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16. 1886. AllCSEMEXTS THIS ETEXIXG. INTITUTK HALL Dsy and Evsn- to lEDlllTiaAL EtHlBITIOX. iJBIJOU OPERA.

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rWION-SQUAJlE THEATRE At 8 TEA CBOCAXE. WAL LACK'S THEATRE At 8-80PHTA. WINDSOR THEATRE At 8 STOEM BEATER, NOTICES. Xhx Times cannot return rejected numu-fcripU, no matter chat their character man this rule no exception will be made with regard to either Utter or ineloeurtm. Aor will the editor enter into any correspondence respecting rejected communications.

Ml matter not interted it dtmtroged. At the expiration of the enhtoription a pottal card wQi be tent to eubtcribert nnleet the date to which the subscription ha been paid it printed on the wrapper. The only up-town office of The Times i at Xa. 1,269 Broadway, between Thirtf-firit and Skirt f-seoond ttreet. Jdvertiaementt for The Weeelt Times mutt bt han-iei in before 6 o'clock thit acnino.

Ie Signal Service Bureau report indicate or to-day, in thi dty, fair weather, slightly cooler westerly winds, shifting to northerly. Onr WashinEton dispatches give the of An Illinois Democrat" to the effect that Carter Harrison and Cook County Democrat -were responsible for CoL Mor-Juson'8 defeat and made np a fund of 95,000 to bring it about The Colonel taust be a pretty hard man to beat, judging by the number of men and factions who, by their own account, were engaged in beating iiim. The testimony taken in the trial of Lieut. ARNOLD, of the Washington police force, hows that Chief of Police Walker should be promptly retired to prirate life. The Chief would like to have Congress add one hundred men to the force, and Lieut.

Ar- 'JWOLD told one of his subordinates that at a meeting of the Lieutenants the Chief said It would be a good idea for officers on duty ia disreputable parts of the city to note the habits of Congressmen in order that Hho information thns obtained might be used in procuring larger appropriations. Attet this story had been repeated to other persons the Chief accused Arxold of having circulated false, willful and malicious re- jKxrta," and he was pnt on trial before one of the District Commissioners. Eren if the testimony does not show that the Chief jeally did suggest that the errors of Congressmen should be noted for use in the way of quiet argument and the ridenos giTen by at least two Lieutenants is to the effect that the suggestion was made it does show, upon the Chief own admission, that he urged the Lieutenants to nse their influence with Cngressmen to gain support for increased appropriations. The tedious process of obtaining a Jury, with a proper combination of a fair understanding" and of ignorance or inability to form opinions, for the trial of ex-Alderman McQCADB was begun yesterday, with the Result of placing seven men in the box, subject to peremptory challenges hereafter, of which each side is entitled to twenty. The xaoiiaing of proposed jurors is an interesting process, as throwing light on the mental QiabiU of Trage citizens.

Th gives currency to a remark-ahls tale of "deal 'between Romx M. cux, MaCRLCE B. FLTNN. and Got. fHru, parties of the first part, and the Mare and District Attorney of this city.

parties of the second pari the terms of which It is aTd that thaaaid 6aciMan4 FLTirjr shall not bo brought to trial under the indictment found against 'them for corrupt conspiracy, eve. Tn "only inducement to such a "deal" that ia mentioned is certain letters, from the Governor to Mr. Squire when -ho was Commissioner of Public Works aid king-pin of the Aqueduct Board, asking for a share in the aqueduct patronage; which letters Sjlirjc has threatened to publish. It is not improbable that snch letters exist, for Got. Hill did not go into the scheme for controlling the aqneduct.work for nothing, but if he was afraid of their publication the time to nse them with effect was when Squire's removal was pending.

If the Governor was not deterred by thir existence from approving that removal lie is not likely to be induced to to prevent the District Attorney from doing his duty. There is no imaginable inducement for the Mayor to enter into any deal" to save Fltnn and Squire, and he has no concern in the judicial proceedings; against them. Why Mr. Mabtine should be anxious to aacrifice official honor and reputation to prevent the publication of Gov. Hill's letters it is not easr to understand.

But it is nevertheless true that nothing has been heard lately of sny steps to bring Squire snd Flynn to trial in the jCourt of Oyer and Terminer. M. Eugene Spcller is said to be studying very carefully tlje strikes inf Chicsgo with especial reference to the treatment of them by the Government. He will find that in this instance the action of the Government has been confined, as it ought always to be, to keeping the peace, and that within these limits the utmost energy and firmness have been shown If M. Spuller could on his return perinadethe Chamber of which he is a member and the Government of which be is a most effective supporter that the same principle should be camed out in the same way in France, his visit to the United States might fairly be counted a very profitable one.

'i The ease of the Flying Scud is a hard one, and perhaps Mr. Phelan is justified in suspecting that a trick was played oq her Captain in order to draw him into an illegal act There is no pretense that hs committed any infraction of the customs regulations by trading without a permit while his vessel was undergoing repair at Halifax. It was only when he hid started to go to sea and came to anchor at the mouth of the harbor through encountering head winds that a fisherman boarded him, and as a favor was allowed to buy an old trawl for a small sum. This purchase is suspicious, as the authorities; somehow quickly got wind of it and came down upon the Flying Scud. If there was collusion the investment of the price of the trawl was not reckless, since the fine to which the vessel was liable is $400, and the informer has his share.

Another queer circumstance is that the cruiser which seized her was just going out of commission, hating made not a single capture during the season, and this was her last chance. But bs the facts as they may, the lesson is the old one of the danger of breaking local customs regulations even in a petty; matter. The fishermen must keep on the safe side until an agreement with Great Britain is reached. POLITICS AND PROTECTION. It is generally agreed that Mr.

AND ALL goes back to Washington for th4 remaining session of the present Congress with the firm determination to prevent may reduction of the tariff. We have already shown that he may do thia-Vy getting; his appropriation bills ready and then holding them in suspense to be used as circumstances may require. Or he may, as intimated in the Washington dispatches of the Post last evening, prefer to put some of them promptly before the House to forestall any action that CoL Morrison may undertake. He will probably win whichever way ho chooses to play bis game. The chances of any important legislation in a short session are always few, and there are too many interests opposed to any reform of the tariff and too little effective demand for it in publio opinion to justify the expectation that anything can be done with it this Winter, Moreover CoL Morrison, with all his good qualities, and he has many, is not a leader.

In the present situation, undoubtedly real leader, one of de- 'cision, foresight, energy, and courage could force the House to take action that the Senate could not refuse to accent But Mr. Morrison is not such, a man, and with the advantages of position now in Mr. Ban-Daxl's favor he is the one more likely to win. Tetit cannot bo denied that the Democratic Party makes a serious mistake in allowing its course to be controlled and its advance blocked by Mr. RaSdall in the interest of his protected clients.

The signs were never so plain that substantial reduction of the tariff taxes ife inevitable. They are taking money out of the pockets of the people, which in a shori time can no longer be spent in the payment of the bonded debt The choice is clearly presented to Congress, and at the approaching session, of either reducing taxation or spending the revenue in some way not required by the needs of the Government. When the people understand this fact, the party that chooses extravagant expenditures rather than lower taxes is likely to i be called to a sharp account And in tjbo accounting there is likely to be a new element hot generally recognized, that may easily fpreve a controlling one. This is the labor vots. Wo all know that this vote his shown its strength.

No one knows exactly how that strength will be used. The politicians are scheming to get it by the old-fashioned methods of cajolery and traffic If the Democratic leaders should make for it the honest bid of a reduced tariff the result might well be decisive of the next national election. The fore of that vote does not now lis in any definite policy on which those who cast th vote are agreed. It lies in a profound sense none the less profound for being sooiew hat vage- a class grievance. Mr.

George gained his remarkable rote in this city because he Was recognised as a man who believod in jthe sxi4rraalce and had a to propose for it Veafswof hiafol- lowers understood the nature of the remedy. A still smaller number had any idea of how (work, or any great confidence that it wfould work at alL But they all had the heartiest belief in Mr. George's both as to his devotion to the "cause" aid as to bis own plan for promot ing it But Mr. George is also a radical free trader. His belief ia free trade ia quite as earnest as.

his belief in the confiscation of land rents! If he should take up the former before thai latter and present it to bis fol lowers as the first step toward the attain ment of their objects, the effect might be very great. It might easily bring about a in the fiscal system of the revolution country. There save been many signs that the laboring men of the country are coming to a sense of Jthe unjust and injurious working of protective taxes. A leader like Mr. Henry George, in whom they have eonfi- dence and who should direct their action toward a reduction of the tariff, would find them ready.

Even without this occurrence, if the Dejnocratio Party should make this reform a Square issue and should seek to bring it cl early before the country, it would be quite within the range of probability that theV could get the mass of the labor vote upon it On the other hand, they hav nothing to gain by paltering in a doub sense with it as they have done recently, They simply place themselves on a level wi th the Republicans on this issue, and leavi the people to choose between the two part es independently of the tariff. here tl ey do that the Republicans, as a rule, pro the stronger. These are facts which ly not impress the average politician, bt they are facts none the less, and they will be a good deal clearer by next March th they are now. Then the Democratic lei iders may find that they have lost an oppor unity not easily again obtained. mm IXX0CE2TCE OF SEASP.

To-day; a motion is to be made in behalf of Jacob Sharp and the others charged with bribing tpe Aldermen of 1884 that the court he District Attorney to furnish those de 'endants with the evidence upon which tl indictments against them were found. Ir. Sharp and Mr. Richmond have made affidavits as the foundation for this motion. rhich are remarkable productions of their ble counseL These affidavits and the motii in which they are intended to support are ased on a curious hypothesis.

Mr. Sharp, with sundry associates, was engaged for years in trying to get the privilege of instructing a surface railroad in Broadwi y. Whenever a general street railroad law was proposed in the Legislature the; tried to shape it in such a way as to secure to them special advantages. Their efforts long prevented the passage of any such lax and finally got it through in snch a shape that it was vetoed by an honest Governo At last the competition of the Cable Ci mpany for the same route led them to support the act which was passed in 1884, th mgh it was not what they Had so long con tended for. After the act of 1884 became a law it was nee sssary among other things to get the cons snt of the Board of Aldermen to the constnu tion of the road.

There was still eompeti ion for the valuable privilege of running a street railroad In Broadway, and it was a notorious fact that when there was eompeti ion for privileges to be granted by the Bo 2 rd of Aldermen they were very costly. Now a great many facts have been made ki own about the granting of the franchise ir a railroad in Broadway to Jake Si arp's company. Money was raised for the cheme enormously in excess of the cost of he road and its equipment There were hi ndreds of thousands of dollars from the pit coeds of bonds which Mr. 8 harp failed store an investigating committee to accounl for. There was a notable occasion at the i ffice of Mr.

Sharp's lawyers, when an eno rmous sum of money was divided and dii tributed as the final settlement of the exp inse of getting the valuable privilege ach Mr. Sharp and his associates had obi ained from the Aldermen of 1884. Then are other remarkable and notorious facts, certain powerful politician, Kee-nan by name, was charged with being the chief ai ent through whom the action of the Alderm an was secured. When the disclosures re! ating to the matter first began, this man Ki with every possible inducement ti hold him in New-York, the scene of his poli tical power and his personal profit; betook himself to Canada to be ont of reach of our i ourta of justice and has remained there rer since. There was another man, by th name of Moloney, who, as one of the clerks of the Board of Aldermen, ras said to have acted as the messenger and general factotum in the distribution of "boodW which had it i origin in the Broadway Railroad gang projectors and its destination in the pocket of the Aldermen.

This man also disappeared with plenty of funds for his support, and has carefully kept himself ever nee beyond the reach of the officers of the law. Several of the Aldermen who were with corruption, and who, if ther were innocent would have had nothin to fear, took an early opportunity to ex latriat themselves, and one, when his til ie of trial drew near, fled, though it involved the loss of $25,000 to his own brothtr, who was his bondsman. A still wore striking fact is the actual conviction on conclusive proof of one Al-derma i for receiving a bribe of $20,000 for hi i vote, and his incarceration in the State irison at Sing Sing. Novi.in the face of this series of established facts Mr. Sharp and hia lawyer proceed oi the hypothesis that the defendant is ent rely innocent of any knowledge of bri ry or corruption and of any ground for su pecting snch a thing, and does not even what it is that the indictment again him is founded on, This hypothesis invol es the assumption that Mr.

Sharp and lis associates were pure and up-Tight men engaged' in a disinterested schen for the benefit oi the city; that the Aldermen of jlSS4. were honest and lublic-spirited fathers of the city with i beautiful confidence in the beneficent urpoees of the said Sharp and his a-sociai es; that the hundreds of thousands of dollars which titer could not or would not account for must have been expended for soma holy purpose, which they concealed from motives of piety that Keen an and Moloney and Dc Lacy and Demtsiy so journ in Canada for their physical and spir itual well-being and because they like it; that Rothman was overcome by an uncon trollable desire to revisit the scenes of his youth that Satles abandoned his home and kindred and left hia brother to pay $25,000 throngh conscious innocence and a desire to do good; that Jaehne accused himself of a crime which he never committed, and went to prison because he desired seclusion from the temptations of city politics, and that all these goings on of the last year hare been as unsubstantial and meaningless as a distempered dream, while Jacob Sharp has been peacefully reposing in ignorance of their very existence. In sooth, he doth protest too much, and his lawyer's ingenuity and boldness have passed the bounds of moderation. A FEXOMOUS CONTEMPORARY. In one of the most prominent editorial articles in its issue of yesterday the New-York Sun discourses of blackmail and in another of poison.

The Sun has a deep interest in these subjects and an intimate acquaintance with them. The articles we have mentioned are the results of an introspective stndy. What bank cracking and "jimmies'' are to the experienced burclar blackmail and poison are to the New-York Sun. They are the methods and instruments of its customary activities. For many years the Sun has ceaselessly distilled venom until it has come to be a sort of Daily Snalcebite.

It rarely seeks to destroy a man or reputation by a direct onslaught in front Commonly its attack is secret insidious, and by indirection. Sometimes its deadly purpose is cloaked by a seeming friendly interest and its victim is unaware of his danger until he feels the chill of the Sun's noxious calumnies upon him. But however it may choose to administer them, henbane is the Sun's favorite drug and strychnine its daily reliance. To open and unmistakable blackmail the Sun less frequently resorts and perhaps never for direct pecuniary gain. But it constantly holds the terror of its truculence or of its treachery over the heads of timid men in politics or in publio life with a view to compelling them to adopt and practice its own profligate views.

In one recent and conspicuous case, however, the Sun became a partner in a direct blackmailing scheme, and succeeded in) forcing the widow of Gen. Grant to pay $500 for the settlement of a bill already once paid. This was merely carrying beyond the grave the hate and malice with which the editor of the Sun pursued the great General in life. The press of the entire country, without a single exception that we have observed, has commented upon this act of the Sun in terms of such unsparing contempt and condemnation as would drive from the country a journalist who had any trace of manhood in his composition. The Sun has been roused to its remarks upon the subject of poison by its irritation at the publication of a map in The Times of Sunday.

This map, prepared by Lieut Schwatka, showed the geographical result of the explorations made by the expedition sent to Alaska by The Times last 8ummer, and it swept away the last lingering hope of the Sun that some parts of its fabric of falsehoods and forgeries concerning the discoveries made by Lieut Schwatka's party might still be considered as facts and truths by the ignorant The Times had already demolished the Sun's malicious statements so completely as to convince all intelligent persons, but the publication of the map made an end of them altogether. For this reason the Sun attempts to make a story of "felonious homicide" out of an unfortunate accident by which three Indians lost their lives while Lieut Schwatka's party was in camp at Yakutat Bay. The story of this accident has already been told by Lieut Schwatka in our columns. Prof. Ltbbey's account of it is given elsewhere in this issue.

Both these gentlemen make it clear that the members of the expedition used due diligence to prevent the accident and to avert its consequences. Their failure was due to peculiarities of the Indian character which were quite beyond their controL The blackmailing operation against the family of Gen. Grant and the attempt to deprive The Times expedition to of the honors it had fairly earned were undertaken while the editor of the Sun, it is understood, was absent in Europe. During his absence his newspaper, it is further understood, was in charge of a person who has been described in verse as The Young Man with the Light Upper Story. The editor of the Sun, if report does him no injustice, had the sense and the discernment on hia return to show some displeasure at the results of these two enterprises.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a witless child BOILED CLAM JUICE. A astronomical contemporary sets forth that the boiled juice of the clam is in great request as a breakfast by persons who have over night dined not wisely but too welL It adds that this corrective has long been known in London, but is just beginning to make its way in this country. We take leave to doubt this statement The clams of Europe are by no means so extensively used for food as the clams of the Atlantic coast in this country, while there are many Americans whose knowledge of clam broth as a palatable, wholesome, and highly digestible food is at least twenty years old. The history of the search for a specific remedy for slcoholio excess is the story of a series of melancholy failures, like the search for the philosopher's stone or the invention of the flying machine. Thacxebay presents one of his characters in the disgusting act of irrigating his interior with small beer after an excess of punch at YauxhalL in the Waterloo year, declaring that at that period soda water wac unknown.

Btboh, however, who survived Waterloo only nine years, was familiar wit a the more modern remedy, and recommends sermons and aeda water the day after. To this simple prescription was afterward added that of red herring, per haps as a provocative to more soda water. In modern practice bromide of potash has superseded these old-fashioned palliatives, while many topers pin their faith to private prescriptions of their own. Before soda water was invented people who drank to excess were accustomed to require "a hair of the dog that bit them," in anticipation of Hahnemann, and a homeopathic breakfast for a reveler might now be a slice from the breast of a boiled owL The Scriptural sentence that at the last strong drink stingeth like an adder goes on verifying itself in spite of all the devices to evade it and Prohibitionists have little more to fear from clam juice than from any of the other ineffectual essays to lull an outraged digestive apparatus into oblivion of its wrongs. Undoubtedly clam juice has its advantages, the first of which is that he who consumes it need not eat clams.

The clam itself is merely a piece of vulcanized rubber, rather tougher than shoe leather and equally tasteless, but endowed with the power of secreting clam juice. It is strange that this obvious fact should have been so long overlooked, and that people should go on eating clams who would not think of eating clam shells, which are not less edible nor less digestible. He who expresses the jnice from the clam, by boiling or otherwise, takes all of value that the clam can give. No doubt clam juice is a comforting and soothing fluid, which can be assimilated by a system that will accept little else, and it may be of great service in dealing with a refractory digestion. It is a delusion to imagine that it will promptly repair the ravages of rum, but there are cases in which it can be administered with marked benefit For example, there is ho editorial page of the Sun, which is simply a symptom of acute gastric irritation.

It is conceivable that the administration of claim juico in proper quantities might so restore its tone that it would become both cheerful and sensible. Imagination 'staggers, however, when it contemplates the ocean of clam juice that would be needed to effect this result The clam beds of Little Neck would be exhausted before the symptoms were perceptibly ameliorated. If the editor of the Sun were to take for breakfast every morning the juice of one Giant Clam, the Tridacna gigas of Lamarck, like that which weighed S00 pounds, and of which the shells hold holy water in the Church of St Sulpice, an improvement might be visible within a few months, and within a few years he might resume the printing of statements of his circulation. It is curious that offense should have been given at the Harvard celebratjon by Dr. Holmes, who has been known throughout his long career as the most discreet of satirists, and whose wit had probably never given personal pain or offense to any person until his Hues about Princeton pained and offended Dr.

McCosh. It seems likely that if the venerable President of Princeton had read the verses, instead of hearing them read, he would not have been moved to resentment It is evident to the reader of the poem that the allusion to Princeton is completed in the couplet: Cer Princeton's sands the far reflections steal, Where mighty Edwards stamped hia lren heed." What follows might have been mistaken by a hearer for a continuation of this reference, although, as if to preclude such a mistake, it begins with Nay." As will be seen by the extract comprising what may be called the gravamen" of the poem, printed in our Princeton letter, the succeeding eight lines describe nothing that has occurred at Princeton, but do very distinctly describe the controversy now in progress at Andover. It is extremely unlikely that anybody concerned in the Harvard celebration meant to put a slight either upon Princeton or its President although the concurrence of several unfortunate circumstances may have warranted Dr. McCosh in supposing that a slight was intended. Both the Park Commissioners and the Bridge Trustees having claimed the right to dispose of the space under the new stairway on Centre-street to applicants who desire to sell goods there, the Corporation Counsel informs the Commissioners that the Trustees have no power to dispose of the same.

We are glad to see that he adds a word of admonition for the Commissioners. In my opinion," he says, "it is extremely doubtful whether that discretion the discretion given to the Park Commissioners by the Consolidation act may lawfully be exercised to allow private individuals for their personal emolnment to obstruct the publio street by erecting thereon booths for the sale of merchandise." The sidewalks near the bridge entrance are already obstructed by numerous salesmen who never should have been allowed to do business there. They are a public nuisance, and neither the Park Commissioners nor any other other officers of the City Government should add to their number. The approaches are inadequate at certain hours for the accommodation of the people who use the bridge, and the assiduous and vociferous highwaymen who ply their trade on the curbstone should be driven away. MXE.

TALDA'8 XOUK. Friends of Mme. Yalda having requested Gustav Amber, manager of the Thalia. Theatre, to ntanage the benefits it was proposed to tender that lady, he consented to do so. Not only will he manage the performance to be si ven In New-York, but he will also take Mme.

Valda on a tour through the country. Two performances only will be given In this city, and both at the Academy of Muslo. Ou Tueadty evening, Nov. 23. Kigoletto" will be produced, and at the Saturday matinee following Troratore" will bo riven.

Manager Am berg Is new neroitlatiaa for dates In other cities, and will open in Boston on 'ot. 29, where he will remain two weeks, giving six operas. From Boston the company will visit all principal Western cities, and will make an extended stay in Ban Franeiaoo. Mr. Aagelo's company, with some pruning, will support Mme.

Valaa, and the orchestra will be taken from this city. TICZSBVXeM WATER WOZZM. Vicksbcro, Nov. IS. Samuel B.

Bollock A Co-, of Sew-York, made a proposition to the City Council to-night to construct water works, to be completed In 18 mouths; the etty to give a grans for SO years and pay an annual rental of S70 per year each for lOO pabue hydrants. The oarpaay agree to lay 13 miles of mains and pus ra doable engines. The propositi on wttl most nkely be accepted, as It-J the best the city has ever had front reliable parti WILLISO TO BE SENATOR. Tan CANDIDATES workino hard to I SECURE THB COVETED omCE. Congressman Frank Biacock paid his bOl at the Fifth-Avenue Hotel last night and returned, with hia tasaDy, to Syracuse.

He left two other candidates for the TJnHed States Sena-torahlp on the ground, one of whom, Senator Warner Miller, bow occupies the rooms underneath those occupied by the Congressman. Mr. Miller has been in town several days digging post holes and otherwise fixing up hia fences. He will remain bere several days longer. From another room la the same hntol the canvass of the third Senatorial candidate, Levi P.

Morton, la being conducted. Es-Benator Thomas Piatt has bera propped np In bed In that room for some days, and has ber rerolvrd politicians aad metnhsra of the Leetslatara. and airen them from the tally sheet in his hand such Informa-' onn as ae deemed advisable concerning Mr. Morton's ranvassi Last night Congressman Henry O. Burleigh registered at the hotel and teoelred the regrets of many friends who sympathised with him over his- defeat aad who were not alow to express their contempt for the brutal treatment which he received In Bensselaer County, it is the toe opinion among those wbo know anything about the matter that toe district will suffer In the Fiftieth Cengress for Its folly In defeating Mr.

Burletch's re-election. Neither Mr. Burleigh's manner ner his language suggest that he has recently been victimised by members of the Bepubllcan Party. Hs is an ardent supporter of Mr. Miller's canvass for the Benatorshlp.

Neil Gllmur, ex Superintendent of Publio Instrno-tlon. another sympathizer with the Senator, was also In the corridor of the Fifth-Avenue Hotel last On a sofa sat a pronounced Morton man. Field Marshal Louis F. Cola hia County. Police Justice Patterson came along and asked a group some questions which snowed tbat be was thinking seriously about the Senatorial question.

He, too. Is lnsympathy with Mr. Morton, and so, by the way. Is ex-Oov. Cornell, with whom the Judge has always been affiliated In politic.

At the Oilsey Hons Charles W. Haekett, Chairman of the Bepubllcan State Executive Committee, has been waiting for 24 hours for the arrival of Capt Chester S. Cole. Together they propose to boom Aeaemblyraaa Charles D. Baker for the Speakership.

The Senatorial candidate wbo will do the most for their candidate will have their gratitude. Tom Flatt doesn't yet know whether to Invest. Truth eom-pela the statement that he doesn't esteem very highly either the Captain or hia friend the Assemblyman. A lot of Assemblymen are expected In town this week to inspect the several Senatorial booms. IX GENERAL.

A Nebraska court is asked to decide the question: "What's in a sausage There may be a polnterrla It some where. Detroit Tribune. An Otoe County minister has asked to be relieved of his charge because the Held is too large, the pay too small and too hard to get" OraaAa Bejnibhean. Emerson was immensely practicaL His imitators should remember that he never thought so much of the Over-Soul ss (o forget the overshoe. Record.

Among the hundred best books" the pocketbook ranks first If It la sufficiently robust, there will be no difficulty In selecting the other ninety-nine. Philadelphia Call. Queer, isn't itf In Tennessee Mr. SJow was beaten for the Legislature In a Nashville district and Mr. Swift failed to overtake the Governorship California.

Am Iranaeco Alia. The labor organizations of this country, which are constantly crying ont against the tyranny of the Government, would do well to remember that it never dictated where men should and should not work. Cleveland Leader. The latest horse car amenity is, Here's a seat Mrs. LadyT It is apparently useless trying to eliminate "lady a a form of address from the phraseology of the day.

however, adda a new horror to It In ears polite. Boston Herald. Some of our esteemed Democratic! contemporaries am talking about the "working majority" of the next House. Forty-three was not a working majority In the Forty-ninth Congress. Will considerably leas than half as much make one In the Fiftieth tKnaxsilie Journal.

A few days ago an ugly-looking and poorly dressed tramp called at a house on Prospect-street and Inquired for a hat; one was brought out which had done good and recent service; the Itinerating philosopher looked it over a moment and then remarking that it was too low in the crown to be in style," declined to accept the gift and departed. Clinton (Mass.) CouranU The Historical Society at its last meeting rudely tore the mask of romance from Minnehaha Falls. During a discussion Gen. Sibley remarked that It was a mistake to suppose that the Indians gave the name to the falls. They called the Mississippi River Minnehaha, whereas the now so-called Minnehalia had no name until the whites called It Brown's Creek.

St. Paul Pioneer Pre The heavy frosts we have been having of late have almost entirely checked the progress of the malarial fevers that have been raging to so great an extent In some portions of our roanty. In fact, there has been more stekneea this Fall than tor many years past, and some people regard It as one of the results of the earthquake, canned by escaping gases through the earth's surface. Pickens C.J Sentinel. A Boston girl the other day a Beacon-street girl.

In fact said to a Southern friend who was visiting her, as two men rose In a Back Bay car to give them seats: Oh. I wish they would not do it." Why not I think it is very nice of them," said her friend, settling herself comfortably. "Yes, but one can't thank them, you know, and It is so awkward." Can't thank them Why not Why, you would not speak to a strange man. would yon aald the maiden, to the astonishment of her friend, who had Just thanked the courteous young men in her most amiable manner. Cambridge Chronicle.

Last evening three teachers in attendance at the County Institute thought they would Ilka to have a drink of something to take the chill off before retiring, bnt they didn't care to seen by the other teachers at the hotel. They strolled out and entered another hotel, very quietly, as they thought, and headed for the bar. when they ran plump into a dosen teaohera who were sitting around smoking. They stopied, looked around in a daaed sort of way, and then one of them, looking np at the electric light, said: "Yea; they are beautiful lights, and the trio went ont. They didn't want a drink.

Marrisburg Telegraph. Pve got the dead wood on yon," is an expression signifying that the evidences of unfair dealing are producible for the justification of the defendant. It originated la this way: A man's wife died and a nrst-clase oomn was ordered. The co Bin. supposed to be of rosewood, was lowered clumsily into the grave, and one corner of it was knocked oft.

Tbe gentleman took the piece of wood home and found it was piue. The bill was presented and a rosewood oomn was one of the Items. The undertaker was forced to sue for the amount and when brought to court the defendant produced his chip iu evidence. So goes the story. Birmingham (Ala.) Age.

A very good story is told of two Boston business men who had a dispute the other day about the shortest way of returning home from the market. Finally one of them said to the other: WeU, you go your way and I will go mine, and we will see wbo will reach the corner of the street where we live first, bat uiod you don't run." One of them arrived at the place proposed slightly blown, and the other came up a few minutes later, panting fur breath, and exclaiming: "You took to your heels, you scoundrel!" Ob, no, I didn't was the reply. Yes, yon did," was the answer. for I ran like the Old Scratch myself." Boston OaseOe. It is probable that there is no class of persons apon whom superstition has a stronger hold thsn the professional gambler.

Recently Denny Hannann, the renowned Democratic statesman of Bismarck, was worsted In tbe seductive game of draw. Five o'clock in tbe morning found hint with less than SS In his pocket, when the night before he had Jingled over S500. He repaired immediately to a barber's shop, got a bath, a shave, aad his hair cat; then he completely changed his apparel. After 24 hours' sleep he again tackled the game, getUug a friend to stake" him, and this time success greeted bis efforts, and Denny sincerely believes he oonid never have won It if he bad kept on his old clothe. tfl Paul Pnter Press.

The other day a young man and a young woman applied to the Rev. George 8. BeiLPaetor of the Presbyterian Church In Wrights to be made man and wife. They presented a legal certificate from the clerk of the Laaeaster County court, ander the Marriage License act. Bn as Mr.

Bell Uvea la Wrightsvtlle. York County, a Lancaster County certificate eould no be recognized. Tbe next best thing to do was to go oa the long bridge which spaas the Soaqoe. hAana River between WrlghUvUla and Columbia, far enough to tuo east to get into T-swst-ter County. Tner started for the bridge, followed by a crowd of witnesses, and, having entered far enough, the marriage ceremony was Vurlmeis4fsMCs1wPtnn.Jbtoru AXUSEJtEXTS.

METBOPOUTAN OPERA HOUSE. The second representation of AIda at the Metropolitan Opera House yesterday ya, wealed at all points a marked gain pou the flrsk Yerdrt music was. sa a rule, taken ata paee that suggested sotaethlng axis to the eonv poser's tempos, the performers were en. denUy surer of themselves, and If Bert Robinson did not' repress his tendency to exoesslve emphasis and overacttag quite continuously aa might have been wished, the baritone's portrayal or Ansooesro- came aeareti, at any rate, to the very rommendabls peraoua-tloa hs mlrtt furnish than it did mtt day evening last week. The Improvement IJ essay 4VMA VAASJI Lei 14 UiO rUSIA Velf' particularly nnrtoeable In Fran Herbert.

sters Aide. The new soprano has a voice which la both nA n.iv.rfiil i acquires a more complete control of light and' muvmm un uHUUH lO impair IIS natural firmness by forcing her tones, sua win prove a most welcome a-crftjun to the very small array at stall youthful prima donnas. It is te hs i regretted that Herr Zobel. the aew tenor, should not fulfill tbe pleasant anticipation founded anon tbe credentlsls be brought from abroed. Whether stage-fright or the adverse influence a rather trj insr climate was responsible yesterday evening for the singer's vocal condition, the fact remains that he was in no way equal ta the task Imposed upon htm.

If tbe general efficiency of the, company, however, and the excellence and strength of tbe chorus snd band are not la then- i selves potent enougti on Alda" nights draw large audiences to tbe Metropolitan the eranla attire of the opera, unaided, might be relied upon to -do so. Nothing so brilliant and complete has ever been beheld upon the operatic, stage In this country, nor fs there reason to believe that the latest mise en scene of Verdi's work has ever been snrrassel elsewhere. In any Old World capital soch a picture as the stage ef the opera house offers the second act of when Radames re- turns, laden with the spoils of the conquered Ethiopians, end greeted by the songs and daneea of a whole population such a pK-tare, we say, would attract twenty overflowing audiences Into sny European theatre during the progress of a single season. Mr. Staaton, under personal supervision the production of "Aids" bas been effected, has added largely to bis claims to the gratitude of local mosio lovers by the gorgeous provided for the Egyptian love story; while tbe choice of the opera tor rovhaL whatever may be thought of it by dilettanti of ths advanced school, also redounds to his credit no indicating a desire to extend and vary the -repertoire of an institution which, to be useful and prosperous, must be above prejudice aad partisanship la all things.

-Tj STANDARD THEATBE. The long engagement of Miss Bosina Yokes and her company at ths Standard Theatre began lest evening, and as Miss Voltes was stlu unable to resume her professional work the 4 members of the company, all comely, agreeable, and well trained performers, presented a -bill mads up of three abort plays that afforded a great deal of enjoyment to a small but demonstrative audience. The piece da resistance was the clever burlesque of the' foibles of amer teur actors, done here by Miss Vokea last season, called A Pantomime Rehearsal." and with It were given Mr. Sydney Grundy's neat little oomedy, "In Honor Bound," and a very slender sketch entitled "Cousin Dick" by Mr. Val Prinaep, who is an associate In the Royal -Academy, has painted scenery, designed costumes- for actors, and written other plays besides this.

ATI three pieces were smoothly anted, and la their performance the atmosphere of good breeding was pleasingly, combined with a perceptible measure of dramatic aptitude and theatrical effectiveness; bnt tbe absence of Miss Vokes wss not com pensated for by any manifestation of uncommon, -Individual merit among her whilom associates. The new members of tbe organization are Misses Helena Deere, Mabel Millett and Geraldlae Dal-Eell. three graceful and good-looking young Englishwomen, and Mr. Gordon DalseU, wbo does not quite fill the place of Mr. Brandos.

Thomas. Messrs. Weedon Grossoitth, W. iG. Elliott and Courtenay Thorpe retain their Old positions, and Miss Agnes Miller has, for the time of Miss Vokes's convalescence, been promoted to the principal place among ths laoies.

Miss Millett, a vivacious brunette, succeeds blonde and seraphlo Miss Chester as Fairy Sugar tick, while Miss Deere, whose manner IS stately aad reserved, takes tbat absent young lady's part of Lady Cariyoa the comedy. Mr. Grossmlth's droU and entirely natural assumption of the vapid London clubman, a type onr gilded youth strive vainly to reproduce here, was as successful in creating laughter as before, aad Mr. Elliott's portrayal of the bewildered author was exceedingly clever and amusing. Nothing was lacking.

In short bnt the element supplied by Miss Vokea herself, who has the personal magnetism. Inexhaustible spirits, and infectious gayetyos- -eential to the complete success of an entertain- mentof this order. i MR. BOOTH'S ENGAGEMENT. Mr.

Booth' returned to work at the Star Theatre last evening, apparently as vigorous! as ever, and acted I ago with all the force, subtlety, and artistic finish for which his Impersonation of the villainous Ancient la renowned. In variety of tone and nice adjustment of emphasis, hia delivery of the text particularly In the great scene of Act tIL, waa remarkable, and, all things considered, the tragedian has not been seen to better advantage in this character since his engagement at the Fifth- A venue Theatre two years ago. The portrayal needs bo extended comment now, bow-ever, as it Is known to all who go to the theatre aa one of the finest, most intellectual, and most powerful works of tbe contemporary stage, and If Mr. Booth's splendid gifts are not displayed at their beat In lago, aa they certainly are not. for he easily rises to a higher artlstie level thsn this, yet his is tne one great Iagol of our time, and there ia no actor now la eight likely ever to equal it The representa--tion of Othello" last evening was even and commendable.

Mr. Charles Barron was jthe Moor. Mr. Melons was a capital Cassia, land Mr. Sullivan gave more dignity to tba part of Montano than this personage generally has on the siage.

Painstaking work was done also by Miss ad era, Mrs. Foster, and Mr. Owen Faweett and for the most part the setting waa adequate. The audience waa the smallest assembled at one of Mr. Booth's performances thus far this season, because the fact of ths tragedian's recovery from the slight illness that caused his temporary retirement had not yet been duly impressed upon the nubile mind, Abont two-thirds of tbe seats were occupied.

On Thursday evening Riche lieu wui no tne piay. THE CASINO. The Casino returned to comio opera last evening and to tbe prosperity recently inter-" rnpted by an unhappy international episode. The company which has recently been on! the -road, strengthened and In buoyant spirits at Us prospect of a "local habitation and a name," reappeared in Ermlnie," which has had a ca- rear of remarkable financial success both here and elsewhere. The performance last night was witnessed by an audience that tilled tne Casioo to its utmost capsx-liy, and which gave abas-dant deniuuetraUons of Its approval As stated in these columns when" Ermlnie" was originally produced, it has an exception ally good llbreta and the inuaie.

though very light and at times commonplace, has pleased the easily tickled pop- nlar ear. Ths performance of the opera by the Casino company is full of life and abandon, and mdves with a smoothness and spirit that would r-materially add to the attract! vesa of a less agreeable work. There are faults in tbe pre- a- -Is lion, but none of so serious a nature ss to mar its general effectiveness. The burdey of tee action lies upon the shoulders of the two thieves, Cadeaux aad Revenues. It Is hardly necessary to say that Mr.

Francis Wilson plaved the fortnoT In a inauner that caused eontinuous leu gb tor. Mr. Mark Smith has replaced Mr. Daboll as Revenues. He looks handsome, sings tolerably.

acta the part with mnvh grace aud -lightness. I Miss Marie Jansen is now) the Javotte, and her presence adds a-great deal to tbe excellent- of tbe eutertainmeut-MUs Pauline Hall, resplendent in Jewels; and brocades, Is still the Ermlnie snd Mr. Freeman is the droll chevalier. The other roles are ia aov eeptable hands. The chorus was in good fir last evening 'and ths excellent orchestra performed Its duties well.

It sboukl be noted that most of she costumes worn were new aad handsome, those nsed in the second act being especially elaborate. 1 GENERAL- MENTION. "Lore in Harness" will have its first performance at Daly's to-night. I i The ousts sisters will jrive their Bret matinee concert at Cnkkerln Hall to-dy. The performance of "Ths Chouans" at the Union -Square Theatre is now finished before 1 o'clock.

'1 The rush to see "Jim, the Penman at tbe Madison-Square, la so great that Mr. Palmer announces the sale of eeala a month la advanoa. Karl the Peddler," a German dialect farce, interspersed with songs, was well received at the Harlem Theatre Cotulqne last evening. Mr. Charles A- Gardner bore the chief part WUll skin, energy, aad humor.

There was another large audience at the Fourteenth-Street Theatre last night, whew Mr. M. B. Curtis began the third weak of bis engage meat ia Caught in a Corner." Mr. Cvrus, will remain In ew-York several wests longer.

I Mr. Hoyfs farcical absurdity. A Bunch of Ksjs." was given at ths Grand Opera Hons last evening. Th performance is practically unchanged from what it was when first pre- seated, aad all th aaunical and aerobe tie adjuncts thst mad it popular at tbe start are, re- tained. Constant Iteration has not aPoUedlW i i) 14 II.