Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1882, Page 2

Che Other Side of the Florida Picture. NOT QUITE SO ROSE-COLORED A VIRW. fo the Editor of Tax Evexixe Stan. So many and so flattering have been the en about the Land of Flowers, one to believe that to obtain a fortune all that is necessary is sufficient money to take the seeker after wealth to that Land of Promise. Led by these representations, I, a poor man, with small ital, went to Florida, expecting— Not to make a fortune—I was not so sanguine as that, but a good living. After spending con- siderable mor and twe nthe’ time in making investizations, I have réturned a sadder but a wiser man; and I would be pleazed if you would publish th rt letter, so that the other side of the story may be read. In brief, to bring an oranze tree to profitable bearing requires as much bor, time and trouble as to rear a child; and one will become of aze about as soon as the other. It will cost a thousand dollars an acre to bring a grove to ten years’ growth. A man must not only have sufficient money to buy his land and trees, but he must have enough to support himself until the trees begin to be profitable—say ten or fifteen years. He cannot plant his trees and go work at something else, fo? his crove will require all his time and atten- tion. He cannot raise what he needs on his land, for the best of it isonly sufficient to produce an orange tree when well fertilized. About the only way a man can make any money is to have anursery in connection with @ grove, and sell the trees when three or five years old, and it requires capita! to do all of this. My remarks apply to the best land in Florida. There are other lands in the market, millions of acres, so utterly valueless that it is not worth paying taxes on. There are hundreds of poor men in the state wh ing been misled by rose- colored stateme! and invested their little all, would gladiy sell their small groves at cost, in order to leave the state. I could write much | more on this subject, but think I have said enough, for the present, at least. oO. eee a Chenp Martyrdom. ‘To the Editor of Tae Evento Sran: I wish, in your widely read paper, to correct | anerroneons impression that must have been | made by a telegram sent all over this country during the past week. . The Baptist ministers of Philadelphia an- nounced themsely “protesting in the name or Christianity ag: the arrest of Godfrey Hubert, Baptist minister at -Skiem, Norway, wh nth eed by the courts of Justi ay to pay a fine of $30 for bap- tizing a convert, both of whose rents were | members of the ebureh. Bs ‘not the rash act of a mob, action of the courts of la painful c st to the fact that ever dred. of thousands of imn dinavia are welcomed to the “d enjoy citizenship, and the fullest liberty asentiments. It was ne Secretary of State to instruct the American minister in Sweden and Norway to inquire into the case, and a copy of the resolutions were ordered to be sent to the Secretary of State.” It is to be hoped t This is characterized but the formal the true animus of this dispatch will be at once apparent to ail readers of it, as doubtless it is to the Secretary of State, and will be to the American minister in Sweden and Nor In the absence of full information as to the facts one may glean enough from the item tele- graphed over the country to conclude that here isanother case of and easy martyrdom. Some Baptist missionary, whose convert is a | minor, refuses to accept as valid the baptism made by the state clergyman in infancy. The parents refuse to consent to rebapt In the face of the parental protest the second baptism is m: nis becomes an offence to the par- ents, who hold control of the child. and an of- fence to the state religion. Now, Mr. Editor, while we may think that this is much ado about nothing, we must also see that there are two sides to it, and that the narrowness of the pro- ceeding is not all on one side. Where the most bigotry Is to be found de; ry much onthe way We look at the facts. Isn't it another in- stance of courting the stake fur a m i » principle? Fone, protest f pealed to on behalf of tion when really it is, exhibition of narrowness. Norwezians that are to be con- mbyimmersion? The Hon. S. 8. York, in a communication sent rway and published in one of the lead- ing newspapers in this country, say “Most surely, this people cannot be the offaprin sea Pobbers, for never lived upon the earth a more sim- Ple-hearted' and pious peopie than these fair-hsired de- scendants of the old Nor ies. “The: honest people. We see no bergary, no Is, and we hear of very few erinice of needed upon the doors. Drank- love mueic and flowers, and are devoted to their church and_ fan They are never idie. Even the iris are uz while attending sheep and cows. Living in Norway ie cheap, and there are Bo suff . Ov 0. thy or and credit ere is not a public sea te God Fold bold up my bead among jorwexians and proclaim the same for my own lov i ull opportunity to observe the le from one end of the land to We give such a people credit, in their cold climate, for refusing to be converted to immer- sion. Thirty dollars was a small sum to be im- posed under the circumstances. And if with- eut being put under the water they have a chureh that gives them honesty, industry. frees them fram public seand: beggars and prisons, why should our churches waste money in send- Ing missionaries to them? Especially if it is ouly to convert them to a cold bathin mid- winter. Pew. = the a ————_+e-—____ Where Commissioner Dudley Made a Mistake. To the Editor of Tax Evexrxe STAR. It ts greatly to be regretted that business qualifications of so fair a character aa those de- veloped by Commissioner of Pensions Dudley in various ways, and particularly in his letter of March 21st to the House committee on civil ser- ‘Vice reform, should be marred and blurred by so monstrous a fallacy as that also contained in the communication to which { have just re- ferred, published in your paper of Saturday last. An air of business runs through the entire document, with the exception of a single para- «raph. to which I beg leave to cali attention. It is as follows: Speaking of the selections to be made of examiners for the Pension office, “Jet this class be composed solely of those who have a vote somew who have interest zh in the welfare of their nation and state at every election,” he should have | i to vote the republican ticket,” for | that is his literal meaning. He softens it, | however, in some dezree by his conclusion of the sentence, ‘and other things being equal or ¥ So, republicans should be preterred.” | Sentiments like th however pardonable in | the mind of Gen. Dudley and other politicians, havg no piace in the category of civil service TefoFm, and are, besides, in direct antagonism with the speedy prosecution of the work which he bas so much at heart. The only qualitica- tions proper to apply as a criterion to one seek- ing to euter the service to which he refers are, “is he honest? is he capable? is he faithful?” It matters not what such a one’s political predi- lections are, or whether he hails from Maine or Texas, Florida or Alaska, so that he comes upto the standard [ have indicated—the Jeffersonian standard. All else is immateraland at variance with the public interests. Indeed. so far as the particular paragraph to which I am ealling at- teation is concerned, nothing could be worse for the purposes in view than the selection of such abody of men upon the principle therein set forth. On the contrary. the selections for this Special service should be eliminated entirely | from elect and polities, so as to devote themselves exclusively to the great work before them. Five hundred and forty, as I nnderstand, is the number of examiners which the honorable Commissioner proposes. Has he calculated the | auuual cost of diverting that number of men } from the business of ey t to state politics and elections? Let ussee What this is. hundred and forty—say at the average salary proposed—$133.33 p i equal to $72,000" Seventy-two thonsand dollars for one month in each year taken out of the public Treasury in orde? that this class may un- dergo the patriotic duty of voting “at every | election,” and in the meantime the vast work in | hand proportionately delayed and neglected. Five hundred and forty months in each year- an eqiuivaient to the time of one man for forty- ive years. Oli, no, Mr. Commissioner. Banish all such theories from your mind. They have in the practice of others inflicted vast injury upon our ecuntry. and will continueto do so in the future if persisted in. Select the very best men you ean find anywhere and everywhere, for the work you have in hand; have them bid adieu to elec- tions and, everything connected therewith dur- ing their ‘official terms. so that then they can again drop into the popular current. purified by the probation they have undergone, and better able to appreciate as well as_ practice the duty of “voting at every election” from the conscious- ness that they are not paid for it out of the pockets of the people. Rurorx. Washington, March 27th, 1883. 9. ‘The Emperor William shed many tears at the funeral mass he:d in bad people and the govern- | Our Ey: Doesn’t Helicve im the Rights of Pedestrians. To the Rditor of Tax Eyextc Srar. There appeared iff your paper of the 24th ing, a piece written by an ““Indignant Citizen.” In reply would say that we try to induce the Commissioners to fence in the pra ticularly at the intersection of 15th and New York a¥enue,also 7th and Pennsylvania avenue, for the benefit of pedestrians, as it would seem that they feel aggrieved or mad to see any ee son riding in acarriage. No doubt this “In- dignant Citizen” stood-in the middle of the street, instead of on the sidewalk, to watch, as he calls it, the reckless speed of the drivers and the insolence of the ladies in said carriages, and, no doubt, was very much hurt to think that he was not driven over, so that he might be able to raise the wind by a suit fordam- ages. As to the two boys he of, it was proven without a donbt that there was no blame attached to the drivers. We will see that pedestrians are properly protected by police, and that the ladies of private carriages don’t treat pedestrians with so much indiffer- ence. As to Senator Lamar, he is able to take care of himself. We would suggest that the car companies make their transfers on the side- walk instead of the middle of the street; also, that parents keep a closer watch over their children and avoid accidents. A word to the Commissioners: If they will issue an order, and see that it is carried info effect, restricting the crossing of atreets, by pedestrians, to the intersection of streets, there will be less acci- dents. An InsoLENT Woman. —_—_—_—_—_-e-___ A Growl at Government Clerks, To The Editor of Tae Evesixe Stan. I notice in Saturday's SraR @ very proper protest froma government clerk, against be- ing beset by Tom, Dick and Harry, to subscribe for all sorts of things to be presented to parties whom he neither knows nor cares about. I desire to supplement hia protest by another, against government clerks in like manner be- setting parties, who have business with the de- partments, to subscribe for badges, canes, suits of clothes, pool tables. and all sorts of thingsto be voted for at fairs. This practice has been a perfect nuisance in the Interior de- artment for the past few weeks, and ought to e stopped. If clerks have nothing else to do but run about the halls, boring everyone they meet to€ontribute money to secure a prize for some friend at the numerous outside fairs, then they had better be dismissed. p It is exceedingly annoying to persons having business in the departments to be aaa ped every ten minutes and besieged to sul scribe for such projects: and I gm surprised that it is permitted. Can it be thfit the heads of bureaus are so ignorant of what is going on about them as not to know of thesa prac- tices ? A. SurrerEn. ge Why Ladies Should Avoid Blue Veils. To the Editor of Tax Eventye Star: They may be fashionable, they may be pretty, they may be cheap and all that; but no lady should wear a blue veil ifshe wears one for what a veil should be worn for, and that is a protec- tion to the face. The blue color admits the ac- tinic ray, which isan enemy to a fair complexion and the cunning and insidious ally to freckles, tan color, and chemical action onthe cuticle. * * se ater Reduction To the Editor of Tax Evetxe Star: It is propoged to change the scale for singie letter postage from halt an ounce to not exceed- ing one ounce. For what purpose and for whose benefit? It appears to be admitted by the advocates of this proposition that the present three cent letter rate is low enouzh; and as probably nine-tenths of the letters written, in- eluding nearly all private correspondence of rich and poor alike, do not exceed half an ounce in weight, it looks as though the proposed change would benefit mainly only those who are best able to pay. It is so diffieult to get postmasters and the public at large fully informed regarding the rates of postage, that the wise axiom, “let well enough alone,” should be rigidly observed. Tt took several years to induce France to con- sent tp change from even the quarter ounce to the half ounce scale, which happily is now the recognized scale for letters, we may-sav, throughout the world. This being the scale under the beneficient international postal union, a departure from it in our domestic postage would be certain to cause great con- fusion and subsequent com; Court IN GENERAL Tera. Monday, Johnson agt. District. of Columbia; decree aifirming judgment of the court below. Yesterday, in the matter of M. Leftwich, patent on improved calendar; ordered on calendar. Jones act Smith; application for writ of certiorari re- Use Crecurr Court—Judge MacArthur. Monday, Acker agt. Downman; death of de- fendant suggested.” Beavans & Shaw agt. Kep- pler; judgment confessed. McLinden at. Perkins, and same agt. Weyers; death of plaintiff sug: gested, and Mary McLinden made plalutiff. Dor- sey agt. Knigiits of St. Augustine; verdict ‘for de- fendant Schulter agt. Best; verdict for, plaintift for $355. Wheeler & Wilson’ Manufacturing com- Pany agt Joseph; on hearing. Yesterday, Wheeler & Wiison Manutacturing Company agt Joseph; verdict tor plaintift, one cent und costa. Schieunes agt Schmidt; first plea withdrawn and judgment on demurrer; on mo- ton, appeal prayed. Jones agt Smith; on trial. = rong ea bape teggrecte a Hagner. ; fom rf, Met agt. Fowler; revival of cause ordered. "Tobert agt. Tobert; John P. Tobert re- quired to testify. Brown agt. Brown; reformation of deed ordered and R. T. Morsell appointed trus- tee to convey. Soteldo agt. Lyon; depostt of $14.10 with auctioncer ordered paid to’ derendant’s Solicitor. Kirk agt. Totten; dismissal of original amended and supplemental bill ordered. Jost agt. Jost; rule on H. Donaidsom returnable April & Yesterday, Towers agt Williams; auditor's re- rt ratified and distribution ordered. Lowe agt fackson; Daniel T. Jackson appointed guardian ad litem, Rainey ‘agt Green; Huomas J. Myers appoint ian mm. Pepper ep herd; appitcation for reference to Ruditar Over: ruled. Wyndham Berry; depositions re- manded to examiner O'Donoghue: ¥. Morris appointed guardian ad litem. Wylie. Shorter, grand larceny; it larceny; six months in ae assault with intent to 3 Charles Matthews, bu and larceny; Walter Contee and Andrew ite, alias Tiffany Whi pos B Samuel Ci ett and Edward Johnson, second offence petit In all the above cases the parties were arraigned and plead not guilty, excepting Contee, who pleaded guilty, and tras Séntenced Wo the AUBura state Prison for turee years. as. O'Leary A Dd guilty; sentence suspended. Lovlsk ut. fin, previously convicted ot petit Tarceny; sen- tenced to be imprisoned for two hours. Robert MeNelly, grand larceny ;-on trial. Yesterday, Theodore McNellyalias McNaily,lar- ceny; plea of not guilty withdrawn and plea of guilty entered; Jury discharged. Levi Siater, Rich- ard Stewart, Charles Walker, larceny; zances of $60 each taken. Henry or Kol son, burglary and larceny; Indictment quashed and new one found; sentenced to seven years at Auburn, Samuel Lincoln, appeal, larceny; ver- dict, not guilty. Samuel Morris, burglary and lar- ceny; sentenced to seven years at Auburn. Charles Shaw, murder; on trial. Potice Couxt—Judge Snell. Monday, after our report closed, Henry Bur- rows forfeited collateral. Moses Smith, vagrancy Tsohai bonds. Robert Cook forfeited’ collateral, Chas. Sprague, larceny of a bushel of coal from Wm. Richards & Co.; $or 15 days. Lewis Doug- lass, assault on Bettie Scott; $10 or 30 days. Geo. Hart forfeited collateral. Dennis Mullaney, a8- sault with intent to kill John M. McAvoy; contin- wed under $500 bonds. Yesterday, Sonny 01 incy; personal bonds. Thos. Howard and Jox Hi Bactin colored, loud and boisterous and disorderly on the street? $5 or 15 dayseach. ‘Thos. Horning: do. do, Stewart, Vagrancy and public bonds or 30days. Clements Ehlert,lot 10 or 20 days. Wim. Smith and W' inderiy conduct ‘on’ the strects each. Benedict Cam} ite, When so much is being said and written every day concerning improved methods of illumina- tion, the following observations on “The care of es,” by Prof. Thomson, in Our Continent, will be found interesting: maptemas of Rllgus or pals. sony totes ta sym) of fatigue or may jue to me- chanical causes which may lead to change of form or structure, and which should be cor- rected by the use of selected cS care, to obviate any individual - ofform either congenital or acquired and to be used evenin childhood. No prolonged near work should be done in a light, either or artificial, which is felt to be too feeble, nor in badly ventilated or close rooms. Since is usually due to the strain upon greater tn portion ito tee, wonton greater nearness of the work from the eye, care should be used to avoid over or ing the head nearer =F Jo prom is ba cent for clear Miag ¢ early use of glasses for persons passing life, and their increase In power as sion of near work when it nal of fatigue, are self-evident. a fact now admitted that the most educated tions present the highest av ee ase THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. How It Appears to American Eyes. SCENES AND ORATORY DURING A SESSION—PBN PORTRAITS OF THE MOST PROMINENT MEMBERS. Correspondence Boston Herald. Loxpon, March 9, 1882.—In London there was No great amount of excitement over the at to shoot the Queen. That isto say, there was very little of it observable in the streets, or in the house of commons, where I was sitting when the news was brought. The different members received the intelligence very quiet! There was scarcely a buzz as the statement wasspread through the room. The only fervent expression Theard came from s member of the land league party, who said, in my hearing: “I hope to God this MacLean isn't an Irishman!” The reason of this ejaculation, which was mentally shared by the entire Irish delegation, is obvious. In their opposition to everybody else in the house they have all they can handle by way of unpopularity, without gettifig into such a com- plication as the slaying of the Queen by an Irish- man would produce. The phlegm of the English is something almost startling, even to an Amer- ican who is not particularly inclined to exuber- ance. It is only on papes’ a Briton enthuses to any marked e: In America an attempt of this kind would have sent half the popula- tion Into the streets, and massed them in turbu- lent bunches on every corner. Here the event was spoken of quiel not the slightest tendency to “gush” was observed until the lewspapers came out. Then there was a howl inthe land. But it was purely a pen-and-ink howl. The theaters all stopped their form- ‘nces when the word was passed, an @ Or- chestras played “God Save the Queen,” while the audiences stood up, as they always do when. that dolefal melody is walled out. Then the peo- ple calmly sat down and stayed through the lance of the shows, without disturbing themselves in the slightest. . There wasn't even this amount of digression in the house of commons. where scarcely a quo- rum of the ‘members were listening to a long-winded sneech on Irish matters. Mr. John Sexton had just finished his reply to Mr. Gladstone's remarkable effort of two days before. This Mr. Sexton is regarded by the land league members as their best speaker, and he has by only two efforts made a great impression upon the entire house and the people at large. Nobody doubts that, had Mr. Sexton spoken on the government side of the question with the grace he employed in his opposition speech, he would have been generally accepted as one of the greatest orators of the time. That his gitts are widely respected is shown by the fact that Mr. Gladstone and nearly all the prominent govern- ment members sat through his entire speech, and for the most part watched its progress closely. In America, Mr. Sexton would not be regarded as a@ remarkable orator. He reasons ciosely and logically, but he clothes his ideas in language that is frequently verbose and not often eloquent. I should take him to be about $2. He is slight and good looking, with dark eyes, a short. brown beard, and flushed cheeks. He stands with a lot of notes in his right hand, and a toothpick in his left. As he speaks he punches his notes with his toothpick, and smiles unconsciously whenever a good pl! escapes him. He is not fluent, and COVERS UP HIS SLOWNESS BY DEVICES that are injurious to the continuity of his argu« ment. He will say, “Now let us passto the number of evictions under the land act, and what do you find there? We find that the num- ber of evictions under this land act is- ‘o-and- so. A speaker who had his points all arranged, and who had fully mastered the art of oratory, would have said with the force that comes of find that the number of evic- tioms under this act has been increased by” so- and-so. Mr. Sexton is not a rapid thinker, but he isa clear one, and he uses this m dof hiding a defect that will doubtless be overcome by experience. Whatever force he has lies in the statement of facts and the quiet deduction of logical theories. He would be a better news- paper writer than he is an orator. He is ac- cepted as remarkable in the latter capacity for the reason that there is a dreadfully poor collec- tion of speakers in the house of commons. Ina comparative sense he stands head and shoulders above any of those I have heard, except- ing Mr. Gladstone. The average - British commoner is not elected because he has any ability in any direction, but because he belongs to the y that is strongest in the particular district where he chooses to run, and because he has money enough to pay for the honor. Not that a man may directly purchase a membership, but the election expenses are heavy in a land where there Is little violent difference of opinion, and only the well-to-do can afford the luxury of add- ing M.P.to his name. I have onf¥ to say that Mr. Gladstone's son, a young man who has yet to develop any remarkable genius, is a member, and Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett is another. I don’t mean to disparage either of these gentlemen. I merely desire to point out that the former is still quite a young man, who has not he out- grown the red necktie period of juvenility, and who, whatever latent ability he may possess, has not got into that intellectual fall bloom which we expect to find ina holder. of this position, while Mr. Ashmead, etc. if he be a man of more than common ability, is hampered by sucha great degree of modesty that he hides his light under an absolutely impenetrable bushel. That it costs money. anda great deal of money, I need scarcely re-affirm, when Mr. Labouchere,in one of his admirable ‘Anecdotal Photographs,” declares that Baron Huddleston, “after four beatings, and the expenditure, as one calculates, of a round sum of TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS, at length found a borough to send him to parlia ment in the conservative interest.” So, it will be seen that $25,000 apiece is not regarded as a great price over here for the privitege of being whipped four times in attempting to get into parliament. The Irish members are elected without expending $100 apiece. This comes of the violent flow of land league opinion among their constituents. The most of these members are not by any means rich, all of them are young, and the majority support themselves as journalists while they are studying law in Lon- don. Mr. Labouchere and Mr. Bradiaugh, who represent Northampton, do not necessarily ex- pet great amounts In securing their elections, their constituents have repeatedly shown their determination to elect Mr. Bradlaugh upon the strength of his atheistic doctrines, and every additional touch of oppo- sition maxes their determination the firmer. The dogmatic members of the house have thus far succeeded in keeping Mr. Bradlaugh out of his seat, but Mr. Labouchere fights his battles for him in the house, and supports him during his electoral canvasses, without, however, so yiolently shading his own conduct ag to justify the slightest attenipt to deprive himself of the rights asa member of parliament. I do not be- lieve that Mr. Labouchere has any more exalted regard for the test oath than has Mr. Bradlaugh; but he. is far too shrewd to say so, or to offer any objection to taking all the oaths in the uni- verse. It is Mr. Brad laugh’s design to destroy the test oath by persistently showing his con- tempt for it. He may succeed in this purpose, for there is a ae decided tendency in the house to bring on legislation that wi pe for affirmation, rather than swearing. fut the persdnal hostility to Mr. Bradlaugh among the “set” members, who are largely in the majority, is so strong that not so long as he knocke upon the door of the house will there be any unop- movement towards this end. In other words, there is a disposition to swallow the affir- mation, but not Mr. Bradlaugh. Neither of the Nort members were in the house on the night in question. Both were in their borough, from whence @ dispatch announcing the return of Mr. Bradiat was received Le eager Queen. meeting room THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1882—DOUBLE SHEET. i nD age, down over his shoulders on each side like a pair of gray saddlebags. He also wears 9 black gown, ‘and, when sailed upon for his de- cision of any quibble that may come up, he rises slowly, advances a step or two, and delivers his ingly impressive, but to the American eye it seems that the digni- fied and well-poised bearing of this official would be greatly enhanced by the removal of what in our country would be a8 masquerading toggery. In front of the speaker there sit two a, een and Dee But bheeys are not im ive ‘lea, and only aggraval the notion Bf the Atoeriean absut the grotesque effect of these garments. One of the thi which strikes the most forcibly the fact that nearly all the members wear their “plug” hats while sitting in the House. They only remove these articles of head gear when they rise to , or wher the ‘ker alludes to.one of them. All in all, this hat-wearing busitiess may be regarded as — sample of ‘manners of the omen @ speaker begins to talk 8s ie whicl has no particular tnterest about three-quarters ofthe members will bolt for the doors. Then somebody calls for acount, and they stroll back azain until the count is completed, when they trot right out Into the lobbies once more. If a man is particularly obnoxiousto them they begin & concerted system of coughing, which can have no other effect than to drown-his words. If the: like a man, or what he hasto say, they howi: “Hear! hear!” for two or three minutes some- times, and it is always hard to tell when they laugh whether it is done in irony or appre tiveness of some humorous. point. I hardly think, however, that theelatter application fre- quently exists, partly because humorous points are not of momentary occurrence in the speeches of the house, and ly because the house wouldn't know it if they were. Such another shambling, hem-and-ha-ing lot of talkers I never heard. The great bulk of them have no ideas to convey, and only a very few of those who have understand how to convey them, either with force or elegance. MR. GLADSTONE is one of the clearest, readiest talkers Ihave ever heard. He sits in the front row of the mem- bers’ pew, on the left hand side, facing the speaker, close by the end of the table which stands in front of the white-wigged clerks. Perhaps I should have sald he reclined there, for he doesn’t exactly sit. His head is thrown back, and rests upon the upper edge of the pew-back, his hands are clasped in his lap, his legs are sprawled out in front, and he has the general appearance of a man sound asleep. But he isn’t. ow and then the eyelids half open, and a shade of expression crosses the wrinkled features, as the old man mentally notes a point for future use. When his opponent has ceased speaking, Mr. Gladstone comes to his feet with surprising agility, and advances a step or two to the end of the table. There is a little red box here, con- taining his doguments, and he places the ends of his right-hand fingers upon this box. He lifts his chin rather above its normal height, like a man used to talking to a gallery, «and, as the words flow freely from between his lips, he em- phasizes them by predding the box with the tips of his straightened fingers. As Mr. Glad- stone talks, he grows. In silence and repose you see a thin and shrivelled old man, with long, slender legs, swollen joints, a-hooked nose, sunken eyes, @ sparsely-clothed head, rather narrow through the temples, but broad and high over th ears, straggling white whiskers which shamble down the sides of his face and under his throat. and a general air of physical de- cay that is not stogeinee reassuring. - But, as his chin goes up, and his chest protrudes, and the words begin to roll ont with rapidity and reson- ance, as the eyes kindle and the smile of con- scious power spreads over the old face, you begin to feel the reason of the premier’s grip upon the politics of Great Britain. He has the perfect confidence of the practised speaker, and that eloquence of manner, no less than of words. which proclaims the orator. He is by all odds the most admirable talker I have heard in Eng- land. He uses no notes, and, as soon as he has finished what he has to say, he slouches back upon the seat, apparently in that state of com- plete physical collapse which Charles Dickens ascribes to the old paralytic, who is always throwing his pillow at some one and immediately falling helpless in Wis chair. Mr. Gladstone's bolstering ap of the Bradlaugh cause is said to be due to his friendship and respect for Mr. Labouchere, who is unquestionably the STRONGEST GNQEB-SURFACE MAN in English politics at this time. That is to sa Mr. Labouchere seldom permits himself to ap- pear as the father of any important movement, but, perhaps, more than any other individual member of the house of commons, is he felt in such affairs as may interest him. He is not widely liked, for the same reason that prevents most people from cherishing a conspicuous ten- derness fora hornet, The difference is that Mr. Labouchere’s sting lies in his bead. Mr. Forster, the chief secretary for Ireland, ‘was not present when I visited the House. He was, in fact, belng hooted in Limerick by the general inhabitants of that tempting spot. He was represented by a sharp, glib spoken man, with a high forehead gray side-whiskers and a very decided manner. think his name was Johnson, but I am not yet familiar with the lieutenants of the leaders. Sir Charles Dilke, Sir William Harcourt and Mr. John Bright sat alongside Mr. Gladstone and Mr. John- son. Mr. Bright remained quiet dur- ing the whole evening, with hi hat planted firmly on the back of his head, his gray side-whiskers curving briskly around his genial old face, and his cree intently fixed on vacancy. His arms were folded across his chest, and he seemed to be trying so hard to be interested in the proceedings—and failing every time—that I peices with him deeply.” Sir Stafford fortheote, the leader of the opposition, sat across the room. He spoke only once during the Seen: and then on a matter of no conse- quence. He seems to me to be a man capable of saying good things, but wholly without the power to say them well. This is the way with the best of these cold-blooded English states- men. It is, I fancy, almost wholly due to their complete absence of feeling that they cannot fire up in their oratory. In the Irish ranks, one sees Mr. Justin McCarthy. who takes matters easily, and does not apparently allow himself to be heated by the discussions in hartd, whatever they may be. He is rather smaller than the average man, has a full blonde beard, a bright open face and smiling blue éyes, that sparkle brightly through his gold-bowed spectacles. He is considered one of the heaviest guns in Mr. Parnell’s battery. It is not an easy matter for outsiders toget Into the galleries of the house of commons. There is only room for 150 or so visitors, and on every important day of the seasion the number of ap- licants for admission runs from 5,000 to 15,| n other days, of course, nobody wants to go. Every member 1s entitled to one outside ad- mission éach day; butas the place only holds a quarter of what the whole number oe be three-quarters of the members are ‘p> inted most of the time. This state of affairs TPaggravaten in the case of ladies. There are reel camcort po ion of the house, and eo the members ballot their admission. A man ts lucky if he gets one Indy into the gal- during a month ot ing. All this is done oh malice aaretiousee Tt is not Tespects this plan on It its interruptions—though I don’t believe there is entifusiasm enough in the whole English nation to make it forget itself in she face of parliamentary rules and give a good -» THE DEAD FISHES. Statement of Professor Baird, of the Smithsenian Institution. From the N. Y. Herald. Prof. Spencer F. Baird, secretary of the S.nith- sonian Institution, being asked for information as to the species of the dead fish recently found in the ocean aad the facts as reported to him, “It seems that within the past week or ten days vessels crossing the edge of the Gulf Stream from Europe and the West Indies and bound for Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, have passed through regions in which dead fish were floating in large quantities. The accounts show that these fish were. found in water vary- ing from fifteen to seventy-five miles in extent. The first reports were that they were codfish. Reiger ints, ee a they look like because of their brightish Hig eres, ave taken them to be tautog, and some believe them to be sh Some of the fisit taken by — were eaten and pronounced palatable at “Have you tried any, Professor?” “Yes, Thave. I have eaten them before. I do not thi..< they are indelicate.” “Have you as yet ascertained the cause of the mortality 7” “No; for there are no indications of disease or injury observed to which their death can be ascribed. The cause of mortality is as yét not known. In fact it has not been suggested. The first inquiry has been as to the name of the fish. The more. eteaeegn | observers agree that were new to them. They are repre- sented as being something entirely unknown to fishermen. srecouens Rent. “One of these men sent mesome specimens which he had caught and prepared. - They were taken about seventy miles southwest of Nan- tucket. In his letter he states that he had sailed through some sixty or seventy miles of water covered with them, and that they appear to be rising all the time. Their eyes and blood, when taken and examined on board the vessel, were, as he says, as bright as when in full life. We have not received as many or as fresh specimens as we desired tor scientific purposes, but hope to be able to get some in order to make a more satisfactory examination.” LETTER FROM THE FISHERMAN. The letter to which I allude is as follows:— PHILADELPHIA, March 24, 1883. Professor Barrp:— Dear Smr—I send you by express to-day a sample of the fish picked up off Nantucket, about seventy miles southwest. They appear to be different from any fish I have yet seen,and T cannot find any old fishermen that have seen anything just like them. We sailed through soine sixty or seventy milesof them, and they appeared to be rising to the top of the water allthe time. Their eyes and bigod were as bright as could be when taken on board. I see several vessels have passed through them as codfish, but they are different from the ordinary codfish. I shall be pleased to hear from you when convenient, as I would like to know what the fish are and where they come from. Yours truly, James W. Ric, ADDITIONAL DETAILS. On receiving this letter Professor Baird tele- graphed Mr. Rich, who yesterday wrote a second letter, in which he says:— Your telegram fs'at hand, and I am sorry to say that I had all the fish cleaned and put on ice. I expect to sail for Boston early next week, and if I come across any more of them I will try to send some. i could discover no to irrstacscs) of disease about the inwards of any of them. The eyes, gills, blood and liver were as bright as when living. The liver would not float, and had little, if any, oil in it. What the fishermen call the poke or pouch of a hake was hanging out of the mouths of about one- half of them and there was no food of any kind except in onea small dogfish. I didnot trythe temperature of the water, but the air was very cold and made heavy ice on deck that night. IDENTITY OF THE FISH. When the accounts of these fish first began to appear Professor Baird suspected that they might be the same as the remarkable new species discovered by the United States fish commission in 1870 and 1871, off the southern coast of New England. An inspection has proved this to be the case. The fish is known as the tile, its scientific name being lopholatit chameleonticeps. The commission tound this fish to be one of the most abundant in the sea, oc- curring for one thousand miles along the west- ern edge of the gulf stream in water from sev- enty-five fathoms upward, and in temperature from forty to fifty degrees. The specimens sent to Mr. Blackford, of Fulton Market New York, were distributed by him to well known dealers, whorsay they were very good, though possessing a slight peculiarity that is not agreeable to some palates. The fish is shaped something like a tautog and is one of the most brilliantly beauti- fal of American fishes, besides being marked with bright gamboge colors and the fins presenting all the hues of the rainbow. In size the fish ranges from five to fifty or sixty jounds. They are found to bite readily at a roll, and large numbers are caught in a short time. What effect this mortality will have on the numbers in the future, Prof. Baird says, is difficult to tell. The quantities of this species of fish floating on the Atlantic coast show that they are one of the most abundant species. The cause of the mortality is not known to Prof. Baird, for as yet it can only be conjectured. He says that there is nothing analogousin the cause which has killed so many salmon in the last few years, as there are no sores or other indications of bad condition. He moreover states that the phenomenon as to the quantity of dead fish first manifested itself after the occurrence in that region of one of the most violent ocean storms known for several years. He suggests that pos- sibly the fish may have been killed mechanically by the motion of the waves. Another sugges- tion is that the mortality has been due tg the earthquake influence. At any rate, he regards the problem as quite an interesting one. “The question has often been asked,” said Professor Baird, ‘‘of persons who believe in the existence of sea serpents and otner marine monsters, why these are not more frequently seen. In reply it can be asked why a magnifi- 4 cent food fish, reaching sometimes sixty pounds and upward, in numbers equalling the codfish, occurring in a region of the very thickest path between Europe and America, and at a depth of. only a few hundred feet, should have remained absolutely unknown to both the fisherman and the man of sgience until the year 1879, and only brought conspicususly into notice by a catastro- phe may not occur more than once in a century.” “Then you believe in the exfstence of a sea nt?” your cemesponoent asked. see no reason why there may not be sea serpents and other marine monst sald Pro- fessor Baird. ws dulge in some pistol practice, and used hisroom- mate asatarget. Asthe two men were in a small room, all the bullets in the marksman’s six-shooter took effect, yet it is probable that the victim will recover. 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