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Newspaper Page Text10 NEW YORK'S BENCH SHOW SOME OF TEE DOOo THAT AES SURE TO TAKE PRiZLF. H. W. Lacy Picks the NTlnr.era- Ownors of Biue-B.’ocded Doge on the Qul Vive-At the chow There Will be No Knd of Pretty U.rls to Admire Their Favorites. (Copyright.) New York. Feb. A lever of and -gs, in looking back ore. th- ast decade, will and much to surprise and admire when he strolls he'wysti the benches in such a sh w as the Westminster Kennel Ciun wi.l bold iu New Y -rk next w eek. In no country in tne world have such im provement:! been made in the genus cam's as in thts go-ahead country of curs. It is on!-, another proof of the vim and thor oughness with which Americans put forth every effort to excel in whatever they may undertake. Mv experience of bench shows in this country dates back nearly ten years, and what strides have Ireen made iu t at time— both in the breeding of the animal and the position it now occupies in the e-tirna tion of the public. Time was when a dog was "jus dog” to the ave age man, fcut bonen shows m most of < u impor tant towns and the rntny fairs hid throughout the country hnve enl ghtened people wonderfully, and created a love for man’s faithful friend which was sadly wanting tiefore. No v breeds have l>een introduced and perfected by judicious matings. Wealthy me;; who gave tneir a tention to hor-o bre ding or I cattle raising, thinking it infra dig to be I known as brooders of dogs, have now come to consi i r it the thing to nave a kernel • f j thoroughbred canines. A d>g fane,or was almost a term of con'ouipt: but now I am J gia i t i say ail t is is liffetent. We have had to depend on England f r our best importations, but in many breads— and these the principal nes, as i -hall en deavor to show—we now have the best that the world can afford. This :s especially t e case in English and Irish setters, pointers. Bn Bernards, coiiies, beagles, bull terriers, and fox terriers, with several other breeds almost keeping pace, such as siiauiels, pugs, ad iirea l Danes. English exhibitors say themselves that in taking from them such Betters as Monk of Kurne-s, Sir Tatton, Cora < f Weatherai, Rockingham, and Count Howard, the breeders over there will find it a difficult matter to replace them. During the summer Paul Gotzian of Forest Lake, .Minn., imported Monk of Furness, which was counted the best setter in England. He is a wnite dog of very hands >me appearance, and when he meets his famous brother. Sir i atton, who was imported last spring by t e Item kennels, Betnlebem, Pa., in the show ring. Mr. John Davidson, the judge, will need to bring all his experience and knowledge into play to place the rib bons correctl v. They' are both by Sir Allister, out of Belle of Furness These will comp te in the open class, and unless there is a sjiecial prize, will not conijiete with dr. F. H'indbdz’s cracks, Cera of Wetheral, Rockingham aud Count Howard, wnich ■will be entered in t e cuallenge class. Lovers of the breed will indeed have a treat when these five meet in oue ring. In Irish setters America has long been a' le to hold her own, and we shalt see at " York an exhibition of this breed which could not be equaled in the world. Es pecially wb n such cracks as Max Wenzel, Cuiet and Tim, E. W. Clark’s Blarnev, Kil dare Kennels; Laura B. and E. Maher’s Larry S. are sure to be winners in t. eir clause-. Then Gordon setter enthusiasts will have a grad display, as I bear that such need dogs as Dr. Dixon’s C hampion Little Boy and Dr. Meyer’s Beaumont, will fight tbeii battles over again in the dog challenge class, a id the latter’s Cham pion Belmont cannot be beaten by any of her sex. Admirers of the pointer breed will have e i ugh to talk about for many a day. The "Westminster Kennel Club’s dogs will as usual be on exbib.tion only, though as the leading pointer kennel in the country they can hold tneir own against all comers with such dogs us Naso of Kipipen, L id and Lass of Bow, and others if their own breeding. Mr. Charles Hea h, witu Champi n Graphic, one of England’s old champions, will be facile princeps in his challenge class for dogs, and Ins Meallv cannot he beaten in her class. Mr. Gardnor’s Duke of Vernon will very likely win again among the heavyweights. Mr. Muss-Arnolt’s champion Brackett is another crack wno will walk away wiih the clue ribbon in his chvei, though King of Kent wilt push him ha and. Mr. terry’s Duke of Hessen, anew purchase from Mr. Hitchcock, for wnich he paid, witu another VVoolton game, the big sum of $2,000 a week or two siuce. Menllv ’a Baby, ioaiiy Br.oss 11., Lady Norrish, and Tammany, are all names of dogs which will be bign up on the list when tne Hon. John 8. Wire, as well known iu tue kennel world as in the political, as finished his judicial duties. Mr. Wise is a noted hi eater him self, having, we be.ieve, bred tti best American ured pointer ever shown iu this country, Champion Beaufort, who has pas-ed "ver to the happy hunting grounds. Taking leave of tn sw sporting dogs I now turn to tne mastiffs, which have lo g en j yed deserved popu arity. E U. M wre of Melrose, Mas., is the leader iu this breed, having expended large s .ms to get the best that England could furnish. In Minting, wnich he purchased in 1887, he Lad the lest mastiff in either country, but it unfortunately died of heart disease last summer, and he will be sadly missal at the coming show. Mr. Moore also imp -rted Ch. Ilford Caution, who als . died within a day or so of Minting, entailing a heavy loss to his owner, as be was uuil übtodly the best mastiff stud dog which over reached these shores. Mr. Moore is not easily daunted, aud the sod bad hardly covered the dead ones before he bad im ported Ilford Chancellor aid Cambria Princess, tho latter considered then the best mastiff m England. These will he at the W. K. C. show, with several others which cost their thousands, among iheui the Lady Coleus, tiio Lady Phyllis and the Lady Dorothy. Other breeders, such u- F. L. Wincueil, Fair Haven, Vermont, will be on band. This gentleman bus had seme good ones, C'.. Moses, now owned by Char es E. Cook, Canton, 111., beiug the best. Champion Beaufort, England’s best mastiff, is now in the Vermont ken nels and will be shown for tiie first time in this country, and fcis apfiearance is anxiously looked forward oby admirers of the breed. E. 11 bears, Melrose, Mass., has also sane good material in this line, his Monarch and Countess Duns more being noted animals, which will tuke some beating. There will be hosts of minor Kennel- represented, and C. C. Marshall, of Newark, N. J., will have his hands full to pick out tiie winners. The p polar bt. Bernards have never been so well rep esented as they will lie this year, n- we have now i-ituin our shore- the best, with one exception. Sir Boshiven, that England or Switzerland could supply us with: these are Cn. Hesper. I’rince Regent, and Hector. E. B. Sears lately puroaased the rough c ated Hesper for $2,0 0. This dog uas been carrying all betore him on the bench in England, and y.. U r readers ea . judge for themselves whether h-j deserves ins p sitio i, by tue acc nnpauviug sketch. Hesper is now nearly J years o’ul an i by Sailor out of Boilona. tie stands 33hf inches high, aud weighs upward of 200 pounds, iiis was counted, amo gex ores, tne finest St. Bernard head in England* Prince Regent is another handsome dig imported a few months back by llr. Aiuier son, Chattanooga, Toun. He is a ham Lsui.no fellow, very large, of grand color aud markings. lie is not yet S years old, still he has made a great name for rim-elf m the stud a- the sire of the phenomenal younp kU Bernard, Igidy Fiore ,oe, who is e unted almo t perfection by lovers of the bread. Mr. Hoff, president of the St. Bernard Club cf America, has also some choice animals in his ke nels at Arlington. N. J. His v coat n thee, u try,and his Gemma I. hold, ter own ’n, ngst those 1 l I c-r sex Ti ere are u an ■ other notr-i dor* which will be teen on t e opening day. Mr. E. If. M re's CL. Ben Lomond is aiso a wort y son of h; sire, the greit I’hiiimniion. Sat fr n and Lady Miles will als > come from Mr. Moo-e’s if-rge kennel, and the contest will be very kee . Amoilcsa b:coders tnis yea.' wld make a 1. g 'h i g "f_ alive hied st*k, and the judge. Miss Whitney, lit the wav, the first and tile only ore f h r sex to dou the er ino, will have a busy time to place the w liners. li Nfl undhuids, funny as it may roeni, Americi in far : ei.uid, aud fairly passable specimens are few ad far between, a.l I they may bo passed by with the remark j that Mr. Marshal's Pri; co Georgo will bo | the host sh wm. John C. Thayer of l>a i ■ ca-ter, Mass., oi e f New England’s 1 illi n airc-, has for S''me ti.no had a large kennel of -her ■tm s, bulll gs anl fox-terriers, ami he will 'eon deck witn some twenty eight diffeent entries. His deer- L mads, Chieftain and Wanda, were the best on the other side, and. of course, are ahead of anything I “re. He has many there of more or less merit which he has bred himself, aud his champion ! till dogs, ft binson Crus e and Brit mar!is, have yet t ■ moot defeat. Then iu fox-terrier*. • e lia-. a sirutig hand with such and gs us Richmond Ol v<*. Baby Mixer, Reckoner, and others, who will all have a goal chance lor the prbs -s. America is par ticularly strong iu c .1 ies, tbauks to the enterprise if Mitchell Harrison, one of the sugar kings of Philadelphia, who has spared no expense in getting f. gether a kennel of the farmers’ friaids such as cannot tie equaled in the universe. WMen one kennel can show a quartet of champions like Dublin .Scot, Bcotffia, Manoy Trefoil, 1 r wh;ch $1,500 was given last spring, Feb. 11, ami The Squire, Mr. Harrison’s latest pur chase at a lo g figure, there s every pros pect that instead of g hug to England for c llie stock the Britishers will so .1 have to come to Uncle Sam. A reouu visit to th so ken eis. tne Chestnut Hill, re vealed s 'me ninety-eight collies, ati of great nieri . Other oted breeders are Messrs. McEwen & Gibson, of Ontario, Canada, and the Hempstead Farm kennels, Lmg Island, who imported the champion Ben digo, and Bertha, sold to Mr. Fierrepont Morgan for $1,500. August Belmont, Jr., takes great inter est in fox terriers, and his kennel at Hemp stead contains a team v-hicti would com pletely smother any similar one in England. He lias purchased,regardless of expe ;se, but at the same time witu exc llent judgment. His champin' s, Rachel, Lucifer, B .echante, Duskey, Trap, and New Forest Ethel, are collectively the best the world can produce. Fred Hoey is another noted owner, 'is champion Valet being well known, but the oMest breeders are the Messrs. Rutherford, who have bee i breeding t mse terrier- for over leu years, their Royal, .Spla ger, and Diana being names of dogs wi.ich are well known. Edward Kelly, son of the banker, has also invested largely in this breed. The Beverwyek kennels of Albany will also show a strong hand. Mr. Thayer I have already menu mod. Space will not permit me to notice all b eels. Bull terriers will be represented better this time than ever before. Mr. Frank Doleof New Have i, Conn.,is an old breeder, and his Bend g >, Che sels, Fiyer, aud Star light are all cracks, ad so are Mr. Hobble’s Eat-rpri-e and Sp itless Prince. Grey hounds will see that old breeder, Mr. Huut l gto.i of Brooklyn, to the front, with his Champion Baikis, Cassandra ami Highland Cmef. Spaniels will be well represented by such animals as Glencairn, Darbey, L rd, Miss 11bo 11. and Laddie, from the Oldhain and Wylly kernels of Martnaroneek. N. Y. The e are als > many other n nod bree lers, and competition is now very keen. Beagle classes will he strong wnon such kennels as the Somerset, Bonards-dle, N, J., and Mr. Wakefield’s Providence, R. 1., show their best, including tliedogs Storm Clou 1, H >pe, Belle and Wood brook. It is con reded in England that we can hold the fort against any country with these merry little hunters. Among the smaller breeds of terriers and pet dogs we are not so well supplied, and arestiil far be and the mother country. Dr. Foote of Ne v York has invested largely in the lager size of the black-aud-tan terriers, his Me.r rook Maiden, Girl, a.id Sheffield Lass ar ■ all well known. Black wo and Fay of Boston his som > very good King Charles spaniels, Milwaukee Charles being the best, aud so ha-Mr. Phiilipsof N w York, who owns Champion Roscius, and the issue will lie between the two kennels when Mr. Mayhaw steps inti the judging ring. We are now in such a position, with the stock we hive at present in tins country, that we can rely, in most breeds, upon our own resources, aud there is n > doubt, if only prosier judgment is exercised in mating and rearing, that ere many years pass over our heads, inter i national shows will be hell oil both sides of the pond, when honors will be easy Until lately, breeders have devoted all their energies and money to pro curing the best miles, forgetting that to really improve a line breed it is just us necessary to acquire equally good specimens on the femal ■ sid *. Tnis, lam gmd to any, is beiug remedied, aud many of England’s choi' eat canine matrons are turning west ward. H. \V. Lacy. THE DOING3 OF WOMEN FOLK Who Keep Themaolvas Busy In Feb ruary in Divers Ways. New York, Feb. B.—Two men iu an elo vated train were talking about Lola Montez yesterday with that peculiar interest which is al iajs aroused by the mention of a beautiful woman. There is a picture of Lola Montez which hangs ab -vo a s >fa m Mrs. M. Louise Thomas’ lira 'ing room. It was painted originally for Elizabeth T ,otnp son, tho pbilantnropist, and it represents, not a cjurtesan, but a woman of a w and r fully pure and refined type of beauty. Tho pose is extremely graceful and the face invariably exorcises a charm. It is in teresting to watch tiie eyes of men and women turn to it iu voluntarily from ovory pari of the room. It is impossible to say whether the likeness i- a faithful one, for few people in Now York remember the original and Mrs. Thomas never saw her, though she is expectin ; suae photographs from England which may seitie the ques tion. Do women road! Why, yes, of course; do they not ab-orb the culture of the day? How is it, then, that tney do not care for b-> ks, or for such only as com-* from circu lating libraries? Go into a bouse where a woman is the householder, and you seldom find a good library. Go to a sale of books, and it is so doiu women wtio are the pur ch tsere. The Interest of the sexes at the exhibition of the Barlow collection lias beau characteristically divided. The flue chinas have drawn women, tne boons man. Where a bouquet of bonnets bloomed about a fine (Sevres plate, there was hardly the flutter of a ski t among tho volumes. To oo sure, the greater number of the Looks would appeal to specialists iu history, but I doubt it tiio acquisitive in stincts iu women have fastened meins Ives very closely as yet. aooiit literary treasure-. Women take iu their culture in clubs and societies, but when they have hoard four papers about four authors, I fancy they spend their ready money on a narl quin sot of af ter-diunor o iffee cups rather taan ou the works of the quartot or any other writ ers. Perhaps they’re right. It’s well t> do one’s own-thinking. But if a club or so ciety does it for one the result must he su perficial Nearly everybody has a hobby, and E nnui Juch’s hobby is crystal, not a low priced fad ai she ia Inigos it. Every suc cessful tour of lior opera company adds to the treasures of her dining room. This dining room is f iriiishe 1 to make the crystal more beautiful. Its yellow fl >or a:i.i bine and terra cotto rugs and walls, its polished oak furniture do but i ring out tho brUUuucy aud tho sparkle of the cabinet THE MORNING.NEWS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1890-TWELVE PAGES. jwl ick is its chief ornament. The crystal cabinet is like a case of diamo Js with its sh Ives of qua i'ly fa-.h:o n-d jugs and bot ti sad cn. -and b wis and pieces of every i.e with t ose wnich are cl- arir decor ' apve. Thor are oil French cnnTlest rks, 1 and cut glass trays, and F ench v ises with i;a Mies in b ass ani o.d ba r rel-b 'ttles, and | lamps and wi e glasses with armorial tab lets in gilt,a ,and G r.ii < gla-e-s of the seven ] teen:h can ury, and V- n-.-tian glassoe, anil ' Dutch glasses an 1 oil M x.c in gl ->s -, and ! glass piaqu s witu figures and sate! is in j color, and curious things, and rare things almost without end. Mi-s Jucii nev.-r travels that she lias not an eye to the bric a-b:a • stores for simetiling odi or precious j in crys ai. There is a line of pr motion open to the shop giil who can wait courteously on a cu-t mer. One of the largest drv go d-> house-in Brooklyn has a woman fur its general superintendent. The hist ry < f t.ns woman’s rise is instructive to tuoso who comidaiu sales vc men have 1 .variably long li tirs, no opportunities aid almost n • pay. IVhen first engaged, she was placed at the notions co.. liter, and aim st imme diate y a change for the better in that de partment; was observed. Everything was kept in better order, anil she was nut only a teotive to business herself but her example and ho tact improved the morale of every ' tiler girl lielii and the same co inter. Before long she was transferred to the book department with inc ensed t>ay, aud hem the same results followed. From one position to another more responsible she was advanced because somehow s e lettered the service aud discip.ine of every department into which she came. Finally, by natural progression and by the law of the prom tton of the fittest, she became managing su;>eriutendent, with general oversight of everything and a big salar y. Tuere are not many women who have the gift of controlling pleasantly and t ictfullv any great number of other people, but the women with this executive talent are J most invariably sure io li-e. Mrs. 8 phia B aeunlich, tl.e business manager of tbo Engineering and Mining Journal, is one of tnem. The whole discipline of 1 10 large oilicu is in lior hands, aud business men who go in and out siv that there are fe.v offices in the city where courtesy is so prompt aud g moral aid where everything moves so smoothly on uncreaking hinges. It is bard f r women who go into business t> rise above tue feminine passion for details which makes them good clerks but less often advances them to any grasp of larger responsibilities. That the Association of Collegiate Alumnae is coming to be recognized as standing for the college-bred women of this country i- Bho .vn by tue fact that the last official circular of the Association f r the Education of Women in Oxford contains the statement tha r graduates of colleges in c.uded in the association of collegiate alumnae, U. S. A., are admitted wituout f irtaer condition to the honor examinations at Oxford Uuiversitv. The association now has moiethan 1,000 members, the lur e-t number residing iu anyone state being Bi 2 in Massachusetts. New York cones next with 818, Illinois third wi;h 95, Penn sylvania fourth with 09, California fifth with 66, iheu Michigan with 50; New Jersey, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, the Disrrict of Columbia and C unecticut f 11 ).vmg with slightly smaller numbers. There is no sate which is unrepre-eite l, and few territories. The as-oc.atiou admits to membership graduates of fourteen of the best colleges. It has el veu local, branches, ad its president is Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, formerly president of Wellesley. It maintains a European fe j iwship for uni versity study of ssjo per year, under charge of Mrs. Chri tine Ladd Franklin, of Johns Hopkins university, aud an American feiltwsbip for p st-graduate study iti this country. The Univers.ty Club in New York, which is a social organization, is its most recent and most chunuing outgrowth. To make tea befor > the open lire is per haps, at present, the m ist fashionable way. It is very pretty, especially at twilight, aud when you rt and a really clever hostess she doesn’t dr iw her curtain and light her gas bemro the guests arrive, but she lets it get a trifle dusky, and then she kneels oil the hearth in the flickering firelight and the flames dance on the wall ad make flicker ig shadows in her hair. Avery cam mo - place face becomes positively charming in such a picturesque attitude; there’s nothing like it for di-playing a hand or an arm. The newest f nders are provided with cranes for holding tea kettles, an l the device is inuen cleverer than the samovar. They make tea regularly at the University Club in this way. ' E. P. H. BHE HAD PRACTICED, A Billiard Enthusiast Undertakes to Teach Hia Wife tho Game. From the Setc York Times. A well-to-do gentleman who lives in Madison avenue became greatly interested in the game of billiards some time ago, aud had a tine table put up iu his house. He and his friends found much enjoyment in a series of games that continued evening after evon i:ig, and any interference with their pleas u o was a gieat disappointment. One ovoning thore came 0.. a heavy rainstorm, which Tasted so long that all hdpe of the usual emup ray assembling had to bo aban doned. The gentleman’s wife proposed that he ti-aeii her to play billiards. He did nit receive the proposition very gloofullv, fear ing tha’ billiard- with a novice would be very tedious. But tiio lady insisted, until finally ho i--d the way t > the billiar.l-room and opened the game with a small run. Then, after full instructions, the nupil played aud astonished her teacher l>>- making a very difficult shot. Again -iie played und counted. Tho i istructio s sud iieniy ceased, as the man grew suspicious. He said nothing, but thought a good deal! The game was a close one, aud was won by the lady. The teacher proposed another gam ■, which the pupil won by such an over whelming load that the toucher threw down his cue iu disgust, and demanded; “Where ia thuudor did you learn to play billiards, anyhow?” "O.” quietly replied his wif*, as she knocked tho balls arounl in fancy shots “i’ve been practicing every day siuce the table was put iu.” Odd Church Music. New York Letter to St. Louis Republic. A handsome, clever aud hig dy educated young Ru-sian, bankrupt through opera tions on the Bourse of St. Petersburg, came to this city seme years ngo with the 'wreck of hi- fortune, aud for a time figured largely in the most exclusive set. After a time, all his money aving been spent, he dropped out of society, ainl for s >me years earned a precarious living iu various mysterious ways. La'.er lie took to the stage, and his fortunes began to look up. It was soou after Ins latest turn of fortune that an old acquaintance going to church in a fashionable suburb stw the Russian bound on the -amo errand, in company with some of the set with whom he haa mingled in earlier days. The Russian, who i- a highly skilled mu iciau, was asked to play the organ, and everybody waS delighted with the delicious, dreamy voluntary with which he opened. A month later the Russian and his old acquaintance mot again at the r nins of a fiisau iu Ne-.v York, and the subject of that marvelous voluntary came up. The Russian was asked to repeat it, aud he acceded to the request, saying at the same time that it was an im provisation. Ho played it as bef -re, and all present were delighted. “Don’t y u recognize it?” he asked. Several found something familiar in the music, but no one could place it. “Listen,” said the Russian, “while I play it rapidly;” and sitting do * u to the piano he rattled off - hat ull recog nized as “Johnny, Get Your Gun.” By playing it slowly with new notes skilfully iutorwoven, lie had produce 1 the dreamy co upositiou with which all had been so charmed. THE SINGLE TAX THEORY. 3.TADBTKEETB’ EDITOR PRESENTS A DI3COSSIO OF IT. A Debate by the Bergen Point Club- In'eresting Facts and Figures Given for What They aro Worth. ( Copyright .) New York, Feb. S —Tiierecont activity a nong single tax clubs throughout tho c i intry, manifested by rather more prom inent reports of their doi, gs in the daily pa|>er-, the announcement of tho departure of Mr. Henry Georgo for Australia, after Lei g dined at Now Yo k by a company of g -ntlemen, some of whom are distinguished and -lime not, togeth r with the appearance in toe I'opular Science Monthly oz a paper on "Agriculture an t the Single Tax," by II race White, and the announcement of pecuiar laud tenure views by Robert G. Infers Jl, would seem to indicate renewed interest for or against the theory of tax ation a- preached by Mr. Henry George. It would pr. ive quite a loss to t ie ge leral stuck of intormatioii and speculation con cerning the single tax theory were the views of members of tiie Bergen Point D. bating Club permitted to go unnoticed, and having listened to opini ms and argu ments advanced at a recent meeting of this unpretentious but dilhgmt organization, I be.ieve it worth while to record some of them. The meeting was held at tho residence of Solon Humphreys, who, as is well known, is a gentleman of considerable wealth and prominence. I was struck by the remark of the leader in tho atfirmitive ("R solved. That this club approve the single tax theory of Henry George”), that ho ad nowhere seen or heard of an attempt to apply the single tax theory in the form of a . alcuiatiou to show how it w uld work in practice. Bei g familiar w.ih George’s book, "Pro gress and Poverty," it was easy t> recall tiiat the author nowhere attempted any such calculation. As Mr. Wnite puts it, as referred to above, "Ha (George) ass tines, without conclusive evidence, that ecouomic rent ii the present state of this aid eve y civilized c nuntry largely excee is the amount required for necessary governmental ex penses.” But does it? The speaker in the affirmative presumably thought it did, and he propos and to attempt to demonstrate it with figures. What followed interested me. He liegau by offering “a careful esti mate,” ba-ed upon official data of the c .st of maintaining n ati nal and' state gov rn ments iu 1888, togeiher with the sums raised by taxation for county aud muni cipal purposes thr ughout the United States iu that year. Tue totals are as fol lows: While the United States government raised from import duties and in ternal (direct) taxes $380,00 ,000 in 1888, Ihe expenditures amounted to only $200,000,000 Taxes raised by 38 states 71.000.000 County taxes by 38 slates 98,0J0,000 Taxes of cities and towns, 38 states.. 230,000,000 Estimated total of taxes raised, 1588..5G7a,000,000 This aggregate was ot difficult to arrive at, and was regarded as near the truth. The next step was Linger, as he sought to nrri-e at the app oximate value of the land in thirty-eight states—that is the value of the lad exclusive of houses, fences, "and other improvements,” in order to arrive at the percentage of taxation to be levied upon "tho land alone,” ti raise ttie necessary income of $079,000,000 per a mini. Tho official records of assessed valuations of land, including houses, but excluding personal property (the latter item estim ted in the instance of half ad zen states), show a grand t >tal, for the tbirtv-eight state-, in 1888, cf $15,00!),000,000 in'round numbers. The speaker explained that, judging fioui the result of his investigations, ihe average of a-sess nents is at a rate less than two thirds of the actual market value of land and hous >s, lut that for the purpose of the argument he would assum that the actual market value of house and laud throughout tiie thirty-eights ate-amounted, in gross, to only $21,000,000,000. Tiie investigations of Robert G.ffen of the British Board of Trade into the growth of capital in the United Kingdom show, it was asserted, tiiat in thinly-settled districts the value of hori-es is generally we 1 below that of the land; in more thickly-spttle 1 localities the value of ho ises more nearly approaches, or is equal to the value of the lad, while in the more thickly-settled cen ters the value of improvements upon land exceeds the value of the land. Therefore it was assumed, as well within the fact, that throughout the thirty-eight states in 1882 tho total market value of the houses (and otner improvements) upon the land am unted to only one-fifth tho aggre gate value of land and improvement, Or $4,200,000,000. If this sum proved too small to sui , the speaker believed he could have recourse to a higher total valuation of lands nd improvements (than the #21,000,- OUO,OUO mentioned), so that when ttie proba ble market value of the land alone was placed at $10,800,000,000, ho thought the total a fair one. " The problem then amounts to this: Tho levying of a sufficient tax upo ■ $10,800,000,- 00)t> raise $079,00 I,'K)O per annum. Can the lad stand it?” Of course, ho thought it could, for it amounts to tax of only -4 per cent. Here came in the amusing part of the argument, tiie “practical part,” so far as th i debate was concerned —for it was the speaker’s business to show, if he could, that by this change in tiie sv-tem of taxation relief would be obt ined, as compared w ith the system of taxation now in force. An instance wa. takon of a man who owns a residence standing on four lots, held a a total valuation of $6,000, and assessed $lO3 for taxes. In addition to this cit , county ad state tax of #lo2’, by a .air cal culation it wa- stated that this inia pays not lessrthau $lO9 per a mm indirect tax to the United State- government, owi lg to prices of clothing for his family being enhanced by import duties; and also not less than #IOO per annum, a tax up.i.i foods and other esse, it,als upon which import duties aro paid. Further, the tnati was said to pay at least S4O per year in taxes through tiie cn-t of liqn rs an i to bacco used by him (1), being higher tha i if import du ies and iutorual revenue taxes were removed. So thou, i o 1888, our illustration paid no less than #343, in taxes of various kinds, direct and nidi, ect, against wnich, with the -ingle tax theory etif ireo i, he would bo required lo pay only 4 per con . o:i tho value of his four lots, exclusive of the value of house and fence. (He suoci ti.'d the fence.) The market value of unimproved lots like the o:ie3 in ques tion, Jand quite as deairablv located, is #6)O each, or for four, $2,490. So in stead of paying $343 the ;ax would bo cut down to 4 jier cent, on #2,409, or to #96 per annum. This house (and the lots, of course,) rent for s.'>io. With the single tax theory in force, the hou-e bei g valued at $3,4i)0, the rental, "at the rate of 5 ;ier cent, on the value of the house” would be only $l7O per aimu :i plus the "ground rent” of #96, or in all, #266, against SS.X), as at present. This was the argument—all of it. Ihe leader in tue negative had never real "Progress and Poverty,” but made iu-t as much progress as if he had, by set ting up men of straw and knocking them down. But others asked ugly questions, such, for insta .ee, as: "If tli certain man’s taxes were c .t down from $343 t > #96 per annum, who would besadil.ed with tiie uiffere cef” —for "somebody mast pay i,.” “How would tiie tax be levied, alter the 4 per cent, notion were carried out?”—for a vear later i md \ alues may have increased much more rapidly than the need for taxes. "If tho whole of ‘ec morale rent’ is to be taken by the government, as George ad vises, and we And that economic rent far exceeds the needs of the government, would w'o not raise an enormous surplus each year—one which wouln breed more evils than our present surplus, and what rould bee me of han-, if the an i is tog >to the highe t bidder at stated intervals —to him who wants to pav more for its use 'han t e oceanaut (and owner), would uo' tha tax on laud become onerous, because f the abandonment t. the state by holders of vacant or unremuuerativo land?” Tnen. again, "if private ownership in land is t ra' ically ;.b dished, what becomes of tua greatest of all incentives to individual en deavor r* Finally, Mr. Humphreys was called upon. Being a largo land.i nner and distinctly a man of affairs, his O' inion wa- waited with lnt-rest. He rose slowly to his full height (he is a tall and remn.ka ly fine-looking nan), ad speaking sin \ly, said, •' itas'rne thing like a twinkle in bis eyas: “ The agita tion of tue i#i iglr Tax theory is of vaiue to ail f us, because the more we discu.— it the i letter abe we are to find the flaws in it. But to content myself with an opinion in-tea l of an argument. I will say tiiat the a iv. cates of tue theory remind mo of some oreacliers who are ai * ays talking of and co fidently expecting the millenium. Our taxing system snouid be impr vod, and I have no and mbt that some day it will be that taxes will be not on y levied, but wall be pail upon a fair valuation of all real and personal property.” Albert C. Stevens. TEE TIDE AT MINAS BASIN. A Wall of Water Eight Feet. High Run ning Ten Miles an Hour. From the Portland Advertiser. The Bav ot Fuudy forms a cul-de-sac at which the Atlantic Ocean seems to have taken a spite, and at regular intervals pours in its waters viciously ami with intent to do all possible harm. Take for instance ti e harbor of St. Joan. In most parts of the world a tide of from six to ten feet is quite sufficient to satisfy all reasonable demands. In St. John harbor the tide rises twenty-one feet on an ordi ary day, and occasionally v aries the monotony by pushing the mark up three or four feet, as the humor seize - it, aud 1 was never struck so much with any thin iu my life as with this advance and receding of the waters. I have described the narrow gorge through hich the St. John river i- forced into the Bay of Fundy. At low tide, where tho water drops into tue bay, there is a fall of souie ten feet, the enamel being very rough%nd t 'tally imoa-sable for vessels of any de-criptiou. At high water the fall is the other way, the bay falli g into the river. This was the firs; time that I had e. or seen a river with the water flowi g from its mouth toward its s mice, and this occurs e . cry day in the St. John. One good effect of the tide is this, that when it is nu f up or half down the river is level with the harbor, and then the immense number of timber barges and other craft, which have gathered in the river whiie waiting for the rise and fall, are able to run nicely un i easily out into the harbor. St. Johti, be it understood, is a great port for shipping. At any day you can see a dozen of the largi s; ocean going vessels loading deals t or different parts of tho world. This timber mainly comes down the St. John river. I saw the t.de come ii around tne head land at the Minas basin, and it is a sight worth going to see. The head of the ad - vancing tide is called “a b re." If you can imagine a straight wail of water eigh feet high, curling over at the top, advancing up you at the rate of ten miles par hour, you will get an idea of what a ‘‘b re” is ad what a turn of the tide means. At the Minas bisin this wall of water comes tearing around the headiand like an express train, and the man wno was down on the flat sands of the bay at this time stood a remarka bly good cuance of never leaving the sands alive. If lie got a good st irt of the “bore," lie might esc pe, and if he did not, ho was drowned. You cannot fool with the ideof Minus Ba irn It is a plaything that the na tive who is acquainted with the animal avoid . The rise of the tide at Minas Basin is forty-five feet. At the extre ne head of the Bay of Fundy the tide rises from sixty-five to seve it.-five feet, aud ru is at the rate of fifteen miles an hour. This is not only the highest tide in the known world, b it it is double the hight, I am told, of any other known tide. A Chinese Newspaper in New York From the New York Star. The oddest journal in the metropolis is the so-colle i newspaper published by the Mon golians of .Mott street. It is written with a camel’s hair pencil upon vermilion paper and is pasted upon the wall of N>. 16 • 1 that thoroughfare, ad on the large teie grapn poles which stand between Chatham squire and Ped street. All day long it is nad and studied by almond-ey and crowds. E . eniti the evenings, a belated laundry man can be seen running his eves over its tea-chest characters. Yesterday I was one of the throug and, thanks to a friend who is a good Chine e scholar, was enabled to get a fair knowledge of the day’s issue. There was considerable similarity between it and our owu dailies. 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