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If AXOB B8. 189a Tie rni rt rtfri for fawfey, ia (ait tit, rota, tafoaary praara Tba report that tba Pan-American Con-gnm has decided to report a reoommenda-. tloa of reciprocity treaties between tba various conn trie represented and the United States will bo received with rratlfl-catioa by all who aaderataad the very great poeaibUitlM ia tbia direction. It la trne, as pointed oat by some of the South America delegate, notably by Mr. Sabkx Pbba of the Argentine Eepnbllo, that there are very great diffienltiea la tba way of reciprocity oa 'account of ou obstructive tariff: But whether It is possible or not for tbeee diilloultiM to bo roaaoved, It ta obviously' la the Interest of all the oooa tries oonceraed tbat an attempt should be made to remove them.

As stated ia our Washington dlapatebM tbia morning, Mr. BtAixa ha requested two American dalecatee Mr. Chablbs E. Tim orthls eity and Mr. Cooi Vxm of Maaaachntetta to study trads with the varioas ooaatries and eubmit data on whioh prepoaitiena for reciprocity can bo based.

These gentlemen arc extremely well fitted for the task. Evaa if they do net snccMd ia finding a practicable basla for negotiation, they will bo able to show what are the obstacles, and this of itself Will be ao small gain. The Assembly yesterday passed bothths bill for a bridge over the Hudson Biver aad that for a bridge over the East Biver by way of Blaekweirs Island. There seems be littledoabt that the promoters of ths former are seeking to obtain charter for speculative purposes, A bridge over the Radeon Birer at tbia point is a dealrable thing if provided for ia the proper way. but the scheme which Judge Gbkbsb at Orange County has been working for tba last two years Is a mere Job.

The provisions of his bill havs little regard for anything bat the apeeulative value of a legialativo charter. It ought to be ventilated if it over cornea up ia the Senste. If provisioa ia to be made for a great bridge ercr the Tladeon, it should have its inception ia the daylight and be dealt with a a public undertaking at weight aad moment, The BUckwelTo Island bridge schema la in the sole interest of the Long Island Railroad Company, which is seeking a connection with the tracks which Wave the Grand Central Station. Last year it was vigor oasly opposed by property owaers aa this side of the river, bat they hava act made themselves heard at the present aessiea. Analysis of the more obecuro psrtgraph ia the UcXialey Tariff bill seems to disclose even unexpected riches, Tba I ITT HOln TO LJ-TJ et (ITTkllL AeTaTA Tra CMiM4Ml.

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fl7HH TTU rn-7at a an r-i a ra Kias TtA ML WA ZtjwrUr apaka af a "aadaetir U. wmw ntiW woolta gooda, and aifrinn a MfMi that wfv draaa cooda cas vithstaad th taaptlag blt Mataiavad tU acWala raUiug to oea (oada. It abawm, for axaaBia, that thadityaa aJWooI draaa iroada kaa bem raiaad from 9 aasta a aqaara yard and 40 fmt Mat, ad Taioraaa 15 Mata a aqoara Tard atd 00 ft aeat la a lettac from a aorrpaadant ct th RsptrUr. whaaa aif-aatan Protaatlouiat," pakluaad a aonaantlTa aUtamaat tha datiM oa vmIo, von tad, aad aohalr raraa, fixed ia tka praaant law aod tba aow McKlAley VUU mpactlTtlr. Tbifl ahowi that by tba paw kill ta iitr tttea yarn eoatiag laaa taAA 80 oaata a aornnd raiaed from 68 to 183 par wbUa tbat bob yrn coat-iaf 1ms than AO eanta and not laaa than 30 rata to raiaad from 65 to 146 per cant aad yaraa coating loot thaa, 80 cento and not laaa thaa 60 will bo taxed 83 par eent laataad of 65 par cent.

The eorro-apoadeat poiato oat that area tba rata of 93 par eoat. woold bo prohibitory, and that tba propoaad duty of 146 per cent, would raiee to 97 aeaU a poaad tba duty-paid cost of yarn coating orifiaally only 39 cent, aitaoacb each yarn i made la tbia country aow for loot than 70 eenta, If the report bo true that a prominent member of the Ways and Means Committee has declared that the opposition to the duty oa aides was "tramped up" by the newspapers, it is plain not only that the gentleman lives las" fooFs pared tee, but that that abode is eminently appropriate to it occupant, All tba newspapers ia ths country could not, if they triad, arouse one-tenth part of the feeling that has been shown on thie question unices that feeling were sna-taiaed by the actual experience and knowledge of thoM who hava manifested it. All that the newspapers have done, or could do, in this esse is to afford the means of giving expression to the sentiment existing. The sooner the Republican manager; get into their bead a realising sense of this simple fact the better it will be for them. We remark with Interest that the Cincinnati Csatswrctal Outttt is opposed to ballot reform, at least to the Australian system.

It remarks that the official ballot "means Job work, a chance for fraud, and a certainty of and that the official Inspectors "would often be ring-etera and ei parts ia fixing tickets." These objections, if not intrinsically weighty, derive weight from their souree. The Cincinnati CemsMrcial Gettt had something to ssy last Autumn about a new ballot box which was recommended as a remedy for certain electoral evils. In consequence of these remarks the then Governor -of Ohio haa retired, apparently for ever, to private life, whither the editor of the Camawrciol GstU would gladly have followed him if that editor were not quite the most irrepressible of living men. Meanwhile, he has derived from his experience the certainty that anything he may have to say upon the subject of ballot reform hereafter will be greeted with prompt and general, albeit hilarious and disrespectful. interest gaBaBBTaaanaaBBBm TBJC MODIFIED RAPID TRANSIT BILL, Tha Railroad Committee of the State Senate has at last come to the point of action on the question of rapid transit.

It has decided to report adversely the Ives biU and favorably that introduced by Mr. Fassxtt; but the latter haa undergone material modification, whioh, however, chiefly affects the manner of constituting the Rapid-Transit Commission. It now provides for a Bute commission of eight embers, equally divided between the two political parties, who shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of tha Senate, and who shall exercise their funotions in all cities of the State containing 100,000 inhabitants or mora. Tba Mayor of each city la to be ex officio aa additional member of the commission in ths consideration of any rapid-transit project for the city of which he is ths chief magistrate. Whatever there may bo in the reports about an understanding between the Governor and the promoters of the Faasett bill.

It is obvious that the changee proposed are calculated to avoid the well-known objec tions of Gov. Hux to the original measure. Be had virtually declared bis opposition to naming the Commissioners in a bill that was to-affect this eity alone, on the ground that it would be a violation of the principle of local eelf -government But In its amended form the bill is general in tha strictest seaae, applying te all eitiee In the State which are in any possible need of rapid transit This is in itself little mora than an evaaion, as the real purpoM Is to secure rapid transit in this city, and there is little likelihood that the commis sion will be called upon to do anything elsewhere. It is not to act upon its own motion, but at the reaueat of tha Uitup or of 500 freeholders ia the city desiring provision for rapid transit to be made. But in form the measure la of geaeral application, and the commission is mads a But board, to be appointed and confirmed in the regular way by the Governor and Senate.

Moreover, local right are to be recognised in making the Mayor ex officio a member of the commission for each city concerned. The report iu regard to the understanding with the Governor assumes that it extends even to the naming of ths Commissioners. so that it will be agreed In advance of the passage of the bill, it it ie not agreed already, who are to be appointed and con. firmed, There seems alao to be a supposition that Mayor Grant and his Tammany iaupporters have withdrawn tbeir opposition to the Faasett bill ia consideration of the changes made in it If all this Is true, there seems to be ao obstacle to the passage of a law under which 'this crty may obtain rapid transit without further unnecessary delay. Tha idea that the result should hava to bo obtained through aa understanding among politicians of the two parties is la itself offensive, but if tha nsderstandiag affectaeaty the rapid-transit question It Is better to secure the result ia this way thaa not at all Taa sitaatioa Is nnfavorahls getting anything one La a way that weald eoenmeai itaelf a high mum of public propriety.

Tha ty ia dominated by Tammany poll ties, tb Legislators by Republican politics, an I the Governor by Hill politics, and all tl a varioas breeds of poli-ticUaa distruat a ten other, aad with good If they consent to give the city rapid transit oa be simple condition that aoaoofthem aba 1 bo left in a position to derive political a vantage from it or make a Job out of it tha people may well be satisfied. The time has on tainly gone by when the people at this ty would be willing to leave the appoiitment of Rapid-Transit Commissioners to aayor Graitt. The Governor will not con lent to their being named by the Legislatai and the Senate would not accept the Govemor'a own selections. In the actual si nation, if the politicians can agree upon a oard worthy of the confidence of the ople, that method of getting ths problem solved must be accepted aa tha best attainable. If there were to be four Piatt Republicans and fonr Hill Democrats, with Mayor Grant as a balance of power, the case would bo bad but if ths politicians are merely to give New-York rapid transit un ler conditions which will prsvent any on set from setting an advantage at the expense of another the plan can be aafelj supported.

It is desirable, however, tha i the public should not bo required to psy for this agreement here-, after iu tbe fruit i of any far-reaching political deal It i denied that Tammany's consent is obtain by any promise of letting up" on the municipal investigation, and that certaii ly should not be stifled even for the sake of rapid transit So far aa there supposed to be any playing into each oth ira hands between PL ATT and Hnx with re ere nee to future political events, ths peo; le of the State may as well be left to tal scare of the consequences oftbst We do believe that the political parties of w-Tork will long consent to be used by a oo i pie of schemlns "bosses" to carry out theli bargains for'mutual profit or advantage. They may call a truce now and agree ut on a Rapid-Transit Commission for ths sake of getting a bill through the Let tslature which will keep tbe great projee out of Tammany control without giving it ovor to ths control of any other political ewer, and they may have in view ulterior combinations in State or National politic! as is suspected by some, but we canaffoid to get rapid transit on these terms an take care of political schemes wnen th come p. So far as now appears, the am nded Faasett bill is one that the friends rapid transit should accept, though it tnid be more satisfactory to have the nar tes of the Commissioners presented in tbe bill, where tbeir merit could be consider before It became a law. TBB BISISO VF THE MAW FACT. UBERX When some weeks ago tbe doughty Major McKixut took ths Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee down into ths crypt of the Capitol to make up a tariff blfl that sbluld serve the chief end of all tariff bills, to glorify the Repub lican Party andn agnify its campaign fund, he had a profom and cheerful contempt for the free trax or in disguise" who were bothering him i bout raw materials.

Hs had listened to tl cogent and conservative statement of Ma Bkssxt. who presented large number of woolen. the petition of manufacturers tbe repeal, or at least the reduction, of the duty on woolens; he had listened to ths hi protest or ths silk manufacturers again it a duty on raw ailk; hs hsd heard Mr. Ri rcHix promise to set up extensive nickel orks in Ohio if the duty were taken off nickel and copper ores; hs had received thej arguments of the Massa chusetts iron ai steel men for free iron ore and coal and coke and reduced, duty on pig iron and on srap steel aad iron he had bad before him the representatives of the great canning interests opposing any great er duty on tin pi -tea, and offering to give up the duty on goods if ths actual tin plate duty ec aid be removed. All these men spoke for A nerioan, manufactures and American labor.

Not a man of them asked else taxed for hie benefit aim ply in the good old to have anyone They all prayed American spirit of independenoe for a fair field, an open fight and no favor. But Mr. MclmiT and hia immediate followers, thrusting their tongnee in their respective cheeks, dlsmisse 1 all these prayers and tbe men who offer. them witn acorn. They, like the immort 1 Widow Btm.BR, "knew what they wax and went vigorously to work to got i They concoct In the greatest secrecy, a bill that increai ed the duties on wool, put a duty on raw a lk, left prohibitory duties on nickel and topper, doubled the dutiee on tin plates, le iron and.

steel and coke and coal as thy were before, and with gratuitous foil actually put a duty on hides ef from 1 per cent to 35 per cent Among other tilings, unfortunately, they made up a ache lule on sugar, which they thought it wise to disolose to some of the faithful on the 'acific coast and sent the whole bill to I an Francisco, whence, aa rapidly as the ilegraph wires could bring it it was transi kitted to the East Ws say unfortunately, for it would have been much better fo 1 the country if the storm that straightwsjr burst ovsr tbe heada of ths atuousmajirity of tha Ways usafiteans Committee could have been reserved until tbe bill had 1 sen duly reported to the House, and he Republican majority iu that body could have been foaced to feel its effects and to deal with them. As it was. when the undaunted and complacent McKoxbt led his little band committeemen back into the upper air. ad they learned how their wretched work had been received by the public, they qui Jled. For the first time in the history of the tremendous humbug known as protection tb American industry, they vers compelledj te acknowledge that there were manufacturers in the country other than those who subscribe to the Republic an military eaeit aad that it was no lonxer left to a little clique of politicians in plaoM of trust which they had betrayed to decide to salt thetaseliee who should bo enriched aaa was lsaveivarlihod by thaix JsmbUu with tha tariff.

Under the blows rained apon them from every quarter tha United States these amated tricksters were compelled to make three important eoaoesaions. They pat hides back oa the' free list, they abandoned the outrageous duty oa raw silk, aad they announced officially that they would reopen the questioa of the schedule of dutiee on wools. We doubt if they understand ovea yet the significance of their action. It ia quite likely that they still imagine that they have it ia tbeir power to do what they will with fiscal legislation affecting the interest and even the very living of scores of thousands of their elloSr-citisena But the cold fact is, that they have surrendered to a revolt in own ranks, which will not be tilled by the concessions that have been secured. They have been compelled to recognise the principle of free raw materials, and to recognise it on the demand of Republican protectionist.

When Locia XVL appeared at his palace window with a liberty cap on his doomed head, he thought that he was merely yielding, with admirable finesse, temporarily to the demand of a crowd that would soon be dispersed. But on the bead thus crowned descended in due time the blade of tbe guillotine, and from the moment that be consented to do that which be did not wish to do, the divinity that did hedge about bis royalty disappeared forever: Tbe principle of arbitrary favoritism in fiscal legislation is not less surely and fatally attacked by the recent action of the majority of the Ways and Means Committee. There is as wide a gulf between the position of the Republican leaders to-day and that they occupied even five years sgo, when they dispensed the favors of tho tariff on their own terms, as there waa between the position of Louis with his haughty "Tbe State, it is snd that of the weak Louis XVL, who passed by the way of momentary yielding to the tumbril and the axe. The right which the leather men and the silk men have sseerted and established to freedom from taxation on their raw materials is one that will be claimed and secured by constantly wider classes, snd it is absolutely fatal to the protectionist principle. In good time it will be true of the policy of substantial freedom of industry aa Thiers declared of the republic eighty years after the fall of Louis.

"It is ths best because it is the only one possible." TAM2IAXT ASD HILL, Tbe resignation of Flack gives the Governor of New-York the opportunity of arranging a little "deal." and such an opportunity ia always welcome to him. A chance to put pressure." either upon his enemies or upon bis allies, is for the Governor a chance not to be missed. His political skill consists in the creation and multiplication of such chances, and the chance to appoint an officer ao important aa the Sheriff of New-York does not occur to his Excellency every day. Nevertheless it would have been better for the Governor if Flack had been a decent person, both In offiolal and in private life, and had not created such a scandal that it was absolutely necessary to put him out of office. It Is not only the domestio and litigious irregularities of the Sheriff that have brought him to this pas.

At least they would not have reflected any discredit upon tbe Governor or upon Tam many Hall as a body of the Governor's faithful supporters. Flack haa been an uncommonly black sheep in his private capacity, and has debauched the courts ia his efforts to rid himself of ties that had become irksome to him for the purpose of forming ties more attractive. But such a black sheep msy appear in any flock of politicians, or of men in any calling, without discrediting tbe calling. All that Is required of a man's associates in such a case is that they shall disavow his action and cease to be bis associates. This the Tammany Hall politicians did with relation to Flack.

Suspicion has been cast upon their sincerity, but there is really no around for this suspicion. The moral tone of Tammany la derived from the Irish Catholics, who hare always been its mainstay. This moral tons is in some respects deplorably low. as when the question is of robbing the public Treasury or shoo ting unpopular lead-lords. But with regard to suoh offenses as those of which Flack has been Accused and eonvioted the code of the Irish Catholics is very strict perhaps more strict than that of their Protestant neighbors, who may be much better citizens in other respects.

A man who haa perverted justice in order to get a divorce to which he waa not entitled is likely te incur from the Irish Americans, in Tammany or elsewhere, all the disrespect he deserves, and it ia not fair to describe the proceedings of Fiack iu bis divorce case as representative or symptomatic of the moral condition of Tammany HalL It is upon these proceedings that Flack has been forced, to resign his office and to give the Governor the opportunity of nam ing hia successor, but it is his official proceedings in the Sheriff's office that are more properly a matter of public concern, aad these are entirely representative of the spirit and purpose of Tammany HalL Moreover, they inculpate not only Flack. but Flack's predecessor, who is now the Mayor of thie city. The presentment of the Grand Jnry amount to this, that tbe "system" of the Sheriffs office, as it was operated both by Grant and by Flack, is a series of devices for getting out of the pockets of suitors and into the pockets of tbe Sheriff and hia deputies moneys to which theM officials are in ao way entitled, but which they are not liable to criminal prosecution for taking. The great emoluments of every Sheriff since the system went into operation, and the Grand Jury aaya that it haa been in operation for twenty years. have been largely unlawful and corrupt and have been unjustly obtained from tho taxpayers or from litigant.

That is what tho Grand Jnry aaya and proves, and that ia what makes it so unpleasant not only for Flack, whom Tammany would bo glad enough to send out into the wilderness se a scapegoat but for Tammany in general, and for tho Tammany Mayor and tho Tammany Governor in particular. 7' 1 For tt is niata that Mr. Hnx. ta a Tans iy Governor, not merelyecaaae hia sup port la this eity is almost exelastvaly a Tam many support, bat because ho represents tha spirit of Tammany. Taa strength of Tanv any ia tho mass mt Ignorant and corrupt voters, whoso posssaaioB ef tho suffrage is a public danger, and who cannot ba alienated by any proof of tho rascality ef its leaders.

as these leaders, from Twbsds time dawn, have been fend of boasting. What tho Tammany vote ia to these local leaders that is to tho Governor tho HOI vote through out tho State, Ho caters carefully aad ex clusively to tho ignorant and corrupt and conscienceless voters, supports any meas ure, no matter how outrageous, which ho believes then to favor, aad opposes any measure, no matter how useful or neo- easary. that he believes that they dislike. Doubtless this ignorant and corrupt vote is a great source of strength in the Democratic Party in this State, but wo do not believe it to represent a majority of that party. What is needed to defeat it within the Democratic Party is that it shall be ascertained and exposed.

The investigation of the Sheriff's office has mads a thorough exposure of the politicians who are the Governor's chief supporters and confidential scents hero In New-York, The showing cannot fail to have throughout the State an effect very beneficial to the Democratic Party, by opening tho eyes'cf the honest voters of that party to tbe charac ter of the special supporters of Gov. Hill, and proportionately damaging to the Tammany Governor himself. RUSSIA AND PUBLIC OPINION. Tbe ninth anniversary of the assassina tion of the Ciar was celebrated in this city last week by the Russian-American Na tional League. It ia very significant that the violent and horrible death of a man who was not personally inhuman or ill- disposed should bo regarded as so sraoh a matter of rejoicing by other men who are themselves presumably not Inhumane that they should assemble nine years afterward in a city removed from the scans of the murder by thousands of miles to exchange congratulations upon it The proceedings of the meeting showed that the lapse of time had done nothing toward abating the passions of those who took part in it The speeches were violent and one of the dis patches received expressed a wish to send Alsxandxk IL to join his father." It is probable that the recent outrages in Siberia are in part responsible for this recrudescence of a hatred so bitter and so lasting.

Whoever considers Russian Nihilism must own that it is a very different thing from the Anarchism or tho progressive Social! im" of any other country ia Europe. It it not the expression of a merely political discontent or of a merely political ambition, nor is it in great part the result of the hardships and privations whioh form part of the common lot in all countries. It is really the "instinct of expansion" that the Russian Government denies and represses. To us the political constitution of Germany seems an anachronism in a nation in other than political respects so advanced and so enlightened. It is an anachronism, though it may be in part explained and excused by the vulnerability of Germany, as a great power, and the necessity of maintaining the nation as a camp.

But it is merely in its objects and in its operations. In Russia, on the other hand. the Government is by no means so much of an anachronism, for Russia is in all respects a very backward country, and its form of government might be endured by the Russian people ia the present stace of their evolution but for the enlightenment that reaches them from withoXit This enlightenment it is and must be the aim of tha Czar's Government to exclude, and the re-salt is that not only in matters pronerlv political but in every department of life the Government is repressive and obstructive. A German of any intellectual originality and ambition does not find the Government at all in his way. The right to utter and to argue freely," as Milton haa it belongs to him as completely aa to the citizen of any other country.

It ia only in the field of politic that he finds himself at all hampered or obstructed. A Russian who has any intellectual life of his own finds himself thwarted at every turn by tbe authorities. He cannot speak or write except what will pass an official censorship, and this offiolal censorship Is necessarily dull and brutal. An official censor will prohibit whatever he does not understand upon the ground that there may be mischief In it sad, in case of doubt be leans to suppression as the safer side. Many works that have been produced during the past quarter of a century that betoken the awakening of tho Russian mind, and that alone give notice to foreigners that there ia any intellectual life in the oountry, are either forbidden by the censorship, or at least "suspect" The bureaucracy, a scandalously corrupt aa well as a verv stupid bureaucracy, undertakes to prevent the Russian public from finding out what Russians are thinking, if they are think ing of anything that either contravenes or transcends ths official routine, while the agents of the bureaucracy stand guard at the frontiers in order to see that Russians do not learn what the world outside thinking.

Theae cruel and tyrannical persecutions have been ao successful heretofore that there has not been in Russia what in happier countries is known aa tbe public" at all There haa been no auch free communication as is required for the formation of i public opinion. Obviously there can be but a temporary and provisional arrangement Nations do not stand still, and a nation in which thought Is denied every outlet of expression must either break its trammels or it musk revert tbe barbarism from which Russia haa only recently and only partially emerged. Either opinion must be stifled altogether or it must imooee itaelf upon tho Government and make itaelf respected. Of course, this latter contingency la that which must sooner or later arrive ia Russia. and there is a very striking sign of its ar rival In tho apologetic explanation put for ward oy tha- Government of tho recent outrages Lb Siberian nriaona Such an offl eial outgiving is, we believe, aaprooodsat- ed.

That the axplaaatloa la Insolent aad Incredible does not matter. Tba potat is that it haa beea made; that tha Governmeat haa found itself forced to respect ths opinion Europe, If not of Russia, apoa a questioa which ia doBMStio and not latomatlenaL Tbia ia a fact far mora enoooraging for tho caase of Rnssiaa progress than would ba another horrible mnrder of a Caar. It shows a concern for pablio opinion, which must continue and increase until public opinion is recognised aa a factor la tho eon duet of the Government After that It la but a question of time when it shall become the controlling factor aad when tho agents of a Government nominally dMpotlo must consider what effect their actions will hava upon ths minds of Russians, Suoh a des potism ia mora tolerable thaa a dMpotism tempered by assassination," for it is course of amelioration. It provides a safe outlet for publlo indignation, which has heretofore been so suppressed that the machine of the Russian Governmeat haa resembled a steam engine charged to the bursting point, with ths Czar sitting on the safety valve. A BUNCH VF ODDITIES.

A mialster who enjoys a laugh aa well aa aay eae saya that ha waa eaee lavtted te tithe tea wltfe the easily ef a aow partsaieaee, Ameag the Baemaers ef taa hanMhald vsm a anlt it. tie las ef fear or Ave yaara aad a aaMate-aaed uuuntt ledr, whom tha mi of the family addresses aa Aeat Matue." Jeat aafara aap-per wa aaaeuaeed the liuie Bay eaaaa late the parlor aaa eald la a shrill whisper, heard by aa Msat: -AaBt Ha-a-tue, ama aaya aaea gala' Mt VOU bv tha Ml a AST- AIm'i thM a Joke aa you I mtU'i Oawpeaiea. Bavtac gene wU ever Bnffale BUI aad aav tag rated J. T. Bareeat wittia aa laaa of his UXe, there ta only eae thing laektag to reand eat the avsrsrs Britain's eessepUoa of tha at telamests of the Anurias shew kusisess.

Bob aaterprlaiaK Yaakae aaeaid take ever to Eoclaad a Chleaao towa onraattaa str a Ally zhlMUoa ta the Leadaaar ta art at aomlnatlag towa effleera. Aa extra shipload of aavala souid ba takaa alone to keep taa CSalr. maa supplied ior a leag eagagemeau CMeepe 4f Walter," aald the smart yeaag man, push ing his plate away from you may briag me a aUu of aea prow te wud up The waiter, wbe hadremeed ea Beaton Common la the geilalMe care of hia boyhood, breaght a claae of water to tha smart roua nn and ehaarad ths flcurM en al cheek from 85 te 6a Artleles aet dowa ea the bill of fare char ad extra, ir," aa laJd. CAieae lribun. But my dear madam, beeanss roar husband has avowed his In ten tloa of eon Unwise, as you say, to he a haMhail crank aext eeaaea, I see ao reasonable greuad far dlTorM." MToa doa'tl Wall, than, put aa lnjuaetloa or too onto hia big eae aa yea eaa gee forhe'a awfully slippery.

I'm told taarre ustna taaos quite extensively oa tha players; why aet ea the cranks T'Mmrptt's Jtatar. Iu a Maine school the other day the teacher was giving out mescaline boubs for the pupils to write down the feminine corresponding. The teeeher asked the feuUalae ef waleh la hlnd." One UtUa -lrl misunderstood the word and wrata feminine Btmfmr "Ho," said ths maa whose turn was next, "I don't believe there's lack la herseahoea, except sometime. I kaew a fellow who foaad cue, aad hia wife left aim the next dajt bat I mlaht tumble over a whole shopf al and It wouldn't do ma any tooi-'fkUattlpkia liatsa Aeurleus feet about the game of poker Is that, althouch taoesaad ef people play It, aay men tloa af It la eonaeetlea with, a man'a nana 1 expeDf.lT notoriety. Gen.

fiohenek's eareer wm aa uiuatrauoa of thie faor. Bmmmor American. Editor Kearny ef the San Bernardino Cmrnritr penned one sentence tn a leading artlsle recently that broke all raeerda It took 103 11dm of lid brevier to hold that Mm ram iswi ia. -Mr. Gollghtty, I take It" said the pickpocket ss he relieved gsaUsaau of his watea.

"Tea have the advaatace ef said Mr. Oo-UghUr lanetsntty aad he had, VHem JferaM. ART NOT S3. Chicago has accepted the enormous responsibility ef a World's fain The country sxpeeU aad reeolvM that It shall not be eeeoad la later-Mt te the Parle Expeeltioa, and te fulfill this expeotattott she must maks it beautlfuL It Is tae uatversal experleaM ia great undertak ings that ths best Mrvtee la ths least OMtly ia the ead. Ths Inefficient labor of cheap men lad to a waate of material and time.

It will be tar eapr to employ the bMt architeete, sculptors, palatar. and dealca-era la ut eouatry for the eonstraetloa aad adornment ef theM buildings, thereby making taam beandfal, taaa to wMte millions ta the ereetioa of struo tares either ordinary or hUUeuA Aa the fair will- be a eelabratloa ef tbe dlaeovary of America artist should so eommlaaloaed te make emblematic Um ef ths rtohly-remaatle history of the thie AmarleM la thalr elaboration of deeoratlTe SMlgas. Thy would saoa discover undreamed-of riaaae a wealth at abaolately fraaa material awaitlax the vlteiialBg touch of era OMv rnJmn. A memorial altar waleh wm entered free ef duty by providing that It should be placed la Memorial Hall at the Canteanlat Exhibition la Philadelphia ha beea vlaeed ia 81 Mary's EpMMpe! Ohureh In WM Philadelphia. It wm made to reeaU Mrs.

iMballa MeComb Wetaertll. The altar bu a eraetnxian la the central panel of the Go this marble St rue tor made ia atMale by Babteondl af Kama. Tha aarrlac 1 by Valeaal aad tae ether maaal by LronardL B. Whlttaker ef Braeklya aaa slated a historical picture revMantlag the searlnnlain of Methodism la Xew-Terk. Philip' Kmbury, the first leeal praaoher and slass leader, stands at a table la hia house oa fark-plaea, thaa (1T90,) celled Berraak-etrMfc Ha ia praaobiax to Barbara Hmk, her Suabaad aad brother, their colored maid.

Bottr, and tbe hired maa. The picture ta Bailed "The Pint Sermea la the Methodist Charon." Dn. I Plongeoa ef Brooklyn has given kslf a doaea leoiurM far tha Lowell Institute, la which he professed te read the eld history ef chiefs and pries teases of Yucataa from palatlacs aad seutvtorM aaa the manuscripts preMrrad la Europe aad Amerlee. Is About to publish Tha Meaamaate at Mayax aad their Historical a work ea which he has been eagaaed for maay yaara In March turifMva continues the estimate of decorative work fey Walter Crane. Tae frontispiece ta a full-length imaginative female flgure by Mr.

Crane eallad "The Water Lily." Now and then this prautte artist strlkM out a qaalat or graMfui oaten, bat the majority of bit ersa-tlaas are si iff aad self-oonsoloaa. Mr. Hamer-toa haa a pleasant ehapter ea art durlag the Beaauaance. The Art Asademy at Detroit begins It see-end year this week with Mr. Jeha Ward Dsns-more Director and teachar of the life elsas aad lecturer on oompoaitloa.

Tbe Masaam af Art is about to receive lOO kakemonos, lOO swords, and L.OOO sward gUArda lately boocbt la Japan ay Mr. Frederic learns, all at taaa aald te be eld werks of great baaaty. Nsw pictures ie be exelblted la London this SprlBi are MThe Qbmb of fibeba." by Mr. Poin ter; -Perasus," by H. 8.

Take; "Queen of the A id axons." by 8. J. Salomon: Cootie- Boom In a Bomaa Bath." by Alma Tadema. aod a mb vm in taa aucataeatn gear by ureaardaoa. east tkmtu for February has photegrav- Btm from pietarM aad landscapes.

Tha latter are the better, partiealarly the old trees ta the weodiead view called Par from tha Madliaa- Crowd," aad tha enew-elad elm la A a ATM winter." Tbe Art Club of Philadelphia has a large lainvwa ei areaitratar ueaiaraa, togataar wlta water colors and pea-aad-lak views af suHAoia aeuoiags aere ana abroad. A portrait at the artist aad seat P. Craeek aa beea aalntad la Bmeob hr 11 r. rn.k DcveaMk. wao haa Mtuet ia that eity after aU aw nwraaxiaaiiaaa aa starep.

The exblBttlajB. af tka Asnartaaa i-Mm Society, lately at tae Academy af DMlga, aaa beea transported te Buff Ala, where 11 wm ao irvpaaea ea eataroay aaxv The new Baalish eeetaty af pastslllste wm uiai as taa wraeveaer oanef y. oa the Coan-U are Claaeea. J- J. Heed.

Oreaardaee, aad A portrats or Brlgkaai Young Ie abewa ta Bals laze City, palates by a loeal arttet, J. W. Claweon, 7 Meiaseaier will seed te tha new Bale aa taa Champ da mars a palattag of Vepoleea as JLMUBBMBSTSI i METROPOLITAN OPEBAI HOTTSE. That TerdTe -D. Trevatore." with as strong aa attraction lalt algaer Tamagaa.

tenet a potest teeeejare the pubiwaa aay-thta ta which Mam. PaMaflguree ae abua-aatly demeaatrated at the Metreaoinaa CYerafioaee test svsalng. The aeuae was a awed eae, sat rt waa by ae meaaa ea large as ttetwniea greated the qaeea of eosg oaths swevloue evasJaav Bat though the eadteaee ras aet ee streeg te sambo rs. It was tana ss warm ta oathtuUsm. the perform-ZZJ? eppleeee; wbjoa ft re- calved, tar It was admirable la meet raapMta, ipaetal Uterast was added to tee eecaalea by the reappearaaaa bar at Mate, LMien Werdiea, who, aa aa Amarleaa lacw ktadlyMnaidaratloaet a Hew-York analeaee.

The Improvement la this artist sum-1 sac waa test here la very marked. Her relse has gained tersely ta velum aad rtchaeea. It; la still a true hard at times, bat It ta s. axeeUeat argaa The lady's style has eeqalred freedom aad sight ua shewed real dramaUeferoo. aaa w2! verykaertlly appteadhV 'U Vta Of eeane the star af ta eraalet waa Signer en sated admlraaiyTTut, ef the letter wm ta liaeu MmeieattestemValm a aa operatic actor ef aaoommea latelSeaee.

He aaag Ah. si i ben sate" wlta rare Vx pret stun, and received eathuaiMUe npelasa terlT Bat, ef eeersa, the eadienoa rerrei us- wtUecs feeling fr hi -I ssUs pirn." -The lasmllla eetberst ef filial ageay we declaimed with in-teeM power, aad the high wm: pealed feeta aadsaataiaed that waa atartUag, Tha heeM burst tat shear, aad refused te let theteeer finish tse as amber. wMoeueed te repeat It, aad thaa he Oaiaaed the Mt wita another which rang eat above the esoru aad waled he carried veeT: tae stage wlta aim. I Mme. Pabbrl wm a supera Asuceaa.

"he overacted tae part a little at time, bat ea tha whole she gave tae part with splendid drar matte feree, alngiag tae mast with aaa eneet, Her performance waa, ea taa wbale, one ef the beat that have beea Beard siaoe Aaate Iammo Carya Sirs or, Dal lusate wsa heard Sscs mors it his familiar role of IlCeotedl Laeav Walsh he eaag delightfully. Hia I1 balea" Wm alvea with meat arasue SbUb. and thoroughly deserved the repetition which wa lmpetaUvely demanded, signer da VaaohetU waa Ta Nape teat Parraado. The eherus deserve decided Jratoe for It admirable preeislea aad tte ebaa aat tonal power. Signer Sapi eoadueted 1 a thoroughly aetlafaeteri man nee i i fr 'hM been altered.

Oa Monday evening Wtlliaia Tail" will be given, with MUraor Tamagao Areolae, aad ea Tuesday eveaiag ae aad Mm. rdiea wm appear la "Aide," NOTE OP THE STAGE. Dv. Haas vea Billow wtu make hia V10 BBBhaayi iMwetTs Basils rehearsal ta tee Metrapautaa Opera 0BMU fterseoa. Be will pi Beetho.

vea flat plana eoaMrte aad LUii la tha aame kay. lb ereheatra will pertorta Beetbe- tear symphony aad veaBfilew'e ballad, The Minstrel's car. TBB GRANT UBUOR AL. There ta likely Mb a very Important eaaaga iu the ataaagemeat ef the affairs at tee Great Manorial AssoolaUea at Its ExeeotivT Committee's mMUag aext Monday. It hM beea decided, bm beea expeoted aad Intimated by ta members ef the Mmmltte.

that aettheref the plan far the memorial which Were awarded prise will adopted practicable a or wtu aay at them be ased a Marco ef ssggesUoas for the dMlga which ta finally adopted, Adolnh I Sanger sa)d yeetersay taa tho wmmlttee would decide to Mad out let tare to six bt a dan artist aad arehlteeie la this eouatry, aad perhaps la EsglaadV Pfaaee, aad Germany, leqaeetlag them te prepari pea aad Ink skstahe ef what they believed aj memorial ash wm desired should be. They would be taferatedef ail the elreumstaaees ef the proposed arMtloa ef tha memorial, of tha deeir expreased by tae contributor te tbe feed that It ahoaid be aniqae 1a every pardeular aad thoroughly worthy of the maa wom memorial It WMte be. -Of eoerse," aald Mr. auisr, the geatiemea who shall be picked out by the -MmmlttM the moat famous ia talr pro's- sloes wui be paid for their trouble shall pat the matter to aem la ebont thta way We are Oealreos ef speeding B5OO.0O0 for a memorial. Yea are requeated to Mad 'your eagga- -tloa to our only provtaloa being that smb designs yea stay propoM may be farataaed to as at a moderate price? it Wha tbsaeaketebM are received we shall Mbalder them carefully aad rssatv tk ngkt either to give them te the deatgaar for aa alab-eratleaas to detail, or may employ acme eae eta to do thin work ef areaaeotaral planning.

It will be la a him a eempetltioat It win simply be a respenae te a reqaeai from as for dMlga from maa of aeknew lodged ability. Upon arriving at a deeistoa ta tbe general scheme ef the memorial tae Mm mil tee will, 1 think, start right aat aad beaia baudlag. Tka people like to see Mmthlng taaglbl. aad whsa taa memorial aegaa it wui se act long before tae eeasneauona wiu a framing la. tae geaueatea wbe will be isodminI ta eend these eketebM will be.

i tain a. Huui a Rki- maa of Lelpaie. who waa the third prize, aad H. A. Oris eel of South KeoatagteB.

Loadoa. waw wwb um, im rB S4 CURRBBT FOREIGN TOPICS. Aoxnon, Btarea rt. xaare ba ibeea a newel ef the disorders at the Bt, University. Oa Monday aad yeeterday there were rleteaa dmeatrattoa by thastadeat.

wblahwere snppreaaad br taa' oellea. Ttm haa aiae beea fartaer rioting at tae ChaxkoaT and aaaaa uaivarsittee. Be parttasuara ef tae UlsturbaasM have beea reeelved. Tae shareholder of the Canard Bteaesahlp Company Bald a mMUag today and approved the dividend of per Mt declared by the aem-paay. Last year the company paid a dlvaMad of per cent, Bzaux.

March 8X The jritHtmmt Ztttutg draws atteatiea te the great Im porta dm at taa fact that the PrlsM or Wales'- waa the first princely personage whom the -Emperor coa-olted ea the eaaaga la the CaaaeelJenbip. I he ttitmmg Mft that the; Emperor las-prMsed apoa the PnaM ef Wales ale lataatioa to MBtlnue the peaceful policy ef tae Ltreiband aad to tester the eleeeet relation wit Eag-laad. tdvaarooz, March 17. A deiegatlea ef the atrlklag deck laborer called apoa; the employers to-day aad damaadad the dl sonar go ef tha mea who have been broach! te Liverpoel te all the plaee of atrlZera. Tha employer decline' to aaeede te she dank and.

aad toe naarouaueai for a Mttleaeat of toe atrlke neeed apea Mr. Daviu'a reeommeaaatloaa have beea raptor ed. Paxia. Marsh 27. AdvteM from the west coast of Africa state that fighting eocnrred at Ketoaoa.

ta Dahomey, aa the eoeet af ths Bight of Benia, be twee a tha Preaah fareea aad their uaUve alllaa, Three mea were killed aad twelve weuaded. Bio Jaxbiko, Msreh 27. Tnef garrfaou ef tela eity receotly beeam cUaaiteeted aad was ordsred to the Math. The troops rf aaed to ge aad th Oeverameat canceled the order. There la mack dmooateat taroagBeat toe ty.

Bomb, Marsh 27. The Cenamajial Caanofl at tela city, having failed to agree with the Oev-erameat oa tha regulation of toe naeaeaa, ha dMidod to reaiga. i. TALIM Or OLD HAiitM. Some twe hundred aurghats aa jaakars, vreuw aad vroawt, of too Harlsm ef to-ar met at WsIIsm Hall, at One a ad red aad TwMty-alzta-atrMt aad Lenex-avesuia, laat eveaing as gaesi of the Harlem literary CUh, aad Ustoaed to aa eBtortalaiaaf aad hasty lecture oa "Old Harlem." by CeL aoaa F.

Mines, who hM wrltun maeh oh ttesubjact over Ue nam ef "Felix Old boy Ha toed at tha experience or Henry do rorrt, Hsrita'i ploaeer. whe built a hat ad tack-ado ea tae beak of the prver, near One Hundred aad Twtleia-fs. te lftVio. aad ef tha growth ef tke MUJecaeat to tba sturdy village ef Vew-Haarlera. ptctared delightrully aa evMlag party at a Jovial aargo-mMteCe Booae la ltfda.

aertrsylmt ute heoa furaiahlags, the good ektsr, the aoetamee, tt maste, tse eeertUg ptsodea, and She boaaOJiZ eldest tanaottont. with bla tale of kiUlag. ta hi Joang aaya. 17t) blackbirds wltaiea aae af la moaketoea. 1 CoL Mines aatobad hie lecture! with aa a eouat of tee trial of a hutorieal writer, ts Btanelag eae aoeetat ease af his ewa ta watel a "Pro Bob l-nbUeo" wrote te him tee spelaag of hM tCoL kUaera) fsthar'a MUM BAXBrg MrTMKTiblMtMT.

Mtaa Amy Baaars eatcrtolaaMal at Bbrrys yesterday afteraMa drew as ajiHeen large eaeagk to Mmpletely fUl the hsadaam selK room. Tbe platform wm toatafnhy dsratd wlta rrwwlBg palma Mtaa Baler reel tad namaer ef pteoM wlta exoeUeat eeer, aad was CeaA Mrs. Pembertea-HlaXs, Mtaa aad BU. Ataaeaxy oeatriaaied tna 1.