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TUESDAY, .IUI.V 2d. ISSt.
(Ikn. Novi:s has diTllned a haiiqiicl in Ids
honor proposed by the Amerlean resldents of
I'arwon tim occasion of Ids retirement from
the position of American Minister to France.
Ii: is stated that ex-Marsha! Hazaino has
asked permission of The French Uovnrnmont
to return to France fora brief period In order
ii» col leeba legacy Juft him. Tlih report has
created considerable .Indignation In France,
and it Is more than probahln tlmt tho cx-Mnr
blnd’s retiucst will ho refused. .
M, Kmii.k Ouvtr.u, whoso election to Iho
French Chambers from mu? of the Corsican
dWtrletsahout.a mouth ago reminded people
tln\t he vviwalive. Is not likely In enjoy much
political proinlneneo for somn time to come.
f i ho Chamber of-Deputies unsealed him yes
terday on the charge of bribery*
TiiKstmlonU nt the Military Academy of
♦Sr. Cyr who attended mass on Iho oncaslon
of iho cclehrntion of the Count iloClmmbord’ft
hlilhduy have, been ’ condemned by .(Jen.
I’arro, the French' War Secretary, to servo
live years ns sccmid-class soldiers.,; M’lip
(’lorlcut nml heglllmhit organs denounce thu
War Secretary’s action, but tho Itadleal or
gans heartily indorse Mt, anti' ctlll on him to
enforce tin* laws against (.legitimist oillcers
nl high rank who are charged with bnbltiiat
ly violating the Instructions of the War
onicc. ■
Sm WIIJ.IAM V. IIAItfOL'UT, HIC Kligllsll
3 lump Secretary, stntcU In Parliament yes
terday that tho report of the discovery of In
fernal machines* on hoard the steamers
IHallaaml Havarla was correct, ami that In*
vesiignthms were In progress InKnglniul ami
In America r to discover tho Vendors. lie
Hated, further, that tho Government was In
formed of the consignment, and Hint lie had
Ilule doulil that tho conspirators were Fe
nians. lie also expressed a belief Unit the
American Chwernmoat would* assist In pul
ling an end to donsillrndcs ngnlmd England
and Englishmen In this country.
hr I* said that tho French Govcntmonl has
decided to hold the elections tar mcmtmrs of
the- Chamber of ‘ Deputies on the illst of
August, Instead of the Ist of Uelobir as
hitherto announced.. The reason for tho
Hanaro of date is said lo he that any reverses
to ho met by llte French forces in Afrlea
may not he made, to affect the elections, ‘ami
in give Hm Government, an opportunity to
carry oiii a policy-which lr him determined
on without causing an anle-eleclltm agita
tion. This policy Is declared hy the J.eglll
nii'l orgaiMo he utr attempt to - foment war
In Tripoli, where Franco intends lu Send
ion,orx) men. ■
TiiKfijneral of Doan Stanley, which took
place yesterday, was very largely attended.
Ball' those who came con hi nut be nccoutmo
d.dihl in Westminster Abbey, Thu Prince of
Wales attended in person, ami other mem
bers of the lloyal family were specially reiw
resented. There were also present Mr, Glad
stone, the Duke of Argyll, Cardinals New
man mid Manning, Lord Shaftesbury, Lord
.Sherbrooke, and many other English nota
bilities." The coffin at the deceased ecclesi
astic was decorated wUUwreaths and crosses
of tho choicest dowers, among other decora
tions being a wreath of roses sent by the
ljueen. accompanied by an autograph note
expressive of sincere affeetltin ami high e.v
teem, {several Americans sent Hand tributes.
The pall-bearers wove MatthewArpold, tho
eminent essayist, tho Bt.-llun. William Hea
vy Smith, cx-Flrst hnrd of the Admiralty,
tUe Bishou of Exeter, Mr. F6valerj tho Irish
Secretary, and tho Duke of Westminster.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, performed
Iho funeral rites. v
Tim protest which .Senator Hoar has re
cently made against District-Attorney Cork- K
hilt’s treatment of the nssaslu Gultcau has
given a (me to the sentimentalists, who, lu
vase of the President’s recovery, will un
doubtedly endeavor to work up some sympa
thy tar thedcad-bont scoundrel whocrowned
tils worthless career with an.nttempt'on the
President’s life. While the President Ims
boon suffering from a relapse during the past
two days, which made a painful operation
necessary ami seriously alarmed the physi
cians, a newspaper In this city which scorns
lo bo attached to Hie spoils faction says it is
“ glad thaLsomo one has come forward in
the Interest of National- self-respect and hu
manity to protest against the treatment of
tho Insane man \Gultea\u” Tills is either
vlclousor morbid.' There would bo more
clmucofor “ZtaUmmUolf-respfct” If. there
were u irfw punishing an attempt to take the
life of Uio XTbsident os treason, instead of
kiting him off ou a charge of “ assault with
latent to dq bodily Injury/* . But nothing bits
been done In GultoauSl case that warrants
the criticism qf tho most stubborn stickler
h>r legal technicality or *Mut
luanlty.l' Bo has been oondned In jail, and
i s sane enough (u wauUU) stay there In order
to escauo the popular jusllceAvhlcb would
probably bo meted out to him If ho were
permuted to go free. 11 o has been (rented
Kite other prisoners. Do tho sentimental
ists want him dined and wined like a pris
oner of State? 3)o (boy want to gratify Ids
craving for notoriety, and thereby encourage
Imitator* in tho business of nssnsluallon?
(hiltenn has not only confessed that he made
tho assault on tho President, but has re
peatedly declared Ids regret that Ills bullet
did not kill. Ah soon ns tho President shall
ho convalescent, U will bo In order for the
sentimentalists, or tlicspoltsmen masquerad
ing In that character, to mnvo for Oullcau’a
discharge on ball, pending trial, and thus give
him another opportunity, to complete Ids
work of nssashmtton, tho partial failure of
which ho Is still deploring. '
FALSE MOTIONS OF 01VIL-BEEVXOB RE*
. ’ FORM.
When such 11 newspaper as the Washing
lon Knthmil Jlcpnhllcnu, pnblishcil nt tho
Moenn of nil ofllcoscckcrs. and edited by
(lorhnm In Urn Interest of such 'men ns
J Irmly, Dorsey, nml Kltbonrlic, Is constrained
to recognize llio necessity for a reform In tho
Civil Service, tho direction and force of pub
lic opinion on this subject nro very immlfest.
It Is not strange, however, that a now nml
doubtful convert to'reform should misappre
hend tho scope of tho undertaking,' and ’ mis-.
lake tho shadow for tho substance. Tims, In
a recent article purporting to outline the
“true” method for reforming the, Civil
Service, tho cllqne of .spoilsmen professing
repentance merely suggest a scheme for pro
tecting tho President from the Importunities
of the placo-huhters nnd tho possible assaults
by the more desperate ones like Oultenu.
They propose that tho President shall ex
clude himself from nil visitors except
during twenty minutes of each day, when
ho shall hold a reception for Iho general pub
lic, nt which applications for olllco would ho
Impracticable. During the remainder of the
diiy they would have Him nppronclmble’ouly
by the ■ heads of Departments, depends of
the army, Admirals of the navy, Senators'
ami Itepresentativea in Congress, .Judges of
Urn United Stales Courts, Ooveniors and Sec
retaries of States and Territories, - foreign
Ministers, District, Commissioners. ’ and As
sistant Secretaries oMho various Cabinet of-
Deers, it Is proposed that there shall be nil
Executive Clerk nt the Whltu House who
shall receive nil other visitors, nml refer all
ipplleatloiis for place to Uio heads of Depart-
incuts, who shall liavo tho discretion of ac
cepting or rejecting them, subject to nn ap
peal to tho President In writing.
Nothing more tuircpuhllcati In its nature,
could be suggested than to shutoff thol’resl
dent from oontact with tho people, and hedge
him about- with dlflluult approaches ami body
guards ns If lie were a Czar In constant dread
of Nihilistic bombs. Jiosldos, such u plan
would hot he a reform,hut rather n formal rec-
ignition of the prevnlilug'spolis system. The
vholc Nation would be treated as mi army of
oniticscekurs, and tho business of removing
nml appointing by various deputies, subject
to manifold Influences and. Intrigues, 'would
grow Instead* of diminishing.' Tho funda<
mental idea of Civil-Service reform Is perma
nrhoj/, nnd this Is the very quality which the
spoilsmen are constantly combating.. -The
way to close the avenues to the place-hunt
ers Is to ovgnnUo .the public service on a
business basis, and to enable * the Presi
dent, and those who are now regard
ed us the dispensers of patronage,
to,.laugh at people who make them
selves ridiculous :by : soliciting positions
In the working departments of the Govern-
meat on the scorn of party service and polU-
IcalimlorsemenK Jtotailon In'office should
.ciuisft to bctho rdle. 'i’jie ClvUSorvlco aliouhl
bo regulated llk« any great enterprise* of u
business character In which; changes are
made only In the natural order,—by death,
voluntary retirement, disability, promotion,
mul dismissal for cause.
There are three element In a scientific
Civil Service which are Indispensable lu an
enduring reform.. They arc for all subor-
dlimle offices:.
' 1. Apuolntmpnt on merit, to ha chlelly de
termined by competitive examination. *.
•J. Tenure of office during good behavior
ami efficient service. ?- , ,
k Promotion In lino, according to nbllitjy
Morth, experience, and extent of service.'
it Is practicable to apply all.these elements
of reform to tho Government service byacts
of. Congress , nud . without'. resorting to
any constitutional amendment 1 and with
out,. Infringing upon President!*
appointing ; iimver. ‘ Tim ‘
meut .on merit-will lead,{gradually to
special I’preparation 1 ’preparation .. Cor place in the
Civil Service. The early tralalmr of a portion
of the American-youth will be directed to
that end In the same way that young men ale
now drilled to pursue the profession of law,
medicine, Journalism, civil engineering, rail
roltdlng, merchandising, hud manufacturing.
Thu .second—tenure of office during good be
havior—will furnish an assurance that
changes in parly will not affect tho vested
rights of employes who earn a clahn upon
the Government by honest, elTiulciit, faithful
service. Thu third—promotion In lino—will
encourage the best efforts and develop tho
best talent In the service. All throb will co
operate to increase the efficiency of the groat
corps of employes necessary to do the ad
ministrative and clerical Government busi
ness, and to eliminate the most dangerous
plmso of American politics which the tcrriQo
periodical, strife tar bu,ooo or 100,000 places
maintain**.
President Garfield struck the keynote of
ruform when ho declared In hU Inaugnml
address tho purpose to recommend to Con
gress tho passage of a law flxlug a tenure of
olllcu tar the subordinate places In tho pub
lic service. If it wore established and un
derstood that no change in tho Administra
tion and no change In tho responsible officers
under a vow Administration would imperil
tho positions of the working force, party
strife would Jose much of. its bitterness and
desperation, Senators and Representatives in
Congress would cease to, bo mere officer
brokers; sowing tho Government would no
lunger be the precarious business ,lt .now is;
lldelltyund efficiency would bo promoted;
factional quarrels over pntrdnngo would dis
appear; and tho political differences in tho
country wouhl bo marked by principles and
policy, while the machinery of government
would remain lu good miming order under
nil circumstances. ■ ,
ASTONISHING WHITEWASH.
1 Our readers may not have forgotten the
caso of the llov, Edward Cawley, recently
manager of a charitable Institution for cbU
tlrou lu Now York culled Urn ♦'Shepherd 1 *
Kohl,” nnd Umt thU llevotvjid Squcerswas
convicted by a jury In the Ouurt of General
Sessions of extreme cruelly to little children
who were In hU churgoiaiul sentenced to
twelve months* Imprisonment and to pay a
duo of $3.10. In January lout bishop Fatter,
of Xuw York, appointed n- committee to In*
iiuiru .into Uio "rumors andallegations**
touching Cowley’s character, It him taken
Committee seven }uoutl}9 to come to u
decision, uud.they have now reported, that
hU conviction In the olvil qot su(Yl*
i leut cuiiso to /present hhn’for trial under
the canons of the .Episcopal Church; that it
would bo a dangerous precedent to accept
such a conviction ns a sufllclcnt warrant for
cccloslostlcul trial; and that they “uru satis*
tied that tho , conviction of Mr. Cowley
iin the General Sessions only,
Till*!, CHICAGO TRIBUNK: TUISaUAV, JULIt «(>, 1881— TKN PAUIU
regarded ns pr/imWucfc evidence looking
t<i guilt, and not to he taken by a church
court or by a committee of Inquiry ns con
elusive of his guilt.” After smoothing over
tho damaging evidence as much ns possible,
though constrained to admit that he should
have secured better food and better treat
ment for somo of those under his charge,
especially tho boy bonis Victor, whoso 111
treatment It was that sent him to tho Peni
tentiary, .they conelmto ns follows In their
report:
Hut on carefully reviewing and weighing nil
tho evidence nt their command, the t’mmnlttoo
rail to Und aiiiilclimt proof. Umt in the illroetlon
oMho Shepherd's Fold, or In (ho treatment of
the children, or of any one, child, committed to
hisetimnstnniiiigerof tho Shepherd's told, ho,
was Inspired ami notiiiucd.by n motive nt* pur
pose properly criminal, or (it any way seriously ,
to injure such children, or any one or thomt,
and, tbernforu. tinder n deep and solemn sense
of responsibility to Clod, to the church they in.
(Ms oitso represent, nml to society nt largo, mid ,
after a very -long, amt laborious, and—ns they,
presume to assort—conscientiously prosecuted
investigation, tho Committee nro compelled to.
refrain from presenting iho Ilov. Edward Cow
ley for trial Inn court of tho elmroli for crime.
' Tho llrst Impulse of nil persons who nro
humanely inclined wilt bo to duvmttly (hank
(toil that thorn nro civil courts In existence,
and Umt It Is not left to committees like that
appointed by Hlsliop Potter to decide upon
tho guilt of criminals. Christian charity Is.
u very oommcndnblo thing, hut when It con
dones tho oltenscHOf such a culprit ns Cow
ley It Is matter for profound gratitude that
Its Jurisdiction Is restricted.’ .Meanwhile It Is;
to be hoped that tho Episcopal Church will;
not allow this Penitentiary convict whoso
term has expired to resume his old business.'
if he Is to he allowed to cimtlinm his clerical
functions that may ho right, I ns *ho
cannot starve or .maltreat Ul9 lambs
In the fold, but the lambs-should ; no
longer bo committed to ids cjiarge.
He may bo sound upon all the dogmas of tho
church, nml prompt nnd lndustrlous In tho
exercise of Its parochial duties, and eloquent
la his exposition of its tenets. These do not-
Involve measly, food, cruel neglect,.nnd
fmedlcnl Imlltforcnce, but in tho plain doc-i
trines of ordinary humanity ho has -shown.
himself so incfllclcnt nnd heartless that In
case of his restoration to the cate of helpless
tltllu children It.would behoove Illsliop I’ol
ter,to.advertise the fact by a general pro
nnnolamonto, nt tho same time giving his'
personal guarantee that there shall be plenty
of healthy food In tlie now fold. This
graduate from the Penitentiary will not ho
trusted under any other circumstances by
people who have the strange Idea (hat. chil
dren when hungry need food, nml when sick
need curing. .It may not bo any one’s busl-.
ness Hint he is not deemed amenable to.
church • discipline, but It Is a cheerful,
thought Umt the‘civil courts can take cog
nizance of such crimes against humanity,
and that;they bad the opportunity to oxer
clso their Jurisdiction In tho case of tho ■ so
called'" Reverend "Edward Cowley. •
Our New York namesake, speaking of this
ease, says:
Mr. Cowloy, nobody has yet forgotten, was sen
tenced tn an Imprisonment of one year, which
he has undergone, and to n line of -fAW, which
has. been imuU for: barbarously, treating Louis
Victor, a child committed to hls caroas head of
n charitable Institution called tbo Shepherd's
Fold. Tho- Kplscopat Committee reverses tho
verdict of tho Court, which had nil tbo evidence
before It. nnd Duds that tbo llov. Hdwnrd Cowley
did tho best be could with his 111-fed lambs.
Wo dosiro (o speak of this matter with nil -
proper civility and moderation. It la true that
tho Church has general public relations which
render It Bonmwlmt/hmonuhlo to tho publlo Judg
ment. tint, at tho sumo tlmo, it Is and ought to
ho tho wile judge* of tho Illness of Us servants
for tho duties which It assigns to thorn. When
they chance to bo in tho Penitentiary tholr In-'
bora aro necessarily stispundod, but whon tho
prisoner la liberated from tho primp nf tho civil
power Ills for thoOUnruh to say whether bo shall
no continued la tho exercise of clerical func
tions. Thrt ltov. Mr. Cowley, It appears, Is to
bo so continued, ami we do not complain of tho
leniency with which ho la treated, simply hoenusu
wo have no right to complain. If ho wcro.tobo
made a bishop to-morrow, his elevation, would
bo the bulsnoss of those who clouted him, and
not ours. Attbo same tlmo. in tho interest of
llttlo boys and girls, and guided by tho general
lone or tho report, which niirlbutce Victor’s
sufferings entirely to tho meagre condition of
tho lamer of tbu Fhoplioni’s -rold, wo would
Biitfjxost that tho itev. Edward Cowloy Should bo
employed duly In opulently, endowed asylums
and folds with fat kitchens.! A shepherd who
does not know n starving lamb when ho sees ono
can only bo Intrusted with ; Mucks In the very
greenest of pastures. Amt should Mr. Cowley,
for some lauxpllonhlo reason, bo ( continued us
a Shepherd, wo trust that lend proolumatlon will
: lio uimlo of tho fact, In ardor that tho honovolont
may bo moved to send In supolicsof bread and
• bc«f and other nooosßurlos of life. Mr. Cowloy
. may thus escape trial for. a second and similar
offense, or, bo spared tho tnortlllcntlon of a
second defense of his heart at tho expense of
bis head. ) *
THE “PREVIOUS •' QUESTIONf’’ IH EN-
GLAND. t
The " previous qncstion’Mn parliamentary
procedure Is an American institution. It Is
onbof tho most nsofitl legislative appliances
which constUutlonai government has over
adopted. It has been assimilated by tho now
ilupuhlic of Ft-unoe: but tho British X’arlln
muiit, bound down to.tradition by obstinacy
and obtusencss, has steadfastly, refused to'
employ this lubricator tar legislative ma
chinery. Tho embarrassments Incident to
tho absence of the “previous question” in
tho British Parliament wore never more ap
parent than at the present time. • Tho Brit
ish Journals arc criticising both parties for
the neglect of needed legislation, but not
ono of them suggests tho adoption of the
only method whereby stubborn obstruction
can bo,avoided.
Thu present English Parliament Ims de
voted its entire session to tho consideration
ot a'slnglc subject,—tho Irish troubles. Thu
llrat-threo months of tho session wore con--
Humod in n debate over the Irish Coercion
hill,* which authorizes the arrest of “sus
pected” persons, and commits “agitators”
to prison for. eighteen months without trial
nud without hall.. This net was Intended to
bo ’preliminary to some comprehensive re
form measure which was to allay the condi
tions which cause agitation, and Its passage
was secured dually by a temporary resort to
something like tho “previous question,”
which checked the opposition of the “ Home-
Buie” faction for the time being at tho risk
of placing ' extraordinary and dangerous
powers In the hands of the Speaker. Since
that time Parliament has been engaged al
most incessantly upon tho consideration of
the Irish Land bill, which only passed tho
Committee of the Whole on. Saturday, end
which will constitute, If It shall ultimately
become a law, the solo aahlevumont of the
entire parliamentary period of a whole yean
The practice of the British Parliament has
excluded from consideration at the present
session many measures of, urgent necessity,
The English Land bill Is a matter ot almost
os much Importance to Great Urilahras the
Irish Land bid to Ireland, and affects the
prosperity of the United Kingdom more,
I Hough It touches, the peace and order of the
nation loss, than the Irishism! bill. It has
had no hearing, and Uiero is no chance fpr it
hi tim present . Parliament... What is known
as the“County-Buform bill” embraces Im
portant electoral reforms, but It .cannot bo
reached. Among other measures which are
shut out are a crlmlual codo, which Inis been
drafted more than two years, and Is sadly
needed; changes hi the Patent laws 'de
manded for the protection of English Invent-,
ors; the Corrupt-Practices bill, which Is*
directed against the bribery so common In
English' elections 5' the 'Parilamohtary-Onths.
bill, which Is designed to admit men
like Bradlaugh Into'• Parliament who are
pot Willing to.take r the Ironclad religious
oath now,required;' amendments to the'
Bankruptcy, law, the delay of which, 'says
Urn Spectator, “dues trade mere than a sec?
oud luoome-tax”; and u number of other
measures which are regarded as essential to
public weUare and commercial Interests.
All these monflureM mo nttnwml to bang,
simply because I'nrlimnonl has no procuduro
whereby the majority cun on force Its rights.
It Is absurd for the Drltlsli I’arlhuucnt to
undertako to provide laws not only for a
vast Kmplre In its untkmal capacity, but also
locnl'lawH, of which tho various Statu Dqgis
lalurt'B relievo Uie American Congress, with
out a previous question or the right of the
nmjorlty In propor order lo force a vote. If
! any political parly had a majority of forty or
fifty votes In tho American House of Ilupro*.
seutnttvos and should consumo a seven
months’, session In haggling over a Blnglo
moflsiirn to tho uxclnshm of various other
measures of * almost equal urgency.' the
lenders of fiiieh party would bo re
pudiated oy tho people nt tho very first
opportunity. It Is iimiaing that the English.
people tolerate so tlngranl nit abuse of legis
lative privileges. Experience with tho usu
and advantages of Uio "previous question”
In this country ought to )mve.satlsfled En
glish statesmen long ago that It contains no
menace to free institutions. The United
’States la certainly as free a country ns En
'gland. Wo hnvo never yet boon compelled
to resort to martial law in time of pence,
twhlch'ls the present stale of things In En
gland. Yet tbo **previous question” Is tho
rule of procedure In tho popular branch of
tho American Congress, In both Houses of
most of tho Statu Leplslaturcs, In all our po
litical conventions, In tho Common Councils
and local tkmrds'nll over the country, nml In
nearly every gathering of apolitical, social,
business, or religious character. The United
states Senate,' la\llio' only exception, and
there Is no doubt Umt the rule will bo speedily
adopted there If there shall over bo danger of
Its becoming mi obstructive body. The
“ previous question ” dues not cut olt debate
Ihmmturcly, but It defeats obstruction. ‘lt Is
an Indispensable facility lo legislation In alt
.cases whore a majority rules.
■BBITISH “FAIE TBADB" VS, “FEES
.ZBADS>"
TJiorels n movement In England bused
upon what Us promoters call •• fair trade” ,
which looks to amodilicntlon of tho**freo
trade” which Ims been maintained so many,
years. Tlio universal policy of Great Britain
Ims been lo.ralse Its revenues by heaw excises
on liquor,by direct taxation, and by duties on:
some half dozen luxuries,' mainly alcoholic
spirits and tobacco. The “fair-trade” move
ment proposes to change this policy so ns to
levy duties of a retaliatory character upon
tho products of all countries which impose
duties upon articles of English export. ,
It Is not probable that this movement will
make any decided headway In England. The
English are a forehanded people. Tho com
mercial Interest hbs amuch greater Influence
over legislation than any political or senti
mental consideration. It .would not pay for
England to adopt the policy of a retaliatory
tarllf, and hence tho unlikelihood of such nu
event.
Lot us take as an Instance tho rotations of
England’and America. The United States
maintains a high tarllf, which, perhaps,
shuts put a largo lino of English manufact
ure that would bo sold In this country under
commercial reciprocity. But how will En
gland help her mamifnolnrurß by Imposing a
tarllf on American commodities V An En
glish tariff would not affect American
manufactured goods, os wo export little or
none to Great .Britain. And that would not
satisfy the retaliatory spirit which seems to
ho the basis of the movement, for so long as
tho United States sustains Its present ultra
tariff system, American hlgh-prlce manu
factures arc not/llkelv to compete with En
glish low-price spoils hi English, markets.
But U Englnn,d n ’umlortukcs to levy du
llii»: bn AlnoVlcah*A‘fob(l > products;, and
the ; ehenpV‘ raw material supplied to
her. jimmifucturti'i's .fronr llila country,
she will simply discriminate against'her
own people. England cannot sup ply out of
hcrown resources half the food which her
people require nor the raw material used In
her manufactures. To place a tax upon
these articles will at once Increase tho cost
of-living, the ratoof wages, and the cost of
manufacture. An'addition of only 10 per
cent to these Items of cost, whether by means
of a retaliatory tarllf or any other, agency,
might result in shutting out English goods
to tho amount of tens of millions from mar
kets where her people now enjoy undisputed
supremacy, as other nations could then un
dersell her commodities. v
1 But tiro loss of foreign markets for her
surplus manufactures Is not‘tho only risk
which England would Incur through a pol
icy of retaliatory tariff. England enjoys a
practical monopoly! of the ocean carrying-,
trade of the world; London; amt Liverpool
aro the world’s , clearing-houses iu com
merce, and her Hag Is borne on a
thousand ocean f steamers. Tho - surplus
products of America go there on En
glish 'ships for 1 distribution throughout
all Europe, Africa, and tho liulias. So the
exports of,other •countries are carried In
English vessels,- and exchanged through the
agency of English vinercUams and bankets.
Anything In the nature of a general tariff,
which would necessarily result from retalia
tory measures ngaliist tho various countries
which impose duties on English goods,
would enhance the cost of British manu
factures and make a,frightful Inroad upon
tho currying trade' of that Pow er. A nation
of nmnufuclurors and; shopkeepers would
howl, and the shipbuilders and maritime In
terests would Joiu in tlio chorus. . •
If this agitation • in' England for “ fair
trade” is .simply Intended to get up a scare
In Franco to pruvont the tlso In the French
tariff It may succeed; but Tf Its'purpose Is
also to alarm thls couutry ,with tho throat of
a reduced forelgn'markct fbr.our (opil prod
ucts unless wo reduce our tariffs,.lt.will
hardly have that effect. England has always
exhibited a groat anxiety to, have tho United
States Jobi it lu mi absolute policy of free
trade, but It .ils. by, no. menus certain
that England would. be tlio gainer from
such a change under the existing condition
of things. If the American tariff wore abol
ished the Americans would at once become
formidable competitors with English manu
facturers lu the markets of the world, and
would begin to share the profits of tho carry
ing trade. For a short time, England would
pour her goods Iff upon America without re
straint and find a toady market for them. It
wbuld’iiot be long, hbwovor, before the prices
of American goods, would go down.to tho
English level* Tlicuwagea In this country
would take the samc-oourso, with the advan
tages of more Abundant and cheaper food;
.The American raanurabtureraou a compet
ing basis would hayo cheaper cotton, cheaper
wool, cheaper leather, .cheaper wood, cheaper
Iron, cheaper coal, ami,cheaper raw material,
of nearly all kinds than the English. And
tlio time lias' come whoa jnoney Is os plenty
and ns cheap, in America as in En
gland, Upon such .terms ' England would
have. a rival -In! the true and upon
. Held of commerce which- she does not now
• encounter, and which would hi the end pos
sess-Itself of (ha? foreign 'markets England
now controls instead of;fujptshtojf : a. new
.demand for Euglisli goods* Ou tho whole,
IE upland will be : apt to.'phlde by her prespu i
free-trade policy, and not. to tamper with the
' American tariff system, which excludes the
Yankees from competing with her abroad,
Ah oooentrlo old gentleman la Lincoln
] shire, Koeland, aged 80, Is, it U stated, so
. firmly convlaoed of the gfisrosehlag cad of
Hio world, thiU ho has ordered an Immense bal
loon to hh mado tor tiH own convenience, by
moans of which ho hopes to witness tlio dcstruo-
Honor tin planet without sharing tlio futo of
1(9 inhabitants. Ho will taka with him in hid
iMoont tinned p revisions,Mirmidy, soda-water,
claret, nmt oihor creature comforts In sulllelont
i|imntUtc*-lo moot his rpijulremontsfor three
years, by which time hociUoulutcs bis llfo will
dmvocomdloa niituml close. Hols of opinion
ithatamonftthodiSbpJsor the world will be sov
oral largo fragments, on ono of which ho will bo
üblo to odoot n doacffVltnlnn Opportune mnmont
tinu flml u-Vofiijn) for Ids few remaining yours.
Ho proposed© take with him no companion but
a gilinckcopbr, who bus boon tong In his service,
ami fni* whom ho has it (rrent regard.- Ho tin*,
: however, warned tills faithful retainer, who Is
.only ft! years old,, that when tho pro*
visions In tlio balloon aroexhnusted ho will havo
tp'iblft fot blihsolf, and Uloroforc ln thron
yours* time bo without means of subsistence.
Having made those arrangements, the old gou
• Homan Is perfectly calm, and Indeed cheerful
Ho expects, bo declares, togoton bettor without
tho world than with It.
Tlio London Spectator of July 0 Ims this
paragraph about Qultoaut ■ • ■ •
Tho assnsln, Charles .Quitoau, a Chicago
lawyer, born In Illinois, but of irronoh*Canadhm
extraction, ruled fa Via C/Heupo Coueciilitm fur
Gen. Oartlold. ■ Ho oonsoquuntly thought ho had
arightto something,andasked for the Consul*
ship at Marseilles. He was “aßtalwartof Stal
warts," that Is, a warm friend ot the: Conkhug
side, and had recommendations from that party
In Jlllnulst tint bo was refused, nuparuntlv from
a suspicion that howasimtiiultosatiot and.cnwy
wltb mortified vanity and party fooling, be re
solved to murder tbo President, und with tho
last dollars ho could borrow purchased n' re
volver and executed his purpose.^
This was printed a week after the shooting
and when all tbo particulars were spread boforo
tbo British public. '
>{l) Quitoau wasalso a New York and Tloston
"lawyer," and abystcrcdaround in n good many
other places. (3) All (bo "voting" bo did In tbo
Chicago Convention was to pound on bis scat and
yell with tbo "Stalwarts." <«I) Being a "warm
friend of tbo Conkling side," It Is illillcult to soo
how ho could havo voted for Garfield, ovon If ho
had boon n delegate to that Convention. Tbo*
Rnglish press commits many roraarkablo blun
ders whoa commenting on American matters.
Tim recently-devised “ self-lovellng berth ”
is claimed tube tho only Inventionyotbrought
forward which effectually removes tho cause of
seasickness.- Us peculiarity lies la tho applica
tion of what Is known as the universal Joint,
Upon which the berth Is polsod, anil which Is dl
roctod In its motion byn crescent-shaped weight,
thus scouring n perfectly level surface, no mat
ror at what angle tho Vessel may pitch and roll;
It Is also controlled and regulated by Imlla-rub
ber springs, preventing any tendency to Jump
up with a sudden Jerk. Tne contrivance occu
pies no more space than an ordinary berth, re
quires no expensive sotting or adjustment, in
terferes In no way with the usual sleeping ar
rangement on boanl ship, nnd can at once, if de
sired. bo transformed Into a fixed north, lu a
word, admitting the, (act that seasickness is
caused by the sufferer being forced by the law
of gravitation out of his normal position, tho
Invention, bclugon Ihounlvcrmil Joint principle,
enables a passengurto maintain a horizontal
position uolnlluuncod by tho vessel’s motion.
Tub facetious American who swindled
hotelkeepers by stealing bU own pantaloons
and charging tnoso persons with tho olfonso has
found nn imitator In Franco, one Uenuvols, who
baa been convicted of simulating railway acci
dents. Ucouvols’ Ingenious system wus to lean
on tho door of< a compartment notprouoriy
closed, and to protend that bis leg was sprained
by falling from the carriage, lie practiced this
trick flvo times, and on each occasion received
some compensation for <bis misfortune. Ills
sixth attempt carried him straight to prison,
where ho Is now safely lodged. *
A SouTHHiiN philosopher says that millions
of pistols aro manufactured; that Infantry In
war do not uso them: that cavalry cannot use
them; that hunters Ibid thorn of no service; and
(bat they, nru used only, to make’ un infernal
nolso on the Fourth of July or to commit mur
der nil the year round. ‘ .
Postmaster Palmf.ii announces that ho
has Hiiniclout unooouplcd time on his hands to
edit tho Jloming J/erafd,and la laying dawn bis
platform. bo commences where bo left off a
dozen years ago In Congress. The world does
move, that’s a
PERSONALS*
' Tlio new.comet doesn’t «eom to hare any
pedigree. . .
Air. Coukllng lias my ontlro sympathy. X
have been them myself."—Jo/m Kelli/.
Daltlmoro la feolhic pietly well this sum*
mor. 11 Tnoro 1b talk of disbanding tho only base*
ballolub. ‘ '
“ You will fix my grave a little to the right
of tbo curaotory*ontranco us you puss in.”—
Rotate CotMlng. .*: '
“ 1 was a little nervous at noticing 'William
H. on tbo track Saturday, but did tho beat I
could.”—MnudS. :
The Duke, of Hamilton’s now yacht con*
talus, among other things, a bar. Tho Dako la
uvldentlya Drst-olass sailor. ;
Sir Frederick Leighton’s portrait of Airs.
. Sartotis, tho daughter of GcD. Qruut, Is said to
bo that of a very beautiful woman, .‘‘Apropos,”
says the editor of London Tntlhi M tho President
of tho Uoynl Academy la In tho habit of painting
beautiful portraits whether bis sitters arc so or
not Tho remark Is not, perhaps, applicable to
tho present ease,’' •
Airs. Alary Hopkins, the woman millionaire
of Ban Francisco, was assessed In the supple*
montary list (Hod a week ago for Bbo
has; 91,000,000 In railroad bunds, 18,013 shares
Western Dovolopmonc Company alook, 910,000,*
000 ; 405 shares Mission, Day Itldgu Company
stocki $4,000,000; ' and quantities of :bnnk, Instir*
'unco, railroad, and other stocks of .lessor valuo.
Hero Is, the atar-rbulo case, slated by* tho
Now York Times, In a nutshell: ‘‘Tboro.is a cor*,
tala uniformity of jnolhod about.tho stor*routo
swindles, In which toroo plomonte oonstuatly.ro*
appear. First, there was tho strawblddor with
blssiraw*boudsmuu{ next, there was the. Ding,
Who stood ready tb.tuko odvuutagp of tbo' fall*
uro of tho dummy contractor to -do too work
undertaken at a ridiculously tow price; and,
lastly*. Uioro was tho Assistant i > ustinasior*Qon*
oral, who took toawgrd tho .forfaited non*
tractwhero ;its proceeds.would do tho-most
good.”
- When a Huston roportor secures a now Job
tho ovent causes a sensation. The Art Jyumalt
says: “Earl Marble, one of; tho wittiest and
plthiest paragraphical Journalists of..the Hub,
has taken-tho editorial chair of our musical
contemporary, the Folio, Tho mannor In which
bis confreres arc pouring In tbolr.congratula*
tlonsoaa only bo compared with tbusosontto
President Oarttcld,. Morhlo bos the strength of
our native granltand the finesse of Carrara.”
It is understood ' that', the American rltlotoara
bos secured tbo chock ot a Boston V‘uUby paru*
graphical journalist " for use as a target iiok
season,';. V r '•
.Statistics lalil hoforo.Uio Congress of Brew
ers wblob recently met at Versailles show that
there nro.ia Europe qbout.llMW breweries,
which' produce annually. nearly 8,860,000,000
gttUoos.pt in ait liquor* .Orcut alone
produces u third of tbo outtro quantity, or to bo
exact, 786,017,008 gallons.' Prussia ’ comes next
with 018,670,008 gallon*! Bavaria; 860,767,003 gal
lonsi Austria, ;gl6,976il6BUaUonst and Prance,
166,060,000 gallons. It will thus bo sosa that tbo
,ToutODto nations are eminently the bier pro
ducers, as they are also tbo principal beer drink
eru wboro wluo Is to bo had nearly .as cheaply
as beer, the malt liquor Is not preferred. Tbo
proportion In .‘which boor, la consumed varies
very much, .Bavaria heads.the list* with! oriy
four gallons per bead per annum, or rather over
one gallon a week. Belgium Is next with thirty
gallons;and England Js about tbelarao—namely;
iwouty,qUio gallons, or,roundly speaking,some
thing over half a gallon per head perwuok. la
Germany, excluding Bavaria, the average con
sumption Is nineteen'gallops,‘and from this a
gfogtdrop follows, to plno gallons iu Scotland,
ttnd.bWbi soda half,' lu Irulaud, where whisky Is
preferred.. "Austria consumes only six gallons
l of bdcTpprbeftdftod.PntuPQ Pdy tour.' * ! 1 •' " .
v-,, < pvßt.io opimoti.
*iW Vorjf JForlff (pom.) ; If it were per*
touted to compare groat (blags with small, wo
should say, after mature deliberation, that Mr.
Coqkltog'a action lu resigning hU> sent fas like
quip t|wi of, the hoaanirarmervlw'hUohpd b(ra»
seif up with u lusty yearling,, steer, la order to
MCuiton the galaal to (he yoke. Bhortly after-
wards ho was hoard exclaiming, "Itcnd iiftutTl j
Blame cur 100 l souls—liuru wn onmu!" . . .
When, after thirty-six hour* of Imnl work, tho i
doctors brought. him to what, named Tor hi* |
senses, tho old gentleman ronmrHed. »‘Tlmtnr i
'stem* hadn't made tnorn’n n dozen Jumps Toro I i
realized tbut I had mttito u mistake I" I
New York 'iVifmno: Uultmut louphtngty
remarks that tbo nnU In tho corner of bis col) {
touch him tho lesson of “ work, work, work," i
nnd asks tlmt ho may continue to enjoy tholr so
doty. This Is tho ffrst instance la history of an
;lnsnlttothonnt. .
• Augusta, (In., Chronicle (Ucui.): Tlio rich
; men of the United States bavo donated to tbo
■universities, In tho post yohr, 111,000,000. Wo.
Bttnor nt nortborn greed, but most nf tho donnt
inff comes from tlmt souroo. Tho South has few
rich persons, but thuy nro not much on tho “ do-’
unto."
■ Of Uoyrosciilnllvo Olmlmura* ntlnok tipoit
Senator Lamar, boenusu tbo latter said that
'“Chalmers wanted to nostlu. with mo, but I ;
‘Wouldn’t nestle," tbo Vicksburg i/cr.s/ti snyst.
, “Tho wuitl nestlo mentis to Ho close ns a bird u\,
her nest. Mr. Lamar refused to do this with
Chalmers, tlmt is, bo refused to, ooOpornto with
him, to countcimiico tits principles. and to for*
ward his purposes with tho Democratic Con
servative party of Mississippi. As, Chalmers
was already snugly nestled with Barksdale, Lit
mar would Imvo boon falso to bis record, lo bis
conservatism, aud to his frluiuls to nestlo with
Chalmers. Hut Mr. Lamar's refusal ourrlud
with it no attack ouCbnlmcrs. His rufusul to
icstlo was lutido privately, and Lanmr. perhaps
tad no Idea It would be mnda art exausu to at
tuck him. Those facts, and tho patioiit, sen*
tlomnnly, silent course Lamar has pursued,
nmko-lt easy. for ali fair-minded moo to say
Chalmers Is kicking up a row wltnaut Just
cause." .
Now York Tima?: Now York has got two
Senators ot m> romarkablo ability, and about
whom it would bo absurd to Indulge In any ex
pressions of- State pride. But it bus also got rid
of two Senators by whom It was conspicuously
misrepresented, and In whom tbo sense of pri
vate proprietorship. of tbolr allloo bad wholly
effaced any sense of public responsibility.. Hoo
pla who inlk about Mr. Conkllug being missed
In tbo Senate might -fitly exorcise tholr ingenu
ity lit trying to discover any recent Issuo of Na
tional Importance on widen tho Inllueuco of tbo
senior Senator from Now York bus boon* in any
sense, worthy of tbo position of tbo Stale.
Neither Mr. Miller nor Mr.Lnpbam can compare
with Mr. Coukllng in bitterness ot invective, lit
power of retort, or In any of tbo qualities of tbat
sublimated stump oratory of which bo was mas
ter. Hut they need have only tbo most modest
endowment of statesmanship to deal with ques
tions of Immediate Importance In a much moro
effective fashion than Mr. Coitklmg boa recently
dune, or than Mr..Hlutt over shown any ounuoity
for doing.
London .academy, spanking of, Colorado,
says: "The miningcurapof loghuts and cotton
toots would bo unrecognizable In tho 'city,' wllb
palatial hotels and brtuk mansions. In 18|}0 a
Huffman car would whirl him ovora trdckwhlch
In 1870 bo wearisomely traversed 011 tbo baok of
a moribund mulo or still more toilsomely com
passed on foot. Tho trapper of tbo story books
Is indeed now getting almost os soaroo In tbo
Kooky Mountains as nay of tho other rdhiantio
characters so long associated with that mis
named series ot mountainous tracts. Tbo gold
digger, tbo ‘cowboy,' and tho shepherd arc tbo
man wbo Imvo displaced him, and they, in their
turn, are being closely pressed by tho land spec
ulator, ‘tho wall-street capitalist,' thu sports
man, tbo health-seeker, who camps out in tho
valleys, nnd tbo other intruders wbo arc
spoken contemptuously of us ‘tender toot,' a
form In Colorado of about tho same slgnltlcmtco
ns ‘lmmigrant’ waslu Nevada In tno nrc-Hucillc
Railroad days. Colorado is especially affected
by Bngllsbmen. Some of tbo llucst parts of tho
country aru owned' by thorn, and some of tbo
best—as well us many of tno worst—of Its citi
zens claim to bo our countrymen." > ft
■ Now York Times: People who hold Umt
clergymen uro hopelosly disqualified for dealing
witb tbo concerns of dully life will And support
for tbolr views In, tbo romarkablo llndingof
Bishop Potter's committee In regard to tbo cqso
of tbo Bov. “Shepherd" Cowley. Starting with
tho assumption tbat “it would bavo boon cstab
tlsbinga very dangerous precedent to accept tbo
flndingsot a civil court us sufficient lu them
selves to require tho presentment of a clergy
man for trial before a court of the Church"’ tho
Commltioodiocliiro tbat they felt bound “ (0 go
fully and vigorously Into tbo investigation "
without any special reference to the conclusions
ronebod In a court of law. They naively remark
that “most of the persons alleged to 00 capa
ble of giving positive nnd pertinent evi
dence against him [Cowley] stood - aloof
train tbo proceedings of tbo Committee," nnd
they find that ns none of. tho allegations against
Mr. Cowley were of such a nature as to render
him liable to bo tried'for “Immorality" It re
mained only for them to detormmo whether tbo
evidence before thorn required a presentment
for “crime." Albeit, the Committee llnd Cow
ley lo have boon "deeply oulpablo" in respect
to bis treatment of tbo boy Louis Victor,' Involv
ing, as It did, neglect, wblcb tboy “severely
blame and condemn," tboy nevcvtboluss full to
And tbat be was actuated by “a motive nnd pur
pose properly criminal,” and tboy, therefore, nro
compelled to refrain from'presenting tho Rev,
Edward Cowloy for trial In a court of tbo Cburol
for trial. What would bavo been tho verdict- 01
Bishop rotter’s Committee bad Mr. Cowloy bean
unsound on any of tbo Tblrty-nino Articles It Is
nut difficult to Imagine; but, then, “ 1 desire
mercy and not sacrifice ".is not one of tbosc; *
Dana In tho Now York Nun, July 31, on
Conkllng's defeat: Roscoo Coukllng has fallout
Not from office; for bo voluntarily relinquished
office some time ago. - But until yesterday bo
bad before him nt least a possibility. of re
election.' Now ho is fallen from position, from
rank, from tbo leadership of bis party. To*duy
ho is o racro prlvttto citizen, with’ no encour
aging prospects for tbo future. Ho mayitroteb
fortb bis bonds In vain, and fur many yoart fall
to clutch power again.; By a miracle, as It,wore,
by an Insane aat of an assasin, It is truo that Mr.
Coukllng stood, a few days ago.'very near to tbo
power behind tbo throno which is said to bo
greater tbuu thotbrouo Itself; but tlgbtntng Is
its likely to strike In any particular place as
such n thing Is to happen again. Mr. Conkllng
has reached tbo full meridian of life, and bis
recent mistakes and foibles cannot bo over
looked lu that generous spirit wbloh pardons
much to tbo ImHsoroilon of youth. He stands
facingn dark, if not rnylcss, future.' No rain
bow of promise spans his sky; nor, in tho order
of nature, and in tbo ordinary course of human
affairs, can bo reasonably expect to bobold any
now morn on bis midday risen.
-.With those wna rejoice over tba faff of Roscoo
Conkllng for personal reasons, or in any spirit
of exultation, or potty triumph, wo have no
fooling In common. Far from It. Wo remora
- borbhn ns a Into patriot during tbo War. Wo
recall with prldo tbo bright performances and
more brilliant promise of bis earlier and bettor
days. Wo bald too much in common with him
1 then, and battled by bis side. too long, to con
template bis ovortbrow ovon now without some
degree of painful -emotion. But while, person
ally, wo mlvht pause to drop a tear Into bis
political grave, for tho sake ot the 1 country wo
1 rejoice over his downfall. - - ,
u Because In him falls tho foremost enemy of
the freedom of tbo press In America.- 1 -
, ll.‘Because in Roscoo Coukllng falls tho loader
of tho Third-Term party, who would ovortbrow
tbo free Constitution of tho Uultod States and
<orcut an empire on Its ruins. :■*• ••
: Down, down forever, with all such men J Ho
, possessed parts which - fitted him for a higher
1 destiny.' And In tho class of public man into
1 wblcb. historically, Mr. Conkllpg-has chosen to
I place himself, bo will rank second only to Aaron
Burr.
MAJ. CONNOLLY’S REPORT. ',.V
Bptclal DUpaieh to Th* Chicago Triiun*.
BpaiwariELDl lIL, July 2fi.—MoJ.'A* J. Connol
ly, , DnUod BtntM District-Attorney' for. tho
Southern District of. Illinois; bus.prepared bis
report to Ailornoy.Qonoral MauVosgb, showing
tbo business Uono In tho United Btqtcs district
imnQiroiili Courts of tbls district'for tho ygpr
ending Juno 80,1SS1. During tbo year Judg
ments wore obtalnodln* these courts for plain*,
tiffs for 911, T85.W9.5W. Tbo number of criminal
cases disposed of wore lift, of wbtcbTU convlo*
Uons wore hud. About ulno wore I’enUeutlaiy
oases and nearly all tbo remainder wore, for sell
ing liquor lit violation of tbo Uevonuo laws, Tbo
ummmi of linns Imposed was 13,970, ot wblcb
|3,iut wore collected. . i , ■
■-THE.ARKANSAS SILVER MINES.
fijWtal XNfpdUA to The CAlMffO 7Visun*.
HoremNQS, Ark., July Ss.—Unusual interest
Is bolng manifested in tbo Montgomery County,
silver mines, situated about thirty miles west of
boro. 1 Several shafts bavo boon sunk to n con-;
sldentbio depth, and the oro tg rich .end assay?
well/'Astamo-iulU and concentrating works
bavo reooutly boon put In operation, with abun
dant success. ;Meh of capital are investing In
tbo mines,—amopg them Diamond jo Reynolds,
who appears to bavo a groat, deal of faith In
them. boveral companies bavo boou formed foe
tho purpose of developing tbo country, and tbo
prospects for success aro brightening.
NEBRASKA NOTES.'* ; i
k;
-1 gpsclat Oonttpondcmt of IDs Chicago IVUmns, ' *
v lahoour, Neb;,‘July «!.—Tbo latest railroad
news la to tbo« effect that ;Jay Could has pur
chased tbo A, ft N., or ratbor .made a swap with
tbo U. ft M. of the St. Joe ft Denver Road for the
A. ft N.’ it Is asoertod that Gould tbreatoned to
build • now road from Atchison to tbls city,wad
so control a direct line to St/Louls, unless the
I).ft M. would foske,-the'above trade. That
SU9C strstwferbajbcou madopo one jp tb}sblty
Is really able to say, • Dy many It is bellorad to
bowereiyarumor sot about by unotitobU rail-
road men who know nothing of what thnvi u.
Tile regular nnmnil onmp-nieclinguf n.V •
trlc-l »*1 tho Mrt.tmdt-l Church »v||f |, L , j..,.! 1l1 *
llcnncl, seventeen mile* from liere/rmiM.. 11
mg Aug. H, ami lasting two week*, a C"'*
number of people hum abroad are exti,.,.,1, if 8
i»o lit mteiKlaiuji*, ami the rough* of Onuih,. ! ’! 1
Lincoln are preparing for tbo oeenolott u 1 "®a '
Harvest l« prutn-es-dng Unoly: after nil o. .
bus been said to tho cmitrnry, tho whoat.!*
lias turned out very good. u tnj [>
Tho bond, proposition for city water.w/.t
met with dolcat ynstorday. Tho vote wu* ii»k.
Pleasant and agreeable weather now. whut.
u groat roller after tho intense heal of mi n “JJ
three weeks. 0 vm
RIVAL OF THE AUDIPHONe.
Vito OUcotistlo Puti ns mi Aid to || ei ,
lug—Tito Curious Japanese i nvc ,,
lion,; . 1
AVir York Timm.
At tboJuun meeting of tho Medical Hoclotvaf
tbo County of Now York, Ur. Mumucl soxin?
who bos beenmo noted In medical literature r, *
curious and Interesting Inquiries us ; 0 {hi
physiology of hoarlug and thn transmiMionS
sound.by (hottssucsof tho hunmii body. rc -,. ‘
brief but striking paper on (lib Japanese onT
ooustle.fuu. and exhibited an iusirumoitt of hu
own invention, entitled tho dental souu.MrnnL
milter, which exhibited considerable prof*!!
Blonnl Interest. Tho Immediate origin of thl
paper was it box of fans nonsiguod to tboJan.
uncso Consul boro by tho Snporiiiicmlcm of
tho Institution for tbo Deaf and Duinh
In Japan,—tbo first institution or iu k ™,
over established lit Hastorn Asia. Tbo fan*
woro manufactured by tho Inmates of ml
Asylum upon a principle subiuintlitlly identical
with tbo nudiphono invented by Mr, ffuodci.
which excited tbo general attention of tho iti.
ontlflc men In this oountryn cuunlo ot ymn
ago. .They wero sont lo this oily with a vid* u
ascertain whether tboro was any market
thorn In this country, and whether It would h»
worth tho tvhllfl for tho authorities uf iff
Asylum to cticourago an Industry that
assist to ronclor tho institution coir-sininorhMv
Tho fan is of lacquered material, ilml. han.l*
sumo, and uvAtlublo ns a fuu.tmt durable and
strong. A silken cord i* passed tbrmuih ■
couple ot Dimrturoa at tbo tup. aim tbe t»»
ends nro brought together on ttiu liiteninlsur.
face nnd passed tnromrh an eyelet in ■>,.
lacquered iiamllo. Tho coni is lastcnod *t
any desirable tension by means or nrcu.
toga peg In tho unenmg, mid the fan Isrcadr
for use. Its cost Is from Ud cents to L-tnn
arid it may bo ornamented with any designs in
lacquer or paint, according to tbo ram-yur th»
oustuincr. Dr. Sexton’s liißti-utiioiit—tlio deaui
sound-transmitter—consists simply of acminis
of thin plntos of metal riveted together and
furnished with a silken cord. R may lm 9llprK.nl
upou tho tup of a common Jntmm'He run, raLff.
ented of bamboo covered with paper, and bu
proved, In experiments with bis patients, tote
ns valuable lu convoying tbo sound of bu
man voice to the auditory nerve in cases ot
dear-mutism where tbo nervous harp uf tbomr
Is still Intaot, as either tho amliphonoer tte
otnooustlo fan; being a moans of msinniHnc.
ously converting a common tun Into an ucuuttio
Instrument, it canenslly bo carried in thovoa
pocket, Tho cost ot its manufacture lu grots b
about 10or 15 cents.
“ Tbo curious point that my exporlmoms bare
developed," said Dr. Soxton, “Is tlmt tbo tnlt*
lug dlstanoo with tbo fan in three iert. Wab
tho oar-trumpot, which Is stiff tbo best ituiru
iDontln use forcullccttugund cmiducilugsuuDi],
a patient' can-hear at a distance of twelve reel
At tbat distance, with tbo nudhdione or fan. tbo
ouly thing mullblols aconruscd,dlsjolntcii mur
mur, the arttculaUuan bolug lust or misplaced
and tbo patient bewildered. On ibo other biml,
wbcu too near, as I soon learned by experiment,
tbo articulation is lost lu tbo vocal quality.’*
“Tbeuyou maintain," mud tbo reporter,"that
Itao 'Japanese fun Is a valuable assistant to ua
deaf-mute, provided tho laws of tbo dcotul
transmission uf sound arc properly understood
boforoband, but that eoino training Is required
in order to employ it to mlvantagc'r"
“That is uxaotly what my experience bat
amounted to," replied Dr. Boxton. us ho place!
a fao-similo of Helmholtz's famous instrument
lor tho illustration of thn physiology of bcurmg
upon tbo table before him.
THE NEW SENATOR.
Hlr« Xnpltam’a Early Liro nud Bucceil
um a Lawyer,
. *Ym Vorti Tlmt.
Elbrldgo Gerry Laphum .was bom at Funning
ton, N. Y., Oct. 18, Ihii. His curly life mis spent
on it farm, and bis early education wassuebti
could bo gained at tlio winter public schools,
In this manner bo gained a common school edu
cation, aud was subsequently admitted to tbs
Cnuandalguu'Acndcmy, where bu completed bli
studies. Leaving the Academy, bo studied civil
engineering, , and- was afterward appelated a
civil engineer .on tbo Mlcblgan BoutbornUail
rond. Relinquishing this employment, bs
studied. law, and was admitted to tbo liar
in * IBH, Mr. Lnpbam soon niter sctticl
in .Canandaigua, whero bo bus since re
sided. In a few years be gained a very luendivs
pruotldo. ’InIWHio wnsutnemiior uf UioCan-
Biltutlonui Convention of Now York. Almoin
Mr. Lupbam bad already gained eunsidi-raUs
promlnonoo in this Btute, ami In ins position as a
successful lawyer continued to enlarge bla circle
of iqUucntlai friends, bo declined to be a candi
date for any public olllco until the opening of
tbo campaign of 187-1. Ho wna then nominated
aud elected by u good miijurityas itvprctcuiß
live to tbo Forty-fourth Congress. lie wa* n
elected (0 (bo Furty-tlftb, Forty-sixlli, aud tor
ty*BUVenth Congresses. In 1878, when reunited
to tho Forty-sixth Congress, ho received
votes, .against TO,l&i votoa cast fur I'ieriKiu .
Doraoorut and Orcenbuckor, IU votes for Huwvll.
Prohibitionist, and U 8 scnitorlng votes. Tbo vow
oust In 1880, when,elected to tlio I'orty-suvontli
Congress, was a vcrygrutl tying one, Mr. Lapaaut
carrying tbo Twanty-sovonth District ny nearly
B,OW majority, lie received 15.870 voles, updtni
lu,'Jd3 • votes cast for Ciumcni W, Uummtt, tho
Democrats ouudlduto, aud 404 votes fur A.U
Hoatb, OrcuDbaekcr. . .
Mr. Lnpbam was a obissmutoutCannuasiirns
Aondomyof tbo latoßtupiion A. Douglas. Ibe
Academy was at that time cue of mo (radio? ed
ucational Institutions In tho Btute, and you an
Lnpbam and Douglas were regarded by ms
Faculty and tholr fellow-students aa tho smart
est scholars la the Institution. In debate mef
woro regarded as rivals, and always were pined
against ouch other. Mr. Luubam uceupioas
seat nt tbo bead of tho table in thu bourdlti?ue-
Eartment and Douglas sat nt his right harm. ;ir.
uphura was oompolied to loavo tbo school ter
several weeks, and on bis return found Mr.
Douglas occupying tbo scut nt tho head of me
table. Mr. Lupbam demanded bis scut, and Mr.
Douglas insisted on bin right to retain it. job
Faculty finally decided that tbo two young men
should nrguo tbo case before tbo scholars, wm
would sit ns’a Jury. Tbo contestants aettpud
tbo.sßnution ana made elaborate speoebrs.
Jury decided that Douglas was entitled to ms
Heat. Mr. Lnpbam. In relating this nijcwo'*!
used to nay:. “TbU was Btupben A. Botw«
tint idea of squatter sovorciguiy."
' CREGIER' WILL NOT HAVE IT.
nth* £4Uore/Tht OhUawl'rilunf'
Chicago, July -t.—l doslro to call attention 10
Ujo wlnd*powop,plan for supplying water, t
wont to tho CUy-llull the otbor day bylaws*
tioo to Hhovr toy-plana. The City Kiw* ncer
laughed at mo, and wanted to know It I P™'
posed to supply water wttb a chain pump. * •*
however, spoke vary highly o i my plan tor a|**
Infecting sewage, but ou the whole ttiou>;ht mi
oity could not afford to risk untried piaoa wj
ho did think steam* power could not
upon, economy Instead ot lino eiigiucrti nf
what the city cun best afford just now, «hcru<
1 propone this plan: dupnly. at low procure *
wmd*powor unglncatQo bulk of the watur
use;and let the pumpmg*worbs in>»» l« 1 f. 0 SL
K for culinary purposes ouly. Wo '» I m
ro V i Abundance orwator, and rcd«o «
present cost of pumping several hundred «(««>
per day. - Wharfs the uso of burning
wo have plenty of wind that will H >
loss to utilize? • I propose to supplmmat rt
present works .with a number of u^ rv ®,™
moated at convenient points throughout.me
below water level of the lake so that w«ti* »«*
How Into them from one or os many l»’ nl ,
may bo desired. If found coeupcr lu "f'LJ
number oMnlels. From those rwor\oiij
Is lifted by wludxnUl power Into t«* £ oP
Butllolout bight to supply water to tt o rt
oven second lloors of buildings, ‘ mur#
when-tilted'will oontutn tbreo Vi* B dn*l
water.itbtm will bo necessary i»r ot . llU
supply,., ao >stbat in days ,us
a supply ot water will bo on hand. f
further provision a oonucctlon c * lt , l ..w« wnlvo.
with the Win pipe of the steam w < u ,,ni;
ot courae, bolug higher pressure, w ' ll ‘V 11 , 1 . i
more or (ess by the uso or the nwem». wj
lu.a.conversation wlih Mr. \\. 1- * l **:V. ll iyuxid
proved of; v thls plan, both for Wrt V - T‘ 1 p rmniyini
Forpump ng*works ot Ilrldgoport for}^ i’‘ ) rt p!
the river. A Chicago linn
bone power mills at Aoasounbiu c*«t fljJUas
notco them to do all T have clwluictl. iI j * t „
tboolty repair the prosent cr b u d i’r' m ,
with a circular lnm*uiad coat, e*n V L'.ViiieiL-iiUy
point above water-level to u point «”' xl .
below to ward off waves and leu. V‘/' wLi ,u
fully yours,.' FitAkki* itotaw^
Ti» o:a wuukr*>» u « ~“ 1 ' A
lllluv to Ibe Fuutlliibta
Xu* I’w* Tiuut, Juiv -ii- . , rcUrt I
Tho efforts which arc bomg tuu«
release frum tbo uib lfJ
tho members of the whisky ll |ll v |ll ~v , K . t ,pis
another Illustration of bow conibb-u* . i
MuffitlndSfrtudlug
imblio apathy as an aid to t ‘ Xt ' in J'V 1 ' 11 , to **">•
isbmeot; Those judgments u '- u
-o^o,ooo,and aro said to bp c>; 11 yilK .«t
thoughthe steps necessary to n u , t ~,.8 u J
bavtf notyot been taken, the ,VA u .Vf U r lull "»•
propose, apparently, to compwm si- * l , |t
amount of the Judgments, and J' . L minu^
others oould be brought lu.