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I'OST, MONDAY SEPTEMBER O. ISSO BOSTON POST PUBLISHING Publishers IIILK, NEAR WASHINGTON fiTKKET. ha tfs v.wì.r. OiiP Six niri f- WK 1 :KI.V (iiwut'd Krillivys) Otip 1 i)00 i.oo rhiM mo'ft'r. Ail ninnoy sont at thr st'ndt'r's risk.

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0, ISSO Theie is, 110 doubt, political wi.stloni in the decision of the I'resident rrdl no extra of and it nuiy be said that this is the iiist occasion which that ijuality has been observed in the conduct of administration. The determination has been reached, of course. ui)on considerations entirely partisan in their character, al- thoizirh in this case it has to coincide with that which we believe to for the general It is of some importance to Mr. doubtless, that his favorite in the contest for the speakership of tiie House of Uepre.senta- tives shouhl have the of further time for preparation, anrl it is desirable for the administration that its party be spared the dangers of an acrimonious light ttver the organization until its full strength has been secured. But, while these considerations have no weight with the public, there is yet some cause for satisfaction that the reason turmoil and reactionary legislation is not to be advanced two The form in which tiie United Question ('lubs now present their iiupiiries in the mutter of the tarilf tax on tin plati ought to be satisfactory to those who made complaint of the earlier series of questions as having a leadinf' form and irajdying only one answer.

Instead of the awkward demand made upon Senators and Hoau at the time the tariff bill was pending, for information wliy the tax should be doulOed on an article of universal use whii-h is not produced in tliis country, the less itfifensive suggestion is made that gentlemen ofier some good reason why this sJiould not l)e d'Mie if they know anj'. The former not unnaL- nrally, was considered impertinent, as looking to the destruction of the very of the war tarilf for which these gentlemen were contending. The fjue.siions in their new' form are as complaisant as the most sensitive advocate of high tariff taxes could wish. Mr. awks received the earlier set of questions in time to answer them at the last session of Congress, in the manner which he says he prefers.

But it is to be hoped that he will not delay making reply to the revised series until he pets back again to his seat in the Senate chamber. least, the majority of work ludepentlently of the Liberals ami oven to receive amicably ronservative ovortuies, is a sign the giavity and importance of wliich the Liberal leaders tan hardly disregard. is of most ronse- however, is tiui fact that inilre.Tt Ilritain jyarty lines are b'dore long to be materially rutting aside the consideration that Mr. ohn L. i i ivan as a candidate for ('ongress greater commercial as an adjunct of a ling show man the sanu' in the character of a convicted misdemeanant under sentence to twelve months in jail, tliere is nuich to admire in the letter in which the of tlie announces his candidacy for new honors.

to for a position of honor and jmjtlic trust, he gives the very essence of tlu' matter in his declaration that he always looked after his 'I'his is what the Hon. N' athaniki anks trie.s his best to o. and what the Hon. knkv aiiot uk is credited with great success in oing. Mr.

Sri.EivAN stands already on the same level of statesmanship. Again, ho always sujqxu ted the imity ami for and he states an ackiiowletlged inavimof this day when he says that he the ()f the party on that when Mr. goes on boast that he have no trouble about getting a hearing in or in making pay attention to what he we foar he fails to grasp the situation. A person jiossessed of the of Statesmanship which ho claims does not need to talk, and indeed gets along better without it. The last great oratorical etiort of 31r.

received careful attention from the court to which it was addressed, but it so far failed of elfeet as to bring down upon the orator the full of the law. in whatever light considered, but it is desiiahlo that tho facts be properly Ktated, SHTPf)WNERS HAND, Now that negotiations tho There may doubtless be some exagger- Btion in the statement that the launch of the new cruiser rhiladelphia on Saturday was the most succes.sful hich has ever taken place on the Delaware; luit by all accounts the vessel gives promise of fulfiiling every reasonable tion, which is a good deal to say, considering the comparatively brief experience of our shipbuilders in turning out modern of war. We have already called attention to some of the distinctive features of the Philadelphia, It remains to be said, however, that she is likely to be more ellicient than the majority of unarmored cruisers, because of the pains which have been taken to insure great stiffness of fitructure and to prevent (by minute Mibdivisions of the hull into air-tight rompartments) so far as i)ossiblo the danger of sinking her in battle. As to the atforded by her coal bunkers, that is of little consequence, since coal is meant for fuel and not for armor. An important feature is tho on foremast and mainmast to provide mounts for machine puns.

Altogether, tho Philadelphia is an important addition to the new' navy. It is the opinion of the Saturday view that the session of the Parliament lias just come to a close before many months are out upon as marking the date of a and momentous change in the of party This, indeed, is what every close observer of the course of English polities must have remarked, even before tho debate the royal gi-ants showed how sliarj) the divi- fiion between the Kadieals and the model- ate Liberals hatl Moreover, the Saturday Beview is quite right in assuming that it is the Opposition and not tin Government, which ha.s sutTored tin most, so far, in the sundering of old ties; although whether, as it asserts, will necessarily be the of what is now the minis- party on a broader basis and in may fairly bo considered open to question. Yet the obvious dis- posiliou of tho Irish at THE LAMENT. Althougli (Mineral is supposed to have been provided, on his parture from H.iyti, with a fortune siitli- cient to render his existence in civilized exile at least as comfortable as that from which he separated himaclf, ho represents himself as neither nor contented. The material delights with which ho will be able to surround himself in do not compensate for the loss of and tho check his ambition as tho chief of a faction in his so-callctl republic seems to have soured him tiie greater worhl outsiile.

In an interview granted by the depo.seil President aiui published in the New York Sun. (Jetieral unburdens his mintl in a manlier which is indeed asl liiiig. It is ditlicult to know wliic!) admire the more, the etfrontery of (he dctcalcil faction leader in charging upon others, or the enormous egotism in liis estimate of himself. Tiio latter is tlie more pie- (ieneral LriiniMi; r(q)resent- ing his tligiit from Port-au-Prince as occasion of a that little short of a and declaring that not won in war 'uy his own etforis or by the of his cause, tnil because tlu; has used all the means to secure his If Gonerai Li.iiiiiMi; had coulined his remarks to boastings about hiinself, his Statements miirht be wiihout consideration; liut in the interview mentioned he litids it to bring charges against tho government of tiiis country and against its late riipresenta- tive in Hayti which dt'serve notice, even considering their source. Tlif' most it' his against the late T'homI'sdn, he charges with having as a sort of informing (reneral Sai.omo.v of was going on aTuong his colleagues in tho diplomatic and with receiving from Salomon for this service.

Of the taking of bribes by Mitiis- ter Thompson, tho declares that his had Eortunately, this is a matter which can be easily settied. An accusation W'hieh would be very serious if under otiior circumstances may be disposed of by a simple denial from Minister there heing no one who will not give his griiater weight than the of his accuser. Tho force of the charge of misconduct brought against ilinisier iio mi son may be measured by tin; validity of (icyerai hmk complaint against tho gov- ertunent of tho United States. may be a defeated ian seeks to liiul jdausible cause for liis failure, but tlieie is no excuse in this case for the i)retence that the United States interfered through violation the laws of neutrality to set up i i it and oust This is the lament of tlie Haytien exile, expressed in vtM'y acrimonious lanunage. He com- plain.s.

lirst, that his was not llui I'nited States; then, tliat vessels and munition', of war were allowed to go out from tins country to the then, that a consul tlie Utuliid Mates the KepuMic to spread tho insur- and so on down to the linal grievance of the of Admiral (im.KAiiiu ill of American interests in the closing scenes. General declares himself to be of Piesidint (J i kviw anu in wliich atlmin- tration These, of course, are the utterances of a man. N'othing is biitter knosvn than that the policy of the government under Presiiient i i.KVKL and w'as that of the strictest neutrality between the contending mobs in ilayli; and. whatever may be suspecled of the of Mr, 1 i aim abortive there has been tiothing actually done by this administration contrary to this policy. It is a very small matter London strikers and their emjiloyers have again faih'tl, the men having ro- fiisciltowait until next January for the athlitional penny an hour, as tho em- proposed that they should do, the question at i.ssiie apparently remains where it was at tin' outset.

Indeed, it is dilticult to understand why the leaders of tho strike shoidd have considered tho of tho com- at all. If the labor of the dock- men is worih sixpence an hour at any time it is worth that now; and post- poiHiig the advance four months is naturally regarded as a mere evasion, intendefi to get the men to work again at the old terms. But although the course of the leaders is somewhat inex- that of the companies is cleai enough. 'I'ho latter will not pay the i'xtra if they can helj) it; Imt if prondses will bring the men back they are anxious cnougli to take them. For with the long interruption to business the have become clamorous; and now they aro even moro formitlablo enemies to the companies than are tho strikers themselves.

'I'liey assert, indeed, that if they had the privilege oi tndoading their own vessels they ('ouhl jtay the advanced wages by the men. Such an assertion is not calctdaled to improve the position of the comjtanies. 'I'he will naturally ask why the shipowners should not have their ay and thus settle I ho problem for good and all. It has already been shown that excessive competition in the past is largely res))onsible tor I he present impoverished condition of the dock companies, Avhich makes the of advancing wages so great a hardship. But still another reason is pointed out by a writer in the London Times, w'ho says, the amalgamation of the companies, that it done in the interest tho dock and in the same interest charges have been piled up against until I-ondon is now' tho doar- port in (ireat and adtls that the directors, therefore, bound lind, if they can, a prolit on a huge which the rivalry of these con- has created, but hich is of no to tho shipping of tlie He makes the further statement that a great deal of money has been sunk in arrangements unsuitable to modern requirements.

fully 0110 -half of the capital outlay being obsolete; aiul he outlines the plans the shipowners as follows: It no secret, tlterefore. that tlie pniicipal sliippiiij' ooiiipaiii 'H with tho traito 01 tho port have and still havo, uiidtjr thoir tho pry.ject of oonstructiiig for (liemaelves on the woidd enablo them to control their own husimss under ooniiiticins nmch more ecoiutniioul titan they can ever hope ro at tlu) hiiiids of tho present dock eoin- fei'l that tnider the nio- nopoly whiiii h.is heen, nnfortnnately, to thfir is one of cnnsi.leralili' in the futere, as it iu of berious iitirden in the 'I'he Lomhdi calls the administration (d' the dock inclines to believe that if in the public would s(dve the diiliculty and it disposes the question of excessive competition in a decidedly original fashion, saying: wo i-! a system in the ilocii laboriT Is hi i an hour, and is no' to distnivised once v.it lu.nl at two in his pocket, and in whieli of his wadies shall to the sweater. inncti in tho way ot bribe tho toteinan who tlio sweater. Hut fntthcr, wo like to see tho worst (lass of dock nut really e.irn vajios dis- and thrown baek on tbe v.ams of the workhousiss, or any othi'v pK'dients for the tnainienance of oiu- It i.H far l)otter that a limited nninix of hard workers phould be in eoni- fort than that their raiq of pay should be re- dneed by the competition ri number of loafers can only bo not to work Ht all by the eloso stipervi.sion of a coarse anti trreedy nnd- dlenian. All these things go show that something morti than an ordinary labor dilH- culty is at tho bottom tho strike, and that, it many of tho striktMS aro lighting for nothing in particular, the comi'tinies are getting facc I 0 face with an actual struggle ('xistonci'.

In fact, what the latter will (io is novv tht; chief feature (d interest. T'ho men who struck from synqiathy aro going back to work, and many ot the laborers aro lind- ing employment in various at the terms they demand. Meanwhile the shipowners aro carrying on an active contcst as their allies against their old fact which gives a new and ctinijtlicated turn to affairs. least fio wo aro informed the impress of thoso about him, and producing no impression in return. This is in marked contrast to tho almost in- variahlo eondnoc of Englishmen.

It is an observation that wherever John Hull ho pat ries a little Enyland with him. You do not lind him chnnuiii(i his dress or his lanenaire, or his ditmor hotir or his habitn of noatness, or his idoHs of person il to suit tlie people ainotifi whom ho tinds himself. Ho goes to tho onno.Hite extreme, in fact ho insists upon drinking hrandv and alo in to the injury of his liver, and ho would not porcoive iho necessity of tlrossinj' h'S soldiers in refiinientals adapted to tho eliinato of India nnnl a partieniarly hot day and an unu.su exeosuro killed oif, as tho phraso is, considerable number of them, Hull, of course, is individual to the point of boinp: riiliculous; stilV-necked, thetie. arrogant -in some respects even hateful. But wluit modern nation has mado tho host colonist what race is il, which has peopled a slice of tlia earth? It is not the pliistic, tho einoiional, tho imitative character that succeeds in this line, but it is the sort of man who his world witli him, insistinp' tacitly that otliers shall be cast in his mould, nut he in their mould.

It would seem, then, that, is if one can judjre from the way in which Eastern men cutiduct themselves in tho iar West, that our American character is hukinfjin that ten.acity of custom, in that assertion of individuality, in that iirm grasi) upon such civilization ai he lias once ae- tjnired, wlddi ch John Btdl, colonist. Nor is thiy a matter mt'rely of bath tubs, of dress coats, of clean hands, of nnini- poriant conventionalitios. These thincs are tho suriace indications of a certain spirit But they nre also more th.in th.it. for they have an inlluenco of their own, Hsriy says that when the to this country puts on for tho tlrst time in his life an absolutely now suit of clothes, he puts on mucii more a spirit, namely, of self-respect to which hitherto he had been a Rt ranker, F'verybody will remember abo the entir and yet inevitable, trans- iormation Iloarinj: ('amp experienced when The Luck had become fairly established there. 'Ihe miner to whom was deputed tho prave task tendini' tiie baby laid down a rule, as tho reader will recollect, that no man hold the child who had not first washed Ids hands and put on acluan Bbirt, 'I'hus were introduced habits of cleanliness which led on to other, if jiossibla more important, ihantjres in the life of lioartii'r ('amp, so that the whole place, as tho historian records in his masterly way, assumed a new and better chir- acter, the.se thingu in mind, it really seems as if that Boston tfontleinau who puts on his dress coat every day to eat in solitude the dinner hich he has just cooked with hi.s own hands is not the liuical, or tiio fojipish or the misguided porson, for whom we might at tirst ylauce have taken him.

There is a philosophy in his conduct. His old dress suit presents to the intellectual eve a certain form and which Po(JLE himself oidd not bestow: and tbe company at his humble hoard bo litidted in number, it is cer tainly choice in objects to the use of tlie word in connection with his new disefivery so, at leait. he be New Herald correspoiulenf ho visited him in Paris on never made use of the word still less of the words he says. The aro all expressions inventions sensational or nu-n in Ameiiea )iav as by the New York they would have i inniiiittinti nnu'dcrs h.ad they naid the to I be nio.it aK-s as snbciitaiiO'JUs of animal sub And he adils that in Ameiica ana Eind'Uid public his ety to have either too lainbitory or too and tiiat the anti have h.id to wit the Oppositi on lo it. soiae 01 tae ilai ex perimenl.s wiiich bee.i made he says; Injeeiii.iis of animal i iatier dan la rule, tlie te bt 01 ex iroei'l eaii b(' nd tht're i rrave (lanuer inliaiiimaiicn.

and is. ot also uiileKs 1 attcniioii is iiaid ti ol all insiruinenti HS wishimr to make use ef my lucjces )UKht ou the sinall tba. it iivoives as much as iliey ui)on a cieration oi tlie amiiutation of the tbitili, tor 1 a lice. Whalever mav bo tlionsihl of the value of the the sound sense conveyed this ainiitii is nndei.iahle. THE STAMP OF CIVILIZATION.

A letter from alifornia, nntilishod recently by one oi onr esteemed contemporaruis, contains the followinR passaRo, which will not he without ciyjniticanco to the reader 1 dined j'csti iil.ay with Mr. a tormei residoiit ot lloslou, ill tbe little house, where be lives uuite alone liy himself, cireiim- stain'cs are ve. mnch straitened, everybody tells me, and be has no servant, but, nevtirihe- less, he p.aM- uio an dinner, and, much to my surprise, he sat down to it in dress suit, suine.what shabby, but neat. Such an very rare in this tiart oi tie- country; 1 doubt li there is another within titty mile-? of here; tmt Mr. ------told me that he wtirci his diess suit es'ory day at ilinner.

ihoiujrh he tlines alom alili (incs his oNV 11 lie says that if bii did not do so he should into careless ami slovenly ways and cease 10 a tieuth'uiau it seems odd. bnt perhaps he is riKht. This story is verv dilferent from that which one commonly hears about men, especially men, who from tho Eastern to the Western part of tho United States. Tho cowboy of Eastern extraction takes a pride, we are always told, in ont-herodiinj Herod. He dresses worse, drinks moro, swears harder, and altogetlier conducts himself with less of civilizati(ni in his spirit than ono to the manner born.

Ii IS oven said that trr.iduHtes who become miners cowboys are noted for bcinii' vafjabondish and dissipated Vv'e never near of any intluenco exerted by them on those with wli.jai they coma in contact on tbe contrary, tiio inlluenco is all the other the liberally-uducated rdusic. Jjirfie as the list appears, they will probably all bo really Koud music always hrivos in Boston, and many of our people with small incomes will inconvenieiiro cimsiderably rather lhan pive up their tickets. This is tbe true spirit, and is bound to tionrish in a where people aro willing; to make sacrifices to it. A kthitr Wkliv Mr. Jame.H Aldrich Libboy.

tbe well-known Boston baritone, has just accepted an eiikiaKC- mentwith th(i J. C. Duif opera couipany to roles Jor the and 'I'he c.ompany start on the road about Ihe middle of Oetoher. Mr. has been ith le company for the pavt two seasons an 1 nchicvi-d ttreat sucec.ss ith iheni in the role ol Alvin HEUK BOSTON.

1 recall with a certain impression of ty tbe recent report that Herman Melvide, who more than forty years cb.armed all lovers of tbe wild and picture.siiue in still livinti in New York, altbouuh by no means tliat the word is applicable to bis couiposition. however much it lav be to tho subjects of it. Melville at one me lived here in Boston, where he married a auiiliter of the late Chief Justice Shaw, and be will bo rec dled by his old-time acquaintances beri' havine tho temperament of and if be had able to follow out tiis tastes, it seems to me that the world would have been favored with iniU'C ol tho same sort books as thoso by which be. made his reputation. I well the sensation created by the of his and in W'hich the life the natives of the Marquesas Islands was forth witli a brilliancy of color and decked with a vividness of fancy that entranced readers in this country Enprland.

But instead of beinn able to jro on in his career of travel and adviuiture amid scenes so favorable lor his work as an anttior. Melvillo was )bliKcd to fall back upon a place 111 the service of tbe Tnited States V. hicb had no'hini: in common with his liehl of literary ictivity. Indeed, he was less favorably situ- ted than Hawthorne for pursuiripr his romantic tendcncie.s, tho difference between the New York C'ustom House and that of Salem measurinfr the between the prosaic and the imatiinative in ollicial location. Ii am not mistaken, Melvillo in his later years has tieeu free from the drudircry of tfie cn.stom but witli him, as with many otlu'r literarv men, pecuniary independence too late to enable him to revive his of invention and description.

It may be. too, that he, like Bret is somewhat limited to a certain tield of work, and that he aniiot liml in the cbauiced conditions of the world's life the material for literary composition such as is suited to bis powers. Travellers have overrun every part of the that the nnnancer has little chance of rnakine out of adventures which have so to speak, by matter-of-fact narration. 1 should not be sur- pri.sed to learn that the natives of the quesas islands wear paper collars, and have otherwise untilted them or become un- litted by the advance of civilizotion for beintr tho subjects of such stories as Melvillo told of them. Till', CoMIVO The pleasures ot aiitic.ii'aiion art'said alway 1 exceed I hose of and cenainiy a i-amatic or musical nrospcciiis is schloin tireiy iv si'euis as ii' comin.n casoii would really bo more wit musical events of iicnuinc thai has been tin- case in Amerii'a tor many year The il it is true, will im the as iisu 1 The r.i'yJ.-,tou I luli to exist, hut its plaei is tilled by neu' society thcreloic the number of local coie'erts ill 1 the same.

It ha', indeed, beci rumored that were to have ttiis winter ballad concerts comlucied ou much the same plan as in 1 Over thens asa rule, such conecris arc tciven dirji'ctly or indirectly liy l.ir>ie publishnur tiouscs as an elTt'Ctive iiKithod ol placint-- their new musical wares the public, it is always tlie case in falciatili that ot ureat po-m- lariiy are eiuraKcd lor conci'rss, and, as a rule, for a lover of voca! music tin are very cujovabh'. 'J'liei'u seems to bo im adequato hy stiould not also succeed here, and, il tliey were proi.erly they ould doiibi less be ot tin; (greatest advantage lit publisher, the compo.scr, and aNo tbe luiblic. The intt'rcst of tho approachinvi season Will be not in our already local institutions (without dist.ai'.igeincnt to them). t)Ul 'in the extraordinary list of world-wide who will be heard in Boston this inter. 'I'hi' (iermati opera, with ta dcl- li.ser as leadiuK tenor and Kt.acjuiian.

the lamons Vieniit'se baritonwill stay with iisrrtibably tor a month. conservative h)ver ol the Italian opiiraiicschool will in visit til 'dr. Abbey with tbe itillowinii coiiibiuatiun Albani and Nordica, wifli Tamamio as leati- iii)i tenor; while the Bostonians, with in- talent, will represent ihe lighter branclH'S of leuitnnate Eujilish Dr. Hans von Bulow will auain clas.sical piarti) ainl also conduct orchestra concerts, while the violin aiiit i)iano will bt're- sjieclively piesenteil by those, two musical inaKicians, Pablo tie Sar.isati ami Euucene It is rumored that btilh'I bomas and Seidlintii.d eoncerts in Boston, althoiiijh tids atmears to be doiibtlul. With many liero the chief interf.a will be centred in tlie appearance of onr new conductor, and there can be no douid, that Arthur NiHsch's tirc.at attaiiuiients will in lor him the svmiiatby anil atlmiratiou of all Bo.ston.

Pniler his conirt)! tlie lino technical ability of the orcbc.si ra will be kept to quite as high a standard as w'as while tlie artistic results cannot fail to bt'tireater tluui in b.rincr years. 'I ho Knei.sol and (luarT.et^. w'll their concerts us usual, ami c.special interest be felt in tho worK ol Mr. ad- mirablo iiibtilutioiu the Orchestrai Club. Dick." which followed and tiid not como up to the hiph standard established by these books, and the author has done nothintf since to fiive readers ol today an idea of the fascination exerci.sed by them on his contom- It seems to me that in the revival ofthet.iate for our earlier literature which has been shown in the reiniblicalion ol the works ol almost ItuyoUen authors, some of our enterprisinji pubh.shers would liml it for their interest to reprint and and do not see wliy the life should not lind a place in the American Men of Letters 1 am at all ev.

nts to hear that Ilernian Mtdville is still alive, and althouijh he. may not be to charm tho readers of today as he diti of a past generation, it woulil nleasc me much to have him try the experiment. But whatever may l)e his future, lii. past is secure in the unique btioks w'liich he has writti and which are al! the interesting. their ci'iinection the poetic and side ol Americau lilerafure.

As Vioardini; bouse taie, I'articularly of the rural variety, is proverbiailv t)f an unsatisfac- tt vy I was to bear (d an cstabiishmt lit not many miies from lioston where it more than the appetiie.sof tbe people who tiieinsclves to take (d! it. A frieiul of miiK' who bail occasion to visit this boardinvr found that the petiph' tln re wiioiu he called had to dinner at .1 private iiou.st' in the this led him to remark to another hoarder that such outings must lu verv welcome as eiiabiiiiii his Iriemls to obtain a variety of well cooKcd instead olthen.Hual suimly ol ndscellaneous articles ul .1 more t'r le.ss character. To surprise, bot.rder that the fo'd his table w'as of such excellent quality tluit no one wivs tempted to go elsewhere, and that on retun.iiii: from dinners at the houses ol their friends jiuests were apt to say that they tlid not fare as well as at. tbe boardinn' housti. piece of intellii-cence was so that my irieu.l, ho is a lav.

yer t.if sct'piical lentieiicit's and a subtle penetration, iieterminetl to await the return of the visitors to I be I nvate in onler to cross-examine them on tin' sub.ieet. result was that be that there was one boanl- iiiii': at leasi where' the qiudii oi the food anti its cookiiui were than ui be fonntl in liiti homes of of his frientls. Now if one house attain such i triumphs as this, 01 hers can do the same anti there woubt therefore semii tobe a reason- iible for that tbe, old such establisliments may bywords of one jireat objection lor housekeepers to iioiui; f)ut of town in summer will be wht'ii, in adtlitnm to iheir freeuotn from domestic they can have as iiooil better they al hoiuc. I stioul.i he soiry, however, to have the iionst' assume snch a vantag-e in our life as to make. reiinquisb- u'cnt of honsekcepinir n.

ncce.Nsity on fbe td' comfort. 'I'ht' tenilein to forsake the tlo- inestic hearth is si enough already in this country to make tbe enlartieiiienl of it ble, and if foici'ti to boose hciwi'eu the ing-housti ami the home I should i'avor iitMiiur a n-()oil d( al on thescore ot creaturecom- loris to the of home associations even if. in tbe of the kitchen, tliey were rather undenlone. 'I'AVKtiXEK. WATER ANALYSIS.

To the. K'Jitor of the articbi on of Our Water in tho Post of the (5th, rec.ills 10 mind an analysis ot the ater ol a spring-situated on one ot the hitb bills in Worcester coniiiv. which water runs to the Sonml and til tbe ('onnecticut Uiver, with no lujuso within SDO vards. flowing- tlie of old Il was nronouneed until for t-imily ust.i by a well-known chemist, to tiuaidities ol "iH'e it contained. The soring been tiseti to an aiiiieduct for over tllty years, running watt'r Ihroiurb a lead pipe, it was feared that Ihe lead luiRht affect tlie wafer, nml tho writer an aualvsisto satisfy himself.

discovered wt'uld have been iio greater proljably nearer correct'. IS IT ALSO PLAGIARlSai To the Editor of artitde in Iho ost of Saturday, Sept. 7, entitled, It n'tninds mo that in tho Juno number of Belgravia, 18815, is a story by Mr. calleil Bhie Va.si‘," which is almost il not quite identical with that of Maria Prussuui Kespectiully. PERSONAU 1 ho report that John Puskin ill is ajrain in clrculalion.

Senator Ingalls is said to bo enscafred on a novel of W.istiiuKlon life. Sir 'F. (ialt. ho is now in New York, considers himself permanently out ol politics. The Hon.

William Walter Phelps, the now ndnisfer tu (iermany, sailed for 15erlin on Saturd.iy. Dr. Nansen, tho exidorer. is emcacred to be married fo Miss Eva a wtdl-know 11 Norwegian sinticr. (irant has written to George W.

fhihls tbiit she will not to the removal of (ieneral remains to Arlington. Leopold Morse has gone to Scotlaml, and is not going htmie till after the Boston election for special to N. Y. World. (ieneral Kotlney ('.

Ward of New York, has held important military and iKditiial offices in New York, is critically ill at (Cottage City. Kate Drcxel is said fo bo nerfectly happy in her conveut home. She has taken no vow. and it is thought she will ultimately return to the world. President Dwight of Yalo and Mrs.

Dwight and Brofes.sor W. D. ttloane of Princeton and Sloane are at the Prolilo Hou.se in tho Franconia Mountains. Mrs. (Iharles B.

Pope of Chicago will give a library totht' of Danvillo, the destroyed by tiro last Her hu.s- band, now dead, was native ol Danville. Ex-Secretary and Miss Endieott have been vi.sitiii}.’: his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph tho pretty watering on the south coast. They are now in liirmingham.

Mrs. Hamiltim, a of Congre.ss- man Holrnan td' Indiana, who died recently at Fort W.ayne, bequeathed SlOOO to the cause of woman suffrage, the money to bti held in trust by Mrs. Stowe and Susan B. Anthony. INlrs.

P. Morton, who has been all summer with one of her daughters, is expected back about tbe end of next week. Sho wdl Ellerslie. Vice-President country seat ou tiie Hudson, at liliine- beck. Tlio betrothal of the last unmarried niece of Leo XHl.

with Count Salvatore SaUmei, a member (jf the (jiiurdia Nobile, will soon be announced, 'i'he count having no fortune hatever, it is said that ihe Popo will give hLs niece a dowry of $20,000. Archdeacon Farrar's fervid plea for the e.s- lablishment of an onler of mendicant monks in tbe Etnscopal church in I'-ngland and the Unitetl Mates meets with a very chilling response from church organs. merci lessly ridiculing the whole idea, the Churchman says that even if such an order were desirable, it could not be founded by a ell paid, well-fed archtieacon. Professor T. Sterry Hunt, LL.D., F.R.S., is now fast convale.scing.

He w'rites from York to the Kev. Dr. W. C. Winslow' of Bo.s ton: am sure that my frieniis ill be glad to learn that after eight months of near to death I am having left the hospital weeks since, and hone soon to be able to travel as far as Boston, here I mav perhaps be so fortunate as to tind The learned societies and many intlividuals will b(-glad lij greet Dr.

Hunt once more in Boston. GOSSIP. Mine. engagement at the Park Theatre, whieh bgius one week from to- tiay, w'ill for six evenings and one afternoon only, ft W'ill open with "Tho Woman in a play from the French, arranged by Mine. Janauschek w'hich offers her many opport uuities ior her characteristically strong and impressive w'ork.

This will be followed on 'riiursjlay eveninc by which will be reneatetl on afternoon; and on Friday and Saturday evenings. will bo Ciiveu in a now and more compact and artistic On Monday evening, Sept. IG, tho first atic novelty of the soiison will be the apjiear- ance at the Hidlis Street 'riicatre of tbe Rudolph Aron.son comic company, direct from the New York Casino, presentinsi sparkling operetta of w-hicli tiie music is by Jacques Offenbach, and tho libretto by W. S. iilbcrt.

a combination that should certainly I'roduci' results, 'ihe lU'CKhu lion will in every way be tho same as at the New York Casino. it is now neariini its performance. 'I'he cast, wdiich is the original one, includes Mesdames l.illian Uus.sell. Fanny Kice. Isabello I rqiihart, Anna Delia Stacey and Bhincbe Marsden, and Mf'ssrs.

(leorge Olmi. Fred Soh.v nian. Henry Hallaui, Max Lube, Bicliard F. Carndl. W.

Tams and d. Furey. The scenes of ojiOi a iteinu' laid in Spain antl Italy, excellent opportunities are ofteretl for picturesque, scenic and costume elfeets, ol whicli Mr. has taken every advantage. 'rhc Star Theatre.

New York, hicli opens tonijjht Avith Mr. Bronson Howard's Sbenan- has been changed a good deal during tbe summer. The entire tloor has been reconstructed. 'I'he circle, wiiicii was addetl tothispart of tbeaiutitorium lasrsea.son, has been removed, ami groun door is now' given up wholly to orchestra chairs, like that of The are all new, upiiolstered in crim.son piush. and therti aie over 'SOO t'f them in the orchestra, the capacity of lids part of the house having I'cen slightly increased by tiie change in ar- rangenicnts.

The tloor rises grailaally from the stage to the tloors. and tlie t'iiairs art' 111 straight rov.s across liie auditorium. eacdi one td them command- lug a good view ol tho sta.cje. 'I'he orehesti.i and brlcony doors both been re- In atlditiou to this change, wiiich is the most iniportaiit, tho boxes have bren rearrangtid, redticoratcil and recariieled and the interior decorations havebeen teiicaed up, so that the auditorium as fresh and ai- tractive as thougli the theatre been just budi. The old stage of ihe beat has been removed aud a new one constructetl.

It is a with all niotiern imptove- ments. ainl can be used for any kintl td onter- tainiuent from a i)antoniinie or to a tragcdv. Electric lights blaze in every i)an ol' me house, from tbe stage tlre.ssing rooms to thelobbv entrance, ami most approvim1 for have been intro- (iuced. will be hillowed ov thti r.son-Florence comtiinariou, J. Soanlan, a nesv siiectac.dar production tor Mio holidays.

Faany D.ivenport and Mr. W. H. raile. Thus far Miss Akerstrom is iiaving the most season that has evtu- known.

On nigiil the popular little aciressaml tlanccr began a engagement at ()i)era House in Baltimore, where her tlancing ami citations wero entluisiascically reeeivetl by a large amhenco. Miss Akerstrom is under contr.iet to play an exiemletl engagement in New York the close ol the Mr. Augu.stiu company begin worl: again in Philadelphia ou the of this month, and the regular season in New Y'ork will open after. A comedy by has been secured, which the author rewritten especially for Mr. Daly.

One has al.so Ix'en rittt'u by a German author who W'rote tho plays from which Mr. lUly atlapted ami Railroad of Some time in tho of the there will be a revival of one oi nlays, probably Y'ou Like It, with Mi.ss liehaii as lioMilitid. for W'bich tlio w'ill be painted in Paris and partly in New Y'ork. The costumes will be Irom tho cos- nuner of the Theatre Subscription nights will be a teatiiro oi tuib seasou, a.s they were of the all sorts rhfncbe.st Chinaman in Seattle is named Bad Wien ttio Crockerv Trust wr.s broken theie Wii -1 great crash in the ruarkid. Lnglisbmen call the American Miijster's hou.se in liondon Inn.

NVIion you how little the bell knows, marvellous liow much it has tolh'd. Western woman recontly wroto a book itlul "How to Bo (iootl, 'lliough Homely," 'oiirse. it failed. y.r. hear them folks all about old Can't folks ever let die w.ir rest ithout it over aud ovr It is estimated that in tbe evening lev'papers print no fewer than 2r.0,(KK) a day.

wliereas thirty years they itidnot issue lO.oiM) altogether. did I enjoy niv visit amouR Oh. immonstdy. aro tho hospitable people I ever met, 'I'liey liked me so nim that they wanted to keep me for Mr N. think if anyone is entitled to pension wern never in the war, were Mr.

N. iuu the fellow my w'lfti W'as eugjigod to got kiUetl at Haute Express. It is that Henry M. Flagler is going to add to the luxuries of his Florida inter iiotfds a mighty ba.seball ground, with surgical and medical for umpires. 'J'hLs is philanthropy indeiul.

Professor Pedal live in thi.s he has moved did he tho neighbors inqiiiretl at his bouse half a dozen times a if a piano tuner lived A woman of county, Mi.ssouri, has permission from the (lovernor of that State to wear a dress in Missouri outside of cities of 10,000 Sho works on a farm, ami her lavorite is breaking horses to baraess. Of tho.se aho herself owns and lias cbarjie of thir- tell me that you live in New York sir! Of all the miserable on the globe Fake medium inte-rupt, sir. A I about to say. the spirits tell me that you live in New great pliiuKO by audience and j.uiazement ou tho part ot the sceptical subject. An extraordinary societr, ctdled tho Order of the Mystic Circle, lias just ortfanizerl in Philadelphia, and will be duly chartered.

objects are the iiroU'ctiou aud relief of unfortunate httsbands. And only thoso mon aro eliiiible for who bavo wives who make their liTes unhappy. The society now numbers 200 nK inbers, and, it is said, it will have a of AOOO. Men ho wdll build a social ou the foundatitMi of their dtniestic infcUcities must be a queer lot. The French government has in view' of tho industrial imponauce of the exhibition, a certain number of interiuttioual congresses, in order that the opporiuuity may not be loit of considoriuir the priigress tliat has boon made the last ejhibition was held.

'I'ho arts ol mining and are to have a special tho object of which is not only to facilitate the study of the variouhox' hihits, but to direct attcntiou of scientilic met and of manufacturers to tho problems whiel have been most actively studied of late years. It is said that Bt'rezovski, the Pole who tried to avenge his wrongs by at tho Czar Alczander II. during visit to the Paris Exhibition of 18(57, is now a hite-heailed old in the French of New ofT thecoa.xtof Australia. He is very teuderly by the authorities of the place, for his conduct has been unexcotuional from tbe very firxt day of his iransjtortittion. They allow him a room to himself apait from the other prisoners, aud he is at 111 erty to roam the island ho pleases.

Being very fond of flowers, cultivat- injr his little garden is his side employment and for recreation he reads tho newspaptiif and When Edison went up the Eiffel Tower, which he did Vv ry eariy in the morning, ho had bren pioeeded by a batch oi linlians. under tlie (d' Major Burke, The latter tdianced to hear that Edison wa.s just a visit, and instructed his braves, when tho arrived, to give the grea; inventor a tremendous reeeption, which they in a series of terrific w'ar- whoopsihat must have be. liear.l all over tin; grounus. -was astonished ami to lind that the savages of his native land had stolen a mareii on him. But.

as remarked, was in tho order of tiiing.s. Barbari.sm always precedes T. MOnK TANNKK THAN StlltPLUS TO LOOK AFTEK. When Harrison has atteuded all the celobraticms ho W'ill attend Tanner and the surplus. Tho trouble will be that then there bo more 'I'auner than surplus to look hiladelphia rimes (Ind.) I.V TIIK With one acctud tho administr.ation organs are trying to explain the signiiicant, lignres sliosving an increase of tho net chibt ot the rndetl States ol over seven millions of tlollars since the iioth of dune.

The 'ranner gait of expenilitnn', which exceeds the recortl ot i leniot ratic admiuistratioii hy more th.an a. quarter of a niilaon tloilars a lias ereated a panic in tin' Record (Ind.) A ACT OF SEI.T-DKKF.N'rK. AccMirding to tin; sworn teatimony of Field and td' slayer him.self, the killing 'I'erry by Nagle takes on a somewhat dilrerent aspect Iroin that given to it the lirst re- It seems chMr that 'I'errv prepared and entirely wiliing to kill Judge Field, and it as tin', rigiit and duty of any bystandt'r to inlerfcre to prevent the accomplislunent ot the murder. The manner of a man engagctl in such an assault counts for a great tleal, and both witnesses agree that 'lerry's manner throatt'iied murder, and they natur rlh judged it in the light of his very character. Nagle, iinlced.

swt'ars that after he spoko 'I'erry tunieil upon him, and that w'hen ho tired he behoved his own life to be in d-auger. there is nobody to contradict this the homicitlti becomes a mere act of stdf-tlelence, and the sense of relief in tho removal of a rnliian has not the of a ti'chnical illcg.ility in the Y. OF TIIF. FlItST SIX MONTHS. The lirst six nii'nllis of President term aro ended, aud v.

hat are the conspicuous developments of his What topics connecletl with him are most discus.setl in the First, there is Tanner and his course in the Pension Bureau, is by comuion cousent a national sc.uidal of sticb pro portifms that leading new'spapers of the party are calling for 'I'anner's remova: as tho oniv thing Inch can save the tration fn-m disgrace and the ntitional ury Irom possible Second, there is tho choice hy the Pre.sideut of Platt. (Juay and Mahono of Virfrinia as tl men to whom he prefers co band over the ronage of the government to bu use by the: in builtling up a political machine. Third, theroisanincrea.se of over in public tlebt during the last third id tlie months, for tbe perud in every on.o of President u'' years here was an averagedecrea.se of abour SI 0 00 1 001 Fourth, in removals from otiiro witlKua cause tbe Pre.sident has surpas.si tl all previous reeord.s. ami not only ihe jiletiges Ids party's but his own personal iileuges as weir, th theie is a formidable movement in the Ueimi- Hean party for the nnconditional repeal of civil law. The net result ot this w'vu'k is a lower moral tone in than the country has show.nwi'.'f; Evomuii Post.