New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-01


ines that he Is fit for high official position.
Representative Reeds speech at Portland. last
Saturday. was not merely an indictment OF the
Democracy, but a conviction as well. sentence
will be passed in November
n is satisfactory to know how old Niagara IS
even IL its chronology be again subject to re-
| ,s,or ne n has been since any computation or
its age was attempted. An early authority
! .sor,hod 70 q duration of $1,000 years-Lyell
! Thought II had been roaring down Its precipice
! % 600 wears less than that time, which Is after
all onIy a slight discrepancy in the calculation
! of eeologjsts A new computation has just been
| made by Professor Spencer. which was read De-
fore the scientific convention at Brooklyn, ascrio-
! ing to the great cascade duration or 3l,ooo
wears with an extra 1000 thrown In to cover an
earlier condition ct gi"en. This comes pretty
near the estimate OF Lyell in 1s4l. and may stand
as the authentic age Of the fall TIL the next
savant comes along with new date ana theory
Concerning the Infamous Bill OF Sale, the Re-
publican party is saying little az yet put me
growing proportions Of its woodpile indicate 'ha'
| It IL by 70 means idle.
Representative Wilson assures his constituents
| that the Democratic masses are all rieh'' anu
that It was only their representatives. trat went
wrong The comfort which that sort OF pni'oS-
ONLY affords is the same that an angler derives
,ro,, tho discovery that his rod all right and
that It was only n rotten line that lost the lsh
The reservation Of the On,ndaga Indians con-
| toins 5000 acres and is only snort ois'a''ce
! from the city OF Syracuse where us dwehers are
well known. and probably az iar ad'a"ceu
in civilization and maintain as correct socia'
! order as any Of the surviving remnants OF TIE
yroot trbe3 which formerly inhabited the Coh-
! tinent But the Improvement In their manners
! and condition appears not TO nave eXuheuiSheu
| their jnnrnn!tcs and their wise men sun warn
| them against the evils Of drink as they uu
hundred years ago. and with as h'te Pei'''a
nent effect upon their habits They clhs "
some Of their old Pagan usages ana sun 'e"ei"'e
| the prophetic seers Of their race, VINO s'au ~
| ,,or, os Iawgivers and personages Of sacred ana
| mystical endowment, and the ptecep's oi NE"
| Ca ,isboi sages aie found examination to
! have a good deal Of sense In them. ana 10 De
usoruI - Guide Of Indian conduct. The six
! Nations meet together ever TWO years i'' cere-
non,. AID celebration and comm" norator aho
am, = ,hese gatherings has just dispense" AFTER
rho usual protractcd rituals. Offering CURIOUS
o,b-og,aphlcal and social study. leading 70 the
| co,,rus,on that the red will remain where
he i. To the enl ot the chapter
Anarchist Mowb'lv .'S sofr 'afN % fhe'an''
presumably to tel nis friends no" ne s"lashe"
American institutions with his jaw. Inc HiarhS
Of his awful weapon may be seen upon 'he
| corners Of some Of our most cherished radltiohs'
IT, Jerusalem vrowth an decay 81, -estora-
ton and ruin 60 hand IL nj forever since IL
first rose crowned with light in the forgotten
morning OF the world The Turks are now eN-
! cavatlng and restoring the conduits OF solomon
| % ioin them with the old Arab aqueducts' ana
uorhaps noa. the stock Of new water company
IN some If the Continental money markets.
viu be an interesting archaeological procedure
| however IT may turn out otherwise
Governor Flower considers himseir the Los'oai
! Candidate and is evidently somewhat surpr'seo
! T. find that his party unanimously agrees VIII"
! him, The Governor is about the only Democrat
! the state who hasn't discovered mat there
! a , no chestauts In this years burrs.
J Very reassurlnr are the statistics JUST ISSUED
! by the War Department. al b"r'sn' TWINS ~" AZ
| . , IN. number II shells thrown into the
y rious French fortresses and cities "hich nah
rho ,nisf,rtune T. undergo bombardment In the
war ~ 1870 Paris which succumbed To FAMINE
M, +, b,mbarIment. received 10000; Belfort.
80 ooo while Str.sburg absorbed no less than
900 o0o before Il was finally driven by starvation
., surrender From this II would appear that
We have little to fear from the bombardment OF
the cities and towns along our COASTS no hla''e'
whether they are fortified or not II looks as II
n cruiser might fire away every proJec'"e III ne'
/ magazine without doing any serious injury.
N,r,oy.r 100 rounds per gun Is large allow
ance. and the heavy cannon with wien most
| cruisers are equipped nowadays could not prop
ably fire hall that number before being placed
| hors De combat.
Uo,y men have had an opportunity such as was
! ,erel ~ Mr.. Cleveland but alas. for his fame
, WAS too * t. grasp and 10 hold that OPP
portunty
! The Police Commission Ia playing second hddIe
IN the I.exow Committee and doing IL with al
most enough spiri, and precision OF touch To sup
mort the belief that IT actually enjoys It's own per-
| formance That. however is only maniiesta-
ton Of the delicate art which always seeks TO
conceal Itself
1t is proposed to widen and deepen the ST.
Lawrence canals. SO that ocean going steamships
can pass through them, carrying their cargoes
unbroken from the lake ports 10 their European
| destination. Sone OF the Canadians think II
would be- n good notion to have the United States
| share the cost Of the enlargement and possess
Joint ownership in them when they are COM
! pleted Others OF their countrymen favor the
| plan OF keeping these channels exclusively In
Canadian possession. paying their own bills FOR
enlargement and taking II out of the American