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The sun., 1890-01-23
Col. Ingerson ON Land Ownership.

That eloquent orator and enthusiastic re-
former, Col. ROBERT G.. INaERsoLn, has dis
covered that one of the causes of crime is
poverty, and by way Of remedying poverty
he would have the ownership Of land divided
up more generally than it is. No man, he
said In his speech on Tuesday to the State
Bar Association at Albany, should be allowed
to hold more than 100 acres Of land; and II
he refused to sell the excess Of what he held
above that quantity, he should be compelled
by law to do SO at price to be fixed by ap-
praisement. The result, he seems to think
would be to multiply the number Of owners
OF homes, and thus by diminishing want
and misery, to increase virtue.
Waving for the moment the discussion Of
the proposition that crime results from pov-
erty instead Of poverty resulting from crime,
or at least from an Incidence and self-in-
diligence which is only one step from crime.
It would be interesting to inquire into the
necessity for the law which Col. INGERsoIn
proposes. Is there any obstacle at present
10 the requirement by any person who has
the money to pay for it, Of any quantity OF
land he desires We do not know Of any.
Does Col. MaERso1n2 On the contrary. we
market, seeking purchasers, and frequently
without success. Within hundred miles Of
this city good farm land can be bought as
low a. $40 per acre. and even less, and there
isnoneed Of compulsion to induce the owners
30 part with it. They would be only too glad
to get the money for it.
Besides. how would Col. INaERsoLn pro-
yide the intending purchaser Of land under
his proposed enactment with the money to
pay for It even at It's appraised valueP And
When he had bought 1t. and got tired Of his
purchase, should he be compelled to keep 1t
against his wishf Or, If he parted with it.
should the first owner from whom it was
taken by force Of law, have the first privi-
1age Of repurchasing it2 These are impor-
tant practical questions which Col. NIGER
gonn refrained from discussing.
Let Col. MaERsoLL first acquaint himself
with the facts. and then PROFOUND his theory,
andnot PROFOUND his theory. as he does in this
Oase, with sublime indifference to the facts.
The sun., 1890-01-23
Tho study of Eastorn LanRuaRes.

Ono interesting result Of tho growth OF
Western influences In the Orient Is the avid
ity with which the study of the Eastern LAM
Ruages is now pursued among European
nations. Just at present the British garri-
sons In Burmah are said to be full Of srdor
In the pursuit Of linguistic accomplishments.
and the studies Of the white soldiers are car
ried on with all the greater zest because the
Indian Government has offered handsome
rewards to all British officers who pass the
examinations In any Of twenty languages
and dialects OF the country which have been
selected as particularly useful. The require
ment is that the candidate shall be able to
converse reodily in the special tongue and
translate accurately.
It is no longer the reproaoh Of the schools
Of England that In spite Of her enormous
political and commercial interests In Asia
no facilities are afforded to study the
languages Of that continent. Heretofore
young Englishmen. going to the Orient,
have either had to employ private tutors for
their preliminary studies. or 60 to their new
field Of labor handicapped by the fact that
they were unable to hold direct intercourse
with Eastern peoples. This deficiency In
home educational advantages has now been
30 far remedied that even the study Of the
most important language Of Africa may
now be pursued In London at trifling ex-
pense. II person is going to East Africa,
he can avail himself In London before he
starts, Of complete course In Kisuaheli, the
great language that will take him all over
eastern equatorial Africa and half way across
the continent. The fee for tho course In
this or any other Eastern language is only
fifteen dollars.
A school has just been opened in London
and a large corps Of teachers has been pro-
vided for instruction in tho leading Indian
languages, and Arabic. Persian, Chinese,
Burmese, modern Greek, Japanese Russian,
Turkish, Malay, and Kisuaheli. The lam
guages are to be taught colloquially, as far
as possible and as rapidly as the number OF
students warrants the expense native read
ers and teachers Of conversation will be OBJ
tanned. England has Jagged behind Ger
many and France in these advantages. and
the new school will be modelled largely
after similar institutions In Paris and Ber-
lin. English printers have recently been
called upon to wrestle with the difficulties Of
Chinese type, and Prof. DOUGLASS New
Chinese Manual" just offered to students,
proves that printing In Chinese characters is
not beyond the capabilities Of Western COM
positors. The few books that have hereto
fore been available for English-speaking
students Of Chinese have been produced at
Shanghai or Hong Kong and have been very
expensive; yet tho latest text book for the
use of students In Chinese is English-made
and cheap. The new school in London will
not only give instruction In languages but
also in the history, literature geography,
and resources OF the various countries. No
doubt this school will do its share toward
encouraging the present universal tendency
of all the corners Of the world to draw nearer
together in interest and sympathy.
The sun., 1890-01-23

Prom Chatter.

On almost any night You may see young
Charley Delmonico eating late supper in
O'Neill's, oyster and chop, house, at Sixth ave-
nue. and Twenty second street. The elder
Charles Delmonico, who died Of exposure on
the Orange Molnta anq his 6fO'feE oyr
quent meals al Eieghortner's in Lafayette
place. Ihese facts prove. that one may tire
even Of Delmonico's, and that there can be too
much even of the best thing. once heard one
OF the owners OF tho famous United States Ho-
tel ~ Saratoga say that he often ilshed for an
invitation to 20 TO the modest home OF hls
or meat puddInes which that Officers wife was
an adept 10 preparing, He got tired OF the food
the Vanderbilts thought was the best to be had
outside New York
The sun., 1890-01-23
DECEPTIVE BROOKLYN LIGHTS.

Involuntary Baths for People Who Think
tao Lights Arc In New York.
After celebrating his shore leave with a
double allowance OF Grog Sailor Augustus
Nelson tried to find his ship. the Whltehurst
from Calcutta, on Tuesday evening The piers
along the East River have been in darkness
since the electric light wires were cut. Nelson
until Watchman Thomas Brown threw him a
rope and pulled him out He was taken to the
Gouverneur HOSPITAL
Dr. Merrigan said yesterday that Nelson was
the second man who had walked into the river
this week, on account OF the deceptive appear
Pike street q number of men have fallen into
tho water lately, and the police and watchmen
have been busy heading oil others who were
about to try 10 walk across the river.
The sun., 1890-01-23
HOW TO KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN
Views OF Mr.. j. y. Coleman, Lately COm-
missioner OF Street Cleaning.


From the SGnitdrtGa
What improvement can be made in our
system OF cleaning the streets. to have our
streets equal. if not superior to those of the
large cities in Europe2 My opinion might be
condensed into a few lines:
l. Put the pavements In good order. and In
putting down new pavements let US have the
best that science can suggest. And when II 10
necessary to open the street pavement to lay
new pipes or repair old ones, have the work
done under the supervision OF the department
or officer that is held responsible for the clean
liness OF the streets. Iu replacing the pave
ment mako the Joint with asphal ltum or cement
mortar; leave no dirt or sand on the street
with the obsolete idea that It 10 the proper as
well as the economical way OF filling Joints be-
tween the paving stones.
2. Enforce the ORDINANCES in relation to the
condition OF the streets. There is no necessity
for additional ordinances; there are plenty
now on the statute boo ks. / refer. OF course.
to the ordinances In relation to clean sidewalks
and streets. Ash and garbage r0ceptacles
should be kept inside OF the areaway or rail-
ing, and exposed 10 view only at the hour that
the ash collector comes, which should be as
near the same time each day as possible
The ash receptacle should be OF iron and OF a
portable size. No empty ash receptacles should
ashman has made the objection.
g. When our water supply will allow It. flood
the CUTTERS OF the principal streets every morn
ing as the Parisians do Then we Will have at
taneh q degree OF civic cleanliness that will
satisfy the most eXactinR.
The sun., 1890-01-23
noUnrrrs ro l1rEnfolN snErA
The shipPInE League ThInEs II the oniT
Means OF ReauseitatlnE Our Marine.

Means OF RssuseitatinE Oar Marine.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.--To-day was de-
voted By the House Committee on the Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries to public hearing
on the question OF subsidies to American mer-
chant vessels engaged In the foreign TRADE.
The bill on this subject now before the COM
mittee was introduced By Representative Far
duhar Of New York. It provides that there
shall be paid to any vessel, whether sail or
steam, constructed and wholly owned In the
United States and registered pursuant to the
laws thereof and engaged In the foreign trade
plying between the ports Of the United States
and foreign ports. the sum Of 30 cents per gross
ton for each 1000 miles sailed, and pro rata for
any distance travelled less than 1000 miles.
The first speaker was Ambrose Snow. Vice.
President OF the American Shipping League.
He spoke Of the marked extent to which Amer
lean shipping had declined, and SAID the Ship
ping League had come to the conclusion that
the only means Of rosuscitation OF the AmSri.
St boany each sf sRip WI 81 Snow eRS sss
League was in favor OF the pending bill. The
81 ae Ta0H aSa % SHcE y
enactment would increase the demand Tor
ehips He said that a. n 1854 the snipbHildins y, inn
eSSS crease wss 81 sPS snSS
States at all. The reasons Tor this decline
to pay bountles to their lines Of ships.
In answer to q question By Representative
Cummings. he admitted that there was nothing
used In the construction Of either wooden
In this country, fhe difference In the cost Of
construction Of ships In the United States and
Europe-Rbout 10 or 12 per oont-was due to
the relative difference In the cost OF labor.
In reply to a question put by Chairman Far
qphsr, Mr. Snow saiq 1t was battle. after all.
Of Governments against Governments. and not
OF interepts against interests. The bounti0s
paid By England during the last hundred years
had reached $275.000,00
Mr. 8. W. Carey said he thought II was most
deplorable thing that the foreign carrying tom
mage OF the United States to-day was smaller
than in 1910. 1t was purely question Qf timo
when the foreign carrying trade Of the United
States would be wiped out, unless some reme-
dial measures were adopted by the Govern
ment for it's preservation. Referring 10 the
vast expectation Of cotton from the United
States. he said that before the war It was ex-
ported mostly in American ships while at tho
present time hardly q bale 10 transported to
foreign shores by American ships. At one time
ho himself had owned forty vessels. but owing
to tho fact that American shipping is not profit
able he has now but ten. and he would be will
inR to sell them at very moderate figure. Ono
Of the vessels has been run for three years
without any profit
In reply to Mr. Cummings the witness sd-
mitted that O large part OF the cotton now car
rled abroad was transported by foreign subsi-
died Steamship
The sun., 1890-01-23
Absence OF the DeeOuetay Explained.


1t seems to be conceded that the present Ad-
ministration has the dtcollste fashion which
Warrington society as WHOLE nclin0s follow. This
Ia true in great measure though altogether for the
reason Outwardly assigned There Is largo floating
population OF the city which, more than other me
tropols OF tho nation, underEoeS Q complete change
with each new Administration
This winter oddly enough the feminine portion Of the
crowd of strangers here for tho enjoyment of gay
season does to be overburdened In the matter
plus flesh Indeed quite the contrary appears
be tho case. and the truth, often amusing than
pleasant in regard the absence OF deooe6 gowns
large gatherings is due the prevalence Of bone
and ErSe among the than the prevalence Of
any muShroom growth OF modesty.
The sun., 1890-01-23
A BIN to Mako slander a Crime.

Mr.. MILO NJ. AoKRR of Hornellsville, in
the county Of Steuben, has prepared for in
PRODUCTION into the Legislature Of this State
9bIl to amend the law Of defamation by
Inserting the following provision in the
Penal Code:
"Ap person who wilfuly statsS delverI or transmits
h1 any means whatever to the managing editor. pub
hshsE. reporter Of any paper. magazine publication
periodical serial for publication therein any false
o. hbollouB statement concerning another person or
eoEDOranon 10 guilty of misdsmsanoE"
This measure is spoken OF as though 1t
would effect an important change In the
criminal law of New York In respect Of the
offence OF libel. That view Is erroneous.
Under the law as 1t now exists any person
who wilfully delivers or transmits to any
one connected with newspaper for publica-
ton therein Tor to anybody else), any false
or lbellous statement In writing concerning
another person, publishes a libel. and Is
guilty Of misdemeanor. This Is made
plain by an examination Of Chapter VIII. Of
the Penal Code, relating to libel. The first
section In that chapter Section 242) provides
as follows:
"a malicious publication by writing, printing picture
eaGy, Sign, otherwise than by mere Speech which
sxposos any living person or the memory OF any
dAcsasod TO hatred contempt ridcue, or obloQuy.
which tends to TO be Stunned
q avoided which has tendency to iniuTe any per-
corporation association OF persons In his their
baIiness or scoupAtion In . libel"
Section 245 further provides that to sus-
tain q charge of publishing libel sit Is not
necessary that the matter complained Of
should have been seen by another. 1t Is
enough that the defendant knowingly dis
played 1t or parted with its immediate GUS
tody under circumstances which exposed 1t
to be seen or understood by another person
than himself"
It would seem. therefore that Mr.. AoKER's
bill really adj nothing to our present law
so far as libel Is concerned. that is defama-
ton by means OF written words. If. how
ever. the word "states" In the first line is
to be construed as applicable to statements
by word OF mouth then the measure would
indeed. effect very serious and important
modification OF the law of slander. Slander
or oral defamation Is not now q criminal
offence under the statutes Of New York.
It would become 30 II this bill were
enacted and should be held to apply to
oral statements made to newspaper men
with view to publication. Every ono
-0SAAOu'n SoAA w 'Ve"0"SPSPSA - ioPoiUSA o"J
false and deiamatory story concerning an
other. for the purpose of having that story
published In newspaper, would be guilty
Of mtAdsmeRnor; and hence would be liza
ble TO suffer imprisonment for one year or
10 pay fine Of $3.50. or both.
This is not the first time that Legislative
measures have been proposed for the pur-
pose OF making slhndsr crime. We have
always regarded them with dlsfavor. There
ere crimes enough on tho statute book
already, A serious objection 10 adding
The sun., 1890-01-23

Most Of the bills that are presented to
Congress- and to State Legislatures ouRhtto be
beaten and annihilRted forever; but the pro-
posal OF Mr.. McKENNA to discontinue the coin.
age Of the S1 and So gold pieces and the nickel
Scent piece is entirely merltorious 1t should
have tho full support OF Congress and OF the
country. The only dollar piece that is fit for
circulation In the glorious silver dollar OF our
fathers: and the only nickel piece that 10 worth
keeping up 10 the convenient scent piece. We
trust there will be no unnecessary delay In con-
yortinR Mr.. McKKNNAs bill into positive law.
The sun., 1890-01-23
Representative RnGore's Horsenan
Prom the Atlanta Contribution.

Col. Kilgore Of Texas, although over 30 years
Of age, is yet active . Texas cowboy He often
rides horseback pleasant afternoons and Invariably
selects the vicious and treacherous animal he
Hnd. matters not whether tho horse be bucker or
pitcher. Col KilRore no removed from dig.
nhed poSe Indeed he ats in . saddle like had
there every day Of his life
On recent ride distance in tho country no was
bantered by colleague that he could not pick
from the ground while his horse was in = sweeping
RRllop do the cowboys in the various wild west
shows. KilgorS could not stand such challenge, and.
with his horse in full run, leaned down and gathered
up after stone, which he took occasion chuck
back at his companion
The sun., 1890-01-23
Facts About Senators.
Prom Ms Warrington PO.L

There arc four members OF the United States
Senate who DO candidates for the Presidency
OF this republic under tho Constitution because OF alien
birth Senator Jones OF Nevada born In Hereford
shire. England; Gen Mcmillan of Michigan In HAmil.
ton ontArio Senator Beck Of Kentucky In Dumfries.
shire Scotland and Senator PAsco Of FLORIDA London
England While Is tho exception rather than other
wise that Senator born in the State he representa-
sectional lines have been closely observed or the
Northern Senators only two were born In the South
Senator Cullom OF Illinois In Kentucky and Senator
HAwley OF Connecticut In North Carolina Not one
Southern Senator 10 Of Northern origin.
The sun., 1890-01-23

HARRIsBURG, Jan, 22.-Elliott p. Kisner Of
LuEsrns county was reelected Chairman OF tho Dem.
oeratc Stale Committee the meeting OF the commit.
tee today Ho had no material opposition. Scranton
vas selected 4s the place for holding the state
Convention. The time 10 be nGed by the Executive
Commiltee u was harmonious meeting OF the com.
sTsz thS SslsotioA % BlSss tor he HsxI ConVSn.
The sun., 1890-01-23

TzRwoRTH were Implicated In the ballot boz
Job by other and genuine documents not In
his possession.
He hoped to draw out this other supposed
evidence by starting tho game on blum with
q paper he knew TO be fraudulent.
Nothing can now help FoRAKEB.
The sun., 1890-01-23

Il vas in great luck"
How vas dotr
IVY. find 500 yesterday belonging to dot miSer.
Marx und ven Gf IL back tt' him dis morning he meier
Shargs me NO Interest for der use Of dot mOnSh fer
tWenIyfour hourL"
MARX vas getting shildiSh"
The sun., 1890-01-23
HIIs Au,obIoEraphy. A

II hear you are going to publish your auto
biography" remarked member Of the Chicago
Literary Club to another
Yea" replied the latter "pvs got smart Newspaper
chap working on IT,"
The sun., 1890-01-23
They Ne Not Fay.

Miss GushinRton-Did you ever attend .
kissing bee DOctOr'
DR.. Sarah Jones uriKidly)-You to forget Mas
GuIhngtou that my practice extended 70 lnseets
The sun., 1890-01-23
ACIsar.r stAtenent.

Now. Patrick In regFrd to wages. III give
you thirty dollars month v VI board or nifty dollars
without board"
81 don't understand that Sfi but III IAke nIty aoF
lara uenth AAd AIs mSssE 0t ~ take tAiry aonsEA
"a lave Ne - yOEH M
The sun., 1890-01-23

McCorkle-JAysmith is q very aInEular chap.
AccTSekls-Whyt
hscSrklS-I asked him he hGa the GrlR Gaa hs SAIa
ROi thai II WaS only la SslA,
The sun., 1890-01-23
Insanity In Massachusetts,.

There's many poor-house In New Eng
land" writes tho Rev. EDWARD EVERETT
HALE in Lend Hand, where they take
summer boarders because they have no one
else to take" Considering that the New
England towns virtually farm out their
paupers to the lowest bidder, who gets even
by keeping them as cheaply as pos
sible, it ls not strange II paupers are anxious
to keep away from New England aims
houses. The Tewksbury investigation illus
trated some Of the pleasing virtues of the
management Of such institutions in Massa-
chusetts; and many good men OF that State
have never forgiven Gen. BUTLER for rub
bing the white from that sepulchre.
1t seems from the eleventh annual report
Of the Massachusetts Board Of Lunacy and
Charity that the Massachusetts almshouses
shelter a good many insane persons; and
that some of these unfortunates are kept at
the luxurious rate OF SITS q week. The
members Of the Board Of Lunacy and Charity
have no good opinion Of the almshouses Of
the State. and ask for legislation which will
INSURE a careful inspection Of them.
1t appears from the report that insanity is
increasing in Massachusetts. Between 1870
and 1889 the increase In population was 36
per cent, and the increase In insanity was
1856 per cent. Moreover, the actual increase
of insanity must have been much larger, for
In making up the statistics only the insane
who have received public aid are counted.
There is no means Of ascertaining how many
other insane persons are cared for at homo
or elsewhere by their relatives or friends.
What Is the cause OF this increase OF insan-
L. oh, kknJ I,t L.
tangled religion, philosophy, theosophy, ora
monotony OF cheap culture. the decline of
marriage. the Inheritance Of a morbid and de-
cayed Puritanism Or risit only an additional
symptom Of the deterioration Of a racer
Aman has to be pretty crazy TO be consid-
cred crazy In Massachusetts. But why Is
Massachusetts going crazyP Will some Of
her still considerable collection OF sane
persons take the trouble to try and explain
Another Theory of the Ohio Forgeries.
II WooD tells the truth OH the witness
stand, there is absolutely no question that
his partner, FORAKER, knew that the ballot
box stock subscription list was forgery
when he sent it to HALsTEAD for publication.
II WOOD Is lying, why did FORAKER refuse
to cross-examine him, and thus bring out
the truth? Did he consider 1t beneath the
dignity Of an Ex-Governor to tackle liar
Well, FoRAKER's own testimony is con-
fession that he Is not above lying himself.
Tho case is bad enough for FORAKER.
whether WOODS story is true in all of its
details or not
In the middle Of last November THE Sun
submitted theory OF FoRAKER's s connection
with the forgery, and it has been confirmed
in every essential particular by tho evidence
since then produced.
We shall now venture another and supple
mentary theory: FORAKER knew that the
document supplied to him by Woop was
bogus. Tho reason why he dared 10 intro
duce 1t into the campaign was that ne be-
loved that sHKRMAA, MoKMLIY. and But
The sun., 1890-01-23
Yes! YeSl

Irom he Boston 6Looe
AS far as literary taste is concerned. Boston
10 America
The sun., 1890-01-23
Seaa IL 10 ElarFisOn.

From us BOStOA JOurAaL
Orange City, Fla, boasts OF head OF lettuce
nearly ak feet In circumference.
The sun., 1890-01-23

Au Indication OF . Warm 9DriHE.
from the kiRgTtoN Freeman
The horseradish crop will be gathered early
The sun., 1890-01-23

TIe latest novelty In the "poohst 0oodsn me b d
poctetknfe lt Il made Of eof1 leather onn-
ois skin and furnished with metal nap olAHp e0o
end 10 designed TO keep knife from rustinE and
as to keep dust from getinE into H. Like the popalaR
RnRlsh key ohain It u foreign invention and 10 ssid
tohave first been used in Vienna where s 10 not con
sidered good form TO carry penknifo loose