, 1889-07-11
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.Fs,r our Eeral,r c-rre-p.uJeu,.l
INV E.'.E, July !, lssa-Tho eyl-
...re liz rrar approach of our great
..:.r."..I holiday ia GA every hand. Pa
;riolism ana patriotic things are the
ehief topics oi discussion now md will
he for srvr!aI days to come. Oar fi:e
commissioners have issUcd the same old
eG!c5 against the use IA sale of fire
works Int il is toing -inlatni IA the
same Old way as IN year = ne by. The
spirit of patriotism in the hearts Of our
Ams riCan small boy cannot be crushed
out by the cdict Of any commissioner
ard he will therefore go OF celebrating.
and incidentally iiow;Og himself 10
pieces, Jast as long as jay the Fourth is
pnt down as InisPe ldeuce Day. the
fact thai 1t has become uutashiouable to
celebrate The day III New York does not
scem 10 have effect on said small boy
who continues to make as much noise
as ever; but, seriously, il is a matter for
sincere regret amongst those who have
the honor {, their country at heart. The
only good excuse. perhaps, for the fail
Ure to Celebrate the Fourth in this city
Is the excessive heat; but tiIis is an oh
lection which The si-;rers OF tho Declar-
alton evidently could not have obviated
even il they had known the inconven-
leree 1t would cause. At all events the
result has been TO make Memorial Day
superSede the Fourth as the great time
for Few Workers to celebrate. In this
patriotic connection it might be we'll to
state that there is movement on foot
to have the stars and stripes displayed
on all public buildings throughout the
country. EOt only on holidays but on
every day in the year. In my opinion
this is movement which should receive
generous encouragement.
THE SAILORS SNUG HARBoR.
The fact that a number of old sailors
have been expelled for bribery from the
Sailors Snug HaIhor on Staten Island
is causing considerable talk and serves
to recall one of the most remarkable be-
quests ever made in this city. The
Sailors Snug Hatbor is the resuit of .i,e
bequest of Captain Randall, himself an
old sailor, who died about g century npn
leaving farm of 80 acres in what Is now
the heart OF the city, on which ygas built
an asylum for old worn out sailors
Wien everything was ready 10 bald, it
was found that the city had grown so
rapidly around the farzA that it was de
cided to build on the. less valuable land
of Staten Island, and there it remains a
to old Captain Randall, while
the rent of the city land is constantly
piling up. en- order to be admitted, a
sailor must have served at least five
years before the mast in the American
Navy. The inmates have the best of
living, with nothing to do uuless they
Wish to work for which they are paid
cash. No one outside the trustees knows
bow many millions the city property is
worth now, but it is supposed to be de- |
voted to the benefit of tbs old sailors. |
The Place is indeed snug harbor. and |
while the old tars who have been ey-
9e!led probably deserved their fate, still |
much sympathy is felt for them, because
hey ere, in 4 sense, tnrlod on. OF their
'wn homo and have no place to go bat
he poor house.
EBECTRoCUTIoN.
The first case of execution hy electric.
ty Is making a great Geal OF trouble for
he courts. and may cause tep. .norary
eturn TO the old method OF hanging
7hich is not exactly played out yet. Tt
Gems that the eoadepr2r man Kemm-
eF strongly object. to Icing seiectroc l.
ed' one Wee ,ner troIn fesr of the nf me
II OF 'se .ning itself does not apTear-
10 ~ appealing now 10 the higher eoar.s
u i the lawyers are trying to show that
it is very improper 20 kill persons by
electricity. They may be right, but for
the life Of me I can't help thinking that