New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-14

was proved that he desired the air o6 81 r
- this decision travellers IN Scotland can "HiS'e
se.e1iar tunes on sunday with mpuniU'
Damoscus has been ruined by the opening
:, tho suez Canal The overland trade pota ODeh'ai
.ns European by caravan with Bagdad ana inc relsan
fsplf has been diverted to the waterway Ano
80 NJ India and China in silk and sesame seeo through
sS osnal has sensiby affected the value OF these pro
at, the late discovery OF alazarine has rehuefeu '
go the cultivation OF madden for export ana De III
-srsion OF large numbers Of Mosiem piigrlnis iIo "
oarts OF the East, who had hitherto maoe Dauiseu u
their point Of arrival and departure WIFI ui"o pm
sb itv 70 the sea route by the canal has conr-oueu
a, No small degree 70 It's downward progress house
t hos declined 80 and 80 per cent and large nunoeiS
~ empty shops and houses every part OF the Guy ~
aicate the general decline The streets arc moo to in
beggars, both MOslem and Chilsla, u as rarity
city whore eighteen months ago DesS, icb formerly
s TeoTe elevated districts Of Lebanon %en ~ iWTi
eonrlbnted Ing tb wear sent double the number to
swell the amount OF local p ins g,1eess
of the East is now duh ana Ius'ioo'
p-of,.sor Robertson Smith has been con-
- :, horosv after all. A General Assembly OF the
- Tg,,rcb OF scotland has condemned MS We" U Tue
Iaook Of Deuteronomy by y majority OF twenty -thIee
AZ me Soeeiaor up the case they nave oeclu'u
not indeed that every word OF deuteronomy "aS wiz
Ten nv Moses-lneludng the account OF ms own de"In
80, tat the book must be hold TO be pure and absolutely
accurate history that ali 10 It which is not a'nouted 10
Efos rus have been written by Joshua, or some other
,nsnired persOn who Immediately succeeded Shm lhaI
the book is in fact body Of infallbe contemporary
evidence and that any scholar strikes at the root 81 IN
spiration who treats Deuteronomy as second ana re-
sed edition. as it were, of the Mosaic Law oodited al
pcod later than that OF the first Snaitc saton and
ADAPTED TO later stage Of the Hebrew peoples history
He was defended by Professor Rainy ana some OF the
most orthodox Of Free Church divnes' and 10y no unm
portant part OF the lay element Of the Assembly mus
Mr. Colouhoun Of ROssdhu wanted to know what all
sedulousy the inspiration OF deuteronomy lie hau, 70
he sure new idea OF his own OF the purpose ana NEAR
ing f that book but such discussions were pure gOOu
Like the shepherd who scoded Lord ButheTluIo IoI
complaining OF the east WIND AUG tne must IN ne 80 nc
What as We, at the wind, what ans We al tbS
mistl It slOBens the grun ana II sIokes Se g. anu
MAR than that, IT'S the wui3 Soo l5. 80 -. y,
buked those who would put down new GlscusSohs ~ W
the meaning and application OF INSPIRATION
Providence no longer favOrs the side that
has the heavier artillery but the army that has the
better general staff As the English military atlache
Of Vienna happily expresses the thought; However
fitted may be the General TO act as the central brain, he
cannot set the various members in motion, except by
means OF complicated system Of nerves. and without
q good general stat army body without neT-
vous system In many the General is but the face
while his Chief Of the STAFF really the brain which de-
signs and controls the actions the body and its men,
bers The success Of Won Molte in 1866 and 1870 was
due in large measure TO the superb training Of bis staff
One Of the chief measures which engrossed the atten-
ton Of Baron Won Kuhn after SadOwa, the recon-
French have recognized their staff system In fact
Is now recognized by all military authorities that II the
first necessity for national safety the provision Of
large army the the formation ana culture Of
the staff or brain and nerves which are to guide the
inrabs ariice I'm ne Times QOnGon): II isuot enough
10 have Offices ana Ocalsar work IN them; those 0hcs
perfectly and tremendously organized ana the
officials be the very cream OF the army IN mental
and phys capacity, while al their faculties must
possible resembling that OF war" The Austrian Cen
era STAT peace footing now contains 90 trained
officers who employed exclusively on studies heeoIu
FOR a thorough preparation in campaigns.
The creatures known as emancipated women
ere the most ardent revoluoniss the German Social
ist societies They join their brethren in conference and
assembly; they through the streets TO the Gene
terry thousands OF themin line at once and smile when
atheistic benedictOns are pronounced Commun-
lists grave wherever social philosophy Is in ierment OF
beer lend their gable swell the uproar and
they the pauses with their knitting Barely fortnight
ago, when Berlin was stih aghast over HOdels crime,
many hundi eds Of these female re.Ormers attended
Socialist meeting taking their work with them aud
knitting industTiousy during the proceedings. One Of
the chief speakers was a workman's wife, Frau Can
zus who is described beautiful in feature and bill
liant in speech While her sisters sat there gr1miy
knitting she reasoned with them after this fashion:
"Has the workman Fatherland which he can loyei
The Fatherland Of the workman ID where he can md
bread. Has the workman anything to DO with reug
ion9 Has the dear Coo whom we have trusted 50 long
eyer done anything for us 2" At this point the budding
virgins, the full-blown mGtrons and the Withefed
erones let fan stitch and with one consent shreSed
ssNichts" Encouraged by this outburst Of approval
Frau Canzlus pitched her voice stll higher. = Tue
Christian religion" she exclaimed, has cAl yea iOI
nineteen ccuturiesl How much better Oh are a Tor u
We workwOmen must turn our backs upon religion ana
demand mat our CHILDREN shall no longer learn ~
al school We must demand that our chudfCh shall
learn science and morality" Then Frau Siagenahn
put fourth knittng-needle into her back haT ah9
stirred tue OF the gaunt aud neIy blseIhool OF
feformers by attacking those inyeteiate Toes OF iue
%Sorknr casse-the tricky parsons and the schemiDg
rreefe who ched tho lab rcrs cOnscleDe as well az
his earnings This haranCue created such tumut that
the 40 ic entered the hall and the emaucrated women
mi ~ tlcr kuittinCWOrk and went home, goss1ue on
Tie WAY about Sister Veras sublime attempt al murseI
IN 80. Peters Jurg.