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S, Jf&cal Option anil tlio Unities Imw.
"' TI)0 decision of tho Republican leaders,
f fy Introduce Into tho Legislature a bill jiro-
M Vldlng for local option In cities of tUo first
f -tVndsccond class, Is as strictly in lino with
W SsjpubHcan policy as it Ih contrary to Dem-
icratlo policy. For many years tho Now
I '"STork Democratic platforms insisted upon
itblformlty In liquor legislation for tho
P 'Trholo State. Tho policy of local option is
if svltepubllcan policy distinctively.
f, Lbe local option tho Republicans proposa
'j to concedo to theso cities relates only to
) 'tbo matter of liquor selling on Sunday,
& jiHtb tho possibility, howovcr, of Its oxton-
w Won to week days also. Tho cities of tho
if first class, as defined by tho Stato Constltu-
fe &(in, aro thoso having a population of 200,-
A- wo or more, and of tho second class, thoso
With B population of G0.000 and less than
jffSO.OOO. In tho first rank aro only Now
I TfUFk and Buffalo ; In tho second aro Ihclud-
jj 4j Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, and Troy.
i if'fho contemplated local option measure as
f Wllquor selling, whether on Sunday nlono
"fvon week dajs also, would not offend
h TwUnst tho principle of tho Raines law, but
fjf "t&jrcly extend to tho cities a prlvllego
$ tyhitt law gives to towns. Ab wo havo sold,
K "it Would bo In harmony with Republican
jfi ppllcy In liquor legislation In many States.
? It would also tend to disarm tho only oppo-
K ultion to tho Raines law which receives
ft publio attention. The great revenuo raised
$ by tho tax reduces the burden of taxation
2f lor tho people generally; nnd for the liquor
dealers themselves tho tax causes a reduc-
Jj tlon in tho competition in the trade, which
!s tends to the advantage of thoso who can
5& The proposed Republican bill will specify
ifj- the hours during which liquor can be sold
& en. Sunday, if tho sale is permitted by the
ji voters; but not even the liquor dealers
5 themselves have asked for moro, for they
ih tnow that, tf they made an effort to get on
f( Sunday tho full privileges they enjoy on
j& week days they would arouse an opposition
:i to their trafllc which might prove of serious
$ Injury to it. Even if tho proposed law was
S passed it would be doubtful if tho limited
"ft privilege of Sunday selling could receive
J. the, popular vote. Tho question has nover
:3v cotno up here, but it may be assumed that
05 If it arose there would be powerful opposi-
. tlon to any Sunday opening from tho re
ijf ' lig'lous publio moro especially, and from
both Catholics and Protestants. Neither
fji the Roman Catholic Church nor any I'rot-
8T esnnt denomination is favorable to tho
W liquor business. They aro against it as
VS draining tho pockets of the poor and tend-
$ tag to misery and Immorality; and any
K'SV legalizing of tho trafllc on Sunday might
? provoke and probably would provoko their
j uriltcd opposition.
X ilaco the granting of local option is in ac-
cordanco with Republican precedent and
policy here nnd In other States, and op
, posed to tho established Democratic policy
3Sr ta New York, the treatment the proposed
J& measure will reccivo from the Democrats of
jy the Legislature will be awaited with con-
AAJ iderablo interest.
ilJi -
m Tito Election or lOOO.
W Mr. Henry Wattehson, writing on
lTho Political Outlook" in tho Forum
m mogazinc, suggests tho possibility, even the
S? probability, of "a quadrilateral contest for
3? o Presidency, with candidates corre-
Sft rfponding to Low and Tracy, GEonai: and
m. Van "W yck."
pjk JSo far ns the Democracy are conccmed,
ijjf the reasons leading him to such a forecast
,K' arc, in brief, his assumption that tho
Jjfes Bryanitcs will bolt if they are not able to
j control tho National Democratic Conven-
isjv ion, and that tho "more conservative"
ffi democrats, "led by Tammany," will bolt
M. Itthey aro outvoted by tho Bryanitcs.
'M Ile'ltbcr side, concludes Mr. Watteoson,
M, Cn afford to be beaten and submit to the
'' (iomination of the other in the party organ-
M tation. "Can Tammany afford it?" ho
fe qjsks. "Can men like Hill and Whitney
W ni Gorman afford itf Tho triumph of
kS Brjanlsm in tho convention, he says, will
K? Injjolvo the "shipwreck of their local or-
$? nlratlon," and to "save themselves"
''A tfoy will havo to bolt and go it alone.
i!tf ' The conflict botween tho two wings of
fi. tJiB Democracy is tho moro Inevitable, in
jPf the view of Mr. Watterson, hocauso of
lr tho lato success of tho Democratic candl-
l dates In tho election whero the Chicago
if platform of 1800 was Ignored. He foresees,
fas a natural consequence, that an attempt
TrllU bemodebya"multltudo of Democratic
si, eounsollors" to repeat tho ignoring In the
f . ierr platform of 1000. Tho " trademark"
ifk Ot Bryanlsm being f reo silver, that " faction
H 14 committed to tho repetition In 1000 of
Pi ti campaign of 1800," and, accordingly,
P ( ' euro to' bolt tho convention" if it can-
xiot have IU way. Thus he brings two op
H posing Democratic candidates into the
5 field, Bryanlsra supporting tho one and
Ipf Tammany marshalling the followers of the
tg other. Nor doe8 ho see a much better chance
M for Republican unity, " though not threat
re ened by Buc'h Imminent and obvious perils."
p ' lfc (I not improbable that the apparent
Jffi beneflta reaped by the " policy of evasion"
W at ihe late election in States which in 1800 '
tftfeed from the Democratlo party to Mo
E KlNLEY will Induce powerful efforts for Its
K Ifejitation by the national convention of
E 1000. Nor Is it unlikely that Tammany's
Til Influence will be exerted to that end. No
Kjf Indication of any such irreconcilable dis-
cord as'Mr. Watterson predicts, however,
V$ cn now be discerned In the Democratic
m situation. The signs at present point rather
H toward harmony. The delegates from New
hJ yoik p tho national convention of 1000 aro
8$ Obt likely to repeat tho unavailing protest
m against tho great majority made in 1800,
5! but will rather demonstrate theirrcgularlty
S by assenting to its will with all cordiality.
j No bolt Incase of tho triumph of cither
pi" BryaoInni or its opponents need bo expected
$ fiom Tammany. The New York organi,ra
jV tlon may be relied upon to remain scropu
fi , lously regular whichever bide obtains the
gr Staatery In the convention. Nor does there
f appear at present any Indication in any
flftata of the possibility of the election of a
, delegation which will bolt a Bryanite plat
form. Tho indication! throughout the
Union are that tho next National Demo
cratlo Convention Trill be harmonious,. It
'not absolutely unanimous, in its declara
tions of policy and principle.
Very likely, influences like those of Tam
many may bo used to bring about some
modification in the currency propositions
of tho Chicago platform, but they will not
bo put forward in the threatening way
Mr." WATTERSON suggests, and may be
all tho moro potent for that reason.
Howovcr t hoy are received, it may bo as
sumed that tho platform and ticket of tho
convention will have the unanimous ap
proval nud support of tho Tammany dele
gation and of tho delegations generally.
In tho Republican party wo aro unable to
discover tho Indications of rupturo fore
seen by Mr. Watterson. It is truo that
in this Stato there Is now a maliclouB and
vindlctlvo faction which Is socking to pro
duco such disruption locally, but as that
revolt touches no question of party prin
ciple and is purely personal, It cannot
make ltsolf felt In a national convention.
A few malcontents aro seeking to defeat
tho Republican party in this Stato at tho
election of next year, but their motlvo is
so manifestly rovengo merely becauso they
cannot boss Its organization, that It can
havo no potency In tho broad field of na
tional politics. It Is too petty, too per
sonal, too parochial.
So far, therefore, as we can discern tho
Indications of the political situation as It
Is now, they point to an even squarcr
flghtbctwcen Bryantsm and the Republican
party In 1000 than wo had in 1800. Tho
"National Democrats" havo already disap
peared. They havo no exlstenco oven as a
faction, and the bottom has dropped out of
their platform. Bryanlsm may undergo
soma slight changes in its guise, but that
thero will bo any essential transformation
In it is suggested by nothing which has
yet appeared in tho political situation slnco
the election of 1800.
A Rich Pensioner States a Question
or Honor.
There is no doubt that the pension list
contains tho names of scores of thousands
of veterans who arc entitled legally to tho
pensions which they draw, but do not
need any help from the Government. Thero
is nn fraud whatever in their cases. Equit
ably not less than technically they wcro
entitled to their pensions at tho time when
they applied for them, and probably at that
time they needed tho money. Since then
they havo prospered In tho world, either
because their native energy and ability
wcro superior to any physical disabilities
incurred in military service, or becauso tho
business in which they havo engaged is
such that the particular form of disability
on which the pensions were granted does not
disqualify them for activity and succcsh.
A great many distinguished and patriotic
Americans havo belonged to this class of
pensioners. Some of them have surren
dered voluntarily tho monthly allowance
from tho Government. Others havo relin
quished their pensions as soon as public at
tention was directed to thcircases. Others
have kept ou drawing the $12, the $10, or
the $20 monthly, feeling that tboy had an
unquestionable right to tho monoy, and
that it was nobody's business if tho Govern
ment's check went to swell almost Imper
ceptibly a private incomo ample, perhaps,
beyond the dreams of avarice. t
There Is no quest Ion of legal right ; hardly
any question of moral right. In one sense of
the word morality. It is a delicate ques
tion of personal honor, of personal percep
tion of tho proprieties, of personal willing
ness to accept money which is not needed
by the recipient nnd which is raised by
taxes on his fellow citizens. In tho discus
sion of this question there is room for much
casuistry. The real answer depends on a
clear understanding of the principles upon
which pensions were granted primarily;
principles which in this country's experi
ence have become greatly obscured during
the long process of lavish and indiscrimi
nate bestowal.
A day or two ago wo received from a well
known gentleman in tho West a letter in
tended for publication, stating fully and
manfully the facts about his own pension,
asking us to decide for him whether ho
ought to retain it or relinquish it, and offer
ing to abide by our decision. Since then he
has written to request us not to publish his
letter, but he still desires us to pass, in a
general way, upon tho question of honor
which he originally submitted with full
details over his Own name.
Omitting everything that might disclose
our friend's Identity, we present so much
of his first communication as is necessary
'to an understanding of the case :
"When I enllited la August, 18111, the Government
promlied recruit 113 a month for services, and en
additional par In tbe vraj of penalona In cue the eald
recruit were In any way permanently dliabled
when In active aervlce.
"At the end of three years we retaliated and not
each 1100 for reenUstment and one month' furlough
to go home and aee our glrU before active service waa
required of us again. We reenllsted on account of our
girl and for such patriotism as the present genera
tion may see fit to accredit to us.
"Tne succeeding generations, who are In distress
for fear that the owners of the Government bonds of
that date may not be paid off In gold, principal and
Interest, have nothing to say about the private soldier
who enlisted for IIS a month and took bis pay In de
preciated greenbacks, north all tbe way from S3
cents to B0 cents on the dollar.
" When I went out of the war In 1804 1 was perma
nently disabled with a gunshot wound which de
prived me of the use or my light arm. When I finally
got my discharge I was deplorably poor, with no
prospect of future prosperity; but I married my girl
just the same.
" We chanced ' It through, and, ai It turned out
years g, I stood In no special need of the pension
that was awarded to me to square off my a count at
tbe end of each month. Yet I have drawn my pension
(tie per month) regularly ever since. I have business
Interests that give me an Income wblob far more
tbansuppllemy needs, yet I still continue to draw
my pension of $16 a month.
"Am I acting In an honorable or a dishonorable
manner In acoeptlng said pension ? I will leave It to
you to decide tbe matter. If you say I ought not to
take the pension, off she goes. If you say I have Just
a much right to accept the pension as tbe bondholder
baa to demand gold tor his bond, she stays on."
We are quite sure that our correspondent,
who Is as manly an American in 1808 as
he was In 1801, does not go on drawing
his pension because he regards It as a
money equivalent for btshonorablo wounds
and sufferings in behalf of his country.
Money could not pay him for that wound,
and ho Is not tho man to tako $10 a month
in Installment paymcnts'of an inestimable
debt of gratitude.
Ho does not draw tbe pension because he
needs the money for the support of himself
and his family. That he declares very
frankly. Yet the entire peusion system
rests primarily upon tho idea that the
Government's duty Is to supply tho support
which tho pensioner, on uccount of physi
cally disabling wounds or injuries, cannot
win for himself. It Is for that purpose that
tho pensioner's fellow citizens are taxed.
As it turned out, this pensioner was not
disabled from earning a fortune.
We now come to the consideration which
constitutes the mCn 'Justification ta the
rich pensioner's mind for continuing to ac
cept tho $10 a month. We are glad he puts
stress upon It, for It Is frequently urged In
other cases. During the war ho was paid
by tho Government in depreciated curren
cy. Tho men who lent money, Instead of
lending tncrasolvcs, to tho Government In
tho national crisis have been paid In gold.
Ho regards his pension money, therefore, as
tho balance duo him in order to put upon
tho gold basis his pay as a soldier. He
holds that ho had the same right aa tho
bondholder to tho difference between de
preciated greenbacks and gold. Ho thinks
ho Is getting the difference now In tho form
of a pension.
Let us sco how that theory works.
In tho first place, whatever may bo the
equity of this veteran's claim to tho differ
ence between tho greenback value of his
pay during tho war and tho gold value, tho
matter has nothing to do with his pension.
Tho readjustment of pay to tho gold stand
ard, If such bo his right, Is equally tho
right of every soldier wjio received
his monthly pay In greenbacks worth
less than gold. That is a question for
determination on its own merits, not
for settlement by means of tho pension
list. For If the bondholders really had an
unfalrad vantage over our correspondent In
being paid in gold, and our correspondent Is
merely evening up with thom by drawing
his pension, our correspondent is gaining
tho same unjust advantage over his unpen
stoned comrade In arms that ho maintains
has previously existed as between the
bondholder and himself.
Secondly, if tho pension money coming in
to him now may bo regarded rightly as ar
rears of monthly pay, adjusted to tho gold
valuo of tho dollar, is our rich pensioner
getting his just duo, or Is he getting moro
than his just due?
A brief computation may inspire thoughts
in his mind. Ho served, let us say, for
forty months at $l!t a mouth. His pay,
therefore, amounted to $520. Add
ing his bounty for reenUstment, also
paid in depreciated currency, tho total
is $020, in greenbacks. Tho average
value In gold of the greenback dollar dur
ing the period of his service was consider
ably over fifty cents. Let us call it fifty
cents. According to his present theory,
then, tho Government owed him at tho
time of his dischargo $020 more, in green
backs, for arrears of pay. Now, slnco 1800
he has received In pension money, credited
by him to account of arrears of pay, tho
sum of $0,144 ; and this not In fifty-cent
dollars, but for tho greater part of tho time
in dollars as good as gold.
Thus it appears that according to our
rich pensioner's own understanding of hia
account witli the Government, ho has been
overpaid already nearly tenfold for tho
differcuca between greenbacks and gold. Ho
owes money to the Government, not tho
Government to htm.
We shall not undertake to dccldo for our
esteemed correspondent the question of
personal honor which ho presents. Every
rich pensioner, every prosperous pensioner,
every pensioner who does not need tho
pension ho draws, must decide that per
sonal question for himself. But wo wish
our candid friend, the rich pensioner, long
life and continued prosperity under tho Hag
for which he fought.
The Navy Personnel Plan.
The report of Assistant Secretary Roose
velt sets forth very clearly what has been
accomplished by the board which has been
considering tho personnel of the navy. Tho
bill embodying tbe board's conclusion is a
long one, and Mr. Roosevelt's explanation
of it still longer; jet It Is possible to pre
sent briefly the general results reached.
These results aro chiefly concerned with
three subjects, namely: the removal of the
chronic conflict between staff and line, the
increase of promotion, and the condition of
the enlisted men. Tho first purpose, so far
as the engineers and the line are concerned,
Is accomplished by the novel and radical
stroke of amalgamating the former with
the latter. The cadets at the Naval Acad
emy, hereafter to be called midshipmen,
are to be commissioned at once on complet
ing the four years of study there, tho pres
ent two years' course at sea being abol
ished. They will all belong to tho lino,
yet nil will have been Instructed In en
gineering. Meanwhile there is a carefully
arranged system for transferring the exist
ing engineers to the Hue, although it may
be specified that they aro to perform en
gineer duty only, since otherwiso they will
take up line duties. This part of the plan
is supplemented by tho creation of a body
of 100 warrant machinists, having good
pay, reinforcing the engine-room strength.
This ingenious and radical method of do
ing away with (he controversy in regard to
the titles and the positivo rank of staff
officers Is supported by tho entiro board,
with tho exception of ono member, and,
since both line and engineers are repre
sented on the board, tho solution Bhoud
appeal strongly to Congress. Thero aro
other staff ofllcerH, such, for example, as
the medical and the pay ofllcerH, to whom
the plan does not apply; but tho purposo
has been to simplify tho chango as much
as possible.
Next comes the question of increased pro
motions. This la solved by a method which,
in somo form, has bcon proposed ropcatcdiy,
namely, that of selecting, each year, In cer
tain grades, enough officers for retirement,
In order to cause, In lack of casualties
from other sources, a specified number
of vacancies, and hence of promotions
thereto. Tho number of promotions con
templated is thirteen annually among tho
Commanders, twenty among tlio Lieutenant-Commanders,
twenty-nine among
tho Lieutenants, and forty among
tho Junior Lieutenants. Tbe selections
aro to be made by a board, but not"moro
than five Captains, four Commanders, four
Lieutenant-Commanders, and two Lieuten
ants are to be retired In any ono year. To
mitigate individual hardships of the plan,
the retired officer will havo tbe rank and
three-fourths of tbe sea pay of the next higher
grade. Three of tbe board dissent as to the
method of making tho vucaucles, although
all are anxious to havo moro promotions,
even by artificially creating vacancies In
Borne way,
Tho third leading mcasuro relates to the
enlisted men; and, besides making their
term of enlistment four years hereafter, It
gives them retirement for servico and
other privileges now granted to soldiers,
while there is a new provision regarding
Increase of pay on reCnllstment. The
creation of tbe grade of warrant machin
ists, already spoken of, also comes under
tills head of bettering the condition of the
enlisted men.
To these principal changes, aro added sun
dry others sufllciently Important to bo
mentioned. First is on Increase iu the
total number of officers. Then comes an
Increase of pay, founded on tho fact that
the engineer officers now receive more pay
than the line, ao that In amalgamating the
r.. , I, a, i . , is. -i. . v. ; i . .: . r . :
two it I proposed to raise the pay of tho
latter rather than to cut down tho pay of
the former. Tho grade of Commodore Is
abolished, except for tho command of a
small squadron or for the offlco of Chief of
Bureau.
Will this measure commend ltsolf to
Congress f So 'many havo been tho at
tempts to boIvo tho problem In tho last flvo
or ton years, and bo many tho failures, that
thero Is a natural hesitation to predict
success for tho present plan. Undoubtedly
it will have somo opponents In the servico
Itself, yet tho degrco of unanimity In re
porting It Is Btriulng. Ono objection, in
the eyes of Congress, is that It will add at
least $000,000 a year to tho cost of tho
navy personnel. Possibly a part of this
estimate can bo reduced. It may bo
practicable to get along with fowcr ad
dltlonal ofllccrs, or to mako different
provision regarding the Incroaso of
pay. Ono suggestion, for example, is that
while existing engineers transferred to tho
lino ought not to havo their pay reduced,
yet tho present lino ofllccrs might remain
on tholr oxlstlng pay, which could also bo
tho standard for all hereafter commissioned
In tho lino from the Naval Academy. But
Mr. Roosevelt makes an earnest argu
ment in favor of carrying out tho project as
proposed, even if it does involve $000,000
n year moro.
Tho discussion of tho bill will probably
not como up In Congress for a considerable
timo yet, but tho skill with which tho
board has performed Its task is clear.
Two Moro Universities.
Ono has been founded In Kansas, ono in
Columbia College, which is not far from
Kansas, whatever geographers may say. Dr.
F. B. Lawrence of El Dorado, which is
not a good place for an nrgyromaulac and
National Frco Silver committeeman to hall
from, has established tho Co-operatlvo Po
litical Library Circle, "through which it
is proposed to organize silver and reform
forces and supply tbe local organizations
with political literature. Tho principal
objects to bo attained are to get books and
literature at wholesale prices and through
tho library to put thom within the reach of
all; and second, to faithfully study tho
great political problems now pressing for
solution." Among the eminent thinkers
who think well of tho Co-opcrattvo Library
Circlo are tho Hon. Jons W. Leeuy, Gov
ernor of Kansas, and the Hon. Silas Hdl
comii, Govornor of Nebraska. It is under
stood that tho now institution, which
means to havo branches in every town, will
admit graduates of the Hon. John Bris
iie.v Walker's Type-Written University
to degrees ad eundem.
The new Columbia University has Prof.
Charles Spraoue Smith of the old Colum
bia to manage and direct it, uml among the
gentlemen who have consented to advise
and direct it aro tho Hon. John Brooks
Leavitt, the Hon. Albert Shaw, the
Hon. Samuel Gompers, and the Hon. St.
Clair McKelway, formerly of Albany.
It Is to be called tbe People's Institute; its
principal object is the teaching of " sociol
ogy," "general," "contemporary," and
"American;" and the teaching is to be in
spired. Of tbe soven departments into which the
studies of tbe institute scholars aro divided
"sociology" occupies two, while another is
to deal with tbe discission of questions of
tho day, i. ., "sociology" again. Art,
ethics, language and literature, mathe
matics, music, natural science, philosophy,
and religion are all present or accounted
for in the plan of tho institute, but "sociol
ogy" is to bo the main thing in it. Horeisa
section of tbcplau:
" Emphasises those departments or! knowledge
which contribute to the solution of the social prob
lem." "The essential characteristics of the educational
system or the Institute are tbat chief Importance w 111
be attached to Inspiration."
In spite of the fact that tho professors of
"sociology" in tho institute arc inspired,
its graduates will not bo admitted to de
grees adettndem by the university at El
Dorado, "We must draw thu line some
where," Bays Dr. Lawrence.
Variety Enough for All.
The year 1808 opened at the Now York
theatres on Monday with the doors of two
playhouses only, tho newest ones, closed to
patrons. At two houses, an unusual thing
even In tbe varied record of New York
amusements, Siiaiusphahe's " As You
Llko If was presented. On tho other
hand, to the delight of many of the " old
theatregoers" of whom ono hears so much
and sees so little, "II Trovatore" was
heard at ono theatro for eight succes
sive, H not continuous, performances, and
" Humpty Dutnpty" (in marionettes) was
announced at another.
Managers nowadays of ten make tho titles
of their plays dcscrlbo the chief character,
and thus we have "Tho Ballet Girl," " Tho
Circus Girl," "The Telephono Girl," "Tho
French Maid," "Tlw Hired Girl," and
"Tho Model." Thero is "Tho Highway
man" and "Tho Llttlo Minister," "Tho
Dangers of a Great City" and "The Salt of
tho Earth," "Tho Governors" and "Tho
Conquerors," "Tho Irish Gentleman" and
tho "Socret Enemy," and "Gayest Man
hattan." And tho variety shows still
bloom. Certainly no eubdi vision of public
tasto In New York Is unprovided for dur
ing tho first week of the enlarged inetiop
oils and a theatregoer, whether n resident
or a stranger In New York, must be hard
to pleoso If from among this assortment of
old and now plays ho cannot find at least
ono to conform with the requirements of
his tasto in such matters.
At no timo before, perhaps, has the as
sortment of plays offered to tho theatre
going public of New York been moro
varied than It Is at present.
Somo of tbe Ideas and methods of tho
Don't Worry club are not exactly clear, but It
teems to be true of them that they perceive the
possibilities Involved In iho fact of the supe
riority of will, and that In case they find them
selves worrying: about any particular thing; they
correct themselves and eliminate tho worry by
thinking of something: else. Perhaps this is
always possible. It seems reasonable enough
to suppose tbat one worrying; about tbe coup
may And relief by diverting the attention and
fixing it strenuously upon tho cheese, It may
be, indeed, tbat some are too weak-minded to bo
qualified to succeed In such an unfertaMnsr ag
this; but even to try to do It v, ould be excellent
exercise, qulto regardless of tbe success or fail
ure of tho event. It Is easily supposable that
conditions might establish themselves in which
it would require a past master In the science of
not worrying: to assure satisfactory results.
Thus it one should be la a Held, and should
behold an angry bull rushing upon one,
and thero should bo no cbnnco to get
away, it would require a very high order of
don't-worry ability to think of something else.
Very likely If one were competent to think of
something else it would be all that would be
'needed In order to divert the bulb Of course. It
would be no fort of a situation for a no vice. It Is
a toot, boweyer, that Ooetub and other philoso
pher before bun .havo declared that anybody
who wishes a thing ittftlclently U bound to
brinu it to pa; and surely anybody nboat to
recetvo the charge of an angry bull should bo
be oblo to wish sufficiently that it would cease
from its immediate demonstrations and go
about othor business. Whatever tho bull
might do, thoro teems to bo no question that It
would contribute to the peace of mind of tho
ratiocinating biped in tho case if bo could think
of something else. Wo do not enro to obtrude
suggestions, but It occurs to us that a don't
vi orry adept, finding himself In such a situa
tion, might think of a rainbow or a water Illy.
To do that r ould bo to afford n flno Illustration
of what tho mentlculturlst call transference of
thought.
The peculiarly femlnlno typo of woman is dls
appearlng. Ulnntapolli Times.
Pity tho sorrows of a poor young man. This I
tho voice tbat ttembled yosterday ns it asked)
"Is not beauty, after all, merely an illusion I"
A bcart-broaklng history Is thus rovealod In two
sontenccs. First tho luckless youth shakes his
fist at his reflection fn tbo glass, pulls his
cravat awry, rains wrath upon tho pro-
fcrrod and bannsomo one, resolves to de
voto himself to ccllbaoy and good works, begins
to think that he abominates good looks in men
and beauty In women, and swears to himself
that only homely (oIUb havo good hearts. Now
you see him building a wldo philosophy out of a
single case. A woman has had tho Impudenca
to send blm about hi business. Shall bo expire,
and uuavcngodt Not much. Women aro not
femlnlno any more, he sputters. They are
losing the qualities which once endeared them
most to man. To-morrow this young man, a
really glftod person, whose name, Siienbtone
Snipe, Is a poem in ltsolf, will try to demonstrate
that marrlago Is a decadent institution. Dut It
the weather continues cold and thero is good
skating, within ton days bo will bo sighing for a
young woman, who, ho will admit, bclonss to
tho peculiarly feminine typo, and possesses tho
Illusive but agrecablo gift of beauty. riiiKN
btone Snipe has tho soul of a poet. Ho will re-covor.
From out of Tammany Hall there should
at onco arise a uotlllcatlon to Mayor Van
Wvck that tho last way in which ho may be
permitted by tho organization to copy tho lato
reform Ma or is in tbe exhibition of a peppery
temper, such as tho new Mayor was guilty of
yesterday in tbo presenco of somo members of
tho School Hoard. Hocauso tho Mayor Is frco
from the stain of tobacco does not glvo him tho
prlvllego of being cross nnd crotchety in tho
performance of his duties.
Full accounts of tho Interstato Cnko
Walk which enlivened Now Year's night at
Wichita, that soatof all festivity In Kansas,
have not roacbod the walling Hast, but it
must havo been a glittering pageant. And it
had a positivo permanent valuo boyond its tem
porary frivolities. It revealed u now field for
the genius of statesmen. Scats were reserved
for Governor John W. Leedv, nnd somo other
Kansas ofllclals. and for Governor II arnls of Ok
lahoma and his staff. It might bo supposed
that a Governor of Oklahoma could ilnd fun
enough at homo, and probably Haiines enruo to
sea I.kkdy, who Is worth travelling a good
many miles to see. Leedv is perhaps tho finest
composilo and all-around Populist statesman in
Kansas. It seemed a few dnys ago as it thero
nas nothing about which ho hod not expressed
his viows tumultously; but now ho has studlod
cnko walks, and Is going to Introduce them
among tbo Populist brethren.
Indignation at the conduct of thyBush-noll-Kurtz
bolters against tho reelection of
Senator IIanna is not confined to Ohio. That
feeling in-tho Hnckcyo Statu ought to bo strong
onouch to reelect him.
Some most regrettable observations about
tbn decadenco of oratory fall, and fall hard,
from tho lips of our learned contemporary, tho
Memphis Commercial Appeal. " So doubt,"
says this too quick duspaircr, "there wcro
orators in China and Persia w hen the recorded
centuries wcro much fewer in number, beforo
Deucalion took ship, and beforo Atlantis
sunk, but nothing can bo moro ludi
crous than tho glbblc-gabblo of theso
people t tbe present day. Civilization
produces and perfects oratory, but, like
Ciironos, devours its own offspring." Demos
thenes and tho Itouinns follow in tho snd
procession. Why is this woo In Memphis? In
N'ashvlllo thero Is nn oratui tho liko of
whom In general pyrotechnics and tho dis
charge of llowcry bombs vns never seen in
Persia, China, Grooce, Rome, or anywhoro else.
Atlantis ould still show Its nose ahovo water,
if Hull Tavloh could 11 ro a speech oxer It.
Ciironos would have changed his diet If he
could havo had lion's fresh-baked words to cat.
Yet It has occurred to some phllologers that
Don would havo been con moro rolling and
expressive in Chinese.
I found Mexico a land of sunshine, and sti r
paoslug ordure. William Jesmsus DmiN.
How straugo.
TllJi AKI- YOltll CAXAT.S.
Rstlnmtra far Tbelr Improvement Slnle Enai-
ueer Adams aiid Superluteudnit Aldrldge.
From the Engineering Htconl.
For many years It bat been evident tbat tbe State
canals w ould need Improvement, and tbe Htate Enul
neers bat o askrd for appropriations tn make sun evs
and examinations of tbeso works. The records con
cerning them oro nearly worthless. The reason for
tbts statu of affairs Is simply tbat tlio btato Lrslsln
ture has refused tu appropriate enoush money to
conduct tbo work of tho Engineer's oftlce properly,
tho money that was granted being suniolent merely
to pay tbe engineering e xpense a for such construc
tion and repairs as appeared manifestly neidrd.
It Is evident that with such useless material aa a
basis for estimates, and only twelve da) a In which to
work, It would bo Impracticable to form a drflnlto
estimate of tbeewtof Improving the Slate canals.
Yet that waa tbe task tbe State Knglnccr was re
quested to perform by the Constitutional Convention
or 1804. Tboistlniato under thcte conditions was
1 1,573,000, ami It was then assumed, us hud been
done previously, tbat tbe excavated material could
be used In raising the banks, thereby u aklnn a con
siderable saving In cost. It will be noticed that the
Engineer's rough figures were, even theu S3.57U,00U
more than tbe H, 000, 000 wblcb the Le2ltluture not
the State Engineer or Superintendent of Publio
Works subsequently nxed as tho amount tho people
were to be asked to voto,
This sum of (8,000,000, only 78 per cent, of tbe
sum wblcb tbe Inadequate publio records led tbe
Stato Knelnoer to consider necessary, n as duly voted
by the people. As soon aatbo erst bonds were sold
and tbe money available., over two hundred engineers
were put at work to determine tbe condition of tbe
canals, and others were added as they could be ob
tained. It la because tbls engineering Investigation
was Imperatively necessary tbat the engineering ex
penses have been so hlgb for tbe amount of work
done. Examinations and reconstruction of structures
seventy years old naturally call for comparatively
large engineering expenses, and these occur early In
tbe work, when they seem at first thought to unin
formed people to be out of all proportion to tbe total
expenditures.
Soon after tbe engineers' reports began to reach tbe
State Engineer It was apparent that tbe work could
not be dons as It should, be for anything like the ap
propriation, The total of these first estimates was
something over $10,000,000. Every effort waa then
made to reduce lbs cost of tbe worka by omitting
everything not absolutely necessary, and work was
pushed on tbe Important sections so tbatcojtracts
could be let aa soon as possible. Recently plans for
the leas pressing work bae been completrd, and In
the joint report of tbe Stain Engineer and fhebu
perlnteudent of Publio Works, printed tlsewhere
In this Issue, Is tbe first dennlte onlclal state
ment based on reliable data wblob has been
made by tbe State Engineer as to tho proba
ble cost of the canal Improvements. That esti
mate It SIO.000,000, and Is based on much
moro exact Information tbau was available during
tho preparation of the figures for the Constitutional
Convention. Tbe amounts earned on all contracts up
to Oct. I, the end of the Ducal year, were $J,U30,-t8a,
and tbe total amount of tlio cuutracu awarded up to
the present time Is 7,745.uf0. Wo cau see uo reuson
whatever for accusing tho state Engineer and tbo
State Superintendent of Public Works or incompe
tence and deceit. In abort, a careful study of tbe
matter convinces us that tbe present attack by a sec
tion of tbe press on the State Engineer and the Super
latendsnt ot roplla Works Is unjuttlaabl.
'Ai-liiaaiMiiJi-gJMMiii
. I .",,", I I , ', . . -7
CATBOX.ICB AND PROTESTANTS.
The Teaohlna r the Church ns la Heretic Ka.
plained by it Irltl,
To tub Kditoh ok Tub Bun Sin Your
correspondent. It. N. T complains ot tho Incom
pleteness of my lottor on tho "Salvation ot
Heretics," nnd quote certain passages from
Father Mailer's "Familiar Exposition of Catho
Ho Doctrlno" in refutation of somo of the state
ments mado by me. My reply to It, N. T.' dif
ficulties comes, perhaps, n llttlo late, but my
roason for tho dolay is that I was unable for
omo day to lay hands on a copy ot Father
Mailer's book, it being ono ot thoso volumes
which Is generally relegated to tho top shelves
ot ecclesiastical libraries. Iho fact Is that
Father MQUor's catochlsm Is unreliable, and Is
repudiated by all tho best theologians of tho day.
For this reason, tlion.I rcfuso to regard Father
MullcrnB nn exponent of tho mind ot tho Cath
olic Church, and jour correspondent would do
woll to follow my example.
Ton roars nso two lcarnod and well-known
membors of the I'aullst Fathers camo Into con
flict with Iho same Father Multoron the self
same point Tho controversy went on for somo
weeks In tho i-Vreman's Journal, nnd Is to bo
found t'n fjrcno in thnt paper under tho dates
of Sept. 10 and t and Oct. 0. 13, and 27, 1888.
Thero is no question as to who came off bost In
the contest. In tho Catholic World tor Decem
ber, 1888, an nrtlclo from tho pen of Father
Walter Elliot, C. 8.1'., on ono of Father Mfil
ler' multifarious works, completely Bots the
subjoct at rest. Father Mdllor Is known as a
writer of great volumo, but not as a caroful
and exact theologian.
How much better would It not bo If inquirers
would go to tho fountain head ot Calhollo teach
ing, and consult standard thoologloal works,
than accept the looso statements contained in
Father MUller's catechism. Let mo quote a few
passages from "A Full Cntcchtsm or tho Cath
olic ltrllgion." by a loarncd Jesuit. FatborDc
harbo, a work whirh Is really reliable and which
Is ono of tbo standard catoehlsms of America,
On page 140 the following questions and answers
will bo found:
Q Who Is a member of tbe Catholic Church ? A
Every one who Is baptised, and has neither volun
tarily separated hlmseir, nor bas been excluded, from
her.
Q Who have voluntarily separated themselves
from the Church? A. First, all Ilioi" who by their
own fault are heretic. 1. e who profess a ductrluo
that bas been condt mncd by tlinChurLli, or who uro
Infidels that la, who uo longer have nor pruress any
Christian faith at all: and, second, all those who by
their on n fault are schismatics that Is, who hate
renounced, not tho doctrine of tlio Chun li, but tbelr
obedience to her or to her Mipremc bead, the Pope.
i Who aro excluded from the CatliolluChurch?
A. Excommunicated; that Is. those who, as di gener
ate members, have been expelltd from thu com
munion of tbe Church.
Q. Are not those also who arc heretics without
their own fault separated from tlio Catbollo Church
A. Such as are heretics Itlinut their own fault, hut
sincerely arch alter the truth, and in tho meantime
do tho will of awl tu the Ix'st of their knowledge,
although they are separated from the bod, remain,
however, united to tho soul or tbo Church and par
take of her graces.
Q Who la a heretic by his own fault? A A
beretlo by bts own fault Is: First, bo who knows tbe
Catbollo Church ant 1 convinced of her truth, but
does not Join her: and. second, ho who could know
hor If b would candidly search, but through Indiffer
ence and other culpable motliet neglects to do so.
Q Doea It lioeome us to Judge whether this ono or
that one Is a beretlo by his own fault or not? A.
No, forBuch Judgment Ixdnngs to (led, who nlono Is
tho searcher of heart) and reins ' (Pa , II., 10J, and
Judges tbe secrets of men (Horn , II , Id).
Q Is ltBUfflcl ut for obtaining salvation to bo a
member of theCatholle Churchi" A. No, for thero
are also rotten and dead memliers who. tiy their
sins, bring upon themselves eternal damnation.
Theso, sir, and not Father MUller's narrow
minded Ide is, nro what the Church teaches her
children, and it will bo apparent to nny ono
who understands the truo spirit of tho Catholic
Church thnt Mia docs not exclude from her fold
thoso who honestly net In accordance with tho
dictates of conscience nnd thu light which God
has given thom. I am. sir, very faithfully
jnurs, Hcv. Aixx. Hemikhson. P. H. M.
Mount Cmimki. Cuuitcu, East 110th siukkt,
Jan, II,
8ALVATIOX.
The Doctrine or the Itnmnii Catbollo Church
Uaplalned b) a Member.
ToTHKEDiTonoKTiiuSuN Sir: Itefcrringto
tho lelterof It. N. T. in Thk Sun of 31st ult., per
mit allomnnCatholiulosay that the facts that
Father Mflllcr published a book entitled "Fa
miliar Exposition of ltoman Catholic Doctrine,"
and that Cardinal Olbbons approved tho same,
do not mako I bo (oachlngsof such a hook Cath
olic doctrine; such doctrino must ho gathcrod
from the doilnltlons of tbo Holy Sco and tho con
sensus of opinion among theologians upon mat
tors not defined, Tho statement from tho
book In question that Protestants nover had
any faith in Christ is ridiculous when it
is considered tbat ono of the strong instalments
of tho Church of Homo is against tho distinc
tively Protestant doctrino that faith alono In
Christ, without the merit of good w orks, is suffi
cient for salvation.
Tho dogma that "outsldo tbo Church thero Is
no salvation" requires a far moro profound con
sideration than one getB from a perusal of
Father Muller's book. Wo must distinguish be
tween the soul and tbo body of the Church nnd
between formal and material heretics, &c
Catholics nnd Protestants ran anil do unite in
tho belief that there Is no salvation except
through Christ (John xlv., (I). Catholics also
claim that the merits of Christ are applied
to nur souls by theChurch which lie established
and with which Uo promised to rciiiainunltl the
end of time (Matt, xvi., 18, and xxviii., ilU), nnd
thnt the Church of Christ, which must bo one,
holy, universal, nnd apostolic, is none other
than the Homan Catholic Church.
Now, they belong to tbe soul of tho Church
who have the spiritual Ufa abundantly which
Christ came to glvo (John x.. 10), nnd who are
partakers of tbe divine nature '2 Pet. I., 41: and
they belong to the body of tho Church (a
visible, external organization), who aro bap
tized, profess Its belief nnd communa
with thoso who hnvo authority In the Church.
Tho dogma tbat outside the Church thero is no
salvation, must bo understood of tho soul of the
Church. Uut it cannot bo said thnt one who by
his own fault remains outsldo the body of tho
Church belomrs at the sanio tlmn to the soul.
Those words, by his own fault, would themsclt es
admit of extended treatment, but tho writer
must not claim too much space.
Tho point J hero set down are hardly more than
suggestive, but may indicate the lines on which
It. N. T. must Investigate in order to ascertain
tho entiro teuclilng of the Church of Home on
tho matter In discission. The Church condemns
no nno to eternal punishment; her severest net
is that of excommunication, which dois not nf
feet membership of tlio soul of tlioCluinh. Of
those who will not hear her. Christ himself said,
"IiCt them ho to thee ns tho lie. alien and tho
publican" llliitt. xvlll., 171. Hut oven them
sho strives to convert and save, and if at limes
bcrofforls appear unsuccessful, sho still leaves
them to tho Infinite mercy of Ood. F. A. F.
LMUBKivil.l.li, Jan. ".
Anxiety tirer the Combination Against Kualand,
From the London Hvcl
It Is clear to careful observers that tbo projoct of a
mighty European combination against (Ireat Urltaln
not only has not been abandoned hut Is steadily
evolving, though still In a very ombryoulc state.
Tlio llcrlln correspondent of tho Jtatlg Aries re
cently reported that (Ji rman statesmen fully autlcl
patidthat at no very distant dalu rtussla will force
rngland Into a llfeand death struggle fur empire, In
which Qermany will ba compelled to tako l les In
tbat case tbey say that Herman lnt-rets wilt Imper
atively demand that she sbould cast Iu tier lot with
Ilus9la, even though It spells alliance with her old
enemy, France. Exactly; tbe time Is near when the
King of the North shall marshal a vast confederacy
of powers against the King of the South for tbe clos
ing tragedy of tbls dispensation.
India's fll Matched flutposts.
from the London Dally .Ketcl.
An Oraksal Sepoy, serving In the Fortieth Pathans,
who are quartered at Rawal Plndl, received a letter
from a relation, a tribesman now fighting our troops.
Tbe envilope boro tbe postmark, 'Headquarters
Field l'ost Office, Maldanl" In tbe letter was told
the latest news from the front, and tho possibility of
a settlement vvat discussed, Evidently the writer
had posted It luthetanip Itself, No doubt he had
bidden Ids rifle behind a rock and walked boldly In
among us with some eggs to sell, end sent htsiieivs
to bis friend uudtr the noso of tbe general ufilcer
commanding.
Antlpodpnii llrslrnliila.
rVom I he Sydney Du'tetln,
Tbe ycung girl out alone In Die evening has become
verynum reus of late In New Zealand cities, and tho
Government bat drafted a bill for tbe eppoliitim nt of
"discreet woratn" as Inspectors, with extensive pow
ers tn stop and Inttrrogato Hie girl who Is out at a
lain hour Sko Is also authorized to rcurt her home
and see her safety detoalted on the ptrtntal bosom,
or, If tbe late girl Is a very hard ease, to taku her iu un
establishment specially prorlird and Icuvo her Iu
charge of tbe matron pending inqulr)
Will Have. I'se for llotli.
from Me St, Mule (llobe Democrat.
After training the band to write 1BB8 instead of
11)07 it might bo well to practice a little on " Hawaii,
U.8.A."
jtAiLitoAD nvtzmsa x's mot. B
tsa Than 9,000 Miles or Kevr Road In the H
United tlntes. H,,
From the Railroad Oatetle, ift
rtcports received by tho llallroad QateUenf Jm
to tho timo of going fo pros indlcato that the H
building of now railroads in 181)7 was a llttlo
less than for tbo year beforo nnd n few mile! H
moro than tho total reported for 18ll.", though sx
still far short of Hint In 18U0and earlier J car.
Olllclnl reports from tho various companies H
shown total mllcngo built during tho ycar.no I
Including second truck nnd sidings, of 1,001.17 H
miles. To this must bo addod 'J23.75 mile. H
which tho news columns of tho Jtatiroaoi M
Qazetlc show to bo completed by tho close Jmi,
of tho year, giving us l.H'JT.O'J miles protty 'KA
accurately verified, Thero aro n number ot W
roads on which It Is knmwi Hint grading line It
been completed nnd track laving Is In progress. B
'Iho oxait amount of Irmk lnltig, howovcr, Ik B
Is Impossible nt this time to state, but It Is csti
mated tu ho not less limn 111) miles. This make
Iho total tuolmljlu riiilrnail building rlurlnir m
181)7, 1.1137.1)1! miles, or which nil but 33J.70 K
mllos Is ofllclal. Of course, repnrts from made 'Tft
not et hoard from will sutnmv hat modify those II
results. Wo glvo below the olllclnl nnd est I- II
mated mileage liy Htatns, omitting, however, II
tho 111) miles, which has probably been cunt II
iilctcd, butof which wo hao no donnlto rocord. &
Mate. Official. Kitlmnttd. R
Alabama 114. .... V
Arkauas H4 ft .... Id
California inn on US. A
Colorado 65.113 .... HI,
Delaware 20. mr
District of Columbia It. .... IjB
UeorglaV.V,'.V.'.'.'.'.'..'.'!'.".'.i,.'.'.!!i!! 71M5 "si. !)
Idaho Vi. ,..,
Illinois 1US.S3 11. 18
Indian Territory 8 .... u
Kansaa'.".'.'.'..','.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'..'."'.'.'.'.'.!! T.7S .'...' R
Kentucky 8.K3 IS. jg
Louisiana 1211. r .... 3a
Maine 111,35 .... Eft
Massachuaslts n.SA .... IB
Michigan IIS 71 7. M
Minnesota I1H.I1U 4.0
Mississippi nn.li .... m
Missouri 01.7 111,8 m
Montana 1.1.0 .... W
KewJersey 10. .... fj
Now York 117.02 ....
North Carolina 47. US 0. Kl
North Dakota liO.SU ....
Ohio i8 0. K
Oklahoma Territory 27. ....
1'ennsvlvania ',11'J.OQ .... B
South Carolina ln.s .... 9
Tenuessco 1ft. .... V
Texas suns ltl.B Jj"
Vermont 11.20 S
Virginia 111. lift .... 91
Wist Virginia M.ft .... '"
Wisconsin Ms 28. M
Totals 11101.17 723.75 'X
Tho 110 miles of nrobnblo now rond, not In- jW
cludod in tho above. Is distributed ns follows! 9
Arkansas. It! mllos; California, 18; Georgia. 3U x W
North Carolina, 10; Ohio, 10; OULilioma Torrl- &J&
lory, 11; Tennessee 11!, and West Virginia, 8 sC
miles. S
It Is Interesting tn uinko comparisons with Mi
previous scars. According to Poor's Manual, jsjf,
which apnears ubuiit six months after tuoclose 11.
of Hie calendar jour, nnd is thcroforo fn nosl- "jjK
tiou tnguthor up practically nil thu construe Ms
tlon of the sour, tho new building for 18'JO was W
l,ll()(i,7l! miles, or about fi!) miles moro than the JP
total estimate hero given for 18D7. In 181)5,
which Is tlio Inw-vvator mark in railroad con- -$"
slructlon, thomilrago was 1, 111".'. 1:5. Poor puts I'll
tho now construction tn 18114 nt l!.'Jt)3.U7 m lies; ' M
in 1B!)H at l!,78ll.(ll! miles; In 18i)J at 4,581.01 3
miles; in lKUlat4,tSl!0.11 miles, and in 18U0n 3
0.i)rf).7 miles. I
Tho llguressn far received indlcato that Call- M
fnrniu hinds I lie list with !)U miles of now road, j
whilo Alabama. Deorgia, Louisiana, Michigan,
Missouri, Pcnii8lvanla, and Texas havo oach id
more than 100 miles to their credit. M
liew Annies ror the Nnmo Old Thing. Wt
From the .Yeie Orleans Time Democrat. yjr(
"Now names for old things," remarked a t
gentleman jestcrday, "am tho order of tlio day.
'Iherooro from time to timo heavy rainfalls In 1
this country which in tho old timo wcro character- A
1od ns 'downpours,' orsoinotlilneof tbat kind. 1
Now, however, wo hear of 'cloudbursts' every- 1
where. Every Union mill ercck overflows or a j
hay crop gets suddenly spoiled, it is attributed I
to n ' cloudburst.' People ba o bcon dying from i
stopnngoof tho heart's action slnco the begin- '.
nlng of mortality, and yot it Is hut recently that V'
wo began to hoar of 'heart failure.' A hen tod 'I '
term Is now produced by a ' hot wave;' all sicg
ntss that tho doctors cannot understand is at
tributed to 'Hright's disease," and living cheaply
In summer Is called 'going Into tho country.'
The nomenclature is different, but tho old thing
aro tho same."
Forelan itotea or Heal Inlnrest. A
Weber's " Freyschlita " has Just bocn performed fejf V
the (100th time at tbe Ucrlln Koyal Opera. I
" l'anh perprotosebaato'iypertatos" as a title for
tho Clcrman Kaiser feebly expresses ono English
man's rage.
Vienna Is going to turn moral, too. The ballet corps
at tho Imperial Opera Heuso bas received orders to c
wear "roomy white silk stockings" over Its tight
henceforth.
A telegraph line recently run to Coomassla from
the coast Is highly appreciated by tho Asliantl na- V'
tlves. They cut off tho wlro In suitable lengths to .i
mako armtcts
Vatlcana Is tbe namo given to one of the latest
asteroids discovered, No. 41C, In honor of Father
Hoccirdl of tho Vatican Observatory, vv no has com
putod Its course.
lxrd Alfred Itothsclilld sent a brace or pheasants
tocvery ono of the y.ooo drivers and conductors of
the omnibus compuu) iu which he Is interested as a JI
Christmas present. ' Y
Herr Dleden, tbe senior member of tbe aerman I
Reichstag, Is b7 J ears of age ami has sat In every ees- 1
slon since tho empire was constituted. Ho haa also a
been a member of tho l'russlan Landtag eontlnu- i
ously sluco 1B3J.
blegfrlcd Wagner Is In Rome at work on a comics I
opera, the book being ou a story of the Thirty Years
War. His musle Is said to ba not of tbe school of his
fathor but of that uf Humpcrdlnck, the composer of
" Hiimel und Grctol."
Trlncess Theresa of Havana, daughter of the Prince
Regent, bas butn mado an honorary doctor of phi
losophy by tbo University of Munich. She Is also a
member of tlio ltoyal Academy of Sciences, la 48 -
yi are of age, and u spinster. I
I'arls's police Is trying to dlseoura,;o murder as a )
butlu'ess by shotYlng thut It does uut pay. Out of I
twenty one recent murders tlio average protlt to each
assassin was SHI 37, and In many of these cases tba
murderer waa caught and executed.
A bill posting combination has beon turnod Into a
limited liability corporation 111 London, with a capt- fi.
talof $12,250,0(10 It holds uut as an Inducement to '
buy shares a number of contracts It has for bill post- ;,
log ut the rate of a pi nny a sheet per wec.k. t
Krefeld Islieneefnrth tho only oorrcct spoiling for
the manufacturing town near Dllsfieldorf, tbe form
Crefeld having been cniilcmued unanimously by a,
conventlen of all the school teachers of the district,
to whom tbu l'russlan Government referred the j
question fur Dual decision.
Princess To no Maruun of the FIJI Islands, according
to tho Ucrlln Dm trnbtnti. Is about to vlaltLurope In
search of a husband Shu Is the heir to tlio thronei I
has an lucomo of 1 13,000 a ear from tbe lirltlsb, I
Uoveruinent. w hleli n 111 bo doubled ou her accession,
besides her domain luuds, and Is looking for a well
educated man of goad blrtli, ns the HJI (jucen'sura
sort Is her Chief Mlulstc r and Chief Justice,
There was a hot time tu Adelaide, Australia, oa '
Nov 10, the temperature. In the shade reaching 100', j
and lnthesuu 1114. Tho sky looked qui er, tuesuii was
blood red, and man) people concluded that the world
was comlug to an end At ono public school the chil
dren wire selzod with a panic, which vv as stopped
wllhdimculty by the head master, who later kept tha
whole school In till It had made up iho time lost la
tbe scare,
Karl nussell, freed from his divorce oourt troubles,
Is agitating tbe "one man ono bath" question la
Ilrlllsu workhouses. At Mol lentiead, the sueno of the
recent typhoid fever outbreak, where the Karl Is ono
of the Hoard of Guardians, he discovered tbat they .
had bathed forty tramps In six balhfiils of water. i
With some difficulty be put through a proposal to use
the sanio water for only tnoor Ihrin persons, one
ovcrsierobji'ctliig that "be did not know nheutbey
were going lost ip giving luxuries ti tramps."
Ily May 1 the Congo llallroad lietneeu 31 Mad I and
fitaule) 1'oolwll be complete d and open fur traffic.
In the middle of lieeemlier the rails had been laid for ,
!I4H kilometres of tbe 3-S covered hj the line, tbo
roadbed for ten kilometres moro was finished, and
men were at wor on the-in xl tin kilometres, bring
Ingthollne to nltldii thirteen inllesof st nib) i'ooj.
The iron bridge otertlm luklsil will be put In place
at the tii'glnnliu or January. The November receipts ,
from trafllc em thu part of the road In operation were
2ii(l,nou fran i
"IJeikorl kn" nelramalli) rev lew of tho sear at a It
Paris vnrleiv hull, Inn led lo a ilul Iho author S
made fun of tliefjIiilleMendM LugnAI'iu'e ncouuler, I
ripee ntlmtl'ie prim Ipal-a. . I'rliie. di Much uml 5
aud ;.e Mreilrur lie lltuir. tie litllt iiiwidt,
with !Miw and Tamntiio a iceonds for tlio ilrst and 1
harah llenburdt a one see on I for the oiler M: S
I.ugne. I n.-, fee ling Insulted, e hallengul the author, I
ami, .a In Ihlv duel ho did uot kecpout of hlsoppo- B
nrnt'a roueh, he received two slight scratches and r- If
stablUbed his reputatlou for ph steal oourafe. H