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The daily gazette., 1883-06-21

Right along side OF the re-
frigerators you will find Cedar
Chests. basement near centre stairway
Three Baby Carriages for
twins (having been called for)
have their place in the large
and well assorted stock of car
riages in the basement. A new
pattern in body, upholstered in
cardinal-red satin, has been fin
ished in single carriage.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18

There is an idea in Indiana OF making
WILLIAM s. HOLMAN the Democratic candi-
date for Governor.
In Indiana, as in Ohio an unusual number
OF distinguished Democrats are now to be
found. Mr.. HENDRICKS, Mr.. MCDONALD.
Mr.. ENGLISH, and Mr.. VOORHEES, all live in
that State; but none OF these would make a
stronger candidate than Mr.. HOLMAN.
Although man of uncommon ability and
personal force HOLMAN has never been a
very prominent figure in Indiana politics
and yet he has served ns Representative in
Congress during eighteen years, and has be-
come famous there as one OF the most per-
sistent and aggressive antagonists with
whom tho extravaganza and corruption OF
that body have been Obliged to deal. BY his
unremitting opposition to jobs OF all kinds he
has become known as tho Great Director,
and that title sticks to him rs closely as Pig
Iron does to the Hon. WILLIAM d. KELLEY
OF Pennsylvania.
Mr.. HOLMAN's presence in the House OF
Representatives has probably been the
means OF saving millions OF dollars to tho
people OF tho United States. and we should
be very sorry to miss him from Congress.
But he possesses extraordinary merit rs a
candidate either for Governor or for any
other office He would make great Gov
ernor and Jacksonian President.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18
thsr responsibility than that which may b,
involved In laying down certain general prin
ciples Of truth.
For the Gin Mills.

Senator HERMAN OF Kings county has
made very creditablc record as lcgisla-
tor. For this reason 1t is all the moro diff
cult to sec upon what grounds Of public
policy his Excise bill is founded. He pro-
poses by this bill to legislate out Of Office tho
present Excise Commissioners OF tho city OF
Brooklyn. and to give the appointment Of
their successors to q Board consisting Of the
Mayor, the Auditor. and tho Comptroller.
The agreement Of any two Of these officers
Is sufficient to mako an appointment The
pay OF the present Commissioners Ia to con-
tinue until the full terms TO which they were
originally appointed shall expire.
This last provision directs foolish and
scandalous waste Of tho public money, and is
In itself reason enough for beating the bill.
II is also obviously open to censure as an
unnecessary interference with the principles
OF local government which Mayor Low was
elected to carry out, and which ought at least
to have fair trial.
But unless Senator HERMAN has enemies
who persistently misreprcsent him. his OBJ
ject is to secure by this bill tho support OF
the liquor interest In Brooklyn. He wants
TO succeed Mayor Low. And before he tries
to get the nomination for Mayor he wants to
have grip on the saloons.
Tho bill has been falsely represented as
Democratic job The only ground for this
statement Is tho fact that the Auditor and
Comptroller, in whose hands tho appoint
ment Of the now Commissioners will be
placed, since Mayor Low is opposed to the bill.
arc Democrats. Ono of the Commissioners
whom tho bill proposes to remove Is also
Democrat, and tho objections to the other
member have nothing to do with his politics.
Senator KIERNAN desires the removal OF tho
present Commissioners because they are re-
solved to limit tho number OF licenses. They
have already refused licenses to a number OF
persons, and they propose to continue in that
policy, which has tho approval OF tho Mayor.
Tho Comptroller and Auditor are under
stood to DO friendly to Senator KIERNANs
pretensions. II this bill becomes q law,
obedient Commissioners will DO appointed,
who will Issue licenses right and left. Senator
KIERNAN will become tho champion and can
didate Of tho liquor shops, and will depend
largely on their support In his contest for
the Mayoralty.
Economy, home rule, and dccency-such
are few OF tho things against which this
bill SINS It Is q bad business for Senator
HERMAN to DO concerned In.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18

But had they really expended even % much
Of their plundered funds as would be required
to purchase the single bomb used In London,
they would DO profuse and fervent In their
declarations Of non-complicity. Mr.. ODoN-
ovAN Rosa has not tho least desire to figure
as the respondent to demand for extradition,
and II English newspapers could DO made TO
comprehend with what contempt and ridi-
cule his proclamations and pretensions are
regarded In this city and throughout tho
United States. they would putpa stop to the
wretchcd drivel about American sympathy
with Irish rufflansm and rascality.
We trust that tho vllainous author OF tho
recent explosion will DO promptly dlscov-
cred and brought TO justice, just as VIC hope
that every man implicated In tho atrocious
murder Of CAvENDIsH and BURKE will be
sternly dealt with. In this country we feel
nothing but dctcstation for assassins and
for dynamite politicians. We should
be glad to SEQ them arrested, wherever
they can he found, and consigned to the fate
which they deserve. But meanwhile We can
not but regard 1t rs premature and absurd on
tho part OF English public opinion to assume
that overy useless act OF violence or incen-
darsm must needs belong to Mr.. PARNELL's
programme and be openly or tacitly sane
toned by Irish-Amerlcan patriots.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18
THE SUN, SUNDAY, MARCH Is, less..

preference. Il b not because they actually
believe in the superstition, but they think II
best to be on the safe side IF. after oil,
there is hell" asks an anonymous oorre-
spoldent OF NJ. RKNAN every year; and the
skeptic is glad to console himself with the
thought that even II there Is one, he cannot
be justly condemned to 1t. And as to whims,
why. nearly everybody has them-the hard.
est-headed. the least imaginative Of men
as we'll as tho most fanclful woman. Demon.
stration will not convince them, for the
reason has nothing to do with such whims.
We therefore do not agree with the Ar.
chivist Of the Thirteen Club that those
iconoclasts have successfully exploded the
old superstition. They have simply dem
onstrated that comparatively small num-
Dor Of men IN tho community can DO found
who will compel their whims to render
obedience to their judgment, or who are not
afraid OF q particular bugbear. Some sort Of
superstition, however, we will be bound.
every member Of the club still cherlshes.
Tho Thirteen Club. 1t seems to us. instead
OF exploding tho superstition, has only helped
to mako 1t more general and moro generally
talked about. 1t has called prominent atten-
ton to fanoiful omen which people like tU
avoid, oven II they laugh ut It, They want
to be happy when they feast together, and
not to DO thinking about death and evil
omcns. 1t is doubtful whether even the
Thirteen Club have really taken unailoyed
delight in their dinners OF thirteen. They
have sacrificed some at least OF their pleas
ure to explode a really harmless suporsti-
Dn, &.,, L. ,,.o Il
about their conduct, and that Is bad accom-
panimcnt of dinner
However. we record with pleasure that the
Thirteen Club has again proved tho obvious
1t makes no difference about peoples dying
whether they dine thirteen or any other num-
ber together. Yet wo predict that dinner
parties OF thirteen will not consequently be-
come fashionable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18
The Acquittal in the Dukes Case-POp-
ular Indignation Against the Jury.

II the question on trial In the DUKES case
In Pennsylvania had boon whether tho de-
PENDANT was an Infamous blackguard or not,
the popular indignation ut q verdict OF ac-
quittal would be easily justified. The COM
munity ut large could form as correct
judgment on that question as any jury Tho
case was proved by the defendant himself.
But the issue which the jury upon their
oaths were bound to determine on tho evil
dcnce before them was very different. In
killing his victim had the accused man COM
mitted the crime OF wilful murder? This
issue 1t was the duty Of the jury to try and
to decide without respect to his guilt Of other
offences. A confessed scducer, detested as a
beast by every right thinking man and wo-
man in the community, is still entitled to be
fairly tried; and instead OF yielding to the
popular clamor which would convict him OF
murder because he had been guilty OF seduc-
tion, every honest juryman was bound to re-
sist the operation of any such influence.
We have little fault to find with those who
think that the defendant deserved to suffer
death for the wrongs he committed against
the daughter OF tho man he afterward shot.
II may be that there are forms Of seduction
so wicked and vilainous that they demand
capital punishment But until the law i'm
poses the supreme penalty for such offences,
juries must not seek to enforce 1t under the
gulse of punishment for another crime.
The people who condemn the DUKES jury
virtually for not sending the prisoner to the
gallows because Of his heinous conduct to-
ward Miss MUTT, should rather criticise the
law which has not made such conduct q
capital offence.
| There Ia only one view that warrants the
public Indignation against the jury. II the
| evidence clearly established the defendants
guilt OF the crime with which he stood
charged, and the jury, either from ignorance
| or corrupt motives, disregarded that evil
dence by rendering O verdict Of acquittal In
stead OF conviction, then they merit the con-
domination 50 freely expressed.
But how many persons are there even In
the county which was tho place OF trial, who
are competent to form an opinion OF any
value as to the preponderance Of evidence on
the question whether the homicide was so
premeditated as to constitute nnirdcr or not ?
Few, II any, papers have published tho pro-
ocedlngs in full. and even II complete record
of the trial had been extensively circulated,
1t could give little idea to outsiders OF the
appearance and demeanor Of the witnesses
and their apparent veracity or want OF truth
fulness on the stand. Nobody can Judge OF
the weight which ought to be given to the
statements OF the several witnesses who
testify upon murder trial, except those who
are present In court and actually hear the
testimony.
The intimatIon that the DUKn6e3ury was
packed and tempered with 10 freely made.
Our esteemed contemporary. the Eueain0
Post, goes 90 far as to declare that "this u,
indeed, the only theory ON which the verdict
J q eSQY!ttA SIP b ts1oyQtaa lQgI". Plainly
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18
Freedom of Worship.

A bill is now pending In the Legislature
requiring that all persons In rcformMores
and penal Institutions who belong to any
particular form OF faith shall DO entitled,
while they are restrained OF their liberty in
such institutions. to the attendance OF cler-
gymen and to the services Of religion pecu-
liar to those denominations, subject, Of course,
to all needful regulations for tho order and
discipline OF tho respective prisons or re-
formatorles.
This seems to us In every way proper
and reasonable bill; and we observe with
OF Refuge In this city strenuously oppose its
passage, while one Of them the Hon. JOHN
JAY. denounces the bill as designed to propa-
gate the religion Of the Vatican.
AS for the religion of tho Vatican 1t would
certainly DO an immense benefit to the indi-
viduals concerned and to tho public likewise
ifGvery criminal in the State and every per-
son restrained with view to his reforma-
ton could be earnestly and thoroughly
imbuod with that religion. The public &C.
curity, the peace OF society, and the progress
OF good morals would be wonderfully pro-
NOTED II that form Of the Christian religion
could be brought to control the minds and
the lives OF all the inmates In tho House
Of Refuge and Of every person confined
In any public prison. This, however. Is
too much to hope for; but 1t is not extrava-
giant to say that where criminal has been
brought up Catholic, priest would be
much more likely than Protestant to reach
him with the influences Of religion; and q
man must be bigot indeed who would not
wish that those influences should BIO brought
to bear in the way to render them the most
effective, or who would prefer that q man
should remain criminal rather than that he
should become Catholic.
AS for the question OF right. the taxes are
paid by Catholics rs well as by Protestants,
ana the law guarantees an equal protection
to every form Of religious faith. Mr.. JAY,
however, contends that it will be in
convenient to admit tho Catholic clergy
into the House OF Refuge; but why
should 1t be any more inconvenient
than 1t Is to admit Protestant clergymen
The hours OF their visits and services are oil
fixed by regulation, and the only change that
would be necessary would DO tho providing
OF suitable places and rooms for the Catholic
services, just as they arc now provided for
the Protestant.
1t would, We think, DO very much wiser II,
instead OF contending for an exclusive sys-
ten of management, which cannot be justi-
fed Oh any rational grounds, the gentlemen
charged with the direction OF the House Of
Refuge should associate with themselves
q few Catholics Of high character and
standing, aud should, of their own
accord. allot to the priests OF that reli-
giOn the same liberty OF access and the
Same opportunities Of celebrating public
worship which they now allot to Professionals
alone. By 30 doing they would remove all
reason for controversy and REM owe a cause OF
complaint which Is perfectly we'll founded.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18

Sportsmen who, In the hunting season.
often spend half day wandering about the
woods trying In vain to get a shot ut a squirrel.
will be likely to envy tho Central Park keepers.
who arc going to shoot the gray squirrels In the
Park tomorrow. Several years ago few Of
these little animals were placed among the
trees there. and now they have become 80 nu-
merous that it Is said to DO necessary to de-
stroy them for the sake of tho birds. whose
eggs they eat. 1t should not be forgotten. how
verthat squirrels are quite as interesting and
attractive in their way az birds and therefore
1t is to BIO hoped that not all Of them will DO
shot and fed to the big brutes in the menagerie
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18

One OF tho peculiar incidents OF the week
In the courts was the ten Thousand dollar YER
diet In KATIE NUMBERS suit against PETER
HICKMAN for breach Of promise Of marriage.
It s said to be tho largest verdict over rendered
in the Marine Court. Tho jurisdiction Of this
court is limited to two thousand dollars. OK
cept in a certain class OF actions for personal
wrongs. in which by special statute tho
amount that may be sued for and recovered is
made unlimited Tho promptness with which
tho jury returned this verdict for the whole
amount OF damages claimed shows that they
regarded the case as one OF an aggra\ ated ma
turc. and reminds us OF tho verdict In ALICE
LIvINasToNEs suit against HENRY FLEMING.
There has been much talk about abolishing
actions for breach Of promise Of marriage al
together. or OF limiting tho right OF recovery to
actual pecuniary loss. and legislation to this
effect has boon proposed in the English House
OF Commons; but all this has no disturbing
effOct upon the juries. who continue as EN-
phatically a. ever to express their oondemna-
ton Of faithless lovers and their sympathy
with deceived and deserted women.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18

It b only "theory." 20 far - that journal
is concerned-that IL to say, no evidence Of
corruption has been adduoed; yet We ven
ture to suppose that this theory Is thus ap-
proved by our contemporary without any
information In detail a. to tho testimony
upon the trial except the abridged newspaper
reports, which cannot. In the nature Of
things furnish an adequate basis for any
such judgment.
OF course 1t is entirely possible that this
jury went wrong, but the fact that they were
firm enough not to follow popular clamor
does not show that they did. man might
feel It his duty to acquit DUKES Of murder
and yet dctest him heart and soul, as every
decent man must. As yet, however, We have
seen no satisfactory proof that this pdrticu-
lar jury was dishonest, and the attacks upon
tho jury system to which the verdict has
given rise are illogical and Ill considered.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18
Mr.. SAMUEL PuR.

Mr.. SAMUEL PuRNELL. who makes this re-
port comes to the following conclusion: He
states that the local opinion was that while the
station was brilliantly illuminated by electrici-
ty. and better than gas could possibly do It, yet
that sufficient light could have boon obtained
from gas for half the money.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18

Tho Republicans OF Rhode Island have
nominated for Governor Mr.. AUGUSTUS o.
BoURN OF Bristol a wealthy manufacturer. and
for Lieutenant Governor OSCAR J. RATHBuN
Of Woonsocket. likewise q manufacturer. It
would DO very interesting II WILLIAM SPRAauR
should be elected. Notwithstanding this array
against him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18

The whole problem Of electric lighting
having been reduced to the question OF cost.
all reliable calculations based OH actual results
must be welcome. On the LIST OF January.
1882. large railway station In California was
lighted by local branch OF the Brush Electric
Light Company. The dynamo was made. to
furnish forty lights and worked by a fifty
horse power engine Everything was made OF
the best material and put up by experienced
workmen. Allowing six months to pass so az
to.pcrmt the expenses to be cut down to
minimum. and the employees to be trained to
the best efficiency. calculations were made for
the months OF June. July August and Septem-
Der. 1882. with the following result:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18

II WIaaINs had had the courage TO predict
fair weather for st. Patricks Day this year.
what reputation as weather prophet yester-
day would have given him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18

This is the season when the entomologlst
shakes the dust out Of his insect nets. the
botanist furnishes up his flower box. and the
amateur astronomer polishes the eyepieces OF
his telescope. The first two look forward with
Impotence to the spring days. when the face OF
the ground begins to bloom and the air Is filed
with the humming sound Of awakening life.
and the third deprecates tho appearance Of the
least cloud in the soft sky OF the spring even
ings. whom the most splendid consultations in
the heavens present themselves to his view
Men OF science and poets meet on common
ground when they praise the vernsl glories Of
tho Year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18
TIE --latest Turkish Kaisht.

,, po%ssess9rs Of the Medjidleh medal will be
kop,tan gass< His Imperial Majesty. The sultan has
srscousy Peesed to confer the decoration Of the
guy, chief bootmAksy TO his Majesty vs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18

An interesting little pamphlet on the COM
pressed air locomotive question. by Mr.. CHAs
w. POTTER. must be interesting reading to
those uniortunates who have recently invested
money In such enterprises. Four systems have
been in tho field In this direction. but tho best
results have been accomplished by the HARDIE
air locomotive. worked on the New York Ele-
waited. whom 1871 cubic feet OF air per ton per
mhe was consumed. This result was obtained
after over six years Of experiments. involving
from $4,000 to 100000. expended and FIRE.
trievably lost by a New York company. 1t ap-
pears that good results and bad results were
practically reduced to tho same level by the
fact that In all systems employed. at least two
thirds OF the original power contained In tho
air was lost before it could be made serviceablo
as motive power. Air may be stored in
cylinders Mt pressure OF 1000 pounds to the
square inch. but 1t must BIO reduced considcra-
bly,. say. for example. to 100 pounds. before 1t
can be used in the cylinders OF tho locomotive.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-06
American Feet,

A man whose lowly trade it is to
measure feet, and to maken notes Of their
pecuiarite, and proportions. says that
there Is vast difference between the
foot Of a Southern lady and that oi
Yankee lad y Of about the same general
build. Southern feet of both sexes are
narrow and bowed up in the middle,
giving them a high instep. The Yankee
foot is wider and has more surface Hat
= footed The foot of the Yankee lacks
the spring aud suppleness of the South
crn, but il has moro strength, aud prob-'
ably better lasting qualities. The Van.
kee step Is short and nervous, the South
crn long and lauguid. which makes
wide difference in the gait of the people
OF the two sections. There appears to
be great deal of character in feet,
which the measurers learn TO read By
long training and practice.
The authority quoted has had fifteen
wears practice in New York fancy
shoe shop. and ought to know He has
measured adult females wearing CATERS
numbering from ones to mines and many
more ones than Fights. The majority of
those who wear ones are Southern and
Spanlsn ladies. The Jersey woman is
foot-proud, and with reason, The real
bluc-bloodedJorsey woman and the blue
grass Kentucky belle are about on a par
III the matter Of small feet Among the
customers of that particular shoe shop are
two pretty sisters of Irish extraction,
one of whom wears cights and the other
nines-handsome feet, too, and SO we'll
proportioned that their size is not at all
conspicuous. They also wear gentle
mems kid gloves over white, dimpcd
hands and pretty pink nails, The trades
people insist upon it that locality as
well as race has much TO do with the
human build. especially at the iounda-
lions.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-06

Try popcorn for nausea.
Try cranberry for malaria.
Try n sun bath for rhcImatism.
Try ginger ale for stomach cramps.
Try clam broth ior weak stomach.
Try cranberry ponticr for crysipclas.
Try Garglng lager beer for cure of
sore throat.
Try swallowing saliva when troubled
with sour stomach
Try eating iresu radi.hps aud yellow
turnips for gravel
Try eating onion. and hor4craAish TO
relieve dropsiMl swelling.
Try bnlerniIk Tor removal If frccklcs,
tan and bullornul slain,
Try the crosp-tiprGC when a child is
likely to be irorb'cd in lhn, way.
Try hot flannel over the seat of neu.
ralglc pain, aud ronow frequently.
Try taking codliycr oil in tomato cat
sup If You want 20 make II palaiablo.
Try shutting powdered boraN M the
nostrlls for catarrhal "c0ld in the head"
Try taking a nap IN the afternoon if
y0n arc going to be ont late ia the eve
ming.
Try hard cider y wine4as>fll three
times "A day COR a@uo and rheumatism.
Try breathing taG lumr, Of turpcn-
tine or carbolc acid to roieyo Nhoopinu
cough,
Try II cloth wrung out from cold wa.
ter put about the neck At night for sore
throat
Try an extra poir Of stockings out.
side OF your shoe, when travelling in cold
weather.
Try walking with Your hands behind
YOU if you lind Yourself becoming bent
forward.
Try silk handkerchief over the face
when obliged to 90 against q cold, pierre.
ing wind,
Try planting sunilowcr- in your gar
den ii compelled to live in malaral
neighborhood. Foote's HeaiH Jourl,oL.