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New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
ARE WE DEGENERATINGR

II would appear from reports just published
in ENGLAND. by Mr. Howard Collins and other pains
taking and conscientious PSYCHOLOGISTS, that our
bodies are undergoing process OF degeneration,
and that the advance of our moral condition ana
mental enlightenment is attended by correspond
ing physical deterioration. Our hair Is becoming
more scarce, our ears larger and our lower jaws
smaller. in proportion as we attain hlgher plane
of civilization, and by the time we have reached
the summit. we shall-according to the physlolo-
rlsts. have developed into race without hair,
with long ears standing at right angles with the
head. and with lower jaws of the dimensions OF
that of an average /" Jack Rabbit
While the loss of our hair must be source
Of satisfaction to those who believe in
the Darwlnian doctrines of evolution
since it denotes that we are gradually
increasing the distance from that hypothetical
perod when the human form was more hairy ana
anlsh than divine, it is a subject of considerable
preoccupation and concern to those OF us VINO 40
NOT happen to be either wig-makers or pilatory
fertilizers. And notwithstanding the potent argu-
ments advanced by the English psychologists who
seel, TO show that scanty hair and cevcrness go
together on the one hand and abundance Of hair
with stupidity on the other, we venture to believe
that baldncss, is due, not much to the presence
Of brains beneath the pilatory SOIL as to insufficient
cttI0sure Women, no matter how clever, retain
their hair much longer than men, and the airy
kind of hcadgcar they adopt affords the explanation
Of the fact.
With regard TO the tendency of the ears OF
pilded youths and high-bon maidens" to stick
out laterally and to develop abnormaly bn size,
we are unable to speak, as we have failed until
now TO remark any such popularity amoqg our
yhunoer fellow-citizens We would merely OBJ
serve that length of ears has never until now been
REGARDED as indicative of excessive sagaclty-
rathcr the other way. For whereas, the serpent,
whose wisdom is vaunted by the Psalmist, has ears
50 small that they are almost imperceptible, tine
stubborn ignorant jackass possesses aurai arrange
ments that are absolutely monumental in SIZE
As TO the decrease of the periphery Of our lower
laws, we feel a certain deicacy about entering
into n discussion Of the question for the reason
that the British psychologists cOnfine this falhh8
| off in size 10 the jaws Of the male seX They are
ovon rude enough to assert that the lower jaw oil
| woman has increased an inch and half in perl
| nbery during the last hundred years, ana 10
| hint that the growth of the feminine jaw is at
tributable to their increase OF independence, ana
above all to the relaxation Of that golden silence
70 which they were subjected by our forclathers.
That the silvery and ripping eloquence of woman
has become a more prominent feature of the pres
ent age than in days of yore, it. is impossible TO
| dcpv. But who is there in this country who
,yonId be willing to dispense with 1t? Certainly
| not The Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
PERSONAL.
fOrever!' y

Two remarkable old ladies' are Mrs. Hannah Enstis
and Miss Sarah Barr, of Wakefield. Mass. They are
twin sisters, born in 1900, and still bright and in
active health so great Is their resemblance in figure,
voice and manner, that one Is frequently mistaken lor
the other
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett Is spending the
summer tsOuth KensngtOn London.
GleeSon White has resigned the ecitOrshlp OF "Thc
Art Amateur" lie will return to LndoE IN septem-
Der, to resume his literary work there
Prince Ferdinand of Rumania il is now said. Will
marry the Princess Marie of Ednbug, the eldest
daughter Of the Duke of Edinburgh European
diplomatlst5 and journalists are having hard time
in finding suitable wife Tor the unhappy Io'er Vi
Miss Vacaresco
A highly rreverent Chicago newspaper Undertakes,
but abruptly abandons consideration Of the question
as to what would happen were ex-senator Eyars anu
y. Hutchinson to exchange hats unVttlnsF, cunning
out OF a restaurant
Ibsen has made bis trip TO the North care as
recently planned, and Is now in Christiana, where ne
hopes 10 spend the winter. This will be his first pro.
longed visit to Norway in thirty years, since nc lelV
home in fact.
Few people know Of little romance connected win
the early life Of Emperor Frederick, in which Itaiy
lovely Queen, Marguerite figured as the heroine us
said that in his youth Frederick formed deep attach
ment for this magnificent woman, then Princess Oh
SAVOY and she being at the time engaged to umbefto
IL was never known whether or not the love Wa' re- re-
cDrOcated but In later years. ana snort Wnc aiu-I
the Emperors sad DEATH among his private etects was
found carefully put away crnmped piece OLE OI hce;
said to have been fragment OF the weudlng somH @ VI
Marguerite torn from her robes whlo dancing on her
wedding night.
Vice ceAdmiral Gervals. who is in command OF tht
French squadron now at Portsmouth, is one ofVh'
most promising officers Of the French marine. lie
also the youngest vice-admfral of the French navy
and owes his rapid promotion through the various
grades less 10 favor at the seat OF power than to hi
own abilities He is ffty-four years of age, having
been born in 1897 He entered the naval service a.
the age OF fifteen mid'hlpman on tle bOra. AZ
capiain NJ Of a frieate in 1871. In 1870 he was ap
pointed fun captain. and given the Command OF one
~ mo ironclads of the first class The command o.
tbo North Sea fleet followed, with the rank Of vice
admiral and this post he exchanged for the mporian
command he now holds
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

The victim I'm the latest case Of drowning while
bothinr is said to have been ain expert swimmer
Unfortunately it Is the good swimmers who. as
rule are drowned while bathing in the ocean
They have unbounded confidence in themselves,
and so take risks which poor swimmer or ono
unable TO swim at all would never think of in
curing. Ability to keep ones self ailoat in the
water for a long time is not sufficient to Justify
any one in going out far beyond his depth, for
even the most expert swimmer is liable to an
attack Of cnmp, which may render him help
less. More than that, when a good swimmer
ventures far beyond the lifelnes he endangers the
lives of others in case of any mishap to himself,
for whoever goes 90 his assistance is liable to get
into serious trouble. The only safe rule for the
accomplished swimmer is TO remain near shore or
within easy rench Of the ropes which are pro-
yidcd at all the bathing beaches
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
TIE yJClRAGUAY DISTURBANCES.

The political disturbances in Nicaragua have
resulted partly from the jealousies between two
cities hut in the main from faction rule which
is fhe great curse Of Spanish America. Granada
and Leon have been rival cities, each deter
mined to enjoy supremacy in the government
of the country. So strong was the feeling of
rivalry between them that it was necessary to
convert a third and more obscure town, Ma
nagua. into the political capital. Presidents
Sacasa represents the Leon group of politicians.
The opposition to him has centred in Granada.
The President, having secured his election last
year after he had filed out the term for which
he had been appointed resolved to release him
self from constant apprehension OF revolution.
He put spies upon the track of his enemies and
finally had the leaders arrested, including two
ex- Presidents and the editor of the Opposition
journal. Granada was greatly excited by this
arbitrary act and there was riOting in the
streets and an attempt to rescue the prisoners.
The soldiers opened fire upon the mob, and
fifty men were killed. The political prisoners
were taken to Managua, and according to the
latest accounts, are to be exiled under penalty
of death if they return.
These scenes have been paralleled many times
in the history of Genital America. One gov
erning cabal is constantly opposed by another
and revolutionary outbreaks and arbitrary die
tatorships follow in ordinary course. An un-
successful candidate for the Presidency plans a
revolution very much as political canvass is
outlined in the United States. No sooner is
President inaugurated than intrigues are begun
against him. and he is compelled either to fore
stall an outbreak by arbitrary arrests and edict'
Of banishment, or to strengthen his town gar.
risons and to open fire upon street mobs. Cen
tral American politics involve a constant play
of plot and counerplot, one cabal intriguing
against another and being mercessly dealt with
| In defeat. The moral force of public opinion
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
TWELVE PAGES.
THE YEys THIS MORNING.

Forpipn.-Details were received Of the fight be-
tween congressional and Government forces near
valparaiso. Chill =- Mr.. Carling stated in the
Canadian House of Commons that no tariff changes
were contemplated by the permission to import
live American cattle. - Serious damage was
done in England and Ireland by the storm -
Tie French fleet left Portsmouth for France
u1mcstlc-Thc President addressed great audi
c1u's at Richmond, Waterbury, Montpelier, Plain
field and St. Johnsbury, VT; at Montpelier he
spoke In the Capitol to the members Of the state
LEGISLATURE. -= The American Bar Association
met in Boston 60 o. S. Campbell, by defeating
Hobart winner of the All Corners Tennis Tourna-
uent. at Newport, retains the championship or
America. - The Fifth International Geological
Congress met in Washington. - Thirty thou
sand peope are in attendance Oh the Ocean Grove
Camp Meeting.
CITY and Suburban.-The search fOT bodies in
the ruined building in Park Place was
ended. sixty-one corpses having been re-
ovcred 60 man at Great Neck, il. L.,
shot his wife, his mother-ln-law and HIMSELF his
own injuries being the mOst dangerous. ==
An Italian shoemaker was arrested for counter
feting, and quantity of spurious coin and his
tools were seized. - Alfred II. flideck, q
Murray-st importer. killed himself with paris
green. - Winners at jerome Park: Airplant,
Cynosure Homer, Celia. Alliqupa and Delaware.
- Stocks opened strong foreign buying, re-
acted smartly in the afternoon, but closed with
rising tendency.
The Weather-Forecast for to-day: Slightly
warmer and partly cloudy Temperature yester-
day: Highest, II degrees; lowest, co. aver
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
Amnsemenls.
YrJou THEATRE-s-A high Roller.
BROADWAY THEATRE-S-Wsng.

YIJoU THEATRE-s-A High Roller.
BROADWAY THEATRE-S-wsng.
CASINOS ;15-1ndigo
COLUMBUS THEATRES 15-U l.
EDEN MuSEEr-wax Tablesus
Ell, DORADO (New-Jersey)--S ;3o-Kng solomon.
GARDEN THEATRE-2-PrInce kari. s'So-Parisrsn
Romanee
GRAND OPERA HoUSE-S-Captan Kari.
ROSTER & BIALS-S-vaudcyillc
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AMPHITHEAIhE-si 40
Concert.
MADISON SQUARE THEATRES S0-Jane-
MANHATTAN BEACH-S-kireworks
NIBIOS-S-The Khediye.
pALMER's THEATRES ;15-The Tar ana the 1afSaf'
PARK THEATRES :l6-Dorothy's Dilemma
PRoCTOR's THEATRE-s-Mr. Wilkinsons "ioo""'
STANDARD THEATRE-5 15-Fleurette'
TERRACE GAHDEN-S-psriser Leben.
UNION SQUARE TIEATRE-S-The Black Mesqu7'
I.TH STREET THEATRES :15-A Fair Rebel.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

Mavor Grant is entitled to credit for eating
short his vacation and returning to town in order
70 make sure that the work OF relieving those
left destitute by the Park Place disaster should
no nroperlv put under way. The committee
which he has named to take charge OF the
n,onevs contributed and their distribution VIII
command the entire confidence of the public.
The generous subscriptions which have already
heon made are an assurance that Newly orkers
will respond most heartily to the cry OF tnose
in want. The overhaung of The ruins was
completed yesterday and the roll of the dead
reaches sixty-one. 1t is smaller than has been
feared. considering the large number of persons
reported missing, but it seems almost cer1a1h
that every one crushed amid the falling walls
and timbers has now been taken out.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

ncdtlon, which sailed In the "Kite" TO collect
Cskimc daa and to endeavor to trace the un-
mapped portion of the shore Of Melville Bay,
has been brought back to st. Johns and may
be expected here soon. Meantime, Lieutenant
peary, in his far-oT hermitage, several hundred
miles further north than any other civilized
habitation, will be the object Of general SYM
nathy and of good wishes for his early recovery
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

President Harrison saw both sides of the
Green Mountains yesterday on his way from
st. Adams to st. Johnsbury. There were the
usual greetings along the route, with speeches
from the central figure at half dozen points.
At Montpelier the ceremonies assumed more
formal character, the President being first re-
ceiyed by the Legislature and afterward ad-
dressing large crowd in front Of the Capitol
II is difficult task to make two good speeches
with only few minutes interval between, but
Mr.. Harrison was easily equal to it.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
* GENERAL DyRENFORTn TOO MODESTO

From TIC IIhchsO NVWs' -
But the puzzle about this business OF making aruil-
,,i r,instors Is nat whenever IL rains IN Texas be
,sc Of me scientific explosions II seems % rain IN
SSicsr0 and a good many other places Just FOR lih,
h 10 not the scientists claim the credit for the rains
IN limos south Dakota Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri
ne well ms for those in rexasi
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
NopODY TO BLANIE.

From The Boston Herald.
The architect protests his innocence The propne
tors and tenants follow suit ana tho building luspeo
tors say ditto Ii Is 10 be hoped that these prtesta
tions will not deter tho authorities tom proceeding
with the Investigation. somebody Is to blame anu
that badly.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
PRESIDENT WHITES CANDIDACY.

From The Albany Journal.
certainly there Is at the present time nothing when
,ronid Indicate that Mr.. White would not command the
hearty support OF every Republican ana IL IS conceded
bdcnendent element In this state, which recognizes
in hin a man possessed OF the ability, eNpcrenee ana
dignity es, s,ental 30 successful administration Oh Vic
hirlt Office.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

There is prospect now that the Connecticut
Governorship muddle may be submitted TO the
Supreme Court ut the October term II is well
TO keep the fact clarly in mind that but for the
persistent opposition Of the Democrats TO such
a course the case might have gone To the courts
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

citv's hands in this matter would be interesting
TO trace out. 1t stands to reason that no Legs
Iature would knowingly pass an act to promote
the pouution of great city's water supply
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
HE Is NOT THE SILENT PARTNER.

From The Washington Post
Chauncey F. Black has laid aside his arduops
,ornallsilc cares long enough TO indulge h few OBJ
scryotlOns on the Penns; yana situation. Mr. BLACK
is sill in partnership with the Constitution.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

Children's play rarely indeed has more distress
ing results than in the tragedy which occurred in
an Ohio town last week. when three children were
smothered in chest. At first there was sus-
pic0n that some fend In human form had thrust
them into the box, hut il turns ont that they
were put there by their playmates In pure sport,
and then forgotten. Such tragedy is without
single relieving feature. It recalls to mind the
pathetic story told in verse by Samuel Rogers, of
the bride who mysterously disappeared on her
wedding-day and was found fifty years after in a
chest in which she had hidden, when spring-lock
that lay in ambush there fastened her down
fOrever!n
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
IT WILL BE KEPT A-CHINKING.

From The HartloIu Noui"''O'
Major Mckinley is entirely ready, as nc showea
., Viies SATURDAY afergOOn, ID talk tariff, but he Is
ling 10 talk currency, too, and TO force Mr; lamp
Ecll and the other Democratic speakers to talR IT,
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
TIE NEEDS NO DOCTORING.

From The st. Paul Pioneer Press.
Henry waterson, LIP Is all right, bur the new SNS
god Henry WattcTson was all right before they
made him LID.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

Secretary Proctors retirement will make the
second breat in President Harrison's Cabinet. The
first was caused by the death of Mr. Window on
the goth of January. In Mr.. Cleveland's Cabinet
the first break occurred on the retirement OF
Secretary Manning on February IA, 1887, and the
second when Secretary Lamar was elevated to the
Supreme Bench December 6, of the same year. AS
Mr. Proctor VIII doubtless not give up his present
office much before December, the parallelism be-
tween the two Administrations will be strillingly
preserved.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

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months TrdreIIerS in Europe can rcceire The
Tribune during their absence for $1.65 per
month, foreign postage paid, or $4.45 for three
months. The address of the paper will be changed
as often as desired.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

The Park Commissioners are in no haste to
settle the drawbridge question, which has been
brought before them in various forms at several
successive meetings There was an hours talk
about the matter yesterday, but all to no pur-
pose. What is to be gained by further delay ?
All that can be said. or need be said, has been
already said on both sides. The public demand
for relief from the existing state OF things is
growing in emphasis. On the other side are a
few private interests only. Public-spirited
Commissioners ought not to need an unlimited
quantity of time to reach decision.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
Jnoes 10 ADVERTISEMENTS.
Dnslrfss Totlres.


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early in the year and ben decided long before

IL sometimes happens chat in an /" of year" IN
politics the discussions State campaigns eia'e
TO questions as moncntns and exciting as those
Of Presidential year, when the great parties OIL
the country gather heir forces for formal ana
desperate pitched battle ver issues which ahec'
the whole population of te republic. This is the
case In 1891 There has hen great need Of pop
ular. semi-ofcial exposition Of all the principai
points in the Republican creed relative to the
Tariff, the Currency, Silvr Coinage, Reciprocity
and the Alliance. Great speeches like those OF
Major Mckinley strike the keynote but tney
must necessarily touch lriehy upon many minor
matters, upon which the keen and inquiring pup
lie mind wishes fuller satisfaction. The tribune
has now issued a textbook which will meet this
want, entitled Big ksues Of an On-year," an
octave pamphlet Of elghY-eieht large pages. IL is
q document that no public speaker or writer ana
no party leader car ,frord to be without. In
this publication The Tribune has gathered together
the best of the artchs by Roswell G.. Horr which
appear regularly in it's Weekly issue on the topics
above referred TO, in,u1ing an explanatory article
upon our plan Of government in America 10
these has been added The TrbuDe's great article
on Prices In 1890 md 1872 and fairly complete
information as to the objects and workings OF
Reciprocity 1t Is ~ admirable document. Price
% cents copy.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

NOT MUCH CHOICE LEFT THEM.
From The Chicago Inter-Occan.
New-York Democrats have got TO stand by lil or
bust.s They will nlsely do BOTH
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

Senator Stanford S worthy and upright man,
and he deserves frigds who do not stab him IN
the back If "The San Francisco Weekly Argus
s, indeed, in any ense, his personal organ, as
dispatches assert Inc is in some danger OF being
made to suffer at its hands. That paper indulses
in certain remarks lpon the list of Repuolican
statesmen who are not without reproach," ana
thinks that this LIST should be narrowed down
to one, the Hon. Lland Stanford" Either the
telegraph has lbelled the Editor or the Editor mas
libelled Senator STAFFORD. He is man without
reproacb, and it is shame to say that ne Is hot-
There are many Other Republican statesmen whose
lives and records are pure and spotless, and 1t Is
probable that he would be the first to resent the
imputation that every one of his political asso-
ciates in the Senate was not without reproach. -
The EiitOr and the telegraph operator shouid
settle az once which Of them deserves to be sued
for slander.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

eo-s not dire,t political government. fac''o"
iocling is always uprermoSt.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

THURSDAY, AUGUST 81, 1891.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

The American Bar Association, now nolding
its fourteenth annual meeting in Boston, bnds
reason for congratulation on the achievement
of two notable reforms toward which IL has
directed It's influence. They were referred 70
by President Baldwin in his annual address
The fist is the Congressional legislation pro-
yidng for what has long been popularity called
the relief of the Supreme Court the second Is
the increase finally secured in the salaries OF
United States district judges. Neither measure
is all that the Bar Association hoped and de-
sired; nevertheless, both are important steps in
the line OF National progress.
The statement from Commissioner Gilroy
published in yesterdays issue indicated plainly
enough that there could be no reasonable guar
antee Of purity in the ctys water supply with
ont action by the Legislature The report of
the experts, Drs Martin and Beebe, was can
yassed Yesterday by the Health Commissioners
and their counsel who agreed that legislative
interference must be sought to prevent the con-
ta,nination which Is constantly going on. The
genesis Of the lev which practically ties the
New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

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