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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-14
A SUGAR SCHOOL.
II Will Turn Out Expert Sugar Makers, OF
WHOM There Il Great Need.

It Win Turn Out Expert sugar Makers, of
whom There Il Great Need.
New ORLEANS. Sept. 13.-Under the auspices
OF the State and the Louisiana Agricultural
and Scientific Association. q sugar school has
been established In this city. and will 60 into
operation here next month. for the purpose Of
educating all who desire to take the course in
the culture OF cane and the manufacture OF
sugar from It The school is equipped with q
corps OF five professors. OF sugar agriculture.
sugar chemistry. ANALYTICAL chemistry. sugar
mechanics. and sugar making respectively. It
has q plantation attached with a small sugar
house on It. but one thoroughly equipped with
the latest and most improved machinery. a
Library con.sping al The books and journals
this industry. The course will be one Of TIVE
years. at the end of which time the student will
chemist prepared to carry on sugar planta-
tion In the most scientific manner.
this Sls:s Of experts. for the suppy Is fer too
small. Tho pay is very good. for a. skilled
m 5snd'
pete for the better ones. and some OF then,
even recelye percentaes;ion the crop raised.
81 cane win produce and what quality Of sugar
Wh Sas charcs Of .Ss plan3a, lon
The necessity Of having q skilled man in
cubTRe OF tho DuBlOcRb ID NO" RTe6tor tnaQ
over. since the bonus paid under the Nc 4 inley
bill Is graded on the Quality OF sugar produced.
Much OF the open Kettle sugar falls below tho
so per cent. saccharine limit and will under
tho law receive no bonus whatever unless an
expert is in charge OF its manufacture aud
turns out higher-grade article. A difference
OF ono per cent. In thu amount OF saccharine
in his sugar may N axe difference OF $50. 900 In
2000.O0D pounds.
1t is believed that this will cause the sugar
makers to be moro in demand than ever. and
there are not enough to go around nov, as It IL.
Moreover large increase In the industry and
In the mum Der Of sugar houses In operation
tseXpected In the next few years In conse-
4nence Of the stiDulus given to 1t BY tho Nc
kinley bill. Tho sugar industry as now con-
Quoted requires experts. men skilled not In
agriculture alone. ,ike the old.styie overseers.
but with thorough knowledge OF analytical
chemistry aud mechanics In the various
branches. and who Keeps abreast OF the times
and al! tho latest discoveries and Inventions,
The Louisiana Agricultural and Scientific
Association. recognizing the necessity IL such
experts. and knowing that they are to be OBJ
TIMED 10 no other wav. ns there Is no institu-
t!on in the United States In which they can get
the spechc instruction they need. has allied
In establishing this sugar school here. believ-
ing That The large nay guaranteed to sugar
experts will Assure good attendance. The
school Is Of som" interest outside OF Louisiana
for It promises to tie the prin cpal factor in on.
ablinR that State to largely increase its pro-
duction Of sugar and supply the demand OF
the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-14
OUARRELLED LIKE YOUNGsTERx
Two Men Whose Disputes Over Right to
Fish In . Pond Leads to Shooting.

SCRANTON. Sept. 13.-Maplewood Lake. on tho
Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad. about mid
wav between Scranton and Hawley, Ia tho best
pickerel pond in this part OF the State. It lies
on lanJ belonging to Henry O.. Silkmnn and
jacob Van Sickle. and for several years there
has been bitter feud between the two men
over the right to fish In certain portions OF the
lake. Several years aGo Nj. Silkman damned
up the outlet neRr his residence. a few rods
from the little Maplewood railroad station.
The waters flowed back upon Mr.. Van Sickle's
land. and ever since then Mr.. Van Sickle has
claimed the right to FISH down to the dividing
line. Mr.. Silkman. who keeps a lot OF boats
and fishing tackle to rent, has always asserted
that Mr.. Van Sickle had no business to fish In
any port Of the lake. Both are nearly 60. but
they arc as gritty rs youngsters and they have
hHh many tongue fight over the disputed
,Ons summer Mr.. silkman sgied Mr. Van
yelisi at him t" clear out. Mr.. Van sickle
Immediately put gun in his boat aad rowsd
t,ward his neighhor,, thenteniug 10 shoot II
Snce Van l ses s.t ' dd 0S .h s snSs
for Tim; sui inst.sl Of nrips Mr; slitmsn
Sickle. by that time both we're hot under tie
collar; They clinched; the boats were upset.
M % pom ao asfS Nefs seGo 70
drown one another. They got cooled. how
o. the .eason they kent cool. Nr silkma1's
neigh bors say that he never recovered II:
Thi. summer the feeling between tho old
While old man Van scki. was In Scranton mon on
;nsn's irs,to rise John was ordered of the
lake BY Mr.. Slkman, who .rowed out withnk
few rods o, him John HAD man ana 4 bull
fused 10 leave the lake. Mr.. Silkman threat
ssn n 70 shoot, whss%Eeat JShn's eomraron lay
away and MIA johns right shoulder With
bir! shot John was about to return tho fire
with his revolver. but WAS prevented by his
woundIng John in the back; John u = church
deacon 30 years OF age. and after Mr.. Silkman
had nrod his second shot he Yelled
Deacon, have YOU had enough. or shall I
give You another doseT
John instantly levs led his revolver. and Mr..
ttlkman held plank In front Of HIM, but
Johns companion prevailed on him MT TO
ire and soon rowed the woundei man toward
tho house, where he was attended by "A ply
SLOAN at, hour later. Late IN the afternoon
old man Van sickle returned home. and In the
evening he had Mr.. Silkman arrested.
j r. G.-Esnny Cnstifan, uho ought 10 know for he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-14
ARREsTED ON THE STAGE.
Infatuated with = Variety Actress, saa
said to he short In Hts Accounts.

SAID to nc snort IN hts Accounts.
Harry Howard. 30 years old. OF 3ll West
Twenty. Fourth street. was remanded In
tho Harlem Police Court yesterday
on charge of stealing $1,000 from
Ward Z. Robinson, President OF tho
Capsule Bluing Company. which has an
Office at 2l9 West 135th street. Howard is the
eon Of n wealthy retired merchant OF Burling.
ton. VI.
lie married a girl there who procured di-
vorce from him. Since then he has led wild
life. Two years ago he married again In De-
troit. lle had been connected with tho Blu
in Company one year.
lie finally became the secretary and
travelling collector. Ho Was arrested on
the stage OF Huber's Museum while
PLAYING q drunkard In q sketch with a
young woman named May Bell with whom he
was infatuated. His deserted wlfe had put the
company In possession OF facts which led to
the investigation OF his accounts.
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sober Since Mo Was Seventy Years Old.
Tho old Water Street Mission. which was es-
tablishsi years ago by Jerry McAuey. was
crowde 10 the doors las night Mt the ami
vsrsary service held to commemo Uncle
Rube Johnsou's year Of sobriety Uncle Rube
10 II years old. For more than thirty years he
was q drunkard. Some OF the DRINKS whose
chum he used 10 be were there last night
They hard y recognized in the trim. white
hare old man. who wi n a Bible spread be-
fore him. talked to The andlsucs In steady
He had had employment in the composing
room Of the Journal Of .ommnre no said last
night. being smart boy rise to : RESPONSIBLE
Els own mothe. He Was then, he said in the
rage his mother died and a YEAR later he lost
his wife He took To dri, X and soon became y
ago he was converted. Le rays, aud lost the de-
sire for liquor.
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TOIYSER FISHE.,
Usually He Gets FroGs. but Recently III.
Took ~ Trout,

Took ~ Trout.
JEwETT CRY. Sept. 13.-C. C. Palmer OF this
place has the cleve est dog In Connecticut.
probably. and his name is Towssr. Towser
makes 1t his daily business to catch frogs In
cold trout stream not far from his home and
it 10 q bad day when he docs not get from six
to q dozen frog sai dles for his master. Hs
darts into sluggish part OF the brook drives
frog into tho mud. and then digs IL nut.
In hunting; ana now ID likely to De arre- ed Tor
violating The fish law Of the state. In getting
trout into a swallow place. and having Ca stirred
II took y TO his master. Although It is now the
pSIose " senson Tor trout ip this state Mr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-14
Odds and Ends OF Sports.

Samelsss Austin Gibbons was born in Paterson,
n. j.. In August 1870
D. and f.-les; Mitchell Knocked Sullivan down in
the Madison Square Garden.
The Xavier Boat Club viii hold bali on Nov. II at
the Central Opera House. tixty seventh street and
Third avenue Next THURSDAY evening The boxes will
y. sold saetion a. the club house "a weSt sixteenth
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-14

r. G-Esnny Costisan. sho ought TO know. for he
"a, been Vita jack nsmpssy many Ieass says lha!
IAyonne either At tue Theatre ComiYue IN sdsipAiA
or sHy wAsre tIIe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-14
Picking Up Again.

Forty excise arrests Yesterday. Seventeen
the Sunday before.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-26
Great Age of Familiar SAYING.

After all. the newest authors arc
the oldest. In This new edition Ca
miiiar Quotatun>l we have familiar
savings traced away back To Greece
and Egyrt. \ new author 10y the
name of rilpay figures in this edit IN.
He was a Rrahmin. and he lived sew
cral centuries before Christ. Writing
I'm some early dialect of SanScrit. he
deliberately. and with the most h"r-
rihlc heather dcpravity. stole some
of the best savings Of IIcrrick. Shak-
Spcare. Butler. tibbcr. and Others.
He was bold enough to appropriate
such modern savings as What is bred
in he bone will come ou' of the flesh. )"
"PoSScS>inn is the strongest tenure of
the law" and So on. IlrSiod. who
wrote i'm the seventh century before
Christ. was another Of those antique
plagiarist>. Theogni>. ESchyluS.
Sophocle>. E.uripilcS. PlautuS. Ter
cnce. and many Others. were great
supplirr> of modern familiar quota
tionS. Every time you sd. hence
these tears" the flower of youth. >
Il do not care one straw. with pres
ence of mind. or any one of several
other things equally familiar. you are
simply quoting Terence. who died $50
wears before Christ. All the way
through he is as modern as Mr.. How
ellis Here is one of his savings. and
after il is quoted nothing more need
be said: in fine. nothing is said now
hat bn, s.,it
ton Transcript.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-26
Dom Psfiro


Dom Pedro is reported To be as
"willin' as was the somewhat noted
Mr.. Barkis Worcester Spy.
1t really looks as though Dom Pedro
would rot only return to Brazil to die.
but to reign some time before his death.
-Boso News
Dom Pedro has grown sired of being
"out in the cold world" and is ready to
return to Brazil, no matter how torrid
it may be there kansas City Times
There would be ronger and more
general confidence in his peacerestoring
power if he had made fight for his
throne when it was first assailed.-Den-
yer Sun.
Ex-Emperor Dom Pedro, late of Bra
iii, is in the hands of his friends, and is
ready to resume business at the old
stand whenever his country calls him. -
) Boston Herald.
Dom Pedro is announc as a deep
sympathizer with the people of Brazil.
A king or emperor ont of job always
has very keen sensibiities touching the
people who have deprived him OF his
situation. n.-Brooklyn S,andard-C MON.
Eom Pedro says he is "ready to return
if the nstion desires dis presence, in Or
der in his old age to render final ser
vice to the union. integrity and great
ness to his fatherland." Really the cX-
Emperor is too kind Minneapolis
Tribune
1t was pathetic picture to see old
Dom Pedro sailing from Brazil an exile
and a deposed monarch. but it is abso-
luteiy pitifuI 10 see him looking across
the water to his distracted country and
hoping to be recalled. There is not
much of the emperor in it, but much of
the foolish old man that touches the
heart deeply Baltimore Herald.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-26

\ little affair in which lncledon.
tn. once famous singer. was involved.
shows that ther" is more than one
WAY uf settling what is called an AT
fair of honor
Inclctlnn had never fought duel.
and he never intended To fight one.
l.ut h" was an unsophiSiicited man.
and said and did a great many queer
things out Of sheer simplicity.
On one occasion some remarks of
h:> gave otfenSc to Il man with whom
the singer happened To fall into com
nanv. and he offended gentleman re-
solved tn have satisfaction for his
wrongs Accordingly he hunted up
incirdon he next afternuon. finding
him at dinner in Il noted hotel.
Mr.. Inrlc,lon." said the waiter. IL
gentleman wishes tn see YOU. sir.
~"Sh"w him up. then. said the
singer.
sir" said tn" visitor. entering the
room in Il towering passion. You laS'
been making free with my name in a
Very improper manner. and I've come
To demand sat ti>faction.
After some parlcying, lnclc,lon ro>c.
and striking Il graceful attitude i'll
the center Of the roum began to sing
"Rack-cyed Su>an." in his most de-
lightful style When he had finished
the song. he said. ceolly:
There sir. that has given com
pletr SatiSfact ion tu several thousand
people. and if YOU want anything
more Eve only To say yoll're the most
unreasonable fellow | ever met
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-26
Wise Savings.

THE love of money is the root of all
evil, l,-Iaul
THE best hearts are ever tn hraycst.
Laurence Sternc.
NIGHT brings out stars, as sorrow
shows rs truths p. J. Bailey.
A PRINCE who falleth out with laws
brcakcth with his best friends -Saville
\ SINGLE grateful thought toward
heaven is most effective prayer. les
sing.
TnE gem cannot be polished without
friction. nor the man perfected without
trials.
He who has not good memory should
never take upon him the trade of lying.
Mont iignc.
THE true danger is wien liberty is
nibbled away for expedients and by
parts. Burke.
MODERATION is the sikcn string rum
nng through the pearl chains of all
virtues Fuller.
TIE sutticcncy of my merit is to
know that my me it !, aot sufficient
Saint Augustine.
NEVER knew nah who could not
bear the misfortuncs of another perfectly
like a Christian swift.
No CORD or cable can draw so forcibly
or h'nd so fast rs love can do with only
& single thread Burton
As THE freely only shines when on
the wing. so it is with TIE human mind
-Vhen at rest it darkcnS
A MIsEE grows rich by seeming poor;
|,
seeming rich -Shcns' one.
MIRTH should b. the embroidery OF
converSat on, not tt WEB and wit the
ornament OF th IN nd, not The furnit re
SINGULAk that The word miser, so o ten
expressive Il QUE who IS rich. shCu d. in
Il. origin. zig lily c,1a tia. Is mistrap.A
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-26
kinds are prepared forit, many Of them

kinds are prepared for it, many OF them
better prepared than heretofore in an
ticipation of iulfillment of the reck-
less prophecies OF the "boom" press.
Are the promises of the latter being
realized: Empliatically, no. The
cities are crowded with merchants who
say unliesitatingly that trade is not so
good as Il this time last year 1t is no
doubt true that the large iobhing
houses show much activity, consequent
upon past deprivation and resent
scantv stocks in the country. But the
home merchants of these two cities are
not finding their energies and resources
taxed to take care Of an unusual trade
On the contrary, tie trade is actually
lighter and the prospect not so good as
Il year ago.
Suppose trade was heavier and the
prospect better. what would be the re-
suit? Well, few city merchants
know precisely what would follow, but
too many of them never stop to think
it over. and are too reckless and indif-
feren. to consequences themselves to
listen to others who do think. But
the truth is that a fictitious booming
period would come as an inevitable re-
suit. competition would ensue, rents
would go up, the landlord and the So
cial parasite absorb the profits, the
whole process eventuating in worse
condition for the business man of small
means than that preceding Paul
tMinn.) State.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-26
Interest Again:

If our business men and farmers
would just for minute reflect on the
enormous bill labor and all trade paw
by reason of high interest rates the
present finance system would quickly
he destroyed. How many of them
have ever thought that interest rates
as they exist in our country are kept
high unnatnrallv by legislation Or
having learned this believed the wrong
thus done to be a simple injustice
sort of discreditahle Legislative game
in which debtor. were the only losers?
But it is not mere class that suffers
from high rates for money. If it We're,
the policy Of wrong, of use of govern
ment III expressing even a small class
for the benefit of another class could
not he defended. The fact il, how
ever, that high interest rates exact
trii,ute from the whole community.
The debtor may be the first to pay a
share of the unjust tribute. but there
is not one anywhere. of high or low
condition, free of debt or in debt, but
pays an unrecOrded tax that Is far
greater than that required hv mort
gage or note of hand The burden of
debt is one thing, the interest that
debt commands is part of the bur
den, but another and greater result is
the high ! rotits that those interest
rates compel. SO long as rates for
money are exorhitant, profits on manu-
factured articles must be exorhitant
These profits are as surely connected,
though perhaps not so closely, as the
interest itself is with the capital in
vested, aud must be high or low. as in
terest rates are high or low. For no
money will be invested in factories un-
IL IS the profits promise to be somewhat
more than the capital could command
it loaned on real estate security. 1t is
here the vast Importance of the rate of
interest for money becomes apparent.
The burdens Of great profits arc paid
by consumers everywhere and these
are fundamentally due to high interest
rates for money.
Another evil of dear money is that
investment i'll improvements that can
not yield large profits are prevented
entirely. The farmer needs barn
but cannot cipher out more than 5 per
cent. profit in it. How, then. can he
build it with money worth 6 per cent
We believe that with plenty of money
in circulation and interest rates low
our public highways would he i'm
mcnselv improved, local railroads
built, public buildings erected, school
houses made better: that everywhere,
in fact. the hand of industry would be
employed to improve. develop and
beautify city and country.
But our financial policy has been to
keep money scarce. to keep interest
and it is one that can he justly charge
able with being against the best inter
| es.s of the community and the persons
who defend it as being enemies Of the
public good and the parties that up
hold 1t public enemies.
If our business men could Just be
| got to lay aside party rreiudlces fol
one day and give their minds to un
biased reflection on the benefits of g
low rate of interest. the Alliance battle
| for finance reform would soon he wen
j. Shcarcr for Liberty Bell.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-26

If Ptolemy'> map of northeastern
Africa is to be relied upon which has
been doubted modern travellers in
the eastern equatorial regions have
merely rcdiScovered what was in some
way made known to the Alexandria
geographer two Thousand years ago.
To test the accuracy of Ptolemy. DR..
ii. Schlichter has constructed two
map>-onc from Ptolemic data only.
and the other showing the latest
knowledge. \ careful comparison.
with allowance for early defects.
shows many striking condolences.
Most of the places on the east coast
marked by Ptolemy are readily iden-
tilted with places well known to-day:
while in the interior. Ptolemy's Fast
crn Nile lake proves to he the Vic
1oria Nyanza. the Western Nile lake
to he Lake Albert or Lake Albert Ed
ward, the eastern end of the Noun
tains of the Moon comedies with d
point d little south of Mount kenia
and the western end with Ruwenzuri.
and the confluence of the two rivers
forming the Nile agrees with the
place where the Somerset Nile tiews
into Lake Albert.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-26
VOLUME |.
TOO MUCH THANKSGIVING PIE.

"A small boy sat on the top of the fenc,.
And thought he was quite bright fellow,
For lo counted the days till Thanksgiving
time,
, And he counted the pumpkins yellow.
And he said. as he snt in royal state
On top OF the fence So high.
"a pumpkin pie most highly rate"
And he mused on the pleasures of by
and by.
And now near at hand was Thanksgiving
Day,
, And the kitchen was all in whirl.
And his mother was busy as busy could be,
Likewise his aunt and the servant girl
10 take pie. this small boy intended,
For what vas one pie more or les.
No doubt his mother would he offended.
But who the culprit, she'd nevec sueSS.
His chance soon came for neishbor
came In
To ask for the loan Of the rolling pin.
And when none were looking or stand
ing by
This dreadful boy ran of with a pic.
The Die was hot and burned him 50.
And running 81 fast he stuhbsd his toe,
That over he fell hot pie and al.
And loudly did for his mother call.
She sadly looked at her pril lc ami joy,
And separated PIE from boy:
He cried very hard at having done wrong.
But he knew led cry more bef, re very
long.
Next day at dinner al! wondered why
This small boy debarred from pie;
But his mother and he alone knew the
reason,
And he thought their remarks quite out of
season.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-26

daughter, while between herself and the
children of the household-h r little
charges-there sprang up a strong mu
tual affection. = At length IL
year had passed away. Another Thanks
giving Day had dawncd and Colonel
Warresby lay dying. An ins dious dis
ease. against which his iron constitution
had struggled long. was about to prove
the victor. When the doctors tod him
that he had but few more hours-pcr-
laps only few more minuteS-of life,
he desired that Miss Mention might be
summoned to his bedside
As she approached tears fell from his
eyes, and in broken voice he said: My
poor child, can you forgive the murderer
of your father? Can you clasp the hand
that slew him in the pride and vigor of
his noble manhood' We fought hand to
hand at Nicksburg, and he fell. Can
you forgive me as | trust God has done,
for having made widow and an orphan?
You are silent. Oh. if you will but say.
I forgive YOU this will, indeed, be IA
Thanksgiving Day to me, for your words
will lift a dreadful burden from my
heart. l shall feel more than ever the
love and goodness of God, and my soul
will go out in Thanksgiving to him for
having answered the prayer which has
been hourly upon my lips since youfi rst
crossed my threshold"
AS Rena listened her heart went out
in love and pity to the man who had
been to her a second father She for
gave him freely in the name OF him who
was the divine forgiven of injuries
II have nothing to forgive She said,
when She could trust herself to speak,
her whole soul glowing in her magniti-
cent eyes and throbbing in her sweet,
low voice. "You were not murderer,
but brave soldier, doing Your duty as
my father was doing his. If you have
deprived me of him you have filled his
place, and you are as dear to me as is
his memory"
A smile of unutterable thanksgiving
and JOY Illuminated the countenance of
the dying man.
"God bless You, This is indeed n
Thanksgiving Day. he said. turning to
his wife. who also stood beside him.
Then, with one last, convulsive effort he
joined the hands of the two women he
| loved best in all the world. and the sun
light. which just then streamed in
through the easement, fell upon the face
of the dead.
When Colonel Warresbys will was
read it was found to contain bequest
! Of $780, 900 to Rena Mention, accom-
panied by a direction that She should
always make her home with his wife and
childred as beloved daughter.