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The sun., 1893-03-13

In Its limits are the loftiest mountains to be
found anywhere In the United States out
side Of Alaska, magnificent cafIons, like that
Of Kings River. many valuable trees, and
the sources Of the water supply Of the San
joaquin Valley. whose fertility has been
created by irrigation. and on 1t Is dependent
for continuance.
Two other timber reservations have re-
Gently been formed In California, little
south of the Sierra reserve. They lie side
by side. and cover the region from Los
Angeles eastward to San Gorgonio Pass.
one, called the San Gabriel. including nearly
100000 acres. and the other, San Ber-
nardino. 100000. In Oregon a timber re-
serve OF l42,0sO acres. called the Bull Run.
is set npart. while in the State OF Washing
ton there was to have been established. and
very likely has been the Pacific reserve. OF
about l.OOO. 900 acres. around Mount Rainier.
Here, then, we have an aggregate. includ-
ing the tract last named. OF about 100000
acres of tree-growing lands. recovered and
preserved by Executive action. within q
space OF two years. under the law Of 1891
This means not only the saving Of pictu-
rescue regions from destruction. but the
preservation OF the forest coverings of the
watersheds from which regions otherwise
arid and waste now derive fertility. 1t Is
great and honorable work.
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Forty.Cent Lodgings mt Chicago.

To IHE EpIroR TuE SUS-Sr: The country is food
ed with circulars from Chicago. promising every con-
ceivable comfort and luxury at strikingy reasonable
figures to induce the public to visit the Fair city
school teacher yesterday tod me the following: Her
frie nd had received circular from Chicago
cern describing building lin tho immediate neiRhbor-
hood OF the Fair grounds especially nted for lody
ings and Offering any lady twenty-five nights lodging
for Slu payable in advance II described the
hlh airy. with good beds layAtores dc II further
requested tho reader To forward Immediately SO aud
70 state the day she intended to arrlyo receipt of
let er with the money room would he set aside for
room anh receipt for her money would be sent to her
by return mail.
Her friend favorably Impressed by this circu.
lar that she set about getting up party and up
date Of them hAh each sent her little $40 and
had each promptly received her receipt also number
of room assigned The receipts must have ed
doubts II ever they entertained any because each OF
The yenturesOme seven is trying to additional
friend to swell the party.
Ten dollars for twenty-five nights or 40 cents n
night Will scarcely secure decent room IN any
third class hotel At any time and uch less wn.u
town Is packed with visitors as Chicago will be during
the Fair
Possibly when tho Young ladies arrive in Chicago
they will nd ike those Of the Bowery
lodging houses awaiting them possibly some enter.
prisng Chicago citizen has really leased small house
vance he may sell out TO second party. not mention
ing rooms have been engaged and already paid
for and when the young iadies ciai their hay
win he told. Am very sorry; Mr.. Brown has sold tho
hotel" A. U. TEOEPE.
EEw YoRE. March 10,
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Letter Carrier. and Post Once Clerks.

To rHr EpIroa TnE suS-Sir: In Mondays sUS
your Washington correspondent says the letter
have work considerably over eight hours
seventeen. Now, technically speak ing they only work
eight hours. though they have swings" which prac
tically makes 1t considerably more.
An sight-hour law was passed by Congress for them
through the eOrIs of Sunte Cox but the bill did
call eight hours, hence the Post Otlce
ofc ais claim they the time they please.
but the Post Ofice clerks y great deal worse
treated class tnan The carrlers They work Ell
long the superintondsnts think II necessary. and
that sometimes longer than there 10 any nefts
sity for During Ia" holidays for instance the registry
clerks work To- seventeen hours. and have TO
work on sunday aud holldays II very busy.
am an Post Dire clerk. and whie N outKo-
ever time every night Tor three months ami tad 10
work every sunday Now. there is not harder. more
tiresome. or more unhealthy work in this city than
that OF q Post once CLERK
Things would NOT be so bad IL the officials surb as
ntendents aud assistants tried to remedy the
state things hut they seem to try to Edd many
burdens poss ble and make life miserable Tor their
suberdinAtes
ment, by which every clerk 10 marked 20 much III ab-
ny. application Indusiry kc But in the ouigong do
voritsm and not by merit A cerG IN favor win nn
assistant superintendent no matter how neon pei ent
he may be- Wal he given The ma simLm mark an aided
in eAAIninGtions for promotion.
New that e have Administration. let THI SUN
look into this and aid the Post once clsrtS eight hour
Law and any other bill they may try 70 have passed
A. kx'Pon 0Tn6x CLkkk-
The sun., 1893-03-13
Park Regattas.

Since the shipwreck In the mountains.
which occurred many years ago on Ararat
point. nothing can be more interesting Tor
yachtsmen than Park regatta: and now
when all the big racers carry lead In
their kecls. like their tiny sisters In the
Prospect Ocean. 1t may be worth while to
search for ideas. or rather to hunt up lines
among the multiform models that will soon
be carried In wheelbarrows to the cove,
whence they will battle to windward.
Miniature yachting was begun by chill
dren. and when grown people first took to
1t they were told that they lacked common
sense. The enthusiasts In the sport. how
ever insisted that the thing could furnish
plenty Of material for designers to figure
on, and that. while 1t afforded fun galore,
It clearly indicated the defects and merits
of the different types OF racers. To-day the
members Of the model yacht clubs claim
the outside illustration OF the modern
craft Is the outcome OF the performance OF
the liliputian feet. Be this as 1t may. the
number Of people who have become inter-
ested in tho game is surprising.
A miniature regatta Is really pretty
sight. Neither care nor expense Is spared
In making the littlo craft as beautiful as
possible. To facilitate transport. all the
spars and rigging are arranged so that they
can be removed in two or three minutes
and replaced in about the same time. The
usual length OF the boats is aboutfive feet
over all, or little over. and they carry
from eighteen to thirty pounds Of ballast.
It is not altogether correct to say that the
yachts steer themselves Each one has a
"skipper." the main sheet. and Is always
dashed to the wheel. or rather to the tiller.
which projects aft Of the rudder pin. The
fastening is made on the aft portion OF
the tiller by piece OF spring wire.
BY this arrangement. when the boat gets
a knock-down. the spring stretches suffi-
ciently to move the tiller. and in this way
the skipper" Is able to keep the vessel
from crawling up in the wind far enough
to shake out and laugh at him. Conse-
uuently she holds her course close
hauled. and points SO well that old
salts. seeing her at distance. often
swear that she Is manned by
wise monkey. But in coming about she
Is rather awkward and requires the as
sistance Of walking cane. which Is given
to her by man in rowboat.
II some smart Yankee would invent
another contrivance OF a clock-work nature.
which would reverse the tiller after GER
tain time and bring the boat about. the illu.
sion would be complete and the fun greater
than ever. It Is reported that the model
yachtsmen are making great preparations
for their innumerable regattas during the
coming season. If they are not too proud.
they will take this hint from The Sun
which shines for all. Any way. we wish
them glorious success.
The sun., 1893-03-13

universal pardon; whom the benediction de-
scends with palpitating emotion from his
white lirs upon the entire world: when all
the Cardinals. all the Bishops. ard all the.as-
>sistants fix their eyes upon that head sur
rounded by q nimbus OF glory and light: when
the bells OF St Peter send forth their Joyous
sounds to the echoes Of Rome. and when all
kneel down under the last movement OF the
lips and the hand OF the Pope. an almost SUPER
natural In nfiuence runs through the crowd and
transforms It into one person. one living and
grateful unity. Immediately the oortege Is
reformed. Carried above tho human heads. the
Pope gides throug the church. and disappears
as II by magic. accompanied by an outburst OF
applause.
give up the idea Of adding any comments
to the scene. Leo XIII. has enjoyed one Of
those apotheoses OF which the greatest mon
in history might we'll 30 jealous. The philoso-
pher. tho statesman. the artist. the believer
ali bowed down before those splondors. But
that which the admirer would perhaps like
best to underline is the peculiar lesson
which can DO drawn from these feasts. No
doubt the Christian will bow down forever
under the benodiction Of tho Vicar Of Christ.
Nevertheless. the sentimen so generous and
so sympathetic which inspires the policy Of
Leo MIL. and his ideas. SO modern and at
the samo time SO eternal. his symphonic ge-
MUS, his heart. over open to tho aspirations Of
the century. and that something so pathetic
and cordial which animate the verdure OF his
intensctual and moral health. mark with .
penetrating accent those Joyous grattudes
and expansive admirations.
II 1t be Gods will. l would beseech him to
permit Us to be present again Mt another
feast, whom the great Pope reconciled with
Italy. or rather with the power that represents
her. may pass through tho streets Of Rome
and celebrate the wedding OF his alliance ten
times secular with that gifted nation.
1SNoMINlrn
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housekeeping by Wholesale.

The Cleveland Leader describes the plans
for an apartment house which is to be
erected in that pretty but rather windy
town. saying that it will be the " first Of the
kind In this country"
The kernel OF the plan Is a common
kitchen. suggestive Of the scheme for a CEN
tral supply kitchen which was lately pre-
sented in one of the London magazines.
The Cleveland apartment house will consist
Of I block Of forty connected dwellings.
with covered passageway for each ex-
tending to I" q central building to be used as
common supply building. laundry. and
kitchen. and fitted up with appliances
for furnishing heat. light. cold storage. and
artificial ventilation II desired" This
kitchen will be connected with each OF the
dining rooms Of the block by speaking
tube or telephone. by which the house,
keeper can order food supplies in advance.
Each family Is to "bear pro rata its share
Of expense"
That is substantially the plan on which
several large apartment houses in New
York are conducted. In them there Is a CEN
tral supply kitchen. from which the food is
ordered by speaking tube or telephone.
At these houses also servants are supplied
Mt fixed charge per hour. and heat and
light are furnished. 1t is true that the
kitchen expenses are not divided among
the tenants pro rata. but according to
q stipulated rate Of weekly charges for
each person fed. AS a rule. We believe. II
not invariably. the tenants do better than
II they divided the kitchen expenses among
them. for the restaurants lose money. the
pro2rietors seeking to recoup themselves
By winning reputation for good cookery
which will servo to keep their apartments
rented. At such houses OF the best
SIS to SIT head per week. and
1t would be in the proposed Cleve-
land block. II private enterprise cannot
afford them for less. and even loses money
on them on that price. it is not to be sup
posed that they could be made any cheaper
under the plan Of cooperation. Quality
for quality. they would cost more. probably.
and they would need to be very good to
satisfy the tastes of forty families.
SO pretty an arrangement. 1t might be as
sumed. would satisfy everybody. for it gets
rid OF some Of the worst annoyances of
housekeeping; but in practice it does not
work 80 well. Although French chefs OF
artistic eminence may be employed to pre-
side eover the central supply kitchens. the
fare they produce for so many grows tire
some. Criticism Of the food is as frequent
and as sharp as in families which have their
own cooks. and they OF a much inferior
grade. The great and permanent demand
is rather for apartments which have sep
arata kitchens tho mass of tho oecupants
Of the others being sojourners and not set
tied families.
We doubt. therefore. that the Cleveland eI-
pertinent will lie as successful as the Leader
| expects. When the tenants Of the model
| apartments come to divide the kitchen ex-
penses they are likely TO discover that they
are making no saving over the cost OF house
| keeping. and after few months trial OF
The sun., 1893-03-13
The Great Timber Reserves.

During the past two years admirable and
most successful efforts have been made for
the preservation OF the forests belonging
TO the United States. Yet SO quietly has
the work been done that few are yet familiar
with Its extent and Importance.
The act Of March 8. 1891. for repeating the
old timber law. authorized the President
70 set apart as reservation any public
land wholly or in part covered with trees.
1t Is through this simple provision. whose
scope and prospective use may hardly have
been appreciated at the time. that the
beneAcent task Of tholast four-and-twenty
months has been accomplished. Secretary
NOBLE employed with great zeal the powers
It conferred. and President HARRISON
promptly confirmed with his signature
what the Secretary recommended.
The first thing they did was to save from
the lumberman's axe and the herder's fire
two great tracts in Wyoming adjoining the
east and south fronts Of Yellowstone Park.
The aggregate area OF these belts Ia close
upon 1.240.O00 acres. and 1t includes the
headwaters OF great rivers. fine breeding
ground for elk and deer. and the pictu-
rescue scenery Of the Absaroka range. all Of
which had long been wanted as additions
and safeguards for Yellowstone Park. but
through the scheming OF local railroad
project could not be secured until the act Of
1891 came to the rescue.
Several fine timber reservations were
next established In Colorado. under
this same statute authority. In Ell Paso
county lS4 800 acres were set apart as Pixies
Peak reserve: In Douglas county lT.7OO
acres. as Plum Creek reserve; in Routt.
Rio Blanco, Garfield. and Eagle counties. q
Ane area OF l.1Ss.0sO acres. the White River
reserve. Turning to New Mexico. Secretary
Noble formed the Pecos River reserve Of
III. .040 acres. and then In Utah. splendid
reservation OF 1900. 900 acres. more than
twice tho size OF Rhode Island. along the
Grand Canon OF the Colorado. 30 securing
the wooded borders of this stupendous
chasm with It's marvellous scenery.
But even more remarkable Is what has
been done in the Pacific States. Earlier In
Mr.. HARBIsoN's Administration. Congress
had created three new parks In California.
Two OF those. Grant aud Sequoia. saved
from destruction certain splendid groups
OF giant trees: the third. Yosemite Ma
tional Park. Is valuable tract OF
moro than 100000 acres. which sur
rounds and protects Yosemite Valley.
and is only second to tho latter in
the beauty and grandeur Of its scenery.
Since then. and indeed only few weeks
ago. the Sierra reservation. OF over 1000. 600
acres. or more than the States OF Connecticut
and Rhode Island combined. has been set
apart. 1t stretches southwark along the
mountain ranges. from the Yosemite Park.
including sequoiA and Grant Parks. With.
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flrmed that which had prsriouslr ham nut on

hrmed that which had previously been put on
record. II his deeds at San Ignacio rendered
him liable to extradition under our treaty with
Mexico after he reached our soil. It is to be
presumed that President CLEVELAND will turn
him over to President DrAz- The Mexican
Government Is exceedingly desirous OF bring
Ing him to punishment: and. II 1t has the op-
portunity OF doing so. he will not be shot ,by
order OF court martial as aviolator Of the laws
OF war. but will be hanged as criminal.
Should BENAvIDEs not be extradited. he will
again be brought to trial. and the charge
against him will be that Of violating our neu-
trallty laws. upon which he has been indicted
by a Grand Jury. and upon which he will be
tried in Federal court
The case is ono upon which the President
will doubtless seek the advice both OF the Sec
retary OF State and OF the Attorney General
1t 10 case the like OF which has not until now
been brought before our Government
The sun., 1893-03-13
VIII Gov. werts Have Courage9

Such an opportunity as occurs once or
twice, at the most. in the career OF any
public man, now presents itself to the Gov
ernor OF New Jersey.
Let him recall to Trenton the Legislature
that has just adjourned after having defed
and insulted the honest public sentiment OF
the State by the passage Of the PARKER
gambling acts.
Let Governor WERTs call an extra session
OF this scandalous Legislature and force Its
dishonored members to face squarely the
question Of the repeal Of the Infamous leg
isation Of last month.
Governor WERTs Is honest, and tho cir
cumstances under which he became can
didate last fall make him independent Of the
dictation OF rings or bosses or factions. He
represents the whole Democratic party. II
he has the courage to do the right thing
now. he can render to the Democratic party
in New Jersey. not less than to decent gov
ernment and the States good name, SER
vice Of the highest Importance.
Unfortunately. q great majority OF tho
boughten or bulldozed legislators who put
through the race-track bills over Governor
WERrs's veto. and then lodged public in
dignation and slunk home. are Democrats.
The scandal Of 1893. one OF the greatest
scandals that ever attached to any Legis-
lature in any State. rests principally on the
Democratic party. In the next Assembly
elections and in the next Senate elections
the Democraoywill have to pay the penalty:
that is unless Governor WERTs does his
duty now as Democratic leader and Chief
Magistrate. In that case. retribution will
fall where it belongs. upon individual Of
tenders. In tho other case it will fall
heavily and disastrously upon the Democ-
racy as an organization.
We have not in mind merely such demon
strations Of protest as have been made by
leagues Of citizens and bodies OF clergymen
and public indignation meetings. Behind
all these manifestations OF outraged pub
lie sentiment, there is on the part OF many
thousands Of self-respecting Democrats in
the State across the river. a great and
growing sense Of shame and disgust at the
recent performance OF the representatives
they helped to elect. II the scamps can be
punished. the wrong righted. and the credit
OF Democracy redeemed through party dis
cipline. SO much the better. II not. the now
silently indignant will inevitably take other
methods Of expressing their ideas as to how
great State should be governed.
The Governor knows what is good citizen
ship. and he also knows what is good
politics. Has he political courage2
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Shall Fraud and Robbery Be Continued
by tho Democracy?

by the Democracy?
Our esteemed contemporary. the Norfolk
Landmark, presents a time-worn old fallacy
whom 1t argues that the protective system
"must be abandoned in an orderly and
philosophical manner, without violence and
without unnecessary intiiction OF injury to
any important business interest Of the
country"
The Landmark evidently for gets the great
fundamental declaration solemnly pro-
claimed at Chicago. that the Federal Co..
ernment has no constitutional power to impose
and collect tarir duties. except for purposes
Of revenue only" as well as the other dec
lsration OF the same platform that the
existing protective system embodied in the
MCKINLEY bill is "a fraud. robbery Of the
great majority of the American people for the
benefit Of the few."
Are these the declarations and the pledges
OF the Democratic party. or are they some
thing else? Did the Democracy utter them
at Chicago or not? II 1t uttered them. were
they designed TO be taken by the people as
serious and true. or as lies and impostures
good for election. but not afterward.
ia law is adjudged by the proper author
1ty to be contrary to the Constitution. it Is
annulled and no more regard Is paid to it.
The only Justification for any act Of Gov
ernment or any law Of Congress is the Con-
stitution: and the Administration or the
Congress that dares to persist in an uncon-
stitutional policy or to do an unconstitu-
tional act deserves only to be damned and
put out OF existence.
There can be no compromise with any
violation Of the Constitution. and the paltry
excuse proposed by the Landmark only
tends to make that which is nefarious in
design ridiculous in logic. 1t reminds us
Of what happened at private meeting of
certain ladies belonging to Moral Reform
Society in Philadelphia few years ago.
The purpose OF the Society was to rescue
fallen women. and one of these who was
proposed as an object for such Christian ef-
forts asked that she should first be supplied
with the money to pay some debts. The
Society debated this question until n
young and unsophisticated member in
Quired how long it would take the
Aspirant for reform to pay these
debts II she continued in her present
mode OF lifc. In the same spirit the Land
mark would continue the system of fraud
and robbery practised by the few upon the
many. In the same spirit it would main
tain an unconstitutional line OF policy until
those who profit by such robbery. and for
whose special profit the Constitution is
violated. shall have had enough. In this
the Landmark is not alone. Famous states
men and political leaders In whom the peo-
pie confide 60 with it.
Out upon such hypocrisy and humbug |!
Out upon such q scheme to degrade and
dishonor the American Democracy by turn
ing its platform into pack Of liesl
The sun., 1893-03-13
Anything hut the Rattan Skirt.

II want to tell the youngsters OF this land"
said William Johnstone OF Laredo. Tex. that
the crinoline. particularly II the rattan that
women put in their hoopskirts thirty years
rememb ber the rattan. Many's the lathering
got with it for playing hockey or being .remiss
In come duty used to buy them- for my
went for them reluctantly. because knew
they'd be lying around mighty handy when
the old lady wanted to castigate me- and .
rattan can administer right smart punish
ment. too. But steel ribbons took the place Of
won't be in it when the oopskirt comes again"
The sun., 1893-03-13

The long trial of Gen. Francisco BENA-
vIDEs. the Mexican rebel who was captured in
Texas last January and whose sxtradition
was asked for by the Mexican Government.
is ended. and he has been found guilty The
case now goes to the Secretary OF State In
Washington. or rather to the President. who.
II he approves Of the decree issued By Com
missioner PRICE. will give orders for tho OK
tradition OF BESAvIDEs. who will thersupon be
delivered over to the Mexican Government for
punishment.
The main charge against BESAyIpEs was
that he held command OF the rebel force.
which, In December last. perpetrated the crime
known as the massacre Of San Ignacio."
by which the commander OF the barracks at
that place. together with several of his
officers and soldiers. were burned to death. A
number OF witnesses. perhaps as many as
twenty. came to Texas from Mexico to give
their testimony before United States Commis-
sioner PRIoE. sitting In San Antonio. The evil
dsnce furnished convincing proof that BEsA-
vIDEs was In commend at San Ignacio. that
he gave orders for the firing Of the barracks
while the tight with the troops therein was
going on. and that he personally directed the
massacre. even to the killing Of the .ugitiyss
who escaped from the flames. We edo not think
that any one who examines the evidence which
has been offered In the case can have any
doubt Of the guilt OF BESAyIDEs: and the
testimony which he himself gave before the
Commissioners on Thursday last only con-