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Tho rivii COG yira rfrm~r' srs rhurNins
smpws thrmsIv~s v tho a,asitfiur ~ fhrir
p-t prpj~rf op'irr thn pri.a~n' timinia'ft-
tior " " rLtfys hrf hr~n elrr'.ft. they
ssy, tb"fa would have b~rp spo-i ds'sl mufs
p,tting mt sni pu't Nc in than VIZ ttIyy-
Lsspsn~us q, have ntind fur
w. NLsfsp 49, 'ha Oh Hrp ~ ths Ils'pul,-
liran party fpr tbs Presidency. and n h" h,i
supriar'-i ono ,.t ~ 'pubIlctn' by IN
oth"r. tho bulk ~ HI, p,rty wpuIl hav,
brok~i him ~ IN ~ d'ing fof tho srrs' bulk
~ Tho R'puhlicsr party ~ MT in favor ~
c'yil 4"ryir' rcfprm except whom ~" u m,.-
rrs's g't a. n G.n fI,Spr'K hal
b'"n ecrfs-i nnI NJ EL,tsE hal .ur-
creici him. d,rs nnybo1y -uppplc thu,
nnyb -iy ~ the Republican ptrty except tho
dnppcr gcntL,nrn who have ADDED ~ tho
gvod oil word. MuRwunp u now and pro-
cion, sign ilrancc. would hlv, been in favor
~ kncpng the Democratic orirrhplIrr. In
WOudn't tho Erpubicans WHO have an un-
"Samplcd capacity for oflic" sccking have
insisted that "nrnc but II Republicans should
DO put on guard ," Or, suppose that some
good civil service rcformrr like Cpl Cop
MAN or Mr.. GEonoE WILLIAM CURTIS had
been elected President. succeeding u Demo
crat: would President CURTIS or President
GOODMAN. trying to put into practice tho the
DRY Of non partisanship. havo found in
the Republican party many supporters be-
sides the few select spirits whp in default Of
an idcal candidate cxudcd from Republican,
ism last summer? Would not IA civil service
reforming Republican Prcsidcnt who tried
to reverse the traditional practices OF his
party In regard to the Offices. have fallen
into disgrace with his party In Congress and
the country Would no not have been de-
serted by nearly everybody in it except a
bodyguard Of fellow theorists
And yet tho Republican party has moro
believers in civil service reform than tho
Democratic party; and n Republican Presi-
dent trying to carry out that reform, in
spirit and letter. would perhaps find moro
support in his party than a Democratic
President with the same intentions.
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USSOs cIpH wgv or lsW.
Gs~sSs .. W..i..y Sues ssss u. tss~ekiys
e.x C,swa at MIsses Five.

Mr.. Charles u Prnncklyn. who was oncc
sgont Of tho Cunari line. IL nov President Of
tho francklyn Cat'l. COMPANY and tho Horn
Silver Mino Company. anil II momber Of tho
Union Club. Mr.. Rdsard J. woo-ey IL nlso q
member II tho Union club. and y gentleman Of
leisure. They were supposed to bs friends and
every enc was surprised when. on Wednesday
last. Mr. Woolssy appeared In tho Federal
Court. beioro judge Cox. To- charge Mr.. Franok-
iyn with fraud and demand SO 900 damages.
Bartlett Wilson appeared for Mr. Woolsey
and told how four or i've years ago no had mot
Mr.. Francklyn on Wall street and had bocn be-
guiled by tho la.tor into sinking his wealth In
tho stock Of the Montezuma silver mine. which
has since proved n failure. Mr.. Wooisey testified
that Mr. Francklyn told him that tho Monte
yuma silver mine was yielding any amount OF
ore. and wou "a pay u dividend in tho following
January. and that thore was already $40. 900
worth OF orc on the dump. This prosperous
TO inquire about tho stock. Mr. Frnncklyn told
him that all tho treasury stock mad been sold
at SO share except 200 81 ares. Then Mr..
Woolsey says. he wont and snapped up tho
1000 remaining sharss and 200 other shares
which he found on the street all on account OF
Mr Franckyn's Misrepresentation.
Mr.. Choate and c. T. Alexander went to work
on the Jury Cor Mr.. Franckiyn. 1t was shown
that Mr.. Woossy. Immediately upon buying
his stock. became one OF tho Board Of Directors
and voted for Mr.. Frnncklyn for President. and
In other ways showed his confidence in him
MIR. FrancKlyn swore that the accusation WAS
all false oxccpting that part OF It which de-
cared the mine to be "a dead failure and the
. The Jury brought In n verdict for Mr.. Frnnck-
lvn inside OF f1fteon minutes.
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"The Chnmp iOu Female Shot,"
From n. san Francisco Chronicle.

The third and las. exhibition Of fancy and
rapii rne shootiny was given by Miss Lillian Smith
Entracht Han last evening. before commencing tho
shooiin. tho little champion planned tn she
making tour OF the United States and Europe she
proudly asserted while pointing beautiful ak flag
that would ever be with pride that shs would exhibit
The stars and S,rips, in foreign feline Glass balls
were then broken while either rotating statonA ry
with sn:h marvellous rapiity and wonderful skil that
frequent exclAmations from the spectators were he ard
"wcnderfuli wonderful" .hout led one gentleman OK
citediy. "shs ought to be in the SOulan" Tho
fancy shooting with the Ballard rife did not fan
% come up to the expectations Of all who witnessed It.
Balls were broken white In rapid motion. in various
position? ' the mot d,cu shooting being ckwar
Ing with nylas. with the Ballard RITA ten balls were
broken In ~ seconds and twenty smashed pieces
In 30 seconds the first half In 10 seconds sec ond
ten n 20 seconds The record OF rapid shooting with
Me Winches gun was increased by the breaking OF
Ten 6., In Is seconds Then followed her third attempt
two minues the previous best record being "a Fifty
bns were placed upon asquare and swung from aide
side Had several cartridges failed to ex Mode Miss
Smith would aye broken the hrst nifty in so seconds
made va; good ths ninety balls being broken IN
the shooting last evening that Miss Smith ia hal she
style: herself. tho champion female rifle shot Of the
world" - "
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-.Sr: In a re-
cent issue of TIM SUN Country Clergyman, quoted
verses 49, 10 20 and ~ Of First Kings chapter TO- to
show that silver had value in the days Of Solomon
Tho following ~ 2 a. and 80 Of the same
ohapter OF course overlooked by Country Clergyman
FOR the King had ct sea navy Of Tarshsh with the
navy or hiram once IN three the navy OF
peacOcks. 1872 ~ ~'0' 81"
And they brought every man his present ve,asls NJ
silver and ressels OF gold and and armor And
"picss hI ,h u anu mule. rate year by year
stones and c-dars made he to the syc aors fress
that are in the vale for abundance, '
=" Ana u chariot came up and went out of EOynt for
ak hmndred .hsks. Of silver and horse for Hundred
ior me Kings OF SYRIA did they bring them out BY their
In the light of the complete record Country clsrvv.
man may learn that theorists who advocate the coin.
age OF the standard silver dollar Ac have long sinca
acquired the useful lesson" PLY sican heal thyssif
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haf"i frn y .Y'.rIn rpIfi'Ipna h~rruaa
they, repro. f.iIf fl.rt ei.ar'y thr meyurity
~ ~ prftf. u ..f." .tf 90 fhe candidates
,nd o." dru ~IIH r.r. d.rr - no inJ".
prnirn'f. AMI ~ Nlkvurtl hate the
Drmo.rif.r &c. .'.'t. f.rr ..rIifr fri-"n
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should ir AMONG ihn m.a' .it.u'.ni bonip-
crate. fl'"r lrG r.f partial 90 .pur & the
ijrpa 60 which .I" Nu..wufuti, arr muii ~
'ach.i So'i" Npyvuur- nhu.' 'hrnr. and
rejoice wl'n anything drngrc"nbIg 30 them
II done ~ thr Nimin.-tr,',Dn
sf.,.I -. 80. I,f... 49, H......
W. must -ay they mr." uuRrntcfui To- ir-pisc
tho aotkors" I, % hadn't been for those
busy and cool hon tod fellows In the Demo
cratic party, Brother ELNfNL would now he
In the Whit" House aud tsc Mugwumps ~
miserable ~ they ara happy
Mighty useful were these Same work
ers and bosses 20 aud hcclcrs" last fall
and, what IL more important, the Democrats
In this State will need them ali noxt fall.
The Mugwumps should bc easy with them.
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theatrical entertainment for tho benefit OF
the charity fund Of the Press Club will be given A. M
Academy OF Music on the afternoon OF The a3d mat M
Rose coshlan. Nine Theo. Miss Lillian Ru,,eu Mi.
Maud Harrison. Nine Selma Dolaro Henry e p,xsv
b hantel osmond Tears J. II. stoddart Edward liar.
risan Tony Hart, Joseph Whiting and other emn.n,
srtsu will appear. On this oc cAsion Mr. M.,,.m ,,
make his hrst appearance here as Romeo and Nh.
coShlan may play JulNl An effort to SECURE m. ..,
vssss Of Nms. Patti 10 being made. ~ W.
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Everybody is delighted with tho new fast
trains which the Pennsyl vania Railroad Is to
run between New York and Chicago, Cincin.
natl and st. Louis.
Now. II we had fast trains between New York
and Boston. everybody would be delighted with
them also. The distance from here to ,ston
over tho Air Line and the New York an, New
England Is half an hour shorter than over any
other route; but the trains are slow. 1t would
DO An easy thing to grant the public the advan-
tage OF this shorter distance: but they don't
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'OpyI
srRISGvIrLD. Peb'y Is, 1853.


Deacon Bently ito minister)-I think I've got
some news. Mr. r., that will crafty you
Minister Din feeble hcalthl-Wha, 10 the good ne vs.
Brother Bentyt
Deacon Bontiy-The members OF the CONGREGATION
nave determined to tender you trip to Europe for
couple Of months. as they did last summer
pMhstt6 unuch concerncd)-Weller. I am sorry
niother Beniy but wish yon would quietly
Tue nlra MY trir last summer undoubtedly did ma
great deal Of good hut the closing the Tor
months had such deIlorable effect upon the
that lost AL that hnd gained In the extra work re-
qurea 10 ge Them hack into the fold. Until Satan takes
to II home,
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: Several
persons nave written to you regarding the
nut One OF them evidently aims to relate the folov
ing story but goes wide Of the mark Though chestnut
the story being fact. may DO told more The late
Edwin Forrest, while riding with friend in q Phi..
delphi. street car was relating very funny Incident TO
MN The conductor meanwhile wAs calling mn m.
streets a. they were reached Finally Chestut srees
was fenched CHESTNUT bswied tho conductor This
RreN tragedian turned quickly. and excisim ed ;T,s
a rh lie; yon never heard the story before in your
one member OF the histrionic guild, y Jn,u ~ !"
ElW yORE. 49, - ooNss
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Tho Penalty for Punch,.r Coin.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Please in
form me what penalty there is for punching holes in
American coin. r.
ARTHUR Ontario, April 9.
Tho only certain penalty is the loss OF tho
coin. II it's punched 1t cannot be passed. But
II the punching or mutilation IL done 'fraudu.
lently. thon the law steps In. and the puncher
or mutilRtor is liable to fine or i'm prison mont,
or BOTH You can punch indiscrminately. pro.
vided you don't punch "fraudulently" or with
intent to dcceiYo
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The Whole Country as New Party.


The average Republican organ cannot under.
stand how Democrat can appoint anyb body but Demo.
crat to Office and they insnuate that this
must have been made to pay somebody
some OF the Democratic organs the other hand arc
equally unreasonable In their Judgment Of the Presi
dents motives
Let them continue in the way organs must II Pre,i
dent Cleveland keeps the ay he has begun h. i
have the country behind him. whatever the politician.
may say.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-12
Collecting Small Debts.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Will Won
tell mo II there Is any OF collecting small dsbts Of
80 or less by law' II So what should DO taken
ana VINO pays the costst 7.
Any respectable lawyer will collect debt Of any
II tho debt can be clearly proved and the debtor
mas enough property to levy on which ocer OF the
law can get hold Of The debtor pus pay the costs but
these costs do not include the creditors Of time nor
do they usually include all the cash sxpenses 1t doss
not pay to sue for small debt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-12

What sincere satisfaction must that stcr-
ling Democrat the Hon. DANIEL MANNING have
experienced when ho assured a delegation OF
California Democrats that tho man to be ap.
pointed for Collector OF San Francisco would
meet their entire approval. Mugwumps do not
poster and breed discord in San Francisco,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-12
The New Departure,


Tho new departure signifies the retirement OF
the President from politics, the withdrawal 81 Tn. an
pointing power from party men and party action, the
oscoh,nuahee OF the vicious system of party govern,
ment that has used the Presidential otlco a, an anti.
to manipulate and corrupt popular elections and III. rs
egation of parties and party government to the new
and only right basis Of dependence on public opuion
interrupted and unnnusnred by the degrading patron
age bribery,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-12
The Jeanaeite Award.

WASHINGTON. April 11.-Lieut William IT,
schue'ze s. NJ has been selected to d,sribue tn, n.
,h 70 ps given by this Government to the native, in
yo,hy oi tue Lena River n recogniton ~ ii, a.
services In aiding In tho search for the Jsannetts
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-12
Foreign Travel,

hentuckian gives the following glowing
description Of his trip abroad;
landed In Liverpool at night, went to bed, had
req. got up In III. morning found the bar called
returned home In the next steamer This eo,nirw
good enough for me-" ~ ''' e'"h"J -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-12
The daily reports Indicate that Con. GRANT

The daily reports indicate that Gen. GRANT
is doing we'll. and revive tho hopo for his re-
covery. People begin to think that he may
possibly got we'll aftor ALL At such result Of
this painful and threatening illness tho public
would be delighted. and the physicians would
have reason to DO great deal more so. 1t
would provo that they were entirely right in
excluding all the auacks from any opportunity
OF meddling with their patient.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-12
Nearly OF "a Size,

TO THE EDITOR OF The SuN--Sir: In order N
ucde pet please state which 10 the Larger IN arss
49, " INV" ''"'e'' w.B,
The total area of Brazil 900 squ.r. mil., ,h,,
OF the United States is 30O3 ss4 "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-12

Efo"h" eHeu ooseTST
The case OF Pearson. We repeat was isolated
and exceptional and Republican Postmasters outside of
New York city might we'll accept the consequences
OF their recent defeat srashten out their accounts.
AID 10 ready 10 psak W
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-12
A New Letter or Lincolu's,

We nre enabled by the courtesy OF a friend
70 publish letter Of Abraham LincOn's to railway
encouragement on The subject Of renewing railway
of an office and eagerly secured by peraon The nres
snt owner o tho letter ared $50 10 the said peracn
and obtaInnl possession OF it, 1t hangs pronnent
This 10 the letter. verbatim:
[Copyl
srRISGvIELD. Fcb'y I3 1855.
DEAR SIR: says Tom to John Here's your old rotten
wheebsrrow." I've broke It, usen on It." III wish
you would mend II, case shall want borrow It this
afternoon" - $50.
Acting on this a. precedent say Here's your old
chalked hat wish YOU would take II and send ms
Yours truly, IIScnhs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-12
The Only One.

from ne american Protection,st
The nomination OF Mr. Phelps for Mini.tar ~
became President '"sAe since nc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-12

rs throat 10 soon relieved by Dr. Jsyne's Expsc
opa.n. IN Ga remedy for bronchial aud pulmonary az
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-12

We do not suppose Mr.. TAYLOR deems
women eligible to places on tho police force
or In the Fire department. Nor would they
be fit to act ms building inspectors foremen
OF street repair gangs. plumbing inspectors,
sewer inspectors, Jewellers. rodmen, watch
mon. or inspectors OF streets.
The amount OF it all Is that women may DO
employed to do clerical work under the
Brooklyn city Government.
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Women in the Brooklyn Civil Service.

Mr.. JOHN A. TAYLOR, Corporation Counsel
OF the city OF Brooklyn, has written an
opinion declaring that competition for ad-
mission into tho civil service OF that munich
palitv cannot DO confined to the male sex.
He says he hns reached this conclusion
after an examination OF the Constitution,
laws and regulations governing tho matter.
He even quotes authority to show that
women arc to BIO regarded as citizons, which,
rs tho old song says, "nobody can deny"
In order to ascertain what offices and en-
Payments are affected by Mr.. TAYLoR's
opinion we have referred to tho first report
OF the Civil Service Commission OF tho city of
Brooklyn. There it appears that l.4ls places
under tho municipal Government can be filled
only upon competitive examination. These
IRE classified as follows: