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New-York tribune., 1884-02-19
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Roman Catholic Church, hut wa, deb,rred ,ho,.
from on account Of his laIneness '"0'"
Ex-senator Fenton has been Obliged to remain
for three weeks In this city to recover from the
painful operation recently performed upon him,
3nt 3s beng now eonyalescent expects 10 start for
Florida early next week " ''"'' i"r
M Anrelien Scholl Of the Paris Ersnem,nt a..
teens M. de Blowitz, the famous London TINES cor.
respondent, a writer of talent, a man OF charm.
ing humOr, and most keens observer GWhat il
thought Of him generally in Paris Oh, that de-
pends When The Times is favorable 10 French poli-
ties he is pctted and applauded; but when that
journal is hostile French IDEAS projects and am
bitons, he becomes only German in the pay of tho
Foreign Office and Mt TO be thrown to the dogs -
WAsBNGTON, Feb. 18.-The Star SAYS that Mrs
Hunt, wife Of Mr.. Hunt, United States Minister 10
Russia, has cabled from ST. Petersburg to their son
in this city that the illness of Mr. Hunt rs possibly
fatal. Mr.. Hunt left here Saturday for ST. Peters
burg.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19

Mediterranean. Many parts of the North OF
Africa Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, Sicily, Italy
and Spain, which once gave generous support
to swarming populations, are either unin-
habitable or at best can only supply the wants
of few impoverished people. AT vast expense
science is replanting many of the billsldes OF
these sterile districts, and the results have
already richly repaid the outlay. Streams,
whose beds in the dry season were
wide oxpanscs OF rock. sand and gravel and In
winter were filed with savage torrents, have
! been in some degree brought back to their nor
NAL condition. But the immense mass OF soil
and rock which they have torn from the fianks
of the mountains pulverized, and deposited in
lakes and in the channels of navigabe streams
and harbors, or have swept ont to sea to be re-
turned by the currents to make pestiential
lagoOns and TO do great and varied harm in
other ways this material no science can ever
put back upon the mountains where it is 80
sOrely needed. Mr.. Marsh estimated that the
Po has carried away from the surface Of the
hills drained by that stream enough soil and
rock to cover the entire area of its basin above
the point where it has received all its aflluents
more than seventeen million acTes-to depth
VI lOliI -uNt IOtts Ohiy ~ oiHhi pstIb VI thlo
sad robbery could have been done had the
woods been left upon the steep hillsides.
The floods in the valley of the Mella in Lom-
hardy, in the Ardeche and other streams tribu-
tary to the Rhone, and especially that in the
Garonne in 1876, which did damage estimated at
100000, 900 francs and destroyed many thou
sand lives-over 900 in one town these floods
were all directly caused by the same kind of
vandalism which the Adirondack Company is
now doing and planning to do. The food of 1875
in the Garonne is especially instructive, be-
cause the hills Of the upper part of It's basin arc
like large part of the Adrondacks composed
OF very hard azOic rocks. When these slopes
became bare of vegetation they were like steep
slate roofs and sent melted STOW and rain into
the main channel so fast that huge wall of
water swept down stream ut the rate of thirty
miles an hour. In view of the terrible calami-
ties which those living in the Ohio valley are
now suffering, and those which all past expert
ence has proved are sure 10 follow forest spOia-
ton like that which is now going on in the
Adirondacks, it will be shame and a
lasting disgrace TO the present Legislature if it
does not promptly pass some act at least as
stringent as the Compromise bill agreed upon
between the Committee of the ChambcrOf Com
merce and Senator Lansing, which is about TO
be introduced.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19
~ INJURI0ES EXP0RT Tx.

The manufacture Of tin plates into cans fOI
the export of American meats, vegetables, fish
and oils has become within a few years, an i'm
pOrtant industry. 1t gives employment to over
5000 men, and promises, if not hampered by
bad tariff legislation, TO aid largely in the ex-
pOrtauOn of American products. One of the
important articles of the export trade in these
cans is petroleum, of which more than thirty
million five-gallon cans are exported yearly
The manufacturers of these oil cans have re-
Gently met with serious competition from Rus
sia. Her manufacturers have purchased the
best American machinery for making such cans,
and are competing sharply, not only in Russian
markets, but also in Mediterranean and North
German ports. Wherever Russia is successful
i'm taking from us the manufacture Of the cans
il also takes TO the same extent the market for
American oil. The effect of this competition is
shown in the official reports of the expectation
of American petroleum in tin cans to Baltic and
Black Sea ports. I'm 1881 there were S63, 943
gallons exported in tin cans. while last year the
quantity was about 1G5, 600 gallons.
70 enable them to meet this competition the
manufacturers have had bill introduced in
Congress placing TN plates on an equality with
other foreign materials used i'll manufacturing
products for export on which drawback is al
lowed. The statute in regard to such drawbacks
originally provided that the Government should
retain ten per cent to cover the cost of the
service. This ten per cent ut that time did not
more than reimburse the Government but with
the increase in the importation OF such articles
ten per cent is no longer necessary, and serves
as a tax on exports.
The cost Of maintaining the drawback service
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19
GENERAL NOTES.

The first mass convention of American invent
The object Of the meeting is stated be tho formation
q permanent organization to protect the rights OF in
Yeutors.
The town of Waltham, Mass, will probably
soon he incorporated city, and its charter is already
written and ready for adoption. The Of the town
shows population Of 4,4i5 increase Of 90 per
cent since 1880
The american Reformer for this week contains
a vigorous article Beer" which is well calculated TO
arrest the attention both OF those who drink and
who manufacture that beverage The author OF the aTti
has consumed good deal OF beer himself and for
some time secretary of large brewing compaDy that
he may be said to know whereof he speaks. He Is dead
against beer drinking and presents his for his op
position clearly aud without The editors Of Tho
Rsfer state that copy of this number OF tbeir journal
will mailed 10 every brewer in the United states. Tho
discussion that Is viii doubtless bring
the bottom facts about beer
The "bOomersn are shouting over Belknap,
Montana, near the Ceur D. Alene mines, the COM
ing town the Rocky Mountain region Tho only woman
In the town has Just died. thus starting graveyard and
many other evidences Of civilization 10 be found. Ro-
Gently a number OF miners Jumped the streets, for
what purpose Is not well known and the cold pioneers
made successful attack upon them aud pulled up ther
stakes Laborers readily obtain five dollars day IN Be
nan but they must run risk Of being shot by some miner
who ia opposed TO towns general principles The snow
in the streets Is four deep and requires small fort
mo 10 clear in order 10 bn'ld mouse Ohe OF tho
oneer writing about the turbulent settlers 70 Inc For
lIad OIeJ0RidH, says lucy "bl soOh ha'o o VIZ ALL
ing I see IL IN the air"
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PERSONAL.

Mr.. Robert Treat Paine ir.. is said TO have, in
his residence, the finest private diningroOm in Bos
ton.
Mrs Parnell the mother of the Irish agtator. is IN
extremely feeble health yet she attends meetings
occasionally and delivers addresses.
Professor J. c.. Wood, the naturalist, is as elo-
quent in conversation on the lcctuIe-platorm and
is much sought after IN Boston society.
Professor Ezra Abbott, the Oriental and Biblical
scholar and Professor Asa Gray, the naturalist, of
Harvard, aro both III with severe colds.
The cottage owned by the late James I. Fields,
at Observation-Disclosures is now offered for sale.
Mrs Fields will not visit that place this summer.
Representative Frank Hurd, of Ohio. was, it is
said originally intended for the priesthood of the
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19

the Democrats are organizing "a White Mans
Club" and only those who pledge themselves
are admitted to meetings. Well, what fearful
stress of deadly peril IS there for the "White
Man of AsheviIle that should lead him to get
UP secret clubl
We find no answer in the census The county
mas about 5000 white and about 5000 colored
people. Without very exalted idea OF the
courage of people who get mp secret clubs to de-
fend themselves, We must conclude that the
5000 whites do not feel the need of White
Mans Club to defend them from 5000 colored
people. Upon further investigation it appears
that there are about $500 voters in the county
about one in six Of the Inhabitants. So there
may be 5000 whites to 500 colored mer. Are
the whites afrlid9 All! here is the trouble ;
the Democratic majority in 1880 was Ouly
$50; there were nearly 1,600 Republican votes,
and the "White Men" were not all on one side.
In order to stamp out freedom Of opinion aDd
political action the Democrats get mp a White
Mans Club" and, as usual elsewhere at the
South, we suppose they next proceed to ostra-
cize all "Vhite Men " who will not consent TO
become as unworthy the rights Of frccmen as
themselves.
After that, it is quite unnecessary to explain
why Asheville has neither manufactures,
skilled labor nor capital. No sane man risks
his labor or his money where the ignorant and
cOwardly spirit of Bourbon Democracy tramples
upon free thought and free speech and gets mp
secret White Mans Clubs " to Ostracize those
who oppose it. The editor is mistaken, appar-
emily. Ashevlle does not want manufactures,
nor intelligent and independent labor nor capi-
tai at per cent. If it did, it would make the
county too hot for the relics OF barbarism who
get up " White Mans Clubs But two per cent
a month is rather high to pay for the luxury Of
Democracy.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19
CALLEYDER,S NINSTRELS.

The company known as Callender's Minstrels,
which is managed by Messrs c. ana c. Frohman, may bs
seen now ut the Fourteenth Street Theatre, where II
will remain one week. Afternoon performances VIII
occur on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday Callenders
Ainstrels are upward OF fifty in number The troupe
comprises comedians end-men Iubeesngers, and camp
meeting shouters collected from various parts OF tho
couptry Their performances illustrate plantation life
al the SOUTH and furnish the agreeable sumuiants OF
Karsand. Ranks Ham, Green. W. King, Little, Lewis
Brown Edward JohnsJn Boz Mack and the liyer Sisters
Call-nders Mmstrels began tier eneagemehl al 'n'
Eourteen Street Theatre last night
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THE McGLORY JURY.

Charles Guidet one Of Me eoHeieiag i,ryaien IN he
hcGiory caeA that IL necded to convict the class OF
offenders TO which McGlory and SANDY" Spencer be-
long is to intelligent jury The jures tho
Sessions too frequently OF the other charscercom
posed Of men picked in the neghborng barbershops,
who are glad to work for " day. There were
two such men the Mctilory Jury who held out for a
time for disagreement but they they could
not accomplish anything by that then they succumbed
There are numbers Of other nilany dve-keepers who
deserve punishment than McGlory Spencer got
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19
GnRnON 1t KH4RTOEn

! General Gordon's first act upon reaching
Khartodm is to recognize the False Prophet a.
Sultan of KOrdofan. This is not the genius OF
audacity, but the deliberate adoption of a care
fully considered policy. Before he left London
he remarked $50 far from believing it impos-
| sible to make an arrangement with the Mahdi,
strongly suspect that he is puppct put for
ward by Iyas, Zebehr's father-in- law, and the
largest slave-owner in Obcid." He assert
el that the Mahdi had assumed a relig-
ious title to give color to his de-
| fence OF popular rights, and that the
| movement headed by him was not religious,
but political-an outbreak Of despair against
Egyptian misgovernment and deSpotism. If
this be the true explanation Of this mysterious
revolt, General Gordon has adopted a shrewd
device in recognizing his political supremacy
| and in Offering 10 negotiate q basis of peace
without reference 20 the slave trade. kordofal
lies to the west Of the White Nile an1 beyond
it is the broad district of Darlur, where Gen
elal Gordon once wased war on Iebehr, Sulei-
man, and other princes in the. slave trade.
No sane Engishman would urge for one in
stant the rcc0nluc,t of these provinces. They
have regainel their Independence under rGlers
of their own choice. General Gordon's present
policy simply implies The recognition Of the
plain facts of the situation. K0rdofan and
Darfur are formally abandoned. The Mlhdi is
recognized as temporal sovereign, who has
conquered kingdom
The proclamation also contains a singular
concession in regard to the slave trade. No
restrictions are placed upon il, and so far rs
the British agent is concerned the abOmna-
ble institution is legalized in KorlOfan
and the adjacent district. This seems at first
sight strange and melancholy admission of
helples;nesS on the part of the great enemy Of
the slave trade, who once made war upon it 50
relentessly and successfully. 1t must be borne
in mind, however, that whatever may be the
Inherent force of the religious fanaticism that
is now swaying the imagination of the children
of the desert, the slave-dealers retain the
balance of power in the White Nile district. If
the political aspirations of the False Prophet
are countenanced by the slave-dealing
ilyas and his adhercnts, an explicit declaration
on General GordOn's part that hc will not inter
fere with the traffic west of the White Nile may
enable him 10 cOnfne the political movement to
the district where it originated. AS a matter OF
fact he cannot enforce any regulations in Kor-
dOfan. He is pOWerless there and the slave
traders cannot be disturbed. What he hopes
to do is obvious. He is striving to prevent the
advance of the False Prophet and to give time
for jealouses to spring up in the camp of vic
torious enemy. If there be no movement from |
Obeid, he will have leisure to pacify the cOun
Try between Khartoum and Suallm. The |
,lave trade can eventually be controlled, if |
be permanently garrisoned and the
;eaboard be watched by cruisers.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19
TALRS ABOET TOW.X.
POLITICAL talk IN wAsuryGro

PObIIICAL TALK n WARRINGTON.
Senator Sab, Of NiBaesofo.-It IL dull in Washington
ust now. There h great deal OF hard committee work
IN progress, but the actual work OF legislation sog
Politically both sides watching for chance TO catch
hold. There is widespread belief in Washington that
Carlisle had understanding with Backburn The first
letter that Carlisle sent to Kentucky was a shy-shay
affair. 1t said, IN effect: Il don't want you 10 elect
Senator. but you elect me II yon want to-" heard
Judge Blackburn, relative OF the SenaOreIeet
ing about Carlisle In party Of Kcntuckians who
discussing the situation. The Judge said IL just Ike
Carlisle; that he never did keep promise. Finley one
Of Tildens eutenants IN the party and urged the
Judge keep still and await the outcome In Kentucky.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19

DENOCRACY-AT TWO PER CENT 4 MONTH.
Here is journal published at Asheville, Bun
combc County, North Carolina, entitled The
Adrdnce. Its leading editorial cries out: "The
hope of Asheyille lies in manufactures. We
"inyite capital to come 10 our midst. Put your
"mOncy into these enterprises, say we to the
foreigner, the stranger, the Englishman, the
yankee. Yet do our own capitalists thus in
"vcst their money! Are our home capitalists
"nOt cOntenting themselves with putting up
buildings for rent, trading and speculating in
"real estate, l0aning money Oh mortgage and
"gllt-edge security at y, 10, II, and even2l per
- cent? Four per cent year in New York A.;
twelve and twenty four per cent in Bun
"cOmbe." These few sentences, culed from
the article, show its tenor. Capital ought to
come, but wont-not even for two per cent a
month. Manufactures and skilled labor ought
to come, but won't. Whyl
Generally the newspaper that ask, such quc5-
tions answers them itself somewhere in its
pages. We tum to the local column of this
same Adraace, and find there this interesting
notice: There viii be "a meeting of the White
Mans Club at the Opera House on Monday
night, February II, at 3 o'clock. All who
" have pledged themselves 10 support the ticket
" or are willing to do SO are invited to attend
Let us see L" the ticket "--what ticlctl Ger
has never yet proposed to Ostracize any indus
trious and good citizen because he was not a
" White Man." In Ashcyille, then, we infer that
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19

in the Custom House in this city for the last
fiscal year was less than $4,000. The amount
retained by the Government under the statute
tOpay the expense Of the service amounted to
$S9,0S1 from five articles alOne--sugar, jute,
hemp, wire and tin plates. Of this amount over
nincty-one per cent was paid on tin plates, al
though the drawbacks paid on such i'm
portations were not equal in amount to
the drawbacks paid on the other four articles
mentioned. But the sugar refiners presented
their claims TO Congress in 1875, and a measure
was passed reducing the 10 per cent retained
on sugar, when refined and exported, to one per
cent. And last year IN act was passed by
which the entire duty on imported salt is repaid
when used in curing exported meats. No argu-
ment can be advanced for the exemption of
sugar and salt that does not apply with equal
force to tin plates. The export trade in pre-
served meats, fruits oysters, vegetables, and
condensed milk ani refined petroleum, in cans,
should be encouraged in every way possible.
If a retention OF one per cent Of the duties on
these articles, on which drawbacks are allowed,
will cover the cost of the service, no more should
be exacIed; otherwise it operates as tax on
eXUOIts
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19
1RrING,s SECOND BOSTON SEASON.
GREAT DEMAND FOR sEArs-rHE PROGRAMME FOB
NEXT WEEK.
lBr TELEGRAPH To THE rRBUNE.I

lBr TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.l
BosToN. Feb. 1S.--The sale of seats for Mr.
Irvngs second engagement (Which opens next Monday
night al the Boston Teatre begun this morning and
long line of purchasers kept the ticket sellers busy nn
about o'clock tins evening when for the first time there
was break In the line The amount received to-day was
about Ss OOO which was pretty well distributed through
the week. although there was marked pIOerence for
Wednesday and Thursday nights, when Mr.. Irving VIII
appea In Much Ado about Nothing, for tho nrst Hne
bos1p The reperory Tor tho week includes Louis NJ
''rhe Bella" and The Belle Su1tagom, N d, a AZ, o
About Nothing" and tho Merchant OF Venice" SATURDAY
nights bill has not been announced
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amnsemenis DO Night.

AcAprMY OF DssIaS-water Color Exhibition.
Byou OPERA HOUSES" Orpbels and Eurydice'
CAsrSo-S-" The Merry War"
COSMOPOLITAN THEATRE-S-"O On thc Yellowstone."
DAIYs rHEATRE-S--"T The Country Girl"
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-e-"Ths Rsiah."
MADISON SQUARE Alpine Roses
NEW PARK Wanted, a Partner
NEw.YoRK CoNFpY THEsTpF-S-"C Confusion"
N,HO's GARDHN--S-"A Wife's Peril"
PLYMOUTH CnURCH-S-Concert.
STAR TRRATRE-S-" Nadjczda
6TECK HAIL-S-Concert.
STFrNWAY HAIL-S-C0ncert.
ITALIA THEAIRE-S-"Africarese. ,-,y %
THEATRE CoMIouE--2 and s." Cordela's Aspiraeons'
IrxJoN SQUARE TBEArRE-S--" Separation
w.yI ,cx,s Tpy ITRF--S--" Lady Clare"
Sd AvENUE THEArRE--s--" Bunch OF Keys"
5Tr AVENUE THEATRE-s--' Princess io't'
l4rH STREET THEArRE-S-Minstrels
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19
DIZZINESS IN REAL. ESTATE.

Ge1rge Efgar Rent Estfte mt Traders' Erehaage.-
Business is dull in real estate; and then piece
sold. II there should be little boom memberships
would enhance but now they quoted about $50.
There's little trouble dissrectiOn in the Cotton tx
change about high commissions, and IL II should spread
would give an impetus 70 our exchange
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19
BOOTH AGAIN IN BOSTON,

lBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNs.i
BosroN, Feb. 1S.-Edwin Booth negan a TWO
weeks, engaeenen at the Globe Theatre 10 night ar
pearing in Hamlet" Defora q full house. Mr' b'0'A
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| satisfactorily rebutted another serious emDar-
rassment is added to the situation in which MT.
| Thompson and this contractor find themselves.
| In the Assembly at Albany yesterday the
| Clark bill for extending the commission hours
| on the elevated roads found many friends. The
| Committee on Railroads reported it adversely,
| but the majority of the Assembymen disagreed
| with the report, and the measure will como up
| for further discussion. 1t is possible that argu-
ments can be advanced to show clearly that only
| five cents should be charged on these roads
from to 10 am, and from 3 TO 8 pm; but
the advocates of the measure said nothing yes
| terday which was either new or convincing.
| The extension of hours should be made, they
argued, for the sake of the laboring classes
| Now the laboring classes certainly don't need IL
| Every industrious laborer i'll the city is at work
! by eight in the morning, or he soon loses his
| Job. and the extension of time in the evening
would principally please the theatre goers.
| The general public little appreciates the work
| imposed upon railroad officials in handling
passenger traffic that has grown beyond the
facilities of the station where is it received
Travellers are keen to feel and quick to COM
plain of the delays and annOyances caused by
such a state of affairs. They will rejoice
therefore, along with the station and train men
of the New York Central Railroad, at the pros
poct of an addition to the Grand Central depot
which will practically double the facilities and
capacity of the present building. The plans OF
the company are fully matured, and the carrying
out of the proposed improvement rests solely
upon the possibility of obtaining the necessary
legislation at Albany With 50 praiseworthy
a scheme as the improvement of the only rail-
road station actually in the city of New-YOrk
the public will have much sympathy.
Some of the officers of the National Guard are
lead:n- lively attack on the so-caled veteran
organizations of this city and Brooklyn, which
borrow the names and numbers of regiments to
add to their reputation as warriors, and to catch
the popular admiration. 1t is urged that the
effect of such action is to induce young men to
get out of active militia service so as to join
these veteran 20 npanies, whose sole duties con-
sist in going to balls, and taking part in other
festivities and that the National Guards
strength and dignity are thus damaged. The
average civilian, who realizes That 1t takes some
thing more than a uniform and a tile to make
a soldier, will possibly think that the officers of
the regular militia are more troubled about this
matter than is necessary; yet the protests of
such men rs General Sbaler and Colonel Clark
will doubtless receive due consideration at
ALBANY.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-19

The Senate investigation into the Depart
ment of Public Works yesterday was brief, but
the testimony elected from one Of the witness
es and the statements uttered by the counsel
for the committee, made it an important ses
sion. Mcdonald, one OF Mr. Thompson's con-
tractors, claims TO have sold to the city in
1881 'S2 and 'S3, 1900 loads of limestone
chips, AT least he got pay for 50 much. Ii now
appears that until within the last year there
was only one place from which this ma
teTial could be obtained and that in the three
years mentolsed, Mcdonald bought ab0u95, 600
loadsof e.sisS- TIE discrepancy thus iar, amounts