THE SCRANTON TRIBtTNIC-JTlUDAY MORNING-, JTEitllUAItY It), 1S97. (Se cwmfon CriBune rnlljnud Weekly. No SunJay Edition. Published at Scronton, Pa., by Tits Tribune PubllsJitiiK Conipany. Jcv York lleiirtscnlnttvc! 1'UANK .H. OKAY CO.. Hooin 43, Trlbuno llulltUnir, Sew York City. XftTMID. AT Till POSTOmOE AT BCHANTOX. PA.. A3 CIC0ND-CLA03 MAIL HATTHtl. SCKANTON, FEDUUAUY 10, 1807. The Pittsburg Times raises a dole ful cry that the Quayltes In Alle gheny are promising federal positions. There Is only one thing for Brother Magee to do, and that Is, get out an In junction. No Place Like Scrantoit. A letter contributed by Professor George N. Rockwell, formerly of this city, to the Syracuse Evening Herald presents some fcaturus which are both Interesting and Instiuctlve. "I believe." Buys he, "that residents of the Empire state generally think of Scranton sim ply as a mining town, and such it Is, coal and Iron being its chief Industries. And yet (and this may surprise some of the good people of Syracuse) the churches of Scranton, Pa., think nothing of spending from $2,000 to $3,G0O per an num for church music, and coming as I do from a position that h'as paid me $1,000 per anfmm as organist and choir master, you can imagine It was a sur prise to find such an evident lack of appreciation (pecuniarily speaking) as 1 have noticed during my two months' residence In Syracuse; In fact, I have had an experience that Illustrates how In some quaiters something Is expected for virtually nothing. "Although ac'huich position had noth ing to do with iny locating in Syracuse, I thought that should n congenial open ing present 1 might accept such; and so when a nontlenian well known in Syracuse musical circles gave me a let ter of Introduction to the pastor of a church dcslrlnir an organist, and ad vised me to 'lose no time' In looking the matter up, I set out in the hope of ftnd lng a good chvreh, a uood organ and not less than $600 or $S00 per annum. After a pleasant chat, In which I heard enumerated what was expected of an organist, viz., two services on Sunday, one rehearsal each week, and for special occasions two, also services Christmas Mid Thanksgiving day, I put the ques tion as to salary. Imagine my surprise when I was told that 'they had been paying $3 per week, and probably would not feel like advancing it!' Angels and ministers of grace defend us; only $1 for each rehearsal and service; less car fare, "but 'JO cents!" This Incident teaches two lessons. It shows that not all cities which put on airs and make vainglorious pretensions to age, culture and lofty refinement are to bo regnrded as In any solid sense superior to Scranton; and It also con voys by Inference the suggestion that the man who Is a resident of Scranton should be slow to think of removing to another community. In different words, the further u. Scrantonlan pursues his investigations among the so-called at tractions of other municipalities the more thoroughly will he be made to realize that "there's no place like home." The statement Is made tha't since his nomination at St. L,ouls, Major McKtn ley has been visited at Canton by one In every eight of the men who voted for him. If they all want a government olllce, there will soon be a surplus of disappointments. The New immigration Law. The new Immigration bill which awaits the president'! signature ex cludes from entrance Into the United States "all persons physically capable and over 10 years of age, who cannot read and write the English language or some other language; but a person not so able to read and write, who Is over CO years of age. and Is the parent or grandparent of a qualified Immigrant over 21 years of age and capable of supporting such parent or grandparent, may accompany such Immigrant, or such a parent or grandparent may be sent for and come to join the family of a child or grandchild over 21 years of age similarly qualified and capable, and a wife or minor child not so able to read and write may accompany or be sent for and come to Join the hus band or parent similarly qualified and capable." For the purpose of testing the ability of the immigrant to lead and write, as required by the foregoing section, the inspection oillcers "shull be furnished with copies of the constitution of the United States, printed on numbered uni form pasteboard slips, each containing not less than twenty nor more than twenty-five words of said constitution, printed in the various languages of the immigrants In double small pica type. These slips shall be kept in boxes made for that purpose, and so constructed as to conceal the slips from view, each box to contain slips of but one language, and the immigrant may designate the language In which he prefers the test shall be made. Each Immigrant shall bo required to draw one of said slips from the box and read and afterwards write out, In full view of the immigra tion officer, the words printed thereon. Each slip shall bo returned to the box Immediately after the tost is finished, and the contents of the box shall be shaken up by an inspection ofllcer be fore another drawing Is made. No im migrant falling to read and write out the Blip thus drawn by him shall be admitted, but he shall be returned to the country from which he camo at the expense of the steamship or railroad company which brought him, as now provided by law. The inspection officer shall keep in each box at all times a full number of said printed pasteboard slips, and in tho case of each excluded Immigrant shall keep a certified mem orandum of tho number of tho slip which the said Immigrant failed to read or copy out in writing. If in any case from any unavoidable cause the forego ing Blips are not at hand for use, tho Inspection oillcers shall carefully and thoroughly test the ability of tho Im migrant to read and write, using the most appropriate and available means at their command, and shall state fully In writing tho reasons why tho slips are lacking, and descrlbo the substitute method adopted for testing the ability of the immigrant." The bill In section 3 applies to poV- sons thus excluded the provisions of the act of March 3, 1893, to facilitate the enforcement of the Immigration and Contract labor laws, and In section 4 declares that "It shnll hereafter bo un lawful for any male alien, who has not in good faith made his declaration be fore the proper court of his Intention to become a citizen of the United States, to be employed on any public works of the United States, or to come regulnily or habitually Into the United States by land or water, for the purpose of en gaging In any mechanical trade or man ual labor, for wages or salary, returning from time to time to a, foreign country." Section S makes It unlawful for any person, partnership, company or cor poration knowingly to employ any alien In violation of the provisions of the section Just quoted, but adds the proviso that thesd provisions "shall not apply to tho employment of sailors, deck hands or other employes of vessels, or rail road train hands, such as conductors, engineers, brakemen, firemen or bag gagemen, whose duties require them to pass over tho frontier to reach the ter mini of their runs, or to boatmen or guides on the lakes and rivers on the northern border of the United Slates." Other exemptions granted from the pro visions of the act apply to aliens who may, under permit from the secretary of tho treasury, "enter this country for the purpose of teaching new arts or Industries;" and to "persons arriving in the United States from any port or place in the Island of Cuba, during the continuance of the present disorders there, who have heretofore been Inhab itants of that Island." The act, if approved by'tho president, is to take effect on July 1 of this year, and a violation of any of its provisions by any alien or citizen shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable by a line not exceeding $500 or by Imprison ment, in tlie discretion of the court. Aliens who are convicted of violating section -1 of the act are to be deported to the country whence they came. The law, it can be seen, is merely a tentative and experimental step toward the assortment and restriction of im migration, but as defects arise they can be remedied and the law's weak points strengthened. It Is noticed that the Spaniards no longer charge General Gomez with a willingness to sell Cubans out. The Raines Law in Operation. An Inquiry Into the workings of the Raines law has been completed by a special committee of the New York sen ate, and Its result is of general inter est. Seventy-one witnesses were ex amined In various parts of the state, Including political leaders, clergymen, former excise commissioners, reform as sociation oillcers, police magistrates and police oillcers. With the exception of tln'ee witnesses all agreed that the law was an Improvement over the former excise law, the only drawback to it be ing the prevalence of tho "fake hotel," and the "fake club." The police and judiciary oillcers examined assented to tlu wisdom of the law's general plan for regulating the traffic in intoxi cants, but pointed out where In its de tails an to enforcement the law could be strengthened. The financial tables submitted by the committee will demonstrate that during the six months of Its workings the law has brought Into the treasury $3,551, 6'J'J as the state's share of the excise money. At the same time, the counties have received $7,103,308, which Is $3,01?, C0S more than the entire collections for the year 1S93 under the old excise- laws, so that the contention that the cities and towns would lose a lot of money by the operations of the new law Is cer tainly refuted. Tho total cash bene fit to the taxpayers, Including the re duction in county taxation by reason of the counties' two-thirds' share and the reduction of state taxation by rea son of tho collection ot the state's one third, is $10,C03,C9G. These tables also show that to collect the $4,000,000 which the counties collected in 1S95 under the old county excise commissioners' re gime cost $241,000, while to collect the $10,000,000 which has come in in six months under the present new law cost but $54,047, or less than one-fourth ,the amount. The committee brings In a long re port covering statistics of arrests be fore and after the passage of the Raines law, and tending to establish that the law has had the effect of reducing minor crimes, but we find this part of Its return dlllicult to credit. The main thing to know Is that thelaw secures increased revenue ut decreased cost of collection. That, we take It, is what licenses are for. It Is idle to claim that they have, except In a vgiy general way, any beneficial effect on morals. In view of tho fact that the Penn sylvania legislature may soon consider a bill similar In feature to the excise measure which is now the law In New York state, the foregoing allegations touching the Raines law's workings will merit careful study. Notwithstanding the natural deprav Ity of man, which shows itself in no way more conspicuously than in an Inher ent disposition to scoff at philanthropy, a statistical review of the beneflcene of the New York Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Children, during Its existence of twenty-two years, stimulates the lntellgent mln to high admiration. In this time the society has investigated 104,503 cases, Involv ing 313, CS0 children. Of these cases 41, 755 have been prosecuted, 3S.C19 convic tions have been secured, and 08,157 children have been rescued and re lieved. That the society may at times, in an excess of zeal, have committed er rors of judgment Is to say simply that It Is human. Rut while it is that, it Is also in Inspiration, in purpose and usually In achievement, pre-eminently humane. Not one in a thousand of its critics can show a proportionate record of good work done. President Ethan Allen, of tho Cuban League of the United States, makes n point worthy of consideration when ho says: "It has long been the trick of royal powers to seduce with promises whero they failed to reduce with arms. This was attempted In our own Revo lution. After Saratoga, and when the loss of tho colonies seemed inevitable to Great Britain, Lord North brought forth his 'Bills of Conciliation,' and therein granted to our fathers every claim demanded by them and even more. It was a generous tender from, a! defeated tyrant, and special commls- sloners were sent hero to smooth the way for their acceptance. They came too late. Kate had already llrmly fixed tho corner stone of tho now state, mid the bell of liberty had even then rung In the now statu, and Washing ton and congress alike rejected the proposed reforms, nnd the commis sioners of Lord North took back to him the defiance of the patriots." Is history about to repeat ltae.lt The king, government and people of Greece are showing true Spartan for titude in their Just defiance of tho greater European powers. And What Is more, those powers dure not use force to restrain Greece from tho per formance of a duty which Great Hrlt nln, Prance, Germany, Austria, Italy and Russia lave so long and so recre ant ly shirked. The minute a hand of force were laid on the brave sons of Hollas, the manhood of Europe's pri vate citizenship would rebel In very shame and the conspiring prime min isters of Europe would be whipped Into submission. The spark which Greece has kindled will not soon disappear. According to George Bldwell, the antl-treatlng crusader, there are 210,000 saloons In the United States to only 103,000 churches, and three-fourths of their receipt come from the custom of treating. But It is one thing to state such a fact and another to change It. , i- , It is" one thing for the United States senate to declare the Clayton-Oulwer treaty abrogated, and it Is another to secure Eneland's consent. It unfortu nately In this case takes two to unmake such a bargain. WHOM IT WOULD HIT. The Sun presents some Interesting fig ures bearing on the qiiostion, What na tions will bo largely excluded from our shores by tho now Immigration act's rending nnd writing test, and what na tions will come In about as freely as hitherto? It says: Taking first the countries that send ua the most Immi grants, statistics show that out of 57,515 over 14 years of age, coming from Italy during the last fiscal year, 31,371 could neither road nor write; out of 57,053 from Austria-Hungary. 23,773; out of 33,19,8 from Russia proper, 12.SI0. These three coun tries, then, will be greatly nffected by the now law. On tho other hnnd, out of 25, 331 from riermuny, over 14 years of uge, all but 750 could both read and write; out of 7.S1S from Norway, all but 93; out of 1S.824 from Sweden, all but 219; out ot 37,490 from Ireland, all but 2,020; out of 15,022 from England, all but S50. Thus ull those countries would not bo ma terially affected. The contrast, however, between those two sets of countries Is greater than we have just presented, for the rent-on that thpre must bo added to Austria-Hungary's list 1,730 persons who cannot write; to Russia's, 1,007; to Italy's 23. Since the new law requires both read anil writing, theso llgures will swell the numbers of those who under It, last year, would ' huvu been excluded as Il literate. If we pass to the countrlos that send us fewer immigrants, wo find that out of 2,007. over 14 years of age, from Portu gal, no fewer than 1,6S:1 could neither road nor write; out of 517 from Poland, 230; out of 110 from European Turkey, 44. In contrast with theso figures we have out of 2,022 from Switzerland, over 11 years of ago, only 30 unable both to read and write', nnd out of 2,729 from Den mark, only 20. Looking at tho percent ages of those who cannot both read and write, wo find Hint last year the now bill would have excluded from Switzer land and from Denmark not one person in a hundred, over 14 years old, these countries leading the education record among Immigrants with percentages of only .79 and .93 of illiteracy. Sweden nnd Norway follow close upon them with only 1.10 and 1.1S. The next group Is headed by Germany, with 2.90, n good showing for an Immigration so great, al though, as has boon soon, decidedly beaten by Scandinavia, on a still larger Immigration. The figures of the Nether lands are 4.10; of France, 4.B8; of Eng land, 5.41; ot Scotland, 5.70. Above 10 per cent, we find Finland, 11.S2; Wales. 12.51; Relglum, 11.10; Spain, 15.81. Roumnnia raises tho rate to 21.03, and Greece to 20.21, while Tin key In Kurope follows tho lat ter with 31.13. Continuing among nations of the greatest Illiteracy, wo have Rus sia proper, with 41.11, and Poland, with 47.7S. Austria must be sub-dlvldert, Bo hemia and Moravia having only 11.43, whereas Gallcla nnd liukowlnn reach tho enormous percentage of 00.37, the re mainder of Austria being credited with 30.33 and Hungary with 4G.51. Itnly puts In a solid 54.59 por cent, of Illiteracy, while Portugal surpasses all rivals with 77.09 of Immigrants last year unable both to read and write. From these figures of the government's Immigration statistics the way In which the bill will operate Is clear. Tho com missioner of Imingrntlon pointed out In his Inst report that, with somo excep tions, Illiteracy and poverty among Im migrants went hand In hand. It Is said that whllo the average money brought by tho German, for liiBtance, was 330, tho Russian brought $0.75, the Italian $S.50, and the Austro-Hungarian $11.70. And yet, be noted, a man that could not rend nnd write on coming hero might be come a vigorous, wealth-producing, use ful, and lovnl citizen. Still, if tho test of education Is adopted at all, It must necessnrlly be on broad lines, oven If some good Immigrants uro excluded. It Is possible that one offect of the new bill, assuming that It will become, a law, may bo to stimulate the study of reading nnd writing among illiterate Immigrants. The steamships may find It for their In terest to help along the cause of educa tion. And thus tho ratio of exclusion from the operation of tho law may not really prove as high as wo have Just In dicated. AKBITUATION. It is a gentle purpose which Inspires the men of power, And brotherly affection Is tho topic of tho hour. Hero's health to you, Great Britain, Let all talk of war be stopped; Our weapons, llko your h's, shall have fame by being dropped. "TIs not alone o'er boundary lines wo tremble for our rlehts; Nor nro tho seals tho only things that caiiBe ua sleepless nights. And, as wo framo a treaty with such vlgllanco and care. Let us omit no Item that, with wisdom might bo thero. Lot's have a schedulo which will mako as plain to us ns day Tho price which any heiress for a title ought to pay, With directions for securing all the re bates that accrue If tho goods should turn out badly as, you know, they sometimes do, Let ua discipline tho author who this continent assails; Let'B restrict the fertile fancy of the honored Prince of Wales, That unsophisticated folk we may not rudely scare, When wo chance to journey 'mongst thorn, by tho funny clothes wo wear. And your actors who protractedly regale this hemisphere Should not rnlso tho price of tickets when they vouchsafe to appear, Theso and various other matters, it will surely bo conceded, Are points whero arbitration Is most seriously needed, Washington Star, STATE LEGISLATIVE TOPICS. Tho bill which tho State Fish com mission has presented to tho legislature Is a document of 10.00J words. It detlnrs which nro game llsh and fish commercial ly valuable for food, and regulates their catching and encourages their propaga tion. It also protects the waters from Improper nnd wasteful fishing. All tho existing fish laws of tho stuto are wiped out' and this act Is Intended to take their place. Tho fish t-peclnlly named as coming within the protection of this net are salmon, brook, rainbow, California, brown, hike and salmon trout nnd all other forms of salmon; of food llshos, black, rock, strawberry, striped, cnllco, grnss, green and whlto bass; sunflsh, pike, perch, wnll-oyed pike, pickerel, muscnllongp, nil of which are designated as game llsh; also shad, whlto llsh, lake herring, herring and sturgeon, which nro clnsslllod as food llsh. Hereafter It shall be unlawful to catch with outlines or sot Hues or to fish for nny gnmo fish, ex cept with rod, hook and line. Tho snl-mon-soason Is March 1 to Aug. 15. Sal mon less than threo pounds In weight nre forbidden to bo caught. The trout season Is from April 15 to July 15. The minimum lzo for trout Is six inches, t.nko trout can be caught between Jan. 1 nnd Sept. 30. Tho limit In length Is nlno Inches. The bnss season for nny of tho varieties Is from May 30 to Sept. 30, size five Inches. Sunflsh under four Inches arc forbidden to be caught. The pike, pickerel and muscallongo extends from May 30 to Dec. 31; tho size must not bo less thun nine Inches. The period to catch herring Is from June 20 to Dec. 31 and for shad Juno 30 to March 15. The use of seines or other nets Is forbidden except during wook-dnys from March 15 to June 20. Sturgeon can be caught by net from Jan. 31 to Juno SO. In general the use of dyna mise, nltro-glycerlne, torpedoes, electric ity or any other powerful force or explo sives, fish baskets, eel wires, brush nets, etc., are strictly forbidden. Tho penal tics vary from a fine, of $10 for each fish and includes Imprisonment, according to tho variety of tho fish. o Tho following, curious bill has been In troduced at Hnrrlsburg by Representa tive Smith, of Philadelphia: "That from and after tho passage of this net It shnll and may bo lawful for any person or per sons, corporation or corporations what soever, who may bo tho owners, lessees, tenants or occupiers of any dwelling house, hotel, boarding house, restaurant, Htore or other building, or of any renl estate whatsoever, In or upon which nny garbage, offal or any refuse matter may be or become accumulated or collected, to remove or causio the said garbage, of fal or rpfiiRo matter to bo removed from such dwelling house, hotel, boarding house, restaurant, store or other build ing or real estntc; nnd It shall also be lawful for any person or persons whatso ever to receive, collect and rcmovo the said garbage, offal or refuse matter and to haul away and convey tho same In water-tight metal carts, securely cov ered, through and over any of tho streets, alleys, roads nnd highways of any city, borough, township or county of this commonwealth; and no license, permit or authority of any sort or description from any city or borough council, board of health, or any other body or Individual for such accumulation and collection nnd removal, as aforesaid, of such garbage, offal or refuse matter, or for the hauling, conveying or carrying of the same over nnd ulong the streets, alleys, roads and highways of nny city, borough, 'township or county of this commonwealth shall be necessary or required." Nobody seems to be able to figure out tho rea son for this bill's existence. o Another of tho gallery plays of Rep resentative Orme, of Schuylkill, has been made In the Introduction by him of a bill to tax all orders, chocks, dividers, coupons, passbooks or other paper repre senting wages or earnings of an em ploye not paid hi cash, nnd "to provide for a report to the auditor general of he same for failure to mako reports and reward to party Informing auditor gen eral for falluro to report. Schuylkill county's legislative delegation seems to have rather more than its share of gal lery players when It comes to lubor topics. -- SOMI2 DIPLOMATIC J'LIUIS. From tho Pittsburg News. Excluding cabinet portfolios tho most eagerly sough: for and desirable olllces In the gift of the president are the foreign missions. At the beginning ot eail ad ministration there Is a vast army of ap plicants for diplomatic assignments abroad, arid the clamor extends from tho Jilghost and most lucrative ambassador ship to tho least significant consulship, There are a multitude of Inducements at taching to a foreign mission. Besides the social prestige which a consular repre sentative of the United States government has In the land to which he Is sent, tho opportunity to travel Is great and then not Inconsequential Is the salary and per quisites. In short, a foreign ambassador or minister Is a little king. Major Mc Klnley Is besieged with applications for foreign ofllces. Tho most desirable diplomatic places In his gift will be the missions to London, Paris and Berlin. These nre embassies, and a salary of $17,500 a year Is attached to each of them. St. Petersburg, which is also an embassy, has tho same pay, but It Is not so attractive u plum owing to llio objectionable climate of Russln. Rome Is the fifth embassy on tho list, but the emolument belonging to It is only $12,000. It Is not nearly so Important a place as the others, our relations with Italy being casual. Next In, point of desirableness comes tho mission to Vienna. At that capital there is llttlo for our minister to do; the life Is very pleasant and tho city gay. The salary Is $12,000, which is like wise the pay for Madrid and Constantino ple. Madrid has tho disadvantage, how ever, of a bad climate In summer. It Is n dirty and unhealthy city and living thero Is expensive. The Spanish mission Just at present Is a very delicate and unpleas ant one, owing to the possibility of war between this country and Spain. In tho days of tho Armenian troubles It oun easily be imagined that tho Constantino ple post Is not being very energetically sought for. Tho lesser European missions, those of Tho Hague, Brussels, Greer?, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway, nre all pleasant posts with not much work to do', our relations with these powers being ot no great Importance. The salaries at tached to thorn range from $0,500 to $10,090. Brussels is the most desirable of the lot. Inasmuch as tho city Is one of the most delightful In Europe, and has u charming cosmopolitan society with a largo Ameri can colony. Of tho diplomatic posts In Asia, Japan Is tho most eligible. Living there Is ex-1 ceedlngly cheap, and life In tho Mikado's kingdom Is said to possess a surpassing charm. Furthermore, tho American min ister, who gets $12,000 a year, Is treated with special consideration owing to exist ing trade Interests which unite tho coun try with Japan, and to numerous obliga tions which the Japanoso owo the United States. Tho Chinese mission Is worth $12,000 por annum, and Is always eagerly sought. But It Is far less desirable thun Japan; llfo Is not nearly so pleasant and th4 people are dirty and Impolite. Tho diplomatic appointee who cannot get any thing olso goes to Persia. The salary is only $5,000 and the place unimportant. The character of the average Persian mon arch may be Judged from ecceuti (cities of the late Shuh, when he was In London a few years ago. To a reception given in his honor by a notfrt Englishman the Shah Invited women of bud character. Another Incident connected with his visit to London was a sort of a religious cere mony which occurred In one of tho most celebrated English palacfa, Tho nobility was Invited to titter.,1. Tho function was startling throughout, muny of tho spec tators being forced by their sense of de. cency to retire before it was over. One feature of the performance was the Carpet Collection for Spring, 1897, now in and arriving. New and e?clu sive patterns in Wiltons, Axminsters, Body Brussels, Tapestries, in grains and Art Carpets. Every housekeeper's thoughts are drifting carpetward at this time of the year. Therefore, we will be glad to show you our lines at. any time, whether you are ready tc purchase or not. That we are great money savers in the house furnishing line is conclu sively proven every clay in the week. That we employ only the most skillful workmen iu carpets as well as draperies is universally known, and which always bespeaks for us a fair share of your patronage. u W u D f Thousands of rolls of new Wall Paper are now being placed in stock. We buy it in such enormous quantities that we save the Jobber's profit, thereby enabling us to save you from 25 to 50 per cent. See A glance at the center shown by us. We have over surely interest you. Hanufacturers of the CAPACITY 100,000 slaughter of sheep in a handsomely-furnished and decorated parlor of the man sion, A knife was plunged Into the heart of the animal, Its throat was cut and its parts dismembered, the How of blood ab solutely ruining the carpets, icurtalns, much of the brlc-a-brac und many expen sive pictures In tho room. There Is never much of u scramble at first for the Per slon mission, but some one has to fill It, nnd muny of the disappointed are finally glad to get oven so undesirable an oflice. President McKlnley will have qulto a number of diplomatic places to give away on this side of the water. Among these tho Mexlcap mission holds tho first rank with a salary of $17,000, being equivalent to $31,000 In Mexican money. It Is a some what Important place because of trade relations. In Mexico the United States minister Is always considered the head of tho diplomatic corps. The Central Amer ican missions are worjh J10.0U0 each, They are Important chiefly on account of the numeious revolutlons.nnd tho carelessness of the peoplo In Infringing upon tho rights of foreigners. In South America the most desirable mission used to bo that to Bra zil. In the days of the empire there was an agroeable society In Hlo, but now life there Is very dull and tho city is ravaged by yellow fever every summer, when tho legations move to Petropolls, situated 20 miles distant In a mountainous district. The best of the South American missions, IKJihaps, are Chile and Peru, The least eligible of all the diplomatic posts Is Li beria, at $1,000, which is invariably given to a colored man. MIL DANA'S DAV DKEAM. From the Sun. In the event of a general European war, with England In tho foreground, tho United States would bo deeply Interested In the course of events. The war would certainly affect this cbuntry In some measure, and In several ways. It is possible that, at tho end of the war, tho Dominion of Canada would bo ono with tho tin! ted States, with tho consent or at the urgent deslro of Its peoplo, It Is likewise possible that all, or nearly all, tho Islands of tho West In dies, fronting our country, would be joined to tho American union. In tho event of n general European war, hostilities would not bo confined to Eu rope. They would very surely extend to Asia, to Africa, to Australasia, and to those parts of America In which the war ring powers possess provinces, Islands, or nny piece of territory. Were France hostile to England, for example, It Is probable that her nav -vould attack British Oin'snu, British Honduras, tho British West Indies, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Eastern Canada. In that evont, thero would bo a war of Eu ropean powers very near the southern part of our own country, tho western part of It, and this part of It. It is possible that tho peoplo qf those regions who would bo liable to suffer from war on account of a quarrel I In which thoy were not concerned, might sock for safe ty by asking us to receive them Into tho American union. No man can conceive the changes that might bo brought ubout through a long and sanguinary general European war, with England in combat, and all hor for eign possessions In It, her possessions In Asia, In Africa, Australia, and Amoa. It la possible that, beforo tho end of thu nineteenth century, tho American Hag may be the protector of Halifax, Quebec, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Bahama and Ja maica, as well as of Cuba. A TEN-YEAll-OLI) VIEW. From tho Sun. Stephen Crane's books have had many criticisms of one sort and another, but the other day he received ono which did not como through the ordinary channels. 'It was In ono of the circulating libraries that the status of "Moggie, a Girl of the Streets," Was definitely settled. A 10-year-old girl brought tho book back. In Its pluce she took "Nelly's Silver Mine." A bystander, noticing tho book she had returned, asked hor how she liked It. "Oh, pretty well," sho said. "It was rather young for me. It Is written for littler children thun me." NO UIIKTOIUOAL IILIMIISH, From tho Chicago Tribune. "Mr, Gibbons," said the teacher of the class In rhetoric "point out tho absurd ity In this figure of speech; 'At this tlmo tho Emperor Frederick hatched out a scheme,' oto," "It seems to mo nil right," replied tho young man after somo reflection, "It does? Explain, If you please, how he could havo 'hatched out' a scheme." "Well, ho might haye had his mind set en It." "'"I t'TI Warr'fl fenL batfS o C.B Us When You ' Are ' Ready window give? a faint idea of 150 designs; prices from 23 Celebrated PILSNER LAGER BEER. Barrels Per Annum. WE HAVE anil have some good bargains to offer yon English Porcelain. 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