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21..: Xloeqne No. 10, Boulevard del Capuclnes.
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H.. t Xfovr frttntii vho favor ut vtlh manvitrlptt for
H i, r6l(ilon wf-a lo Mate reJicUt artiettt returned,
H j IJtey mull (n alt eaiti mi ttamptfor thai purpot.
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H 3 f Secretary Gugo's Report.
H ' The Secretary ot tho Treasury, tho Hon.
H ! h' ZiYMAN J. Qaoe, lias sent to tho Speaker ot
H I W ' tho Houso of Representatives tho usual nn
M . nual report of tho nation's finances. For
Hvi f tho year ending Juno 30 last ho shows a
I'i f r deficit of 91 8,052,45-1: for tho current fiscal
Hfs f f year, ho estimates ono of $28,000,000; and
K JV A for tho fiscal joarlSUO ono of $21,047,885.
Hh ;. r The last two Items oro mero guesses, and
KftS- may or not provo to bo correct. Certainly,
BB unless all slfcns fall, tho tlcQclt for tho cur-
EW& t Ttnt flscal 7ear, even after crediting up tho
Z' extraordinary receipts from tho sale of the
HV&' ',,, Union Pacific Hallway, will considerably
E '' exceed $28,000,000.
flB It'll The interest of the report centres upon
mWM$; ft?" ' the Secretary's plan ot currency reform,
H iy J." witu which It closes. Tills plan Is substan-
B l. tlally tho samo as that which was given out
H f by Mr, Gaoe, a month ago. It Involves the
K !' funding of $200,000,000 Government
Ha ' notes Into 2-a per cent, bonds, specifically
Hl ? 'H payablo In gold, and an enlargement of the
HJk , note-Issuing powers ot tho national banks
B& y to tho par of tho Government bonds do-
M1, j,' -. posited to secure It, and, besides, to 20 per
M J - cent, without security of tho par of tho re-
H -f vil. funding bonds deposited. The entire Issuo,
m i pj1 i secured and unsecured, is to be guaranteed
B J b ,n by the Government, and to protect the Gov-
m '' ?' ornment against loss from Its guarantee, a
If J '7' tax ot 2 per cent, per annum Is to bo laid
Hi 1; f ,:u on tho unsecured notes to create a safety
V. h kf (',, fund. No bank notes are to bo issued of a
M- is I t G i 'MS denomination than $10; all ot them
Mm I j?" y ro k re-cemi:u' at the Government sub-
Mm ? (jVi treasuries, and for redemption a fund of 10
V. J 4i'. percent. Is to be furnished by tho banks.
V 'i;. ' "JIt-wlll bo time enough to discuss thodo-
V v' -V tails of tho plan when It is embodied in a
t j fiitlS'bJU and comes up for debate in Congress.
Hjk f To Its fundamental principle, the substl-
K I; J tutton of bank currency for notes issued
Hk ft directly by the Government, TueSdn is and
T'fl v ri",vt ' b PPBCl1, 0no Plot however, Is
B'lillf ivorth mentioning now. Tho Secretary
f$K '"'' ,ll0W8 thnt' on 0ct- 1800! tho national
B a'lrif bonksof thoSouth,havlnganaggregatccap-
' lit ' ? 'tnl of $08,080,000, borrowed from banks in
H! !' the East, to assist In handling tho cotton
I ' & I cP. ?13.B48,000, In addition to their own
B. J note Issues of $18,030,000. Under his plan,
II i the Secretary says, these banks would be
MS i )jf able to Issuo notes cquitl to the full amount of
Mki their capitals and 25 per cent. more. What
p -would becomo of tho additional Issues,
M'W- SjJ when tho crop-moving season was over, he
I I . does not explain. Apparently, they would
mW p, v RO into general circulation, and at the
. , next crop season, they would havo to be
5-f "" called in to supply the demand for them.
X -S2
M hy ci '
miii " Tho Kaiser and Haytl.
WJig , The arrival of the two schoolshlps at
j- a Port au Prince to sustain Germany's claim
K S, In the Lucders affair was perhaps a natural
',- ' sequence of the official declaration made
'' $ tho other day in the Reichstag.
i S S Minister Von BOlow said that tho mere
' K release of Lucders could not satisfy the
m ut Government, because his Imprisonment had
W g S been unlawful, and hence was a proper
K g fl, subject for that indemnity which would
certainly be secured. There Is some ground
M i1; 'of surmising that, at tho tlmo this
M '& 4" announcement was made, Germany had as
I S a urances that Haytl would accede to her
K S demands, a despatch from Washington to
$t S tlmt CfftCt lmvl"K appeared that day In ano
$ S or more of tho German newspapers. At all
I I I vents, as Germany did not propose any
' &K - annexation or permanent occupation ot
Tf Haytlan territory, which would havo been
B' felte B vIo'ntlon of t'10 Monroo doctrine, she had
-; Mv$ D0 rcason to tenT complication with tho
H fJ United States In dealing with Haytl.
I.' I'jf The detailed merits of tho disputo It is
K lil pirhaps not worth while again to discuss,
mj B ja. since Haytl has coucluded, it is said, to ac
' ; eedo to Germany's terms. The city of Port
K S A au Princo is perfectly open to the sea, and
mx JX there would be no difficulty In ite bombard-
I; m j, ment even by the German schoolshlps,
Wj vililch are of course not primarily Intended
W r W for such woik. It would appear from the
Km ' despatches that tho possibility of employ
. i!j , 'K toiee Had caused tho German rcsldenta
K S, t tnkp rerugo on foreign steamers In tho
& harbor, and that tho French Minister had
, t ttIso caused a steamer to Iks brought to
St K. the port for the use of French residents.
9 These precautions were furtlier justified by
rw3 the chance that tho Government's yielding
J if is" t Gerniouy's demands might provoke a
5j jji resolution.
j $ fe Spnln's Policy Still on Trinl.
t '& fe Tbo variety of the comments made, both
i it m ,n t,lIs country and In Europe, upon the
iff W President's discussion of the Cuban ques-
' $L W t,0n lB reranrku,)le. yet tho messago Itself
t Sr U lucid and unequlvccal.
J Sf 'm Whllo tho President holds that tho
5 fe change of policy introduced by the Sagosta
J S Government is so great that we ought to
a 5$ g Bwalt It8 rcsult'. yet this very statement of
S 5f P the caso is most suggestive. To say that
S If Spain deserves to havo " a reasonable
I ip chance to reallro her expectations" In
fe. ( Cuba, ImpllcHthat It IsforourGoiernmcnt
ft to ftccorcl or withhold this chance. Indeed
tl10 ,UC83nBo throughout assumes that our
v M If relations with Cuba are so intimate and
lB Important that wo havo rights in the do-
ft W termination of Its futuro as well as Spain.
1 H f Thus Gen. Woodford wus Instructed, it
$ F , B0W appears, to say to Spain that "wo
HI cld be required to wait only a reasonable
Jf R tlmo for tho mother country to establish its
Hi authority and restore peace and order
1 within tho borders of tho island; that we
J s5tg could not contemplate an indellnlte period
1 Jl 21, ior tho accomplishment of this result"
! rjj Our right to interveno to end the wur is
j f B thus clearly implied, and even our right to
x tit -Interveno soon, since tho President sug.
'( S K' Kcsts "further and other action," unless It
' ii E shall bo shown in "the near future" that
I K " n righteous peaco is llkoly to bu at talned."
I it 'a perhaps even more noticeable that
i (H JEi while tho I'resldent mentions " tho wide-
I St m spread losses tho war entails, tho burdciiB
I it B and Interests It Imposes upon us, with con-
j cf .Btant disturbance of national interests,"
J iiL ho does not put our right to Interveno
jf f. wholly on such grounds. He says that " in.
' ' torreutloa udod humanitarian grounds"
has had his "most anxious and earnest
consideration," although ho would not
recommend It at this time, becauso of
tho "hopeful change" in Spain's poll
ey, including her abandonment ot a
method of warfare " that ao long shocked
tho universal sentiment of humanity."
Tho President says that ho protested
against Weylku's policy ot herding tho
rural population of Cuba In and about tho
garrison towns, believing It to bo not civil
led warfare. And finally tho President
shows that It may "hereafter appear to be
a duty imposed by our obligations to our
selves, to civilization and humanity, to In
tervene with force."
It seems to us plain that the gcnoral ef
fect ot this messago upon Spain will bo to
convince her that her cause, in Cuba in still
simply on trial, and that at no very distant
tlmo there may bo an adverse verdict on
that cause from tho United States. She
may feel somewhat rol loved by the message
from Immediate fears ot the recognition ot
Cuban belligerency, yet she will suspect
that. If she falls in another campaign,
recognition both of belligerency and inde
pendence must como. Sho may bo gratified
at tho pralso given to tho Sagasta policy,
but sho cannot fail to note the assumption
that our country is now Bitting in judg
ment on that policy, and that it will be
judged by its results.
As for tho patriots, In the President's
closing Intimation of a coming duty that
" will be faced without misgiving or hesi
tancy," they read a promiso that will as
suredly bo redeemed when tho world, In
tho near futuro, finds that Cuba has not
been conquered or pacified.
Dncolio Ideas of New York Hanking.
Representative J. II. Walker of Massa
chusetts, Chairman of tho Houso Commit
tee on Banking and Currency, entertains a
very simplo and bucolic conception of tho
way In which banking business Is trans
acted in New York. Commenting upon
that part of President McKinlby's mes
sage which relates to the locking up of re
deemed Government notes, ho says:
" Tbe recommendation that fTeonbacki be not paid
out except for gold when only redeemed in gold. It
enacted Into law, would enable one man with
1,000,000 ot (reenbaok demandlnr told of the
Treaaury and then depositing the gold In tbe bank
for greenbacks, and repeating the process 840 times,
to retire the whole t80,000,000 of greenbacks In tba
time It would take him to neclllata between the Sub
Treasurr In New York and hit confederate foreign
broker."
Mr. Walker evidently thinks that a
million of dollars in gold can be handled as
easily as a dozen of eggs or a barrel of flour.
Ho has n'evcr seen that amount, cither of
greenbacks or of gold, and does not con
sider that, oven If a million In greenbacks
could bo hod from any bank for tho asking,
a million In gold coin consists of not less
than 00,000 pieces and weighs 25,800,000
grains, which, at 7,000 grains to the pound,
makes 3,714 pounds avoirdupois, or nearly
two tons. To count in tho greenbacks
and then to count out tho gold for it, is an
operation which requires much time and
labor, and tho Treasury officials, if they
were so disposed, could easily make It con
sume tho best part of a day. To repeat It
340 times might rcqutro nearly a year.
Supposing, howover, tho gold absorbing
operator and his confederate foreign broker
to persevero for a year in their nefarious
efforts to deplete the Treasury, they would
have to find storage somewhere for the
$340,000,000 In gold which they would
amass. They would havo either to build
special vaults here to receive It, or elseshlp
it abroad. Either expedient would be cost
ly, and no possible profit wonld compensato
them for the outlay Involved In it.
Then, does Mr. Walker fancy that any
thing like $340,000,000 in greenbacks
could bo withdrawn from tho New York
banks or from circulation and locked up In
tbe Treasury, without opposition from any
quarter? If he does, be does not know our
Now York bank Presidents. As soon as
they found out what was going on they
would shut down on the conspirators, and
defeat their plot. Even without other
action, tho locking up of only a fow mil
lions of gold would produce a financial con
vulsion which would effectually stop fur
ther movement In the same direction.
This Is not tho first tlmo Mr. Walker
has made an exhibition of his ignorance of
practical finance. About a year ago ho
wrote a letter which was published In tbe
Boston Herald, In which ho asserted that
tho circulating notes of the Bank ot Eng
land havo no special lien on tho gold held
In tho Issuo department for their redemp
tion, but stand on the same footing as tbe
claims of the bank's depositors. Even the
Evening Post of this city, which approves
Mr. Walker's views In other respects, had
to contradict him In this one, his error
being so palpable that no defence could bo
mado for it.
Yet Mr. Walker Is Chairman of a Com
mittee on Banking and Currency!
The British Army on the Indian
Frontier in Danger.
According to the latest and most trust
worthy reports from India, tho expectation
that tho subjugation of the Orakzals and
Afrldls would bo effected by tho English,
and tho army back In its usual quarters bo
fore the winter set In on the Afghan moun
tains, has been abandoned.
The object of the expedition into their
country was to show theso clans that the
military power of tho British was strong
enough to penetrate Into the Inmost re
cesses of their valloys, and so assuro their
submission; and It was thought by those
responsible for the plan of campaign that
this end would be attained when tho Mai
dan Valley had boen penetrated. The point
aimed at has been reached and Gen. Look
hart's camp has been established three
weeks In the valley, but the clans have not
come In, nor, at last accounts, were there any
signs that their offers of submission were
anything but devices to gain time. They
refuse to give up tho rllles stolen during
the past two years from tho British depots,
having tested their value in tho recent
fighting; and the most powerful of tho
clans, the Zakka Khels, manifest no in
tention whatever to submit. Added to tho
indisposition of the tribes to accept tho
terms offered by tho British Commander,
which cannot bo said to be excessive from
tho military point of view, the coming on
of the winter, when the passes and defiles
may bo blocked at any moment by snow,
falls, is causing disquiet to the author!,
ties. It Is even said that the Invading
force may havo to bo withdrawn to the
lower country or possibly back into India
Itself before tho setting In of winter
makes such a retreat dangerous, If not Im
possible, What this would mean In tho
face of such enterprising enemies as tho
Afrldls, inflamed by tbe desire for ei
geance for their burnt homes aud destroyed
crops, and familiar with overy ravine and
rock on their mountains, Is too obvious to
need comment.
There are other reasons also why the
withdrawal of the British forces without
the submission ot the mountaineers may
have to bo decided on at any moment. It
Is tho physical incapacity of o. large part of
tho British troops engaged to bear up
against tho fatigues and hardships ot the
campaign. It is truo .that we hear ot a
creditable feat of arms by some small body
of men, such as that reported at Dargal,
north of Peshawnr, In the Swat coun
try, but, according to the Bombay Gazette,
the general behavior of tho British troops
has not been Invariably equal to their repu
tation. For tho English public It cannot
havo been pleasant to read "that ono regi
ment with a flno fighting tradition" was
unable or unwilling, after several hours'
difficult march, to make a final effort that
would havo brought tho day's work to a
successful close; that, owing to fatigue and
tho want oi water, incy reiuseu to go ior
ward with tho rest ot tho column ; that
other regiments or detachments refused to
bring In their wounded, and that a nattvo
rcglmont performed that duty for ono of
tho British regiments which was admit
tedly dead beat. Tho men of another regi
ment took possession of tho hospital sup
plies and equipment for their own use, re
fusing to glvo them up when ordered. Tho
Civil and Military Gazette, another Indian
paper, attributes what can only bo de
scribed as tho complete breakdown of the
British troops In the field to their extreme
youth and dlscasod condition. Several
corps, says this paper, " have been so deci
mated by sickness that they havo had to bo
sent back to the base."
Thore was abundant ground, then, for
the orders which were sent from England
some time slnco for the speedy termination
ot tho campaign. Tho bad Impression,
too, that would bo produced by all the
abovo detailed circumstances on tho Sikh
and Gurkha regiments would be another
reason. It is rational to suppose that tho
Afrldls and tho other tribes are not Igno
rant ot theso difficulties of the British
Government, and that their Fabian tactics
are tho result. How far they may be suc
cessful remains to bo seen, but It is clear
that Gen. Lock u art aud his troops aro
in a serious dilemma. If a disaster should
overtake them similar to that which over
whelmed tho army on Its retroat from
Cabul through thoKhybcr Pass In 1842,
tho British people would surely make an
example of tho Government whose policy
was responsible for It,
The Unity of Now York Republicans.
It Is probablo that few people havo paid
much attention to the intrigues and ma
noeuvres of the clique of Republicans who
are seeking to disorganize their party in
this city, with a view to proceeding thence
to its disorganization In the State gen
erally. Tho great mass of tho Republicans
of New York take no interest in tho ma
licious scheming, except so far as to repro
bate tbe attempt of tho plotters to foment
and perpetuate discord in the party.
Every fair-minded man who has watched
the course of theso would-be mischief
makers since tho election must have seen
very clearly thnt they aro simply repeating
tho tactics adopted by them to prevent
Republican unity In tho late campaign.
The sincerity of the dcslro of tho Repub
lican organization to harmonize and con
solidate the party strength Is obvious
now, as It was then. The determination
ot the clique of malcontents and disorgan
izes to prevent such unity Is again ap
parent. Tho disposition of the organiza
tion to go to any extreme within thobounds
of rcason ill ordor to conciliate the opposi
tion has been mado not less patent. Tho
disposition of the kickers to kick tho more
viciously tho more considerately they aro
treated Is also manifest.
An earnest Republican of the West
writes to us suggesting that we "letup a
little" on this cantankerous clique, his
theory being that In tho Interest of party
harmony they should bo humored as spoilt
children. But It Is of no use. to try to pla
cate them. Tho more kindly they nre
treated the worse they behave. They do
not want peace ; they will not have peace ;
they want to advertise themselves by kick
ing up a row. The more they aro offered
tho moro they demand, for Whitela'w
Reid and his confederates are bent simply
on making mischief for tho Republican
party. The prospect of restoring unity to
it only exasperates them, for they aro
scheming to divide it permanently and de
feat It In next year's election.
Fortunately, as wo havo sold, they aro
receiving no countenance and support from
the great body of New York Republicans.
They represent no general discontent and
rebellion, but only their own malicious
cantankerousness. In the natural course
of things tho Republicans of New York
will come together in hearty accord. There
is no difference of principle or of purpose
among them, and the antics of tho Reid
Mllbolland clique only annoy them, so far
as they attract their attention at all. Tho
Republican party will havo to go ahead in
its appointed course without reference to
these scheming enemies, whoso only sup
port comes from the malicious Mugwumps
with whom they are allied.
Knvojs and Camels.
The progress of Mr. James Gordon Ben
nett's special envoys to Asia Minor con
tinues to attract tho sympathy ot philan
thropists. A despatch from Dr, Geoiiok II.
HEPWORTn, tho chief envoy, was printed
by the Herald on Monday. It was dated at
Erzeroura, and this was its essential Infor
mation: "We shall start on Monday for Dltlls. There Is n
house on the road, and for ten or twelve nights we
shall rest In open stables, with our companions the
cows and camels. Both the IItratd'$ correspondents
are In splendid condition."
For more than a week to come, then, Dr.
nEPWORTii and his companion in mission
will sleep, If a senso of tho Importance of
their travels will permit them to sleep,
among cows and camels and practically In
tho open air. They have, already been half
frozen. Now every night they are to
bo exposed not only to tho inclemency
of thoulr, but to the rudenesses ot cons
and camels. They aru liable to be kicked,
to be trampled on. Many of tho Kurdish
cows aro known to bo unruly, nnd every
camel has a bad oyo and an uncertain dis
position. Ten nights In a stable; twelve
nights In a stable, among vicious camels
and unruly cows. Tbe position is not dig
nified for an envoy; it Is not tranquillizing
forun observer. Howcun men whourokept
busy dodging camels have their miiids open
to recehe those Impartial Impressions to
collect which Mr, Bennett's emoys luuu
braved cold feet and malicious camels?
Mr, BENNETT'smlssIonarlesaro " insplen
dld condition," or so reported themselves to
be on Sunday, Buthowlongwlllthlssplen
did condition lastf How long can a philos
opher and author enduro cold feet and lodgo
with cows and camels without Injurious
results. It not to his physical constitution,
at least to the accuracy and delicacy of his
apprehension t If Mr.JftKKRXTT had cold
feet, could ha writs those olear and bril
liant leading articles with which he illumi
nates tho nerald and delights tho world!
Could ho composo with such spirits it ho
bad to sljep In an open stable, in the dead
of winter, with camels treading on his toes
and cows munching around him f
As Mr. Bennett lies, warm and soft, to
night, and plans new premiums and funds,
will no thought visit him of his envoys,
exposing their constitutions among Kurds,
cows, and camels ?
Surely some of tho balances, unexpended
and unaccounted for, ot his lco fund might
bo used for tho purpose ot fitting up con
venient hospices, with folding bods and
state-rooms securely partitioned against
cow and camel, on tho road to Bltlls.
" Tlddledyvrlnk" Stenographers.
Tho Impression s:cms to prevail among
somo women stenographers that the sub
ject ot their occupation Is not being treated
with proper seriousness, Thoy would llko
to abandon all discussion ot tho so-called
pretty and frivolous members of their craft
and tosce tho unscrupulous owners of short
term, llghtnlng-mothod schools handled
with " bare knuckles to a finish."
That dcslro is entirely creditable, but
unless attention Is drawn to tho completo
stenographic incompetence ot the gradu
ates of such schools, how Is their deception
to bo proved and mado clear to tho public t
Investigation will show that nlno pupils
out of ten who have taken a course of les
sons in thoso institutions belong to the
"chewing gum" or "tiddledywlnk" va
riety. A great many employers are aware
of that fact and refuso to engage a stenog
rapher who, in actual work, is found to bo
Incompetent. Ono of tho best ways, there
fore, to discourago nnd uproot the humbug
shorthand colleges of tho couutry Is to em
phaslzo tho cxasporatlng worthlcssness ot
their graduates.
Tho " tiddledywlnk" stenographer, bo
called, Is, for tho most part, n product of
tho last ten years; nnd there are soveral ex
planations of his aud her appearance. Ono
Is that in recent years, a hundred, moro or
less, mongrel "systems" of shorthand writ
ing have sprung up, and tho advocates
of thoso methods have tried to outdo each
other in an attempt to populailzc their
respective methods. As a result, schools
were started, nnd thoso that advertised to
teach tho art ot making pothooks in the
shortest tlmo were naturally supposed to
havo tho best systems of Bhorthand. Tho
victims ot those Institutions did not dis
cover tho fraud until It was too late.
It Is curious to find that a majority of tho
short-term graduates aro blissfully ignorant
of their own Incapacity. It they fail to ob
tain work or get only low wages, thoy com
plain that tho Bhorthand field Is over
crowded or that busiuebs men have too low
an estimation of stenography.
As regards " plug " stenographers, it is
fair to bay that they have nover been un
derpaid. In their case, no wages are too
low. Tho less pay they receive, the sooner
they will be made to see their error nnd
will glvo their tlmo to other things. And
only so far as concerns stenographers
of that sort is tho shorthand field over
crowded. Tho managers of employment
buieaus declare that there is a constant
demand for first-class stenographers, and
that thero are not halt enough applicants
who can fill tho places.
Stenography, as it is practiced by tho
competent reporter or by the skilful office
amanuensis, Is not an easy thing to master,
and many who once thought differently
have lived to change their minds. It would
doubtless bo a good thing for members of
the fraternity who are thoroughly capable
and experienced If every stenographic ap
plicant were obliged, before taking a posi
tion, to pass a satisfactory examination be
fore a board of shorthand experts.
Time righto all things, and It will prob
ably not bo long before tho difference be
tween a competent and Incompetent stenog
rapher will bo moro generally understood.
Then good-by to the "tlddlcdywlnksl"
The platform of tho Boston Socialists
contains a great thought which Is ticroby sub
mitted to the consideration of Democratic plat
form makers. Tho Croat thought Is that strik
ers should bo supported by the city. When the
nntl-plutocratlo ideal takes form thcro will be a
community in which nobody works and every
body Uvea at tho expense of tbe city; and tho
city will duly mulct plutocrats for tho necessary
funds. It may bo said that there arc practical
difficulties In tho nay, but practical difficulties
cannot be conaldercd. Get a sublime theory and
stick to It; and if tbo theory that strikers Bhould
60 1 wages from tbo city for consenting to do
nothing 1 not sublima, then thero Is no sublim
ity left.
It cost tho Citizens' Union a littlo moro
than a dollar a vote. Good government seoms
to como high.
Chicago clasps affectionately the rumor
that the Hon. Been BiNiucnsKN, who Is known
to bo a statesman, every pound ot him. Is re
solved to succeed the Hon. Ciiahles James
Faulkner of West Virginia as Chairman ot the
Democratic! Congress Committee. Mr. HiMiicn
BENiuaybo more actHo than Mr. Faulkner.
but baa bo the letter's valuable prophetic nlfto I
Mr. Faulkner can sweep tbe country with his
pen and carry overy State in tho Union with an
interview. Hope may bo more useful than dex
terity, and Mr. Faulkner has all tho hope there
U and a good deal moro thero Isn't.
In the view of the Hon. William Brook
field and his brethren a "purged" enrollment
is one that will glvo them a majority. It will
tako u good many series ot purging to bring
that about.
The Hon. Lon V. Stephens, Governor of
Missouri, hurlB as far as Detroit the tale that he
borrowed his Thanksgiving proclamation from
ex-Governor IUcn of SHchlgun. Ho calls upon
the Sccretury of State of Michigan to produco
tho Itlch proclamation or bo forever fallon.
Finally be cries ulth a rich, but stern tolec:
"I want to asiuru my omstltuenta that I have not
gonotothe Republican Cloernor of Michigan for a
Thanksgiving proclamation, aud, mora than that, I
never will,"
Does the Hon. UN V, STEniKNS mean to Im
ply that he would scorn to borrow a Thanks
giving proclamation from any other than a
Democratic Governor I
Already you can hear tho Hon. Jerry
S1M1-SON slinmoring. Wait till be bolls. Then
tbe Capitol will quake and Tom HtKii will re
gret tho past.
The Hon, William Jenninqs Bryan
"delivered bis famous lecturo on bimetallism"
at Guthrio the other afternoon " to an audienco
vhlch tilled lees than two thirds of tho house
and which wns composed largely of Itcpubll
cane. Hundreds of 1'opullsts and farmers who
had como to town to hoar UnYANwcnt home
'mad' when Informed ot DO cents admission."
Probably these vanie I'opullsta and tanners
would cheerfully pay a dollar to see a poor
strolling theatrical company. Yet they were
not willing to pay half a dollar for the privilege
of hearing the leading Juvenile in the thrilling
melodrama of " Tho Crime ot 1873." Evidently
there is not so much craving for excitement in
Oklahoma as some of the performances ot its
JUgUlaturo have teemed to lndloatt.
CAJTX BVOA AiTJi IIXET BU0AB,
Tbe Aktlltr mt Cematrjt rreaaeeAII the
Beet Da)gr It RMstrr.
To Tint EMTon oi"Tn SuN-Sir One of the
most important industrial topics of the day, in
volving also the questions ot tariff, revenue,
consumption, and home production, is that ot
sugar, and Its relation to those questions If
complicated by the discussion as to tho com
parative merits of beet and cane sugars. Sach
has its advocates, and unfortunately there Is
something ot a conflict between the advocates
ot beet sugar and cane sugar. Without entering
into the question ot statistics, a few remarks
upon the subject seem pertinent.
Those writers who are taking the ground that
the production of cano sugar Is In Its decadence
because beet sugar Is now producod in much
greater quantity than cane sugar, cannot have
gone very deeply Into the question ot tho nor
mal capacity ot tropical countries to produce
cano sugar or sugar cane. The enormous prog
ress in the production ot beet sugar In Europe
and the presont satisfactory progress In this
country In the same direction aro too well
known to requlro tehoarsal hero; but tho reason
of the great success attained Is to bo found in
tho practically prohibitive tariff protection and
system of export bountlos that obtain in Europe,
as also the tariff protection and bounty accorded
to the beet sugar Industry In this country. Take
away theso bolsters and the beet sugar Indus
tries of Europe would soon be wiped out, and
without ample protection in this country the beet
sugar Industry cannot presently exist; netthor
can the production of cane sugar in this country
progress without protection.
Prof. Wiley of tho United States Agricultural
Department has soveral tlmos put tho actual
average cost ot producing sugar in this country
at about four cents per pound; undor continued
Improvements In machinery and methods the
cost has been reduced within the past two or
three years, and may now be fairly set down as
not far from three cents oer pound for raw and
three end a half cents for refined beet sugar, to
which must always be added tho cost of market
ing and shrinkage Itome-producod sugar must
bo sold In competition with Importod sugars,
tho prlco of which to consumers Is maintained
at tho lowest point consistent with tho foreign
cost, with duty, freight, refining, and handling
added. Honco German granulated sugars have
been sold in this market as low as tho actual
cost of producing beet sugars in this country,
nnd are constantly Imported at rates pro rata to
tho actual cost of production in Europe or even
less, which can bo dono under tho export bounty
sjstcm ot Europe. It will be scon that the pro
duction ot beet sugar In the United States Is de
pendent for existence upon tariff protection, or
other protection In tho form of Government or
State bounty.
That cano sugar con be produced In tropical
climates at much loss cost than beet sugar can
bo Droduccd in cither Europo or this country Is
a fact boyond question. Cano sugar, too, has
always this adantago over boot sugar, that It
Is fit for consumption as food at any stage of its
making, from low crado jcllons to the hlghost
refined granulated or hard crystals, while beet
sugar must bo refined from tho alkaline Impuri
ties of tho lower grados In ordor to malco it suit
able for food. Hcnoo It Is not llkoly that tho
production ot cano sugar will bo superseded
wholly by beet sugar; neither can tho present
export bounty system of Europe continuo with
out detriment and loss of revenuo to the sugar
bounty paying countries.
There Is another sldo to this question deeply
interesting to tho people of this country. Tho
production of beet sugar hero is a nocesslty If
wo are to be delivered from foreign producers of
this article of food, whether from tho cone or
beet sugar producing countrlos. It is, therefore.
Imperative upon us to protoct tho industry suf
ficiently to enablo tho peoplo to produco tholr
on n sugar. Most of tho States In our Union are
suited for tho production of sugar beets, though
only a small part of them can produco cano sugar.
Hence tho beet sugar industry is a necessity to
us. Wo cannot produco enough cano sugar, but
wo can produce beet sugar In any quantity re
quired for homo consumption, In addition to our
cano sugar.
Tho talk about tho dangers of producing beet
sugar in excess of our home consumption, and
consequent loss of revenuo from sugar, Is not
only counting chickens before thoy are hatched,
but is also ralsloadlng. The Cuban sugar
planter, Mr. E. F. Atkins, of Iloston, asks where
we are to got the $50,000. 000 of revenue from
sugar to bo collected If wo produce our own
sugar 1 When wo produce all the sugar re
quired for home consumption tho $80,000,000
or more now paid annually for importod sugars
will be In tho pockets of the American peoplo,
who can tlion well afford to pay a small Internal
tax, say of a cent per pound. In lieu of the duty
nowlovicd on Imported sugar, nnd hno some
of tho $80,000,000 remaining to their credit.
Thus would tho Government got all tho rovenuo
roqulrod from sugar, while the consumer would
have tho money from the acquired homo in
dustry without dopendence upon foreign pro
ducers; and thousands ot industries would get
a share of tho trado and thousands find employ
ment In it.
Anothor bugboar presented by opponents of
our progress as beot sugar producers is that tho
extenslvo production of boet sugar will doprlve
us of land for tho growth of wheat and other
cereals, and so reduce or dostroy our caDaclty
for their production and deprive us of the
money now received from exports of wheat and
other food products, which, it Is said, would be
grown in foreign countries. This point Is simply
bosh. Inasmuch as nclthor Mr. Atkins nor this
writer, and not any child now living. Is likely to
seo tho day in this country whan wo cannot pro
duce all the wheat nnd other products for which
we have a foreign market, and at tho same time
be able to employ all tho land nnd mony times
more that would bo required for the production
of the 2,000,000 or so tons of sugar required an
nually for homo consumption in this country.
The assertion that "wo shall not produce tbe
2,000,000 tons of sugar here and produce the
things wo are now producing "Is nonsense. Wo
can not only produco all tbe sugar we require
for home consumption, but we con also produce
simultaneously many times tho amount
of wheat and othor cereals now producod.
It Is wonderful how at ono tlmo some people will
argue the immensity of this country for one pur
noso and Its limitation for anothor purposo; it is
also strange that the moment the beet sugar In
dustry of the United States has become a fact,
and its progress a substantial ovldenca of the
normal capacity of this country to produco all
tho sugar required for home consumption, foars
for future preponderance of tho beet Bugar In
dustry hero should worry tho minds of Cuban
sugar planters and their coadjutors In this
country. The advantage that will accrue to the
people and industries ot this country by foster
ing and protecting our sugar producing indus
tries will moro than offset anr dangers likely to
ariso from a future overproiuctlon of sugar,
dangers that are too remote to demand any at
tention from the American peoplo for genera
tions to come.
Another fact may well be considered; there
ore threo countries practically within arm's
length of tho United States having ample ca
pacity of sugar production not only to supply
this country with cane sugar, but actually to
supply the entire consumption of sugar In this
and all other countries, viz.: the Hawaiian
Islands, whore eighteen months are roqulred to
mature the cane that produces four to six tons
of sugar to the acre or more, with a growth of
sixty to ninety tons of cane to the acre; Mexico,
with its unlimited capacity for sugar produc
tion, estlmatod at from 0,000,000 to 10,000,000
tons per annum, and Cuba, with a capacity of
production from two to five times greater than
that island has hitherto developed. Let us not
borrow trouble about overproduction of beet
sugar In this country with competition at our
gates that should lie prevented rather than
awaited by home production fostered by pro
tection. Henry A. Drown.
Westpout Point, Mass., Doc. (1.
The Uotel Idea la a t'ollcei Ceurt.
ttom ihi Chicago TWbuitt.
Magistrate You were drunk, of course, when the
bold urt men went through you?
Iiattered-up Prisoner I was, your Honor.
Magistrate They got everything you had, I sun.
pose? "
l'rlioner Every thlnr, your Honor, except a is bill
I had In my watch pocket.
aUgUttats The dee wUl b 8. Call the osit easel
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AST VOTES.
ft. BeUlars retratta Water Celsrs by Ws
Palnser at Avery'i.
To American amateurs In general Jean Dol
dlni is known as a painter ot small pictures
with no particular subject, but presenting a
corner of a salon or of a boudoir, with two or
three pretty women. Theso pictures long ago
mado him famous and causod him to bo ranked
with tho very best artists In his field In the
world. The boat prlrato collections, both here
and abroad, contain one or more oxatnples of
bis art in this stylo, and tholr cleverness,
their genuine artlstlo merit aud, above all,
tholr quality ot boing flnoplccos ot pointing
technically considered Is gonorallv recognised.
To our artists, to thoso at least who keep In
touch with the exhibitions in Paris, and to tbo
many Americans who tnako the annual trip to
Europo and tnko a look ot tho plcturo shows
whllo thore, M. Iloldlnl has been for somo years
known as a palntor of portraits. Ho has painted
many more women than men, and has made
some of his chief successes with portraits of
children. Ills stylo is individual and his portraits
aro invariably distinctive At ono tlmo a high
bred lady's graco is sympathetically Interpreted,
at another the diablerie of a fashionable
woman is given with raro charm and fascina
tion, at another tho budding coquetry ot a
little girl with long, graceful legs covered with
black silk stockings and a head capped with an
Infantile but nevertheless fetching bonnet is
Ingenuously suggested, and at anothor tho
"form" and chlo of a Parisian man ot the
world, or the charactoristlo expression in face
and figure of a painter or composer, are ren
dered on the canvas with truthfulness and
an air of lmpresslvo personality. In his
small pictures a colorlst of distinction with
a taste as cathollo as anybody's Mr. Doldlnl is
found to be In his portraits a rigorous oxponent
of the beauty ot black and whlto. When pinks
or mauves are Introduced they aro subtly quali
fied with gray. Everything in tho simplo color
schemos Is subdued and quiet in actual tint, but
the portrait in general effoct rarely falls to
be brilliant. It is tbe art ot a sonsltive painter,
with full knowlodgo of the value of stylo and
refined appreciation of "aspect."
M. Doldlnl eamo to Now York a couple of
weeks ago lntondlng to remain for a tlmo and
paint portraits, bb other well-known Parisian
painters have dono. Everybody at all familiar
with the present state of art and fashion abroad
knows that ho occupies a placo among tho half
dozen or so most notod portrait painters in Eu
rope. In ono ot tho galleriosof Doussod, Vala
don & Co., Fifth avenuo and Thirty-first Btrcot,
four of his portraits aro on exhibition, together
with a small plcturo of a beautiful Amor
lean lady, a pastol head of Verdt, and
several photographs of other portraits, nmong
which aro thoso of Count Robert do Montce
qulon contemplating the lapMazuli hed of his
walking stick, Menzel, the Gorman painter, and
two ot children. The most striking canvas Is
tho portrait of "Comtesse P.," a full length
figure, life slzo, in which the sitter Is shown In
tho pose bo much liked by tho artist, toatod on
the edge of a sofa and with ono elbow rosting on
tho arm at tho end. The gown is alack, the
hair and eyes are black, the stocking and
slipper aro black. You do not notlco
what color the sofa Is. It Is soma thine In
gray. The background is absolutely unobtru
sive. The lady's head Is bont forward so that a
good part ot tho top of hor hair Is sera, the oyos
look out from under tho brows, thero Is a smllo
about tho mouth, nnd tho delicate, pilntod chin
rocedes into tho shadow on tbo nook. Below tbo
head thcro Is a wide and full cxpanwof whlto
skin, for tho gown is cut very low, the left arm
lies carelessly at the sldo, and tho rliht rests on
the Bofa, showing the elbow prominently and
foreshortening tho rest. The hand, ,cllcntc and
long, is In the hair, and the lady Is avtnantc from
head to too. The hoad is skilfully nhdelled, tho
arms and chest aro brilliant but reserved in
color, and tho satin skirt of tho gorn, through
which tho figure Is admirably felt, itsplendldly
painted.
Another portrait of a lady, that of tho Prin
cess Ponlatowska, has a different sorlof charm.
The type Is more hardy, but is not rceust, and
tho favorlto Bcheme of blacks and wXrtcs hero
gives way to pink. Tho faco is in prOlIe, the
head Is lifted with an expectant exproaion, and
tho figure, shown in half length, is sated on
a sofa. Grays and blacks are introdtccd to
qualify tho broad note of pink, and the'ienoral
effect Is distinguished. A third portrat is of
Mile. Concha, a South American lady, md is
pain tod In pastel. The chlof color notes artgray,
black, and pink again, but thero Is no decided
mass of any of tho three. Tho llguro Is les.pro
cisoly felt than In tho othor two pictures, anl the
background shows a curtain slightly indicted.
The face is soon in full view with a muntlt of
laco about the head, and tho expressloc is
gracious and attractive. Thero is skill in tils
portrait In tho way thnt some things are dcto
and others are not insisted upon, and tho go.
oral aspect is perhaps tho most encaging of tlj
three. A fourth portrait shows Mr. Whistle;
all In black, in a characteristic attitude, his flat
brimmed high hat on hiB knees, his cloak ovet
his arm aid his umbrella in his hand.
It is broadly treated and has a most
llfjklllTA Innl. 1.11.1.1.. l -,- .. ....
...V ...., uua. nuuvuu inuuuiucre say mat it Is
tho man to a tee. Tho hoad of Verdi is very in
teresting. It Is painted in pastol and showB tho
venerable composer with his bat on his bead
and a white muffler about his neck. It is vigor
ous, self-contained and convincing.
Mr. Boodlnl was born at Ferrara, but has bo
long livod in Paris that be is identified with tho
French school. He has not boen a regular ex
hibitor at the Salon, though he not unfrcquent
ly exhibits there. HIb art is highly ostoemed by
bis fellow painters, and his artlstlo honors are
many.
The annual exhibition of water colors by
Walter L. Palmer has begun at Avery's gallory,
308 Filth avenue, and will last till Dec 18.
The pictures are for the most part studios of
snow and winter landscapes, now oxomples of
the work with which Mr. Palmer's namo is
identified, bnt there aro alsosummerlandscapes
and some Venotlan scenos. Of the twenty
four pictures In the collection fifteen are winter
subjects, six oro effects in Bpring and summer,
threo show boats with bright colored sails
on tho canals of Venice, and ono is a
flno representation of a white yacht running up
tho Sound before tbe wind with mainsail and
spinnaker in full bloom under an effect of sun
light which makes the water sparkle. The
avorago of the work is quite as good as it was
lost year, which is saying a great deal. Diffi
cult iffeots, such as tho snow-covered trees, vt Ith
a frosty haze in tho air, In "An Adirondack
Hoad." No, 18, or tho eharn atmosphere of a
winter day at noon, with a bluo aky
and whlto clouds, and ehadows cast by
ft rail fence and bushes on virgin snow
as shown In "White Snow and Dlue
J,'.. ?' 21, aro renared with truth nud
artlstlo charm. Wide strotchos of country, Ith
mountains in the diBtanco and afternoon sun
light playing over tbe enow-clad plains and
hills, are picturesquely composed and delicately
Interpreted In such sheets as "Tho Upper Hud.
son. No. 0, and "Across tho Cornfield." No 10
"Moonriso at Sundown," No. 13; "Sunrise In'
tbe Mountains," No. 12, and "Winter Sun
down, No. 7, aro others that give faith
ful and at tho samo time beautiful
transcripts of winter's varying moods. The
running water bounding over rocks and
slipping Into deep pools In "A .Mountain
Stream." No. 22, is excellently rendered, and
in Cherry DloBsoms," No. 15, there is a dell
oatcly painted effect of spring atmosphere.
Good choice of subjects, much truth of observa
tlon, and a cleverness in handling the water
color medium that comes from long practice
combine to make Mr. Palmer's pictures attract
l1:?,?, the amateur as well as to the urtist Tim
Svmn1.1,? lm ,'.ttV0 u""10 his reputation b a
SnSwVn1 f..Pti ",tor of "luro outoMooVs
the country not far from town; effects that any
body can .ee, but that none to wanyappreciate
No. 'J Took Na Chances.
om (he Kantai City Timet.
The day that Lenora Jlcllahan was married at St.
Joseph she ordered the dead body of her first hus-
band sent to he, from wichlta. This was don. ana
shstorwartedlttoWUoonslafwuaUburm.
TOB OVX PART AT PAItXS. 3ffil I
i - 5p8iI
TO arelent tmdmntm ihn Rrcemraeatiatlea ?,.'!, I
for na AprerlatUn ef nin.ooo. ' .jSjiil
WAsninoTON, Pec 7. A message from tha Ji'WMll
President transmitting tho roport of Major rTwm
Moses P. Handy, (ho special Commissioner to ' El
arrange for tho exhibit ot tho Unltod States ' , V
Government at thoj'arls Exposition, was trans - f
rattted to Congress to-dny. Tho Piesldcnt say (j
that Major Handy' report is a comprehensive !
and olear presentation of tho matter. Major ' j
Itandy rocommonds Hint nn appropriation of 3
$010,000 be mado, so that n credltablo exhibit J
on behalf of tho United States may be made. i
Besides socurlng a much lorgor amount of 1
spaco than had boon reserved, Major Handy 'V 1
obtained the assurance that the Unltod States
will be placed nn n footing with the most fa-
vored nations, and "tha in tho Installation of J
every Important department tho Unltod State! a
will bavo a location cmntnonsurato with the jj
dignity and Importance of the country, nnd R
adjoining In overy caso countrlos of the first t.
Tho Presldentcommends tho report to tho con- a
slderatlon of Congress and concludes as follows! f
"Moreover, the mnrrnUlcont exhibit of tho j
French Itopubllo at Chicago in 1B03 on whioh a
million dollars worooxpeniiod should be ft strong ft
lncentlvo to tbo reciprocal liberality on tho pars ft
of tba Government of thb United States, and IJ
suggest to our cltlscns tho necessity as well na fj
tho propriety of Installing at tbo Paris ExposI- Q
Hon an exhibit on n par with that of tho Gov- U
ernmont and the ooople oflFranco at Chicago, in H
keoplng with tho scopoandloxtcnt of tho prop- a
aratlons which aro boingmsde by noarlrnu tha R
Important nations of tho earth for their pro- 3
posed exhibits In that exposition. I suggeet J
that tho subject bo given Unioly and favorable &
consideration." . n
Lamtn ana ttamtiraptelea. TJt
To tob Enrron or TnSUN Sirt In ordet v il
to understand the opposition to the Torre? r
Bankruptcy bill, the sourco and causo of the j
strong prossure which laexerclsod by somo '
prominont business firms against it must be laid
baro. These merchants manVgo to be frequently i
preferred as creditors nnde the present law. '
II is woll known that underthn existing condl
tlon a system has boon devekped by somo legal E
Arms for arranging business failures and estab- f;
llshlng a cllentelo among merchants by giving r
them bonefltsfora consideration flxod by rcgu- p,
lar contract with those wrecking attorneys. E
Law firms cultivating this branoh of business P
havo an agreement with soveral leading houses, j
especially among the dry goods commission I I
merchants, by which they recoWe a percentage) .. .
on all failures in which theso houses are Inter V
estcd in this city, whether thejl render any ser
vice or not. In consideration of this those mer J
chants aro mado proforred creditors, and guar J
anteod against loss in all case's In which tho f
bankruptcy passos through the management ot I
theso attorneys. Thus the remaining creditors I
aro dofraudod for tho benefit of a fow clients y;
who pay their regular tribute to such lawyers. ., .
These lawyers are well equipped fp? tholr bust t
ncss of making a stock of goods dlsappoar and
disposing ot accounts receivable, &C during tha
wooks before a falluro is announced, so that
when this event happens no availablo assots re :
main for the creditors who are not In the game,
Nbw York, Doe. 7. Dry Goods.
Ttm Lectures fr IJrooklya. '
To Tax Editob or Tnc Suit sir. I was pleased to
see your Indorsement of the great usefulness of the
free lectures In the Cooper Union under the Board
of Education, and I would ask of you to use your .Jt
Influence in the further extending of theseifreeleo- Yj
tures to the people of Brooklyn, which almost lm-
mediately becomes part of the Greater New, York. I h t
am not alone In the opinion that these lectures would f J
be greatly appreciated In tbe populoua coot res ot H,
Brooklyn and Williamsburg, elovatlng tho people to M
a better and higher citizenship. What Dr. Lelpilger 4
has done for New York should be done by some of f
Brooklyn's eduoators, and there Is no time llko the I
present.
Noted Brooklynltes have often lectured In Cooper 4
Union and In the alSerent school buildings of Now
York. Charity, and Justice likewise, should begin at
home, and theso lecturers should be appealed to at
onoe to do their duty In behalf of tho New York '
across the East lUver. There should benofavorit- f:
Ism toward any class of the American people i but I '
have often heard It remarked that Brooklyn aeemed
neglected educationally, In regard to the spread of
Information through popular lectures, whllo tho '
foreign born population of New York's east side en- isi t .
Joyed advantages which were enviable. We have "ftWU
an abundance of school buildings suitable for these ufl
lectures scattered In different directions, and all thai H
seems to bo needed Is the consent of the Board of T
Education and tho lecturers themselves. The New j
York city course of lectures would be welcomed la j
Brooklyn, as their subjects are of the greatest Inter
est to Orcater Now Yorkers. QEonoica.
Baooxirx, Doc. 4.
ElltnlDBttna- the Negro Vote In tho South.
From the Arte Orleant Timet Democrat.
Some Idea of the sweeping effect that the net ;
registration law has hod In eliminating tbo negro
voto can be had from the reports that have reached
tho city from a few of tho country parishes. In the
parish of Plaqucmlnos, which formerly had a negro ',
registration of 2,500, only nvo blacka have so far ,
registered. In the parish of West Baton Rouge nvo ' 1
negroes are aald to havo presented themselves up to 1
last week for registration, but none were competent, ,1
and In consequence aU were refused. Unless things j &
have changed In the last rew dsys there Is not AS
negro on the registration rolla in West Baton Rouge. y"
"
TaaU Collect Pay for Whisker fold fkr Cana i'
palan Use.
From the IrutianapolU Journal. u
"KTKBSBCttU, Ind. Dec. 4. On Friday Judge Ely fa
ge out his decision In tho case of Adams vs. Morgan. a
Adms brought suit against Morgan, Chairman ot a
cantalgn committee, to recover for whiskey sold for fi
eamajgn purposes on order of the latter. The Judge 1
decldd that Inasmuch as the whiskey was used fo J J
IllegaAnd Immoral purposos no recovery could be R
had. his important ruling has settled up a large H
number campaign debts In this county. R
,'or-ls-n .Vole, or Ileal Interest. B
Miss Eln Nussey, who acted as bridesmaid foe H
Charlotte 0nt8. has Just died at BIrstall. at the age I
of 80 years. m
One great me emerges from the Dreyfus muddle. K
Major raty j clam, It seems, was prosecuting offl- Kg
cer at tbe coin, martial. f
Aberdeen Diversity's Literary Society, presided f
over by a nepbv of Mr. J. M, Barrle. has deolded by J
a large major-, after aou,tei ,h.t th ,.,.,, 5
echool of nctloiioo, not deserts tbe favor It has 1
received. j
Count Dlmltrl Jutln. formerly War Minister of f,
Ciar Alexander II,Vnd ono of the chief promoters of r
the Emperor's liben reforms, has Just celebrated .he 1
sixtieth anniversary hu) admission to the Russian t
general staff, f
Dvorak Abu FfrnV. wll(m ,ue.a by his publl.l.r ')
lor the cost of pub! Isfag , drmandod that tlio cr... t
be tried by a Jury ioa.,ing ot four pubu.oe, four
poets, and four professis 0f Arabic. ?
Dutch pictures brougbrcrT ,ow,,r,00, at ,,, So()e,. ,j
about bB.000 francs. A Iiysdoel landscape, the gem J '
Vn ' '" ""lec,,on- w" ".'Idrawn, the upset price, ,1
20.000 franc, not having Cen bid. I
Juggernaut'a car cannot iss through theslreetsof f
Colombo owing to the lntieB0, of overhead tela. ti
graph wires. Petition, ha, bn ,Pnt to l0 (il)T. f
ernor by the Ceylcnrse. os leU,.n,u person, wish -
to throw themselves under to idol's car. It
" Uh ''Wnt in t, any. who died si f
V. hlttlngton, England, left dnon, ,h.t a notll of I
Irish whiskey should bo busd llh him . . W
aexton objected., comrade or lo dead mans) -In.h d f;
he whiskey over the cofrlu. ltf KM . . aud R
tried for-Indecent behavior." it v. a. n .pjltt. 1 l
Burglars broke Into tho fortrc of Vliiteiiu "' B
Paris, reronlly, ami after tea(g n,o in. ) un 1 K
valuables of the soldiers and oll8r, u.ed lliet... is fi
of the military blacksmith shop,, Lreu. In! the
commissariat, which tbey plundtd, ami tlan ma le W
their way out through tbo moat I mtans of !! lal. f
ders In the fort. si
A gang of thieves organised to -cT Uon tul--e f
has boen discovered In Paris ;0ir plan u- w , J
watch for shoplift, rs In the d( lament .tons like J
the Louvre and the Hon March. ni.m the li-.w. 4
and then under prrtcuco of loin ,,Uc 1m . t .r 10 ) I
search their apartments for .Uil ig.o1s.whl.-h Ihey j
carried off with no fear of roiup lu U-lng made j
Italy has obtained pot.esslo.i , (ll, arl tr nsres of . j
the Uorgh.se family. 'nr tbe la U .r.-hc.o on the '
Plnclan Hill the Government n ., the family a '
yearly pension of full.OOO and r th, linrglu gal.
Isry It will give seuo.ooo lu nr .,muJi , aviucuts.
An arrangement Is under way liyki, h tnt nly uiai. .
terpleces In the Buonrompagnl 4l. ry will lie tedtd
totheOovermiientlnoonslderatllof piruaUs.0J.is) k i
sell the remalaUg works ait 1
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