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Show THE knows, and will not have lost a very im- To the @ Boys. Some WESTERN portant stock of imformation WEEKLY. THE “TIMES.” “The incident is ended in a manner al- and exper-| ‘The World THe sunken raised at New Over. ience which the city boy will never get. together creditable to the administra- | Tre total four days registration Some very interesting facts on this subPertinent Advice Which They Should ject were brought out not long ago by| tion at Washington, and with the least New York City was 286,547. » possible harm. There is only one way Aedect ib Pie ane my friend, Mr. Gladden, in an article on in which it is likely now to have an | thesuccessful men of the city of Spring- | effect upon votes, and that is through The leading organ of the Prohibition- | field, Mass., published, I think, in the | the contempt it must excite for the party ists, the Voice, has been submitting St. Nicholas M agazine. which in all. probability. put. up the It must be borne in mind that ques-' some very important questions to. various leading men throughout the country tion No. 1 will inevitably be decided, in most cases, by “the average boy,” on the pertaining to boys: he will find much 1. In your opinion, does the average theory (in which country boy do wisely in leaving the countenance from his parents) that he country: »homestead. and going to: the is not an average boy at all, but a very exceptional and superior boy. In this city to try his fortune? 2. What proportion, in your experi- case, perhaps, it is well that he should go ence, of country boys who go to the city to town and have this impression taken to make their way in the world, find| out of him. 4. The words “college” and “graduate” success? 3. Asa general rule, which make the once had. a definite value, but have now best business men, boys bred in the lost it; they may mean anything or nothing, “A. B.” now means as little as country or those bred in the city? 4. Arecollege graduates better fitted, “TD, D.” and certainly no two letters of as arule, for practical life than young any known alphabet can mean less than men who have not enjoyed a college edu- these last. But using these the words i “college graduate” in their old acceptacation? tion. as denoting a liberal education. In response, I would answer question4 by saying JUDGE GROO, of New York, says: “Refering to ques- that a liberal education is not fitted to tion 1., I think not. He would better teach a man how to make money, so remain and work out life’s problem in much as how to get the good out of his| | money, for himself and others, when he the town or country of his birth. 2. Not one-half; and many of those has made it; and out of his life, whether he makes it or not. who thus fail become total wrecks. 3. The country boys. 4, My observation leads me to conclude that young men who have had reasonably good school advantages, and yet have not been through college, succeed better as business men than THE SACKVILLE-WEST MUDDLE. the college graduates.” whole scheme for campaign effect. There is nothing more to be deprecated in our politics than the assumption that there are classes of voters whose action is to be determined by appeals to prejudices, founded on national distinctions that have not legitimate connection with our own affairs.” in Tue Rock Island road was completed to Colorado Springs on Saturday. Ex-Governork Hamilton of Maryland died of pneumonia last Friday. Arizona last year produced $5,771,555 in gold and silver. Ir is reported that Corea, will declare her independence of China. soon A canvas among the students of Harvard shows a majority for Harrison as steamer “Saginaw” York on Tuesday. cargo is damaged was The. to the extent of $7,000. THe boiler of a steam tug cruising on Lake Michigan exploded on Tuesday. Four men were killed and two severely wounded. The boat was blown to pieces. CuHaRLEs Stuart Welles has written to the secretary of the Equal Rights’ party accepting the nomination to the VicePresidency.’ An American steamer, the “Haytien Republic,” has been captured’ while attempting to force the blockade of the insurgent port Santa Marie. Ben FE’. Carter, acowboy of the hardest character, was hanged at Rawlins , Wyom- ~ THe French Senate are opposed to ing, last Friday, for the unprovoked The Post reporter, tonight, put the Premier Flouquet’s proposal for the murder of a boy named John Seffry in following question to Secretary Bayard: revision of the constitution. 1886. “Have you ever at any time, formally reHIGHWAYMEN armed with rifles robbed THe Brotherhood of Railway. Brakesquested or demanded of the British government the recall of. Lord Sackville?” men, lately in session at Columbus, Ohio, the Pennsylvania & Rio Grande stage The Secretary replied: “No, no, posi- have decided to meet next year at St. in Texas the other day, securing a few -|hundred dollars in money and some : tively no. All siatements to that effect Patl. are absolutely and unqualifiedly untrue. Busine spoke at Albany on Tuesday, valuables from the passengers. We forwarded to the British government and was greeted with an immense deWitu1am H. Blake, nominee of the the facts in the case. The President monstration. Union Labor party fer Governor of waited what he considered to be a suffiMissouri, declines to make the race. BovuLANGER’s daughter was married cient length of time before he resolved It is claimed that this act means a coalito Captain Briant in the Church of St. on any definite action, and finding the tion between the Union Labor and Pierre in Paris,on Tuesday. British government was apparently do| Republican parties in. the state. Own Monday night the Canadian Pacific ing nothing in the matter, decided, in CHINESE merchants in. Shanghai and at Headingly, Manitoba, was view of the emergency, to do what has bridge Hong Kong have notified’ their. connecfired, it is presumed by settlers who side been done today.” tions in this country to boycott Ameriwith government in the troubles with | THE “TRIBUNE.” can dealers in these goods: petroleum, that railroad. white sheeting, all kinds of American “A prompt rebuke administered the THe Pope lately exhorted the Arch- calico, matches and American: fire-arms. instant Lord Sackville was discovered meddling in our election might have bishop of San Francisco to stimulate The Chinese are just becoming civilized. caused people in their satisfaction with American Catholics to a peaceful agitaMany of the cattle imported into Arisuch maintainance of executive dignity tion for the restoration of his temporal zona from Mexico are affected with power. splenetic fever. This has been imported The Storm that Gentleman has Aroused by His to overlook the fact that the British minister was electioneering in CleveQurEn Natalie has sent a formal pro-. by contagion to Arizona cattle and large Indiscreet Utterances. land’s interest, because he knew it was test against the divorce granted to King numbers of them have died. The imThe Lord Sackville-West muddle is in the ae of Great Britain. But Milan by the Metropolitan, to the synods portation of these: cattle has been rethe all-ahsorbing one in political circles. the President waited too long.. He did of Bucharest and Athens, to the holy stricted by the Treasury Department. That diplomat has got himself into such: not discover anything wrong in the mat- synod of St. Petersburg and to the SpeaKER Carlisle spoke on, Saturday serious trouble from his ill-advised ex- ter till the uproar in the country showed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinoat Terre Haute, Indiana. He closed his pressions on our political questions that the exposure was hurting him. Then ple. i ‘speech with an appeal to the farmers to only aspeedy recall can allay the storm he got mad. The minister. goes in disTue case of General Badeau against assert their rights in the matter of the that it has aroused. It seems that on grace. His electioneering message reSeptember 4,a letter purporting to be mains behind; that cannot be recalled.” the widow of General Grant for alleged tariff, which he said was a discriminaservices on “Grant’s Memoirs,” has been tion against them in favor of capital. writen by one Charles F. Murchison, THE “HERALD.” discontinued on consent of both parties. dated Pomona, California, was sent from _ Posrmastrpr General Dickinson in a “The dignity and self-respect of the that place to the British minister at Aw accident happened to the train in speech at Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Washington. The writer wished an ex- country,and Mr. Cleveland’s own dignity, which the Ozar was riding on Monday Saturday, characterized Blaine as “the pression regarding certain diplomatic required that if so unpleasant a thing which resulted in the death of twenty- Cataline of American politics and the questions between the United States and: were to bé done it should be done quietly one persons. Burr of modern statesmen,” and “while ian | President. THE “post.” fie ~ bob +a -—-<¢- The World's News 4| DR. TALMAGE. 1, “If this country is to prosper the tide must turn, and run from city to country. But our cities would soon putrify if it were not for a large infiux of good healthy boys from the country. Bad boys, however, had better stay out ef town unless they like the penitentiary. 2, Two out of a hundred, as far as making a fortune and keeping it. is true of men as well to moral as boys, success, the That But as vast majority. Xou cannot tell the sizeof a man’s bap: piness by the size of his house, 3. It all depends on the stuff the boy is made of. Itdoes not make much difference where a boy is born if he be born of good parentage, Pedigree decides almost everything. IJiverything depends ‘on which side of the cradle a boy gets out. . Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob. 4. If boys are going into the learned professions, college by all means. If commercial or agricultural or mechani- cal life, college is of little use. They get so old and so proud. by the time they get through college that they are unfitted to begin at the foot of the ladder, and it is to be remembered that those who start at the foot of the ladder often climb to the top, while those who start at the top are apt to A ig to the bottom.” ALFRED AYRES. iL 2 IN: 3.. My impression is that, as a rule, boys bred in the city make better business men than those bred in the country. 4, Ifa boy is born for a position he is better fitted by having a college educa- tion, but if he has to fight his own way in the world, and build up a business United States of English birth, but who stand that he cannot expect to rate above the average when he gets to town. 9,.and3. After the first start, the average country boy, if he holds his integrity, has an equal chance—perhaps a 2 = ith the average city boy. He : (GGwill have learned all that the city boy bluster. JUDGE still regard their original allegiance as paramount. Gross reflections were also made upon the conduct o* this government in questions of controversy now unsettled between the two countries, and imputing insincerity to this government. To this letter the minister replied, stating that any party now favoring the Give Mr. Bayard this fact. He sanctioned the aspersions imputed in the letter of Murchison, and in his letter marked “Private” he undertook to advise a citizen of the United States how he should vote with a view also to influence the votes of many others. When this correspondence was made public the minister in frequent inter- THURMAN, Thurman in his speech at Wheeling, on ‘Tuesday, referred to Murchison and Lord Sackville in this wise: “You can see that it was the letter of a villain right on its face. The British Minister was such an ass that he didn’t know there was any trap set for him. The British Minister had done what he ought not to have done, and if I ain’t very much mistaken he will find that out before long, and have his carpet bag packed for his return to England.” mother. country would lose popularity, and the party in power was aware of for himself a college education is liable views with press representatives to prove a hindrance to him. Heis added to the aspersions that had been sensitive to rebuffs, and he does not like already made. He made no disavowal to soil his fingers with some things that /or modification of his previous stateperhaps it would be better for him to ments although he had abundant opsoil his fingers with. He feels that his portunity to do so. This plain derelicaccomplishments fit him for something tion of duty on the part of a minister higher than he can find at the start.” has forced the American government to PROFESSOR LEONARD W. BACON, request his recall, for Lord Sackville has of Philadelphia. gone far outside of his diplomatic pro1. “No boy—or man—does wisely in vince. The following are some of the leaving an honest and assured living in New York press comments: one place simply to “try his fortune” or THE “SUN.” “luck” in another place, without any definite assurance of employment. If a boy, having a place in the country, receives a distinct offer of work and pay in the city, the question between staying and going must be decided on its merits in that particular instance. Only the “average country boy” must under- and without Great Britain for the purpose of deter- mining his vote in the coming election. his passports to Delaware. Mr.Cleveland, He said hs was a naturalized citizen of you can not afford to have such an inthe United States, of English birth, but competunt and hysterical person as your with strong leaning toward. the mother adviser. If you retain him, he will, becountry. He sought this imformation fore you know it, make you ridiculous for himself and others like him, for the in the face of the whole world. Or if purpose of influencing and determining you must keep him, don’t take his adtheir political action as citizens of the vice on any subject, except terrapin. | >t <=> >_< 4 Qur Efficient Navy! The seizure of the American steamer Haytien Republic is apt to lead to trouble. An American man of war will be sent to Hayti to look after American interests there. But the insufficiency of our navy is lamentably evident when it transpires there is no vessel available for the purpose, all the vessels of the North Atlantic being at the navy yard for repairs, except the “Boston,” which is at some point in Central America beyond the reach of telegraph. It has been finally decided, however, to send the “Kearsarge” now undergoing repairs at Norfolk. “Tf Mr. Cleveland, in his treatment of this annoying on the side of over-deliberation, and yet it may be thought humiliation of the British government is greater since it failed to take advantage of the loophole of escape offered by Mr. Cleveland, and its minister is not recalled by it, but warned to quit by the government to which he A Rio that the is accredited. Mr. Cleveland has re-agserted this great commandment of ‘Mind your own business,’ and future English ministers to this country will probably stick to it.” Grande Accident. and seriously injured. Brakeman December Ist. Allen : THREE women, foreigners and elegantly dressed, drowned themselves recently in the lake where King Lud- wigof Bavaria committed suicide. What fools! were all honest dishonest friends.” men public are not his enemies, all men haye been ye PRESIDENT Cleveland and wife were in New York City the guests of Secretary Whitney. The business men’s parade took place in the afternoon under a pelting rain. ‘The President was a spectator and was greeted with much enthusiasm. In the evening the party left for Washington. ee A returned whaling bark from the Arctic Ocean to San Francisco reports six New Bedford and seven San Fran- A NUMBER of men fatereatee in the bagging trust have been indicted at cisco whaling Memphis the The five or six hundred men composing the crews are in great straits and three Caprain John Jillard recently diodes in a Brooklyn hospital of yellow fever. He had lately arrived there on a steamer from the South. steamships have been sent to their relief with supplies. for conspiracy to double price on bags. Ir is proving to be a difficult matter to keep Chinese from entering the United States across the Mexican border. There are many ways of getting around the exclusion bill. Hox. Wm. McKinley tariff question day. Chairman spoke on the where the Litchman introduced him as the “ablest champion of protection.” He was greeted with enthusiastic applause. “Lone John” Wentworth has left an estate of $1,500,000 which is to be equally divided between his daughter Rosanna and his nephew Moses J. Wentworth. a grand harvest home festival will of Miss Williard’s fif- THERE was afree fight at a Boulangerist meeting in Paris on Friday night, at was broken up. dictate. Prosperous Preston H. Leslie, Montana. governor of Mon- tana, in his annual report to the Secretary of the Interior, estimates the population of the Territory at 140,000, an increase of 10,000 over the estimate of last year. All the industries of the Territory have been highly active and prosperous during the year. Agriculture has made THE Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will meet in San Francisco next year, vessels fast in the ice near Jeanette Apmtrau Porter advocates the system of apprentice boys in the navy, as an offset to the many foreigners in the service. He also states that torpedoes can only be a powerful adjunct in harbor defences, and fast cruisers and heavy ironclads, such as the “Puritan,” “Maine” and “Texas” are what our policy should at Indianapolis last F'ri- be held in honor tieth birthday. On the Villa Grove branch of the Rio Grande Railway, near Salida, Colorado, the airbrake of an engine pulling a pile driver gave way. ‘The engine shot down the mountain, jumped the track and plunged down an embankment of thirty feet. Fireman Ludlow and Conductor Vincent were killed, and Engineer Whitlock Bracu and Hanlan havesigned articles to row for £10,000. The race is to be rowed on the Paramatta River when >< > —-+ incident, has erred, it has been By the falling of an elevator in a St. Louis furniture store the other day one man was fatally and two others seriously injured. rapid strides forward. The average yield per acre of wheat, oats, Trish potatoes and cultivated grass in| Montana for 1887 cannot be equalled by that of any other Territory or State. The commercial operations during the year nggregate $49,000,000. The assessed |. value of taxable property is $69,600,000. Davip Sellers and wife, living near Mount Gilead, Ohio, were murdered by burglars on Friday night last who after- Upon the subject of education the report says: In each of the cities and largo towns the very best and highest class of graded schools exist, and every child of school age in the Territory is on the school roll and at school nine months of the year. The mines are more produc- wards set fire to the farm-house. tive than ever before. which Lullier fired a revolver audience. Many persons lacerated and wounded. into there the were HO) By _ |