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I FKIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1800.

1 Subscriptions by Mnll, 1'ostpadd.A DAILY, per Month.. .. 0 A0K DAILY, ir Year (1 K

Jf 8LNIIAY, psr Year 2 00. f DAILY AND SUNDAY, per Tear 8 00

I DAILY AND SUNDAY, pr Month 70f $j Postage to foreign countries added

I Tin Sun, New York City.v i

Pirui Mosque No, 13, near nrand Hotel, and'. EtosnueNo 10, Iloilcvard dcs CapuclnciI w

) cur rirndsuho favor uiwttK vminuttripti for pubf Htatwn u fo Aar rtftctttl articttt returned, thev mutt

X, in mil cant tend iMmpior (Aal jiurponf,2

J, Agulnnldo ami Foreign Powers.i The appon! for the recognition of 1'iliplnif'f independence which Agulnnldo linn scntoiit

j from Tnrlnc, In nu addteea signed by Ht'EN- -5 f oaui.no, to nil tin) coiihuIb In Jliinlln, la nb--

5 H olutely futile, ns evontH will show.What foreign nation will utidertnko to

r 'i declare that the Insurgents liiul vlrtunllyoverthrown .Spnnlsh sovereignty In tho

y - Philippines before l)i:wn'n victory In Mn--

j nlln Day? Yet one of the arguments nftlilaTorino document Is that tlio Onvcrnniont

!? of Bpaln roulil not lawfully cede thn Islands)t to tho United States by tho treaty of PnrKf because tho Indigents had nlieady taken3 thorn from her.

Kf 8tlll another plen put'forwnrd is that var--

P ions piomlm's of rei ognlWng Filipino rov- -

M etelghty weie mailn by American elll nmlm tnllltniy officers. Denials of such (insert- -

M long lian been abiindiuit, but, In any rase,S3 nil foreign powers fully tiudeistund that,f even had mi h promises been given, they

could not bind our (iuu rumeiit, Blneo theyru ytcri' not authoileilM. I Initially falliieiou-- . In the notion that thofff D capture of 7,0()(t .Spanish prisoner, thisIJ- - bellitf the nilluliei iut foitli, show thatj$ " Spain's hold was Irrevocably lost " IfiinyK count i y loulil be t inpti d to f.ciion that3? i' nsn iouud foi leioKuiiiiK I'illpino inde--Sf pendcnie, it mljfht well ! Spain heiM-l- f ;

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yet this uddn'ss admits that she refinen toft get bin U liei pioneis nil sui h tejui'-- .

B Hut the ismal lenson why the apieal of. J Aot lSAt.no must befniltlessisthnt foreign

F, poweis iei oKiiize that the possession of the, Philippines by our Cloeinment lntliociy' bust dlyKiHltlon thatinu lie mado of them.

K Independi nee would mean chll war, andE' perhaps nniirehy, in whh li foreign Inteiestsff would sulfci ; and It mlnl't ultimately ineau

a winnKl" "f foreign nations over tho pos- -

I session of tho l'ldllpptnes, each dreadingtho othei mlBht do, vvhoreas all nro

that the Islands should bo outs.London Daily Mail oneo presented

lews taken by some, at least, to whomiwhatInsurgent leader appall-.- , in sajinj;"It Is cuiious t lint AnuivLiu does

leall.o the lomplete futility of thohe Is plaviiiK 'I he Tubals, whom lie

t leads, aro only one out of thlity distinctX tribes In the nrehlpelauo, and representK only one-four- of the population It Is

j. coitaln that their letoiy In the htiuKlij, which Is wholly Impossible, would onlyK lead to more or less protracted civil warH among tho Filipinos 1 hey could not maln- -

w tnln order and uphold tholi IndependencoK" egaitiBt the Km openn poweiR, which would$ bo attracted by the scent of prey " Our; DaR moans peace, ouler, protection nllko toL forelRii and native Interests; It means,

Hv prOffress and tine freetlom.H The appeal of AnriNALiin will utterlyH' fall. There will bo no foiolsn lecoRiiltloii

K' even of Filipino lielllseiency, tosaynoth- -

m, loK of Intlependenee.

Uk The Now Lnbor I'arty.B' Asa result of tho enr strike nnd tho en-- B

tliuslasm of that Kreat Parliament of Man,t the (Vntral Union, another laboi

R paity has been founded. AVo hao nodoubtK that It will be just as powerful nnd auccens-H- L

ful as was tho strike of which It Is a cuutin--

uatlon. Its Konerous statisticians f,'leltH', a strength of nO, 000 votes to statt with.Hi and wo daro say that thoy aro not moroH- than forty-fiv- e or sU thousand otcs out ofHL tho way. It Is best not to betooinqulsltlveH as to the CTnct proportions of new parties.H They apilns up toward tho fall of tho year.H They nio sometimes ery remunerative.

HB As to this point the reminiscences of thoHw chairmen of tho vnrlous party committeesHt "would be instruct lo. A real labor patty,HW If thern could bo such athliiK, would IncludeHn about overybody in tho community. ThoB sstuto persons who organic Imitation ln--

bor parties know that tho trademark "la-H- ibor" has Its value.

H BtraiiRO Iltislness for an AqueductH Secretary,

Hi According to tho Daily iVeira of this city,Hi tho candidacy of AuausTtis Van Wyck forH the Democratic Presidential nomination IsH prosoauted vigorously by his frionds.H Mr, Uaiiiiy Walker, who took charge ofH Judgo Van Wyck'b Oubernatorinl boom nt

Hb Syracuse, has Just made a tour of XowH England and has distributed copies of tho

HV great Van Wyck anti-tru- speech nta- -

HK rious points, such as Portland, AVoicester,H and Springfield.H This speech was delivered nt tho ten- -

H dollar dinner ut tho Metropolitan OperaH Eoubp. It la now Issued in pamphlet form,H Walker acting as distributor from ear

HB windows, In hotel corridors and nt publicH meeting places. He devotos, it nppenrs, a

HV consldorablo part of his time and energy toH Join noys in New England and other regionsH In nltl of Judgo Van Wyck's candidacy. HoH had previously travelled both Houth nntlH West ou a similar mission.Hv .Mr Walker Is a paid omployeo of thoB city of Now Yok, holding tho post of Soe--H , retary to tho Aqueduct Board. Tho bur- -

HV densomo duties of this post, for whichHS $4,000 a year Is paid, do not seem to pro- -HV cludo his continued political activity InHW other sections of tho country. Tho manU

H fost Impropriety of suoh political campaign- -

Hi lug for any candidato Is to bo found InHi tho 'act that tho Aqueduct Board Is ohnrgedHa with the conduct of a mammoth publloH woik, In the prosecution of which tho most

HV BWltilous efforts hnvo been mado to excludoB ull political partisanship.

HV With tho exception of the Polico Board,H by reason of tho constitutionalH provision ns to tho oontrol of elections,

HB the Atiuediiet lloaid Is now the only munlc- -HB irnl commission the niembeiship of which InHM Kiw York Is equnlly divided botweon tho

B Ivvopnit TliestntutepiovuleR that twoB ' 3- - tie V.jtn l'ii t Commissioner shall Ih

Hr 1 DenitHi.it. hi I two Kepubliuiiis, anil thoHBj reason f.u Hits piovlslou is that tho Impor- -

nt clinineter of the work makes tho absoB luto exclusion of paitlsau control from It notH j anly.neceasary uutl Just, but Indispensable.

HFnVHVk It would bo almost lmponsiblo to overratoHMAVPHHHB tho Itupoitiiioe lo all the people of NewKH. ,HVkSSHMWJHVK ; """'r,MS,'Jto,M''v4iUJw

York of tho groat work of tho AqueductBoard In securing, not only for presentneeds but for further requirements, whole-som- o

water in abundance.Upon tho oxtonslon of tho present aque-

duct system at an oxpendlture of moro than$25,000,000, tho peoplo of Now York mustfor many years depend for tholr watersupply. Under theso circumstances, thospasmodic nbsonco of tho Becrotary "ona tour of Now England," engaged in thodistribution of pnmphlots in ndvocacy ofa particular candidate for President, ofwhoso " boom " ho apponrs to bo tho formalcustodian, Is certainly not such disregardof ordinary political pnitlsanshlp ns thoIoglslaturo Intended and tho courts havoprescribed.

Tho uso of tho Hon. AuarsTUs VanWick's name at tho disastrous ton-doll-

dinner In April, nnd later ngaln at tho mo-

mentous Fourth of July celebration nt Tammany Hall, has mado general tho opinionthat tho discussion of his candidacyby Tammany politicians is not In goodfaith, but Is Intended only ns a means ofmassing Tammany support for somo onoelse. Whatever tho purpose may bo, nndwhatever tho aim of tho supporters ofJudgo Van Wyck, there Is obvious impro-priety In tho Itlneiant excursions of thoSecretary of n publlo Board ofNew York, Including an equal number ofItcpublicnnnud Democratic Commissioners,distributing portraits nnd pamphlets, pro-pari-

"Intervlowa," tabulating tho sui-pos-

preferences of dolcgates, and oppos-ing with equal Impartiality both MpKinletand DitYAN In tho Interest of Van Wyck.

Uencriil do (Jalllfet.

Tho Dnpuy niiulstty foil unlamcnted onJuno 1'--', nnd for ten days of anxiousnntl critical uncertainty Franco wns with-out a (lovoinineut. M. Louiiet, keepingwell within constitutional limits, dltl all hocould to unearth n man sttong enough tofound n stable Atlmlnlstrntlon out of thowelter of groups and confusion of opinionsInto which the country wns thrown. M.Poi.NfARt, n rising young Itopubllcnn whosochaueo will como Inter on, wns approached,but ho failed to for m n Cabinet. Tho Presi-dent turned to M. WALDECK-ItoussnAt- t, aModerate of proved loyaltyand ability, nntl,with tho help of M. Uounocois, hastilysummoned from Tho Hnguo for the pur-pose, tho rmitfolloB were distributed underhis leadership.

Tho Cabinet with which M. Waldeck-Itnt'HHEA- ir

faced tho Chamber on Juno 25,thero to lie greeted with n whirlwind ofviolent personalities, was In Its way a po-

litical curiosity. Nothing like It would bopossible outside of Frnru o or Itnly, nntleven In France, which has seen fotty min-

istries rise nntl fall within tho last twenty-niu- o

years, It was felt to bo somethingunique. M. Wa had gath-ered around hltn men of the most variedanil conflicting opinions, who had spentmost of their lives fighting ono another,who had hardly n single point In common,and among whom In ordinary times agree-ment woultl hnve been Impossible. Therowi'teltovnllstsnnd ltnpubllcans, Moderatesnntl ltntllcals, Progressives anil Socialists,the extremes of eveiy group nnd evorycieed. What brought them Into tho sumoCabinet nnd mitilo It posslblo for them toact together was the honornblo resolve tosubordinate party issues to tho single ne-- u

sslty of saving the ltepublle. In thisthey wero fiiccessful. After n tempestuousdebate they carried tho Chamber bytwenty-si- x otes ami held office till July4, when the session was prorogued.

In this stiange gathering of opposltesquite the most interesting tlguio vvnsflen-etn- l

de Oallut.t, tho new Minister of War.I'm twenty-liv- e vents ho had lived in com-parative obscurity, attending only to hismilitary duties nntl nut mixing in publicaffairs. But his name wns remembered nndhated by nil tho socialists and ngitators InFranco ns the ofllccr who repressed theCommune with such stern and effectualseverity. His entrance Into tho Chamberwas hailed with "Vivo In Commune!' "Ahas l'nssnssln!" "A tins les fusilleutsl" andn furious debate tnged around his actionsduring the "bloody week." M. Millekandwho represents tho extreme of French so-cialism, was hard put to it to explain how-b- e

canto to ho a member of the same Minis-try with tho man who had shot down hisfneEMls nnd sympathizers by hundreds Intho blatk days that followed Sedan.

Genernl de Gallih-.- t was not long Inshow lug that the War Minister of 1800 wastho btrlct disciplinarian ho had proved him-self In 1H70 Ho met tho nbuso of theRoehefort gang in sileneo and sot llrmlyami without bravado itlioitt hlstnsk of curb-ing tho rofrnctory officers who threatenedtho existing regime. For this work no mnnIn Franco wns so well lltted. As n distin-guished soldier nnd perhaps the gteatestauthority In Europe on cavalry luaiur-uvres- ,

ho hud tho full eonlltlence of tho army. Asft Iloyallst by instinct ami sympathy, whohad long ago bowed to tho wishes of thopeoplo and submitted loyally to the Repub-lic, ho was thought well of by both Repub-licans and reactionists. With tho Dreyfusaffair ho had not meddled In such a way asto antagonize the General Stnff, but It wnsknown that he was on tho sldo of Justleonntl revision. It was also known that ho hadotptessed himself strongly on tho persecu-tion of Colonel Picquart, for whom ho hat!it warm friendship nntl admiration both asti soldier anil a man.

Tho new Minister's first official net wnstho Issuing of n circular to tho militaryGovernors of Pails und Lyons and all thontmy corps commanders. Refenlnglo hisappointment ho said, "I am verv muchhonored and In no wise frightened," aridthen followed boldor words than any WarMinister has dared to uso in Franco for nlong while "I beg you not to fotget thatIf I am respouslblo for tho chiefs of thenrmy, they nro peisonally responsible tomo for all that happens In tiro corps overwhich thov hold command." Tho Impliedthreat was made good tho following daywhen General Hardschmidt wns trnus-feire- tl

to lthelms, General RinERto Belfortand Colonel Sace to Poitiers. All theseotllcershnd been prenchingn veiled seditionwith n viowof terrorizing the llonnescourt-uiartin- l

into condemning Dreyfus again.M Cavaiunac or M Krantz would hnvoallowed them to talk the pooplo Into an

General de Gvlliflt sent themabout tholr business nt oneo

But tho veteran martinet dldconflno him-self to tho minor offenders. On July 7 thewhole world heard with tho keenest delightthat Geneial Zurlinden hod beon removedfrom tho Military Governorship of Purls.The persecutor of PirouARThad at last motn. man who who rated his apings of Boul-noe- r

at their just value He had defiedfoursucceshlvo Ministers to turn hltn outanil not ono had dared to ralso n lingerftgninst him. Hinco then GcneraU Pel-lieu-x

and de N'eoiueii, two of tho most un-scrupulous tools of tho Gcnoral Staff, havebeen quietly redtj d to haruleaaness, turd

General db Gailifet has mado Itplear that! tho now court-marti- will not bo allow cd to

travel beyond the lines marked out for It bythe Court of Cassation.

It is tho single aim of General de GallnFet to llqttldato tho Droyfus arTalr andforco tho army to abldo by tho results.In his so von weeks of ofllco ho has mado thosupromaay of tho civil power an actualfaqt which ho did not hesitate to bringhome unmistaknbly to nny ctflcors whotried to evado It. In tho present crisis sucha sorvlco Is not less vnluablo to France thanwas his v igorous stamplng-ou- t of tho Com-mun- o

twenty-nln- o years ago. Beyond thistho General Is for leaving tho Billoth,

Mkrciers, Boisdeffres andGoNSfH to stow In tholr own Juleo.

Tho Dreyfus easo has not been all shadow.It has been brightened by somo lino ex-

amples of courugo, resolution and sacrifice,and amongst them General de Gallifetmust always hold his place.

Sketch of the Democratic Pint form.Our solid Domocratlc contemporary, tho

Kansas City Times, mounts upon the tripodand pours forth this prophecy:

"AilfMlnl89J, eo It will be In trino. The del-egates irhu will peak for tbe Democratic partr willbe loral bi tnetalllaU. They will bo earneet tariffreformers and will be ready to denounce tbe en-

croachments of the Federal authorities on the llber-tle- e

of the people. This wai Democra,t!o doctrino In1BD0. andltwlU be Democratic doctrine In Hi 00 Hutaa the derelopmente in the great Illinois and otherstrikes caused the national contention of 18 (id todeclare aealtut Federal Interference In local affairsand make that question an issue, so far as theDemocratic party was concerned, so will the

and unprecedented formation oftrusts cause tbe Democratic partr In 1600 to de-

mand their reirulatlon by national leirlilatlon. Andbecause tbe present Administration baa pluniced tisInto an unholy wsr uf conaucst and threatened thestability of the republic with a pernicious policy ofImperialism, the Democratic conrentlon will speakIn such language that all tho pt oplo can understandwhat the policy of the party will be If Intrusted withthe reins of government."

This eooms to bo tho programme. It Isdllllcult not to grin at It, Tho "loynl

aro tho silver monomotalllsts towhom tho country would not listen In badtimes. What ehnnco will thoy havo Ingood times? Tho "earnest tariff reformers"

but hero one great guffaw will spread overtho United Stntes. Tho earnest turlff

1803 havo not been forgotten.Tho encroachments of tho FederalGovernment on tho llbor tics of tho peoploand Federul Interference In local affairs aropart of tho old show that did not draw.The regulation of Trusts by national legis-lation is a snfo thing to nsk for, whether Itcan bo had or not, but what If tho unprin-cipled Republicans should nsk foi It, too?

Last, " tho unholy war of conquest."This Is as good as tho " after four years offullure to restore tho Union by experimentof war" of the Democratic platform of1801. And It will bo ns successful.

Altgeld Sajs Silver.

Tho Hon. John Peter Altoeld nsscrtsthat It Is "nn Infernal Uo"that he ever snltltho ratio of sixteen to one might be aban-doned by tho Democracy. Ho ropeats hisold adage that "to abandon tho ratio wouldbo to nbnntlon tho cause."

This Is ns it should be. If 10 to 1 Is notsncretl, Invlolnblo nntl Infallible, then thoChicago platform Is only nn ordinary Jum-

ble of words, and not tho new Declarationof Independence nntl tho last hope of suf-

fering humanity." Thero Is no such thing," tho Illinois

avers, "as subordinating orsidetracking the enuso for which wo foughtin 18P0." Silver is to be tho head und f i tint,but n few subordinate issues may be tuckedinto the midst of the plntfoim. "Trusts,

and govelnment by in-

junction must all como in for their fullshare of attention," says Mr. Altoeld

Exactly. It would be unfeeling to slightthese sublime causes. But can any ono ofthem, or all combined, equal that gratissue to which Mr, Altoeld has oftenpledged himself passionately, the Initia-tive nnd referendum. Time nntl tinrn ngnlnhas ho declared that this is tho main hopeof freo government. Is the main hope offreo government to hnvo no placo In thonext Democratic platform ? Hns Dr. Al.l-oel- d

forgotten his own specific ?

A Ithodo Island Clambake.Ilhodo Island Is slightly smaller thnn

Australia, but it N tho only placo in whichclnms nro t ooked to their full perfection.Consequently all grent men nnd most goodmen go ton Rhode Island clambake at leastonce in their lives.

Monday tho Hon. David Brejiver Hen-derson was the guest of tho Pcrmhnll Clubon tho shores of Narrngansett Buy. Thoclams weroplletl In mountains. Tho greoncorn rose as a forest. Tho sweet potatoesand Senator Deiev nntl tho Hon. JacobGallimilr nnd tho Hon. Cy Sulloway ofNow Hampshire mado ft cheerful picture.If Mr. Henderson had not been satisfied,ho would havo shown himself unworthy oftho Rhode Island clambake, one of tho chiefhappinesses of men.- -

But thero Is this to be said: While tho clamitself has been taken by somo philosopher,as an emblem of silence, tho person whoencloses a proper amount of clams Inevit-ably expands.

On Monday, at lenst, the Hon. DavidBhemner Henderson must hnvo been Infnvor of expansion.

An Important Election.Tho eighth annual convention of tho Con-

catenated Order of Hoo-Ho- o will bo hold InDenver, Sept. 9. Already thero Is un-usual nctlv I ty among tho Vicegerent Snai ksIn tho several Stites Tho mall bags sagwith calls for proxies Every member willbo expected to have a volco In the electionof officers. Never In the history of the highOrder of Hoo-Ho- o has a geneial olectloncaused so much feeling and bad blood.

Thereniotwotickots. TheEo-caile- d icgu-la- rticket has these names,:

Tor Ornnd finari of the Universe.EuwtiiD Atmsjoi.

For UoojumJ LUKKl01t. Lahoulm.

Tho Independent ticket Is not less Illus-trious:

For Orand Bnark of the I'nlverae.Caul Scuubi.For Doojiimi

WiLl.liu F. MotMay tho better men win

Within a short time the torpedo boat Talbot,which haa been flttrj up for the purpose at thoNorfolk. Navy Yard, will havo a trial In Chesa-peake Bar, usIiib oil iuatead of coal an fuelThe oil It forced by oompreesed air from tanksthrough tubes to the furnacei, where there arospecially constructed burnora

Thin Is not the firm experiment the nnvalauthorities have authorized for the une of oil Intorpodo boat. Othor countries, too. havo triedit. with more or loss success. 1 ho latost teatswe have noted, those of tho British torpedoboat destroyer Burly, which were carried ontor months, appear to have been Abandoned u

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failures. It Is said that althoush the Burlyoften fired up. sho went to sea only once, nndthe oil showed evaporative powers so low thather BDeed and power were loss than with coalas fuel.

It Is noteworthy that, while one of tho chiefarguments for using oil Is that there will be nosmoke, so giving a vossol a great advnntagseither in creeping; upon an enemy unobservedor In essaplng from a superior enemy. In theSurly the Greatest objection was the volumeand density of the smoke, with a minimum ofsteam There was also an abundance of dirt,although olcanllncss In operation had been oneof the advantages olalmed

But tho failure of oil In the Surly will notdestroy tho confidence of thoso who nrp to ex-

periment with it Id the Talbot Thoy evenhopo. by using tho refuse of tho refineries, tomako a fuel costing only half ns much as coal.If, howoror. It should cost tho same, and havoall the other advantages sought. It would stillbe successful.

A sign of the times Is the appo&rance of amonthly periodical In Now York devoted ex-

clusively to news and discussions aboutvehicles. The name Is the Auto-

mobile, and tho Illustrations are excellent andinteresting.

Tho InilianapoliB Journal states tho casoaccurately with regard to Gon. Alger and pub-llo opinion:

"Tho hearty Kood will which (ion. Alger has dis-played toward his successor and the Administrationgenerally has made thousands of frlenda amongthose who have criticised hltn."

Gun. ALOot'a bearing slnco his resigna-tion has been manly, sincere and

and be has disappointed only his malig-nant enemies.

Action by Congress at tho next session Isnecessary to put tbe principle In practloo sostronulr that it cannot bo charged that oon intheory the nation has the double standard, althoughE

radically we have nothing or the kind and neverave had Jfinneojw'u Journal.Wo have had the double standard, but wo

haven't it now, oven in theory. It was abolishedby the Mint act of 187J.

A lTOMAX'S ltM AT O.V MASIIEIIS.

The Itlght nf Respectable Women to Usethe Strerta Without Annoynnce.

To Tin Ebitoii or Trite Sun An ;Yourportl-ne- nt

editorial article concerning the demeanorof tho ubiquitous "masher." hotved a seodwhich will have an inspiring effect. ThesebladeB of whom you speak have of late boonexceedingly annoying, nnd the most scathinganimadversion would not express too hurshlytholr actions. At the present day It is wellnigh Impossible for a rospootnble young ladyof facial attractiveness to travel through ourgreat city without encountorlng thoso dregs ofmanhood After nightfall sho is liable tu tholrgrossest Insults.

Why In the name of decency should this stateof adalrs exist ? Is It because we of tlio gentlersex aro moro forwnrd thaa the damsels In days?' J?1"0?. " because man Is deterioratingIn his chivalry toward woman ? The latter. Nt

Tnene professional llirts or loafers bolonir toa certain class of humanity which it Is thudutyof ov ery noble-minde- d cltlzon to help extirpatoor else check.

J erhaps the advent of the wheel has In somecases brought women moro in contact withtheso rakes Kventho habiliments which somoof oiirfemalo riders don would derogate fromthe respect of male observers N'tivertheloiH.the disgraceful nctlons of these "mashers"should lie Hiippressed. so that every woman.Biudy or otherwise, shall have protection onthe streets

To hear of a young lady's being accosted Inthe street during the hours sho may with pro-priety venture out unaeeompanlod is not un-common The personal experience of jourcorrespondent cited in Tuesday's edition ofrriF Hc'v Is but one of tho rmny which Illus-trate tho sufferings of comely vouug ladles

Vnother Incident of a similar naturo I my-se- lf

witnessed and can vouch for Us authen-ticity I wo refined young women wero wnlk-iti- B

ujon a respectable street in Brooklyn ashort time ago. deeply engaged In con-versation. Thi-- passed two young menwho by superficial appearances wore gen-- t

onion. After bestowing personal atten-tion on tho young women they passedm. only to allow ten or twenty vnrdsto separate the two parties Thereupon therretraced their steps for the purpose of "catch-ing on to the girls " When the had overtakenthemoneof the mashero" deliberated plantedtils foot upon the trailing dress of one of thewomen anil then rroceededtoponrforth a pro-fusion of apologies expressed with great sunvityof manner Both of the Intruders then evinceda desire to accoinpanv the young ladles intheir promennde Unnlly.to avoid tho impor-tunltl- ts

of those insinuating "beasts" thogirls wore compelled to seek protection In ahouse of the neighborhood.Thjso outrages ait- - unhappily of frequontoccurrence, and only too graphically portrav

the depravity nr these so cnlVd mashers Isincerely hope that you will accord this articlespice In jour esteem od paper, so that it mayadd to the Impetus of the reform movement

T E 'Biiooelyn Aug. n.

The Canyon Kxplori-r- .

To THr Eihtoh n Thf8in Sir There seems tosome confusion as to the number of partii-- s

that havo ben through tlio Grand Canyon ofthu Itio Orande Permit me therefore to stalethat the Colora lo and the Oreen, Its upper

uoru first navigated and explored byMajor J. W Powell In isnu and sutcj cd and fur-ther eniplojed by him in 187r 72 I hvd thegood fortune to be uf that aoiond part The thirdpart was that of Mr Frank llrown, of Denver, onlyafew jcars ago, when ho lout Ills life, and tho at-tempt to go through the great chasm was aban-doned till some mouths later, when Mr. Stanton, hisengineer, accomplished the dosccnt. It was alioclaimed that a roan named VV hlto went through on araft before Powell, but this Is doubtful, as he prob-ably euterid the canj on near Its end. Tho letter Inthis morning's edition is hcalol through tho"(Irand Cauyon nf the rtto Grande," but it probablymeana the lllo Colorado, as tbe letler goes on tospeak of that etrcvm F. B Drt LLNiiACan.

Several of our correspondents appear tohavo confounded thocanvon of the Coloradowith thecnnonof tho Itlo Orande. Tho state-ments in the nrtlcle In The Buy of Sundaylast referred to the can) on of tho lllo Orande.

The Kiplorution of Ilronklyn.ToTiigEniToiiorTiirScs Sir On the left hand

side of Ilrusdway, llrooklyn. ahort distance fromthe ferries, going therefrom, a shoemaker with theInitials M. D. and tho name of M, Dockter swings hissign. On Tompkins avenue, Brooklyn, near Tompkins Park, A Slrloyne keeps a newsstand and sta-tionery alore Kp. P Acxehmah.

Dbooeltk, Aug. 0.

Speculation About Mr. need's Intentions.fVom tt Doihn Herald,

We attach littlo Importance to the suggestionrecently made that, as Mr rhomaa 11 Reed has uotresigned his scat lu Congress, it maj be his Intentionto reoccupy It, after ell. We do not btliovo ho haauj such purpose. Urn suppose he does continuethrough the ueit Congress, rtio nation Mil thusha e still In its sei rice one of its ableat public menMr Heed might uot be elected speaker aga u, one fourliuporlaut wislern rithange takes oc.aslon todeclare that ne could not bo. the moven enl for Mi.Henderson as bis successor having gone too far tobe abandoned This Is not to bo taktn ss quitesure, however. If bowtieuot araln chosen to thocLalr, ou the floor Mr. Itced would be a vcrj Inter-esting figure, aud, It inl.-h-t be, a useful ono as wellHi nation would be likely to proftt by tho Intellectand experience that bis presence would bring Intoaction thero

The Tanners of the Sen.roi the iontttry Jmti

Theaverago value of tho product of agriculturals tier aero or square mile Is often computed, but

probabl) feof u have seen similar compulationsrelatlug tj tho sea. Professor Hi useus, wrlliug inthe Uerman geographical periodical Ololiut, hat hg.urud out anateragenf this sort for tho North Seawhich Ji well known to be one of the world's greatsources of value dtrlved from fisheries Hesiystbevalueof the Uih caught lu tho Soith Sea early bythe countries bordering It Is about t sl.ooo ooo. Thoyearly catch la never known to be less than $17 too,-oo-

nor more than ts",0(io,ooo Tbe North Sea, Ineluding the Ska.-e- r Pak or gulf between the south-ern part uf Norwa and bweden. has an area of23f. hh square miles, aid therefore the averagevalueof the North Sea fubcrlei each yeirlsii 5for ev ery s ruare mllo of the sea

Humiliationom tkt IndianapolU Journal,

"Did you know our horse balked yeeterdayr''Oradousl What did you dor"llllchsd an automobile to him and draegsd him

home."

CAl'T, J. K. II. STVAttT O.V OBX. ALUKK.

A Defence or the Late firerntnry of Warj Agnlnst Various Accusations.

To this KniTon or TntcHON Sir: At thebeglnlng of tho War becretary Alger wascharged with errors In tho selection of volun-teer officers! with errors In the selection ofcampsites; with falluro to provide suitableand sufficient food nnd OQtllpmcnt : with bolngpersonally Interested In Army contracts, andwith favoring railroads In tho transportationof troops.

I wish to Invito the attention of tho thinkingpeoplo of this country to nnother vlow of thissubject. First, when war with Spain was de-

clared, a largo number of officers vvere neededutonce Tho majority of theso commissionswero Issued upon the recommendation of tlioSenators, ltoprosentatlvea and Governors oftho different States They, In turn, were In-

fluenced by tho roprescntatlvo men of tho dif-

ferent States, or by personal aouualntaneo withtho applicants thomselvos 1 submit that It Isnot reasonable to expect that Secretary Algershould have made all these appointments froma personal knowledge of the fltnoss and capac-ity for military service of the applicants. Trialnlono could determine their fitness No rail-road president, manufacturer, or employer ofmen. could solect tho same number of men Inthe samo period of time and make no mlstnkes.

Secondly somo of the camp sites worn foundto be unsuitable for large bodies of troopsMost of those were recommended after perso-nal inspection by spiclal boards, or by resi-dents of tho plnce. It would have been impos-sible for heoretary Algor to personally inspecteaoh of these sites, and evun if he had doneso, ho could not have foretold tho amount ofsloknoss that would bo reported from each lo-

cality It was necessary to concentrate thoArmy in the south, during tlio sickly eoason.How unreasonable to expect largo bodies of

troops to come from northern latitudes, andlive in camp without the conveniences of homelife, nnd enjoy tho samo health they bad athome

Thirdly, tho ration for the regular army Isfixed by Congress At the tlmo this was donothe Hpnnlsh-Amerloa- n War. and service In thotropics, was not contemplated. The pre-scribed ration could only be changed by Con-gros- s,

and not by the oflicers of the War De.pnrtment. W hen It linenine necess iry to lay Inn store of provisions tint demand vvnssosuddonanil so heavy that largo iiuniitltles wero pur-chased and accumulited nt central K)lnts Intho lieat of tlio southern climate somo of thesoprovisions doterloated Was this tlio fault ofbeeretary Alger?

Fourthly, ho has boen accused of being Inter-ested In Armv contracts, yet none of his s

hnvo produced any evidence to this effect,nor have I seen nny testimony to suctionedfrom am;;pf tho numerous witnesses who hnvoappeared before thu courts of Inquiry If the--hid had an fnuiidatlm wouldnot litis enemies have prod tread somo ev Ideneo

nnd brought to light theso Irregularities Inthe nliseneit of proof, Is It not fair to assume thatthe) nrnslmpl) slanders'

Hfthl). during the concentration of tho dif-ferent liotllt s of troops, miiiv ehiuges of plansvtere riocos iry 'these changes wore duepirtly to tile uncertainty us to the plnns of theenoinv: Pirtly to the desire lo avoid riskingttie health of troops b) transportation to Cuba,unless necesarv fur the conduct of the war.andiurtl) to tlio desire to move the troops nsoften ns possiltlo In order to prevent epidemicsof sickness

Blxthl) mistakes vvere made, but is It rightto saddle till the mistnkjs ot an uiidertaUngnslarge ns the last war upon thechouldersofaiiyone official I

lam n great bolloverln the final justice nftho American people, and I believe ttt-r- t whendue allowances have been made foi all circum-stances connortnii tilth llifl iv.ir tbi, btiil.li n- -ness nntl laek of piep iratlon. their fln-v- l

bo tint Hi crctuiy Alger did all in hispower to take earo of the volunteers nnd savotheir health and lives

The foiegolng is tho conclusion arrived ntby the writer aftorelght months' service In theJolunteer rni) .1 r.. It hicviiTLite Captain and Commissirj ot Subsistencel S Volunteers

Nfwiobt Nivvh, Va . Aug 7

t.ise .snei ;) nr a fiRArr.Missouri IVninnii n Illuff Kngl-ne-

lo ".Move Ills Ituml Over."Irom Ihi I'hila Itlhm Call

The engineer vv ho In) s out it r ulroad dislikesto move i st ike when It h is oneo boon driven

Once, w lien tlio present chief engineer of awestern rallroul was locating a lino In Mis-souri, ho was asked tochineotho sfvkesnndrefused. Aftor the stakes h id beon set. ayoung, unshaven man appeared nnd nskedthatthe ro-i- be "moved overa bit."

"Tht roail cannot bechanced." promptlytho engineer; "tills is the best place tor

it 'Tho man went into a house, grvt n rifle came

out. and pulled up the Mikes '1 lie Indignantenclneer Matted toward him, but w.is Inter-cepted by an elderly woman

'Can't )ou inovo your load over a littlo pleco.mister' she asked

"I don't see iih) I should," responded thoenclneer My business u to Inrntethe line,and mucin enll on the cnmpinv for damagesvVlint does that )ouiic bl.iekuu ml me in l,ysitting there on i stump with a gun' hoangril) demanded

'"I h.it's Nip. lie .iln't no blacksuird Tint'sMn. tnv sou' Well. 1 11 nip him If he gets funnv "

Oh. no. you won't I nln t afrild o' that."slid the woman "Whit eotne over me whenI seen you sfirtlngfor Nip win tint p'r'nna muli id a motlior. nnd how bad she d feel to haveyou enmo home that way ""What nay'""Well. If vou persist In driving them stakesthere mu II go home tlend ""Look here, do voir think I'm to bo bluffedbv that ruffian' '"Mp ain't no ruffian." said the womaniou see. we've ilw.t)s hern-- Mp misborn here an' when the guerrillas come an'called out paw an shot htm wo burled himjlst wharhe fell an' we've nhva) ki pt it as areservation, an' Mp lie's dote mined )ousha'n't disturb It. that's nil ""Then vou don't objeet to the rnilioid?"Irdo' mercy, no1 W'o want tip mid. hutwe don't want ion to disturb paw's grave "'!""'"" ihl the englneor. " let s go and seorip

When they hnd come up to the stump the bigenglneor held out his hand. Mp took It. butkept his eyes on th strangerHere It l" sild the womnn. touching alow stone lightly vv ith her foot

.,".' sf,p.-- Ml'd 'he engineer. "We can missthntcasll) enoughHe moved a mile of rnid From thnt tliy

forwnrd until the roel was flnWn I, nml lungafter, the wl low's homo was tho stoppingplaco for tho englnoer

A Mayflower nt Slxt) seven.From the IVaihlngtnn Hut

"I sat on the vernnda of the hotel at WarmSprings, down In Mrclnln. Inst Siindn), 'saidtho woman who has just come b.i k to town,and just slmplv put my minners In my pocket

while I listened In the conversation of twowomen near me The) were both from Wash-ington, and one of them belongs to n fitnllythil lus been fnmous for generations for themntrnlllelent hair of its women I he other Isthit most pitiful thing I know n woman whowon't iidmlt evt n to herself tint she hns grow nold. The) vvere talking about fnmll). nndroundly scoring Washington soclet) for thomero moneyed nobodies it Ins admittod to Itscircles.c"'.J,'on',h.orf's Yt? X.' sild the vvonnn withtho famous hair Shn hnn tnny fntnil, '

She's ,i Daughter of tlio Itevolutlon 'saidthe old woman"'Thuts nothing, sild tho first 'Twenty-fiv- e

thousand women belong to that It Isn'texclusive" ' You're a Colonial Dame, aren't on'' nskodthe el let woman"Y!V' returned tho other 'My ancestorswere r.ilonl.il tiovernors Aro you n HollandDainer"The elder woman drew herself up withPilde, and a faint color showed under the ricepowder on hoi wrinkled checks

O.nolndeersliesiild. wlilinn Indescrib-able air of eouuctrv ; Tin a Ma) flowerA ma) flow ei! Arid she must have bloomedforat lenst slxt). seven )ears "

Welching rt Jumbo Melon Oinnfiom fit St Loun lit lulUc

Iur.olJa,,lr '),e largest wntfmielon over growniHt being cultivated byI'llstor on his fnrm neir Crev CoeiirAlthough the melon Is now about the sire of anordinary washtnb, It Isstlllgroning on the vinoamong inaiiy other melons, and is not .t ripeJudge r is glv Ing the melon his clalcare, and la going to mnkit the cutting of theunusual speclmennspeelaleelehratlon On the

hni,ol?.ni '" r,,;,n,, " extend Invitationsto the county todlne with himon which ccasion the mon-t- er melon will lieserved as dessert and the oldestf armor presenttl If It""' honor of opanlng ami slicing tho

Kaeh friend attending will receive as n souve-nir a sack of tlie seeds

The 0Hlrr anil the IlrltlnlierFrom t',e J. meet

t mil the public fitl that thij con ensure theiroystirs lilt.g ri'iis.inaM free from pollution t),,,will not ls centum, and thu administrate n f ibeurt by a 11 of men Uimiiclsllj ntrr-ai- In HeBsherlrs will not bring ul.mt that tnl h irelrIt Is In tho Inlciiils of the oyster trade tu seikfor a measure which nil! at any rate afford someguarantee to the public of the purity of theiroyster uvSJibt g FlshsrUs Oummlttasa will addedK ansa aassai of sMactr

"-'l- 7 . .Ti - ' ' "

tub mas mm j svoyas.

BnbJenT tot k. Poem SuaKestee' U MroItudynrd Kipling.

To thb EniTonorTHtcSus Sir: On July20.you published n lotter from " Itesponslbllity."who obriously falls to perceive tho real objcotof Mr Kdwln Markham's poem, "Tho ManWith tho Hoo." Ho wrltoa that the author "hastwined somo very leafy and flowery vinesnround a vacuum," and that the subject of thotheme "lsnt)pe of tho great masses of thosewho uso farming Implements for a living, orelse he Is an exception. It tho latter, then thostrength of tho sentiment uttoied lies In thoconcealment of Its weakness, If tho former.""Ilosponslblllty " sn)s, "then the respectablefarmer Is grievously wrongod "

lour correspondent Is not the first who hnstnken exception to those vorses Mr Mark-ham- 's

own words may be employed in dofonse.as copied from the July llookmun. Hos.db:"A few persons take It that my poom referredto our Intelligent, well-to-d- o fanner A fewhnvo go no so funis to make thu astoundingstatement that 1 want men to desert the linothat I think lihoi degrading I ptotest againsttho degradation of iubor. not against laboritself I want hoe-me- n to stick ro their hoes,but I want them to got something for theirhoeing. I want them to have something Intheir lives besides mere dull labor "

"ItesnonRlblllty" would have been full) justi-fied In hlsrritlclsm hnd Mr Markham malignedthe thrifty farmer, est eclnllv the American far-mer, to w hum," lie understands. " Mr. Mm

observation and stud) have been con-fined Millet, tho Irench artist who paintedthe famous einvns from which Mr. Markhamfound his Inspiration for the poem, evidentlyhad In mind n very Illiterate stamp of the peas-ant, from tho phrenological nntl ptnslognoml-ca- laspect of tho man In tlio painting, tut therthun this, tho poom concerns tho lllltarato la-borer of nnj calling

Had the subjoct of tho poem been assees him. Is it possible that it

woul I have been rectdved with such universaland praiseworthy recognition Would thosvni-pathetl- o

soul havo perceived tho strength of Itsmeaning? "itesponslbllity" has woefully mislti-terpet-

Its significanceIt is nhsurd to brlnc in the American fnrmer,

and Itomionslblllty" would undoubtedly dis-cover, h) careful "observation andstudy." til ita surprising proportion of even tho farm-hand- sIn this country have tho benefit of some sort ofa school education, however rudlmental orprimitive

About "The Man Without tho Hoe." tho manwho has to work and prefers a genteel methodot obtaining his livuiiliood. I seo no earthlyreason wb) ho should not desiro n more del-r- e

ite emplo) ment, If he cm find It, thnn drudg-ju- gIn tho dirt, though that may bo moro

healthful; especially If ho Is u man of refine-ment and education, nntl by Ills own iiuallllea-tlon- s

can make lilmHclf more useful In somepursuit that ho is more fitted for, even if he isobliged to f.ill back upon "petty governmentrosltlons (loviirunient clerks nro not allloafers or ne As long is a mmworks I believe ho should havo tlio ciodltfor It

Hut tnere Is one specimen or rather oxcusefoi a man, who has tho infinite disgust andcontempt of nil honest eltlrens. tho manwho should, but won't work; nnd there niothousand of them right hero in Now Yoikmen who would rather worm out n living fromrelntlvesor friend", than r.ilo n linger to aidthemselves 'I his useless class would solve nsan excellent subject for n poom

Perhaps wo might got Mr. Kipling to writosomething strong and call it "Tim Man Withthe Sponge " It M. M 0.

:nkw oiik. Aug 0, 181K).

TllK STALEST TtltKAli,

linked In August. A. I). TO. the Oerms ofDyapt-psl- Are I'robnbly All Out of It.

from the I ontlon Daily MailSufferors from Indigestion are advised to oat

stale bread, tho staler tho butter, they are told.There is In the museum ut Naples somo breadwhich ought to be stale onough for anybodyIt wns bakotl one day in August. 70 A. D.. Inono of the cuiious ovens still to bo seen atl'ompell Moro thin 1H centuries, therefore,have elapsed slnco It was drawn "all hot" andIndigestible from tho oven So It mitr claim tobe the oldest bre.i 1 In tin- - world Vou mn) seoit In n glass case on the upper lloor of tho mu-seum T lore are sovoral loaves of It, ono stillbearing the Impress of tho baker's nnme

IiihIiiPb nnd si7o thev resemble the smnllcott.-ic- loaves oi but notlu appear-ance, for tlie) are as bl ick us charcoal, which.In fact, they closely resembled This vras nottlielrorlclnnl color, hut they have become car-bonized, nnd Ifettton would probably remindpne of charcoal biscuits hen new thoy mnyhave weighed about a couple of pounds ooeh,and wore moat llkelv rnlsed with leaven,ns Is most of tho bread in Oriental countries atthe present time

Tho popular idea that Pompeii wasdestrojedby lava is a fallacious one. If a lava streamhad descended upon the cltv tho bread andeverything elso In the plice would hnvo beenutlerl) dostro)ed l'ompell wns renllv burledunder ashes and fine cinders, called bv theItalians lapllli. Ou that dreadful da) InAugust, when the great eruption of Vesuviustook place, showers of fine ashes fell first uponthe doomed cit), tin n slioweis of lapllli. thenmoro ashes, nnd more lapllli. until l'ompellwns covered over to a depth in places of liiand even 'JO feet

Other comestibles besides the bread werepreserved, and ma now no seen In the snuinroom lu tho museum. There are variousklnrtsof grain, fruit. vegetables, and oven pioeosof ment Most Interesting is n dish of walnutssome cricked rcnlv Tor eating, others whole.I hough carbonlrod. like nil tho other eatablesthey have preserved their characteristicwrinkles and lines

There are figs, too, and pears, tho formerritlier shriveled, ns one would expect nftorall these. )e,irs, the latter certnlnlv no longerHut teihnps the most Interesting

relic In the room Is u honeycomb, ever) cell ofwhich can lie dlstmetl made out Itissowfllpreserved that it is haul to renlbo that thectuiili Is no longei wax northn hono bono)pn co of the eomtisoeins to have been tutout nnd one can Imagine some )oung'om-pelta- nhaving helped himself to It and sitting

mn to eat It. when ho had to jump up undliy foi bis life One cannot help wonderingwhat became of the pVen vt bother tho votingfe low tool: It with Mm and nte It us lie ran. orwhether he l!t It on bin plate, intending to re-turn for it when the eruption was over.

A JoTj for Taranny.The Missouri Democrat leaves home nbnut twrlro

mentis before tin National convention nf his partr.Ilellkts to como nit and touch elbows with msiiwhene names in fmillhr in politics One of this"Mlssouriaus balled a Set reporter In Hroadwaj andarki d

' Ho far is It up to Hiratgv? I see that some ofthe old wheel horses are up there, flcurlhi'nn luoo.I rcid lu one of tho papers that John 'larsne) Isgoing to hi tin re nnd that ho is u ilng to till thelev lira that Siuthern Democrats wilt fight Ilrjan

Ilrjan voted ngml Orlsp forSpuliir becauseCrisp was an ex Cmf td( rale. I don t know whetnetTarfney er.id this or not lint I am going up there totell tho leaders what soms of thnn may ki ow, thatJohn larsiie Is mli.htj apt to punctnn the llrianm 'vcnient if lu'tijili will. I knew John Tarsm ywhen lie wis pollre court prosecntir In hnnsss City.That was nbrut tttentt five yiars ago. Tho pilitoi utwia held novt t the onln" house on thesquare A tord of wood was usually Hack, d up Inthn court loom lu the w ntr and If tin weather waso 11 the court in ivi dlils docket to the wood pllaand pn s ded on ono side whllo thu forensic . lonuenic of Tar.ut t was pr tired forth from thn oil er'When thum was nothing on hand in oourt, Tarsnry

' ul I Jump on the footb ard of a hose cart and runwith tie mnrhlnt when there was a tire The per-sonality of Tirsni) at tint Jan.. was one of theamusing featuris f tli stroet of Kansas city

' Ills coa. was of the rut worn b- - tie oil schoolSouth rn geutlmia-- j leforo IhecUil wir His jatwa7oij much Ilk. thai 'seewun lo m st of theJehus nf New Voik It . a very antlent block,and whin on Tarsnry s bend It ha I th same Incllniti u t Wall over as tl at of the towtr of pisjAn oil i Ut pipe with ah rt st. in tho bowl reverse twent with thu hat sn coat whenever those articlesif ippar.l went with Tarsney lar-ne- y ilsjod mifavorite Ho soon botame knin ava man of thepror le, am! a few y.ars later sas nominated forO. ngrt .sand was elei fr-- He wa re eh ct. d VhcuIn Congress he a nlaa He could getInto thn Whltn House where bic--r Congressiurnwerctiirntilaa) Ho controllol appointments ofhlsdlstr'ct Ite had a front seat In the togitatlonsof Ids part) lu Mi.s.uri When he was oteatt.l(1 Imnaillstrlit Ju Ige in Oklah maHe Is an rlglnal i hsrsclcr fearless ant agresshc.

"If t'inSiratga IKmocrals ant a man who causet(reto tin lirjun wools sud smoke that In 11vldiivl out ail staiiipele him, Tirsnej ou.-h-t tohai.thej.il That's what I'm going no there totell them '

Mr Ilryan n finest of the OctopusFrnm (if Tixelca Cilntal

While In Cilorado Mr llijan accepue; free Irsns-po- itail m from a railroad r Tt ul, and used It and

thn. wasn't am thing in thn newsj apeiw abuut It,eltb-.- riiogin ral iiaiiagiri f the Cog roal sentM llrysnaiiss f rlu- - v If at d part-- , from Manllout ihi suinnilt if Hik 1' akanl r turn. Mr Ilrjananl 'r el da at on i avjd itn. int. Ices of the opp ,rtumt) of a free ride b) the.ourtoy f the nctoptis,and seemed to enjot it, uo.wlthatandlng tho moneyTalus of tho Oog road pus was ave times that of theColorado Midland pass.whloh had beea rsfuasd with

rVFFS OF TOBACCO smoke. IWhnt Is Snld by Scientific Sharps on nn trs 3teresttng Subject.

From ISt Cincinnati rntuirerScience has cnloulated that nn average put

of cigar smoke sets freo over S.OOU.doh.ijktiny particles, a whiff from n pipe liberate)ovor l,rjXX),lKH),tOof these particles and onifrom n clgnretto starts 2.1100.000.000 of thenflying through the surrounding atmosphere

A very curious fact concerning tol iccismoke is tho remarkable, change lu enl iwhich it undergoes nftor entering the mouthTroiir the burning end of a cigar tlie sin k

Issues In deep bluo threads, whllo that vvh tIs oxpelled from tho mouth is of n dccldo ybrownish tint

'I hu difference Is to be accounted for by thefact that the minutest particles have an in. Itense affinity for moisture When tobicic 1smokn Is tlrawn into t lie mout lilts smallest I nr- - Itides are Immediately detached from tbur-s- , 1

bv the prcsouco of moist surfaces, tow hie. 1they fly nml lodge j

Upsides particles amoko contnlns aovorit Jgnses mid vupots. Though Sir niter Hilelgliwon Ills famous vvtiger with yurcn l.lirib. tli,he took no iiccouiit of these when he stteiuptojto show her the weight of his smoke liy sub- - Itractiug tho weight ot the final nshes from Unitof the unburnt cigar, and Ills ileinoustinti.in Bwould not hold good with nny sclontlst y Bov

It Ins often been quoted that a grain of nieo- - Htine, iitlmir.lstered nil at once, would kill tliestrongest tlog, nnd from this have been aigued aUs toirllle eilects on tlie liodv of a liuiunn be- - vlug S bilo this statement Is uiiiloubtedlv true, --it.It Is somewhat misleading In order to com- - 1 JmltHUlclde by smoking, tlie dog would liavi to f, Iuiiiisuiue I0J strong cigars one right after the "JJother. He could put himself out of thu vv rldmuch more easily hv e itlng the lioxes

hatevor the III effects of tobacco when usedto excess. In moderation It nets on nn udult nsn mild sedntlve It Is claimed thnt after thethirtieth )ear its use prolongs life and pre-serves the mind by lessening the bodily fuiiu-tlon- s

of vvnste nnd repairExperts sny tint for smoking, tobacoo Is one

of the lenst Injurious subsinnces known,Compnretl with other n vegetable)substances used for the sniue purpose, tobiice )Is very mild Opium, without doubt. Is mostfearful lu Its elTe.'ts, for the drunkenness Itproduces ultimately unbalances the inludNext to opium lu powei are certain kinds ufgrasses, notable iiiiong which Is hemp, whichcaiuos intoxication and nun sthesla

I'lnnts Thnt floem to Jtcnson.om the Afw Orffanf Timet Democrat

"Do plants think?" sild a St Mai y planter,"Have they powers of reason or mi) vv.iv nf

what Is going ou around the-in-

'J ho iitiestloiis seem rather tantiistle, I id-i- nIt. but the) nro prompted by some very euri-ou- s

observations made at m) homoonl) u fowweeks itgo.

"M) daughter, who Is von fond of flowers,hns a morning glon v Ine grow Ing In n box onhor window litlge Willie wiiteiing it recentlyslie tu tlccil a delicate tendril reaching out in.vv.ird n null In the side casing She m irkedthe position of the tendril In pencil on tlio wood,nntl then shifted tlio nail about an Inch lower.Next tlnv tho J It t In feeler liad tlellected Itsolt QJver) noticeably, and was again heading fir mtho nnll Tho uinrMng und shifting wero If!repented four or live times, nlta)s withthe same results, and finally one niklil tintendril, which hnd mown consider il li,maiinged to reach tho coveted support, and w i Ifound It colled tlglitly around it Veiinwhilu Snutithor bunch of tendrils hnd been making for .Vn hook that was formerly used for a J Jeter Just before it reached its destination niv J'ta lughter strung u cord across the window stsli .nfdlreetlv above Itvvasacliolce.then.bptwi.il Jftlie old love and the new. and as a moii ing yglory nlvva)s seems to prefer n cord toaus thing , Welse. It wasn't long lu making up Its mind lu ma very few hours tlio p lie, ensti little toiulrlls - iwhich, b) tho way. conve) n surprising ftiggi s. ('tlon of human finger" had commenced to lifttoward the twine Next da) thev leiehed it, 5arid took sucli n firm grip that I don't bellovu ?.

they possibly could have been disengaged with- - jout breaking the fibre Hclentlsts are nodoubtfamiliar with sueb plieiiomeiin. nnd If so, ( Hwould hover) glad to learn whether the) havo Mformulated a theuiyou the subjuct. lo me It Hseems slmpl) lnuxpllcablu "

Arlronn's Mnslcetl Pltfnlls. B'torn Uit. Cricago Jiecont. Hj

Curious but dangerous freaks ot nataro fr- - Hciuontlv found in tlio desert of Arlvn iro Ucalled Bumleloros by tlie Mexloins nntl Indians.'I ho) are maked pitfalls of iiulcksiind tint -cur in tlm dry plains and ire covered with 1 Mtiencherous crust otclav that has been spreid 11over them In line pirtlcles liy tlio wind and sV

bnked ill)' b) the sunThe peculiai properties or the soli retain nil I

the mulslure drained Into them nfter the Infre. 1uuent rnlus, and nllow It to be filtered to tin- - 3known depths so tint a man or n horse or a Icow or n sheep that oneo steps upon that tie- -ceptlveerust Inst intly sinks out of sight be- - M1 and hope of rescue The suinl leros are on a IBlevel wllh the surface of the desert 1 liere Is Mno danger slgnnl to mark lliein. and then sur- - BfncecannotbedlstlngulHlied b) theordlnurv out ;from tho bnid clay that surrounds them 1 hev toecur most frciiuenrly In the nlknll-rovere- d iflats, nnd nre often fifteen or twent) foot in atllamtter. hiiiiietlmes thuy nre only little Sfioekets or wells tint n man can lean across, I

longest pole has never found the rbottom A stone thrown through tin crust '

sinks to unknown deiitlis und no mnn who "

ever fell lulioimof them was roscued Thevaccount lor the rmsterlous dlsuppoaraiice of imany men and cattle

Ills Kvteuiporaneous lffort.From tht fast's Ifurn. H

Mr Rnurgeou used to tell n good storv about Mono of Ills divinity students It was hlscustom, ilIn order to test tho iiowers of the soling i:icn Iflfor speaking, to give them as they woie about ELtoasct nit the pulpit n text to discourse about outheir own plan and in tlieli own words Tills, of ifcourse, was not befoiu an auditnee. but simply iamong themselves for practice On tho occasion Mreferred lo he gnvo to a voting man who ns yet Mhnd not tried thn ordeal the simple word ign"accbiieus." Tho )oung man. trembling from K3bend to foot, said, Va

'I will divide my subject Into threo parts, KlFirst, wo re id tli it ucchueus wos small of 11stature, and 1 never felt smaller than at tho,piesunt moment , second, vvo rend tliat Znccha- - Hens climbed 11 tr. e. whlelt reminds me of my IMascent into this tiulnit; third, we read that

iice'hneus made haslo to tomodown, whkh Hnecotdingly 1 will now tin."Whether tills man ovor beeimn a great H

lireachor or not. we nro not told, hut ho cer- - Htalul) showed that ho pustessed toady wit.

Perhaps the Oldest llrirk.frnm ton

At one of the recent meetings of the scndemledes Inscriptions et Ilulles-I.elt- rt s, in 1'ails,the keeper 01 tin. l.ouv re. Jlr Ilene), showeda brick whit li Is undoubtedl) tbe oldest n , x.stence. dating. It Is estimnteil. from tho for-

tieth tenturv, 11 C 'I he brick In iiuestion traidlstoverel b) Out I leiicii sivnnt andDe har7ee. during recent exo nations)

at Tello. thunnctent hirpiiln In ( hitlde.i Thabrick wns somewhat curved and had beenbaked bin was of such crude form that It ovl.dentil, hud neither Imen put In a press normoulde I 'I he mark of the maker was simplythe Imprint of the thumb Itwnselearl) madeverv soon nftor tlio discovery of tho art ofbrlek-mnkln- g which nrt. n Is universallyadmitted, innrlts the dawn of clvlllrstlon.Other bricks of a much more recent dnto ivorashown Smiiiio of thorn bore the mark of thecont of arms of Mrpuln, an emle with tlm hoe.ilofnllon Others again were Inscribed withtlio nimo of the roignlng mor.nrch. IB

Holding Down All ttie Jobs. Efrom the li nitnlle f nurifr n trnit. 5)

ennvnseor for 11 religlnuspublicitlon ente 1ed the yard of n . sldeuee In tlie southern part Piof the elt a lew davs ago small vvngn intbe )nrd and sevenl war whofps from tin rear 'of Hie house nnnoiiwod tint tli f miiiv wnsnot Hout of thee tv for the summer A pull nt the Ufront door I brought no reiionse. so lie went waround To the side p .reh, wlieio ho found a Hsmall boy with his fuce sm. nretl with jammaking a pviamld with liitiii.- - of loaf sugar

' Anjoiie at homo '" asked tlie canvasser'Me '

"No one elso '""Nop I'nt nt wont to the store nn' left me wlf

manner Mariner w ent up re street an' left mewif nurse Nurse's aunt died an she left mawlfreeook Cook jus' lunnod up zo alley tosee her frenz an" I's got everyslng to see after,an' it's all right '

The canvasser felt that tlie sunshine of hispaper was not needed in that family, and hawent his way

FaMier 100 Venra Old Whips Illslloj .

From the Cincinnati FnjuirerMonroe Hedges, nged ltM venrs, of Ander

son. In t , vvh j w hipped is eight). yenr-ol- d sonIllrnm ut Iiidiaiuii olis and pmed him in thohands of surgeons, who sewn I his scalp to.gerlier.nnd ir triing to hung him to lives In11 littlo house in Iron inlendditieiii He claimstlie.llstliicil 'ii .f to ng tin- man who drove tinf; s stilko ..n the llr- -t rallwa) ovor eonstructelIn Indiana Hi nim-- nine.) d wife die 1 Bre. eiith-- Ills stinngth mid meuinl nctlvlty ar Isoineth ng marvel .us Ilirnm we ono of th Bl.ob sof thu iiuulh.an lie isHiiycarii old. 1

Ills Henri on the Klght side. AFrom the nelii.I '(.nn Vea'er. ' tt

lHTAViv. Vg 4 Hi. hard Warden, aged JsP.rt) )u ns, a prot iinent eltirori of Wi. (I nnisi ur null it lils liome in tint village on Jltl IV this W, . w

He wiisfr. itiuiith liuglied it by his friends . 'beeuiiso of lus posit vensst ri iuu that his heart Lwiisnn the right side A exnml- - Vn:it on revealed tho faot that such wasthuca-e- . 1

Tlio unnatural position of War Ion's heart Jcaused him considerable pain aud a ooruDievIa) ' Jdlsarranammt ottha otrjjam ot hU body. , I