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SUNDAY, MAY 1. 1887.»?
SIXTEEN PAGES.t
THE NE WS THIS MORNING.
Foreign..Bismarck's war budget approved Inaommittee: German preparations for the inevita¬ble straggle with France.= Frenob demonstra¬tions over the release of M. Scbnaebelea besesStormy meeting of Liberal-Unionists ? a split overtbe Crimea aoL ? Two shipwreoked crews takeniato port. Keporte of Italian reverses in thoSondan denied.D0MK8TIC.Floods in the Maine Rivers ¦
Captain Collins's views on the fisheriesquestion " Petition of the OregonRailway and Navigation Company forrelief from the fourth section of the Interstatelaw. Baseball games : Yale defeats Princeton ;tbe New·York· beaten by the Philadelphias. ...
Fatal collision on the Reading Rnilrjad.-Par-aon Downs's congratulations to the Rev. Mr. Gondel).» Terrified negroes in the Louisville Jail.Effect of looal option m Massachusetts. : : Gov¬ernor Amas planted a tree io Boston Common,City and Suburban..Lieutenant Honn thinks
tbe Thistle has a centre-board. Governor Hillsod Colonel Lamont had a conference. : ChiefKevins had nothing to say in answer toMr. Pope's charles. == Annual report ofthe Street-Cleaning Department presented.M A jewellers' exchange formed. ¦ saPresident Barnard's report for the year. 1 TheRev. bpruelle Burford decided to go to Memphis.
First dinner of the Furriers' Association.r Winners at Cedarhurst.Zangbar,Mar W., Brnnova, Baronet, Mys-tie and Schoolmaster. : TbeColumbia nine "Cbioagoed" by Harvard. =Gold value of tbe legal-tender ailver dollar (412^grains) 433*d. per ounce.73.07cents. ===== Srbcksdnll and higher, closing strong with some reactions.Tub Wbatbkr..Indications for to-day: Slight¬
ly warmer weather, followed by local rains at night.Tempratine yesterday: Highest, 57J, lowest, 4-1 ';average, 50V.
Tho scries of articles which ?pe TribuneIs now printing in its Sunday edition on " ThoExperience* of a House-Hunter ¦ cannot fail to¦trike a responsive chord in the boeoin of thouBands oí our readers. The problem of livingin tho metropolis is a perplexing one for peo¬ple of moderate incomes. The vexations ofone sort or another which they experience intheir attempts to solve it they will find sym¬pathetically touched upon in these articles.¦written by one of their number from the pointof view of experience.
If McLaughlin's gang did not have the pros¬ecuting officers of Brooklyn so tightly in theirgrip the exposures of the Assembly Committeetn regard to the electric light franchises wouldcertainly cause them serious trouble. Mr. Pope'stestimony is most damaging, and was not weak¬ened yesterday by anything Chief Nevins said.Indeed, when this unhappy official declaredthat he couldn't find his deposit-book for 1S84nor hi· return checks, he offered to the publicthe strongest kind of moral evidence that hewas guilty, both of bribe-giving and bribe-taking. It is the seme old trick of every de¬tected and unmasked wrong-doer.can't re¬
member. And what makes the spectacle morepitiful, is Nevins's ability to remember every¬thing that he thinks might do him good.
It is not quite clear why the Vatican, at thislate day, has chosen to protest against thelaw of Franco which refuses exemption frommilitary service to youths studying to bepriests. For at least six years it has beentbe law, and Boulanger really is not responsible for it It is part and parcel of the policylaid down by Clemenceau and the anti-religionparty of the Republic, which Boulanger istrying to carry out. If it appear later thatthe Pope has recently found his position so
strengthened by friendship with Germany thatbe is not afraid to cross swords with theFrench Government to try their strength, noone need be surprised. It is certain that theVatican's influence in European affairs growsmore powerful as these days of tension roll by.Members of tho Manhattan Athletic Club
lire not puffed up, being young men of goodcommon sense ; Lut if they possessed los ofthis most uncommon gift, their excellent ree
orde in games might be to them subjects ofboasting. As it is, their friends do the loftytalking, and request all doubters to be presentat the leading events in which the club willbe interested this season. They are not es¬
pecially numerous, as may be seen by the art¬icle on this subject elsewhere in this impres¬sion, but they promise capital amateur sport.When the club secures a boat-house, it will beas complete an institution of its kind as thereis in America.
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The powerful political "pull" which thatscandalous prize-fighter and bully, JamesDunne, bas upon the authorities of BrooklynIras well illustrated yesterday in the ease withwhich he had bis trial for assaulting Inspector|fcKellar adjourned. It is a fair wager tbat hetrill never be more than nominally punished¿or that crime. Is the first place, poor Mc-Kellar did not prefer the heaviest charge tbathe might have made.that of interfering with.at officer, which is a felony ; be was obliged(apparently under political pressure) to be con-
tMat with accusing Donne of simple assault.
Probably he will he finally induced to with·draw the charge entirely, and then Dunne can
proceed to carry out his threat to kill Muldoon,the property clerk. How long will the decentpeople or Brooklyn tolerate the performancesof this ruffian f
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The Emperor of Germany is ninety and Bis¬marck is seventy-two ; no wonder that specu¬lation is rife concerning tbe next ruler of theEmpire. Will he be the Crown Prince, orPrince William his son ? The probabili ties arediscussed in an excellent letter from Berlinprinted on the twelfth page of this issue. Therewas truth, it seems, in tbe report telegraphedto this country some weeks ago that theCrown Prince had a cancer somewhere in histhroat. The chances of Prince William's earlysuccession to the throne are thus greatly in¬creased, and the future of Germany dependsupon him perhaps more entirely than upon anyother person. He is not a young man of per¬fection ; but he has intelligence, a strong will,and applies himself severely to bis duties. Ifhe keeps free from entangling alliances in hisprivate life he promises to be just the kind ofa ruler his country needs.
FISHERIES IN TWO OCEANS.The utterances of tbe State Department
respecting tho Alaska fishing grounds aro asambiguous as a Delphic oracle. Several monthsago it was currently reported that the Secretaryhad informed the American Minister in Londonthat the British sealing vessels seized lastsummer in Behring Sea had been released,and that damages would- be paid for their de¬tention. He immediately denied having writ¬ten any dispatch of this nature ; but the vesselswere released, and subsequently tho report thatcompensation would be made was eemi-official¬ly confirmed. The Attorney-General wascredited in Washington dispatches with assert¬ing in an official opinion that tho British seal¬ers were outside the three-mile line, and weretherefore well within their rights "accordingto tho construction the United States Govern¬ment had always insisted upon.* These contra¬dictory reports have caused much confusionon both sides of the Northern frontier. ThoCanadian officials have been anxious to ascer¬tain whether British sealers on the Pacificwould be liable to seizure this year, but havenot received any responso to their communica¬tions transmitted through the English ForeignOffice The State Department, in explainingtho delay in answering a plain question, nowsends out an oracular statement that admits oftwo opposite interpretations. It professes tobe anxious to preserve the exclusivo rights ofthe united States Government in Behring Sea.and at the same time assumes that there cannotbo two constructions of fisheries law and thatany decision reached by the Department mustapply equally to Atlantio and Pacific waters.That is equivalent to saying in one breaththat tho three-mile rule shall not and that itshall be cnfoiced in Alaskan waters.The Stato Department, wo apprehend, is
making a serious mistake in coupling twoquestions which should be kept entirely dis¬tinct. Each tub should be allowed to standon its own bottom. Tho American Government has historical rights in the Canadianfisheries wlhich were recognized in tho Treatyof Peace and subsequently restricted by theTreaty of 1818. Tho three-mile linn is de¬fined by treaty law, and while the method ofmeasuring it has been constantly disputed,the principio is accepted by both Governments.Tho Russian Government, on the other hand,had historical rights in Behring Sea which theUnited States acquired by purchase. Thoserights aro defined by treaty law, and the three-milo rule is excluded. On the Atlantio sea¬board deep sea fishing throe miles from shoreis permitted, while in Behring Sea it is pro¬hibited. Each arrangement is sanctioned byticaty law, which admits of a double construc¬tion. In each caso the Government has onlyto ground its action upon tho stipulations oftho convention regulating jurisdiction over thewaters frequented by fishermen and «caler?».It is not necessary that any position assumedby the Stato Department in this matter shouldapply equally to Atlantic and Poroifio waters.
It will bo a .National misfortuno if SecretaryBayard, for the sake of justifying hin argument respecting the deep-sea fisheries on theAtlantio, surrenders the cicchisivo rights totho land-locked Behring Sea, which were pur¬chased from Russia. Tho Czar retains controlover one-half of Behring Sea, and will resistany attempt on tho part of other nations topoach upon his preserves. The other half ofthoso waters belongs to the United States ;and the prosperity of the seal fisheries, a
property of enormous value, is dependent upontho maintenance of rigid supervision over theland-locked sea. As the British Provinces bor¬dering on the North Pacific increase in popula¬tion, tbey cast covetous eye* upon tho North¬ern fishing ground. Their own fislieriee arcof limited extent. They cannot get seal ontheir coast and they havo no eoi fisheriesworthy of tho name. In Behring Sea theyhavo the chance of interrupting and ruininjrtbo richest seal-fisheries in the world ; and atthe samo time of finding moderately good ood-fishing. Their claims to full maritime rightsin that quarter should not bo recognized atWashington._
MEXICAN CIVILIZA TION.Tho accourt« of the first bull fight under
the electric light in tho City of Mexico is de¬cidedly suggestive, but by no means in direc¬tions flattering to Mexican civilization. Thattho first use the electric ligbt should be put tois tho illumination of a bull-fight is a tolerablyconclusivo proof of tho slow progress of hu¬manizing ideas in the sister Republic. Thobull-fight under any circumstances is so brutal,disgusting, mean and cruel in its every aspectthat only barbarians could by any possibilitytako pleasure in it. The fact that in Mexicoand Spain women as well as men delight intbe revolting amusement is a much moietrustworthy gauge of the progress of the peo¬ples concerned than any amount of statistics.It Is not until such savage recreations arc
entirely outgrown by the more advanced classesof a nation that it can be said to have fairlyemerged from barbarism. Our own ancestorswho delighted in bear and bull and cock fight*wore in most respctcts barbarians, and the smallremnant that still clings to such "spurts "
has no claim to be considered civilized.As tbe effect of tho electric light upon tin·
Mexican bulls was to make them abnormallytierce, and as their fury resulted in an unusualnumber of casualties, killing of horses andwounding of picadors, no doubt the spectatorswere enraptured,, and concluded that the newilluminant was peculiarly adapted to tlio pur¬poses of tho arena To say that the sport ofthe ball-ring is brutal is indeed to libel thebrutes, who never indulge in deliberate cruelty.It is only man who is capable of the descent intodiaoblism which the deliberate torture of inno¬cent and helpless animals involves· a kind ofcruelty so base and mean tbat one can easilyunderstand why certain sectaries in India re¬gard the abuse of animals as one of tho cap¬ital sins, which entails tho sternest and heaviestpenalties hereafter. The spectacle of tho headof a State sanctioning by his presence and thatof his Cabinet so ghastly a display as theetoctric-lightcd bullfight at the City of Mcx
loo was one which the clvili-ed heroes of theLand of Anahuao will some day be heertiijashamed of,
THE CITY'S BRILLIANT FUTURE.The dulneas which characterized the real
ostato market for a timo last year has entirelydisappeared. There is a wholesome andsteady demand, reaching the dimensions almostof a '.boom." Property long considered un-marketable is now easily sold at good figures.The new buildings for which plans were filedduring tbe first three months of this year ex¬
ceed in number and value those of any pre¬ceding quarter in tho history of the city.During tho corresponding period last year1,079 plans were filed, and tho estimated costwas $17,488,643. This year the plans number1,421, and the osti mated expenditure is$22.347.170. There wore 722 plans filed fornew fiats and tenements at an estimated costof $13,624,000. Property for rent is in gooddemand, and the number of outside corpora¬tions and firms with oiTicos in tho city continao·to increae. In fact, almost every commercialestablishment of much Importance in tho conn-
try has an office or representative in this cityDespite high taxation and misgovcrnment
Investors show a preference for city real es¬tate. This result is in some degree due to thoprosecution of tho "boodle" Aldermen, thepunishment of Anarchist Most, and other ex¬hibitions of the supremacy of tho law. In¬vestors now have no fear of land confiscationsor of mob rulo. Tho city has a strong andwell-equipped police force, which has no diffi¬culty in enforcing the laws whenever so inclined.Mayor Hewitt shows a determination to do hispart in that direction, and altogether so far astho city government is concerned there is hopeof improvement. This gives confidence to in¬vestors in real estate. With bettor rapid tran¬sit facilities, such as underground railroads,improvement of the water front, modern pave¬ments and other necessary publio improve¬ments, together with homes which men ofmoderate incomes can occupy, Now-York willtake her proper place in the highest rank of thocities of the world. Including Brooklyn apdother suburbs within a few miles of the CityHall, there is now an estimated population of2,500,000. Who shall say that this popula¬tion will not reach 4,000,000 before tho endof the century ?
??? TYRASNY OP FASHION.The extent to which fashion controls tho
existence of a large proportion of tho modernworld is not less interesting than curious.Mr. Tyler, tho learned author of " PrimitiveCulture," has brought together a mass of fact·*illustrating tho influence of convention upontho savage mind, or what passes for it Buthe appears to think that the race has outgrownsuch weak neis, whereas all tlio evidence to behad points to quito another conclusion. Asa rule, wo pay little attention to tho tyrannyof fashion. It is when it decrees tho generaladoption of some habiliment or practice whichis particularly ugly or deforming or opposed t<ihygienic lawn that it becomes a subject of discussion. Tho fashions of women change offn¬er than those of men. and are apt to be more
startling. It cannot bo said that UatJ areninth moro defiant of all the principles of artand common sense, however. The women
may go far liefere they exceed in prcpo-itorous-nes-i the male headgear which is vulgarly knownas tho "stovepipe" hat, while the masculinegarb of festivity, calieri evening dress, is grace¬less enough to warrant an anthropoid ape indisowning his posterity. Yet lovely woman,it must bo admitted, sometimes contrives tocause more disturbance and troublo by herchanges of fashion than it is given to thesterner sex to do.Tho present tell hat*, are In point, and an
iho spring and summer styles are evidentlyi ? tend td to carry the height of theso ama/ingstructure* far beyond any elevation yet inflictedupon an anguished tin atro audience during thowinter, tho prospect js anything but cheering.Considering the natural courtesy and self-sacrificing tendencies of women, the injuriesthis new fashion causes them to inflict upontheir innocent and help'ess neighbors must lieregarded as a fitriking proof of the weight ?Gtho tytanny under which they suffer. Forthat is clearly an overmastering influence,which cause·» women to go contrat-,' to all theirhabit/» and predi lections, to make of themselvesoffensivo nuisances in public places, and toforget every dictate of tho commonest polite¬ness and consideration for others. That theyshould bo made by fashion quite indifferent totho ridiculous aspect* in which they often pre¬sent themselves while olicying iU despotic bo-IicsUj, is perhaps not wonderful, seeing thatthey keep ono another in countenance. Thoprofound gravity with which womenparade the most astounding deformities, themost aliominablo ugliness of form, color andcombination, is Indeed calculated to delighttho philosopher, though it may aggravate andgivo point to tho sarcasm of tho oynic. It isalno open to question, from an ethnological andevolutionary point of view, whether tho sur¬vival in bo robust and vigorous a form of thosoprimitivo foibles which characterized tho firstemergence of our ancestors fiom tho bar¬barous condition, does not run counter tothe flattering self-estimate of our progress incivilization with which we arc wont to solaceourselves. At bottom, in fact, tbo differencel«-»twoon tho dwellers on the Hudson, thoThames, the Seine and the Congo perhaps re¬mains less than wo like to admit.
TORNADO CAVES AXD CRUSIIERS.The eminently practical tendencies of the
American mind have lieen recently illustratatiin two quite original directions. An insurancecompany of Burlington, Iowa, has offered areward for the beat plan of a tornado cave,and publishes the prize plan as a first rate advertir-ement ; and an inventor has derated a ma¬chine for employing the principle of the tornadoin reducing ores and hard substances generally.The people who inhabit the tornado region areadopting tho cellar refugo quite generally, ithaving by this time Wen fully realized thatno refuge can bo had from those furiousstorms in any structure which rises above thoground level. This conclusion once reached,tho next step is to determine what is the bestmodel for tho only kind of retreat available,and so compétition is invited to develop theideas of architects. The Burlington prize planhas been publisher] by "The llawkeyc." It isnot an alluring apartment, and does not ap¬pear to differ greatly from an ordinar}' cellarsave in tho general solidity of its structure.This is made necessary by tho contingencythat tho adjoining dwelling may I*· blownover on to tlio cellar, which must tlicrcforoI» strong enough to bear a heavy weight. Theother day a tornado cave was wrecked by cowswalking over it. That evidently was not aprizo cave. «At this stage of tlio process of evolution the
storm refuge is simple arai crude. But itseems reasonable to expect that with the in¬crease of population in tho exposed regionthe aggregate of damage to property from thetornadoes will mount, and that as timo passestho constant danger will lead mon to risk less
aboye ground and geek more shelter beneath thesurface. Thus wo may look for the develop¬ment of subterranean dwellings, and just asthe continual danger of explosion in powdermills has resulted in the building of suchstructures as lightly as possible, so the samo
kind of danger may lead to tho disuso of solidmateriaLs in the house anchitecture oftho tornado regions. By degrees, too, tbecustom of furnishing above-ground edifices inan expensive way would be abandoned, andas tho underground cave was extended so theemployment of tho subterranean apartmentsfor tho keeping of all costly articles, Includingfurniture, would bo likely to come into favor.Perhaps ultimately something like the Japaneseform of domostio architecture might be adoptedfor all exposed apartmenta, and the enlargedcellarage bo used for continuous winter res¬
idence as well as for purposes of temporaryrefuge. In this way a new race of Troglodyteswould arise, and all manner of modificationsin habite and ways of living would follow induo course.The American inventor, howovor, is not
satisfied with protection against tho tornado.Ilo must harness and put tho elemental forcesto work. The apparent suocese of tho earliestoxperiment In this direction, as shown InErastns Wiman's cyclone crusher will no
doubt encourage research in this direction. Wcshall have bold investigators setting out tocapture the nascent tornado and chain it downbefore It can develop too much power. Fail-Ing that, perhaps some ono, remembering thomethod employed on the prairies for fightingfire, may invent a counter tornado ; an artificialstorm to be generated by man and set againstthe offspring of nature. Should such a planas this, however, ever be carried out, Mr.Barnum or 9omo of his competitors will besure to want to add the excitement of a tornadoduel to the attractions of the greatest show on
earth, for there is no limit to the enterpriseof the American showman, as there is none tothe temority of the American inventor. Indeed.no ono need be astonished if before anotherhalf century has passed somebody does notoomo forward with a patent for applying thoGreat American Tornado to National defenceby letting it loose upon an enemy either on
land or sea.
It Is an encouraging sign when public officialsgive personal attention to the details of the workof their departments. Excise Commissione.Woodman's example» hoe been followed by PoliceCommissioner Voorhis, and .'regklent Beekinanwent with him on ht> rounds. Let tbe good workgo oil.
One of the most melancholy Incidents of the East¬er mattxuvres in England was a disastrous test ofti·« aword bayonets with which the Volunteeraro armed. A dummy of cotton waste enclosedin a tru.»>H of straw was a fuir substitute for theImmun limi», aud not a bayonet penetrated itunliai m· d. A Crimean sword passed through iteasily, but every sword-bayou·-· was bent doubleand twisted out of ehupo. Ilio regular army isarmed with the MM species of worthless bayo¬net. Tbo Volunteer- aro suitably equipped forIlio -bum battles which they it;ht once a year.
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It Is not correct to say that tho Interstate Com-MM9 law works badly. It Is hardly working atall, but »'ems to bo in a stato of suspended ani¬mation ntid si-uso.
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English women have dono much to rescue the(¿I't-ti's Jubilee celebration from merited reproachfor lack of publia interest. Whilo other schemesfor commemotuling tho Victorian 999(1 are lan¬guishing aiid expiring through sheer inanition,the women «re bestirring themselves in everyborough and shire, and are roulldcntly expectingto raise $__<).uuO bi-fot-o the anniversary day.llils is the only one of the countless jubilee en-
9tfpt_99l which excites popular enthusiasm.
S|veaking of the First of M.iy. there aro Maylays and May days. Ono May day differs fromknottier Muy day in glory. Tim Muy day that inhnglLsh, you know, brunt no rcsemblamo to theAmerican May day. Lugluud dedicatee tier MayABj tu yjiiti¿ romance ; America dedicaU» here to
uji>'· ?.' out of the old liouae into tlie new. Eng¬land «¡ancia ariiund a ribbon-bedecked polo on
May day ; America dam es around a furniture van
Ilio rentrai ti, nn· of tlie Lnxiish Muy day is a
rudim t young queen. Tho central figure of theAinrrli an Ma;, day ?· she who iu place of a sceptrewiflil.·, the aerutilling mop or tho whitewash brush.Lnglisli children on May lUy Katlier floweis.Amoncuu cliildren on May day gather whateverbeseaflS to fall off tin· loads that ar« being moved.ends of stove pipes, mirrors, rhuirs, the familybilde, or auch liko. May day is dear to every¬body iu Kngland; they all iiko it. May day isdSaV in America to the people thai move; the menthat uvvn furniture van· like it.
'??? approaching selection of a new professorof ..it ? for (?????p??p?? College attraete inore al¬
leni imi from graduutee of the institution I lian theinisti-s perhaps auepect. There ta a widespreadfeeling union·,' them (Uiat thero must be enoughColumbia men ubo ut who could lili tho plan· ac¬
ceptably. Broad culture in other languages thanLatin urn bo no draw buck. The work of a colicheprilli .-sor ü, not instruction only.
MassuchusebU celebrated bei· lirai Arbor Dayyeaterday. When is New-York going to makesimilar proviaiou for the annual planting of treesand ahi uba and vinca ? Arbor Day la now a legalholiday in more than half the Mut»? of she Union,and according to all accounts, is on» of the miaibeneüceut days in the calendar. Ilio woodman,although persistently entreated to "spare thattree, llrudy declini» bo do so. Arbor Day circum¬vents the woodman. According to the UnitedStates Forest Commissioner, tho observance of ohoday in Nebraaku during the List fifteen years hueresulted in the pluming of over 605,000,000 trees.1 bo Nebraska woodman must feol a good deal ilia¬co uraged.
"Should Mr. Cleveland remain President until18U_," remark;, "??? Luuisvillo Courier-Journal,""tliittv. ill be two yearn longer tt.au tbo expirationof Mr. Allison's second term." True, liut keepyour eyo on "should." It le au interesting but.slippery word. Should the slues full, what acatch of U_rk_ there would be.
Wanted: A mind reader who can como wellrecommended can hear of something to his iul-»unt.in.-u by addressing tbe N.-tlionitl Démocratietoinniitkeo at Washington, I). C. The commiLleois anxious to know whether or not Urovcr Cleve-laud has mado up his mind to run for the Pn-si-denoy next year, aud tbo reports that reacli tbemembers from bun aie so coullic.ting that tbey areat a loss what to think. The mind reader wouldbe ex|Hiitcd to take Mr. Cleveland's hand and tobold it till ho acquired the necessary information.ihe BtM sort of a man will be paid good wages,even if he discover simply that Cleveland doesnot know his own mind. 1'. S.Mind readerLamont need not apply.
The Board of Health of California is up anddoing in good season. Thanks to its activity, thosecretary of the treasury bae authorized the es¬tablishment of four sanitary stations along thoMexican boundary. It is an excellent scheme inview of tho reports of olioleru and uniullpox inMexico and South America. Yet tho cholera germis u huid Immigrant to stop.
liosbon yearns to bo the baseball centre of thocontinent. Not satisfied with the brilliant featof onpturing the only Kelly to play on her nine,she now proceed* to stimulate tho uinbilion of allher b__ohall buns by offering a number uf glitteringprizes to be awarded to those making the bestrecord during tho ensuing se_sot_ These prisesore to b« presented by "The Ilostoti (¿lobo." Oneei Ü-c» il A «-lid iilvof bat» all of thou an w«U
worth striving tor, Sfow 1st "Ine Globe" or easeother live Boston newspaper off« · pria· of.5,00c to be contended for solely Vy Boston poetsfor the best sonnet on Baseball. Or what would"The Globe" aay to a eerie· of prize sermon· tobe delivered before tbe only Ke>V end his brethrenon "Baseball, the handmaid of Muscular Chris¬tianity"! Boston has a promising future beforeher even li ber Common is threatened. '
PERSONALMr. Adatr Weleker, the California poet of weari¬
some memory, is travelling In Great Britain and oon-trihutes to current literature the interesting informa¬tion that Edinburgh- reminds him more of London thanany other Knglish city be has seen.
Mr. J. P. Dardier, director of the Evangelical So¬ciety of Geneva, Switzerland, is making a tour throughthis country m the Interest of that organization.The Rev. Mark Cuy Pearee, eminent among English
Wesleyans as a preacher and author, is visiting Can¬ada.Ez-Covernor Pattleon, of Pennsylvania, has become
president of a new National bank in Philadelphia.Mr. Jams« A. Brlgga, of Brooklyn, formerly Bute
Assessor, relate· tha«, it waa at his suggestion thelate David K. Oartter became Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of the District of Columbia. Mr.Cartter had come home from his Bolivian mission,not wishing to return to South America but not know¬ing what else to do. And Congres· had Just passeda bill organizing the Court in question, "There Isan oflloe," said Mr. Brigg· to him, "that will lust«ult you. Go to tbe President at once and ask himto make you Chief Justice." Mr. Cartter did aa hewas advised and Mr. Lincoln appointed bun to theplace at once. Tear· afterward President Grant waaabout to pnt on the bench of that court as an aasoel-ate ]u»tloe a man whom Judge Cartter deemed unfit.Judge cartter went to him and said: "Mr. President,If you put any more dead wood on that bench, Con¬gress will abolish the court" The appointment waanot made.The Ute David Preston, banker, of Detroit, Mich.,
gave during hi» life more than «200,000 for religiousand charitable purpose·.King Milan of Servia he· taken to writing piar· and
having them enacted on the publie »tage. Close aponthe heels of this announcement oomes the news tbatQueen Natalie bat left her liege and will not livewith him any more.The corner-atone of the new buildings of D»lhoasle
College, Halifax, ?. 8., waa laid last Thursday withappropriate cérémonie». In this useful Institutionduring the past eight years Mr. George Munro, ofthis city, baa endowed five professorship» with some¬thing more than $3.000 yearly each, and two tutor¬ship· with »1,000 yearly each. During th· sametime he Eat also given $75,000 to tbe college forprize funds, etc., by virtue of which tbe Institutionnow distributes 910,000 yearly to successful competi¬tors. Mr. Munro 1» a native of Nova Scotia SirWilliam Yonnt has also leen a great benefactor ofDalhousle College. He gave $20,000 toward pur¬chasing the ground and erecting the new buildings.
Prlnoe Louis Estcrbar.y Is »pending a fortnight mthis country.
The Rev. Dr. Jngtln D. Fulton will address thePhiladelphia Conferenco of Baptist Minister· to-mor¬row.
San Francisco has been pluming Itself as the rally¬ing place of royalty. Queen Kaplolant of Hawaii;Prince Leopold, of Prussia, and Prlnoe Louis Ester-hazy, and their noble retinuos, have ail together beenthere In one hotel.
Mine. Papp has completed the fiftieth year of hereditorship of the well-known Belgian newspaper,"Lo Journal de Bruges." The paper was founded byhor husband, who wat au eminent geographor, andIs one of the most importas», dallies In the kingdom.Another Belgian Journalist will In a few weeks cele¬bralo hi» jubilee. Tin- Is M. Feti«, tbe musicalcrltlo, who has boon on tho "Independen·» Belge"«Uff »Ines 1-37.
The Itev. Dr. David ?1?*>? Reed, of Springfield,Ma«»., will »tart to-morrow for California, where bewill «|iend »everal weeks. He will attend the International Convention of the Young Men*» ChristianAn-iiciation at San Francisco in company with thodelegate» from New-York City.
Lleutenant-Governor-eloct Honey of Rhodo Islandwill on July 2 «all for Germany, where his family hasboon for several years.The engagement of Ml»» Lillian Taylor, tho accom¬
plished »laughter of the late Bayard Taylor, to OttoG. Th. Itlbianl has Just bren announced. The younglady I« now In Germany with hT mother. Thehappy man Is a clover young physician and is con-BOOtatl at present with the lamou» t'niveraity of Halle.
??? TALK OF TUE DAY.
As things look now. It wiu bo difficult for "BnffMo?1?1" to escape bolxig knighted at least before becomes back to this ooai.tr>. And it Is only Just tori'H that a great many loss worthy mon bave beentbe recipients ot that honor.
The Clinging Vine-.Omaha Miss.Yes, dear, I shallalways need your aid and protection. Women are
poor, wook creatures at tbe Dent, and I am glad that1 t a»·« tunad In your love a safe hartior ot refuge.
Successful «aitor.You havo not told me yet bowyour parents feti! about our engagoment.
¦· W«U. pa say· ho will see mo In my grave beforehe will allow me to tiecoino your wife."
"Merciful heavens:""Ob, don't bothor about him. Ma says I can
marry you.".{Omaha World.I speaking of the arrival of Queen Kaplolanl In
S:in iramlseo "The San Francisco I.ocord-Unlon"say·: "Tho back alloy wrangle between tbe reporter»»of tbe San Francisco press, as to who first interviewedtbo Queen, is humiliating, and must give tho lady amiher suite a very poor improi-,???? of tho good mannersof which we li.n-t. Tbo struggle to board the ship,the vulgar contention over precedence, the miserableattempt« at wit. and tbe dragging Into the recital«of the reception of the namoe of reporter*,with mil» allusi.»as by some to others, disgrace Jour¬nalism and .bamo deconcy,"
There Is a couple living In tho vicinity of Dentónwho two years ago were nurse- In tho lap of luxury;that In to Kay, ttmy were very wealthy. In a fatalhoar, the husband took to amateur frtrmlr.g und tbewife !.i-r:iiiio bor own milliner and dressmakerThe last seen of this ui-.irtuuaU» pair wa* last weekwhen they entered the cars ea routo for the butealm-shousc.(lioston Transcript.
The city of Annistoa, Ala., is about to send out etrain of cars to malte a tour of the principal citiesof the country, In order that every ono may see whatline ears cau bo built in Annieton. The train willcarry numerous samples of the Industrie* and prod¬ucts of Annlston and Cal ho ?m County. "Each one
of the train's crew," says "The Baltimore Kun," "willbo dressed in a gray eult. tho cloth to be made out ofwool from Caltioun County sheep, and woven at theAnnlston factory, tho suits to bo made by an Annistontailor. The train will go North via Chattanooga.Lyncbburg and Baltimore to New-York; tbenoe overth» No«-York central and G.-and Trunk lines to Lon¬don, Canada, and thence back to Annlston via Detroit,Clnolnnatl, Louisville aud Nashville, l'ho grand totalof miles travelled will bo 1,102, and seventeen dayswill bo »pent in making the sw.ng around the olrole,"
Just so long as the pitcher of a baseball club gets$2,000 a year, and a preaoher a scant $000, just solong will there be good pitchin' and poor preaching..(Western Plowman.
IM. Bertholot, the Minister of Publio Instruction
In Franco, propose« to establish a great school forbrewers in the old university town of Douai. In thisway, he explains, Douai will supply France withgenerations of brewers, whosq beer will drive theGerman article completely out of tho Held, and atonetor th» havoc wrought by the phylloxera. If thisproject I» carried out tho good people of Donai willproti'tiily Irivo uc reason to rogrcl tbe departure oftin ir literary and legal f.ioujtloi. The Joyous brewerswill put now ufo luto the old town, whose streetswill run with beer.
They »ay out West that tbe .ippearance in a townof a strain;"!· in a pair of muddy boois is «uttloient to.tart a real estato boom, and 11 ho manages to havean olor of petroleum or nutuml gas about him, theexcitement Is miníense.. Sprli i:ln>IU Union
Arbor Day la uow observed in twenty differentsUtos.
In a recent address to tbe graduato· of the Mary-laud Faculty of Physia·, Colouol 11. Kyd Douglassaid '· A young physician's first prescription shouldIm for himself.a wife.to be taken Immediately.Doctors must bo sobor and serious, and there it)nothing ao likely to make them so a» an early mar¬riage." ?
"Mamma," a»kod li ut» Kdith, "U ditllculty a roalnice iiii'tli'inn i"'
"Why, Kulth, what put auch a ridiculous idoa intoyour lu-ad i" »
"Undo George said last night that hi« little boy'slife was huvimI with diillculty, and 1 was wondering;If it was any nicer tl.au tbe nasty stuir you mademo take when 1 bad the measles.".( lioston Transcript.
"The Ban Francisco Italie tin" foot* that in thedistant future tbe naiiio Sau Francisco will be worn.down to tbo barbarous combination "Frisco." "Wohavo inherited from Hpain," It say«, ·¦ sonorous name·to which we should adhere, or substituto their mean¬ing· in our own tongue Tbe roll of the counties ofCalifornia, »a bea calici olí, la muslo in itself, marredaiouo by tho one or two harsher aud more sibilanttono· which we have Introduced iato lt."
" What makes Mr. FolUeton eo unpopular, I won¬der 1 Ilo'· a good-looking young man and unite in¬telligent"
"Ye·. Hut he write· poetry.""Well, that isn't a crime, against society, Is itV"Ho. Jlut he liutista ou reading It to you, too.".(Town Topic«."The Boston O lobe" wants to know "what Jona¬
than Edwards would have thought oould he havelookod into the future and seen ' Salvation Jack '
singing his ot-rionce la Boston to a banjo accompani-
h'Am nu* nam'»ttteMajalwr
OnttJeftSlSlmfistSlllS ThtW wltt ÊSÊfM?Iin two wat*·; look el Vs.
with tho poet»!order, or do·· the_We should ük· a real good aprine Man», baa I_tüne to writ· on· oufaalvaC Lord Tenayaoapleat« accept the hint-tWeetem Plowman.
Everything la London nowadays It "Jajafiea." Ofevery dead wall there an so many laudatory dcSHm at«KUlemqulek'a Jubilee Pill·." «Tap·*»»'· JubUa«Bitter Beer.» "Bnlpem'· Jubilee Trouas*·,'· or «Blow«hard'· Jubilee Infant Food," thai the oitttana aMbecomina thoroughly tirad of the ord,
"I want you." «aid the mlWonalr· ta th· arU«4||«I want you to paint my waV· portrait "-Certainly. If the lady wiu errang· for the sitting»·I will plaee rayaelf at her dlepotai··"When ean ron be ready to begint"«Any time. ! will get my canvas ready at one·.*"Pardon nie. You «aid canvasi""Tea.··"Tou do not know who I am. I am a man ofwealth and money la ao object I eaa afford to payFor »ometháng better than canvas for my wife*·!picture, sir.MSan Franctoco Chronicle."So you're making on art eolleotioa, old maní"«.you N»« Oo» over two hundred aLreody."«Nice lot. »ht"«Well, they ought to be. The mou that furnishedmy bouse picked 'em oat for me and if they don'lmatch the furniture it ain't my fault".(Town Toploa.The beautiful mural decoration· In the Chunk of th·
Heavenly Best, in this elty, always attract the otter*««on of children. A little ten-year-old boy, who _9beginning to bo very fond of moldea· of kis own a«^begged to bo token to «ervloe in that church the otb_|Sunday because ho »wonted to "seo tho picture· ol t_4pretty girl· tooting oñ tin horns."
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
THE MAYOR'S SON GETS MAEKIED.
CROWDS IN ALL THE FABIIIONA BL- CHCBCHM-«??????? MOBB IXCITINO TH AM WKDDIK08.
Everybody is anxioua for real spring weather, mildand balmy, which direct« one'· taaoie« ta variouapleaaiog direotioua ; but it Menu sadly delayed, andoutdoor exoárelo-· are much interfered with thereby.Eren driving In the Park 1· not eo agreeable a* it.bouid be, owing to a rawneaa la the air oad the book·wordneM of tbo foliage. Theatre partie· aad allkind· oi Indoor itetivitiee oro therefore itili in order.Only a few lamiliee oo yet have gone tw tbelr countryplace», but this week will see more ot them off. De¬spite toe rawness of the atmosphere last week therewaa mooh sunshine to bring joy to the heart· ol themany bride«.By oil odd· the meet Intérêt tiog wedding woe thatof the Mayor's eldest »on, Cooper Hewitt, to Xiao
Luoy Work, aaughter ot Frank Work, ot No. 13Eaat Twenty-alitb-at. Tbe marriage service wa« per*formed in Grace Church at 3:30, and o great erowd ofpeople, invited and uninvited, were there to tee llThe uninvited one· went early and the recuit waa thatmany tardy matron· and maid», wbo come late andwere especially gotten up for the ocoasion, did notget inaide the building. It »a· a mob ot fashionablepeople and took sixteen policemen to keep order. Itwaa a« well dressed oa it waa big. The oburoh waanot profusely decorated until the wedding party waff-esemoled there. To the roll ot tbe wedding marchtrout " Lohengrin " tbe bride entered the obureh. Thoushers, adorned with huge button-hole bouquet«, ledtbe way, Oeorge Work, Ch.rle· A. Munn, J. Fred¬erick Tarns, Augustus Gurnee, Henry AL Jone· and?. I\ Perkins. Tbe bridesmaid« tollo weil otter : TboMisses Hewitt, Miss Martha Otis, MU« Roberta, MiaoO. Gibert and Mum Jeanne Turnare. Laet ot oilwalkod tbe ondo, leaning on ner Isther*· arm, olad iawhite moire aud tace. The roint laoe veil reached ti.eend ol the long train and was oougnt in place b« adiamond star given by the bridegroom'« eisten. Attbe ohanoel «food the happy man, with Ins brotherEdward lu attendance. Dr. Shipman, ot ChrtetChurch, was not long in pronouncing them man andwife, and theu the scene ot activity waa traneterredto Twenty-eixtb-at, or North Madison Square as it lalottily called now. Toe Work houae waa lavishlydecorated with lower« aud giacetul plant·, and therewaa music all tbe time. Surrounded by liliee-ol-tbo-valley and apple blossoms Mr. aud Mrs. Hewttt re¬ceived the congratulations of bundrede ot lnende.o'good many more than the usual dear five burdred.Muny poor reople crowded tbe sine»» a Ik opt ne·te lorhour« watching the univirg and.departing guest«.There was dancing in the evening.
It woe on Wednesday, too, that Mie«. Florence Hoytwaa married to Dr. W. K. Otis m St Bartholomew'·«Jhurcii, In the presence ot a large eoagrearation.Tbere were roses and palme all about the chanoeLW. F. Laweon, Dr. Jamee W. Markoe, Ur. A. B.Job-, J. a Hoyt. Dr. G. K. .Swinburne and Dr. W.Vougbt were the ushers, each oeiug decorate ? with agreat lavar ot tiliea-ot-tbe-valley. They led th. pro-oeeslon up the aisle lollowei by the bnd«amaide, Mia«Mary Otis, Mia· Kaone! Sherman, Mis· Mamie Sher¬man, Mise Maud Kener, ot 8t Louis, and Mie· IsabelleHoyt. Ou ber tatbera arm oame the bude, dreeaedin white bilk and o »er all a tine wntte veil. Tne brine-groom and hi· Met m_n, A. W. Hoyt met the bride attbe altar. Tbere waa a rooeptina afterward «t th·Louse of tbe bride'· lather, A. M. Hoyt No. 9:14 (Tilth·ave., a here among many other· were Geueial and Sen·ator Sherman, relatives oi tbe bride.As pretty a bride as the April tan elione on was seen
in All Sou«' Epieoopal C'liuroh ou ibis day at 4 p. m.,when .Mm Bessie 8. Nionole, daughter o' VV. H.Niohols, ot this oity, w.n married to Heury Watrooathe artiet. The ohanoel was almost Allei with flower·.nd tho communion table was decite l with beautifulblossoms. The biiuutnse· of tho dowers and tbe sun¬light was reflected from tbe facet oi a large congrega¬tion ot pleased trien le ot both families. Mo invita·tioos had boon issued ; an intimation only had beenseut abroad, but behold, the plaoe was tilled withpeople! There were six or eight asnera and twobride-maids, who led the way up the oentre aislo.Then carni the lovely oride wnl ,iu-< alone, but loLlowed by her father with her digu li I mother on niaarm. The bi id·» was drested in a li^ .t ¿ray cloth dree·with a bonnet to inatoh, around tbe taoe ot which «m¦ wreath ot blue forget-me-nots. In her baud sheoarried a prayot-book. Tbe bridegroom, attended b/a friend, watted at (he ohanoel step«, and the servicewas read by tbe Rev. Dr. Eggleston, ot 8iateu Island,where the Nicholses have their oountry place. Therewas no wedding reception after tho marriage, but theradiant pair lett the ohuroh with no heavier burdenon their heart· than the most sinoere and besrttrltcongratulations oi their approving and admiringIriouds.
Up in Kingston on Wednesday there was a flutter otpretty women and a crowd oi gallaat men at the «ed-ding of General Sharps'· daughter, Mise KatherineLawrence, to the Hen. Ira Davenport The servie«was performed in tbe First Dutch Churoh, wbioh waacrowded with prominent paople troin all orer theMtato, throughout wbioh Ge.ieral Sharps is so wellknown. The dresses ot the ladies wero all brilliant«At tbe wedding least which followed a lovingoup wasdrunk by alt present. The bride drank first an¿kissed the brim, then the groom drank and afterwardtheir trienda. Mi. and Mrs. Davenport ostensiblystarted toward Boston later ; but the wedding trip wusextend to Europe.There were other notable wedding· betides those of
Wednesday. On Tuesday Mie» Elizabeth La UrangaSloan, daughter ot Samuel Sloan, waa married toJoseph Walter, J ., in the First Reformed Churoh iaFilth ave. Mis· Mary Adelaide Sloan. Mis« £. O.Hewitt, the Mayor"* daughter. Mis» J. O. Onatavia,Miss Helen Iselin, Miss Margaret Thorn aad MissFrances Walktr were tho bridesmaid·, in pink silk netover satin. They also wore pink veils and carriedbouquet· oi pink rosea. Tb« usher« were SamuelSloan, jr., H. sfoViokar, George Parsons, RobertDudley VVinthrop, Drayttn Barrili and NormasWh ? tebouse. The bride was in white satin and pointlac·. ?. R. Walkor was bis brother's best man.Altor the ceremony there waa the usuai reception)although ou this occasion it was more than usuallypleasant, at No. 7 Last Tbirty-eighth-êU, Mr. Sloan1·residence.A hondeóme bride on this day waa Mia· Isabelle G.
Tappan, ond a bopp,, bridegroom wa« Kichard P.Heokshcr, ot Philadelphia, who got married in theotternoon ot the Churcn ot the Holy Trinity. Therewere six good-Icoking usher· ond lour pretty brlde*·maida : Mia· Tappan, Miaa Ueokaber, ot Puiladeipbia ;Mi·· Spencer ond Miaa De Ruy ter. ihe beat man wooMaurioe Ueek»her, brother ot tbe bridegroom. Therewa· not alatge reoeption otterward but enoughli lend, to make it merry gathered at the residence otthe late J. Melane tappao, No. 337 Lexiu/ton-ave.The marriage service waa at 3 p. m.
Sombre St. Mark'·, away down-town, near thoBowery, at 1 p. m. on Tuesday relaxed its grim visogobio gayoty when Mia« Charlotte Kemblo _nd UeuryA. Sui.onde were married by tho Kov. Dt. U raditi.Many good old New-York iainikes were iatereetod latins wetlding.Kern blet, i'auldtnga aud Do For resta.The bride wore »«hite silk aad w_a covered «ith awhite tulle reit. Her flower· wore orange bloa*omeand white roto·. The bridesmaid· were la white lruhpoplin walking length, MIm Da Font, Mis· Mary Law.Miss M. N. Edward· and Miaa Emily Ogdaa Simonda.Tbe beet man woo Alexander B. Simoud·, oad tagu »liera were Charleo Simonda, Peter Eatable, jr..George Chiehulm and Kenneth W hite, jr. Alter th·wedding there woo a reception ot the Eatable maaaioiin _»at Ninth-at, where liiere wo· muoh good cheer.
An lu »creating aoolal iaoident of the week la Drool»lyn woo tho brilliant wedding of Mia· Luey SiodoHolley to Frodorio Brook· ou Weduesdoy «Taulng. Athrong ot lo-hioooble people tilled th· Churoh of t_4Holy Trialty on th« Height·, tho aitai ot whieh walp-oiaooly doeoroted with flew. Aj tho bride oad