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ilVho Is tlio Man?
What member 'of tho Citizens' Union,
among, the mature nml serious men who
Joined It In momentsof delusion orthought
' lessness, will nunoutiru publicly his later
1 tt conviction thnt the movement has hecomo
f dangerous to the public welfare, and Bhould
i bo abandoned? It is an incongruous sight
to see men who when reflecting would
appreciate tho Importance of beating bock
j the followers of the Chicago platform at
j! every point, working shoulder to shoulder
with the Bryanlte organization in Bhaplns
' the Issues on which tho election in Now
' Tork city is to bo fought.
', j The Citizens' Union and its candidate
) ." cloud here In New York the great Issuo he
'll '. tween tho Chicago and St. Louis platforms,
f T which Is being debated throughout the
i( 1 country, and which Is about to rccclTO hero
i I In New York the most decisive judgment
' J ? of the year.
' What member of the Citizens' Union will
" i mako himself conspicuous as a sensible
i ''. patriot and a public-spirited citizen by de-
j i Glaring himself to be a friend of the good
. i. Rovernment represented by the Republican
T, party and renouncing his allegiance to n
; '" movement which, in Its hostility to He-
': pnbllcanism, differs from Tammany In Its
' ; mode of warfare only ?
; v. Here is an extraordinary opportunity for
, : men who unfortunately joined tho Citizens'
'i Union, to leave it amidst tho sincere np-
i 5 plause of every genuine lover of the greater
; J? city of New York.
y Would Austria Help Spain?
I What is the basis for tho hints now and
then dropped at Madrid that Spain may
not be unassisted, should sho bo driven
" Into warwlth the UnitedStntes.andforthe
, occasional reports from Vienna that Aus
tria would not allow the Spanish monarchy
to contend against such oddsalone? It will
he found upon reflection that, while the
wish may be father to the thought, so far
as Madrid officials are concerned, there is,
at the same time, some sentimental founda
tion for the notion that the Hapsburg
Kaiser might be strongly Impelled to aid
tho Queen Regent CnniSTlNA, who is an
Austrian Archduchess, should the stability
of her sou's throne be threatened, as it
might be in the event of an unsuccessful
conflict with our republic.
-The Hapsburos have no reason to liko
tho United States. There is, In the first
place, a profound and irreconcilable, antag
onism between our free institutions and
tho absolutist principles which have been
( discarded only with reluctance and In part
at Vienna. If there is, however, bad blood
botween us, it is due to something less ab
stract and vague than the repugnance ex
cited by our political system. It fell to our
lot to thwart, or to help to thwart, a far
rcachlng design of Austria's In the first
quarter of this century, and wo have given
t bar grave cause of offence on three subse
t quent occasions.
( ' It Is known that Austria, under tho
guidance of Metteiujicii, was the soul
of the Holy Alliance, and that, after sho
had accepted tho commission to stamp out
liberalism in Italy, and had forced the re
stored Bourbon monarchy in France to
crush the Constitutionalists In Spain, she
contemplated the employment of the mili
tary and naval force of the Alliance for
the resubjugation of Spanish America.
- "When we recall with what stubbornness
and amid what domestic difficulties
jrjs: ' Spain herself had kept up tho struggle,
' ' and how she seemed more than once upon
' i yiepolntof regaining control of Venezuela,
i . , c of Mexico and of Peru, we cannot doubt
'. S1 that tho Hapsburg plan, had it been reso-
' r lutely tried, and had It met with no resist
i f' ,, stnee except from the revolutionists, would
' h, i have been carried out. It was not tried,
$ because two Irresistible maritime powers
; act themselves against It, to-wit, Kngland,
iS and the United States under tho direction
I of James Monroe and his Secretary of
i j State, John Quinoy Adams. The cotipera-
. fjO i tlon ot this country was on essential factor,
,f7 for, without It, Canning would not have
; sjj ventured to defy Tory sentiment at West-
" a minster, and the strong influence still ex-
'' ' erted upon the mind of tho English sov-
. ' $ erelgn by his former allies upon the Contl-
; ; naat. Mbtternioh, thereforo, who saw to
, J bis chagrin "a new world called Into
& existence to balance the old," had good
; itv ground for regarding the United States
'Pc with peculiar animosity.
K About a quarter of a century later took
1 place the insurrection of the Magyars,
V 11 which led, presently, to the proclamation
L 1 ' Hungarian republic under tho Prebl-
wK doncy of KosauTn. The new common-
IJMV' Trealth naturally desired its independence to
fjjjft; be recognized by Its prototype on this sldo
re li ' tb" AtIant'c' ancl BO intense and wide
JtfA apread was the sympathy of our peoplo for
M: the Hungarian cause that ourStnto Depart.
Kf;, ment despatched an agent to Kuropo for tho
Hh purpose of ascertaining, by personal obser-
WBj vatlon, whether the state of things In
Im Hungary would justify such a proceeding
fjjt on our part. The step Imparted not
Hk little encouragement to tho Magyars,
ijfcf who, but for Russia's Intervention,
J ftp would probably have inado good their
HUb atand against Austrian domination. On
f'Jjl the other hand It gavo umbrage to the
'm. Court of Vienna, and, when remonstrances
p'E. vrero unheeded, the Hai.siiuuus and their
iT& advisers made no secret of tho irritation
jMf' wntcn our attitude had aroused, This irri-
M'k tatlon became exasperation, and, Indeed,
Hi flamed forth In a fury of Impotent resent-
4 uient when a certain Incident, still com-
Wtti memorated In our school histories, oc-
K ' curred at Smyrna. Wo refer to the gallant
HP net performed by Capt. Inghaiiam, when,
mkp liy the threat of a broadside, he compelled
mi an Austrian war vessel to surrenilcr thu
l ; person of Martin Kustza, a Hungarian
fkj refugee who had more or less claim io bo
Pi j considered as an American citlmi.
mbl The humiliation Kulfered by Austria on
f the occasion Just uumed left a sting, which
'M c continued to rankle until the thought of It
W'l ' wm lost In the shock of a terrlblu disaster
M which befell the Imperial House, and for
i " i wlitca & United States was held responsl.
m i
blc. Had we not, after the cloio of our
civil wor, when rt request from u was a
command, Invited NArol.l.o.v III. to with
draw his troops from Mexico, tho Kmpcror
Maximilian, who was, It will bo remem
bered, u brother of t lie present Hnpsburg
Kaiser, mlKht have kept his throne and his
life. Them is no doubt that Austria, at
that juncture, would gladly h.ivo mmle
common cause with France, had tho latter
power deemed It prudent to confront
our hostility. Hut as Napoleon HI. recog
nized that Just then, both at sea and
on tho land, wo were Incomparably the
strongest power on earth, tho Hapsburg
Kaiser had to leavo his brother at the
mercy of the Mexicans and to writhe under
tho bitter knowledgo that an Austrian
arrhduko could be executed with Impunity.
As wo havo not made, and could not make,
any attempt to deny our moral account
ability for the fato of tho unhappy Maxi
milian, it would bo not surprising If a
species of family feud Bhould exist between
thu llAl'snuitns and the American Common-
wcaitn. Aim it may wcu seem to tuo mem
bers of that Houso that wo exert a fatal In
fluence upon Its fortunes, now that, through
our prospective Intervention In Cuba, tho
unity of tho Spanish monarchy la seriously
menaced, and with It the permanence of
Archduchess Christina's throne.
Such Is tho sentimental basis for the re
ports which attribute to Emperor Francis
JosKru an Intention of assisting Spain,
should tho latter power feel Itself con
strained, by prldo or a false sense of honor,
to fight tbo United States. Tho Austrian
navy, however, is an indispensable part of
tho collective naval force of the Triple Alli
ance, which, at best, Is far too weak to copo
with that of tho Franco-Russian League.
Wo may bo certain, therefore, that both
Germany and Italy would vehemently pro
test against an employment of that navy,
which would involvo Its certain impair
ment and its possible destruction. Nor is
Itevcn conceivable that Francis Joseph
could persuade, tho Triple Alliance to act
against us as a whole. That would bo a
tempting of Providence which even Kaiser
William II. would not risk, for, thereby,
the vast wealth and population of the United
States would bo thrown into the eagerly
outstretched arms of France and Russia.
Mr. Low as He Is.
The attendant of the high Mugwump
shrine In New Kngland, the Boston Herald,
chants the cult's new hymn and chal
lenges a little reflection when it says that
" Seth Low has backbone."
No doubt; but its extraordinary flexi
bility is shown by most of Mr. Low's public
or semi-public performances. As Is usual
In tho case of an individual who becomes
the centre of emotional adulation as pos
sessed of tho nobler qualities in an unap
proachably high degree, Mr. Low is a
sinuous sort of person, whoso mind is con
stantly occupied inoro with the politic
than with thu right, and whose acts, in
stead of being perfectly straight, havo usu
ally a twist in them.
Mr. Low let it be understood, when
accepting tho trust of Columbia's Presi
dency, that that honored place was his
career. Since then probably nine moments
out of ten of bis thinking time have been
devoted to the political future to which
Columbia might help him.
When the supporters of the Greater New
York were struggling to get the charter
adopted, Mr. Setii Low's brother wasstren
uously working against it In Brooklyn, and
Mr. Setii Low stood in between the char
ter's friends and foes by urging the com
promise of a referendum.
As a member of the Charter Commission
Mr. Low could not quite walk without a
wabble. AVc suppose no member of that
Commission looked upon the charter as
perfect, yet the majority of them. Includ
ing tho Hon. Benjamin F. Tracy, being
straightforward men, supported the char
ter loyally with their signatures. It re
mained for Mr. Lowand bis queer old coun
terpart, the Hon. William L. Strong, to
sign with qualifications, so that the full
weight of failure, if failure was to be,
should not rest upon their shoulders.
When the Citizens' Union asked Mr. Low
to bo Its candidate he executed a little
pirouette before their admiring eyes, and
said that bis devotion to the cause de
manded that tho candidate be a unifying
force. Was he tho unifying force! A little
later, when It was apparent that the bulk
of the constltuencyto which Mr.Lowknew
that ho would have to appeal, namely, the
Republican vote, would declare Itself against
him, he saw that it was "now or never,"
and accepted tho nomination. He gave as an
excuse the petition in his favor, although
he knew as well as other men that it was
signed on tne understanding that he would
not run as a dlsunlfyiug force. He took
refuge, whenaccepting, in the "fearofGoD"
and In tho "changed conditions," though
In what the situation was changed was not
explained. Mr. Low did nothave the back
bone to stand by his first words.
A storm wave swept along Mr. Low's
backbone when he, as an avowed candidate
in politics, announced his Intention to re
sign from tho Presidency of Columbia, Not
many days passed before Mr. Low put bis
conclusion to retire with the proviso, "If
tho trustees should accept tho resignation."
Of course that was as good as notice to
them that ho does not want them to accept
his resignation. It will not bo offered In
good faith. If Columblashould Indicate that
Mr. Low is not Indispensable and that she
Is willing to part with him before the last
moment of absolute necessity, It would be
a blow to his canvass. Columbia becomes,
therefore, perforce, a factor In polltlcs.wlth
Mr. Low as a partner. Of course there is
not much chance that the dignity of tho
university will be upheld by the trustees
as against tho interests of Sir. Low's am
bition for public office. Mr. Low has got
tho trustees of Columbia as ho baa got the
Citizens' Union.
The boy who In his college life did not
diKplay moro genuine manliness and moral
stamina than the Hon. Setii Low would
be despised by his fellows. The new Mug
wump Idol is stuffed to bursting.
Tho Itoturn to Palestine.
The ofllcial report of tho Zionist Congress
recently held at Basle, n Switzerland, has
been published in pamphlet form by the
London Jnrlah Cirontclr. As there are
passages In it that cast more light upon the
Zionist movement than lias previously been
nbtaluublo we print an abridgment of the
document iu another place.
It Is not surprising that the Jewish
people of this country, who number prob
ably a million, stund aloof from Zionism
even though thoy have kept a close watch
upon it ever since It was put Into its pres
ent shape a ,few months ago. At the con
gress there wcro but two men from the
United States, ono of them a Baltimore
rabbi and the other a. New York lawyer,
and we may remark that this lawyer
made e. statement which was certain
ly not Justifiable when lie said that
twenty-fire per cent, of the Jowlsh Immi
grants living In this country are desirous
of returning to Palestine, and that tho
other seventy-five per cent, of them would
yet entertain the samo desire. This sweep
ing statement is ono .about which wo need
only to observe that it is irreconcilable with
the circumstance that nearly tho wholo
body of tho rabbinate and nearly every
Jewish organ in this country are against
Zionism, strongly opposed to Its prlnclplo
and its purpose, and havo denounced or
ridiculed It as wrongful mid foolish.
It appoars that tho Baslo congress failed
to carry out tho object for which it had
been called; that It was mado up of Incon
gruous elements, orthodox members and
secularists, political conservatives and
radicals; that tho Idea of founding o,
Jowlsh State In Palestine was aban
doned, and that nothing of n practical
character was accomplished for Zion
ism. Until we perused tho pamphlet re
port of Its proceedings wo wcro unnwaro
how far tho results of tho congross had
fallen Bhort of the prospectus prepared for
It, or to what extent the plans of Its organ
izers wcro shattered.
It was made manifest at tho congress
that modern Judaism Is not to bo used In
the Interest of the Impracticable and erratic
schema of Dr. Uerzl.
Our Naval Force at Honolulu.
Although tho plan to send tho great bat
tleship Oregon to Honolulu has been post
poned, the hurried despatch of the gunboat
Wheeling thither from San Francisco and
tho almost simultaneous departure of the
Yorktown from tho Asiatic station for tho
same point, show that the Administration
will not neglect Hawaii.
We have now in Hawaiian waters tho
crulBer Philadelphia and the gunboat Ben
nington. The former is to come homo for
docking, but she will be replaced forthwith
by tho Baltimore, which Is bigger and
faster and carries a more powerful battery.
It is expected that tho crew of the Phila
delphia will be available for the Baltimore,
and tho Wheeling has also takon out more
men for the Yorktown. The Philadelphia
will not start homeward until the York
town reaches Honolulu, so that the latter
and her sister ship, the Bennington, with
tho Wheeling, will be on guard until the
Baltimore gets there. This new step of
sending out the Wheeling to aid them Is
really tho most significant feature of tho
affair, since it betrays so plainly the care
with which the Administration Is watch
ing events In Honolulu, and Its determina
tion not to be taken by surprise during tho
short interval that now remains before the
annexation of tho islands.
The Wheeling, it is understood, had been
assigned to relievo the Concord at Sitka,
although one report bad represented her as
likely, after an experimental trip to San
Diego, to continue southward and join the
Alert In Guatemalan waters. Her start for
Honolulu In place of performing either of
those tasks shows that every precaution
will bo taken to keep up our strength in
Hawaiian waters.
If the Philadelphia does not hurry bock,
we shall havo there, for a time, that cruiser
and the three gunboats Bennington, York
town, and Wheeling. When she does sail
for Marc Island the Baltimore will bo
hurried back to take her place, be
cause the Naniwa is armed with much
heavier rifles than any of tho three
gunboats. Tho Baltlmoro is bigger
than the Naniwa, and probably could take
care of her alone, both being unarmored
vessels. When the Yorktown resumes her
homeward voyage we shall still have left
at Honolulu thu Baltimore, Bennington,
and Wheeling, at least until the last departs
for Alaska, Meanwhile, should the Naniwa,
which Is understood to have gone home
for docking, reappear at Honolulu with a
powerful consort, the Oregon will be ready
to restore the balance in our favor.
It Ib safe, in a word, to assume that, at
any cost, ours will be made and kept the
dominant naval force In Hawaiian waters.
The Islands are to come under our flag, and
we shall tuke no chances of aplot or an ac
cident to prevent this result.
The Trained Nurse In Poetry.
Mr. IlEitnERT W. A. Wilson adorns the
WestminMer Review with a really monu
mental article on "Tho Moral Influence of
the Trained Nurse." Of the usefulness, the
skill, and the faithfulness of the trained
nurse it would be a wasto of words to
speak, either In America or Kuropo. Of
Mr. Hsrdert W. A. Wilson as a eulogist
of the trained nurse, it Is a pleasure to
speak, even without his own splendor of
language. In this country tho position of
the trained nurse Is secure, quiet, honora
ble, and full of public respect. In England
she "stands amid a blaze of notoriety," nt
least Mr. Wilson says so; and " at tho
height of her fame the trained nurse totters
with shivering vacillation on the very brink
of a precipice." In tho United States a
trained nurse, combining much of the skill
of the physician with ail of tho tenderness
of the woman, never vacillates on the very
brink, or anywhere else. She does what
she Is ordered to do, and beyond that what
her education and experience ho,vo shown
her to be right under the circumstances.
In Kngland sho seems to bo tho victim of
what Mr. Wilson, a highly untrained
nurse of style, regards as "realism." Hear
him and perpend:
" Id our demand for thu truth w ihould not Torn
that retllim, u It U iHplrd at tbo protrnt time,
! gro mUlntorprrtatlon ind unparalleled exc
((ration. IU practical itemonitratlon violate! Iu
own fundamental principles. It U a malignant dlt
eate, a mm of aqualld corruption, oaloulated not
onlr to frustrate tl own purpoaen but to dritror
thu finer lenilbtlltlea of human nature. It tendi
toward the annihilation of the nobleit qualities in
herent In the charaoter of man. Ucallim In the ab
stract li realltT.trutni neither Idealisation nordegra
datlon, neither eiaggeratlou nor misrepresentation.
It Includes all realltr, all truth. Not tho part, but
the wholei the elevated as well as the drgradrd,
aspiration as welt aa degeneration, light as well
aa darkness, strength aa well as weakness, virtue
as well as vice, the spiritual aa well as the
material, moral excellence at ncll as dissolute de
terioration. As It Is presented to daj It 1 the elim
ination of the eood and beautiful to the undue i-l il.o
ratlon and display of the ovll and uglv, the magnified
representation of the darker phases of human Ufa
and character to the rejection of Its nobler attributes.
It la the manner of the times to drag out the life and
character, publlo and private, or any persons holding
prominent and honorable positions, especially minis
ters and nurses or others engaged In pbllantbroplo
work, before the Ijrnx eves of critical gossips to dis
sect, detail bjr detail, to the most slender thread,
and when that thread snaps these hold up their hands
la sanctimonious, sacerdotal horror "
We don't understand what this is all
about, but we submit It respectfully as a
specimen of the work of on untrained nurse
of style. Mr. Wilson mentions tho em
inent Mr, Hall Caine. and has evidently
studied what may be called tho sentimental
old clo' manner of that Isle of Man literary
auctioneer. For example ;
"How far the Indictment of the modern private
trained nurse U trot, so far doe It Indicate the rotten
i
condltton of the social standard of rnoralltjr, and tho
dangerous elasticity of the pnblls conscience. The
(a;, flippant doll la the outcome of the demand of a
section of society, who, with a profound respect for
clothes and external superficialities, prefer a walk
ing costumier's and haberdasher's show model of
questionable capability and shady reputation to the
raoflt skilful and honorable woman the profession
could furnish. Light as air, her character la equally
weak. With that genial good nature which, while It
wins the good will of all by Its undlsgulied efforts to
Ik- agreeable, falls, by reason of Its vacillation and
Indecision, to awaken enthusiasm for anything
or to exert those Impulses which are capable
of attracting, diverting, or repulsing In virtue of the
strength of unwavering spontaneous resolutions and
opinions, the peculiar distinctive characterises of
clearly defined personality) thst one redeeming fea
ture, by Its exaggeration and perversion, becomes her
temptation to the neglect of duty. Exhausted of alt
that constitutes her true strength, she Is thin and
empty as the ethert fluent In the expression of pretty
flatteries as Insipid as they are devoid of sincerity,
with that superficiality of manner and motive which,
like varnish and veneer, will not bear too cloee
scrutiny, she Is as thoughtless and reckless aa
her brains are vacuous and her hands unskilled. Aa
the May belle of a. fashionable drawing room, plum
ing her feathers, cutting pretty figures, beam
In Insinuating smites, seeking only to amuse
an I In amused, she la the attraction of a
hundred youths whose ntsots may be liberally
estimated commercially at the net value of their outer
garments minus a conslderahlo account for cigars and
pante Jewels, and Intellectually as an Intimate ac
quaintance with the latest sentimental or sexual
novel, popular play, or society scandalt but In the
sick room her presence Is a hideous mockery and un
qualified hypocrisy,"
What Is this all ahoutf Possibly about
somo of Caine's heroines, although we
should novcr suspect them of being trained
nurses of anything except paresis and the
Surrey melodrama. Wo have read Mr. WlL
bon's articlo backward and forward with
equal happiness, but, after all, It is as an un
trained nurse nf literature that ho Is at his
highest pressure. Observe and preserve:
"Out of tho scores who enter the ministry, few at
tain tho Drat rank and become a Dr. PaBKta, a Dean
Fariuii, or u niahop DoTn-CaRrxxrca. Of the hun
dreds who become electricians, we hare but one EDI
wis. SiiAXxarEinc. Davrt, Dnowstso, Txxitvsoi, and
Lewis Monnia stand in poetry far ahead of the thou
sands who dabble In verse.'
Tho Illustrious Dr. Parker, Tabernacle
Joe, Is well known toall admircrsof genius
In London and Brooklyn, as well as to
Major Pond, who llkewlso knows Mr.
Fakrar, whose modesty of terms as a leo
turer in the United States is only equalled
by the severity of his literary style and tho
accuracy of his scholarship. Dr. Carpen
ter, who doesn't seem to be entitled to a
hyphen, Is the Bishop of Ripon and the
author of " Truth In Talo " and other works
which he will not willingly let die. Butlt
Is when Mr. Wilson exhibits Sir Lewis
Morris, the Welsh manufacturer of club
feet, as a member of a poetical syndicate
with Shakespeare, Dante, Browning,
and Tennyson, that the heart yearns most
for the untrained nurse of style. You seo
tho great singers In Elysium or Limbo.
Shakespeare Is too much interested in tho
works of the Hon. Ignatius Donnelly to
bo excited by Mr. Wilson's article, Ten
nyson is declaiming his own verses.
BltowNlNO, a flagon of port by his side. Is
chuckling over the recently published pro
ceedings and thoughtsof the Boston Brown
ing Society. Only Dante has any time to
Bpare. He neverreads tho Innumerable miles
of stuff about him wherewith posterity
honors him and bores Itself. He finds him
self catalogued by the deft hand of Mr.
Wtilson as an equal of the Welsh manufac
turer of club feet, and ho " smiles for pride
In fame," more genially than he smiled
when the Florentine women said that his
dark complexion had been gained in hell.
Reformers with Gooscflesh.
It is painful to notice that there Is a dif
ficulty among the saviors of society. The
saviors of ttociety are otherwise- called the
Exectttivo Committee of the Citizens'
Union, and among them are such men as
the Hon. J. Kennedy Tod, the Hon. John
Columbcs Clark, tho Hon. James B.
IlETNOi.ns, the Hon. John B. Pins, and
the Hon. HintAiti) Watson Gilder, the
sweetest cicada of reform. When such men
arc In diftlculty, it must be a very difficult
difficulty. It is: Shall they nominate or
inilorHe a full ticket? That is their ques
tion and their difficulty.
Wo revero these eminent friends of re
form and their associates an much as any
body else can, but we must reprove them
for faintuess of heart and lack of knowl
edge of their own strength. Tho election
laws of the State of New York are good to
the saviors of society. It takes only 2,000
signatures to get a certificate of an Inde
pendent county nomination. It takes only
1,000 names to get a certificate of an Inde
pendent district nomination.
Why, then, does doubt furrow the earnest
brows of the Hon. J. Kennedy Tod tt alt
Is It so much trnnblo to ant " Onn nr l rtrtn
-- , -. .,uuw
signatures in support of a great popular
movement T
Heinember the city directory and be brave.
And remember the enterprising canvassers
who have done such noble work already at
three cents a name.
Since tho National Board of Trade of
Cycle Manufacturers decided, at Its last meet
ing, not to sanction bicycle shows during tho
scanon of 1807-H8, many wheelmakere have been
sad and dlaronsolate. How Is tbo superiority of
their new uiuchlnes to bo Impressed upon tho
public unless they can bo exhibited elds by sldo
with tlio wheels ot other makes I That la the
question. Tho board argues that the bicycle
shows laat year were unprofitable and that it
notilrt bo unwise to repeat them.
It is said that tho Sportsmen's Association,
which will hold Its fourth annual exhibition In
Madison Hquaro Garden from Jan. 13 to 22, will
also nrranito to run a bicycle show at the same
time. This movement. It Is reported, has been
brought about at the earnest requestor several
of tho most prominent bicycle manufacturers,
v. ho are unwilling- to abide by tho decision of
the National Board. In Chicago preparations
are niaklnp; for a large exhibit, and there Is
reason to believe that the same course will be
taken by the cycle boards of trade in numerous
other cities.
Manufacturers, however, aro not tho only
ones who ato yearning for bicycle shone. What
would the wheelmen havo to talk about, and
what would the wheelwomen do for stickpins,
badges, fancy catalogues, and souvenir buttons
If bicycle shows were to cease I Ilesldes, unless
the wheels that are to bo used next spring are
on exhibition beforehand, how Is the public to
know the shape of tho now handle liars, or
whether tho vertebra of the '08 scoichcr will be
Inclined to an angle of forty-five or one hundred
degrees I
The Chicago City Hall Is to be Illuminated
by a new splendor. The scrubwomen, janitors,
and elevator men are to wear uniforms of much
beauty. The scrubwomen will wear blue gowns,
whilo aprons, and "daluty caps," a costume
which cannot fall to mako thera look better aad
to Impreea and gratify all visitors to the City
Hall, Tho Janitors will don bluo blouses and
Maikcnps, a raiment scarcely suitable to their
employment. They should hate bluo swallow
tall lonts, with brass buttons, blue velvet small
clothes, while Bilk stockings and bucklod shoes,
and their sublime beads should bo roofed with
cockril hats. A blouse is too civilian and plebe
ian for Janitor of the Chicago City Hall, The
elevator men are to h ve a " blue coat, trimmed
with gold braid and brass I uttoni, snl n white
cap.' A most Be Uvo ostume. Tao mere
lghtollt Trill be eniottr.glng to th elevator
and will at the same time humble the passenger.
Still, the elevator men In blue ought to be pro
vided with trumpets. Then they could call the
rjtrlousjnoorswlth dignity and sonority
A "Reformed Goo Goo" asks us to de
cide which Is tho legitimate and onlrgenulno
exponent of non-partlsanshlp, Dr. Setii Low or
tho Hon. Patrick Jerome Oleason. "If I
were still n Goo Goo," he says, "I shouldn't
know which of tho two IUcmtoNDS In tho field
to voto for. Plonso pick out ono of thorn." This
Is a matter upon which we must decline to give
an opinion, It should b refcrrod to arbitra
tion or to a Jury of experts. Iloth Dr. I3W
and Mayor Glearon nro eminent educators,
handsome men, and candidates by petition,
Mr. Glkasok Is tho more original, forcible, and
resolute, but, on tho other hand, Dr. Low Is
stronger among tho voters who don't voto.
Tho lord of Long Island City can mako tho
better speech, but the don of Mornlngsldo can
write moro letters. Tho Mayor Is poetry; tho
ex-Mayor Is prose. Tho Mayor Is surrounded
by cnthuslastlo friends. Tho ex-Mayor hns dis
ciples, but no friends. Tho principle which Is
supported by two such men must bo of a singu
lar quality.
The falling of n pin can bo heard In Bos
ton to-day. Tho trolley cars ore hopelessly
blocked In front of tho bulletin boards. In tho
spas and beanertes anxious thousands arc wait
ing for news of the groat game. The roar of
trafuo In Chelsea Is silent. Agitation gnaws
at the bosom of placid CambrlilgeDort. From
out the branches of tholr a-enoaloglcal forests
tho residents of Hrookllne peek almost with
eagerness nt the barbarian world. The gills ot
tne Sacred Codfish In Boston State House aro
flushed with apoplectic expectation. Massachu
setts expects bor nine to do Its duty.
This may bo an eventful Monday for
the Hon. UoOKit Qcari.es Mills, the Corslcnna
ConnitN, Tho well on his 1,000-acre tract near
Corslcnna "Is down over 000 feet, and tho con
tractors expect to strlko oil on Monday." If
they strike It In quantities to suit, other wells
will be put down, and an oil plutocracy will
arise, and the unfortunate Mr. Mills, as heat
ed a pursuer of plutocrats as there Is In tho
business, will be forced to become a plutocrat
himself. The prospect fills him with alarm.
He cannot but hope that the oil will fall to flow
and refueo to be pumped. Hut what right has a
pursuer of plutocrats to own one thousand acres
of land! Two acres and a half, city property
preferred, should be tho limit of his holdings.
A man with a thousand acres cannot help being
a monopolist and an oppressor.
The so-called labor convention which is
to meet for conversational purposes In Chicago
to-day can be depended upon to produce larso
loads of property fire and thunder, and thcro
will be general surprise If there Is not a heavy
rainfall when the resolutions aro read. In the
matter of resolutions much will be expected of
this meeting, and the preambles ought to fall
with a sound as of a thirty-story building. It
has been said that tho Are-tipped resolvors who
are about to project themselves upon the world
from Chicago represent nobody but themaehes
and are disowned by responsible labor societies;
but this will not diminish their power of detona
tion. It does them good to explode and it will
not hurt anybody else.
It Is surprising to find In a careful and
conservative journal like tho St. Loutt Globe
Democrat thle calumnious assertion about tho
head of the Peripatetic school of silver philoso
phers: "As lone ss Mr. Bar a can make tSOO a day with a
speech, his fine flew of spirits will continue."
Mr. Bryan's fine flow of spirits continues be
cause he la gratified by the success of his ere-
diction that wheat would fall to twenty-flvo
cents a bushel If Mr. McKinlet was elected.
Persons guilty of making $500 a day have to be
catalogued as plutocrats and are objects of
scorn and wrath to Mr. Bryan. It Is needlets
to tay that he does not scorn and is not angry
with himself. Far from it. Ho Is reasonably
well pleased with himself, and ho could not he
so if he were a plutocrat. How many times shall
we havo to repeat hat Mr. Bryan does not
take but gives pay for making speeches I
Tho Hon. Horace Leonid is Chapman.
the Democratic cnndldnte for Governor of Ohio,
opened the campaign in that State with a tre
mendous speech at Columbus. Ho Is a very
wealthy mine owner, bank President, and so on.
and as prosperous as a man can ask to be, but
he seems to bo unable to find anybody else who
Is prosperous. Give ear to two or three of tho
ululatlons of Horace Leoniiias:
"It la now nearly eleven months since the election,
and "hat haa taken place? Nothing but broken
promises and unredeemed pledg-ea on the part of the
Republican party. There are millions of Idle to day
betTttni for work, many havtns been discharged and
tbrowuout of employment: natiea In almost etrrj
branch of Industry hare been reduced from 10 to 23
percent.; thousands and hundreds of thousands are
tn need. In many sections want prevails for the
necessaries of life, and this In a land of plenty,
favored as no other land ever was, by the bountiful
harvests which Providence has etven us. This ought
to convince every thinking man and woman that
something Is radically wrons;."
A plutocrat at the hoad of an antl-plutocratlo
ticket Is reasonably humorous, but a plutocrat
trying to Induce a contented and prosperous
State to regard itself as laden with calamity, Is
almost unreasonably humorous.
Leadership by ltalnrml Selection.
To Tns Editor or The Son Sir: Every fair
minded man mtiBt acknowledge tbo justice and
every loyal Itepubllcan must view with grati
tude and admiration your editorial articlo re
buking the calumniators of Senator 1'latU
We may assume that to bo a leader Is to bo
maligned. Thn shoulders of Mr. Piatt have for
a long time had to bear tho blame for every fan
cied error In party management, and ho has
been mado tho target of the wrath of every dis
appointed and unsuccessful political schemer,
of all those political Pharisees to whom all gov
ernment Is corrupt unless controlled by them
selves, as well as that of tho enemies of his party
lately mado mor- bitter by defeat.
He has endured It all with Job-like patience
and assiduously continued In bis duty of main
taining the principles and laboring for tho suc
cessor tho party which he Is convinced repre
sents tho best Interests of tho American poople.
That In all their denunciation and abuse his
enemies have been unable to mako any chargo
against him that would stain tho highest stand
ard of honor and Integrity Is remarkable. That
thoughtful and Intelligent persons should en
dure and Join In unjust and senseless attacks
upon blm Is deplor iblo.
If he Is a leader. It Is only because his marked
ability, his untiring energy, his experienced
judgment, his loyalty and faithfulness, have
been recognized by his political associates and
havo won for him tho position.
A political leader, particularly in tho State of
New York, Is pre-eminently tho result of nat
ural selection. A leader Is also a party neces
sity. No party can achieve any continued suc
cess without the concert and unanimity which
can only bo obtained through confidence in and
reliance upon a chief.
Admirers of Mr. Plait have long; chafed at the
Insidious attacks upon him. Your tribute to his
worth and abilities at this late, but opportune,
tlmo should he appreciated by overy reader, and
It Is to be hoped that it will confound his foes,
and add. If possible, to the cnthuslastlo ardor
and unwavering fealty of his numerous friends.
II. G. Harms.
137 Broadway, New York, Sept. 25.
aslaX's Tame Uanae.
From th London Daily .Vetrs.
While a cricket match waa In progress on the
ground of the East Molesey C. C near the Hurst
l'ark race course, a covey of youni partrldgea flew
on to the around and alighted among the playeis.
Several of the birds were captured.
Una inralllhle Teat.
Trom tht Chicago Vailif TWbune.
" What do you consider the most absolutely certain
way to distinguish toadstools from mushrooms?"
" Cook them, get some other man to tat them, and
than watch his symptoms." , u
I obaxt, jonxBoir, utrn BTAxroir.
The Hea. Jere C Garhnm Repllee to Coa.
ftcnoneld.
To ttie EnrrOROrTnEBiW Sir: In the Cen
tury Magazine of August Oon. Schofleld stated
that "oarlyln August, 1807." Oon. Grant an
nouneod his Intention to demand that President
Johnson either remove Socrotary Stanton or
accept bis (Oon. Grant's) resignation. Had no
dato boen given by Gen. Sell o field I should hnvo
attempted no criticism at tho time upon his
articlo; but, as If to prccludo tbo possibility of a j
mlstako ns to tho dato. ho followed It up by tbo j
elntcuient that a few days later Socretary HLtn- j
ton wns susnended and Gon. Grant appointed
Secretary of War nil interim. Ho then said;
"Up to this lime Gen. Or nt's relations with
tho President hnd not been unfriendly, and It
seems more than probable that his demand was
used as a sufllclent reason fordoing what would
not otherwise, hnvo been done, namely, tho ro
moval of Socretary Stanton." Ho further says
that for roasons stated by him "tho original
cnuso of Stanton's removal, which led to John
son s Inipcnclimcnt, was lost sight of nnd never
becamo public."
In reply to this posltlvo nnd circumstantial
Blateuicnt of Gen. Schollold. I cited a letter
from Gen. Grant to tho President, dated Aug. 1.
1H07, energetically protesting against Mr. Stan
ton's removal. I quoted that portion of the let
ter relating to Mr. Stanton, and stated that fol
lowing that was a remonstrance against tho
' removal of Gen. Shorldnn from tho command of
tho Fifth Military district, I then said that, to
show that Gen. Grant did not change his mind
on tho subject between Aug. 1 and the date of
Mr. Stanton's suspension on tho 12tb, it was
i "only nocessary to read Gen. Grant's letter to
tho President of Aug. 17, in which be refers to
his letter ot tho 1st as having been written
'when first consulted on tho subject of the
chango In tho War Department,' and reaf
firms It."
Gen. Schofleld, In The Sdn of the 23d Inst,
replies to my criticism. Following are tho
' points of his reply:
First, that Gen. Grant's letter of Aug. 17 did
not reafllrm his protest of Aug. 1, against Stan
ton's removal.
Socondly, that Johnson yielded to Grant's
objections to tho removnl by suspending in
stead of removing him; and,
Thirdly, that his recollection of the events Is
more accurato than my reading of tho publlo
records, nnd that his recollection "may nave
been Inaccurate as to a date, but not as to any
substantial fact,"
As to tho first point, I have to say that Gen.
Grant's letter of Aug. 1 was a remonstrance
against the removal of either Socretary Stanton
or Ucn. Sheridan. The letter of Aug. 17 related
to tho removal of Gen. Sheridan only, Mr. Stan
ton havlntr already been suspended. In this
Inst letter Gon. Grant said: "I beg to refer to a
letter marked 'Private' which I wrote to the
' President when first consulted on tho subject of
I tho chango In tho War Department, It bears
upon the subject ot this removal, and I bad
hoped would have presented It." Gen. Grant's
letter of Aug. 1, which he thus requested the
President to consult before acting on Gen,
Sheridan's removal, contained tho following:
In conclusion allow me to say aa a friend desiring
peace and quiet, the welfare of the whole country
North and South, that It la, tn my opinion, more than
the loyal people of this country (I mean those who
supported the Government during the great rebellion)
wilt quietly suhmlt to, to see the very men, of all
others whom they havo expressed confidence In. re
moved. Stanton and Sheridan, being the only persons
alluded to In this letter, must necessarily have
been "tho very men of all others" whose re
moval. Gen. Grant thought, would bo sodisturb
ing to the peace nnd quiet of the wholo country.
Tbey were the men whoso removal, he thought,
the loyal people of the country would not qulct-
lysuhmltto. These burning words were a part
of Gen. Grant's protest against the removal of
Sunton and Sheridan. When, therefore. Gen.
Grant, on the 17th of August, referred the Pres
ident to his previous letter of Aug. 1, ho re-
i afllrincd not only its separate protest against
Sheridan's removal, but also that portion of tho
letter in which tho protest was applied to them
Jointly and inseparably. This rearflrmance was
an Incident only, and an unavoidable one, to tho
prutesr ho wn renew ing against the removal of
ucn. Sheridan. My slatem-nt was not that Gen.
Grant, lit his seio.irt letter, reatlirmed his protest
of Auir. 1 nirmnst Stanton's removal, but that ho
reaffirmed (he letter which contained that
protest unions other things.
Aa to the sctond point, that Johnson yielded
to Grant's objections to the rem val of Stanton,
nnd suspended instead of removing him. Gen.
Schotleld cites as his authority for this state-
' ment Gen. Grant's letter to Johnson dated Feb.
3. 18IW. in McPhcrson's "History of Kecon
struction," at pago 2SB. If the General will
more carefully read this letter be will rind that
Grant's objections to tho suspension were just
ns strong as his objections to the removal. In
support of this I quote from tho letter tho fol
low ing language:
From ourconteraatlona. and my written proteat of
Aug. 1 . 1 -(l7. aga!nt the rrmoval of Mr. Stanton, j ou
must havo known that my greatest objection to his
rrmoval urujjon was the fear that someone
would be appolnD-d In his stead who ould, by oppo
sition to the laws relating to the restoration of tho
southern States to their projier relations to the Oov
ernment, embarraas the army In the performance of
duties especially Impos-d upon It by these laws; and
It waa to prevrnt such an appointment that I ac
cepted the onus? of Secretary of War ltd Interim, and
not f or the purpose nf enabling you to get rid of Mr.
btonton tiy my withholding It from him tn opposl.
tlun to law, or. not doing eo myself, surrendering It
tuone who would, aa the statement and assumptions
tnj our communication p'atnly Indicate was sought.
Language could not bo framed to moro clearly
express Gen. Grant's equal objection to the re
moval or the suspension of Mr. Stanton. Stan
ton's suspension, instead of his removnl, was
not. thereforo, it yielding by ihe President to
the objections of Gen. Grant,
As to the third point, that my reading of tbo
public records has been less accurato than his
recollection of the events, and that while his
recollection may havo been Inaceurnte as to
dato It hns not been bo ns to any substantial
fact, I think 1 havo shown that my reading of
tho records has been entirely nccurate. Gon.
Grant did. In his letter of Aug. 17. reanlrm his
loiter to President Jobnsonof Aug, 1, and Presi
dent Johnson hnd not In tho meantime vielded
to Gen. Grant's objections to his course toward
.Manton. Asto "tho substantial fact." It would
bean interesting contribution to history If Gen.
Schollold could recall any circumstance which
would tit n his mind at what time Gen. Grnnt
so earnestly desired the removal of Mr. Stan
ton that ho threatened to leavo the head or
tho army unless he could accomplish It. It cer
tainly was not during tho war, for. on the 18th
of .May. 1MI.D, In testifying before tho Committee
on tho Conduct or the War, Gen. Grant said:
So far as the Secretary of War and myaelfare con
cerned he has never Interfered with my duties: never
thrown any outaclrs In the way of supplies 1 have
called lor. Me haa never dictated a course of cam.
palgu to me. and never Inquired wi,m, i WM foln ,
do. He has always seemed satisfied with what I did
and heartily cooperated with me.
Gen. Schofleld nsserts in his article thnt after
President Lincoln's rtenth Secretary Stnnton
' began soon attor tho end or hostllo oporntlons
to resume the exercise or those functions which
had formerly been claimed ns belonging to the
JVnr Department which had been suspended by
President l.lntoln." With this, ho says. Gen.
Grant was "deeply offended." Cpon this point
Gen. Grant himself says in his memoirs;
Owing to his natural disposition to assume all
power and control in all matters that he bad any.
thing to do with, he (Secretary Stanton) twl,3y toot
command of the armies, and while Issuing no orders
on the subject, prohibits I any order from me coin?
cut of tho Adtutant-Oeneral'a office until he ha'd an
proved I . Tils waa .lone by directing the Adjutant
Oenerjl to hol.i any orders that caino front mi l0 t,
Issued through the Adjutant-Oeneral's ofrioe until ha
had esamlned them and given his approval.
Ho says that upon a written remonstrance
from him the Secretary restored him to bis
"rlgh fill position as General-in-Chief of tho
army.' but that " he soon lupscd again and took
control much as before."
It will be observed that what Gen. Grant
characterUed as taking "command of tho
armies" was limited to tho requirement that
the Gneral's orders should not gi out of 'tho
Adjutant-Gencral's oftlee until ho had approved
hem. Ho expressly Btates that Mr. Stanton
Issued no orders on the subject. owuion
(Jen. Grant had, in 1808. placed himself on
record as considering himself bound by tho
orders of the Secretary of War Issued under
the law und customs of the department, so long
us hi. authority to do so was not countermanded
by tho President. This wl I be found In his
M,,.,le:;,0 '"?'' Johnson of Jan. 30. 1808. In
McPherson'a History or Reconstruction." at
pagoU84. Ho also referred to tho Secretary 5,
ar a few days lat-r as his superior otlifer
This was In his letter to tho President of Feb. 3
In which, after charging the President with at.
law,"hosald?V hlm "'" the -esIstance o"
I am In a measure confirmed In this conclusion h.
your recent orders directing m. to dlwbej 7,5,
from the Secretary of War-n.ysuprorandyour sSC
ordinate without having countemiandid ht. .,,iT
Ity to Issue the orders I ain to dUoKJ? """
This language will bo found on page 287 of
&cll,fr,on 8 "''lory of Iteconstructlon;" I
rhrhVnf ".h .u' K"Ter: ,hst be conceded tho
right or tho War Don ir mint to prevent thn
Thu Hie?.0,' 5'" ow? rfen without Us approval?
Thlsdiffertnoo between Gen. Grant andSecrol
tary Stanton la tho theme it Gen. BchoSeld'a
very interesting Centuru Maaaztnt i article I?
waa. he .uy. Incident to irSito wntroTeriy
sasssaaa&l.al"'' ' ""' as!a.a,...
between tho military administration and Ihe
command" In the army. Ho refers to other
controversies of thossmo kind, In which Gens.
Scott, Sherman, nnd Sheridan wcro Involved.
He says that "long study ot the subjcct.nl the
Instnnco of Gens. Grant nnd Shcrmiin, earnest
clTorls to champion their views, nnd knowledge
of tho causes of their fnllute." led hint to tho
adoptlonof the follnwlniroxpcrlmculal course:
I sent an order In writing Its tho Adjutant-tleneral
din ct Ing lihn ticker, under auvclr.'iiimtnnera, to Issue
an order dictated by me or In my tmiii" without llrt
I laying tt lcfori' the Secretary of War, nnd I imde p
! It known tn all the -tart that I disclaimed the right to li
I Issue any tudi-r without the knowledge of tho l'rest
, dent or the N cretarv
HesasheriKimM this as "the best practical solu
I Hon of a longMandliiit and dangerous controversy,
! an I aa most In mt-ont with tho fundamental prlu
clplrsof our constliiiil, mid (lor rntn nt under which
I tho l'reslilent, whether n soldier or a civilian. Is In
I fact, as well at In tmnic, the Conunandcr-ln Chief of
tho army and uaty.
This final conclusion nrrlvcd nt by Gen. Scho
fleld Is iu strict tinord with tho vlow taken by I
Secretary Stanton on the -Jlst or January, 180'i,
l tho day after his entrance into tho Cabinet of
Mr. Lincoln, mid adhc-u-d to hv him during his
i nduilnlstrntinn of tlio W.ir Dcpnttincnt. Tho
Joint Comtnitleo on tlioCoinluct of tho War (of
whlih Andrew Johiisnti, thin a Senator, was a
memborl had addressed hlm on inquiry tbo day
bolore as tn " v. hetlier there is nnv such ofllco ns
Commaiidcr-in-l'lilef of the nriiiv or tho United
States, or any ttruiln nlmvo llmiur Major-Gen- I
oral I In reply, Mr. .Stnnton furnished the
committee with a "niemoriiiiiluin" Btntlng the
various onncttnenls of tlie I'ontlinntiil Congress
on thosublect of Ihnconiiniiiidnf the army, and
reciting tho fait lint, under Iho Constitution
framed In 17811. the President vti.s Hindu "Com-mnndor-ln-Chlor
or tho army nml n.ivv or the
United States und of the nillilla of tho several
States when called into tho actual sort he of the
United States." Tho llrst order of the War
Department, on tho soennd day of Mr. Stanton's
administration of it. was issued In the name of
the President as Commander-in-Chief of the
arm and navy. His acts as Secretary of War
were the acts of tho President, except In casos
whero duties woro dlroctly Imposed upon him
by law.
The assurance in the letter of Gen. Grant of
Feb. 3, 1809, that tho Secretary of War was ro
gardod by him ns his superior ollloi-r, ami the
nssurnnco by Gon. Schollold In his Century
Mapaztne article that, as Lloutcnnnt-Gcncral
of the army, ho "disclaimed the right to issuo
any ordor to tbo army without tho knowledge of
tho President or tho Secretary of War, aro
strong confirmations of tho correctness of the
great Secretary's understanding of his powers
and duties under tho law. Gkoroe C. Goruam.
Pittsfield, Mass., Sept, -0.
BnA-KESPEAUE'S TEXT BttOItTHAKn.
deramn Rewriting lbs Plava n Bllaabethmn
Tarhyaraphy to Prove Ills Theory.
From the London Standard.
Dr. Eduard Engel has written the following letter
to one of the Berlin newspapers t
M In a lecture I delivered some years ago to the Ber
lin Society ot Stenographers, who use Stolte's
system, I suggested that those accurately acquaint- I
ed with the oldest English shorthand systems of
the sixteenth century should try to ascertain
whether many of the deficiencies of the text
of Shakespeare might net be explained by steno
graphic mistakes. This Idea waa auggested to mo
by the old and welPfoundea conjecture ot Shake
spearean scholars that the oldest copies of bhake
speare'a playa the so-called quartos were printed
from stenographic notes, taken tn the theatre, and
that many of the unlntc-Illglbllltlea ot the text are
due to this. Hy ssrgestlon fell on fruitful soil, and I
have now the pleasure ot making the excellent work
of a young savant, who has thus sprung at one leap
into the ranks of our beat Shakespearean scholars,
known to wider circles. In a series of articles on
bhakespeare and the beginnings of EngUsh stenog
raphy. Berr Kurt Dewlschelt baa proved be
yond the ahadow of a doubt that the quarto
editions of Shakespeare's plays were piratical edi
tions printed from stenographic, notes, that the
stenographic system used was that of Timothy Bright,
who was born In 1030, and that Innumerable mis
takes In the quartos. Innumerable contradictions
twtween them and the flrst authorised folio edi
tion, can be at once and most simply explained by
the defects of that stenographic system and the in
dexterity of the stenographers of that time. Uerr
Dewlschelt has oonflrmed my conjecture almost b
yond my own expectation. He Is at present the only
person who possesses all the requisite qualifications
for this quite new ktnd of text Investigation, and It Is
to be wished that he. with his accurate knowledge ot
the oldest English stenography, combined with solid
Shakespearean scholarship, would subject the texts of
the dramaa to a thorough reinvestigation. The purl
flcatlon of the text of Shakespeare is raised by htm
for the first time from arbitrary fantasticality to the
rank of a strict science, with which, however, only
Shakespearean scholars theoretically and practically
trained tn stenographic questions are at liberty to
busy themselvas. Seldom haa a higher, never has a
more delightful, task fallen to stenography."
Where Labor Arbitration Works.
From Iron and Industrie.
Compulsory arbitration. If such a term can be used,
has uniformly been decried In this country In labor
disputes, but during the short time the arbitration
law haa been in operation In New Zealand It appears
to have worked well. Under the act tn question tho
colony Is dlvl led Into districts. A Board ot Concilia
tion, composed of an equil number of workmen and
employers, can b? constituted In any district, and
over this Is a special e-ntral tribunal, which possesses
appellate functions, and whose decision Is final. The
Arbitration Court Is presided over by a Judge of the Su
preme Court ot New Zealand, and he Is assisted by two
assessors, similar to the practice in our own Admiralty
Court. One of thea assessors Is chovn by the employ
ers, the other by the workmen. The trades unions
have power to sue, and are liable to be themselves
sued, not only the union funds being attachable, but
the Individual members of It responsible to the extent
of 10 each should th common fund fall to cover the
llabl ltles. The penalty for the non-observance of
the award Is limited to f 300. No strike or lockout
has occurred since the act has been In operation.
Hawaiian Woman 133 l'eara Old.
From the San Francitco Chronicle.
TIOSOI.CLU, Sept. 4. The oldest Inhsbltant of
Hawaii, and probably the oldest human twin
in the world who has retained most of her facul
ties. Is a native woman residing In this city, the
story of whose life became known througn the
efforts of Alatau T. Atkinson, editor of tha
HaxraUan Star and general superintendent of
tho census just completed. Her name is Kenoo
leloApau, and her age. from the most authen
tic reckoning, 121 years. Crippled two years
ago by a fall which dislocated her thigh,
this ancient specimen or humanity can
chat Intelligently about eventa that occurred
more than a century ago, can see a
coin in a prospective, donor's hand clear across
the room, and can patch clothing as deftly as
any of her great-groat-grandchlldren. She is
getting purblind, but her general health is good
and hcrappctifefnir. She Is confident that if
she had not had thnt rail she would have been
still able to be useful. She volunteered the in
formation that she remembered the rilcKlnn nf
tbo well In Kau. and that sho was a child nt the
time, similar to a child running about the boti-e.
a child of between O and 7 venrs This event
occurred in 1781. and Isdcscrlbod in Fornanclcr s
History. This would mako bor l'J'J ears old,
according to exact calculation.
Too Mas; to Steal.
From tho Geneva Courier.
The following story of a Yates county farmer
will give one somo idea of tho iinnuin-e yield or
peaches In this section of tho State. The said
farmer had so many peaches that ho did not
know how to get rid of them. Not wanting
them to rot on bis grounds, he picked several
bushel baskets of the fruit. plHced them In his
wagon,,and drovo out Into tho roadway. Ills
plan was to fall asleep by the roadside, so that
tho small boys would have a chance to steal hit
peaches. Upon awaking what was his dis
may to find that tho boys had emptied the fruit
out of the baskets and stolen the baskets.
round Peace la War.
From the Atlanta Comtitutlon.
Peace has come at lost to It. C. Young, the
veteran of ninny hard-fought bittlos and many
domestic Intlllrltics. Yesterday he was granted
a total divorce in tho Superior Court bofore
Judge I.umpkln, and ho departed from tho
Court House wreathed I happy smiles. "The
onlv peace I over found since I was married,"
said oung In his court petition, "was when I
was in tho thick nf the light during 'GO and 'l!
I was then a soldier and as absent from home,''
A Strange Uun Accident,
From fae ATnnsas City Timet.
LAMAIt, Mo.. Sept. 18.-Dnv!d Itcsford. a ret
Went or Liberal, was accidentally shot In the
right breast to-day and died within an hour.
Hotookagtin to tho barnyard to kill a hawk,
and set it down upon the ground, the ruuzzls
resting against his side. Whilo shelling corn
,0li . , "hlckens be dropped an car of corn,
which struck the trigger, discharging the gun.
A Darky. Proor Uea Coop.
JYora the Atlanta Constitution.
A man In Cartcsyllle purchased ho gallows
on which a man was hanged and built a henn.-rv
or the lumber. He has never hud a thickcu
stolen from It, and t is said that tho colorid
brother won t go within a block of It If ho can
possibly avoid doing so.
Demand Tor Old-raabloned Rag Carpet.
From the Kenntbeo Journal.
It Is said tbe old-fashioned rag carpet Is again
coming Into ravor. A South Waldoboro woman
ii.iii0 put ,n B n5w fl' shuttlo loom to stuy
tiy the Increase In orders,
L- : naat.