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New-York tribune., 1892-01-13
THE NEED or COLLEGES FOR WOMEN.
SMITH AND WELLESLEY SHOW WHAT is BEING
DONE TOWARD MEETING IT.

SMITH AND WELLESLEY SHOW WHAT is BEING
DONE TOWARD MEETING IT.
"Tha Higher Education Of Women ably dis
cused on Monday evening at the meeting Of the Pres
bytcrian Union by representatives OF Elmra NasSar and
Wellesley colleges. Last evening the same subject
was presented at The Quill Club I'm interesting ad-
dresses By President sceyc Of smith. Mrs Alice Fre-
man Palmer, formerly president Of wellesley ana Mrs
Adallne Emerson Thompson, president Of the College
settlements Association. As IL was "woman's even
ng" on Monday night and ladies' night last even
lng and many Of the men or gentlemen are members
II both bodies. Of the company last night made
mental comparisons. and one enthusiastic member
declared that Mrs Palmer had equal in presenting
tho subject under review.
The officers OF tho Quill Club. which holds ts meet
ings at Clarks. in Twenty third St. are President
Dr. Charles l.. Thompson; vice president. kooert
Graham: Treasurer Thomas o. COnant; secretary.
William Abbatt: executive commtiee-the officers and
Marshall H. Bright, DR.. L. Duncan Bulkley, Frank f..
Conover the Rev. DR.. Francis II. Marling aud Henry
Randall Waite: reception comm!uee-the Kew d.
sealy b. Rooster, H. K. Chambers. Richard l. Dawes
La sale A. Maynard and Frank IL. Tubbs. A. 1t
va, the first time women had enjoyed a ladies'
night" at the club. the officers had adorned their menu
card with this quotation from Chauccr;
I.o what gcntics,e these women have,
[, W. coude know 10 for our rudencsse!
How busIe they BE- u. u kccge and save,
Both In helc ana also In sickcnesse'
And alyay right sorre for dstrcsse,
In every manner; thus shew they routho
Thai in them Is al goodnessc and tGouthe
After a paper by DR.. seolye, HtnS the literary
deeds OF women, from Miriam, the >r OF Moses, 10
George Egbert Crlddock. In which hc declared 'ha'
the young women OF the last quarter OF century mao
done a. good literary work as the young men, snd
pruphcslcd even greater things for them in the iuture
Dr. Thompson Introduced Mrs. Palmer. Turning from
the history and philosophy OF he question. ss pre-
sen,ed by the first speaker Mrs. Palmer took up the
practical side tho everyday life Of the girls in col
lcg." as she was pleased TO term IT, icr addIesS
wa, delivered without notes and again and again her
delighted hearers punctuated IL with hearty applause
Girl, are going to college for the very reasons, she
declared that send their brothers TO college They
come forth from the college halls. and make swccter
finer ADLER better wives, and teachcrs. and Christian
workers, The question Of health has been tested, and
the results show that tll. wOmen's college ha> hd
strong healing hand Oh the American nome. GlInpoes
~ Interviews with students under her care especially
ulc.,cd the audience ~ they showed The earnesn,SS
AMI conservation Of the educated woman. she tslNeH
college a,dng not What can l getF put What
Nr THOMPSON gave a practical View Of the work Of
rearbnc hc masses don, by college graduates In the
College settlement Home In Ri'inston-st.
New-York tribune., 1892-01-13
FINANCES OF THE STA1E.
CONTROLLER wEMPLE's REPORT sH""o 'o'
PLUS OF MORE THAN 100000.


PLUS OF MORE THAN 10ooooo
Albany. Jan. 1o (speclall.-The State OF Nu ~, ~,
according to Controller wemplc. who suo'ni''o' s ",'
last annual report to the legislature t"hp - a ,n :"
STATE There was a surplus in the et''o ''e"Sn'
ot tbe end OF the fiscal year. september 'o, LOU.
amounting to the large sum Of - ." ''' y
wear ago Controller wcmpe estimated tni 'nc 81"
a, that date would be only $i,07oo7o"' 70 Inc ooI'-
trIIer arcues that the discrepancy WAS o"'"s !"
thc fact that the United states "oVerh,ic"' ""eH-
nectedy gave the State last winter a. '"o po''''
NJ tbc United states direct tax fund the large sum
y, % o1333O So But the total excess pes o"u '"o
torncr climate amounts to $3O32'V W. Iherc
Z. therefore. ssInA6G II. which Seehs ~ nave
dropped ont Of the heavens. but Co"'roiic, "c"p'o
nia,us that this sum comes from unexpc"ucu o"iceS
rho Controller suggests that a po'uoh Vi .ne p's
,nrnlus be used in paying OF the s'"'e ueo', anu
-, a,so soys that the mot debt oi 'he S'ae on
uon,emher 70 1891. was only s7ol,D2o o. If this
'r" ne s,,brac,ed from s5o227 es, there VIII
an "a 1ao s5a % surplus In the state treasury iof
which money at prcsont there IS no n. %,s IL S"us ,
,aaorv ~ know at least that New-fork s'ae IN tho
"nnroacblpg winter can be put out Oh uep' 1900,
In view VI the large sufR"
New-York tribune., 1892-01-13

cities und Villages containing more than 5000
inhabitants. A short statute upon this subject
was passed a few Years ago, but It is Of value
There Is nothing in the way OF law for which there Is
urgent need than proper legal regulation OF
prl mary elections throughout the state The law of
1887 which Is far from being perfect, is much better
than none but IT apples only 70 cities ara villages Of
meddle with that. but have prepared bill applying to
towns and the smaller villages. The time certainly
has come for passing such measure
ave have been acting for nearly hall century under
scrbes the method of canvassng votes and declaring
the result of elections IL TO Inc that the events
OF the last few weeks call FOR a revision Of that
law in particulars. have attempted TO do
ments which provide for the meeting Of the
Board OF state Canvassers 20 be held on fixed
day, and which seek 10 define with more certainty
the power. both OF the State Board and Of county
boards. I have also prepared bill to annul Chapter
4SO OF the Laws of 1850. That law prescribes that
the supreme Court may Issue writs OF mandamus to
correct made by boards Of county canvassers,
and that for the purposes of such proceedings the said
boards shall be deemed continuing boards. that
they may be recOnvened after final adjournment.
The amendments ! suggest provide for the Issuance
OF such writs by the supreme Court, not only when
error, have occurred but when boards have failed TO
act in conformity with law, extend all provisions OF
the act To Boards OF state Canvassers. and direct
Boar! of County Canvassers which has reference 10
votes tg be- ranvaSsed hy the State Board the latter
board shall act upon the corrected statement and II
adjourned and dissolved. shall be brought together
again for that purpose
There is room for many Otncr Improvements in
our election laws. Tho bills | have referred are
doubtless full faults md need careful revision.
| wish the Legislature might lay aside all party
as LEGISLATION do it, for pure ballot and honest
New-York tribune., 1892-01-13

ing secretary Slas BrOwnel corresponding secretary
David b. ogden urcr, 5. Sidney Smith; executive
committee (clars OF 1890 George II. Adams Edward T.
Bartlett, George q. De Witt. Francis Lynde Stetson
Stephen A. Walker committee admissions tclass Oh
1870, Lemuel H. Arnold jr, Cephas Branerd, Grosvenof
S. Hubbard. Victor MOrawetz, William L. Prentice Wiu
lam l.. Stiger, Henry w Tut.
Memorials OF members who have died during the year
read follows John f. Parsons AlbSn p Man,
Roger Foster Judge Henry wilder Allen and Austen a.
Fox on Waldo Hutchins The regular reports OF the ex
ecuye and other committee, read and approved
New-York tribune., 1892-01-13
THE RAE ASSOCIATION ELECTS OFFICERS

In ,pte OF the inclement weather tnere was large
,rnout at the election OF the Association OF the New YORK
D. No West Twenty-nnth ST., o't evening Vice.
president william B. Dickson, presided; s. b. Bro"nell
va. secretlry following tickes wa chosen without
onnosltlon: President Wheeler H. Peckham Nc@prc'i-
dent T. Ellery Anderson. Henry H. Anderson Oharles
~ p'ar,an william g. Choatc. Clifford A. Hand record.
New-York tribune., 1892-01-13
,,-crrcy SALE OF rRor1hyG STOCK.

The sal Of the trong stock belonging TO the Fashion
Stud Parkvile Farm and A. ~ Bonner began last even'
inc In the Madison square Garden at 80 O'Clock There
yors about 200 people present The auction was con-
duc.d bv Henry g. Stevens Co.. assisted by Captain =.
g Kidd Of Kentucky In ell. twentyfour hor-es were
.od AZ prices ranging from 500 the lowest at which
prince Vslmer"a colt belonging to A. A. Bonner. weat
, "a 600 which wa, paid for Edith, bay mare. property
Of the psrye Farm The majority Of the horses brought
good psces Hdegsrde and Attraction also Of tho Park
villa Farm going for 81 800 and $50 respectively. The
New-York tribune., 1892-01-13

Palace Buffet Sleeping for California via New.
York Central every Tuesday Regular rates. Apply
to ticket agents for particulars. -
New-York tribune., 1892-01-13

The sale will continue to-day morning and evening
Among those present were W. 5. Lawson. Newfork who
purchased Edith Frederick Grrken. who purchased At
traction Frank Tracy New.fork, who got Hildegardei
/ RAYMOND STANFORD. Conn; Il. T. Mcdonald, New.
York: william Dunncd New.York; Joseph Morton, New.
Jersey and H. H. Hollns New-York. Vomer, property
OF A. A. Bonner was withdrawn by her owner no bid
OF al. 600 could be obtained
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
THE MAOR! VERSION.
Tradition of savages Respecting the Great
 DciuGe.


 Tradition of savages Respecting the Great
 DciuGe.
 According to the tradition in the Nga- i-tahu tribe of Maoris. says Colonies and India. men had become very numer- ous and evil prevailed everywhere. The tribes quarreled and wars were ire quent. The worship of Tane was neg lected and his doctrines were openly denied. Men utterly refused to believe the teachings of ParawEnera-mea and FTupunuia-a-uta respecting the separa- tion of Heaven and earth by Tane, and at length cursed those two devout men when they continued their teaching. Then these two teachers were very an gry and got their stone axes and cut down totara and other trees, which they dragged together to the source of the River Tohinga (baptism). They bound tho timber together with vines of the pirita and ropes and made Q very wide raft. Then they made incantatiOns, and built house on the raft, and put much food into it-fern root, kumar Sweet potato) and dogs. Next they re- peated their incantations, and prayed that rain might descend in such abun- dance aS would convince men of the power of Tane, and prove the truth of his existence, and the necessity of the ceremonies of worship for life and for peace, and to avert evil and death. Then these tcachers-with Tu-iRete, female named Walpuna-Nau, and other wcmen-got on the raft. .Tiu, who was the priest on the raft, prayed that the rain might descend in great torrents, and when it had so r2fned for four or five days and nights he repeated his in- cantations that it might cease, and it ceased. The raft was lifted by the wa ters and Heated down tho River Tohin- ga. All men and women and children were drowned of those who denied the truth of the doctrines preached by Tane. The legend then gives detailed account of the wanderings of the raft, and the doings and adventures of its oc- cupants. Once they saw goddesses wandering on the face of the ocean. These came to make a conmotion in the sea, that the raft might be de- stroyed and those on it might perish. The sea was boiSterouS, but the raft and its occupants were not over whclmed. When they had floated about for seven moons, Tiu spoke to his com panions and said: ''We shall not die; we shall land on tho earth" In the eighth month tho rolling motion of the raft lad changed; it now pitched up and down and rolled. Tiu then said that the signs of his staff indicated that the sea was becoming less deep, and he de- clarcd that that was the month in which they would land on dry earth. They did land at uawail1i-the place from which the Maoris, according to their traditions, migrated to New Zea- land.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
Science in the Hencoop.

The sinian tongue is no longer the only language of dumb animals which is being studied by iHqrliring mankind. M. Pevot du Hacdray has gone a step further than Pref. Garnier, and has car ried science into the hencoop. His manner of ascertaining whether the barndoor fowl cl,lcl-s in 2 tongue under derstood by all it's kind consists in plac- ing telephone first i1 one henhouse where tke family are at home. When tire long-su1fering receiver has been cackled into for half an hour it is taken away, and caused to repeat al the gos- sip in a neighbcring hcncoop. The re- suits of the c1per1Elczts ere said to be marvellous, and the Academic des Sci ences is avTaiting lecture on the sub ject with the greatest interest.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
LIFE ON A BuooANEER.
The Rules and Negotiations Which tho
 Pirate Had to O2ey.

The Rules and Negotiations Which tho
 Pirate Had to OSey.
 The customs and regulations most commonly observed On board buc- cancer are worth noting, says the Ma tional Review. Every pirate captain doubtless has his own set of rules; but there were certain traditional articles that seem to havo been generally adopted. The captain had state cabin, a double vote in elections, . doutle sharc of booty. On sono vessels t vas tl2c captain who decided what direction to sail in, but this and other matters of moment were often settled by 8 vote of the company, the captains vote count ing for two. The officers had share and a half or share and quarter of the plunder and the sailors each one share. Booty was divided with scrupu lous care and marooring was the penal ty of attempting to dcfraUd the general company, if only to the amount of a gold piece CT dollar. Every man had full vote in any affair of importance.
 Arms were always to be clean and fit for service and descrticn Of the ship or quarters in battle was punished with death. On Roberts ship a man who was crippled in battle received eight hundred dollars out of the common stock and a proportionatc sum was awarded for lesser hurts. Lowther al lowed enc hundred and fifty pounds sterling for the loss of limb and other captains instituted a sort of tariff of wounds that extended to ears, fingers and tees.
 In chase or battle the captains power was absolute. He who first spied a sail, if she proved to be a prize, was entitled to the best pair of pistols on board her over and above his dividend. These pistols were greatly coveted, and a pair would sell for as much as thirty pounds sterling from one pirate to another.
 In their own commonwealth the pi- rates were reported to have been severe upon the point of honor, and among Roberts crew it was the practice to slit the ears CT nose of any sailor found guilty of robbing his fellow.
 Such feeble interest as now attaches to what was once the formidable fame of the pirates is not even esthetic; it is merely comic. No imaginative essayist discusses piracy as fine art; but Paul Jones is resurrected as the hero of a musical burlesque. Poor Paul! And he is almost the only one of the whole buc- caneering race whose story discovers a trace of the legendary galiantry of pi- racy. Paul, whose father had been head gardener to Lord SclIiri1, plum dered the Selkirl1 mansion of it's plate, which he subsequently, returned in parcel to Lady Sell1irk with letter of polite apology.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
THE ExPooI7ioa POST OFFICE.
Preparations for Handling . Mountain of
 Mail Matter.

, Rrepar2tIon5 for Handling . Mountain Of
 Mail Matter.
 The worlds fair is to have a post of fee large enough to supply hourly mails to 150,0o0 exhibitors, and the force to manage it will be as large as that Of the Milwaukee post office. Such, in brief, is the plan of the post office de- partnect.
 Post Office Inspector Stoddard has been commissioned to investigate as to the post office facilities required and with instructions to curtail the plant in no particular.
 Mir. Stoddard was informed that it had been estimated that between 150,- 900 and 175, ,0GO exhibitors would be at the fair. Taking these figures the in spector estimated that between 300 and 400 post office employees would be re- quired to handle the mails, this esti- mate including the carriers. It is pro- posed to have all mails for exhibitors dropped off directly at the grounds, and no mail matter will be sent to the main office. It is proposed to have a post office wholly up to the size and charac- ter required in 9 large city, and money crdcr, registry and other divisions will be established. Hourly deliveries and collections will be made and the office will have to be opened three or four months before the formal opening of the fair, and as exhibitors will not leave for several months after the fair closes tho post office will be open about fifteen months.
 The total cost of the management and force for this period, 1t is believed, will be in the neigiborhood Of s250,O00. It has not yet been decided whether the post office will be established in the government building or separate structure erected. This matter will be decided upon by Inspector Stoddard during his present investigation and his conclusions will be emobdied in a special report to Postmaster General Wanamaker.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
IRELAND AT THE FAIR.
The Emerald Isle Will Take Her Place
 Among Nations.

The Emerald Isle VIII I&ke Her Place
 Among Nations.
 The countess of Aberdeen, who re gently visited the leading American cities in the interest of an Irish exhibit at the Columbian exposition, has writ ten Gen. r. A. Collins, of Boston, stat ing that she was delighted with the heartiness with which the work had been taken up. After thanking Ameri- can friends for their cooperation the countess of Aberdeen says:
 'sWe are determined that you shall not be ashamed of the practical support you are giving us, but that the Irish and their friends in America shall feel a glow of pride when they sec the pro ductions of peasant hands in the old country in their great metropolis of the west. The intimate relationship which has existed between America and Ire land makes it essential that Ireland and her work as it really is should be prop erly and efficiently represented in this unique exposition, and we shall keep this object mainly in view rather than any object of intro ducing Irish manufactures to any large extent into the United States. We are fully aware that there are difficulties in the way of this latter object, but we believe that not only the Irish in America but the people of the United St2tes generally will glad ly welcome the opportunity of giving Ireland chance of showing what she can do and how proud place she can claim among the nations of the earth by reason of the eleverness and deftness of her peoples fingers"
 A special committee, she adds, will submit its fuller plans, when the for mer and a member of the committee will probably visit this country shortly 10 ccnsuit vith the American commit tees
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
A Russian Post Office ia Turkey.

It is well known that Russia has al- ways held military colony in the heart of Turkey under cover of Greek monas- teries on Mount AthoS, located on the eastern promontory of the threc-forlled peninsula of Salonica. The fact is brought prominently to notice at pres ont by the report that the Russian gov ernment has established post office in Salonica for direct communication with Mount Athos. This is taking the right of postal communication out of the hands of the Turkish government, and diplomatic circles are wondering what the sublime porte is going to do ID the premises.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
Toilette Defined.

The word toilette is dimfnutive of toile, small covering of linen thrown over dressing table, but it was re- served for the decorators of the reign of Louis XV. to discriminate between the grand and the little toilette. The latter was very simple arrangement, indeed "a plain wooden altar with unadorned white napery and looking glass, st which the celebrants were only the lady's maid and the hairdresser. The grand toilette was a much more splen- did affair. The table was laden with coffers of jewels, glove boxes, powder boxes, receptacles for paint, patches, pomatum, and scented waters, and finally with the dressing case, the fur niture of which was often of gold or silver handsomely chased
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
one Taste of Gnnd Fortnne,

The eZ-queen of Naples, who has suf- fered all the bangs of genteel poverty during the last twenty years or more, has now been placed in comparative ly afiiuent position. Her mother, the late duchess of Ludovica, of Bavaria, who died some weeks ago, left fortune yielding an income of about s1G0,000 a year. According to the will of the duchess the property was to be shared equally between three of the daughters of the duchess, namely. the empress of Austria, the ex-queen of Naples and the duchess of Alcncon. The empress, however, is so wealthy in her own right -she has an income of S200.G0O year Of her own, besides the right of draw ing upon her husbands practically in- exhaustible pursC-that she has aban- doncd her share of the bequest to the ex-qucen of Naples, who will there fore now come in for about s6O.00O to o,00O a year. The ex-queen figures as the heroine in Daudet's ''Kings in Exilc.''
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
MINES AND MINING.
An Innovation in Worlds Fair Exhibi-
 tioHS.


 tioEs.
 Considerable misapprehension exists both in this country and abroad as to the mines and mining exhibit which is to be made at the exposition. At worlds fairs heretofore the mineral and allied exhibits have been shown in the man. ufactures building or in annexes to other structures occupied by exhibits having but remote relation to anything of the mineral description. Many press notices and comments indicate that the impression prevails widely that such is to be the case at the exposition of 1893. But that is far from being true. ''Mines and Mining" has been made a separate and distinct department of the clas- ification of exhibits and will have the exclusive use of one of the finest and largest of the exposition buildings. The mines and mining building measures $50 by TOO feet, has total floor space of almost 9 acres and cost S265, ,00O. The fact is that at the Worlds Columbian exposition for the first time in the his tory of such enterprises the mining in- dustry and products are accorded the recognition which their exceedingly great importance to the wealth and prosperity of all civilized nations really demands Mr. Skiff, chief of the de- partment, says that it is already as sured that in the mines and mining building will be gathered in 1893 incom- parably the largest array and most com plete and most instructive evidence of tho mineral wealth and progress of the temDted
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
ANIMALS FOR THE FAIR.

Peru to Send Living Specimens of Llamas,
 Apacas and PacO-Vicunas.
 The Peruvian commissioner has made special application to the government at Lima for the purpose of securing a display of living animals from that country. He suggests the importance of this matter to all breeders, especially of the animals peculiar to that region, such as namas, alpacas, paco-vicunas and others, and there is no doubt a very creditable exhibit will be sent to the worlds fair.
 Willard D. Tisdel, the commercial commissioner sent out in the interest of the fair, has returned to the lsthmus of Panama from trip along the northern coasts of Colombia and Venezuela. He was engaged in securing material for the proposed commercial exhibit, which will undoubtedly be of the greatest in- terest and value to all manufacturers and exporters in the United States. It will enable them to sec at a glance the exact needs and requirements of the people in each region of country, in the kind, quality and patterns of goods for their use. A large number of interest ing specimens have already been ob- taired and shipped to this country for that purpose.
 A most cordial reception has been rendered to the commissioner at all the places visited by him, and the mer- chants have shown the greatest inter- est in the matter, aiding him by all the information in their possession, assist ing him in procuring samples and in every way showing disposition favor able to closer trade relation with this cOuntrV