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1t is poor business. and bad and cruel
business. TO raise unnecessary alarm over the
appearance Of the grip here. or to exotic APP
prehensions that are not justified BY anything
that can be known about It. II is not playing
havoc in tho CITY," for 1t has caused less than
three per cent. Of the deaths that have oc.
Cured within the past fortnight. THERE'S not
reason to believe not any reason. TINT It is
likely to become more prevalent and dan
gerous than II now Is. for nothing whatever
can be known about that. and the atmospheric
or other conditions that encourage its growth
are not at all understood. The proportion OF
fatal cases OF the grip to the whole number Of
cases OF 1t here has been very small. and. in
the majority OF fatal cases. it has been com
plicated with other diseases" according the
Official records.
1t is we'll to be on guard against the grip and
against the many other n,alades to which We
are all constantly liable aud which may be
brought on by negligence. One Of the ways OF
increasing the liability to illnoss 10 by keeping
tho public mind In a state OF alarm through
exaggerated reports. groundless predictions.
and superheated sensationalism.
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rore,sa Notes or Re., I...r..t.

IN Nieder wermelssirchen. Germany. man has been
hned SIG for calling another Socialist.
Berlin police authorities trying to devss me bod
for the more thorough cleansing OF beer glasses
tauranta Tho city health physicians say that dlsea,s
IL spread by the glasses washed they present.
Luigi Emanuee fArinA. lhs italian Deputy who died
short time ego politician OF unique toner
ing devccs On rainy election day he sent TO each
or about 400 voters umbrella with his compiim ent,
Al another time he had pigs driven through tho sreets
with this notics hanging from the suout OF each
Whoever votes for Farins may eat OF mo-"
Herr Kole, President OF the company which PROPOSES
to build for Berlin underground electric railways ex
planeh his plan to a public meeting on Under the
Linden two weeks ago. lie wishrs To build a north
and south, east and west and belt line with q,
length OF thrty'one miles. Each line will be double
tracked and the tunnels will 10 li feet high and 10
feet wide. Passengers Will be carried up and down 10
each Of the forty.eght stations IN eievators Zach
train win consist of three coaches. with total seating
capacity OF 10 persons, and locomotive. The speed
will be fifteen miles Nh hour. and the trains Will no,s
about onrthird Of mile apart For the whole sys,en
% locomotives and lT5 coaches will be necessary
I'll. fare will be ~ cents for all distances and tho
company calculates that the annual passenger trade
would DO 61.Odo.OOO fares. Tho operating expenses
would be $4,000 annually. snd the construction
wonld cost Si00Ooooo. The building would requr"
tbrec years. and the principal obstacle to be encoun
tered IL tho wetness OF the ground en- Which Bern
rests. The depth OF the tunnels below the surface
would vary under the Friedrich strAsse, Berlin,
Twerty.third street, being forty feet
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Next to the United States. the country to
which there 10 the largest immigration OF Eu-
ropeans In these times is Brazil Notwith-
standing all tho disturbances OF the year in
Brazil. ship loads Of Storage passengers have
been put ashore every week at Bahia. Rio. and
other ports on the eastern seaboard. We
Judge by the monthly returns thus far re-
ceived that the years immigration will run up
to 100000. mostly from Italy. Portugal. and
Spain. Tho republican Government holds
out even greater inducements to immi-
grants than were held out by the Gov
eminent OF Dom PEDEo. II pays q proper
tion OF their passage money; II gives them
land on easy terms; It promises to PRO-
vide them with employment. and 1t relieves
them from military service for a term OF years
Over 10000 Italians have taken advantage Of
these offers this year and the Government
amid all the troubles and changes OF the
times. has strivsn to keep the promises made
to them. II In a curious fact that while there
were many German Immigrants TO Brazil
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Whatever the result OF the trouble with
Chill. q preparation OF our navy for active
service has been accom- plished which is more
thorough and effective than any other at.
tempted since the civil war. As the first
methodical mobilization OF q dozen new steel
vessels for service in foreign waters. it has q
special value. Our force in the Pacific is now
a strong one. and with Admiral WALKERS
squadron on the way to the South Atlantic
station and Admiral GHERARD1's in the West
Indies. all our modern vessels are either on
foreign service or are fitting out for 1t. This
has been done with scrupulous avoidance OF
even the appearance OF threatening Chill. only
one or two vessels being loft In her waters at
any time. although many could now be con-
centrated there at short notice. In the supply
OF material-the provision Of projectiles. pow
der. coal. and SO on-unusually busy work has
been going on Of late. 1t Ia hardly necessary
to say thnt with the attack on our sailors at
Valparaiso such as 1t was described by Secre-
tary TRACY in his annual report. and by the
President in his message. 1t became necessary
to prepare the navy for any call that Congress
might make upon it. Should the affair with
Chilli be happily settled. as it ought to be. by
suitable reparation on the part OF that country
for the mob violence. this work OF preparation
will still have been invaluable.
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The Warfare OF the Future.

The reciprocity principle OF regulating in
ternatonal commerce, which was lately as
serted with such brilliant emphasis and sue
cess by the Hon. JAMES g. BLAINE as the cor
rect policy for use at this time by the United
States. and which Switzerland upholds In
her now famous tariff de combat. likewise in
spired the most striking utterance Of the
German Chancellor In his recent speech
to the Reichstag. upon the new treaties with
other countries. " The time Is not very
remote" said Gen. Won CAPRIv1. when
war will be waged with tariffs and statutes
instead Of arms"
Under that understanding . tariff high
and varied is the most powerful armament
with which nation can surround itself.
For example. one of Mr.. BLAINE's objec-
lions to the first draft OF the MCKINLEY
bill was that 1t fired Off the great sugar gun
An the air. Sugar. the very Long Tom OF
the American revenue. upon which there
was . duty Offering unequalled Oppor-
tunity for gaining concessions at foreign
ports, was made free. with no other purpose
and no other result than to make 1t free.
BY lacking on reciprocity clause. power
was restored to the Government to load
again the sugar gun aud other heavy and
emptied ordnance against any other coun
try that might refuse to deal fairly with the
products Of the United States. According
to the conception respecting tho wars Of
the future advanced by Gen. Count Won
CAPRIvI. our national tariff battery. for a
time partially dismounted. In now all In first
class fighting shape.
And yet we fear that however important
and potent tariffs may be in years to come
in the way Of international attack and de-
fence. 1t will be long time before men
leave of fighting to kill.
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rrrzxxrp rs WILLING.
"a. Tnas L.steA Aizess All Night

HAa That Lastsa Almost All Nt8he
F,o. Ne 7erosso G'css Of Dec -.
A public meeting was held at the village OF
Innerkip last night to discuss political union
with the United Statea There was repre-
sentative gathering OF the yeomen OF the dis
trict. as we'll 90 number OF ladies' The fol-
lowing gentlemen wore present from Wood
stock: Fx-Mayor Grant. D. H. Charles. DR..
Mckay and L W. Nesbitt. Tho speakers were
given good hearing and the applause during
tho evening seemed 10 DO general The ducs-
ton OF nnexntion was ably discussed on both
sides. II was I 80 A. NJ. before tho meeting
broke up, and yet the farmers seemed to be
willing that the discussion should 60 on.
Tho Chairman, Mr.. Fred Mitchell. opened the
meeting with tho statement that he was "a
to bs
tho natural destiny Of Cgnada. and in we'll
Erepared speech eddaeea fSf Ss
could not get reciprocity, and that tho bcst
before We are reduced TO tho levol Of the gut
H. =. n. Grant mado an abIo defence Of the
Iiberal p9cy-nn n reclRroe,tyL ~
faiSysrsy 81 Z Sol Of Whte Sas sdvocatns
henrcr nbd teins Rss people u TIC United
unIsstrist tsi reciprocity. He vigorously re-
Mr.: James Anderson; Warden OF the county.
fayoring annexation, 10 said Canadians had
often arrived at a deadlock, aud redress on
every occasion was obtained through closer
trade relations with tho United States. He did
not believe that free trade England would cut
hOr throat to spite Canada. He referIed to
Canadian Independence as short cut to an
nexatlon.
Mr.. d. Hughes Charles Of Woodstock made u
clenr and pointe ed address against annexstion.
stating among other things that he did not ho-
lieve Canadians would sell their birthrittff for
Mr. George Laird Of Gait argued for nearly
an hour In favor Of annexation. He wac il
favor OF Of ed rel iprocity hut he wanted
more-he wapted political union.' and ho
thought he was In good corp pany.
AR. i. w. Nesbitt Of Woodstock was strongly
opposed to annexation.
Dr. 4. Mckay spoke briefly In favor CT AM
Before the meeting closed the following res
olution was put and carried, although large
number RETAINED from voting: Moved by +. y:
Malcolm. seconded by James Anderson. and
the great advantage that nnrestrteted reel
procIty would be to the people OF this country:
be it therefore resolved thnt this meeting is in
favor OF any policy. even Il It involves political
union with the United States that Will bring
prosperity and happiness to the people of this
cpunfryp
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He apparently was q visitor from the rural
city ways He entered Hne q the oSes At the
ton Of q clerk; whS rather grnn1y inauirsd:
Where's your telephone 2" asked the caller.
Over there"
Without saying another word the caller
walked across the room. timtdly took down the
receiver. PLACED 1t to his ear. and stood for a
minute as still as statue. evidently listening
and waiting for the mysteri9us instrument to
say something" to him. Then he carefully
hung up the receiver: glanced around the
room. and noticed that the face Of every clerk
was stretched out Of its normal shape By
turned to the attack. After listening Is before
Again he waited. Then no glanced about him.
RH. ns dps size f thS and said quiet
This was too much for the amused clerks
to stand, and after hearty. chorus Of laugh
ter one OF them kindly volunteered to show
the old man how to operate the new-fangled
talking machine.
you found 1t. Turn that little crank at the
right. which rings. the bell. Then take down
tho phone; place It to your ear. and when the
central girl answers tell her."
The old gentleman slowly turned. and gazing
long and steadfaetly on his young friend. re-
marked In that same sad. sweet voice.
Say! Don't get gay. now. I'm the inspec-
tor. and I'm just testing your telephone"
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To rHH Eo1oR or THR SuSSir Tho Coarisr.Jouy,u, AZ
Ncts calm superiority TO the majority OF Democrats
in Congress That 10 most amusing speaks OF the
Democrats who nominated Speaker Crisp as a fac.
ton" and regrets that tho minority docs not rule in
Democratic councils . fact unprecedented in
Democratic history. This shows how far an old.
time Democratic journal has gone tts down.
ward road 10 true Mugwumpism. The Gugwump
cabal in New York 10 hardly large enough to
be called a faction. but 1t has assumed to GOV.
ern the Democratic party because 1t claimed to
furnish the thousand and fortyseven votes that
elected Grover Cleveland. How many votes it re-.
PEELED every election since has been shown. The gail
OF this Mugwumpian claim reminds OF tho English
man and hts wife who had Just landed in New York
city. Some ono remarked to the lady: You are for:
esners, are You not Z" NO indeed" was the quick
response. ITS you Hamsrcans who are the foreign.
ers. We're Hingiish" MONROE
KocBKsYFR Dec. ID.
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Her Prize D.aa,.,o. Got Her . Hu,b.sa.


About q year ago the Memphis Times offered
q prize Of $40 to whatever young woman wrote
the best essay ON THE Model Husband" At
CovinGton. thirty miles from Mem pills. there
lived Mics Lillian Perry, who Is said to be u
mean. Miss Perry won the prize.
Lo and behold. the essay was copied In
Minneapolis journal. where Il was read by FIRE.
mont Reed. a prosperous citizen. who fell in
Gn xa
pursued him in metropolitan papers. and way
laid him on his arriva! In Chicago.
This is fate.' said Mr.. Reed unto himself.
The fair essayist must be mine for lifer'
Therempon the ardent Minneapolitan wrote
to Miss Perry and begged for the honor OF cor
responding with her. Miss Perry had been
very we'll brought up. and wouldn't Refusal
but whets tho appetite OF man. and Mr.. Reed
would have disgraced his sex had he taken no
for an answer. Armed with credentials he
again requested an interchange Of letters and
the typical Southern girl melted In the glow
OF snch persistence.
OF course no in Or oIt Of biz senses.
Covington one day and called. The lady full
filled the ideal Of her correspondent. She in
turn discovered a model husband On
second visit she became engaged to Mr.. Reed,
and last October made them man and wife.
Courage, girl graduates! Tho Helen OF 1900
will be Bachelor OF Arts, and Paris will set
MS cap for her. Minerva Is having her in
ninKs at laSti
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HERRICK WILL NOT RESIGN.
he Has Given . Proxy to Mayor Manuins
TO Take Hts Place ON the state Cssunitsee.

ne mas eiven fr0xy TO Mayor MnnnluR
To Take HIS Place the state Committee.
ALBANY. Dec. 27.-Justice-elect d. Cady
Herrick docs not intend to resign his
membership OF the Democratic State Com
mittes for the Albany district when he
takes his seat on tho bench OF the
Supreme Court. General Term. Third Ju-
dicial district to which he has been assigned
by Gov. Hill Justice Herrick was elected last
month by q big majority. He has been the
Democratic leader Of Albany county since
Daniel Mannine's sickness and death. and he
has served on the Democratic State Committee
year after year.
1t is customary for any member Of the State
Committee nominated for judicial ONCE to
resign from the committee on his nomination.
Mt HerriSk does not resign because he does
pot want the State Committee to select one OF
his political enemies as his successor. So ne
has given an irrevocable proxy to James ii.
Manning. son OF Daniel Manning, Mayor OF
Albany and editor OF the Argus. That proxy
Manning to 1T in his fathers seat. beholden
rick. In effect Mr.. Herrick hns permanently
Withdrawn. but he has fixed It so that neither
Commissioner Hugh Reilly Of the Court OF
Claims or any other Hill man shall sit on the
State Committee for the Albany district
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Turn Peters Out OF Africa.

A person known as DR.. PETERS Is now en-
gagged In shooting natives In East Africa.
It is a pastime with him. and common
humanity demands that PETERS be turned
out Of Africa and kept out.
The latest exploits OF PETERS have been
performed in the ueghborhood OF Mount
Kilima.Njaro. Upon this region. where
white men have always been received with
friendliness. where small hunting parties
from Europe have sought sport unmolested,
where white woman. Mrs. SHELDON.
travelled in peace last year. PETERS has
descended with plenty Of powder and ball.
After hard days work while ago he sat
down and wrote to Germany that ho had
killed hundred and twenty natives be-
tween eight and three o'clock. The letter
was not intended for the public. and PETERS
expressed himself with some freedom. He
compared his operations In Africa to cam
paign OF FREDERICK the Great. e. am now
intrenched at kilima-N Marc" he concluded.
No wonder he finds Notifications essential
to his comfort!
The SuN said over two years ago that
PETERS had inflicted more suffering upon
Africa than any other white man In this
generation. 1t was before he returned to
Europe. and the protest. then first ex-
pressed. was echoed in most Of the leading
Journals. when PETERS. in his book. frankly
told the story VI his remarkable doings.
He was the man who led caravan from
the Indian Ocean to Victoria Nyanza and
back. without bale Of cloth or an ounce OF
beads to pay his way; depending for his
provender solely upon wholesale robbery OF
the natives and shooting them like dogs
when they had the presumption to defend
their property. His route from start to
finish was marked with blood. Some OF the
English reviewers OF his book expressed
charitable doubts as to the mans sanity;
but the official class In Germany seemed to
look upon him as hero: and PETERS was
sent back " Africa to earn fresh distinction
In the same line.
No wonder the cable informs US: among
many Germans his continual slaughter Of
tho Africans excites disgust" 1t is high
time to put PETERS where he cannot add to
the terrible mischief he has already done.
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Of these various reasons the insurance COM
panies estimate the difference to be at birth
five years In favor OF the girl.
Making allowance. therefore, for the
average disparity Of years between the
groom and bride at marriage. and for the
lower death rate among women than men,
the excess OF widows over widowers.
in every land where the census figures are
reasonably accurate, is fully and satisfac-
torily explained.
Though the formal figures OF the stats.
ticians do not show it. IL may be. too, that
the more sympathetic and emotional
nature OF women inclines them to cherish
more reverently the memory OF the de.
parted than is- the case with men. nctuated
often by more worldly views and motives.
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LARRY" GoDKIN's LATIN.
An Opinion from the Erudite Dr. Michael
Walsh.

TFon NS SUf1np Ufmocrdt
The Ersnfno Posr, Latin smells OF the bngs OF Wick.
low and disgrnces the classical training Mr. Larry
Godkin received from tho hedge schoolmas.er who
taught the young scion of the house Godkin h ae
Noe "Larry's" bog Latin would have remained nm.
known II the siaci.imu, had objected to the I'm.
pudentissmus" Of THE Sun II Godkin really wants TO
be put In the vocative ease we have objection to
say InpuiennstRas neiileias honinum let Tx Sus
alone. II you don't, it will blister you.
Tho suggestion OF the editor OF the Erenng Pot that
tho Tammany General Committee must have some
members who were expelled from tho priesthood con.
nrms Larrys Claim TO the title Impudentissimua and
gives color to rumor that Larry 10 pervert. The
wicklow Godkins. OF whom he ia 4 degenerate son
were in tho good old times Catholics Is Iarrys reg
ion aS Doggy a. his Latin,
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The Wick edness OF tho Dickey.

One Of the frequent tempests that rage
within the Boston teapot is now boiling.
iMr. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. better
KNOWN as q free trader than as an educa-
itional reiormer. has written to the Presi.
dent and Faculty OF Harvard College an
open" letter protesting against the out
tages tolerated. II not encouraged. In their
midst" This expression naturally excites
)curiosity. II there ls anything the matter
with the midsts OF the Harvard Faculty, all
Boston wants to know II. Mr.. GARRISON
Kindly explains. There Ii ut Harvard q
eophomore society known as the d. X. E..
Commonly called the Dickey. The horrid
ceremonies attendant upon initiation into
This society have filled Mr.. GARRISON with
the Indignation which has inspired his let
ter. Whether boy OF his has just been put
through the mill. or whatever else Is the
.watter with Mr. GARRISON. he RACES as
aercely against the Dickey as II 1t were the
protective tariff OF the spoils system. or any
other thing or sin unspeakable In Mug
wump ATTITUDES:
"Aaids from the wltess penalties attending the In.
Station OF msmbers cruelty has been supsradded.
nkn 10 the barbarian Of the Hsejee Islands prsc
hcss Of degraded Indian tribes A. elimination VI
the ceremonies and A. indication Of pluck and
ouyAncs the victims 10 barred for branding In tina
which has just under my observation. six
deep and savage burns from the shoulder to the elbow
were indicted with lighted cigar. Lifelong and
0ishsuremept arc bad enough. but the shock to sys
Gems Already reduced In vitality by previous physical
exaotions ID and DANGEROUS III comparison with
y cigar. branding iron would DO msrciful but seems
csssIy add to the danger OF the burn that Of blood
poisoning"
Mr.. GARRISON Is not content with de-
Aouncing the Dickey for Its injudiciOus at
AAmpts to revive the Rlories OF Sparta: he
complains because IL sells liquors to Its
members. Just as II It were the Somerset or
Algonquin. He tells the President and
Faculty that All education modelled like
theirs on medieval and monastic lines" Is
very dangerous. The fact that the Harvard
uyslem OF education doesn't wildly recall
Padua and Salamanca. and that IL was not
tho custom In the monasteries Of the mid
die ages to brand novices with lighted
cigar. doesn't interfere with Mr. GARRIsoNs
hiGh-soaring anger. The fact that the
Harvard authorities cannot prevent the
young men In tho college FROM exposing
themselves to such puerilities as are natural
70 young men OF good constitution and cir
pulation. doesn't hold him back. In the
finest first perlod-JoE-Coo style. however,
he exhorts President ELIOT and associates
TO their duty:
.ons earnest effort uproo such societies the D.
Z. to discourage At least by example. the narcotic
asa alcoholic habits fastening themselves upon easily
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Tho Excess Of Widows.

One curious fact which every census dis
closes is the numerical excess OF widows
over wdowers. The usual, ratio is per
cent. OF the female population as widows to
4per cent. Of the male population as widow
ers. By some optimistic persons of the fe-
male sex. this disparity has been explained
ON the ground that married men. having
formed a just and correct appreciation OF
the benefits OF the married state, are glad
to repeat what las been to them bene.
ficial association. whereas women, having
less reason to be pleased, discern little Joy
In a second matrimonial alliance. unless 1t
be an exceptionally desirable sort. This is
an insufficient explanation. Why is 1t. in
every land. that the widows outnulnber the
widowers by two to one?
The average marrying age varies In
different countries, but Ia all countries 1t Is
higher among men than women. In Eng
land the age OF the average bridegroom is
two years greater than that OF the bride; In
Germany. IN Holland, and In Scotland 1t is
three years; I'm Ireland. In Russia. aud in
the Scandinavian countries. 1t ia four years:
In Italy it Is five: and in France IL Is six.
The marriage statistics OF the United States
are misleading and incomplete, but here IA
abroad the average marriage age for men
is thirty years and for women twenty-five.
q difference Of five years. Such being the
difference in years at the outset. 1t 10 evil
dent enough that were the death rate OF
the sexes equal. the number OF female sur
vivors OF marriages would. at any given
time. be In excess VI the number of male
survivors.
But the rate OF mortality is not equal be-
tween the sexes 1t Is higher among men.
Deaths from accidental causes are three
times more numerous among men than
among women, War, shipwreck, and Grim
inal deeds OF violence decrease the ranks of
men much more than they affect the num-
Der ot women. Excuses in living, too. are
more numerous awong men than women.
Tho great majority OF suicides are men.
Women live logger than men. On account