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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04

steamship lines under the American flag. The
paymcnt of navigation bounties would not
enable the United States Government TO take
advantage of foreign aid in developing Ameri-
can shipping interests. The subsidy bill would
meet this difficulty.
Second-Senator f'ryc's scheme provides a
naval reserve on the general lines followed by
,tra british Government, which pays annual
suhvcntions TO four steamship companies for
the privilege of employing in an emergency
tho fastest vessels and converting them into
cruisers. Favorable mail contracts will not
only nromote the construction of vessels capable
Of making 90. IS and IA knots in the carry
ing trade. but will also provide the Govern
ment with an additional fleet which, in the
event of war. can speedily be converted into
armed cruisers.
Tbird-Under the operation of the two meas
ures all practical methods now employed by the
Maritime Powers of Europe in developing their
shippinc and commercial interests will be
brought into use. Bounties, mail subsidies
and naval reserve subventons are the three
agencies, the utility and efficiency of which
have been practically demonstrated. In
large scheme for restoring the American flag
IN the seas these agencies should all have
place.
Senator Frye is probably the best informed
public statesman in Washington respecting the
needs of American shipping. He predicts that
the adoption of these measures will be followed
nv the immediate construction OF 2O-knot
steamships for service between New-York and
LIVERPOOL. and of 16-knot steamships between
York and the River Plate, and between
San Francisco and the ports of China. Japan
and Australia. Those results will be worth all
that bounties and mail subventions will cost.
The policy of restoring American maritime
supremacy, if II be boldly undertaken and car
ried to successful issue, will be popular from
oro saahoard 10 the other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04
SOME FEMININE DECISIONS.

The press is filled with the accounts Of the
MAY Day demonstrations of the workingmen, but
little is heard Of the May Day trials OF the moving
man. The workingman has his grievances; his
hours are long and his labor is hard. But the man
who has Just moved into house has n much
worse time: his hours for work are twenty four
"A day. and every hour he pounds his thumb putting
up a shelf for his wife The feminine idea Of
house is that it should bristle inwardlv with
hooks, like quilts upon the fretful porcupinc A
woman believes that house should he so con-
structcd thaC no matter where you lab garment
against the wall. there should be IA hook there
TO receive 1t and keep IL from falling to the floor
man usually has other views. Ii is said that
the late Perry Wall. when In the height of his
glory, had but two hooks in his apartments On
one OF these he hung his cane and on the other
his umbrella The rest Of his clothes hc Of course
kept "A chair. like any sensible man.
IL is seldom that n woman plans and crects n
house precisely according TO her own ideas. Some
five years ago, however, a foolhardy Bridgeport
man gave his wife full permission to plan and
build q house as she wanted it, Then he went
away 10 South America. and was gone a year
When he came back she ushcrcd him into dwell
ing consisting of parlor. kitchen bedroom and
twcnty-cight closets. In each closet there were
Still. when the Bridgeport man retired that night
he left his clothes piled on chair And he did
not complain until the next morning after break
fast. when his wife met him with a board of n
drygoods box, dozen nails and hatron.
and asked him if he couldn't put up another shelf
in that small closet which opened of the large
front closet His left thumb was still sore from
putting up a shelf before he went to South Amer
lea. lie seized his hat and started downtown.
and lc went out he noticed hooks on the outside
Of the front door for the morning milkman TO
hang his wares on, and other hooks on the front
gate on which distributors of advertising matter
might suspend their literary efforts. week
later this house was burned down under sls-
picious circumstances, but though the bridgeport
man offered remarkably large reward for tho
discovery Of the inccndiary. nothing ever came
of il.
1t is in this early May time that the deficiency
Of closets. shelves and hooks in all houses is
most strongly impressed man. either from
personal experience in moving into new house
or from observing the battered thumbs and gloomy
sountsnances Of his fellow.men In the elevated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04

cars. The feminine portion Of your household
always discovers land also announces that the
house YOU have moved into is not so well pro-
vided with hooks and kindred things as was the
oro from which you moved The idea that
feminine garments must be hung up when not
benr worn has no foundation whatever in reason.
Throwing mems clothing on chair causes the
trousers to bag at the knees and the coat to
wrinkle across the shoulders-still man is happy
Womens clothes are usually Of light. pliable
nature. and habitualy keeping them on a chair
or even on the floor would not harm them in the
least But it is utterly impossible to make a
woman realize this. and so we suppose that year
after wear, till the arrival Of the millennium and
perhaps longer. man will have to go through May
and part of June engaged in putting up Shelves
adjusting hooks and buying wardrobes to take
the place of closets which ought to exist, but
which do not After all. perhaps the greatest
objection TO closets is the large amount of room
which they take up. There are many houses in
which feminine plans have been allowed to
enter too largely. in which the space foolishly
devoted to closets. if taken altogether would
make billiard-room. or something of an equally
practical nature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04
PERSONAL.

The Rev. DR.. Phillips Brooks has always oeen
strongly averse to the public display or sale Oh MS
portrait, and people greatly wondering now IL
has come pass that IA capital likeness OF nm ap-
pears In The Arena for the current month
Sir william Jenncr the Queens physician. Is ABOUT
to retire from London and live on his Hampshire
estate. where he VIII make collection Of his wrltihsS
and perhaps do other important literary work
Mrs Julia Ward Howe says that tho New Ehgiahu
Woman's club will probably not enter the Natonai
federation of w0mans clubs that has been iornic"'
Lord Rosebery has become the posscsSor OF ue
original drawing Of "Punch's' famous CARTOON
Dropping the PILOT He Is, by the way, sara I'd
be great admircr Of two men, Napoleon Bonapar'e
and Bismarck. lie disagrces with the methods Oh
both but adnlrcs their genius immensely tlie one a.
soldier ana sta eSnan and the other as
The noble lord has long made practice OF coleotn
brica brao OF all kinds relating 10 the Pet 'aBVrai,
and now he has begun TO do the IN the case Oh
bismarck lie has this advantage with BISMARCK
that he knows him personally and has met. CON
vcrsed. and transacted business with him.
That was remarkable operation which DIR. Able
performed tho other day upon DR.. Mctregor' the
president Of Toronto Baptist College Immediately
before operating DIR. Able stated that he thoroughly
ooncurred In the DIAGNOSIS Of Dr. seSun and that ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreicn.-Riotous strikers held Barcelona lot
some time Friday; the disturbances were queieo
for awhile but at midnight last night The rlolefs
had TO he charged and dispersed again; the Mar
ouis de Mores has been liberated in Paris. -
General Boulanser denies that ne Will soon re-
,urn 10 France. - Employers throughout TER
many are forming a union against striRes =
Erlperor William is visiting Altenourg' - ~
ia said that Bismarck and the Emperor are re-
summing their friendly relations
ConQress-Both branches in session. - Inc
Senate The Shipping League Tonnage bill ana
bill providing for ocean mail service were re-
nor,ed and placed on the calendar: the Mckay
claim bill was passed. - The House Inc
Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation blll was
passed: the McComas AntiGerrymandering Dill
was reported. - In Committee The House
Civil Service Reform Committee heard arguments
on the charges against the Civil Service Commis'
sion. Al,
Domestic-Senator Beck. of Kentucky, oleo
suddenly in Washington. - The carpenters
strike In Chicago was thought 70 De ended. =
Fragments Of the Iowa meteor were found. -
In the Chicago Board of Trade, the May option
IN wheat rose 10 a fraction over dollar. -
Rumors were credited in Chicago OF the pur-
chase of property worth $50, 100000 In and near
Chicago by the Northern Pacific Railroad. -
The Knights Of Labor, Patrons Of Husbandry and
the Farmers Mutual BENEFIT Association In
Illinois have united for political action -
The inventor of the California clew' 70 the
murderer Of John NJ Clayton testified before the
Congressional Investigating Committee at Little
Rock.
CITY and Suburban MCCAIN, Mayor Grant,
ex-Mayor Edison and others testified before the
senate Investigating Committee; Mccain reit-
Grated his former testimony and made additional
disclosures Mayor Grant admitted giving $lo,-
900 TO Flosse Croker while he was Sheriff, but
said he had given her nothing before this or
afterwsrd - Commander McCalla made a
frank statement of his treatment of seamen on
the Enterprise, at the courtmartial at the Navy
Yard -= The riding clubs Of the city had a
parade through Central Park. - view was
given of the recent additions to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. - Stocks fuctuated In mar
row limits closing strong.
Tho Weather for to-day: Cloudy and
warmer, with rain Temperature yesterday
Highest, 90 degrees; lowest, 46; average, %.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04

DR.. Weir believing with them that this was csse nox
OF myeltis, Inflammation Of the substance Of Ia
spinal cord, but clear Of Potts disease a
tubercular affection OF limited part OF the bony sub
stance of the spne and that the centre OF the trouble
was in the eighth dorsa and that he expected to find
in that dorsa tubercular tumor, the pressure OF
which upon the spinal cord the cause Of the
paralysis He then proceeded swiftly to cut mortise
like cavity in three dorsals in the region indicated
and to remove such parts Of the bones he found To
be diseased Laying bare from two to three inches
Of the spinal cord he then pointed to those who
about him tough and purplish tubercular tumor
living upon ii. on removal he tum0r was found
TO be large enough 10 fill small hens egg shell. The
spinal cord itself was found to be in sound condition
parts OF hone living under and about the cord and
in fifty five minutes from the first pass Of the knife
the operation was finished. lie then turned to tho
PATIENTS brother who was present, and said, with
evident satiSfaction Your brother will be on HE
feet again before long The next day the patient
recovery but he eventually sank and died.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04

The career of Marquis Tseng illustrates
the disadvantages of having an illustrious
father. In consequence of law that pre-
vents the promotion of the son upon the recon-
mendation of the father this distinguished
statesman remained in retirement during the
greater part of his lifetime. His father awaited
himself of his services as secretary during
military campaigns and long period OF civil
administration, but could do nothing to advance
his political prospects. When the father died
Chinese custom again interviewed with the re-
ouirement of two years of mourning, and at
the expiration of that term the death of his
mother imposed a similar obligation. 1t was
not until 1879 that he was enabled TO fiji the
important diplomatic post in Europe where he
won almost at once general recognition as one
of the most enlightened and progressive Chi
nese statesmen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04
COMPREHENSIVE SHIPPING MEASURES

COMI rHII i-'p -hL-i''H|S''
Senator Frye's Mail Subsidy bill is the com
pIement of the tonnage bounty scheme favored
by the Shipping League. 1t provides for the
application of the subsidy system whenever
that method of fevivng the interests Of Ameri-
can commerce seems more practical and eff
cient than the payment of navigation bounties
The passage of the two measures will arm
the Government with full power to employ
both systems, vessels deriving benefits from
one being excluded from the advantages of the
other. In commenting upon the Navigation
Bounty bill we directed attention to the fact
that the French Government had continued
the payment OF mail subsidies TO several i'm
portant steamship lines after the adoption Of
the bounty scheme. This seemed TO us a good
precedent for combining the two methods of
promoting the interests of American commerce.
The adoption Of the two measures reported TO
the Senate from the Committee on Commerce
will bring both bountcs and subsidies 10 bear
upon the crippled and exhausted commercial
marine Let these bills be enacted as laws and
the American flag will be restored to the high
seas and foreign markets opened for American
produce and manufactures during the next
decade. There are three excellent reasons for
coupling these measures.
First-There are various Governments in
South America and Australia which are pre-
pared 70 join the United States in subsidizing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04

d otber weli.known business men are Shrewd
I'D rractcal in their comments upon Mr.. Car
nece's dsparagement of higher education Tor
husincss. but President Low makes the most
adroit controversial stroke. lie contends that
, business man is in a certain aspect special
ist and quotes Mr. Carnegie as referring with
,nnrobation to the work of scientific and tech
meal schools in fitting specialists for success
fuI business careers II n business man, of all
specialists, is the only one who is injured by
, wellrounded education, the inference follows
that a business career offers no opportunity
for the roundly developed man. This is Presl-
dent Lows conclusion from Mr.. Carnegies
nremise. and he adds with justice that it rele-
oates business in all its allied forms to a posi-
tion distinctly below all other speciaties. The
argument that general education units man
for successful business career simply as
credits the ability, capacity and qualities OF
mind required for such career. Mr. Carnegie
is almost the last man in America to do that
He affects to believe that a college education
is useful for every purpose except practical
business life but surely he dissents from the
prdbosition that trained minds are not re-
quired there.
There Is one dSptCu vi Uuc HuSS"'
is not considered by the prominent men taxing
part in this interesting discussion in our col
umns. Mr.. Carnegie admits the utility OF
college education for men proposing TO enter
the learned professions, but deprecates the loss
of time involved in higher education for busl-
ness life. But how can young men who are
prepared to enter college determine whether
they are fitted for professional or business life
Is it not one of the chief functions OF higher
education to enable them to measure their
powers, to develop their capacities, to teach
them their limitations, and to aid them In max
ing an intelligent choice Of their LIES work
Mr.. Hewitt in his grim way asserts that he
would rather have an education without fortune
than a fortune without education. Education
inevitably will be a great gain whether it leads
70 fortune or not but what is OF prime i'm
portance for young men to find out at the out
So. is the work for which they are specially
fitted whether in business or professional life.
The colleges offer them the best and most
practical tests for measuring themselves for
their future careers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04

Several columns of THE TRIBUNE are de-
voted this morning to controversy excited
by Mr. CarncgieS differentiation OF higher
education as preparation for successful bust
ness life Ills assertion that the almost total
absence OF the college graduate from high posi-
ton in the business world seems to justify
the conclusion that university education as it
exists is fatal to success in that domain is chal
lenged in a series of short talks with repre-
sentative college graduates, who have achieved
success, not in the learned professions, but as
men of affairs. Mr. Alexander rcfutcs this
statement with characteristic kccnncss by
naming sixty prominent business men who
have acquired distinction in the world Of af
fairs notwithstanding what Mr.. Carnegie CON
These names, which are mentioned at random
and without reflection, will suffice, we think
TO convince Mr.. Carnegie that his search for
the college graduate in eminent business sta
ton was not conducted with thoroughness
The value however, of higher education as
not be determined by the production of lists
Of men who have been emncntly successful
with or without the advantages Of a college
course Mr.. AIcXandcrs list might be extend
ed into the thousands and Mr. Carnegie might
bring forward in reply a catalogue OF success
full men who have been graduated from pow
erty's school, and the merits of the controversy
would still be open for discussion.
Mr.. Depew, Mr.. Hewitt, Mr.. Ives, Mr. Colby
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04
4 RFNEF1CTOR OF THE HUMAN RACE

4 8FNEF4CTOR OF THE HUMAN RACE.
There has lust been presented 10 VI. Louis Pas
teur. the French scientist, testimonial album, on
the first page Of which is inscribed In French
The legend To the great VI. Pasteur The bene-
factor Of the human race" Affixed to this Is
the signature Of the Prince of Wales, and the
names Of many illustrous Englishmen and Amer
leans appear on the roll of subscribers. ~ is a
remarkable tribute this, but one which the best
Judgment Of to-day and, we think. the universal
voice Of tomorrow, will declare to be not I'M
deserved.
NJ Pastcur has achieved many things which
make him q bcnciactor of the human race. His
cure OF the silkworm disease alone entities him
to that distinction, and so does his cure or pre-
vention of the deadly clarion His researches In
the domain Of fermentation have been OF meal
culablc value, and his conclusive dsproof OF
abioccncsis was a scientific event of the highest
importance But the work which AT the present
moment is most in the public mind at least out
side Of France. is that which he has wrought
for the prevention 81 death by rabies Concern
ing the efficacy Of his treatment there have been
MANY opinions Indeed, Pastcursm is pa Ssin X
through the stages of popular appreciation com
mon to all great discoveries in the healing art
First came opposition. even ohoquy. VI Pasteur
was lampooned the crank with the squirt-gun,
and his system decried rs brutal, indecent. dan
gerous. The second stage was one OF inconslder-
ate approval and wild delight. in which IL was
thought that an infallible panacca had been at
last invented This stage is nearly past and both
physicians and laymen are coming 10 n Just esti-
mate u the value Of Pasteursm, and reasonable
prospect Of It's future and permanent usefulness
10 mankind
4 recent report OF the Pasteur Institute at
Paris covering its activities from August 70 jan
nary last, presents some interesting data on which
this estimate and prospect may he founded. II
appears that there were treated In that
time $50 patients who had been bit
ten by animals believed 10 be- rabd or
these patients. one died. and $40 were discharged
cured. Probably not all OF these bitten
by really robid animals or bitten In such manner
TO have caused serious results. But careful
comparison with other statistics regarding rabies
convinccs the best informed and most impa rtal
students 81 the subject that under the old methods
Of treatment. or under none AT all. OF these $50
patients at least 100 would have died the most
horrible Of deaths. That single fact speaks vol
umcs. and makes il only reasonable TO believe
that for this one work II for other of his
illustrious achievements. W. Pasteurs name will
remain ono OF the glorics OF the age and that
he will be remembered truly a bcncfactor of
the human race
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04
HILLS EARNEST ENDEATOR" FOR BAL.
LOT Reform.

II has been my earnest endeavor during the last shre
wears To secure the enactment OF law whlGn; Who
Hill.
Did YOU ever no. never.
An. the triple brass Of Governor Hi,
Talking about his earnest endeavor7
For an honest ballot reforming bill!
Wonder il Nero. when he hddling.
With a langIid glance at some burning dome.
Chilly talked Of his earnest endeavor'
TO put out the fire that ragged at Romei
David b.
Hill. he
Must the great American humorist DO
Wonder If jefferson Davis ever
Inditcd message merely 10 say
II ALWAYS had been his earnest endeavnr'
To see that the Union should win the day.
Wonder If foxes now and then venture
some simple old granger 10 halt and tell
They are quite consumed by an A" earnest endeavor'
To abstain from the roosts where the chickens dwsn'
David b.
Hill. he
Must the great American humorist be!
Wonder IL Henry the With of England
When crowd got round him ever began
To speak of his Z" earnest endeavor' to lead
The life Of a single. unwedded man.
Wonder II Neptune is ever heard swearing
While the mermaids listen with ggglng gis~
OF his earnest cndeavor' to dwell on land.
Away from the damp. the deceitful seal
David b.
Hill, he
Must the great American humorist be!
O talk OF Napoleons " earnest endeavOr'
To prove that he didn't know how to hsht'
O talk OF shakespearc's earnest endeavor
To prove that he didn't know how TO write'
And then. in the same identical breath
While roars Of laughter the country NIL
o talk of the Governors earnest endeaVor'
For a genuine ballot reforming bill!
David b.
HILL he
Must the great American humorist ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04

Ballot Reform las gone through at Albany. ana
High License Reform must 90 through before final
adjournment There isn't Democratic wire
puller in the State who is not hoping with all
his might that the Republicans of the Assembly
are going to commit the amazing blunder, of de-
fcating the Hendricks bill. lc knows that It's
defeat would go far TO secure n Democratic ma
jorty in the next Assembly big enough TO place
a Democrat in the United States Senate. Fore
warned is forearmed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04

A fine statue was unveiled yesterday at
Coloma of Marshall the discoverer of gold in
California. Our San Francisco correspondent
in his dispatch published to-day describes it as
representing the old Pioneer in prospector's
costume pointing toward the spot where he
made the memorable discovery that exercised
70 powerful an influence on the destinies OF
he Pacific Coast. The statue overloOks the
historic mll-race where the first gold was
found more than forty years ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04

however, where gross lliteracy and Grass lg-
norance prevail among the masses the An
archists and Socialists are still able to main
tain their evil sway.