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The sun., 1889-12-28
Foreign Notes or Real Iuterest.

The socialiBtc press of Germany Is exhorng all Ger
| man worknGmen TO mako 4 grand demonstration on
next May In favor OF the ei3hthOur working day
Dozens of worknRmenS organizations throughout the
empire have already made preparations In harmony
with the sentiments of their organs They all Will
make May n holiday and will talk and act as much
socialism then tho police and the anti-soc Ia
st law permit great impetus to ths particular eight
hour movement Of 1880 in Germany well as in
America and most other civilized countries given
by the Congress the Marxiss at Paris last summer
They strongest in Germany and Austria They have
considerable hold also on the workingmen in France.
where they Ake generally known as GueBdstA
The Chnese Recorder of Shanghai contains paper on
the Life and Writings OF tho God of Literature Z"
This being 1t appearA lived through seventeen differ.
ent lives as scholar and Official although tho records
of only nine lives now exist the remaining eight
never having been preserved. In his own person
he completed tho perfection OF the three religions
OF China Ono of his works contains 4 chapter on
ghosts and men. of which the following is the SUB
stance: "a ghost is the corrupt part OF man and man
10 tho pure part OF ghost man be q ghost and
ghost can bo man. The man and the ghost are mu-
tually related; why separate man and ghostf Tho
ghost becomes mani then man must become ghost
II man does not become ghost he will surely be able
10 perfect manhood IL dicut for ghost to become
man because 1t hAA fallen to EhosthoOd and because
II has lost manhood Aman is ghost; a ghost Is n
mani but all men are not ghosA neither Ia every ghost
Aman" 1t AppearA Also that 1t is possible, although
dinicut for man to escape becoming ghost This Ia
how II can be done: Those who be respectful
without feeling ashamed who can be submissive with.
out deception who can obey to perfection the rule of
lfe and able to preserve their natural force una
bAted, secretly cheriEhing growth will become bud.
dhAs or Reni, but not Rhosta-"
pathetic story is that OF little French boy Who
being inhGmed with the national longing to see the
great Exposition mado the most strenuous Efforts to
thAtend but failed Twice lie left his home in pro-
VnciAl town to tramp to PArS AMI twice WAS he sent
AMI hef
The sun., 1889-12-28
uH. aoosETE1r 1SoU1R1Ns AROUND
Hute Democratic AssessnsAts aAa RePub-
Iienn Contributions.


Iieaa Contributions.
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt, the only Chinese
Commissioner that people hear about, was
again at the Custom House yesterday. He had
come from Washington to make another In
yestiRation, leaving the other two Mandarins
slowed away somewhere. Mr.. Roosevelt was
brim full Of vigor and bubbling over with en-
thusiastic energy. He started In early in the
little Chinese mill hundred feet from Col
lector Erhardt's offlco. lot OF subordinates
In Surveyor Lyons department were corraled
and shuntod along the narrow corridors into
the room. They were weighers and assistant
welghers and others and nearly all were Ro-
pubicans. They were tlmid at first They
didn't seem to know why they had
been dragged into the presence OF the
Mogul. But Mr.. Roosevelt was cordial
and their fears subsided. and they proved
to be almost garrulous witnesses In their
testimony as to how they had heen
forced to pay political assessments under Bur-
veyor Beattie. The old story OF Widow Magin-
nlsss pig was trotted out again. and for the
four hundred and forty 1eventh time they told
how they were marched up to the Hon. Dick
Jordans campaign ranch in Liberty street, and
mulcted as regularly as q municipal. State. or
national campaign came around. Their chief
objection to such proceedinRs was that as
Republioans they we're compelled to chip IN
have cared o copper II they had been asked to
contribute" 70 Republican campaign funds.
Ss'E5 ro Te he 81
tribution" In giving their testimony had its
elements OF humor. Under the Democratic
campaign they contributed"
Mr.. Roosevelt also examined number OF
subordinates as to the methods used by them
In securing appointment under Collector Ma
gone. II is asserted by come Of MIR; Roose-
appointments were made in violation OF the
Chinese statutes. The same charge is made
AGAINST some Of Naval oGioe5 BuEt's appoint,
dusk. Mr.. Roosevelt then announced that
he had nothing to say for the present. His
report would be handed TO his brother Com
missioners. They might accept It and then
again they might reject 1t and come on here
and mako an investigation for themselves.
MIR. Roosevelt will return and start other in
vestigations at the Custom House next week.
he was asked II remSoyals were likely 70 follow
1t was not time yet to talk about such matters.
The sun., 1889-12-28
ExUsB TRIALS BIZ POLICE JUSTICES.
Tho Grand Jury RenowS the SuGgesttOn-
Down on tho Uso OF Child Spies.

The Grand Jury RenevvS the SuGgesttOn-
Down on tho Use OF Child Spies.
Tho Grand Jury expressed their views
upon tho excise question in q presentment
submitted to Judge Gildersleeve yesterday.
The say that they agree with the Octo-
ber Grand Jury that excise cases ought
to be disposed OF by summary proceed
inRs before o magistrate, or In the Court Of
Special Sessions. either with or without O jury.
They say that the District Attorney has sub
mitted to them large number Of these cases,
but the pressure Of other business and the In
vestigation OF matters Of grave public import
ance have prevented them from considering
more than very few. They believe
that the Grand Jury Of this county cannot In
vestigate and present excise cases and at the
same time give proper attention and time to
the great volume OF other business impora-
lively demanding their consideration. But.
even II the Grand Jury could deal with their
part Of the procedure now in vogue in these
gases. 1t would be impossible for the General
Sessions Court with its already crowded CAL
mente found. They say: '''- " 0 - ~
1t is manifest that no reason exists why. in
should be IN force than in ali The Other e coun.
ties OF the State where Courts OF Special Ses-
stons f have J4risdietion to try excise cases BY
the Court OF Special Sessions. with or without
jury. as the defendant may elect.
- 1t appears that minor children are come
times used BY and with the consent OF the po-
lice authorities OF this city. or their subor-
dinates. in procuring evidence to be used In
criminal prosecutions; more especially against
houses OF III fame. The result. in many in
evil influences and great danger Of moral con-
tamination. and the Grand Jury. believe that
should be abolished. as it now exists. We,
therefore recommend that the Police Depart
from being in any way concerned In the use OF
minors In the procuring OF evidence"
The sun., 1889-12-28

mako It may break II, as they have already
broken their promise to pay q stipend to the
aged Dom PEDRO IL, and their far moro Inn
portant pledge not to interfere with the turis-
diction and procedure Of the ordinary
courts. II the Brazilian people want re-
public, and want 1t promptly, they will have
TO take the matter into their own hands In
their several provinces They will get, It is
now patent, but little help from the dlctators,
who by means Of soldiers and martial law
will maintain themselvesin autocratao power
as long as possible at Bio de Janeiro.
The sun., 1889-12-28
Justice to Ono Of the Lately Deseatet

SubshCo 70 Ouo VI euO NASSAS NoAoeVS>As
Our esteemed contemporary. the Boston
EbeHtnO Tfdnscyipt, calls attention to an in-
teresting circumstance, although without
touching upon the feature Of It most Inn
portant to the outside public. AcorTespond-
ent writes from Lynchburg:
oen MAnoNE deserves better Of his compatEOts than
the abuse which was 20 abundsnty laVtshed on him In
the canvass"
Gen. MAHoNR deserves all the partisan
consideration due the ono Republican candl-
date who ran ahead Of his ticket at time
OF almost unbroken disaster along the whole
line. In Virginia, the only State outside OF
New York where the regular party division
was not hopelessly lost In the sporadic COM
plications Of prohibition, grangerism, or
forgery, the Republican defeat, at once
the squarest and most crushing, left the
leading candidate the hero OF the day.
MAHoNE was the single member Of his party
running for Governor In the States Of Iowa,
Ohio Virginia, and Massachusetts, who did
not confuse the result OF the election by
dropping behind his ticket.
For this he deserves the thanks Of Demo-
Gratis more than the thanks Of Republicans.
He showed that in square party fight, all
that the Democracy wants for the achieve
ment OF victory is the opportunity to get
together on the national platform OF 1884.
They had that in Virginia last November.
The sun., 1889-12-28
Appea, or the Island Mission.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Permit
me to make. through your columns my annual appeal
to the chartaby disposed behalf OF the friendesn
men, women aud children in the public hoSpitAs asy.
lums. and amshouses on Wards BIAckwollG RandarA
and Harts slanda 1t Sthe especial aim OF the Island
Mission to afford through the channel Of private benev-
oence modest comforts for these Door creatures
IL IL beyond tho province OF the city authorities to
supply Tho private hospitals and each have
their particular friends and patrons who take
the patients want Tor nothing In the city pub io chG
table institutions tho Island Mission seeks 10 NIL tho
place OF these at least do something cheer
monotonous existence Of the inmates The claims OF
the sick and crippled children RandAlB Island will
appeal at this Christmas season especially to
the sympathes OF happy boys and girls In their
Portable homes.
PictursA framed and unframed toys CHEAP and nde-
Btructlbe preferred games and chilirenR books
may be sent TO the house OF Mrs Richard Hunt Wee
President North Washington square. Money contrl.
buttons will be received by Mrs ASmore AoinR Treas
uror iO2 WaysrIey place. Yours faithfully.
MONTAGUE MARKA
President Of the Island Mission. for cheering the lives
The sun., 1889-12-28
WHAT WE ARE lLL TALKING IBoUr.

One would not naturally expect to and in tho Trsnch
| quarter person wAo had been at all intimate viiA'
Thackeray Dickens but in Bleecker street there
EoodookinR GAul to whom both of these celobrated]
men often conndod what their particular vanity a
the way Of food we'll drink Although apparently
old enough to have been on such terms of inmaey
with the two great wrierS Francois Rupert who kssp
| cafe in the street named, used to be 4 waiter In
restaurant frequented by them. and such received
the condolences indicated In regard the fAvors dhs
and drinks Of each. He does not keep particularly
thrilling stories tap in regard to either but he fond
| Of describing ThAckerays broken nose and Rantlk(
proportions and Dickens thunder and lightning waist
coats While he talks to you NJ Rupert brings both
much nearer but after has quilted the cafe
tangible impression remains of his revelations Thi
may be due to various which n Rupert kSsp
on tap in lieu of stories about his former patrons
"I spent tho summer of 1887 in England and scOs
land" said weather observer yesterday. "And n
personally experienced scarcely half dozen wArmt
days during the entire than Christmas Day
don't mean TO say that there not than thA
number Of days when the mercury did not reach oTt
6S', which believe Wednesdays highest hgufc
somewhere In Great Britain during that summer, but
did not happen to be In the particular neRhborhood
which 1t did. When It was warm, comparatively SpeAi
tng, In England, was experiencing october weather
Scotland and by the time had crossed the border EnF
land was no longer even comparatively warm. Thath
the really warm days could be counted the nngen
one hand"
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IT. Ill, 80 - .n As " s.'. - 'i ,:.s An -
~ ,n - ~ 'le .A'"t n~''Ss .DOu' - --A1 ,I,',u
~ '. o'oo"o''s ' ""u - ",
CO.. n.. =. .uA snu I'm Wv
- - " - ~ 80 ~ ',l's' '"S n. :, ~,
go ,Stu a., ,, 70 20 se'sk ''., .S,,,on,
80 ' 'A'sH' III ms Ao"'"S'HnuinE 'no 'o"s'
society he would overturn stil unchanged founI
Henry George 10 In Washington reporting legislative
Affairs from q "ProRrsss and Poverty" point Of VisS
for tho Standard
rA -, -, - ,, -..,..V
~ S,~I oIetAs HA.e ions "Aneu ouo I'-'.,LN
s,1 - ~ ~. 'Oe 'ine 'neS nave hHu 'eH -
S., 80 A''u upoh 'n' 40 o~S" '"e' hopo "
OSoS sN,,sI'-'.' In-' n~ nA1e iN own loo'' ~.
.a.ssN s,Uuy ~ eo"sueIsu nov" anu ihApy % Wv ~
'"as .heir assifes WI, DC EiAslnsa
4'''nk ih INQUEST way intending ~ htN !" "A'.
1T 10 mistake In almost any eAHo to discuss e'"
matters in public" said Of the oicals OF the UnO
League Club yesterday "but 1t seems to me that ID
public ought to be put right concerning great del
the recent comment by the newspapers OF New i0f
upon club ahalrA 1t does not seem to be understood
by people at large that the rejection of candida"
name at club is by no means Sur on his chArae'st
In London or Paris man never considers that
The sun., 1889-12-28
zOLKI GETS FIVE FEARs.
Recorder Smyth Takes stock In His XsIen
that He Used to be Good.

that He Used to he Good.
Paul Zolki, the young dentist who used
his knowledge the of habits of dentists to visit
their offices and steal Instruments, bric.a- brao.
orJewery. WAS arraiRned yesterday In tho Gen
eral Sessions. before Recorder smyth, to re-
ceiye sentence under his plea Of guilty OF as
saulting Dentist @. II. Delamater OF Madison
avenue and Forty-second street with a bar Of
iron wrapped in a newspaper.
Zolki Is dark-complexioned. heavily built
young man. He wept and begged Recorder
ssmysh sanys e give him the lghtest possible SON
a month before the assault upon DR. DelRmater
dhen in ne lost his place, und could not obtain an.
olher. His wife was about to become n mother
and m he could not sleep because OF his anxiety
oordsr d0u s are thoroughly bad. Zolki" said Re-
corder SmXth. Notwithstanding your proies-
tations. The evidence before me shows t6St
SSon SS,tays htays stolen Valuables from a number OF
dentlsts' oihoes, and that you carried this
LqI mqnrderons bar q iron with you on each occT. s
sion undoubtedly with. the fntcnt to use il il
yE% is6cN We're Ha 81 dssoysred in Your thes som
pay ilne OF S5O0. and direct that Won stanI nd
Gommiitted' a day for each dollar. until the fine
The sun., 1889-12-28
Civil Service Questions In nrookIyu.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: read
your recent editorial In The sUS entitled Some Civil
Service GsmA" and know that Of tho questions
asked by the examiners OF the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission are absurd.
For Instance at the examination held In Brooklyn last
August OF the candidates for positions As letter
carriers the city of Brooklyn were asked the follow
ing questions, among others:
Name three StHteA from east TO west that lie wholly
on tho north bank OF the Ohio River. OF Pennsy
vaniA"
What is the princlp pal river In Orsgonf"
city OF BROOKLYN" -
Name Ave horse lines which pass the CitY Hail"
Name nys shnrenss IN the western district of the
This last one MAS puILIer TO those candidates who
lived In the Il. D., great many OF whom could name
ave churches! but whOn 10 locating them found
themselves in the soup" OFFENSIVE PARuSAH.
The sun., 1889-12-28
There WIN be PLENTY OF Roon.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: And he
measured the city with the reed l2ooo furonRa The
length and the breadth and the height of it equal
-Rev xxi, 10.
Twelve thousand furlonGS 100000 feet which, being
cubed is 4s 79a osa COCO cubic feet Reserv.
ing half of this space for throne and
and half balance for SrseS have the remainder
Of l24 l9 272 600 900 cubic feet Divide this
by oa6 the cubical feet in sixteen feet square
and there will he 80 32 S4S T5U 90 100 roOmB will
suppose the world always did and always viii con-
tain vA,OOO "a Inhabitants and that generation Iasts
33% years making IN all 2.s7URu,0O0 every century:
and that the world will stand l0ouoJn0O years 100
centuriea making in ali 2970OOO uOo OOO inhabitantk
Then suppose there were 100 worlds equal to this in
total of 1871 CO.. oOO 0OOO Of persona and there would
be than hundred rooms sixteen feet square for
each person. y. L. WALL
NlM YORK, Dec. a.
The sun., 1889-12-28
Ell RIO REY IN PoLITICa
The Colt Said TO be n Platform on which
His Owner May Hun for Governor.
Eron n, cbIco1o Trjb,fns


Jan. 2, or few days afterward, party OF
prominent sporting men will meet In Chicago
and start for trip across the continent. The
party will be comprised of Dick Roche. Phil
Dwyer. Dave Gideon. the New York book
maker. and Billy Donahue. the noted Jockey.
1t is possible on tho way to the coast that the
party may rest one day at Reno. New, and pay
q Visit to the farm OF Theodore Winters.
AS a representatiye OF Phil Dwyer Roche
asked for price on FL Rio ReY and intimated
that he would pay $4,000. Theodore Winters
telegraphed back that the colt was not for sale
at any price. August Belmont and John II.
Morris. owner of the new Westchester track,
each in his own interest made subsequent
efforts TO got the colt. and made 1t understood
that $50,000 would not be considered too high
price. Even those offers did not tempt. VIM
terS.
=, A, prominent turiman is authority for the
declaration that Winters is q candidate for
Governor Of Nevada. and has good chance to
get the office II everything goes we'll with FL
Rio Rey. The people OF Nevada are proud OF the
COLT and may elect the owner to be their Chief
Executive. To sell the colt would settle Win
ters,s chances. II Winters gets to be Governor
Of Nevada FL Rio Roy will elect him. Thus It
appears that the thoroughbred Is becoming an
element In politics.
The sun., 1889-12-28
In bebalf Of the Hon. BENJAh1N F. TnAc

In behalf OF the Hon. BENJAMIN F. TRACY,
Who when he stepped into public office. aban-
doned his private business, We should like to
ask Mr.C. ]. HAMLrN, OF Buffalo how stands the
latter's theory upon the breeding Of trotters
from highly developed sires. Secretary TRACY
and Mr. HAML1N had a very interesting discus
sion upon this question when both were horse
breeders and later events point rather In the
direction Of the Secretary's side OF IL.
The sun., 1889-12-28

predecessor. there are now some smaller
ones. thought that IL would be better to
have some smaller sizes. It's little Idea Of
my own" And the customer arose In wonder
at the new proprietor's genius.
But could he In truth be called any greater
40 barber than GRovER CLEVELAND as q
statesman and moralist2
The sun., 1889-12-28

Our esteemed contemporary, the Globe
Democrat. thinks that the sailors OF the Emma
Fisher met with horrible fate In the remote
Pacific because they were "eaten by cannibals. :"
Ordinary philosophers would think that the
horrible fate consisted in being killed by can
nibals After that had happened TO them. the
subsequent proceedings interested them no
moro.
The sun., 1889-12-28

The Mugwumps are rushing back to the
bosom OF the Republican party on the pretext
OF what they call ballot reform. And DR..
DEPEw. the great alarmist Of the age. stands
ready to welcome them homo again
"with quips and crankS and wanton wheA
Mods and books and cd smilen"
The sun., 1889-12-28

We fear there is but ono way TO redeem
tho present style Of prosecution against Dock
Commissioners PosT and MATTHEW'S from the
imputatlon OF political partisanship. 1t is for
Commissioner CRAM to put on his bathing
clothes and plunge boldly into the whirlpool
that has been set revolving before his col
leapuea
The sun., 1889-12-28

Our esteemed contemporary, the Boston
Post, is trying to persuade us that tho front Of
the name OF IBsEH, tho culture-talk and anti
marriage dramatist is HENRIK. and that he
lives In Dresden and Rome. Whereas the
truth 10 that his pr@nomen is DINNIs. and his
residence Weissnichtwo.
The sun., 1889-12-28

A man died in Chicago the other day at
the age of ITO. What fierce hold upon life he
must have had. A man who could live to be
40 In Chicago could without difficulty live to
be 1.01O In any place where life is agreeable.
The sun., 1889-12-28

SO Cheap JOHN WANAMAKER keeps scrap
book wherein are recorded the remarks Of the
newspapers about him. II he will give twenty
cents for every complimentary notice he gets.
how many years will 1t take to accumulate cash
enough to buy brass wanamaker2 Here is o
question for the G. 8. R. examinerA
The sun., 1889-12-28

Tommy. II seems to me that your trousers
are rather slick for new par ID It some Of your pas
WoEkr
yes"
ibid he do 10 with hI4 slippsrF
"Not he did II when be used 10 wear them"
The sun., 1889-12-28
Tho experiment. 1t failed to 20;
He meant we'll. but he didn't know"

We, who look on with critic or with wistful
eyes. simply insist that 1t is unnecessary to re-
peat the experiment. 1t is all right for man
to do his level best. but the level best OF some
people ia not equal to the level best OF others.
Doubtful courses and helpless pain must not
happen to the Mugglemupwumples again.
The sun., 1889-12-28
His Ego Put Out by n Quail.


DENIsoN, Tex. Dec. pa very singular &C.
Sidsnt TOOK iSS ,nis mornGE On Ghssdat street
which was in rapid niRht struck Willis In tbs left eye
and will the loss OF the eye Tho attending phyaI
clan ItAtea the pupil ia entirely destroyed.
The sun., 1889-12-28
Knew the sIEnS.

MA, the minister 10 coming"
What makes you think SOF Did you see him Z"
Nos put saw pa take the parrot and lock 1t up Ii
The sun., 1889-12-28

Rev. Mrs. Poorlypaid-If you want me to ax
ySur trousers darling youn have to 20 down tOWA and
buy some buttohA
Rsy Mr. PoOrIypAId-oh, that's = needless expense,
ny dear am going to take up collection for foreign
The sun., 1889-12-28
The Beet WnI neat.


Newspapers which are sneernR at the Re.
publconS ohortS In aid OF the beet sugar Industry
see the day when tho manufacture Of from
triOk
The sun., 1889-12-28

Guest Ito waiterI-WhRt do you mean BY
nothing lArkoTt
The sun., 1889-12-28

For party that regards its claim under it's
old contracts as valid the National Base Bali
League seems to be paying pretty high for
Dlayara
The sun., 1889-12-28

How foolish In her 4 good home IKE thIa Dont
you think she'll regret III
hra SAnpson-fesi my husband went with her.
The sun., 1889-12-28

nj. GSsIin seems to be very anxious for
YES; think he mus. BE- the eager and nipDinE heir
The sun., 1889-12-28

The personal discomfort and the worry OF q eonstaBt
SoaEh ana ihS sorenesA OF l0pgs sud throat which
RSstoTa1L safe medicine for pulmonary disorders and
The sun., 1889-12-28
The Hon. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL has
written the following character Of the Hon.

"Let who has felt compute the strain
ofstruRRlo with abuses strong:
The doubtful course, tho helpless pain
OF seeing best intentB 20 wronEi
We who look on with critic eves,
Exempt from actions crucial test
Human ourselves At least arc wise
In honoring one who did his best"
Another version has "wistful eyes" for
"critic eyes" The variant is unimportant,
and so. with the highest respect to the distin-
guished author are tho verses themselves.
Here Is version Just as good and more concise:
"The experiment 1t failed to go;
He meant well. but he didn't know"