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The year 1888 promlui bi a year of splendid
political developments one a all redounding
t the glory and triumph of a
I 1 UNITED DEMOCRACY
I t In the Front Lm will b found
i j THE SUN
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Fresh from lit magnificent victory over the com
bined Ion of Democracy In its own State true
I c 1 Its convictions truthful before all ell and
fearless In the caulo of truth and right i
THE SUN has Ix eight twelve and sixteen
pages I occasion requires and Is ahead of all
competition In everything that makes a newspaper
Daily 6 0
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1 1 Sunday 16 and 20 pages I 50
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Address THE SUN New York
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c WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2 1887
Comfort for Texas
We copy this morning certain original
vows of the great Democratic organ of
r Texas the Gatvetton News upon the pr
r pect of Mr CLEVELANDS second term a
affected by the recent elections In Now York
f Our distinguished Galveston contemporary
treats the subject in a deep philosophic
i spirit considering the changing breezes and
veering currents of personal popularity as
verg crnt prn ppulaty 1
t rather a matter of vanity than the opportu
i nity for the formulation of a specific political
prognosis and It finally concludes that
the possibility of clean Democratic sweep
c next year In the Empire State with CLEVB
i LAM at the head of the ticket will depend
largely on the temper of the Mugwump con
tingent Any conspicuous concession t a
New York political machine on a spoils
r boats says our Texan monitor would
1 excite a degree distrust among the partys
Mugwump allies which oven the name of Mr
CLEVELAND might not prevent from running
Into loud active and bitter opposition
0 This is very well expressed after a manner
which no intelligent rhetorician can fa t
admire in the columns of our Galveston col
f league yet we think tho Inference it draws
I cannot safely b relied on I writing the
famous FELLOWS letter declaring himself
distinctly in favor of the election of the cele
brated Democratic candidate for Dis
trict Attorney of this city Mr CLEVELAND
i t LAND undoubtedly made a conspicuous
concession to the Democratic political
t machine on the spoils basis that i
t t say t the United Democracy of New
York This at once excited a remarkable
i degree of disgust and distrust among the
Mugwumps and they have condemned
f f and criticised and even reviled Brother
CLEVELAND In a loud active and bitter
i fashion Yet it must not b Imagined that
l In the election of next year they would r
t i t fuse him their votes should the Democratic
Natona Convention select him as its can
> II didate In fact they have no choice but to
vote for him for although they may love
CLEVELAND less they hate ELAINE more
and accordingly we advise our Galveston
f friend not t worry on this subject but t
r cheer up and take that encouraging vlow of
the future which the optimistic theory of life
always suggests and justifies
i lite Presidential Feature of the French
Constltuton
I Whatever may b the tat of M GiuivY it
is evident that tho expediency of changing
the method of choosing a President I not
> the nature of his powers and tho conditions
r of his tenure of office I t become a subject
1 of discussion throughout France Hardly
r any question could b mooted In connection
J with Continental politics In which Amen
> > cans would take a keener Interest but In
order to avoid the misconceptions growing
out of the use of the oneterm President t
t f describe executive unctlotB of various sorts
It may b well t keep in view just how the
f V Chief Magistrate of tho French republic
differs from the ostensibly analogous officer
in tho United States
The fact is continually lost sight of that
we do not possess In this country a paths
montary government although the framers
of the Constitution imagined that thoy gavo
us one What they really gavo us was a llrri
reay tI 1 ll
ltd monarchy under wliloh the tenant of
the regal office although chosen by the peo
plo and only for a fixed term of years really
jt c < l > IKtesesses fa larger substantial powers than
ft can now b exercised by the Queen of Eng
land This feature of our Constitution has
I not been looked upon with favor by European
republics because whore standing armies
v republc bcua wher stding arIes
U are maintained It would b tho height of
t madness r Intrust ono man with tho engines
I of coercion and seduction that may lawfully
b wielded by a President of the United
States I has been accordingly the aim of
t European and especially of French republicans
t cans t s combine the principle of Presiden
tial with that of parliamentary government
1 ns t confer sufficient structural firmness on
y the State while provl ling at tho some time
guarantees of Ministerial accountability and
safeguards tho Chief Magistrate against usurpation on the part of
I our President remained elective by the
people while the heads of departments or
J Ministers were not directly accountable t
him but t the popular branch of the Federal
Congress that is t say I all the Ministers
had t resign when subjected t defeat In the
House of Representatives on Cabinet ques
tion we should have In this countrya state
of things almost Identical with that which
Frenchmen supposed they had estab
i lished when after tho revolution of
1848 they proceeded t form a con
stitution But as they had been
warned by LEDBTJ HOLLIN who would
have had the legislative head designated by
1 tho legislature the prestige and Influence
acquired by Louis NAPOLEON through his
election to the Presidency by the people
j proved stronger than any constitutional
t curbs and fatal t the republic Mindful of
I this unpleasant experience the Orleanlsts
and Republicans when in 1875 tho mode of
I choosing the President of the republic was
i debated In the Versailles Assembly combined
to enact the organic law that the Chief
Magistrate should b elected for seven years
nnd not by tho people but by a majority
of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies In
I luiiit session By this provision the sphere
1 Ii i for tho Presidential principle In tho
nth Government was expected to b
illy narrowed since not only were the
ulsters to b In practice removable by a
iMlvurbe vote in the Chamber of Deputies
i but the President himself Instead of big
Independent would Inevitably feel and show
r his sense of dependence on tho legislature t
I which he was Indebted for his office Such I
calculations have ben justified by events
i Not onlyhia Ministers but the Marshal
t I
1 u f 1
President MAoMAHon himself resigned
when the voice of tho Chambers Boomed Irrevocably
revocably hostile Amino fiom the outset of
the recent conflict of opinion It has Boomed
probable that M Guitar JUt eventually do
I the Versailles Assembly the Bonapart
late and Legitimista desired t give tho p
PlO the right of designating the Chief Magis
trate and It will b noticed that on Monday
the reactionists took advantage of tho
present crisis t propose that tho constitu
tion should bo amended In accordance with
ton shoud b amende I arac
their original It Is fortunate
tel orgln purpose I i torunat
for the Republicans that they wore able t
vote down this proposition 8 well a
another for the complete abolition of tho
Presidency Tho tlmo would not b well
chosen for Inviting tho electors t name a
Chief Magistrate by plebiscite while on the
other hand a headless republic would b de
nounced by Monarchist and Imperialists
alike oa locking the essential elements of
stability and strength
Railroads and Indian Reservations
Tho present year has witnessed much en
terprise In constructing railroads through
Indian lands This ha boon done under
tho authority of Congress and with the
sanction of the Indian Office
The records of those grants and of the
proceedings under them a sot forth by tho
Indian Commissioner a Interesting and
suggestive The Fort Borthold reserve
in Dakota and tho Blockfeot reserve
In Montana have been traversed by
the Bt Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba
Railway which under tho act approved mat
February h extended its road from Minot
along tho Missouri t tho valley of the Milk
River and thence t Fort Asslnibolno and
tho Groat Falls of tho Missouri Tho com
pensation for the tribes and individual In
dians for lands taken has already been fixed
and paid The Rocky Fork and Cooke City
Railway has in like manner obtained the con
sent of tho Crow Indians t build across their
reservation in Montana beginning at Laurel
and running up Rook Creek Tho right of
way subject to the approval of the tribe
was granted by a act last March
Tho rights of way in Dakota through tho
Lake Traverse reserve accorded by the Sin
seton and Wahpeton Indians r tho Chicago
Milwaukee and St Paul Company and by
te Sioux through their reserve t the samo
company and t tho Dakota Central havo
not yet been acted on by Congress The
money for the lands required and ceded Is
lying In the Treasury and tho Sioux not
understanding why It is withheld have b
When the Bismarck
come suspicious Ordway BI
marck and Northwestern Railway recently
asked leave t make a survey through the
Sioux reserve for a road t the Black Hills
the Indians their refused
through agents rfusd
it They had already sold routes t two
companies and had not been paid This stir
ring up of opposition t railroads was according
cording t Commissioner ATKINS needless a
well as unfortunate and ho asks tho Fiftieth
Congress t take the required action on tho
neglected grants
The Idaho reservations are t b further
opened t railways Last May Secretary
LAMA directed two officers of the Indian
Bureau t examine the Fort Hall reserve
with a view t procuring additional lands
and rights for the Utah and Northern road
running north and south and the Oregon
Short Line running east and west Tho
Shoshonea and Bannocks agreed t relinquish
a tract near Pocatello station for a town
sit tho lots t b sold at auction or other
wise by the Government and tho Interest at
B per cent on the net proceeds paid annually
t the Indians The Utah and Northern
Company can also have a strip 200 feet wide
through tho reserve for 8 an acre Congress
will b called upon t act upon this offer
In Wisconsin the Duluth Superior and
Michigan Railway has applied for a route
through tho Bad River reserve and negotia
tions with the Chlppewas on this subject are
pending In Minnesota the Rainy Lako
River and Southwestern Company is con
templating a line through the Red Lake re
serve toward Bismarck and has boen re
ferred to Congress for legislation
The Indian Territory Is the scene of many
now railroad projects Last winter rights of
way through It were granted t tho Chicago
Kansas and Nebraska and tho Fort Worth
and Denver City companies For tho line
of tho Kansas and Arkansas Volley road
through tho some territory appraisers havo
been appointed by all parties interested ex
cept the Chorokces and the road Is under
construction Awards have already hen
mode t the Bonna and tho Otoo and Is
nouns tribes for the right of way on the
Southern Kanuas road whose main line has
already been built t Oklahoma station but
tho Cherokeoe to the courts
Cherke0 are applying t cur for
a larger compensation Tho Gulf Colorado
and Santa F6 Company Is rapidly
Sant Cmpany I Bottling
with the Choctaws and Chlckaaaws
Last January tho Maricopa and Phoenix
Company received from Congress a right of
way through tho Gila River reserve in Ari
zona and now their road is building or
already built Congress also granted a right
of to the Utah Midland
way Uth Company
through tho Ulntah and Uncompahgra reserves
serves Besides these completed measures
tho Senate In tho lost Congreus granted
rights of way t the Northern Pticlllo Com
pany through tho Yakama reserve to the
Carson and Colorado through the Walker
River to the Jamestown and North
Hver reserve t Jameatwn Norh
ern through tho Devils Lake reserve and
t both tho Spokane and 1alouse and tho
Washington and Idaho companies through
the Cur dAlno reserve but these mea
urea locking tho necessary action by tho
House haws not yet become laws and will
doubtless Iwrenewed this winter The North
ern Pacific has applied for authority t
construct a short spur In the Puyallup re
serve and Commissioner ATKINS thinks that
a satisfactory arrangement will b made
since It will supply such additional railroad
facilities at the city of Tacoma n will be re
quired by the Increase of butlnesa arising
from tho completion of tho Cascade branch
It Is only from such a summary of the
numerous and Important steps ton since
the present year began that a true idea can
b obtained of current railroad building
across Indian reserves It used t be
thought Imperative t cheek railroads at the
boundaries of those domains and force
them t make a long raid costly detour
Now the Indians themselves are generally
found eager t give right of way receiving
a they do not only compensation for all
land taken but advantages in procuring
supplies Commissioner Arum does not
doubt that tills policy will bo Increased
Commerce In the Arctic Ocean
For the second time since the wealthy
Russian merchant SIBHRIAKOFP began his
persevering efforts t for h steamer
through arctic Ice t the mouth of tho Yen
mel River tho feat lire tills year been ac
complished Tho steal nshlp Phoenix laden
with merchandise from Lelth has unloaded
her cargo on the brinka of the Yenisei
whence has ben carried by steamer and
llghternmny hundreds of miles up the great
river The Phcenlx dopes t return t Eu
rope next year with EUberion produce
When NoBDENSKidLD came home alter
I t f u v 2ct
making the Northeast passage ho said there
would b no difficulty in establishing trade
b steamer between Europe and tho mouth
of tho Yenisei I this was true tho fact was
very Important for the Yenisei la ono of tho
worlds great rivers I Is navigable by large
vessels during tho brief summer season for
six hundred miles from tho SC and by light
draught boats t the very heart of Siberia
For years Mr HimniAitoFr has been trying
t demonstt that NOIIDUNSKIOLDB judg
ment was correct but every year except
ono his vessels havo boon baffled by tho Ice
I the Kara Sea
In 1830 his steamer tho Oscar Dlckoon
reached Siberia but on the return trip she
was crushed In the Ico and sank His
steamer on tho Yenisei has taken several
loads of Asiatic produce t tho mouth of
tho river but though SimniAXorF sent
from Europe three vcssnls In ono year not
a pound of his Siberian freight has over
reached Europe by sriv His ventures In
tho Arctic Ocean have oout him 500000 and
the successful voyage of the Phujnlx will
have t b repeated several times I ho over
regains tho money ho bas lost
I la not likely however that this uncer
tain route t Siberia will over L worth
much t commerce Tho Phoenix was fa
vored with a fine season for Arctic travel In
fact It Is believed tho route to Franz Josef
Land was nearly free from ice all summer
offering n splendid opportunity t explorers
had any of them happened to b on hand
Wo Dont Caro a Rep
Our esteemed friend tho Boston Herald
now no longer on the box scat driving tho
Administration but meekly and sadly tramp
Ing on foot may b pardoned for uttering
those observations
te queer obrntons
There li I one piece of folly which It I would teem that
even the most obtuse Democrat mUst be equal to appre
ciating I ti that It I not possible for the Democrat on
their old bull to elect a President of the United Statu
Te tried this experiment for twenty four tears and
they failed every time Three yearn ago the Mugwumps
took band A the AIm to elect a Democratic Presi
dent on a new basin They havo had the ntljfactlon tie
spite nemocratlo obstructions to see him kop to a con
siderable degree upon I since he has been in 1 offlce
Almost all tho Mugwumps who were old
enough t vote In 1871 voted against SurE
J TIDE yet ho was elected and ho was
elected on the old basis
In 1885 DAVID BENNETT HIM was easily
elected Governor of New York obtaining a
handsome plurality In spite of tho frantic
efforts of the Mugwumps
Tho party that carries Now York next year
will elect the not President Tho Demo
cratic party supported by tho Administration
tion and rojolciiif in tho disappointment of
the Mugwumps is In better condition t
carry New York than It has been for four
years Tho more the Administration Bit
upon tho Mugwumps tho moro joyous tutu
hopeful does tho Democracy become nnd tho
stronger does the Admlnlfatiatlon become
But apparently no amount of kicking has
any effect upon tho Mugwumps They ham
nowhere else t go to They feel that
theyre not wanted and yet they will not
go They will never allow themselves to
b counted
The United Democracy doesnt care a rap
for them any way They can come or go ns
they please Mr CLEVELAND hits given them
a very strong hint to go and Governor HILL
does not ask for their assistance
CIIATJNCET DEPEW says that tho time has
coma when an American play can bo written
and why shouldnt bo write It blnibclf 1 Ho
could certainly give I a bright anti witty dia
logue able characterization and tho proper
number of acts and scones As for plot there
wouldnt be any trouble about that for ho Is a
good French scholar Ho would b sure to
create a greater interest in the dramatic worM
than has boon felt since tho Astor place riot
We entreat Mr DEPEW to employ his next va
oation in concocting and concatenating a Croat
American play Thats about tho only cup ho
hasnt won
Tho Rev Dr JOSEPU PABKCK of the City
Temple London who has boon lecturing in
the West says that ho tsnmarod and oppressed
by tho size of tho United estates This Is tho
moro unfortunate because the United States
hasnt been in tho slizhtost decree oppressed
or amazed by tho size of Dr JOSEPH TABICEE
ANTHONY COMSTOCKH views of art may bo
designated asa nude departure ilnclnnatl Entiulicr
But ANTHONY COMBTOCK himself can only bo
de lgnated as I public nuisance
The women inspectors ut tho Custom
House are covering them uloa with cory and
uncovering a deal of smuggling Hut tho
equal woman industry smugglers continue to btuugglo with
Wo notice with great interest that our
friend Mr URIM STOKER of Trinity College
Dublinso widely known In connection with Mr
InvrNoB brilliant theiitiical Is I
briiant 1II11icni enterprise to
lecture nt Chjekering Hull next Friday after
noon on ABBAUAM LINCOLN Mr I BIOKEIS Is an
accomplished scholar find a graceful large
hoartoJ man AVo ant sure ho has made a very
thorough study of his mibject tint that oven
wo who arc to tho manor bur may count upon
hearing from him views of tho great Aniei lean
which will bo now to us and instructive as well
ns facts which have passed through our mlndrt
without making upon them tho ImprcM loiiH
they should havo made We welcome Mr
BroKEn t the lecture stage of Now Yurk
Tho now Buffalo census shows a gain of
moro than 27000 since tho census of IBS Buf
falo Is now a tidy town of two hundred and
thirty thousand odd growing end not blowing
By the way what n 1 flue motto for the seal of a
municipality those four words would make
GEORGE FIUNCIB TIIAIX yet wnlto upon
the border casting back friendly glances at
the children In Madison square Hu will Ind
it dull In Now Brunswick His tout Is still re
served for him His little friends are waiting
for him Como back GEOIIOK FBANCIS como
backl I You are a Now York institution Do
not anarchy shut yourself up except on tha subject of
Boston Is rapidly winning a largo and
lamentable reputation as a placo hero I fair
fight Is not to bo lint I tho town doesnt ro
form SULLIVAN will undoubtedly abandon It
upon his return and them what will become of
It Whore is Iorsepolls Where Is Palmyra f
Boston needs t brace up
ANTHONY CousTocrfehould look after tho
trees In the Control Park Stripped of their
leafy garb their baru limbs oipobed to tho
blasts of November why thoros a genuine
COUSTOCE lode up then
Buy your gobbler Dont try t got one In
a raffle Put cotton in your oars and escape
the siren rate of tho dice box Bo shall you
awake tomorrow morn without rockiness and
without remorse and with the pleasing con
sclousnoss box that thoros a fine bird In the Ico
Move Oul Jtluve OnI I
Ytm the iMvannah Xewt
Pulitzer of the New York lloriti continues
to attack by Insinuation Col John II Fellows lately I
elected District Attorney tit that rltr That Is his way
probably of netting even with TiE Bus whlUi Ucps
UUtnf Lira that be must more on
The Catholic News lu Ilreoklyn
To THE Enrrojt op TUB BUN Sir The Cali
DUG Venn Is I the only Catholic newspaper putultiheul In
the irorUt Ilrookljn annx and lbs Culollc New Is I not
supplied with paper by the 11 wM Respectfully yours
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To TUB EDITOR 01 T Stir Your
correspondent in Atlanta has misled yon Into
doing a very serious Injustice t a gentleman
who Ishold in the highest esteem by all who
know him and his unimpeachable character
I refer to Col Wm A Hcmphlll of tho Atlanta
Oonttitutton Col Hempblll has been connect
ed with that journal both as business
Joural bth 1 manager
and as part proprietor since I began publica
tion ibis by no means tho avaricious cormo
rant your correspondent would have the publlo
believe He in a Christian gentleman of known
HberalltyextenBlvo charities ant enjoys abusl
nets reputation that Is onvlablo for Its probity
and just success His attitude concerning
prohibition has never boen in question since
tho measure became an Issue In Georgia In
tho campaign In Atlanta in 1835 ho was a
straightout Prohibitionist Mr Grady was
also u Prohibitionist while Capt Howell was
then as now an honest and open opponent
of tho measure They havo declared their
convictions openly without prejudice to tnelr
relations na coproprietors of the newspaper
In tons 188t Cot Homphlll was nut forward for Al
derman In Atlanta by tho Prohibitionists and
elected and is now serving as one of their rep
rp
resentntlvoi In the City Council Ho Is not
filont in tho present campaign Only a few days
ago ho presided over one of tho largoBt pro
OIor
hibition mass meetings over hold In the city
DIS ciy
and made a lengthy address Oiled with con
vincing facts in favor of the measure and
which wan most vociferously endorsed by the
vast audience
I trust you will give these fat room In your
columns in justice to Col Homphlll and his po
sition in this affair I was an employee of the
AmsdiiKod many jrcnrs ni know the high
character of Cal Homphill among hlk follow
citizens I write this therefore as due to a
Christian gentleman and faithful friend Yours
very truly I SAM W BHALL
J1R CLETEHXD AND TUB NEW YORK
JLLKCIIOir
LTOrZON
Btrlktnr Views of the Great Deaieeratle
Journal or Tezsu
From lh Galtatm Daily News
Advices from Washington state that Mr
Cruln and other leading Democrats are much
cncouraued by tho result of the recent election
electon
In Now York and express themselves as conO
dont of Mr Cleveland ronominatlon and re
election This too seems to be tho prevailing
opinion of tho Democratic cross of the coun
try and doubtless foreshadows 1 ronomina
ton and a second term for Mr Cleveland New
York has snokon therefore all doubt vanish
I Is singular thoughithut tho determination
of such an Important question an the continuation
questoa
contnla
ton of a party In power should be made on snub
a haphazard game as a Htato election in New
York that a wise nnd conscientious Adminis
tration should count for nothing and that the
manipulation of votersln Kings county by ward
politicians should bo loft to nettle so grave a
question As unreasonable as this may appear
the fact still remains that had the iwople I of
row York elected young Grant instead of his
more buccossful opponent on Nov 8 Mr
Cloelands chances of both ronominatlon and
renom1aaton
redaction would have looked far less bright
than they do today and It would have required
a heavy draft on his proverbial good luck to
land him safoly on tho right side of the fence
next year
This stato of affairs shows that the people or
rather a portion of them are growing more In
dependent of party ties nnd easily turn their
backs on party platform principles and this is
true in a marked desrou of the people of Now
York I noims almost I Incredible that thoy
should Imo olaeted Mr Cleveland Governor by
over 200UOO majority and then whllo ndmit
thug tho purity and wisdom of Ills Administra
tion give him I majority of loss than 1200
whim I candidate for the Presidency Yet Now
York did this and I surface Indications of tho
drat of public opinion may bo taken as for
easIly coming events she intends giving him
an overwhelming majority next year
Democratic loader and Democratic news
papers assert and believe this simply because
the Democratic party was successful in New
York tho other day A victory has been won
nnd that for thorn is sufficient When party
linos ara broken and party principles blown to
the wind there is I grand rush of uncertain
voters to got on the winning side Just as
naturally there would hae followed a like rush
to the Republican ranks bad the Democrats
boon defeated
That Jlr Clevelands Administration has
been an honest and pure one Is unquestioned
unQuestonod
that it has been 1 vise ono is questioned by
bin opponents alono that it has bad the effect
of relocating to tho background the r seals on
l
the onon i le and the meresioilsieekoru on the
othor is admitted by all nod that Its chief aim
his been tooloviite purify and cleanse every
branch of the public service Is part of tho his
tory of the past throe years
let the personal fitness for the Presidency of
the man who has had the courage and ability
to mark out and follow nuch a course success
fully is I lost sipht of ant his chance of reelection
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election made to depend upon tho personal
whhus of a few thousand voterS in New York
who judging from the past are as likely to
Note ote way as the other Of course it Is I said
that thin vote in Now York was an ondoruomBiit
of Mr Cleveland but I tho Republicans had
Placed in tho Hold a man who could have
drawn votes by his great personal popularity
and ho had been olocted would it b c fair to
< mini that the result wise I condemnation of
Mr Cleveland Certainly not and therefore
It Is possible that on this occasion Grants
want of popularity defeated the hnpos of the
national Republican party as surely ns tho
great popularity of his father defeated tho
national Democratic partY on two occasions
Toi many years Ohio never failed to with
hold her endorsement of Republican Ad
ministrations In oil years and with onunl reg
ularity never failed to give it when a llepubfi
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< ytn candidate for the Presidency was in the
fluid Thorn are too many elements In I Htnto
election to permit of its results being consid
eiHcl either in the light of un endorsement or
tonUomnitlon of a national Administration
and thn vote In New York last Tuesday meant
nothing more nor less than that the Demo
cratic party in that State was strong enough to
elect its candidates then and will bo Ilkoly to
hav many recruits from tim uncertain or
unattached Mmnents to swell its ranks In
tlin Presidential campaign next year
Hut whether It can work the New York pivot
Other things eiiunl eo as to assure the election
of aDainocrntic President will depend largely
on the temper and inclination of the Mugwump
contingent Any conspicuous concession to
or any fcandalous bargain with iv Now York
political marlilnu on spoils busH would excite
a degree of disgust nnd distrust among thn
tero
PJirlyH Mugwump allies which evou the name
oj Jlr Cleveland might not prevent from rita
ning into loud active and bitter opposition
Mr ClrYelunda Flow Letter
Yom the RrMklyn Citizen
As to tho effect of Mr Clevelands letter In
behalf of Col Fellows only a word need bo said
I doubtless gave groat offence to the Mug
wump and other nocalled independent ele
ments but It secured for the President a do
grco of true blue Democratic affection greater
than other act of his Administration
thln any Admlolstruton has
elicited
The Bon and the Working Women
from I
I Shakespeare hud been 0 reader of THE
SUN and had soon therein that a man by tho
nminio of Godholp paid poor women seventy
llo cents a dozen for making undergarments
Ills query as to whats in a name would
have possessed oven more pertinence than It
docs now
nowF the Richmond State
TiE SUN has boen doing a good work In ex
posing tho wrongs of tho sowing women of the
metropolis and tho facts It presents aro start
line Women are paid 160 per dozen for
trousers fifteen cents apIece forvcste and
twelve cents per day for crocheting shawls
Yet wo have had a high protective tariff In this
country for twentysix years The advocates
of this system claim for It that It raises wagon
In all callings Surely none of the least of Its
jonoflts have trickled into the dreary homos of
ho working women of Now York
Where Can is Sailor I
To THE EDITOR OF TUB Hun Sir Please
answer these questions which I will ask A a reader of
Tom Bux
1 VVbat right bas a sailor to rote t
2 An1 where hale a rUht to YOU I
u And where has lie a right to role when claiming a
arJf ftt
borne In no state but as a citizen of the United Btates I
Nrici 1 ov XI J Well
A sailor only has tfio t right to vote when ha Is
a citizen of some State Ho can vote only at
his place of residence and under the conditions
which the laws of tho State proscribe such for
instance a to tho length of time of his resi
dence In that place
An a citizen of the United States no man ha
he right to vote anywhere We repeat that
ono can only voto at tho place where he lives
and under tho laws which govern at that placo
The Suicide of the ErestU World
Ff515 Lift
Tho only fun connected with the execution of
the Anarchists was furntsued ii its ttentna llVrU
which committed a tort of Journalist homlelde WI i
occurred lounclni the ceO 01 tbe f trsjcdy seme two bears fetter I
o <
i J jl
IKIERESTIJiO OOSSir OF TOR DAr
Senator Imp slopped over I BolO o his way to
Wuhuu n t talk In favor of BO license with bis no
poblloan friends He It the mOt pronounced Trohlbl
llonlst of all the l idlnr Bepnblloans and U was n
eeret that he retarded New York State lost to his party
after he had ont I few day campaigning here I Oc
tober IU said that the liquor plank In the Itepnbllcan
platform wontd rain net a untIe rote but would cost a
good many 11 It h reported to bar said that It would
bare been better to have had la Ih
bn bter t ha no liquor plank I the
platform at al
Senator Frye does Dot hesitate t say plainly thotun
b bat not made public declaration of this belief that
tbe Prohibitionists are right In declaring tbat the Repub
lican party will be compelled before Ionic to face the al
ternatlr of farorlng the total oppression of the liquor
trafflo or ot dlslntriraUon Three years alo after his
campaign In the West for Dan Frye laid to friends In
New York that the Republican poly must come out
aquarely for prohibition or sooner or later suffer 1rye
however I I not In favor of national legislation on this
object He thinks Ita matter of police Ittfslatlon and
should therefore b left to each State lie iota most de
Uxbttnlly heated when talking about II and II rome
Urns pleaict semi ot his friends to wind him up and sot
him aol that they may hare the pleaser of teeing
Frre In a ferer
Fri was not alwayt a 1rohlblUonlst or total ab
stainer II hit younger days he neither refuted a moderate
erate slats himself nor wished to prevent any one else
from forty drops oro Hot he became cenrinced that
Its use was harmful for the individual and a curse to the
people and though he ls I no temperance ranter hit
opinions when expressed are at forcible u Seal Dows
Bat what of stimulus Frye lost when be made up hit
mind that alcohol was bad for mankind be In a meas
ure receives from tobacco lie I one of the nerrout
men who can smoke Inordinately without seem
ing bad effect nor does he disdain a bad cIgar when be
cannot Ret a good one I It be tobacco II It good to his
view all genuine tobacco cigars are Sos In his opinion
bat tome are Oner than others
It is I stranre that only two of the Maine Congressmen
are total abstainers and these two are tam the tame
town Lewlston They are Fry and DOT Dingley and
they stand on the tame Prohibition rock stain 1s a
practical abstainer though he now and then sips a little
light wine Tom Reed very rarely touches liquor ex
cept a half glass ot champagne at a formal dinner MU
llker was found at the Chicago Contention away off I
on of the subterranean caverns under tbe big bal
doubled np with cramp which he was trying to over
come with the contents of an ounce bottle of brandy
Uale It I more abstinent than he used t be hut he dorsnt
turn his wine glass doW a dinner All of these Maine
statesmen are In correspondence with Stains and hare
no donbt Informed hIm that It was th Prohibition rote
In New York which wrecked the Republican ticket
The Massachusetts gathering which Frye addressed
seems t be a movement t head off further prohibition
losses 1 I an attempt t commit the Republicans
squarely to no license but to lee tho matter where
Oreeley suggested the tariff should b left to communl
ties to settle Long Robinson and Hoar appear to bare
devised the scheme so that the Republican party may
say that It stands committed t n license as a local
issue and will help the Prohibitionists to secure such
such legislation In each State Frye thinks that some
declaration t that effect ought to be made In I the next
platform and believes that I will hold a majority of the
Prohibitionists In line In New York Connecticut and
New Jersey which are the only States In which 1rohl
bitten lasses seriously threaten the Republicans
Ehonpers In the great dry goods bazaars In this city
hare been puzzled and often annoyed b the queer com
bination of odd figures Sized upon as prices for goods Ar
ticles marked 40 cents cause the question why they
were not marked W and ut cents or 74 cents or 10
cents and other combinations are oo strange that they
eogirest that they were fixed simply to keep a person
walling for change It cost one person Ji recently wall
Inn for the one cent change due him In the purchase of a
49 ent article for which be had given a 50 cent piece
The delay In getting chants caused him to lose the last
train home aud he bad to stay In town all night I Is
rather queer too that proprietors refuse as a general
thing to explain why these figures are marked dow n
though ole of them said the other day that they result
from exact computations a 1 gross cost with the per
centage of profit added
A stout woman has recently been complaining the
fashion newspapers and maiuznei print n plates that
Sire fleshy women any satisfaction She avers that
none but women of slender graceful figures can study
Uieie plate to any advantage and declares that a for
eigner who saw these periodical would suppose that 1
women In Amerca were of willowy proportions And
jet the number of such Issald 1 by modistes and dealers
In the wearing apparel ot women to be a small minority
American wrmen especially those who hay the means
1 dress In accordance with fashions decrees are In
cllued t decided plumpness and the regret of such
when they examine the elaborate plates displaying
handsome garments on suppleformed women may be
Imagined But the makers ot these magazines smile
when these complaints are brought to their ears and de
clare that to print realistic plates for stout women would
cause others to smile to
When flea Arthur was President he conceived a great
fondness for the son of PostmasterGeneral Howe Mr
Frank Howe The young mau became Assistant United
States District Attorney and had his tastes been polltl
cl would have had a One chance for gratifying them
But he became an enthusiast on the subject of the
drama and gave himself np lo that pursuit Two of his
ploy bar been accepted by one of the best managers In
this city But Mr Howe has found that an accented
play is I one thing and 0 ploy i produced Is another and
he wall for a production with that Lope deferred
which maketh the heartsick
Mr Caiauran one of SIr A M Palmers readers re
cently said that the manuscript of plays are offered or
lent to Mr Palmer at an average of two a day In the
last year he ha read over 300 plays and out ot that
number bow many will it be supposed were recom
mended to Mr Ialmer attention I Just twol One of
tune was highly recommended the other just passed
muster
mutI er person of prominence who wrote plays and
submitted them were to contest It or If the managers
of city theatres eboulri give the names of those who as
plre t distinction In this Held there would be more sur
prises Literary mn some of them of great repute
politicians amy officers and even clergymen hare
been and are constaitly submitting their little dramas
About everybody who can write the English Isnruago
ieem to be seized atom lime or other with the desire
to write a play Thousands of them good Indltlerout
and abominably bad are ground out every year Tie
passion come like the meatles to everybody at least
once and with one attack I generally cuied
One at least of our Presidents has had a play partly
written perhaps wholly Oen Logan Senator Inntls
llenrr W atlerion and Vtr Blalne have confessed either
to writing or contemplating the writing of plars nut
wo hare never produced In America I great playwright
and great orat ur In the came person a Sheridan was or
a playwright of the ability to produce a great tragedy a
line melodrama and a successful comedy and at the
tame time pubtlth brilliant noels and attain prom
inence In political ue a did Uulwer though Thaikerny
did make fun of him
Aubrey II Bouclcault ton of Dion sails this morning
sn the Baale to see If ho ran bare the trial of thedlrorre
ruse between his parents postponed until June Ills
mother Mrs Agnes Robertson Is now starring with
MrOeraldlne company and If she leaves I I before
the close of the eeason the company will be broken up
The divorce case between Mr and Mrs Bouclciiult Is to
b e called for trial In London on Dec 1 Aubrey Bouel
enl Is a handsome young man of dark hair and com
pleilon but without his fathers talents
George D Starr Barnnms authorized agent for foreign
iulnesa > arrived lu Liverpool yesterday to hear of the
treat Sro at Bridgeport Ue sailed on Saturday a week
igo In the Ohio He was rommUslonea to scour the
world for attraction going Into Russia Tsrtary and
rhlbet Edwin I Low who shipped Mr Starr asked
Jr Barnum yesterday If he stoolS cable Starr about
lbs Bridgeport Ore So raid the great I To Ita allover
over > the world by this time Mr Starrs snedal com
nlsulon I told to be to secure a talking gorilla
JVot I Good Ncsiton for Absentees
From tin CuuHer Journal
The Democratic majority ovor all In the House
of Representative I eleven This I not such a bit
majority but It f better than fifty In the last House
the majority was so large that many of the Democratic
members were absent when their services were needed
They seem 10 think tn > t the majority on their side A
1 Urge that their vote would not be necessary The
result was that often the leaders had to postpone Im
portant legislation An old member of Congress Is au
hority for the statement that the party In the House
with a small majority always does better and more
prompt and efficient work than the party with an over
whelming majority The Democrats In the next House
will find that hwy will hare It stick close t their desks
or else Tom Iteed and his Republlcsn friends will clean
them out early stud ufien
CurlUlo unit Bsiadall
trOlls LAS OnaUvn CHum
As U is very much to b desired by the ene
mies of the Democracy at the present time that there
ball b ill will between Congressman Carlisle of Ken
lucky In Congressman Randall of Cennsylranla 11
quite In the line of iu duly at a traitor for tbe New York
irorUto be misrepresenting these gentlemen lo etch
other Sappily however the Industry of the knavish
publication In question U not likely te avail much
Wo Rum oo One Moulder
rrcn the BtOUmer Jtterica
The Wan Contiitutlon is nerformine tht
reaartaUt tea of carrying water etitVtifieidfraT
4 r
UNFAIR TO fan BIIIDE
Tfce President Heine lam n Joke nt the Ex
pence or M nilesfnl Couple
hem tht rtillaJtlfbia Utter
A largo number of nowly married couples
on theirweddlnR tour tiro ainnno the callers
nt tho Whito llouBU trlweckly receptions
and to those when discovered the Presi I I
dent Is always particularly Kroc OUH A few I
months ao a very amusing Incident attended
alO 1
tho visit of a nnwly married couple Tho I groom
wan on the odltorlnl staff of a loading dally i
nowgpaperof Chicago On his urrtvnl in W unit
liiBton the I Broom called on tho reMdcnt cor
respondent 1101 f paper who In turn caihod on
tho newly wptldiU tmir at their liolol A I
visit to tha wlddl HOIIPO wan plannod tho
oorreRpomlnnt agreeing to accompany and
present thorn to tho President 1 wits PX
plnlnud that a large Illbr of newly married 1
people attended tile tmbllu I receptions anti that
time President hnd Wome so oxi > ort that ho
could dotcct u bride nt the first Blanco tl This
paitlcular brldo declared that Hho had endeav
ored to conceal the fact from obforvrrs that
she was a hrldo and tlnttorod herself that her
olforts hud been siiPcoBsftil bhe won convinced
slcosshll
that tin President would not bo able to detect
nor ion cannot decelvo tho President mild
tho oorroxpondint Up has lreshleltt lu iv 1 I
Dingle InxtHUco since ho was married
A visit wits mldo to kIte TTaslt Department
to occupy tho limo intervening boloro the hour
npiwlntod for tho reception Tliocoi ri > 6i > ondtMit
Roiwd an opportunity and whole 1 note to UGh
informing that shrewd nttachiS of tho
result of this conversation ali that I was his
purpose to attend tho public reception with hU
newly married friends Lnmont was rcauostcd
to notify he Proldi and roauc t him to
identity tho roting Imly us 1 bride The party
reached tho Whltc tlonsolii Rood season lary
ut tho suggestion of thn correspondent they
sooted themselvei on a sofa in tho East Itoom
ana vvnlchod thii other visitor puns
and tho President their lacs
Ind greet lrshlont Taking I places
at the hull uf tho line the party was soon in
front of the President when the correspondent
presented his friends Grasping the ladys
hand the President said Mrs I nm
pleased to see you and desire to present my
conKnitulatlons on your recent marriage o
have not hud the usual number brides among
the callers today I think you two only the
fourth hut the scarcity In numbers is com
pensated for by tho bounty anti attractiveness
of the few who today favored us
IR
The young lady was sn completely surprised
with the kindly speech and manner of the
President as well aa by his identification that
she could make nr reply and passed speech
less to the vestibule where she burst Into
tears She charged the correspondent with I
revealing to the President that sho wan n I
bride a charge which ho skilfully combated
by referring tn the fact that skluly boon out of
her sight und hearing during the entire morn
Ing Hecnverine her composure she upraidod
herself for stupidity in not making proper ao
stlldity prper
knowledcmont of tho Presidents cordial
greeting and expressed the greatest surprise
at tho wonderful newer of discernment ho ox
hlulted than her husband In this she was not Inane surprised
Six Coveted Electoral Vote
From the lialttmare Sun
WAlLOTON Nov 20ne purpose of the
101ublcln In the next session of Congress II
to 11110 no effort untrlel for Ihe admission us
States of two or moro of the Republican Terri
tories I Dakota and Waihliiirton Territories
are admitted the Republicans could count with
the utmost conndonco upon six more Itepubli
cnn electoral votes Dills for the admission of
both of these Territories will be pressed to an
early passage In tho Semite ami a tremen
dous ctlort will hell bo mtdo to create a nubile
sentiment which will Induce or compel tha
House lo take favorable action
In 1876 the Democratic House passed the bill
to admit Colorado In the elioT that It would
lie a Democratic State There H no doubt tho
Domoctats wore cleverly outwitted by the l > e
puhlieinson that occasion They will not bo
inclined to assist in crentlnc now Republican
States and perpetuating Republican dominion
in time Senate unless there are some excellent
reasons ot a coniMl diameter for it If Colo
rado had not l > een admitted in 187G the
electoral vote which were utnlon for tile benollt
of Hayes would lm o hone him no Rood Tim
enthusiasm of the Hoimbllran > Senate her the
admission of now States IH apt therefore to
be met with Indifference by the Democratic
House at least until alter tho PreeldentUl
election C
President Dcitrwi Hnlft Hide
From Hi Albany Journal
It makes tho calmest spirit dizzy to con
template tue startlIng speed attained by the
train carrying President Denew dliei ton mid
other ofliclaH of the CentialHuilsun nailroid
on the recent tour of luspet tlon of hut Central
and West homo roads Ho n roadbed cm
bfllnapt cted Ipun I iitniln i running at Urn I into
of GO miles an hour surpasses the eompiehou
sion of the ordinary traveller who Is cnu ful
if ho can main 35 miles un hour on n ilrHtclass
ticket Time inspectors train was composed of
four earn The train was run on liniiteil
time between Now Ynik and Buffalo Tho
Chlcaco limited utprcss makes thin run in 11
hours Iu returning Saturday via the Vust
Shore the train uvoraced B7 miles nn hour
from Buffalo New York The scenery alnnj
tho West Shore route between Canujohnrio
and Downing station Is very plcturosmio Tho
distance between stations Is seven miles This
run was made In nix minute and the run from
Buffalo to Now York occupied only 10 hours
boliicij hours less time than is required for
tho Chlctco limited to cover the same distance
General ManaeerLayneof tin West Shorn un
doubtedly irivn to ofllelals of the Central
Hudson the fastest trip of Inspection on record
Commendrd br Two Labor Leader
from tkr Mant trgui
Gov Hill yesterday received the t < iKiun
we present b lov Chief P M Arthur is well
known us being the head of the Rrothnrlmod
of Locomotive Eiurineors of the United States
while f b Whoiiton Is ut the head of iho I Order
of Jtnilroiid Conductor of tile United Mates
These two orc nl4tious are a powei dud
took nn active part In cacti ring the 111111 ii I mit cot
of Mlchuoi Itlckard Tho telegrams are tia lot
lows
CMVKHID Ohio NOT 21 IffiT
To lilt KiteHinry Con D II nut at Xeio 1wl Many
Ilense accept the thanks of the llrothrrlinoil at locn
motive Etmlnrers for tlie appolutuieut of Mr Itlckanl as
ItMiirouil LomuibOluner r u JI AKTMIU
Cnnir0 Nor 21 18H7
To nan Dli lilt Kireuilre Refuter Miavy
rices crept the Placer tLanksot our order on the
appointment of Mr Itlckaril
C R VVuiiiOf O C C
Another hungry Joe Come to Grief
Fms te St Iaui cioe
Among the hnckmon In town Is n follow
who drives out of Drttironhonrs barn who Is
known by tho name of lluncry Joe horn cer
tain hoggish propensitIes ha huts I aiwj > n bhown
It Is needless tn i say that liunxiy Joe Is unpop
ular ulinong bite brother workmen timid a Rood
deal of their time IK spent uottllu tip jokos ou
Joe Wednesday nlirtit he was particularly un
pleasant In his huoimmtt Jet so one of file boys
catehlnc him in tho Meollat lloima lobby at
midnight ran over to u irittnurnnt and tele
phoned a hack was wanted nt 1710 Third ave
nue south Jon altred to the phone winked
sm tied anti jumped i on bin hack to catch Ito
order hon ho cot out to tho I block ho vvoo
half the poplfl up bamilun at doors itncJ cot
cursed and sworn nt more times in nn hour
than he had nil Ills life prmlonsly Finally it
dawned on his mind that ho h < ul been sold and
yosterdav there was not n madder man In tim
city than hungry Joe the Imukmtm who gut
loft fur being too funny
A Noiivenlr of n Trrmenftnue Tragedy
Frcm lie Pitutiurah Itlrvatcti
NEW Yons Nov 12 Although It was a din
poiulnt the rfteiU of Henry Viard Jeecher little titter
st wo excited outside ot his personal friends who at
tended for the purpose of Imrltij souvenirs Hooks and
brick brute wed on after Another until a tIny paper
bound copy nt Mrs Irnvnlnica puems was offered Tue
auttloiioer regarded Itc relessiy but one person present
luau discovered written on a tly leaf Iheodor Tllton to
Henry Ward Beecw und 1e 1 bid It up slowly tot li
fa flnnlljr Inline It to somebody who cave u 5
Who had paid i for ii tllnit Intrliulcally worth no
more llmni cuits I Kllrtbeth Illtoa
More Knua Wuntrd In Amenta
mm the tiumla Looming Sentinel
At noon Sunday not n copy of THE BUN
could be haul at the newsstands Large piles of m > rU <
were left thus flowing the difference In the present
circulations of those papere
Hurried HI JVIurty anti Nine
From the Xmoileant nmti Democrat
Rafael Luna after resettIng the uncommon
ueufw tears us now fiijoilnK Tilt hon yrnu < i with
1eira Secrete ajaunt woman of W whom he hu
lately married in Uuauajuatu
Greater linn Cam Coilr
from the louliclllc PtwrUr Journal
Our mIr Sullivan rnutkes thu < Prince of Wales
ucall lit ihiurtine wIll et learu that titer are greaten
Americans luau fluOato Ciii
We have rccolved Harptrn Magazine for
December and heartily cnmm ml It to lbs public at
pmsesslni all the attractions artistic and literary which
we are accustomed to look for In this unsurpassed
periodical Among the contributors an Charles Eubsrt
Craddock Mr llowtha MIss Ileoves Mr Aldrlcli Ir
Carleton Andrew ianur and WHIUm Shark A beaut
fully Illustrated article by Mr F W Burbidge treats of
Old fashlonsd Bullish larSen Flowers and the Illus
trations art by the hand t > t Alfred Faraont There U a
remarkable essay on Precious Stones In the United
States with a striking colo td plate and this we dare
any will be examined with more popular attention than
any other part of the number
hIsurtey pains aatbmstte and all throit affections ar
loon relived by that Cetaiu remedy fez cuught and
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TOE lr4yrntrLWr AKSVXAL
A Factory Prncdcnllv EstshhIebveI lor MAIn <
Inn Field ned Heavy Oini lor the Army
WABniNOTOX Nov 22 KcnrJy four years
ego Fob Ill 1884 the Ottn Foundry Hoard re
ported that ono of the first measures for nil
tlonnl dcfonco should bo time establishment ot
two Government gun fuctorlos rocoiiimeiuilnsf
that the m 10 lOt time navy should bu pluced at
V4tishmiligton and thin ono for tho army met Wmtimjr i
llet ust Troy Time Fortifications Board nr
tlvod nt tho santo conclusion which they ox
proxsodln this langumugo
4
Tim requirements of the two services In this respect
are sufilrlontly distinct to Jn tlty two separate MUitillih
meets nhlcb In he Interests of tht national dtfttica
would be fully occupied for msny years to come probt U
My long enough to exhaust their capacity good work
Next n committee of lImo Tortynlnth Con
cress rtronely odvocntod lie proposed fito
lories giving those reasons
The Oovernment should establish two factories for
machine finishing anti assembling Rima Tit weibt of
opinion among army and navy experts and prominent
manufacturers heavy work In Heel decidedly luidicetes t
the Waihlnxton Nnvy Yard and nterrllol Ansual si
the best sites for such Inctorlei C V both Imatlon
have excellent railroad and Hitter communications s itt
the regions likely to supply the rough tunterlal and sLh
the ptare i where the prodiiott will bo needed niti rue
away from the dlttdrblnit InHuences of treat ceUren of
populallnn and each hu a salubrious climate Lach
place Is easily defensible against a foreign enem i
CJnjrrosa did nqt pass Ito desired special act
for theso fnotorios but Secretary Whitney un
der available appropriations went to work to
convert tho Washington yard Into a uiiii fac
tory This ho wan tho bettor ablo to do since
smith calibres had already been turned out In
Its ordnance shops During the past jour a lIke
process of reconstruction has been going on at
the Watervllet Arsenal und when the Fiftieth
Congress assembles its problem will no longer
bo that of considering the expediency of cstab
hiehming Government factories for heavy guns
but simply that of decidIng what appropria
tions shall bo made to Increase the UHOlulnudS
of works that already exist
The Washington factory Is now well known
to the country Time Watenliet which is less
known has a site ot 109 acres with 1600 fort
of water front on the Hudson while the Erie
Canal runs directly across it During tho
creator part of the year It derives ai abun
dance of power from n raceway with a IICRV
fall cut through from thee canal to tho river
The location fa exceptionally favorable fui
smiting ns it does adequate wharf facilities
rail canal and river communication with nl
pants of the country and proximity to ttoit
Iron and stool works white its situation un < l u
surroundings froaltfrom any tear of captiii
bran enemy 1
During tho year solid foundations have boon
laid for tho bathos boring machines and othr
apparatus needed for gun making The store
house has been turned Into a onefloor hullil
Ing 100 feet long by UO broad and about 3D In
height Since tne shop like the one for tlia
navy at Washington is strictly for finlslilnu
and assembling the rough forgings foundry
machinery is not required All the steel iore
ings for tubes jackets breech mechanism and
BO on are supplied from private steel works
under contract Hitherto forgings for tha
largest calibres have had to be Imported
from England but henceforth they will
bo obtained In this country The Ordnnnca
Bureau has been busily transferring to V ater
vllot various articles of gun plant hitherto
scattered elsewhere and it Is this proeoFswhkh
nought It into controversy with the South lies
ton Iron Works us to the right of possesclnnnf
two lathes and travelling crane don Iloiut
usk Congress for I55UOOO for the furthoc
equipment of the Government shops and 11 1
50DOOO for lie purchase of forginus
Meanwhile work has begun at Wtitorvllet on
steel Held guns for the artillery and probably
will soon bo undertaken for 10inch heavy can I
non analogous to thoso already eompoted nt u
tho Washington yard for tho navy It IB thought
that the i atervllot and Washington shoos by
sotting forth what they have accomni1ihod will
secure liberal appropriations from Congress
Mr Berg the teacher of Jenny Limb la
now 5ti years old and Mill a professor of musla In Swe
den He spLaVs of his great pupil with enthusiasm
A blacksmith luLovviston Mo Is making
money by hammering out Iron and t eel linger rings for
which he Hmls n read sale at 50 cents each lit war
rant them to cure rlu ttmatlFm
A San Francisco dentist clinrgpd a cus
tomer dcmuirl for twcllttwn hours work In hits mouth
The stiffener wouldnt pay The dentist cited The courts
cut the bill down to7 < > m d the defendant paid prompt
Popo Leo XIII is very fond of ngrlcu
lure and hue a paFslon for planting tree One of lii
first works utter his election was to plant the pirden of
tlio Vatican with fruit trees ant vines and this year for
the first time the grapes of the Vatican rrnrtlen ore
turned Into wino Ills Holiness superintends the opera
tion anil gives tile necessary orders
It lo said that some of the moro liberal
Congregational ministers nro cnntlilurinif the queftlru
of raising money to send as iiilnEiomiries tu the buJttir
the yututg melt whom the American HourdrejtiUil 01
account of their beliefs regtrillnp the future pinto ii l
the heathen The rejects 1 > unit men are of hid clan
cter und nhlllty timid are cuntccrated Chrl > tlnns
Time Government expcrimontfl this year
in mallng auirar from sorghum are said to lava Km
very successful tin fair soil the jlcld nf cane use un
average itt twelve tans The average jleld of nujnr nr
aero wan about lSnu pounds and of sjrup itS gallo is
U Is claimed that at iltls rule even at the present low
price of citron mite business nf niuUng sugar iron our
Rhura won d he very profitable
A North Giiolliiian recently returned
from Japan ears that In a few year tliu Japanese will
tin the greatest ruilroul builders In the world lie ImMS
hi JudKinent nn the feet that tho Japanese are grout
patron of railroad liven when they have no bunlnesi
to transact they tIde bad and forth on the cars until
their money Is gone even the beggars in the large
towns spending their money In this curious way
Itccordcr MjCord of the Probate Court in
Cincinnati says hat as a rule women era Ieee elflsi
than men Ito comes to title roncluslon after reading
Itt old wile In which tie found many caws where the
husband made prorlnlou to cut off Iho widows supplier
In cast she remarried end ha his whole experience h
has read but otto nil of amirrloil woman wherein any
such stipulation wee nude respecting her husband
A sturdy throeyearold walked half n
mile from his home In Mlddletown Cnun to tin depot
and crawled on the rear platform ot a train just about
to start Ho was found by abrakemsn slitln bare
headed and nsppy on tie platform with his fat led
dangling off as the train whlrzod along toward Hay
brook The conductor put him off ill Illggunum and lit
was returned to Jllddletown ant lute frenmmc mother
John L Muny of Wcstport Conn DOW
a veteran of H7 years Is n isbn and remembers well
siluen he sat ns it journeyman at the same table niiti I An
dmwJohncon who he nays vas not a food tailor nl
though he did become Irmldcnt of the Unltert Biotot
Mr Hurry relates with appreciation hit experience In
thIs city III IHU his was drawn on a Jury and lost no
much time that he afterwatd Joined the Volunteer Fire
Department to escape jury duty Boon afterward oc
curred the treat Broad urcet fire at which he received
Injuries that laid him up for sixteen months
The Buffalo KrprtHR says that this Is tIm
way n counir J man explained to a friend the uses of the
new po Ice latrol bntei of tlmt city I You see he said
the people In town tare want a policeman sometimes
stud I y roll us henui er they did want one or If thom wu
a light goln on onv here the policemen would all run
sway and hide cause they dont want to urrrtt any
bodv Sn they put these little Iron boxes on tIme corners
und they put a poUremtn In each one of them no ilml 2
lie cant run away aol I then the town folk all carry a
ley to Ihe boiet und ran go and Und a nollcetnan Ouch
ever they wint om
ClaudSpiickels time California sugnrkiiig
recently addressed C10 farmers on the quenlon of MS
Ing sugar beets lie said that they could net tram fci
to r5 an acre for betj that ht would put up a fac
tory to make beet sugar that would consume xii blue
of beets each twenty four hours providing the farmers
uarantoed tu caltlvaU a certain number nf acres In
heels each year If one factory wasnt enough lie I d 1
build another or give IOOoai toward one If the firm
ers wanted to build It themselves He said In ittuli
slot I am now In my sixtIeth year and it would k II
me to fall In what I undertake to do It Is not taut 7
that It an object to me but I want the people of uci I I
fornla to be able to show that Clans Ppreckeui lm S me i
something for this Htate when his bones are nt rut II
ray life U spared I want to see all the sugar that K l i set I
In the United hOsts grown here and 1 want to ceo lhl
country export It
There was some Interesting tfM
many about partridge In a Hartford Conn tuirt om > t
other day whin U II Iltwltt was clurgeU e itt a 4
psrttlJi that had been snared One tit tbe rxliMl l
was a bird that bad nil signs of eliot about It but ioi I 1 A
murk about Its neck Just such as a snare would iin < e
Out of the witnesses swore that p riridves divd in a
queer way lie wa out the other day and Bred at l l o
birds Cccii of which was bioughl lu by tile uig but tail
no shot insrkt Tht birds fell when be mired Mhclhcr
they were scared to death be did not know There wni
also testimony that partridges were custmneil it i lash i
themselves against trees ani I break their necks or die
of the conclusion Ons gunner tesiltted that when ll I Is
dog brought In a wounded bird hellbe guuntr tilled It
by biting lu neck This evidence was apparently in
tended to account for Gus rink round the etch of he
bird In court The result of the leitlinony was tbat Kr
Hewitt wat discharged the State not btluc able to Hat
that sect odwsantcg
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