New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-05

To understand the action OF the police authorities
OF the ancient city OF Cracow In Austrian Poland
In stpulat.ng when grating license TO theatri-f
cal company that none OF the actors should APP,
pear in the uniform OF the Imperial army "heh
performing shakespcnres plays. II rlust be remem-
bered that as recently 100 years ago julius
Caesar used TO be represented on the Englsh
stage CARRIED in the uniform OF an eiSh'eehth-
century general and with a fun-bottomed Wig
while Cleopatra appeared with the patches crino-
lire and towering powdered couture ahected by our
great -gra ndmothers In their youth. tracow u
merely a little behind the times; that's all.
persevere they will succeed in evolving a blottlns
paper which Will be utterly iHper'ous " '"A-
-tRockand Tribune.
II Is estimated by Mr. Muhali in a recent article
in 1.-The Contemporary Review" that the shipping
~ all nations is OF the approximate value OF slloo.-
Oso o0 while the 10000 locomotives at Work repre-
sent a value Of 81. OooO0o.0oo The railways give en-
ployment to 2.3si0o people, while shipping employs
only ,o5 90 The life OF locomotive Is hfteen years
II will run 10000 miles. carry $4,000 TONS or l"VW
passengers and earn 100000 Its first cost Is *iow
and its general average is 800 horsepower Inc
average life OF ship and its earning capacity COM
pared with its cost is not given. and Is perhaps NOT
vet computed but 1t is not likely 10 equal or ap-
proach that Of the locomotive. which may fairiy
rank as the most potent instrument OF CIVILIZATION
ever devised by man.
Teacher-Have you finished your composition on
Iohnnv"Yes'm Read it." Little boys when az
school should not make faces at the teacher, ana
should not study too hard. cause 1t makes them
nearsighted; and should not sit too long IN one
position. cause 1t makes their backs crooked; sni
should not DO long examples In rithmetic. cause !
uses ND their pencils too fast "-(Street Smiths
Good News.
4 dispatch from Tacoma. Wash. says that hvs
prophets have appeared in that city who declare
that the world IS coming 10 an end In ls9h ihey
have Issued a warning to the people TO beware vi
a false Christ. who will arrive about that time
They are the Rev. Mr.. Jefreris the Rev Mr.. rice.
H. c. Leuters. Henry Baker and Mrs GIN, an
evangelists They declare that nine-tenths OF ths
human race will perish miserably by war. plague
famine pestilence. earthquake and hall during tue
next five years. Christ will come with his bride,
and Satan will be sealed up in bottle for lO~
years Heaven will hang in mid-air all that tlme
They have seen hell and II IL 5000 miles across
and long enough to hold all sinners One OF the
gentlemen. Mr.. Jefferis. was formerly rector OF
prominent Episcopal church In Philadelphia, ana
those who knew him In that city Viii believe that
the dispatch Is mistaken. so far as he is concerned
Life Savers am astonished that minister
OF the Gospel should smoke cigarettes ,
Every time the King of the Cannibal Islands be-
e and make him se sick that he lost his aPps
tite."-(Indanapolis Journal
The probable effect OF the opening of the Chicago
Drainage Canal upon the water level OF the great
lakes is up for discussion again. The chicago en-
glneers declarc that the most 1t will not lower
the lake level more than three inches But FRO
fessor q. Frederick Wright OF Oberlin college an
acknowledged authority on the subject. says 'ha'
the canal will ultimately divert 10 per cent OF 'ne
water that now passes over Niagara ana !" '
late summer and autumn this will seriously IN
terfere with navigation. As preventive measure
he suggests that dam be constructed across inc
lower end OF Lake Superior at the 800 "hicn
will raise the level OF that lake TWO iee' anu
store enough water during the rainy season 70
supply the lower lakes during the late summer ana
fall.
Preserving the Peace.-Bronco BILL was talkin
with an Eastern man to-day ana ne says " inst
two feIlers In his section have dispute tney Juss
20 to law and each other for damages VI so'"'-
thin. .... ,..ur, D,nst
ne get a gun an try to git even! -, -, 40. hv
Bronco Bi-Wal.. as near as KIN maNc ous ~
the time the loser hez paid the LAWYERS ne shns
got no money to buy guns.-<New-fork "seA's'