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The sun., 1891-06-28

An expression that can be laid away for
future oblivion without damage to college
athletics or the theory Of oarsmanship is
the BOB Cook stroke" Mr.. ROBERT CooE
is the leading figure among American
university rowers, not even excepting the
memorable and extraordinary instance o. In.
tense individual power that ran through
mis- oar and his crew. A. p. LoRING OF Harvard,
Yet. instead Of evolving any new principle Of
his art. tho foundation OF Cooks fame and Of
the victories that have come after him lies
in the tremendous emphasis given to the
first law OF oarsmanship-catcho on the begin
ming, and catch together and to his unequ allied
ability to lick a crew into the understanding
appreciatinc and practising II. In the trial Of
this year the Yale fellows could not manage to
roach the perfection in this respect attained
BY the Harvarts ana so the latter rowed away
from them through harmony OF effort tha.
made their course seem like parade instead of
battle.
BOB COOKS name will live In the annals OF
Yale long after those OF professors innumer.
able have faded out, but his stroke can
safely die now.
The sun., 1891-06-28

The statistics in regard to the effects Of
the tobacce-smoking habit upon students that
have been collected at Amherst College are
analogous TO those recently collected at Yale
College. The uon.smcksrs at Amherst arc of
greater weigh. than the smokers: they are
superior in chest girth to the smokers. and
their lung capacity Is higher. Tho nom
smokers are more athletic than the smokers,
and more successful IN athletic sports. Tho
nop-smokers at Amherst. as at Yale. have also
IN advantage over the smokers in mental
power and in scholarship. The facts recently
collected in American colleges concerning tho
physiological and psychical effects OF tho to-
bacco-smokine habit. are instructive to tho
young men who go to college, and also to those
who do not.
The sun., 1891-06-28
WISCONSIN, IN 1898.
Reasons watch Give Deuoersts Hopes
OF It In That Year.

MILWAUKEE. June 2i.-The recent interview
with Henry c. Payne. Chairman OF the Repub.
lican State Central Committee OF Wiscor sin. In
which he admits that Wisconsin and Illinois
viii. In 1902. be moro doubtful states than
New York or Indiana has caused quite stir
among his fellow citizens OF tho Republican
faith here. Not that among themselves they
do not admit the fact, but they arc surprised
that Mr.. Payne should publicly make such n
statement.
No better barometer OF Republican hopes
and fears for Wisconsin could have been Oh
tained thnn this interview. Mr.. Payne's soft
words for Mr. Blaine were another surprise.
No one ever suspected Mr. Payne OF having n
liking for the man from Maine. As a matter OF
fact he has steadfastly opposed his nomina-
tion. so long as be could stem the tide True.
he as Secretary Of the State Central Commit
tee did his best for the Plumed knight in 1854
But Mr.. Payne shed very few tears for Mr..
Blaine personally when he was defeated. That
he now so anxiously turns to Blaine shows
that whatever other leaders might have done
the Republican Chairman abs orbed tho lessons
OF last fall campaign ut all pores.
The backbo OF the Republican party in
4 portion Of the Lptherans has siogehed OF.
1t now looks as II the remainder would go, and
leave the party no,hnE bpt memory. A..
they will reap the benefit Of tho spleudi ad-
ministration OF State affairs which Gov. Peck
and bis assistants are giving the Common
wealth.. In spite OF the lee S and crys from tho
Republican side. the present Administrator
will. II continued as begun. eclipse ANYTHING
the State has known for twenty years 10 tbs
way OF economy ami a strict husinrssiike
handlipg of affairs. Gov. Peck has in an emf
nent degree the con Adence OF the new element
In the PARTY. Unless something unforeseen
occurs he will be renomina'ed next year. and
will receiv. the support OF the same elements
that contributed To his election last tall. His
magnetism and popularity will carry the re-
tmnsinder o, ths ticket: provtdiug OF course.
That is why Wisconsin may lo classed as q
doubtful State in 1892.
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coal there instead Of that which was show
eiled into the furnaces OF the Philadelphia
without producing much steam.
st. Lucia, the southernmost in this British
chain OF fortrcsses. has good strategic
position In relation to the Antilles In general.
1t can be defended easily by the heavy guns
now mounted, and the troops from Bar-
BADGES will be concentrated there, in bar
racks on the high land. Its harbor will give
anchorage for q large feet, and 1t will be one
OF Englands great naval stations. Port
Royal. In Jamaica, holds q commanding
position in reference to the approaches TO
the 1sthmus Canal and much labor has
lately been laid out on the batteries
which command tho narrow entrance
to its capaclous harbor. 1t is believed
that l0-lnch guns are mounted there.
and II so, combination Of beach battery
OF such ordnance on disappearing carriages,
with plunging fire from the high bluffs on
the other side Of the channel, will defend the
port adequately. As for the Bermudas,
three new forts, protecting the town Of
Hamilton, the harbor. the main arsenal,
dock and coaling station are supplied with
modern guns. Halifax. with its strong
works on McNabs Island, at York Redoubt
and around Ives Point commanding both
It's entrances. is already secure. and when
the Notifications at the other three points
in her chain are completed. and her navy
strengthened, Great Britain may we'll be
satisfied with her military preparations in
American waters.
The sun., 1891-06-28
The Tammany Celebration.

Our esteemed contemporary, the Washing.
ton Star, announces that Tammany's cele-
bration of the Fourth OF July is anticipated
with deep interest by many politicians out
side OF New York. What they chiefly desire
is to discover "the measure OF enthusiasm
which the name OF each prominent Demo-
crat will evolve there. In other words, each
one OF Tammany's nonresident orators is
to bring with him IN automatic auricular
register. warranted to mark the amount Of
enthusiasm and lung power enlisted for
each Presidential aspirant, so that when tho
statesmen return TO their homes after the
celebration, they may be able to consult the
record in feet and inches, and thus know
who Is ahead.
While not denying our admiration for this
ingenious plan, we must admit that. like
most mundane things, 1t is open to objec-
uons. In the first place, patriotic Fourth
OF July crowd. flushed with Joy and thrilled
by the thermometer, is not. in so deli.
cate matter rs this, to be relied upon:
moreover, the bray OF the least popular of
the beasts OF burden can always drown the
sweetest notes Of the linnet or the nightin-
gale. Yet to mistake sound for sense Ia
always q mistake.
Besides, the test which the Star mentions.
Is neither Democratic nor logical, since 1t is
applied to the friends OF the candidate. and
not to the candidate himself What the
neighbors OF the visiting statesmen will
desire to learn Ia how the candidates them
selves stand, and not the lung condition OF
their respective supporters.
better and cheaper plan than the use Of
auricular registers would be to hire a self.
acting weighing machine. which could
probably DO got for Sl.5O day. On this
machine let each candidate in turn take
his stand, those exceeding one-fifth OF a ton
In rotundity to be barred by common con.
sent. In this way the Democracy could
tho dead weight OF the various
aspiranis; and the curiosity Of the visiting
orators and their friends at homo could be
satisfied without any delusion.
II the objection should be urged that this
would be handicap upon some candi.
dates. let the answer te that it is better for
the candidate than for the Democracy to be
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during the winter months, 90 that his tenn
per. and consequently his boarding house,
might be in the highest state Of efficiency
in the summer. Physical means would
be supplemented by moral, and sermons
and other literature inculcatiDg patience DO
sent to him. On the whole, Model Summer
BoardiuR-house Keeper on the Boston plan,
would be an expensive luxury for the board
ers. but gold mine to the proprietor.
Health. good temper. and patience would be
all the Model Boarder would ask for. As
long as these dishes were on the bill, the
happy boarders would scorn meancr fare.
The Boston moralist has failed to con-
slider, however that the qualifications which
he insists upon as necessary in the keepers OF
summer boarding houses, will be even more
necessary in the boarders. At present few
persons select a boarding house on account Of
the moral or physical qualities OF the keeper.
They try to find place where the food and
drink and service are good and the rooms
comfortable. Doubtless this is low and
base view Of the functions OF the summer
boarding-house keeper, but It prevails II
the boarding-house keeper discharges his
part OF the contract by remaining in good
health, good temper, and patience, where
do the boarders como in They will need
an extraordinary amount OF good temper
and patience to put up with insufficient
or ill-cooked food, and the landlords
good health will not help them. What
they need includes, besides good temper
and patience. an optimistic tempera-
ment and a strong Imagination. They
must learn to fancy that the board is excel
lent read over and over again the story of
the pantomimic banquet of the Barmecide,
and. above all, 10 severely altruistic. A
little practice in fasting will also be ad-
mirable. How they are to keep their health
Is not so clear. They are not to be kept in
health by contemplating the prime condition
OF the landlord, and it will not do for them
to take much exercise or they will imagine
themselves to be hungry. AS they are more
numerous than the boardlng-house keepers,
the principle that the majority should rulo
seems to require that the boarders health
ought to be looked after before the keepers,
In Boston the problem is simpler. The
knowledge of cookery having been lost
there, the Inhabitants may have no trouble
in learning how to forget to eat.
The sun., 1891-06-28
Trouser. tn. Corree. rh,nr for d. L.s,.,
Fros, the E.sra..a !sta,e Journal


10 vel! understood By the advanced women Of the
period that trousers were womans original dresS 1t
was the Inferior male in the primitive times
that had to wear skrts: tut civilization
the stamina of the female lost her prestige
and was psrsuaded that woman WAS q weaker vessel
she allowed men 10 steal her and palm OF on
her the skirn with which they had before been COM
PEELED 10 envslop themselves
The cASt! that has been made tha, there isn't much
ernamsnt and trimming to be got onto troussra has
bsen fully answered Trousers with high color TO them
trousers with frii!s and furbslows and ribbon, and
Covers trousers Of red and yellow O.
blue and green; trousers OF velvet and silk and oo
lace and da.ts and shirring nehus and eaiioons
trousers n rssplsndsnt angel wings with . round
about and hat TO match will always take the cake
In fact, the reason trousers now thing Of
beauty and joy forever 10 merely beeaus. man
ruined them after he stole them from MS wife AND
sisters. when woman. with her eye for color and he,
genius for trimminR' back trousers thew ar.
going TO look very different indeed As for mere man
they have had their day and th.!r Trousers. II th,,
desire for convenience sake 70 dress in something ta
viii distinguish them from the women. they viii b,
welcome 10 ton the discarded skirts and p.tt.eo.,, and
pail backs au1 eorsets and-anything they tud tha,
they can slip over their heads
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to have been minimi1ed. Between the
Portuguese peasant or artisan and
his cotTrfre in the adjoining Spanish
provinces there was sclrcely any difference
OF blood. There was incomparably less than
exists between the American and English
populations since the great inflow OF immi-
grants to this country from Germany and
from Latin Europe. We may 60 further and
affirm that there was less chronological
ground for the genesis OF iangue doui on
the north Of the Loire, as distinguished from
the idngne doc, spoken on the Provcrcal and
Catalonian coasts OF the Mediterranean,
than there is for the eventual emergence OF
a like linguistic phenomenon in o country
severed from Great Britain by an ocean. 1t
should, moreover be borne In mind that q
long lapse Of time is an essential condition
Of such phenomenon. A great many CEN
turtles were required for the termination
and upepringing Of the Romance offshoots
OF the Latin; many hundreds OF years
elapsed before the Portuguese and Spanish
peasants failed to understand each other;
we could not. therefore, expect to dis
cern, at tho end Of a single century after
the colonial epoch. tho rudiments OF die
tinct American language, except by care
fully scrutinizing the linguistic tendencies
in the lowest stratum OF American society.
1t is also to be noted that in modern times
the process OF linguistic differentiation is
sensibly retarded by the ease Of interna-
tional communication: and accordingly the
adoption OF the popular idiom by the literary
class in given country is likely to be post
poned. though in the end it may be inevitable.
We concur. in short. with Mr.. WATTS In
the opinion that ut present We have no dis
tinctly American literature. for the reason
that we have no distinctly American lam
guage. Whether. centuries hence. We may
not have alanguaGe Of our own. Is. we see. a
difrereSt question. When we have, we may
be certain that the literature will follow.
The sun., 1891-06-28
Reconstruction in Iowa.

The platform adopted last week by the
Iowa Democrats has the two-sided sort Of
ssterest which attaches to the peculiarly
happy con1uncuons OF things we'll said with
things auspiciously unsaid.
These Democrats OF State corresponding
In the tariff smashcrs' eyes to one OF the
brightest spots on their maps OF the mythi-
cal rainbow land. and which has also been
justly regarded as one OF tho original manu-
factories OF crank notions that delight the
prairie statesman whose final abomination
seems to be other mems money, have made
platform which. instead OF bringing bushes
TO the cheek Of intelligence or despair to tho
souls OF earnest Democrats may serve as a
basis Of political effort at once serious and
hopeful.
Pensions are treated OF with an acknowl.
edgment that they should be Just and
liberal"
Tho positive recommendation in regard
10 trusts, the Farmers Alliances longest
tailed devil until the discovery OF the money
power. declares unimpcachably for action
against franchises and property used Ito
the injury and spoliation Of the people,"
Tho tariff programme consists solely in a
demand for equal opportunities for every
section OF our country: and VIC insist that
every oppressive feature OF the tariff be
eliminated
With rock bottom understanding OF fun.
damcntal Democracy that would do creditto
Governor HoGG OF Texas, the sugar bountyis
declared to be "spoliation OF the Treasury for
special classes and interests, which are no
moro entitled to be aided BY the Govern
ment than the farmers OF Iowa in raising
hogs and corn, or the pioneer settlers Of the
frontier in their hardships and suffering as
the vanguard OF civilization"
With full appreciation of the paramount
outrage o! late Republican achievement, and
the broadest target for future Democratic
attack, the Billion Congress is presented for
denunciation with direct and precise SIM
plicity not bestowed on any other topic.
We give the passage in full:
I'VE denouncs the was,eful and lavish appropria.
tions o; the Ast Congress- which In time OF pro-
found peace expended amount equal third the
tota! public debt incurred in four years OF
war for the preservation Of the Union. This Billion
dollar Conarsss marks the hnal effort Of desperate po
ueians TO perpstuats themselves In power by subdE
ing csssss communities special inserssts and prtvi
legged indviduals from the pubic funds which shoud
be sacred trust to BE- administered solely for the ne
cessues Of the Government"
Moreover. there is nothing relating to the
defeat or the defeated OF 1883. There is no |
stufIlng in the Iowa Democrats platform.
After the stufIlng was 30 efectually knocked |
out Of tho platform offered to the recent |
Democratic Convention of Kentucky there |
con be little wonder that no one tried to |
shove 1t In in Iowa.
The sun., 1891-06-28

ally aud face to face, not theoretically in
college class rooms alone. In that field the
boys will be babies playing against veterans.
Yet 1t will do the boys good TO become
University Settlers. They will not teach
much. but they win learn great deal.
Besides. going into residence at tho Neigh
borhood Houses will have all the fun for
them OF novel experience. sort Of camp
ing-out excursion.
The sun., 1891-06-28

The tail sum msr tins tAbls on tie New York Central
gate me fa'' s.rl .ad ihsu,~nd leland. irts. vii
through drs-inx roor, for a, ION trh",.sass %
it.Aeds. bgrAle &c No connection tar C!a'ton on
's, s.I,,o.. .l s.,. d.,.y sand.5. .iest. - a
r. ~ Through WAxnsr drawing room cara The sai.
soss special IeAving 3;rP ~ with drawing room
e r. %.hdss s..s o,orE.h .rrivias there ioH /. Il
fSndAek spseiA .il le.ys dAiiy at 7 - r NJ Win
,hIopsh ssstinr carr for Buf.o Niagara fals Cav
.yn Taul snii staten. sArAbAc LAKE station Ar
,hIense ssepinx car for Care Vincent VIII 10 run on
-. nEht express sANinr UrApd central Station s.Iv
atciia =. ". For local change. see time isSsa%tHrH
The sun., 1891-06-28

Tho Touraine and twin screws have now
been added TO the beautiful. and from the
shipbuildsrs point OF view the marvellousiy
successful feet OF the French Tran sat,aptic
Company. Twin screws and twenty-five knots
an hour is the motto to 30 posted In tho ha,
OF the progressive ocean traveller. and from
what wo know OF the situation tho limo In oues-
tion may be looked to with greatest conf dence
to fulfil il
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Why Mr.. Calliper Ha. No sawrm

"isss ey the pspsrs" said Mr.. CAlper "tha, man
IN storkvi!is Centre VI, offers savmii ax.,n,.
pair of eopptrupps shoes that his .e,,ny.s, nj,
boz opsn and shut doors 10 haf An hour ,,s
slam Them louder than any boy OF his age east q,
the hisssnppl RIVER I,houid cert ,,ny take th,t he,
for my boy cl.rsncsf had room on ,hi, place 10
set up asarmiiL"
The sun., 1891-06-28
The Hes. sy..e. of Rapid TRANSIT.

IHE srs has recommended q double deck 10 the sls.
waited system the upper tracks 10 bs used for express
service Ihs sssms 10 be the bssi solution Of the whes
problem, and ends all controversy regarding COATS
sfneisney. and 2rAetiesbil,y. With new Aad nrusr
supporAs double deck elevated road. improved in
sighnssS would Prove the bss. system for city rapid
1AaEt N The Werla
The sun., 1891-06-28

"Don'yoa think AN dOins well in ORA ring. papar
said kauds
"spsn !id'" said xr. calpsr. proudly as he l,ot.a
o.'t 'he a'a~'nsA wheh she had submitted to him
"but don tthnk tas eorkserew n anti. n.,f.c, -
why papa" said xard,, "thatislta co,Escrs.,
sIht n WORKING drawing of gimi.t'
The sun., 1891-06-28
Nr. CIews's Costly Bathroo..

Henry Clews devotes great deal of time
and money to beautifying his house. He ia
particularly well pleased with any ors who ex
Greases desire 10 go through it, and one OF
the first rooms he will take o visitor into is his
bathroom. He is said to have expended
TACT. every part Of the room is OF onyx.
The sun., 1891-06-28
A ser,eu. Need or the sou,.

Prom the Courier-'ouruaL
Tie Connee,icut man who has invented an .,,c.,i.
method Of protecting chicken roo.s should hasten n
the South and show Southern brethren how il work,
The sun., 1891-06-28
CHICAGO. June 25.

To IHE EDITOR OF THE SrS-ST: Every time I set nv
eyes the statue which faces the Brooklyn City Han
reminds Of the Bescber TIton trial and also OF
Mr. Bssehsrs breadand-waters sermon Ibeiievs there
IL great mistake ads by the Brooklyn newspepsrs in
nsElectuR to repubish the proceedings trial and
the bread and water ason Of the un.
yelling Of the that the youth OF the city xa,
know what manner OF man ths figure Representa- II
represents such hiKh order OF morality that they
ought 10 be made aware OF ii. wha, has he ever don.
to sntitis him to such recogniiions II sensational
preaching and The wreeknE OF homes Be- cons,de.ed
great and laudabe work. the people Brooklyn can.
not do too much in honor Of his memory Some main.
tain that Nj. Beechsr representative American
Representative Amsricana a. rule. encourage purity
and morality God forbid that the people OF America
should ever remember Mr.. Bssehsr representative
Amsrican He was everything else but that Tho
proper place for the statue would bs in front Of Ply
moutn Snufeh ARHAnil
BRooKLYs, June -.
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Tread your spring plsm Bintk"
That wasn't spring posm"
must have been II gave me those tired feeling.
right of.'
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"A haId cough dstIssses the patient and r.eks both
Iunn ssd throat DR.. u. JAvnss RIpsciorsnt IA yh.
rAtea @ 70 surs your eough and relieve both he
The sun., 1891-06-28
The Beecher Glor,ncatio,.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sr: To.day's
papers recount the unveiling OF the Beecher
monument in Brooklyn yesterday. and the
hymns. speeches and orations OF the occasion.
OF course it was to be expected that the
terms OF eu!oEy would be exhausted in re-
counting the virtues ard triumphs Of popu-
lar hero. for such Mr.. Beecher undoubtedly
was. however much We may doub. whether
the honor was worthily bestowed. It is as far
from the first time. however. as It will be from
the last that the gravest faults OF men OF genius
have been condoned. and the fretted marble or
moro enduring brass has been erected to COM
msmora,e . lifo which it were better to have
consigned to Q later era and more Just esti-
mate Of character to delineate. The discrim-
mating mind will not. therefore. be too much
impressed ty these posthumous hono-s. but
will rather recur to the absolute standard of
truth to which at last every work Of man must
he brought for judgment Let those who will
bow to oratory. or even to genius: but these
gifts. however great should never blind US 10
the fact OF moral obliouity.
While the multitude shouts its approval to
an apparent greatness. there will not be want.
ing those Of more discernment whose minds
will recur to broken home. to a wife dishon.
orsd. to a husband expatriated. These are
some Of the awful reributive shadows which
will not down a. the beck Of partisans, and
which no monumental ttass can ever hide
c. b. CARTER.