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New-York tribune., 1884-10-12

Politics crowds the papers pretty well nowadays, hut
enough prevent the nntcduvan paragraph about
woman shedding needle, from her body. from appear
Ing about once week.
"Ycs gentlemen" he said. " I'm well known man.
I'm New Yorker, Hnd my name 4, familiar one To the
American people" " Were you general In tho war,
strangcr" "No. sir No In the war; but not a. gen
cml." Congressman perhaps, or Governor of some
State r. No, sir I'm not politician nor statesman
am priNA citizen and proud to say it," ell. II
you not great soldier or statesman, what Il It that
has made your familiar one throughout the
Try Who are you I" I'm John smith, brakes
Travellers Magazine
cal cities OF this country, and among the cities which
sho outranks T. Philadelphia The Phddc'phd can says
that the commercial dccadence of Philadelphia Is due to
the fact that II oppresses and drives corporations.
An exchange announces that the Ladies' Foreign
Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian church viii
serve missionary tea at the chapel" We HAD supposed
that dining on missionaries thing Of the past bnt
II seems we were misinfOrmed.-l Boston transcript
" IL Mr. 1ardist an cxtrayagant lVorF asked 'rlm,
s0nbeak of Yeast recent evening hS unA Nal ana
smoked pipe apiece. "No never saw anything ABOUT
his house that would give me such AN IMPRESSION, re-
piled Yeast ~ was always under the impression that no
wns n pay as YOU 90 sort nf q man Well II he PAYS
a. he dacs aad Crmsonbenk usting the ashes from s
pipe hc must 20 unCommOny SLOW Nonkefs States
man.
The London Humane Society has pcltloned the King
of Spain to prohibit bull fighting IN that country.
Clevennds talk about being too hnsy with the duties
OF hla Office 10 go ohio IA the uttptauve Of hypocc
lie wasn't too busy Ia the summer ~ ~ on months
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
passed away. and educated women at least no

passed away, and educated women at least no
longer imagine that they can secure success by
servile imitation. To-day more than ever be-
fore women, and especially American women,
make their own styles. They carefully expcri-
ment to ascertain what best suits their indi-
vidualty, and then they keep to this, often
ignoring the attempts of the tradespeOple to set
the fashion. One practical outcome OF this
change is that the manufacturers find 1t much
more difficult than formerly to supply the dry
goods market. Attempts to introduce line Of
stiff. harsh materials for dresses, substitutes
for the. soft, flowing. gracefully -draping stuifs
which are In vogue, have failed. The modern
women perceive that these materials cannot be
made up so bccomingly as the old ones, and
they decline to make the exchange They are
certainly right i'm this, for the new fashion
ofiends the canOns of art seriously, and - an
attempt to supcrsedc beauty with uglincss. 1t
is thus evident that art culture in the matter of
womcns dress is destined to exert n very inn
portaut influence upon trade and manufacture
The tradcsmcn can no longer hope to set the
fashion for the civilized world by pcrsuadng
some person of title to wear new style. They
must watch the bent Of the cultivated feminine
mind more closely, and they must bcstow moro
pains upon their patterns than ever. For the
increasing knowledge of how TO dress IL making
women cxacting critics, iastidious purchasers
and rebels against the absolutism of Fashion
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEUS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-The Parliament buildings in Quebec
were damaged yesterday by two explosions. --
Some Europeans and Egyptians were massacrcd by
Sheks at Saamab - There were III deaths
reported in Italy from cholera. - Three thou
sand houses destroyed by the tornado in
Catania. - a British protectorare Will be pro-
claimed in the southern coasts of New-Gunea.
DoMEsTIC.-Mr. Blaine addressed the Hooking
Valley wOrkmcn yesterday. - The Philadelphia
Press Clnb's house opened. II hearing
was held III the Ieustis case in Boston. - Me-
Geoch has filed his answer. - The Harvard
scratch races were rowed "A family at Cata-
wissa were poisoned, two children fatally.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Another meeting Of the
Bridge Trustees Special Committee; a stay in the
Bridge extension case. == Sui against Bankers
and Merchants Telegraph Company officers --
PamperO, Julietta Colt Ida Stanhope, ClOnmel,
Wandering and Charlemagne won the jerome Park
races; one horse killed and three jockeys badly
hurt. -= Arrival of new steel vessel. -= Many
entries for the non sporting dog show. -- over
fifty warrants sent to prison. -- Gold value of
legal.tender silver dollar N12l2 grainS. sl.s7
cents --= Stocks moderately active and declin-
ing and closed weak.
IHE WTATnEE-IEIBCNE local observations in
dicae slightly warmer. partly cloudy weather.
Temperature yesterday: Highest. - lowest
61o average, G1l2o.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12

charge has once been made against Mr.. Blaine.
1t Is not his business either to prove the
charge or to furnish witness whose testimony
has not been impeached. Here is third canon
of defamation, namely: IL charge has once
been made against a public man, it must be
considered conclusive evidence of guilt; the
defamcrs have nothing to do with the facts !;
they need not prove it. In this respect also de-
famation Is law unto itself.
Finally. MFR. Beecher in his last letter sue
cinctly defines the general policy of political
defomers. when their falsehoOds are exposed.
He saws that if Mr. joy reailirms the denial
of the charge, then have only to say that
"whcrcas did not imagine there could
"bc moro than one continental liar, j am
"compclcL to think there are two" That is to
saw. when the charges 90 to pieces ana there
are no witnesses at hand to sustain them. scan
dal-mongcrs are TO insult those who are telling
the truth by dcnouncing them as continental
liars This is the fourth canon OF political de-
famation, namely Call every honest man liar.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12

The Democratic campaign Of sander and noisy
assault on character carefully planned to dis
tract attention from the real issue Of the canvass.
and the determined purpose of the Democratic
leaders-the establishment of British free-trade.
in this election tho paramount question, and
almost sole question. to be determined by the vot-
crs of the United States, is whether the protective
system, under which the country has developed and
grown rich, shall be abandoned and the insane
policy Of letting the British manufacture for us be
tired in its place. If the working elect the
latter, they viii lament it in idIeuess and misery.
literally in sackcloth and ashes and every interest
in America will have reason to lament tho ruinous
choice. Vote against Cleveland
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
PERSON

< v White, deacon and trustee Of Plymouth Church.
bought aud sold million aud half dollars worth of
securities Friday and in the evening went to Nyack
and administered kindly but vigorous spanhing to hia
pastor MI Bcrhc Then hr went to bed feeling that he
had done good days work. and slept soundy.
The grave Of Dr Josiah Gilbert Holland at Springfield
Mass has been kept covered with fresh flowers all
mcr and this fall 10y hs admirers horoughou the state
Tho first nowcrs laid there were nihuus nnd then wind
noWota aud Nocta nnd now the mound f. covered with
gcnt0n' nn1 holottop's, And the late bloom of the
honey lsuclc with sprays of golden rod aud glowing cus
tcis of uatciH,
Fuller accounts 10y mail confirm the tcogrurhic rc.
ports of late that the King NJ srllu in scousy Telling
health lla phi, aicnua und intimate nlcuds ill concoal
their and conviction that he viii not much longer ho nhc
odtVct tlc alfalfa eft n', hud iudood that hi' iomniu
ing Hpah of lll' T. NrN short
Tho Uoycuor Ucucil of Canada, tho Marquis NJ
inn,doVnc aul Lady lnu,,oWno viii mako their nr,t
visit to lnl.fnN TN, Noch apcndmr eovctl DAYS there
nud going thence to ~. loln hi way ot Annapolis
mo, cmcnt 4, afoot In England to ,cl up memorial
at Archbishop lnud In the church of the parish In which
Lee was born wears ago II Is also proposed to honor
the memory ot sir William lcrSchcl hy addition Ia
the church In Bath ol which the ilu-tous astronomer
was once oiEai't
At slcrnlcycc after dinner the three rmpcrors were
talking together while the Empress and Prince Bismarck
engaged In conversation. " How happy / am at this
meeting of the three Soycrcgns" exclaimed Her Maj.
esy II ought to have been long ago and II must
always remain So" Your Majesty may he sure" re-
spondcd Bismarck that II will tie the main task of my
life TO insure the fulnmcn of thi4 wish aud should this
hc impossible from inevitable circumstances, then the
other state of things VIII no longer see me ~ Minister
The late Dr Francis T. IIurl. Boston. left 10000
for the erection of gymnasium at Phillips Exeter
Academy.
WASmNGroN oct ll.-Gcncml John Newton. Chief Of
the Corps of Enrlnccr-, will visit the Pacific coast
ntOur of Inspection.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
fishing trip. Tho truth Il his managers srs asr,,A A.
him 90 before tho public His strength a a csSsne
lies IN the fact that he is stranger TO the
adelphia Press. ~lrm-

fishing TRIP Tho truth is his managers ara as,.sS -
him go before the public His strength a cssSt.
adephia Press. lEau-
The commonest kind OF news printing paper IN u,.
costs IL cents pound, and when an editor ha.o, -.
IL ccnts handy he suspends publication for xsss -
goes to sec bull fight.
Tho Drummer National Convention M o,.,,
nominated Joseph Mulhaton for President Of m.
@ ne Dase ,,o oas's ,h ana polo players
y beat but they won't i Sorrstown Herald '"ssW
The San Francisco Alta puts 1t this way in ,oh-,
headlines; "Cleyeland INDICATED. His ROYAL -
ton st his Buffalo Home. An ovation wlthont p.ss,c
In Modern Political Annals. A Welcome tina, sn.-
sander" Now what the plain people would like % -,
Ia this Ifa big ovation which wasn't very bic ,'.
all. vinllcstes Mr. Cleveland. has not Mr. Blan. -
vndicated by the Maine election and by the mayn,s'
ovations he has been receiving wherever he h.. =.
peared The Democrats would do well ts e. tina, -
ment alone.
Yale College students have the unonyiable rao,,.,
OF smoking between 1000 and 5000 cigarettes ds1m
Waterbury American. -
At the Antwerp Exhibition neft year a curIou, co,.
village Will bc shown Tho Belgian African A.socl,,,ss
Will build up regular negro settlement the ,hs, A..
being surrounded by the poorer natives cabins v..
uine fetish man " will also appear.
There ia a church being built IN MIcbiean IN v,,..
u ooans
finished with tiltlng back, each seat provided win
hat, shawl, cloak book, umbrella and cane rack ana
foot.rcst" And " the good brethren belons,. -
the other churches ere saying tha, such comfor,,,
cdInce will be altogether unorthodox and sinful
Colonel Grosvenor. In bis speech ~ Phadsiphla ,.a.
strong polnt when hc compared the wsnton FOLLY of ~
Morrison bill o tho proposition of british therlst NJ
cut on Just one NTH of tho loyoc or er,at s,o,S
wall reared about New Orleans at u moment vhen ~
Hood ~ its height aud tho water trosns oys, ia
wall NJ thou abd points aud tho nhabinas Of ths e,s
trembling for their lyea. 4 Hartford rest ""
Tho largest bowlior IN America Ia tho "shehss..
Rock near Norwich. Conn II IL forty i've foo, n
height seventy feet In lcngth aud weighs about ioooo
tons
Women IN German farmhonacs are occupied IN drly,ns
wagons cutting the hay spreading tho dressing ON IN
land planting nnd digging tho POTATOES hareo0tod anI
bafchradcd carrying on their heads their backs ths
farming tools aud the swecpngs of she road harne.sI
To n cart with dog! She must also tend her bsbl,s
cook her food and bear sons Ia be compelled do m.
iay service when most sho needs them O wearv
hands No wonder she cannot tidy her house. clean he,
children, make her own person w0manly or smart sAs
merely exists to labor and To labor I'LL age has bent her
double London Echo.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
IHT NELNN 1ND EINHLON


Aquarlcr OF Il century ago Fashion was a very
absolute goddess, and it was easy for few
modis.cs and manufacturers 10 impose their
capriccs upon a large proportion of the civilized
world. The result was that all sense of indi-
vilual fitness was thrust out of sight. Women
did not ask themselves if new styles were be-
coming to them. but SIM ~ if they were
fashionable Necessarily very absurd consc-
qucncc- followed, and art education as applicd
To costume was nearly unknown. But a very
marked change has taken place during the
period named. The study of art has been
widely disseminated, and though no profound
knowledge of il may have been attained, even n
comprehension of its first principles was
sufficient to cnlghtcn the Ignorance which had
previously riyctcd the fettcrs of Fashion.
Women began TO understand that there was
something much more important, for the pro-
ducton of the effects they sought, than the mere
purchase of what everybody else was wearing.
They began to study the requirements of their
own personalities to learn the laws of harmony
and fitness, and 50 to become at once indcpend-
cnt aud artistic. OF course this has ALWAYS been
the seer I of every marked success in costume.
II has been devised to suit special ndividn-
aity, and because It was becoming in its place
the inaitistic multitude have blunlcrcd 10 the
conclusion that IL would bcstow the same dis
tincton and grace upon all who wore II.
That illusion, however, has to great extent
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
THE STORI or MfRI.


Jur tribune prints this morning the second n-
stament of "Thc Story of Mary novel of alb
sorhng interest and unusual power. Its authors
aumating purpose is to portray without reserve
the convict system now IN operation IN several of
the Southern states. II IL systom that meuaccs
the future of the South being characterized by in
iquitlcS so mOnstr0us as to suggest sayagery, not
Christian civilization, the dark ages rather than
this enulgcnt nineteenth century Faithful are the
wounds OF a friend. This IL the work of Il South
cmcr not alone by birth. but by feeling, who il
earnestly dcsrous of seeing the South prosper, and
her into dIsrepute, to the end that it may be de-
stroyed.
That the cry "bloody SHIRT" will be- flung at the
story Is not Improbable All the same. IL will be
scnseless 80 large portion of the population of
the South IS composed of oolored people. that the
negro problem cannot be ignored. Our author
simply holds that ts solution does not lie In doing
violence to tbe golden ruc or in regarding the
carpet-bagger" as necessarily an enemy and
nuisance. This Is not to wave the bloody shirt.
II is rather TO plead for reforms which have only TO
be secured to render ITS future agitation North or
South, an unpIoiiiablc exercise The South has
tered upon era full Of promise. IL IL only
snry 10 the realization Of her fondcst hopes that she
should enforce the cardinal American doctrine of
equal rights. Lot her do that aud all good things
hall be added TO her
Tho stcfy-which has bright and many hued
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
TALKS ABOUT TOWN.

MADE REPUBLICAN by EUROPEAN TB1P.
tanderbW Gross r,fired edpitdiit I am not a poll
tcian. but have been Democrat all my life, and stuck
TO the old hunk when of less courage but more wis
dom forsook II for solid ground have Just returned
from Europe and am now Republican, backor than the
blackes am an American above all things and when
I found tho Engah and European press, advocating
the election Of Cleveland In the interest Of Free Trade
for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the selfish supporters Of rot
ten monarchlos. and to tho prospective dctrmcnt of
American industry aud prosperity. mndo mp my mind
NJ once that must change my political airiation and
support James q. Blaine. the champion OF American
Protection. for President. Intended 10 remain IN
Europe until just before election. but became such
an enthusiastic Republican TINT couldn't stay away any
longer. aud returned 10 labor heart aud soul
for the ~ the Republican ticket intend 10 do
what | can 10 show the moddng trcksiorS or the Old
World that tho people ~ this country able Ia govern
themselves, without foreign aid ndyice. Many of my
Democratic friends have come out for Blaine. would
Ike To tho whole American people rise IN their dig
nifty and might on election day and send a robuke over
the that would make thrones tremble aud oyasts
quake,
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12

England has again been obliged to yield TO
tbc demands of her colonies. For long time
the Government were firm in declaring that
Queensland should not annex New-Guinea; but
since then the drift Of affairs has been so de-
cidcdly toward federation in Australasia
(Which means Independent Republic there
some day) that the Foreign Ofcc has finally
consented TO the occupation of the southern
shore of the coveted land, and to establish sta
tons on the adjacent islands. This VIII quie'
the dissatisfaction in the Australian colonies
for time but having obtained an inch from
the mother country now they will not hesitate
to try to get an ell when they want 1t. Presently
all New Guinea will be absorbed. IL ~ u SIN
gular spcctaclc--a Liberal Government wn'ch
is vcbcmcntly opposed to extending the EN-
pirc has actually annexed more territory than
thelost Conservative Government did. although
that was especially what Lord Dcaconscld was
after
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
The plan is cer-

pudiated in Downing Street. The plan Is GER
ininly highly conservative ; but for all that 1t
may he under serious consideration in the
! liberal Cabinet. II will be remembered that
when Mr. Gladstone introduced the frahchlse
bin in the Commons he gave his ideas OF what
Redistribution bill should be. They were very
conservative, and although they were not the
views ofthe Cabinet then, they may be so now.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
A GROWING SENTIMENT FOR CREMATION.

The Rec j. IT. Beu0'eS President Und Sates Cremation
Compnny-We are getting along finely with onr work,
and are finding support in quarters where we little cx
pectcd itamong religious people The idea of dispOsng
Of the dead by incneraton Is becoming more popular
every day Tie excavation for cremat0ry at Fresh
Pond Long Island station from the Thirty fourth
ferry is half finished and the contracts signed for
the mason work and the carpcnterwork The building
will he finished by January I. There four bodies now
in cemetery vaults awaiting mcincration
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
TIE DEATH RATE IN NEW-YORK.

Dr. T.. II. JaaeS, assistant sanitary Supcrntendent-
It j. possible for all the fluctuations in the
death for the appearance and spread OF some dis
eases in the city at different times Causes for such
things manifold We can however, usually tell the
any marked increase in mortality In septem-
Der the mortality greater than during the same
month Of last year account of the heat Many
persons had become weakened by the weather
in the summer and were in condition to succumb 10
the unusual heat in september For two years the death
rate has been lower than in previous years because the
conditions for health have been better There has been
gradual change for the better in regard to cleanliness
both in the streets and in tenement houses and the city
has been comparatively from the worst contagious
diseases.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12

thread Of love running through II, and abounds in
vivid pictures of Southern life and character-can-
not fail to produce profound sensation and pro-
woke wide discussion. Copies Of the Sunday issue
containing the first nstallment may still be OBJ
tanned upon application to THE TRIBUNE counting
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
AMI sERvIcE REroRM Isl PRospEcr pARK.


John Y. CUiyer, Chfef Engineer and superintendent Of
Prospect Tdri-POc, has nothing to do with the
agemcnt Of this park. The Commissioners have no
patronage and would not have any. | employ men
when want them and when / don't need them lay
them off. doubt if there is anywhere better example
genuine Civil Service reform than have here and
before the Ciy Service laws enacted
Tbrcoqarcrs Of the have been employed here from
five to fifteen years. That doesn't leave much for
the politicians. | have had a good many bouts with
politicians; but | am not dependent on them in any
way. Iueyerhcda political position and never would.
We have from 80 20 - pay rolls and
do something that is not usual in municipal departments,
think: every before he receives his pay Is re
qured to sign payroll showing the number OF hours
that he has worked every day In the month, his
monthly wages and the amount that he receives
These records are then to the Auditors office and
passed upon The yearly cost OF maintaining our park Is
about onciifth that of Central ParkSl3oooo against
5000 900 1900 o0Oand yet the people get more real
enjoy oyment here than there Central Park in
finer condition than is while the original work of
Prospect Park is dctcri0raug We have not the money
10 kco 1t mp and number of contemplated improve
mcnt, cannot he made without special construction
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12

The proposed Slaughter of Che Innoceuts has
been forbidden in Paris-that is to say, the
great baby show will not be allowed to take
place. Such exhibitions help the spread of
disease. and are highly Objectionable on that
account at all times but just now, with the
germs of cholera all over France, babies placed
on show in Paris certainly could not expect TO
get oil with anything less than cholera in
fantum.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12

The Westminster Kennel Club has given the
public so many interesting bench shows that
doubtlcss the approaching exhibition of non
sporting dogs viii bc highly interesting cxli.
bition. II II the fret of It's klnd ever held IN
this clty. aud. we believe. IN this country. So
Il will not only be- novel and amusing. but viii
accomplish much good by disseminating ideas IN
regard 10 the proper treatment OF house and
yard dogs. The amount of mistaken, fatal
kindness that is dealt out To household pets 10y
fond mslrcsses is ol itself sufficient to justify
the existence of Mr., Bcrghs society.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12

A compromise of the Franchise difficulty in
England is highly probable. The features of
Redistribution bill, according TO report, have
been submitted to the Conservatives, and in
chat case the decision rests with Lord Sails
bury. The Liberals declare that the points of
Che scheme made pubic are only an install
ment of the whole bill, and they are even re.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
Cmuse,nenis Uo-Nintt.
Iuslness Nciitrs.

APRorIrApLE lNvEsTMENT-Each - dnnD,eu
within tnposrbe htn> laiH tt s,ynr',
thonsand building lots Surrounding iepO .l"pca ,oar
payments sj. circulats oil H. WILSON, A''o'"''' 0''