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H Th l'C9l,leut,, dr.ck yacht, tlio John D.J' i E KeM''ftS-iuesterdn- y from Jersey

J IF City totheothcrtermlnno(herroute,carry- -

f Jng her accustomed cargo.

t ' ltwoWbeiWYaRoip!rit, Indeed, that atf mneix tlm h01'1 Rriulg" U tho Chief8Mi jg,. lExecntlro tho ncclunlon and consolation

f? ,hlcli he can Ami among the Ilodifera'a oilJ, tnV or that should refer even Indirectly tof'(' ithe regulatlona concerning the use of iiubllow toroporty for prlvaU! inr)osri.

ijjjfH SSl ail ' T,'0 John I). ltodRcn carries this time notMM Wl "v, l1 tho President of the United KtatM butffi1 JSl Ji 'Iotho counsels of tho brato, blantcil in

jj 'sm M. their hour of might by tho deadly bllKhtofffh Mp treason; and tho Knllant craft Is entitled tojMil v$&4 sti he r,Rlit of ,vny ln t,ie suni1 ou t,i MmoSlRfl efjv 2lRr principle as an ambulance ou shore.

.jj R" tIE tTo tho Voters in Krcry CnncrcasK I ! ? r District.

JSB gB inB1 On the sixth day of next November occur

S&l ' ffil toF- -tho general elections to tho Uouse of Hepre- -

pKW ' j'li c) Mntattves ln tho Fifty-fourt- h Congress.

I'H ' fm P' at ,s nlno we!k, from next fuesdny. Inf3H ' ft. v' ft great many of tho three hundred andKjH W D,p flfty-Al- x districts, tho present Congressmen

'Mli I m ro after n renomlnatton, or, having nl- -

, ol ready been renominated, are hceklng relpc- -

18 er ,' tlon. In other districts new men nro askingvotcrs t0 cn them to Washington.aaaam W wi

f nsf In every Congress district there is one is--

H ; Z ,'j W transcending ln iinmcdtato Importance

'H 'I S' urf any other question now before the people.:MaH 'K R No candidate for Congress must bo allowed

JflH - th to go to n voto on election day without first,IM S putting himself distinctly and honestly on99ft K i ' jf!- record with square and complete unswers to

K tr tho subjoined questions :

aH I s? & Arc vou for or aualtuttht Income tax taaaH B l '" "' r "' ''" VU favor "10 M'fMlOll

taaH "'V CUtI further aPPUatlon of the system t n- -

BB W- - '. uiuuratcdlji(ftc j)rcent !uir, andfnu'iatHB W, tii, ti"i, and o uhat (cnt f

'flH " H'I " f a(7a(n( if, will you advocate the

JHH '' roj. repeat of the income tax tectlons of the'Hw j"r Tariff bill pasted bv the Fifty-thir- Con- -

fin H Folf. pr, and irill you vote for that repeal"KBI 19 i?' cveri timerSHE , M "at Men have a right to their opinions regard--

aaaaaaljaV "Vlog an income tax. Mon seeking election to

'Jslaalfll' Congress have no right to get there untilBaaHaB '"rf their purposes on this most Important sub--

'BmBwJ; ' "-- '' ltct aro publicly and definitely known.BSs1BJv ' Klght or wrong, equlUble or infamous, theBAvB, ' new socialistic theory of taxlug the few for

SHBfflk pij ' theliencntottliemany,andofthusestnblIsh- -

aaHtat'-a- 'o lng a system of class legislation, ns a I)enu- -

SMHS fj", cratlo measure, iuvolvcs changm radical in'JPJBKflp fljd their character and revolutionary in theirXSSfi Viili results. Tho income tax In the form in which

hRbK, hi'A:' il ls now presented ia a law not becnuso

SHHBJ ilnT the people of tho United States have dis- -

HBHBv vTJ c oussed it, or voted for it, or comndsslonediSBjEBj $'' their representatives to vote for It ; it liasVHaaaal Ylt nenked lnto the statutes in tho dark, under

' pK .. cover of tariff legislation, and without a sin- -

flVSL ,, Rio vote iu either House of Congress upon Its

SBhBJH ' ' nierlts as an Independent proiKisltlou. It Is

BwBHJif pl up to be voted upon by tho people at thoiflVflvjx. till! PIU thl' uext Novemlier.

BHJ j UemocratorKopubllcaii,PopulIiitorwhut- -bbbbHHbI,' VCr kB ca"s himself, every cauillilato foraflaaaawvi t?I ' Congress must bo compelled to mal.o hisiSB8flj. ' position knonn. Is he au income-taxer- , orIJHHBw'., ,m! U he not an iucome-taxe- r ? No dodging I

laaaaaBail:aaaaaaaaaai;"' ?27 ' Tho ConilllOti Clinllce.EbHHHJ "; Th& religious newspapers continue to

th Ignore the discussion caw going ou conctrn- -

PMhHb Jj" ' 1d8 the danger of the use of the commonaJBJ ,ceii chalice, or wino cup, in the Kiicliarlst. The

aaaaaaaaaPJ b'l Innovation of indiidual communloii cupsPBpK tl?i' has been Introduced Into imth u BaptistHBr JTS BIul R i'resbytcrlau church of Itoclu-ste-r furHH' tbe PurPosa ot avoiding this danger, as

aaaaaaaaaB "Va pointed out by Important medical societies;j' n but the subject has been barely mentioned

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t'n tha IMlPra especially reprevututh e of

artt those denominations. Wo do not find nuyaaaaaaaaaPJ th" reference to it in anyot the leading religiousApJHB', has papers of last week, aud at no time since the

BflflaPat1'',. question of the sanitary nectMlty for mu h u"Sr'HBHm' " change was raised, hue we secu in any ofHHj l- them n discussion of It on its merits,

PAfJBV av Obviously, they do not thus thrust Itor aside because it is not of interest to their

HHHHI' ,irJ readers aud is without nerlous importanceaPaPaPaPaH 7be discussion of the subject is proceeding

JPJBJPJPJPJ "out ' earnestly in every church which lists bothHH 'f.e'x elements in the communion, and it U engug- -

HJI )iouir lug tho attention of both clergy and laity.aPaPaPJaK Vhk' Physicians are receiving anxious inquiries

b ,' cjutj , on the subject from their patients, andiTw '

many letters treating it as of great gravityHflflH V tu Bra ddressel to TllK Bvx aud to otherEBBBjj C"ii Jttll' newspapers. Tho number of comPflPH '; upM inuulcanU.who uro passing by tlie w ine cupaPaPaPaPaPJ KlSr at tue Lord's Supper for fear of contracting

f j k'rn disease from it, must 1m large. At theHBflaPJ ' lu'i- - celebrations of the oniluauca iu Rothsster

', ' lie when the individual chalices were Intro- -I f tft duced the pastors of the churches explainedHHHHV iim' that one of the reasons inducing them toPaPaPaPaPJH iyA w3ke tbe cuugu was the ueglrct of tho

flj ln4 aacrameut by mauy church members be.aPaBBV'' hlW- -

cause f that dread, thus manifested evenflj "

uif before the subject legau to receive the for- -flflflB'' Sjllf mal dhtcussion "hich is now going ou.flflflB- - W"M 'b's fthtrm hail been provoked, uudoubted- -

flflflfl heal 4 ,y' by the ""t'on of attending physicians,flflflv' ttuf' d by the admonitions against the old prac- -

flflflB hko tlco which had been uttered by medical to--H haTi' clotles. Such a society In Ohio made themflV fi?J public mare than a year ago, and they were

flflfly iroi ft repeated by another in Itochcster itself.HvflB kJ' fc' Within late years, moreover, medical assc--

, Uie clatious have awakened people to the dan- -flflaflp iob Ber l tlxe commualcatioa ol disease in otherflflflfl! , Imjj ways of which they hod uot been mind- -

flflflv , " , tul. They have warned them even againstPJI I Ct,19 kiss of affection, hallowed in poetry and

R4, J 'gWce. Prudent, wolherinowadayi will

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not allow their children to be kissed on themouth, after the freer fashion of the past.Women havo taken to kissing each other onthe check as nn expression of friendship.Physicians nro putting their patient ontheir guard against many chance of con-

tagion uurecognied by tho medicine of ageneration ago. The whole reading public,too, has acquired general Information as tothe subject, from the diffusion of the resultsof modern scientific Investigation Into theorigin of disease.

Wo aro surprised, therefore, that Ihe re-

ligious papers do not ee the lmportauco ofthis discussion, so far as it affects the use oftho common chalice, and improe the op-

portunity which It affords them of ghlng Itthorough treatment in both its scientificand theological npects. A great number ofphysicians, probably more of them compara-tively than of any other of the secular pro-

fessions, are communicants of tho differentChurches punctilious Iu the observance ofreligious ordinances. Hence, when criticismof the use of the common wino cup comesfrom them, it does not have Its source In ir-

reverence or n light regard for the holymystery of the Kucharlst. Neitherdocs a chatigo in the method ofadministration of tho element involve nec-

essarily any interference with its essentialreligious Importance. It would not affectthe doctrine of communication In both kindswhich distinguishes Protestantism fromItoman Catholicism. It concerns only anexisting method of administration, hal-lowed, It Is true, by many centuries of piousobservance, but which can be changed with-out disturbing tho animating spirit of thesacrament. The question ls not whethercommunion In both kinds shall bo disused,but how it may bo preserved without disregarding nclentlUc demonstration of thedangers attending the present practice.

The discussion of the subject, so that themost desirable method consistent with thesolemnity of the holy mystery may 1

found and adopted, should and must pro-ceed In ull Protestant churches. It cannotIra smothered, but mist eventually coino uplu thcleglslntlvo bodies, the assemblies, con-

ferences, and conventions of all the Protes-tant denominations, though meanwhile dif-

ferent substitutes for the common chalicenro likely to bo Introduced into many indi-vidual churches.

Tho Pay of tho Medical Profession.Wo referred recently to tho average, sal-

aries received by American clergymen lnthe principal religious denominations. Noless interesting is the question of tho earn-ings of physicians and surgeons in thiscountry. Wo find somo facts relating tothis subject in an nrticlo contributed to thoSeptember numlier of tho Forum by Ur.GKORaE F. Siihadv, and tho data collectedare rendered tho moro instructive by a de-

tailed comparison with tho stnto of thingsin England, France, and Germany.

The conclusion to which the Fontmnrticle seems to point ls that, iu view of thobeneficent work accomplished, tho medicalprofession Is underpaid. The result of thoauthor's Inquiries ls thnt tho average annualIncome of physicians in largo practico iumost of the large cities cannot be put nbove93,000, while in tho smaller towns andrural districts it scarcely oxcoeds 91,200.As regards the city of New York, It Is

that two or thrco phslclans makeover 9100,000 n year; that ttvo or six rangofrom 8t0,000 to 800,000 ; fifty from 825,000to 830,000; one hundred and fifty from910,000 to 812,000; about three hundredfrom 95,000 to 90,000; fifteen hundredfrom 82,000 to 90,000, and tho remainderfrom 3800 to 81,000. Tho rule ls said to liethat tho largest Incomes aro ultimatelymr.de ly thoso physicians of conspicuousability who confine their practico to a spe-cial branch, but when the long preparationnecessary and the timo spent in attaininga reputation nro considered, tho su-periority of receipts is less considerablethan might at first sight be supposed. Forthe ordinary practitioner, what Is known asgeneral family work appears to be tho mostremunerative. The rapidity with whichsuccess may bo gained depends largely uponwhether tho young doctor settles In a ruraldistrict, a growing towu, or a largo city.Country practico yields moro at tho begin-ning, but tho muxltnum is sooner reached.This would obviously follow from the differ-ence In the scale of fees. Iu many of thesmaller towns a physician gets nomoro than half a dollar for au officevisit, and but twice that for a call within amile from his home. In tho large cities thefees nro higher, yet even in New York theyare far from being exorbitant. Tho generalfamily practitioner charges from 92 to 95per vislttothepatlent'shouso. The averagefee expected from tho rich is but 95,although twlco that sum is usually de-manded by physicians whoso practico isfor the most part limited to suchpeople. Office consultations of specialistscost from $10 to 825, as do also consul-tation Waits. When a New York physi-cian. Is called out of town, the usualchargu, we aro told, Is from 810 to 920 foreach hour of absence from home, plus trav-elling oxpenses, and the regular fee of 825for the consultation Itself. Not a few prac-titioners, however, obtain twice or threatimes those amounts. As might havo beenexpected, surgical operations commaud thohighest prices, which vary, according to thoskill and reputation of tin operator, from8100 up Into the thousands. It seems that,in general, night calls, whether ordinary orconsultation visits, are paid fur at doublethe rates of day calls.

Now, let us see how the earnings of Amer-ican physicians compare with thoso of somoof their European cuufreres. In Engluudthe guluea Is still the standard office fee,double that amount belui; charged fur out-side work. In London, however, muchlarger suras aie paid to the few physiciansand surgeons who control the best business.The same thing may be said of Paris, wherethe maximum fee fur surgical operationsmay be said to be $5,000, such having beenthe ruling of the court iu which a suitwas lately brought for 810,000 for a surgi-cal service. The usual Parisian fee for a sur-geon called in consultation is 920, whethertho examlnatinu takes place in his office orat the patient's house. The pay of a phy.siclau called lu consultation Is somewhatsmaller, ranging from 81 - to 820 per housevisit, while at bis offlce it U from 94 to 810,The general practitioner lu Paris ob-tains ou an average 89 per visit, butin aristocratic circles he demands 84.The highest annual Income now receivedby any Paris physician Is said to be8 10,000, although the late M, Charcot isreported to hve earned much more. Thereare two surgeons In the French capital whoare reputed to make 8100,000 a year. Theordinary fees of the medical profession inGermany seem much lower than our own,but we must bear In mind that the purchas-ing power of the mark Is much greater thanthat of its nominal equivalent, 23 cents,even If It be not quite equal, as Dr, Subadtthinks, to that of o dollar. The Germankg" doctor gcU S marks, or 00 ctata, for

an office visit. The specialist, of Berlin andother largo German cities charge from C to10 marks for ontaldo calls. The high modi-c- at

authorities receive SO mark, In their of-

fices and SO for visits at a patient's home.On tho whole, the average earnings of thoGerman family doctor are computed at$ 1 ,200 a year, and those of physicians calledin consultation and of first-rat- e specialistsat 89,000.

Regarding the casual windfalls ob-

tained by European practitioners of dis-tinction, Ur. SutnuY recalls tho fact thatthe late physician of the Prince ofWalks received for four weeks' at-

tendance at Sandrlngham, during hispatient's illness from typhoid fever, notonlythetitloof Baronet, but a fcoof 800,000. lrMoRKt.L MACKEXZIK Is reported to bare re-

ceived more than twice as much for his treat-ment of the Emperor FitEUKUtcK. Anotherfact less known Is that the Nawabof Kam-pu- r

recently paid an army surgeon 8200,000for three months' occasional attendance Inan ordinary attack of rheumatism. A Rus-sian surgeon Is reported to havo charged apatient In Odessa 80,000 for opening an Ab-

scess of the hip, the timo occupied beingabout ten minutes. Now and then awindfall of tho kind aboto exempli-fied occurs on this side of tho Atlan-tic. Dr. Siirauy asserts that certainAmerican multimillionaires pay for thoexcluslvo and constant attendance oftheir physicians from 800,000 to 8100,000a year. Wo are told that ono physician re-

ceived 987,000 for intending the daughterof a very rich man for two months ; another$00,000 fur n ach ting cruise of loss thansix mouths.

If we survey, however, tho whole fiold ofthe American medical profession, wo innstrecognize that the prizes aro few, and thatthe value of the services done is out of allproportiun to the pay laboriously gained.

Tho Wilson Bill Wan Passed.A betting mnn hero asks for some politi-

cal instruction, and gets lti"To tub Ecitob or The BvnStr: As a Democrat t

mada a bet with a Republican that Ihe Wilpdx billwould pau CongrcM In aoms form at this union.What Tariff bill, whether Wiuoi, Qoriux, or Uoqmbill, has Jutt become a law t

" I'lraae publlia auswer lu THE ECT, which shinesfor all. In order that our bet maj be decided.

" Dorrox, Aug-- . M, " II. T. KinaaT."

Tho Republican must pay. Tho bill in-

troduced into Congress by tha IIou. Wil-liam Ij. Wilson, tho Administration meas-ure, protectionist and populistic In Its ear-liest stages, passed Congress on Monday,Aug. 18.

During tho entire period of amendmentand modification nothing occurred to divestthe Tariff bill of its original tltlo of " WlL-BOK- ."

It took on various transient names,such as GoiniAK, Vooriiels, or Harris,according as this or that Senator figured mostprominently in tho redistribution of par-ticular atrocities in its protectionism, or intho political management of it on the floor.But It remained tho WILSON bill as dis-

tinctly and incontestabiy as McKls ley'smeasure remained McKixley's after thomany amendments put on It by the Senate.

The bill sustained but ono alteration Inprinciple. That was iu tho House, whenRepresentative McMlLLIK of Tenncsseo suc-

ceeded in tacking on to it a socialis-tic system of class taxation by tax-ing a special class of incomes. Didit becomo known thereby ns the Mc-MlLLIK bill? Not much. It began andended as tho Wilsox bill, or, more proper-ly, despite tho President's wailsandattcmptsto get away from it, tho Clevelaxd-Wil-BOXbll- l.

Let this Boston Democrat takehis money.

Hay..Tha perfidy, dishonor, and surrender

Tariff bill reduces the duty ou hny Im-ported Into tho United States by about one-hal- f;

and this recalls the attention of somoof its opponents to tho fact that Cauada isnow our strong competitor in tho haymarket, and that tho centres of trade lyingalong the Canadian border will suffer mostby the reduction of this duty. Tho cost ofproduction In Canada Is said to bo 45 percent, lower than In tho United States. In1870 the hay yield of the United States was21,025,000 tons; in 1880 tho yield was81,085,833 tons; in 1803 it was 05,700,-1C- 8,

worth 8570,S82,872, or more thandouble the value of the cotton crop, morethan twice the value of the wheat crop,nearly fifteen times greater than that of thetobacco crop, and within a fraction of thatof the com crop of 1803, which was $000,-000,0-

in value.New York stands at the head of tho

States, the hay crop of this Statebeing of the average value annually of morothan $00,000,000. New York, from Itsproximity to the Canada border line, willprobably suffer most from the importationof hay, under a lowered tariff rate, but thatconsideration should not be permitted tostand in the way of a fair trial of the newbill for readjusting and redistributing theatrocities of the McKlNLEY tariff, un-

der the workings of which, in 1899 and1803, a considerable foreign trade iu haywas beginning to be established.

It would not surprise us very much ifsomo of our Republican farmer friends Inthe northern part of the State would lie able,to do a turn of political haymaking this yeariu consequence of the change In tho tariff onhay, but they shouldn't forget that It. Pet-tido-

Flow! it Is something of a hay-maker, too.

Ono Year of Hullroml Accidents.The Inter-Stat- e Commerce Commission

has published fur tho last six years an an-nual report on the statistics of railways Inthe United States. Tho report for tho yearendlug Juue 30, 1893, has just been issuedfrom tho Government Printing Office atWashington. It is not as dry reading asmight be supposed. The portions relatingto the equipment of American railroads andto accidents are particularly Interesting.

During tho six years which have elapsedsince the Iuter-Stat- e Commerce Commissionbegan to collect these statistics, the numberof persons emplojees, passengers, and oth-erskilled or Injured by railway accidentsln the United States has Increased from31,170 in the year 1887-8- 8 to 47,780 luthe year 1802-03- , Out of this total for1802-3- , 7,346 persons were killed.

The figures for the last year Indicate thatthe greatest danger to which railway

are exposed Is the liability to fallfrom trains and engines. Of 2,727 employeeskilled in the year 1802-3,0- 44 met their deathiu this way. The other principal perils, statedin the order of their destructlveness to life,are, coupllngand uncoupling cars, collisions,and derailments. The number of employeeskilled while coupling or uncoupling cars was433, and b so large as to indlcato the ne-cessity of greater attention on the part ofrailroad managers to devising methods forthe prevention of this form of casualty. Inthe year to which the report particularlyrelates, only 290 passengers were killed onall the railways In the United States.

l. fOf the Purpose of, tpmj njng railway itti- -

tlstles, tho Inter-Stst- e Commerce Commis-sion ha divided the territories of the UnionInto ten groups. Group I. comprises theNew England States; H the Middle States j

III., Ohio, IndLann, and Michigan; IV., theVirginias and Carollnasj V., Kentucky,Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,and Florida; VI., Illinois, Wiscon-sin, Minnesota, Iowa, the northern halfof Missouri and the eastern halves oftho Dakota; VII., the rest of tho Dako-ta.,, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, and thonorthern part of Colorado; VIII., the restof Colorado, the northern port of New Mex-

ico, Kansas, the Indian Territory, Arkansas,and tho southern halt of Missouri; IX.,Louisiana, Texas, and southeastern NewMexico; X., the rest of New Mexico, Arl-ron- a,

Callfornlo, Nevada, Utah, Oregon,Idaho, and Washington,

We have stated the constitution of thesegroups in detail, becauso it is very interest-ing to note the comparative safety of rail-way travel in different parts of the country,ns indicated by tha proportion between thonumlier of passengers carried 'and the num-ber of passengers killed In each group.

In Group I., that Is to say, the New Eng-land States, moro than three and a quartermillions of passengers were carried forono killed. Tho next group lu or-der of safety Is If., comprising thoMiddle States, whero moro than twoand a quarter millions of passengers werecarried for one killed. Group HI. Is nextin order, with upward of two million onohundred thousand passengers carried forono killed. The order of tho other groups.with referenco to safety, Is Group X., GroupVI., Group V., Group IX., Group VII.,Group VIJI., and Group IV. In the lastone,comprising Virginia, West Virginia, NorthCarolina, and South Carolina, only OaO.ttlOpassengers were carried to ono killed.

This report also brings out ln a very strik-ing manner tho difference betnecn thedanger incurred by passengers and thodanger Incurred by employees lu rnllwaytransportation. During the year under con-sideration, taking tho country ns a whole,out of every 320 men employed onowas killed; and out of every twenty-eig- ht

men employed ono was injured. Theperil to employees Is greatest to thoso actu-ally engaged ln operating trains; and, Inthis branch of railroad work, it appears thntono cmployeo was killed for overy 1 10, andono was Injured out of every fen.

In March of last year Congress enacted nstatuto which obliges all Intcr-Stat- o com-mon carriers to equip their trains with

couplers and train brakes beforetho beginning of 1808. If this law ls car-ried into effect, it can hardly fall to reducethe proportion of casualties ln the freightservice of our railroads generally.

In a spirited appeal to the Democracy forBttlftaml vigorous actio-- ; In the lino of Demo-cratic professions, our esteemed contemporary,the Time, serves notlco upon Mr. Clevelandthat fine talk ls not enough:

"We warn our party an1 lis leader, the rrenlrtent,that this Is not a contest to be won aolely ujr the uw ofphraws,hovrrr happy, or by general denunciationor the truit or ot Its tool. Tho condemnation ofthenemrnuy the I'rcMiicnt Is hot and Just. So hasbeen that of other honest Democratic reformers Inplarea ot responsibility. We hare no criticism to makeupon It, We insist, howerer, that the next thingneeded ls action."

The demand upon 5rr. Cleveland, while notunreasonable, ls considerable.

Wo print a most Interesting Iotter aboutthe fruits of Oregon, sent to us by an Orcgonlai,who thinks that we bare overpraised somo ofthe California fruits. Wo must tell Its writerthat Now Yorkers nave not had the opportunityof knowing the fruits of Oregon as well as theyknow those of California. W can assure himthat If Oregon ahall supply us with better fruitjthan California, tho Heaver State will be en-

riched n III: car loads ofuhe good money thnt w eare sending to tho Golden Slate. Wo have nofavoritism for tho Calltornlan pcarj, plums,grapes, apples, cherries, or primes, as againstthe Oregonlan. Wo merely want the ery best oftheir l.lrd that can be raised on the continent ofNorth America.

Let Oregon think how much California winget from us this year for tho products of Its gen-erous Foil. If tho Oregon fruit growers want ourmarket, they must prove that they deserve It.If their fruits are tha best, send them along intrains of a hundred cars.

Our correspondent, " Oregon," admits that theOregon fruit gronors havo "shipped theirproducts In an imperfect condition." Just aolor at least we supposo It must bo ao, for we donot hear much of the Oregon fruit products InNew York. Those of great California aro allthe go here. We would like to see Oregon out-rival California, and wo would llko to sec Cali-fornia keeping ud with Oregon ln our fruitmarkets.

Oregon Is too late for this year. I.ct the Htatsshow us what It can do ln 1H0S. We shallglorify Its fruits as soon as no have good rea-son to do so.

Twice or thrice we have told the Russianrabbis of tho east sldo that the writs of dUorrawhich some ot them sell to unhappy hnsbanda ofthe Jewish faith are not legal papers In thisStnte or In any part of tlds country. Yet thotrafilo In tlieno writs Is kept up, and the evils ofIt are often deplorable. A man was eent toprison on Monday to await trial for bigamy,wlthnhichhe was charged In Justice IlVAN'scourt. He had been divorced from his first wifeby a Ludlow ftrcet rabbi, and een thnt n Ifoherself, w hen she appeared In court, testified toher belief In the validity of thedltorrc. TheJustice tried to enlighten the accused uponthe subject before he held him for trial."X rabbi's dlorce," ho aald, "la only apiece of worthless paper." "Pome of thorabbis here," ho added, "ouht tu bo punishedfor Imposing upon these simple people." Bothof Diamoxu.htkin's wives Were In court whenthe divorce purchased from Kahbt Weii l wasthus denounce and the Drat uf them sobbedwhile the second of them smiled,

Tha divorce-grantin- g rabbis had bettor payattention to tha warning given them by JuitlcuRvax, If they do not, they will deserve thopunishment of which he spoke.

It aecms to us that our Jewish contemporariesmight render good eervho tu the Jewish new-comers by making them acquainted v. 1th theAmerican laws respecting marriage and dl orc,A rabbinical dhorco Is a worthless piece otpaper in an American court. It cannot justifyany man In marrying a second wife while hisfirst wife Is alive. Induing to, he is a hljumlst,and llablo to prosecution.

Adjt.-Gen- . Porter's decision to have ateam from the New York National Uuard t ou.test In the Hilton Trophy and Inter-Stat- e

matches at Sea lllrt Is prett) sure of appro a).These matches belong to the National KltJo

Association, ana for many successive J cars w ereheld at Creedmoor. In thoso days New Yorknaturallv and properly urged teams from otherStates to participate ln them. Now, therefore,that these annual matches are shot on the riflegrounds of a neighboring State, It would berather ungracious for New York to absent her-self needlessly. She did fall to send a team toSea dirt hut year, but the mistake was palpable.Years ago teams from as far away as Michigan,and even California, sometimes came to Creed-mo-

to shoot la these same matches, audthe trouble and expenso which they incurredwere thoroughly appreciated by the militaryauthorities of New York. In the present caaethero Is no question of crossing the continent orcomtng from the Mississippi, bnt only of travel-ling to a comparatively near-b- y New Jersey sea-side resort, at small expense, for a single day'scompetitive shooting.

Apart from this consideration, New York hasa repoutloa to cujatala and a rtccrd p eoa- -

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tlnue In marksmanship. She Is ahead ot hersister States in the aggregate winnings andholdings of tho Hilton Trophy and the Boldlcrof Marathon. It Is true that her team wasbeaten two years ago at Sea Ulrt in bothmatches, but she made a very close contest forthe Hilton Trophy. She had won both matchesat Creedmoor the year before. Of the sixteenannual competitions for the Hilton TrophyNew York has won four, and of the nineteenfor tho Inter-Stat-e she has won six, her total often surpassing that of any other competitor.This record tho onght to keep up, thus showingthat the does not need a home range In order towin laurels.

It would be well If a revival of the old-tim- e

Interest In the annual competitions of the Na-tional Rifle Association could bo shown thisyear at Sea Qlrt. The value of good marksman-ship to tho cttlten soldiers ls not likely to booverrated, and each year brings Its lesson as tothat value. It would be a further point of In-

terest It the regulars of tho forts In New Yorkharbor could send a team to compete, as In for-mer days. Gen. HowAno said In his last year'sreport that ho had approved a march to SeaGirt, but lacked the funds to authorize It. It Isto be regretted that there Is not Mtno war of ob-

viating this difficulty, as thocxpente Isso slight,and the pretence of a team of regulars pittedagainst the State troops would add great In-

terest to tho meeting.At all events, It Is a point gained that .New

York will be represented this year at Sea Qlrt.

Tho Hon. TnoMAS M. PASCHAL, Congress-man of Texas, of course A Democrat, has beendefeated for renomlnatton ln ills district becauseho oted for free wool. Tho Democrats downthero resent such treachery, and they arethrough with Pasciiau

What right had Mr. Paschal, when his partrplatform said that the tariff should bo mado upfor the pnrpoo of "rerenuoonly," to discrimi-nate botwecn wool and other products, and to cutoff tho rcvenno from the wool? Under Uie funda-mental principle ot the Democracy wool stoodupon the footing of e cry other article. No In-

terest can bo favored. The wool grower whoproduces wool and the manufacturer who usesIt must be treated alike. Neither ono ran boknown to tho Demorrntlo tariff maker who,blind to all persons and deaf to alt robber pro-tectionist clamor, lays a duty upon every artlcloImported to this country to the extent that alltogether they shall supply tho revenue neces-sary for tho Government. Wo apjdaud thespirit of these Texas Democrats who havopromptly turned out of onlco tho representativewho spurned his party platform for somo crankor Influenco foreign to its principles, aud sub-jected them to Injustice and Injury.

Awnr frenzy llko that of Japan has notyet been manifested ln China. This fact Is notnecessarily a had sign for China. Tho feverishand furious Japanese may be beaten by thetolld and obstinntp Chinese. The Japanese

blood Is boiling, but It will get off tho boll aftera while The Chinese blood Is lukowarm, buttho fires of war are pretty sure to heat It up.Tho Japaneso started out on tho full run; thoChinese held their wind for a long race. It Isonly people unacquainted with tho history ofChina's wars who can think that the Chinese aronot hard fighters, when fight they must, lloththe English and the French have had bad timeswith tho Chlncso on tha battlefield. Tho Japstalk of seizing Pekln, dethroning the Emperor,and conquering China. This is folly and e.

Thoy may yet need all their strength forthe defenco of their own country.

A few days ago wo brought together thoseveral reports of now gold fields at Musca InColorado, at Coolgardlo In Australia, nt

In Africa, at Counanl in French Qulana,and upon tho eastern frontier of Venezuela.We now notice In tho Panama Star ami Heralda report of new discoveries In various provincesof Chill. That Journal says:

" In Coqulmbo the gold ferer Is developing. Anda-eoll- o

la not the only place at which gold has beenstruck, but at Cruzdo Cans also, where tho range ItIn a Tlrgln state. In many parts of tho province otCbllloegold has been struck. A msn named Arms,recently obtained, with ttttoen men In that manydays, $3,000 worth of the yellow inctat The gold Issaid to be very fine, end the Indications are Hint It ex-ists In great quantities. A rush bat set ln from allpart ln consequence."

Wo must hono that, bofore long, wo ehall seehero mnn-hlg- h blocks of the estimable goldwhich Is so plentiful In sundry parts of thoglobe. Wo need It; wo can make use of It. Wocan give tho Africans nnd Australians andSouth Americans andColorndonns lots ot tempt-ing things In exchange for It. They are notable to eat or drink It, and they can't wearmuch of It. We tell them to send it along. TheTreasury Is yawning for It.

When that Italian crew of strolling musi-cians who have taken ship for Now York landhere, they ought to strike out for the countrydistricts at once. Wo havo plenty of their kindln tho city already, and the police aro apt to dis-turb them In the execution of their art. Hut therural regions are very dull nil the year, nnd wemust thln't that hundreds of them might makea living there, with hand-orga- fiddle, flute,bugle, fog-hor- or other attractive instrument.We should say that Now Hampshire, Connecti-cut, Michigan, Kansas Texas, North Dakota,Idaho, and Nevada would bo good Stalen furthem, as there la but llttlo of tho best music Intheso States. They mutt, however, learn toplay American tunes, like " Yankee Doodle,""Down on theSnwanee," O, Say Can You See,"or "The Ilowcry." Foreign music, the Italiancanzonettl, for Instance, won't go In the ruralregions of this patrlollo country. The trouba-dours Hnd Jougleurs were great In their day;but either Connecticut cr ICanas would runthem out. HIo ivway, then, hie nn ar from NewYork, ye strolling musicians, as soon as you landhere, and stay not upon the order of j our going I

Tho few old "apple women" who used towander about town In other times have beensuperseded by many hundreds of alert Italianfruit venders, who trundlo their hand-cart- orcarry their baskets, or wait at tht Ir stands. TheeoItalians are quiet men; they aro both honestand courteous; they often smile pleasantly whena customer approaches; they liuvo excellentbuslniss vvas; they aro morn afraid of the po.Ilea than they need to hi. They do good ser-si-

by bringing all tho fruits uf the eeaaouwithin everybody's reach.

We cau tell them one thing which they do notseem to know. They would make lnme moneyIf they were to learn to apeak the language ofthe American people. Hardly any of our ItalianImmigrants will take the trouble to learn Eng-lish; and they believe It Is very hard to learn.Why, AmomoI You can learn both to speakand read It In three months, unless )ou aroduller than you look.

The applo women of the old times had anover their Italian auci essors, in that

the) kuew how tu talk English with force andto tiie purpose.

Are Cleveland and flrenhau l'rlrutely Esv.couraaluK the Widow IloinlaU I

From Ihe Sun rrasciseo Krantnrr.Commissioner haiuuel farter, H. A. IV Idruiann, J.

A Cummlmrs, and W. T. hewaril of Ilan all, who wentto Washington lo see President Cleveland over amonth ago, and who returned here Tuesday, will sailfur home Commlstloaer I'arker said tittnlxht that notn Ithstandlng Washington despatches tothe contrary they taw all Ihe great men In Washing,ton. Including President Ciereland, and that tholr la-te nrlew was tatlsf actory.

"We went to Wasulntton," herald, "to get aaanswer from the OoTerameot at to what It Intendedto do, and we got It. It wat to the effect that the Qor.rnment would aot at prcunt Interfere, which wat la

substance the answer f uralihed by the Senate tometime since. Etui we got mdbh encouragement of a

the nature of which It private until wereturn to UawaU aud reader our report to the peoplewho tent tu. I can tay this much that It U satisfac-tory. I stayed at the same hotel with SecretaryGresham, and saw and talked with him nearly eterrdty."

Ur. Tootle orTaUmu.Front tht Jticaatmd Stall.

Mr. Tootle ot TatnaU U put forward by the ropnllitparty of Oeorils.

Dsrtsr OcacrsvlluUoa.yroas Us CfetYlaad finds Dtaltr.

9 ma srer fell la lqr with s tU upoa a blcjcia.

No bloux Tails lu Canada,Flo.n (As Turvnj a lobe,

Canada hts granted but 113 dlvurcot In the latttwenty years.

FiocUl Amenities."Ah," remarked the belt buckle to tba bustle, Ithink I base seen )ou before.""If you ever did." repded the bustle curtly, " I watout of place."

Explicit Directions.Frvm Ihe Chicago Dully fiOiuaa,

rustomer-IIo- w do you usa this Intact 4"a" 'hew Clerk-- On the Iiuwu. nia'aui.

xns vsKirowx rnvixs or onseoir.IalertsttBft Iaforntatlaa for California

tad New Torhera.To inn EDiTon or Tnn Smt-S- lr: If there Is

any one thing thnt commends Tnn Bex to Itsmultitude of readers It Is Its absolute fairnessln everything. Permit me, then, to call yonrattention to a statement made In an editorialIn Sunday's Issue, relative to California products,wherein you sayt "There aro not any betterfruits In all tho world than those of California."

I think that In this assertion you unintention-ally do an Injustice to California's sister States,Oregon and Washington. Nowhere In the worldIs the quality of fruits tuperlor to that of thosogrown in these States, and notably Is this so Inregard to the former. Endowed by nature withn soil that, as experts claim has no superior for

blerred w 1th a rllmato of rare ex-

cellence, supplied with a precipitation that ren-ders rccourso to Irrigation unnccopsnry, thesotwo Northwestern States stand preeminentamong fruit-growi- communities for thoquality of their fruits. Whern nre Oregon's nndWashington's equals for apples, pear. cherries,plums, and prunes? That the fruits there ratsodaro the best Is evidenced by th fact that theycommand a better price than any others ln thomarkets of the country.

Candor compels mo to state, however, that thefruit growers of theso two States have hereto-fore fallen Into the same error that you com-plain of respecting tho California prodiircrs, lnshipping their products In au Imperfect condi-tion. If your admonition Is nctcu upon by theCalifornia, Oregon, and Washington producers,the benefits that will Inuro to them in reputa-tion and monoy will Iks nliuply Inestimable.

I trust tho nowspapers on tho Pacific coastwill copy your nrticlo fi etttnuK Ncv er weretruer words penned than when ytm wrote! "lnreaching for the world's markets tho far West-ern fruit growers must nlwnys bear In mind thattho world knows a good thing when It sees It, andIs as quick ln detecting tho bad ns In appreciat-ing tho good." If the growers heod this timelywisdom they will reap Incalculable benefit fromTub Sun's sage advic e. OiiGUO.v.

New Youk, Aug. i'8.

Hansom Itatllshed-Wli- ut Now!To tub Eurroit or tub Sun .Sir.' I have

noticed I.itely that somo of tho livery stables arekeeping hansoms In front of tho principal hotels,and I understand that the greater part of thqsta-hie- s

are going to follow suit. This will no doubt"nettle " tho hackmen on tho streets who haveworked hard for enrs to Inako hansoms a suc-cess ln this city. They have spent their hardearnings lavishly In Irving to procure tho bestvehicles thnt ran ha manufactured, many ofthem having "rics" that rost from Kd.'.'un toSl.HOO. with all tho Intent Improvements, suchns tutont door openerx. India rubber tlrci, ,Vc.If all tho stables Keep lmimiini It ls bound toinjure then-- (tho stables') coupd trade, an viryfew people will patronlzo their louis when theycan get hansoms for fifty cents a mile or adollaran hour.

There ls an ordinance which allows only onecab, one coach, and a baggage wagon In front ofn hotel, but tills has not been enforced.

I understand that tho men hav e now amalga-mated and nre over U00 strong, and Intend tosend a delegate to tho Mayor to endeavor tolessen the monopoly nt present extended tolivery stables of standing in front of hotels, nndby this means glvn the hackmen a chancoofearning a livelihood, which they nt the presenttime find It a very hard thing to do. and If thelivery stables are not prevented from doingwhat they threaten. It will compel tho hackmenIn to reduce their fares to tvventy-1- 1

vo cents per mile, and will not afford sufilclcntsupport for either sldo.Ill tho estimation of any reasonable mnn thisorder of things should not be, ns the streets ofany city should be considered ns public property.Knowing tho willingness of Tnn Hun. fromocular experience, to help and nsist w hencver

possible. I venturotonsk thatjou will find spaceIn your extcnslvo paper for this letter, andoblige, it. o. J.

It Will Rain irths Hvnumoa Htop.To Tiir. EniTon or Tnr. Su.v-S- lr: In order

to stop this unprecedented drought, let thoGovernment order tho dynamos ln tho NewEngland and Middle States. Including Mary-lan- d

and Virginia, to bo stopped forty-eigh- thours, when thero will be a heavy rainfall. Thoreason for this ls that tho atmosphero isktptso continuously surcharged with nrtlficlat elec-tricity thnt It dissipates tho humidity by decom-posing. Stop tho dynnmns. D. W. H.

Armour's ImpecoBtoua Kinsman.lYom (As Chicago UerntJ,

It has been a matter of current report foryenrs among Board of Trade men that PhilArmour has no prior relations. "Ha will notallow nny of them to remain poor," a veteran oftho Hoard remarked, by way of explanation ofthis unusual good fortuno of a rich man. " Hemakea them all rich."" I hav c heard that story before." Mr. Armourremarked with a smile, when ono of hU friendsasked him about It the other day. "Uut It's amistake. I have enough of them."Then tho big pAcUer hurst out In a laugh andhis friend knew n good atory w as t omlng."One of tho poor kind tin lives down In Illi-

nois ls ono of tho most porslHtent men I everknow. Ho keeps writing aud writing for moneynil tho time. He Is not a bad fellow, only Im-provident, and It ho displayed thn game energyin attending to business thnt he docs ln writingJome ho would have been rich n long time ago.w ell, ho kept wilding ono letter ufter another,saying that if ho only had S500 ho would ho allright. He repeated this so often that ono dny Itold ray secretary to write that If ho wouldn'tbother me for n year I would send him Sfloo."" ell, sir." nnd Mr. Armour's sides shookwith laughter, "us soon as the mails could bringa reply T got it. Ha said. Make it 81.000 andtwo) ears.' and I thought it was such a cleverturn that I sent the money."" What happened next i"

"In about three months he wroto again, sav.Ing t he agreement was off becauso lilt w if ehadn't been Included."

A Frenehmnn'a Hnnll Ranch.From tha Philadelphia Fttntng TtltgtapK.

Pahir, Aug. jN.-- A .provincial farmer livingnc?.ri An.M k decided to Increaao his income bycultivating snails. Ho has at present INU.uuo oftho Interesting and shiny t rcaturcs penned up ina waterproof shed, and where they nro bilngfattened for tho Paris market. Thoy eat asmuch green fodder per day as two cons wouldconsume, and their Jiet dainty Is rabbnge lcav e,which Imparta to their flesh the delicateo admired by epicures. Whetherfarmer Is going to udd largely to his incomoby this new departure lemains to bo seen, but acertain class nf French people do greatly eMcimsnails, bnall pie is considered excellent, butsome pecple prefer them simply boiled, and ex-tract them from the shell with a llttlu sliverresembling a nut pick, only aoniow hat

IJabtnlnc Made II I in a Colored SI an.From tht 3JtmfhU Vommtnial Apptal.

TniviiiiK l Tenn.. Aug. VI. -- Hill Ooldby andhpenivr.Mllla took refugo under a poplar treeduring a thunder storm. Lightning struck thatreo and severely Mumicd Imth of them. Aftertho tree was struck a l.eav) rain set In, and forsoveral hours the nuu lay unconscious, exitedto a beatlnc rain. When consciousness re.turned. Ooldby and. Mills arose, stilt and sore,and when the latter looked at his enrmmninn howas horrified tn discover that hts bUn hud beenturned as black oa that ot un African, and It hasremained so ever slum. Mills's skin was not of.W6!1 '.n u'0 ea?' ."'' the coloring of (Joldby's

l tho only IU effects of their narrow escapefrom death.

Hpp Won't Run Oa a Cuekoo I'latrorm.Frvm Ihe It. Ijiuit aiub.lkmoerat.

Washimitox. Aug. SS.-- W, r. baop of Client, edtow n tday. Bines, he left home ho hat been

nnnili'aled by Ihe IleraiHrats of the Third Congres.slrnal district for Congress. He has lint yet Mi-- tharlitfcrm.lmt sas If the p'ttforoi Isacurkoodm--menthewlllnot make the race, aud If It Is not a plat-form with art Administration lone he will make thorace, but If ho duet It will bo ou hit own peruiuilplatform.

Aroroiei-rrluivlSlnlatcr'- a Wlleon the tttavgoFiuih Ihe Et. Ivul) Glut IHirectut.

I'aeh, Auj; IS.-- n Is not evvry day that Parisiansaro treated lo tho spclarta of a woman vrho hatfigured as the wlfuof al'rlme WlnUter appraricgouthe stage. Mrs. Iteley, e hmbnnd wus at onotime Prluic Vlnlster to the late King of the SandwichIslands, hasjiuteou-iude- d a contract with the FullesIfergerea variety theatre, with the object of lutnxluclug llouolulu darning to Ihe 1'arkUus. Mieulll utupnorted by a troupe of llouolulu women.

The notary Monthlj Magailiu for Septemberfurnishes a beautiful poem by Katharine Tynaa.uulthheart the UUe of -- Our Lady of Pity" nd which winbe reproduced in our columns oa Sunday next. Theother articles of the number are well worthy of suchcompanionship. The Cuory U one of the very bestamong th numerous Catholic periodicals of tha coua.try, Tkt tditcr ti the Bsv. . U Q'SvU, o.

BVTtBBAMS.

"I tiw the other day," ealdatrotler,"awair(mpainted white, drawn by a white horse, and It soemrda not Inappropriate color for the outfit when therewas taken In aeeonnt the further tact that the

carried wat milk."Half the open doors along the erms streets In fit

German quarter reveal these dayt tunny glimpses nfrear premises abloom with sunflowers, lady slippers,nasturtiums, and other brilliant blossom, or embow.ered In green climbing rices. Such a rear yard oftenlends charm to a wetn stubs or a beer halt.

An old German haw kt fat and ripe wild cherrtetabout the quarter of hit race. He carries them In a

d hasket, and sells a generous qmrt for10 rents. The Germans use thrmasamedlclne.maltwine of them, tad make from them, with whiskey andbrandy, a popular cordial famous for lit beautifulcolor and nutty flavor.

-- Katt tide foreigners are ttudents of the Englishtongue and of American n ays. Tn-- t ve the Constitu-tion of the United States and tho bcclaratlnu of Inde-pendence, printed In English, German, nnd French,and cheaply bound np together, on sale In the Germanquarter. The new Tariff I vw lias also made lit appear-ance orer thero In pamphlet torr",

Woodlawn It somewhat famous for elaboratefloral devices of questionable laste, but a florist upthero has recently outdone his rlrals of the rrmetcryopposite. Ho hat rerenUy set out a bd of low Hantswithin full sight ot the hundred or two of railwaytrains that rush past dally, and has simulated a e

engine with Its train of ears.It has been found that pbreons bred In a long, low

barn fetch a higher prko for shooting matches, ihebirds from early habit, learned In their nestlmt place,when loosed from the trap start Immediately on a long,low flight. Instead of wheeling In air, as some (goonsdo. The habit makes them more dlfncult to hit thinother birds, and enhance! tbelr value,

Many of the wild grapes of the suburbs are rr Itherfox grapes nor chicken grapes, tho commonest varle.ties ln thlt latlttude, but degeuernte ilcwcudaiiKiifcultlrated grapes. They climb tall trees and inaknsheltering bowers over low shrubbery. Their fruit Is

usually poor and scarce, slnco they go unpruned andare not protected from nntlous Insects.

Cyrus W. Field's door plate still greets the eye fro--

the little postern gato of his great brow n.stone houseat the northeast corner of Oratnnierey Park and lrxIngton avenue. The gato liearlng the name admits toa side yard on Lexlugton arenue, and there Is nn plateon the front door. The windows bear placards an-

il ou tiring the approaching tale of the premises.'" When I was recently travelling In Italy," said a

returned New Yorker, "I got a notion of the relatl retniportamn of things American In that part of theworld For weeks I looked In ruin through th" Italianlocal newspapers forany newt fro u the United States,and the only thing I struck uim In all ni) stn) wattho annoum e t ent that Sir, IMlbon had fallen from afls e story w pulow In his on n house."

" Your watch Is old fasMoned," sal 1

a watchmaker to a customer, M aud It wouldn't fetchmore than a dollar anil a half If v ou sold It, but don'tgiro It up for the sake of a St, $3, or to stem w hitler.It will be more satisfactory to you than three or foursuch. Its works are as good as those now put Into aSIllortIB stem winder, and although It Is probablyt cnty years old. It w 111 last a lung time yet."

lint corn In tho Syrian quarter Isnvrry dlfftrentmatter from tho boiled and stennilngartlileof thslname hawked along the Bowery at all huurs of thnUht. The Syrian hot-cor- man bares the car of thhusks and lays it directly upon the coils otnbrarlcr,wherolt Is quickly cooked uud browned. Done thus,and seasoned with pepper, salt, and butter, hot cornhas a richness that It can never attain by Imlllng.

Isaac Fanpson, the only colored Democrat In hitpart of Delaware, died at Middletown tlmotheritsy,aged 87. Ue was famous aa a man ot great physicalstrength, and before tho days of reaping machines wasthe best cradlcr ln all the region. He worked eren npto the latt few mon tht of hit life. Empson wat born astare, but he was manumitted nearly sixty years ago,and lived a freeman during tho lost quarter of a ten-tur- y

of slavery dayt In thlt country.Early August's Insect choriu has Intensified ton

powerful orchestra. The shriller and smaller noisesteem to havo lessened, while tho strident cries ofthe katydid hare Increased. If bedroom windows latho suburbs ba left open the occupant of the room hatthe feeling that ha has lain down in tho pretence of amultitude. To tho accustomed ear, however, the multltudlnous small voices blend Into a soothing lullaby,like tho patter of rain on a garret roof.

A frequenter of the Astor Library after Inquiringday after day for Poole's Index, and nearly alwaysrecclTlng the reply "In use," at length asked whythero waa not a duplicate copy of tho work, "Whave three copies." said the oourteous attendant."But," urged the applicant, "that number is mani-festly not enough ; why not hare more J" " Why," re-plied the attendant with refreshing frankness, "If wehad more all ourtlme would bo occupied InhunUng upmagatlnes for readers."

Oxygen ls likely to play an important part In thesubmarine boat soon to be built for tho navy. It hatbeen found that a comparatively small quantity otoxygen from time to tune admitted tb a submarinechamber will keep the air ot such a chamber for hoursIn the condition to sustain human life. Instead, then,of carrying largo volumes ot compressed air ln mauyheavy mctallla receivers, a tingle receiver Oiled withoxygen may be carried. Thlt makes possible an Im-portant economy of weight and space.

Machine-mad- e men's shirts are produ'-e- by a re-

markably economical and effective adaptation nfmeans to ends. The device ot cutting out the partsby wholesale from the material ls nicely calculated toavoid waste, and great sewing machines, a hundred nrtwo hundred or three hundred together, run cheaplyby a single steam engine, tew together the parts,make the buttonholes, and tew on the buttont, aidedonly by a touch here and there from the handt of on,two, or three hundred girls, earning from ft to f7awecx each.

A group that attracted th attention of passers-b-stood at 0.03 tha other night at tha southwest rornerot Droadway and Thirtieth street) It was composed ofa big policeman and two very small boys. The boylwero hatless and barefoot. The older ot them waa per-haps three, possibly four; th other a year or soyounger. The big policeman held the left hand ot thsmsller boy lu his right and th larger boy stood tothe rUht of the smaller one. They were very smalland silent, but they stood up very straight, llkellttlmen. They had rome, doubtless, from tha Thirtiethstreet police station and were bound for the lostchildren department at folic Headquarters) theywere waiting for a ear. They didn't have long towait. The policeman moved out on the crossing withhis charges to meet It, and the grlpman, wro hadseen who was ln the party, earns to a dead full stopfor them. At tha step the policeman let go ot thlittle chap's hand and bent over and lifted bin upand stood him gently on th platform i a passingstranger performed a Uke service for th other boyan I seemed glad of the opportunity of doing It. Thn bigpoliceman stepped aboard, the conductor pulled thstrap, aud the car tped on down Droadwayt and thaiwas the end ot the Incident to the little knot of peopltwho bad halted on the corner.

Foreign Jv'otee or Real interest.M. Orandldler lately offered to present his collection,

of Oriental china to tho Louvre. It consuls of 8,009pieces and Is worth 1)4,000,

U, Ilarthelemy the friend of Thiers, whhat Just reached his ninetieth birthday, has nearlycompleted a biography of Victor Coutlu, th polio,ophcr, to be published this fall.

At J'rtdlm.itt, la Dohemlt, where miny mammntsrskeletons bava Ueu uuiarlbed, a prehistoric familybat lately been found, Tha skeletons ot th man,woman, and children are complete, the man's being ofannnnoua size.

The latest thing In scientific congresses Is the Atmot.pherla hVten"o Congress organized by the AntwerpKoclcty of Geography, w hlch hat Just held a meeting, '

The principal subjects set down for discussion werair currents, tbelr causes and effects, andth meanttaken to record them, and aerodynamics.

The latest lilt In Paris It the caricature of " l.aTroltleme Larron," the third thief, who devours theoyster and leavrt tha other two the shells. The dis-putants thlt time are China and Japan, Corea Is thoyster, aud the " iroislame larron" ItI Kngltnd, thi...Is encouraging Ihe fight and preparing to seize oaPorts Arthur aud Hamilton.

The famous White Horn ot Bwlnlou Is so orergrown with weeds that Ills difficult to make out thtlguro from the vale, and aa appeal bat lust lecamade to hare It scoured and kept fresh and clean by acertain Judge Hughe of th County Court Circuit, S o.0. That title completely hides from view tha TutuHughes who wrote 'Tom Drown" aud hlnistlfn.oa.-i- d

the White Horse.It Is expected that the monument to Fmll Angler,

Ihe draniatut, to be erected Infrontcf theudiou .

Ire, will bo ready In Ihe tprli:g, II will bv the u c fth sculptor Harrltt, and vv Ul tonsUt of a bronze bulplaced un a ruarblo column. 0u the atcp w ill b r, p.retented a nuue, Dofla Clorlndv. tha heroine or uAdvemurUre, and a child holding up tnuls, ie ofwhich reprtsentt the mate up of Got as Gifi.y.Gounod wat President of the committee la thsr.still bis death, and wat tucceedM by Gtrorae,

Kaiser Wllhclm bss not lot still during tb pastyear. A calculation has Istely been made showingwhere ho spent his lima tlnou Au. 13. 1J. He tla Be riln or I'otsdatuiea da) t. and travelling theothrrISO, lie giro t to luauueuvre tudrevlewt In tvvtlve diffcn at plain, from Kiel and el

tobtuttgsrt, Mrassburg.and Melt, he went forstate ceremonies to r) hwerlu, to Dremcn, toto Coburg-f- or th funeral of pule Ernest, and aa'afurtheueddlnguf the Grand Put of Uesse, he hathunted lu Hungary, bweden, Wurlcmbrrg, I pprbUola.andlladen, bit trip to Abbatla, Including hitstaylu Pola, Venice. aud Mcuna, took thrc week 1 1

and a hat gone to th Korto Fjord and to England.Altogether the Emperor trtuUed by land tad water

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