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The sun., 1888-11-15

Surgeon-G General HAMILTON has shown
such ability and good sense in his struggle
with the Florida epidemic that 1t is difficult
to believe that ne intends to adopt any half
measures in the final stamping out Of the
germs of the disease. Congress acted gen.
erously and wisely In respect Of the appro-
priaton. and it should be applied as it was
intended it should be applied, namely, to the
complete and absolute determination Of the
plague. 1t is now stated that the Surgeon
General will assume the responsibility for
the destruction OF the infected beds and
bedding only of the very poor, and that he
recommends that the city authorities OF
Jacksonville impose penalty for the con-
cealment Of all infected articles
There could be no greater mistake. Jack
sonville should be dealt with in a far
more radical manner and it Is the function
Of the Surgeon-General to do it. Any such
measure as he appears to propose would
only result in the locking up OF yellow fever
germs in perfect preservation, with the GER
tainty OF the disease breaking out again
with the earliest breath Of summer weather.
Jacksonville should be disinfcctcd absolute
ly and beyond all reasonable doubt. There
should be no evasion OF the responsibility,
and it can devolve upon no more
able or trustworthy shoulders than
those OF Surgeon-General HAMILTON.
Let there be no false economy or red tape
Misrepresentation about 1t. 1t is not the well
fare of Jacksonville that Is at stake, but that
Of the whole United States, to say nothing
Of the immediate necd5 Of Thousands OF
Northern people. Everything in Jackson
vile upon which sanitary suspicion rests
should be burned. and compensation should
be made In wise and liberal spirit. The
community is q Door one and can bear no
The sun., 1888-11-15

DR.. NANsRN, who with four comrades land
ed among the new-found Eskimos Of East
Greenland In the middle OF July, for tho pur-
pose OF crossing on the ice cap OF that island
to tho wost coast, has succeeded in his under
taking. He has been moro fortunate than
NoRDENsKIoLD, PEARY. and Others who vainly
attempted the same feat For some reason he
changed his destination and emerged on tho
west coast at Godthaab about 275 miles south
OF Christianshaab, the point no had expected
to reach. Both these Danish towns are
about 450 miles distant from DR.. NANsEN's
starting point at Sermilik ford. He may have
changed his plans because he found that his
party, In their snow shoes and dragging q
sedGe, could make better progress along the
moro southern route. Ho started on the Jour-
ney ut n po,nt about J01 miles north ot Capo
Farewell. the southern extremity OF Green
land. and concluded his task at point about
300 miles north OF that cape The meagre In
formation We have received renders 1t prob
able that hs realized his expectation Of travel
The sun., 1888-11-15
Tho Rate Wars.

There appears to be reason to believe that
the New York Central Railroad. in making a
radical out In its west-bound rates, has pre-
cipitated settlement OF some sort among
the trunk lines. The opinion prevails that
such settlement will be reached at once.
The mere fact that heroic remedy has
had this effect ls not at all creditable to the
lines involved. It is scandalous that tho
trustees Of great public properties should 80
wholly evade and ignore their responsible
ties and evince 80 reckless a disregard Of
private and public interests and disposi-
tion to convert those interests to the gratif-
cation OF personal enmity and spleen.
1t would seem that the time had
arrived for dismlssing all Of the personal
clements that have counted Of late years
for 30 much in trunk line controversies Mr..
ROBERTS has an undoubted grievance on be-
half of the Pennsylvania corporation in re-
spect to the line known as the South Penn,
and there is no doubt that he has right to
hold the VANDERBILT interests In this State
to an accountability for the enterprise.
Now that MIR. BosTErrEn Of Pittsburgh is
dead We can hardly conceive it possible that
the VANDEnBILTs will lend themselves to an
cation as there was for the celebrated black
mailing excursion in which Mr.. CALVIN
BRICE shone 80 brilliantly, and which
has gone down to posterity as
one Of the most disgraceful pages In
our railroad history. There is actually
little or no difference between Mr.. BRIcE's
West Shore and Buffalo affair and the South
Pennsylvania project. 1t should be dropped,
and with the dropping Of 1t there should be
reached an agreement. permanent and en-
during, to abolish the differentials among
the trunk lines, and cut off, definitely and
completely. that fertile and ever-present
source OF dissension and dishonesty, the
Grand Trunk Railroad.
We really believe that our trunk lines could
be operated upon basis Of perfect harmony
and adequate profit. II the South Penn. the
Grand Trunk, and Mr.. SAM SLOAN could be
eliminated wholly from the situation.
As to the state OF affairs in the West, 1t is
possible that there is some ground for en-
couragement We see in every direction a
fixed determination on the part of the stock
holders to interfere for the protection
Of their property, and We believe
that tho coming twelve months will
witness the eviction In disgrace from
their several Offices Of large number of the
men who now control the administration of
our Western railroads. and whose only creed
Is dishonesty and rapacity. They have sue
ceeded in making the business of the entire
country doubtful and uncertain and they
have prevailed at the present time to coun-
teract and nullify the natural conditions OF "a
widespread, well founded. and unexampled
prOsperity,
The sun., 1888-11-15

Tho Bourbon monarchy in Spain has un-
doubtedly been endangered by the recent
riotous demonstrations in Madrid. Seville. and
other Spanish cities. They were the work Of
men hostile to the royal authority and full Of
republican enthusiasm. As Is usual In Span
ish revots, tho students at tho universities
were foremost in the business OF disturbance.
1t is not long since spain had an experience in
republicanism under EMILIO CASTELAR,. and
tho revolutionists who were then In the ascend
ant have been operating under ground ever
since the restoration Of Bourbon rule. Tho
Government of the Queen Regent Is exceedingly
feeble, and the Conservative Ministry has been
prosecuting policy OF reaction that Is highly
Objectionable to large proportion Of the Span
ish people. 1t would not be surprising II the
recent riots should prove TO be the precursors
Of something more serious.
The sun., 1888-11-15
BETWEEN THE ACTS.
Should the Men SO Out to Take a Drink
More Letters ON the Sublec..

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Snr: I agree
with some OF your women correspondents who say that
men should not annoy women by crowdng past them in
rushing out between every act in the theatres 1t is an
awful nuisance and 1t tears clothing and puts to
end of bother and trouble Let the managers invent
some means OF preventing It. MIRA W. L S.
MUSIC As REMEDY.
To THE Editor THE SuN-Sr: Some people don't
like to have others go between tho acts to get
drink. Give them some good music between the acts
and less Of the gutter band style FRANK BiGLKr.
CURB WORSE DISEASE.
To THE EDITOR or TIL. SuS-Sir: How would It do to
take bottle along with you and take sly drink be.
tween the actsf CnAKLEs PErE.
GRowL TaoN
To THE EDITOR OF The sUs-Sir: II the $l2 bon.
net that entirely ruined (by being twisted of tho
head OF victim. as stated in Tuesdays SUN) was of
the church spre order ot architecture the owner will
receive little sympathy from theatre RoerA and none
from those in the back rows even II the head had
shared the fato OF tho $lo bonnet
A Soy.sYMPAruIzER
The sun., 1888-11-15

Mrs. Harrison is an enthusiastic china
painter. and showed with pride a set Of salad
and fruit plates carefully painted under the
instruction of skilful Dresden artist now in
Indianapolis Each plate was decorated with
the separate ingredients Of salad One bore
Q delicate spray Of celery. another bore sliced
lemon or q bit Of lettuce, another a red tomato
cut In half. and So on through the order Of
beets. The fruit plates were finely designed
with different fruits-currants, gooseberries
plums and grapes. Among other gems were a
with chrysanthemums
You cannot do this sort of careful work
Not II it Is as exciting as 1t is here she re-
piled; bQt shall steal away to a corner and
PAL paint. for enjoy It more than ANYTHING else. 1
think china painting is to women what poker is
to men. 1t passes the time and has a delight
full element Of chance In the result Of firing. l
done my own firing"
The sun., 1888-11-15
The. penalties for the violation Of the reg

The penalties for the violation Of the reg
istry law in the recent election have been very
vigorously enforced in several cases by the
courts ofthis city. The severest sentence yet
heard OF was that which Judge CowINa has
passed upon q man who was convicted Of
fraudulent registration in the Second Assem-
bly, district He sentenced the offender to three
years and a half in the State prison, and gave
notice that still heavier penalty was awaiting
his tempter. There are people who say that
the registry law OF this State ia OF no account
in preventing fraud at the polls but those who
have watched its operations will admit that
some efIectual work has been done in tho way
Of furnishing its violators.
The sun., 1888-11-15
The Political Future.

Patriotic and far-sighted Democrats will
not despOnd, even ifit shall prove that the Re-
publicans have secured a working majority
In the House Of Representatives together with
confirmed preponderanoe In the Senate.
Such situation has Its drawbacks as well as
its advantages. 1t deprives the party in
power of any excuse for postponing positive
action on the pressing questions OF the hour,
and fixes upon them undivided responsibility
for Federal legislation. The Democrats
know by experience the temptations and the
perils Incident to unlimited control OF the
national Government. Such control was
theirs when they returned to office In 1852.
The result was the passage Of the Nebraska
bill, from whose disastrous consequences 1t
took them generation to recover.
It Is true that from the worst of all temp
tations-the worst because 1t would have
prompted to a crime against civilization
the Republicans will be relieved by gaining
the popular branch of Congress. They will
not need to have recourse to the programme
foreshadowed in the speeches OF Messrs.
INGALLS, and CHANDLER, and which would
have involved dragooning back into the Re-
4ublican ranks the three Gulf States-South
Carolina, Mississippi. and Louisiana-in
which, according to the census OF 1880, the
negroes form majority OF the population.
They can strengthen themselves in Congress
and In the electoral colleges without invok-
ing such expedents as an atrocious war
Of races and the hideous corruption OF
carpet-bag Governments in tho black
belt. BY admitting North and South
Dakota, Washington, and Idaho Terrific
ries into the Union they can temporarily, at
least, obtain eight Senators six Representa-
nves, and therefore, presumably, fourteen
electoral votes. Again. the new apportion-
ment Of Representatives and Presidential
electors. which viii follow the census of 1890.
must upon the whole. increase the weight
The sun., 1888-11-15
The Sioux Commission sustalns the Indian

The Sioux Commission sustains the Indian
Bureau In its suggestion that white men. or. as
they are called. "squaw men," should be re-
moved from the Indian reservations. and kept
out Of them. There can bs no doubt of the de-
STABILITY OF the enforcement OF this policy.
The Commissioners truly say that these In
trudev are the curse of every tribe. They per-
petrate fraud without stint upon their victims
they supply them With vile whiskey and they
degrade them otherwise with their vicious
practices. The Commissioners complain that
the laws on tho subject are not sufficiently
stringent, and desire that Congress shall at
once adopt the necessary legislation to keep
white trespassers away from all the reserva-
tions. tits to be hoped that this recommenda.
ton will be acted upon by Congress without
delay. 1t Is tho duty OF our Government to
protect Its wards
The sun., 1888-11-15
Sense Alone Needed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: Hare
been reader OF TnE suN for the past twenty yearA
think have the privilege to pass tho cleo
ton as well AZ the rest who trouble you
My opinion is IL Cleveland had followed your advse
four years and turned every Republican Of
fec and put those In who could say like our Governor
- am a Democrat" instead Of Mugwumpx who did
him moro harm with the rank and hle thai good ho
would have surely been elected once IL
leaders only sense four years hence nonJnate
man who will rnil on the Democratic prcipes only.
and not Mills bill stand Glance OF got
ting back what have lost For instane. Gov. Hill
Nov IL. 1888 Az OLD SCHOOL DxxocRAI
The sun., 1888-11-15

Our Montreal correspondent has told Of
the strong annexation sentiment that lie found
in all the provinces Of the New Dominion
while travelling from Nova Scotia to Manitoba.
The intelligent business people, farmers, and
workingmen fully realize how greatly the In
terests Of the provinces would be promoted by
becoming States Of tho American Union. the
prosperity Of which is forever before their
eyes. Our cor. espondent says thatif the ques
ton Of annexation were put to vote OF the
provincials. great majority Of them would be
found IN favor of it. and that il the annexation
party had q competent leader 1t would soon DO
In the ascendant We have known Of this
tendency among the British Canadians for
many years. We suggest to them that it would
not be well for them to act with undue haste
in the matter. Let the whole provincial popu-
lation DO convinced Of the advantages of an
nexation before the attempt Is made to bring
1t about. England could not prevent the CEN
summation OF their desires
The sun., 1888-11-15

Ever the skeptics who oppose all attempts
to convert the pagans to Christianity must ad-
nit the advantages OF missions among the
heather when they read such documents as
the report just submitted to the Missionary
Council OF the American Episcopal Church.
This report gives an idea Of the large amount
Of work besides preaching that Is done by tho
men and women sent out by the Council. 1t
tells of the many hospitals and dispensaries
that they have established in various coun-
tries OF Asia and Africa, and Of the hosts OF pa
tients that have been treated by scientific
methods for maladies OF all kinds. 1t tells of
the schools and Seminaries that they maintain
in these countries and Of the multitude OF pu-
pills who are educated at them. 1t shows the
civilizing influence Of the work thus performed
in heathendom and the progress that has been
the result Of 1t. And what is found in the re-
port before US may be found In the missionary
reports Of all other Christian Churches There
is no doubt that the missionary societies con-
vey many benefits to countries that need them.
The sun., 1888-11-15
The Cause In poubt.

Kind Old Lady Ito little byl-You seem to bs
enjoying that orange. little felloT.
Little Boy-I ought to bs, NUM- IT'S tho fust hui
orange senes me mother died two years
Cf that
Lite Boy-TelL sopstlmesths craps have been short
ahd sonetines think It's 20 much stepmother.
The sun., 1888-11-15

From the 81, PJm Daily Gtote
There have been rumors afioat that Presi-
dent Cleveland and wife after March T. 1885, may
make sI faui their home. Mrs. Cleveland has warm
pace IN her heart for the SANITY CITY, and bv all odds
the West ought to hsye a stronger hold upon Grover
now than treachersus New York. The private means
OF the President are ample enough to permit him to
purchase and settle on summit avenue, where sur
rounded by Joseph Whee!ock. Fred DrscolL Stanford
tho "Beloctsn
The sun., 1888-11-15
Erorn The Atlanta Constituffo

From We INdnld C0nSfltlfl0n
In the mercy OF God the life OF Samuel Jack
son Randall haa been spared to the country
How great this mercy 10 We sh all understand when
stands up with the Democratic minority the House to
fight the Republican majority When they attempt to
enact the infamous Force bill something WORSE this
dauntless Democrat who beat them snce, will bo there
to beat them again!
The sun., 1888-11-15
Two Small Beginnings.


In 1850 James A. Garfield was delegate to
the National Republican Convention that met IN this
city. SO Benjamin Harrison. When somebody cast
ballot for James A Gar for President Benjamin
Harrison walked over to tho Ohio delegation and shook
Mr.. Garhelds hand. On another ballot somebody voted
for Benjamin Harrison for President and James A.
Garfield walked over to the Indiana delegation and
shook Mr. Harrisons hand.
The sun., 1888-11-15

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: Please
be kind enough TO state some reliable remedy against
the falling out OF the hair whsro II Is due
!. Stop studying
2 II that won't answer the ingenuity Of man has not
yet found remedy worth relying on ut all.
The sun., 1888-11-15

more burdens now, and humanity and COM
mon sense dictate imberatively that no
small considerations shall prevail in dealing
with the subject.
Burn the bedding. AL Of iti
The sun., 1888-11-15
Waste OF Words,

Married" ''
M kaKEeton-I could hive told that in three words
Ira kAEgleton-WhAt Aio they
Mr. NAEgIeton-Get di'oroel
The sun., 1888-11-15
Some Southern Calculations.
Prom ne Atlanta Constituii,

:.
Some OF the winners still charge that the New
iork city Democrats sold Mr Cleveland out
et hew York city the only city Bangor to New
oreahs In which Mr. Cleveland gained votes He lost
everywhere else. Everywhere the same sad story,
The sun., 1888-11-15
A Sign or Cold Weather,

From the Philadelphia Record
Mrs. Bliffers-Here Is an advertisement for n
weighing not less than <OO poundA IWonder II he
In wanted for dime muasumf ~
Mr.. Bliners-Dunno. Maybe they want him to driyo n
coal cart
The sun., 1888-11-15
Stupidity.


FT0W Ne bOSlon ITdn{cTlpL
:, Affectionate, ,Wife-I saw tho young Widow
Green Green today Yon don't know how bsWiIohing she
Fond Mu.9and-And Isuppose you env.ea her the op-
Anectionste Wife-How can you talk 80 Charles You
know that black never was becoming to me.
The sun., 1888-11-15
So Much the Worse.
From LIE.

From LtH.
John. you are not listening to a word am
why my dear. am all eara"
know you are. and that max o. 1t all thu mora pro
yoking.' " '' Wv
The sun., 1888-11-15

Curious,

Fran the Boston BglTiD.
Two g'ddy g'rlS VIZ rOen sha.! fnrgsL.
Campaign LiEe aud Election Bet.
The sun., 1888-11-15

For the next four years the name OF the
Utica Postmaster should be ELLIS II. ROBERTS.
After the spring OF 1893 1t should be l. PREM
TIss BAILEY again.
The sun., 1888-11-15
New Reform Suggested to Poor Jones.

Fron he Chicago tribune
During this campaign the Neto York Times
has managed to unite with great thoroughnsss bad poll,
tics and bad newspaper work 1t is for 1t to reform
The sun., 1888-11-15
Cruelty.


From the Detroit Free PyssG
:. First Dame-I had four teeth extracted yes-
second Dams-Indsed, / did not know you had 80
many left, " -N" iva nav ~
The sun., 1888-11-15
From tAe U,ioa Oess,psy.

ss%SSIgEsEsF Il "a. ~ sss ..ss
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-22

mon, John E. Massey of Virginia,
n speak at Anderson, Saturday,
th.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-22
ON THE FRONT LINES.
Tom Swinburn Rallying the
Home Forces.

OAAN>'~~-~~~~'t y = 10y ~~~Gt ~
DEAR FREEMAN,
On Monday l took trip to Davis
Creek, and accidentally dropped
into q School meeting on Middle
Fork, and as the business of the
meeting was over, they at once
called on me for speech, and with
out any ceremony launched out
on the subject of the Amendment.
Although late l spoke at some
length and had the audience with
me, and but for the lateness of the
hour would have organized Club.
l understand there are but few on
that fork who will vote against the
Amendment.
On Tuesday visited the B. B.
J. a. G. Co.'S mines, and being told
that it was hard place, and no
use to talk to them,I thought it just
the place to strike blow for the
Amendment. So l secured the
School House, put up pencil no.
tice on the store and had an aud
fence of over 20. l had picked up
a copy of R. @. Mills anti speech
and made that the text Of my dis
course, and after 1 had ended and
distributed documents, l asked all
who intended to vote for the Amend
ment to hold up their hands; but 8
hands were raised. Then | asked
all who had made up their minds
to vote against it to hold up the
hands, and but one was raised. I
thought 1 had them on the fence,
and wanted ths Blue-Grays there to
invite them off.
Last Sunday, the Blue-Grays
held Service of Song at Riverside
at which Rev. John Martin,
and myself spoke to an attentive
audience. We meet to night with
the Glen Elk Club. On Sunday,
Service of Song at Martins School
House. On Tuesday, Mr. King Of
the /. O. G.. T.. lectures here; on
Wednesday at Brownstown, Blue
Grays with him. On Tuesday we
attended an Amendment Festival
at Pleasant Hill; on Friday join
Mr.. King at Spring Hill and on
Saturday at ST. Adams.
l am arranging series of meet
ings for myself and the Quartet
and will send list as soon as com
pleted for publication. / expect
to visit Fayette, Raleigh, Sum-
mere, Nicholas, Greenbrier, Mer-
Ger, and as many more counties as
possible. / find Republicans who
threaten to vote against the Amend
ment because of the third party.
I trust that kind of nonsense will
evaporate before the election.
Yours for Prohibition,
Tom SwINBURN,
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-22

Mr.. hardwood Seeks and Finds a
Party Worthy of q Patriots
First Vote.
EDITOR FREEMAN:

EDITOR FREEMAN:
Please send me some Prohibition
Party literature. 1 want some in
formation about the Prohibition
Party, in printed form, to distrib.
ute among my friends.
I have been strongly impressed,
from the first, that the Prohibition
Party is a good thing, but most es-
pecially have / been convinced OF
its merits, since the adoption OF the
platform at Indianapolis.
was born and bred a Democrat
and taught to love the "Jeffersoni-
an simplicity" of that party. Upon
arriving at the age of twenty.one,
1 resolved to cast my lot with the
best party, and I said, Surely, if
"Jeffersonian simplicity was good
enough for father, tits good enough
for me. But l found the Democrat.
ic party so deeply engaged with
"Reform Theories" and go vast in
her own estimation, that she would
not stoop so low as to do anything
for the thousands OF women and
children whose lives are made mis-
cradle by the rum traffic.
l found her SO busy trying to stop
the accumulation of a surplus" in
the Treasury, that she could not
find time to raise her voice against
the rum traffic that costs our coun-
try 80 many thousands every year;
and I said, | cannot vote with the
Democratic party; her simplicity
is gone and l will look elsewhere.
Then l said, "Here is the Repub-
licsn party; it saved our country
from disunion; surely it will do
something for our poor helpless
ones and try to stop this rum trait
fic!" But, no, it has promised so
often to do something, and has done
nothing, that l will not risk my
vote with the Republicans.
1 find 80 many good things in
the Prohibition party, that | shall
cast my lot with it. l see that it
is not afraid to do something tor
the poor and oppressed of this
country. It's voice is raised
against the rum traffic and it means
to put it away.
While two old parties are waving
the bloody shirt, and fussing over
Free Trade, the Prohibitionists of
the North and the Prohitionists of
the South will join right hands of
fellowship, and cover their sad
memories with q wreath Of North
ern Laurels and Southern Willows,
and cave this country FROM the
curse of Rum.
am now ready to do what little
L can for the party, and though my
vote counts but one, my first shall
be given to Gods Party.
Hoping to hear from you soon, /
remain,
Your friend,
T. E. HARDWOOD.