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DO Some Plants See
From the Chtcdoo Herald.

Lady Douehey. Miss Thornewlll and maids.
Of England. registered at the Richel,eu Jester-
day. nn,i went out to the stock yards be- ore tho
ink OF heir names had dried. Lady Boughey
is n prepossessing. amiable lady. She has been
travelling around the world. and u especially
DEVOTED to botany. Talking about her pet
subject she said
they can. Darwin In his book on plants
ventures an opinion that plants have eyes.
md | have proved t. to- my own satisfaction
weeks ago. was sitting te "paer " sh" adv
tree, looking at a bright con ,uIvnlus. liz
posite to me: Willie draining was
toward my tree. | Renamed quiet. IN m
me. This was early. After breakfast i told
Miss Thornewill Of my discovery. and we
plants and their movements. To my disgust
the tendrils had turned their backs upon my
troe. Wo 60. little stick and rnced it a foot
from the nearest tranch OF the plan. In a
quarter q q. an hour the ,iendrils began to
ne side ones curved their tiny necis until
hthey reached the s!lck; IN two hours they
away from tn. light, and II the plans had not
tho faculty Of sight they never would have
seen the stick and moved toward it,
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Depreciation. of the Yaqu, Indians.

CHICAGO. July GA war IL raging In tho
mount ANS Of Mexico according to the state
meni OF Liberato and Toranato Marco. young
Mexican engineers who are in Chicago. 1t has
boon SUPP osed generally that with tho death
of the great loader OF the Yaoui Indians. King
Caiuns. the Indian wars In old Mexico had
ceased sehor Marco said
trenrhsd in the impassable mountains OF
northwestern Mexico. End the, troops which
arc stationed at NIL the towns along the Yaqui
tect the lives and property q the citlzons In
bands OF nifty or more the YaQuis daily mako
Of the plains. Fierce bnttes with Tho troops
follow. but before the latter can accomplish
hiding places. generally carving with them n
number OF he plesj women. whose fate Is
never KNOWN"
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H0WLONG DOES 7NAYER HOLD OYER ?
Sebrn as Political Taugle Both erins tho
Political Leaders OF TINT Stnte.

Political Leaders OF thnt State.
OMAHA July 23.-The political conflict grow
ing out OF the unseating OF Gov. Boyd In favor
OF Thayer by tho Supreme Court is becoming
1iercer through active Preparations OF the Al
lance and Democratic parties to havo Euber-
material candidates In the field this fall al
though the Supreme Court hns virtually
ordered that Thayer holds over until next year
ut the regular election. The Alliance and
Democratic politicians are preparing for the
fight with a view also OF elcctng Il Chief JUS
tce. W no will then sustain their party views
when the case is again brought before the SUI
pieme Court.
Chairman Watson OF the State Republican
Central Committee announced that his party
won id have candidate, in the field also Wat
son Is receiving many iotters o. inquiry from
all part. O! the state asking wheth the COM
mitee Will recommend the election of n Gov
ernor this fall. Mr.. Watson has taken the
opinions OF many prominent lawyers through
nut the State. and their Ideas are SO varied
that tho question has been submitted 10 the
Attorney-Gensra Of the STATE. who will give
his opinion in few days.
AT first" said Mr.. Watson. II was Of the
opinion that Mr.. John n. ,,rhnver. could legally
aud counselling with the leading lawyers. /
am satisfied that it will be perfectly proper to
90 ahead and elect n Governor This fall"
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The Threat OF Franziskn Rupp.

FRAyzrsKA Rupp. whose body was found
dire wned in Brooklyn slip last week, was
the latest OF q long list OF mortals who be-
fore leaving this liro determines upon GER
tain decd in til, nrSt; and 1t is as certain
tint shc will fail as that each and all OF her
predecessors havo failed. Before FEANz1sKA
throw herself into tho river, she wrote to
tho uncle and aunt with whom she had lived
a note full OF affection and charity with
tho exception Of single paragraph con-
tanning q threat 70 rc'urn from the next
world and torture tho lifo Of a certain indl-
yidual, toward whom sho died In a spirit OK
implacablo cnmty:
"AnxoLp will never have res. will always be be.
fore hi. and what he said about Mrs KxnsEE will
swear urt death"
Thousands OF similar VOWS have been made
before. They havc been made from various
motives and under varying conditions and,
on the theory that ghosts could manifest
themselves at all. differing in reasonable
prob, Utilities 81 fuliilmcnt: but all havo
failed alike
Tie curiosity to know something OF fu-
ture existence Is the most tremendous
that ever animated the human race. Men
would do anything to learn about tho
Woslu W StiHC iva 10 t.ACiC uAty Sii'Ac w
impa,t such knowledge which they have not
promised to attempt when, this life being
over they should be transferred to another
sphere. Friends have promised each other
that Whatsoever should be tho first to die
should do his utmost to rcappear. or by somo
other manifestation sntiatc the thirst of tho
living Tor knowledge OF death. Tho same
agreement has hccn engaged in under tho
emotion OF intense love; husbands and wives,
or persons in other relations OF earnest and
absolute devotion have entered upon 1t at
moments OF extreme soomnity. IL has been
recorded in vengcfuness, time and again,
as in FRANzIsKA RUPP's case. But nothing
results. Neither friend nor foo comes back ac-
cording to the burgain: neither spouse dis
consulate with lonely longing, nor a wretch
fearful with threatened visitation. has ever
seen the ghost OF tho departed. The object
OF FRANzIsKA RUPp's hatred. this ARNOLD,
whoever he may be. can rest secure that
while he lives he is out Of her reach.
In Specializing upon the mystery Of the
hereafter it Is unnecessary to suppose that
spirits fail to observe these promises because
death has ended their existence, or because
tho Divine purpose makes 1t impossible. Per-
haps they dor't want to observe them. 1t
may be that when they arrive at the spirit
ual state that OF mortality seems so un-
appro .chably inferior that the idea Of inter-
course with mortals proves too repugnant
for indulgence, and the lido curiosity Of hui
manity as to the future. or the presumptuous
yearnng for a longer companionship than
was allotted, appears unworthy OF gratihca-
ton. ho impulses governing the life to
come cannot be understood any more than
tho unseen world ITSELF The problem re-
mains as unknownble as it is awful
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Tho Scented Garden" was the title OF a
translation which the late Capt. Burton mad
made from tho Arabic. Finding it in mann.
script Lady Bur:on burned 1t m rather than
profit by its publication. and for this The lady
Is being "nmplmont"d ny many r"ople who
We suspect do not know what they ar talking
about. The Per umed Garden hns ali, ady
been done, into English, II belongs 70 that
Rnnga' IN notable example. ard which hns
ieen published by tho knma-Shnstra S''ciety.
SO called. OF Bcnares London y. These poems
are curious Hnd beautiful specm"ns well
worth The study o. mature and scholarly men.
md rs Burton was luestionnbly the most
proficient trans ator OF this me we regard tho
destruction OF hs manuscript as n piece OF
wnnton ,vanda,ism. All hooks are not for
every body; In literature there ia n distinct
nristocracy OF intelligence There nre many
people who should be prevented BY law from
reading thu songs Of Solomon. Literature is
not 40 likely TO be unit for renders a. renders
are likely to'bo unfit for literature
There IL one great truth that soams not to
have become deeply grounded rs yet. and it 10
this: Woman Is by natur" wholly. irrodenma-
by and lrreparnhly disqualified for the Offices
OF literary executor. woman and Kitchen
stove will do moro damage In five minutes
than horde OF hungry sava.es in five years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-24
Tho Kansas Crops.

The report OF the Kansas State Board OF
Agriculture for June Is n useful document
for tho enlightenment Of students into tho
growth Of that surprising mushroom. the
Farmers Alliance OF Kansas. 1t reveals
without intention somo Of the causes OF tho
discomfort which has set the Suntlower
farmers to reconstructing tho multiplied
ton table; and it shows that in spite of
many sporadic discouragements they are
going to have good crops this year
Juno was far from being pleas
ant month in Kansas. For much of
the time it raincd so harl that corn
could not be cultivated. and in the eastern
part of the State wheat had to be harvested
with cradles, tho ground being SO soft as to
prevent the use of binders. Tho Hessian
fly, the wheat-straw worm, and other disa-
grcrablc visitors called. Some farmers lost
their wheat crop by flood, others by
blight; and yet according to the Board OF
Agriculture. the aggregate wheat product
of the State this year is tho largest In her
history, and, with tho exception OF corn,
every crop growing, including fruit, prom
iscs an extraordinary yield" Here is tho
condition Of the crops, compared with the
full average:
Corn...... 50 per cent Tame grasses .lo3 per cent
Oa,s es per cent Prairie grasses lo7 per cent
Barey..... o. per cent. Sorghum 81 per cent.
Rye minimum. 9s per cent Potatoes 90 per cent
Broom corn. 80 per cent Apples...... 81 per cent.
Flax 81 per cent. Peaches..-lc7p per cent.
Mi!!et.......... a3 per cent
Poor farming is enumerated among the
reasons why the wheat CROP though large,
is smaller than tho conditions indicated 4
month ago. Tho main cause of damage
was the blight which is supposed to be due
to certain meteorological conditions. The
Hessian fly can be escaped by lat, planting.
According to report made to the Board
by Prof. SNOW the wheat-straw worm can
bs driven out by the burning Of stubbe. ro-
tation OF crops, and the burning OF surplus
straw in the spring. Tho conditions which
produced tho blight have not occurred for
many years before 1891, and, in the opinion
OF the Board of Agriculture, are not likely
soon to occur again.
Here we have tho real enemies Of the Kan
sas farmers: the climate, the Hessian fly,
the wleat-Straw worm. and poor farming.
Probably the latter Is not very common. In
any case. it will not DO remedied by the
Ocala platform, nor will tho Sub-Treasury
plan amcliorate tho climate or induce tho
wheat pests to leave the State. 1t appears,
too. that in spite Of the insects and the
weather the Kansas crops are going to be
large. While tho Alliance man is calling on
tho Government to help him, the crops are
thriving. Honccds to smash tho wheat straw
worm and the Hessian fly before destroy
ing the ca pitalists of the East. II the weather
is not satisfactory, he should complain to
the officer in charge, tho Hon. JEREMIAH
RUsX. With year or two of good weather
and big crops, the Kansas Alliance will
forget it ever imagined that its members
could not make u living without help from
tho United States Government.
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Cleveland Asked to speak In Ohio.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. July 23.-The Democratic
State Executive Committee has EXTENDED n
formal invitation to ey-PreS!dont Cleveland to
deliver not less than six speeches in behalf OF
Gov. Campbell during the coming campaign.
Tho assurance was given that the eX- President
Gen. Palmer. Cows. beck and Boies, with
Senator'S Voorhe 8. Vance. Villas. and other
repl esentatiNe Democrats. will be asked 10 aid
in the campaign. james L. Neal. who led Gov
Campbell to victory two yours ago was So
lected as Chairman OF the committee; The
Septembor.
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so It Goes,
Prom the s

From the Springfield Republican,
Sig large paper box manufacturing concerns OF New
York and Connecticut havs combined under . New
Jersey charter live OF tho largest asbestos
turing firms In the United States have also inst united
In one corporation large number OF glass table ware
manufacturing companies have recently perfected
consolidation arrangements According to tho amer.
ican HanuJIciu>r of Pittsburgh trusts are brewing in
several branches Of iron and steel manufacture not
already provided for.
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The Alliance Farmer to HI. WIN.

Come. piio the farmhouse mortgage high
Let's borrow all We can,
Put plasters OH tho Old pigsty.
And hook tho hired man.
Wen raise tsnnsr ON the plough
Anvsr On the rake,
And on the old hat bouldsrseow
A ehAttel lien take.
Come. moihsri stir your stumps about
Keep your eye skinned for cash
Wen mortgage all from piEEy's snout
Up 10 our daily hash
Tor soon, whom We control the stAta
Wen smash the monsysd crew;
PETER In Washington 10 great
And Jerry simpson. tool
Tho dawn will follow on the dark.
And shortly We shall see
The money lenders sady mark
Their mortgages o.
And then, dear Nom, we'll have the sites
The farm, the plough. the hash,
Wen have the hired msn; likewise
Wen have the bloomiR' cash.
CAILTLl sxIyR
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A tax upon books has just been imposed by
tho Russian Government. AS neither books
nor newspaper, were previously allowed to be
published without tho express AMI capricious
sanction OF a most exacting and conservative
Board OF Censors, it would seem that this
measure Is intended to restrict the diffusion OF
knowledge as knowledge. among the subjects
OF the Gear. The net Is tyrannical. but not
perhaps. irrational. for 1t Is notorious that the
present nednval. autocratic Government OF
Russia Is made possible only by the gross
ignorance OF the IeoIlo. The refoimcrs
rest alt their hopes on tn, education
OF tho reasantry. 1t is not scientific
knowledge, Of any political or socalisic doc
trine-, hey rs yet are trying to promulgatc: 1t
Is enough for many Of them TO spend their
lives in teaching truisms that 10 the lnoujiks
seem incredible that Russia Is not the only
country in tho world and that outside OF Rus
sa there exist people who arc allowed 10
change tier religion with impunity. and who
can think for themselves and speak their
thoughts aloud without feur OF conhscation OF
property and exile to Sibsria. II dense iRno-
rance 10 essential to the security OF the Official
class In Russia. 1t Is political necessity to
tax all the means OF enlightening It,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-24

California ENJOYS tho distinction Of having the
oniy rnilrond .lat runs on the TOPS OF trees. This
peculiar piece OF engineering is In Son"ms
county. between Ciipn"r Mills ard Stuart I ,nt
where tile railroad crosses derp ravne In Tho
centre OF which ara two huge redwood trees lie
by side. These giants have be n sawn N
scvertv-flve ieet above the bed OF tn. creek;
and the tim bers md tics are laid on these tai
stumps. This natural tree bridge, is ,ronsil.
cred to be equal in snfety 10 bridge oul!t On
the most scientific principles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-24
Pipe Smoking In Public.

To THE EpIToE OF THE SuN-.Sir: AS my
boys say. Mrs. NJ. p " Is not In it," PIPE smok-
ing ia said to be an requirement: NIL cigar
smokers cannot use n pipe. Those who have
graduated to this cultivated TASTE prefer IL and
GOOD tobacco 10 tho average two for twenty.
i've" Tho i25 snvot from, cigar smoke in ono
yoar. will buy extra. modern bonnets for u
inmily OF cir s. which will be u Joy 10 every
consi,lcrate husband who is made happier BY
knowing no can onlos his nno IL public with
AMsTERDAM Az. n. y. city. Mrs. A. W.
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In the view OF tho Publishers Circular
Iondon, "one OF the most hopeful signs Of
the times is the growing good will between
England and the United States" There is no
doubt that the d-time i'll feeling between tho
two countries has been modified within tho
present generation,
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and asks for a share OF his estate on the
ground that she was his wife by virtue Of a
non-ccremonial marriage. No doubt a
statute making some sort OF official cere-
mony prerequisite to n lawful marriage
would lessen tho number Of such cases; but
1t would leave such unfortunate people as
the Sandusky couples in distressing plight!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-24

We notice that nearly all the men Of in
luence among the Italian and tho Hebrew i'm
migrants who arc swarming to this country
urge these immigrants to prepare for American
citizenship. to learn the English language. and
to make themselves familiar with the in. titu-
tons and laws Of the United States. The ad-
vice Is sound and it is satisfactory to learn
that it is taken BY Il large proportion OF tho
people to whom it is given.
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"BeAutituL isntitr
"Yes-And so characteristic Dear old Sam Cox vas
. man of the people. and horse good enough
for him. THIS statue represents him In the act OF stop
ping opA"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-24

The agitation In eastern China against all
foreign devils" especially Christian mis-
sionaries. has resulted In but few riots,
which have been promptly suppressed by the
native authorities. We recently gave facts
which showed that the action OF these authors
ties in protecting foreigners and maintaining
the peace has been very energetic. The leaders
OF the disturbances we're behcaded: tho mobs
were severely handled by the ROOFS. and Official
warning WAS given. by orders from rekin. that
death would be the Per atty for melting vio-
lenca. The Carrisons in tho d:sorderly dis
tricts were strengthened. and the Mandarins
were instructed 10 exercise all their powers In
defence OF public order. 1t Is hard to see how
the action Of tho Chinese Government could
have been more satisfactory than 1t has been
ever since the ant-foreiGn spirit manifested
itself in rIotous proceedings.
Nevertheless. tho naval forces OF the Euro
pean powers are menacing China In tho in
tcrest Of their subjects whom tho Chinese
Government has so vigorously defended
against rioters who are its own enemies. Ac.
cordng to recent lctter from Shanghai. the
commanders OF the German and Russian
sauadrons there have received instructions to
use their guns mt any time 1t seems to them
proper to do So and the British. French. and
Spanish men, of-war In that mort nre ready to
open fire and !nnl troops Mt short notice. The
French Government has demanded an inden,-
nifty OF sSO00.O00 for damage done to mission
property and has given warning that il tho
money is not speedily paid hostile measures
will be taken.
1t Is q dangerous condition OF things for
China hut II is likely that tho Pskin Govern
mont, which has striven to do its duty in pro.
tectinG foreigners and their property. will
mike almost my concessit n rather than take
the risks Of war with all tho great powers Of
EuFoua
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-17
WHEN IMMIGRATION WILL CEASE
America and Australia Still Have Room
for Thousands of Foreigners.

q. p
America and Australia Still Have Room
Tor Thousands of Foreigners.
According to Mr.. Giffen few genera
tions more will see the end of immigra-
tion because there will be no room for
more immigrants, all the blank habita-
BILE space having been occupied. Mr..
GiHen Is master of statistics, says the
London Standard, but his manipulation
OF figures in support of this rather dis
NAL theory is open to objection Take
the case of the United States-at the
present time the most attractive emi-
grafton field. Uncle Sans territory,
exclusive OF Alaska, amounts, speaking
roughly, to about 100000 square
miles. One-third of this Mr.. Giffcn de-
ducts as uninhabitable; but if ever the
rest of the country becomes as popu-
lous as Western Europe the Americans
will soon find means of utilizing and
fertilizing their sage-brush and alkali
deserts. -,s-s s.-. ..-.. ....
Then of the remaining 1000, 600
square miles he says that only about
100, 600 square miles remain to be cuIti-
waited, implying that this is the only
tract open to the agricultural immi-
grant. But any one who has visited
that great sloven continent" as No
thaniel Hawthorne styled America,
will know that, although the remain
ing nineteen-twentieths have been al
ienated from the State and have be-
come private property, only small
percentage of this area is cultivated, in
the sense in which cultivation is under
stood in such countries as England,
Holland and Belgium.
In the State of New York alone. de-
spite the big city at its southern ex-
tremity, there are hundreds of square
miles. of wild land-land which could
and would BE cultivated if the pressure
of population needed it. Depend ON it
that the United States, and still more
Canada and Australasia, will need an
abundance of strong, willing hands for
many, years to come, and we only re-
gret that the working classes of our ma
ton Chat is the English, as distin-
guished from the Irish, the Scotch and
the Welsh. show at the present time so
little desire for emigration. England
alone ought to send out at least 300, 600
emigrants yearly: and in their new
homes they would do more to preserve
the unity of the Empire than any arti-
fetal federation schemes.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-17
NEW METHODS OF WARFARE.

Electricity Applied to the Firing of Cat
.-.l ~ ling Gums.
Recent experiments at the naval prov
ing ground with Il Gatling gun attached
to an electric motor have determined a
new method for firing this class of
ordnance on shipboard, says the New
York Tribune. The results were sat-
isfactory, and hereafter guns mounted
on deck or aloft will be operated by
motor. Landing parties on shore will
continue to fire the gun by the usual
method. The motor attachment is an
improvement instituted by DR.. r. j.
Gatling, and the plans of the arrange
mcnts were made by the Crocl1er-
Wheeler Motor Company of New York
City. who also furnished the electrical
appliance. The adoption of the motor
will result in an economy of men and
in effort, and will increase the efficiency
of the fire. Where before two men
were required to operate the Gatling
guns, only one will be necessary here
after. Heretofore one man, the gun
ner, trained the gun and dropped the
shot wh ere they would produce the.
greatest effect and another operated
the crank which sets in motion the
mechanism of the piece. by the new
system the gunner alone trains and OPP
crates the gun by touching button.
The motor is attached to the breech
of the gun and moves with it in all di-
rections. 1t can be detached instantly,
the connection being specially de-
vised one, and injury tn the motor
alone will not impair the usefulness of
the gun. The greater steadiness of Gp-
plication by the electricity renders the
Gatling gun more effective as piece of
ordnance than when operated by hand
The serving is as certain and there is.
increased regularity. These elements
have entered into the new arrangement
and given to the service another use for
the electric current.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-17
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