Life — September 2, 1897 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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While there is Life there's Hope.” VOL, XXX. SEPT. 2, 1897. No. 767. 1g West Tuirty-First St., New York. Published every Thursday. 5.008 year in advance, Postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.04 a year extra. Single copies, 10 cent Rejected contributions will be destroyed un- Jess accompanied bya stamped and directed envelope. The illustrations in LiFe are copyrighted, and are not to be reproduced without special arrangement with the publishers, SUBURBAN TAXATION. ILIGENT pe- rusal of all the latest ports about the raising of as- sessments on We, suburban real Me estate near New York has failed to bring to the knowledge of Lire information which seems to justify the action of the assessors. It is important that rich men should contribute their full share towards the expenses of communities in which they live, but it is even more impor- tant that taxes should be levied equit- ably. The assessment of Mr, William Rockefeller’s property at Tarrytown at $2,500,000 still looks like a strike, Lire trusts the assessors will not kill a good movement by overdoing it. Millionaires who spend money on country places may be likened, with- out disrespect, to geese that lay golden eggs. To rip them up pre- maturely discourages enterprise. afpeaanar REST AFTER LEGISLATION. HAT a blessed condition it is to have Congress not sitting! It is nearly six weeks now since we have been seriously conscious of being governed, and we have nearly three months more of comparative repose still before us. The special charm of this interval is that there is nothing left for Congress to do—nothing, that is, which it is likely to accomplish— for which we cannot wait. Some of Te- *LIFE: the fiscal experts tell us the currency system needs reforming ; others say that it doesn't. Lire’s impression is that it does, but we are not in haste to have Congress reassemble on that account, Rest, and stay at home, good legislators. A country which has had four tariffs within seven years gladly rests with you, and uses the period of repose to sell off its dollar wheat and do a little business. BROWN AND ITS PRESIDENT. Y the time this number of Lire reaches its readers the Corpo- ration of Brown University will have held a meeting and (probably) replied to the communication, dated July 17th, in which President Andrews sent in his resignation. By putting fire to its pack of crackers early in the season, and providing a full period of quarantine in which there could be no interference with the popping, the Brown Corporation has contributed liberally to the liveliness of the summer, and placed all of us under more or less obligation. The situation at this writing is highly en- tertaining, and possesses features which seem fairly to entitle it to be called a predicament. The desire for Dr, Andrews's retirement and the desire for his retention are both su- perlatively earnest. If the Corpora- tion accepts his resignation there isa prospect Of an extensive strike in the Brown faculty and a revolt among the Brown alumni, with possibilities of sympathetic outbreaks in the facul- ties of other seats of learning. If the Corporation does not accept his resignation Congressman Walker will probably order a lock-out, and there will be as nearly the devil to pay as is conceivable in connection with a Baptist university. But after all, if Mr. John Brisben Walker has been correctly quoted and is accurately apprised of Dr. Andrews’s purposes, it makes no im- mediate practical difference whether Dr. Andrews'’s resignation is accepted or not. Mr. Brisben Walker is cred- ited with saying that Dr. Andrews has positively undertaken the direc- tion of the Cosmopolitan University, and of course, if that is so, he won't go back to Brown. LiFe trusts that the statement imputed to Mr. Bris- ben Walker will turn out to be well founded and that he and Dr, Andrews will coUperate in the new enterprise. There seems to be a natural affinity between these gentlemen, and noth- ing ought to be permitted to divert either of them from a union that gives so much promise of being con- genial to themselves and advantage- ous to the rest of mankind. S THOSE ALBANY KIDNAPPERS, HE developments of the Albany kidnapping case encourage the conclusion that the stealing of chil- dren for ransom is not likely to prove either a profitable or a popular indus- try in this country. The Albany kidnappers were outwitted, got no profit from their crime, and are alt likely to be thoroughly dealt with by the courts. The Charley Ross case fully supplied the demand for felonies of that sort in this country. Albany justice may be trusted to disclose that no repetition of it is wanted, There are some crimes with which American society has no patience, and child-stealing is one of them. % . %, BETTER DONE HERE. HE duel between the Prince of Orleans and the Count of Turin was a fairly creditable event as French duels go, but most Ameri- cans who have read about it must feel that the exhibition fight as it still survives in some outlying States of this Union is more satisfactory, as affording details of greater inter- est and more conclusive results. When the American is hot enough to want to fight he generally means business, comicbooks.com