Deserves To Be Punished

ordered the cutting down c-1' the big elm tree oji the nor Ui side er tlie court house lawin did a very tooiUh deed. to put it llghtly. 'Xhe cutting ilown. of tliat tree was" tónjply aa outragö. It -svill be íully ?i hali century before anotlier as gooö caai talie its place, if ever. Wïat cbjtcl there can be in cutting down v. hat few shhade trees tbere are left in a mystery beyond compreliension. Tliif. tree ""as sound all through and dk1 nol need to be cut down: It was not handsome in form, Irat it furniflied as much shade as any tree on iho lawn, and it will be sadly missed; It is probable tliat the Prince of Wales will come to this country to attend the international vacht races. A wellknown society man who lives at Xewport bas received n letter from au Englishman prominent in social and sporting circles in nis own country, who says the Prince recently told him that if nothing rises to interfere he expects to witness the races in this country, and that if he does he will make bis headquarters in New York, journeying from there to various places, including Xewport,"wbere he will remain a fortnight. There will be many entertaiuments here in honor of the distinsiuishcd visitor. To be patriotic ; to protest against the encroachment of foreign powers on the American coutinent; to sympathizo with and aid a people seeking a free gpvernment, is novv termed "jingoism." Times have ehauged, you see. Ex-Gbv. Luce lias learned tlie art of g,'iovnii_ old gracefu ly. In a few itmarkí at the Xormal School last ï'iiday, where he was one of tha iidses oí a debate, he said lia vaS (■■ver seventy years old and in perfect be&lth, altlíough he liad -worted' hi! ali hfa lile. Hls heart Jceeps j'ounig and lie la apparently good íor DU ny years yet. Advocates of governnient control oL the telegraphs in tbis country will find fur.il for thought in a recent report to the House of Cominons. Au examina tion of the estiniates submittecl for the operations of the British Postal Telegraph Department for the year endina on March 31, 1S95, shows a growing deficieney. The actual dificiency for the previous year was about $2,400,000. This Hiiount ncluded $1,500,000, the annaal interest charges on stock created for the purchase of the telegraphs. The ileflcitfor the current year, including the same charges, is estimated to be $2,700,000, an increase of $300,000, although the gross receipts from telegrama is expected to show an inci of about $450,000. If in the compact, tliickly settled United Kingdom, after years of operation, the government postal telegraph department shows a growing dificiency, how mach more uneconomical would be an experimental transfer of the teleuraph linea and the opening of thousands of new stations throughout the wide and slightly settled areas of the United States? In th present condition of the national treasury the venture would be suicidal. And it s difficultto see how any great benefit could result at any time. The government simply could not conduct the telegraph business of the country as cheaply as private corporations, even on the basis of stations and Unes now in existence. Would any administratioli dare to carry economy to such an extreme as the Western Union Telegraph company does. for instance? The service might be extended and improved, but it would only be at great cost. The expense would be borne by the whole people, white the benefit would be feit by perhaps one-tenth of the people. There would undoubtedly be considerable increase in telegraphic business ; but it cannot be believed that this accession, together with even a great improvement in tlie service, would be sufficient to warrant an experiment so plainly uneconomic in a country with ' business and topographical conditions such as obtain in the United States.-