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Within the last year the scales whereon
are balanced the merits OF prize fighters have
experienced n readjustment. SuLLrvAN's ap-
pearance caused immense Importance to be
attached to weight and size. He was whirl-
wind and he was also immense. The new crop
OF fighters became modelled after him In tho
matter OF physical makeup. No one dreamed
OF cohing with him who did not weigh at least
100. with tho exception OF MITCHELL: and tho
way SULLIVAN turned MITCHELL inside out at
Madison Square Garden showed that with him
small man was really not In It. Big men be-
came the fashion. The prize ring Of the last
ten years has been dark with the towering
forms Of giants like SLAvIN and JACKSON.
Lately the beam seems to have been kick ed
up. and now the smaller man is beginning to
outweigh the heavier. and science is once
more asserting its qualities. CHoYNsK1 has
laid out GODFREY. FtTzsIMMoNs has smother
ed MAHER. and he has dons the same with
HALL All the three defeated mon were un-
deniable lighters. and they were heavier than
their cleverer antagonists; but weight could
not save them.
As society Is always pleased instinctively to
see skill triumph over brute force. the aspect
OF the flstic profession must be regarded as
much more satisfactory generally than it was
few years ago
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nov TO KILL ,nE pooL ROOMS
Boehr,ehers 0Fer the Ce-stock secssty
n1o,ooe for Aia IN Hepe aune the ives 1Hs.

Bookr,ehere OTer the Cc-stock Society
s1e,eee for Ais IN Hepesiine the ives eH'.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE suS-Sir: There II
an old and trte aphorism that you cannot kill
q snake by scotching IL. Thus the way to
avoid the ruin OF young men through the OBJ
noxious Ives Pool bill is to repeal not am end.
the bill.
1t does not require person verscd in con-
stitutional law to assure the Legislature that
tho proposed Saxton bill cannot be legally
sustained. for 1t has been decided by tho
courts. over and over again. that n law which
makes IL felony to commit an act in ono
place and permits the perpetration Of the
same act in another. cannot hold. This no ono
better than Mr.. Anthony Comstock knows to
be fact.
Now. 10 IL is the desire OF the New York So
cioty for tho Suppression OF Vice to suppress
gambling on horse races. so that neither the
m merchant will im properly invest his moneys
and thus impel his bankruptcy. or the clerk
expend his salary and other moneys which
may come into his possession. let the society
secure the repeal. in its entirety OF tho Ives
Pool bill; Ita am endment; as susEested. only
best, but the only way to suppress the yicc,,a
vice which the, society represented by mr.;
Somstock should seek to terminate once and
A suggestion has reached us that Mr. An.
thony Comstock is at present simply the cats
paw OF the various jockey clubs in their eHorts
to divert to their Golfers all the immense sums
OF money which are naturally the outcome ol
horse racing bets. II the jockey clubs secure
the aole and exclusive privileges OF tho betting
system under the proposed bill.
surely the Saxton hill as framed, gives som
color to this suggestion. and in this view we
are authorized oy the city bookmakers to LAY
into tho treasury OF the Society for tho Sup
preseion Of Vice the sun Of SlO.00n which we
the Suppression OF Vice will really. In good
faith, show hv their action the falsty Of the
statement that they are simply allowing them.
mont OF tho Jockey clubs.
In one word. IL the Society for tho Suppress.
sion Of Vice will aid in the repeal OF tho lves
Pool bill. q certified check for the sum o.
$4,000 awaits 1t for the effort Il makes to at.
tain that praiseworthy result. Yours. very re.
spectfully. HOWE L HUMMEI.
MARCH II, 1893
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One OF tho most interesting contributions
from England to the Chicago exhibition is to
be a reproduction OF what IL. perhaps. tho
finest example in this country Of sixteenth
century decorative wood carving This Is the
famous banIueting hall at Hatfield House.
the Hertfordshire seat OF the Marquis OF
Salisbury. fac-simile. exact in every
thing but size. has been reproduced by
Messrs. Hampton x Sons OF Pail Mall. Tho
reproduction. permission to execute which
was given by Lord Salisbury. Is forty feet
long-the original being sixty-twenty feet
broad. and twenty three high. the whole OF tho
internal surface being constructed OF beauti-
fully carved oak. cut from the solid block. and
shaded to tho deep. rich tint Of the antlnue
work by the process known ~ "fuming." The
Cecil coat Of arms which has also been cut
from a solid block. and the floor. like the orig
inal. will re composed Of white and black
marble. Messrs, hampton * sons will com
pleto the ensemble 10y furnishing the
the Elizabethan " period. ami. had time
allowed. replicas OF the tapestry at Hatfield
House would have been supplied. As it Is.
tapestry will he used as near as possible like
the original. The fine minstrel gallerys which
occupies on. end OF the hall, and tho celebrated
screen which stands mt the other have been
reproduced with remarkable fidelity. and es-
pecial care has been taken with tho softly
faded hsraldic coorinCs which adorn tho
walls. The hall is to he rncased in a building
OF wood pain ed to look like stone. and visitors
to Chicago will certainly be ablo to form from
this reproduction "a very accurate idea OF one
Of the principal rooms in the stately palace ut
HatNali
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why n Man Travels In Circles.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In an ex-
tract from a Toronto paper. printed in THE
Sun to-day. tho tendency Of people not to walk
in n straight line is again brought into notice.
and the writer tries to explain the fact by m
alleged disparity in length OF q mans legs.
That attempted explanation has been worn
threadbare. but 1t is OF no value. Tho ouos-
tion is an Old one. and 1t has never been satis-
factoriy answered. Some years ago Nj. Gar
son thought he had solved the difficulty In q
communication addressed to Nature. and
had some correspondence with that gentle
man at tho Royal College Of Surgeons. in
course OF which l submitted an argument.
which was admitted to bo an insuperable OBJ
lection to the above m ention ed theory.
1t has been my fortune. during some years
OF experience as a newspaper correspondent,
to travel on horseback over many hundreds OF
miles Of trackless country. l never felt the
sensation Of being lost" but l have known
many who have. One Of my most intimate
friends at that time was genial. level-headed
1rishman OF T. c. d. He was good horsem an.
usual intelligence and adaptability to tho
bush. But never knew that man to venture
thirty ~ or forty miles away away from his his kind with
to learn that no had for hours been riding in a
circle. und always to the left In every in;
other persons similarly circumstanced the di-
rection has also been to tho left. 1t is evident
that this pecuiar cannot be explained BY
legs. Moreover II a horse be left to himself
he never travels in Il circle. That at least Is
tho lesson have learned during ten years ol
tuition under favorable circumstances.
1t has been suggested whether the position
Certainly 1 curious I @ phenomonon. on Thus ont on the M
wide Australian plains the sun Is in the north.
and its apparent motion TO one facing that d.
recton IS from right to left. But supposing
that rider. through carelessnesa. should be
led t" follow that motion. it would only carry
his describing a circle. Again. in the northern
hemisphere. say on tho plains OF Russia or
our own Western rrairies. it should. II the
hypothesis be Of any value. cause tho circlng
to bo in an orposire direction.
The subject is interesting as we'll as curious,
and think that we'll authenticated. careful
observations. would be valuable. for certainly
no explanation is as yet in sight H. L.
NEW YORK. March ~. 1888.
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Rapid Transit.

At last! The Commissioners have taken
n step. their first. toward satisfying the
great city Of New York's most crying need.
They have resolved to let New York en-
brace its opportunity for moro extensive
and more rapid travel within its limits.
There was only one way to this goal. and
the Commission have entered upon it after
n tedious and exasperatipg waiting upon
the prejudice Of cranks and the pressure OF
blackmailers. But the job is done. ut least
In part. and we can all be thankful. Among
the gentlemen who have finally been instru.
mental in obtaining for tho city boon be.
yond comparison with others IN contempla.
ton. the highest honor unquestionably be.
longs to Mr.. SAMUEL SPENCER.
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In 1ss7-ss IN employment bureau was estab-
llshed In the university Office, and oil needy
students were encouraged to seek. through
this agency. for opportunities to earn
money. Usually about 200 names are car
ried On tho list. and every chance for en-
ploymert which becomes known to the
office is referred to one or more OF the most
promising applicants. This system has not
only utilized chances for remunerative work
which might otherwise have been lost. but
It has stimulated the demand for helpers
from among undergraduates. As the same
bureau extends its services to those who are
about to take degrees. ard is able to secure
permanent employment for the great
majority OF those who are graduated In
good standing. men Of small means feel
more confidence in their future and less
dread Of being unable to repay loans and
advances. Not only has the earning capaci-
ty Of students been increased through the
agency just named. but the power OF the
university to apply direct pecuniary aid to
poor and worthy scholars OF high academic
col rank has been remarkably augmented
In 1887 the university aid funds yielded
an annual sum for distribution OF about
$50. 900; now over $4,000 Is assigned each
year to the same purpose.
From these statements It appears that.
since Prof. PALMER collected his figures from
the class Of 1887. the minimum cost OF living
among strictly economical students mas
been reduced in some OF tho most impor-
tant items. viz, board lodging. ana 1nrhi-
ture: and that, on the other hand. larger
opportunities to earn money directly by
work and Indirectly by high scholarship
have been created. The letters which form
the greater part Of Mr.. BohhEss pamphlet
show that students OF the most Intelligent
kind are able TO meet the expenses OF an
academic year with sum appreciapiy
smaller than the $3.50 which was tho nor
NAL minimum in 1887. They also show that
corresponding changes have been made IN
tho outlay of students who are not as
economical as those whose accounts define
the present line Of lowest expenditure.
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The lady art student must be in need Of
champion. Judging from tho fact that ono
has turned up to coniound her alleged de-
famers. A correspondent tells US Indignantly
that when she began to go to the art school
tho public became convinced that she would
wear Greek robes. let her hair down. with
questionable art and unmistakable untidi-
ness. wear gloves unmended. boots unbut-
toned. and eyes crazed with censeless strain
upon the Imagination. But 1t was all a libel
lous delusion. II the deludcd We arc told.
will make n tour OF inspection through the
schools whore she is. and take an honest and
unprejudiced estimate Of her characteristics
they will be satisfied that as a rule she is n
refined. sensible person. full Of fun and en-
thusiasm. and an altogether sweet and Iowa
Bile girl. dressed in the prevailing style and
not the freak she had been supposed"
Hthere has been cloud upon the life and
prospects Of tho countless maidens studying
art We rejoice thus to lit it. Here's to the
lady art students! May their ability to de-
light the eyes in no whit lessen their power to
conquer the hearts OF men
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Mr.. Carlisle. Favorrte Recreation,

while Mr.. Carlisle Is \ great brain worker and has
capacity to get through largo amount OF mental la
Dor which is cxhausting wsl 10 the physical ody
yet he is fond Of pleasure and recreation His chst
recreation Is a small game Of draw poker-a sort OF
family gAme-at his residence. one or two evenings
during the week with few invited friends The ante
is only i've cents and the limit hut twenty cents
lie always plays In bad luck thing quits the game
four times OUT OF tve a loser The hves and deuces
to have great fondness for his hand One rarely
deals without giving him n deuce or a hve and he
fails call the attention of tho players to tho
fact with tho exclamation Here's that dence" or
" Here's that nve again get 1t every time" but all
the ho enters into the spirit OF the game with AZ
much earnestness AZ he does In sowing great aues
tion in political economy and from these
meetings h. derives - great deaf OF kesn enjoyment
and muc h. needed recreation.
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All Of this classification OF departed souls
Father VAUGHAN describes as certain. ex-
cept as to the state OF the unbaptized souls.
whom he relegates to limbo because they
have never committed actual sin, or to
heaven because though having sinned they
have so repentcd as to obtain forgiveness.
For these he makes 1t only probable.
Summarized thus. the Roman Catholic
doctrine is that all baptized children go to
heaven and the unbaptized to limbo; bap-
tized adults dying in state Of grace so to
heaven. but dying in actual mortal sin go
to hell and as to the unbaptjzed. there is
no absolute certainty except that those
dying in actual mortal sin go to hell.
Limbo is place on the limb. edge. or
border OF hell. DANTE put it in the outer
most of the nine circles of his Inferno. and
he heard no weeping in it. but the perpetual
sighs OF men. women. and children afflicted.
but not tormented. The great punishment
OF the inhabitants OF limbo. according to
Roman Catholic opinion or doctrine, con-
sists in their being shut out from beholding
the glory OF GoD. In whose light the re-
deemed dwell in heaven.
Father VAUGHAN dissents utterly and
violently from tho view OF the English
professor that 1.-THE unanimous teachings
OF saints and fathers" as to the indescriba-
BILE torments OF hell are merely artistic
exaggerations." He presents long array
OF quotations from them to show that they
meant exactly what they said when they
described the tortures OF tho damned
as horrible beyond the power of the
human imagination to conceive. 30 ex-
quisite and so fearful that the lost long for
annihlation to escape from them. He'll fire
Prof. MIvART treats as a mere figure OF
speech. Father VAUGHAN does not attempt
to give "a definition OF a thing. the like OF
| which has never entered into the expert
ence Of any living man." but he refers to
the opinion OF the majority OF the fathers
| and Of theol0gians that hell fire is true
and real fire. That such Is tho case is not
positive article OF faith. Int it is of faith
that the damned always suffer the most
| cruel tortures in body and in mind. without
any consolation and in utter despair"
Prof. MIvART attempted to soften the as
perities OF hell by contending that the
| damned may even be unconscious that they
| are damned, and therefore can pursue their
Internal existence without knowing that
there Is better. Father VAUGHAN quotes
from st. PAUL and from st. THOMAS AoUI-
MAS to show that such suppo-
sition Is utterly baseless and fla
grantly false. Every one." he declares,
will know as soon as death ovcrtakes him.
and before the General Judgment. whether
he be saved or lost; in other words. every
one will know at his death what his state
for all eternity will be. and at tho General
Judgment each will know. In addition. the
state OF every other man"
So far as we have observed. Prof, ST.
GEORGE MIvARr has received no support
for his theory of happiness in hell from
any Gomcn Catholic theoogian who has
been willing to put his assent In writing
for publication.
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great Georgian with whom his name must
be associated In Its thunderous scurry
through the corridors Of time. DrSK Boris
doesn't scatter. DNK Boris doesn't rove
In his minds eye from Havana to Hawaii
and away into the E,pigkeiL DINK
BoTTs fixes bis mind steadily upon what
he wants. and he keeps thinking about 1t.
He gazes at It steadily. he doesn't leave 1t
for moment. he waits for the full mo-
ment OF fascination and hypnotization.
What Is it that DrNK Boris wants We
shall not tell Pop DIsMuKE, for he might
want 1t himself. But we advise him In
oil seriousness ana kindness to pick out
something and hang to 1t until 1t is gone.
Watch D1NK. Pop, and be Arm. calm, and
fearless OF heart
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The Cost of Living at Harvard.

About six years ago Prof. GEORGE H.
PALMER made some statements In regard to
students expenses at Harvard College
which attracted n good deal OF attention.
The facts which he brought forward were
calculated to remove the impression that OF
all American universities. Harvard Is the
least adapted to poor men. He proved that
the individual expenditure OF a quarter OF
the members OF the class OF 1887 had been
less than $3.50 year. and that among these
several were able to keep the outlay for an
academic year down to $3.50. At the same
time no demonstrated that the means OF OBJ
taining pecuniary assistance were incom-
parably larger at Harvard than at any
other American college. not only In respect
OF scholarships and fellowships. but through
loans OF money and opportunities Of OBJ
tanning remunerative work. That what was
true six years ago may now be reafIlrmed
with emphasis has been made clear by n
second investigation. the results OF which
are published In pamphlet by Mr.. FRANK
BoLLEs. the Secretary OF the university.
Since 1Ss6-57. the year in which Prof
PALMER collected his statistics. u good
many changes have taken place In the con-
ditions OF life at Harvard University. Tho
number OF students in the college proper
has increased from LOTT to 1900. and the
number In the whole university from l .6SS
to 2.066. Six years ago only $50 men were
accommodated by tho dining association in
Memorial Hall. whereas in 1892 no fewer
than l.0s5 students found seats there. In
the interval the price OF board at the hall
has fallen from s4l6 week to S2.05. The
FnYnrnft n In
fact, was not organized until September.
1889. In December. 1892. it had 221 men,
bers, some OF whom paid as little as SO a
week for their board. From the price list
of the club published by Mr.. BoLLEs, we
learn that a cup OF tea or coffee can be pur-
chased for s cents. a glass Of milk for 2
cent?, slices OF bread for l cent, plate OF
baked beans for cents. and a portion OF
beefsteak or roast beef for 10 cents; the
prices Of other dishes arc proportionately
low. The same group OF officers and stu
dents who organized the Foxcroft Club.
founded the Loan Furniture Association In
1890. and two years later had accumulated
stock enough to furnish large number OF
rooms. 1t appears that the annual charge
for O complete set OF room furniture. in
Guiding china. is S.. Since 1890. too. the CON-
mittee on the reception OF students has pub
lished at the opening OF each year list OF
rooms to be let at low rates in private houses
in Cambridge and Its envlrons.
1t is further to be noticed that ut the
time when Prof. PALMER discussed the cost
OF living at Harvard. no systematic help as
given by the university officers to students
who wished TO earn money during vacation
or in their spaye hoprs through term time
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The Evolution OF an Ambition.

On March the Hon. Pop DIsMUKE OF Big
Shanty was reported by the Atlanta Month
~ as being in Washington "after the Ha-
waiian Consulate" On March the Hon.
Pop DIsMUKE OF Bear Shanty was reported
by the same authority as being in WASH
ington for the purpose OF getting appoint
ed Consul-General at Havana. On March
the Washington correspondent OF the At
iantd Constitution telegraphed that "PoD
DIsMUKE is here and wants to be Consul
somewhere" First Hawaii. then Havana.
then anywhere or nowhere. This scatter
ing and unsettled purpose indicates fri
volity OF mind or d mercurlal temperament.
comportlng i'll with the consular dignity
which Pop DIsMUKE is SO anxious for.
We would point PoD DIsMUKE to the ex-
ample Of his illqntrious friend, the
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Nonest Ci~n Service Reform.
Only GEO.

Here Ia that usually exact philosopher.
the 81. Louis Globe Democrat. crying out
piteously, when nobody is hurt:
"rhs record .f tho Congress Just closed presents
striking illustration of the weakness OF the pre- valine
methods and tendencies Of legislation Most of the
time frittersd away IN Idle speechmakinx and in
h,ibusterins processes of dsxracefu nature. only
GtO acts NJ al ans passed out OF Thousands and
they by the most useful and mportant"
We should say that eco acts is about GOO
too much. The time which Congress de-
votes to idle specchmaking" is usefully
spent. The Hon. Tom REEDS notion that
Congress is mt q deliberativc body is thor
oughly pcrnicious. II Congress devoted
itself to rushing through all the bills which
1t could reach. the amount OF injury dons
to tho country would bo enormous. The
subjects and occasions Of necessary national
Legislation aro comparatively few. and
tho adding Of a law to the statute books
should be Il solemn matter. There should
be all the discussion that any mcmhrr
wants. Tho harder it becomes to pass
laws. the greater the probability that intel
ligent and wise laws will be passed. The
majority OF statutes. passed by the various
Legislative bodies In the United States. nrc
stumbling, uncertain in phraseology and
Neauing. and fruitful sources OF litigation
The number OF bills presented in Con-
gress is monstrous. and tho proportion Of
them passed, small us it is. Is far too large.
The good nature Of Legislators. the silly
habit OF introducing bills - by request" the
vanity or folly OF cranks. aud erroneous
idcus Of tho province and power OF Federal
legislation, have the blame to bear. The
Idea which our st. Louis contemporary
seems to have that Congress Is law manu-
factory which ought to turn out SO many
laws day. is no less erroneous. The meet
ings Of Congress afford an outlet for the
discharge OF political passion. They give
the representatives Of the people an oppor-
tunity to talk to the people. The people
may not always care to hear. and the talk
may be muddy sometimes: but that is per.
haps the chiefest. most useful activity Of
Congress. Some bills it must pass. the up
preparation bills. for instance. but the ma
jority OF the bills it discusses and attempts
to pass are best unpassed. The Fifty-second
Congress did more good by not passing the
Anti-Option bill than it could have done by
passing G.s0O bills. Any rules that would
prevent the House from frittering" away
its time would conduce to wholesale and.
therefore. injurious legislation. Not merely
the rights OF the minority. but the welfare
Of the whole country would be likely to suf-
fer from such change.
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mission Of no nation into Il. but, as Into the
Potomac or Delaware. with our consent and
under our police"
In Hawaii to-day we seek the assurance
OF peace and security. In holding an exclu-
sive control Of this ocean outpost, through
the American plan Of annexation. Can we
halt and haggle about it2 Any minor al
teratlon Of tho compact, for better or worse,
with view to connecting its accomplish
ment moro fully and definitely with tho
new Administration. Is not q matter Of
great concern. The only serious blunder
would be that Of putting in needless jeop-
ardy the acquisition OF the islands.