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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17

fishes reptiles and insects are all alike in this respect
There are flies which lay their eggs in the bodies OF
live caterpillars, and when the young hatch out
they eat up ther hosts. That arrangement strikes
us as being good deal more cruel than the habit
of the constructors, but it docs not stand alone.
There are other flies that paralyze spiders by sting
ing them, and then pack them away with their
eggs to serve as living food for the young flies.
Creation is fun Of parasites which destroy the
animals they fasten and do this through theinic-
ton of lingering agony The truth Is that compass
sion, pitfuness reluctance TO iniict or witness the
infection of pain is purely human sentiment and
the gradual growth of many centuries OF clYllzing
influences. In Central and Southern Africa at this
day the natives do not understand what regard tor
the sufferlngs of others means. They nfct torture
III the most matter-Of-fact way, and cannos com
prehend the meaning of a charge of cruelty. IL Is
not so many generations since our own ancestors
were as pltess-when tho public really enjoyed
the spectacle Of tOrmented criminals, gIoated over
a Smthfeld burning as our children do over cir
Gus performance, and were as far from perceiying
the cruelty of such deeds the African savages are
to-day.
Civilization has done much for mankind, but the
brute creation remains what it has always been, and
it IS necessaryiforall ofus. and especially Mr. Bergh.
to realize this Perhaps 1t is cruel to catch boas,
to take them out of their native forests and shut
them up in boxes or cages. But If men will catch
them they are bound to feed them not according to
the human, but according to the ophidiansconcep-
tiOn Of what is right. The boa's habits were
formed for him, and he cannot change them save at
the sacrifice of his life. lie must therefore be main
tanned in the way which Is natural to him. and un-
less Mr. Bergh wishes TO a tilt against nature in
general he has right to find fault with the boa's
preferences in this regard. Fortunately there arc
yet plenty of openings for interference on the score
of humanity in the doings of men, and on tho
whole Mr. Bergl's energies and those of his society
will DO most usefully and effectively employed in
that way. The time is scarcely ripe for the amelio
ration of the manners and customs Of boa constric
tara
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17
PERSONAL.

Ex-senator David Davis OF Illinois, visited some ol
friends in Utica on Monday
Hans Makart the distinguished painter Of Vienna hx
recovered his sanity and has been permitted by his ply
sicans TO resume work.
The Rev. Dwight l.. Moody has been invited 10 lea8
religious services I'm several interior cities Of this State
The late Judge Folger August 81 week before he
died. I'm letter to Irving Browne OF Albany said: al
am at home sick; but 4 can read book and doing q
this forenoon | strike this, which may amuse you and
lead you to look mp the piece Lucan wrote whimsical
piece called Dixie phoneentOn, the lawsuit OF the vowes'
Had access to books here would search for #; bur
alas can walk but few steps at time and TO climbs
library step-ladder would be stepping into fuurity
There IA or poet named Motherwell. once met In
OF Lttels Mag poem OF three four verses called
The Aud AshTree' or something like f. think by him
cut IL out TO H. but II has cut and gone erdsI
erpiL Perhaps hdb stole IT, Did you meet
II The doctors say must not work, 10 write
letter So I stop" Mr. Browne says the letter waS
written I'm Judge FOlgeT's beautifully egble hand.
writing, with all his accuracy of punctuation"
wAsmNGroN, Sept. 16.-secretary Teller has returned
to Washington First Assistant Postmaster General
Frank Hatt0n has gone to Dayton, Ohio.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17
GTORYJNG IN THEIR SLIME.

The EreninQ Post seeks controversy with
THE TRIBUNE over the new series of so
called "Mulligan letters" 1t is very anxious
to have the Republican press discuss and defend
Mr. Blaine's railroad transactions and conduct
a defensive i'm place Of an aggressive campaign.
Now. if we decline to follow our quarrelsome
neighbOr into this barren field of cOntro-
versy he may be interested in knowing
why. Our reason shall be given in plain
ENGLISH. II is because The Ercnipg Post. by its
persistent misrepresentation OF accepted IHcts
by it's interruptions suppression of evidence by
the rank dishonesty of its arguments aud by
ifs contcmptuous and insulting treatment of
every one who challenges its statements. NO
longer has amy standing In political controversy.
No journal with any acll-rcrpcct will ptoop 10
nrguc about Mr.. limiuc's letters with mn nnlag-
oniat who has made himself notorious for shame.
lcas lnlnAcntlon of the evidence aud pcrycr.
sion of the truth.
These arc hard words. Unfortunately for
our III tempered aud disputatious neighbour we
can provo that they are mono too strong. The
fist count of The Evening PoSfs indictment of
Mr.. Blaine, published April 7, was rs follows:
The hrst of these charges Is that In the spring session
Congress I'm 1909 bll WAS before the House or Erp
rcseutatiycs which sought 10 land grant To the
Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad ~ Arkansas, ~
,ohioh some Of M Bidnes feIdS interested; that
AN attempt defeat II by amendment made and
was On the point Of being successful and its promoters
were IN despair; that at this Juncture Mr. Blaine being
then Speaker Of the House, sent message 10 General
Logan to make the point Of order that the amendment
was not gerane to the purposes OF the bill that this
point of order was accordingly raised ana promptly
nv Mr. rs il
manner saved that Mr. Blaine ,crote at 10 NE pro
mot>rS calling attention 10 ne serrce he had rendered
them and finally after some negotiations, secured from
them as a reuard for IT, his appointment as setting G0eIt
OF The bonds Of me road commission, u, Maine, and
recetred number Of such bonds his percentage that
the leading features of this transaction appeared IN two
letters Of his aftorward made public, dated respectively
June 20 and October 4. 1869.
The italics in this passage are ours and indi-
cate what was and Is positively false. Mr.
Blaine's letters of October 4, 1869, which have
been repeatedly published in The Erening POST
prove beyond the possibility of doubt that at
the time the ruling was made neither Mr..
Blaine, nor Fisher, nor Caldwell was interested
In the Little Rock road. The statement that
they were interested in it at that time was a
deliberate lie. SO also was the assertion that
Mr. Blaine wrote ut once to the promoters
calling attention to the service he had rende ed
The ruling was made April 4, 1869, and the
letters in which he referred to it were not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17

Afghanistan. The Egyptian and Eastern ques-
tions must also be assumed to figure largely III
the imperial conference. The permanent DC,
cnpation of Egypt by England is not regarueu
with favor either mt Berlin, Vienna, faris vi
! st. Petersburg. The Geographic coillil'"" r
tons between NJ. Ferry and the thieo H. ~.
perors, spoken of in the dispatches pioo"oS
have to do with this topic. There can Ut Nv
permanent friendship between inc
Rcpublic and the representatives OF AoSoi''i''',
but there may be temporary aIlihce "e9
tbe common enemy, England. Inc Iatter il'S
douLtless earned the ill-will of powerful neleh-
bors If has shouldered them all aside III us
nusbinc commercial enterprise. 1t has made
democratic ideas popular by giving success to
Them II has not only coonized the whole
earth itself, but has sharply criticised the
colonial experiments of the other Powers.
OF late years, too, England's military prestige
has declined. 1t cannot compete with the
enormous armies of the Continent. 1t is so long
too. since British soldiers encountered CONT
mental troops that no one can say what the re-
suit of such collision would be, and the Ger
mans, since the war with France, regard them
selves and perhaps justly, as the best lighters
or Europe. lnat tney are ulsClplihCu """
taught and led the best there can be no ques-
ton, and it is not surprising that they should
look on the "strip of silver sea" as by no means
an insuperable obstacle. But at present any
alliance between the three Emperors may be
assumed to contemplate only the exercise OF
moral pressure. The Egyptian, Eastern ana
African questions are perhaps to be dealt Win
in such a way as to limit and restrict
British influence. England cannot be ruled out
of European politics, because however much II
is disliked ITS greatness must be recognized
But the other Powers are now seeking CONNER
cial expansion more than anything else, ana
everywhere England blocks the way. IT 1t can
be taught it's place, well and good. II 1t proves
stubborn. rs seems possible, other develop
mcnts may arise. Mr.. Gladstone has seen the
cloud ON the horizon. and Is cyidcntly anxious
to strike out the Soudan question from the
combinations which threaten the Egyptian oc-
cupation. It's, however very Improbable that
any close alliance between Germany ana kus-
sin can survive the death of the Emperor VIII
om. and as that event cannot be far of in tho
ordinary course of nature, there ~ no reason
for believing that the present conference VIII
form the basis for an extended programme.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17

marks that his public career also "needs no dersn. o.,
which me Ne" Haren Paaaftu takes the young parse,
over its Knee hguratiyey speaking and In pausos be-
tween the successive applications Of the castigator,
single, inquiries: IA the fact that 1t was the e,or,
satisfactory answer TO the undsputed assertion tb.s
Cleveland as shern OF Erie County charged and rece,vA
for 1858 days services In year Does Mr. Ceyeland,
serye submission to corporation influence a. Goyernu
OF New-York need no deienseP Has the fact that hs
trucked to the worst elements Of his party and BETRAYED
the OF reform I'm NewYOr city In order to advance
his interests candidate for the Presidential nomns-
ton no significance whateyerP
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17
MR.. BLALNES HoN0E UNTlRNISHED

Mr.. BL1INES HONOR tNIIENhHHED'
Mr. Blaine replied, when asked what he had
to say about the new Muligan-F Fisher letters,
that his only desire was that every voter in the
"Unitcd States might read the letters for hlm-
self, and not form his Judgment from editorial
Misrepresentation in partisan journals lie
maintained that there was not a word in the
letters which was not entirely consistent with
the most scrupuious integrity and honor lie
should have added, ION his part The letters
show that he was scrupulousy honorable
man, who fell among thieves.
No Republican will wish to change the pict-
are which these letters present. An honest
man, led by a friend to risk his money in an en-
terprise, puts up all that he can, strains his re-
sources to the utmost to prevent any failure to
meet promises by himself or his friends, and is
plundered to the end by set of blackmailcrs
who lay down on" him because they calcu-
late public man cannot afford to have any
scandal about money matters. Fisher reckoned
that any falsehood against a public man would
be believed the truth, never. We shall see if
he was right
But it is most humilating to the American
people that after all these years OF scandal and
defamation, it should now be found that some
of them have been befooled by sharper like
Warren Fisher into suspecting or believing evil
of an honored and worthy statesman like Mr..
Blaine. Exposed TO temptation every hour for
thirty wears, able to sell his influence at almost
any time for millions, he gets feeccd by a
Fisher because he will not be dishonest or vol
UNFAIRLY let his name be furnished. His services
have been National. The great party behind
him has made the grandest part of the history
of the Nation. Yet there are found men of that
same Nation who would distOrt the words of
the statesman rather than doubt the lnaves
who fleeced him who would believe the self
convicted liar, Mulligan, rather than the indis-
nant, "This letter is strictly true" of Mr..
blaine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17
A,rm2lors Dnilp Gribnne
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
NETWORK. WEDNESDAY. SEPT. l
THE NEUS rms MORNING,

FoRIIGN.-Nmcty persons attended the banquet
10 the three emperors at Skerniwcc.-- The
damage TO the Min River forts is estimated at TlO,-
GOO OOO.-- There were 40 new cases and lGI
deaths reported in n day in lremler
Mowat. of Ontario returned from England.=--
George Leybourne the comic singer is dead.
Observation-Disclosures Warner Miller addressed a
large meeting at Poughkeepsie. == Judge Kelley
severely criticised Carl Schurz at Pittsburg. --
The Italian and Turkish consul at Baltimore is
missing. -= Seven hundred cgar-rollers struck
at Binchamton. = lin discovered i'll West
Virginia - Talcott, believed to be the assall-
ant of Perkins at Wallngford fed to avoid arrest.
60 Buffalo ministers vindicated the Christian
character of the Rev. Mr.. Bali.
CITY AND SCBURBAN.-Contessa Pearl Jennings,
ROYAL Arch, Monitor Joe Mitchell and Major Picket
won at Sheepshead Bay. &C Elijah Allger ar
rested. 60 Meeting of the Republican County
Committee. 60 Enthusiastic Irisn-Amercan
Blaine meeting in Brooklyn. == South Amerl-
can Trade Commission meeting. = Robert Hoe
was buried. 80 Gold value of the legal-tender
silver dollar l412l2 grains), S4.6S cents. 60
Stocks were lucuating with drift toward lower
values and closed weak at some rccOveTeS.
THE Manufacturers local observations IN
dictate partly cloudy weather, possibly rains and
stationary temperature. Temperature yesterday ::
Highest, So; lowest, 500; average 69l2'.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17
ng,y,r,o AT TIE BOSTON THEATRE.

Rosroy. Sept. 16.-Thc great theatrcal event
,,,.,,,.,, at Boston was the production at tue hoS
ton Theatre tonight Of gorgeous musical an" D ~
snre.ce entitled Zaua" 1t Is the JOINT es
Messrs p,txer and smith, wen known N ln"'l,' =,
and Of Eugene Tompkns the manager O' 'no q,
il a fairy tale relating TO the pursuit "uu from
wealthy princess, who has been J'',o" p, seous mo-
the wOIa " u " is very pleasing and Of considerable
c ballet and the spectacle are beyond 'o Rbca
Sn the most brilliant eyer PgTSSse al and cost
4OV "oPo "rodncton has been almost eoVVvUV svient
pc penso has been spared ,S sS as Spectacular
ueHlbp o W crficism The ballet troupe Is M honse
pee ooS n This country for many years aInS tho
- ,ro wled, about three lhOusan" sP0N
house In every part
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17
OUR FRIENDS. THE ENEMY.

Tnoro IL no use IN publishing these letters FOR Mr..
Cleveland shows no sign OF u disposition 10 withdraw
human haruacloa the man probably does not appreciate
tho magnitude and Intensity ~ tho hoWiny when pro
yHlla against him I'm the Democratic party He f. NJ
lump VI putty IN the hands at tho mnnng,rs- Tho star
This ia tho opinion of the 'lammany organ, and
although IL ncglccts 10 mention 81 the managers
their names arc we'll known Chief among them is
the official through whom the CITY was plnnderod 80
shamclcs,ly upon 5000 orders. Mr.. 1hompson's
control over voters in the street cleaning and other
departments enabled him to promise the votes of his
city to all the nomination of Governor Cleveland,
and in return Governor Cleveland vetoed the bill re-
moving Mr. Thompson from Office. In the light of
that bargain one can understand who manages both
Cleveland and his campaign.
We should be deeply indebted to any avowed pro-
tectiDul-t authority which would give us short and
simple rule by which the can Doe reduced without
injury to projected nterests.-.Ncw York Times
BE deeply indebted, then. By raising duties and
thus checking imports.
find myself under all the circumstances. able to give
him cleveland my vote, although cannot say 'na' 10
it with the entire satisfaction that had expected
Colonel Goldman, Boston.
The man who expected entire satisfaction III sup
porting q candidate like Cleveland is not to be
pitled even though he finds he is in a Disgusting
position The observation of The Sun needs modlh-
cation. 1t says: Colonel Goldman is a good fellow,
vet he remains a melancholy illustration of the
truth of the proverb that where the goat is tethered
there he must browse True but then he should
not be goat
incidentally this gentleman lets ont two rather start
ling campaign rumors-One that secretary ChahIer
wants to be made Secretary of the Treasury ny ME-
Arthur and the other that Mr. Blaine has promised he
succession to this place to Mr.. Platt-LNeW- OK
Herald
1t will not be found possible 10 set Mr.. Blalnes
supporters together by the ears through any such
shallow inventions. The campaign rumors of The
Herad for twelve years past have had an estab-
shed reputation as containing more untruths to the
square inch than any other stories in circulation.
The people who pay attention to them do not
happen TO have influence III the Republican party.
The new Eucalyptus tree purhes the political morass
PUCK.
Puck places the above words, by way of explana-
ton, under picture of Grover Cleveland, who IS
represented in his great character of the eucalyptus
tree The cartoon would be more satisfactory II
the name and post office address were given of the
purifier who is going to do as well by the tree as
the tree is going to do by the political morass.
Whrle the stage waits to the omission supplied
the choir will please sing
The river Rhine, as is well known,
Doth wash your city of COlOgnei
But tell me nymphs, what power divine
Shall heucefOrth wash the river Rnlncf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17

The massacre of the racing favontes went OH
merrily at Sheepshead Bay yesterday. Ei."ol
the "plungers," who determine the frst cnoiIo'
in the betting, are suffering from eclpSe % ."o
intellect this year, or the horses are lnuI,E
in unusual freaks and eccentricities. up,io
FORM usually the best guide in selecting 'n'
winners, is often wofully astray TINS Se"Son'
English as well as American turlmeh are puN-
zlcd and distressed by the unaccoun'aoic W"
carries of their pet thoroughbreds. one Weon
n horse will run a really great race. "ceN y,
two later he succumbstO some amman prev io.'''
thought to belong in class iar ihio Ill.,
Trickcry is frequently responsible lor 'neso
startling changes, and the infectious proA'nh'y
Of Brighton Beach has certainly eXer'eu
baleful influence on many of the Sheepshe""
Bav races But this poison has been III the Ill
in previous seasons, when there has not Oeeh
nearly so much in-and-out running, ana we are
forced to conclude that the extraordinary moou
of Dame Nature, when she so far departed
from all precedent as to shake Manhattan Is
land by an earthquake, has been playing the
mischief with the flyers of the turf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17
ntn REHGH IND THE BOA.


Mr. Bergh appears to have taken III hama the re-
farm Of thr boa constructor family. lie holds that
il Is crnel 10 feed the boa on live rabbits ana he
ees 70 90 so far as to say Tat if the serpent can
not eat dead food he ought to starye Perhaps II
Mr. Bcrgl confines himself TO preventing the eNhI-
hilton of tl,e boas dinners it will be aswclL The
WAYS of nature are really very rough IN many re-
srects. Lord Tennyson has described the universal
mother ~ being red in tooth and claw with "a
yluer and the naturasts would tell Mr. Bergh that
tins very strong Characterization ~ scarcely eHag
perated. And indeed, sIuce nearly all created
things are found TO subslst upon one
another; since slaughter is going on perpetually
among them; since man himself is not one OF the
least formidable destroyers of fo it seems rather
unnecessary not To say futile and supererogatoryo
ATTEMPT the rectihcatIOn of natures methods III tho
case of the great constructor. Mr. Borgh should
further consider that the latops preference for live
food is not habit Of yesterday, but that it Is the
result of slow evolution, though the process can
hardly bo regarded as complete so long as the boa
is liable to mistake his blanket for Il rabbit, as he
has done several times while in captivity
As to the question of cruelty, Nature seems TO
paw very little attention to it, Creatures that iive
by prey are never morciful. Many of them worry
their victims before killing them. Birds. beasts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17

in the Black Hills, but we have never heaiu
that dividends were declared on the stock'
Some years ago. also, specimens OF pure TN
were found in Kentucky, and people who
owned property in the neighborhood OF the
alleged deposits thought their fortunes were
made; but more careful Investigation showeu
that the land had been "salted." Now NeSV
Virginia is not far from Kentucky.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17

AIMEE APPEARS IN ENGLISH oohhDi bor
KryGsroy. Sept. 16.-Mlle. Aimee nla '"'n.on,s
first appearance in English comedy " WAS Mani
opera House, here last night The piece Wa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17

The Erening Post has pretended to be worried,
because somebody, by an error typographical or
otherwise, made it say sins where it says 1t said
rirtues As If during this campaign The Post has
not been at pains to convince its readers that 1t
doesn't know a virtue from yicel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17

The reported discovery Of large deposits OF
tin in Mason and Cabell Counties, in West Vir-
GINA, is an important item of news-if true.
Compounds of the metal are found in large
quantities in Cornwall, Brittany, Spain, Mexico
and Australia, but In this country only slight
traces of it have been discovered. Recently a
snmnanv was formed to work alleged deposits
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17

The attempt to gain delay in the case of that
notorious receiver of stolen goods Mrs. Man
delbaum, has been foied by the common
sense decision of Recorder Smyth who sees no
reason for sending to Germany for evidence
which probably is not there. The trial now
seems likely to come off next week. No doubt
it will be impartial and fair; and no doubt,
also, this friend of thieves and burglars will
have an eiiectual check put upon her career.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17

The commission to inquire into the CONNER
cial relations of the United States with the Re-
publics of Central and South America are get
ting a pretty fair notion of their task without
travelling far from New-York. Some of the
obstacles to a profitable trade reported to the
Commissioners yesterday by certain merchants
of this city suggest their own remedy For
instance, if packing boxes are not light enough,
why not make them lghterl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17

This is the strongest tbng-tho very ranke''' IN
fact in The Erening Posts famous defence oiI CAN
diJate. Cleveland, in its issue OF August o;
Tbastv i-a great virtue hut every man KNOWS u, n'
| that II is not the greatest OF virtues, tuat ohohCeS
t II hnye often been consistent with the po9'ea'I"
o3 oV tGe qualities which ennoble human NATURE 4in
digdfy human life and make human progress lo,'
wit conld illustrate more forcibly the mental
,,.J ,,oraI DEGRADATION which oyerakes those VINO
'r.ist in the face Of light and knowledge Ill their
,,rt of such candidate!