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Sb Our esteemed contompornry, tlio Bangor
Daft A'eiw, shows hero too great nbsorp-
$1 ' tlon In tho clcctlpn's figures to bo polltl-
(S cally helpful to Its friend tho public :
ftE ' Bryanlsm gained no victory In Tuesday's election."
Mf Bryanlsm gained one Indisputable victory,
fug; tho ImDortaucc of which will bo revealed
jSfc"- later. It compelled tho Courier-Journal,
M' tho leader and head centre of the National
j, Democrats, who had undertaken to defeat
5j the Chicago platform without jolntnghands
H Tf,tn tno Republicans, to give up tho fight,
tvlf- n 'fc hereby revealed how light were the
fcffl& convictions of these so-called honest money
In Democrats, who now return to tho Demo-
Iw cratlc fold prepared to bow to the Chicago
! platform or to Its successor, however ex
travagant. This particular triumph of
Bryanlsm In Kentucky will extend through
out the country.
In the wiping out of the National Demo
, cratio faction there Is compensation for
'' Republicans also. Not every member of
It will yield, like tho Courier-Journal.
Thousands of Democratic supporters of
honest money wlU cling to tho Ideas
for which they fought In 1800, and reso
lutely abandon tho namo for which the
Democrats fought who now submit to
the representatives of Dryanlsm. Thoy
will be Republicans In name as well as In
fact, and, so long as the Democracy Is what
It Is, they will follow tho fortunes of the
Republican party.
And when it comes to discussion of the
essential principles of Jeffcrsonlancquallty
and government, tho Republicans will be
"e" the ones to hold up their heads In prldo at
' bdlng lto defenders, while tho Democrats
t.-.Vb.o navo "Unlisted In tho service qf the
sinister communistic army born at Chicago
will drop their heads In shame.
5' . Government Guaranteed Cnrrcmcy.
In all the schemes proposed for so-called
I "currency reform" by the substitution of
Jt; bank notes for notes Issued by the Govern-
ment, one thing Is observable: they all
h provide that tho bank notes shall be guar-
K , antced by the Government and redeemed
j by It, either In tho first Instance, or after
E- failure to redeem them by the banks.
JBt The most modest of these schemes asks
Jfc only for an amendment of tho National
JS, Bank act, by which the banks shall be pcr-
;jVjl mltted to Issue notes to the amount of 100
jw per cent,, Instead of 00 per cent., as now,
w of the face value of the Government bonds
tzvc deposited as security for them, but still
Irz- i '. leaving them guaranteed, first, by tho Gov
Vm ernment's obligation to pay tho bonds, and,
r If that shall prove Insufficient, owing to a
decline in the market value of the bonds,
then by the direct undertaking of the Gov
ernment to pay the notes, as provided In
section 108 of the Bank act.
Secretary Gage's scheme provides that
tho banks may Issuo notes secured by
Government bonds to the amount of DO per
cent, of their capitals and 25 per cent, more
secured only by the banks' own assets ; and
howould " extend the guarantee of payment
by the Government to all ciiculatlng notes
of tho banks, whether Issued against de
posited security or against assets."
' Now comes Mr. John C. Bullitt of Phil
adelphia and goes a step further than Sec
n rotary Gaoe. He would permit tho banks
I .to Ibsub notes to tho extent of one and
,. one-third of their 'capitals, depositing as
t securjty for them 15 per cent, in gold in
. . tho Treasury and 15 per cent. In gold In
their own vaults, " nnd tho Government
should ntrree to redeem these notes In gold
(after default by the bank Issuing them."
Thus, throughout all tho proposed "re
form" runs the Idea that the currency which
Is to take the place of that Issued directly
by the Government, shall, nevertheless, bo
guaranteed by the Government, and virtu
ally be a Government obligation. To effect
this reform Mr. Gag K proposes to pay tho
banks 2L. per cent, per annum upon $200,
000,001) of Government bonds, and Mr.
Bullitt proposes q ,pay somebody 3 per
cent, on !?800,000,ojl0,nioraorlc.ss, as may
be necessary to curry out his plan. Tho plain
citizen will'naturally concludo that if tho
Government is to assume tho risk of loss
on the paper currency of the nation, It may
us well tnlco tho profits of its Issue nlso. It
Is as cosy to provide for tho redemption of
IU own notes as It Is for tho redemption
' i ' of the notes of tho hanks, and certainly
tho saving of Interest on from $200,000,
i 000 to $800,000,000 of bonds Is not to he
despised.
, Tho Sheriff" nnd tho Knlser.
; The coming Sheriff, Dunn, tho successor
of the passing Sheriff, Damskn, has been
enabled to learn before taking ofllco the
' , relation of himself as ho will bo to for-
elgn princes and potentates, an evasion of
; which has called for an olllcial commit-
. ! nlcatlou from the Ron. Frank S. Black.
i ; In tho month of May last the good ship
j "Schleswlg" was on the high seas, having
ft cleared from Ilumhurs, bound for New
3 5 York. On board was a Ilnlsteln Dane per-
1 forming the labors of cook. Tlio dietary
S on Scandinavian ships Is solid and whole-
E some, but not usually elaborate, and one
1 article on the bill of fnro Is soup. The Ho!-
w stein cook, whether under stress of pleasur-
K able expectations of a visit to tho New
World, whether beset by the effects of a
B storm at sea, or whether on account of the
traditional clumsiness of peasants from
W some portions of Holsteln, fell, as the col.
Iff loqulal expression In Avenue A Is, "over
his feet out." He upset tho tureen, and
1 1 from this simple circumstance has arisen a
I complication of a somewhat International
m character urgently demanding the atten-
tlon of Sheriff Dunn If all tho ludicrous
jL blunders of Damsen are to be corrected.
W The "Schleswlg" reached the port of New
iff York In safety ; It passed the quarantine;
M It was anchored here. But tho wages
(w claimed for service by tho cook were, so
W It seems, withheld on the ground that tho
damages done by him In the breaking of
, W' the tureen made lawful a counter-claim,
ft though, If such a prlnciplo should ever be
j accepted m sound, all crockerymea would
ilk
grlove and all pantrymen would atrlku, cer
tainly. The Holsteln cook invoked tho aid
of the law of this land, and tho Holsteln
Sheriff attached tho "Schleswlg" In disre
gard, It seems, or In Ignorance, rather, of
tho treaty between tho emplro of Germany
through Its Emperor sovereign and tho re
public of the United States through lis
President, a treaty which Inhibits proceed
ings against a German vessol In American
waters, or an American vessol In German
waters, without notice to tho Consular rep
resentative of the Government, tho flag of
which Is at the masthead of the attached
craft. Damsen knew not of this, of course.
Tho relation of Denmark to tho United
States and of Danish and Holsteln subjects
to tho United States Ib defined In tho
treaty of April 20, 1820, during tho ad
ministration of John Quinoy Adams, tho
treaty " of friendship, commerce, nnd navi
gation." There Is nothing In this treaty
making any provision for Biilts brought by
Holsteln Sheriffs for Holsteln cooks In soup
tureen cases arising on tho high seas. Tho
German Charg6 d'Affatrea In Washing
ton has called tho attention of our
State Department there to the blunder
of Damsrn. Tho State Department has
communicated tho protest of tho German
Government to tho Governor of tho State of
Now York, Damsen being for a fow days
more an official In tho State's service, and
Governor Black has apprised him, or rather
has endeavored to apprlso him through a
letter written In English, of tho ground
of complaint In the coso of the violation of
treaty rights against tho " Schleswlg."
What present evidence Is there that tho
new Sheriff will observe tho treaties of this
Government with foreign nations! What
pledge. If any, to that effect has ho fur
nished? This matter requires his Immedl
ato though unofficial attention. This Is
not a caso for trifling. Ono soup-tureen
Sheriff will Bufllce for Now York.
A Period of Fickle Politics.
Tho political fickleness which has dis
tinguished tho American people during tho
last thirteen years, or since tho defeat of
Blaine and tho first election of Cleve
land, has had Its logical consequenco in
tho most serious disturbance of business
conditions from which this country has
ever suffered. It has also been accompa
nied by untoward popular manifestations
of querulous discontent which arc a not less
logical result of such mercurial political
sentiment and conviction.
Tho prime cause of this mischievous
fickleness was the unreasoning resistance
to tho wholesome conservative Influence of
Btrict party organization and division
which became known as Mugwumpery
when It was started In 188-t as a protest
against tho nomination of Mr. Blaink. It
began in the Republican party, and was not
Impelled by any political principle, but was
due purely to animosity against Mr. Blaine
personally, and it also exerted Its forco
in behalf of Mr. Cleveland, on per
sonal grounds merely. Newspapers nnd
Individuals previously supporting the Re
publican policy turned around squarely
In a day and advocated strenuously the elec
tion of a candldato nominated by tho Dem
ocratic party, to which they had been stead
fastly opposed from the very organization
of the Republican party, or at least from
tho time of the election of Lincoln. This
radical change In them was not Induced by
any change mado In the Republican policy
at the time of tho nomination of Mr.
Blaine. They had all stoutly supported
Gen. Garfield In 1880 on substantially tho
same platform and the same theory of gov
ernment represented by Mr. Blaine in
1884, and they had opposed Gen. Hancock
in 1880 on a platform identical in spirit
and intent with that on which was placed
Mr. Cleveland, whom they supported so
hotly In 1884.
That Is, this revolt was not on political
principle, but simply against the party or
ganization of the Republicans because it
did not consult their personal prejudices in
tho nomination of a candidate, and they
went over to Mr. Cleveland because, of
purely personal reasons only. Thus was
begun tho assault on party organization
simply as such, from which this country
has since suffered so grievously. Thus was
started the querulous disposition to kick
against party government, of which tho
result has been a continuous ncriod of
lluklo and mercurial politics, Injurious to
every American Interest, confusing and
perplexing to trado and manufacture, and
productive throughout the world of a rep
utation for Instability very damaging to
the American republic.
In 1 888, the country turned about square
ly and elected Gen. Harrison over Mr.
Cleveland, going back precipitately to
the protection It had rejected In 1884.
In 1802 It again reversed Its position
squarely, rejecting Gen. Harrison after a
most successful administration, so far as
concerned tho prosperity of tho coun
try, nnd electing Mr. Cleveland on
tho most extreme nntl-protcctlon declara
tion ever made by any American party.
Mr. Cleveland's platform even denounced
protection as unconstitutional. Wo do
not need to recall the dismal and disgrace
ful record of his Administration, except to
say that, in spito of its professions, tho
Democratic party passed a strictly and
avowedly protectlvo tariff, but so bung
llngly constructed that It brought disaster
to every business Interest. Mr. Cleveland
went out of power amid tho ruin of the
Industry and enterprise of tho country.
In 1800 tho Democratic party itself
turned a complete somersault. It flung oft
from Its shoulders all responsibility for
the Cleveland Administration, and took a
new and radical departure on the questions
of currency and judicial authority, which
forthwith plunged the country Into even
worse distress. After a campaign of unex
ampled earnestness, during which all prop
perty was terrified as never before in Amer
ican history, Mr. McICini.ey was elected
by a vote of about 7,100,000 to 0,500,000
for Bryan. Thus wo escaped ruin, but It
vwa close shave.
During that campaign tho Mugwumps'
terror kept them In line with the Ho.
publican party. In order to save their
property they could do nothing else ; hut as
soon as tho Republicans were proved suc
cessful in the election thoy began to plot
anew against party organization, and they
have, been plotting ever since. Meantime it
was demonstrated that the destructive
principles of the Chicago platform hud
become tho established political faith
of the Democratio party throughout the
Union, nnd that accordingly they con
tinued as a menace to business and even
the stability of our social system. Tho
political revolution that platform sought
to produce wns still aggressive und threat
ening, and it took advuntago of tho elec
tions of last week to strengthen and extend
Its Hues with un eye to gaining control of
the Congress in 1808 and the Presidency
In 1000.
Naturally and obviously tho placa where
i ; '
resistance to that assault ihouldhare been
tnost dctermlncd'waa Now York, for tho
menaco Is more especially against tho con
scrvatlve Interests of this great centre of
American wealth and clVlllmtlon. Last
year, accordingly, they united In giving a
majority against Mr. BRYAN and Tammany
Hall, his representative. This year, how
ever, Mugwumpery Intervened with Its
old tricks. It pretended that Brynnlsm
hod nothing to do with tho campaign,
and that tho only Issuo was what
It called "bossism." In other words,
Its objcctlvo was tho party organization
of tho Republicans, tho ouly party through
which any contest against Bryanlsm can
bo waged now or at any tlmu hereafter
until It has been crushed absolutely; for
nothing Is moro obvious than that tho
Chicago platform Is to be tho continuing
standard of the Democratic party. As neon
sequenceof this Mugwump deviltry, Bryan
ism has won a great victory in tills city
and State, whero It was defeated so
roundly only n year ago. Tho Mugwumps,
too, have gained a largo forco of recruits
from Republicans who had before remained
with their party. Tho Kew York Tribune
Is no longer of political Importance, and
hence Its complete surrender to Mugwump
ery Is not a matter of much significance;
but the large reduction In tho percentage of
tho Republican voto under tho distraction
of tho Low candidacy, whoso prime and
obvious purpose was the effacement of that
party and tho disintegration of Its organi
zation, Is a serious matter. Expcrlcnco in
dicates that tho Mugwump mania Is pro
gressiva and that those afflicted by It In Its
more acute form become permanent politi
cal perverts and apostates whoso madness
leads them to strlko most viciously at tho
party they have deserted.
What docs all this suggest! Docs It not
portend n sweeping triumph for Bryanlsm
next year and in 1000, another complcto po
litical topsy-turvy, moro mercurial politics,
renewed nnd Increased danger to our busi
ness and financial Interests, and tho
strengthening of tho foreign Impression
that tho American people are without po
litical stability 1 The sinister result of the
New York election, howover, was tho
work of tho conservative clement of tho
community. It only was llckle. Tammany
held its Bryanite vote of last year substan
tially Intact, but tho great mnjorlty of tho
McKlnlcy voto turned square about and gavo
tho elty and Stato to Bryanlsm, though us
tho election returns proved, nnd as was
manifest from the first, It could have put
tho Republican party in power and mani
fested to all the world the strength of Its
political principles.
Thcso people are now perplexed and anx
ious; but they Invited the trouble which
has como upon them, and they deserve It.
Thoy have reaped tho inevitablo fruits
of their folly and madness. They had
the opportunity to put this great commu
nity and this great Stato so emphatically
on the side of conservative stability that its
reputation for sobriety of judgment would
have been enhanced throughout tho world,
but they set to work to strike down tho only
party on which they could depend as tlio
champion of their welfare.
How can they avoid tho harvest of evil
consequences for which their folly sowed
tho Bccd? How can they prevent tho dole
ful returns of their wild investment in tho
Low enterprise? They must resume and
continue their allegiance to the party
which saved them from ruin last year.
They must repudiate the devices of politi
cal guerrillas to divert them from It.
Japan as a Sea Power.
In Admiral Belknap's address at tho
recent session of tho Naval War Collego
the success of Japan over China Is selected
as a brilliant illustration of what good
naval administration can do.
Only a little over two score years have
elapsed since Perry, In 1854, signed his
treaty for opening Japan's ports to trade.
But the desire for a navy seems to havo
seized upon her at once, and tho purchase
of warships, with tho establishment of
dockyards, training schools and the Tokio
naval ncademy, quickly followed. When
in 1880 Admiral Belknap visited tho
Imperial dockyard at Yokosuka, near
Yokohama, ho found "an -establishment
and plant superior in equipment and com
Yilpttnes to nnv vard wn nosKnftrtpcl nf. Mint
time." Annually for years tho Emperor
used to assemble for inspection nnd ma
noeuvre a good part of his army and his fleet
on Owarl Bay, the evolutions of both being
conducted according to improved modern
methods. The noteworthy point is that, at
tho conclusion of tho manoeuvres, any de
fect observed was promptly remedied. Tho
crudo forces of China fell an easy prey to
this alert and trained gladiator.
But the exact Importance of Japan as un
element In tho naval control of tho Pacific,
nnd tho exact strength of her fleet, present
and prospective, are not easy to determine.
On tho latter point, however, much informa
tion may bo had from a list of ships con
tained in the Japan Weekly Mail, exclud
ing about two dozen fallen into disuse.
Japan's acquisition of battleships is an
affair of tho last fow years only, sotlmt sho
really has very few of them, although thcso
few ate mostly first class. Indeed, tho Shi
kishima, of 15,0117 tons displacement, Is
expected to bo tho largest battleship In thu
world, surpassing England's Majestic class
by a few tons. Next to her are tho fine
pair Fuji and Yashima, of 12,040 and
12,517 tons, just completed, whoso com
bination of speed, armor, and armament
has properly excited great praise. Tho
Chin Yen, 7,735 tons, captured from China,
and dating back to 1881, is tho fourth bat
tleship, but very far inferior to tlio three
modern ones. Tho 1'uso Is nn nrmored cor
vctto of 3,777 tons, twenty years old. The
three coast defenders, Itsulcushima, Matsu
nil I ma, and Hashldato, 4,278 tons each,
must ho added to Japan's armored re
sources, while tho Hiyel and Kongo, 2,284,
are of wood, with iron sheathing.
In her unarmored cruisers Japan Is
strong. With these sho overthrew tho fleet
of China. Tho most fatuous of them is of
comparatively recent completion, tho fust
Yoshino, 4,210 tons, while the Tuknsngo Is
of 4,227 tons. Now building uro the steel
cruisers Kasagl and Chltose, of 4,078 and
4,b30 tons, which will bo flue vessels of
their class, and two other new ones are tho
Alcoshl, 2,800, and Miyako, 1,800, tho lat
ter a dcspatrli boat. Tim Nuulwa, 3,700
tons, tho modol for our Charleston, has for
us always been the best known of Jap.
aueso warships, her tccent preseuco at
Honolulu keeping up her celebrity. Of
tlio same displacement Is the Takachlho.
The Akltsusu, 3,150 tous, Is n recently
built cruiser, and so Is the Suiiiu, 2,700.
Wo find In tho Weekly Mall's list four
other vessels of bctweeu 2,000 and 3,000
tons, ten exceeding 1,000, four gunboats of
the Mayo class, 022 tons ; Ave of tho Chin
to class, 440, these last being captured
from tho Chinese; and half a dozen other
vessel under 1,000 tons, besides twenty-
emmmmtmmmmmmw m " m iwm r ii i 1 1
nlno torpedo boats. Thcso losk, lb Appears, I
arc to be Increased by nlno from Germany.
Our conclusion Is that, whllo Japan has
recently mado splendid additions to her
fleet, sho still ranks decidedly below us as
a naval power. I.Saro for tho few battle
ships she has acquired lately, she could not
rank anywhere near us. Wo still excel
her both In battleships and crulsors, and
are likely hoon to equal orsurp113 uor ,n tor
pedo boats. Yet In tho Paclflo sho has nn
ndvantago in that the greater part of our
navy is on tho Atlnntlc. Happily our re
lations with her cannot bo called strained.
Sho knows wo aro going to annex Ha
waii, and that wo want nothing elso In tho
Pacific, so that If somo day sho should de
sire to buy tho Philippines or tho Caro
lines, It would bo no nffalr of ours.
Nunsoii tho Prophet.
When Mr. Andrek went to tho Geo
graphical Congress In London two nnd a
halt years ago to explain his project of
crossing the north polar area In n balloon
ho found many geographers shaking their
heads dubiously over Nanskn'b expedition
and expressing their fear that ho would
never be seen again. Andree was tho one
confident person In that distinguished
gathering. "I know Nanben," ho ald,
" and I have faith In him and In his plans.
He may not be ablo to cxtrlcato his vessel
from the Ice ; but he Is very cautious as
well as daring, and Is ono of tho most re
sourceful of Arctic explorers. He may not
bring tho Fram back, but I fully bellove wo
shall see Nansen and his men again."
It Is Andree to-day who Is lost In tho
Arctic wastes, while Nansen, enjoying tho
great success his achievements have earned,
Isdeclnringhls belief that Andree Is all
right and will be heard from in duo time.
Maf events justify his prophecy as they
did Andree's faith 1
Tho ' Report" or Pontius PHato.
With an alleged certificate from Cardinal
GmnoNS, and another alleged certlllcato
from Monslgnor Martinklli, tho -Veto
York Journal printed on Sunday an al
leged translation of a manuscript repre
sented us having been discovered In tho
Vatican Library by an alleged "Rev. Dr.
W. D. Maiian, nn English clergyman and
paleographer." This document purports to
bo nn account of an interview with tho
Saviour and of the circumstances attending
tho crucifixion, written by Pontius Pilate
and by him forwarded as a report to tho
Emperor Tiberius.
One or two forged letters from Pilate to
Crcsarhavo been put Into circulation within
tho memory of the present generation, nnd
havo created not a little excitement and
enthusiasm among the devoutly credulous,
although scholarship either lms exposed tho
fraud promptly, or has passed It by In con
temptuous silence.
Tho present document is much more
elaborate than the others, and It carries In
nlmost every passage Intrinsic evidence of
its character. It Is not worth serious dis
cussion, even as an alleged translation of a
i.atln lorgery oi tue cany centuries. J.lie
entire "report" of Pontius Pilate reads
more like the composition of a cheap reli
gious novelist of the nineteenth century, or
of an audacious professor of yellow journal
ism, than like a translation from tho Latin
of nny possible forgery of tho second, third
or fourth or any century. The phraseology
might bo inspired by tho slightest ac
quaintance with the epistolary stylo of
Pi.int the Younger. Tho Incidental allu
sions nnd touches of local color smack of
tho classical dictionary. Tho historical
and philosophical reflections aro essentially
modern, and after tho event. Throughout
the "report" there aro touches which are
so crude that tho effect would bo grotcsquo
In the extreme if the theme parodied were
not one demanding nil reverence.
If It is true, as asserted yesterday by acor
respondent of tho A'cic York HrorW, that
" the whole article in question is taken
verbatim, except in a very few places, from
n volume published in Philadelphia in 1887
by the Antiquarian Book Company nnd re
published in lR07,"then the above remarks
apply equally to the original publication.
It is not conccivnblo under any circum
stances that the English version printed
by the Journal under bright red nnd green
headlines as "Pontius Pilate's Interview
vt ith CllKlhT,"nnd marked "Copyrighted in
the United States by W. R. Hearst, Nov.
), 1807; any paper using this article or
nny portion of it without first obtaining
tho permission of tho publisher will bo
prosecuted according to law," represents
nny Latin text, genuine or forged, dating
Its existence from tho early centuries of
tho Christian era.
Iu tlicir anxiety to furnish exciting lit
erature to the peculiar public which reads
yellow newspapers, the young gentlemen
who conduct the Xew York Journal havo
been Imposed upon egreglously. Tho alter
native supposition, decidedly unpleasant, is
that they havo deliberately planned a sen
sational enterprise, impious In Its concep
tion nnd almost blasphemous in Its execu
tion, Inasmuch (is it finds material for
fake journalism in tho holiest of all sacred
themes and the most sacred of human emo
tions. Wo prefer to reject tlio latter suppo
sition utterly, nnd to accept the former,
At tho sumo timo we suggest that tho en
terprise of the Journal bo exercised here
after in other dliections.
Our esteemed Virginia contemporary, the
Farmrtlle Herald, thus mingles cratltudo and
(tlsrt-itlsfnctlon:
"Tlitnlc Uod, vre hare no ypllnir rover, but th
Wall itroet ittciu or (luanco villi llstrr,c m."
Our Virginia friend is a victim of chryeopho
lil, a m.ilnd)- alvn) accompanied by violent
hallucination. The delusion that a gigantic
bogey of the name of Wnll street is ilrlnklnu tlio
victim'!, blood Is ono of tlio most common symp
toms. Plenty of exercise, total abstinence from
sliver conventions nnd resolutions, and liberal
doses of bolleboro and common uenso Villi cure
all but obstinate cabus.
Disconsolate members of tho Citizens'
Union ought to goto tlio fifteenth annual ron
gresi of the American Ornithologists' Union to
day. Tlio ornithologists will nclcouio niecl
mens of the Mugwump lliril and tho Hlg-IIeaded
(loo (loo, for (juccrer inlsrntory foirlsof tho air
than these never squawked.
Earthquake quivers through tho West
and the groat lakes begin to boll. The Municipal
Loaguo of Milwaukee lias addressed to tho
voters of that city a pathetic appeal to guzo
upon tho New York election nnd bo filled uilh
bops, "It Is not yet known v. hat action
will bo taken at tho next election Iu
this city," cry the Municipal Leaguors, "but
wo earnestly bellove the lessons of New York
politics will sink deop Into tho heart of Milwau
kee votors," Why duos this Municipal Lcavuo
wish the MlUwiukuo otcru to have sinking
hearts, and why dui'H it mlilrcsj iho Milwaukee
voters anyway I Does It not remember how a
dotcii ponenul bUUmicn calling thomselvoi
tho National Municipal League, or some
thing of the sort, uioi. In Philadelphia eomu
weeks ago, and commanded tho voters of this
town to elect tho lion. Beth Low Mayor I It
I it for tho Milwaukee Municipal Loaguo to (bow
Now York how to do Us dntr. n , f0r the Cltl
liens' Union to point out to tlio men of Mllwau
Iceotho rocky rod to reform. Comity amonir
reformers demands that thejr shall not stick to
(heir own business too closely.
Before tho Into election the bravest news
paper supporter of Mr. Seth Low, the -Vein
York Time; repelled the thought that the elec
tion horo was not n matter of municipal Issues
only, with as gorgeous a show of righteous In
dignation as the detit ex foliimbfa himself.
Hero are a few samples:
"Can anr professions! politician tell h plsln
thlnklnr rasa what buMntaa th national party hs
to msddls In these matters? Win somebody tell In
what way the city of New Yotk can commit Itself on
anr of those question! ?" (National.)
" What will bscomeof ri.ATT'posiyeoa!: about the
necrslty of refuting free silver mil anarchy through
out tho country, by handing over (.n-ster New York
to ruTT?"
"If any Cltltens' Union Republican prefers Tract
10 Low ho ought to say so frankl) ami follow liU
preference. If he moans to stick, let lilin bear In
mind that ono hour of lojal sordeo now Ii worth a
week of patriotic talk lust winter."
"The cause nf CnoKCn and the came of Tutt ap
peal only to parMam. Mr. Low's caiuo Is vital for
every party. It can be presented with nn much forco
to a Democrat as to aRopuhllcau. U Is the cause nf
the oily and of the oltlcrnst and every voter who can
understand It cansupport lt.no matter what his views
may be on national questions."
This Is what the Timet confessed to seeing
yesterday:
"In New Tork the contest turned entirely on the
political control ot Oreater New York. KiUon Clnp
Uv, Jr."
"Mr. Diiolst can Imagine and adduce a hundred
cauica for Republican defeat In New York. lie will
never be convinced that his tariff Is one ot them.
"The elections held last week unmistakably re
flect the people's disapproval of the national policies
of tho Republican party."
As Mr. Setii Low nnd his "municipal Issues
only," are thus roughly flung upon the shelf of
Morntngsldc, thev ought to congratulato thcui
solves upon being mainly padding.
After all, tho mathematicians of tho Citi
zens' Union aro but beginners nnd bunglers in
the petition business. If Mr. Ai.khiu Hoyst
ot Patorson, N. J., a " People's Ctndldato"
for Sheriff of PaBSatc county, has been
found, the bcgtnncr9 nnd bunglers should
go to school to him. Tun SON roporteil
yesterdny that Mr. Hovht had disappeared
from l'aterson. Perhaps ho has como to this
town to found a Political Unlv crsity Settlement
near Mornlngstdo. Wherever ho is, ho is a great
man nnd an unrivalled grower of petitions.
Mr. Hoybt Is tho man who had 200,000 votes
promised to him out of 8,000. If ho had had
charge, of tho Low petitions, ho would have so
cured at lenBt UOO.000,000 names. Whore Is
HotstI He is tho man and the only man for
tho Mugwump crisis.
Some time before the election tho Public
School Board of Columbia, Mo., docided that
tho pupils in tho schools of that town should
pronounce tho name of their Stnto ns
"Mlz-zou-ry," Bounding distinctly tho "y,"
and not ns "Mis-soo-rl," " MIs-soo-rco,"
or "Mls-soo-rnh." Whereupon war bioko
out between tho radicals nnd tho con
servatives, and perhaps it wns lucky for tho
peace of tho Stato that the election oxcitcmcuts
overwhelmed for a timo the fury of tho fray.
Tho war is sure to be renewed, and the issuo is
doubtful. Appeal to pronouncing dictionaries
and gazetteers Is useless. It is for the MIssou
rlans themselves to pronounco themsclvca, and
until an act of tho Legislature fixes their
pronunciation tho light is free. The Hon.
OeoiuieGkaham Vest says "Mlsoorl. butfnlls
back rothor weakly on the Indians and tho
gazetteers. Tho Hon. Champ Clark writes to
the A'nnsa.i Ci Times that "tho namo of this
Imperial commonwealth should bo pronounced
'Mizzourr.'" Governor LoN V. Stepii ens com
plains that under tho now pronunciation the ab
breviation would havo to bo "My" Instead of
" Mo." Col. William F. S witzler of Boouvllle
sarcastically nsks tho St. Louis Jtepnblh if it is
correct to sny "Miizz-a-chu-zottz," "Mln-nez-o-ta,"
" Nc-brnz-ka," "Miz-zlz-zlp-pl," "WIz-con-zln."
Tho mattor ought to bo settled by
means of tho initiative and referendum.
Ilunro I'olltlra nnd Politic! Gudireone.
To Tne Editor or Tim Res sir: Oen. Tracy suc
ceeded In holding to the standard of pure and une
quivocal Republicanism over 100.000 voters. And
yet. In spite of that larpe number. I belle e many Re
publicans wltl agreo with me that the greater portion
of their party friends Instated nioa casting their
votes for the candldato of the Cits, and not because
they preferred his personality, but lecanse they be
lieved that by so noting they were Joining the side
that stood tho best chatice to defeat Tammany. I be
lieve If a true count of the full Republican voting
itrength, Including tho full tiO.OOO that refrained
from cattln? a ballot, n ere taken. It would he found
tn he verv close. If It did not equal, the vote iolled
for Van Wyck.
It this Is go, and the facts all Indtea'p that It Is not
(n.fpiim (f.n.r.i.l. irh.l I. Ihn ntitl .fPAnirlti nf ,1m
bumpttoUH Inllvliluals who succeeded In forcing their
ehol e upon what Is most undoubtedly tho vast ma
Jorll or anti-Tammany voters?
Certainly not any more, If ns meny, than furnlhrd
the odd thousands that outnumbered (fen. I'racvt
Fifty thousand, at ino'U, succeeded in huiiitjiiKKUig
two hundred and fifty thousand nd thfy exprecs
the determination to keep up tin Ir beautiful game nf
bunco steerlnc'
If Kepuhlh aus had accepted Mr. IMatt's advice, they
might hae beaten Tammany without any help from
Mr. Low and his hand of Idolaters.
Post-mortems are sometimes valuable, Mr. Low
drew very slightly from the Democratic strenstb. but
he suecee led til splitting the Republican vnla Iu two,
and In keeping fully oO.uno more otes from the
lol!i. A mavnlfirent unifier! And bo aays he u
going to !cet-p right at It! DIOOK.NES.
New Youk, Nov. il.
For (be I'ornra nr rootbntl.
To Tn EriTon or Tnr Scv sir; In the football
column of to-dar's Sri I read with pleasure that
"the members of tho Rules Committee had a long
dlscuulon last year about changing thu presetit
method of scoring points."
I will not dlseuni. tho advisability of making the
proposed ehango, but I uUlttocall your attention to
another change n hi -It might bo mado. It I as always
seemed to me an Injustice that a goal from a touch
nown should count two.
Football Is a team contest rather than a contest nf
Individuals. It Is n game In which eleven mm work
together as one, (luteal of one In w hlca each innu is
eipcettd to do I rtlllunt Individual work, the true
test of an elevinV etreniith Is In their nblllty to cross
their opponents' goal i'ne. After the team has
worked toaethar and arcomplUhnd thl, object It
seems Inconsistent that uu tmll (dual plnjcr should
boihoeeu to kick a iroal which counts half as much
as the touclu'own. Many guus won by tho eleven
ur lost br the Individual.
Ju thll fall's Valvltrowu game the elevens played n
tie, while, under the present sjMem of H-orltig,
Itrown'saoal klcktrlou th'' came. Mich conditions
aro Justly discouraging to the men who have- douo
their part In carrying the ball aro the line. Is not
thU worthy of dlscuMton, at l"ast, bv the members of
the neat Rules Commltteo? J ,.TouM,
.S'lw Youk, Kov, 3.
Protest from Horse Owner.
To mr KniTon of Tne Sc Sir: I noticed In Tnr
fiu of Nov, 4 an article headed " (longs on All Rub
berTlred Vehicles," au I, asahorse owner and driver,
take exception to SuITt rer."
It seems that a lot of crinks are doing ever) thing
In their power to muko honio owner ud driver
ButTer. Th'-y had au ordlnntico pa-.s-t to tonpel
eiery vehicle to carry a liiii'p Hot alo ar, ining
oory cITort tolnereau the iim of at.pl. it tiiveuu m,
whh'ii tseurtatnlv very MtppeM nnd a hard thing for
a horw lo travel on llo nnlr uiwihal nernuld
poihtbly get along on tho uhult 111 Ne or!c. par
tleutarly In muggy weather, Is to It our borne.
Hind with rtinlN-r shun, 'liilt Ii au estr,,'VpMi,
and wn think It time that someone nhiaild k u
the Interest of horaeowmrs Initiator putt!i.g tln'tu
toeipenseln having their nurses shod. Donomv.
Nov. 0.
A.U the llalilrs.
To td Editor or Tut sen Wr- I am lafnrmed that
babies are rotor-blind until they aro at lent Hirer
years old. Is this so? Vo-ifi51r.iiii.ii.
llnooKl.Ts, Nov. H,
Wo Telltale Ears oil the Wheel.
Votn flis CMi'aon tlrraril.
"The horse has another point of superiority over
the wheol,"
"What Ii It?"
"When a horsi Is getting ready to ,hy at anything
you can tell It by his ears "
Safe Hjinimlhr.
Frvm Iht CAleojo (cord.
" I believe In sympathising with the under dog In a
tight."
'Bo doll hs can't Jump up and bit yon."
i
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Jl-r'- " 'l -iSt. -w -. -i t ,
B(ifasr1r' " 'i"'1" ' "' ,','"''',,;'1'",;;))'
bomk ropTDALi, nisionx,
Tne Colles Pluyersi with Una Reputation
They Ulitn't lietrrie,
nosrox, Nov. 8. The roughest enme of col
logo football on rcconl wan played on Jarvls
Field, Cambridge, botween IMticeton nnd Har
vard, In 1H80. This came put a atop lo rootbnll
between l'rlncoton uiul Il,trnnl for several
years. In It "Sport" Donnailv was rulcil off
tho floltl for knocking out Hnny Htlchncy,
Harvard's rrroat rUht t!i"l;lo. l'n -ten days Don
nolly wasc.Ulo! nbruto nnd Slickney nn angol.
Then a ehango came over the football orld and
whllo Donnelly still retained his tule Stlckney
cot a new one. Ho was a bruin and Hilly
Ilhoilcs of Ynlo wns nn angel. Tho In
slilo history ot tho matter has never been
given lo tho public until now. That It Is possi
ble to glvo tho story now Is mm in the fact that
Harry Sthknoy hns Just arrived In tho States
from Mclct, whoro ho hits beci for sovtr.tt
yenrs. Ho had planned lo go lo the Klondiko
with a party of Now Yorkers, As luck had It,
ono of them became III, tho pirty was binken
up, and Stlckney catno Kist to eo his friends
and relatives. At Mrst Mr. t-'tl. Uiov was avcrso
tntlollng into ancient hlsloiy, nsho termed it,
but finally hululd It all.
"Tho gatno In which 'Sport' DoTiticlly wns
ruled off tho Held for fouling nic," said Mr.
Ptlckncy, " was played tin Jarvls Field, at
Cambridge, some timo In November, 18SD, bo
lt ecu Princeton and Harvard. While It may not
havo bcon tho ni09t famous gamo ever played,
It certainly was tho roughest on rocord. Doc
tors and slrotchers woro in constant demand. I
was playing right tackln for Harvard and
Cowan was nt loft tacklo opposite mo. Wo hud
a llttlo follow named Crosby holding down
right end, and this brought him against 'Sport'
Donnelly, who inndo bis Initial uppearanco nt
that timo ns a member ot tho 'varsity loam of
Princeton.
" Cowan wns Prlncoton'B great running tackle,
nnd they depended on him to mako nil their
rush-lino gains. As luck had It, I had been get
ting through tho lino nnd stopping Cownn.
Siinko' Anie, tho captnln, called Cowan and
Donnelly back of tlio lino for a consultation.
Our men rctll7o1 that somulhltig win up, but
did not havu timo tu do much llguring.
"After thu consultation Princeton chnngod
lint- I nptlrR. nml hinl. Iloiini'ltv tivulntt inn fur
all Unit ho wna w mill, In order togivu Cowan
achuueo tu get iu uno of his runs, and It worked
heiutliiilly. Cowuti look thu ball, nnd, at tho
Hlgnnl. Donnelly Hhoed mo up ngnlna' l'errv
TralTord, Harvard's ruinous old ifiutrd, thus
allowing (.'nwnu to get through, llo mnde a
gain ot llflcen jurris, and thut aatlsllod mo that
something had tu bi' done, und doiio mighty
quickly at th.it. Crosby, who wnsplnjing end,
hud boon worn down by Donnelly, who used hit
elbow on him freely. Crosby was only u little
fellow, nnd wo used him dhuply on account of
Ills ability to pprint, hoping Ihi.t ho might get
down on a kick ami ib Home good w rk. I
figured It out that tho only thing to do to pre
vent Cowan troni making his gilus wiib in get
Donnelly out of tho game, and his sut-tltute,
un ordlnarv pin j or, in.
"Iwuilcd until tho novt play. Cowan took
the ball, and In uu Instant Donnelly wns on mo
with n tush, I measured tho distance nnd when
ho was almost up to me I mado a stage full nnd
lay on the ground, alow ly kicking ono leg. Tlio
crowd howled with Indignation and Donnelly
was called a brute. You never saw such excite
ment In your lire, and all thu whllo 1 lay on the
ground ns If knockod out. When ou como lo
think of It I mado n poor play, because I kept
on kicking ono leg. Trainer l.alhrop camo rush
ing out with a stretcher und blankets uud leaned
ot er mo anxiously.
" 'I'm nil right,' I said; Mt'so'ily afnko. Don
nelly's killing Crosby nnd ho'd better be oft the
Hold.'
" I.utlirop took In tho situation in nn Instant,
and began rubbing mo ns It hii life depended on
It. Iu tho uicantimo tho Indignation of tho
crowd increased, and I was looked upon ns nn
Injured novel. Itcfcrco Harry Ueccher thought
that Do.inclly had fouled mo nnd ruled him off
tho Held. Aftorawhlle I rctocrctl, and tho
gamo went on. At the end of thu llrsthalf wo
had tho eioro 10 0. In tho second half nil of
our men went, 'dead' nnd Princeton won out.
That wns nil there, was toil. Our men wero
overtrained and tmild not stand tho pice.
"How pour old D.itinelly did get roasted for
knocking mo out, when, us a matter of lact.ho
never touched me. For a while I was an Injured
Innocent; but ten days later tho tnblcs wcro
turned on ma and I got Just as bad a roasting,
when I was just as innocent as Donnelly was in
our scrimmage.
"We played Yale, nnd this brought me oppo
site DMlv lthndcs. Rhodes und 1 were together
in Kxoter, and had been rivals for tho samo posi
tion on tho football team. I was chosen. I had
forgotten nil about thu matter, but It sterns that
Hhndes had nut. In tho gamo between Harvard
mid Ynle I mndo a run in the lanthulf with tho
ball. 1 succeeded in getting through Rhodes
nnd was tackled by Mctiung, the halfback. I
lay on tho ground wriggling along, trying to
gain n few Inches, when Rhodes camoupaud
Kicked me; and it hurt, ton. Imagine my sur
priso when Hhndes limped over to a. bystandlng
player, i.eur Umpire Ned Pease, and mild:
"'I've got to lcavcfli.hu field. Stlckney has
kicked mo.'
" Ptnoo promptly ruled mo out of the game,
when, as a matter of fact, I was tho Injured
P my. Rhodes walked up to mo nnd remarked:
1'vo got uven for that old grudge at Kcter.'
" Knowing that I hud beon ruled otT, 1 simply
gnvo Rhodes a good punch in tho eye, und tho
crowd, thinking that that was tho reason why
I had to Icuvo the game, went after mo m hard
ns it hnu gone after Donnelly. Then I been mo
tho bruin and Rhodes tho injured Inno cut.
ihnmns Wcntworth Hlgginson of lioston cnuiei
rushing through the crowd nnd naked me why I
had struck Rhodes. I told him tho ev.net facts
nnd he did not have ono word of reproach.
Stlckney i? probably tho oldest active football
player 111 the United .States. Ho has been at it
ovcry season since 1mS4. Ho haR couched tho
Olympic Athletic Club of S.m Frnn-isco, tho
Boston Athletic Association Club, and the Uni
versity of Wisconsin Club for two years. Ho
organised I ho famous World's Fnlr football
team, which contained moro tnmaus players
than were c or before together Inono loam. On
that toani Donnelly nnd Stlckney played to
gether und burled tho hatchet.
SOME PAHSVOItT JIVLRS.
The Eiceedlns: Strictness Observed by the Po
lice Authorities or Russia.
From Iht Youth's Companion.
Thero aro few countries in which travellers
now rcciulrc passports in order to promoto their
convcnlcnco and security. In Brazil und Venez
uela it passport must ha shown to the ollleluls
beforo one is allowed to lenvo tho country for a
foreign port. This is n voxntlous measure, en
forced apparently for 1 ho sake of enabling n few
olllclals lo collect small fucs. In Cuba passports
nro produced wl.cnc, or travellers nrrlvo or dc
pirt, This precaution Is considered necessary
In view ot tho political condition of unrest pre
vailing in tho island.
In Russia passport regulations nro enforced
with great stringency. No traveller Is allowed
to enter tho cinpiru until ho has obtained n pass
port and convinced tho Russian consular mil
rersnt tho port from wlilch ho sails that hu Is
neither n Roman Catholic priest nor n Hebrew.
Tho iiuestiou ordinarily asked is, "What is
Miiir ivluiunl" but it is designed to proUdo
agalnM Ihenitry nf either of these two cIosh-s.
iicn tho traveller arrives nt n Hussion port,
with n pusspiirl which has been properly visocd
nnd mime reigned nt eunsulnr ollltc. It Is
critically examined b npnlltuiilltier mid dulv
icgialoreil At the ciitruiuo of tho hotel mi
nt her pollconlllcer lakes possession of the dnuit
merit, nnd, In the course of tuutity-fnur bourn,
returns It with a permit for a lliultud rcsldemo
In the country.
When the traveller depnrts for another clt
In the ciiipliit hr must li no tlio p.isport coun
tersigned by the police. This prncosscnntlniuH
until hu icnclies tho fiontlor, willed be cannot
iioss unless tbo pnsbpcirl has been vlsc'nl nnd
Ht'iinpid by thopollio. Not infreitiently tourists
urn Moaned at. the fninrlii.ntnl uiililcitixt in.,.
rluiis iiuomrulciicu hoc into Ihej havu neg
lected to comply with tho pollco regulations
respecting passports.
All this red tupa r-iuscs nnnoynnco aim Irriln
I on among tourists, who aro apt to overlook
tliafiut.tli.it Itii'Hlaiin ns well ns foreigners aro
I loiupelledto tibM'i'Vi' th- pollen regulations.
It Is the biislnesi of tile piiliti In know whero
everybody lodges. A penult is lequlied if a na
tle rcmowH from one itnu lor of ainn tu an
other. Kviivtiol) is irgisti led bv tho pollco
when he unites ni'ileii,irt. ami foreigners when
tdnv me In Russia nrc dult with till uiiial tarns
with permanent resident j.
She IVitnli-it McKlnlcy Promoted.
From Iht CVilcdco AVcor..
One of the flov r i uuieiit or.biMs In 'hleago received
his appoluimriit from liisMent MeiCluley through
tho Influence of heiutnr William P. Mason
Tl n oRlclal nnd the Senator hid breu friends and
utlKhbor, for .viars. A lurg and lifelike rhiure of
tin. .senator hangs in the nnvi.il' parlor In the din
ing room them Is a picture of I'n ldeut McKlnley.
Mion after the u puiuttoeitt vves aunouii''d tha
nrll bit's little Klrl imiuh tu htm and asked, "Papa,
were you elect"! to Is. eolnclliliig'"
"No, It ji tUcteil; I vv a? appo'llled "
" V pointed '"
"Vest the Pr. stdent n!1 1 was to hate the poiltlon,
and there didn't have to bo any election."
"I think It n as rrul irondnr him lodolt?"
" It ITH,"
"Tint's President McKlnlry up there, lin't II?"
pointing lo the picture,
"Yi, dear."
" Wall, If he's as alee as all that, why don't you put
klm la tbt parlor with Mr. llajon ?"
'.yjll1; ' Jl'l,,l'M'S1st''"oMJSfMlssMTaMttiTjirf,
rajs ovxizQTiK iff rnAsox,
rn.rtHeKeelln-CPlp,'",,,m H
in Frstnrr-SI. DMhtrr to Retire. ,
PAnis, Oct, 20.-Kranco Is to havo a new of- fcjjfc
flclal executioner bcfoi-o (ho beginning of th flHo,
voar. Tho present Monsieur do Purls, Low jH(t
bolbler. Is 00 yoirs old. nnd has bocn in harness f ?
for thlrty-flvo years. Tho Jo', Is worth l,20O(. IB
year and porqulslte", nnd upon retirement ihoro 1 , ,
Is an annuity of $200. 1B1
In thco days tho legal beheading of a man IB
doesn't linpponoflcn: the crime mult b wr !
nttoclous to bring tlio penalty, because tho IW
French laws nro wondrously lenient in matters lK
concerning tho spilling of blood. Thorrcordsof IM
all tho trial courts of Franco for the last sir !
yenrs-that Is. since tho application of th 7-AjsMj
much-discussed P.iirangnr law show that when W Bi
n man commits murder his chances of bein 1 jK
guillotined for It nro nlwut 1 in 18. If tha Jj H;
murder Is committed In hot blood he rarely seta M H
moro than five or six :i o.irs In prlon. nnd If it j H
lie premortllntcd he stnivls throe chances of do- I T
portntlon to ono of execution. For that renson f-AjgMi
when the sentence of doalh is pronounced the NH'
French newspapers print Iho fact In fat, blaclc , IW
type. Indicating Its rarity. JB
M. do Paris Is tho solo executioner forcontt- J tM
nentnl France, nnd thero Is nn executioner for ft
Algeria nnd Tunis. Until 1671 thero wns on , m
fur each province, named nflcr tho chief cities VjH
II. do llonncs, M. tl Toulouse, &e. CharlOsl jyT m
Henry Sanson was the flrstcxccutionero Parlf, ;J'j,B,
holding ofllco from tho t mo tho guillotine wa . IpH
adopted In 170'J until ly.'O, when ho was suo- A EB.,
rcedodbyhls son. who had tho job until 1840. J- 'WHi
Ho in turn w ns succeeded by ono Itoch. who WMTL HB
In ofllco until tho accession of Dolblcr. Th IjjjBV
latter grew up In the trado. HU father was a V lifH'
provlnctaloxecutloncrbcfoiehim.andustoona T, !
thcBonwasoverhlsmllltaryscrvlcehownsmada I IIH
an assistant. At tho prcsont timo ho is a man VilW
of somo Influence, nnd much rcspoctcd In his N "
neighborhood. Ho Is not a pretty man to look CftlftS
at. but he Is said to bo exceedingly urbane. Ha LjKi
has had two wives, both daughters of cxecu- f M
ttoners. Interraarrlanc Is a characteristic ot tho I RJ
craft; which Is perhaps solf explanatory. Tho I BR
four assistants of M. Dclblor aro till sons of for- ' '.IU
luer oxccutlonora, nnd oach has married the) SR
daughter of an CNCcutiuncr. It is a llttlo caito JJF
Thtiro Is but ono gulllollno In France, and it j M
lugged around from pbco to plnco ns It 1 Hb
needed. Itlsnveiy lvily looking machine, and H
Lost SIl.OOU. JI. do Purls receives, in addition ,sV
to his salary. S'.'.OOO n jour rnr taking enro of It
mid keeping It In busIiicsB-Hko condition. It ,,"l
docs not look unlike an olil-fnslilniicd l rniiklin ,f
printing press. Tbo two uprights In which tho cs.) g
knitn runs are a lutlo over ten feet high, and tho ,-
greatest width of tho platform IsnboutfourfceU ,
The knlfo Itself Iswcdgoshancd.elghtconlncbos D
wide, and weighs lit) pounds with tho weight
which surmounts It. In an cxocutlon It fain
ahotit four feet In two-thirds of n second. '
Thein.ichlno was first set up In Iho Place du .,
Carrousel for tho cxocutlon of political prison- I ,
ers, but wns removed by tho Commune to tne V""B
Placo do In Concorde, whero It stood nt. a point f III
twenty-live feet north of tho present obelisk. L m
Therefrom Jnmiary. 1703. until August. 1701. ,
over il.unn persons woro behended, lncludlnir M
Iiuis XVI., Chnrlo to Corday. Mario An- - H
tolnette. Mme. Roland, Philippe EgaliW. 1 Mf
Danton. Dcsmoulins. the slater of Jxiuls , WT
XVI.. nnd Robespierro and his nroicor. I M
It was then removed to tho Placo au V, iH
Tronc, now tho Place de la Nation, whoro IlMK
1,600 moro persons were beheaded In ono JIbIh
month. Slnco 185'.! the placo of execution haa HsSB
been in front of La Roquotto prison. About H
fifty feet from tbe ontrnnce there aro five pb- IIJpM
long stones Inlaid In tho pavement, over which ajppj
the guillotine Is erected ; the centre stone Is tbo H
ono upon which the basket Is placed to reoelva IbaOJJ
the bend an It falls under the knife. B
Tho agitation for tho abolishment of capital fJIBJJ
tiunlshmont In Franco is not carried on with oTHB
tho vigor that marked tho palmy days of Victor mfl
Hugo and his associates, but observing men y IfTsS !l
that tho disinclination of French Judges to in- '$K
fllct tho death penalty Is becoming yearly more 1 'Ji
marked, and thot whllo tho existing law may ,1
not bo soon changed, it will "radually fall Intc I kg
a desuetude that will be tbe equivalent of aboil- I
tlon. considering tho great latitude permitted I , 1
the Magistrates in Its construing. IkW
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GrouBdhos: Day la a Kevr Jersey Township. n?S
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From the rhiladtlphla Fret: ' Jjr;
DLAHtSTowN, Nov. C Yesterday was annual ti'itjL-, I
groundhog day In Frellnghuvscn township, and y 'Jk
everybody near and far took a vacation and c-sv
prcionlocl themselves to the Township Commit- ,y.J
tec, which met at tho Wnrreuwood Hotel in v'M.
Murksboro. The country folks camo by wagon, "
on foot, and on bikes, audit was a most amus- $ '
ing sight to witness tho bundles thoy brought frt . ,
with them, nil sizes and shapes, and one old ." ? g
lady brought a llttlo train trunk which sho said tMm
was a century old, nnd which contained 200 ntasii
groundhog scalps, all carefully packed and well 'ftH
cured. JiffM
The Township Committee offered SO cents HH
bounty on all groundhogs, and 11 cents for all Vasal
fox scalps. TblB was a big incentive to tho AsH
country folk, and for a whole year they have
set traps and bunted tho pestiferous hog and I
tho poultry-destroying fox with great success. (!
Croam nnd IllaWnri Wedded. In Russet Shoe. iflllV
From the Philadelphia Ktc.ird. LaaV
Wilmington, Del., Nov. 6. Charles .T. Eppler, laHf
the younu man who failed to spDear Thursday IoTbiiiW
night for his wedding with Miss Mary Rutter, lilV
visitod tho Ruttor home on Madison street this JK
afternoon. "Well, I am here," said tbo pros- IfS
pecttve groom to his Intended, and after mutual JsfiiV
explanations all was forgiven. Tho Rev. Dr. VH
Ilnnna wns sent for nnd tbo ceremony took placo saVB
this ovenlng. Tho groom during his absence KV
had been In Philadelphia. At tho welding be K"L.
woro russet shoos nnd n buff-colorod tie. TkVvl
Last evening ho explained to somo friends Bll
that ho had ttuiio disagreement with the bride, TTHsi
who wanted him to wear blorl; shoes and a H
whllo tloat the wedding, while ho preferred a aAB
black tto and russet shoes. Aflor tho wedding H
lha couple wero serenaded nnd tho hrldo and IbS
groom left for Philadelphia to spend their IfS
oncymoon. tV
honeymoon.
Foreign Votes or Rent Interest. C J I
The Duke of Argyll has held his tltlo for fifty yean.
Liverpool has voted 122,000,000 for the further
extension of Its dock system.
Hat re's Chamber or Commerce has petitioned the
French Parliament lo mako the town and harbor ,.
free jort.
Naples University Is to have new buildings, lb
Prince and Princess of Nnpleshate Just laid thecor ,v
nerstnncs for them. I
Owing to tho failure of tho grain crop there Is
fonder famine In ltustla and tho peasants are selling
their eattle and horsos for anything they can get.
Ferdinand brunetlerr, as editor nf the ttevue de I
Jeter Mondre, must stand trial In Paris for refusing J
to puhllth a reply to au unfavorable criticism of an M
unsuccessful truRedy. il
At a meeting of tb Prltish and Foreign PlbleSo- '' ,
ilely ut lllrmlnuhiim the Itlshop of Coventry found
that h'seoat and umbrella had been stolen Tha thief
turned out to bo a local proaeher.
Hansen, the enitlnrer of Ihn excursion train that
was wrecked uear Copenhagen last summer, having
Ieeii held responsible for the disaster, has been sen
tenced tu four months' Imprisonment and to a fl.no of
4l,ST."crovvur, or CI 2,0:10'. no.
I,a.ly I'.rnrstlnn llrudeucll.riruor, daughter of the s,
Maniuls of Allctbury, wanta to sail her own yacht,
mil has appded to lli'i lloar.l ot Trails to be examined .
ror a master's ertlllcate. Tho board refuses to ex- , I
amino her lecaue ho is a woman.
Iluboiilc plaitue threatens all northern India now, j
the rlKrts to restrict It to tho Ikimbay district bar- J
Ing proved unsuccessful. It has broken out at Hurd- I
war. a pla e of pilgrimage on tho Gauges, rrequtnted j j
by great croi ds, among Ihem many religious men- f
dli'ants, , A
A new trade route between India and eastern Per- M
la has bcon established, which runs for half tbo die- M
lance through lands under lirltlth protection, and jH
shortens the Journey by a month. It runs from Quel- M
Into Meshed, l.uft j miles. WVIIs have beeu dug and H
posts estalllshtd along tho rial. wj
Au unpopular divinity professor at Mareachal Col- JPr
lege of Alierdceu Unit emit Is gan his course of lee
teres reeetiily by a prajer II n vv u interruptea ry 4
tha students, wlio ut tin, mi applau.lod and eried
nnrorel" On U'KlnnliiK hh lecture he was hooted
at until another professor, nfti r niiriluB that the stu
dents would not withdraw look his manuscript flora
him and tvalktd out or the room.
Oxford University has a freshmen class of 785 this
jeer, Of these onl Boo come from tho great publlo
schools, l.ion immiiIii g 4H, Wlneooater SO, Itugby,
Charterhouse, Harrow, and Marlborough over SO
each, und eleven ulhir aehools oicr 10 eacn. Tha
rest come from suiai grammar schools, only twenty r
luting been educated by private tutors, there are ', rn
oul iwint) students from the lirltlth colonies and a tevtatx
fe-v from American and Ocruun uulveultles, sjjljwi
11a ch) Uilra's pu- nn, the papyrus containing which SsV''5?
was sc'iulred by lha llrltlsh Umnni last tear, are 5IC!.
about lo Iw punished. Nesrly twh- as many lines 3
have been recnveri'd at w, i.upt.sed a: nrst, the 3s
total Ii'Iuk aUiut n thomai.d. Thero are twenty ?$!
m rms ur pieces uf poems In all, ,lx being complete, $
and of nine more substantial fragments being pre
served. Fourteen ore In houur of vlciorl'-s la the
Olympian gau-es, the ro Uii.g pesaus, dithyrambs, J
or hymns, classes of verse of which there wen) batty it
erto bo compute specimens, JpP
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