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of an interviewer. The Chronicle. equal
iy familiar with the methods Of the
professor aud those of Journalism. has
no hesitation In asserting that the long
Interview with Won Hoist recently pub
lishcd In contemporary was an inter-
view IN name only-tmt II was I'm fact
as much a literary product of the pro-
fessor's unaidcd intellect as Is his Com
stitu,ional History of the United
States.
In this prouunciamento Won Hoist
impugns the motives of President
Cleveland. denies that the Monroe doc.
trine affords any warrant for the course
he is taking and asserts that the col.
onies of England in South America may
extend their boundaries I'm every dircc.
ton indefinitely. backed by the impe.
rial power. without giving the United
States any ground for Interference. I'M
less the extension Is 81 great as to en-.
tircly obliterate some ncighboring re-
public.
Prof. Bemis declared In public that
among the Debs strikers he had found
chiefly men of intelligence and orderly
thought and action. Thereupon presi.
dent Harper wrote him to he silent bc.
cause the president of the university
could not take his ease In any club of
Chicago without being subjected to re-.
proaches because of his subordinote's
expressions.
Prof. Bemis Joined u labor union AMI
strOve to bring the working classes
more In touch will, the university than
hitherto. "'rhe university IL not the
place for work of that sort" was the
Presidents comment.
Hut there are clubs and clubs I'm Chi.
cngo. and there are few into whi,I,
President Harper could go to-day with.
out passing u sorry quarter OF an hour
hearing denunciatlOn Of the tiuItoro,,s
views of his Anglomaniac professor.
Ana IT the University of Chicago IL not
the place for work to bc done for the
bpttermcnt. intellectually and indus.
trially. of the workingman IL It tho
place for work to be done In the under.
mining of patriotism. In the distortion
of the truths of history. In the creation
Of antagonism to the President Of the
United States. In the belittling of the
power. authority and rights of the Uni.
ted states ON both American continents
and In the education Of American you'll,
To become Anglomaniacs?
The public will not accept President
Ilarper's quibbllng plea. If there Is no
one with power to speak for the uni
versiiy there ought To be. for Won llols,
has had nll the effect of one speaking
for the university. Az the university
In the Bcmls ease set a precedent I'M.
favorable to free speech on the part ~,
Its professors. the Won Hoist case fur
nislics fine opportunity for the contiu.
ued enforcement of the policy then
adopted.
Independence of thought IL highly
coming to university faculty. but ir
there Ii to bd no free speech for the Re-.
misses we can get along very well with.
out the free speech Of the Won HOSTS.
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The French Chamber of Deputies has

The French Chamber of Deputies has
gone to extremes In the levying OF
taxes on the rich. After four weeks
debate. and by a vote Of 4O4 to 12J, that
body passed u bill for a graduated In.
heritance-taX law, In which the highest
rate levied was 20 per cent. or one.
fifth OF the estate. The lowest duties
are those paid by lineal descendants
and range from IA to per cent, the
first-named rate being levied on all
sums under $1,000. Leaving lineal de.
scendants the rate IL much higher
When u husband or wife inherlts the
rate for fortunes above 100000 II to
be D per cent. In the case of Il brother
or sister 1t will be IA per cent; In the
case OF an uncle or nephew, 16 per
cent. When the property, or any por-
ton of 1t over $40O, 600, Ia bequeathed to
more distant relatives or to strangers
In blOod-this last including any insti-
tuition. ecclesiastical or charltable-the
rate Is fixed Mt 20 per cent. The last
Illinois Legislature passed an Inherit
ance-tax law, but there IL no comparison
between the two measures In the rates
levied. The highest rate by the I'LL
nOis law Is q per cent. On direct heirs
It IL only per cent, with $4,000 ex-
emptlon. Tho passage Of the bill In the
French Chamber Of Deputies may have
been due In part to the influence of the
socialists. But the large vote for It
shows that 1t could not have been en-
tirely due to them.
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Now comes the announcement that
gold has been found In Argentina. The
deposit. which Il near Mendoza. IN the
province Of that name and not fur from
the Andes mountains. Ia sud to Ike very
rich. Assays of Ore indicate an aver.
age Of thirty.nvc ounces. or over 500.
per ton. The discovery IL fortunate
for Argentina. which has been suffer.
Ing from financial storm with which
ours of 1893 was comparable only be.
cause Of the number Of people and the
magnitude OF the interest affected. Tn.
doubleday II will he found that the dis.
cOvery Is not NO important on account
Of the gold as on account Of the re-.
sources which. In consequence. will bc
brought to notice and developed. As
the agricultural products Of California
have proved to he many times us valu.
able as It's gold product. 80. no doubt.
will the other products Of Mendoza
prove to be far more valuable than Its
gold.
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Sir George Newnes, a London maya
zine publisher who has made million
pounds by legitimate business, has an.
nounced his intention to build a yacht
and challenge the New Workers. for the
Americas cup. He was formerly lib.
eral member OF Parliament and Is a
man of distinction. but the friends Of
Lord Drnraven have. begun toward
him the same bulllozlng practices by
which Charles ID. Rose. the London
banker. was driven from the field. The
Yachting World. the organ Of the arts.
tocrats. announced that Newnes "ls en-.
tlrcly unknown In yachting circles"
but expresses the belief that che has
more sense than to make the chal.
lcnge." lie will bc subjected to severe
discipline and will Inc hero II he perse.
veres. The English yachtsmen do no,
mean that another race shall be sailed
for the cup.
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PcOR TEACHERS MUST svFfER

The teachers In the public schools
whose salaries were reduced by tho
action Of the reform committee and
the Board of Education last Friday
night express themselves differently
concerning II. Some give the action u
fiat approval. some are nOn.cOmmittal.
ana some are wonderfully distressed.
Among those who have visited the
board rooms lately. some spoke of the
subject with tears In their eyes. anh
some had really been made III. Some
have approached members of the boz ri
with view of securing changes IN the
action, and others are cOntemplnt,ns
some sort of demonstration, such as n
petition or memorial.
With most of these sufferers the re-
duction Is only per cent, but with
some 1t Is ~. per cent, and some 10 per
cent. while the assessment for the pr,l-
sion fund makes their loss still greater.
Those whose Increase OF pay Is stopped
are losing $50 u month. As n general
thing the teachers feel this to he u
great hardship. Said one of the princi-
pals:
This Is 4 sad Christmas gift to many
Of ms. We do not dare To make amy
sign of discomfort. hut we all think II
an ungraciOus and improper thing 10
draw on our salaries To build school
houses. and we have already been tay-
Ell for that purpose like any one else.
The tendency IL to discourage people
from adopting the teachers profession
and to drive the best teachers into
other employments. We would feel
differently If 1t was the result of any
sudden and severe emlarra ssment In
the finances of the Board. Hui on III"
other hand, II comes AT n time when ihe
board has prospect of more money
than 1t ever had before. So we are
feeling pretty blue about 1t, tell y0u."
One of the superintendent, whose
loss. between the cut and the pension
assessment. IL Si20. was asked how he
felt about the reduction, ana replied
YEARLY:
1T was always 80. Who ever knew
a retrenclment In educational matters
that did not begin with the poor teach
or: Well, II this great big city cannot
build Its school houses without calling
ON Its school teachers for the money we
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a writer In the Review Of Reviews
complains with some force of the "hun-
bug OF party platforms" and remarks
that 1.-THE average voter has right to
be disguised with the meaningless
mummery and the hagrnnt lnsincerity"
OF very much that goes Into them. No
doubt the complaint IL applica bic In the
case OF many platforms which have
been adopted both III state ana nation.
nj conventions. The platform Of any
political convention Is only too apt to
represent not principle, hut the deter.
minntiOn to win. Tho various plnnks
IRE considered and passed upon IN the
light Of their effect at the polls. The
manner OF advocating principle Il die.
tated by the probable attitude Of pub.
lie opinion. II II II deemed that n
strong" plank will get votes the
"strong" plank Is adopted. II a maxi
mum Of votes can be obtained from n
compromise the compromise In adopted.
While this IL all true. It IL well to re.
member that the so-called "hunbug-
gerry" OF party platforms does not re-
lease tho party platfOrm.makcrs from
tho moral necessity OF standing by
their promise. What may be "hum-
buggery" In the committee room of the
convention hill IL deadly earnest with
the people ut large. Humbuggery In
national party platforms can never go
very far, because Its hOllOwness will
be disclosed and the people will inev.
itably resent 1t. II Is not only bad prIn.
ciple, but bad policy.
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Among the subjects to be forced on
the attention OF Congress In that of I'm.
migration. The attempt will be, made
to secure not the exclusion of any I'm.
migrants whose character aud stand.
ards fit them to become citizens. but u
strlcter regulation Of immigration. The
object sought Ii to make provision for
the exclusion OF all persons between II
ana 60 years Of age who cannot both
read ana write the English language or
some other language. The bill offered
by Senator Lodge aims to accomplish
this result. The latest bulletin of the
immigration Restriction League shows
that immigration Ii increasing, which
Is an evidence of returning prosperity.
The league emphasizes the Importance
Of having the laws revised at once, thus
making them effective In sitting out the
unworthy and undesirable elements rs
the number of arrivals Ia increasing.
The total immigration for the fiscal
year ended June 30. 1894. was 2SS. 900.
while that for the next year was only
25S, 500. For the six months ended
Oct. 81, 1895, however. the number of
immigrants was 142,104. as against
only 02,073 for the corresponding
months of the previous year. This Is
q gain of 53 per cent. The immigra-
ton during the six months from May
to Oct. 81 was within 4S, 100 of the total
immigration Mt the port of New York
for the fiscal year ended June no. 1895.
The restriction league presents some
figures as to the illitemcy of immi-
grants. The number of persons over III
years of age In each 100 OF arrivals
who cannot read and write their own
language Ia given as follows: Sweden
and Norway, 1; Germany, 9: France.
England and Scotland. 3: Ireland. II;
Wales, D; average for these countries
4. From other countries, however. the
showing Ii not so good. 1t IL: RUSSIA,
20; Poland. 20; Austria Hungary, 30;
Italy. a.; average for these countries.
80. 1t must be noted that these official
figures as to illiteracy IRE not based
upon actual tests, but depend for their
accuracy upon the truth of the immi-
grants answers to questions put to
them. II they We're actually required
by the inspectors to read and write be-
fore admission, the figures of illiteracy
would undoubtedly be larger.
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Paris journals announce the death, in
his eighty-iifth year, of Capelll, fam
GUS Italian chef. who claimed to he the
son of Napoleon the First ana Marie
Louise. The secret of his birth was re-
vealcd to him by monk of the same
name to whose care he was coniidcd
when n few hours old by the Duchess of
Parma. who, fearing that his title of
King of Rome could not be sustained,
changed him for the child afterward
known as the Duke of Rcichstadt. Ca
pelli bore a remarkable likeness to Ma
poleon. and he was so impressed with
the Idea that he was the only leglti.
mate son of the emperor that he had
printed on his cards, Napoleon, the
sacrificed King of Rome" This delu-
sion In nowlse detracted from his skin
as u cook. In the Italian school of
cookery he occupied position us con-
spicuous as that of Careme In the
French.
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Some of that undetermined and COW.
ardly personal persecution which drove
Caslmir.Pcrler to resign the Presidency
of the French republic IL now directed
against President Faurc. An attempt
L. made to discredit lin. and II posi-.
bic to force his resignation, because he
married the daughter of notary who
had In 1871 fed the country as a de-
faulter. The future President married
his wife will, n full knowledge Of her
fathers offcnse. and she did not bring
a cent of dOwry with her. Ills conduct
In the AFFAIR Inns been that of a frank
and hIgl,-mlndcd man, and II would he
rcgrcttnblc indeed II his political posi-.
ton should he weakened by such a
method Of attack. The argument Is al.
vanccd by Ills enemies that ut II impOs.
sible that the head Of the state should
have slur on his family" as this
would discretlit France before the pow.
ers of Europe. The idea that France
would I've dlscredlted by the honest mar.
r!agc choice of Its President sounds
absurd when one recalls the scandal.
ous record of French royalty and the
condition Of morals In the royal court.
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The effect of Elir0npnn .lnfhi

The effect Of European clothing upon
Japanese women IL quite remarkab bic.
for whenever 1t Is adopted modern
manners and customs usually go with
1t. The educated Japanese say that
when native woman adopts modern
dress SHE Insists upon the same treat.
ment and courtcsles that hcr sisters In
Europe receive. 1t Is curious fact
that when woman IL dressed IN the
Japanese costume. her husba MI always
precedes her when entering a room or
In walking the streets, and treats her
rs Japanese husbands generally treat
their wlvcs-that Ia, like servants. But
when the same woman puts on mod.
ern dress. the conditions IRE reversed.
Her husband pays her the same defer.
ence that European ana American hus.
bands show their wives. ana recognizes
her as an equal. Therefore. dress 10.
form has had a powerful influence In
the advancement of Japanese women.
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The importance OF having Il little
ready money handy ut all times was
we'll demonstrated when u young man
named King, from New York. snapped
UP good bargain which We had tx.
pected to capture personally. The
Santa Fe Railroad system was knocked
down to Mr.. King for beggarly 500.
OO.OOO In cash. At the last moment a
provision of the auctiOneer aided us to
arrive at decision not to buy. He
required all bidders to deposit $780,
OtO. merely as guaranty of good
faith. We didn't happen to have that
amount of change handy at the time.
ana so Mr. King. for nleasly $10.O0O.-
900 gobbled up about 10000 miles of the
best railroad tracks to be found any.
where outdoors. 1t Is estimated that
the scenery alone along the route ~
worth ut least S:.50.OO0.00O. We shall
never permit oHrself to be caught this
way again.
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HON. JAMES M'ANDREwS.
The Next Demo Candidate for Yves. Town Assessor

There Is only too much Justification
for the belief that n continuance of
present conditions in Turkey. together
with some further pressure of the En-.
rOpean powers upon the sultan. might
easily precipitate that worst form of out
break-''a holy war" The great horde of
Mohammednns In Turkey are already
In condition dangerously akin to fan
atical frenzy. They are disposed to regard
the Interference Of the Christian pow.
ers as M Insult to their head ana lead.
err, the sultan. And should England
insist upon carrying her gunboa ts
through the Dnrdanelles Constantine.
pie might easily become the scene of
fanatical outbreak which would spread
throughout the MOhammedan world.
How fur this outcome IL within the
range Of possibilities. even mt this late
day, Ii shown by the holy war Of 1877.
According to the MOhammedan super.
stltion. which il still cherished by the
Turks. there could he no higher DIES.
tiny than TO die In battle. A MOhai,.
medan on the field Is dangerous com.
blatant. not because he IN skilled, but
because lie Is willing and often very
eager to die. This accounts for the san.
culinary cha racter of the religious wars
In the orient and It II chief cause for
apprehending danger In Turkey in the
near future. Just ut present It In IN.
nounced TINT Lord Salisbury has issued
an ultimntum In which he declares that
Turkey must either consent to the extra
gunrtlsiiips or England will order them
into the Dartlanelles by force. Wheth.
er or not the British premier's message
Is no drastic as this, It Ii manifest that
ne cannot back down from his posi-
ton ana maintain. British dignity. Tie
sultan. on the other hand. has two al.
ternatives, either Of which IL danger.
Gus. He mny resist the entrance of
British gunbOats and thereby precipi-
tate an open rupture with Great Brit
ain. Or he may admit them ana arouse
the fnnntical fury OF the MOhamned.
ans. who will resent the insult as blow
ut their church. II In for these reasons
that the situation In Turkey at tho
present Juncture IL undeniably seri.
ous. Once started, religious war
would be u difficult matter for the sui.
tan to repress. and 1t Is impossible to
zee how 1t could be continued without
involving. sooner or later. one or all Of
the European powers. A bloody. re.
lentless war among the fanatlcnl Turks
would bri0g Europe nearer to the long.
deferred upheaval than any other cause
now visible upon the continental hOri.
zOn.
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ed for the purpose of ditchlng the train,
and hat found near the track led to
the arrest of four young men of re-
spectacle families In the nelghhorl,oOd.
The leader confessed that they wreck
ed the train with view to robbery. and
that they waited 10y the track. DISCUS.
cd with masks and armed with revolv-
crs. until the crash came. when. they
were frightened and ran away. It mp.
pearcd that they had been reading sen.
sationnl novels. and history of the ex-
ploits of the james brothers. the notori-
ous train robbers. was found In the
pocket Of one of them. The effect Of
pcrnicious literature was never more
clearly tr1ceable.
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The "lady journalist" rs they call her
In England. Is finding considerable DIFF.
Aculty In securing u mans pay for u
mans work. The suit Of Miss Taylor
against her employer has brought out
the fact that she was engaged as editor
Of an Edinburgh weekly paper at sal.
AIRY Of two hundred dollars a year. and
subsequently. when the office of the
journal was removed to London. her
salary was advanced to five dollars a
week ana eventually to ten dollars.
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II has been figured out TINT owing Ia
the pressure Of the superintendent ut.
mOsphcre the air ut the bottom of a
SHIFT twenty miles deep would bc as
dense as water ut the enrth's surface.
ana TINT ut the depth Of forty miles its
density would equal that of quicksil.
yer. AZ II would be impossible to live
amid such conditions this statement
may help to reconcile us to the fact
that We have no known means Of ut.
talning any such depths below the sur.
face Ut the enrth,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-28

An enterprlslng Yankee book agent IL
making barrel Of money In Alabamn
He soon came to appreciate the entllu.
slasm Of the negro In matters Of rellg.
ion. lie found that In all the illustrat.
cd Bibles the pictures of the angels
were In white. and he conceived the
idea Of having Bible made for the col
ored race. filed to overlooking with
pictures of negro angels. The books
cost him about $1.1O. but he placed the
first large shipment Mt $500 each. pny.
able $3.50 cash, the balance In monthly
payments. He Is selling the Bibles M
fast as he can get them delivered.
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combined powers of Europe have pal.
tered and trifled with the task. There
Is an evident need Of the services of
some organized body which shall be alb.
solutely neutral not only as regards the
Turkish domestic affairs but as regards
the powers of Europe. Such a body is
found In the Red Cross society which
by the agreements enacted with various
nations stands rs perfectly neutral
agent. Its flag enjoys special protec.
ton on any field and It's forces cannot
he hampered in their efforts without a
specific violation of International agree.
inent. representing no nation. but act
Ing on behalf of all. the society will be
able To assume an activity In Turkey
which no national or scmi-public body
of any other Kind could undertake with
any prospect of success. Miss BartOn's
announcement of her intention elbows
still the flrmncss and decision which
characterized her efforts us a young
woman. and the public may look con.
fidently to- see her genius for Organiza-
ton. her executive talent and her noble
humanity rewarded with success. She
understands thoroughly the gravity of
the work before her and the dangers
involved In trying TO relieve the Ar.
meninns In the face of the fanaticisin
of the lawiess liurds and hostile Mo.
hamnedans. Hut she Inns the strength
of the Red Cross society. her own M.
tive ability AMI the friendly recogni.
ton and sympathy of the United States
Government to sustain her. The pray.
crs and the earnest good wishes of all
ChrIstendom go with her. aud substan.
tial means Of support should he prompt.
~ forthcoming when she asks them.
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The alleged discovery OF u new meth
oil of administering cll0rOfOr,n with
little or no danger to the patient IL i'm.
pOrtant II true. II IL well known that
great care II now taken In this respect.
ana that few fatal results ensue; but
the fact remains. as any candid physi.
clan will admit. that chlOrOfOrm Ii new
or administered without certain meas
ure of uncertainty as to the cOnse-
ulIenceS
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demnify persons who suffered ut the
hands Of lawless mobs. France has act.
Cd without regard to any other power.
and hns secured from China the pay.
mcnt Of IN indemnity of 4.OOO.UOO
flnncs for Outrnges committed some
time since on the Fre.lch mission sta.
lions In Chuen. The payment of this
Indemnity was probably hnstened by
the attitude France assumed during the
recent war between China ana Japan.
and the kind offices she then rendered
China were worth many hundred times
the amount Of indemnity Just paid.
Nevertheless. the fact remains that
France asked nObOdy's aid In collect.
Ing her claim against the Chinese. Our
government should certainly profit by
Frances example, and not wait upon
anybody In pressing claim for In.
dennity for the outragcs recently com.
mitted upon American missionaries ana
the destruction of property Of Ameri.
can citizens. Were we to make com.
mon cause with any European power,
II II reasonably certain that American
claims would be made to play n sec.
ondary role In the demands made upon
the Chinese Government. The United
States Inns. moreover. no ambitious de.
signs on Chinese territory. and should
not he made catspaw to draw chest.
nuts out Of the fire for Great Britain.
1t will probably he easier for the
United States to collect IN indemnity
single-handed than with the assistance
Of II European power. as China has
good reason to fear that the European
Governments have more sinister designs
behind their demands than mere
wish to secure PREPARATION for Outragcs
committed upon their subjects.