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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-24
THE yATIOy'S FOREST RESERVES.

A clause of vague import obscurely lodged in
a legislative measure is generally intended 10
cover a multitude of sins. Such clause IN an
act of Congress which Is an exception to THIS
rule is that authorizing the President to with
draw parts Of the forested public lands from
sale Under this provision of law about 1SOoo-
600 acres were set apart by President Harrisoh
and President Cleveland has now added more
than 81 100000 acres to the National forest pre-
serves He could not have celebrated Washing
tons Birthday in a more gratifying manner than
by giving validity to the recommendations Oh
the Commission which has been studying this
subject during the last year. The Commission
of which Professor Sargent Of Harvard. Is pres
dent, was admirably constituted for the WORK
that II was asked to perform. 1t was. IN ract'
made up of experts whose judgment In such
matters Is unimpeachable. The President was
abundanty justified in accepting its report, and
the people will ratify his action.
The new reserves include all the central por-
ton of the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Big
Horn Mountain range in Wyoming. the basin OF
Jackson Lake. and the Teton Mountains south
of the Yellowstone National Park In Wyoming,
all the Rocky Mountains Of Northern Montana,
an important forest in Northern Idaho, the prln-
clpal part of the Bitter Root Mountain region In
Montana and Idaho, the Cascade Mountains OF
Northern and Southern Washington, the Olym-
Die Mountain region in Western Washington, the
Sierra SUBMITS in California north OF the 70
semitic National Park. the San Jacinto Noun
tains in Southern California and the Uintah
Mountains in Northern Utah. The wide dis
tribution and typographical diversity of these
reservations are apparent on moments
thought; an idea Of the extent OF the territory
which has thus been devoted to the general well
fare under two administrations may be con-
viewed by the reflection that 1t Is just about as
large as the States Of NewYork. New-Jersey and
Connecticut. Undoubtedly the protection OF
the forests which these vast tracts sustain Will
be of inestimabe benefit to the country. Some
provision for making the Presidents proclama-
ton effective will presumably be essential for
time at least but it is common experience that
as the consequences Of such policy become
apparent public opinion makes the enforcement
of It more and mere easy.
We congratulate President Cleveland upon the
performance in the closing days Of his Admins
tration. of an act which deserves to be held in
grateful and permanent remembrance
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Speaker cruelty referred It to the Comm'''ee On
Smnmn ands il has actually passed

Sneaker cruelty referred It to the Comm'''ee on
Swami Lands it has actually passed
bill has been introduced in the Neorash"
LEGISLATURE making II a crime to play foo'pai'' vi
ovon IN witness n game. When it comes up ioi
discussion Representative Is going 10 tack III
amendment on II declaring that the wearing Vi
long hair or whiskers Is prma facle eViuehcc
that fine wearer is professional football player
and therefore liable to arrest ana trai AS SUN,
Of the Populisis who support the orlglha' pii,
ore profuse in the matter OF hair. 'here VIII
bc n good deal of fun when the amehdlhrn'
comes 10 he discussed. Senator Keller OF Mlh-
nesoto wants to compel saoonkeeperS 10 ais
play an illuminated sign reading Danger. ou'-
side of their doors M night. The S0uth Daho'a
LEGISLATURE has been asked to pass an ANU
Tbeatre-Uigh-Hat" law, but has not done IL YET
and II has before it now numerous DIS siriN'ns
at the corporate and industrial concerns OF 'he
State In North Dakota a State Board OF EA-
aminers for BARRIERS is proposed
While these examples by no means exhaust
the list of fantastic bills introduced III various
LEGISLATURES. they give a fair idea OF their char-
acter. The men who Introduce these DIS are
cl,ssed rs sane and sensible men, which only
goes TO show that sane and sensible men can
occa slonally do very foolish things. These
vaudeville antics of State legislators DO no par
ticular harm perhaps. But the time taken UP
in discussing such absurd bills is wholly wasted
and the time of legislator is paid for out OF the
pockets of the people,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-24
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-King George of Greece issued a
proclamation yesterday urging the people 10 De
calm and dignihed. - The examination Oh
Cecil Rhodes by the Parliamentary committee
was continued - According 10 oHiclai ie'
ports. the plague In India is abating.
CONGRESS.-Both branches in session =
Senate: A resolution calling for an lnVestiga.loii
of the death of DR.. Ruiz in Cuba was aoopteo'
most OF the day was spent In depate on 'He IN,
dian Appropriation bill - House: The NaVa!
Appropriation bill, and bill giving the power Oh
making removals to Governors OF territories,
were passed; there lively debate on the
workings of the Civil Service law
DOMESTIC-The silver Republicans IN Con-
gress issued an address, in which they propose
the formation of a separate party. - Rumors
ina, Consul General Lee. at Havana. had re-
signed were officially denied in washington.
- The first hearing on the Greater New L VI ON
charter will be given in Albany on Ihursua! az
ternoon = The floods in the Ohio, Mononga-
hela and Potomac rivers increased - MAT n
A. Hanna visited Major Mckinley at Canton
CITY-A movement for the formation Oh
Citizens Union 10 promote the separation VI
rnuricipal from National and State politics Is
announced as being we'll under way. = Lhe
Iexow committee began the investlgatloh lnto
the affairs of the American Tobacco Company
- mass-meeting to express American sy III
pathy with the Cretan cause was hslo IN Chlch-
ering Hall Richard Croker sailed TOT
Europe George j. Gould was among ,he
biggest prize-winners in the second DAY s yuue-
ing Of the dogs In the annual show OF the west
minister Kennel Club. - Stocks were strons
but dull.
THE WEATHER.-Forecas for to-day ar
and colder. The temperature yesterday: High
est As degrees: lowest SO; average. 4OH4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-24
PROGRESS IN TORPEDO-BOATS.

Our newest torpedO-bOat is unquestionaDly
good one Whether it is quite the best IN the
world. as some enthusiastic patriots have pro-
claimed. NAV be doubted. If it Is, we ought 10
have lot more like II. or still better, just as
soon MS they can be built II it Is not, 1t ought
to be improved upon in the next one that is
built. The torpedo-boat is purely an American
invention. and this Nation ought to surpass all
others in the development Of 1t. We already
have battle-ships and monitors equal to any In
the world. and cruisers, too, with the possible
exception OF England's latest two monsters,
and we certainly ought not to lag behind In
the matter Of the mosquito feet Yet 1t Is 10
be observed that while this much-prZed NO
6" is credited with less than Twenty-Five knots
on her trial trip a whole and with the mer-
est fraction over thirty for very short dis
lance, the thirty-knot boats are beginning to
he looked upon In Europe as rather slow and
behind the times.
We made the first torpedo-boat during the
War Of the Rebellion, and 1t was not until ten
years later that European nations took up the
idea. Norway ordered one Of the first In 1873,
of the famous English firm Of Thornycroft &
Co.. STIMULATING that it was to make at least
sixteen knots an hour, which was great speed
for those times. France and Austria then de-
manded some that would make eighteen knots,
and got them Englands first Was launched mt
Thornycroft's in 1877, and was called the
Lightning, since 1t was capable Of the unprece-
denied speed of nineteen knots, almost as
fast as the torpedo itself could go in those days
Not until ten years thereafter was any ma
terial Improvement made upon that boat. In
1887 appeared the twin-screw boats with
raised prows making twenty -one knots. In
1894 Thornycroft turned out a twenty
knot boat, with water-tube boilers, machine
and Quick-firng guns, and whale boats for use
In an emergency-really a miniature man-of-
war; That Is the type which now prevails, and
which is steadily being developed.
BY the end Of this year the British Navy will
contain no less than siXty-two torpedo boats
able to make twentyseven knots, forty Of the
thrty-knot class. and a considerable number
capable Of a speed of thrty-two knots; and
this extraordinary speed Is not merely to be
for short squirt, but the specifications require
the boats TO make a run Of at least sxty-fOur
knots in two hours. That means a speed of
about forty miles an hour, which is a fair rate
for an express train. These boats are each to
be about 800 feet long, 81 feet wide. and Of I
or 8 feet draught armed with haf-a-dozen
twelve-pounder rapid-ire guns. besides n number
Of torpedoes. With machinery weighing in all
only rs tons, the propeller will make 400 revo-
lutions a minute and the engines Of each boat
will develop no less than $500 horse-pow
Such are the craft our Yankee ship builders
have TO equal and surpass. 1t will be a tough
job, but we reckon they are equal TO It,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-24
TIEDETILLE LEGISLATORS

An unusual number OF "freak" bills have
turned up in State Legislatures this year. In
the Missouri Legislature Mr. Hood has intro
duced bill prohibiting railway conductors and
trainmen from flirting with women passengers.
Mr. Mcpherson wants to make lobbying a
felony and has introduced a drastic bill relating
to marital unfaithfulness. Mr. Rebo calls for
the dehOrnng of all male cattle at the age of
two years, and Mr. Wamsey has mystlfed his
fellow-legislators by introducing a bill prohibit
ing railroads from using wooden rails and tying
them with string. The penalty for a violation
Of this proposed law is $4,000
OF course, Kansas is in the van with freak"
bills. More than fifty such bills have been
killed by committees. among them being bills
prohibiting the wearing of boomers and corsets
by women. A bill now pending would, If passed,
tax solvent banks in order to pay the deposltors
of banks that fail; and there is n similar bill
pending in regard TO insurance companies. An
Anti-Theatre bill which has been introduced is
so worded that If 1t became n law a bald-headed
man wearing a skull cap in a theatre could be
fined. There is no chance. however for any Of
these bills to pass. Even those who Introduce
them hardly expect that But their introduce
ton and discussion hurt nobody and seem TO
give pleasure I'D IL great people DO'H III
and out Of the Legislature
In the Indiana Legislature Representative
Fornshell some time ago introduced an Anti
Jabrd- FlowerSender's' bill, the object OF
which was to prevent feminine gush over con-
vlcts. The woman lobby soon killed this bill,
and then In revenge Mr. FOrnshell introduced an
"Ant-High- Observation-Disclosures" bill He thought
this would surely pass But opposition came
from an unexpected quarter. The twenty -one
bachelors and eleven wdowers in the Legislat-
ure. spurred on by the wiching smiles Of the
fair women in the galleries, killed Mr. Form
shells pet measure by loading it down with
amendments about men removing their shoes
when they went to church and the practice OF
going ont between the acts. Then Represent
alive Belamy s. Sutton brought I'm bill com
polling hotels TO print their bills OF fare I'm Eng
lish but, although he waxed Indignantly elo-
quent over the danger to liberty involved in a
French menu. his bill was tabled Represent
alive Record introduced a bill about the true
method Of sQuaring the circle and though the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-24
GET YOUR BRAINS HERE.
0'hicapo IT

.....X
-(Chicago Tribune.
"The Boston Transcript" says: Mr. Haweiss curl
Gus attempt in his communication in the London pa
pers 10 wriggle out OF his blunder about Charles
Sumner Is highly amusing. He wrote In his book
as II he were speaking of the Charles Sumner and no
one else; and II evident enough-though he now
says that he writing about one Charles A. Sum-
ner. OF Calfornia-that he supposed that the Sumner
whom he knew the Sumner whom every one else
knew. He now accuses the Americans OF ignorance
because they have never heard OF this Charles A.
Sumner OF California! And he adds b.under 10 blum
der by speaking Of the Californian Senator
Sumner whereas this obscure gentleman OF the Pa
cifc slope never anything but Representative.
Flanngan-How'd yez git tn black oye Casey?
Casey-Oi shipped an landed me back
Flanngan-But me good mon, y'r face amt To-
Gated on y'r back.
Casey (gloomly)-No: nather wuz Finnlgan.-
Truth.
The Swedish Tourists Club. of Stockholm has
issued n beautifully illustrated pamphlet. In Eng
fish, descriptive Of Stockholm and its suburbs
The capital Of Sweden is OF the most interest
ing cities in Europe. being especially noted for its
hospitality to visitors, and this little work Will be
found useful by Americans who contemplate visit
ing the city during the coming summer on ac-
count Of the Observation-Disclosures Exposition
which is to be held in II. and the occurrence Of
the twenty-ffth anniversary Of King Oscars reign.
Il
never been out OF London in his life. received an
invitation from acquaintance In the country
asking him to have run over TO his place for a
few days and give him lift at gathering mush-
rooms This is the reply he got:
Dear Jack: I'm very glad to hear as how you
and the missus Is all right, but I can't come over
to you becos I'm afraid / would be no use at
gathering mushrooms. for you know very we'll I
can't climb,"-(Up-to- Date.
Cleretta Nora Avery. the eleven year-old colored
girl. known the 'pckaninny preacher" who
has preached In many Of tho large cities Of the
country. is holding services In Philadelphia She
was born In Washington. d. c. Both her parents
born In Pensacola Fla. her father early in
life becoming minister OF the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church 1t Is stated Of her that
when about seven years Of age she announced to
her parents her divine call to preach tho Gospel
They tried to discourage and to divert her from
her purpose. on the ground that she was too small
and uniformed In the Scriptures to attempt so
important and responsible work But Cleretta
insisted. and declared that God had commanded
and commissioned her to proclaim His truth.
Police Constable A 3030-Here, Your Worship are
the tools round on the pris ner-a Jimmy. a centre
bit. dark lantern an a piece OF lead pipe wrapped
In paper to look like a bundle of clothes.
Prisoner-Your Honor, you will not let an inno-
cent man be convicted such fimsy evidence as
that hope? The articles he speaks OF are moth
Ing but my bicycle lantern and repair kit-(An.
Uwerh
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sion. and had better secure the ultimate dement's
of lower duties without another disturbance
How unsound and offensive this appeared to
business men and wageearners in their depth
of trial the overwhelming defeats Of his party
have shown. Yet the President though severe
y denouncing the tariff bill passed, and even re-
fusing to sign it, could not rise to the patrlo'lc
duty Of stopping business prostration by MS
veto. and gave as his reason, not duty 10 his
country but duty to his party. II was Dut just
that the same party should turn against hlm
and to the extent Of its power dshonor him az
its last convention The Presidents conduct in
many other respects has been credtable, though
in some. especially regarding foreign affairs ana
some appointments to office. most dscred,'aoie'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-24
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ACADEMY OF DESIGN-Day ana Even'ns-1An'o''"
OF American Water Color society,", ,,...,.,v
ACADEMY OF MCSlC-c-s:lo-in Ula H .ur,
BIJOI THEATRE-c-s:ib-Courted into court.
BROADWAY THEATRE-sl5-El Captain.
cAsfNO--Sl5--An American Beauty. 49,, ,.sn.o,
c1fJ-MBITs TIIT,ATREc-2-S:i5-Too Much Johnson
DALY'S THEATRE-2-s:15-The MAGISTRATE
EDEN MIsEE--Waxworks and Concert Mt.
EMPIRE THEATRE-2-sa-un the ZEE nJ9s, and
CALIERIES OF THE FINE AHT soOibi 10y M"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Exhibition
GARDEN S:2o-Heartsease
GIRRICK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Service
GRAND OPERA HOUsB-c-s-The New sosrS
NAPI.EM OPERA HOCSE-S:15-A Contented woman Al =,
HERALD SQUARE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. "''' r''"'
Hoy1~s THEATRE-s3O-My Friend from India
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-2-s-Tats- ioto.
KSICK FRBOCKER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ROSTER & BIALs-S-Vaudeville -.,.., ~,
i.yCEUN THEATRE-slo-The First 'en''e"S" u
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-Day and Evenng-Dos
xrTpOpOrJTAN OPERA HOusE-s-Concert
MURRAY HILL. THEATRE-e-s--A Trip 10 CHINATOWN
OIYMPIA MUSIC HALI~-s:15-Vaudevlie
PASTOR S-12: 40 TO IL p. m-Naudevile
WALLACE S-S:l5-For Bonnie Prince Charie
isTH STREET THEATRE-2-s1o-Sweet ihhlscarra.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-24
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Kentucky man buys all the horses he can get
at 81 a head. He kills them. feeds the flesh to his
hogs sells the hides and bones. and finds 1t profit
| able Whenever he buys horse for 81 and he can
sell It for 81 he let's It go. otherwise 1t is fed to the
| hogs.
Fuddy-Of whom does Miss Flanders remind you
| since she took to the Psyche knot?
Duddy-Not Psyche-(Boston Transcript
In some of the Nevada cahons in weather
the lack rabbits freeze to death hudded together
In clusters vanly trying to get little warmth out
of one another Then the Washoe and Pue In
dian hunters break them off IN punches and flood
the market with them. They have been doing this
during the late cold snap.
Robert (holding up long hair)-Hows this. old
boy? How do you account for that?
Richardson. that's all right One OF my wfe's
Robert-Sorry spoke. Dick; found II on Charley s
shoulder. you know.-(Boston Transcript.
A Georgia evangelist named Culpepper Is down
on bachelors. II want to our men marry" he
says. Let them marry young. I'd rather have
them marry at fifteen than at thirty. Young men
who arrive at the age Of twenty-five and are still
bachelors l am for taxing 800. II they are still
unmarried twenty-three 1 would tax them $780,
at twenty-four $500. and so would go on up to
thirty. Any man who wasn't married at thirty
would be for sending to the pcntentary. God
meant that men should marry. bachelor is only
half man."
Had Been Attended To-she-Of course. you all
talked about me as soon as left.
Her-No. dear; we thought you had attended to
that Observation-Disclosures Journal
The other day a visitor appeared at the South
Kensington Museum. proclaimng himself de-
soendant Of Montezuma. and requesting TO see
mummy Of of the princes OF the imperial Aztec
house which the museum contains. The mummied
Montezuma was the uncle Of the ilustrious cacique
of that name who was taken prisoner by the Span
iards and with his daughter. was many months
confined in the Mexican convent OF San 1sidro At
the walled in his cell by order OF the
Inquisitors, and perished in agonies attested by
the appearance which the figure now presents. 1t
is drawn into pteous contortions. the hands
cenched the cheeks sunken, and the eyelids wrin-
killed. and closed. In general, II now resembles
dark yellow wooden statue. and is inclosed in a
large crystal box. 1t purchased some years
ago at a sale at the Hotel Drouot the price being
1915 francs The body OF his daughter. a girl Of
about twenty, when found was In a perfect state
of preservation, the countenance wearing sweet,
pa thetc smile, In strange contrast with the horri-
BILE fate which befell her.
Uncalled-for Indignity.-"That's what call an
insult TO the whole human race!"
What is?" . ,
The first speaker pointed to North Side butch.
er's window, where. under an array OF calves
livers, hung this sign
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-24
"sThe New-York World has

thus,asm savs. "The New-York World has
landed n hook on the jaw Of other Journals -
which. we presume is a fgurative expression.
All these gentlemen are famous In their iihe' ana
sor,o q, them have been bottle-holders. Mr..
Sullivan himself, as Is well known NOUS IN
much as a keg.
The accession of all these gentlemen to the
ranks of the literati Is an event OF considerable
Significance and as the latest and perhaps great
est achievement Of the yellows. fairly entitled 10
tho dlsDlay type and scareheads with when
both announce IT, Some Of them, ms Is well
known. have contributed to the elevation OF the
drama and made their influence felt In various
WAYS after the fall Of the curtain in Onenight
towns. Nor are they entirely new to the heid
If current literature They have contributed
copiously at odd spells to the newspapers But
this is the first time they have entered into
continuous enga gements. Whether they will
achieve the dazzling successes OF the ncuoh
writers and word-palnters whom they succeed
remains TO be SEEN In the Judgment or fou-
sv" Grubbs-than which nothing could be sound
er-they will All Of them are said to be pans
taking and laborous writer's. Mr.. Sullivan, in
particular, writes with hes tongue OUT ana MS
nose very close to the desk, meanwhile breath
ing heavily until he gets his second wind. HIS
style improves as he slakes his thirst. This he
does with great rapidity when he once gets I'M
der way Fault has sometimes been found with
his spelling. but the same was true OF General
Jackson. Taken as n whole, this accession TO
the ranks of the literati may be counted boon
Should they be permanently employed by the
yellows. to the exclusion Of the fiction writer's
and word-painters, we are inclined to think the
whole world would be better off,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-24
NOTES or THE STAGE.

Daniel Frohman will produce at the iyceum -
atre on Monday. March s. the new play the 4siay'
flower" written for the Lyceum Theatre ConHpane
by Louis ~ Parker, the author OF hose"ayry.
popular concert will be given At the nroGidvC
Theatre on Sunday evening by the tn hehp tmen.
Band. The bandmaster, Mr.. Meyer. has arn arg"
an interesting programme "
Jamrs Ballard. the poet from Iowa. wnolN U".
here u appear at the Olympia Music Hal II sne
then did not appear IL to give his poetical Ictu~
ut the Pleasure Palace beginning on March Is
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Jn0er 10 ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Cincinnati pours out unfeeling a mob to
witness her sparring matches as any that Rome
sent forth to see her gladiators butcher each
other The other night pugst there was killed
by a blow from his adversary. dying in the ring,
but he was carried off. with no interruption of
the general performance. 1t went on according
to the programme till the police were obliged to
stop 1t on account of it's brutality. Cincinnati
has many things to be more proud OF than the
municipal arrangements which permit displays
OF that sort.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-24

he wants the land in Philadelphia, and ne wont
be happy until he gets 1t. Curiously enough mo-
body in Philadelphia seems to be frightened OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-24

The report accompanying the charter Is writ
ten In excellent style and temper. AS an argu-
ment in support Of those provisions Of the char
ter which public opinion has condemned. we cam
not honestly say that It is a success.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-24

Visitors are not allowed to see Major McKin-
ley, but his rest would be more complete II he
knew there were no visitors to be turned away.