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1 9 ' v V TE1 stnySATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1S97
BATUKUAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1807.
IntorrlptUoa by Hall rtPi.
BAILY. par Month a"
DAILY, per Ysar
UrTDAY. psr Tear
DAILY A.ND StJ.XDAY. per Ten.- 0
DAILY AND SUNDAY, yer Month
Postage to foreign countries added.
, Thi Sf, New York City.
rials Klotq.ua Ito. IS. near Grand Hotel, and
Klofiu Ko. 10, Bontsvard ces Ctpudnti.
W Vw frUndt scao farcr um wil. eianucrpfr
A awMleatloti selsa lo ken rejected articles rtl'imed,
JU (Aey In alt cases tewl itampifor that jiurjoM.
M ' What ffoxt?
lft The mcetlnft of the Republican organlzn-
. Hon of New York on Thursday practically
ffl 1 Bottled the fact that tho first act of tho
K I Mugwump conspiracy to defeat tho Hcpitb-
j3L t lican party In Now York, by compelling It
Wk l to approve the non-partisan nomination of
W$F Beth Low, has failed. Tho Auk of tho
E country's hope for social peaco and pros-
rg perlty will be seen in tho contest to elect
W New York's next Mayor.
& What of the next step in this fatuous
a and shameful movement! Having failed to
S suppress tho Republican ticket, will tho
If Low canvass succeed in beating it at tho
Spoils, and give the control of this city to
Tammany Hall I
Don't stop to answer the question. Take
off your coat and fight to prevent tho vie--j.
tory of 1800 from being turned Into defeat.
t Our Footboltl in Samoa.
The Berlin newspaper which says that
4 President McKinlby believes his prede-
i cessor left the administration of Samoa too
l much in tho hands of Germany and Eng
f Jand is probably correct in its assertion.
Indeed, that predecessor openly urged
f Congress to toko steps for withdrawing
$ altogether from the share of tho admlnls
i tratton which belongs to us under tho
! Berlin treaty, and from the treaty Itself.
'I ' There is no doubt that tho Berlin agree-
f ynent, which in somo respects was expert-
J mental, can be improved, and perhaps there
Js ground for the report that the President
desires our Consul-Gcneral at Apia to sug-
fi gest Improvement. But it will bo observed
j that the purpose attributed to tho PresI-
dent Is " to restore fully American Inilu-
ff ence." This Is quite a different aim from
w Mr. Cxkyelaxd's, which was to throw up
jj the obligations which we had assumed
5 Jointly with England and Germany, and
5 leave the natives, who have always counted
on our friendship, to tho tender mercies of
J these two powers..
f We should be glad to learn that an
1 American warship had been ordered to
6 visit Apia. There seems to be no special
1 disturbance there now. but as our flag has
S not been seen on a war vessel there for
years, a call from such a vessel might as-
sure the Samoans that wo have not forgot
IV ten them. Apia Is not a long run from
fe Honolulu, and while Hawaii, of course, ab
t sorbs our chief attention in tho Pacific, wo
g may well have a little regard for tho group
In the South Seas.
Kd . Bryanlsm Mast Fight.
f The Republican party will go into tho
f campaign next month with a ticket of its
, own, squarely representative of Its prln-
4; ' clples. That is, it will go In to fight openly
f against Bryanlsm from beginning to finish.
Wft How will it be with Bryanlsm? Will it
Bv dare to come out into tho open to join issue
B t with its old enemy, or, because it was beaten
Mk ' last year, will it now sneak away to avoid
m'S. a renewal of the fight?
Bryanlsm cannot avoid assault upon it all
.' along Its lines, however loath It may bo to
Kv '' meet the onset. Either aggressively or de-
Ht ' fensively It will have to fight for its life.
In The cowardly spirit displayed by tho Dcm-
? ccratlc State Committee last "Wednesday,
ll i under Tammany Inspiration, Indicates that
jL . i It will have little stomach for the bat-
tt ' tie. The preliminary manoeuvres of Tam-
y many have all been undertaken with a
$ ' Tlewtocscapingfromthatdlrenecesslty.lt
; ' , is laying down lines foraretreat rather than
I';: ,V 'or a forward movement, and the Bryanito
M'. ,' army, compelled to faco to tho rear, while
Hr& Its enemies gather defiantly in the front,
k lietrays indications of revolt and dlsorgan-
Hjf Izatlon. It knows that It must either turn
fc? , i about and advance against the enemy and
7". , t. take the risk of a squaro battle or My In
w disorder beforo tho advancing enemy.
Hfo i '- The Tammany strategy Is too obvious to
K be effective. It Is too short a time for tho
Ht spirit aroused by the fiercu conflict of last
Bf,; y November to linvo been quenched or even
HT v cooled in the breasts of either victors or
B'j5 ,0: vanquished. The Issue over which It was
", fought Is as vital now ns It was then.
fc; Its forco and pasHlou havo been lessened in
Btt no wise. Throughout the Union the Demo-
f cratic party is even more agKi'essively on
fjL " the side of the Chicago plalfonn than it
H' v was a year ago. Kroni Jlalne to Texas and
Hf4 , from Florida to California theie Is no break
tj., iAtt lu tho solidity of ItB lines. Iiisk'nil of the
Hi' defeat of last No ember Impairing its con
K lldcncc, It has rather MiimiJatnl it toile
Hf ' fiance. Instead of ilcMcitiunsfriini itn ranks
B awakening its alarm far the future, they
H3t liavo nitlici-hiiK'.U'd Its resolution. When
K tho lugwuiups revolted nuuiust lil.AlNt:
Hx they thought they had compelled tho stir
B,tl rriHltr of the Itepubllcnn paity to them,
H; I but the party bceamo tho more united and
H.' resolute. The Democratic (U'-scrtcrs of last
ftf year havo aroused a moio vengeful
H' feeling among tho lemalning faithful
H? becauso thoy ussumo to be strict Dcm
H' I orrats, alone entitled to tho name, and
BjJ- have used all artful politicnl htratrgyand
K; the power of money and Kiclal iuflueuee to
Hi, capture from tho llrvanlto l.oldei3 the con
H.C trol of tho PeiiUK-iatif party. " Only tnlsa
Hi down your Bryauite flag and hide it away
Hr temporarily us n mexsure of political c.v
i pedlcncy," they say, "'and wo 11 train in
Us your company, but otherwise wo oro tin
Ht wllllni; to Imj caught In an association ?o
Ha, dlBreputable." It Is .iguod deal as it Is with
HI; tho Low crowd and the Itepubllcan party :
H':' they aro powerless without tho Hepubli
Hfl. esr.s, but they want to avoid nil appear-H-'J
auce of "coutainiur.tlo" by open as&oci.v
Hjt tion with them.
Hf U''I wo detest Bryanlsm, and dan-
Hj" gcrus as It Is In all Its phases, wo cannot
Hi refute respect to the Biyiuiitcs who daro to
Hk come out in tho open field to light for their
K cause. They deservo tho respect dua to
KJ courage. They uro not sneakH. They aro
H not Insidiously and hjpocrltlcally render-
P IPS aM "d comfort to nil enterprise with
HM which they nra ashamed to bo associated
HKV by public opinion and which they profess
Hbc to abhor. They havo the huurntv to aow
HF t'"5 ' r"l!cal faith that is In them and
Ht", ''Kb' for U mule r Its delimit banner.
HJt And light they must hero in Now yol.fc
B MMXi wonth. Tummaay must fchow Its truo
hIhW !
colors. It cannot hide them away ont of
regard to tho susceptibilities of even the
most squeamish of tho goldbugs who aro
tempting It with tho promise of thelrvotes,
provided only that It lowers that flag un
til tho campaign is over. Tho accusa
tion wan mado In tho last campaign that
Bryanltca wore McKlnley buttons because
of fear that they would suffer in pocket by
proclaiming their truo allegiance; but that
trick of concealment and false pretence
will not serve In tho caso of a great organ
ization like Tammany. Tho bargain to
hide away Bryanlsm has been made, but
its terms cannot bo fulfilled. The Bryan
army cannot retreat from tho fight which
will be forced on it all the more fiercely
because It seeks to run away from it.
Not a Republican) Not a Democrat
Not nn American.
The famoui) phrase "I am a Democrat,"
uttered by tho Hon. David Behnott Hill,
has been altered to suit tho purposes of Mr.
Seth Low Into "I am o Republican."
While Mr. Him, was indeed a Democrat,
Mr. Low Is not In truth n Republican, for
a much deeper reason than his retirement
from that patty and his acceptance of a
nomination conceived in hostility to it.
In this country Republicans and Demo
crats are ono in their fundamental Idea of
popular and partisan government. All
genutno Americans are democrats. Tho
passion with which they drove out the king
soon blossomed into the spirit of popular
rule by parties, to remain the genius
of the country throughout Its growth
Into ono of tho most powerful and oxtcn
bIvo on tho globe, and to remain such for
ever. Tho system of partisan issues, party
lenders, and party responsibility goes
from tho bottom to tho top of American
politics, keeping the United States homo
geneous and united by one supreme national
sentiment. It gives tho country tho repose
of confidence in tho Indestructibility of
itn political institutions. In both the
Democratic and Republican parties the
popular will Is ascertained by tho samo ma
chinery and executed In the samo spirit.
With this common method Mr. Low has
no connection at all and no sympathy. Ho
Is not a democrat and not a republican.
Tho Citizens' Union, which nominated
him, required its members to hand over to
a committee of men, named arbitrarily,
tho powers of choosing delegates to nom
inating conventions which they would have
kept as members of tho Democratic or
Republican organization. Later, this com
mittee decided that their candldato should
bo nominated by' a small committee of
twenty, to bo appointed by their Chairman;
bo, at last, Mr. R. Fcltox Cuttino became
tho unprecedented boss of the Citizens'
Union's politics and the maker of Mr. Low.
To give a little) color of popularity to tho
nomination after It had been made, a lot of
people wero persuaded to sign a petition
containing Mr. Low's name only, and this,
It Is needless to say, was obtained under
the false pretense that Mr. Low insisted on
being a "unifying force." Mr. Low was
left to make his own platform, and what
was the result? This is It:
" I must be free to serve New York ac
cording to my best Judgment."
Tlifit. In linintilno nnfrin 111 tYiiftnlnfy1f
plausibility, Mr. Low will be Mayor as ho
pleases, without loyalty or responsibility
to any popular idea, or sentiment, or sys
tem, veiling the offensive character of his
despotism with protestations of superior
virtue. In exalting himself he slanders by
Implication the entire American system.
He Is no more a Republican or no better an
American than was the late Ahkoond of
Swat. His political pretensions should be
stamped on as detestable and intolerable In
any spot in this Republic.
Tho Duration of Human Life.
It will bo remembered that Sir Geoiioe
Cohnewall Lewis persistently expressed
the belief that no man or woman had ever
lived to bo a century old. By an odd coin
cidence, opinions distinctly at variance
with his aro published in tho September
number of the Nineteenth Century by one
whose early education was guided by him ;
wo refer to Lady Gi.enksk. Apparently
she has not had access to the Russian sta
tistics, which vouch for tho existence, at
tho present time, of several persons who
have exceeded a century, not only by thirty
or forty, but even by fifty years. She, her
self, however, brings forward some remark
able examples of longevity, upon which,
and upon the analogies supplied by the
lower animals, she bases the conclusion
that the human being was intended for
greater length of lifo than Is usually at
tained in our artificial existence, and that,
under favorable circumstances, he ought to
bo able to llvo about one hundred and
twciity-flvo years.
It may be stated broadly that an animal
llveH from eight times to five times as long
as it grows. This Is a well-attested scien
tific fact. Of fish tho can) aro esneclallv
long-lived. To some memlcrs of the rop
t lie tribe also a remarkable longevity is at
tributed. Among birds, tho parrot, tho
raen, the swan, and tho eagle are credited
with great length of life. In tho mamma
lia, sinco we havo no aocurato means of
ascertaining a whale's age, It may bo said
that the elephant In tho most long-lived.
It glows for twenty-live or thirty years, and
is xnid to llvo to ono hundred and fifty, and
even longer. Tho horse Is, comparatively,
iv short-lived animal, but It Is a well
known fact that, when he docs little work
and pauses the greater part of his doys
In pasture, he moy compass a)out forty
years of life. Now, man In a natural
state, that Is to eny, where tho ripening
period Is not artificially hastened, requires
at least twenty-five years for tho organs of
tho body not counting tho brain, which
develops later to obtain complete growth
and full maturity. If wo apply to him the
ratio between tho duration of growth and
tho duration of existence, which is exhibit
ed by other mammals, ho should reach an
age of nt leost one hundred and twenty.flve
cars, and, in England as well as Inltus
sla, ho has been known to go beyond this,
like, for Instance, Old Paiui, who, said to
havo been born In 148II, died in 1033.
Striking, also, are the faota in tho caso
of Marii: Duiiaxd, which Lady Glenksk
took pains to verify by corresponding
with tho Mayor of her nativo town in
tho Department of Isorc, and by commis
sioning a friend to visit tho old peasant
herself. Extracts from the parish registers
show that MAnic Dukaxd was bom In
17C0 and was married to her first bus
baud in 1784. Two sons by her first mar
riage wero killed at the battle of Fried
land and in Spain. Sho was living In
18SS, being then ono hundred and twenty
llvo years old. Among modern English
examples of longevity may be mentioned
Lady Smith, who lived to be one hundred
and six; Mi?s J:i.iz.jiktjx (Jiuv (an aunt
of Gen. Ct'NxixuiiAM Roberts), who died
Ja 1858, within twenty-two days of her
ono hundred and eighth birthday; Mh
Joanna IIasttxos of Malvern, who In
1885 aitalned her ono hundred and third
birthday, and Wilmam Makn of Kirk
field, near Haddo, who died at tho ago of
one hundred ond seven. It Is scarcely
worth while to ctto such well-known In
stances as thoso of M. CnKVTtKtn, who lived
to be ono hundred and two, and Sir Moses
MojrrKFioiiK, who In 1885 died in his ono
hundred and first year. Tho comparat 1 vely
frequent appearanco of fcmlnlno names In
tho records of longevity Is duo to tho fact
that while up to tho ago of twonty-flvo tho
man Is undoubtedly younger and less de
veloped than the woman, yet In the next
twenty or thirty years tho man ages much
more rapidly, so that tho woman, If sho can
escape the perils of childbirth, haa tho better
chance of attaining oxtremo length of life.
It seems, then, that arguing from tho
analogies furnished by other animals and
relying on well-attested cases of cxtremo
longevity In human beings, the writer in
tho Nineteenth Century Is justified In re
jecting tho axiom attributed to tho Psalm
ist that tho "days of man are threescore
years and ten." It is strange, indeed, as
Lady Glenesk says, that bo many pcoplo
overlook a very different averment on tho
subject, mado on higher Scriptural author
ity. We refer to tho mcmorablo declara
tion In Genesis, vl., 3, that " Yet his days
hall be an hundred and twenty years."
Also we read in Deuteronomy, xxxlv., 7:
" And Moses was an hundred and twenty
years old when ho died; his oyo was not
dim nor his natural forco abated."
The Spinach Splash Averted.
It is gratifying to chroniclo tho fact that
no sooner was tho attention of Mnjor Mc
Kn(LEY'8 Administration called to the true
significance of the proposal to restore tho
sickly green two-cent postage stamp, than
the project was abandoned.
A technical pretext was readily found
for this graceful and Judicious surrender to
public opinion. From higher authority
the word came down that the sickly green
Idea must be dropped ; and Grke Arsenic
Howard, if he really is still the head devil
In these Intrigues, slunk bock discomfited
to his verdigris haunts.
This Is a great victory for sound aesthet
ics. Citizens will not be compelled to risk nn
attack of nausea every time they mall or re
ceive an envelope carrying the unit of do
mestic letter postage. The sickly green
cloud that overhung the entire country has
suddenly disappeared, and the rosy glow of
hope and cheerfulness bathes the turrets of
every Post Office In tho land.
There will be no difficulty in persuading
tho Congress to appropriate tho one-third
of one-thousandth of one cent which is the
price of immunity from tho sickly green
postage stamp.
And in the distant realms of glory and
of bliss tho majestlo shade of Gf.ouge
Washington silently thanks William
MoKinlht.
Marked Men.
The subjoined communication seems to
possess contemporaneous human Interest :
To tsk EorroB or Thk Bci Sir- An Incident In
a Broidirar cable car yutcnlar morning tail a moral
In It. Tbacarwu nearly nilcd with the tuuallr re-
Tuvtih). latnf mnun-.r. .nlnn ffim,nw. ,n !.-
nets. At Twentythlrd itrcet, portly and n-ell-drcutd
person of middle ag got on board and found
a seat. Bj hit appearance ho might hare been either
a Wall atrcet or a Worth ttreet manata. He at
tracted m; attention becaaae before unfolding his
newspaper he cast around the car a swift and some
what furtlTe glance, as if he wanted to see If ihrre
was anrbodj there who knew htm or whowaswatcn
tng him. Then ho opened a cop? of the , but mr
purpose Is not to adrertlte either Mr. PcLrrttn or Ir.
IIurjt. It ts enough to ssj that from theotherend
of the car you might hare read the shouting headlines
and studied thsrulgar plctnrea in the sheet which tho
middle-aged person of prosperous appearance held.
Presently ho became absorbed In Its contents.
'A irentleman slltlnff onnmilfA. whn ri Hrffn
with a friend, nudged bis friend, and both gareil at
the reader of the piebald newspaper and smiled.
Three other men. also nearly opposite the uncon
scious reader, regarded him steadily with looks
which expressed astonishment not unmlngled with
contempt. A lady next to ta; middle-aged penon
glanced quickly at the newspaper In his band and then
turned away and held her head rigidly averted at a
ery obtuse angle. People further down the car be
gan to look up from their Srss. Timeiri. Iribuntt, or
llrraldt. It waa a good Illustration of the mysterious
Influence which makes eye follow eye, for In less
than three minutes everybody lu that car except
the dlsgustrd woman was staring at the middle aged
gentleman as Intently as he waa devouring his one
cent's worth or fakes and filth.
"A boy tittered and the middle-aged person looked
up. He understood the situation Immediately, for I
never saw a quicker or desper flush of self conscious
ness and shame. He turned at once to one of the ad
vertising pages of hit precious possession, ran hi
finger ostentatiously down a column aa If he had
bought the thing only for an occasions! and special
purpose, aud, having performed this patt-etlc lutlo
farce, crumpled the paper up and thrust It upon tho
seat lKhlnd him, nnd pretended to Lccoinc Interested
In tbo panorama of llrosdway.
"But the general amuiement now extended even to
the disgusted lady, an t Ihe respectable-looking patron
of Mr. Hearst or Mr. Fa utzik-1 shall n er tell you
which of the two be patronised couldn't stand It
any longer. He signalled tho conductor ami twlud
from tho car with aa much hasto as If he had Jiut
pas-d Klondike and had forgott-n to gel off. Wlirn
I last ,aw htm Itn wu MHn-lltiv rn th. .i..., A.n..
walling for the next car.
'This Is a small incident, I know, but It scouia to
me to be significant. Has II come to pass that In this
free country a cltlien cannot hold In his hands the
newspaper he prefers to read without risking the
annoyance of as much public attention as If he were
a curiosity or a notorious personr It. X, K.
"Ntw Vorx, Sept 10."
Wo should say that, theoretically, a man
has tho samo right to read In public tho
journal which suits his tastes as ho has to
wear the stylo of hat which ho may think
befits his personal dignity. Nevertheless,
just as there Is In public opinion some
tyranny In regard to hats, bo tbore Is a sort
of moral and social compulsion, apart from
all question of legal rights, concerning the
newspapers which ho may display In tho
presence of others. If he desires to secure or
retain the respect and esteem of the people
around htm.
Tho reason for this Is obvious. The news
paper displayed In public Is a part of the
apparel of tho man who holds it; and even
more than the style of his hatortliequality
of his linen Is It aa Index which affords to
chanco neighbors nnd observers a key tu
his character, Intelligence, tastes and hab
its. Justly or unjustly, the citizen who
publicly announces his preference for tho
sort of literature 'dispensed by Pumtzeh
and his younger Imitators, will bo judged,
at least by strangers, to bo Pulltzoroan
himself, and he will suffer accordingly In
the estimation of all those in whose pres
ence he displays that badge.
One cent Is not all that n purchaser pays
for the privilege of reading in public tho
JVif York World and similar publlca
tlons. Ho becomes a marked man. Ho Is
Judged by tho company he keeps. Tbo
greater tho contrast between his general
appearanco and his self-declared taste In
tho selection of a newspaper to read, tho
more attention ho Is likely to attract to
himself when detected and observed in
public holding In his hands and under his
eyes the smudgy Instrument and evidence
of his own degradation,
A person may care nothing for nil that,
and may brave the verdict of thsie around
him for tho sake of tho Intellectual satis
faction ho derives from communings with a
Puxikkk or a pupil of Pulitzer; that Is
his own business. In public ho is a marked
man, all the samo.
These general principles account suffi
ciently for tho lncldont which our corre
spondent relates in tho foregoing letter.
Without knowing more of the caso than
what ho tolls us, wo aro Inclined to bcllovo
that the middle-aged man in tho Broadway
car was not a hardened purchaser, and,
moreover, that he will never becomo such.
Turkey and Greece
Tho conclusion of peace between Turkey
and Greece comes nono too soon for both
countries. For Grecco tho future never
looked darker. Her national Independence
has passed away with tho control of her
finances, which aro now in foreign and un
friendly hands. Sho still remains a geo
graphical entity, and tho chief of tho
political stato is called a King, but to all
Intents and purposes Grecro has no more
title to tho appellation of an independent
Stato than ono of tho mediatized nativo
States of India or Egypt or Zanzibar. It
Is bootless now to discuss where tho re
sponsibility for this disaster really lies.
What la clear through tho mist surround
ing tho tragedy of tho fall of Greek
liberty, is tho success of tho occult con
spiracy against tho freedom and Independ
ence, of nationalities, working by financial
methods.
Tho peaco Just concluded could as easily
havo been mado three, months ago, and
tho fields of Thcssaly that will now Ho
untitled for another six months might
already bo showing tho promise of an early
harvest next year, whilo tho thousands
of sturdy Turkish peasants that aro perish
ing of disease in tho camps of northern
Greece and elsewhere might have been re
stored to their Anatolian homes, where
thoy would havo been contributing to In
stead of aiding In tho depletion of their
own resources. The rectification of fron
tier, for which tho Sultan stood out with
his usual stubbornness, will under the cir
cumstances be of as little gain to Tur
key, as It will be a loss to Greece. The same
finger that traced the frontier of 1881 can
bo without difficulty discerned in the new
lino of 1807. Tho solicitude displayed by
Austria for the few thousand Roumanian
speaking shepherds lu northern Thessaly
and Eplrus scattered among tho Greek In
habitants of those countries has been again
manifested In tho retrocession of two
Koutzo-Vlach villages, as we are told, north
of the Salamvrla River to Turkey. The
result Is practically to make the course of
the Salamvrla below Larlssa the northern
boundary of Greece, or, in other words, to
leave Grcecj without a military frontier
on that slile, and open to the descent of an
army which next time will not be Turkish.
As for Sultan Abdul Hamid IL, he has
yet to reap the harvest which his blind sub
servience to foreign Influence has prepared.
The sudden loyalty of Bulgaria will be no
compensation to hira for the loss of strength
he has Inflicted on Greece, and for the wastr.
of his own resources in doing it, and his
hurry to bring about the conclusion of peace
seems to denote his tardy perception of tho
In... W l. . .1 . t- f A n..
iitti. isiuur utwiKtrra lurenien uim, too. ino
financial condition of the Ottoman Em
pire Is going steadily from bad to worse,
and the grip of the financiers, German
nnd others, on every availablo resource
of Turkey Is becoming tighter every
day. At tho rate at which things are
progressing, the time when the Sultan will
be entered in the same category as tho
Egyptian Khedive and tho Greek King, is
not far off, and, on the whole, it would ap
pear to be the best thing that could happen
for the people of Turkey, whether Chris
tians or Mussulmans. At the present mo
ment the economic condition of tho latter
is nearly as bad as that of the former, with
the added evil that they may bo called
on at any moment to shed their blood in
defence of on unworthy ruler.
The Bottom of It.
The depth of sincerity and understand
ing beneath the Citizens' Union Ixw move
ment was indicated by a resolution adopted
by the little conglomeration of Mugwumps
known as the Brooklyn Young Republican
Club at their meeting on Thursday night:
" i:e$olint. That Ssrrn Low Is the choice of this club
for Mayor of Greater Xew York, recognising In him
the l-M exponent of the principle of tilts club that
national and Mate politics have no proper place In
municipal affairs."
This Inspired resolve was token two days
after Mr. Low, In accepting tho Citizens'
Vulou "nou partisan," "inunlclpul issues
only " nomination, had declared himself to
bo a Republican, and had built a platform
for himself almost wholly of State Issues.
The Low movement seems to bo founded
mainly on buncombe and childishness.
The little gang of Republican conspira
tors who went into tho Low movement In tho
hopo of breaking up tho Ilermbllcnn organiza
tion have bad no more success than thoy had In
their similar conspiracy of last year " to Ret oven
with I'latt" by turning over the Stato to tho
Democrats. In both instances they chose a
tlmo of too serious politics for tholr spiteful
Kniucs. Their popguns do not aiall naainst
heavy artillery.
Tho great "national silver campmeetlng"
at SvrlngtU'td, O., had been advertised pertina
ciously. It was to bo an Inimento reunion of tho
Ilryaiiltes. Tremendous crowds wero looked
for. Some of tho Springfield Democrats wero a
llttlo afraid that there would not be provisions
enough to feed tho multitude. Wednesday wns
tho first dny of tho meeting. Sovcn hundred
persons were present. "The leaders thawed
tho railroads with trying to keep people
away." U is curious that railroads should
bo anxious not to carry passongcra, but
corporations are queer as well as malicious.
It Is strango that people did not come on foot.
Who would not cheerfully walk 373 miles to
hear den. Adoxh-.am Junsox WAitxan and tho
Hon. AIXEX W, Tiiuhmax thundir against gov
ernment by Injunction J Mr, Tiiukuax told tho
(.even hundred that "tho time will goon como
when It will bo necessary to ameliorate tho suf.
ferlngs of tho pcoplo by unpcaceabla means,"
Tho emotions of tho seven hundred at this mod
crnto language oi this singularly saga orator
havo not bceu described.
ThcTammauy theory Is that a union with
the gold Democrats assures it against a Bryan
Ito ro ult of any importance, bocauso the money
of tho gold Democrats will enable it to buy off
tho Bryanito insurrection. It will bo Interest
ing to tec bow tho theory works In tbo campaign.
A word of affectionate remonstrance must
bo addressed to Col. Sellers of Michigan,
founder and solo proprietor of the American
party. It appears from a Dallas dospatch to the
St. Aouis aiobe Democrat, that ho "has boon
carrying on corrospondenco with several Texnns
who aro illisntisllcil with tho old parties." As
these Texan correspondents aro Populists at
present, It was unnecessary to say that
they are dissatisfied. Col. bEiXEUs will mate
a mistake if ho allows them to carry
out their purposo of joining him and hold
ing a Stato convention. He baa a compact,
harmoalous, wcU-dUclplincd party, consisting
of himself. Ue is Its absolute master. Ho has
given It as large and varied a collection of
principles as any party can desire. If ho ad
mits new members, they will outvote him and
destroy his monopoly. As a one-man party tho
American party Is not without charm. If Col.
Sellers lets those dissatisfied Toxans in. his
party will bo only a onc-horso party.
A story has been started that tho non.
Alton B. Pabkkr, tho hoad of tho Now York
Democratic stato ticket, standing upon tho vel
vet which conceals tboChlcngo platform, slyly
voted for Bnv.x a year ago whllo posing as a
stalwart defender of honest monor. This would
make Mr. 1'AHKKn a pair with Mr. Low, who is
said to have voted tor Blaine after giving his
friends to understand that ho was a Mugwump
like themselves.
Votes put In secretly In this way os political
capital for tho future aro not likely to turn out
very profitable Investments.
Mr. HEnnnrtT W. Wolcott, a Repub
lican candldato for Stato Senator In Clovolnnd,
Beams to havo some able notions about prop
erty, notions that aro moro common among
Democrats than Republicans. In a speech be
fore a Republican club "ho snoko favorably
of an Inheritance tax, a slnglo tax, or any
other kind of a tax that will limit cor
porations and bring about a moro equal
distribution of property. A man's posses
sions ounht to depend upon his mental
and moral worth, and not upon his birth."
Talk about slnglo taxes, double taxes, inheri
tance taxes, and corporation taxes is considera
bly more common than air, but Mr. Wolcott's
proposition to make the right to hold property
dependont upon mental and moral qualifications
Is interesting. If ho la elected to the Ohio Sen
ate ho ouirht to introduce & bill nrovidinu1 for
the appointment of a Stato Commission for tbo
Mental and Moral Examination of Property
Holders and all other citizens. The property of
all property holders who fall to pass a satis
factory examination to escheat to the State, and
by it to bo conveyed to non-property holders
with a mental and moral average of moro than
ninety-five ncr cent. As tho old Latin saw of
Dioxybius Cato, or somebody elso ears. In Sir
Lewis Monius's version:
Oalcs and JcsTtxtas give a bank account.
Oat the luckless scholar has shank's mar for
mount."
Mr. Wolcott's plan may give not only tho
poor scholar but tbo poor unlettered man of
moral wi.rth a chance. Still, It must bo remem
be red that the abominable I lutocrats are pretty
clever fellows. They might buy the examina
tion papers or even pass on their merltc
Tho Low boom seems to be magnificently
atrone la somo parts of Cambridge. Mass.; Boa
ton, Mass.; Hartford, Conn. ; Waterbury.Conn..
and MooduB, Conn. The students and faculty
of the Pantococcygian University at Devil's
Lako have passed resolutions Indorsing the can
didacy of Mr. Low. The Hon. Phyxxe Coxe of
Good Government Club C " Is confident that the
boom will strike New York beforo many
months."
Oar heart bleeds for TnE Sex. A sinister effort
Is being made In W aahinzton to reinstate the " sickly
green" posfag stamp. We do not sre but Tur Bex
will be comtwlled to let up a Uttla on Scth Low.
iprinafltld ittpubltcan.
Don't yon know that the project of reviving
the sickly green two-cent postage stamp is dead
already t No sooner did it show Itself than tho
heel of honest indignation canio down upon It
ker-plump, and lta promoters quickly found a
reason for abandoning it altogether. There
will be no sickly green two-cent stamp; and Tun
Sux can proceed to trample out other and larger
nuisances of tho same sickly green hue.
The Democratic State Committee forgot
to mention the party emblem which It wishes
placed on the official ballot, and it may be neces
sary to call another meeting of the committee.
The five-pointed 6tar will not do for a party
which doesn't point anywhere. Tho ostrich is
the only posalblo Democratic emblem.
At Albany yesterday the TJnlou Associa
tion of Heirs of Harlem. Anneke Jans Bogar
dus. Edward, and Webber estates was Incor
poratcc Its object is "to collect evidence in
establishing the rights of heirs to certain cstatec
in America and In Europe, especially thoe indi
cated in its corporate name," When all tho
ownerless estates In the United States and Eng
land have been recovered, by means of associa
tions and otherwise, some steps should be taken
by the heirs of Adam to assert their right to the
very extensive property from which he waa
ousted.
That the Intelligence of some of the
readers of the Errm'tip Pout Is not even equal to
that of the writers of the Keening Tost Is shown
by the Inquiry of a member of tho former un
fortunate class as to "how the 'ow' In Mr.
Low's name should be pronounceJ, whether as
in know or as lu noir." But the idol can bo
adored ns ecstatically even If the worshipper
mispronounces its name.
Signer D'Axxuxzio, a literary light of Italy.
CHea Prtit.
A literary light weight of Italy.
PAllTZSAXSillP A XI) THE CUAltTEIt.
Ttae Dlatlnel neruo-utilon or Partisan Politic
by the Cuiuiulsstonera.
Yum the Comtnr rcta! Adrtrttur.
The Greater Xew York Charter Commission, In Its
report to the Legislature last winter, urged earnestly
tbeadoitlonofarouttltutlonal amendment provid
ing for " minority or proportionate representation In
municipal elections." It had In view, aa It explicitly
stated, the comieltlon of the proposed Municipal
Assembly, and lu the course of lt& argument on this
point It used the following language:
Such representation Is equally desirable, whether
the basis of tliviaion In municipal elections bo polit
ical or non lllK-al. Bo far, both In the hlator of
Oroat Ktltain aud of this country, the complete ex
clusion of politics from municipal ele tlons has been
found Impowlble. Many hope mat In the future It
may not be so But If uch expectatloni bo rea'lzcd
some basis of dlvtilon on local laauea will still exist '
It Is Impossible lo mlatako the meaning of this
paragraph. The Charter CouimtMiancrs here state
distinctly that the exclusion of partisan politics from
municipal elections Is out of the qurst.on for the
present, and their object Is not to attempt to Ignore
panlian politics, but to utilise It to what they deem
the Lest advantage by giving all sides reprocntatlou.
That partisan politics Is Intruded Is apparent from
the uso of the term "non political" tu,contrat with
"political" an I by thJ reference to "local" lsiucs.
The Commissioners go further. They assert spo.-lil.
eally that minority or proportionate representation,
based upon partlian politic, li "desirable," and tho
only reason why such a provUlonnai not embodied
In tho charter U that it would havo 1h-u of un
certain constllutiouallty." Again, apcaklugof their
decision against electing "some members of tho
Jtuu'clpal Assembly at Urge, and for a gradual re
tirement of tho members of one or Loth houses," tho
Commlisloncrs say;
Tint In Oreator New York, whore the political
alililou of the clllteut is so one sided. oitioni
wholly at lorge for the SIunk-lpM AswinMy would 4
likely to mean. In mm vear tbo aUulutn ixtlns
lion of the minority I'artlal rlect ont at large In
ordinary ears could nnlr ten I to item ass tin ml.
norlty'a just ond prop irtlotiatc weight. . Th.
Commlulon tuts, th-rrfoiv .irr.iucrd lu both lioiiies
of the Municipal A sen.bl) for system olicpr".""
tatlou by districts that will olwavs secure a Urtaln
reprtsentatlon for Hie minority.
What Is racaat by electloni In 0 renter Xew York
being "so oue sided'" Clearly tlu Commissioners
had In mind Ito Democratic volo hen that parly Is
united. What Is moant by the minority '" Clearly,
again, tho Kcpubllcaa ute. for, with the!emo-r-itl'
parly united, thtro Is pr.ictl-rlly no other minority.
Here, once more, l a rnnjultlou of partisan ikjMIcj.
and cot only a recognition of partisan pollilcs, lint a
frank declaration that a system las ten dcllltratr ly
arranzed Ly which the minority pirty shall iU
ways" secure a certain representation lu lolh
bouses of the Mun'clpal Aisombly, This arrange
ment. In view of the Commissioners' provlowa state
ment that tho "t-omplctt'cxcluilouct poll-ioi from
municipal clecilons has Lecn found IniposslUo." con
stltuted nothing less than u direct Invitation to the
Ilepublleau party to make parly nominations for
uiemb rsof mo Munlclpa' Awmtly
One of the signers of Ilia report In question was
Peth Low, and If tho I'resldeut of Columbia I'clversl
ty has repudiated, recalled, or revlsrd any of (he
opinions and conclusions we have tjuotsd, the matter
has escaped publlo notto.
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OVR BOVTJT AiimtlCAJT XHADB.
A Wan In Ballvla Telia What It Xeede ! n.
vlsornte It.
To THE Enrron or The Sox Slrt Ihavo read
with much Interest commonts in The SfX on
an nrtlclo by Thomns A. Eddy of New York,
upon tho commercial lntcreouro Iwtwccn tho
United States and tho South American repub
lics. Mr. Kddy advances omo common sense
vlows as to American enterprise In the South
American countries, especially regardln Uio
need of nn American International bank.
Within the last ycarot bo sovcral Individuals
havo como to Potosl with tbo avowed purposo
of studying tho resources of Bolivia and in
forming themselves as to what trado could bo
expected between this country and the I'nlted
States. But, as a rule, such Investigations
havo been of tho most snpcrflclal and hasty
nature. A visit of a day or a week Is entirely
inadequate. As an American for many years
resident here, 1 am In n position to assert that
Information of real vahtocanbo obtained only
by making tbo jwrsonal acqunlntanco of tho
leading business men, and by visiting tho vari
ous business centres. Amorlcan merchants
whoarc discussing commercial competition with
England and Germany In tbo Interior of South
America seem not to comprehend thst If thoy
want n slmro of this trado thoy must socuro it
by the ndoption of means similar to thoso which
havo already brought It tinder tho control of
Europeans. Americans may talk ns ther
plente. but thcro Is a much morn effertlvo
method In the commercial cntcrprlso back of
goods "made In Germany."
N'ow, what are tho methods ncrcyary!
Tho first Is tho establishment of cheap freight
rntes from tho principal ports of tho 1 nltol
Stntcs to tho South American ports. Cotton
goods from New Vork tn Bolivia have been
nhlppcd via Liverpool or Ilnnibunr, nnd therieo
to our ports of entry, moro cheaply than thrv
could bo thinned directly br way of Panama. Of
Into this has been remedied Inn measure by an
American lino of steamers, but the freight
rates charged by this line I havo not been able
to ascertain, nor arc they published In any news
paper In circulation here. Tho rate per ton
from Snn Fmnclsro tn any point south of Pan
amatis from i?:n) American gold tip. according to
distance. From Liverpool to Anlofagastn (ono
of the principal ports of entry for Bolivlal. on
tho other hand, the chargo is only 30 shillings
per ton
To open trado with the United Btatcs It Is In
dlspensoblo lo establish a line of American
steamers from Panama down the west coast nf
South America, to meet the other lines lhat
como around through tho Straits of Magellan,
and to brirg goods from New York or San Fran
cisco at the same rates charged from Liver
pool or llnmbursr. It is pasy to understand
that tho local trndera here buy their goods
where they cost the least, and that there can bo
no special Inducement for them to go to tho
United States when it costs more than to buy
In Europe, . .
Again, mail facilities are a very Important
adjunct of commercial Intercourse. A few
dnvs ago I received from San Francisco a letter
which had been Just two months on tho war.
letters from London or Pnris uetially reach
T'otosl in thirty-two or 'hlrty-threc days. New
York newspapers frequently come in after ac
cumulating for a month somewhere on tbo
journey, and an inquiry at tho Pot Oraco re
veals no patlsfartory reason for the delay.
A friend wrote me not long since from etr
York: "fcend mc all you can of tin." Ac. My
answer was: "Tin la nbundant in Bolivia, but
most of the producers are under contract with
nnrtles who furnish capital for working tho
mine to forward the tin. as produced, at a
stipulated price. This capital comes from
Europe, and tin is one of the leadlntr articles
shipped there to cover the value of English sterl
ing drafts. It mnv bo said that, after sllver.tln is
tho nexi moet valuable article of xport from
Bolivia. To obtain a part of this business ono
must either tret control of tho mines or como
Into competition with tho capitalists who now
control tho local market." It is not improb
able that a considerable portion of tbo tin
shipped from England nnd Germany to New
Yorte is produced in Bolivia. The ready in
ference is that money and banking facilities
are needed.
Diplomatic relations with the United States
are carried on in a verv unsatisfactory wav.
The Ministers como to La P.iz. but appear to
meet with some insurmountable obstacle to a
further advance toward Snrre. the capital and
scat of government. In lfl Minister Adams
came south and visited Oniro, Colquecbaca.
lluancnnca, i'ot. ana .-ucre, oui i am not
aware thst any Minister since his time has
visited Sucre. Not long ince a letter waa
written to Minlter Moonlight, asking if a Con
sul could not be appointed for Potosi. His
answer was- "Our Government refues to ap
point any Consul except the one at La Pax."
The Consul at La Paz is probably needed there
to as'Ut the Minister in his nrdunus duties.
Spain. France. Argentina, and Peru have Con
suls in Potosi. and I believe there Is a German
Consul In Oruro. England, as is well known.
1ms no dlplomatie relations with Bolivia, but
the pounds, shillings, and pence make up for a
great deal of what a Minister might do.
I sincerelv hope that the points upon which
I have touched will be further discussed.
SaXti ago Pascoe.
Potosi, Bolivia. July 11.
Tne Orlaipal Css-Gss.
To Tux Eprrca or Thx Sn-Vir: I am Informed
that In a recent editorial article In Tax Srnyoa
asked the subjoined question: "Who Is the original
Good Government man ?"
Tne Srs bas many warm friends In this dry, and X
am sure It was a great shock to them to discover that
their favorite .aper has not at hand a complete copy
of the Life and Works of Mr. George E. Matthews,"
editor of the BvJTilo Exyrttt. who is known In this
city as the original Good Government Clnb man. It
U claimed In behalf of Mr. Matthews that he was the
orUlcator of that Idea. Anyway, there l evidence to
show that It has teen one of his two pet hobbles for
several yeans. The other one Is antl Plattlsm. Mr.
Matthews has been trying to beat Piatt for something
like twenty year, and his work along this line Is still
far from being finished laoi-ou.
DcirriU). Sept. l.
The TheosopbJCAl Clstlnsamt.
To thx Er-tTuR or Thx Scs Sir: Theosophlsts
clearly see uow that what I said years since was
absolutely true. Xelther Judge nor his Illegitimate
successor, Tlnjlcy, cn succeed la robbing me of my
blnhrUht lu lInt- the Leader if the occult and
esoter.c theosopliy, at this age. In my own person
and aa the agent of the Adepts and Mahatroas.
Mlavataky. whose wladom aoi foresight we all ad
mitted, selected me aa th' one next in line of demon
atril le power, and onl) the false amoltlons of these
preL'tiders stand between my work and Humanity.
1 tberrfore am glad to see and record theomclal death
of Mr Hargrove, who so felicitously attacked me In
the defence of his co-worker. Tlngley
Xoneof these people Is after the spiritual honor or
U'f ullug and demonstrating the triune principle of
mortal llf, but arv gu.di-d to obtain funds and mer
cenary returns, while hypocritically protesting other
wise. I trust before the lSlh of October the Tlngley will
alto aiiandon her anomatout all-glance to Truth, and
the press of America, headed by your powerful rair
give to me lhat which It mine and of which all these
people seek to deprive me.
I am the head of tbeMophy In the world as the
syllogistic success tr to Mme. Itlavntsky. her ap-lHnte-,
and Hie only occult leaierwho can come to
assist mankind at this era. llLaHY II. r'ocLkE.
0set, Mass., .Sept. 10.
The VtulMIIng liulsance.
ToTtiEEniTORorTiixBt-x sir: Iamnot considered
a nervous ixrson, yctllVo your correspondent "A
Sufferer" am much aunoyisl by whlatlleg. The
reason It Is such a nuisance seems to mc Is that our
thu'ik'hta areenrrled away, but without a satisfying
reason or eonclus.on. When busy It U nirtlrulsrlv
cxaiieratlDg to haic the attention kicked In this
wnv lien- and then- llko .1 fi-otliall 1 have also
iaiu.--ilih.it the habit Is strictly c-n.-lned tomeintvrs
of the male sex with beads aa imply as whistling
tcasttt'lls. n
Saying One Tnlnci Doing Another.
Vow tAe .St. fMul IHtpatch.
When Hrjran was nominated tho gold Democrats
said his election wcull lw tho greatest catastrophe
that had Isltod this country since tie war, ud they
would prevent It If IN y could. With the true Demo
eratU Idea of a iiiatbiniatteal problem, they flgured
It out that half a volo was Just twice aa much as a
wankMote, and so, Instead of averting the calamity
which the; re c,-nlied by 01 lag for Dran's oppo
nent, the) put ouothcr candidate In the Held.
Thlswai whst they call a acting from principle.
Other people catted It aeilug from pig headedntss.
In OSIo, K. mucky and Iowa this year the sound
money Democrats ar as sound Ing as eier. They
rtiu'l Nlleve lu frea silver, but they refuse to indorse
tbfcorly candidates whoars actually and absolutely
for sound m.ney, and who have a ihauce to be
slect.d on that Its-jp.hut Vri their oles In the air
v. here they are Just as apt to brlug down a free silver
1'ipulltt as an) thing else.
The Seng or the Train.
Fiojn the .S.lmnniia JVft.
"With a inlcbnal-ghlEnM-sjhtlngall Yah! Yahl
Yah'
r.ln swrl-drel mutter Yah! Yah!
tfco climb uHn der ihtecplo
Und she frighten all der people
tilrg.n' t.-lchnal-glilgnal-s-htlKgil! Yahl Yah!"
The .foot iluicrlanot sure that even Mr. Kipling
lias caught the song of the train iu,y bctt r than an
old darky who lit id tp lu Novn ScotU souiu years
ago. and who usod to say that the train tang:
Til bet yo- Up da debbll git y0- jv yo' git toDsJ
lima." 1
novas dAt jw n-iyoitEaTcn. I
The Xew York !terehint Make Ills Annual I
Vlalt tn Ills lllrlhlnre.
WtxcilBSTElt, Va,,8cpt. 17, This ws a mem- I
ornblo day In thin historic- old city. It mm H
what Is known ns "Ilouss dny," which Is
alwayg celebrated In galastlo on tho last dny
of tbo annual fair of Iho Shenandoah Wy H
Agricultural Association. Tbeday In bo c.,.ei H
becauto Charles Broadway Ilouss Is alwajs ,
visitor hero thon, and tbo citizens of this, his H
nativo place, turnout to welcome blm. Do ii H
Interest was lent to to-day's events by the nt- I
Ingof tho cornorstonoof a monument to tne
Confederate dind of Norlh Carolina burled ia
tho cemetery here.
There wus a parado In the morning. In ths
afternoon Mr. Itouss had a reception at the i air
Grounds, at whhb about 10,000 people wert
present This was followed by a barbecue la
tho evening there w.ib another big parade ant a
display of fireworks.
Tho monument for which the corner stone wis
laid to-day Is In Stonewall t'eniotcrv ntul m ,1,
tho graves of no.trly 1,000 North Curo u
v ho lost their lives In tho Shcnnnilnnli , r
during tho war. It will bo a plain gnu II -' t.
Within a fow hundred yanls of v here II
ument will stand Is tho redcrul . en
whero tho remains of n.OOO Union soln ; ,
hurled. At the conclusion of tho run . ,
laying to-day many ex-Confedcrali's u-
Fodoral cemetery and laid widths 1 j ,t
graves of their former enemies.
COMPLAINED Of VOODj I.Usr Ion
Dear nnd numb Institution Ibises Mtteen f
lta Kmployere.
Elxtecn young women who worked In . ts.
stttutlon for tho Instruction of the I) , 4
Dumb, at 1113d ftreet and Eleventh ate,, ,.,
out of a job because they did not ' ki t
served them. Katlo Pfaff, Mar, M,rk ,j
Molllo Collln. who were employed I-. a.
.Is- s-ntlMl nn Tv li Currier, the itmi r
on Thursday and said the fool 1ml -y
bad for several dnyp. The tea wis In I ,
and ants had been discovered in the br .
tho butter was loo salty, they -a. .
Mr. Currier stoppol bis regular c-i . t
to mako a personal cvaiuluvtlo-i of 1
complained of. Ho looked at tho !'.
Incd the tcs, nmt tasted the bul'c-, il
thrr wero nil good. The vw.im-u
judgment was bad and wero -iii- ,
was then about breakfast tiuit. 11. r
to breakfast and ato hiartll). After'- -
Superintendent Currkr nollllcd ten f 1
that their services were no longer rwj
The superintendent's action ai d s -,
the kitchen and six more of the hep '.(
to go with the ten who were I ci, -.
but three of tho places left vacant tu - a i..v
been filled.
JlF.V.ijrr PAIXT.t FIFTH .4tlfR.
Paint Pota In IheVTugon Knsplled as Ihs Harts
tlan Cop Cemee st C rn?pr.
A runaway horse painted the as-,-, n
Fifth avenuo all tho co.ori o.' t.V r, .
from Ninety-second street to li-i - , ,.
terday. Tho horse belongs to J -.
stein of 101st street, near Tmrd ave . j
tho wagon held about twenty pon ' A
painL Most of tho pots were umoi r
The bono took fright at a newspaper -
toward him and when the driver J j K
tried to hold it In ono of the reins b-Mn- .-
liceman Lowler of the East 101th stree-
tion tried to halt the horv;. una (
vaulted on its back and covered iu e 3
his hands, Tho blinded bore ran h i. 3
against the curb and halted with a i-1
which threw Lawler off, while K- t
thrown out of the wagon. Neither wa- -.
ously hurt, but the paint pots were i - - a.,
I empty, and there was a parti coi .i vl
along the avenue, showing the ccr? '. za
runaway.
BEHBIXQ BE A CLAIMS.
STausrleai B. SSair-reB Casnttanea lilt Argaraeml
Bererss the Cssmantmaloau
HALITAX. N. S., Sept. 17. Charles B. TV -ea.
In continuing the argument in the Bet.- ; -
case to-day, said that the claims of :ho; :-- :i
who were asserted to be citizens oS iw ' el
States were not national claims, and jh
Britain was not before the coaais- - as s
claimant. Under the claims co-.vtv.o-: -est
Britain's right to recover was i-::e-i "is
cases of persons on whose aceou--.: tie ra s :
entitled to claim. Mr. Warren a-s !.- ;
testimony of Andrew J. Bethel -. :. '
the Carolina and the Pathfinder. He . --
the record showed fraudulent t-'-K. - '
tween Bethel and Munsie and f-e- -- - "
In dealing with the vessels tor - S 1 t:'
were claimed. lie 'ndicated con ra J
the testimony of the two men. and -ret- -U
they wero unworthy of credence
PEACHES WITHOIT ItOITS
steaaarkabl Ben Its or Maryland Hor-IK-a.
tnrtla Ka-aerta-sentlns.
iro-n (A Balricio-a .ts-ter-RM-s.
Mr. William P. Winter, a retired vt er,
who lives at 926 North Carey stree- k. -d
heart and soul into the wizard bi.511 -i 1
markablo results. In a cosy l.tt.e --'. . !
Mr. Winter's home grows a rca- h -- -J
produced annual crops of lucou '- "
number of years. Two years sc V - -1
grew weary of the conventional ccv, .. ' s
r-eaches in his limited orchard, an t - -i
at least to produce a peam mm -tionable
nap or down.
He began a series of expenrr.cn' 'I
year produced a r-esch eloth-M in -.i -
raiment of the banana: but. m t f- -" 3
the result of his startling n ..: on -
has succeeded in producing a crop, we -
now ripe, that looks for al1 heei -
f nil of apples. The skin of their .- T
smooth and of a dark red h' r, m a ' ! '
into a yellow that Mr. W.nte- c 11 - 1 -- a
nant 01 the banana skin,
"Next year" said be. "I will naven -
skin ou them."
The method employed bv Mr w - -
duce thee startling resiilto'l-. s r ' " '-
and he is preparing to cot r .' "
tlrspevines. as well as peach tre . . e-
fore the skill of the ex-carpenter -
curious things that thrite in the - --'
North Carey street is a vino oi -n - -
bears at this time ripe grape a- -. -- T
and unusually large, half ripe .;-., -
nd buds, which Mr. Winter ixp . '7
Christmas,
Tnersnoneter sturlea.
Vois. tht Clet-eMail riiiis f" '"
Topeoplo vt ho aro fortunate!) nn'tm .-"
sickness tho thermometers uoJ ' "
temperature of patients are als i- '
considerable Interest. A profe- "
whose experience has led her to 1 - v
calltics, and brought her In 0111,11 "7
phases of life, tells to little stone-
tratothc foregoing stateiient.
In one of tho local hospitals she had v "
tlcnt who was threatened with in '
As sho approached his bedside one -' ''
querulously cuiupliiued of a l.v.s. - ''
mrnt.
" I didn't get enough to cat," he si. '
almost starved."
"Well, well," sho said foothlne'y ' '
Becabouttli.il. " Here," she added
this lu our mom h."
She Inserted the thermometer N '
treihatid turned away a mom- V - '
looked back In was viurkjng ihelui'i ' "
tween bis J-iws at a grcit rate.
"Hold on." Bhe cried, "ou U 're -
thermometer!"
Ho drew In his chocks and apparei -
mighty pull ou the little lustrum-n'. -a
Bho removed it.
"hay." lie grumbled, "there's no ' - -
me tbut. I touldti't suck a bUmo t'i .. ,
tt!"
M Another patient, a woman, bcrgeUf' " "
for a drink.
Walt," said tho nurse, and thrusi
ninrncter In her mouth.
The pstlcnt laid hack on her pi '
placid y closed her eyes. A asiisilrd - 3
slowly stole over her face. When tie ' '
up Iho nurso vtlilntrew tho tube .
"Why," said the patient with a u! -' "'''
fleation. "what a lot of goodahttU' .. - "'
that will do) 011!"
Brldearooiu Fulled to Itealster rroperli
rYom the Houston, Tex . ' if
"Well, bow Bhould I kt.o-v they w - ' -
rledl Thoy registered Mr. and .. '
assigned ono to n room in the th. d '
the other on tbo -.econd lloor," saul M
proprietor of the S Ivan Hotel of l.i ' '
ulacod a man and wlfo in an nvk'.ir ' -one
night last week. It mi .11'..
tho llutchlru that Mr. t'cott vt i
Incident to friends.
"What did thoy do,"
rtiej rctiiaSi.eil iii) mc-halfo' 1' e
thp'rrvciioctivuioouik, tiriitiii. fun 11 ' '
IOIDO in."
"How did It ond 1"
by. the man ramecreeii.il. "li '
betwicn 111 .ma 1 A. M. to sn- !
mutter,
" Wus ho mad 1" .,
"8ar. don't mention It, But I'll hot he djeT
, wgUur that way again."