New-York tribune., 1894-04-23
posed to be uncontra6icted or

). sbould be supposed to be uncontradicted or
decisive - ,,.
Arcbdeacon Farrar for one, Mr.. w. g.
NH M for p second and Sir Edward Clarke g. c..
for a third You know Arch1eacon
..r,r as the author OF a Life of Christ" and
.,bor works Of rhetorical imagination Mr.
=. c Caine is & sort of co-wOrker with Sir
nruiam Harcourt in other directions. Sir Will
,s author Of the Local Veto bill Mr.. Caine
temperance fanatic-I do not mean. or
rso that all temperance men are fanatics
", eouallv fanatical on the opium question:
-. mind inaccessible to evidence on that
'ns,,on. Sir Edward Clarke is a lawyer Of dis
.,nc,ion. acquainted with the conduct of sensa-
.,.ral causes. and with. YOU may guess
..f /de 10 his character
,, Rooth like Alexander, Is ever signing for
% worlds to conquer H now wants to send
- oxnodition to Japan. a second to Java, and
.s,ra 10 Dcmerara, for the conversion Of the
s..,ben in those outlying parts. Meantime, the
s.,va,ion Army in England is. perhaps rather
les Aourishing than 1t was. You meet fewer
",ocessjons in the streets and hear fewer brass
tt.rds Possibly its organizers have found other
AVS Of expending their energies and their funds
rns Jubilee Of their General has been adver-
.ssa on huge posters and placards as Two
n.vs with God" An effort is making to raise
,,;o 900 as 4 Jubilee fund. 1t has reached thus
.,r the sum Of $4,000, ana subscriptions will
III he received. The fund. of course is not for
-. Generals personal use but for the advance
:, tho war" Wnen Mr. Bramwoll Booth made
,.s announcement there was Il mighty volley
\, Halelujahs."
The funeral of lie CarOn shows that The
Times" still has the courage Of its opinions, as
,.ased. It's obituary notice OF that extraordinary
man also showed. Its conductors paid tribute
:. n-int 10 his coulage. and to the other better
,-ous Of his character. and when he was buried
-, wreath Of flowers inscribed. From The
mmss'" Some Of the English papers say that,
% induce him to tell his story in court and to
&c. his life. they insured his life for 100000
IA hound themselves to pay him an annuity Of
rMO YEAR while he lived. The story. whether
,-,a or not. remains uncontradcted. l rather
,,rk II IS true 1t is not discreditable TO either
There is a story also of beautiful lie Caron
,auehter now both an orphan and an heiress.
Among the flowers was cross with the in
..r,,,,on 'To our darling father" This stern,
,r,,scab,e immovable man. as the public knew
,,o wes plainly very different man 10 his
o,,r family. 1t is thought remarkable that he
,ould he buried as lie Caron-the name carved
- the corln-and not as Beach. his birthn2me.
7 do NOT gee why. lie Caron is the historical
name. II was as lie Caron that he served in the
rnion Army in America. and as lie Caron that
ba bacar,e famous here. Sir Charles Russell, II
;s true thought 1t his duty as counsel
tor the other side To refer to him as
e,hs man Reach" Professional obligations are
strict and his duty u his client was paramount
hut it NAV be doubted whether the cause Of his
client was served by this display Of disparag-
ing spirit toward the witness whose clear truth
fulness had foiled the great cross-exar.'ner.
There does not seem tc be IN atom Of foundation
for the rumor that lie Caron's death was but a
cleverly played comedy and that he still lives
The rumor Is the product Of the exigencies Of
evening journalism.
'1f any Of my friends ask how am. tell them
T feel like a disestablished church with the brac-
ing breezes blowing around mo" SO wrote Mr.
Gladstone to a friend and his characteristics
sentence may serve as a postscript to what |
quoted yesterday from another friend about his
buoyant energy. Or it might serve a headline
on that memorial which some Cf his too Radical
friends are so prematurely eager TO erect over
his political grave. Few men like to have their
own funeral ceremonies. political or other. per-
formed during their lifetime; Mr.. Gladstone
least Of all. should say. may add one more
word with reference to the suggestion which
quoted recently that the extent OF the injury
10 Mr. Gadstone's ey-esight had been exagger-
ated. Mr. Nettleshp the oculist. spoke in what
may be called his official report Of cataract as
present in both eyes He did not say that II
had destroyed the sight Of either. But there Is
now other and decisive evidence that the sight
Of one eye is entirely gone and that the original
account Of DR.. Granger was. that point. per
fectly accurate G. W. S.