The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 4

til the last Thursday of September. Unless the Canal ring. HaTemeyer had every Democrat, so called, in the New York Board of FOB MoGLYNN. J. F.

MILLET. A NEW ENGINE CURRENT EVENTS. France is still without a cabinet. Lord Colin Campbell is a bankrupt. ForeBt fires prevail in Massachusetts.

Pamoll's health has greatly improved. The floods in Hungary are increasing. There was a tornado in Kansas yesterday. There are seven cases of smallpox in New Tork. There are 13,000 miners on strike in Bel.

glum. Libretto was the winner of the Latonia Derby. It is denied that the German Crown Prince Is seriously IU. The Fronch Crown jewels realized in all 6,804,000 francs. Erastus Wiman is to be given a reception at Orangovlllo, Ont Cleveland would aooompaiiy him.

The Western people oannot fail to be favorably impressed with tho President. His frank, engaging manners.nnostentatiouB address and Democratic simplicity of style and speech are just suited to them. We prediot that if he goes ho will make hosts of friends, and that all who may be so fortunate as to meet Mrs. Cleveland will confess tho reasonableness of the homage which she excites at the East and enthusiastically indorse the judgment which pionouncos hor a most winsome and charming lady. But over and above tho personal gratification incident to suoh a rip the President will enjoy an opportunity to see a Bection of the country of which he has personally no knowledge and to form an opinion of its inhabitants, resources and peculiar characteristics based on the lessons of that bost of teachers actual observation.

Mr. Rtdfrivay and tho Grand Jnry. Mr. Ridgway's friends pleaded for consideration and for a suspension of public judgment on his behalf, a week ogo yesterday. Thoy put their plea in the form of the statement that Mr.

Ridgway, because he belonged to tho same party as Chief Novins, folt disinclined or incapacitated to adviso the Grand Jury either on the law or on the facts of Nevins' case, and would refer tho Grand Jury to the court for exclusive instruction both as UNDERGROUND EAILBOAD. Horo Western Memories How Slaves Wero narborcd and Forwarded to Canada Before tho war. To th Editor of the Brooklyn EagU There never was a timo when all Americans acquiesced In slavery. The 8ocloty of Friends, tho original English settlors of Pennsylvania, opposed It, ond so from timo to time did othors; but the roal conteat dates from 1829, when William Lloyd Garrison arraigned slaveholders os oriminols, ond from that time on until the Civil War tho fight was kept up. Slaves who escaped from their masters and succeeded in gottlng north of the Ohio Rlror woro BOldom recaptured.

They alwoya found some friend to socroto ond pass them along elthor to Canada or to the Woatorn Rosorvo In Ohio, then do nomlnotod the hotbed of Abolitionism. Aftor tho passage of tho Fugitive Slave low, In 1850, It bocamo necessary to observe great eecrocy In the movements of runaway slaves. Instoad of their going North by whotevor woy came handy, tho routoa through the free States wore systematically and clandestinely arranged. Thoso routos woro familiarly known as under ground railroads. Tho enactment of tho Fugitive Slave act to protoct property In slaves aorrod practically to arouso Northorn aontlmont agatnat slavery and to hoBten Its overthrow.

Many of tho operators of tho underground railroads woro colored pooplo. On tbo other hand somo of the worst slave hunters were of that race. A groat many slavoa escaped out of Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri Into Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Tho largor part of them crosaed the Ohio into Indiana, whoro dopota wero formed In nearly every town on tbo river, and thero were often exciting times, espoolally whon an unusually largo and voluablo lot of Blavea had escaped. Handbills giving descriptions of tho fugl tlvo chattels" woro usually scattered through tho river counties, both In Kentucky and Indiana.

Slovo hunters made thoir appearance oponly In tho Indiana towns, wboro thoy always hod alllos among tho peoplo. Thoso opposed to the Abolitionists bo longod to both tho dominant political partios somo of tho bitterest opponents of tho antl slavery pooplo being among tho Whigs. In a small town in Indiana about flfteon milo3 from tho Ohio lino there was an extonslvo underground depot, and many were tbo slaves that escaped through It to froodom. Scarcoly a month passed but offers of rewards could bo seen posted on tho trees and fences. Thoy seldom bad tho effect of recovering tho oscapod slave.

Once a runaway had mado his way across tho Ohio and Into this town ho was safe from capture, though some of them were kopt seoretod for weeks before an opportunity offered to pass thom along. The manager of the underground depot at this point was a colored man a coopor namod Barkshlro, who had formorly beon a slave, but who had purchasod hla freedom, aa woll as that of hl wlfo and four children. Ho was always woll posted as to tho movements of runaways, and roady to oithor hldo thom till the oseitomont attendant upon their escape had died out or pass thom along. Ho waa constantly on tbo alert, and many a man and woman passed through his hands on the way to Canada or tho Wostorn Reserve. His bouse waa always opon as a sholtor to tho runaways.

And he had an ox alavo holdor'a holp. Hla formor mlatrosa.Mrs. Mary Haw. kins, a Kontucklon, roalded In tho dopot town, whoro she hod removed aftor disposing of hor Kentucky farm. She wos bis able advisor and coadjutor, for aftor removing to Indiana sho bocamo a rabid Abolitionist.

Ono 1832, a groat huo and ory was raised over the escape of Ave slavoa tbroo men and two women from the farm of Squire Jamos Stovona, of Boone County, about ton miles from the Ohio River. Thoy woro traood to tbo river but thero the clow was lost. Thoir ownor naturally supposed thot thoy hod aucceodod In oroaaing tho river, and a largo reword was offered for thoir capture. Tho slavo hunters were out In force on the Indiana side. Thoy searchod tho town above mentioned, tho woods, and even Barkshlre'a houso, but no runaways woro to bo found.

Y'oars aftorword Mrs. Howklns roveolod tho fact that thoso five slaves had boon socrotod in hor houso no one Buspoctlug hor at tbat timo of being in loaguo with hor former slave. At about this timo two 8lovo3 young mulatto womon ran away from a farmor namod Lodgo, in Boouo County. Thoy woro novor captured, though search waa kept up for thoin for months ond $300 wos otfored for thoir roturn. On this occasion Barkshlro ond bis family woro threatened with lynching by tbo onragod Kontucklans and somo of tho pro slavery pooplo of thot soctlon of Indiana, Had ho crossed tho rlvor his life would havo boon taken without doubt.

A plan was aald to havo boen concocted to kidnap both him and his wlfo and sell thom Into slavery, but somehow It leaked out and thoy were put on thoir guard, and woro thus onablod to balk their would bo kidnappers. Notwithstanding tho threats against their lives tho Barkshlres, with tho aid of thoir friends, tho Abolltlonlata, continued to oper ato tho underground railroad for yoors, and no ono but thomsolves knew how many runowoys passed through their hands. One of tho aons, Arthur, waa lor years stoward on a steamboat plying between Cincinnati and Now Orloans, and many slaves woro onablod to reach tho free Statos through hla assistance, ne was suspoctod at ono time of complicity In tho oscapo of on octoroon girl from small town In Louisiana, at which placo tho boat on which ho was employed hod landod to tako ou part of a cargo of sugar on tho trip up from New Orleans. Ho had a holrsbroodtb oscapo from lynching and did not again go South for aovoral years. Tho girl was afterward tracod from placo to placo and finally captured, somo montha aftorword, In Loulaville, to which city sho had been enticed from Now Albany, Ind.

Sho wa3 roturnod to Louisiana. Arthur aftorword sent on agent to Louisiana to nogo tlato for tho purcbaao of tho girl. Tbo negotiation was successful. She wa3 sont to Cincinnati, wboro Arthur marrlod hor. Woodford, the youngest member of tho railroad firm, was often sont with oscapod slavos as a guido.

At tho timo of which I write bo was a bright boy ot soma 18 yoors and know all tbo routos of travel betwoen' tho Ohio River and tho Wostorn Rosorve and Canada. Ho oleo ran many risks of capture and death at tbo bauds of tho slave hunters. He often hadtokoeplu biding for wooks at a timo to avoid thom. Ho was suspected of having aided In tho escape of tbo slave of a man namod Piatt, in Boono County, Ky. Tho runaway was tho coachman of tho Piatt family and waa missod early In tho morning.

A posse atarted In search of blm. Thoy tracod blm to and acroas tho Ohio and into Indiana about Ave miles from Barkshlro's dopot. Shortly aftor tho hunters roachod the Indiana ahoro they mot a man whom they questioned 03 to whether ho had seon tbo runaway, giving a description of him. Tbis man had soon young Barkshlro only short tlnio boforo ho mot tho buntera going toward the town, but alone. If ho had been In company with tho alavo bo hod blddon him away.

A watch waa kept ovor his movements for somo timo, bu! ho eluded tho spies and finally succoodod in piloting tho runaway out of their reaoh. This olovo was novor captured. Thla underground depot woa kept In oporation until tbo Civil War broko out, whon the necessity for tho secrecy domandod by tbo enoctmont of tho Fugitive Slavo law came to an end. When a elave escaped Into Ohio, Indiana or IUlnols, aftor tho brooking out of the Rebellion, tho slave hunters did not follow him further than tbo Ohio, knowing tbat It would not be safe to set foot on froo eoll in search of runaway. Whon Barkshlro thus found hla oecupatlon gone, be did not seom content to romain In tho town where bo had Uvod amid oxcltomont for so many years, and finally turnod his business of cooporing over to his youngest son and removed with his wlfo to Kansas, wboro be diod in 1865, his wlfo surviving blm but short time, Aftor tho Proclamation of Emancipation was promulgated a number of tho runaways roturnod to and worked for their former mastorB In Kontucky, among tho number being tbo coachman spokon of above and the two mulatto girls.

Their old masters' farms woro homes for them and amid all thoir wanderings they did not forgot old associations. And thorenftor also thoro woro peaco and good will betwoon Kontucky and Indiana, and the inhabitants of tbo two States minglod togothor without restraint. Tho Kontucklans had no more plavos to Jose and tho day of tho underground railroad was passed. TnKOruiLTJS. Brooklyn, May SI, 1887.

COOPERS AT A PICNIC. (Jailed together in some overwhelming municipal emergency they may employ tho interval in reouperating from that mental and physical prostration from which the Alderman Buffers more than any other pub Jio servant, except, perhaps, the popular preaohor. More fortunate than most people who have to earn their living and who find it hard enough to get a free fraotion of Saturday, tho persons employed in the departments will have a daily half holiday during the recess. The Board began also to extend the vacations of policemen and firemen until it occurred to the Aldermen that it was none of their business, when the ingenious and alert Mr. Smith's demagogic proposal was re jeoted.

The practice of permitting wooden buildings to be oreoted within the fire limits was repeated in various cases yesterday. Either tho law in this respeot should be enforced impartially or it should be repealed. The remainder of the day's doings comprised, to borrow a phrase from the conductors of orohestral concerts, a "request programme." The Governor was requested to sign tho Ives Pool bill. Tho Corporation Counsel was requested to tell the Aldormen what they could lawfully do about opening Second avenue, north of Thirty ninth street. The Board of Estimate was requested to put $50,000 in tho next budget for the soldiers' and sailors' monument.

The Police Commissioner was requested to enforce against shopkeepers and others the ordinance which forbids them to Bwoop dirt and refuse from their premises into tho streets. Times have changed indeod since the City Fothers used proudly to order what now they humbly beg. Editor O'Brien was shot at eight times in Hamilton lost night, but escaped unhurt. Two of his attendants wore wounded, one severely. The assault of arms was made after tho orator had left the hall, whore ho spoko, for the hotel.

The pistol as the foe of free speech is a ailuro, as all tho world knows. The employment of gun powder as an argument against Homo Rule is somothing that could only occur to the fatuity of fools. The successive efforts to make a martyr of O'Brien have suoceeded in making him a hero. The flash of tho revolver has kindled the torjh of history, which will light him up tho steps of fame. Mr.

Curtis' delightful oratory entertained a largo meeting of the members of the Commonwealth Club nt the Metropolitan Hotel last evening. The Addisonian Mugwump never spoke with greater charm of words, never uttered happier thoughts or moro felici tously expounded tho philosophy of the man who enjoys the equatorial calm" of political independence. Highly as we have always esteemed tho character of tho Mugwump, we confess a now admiration for him aftor reading Mr. Curtis' speech. He is the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night in our politics.

Ho possesses so entirely tho courage of his con victions that neither contumely, misrepresen tation nor denunciation can disturb him. He awakes the storm and faces its tumult and fury as seronely as the petrel. It is his office to prick tho somnolent conscience, to arouse the sluggish pride and to stir the torpid blood of tho people in the groat battle for reform. Ho expects to be mocked and defamed because mockery and defamation havo blazod tho path of all tho pionoerB of progress. But his courage is rooted a faith which the testimony of evory day fortifies.

He sees the end from the beginning and he pushes forward with a supremo disdain of every obstacle. Verily, a groat offico is that of the Mugwump a mighty duty is that which he has been summoned to per form; and well for him, for all of us and for the glorious work of lifting American politics to the piano of its true usefulness and dignity is it that a tongue so gifted as that of the orator of tho Commonwealth Club is enlisted in the cause. So far as we arc able to judge there is no canse for alarm with reforenco to a possible stringency in the money market. Tho Secre tary of the Troasury has ample powers and is at liberty, if he desires, to buy bonds for Government use in opon market. The visit of the Canadian Minister of Financo, Sir Charles Tuppor, to Washington naturally excites tho belief that his errand has some relation to tho pending negotiations on the subject of the fisheries.

But our Government does not and cannot recognize the provincial government in this matter. We look to England for a settlement of the dispute and all official correspondence and action is had between the Department of State and the British Foreign Offico. Whatever the motive of his coming Sir Charles will be received and treated at Washington as a person wholly without authority to influence the issuo of negotiations. In the course of an interview with him published in tho Times he suggests an obstacle to tho prograinmo of commercial union with Canada mapped out by ex Butterworth. He thinks such a union is out of tho question, for tho reason that it would mean freo trade between England and tho United States.

To obviate this Canada would need to adopt the United States tariff as betwoon herself and England, and she could not consent to a course so hostilo to the mothor country. Nevertheless, ho asserts that she is just as anxious as tho United States can possibly be for the freest commercial intercourse, and will do all in hor power to promote it to the fullest practicable extent. Tho interests of the two countries aro almost identical and call for the heartiest reciprocal relations. President Cleveland has made most of his Important appointments with so much Judgment and with such great satisfaction to reasonable men of all parties and all sections that there Is curiosity rather than anxiety with respect to his seloction for the vacancy on the Supremo bench causod by the death of Justice Woods. Providence Telegram.

Perfectly correct. And tho general satisfaction with which Mr. Cleveland's soleotions are regarded would be increased by the promotion of Mr. Garland to the Supreme Court bench. The President's veto of the Dependent Ponslon bill was undoubtedly sound; but tho Grand Army posts that fall to appro ve It may not understand why ho had previously slgnod the Moxlcan Pension bill, which expressly awards pensions for disabilities and dependence resulting sinco dls ohargo from tho service, without reference to the ogo of tho applicant.

A'io York Sun. If they do not understand they have only themselves to blame for it. Mr. Cleveland has publicly explained that he is in favor of granting pensions to tho veterans of all our wars who by reason of advanced age are unable to make adequate provision for their own support. The preliminaries of the treaty of peace with Mexico were signed on the 2nd of February, 1848.

If we assume the average age of the American volunteers at that date to have been 30, tho survivors would now be about 70 years old. Reason enough for Mr. Cleveland to sign the bill without reference to tho age of the applicant." Contemporary Humor. Some one has written a poem on Helen's Cheek." He probably used a pencil. To writo a poem on tho cheeks of somo mon would necessitate the use of glazier's diamond.

Norriitown Herald. All Cleveland is agog over "a remarkable interview with an eminent person in the unseen world." Tho Leader devotes three columns to the details and yet failB to state in which world tho eminent Ohioan is located. Detroit Free Press. Applicant Do yer want a foreman in this bakory Proprietor Have you had much experience with pies Applicant No, but I think I could learn quick. I'vo been boiler iron inspector at Quintard iron works for five years.

Proprietor Take off your coat and go to work you'll do. Puok. Omaha Mon Well, like all the rest of us, you married an angel, of course Young Husband She is not an angel in ono respeot, but she is not in another. 'Found that out, oh?" "Yes; angels don't wear $50 bonnets. Sho does." "Oh! but she is an angel in ono respect, you think?" "Yes; angels can't cook.

Neither can she." Exchange. At tho hospital Physician I congratulate you sincerely, my dear sir. Patient (joyfully) Then I will recover Physicion No, not exactly but after consultation we have come to the conclusion that your case is on entirely now one, and wo have decided to give your namo to the malady, provided that our diagnosis is confirmed by tho outopsy. Journal of Reconstructive. An' exchange Bays: "William Shelton ploaded guilty of manufacturing imitation butter in tho now Court House yesterday, and was fined $150 and costs." Tho man who manufactures bogus buttor in a new court house deserves to bo fined $5,000 and undergo several years' imprisonment.

He desecrates tho temple of justice. Norristoion Herald, Aldermen against him, in his war on the Tweed ring. Grace had every Democrat, so called, in the Board of Aldermen against him, except one, Hugh J. Grant, in his war on the Jacob Sharp ring. Yet the Canal ring was demolished, tho Tweed ring was jailed or banished and the Sharp boodlera ore in prison or exile, while Sharp is now on trial.

Tilden, Havemeyer and Grace passed as better Demo crate in tho long run than the Democrats bo called who befriended plunderers in their time. If Mr. Boaohen defines "Democratic" to mean what legislators or aldermen do who call themselves Democrats, he will often find himself considering Democracy to be another name for blunders and crimes. he takes the bettor woy of considering the principles of Demooraoy to be the test of the conduct and the measure of the oharacter of those who call themselves Democrats, he will put himself in company with exalted ideas and with tho noble influence of many great and good men who have lived and diod exemplifying them. A Square Iesno.

Tho Pope has written a letter to the Rev. Dr. McGlynn directing him to report at Rome, within forty days after he reoeives the letter, and doclaring that if he does not do so ho will bo excommunicated by name. The excommunication would cut off its subject from all priestly functions and from all church rights and benefits, except that tho Bubjcct in dying can be absolved, on repentance and submission, by a minister of the Roman Catholio Church. It is also announced that tho Popo has examined all tho books of Henry George and the issues of his paper and has declared their doctrines to bo against the principles of Catholicism and forbidden by and abhorrent to those principles.

The missive to Dr. McGlynn and the Papal declaration about Honry George's doctrines makes a square and direct issue between the Roman Church on the ono hand and Dr. McGlynn and Henry Georgo's hitherto Catholio followers on tho other. The doctor's and Mr. Georgo's hitherto Catholic followers have but this alternative.

They can abandon their views and become Catholics in full form again or they can hold on to their views and, ceasing from Catholicism, become Protestants. A Becular newspaper, like the Eagle, can hardly advise men and women on tho quostion of giving up their religion or not. That is a matter for a man's conscience to deoido, not for a newspaper. It is well, however, to have the issue made distinct and absolute, for then no ono can misunderstand it or evade it. Henry Gcorgo says Dr.

McGlynn is of tho stuff of which martyrs are made." It is eosy for Henry George to advise other people to become martyrs. As ho is not a Catholic, but is a Protestant and a man of reported weolth, ho can advise Dr. MoGlynn and tho laboring men without any danger of martyrdom or poverty in his own case. Catholics advised by Protestants and laboring men advised by spoutors who talk work for money and who earn their bread by tho sweat of their jaws receivo counsel from those who have nothing in sympathy with them. It is certain to bo glib counsel.

It is likely to be un wiso counsel. The Eagle does not bolieve Henry George will make Catholics give up their religion or that he will Protestantize tho membership of the Church of Rome. Tho Eagle, on tho contrary, looking at the hold which religion has on the human heart and looking at history, believes that Rome will survive Henry Georgo just as Rome has survived many other would bo overturners of her powers and sub verters of hor faith. Without advising Catholics what to do, the Eagle does advise thorn to decide on Henry Georgo's views for themselves and not to have Honry Georgo and Dr. McGlynn do thoir thinking for them on that subjoct.

Leaving the church mattor to itself, tho Eagle is convinced that Honry George's labor views are very poor stuff for laboring mon. The'hope and object of every laboring man is to get a little home which he can call his own, which ho can regard as his property, where the law will protect him and where ho and his family aro masters. Tho basis of any such homo is tho land. The house built on that land, if small or poor, can bo made larger and better as prosperity increases, if the land bo owned, for as the old books and as tho common spoeoh of men declare, the land remains." Honry George would abolish individual ownership in land itself and thus pull the foundations of homes from under homes thomsolves. This is a folly tho Jews abandoned centuries ogo it exists in a sense in India to day, the most miserable country for a poor man on the earth it was in use among the Red Men whom Columbus found on this continent.

It has been played out wherever civilization and tho religion of God has had sway or takon root. All Catholics, whether laborers or not, ought to conclude whether Henry George or their religion is to bo preferred. AH laboring men, whether Catholics or not, should con oludo whether the home destroying, land confiscating theorios of Henry George are for or against their welfare Tho Eagle is convinced that those theories aro against their welfare It believes that intelligent and real laboring men will conclude, on reflection, tho same thing. Honry George may do for a leader of the Communists. True working men and the Labor party as a whole should select another leader.

Tlx! Aldermen's Moetintr. The appointment of police matrons by the Board of Aldermen yesterday was a characteristic proceeding. The office is a proper ono. The committee which reported the resolutions quoted in its report strong statements on the subject made by tho Kings County Women's Association and referred to the results of tho system in Portland, Boston and Philadelphia in support of tho sound conclusion that justico and common decency demand that the wonieu and girls brought into court (many for the first timo), charged with misdemeanors, should have the presence and assistance of a person of their own sex in an official capacity to whom thoy can turn." The Aldormen reached the reasonable conclusion that it would be better for tho matrons to be attached to station houses than to police courts, becauso there is the moro need for their services in the former places, and what they do there includes what may bo required of them in tho latter. But wisdom seems to have forsaken the Aldermen at this point.

Manifestly the usefulness of a matron depends largely upon the choice of a suitable person for the office. Too much care cannot be takon in making selections. It is very easily conceivable that these places might bo 60 filled that it would be better to abolish them. What sort of appointments have the Aldermen made? That is impossible to say. Alderman Corwin moved that the association above mentioned which has concerned itsolf actively about the matron system be asked to propose candidates, on the ground that, while tho persons named in the resolutions might be proper and responsible," the members of the Board really knew littlo in regard to them.

It might be more accurato to say that they know nothing. A thorough investigation of tho list ought to be made by somebody from a purely public point of view. The association amendment failing, Alderman Birkott tried in vain to have tho report and resolutions recommitted. Twelve matrons were appointod and only experiment can show whether thoy aro well chosen. It is to bo hoped that tho practical evidonce on tho subject will not bo of an unpleasant kind.

Evidently the now offices are regarded by the Aldermen as patronage and not much comes within reaoh of their "hooks" nowadays. Two water matters woro disposed of. The City Works Commissioner was authorized to advertise for proposals and to make a contract for a supply of coal 25,450 tons for pumping stations, and $152,700 were appropriated to pay for it. Bonds to tho amount of $110,209.75 wore ordered to bo issued to pay for the extension of distribution. But as to the overshadowing water business, tho extension of the works for which plans wore prepared a year and a half ago, the pressing necessity for whioh has boen urged by Mayor Whitney as it was by Mayor Low, and in behalf of which ex Commissioner Fleemon submitted so eloquent an appeal in yesterday's Eagle as to this important undertaking no sign was made.

The Board provided for its own vacation and that of tho city officers. After tho second Monday of July tho Aldormon will bo rUoyed from exacting toil during tho warm weather. Their regular meetings will.be suspended un Exhibition of the Works of the Painter of the Poor. Why tho Artist Was Not Appreciated In France as He Was in America Sketch of His life Price of His Works. $200,000 Offered for "Tho Angelns." Correspondence of tho Eagle.

Paris, May 13, 1887. "How is it that Millet's best pictures are in Amorlea How Is It that he remained so long unknown In hla native country wore tho quostlons I askod while on a visit to the Millet exposition to an artist who Is well versed tu tho modern history of Mt and who through experience knows tho peculiarities in taste of notions now active In the advancement of painting. "Becauso tho French Judge only art of painting in plcturo, that Is, the art of transferring the paint from the palette to the eanvas. You remember that whon Isaboy, while painting, was askod how he obtained such gorgooua coloring, bo answorod, 'It is vory you tttko the paint from horo tho palette and put It on thoro tho Now, tho art of taking point from hero and putting It on there Is gonerally what Is looked at and appreciated In France. The Jury of the Salon, for Instance, pronounces Itsolf on the manner In whioh a picture 13 painted and ignores In It the elements of intellect and sentiment.

Now Americans are proclsoly tho opposlto In tasto and Judgment; thoy want a picture more for what It represents, for what It tolls, honco" tho roaBon thoy took to Millet; ho bad no studio tochnlca, be was a student of nature; his pictures tell tho plain and graphic story of hard labor, of tilling the Boil, of homely habits of peasants. 'In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread could bo appropriately applied as the subject of a groat number of of Millet's masterpieces, and the Americans readily onter Into sympathy with them, becauso they thomsolves are tollers." Another roason Is the great simplicity of Millet's manner; with a fow strokes he anticipates and lots the Imagination of tho lookor on do tho rost; Jio Ignores dotails, has no technic, or It is so simple that it doos not deserve tho name; ho painted becauso he was born with tho gift for painting. For Instonco, look at those shoop quietly going Into their fold by moonlight, bob how luminous that moon Is and how Its rays cast a palo glare orer the backs of the shoep. The eftoct Is marvelous. Now draw closoly to tho canvas and see with what It Is done; a few patches of yellowish gray point form the books of the shoep; the moon Is a dlBk of yellow point with a paler halo and circle around It.

That Is all, that Is all; but it Is genius. Gonlus Is always slmplo In Its procod uto; It doos not need complexity, but on the othor band It wants to be brought out with work. This exposition gives us anothor evldonco of It, for here wo have throe or four graduated Bkotcho3 of the mastor's best works. Horo are about four pro paratory ossays of tho Glooners, os many of tho Sower, all dono in opon air; that Is the virtue of MUlot's works, they aro oil dono sur place, and that Is why ho has such wondorfol atmospheric offecta. He lived outdoors to point outdoor effects.

Up to a certain point Amorlcans may claim tho honor of having found this painter out. However, ho was Justly oppreolatod by good Fronch Judges long before bo died; celebrated masters rocoguized his genius and prodictod that tho timo would como whon ho would rank far above thom in fame. But somehow during his life time Ronowu refused to blow hor trumpet, and unless she doos, whatovor valuo etfort3 may havo, they novor bring fortune to thoir authors. Then anothor roason, which may soem too fantastlo to bo crod ltod, was that ho had portrayod peasant life with bo much truth In Its wants, had work, lock of Justico in inetmallty of labor; he had so vividly and passionately put all their mlsorlos to vlow that somo wont so far as to accuso him of political ln tont; that is, that he might possibly aim at boing an instigator of a rovolutlon a second Jaoquorlo. Still, in 1875, whon Millet was 60, Fame consonted to opon her doors to him; orders poured In upon him, and Just as ho was about to bogln pointings for tbo Pantheon, ho died diod without having beon ablo to mako any provision for hla largo lam? lly of eloven children.

On a road leading from Grovillo to Landomer, near Cherbourg, in Normandy, stands tho hovel In which Jean FrancolB Millet was born; it ts still Inhabited by ono of bis brothers, who has turnod it Into on Inn, For mony years Millet llrod thoro tho life of a peasant; as a child ho kopt watch ovor the flock of sheop os a young man he tilled the ground. Years after, ono day, whon taking a walk with frlond from Paris In tho fields of Chailly, ho took hold of tho handle of a plow, whipped the oxen Into movomont, mado a cloan, straight furrow In tho ground, thon said: "I suppose thoso who criticise mo aro pooplo of knowlodgo and tasto; but I cannot put mysolf In thoir aklns; and, as I bavo nover soon aught but fields, I try, to tbo best of my ability, to oxpro3S what I have soon, and what I havo felt whon I worked in thom." It was in a littlo school of his dlstrlot that ho first began to draw and to painf. His vocation soon affirmed Itself; at 20 he was sent to Cherbourg to study; thou bo diroctod his stops to Paris, with tho promlso of a pension which tho municipals of Cherbourg awarded hlra. no bocamo a student in Foul Dolaroche's studio; but It waB useless to try to refine bis work; he could cot dovlato from tho manner of his youth. Dlna, his comrado, whon looking upon Bomo nudo women Millothad Just made, satd: "Bo caroful, your bathers look as If they wore just coming out of a Stable." Finding It impossible to romoln In Paris he decided to go back to tho country.

Landomer Is too for from tbo centor. no thon Bottles down In Barblzon. Thla placo near Fontaluobloau was not then what it Is now. Students with monoy, in quest of inspiration, havo spoiled tho placo. It has had Its day, and that was whon Corot, Thoodoro Rousseau, Jules Dupro and MUlot had possession of It as a studio.

Roussoau and Millet woro fast friends, and while tho formor palntod treos tho latter studied tbo effects of otmosphoro, tho peasant and tho earth that he plowed. It Is not possible to im agino a moro mlaorablo hovol than tbo ono in which 3llllot lived for bo many yoars In Barblzon; hla studio, sltuatod to tho loft, Is a dilapidated barn. Aftor his death all tbo skotchos and paintings loft unsold brought tho hlgbost of prlcos. But tho $60,000 realized from tho salo was but a pittance whon divided among his widow and eleven children. Tho Govornmont allows Madamo Millet a yoarly ponsion of $SU0.

Sho genorally sponda her Wlutors In Paris. Somo of tho children have never loft Barblzon, where thoy occupy tbo humblest of positions. M. do Fourcaud, the art orltla of tbo Gaulois, who sow Millet olghtoon months boforo he diod, gtvos tho following dosoripclou of him: "Ho wos very robust and tall; bis oyos wero hlddonun der thick and abaggy oyobrows, peasant llko; bis gait was heavy and ho stoopod as ho walked along. His hair thrown back rovoalod bulged and heavily wrlnklod forehead.

His hands wero still callous from flold labor. I hoard him speak to ono of hla sons and bis voice had tbat drawling peculiarity of tho Normandy peasant. Ho was enveloped in a knitted coat and woro wooden shoes. In a few minutes tho door oponod, his wlfo appeared and caUed him. In tho kltchon, in whoso chimney there was a large wood flro, several children were playing with cats and tho toblo was sot for tho evening moaL That ia tbo apparition I had of MUlot.

I can say that I saw him in hla true framo and at once graspod tbo onsomblo of tho man In bis simplicity and the artist In his olomont." For several yoars post It was tho Intont'on of tbo administration of Fine Arts to oroot a monumont to Joan FrancolB Millet In ChorbouYg, and the most efficacious means of doing it was to make a collection of his works and put tbom on exposition. Owners of his works hove kindly loaned thom for this laudable purposo and a fow days ago tho exposition openod undor tho auspices of all that bolongs to art In tho Capitol and tho President of tho French Republic The Messrs. Yolloo and Bonnot were appointed a committeo to hang tho pictures In the balks of the Beaux Arts. Beyond the entrance, under tho vestibule, tho drawings are expoBod; thoy havo tho some touch of gonlus os tho pointings, and It la Interesting to study these previous Bkotchos of tho mastor's works hung in tho balls above. All tho plcturos are grouped with all the art that blending can bring to good effect.

Last week, whon tho committeo on tho monumont appraised tho works to bavo them Insured, thoir valuo wos estimated at It Is supposod that thoso bolongtng to Amorlcans aro worth 100,000, and twolvo yoars ago tho man diod poor, and, In comparison to his prosont fame, died unknown. Among his most notod plcturos Tbo Sowor," Tho Shoopfold and Tho Grafter aro In Amorlco. But tho celobroted "Angolus" and The Gloaners aro In Franco. Tbo first Millet sold for $300 to pay debt for paints. It romainod a year lu Durand.Ruol's store, finding no purchaser for $3,400.

It was sold to Its prosont ownor for 10, 000, and latoly Mr. Roquofoll, an Amorican, offorod Mr. Secrotan $200,000 for it. Ho rofuaod becauso he doos not want "The Angelua" to loavo France. Mr.

Fordlnond Btschoiraholm la tho ownor of Tho Gloanors and would take no prlco for It. Mr. Van Praott, minister to tho houso of tho King of Bol glam, possessos quito a number of Millet's works. He bought tbom at timo whou thoy wore still at a reasonable price. Not long ago ho was off orod 000 for his Shophordoas." Of all tho present palntors, Juloa Breton is tbo one who approaohea noaroat to Millet, and it is probably this assimilation in work and subjects that brings Julea Broton Into so much favor in America.

A parallel of their manner may bo drawn; they both choose rustic and out door scenes both havo sung tho song of tho poosant and both havo Immortalized tho simple pastures and Holds of Northorn Franco; both tell a patriotic story of labor, of tho husbandman who swoata and groans undor tho task of forcing a livelihood from the arid and uu yloldlng earth. But thoro tho parallol stops. Jules Broton Is moro roflnod In his Intontlona, hla worka speak of pastoral poetry; Millet's lusplro ono with tbo strong, vlrlloproso, whoso crudo uupollahod po rlods fling out tUo meaulng, aa did that of tho an olont writers In the Northorn languages. Jules Broton offers us the Idyl of poosant life, Millet tho reality graspod with truth that Is often rough and ovon Bbocklng. Llko Michel Angolo, he lots his genius guide him lu accontuatlona of the repulsive Jules Breton's is tho modern digged out talent, whoso rough corners ore vouudod and in which tho enormities of the peoplo ho paints aro blddon undor tho polish and varnish of Idoaltstn.

Thoso two pointers aro porfoct roprosontatlvos of talent and gonlus; the ono with no education pushod on with bis art bocauso ho could not help himsolf; the othor studied long, flnishod and roflnod, passed through all tho grados of classical schooling, attondod to tho advlco of bis masters; bosldo himsolf put othors in tho work. Millet stands alono. When I stood boforo his wonderful "Angolus," toars startod to my oyos as thoy did whon I first bobold MurlUo's "Immaculoto Conception" at tho Louvre. Only gonlus has that powor, and Julea Broton will novor coubo anyone to woop ovor any ono of his paintings. Ehha Bullet.

Princoss Victoria, wife of Princo Ludwig of Battonborg and granddaughter of Queen Vlc torlu of England, Is suffering from gnatrlc fever. Hor physicians report that the ssotaty Eastern District Workingmen Sustain Him. A Largo Meeting' jM the Labor Lyceum Where Cardinals Simeon! and Jacobin! and Archbishop Corriaran Are Hissed. In response to aoall of the Eighteenth Ward United Labor Party of Kings County for a mass meeting to Indorse Bev. Edward MoGlynn in bio advocacy of the doctrines of Henry George, an Immense crowd of both soxes, last evening, filled to Its utmost capacity the large assembly room of tho Central Labor Myrtle treet.

Mr. James Bell, corresponding secretary of the Central Labor the meeting to order and briefly stated Its object. Mr. Adolph Petlngkofer was then chosen to preside. Mr.

Petlngkofer said: You know what has boon done against Dr. Mo Olynn because he dared to defend the masses against the classes. They tried to degrade him, but they find that when they took him from his parish he captured a continent. The purpose of this mooting Is not to offer sympathy to Dr. McGlynn he requires no sympathy.

Keep your sympathy for ono who, though cfothod in purple and One linen, locks that peace which eurpassetti understanding, but tho evidence of whoso presence Is seen on tho kind ly face of the man who loves us and whom we all Jove Iter. Edward McGlynn. Applause. Mr. Petlnkopper here read a communication frokn J.

J. Gahon, editor of the Catholic Herald, apologizing for absence, In which bo says among other things: "Labor honors itself whon it takes up tho gago of battle In behalf of Dr. McGlynn. Like his Divine Master, he loves truth, Justice and charity. Great as he Is as a priest, he is greater aa a citizen.

Tho band of an autocraoy has struck him, but the same blow strikes us." Mr. i. J. Archibald then satd: Dr. McGlynn has committed no error of Judgment.

He has done nothing inconsistent with the practice or the teaching of that religion which ho has Towed to practice and teach all his Ufa. His profession of faith he mode years ago and thero is no need that he should make it again. The methods which he has thought propor to adopt differ somewhat from thoso of others, and henco came a oondlot But ho preaches no new doctrine and alms not at originating any new church. But doctrines which in every other country And favor aro tho subject of censure whon preached In this countty. filshop3 Walsh, Nulty and tho late Dr.

MoHalo foheers preached thorn in Ireland. But Slmeoui and Jacobinl hisses thought dt to put a veto on the doctrine of tUo land for tho people in this country. In Ireland such attempts were rebuked. The revorond enemies of Dr. McGlynn stated that thoir course toward him was not actuated by anything which ho hod said in reference to the public school question or other questions, but on account of disobedience to orchle plscopal authority.

Suoh is not tho fact Tho opposition to Dr. McGlynn comes really from personal ill fooling in those from whom he dared to dlssout lii regard to the oducatlon of tho people. Somo sixteen years ago, when the school question was boforo tho people, Dr. McGlynn came to tho conclusion that tho poor, whose money mainly holped to dot Now York with bountiful church odlucos, should not be taxed still further for tho erection of unnecessary parochial school buildings. In tula woy he Incurred onmlty, and Bishop Corrigon hisses has now pounced upon him as tho only tangible victim.

But bishops hove not always boon right. There wero tho Irish bishops Morlorty and lleCabo hisses who woro with tho British Government In its oppression of the Irish people. IliBses. Dr. McGlynn denies tho right of Pope, prelate or Propaganda to say to him how ho shall tblnk or act In American politics as an American citizen.

Applause. When the speakor stated that Bishop Corrlgou's fothor and Dr. Donnelly's fothor possossed gin mills and that thoy tbemsolve3 were Tammany Hall politicians, the hisses wero loud and prolonged. The fact that all the prlosts of his diocese wero not with Bishop Corrigan was shown by tho fact that only about 300 out of about GOO had signed an Indorsement of his course In regard to Dr. McGlynn.

Tho speaker hero wont Into an explanation of tho gospel of Honry Georgo. at tho close of which tho La Salle Maonnorchor sang tho "Marseillaise. Richard F. Caffroy noxt epoko on tho "Fatherhood of God and Brotherhood of Man," as tho ultimate goal to which wo would all bo conducted by follow ng the Goo rglan load. The most aery orator of tho evening was Mr.

J. J. Boallu. Ho said Thoy woro thoro to protest ogoinst an attempt by an edict coming from a foreign court and under the seal of a foreign potontato to limit tho constitutional rights of an American citizen. Applause.

It was something strange to suo in the newspapers a lottor lfrom tho old gentleman in Italy condoling with a bishop In Now York and oxprossing the hope that ho would be able to boar tho affliction caused lilm by a prlost's dlsobodionco in oxorclslng tho right of au Amorican citizen. Laughtor.J Thero was another document, too, In which It was plainly Intimated that tho priest may bo sont below. If such was tho caso, it would bo a good speculation to get up a rapid transit railroad to hell, for thero would be money In It. Laughter and applauso. With church discipline we had no riEht to lntorf oro, but tho moment tho Propagauda presumed to lu torforo with the rights of American citizons we should say to tho Propagauda: Chango your rules," (Applause When Dr.

McGlynn spoko in favor of Cleveland no fault was found with him. When ho spoke for Blnine no fault was found. That was all right. But whon be dared to speak for tho poor he was wrong and was punlahod. It was charged that he went about electioneering in a coach.

Well, ho did It by daylight. Anothor prlost wont away lu a coach when tho sun was down the companion of the refugee Eno, who skipped to Canada with tho poopio's money. That priest iB in full canonicals to day, Out Dr. McGlynn i3n't. It was crcargod against Dr.

McGlynn that ho preached Commuuigm. If ho had dono so St. Bernard taught It before him. Tho speaker hero went into the Georgian doctrine extensively. In conclusion ho said It tho Pope and his friends attempt to lntorforo with the people's political rights In this country the Amorican Catholics will becomo what tho French Catholics became In 1848 lnfldols, mon who kicked crowns Into the gutter and wrested crozlors from tho bands of bishops.

The question os to Dr. McGlynn is sottlod forever. If you and I live until Dr. McGlynn goes to Rome wo will be vory old men. He will stay hero In his native loud, of which ho is so bright an ornament.

Do they think that wo aro back in the Middle Ages and tho days of the Spanish Inquisition 7 If so they are behind tho light houao. The chairman hero offered tho following, which were loudly applauded and unanimously adopted: Whereas, A Catholic Archbishop lias soon flt to use for political ends his occloslastlcal authority by forbidding Catholio clergymon to glvo their support to tho United Labor party to aid the old political organizations; and Whereas, Tho same Archbishop has soon fit to Issue a pastoral aimed against the principles cf tho United Labor party, and a venerated priest has boon deposed, ordored to retract tho doctrine that all mon have equal rights In tho land of their country and summoned to Rome to bo punlahod for bis advocacy of that truth; therofore bo It Resolved, By this meeting of American citizens that while fully recognizing tho right of overy citizen, bo ho lawyer, priest or bishop, to participate by voice and vote in all public manors, we resent any attempt of any ecclesiastical authority, in or out of tho United States, to drag religion Into poll tics and to coerco its ministers in tlio exercise of their rights of citizenship us a violation of that principlo of tho absolute separation of Church and State that is and ever has been one of the chief bulwarks of Amorican liberty. Resolvsd, That the Amorican Catholic priest should enjoy the full rights of his citizenship unquestioned by ecclesiastical authority. Wo therofore pro sestagalnst the suspension and deposition of Dr. McGlynn as uu interference of on ecclesiastical authority In American politics, and wo further pro tost againBt bla summons to Homo to account for his political opinions and acts aa an attempt to establish tho dangerous procodont that an Amorican citizen can be questioned in a foreign country for his courso in American politics.

Resolved, That, speaking not only for Catholics and Protostaats, but for that body of citizens who are connected with no church, wo declare that nothing has done so much to counteract the widespread improsslon that the church Is arrayed against tho efforts of tho workingmen to obtain their rights as tho Blncore devotion of Dr. MoGlynn to the great cause of human liberty in Iroland and In America, and that nothing could be botter calculated to compel workingmen to tho belief thafln their offorts for tho emancipation of labor thoy must meet tho opposition of organized ecclosiastical authority In this attempt to crush tho "priest of tho poor." Resolved, That Dr. Edward McGlynn, the virtuous and public spirited citizen, tho eloquent and foar loss champion of right against tho advocate of Justice to all, the man who has bravely stood by the masses against tho classes, has our earnest sympathy; and that wo plodgo ourselves to stand by him as he has stood by us, and to support him by all tho moana within our power, moral and material; and Resolved, That rro call on the United Labor party and all associations of workingmen In this olty and throughout tho United States to Join with us In protesting against this effort to array religion against Justice, and to Indorse the actions and toachlngs of Dr. Edward McGlynn as pure and boly religion; and bo It Resolved, That a committeo bo appointod to wait on Dr. McGlynn and request him to lecture In this part of Brooklyn at an early dote, and present him with a copy of these resolutions.

After brief addresses by Louis F. Post and Victor A. Wilder, a song was chanted by the La Sallo Maonuerchor, a collection was tukon and tho mooting adjourned. CHEEVEB'S SILVER FOUND. Discovered Burled in a Village Two Miles From Codarbanit.

The $3,000 worh of silver that was stolen from the residence of John D. Cheover, at Cedar hurst a week ago was found this morning buried In the ground at Hewlett's, a village two miles this side of Codarhurst A plumber who was at work In tho vicinity sow three dogs tearing up ths earth, and the suspicion entered the man's mind that perhaps a child's body was what they were after. He drove off the dogs and with a spade threw up the earth until he came to a bag whioh ho pulled out of the hole and found to contain a large lot of Bilror. Mr. Cheever oamo along a littlo later on a train and Identified tho plate aa his own.

The earth whore It was buried was loose, showing clearly that tho deposit had bean mado last night. It Is the belief that the robbery was porpotrated by partios residing near For Rockaway, who kopt the swag con cealod In or about thoir premises until they became frightened by the appearance In then: neighborhood yeBtorday of a Plnkorton detective. The silver very badly damogod, having boen out by a shears and badly bont. The searah for the thieves, Mr. Choovor soys, will not be relinquished.

BLIVEN'S RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. He la No Longer Secretary of (lie Am lira lit It Society. An executive meeting of the officers of the Arr orantb Dromatlo Society wos held last evening in the society's rooms, 40 Court street. E. G.

Will lams presided. Plans for tho next Winter's dromatlo season were discussed and congratulations were exohangod upon the prosperous condition of tho society's affairs. The roll of membership is full and more names than usual are on the waiting list The resignation of Mr. Courtland H. Bllvon, as secretary of tho Board of Officers, was accepted and President Williams appointed W.

Fletcher Johnson secretary, his term to expire October 1, when a meeting for the election of oracors will be held. DIDN'T START HOUSEKEEPING With (he Money His Sweetheart's Fattier Gave Him. Herman Gruondler, musical director of tho Pattl Rosa oompouy, was orrostod in Warolng's Thoator, nobokon, last night, chargod by Loula Budonbendor, a real estato agont of that city, with having obtained from htm $900 undor false pretenses. Gruondler, whon ho lived In Ilobokou two years ago, was engaged to be morrlod to Budon boudor's daughter. Ho said ho needed the monoy to go housekeeping, and whon he got It ho loft tho city.

Tho PottI Rosa company oponod at Warolng's last night and Budonbouder, loarnlng that Gruondler was with it, caused a warrant to bo la sued for hla arrest. The accused musician Is locked up, For the Old Boys of the Brook lyn Fire Department. Tho 7etoran8 Will Cross tho Bridge Next Week and Parade Through the Prinel pal Streets of Two Cities. Kooru No. 4, in the City Hall basement, waa crowded lost night with votoran volunteer Dromon, who assembled to make final preparations for receiving their new engine and going on their grand parade.

The mooting wos callod to ordor by President Jamos A. Walsh and Sarauol Bowdon sat al the Bocrotory'a desk. The Investigating Commlttoo reported favorably on tho following names foi membership and thoy wero elected by ballot: Potei Du Four, Hook and Loddor No. Alexonder Pen son, Engine No. 17; J.

Wesley Louo, Engine No. Richard C. Lamb, Hoso No. Juhn Finn, Englna No. William Holstoad, Englno No.

Harmanua Bonuott, Engine No. 21; William Fosakott, Englno No. Denla Slattury, Englno No. 10; John F. Boyd, Englno No.

21; Samuol J. Young, Hook and Ladder No. 8. George Haddon, of Hook and Ladder Company No. 3, was proposed for momborahlp and the proposition took the usual course.

Tbo association will meet at the City Hall In fall uniform on Thursday at 1 P. ond will procood in a body, headed by a band, to South Ferry and acrosa tbo river, where thoy will tako tho Elovotod rollrood to Great Jones streot, Now York, where they will receive tboir now onglne from the Inaur nnco Patrol, and thon go over a prearranged route In that city and thla, atopping on their way at the hoadquartors of tho Veteran Flremen'a Association, West Tonth streot, New York, for refreshments. This ia tho routo: In Now York Greot Jonoa atroet to Lafayette place, to Fourth streot, to University placo, to Tenth street, to Broadway, to Eighth street, to Aator place, to Broadway, to Chambers street, to Park Row, to Broadway, to Boaver atroot, to Wall atroet, to Front Btroot, to Hamilton avenue forry to Brooklyn. Ill Brooklyn Hamilton avenue to Union stroot, to Court streot, to Scuermorhoru Btroot, to Clinton streot, to Rcmson streot, acros3 City Hall Park, ro vlow by tho Mayor and Common Council, Fulton street to Smith street, to Scborniorhorn street, to Lafayotto avonuo, to Cumberland street, to Jlyrtle avonuo, to Montague street, Honry street, to Pierre pout streot, to Hicks streot, to Romsen streot, to City Hall. Aftor passing the City nail the firemen and their guests will march to the Mansion House and partake of a suppor.

WHEAT CHOP OF THE WORLD. Sources of Supply ot One Tbonaaaa Million People Tho Dopartmont of Agriculture at Washington has boen at some palua to gather from all availablo Eourcoa tho flgaroa abowlng tho whoal crop of tho world for 1830. The tablo contalna no reporta from China or Japan, but as tho wheat crop of these two countries ia comparatively small and nover figures in tho genoral wheal trado of the world, tho omission Is insignificant Tho total crop Is placed at 2,031,322,285 bushola. Aa this cstlmat covers tho total whoat supply of not loss than 1,000, 000,000 of pooplo It will bo soon that tho ovorago pet capita consumption of wheot ollowod for does not exceed two bushels. In sovoral countries tho wheat production falla far below that amount, as in India, for instauco, which has becomo a proralnont wheal exporting country, its 200,000,000 of population are credited with only 253,000,000 bushola of wheat, or obout ono and a quarter bushels per capita.

Of the whoat growing countries our own ia for and away la advance of oil othora. With less than 00,000,000 of population, our whoat crop for laat year waa 457,000,000, or about eight buahola por cftplta. Tho averago por capita conaumptlon In tbo United Statos for a number of years has boen four and a half bushels, or tho equivalent of one barrel of flour, thua leaving of laat year's production throo and a half bushels por capita for scod and export. Tho yield for 1880 was by no moans exceptionally largo, scarcoly an average perhaps, tho yiold onco during tho prosont decado having rlson to 520,000,000 buahols. Wbllo in tho oggrogato, our whoat yield la at least good third grooter than that of any othor country In tho world, when we como to comparo tho yield por aero with somo other countries wo haven't much to bo proud of.

Tbo average yiold por ocro In 1880 was not far from twolvo buahols, while In Groat Britain for tho same yonr It was a trlflo under twonty sovon bushels, ana In 1885, upward of thirty one buahols. Had our whoat acreage boon as prolific as that of Groat Britain laat yoor, the yiold would havo oxceed od 1,000,000,000 bushels, or ono half the total product of tho world, inatoad of a littlo moro than ono qunrtor, as at prosont. This comparison shows tho capabilities of tho Unltod Stoto3 as a wheat growing country, whon our farmors shall arrlvo at tho conclusion that It will bo more profitable to mako two bushols of wheat grow where only one grow beforo, than to double tho yield by doubling the acreage. Although positive statistics aro not at hand to substantiate tho assertion, It is probablo that tbo consumption per capita of wheat Is as high In tho Unltod States as In any countrlOB except Franco and Groat Britain. It has not reached Its bighost point yot by any means, as In tbo South and Southwest Indian corn forma a much largor proportion of tho daily food of tho peoplo than It will whon tho farmora of thoso soctlona Increase tho fertility of thoir soils ond glvo moro attention to wheat growing, 03 thoy are certain to do In the future.

Noxt to the Unltod Stat03 France producos tho lorgost whoat crop, both In numbor of bushola ond por capita. The Fronch whoal crop for was 290,107,020 bushols, or about eight and ono third bushels per capita. As tbo whoat erop of Franco leads that of all othor grains it follows that wheat Is tbo common food of the entiro peoplo and that nocossarlly tho per capita conaumptlon la vory high. Third on tho list of whont producing countries comos India, with 258,817,032 bushola. The por coplta production In this country la very low, notwltlislandlng the respectable proportions of tbo crop aa wholo.

The Indian ryot merely scratches bis soil with the samo rudo wooden plow in uso by hlo ancostora 8,000 and, perhaps, 0,000 years ago. The yield la necessarily amall ond does not Incroaao per aero, although tbo oxtenaion of the railway ayatem of India baa led to an Important oxtonslon of tbo whoat producing nrso, and it is thus mado accessible to a market and becomes a chief artlclo of oxport. Of tho 258,000,000 bushola of whoat grown in India last year not moro than 200,000,000 bushols, or ono bushol por capita, waa conaumod at homo. The balance was oxportod and formod an Important item In tho wheat aupply of Groat Britain. The ryot who grow tho wheat oto very littlo of it, aub aistlng chiefly upon othor products Iobs salable.

Fourth In tbo list of wheat growing conntrlos comos Russia, with a crop for 1S8G amounting to 213,907,081 buahola. Unllko Franco and tho Unltod Statos, Russia doos not grow wheat as its loading Btaplo. Ryo Is tho prluctpal Russian crop, tho production In 18S0 reaching 737,800,000 bushels. Tbo whoat crop of Russia amounts to but a little over two bus hole per capita, and of this small amount a largo share Is oxportod. Llko tho India ryot, tho Russian farmor soils his wheat and Uvob ou hla ryo and other loss salable grains.

Tho taxes in the Czar's dominions aro something enormous and the wheat crop ia tho most available ariicle upon which to raise money for the tax gatherer. Austria Hungary comos fifth In tho list of whoat growing countries, with a crop for 1S80 ot 143,001, lSS bushols, or a trlflo more than three buahols por capita, TMs 1 mostly conaumod at homo. Spain, with a populas tion of about 18,000,000, ralaod 181,060,000 bushola of wheat lost year, or botwoon sovon and olgbt bushels per capita. Italy cornea noxt, with a crop omountlng to 129,412,133 bushels, or about flvo bushels per capita. Philadelphia Timn.

VTABNIXQ TO HILITAUI One of the most remarkable accidents on record In this State occurred at tho Town of Clin ton, N. C. Thoro was a largo procession in honor of tbo complotion of a railway. Thousands of pooplo lined tho strcota. A civic and military procosslon was groat feature of tbo day.

Colonol WlUlam C. Jones, a prominent young officer, was In command of tho troops as colonol of tho Socond Infantry Regi monl His horso, alarmed at the noise, bocamo unmanageable and dashod wildly Into a group of marshals. Colonel Jonos waa thrown violently from hla saddle. In his right hand waa hla drown sword, and thla piorcod tbo body of U. A.

Jamoa. ono of tho marshals. Jamos and Jones fell togothor, whllo thoir horaoa dashed awoy. Tha aword, which was a United Statos regulation blade, tranaflxod Jamoa from bock to brooat, tho blado entering' on the left side of tho spine. After thus passing through It, it snappod near tbo hilt.

It was drown out by tho point, which protruded sovoral lnchoa In front, near tho breastbone. Tho torrlblo accident occurred Immediately In front of tho residence of Jamoa' fatbor. Both James and Jonoa wore taken to tho houao In an unconscious condition. Tho regimontal surgeon and othor physicians say that tbo torrlblo wound may not provo fatal, aa tho lungs woro not touched. Jones narrowly oacapod concussion of tbo brain, and tho dreadful occurrence noorly drives him mad.

St. T.ouis Globe Democrat. There was a freo fight ot a Hungarian christening at Uaroratraw on Sunday. Tbo kulfe and pistol wore frooly used. BUSINESS NOTICE.

HARRIET HUBBARD AYER, FORMERLY OF CHICAGO, SOLE PBOPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURER OF VITA NUOVA VITA NUOVA VITA NUOVA VITA NUOVA VITA NUOVA (NEW LIFE.) (HKV LIFE.) Tno great succoas of hor Rocamier Creira, balm ond powdor, proving that a good artiolo will always Bell. Una indnood Mrs. Ayor to offor VITA NUOVA. One half olsret (jlassful of VITA NUOVA takon aftor a "hard day's work will impart now vigor and enable ono to enjoy his dlnnor and ovonitig without foolitiK fatiguiid or worn oat. It will at onco roliovo tha nervousness so common to ovur workod pooplo.

Tills tonio will roliovo or euro almost ovory dlsoaso originating in a disordered stomach. If tho stomaohlsiu porfoct condition thoro is no probability that ono will bo troublod with Norvousnoss, Montal ol Ptlyaical Exhaustion, Hysteria, Malaria, Dyspop. aia, Gastritis, Weakening of tho Vitil Forces, Melancholia, or tho blnos. VITA NUOVA will positively keep your stomach porfoct health. It is an exhilarating drink to bo taken with meals or as required.

It leavos no depressing reactionary oiTeet, it is not intended )loIy for ladies, but for overworked merchants, bankers, lawyori, physicians and all other porsons requiring a tonic and whoso digestion is im pairod. in tho slightest degree. VITA NUOVA is ab'i Jutoly Can ho taken by all with perfect conii douco according to Mri. Ayor only csaS a trinl and trusts hor roputation will boar hor outintJui assurance lliat VITA NUOVA is just wht alio repros mtl it to bo, and sho will choerinJly refund tho price if in proves unsatisfactory to tha buyer. Prieo 31 per btit tlo.

For sale by all druggists, fancy grocers and by propriotor at retail at 27 Union a juaro, and at whobdala at SI and 41 Park place, Now York City. HAUUIKT HUBBARD AVRU. N. B. For ttio purpose of introdnoldg VITA NUOVA quickly Mrs.

Ayor vrlil dolivor froo of oxtra ehargo any quantity of Vita Nnova to any address in Now Yolic. Brooklyn ot Jersey City during this week upon rsooipl ol mtital cud ordering ras TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 84, 1887. SIX PAGES. Tlils Paper lias tho Laracst Circulation o( any Evening Paper Published In tho United States. Itu value as an Advertiuius medium iu therefore apparent.

Enfflo Branch OIIIccb 1,22 Iledford Avenue, Wear Fulton Strcot, 435 Fifth Avcnnc, Near Ninth Street, and 14 Broadway, Brooklyn, E. D. Advertisements for the week day editions uill be received up to 11:30 o'clock A. aMl for the Sunday edition up to 10 P. M.

on Saturdays. The narsualmnip It is reported that the President has appointed Lawyer Charles M. Stafford, whoso office ifl at 206 Broadway, Now York, and whose residence is at 08 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn, United States Marshal in place of A. 0. Tate, whose term has expired.

Mr. Stafford is a lawyer of fair ability, a citizen of fine presence, agreeable manners, even tompor, high self respect and firm integrity. Ho has always been a Democrat and he has always belonged to Charles M. Stafford and to no one else. He is a trustee of tho Brooklyn Tabernacle, and his appointmont was earnestly asked for by Dr.

Talmago and by many citizens of both parties. Tho other candidates wore James Kane and John Dolniar. Tho President never once thought of appointing either, though either would have been satisfactory to tho local organization which insisted on one of them, it didn't care which. Tho President would take noither, as ho did not think weakening the public 6orvico would strengthen the Administration. The organization having refused to name any odo except Kane or Delrnar, finds that Mr.

Cleveland has gone outside of it and selected his own man, from the party at largo. This is an oxcollont appointment, for Marshal Stafford will make an excellent officer, just as Mr. Hendrix, another direct Presidential appointee, does. General Catlln's Republican Junction (o the Democratic Party. General Catlin candidly in effoct says: My convictions are unchanged.

I join tho Democratic party as a Republican, becauso ft Republican committee and a Republican Assembly have censured Mo. Hereafter my vote will be Democratic but my views will be Republican my mouth will bo Democratic but my mind will bo Eopublican osteriorly I will bo Democratic, but interiorly I will bo Republican outside I will act with one party but inside I will belong to another; mychango will not bo real, but apparent." This is soldierly frankness. The Republicans know just how little thoy loso, for tho intellectual and spiritual part of tho Genoral remains theirs tho Democratic party knows just how much thoy gain a vote, avoice, apresence, the rest of tho Goneral being "agin 'em." Having given Wb association to tho Democrats and loft his convictions with the Republicans, the General keeps his record as a personal possession. Tho Committeo and tho Assembly criticised Him. That is what's tho matter.

His brain continues to bo immutably Eopublican, but his body henceforth will be Democratic. Like the gallant officor that be is, he is always in light marching order. "When he marched from ono camp to the other he left tho baggage of his convictions in the Republican ranks, and tho residue of him went straight for tho Democratic supply train. Ho changes his flag but not his opinions, his venue but not his views, his uniform but not his sentiments. The two partios should act according to this impartial division or divorce which tho Goneral uas made between his inner and his outer self.

There should bo no censure of tho General in tho Republican camp, for all around that camp "his bouI is marching on" as it ever has done. Thero should bo no lack of rejoicing among tho Democrats, but a nice and discriminating estimate of the actual valuo of tho acquisition should make tho ecstasy intelligible. Within the limits of tho real facts let joy be unconfiued. Nor should the Democrats, not despito, but bocauso of the physical reinforcement they have received, fail to realize that within tho Gen erol's hearing it won't do to "crack up" their past or to applaud their principles. The Genoral is against their past and opposed to their principles.

Old timo revenue roformers, old line strict constructionists, tho men who believed that Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, McClel lan, Seymour, Tildeu, Hancock and Cleveland were right should moot in socrot or recur to tho delight of praising past heroes and endur Ingprincijles with bated breath and whisponng tramblencsB, for tho new ally was, and still is, the old foo of all those old fogies. He is only contemporaneous and future Democratic accession. His heart is in the highlands, and his sentiments are still Republican. Ho glories in tho principles but renounces somo of the personnel of the Republican party especially tho assassins of the First Ward. Ho is opposed to the principles, but Dnomored of tho personnel of some of tho Democrats Mr.

Ridgway especially. While the General only lately effected this exquisitely skillful pairing off betwoen his Republican soul and his Democratic body; while he did not announce it until after a ruthless Republican Assembly had criticised Him, he intended to do it last Fall, but restrained himself long enough to allow a young friend to run the course betwoen the embalming and tho burial of a Republican newspaper. In his young friend's genius the General trusted, but on second quarter day the paper "busted," and passed from a blooming actuality into an unhappy hyphou. The General's reasons last JFall and his reosons this Bummer are, however, virtually the same. Republicans voted against him in 1885 in lome measure Republicans voted against a relative of his in 1886 in some measure.

Their adverse votes, he insists, were a censure on him directly or indirectly. In 1887 the Republican Committeo and Assembly also voted a criticism on him and a condemnation on another relative W. H. Bacon only this timo they made it almost unanimous. Hence the change.

In 1885 Republican disaffection led to the preferment of Whitney to Catlin in 1886 Republican disaffection led to tho preferment of Ridgway to Tracy. In 1887 the Republican Assembly Impartially censured both Ridgway and Catlin and both reports from the Committee jumped on W. H. Bacon with tumultuous ananimity. Wherefore tho General will make himself in action hereafter politically indistinguishable from AVhitnoy and Ridgway.

The logicalness of denouncing and dosorting tho minority for not electing thoir men is not apparent, but tho denunciation and the desertion are real all the same. The General establishes the principlo that a party must be unanimously for Him whon he Is a nominee or it will hear from him on the other side. It will bo well to bear this sublime doctrine in mind. It may govern important considerations in the future. Tho Eagle, however, congratulates the Goneral in coming bodily in to tho Democratic paTty.

The rest of him will soon follow. The Democracy are in majority; they have tho nation, tho State, tho city and tho county, but they are always glad of disinterested reinforcements, and tho Genoral (who has been reinforced by Colonol Stegman, while even os Sheriff Daggett trembles in tho balance of dubiety) will be careful to servo as long in his new party, boforo he seeks its honors, as he did in his old. Though he conies over on a piquo or a griovanco, ho will settle down on a principle as soon as ho can find ono, and meantime he will throw away ambition and readjust his sonse of importance to the sohemo of things. We are glad to hear that President Cleveland contemplates a trip to tho West next Pall. Yesterday a delegation of St.

Louisnns, headed by Mayor Francis, callod at tho Whito House and presented an invitation, signed by over 20,000 citizons, soliciting the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland during tho annual encampment of the Grand Army of tho Republic in St. Louis. Mr.

Clovoland expressed hiB appreciation of tho honor, said ho know of nothing to prevent his aocoptanco of tho invitation and promised that, if possible, Mrs. Sir Horace Jones, a noted architect, died in XiOndon yestordoy. To day ia the fourth anniversary of tho opening of the bridge. Mayor Hewitt has takon a stand against the sanding of rollroad traoks. Austin Corbin's groom has pleaded guilty to the obargo of robbing blra.

The 100 mile bicycle contest in Missouri was won by Rhodes, of Boston. The Celtio was sixty miles out of hor course when she struck the Britannic. The work of getting a jury in tho Jacob Sharp trial progresses very slowly. Merchant Prince, the biggest St. Bernard dog In the country, died yesterday.

Henry August Vatable, one of tho old ougor merchants In Now York, is dead. Patrick Purcell, a New York garrotor, was sent to prison for twenty years yesterday. Captain Densmore, for twelve years door koopor at tho White House, has resigned. Manufacturers decline to settle thoir differences with the silversmiths by arbitration. The national drill was formally opened in Washington yesterday with a dress parade.

Two Frenchmen havo been arrested by tho German police for removing a frontier poBt. George William Curtis thinks John Sher man ono of tho purest and abl03t mon In public lifo. O'Brien was fired at in Toronto last night, the mob making a determined effort to assassinate him. The Erio Eailway Company has closed a contract for two $60,000 Iron vessels for Chautauqua Lake. The burning of eight houses near the gas works In Panama on Sunday caused a loss of $100,000.

Henry Schwartz and Newton "Watt, the Rock Island train robbers, have boon sentenced to Jail for life. No applications have boen made for the va cant Shonandoah (Pa.) postmastershlp, tho salary of which la 11,700. The Chicago bosses have modified their declaration of principles so os to roqulro only the assonvof employes. Seven workmen were inj'ured by tho fall of the two unoccupied buildings, 4 and 0 Hull place, Now Tork, yesterday. The President yesterday appointed Andrew H.

Dill to bo United States Marshal for the Eostorn District of Pennsylvania. Judge Thurman says that under no circumstances will ho cousont to stand as a candidate for the Ohio Governorship. John Aloysius Blako, member of tho British Parliament for County Corlow, Iroland, died yosterday, aged 00 years. Frank Frayno's lion Ingersoll escaped from bis cago at Madison, N. and killed a horso boforo he wasroca ptured.

Tho steamship Cherokee ran into and sunk tho schoonor Marlotta Stoolman of Somers Point, N. off Aboscom Light on Friday. Tho crew wore saved. Ex Judgo George Shea, of New York, gave a dinner party and borrowed somo silverware from Tiffany Co. for tbo occasion.

Tbo silverware was stolon. Fritz Kibitz, a child aged 18 months, while playing in tho apartments of Its parents, in New York, was bitten by a spidor and died fow moments later. The gold holdings of tho Treasury havo increased over $2,000,000 since the 1st Inet. Tho silver circulation has docroasod about $200,000 during tbo samo period. The held in trust by tho Philadelphia Trust Company for the Central Transportation Company was paid ovor to tho Transportation Company yesterday.

Egmont Von Tilly, calling himsolf a Gorman count and formorly an officer In tho Prussian Army, committed suicldo In New York because of unreciprocated affootlon. The Secretary of Stoto has received information from Minister Hall that the Arbitration Boundary Convention with Nloarogua has boon ratillod by the Congros of Costa Rica David Rice, a Hungarian, met a Mrs. West hdim and hor daughter In Posth and camo with them to this country. Ho is charged with botroying tho daughtor and robbing tho mother. Tho Manhattan Storage Warehouse Company is being sued for $23,000 aa damages for tho destruction of a large painting "On tbo Mediterranean" attributed to Salvotor Rosa.

The trial of Mrs. Emily Penseyeres, charged with tho murder of hor husband by shooting him with a revolver wbllo ho was In bod in December last, was openod in Buffalo yosterday. W. W. Dawson committed suicide in Mexico yostorday by shooting himsolf through tho heart.

Ho had Just roturnod from Dodge City, where ho had boen llooced of oil his money by land sharks. A woman at the Deer Park Hotel, Wilmington, DoL, committed suicldo yostorday by lotting tho water from big fauc run down hor throat and putting rubbor betwoon hor tooth so that sho could not cloao her mouth. Suit has been instituted in Milwaukee by Williom H. Hollistor ngolnBt tho trustoo3 of tho Wisconsin Central Railroad on bonds and interest aggregating in value $500,000. A receiver for the road will probably be appointod.

The residence of W. L. Noell, near Liberty, was burnod on Sunday night A bright littlo girl of 10 yoors porlshod In the names. The father, mothor and two othor children barely escaped with thoir Hvos, all being more or less soveroly, if not dangerously, burnod. The Grand Jury of the Superior Court in Waterbury yesterday returned a true bill of murdor against Martin Phlnney, who, at Naugatuck, on Wednesday last, stabbed bis wlfo to death while she was on her way to work.

He will be tried In Now Haven in November. The story of tho deathbed confession of tho killing of David Silver by his father, at Rum ford, number of years ago, and the subsequent burial of his body under the lottor's barn, is found to be untruo and tho mystery surrounding tbo disappearance of young Silver Is as doop as evor. POLITICAL NOTES. The situation makes a demand for a wise and salutary moaauro of tariff reform and tax reduction tho loading Issuo of the day. Tho President and the Democrats In Congress cannot got around It.

It is only one form of robbery for the Government to toko monoy from tho pooplo that It does not need. Galveston News. The Indications ore that the campaign of 1883 will be unlike any that has been conducted In this country since 1804. Augusta Chronicle. Tho Ohio Ropublicons ore tolking of Sherman and Hawley as tho propor combination for noxt year's national campaign.

Suoh a ticket could not fail to satisfy all reasonable demands as to ability, locality and goneral fitness and, what Is moro, It could not be beaton. tit. Louis Qlobe Demacrat. Whoa the Boston Herald declares that "nine hundred and nlnety nlno of each thousand of Mugwumps of 1881 will not support John Sherman," It probably reckons itself as the larger number. Thero 1b very genoral respect tor tho ability and honesty of John Sherman among tbo independent voters.

Providence Journal. Editor Wotterson bos a theory that a camol can squeeze through tbo eye of a needle. This Is very consoling, but a Kontacky man will have to drop his poker dock bofore bo can got through. Atlanta Constitution. Mr.

Powderly ovldontl7 despairs that anything can bo accomplished through tho doctrinos upon which tho Knights of Labor originally based thoir movemout, and has come to tho conclusion that strlkoB, boycotts, exactions and attempts to Interfere with buslnoss have socurod nothing and will eeouro nothing for tho laborers. Through the columns of the journal of United Labor he now onun olates tho dootrlno that "tho watchword of tho Knights of Labor Is universal co oporatlou." Wbllo we ore Inclined to the opinion that tho watchword Ib Improotlcablo and cannot be carried Into effect until human nature Is essentially changed, Btlll It ts but fair to Bay that Mr. Powdorly's suggestion Is much more sensiblo than any that has yet omonatod from that source. Chicago Tribune. Mr.

Blaine was tho strongest candidate who could havo boon namod by tho Ropnbllcaua la 1881, and ho has galnod rather than lost sinco that time. To present appooranco ho will bo the strongest candidate In 1888. Minmapolit Tribune, Reciprocity Is well enough so far as it goes. It is practical commercial union. Political union will Inevitably follow, as It did In Germany, for at best roclproolty, or commercial union, Is stop gap and a mako shift which will I60d suroly to absorption when tbo timo como3.

PitfaiicpMo News. If workers would think and reason as Mr. Atkinson advisos, thoy would percolvo the truth of his statements and refuso to llston to Honry Goorge and Dr. McGlynn, whoso wall of woo Is ot up to convince them that they are slaves and helpless. In this laud, of all othors, tho worker should tarn the doaf ear to tho pessimistic labor agitator.

What ovor labor may bavo of whioh to complain olso whoro, horo it Is Its own master. Sacramento Record Union. Tho Boston Record says that If tho Republican party can nomlnato a tlckot In 1888 which will challenge tho conlldenco of tho peoplo It will win. This strikes us as the safest of all tbo problematical assertions wo havo ovor seen. No possible Ropub lican tlckot can challenge tho confldoncoof tho poo ple.

Atlanta Constitution, Canada's destiny Is to bo a flourishing Stato of tho Amorican Union at no very distant iay.St. Paul Qlcbt, to tho law and tho facts. Tho report in papers other than tho Eagle was that Mr. Ridgway told the Grand Jury that himsolf, and it is more than doubtful whether his communications to tho Grand Jury are privileged from publication. The lawyers employed by the Assembly Committeo and the Committeo, too, said they were not.

Indoed, tho testimony of Grand Jurors thomsolves as to his communications to them was taken and givon to the public and to tho Legislature with the declaration by the Committee and by the Assembly that ho told the Grand Jury that to bo law which he know was not law. It is, therefore, competent for the Grand Jurors now in session to tell oither the Court or the public whether Mr. Ridgway ever did say, in their presence, to witnesses, or to thomsolves directly, that he did not intend to adviso them or to interfere with them as to the law or facts in Nevins' case, becauso ho and Novins bo longed to the same party. Commenting on that report a week ago today, tho EAOLEsaid it regarded Mr. Ridgway's excuso for proposing to abdicate his functions as insufficient and self accusing.

Tho Eagle reminded him that Democrat Grovcr Clove land and Democrat Samuel J. Tildon pursued Democratic delinquents or rascals with all their might and advised Mr. Ridgway to profit by their example The Eagle added, however, that if Mr. Ridgway insisted on confessing his inability or disinclination to act in Nevins' case bocauso he and Novins both call themselves Democrats, ho should not transfer that work to an appointive subordinate whom he can removo at will. We insisted that to do so would bo unfair both to tho subordinate and to tho public.

Tho Eagle further remarked that if Mr. Ridgway, under a proclaimed handicap of difficulty or disinclination, bowed himsolf out of the case, ho should bring tho Attorney Genoral or a representative of tho Attorney General's own designation into it. Sinco the reported expression of a determination to retire from tho case tho Grand Jury knows whether tho report was true or not Mr. Ridgwny has apparently concluded or been directed to reconsider hiB published resolution. From the time tho Eagle com batted Mr.

Ridgway's reasons and suggested that ho ask tho Law Department of the State to act in tho case, as tho statute provides may bo dono on request, he has, under a chango of views or under instruction, been co operating with tho Grand Jury, on tho case which it is said he told that body ho should have nothing to do with. Tho idea of having the Attorney General down hero wrought a voluntary or enforced change of front in Mr. Ridgway. Ho is either acting on the Nevins case like Tilden and Cleveland or like himsolf. Tho result may show which, and tho result can bo waited for.

Nevins will either be indicted in earnest by this Grand Jury, or can bo and should bo by somo other Grand Jury. If, either by Mr. Ridgway, or by any influence that wrought a chango of front in Mr. Ridgway, a present failure occurs to present Nevins, in good faith, for fair trial, on a square indictment, then other Grand Juries will have that duty to perform and other duties, too. Pending the matter this remains true, though Mr.

Ridgway did not say it. His co operation with this Grand Jury, or with any other, on the Nevins case or on any other named by tho Assembly for indictment, is both farcical and improper, for ho is under tho censure of the State's Assembly, too. If he does help indict any of his colleagues in State censure, tho proceeding will not bo regarded by the public as one moaut to be sincerely carried through. If he fails to help indict them, that will bo attributed to the fact that he is in the same box with them. Either way is his loss, his misfortune and his mortification.

His involvement in the same censure with the others requires him to precede any indictment of them with ono of himsolf an idea that ho is hardly expected to effect. That being out of the question, tho impropriety of his being identified with any proceedings against Nevins, McKane, Waring and tho rest is manifest to any sensible man. Ho is out of place in tho Novins proceeding not because he and Nevins are of the "same party" for Novins in law is not a Democrat but only on offender, and in law Ridgway is not a Democrat but only an official but because they are both tarred with the same stick. Mr. Ridgway twould better have asked the Attornoy General into tho mattor.

Ho would better havo been advised to invito him in. It is as certain that no one else can afford to shoulder the results of Mr. Ridgway's inappropriate effort to deal with his oomponions in State conaure as it is that ho cannot afford to do bo himself. Asked and Anowcrod. The Eagle has received and last night published tho following letter To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: As a resident ol Brooklyn and a constant roador of your Influential Journal I would kindly ask you to answer the followlne throe questions through youroBtoomod papor: 1.

Is the Eagle a real Democratic Journal yot 2. Tho EAQLB said In yesterday's odltorlal that tho Bacon Investigating Committeo and now tho legislature recommend tho cases of Novlna Co. to tho Grand Jury. Is it not a fact that every Democrat ol the Assembly voted against tho adoption of tho Bacon report 8. Can the Eagle give any reason why every Democrat voted against the adoption of tho roport F.

W. Bosouen, 161A St Marks av, Brooklyn. New York, May 21, 1887. To the first question: Yes. Tho Eagle believes in the principles of Thomas Jefferson, shares the hatred which Samuel J.

Tilden had for public plunderors, for Democratic plunderers most of all, and applauds the fidelity to reform doctrines and promises which marics Grover Cleveland. To the second question The Eagle did not say "tho Legislature" recommendod the case of Nevins Co. to tho Grand Jury. Tho Eagle said the Assembly did that, by a vote of 64 against 54. The Assembly is one of the two branches of the Legislature.

Mr. Bos ohen should bo accurate in his statements. It is not a fact "that evory Democrat of tho Assembly voted against the adoption of the minority report." Threo, for somo reason not reported, aro represented net to have voted at all. The 54 votes against the Bacon report comprised Democrats, 51 Republicans, 3 total 54. Every Democrat that votod, did, however, voto against tho Bacon report and three jobbing Republicans votod with thorn.

To the third question Tho Eagle in commenting on the reported and afterward confirmed intention of the Democrats in the Assembly to vote againBt tho Bacon roport gave tho reasons whioh it thought influenced them. If Mr. Boschon is in truth a constant reader" of this paper, as ho says ho is, he read thoso reasons in the Eagle of May 9, 1887, undor the head of The Committee's Roport Foreshadowed." If he did not ox amino that article ho may be an occasional reader, but he is not "a constant" ono of this paper. Such Democrats as votod against the Bacon roport lot partisan foeliug overcome tho duty of condemning wrong doors, who act with tho porty, whon it suits thorn to do so. Tho men so voting call thomsolves Democrats.

Their action in so voting was auti Democrotio, whatever thoy call themselves. A real Democrat will bo moro hostilo to a Democratic wrong doer than any other for such wrong doer adds infidelity to tho party to injury to tho people. Tilden had about every Democrat, so called, in the Legislature againjjthjm Tlioy Gather Toffetbor for tbo Fifth Snc cesalvo Year. The employes of the Atlantic Cooper shop connected with the Atlantic Whito Load Works hold thoir fifth annual picnic Ia3t evoning ot High Ground Pork. Profossor H.

M. Swoonoy's orchestra filled tho musical part of tho programme. Tho following committooa discharged their various dutlos zealously: Floor Managor, Florence Egan; assistant floor managers, Edward Kenny, John Haloy; floor commlttoo, John Rood, Josopb Whalon, Fred Miller, Charles Cannon, Thoodoro Vrooland, Thomas McMellon, William Rood, E. Donaldson, Nlckolns IHckoy, A. Klrby, John MoManus, John Bums, M.

McNoely, Bernard Kelly, J. McCormack, Maurice Grogon, Jomos Noglo, I. Koonoy, William Bloney, J. McCormack, 1. Donahue, R.

Kelly, E. Hughes, P. Mulvibill, I. Martin, E. Kenny, P.

Kelly, J. Mullen, J. Goorlty, Lovoy, S. Moonoy, K. Hogau.

Reception Commlttoo, Cbarlos McCarthy, chairman; C. Ryan, William Kolls, John Walsh, J. Ma hor, P. Rolloy, Alex. Rydor, Jomes Gregg, Mlchnol Walab, John McDonough, Patrick Korney, John Kolls, William Whalon, William Lynch, William McGowan, W.

Bogon. The employes ore odcerod as follows: Florence Egon, prosldont; Edward Kenny, first vice president; John Haley, second vice president; John Walsh, rocordlug secretary; William Kolls, treasurer; Jamos Maher, financial soorotary; McGowan, corresponding secretary; Patrick RolUy, sorgoant at arms. TUB EAGLB ASP TflE 1IA.LF HOLIDAY. Ho the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: Your issuo of Saturday came ont on very good timo and suited tho dcalors vory woll, although qulto a number of carrlors woro couipollod to wait for sovoral othor afternoon dallies which wero late coming out It being tho flrat Soturday of tho Half Holldoy law everything did not run aa smooth as It should. I would llko to soo tbo advertisers tako a hand (n observing tbo half holiday ond bond in their notices eorly.

Wo offor you our heartiest thanks for your promptness In fulfilling what you promlsod that is, tho publication of your 4 o'clock edition at 3 P. It being ono hour lator than wo would llko to havo It We cannot very woll complain, aa It gave us ono hour moro roat. Will closo now with bost wishes for tbo Eaolk, ond hoping to bavo tho bonout of tho half holiday I remain, In bo half of tbo nowedealors of Brooklyn, R. F. Chuubuok, Newsdealer.

BltOOKLYN, Moy 23, 18S7. IlOTBJABniYALS. Hotel Dieter T. AV. Clark, O.

Mahouoy and wlfo, Brooklyn; Dr. Julius A. Skllton, Auburn, N. Y.j Frank P. Scott, Now York; S.

C. Bradloy. Folrflold, Ct Mr. ond Mrs. Jamoa Lyon, Albany, N.

John W. Stokos, Philadelphia; R. F. Crooko, Brooklyn; Mrs. C.

Griffin, Nowport, R. Allan Ballou, Chicago. E. R. Hattman, Samuel Roao, Brooklyn; J.

M. Butlor, Fhlladolphln; Goorge S. Whltblck, Northampton; Jamoa H. Hamilton and wife, Now York City; H. Grubo, Now Utrocht; A.

E. Lehman, Philadelphia; O. M. Iaraol, Washington, C. F.

H. HoaktnB, BlnghaatOD. N. "S.i 008 Cook. WaittBMaa, A fc.