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detachment Of mind. You could not fail TO see
that he held strong opinions ard held them
strongly. But he liked to put forward his
views softly, and, as it were, experimentally.
His attitude Of mind was that OF the sceptc;
not in the coarser sense Of the word but IN the
sense in which il is descriptive of Montaigne ana
of Pascal and Of Socrates and Plato If he prac-
tsed the Socratc method it was not In dis-
mutations way, and never knew him persevere
with it very far He preferred to let the TAX
conduct itself to wait for the opinions OF Others
to wait till the topic came round TO him, ana
then to deliver himself Of few luminous sen
fences which often burned well as flashed.
Nor did he hold to one method, nor ever, that
heard lectured save in the lecture-room or in the
pulpit
If you liked him, he had charm Many men
did not like him. and to them he was antipa-
thetic, whether in conversation or otherwise IL
YOU felt the fascination of his presence and OF
his intelligence, you felt it strangely There
was an English lady who saw much OF him
she was often his hostess-and who took, used
to think an almost humorous view OF him. IN
tellectually speaking. they had not, perhaps
many points of contact but each was sympa-
thetic to the other. l once remarked to her how
often one came into the room and found them
both silent. ooh, yes" answered she, nobody
is so interesting as Jowett when he is SILENT
1t was said with entire sincerity. G. W. ;.
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CHILDREN'S LETTERS.

From The London Spectator
The following letter cor rather "vri'i~n commu-
nlcatiDn." from small BIOS To- au elder sister,
VINO was too busy 90 talk or To- play with MIN
betrays . certain instinct f'r probahi" methods
Of persuasion which does 10" author credit Most
beautiful blanche. pl,ts- VIII you come and play
hli.n-s.els Tom" The story OF tho German
children who wrote 10 The 'iiN"r ~ all good Things
10 send them presents on Santa 'lauf's Day was
recently quoted IN The Spectator" They ar" ca
pab. also Of appealing b. letter To- the powers OF
tho lower world.
\ little boy who in the absence ~ his parents.
had been sentenced 10 go to bed early los r'lh-
ton was seen 10 bee busy with pencil and pa
per. after which De carefully buried ID" cormuu-
cation i'm hole In In" garden. and retired to bel
The iniS-ivc. when dls.ntcTr"l. ran a. follows.
Dear sir. Devil Please com" ana TAX" Aunt
Jane. please be- quick. Yours. Robert" II is to
be regretted that not SINGLE letter by Roman
Grcck child survives, the nearest approach be
ing. perhaps. som" verses written by . enid OF
ten in the later Empire which his parents had
engraved upon his tomb two years later. m" an
clients dotcl Oh their children. tatullus wrote an
ode TO his daughters sparrow. otii To MS chi
drcn's parrot. ana the Greeks wrote "iIgrnns To
their chil!rrn's toys. They even made offerings
of toss 10 their dead children FOR plhythings In
the world of spirits. But no voice OF Greek
child comes to across the gulf OF time.
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around Corkwalls's camp, and fallen like
thunderbolt upon the army at Princeton ana
put ii TO hopeless rout. CORVALLIS hurried back
To the rescue, but was too late TO do augt
but To join in the headlong flight 20 New-York
Washington had led the whole British army, un'
der one of the abest commanders OF the age.
a devils dance all across the Jerseys.
from Fort Lee - Trenton, 10 give IL a sound
thrashng and scatter it far and wide In
all the State. of which they had entire posses.
sion in December. in January the British held
only New brunswick. Amboy and Paulus
Hook, while Washington retired To strong
hold among the hills Of AIorristown, whence
he could watch and safeguard both the Hud.
son and the Delaware. Such was the glorious
climax of that inauspicously begun campaign.
stately monument has been erected I'm the
city of Trenton, To mark the site and per.
petuate the fame of that battle of December
26. 1910, and it will be formally dedicated on
gathering of representatives of the States and
the Nation. Its story is briefly told. In May
1884, a Battle Monument Association was
formed at Trenton by William S. Stryker, Eek.
ford Moore. s. Meredith Dickinson, Carrot D.
w. Vroom, Hugh II. Hamill. William II. Skirfn.
John Briest, Thomas s. Chambers. Barker
Gummere. jr. William l.. Dayton, John H.
Brewer William 3 Yard. John Taylor, Frank
A. Mcgowan and John b. Fell. They secured
$4,000 from the State of New-Jersey. $4,000
from the United States, and $4,000 by individual
subscription. The monument was designed by
John ii. Duncan. OF this city. and consists OF .
huted Doric column standing on tall square
base and surmounted by a colossal statue OK
w asnlnSton Inc statue Is OF bronze, ana Wa
executed by William r. ODonovan, OF New.
York. 1t is thirteen feet high. and Is INTENDED
to represent Washington he entered the
town from the Pennington road and ordered
Alexander Hamilton to begin the attack upon
the enemy. The base and shaft OF the column
are of Maine granite, rising $50 feet above me
street level: In the base is room for tne
storing and display of Revolutionary relics,
and an elevator within the shaft gives access
to an observatory at the summit. From TINS
lofty point of view one may see the whole
scene of the battle the Pennsylvania shore
from which Washington set out on that mem.
by which he entered the town. the WOODED
slopes of Princeton. where he vanquisneu
llowe's army week later, and even when
the air is clear. the distant mountains where
he made his winter quarters Work on tns
monument was begun on September 90 49,:
and the cornerstone was laid ON December -
OF that year. the li5th anniversary OF the Das
tie II commentaries
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TELEPHONE SERVICE rs SWEDHy.
From The London Daily News

From The London Daily News.
The tallcst building In stockholm Is the huge
iron laftfcc-Wor. tower OF the central tecphon"
depot. Myrads Of wires run from H. darkcning
the air. Everyone In sweden uses the telephone,
and uses IL. moreover. very much. \ writer In
The COrnhill." who has been sojourning In Il
boarding house IN the Swedish capital. declares
that the most significant f"atur" III the routin" OF
the establishment was iis nevcr-'nding telephone
b4bilr When he awOkr In :hr morning II WAS
10 hear the Jingle Of the bells In the corridor out
side his room ana IA" Iteration Of IA" word
'hVady' (What?b. ON" morning he asked I'M"
landlord. who was at he machine. what II all
meant Ills wife. he replied was buying some
stores and was telling him about them and their
prices and he on his part shouting back 10
tell her in which particulars the prices seemed
reasonable and In which unreasonable. Another
day the writer's landlord went for a sledge drive
into the country. when he had been gon" Two hours
the telephone began TO be annoying. ana his vile
stayed at II a long time. crying. "oh'' and an
and Eyes" and no" 1T * monsieur explained
a young lady who happened 10 BE- standing by.
"IIc IL resting for dinner ~ -, and ~ informing
madame about the incidents of his excursion and
the details OF the meal that Is being prepared for
him."
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" NJ h ERIES.'.
From Notes ana Queries.

Few little annoyanccs are mere annoying than
what | may call railway" or school Board =
English Generally shudlcrs slightly and
passes knowing cure 20 De hopeless. But an IN
stance Of a rather bad ease, At which ] nave
ground my teeth for years ! met with tne other
day in "A work by dignItary Of the Church of
England who should. think. be scOtchcd therefor.
Travellers by rail in Nottinghamshrc ana there.
abouts viii what Is called The Dukeries >
abundantly advertised. Here Is a fine old crusted
Joke strangcd, which ought 10 he preserved If only
to show how little served to amuse our great
grdndfathcrs A century or ago there were.
near WorksOp. Motifs ia" seats OF four dukes In "A
cluster the parks actually contiguous ANA that Of
a fifth but mile two distant Tho Duke Of Nor
folk live at the Worksop Manor the Duke Of
Portland at Wclbcck Abbey. the Duke OF New
castle at Clumbcr House. The Duke Of Kingston at
Thoresby Park and the Duke of Leeds at kivcton
Park. In those days duke was pronounced "dook."
and so some wag called this assemblage of ducal
nests 4 "dookcry." But the School Board master
takes hls children on "A picnic to "the Dukcrrs"
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TONES or THE DANISH KINGS

From The London Daily News.
In the resting place Of the old kings Of Den
mark, the Cathedral OF RoeskIlde "A recent visitor
notes that there Is column against which a
number OF monarchs have been measured. and
upon which their different heights are recorded.
one OF them Is Peter the Great. and we learn by
this means that the shin tight car measured no
less than eighty DANISH INCHES equivalent TO
something like six feet. 10 Inches in measure
ment. only one other Of the sOyercigns was taller.
and that Christian | OF Denmark who ac-
cording TO this authority, was just trliie over
seven feet English The Car. Alexander ILL., IL
about six feet inch. and is about couple Of
inches taller than Christian N OF Denmark and
about four inches taller than King George Of
Greece. neither Of whom. nevertheless. IL what
would be called short man. II Is worth noting
that In the same ancient cathedral where this col
Is to be seen, SaxO Grammaticus the Danish
historian from whom Shakespeare borrowed prac-
tically the entire plot Of Hamlet lies buried
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ton. Meantime Howe and CORVALLIS cam(
rushing posthaste from New-York. with all
available forces, in hope of retrieving the ruin
that was wrought. Howe paused at Princes
ton. with the bulk of the army, and sent Corns
wallis on with two brigades. CORVALLIS fell
confident of success. He had trapped Washing
ton and his whole army, after all. "At last"
he wrote exultingly, I'VE have run down tho
old fox, and we will bag him in the morning."
He wrote that in the evening; watching the
while the campfres Of Washingtons army, q
musket-shot away, even hearing the murmur Of
voices and the sound Of pick and spade on
the frozen ground. as the Americans, as h(
against his impending attack. At daybreaN
the fires grew pale and the sounds were hushed,
And presently CORVALLIS pushed forward, only
to find the old fox" gone and the burroN
empty. Not nor gun remained. Then
the distant roar Of cannon, far to northward.
smote his ear, and he saw how he had been
fooled. Leaving the decoy fires burning, Washi
ington had marched out at midnight cleal
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the conoueror. and his pursuers either captiveo
or routed fugitives From that moment BELIEF
in the ultimate success OF the American
cause began to grow among the people ana the
began to think the war no such petty outbreak
as they had imagined. 1T was that unhappy
affair at Trenton" said Lord George Germains
that blasted all our hopes" 1t was the same
AFFAIR that raised Washington in the esteem Of
his countrymen to that supreme position Of
confidence and honor from which no cabals Of
false-hearted rivals could ever drive MN. ana
it was with little hesitation that the Congress
presently invested him with what were practi'
cally dictatoral powers, for six months and no
more" - ., o, MIR oroyv
After this masterstroke at Trenton on Decem.
Der 26 Washington retired to Pennsylvania to
rally the remainder of his army, and again
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TURNING AT GAY.


The situation could scarcely have been worse.
The wreck Of Washngtons Army could not
check for a moment the advance of the British,
who would doubtless soon cross the Delaware
and enter Philadelphia. practically unopposed.
The Congress fled in panic TO Baltimore. and n
fierce cIamor arose for the dismissal of Wash
ington from the place he had shown himself in
competent TO iii. Howe and CORVALLIS marched
across Ncw-Jcrscy To- Trenton, and decided 10
wait there a few days until the river should
freeze Then they would cross on the ice cap
turc the rebel army and the capital. and end the
war. Chcrishing this happy confidence, the two
commanders returned to New-York 10 spend
Christmas. and actually CORVALLIS packed his
baggage and sent 1t aboardship. expecting with
in Il fortnight TO sail for home. the victory won,
Far different were the thoughts of Washing
ton In his chccrless camp on the bleak Pcnnsyl-
vania shore. lie felt himself maligned out
ragged betrayed. as scarcely ever had man been
before But he felt. too. that upon him alone
rested the whole vast burden of America and
all that America should be: and like IA Titan he
rose beneath it. erect, To statur. beyond the
ken Of friend or foe lie looked back to the
shore from which he had been driven and saw
for miles the smoke from British camphres dim
the wintry air. In fancy he looked toward Bal
tinOrc ana saw the hearts Of his StanchcSt sup
portcrs sinking in despair at this untimcly end
ing Of the struggle for freedom. And then
against fearful odds he planned the deed of IA
hcro-soul at bay. that should set America
ablaze with JOY and confidence and tell to his
exuting foes the sentence of their doom.
Trenton to-day is of the worlds great
workshops, with miles of busy factories and
other miles OF beautiful homes But in 1716 it
was petty rural settlement of perhaps LOG
houses and scarcely 1000 inhabitants all told.
New-Brunswick at the one hand and ancient
Burlington at the other were far more impor-
tant 1t was however. beautiful for situation"
and already the home Of many families of
wealth and culture Here was the centre OF the
British Army. commanded in the absence of
Howe and Corvallis by the able and expert
cnced Iessian Colonel Rahl The right ling
extended for Il mile or more up the rive, while
the left wing reached clear to Burlington. where
Count Donop held command For Washington
to attempt To rccross the turbulent Delaware
and storm their position on the bluffs Of the
New-Jersey shore would certainly be madness.
True. the capture of Charles Lee By the British
The morning call., 1893-09-09

duties to be collected from a large assort-
ment of foreign made dresses. The Gus
tom-house enforced its views, but soon
after the Astors emigratcd. They now
draw their million year from New York
property and spend it in London. An in
come tax takes on the nature of personal
tax. 1t must be collected, il at ali, from
the Individual who enjoys the Income
rather than from the property which pro-
duces it. 1t might be collected from men
engaged in business who were only mod
eratey rich, but the very rich and the
comfortably rich idlers would largely es-
cape. The conditions under which The in
come tax was levied in 1868 were favor
able to its collection. Men of means con-
tributed voluntarily in one way and an
other to the support of the Government,
and one would suppose that an income
tax would have been cheerfully paid. But
experience demonstrated that 1t was not.
The morning call., 1893-09-09
MAKING CURRENCY.

The city of Detroit recently tried to
make little currency. The authorities
authorized bond issue of S500,OO0 in de-
nominations of S25. The bonds of course
were made nterest-bearing, and it was
supposed that they would tempt from
safety-deposit vaults money that had been
withdrawn from savings banks. 1t was
assumed, also, that these bonds would
pass readily in local currency. The COM
munity would therefore have the benefit
of the currency that was paid for bonds
and the use of the bonds as currency.
But for some reason the plan did not work.
When the bids were opened 1t was found
that but fifty bonds had been asked for,
and that all proposed to take The bonds
below par. There had been $4,000. 600
withdrawn from the banks. but the offer
OF bonds at per cent interest only brought
$3.50 from the safety vaults. AS the
credit Of Detroit is high the cause of the
failure must be looked for elsewhere. The
principal reason why people did not
buy them was probably because average
men or women do not want money they
are not acquainted with. They know
greenbacks and national bank notes, and
long experience has assured them that
coin could be had for either when it
should be asked for. Currency would go
all over the United States. but bonds is
sued by city might not.
The morning call., 1893-09-09
AN INCOME-TAX BILL.

There is movement among Southern
Democrats to make up for whatever def
cheney in revenue that may result from a
revision OF the present tariff by n tax on
income. Senator Hunton of Virginia has
introduced bill taxing incomes above
$4,000 year. increasing the tax in a kind
of geometrcal ratio as the income ap-
Droaches the 100000 mark. A bill OF this
nature should be accompanied with an
other bill to tax the export of money.
Otherwise families drawing an income
from property above $1,000 a year would
be tempted to escape the income tax by
living abroad. There are thousands of
American families now domicied In Eu-
rope for the simple reason that a dollar
has greater purchasing power in Europe
out of the large cities than in the United
States. There is considerable patriotism
in the United States. but evidently not
enough to go round. Ii 1t pervades what
are called the upper circles of society at
all it is in diluted form. Some three or
four years ago one of the ladies of the
Astor family had a misunderstanding with
the Custom-house as TO the amount of
The morning call., 1893-09-09
THE LAW ON TOP.

President Cleveland is not so popular
with the Chinese as he was along in May
and June They saw a law imperative
that he did not approve of and they began
TO think that there was lot much difference
between AZ American President aud
Chinese Emperor. The decision of the
Supreme Court upholdiug the registration
act somewhat Jared Chinese faith in the
ability of the President TO play Emperor.
The Chinese said to each other that the
time TO kill the law was when it was be-
fore the court. They could not quite
reconcile the decision with their idea of
imperial power. The decision of Judge
Ross, in which the notion of Attorney
General Olney that parts of a statute
might be declared imperative, has still
further impaired Chinese confidence in the
President. They now not only doubt his
ability TO serve them, but his will. They
hear that the reputed author of the regis
tration act is positively asserting that the
President is enthusiastic in support of the
act, and ttey are beginning to realize that
there is government of law rather than
of persons. In proportion as the Chinese
have lost faith in Cleveland they have
acquired respect for our Government
They have discovered that law means
something even with President against
it. There are in consequence no more
law-abiding denizens of the State than
Chinese now profess TO be.
The morning call., 1893-09-09

After the news by African runner and
telegrapher had murdered Emin Pasha
and boiled him for victuals another dis
patch hopefully brought him TO life, and
1t was cheerfuly open conclusion that
he might still be hunting butterflies or
dabbling in ethnic studies. But there is
more Of sinister nature again. This
time the explorers dispatch box has been
found with the documents intact up to a
short period before his taking off. The
sayages found them too tough for diges-
tion and they are reserved for dissection
ana assimilation when they reach London.
An explorer dies happy about whom there
is melan choly interest.
A hardware merchant in Delta, Colo.
has inguished himself in shooting down
two robbers who had killed bank cashier
and appropriated $500. If third member
OF the gang had only remained stationary
for moment the deadly Winchester would
have ended his Daltonism also. These
road agents were we'll behaved. engaging
men, apparently IN fair circumstances, and
they bad been making study OF the place
quietly FOL few days as guests in a hotel
The modern robber studies dress and
style, and rs as entertaining in a converse
tion about politics, the business of the
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porous and consequential drummer.
The death of charwoman somewhere
employed in one of the many mansions
cOmprehensively rooted under the houses
of Parliament las produced scare among
the faithful Commons, and is sure to ex-
pedite the labors OF the House of Lords on
the h0me-rule bill. Many of their lord
ships are wheezy and decrepit. and their
relatives are naturally anxious about them
and themselves. That such an occurrence
should happen in the precincts around
Palace Yard is not so strange as it seems.
There are perhaps 1000 or 1900 persons en-
ployed about the buildings constantly as
servants, tradespeople or workmen. and
there are slums enough around and across
the river in Lambeth. The poor verify
rub shoulders with the great and emo bled.
number OF members are said to have
fied-to the moors or home, and the mil
lions may now be voted in supply with the
celebrity of hauling down flag.
President Peixoto of Brazil is not yet
between two fires, because the army is not
with the navy in demanding his resigna-
ton. But affairs are evidently very much
pertuTDed. There has osen struggle 10
get command of the teIegraphic wires,
which, according TO the party in posses
sion, generally announce tremendous vic
tories. aud in year or two almost slay the
whole population. But the wires are now
cut around Rio
The morning call., 1893-09-09
EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED.

The CALL is ia receipt of what may he
termed the platform Of the unemployed as
promulgated in Chicago. There are eleven
planks in this platform. The third de.
mands the unconditional repeal of all la ws
for the collection of debts; the fifth the uu-
conditional repeal OF the United States
patent laws, and the eighth the uncondi.
tional repeal Of all tariff legislation. If
the first of these planks should be carried
out mechanics and common laborers would
depend upon the pleasure of their mploy-
ers for payment of their wages. at time
when the supply Of labor was 10 excess of
dema mand-that is, when the unemployed
are most numerous-there would be moth
ing to prevent an unprincipled employer
from discharging workman when his
wages became due and putting another of
the unemployed in his place. The me-
chanics' lien law has been found to work
we'll for mechanics who were able to wait
for part of their wages until the build
ing upon which they were engaged should
be finished. II seems 60 US, therefore,
that the ''employed." If not the unem-
ployed, were the greatest gamers from
laws which enable them to collect their
wages.
III lSSpcCb ~ DdJ6UlS, tu6 oH6CL Oh repeal
would be to drive inventors abroad. II
person could nog get a patent in this
country he would 60 where he could. II
would not be many years under this condi-
ton of things before the better machinery
Of foreign countries would enable their
manufacturers to do all the work for our
country that was not necessarily done on
the ground An American blacksmith
might fRsten shoe to horses foot, but
the shoe would come from abroad
The plank calling for the unconditional
repeal Of all tariff Legislation would place
American labor on a level with the cheap
est foreign laborer. We should have no
manufacturers in this country that could
not produce goods as cheaply as else-
where. There would be no apparent ad-
vantage in keeping Chinese out aud letting
the product of Chinese cheap labor in.
American capital and skill could 60 to
China, employ the cheapest labor in the
world and crowd American markets with
their products
The legislation proposed might do very
we'll for the permanently unemployed, but
it would make hard times for the employed
If we should ever have a system which
made no provision for the collection of
debts, which afforded no protection to the
inventor and which admitted free of duty
the products of foreign labor. the uuem.
ployed would be more numerous than the
employed.