The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18

General with q view 10 having all maus Tor
tho United kingdom. except ship-directed en-
velopss. landed in future at the Irish port.
The Postmaster Generals answers to oues-
tons to be put on Monday by various mem
bers are looked forward to with great inter-
est. although he Is understood to have already
made up his lind not to attempt to interfere
with the American Postmaster eueral's IN
doubted discretion.
Bristol Is still aRitated over the question Of
attracting transatlantic mail and passenger
traffic By spending money OF the construction
OF larger docks to accommo date hig liners:
but 1t has not yet been able to make up It's
mind. although II has been admitted that
some OF the present small docks are In danger
OF becoming obsolete. The expenditure would
be enormous. and Il is not certain that II new
docks were provided the existing lines would
be in any great hurry to use them. The sug-
geston has been made that the British people
should themselves subscribe, say e.. 100000.
and establish line OF their own. but 1t has
not been received with enthusiasm.
II. L Williams, United States Inspector OF
EmiErants at Liverpool. is being denounced
In the local press for the undue severity OF his
methods, from which It may be reasonably as
sumed that he is doing his duty to his Gov
eminent The LIVERPOOL Poor Law Guardians.
at their meeting on Thursday. declared that
DR.. Williams turned back from the Etruria, as
suffering from small pox. man who had that
! disease In Decem Der last. and was disc eed
| from hospital as cured In January. but ths
! Doctor denies this. At the same meeting an
| unconscious compliment was paid to DR.. Will
liams and his assistants by the sorrowtul ad-
| mission that. owing to stringent inspection.
| scarcely any attempts were now made to
smugele undesirable emiGrants OF to Amer
lea. and that even the shipping companies
had become exceedingly cautious. The Gov
| ernme lent has called for q return from the port
| authorities OF persons made charCeable to the
| Poor Law Guardians in consequence OF the
! American emig ration regulations. 1t is be-
! lieved the number OF such cases Is very small.
| Some new facts and theories Of universal
interest about our poor tenements Of clay were
| presented on Thursday by Prot Foster in the
annual Reds lecture at Cambridge University.
His subject was WEAKNESS" not that tired
feeling OF the patent medicine advertise
ments. but the penalty which the physical or
| mental laborer always pays for overeIertion
Prot Foster described some simple expert
menta II they counted the number OF times q
weight was lifted. and measured the height to
which raised each time in succession before
the movement was stopped by wearin ess. they
could ascertain how much work had been
done before the machine was SO stopped.
! Proceeding In this way some interesting re-
suits as to what fastened or retarded fatigue
had been obtained. Practice and habit. 1t was
needless to say. were Of prime influence The
depressing effects OF damp and muggy day
or the exhilarating effects OF bright. clear
one might be measured in footpounds OF
power lost or gained. as might also the lower
ing influence OF Q cigar and the frightening
effects OF q glass OF beer. Another point was
the influence OF that part OF the brain which
was moro Immediately concerned with what
apnkan Of q mental work. An italian
professor determined By an apparatus the
amount Of work which he could do before he
was stopped by weariness- He then set him
self TO two hours hard mental work. Then
he went back to the apparatus and found
that the power OF bending his finger was enor-
mously cut down.
Prof. Foster affirmed that the real cause OF
weariness was the inability Of the organs to
keep the blood sufficiently pure. Something
depended on tho vgor OF the muscles them
selves something on the breathing power. and
something also on the readiness with which the
heart responded to the greater strain upon it:
but beyond and above all these was the readi-
ness with which the internal scavengers freed
the blood from the poison which the muscles
were pouring into it.
Undue eIertion was eIertion in which the
muscles worked too fast for the rest Of the body.
The hunted hare died. not because 1t was
choked for want Of breath. not because the heart
stood still Its store Of energy having given out
but because poisoned blood poisoned the brain
aud body. All our knowledge went to show
that work OF the brain. like work OF the mus
cles. was accom- panied by chemical change.
and that chem ical changes were OF the Same
order in the brain as in the muscles. II any
adequate stream o! pure tlood were necessary
for the life OF the muscles, perhaps even more
true was this OF the brain
Moreover. the struggle for existence had
brought to the front drain ever ready to out
run its more humble helpmates: and even in
the best regulated economy. tho period OF the
most effective work between the moment when
all tho complex machinery has been got into
working order and the m oment when weari-
ness began to tell was bounded by ell too
narrow limita II there were any truth in
what he said, the sound way to extend those
limits was not SO much to render the brain
more agile as TO encourage the humber help
mates. SO that their more efficient Opera
ton might defer the onset OF WEAKNESS.
Another is to be added to the horrors which
autocratic fashion has recently imposed upon
us. Hereafter muddy days in London will dis
close not trim black ankles. but glimpses OF
thick ungraceful white-clad limbs The edict
has gone forth for the recall o! the white
stocking Princess ALEXIS OF Hesse has some
in her trousseau. and 60. alas. has Princess
May. The latter has one exceedingly pretty
pair OF fine white silk. with wide piece OF
exquisite lace insertion running up the leg
while another very charming pair has the en-
tire front Of open work In q kind Of double
drawn thread pattern. which has been chris
tened THE royal rib" and Is something quite
new.
Mr. Bayard. first American Ambassador to
the Court OF st James's. will be presented to
the Queen at Windsor on next Friday
He will attend no public functions until
then He has called upon Lord Rosebery and
met many Americans socially. but otherwise
has not been seen in public until last night
when he listened to the debate in the House OF
Commons upon Cremer's resolution in response
to the action OF Congress regarding Arbitration
Ar. Bayard was recognized in the distinguished
strangers gallery and many prominent VI. +, I