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Truth in Season.

One of the departments Of the munic-
ipal Government of this city. the bust
ness management and methods of which
are constantly under public inspection,
Is the Fire Department. Do the con-
duct and the work of it meet with
the approval Of the community Ask
the fire and life insurance companies, the
property owners. the Mayors office, the
two political parties, the citizens whose
household effects il has saved, and the
people at large, including those who
have seen its engines on the fly
or its brave men at work upon a confagra-
tion. We occasionally see company of the
Fire Department sweep past THE Sun office,
upon duty bent; and there is not spectacle
more worthy Of admiration to be seen in
New York or anywhere else. After see
ing the fire service of several American
cities and of European cities, we say, with
out hesitation or qualification, that that of
New York has not its equal in the world.
A small company Of English tourists
who saw company on its way to
q downtown fire one day last week,
agreed that it was the most inspirit-
ing sight that they had seen in Amer
lea. AS the bareheaded, flannel
shirted giant, who guided the galloping
horses attached to the engine-car, drove
through the hardened snow banks that en-
numbered narrow and crooked Nassau
street, one of the visitors exclaimed: You
couldn't see such sight rs that in Eng
land;" and all his companions gave their
assent to the remark.
The Fire Department Of New York is a
splendid institution, and it has a splendid
body Of men in its service. They are men
who always stand ready to take every
risk, or to lose their lives, in the
performance of their duties. 1t was
not a rare tragedy in the ranks which was
described by THE SUNS reporters the other
day. Weep for the brave" who fall in
this branch Of the public service as well as
for those who fall on the field Of battle.
And the Fire Department Of New York is
not the only department of the municipal
Government that is conducted with eff
cheney, honesty, and honor.
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vote in favor Of the proposition would be a
vote for rapid transit though the Commits
sion itself had determined no plans Of rapid
transit, had made no intelligent estimates
Of its cost, and was wholly in the dark as TO
what was to be done; and in that state Of
mind IL remains to-day, two months after
choate undertaking.
We do not charge that the commonplace
and incompetent Rapid Transit Commission
and It's Chamber Of Commerce sponsors set
out knowingly and maliciously to deceive
and humbug the public They were only
hysterical; but the result Of the actual
bumbug and deceit was as bad as IL they had
been guilty Of cool and intentional rascality.
The people voted for the rapitls tran
sit proposition, with the notion that
the underground railroad was TO be
built for s5O, ,OOO, 900. That was the sum
fixed by the hysterical newspapers, with the
tacit appreciation Of the haphazard Com
mission and the ignorant Chamber Of Com
merce. Now it turns out that there
was no such estimate of cost, and
no engineering estimate at all! 1t
was mere hysterical guess. Mr..
PARSONS, the engineer Of the Com
mission, fortified by other able professional
opinion, puts the necessary expenditure,
now that any sort of estimates of It are
made, at see, ,OO0, 900, taking the most san
guine view Of the situation. Probably $780,
600 900 would come nearer the true mark;
but 1t Is mere guesswork.
Thus, two months after the people voted
for rapid transit, the whole business is in a
worse muddle that it has ever been in before
during the long period in which it has been
discussed. No plans are settled, no routes
are determined, the time for digging
the underground tunnels is still in the
remote future, II 1t ever come, and the
hapless Commission is at its wits end to
find out how to go ahead At last the hys-
terical excitement has cooled of, and the |
Commissioners are in state of mind to
look at the subject sanely.
The evil of public Mysteries begins to ap- |
pear in its true and dangerous proportions. |
Meantime the people are travelling up and |
down town with the increased facilities |
for rapid transit provided by the enter
prise of private capitalists, and are
getting on very comfortably, or at least
with as much comfort as the exigencies of
travel at morning and evening through this
long and narrow island make possible.
The system of elevated railroads continues,
and cable cars for more rapid Transports
ton are multiplying and meeting the con-
venience of the public.
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ran into the shallow water, probably 10 get rid
OF the tow and the sailing vessels around him,
yet asserts that the pilots presence cannot re-
liovs the officers Of their responsibility. although
he has no doubt that, in fact they were less eau
tious than II there had been no pilot on board.
But he disapproves, as unwarranted by nythlng
In the regulations or In naval customs the
courts censure Of the Captain for not putting
the offlcer next 10 him in lineh rank In charge
of the ship during his brief absence from the
deck when the accident occurred. On the other
hand, be finds that the commanding officer was
censurable for continuing TO run his ship At such
high speed In that place when hampered by 90
many vessels.
The Secretary's comments seem 10 form suf-
hcient substitute for any further proceedings.
and perhaps will impress upon officers the need
OF the utmost care in getting into and out of
port with the new vessels, where there is no need
whatever Of haste. IL 10 fortunate that the ac-
cidcnts to the Columbia and the Cincinnati, al
most at the outset Of their active careers, proved
no more serious and costly.
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1t was very satisfactory to read in yester-
days Sun Of the protest which certain members
Of well-known club had entered against q vul-
gar and indecent entertainment which was
given In Its rooms last Monday night The Ian
guage which was indulged in, and the Incl
dents which accompanied IL, seem TO have been
disgusting; and II was the duty of every self
respecting member to give notice that, IL such a
thing were again tolerated, he would sever
his relations with the club No club can
flourish for long IL It does not observe the prin-
ciples Of morality and propriety and enforce
obedience to Its rules Of order. One Of the rules
OF the club we are speaking Of prohibits the use
OF improper language within its quarters; and
90 rigidly has this rule been carried out until
recently that one Of Its members was suspended
last year for " swearing at the janitor" That
was the right kind of action to take Every
member who can be held responsible for the
vulgarity of Monday night. the last night Of the
year, ought to be expelled.
II seems that the respectable men of the club
have been desirous of keeping the facts of the
case from getting out. II will be the best thing
for the club that they have got out IL their pub
licity shall lead to the adoption of measures
that will prevent their repetition, under any
circumstances, hereafter.
Honor is the word for gentleman.
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The Man for the Treasury.

The Hon. JOHN GRIFFIN CARLISLE wrote
letter few days ago to friend in Ken
tucky averring that he was not candidate
for Governor or for Senator, and would not
be. Mr.. CARLIsLE's letter seems not to
have been received seriously. There is
still an impression in Kentucky that he
would be glad to leave a Cabinet in which
he serves merely as an example. He has
been as faithful as unfortunate, and Ken
tucky, which justly admires his great quail
ties that have been eclipsed since March 4,
1893, will perform pious service in re-
storing him to post suited to his genius.
Mr.. CLEVELAND hangs blindly to Mr.. CAR
Isle as il there were no other man in the
United States capable of reviving the tradi-
tions Of HAMILTON and GALLATIN, and at
the same time capable of keeping himself in
a judicious background, and accepting snubs
with contrite heart.
Mr.. CLEVELAND is mistaken. There is In
this town to-day man Of unequalled finan-
cial genius, man who can produce wealth
out of a vacuum and organize fortune
from cheese parings.
His name is THOMAS F. BYRNEse He is
one of the greatest wealth producers on
record. He would club the deficiency in the
Treasury into surplus while adjusting a
point of grammar. He is revered by the
RoTHsCHILDs. He is looked up to by every
man eager for wealth.
For Secretary of the Treasury THOMAS
FoRTUNATUs BYRNEs. He is Republican,
but 80 was GRESHAM.
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Secretary HERBERT's comments on the
recent mishap 10 the cruiser Cincinnati OF
Execution Rock cover some points OF general
interest. besides those that concern the appor-
tionment OF blame TO individual officers. some
OF the testimony before the court OF inquiry had
indicated that the cruiser when just beyond
Hell Gate struck a submerged wreck. such. for
example. as an abandoned coal barge. But the
court sent tugs TO the spot TO grapple, and no
such sunken hulk was found there. Mr.. HER
BERT also sAys he Is satisfied that the damage
TO the Cineinnati's plates and the breaking OF
propeller blade were due TO her striking tho
ledge surrounding Execution Rock. The sX-
animation has evidently relieved the local au-
thOrities Of any anxiety lest a hulk had been
sunk there which waNnOt reported TO them.
The Secretary, In AseriblSE the disaster pri-
marily 70 lack OF Judgment in the pilot, who
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The Blairbeater.

The Hon. WILLIAM EATON CHANDLER's
candidate for Speaker of the New Hamp-
Shire House Of Representatives was nom
mated by vote of 1s8 to II. The election
pf Mr.. CHANDLER as his own successor in
the Federal Senate L. assured, and the heat
end fury of the opposition to him has come
to an inglorious end.
Mr.. CHANDLER has past in Southern pol
dtics that Is not too fragrant; but he is q
clever man, incapable of Mugwumpery, in
capable Of indifferentism, bitter but sound.
He is IN eager Republican, and he Is glad
Of it, and his unshrinking partisanship
sometimes makes him say things disagree
eble to his opponents, and seemingly in
tended to I'LL them with wild yearning for
his blood. He is often severe and he Is
sometimes sarcastic, and he neglects no OPP
portunity Of displaying his peculiar talent
of making enemies and making them writhe.
He is well informed and acute. capable
legislator, and an interesting person. Were
his faults and his shortcomings much
greater than they are, he would still be en-
titled to no small share of public gratitude.
He prevents BLAIR. He keeps BLAIR out Of
the Senate, and thereby saves the Senate
and the world from an infinite amount Of
weariness, and keeps the Congressional
Record from overrunning and overlaying
the country.
Even those persons who are unable to re-
gard Mr.. CHANDLER as an aureoled patriot,
are much obliged to him for knocking out
the biggest bore in the world.
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The Best Bill.

The honor of introducing the most de-
eerving measure into the Legislature at It's
frst meeting in 1895, must be accorded to
Senator RICE. Senator RIcE's bill provides
Tor doing away with that abusive law re-
huiring cut stone used in municipal work
20 be dressed within the bounds Of the
municipality.
This is essentially protective law for
the benefit of the local stone dressers against
the interest Of the community for which
they alone are thereby permitted to dress
Stone. 1t is incompatible with the Ameri-
tan principle Of free commerce between the
States; and it adds very grossly to the ex-
benses of almost every city of New York,
bnd especially to the expenses Of this
metropolis
Senator RIcE's bill should be law before
the month is out, and we congratulate him,
, Democrat in truth as well as in name, on
bis bold demonstration that he Is q states
inan worthy Of serious consideration.
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In appointing the Hon. GEORGE w.
ALDRIDGE Of Rochester to be Superintendent of
Public Works. Governor MORTON has given dis
tinct fip to the Mugwumps and has smitten our
esteemed neighbor, the Tribune, on the mob.
Mr.. ALDRIDGBs humming canvass for the Re-
publican nomination for Lieutenant Governor
endeared him to all lovers of sound. He has
got something much better In point OF power and
patronage than the Lieutenant Governorship.
His job Is replete with political opportunities.
He will not neglect them. AS far as we are in
formed, he has committed no crime save that of
being well regarded by Mr.. PLATT. His ap-
pointment shows that Mr.. PLATT will not be
compelled to retire to a hermitage at present.
He has influence at Albany. This ALDRIDaE
appointment must iill with horror the numer-
Gus persons that regard Mr.. PLArr as the Per-
sonal Devil. And what must they think of
Governor MoRToNf This man ALpRIDoE is
not only friend of Mr.. PLArT. but he is poll
tician Of the most political sort There Is no
civil service reform In him. He Is just per-
spring and unanimous Republican politician.
His political notions are Of a kind to appal
thinkers Of the GoDKIE school. In fact. they
regard him with genuine aversion and he re-
CARDS them with unaffected amusement. They
think OF him as the type OF the bad man In poll
tics; and Mr.. ALDRIDGE. who seems to be q
very good fellow for bad man, will pass his
days in making them unhappy.
But is nothing to be done about the appoint
ment2 Is Governor MORTON 10 be permitted TO
appoint persons Objectionable To M Mugwumps and
reformersr Is there 20 be no mass meeting of
excited protestants, no accommodation OF
Governor MORTON as OF man who has proven
himself unworthy of his post and has weakly
yielded TO politicians2
The Hon. GEORGE W. ALDRIDdE is loading
several good citizens with gloom. And he
seems hesrtily unashamed of II.
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Mr. Bonaer's Stable.
Prom the Turf. Field and Fhr,n.

IRON the InrJ, Fteid ana fhrm-
Mr.. Bonner is very much pleased with his re-
she Is by far the cheapest horse with a fast
record that he ever bought. She was purchased
at Tattersalls' sale in November last for the low
sum OF 200. She had Q little enlargement on
one Of Aer forward legs which made people
siI afraid to bid on hes but that eplargemeht has
ing. and does not hurt her In the least. As a
four-year-old Elfrida won the first heat In a
race at Nashville last fall In 2:l3l6 and trotted
the last half OF the fourth heat In Ola. She
enjoys the distinction OF being the only horse
that has eyer beaten the great Fantasy two
heats, which she did as three-year-old In
2:lsA and 2;lsA at Pittsburgh on July 10. 1893.
Besldes such record breakers as Dexter,
2;l7A; Rarus, 2;l3A; Maud y, 2;Os3i, and
fifteen other horses with records from 2:l0A TO
2;30. TO say nothing OF the public performances,
but not records of such horses as Joe Elliott,
2:l5Is; Startle, 2,IO, and Lucy Cuyler, public
trial for half a mile In ;05 70 top wagon-the
fastest time ever made To top wagon.
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| tion of the learned men who make MP the
corps OF professors and lecturers and their
superiority as instructors and investi
gators, and also In the perfection OF
the facilities for education in it's wild
est range and highest elevation. The
general endowment Of Columbia College is
generous enough TO enable IL to provide
these requisites of great university, and Il
has been used already with wise liberality
by the trustees in laying the foundations
upon which such school OF learning can be
built in its fullest proportions. But IL is
not enough TO carry out the magnificent
scheme Of material Improvement at
the new site of the college on Morn
ingside Heights. None of IL ought to
be diverted from its more necessary
present use of providing the intellectual re-
quirements of the university and the COM
prehensive system of education TO which IL
is now devoted. The money needed for the
erection Of the buildings planned must be
an additional contribution made in the in
terests Of learning, and because of the many
and perpetual advantages which would ac-
crue to New York as the seat Of the great
American university, distinguished alike by
moral and material superiority.
Columbia College itself has over four
thousand alumni in New York, very many
of whom are men Of large wealth, and as a
whole they exercise a powerful influence in
the social, professional, and business life Of
the town. They ought to concentrate their
forces for the assistance of the development
of this university scheme. Citizens of wealth,
generally, cannot make gifts and bequests
which will conduce more to the glory
of New York and to its civiliz-
ing and enlightening influences than
by bestowing upon this institution money
they desire to give for the public advantage.
Every one of the buildings planned in the
scheme presented for examination at the
Fine Arts building ought to be erected by
the contributions of such public benefactors
within comparatively few years, in order
that the university may proceed in its
splendid development without obstacles i'm
posed by an insufficiency of the necessary
capital for such desirable progress
The first of the buildings to be erected
will be that for the library, which, in view
of its resources and the liberality Of the
trustees in putting them at the service of the
public, is now the most useful library in
New York.
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K,otsehi...en-what Il Its


FfOW Fhf IInHOH IIuITU NeWs,
Under the title Of "A Game We Might Play"
the Marquis of Lorne, in Good Words" puts
in a plea for an npen-air winter pRstime In the
low Countries Of northern Europe which has for
centuries enjoyed a sort of national reputation
II is a rough sort OF golf, played without clubs
or holes is inexpensive, and can be played by
two single opponents, or with two on side, The
OF a match between two villages In Fresland, at
which the writer was present, and conveys a
game and OF the spirited emulation which it
awakens. II Is pointed out that in England
there are many districts especially in the east
OF the sland-which are peculiarly well adapted
10 the game, there being IN these parts much lat
land where winter makes the ground hard
Wherever these conditions exist, there, we are
told the klotschiessen or "Clotshot" game
can be played with advantage.
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for q gentleman.

According to the Correspondence Polt-
tfque of Vienna the Pope has Just finished his
encyclical. which he will send to tho United
States In this encycical he deals at length
with tho religious situation in the United
States. dwelling especially upon the ques-
tions touching tho Catholic University
In Washington and the Apostolical Delo-
cation. He advises the Catholics to support the
University. and he intends to enlarge the power
Of the Delegation, making 1t . sort Of supreme
ecclesiastical tribunal with power to deal with
all cases which up to the present have been set
tied by the Propaganda
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The Secret OF Long Life.

from the Home Journal
Barthelemy Saint -Hilaire, the famous French
scholar and politician, who recently entered on
his ninetieth year full of physical and intellec-
tual vigor, has been telling the inevitable inter-
viewer how 1t is his days have been SO iong in
the land. 1t is. we are told the effect Of strict
adherence to the old precept, "early to bed and
early to rise" with steady work during waking
hours.
Every grand old man seems to have secret
Of his own. Mr.. Gladstone. we believe. attrib-
utes his longevity to his habit of taking daily
walk in all weathers and to his giving thirty
dell Holmes pinned his faith on equabilty Of
temperature. The late Major Knox Holmes
ss 'es o Ss Sh H.
offered himself as an example OF the benign
Some aged persons give the credit Of their long
lives to abstinence from tobacco. alcohol, meat,
these things One old aa we IN read
not long ago as having reached the age Of 120
Is the res ear v and She sserbed the
death Of brother at the tender age of 30 to the
fact that he had committed matrimony in early
NJ. Ferdinand de Lesseps believed In horse
riding. Mr.. James Payn complains that in his
horse" In a letter recently published. NJ. De
Lesseps delivered himself on the subject as fol-
lows; shall always be deeply grateful 70
years made me share his keen passion for
horses. and am still convinced that daily horse
exercise has In large measure been the means
Of enabling me to reach my eighty fourth year
In perfect health" Carlyle was also a great
rider almost to the end OF his long life. and he
himself.
On the whole. it must be concluded that the
real secret OF longevity is a sound constitution
prudently husbanded. The only general rules
that can be laid down are those set forth by
Adam in "As You Like IT."
Though look old, yet am strong and lusty
For In my youth never did apply
Hot and rebellious liquors In my blood,
Nor did not with unbashful forehead WOO
The means OF weakness and debility;
Therefore my age is q lusty winter.
Frosty but kindly.
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sUNBEAMs.
There is q bootbiacks stand on Prosdvsv -,,.,
has cneh registering machine sttocbcd '"Oa

There IL = bootbiacks stand on Prosdvsv -,,..
has a cash registering machine attached
An American specialist In astronomy obiec,.
orrery because 10 gives 80 false notion of nron..
tons in matters celestial An orrcry that should -
\ sun one inch in diameter must. to preserve ne.
tIon. make the earth small 10 be almost in ,.I,,
and place tho nearest nxed star at distance OF az
miles frnm the sun.
1t IL noteworthy that when there IL snow nm A..
ground the heights OF the New Jersey shore a, ,o.
beyond the westside street ends are quite t,,.s
formed from their usual selves The s1ualor NJ o,s,
nary times Is botted out by the white covering an.
the occasional beautiful building the height, 4.
heightened in charm.
One sees the lesser lights Of the opera AZ .rr,n
French and italian restaurants about town and oA
servant persons recall the time when some Of IN.
greater lights frequented such places. II Is notceah.
that the latter longer dress In such fashion IA to Al,
tract attention but eccentrcitcs OF attire sometins
distinguish the less known singers.
Many Brooklyn policemen now pay car fat.i.
preference TO giving the conductors their number,
policeman crosstown car got Indignant IN.
other day In crowded when the conducto,
handed him back his nickel and said he wanted M.
number. mot much" said the policeman. " can nav
my fare like everybody else. Then I'm under no obl
cations TO the company"
Some persons recall with grief the dayn Of watch
clubs when everybody in the club contributed dollar
month and as each watch was paid for some one Of
the club drew II by lot The club principle has been
applied somewhat differently to portrait Photographic
and that art, which is cheaper and better for the
money than ever before In all It's history, Is mad.
cheaper still TO members OF the club.
Some of those cheap little cabinets and borss
adorned with polished sea shells come from Kew
West. where girls are peculiarly clever at such work
Naval officers after stopping at Key West sometimes
bring these trophies North. and about Christmas tina
shell articles become peculiarly abundant The shells
extremely beautiful, and IL applied with tssts
hQ rnad IA mn int rharrn Nf
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The arrest. conviction, and imprisonment
Of SEELY, the bank swindler. are the incidents
Of . very good piece Of lawful business. There
was no unnecessary delay in carrying his case
to It's conclusion. After brief search for him,
he was caught in Chicago he was speedily
brought to trial in New York; he was promptly
convicted upon his own confession; he has al
ready begun to serve out the years of his SEN
tence in the penitentiary. The procedure in tho
case has been satisfactory throughout.