”I!“ Herald Weather l’orsesst. W My to partly cloudy smile: will with slight temperature changes. My “Kilt on the coast, possibly , ' by clearing in the afternoon, and northeasterly to northwesterly winds. ‘ ' in force from the Delaware Canes ‘ Dell. 0n fl’hursdsy. partly cloudy to Wwill prevail. with nearly station- W “Denture and northwesterly winds. Mummy by snow on the New ling- muse. and on Friday fair westher. with as lauded temperature changes. ‘ ' Thermometer Record. ,, The Must point of the thermometer for th .. Motrinrhours ending at noon today use ’ ,5!” show ssro. highest. 41° above zero. Y Hunters Almanac for Tit-marrow. ' crew‘s“ High Tide Low me at 2: id at 8:57 ‘ The Discussion Closed. The town court hearing yesterday, , closed the discussion before the judiciary , H committed on the question of submission v‘ of the bill for the approval of the people. ‘ : If the bill is reported favorably without Ill. papilla! approval proviso, and our representatives favor each a proviso. the . only means they have of obtsiuiog‘xthis ‘rlghtwill be through such an amend- Iueut when the bill is put upon its pass- age in the Legislature. But it seems fair to presume that our representatives will have sufficient influence with the committee to secure the proviso. if the Hills such a one as its advocates be ‘ lieve will not meet the approval of the people, it should be withdrawn. Our opinion is that it would be better to have the hill reported ndvrrscly, and the r bylicf that t it. We do t for or until i h e pcople or put on in: opinion is based upon public sentiment is ’ .notcsre to disco passage. Government Banking. “ The financial writer of the New York Sun insists constantly that the United States government is already in the banking business and in heavily. He says: Ifthe government ought not to issue nntm tonervessmlmoylxmum it might not tndn banking, it ought not to continue its supervi- Iioo of the national banks and tho sale of purl money orders, and it slalom (‘lmngl- its whole prmcnt fiscal system into ”mi from which every elemental banking shall in- rs - N The fact mms wlwcntlroly overlooked that the United States treasury is,and for mnrv than half a century has been, in a certain was», lllr bank in the country and has (lullt' u may bigger business in the way of receiving and paying out money, which was originally tbepecullar function of a banker, than any other institution. By the inllotn-m’lont trl-as' try out of lbw, which was the outcome of General Jackson' a long and bitter war upon. the United Siesta bank, the custody of the on tire notional revenue was placed in the hands of the government and has «aw-r einco l't‘llluilr Id there. Two yours after the pal tinge of this not mm d a hill intend. '«l to mtehlish m was to called the Fiscal Bank of the United States. but Midi-at 'l a-v. to the disgust of the party which had elected Vice Wider“. vetoed it, and no effort ballroom Motor-another like it The bureau of American republics . has that three South American repub- lia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, have agreed to submit at least one dinerenoe to lhttrstion. There is a question con- sisting the real ownership of 30,000 of land lying about the headwa- tms the Amazon river. The land is It mt held by Fern. Before the in- of Vennuels, Colombia and launder thh land was part of the lipas- ishstateofNew Granada. ltbas accord- ‘ ingly been taken for granted that Spain knows more about the question to dim pats than any other nation, and Hpain’ Ills been asked to arbitrate. When span- \ lull American republics can settle a dif» ‘ Me by woeful arbitration. it looks as though other nations ought to be able to do so ..__._, the-alums flu-speed above the require ”U will he no longer given by the United Stiles to the builders of naval "m This is right. Builders, con ‘ ‘ m “designers ought tchsve pp V‘Wsnosghiutheir soulsto make 7 “Infinity’s warships the fastest on “W'mtflt any other-reward than “Men to be drawn from that " 1H” M thespprsoistimcf their Window countrymen it is just steals-unwell...“ to Mme flea isr we love of case‘s country. twill Mammalian theschool fillers. Wepwwww .. . p Muses-dam We“ m and be wasted. The cotton ' "fiefldiscouttbstthsyssursise tutlsssslras its stun-s erstwhile. . ’ st Gunman. Martha's Viusyssd. these is s colony composed largely of deaf mates, all natives of the place. Theseus 148 misinthe Chilmurk settlement, and of these 86% are deaf pod dumb, all ' horned. Thestllictionseemsrstherto , be increasing than diminishing. In five families in the settlement named there are 28 children, and of these 15 are deaf motes. If we call on heredity to account for the strange phenomenon, then heredity has indulged in nothing less than a fresh. The intermarriage! have not been numerous among relatives nearer than third or fourth cousins. But the deaf mates have married indiscriminately at their own will, married as often as they wished or could. and taken either deaf mute partners or those who could bear and speak if the latter would have them. The consequence is that the taint of deaf mute blood is diffused through the whole population, and the affliction may crap out at anytime even among the children of those who hear and speak perfectly. Since the first settlement of the island the inhabitants have kept closely to themselves, not often inter- marrying with outsiders. Chllmark is therefore a settlement of pure blooded Martha’s Vineyarders. A peculiarity of the Chilmarlr deaf mates is that they are apt to be splendid phys- ical specimens otherwise—tall, strong and rosy, living to a great ago in per- fect health. Finally the descent of all these deaf mates of Chilmarlr can be traced directly back for 250 years to two deaf males who were among the first settlers of Martha's Vineyard. Coast Defenders. The latest novel bill authorizes the construction of three new coastline bat- tleships at a cost not to exceed $4, 000, - 000 each. Be that it authorizes l2 torpedo hosts . be built at an average cost of $170,000 each. They will be of 200 to 800 tons each. The above vessels will not probably be completed under three or four years unless we should be involved in a war, which, it is to be hoped, will not be the case. But in addition to these there are under construction four Ericsson moni- tors that were ordered by congress to years ago. Five of the coast defending monitors were ordered then, but only one—the Mlautnnomoh~was over till— ished, and she was not a perfect success owing to looking about the base of the turrets. The other vessels of this type provided for at the same time with the Mlalltmlomeh were the Monndnock, Terror, Amphitrito and Puritan. Al' though the building of those lmgan at the time they were authorized, yet for one reason or another progress on them has been retarded till much of the orig inal plans has grown obsolete and bun-n discarded. Now. however, work will be prosecuted vigorously. The Terror and Puritan are at the Brooklyn navy yard. They will be finished during the next six months. The Amphitrlte is at the Norfolk yard Sun I rallcieco at the Mare islandwurks l 1"” Allli'llllllil steambonte made a good record doling :50 i. 'l‘htzruwcre natives than “00,000,000 persons carried on them to and from the inland and coast ports of the country, yet of these only 96 lost their lives through accident. The record of officers and employees lost is not so favorable. Like railway train- men, it is always the cfllccrs and steam- boat employees who suffer in case of accident or explosion. ()f officers and workmen on stcamboats in lam, 159 lost their lives in casualties. It is agcod thing cotton cloth' is cheap if it is to be used in roadmaklng, as has been done in Massachusetts. Handbag» formed the most effective breastworkr during the war. and the Massachusetts roadbniiding commission has found that cotton cloth spread ever shifting sand» will furnish a firm roadbed on which to lay broken stone for a highway. in sandy districts it is immsslblc to makr a firm read without solncthlug to hold the sand together beneath the stone. A significant fact is to be noted at showing what some people think. it ll- thut Mr. Bryan's joint resolution melt- ing a president ineligibloasa candidate ~ to immediately succeed himself has been favorably reported by the house com mittee towhlcb it was referred if such an amendment to the United mates constitution should finally he snbrnlttod, it ought to contain a clamp lengthening the presidential term to six years. it is a breathing spell with American literature. Our great writers of the fun tors are getting themselves together and preparing to give to tlm world something that will carry the literary reputation cfthis country higher than it has ever been. In reference to the publication of mines and wickedness in the camps pm. Dans says that since Divine Prov!» deuce permits such things to happen it isnotwrongforpsopls to reportthsm to one m. runs-hummuosmcsm lfwhstisssidctrgersa leftist «new first,” i l spring opens. "enlistees" . use navy. The famouswhitem, sellv ed also the squadron of evolution, that went to Europe as theheraldof tbs new American navy contained only four large cruise". There are not so many United States ships of war in the Ali- atlc waters. even with the Janene-e- Chinese war on. as there will bein a few weeks in the gulf of Mexico. The flagship of the squadron is the New York, commanded by President Cleve- land's friend, Captain Bobley D. Evans. famed both for his fightinl Qualities and the exquisite needlework embroid- ery he privately arouses himself with in silent hours on shipboard. The oth- er vessels are the Cincinnati, Raleigh, Columbia and Minneapolis. The Atlan- ta is already on the Central American coast. The Montgomery is in the gulf waters. The New York“ is the largest of the ships and is an armored cruiser of 8,200 tons. From this the ships range in size down to the Montgomery, 2,094 ton cruiser. The Columbia and Mince spoils are the swiftest of the fleet, hav- ing stile! trip record of 23 knots. The New York has a record of 21 knots. Besides these vessels there are three of our ships in Asiatic waters by this time. Another is on its way to Honolu- lu, while the stanoh little Castine is traveling as fast as steam can carry her by way of the Cape of Good Hope to Mozambique to lock out for Ameri- can interests in Madagascar. The gulf fleet will cruise about the gulf waters till warm Weather, then will come north for the summer. The ships will prncv lice evolutions and maneuvers in com- pany, such as are so famous among the warships of Europe and such as result- ed iu the frightful disaster with the British'Campcrdown afew years ago in the Mctliterrane'a'n. It is to be hoped we shall have no Campertlown acci- dents with our gulf fleet. The command- er of the gulf squadron is Admiral Meade. The ships will be at Blneflelds by the middle of February. They will be a fine eight, with their fresh paint, glistening guns and gallant crews. The Chicago and the San Francisco are at Algiers and constitute the chief de- pendence of the European squadron. The Baltimore is at Valparaiso and the Concord of! Shanghai. The awful disaster to the Elbe shows how a great steamer may be destroyed by a little boat only a tenth her size. The Elbe was a ship of 4,510 tons, the Crntbie. it is said, of only 496 lens. A torpedo boat could not more successfully have sunk a huge ship than the Crathie did. From the time the Elbe was struck till she was at. the bottom of the sea was not more than 90 minutes, and 350 people were drownl-d in the waters. Many more might have lawn saved but for tho crimi- nal carelessness habitual to ship com panics and ship officers. So few great son disasters (‘li‘i'lll' in our time that a reckless disregard of old fashioned pre- cautions prevails Noncof the large pas- senger steamers carry boats enough to hold all on board in case such an acci- tho lilOflililllOf‘l‘ at dent as happened totllo Elbe should be- Almvo all the roar of the waves and confusion on the Elbe arose the fearful cry. “Them are not boats enough!" That was one reason why so many wan! lost. boats are so soldom need that the sailors grow quite unaccustomed to cutting them loose itllti launching them in a ' hurry, although the law in maritime countries requires that this should be done frequently and at stated intervals. Few of those charged with the task of cutting the boats loose were accustomed to the work, and so precious time was lost. Soldering men say that when one of the great iron steamers is struck a severe blow amidsblps, she is dead cer- tain to go down. Nothing can saveher. The trsiuload of provisions sent from the south to the farmers of Nebraska was a numecngcr proclaiming the mild climate and abundant production of the fair south. The result is that thousands of the farmers who wore burned out by drought last unrnnler are already prepar- ing to migrate southward when the We always know those Atlanta ppople were as shrewd as they are hamlwmo. The world has been giv. ing them crmlit, us it should do. for their benevolence in starting the relief more- mcnt in the south for Nebraska farmers. All the while they have been chuckling to themselves and quietly filling for the very news which now oommwtbst northwestern farmers are meditating an amine southward. it is certain that the closing days of the nineteenth cen- tury will see a marvolons increase in population and wealth in the mill. Nature has done everything for that lo eslity. .. w The pope desires American journalists to tell the truth. We are with his hell- us- every time in this matter. But be will have toooule toAmsrloaiupsrsoa hsfcl's be use make an impression on some journalists we know. Pour Ward lioAllistsrl‘Bow will the New York Four hundred know what good manners no new? "in en Olga::;tsln: is so a ”table apolitical horny ”says «new ' flfld “WWI “ munch!” Another reason is the. ~ Main and" i all 813.. 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