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Senator Vance's Mil to repeal the Civil
Service act la regarded ns Ills latest and best
joVe. It way ha appreciated In Uuncoinue
County.
The Iil, after enlarging to eight pages,
seems to have sliruuk to four or less. The
I!l is certainly not an organ. It Is more
like an accordeon.
In this country the brains which engineer
protective tariff and monometallism are
oftim found under the same hats or, more
properly, In the satne pockets.
The steel-rail combination have advanced
the price of steel rails from 125 a ton to $35.
But they have made no proportionate ad
vance in the wages of the laborer, for whose
dear sake they demand continued protection.
It Is noticeable that under this Democratic
Administration more recommendations have
been made for erecting publics buildings in
Washington thin under anyoflts Republi
can predecessors.
Senator Malt's Educational bill Is fixed up
so as to get votes. Ab the District of Colum
bia has no vote, she is to get none of the
$77,000,000 provided for distribution among
the enfranchised citizens of all the other
States and Territories.
Civil service reform is a good thing a
necessary thing but as practiced In Bome
instances it places too high a tariff on the
raw material and too little upon the costly
manufactured article. It should accomplish
more for the protection of good men In office
and less for the protection of all men In office.
Sanguine Democrats have not yet given
up the hope that before the end of his pres
ent term President Cleveland will have a
Democratio Senate to advise and consent to
his nominations. There is light ahead in
Indiana, Connecticut, New Jersey, California,
New York, and Michigan that cheers the
true believers.
A search among the few accessible archives
containing reference to Austrian diplomatic
despatches falls to discover objection made
to the reception of any one of the numerous
Turkish embassadors accredited to that
country, on the score that the position in
society at Vienna of a Tnrk who kept a
harem would be Intolerable.
Senator Sherman is credited with saying :
"The attitude of the friends of the tariff
"would naturally be that of defense, rather
"than aggression. They occupy the posi
tion of vantage, and will make no move
"outside their own works." The last ditch
left the protected Interests I3 the Senate.
Their main works were carried by assault
laBt November a year.
Our contemporary, the flisf, fraternally re
fers to this as one of "the minor Washlng
t'ton newspapers." By the time the Post Is
as old as Tub Sc.sdat Hebald, especially if
it shall have continued under one manage
ment bo long, it may he entitled to talk about
Borne of its younger rivals as "minors."
The Wseelt National Imeiuoesceb feel3
like an adult, thank you.
The decision of the Supreme Court in the
Mississippi railroad case3 shows that It Is
unnecessary to invoke the power of the
United States in the matter of unjust dis
criminations by railroads on freight charges,
since, if the States do their doty, they can
control the subject. If the people of the
States cannot secure legislation for their
protection from their home legislatures, what
can they expect to effeot in Congress 1
Metropolitan Railroad officials think Sen
ator Van Wyck too Inquisitive about the
affairs of that corporation. He wants to
know the amount of its capital stock, how
much it owes, how much It earns, and what
it divides annually. As a report of this
character is required by law, perhaps the
Senator is entitled to the Information. We
trust when the report is made it will not be
of a bob-tall nature, but ivill show Just why
the company Is too poor to provide a con
ductor to collect Us fares.
Senator Hoar's bill providing for earlier
meetings of Congress is a move in the right
direction, but It does not go far enough. He
proposes that the first session of each new
Congress shall begin on the second Monday
In November and the following alternate
years on the first Monday In October. The
first session of each new Congress ought to
bs held on the second Monday In March,
when the committees could be organized and
their work prepared ready for the De
cember meeting. The second session could
be begun at the time proposed by Mr. Hoar,
the first Monday in October, giving ample
time to consIJer business for the short ses
sion. Is it not about time to cease the useless
prosecution of Washington business men
who happened to have dealings with the
naval bureau of medicine and surgery J The
strongest cases that could be found against
them have been tried and proved failures.
Public opinion Btrongly condemns the effort
to make private citizens the scapegoats for
the alleged crimes of pnbllo officers. What
ever irregularities have been shown were
caused by the action of the men In charge
of the bureau, and were submitted to by
contractors In order to get the money they
had earned. The district attorney's office
and the courts have too many other duties
on hand to waste their energies aud the
publio money on what begius to seem like
petty persecution. Let the other Indict
ments now pending follow the fate of those
against Mr, Burgdorf and be swept into the
limbo of rubbish.
The only privileges of local citizenship
extended to the American resident In this
District Is to pay his share for the adminis
tration of the affairs of the National Capital,
without vote or voice as to the amount or
purposes of taxation, and then gronl.
Recognizing many ameliorating ilrcum
stances attending the situation, the District
citizen has become a patient animal, taking
up his burden cheerfully, aud making but
little remouBtrauce at Its size or weight. It
is hoped, however, that this exceptional
meekness will be put aside on the oocaslou
of the discussion of the new revenue bills for
this DUtrlct, Including the License bill, and
that District citizens will see to It that
District business Interests should not be
inade to suffer In the effort to let outside
corporations a ill Individuals trausait busi
ness here on more favorable term tbau
residents.
Iu the ilood of bills introduced hi both
Houses of Congress last week those relating
to the District of Columbli are so numerous
to defy comment upon them singly. It Is
rartly a blessing that a small proportion of
them will over be acted upon, much less be
come laws. Only a few out of the mass will
slip through In soruo odd moment, and these
will perhaps be selected more by the sport of
chsnee than on any well-settle 1 principle.
Among them are bills to gridiron the beau
tiful streets of this oily with additional
tramways. If our lino pavements are to be
maintained, the proper method of carrying
passengers Is by lines of swift, light omni
buses plying In any direction that may be
desired. Sundry measures to cure defects
in our antiquated laws are well enough in
thilr way, but they are like small pitches
on a dilapidated edifice. At least ono snb-
Ject of law reform, such as the conveyance
oi real estate, court procednro, or wills,
ought to be taken up aud thoroughly oared
for at ono time. This course, would proba
bly be even better than trying to pass a
whole code as one statute. There are a num
ber of "town-council" bills, such as those for
new bridges, to overhaul certain mrnn.i.
tlons and the like, which are nil enmmn,ln.
ble. Tax reform Is very needful, but de
minds the most careful consideration. Thoso
other enemies of our well-paved streets, the
"opposition gas company" men, do not seem
to have appeared yet, but 11 seems Improba
ble that they have tellred fiorathe struggle.
Scrutiny of the committees does not leave
as favorable an Impression as could be wished.
We confess we had honed better from Mr.
Carlisle. No one without knowledge of the
secret reasons prompting this aotlon can find
any Justification for the displacement o( Gov
ernor Curlln from the chairmanship of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs. This is the
more Inexplicable since the place Is given to
a gentleman, however estimable he may be,
who possesses no known claims to suoh an
honor. The time has not yet come when the
American people recognize the accident of a
wealthy father as a proper ground for pollll
cat advancement. Governor Curtln is hon
ored by the people for twenty-five years of
useful publio service, as Wr Governor, For
eign Minister, and Representative. He has
peculiar claims upon the good-will of the
Democratio parly. To put Mr. Perry Bel
mont In his place seems like setting a polo
pony to do the work of a war-horse. There
are fifty Democrats In the House without
chairmanships who by public service and
approved ability are entitled to rank above
Mr. Belmont.
The South receives the lion's share of In
fluential places In the organization of the
House. She has thirty-three chairmanships,
while the whole of the Eastern and Western
States get bnt eighteen. Kentucky has
four chairmen and a member of the Ways
and Means, while New York, with nearly
twice as many Democratic Representatives,
has Just the same. Let us hope that the
work of these committees will Justify the
Speaker In selections which are in so many
cases unaccountable.
There Is abundant evidence that the pro
tected interests do not feel altogether se
cure from tariff reduction because of a slim
Republican majority In the Senate. The
common talk has been that way, It Is true,
for Borne time, bnt as the time approaches
for making up the record of the two parties
on this the most Important of all questions
affecting the pockets of the people, the Re
publican Senate is no longer counted as will
ing to reject any and all tariff legislation
that may be sent It from the House. There
are Republican Senators whose eyes are
opening so far that they can see that some
thing must be said and done In the way of
tariff rednctlon. They remember that a Re
publican Tariff Commission some three years
since, after mature deliberation, reported to
Congress "that a substantial reduction of
"tariff duties is demanded, not by a mere
"Indiscriminate popular clamor, but by the
"best conservative opinion of the country."
They have not forgotten that since their
failure to heed the voice of this commission,
feeble as It was, they have been beaten In
every Congressional election, aud have
finally become a mere opposition party by
the loss of the Presidency. When the House
sends to the Senate a measure of tariff re
duction, as send it will, in spite of Demo
cratic division, these Republican Senators
will scarcely lay it on the tableland thus
pronounce themsolves adverse to any re
form In the tariff. Discuss It they must,
and when they do this they must also for
mulate by way of amendment some milder
basis of revenue reform to go before the
country on in the Congressional elections of
this year.
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Chinese laundries la Chicago arc graduating
into opium dens. ThU Is a moral leprosy more
dangerous than the corporeal Und the? disseminate.
bENMTOit IIoab Is the latest candidate for the
Presidency. Ills boomlet Is yet la those early stages
of Infancy n hen careful nursing and a milk diet is
necessary.
Senator EpwrjNDsbas bad too long an experience
la nursing Presidential booms to commit himself
unnecessarily on the woman suffrage question. In
questions such as this each boomer fears a
boomerang.
When Mr. Hayes made the country of the Daco
tahs a land of promise for Southern carpet-baggers
who had lost their constituencies, he sowed the
seeds of jobbery in government that ha e rrodaced
a troublesome crp.
Tue performances of some of the special corre
spondents who prlot long Interviews with the Preel
dent, with one Inch of truth to a column of space,
are only equaled by those of the lucky poker-p'ayer
who drew to a shoestring and got a tan-yard.
Awav back In the " Ionics," dsrlog Polk's Demo
cratlc administration, the becretary o( the Treasury
and tbo Land Commissioner recommended that Con
gress donate public lands for educational purposes
In this District. The Democratic parly should take
np Its old traditions at this point, and celebrate Its re
turn to power by liberality toward the educational
Interests at the National Capital.
Tue latest, If not the worst, suggestion to force
legislation demonetizing slltcr comes Irom that
staunch Hepubllcau Journal the Baltimore Ameri
can, In the shape of advice to the President to
Ignore all silver Democrats In the dispensation of
Federal patronage. The advice la bad, the source
from which It comes suspicious, and there Is no
likelihood that a President whose Ideas of the Im
portance oi a pure and Impersonal Government are
so high will heed It.
There seems but little doubt that Congress will
be aikedto give a helping hand to the New York
Grant monument scheme. Members should not
beittatcor halt In expressing an adverse opinion to
this propial. II the Itlrerslde Park Association li
to be honored as the last nstlog.placo of General
Grant, then the question of erecting a million-dollar
monument there is purely local to New Tork. Tho
fact can no longer be disguised that the people of
the country think the monument should be erected
here.
Tue New York World publishes some special tor
respondents Irom Washington headed " Fteullarl
"ties of some of tke beat-known Western Senators."
The second one to be Illustrated and described
under this heading Is Senator M, C. Ilutler, of South
Carolina. The World correspondent probably had
a distaste for geography la his early life, bat now
that he Is employed on the staff of a great newtpa.
per he really should look at a map of the Unlit J
Moles and tee that Mouth Carolina Is not lu the West
by any means.
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Mb. McCouas'b bill prohibiting the sale of prop
erty under a deed of trust or inorlgsgc hereafter
executed, except by order ot court upon amplication
made, is tke t) item now lu operation lu Maryland
'the purpose Is to prerent the undue sacrifice of
property by trustees. 'Iho prtsunt system has
forked well here. There Is no demand, se far as
e know, for the Maryland system, which la slow
and ixpcntUe. Of course Investors la loans on
real estate prefer tbo present system, and as the
facility secured thereby Is an Inducement for In.
vettors It should be retained, unless It can be shown
that there It grtss abuse under It.
li really teem at though the strctt-cleaulug bu
reau ought to do aumetblng to make life a little more
tolerable to the people who lire ou the unsaved
streets. Considering that the dirt roadt do not bat e I
to be swept, might not some way be devised lor the
oily ts clean the mud Irom the brick sidewalks
along the scant Wretches, where It teems to be no
te! s business to do 11, or w here, at leatt,lt Is never
done. OI course each occupant of a house expects
to keep his teetlon of pat emeu; clean, but right
usxt It blui there insybs half a tquareo! uaetcti
pled ground wbett the bricks hae buoueqalto
revered np with Washington clay, so that a hard
rain makes the pavement simply a sticky puddle.
It ts useless for Republicans to try and make
carltal oat ot the pensioning of confederate soldiers
hy state laws. If the people of Virginia aro willing
to tax thcmelvcs ror tho support of the disabled
Virginia veterans who followed tho fortunes of the
Stile In secession, It Is their business and theirs
alone. Tho Soulh has been away In advance of the
North In the matter of national pensions to disabled
umon soiuiers. nnas never asked and never will
aslta dollar from the Natltnal Treasury for the
armed followers of the lost ciuse. Dut If they
choose by state action to raise money to support the
disabled soldiers for whoso maintenance It would
be Improper and Impossible for tho nitlon to provide,
It Is a matter which concerns no other communities.
Tim foolish explanation from Vicuna vlathc New
York Staats Zettttno, attributing the mostobjoctlon
ablo feature of tho Kelloy correspondence to a de
liberate Interpolation by tne Austrian Minister to
this country, begs tho question. It Is not, If true, ot
any special Importance what particular officer of
Austrla-llungiry Informed this Government that
the position of a foreign em oy wedded to a Jew
"ess by civil msrrlsge would be untenable and even
"Impossible In Vienna." It may be an easy solution
ot the entanglement to charge the responsibility
upon Baron SchaoHcr, who. It Is said, Intends to ro
tlro from tho diplomatic service, llat the facts re
main as they aro written, a reproach to European
enllgltenmont In Ihcwanlng years of the nineteenth
ccntMry.
Senator lscuuss bill to ctabllsh a National
University here and endow It wlih the sum of $S50,eoo
per annum Is a well-digested measure, but wo doubt
It the nmount proposed will be sufficient to c-irry out
the author' plins. Tho provision agalost sectariin
Instruction or partisan politics In the Institution Is
ot course a proper one. In 'ill efforts to secure the
establishment ot a National University at the Na
tional Capital on so broid and solid a basis Senator
logalls should hue Ihe Biipport of gooJ men every
where, lie Is but treading tho path that Jefferson
laid out; and In the way In which It is proposed to
effect tho o'ljcct by Senator ingalls no other college
or Institution of lctrnlng Is placed In antagonism,
slnco a Imlsslons to the now university arc only to bs
given tne graduates 01 such.
The question of locating tho city post office
should not be mixed up with the project of the
benate Post Oftleo Committee to buy the square
west ot the present Post Office Deparltnent. Fx
tension over that square Is already needed by the
Department, as saoivn by the fact that It has for
sometime past rented an annex west of Eighth
street, connected with tho main building by a bridge.
The economy of the purchase, whatever may be said
abjut the greed of some of the property-owners con
cerned, would He In the fact that the Government
would acquire the sole use ot Eighth street between
EandF streets, which would be a clear sain ot
valuable property. Tho city post office could be
Just as well place 1 somewhere else, especially If, as
It l ssld, there are objections to having It In the
Department buildings at all.
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An event ot unusual importance to the Anglo
Sixon world has passed with hardly any notice
from the American press. This Is the Federation
of tho Australian Colonies, in which Victoria, Queens
land, bouth Australia, West Australia, and Tasmania
lmeunltcd.leavlng New South Wales and New Zea
and free to enter when they choose. The vast extent
of fertile territory and rapid growth of the English
Colonies lu Australasia Indicate that before many
years elapse this Federation will have risen Into a
great and powerful people. The population of these
colonies is now about three millions, or nearly that
of the United States at the time of the Revolution.
No American who Is proud of his race but will re
gard with satisfaction this wise step ot his Austra
lian kinsmen. We cannot but anticipate with pleas
ure the prospect ot a future mighty civilized nation
under the Southern Cross.
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Wues the call of States lor bills reached New
York, Mr. Darwin It. James seized the opportunity
to have printed and referred a bill to exempt from
local taxation, hy any State, Territory or the District
ot Columbia, any non-resident drummer soliciting
trade by means of samples, etc. As there was no
preamble to the bill explaining from what source
Congress derived power to regulate licenses In the
States, It 13 possible that Mr. James may seek, tne
fount ot authority In that clause which mentions the
"general welfare," or perhaps In the India-rubber
construction given to the section concerning the
regulation ot commerce between the States. It Mr.
James Is serious In his efforts to relieve the drum
mer, he should put him in the Constitution, and not
leave him to the vicissitudes attending the fortunes
of those who rely upon the fleeting favor of acts ot
Congrcs.
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In his first annual message Governor II1111, of New
York, thus voices the sentiment of his State In favor
of providing adequately for the defense of our sea
coast: This Is a matter essentially within the province of
the General Government. The Interest, however,
which the Stale of New York has In this question,
and the discussion which it has called forth, suggest
the advisability or some official expression on the
partot the State In relation thereto. The propriety
or the adoption of a Joint resolution requesting that
suitable action should be taken by Congress is sub
mitted for your consideration.
It Is probable that tho State Legislature will take
speedy action upon theGovernor'srecommendatlon,
and that Its approval of adequate appropriations to
commence some suitable system of harbor defense
may have great weight with Congress.
Tue adherents of the spoils system who read Gov
ernor Hill's message will bo disappointed to nod In
him an ardent advocate of civil service reform
While expressing the decided conviction that Demo
crats Bhould nil the offlces which from their nature
require incumbents lu sympathy with the Executive,
he calls attention to the good results produced by
tho now methods of appointment under civil service
ru'es. He gives tho spoils system Its coup ere at ace
mine follo-vlng plain and unmistakable language:
"The bestowal of office so'ely as a reward for par
tisan service, or as a means ot livelihood for the In
competent and thriftless, Is an abuse that cannot be
tolerated by a free people. It has been found preln
dlelal to the public we. fare and Inimical to the spirit
of our republican Institutions, If not dangerous to
their stibllity, The history of all nations, ancient
and modern, teaches the lesson that the undue thirst
for oiltco andithe unrestrained power of distributing
patronage, are the most potent fictors la the op.
presslou or the people and the overthrow of popular
liberty. 1 ho selection of public servants, pursaant
totheformsof lawaudou the ground of merit, In
stead otby the untrararaeled will or caprice of an
official. Is tho safeguard of our Institutions and of
popular rights."
Oct. eight to-four page, lately boycotted, contem
porary, tho rost, remarked last Monday of this
Journal and another which commented favorably on
the President's letter to Mr. Eeppler:
These curious Authorities on human affairs declare
that tne fact of objecting to the Presidents com
prehensive denunciation furnishes conclusive evi
dence ot guilt.
This Is another choice specimen of Just tho kind ot
'Journalism" the President referred to. hat The
Sundiy UunALD said vvas:
The newspapers which display most Indignation
at tho President's censure of Journalistic lying are
generally thoso that tho cap fits most perfectly.
A staunch Democratic -Republican-Independent
Administration newspaper like the I'ost oaght to
stanl by tho President on an Issue like this. Of
course every one In this District knows that the Post
Itself Is strictly truthfu', accurate, and painstaking
In all Us statements, especially when It publishes
such Items as that about the "resignation" of Pro
fessor IJalrd and some others. Let the galled Jade
wince the proverb Is something musty.
Is the discussion of Ihe silver question the two
extremes seem to ba swinging loose from all points
of common contact. On the tne hand nothing Is
spoken of but free and unlimited coinage of silver
by Ihe Government, or tho purchase by It of all
silver offered and the mintage of the same on Gov
ernment account: or, ou Ihe other hand, the calling
In of all the silver coins of the present weight and
fineness and a limited recolnageof the same at a
weight and fineness to bo regulated by the relative
value of the white and yellow metal. A careful
polling ot the Members of the two Houses since
their return from their constituents shows that
neither of these views will receive Ihe necessary
number of votes. The practical question then it,
Upon what ground of compromise can a majority of
the two Houses be united which may effect a tenta
tory solution of the question, leaving lime and expe
rience to ripen a more permanent settlement! The
silver advocates will nover agree to the demonetiza
tion of silver, and It Is apparent Iheyaroln a large
majority of the people of the country, Discussion
only strengthens their position. They occupy the
vantage-ground, since the Initiation of legislation
must come from Ihe opposition. The seeming ne
cessity for legislation under the spur of Impending
panic has passed, If It ever existed, and tho mode
rate friends of silver hold the power to-day lu their
own bands.
SrvEiiAt. anecdotes have been told Illustrating the
confidence which the late Vice President placed In
his -wife's good Judgment. The following, which Is
vouched for by one of the gentlemen who waa a
party to tho transaction, Illustrates the Influence
which his wife had over him In personal politics. In
ISM a nnmbcrot gentlemen prominent lu Demo
cratic counsels thought that the strongest ticket that
could bo nominated would be Hancock and Hen
dricks. The Indiana delegation was p'edged to
Pendleton. When the convention met Pendleton
had the lead, but alter several ballots deserted him
for Hendricks. The convention adjourned with
Hancock and Hendricks leading all competitors. It
was thought that Hancock might be nominated the
following day, A gentleman who enjoyed Mr. Hen
dricks's conadence was despatched to Washington
to aele him to consent to go ou tbo ticket as Vice
President with Hancock. He was ushered Intt Ihe
pretencoot Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks at their rooms
In Washlugtou, and explained his mission. Mr.
Hendricks received him kindly, and com erscd upon
the subject without committing himself. Mrs. Hen
dricks Joined In Ike conversation, taid, turning to
ber husband, sal 1 to lilm ; " You know you promised
me you would not be a candidate for Vice Presi
dent." Further discussion ensued, lu the mldit of
which a telegram was brought announcing the
nomination of beymour.
TnEDakotaqucttlbiihasassumedauutlltudeof im
portance which It scarcely deserves. Wo now have,
It Is true, full-fledged States sendlog eight Senators
and four members to Congress whose popjlatlon
aggregated at tho time of their admlsilon only about
one kuudrcd thousand uouls, and whose aggre
gate population at the ceutas of IS30 was some
thing ov er half a million. Hut because wo havo ad
mitted Territories with u small population, and la
tome Instances wltk no prospect of any Immediate
future Increase, and that to serve po'ltleal ends, Is no
good reason why any embryoulu Slate should de
mand admission by reason of Us present numbers
and prospeetlv e lucrease.
Ills quite possible that Dakota would do better ia
the territorial state for a Utile while longer. At all
treats there ate two sides to tho imettbn of lu-
mMlstA Ailmlttlnn. An.l tYuir apa ... -.. .
the Tertitoty that do not heillalo to vy that they
I'.viui remaining in mo present condition Of pupil-
lsgo until some of Ihe vcvedqucstlonsnow troubling
her people shall have been further developed by
time and experience. As to tho mcthol ot ad
mission, there are so many precedents, all differing
In surrounding circumstances, that It maybe safely
said that any method which satisfies Congress an I
Ihe people of the Territory ts both constitutional
nd prorcr. The House Commltleo on Territories
will undoubtedly sift Ihe Dakotaquesllon thoroughly,
and will not be detctrcd from doing its duly by
threats ef partisanship on the one hand, or tho
pressure of ihe newly-fledged Senators and Slate
officials on the other.
TnE pungent letter to Secretary Ilayard In the
Abrfn a rterfenn Tlerfc m for January hat set all the
political gossips agog. Vatlous speculations are
current as to whoso Identity Is concealed tinder Ihe
pseudonym, "Arthur Richmond." Mr. William
Henry Hurlbnrt appears to be tho person most ens
reclel. Among tho many sharp things the letter
contains the cleverest Is perhsps the following!
Dln'omallo appointments ot Importance cannot
possibly be made without discussion by tho Cabinet
If they are to satlsry either a great pirty or the gene
ral opinion of the country, lour responsibility In
this particular arises out of ysnr falluro as a Mentor
talmpreas upon your Tcicmachus.tho President, the
Importance of consulting yonr colleagues at least
before consenting to adopt suggestions made by
you. The true rule to bo followed In all such mat
lerswas long ago laid down hy President Jefferson
In a rematkablo conversation which ho had with
liurr in April, lsos. In that conversation tho
founder of the Democratio parly maintained "that
In a government like ours II Is necessary to embraco
In Its publio nimlnlst ration as greala tnas ot pnbllo
conndencc as posslblo by cmploslng thoc who havo
a character, with the publio of their own, nn 1 not
merely a secondary one through tho Executive."
iso and pregnant wordsl What can be more
fraught with peril to that government ot the people
by the people for the people, of which we hear so
much and see so little, than tho practice of "aston
ishing" the country by the appolntmeut to Impor
tant publio positions of men whose merits and
whose claims are a conundrum I Government bv
party Is tho only method of government which as
yet has been foun 1 to ba practically consistent with
the maintenance of free Institutional but yon stand
alono with the President so far In the contention
that the party which can boat be trnsted with power
Is " a surprise parly."
RANDOSI NOTES.
Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, says that
several winters residence In Washington has thor.
oughly convinced him that the nuhealthy places hero
are tne saloons, nc says that he believes very few
people who leave the saloons alone get the malaria to
any considerable extent. Ho says that when he ar
rives hero he ts usually feeling very badly from hav
ing his stomach upset by tho rough roads he passes
over In coming here, but after a few days he begins
to feel nrst rale and enjoys the climate very much
Tho face of Hon. Henry B. raync,thonew Senator
from Ohio, Is quite familiar already to Washing
tonlans. He was a member otthc Electoral eotr
mission, having been appointed chairman of the
committee of tho Douse thusat upon that Import
ant occasion. This was a decided honor to a mem
ber who bad only been In Congress for a single
term. Mr. Tayne docs not look perceptibly older
than he did In l;o. He waa then slxty-tlve years of
age. Ho Is now In his seventy-sixth year. There
aro very few men of Mr. Payne's ngo who can en
dure more hard work than he can. He was atone
time thought to bo consumptive. In ISIS he was
obliged to give up his law practice on account ot
hemorrhage of the lungs, but he has outlived many
much more robust men, and is likely to retalu his
faculties late In life. lie has bad grave responsible
ties since the Incoming ot the new Administration,
but he has vigorously worked away lu his Cleveland
office, looking up all applicants for fourth-class post
offices with the vigor of a man of forty. Mr. Paynt
has lived through almost two generations ot men.
Be has been connected with many of the great en
terprises ot Ohio. He It was who conceived the Idea
ot buUdlng a railroad from Clcv e'and to Columbns,
tho capital of the State. That road Is now theC. C.
C. A I. Railroad, one of the largest In the country.
Mr. Payno then turned his attention to the construc
tion ot tho Cleveland, Patnesvlllc ant Ashtabuli
Railroad, (now the Lake Shore ) Ue remained a di
rector ot this road until a very few years ago.
Mr. Payne Is one of the flvo directors of the Clevc
land,RollIng Mill Company, one oi the largest Insti
tutions ot the kind In the country, which, when In
full blast, burns aton ot coal permlnute and employs
thousands of men. ot courso he Is a ml'llonatre
several times over. Much ot Mr. Payne's political
career Is almost alwajs overlooked In the various
accounts that are given oi him. nc came very near
being Senator as early as 1651. In that year he was
the unanimous nominee of the Democratic party of
Ohio for that high office. The Democrats had a plu
rality In the Legislature, but the Whigs and Free
Sollers together had one moro vote than the Demo
crats alone. The balloting continued for a long
time. Mr. Payne was matched against such men ns
tho elder Ewlng, Tom Corwln, Judge Sherloci.J.
Andrews, and others. Dut those whom the hlgs
would unite on the Free Sollers refused to support.
Finally Judge Benjamin F. Wade, who was holding
court in Northern Ohio, was suggested as the man
that the Free Sollers would support, and the Whigs,
Intent upon beating the Democrats at any cost.
nnlted upon him and elected him by a single voto
over Mr. Payne. The latter simply waited his time,
and In thirty-two years It came, and he was elected,
now different might have been much of our history If
the then obscure Judge Wade bad railed to get that
single casting vote. In 1S5T Mr. Payne again came
to the front, and was nominated by tho Democrats
for Governor. He was defeated by another very
noted Ohloan, Salmon Portland Chase.
Mr. Payne has been a promlnont member of many
Democratio national conventions. He was a Cass
elector InMSJS In ISSChe was a delegate to the
Cincinnati convention whlcn nominated Buchanan.
He was very prominent la the Charleston conven
tion of 1 BOO, and made a minority report from the
Committee on Resolutions, which was Dually
adopted.
In Congress Mr. Payne particularly distinguished
himself by the masterly manner In which he advo
cated the resumption of specie payments. He sits
on the last row of seats in tbo Sonate, almost in
Iront of the President protein. He will make no
blow or bluster, but he will always bo found Bate
and careful, and will make himself felt on the right
side.
"There Is no man here," said a well-known Senator
to me, "who Is running a literary bureau with such
persistence and success as Geu. Logan "
"How is that?" I asked.
"Why, haven't you noticed It? There Is no man
In the country so much written of as he Is. The
Utile country papers and the patent lnsldea take It
up, and he Is Just eonstautly boomed. There Is a
regular system In It too. For Instance, he has written
a book. Why? Ileciuso Borne slanderers of his
said some time ngo that be can't correctly use tho
king a English. He has proved this to bo untrue by
producing a book. He saw that Blaine failed In 1S3I
by having the impression got out that he was rich
and owned elegant horses, etc. So when he pur
chased his new stone house last summer the story
was Industriously circulated that he hadn't a cent to
pay In on the purchase, but got credit on the first pay
ment. There Is nothing that gets bold of people In
this country like the Idea that a man is poor and
great at tho same time, you know. Then tbo ac
count went out elaborately dressed up that the Gen
eral Is a carpenter, and that he has a bench up at his
new hoate, and has this summer and fall been put
ting In his time, while not writing on hla book, in
building hen-houses and dog kennels. But this Is not
enough. The picture next goes out of the General
sodding bis own yard and planting trees therein, and
the statement Is carefully made that be performs
this toll because he Is untble to hire a man at 1.50
per day to do It. All this takes a strong hold of tho
wild, Western yeoman, and be Is ready to 'whoop It
up for Black Jack' as they see blm with coat and
vest oil and the beads of tweet pouring down
his manly brow as the Jack-plane, band
saw, and spade are vigorously driven. Ilo
Is no aristocrat, like John Sherman and Jim
Blaine andmastofhla Senatorial brethren. Oh, no I
he Is Just simply a poor, hornj. branded laboring
nan, like any one else. You will from this that the
points are all bolng carefully covered, In adllllon
to what I have stated, it should be remembered that
scarcely a week passes that some point Is not sent
out about Gen. Logan's advocacy of the soldier and
his cause, no Is posing stronger than any other
man in the United States for the Presidential noml.
nation. The bee Is constantly buzzing about his
ears. He looks over the history of tho country, and
has come to the very Just conclusion that It Is as
hard for a rich man to enter the While House as it
It for blm to enter the kingdom of heaven. The
rich men have Invariably been left In the Presiden
tial race. Cleveland was poor; Ulalne waa rich;
airfield was poor; to were Lincoln and Grant.
Whenever the point has been brought out against a
man that he was rich he hasgencrally been detested'.
The l.ojs like to take his money, but they don't work
for him. They like to think of their candidate as a
poor boy and an unthrifty statesman, and then they
go for him strong. Logan did not want tho nomina
tion for Vice President In 1891. II Is famous telegram
to William Walter Phelps while the convention was
still In session shows that. Ho said la substances
I would rather be Senator from Illinois than Vlco
President,' But he was forced Into It by Ihe parly
managers to catch the soldier vole."
"What do you think of Igan's book?"
"I know nothing ot It except what I havo seen In
several reviews of Its contents. 'I no reviews would
Indlcatothat it Is a very rcinarkiolo production, lo
say tho least. It scarcely seems possible that such a
production should bo written In these days. As 1
understand It, ho 1 roposes to show that the Tories of
pre revolutionary days became the modem Demo
crats. It that be so, a more ridiculous proposition
could scarcely be conceive 1 of. It hasgencrally
been understood that Jclfcrsou was u Democrat.
The Democratio party lias always had to answer for
his alleged mistakes, at any rate. It Is well estab
lished that Jefferson was an far from torylsm at tke
two poles of tho earth are from each other. It Is uu
derstood that the 1 cries were load of kings and kingly
rule, and that the Democrats, as their name Indi
cates, aro Ihe exact opposite ot all this. History
will show that this la so. Democrats kavo opposed
centialliatlon of power; their opponents, first as
'Jorles, then us Federalists, then as Uilgi, aud
finally as Republicans, have lavored centralization
aud have constantly tended toward monarchy. Hut
I suppose the General was anxious to write a book,
sad, If he wrote one, deslied to lake a striking subject."
PERSONS AND THINGS.
There have bee sir fatal caes of hydrophobia in
Milwaukee, Wis., in as many months.
One hundred ant eighty million cigarettes were
madoln ltlchmond, Va , last year. Most of the wot
was done by girls. Most of tho smoking Is done by
bojs.
rrobably Ihe most certain may to get rid ot ihe
criminal classes ould be to send themtotho Albany
Penitentiary, where, Iroin all accounts, none resign
bnt many die.
It Is rumored in yachting circles that Mr. Forbes
Is to lnko the sloop Puritan abroad tho coming
spring to hrlngbckthe"Brenton'sltcef Cup," which
the uenesta captured.
The Boston Gtobe prints a story to the effect that
a certain mesmcrla doctor held a pvtlcnt In a franco
condition fortvto hours, while three surgeons per
formed a surgical operation.
In chronicling tho election of a temperance mayor
ot Toronto by Ihe nld of Iho women, who voted Ihcro
for tho first time, ft distinguished Journal saysthat
tho women voted for tho tempcranco candidate to n
111 1U,
Over twenty-fire thousand dollars havebcen raised
by Iho New ork lixccutlvo Commlltco of tho Irish
t'Arlhmcntarr Fund Association, and enough more
Is "promised 'to swell the amount lo ono hundred
thousand.
They do everything In New York through tho In
strumentality ot Joint stock companies. "Tho
American Pasteur Institute of New aork Clly" has
Just been Incorporated for tho ctritultou troalmcnt
liy Iho Pasteur system ot nil persons suffering from
or threatened with hydrophobia.
Tho St. bonis Siwctator Is authority for tho state
ment that (Jen. Sherman contemplates leaving St.
Louis and making his permanent resldenco some
whero In tho i:ast. it attritintea nil t hnmrn nt i,iiA
to the fact that tho General has been tinceas ngly
annoyed hy slurs cast upon him by a St. Louis dally
riper.
Chicago Is keeping up I's reputation of being Iho
wickedest city In America. A pretty and elcirautlv
dressed young lady, "tbodvughtor of a prominent
and nrlstocnuto fimlly ou iho Sonlh bide, tho head
of which is well known In church circles," was ar
rested tnero last week while enjoying nu opium
smoke In a Chinese laundry.
Mr. Uextcr's recent volume on the annals of Yalo
College shows that of 413 graduates from tho year
1701 to 1745 Just 153 lived beyond TO years! that Is to
say, 82 put ot every too. On the other hand, of 072
mo Alumni whose deaths were repened between
the years 1978 and 1S3J, '271 had pisso I their
.t.cmiciu jeiir, ur 41uui ui every 1UI.
Mr. Phelps, of Now Jersey, desires lo know. In an
official way by means of a Congressional Inquiry,
wueiucr Aiasus is not a ue place In which to es
tablish A tienil t.V.ntlV for lnnv tprm ..mint. ,o li...
hapsMr.Phelpalsnot serious in this Inquiry, nud
only desires to be chairman of a committee to visit
mo cooi ciiraato or Alaska during tlio hot months of
summer.
Jildirluir from the ntnnnnr nt nmminm. mAi. .i
on the sales of pews In Mr. llcechcr s church this'
year, the Plymouth pastor Is not so popular a
preacher as ho used to bo. Tho nmount realized for
.iiT.iV. . " .,?,, um unto mer iiaiimosum
(t29,B2j) for which the pews sold In ls'l. Mr.
Hen. hn, nnnnuii.ail fn...... a ....... ...,.... . ...
. .. . .. ,v ' 'iiiii'iwi'uiim uemresurren ler-
Ing It to tho auctioneer, " '1 hla la the only night in the
year aud tho only assemblage In which 1 am tempted
to think ot my congregatl u In tho Urn of money."
itetnoution la slow but snro. It was In 1S39 that
Judiro Torrv. of Callfm-nii. Ahnt R,n,ifi, n-.,,A-ini.
dead In an unequal duel. Tho whirligig of lime
brings In his revenges, nud 1555 finds Terry a matri
monial v Ictlm of Sarah Althca Hill. Sarah Isavoung
a lept with the revolver, and the nged Terry Is prob
ably not so quick on Ihe trigger as he once wis. so
1IR frrilpprilllv mm,, ilnmn n.i.Kn.1. a.... I- n...
as Sarah Allheals on the way to tke penitentiary
DTWI htVlnfhn nAina hi. .... r.l. . I . .. . ..
v. uu ,iiiis imuwumeni in mis worm
maj not bo bo long ana complete as could be wished.
There la a trnnft 1lti1 ntnrv nhnnt iiiir nn.i
" -....- -.-.J uutfu uua nun V.UAI
and the Queen. Victoria was very fond of the farce,
uuvitui-u buo nrst emir 11 sie was oetrajeii, in the
presence of a crowded houpe, Into a moat undfgnlflcd
scream of lauffh.er. nnnVntfinn waa nnv ...
part of his somewhat original ubUBlness" was, after
,""u 3 uuguin Biiicmtu wuu me cnon ieit by
I :fiT nn tno flra tn nlnn kii v,a.i ai i. t ....-
-v- tu, utc, iu s. niu Mii tmuu uu iuu uack or ms
trousers This unexpected method of purlOcatlon
her au explosion, which was echoed tumultuouslr
nV thti nrirllonatn mtii-t, W. .!..- . ..
fj tuv uuuivuvwiniiiwt uctiilUB til SI) 111 6 I el II 2D OI
Tirtrlftn ntlhAllma ami mtiinh n t.. . ...
-, ,uv iiuie, uu nuiWI ll UULftBlUUC S Bell"
control an 1 respect for his sovereign did not prevent
Dr. Cole, of Baltimore although a new member of
Congress, has had so much experience In legislative
matters. amlUKn wpti nntiintsri tv,r ihn miaai
, ..... .Jn.uv aut HIV ft UVlll(JJ,
business of legislation, that It Is anticipated he will
buuu uecuiue a prominent worKing member of the
"P.'i8?; r.orraa,VfearslheDoLtor was counectod
with tho Maryland Legislature, and was thoroughly
II lhA I Anil lnn.A rtPlhA Mtl.rfl. .l.lt. -.?l!'1
body. Ills experience as an editor has also been of
TAlllP. finrl hn r,n IhlnL- nn hi. aa ......
.j , -. ,.v WHU .u.ui ww uu.cciUIIU express
himself e'early on publio questions both with sen
and tongue. He Is energetic and untiring, has been
Ing a vote, and takes more pleasure In getting
"recreation."
An exquisitely beautiful set of table-ware Is now
made from the slag resulting Irom tho smelting of
copper, gold, and silver ores at Argo, Colorado. The
slag ts melted at an Intense heat, then poured Into
vats of agitated water, then remeltcd and poured
Into molds after or together with an acid mixture
which causes the metal to flux pretty generally with
ail led materials. 'I he result Is a metallic glass with
the strength of light cast Iron, and in any form of
UnSi. ""'"' "-uiia lumuiert, cic, witn tne
most beautiful surard of nnvx.Htnno minr. tnnn
general background of opal. The makers claim that
they have direct claim over these colors, the slag
nnnlnlnlniT a fimtr namn.nnA .. ... i-. I n
.-...fc w ....,,... iim.ui.ki; ui luaiuiiai utxeHsary
than can be found In slag elsewhere. A i gonunt.
1 here is a move on foot In Maryland.for a consti
tutional convention In January next, the new e.on
stltntlon to be submitted to the people at tho fall
election of 1S77. Among the subjects of revision
will be the Judiciary system of the state, which Is
regarded as both cumbersome and costly. Haiti-
Innr, f.llv mi,.. In n ..!.. .1.. . . .. .-..
v.u w..j I'm. lUUjriHIHIWIIUI J UrillCr CJCICOSlOn
of Its city limits, which, tinder tho present constitu
tion, cannot be done without the consent of the
residents of the territory sought to he absorbed, and
for this purpose desires a more flexible constitutional
provision on that head. It Is proposed also to have
less local and special legislation, and prot Ido for the
communities and sections more liy general lawa
than la now the custom, 'there aro some ot the
most plausible rensons urged for a new constitution
lu Slaryland. As they do uot seem toboof suftlclent
Importance to Incur tho expense an 1 Incidental cx
iltcraent attending such conventions. It is bellcied
by many that there la Bomo ulterior design behind
the agitation.
Iho Boston Iteiora of December 30 expresses re
gret at Congressman lteagan's declination of the
Invitation to Ihe Itub festivities of that Uate.ln reply
to which tho following colloquy Is said to havo taken
place: '"Vou aro very kind,' said Congressman
iicagan wnen tne commltleo urged him, 'and I
should like above all things logo. It would be es
pecially ngrccablo lor me logo to lloston as tho
guest of Its merchants, because tho circumstances
of my previous visit were rather formal. I was
there as a guest of tho publio authorities.' 'You
have visited Uoston before, then V 'Oh, yes, and I
entertain exceedingly agreeable recollections ot the
city, although, as I have said, the circumstances of
my stay brought mo Into closer relation with the
representatives of tho United States (lovernment
than they dkl wllh the people.' 'May wo ask what
were the circumstances of your visit, Mr. Iteagan;1
'Oh, certainly. I stopped at Fort nrren. I was n
Confederate prisoner there at the close of the war.'"
Death has been very busy In the ranks of prominent
Americans during the past year. Oral, MoClellan,
Hendricks, Oratz Urown, all of whom cither served
In tho highest clcctho oiriccaorwero placed In nomi
nation therefor, died within tho last halt of tho year.
Of men who were nominated for President and Vice
President many yet ronnln. aeorgo W. Julian,
who ran on tho "I'rec Democratic" ticket for Vlco
Presl lent In 1882, Is lu vigorous health, the only rep
resentative of cither party who ran that year. Of
the tickets of 1389 John O. Fremont it tho only liv
ing representative. He witnessed tho birth of the
Itepubllcan party, being Us first Rational candidate,
and be has also seen It retired from the control ot
affairs, ot the tickets of 1 boo Hamlin alono remains,
and of t lose of ISM Ueorge II. Pendleton, our M In
ter lo Uerlln. alter a Ufouf moro than average suc
cess In ptlltlcs, Is not yet dead to ambition. Of the
lsos tickets Horatio Seymour alone remains, one.t
the grandcat and simplest natures of the past half
century. Oram, Colfax, and Prank Illalr, all
younger than he and of moro vigorous frame, nave
preceded blm. Ot the original Itepubllcan ticket of
Orant and Wilson an t Democratio ticket of Greeley
and Drown, runln lsti.thercls nollvingreprescnta
lire. Greeley died, nun ever, before tho vote of iho
Electoral College was taken, and Palmer, Davis,
Hanks, Colquitt, and Julian, for whom electoral votes
were cast In I87J-'I3, ure living Peter Cooper, who
ran In 187ti, is dead. Davl 1 It. Atchison, of Mis
souri, who became President vro ten. ot Ihe Senate
on the occasion or William It. King's death In 1MJ,
Is ellll living. Garfield aud Hendricks ddle lu har
ness. A Paris correspondent of the San Francisco
,4itfOHciuf gives tbo following description of public
dancing at the gay capital; "Yes, French men and
women are fond of dancing. Have you been to one
of the publio dancing places here; Hut of courso
you have If ever you crossed tho Atlantlo-lo
Hulller's, old Valentin's, the Kljseo Jlontmarlre, or
perhaps the Hal deaCanollers at Asnlercs. It Is In
tensely amusing lo noto with what earnestness they
carry themselves through the mazes ot a quadrille:
how Intensely they enjoy the movement, tho wild
ai Hon of their limbs, the freedom from restraint of
all kinds I And Iho men who danco at tbeso places
have taken It up from sheer love ot It ; accidentally
at first, gradually they work themselves into notice,
till at last they become famous In a certain set. It
waa thus with Valentin, the Desosse, who Is so sup
plo and nimble that he does not seem to have a bone
lu bis body henco his name. Long and spare,
ho also rejoices In tho nickname of 'Friday,'
Women take to dancing at these places lu the samo
way, only they are somewhat lower In the scalo
than the male, and soinctlmos dance themselves
Into tho sutler altogether, unless, like the irreat
Mogador, they marry a worn-out old beau with a
handle to his name, and cut tho can can. 'I ho other
day l. o, ,Mctra, the chif u'onltrttre, hail tho
strango Idea of Inviting a number of these danclug
dervishes to his house, and got them to dance to bis
woii'lerf ul hand. Valentin the Desosso was there,
ot course, and the"! aglloul of the Klysco Moulmar
tre 'drllle d'Kgoul,' they call her a sylph, all
Junes and with not an ounco of superabundant
flesh ou her bones; besides 'La tlou'uo' a fresh,
kittenish creature with pink cheeks and a winning
sinlle-lho Pompadour of the Moulin de la Ualettc,"
In his annual report to the ltegcnts of the Univer
sity o( Michigan President Angel! speaks earnestly
In favor of the elective system lu Amerlcaucollegcs.
"I believe," lie says, "that tho professors lu tho lit
erary department are agreed In the opinion that the
Introduction of the elecllt o system Into the last two or
tno and a halt years of the collegiate courses has
contributed much tu this result. 'I here hat been In
years past much Indiscrimination criticism by some
ultra conservative co'lego officers lu tho ISsst cf any
attempt at Modifying the old Iron clad curriculum,
itut It It noteworthy that Iho very cullegcs which
have been the touroes of this irltlclsm ure them
selves Introducing tho elecUve system Into tho latter
half of the courso. 'I ho commendations of It, which
tho men who have so stoutly opposed it are now
forced toinako lujuatltlcatlouof the cluuge, form
luteicsllng reading tu those ot us who hat e Tung be
lieved that there was no tolultuu of the problem of
meeting the demands properly made ou American
colleges, save by Introducing sjino flexibility Into
tho old traditloual curriculum, 'the fear often ex
pressed that students will generally abuse or un
wisely uto the liberty grunted them of chsosluv to
some extent their studies hut not been shown by
our experience to be well founded. Duubtlessa few
Indolent persons will elect what they regard as easy
work. Hut tluy will even I lien accomplish as much
at lliey do when forced to uttciupt hard work, which
luey never perform except lu the most perfunctory
mauner. No plan will make the college carter of
lazyiueu brilliant. 'J ho advantage to ludutlrlous
men ot iienerous liberty of choice ot studies, after
lheyliae madoafalradiancolu fundamental uud
elementary studies, Is very pronounced Aud Iho
work of u college should be organised to meet the
needs of ihe earnest nud aspiring ttudents rather
thau tho Infirmities aud defects ot The indolent."
LITERARY NOTE3.
Intensely Interesting ts "Prince nismsrek : an his
torical biography," by Chulcs Lowe, M. A., pub
lished In two volumes, with two portraits and an
Introduction by Trofessor JInnroe Smith, ot Colum
bia College, hy Cassell Co , New York. Tbo first
volume Is entitled "From Waterloo to Versailles,"
and covert the lite ot Iho subject down to tho culml
nallonol Iho Franco-Prussian war, and the orownlng
of Illsmarck aged puppet as Emperor of Oormany.
Thoaeoond Is entitled "The nerman Kmplre,"and
that It Is not less absorbing to tho reader than tho
first can bo seen when It Is remembered that It
covers tho period of tho "Kullnrkampf," the Arnlm
Incident, several Kuropean congresses, tho recent
German colonization movement, and an analysis ot
Iho charncterof Dlsmarck. Tho stylo Is lively and
tho author had access to many original sonrccs of
Informatltn. At tho same time the book has many
andgravo faults. Tho writer Is a hcro.worBhlpper
ot the most pronounced type, almost a toady. This
tendency Is by turnsamuslngnndirrltatlng.butltlsa
constant quantity which can he steadily allowed for
In reading his pages. Very often an adulator Is
moro unsparing than an enemy In hit revela
tions, for tho vlcos of his Idol seem to him
virtues and arc extolled accordingly. In Mr. Lowe's
mind, Ulsmarck Is always right, and thoso who
oppose him, whether Anslrlans, Frenchmen,
Catholics, German aspirants for liberty and a con
slllntlon, or others, arc always wrong "selfish,"
"obstinate," "vlndlclUc," and so on. Tho wholo
moral duty of mankind, nccordlng lo Mr. Lowe,
seems to bo to find out what Illsmarck warns, and
adore him and scrtc him accordingly. There Is
about as lllllo assumption of tho Impartial historian
aswehaeo overseen In a work of Iho sort. Tho
style shares the samo defect. It Is often that ot an
electioneering pamphlet ralher than of sober nnrra.
the, nnd good taste Is often sacrificed for the sake
of labored "smartness" or eltcct. ct this Is uot lo
say lhat the biography Is ono that tould be spared.
Even It Mr. Lowe be no moro than a Uoswcll, his
work Is valuable In that direction, and It Is certainly
tho first and only ono of tho kind now In tho held.
It Is fleshly written aud tho references nro brought
well down lo recent nnd current oenls. To n
render wllh rcflccllvo and trillcal faculties the real
Illsmarck stands forth clearly from Iheeo pages
great, no doubt, bnt brutal, romorso'ess, hateful In
almost It not quite nil aspects disgusting In his
prato about God and his own line Bonlimcnts, the
Iron-shod Instrument of a great popular movement,
(tho unification of UcrmanyOot the creator of It,
as Mr. Lowo would absurdly hae us hello o an
Instrument thai mutt bo castatlde when Us use Is
done, to glvo n chanco tor tho expansion ot
tho highest and best life ot Germany. To
make Illsmarck tho solo Uguro of German unity
Is to Ignore the whole group of his great compa
triots, Just as to mikohlm the solo figure lu Euro,
pean politics and diplomacy Is t Ignore his groat
contemporaries. Mr. I.owc studiously slights, also,
the clement which has given Dlsmarck's dictum
such weight In L'uropc, the Iron discipline which has
turned ttermauy Into a modern bparta, and the
military genius of MoltKo ami his lieutenants. With
out these Illsmarck might haonpored as Idly as
Kossuth. Wllh them, he teems never to have ac
complished one unselfish, kindly, magnanimous, or
princely deed, such as marks tho truo hero and
gentleman. Ho Is ulways "crushing" somebody
who stands In his path, "expelling" priests or un
happy Poles, urging on ghastly and in the case ot
Austria fratricidal wars, or making tyranny at homo
more rigorous. Surely this Is not the world's highest
Idea of a great man. Even Bismarck's patriotism
Beemstobo an extension of his selfishness. Ger
many Is dearto him because It Is Bismarck's country,
and tho bigger It Is the bigger ts be. So much one
Is provoked to say In resentment of the author's too
evident bias. But viewing Prince Bismarck as
certainly the most prominent figure tn the great
movement for the unity of Germany, his career Is
worthy ot the closest study, and for thlspurposo
Mr. Lowe's Is now the bjox. For sale by Brentano
Bros.
w
TnE CHESAPEAKE A.ND MUS50N.
W. Clark Itusscll In his last book, "In the Middle
Watch," revives the story of the sea-fight between
the Chesapeake and Shannon, off Cohasset Hocks,
June 1, 1S18, and prints a letter from an old sea-dog
or ninety-one who was on board the British frigate
ou that day. 'Ibis old sailor writes as follows:
"When I was on board Ills Majesty's ship Shannon
off the coast ot America Capt. Broke wrote a letter
to Capt. Lawrence, captain ot the Chesapeake, to
bring htm out to fight, and told him It was not for
enmity, Ibut to let the world see that Britons ruled
the sea. They made sure of taking us; tbey spread
the Union Jack over the tablecloth for Capt. Broke
and the surviving officers to dlno oft from, but wo
had her In tow lu fifteen minutes." Broke'a mes
sage was never delivered to Lawrcnco, for when
Capt. Slocum, a discharged prisoner of war, to whom
It was Intrusted, was on his way to deliver It, he saw
tho Chesapeake was under weigh and coming out of
President Iloads to meet the Shannon.
The late Mr. Oglo Tayloe, of this city, was at Cam
bridge In 1S13, and dined In company with Lawrence
and other officers at Mrs. Timing's boarding-house,
on Federal street, Ibeday before the battle. He
thus records his reminiscence ot tue event :
"At the last dinner Lawrence look on Bhore, the
day preceding his death In the contest with the
Shannon, I waa one ot the company. o one then
Imagined the Shannon was anywhere near Boston.
The Chesapeako was nit ready for sea. 'the even
lngl spent in Cap!. Lawrence's comnany the officers
and men on board his ship were Indulging them
selves lu revelry. The ship presented a dlsgnsllng
scene of Intoxication, and was filled with women.
They were sent on shore when the Shannon was des
cried In tho offing on the morning of the 1st of June,
1813, and capt. Lawrence went on board to order
the ship to bo put In righting trim. History describes
tno fatal consequencca of an overweening confi
dence, of righting with a crew not vet recovered
from tho effects of drunkenness, and of fighting at
close quarters against time to win a battle like a
prize-light or a horse-race. All the chances were
against the chlvalrlc Lawrence. Ills being shot
down cost Ihe loss of the ship, Decatur, who knew
him well, his second officer In his glorious nrralr at
Tripoli, said, 'Lawrence had no moro dodgo in him
than the mainmast.' Whllo wo were sipping our
wine after dinner Capt Hull came In to visit Law
rence, who bantered him on his recent marriage to a
beautiful and youthful bride, and said, 'You are an
old fellow, Hull: some ot us will have a chance for
your widow.' 'I have abetter chance for yours, as
the Shannon Is on the coast nnd may knock your
bead off,' was Hull s reply."
In a letter from Duascldorf, In 1887, Mr. Taj loo
again alludes to this affair:
"It was a deep mortification to the lamented Law
rence that he was not appointed to the Constitution,
when resigned by Ilainbrldgo after the capture of
the Java. I heard Capt. Lawrence express hla feel
ing aud his great contempt for tho frigate Chesa
peake, which wo designated as tbat'parcelnf boards '
The Chesapeake waa fought under every disad
vantage, nun iruiuessiy remonstrated againsc tne
uneiapeake going out on tnai uay. i met nim on
the top of the Exchange looking anxiously."
Some time after the death of Lawrence George
Crownlnshleld, ot Salem, an uncle of Secretary Endl
colt, ailed up a brig In a style of great elegance,
manned her wllh n crew or thirty captains and
mates, and sailed for Halifax, where ho procured
the remains of Lawrence, which were then Interred
In the graveyard ot Trinity Church, New York, sir
Philip Broke' son, born In 1913, known as Sir
Broke Mlddlcton, Is ono of tho richest baronets In
England. "His country scat," remarks Mr. Tayloei
"vies with Blenheim andChatsworth.onoof the most
beautiful tn all England." This estate was be
queathed to him byeno ot tho Mlddlctous,of tho
same lineage with tho Mlddlctons of South Carollaa.
Capt. Lawrence left a daughter, Miss Mary Law
rence, a lovely, Interesting woman, who married
Lieut, arlffln, of the Navy, and died many years ago.
Lawrence waa only thirty-seven at tbo time of his
death, which was more deeply and universally de.
plored than that of any o nicer of his time.
W. M. W,
pfdiU ftotitt.
gKrTIIE KAII.ItOAUN MUr Gt.-
1X7 There will be a nubllo mcetlnsr In the Audi
enco Hill of Ihe Jefferson School Building, corner of
viriutiauTcauG auu dixih tired touiueatt, on aiun
DAY, llth Inttant, at 7:30 o'clock P. M., to consider
the subject of Steam Itallroada wlthlu the heart of
the CUT of Washington and tbelr effect unou the
moral, social, and educational Interesttof Its popula
tion, ah aro coruiuiiy luriicu iu mienu. uisun
tinsrulshod tneakera will ba ureient to address the
meeting. C.P. CULVKU, Chairman Executive com
mittee, i;iiizeni'rroieciiYO Atsociauoi. jaio-itg
WttUattrou.
FINE WRITING PAPER.
I HAVE JUST ItECEIVED A LOr OP
New Linen 1'apev and EnvelojKS,
Xlonlly XHrvL Clan.
TO PltOPEIlLY INTRODUCE THE SAME WILL
BELL IN LOIS OF FIVE ()UI1II.S AND
ENVELOPES TO MATCH
AT COST
POIl ONE WUEIC.
JOII1X JP. PABET,
&'V A.'X"I01V XJ It,
013 VJlNNSXLVAXrA A f'JSXVJS
ARTISTS' MATERIALS,
I.IIHTKA tULUHH,
Draughtsmen's Supplies.
A COMPLETE AbSOBTMENT,
Aud to wrlch I devoto my attention exclusively.
PKEl'AHE) CANVAS
i'OU AUTIHTN
1 mount In a superior manner on Iho
1V.I3 W 3C13 VJ31 STiun-rciLizn
Which Insures safety to the auvas, and Is a
great Improvement ou tho old style.
WINbOH ANEW'ltN'S
Oil, AND WATUIl COLORS,
FINE UltUSKES. ACADEMY HOAIIDH.
An Interesting article to Draughtmcn Is the New
Improved UUItVli nULF.
Call aud examine It at -
FRED. A. SCHMIDT'S,
out NinrH tnti:t:r.
II. K. DUltGESS. J, II. UUEPHEIID
JHJKGESS & HIIEPHEKU'S
X'A.IjA.'X'IA.Xi
TOmOlirAL J'AItLOltS
AND liA'Ijr-JlOOJUH,
Corner or riirlitli uitUI Ntreetil N. W.,
FOUKJ'EEN UUAlItS. Wtctilliioii, I. V.
IKuifili'iU gfttriramtntf.
HAL.LET& DAVIS'S
riANOS.
PATENT AOItAFFE BH1BOE.
Tho Most Important Improvement In the Past Fifty
Years.
. Elegant Steck. Fase Terms Low Prices.
Agcnty at 811 NINTH 8THBET NOIITHWEST.
Jnst received, a fall assortment of tho
Improved Instruments, noMttl
W. G. METZEROTT & CO.,
903 PENNA. AVENUE,
SECOND DOOIt WEST OF NINTH STItEET,
SOLE AGENTS FOR
OIIIOKERING
AND
JAMES fi HOLSTROM
Clough & Warren Organs
AND
ALL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
ffinrrtoflfjs.
HORSE & CARRIAGE BAZAAR,
0S, 040, nml 043 Louisiana Ave.
If you want to buy or sell a horse or carriage, we
can accommodate you. Everything New and stylish
CAUItlAQKS, COUPE",
HOCKAWAYS, sfjimvs.
VICTOIIIAS, and PHAETONS
In stock, all ot tho best makes, which will ba sold at
Low Prices. no2Myj S. BENSINOEIt.
CARRIAGES I CARRIAGES 1
CARRIAGES !
Slock of Fall and Winter Carriages Is largo
and varied, and of tho best quality, embracing in
port: LANDAUS, LANDAULKT8,COUPE8,roUP
LErTH, COUPE HOCKAWAYS, PANEL QUAH
TEltS, HASH D00IIS, ETC., ETC. H
UEPAiitiNo pitoMi'iLY Attended to, and
OAltniAOBS TAKEN on stouaok.
nOBiaRTH. GItA.ZXA.SI,
.J. TV. COKNWALL, Manager.
Repository and Factory 410 and 418 Eighth St. N. W
(gtUicntiottttl.
THE NORWOOD INSTITUTE,
A SELEST BOARDINQ AND SCHOOL
FOR
YOUNQ LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLS,
Reopens wllh Us customary large corps of Professors
and Teachers, seventeen In number, September so,
18S5. Course of study complete Irom Primary Class
through Collegiate Department, with thtrough In
struction In trench and German, Muslo and Art.
Special training for pupils In select courses. Ad
vanced classes in 1 Iterature and Modern Languages
open to outside pupils. References: Faculty of
university of lrglnia and patrons of school.
Address: MR. and MRS. WM. D. CABELL,
PRI NCD A. IA
se2T-tf9 1813 and 1214 Fourteenth street.
MeDONALD.ELMS SCHOOL
AND
WELI,ESI,EY PKEPARATOHY,
lsos Seventeenth street and 1624 Massachusetts ave.
This well-established French and English Family
and Day School for girls will reopen
SEPlEMBElt 83, 18S5.
Primary, Intermediate, Academic, College Pre
paratory, and Musical Departments,
Dally Lessons In French, under the direction of
Professor C. Fontaine Berlitz Method.
A Hcrdlc Is employed by the school lor tho benefit
of scholars In distant parts of the city.
For terms and circulars address
Mits. l. p. Mcdonald,
MISS ANNA ELLIS,
anao-lje Principals.
lllmbsttt bailors.
GEO. T. KEEN;
MERCHANT
TAILOR
414
NINTH STRtET N. W.
.'
SNYDER & WOOD
TAILORING
:p a. e, l o :r3
Oil r HTHEKT NORTHWEST,
NONE BUT PERFECT GARMENTS PERMITTED
TO LEAVE OUH ESTABLISHMENT,
nol-tfs
T. A. M'CARTHY,
IMPORTER AND TAILOR,
1220 P STREET N. W.
NOTIIINO BUT GARMENTS OF UNEXCELLED
STYLE AND FINISH WILL BE ALLOWED
TO LEAVE MY ESTABLISHMENT,
Beg to Intorm the Ladles of Washington that, bar
ing secured the services of artists from tho well
known bouse of Redfcrn,'of London, am prepared
to furnish garments surpassed by none made In this
country. ' od If
:E3I. ID. B-A.KK;,
1111 1'ENNSYI.VANIA AVENUE.
Full Lino of Suitings,
Ooorcoatin(8 ami Trou
serings for Mill and
Winter received. My
own Importations.
Gentlemen will please
leave their Orders at tho
the Leading Tailoring
JEstahllshment of Wash
ington, H. D. Ban?.
1111 PKNNHYIiVANIA AVEBHfB.
BLANCARDS
PILLS,
IODIDE OF IRON
Approved by tho Academy of Medlcluo of Paris, art
specially recommcudid by tho Medli al Celebrities oi
tho World lor Scrofula, (tumors, King's evil, cto)
Iho early stagefa ot Consumption, Constitutional
Ytaknes,Fooinetsotlllood,audforBtluiulallngaud
regulating its periodic ouui se. None genuine unless
signed " BUmcard, 40 rue Bonaparte, Purls."
K. t'oiitrera Alio., N.Y.,Airu(M for the
II. N. bold by Drugglttt generally. dolt-l2(l
JOHN E. JlEAIikC "
COMMISSIONER OP DEEDS FOREVEItY STATE
AND 'JERRITORY, NO PAR Y. AND
V. H. COMMISSIONER,
onico Vours, 0 to t. mo r strict northwest,
&kW 6m$.
MLLE. HENRIETTA FRAME,
332 Wont aan Strerf , Ndw York,
Will Open Tuesday, Jnn. 12,
At No. 13 jo f STREET, (Mme. Harrison's
Millinery Parlors,)
WITH A DISPLAY OF
RECEPTION AND EVENING
DRESSES AND WALK
ING COSTUMES,
LVTELY IIIIOUOHT OVER BY HER FROM
PARIS. lain.tm
lllSMOVJEJO a-o
728 Scvcntccnlh Street Northwest
NEAR PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
MME. H. VAN REUTIt begs to announco the Re
moval of her Dress-Making Parlors to tho above ad
dress, whero showlll keep in stock IMPORTED
DRe4seh and WRAPS, as well as mike to order,
AH"1 l?Cos,,,BI'" ,or "eet and bouso wear: alto
ItKCKt'TlON AND EVENINO DnBSSES.TAlLOR.'
MADE SUns, MANTLES, WRAPS, eta, etc.
Fine Dress Trimmings in stock end mado to order,
samples ot Latest Importations of Dress Goods re-
i,nr.ceVT,,lLom lc1",K Nc" 'ot houses.
Laces, Corsets, Itlbbons.otc, etc. Mourning Orders
recelvo carefnl as well as Imraedlato attention.
Complete TT eddlng TrouBsoan a specialty.
MII13. H. VA.N iuaui'ii,
723 SEVENTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST,
UQ4-UJ formerly uu Thirteenth Street N. W.
LADIES' FURS AND WRAPS.
Anoi,h,f.r..?.".?r.,7 l SII'VBR BEAVER MUFFS,
TKIMMlW and SCARFS, received to-day.
BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY PRESENT?.
NATURAL LYNX MUFFS AND TRIMMING.
Mink and Squlrrcl-Llncd Circulars and Rgsslan
Circulars at Prime Cost. v
colored bwansdown, direct Importation.
Plush Sacqucs, from t23 to ISO.
Plush Newmarkets.
Wo havo received a special lotof 8KAL8AC0UEK.
small bust measarc. which wo offer at Jiooandup
wards, these aro bargains not offered heretofore
this early In tho season. Larger sizes aud lengths
at all prices. SEALSKIN VISITRS, plain: Fox.
Lynx, and sknnk-trlmuicd. sealskin Ulsters. All
at New York prices. ..
Muffs for Ladies, Misses, and Children,
Colored Swansdown, direct Importation,
Gentlemen's seal Caps, for driving and walking.
Boys' Seal Caps at ft and upwards.
Carriage Robes, Coachmen's Capes and Gloves.
Tho largest stock of Garments and Furs ever ex
hibited by us.
WILLETTlt RTJOFF,
HATTERS AND FURRIERS,
nol-tfl Qf PmnmylTisiila Avotitte.
MRS.SELMARUPPERT
GO Ninth Street,
orrOSITE PATENT OFFICE.
The attention ot tho ladles Is respectfully Invited
to my large asBorlmcnt of
ART EMBROIDERIES. FANCY NEEDLEWORK
AND MATERIAL FOR THE SAME, FANCY
LINEN GOODS, as SPLASHERS. TABLE
bCAHFS. BUREAU and SIDE
BOARD COVERS.
Fnll lltlO or PI.FStllEN, NATEF.N. FF.I.T.
KNlTTIBfd KILHN. r-F.F.RNA B.SVM
WANII KILHN, OHKNILl.F. AH.
RA8ENE, BIDBeSKltE,
PI.VHII OKMAMKN r,
ZKPIIYRS. trOIUMRIA
OEBJIAKTOWR WOOI,,
and KNITTING
YARNS.
Elegant line of ESCUHIAL, FEDORA, ORIENTAL,
and other LACE"). CREPE LISSE NECK
RUFFLING, SKIRT PLAITING, KID
GLOVES, HANDKFRCHIEFB, La
dles' and. Children's HOSIERY,
L0RSET8, UNDERWEAR,
GLOVES, and HAND
KNIT WORSTED
GOODS.
Utnrfeet Simp.
WIXOM'S
Located bince the Fire at
705 NINTH STREET.
EVERYTHING
FIRST CLASS!
(Coal mid Wood.
nENRY A. CLARKE, I JAS. II. CLARKE.
Formerly Clarko AUIveu Formerly J.U.ciarkeftCo
COAL. WOOD.
1IKNHY A. CLAIIKi; & SON,
833 F St. N. W. 131b J Si.. N. w.
PROMPT DELIVERY POLITE ATTENTION
TELEPHONE CONNECTION. ang5
J. Maury Dove,
Coal and Wood.
The Finest Splint and
Oannel Coal
EVEB SOLD IN WASHINGTON.
Main Office Twenty-flrst and I Streets.
BBANVH OFtVIUESl
18M H STREET, 1620 M SntBET, AND WnAHF
FOOT OF F AND O STREETS.
COAL 4 WOOD.
PLACE TOIIK UUUEHIt WITU
STEPHENSON & BRO.
SEVENTH. HTHEKT WJIAHF.
Every grade of Coil known lo tho market f urnltbed
at lowest ratoi. Families aud others can save money
by laying In tholr winter's supply or Coal before I 0
wet weather of fall sets In, Consult us as to prices
etc., before placing your orders,
STEPHENSON & BRO..
COAL stud KINDLINU WOOD OEI'OT,
SisrsithiHr Wharf.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
BASE-BALL GOODS
AT
BRAD ADAMS'
hick Tins $100 vitizi: haw in
jrim window.
Manhood Restored
I'reiQsUuro. Dec, h urrom Debility, Imj
cr, fiurromu
trlou iu TrllU 4
anluipluinvatii
uanuooa, 4.0 .iiOTlntf triod iu Trim crtr kuowa
ruiuedtuai dUouvrrva a b Imply invatu of M.f-eurh
ManuooJ,
Mcll ho will i nc) lltl'H tu hi. f ellor-ulf Dirt,
AUdrvmJiit 1
JltLVt.
VJ.B.t3 UhUhsuiSl ,Nttv York.
PROVISION
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