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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

The interview with Commi-~Iohcr O Donncl
on excise legislation, winch Is published else
where in to-day'- TRIBUNE, Is worthy oi care
fn attention. Mr. O'Donucl Is familiar with
all that has been done iu this direction i'm This
State and elsewhere, and while IN the Lcgj-lat-
urc he introduced several measure, regulating
tie traffic in liquor. He cxpcsso, a high
opinion of the prolibiuonsr, as individuals,
while firm in the belief that prohibition is not
the best way of advancing the temperance
cause. Amendments to the present law he
thinks would bc far better than the enactment
of a new law He would limit the number oi
license, TO be granted in any town or ward IN
crease the penalty for selling liquor without a
license. fine an Excise Commissioner who did
not take action against a ,oator of the law
when reasonable proof was furnished. and make
the disposiug of any substance looking like la
toyicating liquor ,TjmG Jdcic evidence that II
was liquor In addition 10 these amendments,
be proposes a local piohibitory law giving the
right OF prohibiting the sale of hquor 10 the
majority IN any ward or township.
Mr.. ODounclls suggestions a.c lorciblc and
practical. One point ON which he lay, cmphl-i,
Is that onc-half OF he fines recovered should 70
10 the persons VINO make the complaints. ! here
is ample precedent for such provision, and
there can be 30 doubt of its sIlUtary effect.
Mr. O DouncIl does not think that high license
fees would be effective without correspond
ingly high penalties and without a strict
enforcement Of the law. The success OF the
law of 1866, which reduced the number of
dram-shops in Ncw-Yorll nearly 300 IN one
year and increased the revenue from $4,000
to So 600. 900, was due 10 its strict enforce
mcnt by an honest Excise Board, vino had the
hearty co cooperation OF the Police Department
All friends of temperance agree that changes
in the present law are necessary.
Let these b. promptly made. Then
let the law be rgidly enforced. The Excise
and Police Departments should Join hands. ES
pccially should the Excise Commissioners be
men of incOrrupiible integrity. The best of
laws will be of little avail if administered by
men like Commits sioners Mitchell and IIaush
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02
REBUKING A CONGREGATION.

That was sensible clergyman i'll Il neighbor.
ing county who was disturbed by the noise made ny
male members OF the congregation putting their over
coats while the dOxOlogy being and said: NOW
that have 0vercOats will sing the dOxO-
ogy again. This is strictly orthodox rcbuke INIT
telling IL IL said that oneared touch his over
the Sunday until the last note of che organ
vanished out OF the church window.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

From The St Louis Gt0be- Democrat.
Tho logic of the youth who cOald harm I'm fish.
ing on sundays long az lie didn't cNtch anything
might properly he applied by Congressman Glover ~
justification Of his attempts TO control the patronage -
No. Az iaf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

tiary instead of the City Hall or the Capitol at
Washington and by defeating the party wnich
tries to keep itself alive mainly by corruption
in Northern States, as by assassination anu
frnnh in Southern States. - =.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02
sLANpERING POOR HENDRICKS

From The baltimore Herdtd
It Is rather bad taste In esteemed contemporary
The npdper lo Balnore 10 call attention 10 the facl
that tho dead Vce-Prcsident upon Intimate tefns
with Arthur 2, German. De mortuiS ahH nisf bonhm
ought 70 be printed IN letters foot long In some news
paper offices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

OR SKATING RIMS, POSSIBLY.
From The FfttSbilg ChrOnici-- Telegraph.
They say that CeVelandS message win be- an IN lSr
ally readable Perhaps he has really adopted ne
about baseball.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02
A KID CoouETrING WITH Peril.

fT0H INt FNttUUttUNIu ITCH
The Free-IrAde gOatet Is fooling around the horns
the PIotecionist bull with just enough persistence
insure his being picked up and tossed into tho Middle
next year without benefit CT clergy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

|, Is possible that the literary editor of The Mail
amt EIpress cherished the dclusOn that he was
publishing news when he printed column and
quarter about tho second volume of General Grants
Memoirs yesterday 1t any such bewtchng dream
flied his mi Il, select cOurse of reading in THE
TRIBUNE of June will disspate 1T for there
where the public read them six months ago, he can
find every fact and extract contained III The Mail
and Lrprcss reprint.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

NJ. pdSisfo Who was issls ffSSisI 4SS istSt 81
been paying 900 Year for it, but the very day T
called to be Premier the rent was raised to
surely said the graspng rsvy in reply to Duclerc,s
since have given you such 1ne office /" Hut wheS
Duclerc had t. resign Office the was not essened "a
Its old figures. On mol "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

There is pretty little shindy going on IN Rus-
sian official circles all because q peaceful German
steamer got into the harbor of Port Posslett,
town on the Pacific coast IN Russia's Asiatlc pos
sessions, without getting blown to smlthereens.
Last spring while the Russian bear and the BRITISH
lion were growing at each other so vigorously a
double row of torpedocs was laid across the mouth
Of the hurbor and they have not since been re-
moved. The danger signal was not observed from
the German vessel and she steamed over the tor
pedoe, Just as serene aud safely as though they
had been a lot of clans. And now Russia
wants to find out what was tho matter with those
torpedoes aud what officers responsible for the
bung,ing. Probably 1t will turn out that some OF
them land dummy torpedoes and proiited by the
swIndc Russia swans with officers whose
pockets take precedence of their patriotism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Emperor OF Austria has given the servian roops
1oO0000 cigarettes. Clothing and food might DO thu
gifts to be desired by soldiers in tho field Bus
perhaps these Servians are luxurious fellows.
POEM OF PASSION.
"Marredw he cried, and his face grew waiteL
Married" You're very Kind
Not to have told me till tonight
All that was so blind!
Hadn't thought that I'd really carei
Thought had learned the truth
Just the old tale told everywhere;
gold In your blooming youth.
Papa thought 1t best" indeedl
0, what a burning shame
Sacrificed young to parents greed
~ No, you were not to blame
Can forgive youi Indeed do, -
Hearty-dear, don't cry,
know you always meant 70 ne true
Forget you Never! Good-by
Say. when I'm wandering far away.
His a loyal heart -
What do you mean " Don't CO." you say;
"Only married to Artr RoXbury Advocate
A Western paper recently had column giving tho
names Of the oldest people in tho country which It en-
titled " Chestnuts."
The condition OF the United States at The present TINA
is that of ethargic human body covered leecheS
sapplng its vitality Every English steamer entering an
cred with them. The Of British vessels
is stuck into every commercial port and In the general
much life material from the trade Of this country aud
earryngts money products abroad ssCns american
Immediate eradicator. Marne Journal
Poor snubkins tried to crack joke last week and Ia,
been wearing patch over his right eye ever since
happened in this way: He was reading an item In
paper about clock for omnbuses and treetcars which
in three or four hours gets sufficiently wound
IN by the motion Of the vehicle ia
run for twelve days. "By gosh," said Snubkins with
tho emphasis OF inspiration that could be beaten
all hollow If clock attached to the tongue OF
woman know 1t would got wound up enough in half
hour to run for six months, ha, ha" He never finished
that laugh and discovered whether the stoyea
or a at-iron struck him. but what puzzles him 10
how in thunder his rsother-in-law knew that he wal
referring TO her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

II il a relief to learn that General Prendergast on
arriving at Mandaay found all the European resi-
dents there alive. King lhebaw showed in this case
a c.cmcncy wholly foreign to his nature, and per-
haps due 20 a wAolcsOm, fear of the consequences
of Indulgng his taste for blood. When he found
that the Chinese authorities of Yunnan were in
siGuctcd to deliver him to the British IN case he
escaped over the border, he must have congratu-
LATED himself upon having for once abstained from
mAssacTc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

The death of Mr.. Francis N. Bangs removes
one of our brightest and keenest jurists. If
She judgment OF bis associates and generous
minded rivals at the bar Is to be accepted, 1t is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

Liberal extracts from the first volume of
General Grants Memoirs will be found on the
sixth page of The TRIBUNE this morning, to-
gether with critical remarks npon the
book.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

II is reported from Carson. New, that ex-Con-
gresham RoIn NJ Daggett. United States Minis
ter to the Hawaiian Islands has recently laid be-
fore President Cleveland a proposition from King
kaiakdua, looking 10 the annexation OF the Islands
According the TIE pro position made con-
ditLoual upon the reception of the Islands on the
basis of a state of the Union, and 1t is lntImated
thar the King and Mr.. DaGgett aspire TO be the
United State, Senators from the annexed territory.
The whole narrative SCUM Is suspIci0usly like those
sensational matters which Washington correspond
cuts OF distant journals love TO aston
ish their unsopMStIcated audiences with.
There is not gram of pIausiblty in
the assumption that Daggett would 60 to
President Cleveland with such a project, even
if ne entertained 1t. Tho idea, too. of new State
separated by =, 100 miles of ocean from the nearest
United States territory somewhat difficult 1t Is TO
be hoped that King Kalakaua has not set his heart
upon that seat IN the senate and that Mr. Daggett
is not putting off more practical affairs until lie has
made his own clcc' ion Snrc. In fact lie Is not the
man to make conspicuous donkey of himself I'M
der any crcumstan. cs and that fact tends to cast
more doubt upon the story.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

The Erening Post will spardon us for saying that
if i, hoDelcssy silly. We accused it % gross I'M
faliues, in dealing with Mr. Rlcc's Delaware art-
c,c IN lie North .la,erioGn Rerirr since it avoided
the rea, questions discussed by him and affected to
dismiss hun contemptuousIy as sensational
writer and an iguoramus. What answer does Mr..
Bccchtrs family organ make tn this serious charger
l. accuses us of warming Over' an article OF
which nobody could make head or tail" Well,
we contrlved to get at the heart OF 1t. which Is
more than The Ercning Post has yet done. IL seems
that we were guilty of the high misdemeanor OF
rewriting the article for the editorial page" after
Mr.. Rice, with suamcsaced yulgaIity had written
up" a"lye' subject for his magazine! Appar-
entity orr ueighJlr is bent upon having Mr. Rice
con,ecratc his magazine to tho discuss on of ques-
tions rcating to holthen mythology or early
Christian art or other subjects equally dead, with
the understanding that HE Tribune shall repro
duce the articles as thrill ling serials Its literary
page,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

The Emperor Of Austria has given the servian roops
100000 cigarettes. Clothing and food might DO thu
gifts to be desired by most soldiers in tho field. But
perhaps these Servians are luxurious fellows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

The Aplchcs are making trouble again. but there
is little rift of light in their direction feud
has broken out among these untamablc savages,
and they have taken to hunting one another. II
they would only keep this up the Apache difficulty
might perhaps b. settled after the manner in which
the leui between the Two Highland clans. sChattan
aud Q'lIale, was brought to an end, as related by
Sir Walter scott
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-18

charged with the most heinous sexual crimes
 have been set free by the same judge who
 imprisoned the Mormons for cohabiting with
 their plural wives, and because they would 1 not promise to abandon them in the future , 1 The evidence which these men are con-
 v1cted, IS obtained, according to Delegate 1 Calne, in the most despicable manner, by spies and spotters who visit the homes of 1 their victims with Judas-like pretenses of | friendship and snare them unawares The business interests of the territory are suffer ing, he says, because President Cleveland has
 been deceived by designing men. "What Utah needs" according to MT. Caine, |" is a class of high toned officials who will admin
 ister the law impartially, in spirit of con-
 ciliation, instead of one of rancor and oppres- sion" But polygamy must go.
 A justice of the Supreme court of Califor- mia has resigned, and in retiring he hints that the reason of the step is the insufficient compensation. A year or two ago there were fonr resignations from the bench of Oregon for the same reason. The Oregonian very properly makes these remarks: The gentlemen who so lightly put aside the robes of office do not appear to realize that resig- nation, in the absence of special reasons, is an abandonment of duty, and that mere mercenary reason is discreditable, if not positively dishonoroble. If public office is public trust, then the man who accepts this trust and abandons it is dereIict. If it were possible to return the trust directly to the people who gave it, then it would have been very different thing; but this cannot be, and the judge who, seeking private and personal interests, resigns in the middle of the term for which he was elected, and which he accepted, does the people who trusted him very serious wrong by robbing them of their right to choose who shall sit in judgment over them. He has no moral right to resign, and it ought to be held by the public that resignation for any other reason than disability is nothing short of shameful delinquency
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-18
DOLEFUL.

l An Auburn boy cried furiously Monday in | a Lewiston doll store because all the pretty ! dolls are girls. He hates girls, he says Lewiston Journal
 Chicago had 'bag-pipe concert" the other night. It made great impression on the audience. Seven women tainted and the rest tried Philadelphia Call. i've railroaders have to go, as we'll as others" said a Bloomfield branch brakeman on learning of the sudden death of Wander Charlottesville Courier-Journal. Scene at college Student (to ser want at the door)-Miss Brown? Servant She's engaged. Student-t know it. I'm what she's engaged to.-Harper's Bazar. Husband Gokingly)-"Oh, I'm the main stay of the family" Wife-F'Yes, and tie iibboom, and the-and the" Small boy (from 1perience)-''And the spanker too, mamma"
 Why is a fire engine always called 'tshe?" asks some one. We cannet tell unless, per chance, it is because all the men turn and look after it when it passes along the street. Lowell Citizen.
 A drummer who had been in south Florida for the past week says that the beef in that section is so tough as to render it almost i'm possible to even stick a fork in the gravy Savannah News.
 About two weeks ago Sam Jones started out to convert St. Louis. St. Louis Is about the same and Evangelist Jones is sick abed. The public-including Chicago-expected as much.-Baltimore American.
 One of the cruelest retorts made by mu- sical audience is reported from California. A vocalist was warbling to her own great satis- faction "Oh, would I were a bird.' A rough miner replied, "Oh, would I were gun. n."- Musical Courier.
 A little girl, aged 9, called her father to her bedside the other evening. 'tPapa" said the little diplomat, 'I want to ask your advice" ''Well, my little dear, what is it about?" ''What do you think it would be best to give me on my birthday?'
 s'Very cool attempt that at the peniten- tiary,' remarked Smith. ''What was it? Didn't hear of it." replied Jones. ''Mau ar rested for attempting to iberate convicts" ssNol Who was it?' Plumber He was putting in escape pipe" ."-Pittsburg Chronicle.
 4 The other day fish peddler's horse baked on Broad street and refused to budge an inch. The vender began to belabor the beast with q stick, when an old lady thrust her head out of window and exclaimed, 'sHave you no mercy?" ''No, maam, ',replied the peddIer, ''nothing but mackerel."
 The holiday agony is for a young lady to accidentally spill little face powder on the parlor carpet, and when Augustus comes in and carelessly steps in it to carefully guard the impression until he bids her good night, when she takes the measure of that sole and builds pair of Christmas slippers around it. The real significance of this is that Augustus has to tie the slippers on his feet with whip cord in order to keep them on. First i'm pressons are apt to be largely erroneous.- Hartford Post.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-18
THE TENURE OF OFFICE A,

1k1 EE HEN kE E Q IF OFFICE ACT.
 Senator Hoars bill for the repeal of the
 Tenure of Office act is receiving much com
 mendation. This act was passed in 1867 to
 prevent Andrew Johnson doing mischief.
 Before it's passage the commissions to exec utive officers read as follows: ''To have and
 to hold the said office with all the powers, privileges, and emoluments thereunto of right appertaining unto him, dur ing the pleasure of the President of the United States for the time being" The Tenure of Office act substituted for fduring the pleasure of the President of the United States for the time being the words, "sub- ject to the conditions prescribed by law" These conditions were that he should hold the term for which he was appointed unless sooner removed, by and with the consent of the senate. The President was given power, during recess of the senate, to suspend an officer when he had received evidence satis- factory to himself that that officer was guilty of misconduct in office, or crime, for any reason had become incapable or legally disqual- flied, but was required to report to the sen ate the evidence and reasons for his action. An effort was made in 1869 to repeal this law, and bill restoring the old order of things passed the house, but was rejected by the senate. A compromise measure was adopted which decrees in substance that any officer shall hold his office during the entire term for which he was appointed, unless the senate consents in some form to his removal and it is under this law that President Cleveland is acting.
 The present attempt to repeal the law will probably succeed. And we think it ought to. The Tenure of Office act served useful purpose in the contest with Johnson But by t the spirit of one of the most essential pro visions of the federal constitution was nulli- jed: The responsibility which the copt5-Ex-A and which should be enforced by public opinion, was in effect dissipated. A return o the old way is now in order.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-18
A Royal Arffaf

l From the London Globes Berlin Correspondence The Crown Princess is well-known artist but she does not often submit her works tc public criticism, unless it be a contribution to some charitable purpose Exceptions have recently been made inasmuch as pop-
 ular illustrated periodical has published three
 1woodcuts from drawings by her. These
 have created some impression, heightened by
 an interesting accompanying treatise from
 the pen of Anton von Werner, one of the
 first artists of the day. In this he gives a
 pleasing insight into her studio, and awards
 unhesitating praise to the life and originality
 ot her works. He at once dashes at the re-
 mark, too often made when the work of any
 one in high position is criticised, by telling
 us that he himself was first prompted to ask
 "Has she done that alonei' But subse-
 quent knowledge soon set his mind at rest on
 that point, and he can assure his readers that
 not only has the Crown Princess done these sketches alone, but that far superior ones
 have emanated from her hand. It seems that, stimulated by the example of Angeli
 that marvellous Austrian portrait painter,
 whom she has often watched at work she has executed several excellent portraits She models we'll and has produced some capital
 busts, especially of the present empress, while every journey serves to enrich her store of landscape water-color sketches and expe- rlence in painting from nature. Of the three illustrations in question, the first is a sketch ot Pegh, near Genoa, and is simply one of the many taken during long sojourn in Ita- ly; and but for the name it would be accept ed for the work of some well-known master The portrait of an elderly lady is worthy of the same encomium, while the still life pie tare, though perhaps equally artistic, is less i'll accordance with general taste. Above all, tie Crown Princess influence on industrial art in Germany has been of the greatest i'm portance and benefit. The splendid Indus trial Art Museum owes it's rise and progress in great measure to her initiative; the new tuilding was also opened on her birthday ill November, 1881. The Berlin Academy of Art elected the Crown Princess as honora- F member twenty-five years ago, and are proud to remember this period as one of constant pleasure, for during it's course ar tists have come to regard both the Grown Prince and Princess as their special patrons and friends
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-18
As Strange as Fiction
 AND As True as Gospel.

EAST SToUGHToN, Mass, Nov. g, 'S5. To the FLOWER MEDICINE co. Dear Sirs:
 With great pleasure I send you a few lines telling you of the wonderful cure your LIVER AND STOMACH SANATIVE has done for me. I have been trying about everything on the market, BESIDES TWENTY DIFFERENT DOCTORS, and found nothing to help me permanently. | sOme- times felt better for short time, :, but would then go down again. I have had the DYSPEPSIA and NERVOUS REGISTRATION IN THE WORST FORMS, but to-day I call myself we'll, and all the result of taking your medicine. I generally had bilious attack about once in two weeks, and now I have not had one since I commenced taking your Sanative and that was months ago. I CALL IT THE BEST MEDICINE ON THE CONTINENT, and I ought to be a good judge by this time. I am now 5S years old, am doing my own work, and feel like a new being.
 With best wishes for your suc- cess, for you are doing great work for suffering humanity,
 I remain your sincere and
 grateful friend,
 MRS. THOMAS TRIPP.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-18

Divorce is "easier" in Persia than in Chi cage. All a Persian who wants to be unnlar- ried has to do is to say three times in success sion to his wife: "You are divorced" and both are free to marry again. The law in Persia is particularly favorable to women who change their mind. A woman is allowed to marry for any stated period from one year up to ninety
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-18
COMMUNICATIONS
The Dog Question.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER
 noticed in your column a communication headed "A hearty protest against dogs. , Please allow me to state that I have lived be tween thirty and forty years and in my early life my father always kept dog and since that time always had one and sometimes two in my family and have always found them kind, faithful and affectionate and have not as yet died with hydrophobia. And as for safety, would sooner trust myself with dog than one who signs themselves Humanity vs. Dogs" COMMON SENSE.