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'till How to Beat Tammany.
r? Last roar Tammany was beaten com-
AE pletcly by 08,000 rotes.
S Pi Why.
I, Because the enemies of Bryanlsm, ear-
j) nest and slncoro'tn their hostility, united
under the leadership of the Republican
3l $' party to accomplish the Job. They got to-
S S gether and voted (or the Republican party
V as the only possible way of punishing and
y beating Tammany for Its social and polltl-
!J $ cal crime In espousing Bryanlsm.
? The rlotory over Tammany lost November
J 3 Indicates that It can bo repeated next
i K November.
jf How'
Obviously In the same way, or by the
union of all the enemies of Bryanlsm In
2 earnest support of the Republican ticket.
I 1 That was the only way In which Tammany
f f could hare been beaten lost year, and It Is
I tho only way In which it can be beaten
again this year.
I ft Kvery Intelligent citizen knows that.
J 1 Every intelligent citizen who honestly do-
I sires to beat Tammany will follow that
J f course next November. Tho men who nro
1ft Intriguing to resist that obvious dictate of
necessity do not want to beat Tammany
1S and Bryanlsm. They want to beat the Re-
jki publican party and consequently Intrench
', jh Bryanlsm In powor.
; f No Compromiio on Ono Point.
Tho proposed conference between the
' ft several political organizations opposed to
.t J the Bryanlzation of New York city will bo
'( A a worthy effort, for which but one abso-
x lutely fixed rulo of procedure need be laid
1 2 down beforehand. Judgments may differ,
i fl of course, as to the candidate. The desire
;f for harmony may make that individual, bo
' 'j faros concerns his personal sentiments and
WA- nfllliatlons, something of a compromise.
KBut within any antt-Tammany combination
there can be no compromise about adopting
';. and putting at tho front the Republican
"A party's platform, for which the voters soon
. ! to elect a Mayor voted a year ago by a
; 'J majority of nearly sixty thousand.
g No trifling In tho Greater New York with
-f the Ideas and Interests of honest money
and anti-Bryanlsml
!ls Turkey In Gravo Danger?
The easy defeat of the Greeks in Thessaly
and Eplrus and tho occupation of the
former provinco by a Turkish forco seem
to have excited on undue elation through
out Islam which has been, doubtless, the
main cause of the recent disturbances
""'"' among the Mohammedans of India. The
Sultan himself, perhaps. Is not unwill
ing to see some pressure exerted on
Great Britain, which alono of the Eu
ropean powers, has Insisted that Thessaly
shall bo evacuated before tho promised
Indemnity is paid by Greece. Were ho
fEh nllve to his own Interests, however, he
"f 5? would seize every opportunity of reviving
I & the good will with which the Ottoman Em-
' pirn was long regarded by England, and
even so lately as the last Russo-Turklsh
; Jf war. For, If au assertion made in the Inst
2 number of the London Quarterly Review bo
i 5 well founded, tho Turks have never been In
r t ttreater peril than they are to-day, the one
j f condition precedent to their expulsion from
e Europe, namely, a friendly understanding
i ?, between Austria and Russia, having been
.,8 at laHt fulfilled.
tftC The Osmanll owe their retention of Con-
Hf Btantinople during the last hundred and
Jp fifty years to a cause precisely analogous to
ija that which enabled the Moorish kingdom
jffi of flienada to survive for upward of two
XW centuries the fall of Seville. It was the
Jip rivalry of Castile and Aragon for tho rem-
i J nant of the Moorish possessions In Spain
f whirli permitted that remnant to remain
P it so long unconquercd, and tho one prop was
$ I' withdrawn when that rivalry was extin-
: X guisli d to a considerable extent by the
,-) morrloso of Fkrdin vnd and Isabella.
'i V - Junt 'o tho Ottoman power In Europe has
$ W been saved repeatedly from annihilation
iy- evr mce t-nuce khoenk was iorceu, oy
If the iln-cd of Russian Interposition, to
h fci fort-eji) tlie ft ii It of his final victories upon
? i the Danube. Up to that time the House
i of Hapsburg had been looked upon
'! I' " nnttal and western Europe as the
I1? tr"e ,u'11- of ,,le Sultan's dominions,
lm p but since then Russia has seemed more
H llkclv to HPourn the Inheritance, and on
F I) time occasions would have done so but
H'j Q for Jhu jciloiisy with which the Vienna
K 0 Goierntnent beheld tho progress of the
K $ Cz:i- toward ascendancy In tho Balkan
m peninsula. Over and over again have the
pi advisers of tho Hapslmrg Kaiser suggested
ij fe that the same process of partition which
jjj I was applied to Poland Is equally applicable
i' to Europoan Turkey, but to those sugges
ts, i tions tho statesmen of St. Petersburg have
'I ;t turned hitherto a deaf ear, believing that
I, if they waited long enough the whole
,p h would be thuirs. As lately, Indeed, as 1885,
If & they were disposd to call upon Austria to
.; - evacuate Bosnia and tho Herzegovina,
,W,i " ' which sho has held as a provisional custo
.'.'; dlau ever since the Congress of Berlin.
lav w uittucvcr niuiu 1110 .vniKicaa ui .uei jiu.
Ef 1 Now, however. If wo may trust tho
K g. writer In the Quarterly Review, and it Is
If ; 5 scarcely credible that an averment so
- v categorical and Important should not have
K , been carefully verified, tho Czar's coun-
m I V sollors hare made up their minds that
B v $ half a loaf is better than no bread and have
', entered Into u distinct understanding with
- W. tho Vienna Government for the partition of
' , hi Turkey. According to the plan said to
B, ? i. have been arranged, Austria Is to move for-H-
'." si ward on a lino running from Bosnia
B ," , through Nov I Bazar to Salonica, and Is
j1 J h to acquire all the Ottoman territory west
K ' i of that line, while the section east of
B ' ;' the line, including Constantinople, is to
B I fall to Russia. A pretext for the slmul
BL , f tancous advance of Austrian and Rus
Hu aian armies will, soon or lute, be offered
1 S through tho misconduct of Turkish officials
BK f or noUllerH In Macedonia and Albania; and
E I although tho Osmanll would fight with
K f. desperation, they could not, it unaided,
BM; 1 long withstand the Joint forces of two
J -4 great land powers. They certainly cannot
K - i001' IoT m,7 osslstanco from l'ranco or
HI
Italy, nor la It likely that WiLtLAi It.
' though It 1 hla whim for tho moment to
posoos the Sultan's protector, would set
himself to thwart his Austrian ally
or the Czar whom lately at St. Peters
burg ho strove so earnestly to con
ciliate. There remains only England, and,
were It agreed that her possession of
Egypt Bhould bo henceforth unchallenged,
It Is hardly concclvablo, In vlow of the
changed temper of her people, that her
Government would venture to obstruct
once more, as it did in 1828, 1834, 1803,
and 1878, tho dcllreranco of tho Christian
subjects of tho Turk. It is true that Lord
Salisbury cooperated with LordBKACoNB
nKLD In upsetting the treaty of San Stcfa
no, but there Is nothing In his present atti
tude to Justify the belief that ho would
now Interpose to shtold Turkey from attack
on the part of Austria and Russia.
It would be a great gain for civilization
if the last years of the nineteenth century
hould witness the long-desired expulsion
of the Turks from Europe, and, Inasmuch
as on accommodation of the conflicting In
terests of Austria and Russia seems indis
pensable to that end, wo hope- that there Is
a solid basis for the statement mado with
such absolute confidence by tho Quarterly
Review.
Mr. Bryan Sentenced for Hypocrisy.
A notorious offender against publlo mo
rality has Just been apprehended and turned
over to justice through tho unaided efforts
of the lion. John M. Tiiayer of Lincoln,
Neb., formerly a United States Senator from
that State. The pursuit of tho culprit has
been so unwearylngly patient and Irresist
ibly pertinacious that the Incident deserves
attention evon apart from the additional
light It throws upon the character of a man
who recently received 0,(500,000 votes for
President. AVe hear now and then of a de
tective who follows a criminal around tho
globo before ho catches htm. Gen, Thaveu
of Lincoln has dono mora than that. Ho
has chased tho ovaslvo Bryan around a
whole- calendar year and has finally got
him by tho collar.
It may bo remembered that during tho
campaign of 1800 Mr. Bryan was reported
on more than one occasion as advising
voters to pretend up to election day to bo
for McKinley and Honest Money and then
to go to the polls and deposit aballot for him,
Bryan. Probably many others besides
Gon. TnAYER have called upon the Freo
Silver Candidate for an explanation of this
advice to his fellow citizens to becomo
hypocrites and liars In his political inter
ests. Ex-President Harrison was ono who
spoke during tho campaign with sever
ity concerning tho matter. President
Inoalls of the Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Com
pany was another. In a speech at La
Salle, 111., Mr. Bryan onco attempted to
Justify himself, but his remarks on the sub
ject failed to make a very distinct Impres
sion. It was reserved for Gen. Thayer to
haul Bryan before tho court of public
opinion, and to exhibit him and his moral
standards in their true light.
Soon after the campaign ended, Gen.
Thater wrote to his fellow townsman the
letter ncre pnniea:
" Ban. IT. J. Bryan, Lincoln, fTeb.
" Sra t In thfl late Presidential campaign 70a were
reported to havo said In one or more of youripeechea:
I adrlse 70U to wear the HcKlnlej badge, but work
and Toto for me. Permit me respectfully to In
quire If jon were correctly reported in this matter.
Very truly jours. Jonx Xt Thatxr.
" LlKcoui, Neb., Not. 21, 1809."
Nearly forty days later Gen. TnAYER re
ceived a postal card from Mr. Bryan's
private secretary, Mr. SonwiND, explaining
that as Bryan was then getting about
three thousand letters a day It was Impos
sible for him to answer promptly ; but
promising a reply " oa soon as ho can find
time to do so." Month succeeded month,
and apparently Mr. Bryan had not yet
found time ; so Gen. Thayeii wrote again
In May, referring to Mr. ScrnviND's promise
in Mr. Bryan's behalf, and asking if It was
yet convenient for Mr. Bryan to answer
the question of Nov. 21. This brought on
May 28 n letter from Bryan consisting
partly of an extract from the La Salle
speech, and partly of new matter. The
essence of Mr. Bryan's defence of himself
Is In these paragraphs :
"I would say that bavins; bad reason to believe
that various corporations were compelling their em
ployees to wi ar Republican badges and march In Re
publican p-irftde. I called 1 1 elr attention to the fact
that tho Australian ballr as a secret ballot, and
that tbry had a rlht to vot for whom they pleased
regardless of the cierclon attempted upon them.
"I said that In tht-se bard tlmt-a. when emploment
Is so dimcult to find, I did not want to advise labor
ing men to do anything n hlch would loai them their
employment, and adJed tbat they should wear Re
publican badges If necessary, march In Republican
parades If commanded to do ao. and even contribute
to the Republican campaign fund. If that was re
quired by their employers, but that they aiould vote
accordlug to their convt-tlons on election day.
" Now, I denlro to Justify my position. The right to
vote according to one's conscience Is a law-given
rUht. Co -rcinn Is a violation of the law, and when I
fldI-eemplorren to vote aa tltey please, even though
tliay must wear Republican bad i a and march In Re
pul llcai. p'.rndtii, I r.m taking higher iuor-,1 ground
and (tlvlnt moro patriots advice thin those who
countenance iderclon and appeal to employees to
vote the Repub'lenn t fleet on election day m-rely
became they hnve been compelled to wear Republican
badges during the campaign."
In every one of tho three paragraphs
above there Is a direct confession by Mr.
Bryan that he has, In fact, preached
hypocrisv and deceit. In the last para
graph, that of attempted justification,
there is a cheap sophistry and a perversion
of tho Issue, which Gen. Thayer was not
slow to detect and expose, In a letter
which has just reached Mr. Bryan, and
which Mr. Bryan probably docs not treas
ure among the chief memorabilia of his
vanity, his persistent pursuer goes to tho
heart of tho question with straightforward
English and sound moral doctrine:
"Permit me to say that la my judgment yonr as
sumption of the coercion of voters by tbclr employ
ers waa wholly gratuitous and unwarranted. I do
not believe you can find an Instance In the wbola
uui veuvvo jou eio uiiu an instance in mo wnoio
campaign In all tbe United States where the em
ployees were oommanded by their employers to wear
Republican badges, march In Republican parades,
and contribute to Republican campaign funds. The
bugbear of coercion waa set up by you, aa a man of
straw, In order to give you a chance to knock It
down and to enable you to pose aa the especlsl cham
pion and defender of tbe laboring olaases. It
waa bad onough for you to tell the men
to play the hypocrite by wearing Republi
can badges, marching In Republican parades,
and then advising them to vote for the candidate of
some other party, but for you to adrlse tbem to take
money they bad earned by tbe sweat of tbelr brows,
and put It Into what you and your associates ao often
denounced aa the Republican corruption fund In your
speeches, and thus aid In promoting and strengthen
ing the Republican policy whloh you and they have
repeatedly, from your standpoint, condemned aa per
nicious and disastrous to the publlo welfare, leads
me to query whether you may not reach that 'lower
deep profound of political depravity which cannot
well bo described."
Then, passing from tho tone of the prose
cutor to that of the Judge:
"You admit tbat you advUed those employees to
engage In shamming, to play a dishonest part; that Is,
If they were opposed to tho election of McKm.IT, you
advised them to do that against which their con
sciences. If honorable men, must have rebelled) for
did you not propose, to them to be, according to Wu-
S SSI v -nmmtmmimmmmm'i '& ujp h
eTateraUen, &, saa ttsn, tot duttmbttng
laonly ose form of lying f
"To lead popla astray, to Indus them to adopt
falsedootrines, and to prattle deception and donbla
dealing. Involves a fearful responsibility. ' Wo unto
that man by whom offenoea corns. It wer better for
htm that a millstone war banged abont hla neck and
h waa oast Into the depth of th .' "
And after mnch more admonition, equal
ly vigorous In language and fortified by
Biblical precepts which would mako even
a less sensitive egotist than Bryan shrink
and shiver, the ex-Senator pronounces the
sentence:
"Th man who trie to mak hypocrite of others
will, by the general public most assuredly b olassd
as one himself. It I a dreadful thing to bo a hypo
crite, for how can he oap th damnation of hell V
It Is a pretty severe sentence, but it Is
strictly according to Dlvlno Law.
Expurgating tho Chicago Platform.
From a number of States, Including New
York, come reports of an Intention on the
part of some of the Democratic leaders to
select certain parts of the Chicago platform
and mako them Into State and local plat
forms and to leave out or pass lightly over
other parts of tho Chicago programme. It
matters littlo whether such reports are sent
out for tho purpose of sounding Dcmocratlo
sentiment or whether they represent a de
termination and notahopeot certain shifty
Dcmocratlo leaders in Republican States,
and among the Republican States New
York Is necessarily Included. Tho plan of
pruning the Democratlo platform will be
fonnd to bo foolish even if it Is feasible. No
State convention, or county convention
has any authority to tako anything away
from the Chicago platform, and any Demo
crats who try to expurgate that gospel of
tho Democracy will thereby make their
loyalty and party orthodoxy suspected.
They will bo cutting themselves off from
the national Democracy and forming a lit
tle schism of their own.
Tho coming of prosperity and tho fall In
tho price of silver havo mado the Chicago
declaration In favor of tho freo coinage of
silver at tho ratio of 10 to 1 seem some
what out of date, and somo of tbo trimmers
who never believed In It are naturally anx
ious to put into prominence other parts of
the platform. There Is no reason to sup
pose, however, that tho mass of tho party
has changed its mind as to sliver. And
what are the Issues in tho Chicago plat
form which, It is said, are to be put Into
the foreground, for tho benefit of Eastern
eyes, white, silver Is obscured In tho back
ground f Tho protest against "Government
by Injunction" seems to bo a favorite with
somo of tho Democratic leaders. This Is
simply a protest against good order, tho
enforcement of law, and tho suppression of
riot, nnd Is likely to bo found considerably
moro unpopular than tho 10 to 1 folly was.
In fact, some men who could have been In
duced to stick to the Democracy as to the sll
vcrquestlon last fall rebelled atthofreoriot
plank. Mob law Is even moro noxious than
scaling debts. Then there Is the Chicago
demand for nn Inoome tax and for the pack
ing of tbe Supremo Court In order to have
such a tax declared constitutional. Somo
of tho Tammany chiefs and other powerful
Democratic intellects of the now school
seem to think that the Income tax Is a good
Democratic issuo that will rouse the faith
ful and call back the deserters. Just try It
on I Try It on right in these latitudes, and
seo how many votes thero are In It.
As for giving any life to the languid ut
terances of tho Chicago Convention In re
gard to the tariff, it would he just as easy
to make an excitement about tho Allen and
Sedition laws.
There in no pruning of the Chicago plat
form which will do the Democrats any
good In tho East. The antt-sllver Demo
crats of the East havo mighty littlo to say
In tho councils of tho Democratic party.
There Is an inevitable air of burlesque
about their present solemn consultations
and schemes of wabbling.
The American People Not Extrava
gant. In the course of a shallow but preten
tious address before a bankers' convention
at Detroit on Wednesday, young Mr. Eck
els, still Comptroller of the Currency, re
peated tbe stale and superficial assertion
that a prime cause of our long period of
business and Industrial depression was our
extravagance. "No thoughtful student of
affairs," said this precocious financial phi
losopher, "can fall to know how largely as
a contributory element to all the past Idle
ness, agitation, distress, and poverty has
been the cxtiavagance which has entered
Into tho American's everyday life."
Who arc the particular Americans whom
Mr. Eckei.3 accuses of this baneful extrav
agance In their everyday life? Are they
the rich people or the poor people, the farm
ers or tho mechanics? and In what way has
their cxtravnganco been displayed Are
they the 5,000,000 depositors who have
$2,000,000,000 of their savings laid by In
the savings banks! Wheru else In tho
world Is thero an example of a population
so thrifty?
Is it the rich who have been guilty of
this " extravagance J" No man who lives
within his Income can be called extrava
gant, and the Increused accumulations of
capital during even the period of distress
through which wo have been passing Indi
cate that this law of thrift has not been
violated by our people.
Economy In expenditure Is well, but It
may be carried to tho extreme of a vice
Injurious to society. If every American
spent only the money requisite to keep soul
and body together, saving tho rest, our
complex civilization would sink to the sim
plicity of barbarism. It exlBts and pro
gresses because men spend their money to
gratify an increasing variety of artificial
wants created by their tastes and ambl
tlons. Thus the multiform Industry of our
civilization Is mado possible. When men
generally begin to practice sharp economy,
depression follows. Tho Increased economy
decreases the demand for a multitude of
articles In whose production labor Is en
gaged, and mechanics and other workmen
are thrown out of employment, and they, In
their turn, are compelled to refrain from
buying because they are without money
with which to bur.
Thus tho depression Is extended to all de
partments of trade, Industry, and produc
tion. If tho people of this country reduce
their expenditures on an average by only
B per cent, thero is au aggregate loss to busi
ness vast enough to send It down from pros
perity to depression, Tho "extravagance"
of our very rich men has been talked about
loudly during recent years, but It does not
exist; it has never existed. Extravagance
Is relative only. An expenditure of $500 a
year may bo extravagance for one man,
and of $500,000 a year prudent restraint
In another. The truth is that relatively
to their Incomes the expenditures of the
very rich men In America are much
less than of men of corresponding incomes
in Europe, and more especially England ;
but such as oar expenditures wore daring
the last four Tears our 'extraTaganoe"
helped materially to check depression by
causing a large demand for industry which
otherwlso would havo boen unemployed.
So It has been throughout our society 1
tho expenditures of the people who were
receiving Incomes gave incomes to other
peoplo, who clso would have been unable to
make their living. Ono of the evils of hard
times, as they aro called, is that they breed
a spirit of unnecessary economy, which, in
tho aggregate, lessens demand enormously,
with great consequent distress. In such
times humanity and even enlightened self
Interest dictate that people shonld not
economize unnecessarily ; Mr. Eckels'
"extravagance" bocomes a virtue.
A prime cause of the business Improve
ment now setting In Is that peoplo are
looking into the future with more confi
dence, and money begins again to circulate
more freely In expenditures and Invest
ments provocative of enterprise and Indus
try. Parsimony has been replaced by "ex
travagance," as Mr. Eckels calls It. Moro
money Is spent, and hence there Is moro
money to be spent, and trado and produc
tion begin to thrive again.
The accusation that a besetting sin of tho
American peoplo is " extravagance" has
' been made during as many years as we can
remember In words about the same as those
used by Mr. Eckels ; but It has always been
mado by superficial thinkers and observers.
It has never been true ; never justified. The
great growth of the national wealth in ag
gregate and per capita proves that, and It
Is made manifest In the individual ex
perience of men. Poor Richard Is the
Yankeo apostle. A penny saved is a penny
earned. Is tho American motto, and the In
junction has been obeyed even too strictly
and too willingly.
It Is not worth while to controvert in do
tall tho assertions and theories of Mr.
Eckels as to our currency system, but gen
erally, we may say, they are as false and
fallacious as his assertion and philosophy
concerning our American " extravagance."
Look Out for Spouts 1
The extraordinary change In our sum
mer weather during tho past few years Is a
subject of considerable comment among
yachtsmen and boatmen. It Is far moro
dangerous now to tako a trip down tho bay
In a sailboat than It was somo years ago.
In times post squalls were rare visitors
hereabouts. Now we got ono every other
day, and It frequently happens to be a
twUter of tho most severe character.
All tills Is bad enough, but It appears
that wo have a somewhat disagreeable ad
dition to our ugly surprises In the form
of waterspouts. Old salts say that these
strange phenomena hold on to their pos
sessions and never desert tho places where
they once gain a foothold. If this be true,
the spouts havo come to stay.
And hero it Is curious to notice the slow
but sure march of the tornado toward
tho Eastern States. Some years ago that
thing was a wonder of tho wild West.
But It advanced with the destruc
tion ol tne forests, ana seems to be
spreading all over the country. Few
If any places In tho Union can be re
garded as safe from Its attacks. Tho other
day Long Island was vlalted by a tornado,
and, Inasmuch as a spout is simply a torna
do soaked through, It becomes clear that
its kind Is bound to throw our beautiful and
onco peaceful bay Into spasms and fits.
This makes a poor outlook for those deli
cate but Interesting craft known as sand
bag tossers. But, after all, thero is no use
In fretting. Let the spouts waltz till they
burst. There will always be fun on the
water, in spite of them.
Down They Come.
Wednesday's Sun reported how Mr.
William Brookfiki.d, an antl-PLATT
Republican who for somo time past has
been flying ecstatically high In the air
of municipal non-partisanship and segre
gation of city affairs from affairs of State
and nation, fell to the hard and Immov
ablo rock bottom of- practical politics.
"If the Republican organization," said
Mr. Rrookfield, an outsider hlmBclf,
" won't Indorse Low, I am In favor of
a fight In every district of the city for
every ofllco to be filled." So municipal non
partisanship will wage war upon Repub
lican candidates for the State Senate
and Assembly If that party does not adopt
municipal non-partisanship's candidate for
Mayor of New York. "Tako our candidate
for Mayor and we will be peaceful toward
your candidates for the Legislature." Bo
hold a deal 1
Tho Chairman of the Citizens' Union
Executive Committee, Mr. Reynolds, fell
fmm irrnen the ilnv fnllowinir. though not
with quite such a swish as Biiookfield.
Mr. Reynolds Is getting "expert advice
on tbe subject of nominating by petition
candidates for minor places Aldermen,
Councilmen, and the like."
From existing harmony between Rey
nolds and Rrookfield we presume that
Mr. Reynolds') non-partisan mind also
entertains the Idea of nominating candi
dates for tbe Legislature as a means to
bulldozing the Republicans Into serving
his municipal non-partisan ends.
The waya of the world are so firmly estab
lished in respect of methods of politics that
It Is terribly hard for a politician to avoid
them. The Citizens' Union people are In
curably worldly.
Old Ironsides.
It Is a happy thought that has prompted
tho celebration at Boston, early next month,
of tho hundredth anniversary of the
launching of our famous old frigate Con
stitution. Surely she Is as worthy of honor
as Nelhon's flagship Victory, which Is pre
served by the British Navy with patriotic
care and affection.
It Is true that tho old vessel has been re
paired and altered, from tlmo to time, until
she Is not In every respect the same craft
that brought down the Hag of Dacres In
the Guerrlere. She no longer mounts tho
battery that riddled the hull and picked to
pieces the masts and spars of tho Java un
til her British opponent was left a hope
less wreck. Sho has not tho spread of
canvas that served her for manoeuvre
when, hearing down upon two British
opponents, the Cyane and Levant, she cap
tured both. Housed over at Portsmouth
for many years post, she has been to the
eye a vastly different object from the
stately craft that holped to punish the
Barbary pirates In her early career, and that
later, at the outset of the war of 1812, by
speed and splendid manoeuvring, ohowed
her heels to a whole British squadron, of
which she had seemed to be the prey.
But practically the old frigate, for the
purposes of patrlotlo associations and sen
timent, Is the samo ob she was when, suc
cessively under Hull, Bainbeidue, and
Stewart, she won her great name. Her
lines are there, and the feeling that nearly
seventy years ago prompted Holmrj to pea
his famous verses, protesting against the
proposal to break her np, still appeals for
the preservation of this noble craft.
There has been somo discussion In Con
gress and In various societies of tho uses to
which Old Ironsides should be put. A
favorite project has been to have her towed
to Washington, and there held as a floating
museum, filled with various naval relics,
or illustrations of naval progress. It has
also been proposed that she should be as
signed to the instruction of naval militia,
tho vlow being that her very career would
bo inspiring for this purpose.
But whatever the merit In such sugges
tions, tho Important point is that Old
Ironsides needs no further utilization.
She is a monument to tho great deeds and
great naval heroes of the war of 1813.
Simply to preserve her is to make her of
sufficient uso, and tho employment most
sultablo for hor is that which will alter
her least, and mako her surest to escape
the wear of time and the danger of tho
seas. In the case of tho Kearsarge wo
had a bitter experience of tho falso
economy of utilizing a hlstorlo ship for
routlno drudgery, although Incompetency
In thoso who had charge of her was
tho real causo of her sod fate. There is no
danger that the Constitution, older and
still dearer to the country as a whole, will
be sent to faco any such perils as those of
Roncador Reef; but we must mako as little
change in her as possible, and her final
resting placo should bo choson with a view
to keeping the centenarian ship for the ad
miration of generations to come.
Old Ironsides was successfully docked at
Portsmouth some days ago, and on or about
Sept. 1 Is to go to Boston, the port where
sho first entered tho water. It is fitting
that at that point sho should celebrate her
hundredth birthday.
It Is Mr. Dana's nettled purpose not to be as
other men are. .Veur York Timet.
According to that estimate, Mr. Dana beg-on
with a fool's ambition to soem different from
what ho was, an undertakes- requiring- contin
uous Imposture. The Dhllosophy of some ob
servers la profound indeed.
Special thanks aro hereby given to our
esteemed contemporary, the Toledo A'ews,
which. In splto of many obstacles, shows a Arm
courano in trying- to keep down Its spirits and
how a lURUbrlous countenance "Klo upon
Prosperity 1 Out upon her I" this sturdy backer
of disaster seems to say. 'Tiring on your Rood
tlmo. Roll la (food fortune. Nothing can
make mo cheerful. I'm bound to be wretched,
and nothing shall provent me." Hear tho
whimsical chap, as ho squecr.es out a
tear and remnrks that "tho darkest phnso
of the Dlngley bill Is tho fact that mil
lions of poor fellow aro out of emplojracnt."
Always millions, mind you; never less than
millions. Those Imaginary millions are a Brent
comfort to tho lnexorablo son of calamity.
Ha tho Toledo JS'cvs heard about somo harvest
ers aomewhers In Minnesota who havo struck
for ftvo meals a day I There Is something com
forting. There are three or four of tho " millions."
r TtVT MnMi.nt. nit ttinf ! tnrf j.flmilA
In American cltlienshlp and politic FhiladtlpMa
Ledgar.
Pay your canvassers well and have enough of
them and you can get a representative of all
that Is most estlmablo In Philadelphia. But
you must have a mighty big campaign fund.
Petitions for all that is most estimable oomo
high.
Will not tbo party that supported Mr. Bur Air
In I BOO be forced to build a new platform and to get
a new candidate In 1000 Dotton Herald.
No; the candidate may be new, and in somo of
tho details of Its construction the platform may
bo new, but in spirit It will be tho same. What
evidence has appeared in the declarations of
any Democratic convention of 1997 that thoro Is
any reaction from the Chicago revolution of
18001 There Is none. The Democratic party
continues resolutely on the course it then marked
out, and It Is moro likely to go further In the
same direction than to reverse tho course.
The report that the Hon. William Jen
nings BRY4N Is to got 1,500 for making a
speech at tho sllvor cnmp-mcetlng in Spring
field, O., must be rejectod as an invention of
envy or malice. Mr. Bryan believes that no
raun can earn honestly more than $3,000 a year.
With his Industry as a specchmakcr, he
would becomo a plutocrat of enormous pro
portions it ho could And silver plutocrats
enough to glvs him $l,f00 n spooch. But ho
doesn't wish to become a plutocrat, and still less
does he wish to m.tku only three speeches and a
third a year, an amount which, at tbe quoted
Springfield rate, would give him the $5,000,
bejond wblih he doecn't wish to go. Many
groat men are to speak at tho Springfield camp,
meeting, and probably any one of them would
chcorfully pay 91.500 rather than loso the privi
lege. PorhnpsMr. BltYAN Is to pay f 1,500. He
would not oncourngo plutocracy by consenting
to rocelve tbat sum.
Does the xeal of the Tammany men In sign
ing the Low petition indicate that he is going to
bo the candidate of Titnimnnv Hall I Whv
Bhould not Tammany nominate him I tils
candidacy Is In opposition to the Republican
party, and that is juat whore Tammany's Bry
anlsm is. At any rate, Tnmmnny Is doing all It
can to get him nominated by somebody.
Mayor Quinoy, who never smiles. Boston
Journal.
Not externally perhaps. Not because thero Is
a frost In ancient Now England blood, or bo
cause tbe Mayor of Boston is forbidden by tra
dition and convention to smile, or because there
Is a certain expenditure of energy In tho act of
smiling, and Mr. UU1N0V wishes lo dovoto all his
energies to tbe art and business of politics. If tbe
Hon. Josun Quinoy never smiles in public. It Is
because he practices and cherishes a deop. Inter
nal laughter. He Is a subtle humorist, and, being
ahumorlst. Is in the shadow of solemnity and not
given to continual guffawing and crackling Into
smiles. There are plenty of cltlxcns in tho Cltl
reus' Union who neither smllo nor laugh, not
because they are deep humorists, but because
thoy live and move In a perpetual dress parade
of their own perfections. They are causo of
tho laughter that Is In other men. Mr. Quinoy
simply declines to share his hilarity with tho
public.
The " unifying forco among the friends of
good government " Is nelthor Mr. Setii Low nor
any other man. It Is opposition to Bryanlsm,
and In New York, consequently. It Is opposition
to Tammany, tho local ngont of Bryanlsm. All
that Is necessary Is to put up an able and trust
worthy Republican truly representative of that
opposition. There la no dlttlculty In finding such
a man. There are a hundred such Republi
cans In tho Oreator Now York, any ono of whom
would amply satisfy all the requirements.
"Onft does not hear anything now," says
the IndlanapoUi Journal, "about thero not
being money enough to do the business of the
country. Business has Improved wonderfully,
and ytt there Is no complaint of scarcity of
money," Just wait until the Populists have got
In their other crops and begin to sow resolu
tions again. Just wait until the autumn winds
sigh and sob with resolutions about tbe scarcity
of the circulating medium and tbe insuffi
cient amount of circulation per capita. No
article In tho whole Populist dream book
Is more sweetly mathematical thun this per
capita article. " My cow eats so Jiiucli hay
a day," says the Populist economist; " therefore
every man, woman, and child must have so
much money. At least, there must be somo
money which they could have If they could get
it," If business has Improved under existing
f
conditions. It would hare improved twice as
much if there were twice as much money. That
Is the theory. However, some eminent author
ities, Democratlo as well as Populist, attribute
trusts, and, consequently, all evil, to the scarcity
of monoy. Bo complaints about it will not bo
wanting.
We must protest against the project to make
agriculture appear prosperous on the basis of mar
ket or speculative quotations. trasAtnaton Times.
A protest here reverently recorded. As long as
the quotations aro In the hands of the Money
Kings, how can Democratlo agriculture expect
Justice I Is It not too probable that the re
ported high price of wheat is a mere fiction In
vented by tho Monoy Sharks to deceive tho
farmers I Supposo the New York and Liverpool
quotations wero not manipulated by the Money
Power, does anybody think that wheat would
not be quoted at 23 cents, the figure set by Mr.
BnYAN t Depend upon It, the Money Power Is at
the bottom of the trouble. Wheat is innocent.
Wheat means well, but the Money Power doc
tors the quotations.
Mr. John M. GAnntAN, Chairman of the
Pennsylvania Democratlo State Committee, uses
this cruel language:
"The Pennsylvania Convention will overwhelm
lnily reamrm allegiance to the Chicago platform, and
If a resolution declaring Mr. lUnarrr's asat vacant In
the National Committee Is presented. It will bo
adopted."
Is this seemly language to hold when tho
dauntless IlAnniTY Is vocal with harmony and
tumultuous with compromise t Is there no ten
derness In Gahman's bosom I
The Executive Committee of the Demo
cratlo Societies of Pennsylvania has composed
and published an address which Is rich in humor.
It says that "the combined temptations and
terrorism" of corporations and monopolies de
feated "tho laboring and producing classes."
As the latter are said by the address to have
been on the Democratlo sldo. It seems strango
that the Republicans won. Much good It will
do them. "Everywhere throughout the coun
try the peoplo are Incensed and eager to reverse
the mistaken action of last year." The annual
convention of tbe Democratlo Societies of Penn
sylvania will be held at Wtlkesbarro, Sept. 28.
Proprietors of museums please notice.
Interesting Lesal Poaslbllltie.
From tho Chicago Daily Stye.
When the learned Assistant Corporation Counsel
came Into court yesterday, wearing "a gray aklrt,
narrow white leather belt, black and whlta check
shirt waist, atandlng collar, and black tie," It waa at
once apparent to the chroniclers of tho proceedings
tbat the time for a departure in the musty methods
of setting down the erolutlon of the law had arrived.
Tbe entrance of tho learned Assistant Corporation
Counsel was, In fact, a kind of formal notification
that the law Is even now In the process of being In
vested In shirt walsta, gray skirts, and tha other
mysteries of multifarious feminine habiliments, and
tbat duo regard most bo paid to that fact hereafter In
tbe literature of tne law.
The law books will In time be strewn with descrip
tive sentences of the sort used In reporting thoso
present at the charity ball. Thusi
"Opinion by Juggerson. Ch. J. (Dlack silk, oat hi th
In the neck, trimmed with Jet.)
"Dissenting opinion by Pugsley, J. (Tailor-made
gown of bluo cloth, full In the skirt, pearl orna
ments )'
Tbe Journalistic, account of the trial win aayi
"Counsel for complainant then arose to reply, wear
ing a lovely satin dress trimmed with Iaoe."
What a world of opportunity for crushing repartaa
the new order will afford. Thus, in the heat of f oren-
sl( dehatA. khnnta ltkM thfa mav h. ri,ll,irri, v
ju ucuaio, ,uuuu uilo iqu may vo delivered, --s
dluent, your Honors, from the position taken by
counsel for the other side, whose hat, I may remark
In passing. Is not on straight." Or: "May It pleaas
the Court, the precedent which opposing oonnsel haa
cited no mora fits this caae than her Jacket flu her
back. Iler deductions, like her front hair, an falsa."
Twloa Divorced, Twice Married, Bath Lega
Droken.
Trom the St. Lovi Republto.
Oussle Campbell Spencer Campbell-Wlnslow-Camp-bell
Is now Mrs. Qossle Campbell Spencer-Campbell-Wlnslow-Campbell-Spenoer,
because sho haa married
WU1 Spencer again. Within the short space of four
months Mra. Bpencer haa been twlca dtvoroed. twloa
married, had both her legs broken In a street car
wreck, and collected 93,000 from a railroad corpora
tion. When she walked Into her parents' home at
Webster Urovea, Tuesday, leaning lovingly npon her
first and latest husband, ber smiling young face gave
no slxn of the kaleidoscopic nature of her experience
within the paat three months.
Darky'a Story or Leea Surrender.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
When namlln Garland was gathering material for
the life of Orant he spent a day or two In Atlanta,
where he met an old Virginia negro who said that he
had witnessed Lee's surrender. Garland was Inter
ested and questioned him closely. " You say yoa
were present when Lee surrendered ?" "Dat I wua,
subl" "Did you see Lee give up bU sword?" "No,
sir, I didn't I GIn'rul Lea give up be sword f Not
blm Dey tried ter take It fum him, but he made a
pass at one er two or dem, en dey let' off I tell you!"
"And whero was Grant all that time?" "Oh, he
wus right dar, suhl En he tor 'em. he did: "Well,
boys, let htm keep he weepon He can't do much
damage, kaao he done whipped, anyhow,'"
Why tbe Dnel Died Ont In GMrrls.
From tho Atlanta Conttitution.
Speaking of the- recent Frenoh duel recalls the fact
that duelling Is practically a dead letter In Georgia.
Tbe farmera of the State suffered so from It at one
time that tbey bandea together against It and stamped
It out. Their barn doora and window shutters were
seriously wounded by the duellists, who never would
pay for repairs, and many fine Georgia cows wen
slain by the stray shots of desperate combatanta. The
real sufferers could stand It no longer, and they
kicked.
Taking Part or Iler Wedding Tour Alan.
From the Springfield Republican,
A crowd of Worcester people met the 11:90 train
there yesterday morning to welcome their friend,
David Goldstein, and his biido from their wedding
trip. Goldstein stepped from the train alone, ex
plaining that bis bride wanted more wedding tour,
but business called him hornet ao he returned to
Worcester and hla wife continued on the trip.
The I,ow Petition.
From the Seuf York Prett,
To mx Hnrroa or Tux rasas Str; At a saloon in
Sixth avenue 1 saw four Democrata algn to day for
the Hon. Seth Low for Mayor. Not one wilt vota for
htm. The man said he got three cents a name for
signatures. Fttxn S. Ely.
69 HiCDOCdiL Stkeet, Aug. 17.
Tho Clllsrns I'nlnn and Tnmmnny.
From the Evtning Pott, Cititene Union Organ.
Mr Crokerglresas good a definition of non-partisan
city government as the Oltliens' Uulon could frame,
and he says aUo tbat he regards Mr, Low as a "fins
man," Khechan says that he agrees with Mr. Crokar,
which places him also on that plank of theCltlcena'
Union.
A Cnrd rroin Jerome Uopklna,
TOTniKmroB or Tils Him Sir; The series of my
concert reports entltlod "The Musical Tramp," for
some time discontinued In the Sunday edition of
Tim Sum, will not be rrsumed, aa their widespread
Interest haa subjected me to too much annoyance
from all sorts of people, who ask all aorta of ques
tions, and who forget that postage la not Uncle Barn's
gratuity. JiaoMc Uoraixs.
Clover Hill IIeiihitaoe, Aug, is.
Tbo Uuel nt Vnucressoau
JVmji tho Cleveland Leader,
Prlnco Hank of Orleans nnd the Count of Turin
Took on thi-lr sei-nuckers and waded right lnt
The 1'rliu'e made a lunge and tha Count made a feint
You'rei a coward," said Hank, " You'ro a liar, I
Thus answered the fiery Count of Turin,
And again they rushed forward and waded right Inl
Prluce Hank grinned a poor Utile bit of a rrln.
And alined at the lights of thn Count of Turin:
The Count looked around for a chance to retreat.
While his aword picked a hole In the Prlnce'a white
meat.
Whereat the scared seconds and doctors rushed In.
Grabbing Hank of Orleane and the Count of Turin,
Prlnoe Hank of Orleans prloked tbe Count of Turin
A smart little prick nn the back of the fin.
1 ben tbey wauled to quit, but lould uot have It so.
For uouor dncret-d that morn blood ha I to flow.
And the Prince of Orleans aud th Couut of Turin
Wero sweating and purring aud shaking like sin.
Prlncellank caught the aword of tbe Count of Turin
Almost In the glnard. and pautedi " You wlnl"
So the Prlnoe went to bed, and thus ended the fray.
And tho Count, aa a hero, marched proudly awar
Oh that our old friend Sancho Pansa had bean
Usferee la tho Oght ItrUt Orleans and Turtnl
VSCLX BAH'B OCEAX BJUl'lliK.
Slaty Islands In tbo Mld-Pat-Mc. and Several
Others Am Onra. I
front the Waehtnglon lnt I
Distributed over tho inid-Pnclflc, in the n eh- I
borhood of tho equator, nro quito a lot . I
Islands that belong to tho United SI nit-. M,k
of them nro from 1,000 to 2,000 nulci I" Mis I
south and southwest of Hawaii. Sonic of th tn I
are near tho Gilbert nrchlpolagn, mid there is a I
considerable cluster just about tho lim, r ills.
tnnco mentioned and directly com h of tl.n ll,v
wnltan group. Including America, C'hrisimui, Jj
l'nlmyros. nnd other Islands of Inrirc Mi.
Christinas Icland Is about thirl) Iho iiift H
long. It got Its name orlitinnlly from thcfict I
that tho fnmous Capt. Cook stopped tlit-r on B
Christmas Day for tho uurnosoof ohserinigun
ccllp'c. It Is an atoll, or rlntr, of coml forma
tion, Inclosing a lagoon of water that bus Lt
como so salty through evaporation ns in !,
vcrltablo brfno. Klshes thrown over the rnt by
storms nro pickled In It, and rumalii pcrrictly
preserved nnd good to cat for months.
These isles of tho l'aclllo twlongliiK to I'ml
Bam number sixty In all. They havo nil he n
annexed to thn United States under an nit of
Congress uhlch bccnino a law Aug. IS, 1 .i).
This lnw, which remains In forco to-dnj, ,
Clares that wbenuter any citizen of tho I n &
Htal09 shall discover a deposit of gutitin nn my
island, rock, or key not within tho lawful jiin.
diction of any other Government, ho ahull be nt
liborty to take peaceable possession thereof, nnd
such liland, rock, or key may, at the discretion
of tho President, bo considered as appertaining
to tho United States.
Tho discoverer is required to glvo due notice
to tbe Department of HUitc, with aftldavili, de
scribing tho Isranid nnd show lng that possession
of tho samo has been taken In tho niiinuot tms
country. IIo Is obliged nt the sumo tlmo to Klva
a bond, which Is Illod In the Treasury.
The discoverer, at the plcaauro of Congress,
enjoys the exclusivo right to occupy his Island
for the purpose of obtaining guano, and for this
Sroduct he Is allowed to charge only a certuln
xed price, namely, 98 a ton forguuno delivered
at the ship a side, or 4t a ton for tho ri Ik-gi; nt
digging 11 whore It lice. Furthermore, ho glvts
guaranteoby his bond to deliver tbo guano otuy
to citizens of the United States, and to bo used
in tho United States.
Tho law also provides, curiously enough, thnt H
all offences and crimes on such islands by per- H
sons who may land thereon, or in waters ml- H
Jnccnt, shall be deemed ns committed uu tlio
nigh soas, on board a merchant ship of lbs H
United States, and shall ho punished accord- n
Ingly, Tho President is authorized to uso tho M
land and naval forces of the United States to
protect tho rights of the discoverer or bis heirs. 1
Jiut Uncle Sam's ocean empiro Includes a '
freat many Islands of far greater Importance
bun tho guano Isles referred to. In Dchring Sot jl
thero are several very largo Islands, besides tno m
little Pribylov group to which tho seals resort
This country owns tho entlro chain of Alou- I
tlan Islands, which separate Bearing Bca from 9
tho North Pacific The inhabitants of this
Islands, called Aleuts, are particularly lntelli- m
gent, much moro civilized than the K.nkimo, M
and bear a close resemblance physically to t.u JJ
Japanese. in
Off the coast of southern Alaska is a group of j
islands of great size, on some of which live tho w
Thllnket Indians. Thcso Indiana ore tho most) f
artlstlo savages In tho world, being skilful u
wood carvers. Off the coast of southern Call- V
fornla Is the Santa Barbara group, comprising a c,
number of largo' islands. S
PAST TBAIX8 T1IE BAFJBIt.
Reasons Why They Kill Fewer Person, Than I
the Blower Trains. fl
From tho IndianapolU Journal. H
" There seems to be an Impression," said a
railway superintendent, speaking of tho faso
service tho railways are now giving, "that tha
fast trains are the most dangerous for peoplo (o
ride on, and that more persons are killer in
crossing tracks, &c, than Dy tho trains which
are slower. This 1b a mistake.
"The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
given this matter special attention, and has
statistics to show that. In proportion to the fast
and slow trains run, moro accidents have oc
curred to tho slow trains nnd moro pcr-ons not
in the employ of tbe company killed by th
slower trains. Men in charge of fast passenger
or freight trains aro constantly on tbo watch for
danger. Tho engineer feels that thero 1b mora
at stake, and ono will notico tbat tho blasts
of his whistle are more frequent and sharper;
that tbe fireman Is more particular to ring
the bell when passing through a town or a
city or near a highway crossing. It would bo t
dinhmlt to find people living on the lines of tbo n
roads which run fast truins that have not heard M
of the Chicago limited on tho Pennsylvania H
lines, tho fast express. No. 2, between St. Louis
and New York, over tho Vnndaliannd Pcnasyl- 1J
vanla lines; tho Empire Mate Kipress, the ,
Knickerbocker on tho Big Four, and tho hun
dreds of other fast trains. Fabt trains nro run J
nearer on time, nnd peoplo know their time and H
keep out of tbe way. 1 he equipment of tho fast m
trains is kept at the best standard, and every- W
thing conduces to make them safer to ride on .a
and less liable to injure people nt highway cross- ft
Ings nnd In passing through towns and cities. a
Tho PpnnKvlrnnia trnn.iviri.it nn riennrtment la fil
fully satlsned that tho above statement is cor- B
rcct,"
Tho same remark will apply to the freight j
service. In 1S88 twelte niiies an hour was con- ;
sldored tho highest speed limit for a freight; (
train, nnd J. J. Turner, when superintendent of
the Indianapolis division of the Panhandle, was
tho first to increase the speed of freight trains
in this section, scheduling a train nt sixteen
miles an hour between Indiannpohs and Colum
bus. Competitors soon took similar action nn.l
Increased the speed of tho fust freights to eigh
teen miles on hour, then to twenty miles, uliU-u
was tbo maximum for through freight trains for
several enrs, but with tho better track and
better locomotives some of the roads are sched
uling freight trains at twenty-three to twenty
lire miles an hour, using the schedules of pas
senger trains during the set cnties and eighties.
,
Cyclone Jim Marshall's Long-Distance Voice
From tho Washington Pott.
"Cyclone Jim" Marshall Is still "in our
midst." His voice, like unto the tnuniler peal.
or tho noise of a great army, still revi'rher ties
oguinst the mountain sldo and goes echoing no
through Bpace until it strikes against the to'd
and rugged sides of the moon. To-day "Cyclona
Jim " was not in good trim when he addressed
the convention, and so his vnke could not Lo
heard for more than half a milo from the optrt
house. When ho is really feeling up to
the mark it is an easy thing for hint
to stand in ono county and address a i
audience nt tho adjoining Court House.
In Craig county, up in tho mountains, Unro
"Cyclone Jim" has his home, no telephones aro
needed. IIo stands on one mountain and tains
to the farmers down In the vallcv as ni.) as ono
converses ovor tho long-dlstaneo 'plume. !
Intellect is not on speaking terms with my
brain," was "Cyclone .lima' iiathcth. way of
telling tbo delegates that ho was not In thn
spoech-mnklng mood. " I have hen burked
and gagged and sent back to Company Q." ha
added, "audit doesnot nav as well niwlriuln
$5,000 a year, as my poekctlKiok lamentably
shows." All of which means that "I'jilona
Jim" Is no longer In Congress, hut Is 6a Jl) lol
lowing the plough on his native heath.
Pedagoglo tirnde-L'p In Kitneae.
front the Abilene Reflector.
It is underslno I that Superintendent Stryker,
Inorder to "grade up" tlio teaihers, Ins pre
pared nn entiroly new sot of questions for tha
next examination. Among them aro ihci :
"You can troquently seo a while buii-o, why
do you novorseo n white colt I"
" Why does a borso out grass backward and a
cow forward I"
"Why dins a hop vluo wind ono way and a
bean vino nnother I F.vplnln fully."
" Why does a horse tethered with a rope al
ways unravel It, while a tow twists It Into
knots t"
" What is tho length of a flour barrel I"
"What animals hate no upper teeth, and
why I"
"Why did Abdul Mitutld delay acceptance of
the proffered mutilation of tho power i '
"After thuOiiiahn platform, wh U Is the great
est Auierlcin document wrlttui uimo tho
Declaration of Imlcpcmlonro I'
"(iho a historical fact of tho follrmlng great
men: Win. Strjker, U. Wnshiiiktuii. Wm,
Shnkcspearo, Jerry Simpson, Napoli u,"
nemhnrdt'a 1.1st uruidotva.
From the M'aehinuton lliitt.
Bai.timork. Mil., Aug. Hi. Da id A, H'rn
hitrtlt.n bigamist, aged If), will lento th ''''""
penitentiary to morion nfier bervlng -i I)'1"
jcar Boiucnce, During thu tlmo Hjiciit m pr -un
ho has not been Idle. Ho hud mailii 'ip h -, to - 1
to got even with Iho world on belli,; rele t- -i
ho began to road the matrimonial p.ip, r-, i I
clipped therefrom thn addresses of widow - "
had btcn made wealthy by tho deaths uf Hit
husbands.
Whenever n well-to-do man died lie intnt't
tho notirn for future refcrenie. 'I hen In i 1
watch all tho dull) papers anil m c-"
teutlnn to court rounds to vo whetlnr '
property had been left. IIo alo witttl.i ' I
insrriiigo licenses, ami whenrwr the hi
married ngaiti alio wan checked oil.
Ills book containing all thU Informal n "
found lo day M tho Wniden when liu - i
Bernhardt nctll. Ilrrnhard proposes in "
business uf HUPiilylng Inform ulnii to tus-ti jf. r
real willows, llnrnhurdl'siilliis was Deu.ui, a l
ho bailed from Frederick luuiiIj.
The Hlronai-at linln,
From the Springfield nepulllfnn
Tho greatest nnd stroiigenl ihun tmr i '
has but recently left iho Tlnlttn . - '
Works, it is Intotuleil forciain m . ' '
ham whaif, and toiisUm of tua u.h
sovcrally of ll'j-lnch nils, int h Iiok if '
inches long and 13 wide. Sinn th. '
machinery avullablo for testing it thaiu -' '"
dimensions, tho test wnH luailo hj n, i t '.
pension of a wolfht of B'JO.000 pounds lru.ii oauh