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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-29
SCIENTIFIC TRI TIL ~ ART.

One does not often look to poet or painter Tor
scientific Guidance Such men deal in imagna-
tion RI her than in fact. or they are supposed
10 do COsmOgOny or natural history construct
cd on Il cir lines would be most fcarfully and
wonderfully made. Even in minor details they
take amazing liberties with rational circum-
stance The shadow on the floor in Poe's
Raven" and the footprints on the sand in
Loncfpllow's psalm Of Life" are sufficient eN-
amples And yet it often happens that poet
in what seem his most fancful and unfettered
passages sets forth the truth Of nature with
all the pxactpcss of n scientific textbook: AMI
il has also happened that a painter, by what
we must regard as the exercise of intutive or
obServant genius. has set forth great fact in
advance Of It's scientific ascerainment. thus
playing the part Of a seer Us well rs recorder
Students of Turner will remember that Al
some Of his pictures he portrayed lightning
flashes i'm far other than conventional forms.
"Forkcd lightning" so called. has commonly
been depicted. and indeed has commonly been
supposed 10 be- in straight lines broken AT
sharp angles But Turner drew il in wavy
lines. with curves instead of angles. and he
also drew it, here and there with double lines
for single flash II goes without saying that
he was criticised. scoffed at and condemned
for so doing Yet now. behold. Instantaneous
photography has indicated him to the minutest
detail II shows the lightning fash To be in
inst the form he drew and. rs he also indicated,
sometimes in double or parallel lines. His por-
travail Of lightning was scientifically exact. and
il Anticipated the discoveries of science by half
a century.
Ruskin. il will be- remembered. has not only
praised Turner's fidelity 10 nature. but has
demonstrated it in several important respects.
The painters accuracy in respect To lightning is
most remarkable of all Rocks and clouds and
even the waves of the sea may be studied It
comparative leisure. The electric flash is Of
all things ~ once most bewildering and most
rvaucscent. Yet Turner mastered it, How.
must remain Il matter Of conjecture. KeenneSs
Of sight and ntentnesS Of observation are quail
Ties which others possessed in as high Il de-
cree rs h" Others. too. had an apparently
stronger motive than he for ascertaining the
exact truth, for they were scientific investi-
gators while he might be supposed 10 have
been moved chiefly 10y desire for pictorial effect
Yet where they failed he succeeded. Truly it
does not seem eXtravagant to pronounce him,
as Ruskin did 'unfathomable in knowledge
solitary in power. and 10 regard him as having
been sent Il prophet 10 reveal to men The
mysteries Of the universe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-29

Baltimore County alone as n result OF the ciuD
enterprise.
one day last summer about three thousand
phensants were found dead having eaten poi
sonel wheat James Butler. negro, was ar
rested tried and convicted Of the crime, though
the trial failed to disclose any adequate inotiVe
FOR the dastardly act. II did serve. however 10
bring to light the curious fact that no statute
had ever been enacted by the Maryland l"gis-
lature 10 meet this or any similar ease Ihere
was n law against poisoning fish or Killing 'hein
with explosives. hut rheasants ar" not hsh.
Even if they had been cassed as poultry or
domestic fowl. il was shown that there was
no law against poisoning either. Two acts were
discovered in The statute books prescribing
heavy penalties for malicionsly killing animals
but one-tha, Of 1SD-was limited to horses.
asses and mules. while comparatively recent
oue-that of lS1O-coniinel Itself 10 cattle.
Neither act included sheep. hogs or poultry. III
the case of Butler it was finally decided 10 III
diet him for cruelty to animals under the stat
ME OF 1890. which makes cruelty mIsdr-
mcanor and defines Il ~ rny act whereby any
.nnIustlfiablc physical pain. suffering or death
"is caused or permitted and the word animal
shall be held 10 include every living creature
..eycppt men Under this act Butler was con
victed and sentenced 10 confinement III we
Uousc OF Correction for three years.
II remains 10 be seen what will be- the pun
lshment OF the miscrenn Of last week. If caught.
The sentence of Butler seems an inadequate
one For moi only does this wholesale poison
ing Of birds destroy valuable property in the
present cas-, estimated 10 be- worth very nearly
IS 900 but it likewise cndangers human life.
II any Of these poisoned birds had been eaten
Nv human being there il little doubt rs TO
what the result would have been. state legis-
laturcs may do well to look into This question
where they havn not already done 80. nder
conditions similar to those existing in Maryland
to-day there certainly is no encouragement for
any one To engage either in raising or preServ-
ing game birds. II is no answer. Of course. to
say that birds. especially phcasans, are de-
sirucive 10 growing crops. II they are III"
courts are open To those who feel that their
property has BEEN damaged. But 70 commit an
act which. in addition 10 being in itself pecnl-
iarly vile and dastardly. puts human life in
icoparly j. an offenSe which calls for the
promptest and sevcrest punishment. and for
which il would he difficult irdced, 10 find any
palliating circumstances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-29

spectacle enough to testify both to the Vi'a'n!
of Republican principles in the old Do'hiil'o"
and to the usefulness and efficacy OF the pres
ent Republican organization. No poii'icai p''h-
ciples and no party organization can long retain
their attractivcness and virty L they are TO De
shelvcd Cor safety three years ont OF ever! io"'
and only to he put 10 the touch OF pnolic ol'hlo"
on distan; and extraordinary OCCASIONS. Inc
Republicans Of Virginia WHO ar" demanding
the calling Of convention ana ne hohh"
tioo Of y State tlcle; this fall have apparently
much ground for complaint II i to De hopeu
the overcautlous state Committee Leaders ha9
bc led 10 reverse their milk-and water decision
OF last week and through the institution oil Il
vigorous State campaign ~ CIV" Virginia II "">'e
Of genuine party warfare. such rs i has HOT
hs.l aimee the Inauguration of The non-FeSisiahce
anii-Siale ticket regime
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-29
RELOOCHISTdN.

REPORTS of discomfort at Quettah and of sed-
lion among the BeloOchpcs attract attention 10
one of the least known Of British Asian pos
sessions The maps familiar 10 this generation
in its earlier years showed west OF the Indus
and between il and Persia two States about
equal in size and parallelograms in shape. The
uppcr or orhern. was marked Afghanstan:
the lower or southern. Be.OoC stan. The COM
mon notion was that each was a distinct, in
,cgral State. ruled by sovereign ar one central
capital That was then true of neither. Al
present it is trlc Of AfghaniStan. or Of what
Russian undertaking has left of it, but not
of its southern ncighbor. Beloochstan IL not
and never has been anything more than n geo
graphical expression SO far as 1t has any po
itica significance it is applied TO the Khanale
Of Kclat' which occupies the principal part OF
the area indicated on the old maps. But that
Khanac. both geographically and admins
tratively. is an indefinite quantity. Generally
speaking the whole &c rniry. so far aS it is
known 10 civilized explorers. is one of almost
Incredible ruggcdness with appalling incle
mcncy of climate. the variation of temperature
often amounting to 100 degrees within twelve
hours and is inhabited by fragments of for
gotten peoples Wild and savage a. their
native hills
There are al least four distinct ma Or tribes
and several minor ones. differing 10 n marked
degree in physical and mental characteristics.
The chief of Them like The Afghans Pathans
and Kalrs. and probably with IL much or ~
little right. claim descent from the cXilrd Tribes
OF Israel They are certainly Semitic. and they
are largely Jewish in nomenclature and trad-
lions TravcrsrI in part by Alexander, the coun-
Try shows NJ relics of Greek civilization. But
the Arabs the MoguI- and the Pcr>ianS. who
successfully conquered aud possessed It. have
left their marks. The people are practically all
MahomctanS Of The Sunnitc sect. They are
brave and often hospitable and generous but
given 10 sudden and apparently cal>clcs> fits
of passion. in which they become cruel and
trcachcrOus beyond measure. All told. they
number not more than three quarters Of mill
ion. and they have praC tically no military or
ganiZaIiOn \ rising of them against British
rule would be serious therefore. only bccali>c
OF the character of the country and its climate.
British troops do moi do well in \ land where.
there j frost at night and the mercury rises at
noon To 12I degrees. Yet even such hardshps
must be- endured by those who would win and
hold worldwide empire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-29

| $50 Wilson's dead" said one. And he never
drank anything but water all his life. Yes
said the other with tender melancholy. hs ne
lifted his glass with unsteady hand. that :
pretty sure 10 fetch EN-. This was obviously
4 prcjudlccd view Mr. Wilson. though water
drinker. lived 10 be siXty-ihrec years Old Many
persons who never drink water die n n much
earlier age The late L. +. Barnum. who was
also water drinker and preacher o' I"al
abstinence. lived to good old age. contributing
ia the gayety of nations through a long ana sue
ce~sful career. Bni men who are "agin water
n Il beverage sad III, reason why he drank no
wine was because he had observed the "verlias
in vino Of the win"-bibber. and he had no use
for "veritas" in his hnsiness. This was certain
~ uncharltable and probably untrue
Especially ,mcandd are they who de'ry wafer
because. a they aver. Il contains bacteria. IA
cilli. animalcua. fungi. bugs. insects. reptiles
and all sorts Of living and dead organisms. and
who never take wafer without osteiltat'ously
pouring large "slugs" Of whiskey into II ito
Kill the bugs" True. II one looks Il, Il drop ~
water unde. n powerful microscope llr viii see
Il large assortment of uncanny. squrming and
wrgglnc creatures. that he may shrink from
letting loose inside OF him: but IL il no less
triI. that if he drinks rum instead OF water he
will presently see all these things and many
more and much larger. with the naked eye.
without any microscope In the matter OF bugs
and things water Is really not much worse than
rum.
Rut to return Ia the citizens of New Bruins
wick who are ia danger. rs before remarked
Of being driven to drink and Of whom we had
momentarlly lost sight in The discussion of the
mol 4 hp 1rinl,
drives them to drink is the knowledge that
Lawrence Creek. whence they derive their water
supply is used for bathing purposes by the
patients in santariim on lis banks who are
suffering from culaneous diseases. rheumatism.
parcsS. water on The brain. liver complaint ana
other physical disorders. They don'i like the
idea of absorbing the artificial accrcilons which
this bathing process contributes To the original
stock of bugs in the wafer And they don
like to take water for bathing purposes Al seq
ond hand Meantime the vendors of other
beverages are iecring them and saying:
over the brink Of it
Picture it-think of il.
COld-water man
Lave in It. drink OF it
Then if you can.
Some who have already been driven 10 drink
are cndcavOring to Justify themselves Ivy the
example of the patriarch Noah of whom il was
written:
Then to the Lord old Noah said.
The water now is very bad;
For AT the Flood drowned therein
All sorts of beasts and men OF sin;
And so. O Lord. | really think
would prefer some other drink.
They forget that Noah came to grief Oh ac-
count of his preference for some other drink.
and that his sons had 10 hide his shame 1t Is
10 be hoped. however. that some way of escape
from the temptation 10 drink will he found
perhaps 10y boiling the waer-and that the cit-
zens of New Brunswick will not generally fall
into the clutches of the Demon Rum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-29
NTWPORT SOCIETY.

Newpor. K l.. Aug 2S (SpeciaD.-Mrs. John X.
Drrxrl WAS hostess at the dinner dance. which was
IN. CHIEF occurrence in society tonight. There
were at The dinner about one hundred guests, and
,,ic. hat number AT he dance which followed.
NJ. Drrx.l received I'm the spacious drawing room.
and th. cottllon I'm the large ballroom was led by
~ uude Nelson. WIKI Mrs Drexel. The souvenirs
were baskets flowers. address books aud novelties
n silver The iIungari IN Band and Muliay's or
rhestta furnished music.
A. Beauleu Mrs. {. = Brice gave a musical. The
entertainers being Emilio Gorgoza and Miss Duh.
Those who gave dinners tonight included Mrs.
pnttrr Palmer Mr. r. ; Willing. Mrs. A. cass
c,nn.d Mrs SmyVesant Fish. Mrs r VI. Cush-
ing Mrs. v +. Burden ana Mrs w e. sehefmer-
horn. =. ,
+ e. Bishop * the guest OF J. ,. II. Laner. and
Miss sloane il visiting Miss Davies.
commodore Gerry has offered prizes TO De sailed
for hv catboats owned In Newport. barring only
~ son, boat the Iris considered the fastest crat
OF her type In this vicinity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-29
HEPJ BLIClN LETHiRGl

REPUBLICIN LETHARGY ~ lIRGINIl.
Not a little concern and disappointment have
been expressed by the rank and file OF the Re-
publican party in Virginia over the recent de-
cision of the State Central Committee 10 call
10 State convention This fall and to put no Re
publican State ticket IN the field. The commit
tee which formulated this programme Of mas
rerly inaction met recently at Lynchhurg TO
discuss Republican prospects in the Old Domn-
ioD and To outline an appropriate party pol
icy: but the net result Of lis deliberations seems
10 have been ihc busting of last years chair
man. Colonel William Lamb. of Norfolk. and the
transfer of his function; and authority /" u
new leader. W. Park Aencw
The warmth of the personal quarrel over the
leadership of The State organization must have
diverted the committees attention from The
more serious problem OF reganng the ground
lost by the Republican party in Virginia dur
ing the last eight disastrous years. For. after
adjusting their differences with Colonel Lamb
HE Republican leaders present ~ an almost
unanimous vote readoptcd the Ingenious and
labor-savng theory. introduced into Virginia
politics nv General Malone that no fight at
MI is preferable to what may prove Il losing
fight. and announced their purpose 10 leave the
way entirely clear for the success Of The Demo
cratic State ticket pa; n nomination the week
before al StaunlOn.
In Justification Of tbs elAargic programme
The new chairman o. the state Committee and
his supporters VIII probably as~eri Thar Repub
Lean chances n Virginia have been made al
lhosi hopeless by the known failure OF The STATE
Election laws 10 guarantee even ;he semblance
81 an honest count. This is The contention Oh
which General Malone relied when he first put
inio pract,c" ni> peculiar tactics of abandoning
tie field rather tEan sustain M apparently
lisn. h.ni Election abuses We're not unknown
%. Virginia ia The years from 1881 to l>ss when
tee nomination of Republican Stal, tickets was
he ruic ami not thr exception: nor can party
fortunes h. said 10 have improved IN the period
t,Gcr is>>. during which Ike policy ci Rcpub-
loan Iassivity IN STATE contests has been work
IlG oar - aatUra! conclusions Certainly 40
evidence If party progres. is 10 be found IN the
ia.t tina, ~ 1896 the Republican Presidential
c.e,. ~ IL face =. an open breach IN the
democratic ranks. was defeated by 10000 plU-
l.lliy, while II 1883. agains; thoroughly united
End harnoaicu> opposition. /; failed Of victory
ly the bare margin OF 800 or 500 votes.
This year. II any, holds cat promise 0f being
a Republican one in States Ike Virginia where
4 popular reaction from th' follies If III Bryan
Calamity campaign Is bound ~ have some ar
prcclablc cffoci. With the Sound Money elc
Ilent in ihe Democrat. party in the state still
sirangcd by ~" extreme free-colnagc views
fnunciatod Il, Stanton. it would seem a. if a
Republican State ticket could rally 10 lis sup
port this fall a following large enough and re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-29
PERSON VAL.

Thomas Jefferson Sappington who died few
days ago near St Louis boosted that h. once saved
General Grant from capture by the Confederates.
Some men were lying in ambush for the General
but Sappington learned OF their plans ana warned
Grant IN time.
A. G. La Rlviorc VI p for Provencher. has re-
signed tn, editorial direction OF LA Canada" the
French Conservative daily at Toronto. Mr.. la
Riviere has been prominent figure In French
,ir y nrr,nHnt, FROM, ii mevspanef work
and return 10 Manitoba. whore he may devote MN
self TO politics.
Mrs. Louisa sebru. Of Fayettc Mo. is said to
be the oldest representative Of the postal service
in this country She held Office in lsl2
Mrs Blunt. the mother Of the Bishop OF Hull.
celebrated King George HIS Jubilee the guest Of
her great grandmother. the widow Of a Hampshire
squire who born in he reign Of Queen Anne.
rinnine Of tho last century and the present year.
Mrs Hnn is nm@tXve year so0 o'G Y@ an nos wrI
that OF George III.
probably the youngest private secretary ever
entered on the records Of the Department Of state
IN Washington" saws The Philadelphia Times.
lis little We We-Chong. the only son Of the Minis
'or from Coroa This secretary Is only nine years
old and a year did not know word of Eng
fish. but is now beginning 20 speak ana write u,
this language. Of which he has greater control
than his father He is quick and bright and eager
10 learn has adopted the American style or dress.
and Is fast picking up the ways OF young Ameri-
cans.
General Won waldersees mother-in-law cee-
brated the ninety-nfth anniversary OF her birth
last week and is in robust health. on the same
day Dr. wilhelm Schrader. who served twenty
seven years as Provincial School Commissioner IN
K0nigSberg. entered upon MS eigEtE-nrSl veal
hale. hearty and vigorous.
John Stollar a Nebra ska farmer. who went into
debt for eighty acres OF land. has raised enough
wheat on the farm this year to clear the debt
Ex-Empress Frederick Of Germany. tho mother
Of Emperor william. will attempt TO bring about
"A reconciliation between her children the Emperor
and the Crown Princess of Greece. at the famllE
reunion AZ Wiholmsh0he. The Emperor has never
forgiven his sister for changing ner Protestant
faith upon her marriage to the son OF hihs "e"'s''
Sergeant Egan. Of the Boston police force. has
been Admitted 20 the bar. He entered tho Boston
University Law School In 1894 and graduated
cum laudc last year. 4 few weeks later he passed
the examinations for the Suffolk County bar win
years He was born in Boston in 1853.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-29
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Sharp fighting between the BTt-
,sh detachments and the rebeous hiH tribes
continues on the Afghan frontier. nv
Duke and Duchess OF York went from Duo1lh ~
Killarney in the south Of Ireland. their recep-
ton from. the towns along the route being lo!al!
enthusiastic. - The Spanish Government Is
arranging for a fresh loan TO strengthen her
navy the pledge to be the Navigation IaN -
The body Of an Alpine climber who perished
in 1866 has been found at the foot OF Mont
Blanc - Queen Victoria. the Prince ana
Princess Of Wales and others sent messages ~
coincidence 10 Mrs. Goe!et at COWeS ----- :,
new Ministry has been named in Uruguay, ana
peace between the revolutionists and the GOV
nrnr,ent is eypected - \ duel between a
naval officer and an eX-Mnister OF Marine is
expected to take place in Athens. - me
steamer Windward. with the members or the
Jackson HarmswOrth Polar expedition on BOARD
passed Aberdeen. Scotland. on the return Jour
nCY.
DOMESTIC-A great revival of business is
in progress in the cotton mills Of New-Engand.
- Star Pointer paced mile at ReadVlile'
Mass in 1891, beating the worlds record.
A young farmer was assassinated IN the
midst Of his family at ROckland. Conn. -
The Senatorial campaign in South Caronna
practically closed YESTERDAY - president NC
Kinley warmly greeted in CleVelano' Wheie
ne held n reception to the public in the Holenden
House A color-line entertainment was
given by the cadets at West Point: - me
foster-child Of a sheep herder IN wyoming IL
believed 10 have been carried off by mountain
lion -= Chicago inventor is said to have
solved the problem Of biography from moving
trains.
CITY-Governor Slack and Mrs. Black ar
,ived at the Oriental Hotel, Manhattan Beach.
,.h.re thcv will be the guests of Senator and
Mrs Plat: the Governor received calls from
Jacob Worth Sheriff Buttng and others. --
Two worlds records were broken IN the ANA
ieur Athletic Associations championship games.
and Eastern athletes won the majority of the
contests The baseball game between New
York and Chicago was declared draw after
fN.-ic def y
bv Louisville. === Winners at Sheepshead
Bay: Gala Day. Manassas. Alice Farley. Bel
mar Billali. Royal Scarlet - Stocks were
strong and higher
THE WEATHER.-FOrecast for to-day: Fair
End war ner The temperature yesterday: High
est 81 degrees: lowest, IL average. 1Gi4.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-29
~ iNSPEIhABLE OUTRAGE.

"'rhr Baltimore sun" gave IN account This
pheasanls m Baltimore County. Md The
phea>ant> were the property Of HE Bpwleys
Quarter ljuc.nY club and Of Henry 4 BrrhnI.
The prrpc;rltOr 81 this un>peakab, uutrag,
has Ilut Vet been unprecedented nor seems suS-
uicion To- have fastened sufficiently upon any
one L. warran' the authorities IN proceeding 10
bring The "oNardl} rliiian to Justice. The fact
mat no human lives wcr- lost j. ,lll" 10 4 foril-
na'r conhlMal ION of accidents rather fnan 10
Tack -. mas, ard want of Judgment on HE part
of the criminal That H. j. deserving Of the Sc
vrrrst bun. >iiii,.nI no one can for II moment
doubt.
The cluD ia raising these pheasanls engaged
in an enterprise for "a" public benefit II in
closed Two acre, Of land about four or five
wear, ago with i wire screen ten feet high and
covered the lOl, II THIS Enclosure with netting.
Adjoining This Enclosure was "A larger ole Of
about cight acres. surrounded. Ike the other
with fence Of wire netting. but without cover
ing. The young birds were Matched in the
smaller Enclosure. and IN dIc course Of time
were permitted 10 escape INTO the larger one
Thence they were expected 10 make their way
into the surrounding country. 10 multiply for
the benefit of the spurismcu in the Cub and
the intelligent public ~ large. which may right
mate attempt to add To the game of The country.
\ year ago il was estimated thai no less than
four thousand pheasanls were 10 be found in