nothing Is more evident in the political
&8t situation than that a Bryanlte municipal
KK; ticket is to be in tho field next November.
EH VLVt is not put up by Tammany it will be
if; Wis nominated by a bolting faction, which ac-
kB cordingly will claim tho Democratic regu-
FK laxity Tammany Is determined first of all
K;K Tammany Hall bos made Its bed, and
BPBk It must He In It, It stirred up lost year tho
KHf- j dangerous passions of the community by
KKt lbs wild Bryanlte campaign, and this year
kK' It Is itself at their mercy.
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B-'Kv' The Ruiz Case.
B , It '" gratifying to observe that the claim
KK in behalf of tho widow of Dr. Rtrtz, as pre-
KlcV pared by Solicitor Penfield of the Depart-
F-H, ment of State, rests upon the solid ground
EiB' 0 violation of treaty rlghtsand Spanish
aattHTS-. laws, committed in holding this hapless
BK prisoner incomunicado beyond the seventy.
KK two hours prescribed as tho maximum by
BIBS' those laws.
BjBm There Is another feature, in tho case
B'BP which our Government maybe trusted to
W put before Spain with all the strength It
BlBlh merits. This Is tho ovldcnco going to show
BsBJk' that Dr. Ruiz was actually killed In his
?BP co' y 's Ja"ers- But on that point
K? E tho Spaniards have presented counter
KKt. evidence, and it is conceivable, that
BK the Madrid Government will refuse
'B- to acknowledge that such an atrocity
KiH was committed, so long as the tea
iRV timony Is conflicting. Tho claim for In
Wf' BiQ demnlty, however, docs not depend at all
ByMr on tne P100' ' murder. Even If, as the
K KS Spanish insist, Ruiz killed himself, It is
Ht plain that, if ho had been allowed to see
Ks" Kp relatives and counsel at the end of three
Bf;E4 days and nights, that fate might not have
BKvi befallen him. It is easy to understand that
K Hh; after days of separation from them he may
' Mg1 have dashed his head against his prison
Bf BXt walls in the delirium of despair.
K.H Thus, on Spain's own theory of tho Im-
BXEV mediate cause of his death, she Is respon-
B?;BB-j slble. And an additional reason for mak-
Bbfc, 'n8 the decisive Issue, tho right of any
BV Bfv' American citizen, under such clrcum-
BB BW stances, not to be kept incomuntcailo more
BKkt than seventy-two hours, is that It will be
Hi-jHXr precedent for other American claims.
H BSv Again and again this right has been vlo-
HV'HSr lated; andlnlthe cose of Dr. Ruiz tho re-
BB? Bolt '"as bo terrible that It is properly
f Bfi'. chosen as the test case on this point,
BJC Bjg .The country bos waited patiently for tho
BK HL' Investigation of the Ruiz outroKO by the
Bf (BE Commissioner whom the President sent to
Bl Bj Cuba, and now the demand for reparation
K Hjl should be prompt and firm.
Ms BF'
'.S"' Kentucky and Iowa.
BKfBKS
BK-Ki The gold Democrats of Kentucky will
BV-BTI: hold a State Convention at Louisville
Br BE$, to-morrow. There Is nothing exciting In
BBBK, tho, office of Clerk of the Court of Ap-
KBH.i peals, -tho State ofllco to bo filled this
B1' Bft year. To keep their organization to-
B'.'Bjl gether, to make a stirring declaration of
B B, prlnoiples, and to continue unremittingly
H'BJ tho .war against the Bryan Democrats, are
B" BK tho objects of the Kentucky gold Demo-
HBB crate. The Hon. 11j:niiy Watturson is
BL BH' blowing tho trumpet with his accustomed
BvBK1' visor, but there are sonic notes In It which
BB BKf aro not calculated to bring In recruits to
B'BK" tho gold Democrats. Some of these gentle-
Bl BK , won nrc inclined to mako passes at old
Bj) Bft bogles Instead of fighting the urgent, dan-
BfcvBKb Serous, and powerful issue of Bryanlsm,
Bk'BK To denounce the Dlngloy TnrilT hill, for
B BE( Instance, as the gold Democratsof Io a did
B? BSf lost week, seems a waste at brcatli, for with
BL. Bftv only tho gold Democrats showingany synip-
B'iBKr tonM f fury a'al"Bt tlult "'" llKhtl'ng it is
BjBwi nota practical question. It leads to liothlni;
BK'Bj to pass resolutions against tho new tarlir,
HBEl The powers behind Bryanlsm don't caio a
BJjBK penny about the tariff, J hey aro playing
BhBK lor higher game, and they must ho met unci
Bk'BE beaten at it. Still, the declaration of dell-
BPBVv anco to tho protective tariff may he ronsld-
KvB tred a ecnn'c'l'l necessity. It makes tho
Br BK record correct In form. It may case u few
BJBK tender consciences, and It git es the plat-
BmBK form fire. At least it will give, the platfoui:
BBlft ro 'n Kentucky. The Iowa Democrats
Bi'- Bv' wcr0 contcnt w'tl" tn' "ot to vigorous
BHB whack at their old bugaboo;
BA''BYh "' dfuounc tho Ulnglej-TrilT till oon to tw
BflBKf' niacted Into Uit tijr the llcputllctn Congttu ur.dtr
BP BBi pntsDcw of IncreMlqR tho revenue. It li lbs nlj IUi-
Hj BBL . publloan policy of protection to th few t the ex-
Bh' BK' I" of b lnuX. It trade to create end totter
K; w Inuu and uoaopolloe, ul we reeoeuU it u tke te
Br. In'
Bw Hbm
BflLeBBT
BBBBk',
BlBBBafcalB, I Jill M ll,i??i'Ti"fl " " ' -T-K. J?Pf.,B- 4 a
Bllnuatof promtaed rirt totboes wko rappll4
the party treunry.
"We renew our allrttsnce to too hUtorto Demo
eretlo doctrine ot tariff (or revenne onlr."
Tho doctrlno ot a tarlft for revenue only
may now ho regarded as prehistoric rather
than historical. Kentucky can bo depended
upon to mako a tariff speech with moro
steel and sparks in It.
It may bo supposed that Kentucky will
not Insist, with Iowa, " upon continued re
form in tho civil service, national. State,
and municipal, until tho spoils system Is
overthrown." Mrl 'WATTEnsoN'a "boys
In the trenches," If thcro aro any of them
in tho trenches still, have a very good opin
ion of tho spoils syatcm, and prefer to sco
something clso overthrown.
According to tho Iowa l'almor and Buck
ncr Democrats, " power and progress to tho
American peoplo aro Involved In honorablo
pcaco with all tho world. Jingoism de
stroys commerce, begets unrest, and en
courages needless taxation In tho prepara
tion of war." Tho Democratic blood of
Kentucky mutt bo richer than thatof Iowa.
A resolution of horror at trusts, monopo
lies, and combinations is easy to prepare.
In regard totheso tho Iowa gold Democrats
were moderato and not rhetorical:
" Combination, truiU, and monopolies In oonfllet
with Individual rlghta and hostile to the development
ot Individual and natural reeouroee ihould be up
pretied.' Tho most surprising resolution In tho
Iowa platform was this approval of the
man whose ambition for a third term and
whose misrepresentation as to tho causo
of Issuing nearly throo hundred millions
worth of bonds drovo his party In its dis
gust and anger Into tho new and adven
turous policies ot Bryanlsm:
MThenone!ty( courage, eoonomy, fidelity, and the
wlidom or the AdmlnlttraUon ot Orotxr curmuirD
command not only our approval, but our unqualified
admiration."
The Iowa convention seems to have boon
composed in part of formor officeholders
under the object of its unqualified admira
tion. Tho Kentucky gold Democrats aro
moro qualified In their admiration. They
ought to bo able to make a bettor platform
than their brethren In Iowa, but whatever
issues they may raise, or try to raise, save
those ot Bryanlsm, will be Irrelevant and
futile.
A Russian View of Imperial Federa
tion. It was a remarkable extract from the St.
Petersburg JVoroo Vrcmya which we pub
lished on Sunday. Tho view taken of tho
result of England's attempt to tighten tho
bonds between herself and her colonics Is
tho more Important, because, as it Is well
known, no comments on foreign politics
can bo published in Russian newspapers
unless they have, been previously examined
and sanctioned by the official censor.
Tho threefold aim of tho fcdcratlonlsts
seems to bo as well understood at St.
Petersburg as it Is In London. It Is, first,
to establish an lntcr-Brltannio customs
union; secondly, to secure contributions
from all tho self-governing colonies to tho
British war-floet; thirdly, to mako all tho
parts of the empire collectively respon
sible for tho imperial policy through a
common representation In tho Parliament
at Westminister, or in an advisory
council. As for a Pan-Britannic Zoll
vorein, all the colonics, that were repre
sented at the Ottawa Conference, favor It;
they are all willing to admit British goods
at rates of duty lower than thoso imposed
on similar commodities from foreign coun
tries, provided Great Britain, In turn, will
discriminate to some extent against foreign
products in favor of colonial commodities.
The Dominion of Canada has gone further,
and, without asking any reciprocal conces
sion, has offered to give preferential rates to
imports from Great Britain. It is tnic
that, for the moment, tho offer can
not be accepted, because the Belgian and
German treaties, which forbid such a prefer
ence, have not yet been denounced, although
all the colonics bavo recently urged a de
nunciation of them. "With respect to
colonial contributions to the war-fleet, wo
may say that ono step has been already
taken, tho Capo Colony having made
through its Prime Minister an uncondi
tional promise to add a battleship to tho
imperial navy; It Is possible, even prob
able, that local prldo may cause tho ex
ample to be followed by somo of tho other
colonics, though scarcely by Victoria, which
is in financial straits. Tho matter of col
lective representation will bo least easily
arranged. Sir "WiLritID LAUniEn declared
In London that tho time would come when
Canada would ho satisfied with nothing
short of proportional representation in tho
British House of Commons; an Australian
Premier also said that tho colonics could
not be put off with a few scats in a deca
dent body llko tho House of Peers, or with
places In an ornamental council. Only
with great rcluctanco, however, will Eng
lishmen yield scats in the House ot Com
mons to the colonies.
Assuming, however, as tho Novoe Vrcmya
assumes, that tho aims of the fcderattonlsts
aro fulfilled, and that the British Empire
is compacted intoaccntralizcdStatopowcr
ful for defence or for aggression, what will
be tho effect on foreign countries, espe
cially those of Continental Europe? Tho
Xovoe Vrtmya answers that from tho
moment a Pan-Britannic Zollvercln wcro
established, discriminating against tho
products of foreign countries, Conti
nental Europe would cease) to take any
economic or commcrlcal Interest In the
British Empire, and would probably form a
permanent counter-alliance or coalition.
That league would have to be dealt with
every time British policy should seem detri
mental to European Interests.
Pressure would bo applied to England In
two ways: In the first place, by cutting her
off from tho European markets, and, so far as
commerce could be Interrupted by cruisers,
from transmarine markets as well. There
by the industries of Great Britain Mould
he seriously crippled, tf not ruined. Their
customers could not be reached. In tho
second place, whllo no attempt might ho
made by tho European coalition to cope
w Ith tho British Empire In respect of great
naval armaments, and thero might, there
fore, lie no nea lights on a large teale, their
combined inaritlmo resources would ho ex
pended upon fitting out innumerable com
merce dtstrojers for tho purpose of Inter
cepting tho supplies of food sent to Eng
land from her colonies. Even If this supply
of food staples could not ho entirely cut off,
so much destruction could bo effected that
tho increased rates of marine Insuranco
would put the prico of food beyond the,
reach of tho poor In the British Isles, and
thus England would be. practically starved
Into submission.
It may he said that, If England wcro cut
off from all her present European and colo
nial purveyors ot food staples, she would
still be able to obtain adequato suppllos
IfromtlioUnlted States, the Interest of which
it would he, in the contingency supposed, to
remain neutral. Now, It U true that one of
tho rales embodied In the Declaration of
Paris, to which all tho great Continental
powers subscribed, provides that a neutral
flag shall cover an enemy's cargo, except
contraband ot war. But how would this
rulo bo interpreted by a coalition deter
mined to rcduco England by f amino t
At present food Is not contraband of
war under International law; but who
can say that a Continental coali
tion might not decide, as Kafolkom de
cided In tho early years of this century, to
make It so ! From that moment the neutral
flag of tho United States would cease to
cover cargoes of grain consigned to British
purchasers.
Tho iVoroe Vremya'a conclusion is that
no project of federation can savo England
from tho retribution which her selfish
policy has provoked.
Tho Now Army Promotion Order.
Thoro Is much good sense In the now rules
Issued by tho Adjutant-General's office for
tho promotion of army officers below tho
grado of Major, In nccordanco with tho Act
of 1800.
Tho examining boards must llud out "tho
actual professional fitness" of an officer to
bo advanced, and remember that "moro
cramming Is not a dcslrablo feature In tho
examination of mature and generally well
educated men." Tho boards must observo
" tho officer's ability to mako practical ap
plication of all ho has learned, rather than
tho committal to memory ot equations and
data which ho could, under ordinary
conditions, obtain from books of reforcneo.''
Again, tho ubo an officer has made of his
opportunities In tho past must be taken
Into consideration; and, hence, when he Is
ordered for examination, his Immediate
commanding officer and his reglmontal
commander aro to mako known, without
spcclfio instructions so to do, anything tend
ing to disqualify him, based on his record.
But, In tho absenco of detrimental reports,
good character will bo presumed, so that no
affirmative testimonials aro required.
Tho lists of topics prepared for examining
boards seem to cover tho required ground
very thoroughly, and provision Is mado for
original questions to bo added by boards to
tho lists furnished them. Tho army has
always been very particular in assigning
differences in valuo to questions, and also
to subjects. In the lists now prepared for
tho use of boards values of S, 10 and
IS are assigned to tho various questions,
and then, in tho nine subjects examined
upon, whllo tho total valuo of 200 is tho
samofor each, tho "relative weights" are
different, drill regulations and minor tac
tics counting tor 3 each; exterior ballistics,
fire discipline, hlppology, field engineering,
and military topography for 2 each, and
administration and military law for 1 each.
Tho rule In each case Is this: "Find tho
percentage In tho various subjects, multi
ply each by tho rclatlvo weight of that sub
ject, then divide the sum of thoso products
by tho sum of tho relative weights of tho
subjects included in tho examination of
each officer." A percentage of 75 In each
of the examinations must be reached in
order to pass.
Theso revised rules will be compulsory on
and after Jan. 1 next, but up to that time
an officer may elect to bo examined under
the old rules. The new ones, however, havo
already been practically tried, and tho re
sult Is to verify tho prediction of tho re
visers that they would shorten tho time re
quired for professional examinations. It
is thought that aline officer will finish in
side of two days, at most, instead of being
a week or perhaps a fortnight, as hitherto.
It should bo noted that a graduation di
ploma of tho Fort Monroe or Fort Leaven
worth school, If Issued not over five years
before, will be accepted as evidence of pro
fessional proficiency.
Mr. Gage.
Secretary Gaoe is tho uncertain quantity
In the President's Cabinet. That is to say,
much of the apprehension entertained by
men of sense and foresight concerning the
prosperity and good famo of Mr. McKiN
i.ey'8 Administration centres upon Mr.
Gaoe and his actual or possible perform
ances. There has not been time enough
yet to form conclusions about his value as
a statesman ; but, as tho weeks go on, his
courso In minor affairs, not less than in
important matters ot policy, Is watched
with great Interest and some anxiety.
Public opinion wants to deal justly with
tho Secretary of tho Treasury, a new and
previously untried man In politics; and It
Is now holding him under surveillance.
For that reason, among others, wo partic
ularly desire to record excellent things ot
the Hon, Lyman J. Gage whenever he
gives us tho opportunity. "Within a few
days past ho has been credited by tho Wash
ington correspondents with two purposes
of administrative reform which descrvo
special mention, and for which. If tho cor
respondents aro correctly informed, the
Hon, Lyman J. Gaoe himself merits un
qualified commendation.
The first Is In regard to tho classified lists
under the present civil service rules. By
tho sweeping extension of theso lists dur
ing Mr. Cleveland's Administration many
offices were put under what is termed tho
protection of tho Civil Service law in cases
where thero was grave doubt as to the
improvement of tho service thereby. Tho
principle of selection by competitive exami
nation, instead of by tho methods ordinarily
employed by prudent business men In tho
cholco of subordinates to fill posts of re
sponsibility, becomes a craro in thoso
minds ot which It has onco taken full pos
session. The civil service reformers, mean
ing thoso gentlemen who desire to reform
tho system of appointment, to mako It suit
their theories rather than to promote tho
real efficiency of tho service, havo all
along counted Mr. Gaoe as a friend,
fellow-zealot, and most valuable, ally,
owing to tho high ofllco ho holds.
The presence of Mr. Gaoe In tho Cabl.
net, and tho presence in tho last Repub
lican platform of a declaration that tho
Civil Servlco law should 1ms "thoroughly
and honestly enforced and extended wher
ever practicable," havo encouraged somo of
tho Chlncso extremists to hope for a fur
ther extension of tho classified service,
under Mr, McKini.ey, particularly In tho
Treasury Department.
It seems probable, however, that Mr. Gaoe
understands civil service reform In a broader
and moro enlightened sense. Tho proposal
to take from thu present clossllled service
the deputy collectors and other minor em
ployees of tho Internal Rovenuo Bureau,
outside of the department at 'Washington,
Including tho Internal revenue clerks, depu
ties, and gangers throughout tho States,
comes directly, It is repotted, from tho Sec
retary himself. He is said to havo sent
to Civil Service Commissioner Pnoaron and
to havo instructed him, to tho disagreeablo
surprise of all the Commissioners, to pre
pare for submission to tho President an
order modifying the present rules in this
particular, and removing a large number ot
Internal revenue employees for the " pro
tection'' of the Civil Service law. That is
to say, theso officers of tho Government
are henceforth to bo appointed In the old
woy, If Mr. McKinlbt approves Secre
tary G Ann's determination, and makes the
change by Executive order.
It is easy to sco how Mr. Gaoe might
havo hesitated to commit himself distinct
ly to a measure which will bo denounced
by all the Middle Kingdom as a step back
ward In civil servlco reform, an entering
wedgo for tho spoilsman. Even It his ob
servations of tho workings of thoprcsent sys
tem of appointment In his department had
convinced him, as a business man, that It
Impaired tho efficiency of tho Govern
ment's service, ho might have proforrod
to avoid tho clamor that will como upon
him from his ancient admirers and allies
in " tho cause." To tako tho othor courso
and openly assume tho responsibility for a
change, In tho rules that will bo violently
attacked ond misrepresented, shows n
courago worthy of praise, and a high senso
of duty. '
Tho other crod I table purpose 'manifested
by Mr. Gaoe concerns tho ofllco of the Gov
ernment Architect. If wo understand the
law passed somo timo ago, largely through
tho public-spirited efforts of tho architects
of this and other cities, including such
masters of their profession as Oiiarles F.
McKim, Bruce Pkice, Georos B. Post,
and John M. CARREnn, Its provisions are
sufficient to enablo tho country to emerge
at once from the Age of Horrors In Govern
ment Buildings, if the Secretary of tho
Treasury will only tako advantage ot those
provisions. Secretary Carlisle refusod or
neglected to do this. Secretary Gaoe has
already proceeded under the law so far as
to issuo regulations throwing open tho de
signing and construction of Government
buildings to tho best professional talent
available.
That Is as It should be, for here is a case
where the compet I tlvo principle, applies. The
heavy and hideous loads which havo been
piled upon our section ot Mother Earth's
crust during tho past twenty-five years or
so aro a disgrace to civilisation and to tho
nineteenth century. In every State, and in
almost every considerable city or town, tho
flag of the Union files over some monument
to ecsthetlc vulgarity and expensive igno
rance. Government buildings, as a rule,
are standing crimes against art and
common sense, monstrosities perpetually
exhibited, to the incalculable damage of tho
public taste. Tho Federal Government is
tho most extensive builder in the country,
and tho millions It expends upon edifices
throughout the land should produce things
of beauty instead of the vile and degrading
masterpieces of official architecture which
we now behold. If Mr. Gaoe puts an end
to tho awful scries, he will, Indeed, earn a
title to glory and tho gratltudo of genera
tions of Americans to come.
We chronicle with pleasure these en
couraging reports respecting the views and
intentions of tho Secretary of the Treasury.
Onr Growing Torpedo Flotilla.
Tho Columbian Iron Works has notified
tho Navy Department that tho Rodgers, a
yardmato of the Foote, Is ready for trial,
whllo at Bristol the Dupont, a sister ot tho
speedy Porter, has been outdoing tho latter
in preliminary runs, and is credited in
these unofficial performances with tho ex
traordinary maximum of over 30&4 knots.
Wo may confidently expect both theso
craft to bo In commission before long, pos
sibly to tako part In the manoeuvres which
Commander W. W. Kimball Is to conduct.
He would then have, without calling on the
Stiletto, a force of halt a dozen boats, tho
Cushlng, Ericsson, Porter, Dupont, Foote,
and Rodgers. There is a third Baltimore
boat, also, which must be far advanced.
This year's torpedo boat manoeuvres will
bo the first ever undertaken by our navy,
since now for tho first time thero are ves
sels enough for combined operations. But
henceforth such exercises may be looked
for annually, since wo have now built,
building, or authorized, twenty-throe such
craft, including tho submarine boat. Ad
ditions to tho number may be looked for
when Congress meets again.
Isiiam Greek Harris was a powerful,
ruggod character. Tbo chief aspirants to his
seat no a Senator in Congress from Tonnessee
are Hentox McMillin. a political scarecrow,
and Governor Hon Taylor, a buffoon.
The charge Is already made, and in fact
"hurled" at the Hon. Hod Chapman, the pluto
cratic Democratic candidate for Governor of
Ohio, that ho has " never lifted bis voice for the
poor man." What was to bo expected ot tho
chosen ono ot tho ecorners of plutocrats f Per
haps bo has no voice. At any rate, ho has been
too busy to lift it for nothing. Now the time
has come when tbe whole regiment of Demo
cratic tootors will lift up their voices for blm.
Ho will not hsvo to bother about lifting his
volco. Ho was not selected on account of tho
beauty of his voice, but for more substantial
reasons. Voices are moro than sufficiently com
mon, but campaign funds are hsrd to got. Mr,
Chapman has plenty of tho roost eloquent,
crisp, fresh, new talk. It ho has omitted to lift
his voice for "tbe poor man" In other years,
"tho poor man" will havo satisfaction this year.
What moro could be dono for "tho poor man"
than to give him an opportunity to vote for a
p'.utocraton a platform which buffets plutocrats!
New Yonic, July 0. T. F. Bayard, formor
Amnajuador to the court of Ht. Jamea, It booked to
all for P.nilaud on tbe American liner Bt. Louie next
Wednesday. Joiron Dally AilvtrtUer.
A pleasant journey homo 1
Many Now Yorkers, Imbued with tho
human nature thnt often spurns blosilnga when
ready at hand, may fool tho stranger's intnrest
in tho great metropolis Mhllo thoyaro away at
their Bunnncr homos and como to town toseo
tho Aquarium. A visit to New York Is always
interesting, and particularly so cow because
of tho show In Battery Park.
Again tho horse must hang his head In
tho prosonco of his contemporary, tho wheel.
Out ot fortyflvo pontons who started on the
doublo century run of tho Manhattan BIcyelo
Club last Haturdny thlrty-Qvo flnlshod and won
gold mctlals. Ono of tho survivors was a wo
man, who also rotlo a doublo century with tho
club last year. Considering tho rnln. bad roads,
darkness and othor difficult conditions hlch
tho riders had to contend with, tho performance,
of its kind, was grand.
For what purposo Is the Hon. Julius
Btuiimnq Moiiton of NobraBka going to use tho
old Overland stagecoach which ho Is said to
huvo bought) Merely In memory of a fellow
humorist, coma tlmo a traveller In It, Prof.
Arteuub Ward, or as tho headquarters for
future campaigns for a tariff for rovonuoonly,
an obsolete causo, but still doar to Mr. Morton's
faithful heart I Somewhere or other betweon
Nebraska and tho Kocklos Bryan mission
ary wazons, laden with tracts and apos
tles, nro said to bo lumbering on their
oastward woy and struggling with tho
blazing dog days, the bad roads, and tho gold
bugs. From settlement to settlement the
wagons and tho missionaries creak. The tracts
burn la tbe blazing air. Sixteen silver bones I
drag each wagon. Each missionary drives hit
Tolos at fall speed sixteen hours day. Bo the
procession advances slowly, but not without
fierce motion and emotion. Is Mr. MonroN pre
paring a counter-domonttratlon or procession t
Is ho making him ready to roll through
tbe enemy's country In the old stagecoach I Or
has he bought tho rello, not for sentimental or
political, but purely utilitarian objects, and
doos he moon to store in it a complete file of the
bulletins of tho Department of Agriculture,
which were produced untlor his administration
of that bureau of Information for bug-hunters
and gopher fanclors f
It Is molancholy to observo the attacks of
little minds upon a cnsilo ot Intellect. Bocauio
tho Hon. William Jxnninos IIivtan was found
lately by n wandering reporter before breakfast,
tho supremacy and even tho plutophoblo sincer
ity ot Mr. Bryan aro questioned by men who
ought to know better. According to this reporter,
as often as Mr. Bryan " would ralBo (sfr) up
In bod the soft light would fall on his olegant
silk nightshirt, all covered In front " with om
broideries, 10 to 1 In raised lottere. and soon. Tho
Populists don't llko tho description. ManyPopo
crats are shaking head and earovor It. A friend
of tho peoplo Is In an elegant embroidered silk
nlghtshtrtt A plain, slraplo young man, vowed
to tho hatrod of ovorylwdy who makos moro
than $5,000 ay oar, detect oilln n soft light end
an elegant silk nightshirt! Did Jack Cade
wear on elognnt cmhroldorcd silk nightshirt!
Did Jack Cade wear any sort of nightshirt!
Are not nightshirts, although very cheap its tho
result of combinations and monopolies, distinctly
plutocratiol
President MoKinlkt's "currency re
form" message did not go to Congress yester
day, as announced. Nor will it go on any other
day, unless it be a day on which Mr. McKinlby
loses tho oven balance ot bis mind and deter
mines to plungo his Administration Into a sea
of troubles.
A project that touches tho spirit ot tho
Empire Stato is that proposed by tho .S'lrneuie
.Standard of commemorating tho opening of tho
Erie Canal In 1825 by eroding a monument for
that purpose in 1000, tho seventy-fifth anniver
sary of the ovent. Joshua Foruan, tho founder
of Syracuse, was tho author of tho Joint resolu
tion passod by tho Legislature ordering tho pre
liminary survey ot tho canal. James Geddes,
also of Onondaga county, was the engineer. A
monument to the Erlo Canal will bo well ereotcd
by the State and woll placed In Syracuse.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Arena,
Is dedicated to high thoughts and reforms, and
it has put a new zlno lining on tho Pierian
spring and turned on tho tap. Out comes In
bubbles and gurgles a clear, bright, filtered,
warranted healthful, and absolutely sterillzod
poem on John Brown. Fit tho last:
"In the far time to come, when It shall Irk
Tbe schoolboy to recite onr Presidents'
Dnll line of memorabilia. Jonx Bbowx's work
Shall tarlll him throush from all the elements."
It shall irk any schoolboy to recite anything
else when he can get Anna poems which will
thrill him through from all the elements. In
the Indianapolis Stntintl a poet celebrates
Tom Reed as follows:
" With syllables penetrant, nasal, and shrill.
He pierces recalcitrant members:
The tones of his rotoe with agues would nil
And startle Rome's sleeping deoemTlrs."
The nicety of rhyme displayed In yoking
"members" and "decemvirs" will bo admired
by nobody moro than by tho subjoct of the song.
The American BImetalllst Union is go
ing to give a great show on tho fair grounds at
Springfield, 0., next fall. The list ot perfor men
Includes tbe Hon. Benjauin It. Tillman , tho
Hon. William Jennings Bryan, tho Hon. John
Warwick Daniel, tho Hon. George Fred
Williams, and tho Hon. Joe Black burn. Tho
show Is to bo " the first of a aeries of educational
camp meetings," and It thero Is as much fervor
In tho audience as th:ro will be explosion on tho
stage, thundor and lightning will bo a deaf
mutes' convention compared to this revival
meeting of the sliver sect.
TBE SECOXD 3IV01VV3IP VEXTVBE.
Tbe Wreck of the Democracy Followed by an
effort to Wreck the Ilepabllcane.
To the Editor or The Sun Sir.- It hardly
needs an oxpcrlonccd eye to discern that tho
element known as "Mugwump" is engaged in
an attempt to do for tho Itopubllcan party what
tho Mugwumps did for tho Democracy about
thirteen years ago.
In 1681 the condition of the Democratic party
was most reassuring to all who wished woll
for Democracy. It was eminently a timo
for vigorous leadership, guided by genuine
principle, and frco from tho sapping Influ
ences of cant, bpocrlsy and flubdub.
Had the battle of 1881 been fought and
won with a real Democrat as standard bearer
tho party might havo been In power yet and
for many years to como. Instead of being
wrecked on tho eho.tls of Bryanlsm, and sink
ing deeper and deeper into the quicksands. All
this Is the result of tho Democracy having
allowed Itself to bo misled by Mugwump clamor
into thn acceptance of Cleveland.
The nomocracy did not discern tho true moan
ing of Clovelandlsm until it, was too late for tho
E arty to escape destruction. As for Cleveland.
0 retires to privato life with the prestige of tw o
terms in tho Presidential onlco ond n large for
tuuo. nearly all accumulated silico ho Urst en
tered tho White House. Ho, ot any rate, has
been no loser.
Shall I ho place left bv him in tho Mugwump
temple bo flllod at tho oxpenseof ttic Republi
can party! That is the question that is being
pressed upon Now Yo k Itepublicans by tho
same Mugwump element which used Cloroland
to throttle Democracy. The Keth Low move
ment Is nnothcr Cleveland moremont. Tho two
men are very much nliko In their public utter
ances, and about equally disappointing In per
formances. M.
Tho Ftre of Sympathy fbr Cuba.
To rns Eerron or Tux Sun .sir: I will thank you
for tbe opportunity to publicly declare forrecogulllon
of belligerent rights for Cuba, and against tbe policy
of this QOTernment, which seems to bo amicted with
paralysis of both brain and conilrnee. Ills an out
rage on tho sentiments and rlghta of tho American
people that In this affair of supreme national Interest
and obligation their sympathy should be suppressed
and their will thwarted by tho Administration at
WaxhlnKton. and a double outraou that this ludlgulty
and wronc rh mid be perpetrated by the Administra
tion of President McKlnley, elected with special ref
erence and anirmatlvp resiwno to the uatlunal de
mand for llovermnental artlon In behalf of Cuba.
Aside from tho great questions no longer questions
In the caso of Cuba of mere) and Justice, Is the
present Administration Indifferent to the "flerro
light" of pitlillo opinion, which Is alreuH mljudgliiK
It to Im the mature and twindinan of polities! mat
ters rather than tho tmustltutlnnal and honest rp
rcsentathe of American manhood anil houor? Mr.
Editor, the uatlnnal heart and self respect aro on lire
with a posslou of pity and rt abutment whleh. If not
righteously sntliflcd, n 111 surely unu duv retengo it
solf by breaking out oil thoso who continue to cheat
and stifle It, and rontuinlng tlu in In a llsiuu of iopii
tar contempt and polttlnulunuthlUttou,
Tho nation's soul Is heavr with the guilty sense of
bring mado au a'vompllce In the Infirnal crimes of
Spain. Osx oyilnKSTr Millions.
Jllt 10, 1807.
Tho Ministry' Only Weapon.
To Tttr roiTon or Tint Pt't sir : In your cry gonrr
ous remarks In Saturday's hex. undtr tho beadlug
"Bad and Oood Advleo to tho Negro," you wrote Mr.
W. I). Clinton " liar," Mr, Clinton Is not a minister,
but a medical doctor. In tbo A, M, E. Zlon Church
tho laity are permitted to send dolegales to the annual
Conferenc9, who he equal rights with tlm ministers
in discussing questions. Dr. Clinton was a lay drle
gsto from one of tin- churches In Pittsburg. I was
present aisnclatlng tho Presiding Illshop. V (', l'ettv.
The subjeit tin er discussion wiu tier, port of the
Committee on the Rtat of the Coiinlry.
Sere ral of the ministers sioke, au I the general
sentlmtnt expnssrd nas that the only ireupon ho
longing to tho ministry, cither orfrnslte or do
tensive. Is the Word of tlo.1, which 1 "truth" aud
must lirerall. J, W, Moon,
Presiding Illshop ot the New York Conference, u&3
Uleeostr street.
Jult 10,
Tbe Quaranflnn Sjatcin.
To mi Editor or Tmc Sus Sir; Tint Si of July
11 oredlta Dr. John F.rans with baring laid down the
rules Borrrnlng tbe United States quirautlne system.
Those ruleJ are framed by tho Surgeon (leneral,
United States Marine Hospital Service, I do not wish
to detract from Dr. Krana, but let the credit for
efficient work rest where it belongs.
J, II. Wlliri:. 1. A. tiurgeou, U. 8. II. II. 8.
New Yonx, July 11, 107.
The Urea test Political Ntimteclat.
IFrom the Doiton Evtning Trartcrlpl.
Senator Quay U perhaps the greatest political strate
gist of tho age.
XBTORXB TOR WEST rOXSt.
The Boarst ef VleUers Folnts 0t Pefeets at tbe
Military Acisderay.
WAsnujQTON, July la The report of the
Board of Visitors to Wost Point, submitted to
the Secretary ot War to-day, finds serious objec
tion to tho presont mothod of appointing candi
dates, and recommends thnt greater care bo
obsorved in selecting tho matorlal. The succoss
of tho academy, it says, rests upon tho appoint
ing power, and tho highest nnd best results will
bo accomplished only whon this Is excrclsod
wleoly and judiciously. Though this power Is
vested In tho President, ho sets, the report finds,
upon his own Judgment only In solcctlng tho ten
cadets at largo and tho ono from tho district.
Thq report glvos tho wholo number of appoint
ments nllowed as .171. and of this number thero
nro scarcely ovor 325 at tho ncadomy, owing to
tbo soemlng lm)osslblllty ot keeping vncanolos
filled. For tho last flvo years tho graduates
havo avcroged but 08 In number, whllo they
should nvorngo 02 If kept up to tho maxim of
attendance. To securo this the board recom
mends tbo appolntmont of 00 additional endots,
two from each State, to be named by tho
Senators. Tho board favors a more care
ful execution of tbo purposo contemplated by
tho laws regarding tho academy, nncl urKOS
thnt greater care bo obsorved by tuono making
nppoinlmonts. It suggests tbat tho March ex
aminations bo nxtundoil, that tho papers bo
pnmed upon without delay, and that In ease of
failure tho person who mode the appolntmont
bo at onco notified and authorized to make
another nomination and npnln n third If practi
cable before tho oxamlnlng board closes its
labors. It thero Is a third failure, still another
opportunity might bo given at tho June exami
nations to a candidate who bad not bad a pre
vious trial.
Creator care in selecting candidates, says tho
report, with theso enlarged opportunities, would
reduce tho number of vacancies with which tho
academic year usually opens. In examining tho
courso of study tho board found somo objection
to tho lack of English, and urges tho Impnrtanco
of enlarging this part ot tho curriculum. An
ofllecr, it says, should have a thorough knowl
edge of his own language It Is not important. It
holds, that he should bo anorntor, but It Is Impor
tant thnt his lottors and reports bo incloirnnd
torso Innguago. Tho operation of armlcs.ltstatos,
and the exploits of Individual otllcers and men
frequontlr till pngos of history of this country,
and It Is through olllcial reports that tho ac
counts reach tbo Government and tho public. It
will not be nocossnry, however, it says, to go be
yond tho limits ot this country to find military
writers whoso stylo mar bo studlod with profit
nnd advantago.
Tho board suggests that, in connection with
tho courso of history, tho cadets might
bo required to study tho military operations
leading up to and resulting in a battlo
or a siege, and after tbo class has bocomo
well acquainted with the details, tho members
should prepare reports of t ho part taken In theso
operations by each brigade, division, corps, or
detached command. It is believed tbat a tow
such exercises would bo valuable In tho educa
tion of ofllcors who somo tlmo may meet tho
realities of war in the service of their country.
ST. PATItlClVS XEW CHWEB.
Klneteea Bells Made la Franca Bapeotally for
tbo Cathedral.
St Patrick's Cathedral is to have a set ot
cnimes, and for tho first tlmo since tho church
was built thoro will bo tho sound of bells to an
nounce tho tlmo ot tho servtcos. This set of
clUmes is not tho first ono ordered for tho Ca
thedral, but It will bo tho first to bo used. A sot
was mado In this country several years ago, but
after they were ready and had been blessed by
tho Archbishop, It was found that they wcro do
foctlvr and they were nover hung in tho belfry.
Soon after it was found that tho cblmo was not
a success, a set of bells was ordered in Paris.
That was two years ago, and only a few dayr
ago they arrived in New York on La Touraino
and aro now in the Custom House. They will
not bo hung until Archbishop Corrlgan re
turns to tho city, some time next month.
Tho new bellB wcro mado In savoy, France,
by tho Paccards, a famous Arm of bell founders.
Thoro nro nineteen bells, and this makes tho
Cathdral chimes moro numerous than thoso of
either! Trinity or Grace' Church, which num
ber itspectUcly ten andnlno. The largest bell
In Bt, Patrick's chimes 'neighs about 7,000
pounds, and the smallest weighs only 300
pounds. On every boll is an Inscription giv
ing the name of tho aalnt and tho name ot the
donor. Tbo bells have all been presented to th(
Cathedral by parishioners.
It is probablo that tho bells In conformity
with the present practice will bo rung by oleo
trlclty. Nobody has boon selected as yet to
ring them. Tbo Cathedral will be tho onlj
Itoraan Catholic Church in Now York with such
a sot ot chimes, In fact, with any chtmos. Other
ltomnn Catholic Churches in this country with
chimes are tho Cathedral In Buffalo, tho Con
vent of Notre Danio In Indianapolis, and th
Cathedral of Notre Dame in Montreal.
XEW BOVXH WALES'S CALAMITY.
JVearly naif or net Sheep Petiab a Aeeoiust
or the Drought.
Washington, July 12. Consul Bell, at Syd
ney, New South Wales, reports to tho State De
partment that tho long drought in Australia
will probably bo much worse on sheep than that
of 1805, when moro than 0,000,000 wcro lost
through that cause clone. Somo estimates pre
dict a loss of half tho sheep, and conservative
estimates placo tho loss at 25,000,000.
The lack of rain has destroyed all tbe vegeta
tion on tho ranges, and sheep are being slaugh
tered In vast numbers to save tho pelts. All this
season's lambs are dead in most districts. It is
declared that onc-ufth of the finest wool sheep
on tho entire globo have perished, and it appears
to bo tho American opportunity now to raise
sheep at homo, ns the prices on the foreign wool
market aro llkoiy to ad anco.
According to the latest statistics. Now South
Wales exports moro wool ovory year than is pro
duced In tho United States, and whllo wo pas
ture 42.000.000 sheen, that llttlo colony, until
the recent revcrso to tho industry, had 50,000,
000 sheen.
Men still living remember when wool growing
in Australia was declared to boa failure. Tito
Kugllsh sheep Introduced there wcro not
adapted to tho local conditions. For ninny
years thorcaflcr tho most careful and scientific
study was given to tho problem of producing
breeds of sheep adapted to tho Australian en
vironment. At last, with tho Spanish morlno
as a basis, and careful intercrossing, Australia
produced breeds that aro unequalled In the
world In tho quality of tho fleece, and in recent
years a fifth of tho world's supply ot wool has
como from Australian Bhcop farms.
oex. uakhisox iroxr be tbere.
Survivors of Ilie Regiment Displeased Over Ills
Depart uret for tho Adirondack.
Indianapolis, July l'J. Somo timo ago acorn
mtttco from tho Btirrlvors ot tho Seventieth
Indiana Itcglmcnt called upon Gen. Harrison
and arranged for tho annual reunion, which Is
to bo hold ot Acton to-morrow. They Informed
him tlmt they wished to suit his convenience ns
to timo, and ho fixed tho day for tho reunion and
promised to mtko two speeches, ono at tho
eiiiiipllroiuid ono at the reunion proper. Hols
Pi iiidcnl of tho rcutmuntul association, nnd
wiisnlsoovpectcil to prenlde. Tho fart that ho
left Iho city so htirricdl) last, week for his homo
in thu Adirondack and without loavlng any
word of explanation bus caused considerable,
feeling, especially as tho programme was ar
ranged to suit him and with tho distinct under
standing that ho would ho prcunt.
It Is known tlmt the Harrison baby was ill
when ho startod, and tills Is suppoiod to be tho
came of his departure; but tho velorans huvo
not been adt ised of it.
BooTU-Tuaitmi with jwicixley.
Trlls tho I'reeldrut of Ills Colony Scheme and
Intercuts Illin,
Wabiunoton, July 12. President McKlnley
received by appointment this afternoon Com
mander Booth-Tucker, the leader of the Salva
tion Army In America, who eamo with a nolo
of introduction from Vlio-Prosldent Hobnrt,
with whom ho had had nn ngrcoablo lslt In tho
morning. Commander Booth-Tucker offered
the rosportful greetings of tho many thuusnnd
iiii'iiibcM of the 1 HaUatlon Army In America,
and President McKlnley, who for years bus
taken a f rieudl) interest in tho Salvation Army
expressed onco innro hlu appreciation of its
good work. Cummaiidtr Booth-Tucker told U10
1'residunt that ho wiis going Wost to look up
land hi large tracts uiion which to start tho
Army's proposed colonies for the dostituto poor
of tho citios, ami tho President allowed much
Intore.t In thu project.
Assistant I'ostimutrr Morgan Takca Hold.
Kdward M, Morgan, who was appointed First
Asslstnnt Postmaster by Postmaster Van Cott
last Saturday, asuincd his now duties yoster
day, hut ho could not tuko possession of bis desk
because Post Olltco employees and othor friends
had burled It from sight undor a mass of flmmrs
Thero wore cornucopias, tiorsoshoos and vnsos of
flowers in profusion, hut iho most stgnltlcniit of
thoollcrlngBworoaladdor with nine rungs, repre
senting Mr. Morgan's nlno steps by proniofiun
Ifrom carrier to tho Assistant Postniustorshlu
and a largo cone of flowers bound with a ribbon"
on tho ends of which wcro the words "Merit"
aud "illness." -
roLmca ix aixaaouRZ.
As Seen a a Man Plerhla a Railroad the Pespli I
Veil far Blm. H
from Me St. tmiU liipvbtte. fl
Unless James S. ltickloy of Moberly, Mo, V
changes his mind botweon now and noxt sura- Bj
mor ho will bo a candldato for the nomination
for itnllrond and Warohouso Commissioner.
Mr. Hncklcy has boon a successful travelling
man for over twenty roars, nnd his claims ars T
already being editorially urgod by somo of the
Stato nowspnpers. Jim Hackloy Is essentially a
man of tho people Hlsyoars of familiarity with
railroad travel havo placed htm "noxt" to many
of the nrtlfkos of the companies.
An Incident that happened during the last
high water will sero to bIiow somo of the traits
In his character. Ho was travelling In tho Do
kotns. nnd his train hceamo stalled. After a
tedious delay tho conductor received orders try
wire to tako thn train, ivnd nil pnssongors willing
to go, back fifty miles, whom tlia passongers
wore to bo transferred to another lino. Among
thoso whoneceptod this proposition wns a family
of father, mother, nnd two children, evidently
very poor, and who were on their way to a
ratltor rctnoto point. Whon tho backing
train stopped nt n small town 'or dinner
the conductor notified this family thnt he could
not carry them any further, nnd they were put
oft tho train. Ah soon ns Hackley heard the
facts he was Indignant. Ho huntod up tho con
ductor, to whom ho was well known, nnd de
manded thnt thofnmlly bo carried to their des
tination. Tho conductor refused.
"But," said Hack ley, "your company has ao
coptod tho money of theso pooplo. I understand
they purchasod tholr tickets hero; thoy have no
means w hatever, nnd It will bn n gross Injustice
if you fall to carry out your contract, oven
though It docs Inconvenience 5011."
But tho conductor was otxlurnto.
" Vory well," criod Hackloy, " you put thorn
off. If jou dare, but you will have to put me ofr.
too. I will stay right hero In this town and will 1
employ a lawyer to prosocuto not only your 1
company hut yourself for your heartless and K
unjustifiable treatment of these penniless U
people." . . . .
By this timo tho sympathies of tho rest of the
passcngors wcro strongly aroused and there
wore cries of " Shnmo I" as tho conductor walked
away, manifestly disconcerted. Ho communi
cated at onco with hcndqunrters.cxplalnlngthat
"that follow Hackloy' was raising tho devil
nbout tho poor passengers. Tho train was de
layed another half hour, but at tho end of that
timo en tne instructions to carry tho family to
their destination. ,, ,
As tho train wont on, Hackloy, bat in hand,
went through tho carriages. He told of tho
needy condition of the poor peoplo, chipped In
tho first dollar hlmsolf, and in a few minutes
had gathered up a sum sufllclont to provide for
all their wants en routo nnd loavo a tow dollars
for n rainy day. And that's Jnst tho kind of a
man Jim Hackley Is. Tho railroads may no
want him. but his friends soora to think the
people do.
Armed for Kmersreneloa.
From the Youtha Companion.
When Frldtjof Nanscn was a young student
ho attended n ball and danced with many part
ners. Returning long after midnight through
tho streets to bis lodgings ho hoard loud outcries
from a woman who was struggling with two
rufllans. In another moment tbo woman broke
away from them and ran toward tbe spot where
Knnson was standing. Tho two men were close
behind hor In hot pursuit.
Nanscn was nn athlote fall of courago and
rigor, and put himself on guard as the men ap- I
proaencd. Ho allowed tbe woman to pass, but 1
called upon tbo Infuriated pursuers to halt,
standing directly in tbelr way, and hitting out H
first at ono and then at tho other. Tbe ruffians, a
angered by this unoxpoetcd attack, turned ro- A
scntfully upon the rescuer and would have over- a
powered him and possibly havo murdered him, a
If ho had not shown prosonco of mind. Drawing fl
himself up to his full height and throwing back 1
his coat collar so as to expose tho cotillon favors I,
which he bad worn during tho ball, he sternly v
asked them If they knew who he was. Ji
The two assailants, awed by his manner and V
supposing him to be a royal officer, were at once
cowed. They apologised roughly for not recog
nizing blm. dropped their arms, and sneaked oft
in the opposite direction from that which the
woman had taken.
Charles Wealey Bad Hla Cbetea,
from t4 Tout Vs Cbmjpaatoa, I
It is said that Charles Wesley was sometimes
easily annoyed, and on one occasion, at a Confer
ence, he became so Irritated at the prolix re
marks of a speaker that ho said to his brother:
" Stop that man's speaking. Let ns attend to
business."
But tbe offender was relating his religious ex-
Serlenco, and though It was at so great a length,
obn Wesley evidently thought that no one bad
a right to Interfere with it. He was therefore
allowed to continue, but the moment came when
Charles could contain himself no longer.
" Unless be stops," be whispered to John. Til
leave the Conference." ,
By this time John was enjoying tbe man's
simple story, and he only turned and whispered
to some one sitting near:
"Iteach Charles his hatt"
A State Without a "CwrvrO."
From th4 Jfornfng Ongonlan.
Bryan seems to draw quite as well In Nevada
as a prize fight. We are told that an immense
crowd greeted him at Elko. Where the people
came from can only be conjectured, since tho fl
entire population ot the State, if massed at one
point, could scarcely be thus designated. There
was an lmmenso crowd at Carson upon a certain
occasion a while ago, but persistent advertise
ment by tbo entire press of tho country, special
rates and a number of excursion trains, contrib
uted to tbe result. Slnco no such effort was
made in this instance, and Nevada has not tho
fieople to make a crowd without it. the lmmens
ty ot the Elko gathering Is possibly a figment
of news gatherers' Imagination.
Twenty-dx Children In Thirty-one Tears.
JVotn foe CorDfn, Ky.t Xetre.
Marlon Yanderpool and wife are the parents
of twenty, six children, tbe youngest being about
0 years old. Tho couple aro about 50 years old,
and have been marrlod thirty-one years, and the
wlfo has never given birth to twins, triplets,
quartets, or quintets. Most of tbe children are
living.
Foreign Mote or Real Interest.
A boiler with tbe plates welded together, no rivets
being used, 38 feet by 0-i, has been built at Oielwlts.
in Saxony.
Bibles and prayer books an necessities according
to an English county court decision, and mast be
paid for by the husband when the wife obtains them
on credit.
A 15,000 orchid from Venetuela la on exhibition la
tbe Temple gardens. In London. It has a white flower
shaped like a sea gull with outspread wings, and a
gold and vermilion heart.
Gabriel Darbon, tho Perlgueux centenarian, has
died at tho age of 105 years. When In the service of
Baron de I) am as, the Count de Chambord's tutor, ha
used to carry " Henry V." about In his arms.
Bicycling In exeesa and the use of hard saddles by
women are asserted to be direct cause of diffi
culty In childbirth, by a surgeon writing to the Lanott.
lie describes two recent cases to prove his point.
One direct cause of the lots of the Aden on the
cosst of Sokotra, according to English technical news
papers, Is the obstinacy with which the Peninsular
and Oriental Company clings to the single-screw sys
tem In Its mallboats.
After forty-eight Tears the Arundel Society, estab
lished to reproduce In color and popularise the mas-
terpteees of pointing, has como to an end, the Im
proved and cheapened methods of reproduction hav
Ingmade its work unnecessary.
Hungary has taken the King of Etam'a fancy, ns
says It Is tho only country In Uuropo be would care to
live In. Tbe gain dress ot the nobles he declared was
the most epleudld ho had ever soon, and before leav
ing Budapest ho went Into the hotel kitchen and found
out for himself bow paprika sauce Is made.
Over 140,001) persons travelled througbSwIttertand
In Ooerument piMt chaises and diligences last year.
Of theso 77,730 went Into the Ennadlne by the Bourn
Juller, Allmla, Finds, and Herolna pasres, 14,010
werelranportedoter thcOber Alp. 14,173 over the
Bplugen, S.070 over the llcrnardln, and 7,002 over th
blmplon.
Another fragment of the famous Tartan chronicle,
part of which Is In the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford,
has Im en found on tho Island of 1'ariui. It Is very Im
portant, aa It contains the chronology of th years
from ll'ir, 10 JUO tx-foro Christ, the leriodof Alexan
der of Marrdim, and of the Utalochl, the Oenerals
who dli Idod bis empire among themselves.
htlgeued cemtnt has tHcnused successfully In the
enusirucllon of a boat by an Italian named Oabelllnl.
Tho frame Is of steel bars, a third of an Inch In ill
ometor, 01 er which Is spread a wire netting. On tlill
the cement Is laid, and the outer surface Is polished.
Tho Iwat Is heavier than ono built of wood would 1-',
but Is choaprr nnd slips baiter through the water.
Experiments bare proved Its strength.
Live h-roes, when they serve In the ranks, can
clwojs count 011 shabby treatment from the British
authorities. Wheu the transport ship Warren Hut
Ings, with 1,2411 souls on board, went ashore on I In
rocks of thu Island of Iteunlon last January, In a
pitch dark night with a heavy aea running, all Yvt
sn 1 rang with praise of the bravery and dlsrlpllLr 'f
the Irixipi, who stooj drawn up In companies ou Iho
iho'i till the million and children wire saved, anl
then wont ashore as they were told off, Many of the
officers wers then mentioned In orders and aomu weru
promoted. The aoldlers aud their families lost all
their baggage. After six months tbe War Department
allows each man to to renew bis kit and eifcu luaiV
S2.D0 as compensation for lost property, (