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compelling the public to pay the costs ane
Ices OF jurors in matter OF private litiga
ton than there would:bc In compelling the
pubic to pay the lawyers and witnesses o1
tue llt1gants in the same case.
There is some force In these points. How
lar the State has the power to make parties
demanding jury trials to pay into court be,
1oro the trial 4 sum sufficient to cover the
per diem of the jurors, we cannot say. The
constitution declares that the right Of trial by
Jury Shall remain inviolate in all cases. civil
aswell as criminal. Thata jurymay be waived
~ consent there is no doubt, but whethertIle
flght Of trial by jury in any case can be made
dependent upon the payment of the fees Of
the jury before the trial is a question per-
maps OF some doubt: we believe litigants
now are compelled when they bring suit to
deposit certain fees Of the Clerk and Of the
Sheriff before the. writ will .bo Issued or
served, and 1t may be that tue right Of trial
by jury can be subordinated to the prior de-
poslt In court Of the cost Of tile jury. 1t Is
possible that such change III the law would
result In reduction OF litigation, and cs~
peclally reduction in the number Ut jury
Trials in the civil courts, and consequently
IN proportionate reduction in the scandals
lnd abuses Of the jury system.
, 1881-01-23

ber, which partially broke the force Of the
crumbllng bricks. all the tireincn engaged In
work upon the fire would have been Killed
outright. The Common Council cannotnlan-
ifest Indifference to such Il .copditicn, Of
things without sharing responsibility for the
manslauRhter. There arc numerous other
buildings in Chicago Of precisely the same
character and threatening the same
terrible results. The Department Of Build
ing Inspection should be specifically
instructed to make n thorough exan-
inatfon and report all similarly con-
structed buildings rs dangerous. Prompt
action should be taken to secure the dcstrnc-
tlon Of oil such shells. It is criminal to allow
them to stalid, any longer. Moreover, the
whole subject Of building inspection should
be investigated, and the Mayor and his staff
should be made, to feel responsible for neg
lcct of this matter III a degree which they do
not now seem to appzofend. IT is simply i'll
famous that the fremen, whose duties are
arduous and perilous enough under the most
favorable conditions, should BIZ subjected To
special and unnecessary dangers By violation
Of common prudence, OF neglect on the part
of the proper authorities TO enforce the fire
ordinances
, 1881-01-23

! LIE remedy for oppression by telegraph
! monopolIcs is pointed out BY tho New York
Journal Of Commerce 1t Is the formation of
mutual companies for Eelf-protecs1ou. The pa
per in question well says:
There ts business enough flor exatnp1e) be-
tween Sew York and Chicago and the intcrven-
ing cues TO pay Tor Il merchants and brokers
nfo The tens OF thousands Of persons inter-
estetl In securing sw telegraph rites in the tut
urc On that GREAT Western circuit should build
Inc FOR themselves. Their own business w0rlld
support II hnnd dso'ncly, and they could make 1t
earn dividends by taking dispatches ut night
and IN tho otf hours troIn noi,-sulscribcrs. If
people arc not wiling to Io this, tasy must cx-
poet to pay such tull to the monopoly rs the lat
tct may dictate. Fur there is us little hope for
heo from tlc Government Save On tho wholly
1iladlnt5sabte terms Of buying out the conbnl-
uon ut is own price, Is Of aJ'er:nancnt nlld ef
apply this sound principle OF cooperation in
seli-tetohso tn the Atlantic cable business II tho
riFuI cable companies now onguXch in it uttctnpt
Inc pooling arrangement attributed to then-
Tho Joir7Mt Is all wrong ii what it has to sur
of tho remedy to he provided By Government.
Tho Government not only can, bur probably
Will In time, provide telegraph facilities for the
whole country. Monopoly in this case has only
one head and It will be casy for Government to
strike or that head Mt blow. Private lines
must he Mt bcst q temporary expetllent. But
they will he highly useful and beneficial as fur
aa they 60. II Is proper to say, moreover that
tile enicrprtssng merchants CT Chicago have
anticipated tho suggestion Of the Journal Of
Commerce; and tho Independent line between
New York and Chicago viii unquesttoaably be |
In operation In Il very short time. !
, 1881-01-23

TIE war between Chilli and Peru has long
since lost its original purpose, and has now
become one of conquest. Tie superior furce
and military experience of Chilli have given
it great advantage over the less warlikc hut
none the less patriotic Peruvians. The Chilli
ans have now captured Lima the Peruvian
Capital, and are in possession Of 1t. So far
in the war, whenever Chill has captured
Peruvian territory, it placed q Chilian Gov
ernment over il, and has in manner annexed
1t to Chilli Whether it will now undertake
to annex all Peru will soon be- determined.
The war has been costly one, and the sacri-
t'ce OF life has been rerr great, sometimes
the conflict being of 4 brutal character. At
present the appearances nre that Peru will be
reduced to the condition of conquered
Province Of Chill. and out OF this will, of
course, follow occasional revolutions and
civil wars. It would be movement in tie
cause of humanity for the nations OF tho
world to arrest this war, which is out Of all
to the original pretext therefor.
, 1881-01-23

AMONG the bills proposed in the Legisla.
ture is the one which failed to pass two years
ago having for its object the consolidation Of
the three towns into which Chicago Is di-
Elded, and making them one district for the
assessment and collection Of taxes. There is
no more reason for having three Town Gov
ernments than there is for haring. three City
Governments. At present eac}, town is
blessed with an Assessor, Collector, ST.
perr1sor, and Clerk to manage the "town !"
affairs Of different parts of the city. The re-
suit Is want Of uniformity in the assess
ment or valuations Of property, and the in-
justice which is inevitable when assessments
OF tproperty for taxation arc Irregular and
made upon widely different systems Tie
valuation Of property in this city should be
all done BY one officer, so that all tha proper
ty should be valued upon the same general
rating, and free from any local bias rs to
Sides" or "D1yisions." The pending bill
proposes to reduce these three corps Of Of
flcers to one,-thnt is, that there shall be one
Assessor, one Collector. one Supervisor, and
one Clerk for tho whole city. OF coufse
there Will be protest against this By the
men who seek these offices and who dis /
tribute the large patronage attached to them.
But we do not understand that the people of
his city are to be taxed to continue several
'ostly and useless Offices for no other reason
han to provide places for useless officers. 1t
to be hoped the Legislature will find time !!
0 consider and pass this bill.
, 1881-01-23

OUTSIDE OF Ohio there are few adyocates
OF inc appointment Of Mr.. Stanley Matthews to
tno sdprcne Bench OF tho United States. in
pace at Dir. Justice swayne. The Philadeluhia
1t'cyfrIh, IN ant-Casueton Republican paper Of
great v1gor and ability, says:
,1nero sAoutd be IN indignant protest sra;ost
tnis nomlnatioa, and, il 1t Is made an ind,snont
peutest against the confrmatlou Mr.. Mutihows
IN ~aAt y cs'Hluani.ly called n smart LAWYER sS
% Dtle fe nc hS ws called smart politician, but he
main pf renl promise who mad. - mt,ro 9s,.'o uGen
ra;.asc 1II.' whcn given fair chanco to prove bis
,,,'.; mosta that!' Mr. Matthew'S. lie il absoi,,tey
;ta,cs;snE t,'a IN the {ucu spirit and, We believe n
th ssxa shoWlctge that III Assocint. Justice or
tne 81 Court ought to possess. IIn * -
trn ei. aug time. and hc eln be rolled
a upua WIZ regard TO no 1nurtcrs uf fuce tr nrin
ctpie u1less he Is subjected 10 a machtno M
tisam pressure. There arc already too mnny
politicians on the Sup-etnts nnnnS
tos to ere or ho Nao
Matthews Is nominated for this oca' r. viii h1
,aap!y 70 reward him for supposed polifjcg1
sefvicea py providing him with Il djynij5'.J n1d
y W. sclltpad ll1c Office. He viii not BE- non1fhated @
'usy UNFIT. A"A Ao - consplca"
, 1881-01-23

NOTWITHSTANDING that every man III New
York who knows anything about telegraDhic
repairs OF construction has been put to work
to repair the damage done the wires In that
city and vicinity during the storm of Friday,
it is scarcely probable that telegraphic COM
munication between New York and the
West will DO restored within the next
two weeks. The storm seems to have been
unprecedentedly severe and destructive.
The Newly orkers may derive some consola-
ton from learning that they are>not the only
Sufferers from bad weather. 1hcre was an
other great snow-storm in England and Ire-
land, accompanied by Intense cold, yester-
day, md the South Of France has been swept
by q destructive gale. Not less than fifty
smacks are said to have been wrecked on the
Mediterranean coast.
, 1881-01-23

! tho morning twilight nearly degrees north
from Sigma In 6agittarlus, the brightest star in
| that constellation.
] Jupiter will south Thursday ut 4::ao: o. H., and
set Mt l9:44 p. nj. at the end OF the week he will
{ he about ~: degrees south from Epsilon IN
Pisces. To-nlorrt,w night, from 8:44 till tho
time Of setting tho first and third satellites wifi
both ba behind rhe pnnet- In answer to q
question with reference to possible occultat1ons
by Jupiter. we u:uy state that about u.
H., Feo. O. the planet will be in con-
Junction With Plscium, but the phe-
nomenon will not be visible from this
pnrt OF tho earth surface. Fep. II the planet
will 10 is minutes OF arc south from No s.
Ptscium- Tho evening OF 3larch : Jupiter will
be 81 minutes north from No. 03 Pisci,am; and
on the night Of March ad he will ho only u mfn-
utes north from Ou1cron -Pisclum. We may
n0to that at p. III. Of Feb. 8 tho centre OF Jta-
pttcr will be only3 minutes 10 seconds cast, and
minute 20 seconds north. from the star first
above named.
Saturn will south Thursday at 5 P. n and set
at HES p. III. Next Saturday he will be only 13
minutes OF nrc south from tho star numbered
48l IN the British Association catalos, und Feb
rs will be 43 minutes south from 0nicrpn Pssci-
um. Ills distance from Jupiter Is decreasing
rapidly. 1t Is now 81 degrees: they will bo III
conjunction two months hence, both Being then
with tho sun.
Uranus will south Thursday ut 2:31 A. rn, be-
Ing then In right ascension 10 hours 50 minutes,
aud north definition degrees :ssi11x minutes
. Neptune will south ThursdaXpt 6:03 p. III.
Right ascension hours 3s14 minaecs, and north /
decllnadon u degrees 80 uatnl{tes., |
, 1881-01-23

prosecution is an indication that they
think their clients' conduct and speeches
were 1usti6able and within the law. Tie
case will probably be given to The jury TO-
morrow, after Judge Fitzgerald's charge.
Nobody expects verdict for the Crown.
The general impression is that there
Will be dlsa greement Of tho jury. When
Ga'an Duffy was. tried, in 1sse, Que Of the
Jurors i'll the case said he would cut his
boots rather than agree to'a verdict for the
Crown. Hence "boot-eater came to mean
a juror who will not convict. The Dublin
papers say there are nine "boot-eaters !" III
the Parueli Jury.
, 1881-01-23

ME i'E:TER RrLASDs. tbe Radical n,en-
Der for Burnley {Eng.), moved resolution
IN Tie Commons last night pronouncing the
annexation Of the Transvaal impolltic and
o"justiaable. Mr. Gladstone. whIic not ,1e-
1ehalng tie annexation, said that British
aasho11ty should be reIstab1ished in tho
Ifansvaal before the Government would con-
s,oer the claims OF the Boers to autonomy.
MI. Grant Duff, Under Secretary for the Colo
Mes sald that it was the intention to give tbe
Doers selt-government rs soon as thew ac-
knowledRed. the supremacy Of her N[ajestv.
Mr. Kylands' motion was then rejected by a
vote OF 1ae to IS. It's evident that the Giod.
s'one Ministry wants only pretcxt to coma
to terms with the Beers ~1~
, 1881-01-23

ITS rumored in London that Mr.. Glad
Stone Will BE- raised to the Peerags under the
.atle OF Lord Hawarden pronounced Har-
DEM In this event the Marquis Of Hartinc-
ton VIII become leader Of the Liberal partv
III the Commons, which, however pleasant
ana agreeable to the Whis section, will mt
DC at all satisfactory to the Radicals. n[r.
gladstone doubtless feels unequal to the
task OF leading much divided party in On
pos'1ton to the Irish "irreconcilables, /" Lord
Hanaolph C'!urchill,s sfourth party.:' and
Joseph Governs Radical followers. He will
retire to the more dienifed and stunid as
senioiS' which he and Lord Beaconstield may
oocaslonaNy arouse by their oratorIcaI tilts.
, 1881-01-23
PHILADELPHIA GAS.

open Statement of Commltte f1uan
21untcr that the People are 18:fn$
Cheu1eti Out OF 81 600 Fer Day. .::*
Pl1l1.ADELplI1A, P;l, Jan. 222.-At meet
lng OF the joint Special Committee OF tho
Councils to investigate the manage
ment Of the Philadelphia Gas Works
thls afternoon, ex-Chief-Engineer Brown,
who had promised to producecertain papers,
sent word that 1t would be- impossible tor bin
20 come. JOHN Hunter, Of tho Investigating
CoMlnlttee, said: II have received iofot.' ;
laatlon enough to make direct and posittfee, !,
charge against the Trustees. am prepared
10 say that the trust is carelesly and grossly:
mlsmanagcd, and the public ere being De.
Iifan'led to the extent Of $1,000 per day, a1so
tiinb inr years past I think I can prove Il" !.
- Nif1laln Mcc1ullen said tie statement o.:
Hunter was only an c1actipnl0dge. J.;
, 1881-01-23

sEn5EASr HERON, in addressing tbs 1ury
in the Farnell case in the Irish Conrt ~,
Queen's Bench yesterday, ACCUSED the tra-
Tcrstrs' Of departing from the O'Conne1l1te
policy, as embodied in the assertion that lfh-
ersy Is not "wortl, the shedding of human
blood'; he also claimed that the counsel for
tie defense had shirked dealing with the evil
dence, and. wound up with an argument
against Home Rule. He held that Irisl,men
should share in the government Of the
glorious British Empire which they had
helped to build up." Serjeant Heron has
doubtless lively appreciation of fayors
to come The : fact that the counsel
for tie defendants did not seek
70 controrert the testimony for the
, 1881-01-23
THE SENATE AND TIE PRESS.

Tue 6el1ate OF tie United States has again
entered upon an often repeated, but
always proIitless, experiment Of trying to de-
tect and punish the publication OF public
documents relating to matters pending In:
secret session. It seems copy Of the treaty
lately negotiated with China has found its
way into the newspapers before the slow-go-
ing Senate had fairly got to work upon it.
| lie discussion In the Senate is Of course
cc1ipsed by the discussion of the treaty in
the press Of the country, and long before the
Senate comes to vote public opinion
throughout the country will have been
formed and fully expressed. Without ston-
ping at this time to consider the utility of
having secret sessions of tho Senate at all, it
is enough to say that the time has long since
passed when secrecy In legislation ca,1 be
tolerated in this country. The fact that no
effort has been made to abolish executive or
secret sessions Of the Senate has been that
practically Such sessions have ceased to be
secret. TIE action, and even the yeas
anu nays OF Senators, in the Senate |
during these sessions are published
next day with as much regularity as are tho |
proceedings of the regular session. This has
oeeh more OF less the case ever since Col
6enton, thirty years ago., published in the
papers his speeches made i'll executive scs-
sion, and his right to do so could not be
questioned. All the treaties made by the
United States with foreign Governments
have been made public during their consit-
Grafton in tho Senate, and the Senate has
never failed to make itself ridiculous by its
abortlve efforts to punish such publications.
LII one or two instances it was guilty of Oh
preston, II not cruelty, but it always failed i!
:" convict my person Of violation Of the
.ules OF the Senate. The reason for such
allure Is due to the fact that no such yfofa-
ion of the rules has ever taken place.
Every newspaper man knows this to be true. :
ut the Senate persistcntIy insists that be- =
anse document printed in so-calIed con- r
dence finds its way into the papers, there t
ore somebody Of necessity must have yio~ t
sted that confidence. This is The impotent z
always adopted by the SENATE .
esplte the fact that the rank absurdity Of 10
1ch conclusion is patent to all other men. | ~
IS not likely that the present Investigation ii
Ill be any more successful than those wIicl, tt
ave preceded it. Its only result viii be to q
tabllsll how mistaken the Senate has becn. Il
III is, III its estimate Of tho intelligence and -, ~
tegrity of the reporters for the public NJ
eSS. | RI
, 1881-01-23

II consequence Of the efforts Of the coal
m'ne owners OF Lancaster (Eng:) to contract
themselves out Of responsibility under the
Employers Liability act, passed last session.
tne miners, to the number Of $1,000, struck
Work about ten days ago. Some of them re-
turned to work last week, and the efforts Of
uio outstanding strikers to prevent them
from continuing work have led to serious
disturbances ut Skelmersdale, Wigan. and
Preston. The strikers have had several con-
hlcts with the police, and the troops have
oeen called into rcQuisltion to quell the dis
turbances. 4
, 1881-01-23

outuco AlEA AIl0> lIoolb 1ucstls dAu Ie 6nOWs
what 1T has done for the world BY copious il
1ustratfons Of the many functions that minis
ters have exercised outside their pulpits, i1
the world Of art, science, literature. and poll
: tics, and even I'll the lomely duties, in
dustrles, and amenities of life. In this tli'
rectlon his wide reading aud ripe scholarship
have furnished him with ample material,
which he uses in his own elegant and grace
ful manner. To-
Iii cleyating the ministerial profession the
Doctor also clevates lis own by showing that
The !lealers of the body mud the hcAlers of the
mind, instead Of drifting apart, ought to
come closer together, rs they can be bf NUT
ual benefit to cach other. while many cases
which the minister thinks ara diseases
Of the soul are In reality diseases Of the
mind which Gun be reached through
treatment Of the body. As 1t is now, the
physician sometimes gets mo nearer the
i brain than the tongue, and no nearer the
heart than the wrist,' and fails to help pa
@lent whose disease is clearly within his iu
rlsqiction becnlse the minister Is seeking to
reach it with spiritual remedies which are
poweriess.
The only comment which Dr.. Holmes
makes upon the pulpit III its relations to the
pew IS contained in the following sentence,
which closes his interesting paper: 'T},o
pulpit has long helped the world, and Is still
one of the chief defelses against the dam
gers that threaten society, and it Is worthy
now, rs 1t always has been in It's best repre-
sentaton, OF all love and honor, But many
OF its profcsscd creeds imperatiycly demand |
revision, and the pows which call for !
it n1ust be listened to, or the preach !
er Will, by and by, find. himself |
speaking to 4 congregation Of bociless |
echoes" While this declaration contains
high praise, the highest perhaps that can bo
given to any profession, 1t also contains
solemn note OF warning that should be heed
Ell all the more because it comes from
writer OF great ability, a man Of extreme
iberality and charity and freedom from
prejudice, anu Christian gentleman whose
ofty character as well as his intellectual
'ower has commended him to the whole
country. It does not require lnuch search
'mong the 1attcr-flny experiences Of pulpit
Ea pew to establish the truth of this warll-
nss. The pulpit is unanswcrable in its place. | .
t may utter what no one believes and pass :
nchallcngcd in the fold; but the pew
thinking for itself, and many times
progresses faster. than the pulpit. I ,,
congregations are quietly but rapidly t
hanging. There are occasions and break a
scs IN almost every fold. Sometimes the t
CIV drifts Into skepticism; more often 1t =
anders off into more agreeable pastures. :,
it abscnts itself altogether, which !,
alps to account for the thinncss of num-
rs and the emptiness OF treasury in so
any churches. All other professions keep &
'en pace with tho march of the world. It | E
time for the pulpit to fall into line and Il
ert its tremendous influence there, for it is o. o.
IT, US it was once, the leader. q
, 1881-01-23


Oliver Wendell Holmes, the brilliant es
sayist and poet, aud mo st genial and loving
of all our humorlsts, though now we'll adj
vanccd into an honorable old age, is still
busy with his pen. Though he has reached
tim6HShen most men love to rest, and drop
all tile work they can, his pen is rs busy as
ever, and each succeeding contribution from
1T shows no dlminntion OF his intellectual
power, while his humor even grows more
kindly aud his charity broader Dickens
rather grabbed criticism of the youth of old
age, as Illustrated BY Little Nell's grand
father, and his attempt to show that there is
10 similarity between it and the youth of
boyhood, is confuted by the case of DR..
Holmes. whose whitened hairs and burden
OF years have not extinguished his freshness,
ouoyancy, and plquancy, but on thc other
hahd nave added to their zest and sparkle,
as age me1lows the good wine, In all
Dr. Holmes writings there is nothing
more agreeable, delightful. liberal, OF charl-
taoie titan his recent paper in the North
Anfer'co7e Rcvieau entitled 1.-THE Pew and
the fulpit," though it contains nine parts Of
pulpit to one Of pew. 1t seems to be difficult
Ill these lntter days for the scientific world to
write about ministers without prejudice. J
without the .fxbellevo rs do or be da,nned.', !
or without saving some ungentle if not nla-
hclous thing about tile profession; but DR.. /
Holmes, through all his broad pages, meyer
ufters m ungracious word. On tho other
manu. though he evidently believes that in
many directions the pew is ahead Of the pull
pit' anu lie himself has no sympathy with |
Vnat may be termed the hardshell, irop-
ooHna orthodoxy, no minister can read this
essay without feeling sense Of t],aukfnl-
Hess TO hin. ana recognizing in him stall
"art defender Of his high and honorable
ot7ice.
Or: Holmes opening assertion is one Of
sllchsny minister ought to be proud, and |
l. may occasion feeling Of agreeable surprise
'iso as Coming from one Of our leaders in I
scientific thought, for that class is not apt to
ohceoe the highest anti best intellectually
" modes OF thought, much less liberaIity, to !
lie pnlplt But Dr.. Holmes broadly asserts:
From the settlement Of the country to the 8
resent time the ministers have furnished t
ae highest type Of character to the people
noag whom they have ffvcd. They have | :
ost 10 considerable extent the position Of !
'aaels' DUE tlt they are in our times rather -
oe looked upon as Representatives Of their G
'nslesal1ons they represent what is best y
'nohs those Of whom they are the speaking
This Isl high praise, and all the more J
'ceptaole because it IL unqualified, He "
'aRes no account Of unworthy ministers Of n
70 b!ack sheep which are to be found n
every fold, nor does he even ht
10" out hint that there may be So
El&1Ef6h E&r-1u "a ]