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Mb The Siti, New York City.
T pAras Klosque Nn. IS, near Orand Hotel, and
iR. Klosquo No. 10, Boulevard des Capuclnes.
K 7 our frttndi who uror ut trlth mnntijcrfi'fs for
& publication tWsa to have rejected artlcUt returned,
m thev mutt in all catet und ttumptor fnit j,urjror.
IS
flL At Cooper Union To-Nlulit.
JBy Good Government Club Number Ono will
jw, picct In Cooper Union tills evening to ratify
M tho nomlnntion of Uekjamin F. Tiiacy for
Mayor of New York. The other namo of
$6 Good Government Club Number Ono Is tho
Republican party.
Jk Go and look upon this American states-
5r, jnnn, If you can cot Into tho hall, and bear
2 tn honent volco In which thcro Is no noto
IB of selfishness or of belf-secklug.
, Morally and Intellectually Gen. Tract
'ft? ' stands hcntl aud shoulders above auy other
!& candidate In thu Held; above the dreamer of
UL socialism and tho prophet and hope of
W' municipal and national disorganization,
, IIknivv Geoiioi? ; above tho puppet of Tarn-
M many, Van AVyok; obovo tho scheming
j&' and posturing ally of Ilrvanlsm and tho
g Bolf-proclnimed son of Heaven, Seth Low.
X" Let Good Govcniiucnt Club Number One,
jv. which Is tho party of tho St. Louis plat-
-. form, get out In force In support of a prtn-
'& clplo and a man of principle. Let it begin
Sfr worthily tho campaign that shall make it
A' immbcronoon election dar.
2 When, Henry Georgo llaa Before.
M Benhy Geoiiob when a candidate for
-K Mayor of New York in 1886, polled
!'- 68,110 votes. In 1880 there were no offl-
nt elal ballots distributed impartially to all
f; voters with the names of all candidates
5' apon them, as Is the coso under the present
I ballot law. Tho tickets eleven years ago
' wero distributed at tho polls by volunteers.
!' In some election districts there were no
f Toluntecrs; In many election districts there
' were no Georgo ballots.
fin 1SSG the total voto of all candidates
,' lor Mayor of New York was 210,079. Mr.
Geoiige polled approximately 30 per cent,
of the total vote. The voting population of
I New York, tho present city, has Increased
i since then. The total voto of New York
city at last year's election was 312,000.
r Thirty per cent, of the present vote of New
York city Is not 08,000, but 03,000.
I On tho night of Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1880
Sf election day, 1697, by what may seem to
somo a coincidence, falls on Nov. 2 Mr.
;' Geoiige, speaking to his followers at his
I headquarters In Eighth street, said:
"You know, you men know. you men who have
r' worked night after night without a penny, you men
who bare atood by the polla all day without a cent
you know under what dlaadvantagea tola struggle
,, haa been made.
; Money for campaign expenses, necessary
", for an independent candidato under the
p fotmer system of voting, is not necessary
now. Wliilo the opposite, of Georgeism,
?,' the St. Louis platform, is assailed by tho
fe Citizens' Union traitors within the Hcpub-
if Hcan organization, the friends and sup-
portersofllENUYGEOHOEcannot bo thought
j of lightly when they persist In declaring
.. that Henry Geoiice is to be elected. So
T much the harder must conservative citizens
i Trork for Tit ac y.
t Japan as a Naval Power.
m We printed the other day a cabled report
k of an announcement in the Liverpool Jour-
rial of Commerce, based on orders placed in
it England, that Japan Is expected to spend
t f (luring tho next eight years no less than
$125,000,000 upon tho construction and
' equipment of war vessels. It so happens
? that this very subject Is discussed in tho
October number of the Xorth American
i Review by tho well-known shipbuilder, Mr.
i Ciiaiiles II. Champ, who regards Japan as
' "tho coming sea power." No one, ccr-
p tainly, Is better qualified to write upon this
' topic than Is Mr. Champ, seeing that, with
the exception of the ships building at Yoko-
;' Buka, the whole of Japan's naval programme
for the next few years has come under his
F personal observation.
j To appreciate tho progress making by
"! Japan in the direction nf sea power, wo
,j should bear in mind that, at tho beginning
of tho recent war with China, she bad no
armored ships worthy of the name, although
"it sho possessed a respectable force of cruisers
h and gunboats. Among tho results of tho
I war was the acquisition of several Chinese
f Tessels, Including tho battleship Chen
Yuen, of 7.-100 tons, and the Ping Yuen,
i1 an armored coast-ilcfcnco ship, both of
t which were captured by tho un armored
? cruisers of tho Mikado. At the end of the
; contest Japan had forty-three seagoing ves-
v, sels, displacing, In tho aggregate, 70.000
tons, of which seven serviceable ships, hav-
i tug a total displacement of IS, 000 tons,
1 wero prizes. Tho navy now in commission
embraces forty-eight seagoing ships of
llO.UUOtons displacement ana twenty-six
j torpedo boats. Mr. Cramp says that the
y five new scogolng vessels, liming a total
-' displacement of 32,000 tons, represent tho
most advanced types of model naval archl-
fa tccture. Among them aro Included two
Ji flrst-cloH battleships of 12,8U0 tons each,
If tho Fuji and tho Yashlma.
S So much for the present ; now for the Im-
i mcdlato future. Mr. Champ tells us that
3 tho shipbuilding programme actually In
pronpss of execution Is calculated to pro-
A duco by tho year 1003 au effective force of
U 07 sfcagolng ships, 12 torpedo catchers, and
70 torpedo bouts, with an aggregate dls.
J placement of more than 200,000 tons. Not
only la Jupati nowbulldlng more ships than
V any dtber jiouer except Kngland, but, ac-
5 cordlngto Mr. Champ, sho is building bet-
4 terslips in Kntftlsli shipyards than Eng-
land herself Ih coiiHtructing for her own
i navy. Let us look at the work now doing
$ In detail. There are, wo learn, three 14,800-
$ ton battleships which nro well advanced at
Armstrong's, Thompson's, and the Thames
Y Iron works respectively. There Is a battle-
v ship of about 10,000 toiih begun at Ann-
fiL strong's. There aro four tlrst-class armored
'ft cruisers of 0,000 tons displacement und 20
A knots speed; two ut Armstrong's, one ut tho
Vulcan works In Stettin, and oun ut
j. the Forges ct Cliantlern, Havre, Franco. A
7L fifth armored cruiser of tho same slzo
jj Is to be built In tho currcut jear
at tho Iniperlal dockyard In Yokosuku,
$ Jupau. Two 0,000-tou protected cruisers
'' of 28 knots speed are under construction,
ono at Sib Francisco aud one at Fhiladel-
.',' Bhlo, onl thcro is a tlilrd protected cruiser
t .
of 4,300 tons and 23 knots speed at Arm
strong's. Thrco 3,000-ton protected cruis
ers of 20 knots, together with thrco torpedo
gunboats and a despatch Tcssol aro build
ing at Yokosuka. Thcro aro eight 90-ton
torpedo boats building for Japan at tho
Schlchau works In Elblng, Germany; thcro
are four more of similar typo at tho Nor
mand Works, at Havre, Franco, and there
aro eight 30-knot torpedo boat destroyors
going forward, four at Yarrow's and four
nt Thompson's, in England. Such Is tho ex
pansion of Japan's navy actually Insight;
and when wo keep In view that tho new
fleet comprises the very latest and highest
types of naval architecture In respect of
force, economy, and efllclcnry, wo ore not
surprised that Mr, Champ should describe
Japan's ndvaucu as jilienom-nal, nay, as
Indeed cyclonic.
What Is tho purpose of Japan's oxtrcmo
activity in naval preparation at this thno?
Mr. Champ does not bellevo that tho ex
traordinary increase of her naval resources
Ia ulmcd at tho United States. Ho thinks
it probable that sho meditates a renewal
of her efforts to establish a footing on tho
Asiatic mainland, aud that, possibly, sho
may contemplato tho eventual acquisition
of tho 1'lilllpplnc Islands. If, howccr,sho
simply Intended to attack China alone, or
Spain alone, no such fleet as Is now under
construction would bo needed; certainly
not tho enormous battleships and the great
armored cruisers. Apparently, Japan is
determined to bccoiuo so unmistakably
the preponderant naval power In tho far
East that European nations will not again
deem it prudent to Intcrposo and rob her
of tho fruits of victory. Touching this
point, wo learn from Mr. Cramp that not
long ago a Japancso gentleman of distinc
tion remarked in the course of conversation,
that "whilo Japan was forced by circum
stances to yield at Shimonoaeki much that
she' had fairly conquered, sho still secured
Indemnity enough to build a navy that
would cnablo hcr-to do better next time."
Tho three countries which, as bordering
on that ocean, aro most deeply Interested
In questions affecting tho control of tho
North Pacific are Russia, the United States,
and Japan. In view of tho vast proportions
which, within n few years, tho Mikado's
navy will assume, is It likely that our own
country or that Russia will have in 1003
any pretensions to rank with Japan as Pa
cific powers? Mr. Cramp answers tho
question in tho negative. Ho points out
that the United States has halted com
pletely In the path of naval development,
while ltussla is trying the experiment of
rcilonco on her Imperial dockyards, which,
although they turn out good work, aro not
adequate to the task imposed by the situa
tion outlined above. Japan, on the con
trary, although sho has somo facilities of
her own, is drawing on tho shipbuilding
powers at onco of England, France, Ger
many, and the United States. Moreover,
the vessels which Japan is building in tho
shipyards of Franco and Germany, as
well as those, under construction in
England, aro pronounced by Mr. Champ
superior to any vessels which those
nations aro building for themselves,
class for class. The conclusion seems un
avoidable that, In the race for naval su
premacy In tho Pacific, Japan Is rapidly
gaining, while Russia and the United
States are losing ground. Mr. Cramp docs
not hesitate to say that Japan, at her pres
ent rate of naval advance, viewed with re
lation to the lack of progress on the part of
Russia and the United States, must lie
able In three years to dominate thu Pacific
against either, and, in less than ten years,
against both combined. As to the charac
ter and quality of the Japaneso personnel,
Mr. Cramp, who has como in dally contact
with Japanese naval officers as Inspectors
of work, declares that they aro unsurpassed
by the officers of any other navy in respect
of professional ability, studious application,
and capacity to profit by experience. At
tention is also directed to the fact that,
while all other nations have been ponder
ing theoretical problems or performing
sham manoeuvres, tho Japanese have been
fighting battles, sinking ships, and bom
barding towns.
Stale Troops and the Forts.
In the forthcoming November number of
the Journal of the Military Service Insti
tution Gen. AVinoati: shows clearly why
we cannot depend on tho organized militia
to supplv artillerists for thu new coast de
fences in case of sudden attack, or upon
hastily recruited volunteers.
A certain part of each gun detachment
could undoubtedly bo made up of such
men, but no mere numbers could possibly
supply forthwith tho discipline, tho knowl
edge, the skill, and tho experience which
tho trained gunner possesses.
The modern rifled gun or mortar is a big
and costly weapon, which can do tremen
dous work against an enemy, but must bo
bandied with precision. Even tho cost of
its ammunition is so great that It is hardly
deslrablo for any troops to usu it in
practice, except those who are Intended for
professional experts. Tho gunner is re
quired, says Gen. Winoatk, In tho midst
of bursting shells and the excitement of
buttle, to work out u problem llko this :
"That ship is tlireo miles off; sho Is
approaching at such or such an angle,
her speed Is fifteen miles an hour, tho
forward turret Is the place to hit,
tho wind Is stroiiK from 0 o'clock, tho
temperature is 75 and tho barometer Is
30.00; I must therefore give so many degrees
of elevation, and allow so many points for
windage." With a swiftly moving target,
and several shots perhaps needed to estab
lish tho range, unless high skill and perfect
familiarity with processes aro directing the
work of tho gun, tho vessel may slip by, and
then, so far as that gun is concerned, tho
defence Is a failure.
It is clear, therefore, that tho usoof high
power guns against steam-propelled ships
cannot bo intrusted to busty levies of un
trained volunteers or to thaNatlonal Guard
If not previously inudo experts In handling
such guns. Even with two skilled gunners
for each gun and mortar, Gen, Wimjati:
calculates that " on Increase In thoartlllcry
of 7,f00 men is tho very lowest which this
country can get along with," He thinks
that tho erection of heavy guns In tho
armories of tho seaboard State troops,
with nrmy instructors, supplemented by
occasional tours of duty at the forts, with
plenty of target practice, might do much
toward fitting the National Guard for
heavy artillery work. Still, there Is an ex
isting need of trained gunueis. With an
organization llko the Ilrltlxh Volunteer
Artillery Association gunners would bo
developed, but this would take a long time,
and ho sees no sentiment in Its favor among
the National Guard.
Another objection made by Gen. Win.
tiAii: to relylugon tho military organiza
tions for heavy artillery work Is that tho
welbtralued men among them would bo
looking for commissions in cuse of a great
war, leaving only a small number, uud they
tho least skilled, In tho ranks. Again, a
largo part of tho organized militia is too
far from tho ports to go to thorn for In
structlon. Then tho cost of practlco with
tho guns would bo great, as has been Bald,
although this could bo lessened by tho uso
of auxiliary barrels of small calibre.
A much better use of the militia as artil
lery, In Gen. Winuate's opinion, would bo
to accustom It to handling field pieces.
With $1,000,000 a year additional doolod
to increasing tho numbers of tho soacoost
artillery, $500,000 to increasing those of
tho infantry, and $500,000 to supplying
tho National Guard with field pieces and
their ammunition, he thinks our needs
would he well met. At all events, tho ar
tillery should havo men enough to take
caio of the heavy guns In peace and direct
their working In war.
Call Off Your Lightweights t
A few words to tho responslblo chiefs of
certain great Republican newspapers out
side of New York :
The need of a touch of tho master hand Is
apparent In such great metropolitan jour
nals as tho Philadelphia Press and tho
Chicago Tribwit, and In such other jour
nals of the second class In Importance as
tho lloston Daily Advert it ami tho Hart
ford Courant. It Is not concelvablo that
Republican editors llko Charles Emory
Smith and Joseph Meuii.l and William
E. Daurltt would knowingly and deliber
ately lend their aid to tho enemy against
which they wore contending so valiantly In
unison only twclvo mouths ago. Nor is It
conceivable that they desire to promote tho
cause of Hryanism in Now York, or to de
stroy or cripplu tho organisation which
represents in this particular field all that
they themselves represent in their respec
tive regions.
Suppose the vcono of tho present struggle
for the maintenance of what was won In
1800, and what must bo preserved In IbiJS
aud In 1900, were suddenly transferred to
Philadelphia. Would tho editor of tho
Philadelphia Press tolerato In thu columns
of his sturdy journal any Mugwumplsh
view of partisan obligations t
Supposo tho battleground were now
shifted to Chicago. Would tho editor of
tho Chicago Tribune model its utterances
after those of that New York namesake of
its own which ceased to bo Republican
when It fulled to capture tho local organi
zation by means of Its creature Miliiol
land, and becamo merely the organ of an
impotent personal spito and a ridiculous
personal vanity, a once powerful Republi
can newspaper dead in Influence and mori
bund in every other respect 1
Suppose lloston were the point upon which
Bryanlsm was focusing its efforts. Would
the editor of tho lloston Daily Advertiser
choose this campaign as an opportune time
tor the cultivation of the spirit of demotal
ization and disorganization (
Suppose even Hartford wore assailed by
the enemy. Would thu editor of tho Hart
ford Courant welcome or resent advice
from a distance that he should haul down
tho regular Republican flag and turn over
the command to guerrillas I
The moral certainty that a course of de
liberate treachery to the Republican prin
ciples of 1890 Is impntsiblc In the case of
any one of theso Republican editors loads
us to assume that they have committed the
discussion of the present situation in New
York to subordinates of inferior intelli
gence or of less robust Republicanism.
Call off your lightweights, gentlemen,
for they are giving aid and comfort to tho
common enemy and they aro shamefully
misrepresenting you.
Both Low the Ally of Henry Georgo.
Two candidates for Mayor now in tho
canvass have platforms which are similar
In their spirit, so far us concerns municipal
government. They arc Hi:.vitYGKOHGKaud
Sinn Low.
When the Low enterprise was started
last spring there was no prospect that
GeoHOE would be a candidate against him.
G euro K was then unwilling to enter into
tho canvass because of literary occupations
which ho regarded as of more moment to
him and the public thuu the politics of tho
campaign of the autumn. Accordingly,
many of his supporters entered actively
into the Low movement. When tho Secre
tary of the canvassing committee, of the
Citizens' Union inndu his report on tho
subject ho acknowledged especially the as
sistance In getting signatures rendered by
George men. It was justly their due, for
they assert that their following did more
to swell tho lists than was dono by any
other part of tho population.
At this timu Low's agents wore assidu
ously cultivating "Labor." They brought
its representatives Into conferences with
them at tho Cooper Union, and their
strougest hopes wero In tho worklngmen.
They plastered the districts most inhabited
by mechanics and laboring men with art
ful appeals. Low carefully avoided saying
anything that might givo offence, to thoso
of them who aro of Rryaulto sentiment or
Tammany affiliations, and tho Citizens'
Union made its platform with a view to
currying favor with them. Low did tho
samo In his speech and letter of acceptance,
catering, on tho ono hand, to the religions
public with his "fear of God" aud, on tho
other, to tho social rebels with Intimations
that ho was favorable to their theories.
Tammanys pusillanimous couisc, how
oer, so disgusted GEOiion that lie changed
his mind, reluctantly laying asldo his lit
erary occupations to engage In a straight
forward nryanlto canvass. Tammany hav
ing relinquished to him the title of Demo
cratic regularity, ho becamo tho regular
Democratic raudidutc. Immediately all his
followers withdrew fiom tho Low move
ment und went over to their natural leader
pell niell, and with great enthusiasm.
Low's catering to Labor had been In vain.
Moieover, when tho Georgo platform ap
peared it Included this whole Low platform
as to municipal mutters purely, except the
"noii-purtisuuship" humbug, aud il was
a square declaration of vicious principles,
readily tinderstumlahlo by everybody, whllo
the other was evasive and insincere.
Tho bottom of tho Low enterprise was
knocked out so far ns concerned " Labor,"
and Low was compelled to chunge his tac
tics. In his Cooper Union speech he guvei
up ull attempts to cajole "Lubor" as man
ifestly viiln, and directed his arts to the
capture of tho "rtspectablu" voto. Ills
cajolery of tho George people, however,
still remains In his platform, uud he can
not get it out.
Low, therefore, Is recognized by tho
George crowd as their best political friend.
He Is doing ull ho can to uld them In cap
turing Nuw York uudcr their natural
leader. Except for a division of tho con
servutlve vote, caused by his vnlii and stub'
born candidacy, they would huu uochuuco
1 of fiuccecding. With It they arc absulutu
in their confidence, There may be doubt
j among tho friends of other candidates, but
ml h .,,,1111 ' nn -..h ii il. ",n i rfilmi
there Is nono In their camp. Henry Geohoe
himself aud all his followers look upon his
election as a certainty. Setii Low ploughed
tho ground and sowed tho seed, and Henry
Gi:oimi: expects to reap tho crop.
Nor can It bo denied that GKoncn: has
much reason for his confidence, too much
for tho comfort of conservative men who
arc informed as to tho facts of the political
situation. Tammany's zeal and flro of en
thusiasm has gone over to Geoiuik, who will
conduct a I cd-hotHrjaul to campaign, which
will bu exactly to tho liking of tho great
mass of the Tammany hosts. Scth Low
will help him nloug so far as ho can by at
tempting to divide tho enemy.
That Is tho situation as it actually Is,
and any man who does not sco It Is too fur
til) I" tlU clouds of his delusions to sco ter
restrial affairs as they arc. Tho larger tho
Low vote, the more probabla will be tho
election of Henry Geoiioe as tho first
Majorat the Greater New York; und thcro
is no way of preventing that catastrophe,
except by the concentration of the conserva
tive voto on Gen. Tracy. That is an un
avoidable necessity, and even the fools will
bo compelled to recognize it eventually.
AVluit Itcpttblicnns Aro Hero For.
Tho Citizens' Union platform on which
Mr. Low was nominated Invited to Its rolls
"members of any national party what
ever," llryanltcs and Mostltes Included. In
his letter of September denying thu report
that ho would withdraw, Mr. Low said
that hu would gladly accept " any nomina
tion, Republican or Democratic, on any
platform," provided ho was left to run tho
government himself. Fancy a man asking
for tho support of conservative voters who
thus pictured tho Republican party yoked
politically with the Rryanltc organization!
Tho defection from Low to Glorue
showed tho original character of tho Citi
zens' Union outfit. Today Mr. Low Is
linked wlthTummauy Hall by the "Ship"
or Cuckoo Democracy, which Is half for
Tammany and half fur Low.
Tho Republican organization in hero to
beat Hryanism, not to dicker with Its
friends or to mako a trncowlth It on any
terms. It has for Hryanism, or Georgeism,
a feeling of irreconcilable hostility. Hut
for tho man who, through his Republican
affiliations aud professions, would have
wheedled the Republican organization into
committing sulcldo for his benefit, and
into striking its colors before oven en
tering the field where Hryanism Is arrayed
for defeat or victory, it has a feeling of
intense contempt.
Thank Heaven tho leaders of tho Repub
lican party were neither fooled nor treach
erous. They nominated Gen. Tracy wisely
and honorably. Work aud vote for him.
Within a week two resolutions have been
laid before the public that will uinko the ?orcu
of sincerity rite. Tho first was adopted by tho
Citizens' L'nloii uheu nomlmUInu Its thket:
" Kttottfd, Ibat this committee heartily Indorto
the administration of Slay or Stkoxu."
MajorSTitoNo knows better. If tho Citizen
Union In truth " heartily Indorse" thoftrontr
adiinnlstratlon it would baro nominated tbe
author of it instead of Mr, Low. Principles to
tliuiiiucro ulleccd to bo tbo denrest tblncs In
life. The Deinucritic doctrine, of rotation in
nllko was to tbcui tho kcIiciuc of tbo spoilsman,
brnosu was their candidate if they had uioant
nii.it they ni,l.
The second resolution which wo havo in mind
was that adopted on Thursday by tho Park Dc
pirtincnt In consciiucnco of tbe death of Park
Commissioner Sulks:
' The board deMres to place on record a testimonial
a4 to our felluw Comrii kalnner' work, ability, aud
thv pu,fiitun of thofe qualities that make th, mot
uneaarul public ctll.'Uli aud tbo ruutt lotnl mrn.
ConiliilssloiicrSTllfj wajio rcullarlj fitted by train
ing and e luLatton f,,r the dutlf of a Par'rf Comuils
ilontr that the lo luttatned br the department au 1
the public U Irreparable."
Tills Just cbtlmntoof Mr. Stilks docs not como
Krntefiilly from tho board of whiih Mr. Htii.es
w recently a mninbcr. Mr. Srn.ES bad been
compelled to wrestle with the spirit of Itmoranco
anil vniulnllani thrnnchoul his term of ollico
to hla (treat ih sical and mental weariness, and
often discouragement. On the most important
question, that of tho Botanic Garden, Involving
all rat principle of olllclal administration and
of qunliflc.itlons for u Turk Commissioner, Mr.
.tii eh, iilthough backed by nn indignant and
out -poVon public, an Homed by bis rolleacucs.
aud his protoit o(,-lnt the outrage determined
upon was swept nmdo as though It had been
idlo chatter. The Park Hoard's eulogy of Mr.
Sni.KH was a mockery more hollow ntid far
uiorii otTciislMi than tho Citizens' Union's in
sincere sop to Mayor STltoso.
The I'lmira Athtrtlser approaches in a
fretful, iiuputicnt spirit a vast und solemn theme:
"Do let Sir. CirLLAD haio tome Und of an
onk'c. If he hadn't anything tUt to do Just now.
lit him cume to Chemung uu I run for Sheriff. Re U
a bigger man than ' Mic Dli'K, the contabli, or than
Jam.s Hoduolrx, and ho might relUre the tension on
lioit Taylou."
floss Taylor must continue tense and big
DECicuud big Jim mnstlho without discover
ing by visual cnnipai iron If they are bigger men
than their illustrious contemporary. Dr.
L'l.iivEi.AMi has been called to the now chair of
Mugwump Ilcrmenoutiesnnd Consecrated h'es
qulpedallty nt Princeton, and has felt con
Btralnul by n sense of public duty to accept
the offer, although no roasonahlo offer would
have bctn refused. Ho (says, although he need
not havo snid, that nothing hut a deep senso of
tho Imperative nnturo of tho call to public duty
would h& o led him to aciept it.
A valued correspondent in Rochester
writes us ns follows:
Tin: hi x In Inaccurate. I think. In saying that the
twelve fcpoilal tralus which conveyed tbe Ancient
ami IIoD'irable Artlltorv Company from Ronton to
Murrain contained only one Ancient apiece. 1 saw
ouu f these trains In tin station here, and
was Informed by oneb of thu occupants, a
Surld and distinguished luoklnz man, that he
was a memW of tho Company, 'It must ba
rather lonely trael:inf by yourself, Oenoral he
looked a If hu must havo I u a General, at least.
Isn't It?' ' I am not atoiio,' lin answered, Willi an
air of surprise. 'There, nro 1,500 other members on
the train,' 'Indeed,' says I, ')0U surprise me, I
am sura that I suit In ths newspapers that each
Ancient hal his own pi'clat tralu.' 'Oh, well,'. n as
tbe repl, 'there was noboJy but mo and the com
hilssarlat and porters on the train when It sturted,
but by the time wn reaehud hmith FramlnRbam I saw
twelve of us, and Just before nu stopjied at Worces
ter I sow tcveulytMo, It was u underfill how they
.alluoton. The train wouldn't Hop. but there they
were livlore you eould ssy Jck Rouinson or llEtay
Wiikeii, I never saw the compauy grow so,'
How many will there bo by the time you gel
to DuiTaloj" I asLed. ' I tell yoj honest, old
niiiu, If new reirults are added at tbo preseut rate
there, won't be leas than 1 1.UUO of us.' The train
was muring out and ho naieilma fiood-by ' The
ttluduw sh ides were down, I eould soo nobody but
lit in. tlood'br, Oeuerul,' I crlid. 'Day,' says he,
'I was only a private when I Ii it Ilustou, but I was a
(leLeral before I got to bprlni'lleld, aud uow I'm tuo
whole urmy with tho uavy throwu In, "
Wo hoc no reason to doubt tho accuracy of
our correspondent's account.
There Is much joy ut tho C. L'. headquar
ters bee'uuso tho Kiecutivei Committee of tho
National .Municipal League! has hnd u 111 ctlug
Hi Philadelphia and appointed u Bub-conunlttcc
to decide upon a plan tor promoting Ilia eloetiou
of tho Han. Sktii Low. Tho members of tho
KtcLiitivo Cuiiiiuitteu pit'tiut and appointing
u ore tho Hon, I if aituis J, ilo.NM'Airri: of Haiti
more, tho lion. Duni.uv Tuimns of Troy,
thu Hon. FREur.uiCK L. Mddo.nh of Washing
ton, tho Hon. Joawii A. Millxu of Provldonco,
ths lion, atonal A. McAnknv of Now York,
and tho Hon. Charles nicitAimsov, tho Hon.
IIerrert Welsh, nod tho Hon. Clinton Uooers
Woodruff1 of Philadelphia. Kight, signers and
ono of them a Now York man, " It is ono of ths
creatost things that over was dono for us," savs
thodollglitod Executor Hrv.noLDs of tho C. U.
"Almost llko ono of our petitions. 0, the pcoplo
havo risen,"
Hero Is tho ticket nominated by tho
" Shin" Democratic faction, Its City Convention
having; put up the Citizens' I'nlon city ticket
and Its County Convention having appended to
It tho Tammany county ticket:
For Stayor SKTII Low.
For Comptroller CiunLics S. FAIiirini.n.
For President of tho Council Joni II hcucaixx.
ForRhorllT Tuosaa J. Drst.
For County Clerk William Solium.
For District Attorney As v Hird OAhbrvrn.
For Register Isaac FnoMMK.
For President of tho Dorouah of Manhattan Avars-
TVS V. I'XTIKS
For Justices of ths Rupre mo Court CiiaiiUu II. Vam
Oru.st and Fiiaicis )l. Biott.
For JtidRMof the City Court-Jons II. llcCAhiur
and EuwAitD F. O'Dft Ytit.
For Coroners of the lloroujh of Mnnhatlan AsTOito
Zucca, E. T. Fitzi-atuick, T W. IUBT, and Jacob E.
Rai'scii.
Will Low run on this hodgo-podgo Tammany
Bryanlto nnd Citizens' Unlun ticket I Of course
ho will. He will run on any ticket, "on any
platform," for, as Mayor Stisono said on Thurs
day, "it is tho ambition of his lifo lo bo Mayor
of tho Greater Now York," and " I know a year
ago that he wanted to bo Mayor, and no power
on earth could stop hlui." Ho wants to bo
elected, and any bargains with Tammany that
help him will bo ratified thankfully. Ho would
run with anybody, and "no power on earth
could stop him."
Tho call made upon tho Latter Day
Saints by tho aged President of their Church,
Wilford Woomiurr, to get togother In poll
tics, has created somo commotion In Utah.
In his sermon at the semi-annual conference,
just held at Salt Lake City, ho told his followers
that they must put asldo Democracy and Hopub
llcanism nnd voto for both Stato and county
officers as tho Interests of tho Church required.
This Is said to bo tho first open nnd authorita
tive utterance of tho kind uiado for a long time,
and it Is thought to be for tho special purpose of
procuring tho election of a Mormon ng Mayor.
Of course, the Dcntllo indignation, excited by
this utterance, is based on Its apparent breaking
of tho understanding that, after tho admission
of Utah as a State, thcro should bo no attempt
to mako Mormons voto as a body under Church
direction. Hut President WoorniCFF urges that,
without tho voting of Mormons as Mormons,
they will bo "taxed to death." It la -inspected,
honovor, that this forthputtlng Is in tho Inter
est of sundry ambitious Mormons, friends of his,
who do not want such a body of otcs scattered,
a part of them being froo to go against thorn.
Yet tho time has pnssed for Utah to dlvldo
Itself permanently Into Ocntilo nnd nontientlle
parties. The elder cenerntlou of Mormons
might desire to bring back that condition of
things, but the enterprising men both In and
out of the Mormon Church who appreciate
Utah's great future will not consent to have it
marred in that way. Still, the result of Woou
ltCKr's nppcil may havo somo cllect in the com
ing local elections of Salt Lake City und Ogdcn,
and the result will bo watched with into-est.
iriimtv js Tin; hoir vote to come
fJtOM?
A Cains Csslculntton by Esparlenr.
To thu KniTOK o- Tnr: Sus Sir; Wohsvo
in tho election of IHili tangible facts on which
tobasoan estimate of tho voto for Henry George
at the election. Tho lull otlng strength of
Tammany Hall Is a mnttcr of demonstration,
and, as we havo said, George's draft from II
may be calculated with some approximation lo
accuracy. The Republican vote is also a matter
of record.
llut what Is to bo Seth Low's voto. and where
Is It to como from I George hning taken from
him his possible following of worklngmeii, that
element is eliminated from the calculation. No
Tammany oto will go to him. The Graco
Democracy, tho little remnant of lho old County
Democracy, Is divl led between Low and Tam
many Hall. Ills only hopo Is from it, from tho
Mugwumps, nnd from such Itcpublicaus as ho
can druw alt.
All told, how Is it possible lo cipher up a Low
volet of great proportions I Ilefore anybody
ventures any money on the I)w boom we ad
vise him to measure Its actual size by tho ch-c-tton
returns f recent ears. He will Und that
it shrinks wonderfully from its Imaginary di
mensions. There Is substauco In tho Georgo inovo
ment, but the Low muiciuont Is chielly
tho candldato's wild ambition and tho bitter
spito of Mugwumps. That Is all thcro is of It
In Now York, except a modleum of I'hllUtino
folly and credulity.
O Out or lOH for ieor(P.
To the Kmtok ok The Svn Sir; To show
that your fenrs regarding tho possibility of tho
election of Henry Georgo ns Mayor of Greater
New York nro well founded, lho following voto
taken among tho workmenon the new Hudson
building, next dour, may be of Interest:
Numl erof men employed, inn.
For Henry George p-
For 1 rae . . ' "7
Fur Lou t I 4
Yours Irulv. W. C. Al-ulk.
" llHOAOW AY. Oct. 0, 1807,
Au Open Letter on Pollllrs.
To the Xtmbtrioflht I'nlon Iragiit Club of flronllin.
Omtiehzs. Applleauis for nicinborslilp lu our
eluli are obllKed to sign an .inreomriu li'clnnlnj as
follows: "lama Republican, a rltltn.und lu sjm
I alLj ss till the objects of yourorsatilistlou."
Are you aware that luauy of the members urem to
take pride In Announcing that they will sole for Mr.
Low for 51nor?
It Is acknowledged thafOen. Tracy will fill tho
posliior. en dually In Oreater New VorL, Inn the
shnuters say that we must soto for Low, as by to
dolinjvse will get eieu with Jlr l'latt for Ids action
lu not Indorsing the so called Cltliens' tl km.
Aro wo to be followers of nudun? Are an not men
enoush 10 make our fight at the primaries and tho
conrent'o'is? Must wo go lo (ha polls with a knife
and stab in the back the prim Iples is 0 have u held'
A little further on the ap llcatlon for inenilierslilp
In our club sa) si "And to perform such other work
as may best cun'ersoto tho welfaroof tho Republican
parly "
Will a vote for Low bo for or attlcst the Repub
lican parly .'
Think It over. A IUitslicai Mzmdiib.
Known by this Company lie Keeps.
To the FniTua "r The sviSIr: I wish to call the
attention of the Amerlccn n adirsof Tim "rsi to tho
fart tint tlosuppoitertof Seth Low nmoiigXeiv York
novsspaiers are those whkh denounced lu slolent
terms I'reMdcut Cleveland's Venezuelan missive.
The Mugwump Etentim 1'otl, a clamorous Anglo
maniac, continued to denounce that message esen
afler It svai admlllid to lu, subaisiitlslly sound by
the llrltlnh tloverilmi nt The same newspnp rut ere
thlek-and thin iidtocates of the surrender of Ihe .Mon
roe do 'trine lu tho arbitration Ireaiv.
I brieve the eauitUlai') of Iain Is part of a wide,
spread scheme to promote Kugllsli Influence In tho
control of an airs lu this ooiiiitry Ills u.,vclnie aro
uu-Aninrlcaii men ulisay. In feeling an. I freiieiitlr
In uctlon ami I, rih, and I Hi n'i It Hoih to foil nv
Wastllilittiur adstce at Valley 1 orn and -'putuono
but Imericausmiuuurd" not uii't-s.nrll) Amcrl'ans
by bins, hut thou Hlioare wljoll) Aiu-rlesn In fie.
tug action, and usoelallou. Thes are my sentliiients,
1 and I sball not "l,ei; pan don" of sin body for s Ulilnx
to o tin m In print, Anruie is liot.n ln.UoeiuT.
IlllJOKLT-S, Ocl, II.
Tin, rest Is Here.
To Tins Eniroa or THE hcs-slr: If a yellow feier
ship came Into port would Mr. Hetli Low Ignore It be
cause It should not be there?
The yellow fever of socialism Is here. If It wero
as polite as tl.e Cltlrens' Union It could stay away
when Its tresrucu w. s neither soiutit nor dmirrd,
Tammany did her blind let to smotuer the pliin,
lusti ad of eradicating It Is tin- Citizens' Unlmi to
C' la nurse tottie pot? Tamiraii) and the (.' Il'ii'
ulou may ijoofl an I play house t ig-tln-r Willi their
doll lisbhs. but ihupia e for pslil'ile nun in where
therhfiii) Is loli' met I'lear tl.e , lci "havauts
and to tho rear," as .Napoleon said.
Nkw York, Ocl, i 1'uivati Josts.
ftliln nnd Foot,
IVoni Ihe Knr$nt Clli Tours.
IiaisyAnln and Uahel Foot an lbs names of two
llutliireouuiy klrls attoudluj ooilee at Wlcbiu.
M
1
jTMr of BTRSoattAPiinns.
Tho rrsttemlly's Interest in n nrrrnt Decision
by Ihe iupreme Court ofKtR York.
TOTimKniTonorTnE Sun Si'r: A decision
rendered not long ago by the Apprllato Division
of tho Second Department of tho Supreme Court 1
of Now York has caused reporters consldcrabls
uneasiness. It argues that tho fees of stenog
raphers are altogothor too largo ami that their
charges for reporting references aro extraordi
nary nnd unwarranted. A portion of tho opinion
referred to Is ns follows:
There have been MI hearings b forothe referee,
the longest hearing being four hours and Ihe shortest
one hour, lho average being n fraction les than two
h urs and a half for each hearing. I'romtlme to tlma
the defendant has paid to his attomey the sum of
tl.ono, to the referee from time to time toon, to I
stenographers and witness s 11,1,'d VI Tlin refcreo
has been paid In all about SI, "110, nnd the stenog
rapher about (1,000; 4, 1170 pages of testimony havo
bien taken and fifty-three witness 1 heard.
I'oralong time Ilia fees of referees led the proces
sion of fees, and frequently amounted to more then
the sums paid lo counsel. But established o-dercan- 1
not altvays maintain ltelf. Stenographers looked 1
with Jealous 1 ye upon this fatness of Ins .Modestly,
but with determination, pertinacity, and legislation
to aid, they cr pt up, desire ct r kc plug pa"e with
opportunity, until It has brought them at the top,
with appetlto nhettod and keen scent for more.
It Is the usual thing now that stenogra
phers' feos aro greater than referees' fi es.
We read In the present record! "The referee has
been paid about 11,700. The stenographer has
rrci Is ed about ll.VOO" And more Is to euine The
defendant surely can testify that the sentimental aje,
svhen honor and renown svas the motive which
brought men to devotion In the law, has passed away,
He seems to have met only the hardest kind of hard,
practical facts, and Is at prctont hi Ing ground be
tween tbe upper mtltstona of the plaintiff's active ef
forts and tho lois er mlllstono of his attorney's refusal
to act, or to permit any one else to do so. It Is theso
things which bring tho administration of Justice Into
disrepute. This ptactle-o courts should lay hold of
with an Iron hand setting their stern disapproval
upon such methods. The srstem Impoverishes lltl
gants, amounts to a denial of Justice, and la tho cause
of Just lomplalnt br the people.
The Court emphasizes tbo tact that the sum
paid to tho reporter often exceeds that paid to
tho referee, and declares substantially thnt for
set oral yoars past tho demands of shorthand
writers havo been Increasing at nn alarming
rate. Ktr-erlencei! reporters, however, nnd
other persons acquainted with lho subject will
not agree with tho opinion so far ns It concerns
tho members of tho shorthand fraternity.
From the time that shorthand was Ilrst used
lu thlB country for rcrordlnr; tho proceedings of
courts, tho established charge of non-salaried
stenographers lias been 25 cents per folio of 100
words for a single copy, additional copies being
mado nt a much lower rnto In lho casenborn
alluded to the tvoewrltten transcript consisted
of 4.1)70 pages. Tho usual number of words on
a page of legal mutter is about 'Jf0, and very
rarely will n pigo contain less ll.an 200. A
record of -1,970 pages nf 200 words each would
tii.ike'll.UlO folios, which, nt 2S ronta each,
would amount to S2.4S5, or SSbS more than tho
reporter In the enso nicntiotmd actunlly charged.
I nder the circumstances, also, is It surprising
that the compensation of tho referee should be
less than that of tho stenographer J In the easo
of a refereneo lasting four hours, for example,
tho work of ,ho refcroc censes at tho end of that
time, while the work of tho reporter scarrolv
begins. For him remains the- wrnrlsomo tisk o'f
dlctnting his notes nnd editing Ihe copv. if lho
session has been n lively one. eight or Ion hours,
or even longer, tuny bo rciiilrrd for him to go
over hla notes and 'endcrnu aliroltitelvan'urate
transcription. Quotations a'nl leehiii.alitics
aro likely to be "iicotintered. lloth must be cap
tured by tho atonogrnpl er. nnd ho must bo
fami ur with the latter. In ci.soof uncertainty
he will take llmo to consult a library before per
mitting terms about which ho Is doubtful to
1 ntcr tho ree-ord. HesHc-s In, must hove ono or
mora typewriters to reeelee his dictation, and
must furtilh unt'nncrv and wh tver elte is
needed to mako Ihe report. After deducting the
necessary cpri'ditun a, Ibcro'ore. the repor'rr
hasloit as his share of remiim ration somewhat
1 lt-m than two-thlnls nf the original fee.
1 If thestenogriphcr'sihirgeiii the case cited
I were-based on tho amount of time ronsuinnd bv
tho 1-14 hearings, averaging two nnd a half
hours e-ach. would be found that I.1M). the
amount lie reeeit oil. fell far short of eoinpeu
sntlng '.llm for the d.i - occupied by tho trial.
! ram ago when reporting was done in long
natiil lawyers wero obliged to proceed vcrv
slowly vit their eniiiin.i!ions and tho process
was rsttrcniPlt tedious. The- icportcr usually
charged from lOtn vo cents n folio for his ropy,
nnd lie mtvuipHahcd perhaps one-sixth oronc
seveii has much in a git cu time ns will a com
petent stenographer to-day. In Great llrlt.iln.
If 1 ml-take not, a folio is sevente-two words,
not liif) and the Miialler folio was the ono
charged for In this country In tho days of long
hand reporters.
Yt it is asserted that reporters nowadays
ehnuld be piid 110 more than was rw-eised by
I their longliand-w riling iiiiirMiire. This nriru-
I mcnl Is really tint of thoninn s ho denounced a
I r i.lro ul compnny for cliurcinirlhx same fare for
an hour a ride ns win, chmged llft i nrs ngo for
hs.lf a dnj 4 ride III .1 st. giv.iaeli. The filet that
ho could eojer ten times the distnticc. bv rail
that he rould by slngo In .1 gleen time didn't aii-
ya! tc, iilin. '
Tho stenni-apher who successfully reports
lir'rrni-i-lorlnw-a-csor nnj ,.01 1 must be well
nail, painstaking, eoii-cientioiis. and n hard
worker. Ihspath is by no means flowery nnd
his fees aro well earned. STfNouitel'iiun.
.w.tx axi nuoTHKii the AXTtnnrE.
Transfused trrlran lllnnd Until to lis ss Vellovr
Ferer Anllloiln.
Vom Iht Loulii lllr filivatch.
Sr.nnKK. Ky.. Fept. 2O.-O11 the balo fact
that the pure-blooded Afrlcnn hns nbsoluto tiro
j tectlon from yellow fever. Dr A. IL Jenkins of
Kentucky otTers to tho evn-rts present In tho
focal region of Hint disease this new treatment:
That they transfuse tho blood of the culorcil
man Into patients suffering In the beginning
stago with Ihe sevcroforra of fuvcraj ajellow
fever niitltotin.
It may cure or Immunize through the destruc
tion of the yellow fever germs In the patient's
aiKtcm bythetihagii-jlesnnd plnnocytesof tho
African a blond. It is nluinst certain that It
is thesn organisms in tho African's blood that
this lUro 1 ''.!'' "c'1"iro'1 by "l!0, ' epouru to
Method: A sninll rubber tube tvrentv Inches
long, a stop-ioik it 01 h end. In thr, middle-a
smal syringe bulb. Two blunt bovel-enried
enuulas at each end complete the apparatus.
Ujjeintion: I ill lho lube and bulb bv Immers
ing In warm snlt solution a to 1,000, oxpress nil
air nnd turn off Hop-iocks. Oprn vein In
with sail solution into the opon vein, directing
It down toward tho hand. Open vein In
patient s nrm; Int-orl omnia dlr-etol toward
bodytttirn 1111 tho stop-cocks. This transfusion
lingo must hive 110 vnhis. the-rubber lulu
being lonipresscil nn mix l.l ,.i,,i ...i.i....
ilood inn 1 ntupresscd on the other whllo In-
jectlng nto lho patient's vctnt,. Alsolutuly 1,0
air must enter untlenl's veins. Hevenil ounces
I of blood tdiniild ho u,octHl to hu used In lirat
' ,",!." t',1 ot "' "rsl rases before nrcroslj of Hv r.
Ihuiluimtliik- poison should huu Ihcntrnngest
c11r.11 'rlsllrsof hlbr.ico nd would bobott"
snltn I if he had repeal dlv hern exposed to the)
disease) without having buenitifecttil.
Mr. Itorkrrrller Accommodated Ills Cltrk,
Voiii tht lloiton Journal.
B,A,ni0?srMii,'5"B''nrU'r,! '" "10 employ of ths
Ftiindntrtflll CoiiiiMiiy was sent lo work In 11
small room Ihauonliilued n health Hf. Kvcrv
niuriiiiig nt iihiiut 10 o'cloi'i, whoii this clerg
was piirtlcuhuly busy with llgures. .,,,, Ik
black-iiiuslnihiel man, siujc-t mil illllldei
maimer, enter..,!, paid ii, morning " walk "
on tlmne In (ho rumor, nndeerelsed for a nunr'
tcrnf mi hour. It bu aiiio ., l)ri. ,1U ,nk
who nl Mat. 0110 day, rem irked with e-otulder:
able Ileal lo Ihe slraiigi-r:
llowilojoiirxpr. 1 1110 to do my work prop
crl wliilo jim air fooling with that l,lhtoi ma.
chine f I in retting tired of It. Why don't you
pul It whom It won't worry a person to .'.ith"
"I am ;erj "uiry It uiiniijo jou." Mill tho
stranger, Hushing; 'l will huvolt removed it
A 'porter look It away wi,n nn lmllri A
fewdOH later tin. ilrrk was tca tnr uj Mr.
1 V.. .'7' "'""'! '!u f","" ' I" u,"ii si lonvvri-iilliin
with the small, bin, k-iii.m.iehcil 1,1 ,, Thr 1 1"
I. r H111I1 d at rjerliig him, gu, Klnifler umo In-
1 iriiriliin-., unit lift tin. inuiii,
I "Will jou tell mo wlin Hut geiithiiiaii ia!"
u loiVhii'i"' '""" "kt'l,,u "-''" ''fuhmlnt,' tti bu-uL
1 h it was Mr. Ito. kefellcr." was tho reply.
It was he 1 loll, o Hist iijiiinliiinin, n,,, tt,
bailor lho Klu.it e.01 miration bj wliieh howiu
C HU JI,Uj L LI
it hern llrlilm Aro Always IM.
from (a, fCunsas City Journal,
A PiiMons iiriwcher eoiiiliictcd thioe weddings
lho iithui duj, nml ul! of lho brides w err ux.11 1 li
nt the hi in age. In Paismm th g rl who
1. IBM r. 1 witlii.ii' er li.ng married l hiTd on tho
shelf,.. 11 ti,n I. uuiiibur. uud crj fmv parents
will alliirt 'heir il.iurlilera In many bufoieihit
ago. .. It iirirl; alwajs happens Dial u J'ar
sons brlilu Is jui ix.
Ilrldeirroi M linrir, lo,
fioia i'( i'oii 11 . 'II ( nmnn ivi,f VI6une.
MiM-ll Ind.. nrin. ."!. - Te, nlBbt. at ihe homo
of tlin IiiiIob 11 utuor, Ur, Nelson II, Uluuser
aged 81. mil fin mine than uirty ycaruii urae'
lb Ing plo Ui lull ,11 llirliurd City, was murrlud
toMIss Itosa Hill, lined 1U. '' mu"'ul1
RVXBVAM9.
Nar Maryland border or Pennsyltanla. on v
Ihe farm of a County Commissioner. 800 bushsU of
apples wero picked from twenty-four trees,
A rarmer near iloorefleld, W. Vsv, was Ihrorra
aeatnat a fence by a cow and a splinter penetrated aa
artsry la hla neck, causing Mm 10 bleed lo death.
-It Is the luggeitlon of a Bangor, Me., motorman
that persons who want to stop acar at night strike
parlor match. The blase, be says, cao bs seen by to m
motormen several rods away. Ml
On an old battlefield of tho Dlawar and Cataw-
ba Indian , near tho conriurnoo of Antletam CreoH MV
and Ihe I-otomao, tho curator of the Maryland Aoad- H
emy of Science has found a 7-foot skoloton. HI
Tacoma has solved the tramp question to Its sat- flV"
Israel Ion, and mostot the hoboes now go round Is.
Those that do not have to put In right hours a day al
cleaning streets, repairing sidewalks, and splltllog
wood. H
Pbeep raising In eastern Oregon has Improved to VI
such an extent that whereas lambs lu any quantity Wj
eould be bought a year ago at 70 cenla a head, they i
command now Sl.50 a head, and herders are not I
nulo is to sell at that price. 1
For a countryman's Joke a nath. Me., grocer seat 1
word to a business competitor that tho master of a
Oovernnient vessel, who had como to town, wanted
toaechlni- The recipient of the messago called o
tho Captain and, to the surprise not less of himself
thannf tho Joker, camo an ay with a 200 order far
goods.
Tho last big flab caught but not brought home 11 .
reported from the Vaqulna fishing grounds of Oregon,
whero L. L. Schuman of rorllaud hooked It. It M
weighed forty pounds, was so long ho couldn't lift It j9
clear or tho ground, and Its sides were striped with '
all the colors of the rainbow and somo others, beau
tifully blended. Boms one told Mr. Schuman It was
a shaded cod.
An old piece of gas pipe found under a shed that
waa demolished back of a hot 1 In the Chelan lake.
region of Washington waa used from time to time
subroriuently about the place as a roller, and occa
sionally as a hammer, according lo a local paper, and
there was somo consternation ono day when an Idle
workman Just for curiosity pulled a plog out of one
end of the pips and found InsUe a stick of dynamite,
Feeling himself called upon to apol glzeforthe 1
appearance of a saloon advertisement In his paper, a
Ilsy county. Mo , editor, after pointing out that It ,.
was the first of ths kind be ever had published,
averred that tils motive waa "purely mercenary!"
and a contemporary conjectured that Ida Intention
waa to Imply that ho received cash for the advertise
ment Instead of being obliged to take It out In trade.
Foreign Antes or Ileal Interrat.
Dlran Nagrosslen Dey, svho Is alout to marry the
Countess FerrM'lsanl. a grand nb c 01 Georges Sand,
aud consequently a desendant of the Marcchal de
Saxe, claims that he II Prince of I.mlgnan and repre
sentatlre ot tho last ChrUtlan King of Jerusalem.
Bovlo's "Christ st the Pnrlm Fea-t," Eihegaray's
"Mariana." D'Annunzio's "Tho Dead City," Jean
Rlchepln's "Lea Jacques." a French vers on of "Ham
let," a Medea bj fotulle Mend, an "Arlana."a
"Mary Stuart." and a "Young Nero" are among tbe
novelties that barau Bernhardt promises for the com- st
Ing season at the Henalssance.
Sicily boasts that the first parliament In Fnrope 4
waa called together on her soil, In the town of Max-
zara. by Count lloer ths Xurraan, In 1097. eight hun
dred years ago. MM. Paterno Castello an t llagllanl , --
of Catania havo sent to the Pari Sorbonne an ao-
count of the parliament, with facsimiles of e-ontempo- ,
rary documents recently discovered lythem In the
archives of the Cathedral of blrgentl. to eel brate the R
anniversary of tbe earlb st blclllan cocetltutlon. H
A play called "Pharaoh," written In French by I
0-cir Wilde, will be proluecd by the Thoatre d
l'ttnvre this winter. II. Lugne-Pof, as he threatened,
t has drawn heavily on bcandtnarla hastnlnprrpara
j Hon Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkmann." Outioar
I He berg's "Tbe Oreat Prize," Knut Hamsun's "The
Individual at tho Oat" of Society," and Hcdberg'a
"Judas." lie also promises a "Trlmale on's Banquet,"
b- Liurent Tatlbadr: " Lea Aubes." by Emlle Ver
haercn. and half a dozen ples by young Frenchmen.
Englishmen are growing crazier every year, or at
any rate mora of them are treated as lunatics yearly
In proportion to the whole population, according to
therernirt of the Commission rs of Lunacy. There
were uu.aea lunatics In England and Wales on Jan. I
1, IH97, an Increase of V.V10 over the year before, I
making the proportion one lunatic to every 313 per
sons In the country. In 1950 the proportion was one
to.-3(l, !n tsnt'oneto 41C, and In 1370 one to 303.
May. April, and July are the months la which most
Engllst men go mad: 52 1 or cent, of the female and
31 percent of the male lunatics yield to hereditary
Influences, or have their madness born with tbemt
1 pr c-eut. of the males and riij per csnt. nf
the females conic to It through dr'nk; tn uner
large percentage of tho women loses Its wits through
the accidents of sex; 2.2 percent, of the women and
onlr .0 jier cent of the men go mat through love.
w hlle about the sa'iio proportion of both, l.fi and 1.5
r cent, respectively, goes craay ou religion Mar
ried men have a crtiter tendency to become lussna
than bachelors, and the degree of tu.tr m-Jness Is a
greater one.
The rirt Trlea-risiih. 1
"Of course." remark'-d th-till te'egrapii opera' ir, t
" I won't swear to the details of nij story, 1 ul t not I
It 1 rrtty rlose from Prof Slnrae hlms. If and 1: ought 1
tolMirue. Here's how I have alnajs ut,d-is m ,1 II
Prof. Morse, basing returned from Ei rope, i.rni r.t 1
onc 10 WasHucton. wLere he rcnesre.l his etTori-to 1
g.t his bill passed npproprlatttn,- f T'.ono for thr t nr .
pos s of hi 11 -w tilegranh. Toy ar t the close o' tbe I
sesslo-ivif !, the House to-,1. tt up an." pssa-.il II v-t
a targe majority rn1 It only remolned fcr t.-e a-'on
cf the Senate. Its progress, as might tie lir.ag.ncd.
was awaited liv Pror Horse with fie mo. t lute-si
Interest and anxiety There were only two days 1
fore Ihe close of 1 he sIou. and It ss as found, on , x
amlnatlonof the calendar. Hist no less than MHl'lls
had preeedeneeof It. Ihe Insentor hainearls reacted
tlie bottom of his pur.e hl hard earned savlncs wcrts
almost sptit. and, although hr had struggled on with
undying hipe lor many j.ars, It Is hardh tobewoo
dered at that he felt dl.couraeed and d'agusted with
the statesmanship of th" country as he had known It.
"On tbe lat iit:rit of tho session ho rematned till
0 o'clock an I t'irn left wlt'uiut tho alight st hope
that tin bill wiutld I psssd. Ho returnol to his
hotel, roiintnl Ul iiiones-, and found lint nffr pay
ing hla 1 xp-nses to New York bo would have 7.1 a
centaleft Thit n'glil he went to hed sad, hut not
entirely hopeksa, for. notwithstanding all his trials
and disappointments, co'ifldenra In bis ultimate suo
cess never deiei led him. In other words, he knew a
good thing w hen he ts.w It The next moraine, as be
wasgoltic 10 lireakfut, on of tho waiters Informed
him that a joiing lady was In the parlor walling to
so -him lie sMMit In Immediately and foind that
the jotiug lady was JUss Fltsworth, daughter of the
Couinrss'oner of Pstents. who bad been hU mosl
steadfast frlenl while lu Waihlngtoa,
"I rom to mug atulato jou, Professor,' she
sold, with sparkling iyrs.
" For what, my d'ar" replied ths Professor,
' On Ihe pa"gi. of your bill, Pldn't you know V
"O'i you must be mUtnken.'sald he, 'I stayed
In tho senate till late lat night and came away be
osu.e then, wasn't anv prosp,-t of Its passage,
Am I the first, then?' she exclaimed Joyfully,
to t-llyoii?' ,
You are, If It Is really so,' and Prof. Morse f!
scenr'il almost afraid to believe the good news. M
Well,' the continued, 'fatler rrmalned until 1
j after udj lurniuent and heard It paued. He told ma fl
1 only a few 11 Inules ma, and I aikod him If I could K
not run o or and tell jou,' W
"Auiite,' sail the Professor, Ills feelings nearly B
choking his iitteranee. 'the first messsg.s that II E
suit from Washliiittou tn lUltlmoro shall be sent by I
you,'
"'Well,' she replied, ! shall keep you to jour
word,
" While the line was In process or completion Prot.
Morso was InX, w York, and upon lecelvlng Intelli
gence that It was In workln,- ordr he wroti, to those
In rhorg" telling them not to transmit any message
merit until his arrival. He tbrnramo on to Wash
Ington and sent a note to Mlas Hlssvorth, Informing
her that be waa now ready lo fu'im hi promise and
asking her what message be should send. To this she
repllcdi Wliut bath (Jul wrought?' words that I'm
sureany youn lady ouKht to bs proud of. The met. '
toco was twice repeated, and inch time with the
greatest auierss. As soon as tho result nf the expert
inenl w as mads known (lor. brj mour of Connecticut
OJlled upon Prof Mnran audrlalmed the first inis-sjo
for his ht ate, on the ground that Jllsa I Mass orth was
a nattvi. of Hartford. Of course lit claim waa ad.
milled, and I understand that the Il.stnrloal f-o.'lety
or (ounectlcut has the hgend dljplajed among lu
archlvea lu litters of Bold,"
A llrjnu Nperrli That Died In tbe Shell.
IVoni Iht s'nnsns city Timet.
Mayor Hoss of Wlo'illn wus to have welcomed Mr.
Bryan Id tha cltj.aud Jutta.hu was buttoning up
bis coat to approa 1 tbo stiver leader with due dig. .u
, iillj a niemberof art?al delegation besded him oft
j by spoulluguwelcjnnug addresa of bis own. Tts) I
I May vr'a speech lo consequenoi died la toe shell. ' i