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The sun., 1889-12-16
Tho National Bnr Monthly.

weare favored from time to time with copies
OF Insect Life, magazine edited by Mr.. O.
Y. RILEY. the chief Of the Division Of Ento-
mology of the United States Department of
Agriculture and printed at the Government
Printing Office in Washington, at the ex-
pense Of the people.
There are some curious things about this
periodical which commend 1t to the atten-
ton of the public. In the first place. 1t is
frankly and openly put forth as an enter
prise in special journalism. 1t has the
form Of a magazine 1t has a maya
zine name, as fanciful as the nature Of the
subject permits. 1t is regularly issued, hav-
ing now reached the fifth number Of the
second volume. 1t has an editor in chief and
O staff OF editorial assistants, reporters and
artists. Their names are printed on the
cover. It prints articles from outside con-
tributors. frequently Illustrated by the staff
artists. Each number contains editorial ar
ticles, editorial paragraphs contributed ar
ticles, answers to correspondents, selected
reprint matter, and news reports. None OF
the various disguises under which scientific
enthusiasm at Washington often unloads at
the public expense rubbish which no private
publishing house would undertake to print
as business enterprise, has been adopted
In this case. Insect Life Is magazine and
nothing else; and tho United States Gov
ernment publishes 1t.
Insect Life for November contains sew
eral unsigned editorial articles, an In
stallment Of continued and illustrated
article by Prof. RILEY, entitled Some In
sect Pests Of the Household" half dozen
elaborate papers, among which are 1.-THE
Carnivorous Habits of Tree Crickets" by
MARY E. MURTFELDT, the Life His
tory Of the Corn Bill-Bugs," by F. NJ. Web
sTKR, and "The New Zealand Katipo" by r.
ALLAN WRIGHT Of Auckland. There Is an
interesting report from Stafford county, Vir-
ginia, to the effect that the nezara hilaris
"has abandoned its predatory habit and
taken to a vegetable diet" and we notice
also a manly retraction by one of the as
sistant editors who had stated In previous
number of the magazine that the laphria
CAMS was very abundant in Michigan last
May. "I fear was deceived" he says. 1t
was the bibio albipennis.
The only feature Of full-fedged maga-
zine lacking In this extraordinary periodical,
published by the United States Government
for the qualification of Prof. G. v. RILEY
and limited circle of readers, Is fair dis
play of advertisements at the end. This
would 20 well, for example, on the last page
Of the cover:
The sun., 1889-12-16

The five Central American States have
succeeded at last in drawing up o scheme Of
rudimentary union which Is guarded. conser-
vative. and conciliatory. The ingenuity with
which objections have been evaded is quito re-
markable. The question, for example. Of who
shall be first President. which has so long
blocked all such projects. Is now settled in
way which. II primitive. is at least practical.
and has Scripture precedent On the 18th Of
September next the Presidents OF the five
States are to meet at the capital OF Honduras
and draw lots as to which one OF their number
shall be President Of the United States OF Gen.
tral America for the following year. That
puts an end to intriguing. yet not to hopes.
since twelvemonth later will give some other
one OF the State Presidents chance.
During the first ten years. from 1890 to 1900.
the new union will be to a great degree tenta-
tive Its President will deal simply with for
eign affairs. In which 1t desires to present at
once national consistency. A common citi-
zenship. free trade between the States. and
gradual identity OF laws, judicial systems. and
so on. will be the features Of this experimental
decade. and then in 1890 will come the more
perfect union" with its Federal army in place
OF the State forces.
Tho attempt Is one In which our country can
not fail to take an interest The three north
ern States. Guatemala. Honduras. and San
Salvador. bring. among other things, much the
greater population and area to the new union;
the two southern. Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
bring. among other things. their relations to
the great interoceanio canal. 1t is quite possi-
BILE that jarring interests may at any time
within the next nine months break up the
whole project But at least better start to-
ward success has been made now than at any
previous time since union. or rather reunion,
has been undertaken.
The sun., 1889-12-16

Mrs. MARY TYLER, who died the other
day was not the author of MARY Had q Little
Lamb" She was the MARY who had the little
lamb. The author died some time ago. The
teacher who sent the lamb out OF school has
also gone to her everlasting reward. Probably
the lamb ls dead. All the actors in tho little
drama are off the boards. but the poem lives
and will continue to live.
The sun., 1889-12-16
WHAT We ARE AL 1ALKIvo ABOUT:

good deal has been said about the money that 10
sometimes made out of fars The great German HospL
tai fair Of last netted than $OUO and the
liahnemann Hospital fair considered failure be-
cause the profits amounted only $1,000 1t has zen.
orally been supposed that the cost of running such
fair slight for the most of the things
sold were donated, and tho services OF nearly all the
persons who carried the work were given free Ia
seems however. that there considerable expense at
tached to the conduct Of enterprise The
Hebrew fair for instance. will 1t said have
great deal OF money to overcome the first outlay Tho
total expenses have been estimated at fully SlOoOOn
1t is curious fact that while even the reformed
jews Of New York changing their Sabbath
from Saturday to Sunday, those In smaller citiea
throughout the country have come to point whero
they are seriously considering the subject A jewish
newspaper OF character and standing In the interior Of
this state Ia championing such cha and advancing
arguments drawn from tho Bible itself to prove its
position The main point put forth by II the other
Champions OF the change Is that the observance of
Saturday as Sabbath is certain to become almost obso
lete in this country and that unless to
SEQ their religion gradually fade away they should take
into consideration the drift OF modern opinions and the
ways Of the modern man
Isaac Bromley drove up in front of Lew chidseys
store in New Haven few days ago. and alightinR from
his carriage. went in To Mr.. Chidsey he gave long
list Of articles needed in his kitchen that day Among
them paper OF stove backing mentioned and ME.
Chidsey said: "stovo bsckingt What color Mr..
Bromley !"
Mr. Bromlsv ,ooksd nj ur cb,d,.v ,or !. ,,o..,, 80
said: IN see Ny wife Is In the carriage outside; III
ask her."
Mr. Broml.v lsf, IN. s,or. and ,bror., ,h. ,v,..o-
Mr. Ch,dsev sav him ca,schi,. hi. ,v,,s .. =, a., 80
of stovo bInokino Ms pron,,ov noLo ~, l. ",, y.
her husbands question and he hastily his seat In
NJ the stors niv.o.s,dom NJ pror,S- Wv a'' w.,
sri.nds .ra n,.tIn, !, 80. ,., - -, - 80, 80 "'
.1 1 ' A-A '"0'' N"'"
Now Wellesley College is going have a college cry
The girls are good deal worked mn oysr IN. matter
and no end of proposals arc madethat IA of course
proposals for college cheer There IA ,tropV S.nti
.hS , n' w nkAiuS' AppeAI'he 70 ioNo"
s"S,,.r"r y. e uIo ooiekes IN 'h's se''ous
80 - at',,-,s e' ~ 'ns pet' ~ s'~'' 'n' k'.
.o,,s.' "a, ,NN ~ ao'iuink !" term 'nen
g. sno,,, ' 'e"- VI 'HeoI' III 60, 80
.t a. ~ .sssaN' aiAuU IN 'no oo''to i"on'.'
irioa .s. s - r . 'HA' ."v ,e.l 'nus' 20 "
"a oTs,.G a.. sot,n Tus eS,,nS 'en'ne pA'
OIN iot soHlo'hinE M ou'ilen satisfactory.
The sun., 1889-12-16
ARE YOU TROUBLED WITH CoCKRoACHEs.
SEND Four CENTS ToR sAMrLK PACKAGE or THE
sicILIAN INsrAETANEous INsEcT POWDER BOLD
JOHN wANAMAKER JOHN WANAMAKER
S-PosrnAsrER. GENERAL OF THE UNITED sTATEA-Ga
Mention Insect Lt6l

The cover Of this unique magazine Is deco
rated with an emblematic cut Of six-legged
creature apparently conventionalized or
idealized by the staff artist, and concerning
which we venture no further conjecture
than that 1t may be cross between a pis-
mire and potato bug. About the magazine
itself, In its relations to the taxpayers Of the
United States, there can be no question as
to what sort Of bug 1t Is. It Is q humbug.
The sun., 1889-12-16

The Hon. JAMES E. CAMPBELL hopes that he
will bo Ablo to attend the banquet of the Atlanta
Oh ON rec, On tne iS.n OF neht
progressive and enthusiastic
And he will doubtless receive a nomination
for President OF the United States by the
POLITICALLY eloquent. patriotically emotional,
and impulsively Good-hearted GRADY.
The sun., 1889-12-16

have all tho articles furnished to Il by contract
for every one Of its departments chemically
tested By competent and impartial officers.
where suoh tests are practicable, although. OF
course, the army and the navy principally need
them. It has great advantage in this respect
over the priynte oitizAn.
The sun., 1889-12-16
An Appeal ror 81. R.nea,c,,. uom.

The Rev. John E. Burke OF st. Benedict's
Home for Destitute coored Children. at 100 Macdouga
street, has made an appeal for aid carry on the
still through lack Of fundG ThftySI children can bs
accommodated in the Home and numbers OF outdoor
poor are supported. Tho Home 10 in charge OF the
Daughters Of 81 Dominic ~
The sun., 1889-12-16

Mr.. HENRY D. LLoYD's letter is cOnclu-
sive and dignifled reply to the abuse with which
the Hon. WILLIAM L. SCOTT assailed him for
telling the truth about Spring Valley.
Politically, Mr.. ScoTT is a back number: per-
sonally, he is In a very unfortunate position
before the American people.
The sun., 1889-12-16
western Business Men Not for Ch,caro

To THE EDITOR OF The suN-Sr: AS a New
Yorker, and Western business too am hIed
with disEust ana chaKn the stupid claim that Chi
caEo should have the Worlds Fair trust you will see
that there arc thousands OF Western men who have
feelings akin to mine this subject New York iS a.
much greater than Chicago in everything Except the
wind power of mouths and the of feen A. the Hud
son River 10 greater than shearmAn Creek
CHICAGO. Dec. Ia AND
The sun., 1889-12-16

Boston as Winter Resort" Is the theme
that inspires our esteemed contemporary the
Daily Advertiser, to something very much like
real eloquence:
ITO Boston come, to q Mecca tho brightest and
best Of the men and women famed in the world OF
lottorR OF politics. Of science and lay their richest
treasures at our feet Our shopSare crowded with the
product OF the loom and OF the workshop From
our presses fall the embodied thought of the and
women most famous In literature. Our hills are
crowned with institutions Of learning and strains OF
music, inferior only to those waited from celestial
harps delight our ears. Where can be found city
30 delightful for situation, oiled with ali that can
delight and inStructf
It may be added that the very filling fruit
OF that leguminous plant. the faba vulRaris.
the culinary preparation Of which is the tri-
umph OF Boston genius. can be enjoyed to best
advantage only during the winter months.
The sun., 1889-12-16
The Feeling Was Familiar

Cashier lin retirement In Brazil)-oh. had
terrible Ecare TO day"
what frightened your
"IwAs bathing In tho river when an electric eel
cAmo foonG around Thought for half minute that
was back in New York"
The sun., 1889-12-16
The Eaeo. or WauanaLsrisna.
From the ST. LOus Republic

TTON Ne oE IOIIN HepuONc
Mr.. Harrison has at last found place he can
MI under the essential and discriminating test OF ntneS
lie comes nearer being . success Advertising
Dodge for Chicago than In anything else he rsd
The sun., 1889-12-16
Cave Her Mother = Chanee.

December to May-DoRrest will you be mine 2
Nay to December-ASk mamma, and, II ShS says yea
I'll be = StepdluEhter TO you.
The sun., 1889-12-16

Our esteemed contemporary the Ne,C York
Times thus displays one OF the innumerable
facets OF the humbug sometimes called civil
service reform:
"on the desk OF Secretary PosT Of the Civil Service
Board which Examines applicants for appointment In
the Post once crude easel Of pAsteboard on which
pasted an hnnouncssnt that IL sadly Tead py those
who are beginning to apply for the purpose Of entering
the examination whioh must be held In February.
Nearly all the month Of August was occupied BY the
Board In examining applicants for appointment A. car
riorr and clerks There o7o mon who passed the
examination for oarrierG Mr.. PosTs announcement
says that not Of these has yet been appointed and
that probably appointments will be made for year
least and that the chances OF those who might pass
the February examination would be still more remote.
"The situation in regard to clerks s about the same
A. eoe applicants passed the August examination The
chances Of those who passed the examinations are
made s by the fact that there are In the ser
vice number Of substituted who would receive ap-
pointmsnts a. regulars before any on the large list OF
cAnddAtoa
"whilo the February examination IA required by law
the examiners hope that this announcement will cause
candidates to realize that their chances for appoint
mont are very slight"
This apoplexy OF the lists Of eliRibles 10 not
confined to tho New York Post Office. The
work Of the civil service examining boards
everywhere may be summed up as consisting
In adding new names to the lists OF eliGibles
and dropping old names. Many are called and
mighty few are appointed. Yet the farce Of
grinding out new names is kept up.
1t is not creditable to the United States Gov
ernment that 1t continues to be an accomplioe
in fraud upon thousands OF persons, allowing
them to waste time and money In preparing
for examinations which do not and cannot
bring them the opportunity Of being appointed
to office. How long will this shameful imposi-
ton last2
In view OF the evident uselessness OF these
examinations. the cheek OF the Civil Service
Commission in asking for an Increased appro-
priation is something prodigious and sublime.
The sun., 1889-12-16
A Boys Reason.

why do you suppose the tramps 10 South
In winter Willie
"To get away from the SnoWbAllL"
The sun., 1889-12-16
Dedication or the Calvary baptist Church.
The new Calvary Baptist Church In Summer

avenue and Decatur street Brooklyn. was dedicated
yesterday. Tho sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr.
John humpBt0ne A. meeting III tho at ernoon Ad.
dresses were made by tho Rev. Edward BrAiSlin and
the Rev. X 8. Macarthur
The sun., 1889-12-16
Gosh!


From ths Bolton Herald
Perhaps the most marked feature OF Presi-
dent csVSlAnas speech Il the absence OF the calculating
politician N u
The sun., 1889-12-16
A ChrIstIaAs suEsestion.

Prom EAs 81 LOIsJ ReDsI6he
II q cyclopedia will lift Mr.. Harrison's
speeches 70 the level OF Mr. OlsyslAnds his friends
should 6SlAy not In sending one TO the White House
The sun., 1889-12-16

do dislike people who say yes with q
rising infection TO everything they hear"
"YSSp
The sun., 1889-12-16

The naval laboratory connected with the
Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery is again
showing its uses In tho chemical examina-
ton OF supplies furnished to the navy During
the last fiscal year forty-eight samples. COM
prislng paints oils soap. tobacco. and 30 on.
were examined. and thirty-nine Of them were
found to conform to the prescribed standards OF
purity and other qualities. while nine were re-
jected. This was q slight gain over the year
preceding. when thirty out Of 1885 samples had
to be rejected; but the full measure OF good
accomplished cannot be ascartaIned by such
figures. 1t must be also evident that the fear
OF detection in their processes OF Rdul-
terAtion will prevent some manufacturers
from furnishing to the navy any except pure
articles. whereas, were there no such lAbora-
tory existing. they might run the risk Of otier-
ing inferior ones. Many OF these supplies too.
are furnished by contractors who purchase
them OF the manufacturers. and who avoid the
kinds which they have once found rejected.
Under DroDer system the Government should
The sun., 1889-12-16

1t is not surprising that Mr.. STANLEY has
decided to winter In Cairo. and will not be seen
In London before next spring. After one has
lived within the tropics for several years. a
sudden change to winter climate In the lati-
tude Of London is to incur great risk Of O
serious impairment Of health. That is the rea-
son DR.. JUNKER spent winter in Cairo before
going home. and many an African traveller.
eager to get back to his friends. has halted
midway for time waiting for spring. Madeira
Is q favorite resort for explorers going north
In winter. and WIssMANN is among the travel
lers who have made that beautiful island their
temporary home. STANLEY will probably I'm
prove the greater quiet OF Cairo to write his
new book. and he may have 1t of his hands by
the timo he returns to Europe.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-03
staggered a little after each. but sale

staggered little after each. but said
nothing. taEE.
Joseph Kennedy, the marine. stepped be F..
tween Barrett and his Italian assailants
and tried to push the Italians away. The
latter thereupOn turned upon him and
struck him repeatedly. The Irishman had
not struck blow when Policeman Smith
ran across the avenue.
Come now, get out of here" he yelled,
raising his club, ''or Pll have to run some
Of you ill.,"
Joseph Kennedy at once ran away and
Pat followed him at a walk. The two
Italians turned and walked lesurely back
to their stand. Barrett turned on the po-
llceman and tried to clinch with him, but
the latter turned him around good-natur-
eddy and started him down the avenue
Barrett walked with pronounced stagger
for about twenty PAGES and then fell in a
heap on the sidewalk. Smith ran up to
him surprising him to be only drunk
and tried TO raise him Then he
and next that Barrett was dead. The
front of the mans undershirt, which was
all that protected his chest was soaking
full of blood Barrett's left hand clenched
the fatal orange SO tightly that the orange
had burst 1t was little one price 2
cents. Smith raped for help and two
more policemen came up. Smith left one
in charge of the body and with the other
went up to the fruit stand. Both Italians
were there. They had resumed their seats,
and were as calm and Indifferent as
though they had not moved
all night. Smith arrested them
and searched them and the stand.
but found no knife or other weapon
that could have been used in cutting Bar
rett. The Italians pretended entire igno-
rance of the stabbing.
Barrett's body was removed to the Sixty
seventh street police station. There were
four penetrating stab wounds in it, any
one OF which would probably have killed
him. A narrow blade had made them.
One was directly under the heart, one was
10 the left groin and two were in the
back. He was day laborer. and had been
married only two months. When Joseph
got home he he found three wounds on the
left side of his body. One was in the left
arm, one in the left shoulder and one in
the left side. They were not painful.
Joseph said, and so he bandaged them and
went TO bed and TO sleep. He was awak- |
ened by his brother who told him of Bar
rett's death.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-03
cOONEY COMMITS SljICIDF.

BELvIDEBE, Ill, July 1t has been
discovered that the man, who committed
suicide here in the cemetery on Sunday. is
''Cooney, the Fox" for whom the Chicago
police are looking as one Of the Cronin
conspirators. Sheriff Brecenton. OF this
county. has Cooney's description and says
that the dead man tallies exactly from the
peck marked face TO the CRIPPLED finger.
Nothing was found on the body which
would in any way establish the mans
identity. 1t was the merest chance that
the body was compared with the discrip-
ton of Cooney, furnished by the Chicago
detectives Chief OF Police Hubbard has
been telegraphed and it Is expected that
an officer will be sent here to identify the
body.
Chief Of Police Hubbard this morning
received dispatch from an officer whom
he had sent to Bely!derc, Ii, saying that
the man who committed suicide in the
cemetery there on Sunday was not Cooney,
the Fox" as had been supposed
He received telegram from the police
authorities of Dubuque, Ia. yesterday tia:
a stranger whose description Tailed CLOSELY
with that Of Patrick COoney, the escaped
Fox" either had been murdered or had
committed suicide The chief detailed
Officer Penderxast 20 20 20 Dubuque and
examine the body. Pendergast knew
CooEeY, and Burke as well, and lie viii Be
able 10 identify Il il Is thai Of Cooaey.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-03
THE BURKE HEARING.

WINNIPEG, Man, July 2.-The hearing
of Burke was resumed this morning. The
chief objection made by Mr.. Perdue
Burke's counsel, was that the dispositions
taken before a grand jury were not re-
ceiveable in this court inasmuch as the
foreman of grand jury is not a judicial
officer, nor were the papers evidences of
any facts. Judge Balm observed that the
extradition act provided that to secure ex-
tradition IL was only necessary TO make
out case sufficient to secure his COM
initial. providing the crime were COM
mitted IN Canada. After an Indictment
in Canada, any justice of the peace would
be authorized in committing prisoner to
stand his trial, and he thought it was n
question whether the mere proving of
identity of II prisoner with the person
named in an indictment in foreign state
was not sufficient in itself to Justify ex-
tradition.
Several of the witnesses brought from
Chicago were examined. The evidence
given by them did not differ in any par.
ticular from that given IN their examina-
ton in Chicago