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The news comes from the upper Congo
that the Arabs have been on tho warpath
again since TrPPu T1B started on his visit to
the coast. Early this year tho Congo state
authorities had frequent battles with the slave
traders. 1t is gratifying to hear that the CONGO
State has come out on top. and that tho
naughty Arabs who few years ago burned
the Stanley Falls Station. and drove poor
DEANE into the Jungle. have at last been COM
PEELED TO sue for peace and are no longer
fiourlshing. as they have been. on the upper
Congo and the Aruwimi. Any humanitarian
will be glad to hear this news. for the Arabs
have inflicted almost indescribabio suffering
upon the helpless natives Just now tho Arabs
are having hard timo. and 1t Is evident that
their day OF unbridled license In equatorial
Africa is at an end. There will be q chauc CO
soon for the vast districts they have depopu-
lated to hll up once moro with peaceful aud
happy natives
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youthful correspondent who is about
to draw up plan for his life. asks US whether
We would advise him to 20 out West and grow
up with the country. though he himself fears
that the West has now grown UP 30 far that he
could not find chance OF success there. 1t 10
out OF our power to give him the advice which
he desires. He can go West II he pleases and
he can there find plenty of regions. extensive
and productive in which he will not be
crowded. aud In which he can grow up with
the country. For Industrious and intellie gent
young mon there are chances Of success In all
the Western States. They can procure land
on easy terms In many OF them. and raise
CROPS the variety Of which may DO ascsrtained
BY reading our crop reports. Or he can
choose any town from among the thousands
OF towns there. and settle in It with fair
prospects, II he will take hold of the practical
duties OF life with earnestness and pursue
them with pertinacity. On the other hand. he
can stay here in New York. II he pleasss. and
grow up with the city. There are chaaces of
success hero. In many lines OF industry and
business. for young men OF the right kind.
The city is growing very RAPIDLY and It is yet
far from having attained its full growth.
Thousands OF men who arc now young will
win fortune and good name In New York
within the next twenty years. We cannot
further advise our youthful correspondent at
this time. He would do we'll to think deeply
and look around as far as he can before te
draws up the plan for his life.
The sun., 1891-07-12

The leading papers of Minneapolis and st.
Paul. without distinction OF party. are now
taking ground in favor OF the union OF both
cit!e. under single municipal government.
There has been great rivalry between the two
cities for many years, and the animosty OF
each against the other has found expression
in strong language. But thcy are now almost
ready to fall into each others arms. so to
speak; to look upon bygones rs bygones. and
TO count each ohers debts as one obligation.
Tho main obstacle TO the union lies In the fact
that nobody can suggest name for the united
city. Neither Minneapolis nor St. Paul IL will.
ing to lose is celebrated name. though both
are ready to sink their separate identity. AZ q
compromise MinneapaulIs hos been suggested.
and % also has st. Paulopolls: but neither Of
these names 10 acceptable to the people OF
either city. We do not see how the question In
dispute can be settled without taking vote
upon 1t at special election.
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Governor Tillman and the sub-Treasury.

The Sub.Treasury cranks in the South
Carolina Farmers Alliance are shoyelllng
hot talk upon the head OF Governor BEN
TILLMAN because he has pointed out the
folly OF the Sub-Treasury scheme. Sundry
local alliances have fired resolutions against
him. and sundry organs OF the Alliance are
amusing themselves by calling him Is
CARROT and other pet names.
We don't remember that Governor TILL
MAN ever nroiessed to favor the Sub
Treasury plan. Even II no did favor 1t,
ho has perfect right to change his mind.
now that tho plan Is used by the Pco-
ples party howlers as a wedge to split
tho Democratic party with. The Alliance
organs forget that Capt. TILLMAN WAS not
elected Governor as an Alliance man, but as
Democrat. The farmers were behind him,
but the issues upon which no sought the
opinion OF tho people Of the State were
State issues. He had the popular wing
Of tho Palmetto Democracy against the
arlstocratic. His election was not AN ALI
ance triumph, although some members OF
that body seem inclined to think 1t was. He
is still Democrat. and he has done an es-
sential service to the Democratic party OF
South Carolina aud to the Alliance as vol,
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tenauts and erect, In their stead, blocks
with the idea OF benefting tho poorer class
OF people.
In a chapter written by himself Mr..
BooTH explains. how a desperately poor
neighborhood tends to become and remain
hopeless. 1t has for a long time been noticed
that in those parts Of South London which
lie near the river there is never any change
for the better. The reason is that no sooner
does any one rise above the average low
level and "get a bit decent" than he moves
out to Clapham or elsewhere. To thisinces-
SAINT centrifugal tendency Of the better of
is duo tho social and moral stagnation OF
tho district. Another fact Of interest relates
to the immigrants from tho country. So far
from finding their position in London diff
cult, ns is often assumed. they usually get
the pick OF its opportunities, especially re-
cruiting outdoor trades which have some
affinity with those to which they were ac-
customed at home. They do not, therefore,
to any considerable extent directly recruit
the town unemployed who are In the main
the sediment deposited at tho bottom OF the
SCALE as the physique and power OF npplca-
tion OF towns inhabitants deteriorate.
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Rapid Transit and the Battery.

When New York was begun upon the
lower end of tho long, lank island known as
Manhattan, any red.faced Indian could
hardly have failed to foresee that, II tho
city was ever to be great and prosperous,
rapid transit would become an absolute
necessity. More than two hundred and fifty
years passed before the city grew up to the
manifest need OF some radically better
methods OF internal transportation than
could be employed In the common streets;
and the elevated roads were the result.
They were built after the most deliberate.
cautious. and weighty examination OF
routes, and they were placed where they
stand to-day after the unanimous decision
Of all the various and numerous public au-
thorities concerned with their construction
had determined that the present lines were
the best that could possibly be chosen.
In regard to the Battery Park, our munich
pal policy has always been Of breadth cor
responding to the Importance OF the spot to
the general interests OF the city. 1t lies
where the island Is narrowed to point, at
the head OF the harbor, from which come
ramificatiOns OF travel and commerce
enough to make the life Of thousand other
cities. New York's commanding need OF 1t
for various public purposes has been
steadily recognized from the time Of its To-
cation. ana has never been thwarted by any
narrow view OF suddenly created senti-
ment or prejudice. Ferries have been
built into 1t, parts Of it have been sold
to tho United States, and large areas
OF 1t, happily now restored, have been
set aside for the use OF immigrants. When
a new use for it arose from tho establish
ment Of the elevated railroads. the con-
clusion that the only reasonable route to
tho ferries, and incomparably tho best
route, lay through Battery Park, was ac-
copied without comment or surprise: and it
has served vast and ever-increaslng pub
lie with satisfaction unbroken by single
localcomplaint, until within a recent period,
when an agitation mixed with misinforma.
tion, emotion, malignancy. and hostility Of
interest has been stirred up against it. The
meeting In tho park on Friday night was
the elimination.
The proposition thnt such wiso and far
sighted policy as has invariably governed
New York should be reversed at the instiga-
tion Of these influences Is preposterous. The
city, instead OF being like tho leading spirits
In this movement against particular cor
poration, no matter whom it hurts. is for its
own prosperity and progress no matter
whom 1t helps, every time.
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10 opposing the Sub Treasury humbue. The
Democratic party cannot afford to yield to q
proposition so preposterous, aud the ALI
ance will have to cast that idea out event.
ually. All through the South 1t seems to be
losing. Senator GEORGE OF Mississippi has
been fighting It on the stump and he will bo
reelected. Georgia Is divided In regard to
1t. Missouri has opposed It from the first
The fate OF the Sub-Treasury plan is not
doubtful so far as the South is concerned. It
will have to go to the wall, not merely on
account OF Its essential absurdity, but be-
cause even the Democrats whom 1t has daz.
zled will be forced to oppose It, now that the
managers Of the Peoples party employ 1t to
bring weakness and confusion into tho
Southern Democracy, In which the Alliance
membership is SO large.
Governor BEN TILLMAN is wiser than the
Alliance cranks who are abusing him.
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The Northern Limit of Mankind.

The Fronch astronomer CAMILLE FLAM-
MARION said the other day that for tho past
i've yeaIs q remarkable change in the eli
mato OF Europe had beon In progress, and
that both the winters and the summers were
growing cooler.
It Is probably useless to speculate upon
the climatic vngari"s to which Mr.. FLAM-
MARION calls attention. Sufficient time has
not elapsed nor have sufficient data bcen nc
cumulated, upon which to base any trust
worthy conclusions as to whether the cooler
weather OF tho past few years indicates
permanent tcnieGcy toward lower tempera.
lures In latlJutes as fur south OF tho arctic
circle as those OF central Europe. A very
interesting fact. however has been clearly
established, namely, that the northern limit
Of tho inhabited or inhabtable areas Df the
world Is now much further south than 1t was
In past ages; and scientific men attribute
this fact to the increasing refrigeration OF
the north polar regions.
The Paris chronological Society did not
carry out the purpose 1t announced in 1882
OF establishing the northern boundary OF the
inhabited world; but this work has since
been accomplished very carefully by a Ger
man geographer, Dr.. KURT HAssERT, who
uuS fOceHGiy IuuiiSueu MS DOOk upon lno
North Polar Boundary OF the Inhabited and
Inhabtable World" In the map which nc
companies this interesting work DIR. HAS
sRRr indicates by n blue line tho present
northern limit OF human habitations and by
a red line the northern boundary OF the
former homes OF mankind 30 far as 1t has
been revealed through the ruins and re-
mains discovered by explorers.
!, In studying this map we first observe that
North America Is extended by the great
archipelago north OF 1t very much further
toward the north polo than tho Euro-Asiatlc
continent, which has In the two islands OF
Novaya Semlia Its only important prolonga-
tlon toward the pole. The Lapps. the Sa-
moyeds, tho Tchukchees, and other races OF
Euro-Asia are to-day found along the north
ern coast line. The only important traces
Oi man In tho eastern hemisphere. north OF
the present limit of occupancy. are found in
the New Siberian Islands, northeast OF the
Iona Delta. These are not now inhabited,
though they certainly have been.
II is to Greenland. therefore. and to the
archipelago north Of our own continent that
we must look for conclusive evidences that
The sun., 1891-07-12
TIE LAW THAT MUST 60.
Ceude.nsticu OF the Electrical EiIiinr
ttstuts CcmlnR From All Feints.

| statute Ccmins From All Feints.
Fom the No,roIeA Epenine R,corA.
The Sun is clearly right. and the cause 1t
| has undertaken righteous one. The Ameri-
can press as body is controlled By upright.
honest, and honorahle, and no: by vicious mo.
censor merely an Individual or the Govern.
s.sion o. ,S. Ns% saE Ths ,ss
overt and brazen attempt to abr!dRs tho free.
dom q the q, press ,s that has ever been snactsd
wan. no staT chsmber proceedings /" eseca,.
Ing any law In this country. yhc nation has a
and the new,spnpers, the right to tell the N.
The section III New iork's statute is despotlc
From the Denpr Republican.
The prohibition upon the publication OF the
facts concerning an execution 10 a restriction
upon the freedom Of the press, which would
hardly. be sustained By tho courts. It ought
sS o vssy q
a s,.s, ,IssppsiIS: g VI which ths sIos.sst iniastiee
law The Chief IensiIt ot the itssdom a'a Of The 9
Prsss 70 ne public q that 4 is a guardian OF
vsstieatlop upon the administrat!on OF public
affairs, and under this strong light it Is i'm
city o The psoSe 70 g. praessed repeateay pS tai w.
Prom ne Kansas c1,y 7inea
Tho law clearly defeats It purpose. In only
two ways could the secrecy sought be main
tained efYectualy. One would necessitate tho
Made On ns by the
the other would involve the muzzllng OF the
press. The methods arc hardly practicable
ones.
E,ons Ms OIL CITY Deyriek.
All the New York papers published detailed
accounts Of the late electrocution as they did
81 AZ &Remmlsr's, Nothing viii be done about It.
accounts was foolish because It was futile
The American press OF to-day resolutely de-
Prom the Fail Rper Daily Globe
1t is the public's business and It is the duty
OF the newspapers to furnish the public with
nsws, Neither Gordon OF guards headed with
Mlnoheeters. nor select audience OF wit
ness pledged to sacrecy. nor any other means
which can bo devised will prevent the publica.
tton OF the truth. Therefore tho law cannot be
enforced. and tho sooner dead letter law is
wiped out the botter for tho self.respect Of the
community concerned. There are too many
fool laws In exist ence already. and this one
stands near the head OF the class.
Prom the 81. Paul Daily Globe
The gruesome secrecy OF the executions at
Sing Sing yesterday morning takes nothing
from iheir horror. 1t only leaves the minds Of
those who re1ect on such thugs free Tor many
CHASTITY conJectures.
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Th. Christian Posture I. Prayer.

To TUE EDToR or The suS-Sir: with regard to the
OF the Greeks and other orsnAs can speak with
some authority having often assisted their priests In
the sanctuary while they eeebrating tho Dyine
Liturgy" which the La,ins call the Tho Greeks
aep>r genufect e. simply bend the knee They either
knssl down or prostras themselves with the rorhsd
IN The liturgy the priest stands throughout only pros
tAnG hmtet before tho Scored slsInenis after con,
sserat,on, lie stands during tho vssps' prayers He
says sDms prayers In Lent kneelinR-on week days
Ths congregation stand during the Servca hui kneel
or nro.trn,s th.mselves appsIenty at their optior.
sitting 10 allowed only ~ invHiid& have seen AT tho
same lime the mstorty standing SON, kbeerr Others
Frustrated. and one or two inhrin persons sitting.
JDuy
The sun., 1891-07-12

The grasshopper plague in tho West is be-
coming serious, and the farmers are alarmed
byit. We hear OF It In Colorado. New Mexico
Arizona. Kansas, and OREGON. md II 10 feared
in Texas The Hon. JERRY RUsK. who 10 ex-
psrlmenting with dynamite rs o rain prod ucer
had better give that pnrt OF his mind which is
unoccupied and that part OF his time which hs
can spare. 10 the business OF exterminating
the grasshopper.
The sun., 1891-07-12
Repeal the Luw,
From the Journal OF Commerce.

F7OW THe ooUVut CUNHleFCe.
No reader OF the accounts can satisfy himself
whsthsr or not the death painless and there was
nothing rspulsvs In the scene: whshur the victims
roasted and died after manifssng greater suffer
ing than would have followed . well managed drop
from the gAIows Taking the best possible view OF the
casa there 10 nothing to indicate the wisdom Of the
change and bsieve the could BE- taken nine.
tenths OF the people OF this state would favor the
restoration of the Gaiows for the innicton Of tLe
death penalty upon criminall q
The sun., 1891-07-12

We have learned through the cable that
there were hundreds Of American flags on dis
play in those streets OF London through which
the German Kaiser rode on his wav from
Buckingham Palace TO Guildhall last Friday.
This fact may strengthen the Kaiser's desire
to behold tho United States.
The sun., 1891-07-12

1t is the official opinion OF the Attorney
General that the Chinamen who have entered
this State BY way OF the Canadian provinces
cannot be sent back to these provinces but
must be shipped to China. In accordance with
the provisions Of the restriction act As they
do not possess tho means OF paying their way
across the continent and over the Pacific. the
cost OF ther transportation must be borne By
the Government. 1t is not proper for the
Canadian authorities to put our Treasury to
this expense.
The sun., 1891-07-12

There are now resident female physicians
in the State hospitals Of this State at Buffalo,
Rochester. Binghamton, and Poughkeepsie
The reports Of the services rendered By those
doctors are satisfactory.
The sun., 1891-07-12

Would commercial reciprocity between the
United States and tho Dominion OF Capada
tend to advance the incorporation OF the Cana.
dian provinces with tho States. or to prevcntit ?
That 10 a question concerning which clear
light Is much to be desired.
The sun., 1891-07-12

- onto him. I"

FFOW PUCK.
"wh did the ass say 10 Balaam wiiile'"
Come an "
WY do yoh think that"
'B<eauFs ho knew bAlaam SAy onto him."
The sun., 1891-07-12

New York stands at tho head OF this list.
not because it is inferior In healthfulness to
any Of tho rest, for naturally 1t is one OF
tho healthiest cities In the world, but be-
s0use 1t is distinguished for the absolute
Sc,mpleteness with which the returns OF
deaths are obtained, because Of tho vast i'm
migration. and because the sick come
from all directions to be attended in it's
hospitals and by physicians OF national
renown. II the mortality among its per-
InRnent population alone were counted, the
death ratio OF New York would not be higher
than that OF London. whose rate is the low
est Of any Of the great capitals of tho world.
New York. Brooklyn. and Buffalo probably
are about the same In their averages.
recent writer compared tho statistics OF
deaths with the returns OF births for this
city. and came to the conclusion that except
for immigration the population would actual
ly and decidedly decrease. II that were 80,
the situa ton hero would be lamentable. 1t
would indicate q hopeless decline in the
vigor OF the population and the prevalence
of destructive immortality. II tho births in
large community are not equal in number
to the deaths, it Is In its decadence. II it
does not increase naturally, it is suffering
from social disease Of the most serious sort.
But circular from tho Health Department,
Issued OF late, shows that the trouble is ap-
parent only, and not real. 1t comes from
negligence IN reporting births. while the
deaths arc recorded with completeness The
death rate can le computed with scientific
accuracy. The data for calculating the birth
rate are noturiously defective.
Tn3 death rutD for the WhOle State for
May is computed by the bulletin MS also
Tint, probably. was abOat the rate for tho
permanent population OF New Y,rk.
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To Cure InsOnluia,

FTUW TWCF.
Mrs Earncst Work ITO the Rev. Mr Promydel-I really
think my husband has been deep Affected by What
have sAid Ito hasn't slept any sbr thres nights,
Tie Rev. Nj NTomydO-Ah. indeed shaIl hay va to
around and have = tax with him mysslE
The sun., 1891-07-12

From Lff

FTOW LTTf.
No Harry. am sorry; but aure that We CON a
not b, happy tossthtr You know aiwsys want iny
own way IN everything"
Eut. my dear xiTl you could 60 on wanting H. afie
married" ~ '
The sun., 1891-07-12

Absolutely painess in most ths hest remedy
IN liver ahsction- disord-red siomach ami dtgssIiD
hsAdAehe constipation. had breath. &c ar u. JAynss
small sugar Coated sAuAuve rils-A,
The sun., 1891-07-12

EyoAs Ll0.
Miss summit lat the tsasldsi-whst are you bsxu
ming that novel over again fort 4 Ihonsht Van h.d
p.Ariy npishsd H. 49, -
Miss r.iisAds-so had But lost the p!AsA
The sun., 1891-07-12

New fast train 10 the Adirordncks via New York
rspHAL leaves tfAnd Central SiAtian day At y: ~ 4.
W. Isroush sissPsrs; sirgant service No ear4 fare.
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Pho Mortality In City and state.

The bulletin OF the State Board OF Health
for May gives the number Of deaths for the
month as 1928, or $50 daily, aud tho death
ratio OF the State rs also per 1000 annually.
The rate for this city was 25SG. Tho accu-
racy OF the mortality returns for the city Is
unquestionable, but as to the State rs whole
We have not the same confidence.
The reduction In the reported mortality as
compared with April was striking. The
death ratio for that month was returned as
o0.75 which was much above the average,
and 1t indicated prevalent disease peculiar
to the year, tho grip, with its complications.
Destroying many lives in both city and
country. Even in May tho grip continued
its ravages. with the result that the mortal
ity for the State was greater than in May,
1890. by fifty deaths daily.
The death rate OF tho principal cities Is
thus returned by this bulletin:
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These percentages however, are OF no valuo
IN Indicating the comparative healthfnlness
OF tho different towns. Poughkeepslc is by
no means an unhealthy place. as would seem
from its high death rate in tho table, and
life is not longer in Oswego than in the
other towns, though its ratio is computed as
the lowest OF all. To make them OF any
value for purpos2 OF comparison. tho per-
centages would have to DO calculated from
the statistics for whole year at least, the
mortality OF a single and particular month
In smaller town being 10 test of Its health
fulDess. Tho difference between it's maxi
mum and minimum death rate from month
to month Is likely to be great.
Tho rate for tho month in tho cities OF
900 inhabitants and overis a more signif-
icant average, and, as this table shows, 1t
does rot vary much, except in Rochester:
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Mayos 20 there every year for at least short
visit, and there are notaoities from
WASHINGTON and wel.known people from
all the Southern and Western States
In North Broadway there are clusters
OF beautiful cottages belonging to r!cn
men aud women from Albany md Troy anu
the equipages that crowd the lake ROAD anu
Hilton Park on fine afternoons are shoW'''
than those that Bellevue avenue can boast
Summer travel In the AdlrondacIs has ~. -
gun earlier than usual this year, and ID s~.
OF Increased facilities and con'eh'eheo'
great deal OF skirmish ng is already obserVao'o
for boats and carriages. and even ~ soue
cases for suffloienoy OF food 10 eat ~. a.
rival Of the Vice. President and Bis dauRntei''
with their governess, Int Miss Nn'heI s" -
man as their guest has given an llie'"o
summer lifo and set II gn.Egal Il 'rs'' '"
pace. Mr.. Morton and his party o'en,!'
the camp OF Mr.. Arson lhclp. stokes MN's' ,h.
on AN island in the UpperSt leg 5 LaHe y" sh
heart OF the famous North N""iS' ~ ,.,-
ably one OF tho most comr!e'' anu 'n,o,.
able in tho I0si ion, as 1t cost IN ile e'""rI
hood of 500 600, and no pain has IreH N'"'N
10 make 1t picturesque an ! bfAt'4'"'' Nv
Campo in tho Ad rondH, lis ho"cNer' "'
no means the primitive h'nG~ tii'' wv sa
were. when "cnmrins out WAS r.! "o"' "a
with lod. u on the cold ground ana ~
Of priyations and "roughirs H.. N""e e0,'
NJ o small AMI limited to canvas iehls "u'
cabin or two OF rough logs Il" re WIN '"-
and branches "f spruce and ha.'an' " to'' "a
rs elaborate and costly a. many II seh''p''" A.
country sea; ~ Saratoga or Long h amen w.
Gartiett'- camp on the shores N ! h"r ~ "
u c lee |, II 81. ,W,lSr or iii"en ,ina GNp,. 30,
Of ore siory in height zen -: "n" '"1' ""a. so.
is sometime ,'nr a,pcl ana acca'Ip' u ~, q,
yided with door Eari ah.n - 81 .a.t-u..
slee lug loOni for one prrs "a abH - r,nr.
fully hnished In hard wood and ar istlrh . .lts
nished. These ara connected ny hohru "'
AID pathways strewu WILL eNeigIeeha'