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SUNBEAMS.

Mr. Hamilton Allie declares in print that he never
saw lady at work all the time that hs was In
He went the length and breadth Of the land and saw no
pleasant litter OF employment in the pArors
that have nowhere the appearance of being lived
In. lie has no doubt that American women do some.
times knit and sew but they conceal It In room
which the visitor does not penetrate.
An Atchison man had a nightmare" after eating q
lunch or checse, mustard. aud dried beef and had
dsagrecabie dream that his in great danger;
instead OF being unable to from ghosts 10 usually
tho case In night he unable get ready to
70 to tho rescue OF his son Finally he awoke and was
so Impressed with tho dream that no went Into his
sons room He found him OF bed. and on the roof
OF the house. whsro he had climbed In his sleep
-Gsn Russell A. Alger told San Francisco reporter
that the rumors that lie 10 booming Blaine are untrue
In my judgment" he said "Mr. blaine can have the
nomination he It. and he does not need my as.
sistance In tho matter Whether hs will bs physically
able to enter such contest 10 another matter Six
weeks ago saw the Secretary and he seemed to think
that ne had recovered his health almost entirely
cannot say Of course that Mr. Blaine will 10 fitted 10
run for the Presidency but my latest advces are that
he Is gaining strength and that his old vgor return.
inR.u
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THE DAIRY SIDE OF JAP GOULD.
Hard Churning In Boyhood and Warm MIX
In Manhood's Prosperity.

haro Snurning In bOyhoOd and warm MIX
In Mnnhood's Prosperity.
From Ine vep rfth John L. cocEe,tu In the CInetn
natl Enquirer
The ana meier nsked mo. Did you ever churn;"
l said that had a recol lection Of a recuiar
was 10y and which was the cause cause OF many
busters On my udolescent hands. He smiled
SThe churn n0 that nave in my mind was a
xit6 my career: MY father had, a It'll. dairy
farm in Delaware county. and the special
products Of that farm were butter and cheese.
We had rotary churn which was operated by
and sometimes II sheep. In course OF time the
dog and the sheep came 70 understand what
nbSa paee sene the s"S sha1n
up. Thereupon they were In the habit OF
disappearing. On such occasions. to supply
and eventually l came TO undergtand that
when the ehnrn n, was va, being prepared l. too
ever. remonstra!ed 90 bitterly against be-
iaher eba tsed me with good deal Of sever.
ity and alter, brooding oyer the matter all
night It c9nelndea on 4 d 10 eaSe ths farm and seek
ssriy M =, morning f M Mlei. the isrm and Started out
=, 1t was thus that This man who holds the
finances OF the United States in the hollow OF
ra an VITAE
est way IN which Nj Gould snbordinated his
intel ect to that Of the dog and the sheep
have known NOR" he said. later. who
after achieving n small or a striking success in
Wall street. spent several days in glorfcat ion
of their achievement. guzzling champagne in
thing in that line
Mr.. Gouids remarks on this subject lad to n
question which. under the circumstances. was
fayorite tprle really was. He said in reply:
Il have mover heea able to drink spirits with
have ,ried yery hard to make it part OF my
daily regimen. but does not agree with mo- I
upon as a suitable drink for me Is warm milk.
Now: when have Ind particularly busy day
and have been under an unusual strain. I find
bed n, all now without having a small Spirit
lump by my bedside and n rint or two OF good.
fresh milk In a pnn. Whom | become aware
that ] am wnkefml and restless / light the
lamp. YARN the milk. drink u little OF it and
Immediately fall nslcep,"
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Vel. npon Nv SOUL Expected Something
Bad. fou knoW. but This he1iiy 10
IerfecNu Hkecra Bile.

II lost my guard and made no secre, OF my
efforts to capture him. The audience dropped
on 1t. and became deeply interested. Every
body In the house was Watching the English
man. l warbled 'Wilhelmina Strauss and
fllled 1t to the brim with grotesqueness, but
parenty nothing would fetch him. And 20 the
performance went on. the audience watching
the man In the box more than IT did mo-
was In the act where prano.d over the stee
with the little child astr.ddle my shouIders
A iailt emile overspread the mans, face. lie
raised raise -, nis gioyed hands and languldly clapped
plause. The andence screamed with dsIiaht
From that time, until the close oi the rerfor.
nance everysoul IN the house wns ip sympathy
He Game W down 1 from uSh Ss IsT fhs
In describing these scenes Mr.. Emmet un-
He danced around the brokers' Office ns grace
fully as II he was in costume asked him to
how large an audience he had noed
There wero over 1900 persons In the Grand
Opera House last evening 1 think played to
over 1000 people In London once. The small
wss mass .ss ssd
trying to introduce mntinies into the inland
cities. Joe Jefferson. Dsnman Thompson. and
some % az o. ths SS starr nat goHs through ne
small that the actors shiel. They refused to
lake the gate. The money was returned at the
box office. and the dlsappointed ticket buyers
MATINEE In Columbus. Then struck the town
After two or three. performances the posters
snnounced matinee.
noon and found ny oompaDS S tr 5nSt sitSr- @
d:y spiis e.: sfyIsriin6 SsSind ,hs curtain.
Dstsiag audience There Wss only one person
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The Stecklers Stand Alone.

No recent movement against the ancient
and historic organization of Tammany Hall,
or against the Democratic cause Of which it
is the champion, has failed TO enlist tho
active aid and cooperation OF LARRY"
GoDKIN. He is opposed to everything which
emphasizes the rule OF the popular majority.
When the members Of that bustling
body Of east side Democrats, the STECK-
LER Association, barred their banners to
the breeze for a spirited encounter next
November, it was natural to suppose that
the Evening Post would be with them, ready
as usual to pat the foes OF Tammany on the
small OF the back and to tickle them under
the chin. But if the members Of the STECK
LER Association depended on "LARKY's" +"
aid. they have been grievously disappointed.
LARRY" to quote tho phrase of q former
local statesman, sis agin them" Every
body, he declares, knows what the matter
is with the STEcKLERs; they want more
spoils. Reform is the last thing in the
world that they want.
Accordingly, the SrEcKLERs will be COM
PEELED to forego any expectation OF encour-
agement from LARRY" They must 30 into
the fight without him. and, probably, with
out solitary Mugwump to bring to them
word Of cheer, a message Of hope, or a token
OF Joy. They must conduct their own war;
fare, without expecting any reenforcements
from the self-styled friends Of good govern
ment. They must win or be vanquished
without the assistance Of LARRY"
To some persons this might seem to be a
serious cloud upon reasonable hopes. yet
when it is considered that whatever candi-
date LARRY supports is defeated, whatever
policy he champions is overthrown, and
whatever organization he applauds and as
sists is invariably crushed in the dust Of
disaster, the Withholding OF his assistance
cannot be regarded as an unmixed evil
Other things being equal, it is n bright
augury Of success. and therefore many
Democrats who were at tho outset justly
skeptical OF any success for the STECKLER
movement. may now discern in it formidable
features of opposition and danger.
All Of this. however. should not cause any
Democrat to forget for ono moment that
Democratic Governor is to be elected this
year, and Democratic President and Vice
President next year.
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Advertisements for The WEEKLY Sun,
iasued tomorrow morning. must be handed in
this erenino before O'Clock.
Plain Talk About Certain Islands.

Hayti2 No. We don't want It, because 1t
has too many cheap voters. Yet we should
like to lease a small piece Of 1t for coaling
station. At the same time we don't want any
European power intrenched there, raklng
Cuba, and right Mt the gateway ofthe Gulf.
Bermuda aud Jamaican Out OF tho ques-
ton, certainly for many years to come.
Hawaii2 Perhaps and even probably, In
the not distant future.
Newfoundland Only with the conti-
mental possessions OF Great Britain In North
America, and In tho duo course os events.
Samoan A foothold there, q station two
thirds OF the way to the great Antipodal
Republic OF the Twentieth Century. That Is
all, and that we have already practically
secured.
Cuba That is fascinating problem OF
national destiny. The acquisition OF Cubn
by peaceful means should be cardinal
point OF Democratic doctrine. Seventy
years ago the father OF tho Democracy
wrote from Monticello to President JAMES
MONROE: "The addition Of tho island OF
Cuba to our Confedcracy is exactly what Is
wanted to round our power as nation to
the point Of its utmost interest" Again,
JEFFERsoN spoke Of the acquisition OF Cuba
as the one thing that would I'LL the meas
ure OF our well-being." The same idea has
captivated the imagination Of generation
after generation OF far-sighted statesmen.
1t is the one thing that seems worth doing
In the way Of territorial expansion. Not
this year or next year; perhaps not this
century, but II not, surely early in the next.
It is manifest destiny when the time Is ripe.
1t will cost some money.
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The Rev. A. G. DIXON OF Brooklyn has
been declaimine against the stage. According
to this dogmntic divine. tho watchword OF the
stage is revenge" Read SHAKEsPEARE right
through" he declares, land you will find that
this Is So" What a narrow mind must a man
have. how ptiably blind to wit aud wisdom.
beauty and pathos must he be who can read
all the PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE and find In them
nothing but the single m motve OF revengel The
Rev. Mr.. DIXON is Ike one who journeys from
Dan to Besrsheba and exclnlns, 1T Is all
barren"
The rest Of his sermon is full of similar auto
biographical interest. Il went myself" he
continues. Ito o theatre to see tho old Home
stend,' and when came back I felt as II would
like 10 murder somebody. such was the OBJECT
It had upon me- 1t Is impo slble to suppose
that his most devout Pharisee Of the Pharisees
would dare to icst in tho pulpit but IL he Ia
serious, what manner OF man is 1t In whom the
mild and pathetic incidents OF the odd
Homestead" excite only evil passions?
One can imagine less serious rerson
who had sedulously witnessed the play weekly
throughout tho whole Of its tnree years run.
inspired by sheer wsAriness to slsy the actors.
rs many long suffering mortal has longed to
kill somo sweet singer OF Home. Sweet
Home" or "Comrades." or Annie Rooney"
but the Rev. Mr.. DIXON cannot be justified BY
any such excuse. In his case it must be n
kind OF religious monomnnia, OF spiritual
blindness. OF perverted moral instincts. that
cannot distinguish dancing from indecency.
card playing from gambling or "Macbeth" |"
from La Damo aux Camelias" 1t is not
wonderful that preaching often falls uron Ceaf
ears II many preachers are like the Rov. Mr.
DIXON OF Brooklyn.
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A Stuffed Speech.

Mr.. GROVER CLEVELAND OF New Jersey
mado carefully prepared and charactcris-
tic speech on Private and Special Legis-
lation" before the Commercial Club of
! Providence last Saturday night. Thespeech
wns stuffed with those novel, original. and
fresh utteranccs for which lie is justly celc-
bratcd. Its opening sentence compelled
breathless attention and showed tho pro-
fundity OF the orators ratiocinative pro.
, ocsses II suppose from the name of the or
. RaniZation which extends to us the hos
pitalitcs Of this OCCASION" he began, that
its membership Is mainly, at least. made up
OF those engaged In business enterprises,
and that Its object is the discussion of topics
related to the progress and development OF
such enterprises"
Men OF less solid parts and less accuracy
OF thought might have conjectured from the
name OF the Commercial Club that it was
! composed OF graduates Of Brown University,
or fricnds OF universal peace, or advocates of
tho single tax, or s:uGenta of tho higher
Biblical criticism. Mr.. CLEvELAND's pene-
" tratiDg intellect grasped at onco the proba-
bility that the Commercial Club was COM
posed Of commercial persons, and he an
nounced that probability boldly and with
tho severity OF truth. Nobody contradctcd
him. 1t must be assumed to be fact. there
} fore, that tho Commercial Club OF Provi-
dcnce is composed mainly Of persons en-
gagged in business enterprises. Encouraged
by the acquiescenco whercwith his first dis
covery was received. the speaker went ON to
. declarations startling indeed but sound:
~ seek to remind you Of tho interest which you and
all OF have. members OF our American body
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The Onondaga Farmers.

A Convention Of Onandaga county farmers
was held at Syracuse on Saturday for the
purpose of considering how their interests can
be served by political action without resort
ing to the third party. There is much good
matter in the platform adopted. Tho Al
lance projects for crop Sub-TreaSury and
Government ownership OF railroads, tele-
graph lines, and telephone lines are de-
nounced, MS are the increase Of salaries and
tho Capitalization Of power. But what do
the Onondaga farmers mean by denouacing
"any policy whereby the farmers OF tho
country shall bc deprived of their political
rights? The Farmers Alliance seems to
proceed on the theory that the farmer
should have more political rights than any,
body else. If anybody in the environs of
the Hon. JANIS J. BELDEN ard the Hon.
FRANK HIscoCK is trying to deprive the
Onondaga farmers OF their political rights
and their due share OF political power, We
hope his foot will cleave to tho roof of
his mouth. The Onondaga farmers ought
to havc mentioned his name.
The Syracuse platform opposes trusts
and combinations, but IL these arc not de-
stroyed by the national and State laws
against them. they certainly will not be
frightened by platforms. 1t opposes irriga-
ton OF the arid lands at the expense of the
Government; but as the majority of people
In the States in which the arid lands are
situated want the Government to cede those
lands to the States, the latter to bear the
expense OF irrigation. there seems to be no
necessity for alarm In Onondaga.
The platform asks for liberal appropria-
tlons by the Legislature for the promotion
OF agriculture. and favors the establishment
OF agricultural departments in institutions
Of learning. There are agricultural schools
enough and to spare already; and il all OF
them were to be abolished to-day. the farm
ers would be just as well off. State farming
and college farming are like cigars in Eng
land, expensive and not good. The farmers
of Onondnga will not be benefited by having
their taxes increased for the support OF
book farmers; and there is no more reason
why the State should appropriate money
for farming than for railroading. The old
saw about the way to thrive by the plough
ts as true In Onondaga as elsewhere; and we
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A correspondent OF the Boston Transcript
o,otaa professo or WHITNEY of Ynle as writinr.

A correspondent Of the Boston Transcript
quotes Profes. or WHITNEY of Yale as writing:
"There has been m entertaining amount of simpl
folly uzed AGAINST the reform by those who thought
they standing for tile Purity OF In2sh speech;
but tho tnie for it has nearly gon by now."
He also alleges that DR.. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD
is responsible for this sentiment:
"Our noble Inglish tung alredy spoken over moro of
the crths surface than other living tung yet
to be spoken more is dsfg by many auoma
lics and hamperd by so many arbitrary usages-rues
will no. cali ttem-that lie 10 not merely 10 be com.
mended. hut haild as delivsrsr who will rescue it
and at tho sacrifice of present nconvenence. xiv fu
ture to all Ingsh speaking people til the end of
time"
While Professor CHILD Of Harvard Is repre-
sented as putting upon record this somewhat
reckless proposition:
AT present don't much how anybody spels so
he s2e!s different from what is ostablsht"
II these certificates arc genuine they wers
intended in the Pickwickian or nhianthropic
sense. like tho testimonial which District
Attorney NIcoLL onco furnished to the pro-
prietor OF n patent nerve re .torer. We ven-
ture to assert that Professor CHILD docs care
very much to have tho next edition Of his
English and Scottish Ballads appear in an
orthographical form which shnl correspond to
what is establisht." The venerable DR.. FIELD
is not writing essays on international law In any
"tung" except tho English tongue: and Pro.
fessor WILLIAM DWIGHT WHITNEY. so far as
We have been able to observe has nearly COM
pleted the admirable and comprehensive Dc
tonary which owes its existence 10 his learn
ing and industry. without making any official
elfort to Introduce the peculiar system which
he bcnovolontS uzes In his correspondence
with harmless crank.
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eminent should be founded upon their love for ssths
fountain head Of their national ifs their faith In II as
the power which preserves them free people; their
reverence for Il as the perfect work OF the highest
patrotisn their CONFIDENCE In Its justice and equality
and their pride In its ownership and MANAGEMENT
These sholid furnish at all times sufficient motive for
lively interest in public affairs nnd should supply
abundant incentive to popular watchfuness OF ieEis
latvs and executive methods"
Careful examination will convince the
most incredulous that these things are so.
and the speaker might even have gone SO
far as to say that II our countrymen are
virtuous they will be happy, but he probably
thought that 1t would be safer to give his
thought-iood In small doses. But his per-
Grafton, however. fairly sagged with now
erful truth
AT this time no more important truth can be pre-
sensd people that they should support their
Government in and patriotism and remain unself
ishly content with the blessings and advantages which
our free institutions established to bestow with
Justice and saaty every citizen throughout the
length and breadth Of our land"
No moro important truth than this can be
presented, but one perhaps equally impor.
tant Is that he that dallies is a bastard and
he that doubts is damned"
Mr.. CLEVELAND is usually good to him
self, but In making his address upon Pri-
vnte and Special Legislation" he con-
demncd by implication his approval OF the
Olcomargarlne act Of 1886, as dangerous,
demoralizing, and selfish pecc OF special
Legislation as was ever enacted:
Neasures of genera, character apparently pro-
posed tho public good frequently originate In self
ish calculations or ~ completely subserve In their
details selfish plans that they also tend toward the
tbA nla MI g
paternaiism in the Government. No matter what
plausible prctsxt may be advanced for such cgslaon
II II has in these elements ought 10 be condemned
Neither the cry OF protection to American interests
nor pretended soictudo for tho public good ought to
succeed in conceang schemes to favor tho few n: Tho
exrcn.e OF the many should the Importance to tho
country OF egs alive action upon any subject divert ns
from inquiry concerning the selfish motives and pnr.
poses which may hidden behind the proposal OF such
legislation"
We regret that Mr.. CLEVELAND took go
much time in preparing sentences suitable
for copy-book use that he neglected to OK
pose and denounce the self1shness, the sor-
didness, the false pretext OF public advan-
tage, and the unjust paternalsm contained
in tho Oeomargarine act. Doubtless the
intelligence Of his hearers supplied tho
omission and construed his remarks as an
apology Otherwise his talk about the evils
of special legislation would have been mon
strous piece Of cheek; and Mr.. CLEvELAND's
timid modesty is known to oil who know 1t.
The sun., 1891-06-30
An Explanation from Mr.. L.wle-

To tn. EDToR OF TnK suS-Sfr: A paragraph In your
Sunday cable letter charges me with the grave OF.
fenoe of plagiarism. The facts for the Cosmopo,tan
diamond mines" article Isecured originally from Mr.
Carl II. KreRor of Johannesburg Orange Free States
South Africa when ho In this country In August
1890. As q result OF our association the EvgsKo Sun
printed q column ariios, Aug. ~. isSa That fail
changed my residence and In doing lost the data
had hoped to subsequently in more extended ar.
tcle. During the winter wrote to Mr.. krtgor, OK.
planning situation and ed him send me a the
facts In his possession About four months attsrward
received through tho nall book containing history
OF tho free stae description OF she mines 4r M
Der OF old newspaper clippings aud number OF wood.
cut prints representing diamond mine scenes When
the tosn,onoi,an company accepted my article last
fall explained tho situation to the edOrs and AZ their
requert visited several photographic supply in
.ns Guy snu ~ ~ ,h ~ aoEsn hr niteen paeH
some OF which appear IN tho article The other draw.
inRs were made from those sent 10 and tho original
text which cut and edited TO suit the tass OF Ansr
KreRor. Very truly yours EDwARp J. LAWLxR.
Nkw YoRk, June 70. levl.
The sun., 1891-06-30

1t is reported that the British naval ex-
plorers who have been picking up " unclaimed
islands In the Pacific have boisted the British
flag over the lovely isle OF Sabuton. lying nsar
the Philippine group. They have made good
progress in the business OF annexation this
year, but it is to bo regretted that they have
not kept the world properly informed about
IL. They must have added at least half a
dozen unclaimed islands to her Britannia
Ma!esty's possessions in the Pacific,
Tho German explorers. who havo been try
Inc to rival the British. have met with less
success. Thcy have set up protectorate over
some OF the islands of tho Gilbert group. hop
ing for as much success as they had pre-
viously gained In the Marshall group; but the
native chiefs there object to German protec-
ton. and have recently shown their readiness
The sun., 1891-06-30
Was There Conspiracy ito Overthrow
the Government?

In communication signed with the we'll
known initials of Gen. H. v. BoYNToN we
find In tho Commercial Gazette OF the
oath inst. an averment that is indeed
startling. He says that conspiracy to
overthrow the Government. and to Danish
from public life number OF the most promi-
nent Republican lenders, was in existence In
Washington at about the end Of the war,
snd was prevented from coming to a head
chiefly through the excitement following
upon the assassination Of Mr.. LINCOLN.
:" The scheme originated" says Gen. BoYN-
TON, "in the fertile brain OF MONTGOMERY
BLAIR; and his brother FRANK was one of
the corps commanders to whom 1t was con-
tided." This conspiracy was to be executed
by the army. aud its points were these:
a. The war is about to end and the LINCOLN Govern
ment is not prepared with comprehensive plan Of
restoration.
49,. The Union army control the situation and IL
Its leaders will agree to any conservative settlement
they will bo followed by the Union solders and be
Of the SUBSEQUENT support OF tho Confedeass
~ With this preliminary argument It was boldly
proposed to undertake a political movement In the
armies which should look TO tho elevation OF some
popular soldier and which should be committed to
wrestling tho Government nt the earliest possible
neLt from the Administration in power. and putting
aside such leaders as LINCOLN STANTON CHARLES SUnsxR
Ben WADE Each CHANDLER. HEsRy WILSON. THAp STE.
WINS and their associates; and in such It
argued that In of surrender upon conserva-
tive terms the support Of all leading Confederates
could subsequently be readily obtained"
Such charge as this should be supported
by the most positive and conclusive evil
dence or 1t should not be made. We
knew MONTGOMERY BLAIR very we'll during
the period in question. We saw him fire.
quently. and our conversation was unre-
strained; yet we never heard from him any
suggestion or expression that could indicate
the existence Of such project. We are far
from being convinced that my such con-
spiracy seriously existed; and II it had an
existence. we do not believe that MoNTGoM-
xRY BLAIR was party TO it.