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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
HINT TO sTBEgr BANDS

Tho average street band is understood 60 COM
plain In great bitterness Of spirit that the people
of this town have no ear for music. None 70
speak Of The band plays. and plays, and plays |;
but instead Of being rewarded with silver nickel
showers or even with On impalpable encore. too
often it receives only the inverted recognition Of
cold shoulders, Slammed windows and language
unfit for publication. It Is only too evident that
New-York II not in sympathy with the street
band; and so the band had better 20. Bat 60
where2 II the band win kindly run Its eyes over
this interesting little item OF late foreign news, IL
will discover that It's natural home, its paradise.
in fsct is Berlin:
4 pesseart driver n Ds<ln played on his horn
day anp l The wcll.inown air, Just Thirty
Year oh Art Thoa' anc was fSrthy Nth arrested
s sd music nS whine @ s emperor 1
Of 10, and sent him POS - consolation.
There can be no mistal1ing tho significance OF
this. Any street band which knows even the r,,-
diments Of finance viii see that there Is no easier
way for II TO acquire surplus, good biz one,
than by getting s25 for being fined 75 cents.
Yes; all that en- Industrious Woodworking street
band has TO do in order TO secure its members a
competency for their old age Is to aexecutc'
music each day in the year complimentary to tho
Emperor. and then walk into the police court
and pay the regulation Hne imposed for playing
other than the prescribed vocal and instrumental
music That is ell. The Emperor Is evidently
generous-hearted gentleman. with fine open ear
for music and y thorough appreciation Of musical
homage. band which gave strict attention "a
business and diregarded the cighthour law might
readily manage to he fined twice In the morning
and as many times in the afternoon and evening
By so doing it would incur six fines at rs cents
fine. and be rewarded with six royal consolation
stakes at s25 stake This would afford the
band net profit Of s1Ab so, which we suppose
is good deal better than any such organization
can do in New-York.
70 organ grinders, amateurs that play the German
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
A DEAF RACE.

In recent letter TO Senator Hale upon -'ne
collection Of statistics for the next census re-
,ord;rg the detective classes, Professor Alex
ander Graham Bell brings to hight some very
curious facts. It viii no doubt surprise many
to be told, at a time when so much progress Is
be;np made in the treatment Of deaf-mutes, the
hind the idiotic and the insane, and in sur
haunting the barriers which so long cut them
off from the world, that their number Is in
creas;ne much more rapidly than the popula-
son. The census returns OF 1880 showed an
increase in thirty years Of 100 per cent, while
the increase Of population was only little over
90 per cent. Professor Bell declares that
careful examination Of the census figures shows
that In the case of deaf mutegthis is not an in
crease due to more accurate enumerat IN, bui
a real and marked growth. This Is DEM
onstrated by examining the statistics OF pop
ulation by ages. 1t is found that there Is a
larger proportion of deaf-mutes among tho
Younger persons than among the older, and
that there Is, in fact steady proportionate
increase. going down the scale Of age, until
quite Young children are reached. In 1850
there were reported $500 deaf-mutcs out OF
population of $4,000, 600, while in 1880
there were reported 33,s7S out Of population
of 10000, O00--an increase more than double
that Of the population. OF those born deaf
who were living in 1880 nearly onethird were
under twenty years Of ago. and nearly one
half were under thirty.
There has been q great increase IN recent
years In the number Of deaf-mutes who were
not born deaf. but this Is attributed to an
endemic of cerebro-spinal meningitis, which
is expected to pass away as othor epidemics
have done. Tho great increase among con-
genital deaf-mutes Is ascribed 10 intesmar-
nages These began about seventy years ago,
and have now become 30 common that Pro
fessor Bell believes that not less than 90 per
cent of the marriages of deaf-mutes are with
deaf mutes. Out Of 1,44s cases Of marriage,
5 per cent were with hearing persons. Deaf
mute children born Of deafmute parents are
now numbered by hundreds, and the proportion
Of deafness among the offspring, where this
system OF intermarriage Is continued, goes on
increasing. There arc cases on record in which
deafness has been handed down in this way
through three four. and even five generations.
A number Of distinguished scientists, most Of
whom are experts on herediy, such IA Pro-
fessors E. d. Cope. Alpheus Hyatt, w. II.
Brewer, Simon Newcomb and w. r. Brooks.
and DIR. Bowditch, Of Harvard, agree with
Professor Bell in thinking that IL this custom
is maintained, it may result in the formation
Of deaf variety of the human race In America,
In which all or most Of the children will be
born deafn
This is startling possibility in evolution
backward in an enlightened age. Yet tho
motive leading TO such marriages is obviously
strong. The deafmute finds in the deaf-umte
the quickest comprehension and sympathy, and
IL is easy to see why they choose their life
companions among their own kind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

fessionsl fighters 10 carry on their Quarrels
With one another or to pcrpetrats their ne
yenges, and usually II is impossible to get any
testimony in the courts from Chinese witnesses
in cases Of the hind. Practically the Chinese
administer their own laws, and violate those
Of the State with impunity is, so far as
the latter apply TO their relations with their
own countrymen. II would be curious, and
not at all agreeable, were similarly anomalous
state of affairs to growV6p where the Sicilisn
or other European immigrants have established
themselves, but IL is evident that so long as
foreigners cling together and refuse to mingle
with the American population there Is real
danger Of this, and it is not less apparent that
good citizens cannot be developed through the
separate colony system.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
THE IRISH DRAMA.

The scenes are shifted rapidly in the Irish
political drama. The debate in Parliament on
Friday was rendered memorable by Mr.. Glad
stones speech and the extraordinary reception
accorded to MIR. Parnell. The speech, as
whole, may have been deficient in debating
power, for the Liberal leader reserved his re-
sources for the closing passages which were
delivered in his most imprisoned manner. AS
his strongest argument in favor Of the Home
Rule bill three years ago was the fact that
English law has an alien and foreign aspect
In Ireland and does not command the respect
Of the people. 30 his indictment Of the Govern
ment is based upon the lack of moral sanction
Of it's methods Of governing the island. The
breach between the people and the Govern
ment, he declared, had been widened; popular
confidence in the administration of the law was
almost gone. Then followed an indictment
Of the Unionist polby which was unanswer-
able. Ireland he exclaimed, Is now gov
erned in conflict with five-sixths of her repre-
sentatives in Parliament one-fourth Of whom
it has been necessary to send to prisons, which,
through the action of the Government, become
temples Of honor" That is sentence that will
ring through England. 1t is 1amentably true
that Ireland is governed in accord with the
wishes OF minority. and that one-fourth of the
majority Of its legally elected representatives
are prosecuted and imprisoned for political
offences. There is no other country in Europe
where the political aspirations Of large body
Of population are 30 ruthlessly overborne as in
Ireland. England is the only modern State Of
the first rank that arrests and imprisons repre-
seutativeS Of the people on grounds which are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

cars in Broadway. Is he reiterates, ne must also
expect 10 pay the city . substantial price ,os
the privilege. It may be considered as ses''ec
that our municipal authorities are gong 70
keen Jealous eye on the public Streets ana
TO guard them against every effort OF indi-
yiduals to make excessive profits from iran
chises relating to their use. There has been
too much giving away on the part OF the Guy
already. What we have left we propose ~
hold warily, and to part with only 70 'ne
pubiic advantage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
IMPORTED gENDETTAs.

The police of New-0rleans are embarrassed
by the lawless and clannish practices Of a
colony of Sicilians recently planted there. The
Sicilians brought with them the custom Of the
vendetta, and when man had been assas-
sinated 1t was found impossible to apply the
law, because every witness Of t5e crime who
offered to testify was forthwith spirited away,
and-as has just been discovered-at least two,
and perhaps four Of them, were murdered.
Most people will be apt to think that the.ven-
detta as practised still in parts Of the South, is
quite as much of that species Of mediaeyalism
as this country can afford to suffer, but tho
Sicilian difficulty Is increased by the general
tendency of those people to resist the law and
to refuse to testify, while it Is obvious that the
latter habit is strongly fortified by the penal
ties which the friends Of the assassins, or the
assassins themselves, inflict upon talkative
neighbors. As the Sicilans and Italians usual
ly crowd together and set up colonies wher-
ever they GO these evils do not seem likely
TO disappear Of themselves, and the experience
Of California with the Chinese--yery similar
in many respects-suggests increasing and DOS
sibly serious trouble from this Importation OF
barbarous practices.
In San Francisco the lifetime Of q generation
has not suff1ced to evolve any practical means
Of dealing with the Chinese lawbreakers and
fostcrers Of deadly feuds. OF course, the Ian
guage is great barrier in this case, for the
Chinese Highbinders Cor Brayos) can and do
actually post placards Offering rewards for the
murder Of specified individuals, and the police
Of the city remain in ignorance Of what IL
going on. The Chinese companies which gov
ern the Chinese quarter have done the ssuse
thing They also have hired bands Of pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

Secretary and My. Endleott wlI reuialn q ~ ~
Ton until APRIL and then 50 to xnsland. q
Lady Lindsay. TIE song.wntsr, h fortysaya ~
statuesquo and fond Of wearing classical costuss ~
paints IN water colos charminsly and whites nush
Tor the magazines.
Ths Dule Of NewssstIo built rs~ ehurch =
cnmb0 ct cost Of over e2ooooQ. end his. szst>fId
tenants e have put . ane memorial window n 4 = s
Miss sussn cobbett whose interesting bttsr aboaa
her Ather sddressed to Mr. Robert wstss hsr sthsea
- tho sgs g eighty years. ehe spcat The 3tsr paFs
copies q y 1sssFss PolltisI ksrsts: znosSsf
ia Ss 's 3; tssSsss sa sss "a :ss
hoosiers Nest 8 to name Of Mrs.. Ha,fordas vtn>ss
fs ar ons e 1T; 0fi.pds Florida It point olsnA ~
Mr.. Edward LOyd. the great English t,sss, i !
cricket enthusiast. His grandfather was bapdnastse
OF the coldstream 0uasds Ms father and motAsr wes
I 6s ssns q as r's a. y ,en bang tsnd
success. ~ IS - = sss,1e'' -
Mr. John D. RockefssIR vrstss - - ~. r =.
Gafes that be WIN contrfbnh ons hurdz,d ,Aousan6
dollars to the American Bsptst rdHa1ipu sscssty,
payable required for III snt5buoru = e1ncasonai
g oas s N i ne, Uas 81. s:stsr
during osch month, beginning via Max<A ank ea6aQ
with December next.
The excellent shaksspsare rssdsr. Nj. Loeb RieA&
ardsoD-whosc name Is guarantee Of supeE1a4vs nst
IN this ART and Of unalaoyed pleasure 10 hs audsnos
Is giving series Of recttak q Historical Han, Brook&
lyn. This announcement IL one that TIE public heylo
heed TO rits own interest
ia Rsvolts," the Anarchist organ Of which Primes
Krapotkins Is editor Il little shoet about ths sss
Of an ordinary prospectus, and h yublAhsd IN sixk
story In ons Of the worst Quaxtsrs Of Paris. Eiisse
Reclus is ono Of It's nMn suppoftsrs, and bruhsn;
down workman Is the ostendbls printer Th&D
wretchsd leaaet which used some ten years ago y
DO published at Vienna has larger number Of eoEs-
spondents than many moro pretsneoyS journal 10
gets moro news nom Spain and Italy than from any
whore else, but from the Cape Of Good Hops 70 ~
circle with which It Is In communication. WHAT
ever be the fashion of other journals, Il IL hardly
necessary to add that Its polygiot contributors Ao4
fast to tho old tradition Of anonymity.
Mr. Ario Bates, in The Book Buyer,' quotes the
following dialogue - having taken place between
wendell Philips and Thomas O. Appleton when
they wcrc young and brenes lawyers, rch and to-
aristocratic to attract business One day Appletou
asked Phillips he had any clients yet q Not .
ciient,s was the reply. How long" Appleton
asked are you going e hold on, 4, I'm sttins pss:sy
tired q i ..d sh Nave q ~ .nS 9n
don't got sta by thai time shall take up cauzes
AS matter Of fact MI Phillips did taxa up cooees
as al tho work. mows,' willis Mr.. Appleton bceazna
tho most charming of dilettant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

ETSMERIA.

Tbe hind az intellectual epidemic which has
arisen out of Mrs. Humphry Wards novel, and
which Mrs DeIaud's story has aggravated, has
some I'm ri.os aepects In the first place, no qucs-
tion is yasea IN either of these books which has
not been familiar for many years to oil who Keep
In touch with religious discussion and develop
ment In the second place, the issues rs presented
through the medium Of fiction have been received
and treated as though they were quito new Inc
reasonable inference from these facts OF course Is
that there are great many novelreadefs VINO 90
not read any more serious literature, and the sug
gestion naturally grows out of this that hction may
be employed to bring before this Chess consioefa-
tons which they would hardly encounter IN any
other way. Elsmeria cannot be regarded as s'e-
niAcant of the spread Of what is loosely Termed
advanced thought for in truth 1t is concerned
with views and mental attitudes supposed py enosc
who really keep pace with the ume-spire W
have been outgrown. To find deep significance III
such halfway doctrines and discussions as MIS-
Wards is not proof Of forwardness, but OF DacK-
wardness in short
The agitation caused in certain circles By these
novels is, however, doubtlessly less genuine THAN
&c appears on the surface. 1t is in part mere
movement of vogue and fashion; an illustration OF
the initiative tendency which seems to grow with
the development of means of communication and
what are called the agencies Of civilization gen.
orally. Preachers must be good deal astonished
OF the apparently powerful impression produced
by these books, however, and perhaps some OF
them may be discouraged by what is capable OF
bsing interpreted as measure Of their own WORK
In past years But there is reason 10 believe tnat
the majority Of those who have taken the cpl
demic are introduced now for the h-st time 70
questions which elsewhere have been debated ana
dealt with long ago. II this be the case there Is
no cause for uneasiness; for inasmuch as 1ndlner-
ence Is always the deadlest foe of religion, what
ever stimulates thought and srouses interest IN
such issues is likely to produce wholesome results
In the long run.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

Our 1ak0 correspondents says tne mOnafcnl-
oal Governments Of Europe have got up boy
oct against france. II France would only get
up boycott against internal sgitators, and
enforce it she needn't mind what the kings
and smpercrs think or say.
Pigott's telegram to Mr.. scames imploring
him to send what he promisedn is certainly
scurious paper. It is evidence of some sort Of
understanding between the forger and The
Times" people, If il is evidence of anything,
which, Of course, it may not be. Pigott was
20 much OF a liar that even his natural and UNI
considered observations are open to doubt and
suspicion. But in view Of Sir Charles Russelrs
deliberate charge Of conspiracy, the telegram
hes IN ugly look, a look that is not relieved by
the conduct Of Mr.. Macdonald in betrsying
the informer to the police.
Nsw-York and Brooklyn, and especially
Brooklyn, poured themselves steadily into the
Panusylvsnia Railroad forryboats yesterday
and were whirled away to Washington. The
snthudasm aroused BY General Harrison's in
auguration all over the country exhibits itself
IN the remarkable spectacle presented by this
exodus. and by others equally remarkable. The
representation of this city and State at the
ceremonies tomorrow will be larger than ever
before. Almost all the prominent Republicans
from Long Island to the lakes are there al
ready. while thousands less prominent but not
1ens enthusiastic, organized in clubs and mill
tazy companies, are arriving BY every train.
r. IL shall turn cut to be fact that the
eoctch cutter Thistle has been provided with
ems q those dishonest and shameless Yankee
oontxivances, as our British cousins have here.
tofore characterized the centreboard. and that
she IL coming over here to race for the Anneri-
csc Cup thus wickedly equipped, it viii be no
lea funny than interesting. The Thistls's
owners are undoubtedly men of enterprise and
pirit. They were profoundly disguised when
1heir beautiful vessel. the unrivaIled queen oil
their own waters, met with such an mmiti-
eated humi]iation here. II Is more than pos
sblh hat tho lesson Of her defeat was SO deep
~ impressed upon them that they have wisely
eoua1nde6 to acknowledge 1t in manner not
nh ooruplate snd graceful. but with paying
Donsibflites- Il would be great day Cor the
Gootckmen x, by sticking centrebosrd ID
ihsir craft 1key could carry home with them
~ ~ snbaRs 3 crown Of glory.
Yhet enterprising but none TOO generous
i rkiln1 1lpAla Syndicate who have invaded New
IS<k 0i4 2nd captured several Of 81 ereet
4 ~ 1ysfen1 fr1ist thtt despite Mayor Grants
q - uIcn ~ viii unzio btedly hays cable csrs
I a. ikafr Bx0odWny Line within ninety days.
~ er1le coSs Is ceble can there Is no objec-:
3 {. sf "a ~ n Ilndefphix eyndicatgs max
y nIotS money opt n N8n- oxIss str6e
80 {k>,, 49, ~. rosv M King vvifb6,,k
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
EIGHTEEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign The body of the Madrid suicide was
identified as Pgott, the forger of the Parnen let
ters. - In the Canadian Parliament motion
10 continue the modus vivendi in force for an
other year was defeated-yeas, IS; Lays, 10S
- The French Chamber Of Deputies voted ap-
prevail of the Ministerial order suppressing the
Patriotic League === The German Government
decided to prevent Dr. Peters's expedition from
proceeding into the interior Of Africa. - The
Pope celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday.
Congress Both branches in session. - SEN
stu: Appropriation bills were considered; the
Direct Tax bill vetoed by President Cleveland, and
subsequently passed over the veto-45 to 0. -
House: Appropriation bills occupied the sessions
Domestic General Harrison called at the White
House: belief was expressed that Ex-Governor
Furncss, Of Nebraska. would be appointed Secre-
tary Of Agriculture - Physicians expressed
themselves as puzzled by strange epidemic in
Webster County, Ky. - Baltimore WINS crowded
with people who could not find satisfactory lodg-
ings in Washington - Prohbitionists in Mas
sachusetts were hopeful Of majority for the pro-
posed constitutional amendment 49, Governor
Hovey decided to ask the courts to pass on the
Authority Of the Indiana Legislature in making
appointments.
City and Suburben.-A large number Of Repub-
hcAnsI ueparatey and in clubs, started for Wash
meton to attend the Inauguration ceremonies.
49, The libel against the steamer Conserva, for
nsfly the Madrid, Was dismissed. = An I'm
stance Of tampering with q talesman was discov-
cred IN the Kerr trial. the eleventh juror was Sc
cured 49, DR.. A. P. Smith, Danbury physi-
clan, was found unconscious at the Sturtevant
House, suffering from belladonna poisoning. ---
Mia Alice Smith, age eighteen, an heir Of A. T..
Stewart, became insane while riding on train on
the Long Island Railway. - Stocks duh with
small dnctuation, closing strong
Tho Weather. indications for to-day: Rain,
with stationary temperature. Temperature yes
to-day: Highest ls degrees; lowest. "a; average
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

Some Of the Northern papers, says The
Atlanta Constitution" are preparing to admit
that George Washington was yirginian.' Wen
now, suppose some Southern newspapers return the
compliment by admitting that George Washington
was in favor of fair play at the ballot-box
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

Our Paris correspondent says the monarchi-
oal Governments Of Europe have got up boy
oct against France. II France would only get
up boycoH against internal sgitators, and
enforce it she needn't mind what the kings
and emperors think or say.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

DR.. Talcott is quoted as asserting that the
reading Of 100 lines OF Homer Is the best thing
In the world to 60 TO sleep on Thus does thu
doctor furnish new cure for insomnia, which
is also o powerful argument in favor of the
classical course.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
piTots was consistent TO the last

The brave old soldier. Sigel, win have the
xympathy Of the community in the affiictioa thai
has fallen upon him. Why is it that the errins
nsver pause TO reflect that the worst sequel their
crimes can have is the suffering and shame they
bring upon the innocent7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

BrsliIfss Ncfires.

A.-BoKERs B1TrERs SINCE 1923 acknowl-
49, ~ - ~ FAn the and pNKsr Stomach Bistefs
sss5Sc schsSksf fsken PuRH With wines or LIQUORS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

General Harrison remarked TO caller on Wednes-
day that he did not know his car was TO be
stopped ut q side street upon his arrival as
Washington or he should havc objected. lie pre-
ferred going on to the depot. That preference
was based on q sound principle. Presidents should
neither seek nor avoid crowds. They should
neither run after ovations nor away from them.
The people like to SEQ their President and II Of
tends their sense Of propriesx 70 have him hioin9
and lodging 20 get out Of their sighe- oene,ai
Harrison shows the right spirit He is Of the
people and with the people.