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Tho Learning Of Languages.

It ia we'll known that Mr.. P. &. HAMERToN
Ia one OF the few living Engishmen who can
both sneak and wrtc French with admira-
b!s grace. cuphony. and precision. 1t is.
therefore. with peculiar Interest that We
iiots what he hus to say in tho April num-
Dor Of the Forum about the method OF learn
Ing languages which obtains In England
and The United States. He does not believe
that any language. ancient or modern. can
H.. learned. or ut oil events, asslmilated. eX-
cIusively from books and In this opinion lo
co,cuts with Prof. BLAcKIE OF Edinburgh.
whom he mentions. md with the late Prof.
PALMER OF Cambridge University whom he
overlouks. Tho latter laid tho foundation
uf his knowledge Of Arabic by talking with
Arab sailors in tho London docks.
Mr.. HAMr.RToN draws needed 1istinc-
tiop bet wcen the threo stages in the acqui-
sition OF language. viz. scholarship. as
silnilatlon. and mastery. As for tho Anal
stage. mastery. that Is scarcely worth dis
GUESSING, for So few psoplo master their own
tongue that 1t seems supcrtiuous to con-
sidor tho possibility OF mastering any
other ON tho other hand. scholarship.
Which, according to the traditional notions
of universities. Is everything. stops snort of
i,nplautlng in tho student assimllative
power: for what is scholarship butt species
NJ anatomy. an accurate and compre-
heus,vo knowledge OF tho grammar. ETY.
nlolOgy, and prosody OF given language.
together with tho possession OF sufficient
vocabulary to supply material to work
upou? 1t may be doubted whether scholar
shin gives the power even OF reading In the
true meaning Of the word. 1t enables us
to construc md explain tho construction OF
nassages, but not to rend IN tho sense that
we read English. whore at glnnco we feel
tho effect Of o passage us whole. yet at
the same tune perceive the Significance OF
every detail. But the best proof OF the In
sulliclency Of scholarship IL that 1t never
enables tho pupil other to speak foreign
language or to write 1t with real facility.
Mr.. HAMYRroN knows Of eminent French
mon who havo scholarly acquaintance
with English. but can neither speak 1t
nor understand 1t when 1t Is spoken. OF
course We should not attach the slightest
Importance to their opinions about our lit
Grsture. because being unable to pronounce
our language. they can appreciate neither
the melodies and harmonies OF English
verse nor the oadences Of English prose.
On the other hand. Mr.. HANRRToN has
mover met an Englishman who. by what Is
coaventionslly called sound learning -
had gained any clear sense OF tho delicucy
and Appropriateness OF French expression
EaaOass ELIOT had rsrs power Of acquir.
Ing languages for the purpose OF reading
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VIII the Native African Work.

It has long been the opinion OF the white
men In equatorial Africa that there can be
no large development OF trading or Indus
trial enterprises unless the negro can be
induced to work. Ivory cannot long con-
tinue to be an important article OF export.
White colonization Is out OF tho question.
and there Gun be no great Increase In the
production OF palm oil. rubber. and other
African commodities unless the habit OF In
dustry and the desire to toll for wages Is
developed In tho natives. 1t Is admitted
that the prosperity Of tho Congo Free State
depends upon the opening OF large planta-
lions Of coffee. sugar. cotton. and tobacco.
carried on by native labor under white
superlntendence. The native must do his
part or there can be little progress.
The Germans In East Africa. opening plan
tatlons among the Usagara highlands. have
proceeded upon tho theory that compulsory
labor Is required. Native chiefs have boon
compelled to supply certain amount of
labor. paid for to be sure. but still the sys-
tenn can DO regarded only rs species Of
slavery. Lieut.. BECKER. for some years In
charge of the Belgian station on Lake Tan
gullylka, believed that forced labor would
BIO an essential cOncOmitant OF progress In
that region. The same view has been held
among tho white mon In Nyassaland.
1t Is now possible to fortify more hopeful
views OF the labor question In Africa with
some remarkable facts from the Congo and
from Nyassaland which seem to prove that
tho desire to work for wages has been sue.
cessfully encouraged and that the solution
of the problem Is not difficult to find.
Who would have believed, after SrANLEY's
Infinite trouble In 1879. when no inducement
could tempt the Congo natives to carry his
1850 man loads to Stanley Pool. that to-day
about forty thousand OF these Same natives
would be earning their living regularly n
the transport service STANLEY was oom
PEELED to Gepend upon imported black labor
when he began this system OF porterags
ON the backs OF men around 235 miles o.
| Congo cataracts. II was not until two year
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In Rhode island,

In the middle OF the tedious generalities
with which the perpetual Mugwump candi-
date for President presented the argument
for his denomination to tho Rhode Island
Democrats on Saturday. there was singu-
larly unnecessary mention Of well-known
fact. Mr.. CLEVELAND said In reference to
tho Democratic defeat OF 1885:
II will not refer to all the means BY whiSh our ~
ponsuts succeeded In that contest"
The decisive means Of success pvt into
Republican hands four years ago was the
denomination OF GROVER CLEVELAND. full
Hedged in Mugwumpery. Since then the
gentleman himself has carefully avoided
referring to the Democratic failure for
which he was responsible. It is no wonder
that he should refuse to analyze 1t while at
tempting to convert all subsequent Demo-
cratic success into personal claim for fur
Their honors. Concerning the disaster OF 1883
the Stuffed Prophet has always been as
dumb as he was while the Democracy stood
pale in the shadow Of the Force bill during
the campaign Of 1890.
When it comes to talking Mr.. CLEVELAND
can be more voluble in the language OF
Mugwumpery and more mute In Democracy
than any other citizen OF the land.
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later. when seven coast Kabindas, speakin 9
Fiote, the language OF the lower Congo
tribes, yerc induced to enter the service.
that the men OF other Congo tribes began to
follow their example.
The development Of the porterage ser
vice. manned wholly by Congo natives. has
since that time been rapid. In 1883 they
carried 1900 loads: In 1885. $4,000 loads:
In 1887. $4,000 loads. Tho same rate OF
propress has since continued The eur
prising development OF upper Congo trade
has given an enormous Impetus to tho
porterage service. Over thirty steamboats,
have been carried to the upper river In
5000 loads. The Belgian Society OF the
Upper Congo hns sent to Stanley Pool over
60 600 loads and has never lost . package.
A traveller along the route often meets IN
single day more than thousand carriers
trudgng through the tail erase with an
average load Of sixty pounds. and glad to
work under the brollng sun for wage OF
s. to IS month.
In Nyassaland similar success 10 reward
ing the efforts Of white missionaries ana
plantation owners. Blantyre. large VII
iage among the healthful highlands. has
been built Of brick. chiefly by native labor.
Many natives have journeyed hundred
miles to find employment at the white sta
tions. Theyare manning coffee. sugar. and
cinchona farms. are running sugar and
saw mills, and last year on one plantation
they set out $1,000 coffee trees. Capt.
TR1vrER, tho French explorer. wrote, .
while ago. that to the trained and willing
labor Of the natives is due largely the pros
perity Of this region. where. We are told.
1.-THE well-built and orderly houses. With
neatly kept gardens. workshops. and
schools. give tho stations an air not unlike
that Of an English village"
The barbarlans Of Africa are beginning to
prove their capacity for assimilatlng the
habits OF industry that mark the civilized
world. They are solving the greatest
problem In Africa-the question Of labor.
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HE SUN, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1852.

- the French eompsns's line Il ready for sub
mersence. Il win probably b IN operation be.
fore the close Of the present year.
Within few years We will doubtless be In
telegrsphic communication with all the moro
important Of the hundreds Of tropical islands
that are known ss the West Indies. and that
run from near our own Atlantic seaboard to
the upper part Of South America Tho
civilizine influences Of the American republic
will yet be felt In all these islands. and the
commerce between them and this country
will yet surely attain proportions that cannot
now be measured
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More Tari1 Talk II the House and . 0ilvs
Debate h the Senate,

More Tari1 Talk h The House aHa . Silver
Debate h the Senate.
WARRINGTON. April S.-Ths House will Dc.
vote the greater part OF this week to the con-
sideration Of tho tariff. Tomorrow Mr.. Will
son OF West Virginia will close the general
debate on the Democratic side on the pending
bill. and. acting for Mr.. Springer. will move .
vote. It is expected that the consideration OF
such amendments 40 may be submitted will
not occupy moro than two days. II 10 the de.
sire OF the Democratic leaders to send the bill
to the Senate on Wednesday at the latest. The
Binding Irvine bill will be taken UP after the
passage Of the Free Wool bill. provided
the House should not decide to side
track It for an appropriation bill The
prospect for silver legislation in the
House is decidedly poor. the boasts Of the free
silver men to the contrary notwithstanding.
nor IL It probable that tho ardent advocates Of
the free silver bill will 20 30 far as to attempt
to obstruct all measures except the tariff bills
II their efforts to secure consideration for thor
pet measure aye disregarded Tho less radi-
cal element Of the silver advocates believe that
Il would be both poor policy and poor politics
national imporss9ee, and to 90 to tie extroms
to block -
asy dunS se
far this Intention will bo tnteriered with by
thu. " debating school" on the silver. question.
as Mr.. sherman terms the prospective debate
seen Appropriation bills also haye to DO
taken into Consideration, They, have. the
not yet passed. Mr. Dawes wants an other vote
on the question q authorizing the President
to spp9t th army Officers es Indian agents That
flcation. when there was barely q quorum In
attendance. Mr.. Dawes hopes to secure the
present, Il he gan get the question before q
full Senate. Mr. Allison has the District OF
tstion. It's consideration is iEsiy to occupy
two or three days at the least Between those
opposing forces the general bills on the calen
as Mr. Stewards Free Coinage bill is high up
on the list and he has given notice OF his In.
tention to call II up tomorrow.
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The sDring Fest aaa the Nswspavsr Bacon
Here comes the young spring psst With his rsl, Of
manuscript;
Hes bud of rhythmic promise getting ready - b
nipped;
I, about another minute this spring ~. yin ~
shocked.
-oood morning, SIR" the poet cries, "vhns lsssins
BY this vsy.
Ijust dropped tn upon yea - present nttls lsyt~
And in his hand extended the young psst hslds his
TWO w.ss. Of arden. laso, aova ano,s Il. ,.,s.y,
pines.
"Ah I.ss" tn. editor ssl..rs IS b. now ,asolas tn.
verse.
And h. draws his lips Together like uss,s susisk,.
"'ri' e. Of sDr'nssm' fancy ao.' in y'r.v. s..a.
and blue.
And . shade Of bright magenta blended with softer
hue.
"'on, Ilov. tn. sweet arbutus thu, vsry ssea In,
Say. tn. editor who p.u..s when he'd Just s.s,. to
And h. looks toward the poet whs Is blu.hias rosy
"'And tn. ,r'ssy st.rsy'a ply lis 'sv,y u.sl.
And again the reader psuss then Again bssAs - rssd
"soon the buttsrcup viii brighten sitAs meadow sad
. the mead.
Ana .h. swallow VIII - vhiriins IKE Though. u,sa
the wing.
Why. my dear sar." says the editor "ths y quite
pretty thing.
.But It needs little msndins some Of It's poetic feet
Are . trins lame and hating whore they shosid OF.
actly meet;
New. for instance here's dactyi where sposds. nts
the place,
And IL quit. destroys the symmetry Of tue poetic
grace.
Yss know ts true to nature" says tie critic IN 70
ply
TO the poets intsnsptos With hssnly flashing sys,
IAN the novsrs 10 season. and the Landscape does
tspart.
But what's nature in the country In the city isnr artl
Besides. my dear young fellow" and the editor r..
rns bright poetic fancy to the poet while he burma
enough you've told . pretty story told vssy veil
indeed;
Why. you hsv.Ar told . word q news and ..ws {.
what We assdr'
Few departs tho young spring poet with his sou Of
manuscript:
All his sweet warm rhy thmic fancy has bees rudsy.
sadly nippedi
AID the hope and the ambition In his foady ehsrhsd
lines
win be buried aow forever meath the signing Jersey
wa ssyssa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-04

It has not been ascertained that any New
York mschinists are engaged In the bomb
making business. either in secret or In public.
Itwould be q far more dangerous business for
them here than II appears to be for their
brethren In Chicago. They are aware that, In
this part Of the country. the law has search-
ing eye aud heavy hand.
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Aproposed Mugwump amendment to the
Federal Constitution: There shall be estab-
lished new life once. to be known a. the
Permanent Candidate for President, and the
first incumbent shall be GROVER CLEVELAND.
who forever shall be absolved from all danger
Of impeachment or removal.
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The Song and Its Slayer.

"Ta m ra hoom decay" quite unwoitby OF serioSs
crticism There IL . charm about me HnreI. ~;
and "rs Inn, she ha. piouant iac. manner sh n,h
.vs On lily understand l-tches ths Riidoo y0u'n
ma hnr psr il a'iactiys Bc,ore she sang her tohg 10
nn,i" Miss collins doub, mi whether 4 would sue
Ittic Of Tn. words exceedingly silly the mp,e
"a r.,n, mud the SINGER though clever and e.,S - h"t
rsntht VT TIA ra ra boom de ay" Is the tAik OF me
wn ma dIia the coneIs % four Place. 81 .mpssnsnI
the sony given in the porIc' manner so IN voau,
III. muse hal. but quite iistatteful TO cnltirstev
mnsin AR and tho band Is turned thick ~ Ne
chorus that The singer Ia seen rather than hsssII
Nevertheless. MISS Collins creAtes UeUsnoow es'~
with this hymn 10 mediocrtty.
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sURBEAMS

Among the exports to England from rostlanA ia,.,v
have been hundreds Of sticks OF yellow birch ftssn n
twenty feet long and from two three feet SQUARE
that are TO be manufactured into vensers and furn
ture.
1t hrepor'ed from Colorado that theatrical con.
pany travelling through the mining In the West
playing "ifamet" under the title OF Was His Nibs
on His Nut" and that tho play 10 drawing TIRE
mcndousiy.
-Grocers the far east side display in their win.
dows tall black usually labelled in black stters
on white ground. Austria" The stranger could not
guess easily what the cones conceal When lift Cd thew
disclose conca loaves OF beet sugar Each loaf contains
twenty-five or thirty pounds and 10 cracked Apd re-
tailed.
The largest orange tree In the country Il 10 said 10
on the property of T. Hancock, sr two mies west Of
Fort Meade, Fla II measures twenty.four inches IN
diameter two feet above the ground Blk Year, ago
bore 1000 oranges. II 10 not known how old the tree
10. but was vigorous forty years ago whom Mr.
Hancock took the property
The TransAnd'ne Railway Is 20 nearly completed
that gap Of only about lfty.nvo miles remains ts-
tween the present termin: and the entire distance
between Buenos Ayres and Valparaiso. ss2 milss eaa
be traversed in seventy hours including pso.
essary delays The Old route by way OF the Strata a
Magellan occupied twelve days
daniel Lilly tailor. who was reputed 10 be 100
years old, died recently ut waterdown, village neaY
Hamilton. ont His exact age Ia matter OF record
but 10 10 thought that he very are stated
lie was born In Ireland. His mind was bright ana
active the time OF his DEATH but he had wthsrsd 10
A shadow aud had mot worked for many war. n.
had nscd both tobacco and wbisser
rwo i.borer. an italian and An r,,shm.c a, .,a.
by side at suburban railway station. They utter
strangers to each other, aud they had not . dozen
vords IN common rbs Italian smon .d sbor, ni,s
The IrIsbnnn had no tobacco Presently ths Irshmsn
matched IN. nina from nj, n.,,hbor. month n,..d n,
in hi. own and began to pnff The italian VA AM,
prised but not angry lie watched his neghbor for an
iustapt and tben said anxiousv. "Guds,r rns Irisb
man nodded and thu allan ns he
the compliment That broke the Ice and they engaged
in iaborious lint friendly Conversation
-wa,h,natonyilIe. a village Of westcbestsr eoun,v
between the limits OF Now York and Nj Vernon sp1srs
from confusing p,urali,v NJ nSne. wsshinrtonv viii.
IN ia ancient mama but mnnv per,ons call n NJ Va,
non vh,lo other, civ. Il thu nam. NJ sop,h ~ Va,
non Tho FEDERAL Government a,.r..s,d,n, ,oc.,
usage. name. the local Post once Wsi.neld. P.et.
ges % ..,r.v II, hon.le.. N. o..,
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Ts.ra.ra, Boom.de.sy!-Who Wrote ~
. r.ftltnS livstv aons

Tn rattlins lively song.
Not too short and not too long.
Not too right and not too wrong.
Just the thing to please the throngi
BOYS declare I'm Just immense.
Girls all think me quite intense.
Asto what Is innocence
am rather on the fence.
CHoRuA
Ta.ra.ra boom-ders. ta.raIa boom'dere. -
Who's my mamma. ! don't know.
was born too long ago:
who's my papa. doesn't show,
You can't most always tell. you know.
Lot them guess till they arc gray.
While I'm merry night and day.
Idon't give myself away.
INN Tara.ra. booin-de.ay.-cso.
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In the batch Of diplomatic correspondence
on the Behring Sea dispute recently sent BY
President HARRISON to the Senate. there Is an
interesting series Of extracts from British
newspapers. forwarded by Mr.. LINCOLN to Mr..
BLAINE. One OF these cuttings contains let
tor Of Sir GEORGE BADEN POWELL to tho London
Times. suggesting that the matters in dispute
can best be settled on economic rather than on
diplomatic pleas" He thinks that 1t would
be easy on one condition to arrive at an In
ternatiopal agreement. embodytnR regulations
which all would obey and all would accept 40
useful and right" This one condition OF sue
cess, as he proceeds to say. us that these
regulations be drawn up in the light OF
full and complete knowledge Of the natural
history OF the case"
This last phrase caught the eye Of Mr.. W. II.
FLOWER who promptly wrote from the Natural
History Museum that the condition Of success
thus mentioned was perfectly sound. and
thereupon gave his own opinion OF what tho
experience Of hundred years had shown:
scarcely century ago fur seals existed IN numbers
which appear now almost incredible on many coasts
and Islands OF the Southern Ocean. Juan Fernandez.
Chill tho Falkland Islands, South Georgia. South shst-
land Prince Edward Island the Crosstsss some parts
Of Australia AAtpodes Island and many more. mostly
within ourtominons Of within British influence. AL
possessed .rookeries. or breeding places of seals.
which, II protected might have been still ~ popnous
and valuable . those on Pribylov Islands In the
Behring seA Every Of these however, has.
owing to the ruthless and indscriminate slaughter
carried on by ignorant and lawless seal
ers. regardless Of everything but immediate
pront. been totally annihilated. or 80 reduced
in numbers that i 10 longer worth while to visit
them The only spot in the world where fur seals are
now found In their original even increased. num-
bers 10 the Prbylov group. circumstance entirely
owing the rigid enforcement OF the wise regulations
Of the Alaskan Commercial Company which are based
on thorough knowledge of the habits Of tho animsis
But for this the seal might before now have been
added to tho long list OF auimas exterminatsd from
tho earth by the hand Of man"
This Is really that part Of the case In .
nutshell. AZ tho British authority justQuoted
says. "the fact that the interests OF the seals
arc also In the long run the interests OF those
who capture and destroy them. has unfor-
tuately not saved them from destruction else
where" 1t would be lamentable outcome OF
the controversy should legal bubbles raised
and decided under the treaty exterminate the
seals in Behrlng Sea as they have been exter-
minated In tho South Pacific.
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A r,,p.s., ss- the CITY Hen.

70 rzs Ipros TEE suS-sfr' Having Rad your
article concerning . new municipal building in City
Hail Park and noted your suggestion ITO the old
City Hall elsewhere museum" would respectfully
suggest that the New York Historical Society hAvins
purchased . nns site Eighth avenue fronting on
Central PalI and being in need Of . building. the
old CITY Hall BE- erected that site and donsted to
the Of that society. A6ussoRIxa L
NIuru
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The study Of census calculations OF q CEN
fury ago indicates that these valuable stalls
tics. II based upon scientific instead OF PORTER
methods. moro nearly conform to the truth
now than they lid in the early days OF census
returns. Two official estimates OF the number
OF slaves In San Domingo. both published In
the last decade OF the eighteenth century.
differ by nearly $50. 600 souls. This important
discrepancy In the enumeration was discussed
at recent meeting OF tho Paris Geographical
Society. and the conclusion was reached that
Mr.. MoREAU DE SAINT MERRY. who was re-
sponsible for tho statement that there were
100000 slaves In San Domingo. must have
been afflicted with an optical defect that re-
suited In his seeing things double.
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Aosoo SooS NnfuL
Jolnboy-wbat do the women DO in their efubsS, d
they tell bsar stories sld fishing lies - men Cot
Miss Dsmurs-No. 7Asy tell mouse stories.
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The magnetic needle has been acting In o
very erratic manner recently In some parts Of
France and Scotland whore its declination
now Is twenty to twenty-five minutes greater
than 1t was few months ago. though no
change has occurred In the adjacent regions
Scientific men do not know how to account for
this magnetic anomaly. unless IL indicates
that metsl-bearing rocks In the depths Of the
earth have been displaced by Some profound
geological disturbance. which 10 made sppar-
emit at the surface by these unusual vagaries
Of the needle. The theory was long ago ad-
vanced that terrestrial magnetism. II We could
read 1t Alright. would explain what Is going on
In the bowels Of the earth: and In the connec-
tlon that biologists are disposed to trace be-
tween tho recent magnetic disturbances and
subterrancan geology we have another illus
tration OF tho interdependence OF the sciences.
q great truth to which WALLACE called alton
ton SO wildly when no bnsed conclusions re-
lating to prehistoric geological changes upon
the present distribution OF fauna In the Ma
layan archipelago.
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The increase In the number OF cable lines
betwoen this country and the various islands
OF the West Indies will undoubtedly encourage
the growth Of our commerce and must be
highly advantageous to those ISLANDS. The
people OF several islands OF tho Bahama group
IRE already ENJOYING benefit from the cable
that was laid few months ago from Nassau
to Jupiter Inlet on the Florida coast and Sir
AMBRosE SHEA. the British Governor. General
OF the Bahamas. says that the exports from
Nassau to the United States will be larger this
year than they ever have been In the past
We are next to have new cable running
from the coast OF South Carolina to Cuba and
San Domingo This cable Is to be laid By .
French company. while the Jupiter-Nassau
cable was laid by an English company; and.