New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-01

A Roman astronomer has made an interesting
discovery lie las found that the planet Mars IS
inhabited 10y an intelligent race OF beings Who are
no,, making extraordinary efforts to catch our at
tcntlon They probably want 10 know II i.ere Is
any hone that theatrical managers vii. ever lower
their prices e. such a reasonable hgurr will en-
able the people OF Mars &c max" VISIT here anl see
one OF our stars OF the r,t magnitude. Or. perhaps
some Of them NAV want to knON why II 49, III view
of tire uoct Winters recent statement oi his
devotion to Republican principles. that The 'ren-
jig Pot still reiraius from calling him Jack
The Democratic party Is not a FREQ trade party The
Atlanta tOn-tituiluu.
There is no law which prohibits man from de-
carg that the duck is hot bid oi aquatic lasts.
or that tho leopard ia not a spotted beast or that
the devil * most righteous and amahie being. Of
a singulnrly lovely disposition whose domestic HE
bas always been dream of refinement and bliss.
This IL all legal.
II is reported that the commission appointed to
rebuild New JERSEYS partially runel Capitol has
begun binding which is TO cost ! lOO, 900 although
they were authorized To NJ end only TIO0pO. New
Jersey has hnt 20 possess horsclf of the Capitol
Lmlding experience of her sister Cummonw calth Of
New York to become convinced that the original
estimates for constructing State Capitos are not
ALWAYS literally respected. The commission APP
pontcd in 1908 to build New -lorks first Albany
Capitol having spent S|3200 submitted estimates
calling for 49, 800 To finish 1t. It's entire cost
.boweyer. ran up to nearly Sll1,OOO. As for New
YolL's present Capitol its actual cost is many mill
ions of dollars in advance Of it's original projected
cost IL tras TO have cost between two and three
millions. II has already cost over seventeen mill
IONS. and it isn't finished yet by n long way. New
Jersey with these figures in her eye. will see the
propriety of not frcttng herself just yet over the
cost of her Capitol.
Mr.. Edmunds is widely quoted as saying that hc
does not wish the Presidency Of the Senate We
don't believe that he does wish it.
ON the Odd of November an ocean race OF 5000
miles was begun. between the steamships Alameda
and Zealandia. TLcy started from san Francisco,
bound for Auckland. New -Zealand. 1t IS the first
trip of the Alameda. which belongs to Spreckels the
sugar king under his contract to carry the mails
The Zealanda has carried the mails hitherto. San
Francisco papers say there was heavy betting on
the race the sprcckels family Offering two to one
on the Alameda.
A St Petersburg correspondent writes to Science
that Stcpniak's real nane is Krawtschinsky, and
that as he is the murdercr OF MesentzOf he has no
right to complain that his friends are kept in con
Gnement and prevented from committing new
crimes This disclosure is interesting, If il be trust
worthy since "Stepniaks identity has been disput-
ed and his two books, Underground Russia " and
Russia under the r2ars,' have attracted much at
tentiOn. Unfortunately the II. Petersburg inform
ant hetrays so much temper aud partsanship that
his statement that "Stepniak is red-handod
murderer is to be we'll sailed before it is swallowed
DR.. Anna Kingsford writes to The London Spectator
that the experiments of Pastour on hydrophobia
are not conclusive as has been generally assumed.
She points ont that the alleged euro of tho boy
Joseph Mester by incubation is doubtful inasmuch
as his wounds had boon thoroughly cautorizcd be-
fore the incubation As thorough cauterizaton in
| n large number Of cases has given protection
against the disease II is impossible to DO sure that