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W 'THE SUN, SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1897. i B, flN SOCIALISM AND ANARCHY.

H oirrrAHSTS asd itobknes oirI IlLE BO0IAZI8T1O JUOrBXBXT.

I M, tl'rrf Insjalry " U clal quMUo- n-

H fomplKlnl f th Workmm Practical81 mllosujihleal clallsm cl.llaai tleallrM tens IP Toward Perfect Aurcblimi

I Paws. Keb. 17. "Knquet Bar PKvolutlon

I lltertlre." fcy M. Huret. recently published, U

I MtbP the most Important of all document

I (or Ui atudy of contemporary lTrnoh lltora- -

I lure. It Is a irlesof lnterfirsrs with lesdltitr

I ntbore from all tho varloui literary schools

I which divide the world of letters In Franc atI tlo end t the century. There Interview drat

I tpeared iu tin Figaro and wro aflerward

I tnbllahd '" ,,ook form. M lluret'a Dewtook, "KnqtiOte 3ur la Queatlon Social en Eu- -

ror." has l)l'en combosed I'1 "ke fashion. ItI roataln Interview! with large number of

H wll'krun people, and line Just apDeared In

II ti look firm. Iti It the social question tdl-I- I(gunt 1 capitalists, manufacturer. Social- -

I Ists. aid Anarchists of all countries. FromI Bartr Alplionse da Ilothschlld to (Jen. UoothI tnl h Anarchist, Matalesta, from the Duo

it la liocbtfoucauld Duudeauvllle to a Hue--

nan ilar l.iboror. all clasae. creeds, and na--

tlouailt'it are here rrprviented.In hit preftoe M. Huiot aars tl.at ho givestbe oulninns whlon haio boen confided to

Bt Insi us they are: sincere or lying, excitedcr discreet, even contradictory. Boelallsm willU glotlllrd nnd rebuked: It will be proclaimedImminent and Mill be aeaumed to beImpossible; It will be declared ttie formula

societies and the fathlon of tho moment. So

a' I um concerned, 1 will report."1st For instance. It Is tbe oulnloi. of .M. Uuesde,

of the trench tioctalitl leaders, that "the(tolclarut U uot a French party, nor a Ger-na-

nor a prly of any other country; It lian International nation.' Germany hj 1,541),-to- o

uciuilt o;rs; Austria Is eaten up withl&e socialist earner: Cnglatid, Italy, SpaU arotot more exempt from It." Here arc some factsvilli h Ktm to Justify M. Gucsde't assertion:

Waen, In lr.ni!, Hltmtrok demanded of theRfkln:iw u loan of sixty millions of marks(ur war exiehscs and an lticreaso of 4H.0U0

mta fur tin' army, the Socialists prevented thee ol tbe bill. Upon this the Reichstags dissolved and new elections held. Thirty-il- lsocialist Deputies were thereupon returned,

rrMO entlnc the l.ulu.OOU vole to which M.Oticsile refers. It was a notable Kaln foe thescclail'ts. In France, also, there are Socialistlkput.es In ttie Cbutnlier. Although the move-miu- t

Is not so well unianl'ed as In Germany, Ittrud rather to lncrn.te than diminish amonglie working People.

sncialu n then exists In considerable forceu.d activity, bnt how strong u menace It Is totb existing statu of society It Is difficult toordure from M. Hurst's boolc. The utter

n opinion, the frequent dltlngen-1- 0

inci of the persons Interviewed, which SI.Hunt ittuarks, mako tt extremely difllcult todraw any general conclusion n to the spreadoffcxUllittc Id.'as amonc the worklnE c!kicjof Uurope. Still harder Is It to discover

U nhclUr Ills consldeied as a menace br per--

kci In auihrrltT. hcterthrles', tho InterviewsM of tome of tbe more Intelllcent Socialists andm less diKrctt capitalists allurd certain facts not

IB titbout IntertsuH l'irhaps tne first Impression one ecu from

)l. Hunt's book la that capital does not feelH Itx-l- t terlouslr threatened. Socialism strikes

u.e tlusncler rat.'ier as a hobby than a danger.H and he la more Inclined to laugh tolerantly thanH to he on blkci-r- d. Financiers seem to feel

.confident of their ability to deal with anyH movement which mljht menace tbe society

II abent them. Their attitude is well expressedII In M. de Ilauiemann, President of the lianqueIM i'hnnmpte of Ilerlln. 1 quote from M. lluret'a

li.urvlu,. with lil in:9M "Uo you tlte Mplral to be Inillipeaaable to Chs

M llf of locttir tit. a Ilsussjuiaub) atDtlev,iDruftcrd ci iimuKKra .ilsmlj, sua 1 wise 1 eouM

! ftvloJUte nls iletlulllTe. cola, prufouna aoceol ofH la unlcft Irony was inluclea wttn liieH tobul of repealling coiiiiuoapUcfiIS "Certainly, ceruiuly, or courn, my dear air,H trim it. tlitf use or uUuusilua thai? adiI, LesMa,

IH socialism menace not ouly capita bus lae ratlrssocial lire. tne wtolr of nuruanuy. but toe more.

H b"l.t is docllulns; at piesent. A a here. Indeed, wsIH rp uot all worrlej: tne best guarantee o e couldIH tare Hsiin.t aoclai.ttn, look )ou, ta a atroos; Gov.f trnnitnt and a ulclptlited asiny."f H M. de Hauf enmnn la perhaps mere outaDo'ten

tUu tbe other capliallsls lilted byl. Huret.tut bu i. nuvertbelesx. typical. He ie;resentswnii-rtailr- fune. sure or Itaelf and sure oftbe rapxlty to mlntaln llaetf and the societywh.cli is i to Its ell belne, Sfovemsuu

iny come and uo. but capital remains.Let Ui look ul the ot'irr side of the plcttirx.

In the li.teriiews villi rrnl Morklnkimcn. sslthtlie proieU.iHt. Soclallil and t. M,

! Huret Wsltul Mrral of the moat linporuntBHi,t.fcturlnit towns In Franco and else.

XM xl.tre. He lutervlewe--' the workmen ana re- -torts,lialne touhdalmoat unheraul dlscon.' Uul. At (Jroujot. one of the chief munu.'I '"'urliii: towns, the emplofes Aork twelvelours u day, aud In tho vast majority or casesaie laid :i franiA (DO tenia) or under. A childUi.n at (Teuzot is eduiateJ In the schools,'xlniti the proprietor of tho foundries. M.

' tOiiietder, has enablialicd. He epends hism iNlitu life uorkliiK iwrlte hnnra a day for let' in frnnia a eek In tl.e eiuoke and smellllii dirt of tbe f(irse. nnd, Bnally, If he Is

; tarelul and etonnmiial, he may retire at tho, 0 ol i;j with a eneion of VU frnncs a month.

tin i,ucentH ter diem, wlleatiri children muit' jH t clothed, lmuied, and iiMirbhnd.nnd streneihWM Must be ira mnlned tor each day's labor. YetfHtt.erv Is no naUo revolt; there are no strikes.H" "" "O'ltrary. M. .Schneider's, workmen' tleitrU him to the Chamber of Deputlei

i?'1 n,''ule ll,m 3'Mir of CreiizJt. When M.Ituret utrd one or the workmen why this Hasfi, he teplfil "yes. e voted for him; we

Mm; knew lift, father; t evertheless,i II I".'6 ' 10 hack of MorMnetnen who woulds Pm ,,,ll)'r J'01 lln Hfco H'e rest. Hut they don't- Jl i ,' ''e dav or election they are afraid thatf I 5'ore e ballot 'nx nome one will sen tLatI !i Br" B''1 ulne 'or d. richnelder; tes.f 'I ItV '" "'"""'d 'bat they will be turned out,"I M ,ta, ,'wl ' ""'I' did not "desire to revolte 31 fi."1"' " trlki. ' he answered that "suca a

BHU.lr.ic h not even tboucht of. What one1 asms Is to keep his Job and earn his day's pay

, , a loci; na po.alble. And. thon. we don't1 "" I" create trouble; It never leai s to any- -i ' I,.,' wy nr'' no' 'he atroHKer. tnd then, and

1 1 ."' .' r" ,0 tired."I f. ""''hall, on tno other hand, a different

i.im"n I"1"- Honbalx Is the most Imtmrtantt li ?'"1,'rl111 city of Hie North. In 18U-- ; thirty-- t

llJIn. uJ1"1 workmen were elected municipalllr.B."cll'ir Tom the town. The seats at theBl.i i

l a'"! tJoutity Council ere car- -e BIT. "'' labor tiartv, and at the present mo--' IIEi.W"--' '""" "f Honbalx, M. :arrtte. us 1 5i2r'".V,t f ''' cnT'e Papers and keens a nmnll

BlSf i .'..''. ''"u"e " M. Huret's lmurefalonsli.V.1! '"",- - obr"" " I" 'ho Interviews! !i0 ,ia'' "ttb certain vsorklnctnen there.llii!!,. .' ,,ul 'nlrlt of revolt for hlh the

illrSS?.0! " al cr"""l were "too tired," ThoI ,yj. ."''" "" urnuirht no reward. Lower

" ' Timf "iV KTr'r mlaery hat e been Its only re--I, il 'beavera-c- e pay of a Houbitlx jveavur

I ''""'SHneeK ,

or a llitlewotso thanvii!hs;:V, "I ' rei'ot. In these Interviewsllii?. """"fix workltiKmen there la a ron- -

1 1.7?!,', .rr!' "l "rvatlon. of w.fe and children! U,.t.,l,!if",,'.t,u.l!.,,r Through It all,

to ,'i ,h"," 'blind hope In the nupllcr.--

E.P"a t'1'''" :,,r "r I quoto tfeu, f,""!','"" M detailed to .M. Huret by.Major of Koubolx;

" Haw"..f!.k,i'!ne,10 t".'l!n ,,r "ctonl """R hnuaes;MutalJ iTU'!f '""utU " "iec lIKIrellouuht lobel?athe I'i.lK hl". "Ilerreeii just. t It i nt.

i ll Ji i!. Zn' ?". IO"lu at ",0 aelwotaJ TBe;. i i , t.V!' al "' nu,t "u""l ,n w''o ure

I '.ill.? ,?', VI1 "tr . '"' """" ""'' eb'thlnir will

' ,,hf,ro,lJtar' We will suppress theIelim ..?!' l'r,,"U""l on. we would Ilka lo, atft ',"?. '"'l'"lve wlno,. Riv.. crarata.

r ', "i .i J,"' ', "'ury. Iiui. )o know, we riill. J ,;,'." ',"",' '"" ""lea compel the

t ?,,,', ""l""1 maseree putul.i1. ' a?.,,f,,?"'','1MV',IM','u- - Wr ar" "'" 'O ealahilsr

i - ,'"' "I I anulunrmwnrxmen.a t1 ff.V',1, ',?,:. " wi" dl'irlrmte food to iravH.

Ui '. iV? ' ''::"m.",n" ",r " vorxinamen. All? ,..,! ,i,,for,u It la on Ibis that wn1 "si "',Jl'V" ', a"J " ' ''l that sve want iu

ami"., !,'.?" f'rwaMT Well, ne'll wall? I ot.nu,Iu,. "" '" or Matt l0 ao ,or "1B

'otnewliit lone passase'forto show that the

l,u"'1loc; seconnly and!lo'r,',I,nte',i.nU ruUln nro "'"-- nsnace.,

nn could he so bllcdt i i ' rfnr" "" real aolutlon

a tU.,.'t,rlv'"",'' ''y re nottilnic morer I It S'1," "r niunlfloal clisrltleh. and cans. I rat u''" nfJM"X "! vfaues-- no essential ad-- I

W ,J.Uu ',ttf,1"'". belr etteit musttoso" '?.taP n'cal. The other working

' G ittniput l,',w,,a"M. Huret speak with anI 1','f ,'i""""'"1"1''' They do not much

n I "J? ut, 'uisery trom which they suffer- I tiiVpK iVi""".""'?? 'he canscltles of humanI lt ii..''J0 b.' ,l.Jf with un'versal illai.on-- I

'f n t"t"' ic5. "' COIteP"on of thellttt ,m3,',,f,rcM.i vr.h,e1' nro accouiilatle forIf of the working rlasses. Ot

eouno, suoh tootallst measures ass State eda.cation, tnedlaaolntlon of famtlr Ilea, tk equalattribution of property, and the abolition ofInheritance are Impracticable and absurd, nutla this the only soolallemr The an-w- er to thisquestion we find tn the second Dart of M. Iluret'sbook, In the Interflows with those whom hecalls "theorists and chiefs of ceota."

I have already quoted from M. Jules Ouesde,the Bosltllat leader, and here Is his exposi-tion of the philosophy of socialism t

There ta an evil, yes, an which (eta eonatsntlyworse, but wbloh will brie with It the soolal good.This etli, whlon la eauamt br tbe concentration ofall the praduetlT rorees of the country In the bendsor the bounteol (property hoidlni) olsss. stare,for the time betof, the proletariat, destroys Itshealth, redunee H to the tn Jet (areas slavery. Buithta evil, which la the mathematical consequence oft."f economic, evolution. It cuod. Thta machinery,which entails eo many miseries on our species, thisoverproduction, this crime of crimes, ao that Intheir turn women ana children are driven Into thefaetotlee by hunaert this concentration Iu thehands of a few all this waa neessasry In order that

hs eoiial production mtsbi arise and erssts Ubertyend well bain for all."

"IJut how What la the remedy J""A remedy ? lint ws have uo remedy. We are

not Inventors; we observe tne evil, we expose It.aud we aee that It carries tta cur la Itaeir. Thlaconcentration of productive forces, wnlon la an evilIn in hands ot the capitalist body, will be a snodIn the hands or the cullretlrlst aoclety. Colleetlv.Um lathe last term or capitalistic eonoentrnttont IIla Ita fatal termlnillon and Is near at band."

M. Jaurbs expresses the same Idea thustWe employ against the present society, un-

just and barbarous, that very mechanismwhloh It has croatod. and tt Is In tbe oldsteeple, with the bell thattha runs; for all thevictories of capital, that we will rinst In tbenew time," Hut the socialistic bell or thonew times will I hi a drear sound In the ears orhumanity, .Malatceta. tho Anarchist,

that there are but two solutions to thopresent state of nITalrs-cesaat- lan of pronreeeand anarchy." Therefore, the SocUllaU andall other discontented persons are. In fact. An-archists. Whoever d. rs not wish to pruervethe social conditions of untouched andstationary. Is almlnr at their destruction. Hemar tal; hlmtlt CnllectlvUt. Socialist, orllndlcal. but In fact he la an Anxmhlet. Letbur once the discontent disintegrate the preatpolice forces uf Knrope. (he French, German,and Austrian armies, and tt Is not social re-forms that will bn sren to the worklntrmen.but n social revolntbn to the world; In aword, anarchy.

Thus, thntiirrt socialism In tts theory Is thenoxt stej Iu the progress of civilisation. In re-ality It alma nt the nsstructlon of vlvllltatlonIt ran be a reform for the amelioration of thecondition of the laborers onlv In name; tnfact. It KNiwth Is n menaco to the wholsfabric of civilization. Socialism s merelytho word which covers mutiny. G, C. Ij.

nxci:yr .hit sales ix rAitis.The Fleet Two Daya orthe (lonenurt Bale Brlesr

In Lees Than 100,000.Pants. Feb. 'O.-L- ast week was full of deltsht

for art amateurs. On the one band there wassold al tho Ueirirea Petit nailery In the Hue da

the fine Vever collection, containing Co-ro-

Millets. Ttonvlns, Harplgnles, Daublgnys;on the other wai tho sale ot the first Install-ment of tho Do Goncourt treasures, at tbeHotel Drouot. Here ure some of the figures,tn francs, obtained at the Vever sale'

Donvln, "Tho Painter's liald," 8.U00; orbs Oread,mother." S.ooo.

John Lwls Brown. "Xiefor the Ilao,' 600,Carrlore, "The Slot Child," 8,800.Caaln. "The Lost rath," 11.01.0.Corot, "Eurydlce Wounded," to, 000; "Th Steep

Path,' 97,r00 "Nymph Lying-- by the Beaalde,'80,000; "Vllled'Avray," SI, 000; rtrcollectlons ofItaly," a tnomlnr etTect, a,00, a auneet effect,S.hOO; "The rails ot Ternl," 8.000.

Oaubtany, "Tne Dents or th" Olse," 70,000.IlarMznles, "TwlUxut," 1,100; "Tbe Sartbe Rtvar

at Bl. Ctnry," S.OOO.

Isabey, "Th Sermon," 1,700,Jon- Klad, "The Cab," 7S9 "Th Bttrrup Cup,"

oao.llelasnnler, "The Ilreakfajt," 79,000 "an on-

cer of the Staff," Vt.uOO.De Nlttls, "The Old Garden," 1,10; "Th fledfe

Kovr," J. ISO.I'utIs de Chavonuea, "Luda Iro fstrls," 11,800.

r llousaeau, "The Valley of rtffaaxe,"77.300; "Sunaet," 3,000.

Ulllet, "The Woman at th Well," 17,000; "ThPlain," 10. tOO; "Tbe Drawer or Water," f0,I00"Nona," o.vno,

Danraler (water colors), "Th Defender," B.iOOt"The l'leadlnc." I.W0,

Tbe Impressionist schcol was well represent-ed In the Vever collection, and the suns ob-

tained show the de.Te of favor which tt hasattained with the piullo:

Claude lionet (paintings), "The Prldce of Irgentaut!," Zl.tuOi "St. Adreese," , 000 "The Churchat Vernon," 11,000; "Th Church at YarenseYille,"10, BOO; "Icicles." U.obOi "The Sboie at Lara-court,- "

0,000; "Tbe Overflow or lb Seine," O,7u0;"Winter Landscape," fi.OOOt "l'neasanu." 7.000.

I'lsearn, "View ot Catlncourt," 900; "farm Nearrontolee." U.S00.

ItarTaellt. "The Sweeper." S80.I', a. ltenoUV'A Usther," IB.OOOi "Two Bathers,"

11.000; "A Naked Woman," 0,000; "A StndyHead," 900.

Vcder, "On the Danka of the Olse," 8,000; "TheSeine Near I'ontolae." 14,100.

Slaley. "The Inundation," 0,100; "The Drtdc ofilortt,1 l'.'.SOOt "Tbe Loureclennea llosd," anowerjerl, 4,000; "In tbe Woods.'' 700; "Tne FirstSnow," 1,130; "Between Morel and St. Mammee,"1.BS0; "p.le Trees In Itlossore." 1,700; "TheAvrll Woods." 7k0; "Nut Tree la the rialn (Tbommory." 6S0; "Eavlrona or Parle," I.0C0.

Degas, "The Toilet." 10,300; two drawings ot bal.let glrla, 2U0 nd 910.

A series of cru 1 drawings by the carfcatur- -1st, Foratn, sold for from 200 to 300 francsapice; the prise of Hetdbrlnck's drawlngnran ceil between SO and ,100 francs, and somewonderful Kenounrds were sold at from 150to 400 francs. Among tbe soulpture must bementioned;

Itsrye, "TTerculea end the Boar" (ortxtnal wax),1,0001 "The Lion with llaleeu Paw" (an early prooftn bronze), D10.

Carries. "The Man with the Frog" (day), 1,700;A Maax" (clay). 800; "A Clay Vase," 130.llneao, "Sick Olrl" (wax), i.100.Dslon, "Nymph and Fawn" (bronie), 7,400,ltodln, "Eve" (marble), 1,800; "Th Kiss"

(bronie), 4.H00; "Wearlneaa" (bronie), 010 "TbeDsmced," 730,

What will become of the money obtained atthe De Unntourt sale, the flrsttwo Installmentsof whlcb hive already come under the hammer?It Is well known that In his will tbe distin-guished novtllst destined the monoy to

certal" number of young authors selectedby himself, who were to form what he calledtae "Academy of the doncourts." He was thuscarrying out, he said, the last wlshos of htsbrother. Hut somj poor relatione, forgottenby the testator and probably perfectly Indif-ferent to him, have put In their claims, and have(ontested the validity of the will. There lareason tn fear. It Is 'aid, that the will mayren.ly be declared Invalid. There ar nld lo totwo roasnti why It should be annulled; a

mnit" to the dai srhter of M. Ltoti Dsudot.dated beinre tbe child's birth, and the atser-- ;tlon contained In the will, and manifestly con-tn- n

y to fnu, that tbe master loft no relativesIn need.

In order not to delay the conversion of theliiherltnme Into cash. MM. Alphonse Daudetand Hun. lane, the exe-uto- rs named In the will,have been obliged to ask the tourts for a Jndg.nient authorizing the sale, with the provisothat the money obtali ed y It shall lie turnedover ton referee tn hold until the courts shalldecldo what ta tn be done with It.

'l'lic De tionrourt brothersas is well known,bad r.n especial udmlratli.n for tbe delicate andrather rfeiilnat art of the seventeenth cen-tury. Thev wrote manr books as the result oftheir study of thut iierlod. After his brother'sdetlh, I lielleve, Kdrunnd de Onncmir, Uok arani y to Japanese art llkowtae, and became loIt an orncle consulted equally by rxtwrts andiimaluiire. Ills qunrrel with M. llinr, thelearned blcturM dealer, on the subjoctof Hoku-an- l

villi be nmeinberod, Kdmond de (innronrthns left a lnrge nnmber of blostraphles of Jap-anese painters, wltl monographs011 their complete, works,

t'onnequentlv the eollertlnn which Is now be.Ins scattered at the Hotel Drouot consists chief.jy or works nl the seventeenth renturv and of.Inmneee pictures. Tho fair began with thoH'vcn'ceiuh century drawings, water colors,and pastels. These nr aume of the highestprices obtained In francs:

liar tin, "The Dancers." 140,luuiloulti. "Tne Indiscreet Husband," 1,000;

"lardy Attentions,' a,7Siii "The rotlet." l.noo,UrUKnel, "A Wine nliop In La C'oiiMIIIr Under the

Terinr," anO "111 lle of Ltivre." tOKether f,7fl0,llolsieux. "Ihe HiinatrnKs," Slti; a en. lection of

ion co.tiimes ami diaxuises, S,7UU, (Uuugbt by thePerls Uran.t (Hr.)

Iio'irher. "A Nude Woman." 18,300; "Voun Wo.man In NpanUh Drres." l.tiuo.

Cnardlo, Han bowling." 1.100.LVypei, 'A Woman with a Cup in Her Hand." ISO,Dun. ah, "lie turn to flielr Harracke of the French

Ou.ir.le." 4nu.Iiucloe, Tne Deserter." 110.Diit.leots.Urrtsux, "restivat Under tbe Itevolu.

tlon." 4(iu.F.lsen, silly pen and Ink eketchea, l,80O "Uenry

IV. ami llttlirl.il..." HOU.Frasnnar.l. 1'ortralt of llosalle Frasonard,"

H.Oimi "Tell Me It You Like It," ll.uuu; "TnoTumble," IH lug "Child I'laylug In a Dairy,"II. run.

flirodei.TnoHon, "Jlcdalllon wlto Two llrada,"34-u-

.

urareloi, "Voutn In Court Dress Sslutmg th

TrtOulor." fOI "a Flirting Conversation." 1.JO0.Greute. "A Tonne Family," 1)00. , .nolo, "Mme. Dain ae Mrw," 11,000, ;Butt. "A Sheherdea." S.OSO.Lancret, "Two Women," 1,000.La Tosr, "A Woman." full fao. ,00t "Msekof

La Tour,'' 11,100; "Preparation of Mile, Dante-vtll,-"

tt.100.Lavrrlnoe. "The Frensh Meroury," 8,100; "Th

Pleasant Concert." S.COO.O ataohy, "The Colonnade of lb Lonvr,'r900,Morrau the younger, "Bludlea of Little Qlils in

Bed." 710; "Portrait ot an Old Woman," B.V0U;"Th King's rtetlew In th Plain el Sablont," 11,,000; "Marie Antoinette I'aastng Through the PlaoeLouie XV, After the Dtrtb or th Dauphin," 1,700,

Nattier, "naif Lenith Flgurta of a Xiao and Wo-man," 010.

Oudry, "A Spaniel Surprising a Swan on ItKfge." 1.700.

I'arrooel. "Chasing the Ring.' ISO.Portall, "Portrait of Himself," 5,(105.

"Tbe mide Put te Bed," 1,400; 'Ther Pealten,!," 1,733.

Tbe first two days' sales brought In 407,0M7 francs. It la to be noticed with regretthat tho tate of the public Is not turned to thocharming works nf the snventcouth centuty.The rUurea given are only the highest; manypastels aua drawings were sold for less then ahundred aud oren ltst than fifty f anca,

IUtuond Halt.aivsTjsnass op aitixitss coukixo.

re BatUnal Than tbe British Ulll or rare.rvn th mil Mall OaMillt.

It Is habitual with most Englishmen to de-

nounce tbo Chinese as filthy fowlers. Hut If wotake a look al homo and compare notes, wo mayfind we hare Judged them by a wrong standard.The Chinaman la philosophical In every act, hohas a reason for everything- - he does. Ho finds afar reaching connoctlon between cookery andcivilisation, and he much dlaipprovcs tho Eng-lishman's wny of feeding. He will tell you thatan Englishman makes hUdlunor tablo n slaughter-h-

ouse, nnd that In his country they sit downto tablo to oat, not to cut up carcasses. Onedoes not soe tho unpleasant suggestion of theUre animal In the shape of legs, shoulders, loins,hoods, &a, on a Chinese dinner table, asone certainly does on an KhKllsh dinnertable. An Englishman' Idea of " good, whole-some food" is a moro or less raw Joint In manyoases tbe gravy belntr somewhat too realisticallyred nnd a badly prepared vegetable. Whetherfood so cooked Is wholesome or not Is a queatlonwe are not prepared to go Into nt the presenttimo; but the fact rcmulus undisputed that In noothor country In tho vvorld, not oven exceptingAmorlca, docs the fiend dyspepsia rulo so su-preme as In England.

The Chinaman looks upon the dcridr.l chop-sticks as a tokuuuf his civilisation, (.nil ou theknife and fork as a remnant of barbarism. Hecan produce knives and forks If requested to doso, but nover uses them himself; It Is a questionof the slaughter houso again.

Iu China Ibo natives see and are taught Eng-lish cookery In Its worst posslhln form. A din-ner table In Honp. Kong or 3haiighul In the summix time U an anything but tiluusliirrspecUele.Tho animals to bo eaten are of necessity l.llludthe same day, and the tissues nro tn louub asdeath stiffened them. Ihls, ot rourso, is thefault of the cllmato, not of tho cook, vou willsay; but glvo a Frenchman suili moat and seothptllfferenco. He will, at all events, producesomething oatablo. At the same time, thoughIt cannot be said that a Chinaman Is a born cook,he Is remarkably apt at picking up Idea. ShowJohn how to make an omelette or a salad; forever afterward he will mix the Ingredient Inexactly the same order and quantity us ho hueseen you do nay, he must haru the sstiio basinsand utensils, or no rnnnot lie qulto happy overhis work, so imltutlve a cmaturo is ho.

Among tho laboring classes the staplo artlcloof diet Is rice, and Ihls unpretentious dish Isboth wholesnitio and nutritious when cooked asperfectly as tho Chinaman alone knows how touolt. The very lowest clasaes of soclel) oatdogs and rats, but in all probability this t.istoarises more from necessity lhau choice. To tryand discover how dog brolli Is made would tukua considerable amount of during nnd curiosity,but tbo natives seem to cat It with relish. As 11

rule nn Kngllsbmnn Is very chary about ventur-ing into u Chinese cookhup. Ibere are storiesof adventitious Bailors nil before tbctiMst. ofcotiroo who have trlod, but they are monot-onous, because theyull end with tbo diner hav-ing somehow discovered tho origin of tho dlo.inut U'foro him, and huvlhtr left prcclpltutcly.eorccusiio yarns are intcreeting, out Ult'limos I

tinicprodncnble.Every street has Its complement of rookehops. I

whero wondierful In Ibu way of ,soups, vcgetaLEiM, and tloeh can Iu procured atsurprisingly low prltt s. Hero great pots containdumplings tilled with mtneod moat, which arenut unpleasant to the tusto provided 0110 lo suf-ficiently hungry, and suftKlently confiding, tntacklo them. After ull, have wo not our sausagesat hornet

IJut tho oil they fry with, and tbo amoll there-of! Over this department of their cookery It Is,Borhaps, kinder to draw a veil; sulllce It lo mtull cuiplojod Is popularly supposod toboot the genus castor, and a vlrulout kind atthat.

At the Earns time the upper classes are veryparticular over Ihelr food, uud lntlnlte pains Istaken over the preparation ot favurlto disbos.Hero Is tbo menu a typical one of a banquetgiven this car in Nlngpo :

Dlrda noetaoop.Slewed sa aluira.

btunreon skull cap.Stewed ahark Una and pork.

Crebo.iup.Stewed plum and ptwntd fruit.

Duoks' tongues.Deer'a tendoua.

This Is not quite so Impossible as it reads) thearo really a kind of Utnpets. and tbir

Is no moron why a European should not eatthem: and shark fins are a dish muih eslcoraedby sailors on the oast African coast, ami said tobo very good. Moreover, a sluigcon I a royaldish, and only n short Um? a-- It figured on tbomenu or a swagger London restaurant. Itcally,lookwl at from an cthnogrnphlcul point or view,there Is no reason for horror nt a Chlnexo dinner.Indeed, It Is not half so dlsgustlug as, say, anancient English funeral fcaat, at whlili. for example, the cold mint. kc. was euppixod to rep-resent bits nf the body ut the corps. a rathercurious and distinctly primitive form of sacra- -ment.

Tho truth of the matter Is that Chlncso cook-ery deticnds on tho meat nnd the took. Thuyhivo litorally no peculiar Implements nnd no ovtraonllnary methods. Doapito Charles Lamb,they do not hum down n houso tn roast a suck-ing pig. They have. In fart, loo little Initlntive; '

they lovo to Imltato, and tbo housawifo whogrumble at her Chinese cook generally has onlyherself to blame. She has shown him too much;so much that bo It firmly tonvlncod that theexample is lo ho copied on caih and every occa-sion, unit if a (,'hlnamnn hns a fault It is that anidea oncu in his head is never cot out. Tho trim

Is to show him Just enough for theoccasion, and again nnd lor rat )i vari-

ation of food; then he will Ixviomunn l.lcnl rook,only In such ctrcuuisUncon thu question urlacs,Is It worth while to hat e n cook nt all I

EVJIOWS cot.osivs.Of All til Power Npaln.t tone I railing Steadily

Ilehlnd.The only one of the European countries hav-

ing colonial possessions which are falling In re-

spect of number, wealth, and population IsrJpaln, once the chief tolonlal powor of the Eu-

ropean continent. While other (lorcrnmontabaro been oxteudlng their Infliicnco nnd pos-

sessions, Hpaln has boun falling In thu rear, andthe reason for this Is seen cloarly In Cuba nnd thoPhilippines. Wasteful, oppn salvo, mercenary,and luefllclent government nro tho direct ca 111,03.

In a ceusua of tbo colonial poisnsalone ofiiudo twenty years ago, It nppourud

that the total colonial ixissesslous of (IroatHrltalii covered 7,000,000 square miles, or morethan sixty times the extent of the United King-dom, and had a population of e. bout -- 00,000,000.rrunco had foreign colonics, excluslvo ofAlrrcria, covering 400,000 English square miles,with a population of 2,500,000. The colonialpossessions of Hpaln, the remnant of tho heritagefrom Hpnln's navigators, covered an aroa of113,000 English square miles, and a populationof 8,r00,000. (lonnany, newly established as aunited (Jovorntnent, bad no foreign colonlus;neither did any of tho German Htates. Thocolonies of tho Netherlands covered OOn.OOO

tijuare miles, and had a population of B 1,000.-00-

Hclglum hnd no colonies. Dcnmnrk'acolonies were chiefly IslAiida, tho total popula-tion belnp; nliout 00,000. N'orvvny nnd Swedenhad onu small Island, nnd Portugal had coloniescovering 7111,000 Knclleh mllea, with n popula-tion of 4,000,000. .Sliuelluil tlmamoHtEuropuanQovornnicuts liavo oxtendod their territory.

Tbo llritlsh cnijilrn nuw overs 11,000,000anunre miles, of which only l'jtUKK) nro In theUnited Kingdom. Tbo pnpiiliitlon of thu Eng-lish colonics Is 'UO.OOO.OOO. Thn colonies ofFrance cov or U.UUO.OOO square miles, inid Imvoa jiopulatlou nr 21,000,000. The arm of th" '

colonics of the Nolln'ibniiU Is 71.0,000 miles, andthe population In 20,000,000. There nr ntnrly '

0,000,000 etibjecth of tho llnrmiin oniplro inAfrica, and h,OOO,0U0 of HcIrIiiiii. The Itiuslaiiihave spread their rolnnlcf, 11111M thesu have InAsia a population In ex. issof :io,ooo.0i0, nndthough tho popiilillnnof Port .arul Is lux tli.in6,000,000, the iiiloiilus uf Poilugal huvn col-lectively a jiapulntltm In cxcckh of 11,000,000,tho area of Portugal' inloiilcs tKiliirf thirtytimes greater tlinii Hi it uf tho homo country,txinniurk's colonies havn spread, though not11111.il, nnd Hal) ti.iiinppe.irod among Europeaniialluiis Ilia Ing (olonlnlpiMscAsloiis, Hpulii alonobus luado 1111 liondvvity. There has Iaioii no increase of her posscun'oiis ur of the population ufthem. Many districts of Cuba and a few nfthoHoof the Philippines h.ivo been devastatedby war, nnd the lommorco nf these lolnnlcs withtlio home country hns decllnnd nppreclnhly, ThoUpanlards nto in 110 position to hope for nn oxtension of their olonlnt poHoluns. Indeed, nilprcsont ludieiitlons point to thoultimntu vrilKidravvol of fjpulu fiom much territory that shAnow rules, '

ENGLAND CHECKMATED.

Bsanjsr of jr. iLd.yoTAvxaix tub oiucTAtr rnovjBLB.

Pranee Will Wet Clva Up Uer PrateetaraUOver Clsriatlaa la the Bautt Europe Constilned Agalsut RasUnd 1st Turkish Matters

Precarleas Pltla rtk Italian KlagdomHoxit, FU. 17,-- My prognostications In Tub

Son have ben followed closely by theconflrma-tlo- n

ot facts; the Continent has begun lttdlplomallo blookad against England, and as far aIt Is possible to foresee, ItwIU be a less futile onethan that of Napoleon I., "ho tried at th samettme to subdue the land and to ohaln the waves,What Is going on tn the Eaatjn Crete, in Mace-donia, and In (Ireec 1 .for those who have eyesto r eo .only thu poisonous frait sown by England.Ths llngllng of English sold pieces and theroar of tho cannon at Canea mlnglo In n re-

doubtable symphony. To exolte the .Sultanagainst the Continental concert, to prevent theFranco-Hussio- plan from succeeding at Con-stantinople because th polloyof reform wouldmark the prolongation of the death agony of theritok Man, to no trouble In Europe andI11 the Orient In order to digest Egypt and swal-low quietly the productive provinces of Africa,tn create divisions on the Continent, and, Ifpossible, even to disturb the relations ot Francand of Kusslaon the only spot of grodnd wuerotheir Interest conflict, to continue accordingtn the traditions of Queen Elisabeth, of Pitt,of Palmeieton, In arousing rovnlutbna without,and In taking advantage ot Hi internal dissen-sions of Europe, and of overy tiatlou of Eu-rope: such has been, as It always has bn. thsunderside ot the diplomacy of Albion. Thisattempt at n dlverstuu hat failed pitiably; inplte of the axcellence of the Cretan Chris-tain- s'

cuusr, tbo Continent has hela together.Italy and Austria had doubtleea a atrong temp--latlon to take part In the disorder, and lo breakup the Mussulman Empire. Hat Germany,faithful to Its own Interests, which are not '

thoo of London, has sustained Paris and it.Petersburg, and a douche ot cold water fromIlerlln has calmed th excitement of the Hall-tti.- ts

end of the Consult.At tbe (Julrlnul there Is noconcealmeutot the

uneasiness Inspired ny the new European con-

stellation. It Is feared that arcral agreementsare In existence between Husatn, Germany, andAustria In the event that Turkey should be di-

vided. Italy has always considered as tbe foun-dation of her Florentine dlUomacy, the beat tnthe days of the King's seer it, the least practicalat a time when democracy and publlo opinionrale, the fundamental dogn a ot the Ilrltlali alli-ance. This alliance threatens at present tobring her leaa profit than loss, less hnpet thanformidable menaces. It tbe Continent ar-- 1

anno, according to llaron Mnrrchall von Hlo-b-

Stein' nbruse, the "extra ContinentalLondon. It especially at a given

date Europe undertakes in dvlde up the rlrhInheritance of the .Sullnn, what wlll.becnme ofItaly? Caught taoranfe tttticto In dtplumatlaconcMtblnnge with John Hull, tot rayed by cen-tral Eurooe, who will eerve her Interests, ahewho has alnals Increased her territory by herdefeats, and made bar rotten by the sr.utofuttier nations' brows?

The cne is an embarrassing one. That willb" admitted without dllllculty. On receivinga politician. M. Viscontl Venosla, a diplomat ofthe grand of the N'nrih, none the leiananerd nn Indiscreet quesilou uf his visitorby raising bis eyes and sUhlng. "Dloc alutl."

During this 'raiuatlo and bloody eptsodo M.Iliimitoux. accorilng to the tettiuiony of allrnmpetenl wlttieises, has displayed a wonder-- 1

ful understanding of affairs, a teal, a tact, afirmness ivliKh hare won for him the admira-tion nf his partner, lilt policy, which Isquestionable from tbo humanitarian nnd civl-llte- d

point of vlsar. is marked from thn pointof sieve of e retieb internet wlt.i ssaLlt andforerlghi. It rests on the tradition of thoKings of France from Sollman down toSubl- -etkl. and ltflftdowu to 1S07. Thu e9eti-tl.i- l.

Invariable point In this diplomacy Is thoIntegrity of Turkey corrected bv lb protnunr-at- e

nf thn Christian recss. 1 hanks to thoFranca-ltus-la- alliance, M. Hunotaux has tedHassla to adopt, up to tbo hour of the SickMan's death, the main points of the Frenchpolloy. It It a real triumph. Was nnt Huslauntil now oscillating between two main Ideas,to put an end in tbe dying man al once or lohasten the denth struggle?

rranee raunut reallv deslr for the liquida-tion, the dleaoctlnn ot thu ra'aver. Iwlore ahehna taken all her precautions, and before sueba first naiimtl again her rank In Europe.Tin-- division would mean Itussia mistress ot1th Dardanelles; It wnu'd mean Austria mls-ire- rs

ot Malonlta: It would mean In th Eastthe establishment nf agteater Oreece, whichwnnld flg''t aaalust ber as the greater Italvfnugh and la still fighting wains' her; Itwould mca. Hal In noesassion of Albatiln; Inabort. It solid turn the .Mediterranean Into an

h lake, where France would nolonvnr be nble to

That I tint all. When Turkey waa broken uptbe (.hrletlan rces would uonatltute them-selves Into Independent neoplea. It will, there-fore, mean, at a matter ot fact, tbe rxtlli"tt nftho tronoh protectorate v hlch lis givenPa It., mnrrt tupromauyand "oamooolt an In-fluence In the East, Mnce 1NH7. when theEnglish tried toeelabllsh In Chins a Papal lega-tion In 01 uer to break ti bit bl bit th diplo-matic protectorate of France, down to yesterday,Uermany, Austria, England, and Italy havernns'niiilv moonle.1 guard urouni the lrona-gand-

and tne Vatican. In order toahake theundent granite n 1 w lileli tstta for the Eatt thepreponderance of (he (Junt d'Oieav. Frnnre,through her missionaries and her diplomats,has defended ber patrimony; ehe lias liven

tbe Propaganda, lit lb requestor M.de llfhalne, has ackcosrle'lged In an oltlclaldocntui'iit the rlgb's of the "elder daughter otthe Church," slid the duty of missions of allna.l'.n. ill ties tn place tben-elve- e under tbeprotect loti of the French flag. Now, If Turkeydisappears, farewell to the policy ot the pro.tectorste, furewell to the protectorate Itself,at d Fri lice In the East erlll tluk to the rankof a third-rat- e power.

Hence the plan of M. Honotaux at Constan-tinople Is Intelligible; It Is to maintain the oldedllice br menu nf reforms: it Is a solution nfcompromise betwemi the despotic Mussulmantbeorv, which trued toward andautonomy, nnd the 'onverglng tendencies uf theChristian tirttielnnlltlrs, tonardllb-erat- b

n. which England hlp on wlti, her usualart and boldnes. Will thev lie successful?Will tbe Franro-ltutsla-n nlllun:o che-- thoImtetuou" coaree of modern Ideas? Hpeaklngfrom a diplomatic po'nt of view, ves, for thegreat Continental powers have an Interest Inputting nil the settlement. Th questionchuin.es Its appearance If we examine thernuriti of history and thehnrtxnn of Ideas.Napoleon III. Introduced Into the old Europeanmansion the tlatnn of the nolle) of nationalities.It .fill burn down thu house. wn theresult nf this tiiiinnullarlsn direction. It Intoje (eared that In suite of France's return tn thnle of bee tradltlo h the old Home limy not

again ret lire to Europe to llie dilrlinetit nfFrivcce. Are tint nations (he tlrel rlntlms ntthn bot.oflts wLlth they spread? I'raiKa, slncnthe beginning of the elghicrnth century, hashUbstltuled for It old se'llhli pnltei the gener-ous policy of gemral Ideas. This chango wasthe exqulslle flower of Its clnsslinl edmntioti,which demands eliuplifslng uiid c.meral ideas.

Now diplomacy, like life. Is complex. Indi-vidual, national, and not Iiumuhltnriun. Klntothat trlt.mpb of (lassie studies and rlielorlcalcopy book", Frnnre has gradually lust horrunktn the world, N"Polron I, wts a glorlnus exceptl n and n brilliant episode, but Natxileon111,, beet mine tho 1 hiimplon at mice of Kng.land and nf liumanltnrlaii Idena, led France tobebsstopo), Msgent and uedtin. riance nthe present lay eui.ern frnni ,hls preponder.ance ot the ixillcj of grnrrai Ideas over thepolicy of national Itituretts, M. llanntaux Istrying tn struggle against the .stream but willbe Iw ahln to? Will the French tbemsolvoermlt Iff he French newspapers al one InEurcpe nuve abandoned thodoveriiniont tn thiscrisis. Dons not that mark a material Infer),nrltv? I,,ke ancient ilrset'e. Franco seems tone tiecomiiiR me coun.ry wnien ,vi.Psrulnl, the French Ambissxdnr nt Wnnlng-to- n

III 1N70, told "will have tbo 11, Union ofgiving to the world ll.ernrv niodele to linllatoand pnlltlrul exaiuplne In avoid,"

The Vatican trembles tor. Its dear Christiansof thn East, The old Pupe vrairlm thohorlmnnnxtouI). What will come out of this t4m.pest. What will be tliu result for Ills polloy ofthn union of the churches? Would not thepivitlul division of Tnrkry favor tho Urergcross ugalttst the Latin cross? Will netHussla nml gi eater (Ireece tako the pise nfFrance In tbo Orient? Or will nol thosgradual red in Hon of Christian people!be the slunnl for tho awakening of thegenius of 1I10 Chrisustnnis and of thoItnslis vvhn hulled In the Patinov an Incompara-ble mufti' lent of the Intellectual and inaierlnlI'lrutness or tbe East. Poor Europe, I'Vori'v'tihti-- . vou are rnllliu up a rock. From alarhe I1110I hhi, aro watching serenely this

nilntiil inrtli ul a no'" world, and they mayvim. with pleasure the ver- - of the poet,

,'i!!iu- - niiirf mnyno. INNOSIINATO.

Football la Ureal Hrltalii.Football Is Immensely popular In (Iroat Brit-

ain, and every halt holiday tho gnnio attractsthu uttuntlon of ull classes of people. An Inter-national game In Olaunw recently, belwocutuams representing Scotland and England, at-

tracted a crowd of 57,000 people, tho gato ts

niuoiintlng to upward uf iplO.OOO. Atiiiuithur gnmo noar Ixindon there were no.rioilhPncLtloru. It Is a weekly occmionce In thn largoVorkeliiro and Lancnslilro midland towns for nliovvd ot from 20,000 to 110.000 people to watch11 mine, tho prices of admlnlon runglng fromX cuius to 0(i cents. In some towns tho storesurutiosud during the pi ojri'tij of Ihegame,

QEnUMT.DBPXnZKS rrAtrr PAT.Tbey lay Salarie er Say Tfag Tfonltl

the Attendance In the lUlrbatag.Germany la agitated again by the movement

in favor of a salaried PnrllamonL At presenttha member of the Helchston; aro not paid forattending Ita sessions aud most of them stayaway. sAlmoat every report of parliamentaryproceedings la Ilerlln U Introduced with tho re-

mark: "No quorum was present."Tho Hctchstatr has U07 luumbors. When as

many as 100 are presont tho nowtpapers remarkths unusual number. Tho nvorago utLondaucsIs about thirty-fiv- e or forty; fifty Is a goodhouse, beforo which tho stars of parliamentaryoratory do not hesitate to ehlno. Efforts of allsort have boen mado to remedy tho chronic ab-senteeism. Seml-oftlcl- dallies hnvo thundoredtho Emperor's dlt pleasure at tho nbsentocs, butthese gentlemen have remained an Indifferent tothoeeml-olllcia- l big typo as they nro to tho blackmarks 011 tho roll of tho house, Thn newspapershave prlntod tho nsrnos of tho worst offenders,and assailed thorn with accusal Ions of laziness,disloyalty, neglect of pledges, nnd genorul cal-lousness to tha duties of cltlionshlp. Thu socialreformers have pointed tho finger of scorn nt thevacant Hclchstatf benches as proof ot tinworthl-nes- t

In high places. Hut all tills has worked nochange. The Hcl:hstng remains almost

week In and wook out.Tho Radicals say thut salarios alone will bet-

ter the condition of the Helchstng. Thoy advo-cate tho repeal of Artlolo XXXII of tho Impe-rial Constitution, which toy that Deputlos thallnot receive compensation of any kind for theirtcrv Ices, They think that mo9t of tho absnnleosare too poor to abandon business entirely for awholo parliamentary session, and that thry nrokept away by the iiocoastty of earning a living,and not by the pursuit of pleaturo. They with,therefore, that overy Deputy rocelvo pay by theday, say $3 or H. Tbe ILidlcilt have been harp-ing na this for nearly thirty year now. Theywere met and silenced repeatedly by Bismarckduring the first twenty years of tho empire.Since Bismarck fell the Federal Council hasburied tbo proposals that the Itelchttag has beenmoved by the lUdlculs tosend up to It.

The Federnl Council Is composed of envoysfrom the Individual German States or sover-eigns, nnd consequently Is terribly afraid ufanything calculated to Increase the Influence otthe German poor on legislation, Tho envojshellevo, as Dlsmarck believed, that salaries forDouutles would open the doors of theto the poorest nnd mott democratic of the popu-lation. The Hndlcals say, howovcr, that whatUltmsrck nnd tho Federal Council hnvo fcuredhns already come to pass, an, I that tho forty-eig-

Social Democrats In the Helchslag giroMinnlo evidence of the fact. Tho Modal nomocracy has (1 fund tlorotod In supporting In Ilerllnthuss Social Democratic Deputies who ore toojioor to pay their own expensos. It Is perhapsthe strongest argument for salaries that, underIbn present Social Democratic svstem, the HoclalDemocracy hss sultcred Ires In Parliament fromabsenteeism than any other party.

Thcstruggloforpny ainonrtho German states,men of tho Reichstag has been noteworthy forthe humorous situations that It has produced.Onco the Doputles had passes on ull the Prussianrailways, and nut a few tried to use these passesoften enough tn render them equivalent to smallsalaries. A Social Democrat from Hsxony, forInstance, would enter a sorond-clsa- s compart-tiion- t

01111 tnitii for talpzlg every evening nndsleep on the broad cushions until 0 o'clock, thonext morning, being In. onvenlenred only by thenecessity of changing care in Leipzig for tbe re-turn trip to Ilerlln. Thus for thrco yenrii hemtulc his psss pay for his lodgings and Miamitlie expense of Veeplni a room in the capital.

Tho election campaigns, moreover, ulwaysbrought to the rallwnjs nbotit WW) dead-hea-

Deputies, who travelled free from meeting tomeeting throughout thnelcctlon.'crliiiT weeks.

Suclidovelopni. ntsof the pas ijililllto the German Government to be too iidvutitagcous to thn (Joclal Democrats. The richConservatives and Nntlonal Liberals could paythulr way; they wuuld olo tloneor Just as en-ergetically without p.isscs ne wl h them, nndwould return Just as many Government support- -

ers: and lUdlc.ils. hovvover, would I

fcol keenly a revocation ot the pastes, would In '

badly crlpplid Jn their campaign work, andproNibly would bo unable to ndd their fullstrength to tho opposition lo the Government.Consequently, tbe Government arcticd, tho passsystem should bo iiIkiIUIicI; nnd II was ubo',lshed, although without bcnellt to the Crown, as I

the vxialUts Pay the eip. of their elect. onagenu as do thu members of upy other party.

A reKirt has tieen (.thle.1 from Berlin that. Inview of the failure of the existing system, 11

schedule of annual sxlarles nr day wages mayHnd favor In the oyos of the Federal Council-lors. This is not likely. The Federal Council-lors are too cloc 10 the allied aoverolgns of theempire to change In a ironrrallon their viewsanil methods In whom tho revolutionaryand tho republican forces are concerned.

tub r.vrr.t :. of fha.vcb.Oner 9foveTttey Overlap In Prodaellrene All

Ollser Countries. j

The United States Impurt In a year wine ofthn value of (7,000,000, and moro than hitlf ofthnwlno Imported comes from tho republic ofFranco. From Germany them la ImporleJ in ayear to the United States wine uf the valuo ufabout 2r0,000; hut France overtops all coun-tries In retard to this product, suppl)lu:thoAmerican market with between ? 1,000,000 andKi.OOO.OtrO worth of wlno In e.ich year. Thoofficial figures for the year 1H1X1, taken from I..ifnnirrur rfnfro'r, the standnnl Eiiropeun au-

thority, glvo theso result In the chief wlnc-pro- - '

duclng luuntrlcs, In hectolitres (a hectolitre Istwenty-si- x gallons): France. 41,(100,000; Italy,21,570,000; Spain, 17,000,000; Atistro-IItingnr-

4,000,000; lUiumuiiln, a,ri(0,000;Algcrla, 4,000,.j 00J; Portugal, :,200,000; Germany, II.IOO.OOO;

Turkey and Cjprus, .'1,000,000, and Greece,1,300,000.

Notwithstanding the destruction Incident tothe Franco-Prussia- war, tbe devastation donoby the phylloxera and the liicrcnsiugeoiiipetltionIn thu Bel J of w luo production from other neigh.boritit, co intrlee, vvhrro luud i.nd labor nrochoapor than iu Frutiro, partictiturly Iu Italyand Hungary, such It tbo productiveness otFrench vine) ards, suth Is tbe etrelleucaot tliomrthml of cultivation, and such Is tha atten-tion given to the manufacture of wine, thutFranco not only stumlx at the head of oiliercountries In this pirtlciilar, but alo, as the Intoflgures of trS'JU show, thi prodin of Franco,w tilth vviiS2t),OOOlsHihoctiililiasiiilMi.Vni;ainst

' 24.000,000 ill liulyiuid '.'O.IK'O.OiK) III Spalu, Isthis year larger I Hit It th.it of lintll l)it&c coun-tries. During tlio past three venrs there bisIn en an iilmnrtiiullv large vvluc product inFrance, but prior to IIKI the iiuniinl uver.igr otwine product w.it iurget In Italy. There areelgbty-si'iri- i deparliiienis nf France, and Inseventy-si- of llinn llnrn are vliieyiirds. Thuproportion of rod to wliltn wino prnliiceii Is asihii'p tonne, thn pricuof red wlno Imlng slightlyhigher th in that nf white wine. Prior Iu tlioFranco-Prussia- war thn vvlnii product ufFraiiu) (territorial!) larger tlmii It Is )

uveniced fiO.tHMl.tHK) he. tolltres In ,1 om nmlthtiugli IIiiho have not li"en ilupllcnlediilnie, thn wine product uf tlio iniiitry is it largeIn proportion Id Ibu tcnilor.i Imlii-lu- In it as Itwas nco, nun Hie fait Is to berecalled I bill while In ot.ier lount lies 1elebr.1l ctlfor their vine) nri.n t here In. ' ei 11 n dt lino In thoproduct, anil In nouie insnsthi important

Internet has been dclio)cil, theviue-yanl- s

of Franco yield grapes in plentifully as' they hivo over done,

In Mndulrniitid tho Canary Iohiuls, unco pro-line In wine protliirt tlie present amount avail-nbl- o

for (xiHirl Is vet'j small. Cyiuiis wine, loo,Is no loimervvli.it IIoium was, and the vvliim nfGreece, though ubuuiiutit, are no longm-hel- Ingroit iliiiinnii, and this, to soinn extent, nihil Is

. trtieof rome Spanish vvinet. Tint wlnea nf h.ilyenmo ihiullv from the in lilni.htio'l of Naplesniut from Sltil). f'.iio Colon), In Africa, has20,000 acres of vino) .nils, pru lining I.OiKi.-OiK) gallons In a your. .i h is 1 lo.outiucru, prnduclng 1,000.000 licctolllrcs In 11

year. About one quarter of tbo (ii rmmiwine crop from tlio fenmer Frenih

nf Alfnic. Dnivn tn IbMI iheiuvriiHa enriilii" of French wine for itxport, lint fioniI8HO to HOII the iuiPiii tal Ions rxi coded Hie n.ports. Now- - nguln thu old coiulltlons have beenrestored and rrunrn Is sixportliii; tiinre limn itImporlH, nml vvhllotliu ninoiinl avallalilo inrex- -

is Increasing, ns tho Into llgiirosshuw, tlieiuJiortbeen a corresponding guln In the qtinllty.

Nla(y-(sT- l'eare an .11. Is,

To rejiresent ono constiliioncy for sixty-tw-

yeau In (he Homo of Commons Is hoiiievviint ufa record. Mr, Charles Polham Vllliers, who Iscallod tlio "I'athornf tbo House of Commons,"has represented Wolvoihniiiptim fur thut timowithout tnleri iiillim. lln rocentl) cciubralmlhlsOAth blrthduy ut his lindou rcsldenco, andreceived tho cougrntulutlumt of a largo elri In offriends ut both political partlcu. Tho righthoiiorabla gentleman takes u great interest litpubllo nttalts and spunda mm h time rcadlm,-- nndutlcudlriK tu hit corrcsioiiilunca.

Peanut In r.urope,I'e.tnuU grow In large quantities on tho north-we-

coast ot Africa, but aro known thorn, isground nuts. They are dug up by thu nativesnnd bartered with tho European trailers formerchandise, tobacco, &c nt mani places onthe Gambia lllvur, and afterward shippod Insteamer loads tn European ports, principally toMaraelllej. The inila nro not toasted for retailsale, at in this country, but crushed and a fineoil extractod, which is valuablo commercially.

T

A PAPBB OOT OXTX BT XJJXAT1CS.si

Tha LsaiieeuUr Arsrna, PBhlloawel by InsaatM at-t-

Aaylam ast - Jhat M. B.: tt THE LAK0ASTn AltarJS !; ta t.uMlthrd Iw 'n nsts of thn iI moVINCIAt, Ll'MATIO ABVLUK, I; Si. John, N. D., Canada, Is. U. A ;! anl Issued early aoh month. ;

This Is the heading of what It probably thooddest newspaper that the publlo has opportu-nity to read. It is published by tho Inmates Oftho Provincial Iittnatlo Asylum at St. John, Itis edited and prepared for publication by Insaneporsons. Every article, In it is written by 11 per-son who Is Insane. That Is why one ot the ad-

vertisements that adorn the first psco Is y

humorous when It says, "Scnslblo pen-pl- o

subscribe for the xtncnsfrr Aruut."Tbe Aruu bears tho proud tltlo of a lotiranl

of scientlllo Industry. Just whero tho sclcuceconies In Is notnxnctly clear, but there Is rcr-- jtalnly evidence of a itcalroto do roinctltlmr to ,

inako the motto soom appropriate, as, for In-stance, the artlclo which treats of tho sclcncn ofobtaining u dinner for one rent, Thoro Ian storynliout how tho aerial torpedo is going to destroytowns and armies, and there Is another aboutelephant at work.

The advertising department of the s(!M evi-dently receives tne keenest attention, for thereI plenty of it and in great variety, various ar-guments nro prt'srulod throughout tho columnsof tho publication with tho view of Influent lugtho circle of readers. Hero I ono that displaysgreat orudltlon: "Put your nd. In tho .oweowrferAruu. It circulates ofer n largo area uf the

Then here It another statement euroto Influence the mind of any 0110 who earns toglvo It patient thought: "Tliencciterri7U.An elegant, moral, and refined miscellaneousfamily Journal. Dovotod to poll to literature,wit and humor, prose and poetln gems, and orig-inal matter written expressly fnr tills paper,Nothlnirof an Imuiurul nature will over be ad-mitted Into Ita columns, therefore making Itemphatically a papor for tho million and a wel-come visitor to the homo circle." And all this isavailable for only 2A cents 11 ) ear.

Un ler tho ilcllc ilely Insinuating heading "PatCo pablo" appoars the following lit rary gem:

V received sraolon Invitation lo be present algraduating eierrlsee at the Inaani floepltal Clarlnda,Iowa, of tbe untile tilnety-et- olaaa of tbeeputotlc, gal-lant. Intrepid Hawkeye and rarhhlnt;ly lovely nndt,wlfj-hli,ir- l w fnlt,Allntf tl,bn,AMd I ,.t ShA ttr.Ity ol the notice und greet distance Involved wouldhave required our belna; catapulted thither tt,rn' apneumatic tube at a vertiginous velocity, eontraln

by the crrehrastbtinlo condition or our cerebraluorve centres. Couipelti-- reluctantly to deuy

anticipated pleasure.Again on tho same page appears this convinc-

ing appnal to tho summer resurt proprietor:The Ixxneitttr Arqv circulates new In nearly

erery State In th. futon, thus touching the very our-di-

core or ttio buslneee, Erery hotel keeper In tbelower prorinotss should card hie caravansera ta tbeArgue and reap a harvest of goldea shekels this Ma-son. Verbum sap.

It is very evldont that tha advertisementwriter of the --irau knows his business.

Ferclsrn Kolea er Real Interest,Three days' aalee of tbe De Ooncourt drawl ore

bronxht AVn.iau francs, more than was exDected."Jordan am a hard road to trabbl" ta no longer

true, a steamboat having recently been placed ontbo river, which make tb trip Irons Jericho to

In Cve houra.The Ilev, Sir Oeorge Fetheratose, Dart., having

been appointed Itlih BhertlT lor caunty Ivintford,me question arlfee whether a prleat can hold theoOlcv or lllxtt BberlO.

M. Halaecur, who cooked for Uorf Saad and Al.fred de Mussel when they were living together alVenice, died recently la th Taraseon workhouae,aged HO years. He lett no memoirs.

Off Or and nirilre. In Ureal Harbor, a frigate ISOfeet long, pierced by many cannon balla, waa r.ceatly found by dreditra. Th vesaet It believedto hare been sunt by ibe Ilrl.lsh 800 yeara ago.

Cjueen X'letorla'a team of eight cream. coloredhoraea wbteh at to draw ber stale earrlag at thocelebration next June are now being exercised lathe st reels to at to accustom them to the IrafDe.

Admiral Canevaro, ta command of the fleeta of thepowere off tbe coast of Crete, Is an American bybirth, having been born la l'eru nf a Oenoese father.His brother It Peruvian Ulnlster to Italy and Franc.

In Ureal rirlutn S.lwit magatlnea are published,of which AS7 are or a relurtout character. Tberare t.JVO newtpanera prlntd, SIS or lhm btrtgdallies. Fitly yeara ago ibere were only fourteendalllMe pubUsned.

Iu larre codQia recently caught oa lb Bovt-ils- h

ooasi was found a corked lemonade bottle,made la Eljln. conialalng a pl.co of paper oawhich wae written "Schooner Lucto fouadersd SO

mile off Duonet Ilead. God help ua."Ilerlln turne.1 out tb.bOO bat lea tn lOOS, of which

7,fl"ii, over were tllctltlmaU. Therewere 47 caeet of twine and atx of triplets. One wo-

man or 40 bad her twenty-thir- child and on ot Blher fourteenth. There were 1IS4 families withiwelr children or orer.

Thnugh Iteuat Orels it the smallest of tb OermanStates, Iu prince hat mustered tpunk enough to forbl.l the official crlabratton of Emperor William IVthundredth anntrertary on the ground that th birth,day of a Etnx nr l'russla tt Dot a propr occatlon forthe rteueiOretiert to observe.

Sewahadjl. who formerly monopolUed th wholebusiness or auppblng carrier from Zaotlbar tothe Interior or Africa, has just died. He did every,tllng he could to help Kurnpease In their attemptsat cotoulaatlon. He prettnta.t ta the Cathollo Bil-lion the en'lr. range of hills In tbe neighborhoodut Ilagamoyo.

Mr Portall Slush, Ilajah ot Jodhpnr, tn Rajputana. Is the hero or an extraordinary act or crdv.airy. Tboug n a Ilranman or th hlfneai cast andbluest blood or Indie, be broke hit cst to helpprepare for burial a young Eagtlsti officer, a com.pleto stranger, who died in hts city. II helpedput tbe body In the coffin ana carry It dowastairtto the rarrlate, ann, later, 10 the crave.

There has been a resolution In the use of publloand private carruiea Iu Entlaud within tb laat tanyears. In load there were xr.OUU III eased hackney

' :ariUfe in iluglaoj; latt )ear the total bad risen toUS, 000. Licensee tor two uorse oar- -

rliuiev taken out by private persona fell from 141,.duo In Ibno 10 47.UU0 In lrwj, while of e

carriages tberuwere 40,UuO Iu the former yearointouly TV.OOU In the latter. Over 1100,000 car.rlaaea, halt of the total number In lbbO, iem to

'have disappeared.

Six women and two met are ou trial for thwholetele murder of tbir relatives, at HodmtoVasarnely, In Ilunxary. Tht olijecl was to .vctatnthe smtill auni, about a hundred florin aptoe,for which tlio Tletlni were lusuieu. One man lacharted with having poisoned hta latber, hisniotnir, his wire, lilt wire's rather, and otuer per.soul outside Ul family. The accused are rslrlywell off, lisvo a cuiutu auiouut or nducallou, andwrru ies,uiar atieadents al utiurch. They obtalneltlie puuuii rrom a mlawlfu, who was th head ortbe cuusplrac,

Anew signalling light of extraordinary power baaiKteu Inrojlrj by Um. Mlkiivsbevssi 01 the Itusslaueniliieers. Dunn thu autuiuu maiiuiuvrcs ol t.islUllio aquadruu the s were read al a distanceor lhlrt.four nautical niilei, aud lb Inventorhopes to turrets the dlsiauce to sixty miles byulceus ot rilHcllci: inlrroia. The apparatus Is ,

welgulug about soven i"iluu. Itspirit am iso puwdera, ouo green, tho ollu-- r re-i-

.

Hit-- cuipolilou or wnien tbv inventor keeps secrtun.i' worklug pant ur two tubts euulng In pear.eliuped balls, vrLUh, buitig pussel, stud out u bill.Usui red or grueu nab, by u c'luliiuaunu or rlasursuiusasgee jru toruied, Tlie puvvuur keepsdry uu lerW'ticr. l.aeii uuturii costs ubuut 1U0 rubles.

.vrchblsl.t'p Laud woull nave lauu UetUuted withthu way Klug Cutlet I, 'a rxecuilou was coiuiuriii.oruleu 111 Loniluii this juur. At tlio Aiiiiltcuu Churchtil bl, Mureurel I'utloua a i.oleuiu huenarut wisteelobratid. Hie altr and saerailtiiu uviv vestedIn crimson anil itoni, tno altar being sLutu vvitnlapcrs, w.illo 1110 ol the church was uaritenud.Around tbe alt.ir were hunt banuers, ouu naviuir aportrait ot If to t UJiatlva Uearlng lh ma, lyr's pluibrunch, with tlie words sal ctus Carotus, Ilex ttJlnriyr," eiunrmdered Iu kou. 'Itiu celebrant wasHtllied In acrimsu.i eiiuaubie cnilirci lrrcl with

and was sttei'dud b) a number of ucol)ies IntcArlei cassocat and small cai.s, A choir eaug, theauturm being "lie Tnou ralllifiil Unto Uvutb," Ihoservice wes read from Laud's Hook of Commonl'rayer, that ultimately cost Liiurlre Ids fcujj. 1 tinconKreauilun was dressed Iu mourning and worewiilt'i Stuart roses. It Ineluded (he Order nf tneVYbito Hose, the Order nf bl. Oeruialu, the Jacobite

' Club, the Legitimist Club, tbo 1 names Vulioy tg;'

tlmtsis, tl.e hocioi) of King Charles tbe Mertyi, amiother htuart organisations, In the tutrewaa a choral service, the clergy aud choir marchlug round the cbuicli In procession Hh the ban.jers, A great ineuy wreaths or luamiueeut nnwirs,tbe Insirlctlua 011 whlcb bad Ural been examined b)tliu (loveimiienl ofllelals, were hung obuut KinsCnarte a statue Iu Trafalgur squale. One Wkslu-acriui'- l

"Keineinber," another "I go rroai s cor-ruptible 10 an Ineorruptii.io crown," A

aocluiy tent a wreath tied with a tartan silk rinboii,wlili tut Irtrni "In memory of the great erandsouof King Charles 1., Cnarlra Edward, diet Jan, SI,Hon. Whs wad ua follow Hies, King of th Ills.land llonnle rnnce CnarlieT" Tb Lexltl-mil- l

Club attached ti a laurel wreath a Ifcg prayer,beseeching that th (ulll of tn KliusU innocentblood might net be laid to th people orthe laaa.

''SPAIN'S IilST 0? REFORMS. HTiir.r say 0yr.1t Tiir.itn chr.rr.r.Axn "'.JM

H'.f.l Pl.V.ASV.lt llITlt Til P.M. 'ttLI"tt Hagaatn Hay He Will Aaatimn the Prenilenhltf fllr the Huron llrsent So tiralree Iilteueelnsf VVal(he irrobahte Dies-thro- of tbe ministry, vv4aH

M.umip, Feb. 17. In reply lonti nrtlclol't 111 VJIMlnlstorinl Kvoea criticising El Impartial for izlttLflIts attitude against tho establishment nf reforms hHHHIn Cub.i, tho er says: YlsLiiifl

"LuKfinca ucrusos us of Insincerity becnuss) ?Hwe nro opposed to (.'nnovns'.v ro'omn. 'ha lstisHsincerity demands Is that tho fact be establish! Mlwhethor 11 !s rljhl tii'.v.tste tho nitlnn's rlclict, 'jtlto compromise the honorot the army. nnd to fill alCiibi with Hpanl'li grnrrs merely to antiounr Hu tho (lucita Ojicint the first slept toward ' H

Cuban Indrpetidrnrc. Should tho Onromment (l- flHcontinue ltd present policy, nil II will socn have - JHto do will bo to prepare two epitaphs, onn for th f H

licrcics nf tho r.r nnd tho other fnr Hpanlih, tilsovereignty, " tH"What sincerity demands Is thot tlio Cuban nlpnihlcm lie properly discussed, Uic not Spain rllthe rirflit to opi.oao tho Independence ot a people latHwhich lncks tho conditions necessary for self IHvHIgovernment! 11ns she nol, therefore, the right rttlBto maintain her sovereignty In Cuba I rVHiifl

"While t& conflict Is still ponding, do wo cln iMiHlnny'thlnir by puhllshlng reforms, hurriedly 'lBflprepared, ns thougli they had been written upon IfvSIIadrutu In tint Cuban 'mnnlir.'.n' during tho In- - lliulterval lietwecn two marches! If our soldlors ilmMilfinally conquer, tho previous eitabllshmont of ro-- U!Slforms will r.ntit n shadow over their glory. Ittbey do not conquer, docs the Government boHove UihI rofo'ins will accomplish what force of 'Vlnrms failed to 1I0! )rlC

"Thoralny toason Isat hand, nnd tho day will ilMsoon come when Iho responsibilities now In Isffiictirtod will hnvo to bo cleared. We would be !Miglad to have then nn opportunity to acknowledge Shthat we were mlstnkcn; but, unhappily, fact lljflsltpeal: for themselves I" llsmB

Tho Ministerial newspapers say that the Got iN'lrrnment has been atithorltntlvely notified of the eImprcsilon which Hcnor Canovas's projected re lllHforms caused upon President Cleveland and Seo-- 1 'ejHIretary ot .State Olncy, Roth nro said to be tMUhighly pleusod with the mensure, which, tn their 9HIopinion, surpassed all expectations to such an nB Jclient that it would bo demanding too much ta r JWR 1ask 8piln to make further concessions. i vi4 3

Tho newspapers here publish a telegram from J (IH 3NewTofk.naylnffthat Major McKlnley hns do- - I ut?olarcd that he will recognize tho Independence j,

of Cuba If Hpaln does not suppress the tnaurreo- - ' tQtlon by May. Some fear that McKlnley mar Oactually carry out this programme. ' Msl

In Its leading editorial yesterday, El Imparl jbXcfaf, without mentioning Spain, compared the f jjt--

defiant attitude of little Greece toward tho En-- 15ropean powers with that of a nation which JtMhumbly submits to forel.n Intrusion, The IJlleralito said: "There la nothing to wondor at In MmGreoco's attitude Nations which havo a hi. Btory, and are still moved by an Ideal, may un--

f ii. lHdertako such bold achievements as Greeco Is at JT 5 jtempting. It is not tho same thing to be the ' 'Hi IIIhome of art orthe land of tho fat hoi; tn bo the ! TIbirthplace of Leonldns or "that of Tsndrrbllt JsjllGreeco has no army, no navy; hut the hci iona . JMVtthing which is worth moro than all that. Rhe ABatTIIhas nn ideal to fulfil, and, for an ally, Justice." f vH

Commontlnc upon the withdrawal of tho tpan- - , 3IMlthgarlton from the sugar ctuto Conttancla, Sf'Sl

Imply because Its owner, tho Marquis de Apes- - 3fRlteguta. Is urging Premier Canovas to reooll Oen, IffMWerlcr. El Dia says that the mosturo reveals f iHthe baseness of Woylcr's ohtractcr. If he note ufMthus, the newspaper asks, toward to good and. jMXInfluential a Spaniard as the Marquis Is, how 4iwill Weyior treat small planters whose patriot- - f 1 JSKlm Is suspected I lll'v '

Gens. Martlnex Campoa, nianco, Primo de y Ml .

Rivera, and Lopez Domlnguor breakfasted te-- Jr tgcther at the house of the latter a fow days eco, i- - fiHGreat Importance Is attached to this mooting erf fjthe four Captain-General- s ot tho Spanish orray, 'ilC'Some will hive It that there Is n conspiracy $ fXamoryi them to overthrow the Canovne Ministry, Vtwibut the question remains whethor thty are try dt, !fTIng to help their own cause or whether they are jji; f, juworking for the benefit oi either Rjgr.it or fti 'CSllvela. The lotter is more hopeful than ever ,j JPrWthat he will soon realise tho dream of JsV Jlhis life, which is to be Prime Minister JSbefore Canovas dies. As to the Liberal, they Vjij. jfeel sure that before March is over Sxgnta trill ltf-1-; Jfreplace Canoras. In tht event. It Is again a!4 lrP3that Oen. Ijpez Domlnnte: woull be appointed f B'iHMlnlttor to Paris, 0:n. Dlanco Mlmator of War, t, M'JGen. Primo de Rivera would continuo a Cap-- J ; '

of Madrid, nnd Gen. Martins ; vihCampos would havo another chanco to pvolfy VbMCuba, although he and Geti. Illnnt-omey- , In tn a'tf,,rend, exchange their respoctlvo poitr. This oath- - K i.ferlng of Generals Is called hero the Military fKatitiunan, after the name of the Philippine VHJtlrevolutionary club. I Mil

Senor Segnsta hno declared through hi f rsjrivo.-lt- e organ,;! Olotn, that, nlthoanh he done !itf4'not detlre It, he will accept powor If the Queen ,t If WRegent should to require. 1i1fTbo following parsirrarhs ore from a much-- f Si Jremarked article punllthcd yesterday by JCt y vi .fTitmpo: L W

"Tbe Cuban queatlon. In ltt mnnlfold phetra. j "'I '

completely absorbs publlo attention, and all 1 J .Tother problems havo boon rologatod to secondary 1 tt';rrank. To solve It Spain his finally rcnouncecl laher right of ruling 'he Greater Antlllo. We ,,T sjwill not now examine denor Canorna's a lion In '' K? ifthis matter. It may have been tho result ot 5 Sy !isad neceislty ar it may prove In the erd to be a ? ji .wise measure. Do It as It mny, there IsnoNxly AIn 8psln who would think nf undcinif whnt line f f

bccualretdyaocompllshod frhould it 'Ting about 5 J itthe results desired, there will be fn trnaoii to f 55 rpiJustify a political change, since the Cotuerva- - I Ml Ttlivo purtrwouU thus have prm. 'n I but It po--f '.f&'f'teos all ckmcnU ne"0isary for succcs iiuvt , if 'jand In the future. Rut ehould 'cfottne provn'o jviT.be Insufficient to rcitorc neaco, or, what b ;' j,?Mworte, should It become lnrliaper.sahlo 10 make f ii' ijj '

further concessions or to appeal to even moro jJJradical remodle In order to wlro nut our tils- - ni'-I-iaster, then only thoso vvboto reinombranm of ' Jj : jpast blunders and incompetency has vanished ru kt ' ican think of the ldbor.il par' na lit to 01 urcome J 'i !a difficult situation," u it i 1

If neither Ssgastn nor Canovas ran 1 con-- liiftSslriered, it Is evldont ihnt what El 'Utmpo 5 Jwlshea Is that Senor Sllvtla callod tn rcpluce J A' ICanovss. In this cose tho present Cortea would t V fS'not lo dltfolvexl. Among the monhrrhlrnl poll- - e !?o IX'tlclnns Is perhaps thn only one i':flwho will rinro. when the mcmciit comes, to lay . f,bc'oro the Cortes tho advisability of nban- - ': MVdonlng Culm, a possibility at which he t jl ; ilonco hinted duringMhelist meeting of thoCorte , i'-and aleo In nevvapaper artl.lei. It Is needless to St- 2':ndd that the article of El 7'fcmyo Is generally ?,. Iattributed to H'norSllvrla himself. i. , n,'

lJt'uti'iunt-Genorn- l n.irrrca, who. n, few months irjf .1ago, c.iiiiiv hack to Spain from Cuba on sick flIJ'-S- ;lenve, Is critical!- - 111. He will tomorrow un-- nfi It!ilerto a surgical operation, HJ s

iho hintc Normal at Volladolld has 'firibeen closed for economical rratons, jk 7 i 5

The I'lrst .vian Drsssmaknr, Qil '

As fr.r back as 17.10 there was In Paris a m J i 'Jdrcssmnkcr, and probably the drat of his kind, HF1' JIlls name was Ithoinburg, and he wna the son of j 1n llivarlan poasaut froai the neighborhood of fcjf ; 'jMunich, lln owed his tucceiis to his genlui for UH'rotiiiMilliigi.nd rnni'dyltiR dafocts of Ifgnre. II Ai ,pdrove a beautiful cirri igo on the boulevard, nntl i t- jjli.nl n esriitfhrnn In thosliRpnof n pair ot cor-- 3 .1, !(sou iicil nn upiu pair of hi'tsors painted on th X"i i!"Jpnjiel ut o.icii dou.', lie lift a l,ir,;o fortune to Jlift ;Wlla litiie. Sm ii

Ntvodeii In the trellr sens. 'x,, A)

Thn Swedes dn nnt Intcn I to let tholrnolrfh- - Ai TjIxjrs, the Nnrvnglins, h.ivn It all th-- lr own w7 : JW r,fjvrltli Art lie explorations, and It is sain trtnt --a j '$, 2etpeilplnn vvlll be sent froti, "io 'kholm to Konln 'j'j" 51Knrl's east of Hityhi next niimmer, '' IIt Is Inlcii. led tint thoHiuuot'Cpeiiiil ui u h r. 1 alto 'VT. it!explore tlio Islands nnd until- - ovci'cd reilon t. "r UbctweiiHpltr.horgcn nnd Krnn Jmef Land. 'Jff-'v- l 'j'

.loriolj's Tint Irnnrln.l. J C tlAn Ironclad for tno Government li 'yj'

wits launi bed l.ttn!) from the shlpb'iildlng yne.1 ' ' KM'of fl'r W.lliniu Ariiiitron'& Co., England. This 3Jj tIs tlio tlrst so.vgolng Itun lad owned by the st'lrK'3.

' Norsemen, who In tin) old days swept tho ten f, , 1 ?with lliclr Vlltlng ships. Tills inolern vessel w us f ',

ihriiirnud the "Harold ntter tlio Tn

llial ICing of N'nrv.-ay- , by .Mme. btnng, who Is ifn'S' lieisulr n d til the till, t) third rfiitinnv f , v 'iftluq from King II irold. Tbe ironelnil Is lioivlly if.nrnietl nnd his a 'mining tower and two torpedo ,f Vj if,tiib.'s, nnd the ninior In It Is from four 10 seven M.SInches llili'h. iho liiiildni have an order for a r1 '

stiuii'l Irniiilntl foi tht Nurm glans, (t'V'''

DISEASES OJ-- MEW. rAm:, liocrim UAl.l KIT, (orty i . Llo.il and nerve ji Itf .I speclkll.t. our alls. cut nd p. Ivate duentcant mem rriIn a few days, ulcers, 11L ;i .I'm. eo, sure throat, - !s I'I inouthand head.potnrul enelllnirs tdary pimple, -- it )J1I nervouadelilllt), of nol) and uiiiid, varl- - J .IK '1

eocelu, weak, un lnvoluts-- orgsrs, mp'.llnient t Ju :marrlagei lost vigor ruttomt, fin to Ur IIAIXHTT ?; V Ittrsli he It bust ui.il cheapest, ill) Kan li)lUt,t..jr w ,y 'Ud av.i no cluirgt' unless cured, hours S to v), (oJssiar KylaClndudibctt advice lr '

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