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P FRIDAY, JOLT 30. 1807.
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publication with to have rejected article rt turned,
thrg i4t In alt oass tend stamps for that purpote.
jj? Tho Maryland Platform.
$t. When summed up, the now Democratto
& , platform of Maryland In tho Democratic
$i platform as adopted at Chicago In 1800,
M omlttliiK. howovor, tho words "Chicago
$; platform " and " 10 to 1."
& This trick Is tho realization of tho Ideal
-Ji cherished by so-callod gold Democrats of
iM Now York, who want to elect a Tammany
if ticket on "municipal Issues only."
lv It will bo Interesting to watch tho effect
? of It upon tho press that speaks for tho
& Democrats, tho National Democrats, and
' the Mugwumps.
A- The Ostrich In Maryland.
l A few days beforo tho State Democratto
n. Convention In Maryland on Wednesday,
i, tho Baltimore- Sun argued emphatically
.-' that gold Democrats should tako separata
ffe political action In opposition to tho Chi-
M cago Democracy.
$ It said that " everywhere " thcro Is a
$ "radical division in the Democratic party,
S& caused by tho incorporation of tho frco-sll-
3" Tcr heresy In the party platform at tho lost
if' National Convention." This situation, It
Iff said, cannot bo changed by any devlco to
W " Ignore " It. "Tho division lino has been
S? drawn, and thcro Is no possibility of obi It-
( crating It except by a complete surrender
pi on tho one sldo or tho other." It will re-
if main In Maryland, continued the Baltlmoro
$ paper, even if tho State Convention " should
$ adopt tho ostrich-llko tactics of hiding Its
l- head In a bush and hoping thereby to cscapo
& notice. It Is In tho air and in men's minds,
h and cannot bo got rid of by any hollow
&V agreement 'not to mention it.'"
gt The convention has now been held and
f$ It has adopted exactly thoso "ostrich-like
Sj. tactics." It mado a sneaking platform in-
tfy tended to deceive, but which deceives no
i-'f one. Wo Infer, therefore, that tho Balti-
w more Sun will reject scornfully that con-
:,, temptlblo attempt at tho duplicity It con-
?ft Bemned a few days beforo tho convention
ijt la language so creditable.
w
ji Klondike and Transvaal.
f
t According to tho tolcgram from Ottawa
8? (vhlch wo printed yesterday, tho Dominion
U Government has determined to submit
?1 American gold diggers in Canadian terrl-
B tory to treatment even more vexatious and
Dppresslvo than was originally proposed.
'$ Should It attempt to carry out the rcgula-
' r tlons which have been Issued, it will pro-
J? J yoke upon tho port of American Ultlanders
In theKlondlkedlstrlct an uprising similar
tx to that which was planned by English Uit-
;' landers at Johannesburg, and which the
ii vp, Jameson raid was Intended to promote.
'- If tho Ottawa authorities had set about
r - deliberately to exasperate an American
community beyond tho bounds of endur-
fg once, they could have hit upon no means
j-S- more certain to attain their end than tbo
j complex worrying, grinding scheme of con-
gf fiscatlon and taxation which has actually
!w been devised. That no fiscal scheme bo
ti galling and so merciless was ever beforo put
w forward by a professedly liberal Govcrn-
(i incnt we may safely affirm, when wo con-
tf aider the circumstances under which it Is to
i- be applied, and tho extraordinary hardships
$ and dangers which have to be faced by tho
s hunters of gold amid the rigors and priva-
jg tlons pf an Arctic winter. The features of
T tho scheme arc four, and It Is hard to say
, 'which Is tho more unreasonable, harsh,
0 and obnoxious. We observe, In tho first
it place, that If a miner should happen to
( arrive In the Yukon gold fields pennl-
';f less, he could not locato a claim, no
natter how promising might bo the surface
t Indications detected by him. In his own
L Interest he will not wish to disclose tho
jjr richness of his find until ho has registered
"i' a claim, but this ho cannot do except on
the payment of $15, a sum which, upon the
U hypothesis, he docs not possess.
fe We will suppose, however, that a miner
j? has managed to raise tho $10 needed to pay
!f the registration feo, but has had tho ill luck
'H to find the surface indications Imperfectly
(! sustained In tho subsoil, so that during his
J first year ho is barely able to procure food
h and lodgings from tho proceeds of his dig-
lit gins- Then ho is confronted by the second
Kj requirement of tho Dominion Government,
K which orders him either to pay an annual
tf assessment of $100 or to renounce his
ja claim, though It might well happen that the
next year's digging In another portion of
y tho claim would disclose a largo amount of
V treasure. Again, wo will assumo that tho
; gross yield of a given claim during a year
j was $1,000, out of which, after the rcgis
) tratlon feo and annual assessment demand.
J; ed by the Government were deducted, thcro
i' would remain $885. Every penny of that
','; amount would probably bo needed for food,
tX shelter, and tools ; nevertheless, the miner
.' would encounter the third requirement of
tho Dominion Government, which would
L call upon him to pay $200, that Is to say, a
V royalty of SO per cent, on tho gross yield
h of his claim. Not having been able to
f! save a cent, tho miner, of course, could not
?) P7 the royalty, and tho loss of his claim
U would be the penalty. Let us take for grant-
Iy ed that tho gross annual yield of a claim
L were ten or twenty thousand dollars j here,
f. again, It Is obvious that, If men had been
0, employed to work It on wages at the rato
Sj, of $10 or $15 per day, the exaction of a 20
p per cent, royalty on tho Rross yield would
iv amount practically to a confiscation of tho
ll net profit. Evon In tho exceptional cases,
$ where from $50,000 to $100,000 might bo
jl extracted In a single year, the demand for
t a 20 per cent, royalty would bo felt to be
$ excessive and tyrannical on tho part of a
b Government which had done absolutely
'j nothing to facilitate the workings of the
Yukon gold fields. There never was a
more barefaced attempt to reap where one
i has not sown than this of tho Ottawa ou-
f'- thorltles. It was American miners that
discovered gold In tbo Klondike district;
,i t l through American seaports, Juneau
ii! and St, Michael, that tho northward Imrai.
K- grotlon has slues poured in and that sup-
m plies aro forwarded; absolutely nothing
K was done by the Canadian authorities for
K the malntcnanco of law and order In tho
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aaWaaaaaini-fm,'.' ;"- ' -
'i 'i
Rold-bcarlng region until the hops ot grab
bing a part of the precious harrest caused
them to despatch "thither twenty-flvo
mounted policemen, a force which presently
la to bo quadrupled.
Now, If wo bear in mind tho numbers of
tho treasure scckors that have gono north
ward from San Francisco and Scattlo slnco
tho gold fover began, wo can seo that several
thousand able-bodied and adventurous men,
almoit all of them In tho prime of life, will
bo assembled at tho Klondlko during tho
approaching winter. A community bo emi
nently and almost exclusively vlrtlo would
bo abundantly ablo to mako laws for It
self, and to uphold pcaco and order; but
it Is absurd to suppose that 100 po
licemen can cocrco it Into submission
to opprcsslvo laws mado by outsiders. Tho
work of ascertaining tho gross outcomo of
every claim, which Is tho condition prece
dent to tho Intake ot a 20 percent, royalty,
would raulro tho vigilant and Incessant
services ot hundreds ot policemen, and
hundreds of others would bo needed to form
a cordon around tho district so as to pre
vent a miner who had "struck It rich"
from escaping with his dust and nuggets
Into tho neighboring American territory.
Tho truth Is, that under any prob
ablo circumstances, tho collection of
tho proposed 20 per cent, royalty
would prove Impracticable, and any at
tempt to collect It In tho state of things that
will exist this winter at Klondike Is likely
to occasion disturbances of a gravo charac
ter. Should tho 110 policemen, whom tho
Dominion Government expects to havo at
Its disposal In tho district, undcrtako to
uso forco for tho purposo of securing tho
assessments and royalties prescribed by
law, wo should not bo surprised to hear
that they had been quietly mado prisoners
and disarmed, and cither shipped back to
Canada or allowed to go on parole.
There is still another foaturo of the plan
to squeeze tho Klondike devised at Ottawa
which in theory may look well enough, but
which In practico will be likely to cnuso
a good deal of trouble Wo refer to tho
regulation that in all placer grounds every
alternate claim is to bo reserved for tho
Government, which will sell or work It
for tho benefit ot tho revenue, of tho
Dominion. This is to rovcrt to Spanish
traditions with a vengeance Tho Inevit
able effect of such a law, could It bo put In
force, would bo to deter miners of every
nationality, Including Canadians them
selves, from seeking to discover any moro
placers in Canadian territory. All tho efforts
of tho gold hunters now gathered at Klon
dike, or on their way thither, would, as
soon as that district is exhausted, bo di
rected to finding Bimilar deposits within
tho American boundaries. No miner, while
equally tempting and unrestricted parts of
tho Yukon region aro open to him, will
look for placers in a section where half of
the gold-bearing soil laid open by his labors
must bo set apart for a ranaclous Govern
ment. How this regulation Is to bo applied
to tho Klondike or to other placers In Cana
dian territory, which aro already under tho
spade, we aro not told.
It is certain that an attempt to confis
cate one-half of tho claims which tho
Klondike miners are now working would
be apt to cause a revolution. Tho miners
would probably racot und declare their in
dependence of the Dominion Government ;
after which they would, no doubt, express
a deslro for the annexation of tho territory,
thus proclaimed autonomous, to tho United
States. That, It will bo remembered, is
precisely what tho English Ultlanders at
Johannesburg intended to do, and what tho
British Parliament and Government have
virtually approved by refusing to punish
Mr. Rhodes for trying to further It.
The Revenue and the Pensions.
Tho preliminary report of tho Commis
sioner of Internal Revenuo for the fiscal
year that ended with last month shows a
total of receipts by the Government from
its various Internal taxes amounting to
only $140,010,508.
Tho total of tho appropriation for pen
sions during tho samo fiscal year was
$141,328,580. Wo have not yet tho fig
ures of actual expenditure, but recent ex
perience shows that they will not vary
much from those of tho appropriation.
Therefore, tho Government's pension ex
penditure, mostly on account of tho civil
war that ended thirty-two years ago, ab
sorbed within about $5,000,000 of the
whole internal revenue.
Tho actual pension expenditure for the
fiscal year ending on June 30, 1800, as
reported by tho Secretary of tho Treasury,
was $130,434,000. Tho Internal revenuo
receipts for that year were $140,702,804;
so that after paying the regular annual
pension bills thero remained of the Internal
revenuo only about $7,000,000 available
for all other purposes.
The year before that, tho Internal revenuo
receipts wcro $113,421,072, and tho ex
penditure for pensions was $141,305,228.
All but about $2,000,000 of tho Internal
revenuo was used up that year In provid
ing for tho pensions.
Go back ono year more, Tho pension ex
penditure during tho fiscal year ending Juno
30, 1801, was $111,177,284, while tho in
ternal revenue taxes yielded $147,111,
232 ; so that a little less than $0,000,000 of
tho Internal revenuo was left for the gen
eral expenses of tho Government.
To bo exact, let us tabulato tho four
years, remembering that tho pension fig
ures for 1807 are thoso of the appropria
tions, not of tho expenditure:
.TUcal Ttar. Internal Itrtenut. Ftiutont.
1804 il47.lll.233 ai41. 177,884
1303 143,421,073 141,890.928
1B09 140.762,864 189,484,000
1807 140.010,60 m.SKS.aUO
TotaU 8363,016,276 (663,8(3,091
Tho two great sources of money with
which to meot tho current expenses of tho
Government, disregarding tho Cleveland
method of borrowing and paying Interest,
aro tho customs revenuo and tho internal
revenue. If we consider tho internal rev
enuo as a thing set apart for the purposo of
paying pensions, we find that, according to
the Treasury Department's bookkeeping, It
has sufllccd to meet tno enormous pension
expenditure during tho past four years,
with Justabout$20,000,000 to spare. But,
In fact, it may not have done quite so well
as that, Inasmuch as deficiency appro
priation of about $14,000,000, technically
charged to tho expenses of 1803, actually
camo out of tho revenue of tho period
beginning with 1804. So that It is fair to
say, In a general way, that pensions have
been eating up nearly tho whole of tho in
ternal revenue.
If wo tako tho other vlow of the matter
and consider tho entire Internal revenuo as
available for tho general expenses of tho
Government, tho legislative, executivo,
and judicial establishments, foreign Inter
course, tho army and tho navy, publlo
works, Interest on tho debt, and so on,
and charge pensions to tho customs rev-
J
i
enue excloslvelyj m gob th (unjoined
comparison:
Fttcal Tear, Ourttmi t!tt rnui IVnrton.
1804 t31,M".VIl (141,177,(84
1808 16,1S'I1T 141.SVM88
1800 100,151.71. 180,434.000
1897 174,1111,4 14l.8tS.680
Total! .tOtS.HO.UU (608,336.091
The figures for 1807 aro preliminary, and
thoy cover tho period of tho enormous
anticipatory importation of tho spring and
early summer just past ; but let tho pen
sions havo tho benefit of that, too.
It appears, therefore, that If wo regard
tho tariff and tho Custom Houso system ot
tho United States as machinery to produco
revenuo wherewith to pay tho pensions, tho
establishment has proved during tho past
four years adequato to Its task. Tho customs
revenue has boon sufficient to provido for
tho pensions now paid by tho United States
Government, with a margin for safety of
between $13,000,000 and $14,000,000 an
nually. That leaves tho internal revenuo
to pay all tho other expenses.
IIow many pcoplo stop to consider that
moro than nine-tenths of tho money raised
by tho tariff has been going for pensions
during tho past four years?
How many pcoplo would bcllovc, without
turning to thcofllclal documents for tho fig
ures, that during tho same period more than
00 per cent, of all tho revenuo raised by in
ternal taxes has bcon consumed by a pen
sion establishment maintained on account
of a war that ended a third ota century ago,
and concerning which so good a Republican
and so loyal a veteran as James Abram
Garfield remarked twenty-five years ago,
" Wo may reasonably expect that tho ex
penditures for pensions then aggregating
about $30,000,000 a year will hereafter
steadily decrease, unless our legislation
should be unwarrantably extravagant" t
Judicial Incitement to Disorder.
" Go to your homes and stay there! This
is a whlto man's country and you negroes
may as well understand this and keep your
place."
Such was tho admonition which Judge
James J. Banks saw fit to address to tho
negroes who crowded his courtroom In De
catur, Go,, on Tuesday morning, upon tho
occasion of tho arraignment of thrco per
sons of their raco who wore Indicted for an
assault upon a young white girl. Tho au
thorities had experienced much difficulty
in preventing tho prisoners from being
lynched; and tho Judge, assuming that tho
audience In the courtroom had gathered to
afford them further protection, told tho ne
groes that they would be sent for If they
were needed for that purpose, and directed
them to go homo and behavo themselves,
concluding his remarks with the declara
tion which wo havo quoted, to tho effect
that this was a white man's country.
AVo supposo the Judgo meant well, but
his command to tho negroes to go homo and
stay thcro was plainly unlawful, and his
statement that this was a whlto man's
country had a tendency to arouse the very
spirit of disorder which ho should have
striven to the utmost to repress.
What would bo thought in Georgia of a
command from tho bench to tho white per
sons attending court to go to their homes
and stay theref Would such judicial
tyranny be tolerated for a day ? Wo think
not. Yet Judge Banks had no moro legal
right thus to order home the negroes in his
courtroom than he would have had to order
home the whites. Before tho law both races
stand equal, and each Is entitled to tho
same measure of justice from the judiciary.
In coupling with his command tho
declaration that this was a white man's
country, Judgo Banks plainly intended to
havo the negroes understand that they wcro
subordinate to the whites, even In the exer
cise of their legal rights. If such bo the
actual condition of things in Georgia, a con
scientious Judge, Instead of exultingly pro
claiming tho fact, should bo devoting his
days and nights to securing for the colored
pcoplo that equality before the law which
is guaranteed to them by the Constitution
and which it Is a burning shamo and dis
grace to any Stato to deny them.
"This Is a white man's country, and you
negroes may as well understand this and
keep your place."
At all events, they must havo understood
one thing, and that was that ono of tho
whlto proprietors of the country was mak
ing a lamentable exhibition of himself on
tho bench.
A Great American University.
Tho plan of the University of California
to erect new buildings for Its accommoda
tion on a scalo ot unexcelled It not unap
proached magnificence Is full of Imprcs
slvcness. Their schemo for an Interna
tional competition of architects In tho
making of designs for tho proposed struc
ture Is also liberal, and lndlcativoof a laud
able desire to mako tho architecture of the
unherslty commensurate In Its dignity,
fitness, und artistic eminence with tho
great importance they foresee for that great
scat of learning on tho Pacific.
Tho real greatness of a university, how
ever, depends rather on tho Intellectual
force It carries within it than upon tho
meromaterial habitation it occupies. Great
men in Its halls rather than magnificent
buildings are its first requisite. An Infe
rior man may bo mado to seem all tho moro
Inferior because of tho grandeur of tho
abode ho erects for himself. Ho may bo so
far Incongruous with his material surround
ings In his own dignity and consequence
that thoy will simply incruaso tho Impres
sion of his Insignificance. Ho may be
dwarfed by tho very grandeur In which ho
lives. Everything elso may bo In tasteful
harmony, and only his own Individuality
out of place and discordant amid It all.
Wo do not say this in disparagement of
tho California University, which has rap
Idly achieved a place of eminence anions
American schools of learning, but simply
to put tho schemo to magnify Its architec
tural importance Into its truo relative placo
as of little Glgnlflcanco comparatively with
tho Intellectual development necessary to
mako Itaieritablounlverjlty, The life, the
strength, tho uiefulncssof nschoolof learn
ing is In Its corps nf Instruction, selected In
duo accordance with tho cleatlou und tho
comprehensiveness of I In schemo of educa
tion. A great university might exist In tho
least attractive and Imposing of edifices for
Its accommodation ; and tho gr.uidcurof Its
material rcsldcnco might only servo to
muke tho moro conspicuous tho intellectual
poverty of a merely nominal university.
Tho shell Is requisite, but tho living and
propagating germ Is In tho kemol,
A uulvcrslty should bo adapted to the
civilization about It, for only by such
adaptation can It assist In cultivating and
stimulating a demand for Its complete de
velopment. It cannot bo an exotic trans
planted from another civilization, but must
boon Indigenous plant growing spontane
ously In the soil where It exists. An
Amcricau university, accordingly, must bo
inspired with tho American spirit aud
i.flTMtftlaMutolMdag, . r
adapted to tho political and (octal condi
tions of this Western civilization It must
dovclop in harmony with tho needs of tho
society about It,
Tho first necessity for a university, there
fore. Is that Its schemo of education and
Intellectual training should bo tho con
ception of largo men of both perccptlvo
aud comprchcnslvo minds and also ot
specialized abilities. Under our Ameri
can collcgo system tho head of a college,
known as tho President, occupies a place
which Is peculiar to this country, as com
pared with tho groat universities of Europe,
and It has becomo tho moro anomalous
slnco somo of our colleges havo grown
from mere high schools to tho stature
of veritablo universities. In tho old days
tho President was usually a clorgyman,
tho colleges generally owing their founda
tion, It not their support, to particular re
ligious communions; ho was merely tho head
of tho faculty of professors, ho himself dis
charging tho duties of somo chair of Instruc
tion in tho Institution. He was simply tho
primate, and It was rcqulslto that ho bo a
man of learning, qualified to hold his own
with tho highest Intellectual ability in tho
Institution. Accordingly ho was selected
with strict rcfcrcuco to thoso conditions
and requirements.
Nowadays, however, In somo of our col
leges most ambitious of distinction as uni
versities, tho President is selected with rcf
erenco chiefly, if not wholly, to his abilities
as a business administrator. Ho takes no di
rect part in the instruction ; yet ho occupies
a placo which gives him power and In
fluence In shaping tho purely scholastic and
Intellectual character of tho university. It
may happen that ho Is not even a man of
education In tho high nnd broad sense, and
therefore without qualifications for grasp
ing tho truo university Idea or oven for rec
ognizing them In others ; yet ho stands be
fore tho publlo as tho chief represen
tative of tho institution, and its title
to consideration is measured by his
intellectual calibre and tho stand
ard of education exhibited by himself.
Trustees, with largo governing power nnd
great Influence In determining tho scholas
tic courso of tho university, may also bo
men known to bo of deficient education
and without tho breadth of vlow justifying
their association with any institution as
suming to occupy tho high and comprehen
sive fields of university training. Tho only
valuablo distinction and consequence such
a college has In tho eyes of discriminating
men comes from Individuals In its faculty
whoso superiority Is indubitable and whoso
famo In their special departments of study
and Investigation Is widespread ; yet they
are subordinate, and may bo at the mercy of
the narrow and restricted understandings
of a far Inferior President and of unedu
cated trustees who havo been chosen for
their places for material and temporal rea
sons only.
As wo havo said, tho Intellectual distinc
tion of a university rather than Its ma
terial accessories give It Its truo glory; and
that glory must bo reflected on tho Institu
tion from tho distinguished abilities of tho
men making up its corps of professors and
lecturers, whether It bo In California or
hero In New York. They aro the real
superiors, the Indispensable element.
The chief title of the President and trus
tees to consideration consists In their
ability to recognize that essential superior
ity. Gctyournoble buildings, University of
California, and may thoy be of the splendid
architectural distinction for which you
seek, but think first and most ot tho
spiritual and Intellectual essence, without
which thero can be no university.
Dying Hard.
Facts before Its eyes warn the St. Paul
Globe not to chldo tho Chicago Trib
une for saying that " the gold Democrats
still declare that they aro for a tariff for
rccnuc only, but do not mean It." The gold
Democrats to a man are " for a tariff for reve
nue only and against every form and species
ofprotectio legislation," says tho Globe,
cither in a rago that supersedes its reason
or in the old Mugwump trance.
Our St. Paul contemporary is feeding it
self on delusion and ou its own exhausti
ble reputation for Intelligence. Tho Chi
cago Tribune has ovldeuco in support of its
statement beforo which tho Globe's charge
of mendacity will turn back upon Itself,
Throughout tho entire effort for the
passago of tho Wilson bill, christened
"Protectionist" by Mr. Wilson himself on
tho day of Its birth, no gold Democrat, or
National Democrat, to bo moro accurate,
ever said a word in denunciation of Its
principle or demanded a tariff for revenuo
only, w 1th theexceptlon of tho Hon. Henry
Watteiison, and his oIco was soon stilled.
Moro than that, tho recognized spokes
man of tho National Democrats In tho
United States Senate, tlio Hon. Don
slson Caffeiiy of Louisiana, In tho ex
tra session just closed, declared his plat
form to bo "a tariff on luxuries." Senator
Caffeiiy would Jtigglo with tho tariff
for tho protection of ono lot of citizens,
the poor, at tho expense of another lot, tho
rich. A tariff for revenuo only knows
neither rich nor poor.
Tho revenuo only plank of tho National
Democrats, judged by a record which a
sano man cannot shut his eyes to, Is a
showy generality covering delusion and
pretence on every hand.
Palmyra Island.
Various London despatches take tho
trouble to announce tho already well-known
fact that Palmyra Island was annexed by
England, not recently, as a foolish story
had It, but years ago. In any case, It Is
hard to see bow this matter could compli
cate our annexation of Hawaii.
It has been alleged that President Dole's
Government lays claim to this island
as an outpost nnd dependency of tho
Hawaiian group; and that, If so, It becomes
tho duty of our Government, which expects
soon to succeed to Hawaii's territorial rights,
to seo whether tho claim to this Island Is
well founded.
A slnglo glance at tho map shows that,
whatever Haw all's claims on other grounds,
Palmyra Is not geographically port of
the Hawaiian archipelago. It Is, In fact,
about n thousand mllesdlstant therefrom, to
tho southwest, and Is a member of a wholly
different group, comprising Fanning,
Washington, Christmas, Danger or King
man, Samarang or Prospect, and somo
other neighboring Islands, Many of these
aro small, rocky Islets, somo of which In past
years have been occupied by our country
men, who gathered up their stores of guano
and then abandoned them.
Very likely If our policy had been to
selzo and hold everything wo could In tho
Pacific, tbo Stars and Stripes would bo wav
ing over thoso islands. But wo left this to
others, and most or all of the Islets In that
quarter havo been, In fact, gobbled up by
England. Fanning, Christmas, and Wash
ington or New York Islands are admitted
to bo British, and Palmyra was formally
annexed to Groat Britain about 1880.
It Is asserted, howovor, that natlvo Ha
walians visited Palmyra seven years ear
lier, In 1882, and raised their flag over
it; and that, although they abandoned
it, tho occupation Is regarded by Hawaii as
giving hor a permanent title. Bo this as
It may, with tho rich and oxtcnslvo Ha
waiian group in our possession, it would
ho of minor lmportanco to us to own this
little Islet in anothor group, of which somo
or all of tho surrounding mombors aro
admittedly British. It ours had been tho
general policy of grabbing whatever wo
could got In tho Pacific, wo might havo
taken scores of such Islands, and not only
uninhabited rocks like Palmyra, but moro
valuable Islands where our missionaries
and merchants havo been pioneers.
It Is lnconcolvablo, in short, that this
matter can have any Important relation to
our annexation of Hawaii.
The leading exponent of that class of
yellow Journalism which carries on lis business,
not by tho pictorial and pornographic, but by
slicor misrepresentation and mendacity. Is tho
Evening Pott. Tlio latest proof ot Its character
occurred In Its edition of yesterday, nnd It do
nerves apodal description on account of tho In
struction It affords upon tho Cuckoo argument
for tho reform of tho currency. A fow dsys pre
viously the Pott had remarked, heedlessly, per
haps, that "If tho revenues of tho next two
years aro not equal to tho expenditures, a cur
rency crisis will supervene, oven it times aro
Brood. Tho Treasury subsists on Its Income. If
this Is not equal to tho outRO, tho deficiency
must como out ot tho reserve, and when this
begins to decline tho cold will begin to dis
appear." A correspondent of tho Pott, evidently a be
llovor In Mr. Cleveland when President, asked
1( that statement wns not o, "direct contradiction
ot tho Ucws so otton expressed by President
Cleveland In his various messages, and in
many of your editorials, that tho reduction In
tho gold reserve was not duo to deficiency of
revenuo undor tho Wilson tariff, but to the end
less chain."
Slnco the Evening Pott replied that its corre
spondent "Is mistaken In supposing; that there
Is any such contradiction," wo will giro to that
rebuffed Individual ono passapo In Mr. Cleve
land's writings which ho doubtless had In mind.
It is from tho message of Doccmber, 181)5:
ltlsnot clear how an locreuo In roTenue, unless
It be In gold, can sa'lsfy those whose onlj anxiety Is
to sain gold from the Ooremment's store.
"It Is possible t:iat the suggestion of Increased
revenue as a remedy for tho difficulties we are con
sidering may bare originated In an Intimation or dis
tinct allegation that the bonds which have been le
aned ostensibly to replenish our gold were really
Issued to supply the lnsumclent revenue.
"Nothing can be further from the truth. At no
time when bonds have been Issued has there been any
consideration of the question of paying the expenses
ot the Government with their proceeds."
While nearly two hundred millions of the bond
money was issued to pay the Government's ex
penses, tho Cuckoos whoso fanaticism Is suffi
ciently supported by charity may say that Presi
dent Cleveland, when ho put out tho above
misrepresentation, know no better. The .Eren
ing Pott lies this tltne for sure.
In this same renmrkablo answer tho Fulton
Street Cuckoo broke Its "endless chain" again.
The run on tho Treasury in 1803. it says, was
caused by " the Government buying sliver bul
lion and Issuing paper money redeemable In
cold to pay for it. Tho Treasury deficit aggra
vated and continuod it." Tho Government
ceased buying slher bullion less than six
months after Mr. Cleveland was Inaugurated
and before he had issued a single bond.
The plutocratic conduct of wheat de
serves stern condemnation from the foes of
gold. Whoat that goes up, dear wheat, must
be Just as wicked nnd cruol as a dollar that
goes up, a dear dollar. There should be an anti
wheat plank In the next Democratto platform.
The end of tho rainy season, if tho rainy
season has In good faith suspended business,
must bring nn especial satisfaction to the Hon.
jEnnv Simpson. That actlvo Populist bicycler
has been planning to surprise Medlclno Lodgo
and tho other ton ns which aro lucky enough to
be In his Congress district. While ho has been
amusing them with his efforts to suppress tbo
tyranny of tho Hon. Thomas Biiackett Heed.
nnd has let them seo him In tho act of holding
tho Constitution on his unaided head, his serious
purpose has been ripening. Somo persons have
supposed that bo was only nn economist of tha
Ocaln school, only one moro statesman In a State
of statesmen, onlv ono moro movement in the
Populist machine. Ho is all theso things and
much more Ho is nn artist. Ho has a passion
for tho becoming and tho seemly. Ho has been
a missionary of the higher esthetics In Wash
ington. Ho has gone back to Kansas, resolved
to mako it a picture, not to say n panorama. If
tho weather is fair to-day, Mr. Simpson will ex
hibit his wardrobe to his constituents. Whether
tho weather is fair or foul to-night, bo will de
liver a lecture on "What to Wear; or, Clothes
and tho Hour." Tho Jerry Simpson Clothing
Iteform and Cravat Improvement Club of Medl
clno Lodge already numbers twenty-seven members.
Putting together tho following senti
ments, which accompanied tho recent Presiden
tial message asking Congress to provido for tho
appointment of a currency commission. It is not
dllllcult to understand tho practical result:
"The soundness of our currency Is nowhere quea
tlonod." PrtMldtnt McKim.kt, in the metiagt.
" 1 know there aro men who maintain that there Is
something nee-ssiry to be done In relation to our
financial system; and It Is a fact that the man who
belleres lilnuclf sick Is Just as much In need of treat
ment as the oue who ts actually sick. The hypochon.
drlaclsjust as wretched as the confirmed Invalid."
Jlon. Cuibles V Sjtone, father of the Currency Com
inttiion bill which pmsed tht llouae.
"That the bill which passed the House failed of
recognition In tbo Senate is not a matter for discour
agement. What might have been accomplished
through a commission may be aohleved without one."
Stcrttarv Oiat, to tkt buttntu men of Uotton.
With this degreo of fervor for tho currency
commission on tho part of Its leading pro
moters. It is not surprising that tho Scnato lot
tho mattor drop. Finally, tho Heedlessness of
Congressional action anyway Is Bhoun by this
goldon-bued news from the Philadelphia Record :
"Although Tresldent McKiilit's recommendation
of a currency commission has failed by non concur
rence of the Senate, there will be a report on the sub
ject by the reassembling of Congress In December
next. Chairman Ilvon II. Uixxa of the Dullness
Men's Monetary Convention, which was held In In
dianapolis In January last, states that he will call the
Executive Commit too together wltutn a week, and
that the committee will appoint a commission to
frame a currency bill for presentation to Congress at
the opening of the next tension. A report from such
a commission, representing the business Interests of
the country, will doubtless prove more satisfactory
than anything that coutj have emanated from the
mixed commission recommended by the President.
What well ends, woll Is.
P'Azeolio, the worst of tha decadont novel
UU. Is announced as being about to visit this country.
Uoiton UeralU. '
WholsD'Azcauoandwhatdldhe fall from,
and what has this country dono to him I
If Innocence of accusation makes a man
great, tho greatest man In tho United States
is tho Hon. 8. D. McEnkky, Junior Sonutor of
Louisiana, the only Democrat In his part of
Congress to voto for tho tariff bill. For this act
all the old humbugs that havo shouted for a
tariff torrovenuo only as tbo Democratic princi
ple havo denouncod Senator McEnerv as a trai
tor to tbo faith of his party. Yot Senator McE.v
xitY, as a politician, had as clour a moral right
to voto for tho Dingloy tariff as any Itcpubllcan.
The first thing that tho Democratic party did
after obtaining ofllco on tho pledgo to mako a
revenuo-only tariff, was to betray their promise
and pass a tariff for protection. When Mr. Mo.
neby was choaea Senator ho laid In eo many ,
I
words to tho caucus that nominated him that
he believed In the policy ot protection. And
when next his party mot In national convention
to make a tariff plank it throw tha revenue-only
principle away. If tho soarch bo for Democrats
who havo been honest on tho tariff question, tho
first man found will bo Sonator McEnery.
Impressive proof that Chicago has not yet
annexed tho Stato of Illinois has come from tho
new Chicago tax on wheels, to go Into effect on
Aug. 1. It will be, annually, for bicycles, $1; for
ono-horso vehicles, $2; two-horso, 5-3: thrco
horso.f3.CO; four-horso, 97: slx-horso, $10.80;
elght-horso or moro, $13. In Illinois, though,
there aro what aro known ns "suburbs" ot
Chicago and they aro wrathful at tho determina
tion ot Chicago's tax gatherers to tax suburban
wheels that enter tho city. Among tho suburbs
the town of Cicero leads in retaliation by adopt
ing a tax ot 91 a year on bicycles and all other
vehicles. Cicero's Idea of It Is that many moro
Chicago whoolmen will como to Cicero on Sun
days and get taxod than wheelmen of Cloero
will go to Chicago during the week. And back
of ltlsthohopo that its effect will bo to render
tho enforcement of tho tax In Chicago Impossi
ble To show that It Is really peaceable. Cicero
will not onforco Us tax until Chicago enforces
Its tax. Golt,Clcoro!
Mr. Richard Le Gaixiennb In one of
the quatrains of tho translation or traduction of
Omar KnAYYAM, which ho has been good
enough to publish for tho bonefit ot persons dis
satisfied with Fitzoerald's version, makes
theso Ingenuous Inquiries:
"This is no way my learned life to use f
Tell me a better, then, that I may ohoose.
Eball I for some remote Imagined gain
Hy precious little hour of living lose T"
It Is clear that making translations of OaiAn
Khayyam from tho original or tho French or
what not is no way for Mr. Lb Gallienne to
uso his loarnod life. It may socm impolite for
strangers to suggest a better way to him, bat as
he calls for help he shall have it. Any respect
ablo way would bo much better for him and for
other folks. Ho might count tho words in tho
dictionary, or continue tho lamented Pickwick's
speculations upon tho theory of tittlebats, or
translate Sir Lewis Monms from Jubllesque Into
Welsh, or study Chinese, or take up perpetual mo
tion, or compllo a bibliography of his own works,
or Just brood for a year and a day and never
writo a word. Still, It is right to say that tho
HI feeling caused by Mr. Le Gallienne's quat
rains is probably not so great, at least In tho
United States, as to endanger his precious llttlo
life Nobody will treat him as ho has treated
the Tent Maker.
BPAIX'S VEA.D XIT CUBA.
The Loasro of the Spanish Army Compnted try
the Figures or the Civil Vfnr.
To Tnn Editor op Tub Boh Sir : The lots
of the Union armies by death during the war of
the rebellion is officially reported to havo been
In round numbers 300,000 men. Thero Is, how
ever, no doubt that this number la below tho
actual loss, which probably will never be ascer
tained. Of theso. In round numbers, there were
killed in action 07,000, or one In G 37-100 of
those who died; the number of those who died of
wounds received in action was 43,000, or ono in
8 37-100 of tho men who died.
These ratios applied to the number of tho
Spanish army reported by Tnn Soit lately as
having been killed In notion in Cuba 27,000
men would give as having died of wounds,
diseases, and othor causes 117,000 men, or killed
In action, died of wounds and diseases 144,000;
or if tho number reported by Tnn Sun Includes
those who died of wounds, tho figures would
show 88,200 who died of diseases and a total ot
115,290 men wno lost their lives.
And yet Spain says Cuba is pacified and there
has been no war. J, Lw M.
Albany. N. Y., July 26, 1897.
CZKO DESIJUtODE'S AMXItZCAXTBlr.
The Poor Thins Couldn't Aflfbrd to 14ve Ln Pauls
Any Longer on aoo Franca at Sfonta.
from L Figaro.
As we announced yesterday. Mile. Clto de Kerod
Is about to leave us. Life In Paris had become Impos
sible for her. In spite of prodigies of economy and
though aided by the prudent advice of her mother,
she could no longer manage to make both ends meet.
On the 200 franca a month which the Opera gives
her she had to keep a carriage and horses, a llttlo
palace and open table for her friends, and to be from
head to foot one of the most elegant little dolls In Paris.
Tno hundred francs Is not much for all that, and un
der sach circumstances even a ballet dancer hardly
knows on which foot to hop.
Or. rather, she does, she knows It only too well, and
more than one In similar cases baa gone to the bad.
ln the dressing room of the ballet names of psrmons
are mentioned whose misconduct seems, unfortu
nately, to bo undeniable, and whoso antics aro not
entirely choregraphlc. Wo should praise all the
more those who, like Mile, Cieo de llitode, try to live
exclusively by their labor, and ask ot art alone tho
requisites for existence.
Our amiable dancerwlll recelvo ln America 45,000
francs a month. With a little care, therefore, she and
her mother will be able to Uvo very respectably. In
Paris that would not have lven possible for themi
talent Is, Indeed, appreciated there as mu-h sa It Is
ln America, but It Is not so well rewarded. Mile.
Cleo de Uorode Is held In high esteem at tho Opera,
but several years would have passed beforo she re
ceived 43,000 francs a month. What was she to do7
Was alio to slide Into the downward path like her
young companions? Mile. Clio de Merode, who.
luckily for ber, still has her mother by hor side, re
fused to do this, and rtrj bravely la going to atart for
America. We must congratulate her. In Paris, ln
the long run, she might have fallen I
Report on Negro 31111 tlanda.
From tho Charletton .Veirs and Courier.
Tho owners of the Charleston Cotton Mill preferred
white labor. They could not get one fifth of the whlto
labor they needed ln or about Charleston.
Tbewhte labor they brought In from elsewhere
was very unsatisfactory, but they kept It for ten
yean.
During those year the mill steadily sunk money,
and was this year reorganised and capitalised.
Ten year ago the then Prist lent or the company, a
Southerner and ex Confederate soldier, urged tho
directory to allow him to outfit the mill with negro
help, and It Is now only from necessity that negroes
are used.
The negro bands are proving entirely satisfactory,
and no cbango will be made so long as they continue
to be.
Gov. Din Out fur Sport.
Vo-n the St. Loult lirpublio.
At the annual meeting of the Texas Cotton Chop
pers' Association, ln tho msgnolla scented and roman
tic city of Itaxca, ex Governor Hogg, the ora
tor of the day, made a swipe at a molasaes hatred
baby, and kissed It on the lu'ort with a smack that
sounded like a Missouri mule pulllug Ms foot out of
the mud. The child glared a, him and passed on,
when the Ulllsloro Military Hsnil discoursed some
excellont music. A young lady presented
him a hand painted hoe. Ho grabbed the
youngladyand kissed her full in the mouth, while
the great crowd applauded wildly.
Served Nowash night,
Fiom the KmUnton .NVus.
While S. J. Sow ash ot bllppcryrock township, Butler
county, was bnthlug In Sllpperyrock Creek one day
last week, he noticed a number of bass among tbo
rocks In a shallow place, and with his hands Ian led
fourteen of them He has been arrested for violating
tbo law that llsli must be ta'.en with hook and line,
and If convicted the fish will cost hint 1140,
Sound Advlco of Kuorli lSusley to Gov, Urown
or Truucasee.
From the Ileal iUtate Record and Itutldtrt Ouide.
"Never tax anything that would bo of value to
your Stato, that could and would run away, or that
could and would como to you.'
UlbtntuE Liberated a Canary Illrd.
From the Utclilon A't eniiip- Journal.
Lightning sometimes plays queer treats, as wbeti
It melted the wlro from which hung a Ilernlck cana
ry's cage, the cago falling to the floor and liberating
tha bird, which was not hurt a bit,
A llrgular Old Salt,
From the Chieajo Journal.
"Darling Is an experienced yachtsman. Isn't he T"
"I should say sol You ought to seo his collection of
champagne corxj. ,
tfATXCIATIXQ A COW,
A Sap Cod Captatn-a Vtmr or Keeping Bar os
the Desired Course.
From the Outlook.
Fhcn I was down on Capo Cod last summer 1
hoard an amusing story about an old sea Cap
tain and his cow. CapU Patterson, after sail-
ing tho sea for moro than forty years, finally re
tlrod to a llttlo farm near Barnstable, where he
nettlod down, with a horso, cow, ond two or t")
threo dozen hens. Ills cow, though n lank and
rather stubborn crenturo, was said to come from
ory good slock, and when tlio Ilarnstablo pco-
Jilo took it into tbclr heads to havo a fair Cant,
'nttcrson determined to exhibit his cow.
Hut when tho day enmo for drl Ing her to the,
grounds the cow Hhoncd that sho had n mind of
her own, and would not binlgo n step boyond
tho gate. In vnln tho old Captain tugged at thi
roue, pitmmcllod hor sides, nnd pushed her
flanks. Tho cow wanted to go to pasture, and
v,n Imund sho wouldn't go to tho fair.
Cnpt, Patterson's pntlcnco was very nesrlr
rone, when suddenly an Idea occurred to hlni
Though ho wns not strong enough hltnsolf to
force tho cow to go to tho fair, his training sug
gested something that was. Tying tho cow to
tbo gato-post, ho went up Into tho loft of Ms
barn and threw don nan old sail stopped to a I
uor) mast. Then ho put n horse's blanket bell
through an Iron ring, strapped tho belt around
tho cow, lnsortod tho end of tho mast in thu ring,
nnd bound tbo mast to tho sldo of tbo cow with
somo llfty foot of ropo.
Tho wind blow "quartering," nnd whon tho
Captain untied the cow and raised tho sail tho
canvas was swelled out ot or tho cow's back and
nunv sho wont "Bldllng"down tlio road, mooing
nnd lunging, and trying to stop herself in vain.
Cant, Patterson seized h r tall, und using it as a
rudder, guided her skilfully In tbo right direc
tion. With ovcry fresh puff of wind tho obstlnat-o
tow would bo hurried along faster, while tha
dust blew up ln clonds, and tho sail flapped and
tugged, ns Cant. Patterson hold to tho malnsheel
with ono hnnd and tho cow's tall with tho other.
It was a hard voyage for both of them, but not
along one; nnd when they camo In sight of tho
fair ground ovcrybody ran out to soo tho re
marknblo sight of a cow being sailed through '
tho stroots llko a ship. Cheers and laughter
tilled tbo air, and when tho Captain finally
whirled his cow nround at tho gato of tho fair
ground and brought her neatly "up Into the
wind,' the shout that arose might havo been
hen i two miles away.
Unfortunately, Cant. Patterson's cow did not
take ono of tho prizes for blooded stock, but tha
Captain himself was given a special prize by tha
fair commissioners for " the best dovlce for gaf
ting balky cattlo to market."
Toads Waylay Dee.
From the Buffalo Courier-Record.
DuNEinir. July 20. "I found out something
last night that makes me tool silly, and 1'vi
learned a llttlo lesson ln natural history that I
shall not soon forget," said S. V. Hall. " Every
night," explained Mr. Hall, "when I
have gono out about sundown to shut
the hen houso, I havo noticed a largo
toad sitting in front of one of my
hives of bees, tho ono nearest tho walk,
and I was careful not to molest him because I
havo always protected toads on my placo on ac
count of Lhclr usefulness ln destroying trouble
some Insects. I stopped to watch and I soon
learnod all about it. Tho hive, under which
they burrowed ln cool retirement ln tho daytime
and ln front of which they took up sentinel posi
tions ln the early evening, stood on tbo ground
with only a board between It and the sod. Tho
board projected ln front of the hive about threo
Inches, so as to afford the bees a convenient
place for alighting. While I watched tho bees
arriving home lost night, heavily laden with
honey, I saw those two toads shoot out their long,
sum. slimy tongues and capture every bee. J
did not wait to soo them eat many before I killed
them both. I disseeted ono and found his stom
ach full of bees whole and others In various
stages of digestion. I estimated that thoso
winking, blinking toads have been devouring
fifty or sixty a day. I bad supposed the beesi
stings would protect them from such a fate."
Brltlals Treatment of BUggera."
yvom the Rhodetian Timet and Financial Kout,
On Sunday night Mr. Lamprecht fired twice
at a native who was attempting to steal bis cat
tlo, but did not succeed ln stopping him. The
boy tried the doors first, apparently to see if
any ono was awake. On Wednesday night a
natlvo policeman fired threo times at a native
who was trying a window at the Count's house.
Tbo boy when noticed could not be fired at,
owing to tbo danger of shooting through the
window, and when ne retreated round the cor
ner it appeared that he hod two friends there
in spite ot the shots, however, all three escaped.
Another reform Is much needed ln Belra.
There is no Magistrate's court here. A nigger
whose employer does not pay bis wages or
strikes him can go to the police office, lodge a
claim, and get a heating and a verdict. A white
man can be dismissed, and his only method of
appeal is by the elaborate circumlocution of the
Portugese Government tribunal. Again, the
practico still exists of locking up Europeans and
niggers In the same room for the night, This Is
abominable.
Letter Travels 10) Tear and la Sot DoUvorcci
From the Qalvetton New.
Nations nowadays pride themselves on tho
promptness of their mail service, but a bit of
evldonce of an incident to the contrary was ex
hibited ln the AVtra office yesterday. It is a
letter mailed ln San Antonio on Aug. 0, 1844.
to Francises Gonzales, Jlmenea, Mexico. It never
reached Gonzales, and only came back to the
branch office ln Galveston on Monday. It had
been gone thirteen years. The town or Jlmenea
is ln the Stato of Tamaulipas, of which tho
capital Is Victoria. Had the author ot the letter
put the name of the State on the envelope it U
probable that this talo would not have been told.
Ughtnlng-Hod Slide for Uberrty.
Trom (A Wathington FotU
ItocEViLLE, Md July 22. Samuel Jackson,
colored, escaped from the Rockvllle Jail to-day
about 12 o'clock, and is still at large. Jackson,
as Is the usual custom, was allowed to eat his
dinner in tho Jnil yard. He climbed to the root
of a small porch over the back door, and from
there made his way witb difficulty to the roof of
tho Jail building. Ho crawled over the slanting
slate root to the lightning rod at the top of tho
building, and from there slid to tho ground, a
distance of about thirty feet. When he reached
the ground be made for the woods, n short dis
tance from the Jail, and mado good his escape.
BVXHEA3I8.
Two lover of ten year ago of Cutler, ate., hare
recently been married ln southern California. Tho
man has been spending the Intervening year making
a fortune, and the engagement has been maintained
throughout.
rtellgion. when It revive ln Caryvllla, Fla., ac
complishes something material as well a splrltuaL
Of a recent rovlval thero an observer wrotei "Several
accessions aro reported, and the church and peopla
feel greatly revived. Tho church purchased a new
organ, and the building will receive a new coat ot
paint this week."
No one disputed the dictum of a Chinese physi
cian who had been called to attend a Celestial who
hid fainted In a store at Portland, Ore., wbsn tha
doctor said, after filling the prostrate man's mouth
and nose with red paint! " Him blow out paint, him
all same not yet dead; htm no catch Mm wind, no
tlow out paint, blm heap dead." The man dtdnt
blow out the paint and the Coroner was called.
Two men of Lewlston, Me , out on a hunting trtp
shot a dog that had annoyed tbem, and then went j
back to the farmer who owned It to squsre things. 1
Expecting trouble, they thought to get tn the first U
claim by complaining to him that his vicious dog had 1
torn a part of their horse's harness with Its teeth. H
For this damage they asked ll.fto. The farmer paid II
promptly. Then they let out the fact that they had
killed the dog, and the farnior threw ln half a dollar J
more for that Job.
Foreign .Mo tee or neat Interest,
Allot tho n!ilmhet as far as the word folster"ef
the Oxfonl (Murray) Kngllsh dictionary ts now com
pleted, and much work ha been dono on the letters
O, II, and K.
Muhonalanil natives, who are now fighting tho
Drltlsh, s'om to l provided with small bore lines.
The; are pulling down the African trauscuntlnental
telegraph n Ins aud cuttlug them up Into bullets.
No trusleo mi) legally Invest money In bonds of tho
City of London, as the ait of 1HU3, br a blumlerofth
draughtsman, hllo permitting trusttra to Invest In
thu dibtof any toroih having .'.0.(100 Inhabitants,
do? not sprcltlcnlly mention I on 1on. and as' the cen
sus takes Into account only tbi ulgbt population, tbo
City has less than tbo SO,00J Inhabitants required.
A gold plato which Charles Bonsparto pawned In
onltr to psy for Ms nn Napoleon's travelling ei
pensea to lite military school ut Itrlenne has teeu
pice d In tbo AJa clo town museum. It I wars the
Initials C. II and the date of tho departure from
AJocolo, engraved ou It later by tbo I'mpcror s
oruer. In atlaus.i of his will Napoleon twqneaibed
to his sou " Ibis plate, which I bold as a thing sacr "
It disappeared at It's death aud was fouud In a
Louden shop by a Comlcsu collector.
Champagne was fully represented at the recent
neddlngo'lH'e, World, daughter of the hi tl of tha
CI c U0t Arm, tu the son ot Count do Mun, tk ath
Ito leader In tho Chamber of Deputies Aiiiotti; tbe
persons present wer the lticticrs q Osai, vmu4'
daugbttr of tho Veuve Clicquot, lite (Vi,utr '
)Iuntetello aud tho Couuttsi 1 oo.lcri r. Mm.
Clloiuot was tbo daughter of ll.iran nnsnlln "'
Eerrts. and after ber hutbaml'i dentil istabllslml "'
great ciiuinpactio business, iter only daughter "
married to the Comte do Cae Igne, and their only J
daughtor, married to the Comte de Itoibrchouut- i
Hortemait, nas tho mother ot the tvceutrlo Diuhsss
d'Vata. J
&JUi&tmk, i.nti - -Myr -J iiisatsassl