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1 I . : m I: m THE SUN, MONDAY, JANUARY- 30, ;189g - - - J . . , m 9 , Kg B if b Sftsi J&tm- .Ml Bt le & ' Monday, January no, isno. lul Wj J f WKm$9: ' Subscriptions by Mnll, roatpsdri. Dlmffi'' jutiVixr Month ..ono KnlllHf mti,Y, per Year WOO kIIIIk! tJUNDAV, par Year.,.,... .... a 00 Wff'JRI, DAILY ANItHtmbtT, per Year 8 00 iiiSliV 1 DAILY AND HVJJIMY, par Month . 70 iHuif T roU to foreign countries added. jljH j 4 ' ; Thk Bet, New York City. Slfl.jlii Faiua Meatus No, 13, neai Grand tlotel, and fill J II i ' BlftKjutKo. 10, Boulevard des Capuclnea. mlllf I lfr fritnii w farnr hi vUK nasmrrtrui ftr MlHjf I frubUcatlon toilK to ham rrjrctvt nr licltt rtturnrd, tkty SIDlW I nuilin all tatti und ttamu for that liurpoie. ilnBji, i t - 'silffll A Mortlfyltirr Itcvclntloii. IwilllS Itls marvellous Hint ill this tlmowhon tlio 'ftiSlIU affairs or tho I'nltod Stntes havo been 'Will Am Buddcnly Hpreiul wide over tho Held of In- 'Rill iU ternatlonnl polltlcM, mid mil for tlio brond- ittlll iw cst nnu m09t patriotic HtntcBiuntiKlilp, tlio 'ffllllfl coldest blooded partisanship and pettiest ffljjj M provincial narrowness como to tho top In will 'HI thOeSenato. TO? , (treat POer of tlio world llko tho Hit ! United States cannot bo run prosperously ' Elff 9 1 ft by partisan caucus empty of patriotism, if lilt' or by tho pedagogues of a vllltigo sehool- 'llllli I bouse. HllllS 35 Happily tho mortifying reflation of Htilil S crudity In stntesmnnohlp, which tho dls- JJ jjjf : cusslon provoked by tho submlnslon of tho Willi 8 Treaty of Paris has biought out In tho u i , Benatc, will como to nn end n week from jl I! to-day, II Agulnnldo'a Mnn. AgoscilIjO, tho "envoy "of AnuiNvJMio 1 at Washington, romiot lmo been sent J thither with any expectation that ho would i bo received oi recognized ofllcinlly. Uu- i doubtodly he was sent for tho purposo of keoplng AouihAi.uo Infoimed of events in I Washington, of ascertaining, no far as pos- j : Bible, tho military nnd naval plans of tho ! Administration with toferenco to tho Phil- j ipplnos, of Intriguing with tho Agulnaldo Senators, and of publishing to tho countty tho manifestoes which tlio Stato Dcpurt- ; tnent will not acknowledge. j ! Seflor Aooncillo should bo wntchod caro- ' : fully. Ho Is horo in a ervtlckllsh capacity. : In his least offensive function ho Is npponl- J ing to the country against tlio Admliilstrn- ;r tlon. In his moio secret and dangerous inisffllf business ho It a spy, llablo to bo bunged by 3 ml 111 I tlin nCL'k "nt" '"' ifi loil11- JJJK:t Wo advise him to walk warily. Tho inuil United States is getting sick of this wholo 3lls : i monkey business of Ac.uikalpo, nnd Is not WtKV, In tho habit of pocketing Insults or iniuiips iSjil; , for any great length of time. Seflor Aoov jKf i cillo should not iniike tho m Istako of con- ijjjjll founding the Goornment with a mulish 1 jigl minority of tho Senate. i Iffli I A Momentous Year. iitt When tho Treaty of Paiis Is ratified hv ijji ij; tho Senate and peace assured, tho last 10- (k'h(' maining obstacle to piogiessand prospoi- lj Jty will hae been removed. Tho war with jlf: US . Spain will then toon pass into history, nnd i ml the people will bo fieo toglo their undl- jfl jf 1 vided thought to peaceful concerns. HI j Not long after tho (ith of February, when IB S ; tho vote on the ratlllcation of thotientyof IS 3 ; peaco is to bo taken, the piesent Congress :lji Mi will como tonn end, and intubation willro- nj!, llovo business fiom'thouiiLOitaintiescaused Will by a session of tho National Leglslatuie. jy, 3F Tho now Congress ill not assemble until j next December, ind theiefoio all fear of jfi dlsturbanco fiom tho Capitol nt Washing- ffl jf ' ton will bo removed for nino months, ii' Ut It will bo a time of rest greatly needed Jr . by tho business of tlio count! y. During In 3 tho wholo of tlio tweho months past tho 0-t : public has been agitated by tho most IlljBJa distracting of national questions. A year JijjPl ago, or on tho l!5th of January, 1S08, fiff tho Maine arrived at Havana as a peace- yI ful visitor. Kin ly in February began (j tho momentous discussion in tho Senate JUl i o6"" intervention in Cuba. In tho middle I Ira ; of that month, or on tho l."th, tho f j ! Maine was blown up in Havana harbor, j. k and war with Spain vvns mndo inevitable. nln In tho beginning of the second week of hs-Jj : March Congress appiopriated $r(),000,000 jjl j I to bo used by the President for pui poses of 1 F national defence- for war pm poses. In 318Ik1' April tlio country was fnlily Inuncheil into IllvH war, and nctivo hostilities lontlnued until, jjfflsl j on Aug. 11", the pento protocol was JIM? Blgncd and an annistico proclaimed. On ijlljlf the 1st of October began tlio pence eonfei- jljl pnees at Paris, and they lasted until Dec. I i 1 '? 10, when n tienty of peace was signed by II Sill I'll thoCommlssIoneih rthflMtll Alien cniun mo pieseni session oi i on- jffis! gross and the long peiiod of dela.v in tlio II ilUlj ratlllcation of the lieaty The people luid II IIh I been lejolcing over it peace won by the nn- Ijelfl 1 einmpled victoiics of the win on both hind 31 sin t nndsea. Thoy thought I lint tiieenil had come, SJKJ'8i that war vvns ovm, and iiolhing lemnineil llla to bo done eteept the men. foiiunlity of the iHB" ratification of the t rent v of pence bv the in!' fir1 Senate. All tiade bounded foiwaid ,n long ilj' period of piospeilly without a piinllelfor jjl fj its extent and magnitude seemed to bo jjl assured. Kveiywheie there was only hope ; (jf V j all clouds seemed to have cleaied nway. fflif V When the piesent vein began howovei, T tlio poOpIo vv ere nstniinded by tlio fnfoinui- k tlort thnt ii combination had been founed l 'I in tho Senate with a view to haiiu-sliig the IS ' advocntos of peiue bv impeding the tntltlcn- ilSte tlon of tho tienty, If not defeating It, nnd bM?!1 on a pretext never before biought foiwnid 11 ).Wm I in history, the ptelevt that the tienty gave III iBI us too much, and th.it the peace wo'ild bring us too much gloiv' Tho Seiiatoio In this le.igue to pievent peaco boasted that they i out rolled enough votes to make the rntillcntloii Impos fcible by this .Senate and to lompel the Piesldent to din) i net fuithei tho countiv by calling an et I a Kes-lon of the new Si ii ato uftei the II li of Mm eh. 'I hi-, delay it ould prolong the win invite bloodshed, and iuciease the likelihood of foielgu oni pjicnttons which, thev hoped, would be fatal to this tieat v of pent e. So engei weie tlioy toaoomplUli theii HlmiuelehH s heme that tliev forgot to (onsldei that thevweio imperilling eveiv intoiont of the people bv tho iiiiceitaiuty Ihev wei.t Intriguing to in trodjee and piolong. That 'tus the iihtoiiudiiig situation in the Senate when nt Inst ngieenieiitwns lenclied to eonie to a vole on the I ie.it v n week from to-day We xluill then know nieeisely Iliow many and who me the Miintor who dare to p 'ii-ist to the Ium in theii m heme to defi and the people of the peine I u whleii ( thoy fought nnd fm wlilih they aie nil lpuglng. We believe the uuiiibei uf such plotters ngnliibt tlieli ounliy will be few next Monday, but wnoevcr they nio and liowever mnnytlievnieibey will lie doomed HjRtl B? i to the futo thu dcoei u us uivu who bought 1 to ubo their powor to hinws and humiliate ! their country and wreck Its prosperity. The 8ut will publish conspicuously and often tho black list of theso publlo onomlcB, ao that tho American pooplo may never losotho memory of the Bonatora who on deavored to deprive them of tho blessings of tho peaco thoy had won and of tho rost to w hleh t hey wcro so well entitled after n year of tremendous strain and excitement. How Would Spain Kcgnrd the Defeat of the Treaty? According to a telegram from Madrid it Is ofllcinlly announced thnt tho Cortes will bo convoked on Fob. 10, whether or no tho treaty of peace shall mennwhllo have been confirmed by tho United States Senato. Havo nntl-oxpanslonlst Senators reflected upon tho effect that our rejection of tho treaty might havo upon tho Spanish Par liament ? Tho treaty provides upon Its faco that It shall becomo binding when it shall havo been continued by the United States Sonato nnd signed bv the Queen Hegent of Spain. Queen CllitlsriSA, however, bus been ad vised that she should not assume tho re sponsibility of signing tho document with out tho antecedent sanction of tho Parlia ment, for tho existing Spanish Constitution declares thnt tho national territory can bo allennted only by nnd with tho consent of tho Cortes. A review of tho proceedings of that liody nt tho session hold after tho signing of tho protocol will show that tho ovaeuatlon of Cuba nnd the cession of Porto Itleo and of a port In tho Ladronea wore expressly authorized, but thnt no au thority was given for tho sill render of the Philippines, which at that tinio had not been naked foi. It Is probablo, therefore, that the Queen ltegent's ndv Isers are right, and that tho cession of the Philippines will not bo constitutionally valid, unless It is ratified by the nntionnl legislature. Amer icans ciinnot wish that any cloud should rest upon our tltlo to tho Islands, lest it should be tinned to account by n CarllBt or Itopubllcan Gov eminent, which ntnny hour niny succeed tho Alphonslno regime, and which may bo nblo to effect an alllanco with n strong naval power. Assuming that tho Cortes havo tho con stitutional powor to lejectthat pnrtof tho pence treaty by which tho Philippines nro ceded to tlio United States, wo may next inquiio whether they nio likely to exercise the power. Had the treaty been promptly rnt.iflecl nn could have nnnwered the oues- tion In tho negative. When tho populni binnch of tho piesentCortes was elected tho friends of Prltno Minister Svoasta secured n large majoilty, and tho Cabinet is lepoit ed to have recolved lately a promise of sup port fiom that faction of the Conserva tives which Is headed by Seflor HoniiKDO. Theio Is no doubt that Seflor Saoahta could have obtained a ratification of the treaty thirty days ngo, nnd it is probable that ho could obtain It In tho session convoked for Fob. 1(1, should ho be sincerely anxious to do so. If, however, the ticaty should be l ejected by our Senate, there would be no detlnlto proposal for Svoasta to submit to the Cortes, for technically the United Stntes and Spain would havo reverted to a stato of war, nnd negotiations for peace would have to bo resumed, tho outcome whereof cannot bo foreseen. Nor would It tie for tho Piemler's interest to ask ratification in advance for nny fresh specific proposal re lating to the Philippines, slncein the course of the negotiations, which would havo to bo lenewed, some event fnvorablo to Spain might occur, such ns a violent demonstra tion by Ant'ixi.DO against American au thority, or a rebellion on tho part of dis affected Cubans, or the outbienk of a gen eial war in Europe, In which latter event an alllanco with Spain might becomo stra tegically valuable to somo of tho combat ants. There Is no doubt that tho vast majority of Spaniards icsented the cession of tho Philippines, which was exacted by our com missioneis at Pails; that Seflor Saoahta consented thcieto against his will; nnd that tlio American Senate, by lejcctlng the treaty, would furnish tho Spanish Prime Minister with a piotext for resuming his original reluctant attitude, thus compelling us either to recui to open hostilities, or to enter upon new negotiations which might bo spun out for months, and leave us mean while In an equivocal position, detrimental in n high degree to our industrial and coni meicial Interests. A New Catechism. We pi hit elsowheio a new Catechism, which lins been prepnied, adopted nnd pub lished by a commission appointed for the puipne and (onslstlng of loprcscntotivo theologians of all the fiee Chinches of Eng land known ns Evnngelicnl. The movement of which it Is tho lesull was started two yenis ngo bv the Geneinl Committee of the Nntionnl Council of theo('hiiiches, with the view to showing and stiengthenlng their "substantial agreement in lelatlon to the fundamental nnd essentinl tuiths of Chris tian!) ." That Is, it was an effort to Indi cate their doctrinal and spliltual haimony and mi. undertaken, probablv, In the liopo of pionioling their practical unity. The commission to which tho picpaiatiou of the Catechism was intiustcd iiumboied twenty, and Included foremost lepicsenta tlves of the HaptisU, Congiegationnllsts, the Miuous divisions of Mothodism, Pios byleriaiiR, and Bible ChilstlajiB. First, u pieliniiiiniy duifl of tun Catechism was mad" by the Itev. I) .!.) Dykeh, Pilneipal of the I'lesbyterinn College .it Cainbihlge and fm hum y Modeiator of tho English Presbvleilnn Svnod. "Hint draft, a year ago, was lovlsed by a pieliiuiiiary commit tee, and then, after long deliberation, It was lo'.lscd tiiinllyand adopted unanimous ly by the full commission of twenty. In submitting this new Catechism for the common use of Evangelicalism, the com inlhhlon tefui to the fuel that 'ih hiicIi (ombliieilHtntemeiit of iiiteideiioiiilnntlonul belief hns evei pievlously been attempted, much less achieved, since the himeiitnble il.ivvvhen Maiiuv Lrriim contended witli Hi Minim ii Zui.nom, ' or moio tlmn tlneo bundled veins ago. They sny nlso, mid It i-, ceilnliily. a veiy suggestive Indication, that, in view of (lie dlstiesi-liig contio vcihlesof out foiefathcis, it in profoundly sigullh nut mid gladdening to hoitblo to ndd that evety question and oveiy answer In tliK Cntechli-ni Iiiih been dually adopted without n dissentient vote " The inci eusliig tendency of I bote Churches to make light of pnhl differences of doc tiliial statement of cccleslnsticnl organiza tion, and In Hie lelnthe piomineiice given to specllli doctiines whlcli foiuieily led tone liiuoiiioiiK conllcneisies and even to blood shed, is one of the Niiwt stilkiug manifesta tions ill tlio leliglous woihl at tills lime. Its importance, too, appeals to bo great when wo lemeinliei, ns the report of tho commission puts it, that the theologians who have prepared this Catechism " repre sent, directly or indirectly, thu bsllefs oi not less, and probably manjr more, than sixty millions of avowed Christians in all parts of tho world." It will bo scon that thoCatCchlBm avoids carerully tho old grounds of controversy nnd seeks rather to emphasbo theological agreement, at tho Bamo tlrao steering" clear of now causes of dlv Islon introduced by tho Bolcntlilo school of theologians recently generated In Piotostnnt orthodoxy Tho definition of tho Bible, for lnstniicc, Is broad nnd genoral ns "tho Inspired iccoid of CIod'r revelation to Imi our tule of faith and duly." Tho Church of CilltlsT Is described ns a spiritual rather than a solid organic body, ns "inado up of many communions, oignnlrod In vniious modes, and scattered throughout the world, yet ono In Him." Inferentlally, thorefote, thooiganlo differences nio 1 1 eated ns non-cBseutlnl. Tho purely spliltual character of tlio Chinch Is emphasled further In tho description of "tho essential mnrk of a true branch of tho Cnlhollo Chuich" ns "tho piesunce of Clllllsr, tliiough Ills Indwelling Spli It, manifested in holy life nnd fellowship " 'I ho "decisive pi oof "of the validity of a Christian minis try Is mndo to bo Independent of nny meie form of ecclesiastical ordination by tlio definition that It Is "tho hnnctlon or the Dlvlno Head of tho Church, manifested In tho conversion of sinuois nnd tho edifica tion of tho Body of Christ," In general, this attempt to harmonlzotho belief of tho Churohos described ns Evangel ical is worthy of tho most soi ions consid eration. It would havo been Impossible a generation ago, or even llftecn years ago, nnd thnt It is possible now Is a fact of great significance. It Is indicative of tho prevail ing Indifference ns to questions of belief, doctilno nnd mnttorsof piactloo which once separated Piotestnntlsm into efnbltterod factions, questions over which religious believers fought ns vital to tho eternnl wel fare of mankind. Now Protestant ortln doxy Is disposed moro and moio to pass them by ns unessential dlffeicnces of opin ion concerning matters upon which tho hope of salvation has no dependence. The Superabundance of Hanks. The announcement that tho stockholders of tho Fianklln National Bank of this city havo decided to put tho institution into vol untary liquidation will surprise nobody who has watched tho course of the bunking business hero and olsowhero. In Boston eight banks havoiccentlysurrendeied their chnrteis and consolidated w ith a ninth. In St. Louis two largo bnnks hnvo juntbeen meiged into ono. Here in New York tho number of independent banks has been re duced not only by Insolvency and by retlie ment, but by the passing of seveial small ones Into the control of larger ones. In all theso cases, It was found that the continued existence of tho defunct or nbsoi bed insti tutions was not required by the needs of business, and It, accordingly, ceased. In tho faco of theso facts, the so-called cunoney reformers keep up their clamor for legislation favoring tho creation of mnro banks and of little ones at that. Iheir favorite measure Is a reduction of the limit of capital required for national banks, from its present amount of r0,()00 to ono of $20,000, or S2.",000. They as sert that this reduction will promote the establishment of banks In remote mini districts, which nro now destitute of blink ing facilities, and thus benefit agricul tural communities. They do not consider thnt If a bank llko the Trankllu National, with a capital of $200,000, cannot earn its llv Ing hero in the great city of Now York, a little bank with $20,000 or $25,000 capital cannot possibly do better among "pooi" agricultural people. Rent, salaries, taxes and unavoidable losses would eat up its carnlugtand leave nothing fordivldends. What the currency reformers nro really driving nt is legislation, which, with futine nmendmentb, will permit the little banks, nowndvocntcd by them under the cloak of n benevolent concern for our agriculturist fellow citiens, to Issue cliciilntlng notes on their own credit without secui ity. They nro striving for n return of the wildcat money system of tho days befoie thewni, when banks established in inaccessible swamps and forests, but owned by specula tor in Chicago and othei huge cities, Hooded tho country with a currency tliat cost nothing but tho expense of pi luting, and returned lingo profits to itsissuei- There nro nlrendy in e-cistenco enough, nnd more than enough, bnnkn to do nil tlio banking business among us that can be dono legitimately, and nono is needed for the purposoof swelling the volume of our paper money. The power to Issue that monoy can nowhere be lodged so snfely us Inthehandsof tho National Government, wlicie it is now, where it ought to stay, and wheio it will stay. The I'enslou Hill. Although the bill for pensions is the hugest of all the annual nppiopiiatioiis, and this year amounted to snn.l'lw.s.'K), it passed the IIouso witli only a few min utes of debate, the discussion occupying less than a page of the (hnfli cniomil Ittuml, and breaking all records, wo believe, for brevity. Now the Semite hns conciu ted in the measure, with rnthei less celerity, but without amendments, the bill rallying to a dollar tho exact estimates submitted. 'llio current nppiopiint Ion Is Just $1,000, 000 Inigertlinn that of Inst vein; but since thorn was a pension lloiu of $8,000 000 in tlio last session's ilellcleivy bill, tho leal difference may possibly turn out tho other way. In nny case, thoro was an actual ills buibenient of $141,0.-1,870 for the Ilse.il year 1808, which Is close upon tho amount nppropilatod this yeni. Besides, tho need of outlays on m count of Spanish wnr pen sions has been cousldeied, although Mr. BAltvr.Y, who had chaigo of the bill In the House, said he baldly looked for the addi tion of $(, 000,000 lo tho yem's ependl tines on that scoie. 'this greatest of the annual out lays has be i onin almost as much a matterof simple do. paitnienl bookkeeping as that which pro vides for the payment of Inteicstou the na tional debt. Given the niimbei of pen hioneis on the toll and the tat en due them, the question of how much money must be voted becomes one of arithmetic; fori) is customary to lenvo to a dellclency appro priation such undotci mined outlays ns limy result from the legislation of Congress after the bill Is reported. Tho reason whv tho Senate debate was so much longer than that of the House, though reaching tliosanio result. Is to bo found in (lie attempt to Iiitioduce general legisla tion Into tho bill mid tho discussion of other questions 'I wo of tho amendment,, pro posed, Mr. SFWF.i.r.'s forbidding pensions to willows who may heieafter marry pen sioneiHor to theii minor children, and Mr, So.i.ivan'h, forbidding tho pavmcnlof a dependent pension to persons other than soldiers' widows, who hnvo an Income of 1750 u year outside the- ponslou, really la- i volvcd Important qticstlbns, bufcworo ruled' outbn points of order, although Mr. Oai x,rNOEn, tho Chairman of tho Pension Com mittee, thought tiro latter amondmont sound In principle. Tho Pension Commis sioner feels bound by tho strict wording of tho law, and henco it would seem that somo such provision ns Mr. Sum.ivan's should bo considered, when It comes up on Its merits In the nniiual supply bill. Tho other proposed amendment, Mr. Skwi:i.t,'h, had already been passed by tho Senate, but tho Houso did not con cur In It. Mr. Gai,i,inoek, In supporting It, said that it had the approval of tho Pension Commissioner, and further pointed out that while theto nro only three soldiers of tho war of 1812 left living, pensions nro still paid to 2,407 persons ns widows of soldiers of that war, while there aro oven II vo widows of tho Revolutionary war. At that late, he urged, wo shall bo pensioning widows of tho civil war as late ns 11)80. As for tho speeches of Messrs. IUr,K and Goiiman on tho pension bill, their compila tions of prvpostoi oils figures nnd distorted facts weie palpably meant only to obstutct tho ratlllcation of tho pence treaty and the progress of thu nation along the lines of American destiny. Extracts from a speech that rings moro sonorously than when It was delivered In the United Btates Senate, nearly half acntnryoEO. are printed conspicuously In another column. Heptane from the broad nnd patriotic! Imailnn tlon of tho statesman who Is ever becoming moro prominent In the estimation of his coun trymen ns tlmo boob on. William II. 8KWAnn, and Khows that Sewaiw and Ci.at, of whom SEWAnnwnsspeaklnB.woro both nrdont expan sionists, nnd 11 rm bcllovors In the glorious destiny of tho United States. More than this. Hewaki) with true prophetic Inspiration pic tured tho v ory scene that Is now being enacted Whntn rebuko to tho blind obstructionists otto-ilajl Tho Hon. Di'DTiEY Wootfv, tho member of tho Toxns Houso of ltepresentntlves who has Insisted upon dr.iKB.hig Texas out of the Union nn account of tho Infamous usurpation of tho I'ederil Oovcrnmont In levylnca tax on tho bonds of county and Htnto ofllclnls, has concluded not to bo out. Ho Is not entirely reconcile.', but ho feols thnt ho cannot afford to leave tlio Union in compinr with the Anti IinporlnllBt League. While ho Is very particu lar about tho Constitution, he Is nlso particular about Ids associates. One of tho striking features In Mr HoAn s lntollpctuil makr up H lilscalm Indifferent r tofurU when they Bet In thenar of hla thcorlos.- Ilartfard t'ourauU This Is why he insists that the numerous races and mixed races of the rnlllpplnes, ut terly iKiiornntof and unlit foi solf-sovommcnt. aro one "people." on a level with the inhabi tants of Concord and Worcester, and just dylnc for a chance to hold a taown meetln' and electa Oineral Court Itnmnn Cntlinllo Collec". To T1IK EniTon or TllF. Run .Sir: As a Rraduato of ono of the two Catholic colleges named (Mount Ht Mary's) permit mo to roply to tlio letter signed " A Catholic Reftdor." As a graduite of n Catholic college ho has a very peculiar notion, so far s my six scars' ex perience extends, of the spirit animating these institutions Hehnvs that "tho Catholic student Is accus tomed to bo satisfied with what the Church teaches, feellnB perfectly auro tho supportinB rensoiib are good, nnd not Interested In their cogency unless he Is ambitious to enter the pilobthood " Asa matterof fact, no mnn can be graduated from a Catholic college without mistering not only the " supporting roasons" of bis bollef. whether rellelous. philosophic or scientific, but he must also view nnd meet evety object Ion urged from any quarter nealnst tho positions taken. Onlv within the com parative!) limited ranee of doctrine (mnttorsof Catholic faith and moialsi is he "satisfied with what tho Church teaches." and as to these points he must health? to "give a reason fort lie faith that Is In him " or ho cannot get Ills degree The letter concedes to Catholic students "nn rncaleul iblo advantage In the llchtof their le llnlous principles." so thnt lie cannot logically find fault with their satisfaction and content therein In Hie llteian and scientific Held the Catholic student has a range of Investigation undaceeptntico of results ccrunl to nnv other student He maj "give every man Ids eat" who comes as the bringerof tiuth. hut. In the spirit of true sefonie. lie "reserves his judg ment "until the facts are In evidence, and It ho desires to search for himself bis Catholic col lege training will not debar but mthurnld him. As for the Declaration of Independence being " bptter understood in universities with out the faith." tho statement Implies different stand nds or patriotism between Catholics and non-Cntliollcs. There Is but one national flag tor Mount Ht Man's or Georgetown or nny Catholic college in the United Mates, tho flag of the Stan, and Mtrlpes The records ot ever) warln which llio country has engaged piove this statement, a duo proportion of names upon tlio Declaration Itself provos It. and a nioie than due proportion of Catholics on every battleship nnd In every regiment In the recent war against a so-called Catholic power In lugs tho living evidence up to date M.v Vor.K. Jan IKi Johv J. Koonkt. To iiiF I'.niTon ok The 8ux Sin Eveiy graduate of GenrBolown University, or of any other Jesuit university, knows that tho Catho lic student at such an Institution la taught to icasonfor blmsolf, else wh) does he spend ro much time nnd labor on tho study of mathe- matli s, logic, nnd philosophy In these Institutions thoy do not have to Mud) uieiel) the history of philosophy, and be able to tell who Hplnnii.Toiiglorgl.ht Thomas and others were, and what they wrote, but also toloarn nbnl opinions these men held What ever his philosophical doctrines nre.t ho student must be able to prnvo them nnd to refute all objections hmiiKht against thtini, tho purpose being to tench tho student not onl) to reason, but toiensoti in nn orderly wa The student mnv hold any philosophical doctrine, even though It be diametrically opposed to that of the professor. If lie can refute all objections nnd sum essfull) defend his thesis Your cor lespiiudent. "Catholic Header." can never havo studied Catholic philosophy as It Is taught by the Jesuits 'I he nveriiKe Catholic sludenl Is continually nsKluK about mutters which he does not un deistnnd and does not rest content until the aiiHWOin nio clear and well proved: ho will l.elleie nothing com ernlnu bis rollKion. evceit, of eoiiiso, invented truths, without pi oof t snylnu tint the Catholic scholar Is easlls satisfied concerning die truths of bis icllglon. )oui coricspondcnt brands sueli ns meiel) la.) or Indlffeient men. but Ibis should bo set down to the Individual, not to Catholic folleges I venture to snv that the "Catholic Ileailei " cannot find one mun eiuil) satisfied tin bis sense) with "tho (cachings of the Chui eh" who liastrradiiated t Georgetown or Mount Ht, Mai) s fiom the school of uiti. A CcTltonC hTIMlKNT Nr.w Yonir. .Inn 'J.i. 1 lie ' of Mrs. Mnybihk. To mi" Fm run or Tub Siis- S',r Xmmliic )aur filrmlly altitude In (tin pat tnnaril mir unfortunate, rnuiitiyueiiuoi Mr Ma)lrik, I wiali jrnu would make know n TraMinc fnr liope , onrernf na tier It ! tin i 'ixtniu or the HudNIi Home om e tu re vine lout; aeu truces in ttie i aie of felnalu imivirt'At Ike i lut or (even, ten, Afteen atul tweuty yeara. 'Hie imaiiit ear ltli tinth allien Vlra Mabrli'k'a inn vlitton and llieiepl) of the Home Bee letary lo Dr. Hurl. Jl r, Mr limit! M I' ami tu Vtr UlUlel, M 1', at laat Milium i a einu uf I'ailiimeut ir , that he Ciir Matllie While Hliller) s an are of the atroni: opinion held In Miierii .i ami in Fuizland aa to Mip Mayhrlck inner nit e, aluci that alie liait he, ii aileiiuati I) puulahed, haa led to alrouu hopes that tlio ten year lev iainu pi rind will remit in her releaaa ami i anan miiib aatUfacliun in Fnitland aa veil aa In thtaioimtr), 1 riemla lire inaklni: another rtrnni: effort with tlie Home Set retar) for lierreleaae.and it lalmpoitant that the should fiel In r.iurlanil that America takea a sn at Intel eat in her untiappj fate lluoeai vn, Jan. 28, HpirN Drsaxocr. Direltion Made n Dlffrreiii p. rom Ihf llirkmnnd Jhipaleli. "Hike what would nu aai waa the itlitanre be tween lien and the next public home ' lhat rti pimla, aor ' Dopinda tin what? "On the illrictlon, av )e plaie Ef ye're join' il'a leant innile an' a half, ef it's cumin' back ye tu, it a uiolsbty Iodb tin," i 1 IMS YIBtOH OF A ORBAT AMERICAN, The Davy We JAru In Foretold with 1'rlde by the rather of Aluakn, William If. Seward. Mr. Stvrarft tpttc in l ft natt aipen ! drulk of Iltnrv City " Amone geniuses so lofty as theso (Wobstor, Calhoun. John (Julncy Adams. Jackson, Mon roe. Madison, and Jefferson). Henry Clay bor a part In rcfiiilatlnc tho constitutional freedom of political dobato, establishing that louc-Con-tetled nnd most Important lino which divided the sovereignty of thu sevoral Mates from that of the States confederated; assertlnn the right of neutrality, and vindicating; It by a war szalnstOreat Britain, when that Just, but ex treme measure became neoessarj! adjusting1 the terms on which that perilous, yet honora ble contest, was brought to a peaceful close; perfecting the army, and the navy. and national fortifications; settling tho fiscal and financial policy of the Government In morn than ono crisis of apparently threatened revolution; as serttngnnd oalllng into exercise the powers of the Government for making nnd Improving In ternal communications between tho States: arousing and encouraging the Bpnnlsh-Amerl-can colonies on this oontinent to throw oft the foreign yoke, and to organize governments on principles congonlal to our own, and thus oreattng external bulwarks for our own na tional defence; establishing equal and Impar tial peace and amity with all existing maritime powers; and extendlnc tho constitutional or ganltatlon of Government over vast regions, all scoured In his llfotlmo by purchase or by conquest, whereby the pillars of tho republic have boen romoved from tho banks of tho St. Mary's to tho borders of tho llio Orandc. nnd from the margin of tho Mississippi to the Pa cific coast. "The Union exists In absoluto Integ rity, nnd tho republic in comploto and trium phant development. Without having relin quished nny part of their Individuality, tho Stntes have moro than doubled already, and nro Increasing in numbers and grow lug In political strength and expansion more rapidly than ever before. Without having absorbed any State, or having oven encroached on nny Stato, the confederation has opened Itself sons to embrace nil the new mombers who have come: nnd now. with capacity for furthor and Indefinite enlargement, has becomo fixed, en during and porpetunl. Although It was doubted only half a conturyago whether our political system could be guaranty for the peace and happiness of society. It stands now confessed by the world tho form or govern ment not only most ndaptod to empire, but nlso most congenial with the constitution of tinman nature. "When we consider that the nation has been conducted to this haTou. not only through stormy seas, but altogether n'.so without a' course nnd without a star: and when we con sider, moreover, the sum of happiness that has already been enjoyed by tho Amorlcan people, and still moro tho influence which the groat achievement Is exerting on tho advancement and amelioration of the condition of mankind, we see at once that it might havo satisfied tho highest nmbltlon to have beon. no matter how humbly, concerned in so great n transaction. "Certainly, sir. no one will assert thnt Henry Clay in that transaction performed nn obscure, or even a common part. On the contrary, from tho day In which he entered tho puhllosorvice until that on which ho passed the gates of death he was nover a follower, but nlwnjs a leader "We are rising to another and moro sublime stuge of notionnl progress that of ex panding wealth nnd rapid territorial aggran disement "Our Institutions throw n broad shadow ncross the St. Lawrence, and.stretchingboond the vnlle) of Mexico, reach even to tho plains of Central America, while the Sandwich Islands and the shores of China recognize their reno vating influence Wherever that lufliionco is folt. n deslro for protection under those insti tutions is awakened "Expansion seems to be regulated not by an) difficulties of resistance, but by the mod eration which results fiom our own Intei nal constitution. No one knows how rapidly that restraint may glvownv. Who can tell bow far or how fast It ought to yield ' Com merce has brought the nnelont continents near to us. and created necessities for now posi tionsperhaps connections or colonies there and with the trndo and friendship of the elder nations, their conllicts and collisions aio brought to our doors and to our hearts. Our sympathy kindles, or Indifference extinguishes the fires of freedom in foreign lands, Ileforo we shall be fully conscious that a change is go lag on in Kurope, we may find ourselves once more divided by that eternal line of separation that leaves on tho one side those of our citizens whoobeythe impulses of sympathy, while on the other are found those who submit only to the counsels of prudence. Even prudence will soon be required to decide whet her distant re gions, east and west, shall como under our own protection, or be left lo nggriindlzo a rapidly spreading domain of hostile despotism " Diamond Smvii for Cutting .Stone. Vom fae UnttMt Kitnfna lramcrtul The use of the diamond saw for cutting atone is facilitating the erection of the buildings tor the exposition of IfXIOat Paris. This now cir cular saw is duo to Tellx Kromholt, a Parisian eugiuoer The diamonds which form the cut ting teeth of the siw arc common crystals, noith about ten shillings u curat, and they are fixed In a steel disk over six feet In diameter, which is mounted on a spindle nnd revolved by steam imwer like an ordinary circular saw. I'or sawing hard stones there nre two hundred diamonds In the cutting edge, and the speed Is threo bundled tuins u mlniile It ndvniiecs Into the stone nboutafoot In that time 1 ir soft stones the teeth nre of steel, with diamonds lit Intervals of ever) live teeth, und nt a speed of twelve turns a minute the saw ndwiucet about a yard In that time 'I he new saw has been al woi k In the work shops of the Champs lllysccs for several month- mid has given every satUritctlon It ci.ts nnd dreasin thu stone on all sides and gives it shnipoutllni s Moreover. It does ho nt one-eighth to one-truth tho cost of hand lahni V saw of this kind with an alternative niovu mem. snwlng stones four to six feet high. Is lo beset up r.vldently this new implement hns a future befoie it and may be leconimeuded to l lie attention of stonecutters In this lountiy. especially Ihe ginultu workers of Scotland jueeily Spelled ISnmea, h ron th Buffalo Comttirrcial A good slory Is toldof tho Itev Ottlwoll Wood, a celebrated English preacher Mr Wood had tonpiiearasa witness In a north countryasslro court and was asked and gave his name In due cou rso hat "asked the Judge penvshl. being ratherdcaf Mr Wood repeated bis nnsuor "Can't hear j on: spell it out," snapped the Judge " O, double T, I. double I', E, double I,, don bin U, double 11. 1)" The Judge threw down bit pen in despair Tills Is even a more remarkable name than that of the late Admiral W V. Wood, which the cadets at the Annapolis Naval Ac-adorn), when he was an instructor in mathematics there, always wrote " , cube, O, nuare, I)," aDMRHE covnr cavxiosb talk. Discrimination In Hie Trite of Its IJormltory Rooms the Cause. Nitw Hatkk. Jan, 28.-Somothlnir of a sen sation has beon occasioned at Yalo becatiso tho Supremo Court of Connecticut, speaking through Judge Hnmmorsley. has seen fit to caution tho unlversltytipcm tho threatened loss ' of Its domocrallo spirit. Tho warning occurs , In the decision handed down by tho Supreme Court In the celebrated tax caso of the town of Now Hnvon against the university Ono of tho contentious of tlio town was thnt the dormi tories of Ynlo wcro utlllrod simply for trndo purposes, and that tholr original purposo of oil ending equal opportunities to rich and poor students had been entirely lost sight of. Tills, the Supreme Court sas In effect, Is true. "The argument urged by the defendant," says Judge Hnmmcrsloy, "In support of Its claim that the dormitories assossod aro prac tleally used for the purposo of trade is sub stantially this: the college Is Intendod pri marily for scholars who nro poor, and tho Croat majority of foundations express this purposo more or less clearly; no ono Bhnll be prevented by limitation of birth or means from tho full development of his cnpnclty for the servlcoof thoSlnte: auessontlal feature of the college Is equality; no special lulvllecos oi hotiois enn bo secured except through per sonal worth When.thoreforo.lnthonpportlon ment. the Hludentsnro practically dlv Idod on tho right and left hand, according to tho mnrksof wealth, and. ns the finding shows, tho poor student 1r relogatod to the unsightly discom fort roprescntod by 75 cents a week, and the rich student promoted to the comparative luxury represented by $10 a weok, a rulo of ap portionment Is adopted which violates the es sential conditions of college life " Upon this contention tho Judgo makes tho following slgnlflcant comment. "Thoro would beforcoln this argument, so for n It Is sup ported by facts. If addressed to the collego au thorities We do not euro to mlnlmim Its forco for that purposo. It toes without saying that the most costly gifts cannot compensntefornny loss of that spirit of Independent equality which Is the life of the university and which hns here tofore especlnlly characterized this plnintlfT. Tills Is certainly a lebuko of the prosent policy of Yale, so far as its dormitories aro con cerned, from a high source, and Is so Inken by the ofllclulH of Hie Institution. It onlv brings Ptumlncutl) into view once moron criticism which has been directed ngulnt nle. espe cially bv bor oivn alumni, ever since the erec tion of Vnndcrbilt Unit. Old grniluntes return ing to the university nt the commencement season have ccpressod astonishment nt the largo prices charged by the university for their best rooms nnd tho luxury with which they nre Ilttod up Even ten venrs ngo a nlo undeigrndunto who paid S.I a week for his collego room vvns legnrdetl ns a joutig man either of unbounded resources or of untioundcd extravagance. There vvernonlya very few looms in Dm Too College which rented foi tint sum: the mnjority ranged aujwhcre from 7." cents lo$l 50 a weok With tho sub stitution of the Old brick I tow by llio moro ornate dormitories of t he quadi angle, bnvv ever, there hns come n change, in ten jeurs the avernpo price of the college rooms hns jumped from $1 to $5 a week, and the highest price from $.t to $10 Whether this change has been aceoininnled b) nny loss of that deiuoer.it lo si Irlt for which tho uulvetslty has nlwnvs In en so respected Is a point that Is vigorously dis cussed Thoro aro tboso who nssurt that the presonco of nil the rich men on one part of tho college campus and all tho poor on another cannot conduce to a democratic atmosphere, and Vnndeilillt nnd Welch halls are not only criticised, espoclnllv by tho returning alumni, for tho high rntes at which the looms nro rented, but for the mate rial luxuries thrown in Those old giaduates. who were accustomed to getting up on eailv winter mornings nnd crncklng the Ice in their vvutei pitchers bolore their morning wash, shake their holds at the porcelain bathtubs the onx llreplnees nnd the enrved oak wain scoting of Vanderhllt Hall Chnuncey M Do pew tells nMnry of meeting such an outraged graduate on the campus one day. who was vio lently ovpostul ittiigngnliist theso bathtubs "Why do )ou object." snld Mr. Depow. "What kind of bathtubs did ou have'" "Wo didn't have any. sir. and we were a groat deal better off without them." wns (bo rcpl). The cheapest rooms on the nleciinipusare two in South Middle nnd one In North College thai lent for75cents n week. '1 lie rooms are hardly fir for hum in habitation, are dump nnd ding) nnd a constant men, no to the health of their occniwnts. Thev form something of a contrast to tho eighteen rooms. sKtcon of which nre in underbid Hall, that find reach tonanlH at Sl a weok. and In this contrast meet tho extremes of undergraduate poverty and undergraduate wealth 1 he rest of tho 450 rooms range all tho vv.iv between these extremes, although It must be admitted that tho larger mini her in enaarer tho $10 limit In Vunderhllt Hall theio nre two rooms thnt rent for SI 50. one for S5 50. nine for $7. fourteen for$H. twelve forfH fit). si fnr$0 and sixteen for $10 In I'ierson.lln which tho rooms aro also, as niule. ver) high, twelve rent for U 50. tvvontv-four for $!l 50, four tor $5, eight for$H and eight (or$7. In Wolcbnnd Wbitethoprlces are nlso bejond tho reach of the average un dorgrndunte Tho lowest rntes nro naturally found In the Old Hrick How nnd In Herkeloy In tlio Inttor. ten iooms,vr) excellent rooms, too, lent for n low as $1 and $1'5. eight lent tor S2. two for $.'145. two foi S4. andfoui for $.'.() It Is Interesting to deduce from these figures tho Income which the unlvoisity receives from Its dormitories It is notioeiible that, in spito of the high-priced rooms of uudorbiit Hull, tlio income from that building is vor) small compared to tho mouev hivetod The weekly Income amounts to J.5IU, or. figuring forty weeks In the college vear, lo $20,tl4O a jenr. Inasmuch as this building, at llio very lowest estimate, cost OO.OOO. this would give an Income of about !!' per cent . without deduct ing' tho expense; of its maintenance, which must he quite u sum Inasmuch ns tlio dor mitory vvns a gift, of cournci tlie universitv call easily afford this low rate of Interest, but If IsadllTerent story with tho buildings erected at lt own expense Plenum Hall, built about three )enrs ago from uuiveislt) unds. Is a ease In pn nt. and. considered purely as a busi ness Investment. Is one or the rarest plums In New Hnvon A liberal estlmnte of tho cost of this building is about S75.1KIO The Income fiom It ls-74 per week, or $11,000 per e.n; in olbci words, the unlversit) has invented Its 75.)00 -it nbout 15 pel emit This, of murso. explains the icason foi the high price for the rooms in l'lerson Hall, which. Ill Itself, is a very mode-dl) equipped donnltor) On the other band, llcrkelcy Hnll. whlcli is an extension of White Hull, anil wus built about the same time as Vnndcrbilt Hal', when the ptotcst against the blgli-pib ed rooms was so Hieing, and was intended to silence In a niens ure those protests, )lelds about 4 percont The looms wc roofTeicd uta low price In order that t he poor students who were clow ded out of Vnti derhilt Hall might havo some place to go. This net, in Itself, bus been vigorously criticised us a deliberate) intention of the authorities to sepa into tlio rich nnd the poor men, or lit lensl on the mound that its action has hud that lusult The lebuke ndiulnisteiud b) so Important a tribunal as the bupiciiiH Court of Connect lull Imsngnin stirred up the sluinbutlnu opposition to this statu of nlfnlis Tho Ynle .Minimi IIVeAH. whoso opinion In j nl matteis canles gieat weight, hcnitlly Indorses tho reprimand of the Suuniniu Court "Wo nro bound to uduilt," sa)s tlie llcrJU. "that (ho winning was lu older itolnforccd b) tills high uuthoril) we cannot but reiterate In pluluei laiiu'iingiithau we nuiy have vet used that tho general polle) of llio corporation. In the treatment of lis doiniltorlos, has been In consistent witli Hie spirit of tlio place, with the common. If not the uunnlniiui. deslro of those who luivo furnished these dimllories, and, though clenily vilthlii the law. us the Su premo Court has suhl. Is without and against thu hlghci law of this place, It lias threatened tho best nsset of title and proceeding on a purely commercial basis, has llnally readied the point vvboio it bus also tluoatemd most seriously those visible and material assets of the unlversit) Willi b il vuissupposed tofoster." Of course the i orpor.itbm bus but one icply to make to ciltlclsms of this 1,1ml. and this Is a purely practical one 'I liny call attention to the fact thai it costs aliout i'.'.ooo a day to run the uulviiisli) , ilmt its Income is uncertain mid vacillating, ami that cr frequently them Is a large dellelt at the end of the year l'he lnaiiKk'eis slmplslasseit lliatflthoy are forced (o barge theso high i.ites fur tin It rooms as I ho only means of saving tlie Institution fiom the i ecelver's hands '1 lio sny that It Is a case of high Prices oi a case of bankruptcy, nnd that thev hnvo sinipl) selected the 'ess oftho two evils The onl) solution of the problem pre sented I-n huge unlversit) euilowmont " Ifhciino'inlcbciiefac tin,' sabln .vell-known rnle mini, discussing the situation, "should piesetct tin uiilvcislty with a million or tvvo on the Ulidersliiliilllig that thu imIchh of nil tb looms should be tliesamc and H, at tlie) should be assigned by I t ho would be the grentekt friend Vide has ever had He would do moro leu tho tliieatencti iile ileinoeriic) I ban n, Ihoiisnud new ilnriultoiiei I'eihips V.ulo not losing her democracy, but all the mmo the nmn wIio'puvh 75 cents n week e Idoin rind his vvtt) into vnndcrbilt Hall." A fifteen hlorv nl I1KI, I from the IlarllotdCourant In (lie (imi mil of Mnreli Hi, 1781, wo printed lh following queer story, which oiii readers will pardon us for repealing Homo of thorn nun have forgotten it llriinoN. lob 15. 17M4 'lhls dai departed this lire Mrs I.mIIii Potois, tlio wife of Col John Peters and second duiightei of Joseph Phelps. I, wi She wns ninrrlcu at the age or 15 and lived with hoi consort tlueo times llftecn )eais, and hud flfliei living chlldien i thirteen now alive, mid the youngest 15 yeais old She bulb had tlueo times fifteen grand children . She wjs sick fllleen mouths, and i died on the 15th day of the month, aged four times UHcen ) ears." - - ttAftaaiirftuiVi! r n i'lai"-""-,t-fTaillan TttB XWBLFTa CBSBVlf. HP, rrovltloniof IheTllllto lie Reported tntlis , H House To-l)ny. HT Wamhsoton. Jan. 20. Tho bill protldlj W for the twelfth general oensus, to bo taken la T 11HM. pic oared under, tho direction of tht , House Census Committee, will bo reported ' v , the Houso by Chairman Hopkins, The flnlih. i Ing touohos were given to the measure voter. i day and tlie report will be ready for sub ns. Ion to-morrow nftornoon The bill oflera a. i foresting contrasts to tho measure autho-. i Itlng tho census of 1800, and tho lessons wl ith I wore learned by tlioeensus takers nine yet-, , ago and the changed conditions of the enju. i try since then have formed the basis for a radical change of plan in gathering the vdri ' nnd industrial statistics of the country la i 1000. The official report of the tenth cen.iu wu notcomplotolrtpubllshed until nine years inl four months aftorlthn gathorlng of ttatMic had boen completed, and tho report f ih eleventh census, or census ol 1811". was i . published until eight years and three monlnt after tho work; of enumeration had beer ni ished. The bill lo bo reported to mouvw ioi , ., that tho Ann! report on the census h i llshod complete within two ieai,o tluH ids statistics will not have becomo oholet is Ws, tho caso with the Into eeusus. It has been ii. , cldcd by the Houso Census ronunltle triit the employees of tho Census nurenu ahull not be Inoluded In the classified civil service 1l, argument Is mndo that innsmuch ns tlm ,- enumerators, who will form the Iniger pirt if . the force to bo employed on the eonsua are , necessarily such persons as cannot ho f lund , In the classified civil seivicc, It Is best not o apply olvll service rules to tiny clnss of em. ployccs engaged In the work ,v The House bill d I Hers radically from ths measuro Introduced somo time ngo in tlm ' Senate. It provides that the taking of t,., oiiHUB.of.llKK) nholl bo begun on the tltst rtir of June of that vear, and that the work f enum eration' bo completed within llftecn His n the cltlos and thirty daj In the count 'i. trlets. Tho measure entries an appi? ii'iic .n of $1,000,000 to dofrns thu evpens, f ti ourrcnt year It will devolve upon the uevt Congiess to movlde funds for the eontinii 1 1 ., of tho work. It provides for thenpiom ment of n dlrcelot nt n sil.ir) of $il.0t)O pi i miiuni, and an ns"lstanr dlrcctoi atl,(ino thene,. essary number of heads of geographic d l . slons nt $'i OOO: a chief clerk nnd n ucngrapli, r nt salaries of $-J,50() each, ten cleiks nt si si ,, twenty clerks at 'l.t.oo and llftecn clerk- it $1,400. Othcrcleikf will bu appointed at sal aries ranging from sl.'JoO to"."ooper iiuuini, the precise number In each gi ule to b. ... tornuncd by tho nceels of the luitciu I i 'i gcoginphhnl division of the coiintrv as o termined by the geographer, is to lie oivi c into districts under tie cbargo of sni i i . tondeiit. who will have a salary of $1 Otni Tin number of grand divisions uf tho casus is 1 1 be the. named tiecotdlng to subjects n ths divisions of population, lnort.illtj. m.iiiuln luring, mechanical establishments nnd uu ctiltuie Tho he ids if these muni diviseint nro expected to he sulcctel for their skhl experts In the soveinl nrnuches ,.f the w ci k It Is said that the enumeration districts mi1 not comprise more than fii m I .oo to ' mi of population, this limitation ' eing uncle, liecessar) bv (he rulo thnt the work of emi meration shall bo completed within llftee . r thirty days The enumerators vvi'i iciche, dnilv vvagosof from $ I to$0. thela-Ker-nin be ing paid to enumerators in liige Hies win rn the woik of enumeration Is mote dllllei i Knell enumerator will have n much smallei number of ciucstlons to ask thin wns the iw in 1WIO, when tho number was'J.'iO nnd who the work of census tuklng vvns not onlv tedi ous but consumed ton much time For tho llrst time In any cousin proU'ion n mnde in the ponding measure foi sxiitug statistics of mining In tlio I'nltcd Stales V though the work of enumerating the popul i tlon Is to be completed within a few elnys from the tlmo of beginning It. tlie dlrcctoi will l.i allowed to pursue the collection of statist cv In regard to mlningnnd aniimbernf other sub jects Ii) means of correspondence nnd special agents. Tin: tovkk i onnr.nr.n novn. Her Ilollrrs Are Not In Gnnd Condition and Need lU'imlrs. WARlirhOTOV, Jnn '20 Secretary Long saM this evening that tho cruiser Topekn. alnut whose departure fiom San Jinn fnr Norfolk In tow The Si'n told this morning, was coming home because her hollers were not in govi condition. The 'Jopekn is not n new vce She wns built hv the Tlnmes Jron Works n' Englnndfora European Government, but was not paid for. and thi'llrm sold her to the I iilte.l States, when agents of this Government wi r buving ships in Europe, just before the hegi n'ng of hostilities with bpnln Shu proved to bo aver) good wnr vessel, although hei niv chinerv was old. Defects in her bellci-were eleveloped on her recent crulso through 'lit West Indies, nnd when nbe got to ban Jinn the Navy Depirtinont ordered her lo return to Norfolk The Topokn left Ran Juan sestet ehv. ne. companicd by tho collier Moiling, whnli mi uiidei orders to tow tlio crulset If nccessiry Irtttlhlrs cif n (lellluv. f-rinn the Detroit Free lren "Some men that have average oi tnnrn than average intelllgeneo In ccitnin direction seem ti lack even tho protection of in stinct in other eiirectlons )ou'vn In ml the old s'ory of the mnn who got m tin wrong side of the saw while triniiniin: i tree and never realized his error till In-hi! dropped twenty feet to hard ground' Wei, sir. I have a true incident to in itch it "(lo ihe ni.' was urged upon Ihepliilos phcr. who is one of Detioit's big Ice deilers " ehap mine to me earli In th" sm-i and wanted me to Invest in an ic -cult i ' irnchinn lie hnd Invented lie trii'd m f-l me all about II. but I slmolN told him ' m get his machine out on the Ice nnd nt ir H to work as rooii ns we comment, rl ninn- W tious If it would do vi bat hu claim" 1 ' " K It, we Wiiuld have no dilllciilt) in craning ' W teitns I happened to be on the field Hi in r -ing of bis nppoirnme. bin was too busi euii'' iiitenillngnlTnlrs to give hlin o bis d-v ce u v sprelul nltentlon "Ruddenlv thi'ie wns n gn i' veiling sput tering nnd culling for help We tlshed nn u vcntlve filenel out of the wilei, Ii ilf drowm I and half Irozon His maehl m hid slut. I. under the l"i'. for a jouruev towaid Niasirv rails ' " How did tlie thing happen ' ' "Nothing accidental about it 1 lie nn Ii ns was iiiadu l'i cut cliiulai (in ees ot , e 1 h whole tiouble with the' thing vv i Hi '" genius nnd his inacliliio had to stand u the centre of tho fated cliclo while wotl.iiu. Mr. Dingle et n ,loUcr. From the r'Atccrco Il'totd John 1len of Mississippi, the huinnrl't "he House, declares that the lute Ml llincie? i n devoid nt humor One dny, wblluon Ins wh ) tho Capitol. Mr Allen Mopped in front nt nve -known bookstore ami proceeded to tU i inontnllnvontoryof tb'icoiitentsof the wi d . Mr Dlugluy cnuio nlong and, notluig Mr Allen, stopped to sneak to him , "Oh. Ml Dliigley."s-ilil Mr llen, 'Ianir. I toseo you Do )ou know I wns just thinl.u. about you? We were Informed that aft -i on Passage of )0iir tariff bill tbeie would le n -mouse prosperity, and that prices would s n Instead I notice In this store that tb'" n been u cut of HO per cent That eloes not ' -vary much like prosperity does It, Jlr Dins loy V" , Theio must bo some mistake, Mr v ioi said Mr Ditisley "A reduction o' m Kr cent' Why, that Is Impossible " "1'oct. 1 assuie vou'said Mr Allen, iryitc bard to look ns serious as Mr Dingles ' look at that plctura of Ml Cleveland lu-j to have to pay 5t) cents apiece foi them iu i now they nro marked down to 10 cents "Hut. Mr Allen, that is because ho his re tired, you know My tariff bill had ranT nothing todn with It, lean nssuio you wi Mi. Dlneley's soleranlresponsc Tomtng a Cowgirl in Denver. IVomMi Denver roll A wild young cowgirl who cam rmrn !? ranges to Dnvor but tvvo months nc 'o educated nnd leflned Is making remarks! piogiess She can already step fiom a u vine direct car while facing In the wroned r etn nnd polish the asphalt with her shell ke r as giacefiilly as many of our glfturi a r women do Mmle, Hla Will Tvery Senonil l)v i, From the Toronto Mail and hmpire CllA.TlUM.Ont. Jan "JO -James W Isr r pionilnemt e'ltizon of Chatham, die 1 ' !" nged 05, after three days' il'ness II wis worth nbout $110,000 He was in tlio liV ' ' writing wills every other day, so lint it " riollnitelT knowu ctwhat he has done v " Ids money. Not OTaraiipersttliniK Fri m the Jiidiauapoltl Jni i Watta-1 prraume ou are nutaa aupn ' "' farter, who won't lake drltik en tlin II irten n"1' w of I lie month , l.ualiliirlU-So I onl) eo tin far l f, . take a ctrl uk during the tlurlc-eiiUi n cilc ' "- Jiar Ivtelve Nnllvet r llile in the Sena" rout the ( I a fit;' tier' , n It n.adcl beotiaersr I tlai Nsttisn Pv s " ' new Henatrr from Weat irmnla li aii"tl ' " J man, wldilt will make twelve? nativta pf that Hi'" , laths ant banata. t I 1 ;!!?'? aataTaaallllMfl,.,. mi , ,., , aB