New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-06

APRIL 6 1S0O.-TWENTY-TW
| man, = obtained from the water of the ocean or from
thc vapor Of the atmosphere. Wherever II appears IL
means hydrogen. If it can be proved that inc worn
-pcc1m or characteristic curve exhibited DN an d'S
is Of David CoppcrGeldH is identical with that OF
| Oliver Twist of Barnaby Ridge oi ""real rN
uoctations If the Chd's History of England etc.
and that IL differ, scnsiby from that OF vanity fa'
or Eugene .Aram,7 or " Robinson Crsoe'' or Don
ouiyoe or anything else in fact, then the conclusion
iu he tocraby certain that when it appears it means
| Dickens. IL
| The validity Of the method a test of authorship
then implic. according to Professor Mendcnhai thc
following assumptions That every writer makes use
Of a vocabulary which is peculiar to himself ana Tue
chararter of which does not materially change lrOnl
vcar to wear during his productive period uat' III
! fine Use e. that vocabulary in composltlon personal
nccuarities IN the construction Of sentences WILL III
The long run rccur with such regularity tlat snort
| words long words and words Of medium lchH'" VIII
| occur with definite relative frequency.
Professor Mcndcnhall suggests that the method Is
can,bIc Of application the celebrated shakespeare
Bacon problem, and he ventures to assert iat II II
were correctly used 1t would not fail to settle vnS
question .,.,.-
The authorship Of the letters Of Junius, he thlhRS'
might also be determined by this interesting process
That was an interesting and also rather siSnlhcan'
uftc,ancc Of General Grants which senator ha"lcS
| quoted on Monday last while the Dependent ro"So"
| bill was under consideration IN the senate IT. va
on that memorable occasion when General 'rai' "p
pcarcd for the last time at the Capitol WIN Ms
characteristic modcsty the General kept ouo u "o
senate chamber and sat in one OF the cloan roo',
whore almost every Senator visited him. lie sat- Win
his accustomed cigar and talked freely on every
question introduced. lie said that on MS way I" '
Capitol clergyman came to him ana rcpuc'''u ''',
TO sign memorial a-king that every man VINO ia"
oyer bccn prisoner Of war should be pcn'iohcu' Ho
told the clergyman that he ought to bc IN better ou'i
moss. that there were all kinds Of prisoners-soInc
who LET Themselves be caught easily, some VINO had
a stomach ache or a toe when battle was III INC
air and who were caught by squad OF ripcl
and some who were caught ahead OF the SHrinS" '0'
some Of them had good resi- and were al INC o0''0
| for being prisoners. ,.
IL will tell vour finally said General Grant what
7 ,ronld do II I were President. would sign any rca
sonabc bill to relieve tie distress Of an honest oio
soldier or Of hi, widow or children; but would not
vote one dollar TO the able bodied men
THAT lat cxprc,~ion7 said Mr. IIawley, sank
into nv memory | live up 10 that. That Is my
platform. ! do not believe that my stale ASKS INC 10
add 300 600 600 to the debt Of the Republic
senator Ingalls, capacity for making man uncom
fofatI. Is not confined his powcr of speech lie ha
q oo, and "a mauncr iiiat are distinctly aggressive anu
that can bc made almost a. unpleasant ~ Inc '"''-
sarcasm If his speeches. \ few days ago u'c 'c We
,hapi,in. Dr uutlcr. went down ON the Moor "i '',
-.nai. after the delivery of his mVo'"toh' anu
trollcd about to a point the near ncl-hboghood oi
vr tnr,ll.', desk where hc stood mildly raln6 about
Liu, , pcrf.,;ly harmc.. and iuoGcn-ivc figure. But
! mi, presence seemed to annoy Nr. ingalls, VII" was
wr.iins Presently the Han-as senator turned "po't
.u.pcndns hi, work for a minute ana WIN pr" Po'''u
In hand ,tarcd deliberately at the Chaplain
. hone Won he'd .a;i factor, service last sunday
he said.
VERY satisfactory indeed aid Dr. Ddtler' smiling
| ~ ,ic,.cd va, Al the interest manifested by the
senator from Kansas in the welfare OF n' 'O"F'"
81 hone the collection was large and impressive
enough 90 suit Your nccc--lte-. sam Mr. INGALLS, very
deliberately aud with that careful ana di.u"'' ehuN-
claton for which he is famous.
'rli. collection Wa very good. ! believe salu
DE- R.flar in a somewhat embarrassed tone. bui
had onl. an indirect Interest n IL. because 10 was
devoted ~ the maintenance II the church hnldin-.
An. indeed said senator ln-all' sull surveying
the Chaplain in the same deliberate way, IBIS pen sun
held iu hi. right hand n AN attitude Of expectancy
A. though waiting for the interruption to cease. "
| thourlr that the collection Wis for yolr benefit
~oh. no. said Dr. nutlcr mci,Ily and minute
| later De- turned arounl and moved away from the
,,n ,rhod II the Kansas senate without NcntufinS
to say good morning. And then Mr. INGALLS,. too
turned about deliberately and resumed his "ri''nI'
Representative Benton NcNnn. Of Tennessee. r.
called AT the reception gwen % 'on-lc- lbs the n'ed
STATE. Comm, .oncr- OF the international American
| Conference. last saturday night curious fact H.
relation 70 The diamond back tcsrapi1 VIZ. MclilNh
Wa standing 90 the lower end OF the long reception
ro.u, In il. mddi. Of group of Congressman and
new paper -poad'nt,. discus 100; "ih great suslo
| a di.h of very excellent tcrap.u stow
Do Won know Dec said the las moutlful Of
,crr,pin disappeared from view. that there exists on
the statute lu,a of MARI Land TO-DAY law which 'r'
bids M. tors fcedr- rrrapn 20 their slaves bccal''
No j, said, 1t food not nt for human oens- to eat
ePrva,c~ Allen the humorous member Of the House
was entertaining a group of friends t' other night
u one If tire hotel lu1b.c.. when the subject Of five
minute, debate in the House happened t. com" mp.
II was yer, much amused aid Nr. Nen when
General ~pinoll ~ Sew Norn. n r"c""i rough and
| tumble debate ON IN. noor incdcntnlli remarked:
81 see ms youn- friend over there smile.
| 1.-The discussion wa. ON war matter and pensions
and Representative Wilson 90 the state Of Washing
| Ton thinking that the New Yorker meant to convey
the innrc.. ion that hr ,W.oul W. too Young 10 have
been in the service. arO." - correct the statement
General >puoli then said that lc was not referring T.
Wilson, hnt 10 the gentleman from -acu,etts. with
fine shade pcar,in f,rccai' That lro"rt Mr. Morse.
| Of Massachusetts. e. bis feet. whcrcrpon General
-pinola had to til him that he too. va, mistaken a,
he had referred to Repre- ntatyc DrcciIalsc. Of the
| Lay state.
| 81 conld not help tnnidngr added Mr. Allen, "of
| q ease / WA irving Once I'm Mississippi. II was that
| If . man pfo-ccuted for drunkenness. lie was =
| lawyer. and laic -pcoch in hi own defence. WHY
Gentlemen Of the jury lid be-, n thing that J, habtuai
f. certainly different fron thing that happens some
| iinc- Sow. At my hpu We have biscuits some
time. hut that doesn't mean thai We are IN the habit
Of having biscuits ~ onr house every day, ma because
get drunk .onc imc-. doe, not eicni' mat am In
the habit Of getting drunk. WHY the most dis,
cd l,v,cr m thc state %! Mississippi drunk
-,n,fin,. bat hc U.s. not the habit of getting drunk
| every day There a big difference
Iu.t then AN old lawyer over in the other end Of
the courtroom arose. and luohu- -quarcN Al the man
| Who Na- plriiln,. AID
| You ar. mi-tiien. -'r. decidedly mistaken get
a ntt,. mellow occasionally. but never e" drnuh'
at Ali % s. itfupfril sad the