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5 A Jjessoii for Currency ncfonuor.
' THE Sun lino, Ml along, Insisted thatnono
6 et the bills for "currency reform," now be-
fore tho House Commlttco on Hanking nnd
Currency, could possibly becomo lawn, bo
!? cause tbo Sonnto would nover consont to
enact thorn. Particularly lias it pointed
V oat tho folly of cngiaftlnK upon tbeso bills
', n dcclnrallon in favor of tho single gold
sYtaridardi Such a declaration, wo have
V mid, even if mado by this Congress, would
. havono binding effect on It successors,
and the effort to get It made now would
& bo only a provocation to the sllvcrltcs both
( In tho Houso and In tho Senate to renew
t their warfaro upon gold.
!The decisive voto of 41 to 27 by which
tho Senate, on Thursday, agreed to take up
1 Senator Visi's resolution In favor of pay
f' Ing tho national debt In stiver dollars at
ft tho ratio of 10 to 1. amply Justifies our
$ warning. Tho resolution will probnbly bo
passed by the Senato and sent to the House,
I whoro, though It will finally bo defeated, It
-will give rlso to a fierce debate and rovivo
$ the enthusiasm for free silver, which other
,' wlso would have remained dormant.
!S There is n wlsa Scott IhIi saying, "Let
a ilecpinK dogs He." Tho ngitatlnn In favor
I of free silver was quieted for tho time by
tbo defeat of Mr. HltYAN last November,
nnd tho rise of wheut to a dollar a bushel
administered to it a further soporific. Now
! como thu currency reformers and wake it
. Up with tholr crazy scheme to substitute
IXor Government notes bnnk notes at it cost
to tho nation of $300,000,000, and, as if
that were not enough, with nnoxasperntlng
excommunication of silver, which nil sensl
bin pooplo see Is premature. Tho Senato
Iwr very properly taught theso fanatics a
lesson, nud we hopo they will profit by It.
ti Sunday and tho JjOKislnturc.
f On tho Oth of October, 1887, thero was
Crganlicd in this State what was then
('$ called tho " Personal Liberty" party, sub-
!i; Jcct to tbo declaration following:
"IVAsrsas. In many parts of the State, under pre-
2t fanes) of aiding In the prevention of crime and of
1? diminishing the cause of pauperism. Attempt! are
& tnoltlpljlntf to encroach upon the rlubta of perou
-t And of property KUranteed liy those prlnclptfi of
' rational liberty upon which the vrble fttructureof
3 onr republican lyttem and of the Federal and State
$i Sovernment li teased, and onr foreliruborn cltlteni,
eepeetally tbose of German doicent, are, acconllnff to
U authentic tatlttIealreiorti. connldered to be auldu-
i eua, temperate, and law-abldlnx I'ttliem i
?: 'lirtotveifhat we will eupport ontx auch candl-
fflatea for the Legislature of this State, lrrrspccll e of
Ibelr political amltatloos. who will accept the views
fy axpressed In these resolutions and pledgo thernselrcs
X to adopt them for their rnte ot oMclal action when-
;,: errer and wbererer applicable, and all legitimate
I meant In onr power will be used to aroura tbelr
' faction."
In compliance with these anil other reso-
:. lutlonsof a similar uhaructcr, there was
U appointed a Central Executive Committee
V) agitato what was then called " tho qucs-
t!i tlon of personal liberty." Tho Democrats
nominated for the head of their State
.ft, tlckot that year n Itochestcr brewer, Fiied-
fj SniOK Cook, or Kocir, and the Stato fight
W- vrs mado largely by tho Democrats upon
g the Issue of "personal liberty," and of op-
5( position to what tho Democratic platform
J? called laws "nccdloisly interfering with
js tho personal liberties and reasonable habits
fe and customs of any portion of our citizens."
Tbo bringing in of this question had tho
"g effect of Increasing tho Democratic voto for
$. Cook and his associates in nil tho largo
'h cities of tho Stato where the Cermau vol-
- log population is large, and of stimulating
5 thu activity of tho L'rohibitlonMs In tho
Interior districts to such an extent that tho
S nominee of the Prohibition party for Sccic-
yf tary of Stato polled 42,000 voto-j. All the
' Jargo cities, particularly In tho Interior,
5 "were carried by the Democrats, Albany
p, giving a Democratic majority of 2,000,
I Rochester, 3,000, Troy U.HOO, Utica D00,
6 Kingston 300, and Klinira 700.
jlT Tho Personal Liberty party, as rucIi,
. Snade no separate nominations in 1887, or
.4 In any of the years succeeding, which wero
' years of Democratic success in all Stato
elections until 1802, when the excise law,
now superseded by the Itaines law, was
p enacted by tho Democratic Legislature and
I; approved by tho Governor. The adoption
x of this law put an end to the r.gitntion of
tho Personal Liberty men, for It was ne-
r cepted by them generally us In part, at
least, In accordance with their demand,
t V)iit to many ft vtas not satisfactory.
In tho State at large it was not
i popular, and the divisions and dls-
Bnnslons to which it gave rise side-
!j tracked tho excise question until the
J. Republicans, wearied with the unreason-
u, ' able demands of thu representatives of
,- Democratic constituencies, took the liquor
ft question firmly In hand and adopted
tho present law, which Is yielding to
tho State more than $4,000,000 net
k revenue a year, and fultllllug nil tho
, promises mode by those who advocated Its
,' adoption, by reduclngtho number of arrests
t for intoxication, promoting good order,
'. sweeping away useless and unnecessary
i efflcers, and actually " tiklng tho sttlcon
j out ot politics."
j There has been a recrudescence ot " per-
poual liberty" agitation in the Leglslaturo
i this year, but It has taken n new form. It
X differs from tho agitation of ten years ago
,' n not applying particularly to liquor sell-
. Ing ou Sunday, but to amusements not as-
V aoclated with the consumption of cxhlla-
I' rating beverages ou that day. Since 1887
t thero hns been no material Increase In tho
l percentage ot (irrnmn.Amerlcnn voters In
g. ' Kew'Vork. It is substantially tho same
it pow as It was ten years ngo, having been
little Increased through immigration
during tho decado intervening sluco
tbo Personal Liberty patty appealed to
'f' authentic statistics In proof ot their as-
faertion that tho forelgu-bom citizens of
German descent in Now York " wero as-
fa alduous, temperate and law-abldingpeople."
Though tbeOerman Immigration has fallen
h off materially since 1887, there hat, been an
& enormous increoso since that time ot lm-
f znlgratlon from Ilussla, Hutigury, Austrian
Poland, and Houmanla. Tho Hebrew voting
5, population of New York la much larger than
I t iru ten years ago, and tho present Suu-
I rfUy Iowa of tbo State, so lux as they affect
Indoor and outdoor amosementa, theatre,
concerts, baseball games, and entertain
ments of various kind, aro unsatisfactory to
n considerable number of Toters who ore
most numerous In tho city ot Now York,
and In tho district of thu town from which
comes Assemblyman IlAnmmflBn, the spon
sor forroost of these bills. HIb proposition
to "llborollzo tho Sunday lawn," according
ly, has support in parts of tho great city,
but, of course, tneeU with Ilttlo favor in tho
interior districts, and will got no encour
ogemont from tho majority of members in
either branch of thts Legislature.
Mr. HAnnnntlEiVs bills for theatrical por
formances and concerts and baseball and
other outdoor amusements on Sunday havo
aroused much hostility among tho theatri
cal people, who havo sent protests against
the measures to the Governor on tho ground
that thoy tend to deprive them of Sunday
rest. Moreover, it cannot bo doubted that
such "liberal Sunday laws" aro to be tho
beginning of a goneral assault on tho ob
servance of Sunday, which will bo resisted
by both the churches and tho run of poo
plo who deslro tho rest from labor which
tho preservation of tho prcaont Sunday
laws affords.
It is significant that, theso bills havo not
been presented by tho spokesman of Tam
many or by a momber of Tammany Hall
and that they havo not been submitted to
tho consideration of a Democratlo caucus.
Is Thero a Presbyterian Church?
Tho enthusiastic reception of tho Bov. Dr.
Shields at tho Princeton alumni dinner
on Thursday evening was very significant.
Dr. SiliKl.ns Is tho professor of that uni
versity who signed the application for n
license of tho taproom of tho Prlncoton
Inn, In contravention of a rulo mado by tho
General Assembly prohibiting Presbyterian
ministers from assisting In tho procure
ment of any liquor license. Becauso of
that rebellion against tbo highest authority
of his Church ho was arraigned for trial
by the Now Drunswick Presbytery of New
Jersey, nud only escaped from consequent
d Iscipllno by announcing formally his with
drawal from tho Church.
It was for that reason that Dr. Sutsr.ra
was mado tbo hero of tho dinner of tho
Princeton alumni, provoking so great and
so frequent applause as to lead tho presid
ing ofllcer to suggest humorously that it
might bo necessary to dlsclplino him for
Interrupting the proceedings. Incidentally
their atiplauso was Intended, probably, as
nn expression of approval of tho provision
of a semi-official taproom for the Princeton
juniors nnd seniors; but that Is not n mat
ter which concerns us now. Tho significant
manifestation was tho boisterous glori
fication ot a Presbyterian minister for
withdrawing from his Church not on any
ground of religious doctrine or principle,
but simply becauso he was determined to
assert his personal liberty against tho
authority of the General Assombly.
Princeton University, it is true, contains
among Its alumni very many men who aro
not Presbyterians, but who follow other
systems of theology than tho Westminster
Confession or have no religious belief nt all.
Tho Itov. Dr. Shields, however, was a
Presbyterian and a Presbyterian minister,
nud why! Was ho In that Church simply
ns a matter of tasto and perfunctorily, or
becauso ho believed in its doctrino, that is,
as a matter of conviction ! What reason is
thero for the existence of a Church, tho
Presbyterian or any other, if It docs not
present a distinctive bodyot doctrino ap
pealing to tho convictions of its members?
If a minister can belong to it as a matter ot
conveulcnco or of obanco merely, and can
leavo it consistently at any time and pass
over to somo other Church, as his fickle
fancy may incline him, can It havo any
distinctive faith justifying Its separata ex
Iptcncef In other words, if Dr. Shields deserved
the applause of tho alumni of Princeton at
their dinner on Thursday evening, has not
tho tlmo como when tho Presbyterian
Church should disband and go out of ex
istence, as representing nothing which Is
binding on any conscience! If the rules of
conduct laid down by Its highest repre
sentative authority conflict with a man's
inclinations, and ho Is at liberty to leave it
for that reason simply, how can any relig
ious authority remain to It!
Dr. Smr.LDS did not throw up tho Pres
byterian Church becauso of any declared ob
jection to Its doctrino or ecclesiastical
system, but simply to bo frco to sign
applications for liquor licenses when
ever it pleased him so to do. On tbo
Bamo general ground any Prcsbytorlan who
finds his personal inclinations or appetites
restricted by tho discipline of his Church Is
justified In quitting it, nothing in Its spe
cial creed, theology, or order putting any
conscientious obligation on him. That
being so, and the course of Dr. Siiiblds In
dicates that In his opinion It Is so, what Is
tho excuso for maintaining longer tho
merely nominal existence of tho Prcsbyte
rlnn Church? If It Is not tho custodian of
any body of faith and doctrino peculiar to
It, It Is not a Church, and tho labor of cen
turies expendod In building it up as a dis
tinct religious organization has been
wasted.
Huxsla's Alleged Ultimatum to China.
If the threat said to havo been made by
tbo Russian ChargS d'Affalrcsat Pekln was
really uttered, it may seem at first sight
that a crisis In tho Far East can hardly
be averted. It Is known that England has
offered to advanco to China the money
needed to pay tho last Installment of tho
indemnity duo to Japan, on condition that
thrco new treaty porta shall be opened, In
cluding tho harbor ot Tallenwan on tho
Llau-tung peninsula. To tho opening of
two of tho ports designated, tho Czar's
representative seems to havo made noobjeo
tlon, but hols nlleged to havo threatened re
prisals and the withdrawal of his master's
friendship and protection in case Tallen
wan should bo Included In the list,
A glance at the map will disclose the mo
tive for tho vehomeut remonstranco of the
Russian Cbargd d'Affalres. Tallenwan, ly
ing, as It does, on the Llau-tung Peninsula,
not far to tho north of Port Arthur, com
mands tho routo which would have to bo fol
lowed by aiallway connecting that naval
arsenal with tho Trans-Siberian line. If a
Iirit ioh fleet were at liberty to cast anchor at
Tallenwan, and It would havo tho privilege
if that harbor becamo a treaty port, the
value of Port Arthur to Russia would be
gone, for the railway linking that fortress
to thu Russian possessions could bo cut at
any hour In tho event of war with Eng
land, and tho Russian garrison would find
itself In tho same hopeless plight as
were the defenders ot Sebaatopol. More
over, even iu time of peace, the transforma
tion of Tallonwan into a treaty port would
assure to England tho greater part of the
trade with Llau-tung and Chinese Manchu
ria, and practically would thwart tho
Russian plans for ascendancy lu that quar
ter, There in, in'a word, no doubt that
1 V4!1,Ai'iriri?life9!4?r!Prt r ffi-f?jHiT??kttM
England's demand concerning Tallenwan
! is a shot in tho bnllsoye, and punctures
tho wholo programme arranged at St. Pe
tersburg, when Russia forced Japan to re
viso tho Shlmonosekl treaty, and surren
der all of the Chlneso territory on tho
mainland of Asia which was ceded by that
instrument.
It will bo observed that England does
not assert that tho Russian warships
should not be permitted to winter nt Port
Arthur. Public opinion will no longer
justify tho British Government in Insist
ing that tho Russian naval force In tho Pa
cific shall bo confined for many months in
tho year to tho ice-locked harbor of Vladl
Tostock. Measures, however, havo been
taken to prevent tho Czar from converting
Port Arthur Into a fortress which would
mako him dominant in Po-cht-li and In tho
Yollow Sea, and from gradually acquir
ing virtual dominion over that Boctlon
of tho Middle Kingdom which lies
north and northeast of tho Great Wall.
That is to say, a partition ot China shall
nottako placo If England can avert it, and
thero is Ilttlo reason to doubt that sho is
nblo at least to postpono It, because, with
tho cooperation of Japan, sho not only Is pre
ponderant at sea, but has at her disposal,
also, a larger land forco than Russia can
placo at tho further ond of Asia before the
completion of tho Siberian Railway.
That the prospect ot an early dismem
berment of China Is not as promising as It
was Is Indicated by tho report, said to be
current In tho official quarters of Shanghai,
that Germany will mako Klao Chou an
open port on lines similar to thoso govern
ing Hong Kong. It is certain that such
was not Germany's original Intention. Her
design nt first was to follow tho practico
which sho has pursuod uniformly In her
other trausmarino dependencies, and to
keep for herself all the trado with tho pop
ulous provlnco of Shan-tung, which her
possession of Klao Chou would enablo her
to command. If, however, Klao Chou is to
bo as open to traders from all countries as
is Hong Kong England cannot reasonably
object to the Kaiser's acquisition of tho
former port, slnco ho would merely use it
for a naval station.
Will the Czar fight If his protest against
tho conversion of Tallenwan as a treaty
port Is unheeded at Pekln? Ho could, un
doubtedly, count upon tho assistance of
Frauce, but tho Russian and French war
ships combined are outnumbered In Chi
nese waters by those which fly tho British
flag. Even if the Czar could also reckon
upon the support of the German squad
ron, that accession of strength would
bo greatly more than counterbalanced
by tho Japanese fleet, which, It is be
lieved, will sldo with England. Tho
land force, too, now stationed at Vla
divostok, or any force that the Czar
could despatch thither with tho existing
means of transportation, would bo inade
quate to cope with the standing army of
Japan, especially as tho latter's operations
would bo Immensely facilitated by a pre
ponderant sea power.
Russia, in fine, under present conditions,
can scarcely hopo to win ns against Eng
land and Japan In tho far East, and, there
fore, unless she considers tho hour ripe for
assailing India, sho will probably avoid a
conflict nnd submit to tho temporary frus
tration of her plans for tho southward ex
tension of her Siberian frontier.
Ilawnil and Boot Sugar.
Tho reply of Secretary Wilson to tho
Senate resolution ot Jan. 17 must com
pletely dispose oi any fear that tho annexa
tion of Hawaii will Injuriously affect tho
culture ot beet sugar or sorghum in tho
United States.
Our avcrago annual imports ot sugar from
1800 to 1807 Inclusive have been 1.830,482
full tons, valued at $101, 570,203, while
from 1803 to 1807 Incluslvo Hawaii aver
aged annually only 140,450 tons, valued at
$0,073,024. During the fiscal year ending
Juno 30 last tho sugar imports were 443,323
tons heavier than tho avcrago of the four
years preceding, as impotters anticipated
the effect of tho new tariff act; and Hawaii's
share, accordingly, was 43,052 tons ubovo
her average. But for that exceptional year
sho only furnished 0.1 percent, of tho sugar
consumed bore, while her share from 1803
to 1807 was only 7.1 per cent.
Of tho total consumption in 1600 beet
sugars furnished 18 per cent., while lost
year the percentage jumped to 37 per cent.,
largely through tho abnormal condition of
tho Cuban sugar product. Tho flscnl year
1807 shows u total consumption of 2,000,
203 full tons. Of this, tho total rctlned
product of imported sugar was 1,700,007
tons, or 84 per cent., leaving tho domestio
product at 335,050 tons, or 10 per cent.
Of thts domestic product by far tho largest
factor was cano sugar, 267,007 tons, boot
sugar following with 41,347. The rest was
maplo sugar, exceeding 5,000 tons, and
sorghum, about 300 tons.
Such, then, are tho statistics which the
Secretary of Agriculture furnishes. The
first question that arises Is whether Ha
waii's production will bo Increased. It has
already been developed greatly by freo
entry Into tho United States, and Mr. Wil
son points out that one result Is tho
gradual exhaustion ot tbo soil through
continuous crops. Tho planters already
havo to buy fertilizers, and tho guano of
the Pacific Islands, In turn becoming ex
hausted, Is expensive, so that they must
ultimately go elsewhere perhaps to Chill
for saltpetre, to Florida for phosphates, and
to Germany for potash. This Is tho draw
back to any advance on tho small share of
Hawaii In our total Import of sugar.
Now, turning to beet sugar, Its prospects
of increase here are encouraging. Mr. Wil
son says that tho percentago of sugar In
American beets averages much higher than
In the European, which aro tholr real com
petitors, rather than the Hawaiian sugar
cane. Tho crops should bo taken lu rota
tion with grasses, vegetables, and grains,
from which the nitrogen, potassium, and
pbosphorlo ncld needed for sugar beet pro
duction will be restored to tho soil.
His conclusion is that the present Ha
waiian system "cannot compete with
farm management In tho United States,
where tho fertility of the soil Is not at all
reduced." Enormous as our consumption of
sugar is, about 2,000,000 tons, " ten acres
on each of 100,000 farms lu rotation with
other crops would meet homo demands."
But " thu Hawaiian sugar grower Is a one
crop man," nud he cannot, In tbo long run,
lucreaso his production so as to Injure
sugar production here,
Mr. Wilson Is also confident that
sorghum will play a large part eventually
In the American sugar supply. Sorghum
molasses is now very extensively made, and
tho manufacture of sugar from the sorghum
plant Is Increasing.
But as to beet sugar and sorghum both,
tho main point is that, whllo the produc
tion can bo mado incidental here to the
feeding of animals, there is nothing of tbo
sort possible In Hawaii, Thero " the cane
Is grorrorlt Is hauled to the ttlllajthe
bagasso is not returned to the soil; tho
available" plant food Is reduced, and the
planters must search to the ends of tho
earth for fertilizers." Again, Hawaii has
cheap cool I o labor now, but when sho be
comes subjoct to our laws, achangowlll
bo wrought, and wages will go up.
If, then, It Is true that " Hawaii will not
seriously compoto with sugar producers In
tho States," aro her own prospects of agri
culture dark ! Mo, becauso sho can keep up
for a tlmo her sugar production, oven If not
so extending It as to injure that ot tho
States; and. in particular, as Mr. Wilson
points out, she con turn to producing coffeo
with splendid success, there possessing " a
monopoly with which no State In tho Union
oan interfere." Sho can also grow many fine
fruits that cannot bo grown here.
But whatever may bo tho change In
Hawaii's agriculture after entering tho
Union, tho notion that her admission will
harm American beet sugar Interests ap
pears to be exploded.
The Wild Man from Borneo.
Our honey-hearted contemporary, the
Boston Evening Transcript, tries to bellcvo
that the Hon. CnxnuBs Joseph Bona
pabtk was not In earnest In the extraordi
nary defence of lynching which ho made
In a lecture In Boston last Sunday night
and upon which Tns Stjk has already com
mented. Here is the Transcript's apology
for the apostle of lynching:
"A great many people suppose when a man nays a
pads be means a apade, and they are cot ceoeaaarlly
stupid people either. Likewise, when ha talks apolo
getically, If not approTlngly, of lynching, whether of
Senators or leaser people, they think this Inrolroa a
rope and tree or lanippoet. Wa certainly eannot be
llee that Mr. Bo.txraaiE Intended to encourage suf
focation or neok breaking In a literal sense, and It
hla distinctions could have been allttle mora plainly
Indicated It would havo added greatly to hla other
wlso admirable address."
Unfortunately for his amiable apologist,
the Wild Man from Baltimore was in
savage earnest In his expressions of ad
miration for lynching nnd his proposition
to extend its benefits to public officials.
Wo tako from tho Baltimore Sun Mr.
Bonaparte's own vorslon ot his celebra
tion of lynching. It may be added that Mr.
Bonai'Aute says with evident prldo that
ho uttered tho samo opinions before tho
Ynlo Law School In 1800. For eight years
ho has boen a champion of murder.
Tho Hon. Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Is a member of the Maryland bar, If not a
lawyer. Wo ask lawyers and Judges to
read his panegyric of lawlessness and tako
a proper prldo In Brother Bonaparte,
whoso way of keeping his oath as an officer
ot tho courts 1b to swear himself In ns an
officer of the court of Judgo Ltncu.
Tho Hon. Charles Joseph Bonaparte
is a Mugwump and universal reformer ot
high degree Wo congratulato tho Mug
wump brethren upon their title to a Bhare
in his glory.
Tho Hon. Charles JosEpn Bonaparte
is a graduate of Harvard Collego and tho
Harvard Law School. To borrow tho favor
lto quotation of Col. Thomas Newcome,
Scientia emollit mores; learning softens
manners.
Tho missionary soclotlcs should labor
with this heathen, that ho may cease to
admire murder. A case so remarkable as
his should not be left to alienists alone.
A Singnlnr Request.
Once more wo give space to Mr. W. Raw
dal Cremer, the English promoter ot
arbitration who wa3 misrepresented in a
bogus Interview In tho New York Evening
Post a Ilttlo while ao as saying that If tho
Olney-Paunccfoto treaty had been ratified
by the Senato " thoro would bo no fear of
tho dismemberment of tho Chlneso Em
pire;" that "tho Anglo-Saxon countries,
mother nnd daughter, could call a bait on
any project of that kind," and that "Eng
land and America united can stand against
the world."
Wo quote tho language attributed to Mr,
Cremer by Godkin's newspapor, language
which Mr. Cremer did not utter, becauso
It Is necessary to a full understanding of
this worthy gentleman's latest communi
cation to us.
Having loarncd from Mr. Cremer that
he had been the victim of unscrupulous
" journalism " on tho part of tho Evening
Post, wo promptly withdrew tho remarks
based on the foregoing fraudulent Inter
view. Those remarks wero confined to tho
specific expressions attributed In tho bogus
interview, nnd they touched no other
branch ot tho subject.
Now Mr. Cremer writes to us again,
challenging tho remarks which wo havo
withdrawn in justice to him, and which
wero based specifically on what ho was
then supposed to havo said. Ho actually
wants us to justify tho comments we mode
when wo supposed that the interview was
genuine 1
This Is charming. We know ot nothing
mora delicious In all tbo literature of
Anglo-American dialectics. Tho peoullar
Inversion of tho logical faculty which Mr.
Cremer's latest letter exhibits would havo
been a source of lasting joy to his lato la
mented fellow Englishman, the author of
"Through the Looking Glass."
Travellers in the interior parts of the
State are requested to report the Hon. William
IliiooKFiEi.u whenorer he Is seen or spoken.
He can bo recognized In tho darkest night by
the will o' tbo wisp which hovers over bis head.
In the day time the melancholy ot bit fea
tures and the bright brass badgo "Fifty
three" which ho wears on the loft sldo of
bis cheat are sufficient marks of identifi
cation. Ho Is a porfectly hurraloas Mugwump
and bis principal Illusion or deluBlon seems
to bo that ho la a blub cnroller. Last night
a flush will o' the wlap photograph of him, of
tho Hon. OEonoK E. Matthews of Iluffalo, and
of tbo Hon. James JiciioHiuriiAT Hkluen of
Onondaga was taken. Tho plato will bo de
veloped when Mr. Duookitield's enrollment Is.
In tho Senato yesterday tho Hon. Wil
liam Mnnms STEWAnrof Nevada mode a prom
ise which It must be Impossible for him to keep.
He said that if he could get a chance to address
the Senato to-day or Monday on the bond pay
ment resolution, "be would not mako uery
lenxtby speech." The surprised and grate
ful Senate loat no time In deciding that he
should be allowed to make hla not very lengthy
speech Immediately after tho morning hour to
day. Now, what does Mr. Stkwart mean
by a not very lengthy speech t lly a long
speech be means a speech not to ex
ceed tbo Mississippi In length, ily a short
speoch he means a speaoh of about the length of
tho Potomac. Thero will bo goneral wonder It
by a not very lengthy speech ho doesn't mean a
few remarks not to fill moro than a year and a
half.
This has been a week of fierce ebullience
for tbo Hon. William Sulzkr. and the country
Is glad and proud to know that he bos stood
tho strain and Is still eslivclyasngeyscr. Some
statesmen simmer and bubble befora they begin
to boll, but Mr. Sulzuii Is more sudden than tbo
lightning-. The steam of hi emotion envelops
Washington almost before bis voice Is beard
hammering at bis pipes, lUi temperature is in-
I ' ' ' ' 1 '
credible, and fsstilleootited.br men of science.
Strange to say, all this Wonderful heat and
motion are produced by moans ot an uninter
rupted diet of hot mush and molassoa.
Kver since ho began to be a statesman
Mr. BuLzcn has eaton nothing but hot mush
and molasses. To this slmplo diet and to his
habit of keeping his vocal organs well alrod ho
attributes that good health which not oven his
heroic exercise In tho last few days has beon
able to tako from him.
Mr. IJailet suddenly eloctrlded tho House.
iratMnpton desjraf oA.
It is known to thellon. Job Uailet's Intimate
frlonds, and mny hero bo disclosed to tho public,
that his natural taste, qualifications, and acci
dents, so to speak, make him eloctrlfy on tho
slightest provocation. Ho ofton feols that bo
ought to havo been a heavy tragedian or a lec
turer on electricity Instead of being ono of tho
thirteen Democratic "leaders "In tho presont
House of Representatives. His head Is bellsved
to bo unique. It is an ambor shell, and, on
being rubbed by a bandanna handkerchief
or even subjectod to tho ordinary wav
ing motion of Mr. Uailet's gifted hair,
it at onoo becomes highly electrified. This
electrified condition is ot onco palpable In the
House, as In that condition the head throws off
fragrant clouds. "If Joe Dailict could Insu
lato himself." aavB his sturdy admlror, tho Hon.
Tobe ScnCTCiiiN , " ho would bo tho greatest
man In the world."
Tho Hon. Josiah Quinoy of Boston pre
sided over tho labors of the National Conference
on the Reform of Primary Elections yester
day. One Mr. II nil, an Illinois roformor,
lit him sol f nnd flickered with a smoky flame.
He sputtered ngalnst tho machlno, " tbo regular
organization," and tho "oligarchy." Tho Hon.
JostAH QUINcr, placid ns a clam, watched ItUBn
flicker, smoke, sputter, and go out. Mr. (Joi.suv
la somewhat of a machinist, regular organiza
tion man, and oligarch himself.
Tho agitation which reigns In the vast
brain chamboraof the London Times on account
of tho United States and tbo Cuban situation
ought to bo calmed. All sympathetic hearts will
hope that it may bo calmod. Moro porter and
less Welsh rabbit. The Times writers need rest.
Another attack upon tho rights of Ken
tucky freemen has been rcpulsod. A bill to tax
dogs a dollar aplcco has been killed In the Legis
lature of that Stato. The Kentucky dogs can
bay tho silver moon appreciatively without
having to pay for tho privilege, and overy Ken
tucktan who is " forehanded enough to keep a
dog" can contlnuo to lift toward the skies a
brow unruffled by any thought of dog taxes.
"Tax tho plutocrats, not the poor doga," says
Col. Jack Ciii.nn, whoso present pack consists
of sixteen dogs of high birth and breeding, and
one yellow cur.
Kingfisher. Oklahoma, Jan. 18. Congress Is
Solng to be pestered ror several yeara to come by
(legations from thla part ot the United Statea do
mandlng admission to the Union. St. ou! Jltpubtta.
Both Congress nnd Kingfisher aro to be pitied.
Thero Is a general belief that Oklahoma Is too
staid, too thickly sottlod, and too conservative
In her financial notions to be happy, save by
hersolf, for some years rot. She must look at
her elder sisters. Now Mexico and Arizona, and
bo consoled.
The frlonds of " tho poor man" In the
Legislature aro pursuing tholr wonted paths of
virtuo and bringing In bills for ' dollar gas."
They mako a noblo tableau as they stand, with
bulging chests and distended nostrils, frowning
defiance at the cruol corporations. It is a
melancholy fact that their friend, " tho
poor man." burns oil and not gas; and
it is a still moro melancholy fact that as a
result of tha unholy work of combinations and
monopolies oil Is about as cheap as daylight.
Never mind. Corporations must be defied, and
the gas ot dollar-gas legislators must bo allowed
to escape.
Handshaking is an ancient and honorable ens
torn. I'Mou ITtu.
But beware ot tho roform handshaker when
ho comes to Onoldo.
General" Boetb'a Solicitude for Sirs. Balllae;.
ton Dootli.
To the EniTonorTiiK Hon Sir: As there
may bo an Impression abroad that my father
did not make any inquiry whatever concerning
Mrs. Unlllngton Booth during his recent visit
to New York, I dostro to state that such Is orro
neous. My father inquired of mo, ond I now
learn that he nlso inquired of several prominent
Salvationists, concerning her. In addition to
writing and cabling mo previous to his leaving
England respecting her. Faithfully yours,
Ballinqton HooTn.
Not on the Level.
To wns Editor or Tns sen Sir: I was Interested
In the notice that I read In The Bex about the bronze
tablet that the Daughters of the Martha Washington
Chapter of tho Sons-lu-Law of the American Revolu
tion put up In the Pott OfBce, and I took the time to
day to go and see It.
I am obliged to aay that tho bronte founder has
done hla work acceptably, the tablet la well cast, and
I douTt doubt that Ita corners are true.
Hut what frets me, as a mere cltlien and patriot, la
that thla enduring tablet of bronze la attached to a
wooden partition, and, wbat la worse still. It Is not
oa straight.
It la a small matter that the liberty polo that the
tablet oommemoratta may have been an eighth or a
quarter of a mile away from the presont site ot this
tablet, bnt tbat a historical and everlasting bronze
should have been attached to an ovaneacent parti
tion, and then not applied, even to thla paaslng
background, with any regard to a true perpendloular,
la what that late but much esteemed patriot, A, Ward,
would have called "2 mutch."
If one might speak seriously or the matter. It could
be only to condemn the wholo bualneaa as abaurd.
C. M. y.
Bngjrnlleas from an Observer la Belgium.
To Tils Editoh orTHKScx- Sir: In to day's Su.t yoa
report that one momber of the American Society of
Civil Engineers called the 24-hour system ridicu
lous, to which the society objected, This sum
mer I was agreeably anrprlsed In Uelglum to find the
railroad timetables printed according to thla ayatem,
and thought It at once most worthy of Imitation In
our country, at once one becumes accustomed to read
18 o'clock insteal of 0 P. M. A few days later I
missed a train In a neighboring country, and, when I
saw on the street car tbat I was too late, I had the
pleasure of Informing my neighbor that ho waa alio
too late, and that the train he meant to uto waa a
morning train) In Uelglum be could not have fallen
Into thla mistake. Who, on etudylug a tlme-tabto.
haa not bern troubled and oontuaed by the A. M. and
P.M.? I think that at leaat the railroads coul2 not
have the 24-hour s item too soon.
May I use the opportunity to recommend another
admirable Institution I found In Uelglum, On every
advertisement In the streets ineeei a stamp showing
the duty paid, according to tho slio. Can there be a
better souroe of Increasing publlo revenue. The
mere Idea gives one pleasure to aee our advertise
roanta decent and Inoffensive, at least Inslse, Uo
who are too detent to have lu our streets publlo lava
tories, which evin tho prude Kniflii.li allow every
where and save mauy from alt-linens, suffer our
streets to be disfigured by Immense sickening pictures
of lh- "shows " Ou walking to the theatre at
the corner of Jlroadway nmlThlrlv-thlnl street, I have
often wished to ate a small column, as you And them
In llerllu all over the city, on which all theatres
advertise tbulr Plata. This spot of the i-lty Is already
one of the fewwlit-ro cmo can nnd out the time In
Mew York, l'orhep a distant fimirn will bring to
tho city, at every inut-h vllted enrncr or square, the
elsewhere so rouimuu clucks, that pay by their ad
vertisements, together with the above-mentioned
columns, for advertising the pla) a.
A STCSUT ItKADIR Or Tilt CY,
sow lle'e Cot 'Itui,
To the Eoimn or The (it's Mr: What It the an
swer to the following problem In business! What will
ten yards of silk coma to at f 1.00 1 001 per yard?
New IUtex. Vale.
Vrrjr I.lkelj.
To the Editos or The Huh Mr,- Seems to me I
see more people In the Fifth avenue ataxrai must be
the pavement? Constant ItCAUEa.
The Cbenilatrr mt Orator,
Vowl Me CAfcaoo Jiecortt
Mr. James Hamilton Lewla of the Slate of Wash,
log ton. In bis speech yesterday, begged the members
ot the House of Iteprvaentatlres to "raspect tb
blcodbleached bones of your ancealorg."
'?y'-V " f"- TM'W - , - . r r .- t!M
MR. CXXMRB ABAIlf.
IntcrrejtinsT Coinmnnlrallan from the Pro
moter or an Arbitration Treaty.
To thk Kditoh or Tub 8uj Sir: Your re
cent article criticising something I was sup
posed to havo ssld, but did not, and denouncing
tho arbitration tronty for something you fear
sltcontalns, but which It docs not, must bo my
apology for troubling yon with tbo following,
which, In common fairness, I hopo you vt 111 do
mo tbo favor of publishing in your v. Idcly rond
journal. It tbo treaty had boon prompted by tbo
British Oovornmcnt I could moro easily under
stand your suspicions In regard to It. That
honor, however. Is not duo toourOovernmont,
but to yours; you wore tbo invitcrt, wo tbo in
vited. That fact was proved by President
McKlnloy, whon ho stated tbat tbo proposal
for a treaty of arbitration was initiated by tbo
United Stntos. Tho published despatches upon
tho subject nlso proved that Lord Salisbury was
forsomotlmo antagonistic to tho proposals of
Mr. Olnoy, preferring a tronty of bis own draft
ing; that Mr. Olnoy, by the forco of his reason
ing, ultimately Induced tho British l'romlor nnd
his Cabinet to abandon their opposition, and
that tho treaty Anally agreed upon contained
tho provisions for which Mr, Olncr had ron
tondod. Tho accuracy of theso assertions can
bo oaslly attested by roferenco to tho published
correspondenoo between tho two Governments
beforo tho treaty was slgnod.
If every cltlien of tho United States would
carefully rend Lord Salisbury's draft treaty and
the masterly reply ot Mr. Olnoy, very Ilttlo
heed would be given to tho cry that tho diplo
matists of tbo New World are no match for tbo
diplomatists of tbo Old.
You rofer to "England's Impending misfor
tune," but I hnvon't the remotest Idea what you
mean, or of the terrlblo fa to which awaits us.
It may bo. howovcr, that our Industrial and
commercial greatnoss has In somo quarters ex
cited so muoh envy that tho downfall of Eng
land would bo hailed with delight, If I remem
ber right, predictions of that nature havo often
boen mado, 7et tho old country still Uvos and
prospors.
You also Imply that our object In concluding
a tronty of arbitration with tho United States
was a moro protcxt. and that our roal purposo
was an alllanco between tho two countrlos, yet
you failed to adduce a Uttlo of evidenco in sun
port of such a crave Innuendo. It would bo In
teresting to learn how you arrived ot such a
conclusion, ns there is not a Hue in tho treaty
which can bo construed into anything In tho na
ture or character of an alliance, cither for often
slvoordofenslvo purposes.
What, then, becomes of your assertion tbat I
bad, by tho languago I was accusod of employ
ing, "atrippod tbo arbitration treaty stark
naked." Stripped, Indeodt Why, thors was
nothing to conceal. Tho whole treaty had been
exposed to tho world from the moment of its
birth.
President Clovaland, Mr. Olney, President Mo
Ivlnloy, and John Shorman wero tho men re
sponsible for drafting tho treaty and recom
mending It to your Senate as an Instrument
solely designed for sottllng disputes by means
of arbitration. Yot you imply tbat It was not a
pacillo measure pure and slmplo. but tbat it
contained something which led the British Qov
ornmont to hellevo It would result In an alll
anco botween tbo contracting parties.
Now, either the treaty did or did not contain
tho germs or provisions for an alliance. If it
did, your statesmen deceived the American na
tion, and If It did not, tho British Government
must have been egregious asses to delude them
selves Into such a belief, and tho United Statos
cannot have much to fear from men with such
defective Judgments.
But If you believe us incapable of doing oven
a good thing without somo sinister object In
view, and that wo deserve tho eplthots ond
abuio which day by dny somo of your poli
ticians and Journalists shower upon us. why did
you Invito us to Join In a treaty of arbitration f
Why did Mr. Blaine, who bad a mora Intimate
and personal acquaintance with us than our
present traducors, invito us after the "Pan
American Conference" to Join you In a treaty
ot arbitration, and why did Conjrrees. by tho
concurrent resolution, autborlzo the President
to Invite Great Britain or any other civilized
power to arbitrate their differences with tho
United States I
Our character was known before theso Invita
tions wero Issued. Surely you would not havo
tho world bollovo that It was all a farce, and
that your statesmen wero novor serious upon
tho subject.
What would bo thought of a man who Invited
an old acquaintance to Join blm in a bond which
should stipulate that any differences which
might arlso between them should be adjusted
without their going to law, and after having by
n series of arguments obtained tho eonsentof
bis acquaintance, turned round and denounoed
him as n bad charactor, and insinuated that he
had some base object In view I
Tho records of tho British Parliament for tbo
last twolvo years provo tbat I am not a follower
of Lord Salisbury's political creed, a croed In
which, until vory recently, arbitration was not
to bo found. Ills lordship Is, however, too seri
ous a statesman lo Dlay battiedoor and shuttle
cock with arbitration, and having, although
somewhat tardily, yielded to tho publicly ox-
Sressod will of the British people and tho ver
lctof the Housoof Commons, ha accepted tho
invitation of your Government, and assented to
the conclusion of n treaty.
On one point I havo no doubt you are right,
viz., that many of your countrymen do "enter
tain suspicions In regard to British professions
of disinterestedness." It would bo strange if thoy
did not. after tho malignant and persistent at
tacks upon Great Brltnln, thedtatortlon of facts,
nnd tho porvorslon of tbo truth. Yes. tho poison
carefully distilled nnd insidiously administered
by politicians anU Journalists has dono Its work.
1 ot how Is It that these suspicions concerning;
British duplicity do not appear to havo been
shared by your Sonato. for that body, before lis
final vote upon tbo treaty, flouted Mr. Olney's
fenuine schomo of arbitration, and recast tho
reaty upon tho puerllo basis favored by Lord
Salisbury! It was vory funny to seo your Sen
ate metaphorically kicking the American Fairy
Olnoy and hugging the wicked British Demon
Salisbury. W. ItANOAL CltEMBlu
Washington, Jan. ID.
TIIE TTJZ.U JI.V FllOlX ItALTIlilOIlE.
Mr. Cbarlea J. Bonaparte's Own Report or
Ilia Iloaton Pratae or iVjuchlng.
From Iht Valllmort Sun.
"In practice the ayttem Is unquestionably liable to
grave abuse. Judgo Lynch may mako mistakes, and
his mistakes can bo corrected by no writ of error, but
if the number of fallurea of Justice In hla court could
be compared with thoae In our more regular tribu
nal, I am not sure that be need fear the result. I to
llevo that very few Innooent men are lynched, and,
of those who have not committed the particular
offenoe for which they suffer, a still entailer propor
tion are desirable members of society, and. In certain
parts or thu country at least, It Is quits safe to say
that fear of lynching Is by far the most effective de
terrent from certain forms of crime,
" It Is, of course, a great evil that the law should oc
casionally be enforcod by lawless ineaui, but It Is, In
my opinion, a greater evil that It ahould he habitually
duped and evaded by mcaua formally lawful. A few
defaulting Stato treasurers or 'boodle aldermen,'
at en one or two United States Senators, who know
moro about the operation of 'trusts' than they can
Ond It convenient to tell, hanging untried to lamp
potts would not be a wholly edifying spectacle, but It
would have a more wholesomo effect on public offi
cials than A long series of quoahod Indictment, dla
agreelug Juries, forfeited 'straw' rocognlroucos,
and varying phases of legal Impuulty for prosperous
scoundrellsm.
"Iu truth, lynching Is an attempt to supply with
in tho provlnoe of tho Government tho Oo eriiment's
default, and Its pra:tlce constitutes a gruve and dis
quieting symptom of the evil It seuks to remedy. If
a Government iloea not so administer Justice at to
satisfy the moral aeiiso of tho community, that Oov
eminent Is protanlo a failure; and It Is unquestion
able that In tho United Mates the operation of the
criminal Ian ho. become so tardy and unicrtKln that
It does not afford thU satisfaction. Whn It baa been
so amended that a murderer or criminal of even
blacker guilt shall be usually tried within a fortnight
and executed within a month afti r his arrest, I pre
dict that Judge Lynch III adjourn his tourt sine die
That this court Is now open is, however, a symptom
also, ond not a wholl) rrgretlablo symptom, of tho
aelf helpfulness to which Americana owe tut-lr or
derly freedom."
The Uueer llalsn or Kr.ii.Ur Unties.
rtoin the PittifltUI Journal
A reraarkahl'j fnnauce of lelcpithy Is related by
former Hemtur Henry U Danes lu connection with
tbi i-ath of Oanlltier II, Hubbard of Washington, for
mnnyyiars an Intimate friend of Mr. Hanes.
At 3 o'clock Saturday morulug Mr. Dawes waa
anokened with adUtlnct and lld lmpri-ssl.ui that
he had been stsudlng by the Iwdslde of his friend and
that he had witnessed tho death of Mr Hubbard. In
the morning Sir. Dawes relatod the occurrence to
members of his family Al.out 10 o'tlock that morn
ing Mr Iiawet aaw a incs.eugrr boy coming down
the hill toward his house, and so atrong as his Im
presslon that Mr. Hubbard was dead that ho re
marked, "That messenger boy Is coining with a mes
sage for me, annouuclnr; the death of Mr, Hubbard."
The messenger bod a telegram for Mr, Dawes which
stated that hU friend, Gardiner a. Hubbard, hod died
, at Waiting tea at 8 o'clock tb it moralas
H'.ii- rZ't Tiiii..t A,,v, itt1S!Sj!'J,j
OPTIC TAt, SAD MAKfriMS. I
Hopes of fleeenry ajronaed tit 31 ayor Vnn Wrcli
Arn Conaliterniity WrnltPneit,
To thk KniTou orTitn flux Sir The Inci
dent of Mr. Buylo'.i conduct In Inkhiu- posucaalon
of tho chair nnd desk of Mr. Wnlos as un I'm
Hlvcr Ilrldgo Commissioner nITords a flagrant
Illustration of bohnvlor on tho linrtof tbo men
appointed 'to public oflloo by Tammany which
has brought that organization Into disrepute on
tbo scoro of vulgarity.
As tho incident wan related, Mr. Doyle, oq
Banking to obtain possession, resorted to the do
vlco of prcsontlng to Mr. Wnlcsonoof tho men
accompanying hint, nnd when Mr. Wales it rose
courteously lo rncclto tho stranger, Mr, Holu
sidled around and plumped himself litlo the
chair vacated by Mr. Wales. It was beastly
manners, low-down nnd vllo, nnd no limiicnpn
bio ot such conduct should ho In public olllcn,
Mr. Boylo protested to Mr. Wales that " uc ats
gentlemen," but tha', ot course, Is nnt n protest
agcntlotnanotcrbas to mal.o, for Ills conduct
shows whether ho Is it gentleman or not.
I question If auj thing clso that has occmrcl
slnco Tammany came Into power has outraged
so thoroughly tbo public si-nsu of dcccncv ns
this beastly conduct of Mr. Ilojlo has dono.
Pooplo do not like to feel tbat such coarseness Is
in places of power over tltctn. They nta lu
content v 1th Tamilian) politics, but they rcstnl
Tammany vnlgAtlty.
Woollrojolted wRhTlir.Srx w hen Mayor Van
Wyck showed un Inclination to oxact decent
manners from and to oIlReliultlcra by requiring
that batB should bo removed In his unite. Mm a
then, howovcr, tho Major's oxuutplo doosn'i
seom to havo sproad, and bo himself has been
moro Irascible than pollto and a model of bnd
mannors rather tharrof good manners. Courtesy
and propilcty of behavior should bo a common,
requirement In all departments nnd bureaus,
from top to bottom,
Ihnvo had occasion to watt at ono of then
publlo oillccs until tho Impudent clerk at nliois
window I applied finished Ills perusal of a yellow
Journal or his cbafllng with fellow clerks equally
Inattontlvo to their duties.
Tammany noods to ocqulro batter manners,
and It will llnd fn them much political profit.
New Yumx, Jun. ui. No Mur.w. cm p.
' An Old Vox's madam.
From the SprinofleUl Republican.
Tho East and West Longmcadow Fox Club
has a limited momborship or n halt dozen men
with as many hounds. Thoy have lapttired
twenty-six foxes slnco October. Answering a
question recently from tho vlllago blnrkniultii as
to what tho hounds wero doing tho duy bufnrs
on tho railroad truck, the Senator, ono of lbs
club members, ropllcd:
"Wo got a fox up soon nftor putting outths
logs at tho foot of the hill by tho sulphur sprlnc.
Thoy started cast on Mill Hills, but sooncnnio
back and on to tho meadows and away over tha
river on tho ice, whllo wo kept them in hearing
moat of tbo tlmo from tho bluffs. Itcturnlng,
however, au hour or so later, and being puttied
pretty hard by the dogs, tho fox ho was an old
chap and a cunning ono coming to t ho railroad
again, took to tho rail to bother tbo doga. and
kept that course for more than a half mllo with
out leaving a track in tbo snow, as far as wo
could discover. On tho iron rail, you know, tho
fox leavos but Ilttlo scent, especially altera
train has passed over it. That is when yon
beard tho dogs. They wero Just figuring out)
whero tho fox left the rail. Tho dogs found it
themselves at last, without being caught up by
a train, as tho old fox no doubt wished, and as
wo wero afraid. That old fellow Is now through
with his Ilttlo games. Wo got over on tho river
bank In his way and bowled him over Jnst be
fore noon, as he was making for over tho river
again, whero ho belonged. Hownsaflno dark
rod follow, elegant brush well tlppod with white)
would weigh a dozen pounds easy 1"
Married the looser, ae I'aunt.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Trrriw. O.. Jan. 19. Tiffin socloty circles are
considerably wrought up over tho marriage of
Miss Clara Hubbard, eldest daughter of fir. E.
B. Hubbard, to Arthur Harmon, eon of William
Harmon, also of this city. Tho couplo stole
away to Toledo on Monday, whoro. in tho even
ing, they wero united In marriage. They are
now In Toledo at tho home of an aunt of tho
groom. Tho marrlnga Is tbo unexpected soqual
to a duel for tho hand of Miss llubbird which
took placo near this tity a few months ago be
tween Jack Itolfsnoldor and Mr. 11 irmon. In
which tho latter man was knocked out. For a
tlmo It seemed that to the victor belonged tho 1
spoils, but the marrlago of Sir. and Sirs. liar- I
mon rather puts to flight tho tlmo-honorod adage. I
foreign Vote or Heal Interest.
Tire young archduchesses, and with them Princess
llarle Louise of Cumberland, made their first appear
anos In society together at a recent court ball la
Vienna.
A, cartons dlfflonlty has olosed navigation oa tha
Danube Canal between Orsova and Tarn Beverln. The
current la to itrong that tags are unable to draw solos
through It.
Mozart's note book of first drangbta of composi
tions, mado when he was a boy of 8, has been disco A
erod In Berlin, and wUl bo published soon by the Berl
llnUosart Soolety. It consists of forty-two octave!
learea bound together.
Dorlln landlorda hare tor a long time kept a blaolj
list ot undeslrablo tenants. Now an association of '
tenants boa been formed whloh has drawn up a list
of unpleasant landlords, Inolnrtlng all those wha '
make use of tho black Hat.
Oarl Welsa, an actor In the Coburg Court Theatre,
has completed the seventieth year of his prof eaalonaf j
career. He appeared aa William Toll's ion in Sohll I
ler'a play In 1B27 and hoe never been a single day '
without an engagement ilnoe.
England'! chlof defenders In the far But, Blr Boba,
ert Hart, Chief Commissioner of Chinese Cnatomtl
Mr. McLeavy Drown. Chief Commissioner In Corea,
and Mr. Jordan, Conaul-Qeneral at Seoul, are all threat
Irishmen and graduates of Queen's College, Beirut,
Sir John Gilbert, the late President of tbe Royal,
Water Color Society, left a personal eatato of $1,1 B0,
000. Lord Lelgbton left (240,000, and Sir J E. 11U
lals ttSS.OOO. Mr. E. Armltage. R. A., who died la
1800, left personal property valued at (1,000,000.
Prof. DSrpfeld of the German school at Athenl
thinks he hu discovered the complete ancient ayatem
of drainage of the city In the excavatlont be hu beea
making between tho I'nyx and the Areopagus. Tha
plpea are well preserved, and the drains high enough
for a man to walk In them upright.
Germany, having exhausted her national legends,
seems to havo turned for good to the nursery tor
dramatlo material. After "Hansel und Oretel" and
tho "Eflnlgs Kinder" cornea "8truwwelpeter,"mado
Into a ballot by V. Leon, with music by Ilcuberger,
which Is about to be brought out at Vienna.
Queen Victoria It Betting her bouse In order, Sho
hss ordered the old palace at Kew to lm mode Into a
publlo museum and the groumla surrounding n
"Quecn'iCotiago"tnbe Jolnod to the botanical gar
dens. Moreover, the stato rooms In KenslnKtou Pal
ace are to be renovated and opened to tho public.
American aalmnn trou havo made their appear
ance In the river Spree at Horlln, probably having es
caped from thn fisheries exhibition. As they arn be
lieved to Urn In clean w ater only, people lu Iterlln
am In doubt u to whether their eyee deceive thorn
when they look at their rler or whether the trout
him changed Its habits.
Corea's Kmporor, now thai he hss hurled the Ahes
of his late consort, Is Inoklutr aliout for a new n lf.
The Corean people ibi not care whom ho selects,
hut wish him to marry soon so that they mav liafe
lanful man laires iiatn, all marrying nnil irlvlng lu
inarrlare throughout tho country bating t-ntne to an
end a-cnrdlne to custom tho mnmeut tho late vuren
wus murdered, mnru than two years ago,
In the twenty-three llhrarle of Ilerlln which are
either public or nilnng lo official bodies there era
over i'.tlOO.imo volumes, Thu royal library con
talim over 1,000, non Milunies, tbo unlversllv llbrnry
lox.noo, that of the, rnjulstntlrtlea! bureau I'm noo,
Tbn War Academy collection tonaUtH nt M.outi 1
umn, that of the general rtarr of ml, 700, ami that of
the royal chancery of "li.floo tnlumes. The twinty
set en city libraries hate only 70,00(1 volumes to
trn them.
Jnlm, King of Mauritania, no loncer holds the
recor J ai the oldest father. Ho died at the a-e of .it
years, leaving a poithuiuotis sou. A Herman pr -feisor
has illseotered that Fielherr Ittrnhird mii
Parrot I -lul nf ht-hlots Ilund.-cl.. w nt Mrrnii. In fj i I
marrl'd for thefuurth tlinu at thrageuf .' .a.-.
Iltrd lo bo in I, ami ha I set en ihll Ireii, nt hIkhii tn
laitnas posthumnui. Ills eldest daughter " '
yeara of anc at her father's death.
What to do with cotntrta lu heathen lai da flint
hate two nivralsono of Inn problems of (.ntiiilnn
mloloniKili nhtcli nllthorltlis illtTt r. It U son tlnn
solted In u curious way. lor example at Iwiur
iirntid with thel'r-nt jlerlan mis-Inn ttit'e V u ai
oni'liandu had lung been walling and Ion. int.- f r
baptism) but th- iiiluttuti irle- ould not udnut li
liec.tiueiieii.-il twowhrs. At lu.t the dim till h
beinaoltelby tho tauilnlale Kliliu up ibe stuiid
wlfo to au unmarried buithi-r, and then lir 1,1 New.
ton baptized him, hU wife, aud hla three culllrea.
Sue tthlcs et th cue ti cvuf using.