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LaH IBHw V r ttr& irhaftmr v$ (rtlA minucrtpU for
B''''' HsBf ,ssNfcvfea a-le re taw rejected arUcUt nturnti,
HP flaBfe y 1 caw stim! tfaaspi Ar Mai smrpose.
LamBif K Hibkk --
iaHl7 jHsf IXAL Hiw.-T City and Suhni-l-an Mew Bureau
LbHC' K erthl)iTTCBrirnl!UwYoitKA''OrUTrtrMM
j, In If at II to t Ann street. Alt Information atxt
mffii SHB- doooraents (or public ns Instantly disseminated to
LaaE" TnMIr' ,h pn" whole country.
H J3S , Take a liltch of jour ttnistlinml nml join
S ,, tmr frlndM tlio Urltlsh in saying " Iteastly "
H-' B ( to their weather. Ilrtttnli wrnthcr makes
H'; il splendid horses, flno mi'l sound men, nml
R;. fj the most beautiful women In the world.
IHf I But It Ik absolutely nnflt for tacht racing;.
U Out of twelve starts by Vigilant and lirltan-
H,,'- H nla three only hate producwl what could be
H', H called races. Instead of winning; them all,
Hfx w M her superior virtue entitle her to win
Hn 1 them, the Vigilant has won lmt 'lirro, the
H, a other nine bclnir nothing better than fnntA-
H laa In flukes and doldrums dedicated to
H D his lloyal HlfthnesM the Prince of Wale.
K M Ulve her any degree of a decent hreexe
H V , and the America Cup-holder tuiu-s her toll
Hi.- jHi feathers In the Britannia's Uk for mire,
1.' SHI' ve" ln boxing round the toy course
Hi' UBL wherewith the Urltlsh jwhtsnien put their
Hl HBJ cruws through the admirable gymnastics
Bll' 1 SB' which they ko lovo to cultivate. These we
Bll'' I EH" have, of course, not the slightest Intention
B 1 :H to disparage, but nil the Mine such fish-tail
BJB 1 H maniEiirriiig in they demand of the boat
pJH'c J jbVJ themnelvci cannot be looked tipnii at par-
HVJ ; j mH tlcnlnrly conducive to tlio miMt cfTective
Vl j fonn of seagoing yachts
VB' j bB - We feel the conviction creep oer ti with
HI j yl great pleasure that the ojngn of the
VI' I Vigilant, truly n sMrtiug enterprinp of tho
' I genuine spirit, niity lie pronounced n stie-
, 1 B -e'n. Hha ha met the (lower of the enemy
MB' jH ' and she haa proved that alio Ik fairly a win-
PS Wl ner. Tho ery fact that hIio hns not galuecl
1 ME -' victories under any and all clrcumtnnces
HJB H add to the value of herexperlment, furoutof
HI J BE the trying comparison to which she lm been
Bl 1 flB aubjeoted there munt unruly come Into the
BJB. Bf minds of our designers new learning that
BJB .1 BJ will ihape modelii of other yacht kMII faiter
II I B and nearer the unapproachable Ideal.
HJB j BB How It Han Turned Out.
II j IB : lu 1802, by u voUt of 5,fSilO,nnn Demo
BpJ A WRf cratlo to 6,17r,A7? KepubllcAn, the txsople
BJBj I 8H' decided the tariff Issuo against protection
BkBJ j BB and In favor of n Ijirilt for revenue only.
BJBj 'j BH They declared against an Iw-ome tax by
Hl'i K repudiating tho only part Ie8 that ventured
HB I In to como "ut '" 'tH f'lwr. The I'opuliKti
! I Bf t received only 1,010,1)03 votes nnd the
IIJI Socialists only Sil,lU4.
HBf I H ., What Im the result? The theory of pro
IB BF I BJ , tectlon rejected and denounced by the people
H HrJ BJ x In 18ta is appUuded atiil sustained in
H H H ' 1S04 by the Uxmurratlo President and the
ft" B-liH r lemocratlo ('ongrcss they elected to carry
BT I'iBI out their will. The Income tax so contempt
H' I'UsH uously treated by them Is made a cardinal
H, I.'IIIH feature of the protective and rommunlstlc
H I jBl i Tariff bill supported by Gnovcn Cleve
H T.jB LAND and that Democratic Congress.
I HJ Thus the Democratic victory of 181)2 has
BL" ' 'IH '' 1eeu turne(' 'uto complete Democrntlo de
Bjr It jHJ 1 ''t in 1804. Tho money nnd effort
I ?' H it' expended by the Democracy In 1802 were
Br.' B BJ rJ, wasted The long four months' campaign
Hp Bv H was tlms thrown away. Instead of routing
HT B' B . the Republican party and overthrowing Its
B- ' ' Bl 'i fundamental principle, the Democratic
B Ij- HJ . Prty gives them both rcnewad life and
B H IB U strength. Instead of destroying protection
Hi K ! V by the election of Gitovtu Cleveland and
k M- HI i n majority of both Ho isvs of Congress,
I Br IB1 " they Pcfpctuate It. Instead of killing the
B)1 I B communistic principle of an income tax for
K 14 Bl ' tho Punl,1""eut ' thrift and enterprl,
BJ' "; HJ they elected a President and a Congress by
Bi B- HJ whom It Is adopted and forced on them as a
If; Wfi Hj ' fundamental Democratlo principle.
II', B1; BJ '( Ilenco tho majority of the people voted to
Ik 1 1 H ' no purpose In 1802. They voted for Dc-
Vkt l'( HJ ' raocracy and they get Hepubllcanlsm and
It I," Hj Z Communism. It Is not morely that they do
Hl HJ ' liotgetwhnt they voted for, but that they
It Kj HJ '; Ket exactly what they voted against.
Bp B B 1J Such, at least, Is the present outlook If
It I B this Contfri'M pas.tes any Tariff bill nt all.
I, I ; H , yo such measure can get through which is
If, B;i BM not both "the culminating atrocity of class
II ;j B legislation," fur exceeding In that disgrace
lit B , B '' emlncncn even t'n MrKlNLKr Tariff,
I ;l ' Hflf ,, nnd the worst example of perfidy in our
I H BJf ,. whole political history.
I ;'H PB' Hatlier than thus betray the people nnd
I 'H,.1 B' ru' tl19 "'"'fnt'c i'srty, let CougreHs
I kB,'- BB liouornbiy confer its Inability to obey their
ll'-B' bB t,U' by nln(Ionlng forthwith all further
BfeB 'BB '" attempts at tariff legislation. Tlie Ills wo
I BEi B r Te Krs upportable, but the ills Into w hlch
IkBEbB It would drle us are unendurable, danger-
BivBe BVli-'' ou- B"J t prnUous consequeuces.
BB BjJBBL '' r. Gorman's Speech and Its Con
Iti I' "fflT'' 'v' Hetuencos,
Mi M' t "Blsr No honet Democrat need contemplate with
I BiBBI-''f B'arw the widening breach lietween the Pres
BBMBBy111 Idtut and the Democratic Senators. Xoman
BbBJxBBf w'i0 c'uc'!''V hnprs for tariff reform, need
BErB rlBE' regaril with tllvMiirtgnment the possibility
BkB tBBr' "' the ffttlnro of the .Senate bill, or of the
IPBvBv Houto bill, or of any bill that could be
Bt B BBa- shaped lu conference ns a compromlso be
I r B flB ' tween those two measures, (n his attempt
B IB. Bl , to creat, by means of a f.ilse issuoandmen
I gfSf BHt dacious charges of perQdy, a situation con-
4rl - Bc'1 A w,'4tory t0 ,1,:( "'" egotism, Mr. Cleveland
Bf BlSf V4 ProuaDb' rendered to the Democracy and
B 'HL V tDe cauM ' flrlff reform the greatest ser
I ;B" BHK v wltnln '''' Pwer to perform at the
B vBt'-BHlV Vent time.
BBKBri' esame thing can be said of Mr. Gon
PB;' Bv v1'1 ' tllM Lroocrattc Senators who
Br BK Blti ihlnd him In spirited resistance to the
I r'B'Br kttempt at dictation and rebuke from
IVm 'B' nlte House. TTie natural resentment
i v Bw-Bb?' UIgmUion which gave scorching force
BrBBr ' lGoitl4.VN' speech of Monday in reply
I BBBftf'" rrcsldeiit's attack, count more for the
I FBBrT ' pKKl of the Democratic lrty, the
I ,B..'BBt. llou o( tts honor, and the fultllmeut
BjnBBi Isslon, than all of the dark-room con
I ' QBBk I I aud lwricam nu dlckeriugs and
I "BHW pofthe past six months. When
I B5''., PBbt 1" w'tIm a Prty, each bent upon
I B BB 1 abominable and disastrous thing,
L I ''BBl' la deadlock, and thus prevent the
II 'Bnt Utiou of the plans of either, It is a
LB, ' BBrv ltlie En8llsn language to call the
IpBf.-BBk r11 lllll,K else than a great and un
S flBBe race ' fi0 fortune.
EBBEf ledlaU Issue between the Presi
fBkiflBY' Tbe Democratl Senators may ba
pBTK with a very few w ords. Mr. Gor-
B- 'BK: Vfoved that in so far as the pro-
' ,BP bBB (iJths Senate's compromise, wider
I BBS' Port cauens arrangement, constitute
B..,'BBsV:' Ct4dy and psrty dishonor, Mr.
' B-'BB' tkyP Administration and Mr,
BkBBY' equfl individually most bear their
BlBf il oi ti respoxuiblllty and of
I BBl:'' Je'a'orJ w'ln&t bom among those
' I BBir e trt3 axe uceret k their 4eire
' BflHK fcrm according to Democratic
Ba B BK- I
principle, and most radical In their Ideas of
what tariff reform ought to be. H Is not
GormAX, BMlTlt, or UntcE whose evidence
convicts Mr. Clkvelasu of participation in
the schemes which Mr. ClevkLAKD now de
nounces! it is Vmt and HAimtJ and
Joxxs of Arkansas and VooitiiREs who
furnish the proof. Thore 1 noth
ing in political history llko Senator
GnnMAX's nmaslng and convincing exhibi
tion of the President's nttltude and methods
throughout tho negotiations for n compro
mise which might pass the Senate. There
Is nothing In recent political oratory like
the language, restrained within parliamen
tary limits, in which burns all the scorn nml
contempt of long accumulation. As n reply
to the President's letter of July 2 to Mr.
Wilson, and nn exposure of the false Issue
raised against tlio Bcnato Democrats, Mr.
GoiMAN's speech Is crushing
Hut the sight Is short which sees only
misfortune to the Democracy In this sud
denly precipitated conflict, or In the proba
bility of a failure to pass any Tariff bill
at the present time. Ucttcr the Mo
KlXLKV tariff for ft little longer than
ten years of such n bill as that on
which Senator GoliMAX and tho Scnato
Democrats Insist. Hotter Mclvlnleylsm
to attack, thnn such a tariff to defend as
would stand to the Democracy's dishonor if
Mr. Cl.KVKLAMJ had his way now.
The ptrty perfidy nnd party dishonor
liegan not when the Senate compromisers
finished their work, but wlion the House
Committee on Ways nnd Means reported
Its bill and Mr. CLEVKLAND recommended
Its passage, with an income tux attached.
The whole of tlio first session of tho
Fifty-third Congress has been wasted upon
projects of Infamy, different only In degree
nnd not In kind. Any political incident,
Involving no matter what personal pas
sions, no matter what factional dhlslons,
no matter what obstacles to Ipunedlar leg
islation, is to be welcomed as a godsend If It
stops the Democratic party short of the brink
to which under the present leadership It
has come so near.
Pint forms and Candidates.
In his speech of Monday Senator GonMAJ"
laid down a new rule respecting the plat
forms of National Conentlons, and espe
cially tho Democratic platform of 1802.
" The declarations of a great National Con
vention," said Mr. Goiima.v. " had no longer
any weight with the American people. It
was the declaration of the candidate himself
to which the people looked. Platforms were
gone. It was the letter of tho candidate ac
cepting the nomination and saying what he
would do If elected that tho people accepted."
Is this so f Was It so In 1802 Did the
voting people regard the Democratic plat
form ns gone, all reduced to nothing, in fact r
Did they take Mr. Cleveland's letter of
acceptance as the only law and the only pro
gramme of the Democratic party i Was the
Convention then a mere imosture, a false
pretence, and a delusion, so far as everything
was concerned except tho mere nomina
tion of the candidate r
Wo do not see how this view of the ques
tion can Htand the test of analysis; but ad
mitting for the moment that Mr. GonsiAK
Is right about it, and that neither tho party
nor the candidate is bound by the platform
of the Convention, there must certainly rest
upon htm one most imperative obligation,
and that Is to Inform the country, distinctly
and without any equivocation, In what
respect, and in regard to what doc
trine or measure, he rejects the
platform; and what principle and
what policy ho proposes to substitute.
In any case this would be a duty Imposed
tinon !i eandldata bv onlinnrv anat faith
aud common honesty ; but in the case of such
a question as the whole structure of the
tariff and tho constitutional doctrine on
which it rests, the duty becomes most solemn
and obligatory.
Did Mr. Clevelakd put forth any such
declaration regarding the memorable and
pregnant doctrine that " the Federal Gov
ernment has no constitutional power to
impose and collect tariff duties except
for tho purpose of revenue onlyr" Did he
say frankly and manfully that he did not
admit that principle, and that he would not
hold himself bound by it after election .' Ho
did not ; and until Mr. Gorman's speech there
has been no sincere and positive explanation
of his attitude respecting that question.
So far then as Mr. Cleveland is con
cerned, not to mention others, a game of
imposture, deceit, and humbug has been
ployed with the Democracy and with the
country, and this game of fraud becomes
still more odious and disgusting when we
remember the Immense importance of the
subject, and the disastrous Influence which
the President's conduct has had upon the con
dition and business of the American people.
The Prototypes of the Anarchist As
saasliiK. There is nothing new under the sun, and
even those recent deplorable experiences,
which seem at first sight unique products
of nineteenth century conditions, have their
analogues in the post. It cannot have es
caped notice that there Is a curious likeness
between the anarchistic ruunslayers of to
day and a famous meduoval association
which sought to acquire power ami Influ
ence through the terrorism caused by con
certed and repeated homicidal attacks upon
the representatives of the established politi
cal, religious, ami social order. We re
fer to tho sect of the Assassins, who main
tained themselves In western Asia for about
u hundred and fifty years, and who resem
bled the modern Anarchists lu several essen
tial particulars, to wit, the repudiation of
religion and morality, the malign complete
ness of their own organization, and their
fanatical devotion to thu Interests of their
secret society anil the 6nlers of its chiefs.
It Is also worthy of remark that these
atheistic and antisocial conspirators were
only stamped out with dltHculty by the
combined and desperate efforts of two great
military powers.
This secret soclety.wbose members may be
described as the medimval and Oriental coun
terparts of the Anarchists, was founded by
11 assan-BBN-Saiwau, a native of Khorassan,
who In A. D. 1000 gained possession by
strategem of the strong mountain fortress
of Alamut in Persia. Ills followers became
kuown as Assassins, either with reference
to the first name of their chief, or, more
probably, in allusion to the hashish, an
opiate made from the juice of hemp
leaves, with which the neophytes were in
toxicated. The speculative principles of this
sect were to a large extent identical with
those of the so-called Ismaellte heresy ; that
U to say, the dictates of positive religion
and morality were rejected u worthless, the
practices of faithful Moslems were derided,
the existing poll Ucal and social systems were
discarded, and the one fundamental rule of
life imposed on the initiated was unques
tioning obedience to the will of their im
mediate superiors In the hierarchical order.
The external policy of this maleficent sect
wtu marked ly a peculiar uvX character.
lstie feature, namely, the systematle em
ployment of secret assassination against
those persons whom its leaders chose to re
gard as their enemies, among whom mon
arch! and the principal upholders of the
existing social regime would naturally be
conspicuous. This practice was introduced
by Hassan, tho founder aud supremo ruler
of tho association, who from his place of
residence was best know n as the Shclkh-ul-Tebnl,
or Old Man of the Mountains. When
ft deed of blood was to tie done, the Agents
were picked out from the ranks of the
young men, or Assassins proper, whoso
esoteric namo was Fcdavlcs, or devoted
ones Tho selected murderers were made
drunk with hashish and introduced Into tho
splendid gArdens of tho Sheikh, where
they were surrounded with every sensual
pleasure. Such n foretaste of tho paradise
which, as they believed, could only bo at
tained through tho favor of their ruler,
made tho young men eager to ol)y his
slightest command, nnd at a word from him
they were ready to resign their lives.
The Assassins soon made their power felt.
One of the earliest victims of their daggers
was NtZAM-EL-MULK, tho VUier of tho Sul
tan Malik-Shah; and the subsequent death
by poison of the Sultan himself was as
cribed to the society, Under the second
leader, who succeeded HAMAS' In A. D.
1124, the sect of manslaycrs acquired a
stronghold In Syria nnd became nn object of
more widespread dread, ft long series of
distinguished men being sacrificed, in spite
of elaborate precautions, to their invisible
and relentless machinations. It was with
the Syrian branch of the Assassins that the
Crusaders became acquainted ; and It was be
lieved to have been the emissaries of the Old
Man of the Mountains who murdered Count
ItAYMOND of Tripoli anil Conkad of Mont
ferrat. The strokes of death, however, con
tinued to be dealt impartially at Moslem
and at Christian. The Caliph Mostahschen-ALI-Mansci:
was assassinated in his tent,
and soon nfterw,ard the Caliph Hashid met
with a similar fate. Nevertheless, Against
a sovereign of unusual abilities, like Sala-
din, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria, all
tho resources of the secret society were taxed
In vain. Tlio proof thus furnished that the
Assassins were not Irresistible, prompted
the concerted and resolute efforts for their
represslon,by which In the thirteenth century
they were practically annihilated. It was
IIULAKL, ft brother of MANOU KllAN, wield
ing the forces of the Mongol conquerors
of Asia, by whom, in 1250, the Persian
stronghold of the homicidal sect was
taken, and somo twelvo thousand members
of tho society were massacred. A llttlo
Inter the Syrian branch of tho Assassins was
noarly extirpated by DlLDARB, the Mame
luke Sultan of Egypt, and the sect, consid
ered as a formidable menace to religion and
society, then disappeared, although some
sur Ivors lingered lu the Syrian mountains,
where it is said that descendants of them
yet exist.
If the record of the sect of Assassins has
nny lesson for those who are confronted by
their modern counterparts, It is that the
dangers to society threatened by an organ
ized body of fanatics eager to risk their on n
lives, If they may destroy those of others,
cannot easily be overrated; and that the ex
traordinary safeguards now provided or
contemplated by several European Govern
ments are amply justified.
A Statesman of tho Now School.
Mr. James Htephkn Hogo, the Governor
of Texas, Is a Democrat ostensibly. He has
distinguished himself during his adminis
tration by his hostility to corporations, nnd
especially by his hostility to railroad cor
porations. He recently mode his first visit
to the Northern States. His language In
his public addresses was conservative. It
seemed as If ho had Anally grasped tho fact
that It was a waste of time for the Governor
of a great State to be virtually an opponent
of Investors and an enemy of capital. In
the North he talked like a respectable
citizen. He was well received. Ho eten
went to Wall street, wo believe, without
slaughtering or being slaughtered. There
was reason to hope that he would return to
Texas a solierer and wiser man, and that he
would give up the habit of using his hat as
a speaking trumpet.
Hut the Governor of Texas has returned
to his old peculiarities of hot and riotous
speech. His latest famous delherance
about the Dehs strike is as good or bad as
Altoeld or Most could have uttered. " Un
less a change Is made," says this wise and
prudent man, " those fourteen-story buUd
lngs in Chicago will be bespattered wilh
blood, brains, hair, livers and lights, and the
horrors of tho French revolution will be re
peated twofold." K ldently Mr. Hogo vis
ited the stock yards aud various butcher
shop during his Northern trip. In the
following words we get the whole of his
view of the lubor troubles and the Constitu
tion, and his impression that tho United
States have no power to suppress domestic
violence ordered by labor anarchs :
" You all know that s few dajra ago FeOnral troopa
were ordered Into IlllnoU without belnf called for by
the Oovcruor of that State. ThU U the Brt Urn that
tali baa been done alnce 1K0, and I regard It aj a
fatal blow to Btato righu. It li awful to contemplate,
and la the procurer of dire calamity. A toon aa I
returned home from uijr Northern trip I wired to
headquarter! that I would not tolerate the calllog out
nt federal troopi la thla State until I hail been drt
cumulted. Intlmeaoftroubla I mean to try the power
of tbvclrll authorltus flnt, and until the fall the
military power ahall not be railed ou In Teiaa. When
erer tbey lr It I'll be there to atop them, and, by
Oalllnii! Ill stick to my (round. I tee berore me now
some of the Oenerala who will be railed upon to lead
the hotte, whoM bualneu II will be to defend the
ttara and StrllxfS w ben the troublea come, not here,
but further Jiorth and Eaat, and I bare faith
lu your uerre and patrlotlun, but when the
row comee, and If dlalutegraUon abould come,
I am In faror of Tezaa atandlus on tbe
CoraUtutlon of I6SS and coin It alone aa
a republic agalu. I am for Tim Brat, the United
States sctond, and clrllliaUon at large next- Tbe
preaa deipatchee teU ua thla morning that a dljtln
gulabed JurUl baa algnlsed hU approval of Ibat con
struction of the ConaUtuUon which sees no barm la
the burling of federal troopi across Slates without
regard to tbe wishes of the cItU authorlUea. Let me
tell you that this kind of constitutional construction
la tbe digging of tbe mine which wUI hoist this Uorrrn
ment off lu bate; and though the order to Inrade Illinois
was glren by a Peniocrallc president, who la tbe chief
of tbe party to which I belong, my spirit revolts at It.
My heart sickens at the thought of tbe consequences.
Many of you will remember that In looking ahead I
predicted some time ago that we would within the year
sea California, Colorado, Illinois, and possibly New
York, under martial law, and It baa rome to peas. And
now, gentlemen, mark my words when I say that a
storm Is brewing which will shake this country to Its
very bate, and that tbe glorious eubbsm uf our coun
try will trail In the blood of Its cltlteos If State lines
arc not respected."
Is Hogg a candidate for the Populist nom
ination for President t Is he seeking to be
honored by the Social laborers We say it
with regret, but he talks like an Anarchist
and a Jackass. He approves and foments
disorder. He pats upon the back the ruf
fians and murderers who seek to get a sanc
tion for their crimes by pretending to com
mit them ia the name of "labor," In the
mouth of the Governor of a State such talk
Is little less than a crime.
The Hon. TliOMiS WATtos is pervading
his part of Georgia, and the welkin hold It
fingers to iU ear. Mr. WatsomU thahApplsat
, little PopolUt in the basiat, ud actlre els.
queries drips from his lips In gentle rain or
burst In rlgsntlo thunder storms. Xren In his
sleep he mnrmnrs mightily, and rpt Populist
visions dance and tine; before his eyes, and hope
electrifies his ssngulne hair.
Senator GonMAN never told it clearer truth
than when he said that it ws the Inten
tion of Senator Hill to defeat the Senate bill at
all events. Senator Httt, is a Democrat and not
a Populist.
Asa whole, tonkin g open the Whjum MM as
lb President does, his letter doe him credit. It
wonld hare- done him more credit If he had urged
Congress to throw both the Wruos bill and the Genate
bill In the waste basket, and psvsa s tariff for revenue
only Wit GraHcrVounial.
Hut it now appears that his opinion is hostile
ift tL i Aetff foe Avti,i nnlv ttinnirti ttaa Mil.
eesled the fact till lately. We are sure our es
teemed Loutntllo contemporary would not
have him do an) thing contrary to his settled
convictions.
A smart foot Is always dangerous, and if
he Is Ignorant the case Is wotm. But when he
Is complicated with high moral pretensions, he
may easily become unsafe In the extreme.
The President has had. in all his public life,
no humiliation equal to that which Is Implied In the
defence by Senator HllJ- Annans Clf rtmn.
Oh, e, one Infinitely greater, the humilia
tion of being found out. And that process has
still to continue.
If the Republicans want to take their best
possible candidate for Governor of New York,
they will go straight after Joseph Honors
CnoATE.
The Pope approves of summer schools for
tho Catholics and sends hi benediction to the
first one lnitituted on Lake Ch&mplain, showing
that the form of this new and Interesting educa
tional departure has penetrated even the hushed
spaces of the Vatican and the deepest wJled-ln
crypts of sacerdotal and pontifical conservatism.
It la an Interesting sign of the times, and another
testimony added to many, that the summer
ochool has come to stay. If It doesn't break
Itself down by multitude and by lowering its
educational and disciplinary standards to a
picnic and summer holiday lent, as some of them
are not unlikely to do.
"I can stand any name. Republican, Populist,
Jeffersnnlan, or anything else except Democrat. Do
not call me a Democrat."-Hn.su F. KoLa.
Nobody Is calling Mr. Kolb a Democrat. lie
Is a flowery and hustling Populist patriot, with
a Northern Republican attachment. There are
plenty of bogus Democrats who have not Mr.
Kolb's frankness, but call themselves Demo
crats although they are really Populists.
Will Fantasy start to-day at Cleveland In
the free-for-all? And If she does, will the pre,
sure of her rivals be strong enough to drive her
below the record of 3:04? Is 1804 to see that
beaten, and what horse can beat It? Specula
tion on this mighty nutter begins with the
notice that the first eligible candidate of the
season for the neit new trotting crown Is about
to appear in tho Grand Circuit.
If Fantasy starts, abe will be watched with
Intense Interest, not occupied with tho question
of danger to the record so much as with that
of her ability to win in a horse race. Will she
how tbe endurance Indispensable If she ever
thinks of putting In four consecutive quarter
miles at a better average than 31 seconds each?
Thirty-one seconds per quarter. It mint be re
membered, fly-like as it Is, expresses the
"racket" of tho 2:04 mile. If Fantasy doesn't
start It vi 111 suggest pretty ngirresalvely to a
man-up-n-tree that her sensational entry was
not made with quite sufllclent intention of show -Ing
her at tho store to bring it within the de
scription of wholly good faith. That is a matter
for the special consideration of gentlemen per
sonally Interested In the trotting track. If sho
starts we r, Ish her luck.
SoVEltElQN is still wagging his Jaws. His
tongue must need a new clapper by this time,
and his vocal chords must be unravelled. There
Is thli to be said of this accomplished performer
upon the vocal bat : If speech had not been dis
covered, he would ha e Invented It. But there
eoems to be no sufllclent reason why he should
use all of It all the time. Is there no remorse
to those aluminium lungs?
Tho detailed account of how it nil hap
pened at lllueflelde show s that the Kicaruguans
have only themaelve to thank for being ousted.
They had agreed to a form of civil government,
a constabulary executing the local law s Instead
of soldiers, and then they tried to pay the police
In scrip Instead of cash. Gen. Cabfza, the
Nlcaraguan Commissioner, was personally as
saulted for making that perilous experiment,
and then tho trouble began. The Nlcaragnans,
being greatly outnumbered, it ere easily overpow
ered, and took tho first opportunity to depart
for Itaraa,
It is clear, therefore, that Nicaragua's mistake
was In not having military forco enough to up
hold her own authority, and at the same time
getting short of the fund needed for keeping
the local police faithful. Now Nicaragua Is ex
pected to send a large force for a second o er
tbrow of young Cuhenck, who Improved the
opportunity to set himself up again as Chief of
Mosquito. Hut with the Jamaican negroes, the
natives, and the foreign residents combined
against them, and armed with a field piece,
n Gatllng, and 550 rifles captured from the
Nlcaraguan, the task may not be easy. On the
whole, It was well to despatch the Columbia to
Blueflelda, and now the whole matter should be
settled Anally by arrangement betweeu Nica
ragua and the United State.
The Illinois Republicans hold their State
Convention to-day, and the Hon. Millie Masoit,
continental of countenance and glorious of locks,
sits by the telephone and waits for the people to
call him. We cannot bear to think that disap
pointment can come upon one so beautiful and
so broad.
No one In Nebraska has heard an) thing about
Dsras for at least two weeks. CAudrvn (tf fsrn.
Then ISuvan must be out of the country or in
a submarine diving bell or up in a balloon. In
any stent, this unusual silence bodes some
strange eruption to the State.
Mr. Hajilik Oakland Is still punching
the past and pointing with scorn to Houeii,
Dante, and Siukespkahe. This industrious
Iconoclast objects to literature that Is more
than ten years old. We are compelled to
w onder sometimes If he Is more than ten year
old himself.
No event in the early history of the United
State ws more effective lu arousing the people
to the need of an efficient navy than the capture
of tbe American merchant khip Maria of Iloston
near the Straits of Gibraltar and the enslaving
of her crew, one hundred and nine years ago to
day, by a c ruber of Algiers. Thla outrage, together
with the rapture of the Dauphin of Philadel
phia and the Minerva of New York a few da) s
afterward, making a total of I J'J American citl
sen In the slave pens of Algiers, showed how
completely the Nation was at tbe mercy of any
foreign power when It was unable to protect It
self et en from a horde of Barbary pirate. At
the time these outrages were perpetrated the
United State did not posses a single war ship,
and rather than go to the expense of building a
Navy the economists In Congress resorted to the
un-American plan of paying tribute. One of the
newspaper of the day records the sailing of the
frigate Crescent. Jan. 30, 1708, from Ports
mouth, N, II., "one of the finest specimens of
elegant naval architecture which was ever
borne on the Placataqua's wsUrs, a present
from the United Bute to the Dey of Algiers a
a compensation for delay in fulfilling our treaty
stipulations. TheCreaoent baa many valuable
presents on board for the Dey, and when she
sailed was supposed to be worth at least
1300,000, Twsnty-alx barrel of dollar con
stltuted a part of her cargo- It is worthy of re
mark that the Captain, chief of the officers, and
many of the privates of the Crescent frigst
have been prisoners in AlgUrs." IV was the
humiliation of -paring tribute to the Algeria
thAtuooscdUstcry, "Million for delcaws not
a penny for tribute,'' nnd reenlted in the build
ing of the first group of war vessels that made
the United States 'Navy famous t the 44-gun
frigates Constitution, United States, and Presi
dent, and the 30-gun frigates Chesapeake, Con
gress, and Constellation.
xxano mvbio Aim rotn i.onii.
letter Oosa ha Farmer Bishop ef Cap)
Ialma, West Africa,
To m Editor or Tun Su.t Sir: In tho
DaHy Krenlnt; IWeffrttpn (Philadelphia) of July
21, page 11,1s an article In which it Is stated
that Prof. Dvorak had contributed to The Hon
a paper In which hs makes the statement that
there are no original negro melodies In tho
South, and no original stories of folk lore, giv
ing the credit for uch to white people.
Whether the publication In the nirgraph does
the 1'rofcMor's article Justice or not I rnnnot
say, but as It there nppenrs It Is certainly hot
borne out by tho facts In one of these depart
ments, "Folk Lore." Not being a gifted musi
cian, I am not able to analyze the wetnl melo
dies of the negroes and tell from what old mas
ters they may have been compiled. It may bo
true that many of the most popular airs came
from such sources, but It Is certainly truo that
In Africa these people often sing and dance half
of tho night. For three and a half years
I lived among them, and ramo In contact
with representatives of many tribes, and with
out exception 1 found that they ell ring and
dance a great deaL Moreover, tlio Ming la ever
suited to the occasion. The oarsman at sea 1ms
a different note and measure from the canoe
man on tbe river, nnd the canoetnau's song
varies Its time with tbe rapidity of the current
against which he pulls. One of the most re
markable productions of vocal music I ever
heard ws sung by oleven stalwart tanoe men
as they nulled me over tho falls of a strong
river. The song quickened as we nearrd tho
strongest sluice, and the paddles were pls)ed
with quicker and quicker stroke until It became
a rapid, whizzing sound, blending with tho
swift whiz of the paddles through air and writer,
until at tho very hardest pull, w hen tho paddles
flew with Incredible speed that carried us over
four feet in three minutes, so terrific was the
struggle of muscle versus torrent's rush. Then
as they got breath enough, the nong begun Just
where It was left off, und graduully flowed out
Into smooth, slower mcnHurc, In perfect har
mony v, 1th the paddling In smoother water.
I have also heard the dirge songs o er their
dead, and If any civilized toinposer ever vote
these Into note I never hat e been treated to any
sound thereof from string or piper. Ho much
for muslo which I make nn attempt to treat eat e
as a witness of Its cruder forms. Hut to say the
negroes have no " folk lore" is certainly wide of
the mark. Being a Southern man, and accus
tomed to the stories of "Bre'r Rabbit" from child
hood, I experienced no llttlo delight when I
found Mr. Harris had made " Uncle Itemus"
tell them In book form. The first volume of
these stories happened to fall Into my hands
Juat as I was returning to Africa in 1HH1, and I
determined to Investigate this matter of folk
lore somewhat among the Africans nt home.
The fact that I had some thirty-six different
tribe represented In our schools gavo me more
than fmlinnrv nnnnHiinltv in An this IcrniAtr
out In all the schools that I wunted the children
to ttrUorae all stories as they had heard them.
?'he results were bejond my expectation, for
found some of theso stories carried
In them very deep studies In tho emo
tions and life of the human heart,
even grappling tho Immortality of the soul. I
think it can be proted that almost all of Uncle
itemus's stories are translations from African
ent Ironmcnt to that of Amurk a. " Bre'r Rabbit,"
for Instance was the nearest approach to " Nur '
tho Negro could find on this fide of tho Atlantic
"Nar'Ms tho smallest, Hinartet. perhnps stt lit
est of the deer species, is not much larger thsn a
cat, as graceful aa an Itullun greyhound, watch
ful as ono can conceive, nnd rutin llko tlio wind.
He It Is that get Into close places and sin ays
gets out, plaj pranks on tho sober and more
clumsy animals, git es wisest adtlco In genera!
council, which Is rarely taken, but tho uiilmnl
creation payu severely whenever It neglect
"Nar's" Lonnsel. Ulephants, lions bush cotta,
leopards, eagles, mnnke). deers of larger spe
cies, and cten whales of the deep would have
found it to their interest to bate heeded "Nar."
I suppose w hen tho negro landed In America
Bre'r Rabbit tt a thoneurtst ho could tome to
matching " Nar," and aottu hato tvhat"Uucle
Remus " tells us.
I do not hcKimtc tt) say. und I have now about
100 MbS. written by Africans In their native
land toprote, that the. native Afrit aus aro ex
tremely rich In folk lore, ter) rare, delicate,
and discriminating lu Its wonderful anal) sis oi
the nature and passions of tho human heart.
When hoao specimens of African folk lore
camo Into my nnssesHloti mv flrnt ImoiiUa ni tf.
publish them, but as I began to study them tt Ith
tho primary view of getting at the Inside of tin)
African's mode of thought. It began to dawn
upon me that these Bettings carried In them
truths much moro profound than one at first
dreamed, and Hint to do them or the people who
formed and lote them Justice required much
more intimate knowledge of animal life und
deeper, keener pom trillion Into the subllo wis
dom of ttlint.t w rapped In uu expression than I
pansessed, and so tlitsc M&S. are still unimb
Iisheil. for 1 don't want to odd another carica
ture to people already cruelly caricatured and
misrepresented until it is hard to get a puro
study of the real man of Africa.
C. ('. Penick,
Inrmerl) lllshop of Capo I'alm.13, W. A.
I'rea Idee, If Free Anything.
To Titr rDrroK j Tim Scst-.slr.- In the leader of
Tin. Bis of Friday last you alluiln In rice as one or
the article as well ntted to nure on the free list at
any other. A few curreut farts Mill serte not only to
Illustrate the caae, but also tu emphasize j o ir remarks
aa to putting tbe raw material on the free lUt.
On account of a wnrt Ity of domestic rke many thou
sand of bag of cleaned foreign rice have been im
ported this season, the landed value of which In bond
has been not exceeding 1,000 per I, ooo baxs. With
err few exceptions itn the way of fancy irrades) mine
of the cleaned rice !niMirted this season nan exceeded
4.Nooprr 1,000 bays cost III bond, while even at this
figure, after emerging from the cool iirnluttsof the
Custom House, the dut) paid eot to the Importtr be
come Sv.oOO.
There is a crying need for tariff reform a to this
most excellent cereal, which l a necessity of life to
fully one-half the people of the globe.
.New Vonx, July J. IUcuabo Ooron & Co.
Tlir Bu.v Is for the Chicago platform, nnd
under that nothing "raw" or manufactured
can bo Imported free. Hut nobody can honestly
net np the doctrine of free raw materials who
doesn't demand free rice and free food generally.
Food 1 the raw material of human life. Just ns
coal 1 the food or raw material of the furnace.
Aa Kxplaaatloa rroiw tbe Rev. Ed war
UcUlyaa.
To Tar Eriroa or THr Srit-nlr; I beg that you will
permit me to say In your paper that I did not, a re
ported, say anything In a speech on Sunday calling
for vote for the People's party, and exalting Coxey
and Browne aa martyrs. nor did I make any mention
of or reference to that party or either of thou, men.
I may he permitted to add that I deprecated strikes
and violence and urged the peaceful remedy of send
Ing men to Congress who would not sacrldro common
rights tn selfish Interests. I.bw'o UcXJlv vv,
Jitv SI.
Teara aad Dock,
ytuM fs itoston KitHlua 7raiMcrlf,
A Bostonlan writes from Llntolu, Neb , that tbe mis
use of the word team," w hlch applies to the wagon
Instead of tbe horses, has not crossed the country.
"Indeed," be says, "I was tnuth humiliated oue day,
on commenting on s ' team that had been left In the
middle of the street, to be fold, by a sort of cov, boy In
a slouch hat, that I meant ' wason.' And he was right.
I frar It Is a local, perhaps merely a Uostonlan mis.
take. And I, as an exiled Dostonlen, ain grlerrd at It
Will tho peoplo hero coine to use It n rongly, too, or
shall we reform ? I am trying to refonr-ln conversa
tion. Host of ua use It correctly In writing." It Is not a
local vice merely, but Is Eastern rather thau Western.
To offset this bail Fasternlsm, thry have a curious
mixture of terms tn New Yurk and further westward
whlth we In Iloston have been spired. When they
speak of "dock they mean a wharf and not, as the
word really means, th water between the wharves.
And nothing Is more astonishing to a hew Yorker
than to com to Boston and hear of man falling Into
the "dock,"
A FoHBtula Head.
IVom Ih4 CUt Wand Warid.
lit, Cleveland has done more than any other man of
any prominence In this country to create and nurs
anarcby. Il U only necessary to peruse bis utterances
to come to this conilualon
New Kalgtat C'esapaaloa or the Order or
foasecratloa,
yroat 1K4 JttmpKU Cuntiurcial-Qauttt,
Mr. Wilson was evidently conscious of his consecra
tion and of tb sacrcdnes of hi trust.
The Crucial Moutat.
JVoss IA bowurvitU Journal.
Within tb hammock's net ah swung.
Ho graceful and o fair!
Her arm above ber bead were fiuug.
Lovely beyoad com pare.
B sat beside her for w Idle,
Enchanted by her grace.
Till Dully blush aud smile
II saw upon br face.
And iota be beard her softly aay,
yirst looking aU about:
"Now, please, Tom, turn your head sway,
Pin going to gel out 1"
t"roveg Agala.
frees (A DtlroU Triiruiu.
" There goes my hat," yelled the pompous man
with the red face.
Ye," rejoined tbe calm party with chin
wUkH "straw show the way the-triad
Wows.' '
COXBTXTVTIOirAZ COltTKlfTIOlf.
Commedoro VesMet'a fcegtetaHve Asseswt.
aeat Ordered to sa Tfclrd KeaaUsE.
ALBANT. July 24,-The first few ralnolea of
this morning's session of the ConstltuUonal
Convention were occupied In excusing member
from attending tho sessions of the Convention.
The Convention then proceeded to the consid
eration of general orders, and went Into
Committee of the Whole on Mr. Vcdders
amendment prot Ming that no bill shall become
a law unless It shall have been printed nnd on
tho desks of tho mcmlx-rs one legislative day
before Its paasagn unless the necessity for It
Immediate passage shall be certified by the Gov
ernor, that no nmentlin'cnt shall lie permitted
tin the flnol passgoof a bill, and that there f hll
lx) no debate. The discussion was chiefly on tho
erbal form of the amendment.
On motion of .Mr. Ilurr tho rlod of prolia
tlnn was lengthened from one day to three.
Mr. Spontor offered an amendment prot Ming
that tho presiding tinkers of both Houses shall
certify that the prmldonsof tho Constitution
have been cnniplled with.
This was opposed by Mr. Tedder and by other
members on the ground that It would create a
third house, git Ing the Speaker of the Assem
bly and the Lieutenant Out ornor powers equal
to those of the riot cnor. .Mr. Vcdder ssld that
tho events of the lwl tttn )eurs hud shown to
what nn extent n inrttau presiding ofllter
would go. If the nmendiii'iit should be adopted
he would voto against tin amendment In tho
Contention und at the lolls. The amendment
wss lost,
Tho provision that them shall be no debato
on the lltial passage of bills was stricken out
ami the amendment reported favorably to the
Contention and ordered tn a third rending.
The Convention llien went Into Committee of
tho Whole nn the, amendment authorizing the
uso of ballot machlnts. It was objected that
tho United Htntc law protltles that Congress
men must lw eletteil by ballot, so that there
w nuld hat c to lie different kinds of t otlng. Tho
present complicated ballot law was severely
criticised by setcrnl delegates on tho ground
that It fulled to secure secrecy and that nobody
could understand II.
Mr. Merciless said that the Ml era ballot ma
chines. In the Interest of which the amendment
was drawn cost $100 apiece, and sometimes
they would get nut of order.
Augustus Krank and Mr. Dickey upnorted
the amendment on Hie ground that the United
States Ihw would probably bo reptnied and that
the amendment was permlssltv. not mandatory.
The committee rcjmrtcd progress on the
amendment, rising soon after 1 o'clock.
These proposed amendments ttcro Introduced!
llr. Cornwell, providing that no railroad or tele-
Sraph company or common carrier shall mAke any
1st rlmltiatlon of rites or charges.
Ir. Marks, provldhu that thf damage tn private
property taken for public puriKises shall be deter
mined by a Jur) at the requestor the owner of tho
property.
Mr. Church, providing for the creation of a commis
sion of compulsory Arbitration of seven Commission
era tolnveaihtab all labor troubles aud to decide
them without apjeal.
Adjourned until 10 A. Sf. to-morrow.
Tha Committee on Judiciary to-day disposed
of all amendments regarding the pensioning of
Judges by the adoption of an amendment abol
ishing such (tensions except for Judges already
pensioned, the present Judges of tne Court of
Appeals, and Judges elected next fall.
SC1IABF I'JIOJIVCJZS -VO EriDEXCE.
Three Store of the Alleged Mrangslera of
Chtaeae Discharged.
John Price, Matthew Brassel, nnd Ng Wah
Hock, three of the men arrested with Leo Fee
and Joseph SI. Singleton nn a charge of smug
gling Quong Wall and four other Chinese into
this country, were discharged from custody )es
tcrday by United States Commissioner Shields
nn tho ground that as tho coses had been ad
journed set oral times already by the prosecu
tion, and the District Attorney had said that the
Um eminent would not bo ready until Septem
ber, It would not be Just to hold tho prisoners
longer, as they had been detained a reasonable
time, already.
As In the coso against Singleton, where As
sistant District Attorney Mott publicly, and, as
ho afterward said, purposely, put himself on
record to the effect that he had submitted all
the evidence furnished him by tho Treasury
agent, and Unit tho failure, of tho Government's
caao Old not rest on the District Attorney's
office, bo yesterday Assistant District Attorney
Hall said that ho would not gn on with the cases
against I "rice. Rraasell, nnd Ng Wah Hock un- I
less all jus wltnceeea were present, and that, as
the Inspector hud git en him tho names of those
he wanted to testify only on Monday morning,
he did not know when he could procure their
attendant e. The examination nf the remaining
twn wltnesse-i, Hiln Dull and Chang Wah Hock,
w hlch is eet fnr 1 1 o'clock to-day, will probably,
owing to w lint was called yesterday ' the mys
terious setretlteness of Chineso Inspector
bcharf," result, lu their discharge on the same
ground.
Chinese Inspector Seharf said that he would
? resent hh evidence before the United Htates
Irand Jury, whit h meets next Ortnber, and en.
tleavor to hato the nllczcd smtiutrlers indlcts.
He said he withheld all Information, even from
his own Inn) ers, because his caae would be all
up if (in Imparted n hat he knew, us the secrets
would lw sure to huk out prematurely.
Wilson W. Hoover, who has conducted the
defente, sii)hl clients will never lw Indicted,
und that. on tho nther hand, the prosecution
wnuld 1st astounded at his reserve batteries
should they mnko any moro motes.
"Why." lit continued, "they Imve not even
proved the fai t of fraud, and have only the al
leged nffldatlt of I.oa Fee to goon. If they
ehould condemn him on that. It would bo lust
tin; samu as condemning a mnn who said he had
killed Unv. Flower, whllo all the time the State
Lxetutit e vtus enjoying himself at home."
-vnr xxgla.sws hattlvviklus.
A Visit to Itevsvlutloaury Keeaea by a Parly
HtartlnK from 1'blladelphU.
I'liltaDLLPiiiA, July 24. The registration for
the visit to the New England Revolutionary
battlefields will not closo until Saturday night,
but about fifty persons have already been en
rolled, coining from fifteen States. They In
clude college professors, clergymen, law) era.
business men, and public school teachers.
Winona, Minn., sends more representatives than
any other city. Thu director, Mr. Lyman P.
I'ow ell of Philadelphia, has accepted the Invl
tatlon from the Twentieth Century Club at
Boston to a reception on Aug. .1 at Boston. The
fcdui atlonal Committee of the Old South Church
has Issued an invitation to the leading citizens
of Boston to attend a town meeting at the Old
houth Church July ai to welcome the pilgrims
to Boston. Dr. James Schoule and Charles
Larlton Coflln hate been addid to the list of
guide In :ew England. William C. Kndicott.
ex.Hecretary of ur. will assist In welcoming
the pilgrims to Salem, and among the hosts at
11) mouth will l)o representatives of (he School
of Applied hthlcs.novv in session there.
The first meeting will le held hero on Satnr
clay In Independence Hall. Hampton L. Carson.
the limrthof July MH-akerat the World' Fair
and Prof. Win. I'. Trent, will opeak. Visits wllf
be mode to the historic place in Philadelphia,
and in tho utenitig Mr. Tukott William will
fits an Illustrate.! lecture at the University of
'enn) lyuiila on the significance of Philadelphia
Ir. oar hletory "
J'JtOF. hillTH irj-CZl XOT RKCAXT,
lie Hajs the Ueaerul Assembly's Verdict
Waa rawarraatabla aad Unjust."
ClNt-iMNATl, July SI. The Hev. Henry Pre
serves! Smith returned yesterday from A shevlllc,
N. C, where ho had gone with hi family Imme
diately after tha baratoga General Assembly.
Dr. Smith said i
"I abide b) the Judgment of the highest court
of our Chun It. The Assembly was unduly nor-
row in Judging my rase, and Ua terdlct wi, tin.
warrantublo and unjust Wvoiul measure."
,','"t1.',.',''lzl,y"mi0 that you will make a re
lium Utnn of j our views r"
w'i,'Suci',t."repo1? "M absolutely no foundation,
h 1 canm dUbellevo tt Ithout falal
I'nif. Smith declined to talk on the subject of
Lane Seminar) ur Its future. v--
lllse llarllag-a Estate.
A motion wa made yesterday before Surro
gate Fltzjerald to comi-el C)ru W I.oder, a
executor of the will of Mhs Kleauor Burling, to
file an accounting of hi trust. MUs Burling
died on March 20, ISU'.at tho age of 74, Sho
wa the great-granddaughUr of Edward Bur
ling, whose family gavo lu name to Burling
slip. Her will gavellttle to her uephews and
niece. becauc ihe did not think that they had
treated her properly, and left 1 1.000 to Loder.
who had been her advUer aud had managed her
affair for )ar. HI, aUeged that lXder liai
?eV." ?d U.d ffioT'"- Urr,W F"W
Mast Uuy Hooks for tbe fuplle.
MoKTCLAiit, N. J., July a. -An act passed by
the last Legislature provide that all books
ued in tbe'publlo school hall be furnished to
the pupil without expense to them, their
parents, or guardians. Compliancy with th
law tn this town w 111 cost about $ 1,500. When
the money I to tt-aio from the Board of Educa
tion la at a los to know. Ur, J. J. . Love hi
written to the Stat buperintendent of Behrjol.
who say that the Uw 1 mandatory Inall i
Ulct. and that It U the Board' duty tomake
JWnJiwXerUnuxfJyuarbwlu, ' ""
TJJ.A1IM WOllK XK TUEPOBT OTFXCR.
More Than a Blllloa Tleeea Handled-Net
Keeeaae ,i,M.
Postmaster Dal ton ha received from the
heads of departments their usual reports show.
Ing In detail the business, transacted during Die
fiscal year ended on June 00, 18. There were
delivered through lock boxes and by carriers
455,101,11.11 pieces of ordinary mall matter. In
the registered letter deiwvriment l.oi.'O.llil
pieces were delivered, and 1,73.30 of domes,
tlo nnd H40.UH of foreign origin wro recorded
and distributed to other offices.
In tho distribution department a total of BTfl,.
A30,3l pieces were handlod.dlt Med as follows!
Lettcrs-Of local origin, SnU.240.3O0 1 received
by mall, fil.oill.noSl foreign despatched. S!U..
60,373. l'tistal inrds-Of Intel origin. 44,4118,.
6UHI received b mall, lvt,705,:illt foreign de.
snatched. 1.400.11.17. Other ; matter tUltaal
origin, :Wli7N.l,S04l reccitod by mall. 70.8N.I,.
fWHs nn Iglt despatched. 3A.i!4.n. the total
tiumlier nf pieces nf mall matter nf alljtltida
handled during tho tear wes l.D.lt'.iMo.dli, a
dally at i rugo uf a.UilO.H'l.l, nnd an Increase ot er
the previous eor of !frt.ll71.07. Altogether
0(I'!M,44H tMinchrs, coses, and socks were hsii.
dlcdatthcnflkc, adslly aterago nf 18,100 ox
clultenf those, whlth the nineteen branth sta
tions rxihnngcd with one muithrr.
At the Ueiicrnl I'ost Office l.:4tlo3H money
order were lsstitd nml paid, amounting to 10..
05, 1011.34 and H4I.H41 postal notes, amounting
toSIa'.'4:i.l0.1.!2H. At the forty branch and sub
station" the lintnbtrnf onlera Jssucjl and paid
wni:nn.!lU, ninnunllng t 4.oV.m3.4li. and
tin number or oetul notes l.VV.M'fl, .amounting
to 8f ltt.il 111.711. Tlio aggiegntc- litiiluess of the
Money Order Depattment for the year amounted
'"lift.' total' receipts of the nfllte were $(1.1)42..
fl7:i.3). and the total expenditures $?.?fi1,li31.U
(Including l,SlH.785.g8 expended for free de
livery sertloc). giving a net revenue of 14,130,.
U2U.4H.
strvck irix iriTti urn vxnncr.r.A.
Mrs, CliMpmaa Pitrane tha Thief IV ha
Wtole Iter I'oeketbook.
Whllo Mrs. Susan Chapman of 217 West
Nineteenth street was standing at Seventeenth
street and eighth avenue shortly after 8 o'clock
Monday afternoon, two rough-looking men
Jostled against her while a third man snatched
her poeketbook, containing 812, out of her
hand. The three men then started to run aw) ,
but Mrs. Chapman grabbed tho one who had
stolen her poeketbook by tlio coat tall and began
belaboring him with her umbrella, shouting
tustlly tho while for the police- T!e pocket
book anatcher handed tho stolen poeketbook to
one of his confederates, and then, breaking
away from Mrs. Chapman, darted up blghth
avenue with Mrs. Chapman and a large crowd
In pursuit. ., , -
At Nineteenth street. Iollcemnn Mclstaes,
seeing tho running crowd, arrested the man In
the lead. He proved tn be John (silllgan, 18
years old. of 418 Weat Fifty-sixth street. Mrs.
Chapman Identified Ollllgan aa the man who
had stolen her poeketbook and whom slio had
belabored with her umbrella. ...
Oilllgan was lot ked np in the West Twentieth
street station and was arraigned In Jeffersoa
Market Court yesterday. Mrs. Chapman was
unable to appear against him. so Justice Hogait
remanded him for examination.
JUS DAUailTER ADDVCTZD.
George Head's Htory of III Fight wltk
Three Men to Recover 11 er.
George Head, formerly Overseer of the Poor
of Kearny, N. J., reported to Chief of Police
Trumbull of that place yesterday that his
daughter Muttle disappeared last Thursday.
He said sho was accosted by a)oung Jew who
was driving along Harrison avenue on that day.
He suggested that she take a drivo with him,
nnd she consented. There all trace of her was
lust until Monday, when her father traced her
tn a road house In Newark. He ray he saw hi
daughter seated In the parlor of the rood house
with tho young man with whom she had taken
a drive. She screamed at his approach, and the
ynung man, together with the proprietor nnd
his bartender, set upon him and beat him al
most to unconsciousness, while the young
woman was carried away. Then he declare
the door of the parlor was opened and he was
allowed to enter, out a few minute later he was
elected from the place by the proprietor.
Nevertheless he got his daughter.
Tho proprietor and the bartender deny Head's
story. They say tho girl was not there, and It Is
said the girl herself has refused to say Just
where she was. The police are making an Investigation.
HVStiEASIS.
Felt hat maker here and elsewhere are much In
terested In an experiment undertaken on the Dela
ware coast, where rabbits were turned loose on aa
Island with the expectation that the creatures would
In time multiply so largely aa to furnish a great num
ber of skins for felting. There has long been a con.
alderable trade In rabhlu' skins all over tbe peut't
sula of Delaware and Maryland.
One of the best selling vegetables In the tepemert
house region Is the onion. It sells at all titles ot Ihn
year, even when onions must Sxi Imported from yer
mttda. and score of hawkers carry onions ab-oit th -east
aide when they attempt the sale or no other
table. Onions were In great demand throiighou tho
Confederate army, an I retained their popularity l"tu
after sorghum and corn pone palled upon the trU uf
the soldiers,
Almost the only table vegetable that tie Italian
corner fruit stands display la tbe tomato. The Italians
areextremrly fond of tomatoes, and know how to
make them up Into many forms for the tble. They
matte a wonderful paste of macaroni dough aud
tomctces, and their tomato soun la rich eLoush for a
working Itallan'a midday meat. When Inniatoes te
eome plentiful and cheap they sell rapidly by the bas
ket In the several Italian quarters.
Westminster Abbey Is a personal name that tt
caused no end of comment, though Its owner came by
It naturally enough. Ills father was a lawyer np at
Albvuy, and when the boy was bora the parent
agreed that he too should be a lawyer !)y way nf
giving him . fair start the father decided that ha
should have a distinguished name, and s-l.the hoy was
baptized Westminster. He now has a groc-ry, and
runs lu conjunction with it a curious collection of
Junk.
Although American girls txtween the ages of it
and 23 do most of the work of the flower making,
feather curling, and feather curing houses In this
city, tbe dyer forsuih places are always men, and
usually foreigners. Dyetng Is one of the few drparar
ments ot the flower making and feather curing trade
that now command good wages, though the cleverest
ot the girls still earn during the comparatively shurt
eeaaon rather more than average woman's wage la
skilled trades.
-"Wo have proved to our satisfaction.' said a
maker of water coolers, "that Just plain air U aa good
a non-conductor of beat aa we can easily obtain. W
made three refrigerators exactly alike, aare thai one
waa packed with aawdust one with charcoal. and th
other provided w Ith an air Jacket. Then we put Into
each a chunk of Ice, the three being equal In weight
and a nearl) a possible similar In tenure. The three
were left overnight, and next morning by far the
largest chunk of It waa found In th cooler with th
air Jacket."
When a stranger paused on aa east side street te
gaze at a building across the way hs found himself tb
object ot keen observation by a man who stood In tha
doorway of a llrery stable, Th two men eyed rclt
other for half a minute, and then he of the llrery
stable came out Into the street with a broom In hi
hand and said In conciliatory tones i " It' a fine da) ."
The other agreed wlUi htm, and then a look of relief
came over the far of tho man with the broom, and
he said as ho began brushing the street! "I thought
you were an Inspector and had spotted m loafln'."
Although thla U the ago of extreme specialisation
In labor, wat-o-earulng wonieu And It to their advan
tage to know several trade. The flower workers of
th French quarter often understand mum depart
ment of feather curllug, and some of them are needle
women, while th bullion embroiderer soraellnir
break Into the flower worker' trade. The fact that
many ot these trade have only short busy aoasous,
twice aad sometimes only ouce a year, drive tbe girls
to doubling up lu thla fashion. Doubtless the statlsllca
of women wag earners ar somewhat confuted be
cause of all this
- After a good looking young woman hail tpoxsa a
word to a ticket chopper at an elevated railway sta
tion the other day, the latter leaned up against th
door post aud laughed almost b)terklly, while th
young woman fled In coufusloa down th stair.
" What' the matter with your young friend I" asked a
man that was waiting for a train. "Why," said th
ticket chopper, straightening his face a bit, "she earns
through the door there, dropped la her ticket, and
then found ah wa on the down town platform when
tb wished to go up town. I toll her to go down to
trie street and up the other stairway and promised to
signal the ticket chopper to let her through. Well,
while wa watching for her otrr there what does she
do but suddenly appear on thl platform again I Sh
had gone down by tb right hand stairway sad the
come right up by th left baud."
Her Bird Case.
rout (A riMra-Xtanocrar.
A little maid, a foaming can
but partly hid brueatli htr ahawL
" la Ih-t a growl, r I ' qui ttloucd I
" No.slr, a blrdta-i tha uaU."
"Jtuat Urdluirotiit m!d lie a uilnutef
" ivlod air, then:' any twatluKs la It."
Weak iiuu are Mrengthentd aad pUurin pais , .
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