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AMERICAN CORN IN GERMANY.
Efforts to Take Advantage OF the Shortage
OF Cereal Crops In Europe.


orCereal Crops In Europe.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 14.-Secretary Rusk is in
receipt OF a communication from Col G. J.
Murphy. special agent in Europe on behalf Of
the maize industry. Col Murphy went to Ber
lin b. the Sccretary's instruction short time
ago to take advantage Of the present shortage
in the cereal crops of Europe by presenting to
the attention Of the German people and Gov
eminent the importance and value Of Ameri-
can Indian corn as q cheap and nutritious
substitute for other cereal foods; Col Muir
iIng his cordial reception ~. Minister
tleman to forward his mission. He
says that lie has been able to produce bread
l has been highly commended ~ all those to
satisfactory substitute for the ordinary rye
bread in general use among certain classes in
Germany. and this at q cost based on the
present price OF rye -four and cornmeal In Ger
many. less than the cost Of bread made e1-
clusvely Of rye -four. and now retaile in that
country Should special concessions in the mat
ter OF tariff duties be secured from the German
large increase in our exports OF that product
to Germany would in the opinion Of Col. Muir
ply. be most promising.
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The bids for the sale Of $1.00O.OOO worth OF
4 per cent. water bonds OF Brooklyn. maturing
on Jan. ]. 1911. were opened yesterday bv
Mayor Chaplin. There were twenty-six. and
these were the successful bidders: Blake
Brothers. 100000 at 1902: South Brooklyn
Savings Bank. $2OO.OOO at rates varying from
1O2. % to 1925 SO: Albany Savings Bank. 500
900 at rates varying from lO2 .53 to lO2'U
Albany County Savings Bank, $23Wnr nt
city authorities are satisfied at the result.
They had recently found it impossible to iioat
Aldermen authorized the increase in the in
terest. The money raised on these securities
is to be spent on tho extension OF the water
works from Rockville Centre to Massapequa
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MARRIED FIFTY TEARS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin v. Cross Entertala
Relatives and Friends.

Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin V. Cross celebrated last
evening at their home. 400 Bedford avenue,
Williamsburgh. the flftieth anniversary oftheir
wedding day. Mrs. Cross is in delicate health.
and only relatives and intimate friends werts
invited to DO present. Mr. Cross is one Of tho
best known residents OF the Nineteenth ward
of Brooklyn. He is the head OF the big lumber
firm. Cross, Austin 4 Co.. of Kent avenue. Ha
was appointed Park Comm! ssioner three years
ago BY Mayor Chaplin. He has always been a
stanch Democrat. and he served several years
ago as Alderman Of the ward. and later as
Supervisor at Large.
He and Mrs Cross were married in Ithaca,
N. Y. on Oct. IA. 1871. He is 70 years old and
his wife is four years his junior. They have
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With most impressive ceremony. before a

With most impressive ceremony. before a
vast and sympathetic congregation. the Rev.
PHILLIPS BROOKS was yesterday consecrated
Bishop of Massachusetts In Trinity Church.
Boston. Apt to the occasion and the man
were tho eloquent words Of the preacher.
Bishop POTTER OF New York: He who has
endowed you with many exceptional gifts
has given You one. 1 think. which is best
among them ALL 1t Is not learning. nor elo-
quenoe. nor generosity. nor insight. nor
the tidal rush OF impassioned feeling
which will most efYoctually turn the dark
places in mems hearts to light. but that
enkindling and Transforming temper. which
forever sees In humanity not that which is bad
and hateful but that which Is lovable and i'm
provable. this enduring belief in the
redeemable qualities OF the vilest manhood"
Surely no man could receive higher praise
than this and nothing could do more to justl-
fy episcopacy to the minds OF all Christians.
irrespective OF sect, than the selection OF a
Bishop OF tho Church not because he'll learned
and eloquent merely though Bishop Brooks
is both. but because he has unfailing sympa-
thy and democratic faith In human nature.
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NARROW WAISTS.
Both Natural and Proper In Women OF Our
Time and Race-The MatrOnly Milo.


from the American Na,uraia.
We are repeatedly told that q narrow waist
IL def0rmity produced by, artificial com pres-
sion. and that the Just model for the healthy
normal woman is tho robust and matronly
Venus OF Milo. Now the anthropologist knows
that this general assertion IL not true as APP
Piled to the civilized white woman. It Is
especially characteristic Of the highest types OF
woman VI the lndo- European race to have
wide hips and q narrow waist. up to the age
when adiposo tissue fills to greater uniformity
Of outline the graceful curve which Is SO gen
orally admired. 1t il we'll known that the
form OF the pelvis differs in tho different
races. 50 that in tho white race tho female
pelyis differs from that OF the mals more than
Is the case with the African. In the latter the
female pelvic strait IL. ms in the male longer in
antero- posterior than in transverse diameter:
in the female Monaghan the strait
Ia subQuadrate in outline. while in tho
IndO- European tho strait is oval. with the
transverse diameter greater than the antero-
posterior. Thus the white woman has wider
hips than the woman OF inferior races. and
she Is in SO far more unlike the male than
they. The larger pelvic cavity Of the female
Is an adaptation to the increase in the bulk Of
its contents incident to CESSATION: and 1t fol-
lows that when this cavity IL not SO occupied
the movable viscera MI tho space From this
results the contraction OF the abdominal walls
Immediately above the pelvis known as the
waist. 1t IL then clear that the diameter OF
the waist Is inversely as the diameter Of the
pelvls. and the differental OF diameter Is
greatest as the transverse diameter Of tho
pelvis exceeds the antero- posteriOr.
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versities. where they form the ordinary dress
OF students It is perfectly natural that they
should DO worn on occasions Of parade. But why
require special dress to be used only on one
day. and that the LIST day. Of the four years OF
college lifer In ilnc. what difference does 1t
make how the seniors dress when they receive
their degrees so long as they dress decently3
II is no part OF college training TO appear In
decorative pageant for a public show. what
Is good enough for Sunday Is surely good
enough for commencement.
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Chief Engineer Foley reported at meetihe
of the Aqueduct Commissioners Yesterday 'na'
there were only fifteen feet Of water IN tho
Sodom reservoir. There were ffty-four feet OF
,,,tor in II when the city began drawing from
thnt sunpiy n month ago. The daily drain OF
:N,OOO,O0o gallons is rapidly exhaus1tln9 n ~:
No fear OF water ia n ne IL rnteIlaim . Ss
Mr. Fteley thinks the other reservoirs VIII DO
sufficient for the city's use until there Is
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The 399th anniversary Of the discovery Of
America by CoLunsvs was celebrated by some 9f Ms
countrymen Yesterday. Next year all the wora Will
assist.-Boston Herald.
And in the following year. 1893. Chicago will
celebrate the joint centennial Of THOMAS c.
PLATT and JACOB s. FAssErr. Let It be kept in
mind. North. South. East. and West, that In
1888 Mr.. PLATT will be sixty years old and Mr..
FAssETr forty. making their combined tale OF
years Just one hundred. The notable occasion
will be properly recognized In Chicago. IL she
can raise money enough.
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and II is not unnatural that he has ono sup
porter. He should feel. II there is heart
beneath those multitudinous mufiings OF
flesh. such a quickening and uplifting as
tho Mayor OF Chelsea felt when one faithful
rnasal knnw and saluted him.
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A Large Conscience Cont-ibution.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 14.-ActinG Treasurer
Whelpley found n $500 Treasury note in his
mail this morpihg in an envelope postmarked
New York. N. Y. It was accompanied by the
following statement:
This money. Is interest on moneys de-
frauded from the Government years ago.
Principal and interest have now been re-
stored"
The money was deposited In the Treasury
to the credit of Conscience"
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Harvard College,

BOSTON. Oct. 14.-At meeting Of the Board
Of Overseers Of Harvard College to-day it was
voted to concur with the President and Fell
lows In appointing as proctor for 1801-02
BENJAMIN Edward Carter. A. B.: reappointing
the present Committee on, Regulation of
Athletics Tor appS1fbnGi H1mRber 81
Shaler. 8. b.. Dean OF the Lawrence sclentiHc
School The number Of students In Harvard
University. Oct. IA. is 2.610. excluding per-
sons who attended the summer courses and
persona attending the graduate courses In the
Medical School. The gain over last year Is
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The Womcn's University Club Of the City OF
New York has fled articles Of incorporation
The purposes OF the club are stated to be to
promote literature and art and social welfare
among collcgc-brcd women and to establish
club housc. The incorporators are: Frances
Fisher Wood. Helen y. Brown; Annie 1. pier,
stadt. Lucy Davis Elizabeth X. Conn; Maria
+. Bras". Kate b. Runkle. Mary c. Trask. Alice
Williams. Madge Healy. Emma = Ninslow'
Annie NJ. Reed, and Elizabeth ID. Storer'
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Lower Tax Rates In Brooklyn.

The tax rolls in Brooklyn for 1892 have been
prepared. and the taxpayers in the various
wards were informed yesterday lust whatthey
would have to pay to support tho municipHi
Government next year. There was general
qualification when it was found that the tax
Bills would he less than thos" Of last year me
amount on e nsscssed VII yfIq Ia la:!
y ser reGGmcfinn 81 about III, cents. Tho rate
varies in the different wards. the Ninth ward.
as usual leading the list with SGi3O+. AND tms
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The New Negro Colonization Scheme

The New Negro Colonization Scheme.
Bishop TUNER Of the colOred Methodists
left for Liberia yesterday to visit its mis-
sion fields and to hunt for facts in support
of his theory that the African republic is
the proper and destined home of tho ne
groes Of this country. He expects to return
by the first OF the year bringing with him
\ budget Of information and a variety Of
inducements which will convince the Ameri-
can negroes that the only hope for their
future elevation lies in this plan Of African
colonization.
Seventy-fve years ago the same scheme
was conceived by white philanthropists of
both the North and South as a means OF
relieving the evils of slavery. and in 1917
the American Colonization Society was Or
ganized at Washington to carry it into
effect. Among those engaged in the move
ment were some OF the leading men OF that
day. and it started out with the encourage
ment OF substantial contributions and the
good will Of many OF the largest slavehold-
ers themselves. Its theory was the same
NJ Bishop TURNER'S. that Africa is the
proper home OF tho negroes, and that there.
among people OF their own race and
color. they can escape the obstacles
to their progress which they encounter
here In competition with tho whites.
The first ship load OF colonists was
sent over In 1890. and the total number thus
transported had reached about ono thou
sand In 1898. Yet at the present time. after
more than sixty years. there are. all told.
only about twenty Thousand American me-
groes In Liberia. Instead Of increasing. tho
hor hoo olv ;~alx, tod
out since the emancipation OF the slaves.
Though they are now FREQ to go whore they
choose. and very many OF them have money
enough to make the journey to Africa ut
their own expense. they remain in this
country by preference. Every effort to
stimulate among them desire to return to
the land OF the origin OF their race has been
unavailing. They will not go. and Bishop
TCHxx1 Is the only colored man Of promi-
hence who advises them to take the dan
Kerous step.
During tho last year the colored agent Of
. Aberian transportation company has
been going through the South trying to stir
up excitement on the subject among the
negroes. and he boast, that no has been
successful to such an sxtent that millions
Of them are eager to get to Africa: but
there are no Indications Of the feeling
discovsrsble by man who Is 30 we'll
informed as Senator BRUCE concerning the
sentiment Of his race. Ho says the story
is pure humbug. and that the colored pso-
pie could not be- driven to Liberia. much
less cajoled into going Of their own accord.
Tho attitude Of the whites also shows that
thsrc 10 nothing in II. II their labor supply
wss IN any danger Of being depleted TO 20
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NOTHING TO BE GAINED IN POLITICS.
Tho PennsyIvania w. &. T. u. Fluids That
Liquidation Won't Make y Drunkard sober.

PITTSBURGH. Oct. 14.-The annual conven-
ton OF the w. G. T. U. Of Pennsylvania will be-
gin at Bradford to- morrow. and will be in ses-
sion five days. Mrs. W. b. Rhoades Of North
avenue. Allegheny. State and County superin-
tendent OF Young Womens Work. said to-day:
we have given up the idea OF ever gaining
anything by politics. and are now combining
ing. or very little from legislation 1t has been
shown that the law cannot make sober man
out OF a drunkard. or turn bad parent into a
good one Wemust go from house to house
to SOW the seeds OF temperance II we wish to
MISUNDERSTANDING Of the duty OF Chris
tian."
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o.r Relation. with China.

WASHINGTON, Oct H.. 1T is said at the State
Department that the report from Shanghai
that fne foreign Ministers have closed neeotia-
tions witffthoG hlnose Government cannot be
true. SO far as the representative Of this Gov
eminent Is concerned. for the reasons that no
INSTRUCTIONS Of that character have been issued
by the President. and the acting Minister
portant step in the absence Of positive In
at M tj
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uncontamlnatcd Croton.

Tho weekly analysis Of Croton water maze
yesterday by the chemists OF the BOARD
Of Health. shows that, for the tirst time "a q =
Tho test was made from M
ter taken from the hydrants az over IN. r rys
and tho report says that nll traces OF ni'fi'es
have nihanneared.
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The Chicago Herald goes so far as to accuse

The Chicago Herald goes so far as to accuse
the citizens Of Chicago OF "a disposition to be
niggardly toward the Fair" Niggardly 2
Why. the Representatives OF Chicago in Con-
gress pledged the town to raise 25.OOO,0OO il
needed to make the Fair successful. and tho
town is now heroically endeavoring to redeem
the pledge W persuading Congress to vote the
money out OF the pockets OF the people Of the
whole country. There is nothing small or
niggardly about that
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Pickpockets and the False Alarm.

It is thing not unknown for pickpockets
to raise an alarm Of fire in q crowded the
atre in the hope Of making rich haul OF
watches and scarf pins in the tumult and
panic 80 artificially created.
We are not thinking OF comparing the
Republican party Of New York to a gang
OF pickpockets. but it has raised the cry
OF "Tammany" for the purpose Of cover
ing its own character and designs. and CIV
ing it chance to make off with the State
offices. It portrays Tammany to the rural
citizen as something as dangerous as a
conflagration.
When PnATr cries " Tammany he means.
II am out for the swag." His attempt at a
panic is merely feint to distract attention
from himself while he secures the booty.
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re... Rspud,.tes the Yankee Dialect.

From Me st. LouIs RepuV'r.
In u sensation serial OF alleged Texas life, now
being published in Harps Weekly. the characters who
talk dialect are made to say ITO hum" No one in
Texas would know what that means unless 1t were sx
planed at home" The rest Of the dialect ia on
par with the sample but the sample enough to show
that the story was evolved by some brilliant Cape
Colder. who In all probability was never In Tsxas In
his life.
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The great storm that has ravaged Eng

The great storm that has ravaged Eng
land during the last two days. unroofing
houses. uprooting trees. wrecking piers and
vessels all along the seaboard. is apparently
ono OF tho most disastrous tempests recorded
in recent English history. and is possibly I'M
eaualled since tho famous storm OF Sept. 80
and Aug. /. 1714. that overawed the Jealous
statesmen who were watching by the death
bed OF Queen ANNE.
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correspondent in Steuben county comes
to town by mail with these questions:
lin 1885 TEE Sun described our IRA DAVENPORT
An iceberg. How does j. sLoAr FAssKrr strike THE
Is there any lack Of fire In this
candidatef Isn't he something Of a volcanoW
1t had not occurred to US. We should say he
was more like an inexpensive pinwheel.
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The senior class at Harvard ls said to be
considering the suggestion to wear caps and
gowns on commencement instead OF silk hats
and dress suits. It Is obviously an anomaly to
wear dress suits in the daytime. The only
possible excuse for the present dress OF seniors
on commencement 10 that. after fashion.
It serves - uniform.
Caps and gowns. however. would be but .
slight change for the better AZ English uni
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The peculiar position which Mr.. MILLS Of
Texas occupies just at present is discussed
with great candor by that influential organ
Of Southern opinion. the Richmond Dispatch.
In the Dispatchs opinion. Judge CRISP Of
Georgia is the best qualified Of all the Demo-
cratic candidates for the Office Of Speaker. In
Mr.. MI1Iss extraordinary revision or suppress
sion Of sentiments which he was loudly pro-
claiming not long ago. the Dispatch finds
reason to apprehend that he is influenced by
discreditable motives. It adds that il the
view which THE Sun takes Of the performances
Of the Texas statesman is correct, {" it would
be difficult for any good Democrat to be too
severe in his foundations OF 80 selfish and
unpatriotic Democratic leader" We learn
incidentally from our Richmond contemporary
that even the Seventh Virginia district" rep
resented by Congressman OFERRALL. will
support for Speaker not MILLS but CRISP"
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Charge That scattered.

Ifon u, Hirlyo Dri'y r. h""'
Cros"eved Man On n cro"dl-i"u'e so' my '"''
Fourteen Men simultaneously and somewhat CON
fusedly J-Whof Me.
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sAidso-Dozsiy takes twohour nap every day after
dinner.
Hsrdso--possu't he ever ovsrsisspf
saidso-No; he rings for . messenger before he lies
down. and when the messenger arrives II wakes him mp
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THE Suns instructive hatred OF all kinds OF
reform. --Esentry Pos'.
You are as near the truth as usual. What
The Sun hates Is reform" not reform.
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An Administration Flights

An Administration Flights
Although the Administrations interest In
tho New York election rests almost indls-
Angushable in the shadow OF THOMAS COL
nrER pLArrs personality. 1t Is !ncomparably
tho greatest involved in tho campaign.
Tho issue Ii the protection and vindication
Of the Empire State against the Republican
organization. its traducers and betrayeis
In the matter OF the Worlds Fair.
The excellent Republican citizens who up
peared before Congress to advocate the
location OF the Exhibition in New York
were not at that time running their
partys politics Mt home. That busi-
ness was then so we'll on the high road
TO its present Capitalization that the Rcn-
temen surrounding the orator Of the occn-
sIon, and the Hon. CHAUNcEY n. DErEw
likewise, we're as far below the great divide
lying between the stronghold Of power and
the world outside as WARNER MILLER him
self. The dominating Republican then. as he
IL to-day, was the unshakable partisan to
whom DR.. DEpEw's honorable and patri-
otto eloqucnce was useful only in 80 far as
IL gave to the New York Republicans the
aspect Of State loyalty in supporting their
constituents incontestable claims.
THOMAS G. PLArr. as the unsleeping
Waterman over Republican politics. went to
Washington determined for his party's ben
eft to rob the pivotal and naturally DEM
ocratic State Of New York Of its right to hold
the Worlds Fair. It was an undertaking
from which a politician OF commonplace
holiness or limited conception Of party
service would have shruIk aghast at its
suggestion. Mr.. PLAT is not Of that type.
He insisted mercilessly that from Repub-
lican standpoint New York was absolutely
intolerable as a location for any such great
demonstration as Worlds Fair. mixed or
uumixed with politics. It was PLArT who.
almost single-handed. forced the movement
to beat his State. but justice to the New
York statesman requires the recognition
OF BENJAMIN HARRISON as the determining
authority for turning the Eastern Republic
can forces In favor Of Chicago. and convert
ing the national Exhibition into Republic
can enterprise. He was at the head Of Re-
publican affairs and he must bear the final
responsibility.
Until the issue Of such an outrage can be
suppressed by its perpetrators under a
crushing victory. no one intimately con-
nected with it can be available as q can
didute before the voters OF New York. I'm
less FAssErr clears the way for any other
anti-New York Republican by leading the
Empire State into his party's ranks in the
teeth of the record of It's betrayal and humil
iation. the Hon. BENJAMIN HARRISON will
not even venture to call upon the PLATT
army to fulfil it's leader agreement to pro-
duce HARRISON delegation in 1892. It
would be too hopeless for the attempt.
Tho Presidents interest in the FAssETT can
vass Is therefore az far moro intense than
that of the candidate himself or Of PLAT.
as the prize he covets is higher.
HARRISON goes down with FAssErT.
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II tho Chesapeake and Delaware ship canal
had been dug some Year, .Go when the Sn urged ts
ton and the Treasury would DO $4,000 better on than
Nts.-Bolanors Ss
We are not sure of that There Is the little
item OF the cost OF the Government ship canal
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"Lst me have tive pounds Of homeless ham"
-Yss sir. Anything elss~
"And two pounds Of homeless shAd."
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A r.rr,,r,, A.,on,.hiug Annoaaeeneat.

Esom tie Bnstoa SItuydoy Epe"'Hg Sdssae
certain enterprsing furrier respec fully announess
70 isdies who wish genuine furs thAt ~ nAAss sAs
b0aS &C.. Of their own AktnA'
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wonen In Methodist Church Councils.

During the past week these annual confer
ences Of the Methodist Episcopal Church have
voted on the change OF the present restrictive
rule which prevents women sitting as delegates
In the Gnnernl C0nferAnca.
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This makes the majority in favor Of the new
conferences which meet In the spring will un-
doubtediy be Influenced by the discussion on
menical Conference ut Washington on Tues
day. whom most Of the speakers, expressed
women to the church councils.