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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26
ElRLY NPRING DlYN

The earlier days OF spring deserve more attcn-
ton from the poets than they have received.
Literature is fun OF tributes to its later days,
when II Is well advanced toward summer, and
the dun coors which Nature clothes herself
in the winter are no longer visible. This u.s. per-
haps, natural. for the beauties OF the season in
It's newly wrought garments Of mlnyhued
foliage and flower must appeal TO the duest
eye.
But the charms ~ early spring II less appar-
emit are no less real Nature though awakened
10 life. is not fully conscious Of the fact or Of
It's possibilities. Tentatively she puts forth the
first evidences OF her new life in the swelling
OF the buds and bits OF lovely green grass that
no painter can initiate. and perhaps n few bios
SONS Of the early wild flowers. There Is
silence brooding over her. broken only by the
joyous songs OF the birds A musical vrtuoso
might find many Of these bird notes far from
perfect. artisticay; but in the first exutation OF
escaping from winters sleep we listen gladly to
them all. even TO the harsh cultural OF the crow
The saucy robin establishes himself rs feature
Of the scene. and every one Is pleased to see him
except the too early and too previous worm
Look closely at the neutral coors Of Nature at
this season and you will see in them unexpect-
cd suggestions Of beauty. for they are only
neutral 10 the careless eye. Not only are they
exquisite in their fine gradations Of color, but
they reveal. while they seem to conceal the
Astounding life of forest and field. For Nature
has been alive. never more So during all these
months OF Information. She was only dead 10
those who were themselves dead to the mystery
and the wtchery OF her inner life She was
working in her hidden laboratory the miracles
and marvels OF her chemistry that were to grow
into tangible forms OF matchless perfection and
beauty when kissed by the vernal SUM- MOI
Nature was not dead In the winter; still less
Is she dead In the delicious days Of her early
spring awakening.
In many respects the present spring has been
one of unusual charm 1t has had It's gray
days" OF course, rs the pessimist is always
ready to remind us. But 1t has had also its
days Of gold" when 1t has been an unspeak-
able privilege TO live Almost before we knew
II the form Of the Ice King dissolved. and In It's
place we beheld the smiling Goddess Of the
Spring, not just sure OF her welcome perhaps
but bearing in her hands, as peace Offering, a
posy OF woodland wlldfowers. Soon all signs
Of frost left the fields. and thus far there Is
every indication that there will be no returning
cold to blight the crops. Even the Delaware
peachgrowers admit that the peach crop will
| probably be enormous. And they are waing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26
THIRTY-FOUR PAGES.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-The Italians are reported 10 ma
defeated 5000 Derv1shes near nassau h,"nne
900 of them - Strong reihior -
started from Mafektng for the beieasnereu 10"
of Rul,1wayo. - The Hungarian Niii's'e
Defence and Deputy Bernath fought uuei -
which the latter was severely "ouiiueu -.
&c almost the general opinion in Paris that
Hcn,str,, viii he formed under the Premiership
=, NJ Maine. - battle has been fougnt
between German troops and Hottentots IN oou."-
east Africa - Dygert, the American VIM
Was lately released from CUBAN prisoh' '""eN
from Havana for Tampa, Fla.
CONGRESS.-Both branches IN session 49,
Sanate Mr. Sfserman's motion TO take up '"e
hill against free ascohol in the arts was
the Sundry Civil bill was passed. - hou,e
Mos, ~ the day was spent in discussion OF the
General Pension tdll: the conference report o''
the legislative bill was presented.
DOMEsTIC-The Legislature held the nrs'
Saturday session for many years. - the pres
ant status Of the Venezuelan boundary dispute is
,,,,,an In dispatch from Washington. - A
Gre at cripple Creek Col, did damage estimated
% &, oo0 600 - The battle-ship MASSACHUSETTS
made an average speed Of 1918 KNOTS Oh ne.
trial run. and showed herself the fastest Vessei
of her class In the world. - a crazy man az
Rockville Ind, killed himself and nve o'her pei
sons and his sister died from shock. - the
annual intercollegiate and interschoiastc reia'
race meeting was held on Franklin FIELD Fh'ia-
delphia.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.--The equestrian
statue Of General Grant, presented oy the Union
Jeapue Club Of Brooklyn to the city, was I'M
VAILED with imposing ceremonies. - George
7 Gould and Russell Sage had conference IN
ths Navor's office on the proposed extension OF
the elevated road Princeton Won from
Orange ut the Oval by score OF Il to =
Boston defeated New-York at the Polo GROUNDS
by score of 7 to 4. - The Alumni Associa-
lion of Colby University gave It's first annual
dinner - The stock market was weak on
realizing.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Fan
and warmer The temperature yesterday: high
est IS degrees: lowest. AZ: average. our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26

The present year bids fair to prove memo
rable one for Africa At no time In It's history
has it been to so great an extent the battle
ground of European troops. In the southern
portion Of the Dark Continent the English are
at war with the Matabele Zulus, who are now
threatening the town of Buluwayo, while mat
tiers have reached such a stage between the
Beers and the British that hostilites are regard
ed MS imminent An Anglo-Egyptian force is
advancing up the Nile, bent. 1t Is believed upon
the reconquest Of the Soudan; from the west
a French expeditiOnary force Is advancing INTO
Central Africa; English troops have recently
taken possession Of the Kingdom OF Ashantce
and now, from the dispatches which we publish
to-day. war appears TO have broken out in
Southwest Africa between the Germans ana the
Hottentots while from the Red Sea port OF
Suakim there comes the news OF victory won
by tie Italian garrison Of Kassala over the Der
vlshes-a victory which must be regarded rs
in some measure atOnng for the fearful defeat
which King Humbert's soldiers sustained rev
weeks ago in the battle Of Abu-Carina at the
hands Of the Abyssinians.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26
TIE FRENCH CRISIS.

The seriousness of the situation In France Is
probably exaggerated. Many foreign observers
do not seem yet to realize that the French are
now a self governing and self-gOverned people,
who have in late years developed an admirable
stability of purpose and discretion Of conduct In
dealing with great crises Even among the
French themselves there are those who have
not learned this lesson. France, and especially
Paris. has long been regarded as sort Of po-
ltical powder magazine which any adventurous
spark might set off "in a self-destructive man
"ner: one may fear. with the frightfullest Of
results" That was once true. 1t Is true no
longer; or no more true Of France than Of some
other nations supposed to be more phlegmatlc
That we may see, In the fact mat In twenty-five
wears there have been rather fewer constitu-
tional, or unconstitutional, perhaps anti-con
stitutional, changes In France than In almost
any other great European Power. Mercural
and passionate as the French are In many re-
spects they have no mind to undo the work Of
the last quarter of a century, which has been so
benefcent to them. The mob may rave, and
so-called statesmen may play at politics with
edged tools; but when the supreme moment
comes some way Is found to get out Of the diffi-
Guilty and the danger without injury to the Re
public.
That such way will be found out Of the
present dificulty mar confidently be expected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26
PERSONAL.

DR.. William H. Wahl secretary OF the Franklln
Institute Philadelphia. has received from the
French Government the decoration Of officer OF the
Academy, In recognition OF his merits a scientist
vices rendered TO It, as well as by his connection
with the Franklin Institute. which is held In the
nations DR.. VAIL has published several technical
books, one OF which. work on electro metalIurgy.
Is regarded as standard authority.
The seventy-Afth anniversary of Pope Leos first
communion will be celebrated In the churches In
Rome June q.
Andrew d. White will deliver the grafton before
the literary soceties at the commencement OF
Roanoke Colless Salem va on the evening OF
ling Morton will deliver the commencement address
Frau Wagner has Just lost curious case. In
September 1884, a Viennese draper. Richard Wag-
ner by name. registered a trademark which con-
sisted merely OF a portrait of the great musician
and the words Registered trademark" with the
result that Richard Wagner sheetngs. Richard
Wagner towellings and Richard Wagner fast col
ors' became very common throughout Austria
Frau Wagner and her son Siegfred took action
without delay ara b Ssufne of the great
composers features. But Judgment has gone
against them and the enterprising draper will con-
tnue to use the portrait OF his great namesake as a
trademark
The Rev Dr. Cyrus S. Bates. rector OF St. Paurs
Episcopal Church. Cleveland who has Just died
from pneumonia. was one OF the most prominent
clergymen In the diocese OF Ohio ana was MEM
Der OF the ecclesiastical court that tried the Rev.
Howard MacOueary for heresy a few years ago
He was born In Ohio in 1910. At early age he
enlisted in the Union Army as a private. and won
the rank of first lieutenant by bravery. Wounds
received at Chickamauga caused his dismissal
from the service. At the close OF the he prac-
tised law for six years In Cincinnati. Afterward
he entered the Episcopal ministry. He was for
tune professor of theology at Gambler Seminary
and professor OF philosophy at Kenyon College
In 1856 he went to Cleveland rector of St. Paurs
DR.. Bates was badly crippled as the result OF his
wounds, an6 for years had been great sufferer.
Steps are already being taken to celebrate the
4ooth anniversary Of Melancthons birth on Febru-
airy 10. 1897 at his birthplace Brettin. In Baden
The Grand-duke of Baden has consented to act
as patron OF the enterprise. which was started
and Is being actively promoted. by DR.. Nicholas
Muller, professor OF theology In Berlin The toun-
dation OF a Melancthon Museum on the site or the
house In which he was born, which Is now occu-
MED by a building OF modest pretensions, ID pro-
posed Tn site Belongs to the Protestant COM
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workman to be content with from 50 to $lO
month, out of which he must buy food and clothes
and all other necessaries Of life for himself and
his family. seems at first sight impossible But 1t
il fully explained by the fact that the entire 1000
supply for him and his family for whoie year
costs him not more than $40, and perhaps much
less. According to some elaborate ana very care
fully prepared tables in The Statistical Maga-
zine" Of Japan. the average living expenses on
a first class-that Is to say, prosperous anu
weathy-Japanese merchant, manufacturer or
landed proprietor are only $33 year for each
adult member Of the family, while those or third
class shopkeepcrs and farmers are less than
half as much. II Independent business men i've
so cheaply how cheaply must their employees
live.
Such are the economic conditions with which
Europe and America are now called upon 10
compete. Japanese merchants are In all our
cities their agents are everywhere their shlps
are traverslng every sea. single japanese
company--One Of many-possesses to-day one or
the half-dozen largest and best fleets OF steam
ships in the world. The merchant marine or
Japan has been more than trebled in seven years,
and ut the present time. besides the great output
Of her scores Of shipyards. that marvellous coun-
try Is increasing her fleets by purchase from
England alone to the extent Of more than l0OOO
tons n month. Japanese ships will presently
throng every port, to flood every market with
the products OF skilled labor at 20 cents day.
Perhaps the consideration Of that fact will help
American indusrialists to decide whether or
not the policy OF Protection Is a good one to re-
establish and to maintain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26
JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL COMPETITTOy.


There Is no escaping the conclusion that Japan
Is one Of the most potent factors henceforth TO
be reckoned with IN the Industrial and CONNER
cial world. Her military and naval prowess, AZ
exercised against China. Is well known. and
there Is reason to believe she would give good
account OF herself in a conflict with Western
Power But in the arts of peace her develop
ment has been even more striking, and her
rivalry Is far more dangerous. In quick lntelll-
gence. in adaptabilty, in ingenuity. and in pro-
ductive energy, her people are the equals OF any
In the important respect Of low cost Of produc-
ton they have an enormous advantage over
every other civilized nation. and II Is this last
fact that makes them perhaps the most form-
dable OF all competitors in manufacturing indus
tries
Take, for example, the production Of silk. In
1894 Japan exported more than So, 100000 worth
OF finished goods. The skwOrm rearers re-
ceived from II to % cents a day. and the weav-
ers from So to 81 30 a month How can the silk
Industries Of America and France contend with
such competition? And similar rates Of wages
prevail in all the industries Of Japan. The love
ly porceans are made 10y men who get 30 cents
a day. The nimitable lacquered ware Is pro-
duced by wage-earncrs who are content with
from % to 40 cents So with copper ware, car
pets, matches, fans, umbrellas. screens, cotton
goods mats. books and paper and what not else
The maximum cost Of production Is far below
the minimum eve- dreamed OF elsewhere
The secret Of this cheapness Of production Is
to be found In the low cost Of living. For a
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at the prospect that the fruit will be too cheap
to pay for gathering it.
The enjoyment of Nature Used to be an esoteric
cult, confined to few. AS rule, the anclents
were absolutely Indifferent to Nature when they
did not fear it, Even in the last generation the
appreciation Of its beauties was very languN
with most people. 1t Is pleasant to note the
fact that this Is sc no longer. Even people VINO
live in the country, who are generally most
obv ious Of Its charm, are beginning to learn
better. For one thing, an appreciation OF Nature
has become the fashion, and no one likes to be
out Of the fashion. 1t Is to be feared that some
times those who rhapsodiZe over lovely view
or a noble landscape are not really as much
enamOured with Nature as they pretend. But
even so. 1t Is well that they should know what
they ought to enjoy: and in time the truer in
sight will come with practice. Indeed. the ca
pacity to understand and enjoy Nature Is con-
stantly growing to-day. Outdoor life, with its
incidental sports and recreatiOns, IL appealing
to n larger number Of people every year. Among
the contributing factors to this Is undoubtedly
the bicycle. While one can ride n wheel In the
city, 1t Is In the country, after all, where 1t can
be ridden with the greatest enjoyment. And
nowadays thousands Of men and women are
enabled by the bicycle to visit the country who
never saw 1t before, except from carwin-
dow or hotel piazza Moreover. the wheel
man does not merely visit the country; he sees
1t at such close range that he is Obliged to
take 1t into account and finally to love it. Much
is said Of the Industrial and social revolution
wrought by the bicycle, but Its agency in in
spring in the hearts Of men love for great
Mother Nature, though less evident, is quite as
important Altogether, the bicycle Is to-day one
Of the most important features Of life, and at
no time in the year Is ride on 1t more delight
full than in these braclng days Of early spring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26

MANY - patriotic end soul-stirring memory
was recalled yesterday afternoon when WIN De-
att,ng ceremony the fine bronze statue OF Gen
oral Grant. which has been erected IN Grant
souare. Brooklyn, was unveiled by his grand
son and namesake the boy Of our Police Com
missioner Colonel Frederick Grant. Not the
,eas. ,mportant feature Of the celebration was
the presence OF some two thousand veterans as
sembled to pay tributes Of respect and OF anec-
ton 70 their victorious chief and military honors
were rendered not only by the National Guard
OF the Empire State. but also by detachments
OF the Regular Army. and Of the United States
Navy.
The returns Just published by the Pasteur In
..tt,,te IN the French metropolis, and which
viii he found in the Paris letter which we pub
,,sh to-day furnish ground for considerable
ation and discussion. For the remarkable
foot that the number Of patients presenting
themselves to be treated there as bitten by mad
docs should now show a decline Of more than
20 nsr cent from what 1t was ten years ago.
would lead TO the inference either that people
ora losing faith In the system Of incubation, or
else. what appears more probable. that the Ter
-or AZ hvdropbobia a malady In which imagina-
lion nsys an important role, Is no longer as
universal and as intense as 1t used to be-
The decision reached yesterday afternoon by
the Board Of Coroners to sustain Coroner Tut
hin in his action Of withholding from publica-
ton the record Of an inquest held on Tuesday
last is likely to meet with the disapproval OF
the people Of New-York The Board does not
nossess to sufficient degree popular confidence
10 admit Of its being intrusted with any dis
cretionary powers OF secrecy, which, II tolerated,
are calculated to add to the large number OF
slaring abuses Of what L. VIGOROUSLY the most
untrnst worthy and inefficient Of all our city
deoartments. Far from being permitted to
usurp new powers. the Poard, and indeed the
entire system Of Coroners and Coroners' juries
o,,9bt TO be abolished. as an illogical survival OF
British rule, and in its stead we would recon-
mend the adoption Of the infinitely more simple
and satisfactory method that has been in force
for some years past in Massachusetts, where
the State is divided into medical districts, each
OF which Is connded to the charge. not OF q
peltical heeler a. here. but Of reputable prac
Using physician. whose report made a. the re
cult Of personal investigation constitutes . IA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26

more satisfactory opinion concerning the cause
of suspicious death than does that OF our bar
room GROWERS jurics.
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New occasions teach new duties" sang the
poet He might have '5red the strain and re-
marked that new inventions give rise to new
crimes or occasions FOR crime. over In Brooklyn
a man has been arrested on the charge Of steal
ing electricity from one Of the trolley railroads
and using II to light his saloon with. Here OF a
truth IL a new thing under tne The man
denies any knowledge that the electricity came
from the companys wires. and claimed TO have
made arrangements with two men TO supply his
lights. IL is said. however that the company
has evidence that other people have been tapping
It's wires. and other arrests promised One
thing is certain. the stoen property never
be brought into court. marked Exhibit A and
handed round for the inspection Of the jury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26

Fame, which Is the spur that the clear spirit
doth raise and the last infrmity Of noble minds.
bestows itself ofttimes without the seeking, as
In the OF DOM Paul KRUGER, Of the
Transvaal Republic. who has, in little space OF
years. wiNed more renowned thar Epaminondas
or Lycurgus. and cares less about It than Dioge-
mes or the melancholy Jacques In the forest Of Ar
den lie is Of the most conspicuous public
figures of the time and really one Of the most
sagacious and able; but he hlr never gone a
furlong out Of his way In the pursuit OF fame.
and cares less about that measure OF II which has
come % him than he does about a pipe Of Amster
dam tobacco. So far he has held his own against
all the armed and diplomatic invaders OF his
country. and is likely 10 be match for any he
Is yet 10 encounter. Perhaps In aftertlm he may
rank a greater man than any OF the Prime
or Colonial Ministers Of his Suzerain. and have
a higher statue erected to his memory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26

Nicaragua Is running a little pri, ate war, the
original objects and current Incidents OF which
are totally unknown TO the rest OF the world and
happily are not of the least poSbe consequence
Like most Of It's sister republics OF Central and
South America, II has rarely been without some
scrimmage Of the sort on It's hands. too slight
and obscure to make any impression upon the
page of history and concerning which even it's
participants never know what II is all about
After the canal is built IT may become necessary
to swear in a platoon ot constables 10 keep the
peace II the republic and sit on its highly voa-
tile and mobile tonary safety valve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26

The Democratic booms booming very
gently. There are several Of them. but not one Is
II any commanding Importance yet in the
public eye And from present appearances
they are all likely to decline rather than gain In
Importance AZ the time for the convention In
Chicago draws nearer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26

A race between the Defender and the Valkyrie
with no jockeying and no Dunraven In 1t would
inspire anew the interest OF nations. and 1t now
seems possible that 1t may come on II It
does the American eagle has fonder wish
than that the best boat may win. and that dis
passionate bird will accept with equal mind
the trophy OF victory the token of defeat
We can stand anything except cantankerous
and pettifoggirg antagonist Of the Dunraven
type. now happily squeched and obsolete. with
not the faintest prospect OF resuscitatlon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26

The correspondence OF the Booth family has
become more copous than interesting, and
might with advantage be edited with blue PEN
ell and then confded 20 the attentions OF the
most voracious office cat anywhere to be found.