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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28

TSsd lid Do A9s Sgs Sss zee!
don't be foolish. Men are always littlc inconstant
you know. and The best husband WI 90 Of and
Explain Go OF and leave HIS wife, wish no
woold He's 50 devoted that he wont go out lem, o. my
sight long enough for to burn my old love ieters'
-(San Francisco Chronicle.
sThe Wheeling Intelligencerr says that the pro-
posaI TO change the Of West Virginia tn
Kanawha7 meets with general favor. In regard to
the supposed confusion that would result from the
abhrcvIatIon OF the name. Il Gays; Suppose tho
abbreviaiion were Kha., Kna., merely X Mo-
stands for Missouri. Miss. for Mississippi. o. for
Ohio ~ Y. and n. j.. standing for two neighborfng
States, are not so unlike Kan. and Khs. Then
we have Col foe Colorado and Cal. for California,
much finer opportunity for bad mix. This seeming
difficulty is easily smoothed away One correspondents
suggests the name OF Augusta, the western portion
Of the Old Colony having been known under tho
name Of "west Augusta in revolutionary times
Creeds or Trtal.-Tltlr Dot-Our minister prays ever
30 much louder than yours DOES ,,.
Little Bub-I don't care II he does. Our MINISTRY
jumps the highest when he breaches, so there now
philadelphia Record.
play called The Cycone' is appearing in Kansaa
It takes the house by storm.
An Interesting Controversy.-Bobby-The were
talking about you last night, Mr.. Featherly
Mr.. Featheriy-Is that so. Bobby
Bobby-Yes; about You being h0mey enough 70
Mr. Featherly (anxiously)who said was Bobby'
BObby-Ma.
Mr. FeaihcrIy tmuch rclieved)-oh. your mat Ana
wha did your sister Clara sayl
Bobby-She didn't think So
Mr.. Featherly-Bess her-h'm-er-did she think
was handsome?
Bobby fngIyl-well-er-n-no; she said she
didn't think you could stop clock. but she thougne
you might mako 1t lose time very fast-(Harpers
Bazaar.
The Cabinet makers find It very hard to mako Cab
inets without straws
Little Bessie dropped an armfui of playthfngs
Did Won break anything?D asked the mother .
Nothing but the quct,r she replied. and hacs
mended already (Bnghamton Republican.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28
THE TALK OF THE DAl.

Although Henry George advocated the election Of
President Cleveland the ground that he was a
free-trader he has this TO say about him in the
current number of The Standard" President Cleve-
land too, is another good man who has had money put
in his pocket by the growth and improvement of tho
community In which he has been living BY the Increase
of land values at Red Top he WILL 1t is said, carry
off from washin gton about 100000 Of unearned in
crement 1t is good thing that he has got that
much, which otherwise would have gone TO some
such man as Secretary whitney, who carries of a
still larger amount from the same locality"
So worried.-It was the night before the wedding,
and he was bidding her good night and softly wills
Tomorrow eve, my darling, begin our Journey
as 6Ge ba ana viii Veg aoWS IL gS
We shall want to set out with glorious equipment OF
faith and hope and courage that neither Of us may
i2I-oh, yes, to be Sure; only 1 really am so
worried about the train OF my dress. II didn't hang
one bit nice to-day when tried the dress and I'd
die with modification If It hung so at the wedding
tomorrow GO on with what you were saying dear f"
PUCK
4 Providence young woman has been expelled from
missionary society because she married Chinaman,
although he is said to bo man OF good character.
Maybe this is all right; but II she had married a
wealthy Caucasian lbertine, she wouldn't have been
expelled.
Science claims to have succeeded in photographing
not told to look pleasant when It is Photographed
and we shouldn't think the photographer would look
that way ther.-(NOrrstown Herald.
The wonder is that moro Mississippi steamboats,
do not burn. They almost literally tindcrboxes.
sloppy Is very free with his praise of woman, but
words cheap. lilo was saying in the tho other
day, =" l tell you that woman stands for all that is
pure and noble and good IN humanity
get up and give OF these ladies' seat but don't
you think you trho egotistical % speak OF your
self as all that's pure and noble and good In hui
mainly D-tBoston Transcript
Sad Toronto orator the other day. In speaking
VI Canada: She has completed her twenty. first year
she has attained her manhood
She had married handsome man. She was
warned against him. All her young lady friends told
her no 1irt and gave her full account OF what
he had said 10 them, and how they could have had
him II they wanted but they would think Of con-
I'D Dg the happiness OF their lives 10 such fir She
was perverse and they were welded A few months
elapsed and she 10 visit OF her prophet
friends one day- "And ara you happy n the friend
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28
THE ACHIEVEMENT or VILAS.

Before Secretary Villas retires from Office
we want to direct public attention to the most
important service he has rendered 1t has been
in repeatedly demonstrating the wonderful
power and richness, the ineXhaustible strength
and elasticity Of the English language. This
has been done after the negative method. That
is to say Secretary Villas has shown. not what
the English language could do, but what 1T
could endure He has demonstrated that though
you may twist it and torture it into thousand
shapes only to be conceived by fervid WIS
consin imagination, it will still contrive to
convey meaning. The combats between
them have been terrible. All the former con-
tests, such as the after-dinner speeches, III
which the chrome elOquence of the Secretary
first attracted attention, were as mere childs
play He didn't have chance to show what
he could do. lie would enter upon these
wrestling matches with only few weeks pre-
meditation. lie spoke, and did not write. And
so it was that while he gave the language a
good many bad falls, he was still at disad-
vantage. II was not until he was able to
secude himself in the inner Office Of the Pose
Office Department, where he could chew his
pen in the profound scholastic quiet of that
sanctuary, and mediate his moves calmly and
with deadly earneStness, that we realized the
fulneSs of his misdrected powers. Then when
the shock Of battle came it was terrific. When
he grapped with our mother-tongue in one Of
bis annual reports, it recalled the old scientific
riddle Of an irresistible body coming into
collision with an immovable body. Then we
first realized that the English language was
tough.
Since Mr.. Villas won't into the Interior De-
partment, however. there have been signs that
he was gradually getting the worst of it. His
strength seems TO be Tagging, his sentences are
shorter and clearer, and there are indications
Of exhaustion. But here and there one can
find traces of the old fighting spirit Of one who
never bowed the knee to syntax and who had
long bravely defed the effete traditions of
English grammar. Here is passage in his last
annual report, all obscured with the smoke of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28
THIRTY-FOUR. PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign-M Bex the defaulting Bourse speculator
committed suicide by drowning, in Switzerland
- Osman Digna is preparing to retreat from
IIandoub to the Nile - +. W. Rowland. an
American, murdered in Mexico - Inc
secretary Of the English East Africa Company
denied story of an agreement to permit slave
trading In Africa between the Arabs, the Sultan
81 Zanzibar and the company. 80 An unjust
ine of "a 900 was recently exacted by Spanish
,sicials of Porto Rico from the American bngan-
tine Josefa. - A meeting of 1000 Panama
Canal bondholders expressed mistaken confidence
in De Lesseps and the canal
Domestic-Four prominent West Virginia poll
ticjans visited General Harrison, and it is said,
urged the appointment of General Con TO place III
the Cabinet - The illegal oyster dredgers Of the
Chesapeake Bay were reported to be at work again
- Preparations were begun to rebuild the
burned district Of Marbehead - The great
seal of the Confederate States was given to the
State of South Carolina. - At Trip. Oak,
there was a riot between Americans and Russian
Mennontes over the ownership of a goose Six
men were hurt - The cruiser Vesuvius, on
ner trial trip, made twenty-one miles an hour,
nile more than contract speed
City and Suburban.-The Board Of Estimate
finished its work and signed the budget which ag-
gregates S37 1869 81 this is reduced ST. eo2,-
76O "A by tie general fund. - Ex-President
Andrew D. Whites criticisms on Columbia College
rdculed by Its trustees. - The Sinking Fund
Commissioners exchanged some hot words over
the preferment of regiment for'the new armory
80 Governor Hills calling of an extraordinary
term Of Oyer and Terminer excited much com
ment - National Guardsmen were pleased
with the appropriation for rifle range and
parade ground Van Courtlandt Park. -
an additional shipment of firearms was made to
tayti. - The trustees Of the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art voted to have the building open
On Tuesday and Saturday evenings. - There
was fine shooting at the grounds of the Carteret
Club. - 1t was announced that there would
be q rise in Vanderbilt dividends. - Secret
Service officers caught three counterfeiters at
their work in Brooklyn - Stocks dull and
lower. closing steady.
The Weather.-Indicatons for to-day: Colder
md fair. Temperature yesterday! Highest %
degrees; lowest 80; average, "A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28
Amusements.

AMERICAN ART GALLERihs-pay anu H''"'"s
stc,agin Exhibition.
.c.nvxy OF MUSIC s-The Old Homestead
.stprpGs THEATRE--S-Ein To.ier EinhaL
pr,ou OPERA HOUSE sA Brass Monkey.
BROADWAY THEATRE s-iAtte i10ra ra"h'i''0'
CASINO sl5-The Yeomen of the Guard.
n,Iy-s THEATRE s:l5-Lottery OF Love
DocKsTApERs- s-Minstrels
ypEN MUsEE-wax Iabeaux.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE s-Thatcher Primrose az "oS''
uARRIGAN's PARK THEATRE Sine l<rssire'
IycEr-M THEATRE sl5-Sweet Lavender
MANSON SQUARE THEATRE s;so-capt swift
MTTRopoI.ITAN OPERA HoUsE-s;l5-LAfricaine.
NIBIO's- s-Turned Up
pAIMER's THEATRE-s-Mrs. Potter
STAR THEATRE s-Annie Pixley
sTANDAgD THEATRE s-Miss EsmeraidA
THE GRAND MUsEUM-l0a m to 10 p. M
sTH AVENUE TIIEATRE-s-JulusC Caesar
Hath STREET THEATRE-s-AT Tin Soldier
bTHAvE AND l9TH-sr-Getysburg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28

Those members of the Republican Club Of this
city who blacl<bacd Benjamin +. PeiXotto when
he was presented for membership two weeks ago
will have an opportunity to rcctify their mistake
at special meeting of the club this evening.
Outsiders have no authority to interpose in the
affairs Of private association, and if in this in
stance they feel that they have right TO re-
monstrite il is because the action taken by men,
bers Of the Republican Club is supposed to have
been based questions of race and religion, in
hostility 10 the fundamental faith and policy of
the Republican party and to the spirit in which
every organization which shares its name and
principles was founded. born New-Yorker, the
son of American parents, faithful public ser
want in the past, and always patriot, Mr.. Fexotto
cannot be Disseminated against on account of
his Hebrew origin without discredit to the party
which has honored him and which he has honored,
and without offence TO many of our most valuable
and philosophical citizens of both parties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28

ua 10 rirht II is National because 1t is natural
In those DAYS and especially in this land, where
everv man counts as many as his neighbor and
mn more nc scheme can work well or long the
nrimc principle OF which is moral slavery. III
H. succeeds to the extent OF securing from large
body of men the promise to surrender their
sovereignty into the hands OF select ohgarchy IL
has gone its fup length. When it comes to the
test men will not keep such an oath ana there
is no way OF enforcing it. III MI fowderiy
had all the wisdom of the East BE could not
avert disaster to his order. It's principle Is dead
and it cannot be revived. AS soon could tne
limited States he reverted to the condition OF a
German State in the Middle Ages. ME- powderiy
asks men to become putty and let bin work them
nm as he chooses. They won't do 1t. Every tmc
10 is tried it becomes distincter failure.
II Governor Hill has neglected to send the
President an invitation to his inaugural oaii ne
is not the thoughtful man we have supposeu i'n'
TO be.
Tf the State Department is going into the
business of collecting indemnltles IL snouid noC
normit its eagerness to bankrupt httle hayu
70 crowd out of sight the claims OF the American
Gsbirc masters whose vessels have been selzed
by Canada.
Tho sum Of $500 900 is to be spent by the
city of Brooklyn in acquiring sites lor hunhDei
of small parks in the newer PORTIONS Vi VIC
city The work has not been entered OIL 'oo
Soon A far-seeing policy WOULD nave c"u'e'
the LAYING out Of these pleasure-grouhds DeIorc
the CITY had extended itself SO lar as IL mas
already done. 1t is not announced that any
decision has been reached by the committee nav
roc
ing the matter in charge, although seVerai si'eo
have been offered There is disposition OH
the part of owners of property In THESE cIrcum-
stances to put extravagant prices on tneir hoiu-
inps II is to be hoped that no feeHng Oh .lIaV
kind will prevail in the present. instance lne
authorities ought TO have the privilege Oh 'ah-
ing the needed land by right OF eminent DOMAIN
in case the owners are obdurate' ouch parks
&C are proposed are the concern Of the whole
citv and the sooner they are established the
better. Doubtless no better investment OF the
COW, IN bond could be made than for the purpose
nronosed. provided the selections Of sites are maze
r-iseIv and with due regard to the best interests
If the various neighborhoods to be benented
The principal feature of Governor Hills In
-, ooromonies should be a saloon-keepers'
ball
"a Iersevnanp complains to The CONNER
ciol Advertiser of this city that the otner DAY
he received copy of that paper containing an
. Evening POST supplement- Well, on the same
occasion some other Jerseyman doubtless received
an Evening Post" covering Commercial Ad-
vertiser" supplement. Now look you, Horauo
which of these two wretched Jerseymen was en-
titled TO feel the worse? All, there is good deal
Of misery abroad in the world. even at the merry
Christmas season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28
PROTECT THE ISTHMUS.
From The baltimore American.

From Tho baltimore Ancrfcan.
The collapse of the Panama bubble will not only
disaster In France. where most OF the stock is
owned but the failure Is fully realized on
the Ishmus trouble be expected By the side OK
which all recent disturbances Of the most trivial
character Our Government by treaty has en-
gagged to protect the Isthmus. No time should b
wasted, therefore. In distributing the Navy to
fulfil the obligation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28
THE POPULARITY OF wAGNER's WORKS.


1.-THE Herald, has lately discussed the question 81
attendance ON the representations of Wagneran
works at the Opera House. On Sunday 1t minated
that Faust, would this week prove much moro
attractive than Die Meistersnger' 1t Is not tho
intention Of the commentator TO reflect In any manner
upon Gounod's beautiful opera, but as bearing on
the question of its popularity in NewYork In com-
parison with that of the Wagnerian list, here arc
some figures drawn from source of unquestioned
authority: In the of 1S55-1Ss6, Faust
stood eighth in list of nine operas with fve per-
formances and an average attendance OF 1000 The
wagnerian operas given that season were Die Meis-
tersngerr Tannhaeuser,7 RenZP and 7" Iohengrin,'
which together had twenty three representations and
an average attendance of 2,450 In the season Of
fss6-l887 Faust" thirteenth in a list OF four.
teen with three performances, average receipts Of
50 $40 and an average attendance Of 1895. :" iris
tan" "Tannhaeuser,' LOhengrin,' "Mestersinger,'
"walluerea and Rienzi" had a total Of thrtyono
performances, with receipts averaging s34o4 10 and
an average attendance Of 1861 In the season OF
18s7Iss8 Faust" for the first time In the history
of the German opera the Metropolitan Opera House,
showed as great popularity the least popular OF
the Wagnerian operas. 1t stood seventh In the
seasons list, being preceded by Die Goetterdaem'
mcrlng,n "slegfried,' "walkuere," Tristan and
Lohengrin and succeeded by Tannhaeuser' and
Meistersinger.n Gounod's opera had only four per-
formances however, while the seven operas OF
Wagner had thirty-six. The averages Of receipts
and attendance were as follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28

from Inc MInncapOIis TfIbunc
Puget Sound cities confidently anticipating .
boom next season. Look not upon tho boom when IL
ragcth-when IL giyeth its color to the real estate
market-for at the last II biteth like blizzard a1
stngeth like a bald hornet that hath grown enraged
with the small boy with his pocketful Of rockA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28
MUSIC.
HANDEL,S "MESSIAHn

The annual Chrfstmastide performance Of "The
Messiah by the Oratorio Society was so heartily en-
joyed by brilliant audience at the Metropolitan
Opera House last night. that 1t would almost be I'M
pardonable to apply severe standard In passing
critical judgment upon It, Coming at this season
of the year, tho performance is hardly a concert In
tho ordinary meaning of the term 10 par axes some
what of devotional character. and whether the
music Is performed WELL Ill Indifferent really makes
little difference TO the public. Discrimination waits
affection and the conviction that in the magnificent
old oratoro tho religious faith OF millions is hymned
with unequaled eloquence, begcts a frame Of mind
that largely subordinates the music to the splne
Of the text.
1t would neither be wise nor amiable 10 rail 40
a state Of affairs productive Of happiness and
it IS possibly we'll enough that the conventional
performance of Tho Messiah as We have IL year
after year from the Oratorio Society gives on thS
whole so few occasions for faurnnding. Tho
merit IS negative, but II may be set down
as merit We can imagine performance
Of vastly different character-onc that would dis
close beauties in the oratorio which now are never
dreamed of-but such performance presupposes
conductor imbued with zeal in behalf OF the gospet
Of truth and beauty akin to that which hred ING
prophets Of old and fulness OF knowledge concernr
ing HandeIs sublime composition. Such conductor
would not be content with the humdrum performance
which to satisfy the artistic conscience ana
the intellect OF the conductor OF the Oratorio oooey
1t IS perhaps needless TO say mat such cohuucos
would not have committed the binder OF thinking
that he was approaching Hande's ideal by douonh8
all the wind instruments in the orchestra and Destroy
ing all the delicate cfecis g; tone color which Mozaro
introduced I'm IIandcrs =. T and then completing mo
work OF obfuscation =" he use of The organ whose
accompanments But ia Is bordering on the kind
of criticism which might be deemed objectionable IN
this period of intensified susceptibility
The solo parts were in the hands of Nine. Fursch-
Mad Miss Anna L. Kelly Miss Emily Winant Will
lam Dennison and Emil F1scher-capaDie artists an
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28
The transition from a White Cap to black
cap should be made easy.

Yes, Chicago is certainly making gratifying
advances. 1t has just suppressed the calliope
which has for some time been pouring sweet
but ostentatious music into its ears. 1t was a
calliope which played such Justly popular airs
rs Pretty Fisher Maiden Marching Through
Georgia. and In the Cleaning Neverthe-
less it was convicted of utterng " walls of agony
like an Ohio River steamboat and the Chi
cago ear protested until the police interfered.
This, doubtless, marks the beginning of new
and more critical era in the career of the star
eyed goddess of music in Illinois.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28

II District-Attorney Fellows is going to
make an honest effort to convict one of the
"boodle' rascals, Justice Daniels is a good man
before whom to try the case. But if he is not
going to be honest, an unfortunate selection of
the trial Judge has been made. Judge Daniels is
not the sort of man who will permit his court to
be triHed with. The character of Mr.. Fellowss
motives viii be judged in the light Of his
actions. But before he goes into another
"boodle'' case he would better make sure of
his health. 1t will not do to leave town in the
middle of the case for journey to the Hot
Springs.
The destruction by fire Of the business part
of Marblehead was so complete that the in
habitants of that famous old town might have
been freely pardoned if courage and energy
had temporarily deserted them But it turns
out that they have no reason to plead such al
excuse. They have pulled themselves to-
gether'' with remarkable promptness, and have
already set on foot plans for rebuilding with
brick in place of wood. The assistance of the
town to those who are without sufficient means
10 reproduce what they have lost is talked of,
and the exercise of private benevolence and
hospitality is general. The American people,
following the familiar Interpretation OF the
dealings Of Providence love to help those who
help themselves, and if their brethren in Mar
blehead are forced to ask for outside relief the
response will be cordial and abundant.
The 9th Regiment will find many sympa-
hizers in its present unhappy position. 1t has
been unlucky enough TO provoke impacable
snmity in certain high quarters, and there is a
disposition on the part of a few influential
officials to leave ii as nearly roofiess and home
less as possible. The matter caused some, sharp
talk In the Sinking Fund Commission ycster-
day. The National Guard is so much an OBJ
Iect Of goodwill and pride On the part of the