New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-29

power equal 10 the weight or three Persohs WI"
their equipments and supplies for four months
together with ballast. and that 1t sha'' De ao'e
to keep afioat for thirty days. 1t must possess
certain capability OF being steered ana us NINA
ton must Take place somewhere In the Arctic
regions the nearer to It's proposed destination
the better. In the present state OF balloon con-
struct,on and management he says that all these
conditions can be fulfilled. AS to the imitation OF
tho balloon I'm the Arctic regions, no serious dit-
6cultes need be apprehended The start wouid
no made at the Norskoarm Islands. near the
northwestern part OF Spitzbergen, some time III
JuIy 1896 on clear day with Disk southern
wind which Is prevalent In that region NJ
that time Of the year. The distance iro'h '"a'
point to the Pole Is not great being less una" a
thousand miles, and single favorhs gaze "'s"e
watt him thither. The long polar Gay "o"'u
favor him: he would have no darknesS ~ Ell
counter and could make observations ana take
photographs without intermsson. lie says '"a'
there are no electric outbreaks In the polar re-
gions and no gales along the course at 'hat ui''e
Of year Altogether he makes very piauS'o'e
shou,,g for his enterprise and will no doubt UNI
dertake IT, IF It should be successful ana MS re-
turn equally So It would be the most notable Feat
y, Arctic exnoration ever performed and the Geo
yronhicoI Society would lament that 1t received
b,s ovor,ures with 30 much incredibly and cold
ross Rut another issue OF the adventure Is pos
s,hie and Il may be such as to justify the deci-
s,on Of the society and affirm It's wisdom
Mora milk inspectors seem TO be needed In this
civ There are now six, but one is detailed TOT
laboratory work. leaving five to look after the
city's milk supply. The Board OF Health Wants
five more on duty for four months, ana mas
asked for an appropriation OF $1,000 to pay Tor
their services With such a force, says DR. Mar
tin chemist of the Health Department. the sale
Of adulterated milk would be so greatly reduced
that o. per cent OF the milk sold In the city
would be pure Surely $4,000 is small sum to
pay for such result.
So far as we aware there is no truth In the
rumor that Senator Brice. since his private ana
confidential convention adjourned has maze up
his mind to sweep New-York and Ohio next year
nv taking both places on the Democratic ticket
Every courtroom in the city ought TO be put and
kept in frst-rate sanitary condition several
Judges have been made i'll recently apparently
by the foul air they forced to breathe when on
the bench One Of them declared the other day
that he was unwilling to endanger his life by re-
naming In the room in the City Hall where he
was holding court. which he pronounced unfit to
he occupied No one can blame him. Judges are
not elevated to the bench so that they may be
killed off by malaria and kindred diseases
The liquor-dealers have recognized the inevita-
BILE.
The Voorhees, committee Is going to work in
Newark early next month, and then Will turn Its
attention to Hudson County. There Is no end OK
queer and crooked things in Essex and Hudson
which need looking into The committee Will
find plenty to occupy its time. 1t has had con-
siderable experience in investigating already
and knows Just how to go to work to get at the
facts it is seeking to uncover.
short time before the new Magistrates took |
their places on the bench. the late Justice Grady !
was sure that people were beginning to see things
in their real perspective" What does he think
now, in the light of Judge Stovers decision?
The utility OF missions to great and ancient |
nations which already possess respectable |
moral and religious code is questioned In many |
quarters, and their results are pronounced to be
practically worthless On the other hand, their |
promoters and directors defend them and assert |
that their work is benefcent and successful. 1t
Is evident that In CHINA, at least, they are not
much Xix ID A smouldering hostility toward them |
exists everywhere. commonly held In repression |
by local authority but ready to break out In any |
season of social agitation disorder. 1t is then
seen that the popular hatred OF them Is intense |
and fanatcal. Everything horrible Is currently |
believed OF them-that they bewitch and destroy |
their votaries. steal and sacrifice children. and |
do all sorts OF unspeakable things. That the |
people accessible to such irrational beliefs |
may be a proof that they are In urgent need OF
missionary instruction; but inquiry as to how |
far they profit by It. are likely to. is sure to se
instituted from time to time and especially In
seasons like the present. when one OF the peri
odical outbreaks against them has just taken
place. Their cost in the aggregate Is very great.
and those who maintain that Il Is all as good as
thrown away and that three hundred years Of
evangelizng effort show practically no results,
seem to insist on a hearing and are perhaps en-
titled to It, Reports other than those Of the
missionaries themselves and the societies which
send them have generally been rather unfavor-
able: those Of Mr.. Curzon Mr.. Henry Norman
and other travellers and writer's who have of late
visited the interior empire. and are cited by THE
St James Gazette" being particularly so. The
report OF an international commission on the
subject at large when the present troubles are
settled, would not be amss and would indicate
to the contributors to mission funds how far
they were getting the worth OF their money.
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PERSONAL
Ira D. sankey. the evangelist singer. is now writ
ing history OF the gospel hymns