The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-04

One jealous critic. who loved Swinburno and
hated me- described IL as masterpiece frank
~ confessinR aiterward that he would have
torn the thing to shreds II he had guessed the
authorship"
The editors Of the Spectator and AltenGum
are ret TO be heard from.
series Of unpublished letters Of the first
Napoleon appears In Paris this week. In one
characteristic epistle the auto srat tells the
Minister OF Police to arrest Mr.. Kuhn. the
American Consul at Genoa. as q wearer OF the
cross OF Malta given by an agent OF the British
Government The Emperor adds: This in
dividual. having received foreign decoration.
Is no longer On American. l am sorry, more-
over. that you communicated with the United
States Embassy. MY police must not recog-
nize embassies. I am master chez moi, and
when suspect q man cause him to be ar
rested. would even cause the AMBASSADOR OF
Austria to be arrested II he plotted against the
state.'
American temperance aGitators would not
enjoy themselves in Austria. native OF a
small village. after long cataleptic trance. a
year ago. declared that he had been to heaven
and had been commissioned by the Almighty
to return and teach the peasants the wicked
ness OF drinking spirits. Soon the entire vii
lnge took an oath Of total abstinence. The
district Governor committed the man to the
madhouse. where the doctors kept him for six
months and then declared him sane Ho re-
sumed his agitation. and in q short time seven
villages had taken VOWS OF abstinence The
result was that a number OF liquor dealers
to whom the Government had granted licenses
refused to keep their contraota The district
Judge gave orders that the dan gerous agitator
DO arrested II caught preaching abstinence.
The man has not Left his house for weeks.
Populations come to him from far and wide to
hear his words and to repeat them when they
return home. The authorities are consoling
the dealers by declaring that the peasants
must soon drink again.
The owners Of works OF art not only IN Eng
land. but throughout Europe. complain OF the
injustice 9th increasing demands for the loan
OF their treasures for international. national.
and local exhibitions. Tho pictures Just re-
turned from Chicago are wanted INN edately
for Vienna and then for Antwerp English
owners are openly talking OF refusing. To re-
fuse TO lend seems churllsh, however. and
might prove damaging to the reputation. rot
merely Of individual artists. but OF the British
school. On the othor hand. IL the owners lend
Whenever they are asked they never have pos
session Of their own picturea Tho Royal
Academy will probably soon consider the d.
lemma
Our stranKest mistakes are duo to official
rcd tape. A story was told in q London district
court this week Of man who was unable to
for hsr admiss,on 10 an inarmarv ..v.n -.
AGO and maid Ave sb,IIinos w.atlv r,ai,
tan.,oa al, =. g. va.tS 49, -. - 49,,
that the woman diod a faw d,v. ,f,or .n,arIn,
the inarmarv anS ha h,d hnon riIn..
soron 800 Insta,d -, nnI.hin i,,o,
nsgIec, hy IooIno sayso ra.r., oon,,n,,,,a
the msoi.tra,s ords,ed the sp,hn,itis. ~ rs'
nav the full ann.
Unpleasant rumors ara currsnt as n .orr,n-
ton IN the Corporation Of the CIV Of Iondon
which inyestiratIon NAV prova n, n. .-,rah
worse than that which brouobt about tha
abolition OF the Metropolitnn Hoard q, Worts
ak or seven years ago The Court a, tba
Common Council. AZ n secrst sssrion an THUR.
day, ordered an extra-iudicial inquiry into
specific charges of accepting bribes brought
apainst .oms n, n. m.mb.r. u a. ~.
likely that the truth will be aacertoinod nv
such means. A Goyernm.nt Commission
ought TO be appointed. in which case n wonld
almost certainly he shown that iobberv and
corruption permeate the entire adminlstrntion
OF a municipality protesting to be the unrest
I'm the world.
British manufacturers ssem unnbla N m.ka
up their minds as TO the efrect of passing the
Tariff bill by the House Of Represantativa.
The consensus OF opinion. boveysr IA that
the EXPORT trade here cannot possiblv gat
worse. having already touched bottom. For
instance, Sir Henry Mitchell. presidinq YES
terday at a meetinc of one Of the Iaroost
firms In Yorkshire declared that thsra hs.
been almost an entire cessation of American
orders for all kinds OF goods during the last
ak months. and practically n total cessation n,
shipments
The Archbishop OF Canterbury. at a Cburoh
on Thursday. entered A strong
protest against the growing tendency 10 what
ia called "coddlin9 suieid.s." Ha nrotsstad
against the conventional verdict of tam
porary insanity in order to grant a Chris
tian burial In spite OF the repuenance 70
peak i'll OF the dead. suicide is becoming too
prevalent, and a healthier public ssntIment
A gainst 1t should be encouraged. He urged
that newspaper headings, instead of being
= Rom antic" Pathetic" "IntsrestipR.n
should be Revolving Self murder"
Prot Karl Pearson has been APPLYING the
mathematical laws OF probability 10 tha |