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t l )MtaMo trtsa fo tan rejected arttetu return,
'Wxtvtartnallea$t tend Haaptfor that purree.
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jf $ Wf Tho urgency of tho Hawaiian question Is
' 'k I? Watly ongmonted by tho events of the past
' K ffftonth.
' Ir' WriTho political valuo of tho Hawaiian Isl-
ri rAadatoany European power engsRed In tho
H 'I 1ijramblo for Ohlneso territory is quadrupled
$ lj . 'j&tb now situation In tho 1'aclflc
Ir 'li rlM110 potential value of these Islands to
&'-' sjf !faland, particularly, It Increased tenfold
8-1 W 7tho now situation.
H. Ki fe If annexation falls now for any reason,
t V& jfb6 first thing wo shall hear from Honolulu
?w$ it that plans arc on foot for a restoration
Itmh mfk monarchy In a mild form, with Kaiu-
iWM fSiiiri,on tho throne, and British Interest
M IjSnMqnently In control.
'Jy tt 1 ;y;ThIs Is uo fanciful prediction. It Is tho
jap ?$ l; &1 ot tho ca8e
& Tl "JDnrlop; tho next century, with tho brood
K "Ir010 crowded with tho keenly competing
n' ih v s'wamerco of all clvlllrod nations, our own
M m Aommcrco Included, Hawaii will either bo
fh -ffl 'Mm outpost for us, or an outpost against us
jEs. W Tjld menacing us.
t l" , lVar8or t"6!"1' Thcso Islands are now
S'jK''' Brs for the more talcing, and common
; jttv' MiStaa la not dead In Washington.
!flbv. Slxtocn to One at Radford.
& Badford, Badford In the mountains, Is
BffcVYerr small dot on tho large map of
Kfe 8tato of Virginia, but It enjoys tho
Kliatlnotlon of being tho home l'oat Office
HpjfST. Hoon TYLBlt, tho new Governor of
BjIBe Old Dominion. It was from Radford,
Bji Thursday, that Col. TYUm started for
fino capital as Governor-elect, accompanied
to hU famlly and " retinue" In Virginia
Kptyle. Tho travelling agent of the road
which bore the triumphant party to Rich
SpBOBd paid tho Colonel what is described
Sf " the unique compliment" of detaining
BSio train at Badford until sixteen minutes
Hp'one, out of regard to tho "pronounced
HSftlrervtowa of the Colonel."
BSTho train was held until sixteen minutes
Mwewono to emphoslxo tha triumph of tho
BT.sixteen to one" principle at the recent
Section, when Col. Tyler was chosen by a
JMurallty of 02,000, not over his ItepubII
Sin competitor, for the Republican party In
wwlrgtnla was split squarely in two on the
Ijjueatlon of running a candidate for Go vera
jUsr over one of tho nominees. Presl
KffcntHoKuaxY. for whom no trains were
'ftetalned at sixteen minutes to one or any
.Ether hour, polled In Virginia 135,000
".totes In 1800, and if the Republicans
" Ktad their honest money Democratic allies
litf, Virginia had respected In 1807 that
rfceord of courage and fidelity, the vote
'IfAst for CoL Tyler would have been
.'88,000 below the Republican poll, Instead
'ami 62,000 ahead of It. But tha Repub
Wfnnn mode no such battlo as the exigen
Kjlea of the cose demanded. They let tho
njt&ht' fro by default. They acquiesced In
Pl)0 choice of a Legislature at Richmond
fiivlng 130 Democratic members and only
- Republicans j and by retiring from tho
Kid and furling their banner In the first
jBfctate election succeeding the national fight
Bjk which they had shown such great power,
Hfkfcoy Invited tho "unique compliment"
Hferhloh was paid to tho representative of the
JUlVer cause at Radford.
fyr'It la explained In part Justification of
'mb conduot of the railroad agent that,
( "fb'ough paying a compliment to th sil
.'iKlto Colonel, he himself Is a gold man.
;'ffiat probably accounts for the fact that
Je train moved as It did and reached Rich
Ijasond, as It did, on time. From Radford to
Jliehmond there were no exciting Incidents
fcithosllverlte Governor's ride. He reached
ko latter town, officially, and there won't
fcfan election for Governor In tho Old Do
iftlnlon again until 1001.
iHJJBio Irish Question In a Now Light.
vFATho January number of the North Amer
pjficpn Review contains an article by tho
ftklght Hon. Horace Flunkktt, M. P., In
Which an account is given of the efforts
MKcly made by tho Irish Agricultural Or
Kvnlzatlon Society to further the Interests
Be Ireland by the development of her eco
raomlo and Industrial resources.
KjlThe writer of this article Is not an advo
cate of home rule, but ho does not hesitate
'io'edmlt that " if tho average Irish elector,
who Is more intelligent than the average
Xrltlsh elector, were alio as industrious, as
giroaporous and as well educated, his de
JRond in tho proper constitutional way for
home rule would very likely result In the
jpxperlment being ono day tried." In other
words, solvo tho economic problem, and in
Jho process the Irish peoplo vrill bo so cle
yatcd and strengthened that they will be
jlbjo to solve tho political problem for
iMcmselves. As Mr. I'lunkett has been
Minostly engaged for some years In pro
Ifcotlng tho prosperity of his countrymen,
Rbey aro scarcely likely to quarrel with him
Jet now about his political opinions.
JjiWhatMr. Plunkltt and his co-workers
rjMro trying to accomplish, with or without
JMovernment aid, Is the rehabilitation of
MCrelondfrora an agricultural and Industrial
I jpolnt of view. He points out that Ireland
tf (i poor country, practically without man
f mfactures, except for the linen weaving and
KUblpbulldlng of the north and the brewing
IjBed distilling of Dublin; and that, although
I'ssalnly dependent upon agriculture, sho
Efiiaa an Imperfectly tilled soli, a decreasing
bona under cultivation, aud a diminishing
population destitute of technical skill. This
Hntoward state of things Is attributed, not
IVto.racUl defects or any other unalterable
jteondltlons, but simply to mlsgovernment
ft' lei' the past. It Is for that reason that Mr.
;)fiimKETr deems It but Just that tho lm
Kkwrlal Government should establish a De
CMrtment of Agriculture and Industry for
Poland, headed by aMInistor who will bo
HiAfrectly responsible to Parliament. Ho
IjJIjitts 1 or eome ycara labored to this end. It
f-waa an essential fcaturo of his schemo that
Citia department should be endowed ade
jjjqntoly from the Imperial treasury for tho
r'afcfP080 ' Administering State aid to Irish
lEp-Iculture and Industry, In the last sea
Kan of Parliament the Chief Secretary to
Wb Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Introduced,
iti JftUjqf fAti- s . i Mno- v. 4- f , , . f . T
ft measure avowedly bed. In It aoala line
upon Mr. Plunkett" proposals. At tho
Instance, however, of the Chancellor of tha
Exchequer a provision was Inserted by
which the funds for working tho scheme
were to como out of the Irish Instead of tha
common purse. This, of course, made tho
bill unpopular, and It failed to pass.
Whllo seeking remedial legislative meas
urcs, Mr. Plunkktt and his coadjutors
have not placed unduo rollauce on tho effi
cacy of State aid. Thrcoyoara ego they un
dertook to start a sjstera of self-help, and
an association called the Irish Agricultu
ral Organization Society was formed to
provldo funds for carrying on tho move
ment. Owing to the Influence of this phil
anthropic association there are to-day 170
farming societies in Ireland scattered
throughout thirty-one of tho thirty-two
counties, with an aggregate membership of
about 17,000. These societies embrace
every branch of tho forming Industry. For
Instance, they cheapen production by tho
Joint purchase of seeds, manures, Imple
ments, machinery, and other requirements
of tho farmer. In districts adapted to dairy
purposes they erect creameries and havo
shown themselvos able to operate them tor
their own account. They Jointly sell what
they produce with a vlow to saving tho
profits of middlemen. In many districts
these societies apply tho principle of co
operation to agricultural finance, and havo
thus secured a great reduction of Interest
upon farm loons. It appears, In fine, that
they are generally prosporous, tha percent
age of commercial failures being practical
ly nominal.
It Is Mr. Plunkstt's conviction that only
by agricultural organization can tho agri
cultural Industry In Ireland bo Bayed. He
points out that the Irish farmers, who for
merly had to compote only with tholr fel
low workers In tho United Kingdom, are
now brought Into competition with the
farmers of the whole world. Consequently,
In his Judgment, the time has coine when
they must apply Intelligently to their In
dustry those methods of combination to
which recourse has been made by thoeo en
gaged In every othor Industrial undertaking
and by farmers In all other countries. That
Is why he means to persist, he tells us, in
pressing upon Parliament the need of
giving State aid to Irish agriculture, tho
advancement of which will bo tho first step
In Ireland's economic programme.
Tho Decllno of tho Shooters.
Time In Philadelphia la supposed to be an
easy-going fellow, safe and steady,llke a fam
ily horse. Or you can figure him more ex
actly as resembling one of Mr. Steyrnson's
heroes of the cigar divan kept by the ex
Prlnco Florizel of Bohemia, " bland, sed
entary, patient of delay, a prop of omni
buses." Ho docs not exert or excite
hlmsolf to tho peril of his health, and no
body gets unduly excited over bis exlta
and his entrances. It would be injudicious
to expect that the New Year would bo
hailed as heartily by the bonks of tho
Schuylkill as by the banks of the Hudson.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Philadel
phia Ledger, ever faithful to the old tradi
tions, does Indeed assure us that "the Jubi
lation of thousands, who with noisy loot
ings gave farewell to 1807, reached Its
height at midnight," and that "Chestnut
street early took on a holiday air," but a
sigh of regret Is heard through the rejoic
ings, and there Is a want of heartiness even
In tho bray of the fishhoms.
To bo sure, "the carnival feature was not
lost sight of by numerous small boys, who
paraded the streets, disguised by bushy
and impossible whiskers," but there Is
nothing wildly carnivalesque about a
parcel of small boys In impossible bushy
whiskers. A crowd, "not so largo as In
former years," assembled around Indepen
dence Hall, waiting for the stroke of
twelve. Some rash younkers, presumably
strangers, shot off their revolvers and
threw the policemen Into convulsions, and
at midnight "the uproar approached pan
demonium ;" but It must have been an ex
tra mild pandemonium. Scrapple-fed de
mons incline to reticence.
Tho delight of Philadelphia In happier
times was the parade of her mummers, or
Shooters, as they havo been termed In more
modern days. Companies of fantastically
dressed persona paraded on Now Year's
day, somewhat after tho fashion of tho
Antiques and Horribles that used to
be an ornament of the Fourth of
July In somo parts of tho country, or of
tho youthful masquerade who appear In
this town on Thanksgiving Day. Tho
Shooters, however, were on a much higher
plane of pomp. Tho competition among the
different clubs was keen, and great was the
splendor of the trappings and disguises.
There are Instances of poor, frugal Phlla
delphlous, who have hived up money year
by year only to spend It In one magnificent
gust of costume on New Year's Day. Even
this year tboro were cash prizes amounting
to $1,200 for the most elaborate or comical
show, and " numerous clocks, lamps, and
pitchers" were offered as prizes. "Wbis
brod & Hess offer $100 in gold to the best
dressed club passing their establishment.
The Fast Norrla Business Men's Associa
tion offers prizes amountlng.to $30 to clubs
passing along Norrls street, between GIrard
avenue and Cedar street;" and so on.
Philadelphia still cherishes her Shooters,
but alas I they aro fading away.
Statistics tell tho melancholy otory. In
1888 tho Bureau of Police issued 211 per
mits for Shooters' clubs to parade; In 1880,
140; In 1800, DO; In 1807, 40. According
to the Ledger, the decline of the Shooters
began after New Year's Day In 1880, when
the grip was raging. Many of the pa
radcrs, on the march from 0 P. M., Dec. 31,
until the next noon, "contracted colds that
ended In death or permanent disability."
Tbo coot of the fun has been anotbor cause
of tho thinning ranks:
"Ih f rmenU for a Captain, whioh, muallr In long
tralnt, art rarrird by man pagta, frequently cost
t,000 or 3,000, and ereo ttU year tb Penn
Treaty Club, a lUccrMor ts the famoui Klelmurnth
en,' will hare a dlaplaj ouattnr 110,000, Then will
b 600 parader from thla organization, and the Cap
tain, Cim&lu Uopck, and hla page, will wear rubea
tbat havo tout ,100."
Philadelphia does not take her pleasures
cheaply.
Of the origin and progress of these curi
ous pageant-players the amiable authority
already quoted gives this account:
" The New Year Shooter U Indlienotu to the ' Neck,'
where twenty-fire and mora year ago It had become
an eitabltiued etutom to hold a maaked ball In eome
ne or the other of the nouare occupied by truck
farmer. After the dance the young fellowi. In their
fautaatla rontumea, would villi f amlllea of the neigh
borhood to drink and make merry at their expenw.
JU theaa orowda grew larger and bolder, organlaa
tlona were formed with tho aole objeot of eelebraUng
the opening of each new yeart and the noley ele
ment, retorting to plitoli, obtained the name of
Shooter' for all their party. On the Slit of De
cemUr, 167, the fcfaooter lint ventured from their
home to the lower boundaries af thaa.ty, Uoore
atreet, which wa then regarded a being on the out
klru, wa vltlted, and la nooeeding yean the vttlU
were repeated. The welcoming ot the OVatensJal
year (187) was tot flnl ocuioo when the lieo.
.".- .f 'tft,r ', , tJ)&at&wet
'" ' ' " ' ' ' ' I - -"-T- ' J"
eM'Vmtvtewa fw as Oteitaat ewee. ana oa I
'an. 1 of that year eereral orranteVWeea were la tfca
great crowd tbat gathered about Indepmdeaoa H elL"
On Friday night most of the Shooters'
clubs gave balls, and before midnight they
began their parades. On Saturday they
walked for cash, prizes, and glory. The
Philadelphia Pre tells of the SUverCrown
Association coming down Chestnut street '
In the rain on Friday night, "glorious for
t day In silk and tinsel, with kings, '
clowns, women, and the usual typical fol
lowing of mummies sic, preceded by a j
brass band ;" and of the " Captain Robert
Newton Club, "tho Captain giving painful
evidence of tho hardship Imposed upon
him by tho ten yards' train to his regal
robo, despite the assistance of eight email
tralnbeorors." The Penn Treaty Club,
bursting upon Kensington with B00
paraders, $10,000 worth of togs, and four
bands of music, must have been the most
gorgeous collection of Shooters. In Gcr
mantown the Shooters seem to bo a sort of
survival of the Christmas !' waits," for
they " went from house to house, singing
songs, for which, In many Instances, they
received Now Year's pin money."
But the glory of Kensington and theMoy
amcnslnt; and Southwark districts grows
dim. Already tho Alexis Club's Kazoo
Band seems to play on spectral Instru
ments, and tho Hoodoo Wheelmen belong
not to earth, but air. Even for Philadel
phia tho spacious times of great Eliza
deth are lost. Tho Shooters are doomed.
A Victim to Vanity and Malignity.
WnrrELATT Reid Is engaged In an effort
to embroil the Republican party In this
State In a bitter fight of factions which
shall continue until the election of next
year and cause- Republican defeat.
His purpose- In bo doing Is to revenge
disappointed vanity. He wants a high
office under President McKinley, and his
present vicious hostility to the Republican
organization In this State Is duo solely to
its refusal to aid him In his vile and vain
Intriguing for the place.
Because of this vanity hebas accomplished
tho virtual destruction of tho ATto York
Tribune. That paper had no reason for ex
istence save as an organ ot tho Republican
party, loyal and faithful and regular. Be
causoof Its earltcrhlstory It retained under
his editorship some of tho Republicans of
the older generation, who clung to It bo
cause of Its Republican traditions. They
took it as a matter of duty and In grate
ful remembrance- of its post services to their
party. To the younger generation of Re
publicans, however, the 7f6un Is almost
unknown. When, for Instance, Mr. BotmKB
Cockran referred to It satirically In tho
course of his memorable speech In tbo lost
campaign, tho utter lndifforcnco of his
great audience to the subject was striking.
Thoy knew nothing about tho Tribune
and cared nothing about It. Probably there
were not aBCore of men In the wholo of that
vast assemblage of enthusiastic Republi
cans who over read the Tribune or gave lta
thought.
Tho same Is true of Now York generally.
The Tribune Is no longer read by Republi
cans, and its dulnessand feebleness make it
Intolerable for Mugwumps also. Even Re
publicans of tho older generation, who had
felt It a sort of pious duty to support the
paper as a party organ, wero released from
all such sense of obligation by Its courao
during tho late campaign. The Tribune hav
ing becomo a malignant enemy of tho Re
publican party, they cast it out all the more
Indignantly, becauso they had endured so
long the pain of reading It at a sacrifice of
time and sympathy.
Practically, the Tribune has passed out
of the field of Republican Journalism, and,
there being none other possible to It, there
remains only a semblance of life to tho
paper. It continues to be published, and
that Is about all. As an Influence In poll
tics It Is dead beyond the chance of resur
rection, and, conscious of that Indispu
table fact, WniTELAW Reid, in bis hope
lessness, Is using It more and more to grati
fy his malignity against the Republican
party because of his disappointed craving
for office. This he can do with soma show
of producing an impression, since, trifling
as the regular circulation of the dally Trib
une has become. It is still Bent In exebongo
to numbers of other newspapers, whose
editors constitute the bulk of Its present
readers. His aim Is to exoite Republican
papers to revolt against tbolr party and to
got the aid of Deinocratlo and Mugwump
papers in stirring up the Intestine strife.
Republicans, however, need feel no alarm
because of this malignity of Whitelaw
Reid. It will continue, for there Is no pos
sibility of bis getting the office be Is after;
but he has no following beyond a few spite
ful spirits like himself, and, therefore, Is
powerless to make much mischief. No Re
publican who aspires to consequence In his
party, or who seeks to obtain Its confidence,
will risk his reputation by associating hlm
solf In any manner with this vengeful and
repudiated office seekor, crazy to cover the
plush breeches lately wrung from tbo Ad
ministration's good nature with the digni
fied frock coat of a statesman.
Sctcntlfio Kite Flying-
Weather Bureau kite flying has become a
regular diversion. Chief Moonn points
with pride to tho apparatus that Is now
sent aloft to the height of a mile In a wind
so moderate that tho average boy would
abandon kites and take to marbles. A tell
tale Instrument makes the Journey with
the kite and when It Is pulled back to earth
It In found' to havo recorded tho temper
ature, pressure, humidity, and wind veloc
ity of the upper air. Before next spring
twenty of these kite stations, between the
Rocky Mountains and the Atlantic, will bo
taking dally readings at an elevation of a
mile or more above the ground.
The klto flyers are working in a good
cause. For twenty-seven years, since our
weather service was established, the proph
ets have been acquiring all the knowl
edge that surfAco readings of atmospheric
movements can give them. But they still
regard tlicmeclvca as extremely Ignorant of
the mechanism of storms) and tboybelievo
that tho highest degree of accuracy that
can bo attained from surface readings has
already boon reached.
The aim now, In attacking tho problem
of upper air exploration, Is to mako up
the dally weather chart not only from
surface observations, but also from read
ings taken in the free air at an alti
tude of not less than a mile above the
earth. These roudinps will bo taken at
many stations In various parts of the coun
try, and It Is obvious that the results may
bo most favorablo in Improving the dally
forecasts. Predictions may then bo based not
only upon data as to temperature, humid
ity, barometric pressure, and wind velocity
at the surface, but also upon the vertical
distribution of these forces and their hori
zontal distribution at two levels. There la
reason, at least, to hope tbat thla widening
e
Bp "igtjaaauaaammmgtmMmamgKlSM
ot th fleM ot InTeetbjffttloa will lead to a
better understanding of' the development
ot storms and air wave, cold and hot, and
Improve the weather predictions.
Mr. Alexander H. Revell tolls the
Federation of Educational Associations that
"in the great college there seem to be a fixed
prejudice ajtalnit commercial life." Where did
Mr. tUtvau. obtain hi Information on the sub
ject! The original purpose of the old American
college was to train man for the ministry.
Practically that was tat only learned profession
In the early colonial days, and It kept Its pre
eminence until a time ulthln living memory.
Meanwhile the practice of law and medicine
began to offer a career, and In our time thee
profeiitons have crowded theology out from
tha very school where It wa once su
preme. In tbe last few yoars, If our obterva
tluu I to be trusted, the number of collcgo
Kr-irltttte who enter Into business has become
considerable, and It I Increasing. As compared
with their competitor they are at a disadvan
tage In that they don't go Into business until
tbey are twenty-one or more years old. On the
other hand, they seem a a class to be prosper
ous beyond tho average. Apparently thoy have
learned to learn quickly, if they have learned
nothing else. Tha "flzod prejudice against
commercial lift" mint exist. If it exist, among
the small and Indolent squad which has a fixed
prejudice agalmt labor of any kind.
According to our esteemed contemporary,
the Boston Record, the Hon. Josun Qoingt,
Mayor of Boston, who has been writing bis
Inaugural address by moonlight and repeating
it lo the winking lamp ou Charles street, " ha
a penchant for working over proof sheet, and
would like nothing batter than being a proof
reader, for a while at least. If he had only hi
own Inclinations to consult." This Is addi
tional testimony, although superfluous, to tho
Hon. Josun Quinoy'b passion for correctness.
Hut the trait ascribed to him la not an idiosyn
crasy, but a general rharacterlstio of tho people
of hi city. Every Bostonhn 1 a moral and
mental proofreader, so to (peak. He wants to
inspect, revile, and correct tho opinion and tho
bablt of hi fellows, and scatter deles with an
unsparing hand. To edit hi brother man: that
Is th delight of Mr. Quixox'a subjects and
brethren.
Kansas la a wonderful State. There are Mrs.
Lease, Jttnr Bn-raoj. William A. pxrrKB, and J. J.
Ixaiua. a quartet or slateamen which baa never
been equalled. Eiteimtit Contemporary.
Mr. Pevfbr Is a retired statesman. Mr. In
oalls I a retiring statesman. Tbe lion. Mart
Elizabeth Lkabe has announced her unalter
able purpose of retiring Mr. SiursoM, and ts
not a atatesman, but tho foremost and most ac
tive living stateswoman. Be Juat to greatness.
A Washington despatch etate that the Presi
dent has asked Senator Qrav to select a candMate for
tlieofficrfof United States Marinal In th- Wrstern Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Tbe Federal Constitution pro
vides that the President, "by and with the advice and
consent of the Benato, shall appoint Ambaasador.
other pnbllo Idntstrrs and Consuls, Judfrra of the Su
preme Court, and all other ofnerrs of the United Mate
whose appointments are not herein otherwise pro
vided for, and whloh shaU be established by law."
The offlco of United btates Marshal I establlehe-l by
law. and appointment to It la not otherwise provided
for In the Constitution. Conse.iuentlr, It would seem
to be the duty of PrrsMent Mckislet. not of enator
Qcav. to appoint or arlect th United Btuteellarahal
for the Westers District of Pennsylvania. Pafladel
phia Ltdgtr.
Is there anything: In the Federal Constitution
which forbid President McKinley to ask the
advice of 8enatorQoAY or of any other citizen
well informed as to the qualification of west
ers Pennsvlvanlans for offlco I la there any
thing In the Constitution which prevents the
President from following Senator QuaVs ad
vice If the advice Is good and the President
likes it I
In a moment of rashness tho St. Louis
Republic has declared that "the champion
tall man " Is Mr. A. A. PowmxL of Grand View.
Tox. Mr. Powell "standi seven feet six
Inches in his socks, and when be has on his
shoos and shining Bilk tile, which adorns the
top of his pericranium, he looks at least six
Inches taller." Without going so far as to say
that the man from Grand View Is positively
stunted, we must point out, in tbo interest of
accuracy, that bo I not In tha class with the
ITon. Ct Soxlowat of New Hampshire, who
stands seven feet eleven In slippers without
heels, or with the Hon. Cyclone Davis of
Texas, whosa height, as attested by the Geodetic
Survey, is ninety-seven inches. We trust that
Mr. Powxll hasn't got his growth yet.
Scott's creation, Don Quixotb charging the
mill. Jlnneajiolls Trtbunt.
Michael or Wintield J
Tho Hon. RicnAnD Parks Bland has
lectcd the next House of Representatives.
"Where will yon make yonr greatest gnlns I"
asked the reporter. "We will gain everywhere,"
replied Silver Dick, with "a broad sweep of
the hand" and a comforting deflnlteness; "the
gold standard Is too narrow for this magnificent
country." A colleague of Mr. Bland, the Hon.
Cnciip Clark of Plko county, is oven more
exact I
"The prospect are that the DemooraU will oap
tar the Congressmen In every district next year
that did not have at least 0,000 Bepubltoan majority
last time. That would give ua anywhere from SO to
100 majority In the next Bouse."
In confirmation of theto cautions calcula
tions It should be said that tho Hon. Tons
8oKUTcniNS of Texas Is convinced tbat tho
next House of Representatives will consist en
tirely of Domocrats.
The Popnllst State Auditor at Topeka ts out
of patience with the perslat-nt talk about prosper
on Kansas." Kuntat dry Journal.
He consoles himself with tbe belief that the
prosperity 1 only nominal and temporary, an
Illusion caused by a conspiracy of the money
klnga. He still hopea to come np araln. drip
ping with disaster, and toie Kansas forced to
live upon rabbit acalpa and Populist resolution.
Unquestionably the boldest of tho rebels
against the existing Sunday regime Is the
Tvrf, Field and Farm. "Mayor Van Wyck
cannot repeal oppressive laws on the statute
book,".says our contemporary, with Its eye on
the restrictions of the Raines law, "but he can
make dead letters of them."
To defy from the City Hall of New York the
regulations for tbe liquor tram o established by
the State la a proposition of very large dimen
sions, evan if the advocate of anch a policy ara
Imposing In numbers and fiercely earnest.
"Will Mayor Van Wtok doitr Is the ques
tion of the Turf, Field and Farm. We can't
think that he will.
Mention Is made of a Kentucky gentleman
whoaxkel Benaror Dzboi to arnd him copies of all
do-umente ever Issued hy tbe United Statea Oovern
tnent. RothttUr Fott-Kxprtit.
In justice to a great publlo character mention
should be made that the Kentucky gentleman
with tho longing for the Interesting library In
question Is Col, Jack Ciiinn. 8lnce his sonor
ous entrance upon tbe political boarda, Col.
Ciiinn haa bad to devote himself almost con
tinuously to tbe task of boosting tbe Hon. Jo
BErn Clay Stiles Blackburn. Having more
than done his duty lo tbat reserved statesman,
Col. Ciiinn ha resolved to Improve himself.
He consldcra, and with reason, that Government
publlo.itlone are the hardest reading that ran
be found; and the difficulty of the conquest
allures him. "Besides," s.iys tba Colonel, "I
have hopea tbat even now it Is not too late to
pumpa little Information Into Jos Blacsbcrn,"
Tab OBT Ike Trailer Wtis a Primbard Drive.
To ths Enrroa or Ton BvnSIr: l wa deeply In
terested In th news Item In Thursday's Bun boaded
"Drunken Man Runs aCr." 1 have ridden over the
road from New Drnnwlck to Ullltown. They main
tain a very hlh speed. Th conductor of the runa
way car could easily have taken oil th trolley from
th power wire and stopped Ih oar by using th
brake on the rear end of the car, By publishing this
It might prov Instructive to conductors and pasaen-
S, rs who, by ebaaoe, are caught riding behind a
ruakrn or daft luotorman. 3, F, Sixlt.
srioafiiLB,Ui,po.ll,,8T. ,
BVTKOMK CVBA MAa A BKAFOKTt
, . i i, ,
ear Tnr trMean Hew ReeatMlltlea
CaaeeralBg IUeirBllt.
To Tmc Km-ron or Tn 8un 8lrt The recent
despatches from Cuba to the effect that the
patriots have gained a viotory over Gen. Pan
do, driving him out of the Canto River, and that
thoy now hold possession of the mouth of that
river, put a new phase on tbe revolution.
One of the chief argument of thoso opposed
to tbo present recognition of Cuban belligerency
has been that the conflict was entirely an Inland
one, and, therefore, did not affeot our Interest.
President MoKlnlev In his message quotes "the
wise utterance of Preildont Grant In 1870," In
whlcli this argument I used:
The eonteit. moreover, I solely on land. Tb Insur
rection ha not potseesed Itaelf ot a single seaport
wbeno It may send forth It dacnor haa It any j
means of communication ltn foreign powers except i
through the military tinea of its adversaries. No ap
prehension of any of those sudden and dtoioult com
plications whloh a war upon the ocean I apt to pre
elpltate upon the veasels, both commercial and na
tional, and npoa tbe consular officers of other powers,
calls for th definition of their relation to th par
tie to th" contest
That condition of affairs Is now changed. As
soon aa the Cubans have a seaport they may com
municate with foreign powers by tho high aeaa.
If the Cubans have posiesalon of the Canto
River and Its mouth, they have a base for naval
operation, and may establish a Custom House
for the entry and clearance of vessels. As a
consequence, this country may soon be com
pelled, noltnt tolen. to acknowledge Cuban
beltlgerenoy.
8uppose, for Instance, In the tint place, that
they despatch from the mouth of the Cauto
River a merchant vesiel bearing tho flag of the
republlo and loaded with a cargo of sugar or
other produce of the island to the port of Now
York. What will our Government do t Will it
recojrnlze or deny the right of that vessel to
enter at tha New York Custom House, to dis
pose of her cargo and to clear for Cuba I
In 1B10 tho Spanish American colonies wars
in revolt. Our Governmont has not formally
recognized tho belligerency of any of tlictii.
8ome of them It afterward recognized as bellig
erents; some of them, notably the Oriental re
nutillo of Artlgas, it never did so rocoirnlze. Yet
on July 3, 1810, Mr. Dallas, Madison'a Secretary
of tbe Treasury, wroto Mr. Duplessls, Collector
at New Orleans:
Tour letter of the soth May ha been submitted to
the consideration of the President,
There Is no principle of the law of nations which
require us to exclude from onr port the subject of
a foreign power In a stats of Insurrection against
their own Government. It 1 not Incumbent upon us
to take notloe of crimes and offence whloh are com
mitted against the municipal lawa of another coun
try, whether they ara olaised In the highest grade of
treason or In the lowest grade of misdemeanor.
Piracy Is an offence against the law of nations, and
vi ry clvlllaed Government undertake! to punish lb
pirate when brought within its Jurisdiction! but an
act of revolt or rebellion agalnat a sovereign must
not ba confounded with an act of piracy, whloh ts
denominated hostility against the human raoe.
Any merchant veusel, therefore, which haa not com
mitted an offenee agalnat the law of nations, being
freighted with a lawful oargo and conforming In all
respects to the law of th United States, la entitled
to an entry at our Custom House, whatever Bag ahe
may bear. She 1 also entitled to take on board a re
turn cargo, and to depart from tho United Btates
with the usual olearanoe.
Tbo revolutionary Government of ths Cuban
Republlo stands precisely In the aame position
now that tbe unrecognized Spanish provinces
did then. Will our Government follow the
precedont set by Madison, or will it follow tbat
set by the King of Portugal In our own Revolu
tion, when he shut hla ports agalnat the North
American who had rebelled against hla ally
George III. I
Suppose, In tho socond place, that In addition
to sending out peaceful merchantmen, the rev
olutionary Government of Cuba despatches
armed vessels, bearing the flag of the Cuban
Republlo, and commissioned by Its President to
maka war against Spain upon the high seas.
Suppose that thoy capture Spanish vessels
and bring tbelr prizes Into our ports. How shall
we treat them t Shall we recognize tbcm as bel
llgcrent cruisers and treat tholr officers with
the courtesy due to tha representatives of a do
facto government, or shall we denounce them
a3 pirates and hang officers and mon to tho
yardarm I
Hut suppose. In the third place, that, claiming
to bo bolllgerents, thoy assert and exercise the
bolllgerent right of search. Supposo a Cuban
orulser stop ono of our merchant ahlps.
searches her, find on board of her contraband
destined for th Spanish army In Cuba, and
seizes it. What shall we do then I In 1815-10
Capt. Morris commanded our squadron on tho
New OrleunB station. Ths following- instruc
tions wero given hlni by President Madison t
lie Is. first, to protect our commerce in the Gulf of
Mexico against the violence and depredations of
pirates, not confounding, however, with pirates armed
Teasels under whatever flag, committing hostilities
agalnat a particular nation or nations only.
Seventhly, not to convoy or protect against a right
selaure by belligerent vessels, under whatever flag,
American or other vessel bound with contraband to
porta of a country at war.
Are we to follow this prooedent and recognize
the right of the Cuban cruisers to aelie contra
band of war upon tbe high seas, wherever found,
or shall wo ignore the procadent and deny the
rluhtt
President McKinley In his message admit
that there Is a war In Cuba. He so character
izes the contest there no less than Ave time in
hi message. If it Is not a "publlo war," It 1 a
civil war. In tbo case of tho United States vs.
Palmer, decided by tbe Supreme Court In 1818,
the Circuit Judges had certified a difference of
opinion as to tbe rights of colonies In rebellion
agalmt tbe mother country. Chief Justice Mar
shall for tbe Court declared the questions "dell
cats and dlfllcult," but added that "It may be
aid generally tbat If the Government remain
neutral and recognizes tbe existence of a civil
war, lta courts cannot consider aa criminal thoso
acts of hostility which war authorizes and
which th nw Government may direct agalnat
It enemy. To decide otherwls would be to de
termine that the war prosecuted by ono of the
parties waa unlawful, and would be to array the
nation to which tho court belong agalnat tbat
party."
With th Cuban In possession of the mouth
of tba Cauto River, any of tho contingencies I
have supposed may arise at any time, and our
Government must be prepared to meet them.
Unlike tbo situation In President Grant' day,
tbe prrsent circumstances may precipitate upon
u at any time " those sudden and dlfllcult com
plications which war upon the ocean Is apt to
precipitate upon the vessels, both commercial
and national, and upon tha consular officer of
other power." Thl will Imperatively "call for
the definition of their relations to the parties to
tbeconteet," J.&T,
Wasiiinoton, Deo. 31.
free Ubrarj Ticket with Brary Dog Ltcease.
rm (A Topika Slate Journal.
Some time ago tba Kansas City. Kan., Conncll
Eassod an ordinance giving the public library
O per cent, of all money derived from dog li
censes. This will amount to about 2,000 per
year, Tho membership fee to the public library
Is VI annually. The promoter of the free mem
bership scheme claim that by virtue of the ordl
nnncr Klvlntc tbo library hull of the do- license
money tbe poor people of the city practically
support the llbmry, They rue It la not Ibo
rlnb people who Leep dogs, but the poor classes.
The license on a female dog Is (U.fiO, while It
costs $1.28 per year to harbor a male dog. It I
claimed that D. per cent, of the money derived
from dog licenses comes from the laboring pco-
file, and, Inasmuch as their money supports ths
nstltutlon, thay think It la no more than right
that thor should be allowed free access to the
llhrnry.
The ordinance will provide that when a por
son lakes out a dog license th City Clerk shall
Issue with it one membership to the library.
Ashed t Bentava Their Hat and Tura Dwa
Tbelr Cellar.
From f A Tonka Stan Journal.
J. M. Wyman of Reno county, at tha close of
last night teachers' meeting made a motion,
after be hd aat three liuura behind Miss
Under Clark, tbe Buperlntenuent of Wyandotte
county, who la one of the luiucet uuiuly Super
intendents IntbeBlate, that In all succeeding
onions the women be rvqiilred to remove tbelr
bat and turn down their uoat collar. President
1'ealrs, although the motion wa seconded by
twenty persona, declined to put it, but Air,
. Wyman baa promised to try again,
JPJJjrX BBBRIDAtr AffD A MB.
iii
HI KaJrtnat af a Sue Tt BMnM
try at Uttla Thlas Llks Met.
ClNonrNATt, Dec 31. Cot, L. P. Tar Hon ot
Frankfort, Ky haa perhapa had aa much ex
perience a Judge at race tracks a any man In
the West. lie has had many odd experiences.
Thl la one of them a he toll It:
" Nearly all the time that Gen. Phil Sheridan
had bla headquarter at Chicago he wa the
President of the Jockey Club there. Ho fre
quently served, too. a an associate Judge. Thl
was about a dozen years ago, and It was not
customary then to havo regular paid associate
Judge, officer of the club and othera serving aa
volunteer and as a courtesy to the club in
that capacity. One dny when Gen. Shorldan
wa up In the Judges' little cockloft perform
ing the duties of an associate ho gave a splendid
exhibition of hi coolness. It waa a holiday of
somo sort, and there was a tremendous crowd
out. In the moat promising race of tho day the
horses Jacobin and Woodcraft wore contenders,
among other. Tho former wa a hot, heavily
plnyod favorlto at even money, and Woodcraft
a rather long shot,
"As tbe horses Anally camo Into tho stretch
It wa apparont to tbe practiced eye tbat tha
bettors had altod them up about right, for
Jacobin's Jockey was simply waiting to bring
hi mount In a winner with a grand-stand finish.
As they noartd ths wlro Jacobin came out of tho
bunch, but as he did so he recklessly and bare
facedly fouled Woodcraft, carrying that horse
clear off his itrtde and course and almost over
tbo fenoe. The race crowds lu Chicago in thoso
time on holidays had a large rough foreign ele
ment in them. I know when I saw Jacobin frlak
un.tor the wire a head or so In advance of the
(till untteadled Woodcraft that there was a try
ing task before tbe Judge.
" ' What do you think of it. General I' I said to
Gen. Sheridan. Gen. ribcrldan waa not, of
course, a a layman, expected to glvo tbo track
matter expert scrutiny always, but It was my
duty and pleasure to consult with him. The
General was but a casual admirer of tho sport,
with no Inclination to delve Into it technicali
ties. He bad evidently paid but hi usual Hoot
ing attention lo the race.
' Well, I supposo the best horse won, said
ho, a ono simply speaking because apolcen to.
' Of tourer th foul was clear to mv other as
sociate, Capt. Ililly Willlamsoc, the then prom
inent turfman. It was entirely too clear to both
of ua for our peace of mind. So wanton an
offence against a plain rule of racing could un
der no circumstance be ovei looked. Gen. Sher
Idnn at once shied with ua when his attention
wua dlroctod to tho point. Wo disqualified
Jacobin and gave the ruco to Woodcraft.
" Immediately th board waa bung nut on tho
aidoof our stand announcing the decision pan
demonium broke loose. Durlngourdellberallon
a great crowd had awnrmed over to the stand
from all parta of tbo grounds. We wero In tho
midst of a sea of face of pikers distorted with
rage and grimaces of disappointment and bitter
protest. Urowls. huwls, and boots awollod into
a continuous roar of condemnation. Ono un
kempt giant In some way got a hatchet
and bogan climbing up the aide of
tho stand. Whether bis oujocl waa to cut
down tbe lettered board or to brain u was not
clear to us, probably not to himself. Capt. Wil
liamson quietly reached Inloadeoti Inner pockot
and brought forth a singlo-barrcHi d Derrlmror
with the bore of a musket. I Implored him not to
hoot a be valued our live.
"'I'll send that follow to hodea ahead of mo,'
was bis response.
"I appealed then to Gen. Sheridan to make his
presence known, ns doubtless a few words from
him would have tbe d. aired effect. Dy thl time
our frail porch of n stand was treiubllmr and
Jarring from tbe force of the excited mullltudo
wnying about It. I recall Gen. Sheridan's ap
pearanio minutely. He had not rlson from hla
comfortable seat, and be waa smoking a very
long and fat cbur. lie pufTed It leisurely and
answered me between puff a one reluctant to
be distracted altogether from an exceptionally
good brand.
'"It will ovaporate; it will evaporate,' ho
aid. Those wero bis words nnd only thoso.
Well, tbe mob for eut.h It was for all practical
purposes did Anally evaporate, but Col. Billy
Pinkerlon and his cane wero tbo prime cause of
tho evaporation."
Ho Politics In tba Pension Onestton.
From the Brooklyn EaaU.
TrtE SUN is conducting an admirable cam
paign for tho purging of the pension rolls. Op
position to auch a purging can come only from
politicians, from pension attorneys, from pen
sioner wboarorecelvlugGovernmentmoney un
worthily, and from old soldiers who ore so Jeal
ous of their rights that they would ratherahun
drcd men should receive pensions without de
serving tbeni than that one worthy soldier should
bo unjustly deprived of his desert. The objec
tions ot the last class merit respectful consider
ation. If these men can bo convinced tbat tbero
is no Intention to do Injustice to any worthy
man, tbey will Join vtlth othera In demanding
tbat tho names wblcb were put on tbe rolls by
fraud be cut off. Tho objections of the fraudu
lent pensioners and of their attorneys are not
worthy of serious thought. Tbe timidity of the
politicians may prevent the accomplishment of
tbe desired end.
To charge fraud Is not enough. It has been
done with each change of administration in
recent years and tbe number ot names on the
roll ha continually Increased. The rhargo of
fraud must be backed up by facts. The Bun I
printing theso facts.
The Democratlo politicians aro no better than
tbo Republican. They are ufratd that If they In
sist on a purging of the roll their Republican
opponents will charge them with hostility to the
old soldiers and will attempt to revive tbo feel
ing that kept the Democratlo party In the North
in a minority for many years after tho war. Tbo
Republicans aro In power to-day. They can
tako a step In the right direction by ordering a
publication of tbe rolls. This was dono In tbo
day of President Arthur and It should be done
again. No harm can come from It. It la an
honor to an old soldier to bare his namo worthi
ly on such a roll. There la enough knowlcdgo in
ever community to distinguish between tbe
worthy and tbe unworthy pensioners when tho
names are dlsclosod. But If nothing Is done It
will be because of tho timidity of tbe politicians,
and not because of the belief that there la no
need for remedying pension abuses.
Tbe Den. Tin eulllvan'e Tan Shoe.
From fae I'httadelphla frets.
The Ron. Timothy Bulllvan, who la a nrphew of the
Hon. "Dry Dollar" Sullivan, now a New York State
Senator, ts a faranus boat upon a picnic barge In the
summer, or In th- unconventional asiemtily rooms of
the Tenth ward or the east aide. At those functions
' tbe evening drrsa Is unknowni those aro dreurd In
the height or fashion who wear the long-tailed Prince
Albert coat, tbe sprlng-bottum trouiers, th tooth
ptckaboea and th red scarf mad daisllng by alleged
diamonds. In suoh a costume Mr. Sullivan would
have been at home, but be bad th awe of the even
ing dreaa which la said to oharacterue Congressman
Dalley. Dowever. he could not dine with Itlclmrd
Croker unless he wore one. Shortly liefore dinner
Mr. Sullivan sent for a friend to come to hla room,
and he said when the friend came, "Mike, bow do I
look J I feel like a pair of toogi In a ohamola skin."
You look like one, Tim. but If vou botiave at well
a you look Croker will bo satlsMed. Out what la
that you have on your feet Tim!1 Tan nroirana, as I
am a Tammany man. The boya have been qneerlng
yout the boas will put you out If you come Into the
dining room with a swallowtail coat and tan brogana
on." For a moment or two Mr. Sullivan looked aadly
at his hlgbly.polUhed tan sboett then, at last, be aaldi
"Then I will take my dinner by myaelfi I can't eat
unli ss my fret are uy, and If tbe bott kicks on those
shoes I pack up and go home."
Mr, Bulllvan wore his tan shoes Into the dining
room Croker looked queerly at him us he marched
down the aisle, but aa Croker hail bocn warnr-d of Mr.
Sulllvan'a unconventional evening dreta he Wat pre
pared fur the Incongruity, so thnt luttead of rebuking
hit aubordluate he only smiled upon him.
ITOLLAKD.
Yea, lo Dotb Queatlon.
To tsi Forros or The ftrn ' In Noting the queries
on the tulijeotof "evening dreaa" printed In this
morning's luueof your paper, I would take the lib
erty of adding a few qumtlnna that aeem pertinent.
(a) I It pruper to wear a high bat, either allk or
eruali, with a luiedof
(I) Is It proper to wear a ttlk bat with full evening
drrta ? A ConniiM ItiApga.
Albajit, Deo. SO.
Deceptive.
From th$ Voiton Traveler.
"Appearance are very deceptive," remarked the
tenor,
"Yes," replied the prima donnai "especially fare
well appearances."
A thaace far tba ASIdavIC Has,
Ym the iltnntapolle Timet.
Featenden, N, D., baa 300 Inhabitants and four
newspaper. A circulation war would call forta
some ajtoondlng staUmsau,
zrrsoT or ncir-ioir houxtieb. yj
Teanesae Farmer, aa Fenslaner. laid t IH
Have rteeome Mhlfileae. 9
Knoxvillic, Tcnn., Deo. 31. About 13 per H
cent, of the money paid In pensions umlslts way 3
South, and tho Knoxvlllo office is the clilqf (lis- fl
trlbutlng point. About 30,000 pensioners In H
eleven Statos rccelvo tholrchocka from hero, nnd H
t (1.000.000 la paid ut annually. The bulk ot it , fl
goes Into the surrounding country, East Tenncs- r' Ml
soe having bcon tho ono region of tho sccoi!- H
Ing State which remained distinctively loyal to
tho t'nlon during tho civil war. There were, it B
la estimated, 30.000 East Tcnnoiscans who H
wont Into tho Union Army, Most ot them had
toalipovortho Aonturky lino and enlist there, H
and thus tho record do not show so many, as M
tbo majority entcrod organizations of othor mR
State. Tbe Confederate sympathizers were
equally a ardent, though fowor in number,
and at least 10.000 went into that army.
On account of tho largo numbor of veteran or
dcpondentsrecelvlng pensions In East TVmu.Mca
an opportunity Is furnished of showing the
effnet of tho pension liountlos on a loinmunlty, , .
As far a frauds aro concerned It ts not believed ' '
thnt many have been practiced in this region.
It used to be tho custom of all those who re
ceived pensions within a radlun of fifty miles of
Knoxvllle to come In nn pension pnynunt day.
Tbelr ldontlty Wus thus very ncll known, not
only In Ibelr little town, but In this city.
While tboro wero doubtless somo frauds, the
number Is not thought lo he large. Mercantile
houses employed driimmi rs especially for tlioj
occasions, and as soon a tbo pi nslonor ribtainod
his money ho was the objuit of solicitations.
It la in the rural districts, however, thnt the
effect of the receiptor n pension may bast be
noted. Tbo Eist Tennessco country, while
broken. Is fertllo, nnd has been nod d for lta
thrifty fnrtnlng people. Travellers through It
now claim they can pick out tbe plaro where
there Is a pensioner. It has boon a Bourco of de
moralization to tho poople to depend no much
ou tbe Government's patrimony. Whcm ths
fO, 912 or moro n month Is rocolvod the
eon plncb of noresstty doos not spur to such
efforts ua formerly. The pcnslonor feels thnt
he Is assured of enough to lire on and
hla wlro after him. Whllo It would bo un
truthful to nay tbat this was alwava tho case. II
la nevertheless a uotablo fact I bat many for
merly thrifty nnd Industrious farmers who se
cured pensions have bcenmo thereafter shift
less. Some of tbe students of local conditions
Eoaofar ns lo say that tho country would be
cttcr off if It did not rccelvo a dollar la
pensions, nnd taxed Itself to support thoso who
woro on tho charity of tbe communities.
Whoa a Stranger doe to rtbede Island,
In Rhodo Island:
When one bena to toll a story. If one I on a I
train, tho story is likely to be finished In another B
Stnte. When a woman puts out a clothos line B
she haa to be careful lest ono end ot It is tied in B
another county. Bj
When a man says he lives In Rhodo Island he ' ij
Is not often asked where. There are only a few is
towns whoro ho could live, and If ho doesn't 11 r
in town ho must llvo closo to ono. I
Some of tho railroad towns are so cloae to- w
Bother that eomotlmca tho locomotive will bo at B
ono Btntion wbilo tbo rear car of the train will
be at tbo other. m
If tbe ntmospheroia clear and ono can got up SJ
a few hundred feet ono can eeomost of tho State M
in whatover direction one looks. s
ir a baby runs away ho Is apt to get into nn- m
other county before he stops if ho la a good S
runnor. m
If one goes from Providence, for Instance, to ft
Boston, ono gets lo Boston almost beforo one W
colsout of Providence. it:
You can stand In your own ynrd In any town a
In tbo Stato, nnd throw rocks at your neighbor i .
In another county, and, ir you aro a good throw- J
er, you can hit a man in Massachusetts or Con- "
neetleut. L
This Is tho wny It senms to n man when he
makes his first trip Into Rhodo Island. .
Foreign .otee or Iln.il Interest.
The Esrl or Devon, at Rn years ot age, still preaehe ,
and attends to all his duties as prebendary cauon of
Ezetor Cathedral. -i
Berlin's aervant girls aro losing the steady habits x
of the German Dlenttmadchen ; their average time '5
of service In one place Is only nine months nnd a half. .
A British Admiral hat come to grief on honpliack. J
Admiral Sir E. It. Froaiantle, who la In command at
Devonport.whlle riding recently was overely wound
ed In the leg by being run Into bv a passing carriage.
Capt. Jamei Drown, commandor of tho Windward,
lately praented to Lieut. Peary by Mr. llarmnworth,
has spent thlrty-ntne years and mado thirty voyage
In Arctic waters. lilt father and grandfather were ,
engaged In Arctic work before blm.
Southampton Is now ready for attack by sea, the
five gunboats that carry the defenco boom baring
been placed In their station. Tho boom conalste of a J
network of wlru hawsers running from ship to ship
and connected with heavy balks of spiked timber ,
and to submarine mints. t
Twenty bicyclist halng ben kilted daring tha
past year on a brl Ign at a sharp turn at tha bottom
of a bill on the road between Mentono and Nloe. a
netting hai been put upat tho dangerous point by th
Touring Clubof Frame to catch reokleaa ooaaters who
are hurled over tbe parapet.
Kngllsh wreckers, who were trying to rave the
cargo t)f the steamer Aden, whtcb went athore on the
Ittuud of Socotra taut June, after nelng driven off
forcibly by the natives, dltoovercd that theBocoirans'
right to wrockage cast upon their coast bad been
recognised by Oreat Britain by treaty.
Prutsla'a paternal Government has ordered two ,
private schools In a little town near Potadam to b
clmed bi cause they Interfere with a rival establish
ment. One may be kept open for a year longer pro
vided the proprietor engage to take In only twenty
puplla and to teach them no foreign languagea.
A great Improvement has been made In Parisian
duels. The seconds In an affair of honor between a
dramatlo author and one of bis crltlca made a mis
take In the place ot meeting, thereby tending their
principals to opposite ends of Paris. Thlt mad a
subsequent meeting at close quarters unnecessary.
Princess Thyra of Cumberland, sitter of the Prta
octtof Wales and the Em prett Dowager of Itutala,
who ha been recently In a private asylum, haa to far
recovered her mind and health, owlngto the Improve
ment of ber eldest aon'a condition, that ahe will be
prrtent when hor daughter comes out at the Austrian
oourt In January,
It took seventy shots at dote range. Including a
number from tho 0.2-Inch ca Ibre gun. before the
Brltlih cruiser Edgar could ulnk a derelict tank
ateamer In the lied 8ea. Naval men are trying to
figure out how many shots would have teen needed
If the Edgar hud been dealing with a hostile crulter
of ber owu data
France's Chamber of Deputies la examining seri
ously a curious project for diminishing child murder
by making the punishment fit the crime, M. Lautler
proposes that mothers oonvlctel of Infanticide shall
be sentenced to IrtusportMlon, and oampelled to
bear one, two, or throe children, according to the de
gree of the crime,
Dum-dum bullets work both ways on the Indian
frontiers, as the Afrldl trlb-amen are Mil ting the
bullet tlpt, too The two plperaor the Qnrdun High
landers, who distinguished themselves at Durgat,
lost, one hit leg, tin) otb r lilt root, owing lo the ter
rible rpllnt rlngot the bone, caused by tho " modi
Oed" Lee-Metrord nilullet.
Cricket haa not abolished tho color line In South
A rlcn. Though the biackt play tbe game well they
cannot play In teams with while men, end whrn the
All England eleven noet to Cape Town on Its return
from Australia. I'rlnca ItanJItslnJI will not be allowed
to play, The objection to hair breodt la even similiter
than that against the pure blacka.
Another British Institution, the domestic tenant'
right lo a fortnight's notice or dismissal, lm-1 en
overthrown by a higher law than that ot the Queen'
Bench, n bleb renden d the decision, Tim Ju!ge lu
giving lh-ir oplnlont, stated that helnc In dnubt as
to the exlttence or the custom th y bad taken th
opinion of " their domctto advltert" on the jajlnt.
A Mls.al, a H-Hik of Hours, an 1 a Psalter, which
had be-n In the posseiwluu of Vi-tniiiit Arlmtli
not't f.lnlly for 400 yearn, were re'cnUy sold at
auction In London fur lil.noo The M ssal la the unly
ono extant, according to f h" Scottish utu, Tn manu
script! were written ant deo irat d liy hit vicar for
Blrltohcrl Arbutlinot Let cm Ill-Hand MV1.
While a circus was parading on Tottenham roan la
tun -iittklrit or Lnuilou a bjker gaiuoncot tua ele
phants a coupl of loaret of stale bread. A fr
nlghta after tho elephunt broke from lie fattening In
the town where tbe clrcue then was, got away frum
Its kiepera and made lta way back to the haker'a
shop, v. hire It broke In the plate giant windows and
ate up the bread exposed for aale. It thm allowed i
llteU tu be led quietly hack to lta ttahle. !
Extravagant prices are being paid In London for
plcturea ly early r.ugllsh paintrrt A portrait by II.
It. Morlaud, the almost unknown father of (leurge ,
Morland, whose- pictures have usually sold for a
few guineas, brought lu IIH.Dno at a recent auction
sale, It represents a young "Oman Ironing. In a blue
and white drest, wltlia white rap and blue ribbons
on her head, and it usually called a portrait of Marl.
Countess of Coventry, one of thu neiutlful Mia
dunning, bevtral copies of th picture by MorUatl
hlmttlf ar la uliMoo.
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