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A hotel for women has been
opened in St. Louis. 1t was
built and is owned by women,
and furnishes excellent accom-
modations for about 81 a week.
An exchange inquiries why some
body will not start q hotel eX-
clusivcly for men, where they
may enjoy themselves without
being molested.
1t IS said that Colorado will
build more miles of railroad
this year than any other State
west Of Missouri. It has now
1,0S4 miles in operation. The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
road is making important ex-
tensions south and west, for the
cost Of which the company have
provided $2,500,00O.
A Chicago boy, who is addict
ed to going to the theatre to see
the heavy drama, called his
father to supper the other day
by calling out: "What, no there
base craven! Come hither to
thy vesperian hash"
pnfrc w CoI1, no,ooorot;c nop,.
inee for Governor of Alabama, is an ex-
Confederate soldier, p, ominent law
yer and still sF"" man He has
been Eember Of
eight years, and
dent of the Senate
Major Dan Simso. ed
years been the dru ss-r Of rae Ancient
and Honorably Ar cry. Major Stan
ley has been III ifer for fifty -seven
years. The esseS pair made the pusic
for recent parade of the company.
The character of Osric IN Hamlet is
usually played by women, hut Law.
renee Barrett will not appear on the
stage with woman who is dressed in
tights. and in San Francisco the cast of
the play had to be changed at the last
minute to suit him.
A pretty school>mistress in Maiden,
Mass. kept boy fifteen minutes after
school was out as punishment, and
when the time was up he asked her if
she couldn't make it half an hour.
Cab accidents would be less common
in London if horses were not allowed to
wear their shoes xs thin AS bride does
her wedding ring between her marriage
and her golden wedding.
Thos. Hughes. @. C..Author of "Tcm
Browns School Days" has nearly res-
dy for publication volume dealing
from Q churchman's point of view with
the question of disestablishment.
Martin Moran, of Covington, Ken>
lucky. challenges any one to compete
with him in fasting.
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NOTICE.

Picked up adiiN In ths Bay. large sise sccw
The owner can have the same BY paying the COST
Of sdveFtising and trouble u securing her.
Enqaire q OssouaHD's eRos SHoP.
, 1878-06-22

MARRIED. this city. on the
9th inst, by Rev. J. A. Wirth, Mr..
D. A. Whitman to Miss Louisa
Campbell.
, 1878-06-22

~ The mo.
ton Territory. I
Mirrors, window
and everything u
competitor. Cal
given to manufa,
ind Maple; also
anteed As represe
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Receivers of stolen Goods.

Tho receiving Of stolen goods knowing
them to be stolen, deserves TO be classed as
much more heinous crime than mere
theft. Stealing would be greatly dimin-
ished IL there were not persons ready 10
purchase stolen property, with full knowl-
edge OF the fact that the seller has acquired
II by theft.
Many Of the receivers are men or women
for there are not a few women engaged In
the business-of means. In fact. the pos
session of ample means is the great advan-
tage they have over the thief Knowing
his straitened circumstances, they drive q
hard bargain with him, and purchase his
stolen goods for fraction OF what they are
worth. He runs the greater risk, while
they derive the greater profit.
The existence OF numerous criminals OF
this class, their names and places OF bust
ness, are as we'll known to officers OF the
law as the stores Of our principal merchants
Yet comparatively few OF them are ever
convicted. They have money to buy on
witnesses and to bribe where brides will be
taken. They often escape where no moral
doubt OF their guilt exists. and where It
ought TO be practicable TO furnish conclu-
sive legal testimony against them. The
relative immunity they enjoy encourages
them to persevere in their depraved and de-
PRAYING occupation.
In this city the chief encouragement OF
thieylng is to be found in the impunity with
which receiving stolen goods can be carried
on. And we judge It is not different else
where. We observe that Gen. CROOK, in a
recent conversation on the Indian depreda.
tions in Oregon and Washington, remarked
that prominent stockmen openly purchased
stolen ponies, and that all efforts TO stoI
thefts while they continue TO be encouraged
in this way by the stockmen are unavailing
1t Is pity these stockmen cannot be pun,
ished even more severely than the Indians
whom they thus encourage in life OF crime
There is no excuse for the liberation Of
the public purchase OF stolen property Il
the enormous extent TO which il is carried
on In New York. 1t would be cheaper fol-
the community to support another state
| prison.
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Since the consolidation OF Italy under one
government no keener interest has attached
TO any political event than TO the coming
Parliamentary election. II is not only that
a considerable extension OF the suffrage will
augment the volume and modify the char
acter Of the electoral body. There are signs,
also, that new and weighty element Of in
tluence will figure at the polls, and that the
policy Of abstention, hitherto maintained by
the Catholic party, may be exchanged for
one Of active Intervention. II is well worth
while TO mark some indications OF course
which would be tantamount to revolution
in the attitude OF the Vatican.
The first distinct avowal Of the new policy
was a recent article in the Ui,itd Cdttolcd
Of Turin, affirming that the time had come
for Italian Catholics to take part In public
affairs. This declaration called forth an
answer from the Vatican organ, and ii Is
the curious tone Of the rejoindcr which has
aroused widespread attention. According
TO the writer Ia the VOce della Yeritd the
suggestion that Catholics ought TO go to
the polls expresses merely the individual
opinion Of a meritorlous journalist But the
Turin newspaper Is applauded for placing
the question in it's true aspect, as one Of
mere expediency; and the strange admission
is made that for good Catholics 10 vote
at the Italian elections was never pro-
nounccd absolutely unlawful. but only mop
perfume IL follows that the practice OF alb
stention might be abandoned at any time II
modified circumstances should commend
the step 20 the Vatican. Such Is the posi-
ton taken by an authoritative exponent Of
the Papal councils, although the course
hlnted at AZ possible would be plainly equiv
alcnt to tacit recognition OF the new state
ni things in Italy.
t,0the face Of 1t, this utteranco Of the Vat
lean q. -van attests wide departure from
the attitu.'a ot Plus TX. The late Pope, 1t
will be romom ''ered, affirmed with the great
est emphasis the duty Of sincere Catholics
to abstain from politl, ~i elections under the
government Of VIcTOR h. NANuEL' ms was
repeatedly declared not to 10 question
Of expediency at all, but supr, me test oi
loyalty to the Papacy. Moreover, was
this very principle which, in the retrac non
exacted Of Father CURoI, the latter was
required 10 recognize as fundamental
doctrine of tho Roman Catholic Church. As
Is well known, the ex-Jesult refused to sub
scribe to this proposition, and therefore
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remained cut of from any chance OF recon-
ciliatlon up to tho accession Of the present
Pope Recently, however, ground OF COM
promise has been found between the Vatican
and the author OF II Moderno Dissidio,
and the story Of tho negotiation throws
additional light on the new attitude OF the
Roman Curia toward the kingdom Of Italy.
II appears that Cardinal FRANCHr soon
after his appointment IA Pontifcal Secrc-
tary OF State, assured Father CURC1 that no
intention existed OF asking him TO make any
rctracton I'm the form required by Plus TX.
The settlement OF the points at issue was
intrusted by the new Pope to his own
brother, Don GIUSEPPE PECCI, himself an
ox-Jcsuit. So far rs we know, the text OF
the compromise reached has not been pub
llshcd, but 1t Is certain that Father CURcI
maintained substantially his old position
that he declined to recognize the duty OF
abstcntion from elections, or the lmpossl-
bility of co-existoncc for the Papacy and the
Italian kingdom. Notwithstanding his
flrmness on this head, CURcI would seom
to have satisfied LEO KILL, for he presently
received conspicuous proofs Of favor When
the superior of famous convent, that OF
NORTHUMBERLAND ItluScu 10 ullllJ IutitI
CURcI, the latter was informed that II would
be quite convenient for his Holiness TO re-
ceive him in the Vatican. And on the same
day the ex-Josuit began TO occupy an apart
ment in the Vatican, whore he remained q
week.
Such signs as these are not equivocal.
They point to disposition on the part of
the new PontifT to accept some basis OF in
tercourse, some modus rirendi with the Gov
eminent of HUMBERT |. They indicate a
purpose Of retreat from the irreconciable
posture OF the late Pope, and willingness
TO sanction view held by not a few Cath
olics In Italy, and OF which Father CURcI
has made himself the special champion. In
that view the friends OF the Church, by
voting in great numbers at the political
elections, might obtain Parliamentary
majority. Nor are there wanting those who
think that Catholic majority in the nation
might, by q Legislative act. restore TO the
Papacy some part of the temporal authority
OF which II has been deprived. At all events,
the declaration Of the Vatican organ proves
that henceforth n pregnant question is
opened TO discussion, whether, namely. the
Papacy has not more TO hope for from Cath
Ollie preponderance at the polls than from
either foreign invasion or u popular revo-
lution
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The subsidy hunters are again in convo-
cation-this time at New Orleans. where how
ever. as at Chicago. they take to themselves the
name and style of Commercial Convention. On
their very first day Of session they asked Con-
gress to guarantee the bonds Of Tom ScoTT's
Texas Pacific scheme. so as to raise the wind
for building the road from Fort Worth TO San
Diego. But on that same day the Senate de-
feated STANLEY Matthew's effort TO take up the
Texas Pacific Subsidy bill at once. Clearly.
therefore. instead OF firing AWAY Mt such long
range rs Chicago and New Orleans. the subsidy
hunters should break camp and boldly march
on to Washington.
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FERNANDO WooD made two gross blum
ders on Monday, when he opened the ball,
without consultation, by an assault on a
part of the message. First, he gave the
Republicans the advantage OF position In
reply; and secondly, he utterly destroyed
the effect OF all he said by declaring he had
the highest regard for the President, be-
lieving him TO be honest and patriotic"
Mr.. WOODS regard for anybody is OF no
very great consequence, but he grossly
stultiiled his own record and outraged truth
in saying HAYES is honest and patriotic"
The burglars who broke into the vaults Of
the Manhattan Bank, and the wretches who
despoilcd the grave OF A. I. STEWART, may
be called honest, II the Fraudulent Presi-
dent is entitled to that distinction. On the
sth OF November, 1876, HAYES publicly ad-
mitted his defeat, the news Of which the
telegraph had carried to the four corners
OF the earth. The conspiracy to cheat Mr.
TILDEN out Of his rights, and TO steal the
Presidency, was started before the sun
went down that day, aud was followed with
INSCRIPTIONS zeal to the final consumma-
ton.
Through all the stages Of that crime,
HAYES was kept fully informed OF its direc-
ton and progress. His personal agents and
most intimate friends superintendent the
management OF the frauds In the three
stolen States. They carried with them
full power to make whatever corrupt
bargains were necessary TO attain success ;
and when 1t was achieved. those bargains
were made good by an open prostitution OF
the public patronage such as was never be-
tow xrit nn Ia ba a e.,f
Grantism.
JOHN SHERMAN, the chief conspirator WIN.
Nj. EvARTs, the chief counsel, and GEORGE
w. McCRARY, one of the DIRECTORS on the
part Of the House OF Representatives, are
holding seats in the Cabinet as rewards for
their services. NoYEs, KAssoS, Comfy,
LEE. and crowd OF sub~4terns, are enjoy
ing diplomatic and consular places as their
share Of tine spells. JOHN NJ. HARLAN wears
the silk gown OF a Justice OF the Supreme
Court for life as payment for his agency in
Louisiana. All the Returning Board ras-
Gals, their confcdcrates their clerks, and
the vile tools with which they worked, are
holding Office, or are fed with patronage
at the public crib, almost TO the last
man. by appointment directly, or with the
knowledge and consent Of HAYES.
These indisputable facts stand out before
all the world; and yet in their presence a
Democratic member Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives. by virtue Of his official posi-
tion leader Of the body, has the efrontery
to declare "honest and patriotic - the man
who Is the beneficiary OF the Great Fraud.
| and who has pensioned on the Treasury, at
the peoples expense the scoundrels who
| nut him I'm Office With such LEADERS, A IL
no wonder that New York and New Jersey
and Connecticut revolted at tho recent cleo
tions or that the combined vote in his own
district left FERNANDO wooD many thou
sands in minority.
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Edward Arnott and Miss Rose Lisle have
appeared nightly this week in tho Bowery
Theatre. in Tho FoundlinRs." n play in Ave
acts. written by Miss Isle. Tho scene is
laid chiefly in Paris. during the middle
OF the seventeenth century. and turLs
upon the loss and subsequent discovery
Of two boys who were educated. until the age Of
Is, in a founding hospital One OF them was
stolen at birth from his mother the Contess de
Nerers. at the instance Of the Marquis De Jou-
riUe. WHO desired his death that he might
possess the property that would belong to the
infant The man to whom tho murder was
intrusted was dissuRded from the act after he
had slightly cut the child's shoulder with his
dagger, and he deposited him at the foot OF n
public cross, where MGrgOt. the wife Of a
creature Of De J0htrile. named Georges. had
also placed her infant being unable TO support
II. The children We're found by the Able de
y. Pierre and taken TO the hospital that
he had founded. The son Of the ,Co,n,'ess was
wound on his shoulder, and the Marquis was
foilcd aud killed by the Cherdlie de Beduprev.
a gallant individual who employs himself
during the piece counteTacting his maehina-
tons. Mr.. Arnott and Miss Isle. IA udrgOt.
were frequently applauded.
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The Day of Navies Over.

"There has, probably, never been time
since the country had an existence, remarks
our handsome contemporary, the Hon. L. f.
WATERS Of the Boston Advertiser, "when
the popular interest in the navy was smaller
than 1t Is now"
Tho remark Is true and pertinent There Is
next To no popular interest in the navy at the
present time, though once every schoolboy
read with a swelling bosom OF the heroic
deeds of DECATUR and MACDoNoUGH, and
our mcn-of- war set the models in naval con-
struction. We gave to nayies the first screw
vessel OF war in the Princeton; we demon
strated the power Of shell guns, and We
revolutionlzed the fleets Of the world with
the Monitor.
But now our Ancient Mariner sends Ia
report Of the condition Of the Navy Depart
mcnt, which nobody reads outside Of the
service itself and instead Of being an object
Of pride our navy is the butt for rldieue
Though we spend fourteen or fifteen mil
lions year on the national fleet, there Is not
ship in II which bears compa rison with
the most modern vessels Of the English the
Italian, and even tho Turkish navles, and
for purposes Of offence and defence II is ut
tcrly worthless.
What Is the cause Of this d, >,Tadation OF
service which in the war of 1912, J." the war
WIN Alglers, and during the rebellion, COW
ered ITSELF with honor, so that twenty-n,- "a
years ago, whereas we heard little Of the
army, then reduced TO limits to which wise
statesmanship will compel us to return, the
navy was regarded with general admlra.
lion, bOtn at home and abroad? Though in
size H. was inferior To tho uavies of aor,a 80
the great European powers, yet vessel for
vessel IL bore comparison with them, and
an American man-of-war was recognized
throughout tho world as furnishing the best
type OF naval construction and the best ex-
ample OF military discipline
The corruption Of the Navy Department
under sEcoR robson unquestionably did
much to bring about the downfall OF our
navy That man went into Office to make
money, and he lost none Of his opportuni-
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The session Is only four days old, but al
ready the jobs and cxtravagances begin to put
in an appearance. Yesterday. for instance
Mr. HIrPLE- MITCHELL introduced bills appro-
prlating 1895. 900 for tho further improvement
Of three Oregon rivers. Mr.. HpPLE- MITCHELL
is stirring. practical man. who believes in
taking time by the forelock Later on. We shall
hoar from his slower associates VINO have come
to Washington with like projects for depicting
the Treasury.
II seems to be labor wasted TO demonstrate
against the substitution OF log rolling" for
well considered and economical legislation.
But we protest against It as dsgraceful TO Con-
gress and hurtful to the country.
Tho people themselves are largely 10 blame.
Every Congressman's constituents are for
economy and retrenchment In the abstract. and
ms applied TO other Congressmen's constituents.
But the moro public money he obtains for
expenditure within the district. the bet
ter are his chances for reelection; and the
constituents are not disposed 10 be inqulsitive
or critical a. 10 the means he may have made
use OF in securing tho appropriation. The re-
suit Is that Congressman. who otherwise might
have kept their consciences clean. stine their
scruples and Join in the annual scramble. II
the mischief stopped there. 1t would be bad
enough. But II does not stop there. The integ-
rity OF Congressman. once sullied tends %
tako on CRIME very rapidly: and there is al
ways SCOT flying In the Washington air.
Let the people begin by reforming themselves
In this particular. Then reformation at Wash
inRton will not be long delayed.
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Iou,se, sood Queen Yctonas charming daughter.
Who with golden spoon was KINDLY born,
Has lately come across she waste OF water
And with her came her husband. nobl, Lorre
Thoreat. throughout the mother Queens Dominion.
Her loyal subjects haste Ia greet the pair;
The blucnosc muse upsoars with agile p,nion.
And all kanu'kdom throws IT. zap in AIR
Doubtless this friendly greeting we'll they m,r.t--
hearty welcome, though little rude;
Lornc isa youthful noh Ut sense and spirit.
Ills princess wife u iair ami KIND nnd rood
But there Is danger for the noble couple
Ashasth Ncmcas Is On their track,
I'm time the legs that now theJ see so supp,
Nay ache 10 kick the Campbell scionback
His predecessor set a bad example,
And scattered money with lavish har'
Thus did ms liberal soul and fortune angie
Compel tho Blucno,c bosom 10 expand
hut lsorne snot oerwoShtcd by his lucrc,
nor ysta millionaire Is fair Iomse,
Besides, he irowns IN all attempts to euchrc
HIS Scotush limit OF It, beloved baMbcrA
Thusitmay chance that there will he some sun,rus
Some pain OF heart ami emptiness l pursv,
II they shah follow ~ the tracks Of Duncriu.
And lead the pc optic on from bad to worse.
Hut n they don't, II I.nrne shah show his Scottish
Descent and training, closing tight his hand,
Then viii the general public. base and scottish.
Vpturn the blusSt nese In all the land.
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ties. We have in the navy about ten times
rs many officers as we need, but included In
the number are scores OF self-respecting
men who felt the degradation OF serving UNI
der the orders Of peculntor and thoy
probably had little stomach for the duties
to which SEcoE robson assigned them. 1t
is prcposterous TO suppose that any military
service can maintain high morale with a
corrupt man at its head, a man whose favors
are granted to his subordnatcs OF easiest
conscience and who takes delight m hut
initiating honest men,
But evil a. his influence upon tho navy
was, SEcoR RoBEsoN did not alone reduce
our national marine to its present woful
plight. II Is true he made IL ridiculous by
his absurd constructions, and did all he
could to break the spirit Of its officers by
prcferring dishonesty TO honesty; but he
could not bring naval warfare into the dis
repute in which 1t now stands.
In tho Franco-Prussian war, and In that
between Russia and Turkey, navles per-
formed very insignificant part, and, in
deed, they have done nothing Of very great
account during the last quarter of century.
Their day Is over, and every country which
now spends money freely for naval defence
wastes it's dollars. Instead of giving DICK
THOMPSON between fourteen aud fifteen mil
lions to spend next year on his useless fleet,
n wise Congress would devise plans for mus
tcring out nine-tenths Of our naval officers,
and for the sale OF the miscellaneous collec-
ton Of old tubs which that Ancient Mariner
commands.
In these days an expensive navy is a fraud
on the people
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Has the glory OF Creedmoor departed? At
the monthly meeting Of tho directors OF the
National Rife Association on Tuesday com
mittce was appointed to try to secure more
accessible range than the one at Creedmoor."
The reason assigned was that experience had
shown that the desired means Of Transports
tion could not be had on that line OF railroad
that the amount OF travel would not warrant the
corporation In giving larger facilities than
now We presume that this action Of the direc-
tors means business. not bun: accordingly ii
is probable that the spot that has hitherto known
the famous rife range will know il no more
While more accessible range will be heartily
welcomed by tho public. great many memories
will cling to this cradle OF the American rifle
movement But why should not tho name Of
Crecdmoor be taken along TO the new range
wherever II may be2 The Creedmoor of fame
Is not the out-oi-way bit OF Hat ground which
II Ia now proposed to abandon. The real Creed
mooris the rife range. with it's rules. apparatus
contests and combntants. Obviously, therefore
the name, now quite as illustrous as that Of
Wimbledon, should be moved along with the
thing OF value. Creedmoor, in fact. should be
transplantcd.
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4. this Planet Lop.idedt

To THE EDIToR OF The SUN-Su; A mnthe-
maticiAn IN Baldwin wis oers 10 demonstrate that the
southern hemisphere Ut earth Is denscr than its
northern; what is the thing the gray.
i situated In plane passing through the earth south
Of the equator. consequences;
This is the OF the inclination Of The equinocu
to the ecpc and consequently the Of the change
OF the seasons
= II Is the of tie deviation OF the magnetic
meridian. Demonstration by experiment In case the
theory true, stone let fall from north of the
equator would fall IN snutherlY direc and ut the
same latitude south OF the equator would tall due
A. the equator stone let fall from tower woud tall IN
southery direction than north Ut the equator
II true the earth should contain the greatest occ an
on Its southern hemispher
u true the velocity OF the moon IN it, orbit should
be slightly greater when south Of the equinucua N an
when north ct a. A. M u. H.
BAluHtN Ms