The Inauguration of the Statue of Liberty. ABOUT the year 1870, the French sculptor, Bartholdi, having conceived the idea of executing a colossal statue, to be presented by his nation to the people of America, consulted with his friends, and arranged a scheme for carrying out his ideas. Four years later the plan was made public. By subscriptions from the people of France, it was proposed to raise sufficient money to pay for the expense of the work. A popular subscription was set on foot, and with the aid of entertainments the necessary sum was raised, and in 1876 the work was well under way. A part of the statue was sent to this country. Visitors to the Centennial in 1876 will remember the hand holding the torch, that was erected in the grounds near the main building. Subsequently it was placed in Madison Square in New York. The design selected was, "Liberty enlightening the World," and this was her hand holding aloft the flaming torch. In 1877 the necessary Act of Congress was passed, accepting the statue and assigning Bedloe's Island, in the harbor of New York, as the place for its erection. In 1883, the statue being completed, the pedestal was commenced. This was erected by subscriptions and by the proceeds of entertainments in this country. The pedestal represents America's contribution to the design. Its situation on Bedloe's, now named Liberty Island, brings it close to the side of every vessel entering or leaving the port, while the isolation of the place prevents it from being interfered with by any other structure. It must always be visible from base to summit. On October 28 the statue was formally presented to the people of the United States, and the public ceremonies in connection therewith constituted one of the greatest pageants of the day. In the city a grand parade from the upper streets down to the Battery, at the southerly end of the city, took place, in which the militia, the old volunteer fire department, and many societies were represented. This was a splendid affair. The naval demonstration was also very fine. A large number of steamers, formed in order of naval parade, came down the Hudson River and gathered around the base of the great statue, which towers åbove Liberty Island. Near this point, the United States men-of-war Tennessee, Minnesota, Yantic, Jamestown, and Saratoga, were anchored in line. The United States steamer Dispatch carried President Cleveland. As she steamed up and down the line of war vessels to review them, their yards and bowsprits were manned by the sailors, standing hand in hand high in air, and forming a most impressive spectacle. The display of bunting on all sides was profuse. The ceremonies at the base of the statue included an address in French by Count Senator Ferdinand de Lesseps. His concluding words, which we give here, we may hope are a true prophecy: "Soon, gentlemen, we will find ourselves reunited again to celebrate a new Pacific conquest. Farewell, until we meet at Panama, where the thirty-eight stars of North America will come to float by the side of the banners of the independent States of South America, and will form in the New World, for the good of humanity, the peaceful and fruitful alliance of the Anglo-Saxon and the Franco-Latin races. " The presentation address followed; it was given by the Hon. William M. Evarts, as chairman of the American committee, and was addressed to the President. In a short speech the latter accepted the statue in the name of the American people, and he was followed by Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, who delivered the oration of the day. To the spectators on the many steamers, the manning of the yards and the naval salutes were the most interesting parts of the ceremony. In addition to the firing, the great fleet of steamers blew their whistles continually during these times. In the grand salute a battery of the Gatling guns joined, and the effect of the artillery fired at rapid intervals, with the continuous roll of the Gatling guns as a background for their intermittent rounds, was very fine. Science of Drinking. ACCORDING to a recent report by the Hon. George C. Tanner, United States Consul at Chemnitz, Germany, the citizens of this country have as yet no adequate idea of the real science of drinking. He gives the total beer production of the German empire for the year 1885 at 1,100,000,000, or one billion one hundred millions of gallons; and of wines and other alcoholic liquors, nine hundred millions of gallons; making a total of two thousand millions of gallons. This, the consul states, was the actual consumption in the empire, as the importations are equal to the exportations. The aggregate production for Germany he gives at forty gallons a year per capita, estimating the population at fifty millions. He gives the consumption in this country at ten gallons per capita. Consul Tanner further says: "I have given this subject careful attention, and have stated the entire beer production of Germany, including Alsace-Loraine, and am sure of the accuracy of my figures. One can, then, form some idea of the enormous quantity of beer produced, when it would form a lake more than one mile square and six and a half feet deep, or it would make a running stream as large as some of our rivers. "This is only taking into account one item in the economy of drinking in Germany. Wines and all kinds of spirituous liquors are freely used; wines to a much greater extent than stronger liquors. It may be safely stated that the consumption of all intoxicants in this empire would reach nearly two billions of gallons per annum. This being the case, some faint conception of the enormous drinking capacity of the Germans can be formed. The hops, barley, rye, potatoes, and other ingredients that enter into the manufacture of this enormous quantity of liquors, would be more than two billions of pounds, and would form a good-sized mountain if placed in one heap. Beer is the national beverage, and is used as such, if not to a greater extent than water, then assuredly equally so. "Wines are used by the wealthier classes at meals, and very extensively used; but beer is never absent from a German table of the rich or poor, and it is a decided favorite with all true Germans. "Since my arrival in Germany, I have to see the first glass of water drunk. Beer must be furnished servants for their repasts. I have seen children hardly weaned given beer without any apparent bad effect. "Science may be carried into everything. The science of drinking has been known and practiced in Europe for ages, and this is a science, simple as it may appear, when compared with the blind, irrational, and suicidal manner of drinking in the United States. This science consists simply in the tardiness of drinking. All drinks are taken sip by sip, a half or three-quarters of an hour being consumed for a glass of beer. This is so simple that one is liable to ridicule for laying stress upon it, and yet on this one point hinges, in my opinion, a question of vast importance to Americans. By this manner of drinking the blood is aroused to a greater activity in so gradual a manner that there is no violent derangement of the animal economy. By slow drinking the German accomplishes the object of drinking, and gives his animal economy a chance to say, 'Hold, enough!' which only slow drinking will do. “Woman, unquestionably, carries a purifying influence with her wherever she goes, and her presence in the drinking-places of Europe drives from them that class of low vagabonds that hang around American drinking-places. Hence, one never sees a drunken man in a café, and rarely, even, on the street. Perhaps no better possible illustration of the purifying influence of woman could be found. "Cafés are open to all classes, but the lower classes seldom visit them; they would be abashed by doing so as much as they would by entering a parlor where they would meet refinement and elegant manners. There are some exceptions to this rule in the larger cities, but this is confined to cafés that are well known and ladies avoid them; but there are no drinking-places in Germany but what a lady may enter with all propriety. "Drunkenness is rare, and if so, it rarely manifests itself in a boisterous or belligerent manner, but more frequently takes the shape of song, fun, and a general pleasurable feeling of warmth, energy, and self-command; and hence those horrid crimes that sometimes shock us in the United States are rarely heard of here. Then, why should there exist such a difference in the evils of drinking in Europe and in the United States? It is manifestly the result of the manner of drinking in vogue in the two hemispheres.' Some curious inferences might be drawn from Consul Tanner's report. Figuratively regarded, the time wasted by the Germans in swilling beer at half or three-quarters of an hour per glass must be enormous; but then it is alleged to save them from intoxication. Can it be true the trouble of the Americans is they do not drink enough? and if they would only follow the German science in the matter, namely, quadruple their drinks and sit longer over their cups, they would, like the Teutons, become a quiet, sober, and happy people? The Apostle of the Lepers. THROUGH the courtesy of the Rev. H. B. Chapman, Protestant Vicar of St. Luke's, Camberwell, England, we are able to publish the following touching letter from Father Damien : Sacrament. KALAMAO, MOLOKAI, SANDWICH permitted to come and work here with ISLES, August 26th, 1886. me, without salary, for the relief of the disRev. Sir,-Your highly-appreciative tressed lepers. He now resides here with letter of June 4th is to hand. Thanks the leper priest, and, as a true sympathizto our Divine Saviour for having fired up ing brother, helps me caring for the sick. in you, by the example of a humble priest He, too, though not a priest, finds his fulfilling simply the duties of his vocation, comfort in the Blessed that noble spirit of the sweet life of self- Without doubt you will admire with me sacrifice. As you say in your letter the the almighty power of God's grace in Blessed Sacrament is indeed the stimulus favor of my new companion; and please allow me to pray daily for you and your for us all, for me as it should be for you, to forsake all worldly ambitions. With brethren that we may all have one faith, out the constant presence of our Divine belong all to the same one true Apostolic Master upon the altar in my poor chapels, Church, and become all one in Christ I never could have persevered casting Jesus, and thus obtain the same eternal my lot with the lepers of Molokai, the crown in heaven. foreseen consequences of which begins now to appear on my skin, and is felt throughout the body. The Holy Communion being the daily bread of a priest, I feel myself happy, well pleased, and resigned in the rather exceptional circumstance in which it has pleased Divine Providence to put me. In regard to your intended collection in favor of the unfortunate lepers under my care, I would say that any amount, however small, will be gladly received for the relief of over six hundred poor unfortunate lepers. Be it understood that I personally having made vow of poverty, my wants are few. A draft from the Bank of England, on Bishop & Co., bankers in Honolulu, will be the simplest and the safest way for remittance. May the eternal blessing of God be with you, your family, and those who may contribute in any way to the relief of my poor sick people. Your statement regarding your connections with the church of England leads me to say a few words of what a middleaged, well-educated man has done, who, until a few years ago, belonged to the Episcopalian Church in America. He became not only a convert to the Catholic faith, but shortly after his abjuration he made à long retreat in a Trappist Convent, and following the Divine inspiration of self-sacrifice, came a few weeks ago to this far-distant and poor country, resolved to spend his remaining days at Molokai, REV. H. B. CHAPMAN, Vicar of St. asking the authorities that he might be Yours affectionately in our Lord, Luke's. Remarks the London Tablet: "What poor stuff is all the 'gunpowder and glory business' when compared with heroism such as this!" The Protestant League and Father Damien. The following fatuous letter has been addressed by the secretary of the Working Men's Protestant League to the Rev. H. B. Chapman : OCTOBER 21, 1886. Rev. Sir, I am desired to express astonishment that you, a clergyman of the Church of England, should endeavor to create sympathy for an idolatrous priest of that abominable system, against which you are especially pledged to labor, both as a minister of the gospel and also as a liberty-loving Englishman. The self-denial and devotion of Father Damien are no more worthy of admiration than that of the devotees of Baal, who cut themselves with knives "till the blood gushed out upon them" (1 Kings xviii. 28), or those who cast their bodies beneath the car of Juggernaut. All that Father Damien can achieve as the priest of antichrist is to make his proselytes "twofold more children of hell than he is himself" (Matt. xxiii. 15). It is also especially to be condemned that you give to Dr. Manning his full of terrible idolatry and priestly imposture upon her again. Instead of making the boundaries clear, distinct, and insurmountable between us and Rome, so that they who would pass from hence to her cannot, you take away the ancient landmarks, remove the gospel warning-lights, and with the feeble glimmering ignis fatuus of false charity, you entice people into dreaming that we and antichrist are brethren. I am, Rev. Sir, yours truly, THE REV, H. B. CHAPMAN, B.A., St. Mr. Chapman's reply is very brief, and to the point: 177 CAMDEN-Grove North, October 22, 1886. Dear Sir,-Your letter is a very wicked title as representative of the Papacy; and one, though I excuse it on the ground of thus, as a minister of Christ, you would its utter folly. Go and do thou likewise. assist the minions of antichrist to obtain a social and illegal status from which England has already suffered terribly, Yours truly, H. B. CHAPMAN. and you are laboring to rivet the chains THOMAS McClure, Esq. Later, Mr. McClure addressed the following effusion to the Rev. H. B. Chapman : NOVEMBER 2, 1886. Dear Sir,-Your reply to my letter of October 21st does not admit of further comment on the ground I advanced, but confirms my inference as to, and my structures upon, your tendencies. I should not have replied at all, had it not been brought under my notice that not only worldly but Popish journals had copies of our correspondence sent them. It has thus been widely circulated. tained in the Bible, you will perceive that leprosy was a prominent mark of God's displeasure. He visited Miriam with this plague in anger, though afterwards He displayed His mercy in healing her. Lepers were to be kept apart, and “several" houses were erected that they might not mix with men. They were to pass by on the other side of the streets and cry, "Unclean, unclean!" All these things are, doubtless, as an idle tale to many. God gives us life to glorify Him, but in no case is it enjoined by Him that our lives should be sacrificed, as all men were born for His glory. Life is given us to preserve to that end. You say my "letter is a very wicked one," though you "excuse it on the ground of its utter folly." The assertions you make neither prove your knowledge of the Word of God or my foolishness. I grant there are so few who search the I certainly decline your counsel, "Go Word of God that your sympathy with and do thou likewise," because I believe Father Damien may be viewed as hu- it to be utterly at variance alike with mane; still, it is not in accord with your any man's moral or religious obligation; ministerial position. though it is our duty to do good unto all men,-a precept but too much neglected If you understand the teaching con |