The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-21
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

THE New Zealanders claim that the
reason they do not feel the hard times
like the rest of the world is because
they have woman suffrage, the land
tax and are too far removed from the
old world to get the overflow of its
paupers.
IL the opinion of the Hartford
Journal the newspaper reader who
does not daily rejoice that he lives in
North America instead of Central or
South America must be peculiarly
constituted, unless he skips the news
from our far southern neighbors.
LORD DUNRAvEN's yacht, the Val
kyrie, which was beaten last fall in
the race for the Americas cup, and
which has been in these waters ever
since, has been ordered home. Her
owner has despaired of success in
America, and on her arrival will fit
out the yacht to compete in the mid
summer races for vessels of her class
in English waters.
A. r. SUTTON, a Chicago engineer,
is working on plan TO connes the
great lakes with the Atlantic as Il
private enterprise. He proposes to
deepen the Welland Canal and con-
meet it with Lake Ontario by cut to
the Niagara near Thorold, Ontario;
then deepen the St. Lawrence, cut a
canal south to Lake Champlain, and
from its southern point, Whitehall,
dig canal to the Hudson River at
Troy or Albany.
MORE than fifty army officers are
now stationed at various State agri-
cultural colleges, instructing students
in military tactics. 1t often hap
pens at the fresh water colleges that
the military instructor is the only
army officer ever seen in the village.
The detail is not disagreeable, how
ever. as it gives an officer marked
change from garrison life. Living is
cheap, too, in the smaller college
towns and the military instructor is
person OF social consideration.
POSTMASTER GENERAL BIssELL has
issued an order providing thaA here
after only short names or names of
one word only shall be accepted as
names for newly established post
offices. Exceptions may be made by
the department when the name is
historical or has become local by long
usage. Satisfactory reasons must be
presented to the. department for
changes of post Office names. The
Postmaster General says that this
rule will remove source of annoy
ance to the department and of injury
to the postal service.
IT was on board the United States
war steamer Ranger, stationed in the
port of Amapala, Honduras, that was
signed the agreement which closed
the recent civil war i'm that country,
war in which Nicaragua actively
participated. In the commandant' S
room Of the Ranger met Belisario
Nillela on one side, with DR.. Fran
cisco Vaca and General Manuel Bo-
nilla on the other side. General
Villela, who held the city of Amapala
for President Velasquez, of Honduras,
recently defeated and in flight, sur
rendered the city on honorable con-
ditions, which saved besides the lives
Of the Honduranean surrendering
soldiers.
CLEVELAND is already putting forth
her best efforts to make the Christian
Endeavor Convention, to be held
there in July, the most successful
religious gathering ever held. Every
thing is being done on large and
liberal scale. Delegates are to be
given fine two-color map Of the city,
showing convention meeting places
and all points Of interest. Cleveland
is pre-eminently city of homes. The
hotels would not begin to accommo-
date the hosts that will attend, but
the hospitable residents will throw
omen their doors. The latest statis-
tics regarding this wonderful move.
ment show that there are now more
than 30, 600 local societies. with to-
tai membership Of /, S36, 600. The
growth in foreign lands has been
equally remarkable, England now
having over | 200 societies aI~l Aus
tralia about the same number.
AMONG the women Of New York
Clll WIN dlN StNhIilAS haN' "
the petition to strike out the word
male" as "a qualification for voters
are Mrs. Charles Russell Lowell,
Mrs. Joseph III. Choate, DR.. Mary
Putnam Jacob, Mrs. J. Warren God
dard. Mrs. Robert Abee, Mrs. Henry
NJ. Sanders and Miss Addie NJ. Fielde.
In speaking Of these women the Sun
says: so far as we know, none of
them has taken part in the woman 5
rights agitation of the last forty
years. and hitherto they have not
been among those who were active in
demanding the suffrage for women.
The radical women's rights agitators
like Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony
have not had them among their fol-
lowers and have not enlisted their
sympathies. They have represented
feminine conservatism, and hence