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TEJE MOJJNrNGr TIMES, M03STDAY, DECEMBER 28, 189G.
THE tliTOI TIES
(AIOJtMSd, EVBM2.G AJ.U SUDAY.)
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permanent Familr Circulation much
greater than any outer paper, morn
ing or evening," published in Wash
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"WASHINGTON, D.C DECEMBER .8 lS'JU.
REMOVAL. OF THIS BUSINESS
OFFICE.
The business oflice of The Dail
Times will lie removed next week
to the Hutehins Uttllding, corner
of Tenth and D stieeth and Penn
sylvania snenue, for teh yeais
the office of tin Dailv I'ost. wheie,
on the 30th of December, nil the
friends, and nations of i lie lime
will be heartily welcomed.
The news., composition, ait. and
press rooms, new -i ape: deliver.
and cariiers' and new sun,' tiiuit
ters will lemain at theii piese:it
location.
American and (ci iu.ui Xewspapei-.
American now sp.ipers .m l.itel rccei.
ing a great deal of attetitn n fiom foreign
crs, and for a number of reasons lit tlio
first place, the ubiquitous Y.tnkee tone
spondent lias been securing first news -r
internntional events light umlei the less
j-onsitive olfactoi otgan if I.Is European
brotlier In tiie stcond place, a "new
J0Hiimlis.ni hs sprung into e.lstenc
particulail in Von Ytrk cilv, which
fiesblv aggravates the purUsll lulled an
tagonisms of the old vtilil against our
old jomi absnj
After .spreading deal of clean white
piper vv ith ndii'ctivcs that uiod the atten
tfon of the health department, Uie Cincin
natl Volksblatt quids down to a discus
ieii awl pcromtJon on the press of this
ccamlrj. ik1 aclarv esu.isc peculiar con
Clintons-
It Is, therefore, onlv iuccsarv for
?i -sufficient number of liuerican read
ers to tleelar tlietn-lvis willing to
pay a fair price, and t'ev xwill get a
good paper There it- no want of
talent. Aim rlca has a verj wod
Allowing of able writers It seems
fctrnnc,c that tin pilH are unwilling
to make the small saradice which
Is needed A dailj p p r has become
almost a& much a nocefwltv as. d.iilv
bread.anda. bad paper causes nsimtch
dissatisfaction as bad bread But
not until the public aie willing to
pav will the division between good
and liad newspapers be made on Euro
pean lines. Until then tier eat peo
pie must be conttnt to read papers
winch interest equ.illv Uie deliauchee,
the Ignorant, and the brutalized
The article had alralv luduuctl the
Tvhole American press u t cnUciMiis,
therefore ever Aineriiua paper is had,
according to this minrnan. We will not
qHHrjcl with the allcgaUuH, but pass on
to the corollary that lift Aiaincan peo
ple are, therefore, in the laige majority ,
also bad. A stream can use no higher
than its source, and tin source of the
American newspaper is a mimliei of sub
fccnhers s0 laige that tbev constitute
praciicajh tlc wlwle n-.eiiag puUic.
Ye call the attention J Hw Volkshlatt
to n bit of Eerlm coriespondince appeal
ing in the Chicago Itiund. It is from
Uie pen of Wolf "ion ?ibierbrand, a well
loiown v nter for the juts and for
periodicals, and carnes mjii weight of
outhontj. He snjs
Iho ocriimn p.ipeis hae no report
ers In the A iiH'i ican spiiho of t lie w ord
I. e , trained newssrall.cKrs cm
plojmd at a IKed s,il.n uid for one
paper exelusnelj lusu.ul, thej bu.v
new j, hit by hit, tiommeii and women
wlio are regular hui'ksters of news,
who sell the sime -item' to a score
of papers at the h line lure, or who
are in then private ap.u it. pcrhap-,
Miopkeepeis, students, ch.tnre audiiois
or s'glil seerb, eje-AMiiicsK.s, to some
exent ihe unhaip lesults thus
brought about b these peiin-1 Untis
may be imagined Tiie fact accounts
for the unreliabilit , in the matter or
news, of even the best and most cv
elusive German paper,, so that nearly
every item of importance "itiier Is
proved baseless after a daj or two, or
else has to be modified time ami again
But the German papeis, for all that.
6eem wedded to this unfortunate sjh
tem.and unscrupulous men, like those
police spies pretending tolv icporters,
understand how Co m iiiipulate and to
bambooJe thoe pniK-ih to tlidr
heart's content.
Another great dra wbaok, not onl j to
tho newsincbs ami tln reliabuitj of
the Gennan papers, but also to the
Journalistic profession, is the fact
that officialdom here, Iiom Xop to
bottom, looks upon the press with dis
favor, refuses point blank to answer
questions as to news, or answers them
purposely in a misleading way, and
looks askance at publicity. It was
Caprivl who, in the Heichstag, char
acterized newspaper men as "men
who had missed their vocation in
life." It was Bi6marck. and the whole
school of public men in Germany who
Lave taken their cue from him, who al
ways discouraged and badgered Uie
journalistic profession In Germany,
and who put hundreds of them In Jail
during his reign This is all the
stranger, as Bismarck was a verj good
newspaper reporter himself once upon
a "jime, when he regular! reported
the Parliaiueutarj proceedings for the
Krouzycltung fif t jeais.igo
Hire is tiie statement of one of the
Yolk;blatthown countrymen ITow much
bettei off, then, is the German tit in the
American public m tho matter of new.s
papers? To begin with. German dailj
periodicals circulate about one half .is
widilv in proportion to the population
as do Aimneui newspapers And no
wonder "hv Mould the everv clav clti
zen subscribe for a publicit which onlv
records news about those alcove him in
st.ition, and onlv gives utterance to edit
orials that tend to sustain the tstablished
caste of the countrjV '1 hose who buy
the "official" newspapers of German
can afford u c price charged and natuiallv
enjov the higher tpe of literature iid
opinion, for which their education ami
environment has fitted them But whit
about the prolttan.it.' lie must either
subsist on the evanescent piiiited page
which las's as long as its editor ean keep
out of prison, or "he must go to tin bier
j-aiten and listen to exaggerated bits of
news gossip, light and unsubstantial astliu
froth on his stein 1 litre is no legulu
and established wav b wlieu the great
lK)d of "leutons ma know v. hat the
other half is n al! v doing. In other words,
there is no demoeracv or knowledge an)
more than there is democracy of govern
ment, and the lust is alwavs the fore
runner of the last
How is it in America? There i& no mat
ter of public import which a mail mav
not know from Ids newspapir as he j,ocs'
to Ins work From thcinti rnational action
of the Executive down to the delilrat'ons
or his local labor asscmblv.it is allsj read
out before him at small coit V.'hv need
this information take on the form of
lKiIemic uriousntss or post gradn ite lin
ish? A:.d or what hurt if it is made
more palatable b the exaggerated im
lKirtauee of a elisplav beading or an eve
striking illustration? 'I he main facts
are there, at Ie-.e-t, anil tl c essentialities
are alwavs caitfullv stati d, however much
the photograph ma ben touched
The ie.il diritre nc ih this, that the class
w Inch bins t ne official new spaptrs in Gei
man biivs the splendid cheap niagizines
in America. In these the tast.- lor xcel
lenceot treatment and riddance of surplus
ace is satisfied. The diss v Idch buvs
nonewsp iper& .it all in Ueimaii buvs and
treads newspapeis in America Xo editor
in this broad land is afuml of the hand
of a monarchical government. Even the
great tiusts, which Europe mjs we have
s-ubsiituted for impcii ilisin, tind nearl
everv editorial column against tl.cm.
Beond all these- considerations it may
be triithlull stated that American news
papers are full of matter of the first llt
eiai and dichictic importance. The fact
that our European neighbors find this class
or reading side b side with articles
which the deem of interest onlv to the
"common people' is the best proof that
our icpublicaiusm does not exist alone in
it-? name.. uul that theei.iunsoreacli Ameri
can must be rei ogiuzed in tnterprists which
look to everv American for their support
Is Hvdi opliobtii Ileal or Im.igiiun v V
Not ver long ago a disciissu n arose as
to the realitv of livdroplobia Eminent
pliviicians, both in this count rv .tnd in
Europe, put themselves on recoui as dis
believers in an such disease 'I lie con
tended that the condition designated b
that tene was nothing more nor less than
a highly excited suite of the nirvous svs
tern, superinduced by fear or other motions
a'ul dcgenera'ing finall to mu.1i extrem s
as to cause death On the other hand, it
was pointed out that while this ippiohcn
Mve state of the mind might prevail in
the cast of adults f.imili ir with instances
where hvdrophobia, or what is so called,
resulted fiointhe bite of a rabid dog, such
conditions would not prevail vit'i children
who would natural! be uuiufl.ienccd in
such a manner because happil ignorant of
the Tacts, or alleged facis At the close of
the contioversv of course, the parties on
both sides rennlned com 'need that their
lespecnvc opinion was the correct one
The recent ccuiKiice in lialtuiiOi will
natural! teiul to put the subject aain
into the fori'giound Eight bov s wire bit
ten ti aiabiddog The animal was killed
and the eluldien suit to the Pasteur In
stitute in New York for tnatmeiit Indue
ourse of time tin vveie ri tinned 'n-Jieii
parents v ith the nssuranci fi m l'iof. ssor
l'ai'lGibierthattheanti hdtopl obiatnat
mentliad bten entirtl hiiecessfuiand that
there was no fuithei dangei of an ef
fettsfiom the vims oj the dog Tvo of
these bo o have already succumbed to what
eminent Baltimore piattitiontrs declare
to be unmistakabl hdroi)holua, anil a
third one is exhibiting siiiptoms which
justif the apprelunsion that he abo is
likel to fall a Mctim It is not to be
supposed that an of the little fellows,
either befoie or aftti their tieatmenl in
the Pasteur Institute, bn,odtd over the
possibilit of hdrophobia, and So the ex
cited condition of the nerv ous s sti m w Inch
the utti hilrnphobia disputants elaun to
le the cause or the s mptomsand eventual
death, could not hav e existed m their case.
The conclus'on would sei in to be war
ranted, then Tore, that hdrophobia iscon
siderablc of a lealit and still is a fruitful
object of scientific reseat ch The ques
tion also presents itself whether or not the
Pasteur tieatmenl offers an effictive pio
ventive against the operation of tin inbid
dog's virus after it has once been absorbed
b the svstem It Is a subji ct of tre
mendous impottance
ChaunceyM l)cpwistakIngonthat"old
look" At tho cailv ige or sixty-five, he
looks as old as oik his own jokes
Zertucha was Macco's doctor. "Why did
he take such extraordinary methods
to accomplish what every good practitioner
Is able to bring about?
"We can always find clews to the coming
good times in the optimistic predictions of
Henry Clews, who never is, but alwas to
be blessed. This man can trad more unsatis
factory conditions in the present hour, and
brighter prospects in the future, than any
of the other disaster bemoaning rainbow
chasers of the time
EDITORIAL SUCCOTASH.
A ear ago we were just getting over
the Vciieuelan war seare It will be
noted that ttie anniversai is being ap
piopnatel observed Boston Hciald
As usual lawers on both sides of the
inlernation il dispute cm find positive nil
mgs in law to bail: up their diametric.ill
opposed opnions Chicago Journal
The chief advantage or annexing a De
li irtnient or Lai oi to the Cabinet would
be the piovihiou it would make foi one
more ambitious politician Pi ov id uie
Journal
J ili'i L Si'llivnn is being sin d 'for a
rioiisfft bill or $318 Let it In linuni
bcred to Mi Sullivan's 1 1 dit r'ovv evei,
that he alwavs paid his whisk billn
Buffalo Express
Kcl olv know s w hat tremendous v ictones
AVcler would have gained had it i ot been
for the fact that tin re art t unit fahlv
goJ roinauceis residing at Ke Wist
Seattle Post Intelligent er
Sap tin beems unable to leain anv thing
Whv doesn't she treat her insuigents liS-c
we tte.it ouis? Leave them lice to do
as thev phase, piovided the will alvas
vo'e light and go in gangs Dallas News
All the work that is i ow liiin,r wasted
in nu effoitlo decide whethei the 1'iesi
dent oi Ccngiesshas a light to recognize
the Republic of Cub i might better be
devot'-d te locating lie evidence ol some
such -repablie Chicago Post.
CURRENT TOPICS.
ln ordei to give the oimginen evi rv on
portunit , the girls in Chicago this sta
sonare wearing prif,sof mistlttoeon then
hats We hope t'i it the tustijiu will be
adopted in the East
In Ottawa, Canada, newsbos are re
quired t( take out litensts to eairv on
tlieii business
Imitation alnn nils aie now belli,; smd
in Chirago, vvhiili are said to be it'll
vsorks of ait, soperfi i tl do the lesi ni'ile
in tpii.iiame the iialin (,(HNtion 'I li.
aie in n'e out of lenihstonis, fit to th
proper sie. ground smootti, and th ' i
delicate! v engraved
At the iiiuveisitv at Budapest wonie.i ire
now admitted to medical lectures b Ia.v
but onlv with the c nsent of the ;.i j
feasor It is said that the hiiioi pr
fessoi of Msrger, hovever, reieiill ie
fused to allow a woman candid ite to
eater his courst unless she wc-uhl at,ie
to have hei li.m tut short, on the ground
that "wool curies infection "
The Paris (K i .Nev. s tel's ot a queer
( tun ie tei. who for a iiumhci orears,has
been an inmate of the It.iiiilx.n Coitutv
Intiimar She is sevent five v.ars jld
is nov living witli her seventh luisl and,
and has changed hei u hgion live times
As the vvnlow of hei stnhusb mil she w as
inlitled to a pi usii u, and appliealion lor
the bountv was quickl followtd b a n
(piest foi a per nit to take unto t trself"
hull mil vo 7, who is blind Ht.ng At
vised that the mariia-.e would invalidate
her pension eliim she was told to t!i o-e
between a pension and a husbai d rthc
meditated a momei t, and uplied I d in'r.
know the value of a pension, but! do know
a husband s value. Oiuime the hus
band "Louisville Cornier lournal
The uatuialists have not .is vet been
able to answer the burning qucstn n Cm
bees hear?" Hut their researched ilonc
that line, sas the St Louis Republic hive
it'sulled u mane queer disioverus 5"inpi
because a lee has no ears ' n tin Mdi. of
his head, it is no sign wh itever that he
is vvholl without some soit of an ai'ditorv
neive The last ,ivs( rlioii is pr v en bv the
fact that grasshoppers, ciickets htusts,
and flies all have then cars situ ited in
queer places under the wings, on the
middle of the bud .and even on the sides
of their legs The common house flv do's
his Mearing b means of semt little rowo
of corpuscles, which are nituated on the
knobbed tlueads that'etnp the plaets
taken up b the bin 1 wirnrsof i thersptt.1 s
of insetts Tiie garden slug or shelltss
snail has 1ms oignns of heinrgsitu ii'd on
each side of his neck, and the cuinii.ai
grasshopper has them on each of his
luoad flat thighs In si me of the simllei
insects tliov are at the bisisof the wings.
and in others on the bottom of the feet
MEN AXI) W03IEX.
A Portland phsician savs the gum
chewing h ibit produces wrinkle and de
fcrms the face
.Mr 'Iheolorc Umt will this winter under
take another of his archaeological explora
tions in the East
In the couise of two dis' shooting at
Lluch''burg recentlv tl-v German l'mperor
kil'ed twcnt-nine stags
Geiald I)u Matuier is quoted as saving
that his father invariant pronounced th
nameSvengali with the accent on the f list
sllable "
George W Cable expects to s ni for Eng
land in a few weeks lie has made ar
riiigeaients to give public readings from
his works in London ami the provinces
Avillnm Lvman, of Middlcfield. Conn ,
who died a few veaisago was theinv tnt r
and nnnulaciurer of the Lvman gunsif-ht,
in use all o,cr the world
Ceiil Rhodes is now on his wav bar-k to
England from South Africa, having sailed
from Iieira on board a steamer which he
had charteied especially for his own use
'I he new Hishop of London's wife is in
miu respects a more famous personage
in English literal y upper circles than her
distinguished husband Her histories of
Prance mh1 England hive given her high
standing as an author
Samuel Smiles the author of ' Self Help,"
and other bools for bos and voting men,
is now over eight carso!d lie is living
quietlv at his suburban home near London,
writing a little now and then, and looking
after his literary interests
It has been discovered timt tlnce of the
figures in a stained glass window of a rural
English i liurch the subject representing
King Saul and his counselors aie life like
portraits of Lord Salisburv , Mr Gladstone
and the late Lord Beaconsfitld
Emile Zola's answer to the question
Should a tax be levied on bictles" was
short and simple "I would have bicycles
relieved of all tax; and m reason issimpl
that an impediment placed in the vv.i of
the Tree exercise and development of the
wheel is a social enor "
The Empress Elizabeth, of Austria, who
has been visiting the Archduke Fran? Sal
vator at Wels, has gone on to Biarritz and
Marseilles, and thence will take a steam
jaiht to visit some of the Spanish mari
time cities She was expected to reach Cape
St Martin about the middle of this month
After her sta there, the empress, who is
trav eling incognito as Countess Hohencmbs,
will goto Corfu, andthenceb.ick to Vienna
President Clev eland is really fond of his
summer home on Buzzard's Ba , and show s
it by the considerable improvements he is
having made there Aloiigsea-wallisbeiug
built which will reclaim one hundred acres
or so, sand hills are carted away for filling,
loads arc made through the woods, id
ponds are constructed, and new stables and
other bullding3 are going up. Mr. Cle-c-land
moan3 to continue a summer citizen
of Massachusetts. .
Mr. Stevenson in St. Lou in.
Sfc. Louis, Mo , Dec. 27 Vice Presi
dent Stevenson arrived here last night
from Vashington, accompanied by his wife
and daughter The family came to attend
the wedding tomorrow night of tie Vice
President's niece, Miss Julia Scott, to Mr.
Carl Vrooman Theyaretheguestsof Lijut
Charles S. Bromwell, at 4102 "Westminster
Place.
POPULAR PLURALITIES.
McKIuley'H plurality of the popular vole
was the largest ever cast for a Presiden
tial candidate with one exception that of
Uisses S. Grant over Horace Gieele in
ISTI'. Grant's plurality was TGL',091
McKinle's plurahtv In the recent election
over Brv an w, as 7.17,285 The largest pre
vlous pliunllties were as follows'
In 1S52, rianklin Pierce ovei Winfield
Scott, 2:20,890.
Iu 185G, James Buchanan ovci John C
Fremont, 190, uOo. '
lit lSGOt, A bra ha in, Lincoln over Stplten
A Douglas, 191,195
In 1801, Abraham Lincoln over Geoige
B MtClellm, 107,312
In 1 sf,g, ijljsses S Grant over Hurntm
Sevmour, 1105, irG
In 1376. Saipuel J Tilden over Ruther
ford B HaC's, 250,9.55
In 1 892, Grov. er Clev eland ov er Benjamin
Harrison, .180.S10.
MtlCinlej's plurality in the State of
New Yoi k was 20s,,25 New York Press v
TURKEY.
The sultan of .Turkey has no nidigna
tion to waste, toward the I'mted States
foi K lling him a ,few undiplomatic truths
He will mid all his surplus to apply at
home Minneapolis Tiibune
The 'I urkislnrmb isr-adoi Is probiblj in
noc cut of the charge o protesting insolent
1 at the Department or State 11 guiltv,
ho would get' thediplomiitic bow string
when it would do the most good (Cans is
Oil Times
An assissin Is an assassin whether he
lives in Turkev, Cuba. Alabama or Ar
kansas Galveston Ntvvs
'I he slaughter of tvventv four Turkish
soldiers and tight judicial offiiiuls, whom
the were escoiting, bv Gieek rebels in
the olvmpus district mav possinu re
suit in new war blustti between Turkev
and Gieece Binghamton Republican
OlililTIKS.
The avirage qrange tite or Mexico
raiea! 1,000 oranges a ear
II ick Hills, Dak , gold mines expect to
turn out this C ir $10,000,000 in bullion
The trolk1 eirs or Wilmington, Del , of
like construction, have been Used for sev
eral cars
One suit of a square acre will require
thi'tv eight" I'otimls or thn e line barked
wire for fencii g
From an estmi ite after the lection m
Mexico in Julv, tin re an about 1 l.OQo.000
people in the republic
'ihe active vole mo 1 Poiicatepetl is
17,7') feet high lhe extinct volcano
On ibi has an altitude of lb, ill I eet
'Ihe tonnage ! the iron and stul ships
built in the Pnited Slates was the greatest
in 1S1I1, when it was 105,018 toiia
touching o:v congress.
Congress has .'diourned loi the hohdiis
This is quite a Christmas gift lor the"
countrv Indianapolis News
If the war cranks would be attacked b
a loss of speech for a few wicks the
business scare v ould subside St Louis.
Globe Democrat.
Public opinion tin nil reaches Senators
Tie have a public opinion of their own
So much the worse foi them, and alsj lor
us New York Herald "s
He Ln'ted States Scniiteiproposcs and
tl e .Hon Richard !nev disposes when
ever matters or foreign relltions au tin
der roniideiatiou Clucago Record
And now it is l eing Insinuated that the
Cuban 8 mpailners in the Senate are
smipl p ituotisia coate de.derc in nigar
m.ugins Colutubus Difatch
The countrv is safe:- Congress has gone
home for the hnlldav s,-anirtlie harsh trv of
war has given place topthe, cooing note of
peace and gjod will Boston Transcript
Itis the gang or senile scolds and shallow
addlepatcs which has been the source or
most or the sound and fur, and most of
the mischief m t ujign sfoi several tars.
Louisville Cournjr Journal.
' f i
Sctrctar llprl f jt s sc'itine of coast tie
reuse will nevptiii complete till he gets a
few of our w f delators anthond off the
toast wiUi thfcu fjicts tiflined on the en
trances to tuenaibor. Chicago, ews
Does anv body sjppos. that the wires from
WnsMiigtoit tjf the offites of New York
stotk brokers jri't be cut bv Mr McKmlev
vvlufe thetarrff bill is p ndlng" He mav
tearfullv urg'-Hhe Senate to be good and
quickl pass jj.c ; bill, but he ni.i vak
up an morning to find them recognizing
theindcpei'deiNie'of Ireland and smashing
the stock market and the tanft at the
sain" rime New York Evening Post
AMERICA NO DUMPING GROUND
Scum and riffi.uf are alw,is undesir
able Therefoie, the Lodge immigration
bill os a species ( r lcgi'lat on designed to
plate a check tn the irdi'cnminate im
migration to his counti fcctms to be a
measure destrvmg of full and imphatie
support in Congi ess
An measure that K eks to prevent
Europe fiom dumping its outcasts on to
tluscountr v. ill meet with the immediate
approval or all Anieiitans who are for
America What is known as the fouign
element" m politics has made cowards
of all i olitical parties in legard to passing
legislation herttofoic tending to restnet
immigration
A politician was afraid to incur the dis
pleasure of the "foreign vote." and in
ordei to curi favoi with this element,
espttiallv If In npiesmteda populoiisdis
trict in a laige citx, he would generally
antagonize anv immigrataon law
Happil, times have changid senator
Lodge of Massachusetts is a man wl o has
the moral coinage to introduce a bill which
places an educational nst on immigrants
coming to our sjoies If persons coming
to tills countr cannot show some faint
gleam of intelligence the ought to bo
sent back to the countr the came rrom
The Lodge bill is n nghtious measure
do is any bill that tends to keep out the
icious, the paupers, the ignorant and the
degenerate St Louis Stai
UN JUS r AND UNPKAC1ICAL.
Oblectlons Against the Eoucl Bill
Ilelating to Second-Class Matter.
Editor Times Mr Loud of California
has a bill before the House, known as a
bill to amend the law in relation to second-class
matter.
That thete exist abuses in the present
law ma be tint, as there aie few laws
upon the statutes that are not open to
the same charge It will not better the
matter at all, however, to adopt a drastic
measure, which makes the reined worse
than the evil it is expected to cure
In the present age, when education is
the first great Idea of mankind, it seems
stiange that ap intelligent and doubtless
honest man should attempt to arrest
one of the most potent factois in its aid
the distribution at a nominal cost to the
very poorest of the people the best lit
erature Mr Loud claims that the object of Lis
bill is to prevent the distribution by the
government at' the low rate of 1 cent a
pound (the second diss late) of vicious,
pernicious and damaging literature Is
it not strange that such literature is
wrongfully circulated through the mails
at 1 cent a pound, but is perfectly proper
when it pas 8 cents a pound.' Docs not
Mr Loud, appreciate that literature of
this character should be excluded en
tirely from the mails and not carried at
any price? He must know that litctaUre
of this churactci would pa 1G cents a
pound sooner than lose its right to use the
malls The vicious, the bad, the immoral,
the degrading class of literature only asks
to be allowed to liavelJnto an neighbor
hood; it dots not bothei itself very much
about the cost That is paid b the man
who' leads it
The tiling to do is to refuse the use of
the in aim to books of this character a ml not
bpatflie devil ai ouud the stump b allow
ingt hem to go Uuough at an lnere..sedcost.
and in pcrniit.ting this wiong injure the
distribution of legitimate literature, and
thus hurt the cause of education.
Under the present law a laige business
has been built up by publishers who have
madeit possible to set lire at a costor.i Tew
cents all ot the standard authors Sha-kes-pe.ire,
Di( kens, Sir Waller Scott, George
Eliot, Ch trlotte Bronte, Mulock, and, in
r.ict, ever thing worth having or a liter.ir
character on whhb there is no copjrig'ic.
These books, well printed and securely
bound m paper, .ue furnished at from 2
to 10 cents each, ami are thus iffordmgtiij
poorest fanner an npportunit tu have a
librar in his house where his f.imilv
mav have the sj me advantages arforded bv
the irce libraries t the poor ot the cities.
Ccrt.nnl in this age no such giotcsqued.
r Unmade movement would be takin b
Congress as to accept this feature or Mi.
Loud'sbill. Shouldthisinost1riJtrul means
of cheap education Tor the pi ople be Intel
teredwith the onlv henficl.iries would be
the expri ss compauus and publishers or
high prlttd books, while Injur untold
and unmerited w ould lie done thousands or
publish! rs, printers, paper makers and bo-ik
bmtleis.to s-n nothing of the vast annv of
leader' scattered over the United States
Who aie i. using theii standard of Intellec
lualitv ever c ir bv the use orMicsecheip
although st. unlaid books
'lhe bill als does great damage to
another tl im or people, It materiall mter
ten s villi and rttards the circulation or
the press 'Hit large and rich dad
piper' sill most of tiitir issues b carriers
and newshovs The do not know w hat
a boon to the aviraire wield paper or
periodical the privihge of sending out
sin pie copies is, and to tak' avv.i this
privilege will mjuie not onl the countr
press, but ever paper in the Uniltd States
'Ihe Cetilur Magaziut and mauv of the
great Sundi newspapers weigh a pound
and now cost one cent xstage Adopt
Mr Loud's bill and the cost will be
eight tents, about 25 percent of the bill
ing pru e 1 1ti condition or the sixtten
to thlrt twopige wteklv piper is eveti
worse Sa the average one half a pouni
e ion 1 his wo ild be four Cents, or moo
than thev sell their pipers Tor
K a personsi es.m article iu anewspaper
that he dt siren to mail to a friend he cm
now purchase oneor more papers and have
them m.uhd .it the oflice or publication
w ithotit extra cost 1'iider the i iglit cent a
pound r ite rrom one to rour tents tax will
be put on everv paper so sent
It is 'aid the countr piper is not to be
hurt bv this great leforni of Mr Loud,
that the onlv circulate in the counti in
which thev arc publislu d, and are charged
no post ige In the urst phut, man
countrv pipers cnciilate o'Hside 'if ..heir
i omit v and pi a large sum each vear
in po-l are II. is. however, at all fourth
1 is.s o'fitos, gotstothe hiCil postmastct is
sdirv afd does not benefit tlu government
at .11 nor would it ir the rate w is -ght
cents
Counti v editors would be stopped rrom
seiw'i'ij: sample copies oT tin ir paper to
advertisers or probable siibsiribtrs and
would be seriousl inconvenienced and
mi'de to suffei much lov if Mr Loud's
bill passes Again a description of a
couuliv ball, a ti untqv fair, a political
meeting, and man other things, w huh oi
easionall enable the countr press tomakc
an honest dollar, could not be sent out as
a matter or enti rprisc o business if Mr
Loud's measure should le adopted, except
at S cents a pound A Ccniriessiuan could
not evi i. print his spteches or an address to
his constituents in his home paper and
send It out at less than an extra S cents
a pound
one of the effects ot theproposid change
iVould be to pn vent the publication of a
compli'e or continued stor in supple
inent foim" This i ceitainl a serious
mterfeniice v. ith the rights of a publisher
"While permitting the continued use or
the malls at second diss rates to social
and fraternal sotittv journals not a word
Is said alout tdJiotu n.ilsoi icties colleges,
ttc Tie and the pour editor, who is
struggling for the Iif' o! his little paper
In the interest of a frati rnal or social or
ganization, is left to stiugele harder and is
abolutel v prevented from advertising
(If ou choose) the advantages of hia
"lodge" to the world bv being restricted
fiom sending out sample copies at the
pound rate of l cent
Fiualiv tins gre it measure of reform
prohibits a publisher from using the mails
for an thing except ins whole paper. He
cannot mill "anv giver article or article s,
or anv ptrt of anv particular number or a
newspaper or periodical segrcirati d rrom
the rest of the publnation except at the
third cl iss rate of postage. ' Whv is this
nghf If mailable at all, and if the tost
is 13 tents a pound, as Mr. Loud ns,
would it not lie more economical to give
the editor a bonus to send out less weight
bv sending out his editorials on a small
sheet" Did it ever strike Mr. Loud that
in allowing the gre it 32-shtet papers, half
advertising, to go through at 1 cent and
charge the 1 page supplement S cents he
was creating a great mnthemitici! blunder
and one which aided the publisher to dis
tribute at government expense the ad
vcrtisoinents m his papei. thus putting a
premium on that mine of the age, the
advertising sheet.
It might not be improper for someone to
move, when the bill comes up, that II. R,
No. tCiMj be recommitted with liistruc
turns to change the title of the bill to
"A lull to return to the Dark Ages,
lestnct education and miuzlc the Ameri
can press." After adopting the above the
House might proceed to the consideration
of some matters of public importance.
ALEX. J WEDDERBURX.
BAD TCI : AH FOK HANKERS.
Xe Yorlf State Superintendent Re
ports a Geneial Shrinkage.
Albanv. V. Y., Dec. 27 The forthcom
ing annual reporttothe legislature of State
Superintendent Kilburn, of the banking de
partment, which will be presented at the
opening of the session, notes that notwith
standing the fiscal tar ended September
30, 1890, waspccullirlytringto moneved
corporations, the general inactivity in
trade and productive industries and the
continued shrinkage ot values impairing
the abilitv ol customers and shareholders
to meet their engagements promptly, and
often rendering oidmaril safe assets not
easllv convertible, insolvency was com
pelled only as to a single bank and one
bjildlug and loan association out of nearl
800 institutions under the supervision of
the State superintendent of banks.
Ihe amount or capital emplocd by the
State banks on October 1 last was $33,
23,700 , a net decrease of Si ,898,505 dur
ing the fiscal jear lhe number or State
banks doing business on that date was 213,
a net reduction of two daring the ear
Four banks went Into Aoiuntary liquida
tion during the jear and three new ones
were organized as a partial offset.
The total resources of the moneed in
stitutionsunder the supervision of the de
partment as show n by their last reports are
$1,557,783,082, an increase of $10,f-10,-733
over 1895.
Egyptians Had Shovels.
Spades and shovels, together with scoops,
are found depicted on the walls of Egp
tlan catacombs and all three are f requentry
montionedbyRoraanandGreekagricultural
"writers.
GREAT WORKS SHAPING"
IN ST. GA0DE8S' STDDIfl
Heroic Figure of General Logan la
Nearing Completion.
A Chat "With this Aitist "What Ho
buys of the Adams Mutue in
Itoclc Ci eek yemetery.
Now 1'ork, Dec. 20 Augustus St. Gau
dens' studio, in West Thlrt-sixth street,
an interesting place at all times, holds Just
at present an unusually attractive piece
of work, upon which the skill and con
centration of thought or the famous sculp
tor has been expendiil for the past six
ears 'I his is the equestrian statue of
Gen John A Logan, to which the last
finishing touches are being given prepara
tor to giving it over for the final cast
ing iu bronze.
While, with an artist, it is, as Mr St
Gaudens laughinUy remarks, alvvas the
next piece of work fiat, is to be the best,"
it is safe to assert that In his long line of
Tiumphs as a sc.ilptor he has no one piece
or work to which he can point with more
justiriable pride and satisfaction than to
his latest achievement I' is not simply
a man on horseback, a colossal statue
made to order, to be placed in the park
on the I ike Trout in Chicago on the JTth
of Jul next
It is a m igniflcent realization of the
sculptor's conception ot what was, beyjnd
all question, the most thrilling, heroically
dramatic episode in Gen Logan's dashing
career as a soldier and a leader or men
It is just at the moment of Mcl'herson's
death, when the disheartened, defeated
troops turned m retreat before the siege of
Atlanta luriamed with the hero's- cour
age that overrides all obstacles. Gen Lo
gan, villi that impulsive personality that
strong, indefinable magnetic power which
inrused ilseir through the rank awl file
or the retreating soldiers, h.is si lzed the
battle flag, and with a loot of unconquer
able tnumpii he has Hung it out to the
breeze with his strong rlghr arm as, cheer
ing his men, he dashes on his magnifi
cent coal black charger to Atlanta -and
viLtor His head is bure.l, his hair tossed
back, the silken folks or the heavy riag
seem almost to rustle into actual sound and
the snorting or the responsive steed to
ecno m our ears as ou look upon the
statue
rull of Action.
Itis alert with lire and motion The stir
ring episode selected for delineation by the
sculptor has been embodied in the present
cla tn happiest fashion
1 hf statue now read to be cast in bronze
is one that will add new laurels to the
sculptor's fame, and give to America a
work of art of which the people of this
foi.ntrv c tn be Justifiably proud.
When six. C.irs ago fei. Gaudens was
selteti d for tins piece or work, he at once
set aiioat it in his characteristic r.isluon.
'I his vv as not onl to gather as many photo
graphs or ucn. Lozan, taken at the time
of life deputed in the presi nt qjestnan
statue, when he v as a onnginan glowing
with mihtar .inter and enthusiasm, but to
read ever available bit of history of that
period, ami even look over much of the
general's personal correspondence, m order
to more thoroi.ghl harmonize liunstlt
vv ith the project in hand, an I putlds feelings;
in touch with those inciting the soldier.
who, bcforcvAU.iiittt in the face of defeat,
like a whirlwind rallied his troops and
led them on to vletoiy- This has reen ac
complished in the must masterly manner.
St. Gaudens m UN studfT is to be seen
onlv through the formality of a pre-ar
ranged mterv lew. Were it tiihcrwise. and
his time at the beck and call of all who
chose to stroll in an monopolize his time
the public would suffer materially in the
abandoning ot muth of the important work
th it hastodaygoneto makeup his nameantl
fame. Hat, hav mesi fortunately arranged
for an interview, vou leave Broadway and
turn into Thirty sii-th stre jt rr a v,-it to the
curious looking little studio, without the
slightest outvv ard sgn of its import, nestltd
down am mg the tall houses that tower
above it on either side. Outwardly the
appearance is a cross between a modest
little ihurch and a stable. It 1st he simplest
one stor front, t.nv loel-ing fnm the out
side, but runmnsr batk a considerable dis
tance, with the opaque glass roof rising
another stor" after the su.all outer hall
wav and reception room has bten passed.
As one watts In this latter modest apart
ment, in which there is simplv a wicker
sofa and several bamboo stats, from which
the insidious white dust of the bis room
bevonu can be readilv tffaced each da,
there is opportunitv to note the few bees
reliefs on the wall The larirest of these,
framed in oak, is the one modeled bv St
Gaudens a few cars since, of the late
Robert Louis Stevtnon, when the latter
was in New York. It r. presents the tal
ented writer propped up on a couch or pll
lows, holding on his tH.nt knee sheets of
manuscript, while in ids right hand i a
ctgirette from which he has just puffed
nniis of smoke as he gazts reflectively off
in the dlst-ince vvorkiug out the full frui
tion of an idea before transferring it in
words to the paper
Opposite this, in one corner, on a ped
estal, is a fine bust of Gen Sherman, to be
used as a stud later, in connection with
several similar busts for an equestrian stat
ue or that stanch old soldier.
'Ihe Mntei's Greet Intr.
There is no time to note much beyond
this before the brown portiere is swept
aside and St. Gaudens lnmseir comes tor
ward to greet ou ni his quiet, pleasant
fashion. Like the majority of men of
genius, he does not believe in blowing
his own trumpet. From himself and his
work in conversation he seeks always to
steer aw a. You are in his workshop.
evidences of his genius are all about ou.
There is no need, therefore, for him to
talk on this score. You can Judge for
OUrself. That is bis mispoken idea. Mint
is the idea of all real talent. It is as it
should be.
The foremost object in the studio just
at present is the Logan statue, which,
mounted on a revolving iron pi-vot, occu
pies a large platform across the entire
back of the building lhe first modi ling
w as not done in this place, but in a c'own
town stable, which was the onlv avid
able plate at the time of Mifiiciuit dun n
sions to admit of the heroic prijortions
being propeil accomplished
In one cornet or the platform is the
smallcl.t model m which St Gntidins r,rst
satisfactorily wrought out his idea f the
present statue. The animal from winch
the modeling wascloneisa splei did 1 Inifc
stallion fiom the farm of Johu A. Locan,
Jr It was selts ted for the pun oh be
cause of its likeness to the famous black
chargei which Gen Ligau iode during i-o
many historic encounters.
The date selected for the formal un
veiling or this statue is the 27th da or
next July, which marks the anniveisarj
of the siege of Atlanta.
Another great piece of work ccn.mmio
rative of an historical episode of the late
war Just completed by St. Gaudens, and
portions of which have even now been
sent to be cast In bronze, is the Shaw
memorial, tc be unveiled iu Icstonm the
30th of June. This is an immerse ls
reller from which the stiong facts of the
first negio regiment mustircd into the
service stand forth instinct witli life and
mofon of their momentous march. To
the right in the background, mounted on
J a spirited bteed, rides Ccl. Shaw, while
above over the war cloud oflrti odsheHnd
disaster floats the angel of victortoiM
peace, pointing ever upward ami onward.
lhe Adams Stutne.
The first time I visited St Gaudens
studio only the muiii portion of his im
mense hin relier witli the marching sol
diers was in position, on a framuwerk
rigged up for the occasion to simulate
Corinthian columns at either end. The
figures of Col. Shaw and tlto angel were
being ev olved from the thao3 of their first
plaster cast or clay by three or four work
men, busy with mallet. hisel and knife.
The men were covered with bits of ptosier
until they looked like whitpwetl Images
ready for bronze molding, while th air ol
the studio was so thick with the fine white
dust wlere the sunshine streamed down
upon the scene it almost seemed a though,
the atmosphere could be cut with a knife.
When I went again, however, all this was
c hanged, and as s.t UniHtens- came forward
to gret and usher me In I saw that order
had been evoked from chaos
Just before I lett, in pusuig out. my at
tention was drawn to a life size has relief,
the Angel of the Resurrection, soevldently
an in iiieuionam piece of work it someliow
brought to my mind the celebrated brattau
made for similar purpose by the sculptor
for Mr Henry Adams, ot Washington. and
now in Rock Creek Cemetery, where it has
attracted such widespread notenetjy
"What is theexact idea embodied in that
figure"" I asked "Is It annihilation
the end of all things the finis vvltlNMiG
hope, as has been so often stated?"
St Gaudens looked very serious, as
though he had much rather the question
had not been put to him as though the
answer was one he had rather not snake
Then siemg I waited, he said slowly and
thoughtfully
"The notoriety attaching to that statae
has proved a soHrce of grtat sorrow mhI
annunre to Mr Adams. Neither he r
I dreamed of any sneb outcome wIkjm he
gave me his idea, and we talked the matter
over at the start
The statue really symbolizes a my-lie
Eastern k'ka hardly possibles put m exact
words
"It tpifits the absorption of selC the
oblivion of past and present abstwte
polarization ot grief and self-concentration
It is In fart well, whatever ir
seems to ou
KATHERLVE ELIOTT TUQMAh.
WEST IS FLOURISHING.
Montana ( oire-pcndeut TelK of
It ore-si UeinirMade in Hi-. State.
George II Scott, traveling correspondent
for the Rocky Mountain Husbandman, or
White sulphur springs, Mont . is m lha
city In a recent interview lie s&kl
"The result of the reecnt election la wir
sjtate did not paralyze business, for our
prospent does not rest entirely in the
product of our mines. Tor the best f thttser
are among the gold and cpper properties.
Ine chiet of our rnst active smmsoies to
day are agriculture and. stock rasi'-r, and.
one of the most important features tt the
progress of the treas sre stale a tfrts Stme
is nU ng the line of irrigation Its existence
is as old as history, aatt has MMed very
matenally in the civilization of ttanwuttty.
and the e-ountne winch p wet tee it hmtl
the van in the arts am! alienees
"Our countrv embraced bv the Rocfcy
Mcitntams i, considered rie new "WVst.awl
irriiratkm is a great civfirr s he ws
ulenls of Montana are not hvm-c qsite toe-votM-
the iale of civirtzarion- TlMr Wf
eSsrul production nt ontmary frmts is iH
vored by both s.il ami climate, and (teen
adtl to this the superior advantages ef
irrigation and an aaresal crop. tbeteustetHiU
lean som: becomes HMbetwt..
"The miners, farmers atirt sfceete ralsrj
will all take an active part la the Sntas
Mississtppc international exposition., to
be lield at unaha ia rS95 q,,. p,fte, es
pecial! v the miners and agrwaUiwisHs..
are dcejriv interested ib the expostt&oR.
The magic citv is a central poins.
"our orthwestJemS.rvtsftt cooeh with
the East Aitl South today. t this poiwC
thew.irld can behold the proritiets of Utr
mine, the soil and the ranue. 16 will
fatuliRrizethe people of the L"Bieel States
w im the resources of all the other pnraiif
Uncle want's doituttn Sitnpiesof or mines
a well a the proclu-ts of our irrteated
land-, will show our unlimited resources-"
GALL HAMILTON.
Some Anecdotes, of Her Conversa
tional Gifts..
e Yarb Tttbtut.
It is seldom that a woman is found w ho
combines intellect, charm of manner and
womanly fascination, but Miss Dottesi ICfatl
Hcmtlton) seems to have been Eten nw
versallv gif'ed On one fecjs wltUtosJic
was spending the wineer in Ws.s-nfaigfceii
with Mrs Maine, a sUrUstiKr maaCfr sr
this was shown
Amonc the season's visitors so she Tm
tal was a Western clergviwati of mrc?eHl
ture, reading and thought Shun knowl
edge of the world. He Iesirel to make
the most of his first kotidiy urn first
sight or the srrent city, ne wawsed t see
all there was to be seen, to hnr ,n there
was to be heard, but most; of all W he
desire to mei t ami have a wt rd with Gil
Hamilton, indeed, he confided to a friend
th.if lie would consider suh a privilege
well worth his journev to the East, did
that wurne bring him nthij,r else It
took him several dav s to summon np his
courage, but at last he boldly presented
himself at the Ulames' door and asked
for Miss Hamilton." About three hours
later the friend met him desctnding the
step of the house, one broad smHe of
delight and sattsfaetion.
'Ah!" exel timed the confidant. "I
congratulate vou So vou have met. your
dear Gail Hamilton. I ean see id in your
face."
That faic fell grew remorseful.
"X no," he stammered. 'I didn't meet
her she didn't come down. and. the fact
is, T forgot to ask for her "
"rorgot to ask for her?"
"Oh. I sent up ni card, of course, but
a lady came down, a Miss Dodge, awl.
my dear fellow, you never saw such a
woman in jour lire! I suppose that Mfs3
Hamilton must have been out. she didn t
mention her, but she began to talk to
me, and in two minutes I forgot what I
had cone for I never t ould have believed
that any ierson, man or woman, could
know so much- I believe we talked on
every subject in the world, and she knew
everv thing about every one of the sub
jects. I was never so surprised when
a lot of people came in and I found toow
lontr I had be n there, and I eHeln't want
to come awav one bit then, I can tell you.
and. till vou spoke. I'd forgotten a!l
aliout MisN Hamilton. I don't believe she
can to.tch Miss Dodge, anyhow!"
His astonishment and delight when he
round that lie had entrrtainctl tor Inn it
entertained bv Uis angel unawares, were
very pieasaut to see.
In tellm tt- storv the- narrator iiiMvri -
"1 don't kimw wiat it is about Mks
Dodge. I can never tell hew she Jeesiti.
I heard her tell the fondest story I evtr
heard in my lite, about a drive she tok
in the country, when lier horse had an a
harness that practlt-all fell to piece.
There was a room full of people and every
one laughed himself sore over it. and vet
when I came to think it oer there was
really nothing to it, nothing: to tell it
was a thing that might have happened to
any one.nnd net have borne talking about.
Yet she had entertained twenty peQple
for half an evening with It. Only last
week a lady who was there asked me if
T remembered that excruciatingly fanny
stoty that Miss Dodge told abOftO the
harness and at this late date wh laughed
over It until the teara were In our e-cs"
s
s,