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iBf r ' ' J THE su fUESDAX', NOVEMBER 28, 1891" ' ' 'TSIF ' T " " lj;
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HHi Tuesday, November 23. 1807.
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HBk, lie tiro tlio National Bank Notes!
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ElVk --e on'y enrrener measure which tho
HlflwB' Administration Is likely to press upon
KKk, ' 'Codrtcm at Its coming session, Is ono ro-
HaHlK i!poallng the act of May 31, 1878, which
H&lffup j authorizes tho reissue of the old legal ten-
bbbwRiPc i" 5cr notcs' Tr'"tlior they como Into tho
HpljK1J Treasury by redemption or otherwise; scp-
bbKIIIgIS orating the gold redemption rescrvo from
B'bIr tho other funds In tho Treasury, and per-
WM W'li?, " mlttlng tho reissue of demand notes only
bR? II IF ' ' BB,n8t gold deposited for their future re-
STIy '$ ' dcmptlon. It Is doubtful whether a moos-
Bit if " nrA of tn'i lc'ni1 can 1)o passci' ut " "
Wit k i can ',0 " ,v'u P'nc t'10 ,8SU0 department
v1' P & of the Treasury In a position similar to that
&; f- hi, 6f the Issue department of the Bank of Eng-
H& ; &, land, and deprive tho enemies of Govern-
W& - f y ment paper money of all pretext for do-
R ' nounclng It as an " endless chain" for de-
Bf j j pletlng tho Treasury of Its gold. Under it,
B& t$J ao soon as any considerable amount of Gov-
Bj Kl ernment notes was sent In for redemption,
K and the gold drawn out for them was
Hta , shipped abroad, the currency would be con-
Hi f V traded, Intorcst rates would rise, and the
BBF tf -c
mat K i outflow of gold would be followed by Its
Kit' S V return to this country.
Wk Wfx , ' '" It Is desirable, liowovor, that to secure to
'F :' i" ' '10 Treasury the full benefit of this reform
K5J; S,- the currency issued by tho national banks
j W "i- should be retired as fast as possiblo con
f m slstont with the vested rights of tho banks,
I'rKr ' ' nnt ' I''acB supplied with Government
l&ni '$' notes. Fortunately, the charters of a ma
BS wk $ jorlty of the banks will expire In the course
E$ P i'i ?f ne next tcn Jcarsi And those of nearly
K, & all of them in five years thereafter. These
! Wi charters should not be renewed, and tho
f'' fa ,f f bonks should be required to reincorporate
fift 8' t themselves under the laws of their rcspeo-
; p i tiro States, relinquishing completely the
B) K .y J . privilege, of Issuing currency, which ought
Kt K; ii ' noTer to have been granted them. With
'! M l' bank currenoy out of the way, that of the
B K Government would hare the field to Itself,
Wh S" i arul m'sut be augmented without risk to
Hsr- i& e . meet every requirement of business.
('"' -; jC. ' Provision also should bo mode for sup-
K?3 ' 'ug no nee8 ' ' Government, in caso
r'Si- ' a deficient revenue, by giving the Sccre
8 ,f tary of the Treasury authority to borrow
Kf jjlpf V'moneyn8nort-(latei0l'K1ttons. Atpres-
1 ttW ent on' woy 'or n'm t0 ule't a defl-
a MP clencyIs by availlngailmself of thedoubt-
fe, 'ul Powers con'orre upon htm by the He-
tvlte , sumption act of 1875, and selling bonds
ilt i" tinder tho pretext of providing gold for
f JHjk; redemption purposes. This is a subterfuge
J Sip wn'cu no Government should be com-
ffi f r pelled to resort, and the employment of it
I!.. ?.. by the Cleveland Administration will ever
" l x be a blot upon its record.
mi'lii With the adequate protection of the gold
" p i reserve held for the redemption of tho Gov-
C W, !- ernment notes, with the retirement of bank
& currency In every form, and with provision
i $f for a straightforward and honest borrow-
S, ot K ,nK ' monev to nieet temporary revenue
if x deficiencies, no further measures affecting
& k? &i tho currency will be necessary for years to
a s come. Future emergencies can bo met as
W fe they arise, and the complicated currency
vl S' " reform schemes suggested from so many
3ft. 9& quarters may be laid aside as theoretical
W, curiosities of no practical value.
S f Tho Military Parks.
S Four great battlefields of tho civil war,
Sff l Gettysburg and Antictam at tho East,
f II Chickamauga and Shiloh at the West, have
fHi m ft been set apart for historic preservation by
acts of Congress. The work on each field
'gj, yt 's now carried on by commissions, and tho
J? M reports of these bodies for the past year are
fJ p Interesting.
&' Tho Gettysburg Commission asks for
5f 5i 9""0,000 from Congress for the coming
S ft year. Upon tho memorial features of the
If 4 S ftreatest battle ever fought on this conti-
Iw '$ ncnt, tho money bestowed by the General
g Government, tho States, tho regimental
fe V on' otner associations, and by individuals,
fji S nns mounted probably into tho millions.
i4 i& Yet, as wo see, thucxpenditurcs go on, and
W '$ In nil the world there Is no counterpart of
i ? this wonderful battle scene.
-w yt "ac ChlcUamauga and Chattanooga
f 1 A Park, a far more recent establishment,
'$ m w '10 wor': '' w Bao ou w'"1 f?reat rapidity,
-. S c and tho expenditures there must bo well
ijE S S along toward tho million mark. During
" f tuo ln8fc ycar' 08 Gt'n Boynton, tho Chair-
. 1' man of tho commission, shows, the I.ook-
? w out ounta'u battlefield has been added to
1JR t k' tho park. Tho annual appropriation for
8k f tho last two years has been $75,000, and
"P Wi "'s Run 'H as'CC(l for uext year.
&K K Shiloh Is a levs extensive park, and also
U jw less costly, only fii:iO,000 having thus far
If 1 'Wi ',CCn nPProPriu,e' for It uy Congress, while
" g 5-05,000 Is Iho amount asked for this year.
W" S a Antictam, though classed with tho other
1 , three. Is not properly a military park, tho
ft 8 ,V work there, which has been practically fin-
W I "if ished during tho present year, consisting
'H? t r mostly in marking the buttle lines of tho
W 5i j "two armies, the erection of iron tablets
a? j bearing brief dcKtriptiuns, and of a masonry
W I m lookout tovtcr, tho preparation of maps,
ft II end Uio placing of a few monuments by
W H military organisations. Of these last a
hi I I doien have already been constructed, and
ft 1 s others uro in prospect,
fe j S 1 ho extraordinary fact In these under-
m. j I takings, next to the munificence with
m a 'f which they have been carried out, is that,
g, beforo a generation had passed, and whllu
W, S . o many of the sunivim; combatants were
& M still In active life, these old foes were unit-
M E J ,nK '" y'118 t0 Penetuate tho events of
a! I their greatest and moat typical conflicts.
IX, To bring togcthcraB friends those ho were
jy, I once enemies, avoiding points of difference
jl ft and Ignoring unpleasant reminders of
H strife, is familiar enough; but In these
B, i a Instances of ours the old combatants actu-
f, I tie ally join In preserving tho memories of
I X tbclr fiercest death grapples, walking over
life 3 S "10 "e's arm ,n arm 8eo that no trace
I'M- I r; ' "lc hloodlest carnaco is missed or al-
M f 'I lowed to lapse into oblivion.
H if f The truth is that, in the military sense,
I V rt i these battles were honorable to the victors
J'-f. F and vanquished. And it may be added that
I'1- 9 lt.lho ul" "c''8 l',U8 commemorated were
;, j V etrlkfjly adapted to their uses in this re-
I I f
I spect. Leb's repulse at Gettysburg was of
enormous Importance to tho Union cause,
yet no fcaturo of tho three days' struggle
will over eclipse, In history, Pickett's final
charge. Antictam, In like manner, though
It put an end to Lee's Invasion of Mary
land, was tactically so nearly a drawn battle
that he retired In his own way, still ready
and ablo to fight. At Shiloh the advantage
on tho first day went to tho Confederate
forces, while on the Bccond day, with the
Union reinforcements thorc.tho final victory
was Guam'b. Chickamauga was a Con
federate triumph of tho first order, but
Chattanooga, which followed It in tho same
scries of operations, far more than won
back all tho ground that had been lost.
Thus It turns out that theso commemora
te o projects go on with tho hearty co
operation of thoso who were once arrayed In
hostility. Ken tho value of theso fields as
object lessons for the military study of
future generations is less striking than tho
mutual and friendly desire of victors and
vanquished to keep them as hallowed spots.
Bigger Questions Coming.
The heart burnings and tho recriminations
caused by tlio lato election in Now York
will fcoon be forgotten In tho common In
terest, in great national questions which
the opening of Congress will create.
Tho thoughts of tho public will be trans
ferred from New York to Washington.
Tho local questions were settled by tho lato
election. Tho national questions are Btlll
open and will bo under debate throughout
the coming winter.
Tho Cuban question is always of absorb
ing Interest, and never beforo was It so
provocativo of thought and emotion as it
will be during the pending session of Con
gress. Doubtless, tho Hawaiian Islands
will be annexed to the United States be
fore this session closes, arousing and stim
ulating patriotic pride. Tho discussions
provoked by the currency question will
command the earnest attention of tho
whole public.
Tims minor localdisputationswhichhavo
vexed this town slnco last spring will be
Bot asido by matters of large national con
cern, and with tho causes of parochial dis
cord will pass away tho resentments to
which they gave rise.
This Is a fortunato outlook, for tho people
hereabouts need the broadening influence
of wider issues on their minds. Whether
national Issues could or could not properly
bo Introduced into our municipal campaign
was under disputo during its progress, but
that their discussion belongs to Congress
is Indisputable, and from Congress they
will extend reasonably and necessarily to
the whole people
Tho Return of Tammany to Power.
The recent Now York election has been
made by Lord Salisbury, Mr. Joseph
CnxsiBKHLAiN, and Mr. W. T. Stead the
toxt for homilies on the evil results of our
experiment in tho popular government of a
great city. These three Englishmen agree
In the opinion that the government of the
city of Now York has como to a bad pass.
Tho result of the election in this town
was deplorable because Now York had
an opportunity to strengthen its repu
tation at homo and abroad as a commu
nity of stable political principles, but, in
stead of improving it and performing the
duty to American society which It Im
posed, refused to "meet the issue or even
to consider it. The assumption of these
foreign critics, however, that the return of
Tammany Hall to power was duo to tho
baser elements of its society has no founda
tion whatever In fact. Tammany won In
tho election through the direct or indirect
assistance of social elements which are re
garded conventionally as the best and the
most intelligent in the community.
In the first place, Tammany has always
had behind it a great part of tho wealth
and social respectability of the town, with
out which It could never have retained
the domlnnnco it has held in New
York, with few Interruptions, throughout
Its history as a political organization.
Doing the rccular representative of tho
Democratic party in a community which
has always been Democratic by a great
majority, this continued control of the mu
nicipal gov ernment lias come to it naturally
nnd inevitably. Its organization has nom
inated tho regular Democratic ticket, both
Stato and municipal, and also the candi
dates for Congress. From it alono have
they reccied their stamp of Democratic
regularity nnu authenticity. Moreover, It
has conducted all the Democratic cam
paigns for tho election of a President,
the greatest vote ever received by It having
been obtalncdat the election in 1802, when
Mr. Cli.vi.land was elected President. To
say that Tammany Hall represents spe
cifically the baser elements of the com
munity is to relegate tho Democratic party
of New York to that low level, and Is man
ifestly absurd.
At the lato election Judge Van Wtok,
Tammany's candidate for Mayor, received
in tho present city of New York more votes
than were polled for Mr. Low and Gen.
Tkaoy together, or 143,(10(1 as against
133,04 J. Of tho 77,'10 votes for Low,
probably about 25,000 only wcro strictly
Democratic, and peril jps 35,000 more were
Republican, tho rest coming from Mug
wumps and other politically unattached
and mercurial elements. Evidently, much
of the IU-publlcan vote was not polled. Ah
between Low and Tammany these voters
preferred to help Tammany by staying
at home. Are wo to infer that tho
J5,000 Democratic votes which went to
Low monopolise tho moral health of tho
party in Now York nnd that the more than
143,000 which went to VAN Wyck are tho
morully diseased f As a matter of fact, it
is probable that tlio average of intelligence
and moral elevation was as high among
the Tammany voters as among the Demo
crats who voted for Low.
Nor can it bo doubted that the return of
Tammany to power Is received by tho com
munity with a satisfaction which is even
nioro extensivo than Is indicated by tho
actual vote for Judgo Van Wyck. Tarn
many's success means that a definite po
litical party is to bo responslblo for tho
government of New York and can bo held
accountable for the consequences by public
sentiment. Tho Strong administration has
been without such responsibility. It has
gone on regardless of the advico of party
leaders, following tlio Low theory that
the Mayor's responsibility is to his own
conscience only. Accordingly, it has pro
ceeded without reference to the public sent!
mentof which a party Is thoexpresslon, and
without tho beneficial checks which party
responsibility would liavo put on it. It has
increased taxes and annotcd citizens by its
injudicious methods of enforcing inquisi
torial and embarrassing laws and ordi
nances, and by tho somewhat provincial
spirit of its administration of the Police
Department. It meant well, doubtless, but
it did not understand public sentiment,
and lu lts'Jguorauce irritated and exas
perated the great body of tho cltlcena -who
put It in power.
Mr. Low camo before the people aa tho
political heir of tho Strong administration,
proposing to carry to a still greater extremo
it theory of "non-partisanship." Thus
he represented the very theory of which the
people had determined to rid their govern
ment. They wanted party government and
no more of non-pavtisan government. If tho
Republican party had been held together on
Its strict party Issues, It might havo succeed
ed.ln spite of tho handicap put upon it by tho
fact that Mayor Sthono was Republican In
national politics; but tho diversion from
it caused by tho Low movement was enough
to defeat the party. If tho Republicans
could not succeed aa a party on strict party
Issues, Tammany was bound to como In.
A great part of tho Citizens' Union voters
wcro content with tho success of Tammany
becauso It involved tho defeat of tho Repub
lican party. Tho partisan spirit of oven
Democrats who voted for Low was secretly
gratified by tho triumph of their party In
tho person of Tammany. Every strict Re
publican had rather havo Tammany In
power than a political nondescript liko
Low, for whoso failuro tho Repub
lican party would havo been held re
sponsible, though it would have been with
out Influcnco with him. Nor can it bo de
nied that the run of the business commu
nity, the retail merchants, tho real estato
interests, and tho caterers to tho entertain
ment and amusement of tho public, prefer
Tammany government to the costly, lntru
oive, vexatious, amateur, and narrow
minded Strong administration.
Tammany has a great task beforo It, and
doubtless Its magnitudo will Impress tho
triumphant organization w 1th a grave sense
of responsibility. And well it may, for on
Tammany's administration of the Govern
ment of tho Greater New York during the
coming two years will depend tho fato of
tho Democratic party in this city and Stato
in tho meanwhile, and, possibly, of tho
Democratic party In the election for Presi
dent In 1000.
An Unllnlshod Public Career.
The journalists who aro arranging for tho
Hon. Thomas Hiiacicett Reed's retirement
from public life at the end of tho present
Congress are probably losing their time and
wasting their Ink. Tho Speaker has yet to
attain tho prime of his political career, and
ho is not a quitter.
What would American politics bo in the
lost years of tho nineteenth century with
out Tom Reed in tho chair, or at least in
the very front row of scats ?
Ho has grown, in tho estimation of both
friends and foes, more rapidly during the
last ten years than any other statesman of
any party during tho same period. He has
shown himself a Hercules whero a strong
man was needed. The record of his ser
vices in steering the uncertain, In suppress
ing the fools, and In promoting tho serious
business of legislation generally, would
probably astonish tho country if it were
candidly and fully written.
Tho circumstance that while everybody
admires the Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed,
more or less, there lias never bepn found
around him any particular sect or circle of
personal idolators, is not his least dis
tinguished claim upon public gratitude.
Ills sense of humor, as keen and as sane as
any man's since Abraham Lincoln, has
preserved him from that fate. He cannot
tolerate humbug, even humbug about him
self. The people need him In a conspicu
ous place, if only as on object lesson.
Avaricious of wealth? That Is not Tom
Reed's character. Besides, what merely
professional income could compensate him
for tho life which his ovn genius has ar
ranged for him, and in which he rejoices as
his muscles play?
Disappointed? Wo don't believe It.
Administrations come and Administrations
go, but a reputation such as tho Hon.
Thomas B, Reed has won on his own Indi
vidual merits endures. Who would not
rather havo been Blaine or Henry Clay
than R. B. Hayes ?
And the Speaker has this advantage over
either Clay or Blaine, that Destiny has
not yet closed the account with him.
Tho New Ships.
With the approach of tho session of Con
gress the progress made on tho vessels still
under construction becomes of much in
terest. Chief Constructor Hichborn has
just taken an account of stock, and re
ports, to begin with, that tho Princeton,
the last of the six composite gunboats, will
have her preliminary trial next week.
That leaves flo battleships and about a
dozen torpedo boats to bo finished. Of the
former, tho big Kearsargo and Kentucky,
which are to havo two story turrets, are
I nearly half ready, nnd will be launched in
January. For the other three no sido or
turret armor has yet been provided, but
their bulls are coming along well, the ratio
of total completion being for the Alabama
20, for the Illinois 28 and for tho Wiscon
sin 23 per cent.
Of tlio torpedo boats the Rodgers and
Winslow, sister craft of tho Foote, which
is now In service, aio of course furthest
along, tho Winslow being down for her
trial In n few days, whilo tho Rodgers,
which met with an accident, will bo ready
again in January. Next, on the Pacific
coast, Is tho 2fl-knot boat Rowan, 80 per
cent, ready, whilo it is notlceablo that the
20-knot Mnckenzie, built by new competi
tors, tho Hillman Company, 70 per cent,
ready, leads the group of ten contracted for
about thirteen months ago. Tho Talbot,
Gwyn, and Davis, building by the Herri s
hoi F8, follow 1th 02 per cent, each, tho
two former being launched on Monday,
while the McKco shows 31 per cent. Of
the 30-knot boats tho big Farragut Is one
fifth completed, and the two Bath boats,
Dahlgrcn nnd Ciavcn, 15 per cent. Tho
becond trio of 30-knot boats are very Httlo
advanced. Finally, the Plunger, the sub
marine craft, is two-thirds done.
This is the last routino report of the sort
that will bo made beforo tho assembling of
Congress, but later ones may bo ready be
foro tho naval bill is drawn up. It Is clear,
however, that tho yauls will bo ready to
take, up a new group of torpedo craft as
soon as authorized, whilo the settlement of
the armor dispute Is the only tiling needed
to Justify ordering moro battleships.
Tho New Wheels Should Havo Brakes.
It is already known regarding the bicycles
of 1808 that thero will be plenty of dc
slrablo models from which wheelmen and
wheelwornen may select. Therefore tho
demand for originality and attractiveness
in wheel construction, which a great many
riders have prajed for, will be entirely sat
isfied. Now comes a question of stillgreater
Importance; Will the new wheels bo as
safe as they ought to bo? In other words,
will they be equipped with strong and
trustworthy brakes?
The number of wheelmen who have been
killed and tho number seriously Injured
during tho present year from Inability to
stop quickly should Impress upon every
manufacturer the necessity of fitting his
machines with a serviceable brako. Al
though tho uso of that safeguard Is much
more general this year than It was last, tho
cycling fraternity still contains a grcot
many anti-brakemen who honestly bellovo
that ba k pedalling answers tho purposo of
a metallic brake.
The foolish Impression that a speed of
eight miles on hour.at which ono may low
fully ridu In this city, Is not fast enough to
rcqulro tho uso of a brako is now enter-1
talncd by very few. No ono who has had
the mlsfortuno to bo struck by a blcyclo
stons to think how fast tho whcol was
going; and tho fact is that a pace of oven
live miles an hour is almost as dangerous
as ono of fifteen. In either case, tho full
momentum of tho wheel, driven by a 150
pound person, would bo great enough to
throw an unwary pedestrian ofT his feet
and perhaps crack his skull.
Hence, in order to makothocomlngblcyclo
a complete success and to relievo the mind
of oveiy cyclist who appreciates tho danger
of riding on crowded thoroughfares, tho '08
models should be provided with a brako as
strong and unfailing ns tho handle bar it
self. Manufacturers would profit by tho
addition, bicycles would bo less of a terror
to tho timid, and non-whcclmon could go
their way in comparative safety.
Mr. James Gordon Bennett having very
frankly confesseiUho failure of his Evtnina Tele
gram and stopped its publication, though pro
posing no reparation to the advertisers and
readers upon whom it had Inflicted loss and suf
fering, who is tho impostor that so promptly
steals tho nam nnd Imago of tho defunct Jour
nal and by putting forth a spurious Evening
Telegram seeks to continua tho swindle to his
own profit I Who procured tho Insertion In tho
next daj's Herald of a " reading notice" an
nouncing that, notwithstanding Mr. Uicnnett'b
decision to stop fooling tho people, " the favorite
evening paper of Greater New Vork" would
contlnuoto uppear. "B3 usual, with all the news
and numerous bright features!"
Can It bo another enterprise of the man who
first perceived tho tromondous possibilities of
gain in tho Free Ice Fund I
Dr. William Lynk Wilson has commu
nicated tho fact that ho Is " perfectly contented
and happy to bo out of politics." Careful search
fails to And anybody who Is discontented and
unhappy because Mr. Wilson fs out of politics.
8o everybody must bo considered as happy and
contented.
Intellect has been assembled at Louis
vlllo In silver swarms. Tho Hon. William
Jennings Bryj.v. tho Hon. James K. Jo.nlh,
tho lion. Joanrn Clay Stiles 1lackhuk.v, tho
Hon. P. Wat Hardin-; theso are names which
the world could not forget for n minute, even
if it wanted to. "It wns supposod that tho
meeting was called for tho purposo of out
lining net year's Congress campaign, but not
much was said of that." No, thero wasn't
time. There were too many othor things to talk
about, and four of tho most earnest conversa
tionists ever heard of to talk about them and
around them.
Lieut. Totten, who has filled the world
with more figures than alarm about tho end of
the world and the ruin of tho Gentilo kingdoms,
has at last taken a practical measure for carry
ing out his prophecies and making the world
hut up shop. Jlo writes verses.
It Is a fact reverently to bo recorded
that tho Central Labor Union of this town,
probably the most powerful parliament now
anywhero sitting or hopping up, cries for un
derground rapid transit. Tho Central Labor
Union " wants to have the road started so as to
give employment to thousands of idle work
men." Rather epensIvo sort of employment,
but tho Central Labor Union hasa mind superior
to details. An elevated road to the moon would
seem to bo more in the lino of these philosophers.
Tho St. Louis Globe Democrat remarks
with justico that "tho recent singular and
splcnetia communications of tho Hon. Ciiau.n
cey I. Fillet to Democrntio newspapers, in
which ho has practically allied himself with
tho opposition to the McKlnley Administra
tion, call for sonio repudlatory action by
tho proper authorities in behalf of tho Re
publicans of Missouri." Mr. Fillet happens to
be Chairman of tho Republican Stnto Committee
of Missouri, a post which his recently expressed
centiincnts do not fit him to hold. He used to
be considered a long headod and discreet politi
cian, but ho seems to have got over It. Doubt
less the Missouri Republicans will get over him
and rid of him as soon as possible.
According to tho Chattanooga Nrtcs, " a
Tennessee oflicer of tho general staff who knows
how to wear a sword, let alono draw It, would
be a curiosity." This must bo pronounced tho
merest malignity of envy. Under tho inspiring
influence nnd Tyrticnn strains of Governor
General Bon Talor every officer in tho Ten
nessee militia Is as familiar with tho use of the
sword nnd wears ono as gracefully as if it woro
a button or a pocket pistol. Governor Tailor
prefers to woar a silver trumpet and An enam
elled fiddlestick, but no man understands the art
of tho sword bnttcr or can wave a radiant blade
mora effectively.
Tho Hon. Thomas Henry Carter of
Montana has been showing new signs of an in
tention to desert the Republican party on ac
count of Its want of nffottion for tho great w hito
dollnr, but has promised to stay onco more.
There aro other things In tho world than silver,
nnd Mr. CakteiisIiow s his sense In remembering
It. lie wants to go tit times, but ho cannot bo
allowed to go, If ho doesn't bring himself back,
he will no yankod back by his admiring fellow
Republicans, Ho cannot be sparid.
In estimating tho generosity of the emi
nent Kansas citizens who nro said to be resolved
to send n fow carloads of jack rabbits to tho
poor of Chicago and Now York, It must not bo
forgotten that western Kansas is very full of
rabbits and anxious to get rid of them. A
bounty of so many cents a scalp Is offered for
them, and the moro of thorn aro slain the richer
will tho slayers grow. In assisting downtrodden
and plutocratic Now Vork and Chicago the
Kansns Populists don't have to forgot them
salves to any rrcjt extent.
Dr. Heiiuon of the Iowa Wcslcyan Uni
versity avers with tlio pioper degreonf solem
nity that "there is no disputing that wo are on
thovergeof a revolution." Ho muy boon tho
verge of a number of revolutions or In tlio v or
texof them and revolving rapidly, but the rest
of tho country is nil right, and not revolving
anything at present hut a bill of faro for Thanks
giving Dty. Thinkers In sonio of tho universi
ties seem to bo peculiarly disposed to attacks of
revolutions. ICllher they don't tako exercise
enough or they liko to welter In tholr own language.
Tho report Hint Emperor William, In a
letter to a member of tho French Government,
gave his word of honor, and was ready, If neces
sary, to givo his word a an Emperor, that
Cupt. DnEYKOSdldnot divulge French secrets
to Germany, is burdened with too much Im
probability to bo received without suspicion.
Just why William II. should meddle with tho
case It is difllctilt to see with tbe little light
that so far has been shod upon It.
Mr. Sciieukeu Kiht.m:h has certainly suc
ceeded In starting n big sensation and also In
throwing some suspicion upon the head of
Count EsTEltllAZV. lie sajs that he can estab
lish the Innocence of the ex-Captain, but that
for some little tlrao his lips must bo sealed, on
account of engagements which be is bound to
ksep. At this distance from Paris it does seem
that the Senator'sllps do hot appear to seal worth
a stamp, ana that he was In too great ahurry to
talk, it Is hardly wise to make assertions be
foro the facts to prove them are within easy
reach, and, according to his own reported state
ment, thnt Is prcclsoly what M. ScheURER
KESTNEn has done. What moro he may bo ablo
to do. If anything, Is a mattor of conjecture.
All that we do know for a certainty Is that
the man In the Island of tho Dovil has friends
who are inclined to kick.
Freedom has been fettcrod at last, nnd
the clanking of her chains Is brought by tha
winds from Nobraska. The Populist Secretary
of that State has been fined for killing hogs In
his back yard at Lincoln. Is it any w onder that
tho Nebraska Populists, long weary of Injunc
tions, begin to dospalr of courts altogether f
Where is tho Hon. William Jenninos Bryan
at this fateful hour! How does he propose to
treat tho crisis I If a man has not tho right to
kill his own hogs la his yard what right worth
having has he I The Populist must arise and
"holler."
A Common Councilman of New Haven
wants thnt town to publish n municipal organ.
Tho experlmont should bo tried in Chicago first.
There aro enough statesmen! and philosophers
In tho Chicago Board of Aldermen to uiako an
original newspaper. New Hnven means woll,
but slio has no man In public llfo who can com
pare for force and brilliancy with tho Hon.
Feetdall Plotke, tho Hon. Joiiv Powebs, the
Hon. Bath House John, and the Hon. Hinkt
Dink. Theso geniuses and their associates could
construct a municipal newspaper thnt would
attract attention from all collectors and bo w el
corned at the ends of the world.
TUB ITJCDDJ.VO OP THE CITIES.
A Bur Bnansh Celebration Proposed for Next
Mprlui.
ToTnEEDrronor The Sun Sir.- In regard to
the marriago of tho two cities suggcBtid by
your correspondents " Clnquecento" nnd "Ro
juissanco," I would snythat tho time and placo
named by them for holding such a ceremony nro
absolutely Inappropriate. Thero cin bo no mili
tary pnrado on tho 1st of January becauso tho
weather Is too Inclement at that season, nnd to
havo a celebration on tho bridge would be
simply Inviting another catastrophe, similar to
thnt which occurred at tho time of Its opening.
Tho consolidation should bo celebrated by an
entertainment lasting for several days, or per
haps a week, and the militia of all tho States
should bo asked to participate. It Bbould bo
planned for tho lato spring, vvhon tho weather Is
generally suitable for outdoor parndes and
night displays.
Last spring tho writer suggested to a number
of prominent citizens tho propriety of forming
a commltteo for this purposo, and an advisory
committee was organized by the election of a
Chairman and secretary. Several meetings of
this commltteo wero held. It was deemed ad
visable, howover, to postpono tho formation of
the large committee until after the olection.
Tho advisory commltteo will bo nsked In a
few days to take tho matter up, and with tho
aid of Mavor-olect Van Wick to brinjr about u
celebration that will fittingly signalize tho con
solidation and progross of the greatest city of
'tho continent and the second of tho world.
New Yoke, Nov. 21. John J. Garvett.
Tbe Clcarette and the Plpo or Clear.
To the Editor or Tun hci Sir: In rercrcnee to
your editorial of to-ilay -Coneernlns the Cigarette,"
1 tako It that the most Important part of tho inatter
Is not touched upon. I think It U latlUpmnblo that
cigars and smoking tobacco are strongi-r and contain
more nicotine than the ttgarettc, nn-1 that constitutes
tho tatter's danger to tho smoker. Every "cigarette
fiend- I have oer questioned admits that the satis
faction ho gets from smoking the "coffln nails'
comes from tLe Inhalation of the smoke Into the
lunps. This Is Impossible of accomplishment by the
average smoker with either pipe or clgur
I think It Is patent to every person of average Intel
ligence that the connrined smoker of pipe or cigar
has the advantage in phys'QUj an4 .rent rat h alth
over the one fuldlcled to the olgarettu habit
New YOEit, hov. 21. John O. Metzoer.
To Tun Epitor or The Sex Sir: rermlt me to call
attention to a statement In your editorial article of
bunduy lust that may result In a serious misunder
standing unless It Is properly explained. You say
that Dr. Robertson of Dellevue declared "he had
nev cr 6ecn a case of Insanity that could bo attribute d
solelv to ctgarcttrs." Dr. Robertson, as quoted In
TliEhLVof Sept. 1, said he had never seen a caso of
Insanity that coull be attributed to tobacco In any
form ' Dr. Gunn, whom you quote as opposing Dr.
Robertson, Is an antl tobacco extremist, as this quota
tion from the Mcdteo-Isgal Journal, vol. XV" , Xo. 2,
p. 1H3, "Insanity and Insanity Laws," goes far to
prove. In speuklng of tho power of nariotk-3 to
"dest-oy will power, blunt tho memory, and deaden
the moral sense." be declares -As bad nnd as rar
reaching as aro the t fleets of the abiuo of opium and
altohol In that direction, they do not compare with
the nuutal and ptirstcal wreLks caused by toba-co "
In the fllscuifclun thnt followed the reallngof my
paper before the Mi-dlco-Legal bocletr. Dr. Dunn as
sert d that of Ms own knowledge his uepluw, a
young bo, smoked from ten to ti lve boxes of clg
arettts a day. If the lad smoked tcn box s a da lie
must huo had spending money to the amouut
of 43 no for this luxury alone, and he must
have taken tcn hours from the "solid uay"
to detote to amoklng. Een then be had
hard wirk, for unless lie finished one cigarette e err
six minutes he could not perform his datly stint. If
he smoked twelve lioxen, he hud to rAlse ?n cents
more und add two hours per diem to consumption of
tho weed I refrain from further comment. Yours
truly. VV. H. (Uhkios
A Confessed Cigarette binoker.
New Yoee, Nov. 22.
The, Spoils Hjatent In England.
from the .London Truth.
When we are all ratling at tbe monstrous American
system of spoils, I think that we a little forget what
happens at home In our ov, n Parliamentary tights It
Is true that, aa we have a permanent civil service re
cruited by examinations, the spoils are not so exten
sive. Yet there aro spoils, and they go to the victors.
There aro a number of well paid court appointments
that are distributed among the peers belonging to tho
w Inning side. In the House of Commons, apart from
tun heads of departments, thero aro not a few well
paid posts that are the prizes of the victors To tho
victors go the vacancies on the Judicial bench, for
ttiebo aro distributed among tlio lawyers of tho win
ning party. Magistrates of counties and towns are
selected from tho part, and thero are various other
crumbs which take tho samo road 1 he party requires
awarchest. How Is It filled? Various wealthy gentle
men are Invited to subscrlbo to It, with tho under
standing that tho cah Js to be repaid In a peerage, a
baronetcy, or a knighthood. The only difference,
therefore, between us and the Amirleana Is that there
each party Insists upon a good many of the rank and
file coming In for their share In the division of tho
spoils, while with us the spoils go almost exclusively
to tbe upper crust of tho p irty pie
Cancelled Kansns PUurlxagrs for the Kipsslllon.
iom the Toptha Dallu Capital.
Eifronu, Kan , Nov, 17 K. S, Tucker, commercial
agent for kansas for the Trans MIkeIubIi pi and Inter
national Exposition at Omaha next full, was In Km
porta to-day working up un exhibit from this county.
In an Interview with the olllccrs of the Commercial
Club tbe Kecretary of the club suggested that napiuu
dld exhibit for Kansas, and one that would not only
attract much attention but "null alio be Inexpen
sive, would lie to cohect a ton of e sue oiled mortgages
throughout the blutii and take them to the Exposi
tion. These tokens of csnc-lled Indebtedness or
vouchers of prrsi nt prosperity might be arranged In
some artistic manner by a committee to be appointed
by Gov, Lee ly. The suggestion mat with approba
tion here, and should tho Governor call a special ses
sion of the legUluturon hill will probably be Intro
duced making an appropriation for this purpose.
Kllsabetbtown.
rrom the KHiabethtoxcn, KV: A"-,
Ellrabetbtowb Is the only plana In the State wbero
the Jail la a handsomer building than tha public
acnoolbouae.
There Is either an overproduction of girls In Ellia-
belhtownor a big "foreign demand" for boys, as
there are five young ladles to one beau.
Harper's Magazine for December appears as
a"Chr!stmas number," with a special cover, differ
ing In inany reapei ts from the famous old cover of
the magazine. "Low" VValluce afforda a poein,
" Tbe Wooing of llalkatonn, ' Mhtcb y V. fu .Mond
Illustrates Richard Harding Davis aud Calon Wood
vllle destrlit Queen Victorias Jubilee, I'rnest Inger
soil haa an article, "A bird's Igg" with colored
platesiOwen Wlster bos a short story, "Destiny at
Drybone," Charles Dudley Warner tells of "An Act of
Charily," and George Willis Cooke tells of Oeorgs
William Curtis. These are some of toe features of the
magtalno; tbe table of contents Is unusually long.
ljijMuyu'Bi,iiij j,w,.,i yf'i'l'T'.1'-'-'''! '' ",.
XOaVDOX FIRES ASB JfEfT TOBK
FIItEH.
An laterewtlna- Comparison or the Methods In
tha Two Clrratf-at Tonus on Bartb.
To the Editor of The Svtt-sir: London's
destructive Are olfers such a splendid opportu
nity of contrasting hor methods of flro protec
tion with thoso In vogtio In American citlos that
I fcol the chnnco should not pass by without n,
few comments from ono who finds Intcrost In
subjects of tho kind.
As I understand the cable reports In Satur
day's pipors, tho flio brigade wore notified oral
ly of tho outbreak of this fire. Tho report roads
as follows:
Tho policeman who nrst saw tho names, when tho
gas engine exploded, blew bis whlstlo loudly for as
sittance. but blast after blast failed to reach the ears
for which thry wero Intended. He did not dare to
leave bis Dost, and bo had no other means of giving
tho alarm but with his penny whistle.
Several minutes passed before the cry for help was
heard. When aid did come, the first policeman was
despatched to summon tha flro brigade.
Thon the despatch goes on to say:
It was twenty minutes after the policeman nrst
blew bis whistle beforo the nrst Are engine appeared.
Tho delay was unaccountable.
I don't think that this dolay Is so "unaccount
ablo" when wo undorstnnd tho system they
have in London of getting their lire apparatus
out ot qunrturs.
This pollcomnn probably ran to tho nearest Are
Blatlon, perhaps throo or four blocks away, ami
notified tho oflicer in charge of the oiistonce of
the fire. Thero are, I bellevo. plenty of fire
alarm boxes scattered throughout tho London
streets; small boxoa with a glass door that can
bo broken and the alarm turned in from there,
but this officer olthor forgot those boxes or
thought ho could do better by running direct to
tho Btntlon. for no montlon is made of his send
ing tho alarm from a box. Tho result would
havo been almost the Bamo in either case, some
thing liko tho following:
Whon ho arrives at tho fire station ho notifies
tho foreman in chnrgo. Ho in turn calls down
tho commander ot tho station and nt tho samo
tlmo rings a bell that nrouscs tho rest of tho
flromon throughout tho house. The commander
arriving on tho npparatus floor sends the
"coachmnn" after tho horsos. The lntur gon
tlcman proceeds forthwith to the stables in tho
rear of the house, nnd bringing out two horses,
partly harnessed, nttiichcs thorn to the ongino
(probabl) a " manual or hand engine, as they go
out on all "local" or first alarms) by fastening
tho pole chains to tbo collars and the traces to
the wltinietrees, .c. Tbo rcstot tbe firemen,
having como dow n from upstairs, the command
er nnd coachman mount tho apparatus and the
order is giv en to proceed to tho tiro.
Arriv Inp at tho tiro und finding It a serious
one, tho oflicer In commtud sends tho "coach
man" bick with ono of tho horses for tho
" stonnier (this is tbo method usually followed),
nnd also to telephone to tbo Central Station nnd
hivotlicm, In turn, telephone, to all tho other
stations for rcliifoiLcmeiits. This is also the
B atom followed In largo llres. ltcanbo onslly
seen that this flro, binding away inn building
tilled with infl imumblo material and lnanar
roiv, congested thoioughfire, got bejond all
possibility of control beforo tbo lire brigade bad
nn adequate force ut work, nnd, to apeak In tho
parlance of tho Amciican iircman, it simply
'walked away from them." Tho eablereport Is
probubls wrong In snj lug tint it was "twenty
minutes beforo tho tlrst engine urrivod." Ihe
"manual" and tho "cbutpc," nn extension
ladder pushed by hand, no doubt wero on tho
ground beforo that length of tlmo elapsed, nl
low ing for nil dolaj e, but it ts very possible that
It took nil of twenty minutes to get tha first
"steamer" there. So much for tho English
method; now forourown.
buppoao such n flro wero to break out In our
bad district, say in Ann btreet, In tbe neighbor
hood of Gold street, or in I'lutt or Cliff streets
not so bud perhaps aB London's narrow streets
nndallojs.but bad enough. The nolle man dis
covering Ibis lire, instc id of blowing "u penny
whistle. 'would run to tho ncarcBt koyless fire
alarm box, nnd thero nre plenty down that way,
nnd. opening the outside door and nulling down
the hook Inside, send In the alarm.
His hand would hnrdlv bo off tho hook before
an operator at Uro Headquarters would bo
touching n telegraphic key sending tho number
of this box to thirty odd ongino houses, tlio ilrst
tup hogavoon this key rcloaslng nnd sending
from their stalls over 120 horses. Jiy tbo tlmo
ho buel sent tho number of this box ovor tho
wires once, tho thirt-exld companies would bo
hitthcel and ready to respond, and by tho time
tho second round of tho iox passed out six com
panies would bo on their way to this box.
'lho oflicer In command of tho first company
to arrive, if ho found the lire a serious one, in
stead ot sending his "coichman" back for re
inforcements, would simply stop up to thlB same
box, or any other ono near bj, and, sending in a
third alarm, have eleven moro companies
"bunched" ut tho flro even before ho had tho
first detachments fully nt work. And I know it
wouldn't tako twenty minutes to do this, and I
nm conlldent thnt tho lire, no mattor how bad it
might look at tlrst, would not "walk awaj from
them."
To prove what I claim Is possible, let mo cite
nn actual tire. On Oct. 20 of this year a lire
broke out shortly beforo noon in on oil ware
house in I'lutt street. Thero was considerable
delny In Bending in tho alarm, owing to tho bj
Btnnders endeavoring to rcseuo tovcrnl of tho
inmates of tho building, cutoff from escape ay
tho Humes, instead of pulling & box nt tho out
brak. lho books of tho depirtincnt show that tho
first alarm for tbo lire was received at 11:11
A, M. from box 37, nnd that the third alarm
enmein nt 11:15 A. 11. , four minutes later. In
thnt four minutes a compiny hitched up five
horses, procoeded to the lire; tho officer In
charge Haw the magnitude of tho blaze, hastened
to a box, sent in 3 j 37 (the third alnrm slgnnl);
this wns received nt Tiro Headquarters und
sent out from thero b hand to all tho com
panies throughout tho city. Not much loss of
ttnio here.
Hero w ns a serious fire In one of our narrow est
Btreots, in a building full of oil and combustible
mnterlnls, surrounded by buildings filled with
BtOLk of a like mtturo, forming tho idoal combi
nation Torn blgcontlagation (and tho building
practically all on tiro beforo the alarm wai
turned in), and jot so well was this fire handled
tint tho rel ief signnl," or w hat might bo rcully
called tbo" all out" signal, was sent over tho
wires at 1:2-1 1. M. notifying tho rest of tho de
partment that tho flro was under Control. In
less than two hours a threatening lire was
fought and cot.querod, nnd that with only u
fraction of the entire working force of tho de
partment, about one-tifth.
What London neods is a bang-up American
flro alnrm telegraph bjstom, a Bet of Yankee
flro signals, less flummery aud moro method,
not bo much "coachman" nnd moro "get
thero, nnd I don't think fcho will havo any
moro $25,000,000 llres. ClIARLts T. IIlLL.
NlW YoitK, Nov. 22.
I.uck Follows Mlsrortune.
Prom the 1'htlailelphta Record.
That Beemlng misfortunes nro often bleoslngi
In disguise wns proven conclusively to ono of
tho gue atB In n Chestnut stroet hotoi a few dn a
ago. Ho lost a vuluiiblii diamond stud In tliu
wnstoplpoof the bathtub In his suite of apart
mcntB. On hearing of the loss tbo proprietor
allowed the pipe to bo taken up nt lho oxpeuso
of tho loser. A plumber tlld lho job for Sir), nnd
tho guest not only lecovorcd his otud, butnlso
found In the bend of tho drain plpo a diamond
ring. Deingnn honest man, bo gave the ring to
tho proprlolor.wbondvertl'-oil thotlnd in several
now6Pipcrs. As no ono tniuolo claim the ring
tho proprietor, with nn equally commendable
eenioof honeetv. returned it to the tinder. Need
less to 6aj, tho losorof tho stud was highly coin
pens ite-d for his ttoiiblc. ns tho ring w as valued
ntlplDO l'ho fortunato mini gain the plumber
n crisp $20 noto extra, ns tbo brilliant find was
parti) duo to that worthy.
Ilclljlllle's t.real Christening.
Troin Ihe rhiliiiteli hta lleeoril.
Recently tho wlfo of Michael Do Lanoy, who
lives nt Kcllvvillo, prose nted him with three
bouncing Imijs. lho triple la thrived, und cs
terduy morning after muss tholr proud parents
prcse tiled them for biptlsm at the t'hurthof bt,
I'liarlos Itorrumto, the Itov. William J. Ilirrlt
too, rector of tho parish, performing tho core
monj.and all Koli t lllo tinned out In honor
ot tho event, llio ho) a were baptized Patrick
Joseph, Francis Ambroie. and Charles Waller.
Tho hair worn by o ich Infant Is of u different
color auburn, tmin n. Hint blond and tbo veiling
women who Blood aa sponsor woro solue-ted
because they had hair to match tbut of thobojs.
rallce Theory or the Tlirrt or a Wig.
JVom the Providence (?. I ) Journal.
Tuesday afternoon a man about 22 ears old,
dres-ied In a gray suit and posse seed of a wealth
of longhair und n handsomo smooth fate, en
tcreei Herman ('. Dcrnncr'a shop Whilo Mr.
Hruncr' attention was attrae ted to another
part of Ihe CBtebllshment, the man eclzeil a wig
valued ut $20 and esc iped, Ihe mil) theory
that tho do ectlve.s cnuadvunc-o Is that possibly
th thlef'H grandfather, un le, or father Is bald,
and that tbo bold und daring v tolator of tho law
stole tbe wig for a Christmas present.
Mr. Arnold's WurlgaKcd 4 at.
From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune,
There are very fow articles that cannot he
mortgaged, hut whin lho clerks In the L'ountv
Clerk's olllce)osterdn) took at battel mortgage
to tile, and, looking over tbo list of articles, they
found a cat. they wire perfectly dunifoundiei.
They say they have seen many a strange thing
mortgaged, but never before saw a cat. The
mortgage was given by Charles Arnold to J.
Onus, and I Is bard to say what would be dons
If tho cat ran away.
- ' ' ana i
bishop xca.es rnoxoTBi. m
Anatbrr Compromise In the fine Raw af vu A
Louisiana Catholics. HaR
Nkw Orleans, La., Nov. 22. It l announced Bff
hero oMctally to day that Bishop Maes of Cor- Kyf
lngton,K).t has been appointed to the vacant mf
Cathollo Archhlshoprio of Now Orleans, This m
ends a warm racial contest, which has boon Mi
going on in tho dioccso for sotno time, A ma- flj ,
jorlty of tho Catholics in Now Orleans and Jfl
Louisiana nro Frcnch-sponking or of French .'
origin, and tbo Archbishop alw a) s has been ap- H I
potntod from among tho French clergy. When
tho placo was filled last tho Irish, German, and H
other Cathollo elements asked a recognition. '
The French and credos objected, and to placaba jfl ,
all sides a comnromite was reachod, and Jang- yj
Bens, anatlvo ot Holland, was appointed Arch- Wft
bishop. Ml if
At his death some montnsago the old race que. Ml'
tton camo up again. Tbe priests of tbe diocese JUi
eclcctod Bishop Chnpollc, a Fronchman, as the H
most worthy to Oil tho place, and tho Bishop H
urged the appointment of olthor Bishop Ke ino, H
lerelen,orChapellc. Sovoral K enoh prlosts In Mt
New Orleans, not eatlsllod with this, met ana H
dcclarod that It was absolutely neo asary that a m
Fronch or a French-speaking Archbishop bo an- W-
pointed. They drew up n petition to that ofteoi m
addressed to Homo. It was forwarded Instead
tol'rcsidont Fauro of France, with tho request H
thnt bo uso his influenco at Homo to secure a B
Fronch Archbishop, bo ns to assure the continue !
nnco of tho French influence and language In ffl
lxMilhiann. Tho petition was forwarded by W'&J
Fresldont Knuro to tho l'ope. B f
Theso facts having leaked out, Hlshon Fit- W&
gciald, tho presiding Bishop of the dlocose, HM.
Bpoko In very sovero terms of lho signers of tha SSR
petition as traitors to this country and to tha tT
Amorlcan flng in sooklng foreign aid In the mat- H
tor of selecting an American Archbishop. Tho jl S
French priests, especially Futhor Kongo, naval II
takon Bishop Fitzgerald to task and recalled thai It
fact thnt he voted "No" on the Infallibility of n l't
tbo Pope. Tho French wanted Bishop Chapclle 1!
appointed to tho Archbishopric. The selection Jiy
of Bishop Macs, who Is a Belgian, is understood lie
to have hern mado in tho spirit of compromise, By
to smooth down the feeling between the French, I'.
Irish, and American Catholics of the diocese. ,8 ft
OJVJT SAT J.V WIDE OI'Elf CHICAGO. jf
Utchwaymen ana Footpads mt Both Rexaa '
Carry on Mas Jobs Successfully.
Chicago. Ill , Nor. 22. Nine victims of store K
and saloon hold-ups, highwaymen and footpads H
of both sexos reported their losses to tho police I
yesterday and lata night. Tbreo masked men v
shoved revolvers Into thofneoof Albort MUek 1;
In his saloon at West Twenty-third stroet and
8an)cravcnuoat5 o'clock yesterday morning H
and demanded his money. Jllsek cleared tho g, i
bar at a bound aud ran for tho door, tho robbers 1 I
firing two shuts after him without effect and Wi I
the-n giving chase. They caught him and beat f
him into lnse-nslhllity, after which they robbed H '
him of his money and a gold watch. 1
Saloon keeper Joseph Nouborg. assisted by hll H
wlfo nnd a huge dog, successfully resisted an at- I
tempt by two masked men to loot his placo on HI
Clybouriinvonuc. 8(
M.I) Morris, a travelling salesman, stopping H
nt tho Lcland, was held up by two " strong arm H
wotuon and robbed of $22f near " Illnky Dink's" B
saloon, on Van Buren streot, Stella Terapla
and Alice Scott wero arrested for the robbery
nnd Identified by Morris.
'1 no men sprang from an alloy near Michigan
avenuo and Twenty-eighth Btreet and seizing
Mrs. A. C. Danzul of 2720 Michigan avenue by ,
tho throat robbed her of her purse containing 7
$55. '
Two small saloon hold-ups and three street ,
robberies were also reported. J
CUSTOMER WAS OJXr IIAKF 8IIATJSB. fT"
bo tka Harbor Who finished tha Jab Bandar S
Arternoon lTaa Let Go. V "I
Frank Leppln, a barber of 107 Avenue B, when It
arraigned yesterday In the Essex Market Court I I I
for keeping his shop open after 1 o'clock dun- I I i
day afternoon won his release by the excuse he all
offered. "Judge," he said, "the cop found me BJ
sharing a man in my Dlaco at 3 o'clock. That is Hf
true. I'll tell you how It was. I was sitting in ' )8
front of my shop smoking when a man cornea &
along and says. ' Do you want to lose my trade I'
I says 'No.' 'Well,' he says, I was in your shoo H
to-day and only got half a shave. That barber Hi
of ) ours only shaved one aide of my face.' I felt
his face. Judgo, and I found ho told the truth. K
'Now,' ho says to me, 'I want you to finish tbe flf
job. If ) ou don't, I'll tell all your customers.' I W
had to take htm in. Judge, nnd llnish the share. M
While I was doing so tho cop came in." H
"1 will havo to accept your explanation, "said BL
Magistrate Cornell. " Inasmuch ns It was a, (M
shave commenced within tho legal hour, there fl
was no violation of the law. You are dhv
charged." Mh i
DUFFT'S WOXDERS TOLD UT HXTFFT. 1
Tempera Brass and Makes Hasora or CoB-l fj 1
tVelds Capper and Makes Hard Drills. U
Bostov, Nov. 22. James H. Duffy of Machlaa- W
port. Me., announces that he has discovered the E
lost art of producing Damascus steel, also the H
art of hardening copper and brass. This Is tha I
result of ten years of experimenting with the R
metals In his village blacksmith shop. Mr. I
Duffy has mado several broadswords of copper. I
keen edged nnd strong as steel. Also he haa 1
made knife blaics and razors of copper. Ho says a
ho has used a copper razor for months, and yet
it shows no Bigns of duluess. Some Boston H
capitalists uro said to havo made offers for bis I
secret. Duffy declares that ho has also dis- M
covered how to weld copper, a thing hitherto un- .
known, and can temper quarrvmen's drills so m
that thoy will outlast tho ordinary drills by afvi
days. Ho says bis secret is tho simplest thing ftKfc.
In tbo world, and savs that every Iron worker Br""
and every copper nnd brnBS worker treads upon ml I
it every day, but fails to seo it. K j
jLiorr Titer may be rATiioz.MEir.
Doormen Must Giro Tbelr Views an Capital M It
Punlabment In ISO ITorda. B 1
Thlrty-flv e doormen In the Follco Department fi fi
undorwent examination, jesterday, for promo- Bill
Hon to the grado ot patrolman. This is what la fi
known as tho back door to tho force, through Kf
which occasionally some Blip In when age, un- IF
derslre. or some other consideration elobars at
from applying In the ordinary wa. Yesterday's I
wns the Ural pcrsinal competition. Hitherto
tho door has been held open only now and then
a little w av , Among tho things tho compctltora
were required to do )esterdaywae to glvo in
ISO words their ideas of capital punishment.
Foreign Vitrs or Ileal Interest.
Adelaide has been reached from London In twenty
seven days by tho reulusular and Oriental steamer j
China
Queen Victoria selected the Jewish "Chant ot tha
Dead " as the opening voluntary for tho Oucbesa ot L
Teek'sfuneral service. ,
English foxes aro so tamo that two of them reoeat- fj
lytaiatlght on a man a lawn, and wero separated A
with difficulty by the uso of a stick.
Don Llvlo norghese, second son ot tho Roman '
I'rlnce Uorgliese-, la about to marry Mile. ForgtaV, B ,
daughter or the rich Jew banker of Parts. jE
Oodstow, near Oxford, with the ruins of tho nun- W
nery whero Henry IL first saw Fair Itosamond and ffl
where Queen llluor put her to deatb, haa just bees 11
sold at auctluu. U
Mildere uro tangling up tbe Japanese telegraph I
Hues, 1 hey Mart their webs on the wires, and are so M
numerous as to cause, a serious loss of Insulation. EI
Sweeping the webs on does little good, as tbe spiders I ft
beg'n all ott apaln. ffV
Count Teleki's volcano, at tho south end of Lai lV
Itudolon, seems to havo blown up. Mr. Cavendish, ET
who haa Just returned from that part of Afrloa. rs Jff'
ports that ho found on the alto ot the volcano a deep ft
rent In the ground, surrounded by heaps ot slag ana R
broken lava. W
Mont St Michel, on tha Dreton coast, Is likely to M
bo spoiled from an artistic standpoint, as Ihe depart- I .
ment authorities aro planning In build a railroad to 1
tho mount from fontorson, the road running over tha a fj
dyke and on the ramparts, and the station being at tLff
the foot ot the mount. mjj!
Oreat llrltaln and Ireland have turned out 01,023,- Wj'
TOBgallona of whiskey In 1 BUT, over 0,000,000 gal- W
lona more than In tho provloua year. Of tbls 112.190,. of
2 JS gallons wiro consumed lu lho United Kingdom . I
aud 1,790,181 gallons exported, Thero are 1J dls- lA"
tlllerlss at work In bcotland, twenty nine la Ireland, W
nluo In England, and one In Wales H
Ilameln on the Weaer Is to havo a monument to lis B
Pied riper, whom browning's poem baa made fa- B
mous. Tho monument Is the gift of the Prussian B
Treaaury, which erects It to commemorate early Oer- ft
man colonial enterprise, as according to the form ot B
the legend the children whom tbe Katcatcher ted Into W j
the Kopellnrg turned up In Transytvanla and tatah. f)V
llshed the Saxon settlement there, Wff
rive legged frogs, dead and slurred, are worth til ftf
apiece according to a Fret eh court's decision. , Wi"
tlsh vender of Lucon found one and took It to tha Bb
drunlst-s to be atuffed. While they were discussing fla
the prlco of the operation tbe druggist's cat ran oft ID
with the frog, but her muter found It later and pre. Wtsl
seated ft to tha Nanus Museum. The tub v.ruWr Ha.
thereupon sued tha druggist for niching to frog, ant fair?
recovered 105 francs damajsa. - m l
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