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should wholly disappear, and even if ulti-
mate loss should be the net result OF the
expenditure of his lahcr and capital. IN
every case, before any other commodity
has been paid for we have insured TO us
the price Tor which we ave sold cur labor.
Prof. yckoff seeks reform fromtte e knox i
edge OF these conditions. If men were
ideal they would work conscientiousls
all tho day long with no need OF slaNish
driving from imperious overseers for
being houest men, each would feel a
dignity in contributing to general pros
uerity. and would know he is earning his
way to promotion. But this hypothesis
is pacti,ally ridiculous. Ambition must
be lacked by something IN the concrete.
dissolution wouldbe TO organize the gang.
ana sell the labor to the employer on "A
time limit, So much if the work is finished
in given time; 50 much more ifit is COM
nlete, sooner. IN oNeI; Ger is elected jro n
RIO crowd % iahcrcrs. it is tfen hat
in true sense OF tie word we have
job. 1t ours. The work is hard, but
we have an object IN working hard. Every
stroke OF labor IS not a iisUless UfuIe-Serying
economy OF effort but an ca ger and will
Ing Iurtnenng OF the WORK toward its COM
p.etion and our advantage. We are glad in
the progress OF our jon, even lf we are
glad from no higher motive than our per-
sonal profit. We have sense OF respon-
sibility and the keen interest which comes
OF Unat, even If they rise rom 10 higher
source than our greed for gain.
Prof, Mycsoff's book is not mere eX-
penence and speculation; in parts it IS
as finely rhetorical as could be ask I'd
lie has tie terse, steeled grip cn facts
whica trace line drawing as graphic
as Stephen Cranes. whose style this pass
age resembles:
No rain came to give us breathing space
IA the afternoon. iIDur by Lour the reient-
less %orH ent on. The sun had soon alb
sOTDed the last drop Ji the morning ram,
and now the ruins iay burning Lot under
our Ieet. Ihe air Quiyered in tie heat re-
flected from the stone ana plaster about US;
the fine iImedust clicked our breathing as
we shUycied the refuse into the carts.
You could hear the nuttered Caths OF the
men as they swure softly in many tongues
at the boss, and cursed him for a brute
But ceaseiessly the work went on. We
w0rked as though Possessed by curious
numbness that kept Us half UNCONSCIOUS Df
the straining effort, which had become
meeh amcal, until we We're brought To
oy some spasm OF strained muscles.
tNew York: Charles scribner's Sons
Washington: ALI Booksellers. 81 .25.)
The times., 1897-12-12

ho" 10y feels when he is going through
tie agony st ''Seein things al night
and he mace gray-haired men renea., 'er
their experiences ia that line ana laIi,Sn.
He understood why a 10y is especially
good Just before Christmas" and &c
reasons for his badness at other tifaes.
He could get on co'nnon ground with aug
small boy, or girl, either, in less than five
minutes, AID that is thing which sone
distinguished diplomats cannot do
Aside fiOm his child poems, the best
things he did were directly connected " tn
new spapers. His character sketch II
The times., 1897-12-12

Kipling declined payment from the
London Times for Ids poems, Our Lady or
the SHOWS" and The Becessional" Ills
reason was that he would not take payment
for patriotic poems. He sent TO The FINES
after the appearance OF The Recess sson-
al" poem entitled The Destroyers,' -
which described the action Of torpeGoes.
For bis he would have accepted the usual
hnnorariuni, but the editor OF he Times
col sidered that II would clash wish the
fine ara stately piece OF verse which lad
gone before II, and IL was not accepted.
The times., 1897-12-12

Were there any Germans ih the battle N
SanJacinto2 lfso, what Were tbeirnames2
=. Is lt true that in certain parts Of Japan
tremors tslight trembling Of earth are felt
every day? 3. Give brief biography OF
President Dole, OF Hawaii. T. Give a
short biography Of SpreCkles2 B. Who
We're the Moravians. some Of the early set
tiers OF South Carolina?
a fun history or Texas does not speak
Of aay Iiermans as being present al san
Jacinto; but II is quite possible that some
Germans We're present ,. in TIE North
'sland" they are os very f1eqUen, occur
renee, but we think not of daily occUr-
renee. 3. Sanford Ballard Dole, first
President OF the republic OF Hawaii, was
born In HOUolulu in 1914. tie son or AIneri-
can missionaries. He studied at VII
iiauhS' College, in Massachusetts. iii 664-66;
then studied law and practiCed in Honolulu
from 1865 TO 1887, when ne became
Judge OF tde supreme court. He was Ircsi-
dent Of he prov isiona' government {. and was
appointed President CT tie republic, July
4, 1861. 4. Claus SpTeckles was L5rn IN
Hamturg about 1880, came to san Fran
cisco about 1850, and was a brewer unSu
1868, when he built a sugar refinery.
about 1873 he went 70 Hawaii. since then
Ge has becone owner of Il large refinery
in San FrdEciSc0, OF vast cane plantations
in Eawaii. Heowns tie Oceanic steamship
line, is banker in Honolulu, ana ot herwIse
is al Important financial factor on the
Pacific coast. He has a daughter and
three sons. .. The MOFav iaus were meH-
bers OF tie MOrayian Church officially
called The United brethren " church
which originated in Noravia about 1922,
succeeding the f4ure ancient Moravian
Church founded by John HUss which vas
rushed by the Thirty Years war and
became practically extinct about 1870.
Tie Moravians settiedin Georgia andsouth-
ern South Carolina, in 1875, but reuov to
Pennsylvarfi, in II 40. where the V founded
Bethlehem. and Nazareth These towns
were E-anaged on the communist iC system.
the church owning every thing, and pro-
viding necesSaries to it's n'embers- This
ystem was given up years ago, but the
ecclesiastical system OF the church remains,
In 1880 the Moray ians numbered 1s. .49T
eommunican nts-
The times., 1897-12-12
A Novel Fprn a Play.

Frequently novels which achieve clIr-
rency and success hate loaned themselves
to reconstruction in Gamatic 1oTm, but It
is rare that a play il made into a novel.
Some minor publishrs have used hack
made stories of the ardou plays, but the y
The times., 1897-12-12

One Of the most popular books in Sweden
is KinH oscar volume of poems, and this
because the pOerls are liked, not because
the poet is king. Tie book has been a
great Commercial success, which is uncuIn-
mon in Sweden, where literature and
journalism are poorly reInunerated.
The times., 1897-12-12

An English reader complains, and just
ly, about mass OF Advertisements found in
some ordinary English books He buys a
volume, measures with his eye its bulk, and
says i SHAH be week reading this" and
he pays his 3 slilIings. takes his volume
home, ana finds firty-six pages OF adver.
tising
The times., 1897-12-12

Gus seas of French revolutionary history.
However, his accomplished work is the
justification OF whatever ma have been tie
Inclination from within, which bent him
to the undertaking, an undertaking accom-
pIished with fairness, completeness, nd
scholarship. New York Harper Bros
Washington: All Booksellers. vols. $3l
The times., 1897-12-12

Lady MnIais, the widow OF the well
known paint er is isdangerously v i'll with cancer
Of the throat, the disease of which her
husband died. She was at one time thp
wife of John Ruskin, who when he found
that shewas i'll love with his friend Mlais,
whom he had brought 10 his house to pain:
her poitI Iait, secured divorce, without re
Election upon Mrs. Ruskin- He apparently
bore meth er his wife nor his friend any i'll
VIII, FOR he attended theiT wedding, Some
say that he acted as best man, others that
he gave the bride away.
The times., 1897-12-12

The Bookman begins a paragraph. a
Rcman Catholic writer in England, Dr.
Maurice Francis Egan." Dr.. Egan is an
American, and is, we believe, in Am .rica,
and in Washington at this time.
The times., 1897-12-12
"The Great Stone of sardis."

''TIe Great Stone of Sardis."
All the late discoveries in science, in
Guiding the cathode ray, submarine boats
and the newest achievements Of electrical,
mechanical and marine engineers, are util-
ize,l By Mr.. Frank z stockton in his new
novel, The Great Stone Of Sardis, a tale
ofthc year 1947. The hero Of the story is the
greatest inventor Of his age, and the hero
inc his financial backer. These relations
ripen into stronger tie rs the stoTy pio-
crosses until their love for each other is de.
clared, and then both watch with new
and sympathetic interest the development
OF tie inventions and the expeditions IN
dertakeR 10 prove their worth and giv.'
fame and fortune 10 their originator.
The Esain acbie1 ements aie trip 10 tie
North Foie in a submarine itat, tray cling
under tie ice until the open waters Of
the polar sea are reached. and then 4 rip
ON the surface of the water to where it is
'.logltudc, everything; latitude. 80 DE-.
grees - Here q large huoy Is anchored
ana formal possession OF tie pole taksa
The times., 1897-12-12

Apropos OF the much-reviIed Christian
the Bookman recalls Oscar wndes Jeu
d'esprit Oh Hall Caine In his clever paper,
The Decay Of Lying 1t is too good to
be lost sight Of. ''Mr Hall Caine,' ne
says, aims at the grandiose. he writes Al
the top of nIs voice. He is 50 loud that one
cannot hear what he says"
The times., 1897-12-12

According to the Critic, Mr. Kipling is
said 10 have given permission 70 Miss olga
Nethersole, tue actress, to dfamatize his
story, The Light That Failed > She an
scarcely improve on the admlra BILE little pla J
frcm this story which Courteaay Thorpe
acted SO exquisiteiy when with Rosiua
yokes.
The times., 1897-12-12

James Lane Allen has two exquisiteIv
beautiful sonnets in the Christmas Book
man: Forget Ne, Death" and Death.
Forget Ne Not"
The times., 1897-12-12

Oscar Wilde has written a new French
play called '-Pharaon' and a poem Il 90
sfanzas dealing with a painful expert
ence.
The times., 1897-12-12
LITERARY NOTES.

Readers OF French rey yolutionary history
cannot but feel an interest in the writin 3
anterior. which pointed prophetically TO
the great crisis. The historians are at
great pains tc note the events which de-
noted the ultimate eruption, but they pass
over this curious and interesting phase.
Nine. lie sta eI discovered genius, who was
oppressed by malignant enemies OF his
time, but FOR retold the revolution D'Israeli
preserves the facts in his ''Curiosities-"
The mans Eame was Guibert, who, in
his commentary on Folard's Pol ybius,
published in 1927, declared that "a con
spiracy is actually forming in Europe, by
means at once so subtle and effiCacous
that | am sorry not 10 have come into the
world thirty years later to witness its
result II Re tad been bern III 1857 thIt
IS, thirty years later, he would have besh
of an appreeiatiye age in the days of the
result
The times., 1897-12-12

For someinexpiicaDIe reason Or. w. Rpo-
ertson Nicoii regards the obituary notic-s
s the test Of a periodical. Perhaps the
best test is how hong its own obituary ana y
be deferred A 5 he does not regard tie
obituary column Of the new magazine
Literature as quite up To par we may
hope fo' Improvement in the probably not
iong-deferIed obituary Cf this publica:!on
itself.
The times., 1897-12-12

What year was New York chartered a
city! =. hat length OF time was con-
suined IN laying The Atlantic cable. L. 5.
The states general OF Holland gave
municipal government 70 New amsterdam
in 1862. which was proclaimed hy stuy-
vesant. governor of tie New Netherlands,
on February 3. 1853. The first English
charter was given by Sir Thomas Doncan,
April %, 6S6- = The first attempt 10 lay
the cable was made between Au-.is- g and
II, 1851; the Gable broke and the tempt
was given ununtu June, 1858. The second
attempt was made on June 27-2s. again
the cable h.oke. on july 2s, however,
the third attempt was made, the L :. 5.
Niagara and II. M. 5 A Agamemnou pro-
Ceeding together IN the middle 0f the At
lantic and then, splicing ana throwing the
cable overheard. each started for It's own
shore The Niagara landed its end % the
cable at Hearts Content, Newfoundland,
the \ q memHon hers al Valentia, Ireland,
on August ., 1858 but the cable broke
September 1. Seven years later in 1866
the fourth attempt was made, with the
Great Eastern. the attempt lasted from
July p L. August 2, when the cable broke
In July, 1866. however, the fifth attempt
was successful, the Great Eastern Iefr
Vaicn5ia on JgIy 8, and landed at Hea. IS
Content on July %. 1855, and since then
cable Communication has been continuous
The times., 1897-12-12

VIII you please give q brief history or
the Behriug Sea controversy between TINS
country and Engiande Senior.
The Behring Sea Controversy began more
than ten years ago In 1890 the North
American CommerCioI Company succeeded
the Alaska Commercial Company in the
lease OF the Pribyloff OF Seal Islands, with
the right tO take loo, GOO seals on those isl
ands each year. Meantime the Canadian
sealers many, If nos most. OF whose vessels
were owned by Americans, carried on the
capture Of seals by shooting them while
they were swimming. 1t has been claimed
tnat five seals were lost for every seal
picked up. In 1891 the United states
Claimed that Behring Sea was a mare
clauSum," or closed sea in which only
Americans could enter. The Canadians ob-
jected u this claim and England supported
them. Both sides agreed on a close season
from May 1891 To May, 1892 This was
extended, and both sides agreed 70 arbi-
traJe the matter, and modus vivendi was
arranged Under this 900 seals could
be Silicd by the natives; 10 one else could
Kill any and both sides were to Keep patrol
vessels in thesea t. prevent poaching- The
court of arbitration met in Paris on March
%, 1893, and on August 13 handed down
its decision in favor of Great Britain in
every cas-. II drew up regulations FOR
the proper protection aud preservation u
tne fur seal ia or habisuaIly resortIEs tu the
Behring sea" and decided THAT the United
States were liable in damages for the seiz-
ure cf verioGs Canadian vessels da-.ug the
seasons OF 1880 and 1891. We haven't
paid the DANA Ees yet, though.
The times., 1897-12-12
NOTES AND QUERIES.

What IS the best infantry tactics booR
The infantry drIl regulations adopted by
tneUnited States Army in 1881 and amend
ed occasionally since then.
The times., 1897-12-12

This is what Sarah Grand wrote to the
critic whureyiewed The Beth Book in the
London Daily Telegraph, and she had better
keep manifold copies by the hundred If she
expects To send one To every critic who
takes umDIage at her last work:
That you are of ancient lineage / am
willing 20 admit, since your putting in my
mouth words and sentiments not mine
SHOWS you are infected with the blood or
AnaniaS. That you should take yourself
u DC serious Judge OF art is a crime Tor
when 10 II painful 20 think you must one
day settle between You and your God, but
that you should write yourself down an ad-
mirer ofmine is the ugliest blow my arthas
dealt me, aud | take this opportunity 10
publicly apologize for it.
The times., 1897-12-12

Were the allies defeated in any Of the
battles or the Crimean war; s.
They were repuised at the attack on
the Redan, oil June / s, 1885. This was
Jhelr only real defeat
The times., 1897-12-12

VIII there be q postmaster OF Greater
New YORK with assistant pOstnIasters for
the VARIOUS bOTGughs, or viii bTOL kiyn,
Long Island City anu other large cities
continue 10 have ptstHast ersappointed Dy
the President, as at present? j. J. z.
No one khows as vet. a UEBed states
law forbids the oonsoIidat ION with another
postoffice Of pcStOffice located AZ
county seat, so the Greater New YORK
consolidation. l. blocked, so lar as the
post offices are concerned But it wlI
be only temporary, as the needed Iegisla-
ton 70 permit consolidation VIII hardly
have many opponents
The times., 1897-12-12

John Morley read the manuscript of Mr.
Isaacs'' for the MacniIians and advised
against its publication. In view Of sub
sequent events this establishes the ealniI-
it, OF another wise man.s ledgrnent
The times., 1897-12-12

Where can I learn about the disciples
keeping satartia and Sunday hoIy2 J.H,K-
In any ecclesiastical eyelopaeCia you viii
find the Information you want such
cyeiopa edias are large and costly. see
also \ cts Xxx, verse Z; and Acts xvii, 4;
these references show that the disciples
observed both Sabbath and Sunday.
The times., 1897-12-12

What was the cause that led 10 ultimate
defeat or the British III our Revolutionary
tn',9Npiration OF their terms as Presidents3
i. fhe assistance Of the French.
John Quincy Adatns, a Representative In
Congress. Andrew Johnson Senator. John
Tyisf.
The times., 1897-12-12

How much land does the Governments
own on river banks D.J-
The United .-tates does no, own any
Uland OF, river banks. Tia river isuav ilable
the Government controls il between the
high water lines on the sides and nothing
can be Cone to affect the river between
those lines without the Governm .ut's per-
mission. The middle Of a rivers bed is
the line, where river is the boundary OF
two Sta tes, two countries, or two estates
The times., 1897-12-12

Please tell something about the uomads
commonly called '.gypsies. From where
I'D they originally comeg ? To what race
or nation or people do they PROPERLY be
long 8. Whatlanguage do they use j. u.
i. They were kiIOwa ia kuIOpe u tnz
fifteenth century, and are supposed 70 De
or Hindu O-igin. 2. They are race by
themselves a wandering one. g. a cor-
rupt sanecrit dialect. into " hich th, ant
or all nations enters somewhat
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Negotiations Are ONT

All efforts on the part Of our Government
have failed to bring the British Govern
ment and the Dominion OF Canada to an
attitude of reasonableness, or even to n
comprehension of what is decent, respect
ing the persistent slaughter in open sea OF
our Pribylov herds of fur seals.
Even Gen. JOHN W. FOSTER, persuasive
and indefatigable negotiator, has not been
able to accomplish anything.
. The only obstacle to a settlement produc-
tive of good to all Immediately concerned,
and indirectly to the whole civilized world,
has been the stubborn and selfsh purpose
of the Canadian brethren to use our griev-
ance against them as stock-in.trade for
their own further advantage.
Well, only one thing remains for us to do.
When Congress meets 1t should authorize
the Secretary of the Treasury to close out
the whole seal business. Kill the animals,
sell their kim for what they will fetch,
and let the Canadian poachers and the o
don furriers decide between them who is
responsible for the deplorable result.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-18
A Colorea CIr,.en Defend. III. Race.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sfr: Though I have In
me and cherish the full feelings OF 4 manly Ameri-
can; though chafe under the unjust curbing which
denies. atleast In part. what should. as a law. abiding
American citizen. fully enjoy. have school ID myself
not to be harsh nor brutal to those who are setting an
example for me to be so. l hope to win from them
more respec! for my rights. to enjoy better treatment.
/ am fully persuaded IL is destiny that the colored
American will yet enjoy the common respect due from
man to man. from countrymau to countryman.
beg leave to lie permitted thus TO preface reference
Major II nry l. Hearsley. editor OF a paper published
In New Orleans named the States. the tone and tenn.
ability OF domination by colored men. though they
be in the majority. Is tlere not therein antagonisln
OF o the genius Of our institutional Is there
eminent rests? l have often gone to the polls and
seen my vote neutrnlIzed by the vote OF a less in.
formed white voter: but / have had tosubmit. Would
the respected Mr.. Henry !. He rsley be willing TO
have a ..curb " put on his vote because OF his color ?
No Intelligent colored man would bc so M an as TO do
SO. though he might feet that the white man Is more
Ignorant than himself. especially II the black man
ter and spirit uf our Government.
The vote Mr.. Hcarsley would have eurbed IN
LouiSiana is found In alliance with the vote which
dominates In educated, refined. and law'ahidinP
Massachusetts. The vote he would curb pays deier'
ence to Intelligence. regardirsI OF color, In the selcc'
tion OF parties TO govern. The rub IL thar the cOlored
vote Ia IN the majority and Is against my friend Heurs
ley. That ~ why he would have the negro 90 rerovco
from politics. II the col0red vote OF Louisiana be
ignorant. IA is alleged. who IL responsible? Has not
Should the gentleman complain? Away with pro
kcription. with unjust d'scr limitations Those who
are favorinR the came are nghiing against the ineyita
blei fate IL against them: the colord American Is on
the onw ari march.
Ispeak not only the sentiment OF colored AmerI
cans. hlt also Of inteiligent white men ~ these part
when ! say thar you have but To he kind and encour
aging toward the negro to make him the orst OF CHI
NEWPORT, Nov. 10.
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Have wheelmen Reformeda

What has become of the persons who,
two years ago, persisted in criticlsing
wheelmen because Of their seeming lack of
%civility toward pedestrians9 We refer par
ticularly to the individuals who maintained
that the old-fashioned, free-handed saluta-
tions from cyclists were painfully and un.
necessarily few, and that something would
have to be lone to correct the bicyler's in
difference to his fellow men. When 1t was
found that the act Of lifting the hat or
saluting with the hand might endanger
the wheelman's life, IL he were an unskilful
rider, some of the sticklers for conventional.
itydeclared that every rider ought to possess
q hat-raising contrivance that should be
self.operating, or set In motion by pulling
a string or pressing a button.
Accordingly, on the 18th Of March, 1896,
letters patent were granted to a citizen Of
the West for what was called "a saluting
device" When attached to the head
1t relieved the wearer Of all manual
exertion incident to lifting his hat
upon meeting an acquaintance when
his hands were otherwise engaged. A
mere nod would start the machinery
inside the hat, which would be suddenly
hoistcd about a foot above the head by ar
apparatus suggestive of a ~self-dumping coal
cart. 1t remained at rest for a moment,
then described a semicircle and settled back
upon the cranium.
This Jack.in.the.box invention doesn't
appear to have had a very cordial reception
in New York. Even in Boston, where the
stiff and comfortless "bicycle nod" was first
heard of, the apparatus has not been re-
ceived with much enthusiasm. What is
the cause of all thisa Have wheelmen re.
formed and become more thoughtful and
courteous than formerly, or are their critics
Of two years ago content with a bare noe
and the good luck not to be run dow by
scorchersa 1t is not improbable that the
true explanation is that a majority of the
fault finders now have wheels of their own
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-18
Tho Requisite and tho Rouge.

The two former Republican newspapers
of this city which withdrew from the party
at the last election, and opened a vicious as.
sault on 1t, are now talking about the means
proper for a restoration Of harmony. They
want a change in the party mechanism
which will serve as a justification for their
desertion.
No change Of the sort will be made, and
no change of any sort Is necessary for Re.
publicans Of principle and conviction. II
these newspapers want to get back into the
Republican party, all they have to do is to
support 1t and not seek to defeat 1t. II
they are really Republican in principle,
or II they wish to pretend to be such,
they will only have to prove their faith
by their works in standing by the party.
If they are without that principle and
make up their minds that their late treach.
cry precludes the possibility Of their ever
regaining the confidence Of Republicans by
pretending to have 1t, the only refuge for
them is in fat Mugwumpery.
Already Mr.. WHrTELAw REID is mani.
testify undergoing probation preparatory to
formal admission into the Mugwump order