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sent his young son, the brother OF the
Marquis Of LoRNE, TO New York TO learn
the banking business, and Mr.. WALTER
CAMPBELL Is well remembered here. A few
other sclons Of noble English families have
engaged In the upper branches OF business,
but az rule the English aristocraoy would
feel that they demeaned themselves II they
made their living In trade They may drive
four-in-hand coaches for a price; one Of
them runs the locomotive through his vast
estates; and they are ready to go into the
army, the navy, and tho church; but they
would not take part in trade, at least
directly.
With US, however, trade, work Of some
kind for the express purpose Of making
money, employs nearly everybody, and
those who have money enough 10 be idle
either made IL themselves in some sort OF
barter or inherited IL from fathers or grand
fathers who got their fortunes by hard
work There may be few exceptions, but
they are very few and not enough 10 form
an aristocracy.
IL is plain, therefore, that in our aris-
tocracy we must discard, at least in making
it up at the start, the Old World notion that
there is anything plebean about trade or
the humble labors Of men who half CEN
fury ago earned their dollars with the sweat
Of their brows, by actual manual labor II
we did not allow ourselves such latitude,
what would become OF some OF tho most
prominent New York candidates for admis-
sion into the ranks Of the aristocracy
An aristocracy which IL started de moro,
from the egg, as 1t were, il pretty sure to
be a failure. The long established aris-
tocracies laugh at it; but II you can find
some way Of hitchinR the new aristOcracy
to the old some way to get the proper con-
Meeting link, in the course Of few CEN
turtles you may build up one which will
take n very fair position
GEORGE. the Count JoASNEs. would con-
meet our aristocracy with the Imperial
Palstinc, and what better link than he 2
We therefore refer the matter Of the or
ganzation Of our aristocracy, about which
there is now so much uncertainty to our
noble friend, GEORGE, the Count JoANNFs.
with full power 10 increase the committee
OF one 10y such and 90 many additions from
among those who sympathzo with the OBJ
ject in view az he deems II best TO make.
All applicants for places in the ranks Of the
aristocracy are referred to the Count and
his chosen associates, for whose report we
shall wait before accepting any American
citizen as q genuine member OF that elite
company. We take the liberty, however, OF
suggesting to this learned and accom-
plished nobleman that there is probably no
other private gentleman In the United
States who has such intimate relations
with the established aristocracics OF the Old
World as our gifted friend, the great obitu-
airy poet and tircless philanthropist of
Philadelphia, GEORGE WASHINGTON CHILDs,
A. NJ. We think he should by all means be
selected as the second member OF thle i'm
portant committee.
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ar. to mako their description startling or

art TO mako their description startling or
suggestive.
But some OF the preachers seem TO infer
that TALNAaE is only gratifying natural
taste for vlleness in his nocturnal rounds.
There are men SO depraved that they take
no delight except In rottenncss. Unless the
game is really putrid they do not care to
eat IL. But TALMAoE Is not one Of these. IL
is true he may enjoy his plunges into
iniquity, but he is not worn out debauchee
who can get no excitement except in the
foulest pleasures. Probably he feels his
greatest exhilaration when tho rafters OF
the Tabernacle tremble with his tones and
the reporters drive their pencils at their
topmost speed. We hazard the opinion that
he is not in half SO good spirits when he Is
in company with the detectives as he Is
when he gazos on the up-turned faces OF the
gaping throng who assemble 10 hear what
he has to tell about the wicked things he
saw.
But there IL another view Of TALMAGEs
purposes which has more reason on its side,
though 1t will not DO universally accepted
1t is that taken last Sunday by the Rev. Mr.
HATFIELD in tho Eighteenth Street Method
lhJ NnuTcns nc TeNeItuu kculleinhH uStu
those words In the course Of sermon on
the subject. do the Recent Crimes and
Disclosures Prove New York Worse than
Other Cities?"
I'VE arc told by a distinguished divine who has
pored the dark places Of this city by nehtthat New York
nVery bad. uattis moral ccsspool and that II Is
wonder not swallowed up by earthquake de
stroyed A. sodom and Gomorrah There can be no
question that crime and wickcdncss abound In city
but thatuis than others IN the land that all the
wickedncss this side Of the Esst River may be fairly
questioned That the City OF Churches Ia without a
den OF inamy more than the Brooklyn preacher
make us believe Bot ne IDEA Of that es, 0ssia,~ oId
adrsr,~mento r tha, eAo cunt Rotor a ho. IL Biy,
What does this mean? That TAJMAGE's
hunt through the slums Of New York is for
the purpose OF bearing real estate on Man
haitian Island An advertising trick for
the benefit Of Brooklyn landlordsl We de-
cline to take that view Of the matter
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The speakership of the Assembly.

We invite attention TO portion of n letter
from Albany, which appeared in the Graphic
and is reproduced elsewhere in THE SUM-
touching the approaching election Of a
Speaker OF the Assembly.
The chief Importance Of this communica-
ton lies in the theory it advances that the
choice Of Speaker ie likely to be determined
by the great corporations which have a
heavy interest in State Legislation.
II the corporate lions intcrmcddle, and array
themselves on one side, IL will at once be-
come the duty Of all true and faithful
friends Of popular rights TO array them
selves ON the other.
In view Of such a probable state OF things
the Democrats while in hopeless minority
Rs 10 their own candidate. may hold the
balance Of power between Republican who
represents the corporations and a Republic
can who represents the people.
We care nothing for the individuals. 1t
matters not by what names they may be
called. But IL there is an opportunity to
give the influence Of this important Office in
favor Of the multitude, rather than in favor
Of the giant corporations, already grown TO
dangerous proportions, then we are zeal
ouely on the side of the multitude.
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MI. Conkling and the Electoral Conn
u,fssfnn

A correspondent Of the Utica Republican,
who is accorded a place in the editorial
columns Of that journal, takes issue with
The SUN a. to the chances Of Senator
CoSKLINo foT the Presidency Of the United
States.
In his estimate uf the Electoral Commits
sion this writer differs with MS entirely. He
thinks it was wise measure, which 1t re-
qulrcd master mind TO devise, that it
saved the country from anarchy. and that
the leading part in the scheme taken by
Mr.. CoNRLING is his chief glory.
We look upon the Electoral Commission
I'm a very different light. We look upon it
rs wide departure from the Constitution.
fraught with mischief in itself, and most
dangerous ~ a precedent Certain Repub-
licans threatened and clustered. and few
Democratic alarmists raised cry Of APP
preaching civil war; but there We're not
men enough in the country disposed to fight
over the Presidency to fill an old-iashioned
etagc coach. Everything could have been
settled in the constitutional. customary
mode, settled peacoahly. and settled right.
There was no more need Of an Electoral
Commission than there was Of a monarchy
We are for adhcring 10 the Constitution UNI
der all circumstances. We regard that a. the
only real safety. 1t is no Recommendation
OF statesman to ne to say that he Processes
a genius Tor evading its provisions The
less genius q. that kind the better.
Az we desire the defeat Of MI CoSKLISG
we are glad 20 see his claims 10 the Prcsi-
dency rested on dis labors in behalf OF Il
temporary overthrow OF the Constitution Of
his country. No heavier milestone could be-
tied 10 any mans neck.
1t is gratifying to be assured by this evil
IDENTIFY authoritative writer in the Utica pa
per that So fan as Mr.. CoNKLING himself is
concerned he prefers not to be- President
He would regard the acceptance Of the Office
as n personal sacrifice.
Thorc must Dee lofticr heights about Utica
than are visible to the casual observer and
II must hc on one of those the exalted author
Of the Electoral Commission dwells.
So many men, OF no greater apparent am
bition than Mr.. CoNKLING, have died Of a
broken heart from not being able TO reach
the Presidency hat We are relieved at being
Informed that Mr. COSkLISG docs not want
it, His Senatorial service finished, in the
shades of retirement ne will enjoy the in
comparable pleas urce Of private life
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IS an Adyertisinr Trick /,

We observe that oW preachers as a rnlc
do not seem to relish either the manner on
the matter Of Brother TALMAGE's DISCOURSE
on the vice Of New York. But inasnuch -
he is not delivering them for their benefit
and he has no hope Of having them among
his audience, he may not care what they
think He draws a crowd and gets large
salary for doing it, and he is not going to
stop working n placer which yields such
handsome profits.
II by that means he could keep his place
~ performance fun ON Sunday, we doubt not
he would willingly, even gladly, spend every
other night for a year in some place of me-
tropolilan inlquty The surprising thing
Is that the detectives, to whom the dirt on
the under side Of society is an old story, are
willing to go about with him SO assduOusly
Probably, however, he pays them hand
soncly for the dsagrccnbc work, M he can
well afford to do, with his $ll 600 salary, all
dependent on the noise he makes. 1t
therefore seems obvious enough why TAIL
MAGE keeps on In the search after
vicious things, lie is simply pursuing his
line Of business to the best Of his ability and
to remarkable and profitable acceptance.
H. IL line, too, which can be followed In.
definitely, or at least until the curious got
tired Of n, for the sorts Of iniquity ia an
great cities are various. anu II takes litlie
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who are Our Ari,tocracv,

Now that the republic has been Success
fully launched on the second century Of its
existence. the necessity Of definitely cetab-
fishing the mctos and bounds Of our arts
tocracy is beginning to be recognized. The
trouble with us is, not that we lack aristo-
Gratis, for We have several millions of them.
but that we arc unable 90 tell certainly
whether man belongs TO the aristocracy
or not
In the old monarchics the aristocracy can
BE- counted with comparative ease. The
king belongs 10 1t, OF course. and 50 do the
princes and prnc"sses. the dukes, earls,
marquiscs, harOns, and barOncts, and every
body who Is in any way related to them. 1t
is class almost AZ distingushable as the
doctors or lawyers, OF as tho men in trade,
and no man can palm himself OF long In
fashionable society as Of the true blue blood
II the ordinary red fluid fills his veins
Books Of the pccrage and the landed gentry
are published, and il you do not find the
family Of a man in them, it is safe to ar
sumo that he does not belong TO the real,
Blmon pure arstocracy.
In this country, however, we have no such
books, for it has not yet been settled author
and ends II is true we have Tor several
years had an "Elltc Directory" in Now
York, and now one has been published in
Brooklyn But whit right have the men
who got mp these directories to say who is
ftd' and who is not Z They have lao official
authority, and we don't know the tests
they apply. They may have left out some
OF tho alistocIacy and they may have nut
In their lists some people who do not belong
10 it, How do We know; Their plan seems
o. be 10 include quite Unfortunately the
residents in tine houses That may he n
good way to find out the Rri9tocrncy; but
shall we leave SO delicate IL matter az the
settlement II an individuals social position
10 n bookseller, who is getting upa direc-
tory solely for pecuniary profit and who IL
hable Ia make all sorts Of errors, for which
he can be hold 70 no responsibility BE-
cause man name l. not included In the
Elite Directory are We TO infer that he
does not belong to the aristucracy. and 50
omit him from our sclcctost entertain
ments
IL If obvious that we need some more GER
tain method Of determining just where our
hrlstocracy is and just what IL is Tho time
for settling the matter seems ripe, too, for
our Canadian ncighbors have now all indis-
putable princess at the head OF their fash
ionable society, and they will look down on
US II we cannot settle who leads ours.
Trade and aIistocracy according to the
old icudal ideas stlll dominant m most
monarchical countries. are utterly incom.
p"tlbie' Tho Duke " ARGYLL, /, is true,
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DIR. RAYMOND,S MfRNING.
The Danger from Yellow Fever that he Say
Nigat Follow Mid Winter.

sanitary Inspector Raymond ~ Brooklyn
who attended the meeting Of the American
Health Society in Richmond has made spe-
cial report on tho subject Of yellow fever to tho
Brooklyn Health Board. in which he says that
the epidemic this year attacked i25 OOO persons
led 10 l2OO deaths. and cost tho country
t2oOo00Oo0. The city Of New Orleans was in
lis usual sanitary condition on May %. 1878
but the next day tho brig Emily b. Soudcr ar
rived from Havana with her purser. one Clark
SICK on board. The vessel had passed Quaran-
tine because Clark reported that he was sick Of
neuralgia. From this vessel tho epidemic
started after tarks death ON May %. DR.
Raymond makes the following assertions:
H. yellow fever ship Is a foul shin always
T. a clean shin will not get yellow fever Ia in
frcied porte g. The disease may bee shut in
vessel by hattenlng down the matches and feed
ing ana keeping the crew on deck AT all times .
a. Yellow fever may be carried from an infect
ed shin To- one 10 the leeward; t5.l An infected
shipmust be exposed 10 extreme cold before she
- safe a. The poison OF yellow foyer II a living
germ; The SusquehanEa had yellow fever on
board. and lay for three years in the New York
harbor out Of commission. One month after
she was put into commission yellow fever mp
peared although she had not been in an in
DR. Raymond adds. impressively: Should
the present winter be mild one. the germs ~
the disease will not Ice destroyed. but will with
inc npproac hing summer, gather new force, and
continue Their devastating march north, east,
and west. The coming six months should be
looked upon as the golden opportunity in which
70 put our house in order As 10 Brooklyn.
he says: " II is not impossible that an epidemic,
whch m 1896 prevailed at Bay Ridge AMI in
1870 at Governors Island. may again return TO
us, bringing death and desolation. When |
think Of Gowanus Canal. Newtown. Bushwick.
and Wallab3ut Greeks, and the slip Of the offal
dock, can but be reminded Of the Bayou Gay
oso OF Memphis and the sewer Of Grenada He
asks whether the vaults and cisterns OF Mem
pms and Chattanooga are worse than the 1900
enooole,stone vaults and $50 street pumps Of
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How Twenty Indian. were civilized

CHICAGO Nov 90-Gon. Miles has communi-
Gated to headquarters here account the he
has had in cWtzng band OF twenty Indians fnd their
families rwrntyscNcn months ago they f.nght the
troops saNseey AZ the battle Of Little Big Horn tut after
ward surrendered with trty Horses band Their war
ponies werc sold tor s2lo ~ with han of which caiue
am seeds were puirhattd for them The ground was
broken LATE ia M season. vet they have raised lao
bushels at potatoes, llu oi tufmps ~ Of corn n NJ
onions. n 20 pefsuis 1000 carrots. loo nrlnnS az
h, AL 81 cabbage, 1'" summer squash 500 rLubarb SO
pumpkins An lufru turHnhCrs. AMI many ull cr No.g
tables. all OF VIII have been stor,d in large root
homes huit hN lvrs The General ,nNs the h ad
warriors U' fhr ufHltuh Sioux. and thry.unes roud
have been seen -mhouE crops and hung logs with
winch 90 secure them Tor the winter 1his work has
hren done under the SUPP r,lNon oi one snhl,pr ttlr,
h0ukau plain. honest Illinois farmer boy Who vent
ONT as "a recruit ilst spring
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Tic Inrrn,,tud. orn nuLn.

Some OF tho New York yachtsmen say that
they are surprised at the want ol attention shown 10 the
Hrih Ambassador by the Duke II Edinburgh on board
the Black Prince. when Mr. James Gordon Bennett
Jr sailed his yacht Henrietta across the Atlantic the
Duke Of Edinburgh went on board at Cowcs The Duke
spoke Enthusiastically in praise Of the Henrietta where.
upon Mr. Bennett, with charac' rstc generosity immc.
datoly offered to make him present Of the Sacht-an
onr which was declined with unnecessary curtncss
TINS incident Is now recalled by the ,isn OF hc Ho,ti
Ambassador 10 the Black Prince ana attention directed
I" The TACT that although the Hrrhf rcprrso n!yc spoke
warmly in prais, at the model ani equipment rf that
vessel the Duke Of Edinburgh din not have tho courtesy
and good taste 10 place her AZ Mr. Benn,ts disposal
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our esteemed but not always accurate
contemporary. the Messenger ErGnco-Amtri-
rum, makes a worse blundcr than usual
when IL speaks Of THE SUNS devotion TO
the Democratic party"
The Sun is not devoted to the Democratic
party, or to any other party, 1t is devoted
to Democratic principles but that is Il very
different matter
So far az any party shapes its course by
those unchanging landmarks and beacons of
political truth, SO far, and no farther 1t can
count upon the commentator Of TIE sun
The name by which a party elects TO be
known is matter Of the very slightest i'm
portancc, In itself it is merely particular
arrangement Of letters and syllabes-
better and no worse than any other arrange
ment. In practice 1t may mean one thing
to-day and another and very different thing
tomorrow.
Parties rise and fall, change and develop.
Principles are subject to no such accidents.
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Death Of Lyman TremnIn.

The Hon. Lyman Tremain Of Albany died in
this city yesterday morning at the age of SO
Mr. rreman served one term In Congress member.
AZ large from this STATE but dit not acquire much rcpu
tatun At Washington
alnwycr he Possessed considerable force while ne
seemed to be wanting IN the Amer AMI more generous
CHARACTERISTICS which have gwen other men nobl,r
distinction at the bar
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a Black sheep Calling Public Attention to
his Color.


Adolph Sutro has been at the Glsev House
Tor fortnight u not only conceived and hNcd the tun
mel under the Comstock lode but borrowed hy m pcr
sona address ami energy nearly s2uUOuo IN Europe 10
execute H.
The Bank N California mnlcvocntly attacked the pro
leetor and forced him into the lobby n aslrngtun
preserve such lcgislat lac had secured. Several
NeaTs ago Suro leo for me at hotel crrurate OF stock
N TINS tunnel Thought II u no probable value and,
Their" was picture upon II uf miner with pckaNc
nastrd M book a. amuse my boy Not long ago gtu
teman a. and saidt Whore l. Vuur Sutro
stock III huN ~ went To the place and searched.
bridge story.
one Of The clerks In Tho House of Representatives IIaw
kius o ohio told that sutro gave linn ltp shares nt
that stock, aud aerward returned and bought IT oi him
4 4 =
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we.,che.ter. Hare and Hound. club.

To THE EDITOR or THE Sun Sir In nm adj
mrahe report OF the hunt Of the wcschestr Hare and
Hounds TINS srS says that the huat club organized
some two weeks ago by nemhrrs Of the Harlem Athletic
luh On III contrary, the club was started AUGUST
last 10y myself amt HfrW trisnis uf the Harlem Athletic
cub Not a hhlf dozen members knew oi the or,AmIa
uon nnul recently. amt Of the sixteen huutsncn who
started osffl.N seven unN were members NJ that or
ihMuun We desire that Il he understood that the
llnl' ana llonnis u distinct organization.
Nuf, go. MAtlkk :. AosBlNGU, Master Of NE Hunt
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A Hut to the Elevated mnllrona Men.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sd': II is re-.
ported that The Metropolitan Elevated Railway Company
J., to run trains over the tracks In fiilY third street In
Hhout two weeks Womb It not be well for the company
To nave nlsman 90 warn drivers m BIoadWa! at mp
lroAchins trans where these trains HTOahW
ne grcSt horushlarc To the rark Tine hnsr- used for
fAik drNink are more spirited and less easily controlled
than those who are oVerJ day ~ the no,ss and hustle Of
city travel llOHsLNAk
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New Game for Winter Evenings.

Here Is new game for wintor evenings. 1t
- played by thTee persons she a hg Rrnc AIR
opposite the IRE divides the whole dozen NJ little silver
bracelets She wears and then holds M white arm
ringer pointing 10 the ceiling You and the othc fellow
shr ma" dozen circles apiece retire 20 opposite corners
hrcd finger good dscohous sends them rafting down
IN the arm with pretty musical chink and a dnfer
sends them on the Moor ana has pick up nnd She
laughs OF course, the best man wins anu thoio are
called 90 Bangle ~ ~
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Mr.. HENRY NJ. PARKHURsT, in letter to
the Herald describes n tcst to which he says no
subjected Miss MoLLIE FANcnER OF Brooklyn In
the summer Of 1867.
Three years before he had been one OF the
reporters Of the Maryland Constitutional Con-
vention and had received printed copios OF
nil the bills introduced. Taking number Of
these old bills. he ran the scissors through them.
making pile Of slips Of envelope size. He saw
only the one on top. Then, in his presence his
friend DR. EDWIN LEIGH we'll known to edu-
Gators ms the inventor OF the pronouncing or
biography" placed these slips behind his back
drew out one OF the middle ones put It In an
envelope stuffed in other papers around II. and
sealed the envelope in peculiar manner.
Neither be nor his friend knew what was on tho
slip. The envelope was taken TO Miss FASCHER.
who at that time could not spoak. She
asserted that the printed slip was about
court" and that It contained the word "iurs-
diction." and fgurcs-"G. ?. 3. T." she said.
Having iotted down these words and figures in
his memorandum book he took the envelope
unopened to his Office. whore his friend and
n third party examined the seal. and satisfied
themselves that it had not been tempered with
Thon they broke it. and took out the slip. The
word court was found in four places. juris-
diction' occurred once tho scissors had clipped
the first few lines OF section Of tho bill. and
these lines were numbered In the margin . g.
4. and 3. DR.. LEIGH corroloratcs Mr. PARK
HURST. " think" he says. " il was absolutely
impossible for any ono To know or to find out
10y the ordinary Use of his senses what paper
was in tho envelope without opening IL. The
Opaque papers placed on each side Of tho con
tents were such a. 20 render II impossible to
read them 10y transmitted light" Mr. PARK
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The Grand Jury Of Wake County, North
Carolina. have indicted GEORGE W. SwEPsoN
and MILTON 8. LTTTLEFIELD for cheating by
false pretences" in obtaining from the State
OF North Carolina - 900 900 in bonds by means
of n false certificate in regard to work done on
tho Western North Carolina Railroad. As tho
State OF North Carolina has never paid cent
OF the bonds. interest or principal. and as the
bonds were sold mostly. II not wholly in New
York city IL Ia difficult to see how anybody has
been cheated except the unfortunate bond
holders In New York.