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TEN KIW-TOET. DEO. 3, 189a Io JMfnal Seroioo Unrean report indioatoe for to-daf, in tUe Mif, fair wtatMer. Thar WBBBhot and obatinata fight in tb UouM yeaUrdBj erar th Interuationml Copyright bill, resulting 1b decided d-' TBotagB for tl friends of the measure. It vii th intention of Mr.

Sxuoxds of the Committee on Patents to bring his bill op for fair dlseuseion, bat its enemies were slntld to let him do that Bad straightway resorted to 'every form of filibustering" posnoie nnatr toe nues. oeemg txutt it was the yoliey of the opposition to tire oat the House, Hi, 8atoxD eh anged his tao- tioa aad demanded the previous question ot'i pending amendment, and it was ordered previous to adjournment The LIU sow tomes up to-day as un-finished basin ess, and the resources of its enemies will be much reduced. We trust that every friend of fair play and erery Congressman who wishes to see morienn liUraturo pat on an equal, foot- in with that of the rest of the world in our ovra markets will be on hand to sustain tills mnaiirM. Tt la antiralv aatiafatirv tn the representatiTes of erery honorable interest affected by it. There is but little opposition to it based on mere ignoranoe, Boost of what there is being inspired by a few publishers who are literally receivers of stolen goods.

The bill Is entirely free from any partisan feature, aad it ought to It is creditable to Mr. Wisdom that, while defending the tariff legislation of last session as well as he an the most that can i be aaid for it is that ao human being knows exactly how it will work he recommends the repeal of the requirement that a de tailed statement shall be made of the eost consigned goods. Be urges that soea a requirement is entirely Impracticable, and that any attempt to enforce It not only in tort eres with legitimate basina, but great- iy embarrasses the customs authorities. But we suppose that there is very little. It any.

hope that this Coagrese will heed the Secretary's advice. The extra session of the New-Hampshire Legislature may not be so brief as was ex pected. It has to decide upon the quali- ficatioas of its ewa members bsfore under taking to decide spoa those of the members of the next Legislature, aadihecoia a dispute as to whether those who wereuppolnted census enumerators theTfforfeited their titles as members of the. Legislature. The Democrats insist ttftHbiy did by accept- i ing Federal amoea.

Whea the Lasalatore, rathe the. House of Representatives, finds out ho it If eenstitnted. It will doubtless chooee a jClerfc to make up the roll of the next Honee aad thea theChand-Jer Bepublicaas will attempt to put through aa apportionment to determias thfights of members already sleeted to the Legis lature of 1891. and this will be resisted by the Democrats. It is.

perhaps, a significant fact that while CHaholzk is absent in Washington lis chief antagonist la his owa party. Dr. OaWxokb. 1b at Concord in apparent command of the party forces. Pension payments for the first five months of thd current fiscal year, said the Naw-York Trifrna lyesterday, "aggregate $60,348,464, for about 15,000,000 more thaafor the; first five months of the preceding fiscal ear.

At this rate the pay-meats for th entire year would amount to almost 160,000,000. Aad the Commis-loner admits that up to the middle of the fifth month only 735 certificates under the new Disability; act had been issued. In the face of these facts hn tells Congress that a deficiency appropriation of will cany him through the year, (making only for the twelve months.) and; that 133,000,000 will suffice for next year. 1 Another excellent piece of work is likely, by the coming of Spring, to be added to that already so well administered by the Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor. At a conference held' at their rooms yesterday plans were submitted for the establishment of baths free to those unable to pay, and with a nominal admission fee of eents to all applicants.

These plans were based ton this experience of foreign cities, and it it estimated that on a moderate-sized city lot lan establishment can be erected that will furnish COO baths daily. Tickets for ree admission would be distributed liberally through dispensaries, city missionaries, and other agencies, while the nominal fee would make the baths welcome to many who would not like to accept them as a charity. Once begun and successful, as it doubtless would be, this admirable project would make rapid progress. The increase in jthe number of the Engineer Corps -of thoAavy, which has been strongly urged by the head of the Bureau of Steam Engineering and is supported by Secretary TpACT.jwill probably be brought to the attention of Congress this Winter. Indeed, there is now a bill pending for the purpose, introduced by Senator Butlxk, which eontemplates very large additions, while other measures content themselves with smaller onesi The amount and complexity of the machinery carried on our war veaselt suggest a reason for such changes.

The Secretary also warmly ad vocates an. increase in the number of line ofuoerf, and for this latter purpose Borerai measures are now pending in Congress, most of them including proposals of increase also inj the staff. In such matters Congress is apt to procrastinate, yet it is probably only a matter of time when it will be compelled to act. As the present extensive preparations for building new gun and mortar batteries practically imply the enlargement of the artillery personnel of the army whea these defensive works shall have proceeded far enough, so the steady additions to our new fleet will at length become sufficiently great to demonstrate the need of: more officers and mea for them. I THE FIAScks-TEE PROSPECT.

We hare no wish to charge Mr. Wixtx)M with intending to mislead the public, or even to withhold the truth in regard to the income and outgq of the Government, but it cannot be denied that it requires a careful analysis and 'comparison of the facts and figures given In hie report to discover the probable condition of the Treasury at the close of the next fiscal year, and we find nowhere in the report any clear and intelligible statement of that condition. It may be said that Mr. Wisdom reasons that all that the country can ask of him is that hs shall give information enough to guide the majority in the current session of Congress, and that what may come after the Democratic majority in the next House may be left to find out and take care of as best it can. But we should be reluctant to admit that of Mr.

Wisdom. What we suspect to be the case it that the Secretary is worried by the Results of his own calculations in detail, and is willing to submit the data te Congress and the country and trust to the unforeseen to prevent what now seems to be yery probable a want of money in the Treasury before July, 1892, to meet the legal I obligations of the Government that will accrue by that time. We confess that we cannot regard this as a courageous, or even as quite a candid, mode of dealing jwith the Secretary's duties. The period: within which this unpleasant possibility may come around is not a distant It is, in fact, immediate, since it is that for which the present Con gress must make provision at the present session. Since the Secretary gives esti mates of certain sort for that year, it seems to us the plainest dictate of duty that he should make them complete, and that he should state beyond all mistake or misunderstanding what he thinks will be the act result if 'his estimates are correct.

Aa nearly; as we can make out from his report, this is about the way the Treasury will be situated Cash on head July 1, 1891... ........830.000,000 Surplus of ordinary rsoelpta. Totnl. Biasing i 867,000,000 40,000,000 Apparent salsaoa. Bat in this ealouletioa the increase in the amount required for pensions is considerably below the estimates made at the time ef the pension legislation of last ses sion, sadly no: means in proportion to the actual demands of the pension applications already made.

is also aa estimated increase la Internal revenue that is not indicated by previous experience, aad a de pendence oa Ucrease of customs receipts from eahaaoed duties that, tossy the least. Is extremely doubtful It is therefore the uqueetzoaable fact that, under th legisla tion the) last leasioa Congress, there will adt be enot gh money eollectad to nnj current expense i aad meet the requirements 'of the lsw as to the sinking fund, aad that if these are met there is a strong probability that the accumulations of the past willbewipd out If this shall prove to be; th ease th Presidential election will follow in year when a deficit has taken 'the place a surplus, and when we shall have to sto the gradual reduction of the debt or proc ed to raise money by new taxation. Then la nothing alarming to the country in tl at prospect, but also there is nothing creditable to the Republican Party; which wi 1 be reeponsiblef or it Another fact 1 made entirely plain by the Secretary's report, that is, that the time has gone bj when the Treasury can be called on, i i times of stringency, to come to the te. lef of the money market. The market will be more or less affected by the arbitrary op- tratlona of collection and disbursement the Government, hut there is an end, 'or some time to oome, of any aeeumulati a that can be drawn on for any consider ible operation.

That is by ne means aa ni mixed eviL provided the public, and esp ncinlly the men who use large amounts money, can be made to realize the facts before they have committed themselves enterprises based on the old state of thin is. Mr. Wixdom makes it entirely clear th at, in hia opinion, the currency requirements of the country are quite beyond le ability of the Government to deal wi and, inferentially, that any -attempt deal with them will be dangerous. Th it is a part of his report that may be a died to great advantage by all business i uen. Naturally, the Secretary has a good deal to say on the si! ver legislation of last ses He com; tares it unfavorably with his own proposi ion, in so far as the latter would have lim ted purchases to American silver, and the I ills Issued would have been redeemable in ollion, but favorably with the pre viou sly xistin law.

But he makes it reasonably lear that the operation of the new law innot be safely forecast so far as oonoerni the value of silver, since we have simply undertaken to buy a fixed amount yearly for an indefinite period, of a commodity indefinite volume. It is obvious that ne one can caloulate the results of such a policy. The possible future of silver legislation he does not undertake to discuss. Will A THU PARTY COME OF ITt The Farmers' Alliance of Florida has got up a sort of agi Loultural fair at the town of Ocala, in that tate, under the name of a Semi-Tropical Ixposition, and it is accompanied by a nvention of the National Farmers Alliai ce, the second held by that organisation. The chief question that seems to be agitating the assemblage is whether the Alliance is to take the form of 14 third party" in politics.

The Farmers' Alliance had ltd origin in the South and set out with the purpose of exerting an organ ised influence in behalf of agricultural in terests withoui taking part in political warfare as an inde endent party. It extended up the Miasisiippi Valley and into the Northwest, wh4re it acquired considerable itrebgth. it la known that it obtained virtual control of the Democratic Party in South Carolina during the post year, and' in various parts of the West it made independent nominations for State offices and for membvt of Congress, and had no little effect upon the November elections. Its power was displayed most conspicuously in Kansak. but it became a political factor of no small importance in several other States.

I Now, some of tho Woatern delegates at Qcala appear to be pushing with vigor inj favor of the third party movement. The plan seems to be to bring the workingmen of other occupations as well as the fanners into the organisation. There is nothing especially novel in this development. And, judging by the excell ences of the pabt, it is likely that later on, if not now, it fill take the form of a third political party and meet the fate that has awaited similar efforts heretofore to build parties upon si tecial classes and special interests. It spi ings from a general discontent at the fai ure to obtain through the old (parties a redress of the grievances which these uo feel that they have not their full of prosperity attribute to the policy of the Government There is consid erable haziness in the minds of those en gaged in the ovement as to the cause of their grievan ss, real or supposed, and as to jthe mems by which they are to Jbe removed, but the prevailing notion of thoi who find that their lot is not a happy one seems to be that there is not tnoney em ugh in circulation.

It is the same spirit tat animated the old Greenback: Party, tnd, infecting the labor ele ment, brought about the combination that came to be kn as the Greenback-Labor Party. The idea of an unlimited volume of irrede unable notes of the Govern ment is not rejvived, but there is the same hostility to tl national bank system, the same delusion about the control of the currency by Wal i Street and a desire to bring about inflati in some way that shall make money cheap" and easy to get The favorite sohe me of the Allianoe has been what is knom as the Sub-Treasury plan, under which circulating notes would be issued upon deposits of the products of There is i probability that any suoh scheme of illation can be forced upon either of the political parties of the country, and it i i certain that neither party would gain a iy thing by giving it the least countenance. If it is to be promoted by political acti in. it most be through a third party, which would not be long in bringing upon itself the fate of the Greenback Party, for thi simple reason that it would bej founded on a delusion that could not survive the Marching ecru tiny of our political conteb A movement of this kind his its souro i in ignorance of tho priaei-pies and wc rking of finanoe and public economy am sustained by false reasoa-ing, and tb sea are gradually dispelled hjr popular Lgitation and enlightenment It may begin with a good deal of blind en- tiasiasm and finds ready support among VMataaamtestvatpisg for their lUs, bat its supporters are sure to acquire nor sober views in time, aad to dwindle away when the real issue of politics come under a flare 'debate. Even farmers may be taught thatsomethiag cannot be had in exchange for nothing, and that volume of money is not in itself wealth.

Ho inflation of the currency can increase the actual value of what they produce or enable them to get greater value for it But th agitation may' gradually lead them to a better understanding of the real cause of their unsatisfactory condition. The Mayor of Ocala, in his address at the opening of the Semi-Tropical Exposition, touched upon the reel source of the farmer's distress. He spoke of the fact that the agricultural interests did not seem to share in the boasted prosperity of the country and that mortgages were banishing sleep from the honest tiller of the soil, and raised th inquiry whether wa are not drifting away from the doctrine of our fathers, which proclaimed equal rights to all and special privilege to none." What th farmer needs to learn is that the prosperity of other industries is built up largely at his expense, that the taxing power of the Government is used to draw his substance from him to enrich favored interests, and that it is impossible for him to escape mortgages so long as the fruits of hia labor are sold in competition with all the world, while the cost of what lie buys is enhanced by taxation for the benefit of others. When he understands why prosperity attends other pursuits and leaves him to struggle with mortgages, he will learn that the remedy is to be found not in third party movements but in an intelligent choice between the two parties, one or the other of which must prevail in our national politics. PABNELL'S DEFEAT.

The Irish Parliamentary Party, by a substantial majority upon a test question, has put upon record its opinion that Mr. Pab-xxll should retire from public life. If account is taken of the expressed views of the delegates now in this country, the whilom Irish chief is upheld by SO Nationalist members and repudiated by 49. Even if the half doien absentees should to-morrow come to his support he would still be far short of a majority. The rumors which hang like a fog about St Stephen's credit him with the intention of still further resisting this adverse de cision, first by pushing to the extreme point his obstructive powers as Chairman of the party's meetings, and later by a personal appeal to the Irish electorate.

It is diffloult to regard this position as that of a sane All the recognised leaders of the Nationalist movement, both in and out of Parliament are against him. With the possible exception of Mr. Timothy Hab-BoroTOX, who directs the management of the National Lague, no Irish publio man of importance, either of the clergy or laity, has ranged himself on his side. No Liberal politician in England. Scotland, or Wales has hesitated for a moment in his condemnation of Mr.

Parx ell's attempt to maintain himself as a Parliamentary leader. In the rump following which he still retains there is not even a factional solidarity. In the earlier years of the so-called Pamellite movement it principal opponents were former Fenians, who scoffed at Parliamentary agitation. Some few of tho present minority belong to this class, but the most outspoken opponent of Pabxkix yesterday was the veteran Fenian, F. X.

O'Bbixx, who enjoys the unique distinction of being the only living man ever sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered. If the discrowned King should carry his obstinacy to the point of stumping Ireland for a vindication, it is impossible to believe that he and his second-rate supporters could prevail against suoh orators as HxALT, Sxcxtox. Dayitt, T. P. and Abthtjb O'Comkob, fortified as these would be by the approval of Dillon and O'Briex and the active assistance of a powerful hierarchy and clergy headed by Archbishops Walsh and Crokb.

It is a reassuring sign, noted in our dispatches from London, that thus far the sharp division of feeling within the Irish party upon this painful issue has not developed personal rancor or prevented the continuance of amiable and friendly relations. Short of downright madness, in Pab-xxll'b actions, therefore, there is ground for hope that the Irish cause may not be irretrievably ruined after all. And if this road to safety shall be found, it will be all the more welcome, in that it has shown the Irish people to be at last superior to the sophistries and appeals to passion of an unworthy politician, and to be possessed of a group of trained Parliamentary leaders who are statesmen of both heart and courage. BOULSICKEXLNQ." Mr. Harrison said something in hia message about the "dissemination" of misinformation" concerning the effect of the new tariff.

Much of this misinformation can be found in what was said about the price of carpets two or three days ago in the Indianapolis Journal, a paper which represents his opinions and policy at his home, and in the Cleveland Leader, which is the newspaper representative of Mr. Mc-Kiklby. These papers are trying to deceive their readers as to the real meaning of the action recently taken by the carpet manufacturers, and at least one of them would have its readers believe that the prices which have been raised, are not the prices of carpets made in the United States. Referring to the announcement that "the carpet manufacturers have agreed upon a new scale of prices to go into effect Deo. 1," the Cleveland Leader of Nov.

26 said: lx was aaaouaced upon good authority in New-York weeks ago that the foreign Importers were so beavUy stocked with earoeta that they feared a fall in prices within tho next two months. These stocks were purchased at wa prwes before the MaEmlsr hill went into effect, and tneywUl remain in the bonded ware-aease antU Fan, l. wnen all the goods now la Dona withdrawn aad are thrown upon the market a fall In prices Is expected, sad the mannfaotajsre an therefore trying te recoup or aeiung a as alga price as aaxt two saontha. The wa Baas a seepages th atoltialey Mil as long as tareadanre law aa Sad hettevera. hat la traeef earpeai equally se of a gresA many ether article waioh were imported at old prices aad apoa which the importer expect to realise a fort ana." i Hsre the Loader avoids the simple fact that the domestic manufacturers have increased their price because the cost of their raw material has been increased by the new tariff.

At the same time foreign carpets are so mixed up with American carpets that the reader who is unfamiliar with the trade Is easily misled. Mr. Harrison's home paper, the Indianapolis Journal, made the following remarks in an editorial article entitled "The High-Price Conspiracy," on Nov. 28 The carpet manufacturer In this country do aot seem to be those who are trying to put up the price of carpets, so much a those importer who greedily filled their warehouses with the goods before the htoKlnley law wa enacted. These stocks are now in th bonded warehouses, from which they must be taken April 1.

It la very much to their Interest to soil these goods at a high prices as possible before that date, and to do so they will use the soars about the Increase of prices by the KcKlnley law for all it is worth." Here the follower of Harbvow and Mc-KraxsT in Indiana is told that it is the importer, and not the domes tio manufacturers, who are trying to put up the price of carpets." Now, these papers know that the action to which they refer was taken by the manufacturers of carpets in this country, and was not affected by any consideration as to the price or supply of imported carpets. They know that the quantity of foreign carpets of ordinary kinds such as those the prices of which have been increased brought into this country is compnratively very small. The values for 1889 were as follows: Brussels, tapestry Brussels, Ingrain. $66,236. They know that the domestics manufacturers have had no fear of importations.

They know that the new prices about which they are disseminationg misinformation" were made by the Bigelow Carpet Company, the Lowell Carpet Company, E. a Hiqoixs the Hartford Carpet Company, Alex. Smith Sons' Carpet Company, the Read Carpet Company, S. Sanpord Sons, and the manufacturers in Philadelphia, and that the advance was foreshadowed before the McKlnley bill became a law by these manufacturers in a circular, in which the increase of cost due to the proposed higher duty on carpet wool was estimated. "We had hoped," said the Cleveland Leader two days before it published this stuff about carpets, that the campaign being over, the soul-sickening misrepresentations and falsifications of the free-trade press meaning all journals opposed to an increase of the high duties in force up to Oct 6 would cease for a while, at least But they have started in anew, encouraged by the elections, and are even a little more reckless than before." How sick the Leader' soul will be when it finds out how far it has gone astray in trying to mislead its readers about carpets I It looks as though the commission to revise the judiciary article of the State Constitution had its work still to do, using the reports of its various sub-committees, as put in form by the Revision Committee, merely as a basis for amendments.

The session yesterday was taken up with proposing amendments to the constitutional amendments already formulated, and there seemed to be a disposition to leave nothing as it was reported So little appearance of agreement was there that it was even proposed to give up the whole job, but doubtless something will be wrought oat of the material provided by the sub-committees. FRXB BOOKS IX PAROCHIAL SOBOOLS. IIavks, Deo. 2. A lively contest Is anticipated at the annual town meeting Thursday, when the question of proTidlng the two Catholic paxoohial schools with froo text book will be considered and voted upon.

Tb town two years ago adoptea the policy of applying book to the pupils in the pubQ schools at town expense, and this year the managers of the parochial schools, headed by the Rev. Pat-riok MolhoUand, are making an effort to obtain the same benefit for their schools. With that end in view, ther bare caused to be inserted in the call for the town meeting the following clause: "To vote upon the question, Shall free text books be supplied to all free school of New-Haven a petition for such a vote ef the legal voter of the town upon the question having bean made to the Selectmen, a by law provided." No raierenoe was made in thts olaase to the parochial sohools directly, but the name of the persons signed to the original petition explained the matter. Via ally the town meeting In Now-HaTen are attended by from fifty to one hundred voters, sad to adopt any such measure as that bow proposed would not be diffloult to any in teres tad body of eren on hundred citt-tens. The meeting this year la to be held In the Athenmum, a hall which cannot give standing room to more than five hundred people, and however great the Interest may be, three hundred voters, if thy happen to get Into the hall first, can outvote the entire town.

SMOwma aorioultusal rxnrva. Pbovidkvcb, R. Dec. 3. In answer te questions submitted by Gov.

Davis, ths Supreme Court has decided that Brown University la entitled to the flfty-thSasand-dollar land eenp voted by Congres in 1862, the further appropriation voted by the last Congres of 15,000, an annual increase for ten years by an addl-iol sum of 81,000 per annum, and at th end an annual appropriation of S2b.0OQ lot the support of oollege tor th benefit ef agrloulture and mechanic arte, instead of the State Agricultural school at Klngaton. Blare the passage of this last appropriation the kUngaton school ha been counting on It For twenty-eight year Brown ha benefited thirty or more students br the proceeds ef the first fund. mjl ssrra om tooitbaoa. Ithaca, X. Deo.

SL The family of ex-8eator Edward B. Esty, deceased, of thi city, as a memorial to him have purr hue oil and glveatoth Ithaca City Hospital Association th residence and ground her of Boston's former Postmaster, Oea. William L. Burt, together with a sataelent sum to equip the same for Immediate nse aa a bospltaL By the apeolflo instructions of Mr. Ety every church organua-Oea in this city, (twelve ia nnmberj of whatever creed or denomination, will be paid gioo each.

Each employe la hia tanneries, mare than five year in aerrice, receive BoO. IB THI RE SUCH A OOXTBT.t To the Sailor of (A Snororlt Tim: Th President in th meaaage read to th Con-grea yesterday used th following language: Our relation with the French RepuMlo con-ua to cordial. Our representative at that Hae th French KepabUe a Court r' If not, wlU mot aease an kindly Inform th President of the I sited Bute to that effect BRL Z. tw-YcMtav Tuesday, Dec 3. 189a CHURCB ASD STATE IV TUAKCK.

Pars. Dee. 2. The Tioro says that th Pope will eea pouUaa a totter disapproving ef Car-Lavlgerie's policy a a union ef Chorea anoetata, but approving th principle which 4Aad hiss In ad vaaetag th seheoas. Ta BTnt are ergaaiamg BTMiBpeign in A NOTABLX BALE.

Th departure of Dr. Ifcwrim X. Otto ef tale etty for Surep ta searea of health; quickly followed by th mJ his eolleoUon modern pabktings and Japaneee bronses already announced. Tneywm bo solAM the rifth Areas Art Galleries ea th srsninga of Thursday aad Friday, Deo. A and ft.

j' TOlle th eoUeotioa Da. Otis is aertaar so large nor so valuable as many ethers la the city, special circumstance mak this sal oae of the most notable of those daring th 1 tea year. For Dr. On bought American pictures, and hi collection bring to light name which have loag oeaaed to be saea oa th catalogue el the Academy or heard from th lip of aa auctioneer. Bishop, Terry, Bj O.

Stone, Thomas Doughty. J.H. Caffbrty, a T. Blanvelt W. J.

Hays-here are the forgotten returning with a little offering or two and raising eurioetty when ther oannot inspire admiration. The, game birds and deer ef W. J. Hays recall those of TalL Ths head of "A Xevtee," by J. Beaufala Irving, reminds us of a vary snooeitsful Charlee-tanlau who earned in Hew-York before he dtod the name of a painter who; worked like Meis-onler.

Th glowing red and romantle look of the "Lute Player," by W.jP. Baboook, rouses regret for an artUt of great promise, who nsver reached hi maturity. The eoarlet cap, red hair, ruaset trees, aad red flowers of this bold little picture manage to exist together in harmony, and warrant the reputation that Babeoek used to have among hi fellow a a eolorUt. Klgnot too 1 represented by a Winter Scene" aad a Hacks asaek Meadows." William Fag la seen in a eopy from Tl tlan, "The Coral Madonna. Sanford B.

Olfrord appears again, and well doe A Gray Day. Upper Bagaenay," apeak for him. The long-lived artist, who Sw the beginning of thHohoolof Painting in New-York, and was here not long ago Asher B. Dorand i seen with a "Catskill Mountain from Shandrakea." Here, In fact, are many of the member of that old Hudson River BohooL which. Uk all school, contained om dunce, but also soms of the finest artists living.

Fortunately Dr. Otis knew and admired the work of a lands capist belonging to that school who represent It moat exquisite flower, and will Inevitably be cited hereafter aa its worthiest member. Th OUa aale will be chiefly remarkable for the preeenoe In It of twelve exam-plea of the work of Mr. Homer D. Martin.

If any one who care for native art has doubted the greatness of this painter, who, to our shame be It spoken, 1 as good as neglected by a purblind generation of ploture collector, let nlm examine the Otis collection. Here Is an artist of the greatest distinction, an original student of nature, a master of light and shade, a poet in the management of clouds. Ia suoh a collection one can for the first time see the range of Mr. Martin' genius. His paintings hare always been known for the beauty aad subtlety of their coloration, but heretofore it wa impossible to realise how perfectly he can strike the note of atmosphere which belongs to th several hour of the day.

An sarly picture. Wood in Autumn, Adlron-dacks," with it earpet ef coppery fallen leaves, it stark woods, and reach of dull green pine beyond, approaches the work of strong member of that landscape school out of which he 1 so surprising a growth. Valley of the Ausable, ha th red glow on the edge of clouds which only he understands how to give with the requisite nicety. "Outlet of Lake Martin, Adirondack, Is another example. bo far a th elouds go.

but with quite another mood in the lower part Lower Ausable Pond, Adirondack Mountains," gives the mountain structure firmly and nobly, yet already veiled by approaching night; through the ravines steal the purples and deep blue. Though the lrel sun strikes past the hill on the right and brighten the end of the pond, the etmasphere 1 full of the suggestion of vapor between the observer and the triple-peaked hill An earlier moment 1 found in the smaller garanao Lake, Adirondack." The brilliant effect of sunlight on young birches In on well-defined mas Is seen In Birch Island, Lake Placid, Adirondack." And there Is another mountain scene constructed In a masterly war, called Head Water of th Hudson." In which a gleaming streak of water la seen In the valley beyond a fringe of deep-red tree, while the dark earth la contrasted with thoa glorious clouds, red and white, which put th potlo tamp on th whole. 8 tin le most the two big canvases by Martin be forgotten which hold the opposite side of th gallery. On 68 by 33 tnche. and son-tain a nobl and most exquisite view of fiara-nae Lake, with Its Islands and promontories in th distance, sleeping on and within its calm surface, and little waves running quite to the foreground.

The other is a dramatic scene Madison and Jefferson Mountains from Randolph HU1. White Mountains." oa a canvas 64. by 30 la oh oa. One is comedy, the other tragedy; one 1 all peaeefolneaa and beauty, the other the driving cloud and the horror of peak to which no plant can cling. Such painting ought not to be hidden In a private dwelling; they should placed in a museum, where they can be studied aad enioyed by all.

It would be admirable if a subscription were started among- those who wish well to American painting to make an attempt to secure these two oanvatea for presentation to the Museum of Art Among the other painter who must not be overlooked Is Mr. F. E. Church, whose Bun-rise in the Catskllls" Is on of the beet pieces of work he ha ever accomplished. No less than five humorous little picture of bears, owls, and so forth are by Mr.

William H. Beard, who 1 till vigorous and hard at work, wbll so many of his fellows are gone. There 1 a good bead of an old woman by Feodor Encke and a pleasant little New-England bit by Mr. Wlnslow Homer "Interior of a Schoolbouse," with a young schoolmarm very alert and erect before the blackboard. There is a little Fortune Teller" by Mr.

Eliuu Vedder, aad a very well painted landscape from the Massachusetts coast br Mr. Bolton Jones one of his very best An unusually fine landscape for Mr. J. U. Bristol in "Mount Everett, Pierce's Pond, Maita." We can see well enough that Dr.

Otis did not buy his painting st rsndm. bat with an excellent knowledge of what should be avoided, for he seem to have picked up the beBt that waa to be had at the time. Borne canvases, doubtless, represent the kind-hearted moment when he bought a picture to help a poor devil at a pinch, rather than because he wanted the canvas. But the srs in ths minority. The Martina alone ought to raise the value of the eoUeotioa to a round Bum of five figure.

Were such an artist aa he 1 a Frenchman the sum would have six figures rather than five. OFFERED A CHAIR AT HARVARD. PniLADKLrinA, Dee. 2. Dr.

Edmund J. James, Professor In the University of Pennsylvania, ha been offered the Chair of Political Eoonouiy In Harvard University. Prof. James, one of the best known of th young American eoonomlste. waa born in Illinois in 1855.

After an extensive coarse of college and university study in the West and East he went to Europe, where he took the doctor's degree at th University of Hallo. In Prussia. On his return home he entered publio school work In his native State snd quickly rose to one of th moat honorable positions in that field. In 1683 he was called to the Chair of Publlo Finance and Aumimstratlon In the University of Pennsylvania, the nrt choir of that kind established in America. His career in Philadelphia has been an exceptional one.

Within a comparatively abort time he ha won for himself a most honorable position, not only within th university, bat in the community. He 1 the author of many monographs on pabllo questions, some of which have exeretsed a wide lnfluene an political action, notably thoa on the municipal gas question and on railroad transportation. Ir. Jem waa recently elected President ef the American Academy ef Political and bodal Science. 1 also Vice President of the American Eoonomie Association, Vios President of th American Association for the Advancement of Science, aad Director of th American Social Bcienoe association.

A BIB If EST FOB LAWYERS. MiLWAOXBa, Dec 2. It is aonjunoed with authority that the Equitable Insurance Company of New-York will build a foorteen-tory building at the southwest corner of Wisconsin snd Jefferson Street, with a elxty-thou-sand-dollar law library, with a view of bringing all the leading member of th legal fraternity In CiiT. 4Tthr in one tract are. The edifloe will be the finest in the city, and will cost complete about 8700,000.

FMESCH TRADE WITS GREECE. Paju. Dm. 9L President Carnot ho signed a bill' granting to Greece the benefit of th "most favored nation" clause until February, 1892, on condition that Greece reciprocate by admitting French wine tree and by reduelng ths duties on lacs 75 per cent aad on velvets 30 per cent DR. it ART WALKER TSR1 ILL.

Oewsoo, Deo. An afternoon paper report that Dr. Mary Walker ia very 111 at Banker Hfll, few mile front aere, and 1 thought be dying, fehe is aaid to be unering treat a contracted in Libby ruon7 "ss ADltZRAL PORTER'S COVDITIOX. WAtuCTGTOg. Dee.

Porter, whose condition for ta part jfew week ha been sUghtly Improved, suffered a temporary relapee yesterday that gave hta friends some alarm. jam eventaj, nowovor, ne is eonldemoly bat- fV AlTT.r?tr?rvw fi i t--' TWErTY-TTnS2 BTXXXT THXATSX Miss Mabel Aephasoa, a ysmag: lady wa Imitates ta note of bird, and who ale has a great native hnater, nSy took the first place ta th esteem th not vary xoaroas eodieneo at rYoctort vTwsaty-thlrd Bwset Theatre yesterday afternoon. Xia Btepheaaoa eairto yea, ta ntfmd, te ta weoos oa a June morataav Phe ta certainly a remarkable mimic. The ens-act play by ths omnipresent Jerome X. Jerome colled Barbara" aad aa exhibition the ps)igraph ware other notable features of the jtatortalastoat aad divided with Miss Bteaheaaea tho favor of the audience.

Only few age. when, ta Mark Twatn's AaeHesa Claimant' a mak-bellve phonograph was exhibited with a big funnel attachment: carry Ke sounds quite a distance, folk thought th American namorlst had touched: a vela or extravagance as funny as anything Huckleberry Finn." But oa the stage sf the Twaaty-third etrt Theatre yesterday th real phonograph with a funnal-ahapea attachment played the cornet with the accompaniment of a full band, song and laughed distinctly enough te be heard all over the thsstre, Th oxhlbttloa wa startling, but not pleasing. Th phonograph emphasises defect and blemish a th camera used to before phoaographsrs --it artUts. A cornet Is distressing enough at any time. When it notes are treasured upon th phonograph cylinder and ground out br elaotria.

ity the resnlt le Almost maddening. But the phonograph le much more wonderful than "Barbara which is aa early worked bears the impress of Juvenility, and la baVdn a mock sentimsatal idea such a might occur te a very young person who had read to manr book of notion and aot seen much of toe world. Barbara la a very sweet young woman. When he wa a very little girl she wo found floatur ln the German Ocean, the only survivor ef a shipwreck. She doe not knew who her parents wr or what her name Is.

Bh is rolUd Barbara because that waa the name of the wrecked ship. Eh loves Cecil, but. knowing that Cecil love Lily, panlon, she doe all she eon to mak the course of their true love run smooth. Bat Cecil i too poor to marry. When a strange old rsa-tlamaa appears on ths scene looktsg for an heir to a large property, we know that Barbara ia really the miaalns: heir.

We know- that tune nse we have all been to tho tbeatr ee raanTaaid also because have read Mr. Jerome' tnnr book sailed Stage Land." But, of course, aX though it Is Bsrbara's duty to eiUbllth kr identity nnd claim her property, ah does nothing ottneaort She doee not even tell Cecil that she baa learned that she Is bis lengMost sister. Sb Just bold her tongue and looks sad while Cecil and Lily prance around and plan what therU do with their new fortune. Staff! Mte Marguerite St John and Orace rtlxloe aad Mr. J.

Buckston appeared in "Barbara." Mr. Kelson Wheatrroft spoke a piece and Mr Wilton Lackaye. who wa on the Ul to recite 8hamn O'Brien." waa eonsplensus by his ab-senee. Mr. Albert Thles.

Mis Louise Gerard, aad th Columbia Quartet contributed voce! mnsle. The entertainment waa given for toe benefit of the Irish famine relief fand. MB, RUMMEL'S RECITALS. Ths first of Fran Runmul', tn cttal took place at ths Madison 8qnare Theejr 1 yesterday afternoon. A large! audience was present and the planar work was heard with the closest interest sad rewarded 'with warns i applause.

The programme wav trifle long, i bat It wa an agreeable on in most res pacta. I We could have spared the Braasin arrangement i of Wagner, which are not required by any do- mand of art or of fanoy, and possibly the dainty aoberso of our dear old friend Dr. von Billow. I But the other numbers were well yortay of per- I formanoe. is The most serious work of th pianist wo don I at tb beginning of hi recital when he TAavod i Bach' Chromatio Fantasia and Fugue, Beethoven' sonata.

Opus 17, and Bohnmana'e I mi nor fantasia. All three of thee compost- tion were played admirably. loosed, they were 9. given In a manner waloh dwnoaotxsted beyond doubt that Mr. Rnmmei i pons.

sod not only of tremendous technical power, bat ef great depth i of musical feeling and of fine discrimination. The performance of Caoptn' miner echerso i wa also a nobl piece of work. The second re- cttal will take pise to-morrow afternoon, and lover of piano masie who do not go will maks a i mistake A DEhOCSATIC BANQUET, I i AT WHICH GBOYXR CLBYgiaXD vTTXa.1 A DISTIXGCIBHBD iODEST. i Philadelphia. Dee.

2. Sx-Presldoa rover Cleveland will visit thi elty Jan, 8 as the jraeat of honor on the occasion of fas baaqs to i he held oa that date by jthe Yemg Men's Democratlo Association. addi-l tion to. ths ex-President, g-Jertart! William F. Vila and Don M.

Diklcon will present with a number of Democratic Govern-1 or. Including Governor-elect Pttisoa, and af small army of whose naiaos graoe the page of Democracy's history. It was felt by many member the astral a tion that Mr. Cleveland would bs unable te a- oept the Invitation, and whsa '-visited by ex-1 Postmaster William F. Ilarrif v.

Krumbbaor, and Clement tt. Wafnsrrigbt he wea unobleto give a positive answer. All doubt I upon the subject of hi oeoeptanoe wa set at rest to-night by Mr. Uarrtty. who had read at the meeting of the association following 1 teleirram: I will be with yon.

Gnovc CivXAn," iThe reading of th teUgran van received with! air of gsoerai; Jnbtlotion per-i vaded the headquarter. The general belief that the coming event will firf anrpas asy ofs the preceding ones of that character. Atirsu it was thought that Bt George' ILill wenid.1 he large enousrn to aoeommogate those wb will attend, but It 1 new Utooght tnat either the Aoademy of Music or Horticultural llalL will hare be secured, THE REFORM CLUBS WORK. MUCH GOOD ACCOMPLISHED DL'ELK THE TBAR. Ths Reform Club held its annual meeting last night in it new house, at Fifth Avenue ont Twnty-eventh Street, and listened to report! of minor committee and th congratulatory ad4 dre by President Everett P.

heler on thaf recent stride mad by the dab; The principal? basinesa of the meeting was ike election tfssan r.taH i "irawir, rfoBu ue wits war? ner. Calvin Tomktns, Henry De Forest sad Robert Orler Monroe as Tru'Ceee for threal year aad of Mr. Aot arustus lie sly aa Trustee! Of J. Hamnden Robb. ra-.

ror on year in place of signed. '2 Fort In which it outlined It work for theresr bo practically completed It canvass of th yotera of the State of JJew-Tork outside of too large elttee. hae um erioDAivteu iiv pamphlets, hoe eeeored thirty la debates oa tariff at State fairs, aadVha (applied i thousand papers In small towns with tarilf reform matter. It has furnl-hed speakers fof other bUtes. bs carried "i on a tarij reform sohool to this eSy, and has dene muoh to aecure th election of Con grossmen pledged to the reform.

I twenty of th thirty-four district of this Stat It helped to secure a act gala of aeves Congress men, aa compered with a net gain of six Asf semblymen in th elghty-nvar Assembly in? trlet In the same territory. 3 In Iowa the Kef orm Club did much work aad secured the election of six tariff reformer in tend of one. In Minnesota, Wisconsin. Miehii gan, Montana, and Booth Dakots good result were accomplished. In Illinois Rowell' dl trlet was picked oat for work sad his defeat wa secured.

In addition to th reimbursements by local Bmount of expenditure la vwo tana retorm enterprises ms aiusu before Dec 81) la about $51,000,, QUESTS OF THE BRASILIA MS. I Washixotox, Dec 2. Admiral Da SUveire th BraxOiaa Savy and th senior omeere of hi toff gave dinner to-night to those whose ha pitalltles aad attention they, have receive, during thsir stay at ths espttal. Among th guests were Vice President Morton, BpeokeS BB1, Minister Volant. Secretary niuuom.

secretary Aeouaj Secretary Ruk, Attorney General Mlflsr. Gas' Casey, Gen. Greely. Admiral Franklin. Admiral Gherardk and Admiral wu.

unr. i t.n walker. The Admiral and star will ksav Waahlngtoa ia the morning for w-York, fn ij KOCH DECLIMES MO SET. Bxnxa. Dsn.

2. Ths Xatiommi Oatotto tori that Dn Koch wUl deoiln to. accept th pro; posed notion ol teatlmenial the farm of a sunt Of money. V- Paai. Dec BJbot.

Mmhrter ef Forelgsi Affaira, ho received frea Fret Koch a quantity; Of the lymph used ta the treatment of eon BamptiTes. The lymph was seat to at Bibofj through the French mbsadr at Bsrtln. OAEIEET CRISIS i Rao Junna. Dss la f. tar and is quite ocsnfortaMe.

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