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K -j! " THE SUN. THURSDAY; AUGTJ&T 18, 1897." 1 ,V , By THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1807. w If Subscriptions by Mall Poat-rald. $g)L ' DAILT, per Month WJn "' DAILY, par Vear oo "V UirDAY, par Year a oo '"'' DAILY AKD SUNDAY, per Year oo "h DAILY AND SUNDAY, per Mouth TO ; Pottage to foreign countries added. Tire Sun, New York Ctty. ft lr' "iars Klosaus Ho. IS. near Orand Hotel, and '. KIoio.ii Ho. 10. Boulevard dea Capuclnra. 1 If tvrfriende uhofator u wits manuertpt$ for jncMtoaMon iclsn, lo hnv rejected nrtlelt$ rtturnid, I' Vhv wt in at; ca tout itampe for that purpcir. I , In Kentucky. i j To tho Hcpubl leans of Kentucky thcro ffl jroca the gratitude and admiration of every "' genuino believer In tho preservation of the H national standard of money, and of every op f'" poncntof the fraud and dishonor and ells ' order planted In tbo Chicago platform. Tho A,!' Kentucky Republicans have refused to strike the colors of tho party In which op i position to Bryanlsm la centred, and to in dorse tho ticket nominated by the National If Democrats. They have refused to glvo way it to tho specious Importunities of a lot of minor factlonlsts calling themselves gold i, men while refusing to support tho great f. gold party, and calling themselves Demo , crats, although In rebellion against tho ' Democratic party. Tf Tho namo of the honest monoy party ;- which has been stamped upon Kentucky Is t not to be blotted out merely to strengthen i sentimentally a small group of politicians tottering between the incomo tax and tho I third term of Cleveland on ono hand and J full-fledged Bryanlsm on tho other. J Either tho Republicans will carry Ken- f tucky again and mako tho ultimate sup presslon of Bryanlsm more euro and moro h rapid, or Kentucky will bo carried for irco r silver, and glvo to tho narrow-minded and t Insnbordinato tho necessary lesson that f when two masters are competing for tho mastery in a radical issue a man must servo I one or be out of tho fight. Nearinc tho Million Mark. it A statement drawn up at the Pension Of - flco shows that tho number of pensioners tf on the roll for June 30, the end of tho lost f fiscal year, was 083,028. This prodigious total breaks all records, tho surprising fact I being that now, thirty-two years after tho S close of the civil war, tho number of pen '- sloners is larger than at any preceding I time, although the ravages of death among f the survivors of tho war are now becoming so great. In other words, the influx to the I list still exceeds the increasing outflow. i In 1805, tho last year of hostilities, tho j" number of pensioners on Juno 30 was set gi down at 85.080. A year later It got Into 4 six Hsurcs, -with 120,722. Tho incrcaso thenceforward was steady, yet moderate, 1 until 207,405 was reached in 1871. Two tjf years later, in 1873, what then appeared to be its maximum was attained, Juno 30 i showing 238,411 ; for tho following year it 1 fell to 230,241, this being the first decrease i in a dozen years. The next June there was a falling off to 234,821 ; the next, to 232,- ,137; tho next, to 232,104; tho next, to ML 223,098. ijjp-' But then, Just as a continuing ebb, with f5 these Ave successive years, seemed assured, 2 the tide turned. The Arrears and other I pension acts mode a vast difference. In 1870 tho record for Juno 30 rose to 4 242,755, and each succeeding Juno from t that time has shown an increase, larger or smaller, up to tho ono just post. In 1883 r the number had grown to 303,658; In 1887, 1'- to 406,007, while In 1800 it passed tho h half-million mark, June 30 of that year P' showing 537,04-1. ijfe. Thereafter it took prodigious bounds, In- fiuenced largely by the Disability Pension act. Tho first year's jump was nearly 140, 000, to 076.100 In 181)1 ; whilo even that was outdone by an increase of nearly 200, 000 In tho following twelve months, to 870,068. A third increase brought tho ' number to 060,012 on June 30, 1803. Just there, however, when there was a jif u general expectation of reaching tho million $! ' mark the following June, since fewer than I -t 34,000 net additions were required to do it, t, the annual gain dwindled to a fow thoti- V sand, tho number reached being 000,544. i Tho next year tho gain was smaller yet, not 3 quite a thousand, tho total being 070,524. L When, therefore, last year, tho gain fell off Y to only 154, the total being 070,078, It i seemed an easy prediction that this year ;' there would bo an actual loss, and that tho fr ebb would again set in. jr But, on tho contrary, tho gain is tho &,' striking ono of 12,850, or the biggest in f four years; and with only 16,472 moro to a," bo made up, tho million mark may soon bo '&, reached. -4- Tho Clover Leaf Emblem. Wj t- section of tho Electoral Code regulat- aSi lug nominations for public office In New iH-V York says that party nominations are raK to be made by a convention or by a ZmV duly authorized committee of a con- P7-' ventlon of a political party which, W"" " at the last preceding general election, jf ' before the holding of such convention, ' at which a Governor Is elected, cast ten ii ' thousand votes in the State for such ofll j cers." Tho implication to bo drawn from i this vague Ianguago Is that a political -fi" party In New York which cast ten thou- 'j. sand votes for State officers In a year fe" In which n Governor was voted for, though iiB--if notuccessarllyforthoGovcrnorspeclflcally, & Is entitled to tho privilege which tho 'i" law gives to regular parties, that Is, tho use M of symboli on a ticket, tho right to put a i full ticket In tho Held without tho formal. 5J " Ity of nomination by petition, nnd other fy political rights as to " watchers" and tho f,; filling of vacancies. Jj(f Tho question has arisen, ami tho deter A mlnatlou of it Is now a matter of some con- troversy, whether this year tho People's i ' party, so called, Is entitled to nominate J candidates for the municlpnl and county I officers, In the territory of tho enlarged 0 Now York; and this right, If it exists, may jf be found to bo Important, because the alllll. ' ted PoduIUU ol this city and Brookljn .f show signs of a aisposltion to nomluuto ft, their own candidates. f Tho Pcoplo's purty, or Populist party, was organized at Omaha, In Nebraska, in ft July, J802, and In tho llret contest In which it engaged In New York State It pf polled 10,100 votes. Tho next yeor It ft polled 10,800, not a vory Inrge Increase, ft nnd In 1804, 11,000, a decided falling ofT. a In the election of 1805, when tho sjhtem of symbols and tmblems nos tlrst incorpo S rated Into New York's electoral sjstem, the Populist party, with tho clover leaf as 1 Ita distlngulshlngcharacterlstlc, polled less thsn 7,000 votes, and fell, therefore, bolow r I w tbo statutory total of 10,000. Lost year It fused with tho Democratic party, having tho samo electoral ticket. Somo of tho Populists contend that, as their convention Indorsed tho Democratic electoral andStnto ticket, and tho Popullstlo votes were merged with those of tho Democrats In support of Bryan for President and Pon Ti:n for Governor, tho rights of the clover leaf men under tho law were, If not techni cally preserved, at least only suspended, and that they may bo utilized this year. Tho Populists declare, as a proposition which is not to bo gainsaid, that If thoy didn't poll as many as 20,000 votes last year for Bhyan and for Poivn:n, they polled nearly that number, and moro than 10,000, and are entitled, therefore, to tho right of nomina tion this year as a regular organization. Unfortunately for this view of tho case, It Is a fact that tho leaders of the Populist party, desirous of showing tho full measure of their strength and of clearly defining tho nature and extent of their following, with held their Indorsement from ono candidate upon tho Democratic Stato ticket last year, tho nominee for Judge of tho Court of Ap peals, and put up tholr own man for that ofllcc. This was tho result: tots ros cohkt or ArraAU tman, 1898. Republican 700,123 Deroocratto .30,013 Natlonal-DemooTatlo 23.5PB BoclalUt 18,710 FrohlblUonUt 17.S0B r-opullit P.3t Should the occasion arlso for Independent nominations this yoar, tho opportunities for such nomination by petition, under tho existing law, aro excellent. Tho Attompt to Disgrace Sir. Ijow. It is notablo that tho hottest support of tho petition for tho nomination of Mr. Seth Low, to which a regiment of hired can vassers is now seeking signatures, comes from tho two newspapers which aro notori ous as tho originators of tho yellow school of journalism. Both of thoso papers have been excluded from all decent clubs, libra ries, reading rooms, and families as im moral, nasty, vulgar, and wholly perni cious. Ono of them Is an open Bryanlto. organ, and tho other is using dally coarse pictures and seditious letter press to in flamo social discontent and excite the poor to envy and hatred of tho rich. Theso two papers aro bitter rivals. Each is trying to cut the other's throat, for neither has any competitor except the other, and each is struggling to make tho moro provocative and moro seductive appeal to the samo audience. They stand by them selves, actually and in public estima tion, wholly outsldo of tho field of decent and self-respecting journalism. In all sinister and subtlo ways, with pen and pencil, they aro pursuing Industriously their feverish competition to monopolize the forbidden field In which they aro rivals. It tbo ono can kill off tho other tho survivor will be In exclusive pos session of that domain. Tho combat be tween them, accordingly, is mortal, and undoubtedly It will not end until ono or the other is destroyed, or both expire be cause of tho exhaustion of tho resources on which they are drawing so lavishly in the ferocity of their competition. It Is remarkable, therefore, that these two infuriated journalistic combatants, each struggling to get down tho lower with its incentives to social disorder, should now agreo in scenting an opportunity for profit in tho Low movement. Each of them welcomes its appearanco as a valuable con tribution to its stock of sensations, and as a means of producing political disorganiza tion and consequent social disturbance conducivo to tho ends for which both are striving with a common lust of gain. Yesterday, for instance, these two papers, tho World and tho Journal, wero alono among New York journals in declaring with joyful scare heads that Mr. Low had actually accepted the Citizens' Union nomination and was busily preparing to re turn to New York from Northeast Harbor to make a rough-and-tumble canvass in his own behalf. Curiously enough, too, tho story in carh was substantially tho same, even in its typographical form. Both, too, egged on the candidate with the samo nrtitlces and they gloated over tho trouble they expected to make for tho Re publicans in consequenco of his ambitions. Of course, neither of them is in favor of tho election of Mr. Low as Mayor, yet both aro eager to have him become a candidate, for they want him us an ally In fomenting so cial and political disturbance. This remarkablo concert of tho fiercely competing yellow journals suggests that the petition for tho Low candidacy, to which tho paid canvassers have been get ting signatures, muy havo been filled up with names written with equally sinister and baleful motives. Undoubtedly, It Is for the Interest of the Bryanltes to do what ever lies in their power to divldo the forces of conservatism, and such would bo tho tendency of Mr. Low's entry Into the field as a hustling aspirant for election as Mayor In advance of the regular nomi nations. Accordingly, the Journal, which is tho frank Bryanlto organ In New York, Is laboring dally to Inflate tho Low boom, and tho World, appealing frantically to tho samo constituency, is vociferously cheering on the paid Low canvassers. Ilenco It Is that Mr. Low, tho Pres ident of Columbia University, is getting his most zealous backing from sources so disreputable; from tho vilest examples of Journalism which havo appeared In Ameri can hlBtoryl Of course, It is insulting to him that they should bo UBlng his respecta bility as a stalking horse for their vllo and Incendiary purposes. Nover before has a President of a great American college been lugged Into an association so defiling. Outsldo of these two dlsrcputablo and in cendiary journals, Mr. Low has no actlvo support fiom tho newspapers of Now York, except tho Mugwump papers, whoso advo cacy of his candidacy Is obviously for tho sinister purposo of worrying tho Repub licans, whom they bato bo bitterly. They cannot conceal that their game is tho samo as that of the yellow journals. Thoy want to force tho running of Mr. Low against tho Republican party, without whoso cor dial and united support It Is obvious that no candidate ran bo elected In opposition to tbo Bryanlto Tammany Hull. Tho j el low journals and tho Mugwump jour nals nro in close accord on the Low ques tion. They want to uso him to beat tho Republican party, and consequently to as sure a Tammany triumph next November. Pretentious social and political virtue and blatant and shumcless social and political vice aro bound together by a common ma lignity. Thus It happens that even tho nome of tho President of an American uni versity Is used for ends so llagrantly In congruous with everything for which a school of learning and enlightenment Is the Impressive symbol. At a time of the grav est rocIsI and political agitation In Arer-i lean history, and when all tho vast Interests of tho greatest ot Amorlcan capitals aro at stake In an eloctlon, social corruption and Incendiarism are In lcaguo with vainglorious splto and mallco to de liver Now York over to tho enemies of civilization under tho lead of tho President of a great New York university 1 Mr. Low's candidacy has been mado Im possible. It will speedily pass from con sideration In any quarter. A Democratic Chairman. Mr. Alexandkh Tiioup of Now Haven, Chairman ot tho Connecticut Democratic Stato Committee, has been tullclng politics to a rcpoitcrof tho Watcrbury Republican; and somo of his remarks are protltabls for Instruction and reproof In this Stato as well as In his own. "Thcro Is no such thing as a gold Democrat," said Mr. Tnonr. "A man who believes In tho gold standard Is no mure a gold Democrat than a blackbird is white." Ho declared that "a man who be Uovcs in tho slnglo gold standard Bhould find his proper plnco in tbo Republican party." " I sco no reason," ho continued, " why they should bo masquerading under tho gulso of Democracy. Thoy aro not Democrats. They do not bellovo In tho principles ot the Democratic party." Evidently this Mr. Tnoup, though once an officeholder under Mr. Cleveland, has no illusions. Ho Is a logical and plain spoken man. Ho is talking facts. Thcro can bo but ono Democratic party, and that swears by silver and tho restot the Chicago platform. A gold Democrat is an anomaly and an absurdity. Tho place for him at present Is tho Republican party. Mr. Titocr does not expect that tho Democrats will bo successful In tho EasD and North. Democratic hopes rest upon tho West and South. Not on that account will the Nutmeg Democrats reHort to a sneak policy of tho Maryland varloty nnd try to conciliate tho enemies of tho Chicago plat form. " Silver," says Mr. Trodi, " will bo put forward as tho Issue In tho Stato cam paign of 1808, nnd wo will mako as strong a fight as wo aro able." They will keep in lino with tho Democratic policy, and do tho best thoy can. And they are not proposing any sort of compromlso for tho sako of winning back tho wanderers of last year. "Aa far aa tho Idea ot the Democratic party making orerturea to these men who have deserted It la con cerned. It Is ridiculous and nonsensical to talk of It. Do you think the 10,000 or more Democrats In New llaren will make overtures to the 500 men that de serted the party and. practloally If not nominally, went over to our opponents? Wo have nothing to ask of them. They can atay away If they want to. Dut I reiterate: Tho door Is open. They can come back at any time that they aro ready to embrace the principles of the Democratic party, and we will re ceive them with open arms, if ther do not come back to us, that Is, If they And thetmelves unable to accept the platform ot the Democratlo party. I should think that they ought to Join with the Republicans and be done with It." In other words, tho Democratic party of Connecticut will continue to bo Democratic, and will mako no concessions to former members. Why should it?. If they believe in its principles, they can como in ; and if they don't, they must stay out. They can be admitted on tho same terms as other candidates. All this is plain as a pikestaff, but there has been nn intolerable deal of nonsense talked about it. A few of the men who used to belong to tho Democratio party, but left it last fall, are lonely, and seem to think that tho Democratic party wants them badly enough to smother Its convictions on their account. Hero and there a Democratic trimmer In a Republi can State thinks ha can savo his political bacon by dodgiDg tho Chicago platform. Both tho lonely ex-Domocrats and theshifty Democratic trimmers will be disappointed. The Democratic party stands by the princi ples of 1800. Even Jf it wished to change them it couldn't chango them until 1000. Wheels of 1808. Views on bicycles of next year's model aro numerous. In 1S07 tho price at tracted moro attention than tho wheel, but In 1808 the money question will bo sub ordinate. Cyclists look upon tho $100 blcyclo as gone. Tho standard prlco will bo sopiowhere, we suppose, be tween $75 and f.10. Clin in less wheels will surely bo prominent next Bprlng, promising to put the greasy chain wheels completely out of mind. Tubing next year will be about tho Bame as It Is now. Gears of high, low, nnd medium sizo will bo on tho market for choice, but during this season tho liking for high gears has developed greatly, probably as tho result of the greater strength which practice has brought to tho avcrago kg. Tho radical genius, who is being heard from, asserts that tho 1808 blcyclo will bo operated by cither tho arms or legs. This sounds more cranky than interesting. Tho wheel's most vulnerable point, its tire-, is being studied and experimented with, with ardentdcslrofor its improvement and with no llttlo hope. It must bo possl bio to put Into tho rubber somo clement that would lessen its slipping on wet pave ments; and It seems absurd that wheels destined to pass over jogged roads should bo left so puncturablc. A less puncturablo tiro and a tire which when Inflated will re main full Indefinitely, is greatly needed. In spite of tho promise of 1808, however, owners of good bicycles needn't worry. A good blcyclo to-day will bo good noxt year. The Now Lobster Troubles. Tho west coast of Newfoundland, known as tho French shore, is onco moro tho sceno of popular excitement, duo to tho closing, by British warships, of such lobster canning factories thcro as have been built In viola tion of treaty rights. Tho cruisers seem to bo acting in accord ance witli their instructions, and these last are based on tho modus vlvendl reached by Franco and England on tho subject. But tho grlovanco Is tho chronic ono of the ex istence of tho rights that have given tho shore Its name. "When tho trentyof Utrecht In 1713 ceded Newfoundland to England, the reservation to the French fishermen of the privilege of fishing and drying their llsh on thonorthcrnnnd western coasts wasacon cession toa worth and Important Industry. France valued highly her American fish eries, as alio docs to this day, and It was then deemed wlto to grant this favor to thoso engaged In them; but It has proved a prollllc sourcu ot trouble, in one way or another, ever since. Tho lobster canning Industry has sprung up on that shore In tho last fifteen or twenty years. Tho British colon ists, besides Insisting broadly that tho treaty privilrgo of fishing and drying fish thero Is not exclusive, but concurrent with rights to be enjoyed by others than French subjects, also urged, In particular, that a lobster Is not u fish, In the treaty sense, and that canning lobsters is not drying fish. The Govern ments at London and Paris Intervened, and the reult -- nn agreement legal Irlng only S3SmjTnMiarSM''iViy '" ii'?i'''tt , i.fltilf7ihl tho lobster canning factories erected up to a certain time, and providing for tho Issuo of permits for now ones alternately by tho English and tho French naval commanders on tho station, with a vlow to making tho privileges cqunl. Tho first result was the closing of somo British factories, In tho midst of great In dignation among tho colonists. However, tho British naval patrol held to their In structions, and tho regulations havo been continued ever since. Tho current troubles undoubtedly arlso from a renewed attempt to violate theso regulations. Meanwhile, as tho caso stands, the local feeling Is that the Interests of tho colonies nro subordinated to the nood understand ing between Franco and England In Old World affairs. And this feeling Is fresh ened from tlmo to tlmo by such Incident as thoso that have just occurred. A I.awlcss Chief Magistrate Mr. Gkohui: W. Atkinson, tho Governor of West Virginia, has tho power under tho Constitution of that Commonwealth to re mit fines and penalties, to commute capital puuishment, and to grant rcprloves nnd pardons after conviction. In tho exercise of his constitutional authority In this respect, ho has just deter mined to remit a lino of $100 which was Imposed last year upon a man named W. S. KiMES, w ho was convicted of tho crimo of assault for having shot and attempted to kill ono Benjamin Haix, at Parkcrsburg. Hall, it seems, had succeeded In alienating tho affections of Mrs. Kisies from her hus band, and for this Kimes shot him. Ho pleaded guilty, at tho samo timo expressing his sorrow that ho had not killed Hall In stead of only wounding him. Tho penalty was twenty-four hours' imprisonment and tho fine from which Gov. Atkinson has now decided to relieve tho injured husband. In expressing his rcsolvo to do this tho Governor uttered somo very remarkable sentiments. Ho declared that tho only cause for regret was that Kimes did not kill Hall. Then, putting tho caso some what more mildly, ho said that Hall ought to bo imprisoned for life. And finally, be coming excited again, ho repeated that a villain like Hall was unfit to livo in a civ ilized community. "Kimes," he exclaimed, " should havo practised with a revolver or double-barrelled shotgun, so that when ho mado tho attempt ho would havo brought Hall down." If Gov. Atkinson entertains such views as these, bo should lose no timo in advising tbo Legislature of West Virginia to change tho laws of that Stato in respect to offences tending to disturb tho marital relation and in regard to justifiable homicide. The alienation of a wife's affections is a grave private wrong, nnd may properly be de clared by statute to be a serious crim inal offence,; but nowhere in any civil ized country that we know of has it yet been made a capital crime or ono punishable by imprisonment for life. Gov. Atkinson's reported remarks con cerning tho Kimes case could only be jus tified or excused if tho laws of West Vir ginia prescribed death or lifelong Incarcer ation as a penalty for tho misconduct of tho man whom Kimix tried to kill. Under existing legislation, however, Gov. Atkinson's extraordinary outburst is sim ply an invitation and incitement to law lessness and disorder, which would be discreditable to any one, and merits special censure In tho Chief Magistrate of a Stato of the American Union. A Plague of Bagpipers. During tho early summer months there was a plague ofwoodtickson Staten Island, especially on the south shore. Dogs were the chief sufferers, and many of them wero greatly reduced In weight and energy by the appetites of thoso strango visitors. But woodticks, unliko mosquitoes, don't travel about In the night time playing Scotch bagpipes nnd disturbing peaceably disposed citizens who want to go to sleep. Never before in the history of Aquahonga was there such a plague of mosquitoes as the ono that is raging thcro at present. Big black mosquitoes, medium-sized brown mosquitoes, und, worst of all, llttlo white-winged mosquitoes appear In swarms. Tho bites of the latter nro veno mous and cause the fiercest kiudof Itching. Against theso invaders nets arc of little or no avail. Tho white wings never get weary, and do most of the biting, while tho other fellows fill their pipes and play, " Among the Reeds wi' Anna," their favor ite tunc. Tho recent northeast storm, It was hoped, would drive tho pests away, but evidently it did not blow hard enough. During Its progress tho enemy simply lay low, and when It was over they rose up In full force and started on tho warpath fiercer than ever. When tho cruel rains are over tho Aquahongheso hopo for relief; but some of them affect to bcllevo that, as mosquitoes aro not allowed to ap pear on tho streets of New York, the dif ferent tribes havo assembled now for tho last time on the island before it becomes a part of tho great city whoso mighty gates will bar them out forever. Just now Staten Islanders are strongly in favor of annexation, with its promised deliverance and peace. The most Indecent exhibition we remem ber in oven Mugwump journalism Is Its present attempt to mako out Secretary Siikkman a hopeless Imbecile, requiring restraint upon his freedom of movement. Thero soems to bo no limit to its coarse and ravage malignity. . , t They havo nover known anything like thli Low movement twfore, and they nnd It harder to un derstand the further It Is tarried Eienlng I'ott. Tho reference Is to tbo "professional noil tlclans" who aro not In the "Iw movement," and it la truo that "tlicy And it harder to under stand tho further it ia carried." Benalble peo ple generally nre puzrlcil In the samo nay. They cannot understand how a President of a college can permit a hustling crowd to make him their political catspaw, and to mako him ridiculous. They bnvo'-nnvorknonnan- thinglike this Low movement before," and they bopo never to know anything like it again. Cases against Georor Wabiiinoton appear iiere and there In tho civil docket recently uncarllinl in the Court House at Oreensliurn I'a No less than ' elalina wern entered aaaln-t blm during the year 177 to cmnpol hi in in pay tales. The humor iwf "" commrntlng on the.e anions, remarked! uioainc WisiiiKuTov, rsr., appoareth not to like """-""cAr.t.r Herald. Perhups tho township assessors and tbo follow citizens of Mr. Wabiiinqtos were trj lug to got o en with him for belnir a plutocrat. -Jl.ti!i!lJ0,.,-LP0-a enough in oxlstonce to-day, why this delight In the proapect of moro gold ? CM- Who Is delighted, anyway J The Anders of tho gold aro.of course, pleasod beyond words, but tlio rest of the delight is human naturo's sympathetic and irrepressible enthusiasm for wealth. A reporter of the Commercial Appeal of Memphis has had tbo uappiueea to converse with tho Hon. Jon I) a I lev of Texas, who has been in that cltr on his way homo tmm ft visit to sv famous plutocrat and foo of plutocrats, tho Hon. Jok Siblbt of Pennsylva nia. Mr. Baiuct admires Mr. Sidlsy, and describes him as "one of the brainiest men of tho country." Mr. BailutIs considered by his friends to bo tolerably "brainy" hlmsolf. Tho reporter found Mr, Hailbv without tho custom ary suit of solemn black and unoquallcd ncrcago of shirt bosom. Ho was "clad In a cool suit of linen." Cool to look at, not cool In reality. How can a "brainy" man bo cool t Tho swift motion ef his intellectuals generates Intolerable heat. Although tho Hon. Joseph R. Hawi.ky has dtsclnlmed his odltorsblp of tho Hartford Courant, wo suggest to him to sit upon tho fool who. In that paper, remarks that "tho savings banks' accumulations aro honestly eot," but " If tbo great individual fortunes ot tho country had been got by honest Industry, thoro would bo no call for apologies and defences." rUItTjJO OFFICE A. rVBLIO TltVST. Tlia Viimons Mi-itm Appeared In Jefreran Davis' 1-rrlllosa- To Tni EDiTon or TnK Sun Sir: Boraehow I overlookod your recent publications Id respect to tho quotation, " l'ubllo Oltlco Is n Publlo Trust," until this morning. Referring to a sec ond publication in your issuo of July 22 as to Col. Daniel Laniont's agency, &c, I beg loavo to call your attention to a vory Interesting para graph on this subject from which it will appoar that Mr. Cleveland undoubtedly obtained tho idea, not from a perusal of tho Democratlo plat form of 1870, nor from Lord Chancellor Lough borough's writings, but from the inaugural ad dress of Mr. Jofferson Davis as provisional Pros identof tho Southern Confederacy. In support of this suggestion I quota the fol lowing from a pamphlot, entitled " Third Torm, Presidential," by ex-Sonator and ex-Attornoy-General Garland of Arkansas. Inthat pamphlet, published nearly two y oars Blncc.ln which tho pernicious doctrine of a third term was ably combattod, Mr. Garland sajs: There are publlo offlces and ther are private offices, and, as their names Import, one sort Is for public Interest alone and the other for private Inter est, and the two must not be mlnil'd or confounded. "A publlo office Is a publlo trust," said Mr. Burks many years ago, and Mr. Jefferson reiterated It with sharpemphasls'tlayner's ' Life of Jefferson." p. 380), and so did Mr. Calhoun, July 13, 163S,and Mr. Charles Sumner, on May 31, 1S7IS, aald this phrase had of late becomo common property. Looking over some old, musty papers hlstorleat ot the "lost cause," I nnd Mr. Jefferson Davis, In his Inaugural address aa tbo pro visional Tresldent of the Southern Confederacy. April IS, 1861, says "all publlo ottlces are but publlo trusts," thus. In his first bow to tho publlo In this experiment of government. In an address couched in that pure and undeflled Engllahof which he was perfect mas ter, placing before his people the great value and Im portance of seeing and understanding this distinction. I think Judge Coolcy, in his " Principles of Constitutional Law" (second edition, 18011, says that "a public ofllco is a public trust," and Gen. Garland calls attention to the fact that, In the campaign of 188t, Mr. Clovcland recalled this maxim (of Jefferson Davis) tr the attention of the American people, and urgod them not to for get it. Tho General very aptly says that " It una tbo motto of tho campaign pamphlet of 1884; It blazed and glittered upon the trans parencies In tho torchlight processions; It glenmed upon all tho party flags nnd It appealed to the voters of tbo country at all times and in all wars, and tho party wont to victory with that criterion as its chiof prop and support." HKNUV. II. SMITH. Front IIotal, Vo., Aug. 10. FREEDOM OF SPEECH. The UmltatloBs Imposed by Publlo Trnata. To Tns Editor or The Sun Sir.- Tho un fortunate incident recently discussed by you, which has deprived Brown University of an ablo and valued President, Is not the first of its kind, and it raises a general question. Thero is an obvious distinction between gen eral freedom of speech nnd freedom of speech on tho part ot a teacher, or ono who regulates the teaching, in a public institution. To tho first there is, in a freo country, no limit, saving that of conscience, so long as nothing Is said which can incite to a breach of tho law. The second is limited by the character and interests of the institution. What a man might be at liberty to Bay of his own authority and on his own responsfblltty, ho may not bo at liberty to sny as a college President or professor, with the authority und on the responsibility of tho col lege. In this, as In all practical cases, it is diftlcult to draw a line, but a lino will bo drawn by com mon discretion and good taste, vthlcli will lead a professor of polltlcu! scicnie. history, or ccon omy to moid tlio angry questions of tho dnj. Tho general principles by which such questions aro to be settled ho may tench; but tho questions thomscIvcA or any direct or palpable allusion to them ho v. ill shun. In a word, ho v. Ill studiously keep dear of party. And to sco that ho does keep clear of party is a duty incumbent od tho got crnlng body of tho institution. Tho case of tho President of lirown Unvler sltyisoneof public but unolllciol Bpoech. To draw tho lino hero may bo morodlltkult; yet o-.cn horo there is a llnu to bo drawn. Tlio holder of a nubile olllco can ne'er en tirely dtvort himself of his ofllclol char acter; his uttornnccs must in some degreo nlTcct tho Institution, the reputation of whli-h ho is bound to respect and guurd. Tho caso of a college President or profossoris BomothinglikH thnt of n judge, who nover Rajs or ought never to eny in public anything which can compromise tho impartiality of his i ourt. Conjectures ns to tho possible effect of I'rcstdont Andrews's ut terances on donations or bequests appoar to bo hardly relevnnl. Tho political neutrality of thounivcrsltleslsnn IndlBpcnsablo condition of thosalutnry Influence which, an omans of high principles and n sclcn tine spirit, thoy may oxerclBc, nnd aro vlsiblvox erclslng, on political discussion and public'lifo. AN EllKltlTUS PR0FE8S0K. The Socialist I-abor Party. TnrnK Editor or The BitiSti : Tho Socialist Labor party is not split. Throe Assembly districts of this city and one branch of Brooklyn city were disciplined by the majority (by ballot) of the whole party for dirty work. Tho party Is not controlled by Russians or Germans, but by the majority, which comprises women and men of all nationalities, creeds, and col orspeople who see the necesultr, and who have or ganised (with an unselfish view) toiducate them selves and the marses In social, Industrial, and po litical economics, wblih will enable them to use th-lr American citizenship, the greatest surfrage, Judicious ly! People who rerognlzo that civilization hlnces on politics, hence thelrtducatlon In political economy. CUA-.LE8 Hl'tHt.r, D0.1 Fust HUtli street, city P. S. I am a member of the (lrneral Committee of the Socialist Labor party.Tlilrty fourthand Thirty-fifth Assembly districts, waa horn in this great city, ami have become a Socialist because that party stands on the only true prlmlple tbat will eventually solvo tho great question ot the age-tho question that la divorc ing labor from the means of production and dlstrl buUon-Iand, capital, and labor. Where tbe Pension Honey la Spent. To tok Editor or Tmtsc-S(r; I fully agree with TliKSulasto pensions, but we must not forget that of the 1581,000,000 paid out from 1808 to 1808 moro than B0O.O0O,000 Is spent right here at home, and mainly for goods of home manufacture. But for this "S.1.?.;,0.?"- J?' trade the Administration of the Slurred 1-rophet would have totally "busted" a majority or our wholesale and retail merchants and manufacturers. Practically the Government Is a consumer, lust as it was during the war. ai New Yoax, Aug. P. High nidtna- by is Kentucky Ctrl. from the Xieholaivillt Democrat. A daring but graceful act at High Bridge was per formed by our expert bicyclist. Miss Motlo Coffmsn. one of our prettiest girls. She rode to High Ilrldgo on her bike, and feeling the bicycle thrill upon her she rode across the great structure without making a bobble. Hundreds of eyes witnessed the feat, tbe first time It was ever attempted. When one thinks of tbe bridge 278 feet high and the possibility of a cannon-ball train thundering In sight and a girl pedalling across it one ahudders, but sho only gave a ringing laugh to danger and won the applause ot the crowd. II y Tel nnd the Supreme Court. Irvm the Atwaler Yrss. It shocks us Inexpressibly to learn that the Supreme Court has had the audacity to declare umonstltu- tloualtbelaw passed through the untiring efforts of our Illustrious rltlien, lly Kelg, licensing peddlers. The Itlslug Tide. from the Jeirtltcrt' ll'lfy. Nothing serves a better purpose In estimating the business situation than to liaveour views onnrm.'d by those of others. Confidence Is widespread, deep seated, and genuine. "All's welll" victims era Mexican Urug, FYom the SIrrlcan Htrald, Marihuana, our local hasheesh, continues to Impel people of the lower orders to wild au I desperate deeds. A great deal of crime ben can safely be at tributed to this nerte oxclter njSATX XHOKBXHEB IS XXPOHTi. The HmvlMt Am r Corn ana Cetten-Tcsni-er-ry Decrease In Eiperta or Wheat. VAnniNOTON, Aug. U.-Hcavy increases aro shown in a bullotln Isiuod to-day by tho lluroati of Statistics of tho Treasury Dcpartmont con cerning tho principal articles of domestic ot ports for July, 1807. Tho total valuo of tho month's oxports amount to 930.015,278, as against ijt35.U4ri.81ll for tho samo month of 1800 and $20,440,340 for tbo samo month of 1805. Exports for tho Boven months ending July, 1H07, wero valuod at i?32O,087,073, against s00.BU, 207 for tho samo porlod ot 1800 and 277.070. 335 for tho first soven months of 1805. The valuo of broadstuffa exported during tlio month was $13,014,487; cotton, $2,438,510: mlnornl oils, $5,132,815; provisions, Including cattlo and hogs, $15,450,400. A heavy Incrcaso In thooxport of corn Is shown, which vtas 12, 405,400 bushels for July last, an Incrcaso ot almost 7,000,000 bushels over July, 1800, while, tho Incrcaso for tho sovon months ending July 30 Is from 84,050,012 bushels in 1800 to 115, 000,100 bushels for tho samo period in 1807. Another hoavy incrcaso Is shown in tho expor tation ot ryo. which for the sot en months ending July, 1800, nmountod to 1,251,158 bushols. and for tho samo porlod this yoar 4,803,770 bushels. Thoro has bocn a decroaso In tho number of bushels of wheat exported during tho first seven months of 1807, compared with tho samo period of 1800, from 34,432,010 bushels to 23,120,305 bushels. This decrcaso Is moro than offset, howover, by tho increased valuo of wheat ex ports for this yoar. Tho valuo of tho lessor export of 18D7 exceed ed the greater export of tho samo period of 1 800 by $47,870. nil or which ia duo to tho riso In the prlco of wheat, the effect of which has been to temporarily cheek the exportation of that grain during tho month of Jul). Reports from almost every section indicate, however, tbat tho falling off of v heat oxports durlnit tho Inst month was but temporary, and thnt tho new crop now being engaged for expor tation will raise tho item of wheat exports be ond any tlguros heretofore reported by tho llu rcau of Statistics. Tho oxportntlon of wheat during July, 1800. nmountod to 0,1)02,000 bush ols. of tho value of $3,824,031, and during July, 1807. to 3.087,402 bushels of tho valuo of $3, 130,808. It will be noticed that tho valuo of tho Biuno quantity of wheat oxportcd during July of tills j car Isnlmost SO per cent greater than tbat of July. 1800. Philadelphia has becomo a port of consider able export for corn, the incrcaso ill the number of bushels exported from that port having been from 4,032.107 bushols In July. 1800. to 15.000, 250 bushels in July, 1807. Other ports havo also greatly increased In tho oxportntlon of corn, but nono to such a largo degreo as Phila delphia. The cotton year Is regarded as beglnnlngScpt. 1. Tho figures given by tho Iiurcau of Statis tics for tho eleven months ending July, 1800, show the oxportntlon of 2,334.010,087 pounds, nnd for tho samo period ot this year 3,037,075, 201 pounds. The incrcaso In tbo valuo of tho export is from $100,437,030 to $220,024,041. Heavy increases in tho export of cotton have been mado at all tho Southern ports, notably Oalvcston, Tex., from which was oxported dur ing tho period of cloven months, ending July. 1800. cotton to tho valuo of $31. 712,521, and during the samo porlod of this year, $47,173,080. Tho average prlco per pound of cotton during July was 7.8 cents, as Against 7.4 cents for July, 1800. Tbo rlso in cotton, howover, is comparatively recent, tho avcrago prlco for tho eloven months period of 1R00 having been Js of a cent higher than for t he samo period of this yenr. Tho average prlco of cotton per pound during tho cotton year end ing August, 1800, was 8.1 cents, and of 189345.7 cents. It may not be thnt tho average prlco per pound for tho year 1800 will be exceeded, but tho total valuo of the product wilt be many mil lions moro than that of last ear. Exports of cotton have increased to all countries except Spain and Mexico, in w bich n small decrease Is noted. Thoro is a growing demand for tho product in Japan, tho Incrcaso for that country having been from 10.855.252 pounds in 1800 (eleven months ending July) to 31,024,870 pounds in 1807. ZM3I1QKATIOX JDEOREASIITO. It Iteacbed Ita Lowest Point In the Last Fiscal Tear. When Arrivals Numbered 3ao.80a. Wabiiinoton, Aug. 11. Tho following state ment, prepared at tho Treasury Department, was given to The Sun to-dny : "Tho tldo of Immigration is at the lowest point slnco tho general Government assumed jurisdiction of tho subject, in 1882. Tho number of arrivals from nil countries, according to Treasury statistics, during tho last fiscal year was 230,832, a decrease as compared with tho nrcvious year of 112,435. Tho lightest immi gration ot any provious year was in 1805, when tho number from all countries was 270,048. Tho year of heaviest immigration was the first of tho period beginning with 18S2, when arrivals numbered 788,092. During tho entire period of Federal super-islon 7, 132,010 havo entered tho United htntes. A bottor condition appertaining to tbo ItUHsian Jow seems to bo shown in a hcay decrenso of immigration, tbo nrrials from that lountrr for tho past year hav ing numbered 22,750, ns against 45,137 for tho llscnl jcar ended Juno 30. 1800. Italy furnishod tho greatest number, 54,431, a decrcaso of 8.1i2'l from last year. Tlio cnuso of tho hen-- ltnllan immigration nf 18!)0 was as signed to tho war of Italy with Abjssinin, but the figures for tho last joar nro not abnormal, having beon exceeded by several ) ears of tho period. Mnco 1882 thoro bos been a largo and steady decrcaso In (ieriuan immigration. In 1882 250.030 entered tho United States from thnt country, whilo in 1890 only 22.533 nrrlved. Itwill bo seen that tho number of German Im migrants during tho llrst year of Government supervision exceeded tho immigration from nil countries during tho last enr. Immigration from Austria-Hungary dccrcnscd from 05.103 in 1805 to 33.031 in 1807. The decroaso from other countries Is ns follows: England. 10,402 In 1800 to 0.074 in 1807; Sweden, 21.137 to 13,144; Norway, 8,155 to 5.842; Ireland, 40.2b2 to 28,421.'' for a rnrsoy exhibition. Product or Prison Ijibor nnd Punitive Ap paratus to no Shown. Tho Now York Prison Association will bold an exhibition of articles mado by convicts and of prison oppllancos In Its rooms at 133 East Fifteenth street on Oct. 7. 8, and 0. Tho exhibi tion will be divided into groups. In tho histori cal section will be shown pictures and plans of prisons, rollcs of famous jails and ot crimi nals and crlnjes. Tho gnllery of portraits of Drlson keepers nnd reformers will formpirtof this section. In another group will be shown models of cells, apparatus used in punishments nnd executions. polleoappllani.(.s. nnd forms and blanks showing tho organization of prisons. Tbo other sections will bo mado up nf drawings and charts representing criminal typcH and pe culiarities, publications on pcnologr, instru ments used In making Identifications, Utornry nnd artistic work of convicts, and articles made by prisoners. Thero will bo a series of conferences between prison worlds whilo tho exhibition is open. Dr. II. E. Allen, the Superintendent nfthoAs'lum for tho Criminal Ins-ino at Mattcawan, will read a paper on insane criminals. New Theory or Kducatlon. from the Ilochrster Utrald, President Hall nf Clark University has como to the conclusion that tlio present method of teaching sci ence to children is all wrong, "Current methods," sa a tho Ilotton Trtmtcript, giving a summary of his views, "have said tbat the child must commence the facts, the facte ot observation In detail, and work up ward until by gradual combining the grown child reaches tbe poetic, tho religious, the sentimental as pects and roellngs for nature and the world about us. Dr. Hall says this should all bo reversed. We should commence with thoso feelings first, for psychologi cally these poetic, rollglous, and sentimental ftellnts are the child's first heritage. Out of them, and not tho reverse, tbo knowledge and details of science grow. Hence his presentation of a mass of researches made by himself and his students, showing thechlld's wonderful sentimental, poetic, and religious attitude toward the moon, the sun and tbe stars. Children love tho moon and the sun and the stars in a w ay we unthinkingly do not dream of, though tho facta are Just under our noses every day. They havo all sorts of quaint uotlous concerning them. A little girl wants to kiss the moons another tells It all her so crets, another finds It alwuys laughing aud smiting to her, and she Is sure It understands her when she confides to It Dr. Hall reads scores of these evi dences of the child's feollng for these heavenly bodies, and then bo jumps to the anthropological Held and pours In a perfect avalanche of facta showing that In the development of the race tbe samo f.ellngs have animated primitive peoples." Ho coucludis, theto fore, that children should be taught tho myths of science, religion, and art first, and afterward the facts groupol under theso beads. The Itapldlty or Decay, With tbe usual air of the man who Is positively sure be Is a superior bolng when he Is talking tu his wife, he was ti lllug her of the earth's population and the rapidity with which prople died, "Did you kuow, my deur," ho remarked inoit Ira presslvely, "that one person dies every tlmo you breathe '" "Yes," she responded, "and one would die every time you didn't breathe If you tried It very long " Koine how after that his Interest lu the subject seemed to langul.b. A FESCE VTAK IN rZATttVBn, I JJ McCanna-a Xelghbera Build Two Twenty. nre- fl tfool rencea Around Ilia Stable. H Povcral years ago John Itets ot Caton avenue, fl Flatbush, built a twenty-fit o-foot board fence! jB rlo-o to tho toarot Patrick McTnnna's stnllo on Flatbush nventio to hldo tho stnblo rant from his windows, McCnnna, who Is Hugh MiLaugh- B lln'slloutonnnt In Flatbush, decided logetllght H nnd air by making windows in tho side of the K stable. Joseph Wurzlcr owns a $00,000 apart- fl ment house at Caton and Flatbush nv ennes, the $ rear window of which overlook McCanna's Kj stable. Ycstorday Mr. Wurxlor began to build R a hoavy brick wall close to thesldo of thn stable. Kit It Is to bo forty feet long, tvvonty-fHo fcot high, fmi and sixteen Inches thick, nnd will shut out all Hn the light nc nlr from McCanna's stable. sBt Mr. McCnnna notified tbo Iluilding Depart- VJL mcnl and nnked wlietlicr Mr. Wtirr.ler wjt 1 breaking Iho law. Ho was told that u permit tur 'f tie building of tho fenco hnd been Irsuen, i ' Mr. Medium Buld ho thougbt Mr. Wtirzier w ns trying I ci get oven with him for renting a Moro ton grocer who is a rival to a tenant ot Sir. ' Wurrlcr. ' "Thoro Is no feeling In tho matter," said Mr. Wursler ycstorday. "Mr. McCnnna and I art friends. Sly tonnnts don't llko to look nt the stnblo or to sco tho clothes of McCanna's ten ants. I am simply Irving to hido tho stable from their vlow and to improve my property. This Is not to bo a "splio wall.' It is costing me con Blder.ible. I am not tho man to spend good money to Injure anj body." MAIL ItOVTE TO THE KI.OA'DIKE, h Post Offlee OfUrlala Trying to Arrange with . Canada rbr Ita Interchange or Mall. Wahhinoton, Aug. 11. Tho Post Ofllco offi cials hero entered Into corrospondenco with the Canadian Post Ofllco Department with a view of establishing nn olllco nt Dawson City. Alaska, for tho Interchange of mall. When tho Yukon closes up it will bo necessary to Bend tbo mall for Circlo City nnd other points In American territory via Juneau, Dyca, and Dawson Cltj br means of dog sledges. The Idea is that the mall shall bo carried from Circle City end ndiolnlnr places lo Dawson City, and that mall shall go up from Juneau tu Dawson City, tho carriers ex ibnnglngot thntplaco. This would neccssltata tho urtking of Dawson City an international ex chnngo ofllcc. Tho department has given pormlssion to the stcamors carrying tbo mall up tho Yukon to , lenvo mall at tho mission posts en route, and ns rapidly as possible Postmasters are being ap- E rolntcd for theso places. With tbo increase of I rado and the influx of miners Itisoxpectcd It thnt posts will bo established about a hundred 9 miles apart, w hero rolavs of dogs and sledges I will bo provided, and whoro a stock of pro- visions will bo kept. Whon this Is dono tbe do- partment anticipates no difficulty In opening up a lino of communication with oven tho most re- n, mote camps, and despatches of mails will he at much moro frequent. At present tho mall to this country is carried at a heavy loss. H a niS ItlXO IX HIS 3IEZOX. I A Seasonable Tale Which la Solemnly Vouches H For by tbe Teller. H lr lYom (Ae Uemphl Commercial Appeal. H Walter !. Herron, general delivery clerk at H tho Post Ofllco, has enjoyed u good reputation n for veracity among his friends, but the story II that ho told to them yesterday was all that the B most credulous of his friends could stand, and M too much for tho majority of them. It was Into H In trie afternoon when Mr. Herron called a re m porter off to ono sldo of tho building and pref W need his remarks with tho following: " Now, I would not bo tho least bit surprised H if yon did not bellovo the story that I am going- to tell you. but it 1b a fact, nevertheless. I " During tbe early portion of tho spring I was A down in tho vicinity of White Haven, and ono Sunday was strolling in the patch which my H father-in-law. Dr. B. A. Shaw, had planted in M melons. Some tlmo during tbe afternoon I lost) M a heavy gold ring that I had been wearing upon my watch chain. The chain broke and I spent H an hour looktntc for the ring, but it was all in vain. Nothing more could I see ot tho ring until yesterday. Dr. Shaw had sent us a flno H watermelon for a Sunday dinner, and down In .U tho centre of it I cut into something that looked 1 H strange. Imbedded right in tho centre ot tho IH red fruit thero was a white substance like the ! Inner portion of tbe rind. Into this I cut, and (H thero was tho ring that I had lost several H months ngo." n Here Mr. Herron saw that the reporter was B seriously embarrassed, and he protested that I tho story was as true as anything that he had f ever told In his life. I "You can provo it by Dr. Shaw," continued 1 tho clerk, "and several of the others at tho A houso that saw It, Now I have not the slightest) fW Idea how the ring got in thero, but It evidently W must have done so when the melon was qnlta BJ small and then tho melon grew up around it, I H fully Intended preserving tho piece of tho rind H in which tbe ring was found, but tho cook let it H got destroyed." H Mr. Herron was wearing the ring that he said jH remained for several months In a position In a BR melon corresponding to tbat which Jonah occu- MB pied for a short tlmo In the whale. It was a Hi largo heavy ring, not very thick, but nearly halt HI an inch broad. Ml Jealousy or a "angry Elephant. JHB from the Springfield Jlepubltcan. JHH The herd nf elephants which came through flW from Plttsfleld Friday with the circus caused s HH broken arm to an unfortunate tramp. Ho had Hal stolen a ride on the menagerio train, and when HM it stopped at tho West Springfield stock yard bo jumped off nnd pulled somo grass, which ho 'aV. favo through tho car to ono of tho elephants. tW- luwas about to repeat tho process on another tm elephant when tho first animnl. either through hunger or jealousy, grabbed his right arm with his trunk and broke the bono near tho elbow. Tho man Anally broko loose and fell by tho fonco which borders tho road ot that point. RJ James Emory, a brakemnn, saw htm and having II secured nssistanco from tbo lobby, was golni to take him to n phjeician. but the man, who 1 was evidently under tho influence of liquor, JL feared thoy wore going to arrest him and broko away and disappeared do wn tho Agawam road. Beotty'a Itemarkable Apple Tree, from the Oil Citu Bltstard. " Scott v." of tho Oil Well Supply Company, who resides on a farm incloso proximity to thn fair grounds, owns an apple troe which can tm H considered a sort of noteltv. A few years airo H it was known as a "wild "applotrec. but Mr. H heott had it grafted and it now produces seven different kinds of apples, some of which grow to OH an immense size and havo a delicious tasto. Ml BVXHEA3IS. From TJorton, Ran., a man went to the Klondike, leaving behind blm his bride of six months For stealing a doten potatoes a Virginia negro was sentenced to one year In tho Portsmouth Jail Hall broko forty panes of glass In the Saodown, ' If, U-, meeting house windows In one afternoon storm. A yellow dog drralled a hand car near Reno, Kan , and the car went over a twenty foot embank ment. Injuring threo men, The dog. after the acci dent, Just got up and harked. I Prosperity has reached North Carolina Oen. I William H. Cox. speaking for tho eastern part of the 8tate recently, said tbat tho crops excelled any slnca 1880, which waa a record year. 1 After a barn had been set afiro by lightning at Chambersburg, I'a, Williamson Ix-lsher, IS years - old, entered It and cut loose three of his father's seven horses and led them safely out, Thero Is a loir but distinct growl In Laronta, N. n .over tho fuct that the city pars Sinn a year In car fares for students at tbo high school, As well sen 1 backs for those who don't live on a car Hoe," cries I one local pacr. Mrs. Mlnnlo Tendletnn of Ottawa, Kan , through correspondence w It ti the Tension Iiurcau at Washing, ton. has established communication with her father, i now a rich farmer or Oregon, who left Ills old bonis J ror tbo war when his daughter waa 4 years old, t Northampton county, Va , ror Its report on tha j advent of proiperlty sends word that whereas In.l jV ear the county folk raUr-d and shipped SHi.ono bir- ' rrls or iotatocr, they have this year sutpM-d only 1 1OO.00O barrels, but havo received several times us il j much nione) for the shipments as the gut fr lail Ha ' years crop. H Along with the signs of prosperity from other M sections comes tho report from Carthag. 'lo that Mr lead deposits or sufficient richness havo I eei, fiiund HI thero to glvo eiiilo) ment to ciulto a nuinl r rt men, a If) Then, too, according to estimates mado at I ailllSK", (ljj early apples alono will bring In I (1,000 to Urn f-nn- Hl era or that section. 'Iri crry o a pr'tty well diffused nollo" '-'"i ait lalor, In some Instances nt least, pa.vs l ti-r ihm B aouicnot by any meaus uudoslrablo cltv lab" ' H Consolidated Iron Mines of Diilulh Ho n'lur -I if . y wantedscvinty nveineu lo go to lllbhtiu, luit"Mit W Dotgetthembciausothofarmcrsuiiit nvln lilgli-r A wages for workers In the wheal lUMs Hum j offered at tho mines or were being put 1 lu In lutb I One of the ramlly or tho "fglitlng Ilelh nf An- gusta count), Va , has died at tho hoim slea I at 1 1 nt V j (lladeat Ihoateur HO. Hcwai Al.xaudrr It Ml "in V nl tn brothers who logether had mm u n s"i" that lit fought luCapt t'jslilnKscompau or tin- I flit Mr M glnlalleglment, Stonewall HrUi.de, in d ivcr uiary H all killed lu battle or died of wounds A II H'l! Ini Jf leen for nearly sixty years an elder lu I be l'rcsbj- BE terlan Church. IH