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VARIOUS SUBJECTS,
Cab,ne. Ministers In Congress-.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: 1t probably
does not occur to Congressman William Z. Bar
rett of the Seventh Massachusetts district that
his bill providing that tho President shall tax Q
his Cabinet advisers from Congress or the Senate
is opposed to tho Constitution. Yet here Is the
provision of that instrument that until it Is
changed must positively make the Barrett law
imperative:
ARTICLE l.. section q. No person holding any ONCE
under the United States shall be member OF either
house during his continuance IN oflce.
There is another provision which by Inference
would prevent any Senator while acting in that
capacity from being q member of the Cabinet.
No amendment OF the Constitution can be made
which shall without its consent destroy the
equal suffrage OF the States In the Senate. II n
Senator was selected AS Secretary of any OF tho
departments, such State would have not only
its two, Senators. but whatever additional in
would give to such State more power and de-
crease the influence of other states.
as established IL England had. before our Con.
stitution framed. worked such fragrant
corruption in English politics that the founders
OF our Government took especial care to keep
the executive and legislative departments as
distinct possible. II was during the closing
years Of onr Revolution corrupt Ministry
and an imbecile King that prolonged tho con-
test and kept England from acknow Lodging
American independence. Since then the Eng.
iish ParlIamen mt has assumed its rightful domi-
nance in English politics. But the fact that it
is the Ministry and not the members or Parla-
ment in their representative capacity that pre-
pares legislation for Parliament TO adopt, places
Parliament in n subordinate condition to the
Ministry. only qualified by the fact that Parlia-
ment may reject the proposed legislation. in
which case the Ministry must resign.
The American way Is far better. Our Cabinet
officials only heads OF executive depart
ments. while the business of legislation IL com
mtted to the whole body OF Representatives
acting through representatives Of all shades of
party. and thus approaching true popular gov
ernrnent as nearly as Il IL possible where tho
people enforce their will through representa-
tives chosen By themselves.
II you want to hide anything from n certain
class OF politicians, you have only TO put It In
the Constitution. MONROE.
BosToS. Dec II.
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Miss Aliens Cries saved Her from High
wny Kobbery In Strntrord.


3RIDGEPoRT. Conn. Dec. l6.--Miss Floronce
Allen, daughter of Frederick Allen. manager Of
the New York and Eastern News Company, was
attacked by man in front of the Library
building in Stratford last night and choked into
insensihility. The object was robbery but Miss
Allen gave her assailant a plucky fight and
saved her purse and watch.
twas about 10 O'Clock when Miss Allen left
the house of n friend to go to her home which
was only short distance. She was alone. When
near the Library building n man suddenly
jumped from behind tree and grabbed her
about the waist, throwing her TO the ground
lie placed one hand over her mouth to prevent
an outcry and with the other attempted to un-
fasten her wrap TO get her watch. She forced
Ihoh The robber gave up the attempt to get her
watch or purse. and. placing his knee un her
choked her with both hands until her cries
ceased.
Attorney Arden l.: Judd was in the reading
room nf the library alone He heard tho cries
ior help and ran out. Down the street short
Instance he came upon tho rOhber, still stand
ing over Miss Allen. AS Judd came up the man
turned as II TO give fight. but the next moment
ran away. Judd took the unconscious Uirl in
his arms and carried her into a nearby house
AFTER Il rev minutes she revived, but su fered
much pain nj night The fingers Of the rutfian
ham eit black and blne marks on her throat.
ne news OF The attack spread quickly. and in
posse was out in search of the man. The search
was kept up all n'Eht in the storm but the man
was not captured. Miss Allen was unable to
give description Of the man. but II is supposed
ne was a tramp who had seen her when about TO
for her. ~ " '
The sun., 1896-12-17
THE JEWISH FACE.
Can n jew Always he Told by His PhysI
ognomys

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Mr..
Moody In the course Of one of his sermons at
Cooper Union said that Jew could always be
told by his face; there is no mistaking the son
of Abraham"
In thousands OF cases 1t would take a very
keen man to detect the Jew from the Christian
There Is hanging In the private gallery of a
wealthy Jewish gentleman at Alexandria n
picture. which has been in the family for over
600 years. OF the Maccabees. a group of five
sons. Tho picture Is life size and shows the
brothers to be of heroic stature, with magnii-
cent faces. very much like those OF Roman
patricians of the time Of Augustus Cfpsar
Mattathias, the father, was the son OF ,Jochanan
son of Hasmonai, an Aaronite. who left Jeru-
salem In consequence Of the destruction of the
Temple. lie established himself. together with
his sons, at Modin. three miles north OF Jerusa.
Thnrsi. Judas Maccab. Eliszer Chawrin, and
Jonathan Chaptus. Thoy brought about
revolution and we're the means OF instillng into
the Jewish youth OF the time a spirit OF patriot
ism that eventually conquered Jerusalem. II
battles. at last overcoming ntochus, the GOV
ernor OF all .Iudea On his triumphant entry
sp Of whe tho s
hung out lights In front of their houses, as a
symbol of the law And ever since the victory
Lights " lChanucah). when candles are lighted
in every Jewish household. The five brothers
and their faith You could not tell by their
faces that they wore Jews.
Flavius JoEephus the historian, resembed
very much the Athenians OF his day. and all
the honor bestowed on him was Greek. and
not as jew Menacham ben Saruk OF Tortosn
was grand poet and Jewish scholar. Ho
wrote complete jewish dictionary. His pic
ture can bo seen at hls birthplace, and his
face looks more like "a Moor than "A jew.
Abu Tussuf Chasdai whose picture can be
seen at CArdova, was a great diplomatst and
Grand Nlzier to Calph Abdul -Rehman Ill.
Moslem conqueror of Spain. This great man
lived In the ninth century. He was a tall grace
ful man. as diRnfed as the sultan himself.
HIS lifo and an york shed great lustre upon the
Jews for all time. Isaac ben SULLIVAN Israeli
was an ERyptian, and his picture hangs in the
art gallery at Cairo. He was a great physician
and Hebrew PhlloIogist, and was physician 70
who wrote az the demand OF the Caliph eight
medical works, the best on fever, which a
European writer translated and signed with
semblanoe TO the Jew
Samuel Halevi Ibn Nagrela was o great lin
The sun., 1896-12-17
4 NEW SCHOOL HoBBY.
The Uselessness OF tho New System oi
"Physicnl Cuiture."

The Uselessness OF tho New System of
"Physicnl Cuiture."
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
Board of Education has recently introduced
into tho school system of this city course of
physical culture" As those who support and
maintain our public school system must be
deeply interested in its welfare. It is well that
they should know q little OF the result OF this
new fad. They should know how the wealth OF
the city aud the time of the pupils are wasted.
The object OF this so.called physical culture Is
graudiloquently announced to be the preserva-
tion Of health. the development of strength. and
tho attainment OF grace. With this purpose in
view a series of exercises has been prepared, and
has been in operation during the past four weeks
yet, all told. the work done has not amounted to
enough to give the pupil more muscular eXer-
tion than he gets when he vaults over q street
hydrant on his way to school.
The exercises are so ridiculously simple that
It seems a positive waste OF time to give them
to the children. They involve such feats as
placing the hands on the hips or standing on
the toes swaying from side to side. or the still
more marvellous performance Of marking
time; which is something which every school
to or from the classroom.
For the body OF the ordinary child these gym
yigor than the multiplication OF units would
be for the brain OF q civil engineer. This Won
derful health-RivinR. strength developing. and
grace-impartlng physical culture Is supervised
by two female superintendents, who each re-
ceive o salary OF 81, 500 year.
There Is no dou bt that those who arc respon-
she for the interjecton OF this unfruitful fad
into our school system were Actuated by a
sincere desire to improve II. But their zeal has
run away with their judgment.
How can such class gymnastics be productive
of good? With half a hundred children crowd
ed into a room hampered by desks and seats
and in an atmosphere fetid with the exhaations
OF the occupants. who will say that gymnastics
can be productive of health or viRor?
Besiues.it must be remem bered that the crowd
ed curriculum allows but five minutes a session
for physical exercise. The most that can be
done under such circumstances Is to open the
window and give the children few minutes of
calisthenics TO relieve their strained minds and
stiffened joints. But this has been done in the
past and always will be done by all sensible
teachers. They give to the scholars those calls
thenics which they learned In college.
Then why Is IL necessary to pay large salaries
to supervisors. to prepare exercises which CON
sumo more time and produce no better results
than those employed by the teachers individu-
ally? II we had attached TO our schools large
open-air Fairgrounds and wel-equipped gym
nasiums there would be a necessity for a pro-
fessionally planned and skilfully executed
system of physical culture; but until that
Utopian dream be fulfilled the peoples money
and the pupils time could be much more use
fully employed. JosEus.
NEW YORK, Dec. IA.
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our fuil and absolute belief In his unswervinR rrCti
tudc our love for I'm Us n rector and friend, who
has so strlkingv lived life for Others still continues
and hbounds. and our confidence In him Is unim.
paired, aud we wish 10 assure him of our continued
assistance and support In his work In church.
w. d. LENT, Senior Warden l.. BoissE, Warden.
VESTRYMES:
EDWARD II. KENDALL, IoifS MILLER MoNTFoRT,
l. GIBSON JAFFRAY, JAMES REviNGTOS,
~ w. RICHARDSON VI. D. CHARLES LANCE, JR.,
FRANCIS bAHEN. FHASR X. KANE,
Certified Sept 10. 1870. Clerk of the Nestry.
a copy OF the letter from the District Attorney OF
the city and county of New York TO the Rev Thomas
r. Hughes New York city dated Aug ~. 1895:
DEAR sin: In rel gard to the chargeS made against
you by Mary SlaVhk, which were dismissed by city
MAGISTRATE Wentworth. In the Yorkvills Magistrates =
court on tho 18th day OF Juno. lsn0 beg leave to
state that the witnesses the said charges have
been examined by the District Attorney. mud the en-.
tire matter has bocn carefully investigated, and the
District Attorney has come 10 the Conclus On that
there is no trustworthy evidence to suhtantatr such
charges and has therefore dvc'ined to present the
matter TO tho Grand Jury, ami has, so lar as in his
power entirely ckonorating you from amy blanc iii
regard thereto. beg to remain. very truly yours,
"GEuRGE GOrDoN BATTLE,
Assistant District Attorney"
The sun., 1896-12-17
Miss Belle D-ttmar Not One OF Blgnu,ist
FOster's Wives

John F. Dettmar of2l2 Rodney street. Brook
lyn, said yesterday that the statement publish
ed yesterday morning that five wires OF Clar-
encc +. Foster were in the Court Of General
Sessions on Tuesday to confront him on tho
charge of bigamy. among them Belle Dettmar
Of 9la Rodney street. WAS erroneous. Mr. Dett-
mar said that there were only three victims
OF Foster there. and thar his daughter. Miss
Belle [. Dettmar, had not been married TO Fos-
ter. She Is still a single woman She was in
court III her fathers company, father and
daughter having gone there TO serve ns wit
nesNes against Foster before IL WaS known that
he would plead guilty. TE"y were to prove his
first marriage To Mr. Dettmar's adopted dauRh-
ter. Maggie Jackson whom Foster welded sew
cral years ago and deserted two years ago.
The sun., 1896-12-17
Her Plea OF Reform wns Effective.

:" have reformed and I'm now the wife OF m
employee OF the Treasury Department" said
woman who had been nrraGncd in the Court OF
General Sessions yesterday to plead to indict-
ments charging her with keeping n disorderly
house and violating the Excise law. She said
her name was Mary Howard aud pleaded guilty
to both charges. Then she explained TO Re.
corder Cot that she had failed 10 appear in
court when her case was called last week simply
because she had not been notified ut the time.
Her bail bond had been declared forfeited but
in view OF her confession and plea OF guilty the
Recorder said he would be lcncn;. The bond
matter was fixed up. ana sentence on the charge
OF keeping n disorderly house was suspended.
She was fined $50 on tho charge of violating the
EXCise law. and promptly pnid the fine.
The sun., 1896-12-17
ANARcHIs1s, CnInLr MEETING.
Most vninly Tries to stir n small Audience
In n Cnld Koom TO EnthmaInsm.

About a hundred persons sat shivcrinG in the
ballroom at Clarendon Hall last night while
Anarchist John Most RECALLED them by telling
what anarchy was going to do for them when II
came. A solitary policeman stood at the door
for q while and then went away shaking his
head and pondcring why he was sent there. The
occasion was supposed to be an Anarchist re-
union, and Most appeared to run the entire
OcSclldft himself lie was Chairman and orator.
and introduced himself to the audience. which
grouped well in front. only the gas
lights near the platform were burning the rest Of
the hall being shroGded IN gloom. few dis
conso! o!ate-looking women and girls were pres
ent. their faces drawn and plnched with the
cold They laughed occasionally at a few feeble
jokes Most made about religion.
Most abused the Socialists. and told the au
them. The Anarchists were the people who
were going TO overturn society, not the Social
lists. He attacked all religions and uttered n
little blRsphemy. Mt which no one was startled.
Everything here il humbug" he said.
"You pass house after house with signs OF
shelter can't go in. They should take posses
sion OF the houses and refuse go out. A man
goes to an employ er for work and Is told to go
out; that he can't get any work. lie should
kick the employer out and make the goods HIM
self. He has as good right to live as the other
man
Most declared in conclusion that anarchy
would be established everywhere in less than
twenty-five years. There would be no law.
religion. no priests. and not n vcstige OF the
would then be happy and free and good. No
one applauded.
No admission fee was charged and no collec-
tion was taken up.
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$4,000 NEEDED.
An Appeal from the A.-ociatiou for I'm.
proving the Condition OF the Poor.

An Appeal from the A-.ociatiou for I'm
proving the Condition OF the Poor.
AThe Association for Improving the Condition
OF the Poor makes the following appeal:
The sudden advent Of winter weather has
intensified the suffering already existing among
the poor. Vigorous efforts being made BY
the Association for Improving the Condition of
the Poor to meet the present and prepare for
that to come. Not less than So. 900 is required
which. TO be of the greatest service. should be
subscribed nov. 1t must be borne in mind that
in the city and that 1t Ia called upon to assist
thousands OF cases sent by the city hospitals
bic rganlations. Much Of the welfare OF the
city depends on the ability OF this association
to stand between the poor and starvation
The association makes this urgent appeal
and trusts that the response will be liberal and
speedy. Checks and money should be sent TO
Warner Van Norden. rs Nassau street"
The sun., 1896-12-17

In this city the storm began Tuesday night with
q fall of sleet. which turned Into snow about g
o'clock yesterday morning and continued TIL $3.50
T. N. Tho total snowfall was about Z inches The
winds. which had been blowing from the northeast
during the night, shifted to the northwest about
A. NJ. Tho highest velocity was 81 miles nh hour
from the northeast at 8 A. NJ. During the day the
velocity varied between 80 aud 43 miles an hour;
highest oficlal temperature 2To, lowest 2Oo; aver
age humidity 92 per cent; barometer, corrected 10
read 10 sea level. AT A. M..2V.T2, . r. II. 2g.iS
The thermometer at the United States Weather Bu
reAu registered tic temperature Yesterday as fooMs,
The sun., 1896-12-17

The Police Advised Not to Interfere with
Its Boxing Exhibitions.

The Police Advised Not to Interfere with
Its Boxing Exhibitions.
Acting CORPORATION Counsel Turner sent a
communication to the Police Board yesterday,
In which he said that in his opinion the Bohe-
milan Sporting Club n regularly incorporated
athletic association, did not violate the law win
1t gave sparr!ng exhibitions. The club has n
concert license, and the Police Commissioners
wanted to know whether 1t had the right to
give vaudeville entertainments in connection
SAID lie could not answer specifically In the ab-
sence of IA concrete case
In regard to druggists who Go not take ont
Licenses under the Ranes law, Mr.. Turner said
that they may sci pure alcohol for medicinal
mechanical and chemical PURPOSES Alcohol
thus sold is not to he used as n beverage he said
and II Is the traffic in liquors likely to be used
as suCh that the law WINS intended 10 restrain.
The sun., 1896-12-17
The Mnrbrehend to Get Her Color. To-Day.

The citizens Of Marblehead. Mass. were to
have presented TO the cruiser Marbehead Mt the
Navy Yard yesterday n stand OF national coors
but owing 10 the storm the ceremony had 10 be
postponed until this afternoon. The officers
and crew will be stationed on the quarter deck
and Henry {. Sparhawk will make the presen-
tation. Commodore Sicard will also be present.
1t had been arranged that the $4,000 silver
service. the gift OF the city OF brooklyn to the
mally presented on Jan. at the Navy Yard.
Secretary Herbert. however. has notified the
committee having the mattor in charge that 1t
isimpract icable to say when thccru can leave
Philadelphia. The ceremony will now have to
be pos stpOned.
The sun., 1896-12-17
GREENWooD CEMETERY ARREST.
Harsh Treatment of Two Women on Their
Way TO u Relatively Grnre

Mrs. Margaret Cooper and her daug ghter Con-
stance of 313 Eighteenth street. Brooklyn, had
a very unpleasant experience while on n visit to
the grave of their husband and father in Green
wood Cemetery last Sunday morning. While
passing along the main road Mrs. Cooper and
daughter picked up some bouGhs from Christ
mas tree which was lying in the road Two
policemen put them under arrest. Mother and
daughter were led to the gate and taken in a
patrol wagon to the Fourth avenue police sta.
rest and doctor had to be summoned to At
tend Mrs. Cooper. The cemetery uthorities on
learning OF the facts, refused to press the COM
plant OF larceny.
Mrs Cooper has spent considerable money
since her husbands death. II year and a half
than once been obliged to complain about the
plterlnE OF plants and flowers from it. She
.hlnks that her arrest on Sunday resulted
throuEh spite over these com plains.
The sun., 1896-12-17
Ian MaeLaren'. G,n t. tho Scottish Poor.

The Rev. John Watson dan MacLaren) has
donated the proceeds Of his lecture on Robert
Burns. delivered last Friday, to the 81. Andrews
Society OF the State Of New York to be devoted
TO the relief OF poor and destitute Srotsmen in
this city; The amount realized is $500. DIR.
Watson hns just been elected an honorary
member OF the ST Andrews Society as a mark
of recognition for his gift 10 the Scottish poor.
The sun., 1896-12-17
Fire DIdn't Touch the Powder

Peter Boos keeps Il hardware store at / 90 Old
Bergen road. Jersey City. and placed cons picu-
ously in the front window is placard insc ri bed
"Gunpowder." a fire broke out in the hallway
adjoining the store yesterday, and the tenants
and the people in the neighborhoud were
greatly alarmed. Thoy did not know how
much gunpowder Mr., Boos had In stock. Fire
men eXtingushcd the flames before they got
within touching distance OF tho powder.
The sun., 1896-12-17
VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE.
a WESTERN IDEA OF o1hrBLAxD.
How ne Is Regarded as the Nuiiiner or
LnWe Whinh Ne noesnn AnnroHe.

IL -
Law, vvh,.h M ,,o-..,. a s-a
ro -ur rD. g. a. 49,
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49, I.,s..ss - - ~ io' ll".s o".o ',.o ,~
SSo,au.ss ~ .,o ", y, in,nOo ~
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-. , sno lpi'e'nE el".vnonI W Eastern
-. L, ,.o pVOpo Vi sno "oo. H,e' oiHee ior
.s ~ ~ .. ni'"ucu Hnu iloEo 'ntei'iEene tnen !,
y. Suo nee'' 40 o'0eu US an eNiuehoc oi
..,s, snn.,. as. 'o"n IN ms'sash.soe' ,e,,. ooh,
talninR ABOUT ntteen hundred inhabitants, and
eseh RECEIVING one daily mall. Inc single sack
which contained that OF the Eastern town
eienbsnt" por onntrn ~. haus ,shIoh hro,,oh,
,hn ,a,, ., 49, ,v.., 'nU e,,"s "n Sns"s
truck. and comprised seven bulrinp saoks eaon
700 nenvy 10 90 carried e., oy one lhuiV'aun'
eeiva s".,rsc,orr @ ons IN
houses in close neighborhood to their work. On
tables in each house are found the daily papers
OF the large cities OF the country, maRazine'
And scientific periodicals. In the different Ian
s"as' wh,en arc ,no,oSsns ,OSs . reno ssu a,s.
ouseeu' ~ 'n"t = Hnah mho oehho' Ieao hearS
nna .aNes par. 1aa IN .ne S nney nave
4. g., hr,,s 49,, .u, ,n,.,,,.,. -.
W ou''u UP ,oty .n'o,iken' peop.o'
taponism displayed apainst the East In the las.
s,so,,on. II a. ~ r.oan, g-o,~,h "a 49,. 80
caused principally by the acts Of omission and and
commission of the present Administration.
Westerners feel that when they have succeeded
In having passed legislation which helps their
.,. n nv' w. "I E,s. rnno,,. ,Ha ,,
.ee' "iso INA. 'he Ias' suppof's 'he Ires'uen'
IN ,h, 1f laws 'hat ,naFe to ths. ben
nS he a
ppaonns for I the BELIEF that Easern en do no
will support ,, their case: ,, ,
these under which al the country west Of ne
EnssnanioSs <iis a. WIS sett.leu we're nuiHe99 oS MT
liz d5st term Hs recommended 'f, IN hs sen %ss- 81
Srd .ne a.; a. u ese iams, anu OIL. was 10.
view. On the strength Of this he issued circu-
them nor OF 10 aecent ann,catans o mot ntris
9ueh pecnusT tne .V'iEress =, u woui9
that obtaining ,, title to a quarter section under
to allow hi; nscsfSSry resulted in
grew out Of this circular; M lawyers had to be eT-
na @ ~ 10, 20 r out tne s.te
draw this order. and then year after Its date.
un!n poltica! pressure was osouRht 70 pear.
an and he was was notified by Western DELEGATIONS that
they would not support hie AMBITION tor sec
ono nomination; l nave oeen entrusted with
ihe names OF w eeterners, VINO composed such
deleRations, out ee IL VIII serve no practical
purpose. retrain irom mentionihR them.
IL. Inc fresiuent refusea 70 ENFORCE the Geary
law oecauso iorsootn' OF ms tpse der1t tsat IL
was suhconMssituIlona,. M E a TEST case WSs maze up
carried 20 tne supreme Court AT " ashlngton.
and the law was upheld by them. Nevertheless.
ne rsidsed !, ,t 70 s9ioree % ~ No nea partially
a,an,a II ih1E some OF I inc moss
iurther action because OF lack OF APPROPRIATION
or any other reasonable excuse, there would pot
nnVe oeen aroused the feeiing throughout tho
west that resulted -
III From June 10 octooer. lHs3. pending
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vncntlon for Pastor John nrIttnn Cla-L.

The Rev. John Britain Clark. pastor OF the
Lee Avenue Congregational Church, Williams
burUh, who was injured by fall from bicycle
near lIackcustown, y. j.. last summer and who
has not yet fully recovered from the accident
was engaged for another ycnr AS pastor by the
congregat on OF the church at the annual IN eet-
ing on Tuesday night a vacation OF three
months was granted INN.