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THE STJN, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1857. I I 1 jH- TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1807. Sabscrtptlsms by Hall ro.t-PIU. Hj. BAtLY, per Month jjB DAILY, per Year.

jHif sUjltDAY. per Tear. OOO DAILY AND SUKOAY, per Tear jjKT DAILY AND SUNDAY, per Month restate to forvlgn countries added. RHuf Tnc Sim, New Tork City. BKi Fakis Klosqu No.

IS, dm Ornt tlotel, and HrJ sTJesque No. 10, Boulevard dM Oepudnes. rssniU WAO fvr manuscripts or HH fmWfMllon selsft. 'o hart rtjtcttd articles returned, MV must nil cof send stamps or (Aat purposs. ES TAtumnny ami Bryanisin.

Mr. Dnni.ACHKnof tho progressive Demo- emtio Leaguo feels assured by Information BHk( ho has obtained from Mr. Shkkiian that Tntamany Hall will renfflrm tho Chicago platform "with emphasis," ami tlmt Bu ticket trill bo nominated which will bo K'i composed of men who can consistently HBf stand on that platform." HBl. Even If Mr. DcnLACiinn Is not altogether HKr Justified In drawing that conclusion from HHl the purport of Mr.

Shekhan's answers to his questions on tho subject, It may bo as- HHl turned that actually when tho Tammany Convention Is held his confident expecta-KB tlon will bo fulfilled. To prcscrro its tech- HjR nlcal regularity that organization will ro- affirm tho Chicago platform, for It has kBkL lielthor tho conviction nor tho courage to nark out a courso for Itself which runs ESi counter to Bryanism. K)H Ono thing or tho other It must do; it ElK-' must either reassert and cniphastzo Its BjMj1 Bryanlsm, or It must reject and repudiate B'Ej that body of revolutionary social and po- KHk lltlcal doctrine. Tho plan of dodging tho Bryanlsm it supported so violently lost rear was hopefully conceived by some of BKv Ita leaders, at the suggestion of weak- KPf fcneed gold Democrats of tho Manhattan Club, but It has now been set aside as Im- ftBN practicable. It could not bo carried out glafcf except at the cost of the fatal demoraliza- Rf'Kr' 'on na Tammany campaign.

It would ft; Br? exasperate the great Bryanlte following Bs upon which Tammany must depend for en- Eft, thnalasm and aggressiveness, and It would KE not satisfy tho honest and genutno Demo- KsBrii crate driven away from the organization Kk last year. E-Ky 4 "Nothing Is more evident in the political situation than that a Bryanlte municipal KK; ticket is to be in tho field next November. EH VLVt is not put up by Tammany it will be if; Wis nominated by a bolting faction, which ac- kB cordingly will claim tho Democratic regu- FK laxity Tammany Is determined first of all Tammany Hall bos made Its bed, and BPBk It must He In It, It stirred up lost year tho KHf- dangerous passions of the community by KKt lbs wild Bryanlte campaign, and this year kK' It Is itself at their mercy. WW B-'Kv' The Ruiz Case. It gratifying to observe that the claim KK in behalf of tho widow of Dr.

Rtrtz, as pre- KlcV pared by Solicitor Penfield of the Depart- F-H, ment of State, rests upon the solid ground EiB' 0 violation of treaty rlghtsand Spanish aattHTS-. laws, committed in holding this hapless BK prisoner incomunicado beyond the seventy. KK two hours prescribed as tho maximum by BIBS' those laws. BjBm There Is another feature, in tho case B'BP which our Government maybe trusted to put before Spain with all the strength It BlBlh merits. This Is tho ovldcnco going to show BsBJk' that Dr.

Ruiz was actually killed In his co' 's But on that point tho Spaniards have presented counter-KKt. evidence, and it is conceivable, that BK the Madrid Government will refuse 'B- to acknowledge that such an atrocity KiH was committed, so long as the tea-iRV timony Is conflicting. Tho claim for In-Wf' BiQ demnlty, however, docs not depend at all ByMr on tne P100' murder. Even If, as the KS Spanish insist, Ruiz killed himself, It is Ht plain that, if ho had been allowed to see Ks" Kp relatives and counsel at the end of three days and nights, that fate might not have BKvi befallen him. It is easy to understand that Hh; after days of separation from them he may Mg1 have dashed his head against his prison Bf BXt walls in the delirium of despair.

K.H Thus, on Spain's own theory of tho Im- BXEV mediate cause of his death, she Is respon- slble. And an additional reason for mak- Bbfc, 'n8 the decisive Issue, tho right of any BV Bfv' American citizen, under such clrcum- BB BW stances, not to be kept incomuntcailo more BKkt than seventy-two hours, is that It will be Hi-jHXr precedent for other American claims. BSv Again and again this right has been vlo- HV'HSr lated; andlnlthe cose of Dr. Ruiz tho re- BB? Bolt bo terrible that It is properly Bfi'. chosen as the test case on this point, BJC Bjg country bos waited patiently for tho BK HL' Investigation of the Ruiz outroKO by the Bf (BE Commissioner whom the President sent to Bl Bj Cuba, and now the demand for reparation Hjl should be prompt and firm.

Ms BF' Kentucky and Iowa. BKfBKS BK-Ki The gold Democrats of Kentucky will BV-BTI: hold a State Convention at Louisville Br to-morrow. There Is nothing exciting In BBBK, tho, office of Clerk of the Court of Ap- KBH.i peals, -tho State ofllco to bo filled this B1' Bft year. To keep their organization to- gether, to make a stirring declaration of prlnoiples, and to continue unremittingly H'BJ tho against the Bryan Democrats, are BK tho objects of the Kentucky gold Demo- HBB crate. The Hon.

Watturson is BL BH' blowing tho trumpet with his accustomed BvBK1' visor, but there are sonic notes In It which BB BKf aro not calculated to bring In recruits to B'BK" tho gold Democrats. Some of these gentle- Bl BK won nrc inclined to mako passes at old Bj) Bft bogles Instead of fighting the urgent, dan- BfcvBKb Serous, and powerful issue of Bryanlsm, Bk'BK To denounce the Dlngloy TnrilT hill, for BE( Instance, as the gold Democratsof Io a did BSf lost week, seems a waste at brcatli, for with BL. Bftv only tho gold Democrats showingany synip- B'iBKr tonM fury tlult llKhtl'ng it is BjBwi nota practical question. It leads to liothlni; BK'Bj to pass resolutions against tho new tarlir, HBEl The powers behind Bryanlsm don't caio a BJjBK penny about the tariff, hey aro playing BhBK lor higher game, and they must ho met unci Bk'BE beaten at it. Still, the declaration of dell- BPBVv anco to tho protective tariff may he ronsld- KvB tred a ecnn'c'l'l necessity.

It makes tho Br BK record correct In form. It may case few BJBK tender consciences, and It git es the plat- BmBK form fire. At least it will give, the platfoui: BBlft ro 'n Kentucky. The Iowa Democrats Bi'- Bv' wcr0 contcnt w'tl" tn' "ot to vigorous BHB whack at their old bugaboo; BA''BYh dfuounc tho Ulnglej-TrilT till oon to tw BflBKf' niacted Into Uit tijr the llcputllctn Congttu ur.dtr BP BBi pntsDcw of IncreMlqR tho revenue. It li lbs nlj IUi- Hj BBL publloan policy of protection to th few the ex- Bh' BK' of lnuX.

It trade to create end totter Inuu and uoaopolloe, ul we reeoeuU it tke te Br. In' Bw Hbm BflLeBBT BBBBk', BlBBBafcalB, I Jill -T-K. 4 a Bllnuatof promtaed rirt totboes wko rappll4 the party treunry. "We renew our allrttsnce to too hUtorto Demo-eretlo doctrine ot tariff (or revenne onlr." Tho doctrlno ot a tarlft for revenue only may now ho regarded as prehistoric rather than historical. Kentucky can bo depended upon to mako a tariff speech with moro steel and sparks in It.

It may bo supposed that Kentucky will not Insist, with Iowa, upon continued reform in tho civil service, national. State, and municipal, until tho spoils system Is overthrown." Mrl 'WATTEnsoN'a "boys In the trenches," If thcro aro any of them in tho trenches still, have a very good opinion of tho spoils syatcm, and prefer to sco something clso overthrown. According to tho Iowa l'almor and Buck-ncr Democrats, power and progress to tho American peoplo aro Involved In honorablo pcaco with all tho world. Jingoism destroys commerce, begets unrest, and encourages needless taxation In tho preparation of war." Tho Democratic blood of Kentucky mutt bo richer than thatof Iowa. A resolution of horror at trusts, monopolies, and combinations is easy to prepare.

In regard totheso tho Iowa gold Democrats were moderato and not rhetorical: Combination, truiU, and monopolies In oonfllet with Individual rlghta and hostile to the development ot Individual and natural reeouroee ihould be Tho most surprising resolution In tho Iowa platform was this approval of the man whose ambition for a third term and whose misrepresentation as to tho causo of Issuing nearly throo hundred millions worth of bonds drovo his party In its disgust and anger Into tho new and adventurous policies ot Bryanlsm: courage, eoonomy, fidelity, and the wlidom or the AdmlnlttraUon ot Orotxr curmuirD command not only our approval, but our unqualified admiration." The Iowa convention seems to have boon composed in part of formor officeholders under the object of its unqualified admiration. Tho Kentucky gold Democrats aro moro qualified In their admiration. They ought to bo able to make a bettor platform than their brethren In Iowa, but whatever issues they may raise, or try to raise, save those ot Bryanlsm, will be Irrelevant and futile. A Russian View of Imperial Federation. It was a remarkable extract from the St.

Petersburg JVoroo Vrcmya which we published on Sunday. Tho view taken of tho result of England's attempt to tighten tho bonds between herself and her colonics Is tho more Important, because, as it Is well known, no comments on foreign politics can bo published in Russian newspapers unless they have, been previously examined and sanctioned by the official censor. Tho threefold aim of tho fcdcratlonlsts seems to bo as well understood at St. Petersburg as it Is In London. It Is, first, to establish an lntcr-Brltannio customs union; secondly, to secure contributions from all tho self-governing colonies to tho British war-floet; thirdly, to mako all tho parts of the empire collectively responsible for tho imperial policy through a common representation In tho Parliament at Westminister, or in an advisory council.

As for a Pan-Britannic Zoll-vorein, all the colonics, that were represented at the Ottawa Conference, favor It; they are all willing to admit British goods at rates of duty lower than thoso imposed on similar commodities from foreign countries, provided Great Britain, In turn, will discriminate to some extent against foreign products in favor of colonial commodities. The Dominion of Canada has gone further, and, without asking any reciprocal concession, has offered to give preferential rates to imports from Great Britain. It is tnic that, for the moment, tho offer cannot be accepted, because the Belgian and German treaties, which forbid such a preference, have not yet been denounced, although all the colonics bavo recently urged a denunciation of them. "With respect to colonial contributions to the war-fleet, wo may say that ono step has been already taken, tho Capo Colony having made through its Prime Minister an unconditional promise to add a battleship to tho imperial navy; It Is possible, even probable, that local prldo may cause tho example to be followed by somo of tho other colonics, though scarcely by Victoria, which is in financial straits. Tho matter of col lective representation will bo least easily arranged.

Sir "WiLritID LAUniEn declared In London that tho time would come when Canada would ho satisfied with nothing short of proportional representation in tho British House of Commons; an Australian Premier also said that tho colonics could not be put off with a few scats in a decadent body llko tho House of Peers, or with places In an ornamental council. Only with great rcluctanco, however, will Englishmen yield scats in the House ot Commons to the colonies. Assuming, however, as tho Novoe Vrcmya assumes, that tho aims of the fcderattonlsts aro fulfilled, and that the British Empire is compacted intoaccntralizcdStatopowcr-ful for defence or for aggression, what will be tho effect on foreign countries, especially those of Continental Europe? Tho Xovoe Vrtmya answers that from tho moment a Pan-Britannic Zollvercln wcro established, discriminating against tho products of foreign countries, Continental Europe would cease) to take any economic or commcrlcal Interest In the British Empire, and would probably form a permanent counter-alliance or coalition. That league would have to be dealt with every time British policy should seem detrimental to European Interests. Pressure would bo applied to England In two ways: In the first place, by cutting her off from tho European markets, and, so far as commerce could be Interrupted by cruisers, from transmarine markets as well.

Thereby the industries of Great Britain Mould he seriously crippled, tf not ruined. Their customers could not be reached. In tho second place, whllo no attempt might ho made by tho European coalition to cope Ith tho British Empire In respect of great naval armaments, and thero might, therefore, lie no nea lights on a large teale, their combined inaritlmo resources would ho expended upon fitting out innumerable commerce dtstrojers for tho purpose of Intercepting tho supplies of food sent to England from her colonies. Even If this supply of food staples could not ho entirely cut off, so much destruction could bo effected that tho increased rates of marine Insuranco would put the prico of food beyond the, reach of tho poor In the British Isles, and thus England would be. practically starved Into submission.

It may he said that, If England wcro cut off from all her present European and colonial purveyors ot food staples, she would still be able to obtain adequato suppllos IfromtlioUnlted States, the Interest of which it would he, in the contingency supposed, to remain neutral. Now, It true that one of tho rales embodied In the Declaration of Paris, to which all tho great Continental powers subscribed, provides that a neutral flag shall cover an enemy's cargo, except contraband ot war. But how would this rulo bo interpreted by a coalition determined to rcduco England by amino At present food Is not contraband of war under International law; but who can say that a Continental coalition might not decide, as Kafolkom decided In tho early years of this century, to make It so From that moment the neutral flag of tho United States would cease to cover cargoes of grain consigned to British purchasers. Tho iVoroe Vremya'a conclusion is that no project of federation can savo England from tho retribution which her selfish policy has provoked. Tho Now Army Promotion Order.

Thoro Is much good sense In the now rules Issued by tho Adjutant-General's office for tho promotion of army officers below tho grado of Major, In nccordanco with tho Act of 1800. Tho examining boards must llud out "tho actual professional fitness" of an officer to bo advanced, and remember that "moro cramming Is not a dcslrablo feature In tho examination of mature and generally well-educated men." Tho boards must observo tho officer's ability to mako practical application of all ho has learned, rather than tho committal to memory ot equations and data which ho could, under ordinary conditions, obtain from books of Again, tho ubo an officer has made of his opportunities In tho past must be taken Into consideration; and, hence, when he Is ordered for examination, his Immediate commanding officer and his reglmontal commander aro to mako known, without spcclfio instructions so to do, anything tending to disqualify him, based on his record. But, In tho absenco of detrimental reports, good character will bo presumed, so that no affirmative testimonials aro required. Tho lists of topics prepared for examining boards seem to cover tho required ground very thoroughly, and provision Is mado for original questions to bo added by boards to tho lists furnished them. Tho army has always been very particular in assigning differences in valuo to questions, and also to subjects.

In the lists now prepared for tho use of boards values of 10 and IS are assigned to tho various questions, and then, in tho nine subjects examined upon, whllo tho total valuo of 200 is tho samofor each, tho "relative weights" are different, drill regulations and minor tactics counting tor 3 each; exterior ballistics, fire discipline, hlppology, field engineering, and military topography for 2 each, and administration and military law for 1 each. Tho rule In each case Is this: "Find tho percentage In tho various subjects, multiply each by tho rclatlvo weight of that subject, then divide the sum of thoso products by tho sum of tho relative weights of tho subjects included in tho examination of each officer." A percentage of 75 In each of the examinations must be reached in order to pass. Theso revised rules will be compulsory on and after Jan. 1 next, but up to that time an officer may elect to bo examined under the old rules. The new ones, however, havo already been practically tried, and tho result Is to verify tho prediction of tho revisers that they would shorten tho time required for professional examinations.

It is thought that aline officer will finish inside of two days, at most, instead of being a week or perhaps a fortnight, as hitherto. It should bo noted that a graduation diploma of tho Fort Monroe or Fort Leavenworth school, If Issued not over five years before, will be accepted as evidence of professional proficiency. Mr. Gage. Secretary Gaoe is tho uncertain quantity In the President's Cabinet.

That is to say, much of the apprehension entertained by men of sense and foresight concerning the prosperity and good famo of Mr. Administration centres upon Mr. Gaoe and his actual or possible performances. There has not been time enough yet to form conclusions about his value as a statesman but, as tho weeks go on, his courso In minor affairs, not less than in important matters ot policy, Is watched with great Interest and some anxiety. Public opinion wants to deal justly with tho Secretary of tho Treasury, a new and previously untried man In politics; and It Is now holding him under surveillance.

For that reason, among others, wo particularly desire to record excellent things ot the Hon, Lyman J. Gage whenever he gives us tho opportunity. "Within a few days past ho has been credited by tho Washington correspondents with two purposes of administrative reform which descrvo special mention, and for which. If tho correspondents aro correctly informed, the Hon, Lyman J. Gaoe himself merits unqualified commendation.

The first Is In regard to tho classified lists under the present civil service rules. By tho sweeping extension of theso lists during Mr. Cleveland's Administration many offices were put under what is termed tho protection of tho Civil Service law in cases where thero was grave doubt as to the improvement of tho service thereby. Tho principle of selection by competitive examination, instead of by tho methods ordinarily employed by prudent business men In tho cholco of subordinates to fill posts of responsibility, becomes a craro in thoso minds ot which It has onco taken full possession. The civil service reformers, meaning thoso gentlemen who desire to reform tho system of appointment, to mako It suit their theories rather than to promote tho real efficiency of tho service, havo all along counted Mr.

Gaoe as a friend, fellow-zealot, and most valuable, ally, owing to tho high ofllco ho holds. The presence of Mr. Gaoe In tho Cabl. net, and tho presence in tho last Republican platform of a declaration that tho Civil Servlco law should 1ms "thoroughly and honestly enforced and extended wherever practicable," havo encouraged somo of tho Chlncso extremists to hope for a further extension of tho classified service, under Mr, McKini.ey, particularly In tho Treasury Department. It seems probable, however, that Mr.

Gaoe understands civil service reform In a broader and moro enlightened sense. Tho proposal to take from thu present clossllled service the deputy collectors and other minor employees of tho Internal Rovenuo Bureau, outside of the department at 'Washington, Including tho Internal revenue clerks, deputies, and gangers throughout tho States, comes directly, It is repotted, from tho Secretary himself. He is said to havo sent to Civil Service Commissioner Pnoaron and to havo instructed him, to tho disagreeablo surprise of all the Commissioners, to prepare for submission to tho President an order modifying the present rules in this particular, and removing a large number ot Internal revenue employees for the protection'' of the Civil Service law. That is to say, theso officers of tho Government are henceforth to bo appointed In the old woy, If Mr. McKinlbt approves Secretary Ann's determination, and makes the change by Executive order.

It is easy to sco how Mr. Gaoe might havo hesitated to commit himself distinctly to a measure which will bo denounced by all the Middle Kingdom as a step backward In civil servlco reform, an entering wedgo for tho spoilsman. Even It his observations of tho workings of thoprcsent system of appointment In his department had convinced him, as a business man, that It Impaired tho efficiency of tho Government's service, ho might have proforrod to avoid tho clamor that will como upon him from his ancient admirers and allies in tho cause." To tako tho othor courso and openly assume tho responsibility for a change, In tho rules that will bo violently attacked ond misrepresented, shows courago worthy of praise, and a high senso of duty. Tho other crod I table purpose 'manifested by Mr. Gaoe concerns tho ofllco of the Government Architect.

If wo understand the law passed somo timo ago, largely through tho public-spirited efforts of tho architects of this and other cities, including such masters of their profession as Oiiarles F. McKim, Bruce Pkice, Georos B. Post, and John M. CARREnn, Its provisions are sufficient to enablo tho country to emerge at once from the Age of Horrors In Government Buildings, if the Secretary of tho Treasury will only tako advantage ot those provisions. Secretary Carlisle refusod or neglected to do this.

Secretary Gaoe has already proceeded under the law so far as to issuo regulations throwing open tho designing and construction of Government buildings to tho best professional talent available. That Is as It should be, for here is a case where the compet I tlvo principle, applies. The heavy and hideous loads which havo been piled upon our section ot Mother Earth's crust during tho past twenty-five years or so aro a disgrace to civilisation and to tho nineteenth century. In every State, and in almost every considerable city or town, tho flag of the Union files over some monument to ecsthetlc vulgarity and expensive ignorance. Government buildings, as a rule, are standing crimes against art and common sense, monstrosities perpetually exhibited, to the incalculable damage of tho public taste.

Tho Federal Government is tho most extensive builder in the country, and tho millions It expends upon edifices throughout the land should produce things of beauty instead of the vile and degrading masterpieces of official architecture which we now behold. If Mr. Gaoe puts an end to tho awful scries, he will, Indeed, earn a title to glory and tho gratltudo of generations of Americans to come. We chronicle with pleasure these encouraging reports respecting the views and intentions of tho Secretary of the Treasury. Onr Growing Torpedo Flotilla.

Tho Columbian Iron Works has notified tho Navy Department that tho Rodgers, a yardmato of the Foote, Is ready for trial, whllo at Bristol the Dupont, a sister ot tho speedy Porter, has been outdoing tho latter in preliminary runs, and is credited in these unofficial performances with tho extraordinary maximum of over knots. Wo may confidently expect both theso craft to bo In commission before long, possibly to tako part In the manoeuvres which Commander W. W. Kimball Is to conduct. He would then have, without calling on the Stiletto, a force of halt a dozen boats, tho Cushlng, Ericsson, Porter, Dupont, Foote, and Rodgers.

There is a third Baltimore boat, also, which must be far advanced. This year's torpedo boat manoeuvres will bo the first ever undertaken by our navy, since now for tho first time thero are vessels enough for combined operations. But henceforth such exercises may be looked for annually, since wo have now built, building, or authorized, twenty-throe such craft, including tho submarine boat. Additions to tho number may be looked for when Congress meets again. Isiiam Greek Harris was a powerful, ruggod character.

Tbo chief aspirants to his seat no a Senator in Congress from Tonnessee are Hentox McMillin. a political scarecrow, and Governor Hon Taylor, a buffoon. The charge Is already made, and in fact "hurled" at the Hon. Hod Chapman, the plutocratic Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, that ho has never lifted bis voice for the poor man." What was to bo expected ot tho chosen ono ot tho ecorners of plutocrats Perhaps bo has no voice. At any rate, ho has been too busy to lift it for nothing.

Now the time has come when tbe whole regiment of Democratic tootors will lift up their voices for blm. Ho will not hsvo to bother about lifting his volco. Ho was not selected on account of tho beauty of his voice, but for more substantial reasons. Voices are moro than sufficiently common, but campaign funds are hsrd to got. Mr, Chapman has plenty of tho roost eloquent, crisp, fresh, new talk.

It ho has omitted to lift his voice for "tbe poor man" In other years, "tho poor man" will havo satisfaction this year. What moro could be dono for "tho poor man" than to give him an opportunity to vote for a a platform which buffets plutocrats! New Yonic, July 0. T. F. Bayard, formor Amnajuador to the court of Ht.

Jamea, It booked to all for P.nilaud on tbe American liner Bt. Louie next Wednesday. Joiron Dally AilvtrtUer. A pleasant journey homo 1 Many Now Yorkers, Imbued with tho human nature thnt often spurns blosilnga when ready at hand, may fool tho stranger's intnrest in tho great metropolis Mhllo thoyaro away at their Bunnncr homos and como to town toseo tho Aquarium. A visit to New York Is always interesting, and particularly so cow because of tho show In Battery Park.

Again tho horse must hang his head In tho prosonco of his contemporary, tho wheel. Out ot fortyflvo pontons who started on the doublo century run of tho Manhattan BIcyelo Club last Haturdny thlrty-Qvo flnlshod and won gold mctlals. Ono of tho survivors was a woman, who also rotlo a doublo century with tho club last year. Considering tho rnln. bad roads, darkness and othor difficult conditions hlch tho riders had to contend with, tho performance, of its kind, was grand.

For what purposo Is the Hon. Julius Btuiimnq Moiiton of NobraBka going to use tho old Overland stagecoach which ho Is said to huvo bought) Merely In memory of a fellow humorist, coma tlmo a traveller In It, Prof. Arteuub Ward, or as tho headquarters for future campaigns for a tariff for rovonuoonly, an obsolete causo, but still doar to Mr. Morton's faithful heart I Somewhere or other betweon Nebraska and tho Kocklos Bryan missionary wazons, laden with tracts and apostles, nro said to bo lumbering on their oastward woy and struggling with tho blazing dog days, the bad roads, and tho gold-bugs. From settlement to settlement the wagons and tho missionaries creak.

The tracts burn la tbe blazing air. Sixteen silver bones I drag each wagon. Each missionary drives hit Tolos at fall speed sixteen hours day. Bo the procession advances slowly, but not without fierce motion and emotion. Is Mr.

MonroN preparing a counter-domonttratlon or procession Is ho making him ready to roll through tbe enemy's country In the old stagecoach I Or has he bought tho rello, not for sentimental or political, but purely utilitarian objects, and doos he moon to store in it a complete file of the bulletins of tho Department of Agriculture, which were produced untlor his administration of that bureau of Information for bug-hunters and gopher fanclors It Is molancholy to observo the attacks of little minds upon a cnsilo ot Intellect. Bocauio tho Hon. William Jxnninos IIivtan was found lately by wandering reporter before breakfast, tho supremacy and even tho plutophoblo sincerity ot Mr. Bryan aro questioned by men who ought to know better. According to this reporter, as often as Mr.

Bryan would ralBo (sfr) up In bod the soft light would fall on his olegant silk nightshirt, all covered In front with om-broideries, 10 to 1 In raised lottere. and soon. Tho Populists don't llko tho description. ManyPopo-crats are shaking head and earovor It. A friend of tho peoplo Is In an elegant embroidered silk nlghtshtrtt A plain, slraplo young man, vowed to tho hatrod of ovorylwdy who makos moro than $5,000 ay oar, detect oilln soft light end an elegant silk nightshirt! Did Jack Cade wear on elognnt cmhroldorcd silk nightshirt! Did Jack Cade wear any sort of nightshirt! Are not nightshirts, although very cheap its tho result of combinations and monopolies, distinctly plutocratiol President MoKinlkt's "currency reform" message did not go to Congress yesterday, as announced.

Nor will it go on any other day, unless it be a day on which Mr. McKinlby loses tho oven balance ot bis mind and determines to plungo his Administration Into a sea of troubles. A project that touches tho spirit ot tho Empire Stato is that proposed by tho of commemorating tho opening of tho Erie Canal In 1825 by eroding a monument for that purpose in 1000, tho seventy-fifth anniversary of the ovent. Joshua Foruan, tho founder of Syracuse, was tho author of tho Joint resolution passod by tho Legislature ordering tho preliminary survey ot tho canal. James Geddes, also of Onondaga county, was the engineer.

A monument to the Erlo Canal will bo well ereotcd by the State and woll placed In Syracuse. Our esteemed contemporary, the Arena, Is dedicated to high thoughts and reforms, and it has put a new zlno lining on tho Pierian spring and turned on tho tap. Out comes In bubbles and gurgles a clear, bright, filtered, warranted healthful, and absolutely sterillzod poem on John Brown. Fit tho last: "In the far time to come, when It shall Irk Tbe schoolboy to recite onr Presidents' Dnll line of memorabilia. Jonx Bbowx's work Shall tarlll him throush from all the elements." It shall irk any schoolboy to recite anything else when he can get Anna poems which will thrill him through from all the elements.

In the Indianapolis Stntintl a poet celebrates Tom Reed as follows: With syllables penetrant, nasal, and shrill. He pierces recalcitrant members: The tones of his rotoe with agues would nil And startle Rome's sleeping deoemTlrs." The nicety of rhyme displayed In yoking "members" and "decemvirs" will bo admired by nobody moro than by tho subjoct of the song. The American BImetalllst Union is going to give a great show on tho fair grounds at Springfield, 0., next fall. The list ot perfor men Includes tbe Hon. Benjauin It.

Tillman tho Hon. William Jennings Bryan, tho Hon. John Warwick Daniel, tho Hon. George Fred Williams, and tho Hon. Joe Black burn.

Tho show Is to bo the first of a aeries of educational camp meetings," and It thero Is as much fervor In tho audience as will be explosion on tho stage, thundor and lightning will bo a deaf-mutes' convention compared to this revival meeting of the sliver sect. TBE SECOXD 3IV01VV3IP VEXTVBE. Tbe Wreck of the Democracy Followed by an effort to Wreck the Ilepabllcane. To the Editor or The Sun It hardly needs an oxpcrlonccd eye to discern that tho element known as "Mugwump" is engaged in an attempt to do for tho Itopubllcan party what tho Mugwumps did for tho Democracy about thirteen years ago. In 1681 the condition of the Democratic party was most reassuring to all who wished woll for Democracy.

It was eminently a timo for vigorous leadership, guided by genuine principle, and frco from tho sapping Influences of cant, bpocrlsy and flubdub. Had the battle of 1881 been fought and won with a real Democrat as standard bearer tho party might havo been In power yet and for many years to como. Instead of being wrecked on tho eho.tls of Bryanlsm, and sinking deeper and deeper into the quicksands. All this Is the result of tho Democracy having allowed Itself to bo misled by Mugwump clamor into thn acceptance of Cleveland. The nomocracy did not discern tho true moaning of Clovelandlsm until it, was too late for tho arty to escape destruction.

As for Cleveland. 0 retires to privato life with the prestige of tw terms in tho Presidential onlco ond large for-tuuo. nearly all accumulated silico ho Urst entered tho White House. Ho, ot any rate, has been no loser. Shall I ho place left bv him in tho Mugwump temple bo flllod at tho oxpenseof ttic Republican party! That is the question that is being pressed upon Now Yo Itepublicans by tho same Mugwump element which used Cloroland to throttle Democracy.

The Keth Low movement Is nnothcr Cleveland moremont. Tho two men are very much nliko In their public utterances, and about equally disappointing In performances. M. Tho Ftre of Sympathy fbr Cuba. To rns Eerron or Tux Sun I will thank you for tbe opportunity to publicly declare forrecogulllon of belligerent rights for Cuba, and against tbe policy of this QOTernment, which seems to bo amicted with paralysis of both brain and conilrnee.

Ills an outrage on tho sentiments and rlghta of tho American people that In this affair of supreme national Interest and obligation their sympathy should be suppressed and their will thwarted by tho Administration at WaxhlnKton. and a double outraou that this ludlgulty and wronc rh mid be perpetrated by the Administration of President McKlnley, elected with special reference and anirmatlvp resiwno to the uatlunal de mand for llovermnental artlon In behalf of Cuba. Aside from tho great questions no longer questions In the caso of Cuba of mere) and Justice, Is the present Administration Indifferent to the "flerro light" of pitlillo opinion, which Is alreuH mljudgliiK It to Im the mature and twindinan of polities! matters rather than tho tmustltutlnnal and honest rp rcsentathe of American manhood anil houor? Mr. Editor, the uatlnnal heart and self respect aro on lire with a posslou of pity and rt abutment whleh. If not righteously sntliflcd, 111 surely unu duv retengo it-solf by breaking out oil thoso who continue to cheat and stifle It, and rontuinlng tlu in In a llsiuu of iopii-tar contempt and polttlnulunuthlUttou, Tho nation's soul Is heavr with the guilty sense of bring mado au a'vompllce In the Infirnal crimes of Spain.

Osx oyilnKSTr Millions. Jllt 10, 1807. Tho Ministry' Only Weapon. To Tttr roiTon or Tint Pt't sir In your cry gonrr-ous remarks In Saturday's hex. undtr tho beadlug "Bad and Oood Advleo to tho Negro," you wrote Mr.

W. I). Clinton liar," Mr, Clinton Is not a minister, but a medical doctor. In tbo E. Zlon Church tho laity are permitted to send dolegales to the annual Conferenc9, who he equal rights with tlm ministers in discussing questions.

Dr. Clinton was a lay drle-gsto from one of tin- churches In Pittsburg. I was present aisnclatlng tho Presiding Illshop. (', l'ettv. The subjeit tin er discussion wiu tier, port of the Committee on the Rtat of the Coiinlry.

Sere ral of the ministers sioke, au I the general sentlmtnt expnssrd nas that the only ireupon ho-longing to tho ministry, cither orfrnslte or do-tensive. Is the Word of tlo.1, which 1 "truth" aud must lirerall. Moon, Presiding Illshop ot the New York Conference, Uleeostr street. Jult 10, Tbe Quaranflnn Sjatcin. To mi Editor or Tmc Sus Sir; Tint Si of July 11 oredlta Dr.

John F.rans with baring laid down the rules Borrrnlng tbe United States quirautlne system. Those ruleJ are framed by tho Surgeon (leneral, United States Marine Hospital Service, I do not wish to detract from Dr. Krana, but let the credit for efficient work rest where it belongs. II. 1.

A. tiurgeou, U. 8. II. II.

8. New Yonx, July 11, 107. The Urea test Political Ntimteclat. IFrom the Doiton Evtning Trartcrlpl. Senator Quay perhaps the greatest political strategist of tho age.

XBTORXB TOR WEST rOXSt. The Boarst ef VleUers Folnts 0t Pefeets at tbe Military Acisderay. WAsnujQTON, July la The report of the Board of Visitors to Wost Point, submitted to the Secretary ot War to-day, finds serious objection to tho presont mothod of appointing candidates, and recommends thnt greater care bo obsorved in selecting tho matorlal. The succoss of tho academy, it says, rests upon tho appointing power, and tho highest nnd best results will bo accomplished only whon this Is excrclsod wleoly and judiciously. Though this power Is vested In tho President, ho sets, the report finds, upon his own Judgment only In solcctlng tho ten cadets at largo and tho ono from tho district.

Thq report glvos tho wholo number of appointments nllowed as .171. and of this number thero nro scarcely ovor 325 at tho ncadomy, owing to tbo soemlng lm)osslblllty ot keeping vncanolos filled. For tho last flvo years tho graduates havo avcroged but 08 In number, whllo they should nvorngo 02 If kept up to tho maxim of attendance. To securo this the board recommends tbo appolntmont of 00 additional endots, two from each State, to be named by tho Senators. Tho board favors a more careful execution of tbo purposo contemplated by tho laws regarding tho academy, nncl urKOS thnt greater care bo obsorved by tuono making nppoinlmonts.

It suggests tbat tho March examinations bo nxtundoil, that tho papers bo pnmed upon without delay, and that In ease of failure tho person who mode the appolntmont bo at onco notified and authorized to make another nomination and npnln third If practicable before tho oxamlnlng board closes its labors. It thero Is a third failure, still another opportunity might bo given at tho June examinations to a candidate who bad not bad a previous trial. Creator care in selecting candidates, says tho report, with theso enlarged opportunities, would reduce tho number of vacancies with which tho academic year usually opens. In examining tho courso of study tho board found somo objection to tho lack of English, and urges tho Impnrtanco of enlarging this part ot tho curriculum. An ofllecr, it says, should have a thorough knowledge of his own language It Is not important.

It holds, that he should bo anorntor, but It Is Important thnt his lottors and reports bo incloirnnd torso Innguago. Tho operation of armlcs.ltstatos, and the exploits of Individual otllcers and men frequontlr till pngos of history of this country, and It Is through olllcial reports that tho accounts reach tbo Government and tho public. It will not be nocossnry, however, it says, to go beyond tho limits ot this country to find military writers whoso stylo mar bo studlod with profit nnd advantago. Tho board suggests that, in connection with tho courso of history, tho cadets might bo required to study tho military operations leading up to and resulting in a battlo or a siege, and after tbo class has bocomo well acquainted with the details, tho members should prepare reports of ho part taken In theso operations by each brigade, division, corps, or detached command. It is believed tbat a tow such exercises would bo valuable In tho education of ofllcors who somo tlmo may meet tho realities of war in the service of their country.

ST. PATItlClVS XEW CHWEB. Klneteea Bells Made la Franca Bapeotally for tbo Cathedral. St Patrick's Cathedral is to have a set ot cnimes, and for tho first tlmo since tho church was built thoro will bo tho sound of bells to announce tho tlmo ot tho servtcos. This set of clUmes is not tho first ono ordered for tho Cathedral, but It will bo tho first to bo used.

A sot was mado In this country several years ago, but after they were ready and had been blessed by tho Archbishop, It was found that they wcro do-foctlvr and they were nover hung in tho belfry. Soon after it was found that tho cblmo was not a success, a set of bells was ordered in Paris. That was two years ago, and only a few dayr ago they arrived in New York on La Touraino and aro now in the Custom House. They will not bo hung until Archbishop Corrlgan returns to tho city, some time next month. Tho new bellB wcro mado In savoy, France, by tho Paccards, a famous Arm of bell founders.

Thoro nro nineteen bells, and this makes tho Cathdral chimes moro numerous than thoso of either! Trinity or Grace' Church, which number itspectUcly ten andnlno. The largest bell In Bt, Patrick's chimes 'neighs about 7,000 pounds, and the smallest weighs only 300 pounds. On every boll is an Inscription giving the name of tho aalnt and tho name ot the donor. Tbo bells have all been presented to th( Cathedral by parishioners. It is probablo that tho bells In conformity with the present practice will bo rung by oleo-trlclty.

Nobody has boon selected as yet to ring them. Tbo Cathedral will be tho onlj Itoraan Catholic Church in Now York with such a sot ot chimes, In fact, with any chtmos. Other ltomnn Catholic Churches in this country with chimes are tho Cathedral In Buffalo, tho Convent of Notre Danio In Indianapolis, and th Cathedral of Notre Dame in Montreal. XEW BOVXH WALES'S CALAMITY. JVearly naif or net Sheep Petiab a Aeeoiust or the Drought.

Washington, July 12. Consul Bell, at Sydney, New South Wales, reports to tho State Department that tho long drought in Australia will probably bo much worse on sheep than that of 1805, when moro than 0,000,000 wcro lost through that cause clone. Somo estimates predict a loss of half tho sheep, and conservative estimates placo tho loss at 25,000,000. The lack of rain has destroyed all tbe vegetation on tho ranges, and sheep are being slaughtered In vast numbers to save tho pelts. All this season's lambs are dead in most districts.

It is declared that onc-ufth of the finest wool sheep on tho entire globo have perished, and it appears to bo tho American opportunity now to raise sheep at homo, ns the prices on the foreign wool market aro llkoiy to ad anco. According to the latest statistics. Now South Wales exports moro wool ovory year than is produced In tho United States, and whllo wo pasture 42.000.000 sheen, that llttlo colony, until the recent revcrso to tho industry, had sheen. Men still living remember when wool growing in Australia was declared to boa failure. Tito Kugllsh sheep Introduced there wcro not adapted to tho local conditions.

For ninny years thorcaflcr tho most careful and scientific study was given to tho problem of producing breeds of sheep adapted to tho Australian environment. At last, with tho Spanish morlno as a basis, and careful intercrossing, Australia produced breeds that aro unequalled In the world In tho quality of tho fleece, and in recent years a fifth of tho world's supply ot wool has como from Australian Bhcop farms. oex. uakhisox iroxr be tbere. Survivors of Ilie Regiment Displeased Over Ills Depart uret for tho Adirondack.

Indianapolis, July l'J. Somo timo ago acorn-mtttco from tho Btirrlvors ot tho Seventieth Indiana Itcglmcnt called upon Gen. Harrison and arranged for tho annual reunion, which Is to bo hold ot Acton to-morrow. They Informed him tlmt they wished to suit his convenience ns to timo, and ho fixed tho day for tho reunion and promised to mtko two speeches, ono at tho eiiiiipllroiuid ono at the reunion proper. Hols Pi iiidcnl of tho rcutmuntul association, nnd wiisnlsoovpectcil to prenlde.

Tho fart that ho left Iho city so htirricdl) last, week for his homo in thu Adirondack and without loavlng any word of explanation bus caused considerable, feeling, especially as tho programme was arranged to suit him and with tho distinct understanding that ho would ho prcunt. It Is known tlmt the Harrison baby was ill when ho startod, and tills Is suppoiod to be tho came of his departure; but tho velorans huvo not been adt ised of it. BooTU-Tuaitmi with jwicixley. Trlls tho I'reeldrut of Ills Colony Scheme and Intercuts Illin, Wabiunoton, July 12. President McKlnley received by appointment this afternoon Commander Booth-Tucker, the leader of the Salvation Army In America, who eamo with a nolo of introduction from Vlio-Prosldent Hobnrt, with whom ho had had nn ngrcoablo lslt In tho morning.

Commander Booth-Tucker offered the rosportful greetings of tho many thuusnnd iiii'iiibcM of the 1 HaUatlon Army In America, and President McKlnley, who for years bus taken a rieudl) interest in tho Salvation Army expressed onco innro hlu appreciation of its good work. Cummaiidtr Booth-Tucker told U10 1'residunt that ho wiis going Wost to look up land hi large tracts uiion which to start tho Army's proposed colonies for the dostituto poor of tho citios, ami tho President allowed much Intore.t In thu project. Assistant I'ostimutrr Morgan Takca Hold. Kdward Morgan, who was appointed First Asslstnnt Postmaster by Postmaster Van Cott last Saturday, asuincd his now duties yoster-day, hut ho could not tuko possession of bis desk because Post Olltco employees and othor friends had burled It from sight undor a mass of flmmrs Thero wore cornucopias, tiorsoshoos and vnsos of flowers in profusion, hut iho most stgnltlcniit of thoollcrlngBworoaladdor with nine rungs, representing Mr. Morgan's nlno steps by proniofiun Ifrom carrier to tho Assistant Postniustorshlu and a largo cone of flowers bound with a ribbon" on tho ends of which wcro the words "Merit" aud "illness." roLmca ix aixaaouRZ.

As Seen a a Man Plerhla a Railroad the Pespli I Veil far Blm. from Me St. tmiU liipvbtte. fl Unless James S. ltickloy of Moberly, Mo, changes his mind botweon now and noxt sura- Bj mor ho will bo a candldato for the nomination for itnllrond and Warohouso Commissioner.

Mr. Hncklcy has boon a successful travelling man for over twenty roars, nnd his claims ars already being editorially urgod by somo of the Stato nowspnpers. Jim Hackloy Is essentially a man of tho people Hlsyoars of familiarity with railroad travel havo placed htm "noxt" to many of the nrtlfkos of the companies. An Incident that happened during the last high water will sero to bIiow somo of the traits In his character. Ho was travelling In tho Do kotns.

nnd his train hceamo stalled. After a tedious delay tho conductor received orders try wire to tako thn train, ivnd nil pnssongors willing to go, back fifty miles, whom tlia passongers wore to bo transferred to another lino. Among thoso whoneceptod this proposition wns a family of father, mother, nnd two children, evidently very poor, and who were on their way to a ratltor rctnoto point. Whon tho backing train stopped nt small town 'or dinner the conductor notified this family thnt he could not carry them any further, nnd they were put oft tho train. Ah soon ns Hackley heard the facts he was Indignant.

Ho huntod up tho conductor, to whom ho was well known, nnd demanded thnt thofnmlly bo carried to their destination. Tho conductor refused. "But," said Hack ley, "your company has ao-coptod tho money of theso pooplo. I understand they purchasod tholr tickets hero; thoy have no means hatever, nnd It will bn gross Injustice if you fall to carry out your contract, oven though It docs Inconvenience 5011." But tho conductor was otxlurnto. Vory well," criod Hackloy, you put thorn off.

If jou dare, but you will have to put me ofr. too. I will stay right hero In this town and will 1 employ a lawyer to prosocuto not only your 1 company hut yourself for your heartless and unjustifiable treatment of these penniless people." By this timo tho sympathies of tho rest of the passcngors wcro strongly aroused and there wore cries of Shnmo as tho conductor walked away, manifestly disconcerted. Ho communicated at onco with hcndqunrters.cxplalnlngthat "that follow Hackloy' was raising tho devil nbout tho poor passengers. Tho train was delayed another half hour, but at tho end of that timo en tne instructions to carry tho family to their destination.

As tho train wont on, Hackloy, bat in hand, went through tho carriages. He told of tho needy condition of the poor peoplo, chipped In tho first dollar hlmsolf, and in a few minutes had gathered up a sum sufllclont to provide for all their wants en routo nnd loavo a tow dollars for rainy day. And that's Jnst tho kind of a man Jim Hackley Is. Tho railroads may no want him. but his friends soora to think the people do.

Armed for Kmersreneloa. From the Youtha Companion. When Frldtjof Nanscn was a young student ho attended ball and danced with many partners. Returning long after midnight through tho streets to bis lodgings ho hoard loud outcries from a woman who was struggling with two rufllans. In another moment tbo woman broke away from them and ran toward tbe spot where Knnson was standing.

Tho two men were close behind hor In hot pursuit. Nanscn was nn athlote fall of courago and rigor, and put himself on guard as the men ap- I proaencd. Ho allowed tbe woman to pass, but 1 called upon tbo Infuriated pursuers to halt, standing directly in tbelr way, and hitting out first at ono and then at tho other. Tbe ruffians, a angered by this unoxpoetcd attack, turned ro- A scntfully upon the rescuer and would have over- a powered him and possibly havo murdered him, a If ho had not shown prosonco of mind. Drawing fl himself up to his full height and throwing back 1 his coat collar so as to expose tho cotillon favors which he bad worn during tho ball, he sternly asked them If they knew who he was.

Ji The two assailants, awed by his manner and supposing him to be a royal officer, were at once cowed. They apologised roughly for not recognizing blm. dropped their arms, and sneaked oft in the opposite direction from that which the woman had taken. Charles Wealey Bad Hla Cbetea, from t4 Tout Vs Cbmjpaatoa, I It is said that Charles Wesley was sometimes easily annoyed, and on one occasion, at a Conference, he became so Irritated at the prolix remarks of a speaker that ho said to his brother: Stop that man's speaking. Let ns attend to business." But tbe offender was relating his religious ex- Serlenco, and though It was at so great a length, obn Wesley evidently thought that no one bad a right to Interfere with it.

He was therefore allowed to continue, but the moment came when Charles could contain himself no longer. Unless be stops," be whispered to John. Til leave the Conference." By this time John was enjoying tbe man's simple story, and he only turned and whispered to some one sitting near: "Iteach Charles his hatt" A State Without a "CwrvrO." From th4 Jfornfng Ongonlan. Bryan seems to draw quite as well In Nevada as a prize fight. We are told that an immense crowd greeted him at Elko.

Where the people came from can only be conjectured, since tho fl entire population ot the State, if massed at one point, could scarcely be thus designated. There was an lmmenso crowd at Carson upon a certain occasion a while ago, but persistent advertisement by tbo entire press of tho country, special rates and a number of excursion trains, contributed to tbe result. Slnco no such effort was made in this instance, and Nevada has not tho fieople to make a crowd without it. the lmmens-ty ot the Elko gathering Is possibly a figment of news gatherers' Imagination. Twenty-dx Children In Thirty-one Tears.

JVotn foe CorDfn, Ky.t Xetre. Marlon Yanderpool and wife are the parents of twenty, six children, tbe youngest being about 0 years old. Tho couple aro about 50 years old, and have been marrlod thirty-one years, and the wlfo has never given birth to twins, triplets, quartets, or quintets. Most of tbe children are living. Foreign Mote or Real Interest.

A boiler with tbe plates welded together, no rivets being used, 38 feet by 0-i, has been built at Oielwlts. in Saxony. Bibles and prayer books an necessities according to an English county court decision, and mast be paid for by the husband when the wife obtains them on credit. A 15,000 orchid from Venetuela la on exhibition la tbe Temple gardens. In London.

It has a white flower shaped like a sea gull with outspread wings, and a gold and vermilion heart. Gabriel Darbon, tho Perlgueux centenarian, has died at tho age of 105 years. When In the service of Baron de I) am as, the Count de Chambord's tutor, ha used to carry Henry about In his arms. Bicycling In exeesa and the use of hard saddles by women are asserted to be direct cause of difficulty In childbirth, by a surgeon writing to the Lanott. lie describes two recent cases to prove his point.

One direct cause of the lots of the Aden on the cosst of Sokotra, according to English technical newspapers, Is the obstinacy with which the Peninsular and Oriental Company clings to the single-screw system In Its mallboats. After forty-eight Tears the Arundel Society, established to reproduce In color and popularise the mas- terpteees of pointing, has como to an end, the Improved and cheapened methods of reproduction hav Ingmade its work unnecessary. Hungary has taken the King of Etam'a fancy, ns says It Is tho only country In Uuropo be would care to live In. Tbe gain dress ot the nobles he declared was the most epleudld ho had ever soon, and before leaving Budapest ho went Into the hotel kitchen and found out for himself bow paprika sauce Is made. Over 140,001) persons travelled througbSwIttertand In Ooerument piMt chaises and diligences last year.

Of theso 77,730 went Into the Ennadlne by the Bourn Juller, Allmla, Finds, and Herolna pasres, 14,010 werelranportedoter thcOber Alp. 14,173 over the Bplugen, S.070 over the llcrnardln, and 7,002 over th blmplon. Another fragment of the famous Tartan chronicle, part of which Is In the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, has Im en found on tho Island of 1'ariui. It Is very Important, aa It contains the chronology of th years from ll'ir, 10 JUO tx-foro Christ, the leriodof Alexander of Marrdim, and of the Utalochl, the Oenerals who dli Idod bis empire among themselves. htlgeued cemtnt has tHcnused successfully In the enusirucllon of a boat by an Italian named Oabelllnl.

Tho frame Is of steel bars, a third of an Inch In ill-ometor, 01 er which Is spread a wire netting. On tlill the cement Is laid, and the outer surface Is polished. Tho Iwat Is heavier than ono built of wood would 1-', but Is choaprr nnd slips baiter through the water. Experiments bare proved Its strength. Live h-roes, when they serve In the ranks, can clwojs count 011 shabby treatment from the British authorities.

Wheu the transport ship Warren Hut Ings, with 1,2411 souls on board, went ashore on I In rocks of thu Island of Iteunlon last January, In a pitch dark night with a heavy aea running, all Yvt sn 1 rang with praise of the bravery and dlsrlpllLr 'f the Irixipi, who stooj drawn up In companies ou Iho iho'i till the million and children wire saved, anl then wont ashore as they were told off, Many of the officers wers then mentioned In orders and aomu weru promoted. The aoldlers aud their families lost all their baggage. After six months tbe War Department allows each man to to renew bis kit and eifcu luaiV S2.D0 as compensation for lost property,.