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THE MAGAZINES.
PENN MONTHLY.

} The June Penn Monthly, like so many OF ii
predecessors, is treasure of solid thought ant
Information. In its comments on current events
the attitude of England on the war question with
Russia is clearly defined; the probable effect o.
the efforts of Russia to cover the seas with cruis
crs is estimated; the English labor strikes and
|communistic movements in the L. S. are sketch
ed; the Potter resolution, resumption question,
and fishery claims are discussed &c, sc.
| In the more formal papers, Benjamin Lee, A
NJ, NJ. d., contributes a most able paper on SAM
| tary Legislation in the Light Of History,-trac.
! ing such legislation from the days Of Moses down
and making many valuable prrctical suggestions.
c. B. Warning discusses The Relation of the Mo.
sale Cosmogony to Science, pointing out their
exact agreement. Robert d. Porter argues strong
ly and eloquently in favor OF postal savings banks,
showing their admirable working under the En-
glsh system. james Joseph Talbot contributes
another able chapter on Ceramic Art and Art Gull
ture; and John Dyer gives us an excellent cri-
tique Of Lccky's England in the Eightecth Cen.
fury. The number closes with the usual dis.
eliminating notices of New Books.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND sTENOGRAPHER.
This magazine profes scs to be devoted to RE
form in photography, Chirography, Stenography,
Language, Education and kindred arts and sci
cncc" The editor claims to set forth n new sys-
TEN of Kirografy," &c, and his name is John
Brown Smith 1t is presumed that in sending
us a specimen number of his publication and in.
vitng exam alton Mr.. John Brown Smith eX-
poets an honest opinion. To be candid, them we
fail to appreciate his improvements in orthogra-
fy. For instance, what sense is there in his spell
of the word "tecchcr| Why the double (ec)
instead Of ca? True the Is not sounded in the
old method, neither is the second in the new.
We are as little impressed with his improve
mcnt in stenografy." To us it looks more like
another complication in shorthand. He claims
the system to be new but in fact 1t is the old sys
tenn Of dashcs, curves hooks and circles and diff |
Ters from Pitmans, Graham's and Munsons only |
in emitting vocaizaiUn and the beauties of shad- |
ID characters. The advantage claimed is perfect
Eligibility. Instead of the shading, &c, he would
Use a gcomctrcal sign for each sound but this !
)nly increases the labor Of the student and more
severely taxes the memory. 1t is needless to weary
he reader with examples, which could be under
TODD only by an expert. We will merely add
hat from an examination Of the "Teecher" we
re unable to see in what the claimed reform in
consists. Perhaps future numbers
nay evolve the point more clearly.
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PARIS LETTER.

Tie Great Exposition still IN dishabiLlc. The
Djsalusions Of Its Demi-ToiIet The Splen-
d0rs Of tie East Indian Partition. The col
iectioa IF the Prince IF Wales. Ercettence
Of he English Department. The United
Suites, .Sceden, Norcoy, Italy, HolaHd, Bel
gium, StcitzerIand etc.
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CogSPIRACIkS AGAINST LABOR.

No weak spirit of time-serving should cause
the Government to palter with the rioters at the
CAPITAL. They disgrace the Nation by defying
its laws and breaking the peace under the
very shadow of the Capitol, and the power of
the Nation ought to be swiftly and sternly
used. There has been great deal too much
mealy-mouthed hesitation in such cases, and
many innocent lives have been sacrificed, and
much property destroyed, because officials played
the demagogue about =" the labor question"
It is time to teach all whom it may concern
that no notions whatever about the labor ques-
ton are any excuse for breaking the laws.
The rioters at Washington have a perfect
l1ght to their own opinion upon that question.
They have also right TO advocate their Opin-
ion peaceably. But the first blow struck, the
first menace of violence to compel others to
act upon the same opinion, puts the man or
the mob beyond the pale of civilized
society. Labor has no more business
TO rebel against law than slavery had.
Contemplate demagogues in Office, in more
than one locality. caused bloodshed last year
by making distinction between the man who
breaks the law in the name of Tabor" and
the man who breaks the law on any other pre-
text. The Government of the United States
would commit suicide if it should treat law
breaking laborers any other way than it would
treat rebels or rioters of other sorts. The first
thing to do is to vindicate the majesty Of the law.
After that it will be time to talk about the
causes of trouble; never minute sooner.
Labor" at Washington has no excuse. Ger
tain laborers were at work, earning bread for
themselves and their families. 1t was nobody's
business what wages they were paid; If they
wished to work for the sum which any en-
ployer wished to give, they and he had
an absolute right to make the bargain.
Whether the wages paid were enough or not,
is not the question here. If the men chose to
work, they had right to full protection.
Controversies between capital and labor can
be tolerated. If men do not want to work.
they have right to stop. A peaceful settlement
will then come in the end either by defeat. by
concession or by compromise. But when men
who do not want to work mob or threaten men
who do want to work, that is not ques-
ton between capital and labor; it is
question between civilized society and
mob-law. Freedom OF labor is then
at stake, and the freedom and security of
capital, and the very existence of civilized and
orderly communities. Then 1t is time for
every laborer who has manhood enough TO
value his freedom, and for every employer
who has sense enough for the management
of any business, to unite in supporting the
law and furnishing the rioters Until this dis
tinction is very clearly fixed in the minds of
the more Ignorant and intolerant, as it can be
6xed only by some very stern examples, this
country will never be safe from recurrence
of those outbreaks with which it is peculiarly
difficult for elf-government to deal.
The agitator Kearney is SAID to DO anxious
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THE NEV FRONTIERS

The full text of the Treaty of Berlin, which
we find in the latest files OF the London papers,
enables us to trace the new frontier OF Russia
in Asia. 1t begins at point on the coast
west of Batum, strikes the Choruk Su, fol-
lows the course of the stream to 0lt and
makes the circuit of Bardus, Ardost and Kag-
isman until it reaches the former frontier.
The Alashkert Valley, with the high
way from Bayazid along which Tergu-
kassoff retreated after the battle of Delibaba,
has been restored TO the Turks, and the defile
of levin, where Melikoff was defeated, also re-
mains In their hands Russia retains, how
ever, the bulk Of her conquests as defined in
the Treaty of San StefanO. She not only ac-
quires Batum, Arabian and Kars, but the
outlying district as far as the Chorull Su and
the Soug hanlu. The popular impression that she
has gained little OF nothing by the war has no ge-
ographical basis. Besides resuming her station as
a Danubian Power, she has acquired a very
large section of Armenia, and secured all the
strongholds except the natural fortress of
levin. This is an enormous gain. On the
Turkish side the new frontier, save in single
quarter, is not only indefensible but inaccessi-
bic. There are no fortresses west of the
between Erzerum and the mountain passes.
If England is ever comDelled to defend
this frontier Trebizond will be made her base
of supplies and ZewIn an outpost; and the
fighting will have to be done on mountain
bridle-paths very near the clouds. 1t will be
an uncomfortable quarter for British regulars.
1t matters little, however; for in future the
Sepoys are to do the fighting. The British
regulars will not go further than Cyprus,
which is charming lookout for garrison
duty. This is the Imperial policy
The new frontiers in Europe cannot be
traced with precision. inasmuch as two clauses
defining the limits of Seryia and Eastern
RoumeIia have fallen out of the text now be-
fore us. The Montcnegrin boundaries have
been turned back much further than we sup
posed and the heroic mountaineers gain far less
than they deserve at the end of four-century
war. They have, however, their hearts desire
.-Antiyari and It's sea-board. The treaty
does not give the Greeks an inch Of new ter
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NEw-YoRk DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, JULY %, 1873

ritory. The Powers couIteously offer their
services to the little kingdom toward secur-
ing an extension of its northern frontier but
politeness does not 90 far ut Constantinople
Whatever concessions the Porte may make to
the Greeks-and it is reported that something
has already been done in that direction-will
bear the impress Of British influence. On exam
ming the treaty. clause byclause, we find no rea-
son to modify the views which we expressed
from time to time as the decisions OF the Con-
gress were announced in our cable dispatches.
After the first week the diplomatists took the
irregular ambassadors of the press into their
confidence, and when the text of the treaty
was published it was found to contain little
that the world did not already know The
general results of British diplomacy are adj
mirably summed up by The Pal Nal Gazette, a
Conservative journal that is clear-sighted
and frank "Russia," it says, "gains all
"and much more than all she could ever have
"hoped for, whether in European or Asiatic
Turkey. We, on the other hand. can reckon
cup three successes: the first, to have secured
"to the Turks a sham line of defence OH the
" Balkans; the second, to have obtained the yet
"more illusory guarantee of the commercial
chaTactcr Ol DdIuiHj Oho uii", w u"'N h""""
can acquisition of territory in the Mcditer-
"ranean in consideration of taking the whole
"burden of the unsettled Eastern Cues
"tion on our own shoulders for the
future" This seems to be the pith of the
whole matter We have only one additional
reflection. The Treaty of Berlin is a compre-
hensive charter of religious tolerance. This is
the determining condition of civil administra-
ton on either side of the Balkans and of the
Independence of the three PrincipalIties; and
in Article LVII. the Sultan promises to enforce
religious liberty throughout the Ottoman En-
pire. This is great stride IN advance.
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ing; or gang of young thieves is broken
up, and the rascals prove to be half grown
children or a party of shop boys rob TIL
and sail on voyage TO the Spanish main or
perhaps the budding hero INDUCES in the glory
of pistol and homicide. Stealing in small
way is found to be common among boys. 1t
is not long since the detectives arrested an ex-
tensive dealer IN stolen postage stamps who
obtained all his supplies from Grand boys;
and most of the money he paid them. we have
no doubt, found its way to the puryeyOfs OF
pernicious literature The superintendent OF
the House Of Refuge on RandalPs Island, who
has given great deal of attention to the phil
OsOpby Of juvenile crime, mentioned curious
circumstance the other day in conversation
with one of our reporters. There has been of
late most remarkable increase in
the number of boy tramps. Vagrancy
seems to have become with these lads
almost mania. The absence of restraint,
the free life in the open air, the
irregular and surreptitious meal. the variety of
scene and incident, the chance Of adventure,
have irresistible charms for them; and it is
easy enough to trace their vitiated taste di-
rectly to indulgence in sensational literature.
inc puOuCdtiOnb 10 WHICH We ItloI oiO iiOb
usually so immoral in tone that there
can be any attempt to suppress them by law.
The evil can only be cured by parental super
vision. The mere fact that so many of
the books and papers are bought proves
that parents are shamefully remiss in
not knowing what their children read.
We are aware that it is the fashion with
young people in these times to decry any
supervision by their elders as an intOlerable
impertinence. The spirit of independence
which took full possession of the col
leges some time ago, has penetrated to
the school-roOm, and probably will go
down to the nursery or may be to
the cradle. Still we think it would be well
for fathers and mothers to inform themselves
a little more fully about the habits of their
sOns,-even at the risk of being styled spies
and tyrants by Young America.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

The Potter Committee has spent nearly $4,000
for a lot of hopelessy damaged lies.
Butler's pertinacity is simply sublime. He fishes,
fishes, fishes, and never gets bite.
IL Governor Hampton is anxious to assert his
authority, why doesn't he try his hand tho RAM
pant Edgeheld bulldozerf
The National party everywhere is seriously debili-
tated by the wear and tear of its internal discussions
Ii is more formidable to itself than to its enemies.
If South Carolina is anxious to her head
it, but she must not expect to see the Government
totter
Carter Harrison Of Illinois, says he will resign his
seat in Congress If he was not legally elected III
he does that he will be the first fraudv shfieker
who is unwilling to be himself fraud"
The Democratic Congressional Committee has
done no work yet, and is waiting, apparently, for
the fraud hunters to supply them with material ior
campaign work. This is another demonstration
that the only issue the party has is the one MI.
1ilden carries about under his hat
There is a little talk yet about Judge Keys run
ming as an anti-repudiston candidate for Governor
Of Tennessee If the Democrats make reputation
a distinct issue. as there Is some danger OF their
doing, the demand for Judge Key is likely to DO
pretty loud and he will be apt to YIELD. President
HAYES woa lid then have to find a new Postmaster
General and it would be interesting 60 see II ne Das
still faith enough left in Cancellation TO PICK oue
another Southern Democrat.
Judge Levissee Of Louisiana is not enthusiastic
about the Administrations Southern policy. he
says it is running the South, and that Its effect upon
Louisiana in the coming election will be to seuo
a solid Democratic delegation TO Congress. Inc
Presidents idea was to win over the impiacaoies W
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NeuI2lork Daily Grikmtae,
MONDAY. JULY %. 1879.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.


FoREIGN-Lords Beaconsfeld and Salisbury spoke
at Carlton Club dInnerin their honor. == Austria
has not yet entered Bosnia. - The Marquis
of Lorne has been appointed GOvernor-General of
Canada 49, The Pan-Anglican Conference has
adjourned
DoMEsTIc.-RIAes have been issued to the police
of Washington and other preparations have been
made to prevent any further riot meeting has
been called for to-day by agitatOrs, but the police
Will not allow il to be held. 80 Work at the
mines of the Schuylkil region viii be suspended
until August .. - Several Southern cities
have been quaFantined against New-Orleans
on account of the yellow fever 80
The Potter Committee al Atlantic City
took the testimony of ex-Congressman Morey, ex-
Senator Trumbull, and Others Saturday, and then
broke ND TO meet to-day in New-IOrk == RaTUs
has made remarkable time at Cleveland. - Pilot
and Dandy, who were not the favOrites, are the
latest winners at Saratoga there will be extra
racing to-day.
CRY AND SUBURBAN.-A trial trip was
made Saturday over the elevated road in the
Bowery. - George c. Randolph was held for
attempting to blaekmail William Simpson, jr. =-
Miss Anna Oliver, the girl preacher. conducted ser
vices Yesterday, at Lefferts's Park. Brooklyn.
- The Socialists had a picnic and agta-
ton meeting 80 Coney Island was visited
nv very large number of people. ==
Gold, 1902, 1OOl2, 10Ol2 Gold value of the legal
tender dollar at the close 99GlO cents Stocks less
active and higher, closing strong
The WEATHKR.-TRIBUNE local observations in
dictate clear OF partly cloudy weather. Thermome-
ter Yesterday, TAO, 00o. IT,
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AMusEMESTs-3d Pa0e-6th column - -,
BANKING HOUSES AND BANKERs-Im Fd0e-o'h 0of
80,
BANKRUPT NOTIcEs-6h Pd0e-Ath column.
hoard AND ROOMs-3d Paqe-6th column.
BUSINESS CHANCEs-6th Page Attn column
BUSINESS NoTIcEs-iM Page-lst column.
CONFORMATION NOTICES--6M Pd0c-6th column.
DfyIDEND NOTICEs-7M P0Ge-6th column.
ExCTGsIONs-3d Pdge-6th column
FINANcIAI--7M P00e-5th ana On columns
HEIP WANTED-6H Pa0e-5th column
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Ice CREAN-6M PdQe--5th column.
INsIRUCTION-6th P0ge-lst ana ID coininns-
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MARRIAGES AND DEATns--5tR Pd0e-Oth column 90.
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CoUETRY-6h Faqc-lth column 70 ExcAANsE-om
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fAvINGs BANKs-7M Pd0e-6tb column.
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FEuAIFs- gu ldOe-5th go uinn. ,.,
sTrasipo4Ts AID RAILROADS 9Th Paae-3d and 4th
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SUMMER BoARD-3d Pdge-4th, 0th anu ON Columns
1EAcHERs--6M PG1e-3d column
The TURF-3d Page 18th column.
TO LET-COUNTRr PROPERTr-6m fGqe-otn co'uinh'
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There never was statesman who brought to the
praetice of politics more dazzling assortment of
philosophical theories than MIR. Disraeli. quarter
of a century ago he published trilogy of novels TO
explain his schemes of social regeneration and ma
tional greatness and at intervals since that time,
even down to the recent appearance Of
new preface to his collected writings, he
has occasionally revived the ideas which made
so great q stir when Young England" was sup
posed to be q mighty force. Yet strange to say
there Is not a statesman of modern times whom the
world has so steadily refused TO accept in earnest
In the moment of his triumph he is always a
subject of jocose comment TO his own party,
and England Is disposed to greet his great
est achievements with q laugh. His country
men see him under all circumstances with that half
closed eye and haIfsmiliDg half-sncering lip which
figure in the pages Of Punch II is the face of man
who does not impose upon himself, and does not
try very hard TO impose upon other people ;
whose gravest words never carry conviction
whose professions NAV startle and entertain,
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LITERATURE FOR BOYS.

We wonder whether parents know what an
enormous mass of cheap sensational literature
is printed in this city for boys. There are
large publishing concerns which doa thriving
business in the manufacture of story papers for
the young; there are others which make
fortunes by the issue Of q bad class of
dime novels. The purchasers upon whom
these people thrive are lads at school, and
boys employed in shops, offices, and trades.
The young have ravenous appetite for such
mental stimulant, and they steal hours from
work, study, or sleep, TO pursue the fortunes
of some boy adventurer whose free heroic
career fills their dreams and fires their
ambition to drink brandy, to smoke a
pipe, and to run away from home
with $40 and pocket full of biscuit. The
books and papers, as general rule, are so
mischievous that no sensible father of family
would willingly allow them in his house. Yet
they are bought in immense numbers, not
only by the poor, neglected children of the
streets, but by boys who are supposed to be
carefully brought up.
Once in a while we are shocked by the dis
closure Of certain facts which seem to indicate
an increase of crime among young boys. The
police discover some secret lair where lads of
Bohemian taste play at gypsy and bestow
the proceeds Of course of petty pilfer-
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to talk at Washington and other Eastern
cities. He should be permitted. This is q
free country. and freedom of speech does not
exist if only those who defend existing instl-
tutIons are allowed to speak. But when he
speaks let his words be noted, and IT he in
cites anybody to break the laws or to resort
to violence for the removal of any real OF
fancied grievance, let him be instantly held to
strict account. He has right to exhibit his
Communistic doctrines, and his hempen rope
coiled about his person, but if he talks OF
using it or incites others to use it unlawfully,
the sooner 1t IL coiled about bis neck the
better
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Milwaukee.
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With actual receipts of 2,1S2,651 bushels
mt the two cities since July /, against only
900. 9sS bushels during the same time last
year, the spectators were naturally tempted
10 circulate some report to sustain them, and
the rumors of great injury to the crops by
recent storms, however far they may have
foundation in fact, have probably been much
exaggerated, and circulated the more widely
because of tie immense speculation in pro-
gress It is said that not less than 90
100000 bushels of wheat have been
sold for delivery In July, while the
entire visible supply at all Western points is
barely 100000 bushels. Somebody will be
badly punished, If the operators are able to
hold on few days longer, though the break
in prices at Chicago on Saturday creates
some doubt as TO their ability. In any case,
a severe fall in price is likely to occur after
August /. and if Eastern dealers are not
careful their names may be mentioned in the
records of the last months proceedings under
the Bankrupt Act
The great grain speculation has given excuse
for a considerable movement in stocks, those
who believe in the comparative failure of the
wheat crop having largely sold the stocks of
roads west of Chicago. The only excuse that
can be given for strongly supporting the Van
derbilt stocks mt the same time is that the
late conference at Chicago will presently cause
a well-sustained advance in rates from Chicago
eastward. The contemplated rate for grain is
only twelve cents per bushel, however, and
the roads have yet to show that they
can divide with the water routes at
that rate, and secure a profit. AS to
roads west of Chicago, if the corner"
collapses at the end of the month, and it is
then discovered that wheat is not going to be
scarce. the spectators in stocks may also find
themselves in difficulty. The sales last week
were even larger than they were during the
memorable week following the great strike
last year. when sudden fall was prevented
by enormous purchases.