Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-22

schooner on the banks without Earring the pas
ssnssrs Of the great ship from their sleep.
Our history is s.rewn with the wrecks Of great
men who have measured their individual
strength against that OF the government In
two or three instances. also, whole party has
broken with its chief. But even then the Preki.
dent has won. His power. in fact, is almost
irresistible. In his single person he represents
under the Constitution power equal to that of
all the Senators and Representatives, or of the
Supreme Court, and by the course OF events his
authority il practically in excess Of what the
trainers of the Constitution intended. His chief
check In our day is not SO much in legal re-
straints as in the moral influence OF public
opinion. An administration that has the con-
hdence of the masses of the people has little TO
fear from the hostility Of any individual or even
ofany party.
The rumorsd purchase OF Mr.. Connor's yacht
by the Colombian government for service as q
war vessel suggests that We have class Of
useful ships in reserve against a sudden emer-
gsncy We possess few large vessels that could
be altered into men-of-war with the facility
with which the British government made over
the Oregon, Umbria and other fast merchant
steamers into cruisers. but we have fleets OF
swirl yachts which in AN emergency might do
good service as commercedestroyers, torpedo
boats, and the like. In the early days of the
OWL war, III Will De reIuelnDefeu that even eA.
cursion and ferry boats were drafted into SER
vice, and did much useful work. The condi-
tions of naval warfare have materially changed
since that time and still there is place for
armed ships OF high speed. And the readiness
with which one OF these cruisers may be extern
porized out of the pleasure boats that fit about
our coasts has been shown by the action of a
neighboring government 10 which allusion has
been made. A hundred ton steam yacht
handled by brave and expert naval officers
would not make an insignificant man-ofwar.
Opinions are divided as to whether Miss Ad.
die Brinkle, who was confined for twenty.
seven years in q Pennsylvania insane asylum,
deserved to be there or not. But certainly tn e
officers and attendants OF the asylum justify
their action in the case by the most extraor.
binary, not to say insane, arguments. They
say that they judged the lady to be insane be-
cause she had an over. fondness for fnery, was
fussy and troublesome, always spoke Of dress
ing in the fashions, and usually put on airs
when gentlemen were about and acted in a
silly manner. Her entire conversation, It
seems, was upon dress and the fashions.
If these are the symptoms Of insanity, it is
certain that very great number of female
maniacs are running at large, and many: nl
them very charming maniacs, too. In fact,
such a description of insanity goes far to prove
the theory that we are all more or less mad. al
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A metal decorating company of New York.
we are told, has submitted q memorial tablet
for the proposed Grant monument bearing
these words:
ITO peEPetua.e the memory Of Ulysses 8.
Grant He led the victorious armies of his
freed the slaves. He reconcfled brethren He
saved the Union. 1t Is appointed unto all men
once to die, but the fame OF virtue is immortal"
We are not told who composed this extraordi-
nary string Of Alfred Jingle sentences; possibly
Mr.. Squire, the city hall poet. Short as the
eulogy Is. IL manages to mangle both history
and scripture, and would be Q thoroughly alb.
surd epitaph. 49,.
There was quite as great destruction Of line
of-battle ships yesterday on Plum Beach, as in
Hampton Roads just before the little Monitor
hove in sight in the war times, but the fire
causes much less apprehension. the Colorado,
Minnesota, SusQuehanna, Congress, South Caro-
lima and Iowa were all consumed and still it
was not a terrible naval disaster, but on the
contrary rather o dignified end to group of old
hulks that had outlived their usefulness, and
which were being pulled TO pieces for the iron
in their carcases, much as a grave yard ghoul
might rob corpse Of its treasures Of dentistry
After the customary suffering by discon-
tented individuals, the democratic party In its
ing the administration. The Presidents course
has now been formally approved by the party
in New Hampshire, New York, Iowa, Missis.
sippi and Ohio. sitting in convention or through
some other represen tative body. And no doubt
this will hold true of the party at large.
Commissioner Eaton states that the difiicul-
ties at the New York custom-house were greatly
exaggerated, and he might ADD, though he does
not, that they were Intentionally exaggerated
by those who wish the overthrow of the civil
service Law. Bnt the efforts of these people
failed of their object The custona-house officers
and the commission have come to a friendly
understanding, and the law viii be observed by
all concerned.
One swallow does not make q summer and
one item of news does not end it, but we are
reminded that the seasons are changing for the
cooler by the notification Of the Superintendent,
of the life-saving service that the stations
which are closed in summer, are TO be re-
opened in a few days, as they resume work on
the first OF September. Yes, we may eat
oysters now in nine days.
Boston's yacht, Puritan, won Yesterday
trial race with New York's charnpion. ana viii
probably be chosen to represent the country in
the coming race with the English CHALLENGER
The Puritan, in spite OF her demure name. is
evidently very fast, and 1t will take good boa,
10 beat her.
Not satisfied with having the cholera on n,
hands, Spain is antagonizing Bismarck. There
was time when Spain had Considerable in
fuence in Germany, but in this age she had
better not be too pert with the Teufon.
Gov. Hoadly is clear of when he SAYS that h.
doesn't "believe regulation and taxation ar,
eternal" IL one Of the oldest and truest OF Al
maxims that nothing Is certain here but dealt
and taxes.
Whether there IL yellow fever or not In Phila
delphia, the Times advises the health authorize
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