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Wlf HleaHon trtsJi fo Tumi rejected articles returned.
H k (fey must In all ra tend sfamil Tor that jurjOM.
B If? JcfTerson nnd tho Navy.
filn In tho timely compilation which Mr.
jjjlf RoosEVF.LT.AsslstnntSccrotaryof tlioNnvy,
Hip' has Just made of tho passages In the mes-
Hjk sagos of tho Presidents with respect to tho
Hftf fostering of tho navy, no mention Is made of
mU tho position of Thomas .Ikffkiison on this
WK patriotic question. This Is an oversight on
Hjjf? tho part of Mr. Roosevelt, for JnircitsoN
Hill Tros not Indifferent to tho wclfaro of that
HE arm of tho national defence, and his mes-
HK nages to Congress provo tho Interest that
Htlft he took In It. There was an appreciative
HJ; reference to tho navy In his first annual
Hf fl communication to that body, and, In his
Hj '1 second message, a year later, ho mado
H J recommendations for the appropriation of
V y money to preserve tho few ships wo then
HJl ji- had, to build new ones and to provide dock-
HJ )L yards In which they should bo preserved
HJ jS under cover. Tho latter suggestion was
HJ ridiculed ot the time, but It is a noteworthy
HJ fact that Bomo of tho European powers
HJ mado tho experiment which ho had bur-
HJU- gested. Again, In 1807, ho sent a special
HK t messago to Congress on tho subject of gun-
aWli boats for harbor defence.
Hj; The alleged hostility of .Tkffeiison to tho
HJ i( navy was ono of tho charges that used to
Hj bo mado by tho Federalists against tho
H founder of tho Democratic party, who had
Hj, F driven them from power anil defeated their
Hj; t plans and purposes. Tho historical truth
Hj la that Jefferson was In favor of an nde-
Hj; It; quote naval forco even under the confedera-
Hjff tlon. While Minister to Franco It was the
Hl'ff' subject of repeated ofllclal communications
HJ?JK to Mr. Jay, and of consultation with his col-
Hpf league, Joun Adams. "A naval forco
fife nlono," ho wrototo Mr. Jay, in 1783, "can
Hj;w3 countenance our peoplo as carriers on tho
Hlff water." Again, " I look forward with hor
H' . ror to tbo very posslblo case of war with
Hj U a Kuropcan power, and think thero Is no
H r protection against them but from the pos
H r session of some forco on tho sea." Still
U'; h further he wrote: "How dreadfully shall wo
H- k suffer on our coasts If wo have no force on
fcj tho water, f ormcr experience has taught us."
H-- m The Colonies at tho time were jealous on
HflsL tho question of placing too much power
Raft 'n 'no hands ' their Congress. Jef-
$g nsnsoN sought to allay their appre-
f hensions by impressing on Mr. Jay that
r)I "a naval forco can never endanger our
? ij liberties, nor occasion bloodshed; a land
.1. F forrai would do both." At this period our
' k commerce In tho Mediterranean was suffer-
ljj Ing severely from the depredations of tho
' tft!. Barbary piratical powers. Jeffeiison urged
k. Wi that war on them was preferable to tribute,
$ w - whiph every power in Europe was then pay-
t S Ing to that nest of outlaws. He conceived
?iS the idea of forming an allianco of the pow-
''PS, crs against them, but tho Continental Con-
f.Kff gress was deterred by Its straitened flnnn-
S clal resources from entering Into tho com-
B pact and furnishing its quota of the neces-
J kr sary naval force.
5 & But if evidence of tho highest and most
f jab unquestionable character were required to
f " provo Jefferson's zeal in the interest of
? H tbo navy, it is to be found in a letter writ-
5 W ten to him by John Adams, his piedeccs- j
,V K sor In the Presidency, in October, 1M.';J,
'i M"f less than four years before the death of
these two great men, w lio had been no long
18, and so fiercely antagonistic in politics.
HI "You remember," says Mr. Adams, "tho
fife four ships ordered by Congress to bo built,
II and tbo four Captains appointed by Wash-
i jr ington Talbot, and Thuxton, and Hak-
.s p- 11Y, &c to carry an Ambassador to Algiers
i K and protect our commerce in the Mediter-
m rancan. I have always Imputed this mea-
k b sure to you, for several reasons."
m' fflr These reasons are set forth at length by
I' W Mr. Adams, and they show that Thomas
t k Jeffeiison Is, as somo of his biographers
,V have claimed, better entitled to be called
jr tho father of the navy than Is any other of
i Vi tho revolutionary statesmen.
I it', A 'Woman's Adiiilssions About IVo-
J ifc, men's Powers.
ff K Tho article In tho current number of tho
g , North American licvicw on "The Lesser
a, j& Man," Is remarkable, bucause the author,
'? fo although a highly educated woman, con-
If fSfct cedes almost everything that bus ever been
fiB1 osscrted by men concerning the superiority
of tho masculine intellect. AVu call tho
Wt writer, Mrs. G. G. Buckler, highly edu-
r K cated, for tho reason that, having entered
I W GlrlonCollcgoasthoholderof a scholarship,
J M sho evcntuallytookaflrst-classin thoelassi-
j cal tripos at the Cambridge University ox-
( Jjjf amtnatlon. That she knows sonicthlng
fe. about tho mascullno Intellect from obscrva-
v t tlon and experience Is evident not only
1 K from her colleglato training, which brought
f( K hpr Into competition with men, but also
t, from tho fact that sho is a niece of Prof.
Max MuLLEtiaud a graud-uicco of Charles
fit Kimisley and James Anthony Froude.
tt Afterpolnting out how signally woman's
' gl opportunltlru havo been multiplied of Into
j yeara In civilised countries, or how nota-
? K bly, to uso tho cant phrase, woman's sphere
i ffl has been enlarged, Mrs. llurKLl.lt directs
M attention to an economical side of the ques-
'( g ton, which Is too often overlooked. Hho
S, Bays truly that tho rush of women Into cor-
T K; tain vocations, especially that of teaching,
, K "has overbtocked tho market and tended
i Si to rcduco salaries, if not to lower tho stand-
i ard of excellence, an evil iiggnivated by tho
I K" prevailing want of combination among tho
,' R women workers themselves. Tho cheap-
ft ness of female labor makes cmplojcis
H engngo tho Ives and daughters, and leave
II the men at home." Manifestly Mrs.
IJ Buckler is familiar with tho fact known
t If to political economists that under thu
M regime of indtvlduullsm, a legimo unlikely
, If to be overthrown, tho wages of an adult
I fe malo worker tend to adjust themselves to
p tho theory that he bus to support not only
i It himself, but a wife, together with at least
' m twoorthieoclilldn-n. If nil women wcro to
, 4 compete for tho various employments hlth-
j) ffi ert0 rci'TYi", for men, It is obvious tLat, as
the number of pi oducers would be doubled,
't while the number of consumers would ro-
3 flS main stationary, tho rate of wages would
v, Jf hae to be reduced or.c-ha!f.
Having f.pcclllod the opportunities which
I women have enjoyed In tbo post cv havo
' . I rceatly Bltalned, Mio. Buckler asks.
f ,, i
hhhhhUn
what haro they mede out of themt H:r J
auswer Is that. It one looks Impartially ,
over the historical record, cn cannot main
tnln that " tbo widespread mental ttnd ar- I
tlstlc activity of n omen has In a Mnglo In
stance achieved anything absolutely first
rate, whether as creation or as discovery."
So far as tho Held of letters Is concerned, It
certainly cannot ba asserted that woman
has only Just started. Sho has been writ
1 Ing for over 2,000 years and In almost
1 every civilized country. "Yet nowhere,"
says Mrs. Buckler, " do wo find her In
the highest rank." Ot real feminine poets
ono can only namo tho half-mthlcal
Sai'iuio, and possibly In our own day
Mrs. Browning and Christina Bos
sltti. In proso our author meets with
tbo saino absenco of supremo excel
lence. No woman has over written
a great history. Mascullno production
has been everywhere superior, except
In tho branchesof letter writing and novels
of domestic life, which make, she thinks, a
special demand upon tho feminine quali
ties of quick evolution and ready obser
vation. In dramatic composition no wo
man has gained for herself lasting fame.
Tho nuthor attributes to her sex in litera
ture a want of closeness of grasp, a want of
balance, and a want of precision In form ;
these shortcomings, which nro pronounced
Incontestable, uro ascribed to a lack of
synthetic power or to Imperfect training In
tho study of great models. On tho other
hand, Mrs. Buckler believes that women
may claim to havo brought Into literature,
or to havo intensified in It, two Inestima
ble qualities, purity of sentiment without
sentimentality and breadth of human sym
pathy. If to this Immeasurable service bo
added their indirect, Inspirational Influ
ence upon the writings of men, our author
Mibmlts that great Importance In litera
ture must bo conceded to women, though
not supremo excellence.
It Is comparatively easy to provo that In
discovery and Invention in tho abstract
nnd applied sciences, and In architectural,
pictorial, ond plastic art, woman's achieve
ments haxe. In the historical period atall
events, fallen far short of mini's. Wo shall
not follow Mrs. Buckler through this part
of her argument, but noto that, by way of
conclusion, sho recognizes logical cogency
in the queries: "If women were ever Intel
lectually equal to men, when and why did
they begin to fall behind? and, if they
never wero equal, how can they hopo to
catch up now, when masculine education Is
advancing at as great a rate as feminine V
The Gentlemen of tho Cabinet.
If tho working season has really begun
with Labor Day, just passed amid universal
rejoicing because of the good times which
Labor sees ahead, the members of Major
McKiNi.EY'sCabinetnrenow settling down
to somo uncommonly difficult tasks.
The Hon. John Sherman bos a treaty of
Hawaiian annexation to put through tho
Senate, a little difference with Japan as to
the extent to which that energetic young
Government ought to be consulted with re
gard to our national boundaries, the recov
ery of our prestige and rights In Samoa, not
lost but deliberately thrown away by Mr.
Cleveland and Mr. Gresuam, and un Im
perative and urgent duty to perform with
recard to Cuba, a duty also shoved upon
the present Administration by its prede
cessor. Generally speaking, the Secretary
of State is commissioned to repair In twelve
months tho incalculable damago wrought
in four years by the egotistic and unpa
trjotic foreign policy of Cleveland.
Tho Secretary of the Treasury, the Hon.
Lyman J. Gage of Chicago, has to pay allot
the bills of the Government out of a retenuo
ot least temporarily insufficient for the ex- j
penditures prescribed bylaw. At the rate
developed last month, tho annual dellcit
confronting Mr. Gage would amount to
about $180,000,000. Itwillnotbe sobadas
that, for with prosperity the income is bound
to gain on tho outgo; but for thu present
tho situation exacts much thought and
no little personal anxiety. We must
remember, also, that the Government has a
considerable payment not far away on ac
count of the Pacific Railroad bonds, that
there is a vast amount of troublesome work
Involved in the practical application of tho
new tarilT schedules, and that Mr. Gaol's
own brother, dear to him from tho ties of
blood if inconvenient as a political quan
tity, is jet at large with the lest of tbo In
dianapolitan baud of greenback retircrs.
Attorney-General McJCenna has Section
'22 on his hands; nnd in addition to that,
his as yet untested powers of endurance
arc suffering tho strain of a multitude ot
vexatious questions crowding upon him
from almost every other department.
Mr. Long of Massachusetts is obliged to
continue to appear truly nautical while his
heart is with Ui.acksioni: ratherthan with
Lord Nelson and Admiral Farragut. As
if that were not enough, It is demanded of
him tli.it ho shall go on producing armor
clads while tho money required to buy
armor witli whicli to clad tho amiorclads
Is withheld by Congress.
Mr, Jamls Ai.iii.ht Gary of Maryland
has a pressing task in the organisation of a
postal service adequate to the needs of tho
Greater New York. If ho succeeds In that,
tho achievement will bo glory enough for
ono Postmaster-General, Evidently Mr.
Gary's spirits ore good, for bo has nlso
undertaken to put. through a general
scheme of postal savings banks, u semi
socialistic enterprise of Government pater
nalism which. If adopted, would mark an
impoitant new departure in tho evolution
of our national system.
The three departments wherein the pres
ent situation may lie regarded as normal
rather than exceptional or critical are thoso
in tlm charge of Gen. Russell Alexan
der Alger, of War, tho Hon. Cornelius
N. Itl.lss, of tho Interior, and tho Hon,
James Wilson of Tama county, Secretary
of Agrlcultuie. liven here there Is plenty
to do. Gen, Alger can assist much in
providing tho country with tho coast de
fences which nro Indispensable. Ho Is a
busy man, anyway, by temperament and
habit, and outside of rout Ino Is capable ot
making work forhiuwlf when he does not
find it laid out for him by events. Mr.
Bl.iss need not be idle for a moment. Bo
sides attending to pensions for common-law
widows, looking out for tho red Indians,
supervising tbo weather, and preventing
Yunkcogeniuscsfromgettlng broad patents
on such new Imontlousas cooking stores,
griudstoiies, and tin dippers, ho has abun
dant mental occupation lu wondering why
ho is In Washington at all, against his per
sonal Inclination, As to the esteemed Sec
retary of Agriculture but tho Secretary of
Agriculture doesn't count.
Thus tho season of hard work opens for
the Administration with tho golden month
of September.
'It Is a somewhat curious circumstanco
that up to tho present tlmo theCabiuet offi
cers ot President McKinley have differen
tiated themselvcH less distinctly than ordi
narily happens duriutf Uio first six muuths of
imAdmlnUtratlon. That 1 to My, except as
they wcro previously known to tho country,
tholr personal and Individual qualities are
not yot sharply defined In tho minds of their
follow citizens. Of tho Cabinet as n whole,
mcanlugtho McKlnlcy Administration, of
Its patriotic Intentions and practical ef
ficiency, tho contemporary public cstlmato
unquestionably Is high.
Tho Cause of tho Unprecedented Ex
pression. In tho communication which Dr. Seth
Low, In a moment of solemn uplifting, read
to tho awestruck messenger of tho Citizens'
Union and to four reporters lost Friday, ho
thus expressed his gratltudo for tho numer
ical results of tho campaign by petition :
"1 am not so vain as to believe that the unprece
dented cxpresnton of popular confidence on nhlch m;
eandldaoj Is nosed, and for which I am more grateful
than I am ablo to eny. Is In anjr overwhelming (ease,
it perianal tribute only."
Dr. Low may have felt himself to bo un
der no obligations to look a gift horso In
the mouth, especially at a moment of sol
emn uplifting and lu tho solemn presence
of tho Hon. John Columuus Clark, nut to
mention tho four reporters, who must havo
been nflected by the sublime scene. Still,
ho was right In resolving not to bo over
whelmed by tho unprecedented expression
of popular confidence. It was not a per
sonal trlbuto only. Ho was on tho right
track about that. In fact, It was not a per
sonal trlbuto nt all. It was a trlbuto to
tho Industry, fertility, and Inventiveness
of tho gentlemen who wero paid by tho
Citizens' Union to get tho signatures upon
which his candidacy Is based. They wero
hired to get popular confidence expressed
at so much n, name, nnd they earned their
money. To make less overwhelming Dr.
Low's notion ot the personal tribute meant
by tho petitions, tho nnmes of Tammany
men, Republicans who run with tho ma
chine, minors, and non-residents wero
freely and generously subscribed to his
petitions.
The unprecedented expression of popular
confidence i, In plain words, a big, padded,
nbsurd, humbug petition; and the candi-'
dacy based upon it is, consequently, a hum
bug, distressing to tho fiiondsof Dr. Low
and calculated to till his enemies, if he has
any except his foolish friends, with de
risive joy.
A Millionaire's Plnj thing.
"I shall band my resignation in; I shall
leave tlie college unhampered; it Is for tho
trustees to decide whether or not they will
accept It." So spoke President Sirni Low
of Columbia College at Northeast Harbor
on Mondaj, according ton correspondent
of the .Wic York IleraM.
If this utterance means anj thing, it
means that Mr. Low does not want the
trustees of Columbia to let him resign.
When a man really desires to relinquish
an olllce, he flnds no practical difficulty in
getting out of it. Ho does not begin by j
talking about tho uon-acceptnnco of bis '
resignation. He knows that bo can mal.o
his resignation effective, if bo chooses, t
whether It Is accepted or not ; and he does '
not entertain the Idea of any other possl- I
bility.
But when ho once admits, even to him
self, that others can control bis action in
this respect, be might as well confess that
he hopes they will control it.
Hence it Is plain that Setii Low docs
not want to relinquish the Presidency of
Columbia College. He expects to bo asked
to remain at the head of that institution;
in which event, however, ho may insist
upon a temporary severance of his connec
tion with tho university while bo is en
gaged in an effort to capture thcMnjnr.tlty
I of the Greater New York, accompanied by
! nn understanding Unit lie Is to letiiin to
, Columbia when bis political sun sh.ill 1mo
set.
, And why not? A college is an entertain
ing plavthllig. It costs .1 good deal, but so
do steam jaehls, and m.igiilllccut estates
and other things in wbkli wealth men
, find their recreation. A million dollars is
I a large sum to pa for a toy ; but w ben one
I is able philosophically to rellect that ho
, has two millions still left with whicli to
keep the wolf from the door and subscribe
to the Citizens' Union, the price need not
lie deemed extravagant. Just think what
a toy It isl Trustees to do your bidding; an
enormous fund to control; Innumerable
professors and instructors to appoint; and
all thoso who administer the affairs of tho
university and attend its iiistiuction filled
with awe and admiration for him who
makes the puppets dance. Other million
aires have accomplished notable achieve
ments. Seth Low is the first to appropri
ate and utilize a college us a convenient I
plaything.
Klsewliere, It Is different. Harvard is
greater than Ki.iot. Yale Is greater than
Dwight. But from the day when Si.ru
Low c.uno to Columbia as President,
Columbia has llguied as appuitfiiaut to
Low, not Low as a servant to Columbia.
The young man has grown fond of his
costly toy. He may yet grow tired of pol
itics. Then bo will want his other play
thing again, and ho Is anxious to mako
sure of getting it.
How Long Will tho Klondike Last ?
In estimating tho prospects of gold min
ing In Alaska, however abundant may bo
the present yield, the prnbnblu duration of
n profitable output iH a consldeialion of tho
utmost Interest and importance. Bvery
miner, every merchant, every Investor who
has anything to do w ith tho Klondike goM
fields, wants to know not only how-much
gold it pioduces at present but how long
will the Klondike last.
Trustworthy expressions of opinion on
this subject by competent men of scienco
have not thus fur been very numerous. Wo
havo been assured that Mr, Clarence
KINO, tho w ell-Known geologist whoso
work In tho Government Bervieo brought
him so much distinction twenty-five jcars
ago, is must optimistic in bis views con
cerning tho gold of Alaska, and that ho
regards that Territory as a second but supe
rior California. Wo are not aware, how.
over, that he bus ventured nny prediction
or made any suggestion as to thu quantity
of gold likely to bo found In any particular
district or tho length of tlmo within which
tho wealth of any specified locality will
probably bo exhausted. linked, wo aro not
certain that Mr. King has ever visited
Alaska,
Ou tho other hand wo havo an Intimation
from high authority that tho Klondike may
not last more than three years, Thero is
probably no man of science who knows
more about Alaska than Prof. William II.
Ball of tho United States Geological Sur
vey, He had explored portions of tho coun
try prior to 1870, and In that year ho pub
lished an elaborate book on Alaska and Its
resources, which for a long time was tho
Ionly trustworthy account of the new Terri
tory, except Mr, Cuaisles Wjiviu'ca'aboak
on tho valley ot tho Yukon, which Is m In
teresting today as It was then and ought
to bo readily salablo in n, now edition.
Prof. Dall bos visited Alaska again and
again in tho service of tho Coast Survey
slnco thoso early days. To tho September
number of tho Forum ho contributes an
Instructive paper on tho new gold fields
there which concludes with this paragraph,
after warning miners of tho dangor of
starvation:
"For those who may eontemplato inreitlng In per
manent worki, uch aa rnadt acro the portagea,
another warning Is In order. The average life of the
placer districts ot tho Northwest Territory baa been
about three years. The gold bearing streams being
narrow, their pay streak la soon worked out, though
for a time It produces abundantly. These consider
ations should not te neglected In weighing the pos
sible profits to be derived from constructions of a
permanent nature In a region dependent aokly upon
the product of Its mines,"
Three years Is a short time; yet doubtless
It will bo long enough for many ft man to
mako a fortune In the Klondike. Prof.
Ball's suggestion, howovcr, lndlcatos tho
advisability of getting on to tho ground
without delay.
" Vote early," used to bo tho advlco of
patriotic cltlzeus on election day.
So It seems wo should say " Go early" to
thoso who would bring homo wealth from
tho Klondike.
Mysteries.
It Is to be hopod for Mr. Low's aake
that his letter accepting tho Citizens'
Union nomination will clear up some not
too pleasant mysteries.
Tho condition prescribed by Mr. Low in
Juno was that ho should havo before him
tho "evldenco of popular dcslro" for
him to becoino a candidate. Tho evl
denco oflcred nnd accepted was tho peti
tion purporting to bo signed by 102,000
men. Republicans attached their names
to Indicate tho candidate that would
please them, wcro ho to become har
i moniously tbo leader of a union against
I Tammany Hall. Wo Imagine that tho
head of a Bible class, seeking to exhi
bit to liis scholars tho models of honor
nnd uprightness in public life, would
prompt strike from his list the politician
who should construe the Low petition as
evidence of popular desire for tho benefi
ciary to run as an independent candidate,
allies or no allies. It would put a casuist
somewhat to his trumps to prove Buch a
iiinn strictly honest, and habituated to
walking " In the fear of God." Mr. Low's
letter may make this shady side of the epi
sode shine with the light of rectitude.
Another condition was that the Citizens
should convince Mr. Low that bo would
prove a "unit ing forco among tho friends
of good gov crnment in tho city." Generally
this was interpreted as meaning a unifying
forco among tho opponents of Tammany
Hall, Republicans included. Tho Eicniiiu
i'osf has suggested the quibble that the Re
publicans could not have been thought of by
Mr. Low, inasmuch as they were distinctly
In favor of bad government, and that the mil
tlcat ion idea applied only to tho friends of
good government, or to the partisans of tho
Citizens' Union. Is this quibble to bo Mr.
Low's quibble, and if so, vvhat, In accepting
tho nomination by word of mouth, did ho
mean by " allies" t
Again. Mr. Low said to Mr. Clark that
ho would contend for the principle of the
Citizens' Union, " be friends few or many,"
and accepted its nomination because ot
its principle. If that be so, why in Juno
did he palaver about evidence of pop
ular desire for himl If tho call to tho
patriot to stand for this principle
pre-cribed a "public duty which could
not bo gainsaid," whv did Mr. Low
In June plead his responsibilities toColum
I bia College, a private concern whicli he,
Mr. Low, could fully compensate for los
ing him by the gift of another million I
And how is tho present situation "essen
tia'lv different from that contemplnted In
June"? IVihaps if Mr. Low should explain I
th.it, he would explain all the mysteries. I
lvin the small portion of tho Low cam
paign et unfolded affords u very interest
! ing Held for study in morals.
In deserting tho Republican party to
codillo tlio Citizens' Union tho New York
Tribune his a more Rorecous purpose than
inerulj lo force tho ltcpublicnn organization to
adopt Hetii Low- na Muvor of New York. It
wants to bulldoze tho 1U publicans nt Iarco into
1 Kiv Inn buine other olllco to WiiITKLAW HKID.
One of the stock arguments against tho
Issue of Oov eminent paper currency Is that it Is
not ' elastic," nuauliiR that tho volume of it
ilocsnot expand nnd contract with the cxDan
Bion mill contraction of trade. This elasticity,
tho opponents of Rov eminent paper say, can
only ho obtained bv funding tho Government
notes into IntercU-bcnrlni; bonds, nnd lotting
the 1) inks Issue currency ut their pleasure, with
out restriction anil without boml security. Yet
tho r.finum I'ast, which has nil ulonR been IDs
cniniy of Government currency nnd tho cham
pion of tho h inks, makes this admission:
"The simple truth if tho mutter Is that our heavy
trade, during tho current year, Inn supplied through
the nornmt iiiiimffs vf ejnhttnae it uim requisite
circulating vteiitum. If the supply were now defl-
tent, p suoull witness clioriniMis rtcelpts of gold
from Euri'pi", such as tl o SI 75.000,0(1(1 ni I Importa
tions of ln;u, isso, and 1S81. On tl-e othor hand,
the largi suppl) In ltnil, ln.lo.vt of stimulating trade,
siippns.ed and paral)zcd It, the aieuues of tlrcula.
tluii were i liutud; there wo an overflow, of course,
and tlm ov rflow lnvohed a net shipment of ties,.
000,000 of cold to Ktlrope In the next two years.
There Is mi more perfect demonstration In commer
cial history ot the fact that abun lant money supply
i Mima ueatn prosperity, but that, on the contrary,
proipi rlty lommaii Is sunlclutit circulating medium
1 front the world's 10 erves."
Thocleinunstrntlon Is equally perfect that tho
nercssary "oluatlclty" of tho circulating mo
diuin Is supplied by Imports and exports of
cold. When wo havo too much currency for
our needs cold oea abroad; whin tbo country
laeks currency Rolil is Imported. This Is all tho
elasticity Great Ilrltuln has had for tlfty yours,
ami it will ho sulllclcnt for tho United States
without reporting; to tho expedient of an un
limited and unsecured issue of bank notes.
AYo lenrn from our esteemed Prohibition
contemporary, tho I'arpuyer'a Friend, that
rouslni; citrbutono uicctiiiKS aro holm; held in
I'cunsv Ivuuia in behalf of Dr. Sam Swallow
nml k'ooit government. Sometimes as many as
two hundred persons assemble In ordor to listen
to tin HlinB appeals In bohtilf of Dr. Sam Swal
low and booiI government. In moru than ono
liiktuiKo a brnbsh.iiid has been heard to blow and
toot for Dr. Sam Swallow and cood govern
ment. In a few weeks tho voters of Pennsyl
vania will havo an opportunity to go to tl
polls una oto for Dr. Sam Swallow and good
government. Now, which Is tho genuine show
mid loinpany, tho Pcnnsylvanlan or the Now
York f It hud been supposed hero that Dr. Setii
Low was tho only hope and pillar of good gov
v eminent, but bow about Dr. Sam Swallow la
Dr. Swallow or Dr. Low the original good gov
ernment man I
In a speech at Denison, Iowa, last Satur
day tho Hon. William Jenninqs Diivan seems
to Imvo expressed somo Interesting views. A
short summary is printed by tbo .ViHiiea.polis
Tribune, Mr. UttVAN said that tho silver
question wus tho groat Issue of this cam
paign, and "favored the removal of all
international revenuo taxes and tariff taxes
and tho substitution ot tbo Income tu."
This is tv considerable stretching of the Income
tax idea. Mr. BnTAN alto said that " as far as ho
could loam tho stnto of affairs In Iowa was In
such bad ahnpo that any chango would bo tor
tho better." At tho samo nieetlug tho lion.
CiiAnLES A. Towne, formerly ft Republican
Congressman from Minnesota, and now tbo
boss of the Sllvor Republicans, assorted '
that "If wo now hnd frco sllvor, wheat
would bo selling for two dollars and a half a
bushel." Tho despatch In tho Minneapolis
Tribune, a Republican paper, says that "tho
crowd was Itnnicnso and very enthusiastic,"
Somo folks In tho East hnvoitlfllculty In under
standing that tho sllvor campaign Is as active
as evor In tho West and South.
In tho news columns of tho Evening Post
"a Low Republican," whatever that may bo, Is
descrlbod as saying that the refusal of tbo Re
publicans to accept tho candidacy of Mr. Low
"will bo a great opportunity for tho new Re
publican organization hotnled by Gen. Swatn E."
Opportunity Is too cold a word. It will bo tho
greatest effort of tho Wogor Swayno Repub
licans' lives. This organization is not rich in
numbers, but It Is rich In hopo; and It has at
least ono niombor In all the Assembly districts
but thirteen or fourtcon. If intelligently dl
rectod It cannot but provo n groat comfort to
tho majestic paper cohorts ot tho Cits.
Anybody wholsnnahlo to find delight from
bathing In moonihlne Is defective In his mental,
moral, and artistic outnt. Uoelon Xleratd,
Spoken like a truo Mugwump, most Mug
wuruplshly. Coma on here and carry a petition.
The Cits' Union Is taking moonshine baths In
bathing machines mountod on Its own wheels,
and It Is pledgod to construct municipal moon
shine bathhouses. Como on and carry a peti
tion and get your auroole of tho nicest quality
of moonshine. Non-residents are rat hor mora
ellglblo than anybody elso Is. In tho words of
the old song slightly transshaped:
"Mugwump palsl come out to-ntght.
And bathe In the light of the moon."
You havo tho correct notion in Boston. Who
ever refuses to batho, eat, drink, sleep, and
walk In tnoonshlno Is defcctlvo in his mental,
moral, and artistic outfit, and Incapablo of tbo
Cits' Union. It is nn accepted astronomical
fact that tho moon Is mado of grocn cheese, and
tho Cits aro going to tako the moon cake. Como
on and havo a bit of grcan cbceso cike.
And remember that It's no troublo to
fit aureoles. Special attention shown to mi
nors. Grand moonlight excursion to Mug
wumpla every dny anil uvenlng. Tho Hon.
James D. Reynolds will personally superin
tend tho merry-go-round. Do not forgot to
Inspoct tho photographs nnd buttons, lly spe
cial arrangement with tho Cits' Union tho moon
will bo available for bathing purposes all day.
Como on, you lunar or loony Bostonlan, enjoy
yourself, and holp savo tho city of Now- York.
It is refreshing to see among tho political
organizations of New York other than tho two
groat ones of Republicanism and Democracy,
one which sinccrel stands for principle. Invites
no deals with other organizations whoso nlms
nnd purposes are not its own, nnd scorns tho
Idea ot compromising Its belief In the hopo of
swelling Its vote. Wo refer, of course, to the
Prohibition organization which on Monday put
Its ticket Into the Held. An honest set of men
are tho Prohibitionists.
The Mail and Express records nn affect
Ing fact. Tho Hon. R. Fclton Ccttino. Pros
ldont of the Citizens' Union, Is In Europe, but
his heart is In Northeast Harbor, lie has sent
to tho Hon. Setii Lowacablo messago of con
gratulation in which this uolcmu yet sweet
admonition Is included:
I) accept promptly, and write a letter calcnlated
to instruct Citizens' Union and all others."
When a man Is Indispensable, tbo Booner ho
seta his indispensabllty to work tho better; but
It cannot Justly bo charged that Mr. Low bus
shown any uniluo tardiness about accepting.
And any letter from him must be calculated to
Instruct and Improve. Instruction and im
provement aro inovltabls in the correspondence
of indlspcnsability. Hut whnt did Mr. Ccttino
mean by a letter calculated to instruct
tho Citizens' Union! Surely, tho members
of that concern don't stand in need of Instruc
tion. They have themselves and they havo Dr.
Low; nnd therefore wisdom Is in them. For tho
political education of "all others," and It is a
snd fact that they aro very numerous, Mr. Low I
is bound to provide. If no wero Postmaster- '
General Gauv. wo should bo tnlghtv anxious
nowadays. Probably tho Government of tho
United States nover had a greater responsibility
than it will havo In tho transportation of tho
letter In which Mr. Low Is to npprovo thoClts
nnd instruct all others. If ho should neglect
to put n stamp on It, civilization would be a bad
risk.
TlAn HAltnon, Mr., Sept. 0. It Is probable
that Mr. 1 on w 111 tie w alti d upon here by represt nta
tlves of the regular Itepubltcun party of Oreaierw
York. llotton Advtrtitcr.
When the sky falls, lark pies will bo on all the
bills of fare.
Who writes tho poetry for tho Low but
tons! Another poetical button enriched tho
world yesterday. Tho logend was:
From head to toe
I'm for Sltu Low."
Tbo absoluteness of political self-surrender
could not be tuoro terbcly descrlbod. It may bo
said that somo of the Low leaders don't seem to
havo any bond; but that is a detail nnd none ot
tho poet's business nnywny. Who Is he! Is ho
tho melodious Dr. Uildki:, tho Swoet Sonneteer
of Reform I
pitosi'Eitiir rait fahuers.
Lmb Conipnnlea Iteporc at Lively Clraninr
Aitbj of old Farm Debts.
from the St. Louis Olole-Vemocrat.
CniCAOo, Sopt. '.'.Nothing could provo more
conclusively tho happy condition in which tho
fanners of tho great middle West now find
themselves tbnti the manner In which they are
doallnir with their mortirnco Incumbrances. Itn.
ports from concerns which control a largo
amount of this kind of Duslnoss aro unanimous
In saying that not In many jotrs has tlioro Iwen
tho activity now existing lu theso transactions.
From all over tho so-called corn belt mora
properly called this year tho wheat belt comes
tho Banio good word. It Is a day when men are
taking now hold of their means of livelihood,
paying up their old obligations, clearing oft
mortgages nnd tho intorcst accumulations that
havo hcon nagging tho life out of them, or buy
ing more land and renewing tbo mortgage to
moot tho first payments.
Itwouldbodiflliult. Indrod.tonnd a, defaulting
mortgagcorin thiso ilajuof gno I crops and high
prices. Somo indication of tho prevailing hum
among farmers may bo guthoreil from instances
related by members of prominent lo in agencies.
Ono tells of a farmer in Kansas w ho n ear ago
voluntarily itcodcd over his farm to tha coin
puny, but romuined on tho farm as a tenant.
This )osr he has sold his crop, paid off all ar
rears ot intorcst nnd Insurance, cut down the
old debt by a big ellco, and with now hope and
greatly reduced Indebtedness starts out aguin,
tho owner of bin own farm and homo.
Local men who havo tho most to do with ne
gotiating loans of this character tell of many
farmers who camo to their agents a year ago
and begged to havo their property taken, so as
to relievo them of the unavailing strugglo to
save it. This year theso saino men are coming
back with Jojful faces, clearing un tho back
claims, and paying off tho loan either in part or
whole. Many aro doing vvhat tho loan agents
like much better, and this Is to havo the old
loan renewed for tho purpose of making new In
vestments or buying adjoining land.
Nan's Superior .llillltjr.
Prom the Indianapolis Journal.
"I guess I atn't so ouarse," said the patient animal,
"Oh, I don't know," rttorted Ilalaam, "V.ou could
not make a man of yourself If you talked for a dc-
ade, aud I can make au as of myself lu Hie lulnut
discourse."
ITbat'a What It Is. '
irons th Flaltsbura (Jfu.) CHnfonlfs.
Tmt New Yosic Sim, an honest and f eaarous tost,
HHMMHHiiMBAWIill
flrWWISIp
BEXATOn TJWXAB C. PZATT.
A Westerner View f Mia Cb.nscter am
Achievements ns n Leader.
To thb KniTtm op Tub Bvs-Stn Thomas
C. Piatt of Tioga must boot least, a manly char
acter when tho Mugwumps and Goo Cloos mako
him their "Bogle Man" to frighten themselves
Into tholr own oxcluslvo fold. So It seems to us
Republicans who vlovv his career from a longer
dlstnnco nnd without their splto.
Senator Piatt must bo an honest, uprlghtman;
n gentleman in politics, who Is truo to his
friends, his party, nnd his Stale. No man dur
ing tholnstdccailo has bocn more In public view
than ho ns Identified with tho Brent Umpire
State. No man has boon tho subject of a more
searching criticism. It may bo said that ho
stood in tho searchlight of publlo criticism ns
few other publlo men of this day. Tho result is
that even his political enemies havo decided
that ho Is a man of rcmarkablo nblllty, business
nnd political, sincere In his dovotlon to Ids
party, and aBsallnblo only ns Its champion. A I
man who rewards his friends and settles with
his enemies nnd thoso who dccclvo nnd desort
him, docs not fall of profound public respect,
Juilgod by a human standard, "ho Is nil right."
In this country, nnd especially with tho Re
publican masses, no dishonest, corrupt, or un
truthful man, unrcllablo nnd unsafe as an nil
visor, or untruo to bis friends nnd country, can
load his party one hour or ono brief moment. In
tho past, men, tho Idols of devoted millions of
Republicans, havo fnllon from tholr high ped
estals In an hour. Look at tho results of tho
Credit Moblllcr. bock salary. &c. Tho rond wo
havo travollcd Is strewn with wrecks going to ,
provo tho truth of tho assertion Hint no discred
ited, dishonored, untruthful, or unfaithful man
wnsovor rctnlnod ns n leader or "bos of tho
Republican partv for nn hnnrcven when thero
existed a suspicion of his Infidelity only.
Senntor Plntt camo to tho leadership of his
party whon discredited loaders had burled It
under more than n hundred thousand majority
In tho great State of Now York. Ho hns con
tinued to load It on. etepbystep through con
flict after conflict, until tho position hns been
reversed, and to-day Its victorious hosts out
number tho Democratic cohorts more than two
hundred thousand.
It was his magnificent Inspiration of "sound
monoy nnd nn honest currency for nn honest
peoplo" that mulo Itomibilcan victory posslblo
tnthngrcnt baltlo of 'Ml. It was thornllving
cry of tliohoncBtmcnof tho nation. It seems to
me, n Westerner, th t all theso things provo
him nn honest man and a capable nnd sincere
loider. In whom tho party and peoplo havo a
well-founded i onfldcnrc.
This loads mo to Inmilre, Why do tho Mug
wumps nnd deserting Ucpuhllcnns hate him so I
Is it because he is n successful leader, who has
redeemed party nnd State! Do they fear him
becniiKO thev know ho penetrates tho mask of
their hypocrisy nnd knows them as they nro!
Or is It occnusc, having deceived him once, they
know ho rannot bo deceived by them iignln !
Thoro must bo somo reason not appearing
nn .Via iiLfnon Tf tlmm unm Tnnrn li.nriera In
thrf Republican party like 1. C. Piatt, tho
pnrtv wnuld tie Impregnablo nnd unconquerable
T. C. Piatt Is nil right, nnd, ns was Bald by tho
same Mugwumps of an idol they had erected,
"wolovoblm for tho enemies ho Fibs made."
Westeiin Rei-udlican.
Washington, Sept, 3.
Beth I,ow anil rolumbla I'nlventty.
To the Editor or The Scs Sir: Thts Beth Low
business Is simply the same old business that has
I teen going on In Columbia College or University for
the last six years. If you want a place on tho pay
. roll swing a censer before Both Low. Every alumnus
j of the college knows that what Mr. Lawrence said In
I your columns was true that Low is a mediocre man,
1 who will only appoint mediocre men to posts alwut
I him lu order to conceal bis own med cm rlty I Uut not
every alumnus of the college has the courage tosavso.
1 What could w( II tie moremedtorre than this Low
clacqtle that has "nominated" lilm. It Is a case of
Ounrt ruJ Vult tenlere Jirtmus dentntnt. snd It has
come Conner than vve alumni expected. Nor did vie
look for It In pncUelylhls shafie. Hut certainly no
thinking alumnus of Columblacnutd see th'sdrlvtng
awnyof at le men and this ir atlon of Innumerable
chairs or atwarug" and muluty ridiculous branches of
all ged knowledge In order to fill them with unknown
w orbhlpiters of Serb Low without looking for a catas
trophe somewhere
No that Mr Lnw is a full fledged candidate. I sup-
1Mse all episodes In his career will be ventilated, so
et m have the truth of the furcingof the eminent
Divlght out of the Law School and bis suecessorshlp
lu the gentleman (wdosa nam- I have forgotten) who
now holds the place. Kravk I. Kueemax,
an alumnus of the Law School of Columbia.
NEwrour, fcept. i.
A Look Abead.
ToTiicEniTon orTm Sirs Sir: One hundred and
twents -seven thousand people signed In favor of Mr.
John L. Sulllian for Mayor of Boston. Flatformt
Kon partisanship.
Mr John L. Sullivan was an ex-champlon prlto
pugilist of national and International fame, who al
ways acted square up to the mark and to the finish.
and was an honeM, unaffected man.
One hundred ami fifteen to ISO thousand people are
said to have signed In favor of Mr. Seth Low for
Mayor of New ork tho first Mavor of Greater New
York. Platform: Non partisanship.
Mr. Setti Iiw ! nn t x Mavor of itrooklyn, a college
President, nnd hence of International repute He Is
a man ii'trcltted with ability, and of high social re
speetahllliy lluw u 111 all this took to the speculative stunent of
thcvcir lM'T In thevear IU9? W I at will he think
of th sociologies.! conditions of Boston and New
York of one hundred years before, with the one p--tltlnnlii3
fur a prize fighter as Major and the other
for acolleee President running In the Interest of Tarn
luanv ami PopuUsm? FLOWERS.
M.W York. Sept. 7.
Seth Low'1 Strange Peculiarity.
To the Editor or The 8c Sfi : There t one pe
culiarity about Seth Low which has struck everybody
long acquainted wltb him. and It Is very significant.
From his rchoolbov days until now he has had no
warmfrleuds.uochiims.no comrades. He seems to
be destitute of the spirit of comradeship, and Inca
pable of attaching others to him wltb the bonds of
cordial fri nd.hlp. He has now political supporters
N cause of their mistaken belief In h! availability,
but no real friends He Is too self-centred, too much
luten sled In himself exclusively, to feel or to Incite
frlendli regard. A Mere Aojcai.ita.vci.
New York, Sept. 7.
Emanuel It. Uart,
From the American Hebrew.
On Aug. SU, at his residence, 111 Madison av
enue, dltd Emanuel B. Hart, who for many vears
held the oftlco of President In the Mount Slnal
Hospital. He was born In New York city In 18011.
As a oung man, he waa a broker In securities. In
1R15 he was elected an Alderman In the Fifth ward,
beln-t also reelected. In 1S51 he went to Congress.
Under Prt sldent ltuchanan, Mr. Uart became Surveyor
of tho Port. From lMl0tolb03 he represented the
Treasury Department abroad In an effort to stop
undervaluations by Importers. Mr Hart became an
Immigration Commissioner In lhot), and ten years
later, at the hands of Mayor Cooper, an Excise Com
missioner, Later he reentered the Custom Houso,
and w as in tho Internal rev enuo service when he died.
The erb To Jew."
rVoni the Hebrew standard.
The esrlltr editions of Webster's Dictionary"
contained a verb "to Jew." and defined It "to
cheat," "to 1 1 ly with," Ac. At the. tequest of a
number of lunmntlal Israelites the word waaellra
lusted from the book As a matter of fact, how
ever, the word had no connection wltb or reference
tothe followers of the Mosaic fatth. It was derived
fuim the Frinch "" and "Joi.fr," which means
"to play with, "to cheat." Ac; but Its orthography
had Income corrupted to "Jew" It did not appear
In substqucut editions of the work.
Writ l Irgliiln Teachers Ilraiv a Ilnlr 1,1 ne.
rYoia the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune,
CiAiiksmtio, W Va.. Sept. 4, Morgan County
Teat h'rs' Institute jasnd the following resolution
this wei k:
" llesolied, That as a body of teachers we condemn
the use or aholiol an 1 tobacco b) tho ti aeuors. and
wo also condemn the habit uf thote niale teachers
whoslt In tl.e sihnolroom with their hatr parted tn
the middle an 1 their pants lu their bjot tops."
A Warning to Ituaebnll Managers.
rimi the Iloston Journal.
Possibly no batelia 1 season has been disgraced by
o many outbreaks of pluguglilain as the season of
1SB7,
From the Hartford Times.
The tendency to reduce baseball contests to mero
'scrapping in Hi lies," which baa been observable all
over the cuuutr this year, continues to show Itself,
Lived More Than Nll.llllll Years Ago.
fV-oro the .St Ixiuit Olobe-Democrat.
Portlam., Dr., sepi II. -The fossil remains of a seal
of an extluit species have len uneartlud from a
t andtoue deposit near Newj ort, In Lincoln county.
Piof Condou. geologist at tho H.ato L'ulvi rslty, who
cxaniluM the Imnt-i, aa that the f.wsll must havo
been cast up by thu sea at least hO.OOO vears ago.
rtfra. Lease lurra Ilia-,
From the Kansas cttu Times.
Chicaoo, Bept, l.-Mrs Mary E. Lease, who was In
thlsclty to-day, auuoum id that In tbe spring It was
posslblo that she would go tu Alaska to hunt for gold.
She says she haj an attack ot the Klondike fever, and
ha II hard.
MMLIsHBsvWsbsIMH
tTIH BVaNBTT OP TOStltSTOSg,
County Cut Bsnn Ilia mil, and lie itaa lb. "
Court lo Null lllmacir.
From the Philadelphia Times
Astormyllfo It wns Hint cimeil I it month. 1
when old Jim Burnett vvns killed in lotnlnion, '
by William flreeno a llfo full nf cper(rnLMuf
tho border kind that would supplt in terl.il f0r j
twenty of tho most thrlllliigol thevi.tmi u,l,0(j i
novels. Thccndvviis In kctplng itti n nf
llurnctt, n Justlco of tho l'enn' In l'i nr el ,,lip
had left his work In order lo go inviinnin
San I'odro Rlvor, fifty miles av , an i Mow 0j
with giant powder tho Irrigating miml (,a
of his enemy, urccno. Helow nt t m. titnn Dros
nbly unknown to llurnctt, were tu v.iungiif,
ono n daughter of Orccne, uged 1. n-n iiat
friend from Ilisbco. They were i night in tn(
flood that followed tho explosion mi Werl
ilrowned. Tho father learned of tic pi. - n co! I
his too, saddled his horse, role over i. Inmti
stone, found llurnctt on Hie main - n H,,i
nliiit him do" ii. Tho town ft in id b Inn i (,r(U'.
In his deed. He hna been admitted In liirln Uiil
nnd will bo acquitted if ever bimiglu m trial
I Slnco llurnctt's ileal h ninny uro Hie tiles
being raked up about him. Ilixvvai a -nifular
personality, ftroug wilUdnnd v mlenl m Uia
por, he especially nhono In n front n r unti it
vvns, therolorc, unite appropriate Hi it In vhould
I havo been ckcttd .lustiieof Iho IN n lsi
at Charleston, on the Sun I'cdrn, win n the r.h
i ores otToiin slono wuru nt that titm inniui,
Charleston was then n htm, ing i ini, () 0(
freighters, minors, and thvwoollist m mihIkiji,
Tho whiskey sold wnan't of the inlldi-t britii,
nnd, consequently, tribulation siti vvi'liiii (he
community and tho Jtirtlio's Court was ahuyj
opon. llurnettuid n rushing titiMhfa. Auho
endof three months ho dul) rrpoiteu, shylaw
required, lo tho County Supirvisurs. muting la
his bill for tho amount due him from tin county,
Tliu county fathers cut tho bill down oni half.
llurnctt sworn vigorously when he got there
turns, but held no further cnnimunli ailnns wtn
thecountv sent. Another tnroc iiinntlis claps
Ing, tho County Treasurer wrote llurnctt to
furnish his quarterly statement. I hi ttpj
camo promptly. It vvns: "'1 lie him- with tout
this lourt alter this will be mlf-austaimiiL.
And so it was, in great Bhape. Kwrv time a
cowboy wnuld get exhilarated nnd i-hwjt upths
town tho Judge would line him sevtril hundrtd
dollars nnd would pocket what remained alter
paying his constables for tho arrest.
Ono day old man Schvvnrl? got excited and
killed a man. After tho Jitstlie. ni tx-oGlclij
Coroner, had finished tho imiutit be had
Schwartz haled before the bar, found lnin guilty
of tho crime, nnd fined him a thousand dollars.
I Schwartz wanted to appeal tho case, but lltir-
nctt would Issue no pnpers on appeal oths
defmdant sent up to Tombstone tor Mtomcv
5Inrk Smith, now Delegate to Congress from
Arizona. Smith camo down nt omu and heard
Schwartz's talo of woe. It was n eleir case of
murder.
" Pay tho money, you nss. the Hwjir fairly
shouted, "and then go bury )ourself tumuihiro
down In Mexico."
Schwartz p dd and Bklpped, and the case was
nover again heard of in court.
I Hut tho county never received any of that
coin. Thoso w ho figured on the proposition said
that Burnett came out 2,000 abend ou his of
fice In tvv o years. ,
Host Coatly Leather In tbe Market.
FTom the ITasMnafon Star.
The most costly leather now In the market li
known to tho trade ns " piano leather." Amer
ican tanners years ago discovered the secret of
making Russia leather, with its peculiarly nun
gent and lasting odor, but the secret of m iking
piano leather is known only to n fa ml y of tan
ners In Thuringla. Germany. Thii leather has
hut ono use tho covering of piano key Are
cullnrthing about It isthittbesklns from which
it Is tnnned nro propared almost entirely la
America. It Is a particular kind of buckskin.
Tho skin of tho common red or V.rglnla
doer will not make tho leather, a speccs of
tho animal known ns tho cr.y deer, nnd found
only in the vicinity of tho groat Northern lake,
olonofurnishing the material. The ftermin Un
ners have an ngency in the West, which collects
the skins of this deer from the Indians and thu
half-breed hunters, who supplv tbe market.
When tho skins aro returned to this eounlrv as
piano leather thev cost the piano minufactur- i
ers from $15 to $18 a pound. Tho world's eup-
ply of this invaluable Rnd necessary ni iteria! is
supplied by tbe Kutzchmnn family of tanners,
who havo sl establishments In Germany, th
largest In Thuringla.
It Duma, Lubricate, and Ueauu
From the Courier-Journal.
Camtton, Ky.. Sept. 3. It has been found
that the oil bursting out of the bed of the creek
on tho farm of 3. H. Smith, five miles from here,
contains a very valuable quality hitherto un
known, lly la ing a plunk or anytbinc across
the creek a person can dam the oil up and
gather any amount of it, and it has bem dis
covered thnt the oil will burn as fast as dry
paper. Tho people, through curiosity, go to this
oil siring, dain It up on tho top of the water
and then strike a match to It In order to see
spread over tho whole surface of the water a
perfect blaze. This oil for lubricating purposes
Is hard to surpass, and the beauty of It rests
In tho fact that It docs not have to undergo any
process whatever to be valuable for such pur
pose. It has also been found to work wooden,
In perfecting cures for bruises, cuts, and sores.
Certmed Whiskey on Sato.
From the iAiulsiille Eienina Post.
Washington. Sept. 4. The first whiskey bear
ing the now Government stamp showing tha
ngoof the contents of tho bottle has just been
received here. Heretotoro unless a man pur
chased the Canadian article he has had lo depend
on tbo word of tils barkieper for the age of tho
liquor. It has been said that nn occasional bar
Keeper, during the rush consequent uton a hos
summer's da), became forgetful, and nnthlnk
ingl) ndded several or more) ears to the age of
the whiskey. This is now rendered Impossible
because of tho Government stamp W hen such
a stamp states that the contents of tho bottle ara
ten ) cars old tho purchaser can gumblc on lb
truth of tbo statement.
Military Honors Tor a Dead Monkey.
From the Baltimore Su n.
ANNArons. Sopt. 3. A pet monkey belonging
to G mner's Mate William Hentloy of the Vaval
Academy died last night and was buried to-day
vvitbhonor'. Six sillors ncted as pallb.arers.
Carpenter John Jone mado tho lotlln. Tho
monkey wns named "Chink." He vvns purchased
by Mr. Hentley last January nt Uio Janeiro, and
was a favorite aboard 6hin. Ills death resulted
from conv ulslons caused by eating too freely o.
yellow pvlnt. with which tho deck of the frigate
Sanlco was being cov orcd.
Foreign ote or Ileal Interest.
An English typhoid fever patient has been flcei for
leaving the hospital without leave while sick.
Lord Hosotery'a eldest son, Viscount Dalmeny, Is
15 ye rs ot ago and promises to becomo a flrst class
crlcketor.
Greece Is again going to try to keep up the pr ce of
currants by limiting the surply. A sp Isl mi nn of
the Chamber of Deputies has Ixin called lovunilJer
the question.
After many vears of delay tho s'lffohllng In front
of tho uew Oira ComIiti has been reniov i d aud
Parisians cau see the facade. A stock Joke fur Paris
newspajiers bajiomo to an end,
Fort)-flvo)ear!n led Is the rerun! of Mbs Clarke
of Chatteris, lu Cambridgeshire, who dl d recently,
she was dlsappoluii d lu love and shut herself up In
her liedroom, which she never left altie he was welt
off, and occupltd In ri.tlf with faucj nie.tlcnork
Lon Oautler, profesor of p ib ograpli) at ths
Paris Eeolo dis Chirtis.li dial at tie .i.-e if S3
)ars. Ills edition of the "Chanson d Hnl hi I ' " "J
odoptu! bj lie Freia b schools, ai d s.riel t" pnpu
larUe the stud) of old Freni h literature In 1 r t'e e
Moorlih pirates are again at work Th liiilan
barkentliie Fldmla and the ivruuii'- '""
Ilostta Farn were nttaeki d In one wies. 1' i iptalns
anl perl nf the ires leli.geirrle.tiil f r rn' "in
afnr tie 11 nuns had taken whaiivir thev wJiitnl
from the ships.
Mine, Hoedercr nf P.lulnis, widow nf the heal of
the champagmi firm. In stiles Iwqm mm,! 811" ''
In tin-Sister of hi. Vim. lit lie I nut III I irl' all I
810,0110 to othiriluirltbs, left ntru t fun I ' "''
000 tor the support nf Iho t hailtal le vw rl.. la whi a
she w a.i Interested during her life
Perions leuiplid lo lulhelii the I e d 1 1 sorwei-lin
fjords will prohabl at s'alll mm t ,at the is I1 as I as
apjeind lu tho:e waters A sp's tun a P iiiili-aj-tared
la nun In th llmm IJi m Xiluin' Hi ' ' "! '
cum It bus lint lis ii ii feet mi I i half hn an I ll
rcq'llr'd tliocoi.ibluid llforts of Ibpelnui I" ll"'1
It after ll had ne z, d ou u ilshlt.g tm it
Dawn partlis aio a new . lety cajh Miiieui In
Ir.iliee. a lorillll,' lo tha Heitmut'Ur i.u''' ",
vltuthtuisi lit out front a untntn hot'-." nt vti' ,l"
read: 'lie HiroiiiiM tie c r ,. . ' ' I '' as " nr
)imr innipanv lodiink a nip of i"ile aid "" l' "
song of the lark on Satuida) ut a iH m "'
morning N. 11 Pauclu hi tl n di w '
Zaaudam, lu Holland, has lull 1 1 1 l.rallt.rf He
twohuudr th aiiuUirsary of pel. rile r at t r
lu thu tuwn.vvheru 1m worUd as a st.'j . ..rj titer.
They hadhlstiirluproifssltiiii and bo it i - and s r
formal 4 play, " Peter M th H loIT." h) .1 I""1 l''"
wr ghl. The t'rent aMili, iiiv". u I tl" ""
slau .Mlmsttr at thu Harue was also t n "I
Following the I'outliiiiitiil upi uti' " "'"
successful llterar) man must be a 1 I ' ' la"'
Oal-rlele d'Aniiunrlii Is runidiia; lor 1'nl """' "'
Pecara aud making punlc spen ,i. lb wats to
know, "Wlat huve the meii who hu" run1 lovir
Italy for thirty jeara done for beauty J't sulture,
for all our richest treasures, for all the wusl nutle
, ornaments ot the Italian spirit r"
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