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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
C1NADIAN WANT OF ENTERPRLSE.

4 dispatch from Montreal says: sowing to
"thc mpossbility of getting sufficient Indians
"the Indian village which was Ia have been
@nade an East End attraction at the Carnival
"has been abandoned" To the eye of the
philosopher and socoOgist, this statement Is
pregnant with instruction. Simple rs II may
seem to the unthinbing, it really cmbodics Il
whole commentary upon the Canadian character
and suliccs 10 indicate the radical differences
between the Dominion jewellers and the great
progressive Nation which lies beside them.
Moreover, it shows exactly why the Dominion
has been so slow in its advance, and WHY it can
never hope to equal It's neighbor in enterprise
For be it observed that the simple Canadians,
being unable to find enough real Indians to run
the proposed Indian village at the Carnival,
forthwith abandon the project. Simple
Canadians indeed Imagine Yankee projectors
allowing themselves to be conquered thus !!
And vet Canada has at her doors an abundant
and practically inexhaustible supply OF the very
best article of Limerick and Tipperary Indians
whose practice Mt Niagara fits them in a special
way for service at the Carnival. Besides this,
there is the supply dcrivable from our shore
lakes n respectable though perhaps not strictly
hrst-claSs line Of bogus Indians. Failing these,
there stands Mr.. Barnum, always ready to
furnish any description of aborgines that may
be called for, and all his samples warranted to
wash and to stand any reasonable test OF
genuincncss, provided they are not too reck-
lcssly stirred up by the small boy of the period.
No American Carnival Committee would have
allowed so trivial drawback as the lack OF real
Indians to interfere with their arrangements.
The Indian village would have been there on
time if Castle Garden, Pcll and Mott SITS. had to
be depopulatcd in oruer to provide dcnzens Tor
it. The fact is that the Canadians are too
realistic and too slow in matters of this KIND.
They could never rise to the splendid ideaiism
of wooden nutmegs and Eastwood pumpkin
seeds. Ii would never occur to them to subsu-
tute the substantial shoe peg for the evanescent
oat as an article of equine rroyender. They
are deficient in imagination, and for this reason
they can never attain the heights of prosperity
and progress which are open to the creative
genius of their neighbors. Unless. indeed they
should be taken in hand and educated to
higher idcasm by the American financial
refugees of late attracted in such numbers by
the peaceful and unsophisticatcd innocence OF
Montreal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
WAX ABOUT OLD TRINITY.

There ia perhaps no other city in the woril
where the contrasts of luxurious wealth. anu
ppcbed poverty are so strikingly reVeaieu as
here In Ncw-York. Certainly there Is no o'he'
city in America which IA pre-eminen'iy INC
homo Of the very rich and the very poor. AT
overv season of the year poverty casts deep
shadow over the densely populated sec
,;ons or Manhattan Island. But 1t Ia in
,r;n,or that the gloom gathers in tenement,
carrot cellar and the cold stormy street.
II is GOOD time, when the fireplaces on the sun
nior side of New York are already CHEEKY with
oniicpations of Christmas, TO make an eAcur-
sion into the region OF the shadow MI
Charles +. Wingate offers his services as u
Guide in The interesting article printed on an
oihcr rage. And we esk our readers w take
poins ,n accompany him. This we can Ito with
rnnii,iencp, because the remarkable sucress OF
,bu Fresh Al, Fund yeat after year has given
unmistahahlr tokens ~ tho active interest
tatun hy ia. lHibrNt's tpneinhs anl epph-
handed circle at radpa ia the lot of The metre
palilah r0ni,
IA ihe oanise Ut hia recital Mr. Wihsate oe'
srribes a doSen or moia homes within Tow
minutes walk at Trinity Church These art
actual interiors, and ara not by any means OK
ceptional in the ward ia which the excursion Is
confined. The ramshaohle tenement houses
NAV differ in their comparative stages oil dIlap'-
datiop and drcarincss and the inmates OF one
floor NAV have u s0rrier story OF prlyaiion ana
sickness TO tell than those above OF
below them in the stairway but there
are always glimpses of baroness, dirt. suffering
and wretchedness. The guide is discreet, vast
ing no time in moralizng, but passing
rapidly from house to house and from basement
to garnet, allowing the interiors to speak for
themselves ana to explain the hard realities OF
poverty in a great city. The great legacy of
Mr.. Dickens's genius to the English speaking
worlds the fact that he succeeded in interest
ing the rich and the well TODD in the i'll
starred fortunes OF the poor and the sorrowfdl.
He tod the story not of London poverty alone,
bui of poverty the world over, and did 1t 50
well that to this day it i; IN easier task to Sc
cure even for the humbest and plainest recital
sympathetic and attentive hearing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
TANTON TR UTH-TELLING.

A reader of THE TRIBUNE makes vigorous
protest against what he considers undue indulg-
ence on it, part in its judgment of Madame
Iugucss crime. He assumes that her defamer
told the truth about her, and that instead of
being an innocent woman, who had been cruelty
maligned, she was guilty of tho immortality
charged. As the details of the evidence are
not accessible we have no means Of forming an
accurate judgment on this point but inasmuch
as she had prosecuted the defamcr in the court,
and obtained u sentence against him, and.
moreover was acting under the advice of her
husband, the presumption OF innocence is
strongly In her favor. Certainly we did not in
tend, rs this critic implies, 10 make heroine
of a woman who suddenly took the law into
her own hands and murderonsly assaulted the
scandal-monger. Sensation-loving Paris, with
its sentimental vagaries and morbid sympathy
for crime, may institute series of mock
heroics, but not only the sober second thought,
but oven the first impulse of law abiding Ameri-
cans would hold tho woman responsible for
crime committed without warrant of law,
human or divine. At the same time human
nature, as we said, has no sympathy to waste
upon tho fate of reckless libeller who in
vades the sanctty of home lite and seeks to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
IMPROVEMENTS on STATEN IsLANI

Erost,ts Wiman-There are large gangs Of men work
ing under the blum around New Brighton preparing the
bod for the rapid transit railway around the island
The track will be close under the blu that 1t VIII not
be seen from the carriage road above The next I'M
provcment that hope TO see Is the purchase OF the
ground under the bluff and running from the steamboat
landing east under out far AS the pier line to the
Staten Island cricket grounds THIS land should DC
bought by property owners on the island ana hed III
and converted a public park with everything to
make il attractive This would prevent this beautiful
bend of the shore from being used by steamship com
panes or factories and would make fine prospect SIN
finer for dweers the heights above would also be
popular resort for people from tho city. They could
ride down and back for twenty cents. enjoy beautiful
sail get cooled of and wander around the PARK unu
they wished to go home great many more people
would the island II there was some such attractive
spot open to them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
fkRsoNAh

=, thief Justice SHEA hos been hriiei ~ apiras Ia
january befaie he tsfhsii uhsetstf, 90 aii,ss arsa
th'elea Dtuhsi
hfaYien ieea ~ thls ely earf vt tha Ggtas,
ieFa hlbe=lhs nis back ever printed Tho ahif elhey
eeri ewhed ~ thii country 10 that IA the ishaE hsayy
Yesterday eepF was sai "a iaadoa at iha great saa
OF The iysteh raFt collection fur tho modest sam ot
StDopl u was bought by Quaritoh, aud promptly
offered hy cable 81 Mr ives az slight advance Ths
cabe that Time had the curious luck To stike the only
man "a nation OF 100000. fully supplied with taa
article offered for sale
wachte viii hegeeforth live in Vienna ana DO heard
upon the stage more.
The late Mr. Thompson Smith. of Cheboygan. Mich.
owned the whole Of Duncan City, town of five hundred
Inhabitants besides enormous tracts of timber land saw
NILS lumber yards ana neets Oflakc vessels
Senator Elmunis has just bought Of Secretary rrcl-
inghuysen large lot OF ground In Washington for about
two dollars per square foot lie Will build fine house
on Ii next year.
Professor Alexander Aassiz who has just resigned bis
position Fellow OF Harvard College, has been n, Of
the most OF that institutions bcncfactor. ri,
though lis iheral,ty has always been transformations.
During his official connection with IL he has given oVr
half million dollars for various objects connected with
the University.
Mrs. Cecilia Agnes Bishop sister OF Sir Stafford North
cote, writes To The LodoH Teeg0ph abont the daughter
of Lord Chie-Juscc Coleridge follows q" of
her mothers oldest friends, and have been fully cOgn
zant OF all the details OF this unhappy business from tho
first so far from being woman OF property Miss
COerde has not in possession prospect solitary
sxpence beyond the few pounds she has econ0nIiZed
during the last ten months out OF the checks sent at
irregular intervals by father and her earnings
music mistress For six years. since her mothers
DEATH she managed her fathers estabiishnent not only
lady OF the house. but working housekeeper. and
with personal allowance OF $50 year. For the last
eleven months shs has been living In a smati lodging
house In KensingOu giving music lessons. From ITO
time she Quilted her faihers house IN December i 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
SIXTEEN PAGES.
TgS NEWS THIS MORNING.


ronrtaN.-A great explosion occurred In London
- Nile expedition making much progress --
Twenty deaths from cholera on an emiEran'
steamer The sentence of Captain Dudley
aud Mate stephens has been commutcd, -
N,ish aeamoss put ,haped hy France to carry toopa
o. China
pnMtntic,-A number of bodies of those drowned
by Tho sac IN tho Rappahanuock we're
recovered, w II was reported that the
Grand Trunk Railway Company contemplate cd
limo from Portland 10 Boston, == fire de-
ttIo, cd oai-houso in Philadelphia, 60 run
assy student iral'od III safety from an express
train which was going az forty miles
Nh hour IN Vermont, 60 Charles IL, STAN
wood of Lynn, Mass, called a meeting of persons
interested III tho French spoliation claims. 60
The Democrats of Chicago held q secret caucus con-
corning the election fraud. - Chicago cigar
makers and manufacturers will send IA petition 10
Congress against the Spanish treaty
CRY AND SuBUKBAN.-Fitz John Porter recon-
mended by many business houses as ii. o. Thomp-
sons successor - Awards for the new aqueduct
made - Annual meeting of the State Charities
Aid Association. =-- Madame Patti entertained
Mt dinner - Leaf tobacco men protested against
the Spanish treaty. - A special examining
board appointed for the Aqueduct Commission.
g boy attacked BY twenty dogs -
Gold valne of the legal-tender silver dollar t412l2
grsinsl, 1884 cents. - Stocks generally were
dull, with small fluctuations, and closed weak at
figures.
ThE WEATHxR.-TRIBUNE local observations in
dictate cloudy weather and stationary temperature.
Temperature Yesterday: Highest, 80; lowest, 290;
average, 324o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
TiLHS ABOUT TOWN.

RESULTS OF CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
Pt0tcssor A. IT, Dltni9n, chairman ot he Municipal
GIRL Serrice Board Schedule D.-Ihe examination of
applicants FOR positions of pablc trust during the eleven
months since 1t begun has given saisfac-
ton 10 those interested. with few exceptions and
believe has elevated the scale OF official capacity
in this city. In the system adopted the greatest
weight IL given, IN determining a persons 1T
the made to practical questions relating
to the special work required he done. Those who do
reach average OF seventy per cent not recon-
mended, which, by tho represents large percent
age those who apply There is serious defect in the
regulating Civil Service appointments. which IL
taken advantage OF frequently by politicians to defeat
the end desired influence and backing brought to
bear and often the person who passes the poorest
animation the prize The Legislature should ex
tend civil Service restrictions still further that tho
person passing the best examination should be appointed
every case irrespective OF political recommendation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
mt m ineradicabls stigma on vlrtuous woman

put an incradicablc stigma on vlrtuous woman
and her children.
Exception Is taken by tho critic whose OBJ
iections we have been considering, to the stnte-
ment that tho case would not DO much better
for NJ. NORM II 1t could be proved that his
charges were fully sustained by evidence, In E
stead of being foul aspersions. Society readily
comedies the immortality of lying and SANDER,
but is very reluctant to recognize tho immortality
of wanton and unnecessary truth-tolling. We
recall O case i'm an English court whero lawyer
brought charges similar to those now under
consideration against the wife OF man prOmi
nent In society and public life. She sought at
first TO defend herself by legal prosecution, but
learning in the course OF the trial that now
and discriminating evidence had been obtained
against her, she suddenly abandoned the case,
left her husbands house and disappeared from
the social circle where she had been lead
ing a useful and honorable life devoted to
benellcent works of charity and piety. The
LAWYER who had succeeded In exposing
her. instead of receiving the thanks OF the
Court, got this scathng tebuke. "To the
end Of ronr days for your conduct in
making these charges yon will probably bo an
object of contempt 10 all right thinking hieh."
The tngliah magistrate wns right The law
tpr had iitulsrd the truth unnecessarily aud
without rtrvueateh, and tho only effect had
boon a. bleak un harry home and 10 plunge
"A ioppHianl woman inta The alifsses of dagiaee
aud despair Even It NJ, Mo,in told The nnll,
about his colleagues wife, Il was an outrage
almost ~ deadly aud objectionable IA malicious
defamation would have been.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
AccliuArroy OF FOREIGN BIRDS

~ J. s. trout, BrOokiyn.-rhe migratory quail and
skylarks have been turned loose in this country and have
disappeared from sght not possessed the land a.
the sparrows have think that theae birds should he
put whore they can 1.-Two during tho winter and then lot
Nature have her course The swermnR out process will
carry Thorn Ia lmc tho country IN tho auuner and
they viii know wherr 60 - when cold weather comes I,
viii require money g. hrns aud distribute birds such
An akylatks, nghtlngnlcS aud quail They should hc
placed ANY Ia FLORIDA, IN AaNema about tho mouth OF
tho Ai4hana River about tho mouth oi tho MaslnHirpi
on tho fcxaa coas and In tho vicinity OF Vera tfna
hen n they nnd favorable conditions Tor existence they
viii IA tine sing 10 W. Ia our Northern states Ope thing
4. certain so Tar the other Notwithstanding them loose
In tho North-has utterly failed II Is worth while IL
try suInething elso
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
,,,rp p,rus FOR TIE POOR.

Dr. Ruiolr Tass:ly-I have long advocated the build
ing OF free baths and washhouses for the poor In this
city and in 1882 brought TO tho notice OF the Local
authorities plan for the erection ana maintenance OF
such places In the tenement house districts Recehtya
number Of influential citizens have signed petition TO
the Board OF Estimate and Apporonmont for an appro
pron Of 1900 900 TO baths according TO tho
ulan which originated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
The communication in regard to the ap

The communication in regard TO the APP
pointment of q new Commissioner OF Pub
lie Works, which was sent to the
Mayor yesterday, signed by large num-
Der of prominent merchants, should certainly
have due weight with such Aldermen rs are
governed by any considerations not pecuniary.
Some of the members Of the Board have appar-
emily set their faces like a flint against
all efforts by the Mayor to purify
the great Department of Public Works
of which Mr.. Thompson is now head. They
need to have it forced npon their attention that
any change in that Office must BE- change for
the better for no amount Of searching among
the politicians of NewYork could discover a
more unfit man FOX the place than Hubert u.
THOMPSON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
SENDING DISEASED MEAT TO NETWORK.

Meat Inspector RO,aaine-Eyery week now seize car
casses of COWS which have been alex with tuberculosis
and hogs which have suffered from hog cholera The
oarcasses shipped to this city from various points
aud rule. the addresses OF the senders are Kept
secret II Is easy detect the bad quality Of the meat
because the tuberculosis leaves small abscosses tho
interior Innings the thoracc cavity and hog-choiera Is
betrayed by small black pink spots in the flesh OF a
hog Both diseases evidently are increasing IN the
country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14

ties of National government, carrying the dead
weight of Democratic prejudice, ignorance, ana
hatred of progress The country Is going TO sec
what Democracy is and what It wants. IL VIII
sec enough in very short time TO last sensible
men for half century
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14

As Parliament no longer affords the English
topics for thought, conversation and wfitins'
they have turned iheir attention once more to
Egypt. Their newspapers are down Oh Wolseley
for delay in his march toward khartonn. 1t IS
declared that he will not reach Gordon until IN
March, and that by that time there may be moth
ing left of the hero to rescue. There Is no
doubt that Lord Wolseley is slow, but he is UNI
commonly sure, and probably no one really
thinks he will not accomplish what he has I'M
dertaken If the EngllshInen are looking about
for causes of anguish it seems as II the cost OF
the Nile expedition might furnish them one. 1t
will reach about $50, 900, 600. This is pretty
large amount for the Liberals to pay for a year
Of inaction and indecision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
may never need, but with knowledge that win b a
use to them IN ordinary cmployments
WHY TRUMPETs ARE NOT USED AT FIRES

VIM IhUMPETS ARE NOT USED AT FIRES
HnGh homer, Assistant Chiet Of the Fire Department.
Tho use OF the speaking trumpets fires was
soon after the volunteer department went ont OF exs
enoo. When every alarm called ont from dozen IN
twenty companies and largo crowds Of rival rremen
ned street In front Of burning building there wa, 50
much noise and the confusion great that the com
manding officers could not mako themselves heard with.
out the aid of trumpcts Tie sound OF the trinpe,s
added 10 tho display and excitement and in a fight be-
tween rival companies the trumpcts were effective
weapons Strict discipline in the present departm mt has
made the speaking trumpet useless. Now rampcts arc
used only at psrades as symbols Of authority.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
NIGHT rRAvEL on THE BRIDGE.

Transit Superintendent tHodJiond The running Of cars
NIL night the Bridge has proved great convenience
t. many people, especially TO newspaper printers.
etc We carry about two passengers from Newiork to
Brooklyn every from Brooklyn to Newlork after
the cable has stopped at O'Clock 1t pays the Bridge
to keep the going Also beside the benefit lie to the
,,tlli
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
POWERS OF THE HEALTH BOARD.

A. IT. Baneker, Heath Departmental recent decision
by Justice Donohue IL likely to I've Of great advantage I,
the Board OF Health Seven houses were built IN fe,
ingtonave above Onehundr ed and twenty second q,
by Patrick H. Labor and there no sewer 4, tia
avenue he built private through the yanls IN tina
rear of the houses ~ one hundred ami twenty
At The Beard ~ Health insstei that the Connection
must I've made through the street I'm front ~ the hssss
Mr. 1aot claimed that the Bca did not have the pove,
70 decide whete the drains shculd be built tnses
Dcnohhcs decision, m favor ~ the B1arl settles d,
put "a ront ~ law
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14

II Is certainly possible that New-fork may
presently have chcep light. The Equitable
r,mnanv. nrnn which unhappy househclders
are building such hopes began to Manufacture
sas last week and say that their success eS-
reedpd tbeit esnrttatisns, that they make the
article better ana more chparlt than they had
anjirIpatp,l ~ than THEFT tan .uiiln'ph rivals can
ta,n out, |, 10 ase hopeful aisn that LEADING
s,oehhaidegs declare chat they have s"'d
thing aud mean 10 teap IT, II that 10 true "
means that tho consolidated companies VIII
not be- able 80 get a controlling interest IA 'hp
Equitable and work II to suit THEN own paf-
poses 10 the dismay Of the public
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14

Diphtheria still keeps strong grip on the
Threats of this citys population But there were
not so many cases last week as the week before.
the record standing sxty-eight against seventy
five. Neither the mortality SO great. the
deaths being twenty seven against forty three
The statistics of the past ten years show what
frightful ravages the disease makes when once
II is started. Heretofore 1876 and 1881 were
our worst diphtheria years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
1n0ex 10 ADVERTISEMENTS.
pnslntes Nsilees.

A IvrERrAI HAIR REgENERsTcR.
posiiiyely 10 restore ~ ~ ban 30 org
~ cstinc, shades from black 10 s htea olophe
sa,r esn end hair nnd rossy harmless am uNiess
p,s The Erwin; asting and easy 10 sppyi Endorsed
en,,ert chemists send sample of hair and stamp iOi
.ia, s.,rie os bne neiino - large sl1e 81 %.
''o"'' irpFBlAi HAM RgGHNrHAfph CO,
"a est isth-st, NewNork tiy.
ApAMsoS's porANIC CouGH BAlsAM heals
,o.r ,hra, reduces the srcen tonss ana Restores nau
go. !, ~, aesr,ea ,pr, ,crls Price Zoe. sSr and Toe
De,ot SEA athave hiNshht 70
Asron f,Acn ARr UAhIhhiHs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14

The State Charities Aid Association has q
wide field of labor, but while looking after the
more important features of charitable work
still finds time to attend to much detail. For
instance, one OF its plans is to establish drink
ing fountains throughout the tenement house
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14

THE TRIBuYr's occasional correspondent IN
the City Of Mexico follows mp his interesting
letter about the defeat Of the English bond
holders bill IN the Mexican Congress by
capital account of the Inauguration OF Diaz as
President of the Republic and some comments
ON the career of the late Chief Executive,
Gonzales. II will be found by turning TO the
sixth page of this issue. General Diaz has be-
fore him immense opportunities for good or
evil but his friends have no doubt that he VIII
turn them to the good of his country. Ii Is
agreed that he will not steal, and that he is an
itelligent, able man with the best possible
knowledge OF what Mexico needs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
The sentence of death passed upon the cap

The sentence of death passed upon the cap
tain and mate of the Mignonetto has been soft
ened TO six months imprisonment without hard
labor. The trial and the condemnation were
sham Of course but it was wholesome sham
and vindicates the law. The killing of the boy
Parker has been declared to be murder, his
murdercrs have been condemned to death, and
only saved by the mercy Of the Queen. That
the matter is now settled mnst be great relief
to the two sailors; but it is to be hoped that
some time ago the cue was given to them that
they were not to be hanged.