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Si $ pthlieaHon uith to have rejected articles returned,
m fflh they null tn all oatet tend ttamps for that purpoee.
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fS The Shell and the Kernel.
js' Is or Is not tho Republican party hold
ML'" together by a common belief of Its members
.IS In a certain dlatlnctlvo body of principles
'iOT and doctrines!
f &$; Has or bos It not common convictions,
' n (3oen "" or (loes " not ox'l,t 'or "10 Pur
j Mj poao of carrying out those principles and
$j g" policies In government, as requisite for the
J ff welfare of this republic?
nj- aL The tone and conduct of certain ostenst-
fl Kk b'y Republican newspapers and a few dls-
M 8, contented Republicans In this town Indl-
j fe& ea'to that, In their view, these matters are
ff not at all essential. Tlioy are concerned
s only with the form of the party organ Ira-
V:, s& tlon, and it that falls to suit their tastes
fe' iarf or to subserve their personal ambitions
'; fR they aro ready to do their utmost to do-
f '& troy tho party served by It. They care
I? $f nothing for tho vitalizing kernel of prlncl-
W r' ""In, B0 'on8 "" tno moro outside
fe irf obeli offends their prejudices.
S ' 'Republicans who are roally and honestly
n S devoted to their party cling to It bo
ll &? cause of Its animating principle, what
iS H& evcr '30 10 'ornl ot tH0 material body wh Ich
-U W It animates.
;3 Bank Credit nnd Govcrnmont Credit.
II H" Speaking of paper money, Secretary
H gc Gaoe. In his report to Congress, very truly
; 3& says: "Credit Is tho baso upon which It
W rests." With great Inconsistency, however,
'' fe e tnorcuPou procpeds to argue that a bank
ffjBSSb currency which Is secured by Govern-
4lSfc went bonds, and thus backed by tho Gov-
?i eminent, Is less useful to the community
E'UShIl' than a bank currency secured only by tho
8 Sb- assets of tho banks Issuing it.
p m? Nevertheless, tho Secretary concedes that
E SSJ' the people have a preference for a currency
,J resting upon tho credit of the Govcrnmont,
't W on ne tncre'oro proposes that, although
," there Is but little risk in a bank currency
3 Jj. aecured by a safety fund of 2 per cent.,
$ K atlll, to satisfy the people, tho Govcrn-
?Mfe xnent should ossumo that risk I
Sf" This, it seems to us, is giving away thou
& m. whole argument In favor of bank currency
M against Government notes. If tho con-
. rlctlon, that tho Government's credit Is bct-
f ter than tho credit of tho banks, is so
M deeply rooted In tho public mind that tho
Wll notes Issued by the banks must be guaran-
f'4 ' teed by tho Government. In order to make
IS , them generally acceptable, It Is Impossiblo
l ,' to resist tho conclusion tliat tho Govern-
S M tacnt may as well itself issue tho notes In
Rjj tho first instance, and enjoy tho profits of
kp tho business Instead of turning It over to
ffi, tho banks and paying them for doing It.
fe ifit Between Government credit and bank
faf' credit, Government notes and bank notes,
H tno Pe"ple chooso the Government credit
wmw nnd the Government notes.
IS The Kingston Railroad Case.
W Tho Court of Appeals sticks to Its orlg-
j Inal decision In tho Kingston Railroad
g case, and has denied a motion for a re-
H? argument. At tho same time the court
Ml points out that tho decision affects only
& tne rifilit of one street railroad company
W compel another to allow it to uso its
tracks under tho General Railroad act, and
docs not Involve tho legality of that uso
W. where It has been granted voluntarily.
$' T'io court rests its decision upon section
fB 01 of the Railroad act, which says: that
,1 Street surface rnllroacK or "ej-teimions or
' brandies thereof," shall not bo built, ex-
W tended or operated unless the consent In
J? writing of a majority of the abutting own-
ja ers, or that of the municipal authorities,
f shall havo been first obtained. Upon this
m provision the court decides that without
tit having obtained tho consent required, n
Ji treet railroad company cannot, under sec-
iJ tlon 102 of tho act, compel another company
L to grant It tho use of Its tracks. What a
fat companycan do when that uso Is voluntarl-
Hp ly granted, Is left for future consideration.
i f, Cubn's Tobacco Kxports.
Si WL The release by Gen. Blanco, under orders
' m. ' """ MailrIll of 1015 ,,nlcs o' tobacco
r W. owned by a New Tork firm, Is a very note-
V ML worthy examplo of tho cases of this kind,
W end nearly the last of them, too, a Now
tfc Orleans firm, wo believe, being the only
lH remaining one whoso seized tobacco Is still
S Br Under embargo.
I m Gen. Wkyleii's edict prohibiting tho ex.
I WL portation of leaf tobacco was dated May
! 1.181)0. Our Department of State, on
f Sv hearing that certain American citizens
'! owned tobacco which was detained, a.
ijt though bought for shipment before tho
V dntoof this order, protested through Mln-
W '"ter Tavloii, and several of them were
ym nllowcd to bring nut their property. Tho
., needed evidence as to tho time of purchase
Bj I in ,,'c, ' caso was not.lt Issaid, until
gj ? more recently furnished.
f f ' I,wt "l0 ninl" Interest in the matter
3 f- ariw tTOm Indications that before long
- I tha ,,,lll,t "'" ""ay bo revoked, at least as
IH ! to our citizens. It was originally imposed
f. " on tho ground that the Insurgents had de.
t S m.rra so many uunan plantations that no
., g, moro tobacco was raised than would keep
i EC tho Cuban manufacturers supplied with
' raw material. It was sold that, without
. restricting exports, 15,000 cigarmakers In
m Havana would be thrown out of work, with
m their families Buffering In consequence
I m Tho Government might, In fact, havo to
'Sf upport them.
Big, Ir was simnlsed In this country that
BflR uotllcr alm wa8 to taltu vengeance on tho
Kii' Cuban cigarmakers hero who contribute
ft' to tho patriot cause. To cut off their raw
fi' material would bo to injure their power of
WW contribution. But if that really was tho
jfe object, the failure, as has been suggested,
UW' t0 get tho (1" ,ob'lct'00' Havana and PInar
w del Rio provinces, covered by the edict, did
Mm' not Provont ,mi procuring of other tobacco,
F nd tho American factories still kept busy.
Iw Meanwhile Spanish nxpotters In Cuba ami
SI; Spanish Importers in this country, whom
fl the Spanish authorities did not deslro to
Injure, petitioned for the revocation of tho
M jif edict as Injurious to themselves.
mf It Is now suggested that Spain may con-
K t to revoke the edict, although perhaps
1
Imposing Instead a henry export duty on
the tobacco. The position of Spain has been
that, Instead of a violation of tho treaty of
1705, guarantcelngccrtaln trade privileges
even In caso of hostilities, tho tobacco edict
Is'really like tho prohibition of exporting
cereals In a tlmo of famine, or of cavalry
horses with a need of them Impending.
But It seems to bo tho nlm of tho Sagosta
administration to build up tho agricultural
Industries of Cuba, and also to glvo our
country as llttlo reason as posslblo for In
terfering on tho ground of Its Injured com
merce Tho accumulated stock of Cuban
tobacco In this country at the tlmo
of the edict of May 10 was a help to manu
facturers for some tlmo thereafter, but tho
question Is of continued supplies. It would
t)e posslblo to rctnllato for tho prolonged
enforcement of tho edict by prohibiting tho
Importation of cigars mode In Cuba; but
apart from that, tho revocation of Wirr
i.mt'8 order nnd tho resumption of tho ox
port trade In tho best grades of leaf tobacco
would show further concessions to tho
United States, If not greater control of
Havana nnd Plnar del Rio provinces.
Thus hope is folt by those interested In
this trade that before long tobacco will
como In freely; but tho cigarmakers of
Havana are naturally against the revoca
tion of the edict, and something may de
pend on the available supply.
The Hawaiian Treaty Not Unconstitu
tional. The Hon. Daniel Aonkw, who, many
years ago, was Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, appears again In
print, at tho ago of fl8, to oppose tho an
nexation of Hawaii, cither by treaty or by
joint resolution of Congress. His objec
tions to tho McKinloy treaty, which are sot
forth In the December Forum, are sub
stantially tho samo as thoso which ho
urged against tho narrlson treaty, and
they can be, therefore, as cosily refuted.
Annexation, Judge Aonkw soys, is un
constitutional, for tho reason that there Is
no express power in tho Constitution to ac
quire and incorporato a foreign territory
and people Into tho Union. That was tho
assertion made by the Federalist opponents
of tho purchase of Louisiana, nnd it is well
known that JrKrEnsox, who, up to that
time, had bcon a strict constructionist, ox
pressed sorao doubt concerning his own
authority and that of tho Scnnto in tho
premises. Tho common sense of the coun
try, however, held at tho time, nnd has
held ever since, that an Implied power to
safeguard Itself against exterior dangers
by annexation must be presumed to bo
vested In our Federal Government, as In
every other Government to which tho right
of self-preservation is conceded. Tho
power exercised for the first tlmo by Jef
ferson in tho caso of the Louisiana
territory has been fivo times exer
cised since his day. Wo refer, of course,
to tho caso of Florida in 1821. to that
of Texas in 1845. to that of tho ter
ritories gained from Mexico by treaty In
1848, that of the so-called Gadsden Pur
chase, a llttlo later, nnd finally that of
Alaska In 18(17. If thoso six successive
annexations were invalid for tho reason
that tho Implied powers exercised by tho
Executive and Senate or by Congress could
not be properly deduced from tho Con
stitution, the fact would havo been long
since proclaimed by tho United States
Supremo Court. Innumerable have been
tho cases brought before that tribunal in
which tho fundamental question whether
tho six territories In question had been
properly Incorporated with the United
States has been urged, but novcr has it
been urged successfully. Tho question of
tho constitutionality of annexation, there
fore, must bo pronounced res adjudicata,
and It is too Into even for tho venerable ex
Chief Justice of Pennsylvania to raise it.
Judge Aonbw, Indeed, admits that there
are precedents for annexation, nnd men
tions nil of them, except tho Gadsden Pur
chiiso, but. ho contends that they aro not
to tho point. Tho purchases of Louisiana,
Florida, nnd Alaska, ho says, were justi
fied "by an overruling necessity for tho
national safety." He does not allege that
the acquisition of Texas, of California,
nnd Now Mexico, and of the Gadsden Pur
chase were so justified. Let us take up,
first, tho thrcu precedents to which ho
gives particular attention. It Is certainly
truo, as he says, that the purchase of Louis
iana was "an overwhelming necessity to
free the United States from nn intolerable
burden." What was that buiden? It was
the breach by Spuin of the treaty of 1705,
whereby she had granted to citizens of tho
United States a right of navigating the
Mississippi nnd of depositing merchan
dise at Xcw Orleans. With respect
to this matter, however, tho Federal
Ists pointed out that, in 180U, the
year In which tho purchaso was made,
Louisiana was the property of France, und
that wo had no right to assume that a
treaty giving us adequate privileges could
not bo negotiated with Franco and would
not ho duly observed by that power. That
is precisely what the opponents of the an
nexation of Hawaii say. They tell us that
wo can get by treaty with tho Honolulu
Government all the coaling nnd repair
ing facilities we neod In tho Hawaiian
Islands. Tho rejoinder made to the
Federalists in 180:1 Is as portlnent now
as it was then. Xo doubt, replied tho
friends of Jevikiison, a treaty could bo
made with France, nnd, presumably, It
would bo observed, so long as France con
trolled Louisiana. But how long would
she bo able to control It In tho event of a
war with England, which would bo doml.
lima at sea J So with our coaling nnd re
pairing station in Hawaii. No doubt It
would bo serviceable so Jong as tho Hono
lulu Government should bo ablo to main
tain Its Independence. But how longconld
that Government, single-handed, maintain
Itself against England or Japan?
Tho purchase of Vlnrlda was completed,
as wo havo Bald, In 1821, when tho King
of Spain reluctantly affixed his signature
to tho treaty which had been negotiated
two years before. Tho annexation of this
territory meets with the approval of Judge
Aonkw, on the ground that it was "an
Imperative necessity to frro tho United
Stutes from a neighbor whoso hostility
kept us In constant alarm." Would not
Judgo Ahnkw hare equally approved tho
purchase, even had no hostility been shown
to us by tho Inhabitants of Florida, In order
to prevent that territory from again becom
ing tho property of Great Britain, which, as
ho will recall, possessed It during a consld
erable part of tho last century? It Is how
eer, with regard to Alaska that Judgo
Aonkw finds It most difficult to show thut
no precedent is afforded for the acquisition
of Hawaii. "If Alaska fell," ho says, "Into
the possesion of Great Britain, it would
give her great power to annoy us, and to
make further claims upon our Paciflo ter
rltory." What possible power to annoy us and
make further claims upon our X'aciflo ter-
i
rltory would the control of Alaska give to
England which sho did not already pos
sess through her control of British Colum
bia which Is actually conterminous with
one of our States? It Is absurd to say that
"Mr. ScWAltn saw that tho safety of tho
United States rested In tho Immcdlato
purchase, of Alaska." Tho safety of
tho United States was. Indeed, nt
stako In tho Oregon controversy, but
that, through ncgligonco or pusillanim
ity, was permitted by our Government to
bo decided against us. Mr. SkwaM) want
ed Alaska for commercial purposes, and,
from this point of view, ho was amply jus
tilled In buying It, In view of tho relatively
small price at which Russia offered to sell
tho territory. That It Is of any material
uso to us from a military or strategic view
point, so long as British Columbia Is Inter
posed between It and tho rest of tho Union,
no reasonable person will contend.
Wo pass to tho threo precedents afforded
by Texas, California and tho Gadsden Pur
chase, to only ono of which docs Judgo
Aonkw refer nt any length. Tho joint res
olution of Congress, by which Texas was
admitted to tho Union, Is declared by him
to havo been unconstitutional, and ho
holds, moreover, that It was not Justified
by any overruling political necessity.
"Texas was acquired," ho said, "to pro
serve Southern equality In tho Senate."
That may have been the motive of many
Southorn members of Congress, but It
was by no means tho motive actuating all
the supporters of tho joint resolution. It
was feared, and Justly feared, that Texas,
if not admitted to tho Union, would fall
under tho protectorship of England, by
which power measures had been nlreody
taken to that end. Texas, In other words,
In 1845, was in a position similar
to that occupied by Hawaii at tho
present time. If wo did not take
it some non-American power would.
Even Judgo AdNKW admits thnt the sub
sequent acquisition of California and New
Mexico in 1848 mndo the control of Texas
an absolute necessity to us. With regard
to California nnd Xcw Mexico ho seems to
think, though his allusion to tho matter
is contained in n stnglo line, that wo ac
quired thoso territories through tho
exerclso of tho war powers vested In
tho Federal Government. That, of course,
Is ono way of looking nt tho mnt
tcr, but, as a matter of fact, wo paid
$15,000,000 In cash, and assumed
$3,000,000 worth of debts duo from Mexico
to American citizens, this being tho price
agreed upon for tho ceded territories in the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Itcanscarce
ly be pretended thnt California was neces
sary to our national safety, at a time when
It could only be reached by a voyage round
Capo Horn, or by tho route across tho Isth
mus. Wo bought California and Xew Mex
ico because wo wanted them, and thoso who
questioned our right to do so were unable
to Impeach tho transaction successfully,
either before tho United States Supremo
Court or before the tribunal of tho popular
common sense. Tho samo thing may bo
said of tho Gadsden Purchase, made shortly
aftenvard. This had behind It no plea of
overwhelming necessity, for It merely
rounded out conveniently, from a strategic
and commercial point of view, tho southern
boundary of our newly acquired possessions.
Judge Aonkw, apparently, has never seen
tho Imposing array of testimony from mili
tary and naval experts as to tho strategic
importance of Hawaii to tho defence of our
Pacific coast. If ho had, he could not but
admit that a much stronger case can bo
made out for tho annexation of tho Ha
waiian Islands nt this juncture than was
made for tho acquisition of Alaska or of tho
Gadsden Purchase, and that, so far as tho
national safety is concerned, thoso islands
ore more needful to us now than California
was in 1848. But, as we have said, the
whole question of our right to annex terri
tory, whether contiguous ns in tho caso of
Florida, or non-contiguous as in the case of
Alaska, Is res adjudicata.
Tho Troubles of Hnytl.
Conduct like that of Germany nt Kiao
Chou Bay and Port an Prince is sometimes
contngious. Kaiser Wilhki.m did not in
vent tho fashion of collecting claims
against weak nations by tho seizure of ter
ritory or threatened or actual bombard
ment. England was generations ahead of
Germany In the uso of such methods of
settling controversies offhand, and other
nations havo resorted to it. Indeed, Ger
many's own application of the law of force
to Hnytl has followed England's nppllcn
tlon of It to Xicaragna, in the seizure of
Corinto, n few years ngo.
Now wo hear of a rumor at Port nu
Princo thnt Italy, noting the effect of tho
demands made by tho German ships Char
lotte nnd Stein, is nlso to try tho virtues of
an ultimatum nnd a threatened bombard
ment in collecting two old claims against
Ilaytl. These claims rest, It is said, on the
unpunished murder of an Italian a few
months slnco and tho illegal seizure nnd
salo of a vessel and cargo belonging to nn
Italian, several years ago.
If this rumor should prove true, Haytl
would bo nearly crazy with Indlgnntlon.
President Sam took tho wisest and, in tho
end, probnbly tho most economical course,
when ho yielded to Germany's threats, yet
It brought the overthrow of his Ministry
and tho substitution of whnt appears to bo
a very good successor. There had even been
a fenrof general revolution ; but tho change
In Ministry thus far seems to bn accepted
ns a sufficient show of popular discontent
nt tho Government's management.
But while the real uilstako in that affair
was perhaps tho ono made at tho outset In
tho excessive sentence imposed on the Ger
man Lukdkiis, nnd whllo nn attempt to
resist tho Kaiser's navy would havo been
maducHs, when tho damages claimed
amounted to only $30,000, yet, If King
HuMUKHT should repeat tho gamoof lutlml
datlon.thorolsuonnyliigwliattiioHnytlaus might do. We are Inclined to think, how
ever, thnt tho fears of tho people have sot
nlloat this rumor, and thnt it Is really base
Jess. Meanwhile It Is well that the Mar
blchead is at Port au Princo.
British Treatment of" Indian Editors.
Bettor counsels would appear to bo pre.
vailing with tho British administration In
India, at least in ono instance. The ex
traordinary sentence of penal servitude for
life which was Imposed by a panic-stricken
Judgo on tho editor of a Mnhratti paper,
tho I'rotttd of Islampur, Mr. Kiiwalkmi,
has been revised on appeal and reduced to
ouo year. The seutence of seven years
iiilllcted upon .Mr. IIamoi.kah, tho pi'opii
etor, lias been reduced likewise ; In thh
caso to three months.
There was no evidence adduced on appeal
that had not been already brought forwtud
at tho trial when these persons were con
demned. Tho conclusion, therefore, Is that
the court before which they were arraigned
In the first instance had lost Its head, Iu
. . ,
any case, tho moral effect both of the origi
nal and revised sentences will remain, nnd
It will bo weighed duly by a people long ac
customed to closo and Incessant criticism
of their alien rulers.
Tho artlclo for which Mr. KisnALKAnnnd
tho proprietor of tho paper of which ho was
editor, Mr. Hamolkah, were sentenced
was merely In general approval of a mani
festo Issued by the Canadian Republican
Committee nliout eighteen months before,
nnd reproached tho pcoplo of India for their
apathj In political andothcrmattcrs affect
ing their material condition. A transla
tion of It appeared In Tint SDK somo two
months ngo, and Micro was certainly noth
ing In It, to an American oyo, to justify
such sentences ns were pnsscd bythcSatara
Court before which tho two gentlemen
named woro tried.
In tho caso of Mr. GANOADnxn Tilak of
Poonn, the appeal that was mado against
hlBscntcnco of three years' Imprisonment
has not been successful. Tho Judgment of
the court by which ho was condemned has
been confirmed, but efforts are to bo
mndo to obtain a pardon. In tho mean
time Mr. Tilak Is becoming a great
popular hero, and his sufferings in tho
cause of thn Indian people aro mnde
tho subject of eulogistic verse. His vlrtuos
are extolled and ho Is recognized as a leader
In the national cause. Whether ho Is re
leased soon or has to sorvo out his full
term, his Influence among tho Indian
pcoplo has been fully established. For this
reason, oven If he Is pardoned, ho will, on
coming out of prison, probably bo sent out
of tho country during tho pleasure of the
British Government,
There still remains another Indian edi
tor, Mr. KmsnxAiiAi of Islampur, under
sentence for criticising too freely the
British administration of his country. If
only half tho descriptions of tho stnto or
Impoverishment to which tho bulk of tho
Indian people has been reduced under tho
CXistlncr SVStfni )lA trllp tllArn nenma Tn Via
only too ample Justification fortho severest
criticism.
A good authority on Indian affairs says
that things In that country are going from
bad to worse, and fears that serious retribu
tion may bo coming upon England for her
failure to heed tho many appeals for justlco
made during the past twenty years.
An Englishman on Now York.
We have received n thick pamphlet with
a glaring red cover, upon which In huge
letters appears tho title, "Satan's Invisi
ble World Displayed ; or, Despairing De
mocracy." The author Is W. T. Stead, nn
Englishman, and tho pamphlet so sulphur
ously entitled by him is described further
as "A Study of Greater Now York."
Undoubtedly there are Mugwumps In
this town who will enjoy tho perusal of
this hysterical Anglican production, and
will applaud its depiction of Now York as
the most prominent feature of tho land
scape of thu regions over which Satan
reigns. As Mr. Stkad has drawn his in
spiration chiefly from theso defnmers of
their country, they must feel flattered ac
cordingly. Reasonable New Yorkers who know their
own town from actual observation of It and
experience In it, and who hnvo had an op
portunity nlso to compare it with London
nnd other English towns of commercial Im
portance, will feel surprised that an Eng
lishman should havo needed to journey
hitherto find " Satan's Invisible World."
Tho trutli is thnt of all the great cities of
tho world, there is none which excels New
York in orderliness. In all tho conveniences
of life, and in the sobriety nnd general
well-being of its population. So far from
causing despair to democracy, it has fur
nished in its steady Improvement In every
thing that contributes to" tho peace and
comfort of civilization tho most conclusive
demonstration of tho capacity of a democ
racy for municipal government.
As Satan Is described nlso as the Father
of Lies, Mr. Stead's pamphlet should prop
erly have been dedicated to his Infernal
Majesty.
Somebody who docs not revere tho alpha
bet wishes to have tho ilcslcnotlons of tho
streets In Washington chanced from A, II, and
C into names which ho considers would bo more
Inspiring and ilctiiroquo. Pcoplo of this cu
rious way of thinkiiiB crop up occasionally.
They like 1, J, and a no moro than they do A,
I), nnd C, and havo no sympathy for visitors
from out of town who carefully road the nlpha
bet una tlio notation Ublo on tho lampposts, nnd
then ask tho policeman to tell them how to not lo
Ilaics. Theso reformers havo no llkinn for tho
ways of convenience nnd of order. They con
sider that Montmorency sounds better than
102, and that Washington, .Infferson. or Massn
solt Is moro lnturcstlnu than any numeral.
Tho B.nno sort of people object to tho grid
iron formation of tho streets, so common
iu American towns. Thoy wnnt diagonal
and mcnndcrinif streets, and vlstns filled in
with snmethluir. They nro even cii;or for
blind alleys. The cirenmstanco that It was dif
ficult, owlnc to tho irregularity of tho Btrocts,
to shoot down tho Paris revolutionists with can
non, Booms to make no difference with them. It
is well known that you could shoot ton mllos in
a Now York struct, If it woro not for tho elo
vntcd railroad; but that is nothing to theso
people, who seem to court resolutions. How
ever, nil that Is necessary Is to sco tho Alder
men. Any authenticated Hoard of Aldermon
will chnngo tho numoot nny street on applica
tion. Ah for crooked streets, there is n German
bunts which tells how anybody can manufacture
thcic. Tho method specified, however, is not
feasible for n teototalcr.
Somo of our best known nnd most ap
preciative citizens havo united In tho happy
suireestlon to tho Park Commissioners, which
wo detail olsowhuro this morning, that in recog
nition of tho lifetime services of tho luto Witr
ijam A. 8tim:s in bohalf of our parks and
toward tho general adornment and beautifying
of Xcw York, his nnmo should bo glvon to ono
of tho new parks recently created. Tho Park
Commissioners will honor thcnisolvcs In com
monioratlng thus tho icsthctlo perceptions,
Bcltntlllo knowledge, nnd practical Judgment so
lung nnd bo unstintedly dovotod to tho interests
of the public parks by ono of tuo gentlest and
most lovable of men.
It must bo an immense relief to the Ger
man nation to lenrn that tho Emperor will per
mit tho production of Bl-duiimann's new play,
llcir Knuri''H cannons nro made In Qoruiuny,
und tho ICaisor Wllheliu dcr Orosse, fastest of
great ships, was built ut Stettin. Hut thoso
matters aro not nearly as momentous nnd for
mldubloasa now Budorinsnn play, A young
American author tho other day lamented tho
fact thnt his stories had not been published In
Purls instoad of hero. Ho was sure that they
would have attracted somo attention in Paris.
Really ho should havo published ihem In tier
many, where literature amounts to something,
ThoKalsor's army is a considerable matter In
t ho fatherland, hut It cannot compare w Itn Hcrr
l-flil.liVN.v, H is safe to say that there nro
plenty of (lerin.ins who belleo that tho city
of ."o.lom reached tho full inoisuroof ltsfamo
only wlun tho .Siidermann play, "Tbo Full
of h'odom," was published. It Is no wonder
tint the Kmperor was cautious in letting loose
tho now pluy upon Oorinany and tho world,
Whon tho Sudermunn novols, "Tho Wish" und
"DamoCure," woro issued from the press the
wholo country was Inundated wlthtei ts.
Kaiser Wllhelm der Grotto, had it leen la ex
istence at that time, could have (tiled readily
from Ilremerhaven to Nuremberg nnd from
Dresden to Cologne. Tho new ploy may bo dan
gerous with fire nnd brimstone. It U a Siider
mann play, and it Is certainly tremendous with
somo quality or other. Nobody speaks of
Ooethr nnd SciiiLt.ttu In Germnnv nowadays.
Tho nation hat room only for tho name of
Nudkumann. Thoro was another, but ho scemt
to havo passed. Wo rofor to tho author of
"LittloHannolo."
TUB JIIOTVLIt OOXTr.HT,
The Strain en thn nidnra Not Too Urent for
Human Btndurnnce.
To tik EniTon or Tub Sun air: After be
ing surfeited from overy source with tho sensa
tional vnporlngs ovor tho late slvday bicycle
race, and tho superabundance of comblnod sym
pathy and indignation expressed thereat In
most of tho dally pnpers, It was a great relief to
rend tho tenslblo editorial on this subject In
to-day's Sun. As thoro is, perhaps, no ono in
New York bolter qualified to sneak on tho effect
of long pcrlodB of sleeplessness than mj self, I
can glvo from personnl experience my opinion
on this matter. I nftlrm unhosltntlnglr that for
a man of good constitution (and thoso not bo
blessed havo no right to enter theso contests)
tho strain Is not so sovero that two or three days
of rest nnd attention will not cure tho contest
ant and lenvo him In tho tame hoalth and
strength ho enjoyod before tho ordeal. In my
profession I am sometimes called upon to do no
amount of work that nn outsider would not be
lieve posslblo of achievement. As on example,
last week saw mo fasting four days and nights,
in which mr amount of sleep was four Hours t'n
Mo, while a very few days boforo I complotod
a mass of work extending over n porlod of
neorly eight weeks. In which ray nightly averago
of sleep was vory llttlo ovorthroa hours, Sun
days Included, and containing In this stretch
two brcakB of slocplcHsncss of flfty-throe nnd
sixty-one hours respectively. Add to this, dur
ing tho course of years, several breaks varying
from seventy to clghlvllvo hours, ono of nlnoty
tlx, nnd ono even of 103 hours.
Let nny of theso Journal physicians come to
Interview mo nnd I will glvo Mm all tho in
formation he requires. If this deprivation of
rest can bo endured In n Btlll nnd desorted build
ing and nt a Rcdcntary occupation, llko mlno of
nrchltecturnl painter, by moro forco of will,
how much ensior must It. bo for moil whno
mtnds nro onlUened by bodlh nctlon und bv tho
clntnor nnd surroundings which aro to ho found
during tho excitement of n six-day race.
As for tho frightful brutality lo which the men
nro subjected, according to tho Kcnsntlonn ac
counts of which wo havo read bo niucli latclr,
that Is tho least part, of it. A chafed or rawskln
nnd swollen ankles, n bruised seat und numbed
arms, although painful Hnd unplcnsnnt.nro no
more to bo reared hymen In good condition of
mind nnd body than tho training of an oarsman
who lins to take his meals standing for tho first
twowocks, and thoso who participate in theso
amusements do not shirk their ploasurosfor
such trilles any moro thnn on it recent occasion
J was Inclined to Btop half way In n walk from
I'ntchoguo to my homo in this city, about llfty
Boven mllos, bocauso 1 discovered my Bhocs were
not tlttcd for tho work.
All honor to these mon who stood tho strain
for six long days, not only for what they havo
endured for tholr bonotlt, but nlso for tho ot
amnlo which thoy have sot of pluck, ondiirnneo,
and strength of will. When public opinion shall
so ns-ert Itself that nil theso would-bo moralists
who preach nnd roll against ovorythlnir in tho
form of manly sport, from boxing to football,
shall !k forced to coase their dismal croaklngs
and Join tho M. Y. O. II. Association, so much
tho better for tho world at Inrgc. Otherwise
mon will slowly but surely degenornto into n
society of croquet players, and even then will
bo denounced for tho brutality nnd foroelty of
their sport, and this city will bo ono great nnd
glorious concourso of l'arkhursts, Pndorewskls,
and llunthorues. HfoiisoN Hawlcv.
New Yohic, Dec. 13.
Indrprnrtrnrr Onlj! thn Cubnn Cry.
To tub EniTon or TnE Sot.- Sir; In theso
days, when the air Is full of rumors about tho
" reforms" Spain Is expected to put in operation
" soon" in Cuba, and when men heretofore iden
tified with tho causo of freedom havo glvon Im
portance to such rumors, It may bo propor for a
Cubnn to say to tho American people that Spain
is incapable of grnntlng reforms which tho Cu
bans, fighting for Independence, would nccopt.
It Is tlmo thnt tho pcace-at-anj -price news
papers should know that to talk of reforms In
Cuba Is simply to wasto words. It Is too lato
now for such Spanish devices. Tho Cuban peo
ple have not taken up arms for so called Span
ish " reforms." They pleaded for thoso to which
they were entitled, thoso whhh formod tho
basis of tho treaty of Zanjon. but thoy were not
cnrrlod out by Spain. When Spiln nt last,
urged by tbo cry SpnnlardR on tho Island,
thought of adopting tho so-called plan of Alinr
zozu, whli ii whs nn Insult to tho Cuban, inas
much as it embodied no reforms at nil, Cuba re
solved to light to the death for absolute inde
pendence. To suggest reforms s nn Insult to peoplo w ho
are shedding their llfo's blood for freedom. Tlio
nccrptnnco of such reforms, however ndvnnta
gcoiisthe may seem ton pcuce-at-nny-Brlce man,
i Impossible after our i ountry has bo-n ruined,
our Mm tl. Mnceo. Crombct, Suncher, nnd oth
ers dear to us ha lost their lives struggling
for independence. It is not possible, after tho
innocent hnvo heon murdered mid blood has
crinihoned our cities nnd towns nswellnstho
hHtllefloldF. our women lunc been insulted
mothers Mid sisters suirereci nt tho hands of tho
most dntcsinblo of men! No. (Jod forbid It I
Cuba will light to tho bitter end. nnimnted by
tlio names of her heroes, stimulated by the cries
of vengennco of tho Innocents, urged by tho
remom ranee of her devastated homos nnd
outragod women. Trusting in Ood, sho will
Btrugglc on even nlnno until tho yellow and red
rag floats no longer over her homes, or until
overy Cuban worthy of tho nnmo has porished
in defence of her honor.
., An-runo Ilos MiTNKn.
IUtii Reach, Dec. I'.'.
BOOO Vertb or Int. In Ono Shipment tor Mr.
John llminmaker.
From the Lrirttton (lit,') Journal.
Perhsps tho largest and inot vstualilo shipment of
cats which wacer mado from Malno has been sent
out from the American Kxprens omen of this elly to
tho well known mirebaut of rjdladeli Ida, John
Wsnnniaker. Tho sale wm made bvP.U. Xudd uf
Wstenllle. and It U listed that It amountr d to tiluo
In clean cah, aa there were 100 tabbies, and thainou
beautiful ones It has ever been your reporter's privi
lege to K:e upon. There woro block and whites,
tiger stripes, yellow ond whites, tho Anuora white,
which hod tho pink eyes, the Jet btnek, and, In fact,
thobluo and white, for tbus mono can tho maltero
of brilliant color bo described, Tho eata weru all
nnoljr featberod, with featr.-rduatarllke tails, whkh
should ezclto thn admiration of our city cousins, who
are aald to pay from 10 to 183 for tho pots, whloh
would moke tho retail prloo of tho ihlpment at loat
1,800. Tho temporary homo for the tabhlea con
allied of caaket boxoa dls Ided In section! and openly
crated upon tho too. Tho American Kiproio Com
pany'a agents along the route will furnish lunches
and drinkables, ao that this largo family will proba
bly arrive In health aud aafoty, as ull seemed very
contented when leaving bore.
Knew Ills tlualueot.
From the Wothlnaton ftoif.
A bright little boy ono of the pagoi of tho Sonata
sat at one of thn Hcnato sntrances tho other dor,
when a lady approached htm with a vlilttug oard tn
her hand,
" Will ou hand this to Senator Blank r aho laid.
"I cannot," replied tlio boy, "for all cardi must be
taken to the east lobby."
Tho womon was Inclined to bo obit? ana went
away muttering, Thin a thought Mruck her, and
taking out her pocketbook she found a 25 cent piece.
With It In her bun J she went back to tho oy.
"Here, my lad," aho said, In a roaitng toue, " her
Is a quarter to take my card In."
"Iladam," laid the hoy, without a moment's hesi
tation, "I am paid a larger salary than that to keep
cardi out."
Imdona Wide-Awake Police.
Vom the Ijondon Daily Stall.
tiers Is the Hat of recent murderers, none of whom
have been dlsoovercdi
The mur len r of tho Frenchman Xlroaette.
Tho murderer of 3!l.a Camp In tbo London and
Southwestern Hallway tralu.
Tho uiurdererur Mrs. Francis at Camherwell.
Tho murderer of Fnntia Johnaon at Windsor.
The murderer uf Wlllla n Iiarrelt at Upton I'ark.
1 h murderer of tbo uameleaa oorpso found bound
In thu rhamei,
Tho murderer of Hlsstlanhall at (iitbual Oreen.
To theie crimes must bo added numerous burglaries,
In which an Immeuao amount of prupert) has been
mado away with.
Voodehopper Wrnra Hell,
From the Letritton (He ) Journal.
A Mllo woodchopper who goes about his work with
a huge cowbell attached to hli bock, says he means
to take no chances. "Ho fool ebooti mo fur a doer,"
h.
A'
.
JfSrT TORK tlE.tr.Ti' IS AZT, KlOMT,
lllK Rnmoraorn tollnrxo Its friers raandrd
an ss ftreent Bnlr.
Tbere has been much comment among real
ostnto men over tho prtco brought h tho Smith
proporty, whkh was sold at auction list Wod
nosdny for 9(140,000. Tho property consisted of
two lots and, an office building In Cortlnndt
street nnd three lots with three old stores In
Liberty street, the land extending through from
ono ttrcot to tho other. Tho Liberty street
property was sold to Frederick (1. llourno of tho
Singer Manufacturing Cumpauv for JMO.OOO.
Tho Cortlnndt street property was sold to llotf
mim Brothers for 11 10.000. lleforo tho sale
It was freely prophesied thnt tho wholo prop
erty would lirhig not less than fHOO.OOO
and possibly $1,000,000. Slnco It has h.'on ns
freely declared that real ostato rallies in that
part of tho town havo been greatly oxnggoratcd;
that this solo would bring them down to tholr
proper point. There was also reported to bo
much consternation among property holders who
hnvo born Intending to sell, but hnvo hold on to
their property for higher prices. In addition to
nil this. Ithas nlso bcon said that tho holrs of
tho Smith cstato weru much dissatisfied with
tho prlco fetched.
Talks with somo of tho persons interested do
not bear out theso various rumors. In com
parison with the recent snlcs of similar property,
tho prlco brought by tbo Smith proporty is
thought to bo n fair ono. Nor docs there seem
to bo nny grcnt dlssntlsfnctlon on tho part of the
heirs. Sir. Oils or ir Cortlnndt streot, who
haschargoot tho Smith estate, said yesterday:
' Tho talk nbout this proporty going for n song
Is largely confined to tho newspapers. In tho
present condition of tho real estnto market 1
think tho property went for n very fair prlco,
and, so fnr ns I know, tho heirs are satisfied thnt
this is tho enso. There nro several things to bo
considered in a sale of this Kind. In the first
place It wasapartltlon sale, ordered by tho court,
iindsuuh sales rarely bring as large prices nn
might bo got under other circumstances. Then
in this particular sato the buildings have
counted for little. With tho Incrcaso of
theso now modern buildings tho old ones hnvo
depreciated In vnluc very much. On tho Llborty
streot properly are old stores thntnre not much
good, nnd would add llttlo or nothing to the
viiluo of tho property. Yet that tho price.
8310,000. for tho throo lots wns n very fair oi-o
Is shown by tho salo of another lot In Liberty
Blrcot a fow weeks ngo for $ 100,000. Vou hoc,
thoavcrngownsinnlntalncd. Tho prices brought
by this property cannot Justly bo compared with
prh os brought by Uroadwny property.
"Tho Cortlnndt streot property brought a
bettor price, because tho building on It is bettor.
Vet this is nn old building nnd it has sufforod
iroin ion competition who mo newer omco
bulldingB. hilo wc, of course, should Ilka to
hnvo got moro money, a nnturnl deslro, yot wo
were satisllcil. Tho nrloo cnino up, I think, to
the expectnllim of thuso best acquainted with
tho proporty."
James A. Hnrriman. whose wife held an olghth
Interest in the property, said that whllo ho
thought tho new owners bought It in at a cheap
prlco, neither he nor his wlfo was dlBsatlsllcif.
An ovcnlng paper on Monday said thnt one of
tho women who hold an interest in the estnto
was so dissatisfied that Bho intended to appeal
to tho courts to havo tho buIo set nslde. Mr.
Otis said that so far as he know tbo -e was no
truth in this statement.
AFJtIOAS i.iMiir.nss cotton:
Specimens of tbn Xow tirisde Shown sst tbe
Cotton Croners' Convention.
Atlanta, Oa.. Dec. 14. Ono of tho foaturos
of tlio Cotton Growers' Convention to-day was
tho exhibition of a now vnrletyof cotton, known
ns the "Afrlcnn limbless." In 1803 Adolph
Kjle, whllo wandering over Central Africa,
ciinic ncrois a now species of giant cotton in tho
valley of tho upper Congo Hlvor. Tho plant wnt
not under cultivation, but appeared to grow
wild on the mnrsb lands. It differed from other
cotton In that ninny of the stalks wcro as high
as twenty feet; nnd tho bolls woro connected
directly to tho stalk without nny Intervening
limb. Kjlecut oh a pio e eighteen inches long.
Ho placed it in his trunk and finally camo licrc.
Talking to n group in a hotel Kylo relatod tbo
above Incident and so interested Mr. F. W.
Jackson, a planter of this Stnto, that tho latter
asked to&eo tho specimen. Kylo gns.e It to him,
nnd In tho spring of lt-Dl Jackson planted a
lxnro number of seed, obtaining onl) flftv-scvcn
perfect stalks in his crop. Tho soil in which ho
oxiicrimentod was very poor, nnd tho stalks
only nvornved eight feet, with an occasional ex
ception measuring fourteen feet. Tho maxi
mum number of bolls on one stalk was 187. nnd
tbo ordinary run nvcragod fifty-coven nolle.
The American cotton averages only eight to
cloven bolls to tho stalk.
Tho quality of tho now species wns found to
excel tbe old greatly. The next year the amount
of product wns increased sllghtlv. and in 18110
live acres yielded threo and a half bales to the
acre. Tho acrago Georcia planter considers
himself fortunato If he gnlhers three-quarters of
n halo to the acre. From the crop of 18IXJ thoro
is enough seed to plant U.000 acres. It is ex
pected that with proper fertilization tho seed
will produce fivo bales to the aero.
Tho now variety has fivo "locks" or di
visions to tho bull, whereas the old stylo hnB
only four. The locks in tho ordlnan vnrlety
nioonly three-quartors of un inch long, whllo
the new kind is one to ouo and a half inches
long. Whllo tho brsnd has been Indorsed as
genuine by Commissioner of Agriculture Nos
bitt and others. Col. H.J. Redding, Huporin
tondent of tho Stnto Experimental Farm, de
nounces It ns spurious, nnd says that it Is sim
ply n variety of a weed that grows in many
places and which has been brought to high cul
tivation. Tho convention will lnvostignto the
cottoa to-morrow.
.1. C. Wellborn, President of tho Stnte Alllanco
of South Carolinu, was clectod Prcaldout of tno
comuntlon.
IViinfed to tin to Wniitnnvo.
Iroin the I.auUvWe Dispatch.
Ho was n typical Westerner, nnd City Ticket
Agent Dorsoy of tho II. mid O. S. W. saw it at n
ghuue. hut ho also noticed a prosperous nlr
nbout the strldo of thn fellow ns ho entered tho
olllco nt tho southwest corner of Fourth and
Main streets.
"I want logo to Wantnngo,"sald tho rustic.
"Kontucky or Indiana 1" Inquired Mr. Dorsoy.
'Lord bless ou. my friend, it's lo Wnntango
In Oklahoma I want to go."
"Oh."fioinMr. Dorsey, "Which way do you
want to go i
"Tie alius heerd thot the shortest dlstanco
between two places w us a straight line, and jou
kin BtnrtmoasBtrulght nsyou please.
And then tho gentleman from Wnntango
watched silently as Mr. Dorsey pored ovor two
railway gaMcs.
"Well, sir, tbo best I can do for you." said
Mr. Jloraoy. "is the II. & I). H. W, to St. Louis,
and from there ovor tho St, Louis and San
r rancisco.
"Hlmnio tho ticket, mister. I don't know
whether It a my rond. hut when you mention
'Frisco I know it's tho right direction."
Indian Maiden Utiles n Wheel, Plays the Plnno,
nnd Sella Trinkets.
From the Lewteton (.Ve.) Journal.
Lucy Nlcolar, daughter of the lato Joseph
5,iil"VlnsrsVf ll 1'onobsrot tribe. Is an accom
plished bicycle rider. Sho Is Just coming Into
li it teons nnd Is n young miss of marked beauty
and -Jliereicr sho goes with biskots or Indian
exhibits many n joung American who looks
uiion thn Indian maiden feels that tho land of
the l'enobscots must ho "tlio land or handsome
women.' Just now; Lucy is receiving private
liW'U'1,1011-! lh.nt B.110 n,By 0,1,cr 'ho Oldtown
li''i-l1.1'.00- li'Btruclor tolls mo that sho
Is bright In her studies nnd that mathematics
is her forte. Lucy Is perhaps ho most profi
cient piano player on thn island, holng tho owner
of nn instrument. Sho nlso sluts pleasingly.
Hut tho skill of tho trlbo la not forgotten by this
young member, for sho can miiko bnnkeli i ftc
us well as sonic of the 0i(jcr nt,B- Tll0 ,oll,0-:
ofLiicv-ltoiieof tho ilncst-Iooklug members of
tho tribe, a woman respected by all who know
Tho Credit Itlonei or the Country.
From the Jv'nnsas Citu Journal.
Tho cost nnd Inconvenience of transporting
money from one part of the country to aiiotl"?
was aptly illustrated ut Topokn the other day
when It bocamu nocossnry for tho Hock Island
Hallrond to send 'JS7.000 to Chioago. If tbo
money had hern sent in greenbacks or gold tho
express charo. would have tw.cn (.321.80; if in
silver. ItD-TB; but the railroad people rejected
all three and mado tbo transfer with a bank
draft ut a cost of only 2 rents. Tho credit
money Is tho rcul money of the country and
Si'Si,JJf.l,,l!"!n U V8 wiser than lawsym r
lution totbocoiuiigeof any metal.
" Wan'a Urmrt" on Ihe SJntrrnraeut.
Ftom the Kantat City Journal.
Our idea of n lucky man Is ono who can get a
great big graft on the tlovernniont. Charles
Henry is u citizen of nonunion, who yeare ngo
m?,? r.;rirl0t0.a iut-blood Cherokeo woinam
bundled about seven years ago, leaving n llttlo
that lTl? wir0"11"' "" ,MJ- B''W discovered
that his wlfo wat cnrrlod on tho rolls of the
t th..?,nr i"',""'!. tl,a,t. hiH, llllo onwa. en
n.ll l!i i . ni""' lnni1 "P' ,'t'"a nionoy secured hy
HlJ.'orr' 'V0' It week ho received for
tho boy n chuck lor U3.7UO nnd a dood lotl'-o
bocn've'ryp'oor."'1, ,l0 "ucoal " nd hid
Curious '.Spell,.) r Southern Net-roes.
From the ntladelpMu Tlmti.
There are numerous harmluis "spoils" which
nro regu.ir observances In tho lilts of "hoalerl
ujo r-outhcrn ncgross. liesidei tbo root ci,'
ins.-, tho truck-! it ng, &c. tliov liu ,. ,!,
philter of frogs' legated in Sti Water mid
tho ashes of a but are powerful enough to kecil
nn a rival or an enemy. To iiukoudogstnl
nt homo t bey rut off the lip of his t. A antf bur v
ilund.?r. ",0 d,0oftP. To make a wife obodlen?
they "druwherplctur" and hldoitiii the bin.
gles. Thus, waking or sleeping, there it aeon.
.... rrin, or counteracting of deit lay. D
:.'.. - - i i Yfl
er. xoAir8 wkLZ, X. x J J
A nmeatrnciniitleTrnlllarTliatlBl k j
curled Aa. ' -J
A part of historical Long Itland about "hi r 'jS
moro romance than history centres Is belnp; Av JJ
ttro) o 1 to turnlsh earth for tho cauteway from 4Sj
Corona to tho Flushing bridge Thlt Is that jjg
loamy promontory extending from Jacksoa t
avenue, Just outsldo of Flushing, known n 8U J
Itonnn'a Well from ndoep well which It on the) M
properly. As long ngo as thoro Is any record of ;,gl
tho plnco it w n'l marked for romance's vory own, ' ,!
for history soys that tho Hov. Franols Douenr jUI
enmn Into possession of tho property s pari ' jJ
a grant of Hl.OOO nercs from Hov. Kief t In 1043, nm
and furthermore that tho Itov. Francis hn4 -Ww
a beautiful daughter, who wns woood ond .mil
won by Dr. Vnndcnlonk, a Yonkor or Dutch ;bJ
gentleman, and, becauso tho young lovers mod -"Ssl
to sit by tho well In tho period of tholrcourt- m
ship, that nnd tho surrounding proporty w -V?B
given tolhnbrldonsadowry. It got tho nam '
of Yunker Island. .... r K
Afier Dr. Vnndordonk's death his widow mjsrj '
rled Hugh O'Ncnle. and their descendants, flea
tho place when, In Jtosolutlomry times, onkcr
Island wns occupied by tho llrltlsh. There woro ,
rumors then or n murder and a ghost which
haunted tho old well. Again rumor takes, up
thn tale nqunrter of n century later, when. It li
said, a French exile of noblo blood camo to live)
there with his dnughtcr. a girl of extraordinary '
beaut V. Sho bccitmo tho nlll.inrcd hrldo of an jM
Amorlcan. Shortly boforo tho dntn sot fnr tholr M
mnrrlngo St. Ilonnn Curly)", a young English- H
nun, was a guest there. Ho fell madly In love V
wllh tho girl, and upon her refusal tndosort her t.lM
fla.ncc'o nnd fly with htm ho cast hor Into tho "scloB
well and shot himself. Thlt gavo to the place "m
the namo of St. Itnnan's Well. sH
In Inter years It figures mora prosnlcally. It d
beenmo a picnic ground, nnd city Rwoethetrte ' fl
dropped stones Into the well nnd made wishes. J
Qcorgo Slddons and Harry the Kid fought as
famous prlaeflcht there. Ex-Gov. Prlnro of H
Now Mexico nnd John Hlgcins of Flushing
bought tho proporty. Intending to sell the rich fM
loam for agrloultural purposes, tho sand for
building purposns, nnd then, tho promontory
being levelled, cut up tho land Into bullilintj V
sites. Hut tho scheme wns a fnlluro. and the B
property pnssed from their possession Since
thon this plan bis lncn In part cnrrlod out.
JtorrnT ron Tim nnoxx r.oo,
Soclctr Una snn.noo Subscribed and Wants) '
40,000 Morn lo Ilenln U'lth.
At a meeting of tho nonrd of Mnnngors of the '
Now York Zoological Society, held at tho Down- 1
town Club yestcrdav. It wns announced by Prof. I
Henry K Osborn, Chairman of tbo Executive
Committer, that subscriptions amounting to
$03,000 had so far been rocclvod for the zoolog
ical gardens In Uronx Park which tho society
proposes to establish. Of thoso subscriptions
$00,000 are to tho park Improvement fund and
$5,000 to the general fund of tlio socloty.
Tho socloty wants to raise 51100,000 at once la
order to miiko nrnilablo $ 125,000, which tho
city will furnish to prepare the grounds. Tho
buildings and nnlmnls nro to bo supplied by tho
socloty. Work will begin as soon as tho society
raises tho amount named. It Is desired, bow
ever, to rnlso $150,000 more by subscription In '
ordor to carry out fully tho scheme of tbe society
regnrdlng buildings ond exhibits. , 1
The citv is to meet its actual running ex J
ponsos. Tho gardens aro Intondod to rival the 'I
tlncst in the world. They will bo freo to tbo -'i
public tlvo days of tho weok, two days being re 1
served for students nnd members of tho socloty 1
and for necessary repairs. Admission will bo
free on Sundays nnd on nil holidays nnd halt 1
holidays. Themembershlpof tho socloty is now i
A40. The subscriptions to its fund inclndo ,nm
5,000 subscribed vesterdnvby J. Plerront Mor- vM
gnn, $2,500 by Tiffany k. Co.. $2, 300 bv F. B
Augustus Schermerhorn, $2,500 by Phil In 'dxt
Schuylor, 91,000 by Oeorgo Crockor, $1,000 ft
hy Jncnb H. Schlff, and 1500 by Eugene G. gi
Iltackford. icvl P. Morton prosldod nt ycfltor- 99
day's meeting, nt which tbe following wore fll
elected racmbors of tbo Board of Mnnagprs
to fill vncnnclos: Samuel Thorno, Jacob II. I NJ
Schlff. and Henry A. C.Taylor. Luncheon wnt ' I
served, at which the manngers woro thoguestO IteB
of Cnpt. John S. Barnes. oH
suxjir.uus.
An oystcrman of Alexandria, Va., found a golfl fK,
collar button In tbe shell of an oyatcr, according to a H
local paper. H
N'o whites need apply. Is tbo motto of aWjan- H
dotte county (Kan.) photographer, wbo takes tho Hj
pictures ofnegroes only. H
Thirteen potatoes, all grown Into one, found on JB
the form of aTrasonio City, Mich., man, carried an 9
obvloua suggestion and tho farmer promptly for- tf
warded the batch to tho lion. Potato Flngree.
When a horse foil Into a largo and deep well at
ITenderson, N. C, oome practical genius attached
hose to a near-by hydrant and, turning on tbe water,
tilled up the well aud floated the horso to the top,
whence rescue was comparatively eay.
It Is said that Mrs. Jesse Huston, who Uvea on the ,
nustouTlllo pike, near Hastnnrllle, Ky., bad not until H
last month spent a day away from homo In twenty- fgW
three years, not becausn she couldn't, nor because of aaaat
any eccentricity, but just because she lores her bora V
and wants to be there to do her work, H
Stories are going around the Welt of a now bag
which bos been dubbed "tho mountaineer." because
It la believed to have eomo down tbe hillside on a
snowdrift, which has destroyed thousands of beads sjaH
or cabbage tn Indiana. It Is said to be black, to havo M
a crews on Its back, and to be nearly as large as too JaLi
potato bug. 'bV
Cold weather took all tho courago oot of two men H
who escaped from tho Military prison at Leaven- &
worth. Kau., and they wont to the house of a farmer ,-H
near Ottawa and got him to drive them to that city t
aud deliver them to the authorities, for doing whloh WM
ho got tho reward of (SO that hod been ottered fa H
tho return of each prisoner. H
-The telephone ear, from which so many telephone ((
operators Buffer. Is a more dongeroui affliction la
Kentuokr than lc Is In New York, according to a
despatch from Owensboro, which says that Mrs. Mog
gie Brandon oalled at tho central office in tho after
noon and cowhldod an operator for alleged disclosure
of her conversation over tbe wire.
-That there Is an honesty rising superior to busi
ness avarloe even In this sordid age appears from tho
experlonce of n Top-k iportlug man. Ho wrote to a
clgarctto company that be had'inved the plctur-s In
1.800 packages of cigarettes whtch be had smoked
aud asked what prlso the company would error for
them. Ho received an answer laying that the com,
pany would give him a coffin If be would smoke as
many more.
Foreign Hates or Heat intereat.
A "house " of the Cowloy Fathers. eoittnf iBO.000.
, ' b0"'hll""a t Weitmntater with the approval
or the Blihop or London.
Nh; 10i"w,nln'trt,tho Prim. Minister of En
and', ottlel.1 residence. I. fo b. preserved, though
wm dZpper,,b" ,w,of " snd '"' "
Acetylene can be neither manufactured nor sold In
Groat Ilrttain now inv. by exprea. permission of ,
Homo Secretary, tho prohibition being mad. In ,
csnt Order In Council. , " I
Italy I. able to turn out fist torpeUo-boa, df.troy
era as well a. Engl.nu. The de.troy.r riuto i
-V ui luocnit, near 0rin f- .. I H
Spanish Government, mado 80i, Uu m,dVforJeS I
draught on her trial over the measured mile! M
Timely nae of the referendum has preserved rr.,s ifl
opera to Mar.el.tes. The town coune.l7.vtag M ofl
,betr,or neToiaras M
An "act for tho relief of Indigent r..,...,. ... WM
th. Indian railroad. ' em"7.. oa
Empress Elizabeth of Austria ho. .. WM
Achlll.lon. on tho Island of re "l'." "P bw T,"
content,. Including , n. ..D::LT b"d '" " M
fcrrrd to her palace u Vienna.',?? 'V'" ,r""
condition of the town where th.viiu. ? "",'Urr fl
tbo Ewtern eompllc.twn, a,o h ",U"e'1' "nl H
to her for mUtng tb, "h.ng" trU'" """ fl
Throe Lord Justice, of APDealsiiiin- ... ZMM
of Crown Co.,. Meserred ' hit . ' ' ,he "Cour IK
leg.l wroug involv'o; m o'm "!" """'""I B
...osalueorrour thWloX " '
when a man bad onlr a h.ie ln r""""ni
They ,..v. d,d,d ,h'.r,, r fnoT0;'f.Iln, hu "wut- m
f.l pretence., bu lit It u h, . "" g00d' '''' WM
fraud. Th. reiult In 1 ? blaming credit by WM
petr.tor, " "y "" " '' 'r Per-
"-r'"?" " or
year, Captain Oen.rai inS r, "" Blk- '" "' '
.fnttolongKonr.nd". " "h"0:.''' Umtl- '
"emmlng, ,h, Cofonu? om' ' Wr AU',U,,U, M
to govern linilsl , oul Vn a ? ! per"""l," mclul, sent )M
.f th. v.n.,u.u a,ra".,r Tw. ;" 't knr'"" fm
f ron. Oypru. to Oulan. si, w Z ' B""1"" " t?9
tb. Bahama, to Cypru anj 8 oT'J ,"n",h "" fcP
Lo., In Wnt AfX. i- llbert c,lrt" f'ooa ItfeS
to Bi&wZS!?1 e,mM '" Mw " 3 JM