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THE GREAT BERs FACTORY.
Where the Icebsres Originate and the An
nunI Output OF GIncier.

WASHINGTON. Juno 2o.-Ensign Hugh Rod
man OF the Photographic Mice VI the navy
has prepared an interesting report OF his re-
cent trip to Newfoundland to inquire into the
condition OF ice in the north Atlantic. Ice
originates along the coasts OF Newfoundland,
Labrador, the Gulf OF St Lawrence, and mainly
in the Arctic basin. whence 1t is Transported
south by tho Arctic and Enst Greenland cur
rents Add to this the shore currents. tidal
influences, the force and direction Of
the wind, and tho problem of avoiding
Ice may we'll bafile the best local pilots.
IceberGs originate invest Greenland which
Mr. Rodman calls the great berg factory"
The Ice mnssod In the interior of the country
Is gradually forced out 10 sea by glacial move
ments on land. which advance at the rate of at
least fifty feet day. The glacier is broken In
huge masses, whom once In the water, by its
buoyancy and brittleness and the currents
This process is called calying 4 berg varies
IN size. the average being 60 to 100 feet high
and 800 TO 500 yards long OF exposed surface
which is usually IN eighth OF the whole mass
The annual output o. a glacier is estimated ut
over two hundred billion cubic feet. product
Whlch. allowing i've pounds day for each per-
son In the United states, would last over one
hundred years.
their way to the transatlantic routes. and even
those berEs which do drift that far south have
nhu n long, efrntlc trlD, Occupying four or fvo
months. They follow the current and penetrate
the ice fields without difficulty. and oftentimes
vessels are towed through these nelds by q
berg All leo Is brittle. especially that in bergs.
ana II is wonderful how little it takes to nc
complish their destruction. 4 tlow OF Rn AK
will at times split them. and the report OF Il
gun, by conclusion. will accomplish tho same
end. They are moro apt to break un IN warm
weather thnn cold. and whalers and sealers
note this before landing on them. when an an
Choir Is to be planted or fresh water TO be OBJ
tanned. On the coast OF Labrador In July and
August. when IL is packed with hergs the
noise OF rupture is often deafeniny, and those
experienced In Ice give them n wide berth.
-, Inc berES assume variety OF shapes, from
those approXimaiing to some regular geomet-
ric figure to others crowned with spires,
domes, minaretS. and peaks, while others still
are pierced by deep indentations or caves. The
presence OF berGs NAV be detected by their
ehnlgence at night their apparent blackness
In ioggy weather tho echo OF whistles. and the
noi.e OF their break ing up.
Field leo i made from the Arctic to New
foundland. Being in continual, often violent.
full OF hnmmooks. One field will Join another
large hergs. snow acts as preservative. The
lies in the tact That gale may come up before
heavy motion that the bows may be stove in,
on deck or do other damage. Mr.. Rodman
recommends that underwriters should give
nj ipa and
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canal agents. Casting about for new sources
Of supply the agents heard Of King Wy
JOHN as great promoter Of industry.
They established friendly relations with
him ut once found him nothing 10th to
link his name with the great enterprise
and several hundred OF his subjects, includ-
Ing n number Of princes, were promptly
shipped to the Isthmus. Like the experts
who have recently returned TO Paris, they
were somewhat appalled, by the magnitude
of tho job, but they delved away. Their low
ing King and father received his percentage
OF their earnings with great regularity and
satisfaction, and everything was serene
until the crash camo. Then was witnessed
the sad spectacle of several hundred deserv-
ing young fellows from Upper Guinea
stranded on foreign shore, aud waiting,
like ENoCH ARDEN for n sail. 1t came ut
last, and their King was nearly overcome
with dismay when the empty-handed pro-
ccsslun marched into Vcytown, and the price
OF labor in Monrovia took another tumble.
That is why tho King of the great Vey
tribe regards the collapse Of the Panama
Canal as an international calamity, and
wonders why tho forces OF civilization do
not rally to the rescue of SO mertorious and
bcnetlcent an enterprise.
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Mr.. Hartcr's Platform.

Tho Hon. NJ. ID. HARTER OF Mansfield has
been nominated for Congress by tho Demo-
Gratis Of the Fifteenth Ohio district. His
principal qualification seems t. have been u
letter written by the Stuffed Prophet of
william street cntrnating him to become
candidate, and nvcrring that tho Democrats
in Congress needed men like HALTER.
That gentleman is, therefore, to be re-
g1rIcd MS tho reflection and echo of
GROVER CLEVELAND. Let us examine for a
moment the opinions held by the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress from the
Fifteenth district of Ohio.
Mr. ilARrEEs opinions arc we'll known in
his State. He Is an out-and-out FREQ trader
He has made tho Democratic State Commit
tcc Of Ohio distributing agency for free
trade tracts. lie Is not very much OF a
Democrat, but more earnest and feroclous
free trader 1t would be hard to find. His
speech accepting the nomination contained
this frank confession OF his belief:
" would abolish every Custom House in the land.
would rather vote for tho establishment OF an institu.
ton to spread the cancer ed in which 10 PRO pa.
gate cholera. or school in which to teach vico aud
crime rather than to for protective tariG Of any
kind"
According to his sponsor, Democrats like
Mr.. HALTER are needed in Congress. Does
Mr., CLEVELAND admire Mr. HARTER because
the latter has the courage to declare the full
bitterness of his hostility to protection,
while the former has not ? But in especially
recommending and applauding Mr.. HALTER
the Stuffed Prophet indicates clearly enough
his own views, and disclosrs unconsciously
the depth Of his aversion 10 the American
protective policy.
Mr.. HAETERs speech o, acceptance shows
that he Is also faithful follower of tho can
dldates Chinese excursions:
81 do not think Congre ssman should seek to appoint
his friends to office. While shall attempt to represent
this district you wlf never md mo an ONCE
broker; you Will never md me a dispenser Of Post
Unces II you elect GROVER CLEVELAND President
shall not ask him for tho removal Of an efficient ofncia
until his term expires shall not recommend my ser.
vans for these places but when such vacancies occur
shall so down among you and ascertain who among
you IL best qualified to M the offices The offices of tha
party positions OF trust and honor and only the
best qualified should receive such appointments l
endorse CLGyELAND's civil service policy aud YOU Will
ma your Representative II the time should come. side
by side with the President OF the United states on this
grand principle OF civil service reform
The Democrats of the Fifteenth Ohio dis
trlct may think that it is safe TO put up any
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PLENTY TO DRINK IN MAINE
Civil Officers Now Refuse TO Seize Liquors
Unleaa Knck ed Up by a Bond.


BANGOR. juno ga new and interesting
phase Of the liquor war has developed within
the rast fsw days, and the saloon keepers see a
CLEAN OF hope whore before the prospect seemed
very shady. Members OF the police force
and other local officers who have been making
seizures on warrants sworn out by Crusader
Pitcher heard recently that several liauor deal-
ers were about to bring suits against them for
damages for having seized various kinds OF wet
goods that were in original, unbroken pack
ages, whereupon the officers through Chiof OF
Police Whitney. asked City Solicitor Mitchell
for an opinion as to their liability In such cases.
The solicitors opinion says, in effect, that tho
parties Selling beer or liquor In original,
unbroken packages are liable for tho value Of
the goods seized and for damages resulting
from such seizures. This being the case. the
unless som ebody gives bond to protect them
against loss by prosecution.
On Monday morning car containing eev-
enty-ive barrels OF ale and beer arrived at the
Maine Central freight station In this city. 1t
cred by n member Of the famous Committee
e n TO 9eppty Sheriff ba
stun. Tho deputy said that he would seize It
when backed up by good. stitf bond. and not
before. Judge Brett Of the Municipal Court.
who has been singing out warrants 80 freely
OF late refused one in this case and that set
tied 1t. The car Load OF beer, was carted up
for the benefit OF thirsty Bangoreans who may
want Il fraction of an original package, and
the procession OF beer-laden jGgers was an
edifying sight in this wettest town Of the orig
inal prohibition State
1t makes a Bangorean very tired to read
some OF tho Jokes and paragraphs relating to
the dry state OF affairs in Maine that appear
almost daily in outside newspapers. even in
some OF the Boston dailles. Alter a perusal OF
this ridiculous stuff persOn unacQuainted
with the rea condition OF affairs would natu-
rally conclude that there was nothing TO drink
III repe Is no hr OF ia4ia
Occasional uurisinGs OF the active Prohibl-
tionlsts occur in various cities and towns. as
venience is caused the dealers besides consid-
cradle expense. the business goes right along
and tho efforts to check tho traffic are labor
lost. Although many searches and seizures
have been made in Bangor this spring. there is
not one barroom the less. perhaps lew more.
money on SUNDAYS In kitchen groggeries. A
good, stiff license law would change all this.
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An Insult to New York.

We find this very sweeping assertion In n
recent article by EDWIN l.. GoDKIN in the
North American Rericir:
New York is governed by iH Ignorant and vicious
Casses who have been organized In all association for
the purpose Of piundCrng the municipal treasury ana
large body Of shiftloss people on the public
| service"
As the association which governs New
York is the Democratic party, so far as the
Republican Legislature allows the town to
govern itself, the charge OF this man,
therefore, is that the Democratic party Is
composed OF "the ignorant and vicious
classes" organized for purposes OF public
plumber. 1t governs because 1t comprises
nearly two-thirds OF the citizens, and hence
IL what GopKIN says is true, that great
majority Of the voters must be made up OF
thieves and ignorant and vicious people.
The reasons why this is so, according to
him, are that the vicious and the criminal
ARE consumed with the passion for city
life" and that the "sediment" OF foreign
immigration remains In New York for the
chief part. These undesirable immigrants
and criminals, he explains, settle here and
become naturally public plunderers, the
"poor Irish" more especially for great
numbers of them become obedient followers
of the Tammany Society, which controls tho
ignorant criminal, and vicious classes
through it's liquor dealers."
II that is SO, New York is bound to go
straight to the devil. There is no hope for
IL. The Democratic sentiment OF tho COM
munity is strengthening and extending, for
elgn immigration is increasing, and the
dominance OF the Tammany organization
was never before SO complete as now The
probability Is that it will lend move
ment for consolidating the vast Demo-
cratic majority at the next election, and
resistance to it will be utterly futile. Tho
next Mayor will be tho man voted for by
Tammuny, and with Tammany will go tho
whole Democratic vote, exclusive OF few
cranks and kickers. The government OF
New York will continue to be Democratic,
and the same influences which have pre-
vailed In our past politics will prevail still.
But is the Democratic party composed OF
the vicious and criminal? In other words,
are the vast majority Of the people as this
man describes them, himself poor Irish i'm
migrant when he came hither? Are not the
laws respected and enforced in New York
In what other great city Of the world is vice
kept under with repression so stern
What instance Of "plundering the municipal
treasury" can this llbellcr OF the most civil
lied and enlightened Of American commune
ties produce, unless he goes back to the old
Ring days, when the Democratic party dis
covered and punished the offenders?
The language we have quoted is the infa-
nous utterance Of n foreign immigrant
against the community which gave him hos
pitality and enabled him to rise from pow
erty TO wealth. There is no political associa-
ton here organized for public plumber, and
tho orderly and the honest. not the vicious
and the criminal, govern the town.
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Governor DAVID BENNETT HILL started
yesterday for Indiana, and we are sure that
the Democrats OF that State will De glad to
see him.
They will be glad to see him in the first
place because they know that he Is Demo-
crat through and through.
Theywill welcome him especially because
they remember that nearly two years ago,
when their canvass to carry Indiana for
CLEVELAND and against HARRISON was in
rather n bad way, Governor HILL left his
own canvass in New York to take care of
itself and went to Indiana and worked so
hard and spoke so coquently or the Demo-
cratic national ticket that HARRIsoSs ma
jority over CLEVELAND was less than 2,4OO.
At that time tho Democratic leader OF
New York earned the admiration and graft
tude Of his fellow Democrats in the West !;
and the cordial sentiments with which they
Will greet him now will losa nothing from
the recollection that, while HILL was doing
his utmost for GROVER CLEVELAND in In
diana, the nearest friends OF CLEVELAND in
New York were working like sixty to defeat
HILL here at home.
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Late last summer TIE Sun published tho
fact that Franz Hedrich, a Bohemian author OF
small reputation. had printed IN Leipsc q
pamphlet entitled Alfred Meissner-Franz
Hedrch," in which he claimed the authorship
of the most celebrated works OF Alfred Meiss-
ner. a popular Austrian novelist. poet. and
dramatist, who died by his own hand some
five years ago. He quoted from Meissner's
letters to him passages which proved beyond
doubt his authorship Of the tragedy War
beck; or. The Pretender OF York." and of the
novels Between Prince and People" and
Black-Yelow." all OF which works appeared
with Meissrer's name alone on the title page
He also pointed out how he had interviewer
with the text OF important scenes OF Princess
OF Portugal" Norbert Norson." and other
novels given out by Messner the proof OF his
rich Author. Although Meissner had been
his bosom friend for twenty-five years, He'd
rich did not hesitate to denounce him.
II. Karl Bayer tho Robert Byr OF the German
tiled TO answer HodrIch's accusations. lie
sought Hedrich's aid In his literary work. how
he had. from pure kindness OF heart. allowed
facilitate its sale. and how Hedrich's threats to
OF ali his works had driven Moissner to despair
and suicide. On the Continent Byr's answer
Esnc4s SpSn srdhS s as eS
Meissner must be erased from tho German au-
thors' scroll of honor"
The reply Of Byr and the comments on IT
stirred Hedrich to new attack on his dead
friend. He wrote open letters to several Ger
man papers to show his scorn Of Byr and Byr's
family: Byr retorted with challenge to fight
with pistols and Hedrich declined. Byr met
his doclination with the notice that he refused
to communicate further with one who had
placed himself outside tho pale Of gentlemanly
conduct and responsib oil lty for his utterances.
Byr's retirement from the field seemed to give
HelTiCh nnpOuTuHnm9nt
might yet win for himself the laurels which he
had torn from Alfred Meissner's brow. and
which the German literary world, despite
It's belief in his first pamphlet had re- re;
taste characterizinG his eubsequent utter
ances. SO he wrote and published recently
new pamphlet concerning his relations to
to exposing the weqkness Of I}yrs defence and
TO emphasizing his financial losses through
Messners perildy. Had he stopped there all
might have gone well with him and his new
lenged AIeissners friends TO produce doou-
ment dsproying q single one OF his statements.
Joseph Hayor responded promptly with some
OF liedrlch's own letters. which proved the
The consequence OF all these new develop
mems has nor been the rehabilitation OF the
dead poet and novelist In the estimation OF the
German literary, world. liedrlch's proofs Of
Of The Princess of Portugal" and Norbert
Norsou" and Black Yellow" are beyond re-
butaL IA claiming "SgnSara' and two or
throe other works publ shed in Meissner',s
edged to have Oyerreached himself and to
have rendered. himself Justly liable 10 Bayers
accusation that he Is 2 liar and nmouniebank;
li"drIIS!l has dragged Mnissnnr III thG nlre'
graded himself beneath the notice vi respecta-
BILE men In doing it."
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Let New York Speak at oncel

Next Friday is the anniversary Of Ameri-
can independence. Next Wednesday is the
day arbitrarily set for closing the debate in
the House on Mr. LODGES Bill for the Regu-
lation OF Federal Elections.
The people Of New York have no time to
lose. They know JOHN DAvENPoRTi they
know what Federal interference at the polls
means; they understand the system which
1t Is now proposed to force upon them at the
point OF the bayonet. Tho LODGE bill
takes away from our citizens the con-
troll OF New York's elections OF New
York's Representatives in Congress and New
York's Presidential Electors. For the free
action Of the people of this Empire State, it
substitutes the rule OF Federal officers, ire
sponsible, so far as State authority Is con-
cerned, and appointed for life. 1t opens the
door OF every householder to tho domicil-
larry visits OF Federal police. 1t summons
TO the polls OF New York the drums and
muskets OF the Federal army. 1t amounts
wipes out home rule, and tears away tho
main safeguard OF our FREQ institutions.
There Is no cxaggerntion in saying this In
O hundred years of legislation there has
been no more direct or dangerous menace
10 the life OF the republic which tho patriots
founded 1t is tho shadow Of the man on
horseback.
Against this measure Of Capitalization,
usurpatlon, and invasion the protest OF New
York should DO prompt and vigorous, To
have effect on the daring schemcrs at Wash
ington, it should be registered within the
next forty-elght hours. Let arrangements
be made to-day for mass meeting to-
morrow night. at which citizens OF all par
ties may unite in the performance of the
first duty Of patriotic citizenship. Republic
cans and Democrats should forget their
party names when tho priceless rights of
FREQ citizenship arc threatened. The Re-
pubicans and Democrats of New York have
q common interest in preventing the pas
sage OF the LODGE bill, for II 1t Is enacted by
Republican votes and consent now, just so
surely will it be turned in the future with
terrible force against the party which put it
In the book Of statutes.
No Federal interference with New York's
elections Hands off our ballot boxes! The
time is ripe for a new Declaration of indie
pendence and this year the people OF this
town cannot do better than to celebrate the
date, and with patriotic earnestness that
will wake the old spirit OF 1776.
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England's energetic Consul, II. II. JOHN
sToN. has Just returned homo after his flying
trip to Tanganyika. during which he raised
the British flag all along the western shore Of
Lake Nyassa. He confirms what at least one
missionary has already reported, that If it had
not been FOR TIPPU TIB the whites at flanagan
yika would have persisted OF want during the
uprising along the Indian Ocean. For two
years they did not receive an ounce OF supplies
or word OF news from home, and TrpPU TINS
Arabs there kept them alive. and cheeriully
and amply supplied all their needs. The big
ivory merchant Is not quite so black as he Is
painted by those who are trying to make q
scapegoat OF him to account for the deflcien-
cies OF the rear detachment Of the STANLEY
eXpedition.
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A Bishon,s Mistakes.

In Blshop PoTTERs Grafton before the
Harvard CHAPTER OF the Phi Beta Kappa
Society occurs this passage OF reproof and
lnmcntntion. full of the burden OF his old
Centennial complaint:
ro,,cv =, s,ro,,,sm which mnlos p,rtisan service
the substantial baslG for political prefermsnt and a
fine dIsian FOR tn" element of personal fitness what
ever ae ."'" or "sA w"'n eHnes' o ~ Sro o
souts ,nt. has come to b. tho war cry which
treats every political simply scramble for
personal em'lnment mat sueh we" OF 'he service
VI Ia, ,,oT',"H'"' S".u'" 10 psn" 1o,,n.sao.
TO prey upon our un,aspectne institutions would not
be occasion for surprise. But that it has come be
the deliberate conviction OF men IN hlSh place among
w. ".'' '',"' t,'s w U .,n ,om.sS,I
enough to maintan hea,thy aud active interest in our
political Institution in other words there is no
instinct OF patriotism strong enough to consrAn man
~ 80 y" 'o r,, ,s
tho po,sIpl, pri,e which he NAV snatch out Of the
sordd and shameless sritethls certainly is teaching
which may well make all honest people flush with Keen
,''' '","S'""t sn""e f"i, ~ 'o'o .Ouo" WIN H.
TINT M nnn who serv.s the s,otc onIv from such
motives viii s,rupe to sacrifice public interests to pri.
waite ends whenever he can safely do So"
DR.. POTTER lets his fine Mugwumplan
Indignation run away with him. Neither
Mr. CLARKsoN, to whom he alludcs
In this attack upon the American civil
service, nor anybody else desires that
mon personally UNFIT for office shall DO
appointed to Office. Mr.. GARRISON and
tho majority of Americans hold that the
Offices, Federal State and municipal,
should DO held by men OF good char
acter competent, and belonging to the party
in power in the nation, the Stat, or the city.
Is Dir. POTTER prepared to say that vast
majority of the offices are not held, and havo
not been held, by efficient and honest men?
Is he prepared to say that man who has
rendered partisan service Is less likely to
be honest and capable than man who has
not? Has he any facts to show that the
work of the A,Hprican civil service is unsat-
isfactory to the public?
And why is Office seeking INSCRIPTIONS
self-seeking"? Why is it any more I'M
scrupuous or self-secking to aspire to hold
Government Office than to try to be book
keeper in n business house or the rector of
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To INF Enron THt SuN-Sir; In August lS8',
I wrote 10 TU SrS demonstrating, as think, tho NJ
Of Col. Buffalo HI! and ir0t John L. sullivan for
candidates Tor all parties support aud predicting the
increasing splendOr of their names
Tin" has verified tho wisdom OF my selection for both
the great parties beaten Grover was beaten nc
the polls and Benjamin lies prone In the White House
with none 50 poor to do linn reverence.
once RyAn let offer two ilusIious names for 1902
names which men OF all parties can unite TO wit
james a. Blane Of kentucky and senator Joe $ Black
burn Of Maine the wAichwOrd TO be, Jim winked at
Joe; Joe wicked At jim"
II there urhedA spell in tho name Of GrandfatherS
hat. e. sublime aud stupsndous thought WAS iy?ihed
in ThurmAn's bandAnna, how much lOtier is that
typined in Mr. BaineS wink and its return IN kindl
What better evidence that the bloody shirt IL buried
forever, what stronger ASSURANCE that
owe and pots Of ale
lu peace shall keep US warm.
than the pregnant and inspiring words, Jim winkod
at Joe; Joe winked at Jimr" PosET g. WILSON.
DENVER. June Is.