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Paris: I'VE possess q seminary in which
the impeccsbility Of the Pope is currently
taught. No one dares TO raise his voice
against thisa absurd doctrine" One story is
good till another is told. The Abbe DU-
CBEsNE, being requested by the Very Rev.
Canon MOVES to say what ground there was
for the assertion attributed to him, made
the following answer, which we find in the
Tablet: "Some years ago the doctrine in
question was, in fact, taught in one semi
nary, and by one professor, who has since
then been deprtred of his functions by the
Episcopal authority" That is all the
basis for the Contemporary reviewers
charge, which. as we have said, has
been holly debated in the London news
papers. The story OF three white crows re-
duces itself TO one black crow, and that a
plucked one. 1t is satisfactory to record,
however, that one London secular journal
Of weight, the Spectator, did not wait for
the evidence Of the Able DUCHEsNE to repel
the imputation that the doctrine referred to
is currently taught in Catholic schools. 1t
planted itself on the safe assumption that
the authorities Of the Catholic Church are not
idiots. that they know SOM Of the mediR-
val Popes to have been bad men in their
private lives: and that they know also that
the incubation Of falsehoods on this or any
other subject could do the Church nothing
but harm. 1t Is clear, indeed, that the ed
itor OF the Contemporary has been put by
the silly, not to say dishonest, charge Of his
contributor In a bad box.
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The Hon. NOSES KEoKUK, chief Of the
sacs and Foxes, has Just been cast In q suit
against the Treasurer Of Lincoln county. o. T.
Mr.. KEoKUK keeps q store at the Sac and Fox
agency. and he declined to pay taxes on that
store, on the ground that a. an Indian he was
exempt from taxation. The court decided
that Indians are liable TO pay taxes on
personal property and improvements. We
presume that the Hon. MosE KEoKUK IL q Pop
ulist or q CLEvELAND Indian. He believes In
class taxation, and he believes that he shouldn't
be included in the tax-paying class. Such
economic talent should not be wasted on Okla
homa. The Hon. MosE KEoKUE Ia another
MOSES for the Cuckoos.
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The Rev. ALLEN LEWIS, a Methodist min.

The Rev. ALLEN LEWIS, a Methodist min
lister Of Valparaiso. Ind. was reported to have
said In a Methodist conference that " the Demo-
cratic party should be blown to hell with dyna-
mite" He writes to the indianapolis Sentinel to
correct the report. What he did say was this:
If had my way about It I would put enough dyna.
mite and enough powder and lead into Il to blow the
whole tliquorl business and the parties which are in
league with Il and support It into an endless hall"
This cheerful and charitable wish shows that
Mr.. LEWIS would restrict both earth and heaven
to the use Of Prohibitionists. He says very de-
lightfully that he has said many other equally
as good things" No doubt. We should like to
hear him preach a sermon on the beatitudes.
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Away with the Coroneri

The first amendment agreed upon by the
Constitutions Convention for submission
to the voters Of the State in November Is
one abolishing the Office Of Coroner. Why,
in the year 1894, the Republican leaders on
the floor OF the Albany Convention should
give the right Of way to an amendment de-
signed to do away with the Coronership
is a question which, probably, only their cat
Gus can decide. The Democratic members
voted pretty solidly against the amendment.
When an office, even as ancient and as use
less as the Coroner's, is protected by men
ton In the State Constitution, it is beyond
the power Of the Legislature to abolish It,
and in the amendment agreed to by the Con-
vention the word Coroner has been
omitted from section l Of article 10.
There is, substantially, no difference Of
opinion among intelligent persons familiar
with the machinery Of administration in
this State concerning the d~esirability of do
ing away with the obsolete and superfiuous
office Of Coroner and consolidating its duties
with the Board of Health. In New York
county there are, on the average, ninety hon.
icide cases a year, about 3 suicides, and Of
accidental deaths Ia few Of them subjects
Of judicial inquiry about 1000. There
is no duty prescribed by law for Coroners
which cannot be performed by the Board of
Health, except the preliminary examination
of homicide cases, for which there are fifteen
Police Justices, u majority of them usually
at leisure. An ancient law, 1t Is true, de-
wolves upon the Coroner the nominal duty
OF arresting the Sheriff in certain rare cases,
but it Is to he assumed that, IL the proposed
amendment to the Constitution is adopted,
the next Legislature possessing the power
will not only abolish the Coroners' office,
but will endow with jurisdiction over the
Sheriff some other department-perhaps the
Police Department.
The annual expense Of the Coroners' Office
in this county is sos 900, $4,000 of which
goes for salaries of the four Coroners,
$4,000 for the four physicians, who do,
practically, the whole work Of the Office,
and the remainder for the clerks and con-
~tingencies. The department, being indie
pendent of other city departments, is ire
sponsible, and complaints ave been many
and serious (of late years increasingly over
the negligent and tardy administration
of this Office. But there Is no certainty
hat it will be abolished, because the pro-
posed amendment, as adopted by the Con-
stitutional Convention, may provoke, for
the reasons which we have given above,
more hostility than approval.
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n Commissioners ANDREWS the Street
Cleaning Department Is certainly doing good
work for the city. The Commissioner has a
hard job, but he does his best at 1t. He wants
more money. but cannot procure IL. He is
anxious 10 get hrst-class men for the service.
but such men cannot be hired for the wages that
are paid. lie has repeatedly begged those peo-
pie who leave rubbish In the streets TO refrain
from doing so, but they give little heed 20 him.
In the letter which he has sent 10 the foremen
OF the gangs he uses very earnest language,
thanking those Of them who are faithful. warn
ing those Of them who fail to do their duty.
and telling all Of them that the work OF the de-
partment is not yet satisfactory to him. We are
sure that the people Of New York appreciate the
lAbOrs OF Commissioned ANDREWS.
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years, the extremes Of 2 running from is
to 30 years. They are as hard q lot Of fell
lows as are to be found in any prison. Sixty.
eight per cent. of them were practically
illiterate on admission 75 per cent. without
regular or remunerative occupation; % per
cent. were reared without the restraints Of
good home surroundings; as per cent. were
below the average OF their kind rs to
susceptibility to ordinary moral motives.
IL is remarkable that Of such characters
only between 20 and 30 per cent. are not
amenable to moral influences and require
c~oercive disciplinary measures. No more
striking demonstration Of the effectiveness
Of the methods Of the reformatory could he
afforded. OF course, the discipline for the
intractable has been sharp, but IL has served
its purpose with less injury to those sub
jected to it han is inflicted by other
p~unishments han corporal. A sensational
newspaper can make a great noise
about the spanking, but that is really
more humane than the punishment Of
solitary confinement and restricted diet.
Besides, many as the spankinRs have been
actually in the institution which has con
tanned thousands OF inmates, the statistics
show that only about one-twentieth of one
per cent. Of the prisoners IA received hat
punishment, which Is practically the whole
Of the disciplinary treatment.
Moreover, the proof Of the pudding is in
the eating. The managers declare that they
have reason for believing that so per cent.
of the paroled have been actually reformed.
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Unmatched Eggs.

The eagerness OF 80 many distinguished
and some less distinguished Republicans Of
. this State to become the Republican candi-
date for Governor this fall, shows clearly
enough how strong Is their confidence in
Republican success. DIR. WARNER MILLER
and Mr.. JACOB :. FAssETT are the only can
didates for the candidacy who have made
the experiment OF candidacy before. These
two hope for a reward for patiently bearing
the burden and heat Of the day when there
was little or no hope OF victory. The others
believe as firmly that this year Is to see the
election Of a Republican Governor OF New
York; and to hold that post is to become a
figure upon the stage Of national politics,
and to have great hopes Of glory in 1895.
Doubtless the men who are seeking the
nomination for Governor, with or without
the kind Offices OF Mr.. PLAT, have been
heated to a still whittier enthusiasm Of antici-
patton by the revelation Of the present dearth
Of Democrats in Maine and Vermont. But
Ia the pleasing thought upon which they are
feeding as certain as they imagine, Are
the conditions the same in New York as in
Vermont and Maine The New York Demo
Gratis have felt and still feel as much disgust
with the omissions and commissions OF the
administrator as the Democrats of any
other part Of the country can and that Is
saying q good deal. They have had especial
reasons for evaporation, for they have seen
this Administration, no imbecile In its for
eign policy, 80 ~cowardly and so hypocritical
in it's treatment OF the tariff, using the pat
ronage in this State for the express purpose
OF stimulating factions. But the New York
Democrats had an opportunity to show their
mind toward the administrator in 1898,
and they used the opportunity. What they
did was not strictly logical, but IL was nat
ural, and 1t may have appeased their wrath
somewhat. IL Is true that the Administra-
tons complete desertion Of the constitu-
tional tariff, and its failure to prevent the
passage OF the bunco tariff, nave not yet been
punished by the Democrats of New York,
though bitterly resented by them. But
there Is time for their resentment to cool a
little. There is time for them to remember
that the Governor Of New York has and
will have no hand in making tariffs, and
that it would be a great blunder and mis-
fortune to rand over the State Government
to the Republicans. The right thing for
the New York Democrats to do is to elect
Representatives in Congress who can be
depended upon TO be faithful to the
Chicago platform and the great constitu-
tional principle Of a tariff for revenue only.
In any case national issues should not he al
lowed to overlap State issues, or a Demo
cratic candidate for Governor be punished
for the offences offs Democratic President.
Tn aspiring gentlemen who are seeking
the Republican nomination for Governor are
perhaps premature.
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On Sept. Is, 1914, a formidable British
land and naval force made an attack on Fort
Bowyer, which guarded the entrance OF Mobile
Bay. Ala This fort Sfterward was rebuilt and
became famous as Fort Morgan. which so
stOutly contested the entrance OF FARRAaUT's
Meet into Mobile Bay, Aug. 5. 1854. On Sept. ~,
1914, a large detachment Of British marines and
some sH hundred Indians were landed on
the long tongue Of land forming Mobile
Point, al the western extremity Of which was
Fort Bowyer. On the afternoon OF Sept. rs
four British war ships entered the mAia shin
channel aud opened IRE on the fort. This vas
= dlApidAted earthwork, scarcely fitted for re-
ssttng : 6o1b~Ed1saL and Wa nARRs b. >
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ECoEoMT.
ME-. witherby Keeps sp Expense Aceount
WITH vsrytnE Reruits.

ffOE the Chicago ErCnfn1 Journal
"I am sure.' said young Mrs. witherby. who
had been reading The Young Honsckeeper'.
Guide TO Happiness" that the real secret of
household economy Is in keeping an account
Young Mr.. witherby did not agree very cor
daily. lie implied that, q little common sense
a means Of saving. but his wife decided To open
an expense account notwithstanding.
flexible red leather cover and gilt edges. "Ex-
penscs' was stamped IN old English letters on
pride as il lay on her desk. Then il occurred to
her hat the red leather of the cover did not
hnrmonize with the. antique oak OF the desk or
How lovely i would be- said young Mrs;
Witherby, " Ia. have n mahogany desk with, red
leather fittings, Or even n white desk. think
/ think I'll enamel an old one. 1t would look
50 bright and pretty. And I'll soon save the
cost NJ it by the economy the expense book VIII
Accordingly. Mrs. witherby spent a small
sum ot money AMI = long perl9, 0i ii anst IN Ib1cb
had been r~clegated TO the other guest chamber.
She spent q much larger sum Of mopey' althongh
frame, ink-well holder, pen tray. and other desk
furnishings. Then she called upon her husband
t. admire; "HYh l. said he e unHppreciatiVely.
TT,oh, not mgYh,S, said Mrs. withs5by, sirilSy.
Huh 60 said Mr.. WItherby again. And how
m !Tbi Tsre t 6oiisr red 4 f ts,,srag Mr.. wi,bersv.
Huh said Mr.. ,witherby for the third
time. " suppose that's the sort OF economy an
expense book teaches you to practice. It's q
little too dear a form of saving for me" -
Remembering the advice of The Young
Housekeepcr's Guide to Happiness" as to the
wife's behavior in family quarrels, Mrs. With
erby was silent. But she made up her mind
that he should repent of the unkindness and
should acknowledge that, as a means OF saving
money. the account book was unexcelled.
For n week she kept her accounts rigidly.
" stamp, 2 cents" was q frequent item. Soda,
10 cents" also occurred often. But when she
went to balance her accounts at the weeks end
she found to her pain that she had written her
expenditures on oil the pages, and that her In
come was jotted down among her expenses In .
medley. II took her some time to revise and
correct the account, and when IL was done she
found only $3.50 missing.
The next week Mrs. Witherby forgot the &C:
writing 1t up from memory, with disastrous re-
suits. The third week she forgot II for two days
at n time, with even more unfortunate conse-
QuenCes. and the fourth week she took the lovely
red leather volume for a scrap book In which to
paste timer poems.
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A LION ON THE LOCOMOTIVE.
He Was Only . Mountain Lion, But No.
body Disturbed Him.
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Last winter when the snow storms were so
fearful throughout the mountains in Utah and
the earth was covered with snow to the depth Of
five to ten feet and remained hidden so long the
wild animals were forced to desperation. The
wolves were starved and weak. and what is
known as the mountain lion almost persisted
il and a man with a knife could soon take the
life Of an animal that a short time before could
hold a powerful OF or horse and make a meal OF
The hungry animals after a while discovered
that. food. was TO be had along the railroad
scraps OF victuals from passing trains.
Often two starving coyotes would en-
Bone that had a short time before been ridden OF
It's last vestige OF nourishment by some economi-
s 6 m carson TS TsS S did tho hot c SsTS to pay ~ , e cents for
which was known as 1.-THE helper" from the
@ lsSs sG at the Il h sa%@i frs eas " " s shS Gd FSp i b see
down to the bottom ready to help another; One
noticed something wrong with the gearing un-
der the tender and remarked TO the fireman that
they would get off and repair il. When half
CINE to a standstill. and the two men went 70
work at what proved to be a twenty minutes
pot was left at the boilers head.
After completing the repairs the men were
lion dev9urinS the taiiow and holding
full possession of the engine cab. II was a cold
r n.sa, r 4sms shS in ST,s SiaE,f' nnsil The 1hsy n s.r had Ss a;
cold, and the chances OF dispossessing Mr.. Lion
were very meagre. as he snapped MIS- teeth and
OF sight. The only consolation the men had
was that the tallow would not last long at that
and even this thought was not entirely
satisfying. as they had no way OF determining
that one Of them would not go the same way at
after afteen minutes' further delay the tailow
pot was empty. and giving q grow, as much as
Z, Soa Say" ought mi 1 "a S very ts tsa s6i@s, gentlemen fssssS 3snn I md
and disappeared In the hills.
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No Monarch for Brazil!

The story that the rebel leaders In Brazil
are now aiming to restore the monarchy In
that country, may or nay not be well
founded; but there can be very little doubt
as to the result Of such an attempt.
According to the account, the refugees in
Uruguay propose to cross into Rio Grande
do Sui and join forces with the insurgents
there. Admiral SALDANHA DA CANA is to
lead them, in spite Of his protest last winter
that his famous manifesto, made during
the insurrection Of the feet, was not an
appeal for the monarchy. Gen. SARAIvA is
TO be urged to raise the new banner, and
some member of the family OF the late
Emperor DON PEDRO II. is to be summoned
to the throne.
But where Is such a movement TO find its
resources and its following' II it could have
succeeded at all, the time for IL was when
the opponents OF President PEIxoTo had
almost the whole Of the Brazilian navy with
them, commanded the harbor Of Rio de
Janeiro, and set up a government in the city
Of Desterro, the capital of the State OF Santa
Catharina. Now, although the rebellion
may still survive in Rio Grande do
Sui, where 1t had existed long before the
naval outbreak, yet 1t would seem anything
but promising to graft a movement for
monarchy upon 1t.
1t is conceivable that that large State
might, asst southernmost portion OF Brazil,
distant from the capital, and with nearly a
third Of the population, 1t is said, from CEN
trail Europe, fancy its interests to be differ
ent from those OF the remainder OF the coun-
try, and attempt secession. IL is also con-
ceivable that Rio Grande do Sui might seek
annexation to Uruguay. But that is quite
a different matter from setting up a throne.
Uruguay certainly could not be expected TO
aid u a r~eactionary movement, and, in
deed, she is said to have given notice TO the
Brazilian refugees that non of them must
leave the country without permission.
Is it from Europe, then, hat aid for the
cause of monarchy Is expected The house
OF BRAGANzA is not likely to nave forgotten
the fate OF MAMMALIAN, while the United
States would not brook a foreign interven-
ton intended to establish an empire on the
ruins OF the Brazilian republic. No throne
for Hawaii and no throne for Brazil!
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Foreign Note. OF n. .a,.r...


~ n oui'de' ot torpedo ooas' mas lately
gwen flxo'OOo Tor an hospital for convAlescent chill
p'o@us'A''S
'eIui mas Just sent 10 the Grand Opera the music
written Tor the hrst production ~ otello In Paris
me ehie' ADDITION Isl ballet to precede the entrance
oth 'eneuAn AmbassAdors In the third act
FHhee Cso Duke OF Sora,
"h"on me deAih OF MS father viii he the head OF tho
MOUSE Is Anout 10 become a monk. He Is only 80, but
mas peen twice married and has I'VE children.
England mas lust adopted the Bertillon system OF
minute an'hropometnc measurements for the identi-
heauon OF criminals, In addition to Herschell's nnger
print system, which Mr.. Francis Cation has made gem
erAly known
a sign OF 'he agricultural depression In England Is
the Duke OF northumberland Inability to md .
tenant VINO WIN pay $500 a year for q farm OF 1870
sores IN surrey, win a farmhouse cottage, and two
sets Of farm buildings.
The omclAi speed test Of the Russian torpedo boat
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The author OF an article on THE Policy
Of the Pope" lately published in the Con-
temporary ReUtep, asserted that the doc
trins Of Papal infalibility, the doctrine,
that Is to say, that a Pope Is incapable Of
SHINING, is systematically" and ON
ciAlly" taught In Catholic schools and col
Isges, and that countless Catholics are
forced TO believe it," The assertion belonged
TO the class Of statements described as i'm
portant, II true, and naturally provoked a
good deal Of controversy in the London
press IL has turned out, however, TO DO
without foundation, for the Contemporary
reviewer, challenged for his authority, was
unable to produce any that would bear a
moments examination.
The sole proof brought Onward 70 sustain
the charge wa the allegation tina the fol-
lowing statement had been made by the
Abbe DUCHEsSE, a French priest distin-
Suishsd for piety and learning, who Is now
4 HrofsssoE IN the Catholic University Of
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4 passing drum major inspired Henry White
or Schenectady TO "Reminiscences yesterday:
That fellow Is pretty agile" said Mr.. White,
but there was a lad up in Buffalo a couple OF
years ago who was the most remarkable indi-
vidual that ever walked ahead OF a band. The
occasion was a procession OF the Hibernians,
and there was a band In line from Elmira. IL
possessed and glOried In the drum major I speak
OF. The man was simply a marvel. He would
send his baton sailing high in the air and re-
soaring above him he would turn back hand
springs. somerssults, and perform any number
when the staff came down TO catch and send Il
generously aloft again. For a month after
that, parade all the boys In Buffalo were hurl-
oyer IhemseIVsS IrEing to emulate the wonder
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The despatch from Calcutta about the
failure OF the H%AFFKISE virus as a preventive
OF cholera Is disappointing. In the early part OF
the year we had accounts OF successful. or ap-
parently successful, experiments with 1t, and
many members OF the medical faculty were led
To entertain high hopes OF its effectiveness. They
will not abandon hope until experiments far
more extensive than any yet made have proved
useless. So far as is known here, the number Of
cases of incubation with the virus during the
recent cholera epidemic at Lucknow was not
large. and perhaps the circumstances under
which IL was used were not favorable.
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1t Is a shame that the Republican Con-
vention is not to be held In Syracuse instead Of
Saratoga. For the first time in many years the
Genius OF Harmony broods over Onondaga.
The Hon. FRANCIS HENDRICKS as a winged Vic
tory possesses the foreground. The Hon. FRANK
HIscocK as CUPID ~scatters golden rod and
cologne over him. The Hon. JAMES JE-
BELDES bends all his fair body into
a gently inclined bridge or arch of triumph for
his enemies to walk over. The Hon. HOWARD
q. WHITE and the Hon. CAIRO r. SMITH as
the Dioscuri flame sweetly on the masthead to
which the flag of peace is nailed. And all the
salt is sugar.
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1t is utterly out of the question to prepare

1t is utterly out Of the question to prepare
a complete catalogue OF the great men of Amer
lea. We try 10 select a few representative
names from day to day. Such a name Is the
Hon. SEEDY sHRApER, Just nominated for Sen
ator by the Populists OF the Thirtieth Nebraska
district. The Hon. sEEDY SHRApER is the Pop
ulist statesman who clanks along the halls
OF Fame with this sentiment trailing from his
athletic mouth: Damn the Constitution" We
don't know why he seeks further distinction.
He has damned tho Constitution. He has an
nounced a great Populist principle. Tho Hon.
SEEDY seems entitled to Q rest.