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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23

Tho city is boing tortured with electricity.
The binding. kissing carbon points that were
al first peculiar to the Bowery. and rendered
that thorouEhfaro unpleasant at night. have
been taking the place OF gas In ono street after
another until almost all Of tho main
streets IRE furnished with them. They
nre poor substitutes for gaslight. They
blind at short range. and ut dis
tance emphasize the darkness. Indoors wo arc
provided with domesticated electricity that Is
neither better nor worse thnn gas. but tho
pyrotcchnic beacons Of our stroots arc very I'M
pleasant to tho eye. ind are no improvement
on gas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23
Jane. @. BIn,ne-lI,. Hook.

To THE EDrToR OF TIE SuN-Sir: II It
be true that there is never loss without gain" ii
may be quito safely r.dcatei that In the loss OF his
election James Blame III gain greatly in the sale G!
ms BOOK and lkewis, the public in the quality Of the
worS II ne had been elected 1t IL far to surniisc that
the work would have been delayed and possibly deter
GRATED Is. he will have all his time give to the
n,S powers TO N prolncto, he great issue. that
rulscn the republic duiinc Mr. Blanes wears in
CosgreS, and supposed to have bocu settled yet ap
parenit not quite according to his Views viii now 10
watched with increased Interest. presented or Gi
party, STur, yr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23
Shining with Brightest L.us,re.

From out the smoke and din Of the Preslden-
ual campaign T"t SuS. of all metropolitan jourr ais
shines out with the brightest lusttc for devotion to
principle conssicncy Of argument and Incorporating
enmity - accomplished or contemplated wrong.
Its dctum as 10 the result universally accepted
as settlement OF the case, and when II proclaimed
Cleveland elected and i'll advance scrnly and resouty
denounced any attempt nj hocu.p in the returns
the people treathcd frecr and contemplating fraud
abnshed its head and brew in its poisonous fangs
As an honest independent journal Tnx today has
ia lesi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23

Virgins, the Canadian seer, is not salts
fed with discharging the functions OF a wealth
or prophet. but is bent on Illuminating him
self and the world - an apostle. He has en-
listed or received q commission In The Saliva
ton Army. and is going through the country
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23
Go'ev's Lady's BOOK for Docomb,

Go'ev's Lady's Hp0k for December comes with
'hr'slhas greeting 10 its many readers and In the
woh's' attractive form II the Oldest magazine OF the
kiad in America and 1855 III marx tho 0ftys,,,
OF ms poi nlnr moIth!y whose circulation prol,,Iy
covers the largest area OF any American public f
like character Its snb.c riLcrs being found In every ,
tzed country In The world Though old IN YEAR, it Ia hut
,u', 70 no'es ANA regard mat Goy' Lodys u new
In idsas and keeps up Mimirab,y with thu .,,,s a.,
progress wh'ls ihfniy Aahcrny to tn. uHlition. NJ
its past IN hisss;arr, arr, science, AMI fashion,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23

Blaine besna al 81 above Garfield while Grace hegina
Mt '3i above Campbells vote. At the Eighteenth dis
rict Blaine has reached PA and Grace paI at the Six
t'enh Blaine is ISL ahead and 5s at tho Fourth
Blaine Is So ahead and trace .oS and, finally at
the Twenty second the ront a. wkeh bo; received
hRlest excess. Blaine is SGD ahead and Grace 1904
Hut In some of the wards Campbell received more than
Grace Asnn evidence that the sdin. was l,ss active
In these districts the vote In OF them shows Garfield
ahead OF Blaine. Thsse Grc the asurcs:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23
THE SUN, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ~, 1884.

calling on tho people to repent" It remains to
be seon what distinction no will win As lay
preacher; but II tho people OF tho Dominion
put no moro confidence in his predictions OF
heated torn" for them hereafter than most OF
them 10 in his ordinary guessos at the weather.
he WONT induce q multitude to Join the =. A.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23

Brother CoNKLIHd must he happy. He
has smashed ARTHUR and smashed BLAINE.
What else is there that he should long f0r2
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23

KATE FIELD Is locturng against Mormon
ism. 1t Is n great and growing evil But can
her lectures overthrow it?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23

Thero can be no doubt that the combination
that succeeded IN carrying New York against the Re-
publican candidate for the Presidency is nj work for tho
return OF Mr. CosKLIsG to the Sennte.-Ctncnndu Com
W.rcil GasGe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23
How 10000 Majority van,.hed.

To THE EDlroR OF THE SUN-Sir: The fol-
lowing cxhibis may be instructive to citizens who nro
curious to know what became OF tho normal Democratic
majority which ia usually polled for tho candidate Of
the Democratic party for the Presidency:
EXHIBIT A.
AversYs vote Of candidate. Of County Democracy
Average vote OF candidate. Of County Dem ocrscy
on ballot endorsed Judiciary" 900
Difference .I2oo
endorsed Judiciary 80. ..,....,.,..,.,.T0 90
Average vote OF Republican candidates on ballot
Difference 1000
1t will be noted that while the County Democracy
vote the city and county ballot Is II than
the vote OF that element on the judiciary ballot the
situation is exactly reversed the Republican side, In
other words the Republicans withdrew 900 votes from
their conty ticket IN order TO give the County Dem
ocfats the benefit OF those votes on he county ticket Of
that organization which tanned the of the
ddate for Mayor, To make certainthat this result
produced by downright bargain aud not by any natural
operation o: public feing, have only to io,c that
the man OF all others the Republican county ballot
most obnoxious to its Independent sentiment. Mr.
Spencer the mouthpiece Of Mr. Brien. and csnGdate
for District Attorney 1000 ahead of his associates
on the county ticket.
For downright honest work. then. examine this:
Average vote Of Tamtnany candidates on ballot en-.
Average vote"t Tammany candidates On balo, Ell. ,
Difference 2CD
Tile vote for Cole. Of the Taninany judiciary cam
didn'.s who not cior ard by the butter clement IL
not inciud ID in the above statement
is probable that the the Judiciary ballot Of
the County Democracy candidates WAS affected in a
measure by the exchange IF votes with the Republicans.
II is safe to TINT the honest vote Of that organ
izaton Instead ot being ~ 600 shown by the judi.
ciary ballot would have been between 1900 900
5000 5000 less tiIau the vote received by Grant
Let however. seek 10 discover the consideration for
the ItrO votes withdrawn from the r. publican county
ticket and given to the County Democracy county can.
dldaes. We come, then. to Exhibit B.
EXHIBIT i.
Two years ago Allan Campbell the Citizens caud
date 70. Mayor Although not nominated by the County
Democracy, that organization practically abandoned
the union candidate the present cstimable Mayor and
voted for Mr.. Campbell at the election. lie also
supor'c! by the same element of Republicans that sup
ported Mr. Grace Whatever yotes Mr. Grace received
over Mr. Campbell II is natural to suppose. acres.
s!ons which do not belong TO him the contributions OF
Legitimate supporters II find that tho vote for Sir
Blaine exceeds that OF Garned at the same pons IN
which the vote for Mr. Grace exceeds that of Mr. Camp
bell the Republican consideration received from the
County Democracy Ia clearly shown.
We place the epecve Assembly districts In the order
In which the vote for Mr.. blaine ascerds. 1t will he
seen that the of votes OF over Cam, bell
nearly in the same general ratio:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23
Clear l'rnnt,

from ne IrIdNsdc TrlrrUer
Brown" "'" "ouS". MI
Yes. you are right"
No" - '""'''' '"PPose'
Wpy, YOU are 4 liquor dealer are you not,
VI, ies' bu' The money m putting INTO this home
wa. male our ufthe water rnt into The whskey Every
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23

"a yont.H " The disror fort ALL dAnsr. attending
'i nm ny ssIAg Dr. Javasa Inspectors al old s,t,t
.W1, susAt.s TOE eoashA soSs throat aai Pu!noga.J
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23
,.NNMLNI)
Che 60 !Sm,x.

An Independent Newspaper OF Dem.
ocratio Principles, but not Controlled by
any Sc, Of Politicians or Manpuators ;
Devoted to Collecting and Pub shing all
the News Of the Day in the most Inter.
ost'ng Shape and with the greatest pos
sible Promptness, Accuracy and Impair
TALLY and TO the Promotion Of Demo.
cratic Ideas and Policy in the affairs Of
Government Society and Industry
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-17
Antlers for Ornaments.

"Where do you get such big deer
antlers as those?" said a Young man to
ack-eyed. curly-banged girl in a
taxidermist's store in Williams Street.
He referred to a pile on the walk. The
girl dropped crow blackbird, which
she was fiaying, and said:
"Thnse deer horns grew on elks in
Montana. They are not very large il
compared with others"
The young man was directed to an
adjoining room. A red mouthed polar
bear, with paws wide apart, greeted him
on one side as he opened the door, and
leopard, with arched back and
knotted muscles, seemed to snacl at him
on the other. Overhead, hanging from
a tangled mass of whitened horns, and
on every side of the room,
there was throng of monkeys, s1uir-
rels, birds and animals of a hundred
varieties, all in attitudes which looked
As if the old baboon in the corner, with
his fingers to his lips, had checked them
in the midst of wild carCusal on the
entry of stranger.
Horns are just now very fashion
able. Such things vary from year to
year. Last December we sold hundred
pairs of antlers," said the girl.
show much did you get a pairp"
From three dollars for a pair Of
small Virginia deer-antlers to thirty
dollars for five-foot spread of elk Is,
and forty dollars for pair of magnifi-
cent moose shovel horns"
Ibid that include the stuffed head?"
"NO. Mounted head and all. moose
or elk horns bring sixty dollars and
seventy-five dollars. Those animals arn
dying out very rapidly"
"What is the very latest thing in the
line of wall ornaments?"
"A wild boar's head. We have Just
received q barrel full of the skins.
When properly mounted they look de-
lightfully vicious, and sell for thirty
dollars"
"Keeps the proprietor pretty busy to
supply the trade. doesn't it?" said the
young man, hearing work upstairs.
'Yes. He employs eighteen hands
besides me-"
''And what can you do?"
II can fay more than 400 birds aday
for use as hat ornaments"
care the wages high?"
LAS high as the skill of the operator.
The men who can show the muscles of
an animal and place it in striking and
natural positions get from fifty dollars
to sixty dollars month. IN. Y. Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-17
Two Aged Southern Students.

We knew in Granville County two
aged gentlemen who were farmers snd
who lived half mile or so apart. One
of them, now in his grave, in his
seventy fourth year sat down and read
over for mental solacement and re-
freshment and for use several leading
Latin poets. He was the finest scholar
in Shakespeare that has yet lived in the
South so far as we know. He was q
man of sweetest character, and wrote
with considerable elegance. When
John C. Taylor fell asleep one of the
purest and best of North Carolinian.
passed to his reward. His neighbor still
survives, aged eighty-one years He,
too, is classical scholar. and reads his
Horace in his old age. He is a man OF
very accurate reading, and is more
familiar with Chaucer than any man
we have known. He reads the best and
only the best. 1t was only last year
that it was our pleasure to publish a
very clever contribution from his fertile
pen that was as sparkling, fresh and
humorous as if it had been written By
some gifted man of thirty-fiye. 1t was
this article that gave the finishing blow
to the supposed authorship of ..Cousir
Sally Billiard" and that showed that
Ham Jones had only revamped an Gid
Virginian story Wilmington IN. CO.
Star. 80 a'ssA 20 .
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-17
A HOOSier Genius.

Richmond, Ind, has an untotored
mind which is capable of astonishing
results in a mathematical way. A boy
who will not be six years old until next
Nav outranks in mental arithmetic
pupils thrice his years and well up in
the higher branches. 1t is Master
George Rowland Price, whose father,
NJ. l.. Price, a carpenter, works for
Oliver Yates. and, like his wife and his
other children, has never manifested
any rare mental requirements, although
the family are people of average attain
ments. One morning last fall the boy
came down stairs and asked, s'How
much are twice and l?' His father
replied that there was no such thing,
whereupon the lad rejoined: Yes
there is; 2 twice and make 81 From
that on to the holidays he was instantly
stumbling on to something of the kind,
which perplexed his parents, as they
had taken no pains to instruct him, and
they could not understand where he
got his ideas from. With the coming
of the holidays, however, his mind be-
came engrossed with more childish
things, and he for q time abandoned
bis mathematical problems, but subse
quently resuming them, he has latterly
developed into a mental marvel.
Perhaps if you ask him how much forty
times eighty are, he will reply. Two
thousand and twenty sixties over" but
he generally gives the correct answer
in one total, and does it apparently
with as little thought and as promptly
as he would tell you his name. And
while he does not deal in fractions, he
computes odd numbers just as readily
as he does even ones, whether the
example be in addition, subtraction, or
multiplication. A fellow-workman of
his father said: "Rowly, l have fl
cents and your father gives me z, then
l give you 9; how many have / left?"
'.Thirty-nine," he replied as quick as a
flash, and the man said: 81 am A
years old; how many weeks is that?'
He just as promptly responded, so, 2SS. "
Instead of having a massive head and
dwarfed body, as is general in such
individuals, he is very evenly proper
toned for a boy, weighing about 45
pounds, and his extra breadth of fore
head would hardly be noticeable were
one not appraised of his characteristic.
In habits he is older than his years, re-
manning with his parents instead of
taking to children's sports, and often
saying to neighbor children when they
come to play with him: ''You had
better 60 home; mother has enough
kids OF her own to bother her." In
fact, he is precocious in every way, but
only phenomenal in mathematics
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-17
The Heroine Of s.Iyanhee. ,,

Rebecca Graft died many years ago.
In her younger days she resided with
aer parents in Philadelphia She had a
warm friend, Miss Hoffman. of New
ork, and the two girls were in the
habit of paying periodical visits to each
other in their respective cities. Miss
Hoffman was the betrothed of Washing
ton Irving, but before the marriage
could take place consumption claim ed
the fair New York girl. and she sue
.cumbed to the disease, tenderly nursed
on her death-bed by her friend, Rebecca
Gratz. Irving. who never recovered
from the loss of his first and only love,
naturally formed a warm friendship for
his late sweethearts other self, Rebecca.
Miss Graft was woman of singularly
pure thought and hight of mind. She
felt keenly the slight cast upon her race
and creed, for in those days the Jewsish
disability laws still existed in England,
and very few of the "chosen people"
were admitted into the best American
society. During Washington Irying's
travels in Europe, Miss Graft and he
were in constant correspondence. The
American author was warmly received
by English writer's. With Walter Scott
he sojourned several weeks. At that
time Scott had not avowed the author
ship of the Waverley series of novels,
but to Irving he contided his secret,
and also told him that he (Scott) was at
work on a new book, ''Ivanhoe. The
two authors discussed the plot of
'.Ivanhoe' together and particularly
the character of the Jewess Scott was
introducing. what shall 1 call her?"
asked Scott Call her 'Rebecca, " re-
piled Irving, his thoughts wandering to
the Rebecca of his friendship. Irving
dwelt on the noble traits in Miss Graft S
character to his friend, and especially
drew attention to her steadfastness of
creed and the grandeur but melancholy
of her thoughts. Scott was filled with
sympathy for her character. When
''Invanhoe" was eventually published
Sir Walter sent one of the first copies to
his American friend, with long and
affectionate letter. A line in it read:
How does nv 'Rebecca' tit in with
your 'Rebecca?'" -PhladelphiG TeIe-
graph.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-17
The Joke Of the Milwaukee Joker.

Coming into Milwaukee barber shop
few days ago railroad man espied a
friend in one of the chairs, and sneak
ing quietly up behind he seized the
lather brush and daubed him in the
eyes and face till he looked like Hump
ty Dumptv without any mouth. The
victim struggled, but to no purpose.
and when he finally got on his feet his
head was ball of soap-suds. 1t was
then that the spectators first discovered
that he had mouth in spite of appear.
ances to the contrary. and the way he
went for his assailant proved that he
knew how 10 use it. In the language
of the manager of the skating rink,
He deserved the Florida medal" AT
the sound of his voice the railroad man
turned as pale as ghost. The victir,
was total stranger to him, and brit f0f
the intercession of the boss barber. gore
would probably have been spilled. Tbs
railroad mans apologies were profuse.
but his laughter rang no more that day.
He didn't want to laugh: he had had
his laugh before he discovered his mis-
take, and he had got through. Now he
always looks man all over and waits
for him to speak first before he tries to
have any fun with him in BARRIERS
chair.-ErchGR9e
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-17
FARM AND PRESIDE.

"A well beaten egg is great sddi-
ton to dried apple pie, giving light
ness and a good flavor also.-Boston
Globe.
Mahogany furniture should be
washed with warm water and soap, then
an application of bees-wax and sweet
oil upon q soft cloth, and polished with
chamois, gives q rich fnish.-Y y.
Times.
I'm removing old broken panes OF
glass from a window, dip small brush
in nitric or muriatic acid and go over
the putty with it. Let it rest awhile and
it will soon become so soft that you can
remove it with ease.-E1chGn9e
Fowls appear to derive great bene-
fit from eating grated horse-radish.
Fowls are fond of highly seasoned food,
and will eat large quantities of ginger,
pepper and onions. Horse-radish is
easily raised and appears to be as valu-
able as condiments that are somewhat
costly.
TO make pork of the best quality.
especially for smoking, no strong tast-
ing food should be given during the
last few weeks of the pigs existence.
Even Indian meal is considered much
too strongly favored by English farm
ers who make choice hams and bacon a
specially. To the refuse milk of the
dairy they add barley or oatmeal and
well-boiled potatoes Chicago Journal.
-One of the most reliable receipts
for a white layer cake is this: One cup
of butter beaten to cream, with two
cups of sugar; add one cup of sweet
milk, three cups of -four, with two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder mixed with
it and the well beaten whites of five
eggs. This is also delicious if baked
in a loaf with a large cup of chopped
raisins in it; put them in last, reserving
little of the flour to sprinkle over
them.-B0StO1 Transcript.
"A small piece of resin dipped in
water, which is placed in vessel on a
stove, will add a peculiar property to
the atmosphere of the room, which will
give great relief to persons troubled
with a cough. The heat of the water
IS sufficient to throw off the aroma OF
the resin, and gives the same relief that
is afforded by combustion of resin.
1t is preferable to combustion because
the evaporation is more durable. The
same resin may be used for weeks.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-17
Develoument. In CANCER rre.tment.

Mr.. W. h Gilbert, Albany, Ca, says:
A gentleman named Moore, near this
city, had an eating cancer ON his face,
which had eaten away his nose and his
under lip, and had extended upuntil it had
nearly re lched his eye. Tae cancer was
eating his gums and hadrendered his tee
so loose that he thought they might at any
time drop out. He has been taking SwIFT's
SPECIFIC about three months, and its effect
has been wonderful. 1t has driven the poi
son from his system, the cancer has healed
greatly his teeth have become strong again,
and he thinks he has hem rescued from an
awful death. He is the most enthusiastic
man ever saw"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 3. Atlanta. Ga
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-17

1t is now said there is no truth in
the popular idea that vines allowed TO
climb against a house will make it
damp. Keep them cut down beow the
roof so that they do not choke the
cutters, and there will be no trouble
ON this source. Beside the beauty
hey give to an otherwise plain and
implanted house. the cottage covered
with vines will possess the advantage
If greater coolnes> in summer and in
:reased warmth in winter.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-17
The ZOdiacal Light.

The cause of the luminous phenome-
non known as the zodiacal light has
long been the subject of speculation,
and numerous hypothesis have been
suggested to account for it. A cores
pondent of Cosmos les Mo1ades regards
the entire phenomenon as one OF the
reflection of light. What we observe
is nothing but the reflection of that part
of the earth which is illuminated shortly
before the sun rises and after it sets. In
order to understand this we must as
sumo that the earth is surrounded for
q certain distance by comparatively
dense envelope of gas, beyond which
the latter exists in state of great atten-
uatiOn. We therefore have two media
of different density which influence the
rays of light in the well known way,
refracting them up to certain limiting
angle of incidence, beyond which total
reflection takes place.
If we imagine the sun little below
the horizon, part of the earth directly
in front of us will reflect the rays of the
sun at very obtuse angle; these rays,
meeting the boundary of the media at a
very OUluSe angie, Will De IOIdIly It.
Elected. and it is these totally reflected
rays which we see.
This explains the appearance of the
light in the shape of cone whose line
is always inclined in the direction of
the ecliptic, and whose base is toward
the sun; it also accounts for the fact that
the changes observed in its appearance
follow a reverse order in the evening
from that in the morning. The reason
why the cone is longer in the evening
than in the morning is that the layer of
dense atmosphere is expanded by reason
of its exposure to the suns radiation
through the entire day, whereas in the
morning the reverse is the case
Scientific americas
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-17
Figures Won't Lie.

The figures showing the enormous year.
ly sales of Kidney Wort demonstrate its
value as a medicine beyond dispute. IL is
a purely vegetable compound of certain
roots, leaves and berries known to nave
special value in Kidney troubles. Com
binod with these are remedies acting d.
rectly on the Liver and Bowels. II is be-
cause of this combined &C ion that Kidney
Wort has proved such an unequaled reno
dy in all diseases of these orsans.