New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-03
GENEE1L MOTHS.

One Of the most radical Frcnchmen in
Pari. dcnouuces thc Chamber OF Deputies az ROOM
fu OF $50 deaf nute7 ,yC,n- IKE ac sl.epOf Pnurge-
dungeon full idiots aud fools of auQts and traitors,
whom the sovereign people earning tIr,e francs day
pay at the rae OF tweusy-Iy," lie a-zaes taat the
Deputies. being elected become the masters Of lie
people instead Of being their servants and adyorat.s a..
system under which The nation WOaI appoint alvs.rs
az 2 king appoints Them without reiiuqIish.ng Ms au
tnotity lie maintains that two "uauulli cousc ors"
Tor each department, elected by scuH de iiS would
suffice 10 propar tie aud submit them 10 the PEG
pie. ~ r,gauls tho possibility OF such "a he re
marks At any rate -Iye or what it is WORTH this
Uopiau idea for the consideration OF the People This
UtOpian scheme, which Danton proposed on September
D. 1892 the first day OF the Reuubc, before France
yc.e0rated aud united rs she Is To lay by The press
by steam &ua oy etcJHciyths Oto, IAN scheme voted
century ago by tie direct govern mcnt OF The people,
t L G %' M fba ~ a. apd WI 81 tb
future be the law OF the French Republic.
The evils of Juvenile smoking were recently
considered at conferences Of sunday-schoo and day.
school teachers In Manchester England. Dr.. Emrys-
Jones, or the Royal Eye Hospital, who presided LAID
special upon the injurious influences OF tobacco
upon the sight aud said he was convinced that the
OF tobacco say OF hall day for ten or fifteen
years resulted IN serious injury to the eyes
times In absolute blindness. Resolutions were adopted
setting forth that ply icans OF the highest eminence
declare tobacco be injurious to health and longevity;
which induces drinkers to drink; careful statistical
Investigation shows that the smoking teetotaer is five
times liable to break his the nonsmokiug tee
tOtaler; smoking unmanly leaning on solace To
and labor neither sought nor needed by women ell
abng the smoker to be idle without growing weary OF
idlencs. tending to take the ambition Of him. and 10
make him happy whom he should be miserable and con-
when hs dvinost duty discomfort; a. It IL nj
most impossible to smoke in au Inhabtod countrv with
out causing discomfort or nausea 20 others; and as,
finally, tae TOR tobacco bean ne cause
many serious fires and disastrous explosions parents
teachers and all Others who have Influence with British
boys should warn them against this barbarOus habit
both by preccpt ana example.
TIE Pilgrim Fathers got the worst of il in
Baltimore the other evening. when DIR. H. b. Adams
read paper before the Historical Political Science
Club OF the Johns Hopkins University He commended
that those WORTHLESS did not TO this country from
religious motives, for why did they leave Holland when
they had perfect liberation Governor Bradford wboss
authority is ndlsputabe, admits that they came over
to have moro com Portable, more quiet and orderv
mode Of living than I'm Holland The Pilgrims aimed u,
found an English colony In America and ostensihlv
TO convert the Indiana, though attempts were ever
made In the latter direction. Tho Pgrms vera rc,l
gtous men, but had sharp eye TO business Thoy CANA
not "a eXes or missionaries OF martyrs, but as aetiy
wcl[armed, welequpped colonists TO extend The do
mains OF King james, ana FOR their own material imam
The muoheulo gized Pilgrims Compact si,.nI
indicates that the Pilgrims still held alloea To rho
laws OF England and had desire to change then, n
IA a mistake Ia imagine they intended to set mn
theooratc government founded upon tho Moa,lc Ia.
Though they profo1sed to Hebrew co<ie ,har a.
abundant proof IA snow that nearly all their laws var
framed upon tho laws of England Many cnsea 49,
cited IN which the modes of punishment FOR CRIME. 80
not Scrl plural but according to old Engsh law Az
law books- VIA ~"Snaa