"IIBarblere" and "TPagllacci." that Is to say. «double bill,served to draw a crowded and brillianthouse at the Opera last night. Among tho». prts-

ent were Mrs. Ogden Goblet. Miss Goelet. Mrs. J.J Astor. Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselln, Mr. and Mrs.W. D. Sloan*. Mr. and Mm. S. B. French. G. O.Haven, Miss Haven. Mrs. Van Neat. Mrs. Barney,

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brice. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish.Mrs J. B. Haggln. Mrs. I.Townsend Burden. Mrs.

James A. Burden. Mr?. Bayard Cutting. M.. and

Mrs. Edward R. Bacon. Mr. and Mr«. Warren. Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Cl*wa. August Belmont and Mr.

:and Mrs. George Bliss.

SYMPATHY FOR EX-SECRETARY LONG.

Hlnghara. Mass.. March ?.-At the annual town

meeting here to-day, the fellow cittwns of John ».Long. ex-Secretary of the Navy, adopted "a mes-sage of affection and sympathy to cheer him Inn.a

trials, caused by severe Illness." Mr. Long has

been HI for several weeks InSt. Margaret's Hos-

pital. InBoston.

BARON YON GISKRA COMING HERE.

Berlin. March 2--Dr. Baron yon Glskra. first sec-retary of th* Austro-Hungarian Embassy here. Us*

been transferred to Washington. Baroness m

Giskrs, his wife, was a Miss King, of New- York.

J. P. MORGAN VISITS PALMA.Havana, March 2.-J. Plerpont Morgan and his

party spent the day at Santiago de Us Vegas.

p,ovince of Havana, visiting plantations and the

experimental school. Late In the afternoon Mr.

Morgan and the men of his party called at the

palace by appointment, and had an Interview last-£^orty m^nutea with President Palma. It was

Serwarf announced that th. visit was purely on*

of courtesy, and that President Paima had In-

vited Mr. Morgan to dine at MM palace on-day* . __

AMERICAN ARCHITECT HONORED.~

Charles F. McKlm. of McKlra. Mead 4 ™*the architects has received word that a gold medal

To a foreign architect in alternate year,.

MR HARDY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS.

,gracious manner. _-

Robert Olyphant. held Its first meeting Instead yea.terday at the house of Mrs. Frederick H. Betta. Ko.22 East Slxty-tlfth-st. Among those present wereMrs. Richard Irvin. Mrs. Rujseil Hoadley. Mrs.Charles Pellew and Mrs. Henry Day. During thecourse of the meeting Professor William Bloane de-livered an address on the Jewish population of theEast Side. .

Another tewing class which met yesterday morn.Ing for the first time this sea*on, was that organ-ised by Mrs. Frederic J. d* Pey.ter. which gath-ered at her house in East Slxty-slxth-st.. and whichworks far the New-York Infant Asylum. Its men-b«rs include Mr.. Prescott Hall Butler, Mrs. GeorgeL. Klnbeland. Mm. John M. Bowers and Mrs.Dallas Bache Pratt.

This morning the Pro-Cathedral Fresh Air Com.mittee Sewing Class meets at Mrs. Richard Irvln'a,No. 1 West Thlrty-nlnth-st. Its other meetings winbe held there on March 10. 17 and 28.

Mr*. WHber A. Bloodgood gave a tea yesterdayaft«rr.o<sj for Mme. Gad.kl at her house, in EastThirty-fuurth-st. M. Guardaoassl sang. Amongthose present were Mrs. William SchieffeUn, Mrs.Arthur Mason Jones. Mrs. radish Johnson. Mrs.J. West Roosevelt. Mrs. Henry Barclay and Mr*.Charles A. Chllds.

Mrs. Frederick Nellson, Mrs. Arthur Pa/ret, Mrs.HUbome Roosevelt. Mrs. Augustus Field. Mr*.Richard Lounsbury and Mis. Lounsbury and Mr.and Mrs. Jules Montant were among those preaect

at Miss Amy Baker's "at home" yesterday after-noon at th. Crrtt Smith studio. Music formed, asusual, a feature of the entertainment.

James Henry Smith, who Is at present at PalmBeach, has chartered a yacht there, and wincruise along the F.orida cost for about a fortnightbefore returning to town.

Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. Jr.. ar* •*-pected at their house, at Madlson-*v«. and Flfty-

seventh-st.. the day after to-morrow, from Cali-fornia.

_____ _Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clew, give a dinner to-

morrow night at their house. No. 630 Firth-are.

Mr. and Mrs. George G. Haven and Miss MarianHaven leave town f«r Palm Beach toward the eMof th. week.

Mr. and Mrs. Van Rensselaer Kennedy have re-turned to town from Florida and are at their houseIn Flfth-ave.

Preparations are b-ing made at Meadow Brookfor the opening of the hunting reason, which lalooked for about a fortnight or thee weeks htnee.

Tuesday, Aprila. ha. been set as the date of th»marriage of Miss Sarah Smith, daughter <-f Mr».Laroche Jacqu»l!n Smith, to Dudley B. Duplgnlc atGrace Church.

Captain and Mrs. PhilipLydtgare at Newport fora few days arranging their cottage for the i«mn«season.

NEW-YORK SOCIETY.Among the harbingers of spring is the appear-

ance of the coaches on the avenue, and P^P*™-

tlons are now in active progress for the establish-

ment of the dally coach runs to the various subur-

ban resorts. The Pioneer will begin Its trip, to

Ardsley on April 13. starting as u.uaJ from the

Holland House, and Center Hitchcock has already

chartered every available wat for the Inaugural

run.

Mr. and Mm. John R. Drexel have renewed foranother year their lease of No. « Fl«h.i«..

formerly the home of the late Samuel D. Babcock.

Nearly two years willelapse before their new house

In East Slxty-second-st. will be ready for th*m. as

th# tearing down of the two houses that now oc-cupy the site w.U not be begun until May.

The engagement Is reported of Miss Eunice Ive£daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brayton Ives, of No. 83

Irving Place, to Effingham Maynard, son of Mrs.Efflngham Maynard. of No. 2* Lexington-ave. He

Is a graduate of Harvard, class of '98.

Reginald Rives and George L. Rives have lefttown for Charlottesville, Va., to attend the funeral

of their uncle. Colonel Alfred Landon Rives, ofCastle Hill. Colonel Rives was the father ofPrincess Pierre Troubetskol, who was Miss Arael j

Rives.

Mrs. Frederick Nellson leave, town to-morrowfor Newport with Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbllt,

with whom she willstay at Oakland Farm.

Miss Amy Olyphant Is suffering from scarletfever, and owing to this the sewing class, whichworks for the Virginia Day Nursery, and whichwas to have met on Mondays during Lent at theEast Fifty-second-st. house of her mother. Mrs.

NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.Washington. March 2 (Specian.-Harry K. Thaw

gave his first entertainment to-night In honor of

hl» sister, Miss Alice Thaw, and her fiance the

Earl of Yarmouth. His hospitality took the shape

of a large dinner for young people from the officialcircle and the diplomatic corps.

Captain and Mrs. Warren Beach, of New-York,

have reopened their Washington house for their

annual spring visit.

The Misses Horstmann, of Rhode Tsland-ave..

have as their guest the Hon. Amelia gackvill*West,

daughter of Lord Sackville West, t^ho formerly

represented Great Britain here.

Ex-Senator and Mrs. John B. Henderson have

placed their home, Boundary Castle, at the dis-posal of the committee of women who are raising

money to care for homeless doits, and a reading

will be given there to-morrow. Music will be fur-

nished by Mrs. Spooner. wife of the Senator from

Wisconsin, and her son.

THE CABINET.Washington. March 2 (Specian.-Mr.. Payne had

for guest* at luncheon to-day Mrs. George Howard.

Mis* Maude Wetmore and her guest. Mrs. Bacon.

Miss Boardman. Miss Macomb. Mis. j£ve*n«'

Miss Rose Wallach. Miss Josephine Patten. MIM

Price and Miss Louise Van Dyke Jonee.

THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.Washington. March 2 <Speclal).-Slgnora «••

Planches, wife of the Italian Ambassador, has

changed her afternoon receptions from *™ays to

Mondays. *nd her at home this afternoon took on

the social Importance of a tea. so many were the

visitors who called. To-night, the Ambassador and

Signora dcs Planches gave a small dinner, when

their guests were General Leonard Wood Miss

Boardman. Slgnor Montagna and Count Gherard-esca, of the Ambassador's staff. After dinner the

party went to the studio of Blgnor Lanitlll. the

fencing master, who teaches, among other young

people, the son of General Wood. He has become

expert In handling folia, and last night tested his

skill with other pupils of the class.Bettor Ojeda. the Spanish Minister, returned to-

day from a business trip to St. Louis.Count Casaini. the Russian Ambassador. 1» still

suffering from the grip.

Mme. Hengelmuller. wife of the Austrian Ambas-

sador, will go to New-York Thursday to see the

Baroness Yon Palm off on her voyage home. The

young baroness is charmed with her experience of

Washington life, and hopes to make another trip to

this country in the near future. Mme. Hengel-

muller willreturn on the 11th.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE.Washington. March I

worth seeing. Or. the grassy slopes to the souin

oTthe mansion, where the sun shine, warmly the

ground is golden with yellow crocus", w h here

and there**»•«. Mrs. Roosevelt Is P*rt£o!ao

!a.r2fond of spring blossoms, and In a day or tKO her

favorite hyacinth. «irtll spring up on th. Jnons-a floral regime-it In pink, whit, and blue, each a.

straight and prim a*cadets on parade.Delegates from the Pittsburg chapter of in.

Daughters of the American Revolution *°-<!"fpre-

sented to the President a handsomely framed pict-

ure of the historic blockhouse at Pittsburg. er<^t-a

in 1764 as a defence against Indians. Th« Di«rt-

ters of the American Revolution hold the building

In trust, and take care of It. The women !Invitedthe President to visit the blockhouse at th* first

opportunity. Accompanying the picture was «This-

tory of Fort Pitt and Fort Duquesne. *P*-;«l<S *nJRoosevelt congratulated his callers on carrying out

the objects of their organization In preserving n•-

torleal relic- *nfl object*, and aacepted the girt

with cordial thanks.

CONGRESS— Both houses were,LIsession

from 11•• m. until late at night, and the Demo-

crat* continued their filibustering;**<*"**•Senate: Interest centred in the Aldrlch financialbill, which was discussed for the greater part ofth« day. tut Irs not likely to pass; the GeneralDen.ien. y. the last of the regular appropriationbills, was passed. ===== House: The day waa

devoted to action on conference reports andpassing a few bills of minor importance.

FOREIGN.-A special dispatch to.The Trib-une from Rome said that the PoPf. hs2ff£afenng from a cold, would be able to take parx

In tht ceremony at the Vatican to-day; there ismuch «.xiety In England over his condmon.

\u25a0 The steamer Merion, of the Dominion **»«:from Boston, went ashore ."oohj \u25a0 PJ tot.it1. expected that the vessel willbe floated to-

oar. =££ Several fatalities were caused by a

heavy storm along the English Chan°£—;

Lorfl Lfcnsdowne replied to atUteks on .Brium s

policy in Venezuela in the House of Lords.

£==f Some sharp fighting <**""*?'"L^S•where two robber bands were broken.up..*=-==.Amotion to disfranchise Galway

'°r t*ec^g

cf Colonel Lynch was de feated in the «£u»* £'•ommani \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 —\u25a0 Several Qefman political par

Ue? have formed a combination to **?" the

spread of the Socialist movement. = Eiec

Jssin Colombia parted off quietly- ===== Itivas reported that.rebel force was In sight orCaracas anfl preparing toiattack the city.

——O«neral Regalado B«ujded over the Presidency

of Salvador to General Escalon.

Southern District of New-York- ===== The pur-txMe of the President to nominate Dr. w. v.

SrTm tor Collator of Customs .of Charles ton

S. C at the extra session of the Senate was

announced. =*== The Union and Regular Re-psbUcaai io Delaware combined to elect two

?£liedetate* Senators: J. Fran* AMee.««»chairman of the Union Reputollc*JAwa«_choe»nfor the long term, and Dr. L. H. Ball. BcgidarRepublican for the short term; Addlcks saidthat his election two years hence was assured.= State Engineer Bond presented to thelegislature bis revised estimate of the cost orthe barge canal project placing the figures

•t $100,563,993. aassw Governor Odell heardcharges against Sheriff Kalier of Erie Countysimilar to those that resulted In th-? removalof Sheriff Guden of Kings County.

--A flood

along the waterfront in Albany caused consid-erable inconvenience and some damage.

———Heavy damage from a flood caused by thebreaking of a dam Is reported from Schenec-tady.

ClTY.—Stocks were weak and lower. =====Police Commissioner Greene appointed CaptainsSchmittberg.r and Titus inspectors. == Be-tween twenty- re ant thirty mea were Injuredby an explosion in the Edison cement plant at•Mew-Village, H. J. ===== A woman, a ChristianScience healer, of Orange, refused medical treat-ment after the failure of the treatment of threehealers and died. *\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 Controller Grout saidhe had assurances that there would be biddersother than the subway company for the EastBide tunnel. ==cs= At the Inquest into the New-ark wreck it was shown that many precautions•were not taken; the responsibility had been•shirked Inman:* Quarters.

=The opposition

to the proposed lease of the Staten Island Ferry

continues. . \u25a0\u25a0' The will of John Taylor Lori•was filed for probate. ===== Part of a naval shell*«ontaining an explosive was found on the stepsof a factory. ===== A real estate broker com-mitted suicide in his ofllee in Broadway. ==Recorder GoSf denier the motion for a new trialfor Albert T. Patrick, on the ground that nonew important evidence had been discovered.

THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day:Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 41degrees; lowest. 28.

Stuart Bobson Hl-«The lit*Princess"passes a Pleasant Evening in Harlem.

Stuart Robson. who ha. J-««££ SZtember 1. playing on the Pac J« Co^t. ££t two

5£ 2JESTS-

™*£s»Z.hi ».».««. » V. Arthur. MM*^«

the next two weeks were booked. He has De«

playing "The Comedy of Errors."

"The Little Princes." was tried at the HarlemOpera House last night as an evening •««« i?*and the experiment seemed quite successful The

house was sold out early, and the audience re

ceived the play and Miss James with every *>«*

livelyapproval. After a week In Harlem the pi**

willgo to Bo«-on and Philadelphia for six or eight

weeks, and will then return, Ifall goes well, to

Broadway as an evening entertainment.

Klaw & Erlanger announce that they ***£their free school for stage chorus drill about^themiddle of this month at the Knickerbocker The-

atre Herbert Gresham. the stage director or

Klaw &ErUncer's attractions, willbe In charge of

the school, which will aim to teach ««« P'TJJJensemble drill and concerted singing FrederickSolomon will be musical director. As Klaw

*Erlanger expect to have two thousand chorus p«ce*

to fill next season, they think there will be »

pupils of the school at all proficient whom tfeJTcannot themselves employ on completion of £•course. To enter, girls must be over sixteen anamen over eighteen.

Abevy of girls from the various musical «>»**£now playing in Broadway came downtown ytster

day and started In at the Standard Oil Building »

sell ticket, for the Actors' Fund benefit.^ is

to take plare on March 11 They reported that

they were hospitably received at nearly every ofHc*.

and turned in 11.000 as a result or their trip. Mls»

Adele Ritchie and Miss Helen Redmond willcom-plete the sextet which Is to appear at th. benefit.

the other four being Mian Katie Barry. Mis* Edna

Wallace-Hopper. Ml« May Robsen and Ml»»

Blanche Ring Mr. Sothern >>«• •Jao^mtoad^Sjrlve a scene from some o*e of his plays, -"-a **MTempleton ha. sent her check for 0.000.

A ticket speculator giving hl» name a. Joseph

Myers was arrested at the Maj««tlo Theatre lastnight on th. complaint of O. B. Coate.. of No. »West On*-hundred-and-fourth-s»t.. who says tn«i

tickets he purchased of Myer. on Saturday wer«refused at the door. Toe arr«*t caused much «*iettssM&t

NOTES OF THE STAGE.

BANK WINS FROM MRS. M'GARRY.In its suit against Kathryn McOarry. widow of

John J. McGarry. and the other executors of hisrotate, to recover on a $100,000 note that had beengiven to the National Broadway Bank, thw bankhas won. Justice Garretaon. In the Supreme Court,Brooklyn, yesterday ordered a Judgment In theforeclosure proceeding* on property in Warren-st.Brooklyn, given by Mr. MeOarry to secure thenote. The property willbe sold.

The note bore tbe signature of Mrs. Delia MeGarry, mother of John J. McGarry. but was in-dorsed by him. When it became dua the note wentto protest, and the suit to recover on the securitywas begun.

Mr.MoGarry was generally supposed to be a manof cor.: '. -\u25a0••- .ble means, but a few weeks after bisdeath his iriends were astonished to find that hehad been In serious financial difficulties and hadbeen borrowing large amounts on notes.

The day of the novel Isn't over, according to

Anthony Hope Hawkins, who Is Just over for a bitof a visit. Said he yesterday: "I

THE DAT OP do not think the novel has seen Its

THE NOVEL day. Tho world haa always

NOT OVER. listened to stories, and alwayswill. People, while they like his-

tory, science and kindred subjects, will always

care for stories. There is a most extraordinary

reading public In America. We hays nothing InEngland like the enormous sales of books, oneover another, which are published at the sametime in the United States. Here every one read*,

and reads a lot." As to the Society of AuthorsMr. Hope had this to say: "It is an associationof writers, formed for mutual aid in the com-mercial side of our work. We publish a monthly

paper. In which copyright questions and business

matters of interest to authors are discussed, in

addition to literary news. Money contributed bymembers of the society nas been set aside forwriters who fall In n^\u25a0p^ In their old ntce. This isinvested, and a committee decides on the merit ofeach case. Iam not here for any special purpose:lust a rest and to see my friends. Ihave no plansand will give no readings, and will travel verylittle."

The trade excursion is the latest scheme to fostergood feeling between different sections and inci-

dentally get a little business out of

THE TRADE it. Hearken unto what E. R.EXCURSION. Plumb, of Council Bluffs. lowa, had

to say about It at the Manhattanyesterday: "Out our way the trade excursion isquite a feature. Very soon the merchants of ourplace will extend an Invitation to the business menof Southwestern lowa to visit Council Bluffs. Thepurpose of this is to cultivate a closer acquaintance

and to facilitate spring buying. The railroads htvemade satisfactory rates and propernreparattons forentertainment have been made. The Interests ofNorthern and Southwestern lowa are Identical, andthis custom of getting together and becoming ac-quainted and talking things over will redound tothe mutual Intercuts of all concerned."

THE PASSING THRONG.

Needs of Femininity.—"Yes. ladles," announcedthe physical culturist, "you willbe surprised at themiracles my system can work. It can Increaseyour ehoulder measurement several inches, add toyour stature and grace, give you"

"But." Interrupts a fair pupil, "our dressmakerscan do all that for us In no time. What we wantto know is how to get a 23-inch waist into a 16-inchcorset, and a No. 6 foot Into a No. 2 shoe, withouttaking chloroform."— (Life.

Most of those of the fleet of famous Baltimoreclippers that still exist remain as coal barges. Oneof these, the old Baltimore and Liverpool packetMacauley. has recently laid her bones on thesands of the Jersey coast. The ship wa» 176 feetover all. 87 feet in beam, had 22 feet depth of holdand was registered at 1.094 tons. She was oneof the fastest packets of the North Atlantic. TheMacauley has gone the way of the Rio Janeirotrader Campanero, built at Baltimore In1856. nowa barge abandoned off Lower Canton; the Sov-ereign of the Seas, which cleared 184.000 on her firstvoyage, and to now a coal barge; the ship Oracle,which paid for herself twice In tare* years, and isnow a barge, and the ship Mary Whitiidge. builtin Baltimore In 1865, and the crack ship of theworld famous China traders belonging to ThomasWbitridge.

To Say Nothing of Powder.— Oeraldlne— Womenare just as honest as men.Gerald— That isn't so; a man willput up a sign.

"Look out for paint"; but did you ever know *woman to do ltf-<3rooklyn Llf*.

_

The sight of a full grown centipede Is said by

trav«ll«rs in tropical lands to be enough to affect

the ttrongeit nerve*, "cording to "The Springfield

Republican." Ten to •l«v*n Inches Is the average

length although larger ones hay* b*«n Been Laf-

eV2o Hearn, in "Two Years in th. French West

Indies" says that the vitality of th« centipede is

imaSkg. H. kept on. Ina bottle, without food or

water for thirteen week-, at th« end of whichtim« Itremained as active and dangerous as ever

Th. hen attacks the centipede with delight, and

ofun swallows him. h«id first, without taking the

trouble to kill him. Th. cat hunt. him but Is

lawful never to put her head ne*rhim. She has a

trick of whirlingmm round and round upon the

floor so quickly as to stupefy him; then, when she

sms a tood chance. she strikes him dead with her

claws. Ifyou killa centipede you are sure to re-

ceive money soon, and even Ifyou dream of killing

one It1. good luok-*tleast, .0 local tradition Bays.

LONDON'S OYSTER SCARE.Last night Itook my life within 'and.

And iom. may think Iacted like a fool;

But being tempted more then Ioouid stand.Succumbed, that live so moderate as a rule.

No oysters *ay« not killed me In the past.

Nor "a*e not 'ad the chance but once or twice.They 'ad their opportunity at last.

For Icould not resist them at the price.

I-will not say but wot Iput away

More than my 'unger really seemed to need;

But oysters I.not easy every day.

And so, my friend, I'ad a gorgeous feed.

even auDDOs. thit Ido not survive,

"consider with wot pride the kid will say•Ta late lamented parient was 4live away.V'en oyltere. so to speak, was give away.

And a« a fact. I'm feeling very well.same;And "ear no microbes at their giddy game;

And that is w'r. th. 'orrld truth to telT.Ain<S

purpo.e *>&**forth to %^do'n mEVes S.The original carnation was a five petalled bloom

native in the South of Italy. It was imported into

England about the time of the Norman Conquest.

As' early as 1619 horticultural works gave minute di-

rections for the cultivation of the flowers in winter.

The carnation Industry has risen to considerableimportance during the last ten years, according to

-Town and Country." As 2.600,000 of young car-

nation plants are sold each year and florists pro-

duce an equal amount grown by themselves which

are not sold, the entire production of young carna-

tion plants approximates 5.000.000 and upward a

year. These plants are grown under glass during

the winter time for cut flower purposes, producing

an annual average of more than 100.000.000 blooms.

What becomes of this enormous number of flowers

is somewhat of a mystery. They are put to Innu-

merable uses.Borne Comfort

—Yes. sir. Sad case! Man

who built this house of mine Just got It finished,

WleifwelL"lt might have been worse. He might

have had to live In it.-(Town and Country.

There Is a story about Alaska and Its people

In which is mentioned a man who chese a bride

from among some of the Indian tribes up to-ward the Chilcoot Pass. He took her to a large

city. Montreal, perhaps, and left her in a splendid

hotel while he went out to see some one about adog. She missed him sadly. She sat at the windowlooking out on the street four stories below. Soli-tude became Intolerable. She decided to find her

husband. There was an elevator, but she didn'tcare for it. Softly as moccasins could carry hershe issued forth. When she had gone out a bell-boy saw queer marks on the banisters and doorcasings. The Indian bride had blazed her way

with a tomahawk, so that she could find her wayback. The Indian bride was merely livingup toher education, for ItIs very necessary to know howto blaze a trail in Alaska.

THE TALK OF THE DAT.

Prussia's expenditures bave been outrunning

the revenues, and money must be borrowed to

meet the deficit. But Russia's financial condi-tion has improved amazingly in spite of heavy

outlay upon the Siberian railway and other

lines of traffic. Taxation problems are of al-most incalculable Importance In the moves upon

the European and Oriental chessboerds.

Judging from resent dispatches to The Trib-une from Havana, the "college man In Cuba"

is doing well; and he ought not to forget sagewarnings against racla^ suicide In that prolific

climate. j

The floods which followed the storms of lastFriday and Saturday are due mainly, no doubt,

to the heavy rainfall, but also to some extentto the high temperatures which carried off an

enormous quantity of snow. While at Plttsburg

and other places the crisis is already over,

trouble may be expected for several days to

come. The volume of water which has been

liberated in the Ohio Valley must travel a con-

siderable distance before it will cease to be a

source of danger. Fortunately. It Is possible

to forecast with tolerable accuracy both Its

progress and the height which it willattain at

important points. Warnings of that kind are

not altogether valueless.

A well known club which occupies a hand-some and sumptuous home in Flfth-ave. nowhas more than eight hundred and fifty namesupon Its waiting list. There are many otner

exceedingly prosperous and active, social or-

ganizations which own costly and conspicuous

buildings. Club lifeInN»w-York Is a feature ofmetropolitan progress of genuine importance.

Ifthe women who go shopping would take

pains to leave their homes after the rush hours

In the morning and to return before the rush

hours In the evening the relief to the jamming

and jostling on the elevated and surface carswould be by no means inconsiderable. The

gentler half of humanity would gain a great

deal ifthis practice were followed whenever and

wherever It Is practicable. a*d so would the

ruder and hardier sex also.

The Humberts have been acquitted In Paris

Ina Mbei suit But the main issue in their caseis a different matter. Ifthey go scot free in the

long run the world willgaze agape.

A select committee of the English House of

Lords which haa been holding a long Investiga-

tion has made a report infavor of Imposing re-

striotions upon the betting on races. This form

of gambling has reached almost Insufferable

proportions in Great Britain. In America also

the speculation on the contests of the runnersand the trotters has unquestionably gone too

far.

The scheme to set up the Cuban game of

pelota. in this city proved a failure. New-York-ers prefer to play politics.

"America, may have contributed, to an extent"usually unimaglned, her share of what Is now

"the world's civilisation." That Is not a radicalsuggestion by any means.

A COMPLETE SURRENDER.The fight on the part of organized laborgainst the National Guard which has been

carried on at Scb^nectady is over and the unionhas been defeated. William Potter, a journey-

man painter, to whom the painters' union de-sled the privilege to work as a union manunless b» withdrew from the National Guard,

•mi be restored to full membership and tbeami who decided the weighty matter, rep-resentatives of seveial trade organizations,

graciously gave their consent to bis remaining

in the National Guard. They made it clearthat they have not changed their views as tothe Guard's being no place for a union man.

They still maintain that a union man cannotbe true to bis obligations as such and at thecame time serve his State as a guardian andprotector In time of riot or Invasion by a for-eign enemy. They have not withdrawn fromthe position which they took when Potter wasmarked for degradation because, in the dis-charge of his duties as a National Guardsman.he took part In maintaining order against

'-peaceful" strikers. The painters' union andother trade organizations are still opposed tothe National Guard, but they surrender thistime because "tbe Potter case has injured the"organization more than anything that could"have happened, and Itmust be settled." Hav-ing this point in mind, the painters' union alsoasked that the "matter be kept out of the news-papers."

When the fight was begun, when tbe firmwhich gave the painter National Guardsmanwork refused to discharge him, the -onion wasloud In its boasts of what ftwould do to showIts strength. Later, when there were no signsof yielding by Potter's employers, other onionscombined with tbe painters and by concertedaction hoped to cripple the building Industry

of Sebesectady by ordering a generaj Strike.But tbe fight has been given tr^and for the'present the atmosphere is clear, with no laborstorm risible.

-Tbe situation must be a relief to the com-

maxJtT. but the surrender of the labor organi-

zatioat does nothing to remove the feeling ofrlndlgnatUm which their. unpatriotic position in-spired in men who know the value of theKatte&al Guard. It rs*t*ad of reinstating

AMERICA THE CRADLE OF ABIA.Professor Stewart Culm, the wellknown Phil-

adelphia ethnologist, is not a believer in tbetheory that all of America's prehistoric civiliza-tion was deriveu from Asia. In "Harper'sMonthly" for March he presents some of theevidence which leads him to think that manyof tbe customs common to localities Inboth of

tbese great geographical divisions originated inwhat is perhaps erroneously called tbe NewWorld. Divination and gambling with tbinsticks, like split arrows, which were decoratedand arranged In suits of nine, are among tbesepractices. Incidentally, it is suggested that aclew is thus afforded to the origin of European ]playing cards. A kindred illustration Is the useof the split arrow as a visiting card. Games Inwhich two sided wooden dice are employed, andin which counting is done on a circular or crossshaped diagram, constitute a third group of in-stances. Finally, mention is made of sportsand ceremonies in which iarts are thrown at arolling hoop that has a spider web or netting

on It.The matter Is not discussed at sufficient

length to be altogether convincing. ProfessorCulm does not give the full fruit of his own ex-tensive investigations. One or two of the caseswhich be cites, such as tbe Aztec game of pa-tolli, bave been used as arguments in supportof views diametrically opposed to his own.Nor does he clear up such puzzles as the exist-ence in America of articles of jade, a mineralthat has not yet been found here unwrought.

Much uncertainty remains, too, about the rela-tive age of tbe American and Asiatic usageswhich he cites. If there were any definitechronology, so that a comparison could be made,as witb tbe Babylonian and Hebrew legends,

one might be able to say witb less hesitationwhich was parent and which was child.Itmust be conceded that the time has not

arrived for reaching satisfactory conclusions inregard to the origin of American civilization.More headway has been made In that directionthan toward a decision about man's antiquity"

on this continent, but concerning both thewisesc scholars are stilla good deal in the dark.Some day discoveries may be made which willfix approximately the time when tbe humanrace made Its first appearance In America. IfItshall then appear probable that the develop-

ment was practically cotemporaneous with theearliest traces of primitive man in Europe andAsia, tbe case for an independent evolution ofcivilization would be greatly strengthened. Atpresent the preponderance of testimony la Infavor of tbe view that both the stock and theculture were imported from Asia. Since theworld is not yet ina position tc pass judgment,tt is not unreasonable to sympathize with Pro-fessor Culln's notions, especially since he putsthem guardedly. He does not go no far as toavow, as one might expect from the title of bisarticle, that Asia learned everything from theWestern Continent He merely murgefts that

THE CBAXQED SOUTH.President Roosevelt is fully Justified in say-

ing that to connect bis Southern appointmentsor his actions in upholding the law at Indian-ola "with such questions en 'sccia 1 equality* and"

'negro domination' Is as absurd as to connect"them with the nebular hypothesis or the"theory of atoms." Whatever may be his viewson the negro question in general, Ms treatmentof the negro in politics is absolutely In ac-cord with the principles everywhere proclaimedby Southern white Democrats a quarter of acentury ago. The present outcry against himwould be entirely incomprehensible if it werenot for the evident shifting of position on thepart of the Southern whites. It Is not thePresident who is the Innovator, but his critics.He could turn for his platform to the Lamarsand Hamptons wholed the Southern Democracywhen itfirst recovered supremacy. He is givingthe negro nothing more than they promised togive promised squarely and freely, withvirtuous protests of indignation that anybodyshould accuse them of designing todeprive thenegro of bis political privileres. He is strivingto bold up to the negro a stand rd of good citi-zenship which they said tney wanted to set be-fore him. He is making the fight for good gov-ernment and honest officials which they pro-claimed as their sole aim in rising to put downby confessed fraud the reconstruction govern-ments.

How far the Southerners who now denounceas an Insult and an outrage the appointmentof an honest and capable negro to office havetravelled «way from their own principles is in-dicated by the Mississippi Democratic plat-form of 1875, the year of the "revolution." Itdeclared, "We 'recognize and will maintain the"civiland political equality of all men as estab-lished by the constitution of the United States"and the amendments thereto," and It con-cluded with the words: "We cordially Invite j"the voters of all the people of both races to j"unite vigorously with us ... to secure to :

"ourselves and our posterity the blessings of'

"an honest, economical government, admlnis- >

"tered by able, efficient and competent public"officers." Th«» whites absolutely disavowedany desire to drive the negro, as such, from of- jflee or the polls. They complained that "carpet

'bag** government had brought forward ignorantand corrupt men whose rale was extravagantand Intolerable. Therefore they rose and them-selves grasped the reins of power, all the timeassuring the country that they would not undothe settlement of the war and reconstruction.At this very Mississippi convention the prin-cipal speaker was L.Q C. Lamar. afterwardSecretary of the Interior and associate justiceof the United States Supreme Court He said:

Once convince the Northern people that theworking* of the local governments of the Boutt\u25a0ball be conducted to protect the*colored menin all their rights, and Inco-operation with themin the sovereignty of the government, and they[desires for reconciliation] will become strongand Invincible. . . . The people of 21lsaisslp-pl have pledged themselves to sustain the thr:eamendments to the constitution, and have nopower or desire to chance them. They conferupon the newly enfranchised race tbeisacredrights of freemen, and their right* are yourduties. Impaired by any act of yours, yourduties by that name act are violated and theconstitution of your country Is violated. . . . '

Any race organization which seekcXo assert the ,exclusive management of a country may have Igood government, but cannot have liberty. It]

CHILD LABOR,

One of the results of the Investigation of coalmining In Pennsylvania willprobably be thepassage of a law raising the age limit for theemployment of little men and women In everyIndustry in that State. The mine employers

themselves are in favor of such a change, butPennsylvania is by no means the only common-wealth of the Union in which better laws shouldbe enacted for the regulation of the employ-

ment of boys and girls too young for hard work.In many a State the cry of the children la anexceeding bitter cry.

The Empire State itself is not free from re-proach In this matter. In this city and In othercities between Long Island and Lake Erie thereare too many mere children employed as mes-sengers who are too often sent out on calls atany hour, day or night, which take them to re-Borts of the vicious and criminal classes. Some-thing should be done, and done promptly, to cor-rect this Inexcusable wrong.

SAVE THE EARLY RECORDS.If any attempt Is to be made to P^serye

county and town records In accordance with

the plan proposed by Assemblyman Agnew s

bill the work should be intrusted to a compe-

tent and trained student of records and not to

a mere clerk. The pending bill provides fora

deputy to the State Historian, to receive $3,000

a rear and $1,000 for travelling expenses, who

shall examine county and town records, have

power to hunt down and reclaim them when

they have been dispersed inprivate hands, and

take measures to secure their proper classifica-

tion and preservation.Some of the most invaluable records of our

oldest counties are said to be in great dancer

of loss for lack of just such attention as this

official would give. Not only students of his-

tory are taterested. but also property owners,

for these documents contain early records of

titles and public transactions of all 6orts. in

Massachusetts much good work has been done

along this line, and the courthouses and town

clerks' offices of New-York ought to be equally

rich in material which is fau being destroyed

through neglect. A man with energy and atrue spirit of research could set in motion

forces in different parts of the State whichwould save the records.

The bill offers a salary which would com-mand surh service, and we believe that the

State Hlstorlau sufficiently appreciates the Im-portance of this work, along different thoughparallel lines to his own. to co-operate with thehistorical societies which have favored themeasure to select a fitperson. Certainly no at-tempt should be made to scale ddwn the officeon the theory that it is a mere clerks, to theState Historian, for the work Is entirely new,properly to be performed indeed in his depart-

ment, but requiring original and Independentabilities for Itsproper performance.

TBB DBrEAT Of ADDWKB. i

The long legislative deadlock which has kept

both of Delaware's seats in the United States

Senate vacant was ended yesterday and both

of them were Mled, James F. Allee, an AddlcJwleader, betaf elected for ttte longer of the unex-plred terms, and Congressman Ball a Regular

Republican, for the shorter. To those who arestill under the stress of feeling engendered dor-

ing the present session by new manifestationsof Addicks's ielßsh obstinacy and additionalproofs of his political baseness, as wellas by

the expectation that his Republican and Demo-

cratic foes might unite to blight his ambitionand end his career, the result of the long

struggle may at first be a disappointment. But

when the facts are duly considered the outcome

does not appear unsatisfactory or unworthy of

the men who have been professing to stand for

a principle during the last eight years. In allthat time Addicks has never withdrawn hisoriginal threat of "Addicks or nobody." Ac-cording to the best evidence it was withdrawn

over his head, to his astonishment and chagrin,

by his lieutenants at their conference on Sun-

day. They are believed to have told him thatthey could not leave their votes at his absolutedisposal any longer; that a combination be-

tween the Regular Republicans and the Demo-

crats which would completely control the situa-

tion was on the verge of being formed; that the

vacancies must be filled; that they could not be

filled by Republicans until he had been elimi-

nated, and that it had consequently been re-solved to eliminate him. That was a final re-pudiation of the "Addieks or nobody" creed. It

was essentially a surrender.If the Regular Republicans should be ac-

cused of compromising with their opponentsand their own convictions they could justly an-swer that they had made no compromise, buthad merely fulfilled a long standing promise.They have repeatedly proposed in previousyears to joinwith the Addicks men In electing

one of their number, not Addicks, and a Regu-

lar Republican, and they renewed their offeronly a fortnight ago. They have considered,and seemed likely to foiin, a combination withthe Democrats only because no alternativemethod of fillingthe vacant Senate seats, whileexcluding Addicks, appeared to be open to

them. As the complicated situation stood forweeks, or as it was understood, Republican

sentiment throughout the country would haveabundantly justified their adoption of thatcourse, and a great majority of honorable menof all parties would have rejoiced to see an ut-terly selfish and corrupt ambition defeated evenat a sacrifice of party feeling. If,as now seemsclear, the knowledge that such an arrangement

was about to be consummated In obedience to asense of duty led the followers of Addicks tooverride his authority and accept the offerwhich he had always contemptuously rejected,

the moral victory Is not impaired, while per-haps the political outlook Is improved. Ithasbeen somewhat widely felt that Colonel Dupont,

who was elected in 18W5. had a superior claimto the seat from which he was then arbitrarilyexcluded, but there is. nevertheless, a peculiargratification In seeing Congressman Ball, de-feated for re-election by contrivance of Ad-dicks, sent to Washington as a Senator.Ithas been suggested that Addicks was mere-

lyplaying one of his games, and would soon beappointed to fill the vacancy created by theresignation of Mr. Allee. wao was elected withDr. Ball yesterday. There Is at present noth-ing to warrant that suspicion, and GovernorHunn is on record as saying that be wouldnever stoop to engage in so detestable a piece

of trickery. Itis certain that no man Inhis po-sition who was Tooking for a political future, orwas merely desirons of avoiding intolerableshame, could be prevailed upon to take part ina plot ofthat sort

is tyranny unmixed and i>;fraught with di»-

"The ne*t year. August ***£>£»£made a apeech in Oongrena In wh fth he sawSit ifWtTpassion could be put a.ide the race

SS&TSwbe .ettlod "throughout the South-without abridging universal suffrage or sub-

••iectinz either race to the control of the other.

The trouble wat that dishonest men were using

the negroes for evil purposes. They had not

bad a fair opportunity for development. He

declared:v«n h*vc riven the black race the most deli-

liberty, no matter what their color.

That is exactly what President RooseveU to

Jranchlsement He haß accepted existing co^ditlons as not calling for fite interference. He

has merely in performing bll duties as the ap-

pointing- power sought to teaob the race as Mr

Smar i^ed. that moral worth. Intelligence

and industry and wealth arc the true founda-

tions of a people's happiness «« Hber^matter what their color. Is he wrong? Then

Mr IVamar was wrong and the Democrats of

the ftmfn were wrong in the middle W*. DMthey outrage and insult white civilization with

their pledges of equal rights to the negro.

Patter, beewwe not to do so woold »MaJure"the cause of labor, th« good men in the unions

had' compelled the leaders to acknowledge that

i ;aan ? may" be a good Journeyman painterworthy of membership In the union even if

Be be a member of the National Guard, the

public would hate forgotten the injustice doneto Potter; as the case «tands it willbe remem-bered to the disadvantage of organised labor.

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