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THE -BUFFALO COMMERCIAL, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21. ISim. TABLE TALK. tion, and Otto is a "black sheep." Francis Joseph is a very sensible old man, and has no doubt done what is best for the interests of the Austro-Hungariaa Empire. JAMES TTAKRKK'S 03tSv Propria" Delivered In any part of the cl'T.

eui Vr tcaii, postr.ee prepaid. Gorman Emperor, who seldom Judges men. aright, would hardly dream of kicking him Into friendship. The puzzle must remain unsolved; and we, who desire only peace, with all th world except Turkey mast arm. But the most remarkable utterance of all came from the London Chronicle the greater part of it we republish on the next page under the heading "England and' France." It is an article that should be read by everyone who Is watching for the next turn, in the European situation.

It ia true that a great deal of the feeling aroused by the German Emperor's action, 'has subsided; but, it should be remembered that the extracts we have- quoted "were published only 10 days ago and that they only gave vent to fjeeling Waiting for utterance. SUCCESSORS TO BARiJES, HENGERER CO. BUFFALO, 'N. TUESDAY, JAN. 21, lSOCJ" order to inform immigrants as to the best districts in the country for them to settle in, the Commission; recommends that a museum be built on Ellis- Island by private enterprise.

It should contain exhibits from different sections of the country, maps, specimens, photographs, etc. Intelligent guides should explain the exhibits to the immigrantsv who then would be in a position to judge of the section of country for which they are best adapted. This may not be feasible; but any good plan that will tend to prevent immigrants from crowding into the cities, and indued them to settle in the country districts should be encouraged. 1 he Grand Island Brldare. The hearing on the subject of the Grand Island bridge over the Niagara river before the House Commerce Committee on the 28th Inst.

'will be attended by committees from Buffalo representing the Common Omcil, the Board of Supervisors and the citizens of Buffalo and the town of Grand Island, who will vigorously urge that permission be granted to make this long-desired improvement Public opinion in this 'vicinity overwhelmingly favors the bridge project, while insisting upon the necessity of adopting such a plan of construction as will involve the least obstruction to shipping and river traffic There is every reason to believe that tlie shipping interests can be thoroughly safeguarded without shutting out Grand Island from the great commercial development that surely waits upon connection with the mainland. The time has coma when that bridge should be built. VERY IfMCTIVi New Carpets and All the small talk of stock-taking and closing-out sales in January long since disappeared from our! store news. While others are wrestling with bankrupt and shop-worn goods, spring and crowding the interes; it every turn. The swing of the move, ment touches Carpets and Draperies first thing, and assortments are greater than anything' we've ever attempted.

The "newest and finest floor and the stocks as near perfection jas can make it." Curtains and Draperies ar to: be brisk at these prices i ji 300 pairs Chenille Draperies, with handsome dado top and bbt'tom, per pair Full line of Chenille Draperies in all-over all new patterns, upward 200 pairs Ta'pestry Curtains! the latest thing in drap-. eries, per pair -at. Tapertries and Derby Draperies in cotton; and silk, new styles, upward from jj. New line of Nottingham Lace: Curtains in Brussels and Novelty designs, upward jj from. New lot of ecru Irish' Point iLace Curtains, just receiv-' ed, upward from.

A special line of damasks andjTapestries for draperies, usually at $1.50 yard our price Another. lot'of finer grade, usually sold at $2-50 to' $3 a yard, we are selling at.i New line of ilrori and Brass Bedsteads, several patterns never made before, ranging from S3. 75 to. i New goods, perfect newest styles. To sell quick selves with a very small margin 08 prices.

-Come' and see OE3E OUT Hon Reve Fsmiller. Oft do I dream this strange and penetrating dream: An unknown woman, whom I love, who loves me Weil, Who does not every time quite change, nor yet quite dwell The same and loves me well, and knows me as I am. For she knows met My heart, clear as a crystal beam To her alone, ceases to be inscrutable To her alone, and she alone knows to dispel My grief, cooling my brow with her tear's gentle stream. Is she of favor dark or fair? I do not know. -Her name? All? I is that It doth flow ij Softly, as do the names of them we loved and lost.

Her eyes are like the statues' mild and grave and wide; And for her voice she has as if it were the ghost Of other voices well-loved voices that have died. By Paul Verlaine, (Gertrude Hall's Transla- tioa.) Liberia: was founded in 1821, as a republic for emancipated negroes; yet after seventy -tf our years 'of existence, the country has 'less than 20,000 inhabitants, Girls in North Branch, have organized a leap-year association, the object of which is "to get all the members married off before the end of the year. The scheme of campaign is yet in process of formation, but it seems to foreshadow great times for the young men of that place. An expert tool 1 juggler in 'one of the great English, needle factories in a recent test of skill, performed one of the. most delicate mechanical feats imaginable.

He took a common sewing needle of medium size (length one and five-eighths inches) and drilled a IWe through -its entire length from eye to point, the opening being just large enough to admit the passage of' a very fine hair. Two young clergymen were engaged In a warm dispute over some deep theological question, and finally raised their voices till they disturbed a dog that had beea lying by the fire sleeping soundly. Thus suddenly wakened, the dog beganv. barking" loudly. At this an old preacher, who sat at the table sipping his tea, turned and kicked the dog.

"Be still" said he. "What have you to say about it, you silly brute? You know no about it than they I Canon Isaac Taylor, of York, in his book, "Names and Their Histories," just published, Bays that Baltimore is an: Irish word, and means "the town of "the great house." Sir gharles Calvert, he says, who had obtained a grant Of land in took "his title from a town ip County Cork, called Baltimore or Balin-timore, in Irish baile-an-tighe-mhoir, "the town of the great house," the great house being the castle of the O'Driscoll family." the ruins of which crown a rock near the town. Ia the time of Alfred the Great a lease was executed from the Church to the Crown of a piece of land (to tie used for military purposes) for a. term of 1)99 yearsv That lease has recently expired, and the; estate has reverted to the party which leased it; viz, the Church of England. Iu law, the expiration of a lease, the property reverts td the' original owner, or or legal heirs, and this property (which was leased about the year 872 over 600-.

years before Henry VTH was born) falls to the original owner, the party that gave the lease the Church of England. A. Topeka paper tells how two little lel-Tows in that city struck a mine of amusement and worked it for all it was Their plan was to stand at the street corner and when a pedestrian got in range they called out excitedly, pointing to the victim's feet: "Say! You dropped your footsteps!" It was great fun for the-boys. Presently an old lady approached the corner. She was fat and looked important, The boys hugged themselves In sheer delight.

This time, to prolong the enjoyment, they began: "Say, missus! us, but you dropped something!" "Dear me! What? Such nice boys, I'm sure." And she stooped and 'picked up a silver quarter lying directly before her and sailed on. New York's rijb. invalids have adopted the plan of hiring people to play chess, cribbage, checkers and all sorts of games with them. This arrangement Is a two-fold benefit, for it employs a small army of people and enables the invalids to avoid imposing upon their friends. There are In New York several hundred young men and women of brains, but with poorly filled pocketbooks, who earn a livelihood by amusing wealthy persons In various, ways.

Their employes are invalids and their constant plaint is ennui. They are ready to pay a fortune to the man who will amuse them. And there are people who have tal ent for, amusing others." These are the ones who are now reaping a harvest, while "enjoying themselves, also, after a fashion. The Emperor of Japan is immensely popular with all classes of his subjects, especially since the war.i But' a Japanese newspaper spreads It on pretty thick, when it says: "Who is there among the living sovereigns of the world with whom he can be compared? Not certainly with any one of them 4n Asia, from the Imbecile Hwangtl of China to the Shah of Persia and the Sultan of Turkey. No other living ruler than the Emperor of Japan has a record like his, a record of great things accomplished, a record of progress and of victory.

More than the reign of Augustus was to Borne, more than was that of Alfred or the Conqueror to England, or that of Gnstavus Adolphus to Sweden, or that of- Peter the Great to Russia, or that of Napoleon tto France, or that of Victor Emanuel to Italy, or that of William to Germany, more than the Presidency of Lincoln was to America, has been the reign of Mutsnhito to Japan, A writer in the Popular Science Monthly on "The Original' Uncle Remus," says: The role of Brer Rabbit Is filled on the Gold Coast by the spider (Anansi) and oa the Slave Coast by the tortoise (Awon), who is doubtless Oe prototype of the terrapin Jn'Uncle Remns." In both districts the hare figures in the tales, and possibly Brer Rabbit is the' hare amid new surroundings, but in West Africa "Long Ears" rather takes the place of Brer Fox, as he is usually outwitted by the spider and the tortoise. large a number of the folklore tale of the Gold Coast have the spider for their hero that the title Anansi eem, "spider stories," is now lhe generic native name for all folklore tales no matter what the subject may be; and this designation survives in the British West Indies in the name, "Nancy stories," which is there applied by the negro to his local folklore. The supply of slaves for the British' West Indies was drawn almost exclusively from the Gold Coast, so that all, or almost all. of the existing folklore of those islands is derived direct from the spider stories, and can be rendily traced, but in the Southern States the connection is not always so apparent. Of course the Civil Service Commission has nothing to do with the appointment of members of the police force.

The Commission's duty ends with the preparation of the certified list of those who have passed the examinations, and their percentage But every patrolman is appointed by the Police Conxmissioa subject to an examination by the Surgeon of Police. Hence it Va decidedly surprising to find that a man only a short time out of fhe insane asylum, and getting ready to go back there-, can get a place on the force as a peace officer, and guardian of the lives and property of citizens! I It is evident that there is "an irrepressible in South Africa that must be settled. The. Ouitlanders are in, the inajor-ity, and represent a gold production jwhich scarcely existed in 1885, -and is today valued at $3,320,000 a month, or in jround numbers year, with every prospect of steady increase if the development of the mineral yield Is not interfered with. Together with the trade which has accompanied it, this Industry affords occupation for 100,000 white persons and 60,000 natives in a town of the foundations were only laid in It is timofor the President of the Board of Aldermen and the -Sergeant-at-Arms to enforce the rule; against the admission of 'button-holera''fahd lobbyists inside the rail, just as the business of the session is about to commence.

ISvea after the Board has been called to order, the fellows with axes to grind are Very busy, as a general thing, in their atters' ns td the members. Jf this sort of thing "must go: oh, let it bo confined to the corridors, and not be allowed inside the chamber. It has become a public scandal. The I Elmira Advertiser, Mr. Fassett's paper admitting thatf the' snap-convention bosslings carried caucuses in Steuben County, protests against that sort of tactics -end prophecies that the republicans will -get tired of; such "politics." But they can get as; tired as they like, provided the "bosslings (get "the rest.

'i. The peoplevof Jamestown without distinction; of party gave a dinner to Lawyer Woodward to 'testify to their extreme gratification a-'bis election, or selection, rather, as judge of the supreme court. Prophets! may be without honor in their 'own country, but judges seem to be an exception to that roleH It must admitted that Mr. Chamberlain managed the Transvaal matter magnificently from-the' British Colonial, office. He never once lost his head, and every step taken was consistent yvth the honor of the nation, and was at the same time 'rigidly scrupulous regarding the rights of the Boers.

I ICarl Blind first called the attention of the London ipress to the fa(ct that it is not by any means certain that 'England "retained her, suzerainty the Transvaal! in the treaty that was made in 1S84. Reading-the treaty convinces almost any impartial reader that this view is the correct In comment upon Snap-Convention Park-hurst's carrying the caucuses in StenbfeB County, tlie Albany Journal 1 simjeririgly says that "It lsan encouraging sigh when' men who have borne the brttnt of party-efr fort are supported by the rank and file at the i Mutterings, from Ohio indicate that the omens for the, nomination of McKlnley are not as propitious a the politicians state had supposed they in that is a calmness and taciturnity about old maa Harrison that is discomfiting for those who are trying to arrange the presidential booms. i There seems to be a wide-spreadj conviction ia New England that the Reed boom has staying powers. PERSONAL POINTS. SIgnora Duse received a rare honor from the King of Sweden, the Medal of Sciences and Arts.

The King presented th distinguished actress with his signed by his own hand: The reporter of the Incident -says that the King, who Is a great musician, sang to Madame Duse an ancient ballad, when the interview closed, addressed Madame Duse 'n Italian as follows: "Well, Signora, you'have traveled all 'over the world, and I never move from my copntry. I hope that good fortune may bring you among us once more. If I am not here I shall be In 'the country, and I hope you will come to me there, for my house shall be ever ready to receive you. The editor of the Melbourne (Australia Spectator, is the Rev. Lorimer Fison, a Methodist minister, with some unique traits of character.

He edits the paper with his coat and boots off, and a big pipe in his mouth. He says that just before his ordination he was sent for by the Board of Examiners. Fison," said one of the Board," "your papers are excellent, but there Is one thing; we object to." Fison asked what It was. "You are; addicted to the evil habit of smoking." FIsou explained that he saw, no evil in it; but, taking a large plug from his pocket, said, "In deference to your opinion, gentlemen, I promise you this: As soon as I have smoked the plug I hold In my hand I will cease smoking forever." They were satisfied, and he was ordained the next day. But as he refills the big pipe he chuckles and tells you: "I've-kept my word.

I've got that very plug yet." i ,1 The Youth's Companion tells of Uttle colored baby In "Washington, which the pother, a respectable colored woman, asked permission to name for Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford. Mrs. Spofford cheerfully granted the permission; but when, some weeks later, she went to call on the infant, she was greatly surprised to hear It addressed by Its fond parent as Genevieve. "Why, "how is this?" she asked.

"I thought the baby wfts'toybe named Harriet for me." Mrs. Bpofford's friends, as it chanced, had often remarked that her Christian name was not suited to her; it was too chilly, too prim, too conventional; a name. Therefore, her amusement was all the greater when the smiling mother replied at once, a trifle apologetic, yet quite confident the correctness of her course would be manifest on consideration; "Oh, yes, Mis' I'offit, but then Genevieve 'spreses you a great slsht better'n Ea'yit does!" fJl.OO PlR Arortnu. feATES 01 ADVUtTISITTO made known at the Coun-Unc Room, where orders for the New- LTpers, Advertisement, and Printing ol every ind will be attended to. Korice.

Sve en not accent a lonymoua or return rejected ommui! nations. alienees the name ef the vrlter loiil be not for uubUcatltn. but pa Jig'uarantfcecf good faith. EnUrc a th at Bvffati at tecond-eiat tnaUer. Eff VOIUC OFFICE.

510 TEMPMS COUKT E. SliaiS, Eaittrn TKLKIMIO-VK NUMBERS i Countliiir 425 Editorial Seneca 1050 UTOLUMB tiIV.i........;........;.i.N. tUESDAY HVE.NXVO. 3JJLVUARY Hje JJt ackott Bill. There seeie to be no just cause for the Sound and fury lii which soine of our interested local coiitemporariejs Are indulging, because bill has been lut reduced in the State Beuate by Erackett of Saratoga, prohib- itiiig the extension of' street, surface, and i steam, railroads without the consent of the Btttto Commission.

As the fitw stands now, street surface roads are compelled to obtaid the consent of the Commis-eion before beginning the of their lines. I With this amendment they would also have, to get permission from fhe Commission whenever they wished to mate mij extensions to their systems. As. weiuh- from our always well-Informed iA.ll uy -Vorrespondent, this bill was Introduced incompliance with the recoinmemfa-tion uiada in their report by th State If some such bill is not pawed, tlitAi in certain cQatuigencies theCommis-sioti would be practically a nullity For in-. ttau' '0, in cage the State Commission refuses to grant a "permit" to the so-called "Buffalo Traction Company, that Company, might cUiuithi.

right to its anneXf'thr Kenmore line, all over SJuffalo; thus virtually making the work, of the State Commission ai farce. We do not believe that the people iof Buffalo; will object if any isuch1 sneaking into the city by the back door is 'presented. Such a proceeding-would smack too much of Sheehan hnd I I Germany "and nKland. i rresfdent Cleveland's Venezuelanu mes-ingo caused In Eagland a stunning surprisej It 'ttas a flash, of. lightning; with a peal of ous cougratulations forwarded to President Jvruger of the.

South African Republic bj the German Emperor, ha3 kindled rankling resentment. the one case the English press semust to say "it can hardly be possible tliat the; United' State wants war; it must not, be' in the other the expression is fif Germany wants war ehe can Iiavo all she wants of it." The nxpripsions in London papers rWere cabled at the time; but. it will be Bogtiificnnt and impressive to bring some of them together now. London Times, in fcohalf of the English people, said "we ehall nob alter Mef reading, of our own treaties, jor.relinqniah our historical claims, bt the bidding of tlie German Emperor; nor fihall we fail to maintain themi if necessity be fdrceqj upon us, sacrifices similar to those upori which they woj founded." Ws are exhorted In tKe German Presa to feeoure pur position In the'world by conciliating those iwha can do ua most injury, eveni If rinciliation Is to cost; the loss ef our se4f-Vespcicf Wuen wo neeS. advice of that kind We slill neek if ln quarter possess-liS greater claims to confldence and respect; lut It.

may be observed In passing that, were vo to follow the advloe now offered, our rappjrocliement would not be with, Germany, but with Powers which! she. nerhans. regards Hot wholly without apprehension. The London New said: "If there can le anything worse than to be preached, to death iy wild curates, it is to be written I I. 1.

I ,1 nl i 1. t. i. ned with- extinction in this way by German pens. Hithert but little notice has been taken 5 in this country of systematic abuse ity the German Press, for hard words notoriously, break bones.

But it has ae- now'that it is manifestly, find even avowedly, a result of the calcula-tkms of -The German -Government' and the German (Journalists such of tliom a are not In prison have an excellent understanding. The It seems, are to terrify us Into the Triple A I i lie lar4r vrtiflA thailp maatara Bdmlnlster' an oocaalonal. bite to' remind ua that, without their support, we. must expec nothing but dimcnltlea on every square of the political chessboard. This is a plan, as the Preach saying like any other.

It has. Wlready; doomed thousands of Armenian to massacre, and' robbed Japan of the fruits of her victories. In furtherance of the diplomatic s'ltacli en the prestige of this country. We are expected, fo fliid the ill-will of Germany so costly that we are finally to seek her friendship- at the well ascertained price of our adhesion Jto "the League which she has 1 Jlosrmed against Pranee. The always, cautious Spectator, Tiarefully teviewiug the situation, concludes by ask- can.

jiaye. Indiuced a Sovereign who controls some the ttuost experienced diplomatists in Europe, to make-for no reason nn enemy of such a State as Great Britain? This country was, on the whole, distinctly friendly to him and his people as against any I'ower la the world, and he has deliberately, "and after consultation with his Paladins, thrown that 'friendship away. It will never be recovered; Tor. Englishmen, though not Vindictive, are swlfn In resentment, and they will not forget in one generation that while we were trying our best to right the wrongs a subordinate State, the German Emperor, without even asking our Intentions, tele- graphed to the chief of that State congratulating him upon his Independence. There Is a story afloat, we know, which credits the Emperor with tlie Idea that ha could plague Great Britain Into bAleviag that she had better join the Triple Vlllance; but that Is a little to-j foolish eveifor discussion.

Klek-liiii a into subn-'" lon Is a possible ex- Vudiiure cf tmerjry; but even a man like the The Kltfiit to Spit. Were a man having the slightest justification for a pretense that he is a gentleman, ti with the faintest proof that' he had ever associated with those' who move in what Is- known as civilized society were such a man to go into a church, a public oflice, a business man's counting a parlor or veu a well-ordered saloon, and relieve himself by spitting tobacco juice wherever he i saw lit, or by depositing chunks of salivated phlegm and-mucus wherever it suited his convenience if not ejected bodily he would be properly called a "cad" and adylsed to reform his habits or else confine his1 visits to barns or' platform railway stations. It would not make the aggrieved parties feel any better if the offender were to offer to on his salivated deposit and to smear if over a square foot or more of the floor. But on the street car there are" to be found men who feel, that they have a right to spit wherohey" like; that to interfere with that right is to trespass upon their, dearly-prized 'privileges, and that to sustain the propriety or justice, of such a trespass is to -stamp "a man as worthy to be ranked with "dudes" or mugwumps or "snivel-service" reformers. It is a fact-so the street railway officers report in this "and in other cities that to enforce the regulatioapr to request a compliance with the rule that there shall be no spitting upon the of the cars, provokes an immense amount of "indignation, on the ground that the right to spit is an inalienable one, and that no street-car company has the legal power to prevent its operation.

Why should not the man spit if he -wants to? He has paid his fare; why is he not entitled' to all the privileges and immunities'of ride? If women do not like it or if it makes men weak Stomachs sick, let them get off the car. Of course it is useless to appeal to any sense of decency or propriety supposed to be concealed somewhere about men who argur" ia that way; for that they have got-any sense of decency or propriety Is a delusion; they are unfortunates and are as mucbj to be pitied as any idiots. But there" is a feature about this spitting nuisance that demands the attention of the public authorities and that forces the streetcar companies take some action. The medical advisers of the New York Board Of Health through Dr. J.

Mitchell Prudden reporg that "it has been for a long time well inown that the expectoration of persons buffering from laryngeal or pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, influenza or the grip, and from diphtheria, contains the specific germs of these different diseases, and is capable of inducing these diseases in others." "There Is, furthermore, much evidence that a similar condition exists In 'certain more readily communicable diseases, such as scarlet fever, measles anrt whooping cough. In regard to some of these affections, the danger from the expectoration Ja public places is of, course small, ab the patients are ordinarily confined to their homes during the infectious period. But this Is not universally the case. It has long since been shown that the chief means for the transmlslon of -consumption Is the dried' and pulverized sputum of persons suffering from this disease. 'These germs are liable to be gathered on the feet and on the skirts of and taken into, private houses, 'where th most perfect ventilation will not stay their evil effect.

Now this is a waraing that should be heeded, and the Health officers everywhere ought' to act upon it To be sure, it may Involve vigorous interference with 'the natural and constitutional rlgns to spit. But there is no reason why a patient community should any longer tolerate a nauseating nuisance that has in it the germs of disease and that infects every car. The most interesting feature of the full text of the Davis concurrent resolution "affirming and confirming the Monroe doctrine" is the saving clause that practicaliy leaves the position of the United States just what it has been for seventy years. The resolution apparently stretches the Doctrine far beyond its original limits by making it apply to the extension of the "European system," "even to territory obtained by friendly agreement or purchase, but really destroys its general application and restores' its old conditional' character by the clause, "in any case or instance as to which the United States shall deem such attempt to be dangerous to its peace or safety." Thus, at the core, the Davis and the Sewell resolutions are identical fet th first says the President does, not go far enough and the second that he goes too far. The Senate would have done well had it maintained dignified silence while the Venezuelan Commission is investigating the facts.

The most important "Literary" event in England during the past week is the publl- catiou by the Macmillana of the life of Cardinal Manning, It is comprised In two large and closely-printed volumes the' first of more than 700 pages, and the second more than 800 which a most important contribution to the religious history of the departing Manning filled so largi a place in the Romanizing movement in the Anglican Church, and after his secession to Borne drew so much attention to the affairs of thejBoman Catholic Church in England, that these Memoirs will be read -with almost equal interest in the Church of England and the Chureh of Rome, and by that vast multitude of religious men who belong to neither fold. The Life Is treated ia two represented by the two volumes, the first telling the story of "Manning as aa.Anglican," the second that of "Man-" ning as a Catholic" Secretary Carlisle's Immigration Investigation ComtULssion in a n-iiort iust mib- lihed makes a novel recoumieooda'iaa. In Mousef rn ish i ngs. we re opening out new stocks for seeing and matching on two floors, careful buying "and exclusive styles prominent interest, and trade is -bound representing the choicest patterns" and have a steady outflow we content our profit. 'All extravagance taken out of OF MARIYH our second floor, where we table chjna departmen tment country.

a sample is as follows I soup tureen 1 sauoe tureen 2 covered vegetable dishes 2 open vegetable dishes -I pickle eh I ID-Inch platter I platter I 16-Inch platter 53: IP 5: We describe one only, out of the hundreds of dinner sets we show on have a larger and beter than any we know in the The set we select! as Of Haviland china, pf the finest grade. In one of their most popular and desirable shapes. -113 i "Another War A smear ef blood a British yell The natives run to cover! I i A Times despatch "God save the Queen" Another War Is over. i In the present instance there was 'not even so much actual war, as indicated in Private Stokes's clever verse, describing an English campaign against some savage tribe in the East. The despatches have already reported that the British! expeditionary force to under Sir Francis Scott, occupied Coomassie, the capital, without opposition, knd that King Prem-peh, when the red-coats appeared, ''accepted and conceded all the demands made by Great Britain." Thusj the "campaign ended' without a single jshot; being fired and Ashantee will henceforth be a part of the British Empire.

The expedition, which numbered 1,786 Coast Castle on men, Started from, Cape the Gulf of Guinea, and the route was mainly through a tropical forest. Thousands of natives were employed to go' remove the dense undergrowtif, and make a road for the troops. The "war" was decided upon because the King of Ashantee, according to English; reports, persisted -In raiding for! slaves, molested tribes that ar under British protection, and ept up the terrible practice, of human sacrifices. The country is supposed to be rieb in gold, and other Jvaluable products, and as a British possession it can be developed for all it is wevth. Chicago avoidsT'the apparent necessity of leaving 'the designing; of plans for: its new Federal building to the $1,200 clerks in the Supervising Architect's office, in a characteristic way.

Mark thia passage in the Senate proceedings: The joint resolution heretofore Introduced by Mr. Cullom Ills.) authorizing the employment of a skilled architect to assist the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department in preparing the designs, plans, and specifications for the public building in Chicago and appropriating $25,000 fr the purpose was taken up and- passed. That is what Buffalo! ought to have had the services of a skilled architect; but some of our people. were and others couldn't wait to have things done right and the result will ber-conxmonplace. The Park (mmlssioifers, la their annual again call attention' to the condition of Niagara which liiey.very' properly describe as aa eyesore instead of an ornament and as a dishcinor to the City: The Commissioners; report'jthat they have received a revised plan 'from.

Mr. Olmsted, which is now; (under consideration, but the question of cost again comes up. Ia their opinion fund be provided sufficient to assure the execution of the work; in a manner worthy of the' old-time fame and probable fotuje of this public square. As it stands now, the -Square; is in a most shabby and disreputable tate, Let the Commissioners decide on feasible plan, for its and doubtless public sentiment Will justify the expenditure. One of Mr.

Bayard's phrases that nettled some of our home statesmen so dreadfully was this: I "The Presidout stood irr -the midst of a srVong, self-confident, and often-times violent people men who sought to have their own It took a real mam to govern the people ef the United States." Mr. Bayard explains that this was spokea at Boston, (England) ia a "kindly humorous, post-prandial Secretary Olney says he has "done nothing about it.1 He might properly have reminded Mr. Bayard, however, that an American minister should observe a decent reticence ia" discussing domestic issues, like, that of protection, before a foreign audience; as at Edinburgh. The Board of ParkTcommissioners formally urge the Common Council to buy at once the rifr bluff at lower Black Rock known as Gjermania Park, and to make it a part of the1 Park system, to be connected with the rest by boulevards. The Commercial thinks the City has too many other and more pressing responsibilities that must, be discharged to warrant going into further costly Park extensions at this time.

The discussion in (the Board of Aldermen yesterday showed that the influences behind the movement are more intent upon real-estate speculations thaa upoa public of park interests. I It is now announced that the Emperor of Austria has settled the question of the Imperial succession, 1 by designating his grandson -Francis, the' son of his daughter Maria Valeria, as the heijr to the throne. In order to do thisj it was necessary to set aside the claims of the Emperor's brother, Charles Ludwig. and the latter's two sons, Francis Ferdinand ami Otto. The former is said to be dying of coiisiLmp- pieces, as follows; i 12 soup plates I I i 12 dinner plates 1 I 12 breakfast plates 12 tea plates 12 sauoe plates' 12 butter plates 5 12 teacups and aauuers I butterdish Decoration, dainty sprays of pink flowers relieved by olive green.

The same pink sprays on the of the covered vegetable dlsdes (unusual), and a spray Inside oaoh cup. Handles of vegetable dishes and cup4 clouded with gold. Price $30.00. We have many other: china dinner seta at similar and higher prices, and many stoneware sets at prices much lower. The Largest Stock.

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