THE TEACHERS' WORLD.
All tow-hern and friends of education nre
cordially Invited to contribute whatever
mny be helpful or supgi-stlve to others In
thin line of work. Communications will
lie gladly received liy the editor of this de
pnrtincnt. HISTORY.
SOMRTHINO OHUHNAL. TOWN HISTORY
AND GKOI1UAPHY.
Young people generally know
more about Africa, or Australia than
thoy need know nnd not enough
about their own country especially
nbout their immeilmto neighborhood
While it is well to study at school
nbout foreign cities nnd faraway
lands, yet it should be a mutter of
prido to know all lib rat the town in
whiuh we live. There are resourees
of study in every town that are al
most endless. During the long win
tor evenings young folks should look
up local history. When the facts
have beon gathored, and written out
in proper form, the paper would bo a
most interesting one to read at social
meetings.
Ilolow is an outline or skeleton,
taken from "Profit and Play" which
will bo a guide.
Name.
First settlors.
Date of sottlemont.
Nationality.
Reason for sottling.
Natural advantages.
Indians?
Trouble with Indians.
First families.
Farmers, etc.
First church built.
Other churches.
First school house built.
First, teuehors and course of study.
First manufacturing business sot
np.
Other manufactures.
Stage linos.
Turnpikes.
First railroad built into town.
Town Hall.
Town Library.
Name of first street laid out.
Noted trees.
Benefactors of the town.
Population after fifty years of
growth.
Prosent population.
Name nnd bights of mountains.
Reasons for various manufactur
ing interests in town.
First Postmaster.
First Council.
Area square miles, aroas.
Date of incorporation of town or
city.
Climate condi tion s .
Noted preachors of the town.
Noted lawyers, doctors, etc.
Record of great occurrences in the
town, ns fires, sorore storms, cele
brations, etc.
a teacher's bolilouuy.
To teach or not to' teach, that is tho
question :
Whether it wore bettor for a man to
suffer,.
The tricks nnd mischiefs of tor
menting pupils,
Or to take a pen against his daily
troubles,
And by resigning end them ? To
quit to change,
That's all ; and by that change to
think we end,
The worries and the million potty
aches,
That man falls heir to. 'Tis a con
summation, Dovoutly to be wished. To quit to
cliango,
To change I Perhaps to practice
law, or crowd his
Drastio pills a down another's throat
or tread
The dreary round of him who
knowledge sells
By sample. Perchance to preach or
break
The insensible rock or crush the
rude clay
Which tho twain turns with his
plow and
Treads upon. Perchance to trump.
Aye, there's the rub !
For in that change of toil, what
work may oome,
Whf n he has shuffled off this coil
pedantic,
Must give him pause, there's the
respect
That makes his calamities of so long
life;
For who would bear the prods and
growls of men,
The reporter's wrong, the justice
courts' subpoena,
The pangs to pay postponed, dis
counted warrants,
The idleness of pupils, and the
spurns
The weary teacher from the public
takes
When he himself might this quietus
make
With a rtisignation ? Who would
teach a school
To groau and lubor 'neath a dreary
lifo
But that the love of something
more than gold
The undetermined payment of
whose worth
The teacher only knows, the open
ing of the mind,
The brightening of the eye, the
steady growth
Of intellectual power, the control
ling spirit
Which guides tho soul immortal
chocks tho hand
And makes him rather hold those
goods he lins
Than fly toother ills he knows not
of.
Thus nature hath made teachers of
us all i
And then our several lines of occuj a
tion
Are scattered o'er with many a
fhnneo for good,
And influences of great weight and
moment,
With this regard their currents move
aright
And of gain the force of action.
(Selected.
thouuht oiottino.
"Lessen your denominator."
An epigram is a brief pointed say
ing, always striking, and often both
witty ond wise. A good epigram
mny be cnlled a nugget of thought,
because it contains an idea in the
purest form, with 110 unnecessary
dross of words. Being socondonsed
epigrams oftsn require some study,
but when once appreciated, they
have a spocinl valuo, like other nug
gets, in being easy to carry.
Tho epigram given above is by
Emerson, one of the American epi
grammists. Though he uses n
mathamntical expression, he is not
talking arithmetic but is giving us a
maxim for life.
Fir.-oS the literal moaning. "The
denominator is that term of tho
fraction which shows into how
many imrts tho unit is divided."
Tho larger tho uumber of parts the
smaller the size of each part. Those
fore "Lessen your denominator"
menus literally. "Divide your unit
into fewer parts, that each part may
bo larger."
Now, the flgurativo meaning.
What is the unit given us nil for
uso in this world? Timo. The num
ber of pursuits nnd interests among
which I divide my timo is my "do
nominator" therefore,, "Lessen your
denominator" means as npplied
to lifo what?
Tho Romans had a saying with ex
actly tho same moaning multum
non multa "much, not many."
Tho vc r aacular of the si re;;t undoes
the hard work of many a tired teach
er. Tho public schools uro tho noblost
gift of the foundors of our Republic
toitspeoplo.
ON HAND-WRITING.
Teuehors of penmanship all think
that "copporplate writing," the
special hand of writing masters and
bank clerks, is good writing, which
it is not, being devoid of character,
far too regular in form, and from
tho multiplicity of flno upstrokes
not easy tp read ; and thoy all boheve
that cortain mochnuical motions, if
carefully taught, will produce clear
writing. They will not and they do
not.
There never wore two people yot
in this world of ours who wrote ex
actly nliko, or who have tho same
oontrol of their flngors, or who
ought, in order to produce good
writing, to have hold thoir pons
alike, and the effort to muko them
do it only spoils their natural capa
bilities. No doubt thoso capabilities
are often naturally very small. The
number of persons who are by nature
not deft with their fingers is very
large, and so is the number of those
who cannot fix their attention jwhile
the number of thoso who can do
nothing woll which they must do
rapidly probably exceeds both. The
difficulty of teaching a grown man
to write decently is almost incon
cievablo he seems never to Bee
what is wanted and something of
that difficulty attaches to a vast pro
portion of children. Still, all per
sons not deformed or crippled in the
hand, or deficient in eyesight, can
be taught to write, and the reason
why they are not taught properly
must bo some inherent defect in the
system. We believe it to be the one
we have mentioned, the effort to en.
force a certain method, instead of
trying to secure a certain result.
The unhappy child, who is almost
always, we admit necossarily.taught
too early, is instructed to hold him
self or hersolf in a particular atti
tude, which is sure to be tho wrong
one for five sights in ten, the proper
attitudo depending on tho length of
the child's vision ; to hold the pen at
a particular angle, which is also
wrong, the fitting angle depending
on the character of the pen and
holder ; and to grasp the rion at a
certain distance from the nib, which
is arbitrarily fixed, whereas the dis
tance must be goverenod by the for.
mutiou and strength of the child's
fingers, and would be infinitely bet
ter left to his or her own instinct.
Above all, there is a perpetual worry
about the "resting" of the hand,
though the easiest position varies
with every child, and though no
two men with much writing to do
rest tho fingers quite alike. The
pupil is then taught to make lines in
a certain direction, nnd to copy char
acters so largo that, they have no re
semblance to writing at all i and to
care particularly about np-strokes
and down strokes, and nil manner
of minutiae, which if thoy are of any
value nt nil, will soon oome of thom
s lives.
We believe that tho whole of this
method is a mistake thnt there is
no single system of mecaniqne for
writing, nnd that a child belonging
to the educated classes would be
taught much better nnd more easily
if, after lieingonce enabled to make
and recognize written letters, it
wore let. alone, and praised or chid
den not for its mothpd, but for the
result. Let tlio boy hold his pen as
ho likes, and make his strokes as ho
likes, and write at the pace ho likes
hurry, of course, being discourag
ed but insist strenuously and per
sistently that his copy shall be legi
ble, shall bo clean, and shull ap
proach the good copy set before him
namely, n woll-writbm letter, not ft
rubbishy text on a singlo lino, writ
ten ns nobody but a writing-master
ever did or will write till tho
world's end. Ho will make n mfld
die at. first, but ho will soon make a
passable imitation of his copy, and
ultimately develop a characteristic
and strong hand, which may bo bad
or good, but will not bo oithor
meaningless, nndecided, or Illegible.
This hand will altorj of courso, very
greatly as he grows oldor. It may
alter at elevon, because it is at that
ago that the range of the eyes is
fixed, and short-sight betrays it
self j and it will alter nt seventeen,
b ecause then tho system of taking
notes at lectures, which ruins most
hands, will have cramped and tem
porarily spoiled tho writing ; but
tho character will form itself ngnin
and will never bo deficient in clear
ness or decision.
We are not quite sure that nnother
process ought not to be gone through
beforo writing is taught at all. Sup
pose our boys and girls were taught
to rend manuscript a little? They
are taught to read print, but manu
script is not print, or very like it,
and thoy are loft to pick up the
power of reading that the bett way
they can ; they never devote half an
hour a day for six months to manu
script reading. If they did, it would
be easier to thorn all thoir lives, and
they would loam to believe in legi
bility ns the greatest, or at any rate
tho most useful, quality that writ
ing can display an immense im
provomont, if our experience can be
trusted, in the usual youthful idoal
on the subject. The businoss of life
no doubt, noon teaches children to
read manuscript ; but many of them
novor rend it easily, and restrain
through life an unconquerable aver
sion to tho work, from the fatigue
ond vexation which it causes them.
We have known men so conscious of
this defect that they always have
important letters rend aloud to thorn
and othors who would rofuse any
work, however anxious on other
grounds to accept it, if it involved
the frequent perusal of long manu
scripts in varied handwritings. No
doubt the tendency to a broad and
conrse but beautifully legible hand
writing, which has conquered the
upper class and is slowly filtering
downward, is diminishing this re
luctance.but it would be more rapid
ly removed if a little trouble were
taken to teach children to read
handwriting. Thoy hardly see any
till thoy begin to receive correspond
ence and are never oompollod to
road any, and consequently learn to
write what they cannot road, with
out intelligence and without plea
sure. Spoctator.
O thnt our correspondents would
write legibly In our, drawers are
now, and into tho wate-buskot so
pulachrum have gone, uncounted
manuscripts useless to us and lose to
the world liecnuae we could not read
them. Write logjbly.plainly j make
each word so that it is easily read.
In our paper of last week we were
obliged to omit whole sentences of
an article because some words were
illegible.
Kt. 11 um'i Kecepe.
Seliua had a little pig,
But her folks In Allegheny
Had ft dog, aud thought a hog
Would be one pet too many.
So they, one day, that pig did slay,
Aud ground It fine to eat;
And when thus prepared her Pa declared
He never sau-sugo meat 1
But they could not make the maid partake
Of her piglet, though they tried;
And 'twan thus Sellna escaped trichina,
From which her parents dlod.
Plants In the Bedroom
Some recent experiments, accord
ing to a medical journal, go to show
that the presence of growing plants
in a bedroom is not, as was sup
posed, at all objectionable. It was
thought that plants gave out so
much carbon dioxide.especially dur
ing the night, as to render the air
unsuitable for breathing. A London
chemist has found, however, that in
a conservatory containing 6,000
plunts the air during the day is
freer from carbon dixoide than the
purest air usually is, and that dur
ing the night there is barely the
normal amount four purts per 10,
000 parts of air.
SPAIN HAS NO ALLIES.
HER OVERTURES TO EUROPE FOR
AID WERE ALL REJECTED.
he Recognises Thnt Affilrs In Cnha Hnve
Reached Crisis Making Despevnt
Effort to tare the Pearl of the Antilles.
Da Lome la Dlsfovor.
Nrw York, Not. 18. Don Fernando
Rodrlgues, The Jmimnl'i Madrid corre
spondent, cables the following:
The phenomenal success of the new
Spanish loan has exolted unboundod enthu
siasm here, and at no time since the Cuban
war broke out has patriotism been at such
white heat.
The Inns-linn of the press Is so trenchant
and resolute that It Is clear every one feels
that the oountry Is approaching nny, al
ready has approached the groat crisis In
Its destinies.
Spain's eyos are now fully open to the
fact thnt the Cuban campaign has entored
on Its last decisive phase.
Much has happened during the progress
Of the American election campaign. It was
In August that the Duke of Tetuan drew
np a memorandum to lay before the En
ropean powers, giving a full account of the
Cuban question and the entire relations
between Spain and the United States. It
was thought that there was nothing In It
to give offense to Americans.
Its object was to show that mornl and
material support had lioon glvon to the In
surgents by Amorlcnns despite the correct
attitude of the American government. It
deepest purpose was to have Europe exer
cise a pressure on the United States to ob
tain a strloter neutrality.
No Help In All Europe.
Minister Taylor heard the paper read,
and his Instant and Arm objection to It led
to tho abandonment of the project, but It
Is known now that Spain has bean feeling
the pulse of ever chancellery In Europe to
find blood that bent with hers.
There Is none. France Is tied np with
Russia, and Russia Is America's friend.
Germany's eommerolal Interest and Eng
land's policy keep both from siding with
Spnln. Italy goes with England, and Spain
Is left to go alone.
A doien publlo utterances by such lead
ers as Canovaa, Sagasta, Sllvelaand Ascar
rnga, minister of war, have established the
fact that those statesmen have been pre
paring against two dreaded events fall
nre of crops at home and the recognition
of the Cuban belligerents by Cleveland's
successor.
Two months ago It was pointed out that
np to that time Spnln nnd yielded to all
American demnnils, no matter how unjust
they seemed to Spnln.
This oourso has been adopted In consid
eration of Cleveland's policy favoring
Spain, but the moment the belligerency of
the Cuban Insurgents Is proclaimed from
the White House, Spanish publlo opinion,
whloh has been with difficulty restrained,
will burst all bounds.
Preparing For "Eventualities,"
It was Canovas who declared that "the
extraordinary credits asked for from par.
llament were needed because It was neces
sary to place the oountry In a position to
answer possible offenses against the na
tional dignity. "
In asking for th'e grant of the present
loans he said that most of this money
would be spent In preparing the oountry
for possible eventualities. At that time,
and even slnco, Spain anticipated these
eventualities by hastening to Increase her
navy with Ironclads of 11,000 tons and
With cruisers and gunboats ordered abroad.
However, this was the outburst of two
months ago and waa not heard In the
United States because of the deafening
noise of the presidential election.
Now It finds Its echo In America, and
Spain, In her turn, is comparatively silent,
though very active in preparing for Cano
vas' "eventualities."
Spaniards Self Confident.
Rending the Spanish papers now, one is
struck by the entire and absolute trust
shown In the country Itself single handed
and by the utter silence respecting extra
neous aid. The reason for this Is dear.
In spite of the rather Imprudent efforts
whloh a certain portion of the press re
cently made to set np the Idea that steps
bad been In progress tending toward col
lective action by European powers In order
to hinder American Intervention In Cuba,
the majority of Spaniards cherish no illu
sions on the subject.
They fool quite convinced that In this
respect only plntonlo sympathies oan be
oounted on. No European power would
quarrel with the great American republlo
In order to maintain Spanish domination
In the Antilles.
The Madrid press, however, Is generally
regarded as representing the sentiments of
the Spanish nation when It alleges that
nothing serious Is to be feared before the
4th of March, when MoKlnloy takes pos
session of the White House.
Every Spanish newspaper now admits
that at a given moment, If the Cuban In
surrection drags on and does not take a
turn very favorable for the mother ooun
try, tt is quite within the bounds of pos
sibility that the United States may Inter
vene. Hence, everything possible that can
be done by Spain will be done before
March 4.
If the Cubans Can Hold Ond
But It the Cubans oan hold out till then
they will win much, and possibly every
thing. At the same time the Spanish gov
ernment knows that the Washington au
thorities would be perfectly willing to use
their efforts to bring about a cessation of
the war If Spain would grant Cuba and
Purto Rico the measure of self government
the Inhabitants desire ; tn other words, ad
ministrative economic autonomy. This
makes the Spanish inclined to sneer at
American "disinterestedness.'
There seems to be no chance yet of
Spain's weakening, the Issue, "War to the
blttor end, " having been put to the nation,
which seems resolved on any and all sacri
fices. Nothing better exemplifies the situation
than a colossal picture In El Liberal of
queenlike Spain proudly throwing all her
most cherished valuables Into the smelting
pot while Mors molds the bullets, and
away Woes the Atlantic sail the Ironclad
of Castile. "Blood and money" is the
watchword of Spanish patriots.
General Weyler has opened his personal
campaign, people think, auspiciously All
Spain Is now following his every step In
breathless anxiety.
May Be Called Borne.
Washington. Not. 17. Reports that
Minister de Lome is to be recalled are
again In circulation. It is said there Is
dissatisfaction In Spain with his services
at Washington and that he Is held respon
sible for permitting the insurgents to re
oelve this summer and full large supplies
of guns, cartridges and men. The unfor
tunate Spaniard has repeatedly denied
statements all acting his continuance as
minister to the United States, but in the
excited condition of affairs at Madrid noth
ing need create the slightest surprise. It
Is remembered that General Campos waa
recalled from Havana because be did not
end the revolution with 100,000 troops
and that Weylor was sent to succeed him.
There Is no reason therefore why Senor de
Lome, who Is every bit as competent as
General Compos, although In a different
sphere, should not be mode a scapegoat to
deceive the excited and enraged Spaniards.
General Weyler now has K00.0O0 troops
in Cuba and he has mode no more head
Way than vauipu. A successor to De
Lome will be able to do less than lie.
There Is not the least donht thnt repre
sentations have been made to President
Cleveland whloh promise the coptum of
Mnceo and the destruction of his littlo
army before the Christmas hnlldnys. This
pledge, of course. Innludes Gomel's defeat,
but no one fnmillar with Cuban tojHigra
phy and the resources of the insurgents
hns any expectation of a Spnnlsh victory.
Ad vices from trustworthy sources soy
that Weylor has been pushed to the front
by ominous threats from his home govern
ment thnt unless ho accomplished some
thing by the time the American congress
assembled he would lie removed. Such a
performance may stay tho recognition of
Cuban belligerency for awlsTo, hut It also
will develop Just whnt Weylor ennnot do.
It seems Incomprehensible to the Spanish
minds thnt their troops in overwhelming
numbers, equipped vith the liost of arms
and supplied with field telegraph and a
well stocked commls lory, cannot corner a
poorly supplied lot of patriots, exhausted
by continuous mnrchlng nnd fighting.
The Inst heard from Mnceo represented
him confident of beingnblntoontmnneuver
the Spanish forces and ready, through tho
Improved condition of his men, who have
ammunition In plenty, to give the enemy
battle. He promises Imfore another rainy
season oomes around to drive Weyler out
of Plnnr del Klo bock Into Havana and to
demonstrate to the civilized world that
the Cuban cause Is Invincible.
It Is understood thot Mnceo and Gomes
are trying to effect a Junction In the dis
tricts of Remedlos, which means that
Mnceo must surprise tho troehn and cut
his way through. Whatever happens must
be to the advantage of the Insurgents, as
they have a lively comprehension of the
necessity of continuing their peculiar style
of warfare until tho next administration
In Wnshingtnn. They believe also that if
they can achieve some signal success by
attacking the Spnnlsh soldiers, tho oon
gress which Is to meet In Wnshingtnn on
Deo. 7 may compel the prosent adminis
tration to act.
Mnceo In Good Shape.
New York, Nov. 17. When so well In
formed a man as F. O. Plcrra, cx-sccrotry .
of tho Pnn-Amorlcan congress and a mem
ber of the Cuban junto, says that Spnln
will, as a Inst resort, go to wnr with the
Unltod States, there is reason In tho gov
ernment's present propnrntlon for that
emergency.
Being asked to give his views on the
state of affairs In Cuba, and the probable
outcome of General Woyler's assumption
of the personol command of Spanish forces
In the Held In Plnar dol Rio, Mr. Pierra
said substantially:
"Not since hostilities began has the Cu
ban army under Mnceo been so well equip
ped, so woll disciplined or so well provi
sioned ns nt this time. Mnceo has ample
ammunition for the present and has been
so long In possession of the strongholds
west of the Trorha Muriel the western
most trocha on the Island that he has
oompletcd a system of defuses which arc
Impregnable to Weylor.
"Large quantities of dynamite have been
safely delivered to Mnceo, and should tho
Spaniards succeed In crossing one of Ma
oeo's subterra obstructions they would
have gained practically nothing by the
loss of men whloh would inevitably fol
low. There are many of these subterra
obstructions, and no force which General
Woyler oan command will succeed In cross
ing all of them, and unless all be crossed
nothing-of vital Injury to the patriot army
will have been done."
"Do you believe, Mr. Pierra, thst Spain
would have the tomorlty to make war on
the United States?"
"Whenever Spain has been unable to
hold one of her colonies after a rebellion
she has 'preserved her honor,' as they sny,
by bringing on a quarrel with some other
power, nnd that will bo her course when
she finds it Impossible to oontlnue the war
in Cuba."
VENEZUELA DISPUTE.
Verms of Settlement Agreed Upon by the
United States and England.
London, Nov. 16. The Chronicle this,
morning publishes a summary of the
agreement for the settlement of the Vone
suelan boundary dispute between the
United States and Great Britain, adding
merely, "This momentous news reaches us
too late for editorial comment "
The agreement as published by The
Chronicle Is very short, oovering only two
pages of printed matter. There are four
separate heads to the agreement.
The first head provides for the appoint
ment of an arbitration tribunal to deter
mine the boundary between Venezuela and
British Guiana.
The second head provide for the ap
pointment of a tribunal consisting of two
to be nominated by the Justioes of the su
preme oonrt of the United States, two to
be nominated by the British supreme
oonrt and fifth, a jurist, to be selected by
the other four. In the event of their fail
ure to agree, Osoar II, king of Swoden
and Norway, is to seleot the fifth member.
This fifth member may be a judge of the
said courts, and he will preside over the
tribunal as its head.
The third head of the agreement directs
that the tribunal shall Investigate all the
facte necessary to decide the controversy
as to the extent of territory known to be
long respectively to the United Nether
lands and to Spain at the date Great
Britain acquired Guiana.
The fourth head provides that the ar
biters shall ascertain all the facts neces
sary to arrive at a proper decision and
shall be governed In their findings by
three short rules, the most important of
which provides that aotual holdings, or a
prescription of CO years, shull make good
the title. The arbiters are empowered to
give effect to settlers' rights. In establish
ing facte the ordinary rules of law shall
prevaiL
The agreement Is dated Nor. 19 and is
signed by Mr. Olney and Sir Julian
Paunoefote.
The agreement will be the basis of a
treaty to be concluded between Great
Britain and Venezuela In fact, it will be
a treaty tn Itself, only requiring oluusee
to be added relating to the procedure, the
compensation of members of the tribunal
and other minor routine matters.
The Chronicle has a dispatch from
Washington which says that Mr. Olney
has urged Senor Andrade, the Venezuelan
minister there, to go to Caracas to get
President Crespo and the Venezuelan con
gress to accept the agreement. This dis
patch also says that Mr. Olney advised the
resumption of diplomatic relations with
Great Britain by Venezuela.
Oeald to right Diamond Match Company.
Chicago, Nor. 18. Edwin Gould has
purchased the furniture factory of the
I Kankakee Furniture company ct Kunka
j kee, Ills. , for the Continental Match com
pany, and he proposes to enter actively
! Into competition with the Diamond Match
company In the west. The announcement
1 of the purchase of the Kankakee plunt was
mode last night, and Incidentally Mr.
Gould had some things to say regarding
, the Diamond Match oumpany and its offi
cial. In a dispatch to a Chicago paper
he says, "But if the Diamond Match com
pany continues to fight us much longer
we will begin a fight that will stop prulits
In the match businoss for a year or two, "
I Committed Suicide In a Church.
BuOCKTOX, Mass., Nor. 18. George E.
Tuber committed suicide in the fsouth
Congregational church, the parish oom
. mittee of which he had been chairman of
for tun years. He shot himself and died
almost Instantly. The cause of the act U
shrouded In mystery.
WASHINGTON TOPICS.
MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Question of Freeing From Tntntlnn Alco
hol fn the Arts Iterlnn Sea Commission
Ready to Report Deep See Herbor Com
mission Mrns fllver Hollar Coinage.
Washington, Nov. 18. The joint select
nommltteonf congress, invited nt tho Inst
"esslon for the purpnse of Investigating the
mhjoct of freeing from taxation nlcohol In
!.he manufactures nnd arts, will meet in
the rooms of the committee on finance of
tho senate on Monday, Nov. 2.1, for tho
purpose of hearing nny parties Interested
In the mutter who mny desire to submit,
their views. The question Is one of grent
Interest to persons Interested In tho manu
facture of lints, furniture, patent medl
3lnes, compounds, perfumery nnd other
articles, nnd the committee is very desir
ous thnt tho ninny nnd important indus
tries of the country which would lie bene
fited or injured by the use of alcohol frco
nf tnx slmll present their views to the com
mittee in order thnt it mny intelligently
report to congress nt tho coming session.
The committee Is composed of the fill
lowing memlKTs: Senators l'liitt, chnir
mnn; Aldrich nnd Junius K. Jones nnd
Representatives Evans, Kussell and Mc
Mlllin. A series of intcrrogntorios hnve been
lent, to lending firms throughout the coun
try asking detailed information on the
mbject of the inquiry, nnd it. is expected a
lumber of these will have representatives
present to state how they would bo nffi-eted
by the reinovnl of the tax, so far ns it affects
manufacturing enterprises.
The Bering Sea Controversy.
Washington, Nov. IS. David Stnrr
Jordan, president of Tjohnid Stanford uni
versity, Is here. He Is a member of the
Bering sea commission and is in Washing
ten to make Ills report to tho secretary of
the treasury. Speaking of the work of the
oommissspn, Mr. Jordan said thnt he hnd
been for four months In Aluskn, Kamcknt
ka nnd In the Tiering sea. "Wo hope wo
have left nothing undone," snld he, "and
we hope fur a speedy and honorable settle
ment irf the long dispute. Our herds on
tho islands of St. Paul nnd St. George nre
threo times ns lnrgo ns those upon the
Russian senl Inlands. They numlier nbout
140,000 breeding females, or nliout 420,000
of all ages nnd both sexes. This Is about
one-fifth of tho number wc hnd on those
Islands ten years iitfo. They will reorult
their number fmt enough if they nro left
ilono upon the water' nnd no femnles nre
killed. The Jnpnncso herds hnve been ex
terminate by Kuropenn nnd American
killers. There were formerly four of these
herdson the Kwrll Islands, north of Japan.
We wore on the Islands. These herds were
there five or six years ngo, but nro gone
now."
The Northern Boundary I.lne.
Washington, Nov. IS. It. is quite prob
able that provision will tie inado in tho
coming wssion of congress for a lioundnry
oommlsslon to determine the divisional
lino between Minnesota nnil Mnnitohn.
Representative Heatwolo reported from
the foreign affairs committee in tho lust
house a resolution providing for such a
oommisslon. Tho dispute is over a tract
known ns Hunters island nnd hinges on
whether tho main channel of the Rainy
Lake river runs north or south of tho Is
land. It has licon supiictitod that, the Alns
knn boundary dispute may bo coupled
With thatof Mlnnesofaand an amendment
offered to the Heatwolo resolution provid
ing that the same commission shall deter
mine tho Alaskan lioundnry. Objection
is mndo to this by tho Minnesota men, who
Bay that It will be (iiilicult to determine
the ownership of Hunters Island, whilo
tho dispute of Alaska might engngo the
commission a longtime, tothodelayof the
other quostion.
Coinage of Sliver Dollar!.
Washington, Nov. 18. Tho records of
the treasury department show thnt from
Feb. 1 to Nov. 1, there were coini.-d nt tho
mints of the United States l,203,i!S9
standard sliver dollars from tho balance
of bullion on hand purchased under tho
set of July 14, 100. The seigniorage upon
this amount wns $5,0."il,4:i(i, which has
been turned into tho treasury. The bal
ance of the silver bullion purohnsed under
theaotof lmiO on hnnd Nov. 1 wns 135,
061, 2fl!) fine ounces, which cost the govern
ment $112,805,025. The coinage value of
this amount is $101,008,000.
Tho Deep Water Harbor.
Washington, Nov. 18. The commission
appointed by President Cleveland some
weeks ngo under tho authority gmnfrxl by
the river and harbor act, passed nt tho last
session of congress, to locate a deep water
harbor In southern California, met here
and organized by electing Hear Admiral
Walker as president.
" Appointed by the President.
Washington, Nov. 18. Tho president
has hppolnted William C. McCreery col
lector of Internal revenue for the St. Louis
district.
Blase at Beverly.
BKVEBXY, Mass., Nov. 18. A lively flro,
Which totally destroyed the Norwood Shoe
factory building here at midnight, gave
this elty quite a score and occasioned a
general alarm. Quite fortunately the fire
was confined to the one st ruct ure. Tho
total loss will be 1 15,0110, tho hulk of
which will full on the Seth Norwood heirs,
who own the building, valued at . Hit 000.
The Insurance Is tlo.000. The fire caught
In the laundry on the ground tioor and
quickly spread to tho roof. Tho building
was four stories In height and about lnO
feet square in area. It was occupied by
several small firms in the shoemakiug
trade. Considerable machinery w;is de
stroyed, on which an estimate' cunnot be
given. A bout 100 bauds were employed
In the building.
Asphyxiated by Gas.
Baltimore, Nov. 17. Edmund G. Cros
by, a young farmer of Prince Georges coun
ty, Md., wub found dead of asphyxiation
at tho home of Mr. William Shrlver, 1534
North Carey street. Mr. Crosby had oome
to buttimorce to see his swivthenrt and
plan arrangements fur his wedding and
honeymoon. It wus evident that- Crosby,
In his auxiety to turn the gas entirely off,
wrenched the stnpcixrk so that it slipped
readily. Mr. Crosby's betrothed, Miss
Hallie Hall, who is a niece of Mr. ilu-her,
was utterly prostrated on hearing uf the
accident und wua with dilllcully restored
to consciousness.
The Attempt to Kill the Csar.
London, Nov. 18. A correspondent of
The Daily Mail at St. Petersburg says hu
is able to confirm the reiorc that conster
nation existed while tha cuir was on his
visit in Enlgaud over the discovery of a
plot against his life The Belgian police
sebed a jMin-el of bombs which were eu
route for Paris just before tho czur was
leaving Knlgand. On tliu same night the
Paris police arrested 40 susiiects. In the
ubeeuco of absolute proof the matter was
dropped.
Virginia's Otttclal Vote.
Richmond, Nov. 17. Tho total official
vote of Virginia hus beeu ascertained and
Is as follows: Bryan, 15j,osh; McKinley,
195,301; Palmer, a.siO; Levering, 2.U17;
Mutohct, 100.
NO TARIFF THIS YEAH
SENATOR ALDRICH OF RHODE ISLAND
GIVES HIS VIEWS.
r!ls Why Neither Tarlir Nor Currency
Bills Will Pass Congress This Winter.
Says Thnt Revenne Is the All Impor
tant Consideration.
ProvihEncpS Nov. IB. Senator Nelson
W. Aldrich, who Is regnrded ns one of the
dlgbest llepubllenn authorities on tho
'ariff in tho United States senate, fur
nishes a signed statement to a Now York
pnper In which ho snys:
lii my judgment it will hardly be possi
ble to si-cure tho ndoptlon of nny satisfac
tory financial or revenue legislation at the
tpprooohlng second session of the Fifty
fourth congress. My reasons aro these:
Klrst. With a freo sliver majority In
l.he senate it. must be evident that noreme
iiul financial legislation thnt would satis
fy t he advocates of sound money can be
idopted.
Second In tho sennto of 89 members
there nre SO Democrats, fl Populists and
the 0 silver senators who supported Mr.
Hrynn- or M senntors In nil who have
been, nnd nre likely to bo, with a very few
possible exceptions, opposed to the Dlngley
Mil or to nny revenue legislation that
would hnvo tho approval of the 88 Repub
lican senators.
The possibility of securing an adjust
ment, of tho differences between senators
in this question is so remote thnt I believe
It tnuy ho safely assumed thnt any attempt
to pnss n tariff or revenue bill, or even to
inter upon Its serious considerntlon at
this season would bo unsuccessful.
In this connection it should be remom
liered thnt tho session win contain bnroly
'i0 working dnys, nnd that the oonsldera
dnn of tho npproprlntion nnd othor neces
fary bills will niisorb every avnilablo day.
Most Important Topics.
The question of tho precise character of
tho leglslntion on these two great suhjoctn
thnt should be adopted at tho first session
:if tho Fifty-fifth congress Is by far the
most important ono with which the mem
licrs of thnt congress will have to deal.
The future of tho Republican party may
;lcind largely upon the measure of wis
dom shown by the responsible majority In
Its treatment of this quostion. Tho details
of party policy in this respect can only bo
decided upon nnd announced nfter the
most careful considerntlon nnd fullest oon
sultntlon. In the menntimo In a general way tho
obligations nnd purposes of the party aro
fully understood.
It should not be forgotten by thoso sup
porters of the president elect who havo
heretofore differed from us on tho tnrlft
question that Republicans are protection
ists by the explicit pledges of plntform and
candidates and by tho traditional policy of
tho pnrty, nnd ns such nro bound by evory
consideration of fidelity to tho American
people to npply their principles to any
changes which mny be mado in revenue
laws.
No amendments to our tariff laws, how
over, should ho made unless necessary to
cure defects or to provido tho requlslto
revenue.
The task of amendments should be en
tered Ukiii ina spirit of truo conservatism
snd Willi n determination to inako tho
niX'ded changes as soon as possible and In
manner which will create tho least dis
turbance to business Interests.
Dn Pont to Renew His Fight.
Wilmington, Del., Nov. 16. Tho near
approach of tho opening of tho second ses
sion of tho Fifty-fourth congress has given
rise to the report hero that Colonol A. Du
Pont will renew his contest for a scat In
the senate as a representative of Delaware.
Tho onnouneemont of this contemplated
renewal of the Du Pont case hns Imparted
a new and Interesting phase to the contest
for tho senatorship from Delaware. Tho
Domcwrats nro now in tho throes of a con
test ns to who will be the choice for sena
tor of tho Democrntlo legislature on Jan.
15. J. Kdwnrd Addlcks Is now fighting
in the courts for 10 seats In the legislature
on tho ground of fraud in Kent and Sussex
counties. Ho oxpocts a decision onJThurs
day, and If it is against him he will make
a contest at Washington.
Princess Klvlrn Elopes.
Genoa, Nov. 17. The Caffnro states
that Princess Elvira, Don Carlos' third
daughter, has eloped with a Roman artist,
Count Kolchi, a morrlod man. The
Princess Elvira wns born at Geneva in
1871. Princess Elvira took with her her
jewels, valued nt $00,000. The where
aliouts of thocouplo Is unknown.' Princess
Elvira Is woalthy. Tho Comto and Comtesse
do Chambord bequeathed the larger part
of their immense wealth to their favor
ite nieco, wife of Don Carlos. When,
however, tho duchess died, In 189S, It was
found that sho had left her money in trust
for her children, assigning only a small
allowance to hor huslutnd, from whom she
had lived entirely apart for the lust 10 or
IS years of her lifo.
Village Swept by Fire.
Wilkesiiarhk, Pa. , Nov. 1 7 The village
of Port Bowley, north of this city, was
swept by fire, and seven houses wore total
ly destroyed, entailing a loss of (18,000.
The buildings burned were the throe story
brick hotel of Timothy Calvin and tho
houses of Mrs. William Garrlod, John T.
Brady, John Kllnko, James Clune, Mrs.
Edgar Boland and John Mullaya. Nine
families are homeless and have nothing
but tho clot lies on their bocks. They aro
being cared for by neighbors.
Illicit Distillery la Rochester.
Rochester, Nov. 17. Barnard and
Morris Davis, who clulm to be managers
of a retail liquor businoss conducted at
147 to 151 St. Joseph street, were arrest
ed by Culled States Deputy Marshal Scholl
upon the charge of distilling liquors Illicit
ly. The two men arrested ullego that the
business Is own. si by Hymen Davis and
Isudnre Davis. Tho two men arrested were
.taken lefore L'nited Stutes Commissioner
Giilicrt. who plitced the bull at 13,000 In
each cuso.
Republicans Indorse Evans.
Nashville, Nov. 17. A meeting of the
state executive committee of the Republic
an party met here and adopted resolutions
requesting .Mr. McKinley to appoint H. C.
Evaiu of Chattanooga to a cabinet posi
tion. Tho resolutions uro laudatory, aud
alo state that the Republicans of" the
south nre worthy of recognition. There
was only'ouo vote against tho resolution,
by R. W. Austin of Kuoxvillo, who held
the proxy of Committeeman Simcrly.
Prominent Clnhmnn Killed.
Philadelphia, Nov. 17. Edwin Adam
Dumon, u well known society and club
man of tills city, was shot and Instantly
killed by the accidental discharge of a pis
tol which he was loudiug. Mr. Duiuon
was 30 years old und leaven a widow.
A Youthful Fire Eater.
Khik, Pa., Nov. 18. Littlo Clint Geary,
aged 11, suw tho flro eater at the museum
nnd tried to imitate him at home. Ho tilled
his mouth Willi gusulino und touched a
match to it. His physieiun says the boy
umy live unless he inhaled some of toe
dames.
Fettus to Huooeed Pugha
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 17. In the
(lrst bullot in the DemtKirutio oaucus Gun
end E. W. Pettus was nominated for sen
stur to succeed Souutor Pugu. J