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R1 JfowfrUnd who favor wttk manuscripts for
KB' jrwMieaJlon srtaa to Saw rejected artlclit returned,
S? they mutt tn oil eaut send ttamptfor that purpott.
WM" Tho Political Situation.
!? The obTlous necessities of the political
K& situation and tho obvious dictates of sheer
Sf patriotism will compel tho Republican
party In this State to get together for tho
Wit coming campaign. No question of prlncl-
MBD plo stands In tho way of such unity; and,
Kjt doubtless, any now dissatisfied Hcpubll-
Mf cans who bcllevo that, with a now primary
&" election law, tho organisation of tho party
RF can bo made more truly representative
WW. and effective will bo RTatlued by tho pres-
Kf ent legislature.
B&V Of. course, nothing In the way of such
Bfe. legislation can be mado satisfactory to
BV WniTKLAw Reid and his man Milhol-
Wt ' LAND, their malignant effort being todls-
Kfc organize and destroy tho Republlcanpartyj
m& but they aro fccblo creatures who will bo
fe? mado all tho feebler by their continued re-
l,' slstance to tho requisite unity. Tho Nao
Wt-S; York Tribune owed Buch strength as re-
R&, malncd to It after the death of HortACB
Kt Greeley to the traditional support of tho
B'i older generation of Republicans, to whom
Bf, It appealed simply as a party organ; but
B now that It has turned against the party
Btf with feeble spite, thcyhavo cost It out with
MM- contempt. This explains the contlnuanco
B' of Its malignity. Having lost Its old place,
B It has become desperate. Having found
Bsf that he can get nothing from tho Republl-
Wm can party. Beid Is striking at It In "pure
HP cusscdneos."
B&f That Is not a matter of any Importance,
mW however, except to tho Tribune and Its
KrJ editor. All Republicans of sincere and
B loyal dovotlon to Republican principles
SL will speedily como together In harmony.
Bflr Except In rare examples, human nature
WM v does not cherish malignity, one of tho mor-
Wbt "' tal sins.
W? A great trial Is before tho Republican
B?' party, and In that ordeal every trace of
Rp the Intestine discord provoked during tho
B Into campaign will bo obliterated. All
Br Republicans, for very self-protection, are
B$ naw" forced to rally In defonco of the same
Bfe citadel of national honor and Integrity
Bbv and business security which thoy defended
Hp; so successfully In 1800. "Whoever assists
Blr In solidifying tho ranks and concentrating
Wfej their flro against tho common enemy is a
HsT friend ; whoever seeks to provoke mutiny
!$ In them, under any pretext whatever, dis-
H;: covers himself as a traitor.
Ut'ri .. That Is an exposition of the political sit-
Hf- nation which will bo recognized as occu-
f " rate by every Intelligent observer, whether
H'V Republican or Democrat.
p. " Enrolled Dill.
H& With the posslblo exception of the Gcr-
K man Emperor, tho most prominent and
K Important person now visible and audlblo
In the world Is the Hon. William Hoes-
E TON Kenton, Chairman of tho Committee
Kf f Fifty-three. In point of responsibility
K' and moral Influence tho Kaiser Is not to bo
K compared to the Chairman. William II.
m is only trying to divide China. William
M'r Houston, with his council of sages, is try-
Ef. ing to split tho Republican party. What-
B?V cver -e sa7s then, must be of interest to
H himself and fifty-two other splitters and en-
St'i rollers. And when did he ever say anything
kV more momentous than this :
fliv "Our sole aim and purpose, oar only objective
BaS'S point. Is to restore to the Republicans of the county
Br of New Yorlc ,be control ot their party, which has
BRSf been wrf ted from them by nicked methods and with
Hjjiv ealamltons results."
B Observe tho moral magnificence of this
H&x utterance: "I and fifty-two other reformers
H are the Republicans of New York county.
K; Any methods which don't result In our
Bm being bosses ore wicked, and their results
ByV necessarily calamitous to us. Our sole aim
Hb? and purpose Is to put ourselves in control."
Hjp What a fine old Fifty-three It is, and what
Ki a powerful Chalrmanl
K& , Some cynics jeer at tho German Emperor,
Byc Dut nobody ought to dare to treat the Hon.
B'' William Houston-Kenton with other
Bl than the most profound solemnity. Wicked
KA; nn calamitous persons havo said that tho
Bfc I'lfty-thrco has no head. Look at him.
St' How to Reduce a Postal Deficiency.
Kfik Twice, and twice only, In the history of
HLf the Post Office Department of tho United
BJP States has the Income from the service been
K( equal to its outlay. The first time was
H during the late civil war when, by the
B'1' action ot sundry Southern States, the un-
B profitable mall service carried on In that
Bi region was suspended. The second time
BJ Tras when, under tho administration of
Bi Postmaster-General James, expenses vero
B?' ' reduced so materially by cutting off tho so-
Bl called star routes that tho receipts of tho
, department once more equalled Its ex-
BP penses. Ever since that time tho admlnls-
K tratlon of the Post Offlco Department has
Bpi' been characterized by extreme liberality
Br?. and annual deficits.
K- Liberality has not been confined to frco
BV delivery. Upon the motion of certain Con-
B grcssmen, who were solicitous for the wel-
Bh; 'aro ' uma" country newspapers whoso
Br' Eod will in more valuable to Congressmen
B?i than to anybody cite, the postal regula-
B&f tlonsworo changed 'so that such new spa-
B Pers were free of circulation through tho
v United States malls within tho limits of
Bnf the county in which any such paper Is
Bft printed. And, as if still further to eiupha-
B& slzo the fact that Congress has postal fucll-
BS ltlcato glvo away, if not to burn, "hainplo
Hs chiles" of newspapers and a great variety
B$f ' " e" publications, alleged newspapers
R and magazines, are carried in the malls for
Bu tb nominal price of one cent per pound.
B;V, Now, all 'at once there Is a prodigious
BJ. outcry over a deficiency in the Post Ofilco
B receipts.
kS It tho difference between tho Income and
B& p espeuBcsIstoogrent.greatertlianthisgrcat
HBi people can staml, rctreuchincnt should be-
Bt& B'n where Congress, without any popular
BSI demand therefor, has ordered exccfhlvocx.
B.t pendltures. Instead of doing this, it is
Ml proposed to cut down the e.prnHcs of tho
B:r branch of tho postal business which Is
Hii most profitable, und where business Is most
Hf urgent, that is, in largo cities.
R Here are some of the most natural expe-
k dients, by which the expenses of tho Post
Hf Office Department can bo reduced ;
E- l Citfnff remorselessly the fake newspa-1
pers, which are not newspapers In uny'senso
of tho word.
2. Forbid the so-called "sample copies"
of newspapers and magazines and adver
tisements of such publications, now clrcn
latod at ono cent a pound ; they should bo
compolled to pay regular rates for tho uso
of the United States matls.
3. Country nowspapcrs havo no more
right to free circulation In the United
States malls than school books, almanacs,
andslmllarillumlnatlvo publications have;
compel them, or rather their subscribers,
to pay postage.
When theso suggestions aro adopted the
Post Office deficiency will bo on tho way to
a gradual and effective disappearance.
Tho Author of the Policy of Infamy
Is Hcnrd from Again.
The reappearanco of Mr. Cleveland In
public life as an opponent ot Hawaiian an
nexation In a subject for general congratu
lation. Tho more distinctly tho nttltudo
and record and policy of tho Cleveland Ad
ministration aro recalled at tho present
time, and thus brought Into contrast with
the American nttltudo and record and
policy ot both Benjamin Hawuson and
William McKinley, tho better for tho
treaty which Is now before the Senate.
There will always be two theories ot the
Initial mottvo of the Hon. Grover Cleve
land's stubborn and defiant determina
tion to block annexation at any cost and
by any means, and to restore monarchy. In
Hawaii. One theory Is that his policy pro
ceeded largely from the personal Impression
made upon himself and his domestic circlo
by tho Interesting young woman known as
tho Princess Kaiulani during her visit to
Washington In chargo of her astute and
politic English guardian. Tho other theory
Is that Sir. Cleveland withdrew tho for
mer treaty as soon as ho entered on his
second term simply because Hawaiian an
nexation was tho leading measure ot his
Republican predecessor's foreign policy,
and a cause very ncar-to tho hearts of both
Gen. IIariiison and Mr. Blaine.
It will bo observed that In his Princeton
Interview of Saturday last tho statesman
who was defeated by Benjamin Harrison
In 1888 and who succeeded Benjamin
Harrison in 1802, boasts that tho first
thing ho did after I1I3 Inauguration In
March, 1803, was to recall from tho Senate
tho annexation treaty negotiated by Har
rison and then up for ratification.
In cstimatlngthc character of his motives
for this extraordinary proceeding, it must
be remembered that so far as the Exccutlvo
Department was concerned tho question
had been closed and the process of annexa
tion was complete. Under tho Constitution
itrestcd solely with tho Senate, as It docs to
day, to say whether tho treaty should bo
ratified. Mr. Cleveland violently de
prived that body of the opportunity to ex
ercise the Constitutional duty devolved
upon It by his predecessor. Ho broke tho
continuity of this Government's policy with
regard to foreign relations; affairs properly
beyond the reach of partisan jealousies.
Immediately upon entering tho White
House ho undertook, not only to criticise,
but also to reverse totally the completed
act of his predecessor in a matter of supreme
national Importance, and to enforce his
own personal opinions, formed not as an
officer of the Government, but as a privato
citizen, practicing law In William street,
near Broad.
It is due solely and entirely to the Hon.
Grover Cleveland that the Hawaiian
Islands aro not now United States territory,
happy and prosperous under our adminis
tration and a valued andvaluable part of our
national possessions. From his own point
of view his boast is justifiable. Ho did
block annexation for four years. Ho did
haul down the American flag which his
patriotic predecessor had hoisted.
Tho remainder of Mr. Cleveland's per
sonal programme was never performed.
Ho did not succeed in crushing tho life ont
of the young republic whose President is
to-day approaching Washington as an hon
ored guest of this nation. Ho did not suc
ceed in setting up again tho ridiculous,
scandalous monarchy which the republic
had superseded. Tho official opportunities
of Mr. Cleveland, bo remorselessly and
unscrupulously used by him between 1803
and 1807, did not enable him to consum
mate his Policy of Infamy. Indignant
American sentiment interfered to prevent,
and our country was spared tho crowning
outrage which tho Hon. Grover Cleve
land had planned.
A Year of British Shipbuilding.
Tho retrospective glance which Engineer
ing casts over the work of 1807 in turning
out now warships from British yards is In
structive. There were forty-flvo such ships,
with nn aggregate of 00,780 tons and 331,
050 Indicated horso power, and a value,
when completed, of over $33,000,000. Save
for tho great drawback of trouble among
the engineers tho product would bo greater,
nnd nearer that ot tho famous year 1802,
when tho total output was 101, D00 tons.
Of tho forty-flvo vessels nineteen, with noar
ly one-third ot tho total tonnago and more
than one-third of tho total horso power,
were forforclgu Governments, chiefly Spain,
Japan, China, and the South American re
publics. Tho shipbuilding of the current
decade is, Indeed, remarkable, since during
the eight years ending with last December
there were built for tho British Navy alone
100 vessels, aggregating 01)0,523 tons.
Among the vessels launched during last
year much interest has attached to tho
Cauopus, a battleship of 12,050 tons,
which is ot a draught allowing it to go
through tho Suez Canal, so differing from
tho Magnificent class. Sho also differs
from that class in having Bellevlllo boilers
and thinner but specially hardened armor.
There were also launched several 11,000
ton cruisers of tho Diadem class, with im
proved Belleville boilers, tho Vindictive of
tho Arrogant class, and several of tho
Pelorus class, besides many 30-knot tor
pedo boat destroyers.
The spocd trials of tho year include thoso
of tho big 14,000-ton battleships Jupiter,
18.1 knots; Mars, 17.7; Hannibal, 17.0;
Cirsar, 18.7. Another noteworthy trial
wns that of tho big cmiser Terrible, which
under natural draught alone developed
25,(118 Indicated horso power and reached
22.11 knots.
Of the torpedo boat destroyers tho Laird
boats Quail, Thrasher, Earnest, Griffon,
and Pauthcr; the Thornycrof t boats Funic,
Konm, and Mallard; the Palmer boats Star,
Whiting, But, Crane, and Chamois, and the
Fairfield bout Osprey all beat the stipu
lated 30 knots, the labt named, for tho
regular thrie-liour trial, securing 30.074
knots. But tho Express, a Laird boat
launched lust year, is a 32-knot craft. Tho
Laiiids uso tho Normand boiler; Thorny
cuoft and Fairkield, tho Thornycrof t;
Palmer, tho Reed type.
The signs are that, with the stirring up
oi International 'rivalries In the far East
nnaclMwbere,Hho British, yards will bo
busy this year both for homo and foreign
supplies of ships.
A mil Against tho Pnbllo Health.
Tho excellent work In prevcntlvo medi
cine which tho New York Health Depart
ment is doing In this city is menaced scri
ously by a bill introduced In tho Stato Sen
nto at tho lnstoncoot the Now York County
Medical Society. Among other changes
this bill proposes to forbid tho Health De
partment's making Its own vacclno virus
and making or selling diphtheria or other
antitoxins.
As tho result of many sclontlflo experi
ments tho Health Department Is now pro
ducing Tacclne virus and antitoxins ot
tho highest excellenco yet obtained In this
country, nnd Is using theso substances,
for tho prevention ot smallpox and for
tho prevention and cure ot diphtheria.
Tho production of diphtheria antitoxin
still requires constant experimentation to
improvo It and to maintain Its high de
gree of present excellence. For this pur
pose the Health Dcparttnont has gradually
accumulated a valuable scientific plant,
and by tho sale of antitoxin has been able
to pursuo Its scientific investigations In
other lines, such as typhoid fever and other
infectious diseases. Because ot its labors
tho actual number of deaths from diph
theria In New York has been reduced to
nearly ono-thlrd of tho former total. All
this work the bill proposes to abolish.
Tho measure further limits tho diseases
which shall bo considered communicable,
and omits In this list tuberculosis, plague,
and several others now known to bo con
tagious. A law leaving uncontrolled such
a dcstructlvo dlscaso as consumption must
bo regarded as unwise and directed
agoinBt the public welfare, since, by means
of disinfection and tho education of tho
people In tho care of tubercular patients,
tho Health Department has reduced tho
death rate from tho disease from 4.42 per
1,000 In 1880 to 2.00 in 1807.
This attempt of tho County Medical So
ciety to defeat or hamper tho vnluablo and
successful efforts the Health Department
Is making for the prevention ot such dis
eases should rccelvo no countenance from
any legislator. It is against tho public
welfare.
Church or Club?
We publish elsewhere a letter In defence
of the Rev. Dr. Shields of Princeton Uni
versity for withdrawing from tho Presby
terian Church, In order to bo frco to sign
applications for liquor licenses when he Is
bo Inclined. According to Mr. Conger, our
correspondent, Dr. Shields holds rightly
that tho General Assombly has no author
ity to restrict his liberty as to such a mat
ter, since signing licenso applications is
" outside tho divine law as revealed in tho
Bible," which, under tho Presbyterian form
ot government, is the " only rule of faith
and manners."
That being the case, Mr. Conoer thinks
wo missed the point when wo expressed
surprise that a Presbyterian minister should
withdraw from his Church simply becauso
It restricted his liberty to assist tho liquor
traffic, and not on any ground of dissent
from its religious doctrino and principle.
It Is undoubtedly truo that the Bible does
not treat of tho particular subject of liquor
licenses, but no more does it lay down laws
precisely applicable to many other con
ditions of modern society; yet is not the gen
eral spirit of Christianity expressed by St.
Paul when he admonishes Christians to
"take heed lest by any means this liberty of
yours become a stumbling block to them
that are weak"? Moreover, for mere con
venience sake, must there not be Borne Pres
byterian authority to make particular ap
plications of that law, or at least to provide
regulations for the government of its min
istry under It? We do not sco how it is
possible to have an ecclesiastical organiza
tion without some such authority.
Tho chief significance of Mr. Conoer's
letter Is, however, in tho lost paragraph,
where ho implies that tho peculiar doctrines
of tho Presbyterian Church aro not of suffi
cient Importance to afford an excuse for Its
separate existence. That must bo true if
tho Presbyterian Church represents and
embodies no peculiar doctrines binding on
the consciences ot Its ministers, so that thoy
aro justified In eecodlngfrom Itwhcnovcr
its discipline, is distasteful to them. When
a minister throws up a Church for no other
reason than that it objects to his signing
applications for liquor licenses, It Is ob
vious that he has no faith in it as a divine
Institution, but regards It simply an a sort
ot club, membership In which is purely a
matter ot personal convenience and not at
all a religious obligation.
Spanish-Made Cubans.
During this recent time of renewed inter
est in Cuba there have been published al
most every, morning In tho Herald, and
also In other journals ot Associated Press
vassalage, bombastic reports from Havana
credited to Gen. Blanco or his Secretary,
Conoosto, announcing that high officers In
tho Cuban army had surrendered to tho
Spanish shouting, " Long live autonomy 1"
Tho publlohas been told that tho Cuervo
brothers, two doughty warriors who had for
years terrorized Cuba's very capital, had
given up tho struggle and blessed the now
autonomist regime. This Is tho first time,
though, that tho name ot Cuehvo has been
heard in connection with the war.
Another day tho citizens ot the United
States, the Cubau patriots, and particularly
tho President of tho Cuban republic,
Maso, read with amazement that Prcsl
dent Maso had been endowed with a
brother who, after a long' and ferocious
military career, In which ho attained tho
rank of General, surrendered with his entire
staff, Josf. del Cahmen Hernandez, Au
ousto Feiiria, Saturnino Leon, Felici
ano quksada, vlctoiliano gomez, san
tiaoo Caureua, and ovor ono hundred
well nrmed and veteran soldiers.
But who are all theso fellows? Tho
American public has hcaid more or less fre
quently of Maximo Comkz, Calixto Gar
cia, Raw, Lopi; Rkcio, Ducabi, Monte
Aflimo, AiiANnnitE.v, Aranoo, and several
others as actlvo leaders In the revolutionary
urmy. Tho Cuervo-Masp list bears the un
mistakable stump of " made in Spain!"
El Naclmutl, the rabid newspaper con
ducted in -Alniirlil uy tne uonservative ex
Minlbter, Don Francisco Romero Ro
m.l'.no, gives us tho cluo to theso ghostly
warriors. All those bravo Cuban veterans,
says El National, who, according to
Blanco, surrender In C'ubu, are but what
tho Cubans call majaxes, or frightened
paclflcos, w ho tako to their heels at the up
prouch of every armed body, Spanish or
Cuban, and prefer to live JIko v, lldcats In tho
woods to risking the honorable dangers pf
battle. Whenever the Spaniards can get
thelrhold on oneof these majases, they take
him to some stronghold, wash and dress him
up, and, surrounding him with a tvtr other
huugry paclflcos, picked from among the
starving conccntrados, thoy stand hlnvbe
fore "tho representatives of the American
press" as an Insurgent commander repent
ant ot his past Ingratltuda toward tho
mother country. El National adds that a
reporter ot tho Herald was an accomplice
In tho plot for tho Bcnsatlonal "surrender"
ot tho Cuervo brothers.
El ltcconeentrado, tho Havana nows
paper whose ofllco was raided somo days
ago by tho volunteers, has said also that tho
Havana correspondent ot tho Associated
Press, tho well-known Spanish gucrrlllcro
Don PANonoEL Aleman, has been equally
conspicuous in arranging tho scries of news
"fakes" to help the Spanish cause.
And whllo Blanco and his Secretary
and their special hireling and Its asso
ciates In this country havo been promul
gating these futllo deceptions, they havo
been endeavoring with equal barrenness of
rcsnlt to hamper This Sun In getting tho
truth from Cuba. Their attempts are use
less. They deceivo nobody In this country.
Autonomy Is a failure, and tho Cuban revo
lution Is as Indomltablq as ever.
Tho Groat Quack Doctor.
Tho pVorMence Journal says that
"Brown University Is chiefly noted just
now as forming tho pedestal from which
its President proposes to Bprlng Into tho
position of leadership ot Bryan's party in
1000." There seems to be in this -remark
an undertone of Irreverence against which
every admirer ot tho Illustrious economist
and historian, Dr. Ei.isnA B. Andrews, will
protest. Still, there Is a certain propriety
In putting a martyr on a pedestal; and In
the eyes of tho silver world Dr. Andrews
was a martyr for a number ot days. Mar
tyr or no martyr, pedestal or no pedestal,
why shouldn't tho Provldcnco sago spring
In tho manner indicated ?
Emsha Benjamin Andrews stands on a
broader platform than that occupied by
William Jenninos Bryan. Elisha Ben
jamin Andrews Is not only In favor of frco
silver, but he Is in favor of free text books
and free lunches for school children ; and,
by an inevitable inference, In favor of freo
lunches for everybody else.
For President on the Democratic ticket
for 1000:
Elisha Benjamin Andrews of Rhodo
Island.
For Vice-President :
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska,
or Tobias Scrutchins ot Texas.
Platform : Frco Lunch and Free Silver.
The loudest laments ovor Tammany's vic
tory now being heard In Brooklyn coma from
tbooo who last fnll wcro most cncrgotlo In strik
ing down the Republican party, and In coins
tmifrwumping for the glorification of its tradu
ccrs. It's a pity. But for tho members of the
Low movement tho right to complain against
Tnrumany from 1808 to 1002, inclusive, except
on tho scoro of Its nryanlsm. was lost on tho
night ot Nov. 2, 1807. That was tho night of
election.
Is Senator QUAY going to follow In the foot
steps of the wrong beaded CiUBROt? Buffalo Com
mercial. Don't worry about tho Hon. M. Stanley
Quay. Ills Is not tho shortest hoad In Congress.
The Philadelphia Record thinks that, be
cause " thoro nover before was such a gorgo of
cheap money In Wall street," this " plonltudo
takes tho odeo oil tho Populist cry for cheap
money in Washington." Nothing can abate tbo
edgoof that cry. Tuo Populists want a finan
cial system. If they can find it, which will
keep nionoy away from Wall strool and
gorgo them with It. As a matter of fact,
however, they deny, nnd the Bryanltes
In general dony, that money Is now abundant
and cheap. Thoy say that interest Is low bo
causo business doesn't pay, and that business
doesn't pay becauso money has gono up and
values havo gano down on account of tho
gold standard. If money was so cheap in
this town that tho congested lendors or
icrcd n bonus to borrowers, tho Populist
and Bryanlte financiers would still be uncon
vinced. Thoy assume that the gold standard
means dear money, nnd so long as they hold
that theory, they will continue to regard facts
that are Inipcrtlnont enough to contradict it as
fictions ot the money changers.
Mr. Erasmus Leech, of Williamsburg
asks the following question as to a point In
Simptonlan linguistics:
"Can you tell me why Jerrt Smroos In his
speeches In Congress and In private conversation
speaks ot the Cuban situation u the ' Cublsn situ
ation ?"
Mr. Simpson, as the flrst'Prcsldent of the
Jerry Simpson Don't Worry Club, discovered
that tho interpolation ot a syllable Into tho ad
jcctlvo "Cuban" rested his mind. "Itlsnioro
flowery, moro Spanish," ho says. It will bo re
membered that ho and Mr. Bryan took lessons
In Spanish from the snino cigar box. Besides,
slnco tbo formation of the Don't Worry Club,
Mr. Simi-son has agreed to loave tho settlement
of tho Cuban question to other, If not abler,
heads. Tho, "Cublan" question he retains tho
privilege of settling at his own sweet will.
Mr. John Branch of New Castle, Ind.,
ends to tbo Indianapolis Sentinel his protest
against tho extruvacanco ot Americans in tho
matter of eating or overeating. He avers that
for "fivo conts enough can bs bought to
sustain the body for ono day." It that
Is tbo case, Mr. Branch himself must be
numbered among tho overeaters. "We havo
noarly ovcrcomo," ho writes, "our habit of eat
ing to pleasa the taste, and now, whllo wo aro
doing bard manual lator each day and con
siderable mentnl work each night, our
food costs less than 91 a week." Not a
nub price lor noara, nut, according to jur.
Branch's own standard, his bill ought to bo
exactly thlrty-flvocentsaweok. Kvcn that sum
will be regarded as oxccsslve by some ascetics.
Tho lato Dr, Dio Lewis lived a week or was It
a month! on beans nnd vinegar. Our remem
brance Is that this faro cost him about seven
cents. Probably bo used too much vinegar.
Tn tho letter In which ho nominates him
self for Oovornor of Georgia tho One-Eod
Ploughboy of Pigeon Roost bursts Into this
beautiful clnsjic.il salvo:
"A them, clastic Athens, venerable Athens, nursery
of scholars, JurUtu, and statesmen, proposes, as of
yore, to stand sponsor for me. I thank her Hho
shall Lo my wponnnr and. flon being my tulper, I will
lie er bring the blush of shame to tho cheek of my
godmother."
Whnt Ib the Ploughboy doing In vener.iblo
Athohsl Never mind. Tho Guinctvllte Eayte,
which is puullbhcd In hi-) town, reus In him
"tho consclcnco of tbo Puritan nnd tho gal
lantry of the cavalier," and declares that "tho
time for the ronalssanco ot the homely virtues
Is at hand." Hear tho Jojous strain:
"In this ciay of clique and rings and slates and
chesp politicians, how lo'Trnhlng Is the term, 'the
I'louzi.bir nf the Tlgeon Rooit.' This shibboleth
will n-ek the ecliun from ltsbuu's heights to
Tylers lights."
In Ueorgla tho plough, or this particular
plough, Is sped to the sound of music and poo try.
Tho Hon. Marriott Urobiuh of Pennsyl
vania has introduced into thn Houto of Repre
sentatives u bill providing rules and regulations
for Federal supcnlslnn of foods. There will lie
grief among tho puternallsts whon tbey bear
that tbo prospects of " food reform " legislation
on the part of the Klfty-flfth Congress aro not
luminous. 8uroly a really benevolent Govern
ment doesn't do It full duty to the cltlten
if it permits him to soperviio his own diet.
Common citizens are weak and foolish, whereas
departments and bureaus and commissions are I
wjso and strong. Tho citizen's bill of faro ought
to Ikj arrangod by tho Government. Tho prd
Visions for him aught to bn furnished, super
vised, nnd gunrsntcod by tho Govornniont, To
save time and trouble nnd promoto uniformity, a
sufficient forco ot Government Inspectors and
feeders ought to givo him his moals nt pre
scribed hours. Abovo all, a sufficient force of
Government police should tako euro that ho
goes to bed In good season, so that ho may have
the more tlmo to droam about tho benefits of
a truly paternal policy. Government conies
too high. Thero ought to bo moro ot It for tho
money.
Quirk Is a member ot tho Massachusetts
Senate, and It ought to bo proud of him. Quirk
Is a mastor thinker nnd economist. Tho rlpo
result of Quiiik'h thought is exhibited In n bill
which ho has just brought In, of which these
aro tho provisions:
"lie It enacted, (hat whenever, by reason of any
strike or lockout nrlslng from wages to be paid tho
employees of any corporation exUtlng under t'ie law
of this Commonwealth, or doing bmlnpRS therein, and
sstd strike or lockout Is notavertej ty amicable ar
rangement betweon said employees and such corpora
tion, thin the State Hoard of Arbitration and Concilia
tion sba'l employ competent accountants t) make a
careful accounting of all the buslucis transaHlons of
said corporation from Its books, and may exomtne Its
officers, agents, and such other persons as It deems
necessary.
"And If It appears to said board f rem the evidence
obtained that said corporation csn pay 0 per oent.
upon Its capital stock, then the scalo of wages con
tended for by said employees shall be paid, otherwise
said corporation shall forfeit Its obsrtcr, or In oase It
be a foreign corporation, then It shall not bs allowed
to do any business In this Commonwealth,"
Wo can't holp revering Qcinir. He has graspod
a groat idea. Ills bill bears the stamp and seal
of Intellect. Eridently Quirk has a clear and
just mind. But thoro Is a romcdlablo fault In
his plan. Is Quirk tho man to say that a cor
poration has anv moral right to pay five per
cont. dividends I He should movo to amend by
substituting for "fito per cent." "ono-flfth of
ono por cent."
Tho courso of events must Incroase Domo
eritla admiration for that truly remarkable man,
UEonoc Fiutn Williams of Massachusetts. Aloanu
Argut,
Nothing can Incronso Sir. O. F. Williams's
admiration for that truly rcmarkablo man.
Tho Domocratic minority in tho Houso Is mak
ing agroat deal or noise. St. Limit Oroc-emocrnr.
Well, everybody has a right to his own Idea
of happiness. Besides, the majority of tho mi
nority Is composed of "leaders." who feel Unit
they must lead or die. So thoy bring out tho
marrow-boncB nnd cleavers, and make n high old
hullabaloo. As tbo noises dio away in Wash
ington, they spread to Jlnxlco, Mo., and Gaines
ville Tex., una all tho other cupltals of thought.
Not a faithful Democratic car but Is mado to
quiver with windy replication of tho sounds of
the Democrntlo "loaders." A great show, and
everybody ought to be grateful for It.
The Case or the Ilev. Dr. Shields.
To TnE Editor of The Sun Sir.- Your edi
torial " Is Thoro a Presbyterian Church I" scorns
to mo to miss a point which to somo of us Pres
byterians Is tho point.
Fundamental and distinctive doctrines ot the
Presbyterian Church aro freedom of conscience
nnd tho right of privato Judgmont, This Is af
firmed thus as tho very first prlnclnlo of our
Church's government: (Form of Government,
chapter I., soctlon 1.)
"They (the Presbyterian Church In the United
States uf America) are unanimously of opinion:
I. That tiod aluno Is Lord vt the conxclcnco and
hath left It frco from the doctrine nnd command
nicntaof men which are In an thing contrary to Ills
Word or bealdo It In matters of fnith and worwhip.
Therefore they consider the rights of private Judg
ment In all matters that respect religion as universal
and unalienable."
The Church standnrds also teach that It Is not
wltbln thescopoot nuthorltyot nny Church or
ecclesiastical body to add new laws of faith and
conduct to the system laid down In tho Bible.
(Form of Got ernment. chapter I., section 7.)
" Thnt all Church power, w hotlier exerclned 1 y tho
body In gnneral or In the way of repreaentattun by
deleffati-d authority. I only nun'sterlal and declara
tive; that la to aaj.thattlio Holy Scriptures are the
only itilo of faith and manners; that no Church
Judicatory ought to pretend to make laws to bind the
ennnt lence. In virtue of their own authority, and that
nil tlit-lr decision1 Rhould be founded upon tho re
vealed will of Ood."
Dr. Hbtelds believes, ns do many, thnt slnco
tho matter of nlgnlng licenso uppHcntions, to
gothcr with nil such matters, is outside tbo
illvlno law ns ret enled in thn Bible, no Church
court has tbo right to pass a regulation in re
gard to tho mutter, und any regulation ho jiasscil
Is contrary to tho constitution of tbo Church
Itself. He withdraws from tho Presb)tcrinti
Church becauso ho believes that In censuring
him tho Church is nntruo to its own flrtl prlncl
pi oh of ecclcsiastlcnl Jurisdiction.
Many persousoutsldoof Dr. Bhields's nersonsl
ncqiinlnlnnco hoped thnt ho would curry tbo
matter through tho Churchcourtsin tho form of
u trial In order to establish this rcry point, but
he, being a peaceable and elderly man, preferred
tho casior path of quiet v. ithdr.iwnl.
Tbo number of porFonB who feel tho action of
certain courts of t ha Church In this matter to bo
unconstitutional Is very large; but. Lolleringtho
violation or fundiimcntal l'rotcstnnliom to bo
ratlicr careless than intentional, and temporary
rather than permanent, thoy remain In tho
Church. Such persons feel that Dr. Shields has
Buttered unjustly, even while they may not an
provoof hlstnurso In signing n licenso applica
tion. I nm among tho number, though! am u
total abstainer from alcoholic beveragos.
Permit mo to addthut. although I admire The
Sun very much, I consider your implied defini
tion of ihoqunlity essential tochurchship to bo
widooftho mirk. A church is a church, not
becauso It possosaes doctrines distinguishing it
from others, but becauso It possenses tho truly
csscntlnl and fiindnmnntal doctrines of Cbrls
tlanlty, in common with nil other branches of
tho Ilolr Catholin Church. Qitctl semper,
iibigveit ah omnibus.) Its only reasonable ox-ciist-
for separate existence is adherence to doc
trines that nro peculiarly its own; nnd the gen
era! recognition of tho rclativo Importance of
tho doctrines Held In common as agnmsttbo
peculiar doctrines of each particular Church Is
tbo cause of the growing hope for church unity.
Sidney S. Conobk.
MlLLBURN, N. J Jan. 22.
The flrrnt SHU Prablem.
Here follow the answers received up to date to the
problem propounded recently In The Sex: "What
will ten yards of silk cost at I-jjj- peryard?"
How will S0 do for an answer to this ? rtl-CK.
Theanawer to "Yale's" problem, which appeared
In to-day'i paper. Is S100.00 01-010. II. W. L.
I would mako the entry as follows: To 10 yards of
illk, at 1.1-001 peryard, $10.10. O. M. Bisn.
As I understand the " Yale" problem, It Is to find
the cost of 10 yards of silk at one dollar and one thou
sandth or a dollar a yard, expressed In figures thus,
(1,001, To multiply this amount by 10 move the
units one placa to the left and tho answer will be
1 0.0 (ten dollars and one cent). O. I!. C.
I think all of your correspondents are away oft on
their answers to "Yale's" problem. I make the
answer su.OU. II. P. D.
Here's yonr answer to the 10 yards of silk problem;
1.00l-00!xl0-10 01-0010-XlO. 01-001.
orltooi.L
C, M.ClMIOJUH,
I was much surprised to see the absurd answers to
"Yale's" mathematical problem this morning. The
following should be near Iti 1.001 yards allk cost
(I, what should lOrarda cost' 1.00 -:- 1.001 -OOOUUU
x 1000 - ,U0U x 10-tU UUP,
Jii. 21, 1B0H, Thomas J. Hili.
Previous antwers arc Incorrect. The amount should
be tu uu J BLrErr '"".
li
My answer to "Yale's" problem In Saturday's pa
per Is Jlo.UH. Joe llixtiiis.
To the i:uitob or Tur Sis Sir: Nooue can an
swer "Yale's" problem aa to the roatcf tcnyards of
slIU at 11.00 1-001 pcryarluulll Ills ma.ln up. It
all dependaon tbo trimming, It Is ery evident that
"Yale'Ms a man, an I ualng'e man at that, and It Is
also evident that If hu brgii.s fulngaliout tho cost
ofapleteot silk t fore ho la nut of college I a will
never make a dci rut I usbatid for tiny woman If ho
ct cr should wet married, let me advlsu him, when hi
wire wants a silk dr.'sa. totilvchtra hundred dollars
aud let her do the w orryliu aoout tin odd o ma. He
won't be bothered with any iliauuo
lUme Qii'.scouoeau,
All I
L - 1000,
l,00 -jj; - $1001. peryard.
10 Tsrdsi 1001 ..$10,010.
Tea tkbusasd and ( dollars, Plaz.
' "I l " '
V-t.Vfli: AND nut 31 as Angus.
The Riplarrr Received Itaia tirari Tkal ns.
lun Wnulrtn'l Acrept EipUnatlono,
Dr. Nnnicn took legal ndrlco yostcrdsy In re
gard to his differences with Messrs. Hathaway
and Heard of tho Boston ltcdpnth Lyceum Bu
reau, who managed his tour In Amorlcaupto
tho tatter part of Inst week. Counsel for both
tides Sllllor, PocUinm & Dixon for Iho plain
tiffs nnd Peabody. Baker & Pcnbody for Dr.
Nansen havo advised their clients to refrain
from talking.
It wns said In Hansen's behalf yesterday that
after about all tho big cities had been visited,
and It bad becomo manlfost that tho nudlonrcs
at tho smaller onos would not pormlt, with fair
ness to his ninnntrcrs. Iho payment ot whnt bad
been his gunrantco ot IB00O a night, tho Doctor
tmllly allowed that provision nf tho contract tu
lnpso nnd toncntcd to tako half tho groa re
ceipts as his sharo of tlio proceeds of eneb loc
turo. Hut who i ho hat dono this, it was said,
the management bcirnn to mnko somo pnj mt nts
tn him In tho form of drafts on tho homo ofllco
nf tbo innnm'ors in Boston Theso ho deposited
hero In tho First National Bank, whoro his nc
rount was carried. Thoy wero not iieoepted nt
Boston, nnd const quontly, It was said. Dr. Nan
sen folt nggrlovod. .
On bclmlf of the management It was said thnt
theso drafts wero given to Dr. Nansen subject
to approval at Boston, that they wero glvon for
disputed items, and that It wns expressly so
stipulated; wheroforo tho Boston bcadquntters I
of tho lunnngomont, not approving nf or con
senting to tho Hems In dispute, felt at liberty not
to nccept thu drafts. . .
Doputy ShorlfT llobcrts. who attached Dr.
Nnnson's $1,000 in tho First National Bank on
Saturday, said yesterday that before the nttneh
mont wns served thero was a confcrcnco looking
to a settlement betweon tho parties In tho suit,
but that ns they fallod to como to nn agrcomont
tho attachment ws served, and thnt almost
Immodlntoly after it hnd bcon servod Dr. Nan
sen went to tho bank to draw tho money. Tho
plaintiffs. It Is said, feared that Nansen Intended
sailing immediately for Europe
MASTER OF SOIJOfOB.
The Ilnrvnrd Vacuity or Ana and Sciences Will
Coisrer tbo Decree.
Camiiridoe, Mass., Jon. 21. James Mills
Pierce, dean of tho faculty of nrts and sciences,
has given notlco that on tho rocommondntlon of
tho faculty tho corporation nnd Board of Over
seers havo instituted a degroo of master of
science, and have committed tho administration
of this degree to the faculty of arts and sciences
subject lo nil tho regulations rclutlng to degrees
lontHlnod In tho statutes, with the understand
ing that tho degree shall bo maintained tor tho
promotion of advanced study in somo spocial
Held of Bciince, and that Ir shall nover bo given
ns nn honorary degree. Tho conditions of ad
mission loc.indldacy for tho desreo and tho ro
quiicmcnts for It will bo announced Inter, in
tbo meantime rIiiiIliiIh who wish to become
candidates for Ihc degree aro advised to make
special application to tho faculty.
o-vjt kixd or iiiiookltx cluh.
A Cowenhoven mil Defend Ilia rtlabt to Bn.
terlnln Ills Friends In Ilia Darn.
Charles Cow cnhovcn.n woalthy rcttrod farmer
ot Eighteenth avenue. West Brooklyn, Intends
to prefer charges against Capt. Jacob Worth of
the Pnrkvlllo Pollco Precinct, who Is on a wed
ding trip. Worth swooped down on Cowcn
hoven's barn on Saturday night and arrested
tho owner and six friends, who were playing
poker. Ho had no warrant. Justice Btoers of
Klatbush dlschsrgcd tho inon. Yesterday Mr.
Cowenhoven said: "I tlxud up tho barn as n
prl ate clubhouse to cnlortain friends. It con
tains a billiard tabic, a pool tabic, agvinnnsium.
n small library, nnd n dining room. I invito my
friends nnd wo havo pleasant Uttlo gatherings.
ThiB man Worth Invaded the plnco without
causo or authority, and I proposo to havo him
called to account."
Why Dd the Spanlsb X.le1
Totob EDiron of TmsScs Sir: By this morning's
Spanish despatch's the Spanish force of 8, SOU men
captured the Cuban capital after a wbolo day's fight.
The resistance of the rebels was so stubborn that tho
Cuban officials had tlmo to escape. The Spaniards
counted ufty-nino dead rebels and had flvo men killed.
The Chinese tight by letting off powder, making
faces at the enemy, and running away. The Span,
lards In Cuba fight all day and at the end the casual
ties aro flfty-nlue enemy killed, ne Spaniards killed.
Tho difference Is only a matter ot degree.
Now, If the Cubans are such poor shots as this, then
they do not deserve success. Let them perish. Seri
ously, I wonder what the Spaniards think we are
made of that they put out such lies and expect us to
believe them. As a rulo It does not pay to He unless
somebody believes you. ' Who believes these Spanish
lies? Why do the) He? Wh. A. laanau.
Piiildeli-uu, Jan. 92.
Mr. nennett nnd Spain.
To me Enrron or The Sin- sir : For some days after
you gave the Parisian owner of the Hrratd a dressing
down, and a correspondent of The sus showed the
dirty business in which Dennett ta engaged, the tone
of that newspaper with respect to bpaln became al
most tolerable again. It seemed thei aa If Ilcnnett
were going to suppress the Idiot who wrlt-s editorial
matter an a cables It from Madrid, nnd were going to
prlut fact Initial of fooluh fabrications You rt
member that the Madrid Idiot recently sent the news
that there was a fi fling In Spain that tho rebellion
would be over In thirty days. A few days later there
was the most hLrluus riot In Havana, and (len. Oarola
laid tligtjio ant captured Holguln. Within the past
few da a the Ilrrald has returned to Its ahume aa the
dog returns to his lumlt. and la again Indecently try
ing to nil, lead the popular bentlment tiy bogus
despatches from the cheerful Idiot In Madrid, I w ish
to call vour nltentlo.i to these facta as proof that
Dennett Is trying ro makn good hla contract now that
Tur. Bus's rava are not thrown roustautly upon hlin,
incalculable harm may lie done uuleaa the peoplo are
Informed from tlmo to time Just why Mr. Itennett
and hla pro Spa ilsh,ueuspaper are Interested In de
ceiving the American public.
OronoE II. Carlitov.
A sfpiv Sorlety I'rnpoaed.
To the EDrroa or Till SriSIr: It Is with a
great feeling of satisfaction that I have read In your
valuable Journal of the formation of several uew ao
cletles, as I bad begun to fear that the rage for the
organization of socletleaof descent and llneago was
declining In this " land of the common people." Hut
the Incorporation of the "Baron-t of Itunnymede,"
not to mention tho proposed nclet of the"ltarrena
of Common bense" and of tho " Hoyal Society" of
thosH tracing their line back lo some or thoso old
profligates and robtcra who were called " kings." ho
cai se they could outdo tliolr fellows at diluklug.
ateallng. and central debauchery, shows com luslvcly
that the democratic aplrtt of the beat citizens of th s
republic la still Igoroua.
To help tho good work along, allow me to propose
one more comprehensive aoclety, Is , "TLo Rons aud
Ilaughtcrs of Adam " Kor length of iiedlgree and
ancient Hnecgo nothing oould exeel It, unless the
" I're-Adamlte SiK-letj," etatlMi-d by Mr. Dar
win, wh'cti. though having a very large eligible
list, haUMcr iiecomi very popular, probably on ac
count of the tails that are current about some of the
charter menilH ra. I make thu bare ttuggi stlon w Ith
out golug luto dttall und mentioning all Ihoofllcea
that could te crcntt d, such ns the (ireal High l'rl.-sf,
theCUb Swinger, the Animal Namer, &c , merely
suggesting that as Adam was monarch of nil he aur
veed. all mi mlMTii or this protioeed society would
be entitled tooill thcmielve princes. TLHaL Cais.
YoikKRK, Jan, 21.
Army Kfnners.
To Tnr EntTor. or The iitx Sir; Wlin n bill to
Increase the br'.lllery strength of the army was Intro
duced and favorably looked Into, would It not also be
well to look Into the recommend a'.'on of Gen M'lca
In regard to the nniendnieiitof the pr aentretlremrnt
law of enlisted men In the army? It la rnposed to
change the retirement. roinivhst after th Hrtlsh
Army, from thirty yi ara to twenty one -urs'aervjre.
aid intiAd of rcciltlng ?fj put tout, of psy and
clothing, imlv to receive 50 ir cent, an! fuM and
iiuarleie aided. Also, that afur the pstiaoi of this
amendment, soldiers of lea than nlneeais servl e
will not be reeulUted Soldiers wtiti nine jears or
more wouiil i e iHTiuutrti to aerir mriiiv i no yi-ars
nnd tlisn rctHe The object of thee rnntnm nda
tloui u plain and will wi r:ly tu loot lino An
army comHMeI of 3 oung mtti would always bo on
hand i no old, stiff, I r d i n dn n soldiers In tun rani-..
It woid I ili'creaii the pension II. t, und after twelve.
rara from the piiirg of the bill wnul 1 abolish ru
tlrcmeiit kl'iijether He hoi. lien' Homo in Wash
limton would lue plenty of roo u for those dla
ablid while In the aeivl-e v.
All Shipshape nt l.lnsrt' ow.
JVom Me Siirtn and .SMi Ing.
The sound of the munln bill, whlc'i used to he-aid
the lewaof tne nrrhalof nn overdue bhlp, will bn
liiord nomoioat Lloyd's, Its place has Ui-u taken
by a much more opproirla'e Instrument aahlp's bell
proper, w 1.1 li formerly was an oijectof Interest In
the committee room. Thora It a hl-tory a a lied to
this bell. It was rscovtrvd from thewreik uf the
l.utlui'. n llrlt'sli frhnto. which a. I ji In theZuyder
coin I'lHi, Hhle on n tnyagu to Hamburg with
treasure to the t slue of over ono million stcrllngou
board, Attcmptshiveh.cn made from tlmutotlme
In recover this treasure, with part al sucrcat.
Herlbntr' Mnunstne for Kebrtnirj has for Its
leading article "Tim I'o'Icffoi trol of a tlreat Oltj,"
lij A I' Andrews, ree utly u I'ollio Couimiul jn-r,
It dvaulltslhe methods of tollot ug the election re
turns is pra-t I Hil last Novemlir, and la Illustrated
with Icli.rca if 1 spurn ug on Hut eventful rlec Ion
da). Capt. Mahin cu.nmints uu the "Naval Cam
paign of 177U on lake Cbamplaln," kecator Lodge
offers another Installment of hla "b ory nf the Ilevo
lutlou," Thomas NtUou Paso gives another psrt of
bis "lied nock," and other contributor unite tu com
pleting; a varied and Interesting number,
S.I.V FltAXCUCWH GAZA HAT, ) J
The rine Prne-anlsn Thnt Iteanin the Festivities 'It
or Jubilee Week. ','.
San FntNCisco. Jan. 21, Tho exercises of '
Jubllco ucok to commemorate tho llftlolh an- j a
nhorsnry of tho discovery of gold In California,
wero oponed to-day with an Imposing ptrado.
In which 10,000 men lnurchcd In line, and which
was two hours nnd n halt In passing a glcn
point. It wns op extremely Interesting pageant. c,
Tbo pioneers and veterans of tho Mexican war rj
united with tho nattvo sons and school children
toswoll tho lino. Tho day was clear nn.l cool, jj
nnd enormous crowds wero gathered all along
tho lino of march. Toward the closo ot the , fl
parAdotlio sky hocamo overcast, nnd Just as the w
review beforo tho Lieutenant-Governor ended a
rnln began to fnll.
Tho features of tho parade wero fifty largo 0
floats representing pioneer days miners with 0
their enmn cqulpmonts, Mexican war ntirnns, ft
pioneers who rnleod tho bear flag nnd helped to
bring Cftllfornlx into Iho Union, natlvo dattgh- .
tcrs, Italian flshermon, nnd Chlnoso with their , -f
beautiful silk costumes nnd barbaric musk-, ,. g
Tho United States troops elicited many cheers m
by tholr fine mirchlng. nnd tho militia com
panies also boro themselves wol. ,
Among tho pioneers who followod was near- !
rlage containing four of tho companions of Mar- . sx
shall, tbo discoverer ot gold. Thoy wero cheered V k,
all along tho line. Tho proeosslon wns ono long ,i "
varied panorama of California. Tho beautiful f H
symbolical floats of San Francisco and Call , It
fornln. the float representing "Tho liaising of
theFlng,"nndthatof"ThoOidMlssIon."dlvlded , .
nttentlon with floats showing tho fishing boat "
In tbo Italian section and tho scino that fol
lowod It llllod with live fish, showing how they .
nro caught In a net- A Cblnoso orchestra on s,
float was another interesting fcaturo that ill- - '
vldod attention with Cabrlllo s ship. ti
Ot tho marchers tbo Leagne of the Croat n
Cadets attracted all eyes by tbelr soldierly bear- V
ing. Tho fishermen In their bluo suits, a prntrls
schooner, n mandolin orchestra, n clown nn n at
donkoy, a Klondike wagou drawn by four dogs U .i
led by nnmn infurs.nnd guylydrcsscd vaqucros f
wero other features that excltod Interest. U
Perhaps tho most npplauso was given to tha hi
public school girls, who marched like votorans, , ,,
nnd to tho grammar and primary school bnvs, II r
who also marched woll and Roomed to enjoy tv
tholr drill. At least 1,000 children were In the at
ranks. ,
Wabiiinoton. Jan. 24. President McKinley
has accepted an Invitation, oxlendod by Major
Phelnn of San Francisco on behalf ot thoSocloly T
of Plonocra, to opon tho Mochnnics' Instltuto
Fair, which Ib to bio held In connection with the
fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of gold In
California. Ho will do this by pressing an
electric button In tho Whlto Houso which will
ring tho goldon Jubllco bells nt tho opening ot "
tbo celebration next Saturday evening. B
XOXETAIIT DELEGATES GATUBRIXa. K
V
Cettlnr rteadr fbr tbo Convention Which Opens tl
at Iodlannpolla To-Day. A
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 24. Dolegatcs to th 11
Monetary Convontlon which meets hero to-mor- .
row began to arrivo to-day, and tho late trains
to night and early trains to-morrow aro expectod t
to bring In not less than 350 moro. making the
convention consist of noarly 400 delegates. i(
Among tho delegates alroady hero are John A
Hnrsen Rhoadcs and II. W. Mills, President jj
nnd Secretary, respectively, of the Savings Bank tx
Association, which is said to roprescnt $ 8,000,- fi
000,000 of capital and 1.750,000 depositors. (
Speaking ot tho work of tho commission Mr. p
Ilhoados said that It was gcnornlly lndorsod by q
tho business mon of New York, and with proper a
effort Congress would act upon It, but there T
ought to bo nnd must bo united effort to secure
that end. Ho reckoned among the good effects "
ot tho commission's work tho education of many
persons on a question of w htch they wero before U
Ignorant nnd tho concentration of many great
minds upon n plan which ho thinks will solve all o
financial dllllcultlcs. g
J. W.J nits, orofessorof political economy in It
Cornoll University, Is another delcguto who
nrrived to-dny. Ho snvs that tho convention y
will bo practically of ono mind, though thero a
will bo differences an to details. Ho expressed
tho opinion that tho sentiment In favor ot t,
silver is not growing weaker, and that the In- It
activity of Iho Republicans in pushing financial q
legislation Is operating to strengthen thnt sent!- o
mont. Tho gold Democrits. ho said, votod for si
McKinley to socuro financial reform, but nio . If
not getting It, and they are naturally dlssalis- b
lied. Ono prominent, gold Democrat rcimirked tl
to him thnt It didn't seem to make much differ- p
enco which wav the country goes to tha devil. tl
whether through bad money or bad tariffs. He
does not think there is much prospect of Con
gress acting favorably upon any measuro for T
currency reform. a
TEX AX STEVIIS AIlltlVE DT SEA. jj
Tbo First Conalanment or itie Hind nn IneW
dent or the Clnlvestnn Btenmshlp ITnr. o
Tho steamship Mcnerasha of tho Lone Star ,
lino brought to this port jestordny from Gal- a
veston tho first consignment of live cattle that
has over come from tho Southwost orolsowhers (
by water. Tbo Moncmshn sailed from Galveston b
on Jan. 10 with 274 head of Toxan steers, con-
fined in pens on tho main dock. Two of the lot 'r
died becauso of tho excessive heat offthoFIor- p
Ida coast. All tho rest arrived here In better ,
condition than shlpmonts that como by rail. 'c
Thoy wero watered and fed tbrco times a day j
by tho cattlemen who had chargo of them. They s
wore landed nt tho yards of Eastmans Com- BB e
p-iny. at tho foot of West Fifty-ninth street. 81
Tho Mcnctnshanleo hnd a cargo of nbout (1,001) am v
bales of cotton, Tho lxmo Btur lino Is lilting up m J
another ship to carry cattle. Tho cost of Bhlp- $
ping will be sotnevvhtt chnapcrlhnn tho rates of M
tho railioads; how much cheaper tho agontsof I I:
the lino no not caro to Bay. I r.
'I ho Lmno Star line, which Is n part of the v
Miami Stenmshlp Company, and is owned flj t
chiefly by T. Hogan & Son, .has been cngagnd t
In a freight wnr with tho Mnllory lino nnd the 9 1
Morgan lino, which run to Galveston and New m
Orleans slnco last summer. Tho carrying of m
cattle by Iho Lono Stnr ships Is regarded as if '
another move in tho fight, nnd, it Is said, Is in- ' I
tended to nffect the Southern Pnclflo Hnllroad, it
which controls tho Morgan lino. Tho llogans i
evidently think that cattlo carrying Is protltn- $
hie or Ihcy would not rlt up nnothcr vcescl to tl
engage in tho busines. They havo often tiken 'Mj ",
cattle to Europo nn tho ships In the UrilUh J, j
branch of their service. M t
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The Art or Lighting a ripe.
From Sporti AJIeld. ' 1
Now, cnmpadrcH, not to waste time talking of ' J
stylo of plpo or brands of tobacco tastes differ ' ,
In thoso things try this; Kcop plpo and stem ns I
clean as possible, and tho tlmo to clean them Is
Immediately after n smoke. Fill tho bowl with (
our fnvorlto brand nnd press down firmly, but t
don't strive to see how solid you can pack It, If j
)oumako 11 ns solid as wood It will burn Ilka
wood nnd mnkn a co-il flro about ns hot and tin- i
grateful, Don't light tho entire surface. Don't )
" pull " ns though ) on hod no moro matches and
feared It would "go out." Light a small spot
directly in tho centre. Smoko slowly until it
works its way gradually downward. If it un
dertakes to sproad press it down again with
thumb or finger, A half ininutn's enre In start
ing is all that 1 required. Now. smoko slowlv.
The little fire continues downward, delicately
roasting tho I nhaccnnn tho sides, nnd present!;, (
w lien j ou envo this off, Ihero will como a revcln
tlon In soft, mellow smoko, so cool, so dellciou-i, c
so soothing, that jouvvill never regret having- c
read this. t
Pyrnpnthv In Vibration.
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Prof EUthn Orav In Chicago Tlme-JJtrald j
If wo placo two clocks on tho stmo shelf nni t
ndjust tbtlr pendulums to swing In oxact unison v
nnd set ono of them to running. In tho courso nf
tlmo tho olhor will stirt tut 111 svinnithv Etch DC
sound Imoulso citiied by tho vibration of the .
pendulum of the dock that is running is com
municated lo the other pendulum, l.aih mio- I
i esslro impulse adds Id tho swing of tho kviii i
luthetlc pendulum, which begun In nn vxiecd- ,
Inicly Miiull way at Iho very llrst stroko of tho .
nthor pendulum, and thl goes on till thu sjm- ,
puthi'llr pendulum Is making Us full stroke. -')
with the sympallitllo tuning folks. V.xU air
wave thiitis sunt out by tho Initial fork strikes
Wis oilier fork ind rauresut llrst a alight viola
tion winch in cuinulnloa, bocuisno-chmu isaiio
itlr wtnihtrlkes Ibu pjjiini'hf tin folk Jul
thuoud of iiHswIiignnd vvorkb in liarinoi) with
tho natural tendency of tho fork lo vlbrale. '
The reault Is a ioo crallon. Each helps (hi . ',
other. How ninth belter It would be for tno
wor d If men would luko pattern after this law a,
of pill fclca. $
Tne Maine Liquor iJttv In liar llnrbor, & ,
rriimiUe WaltnWc ilail. '
Ono ot tho most amusing Incidents o' tin j
treatment iictordol tho Maine I.'quor l.w '
r llU-i cut sett Ions uf thu State Is een nt Hir '
llurhor. where Iho enforcement of tho law fn. t
lows thu M' i coil". In Iho summer, when H ,
v Isllors from ether Klalci who uro im'i.i-ioniet
to having liquors at home, aru ill Iho vv.itein ,'
pbue, tho barn nro allow d to rt main open, o i
when Iho vlsllorsilcurt nn I tho nojiuiatioii n f.
lurroHul down lo Its uiunl quulu of Wakim
Ihutnvr is applied bv the municipal "III erf, au-1 - JJ.I
Ihudrought couliuiioi until thu h idHofpibSiK'o IB '
urrite again in tho spring, ibis )nr tho HjS
shIcoiik havo boi n allowed to rem tin open a lit- ,
tie longer than lust soafon, whin the drought W
was Innugiiruto I at Thanksgiving time, hut the W
edict has now gono forth und that particular fBL-
portion of Eden t hut has como to bo famous tb pi.
world over-will bo dr until summer oooMaV mWm
gala, J mm