The sun., 1884-11-30

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THAT the association disapprovs Of rrinestons 30
ton toward the referee and extend vote Of thanks TO
Mr. APPLETON for retcrcsins the game in proper and
dignihcd way"
What nm atrocious word Ii this verb
" rcsereeing" Where Is the authority for
its invention2 by what right do tho dele
gates Of Harvard and Yale force such a verb
into the vocabulary OF the vernscular ?
The faculty In each Of these colleges ought
to call tho offending delegates before them.
and, after duo trial and conviction. they
should be expelled, or ut least rusticated for
their crime.
Il is hntcd that Senator PAyss may b: ssS. &C.
.s ."s i hind as wS" to ss S:fs ss ;s. ~
sponsiGiy. Hr,dtd.
How In the world doea JouN NOLAN suggest
the idea Of u midget to our esteemed contem-
porary2 And when did New York send such
an insect to the Senate Mr.. MCLEAN is not a
large man In person. and his head Is rather
bald. but wasn't he big enough to got himself
elected Chairman OF tho Ohio delegation to
Chicago Inst July. and In that way didn't he
overcome the mighty old Roman. ALLEN G.
THURMAN Wns that tho work OF midgctf
We presume. from our contemporary's osti-
matO OF the gentleman Of Ohio. that II rofers to
tho Hon. THOMAS O. PLATT rs tho midget that
went to tho Senate from Now York. But wasn't
1t Mr.. PLATr who was most influential in
nominating BLAINE and defeating ARTHUR.
and thus turning tho great Republican party
out Of olllce7 A pretty potent sort OF a midget
was he. We fonr that our contemporary will
have to get some new standard to measure
mon with.
Among the Nihilists the spies that creep In
and the informers that crawl out have hard
road to travel. At Moscow the other day one OF
the latter. student named RocHoFF. gave to
the police authorities the names OF several OF
his associates. who. OF course. wore arrested
and imprisoned. The Nihilists condemned
him to death. and he was put under police pro-
lection and allowed to take up his quarters In
one OF tho prisons. where il was thought he
might remain for a time In perfect security.
He soon tired OF this sort OF life. and was per-
mitted to receive n few friends In whom he
confded. At his last reception his guests were
unusually gay and happy. They remained
with him for long time. and. after giving him
parting toast they wished him a good night
and pleasant dreams. Just as he was about to
retire to rest lie became suddenly ILL., and In less
than an hour he died with all tho symptoms OF
poisoning. Tho director OF the prison wns dis
missed. and another informer. named Law
RoUcHINR. who was kept in the same prison.
was spirited away by the police. who can ind
no trace OF RocnoFFs guests.
Several years ago some Frenchmnn pre-
dicted that tho earth was about entering upon
a period OF great disturbance from earth
auakes. Ho professed to base his predictions
on scientific data. but nobody was able to
clearly make out his reasons. II he understood
them himself He fxed tho elimination OF the
nar ri hO npk pArIOd for ahnnf 124E fo hov
since strongly tended to awaken some degree
OF faith In the prediction. Since 1t was mado
some Of the most destructive earthquakes ever
known and the most tremendous volcanic
eruption OF which history contains any record
have occurred. and numberless slight shocks
OF earthquake have been felt In almost every
quarter Of the earth. Some. like that in this
city last summer. have occurred In places sup.
posed to be practically free from such disturb
ances. Not since the early part Of this century
have earthquakes been 80 frequent in this
country as during the last half Of the present
yoar. But they are not confined to this side Of
the Atlantic. Yesterday very large portion OF
southern Europe was shaken. including part OF
the great mountain mass OF the Alps.
The man who predicted a cycle OF earth
Quakes has certainly established as strong o
claim upon public credence as the weather
prophets not excepting Gen. HAzENs geese.
Tho victims OF the great football fight will
soon DO able to shoulder their crutches and tell
how the game was drawn. A college football
player always has a crutch or at least limp.
1t is tho badge of his profession II he were not
manned. dislocated or smashed in some way,
he wouldn't be the hero he is. but a tame
and ordinary person like most OF tho rest
OF mankind. As 1t 10. he Is rather an Interest,"
ing fellow. The shadow OF calamity rests upon
him. but fame binds UP his wounds His
career is full of delight and danger. glory and
arnica. He regards the game as gontle d.
version, and asks for no pity for accidents that
befall him. 1t Is the referee who is to
be pitied. The game OF football is a thousand
parasanss ahead Of the Greek "pentath.
lon." or grand auintuple combination ath-
ietic exercise. In fact next to being distributed
by a circular saw II Is tho liveliest exercise in
the universe. People who object to /: have no
sense Of the beauty OF energy und movement.
People who play 1t and survive have no occa-
sion to trouble the life insurance companies.
Our esteemed Missouri contemporary, the
Kansas Citv Times. is always full OF hope.
Thus It suggests that Kansas may become a
Democratic State under a Democratic Presi-
dent and that the appointment OF Gen.
CHARLES W. BLAIR to q place in the Cabinet
Wouio help 10 prlnX ABOUT that result. This
suggestion suggests n new method OF building
up party. Let the Democratic States elect q
President and the Republican States be repro
sented In the Cabinet. Pennsylvania. Vermont
and Maine would expect to have man In the
Cabinet II Kansas did. And In tho course Of
time these States might become Democra
Meanwhile. perhaps the Democratic States
would have become Republican.
InsersoiI's star Route Fec.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Whilo ex-senator Dorsey was here In attend.
ance on the Cattle Convention he was asked ono day
how much he paid Bob Ingsrso for ha defence In the
Star route trials "wsl" said no. at was very curious
how that was done From the beginning to tho end OF
the trial Ingerso never asked me for q dollar ono
day after had been acquitted on the second trial
met in.ersoll and asked him how much owed him.
lie at nrst declined to talk about saying he had no
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