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Our fashionable society Ia terribly stirred up
at least wo hear SO. and our informant is ono
who Is to be regarded as an authority. 1t seems
that our esteemed contemporary, the Eh,e
Ne,r,. printed very innocent little paragraph
possosslon a list ni the names Of those who rep-
IN inst coasttHted the rrSms de
9sred go tho IN, Ente Nsss said. NOT 100, but but
in grave doubt rs to Whether It ought to
suppress or to print this significant mot e my
cago's 400 being boiled down dixie April sapl
info n paltry ~ has sent q chill Of horror
ables Yet. ms there must always be two sides
to every question, In order to produce a
to THIS grave Iuestion Of publishing that list
OF exclusives. Ono party vigorously cries
ont for an exposure OF the roster. re:
gardlcss Of consequences. or, as our old
political warhorsss say. Let the chips fall
to he conservative; an honorable, nsace is Z,
he a,eS M u
ceudisry list Of the hsut ton.
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A Cure At LOurdes.

TO 1HR EprroR or The suN-sir: "The strange dis
affecting tho neck and spine" OF Jerry Crowley
1.-THE museum performer who gained his living by
hanging himself" aud whose death 10 reported
in q Cincinnati item under date goth February. pub
lished In THE Sun OF LIST inst. under the head Of
"HanRed Himself to Live" undoubtedly the spinal
malady known as locomotive ataxia which produce
inability to use the legs properly. Ono of the treat
mens for II, said to have been discovered by ply.
stefan of Odessa aud adopted since about fifteen years
by prominent medical men in Paris. and In particular
The patient BY the neck for Length
upon 81 spins sh,sa has ei2ysda Il nun
no. arrested tue disease prosrs.se. third
s.ens Sy T. IN
.as - ss sss.s ii
ssa 81 sna months
An instantaneous cure OF this disease, related in
fsSa On ss q IN ps
had treated sixteen Times during six years.
ss ass iasa Of
sa ss ns s s
s Sc sss
s!s 'H.i 4 $SS
had bsuu earrisI on a strstcher. and Wills
Tsssvsy the sasay felt Fs{ a Au a1s
hsn: @ a hf Sa h In rs.
returned his legs and that had reganed perfect
and definite coordination Of hts movements His heal;
the lame tho gate Of the Temple in Jerusalem
whose miraculous cure narrated in Acts. chap lii.
The physicians of the Hospital OF La Charlie where he
presented himself four tmss in one week for identa;
measure, and could hardly believe their eyes. They
tolegraphed their Rstoniahmcnt to Lourdts. adding.
noys insinntsneous cnF- and the facts OF his ante
cedent condition are undenAble. aud he has had
lapse since Now let the persons who either are in
doubt about thu existence OF God deny IT, explain
the by which this instantaneous cure contrary
to all medical experience and mex plicab!e by any
natural cause, was effected! CATHOLIC LArxAS.
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sMOKELEss POWDER IN WAR
II Gives Many Advantages TO the Side
Making tho Attack.
From The Iron Age.

from me Iron Age
had considerable to do with a change Of tac-
ss on The field Of b tn
the effect OF their, ilro on the enemy to a Tar
From their point OF view this increased power
Of control more than compensates the attack
5 S po%s4 dss Ss of Se sssns
Sy tie same ins:sase% power Of sostroI: Pat
WIZ hsi.eas the ~, liehts; with VA determine
ct s'1 s 'Ss t. fks
t rE Put in another form, u comes to this;
The heavier and more ere accn5.te ne irs whist
Smok eIess powder makes It easier for the A.
ca'ies Of tho defence viii 70 incrcased d. u
Further IN the absence OF smoke. men sta
"y on The socc asod the DE-
these ryidenoes t oi the sht behi it 80 hero
With reference to the question Of the use of
smo1kcless powders By the artillery. the gen,
fra ws.H be TINT " fsn to
cm ON ' than OF avoidins being Killed itseif It
ENORMOUSLY facilitates the maintenance Of fire
napas IRE EVEN at the rappd rate for S" no
smoke interfsres with the laying Of the guns.
ana, above Gil tnlnKS. Cneers inc n0hrtb OF inc
men by enabling them to SEQ the results OF
As means OF concealment 1t Is Of no use at
NIL for even at extreme ranges OF 5000 yards
and upward the flash Of discharge is always
dist inctly Visible. aud at lighting ranges the
fash enables one to note exactly the position
of the enemys guns. This WAS not always
possible wi h tho old powders. for the smoke
obscured the object and prevented ones pick
Ing IN m exact point TO aim at
The Hril. cry WILL he far from regrettinR the
loss Of the two clouds which hung. the one In
front Of their own and the other In front OF the
enomy's guns. Smoke II cover added to that
furnished by the ground. and no one has ever
been anxons for his opponent to have covers
which he himself could not turn to advantage.
II both are deprived Of this cover victory will
belong to him who. al else being cIua can
most skifuily supply tho deficiency.
Manduvl.s Will hereafter probably take
place over lrger ~ eas before actual lighting
begins. and something 81 an Indiana craft
and natural keenness will be needed on the
part OF stan officers. Smoke has boon so good
u cover on mnDy occasions that Is absence
will impose new conditions. and natural cover
will have tn be much more extensively utll-
lied; With the vanishing poetry of the smoke
battle the prose Of - new era will begin. In
which combat will be moro like n game OF
chess in view Of the pieces. ms whole, and
new dispositions OF old qualities and virtues
will be wanted. Caution will pay IN smoke
less combat. enterprise and vigor will win as
before. but blundsrs will receive Q terrible
punishment. fatal to armies and rulnous to
nations dependent upon them.
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To rHE KproR or TAX susSr: Tho fact that Governor
Flower then IN Congress- voted two years ago for free
silver coinage has not received the attention It should
II freely said thon BY his political enemies that
this vote killed him politically and that would espe
caiiy prevent his election Governor OF this State
Instead Ito elected by nearly 10000 plurality and
also Democratic majority In both branches VI the
Legislature.
Yet Governor Flower was opposed by fanatica oppo.
at silver In New York cir and his vote there
probably reduced nvo aud PERHAPS ten, thousand by
called Democrats
No Democratic principle Is Involved In voting for
against free silver coinage. Those who believe that
FREQ silver coinage viii result in deprecatng
rency cannot yutc those who believe other Wise.
There occasion for either to quarrel with other
We all wish to keep silver currency equal WITH 20 d.
The difference Is to not "a TO the end desired
The ef6ction last fall showed that only by giving
silver fair play can Democrats safely carry New
York State large part Of tho Democratic strength
here sad the country due to Governor nts
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Frank Pierce OF Etna. N. j., is noted hunter.
and when several farmers in his neiGhborhood
complained recently that their poultry yards
had been raided by wild animal. he examined
the tracks Of tho robber. and declared unhesi-
tatingly. that they Ind all been made by
assnrtion BY capturing or killing the Chicken
thief A little later no returned without any
coon. dead or alive but carrying under his arm
n very small dog nearly dead from starvation.
The tale he told concerning the finding OF the
dog was worth several ordinary coon stories.
He sd tht ne Pig
lower part OF tho trunk was hollow aud when
no put his ear to an Aperture about three feet
above the ground no hoard something breath
Ing. He cut another hole lower down. nnd
drew out the little dog. The coon was not
there, The dog. no thinks, chased something
II had been there several days.
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here. no natter TS Ssf no py qH %inS
o %ss0u h g sss IL snsssn ssh END mind anSo
81 aep neSs h al a
70 it1a substance. In death by electric;
y mnSsso Is 'hat may Rs sn sSR
Il will not do. atter our proeress thus far into
hs SSGeu say whit hs see and
more unnatural than mind In flesh and blood.
Asi said OF electricity, the ethsYr, cannot be
81 % NOR Fl H
must give up all hope Of immortality: because
our physiolosies, become DESTROYED. II the
be- not materiei things then they are only
metaphysical conjectures that viii keep on
desnair Matter does not perish. The soul
being Homogeneous. elemental ethereal mat
God is the Infinite and all.pervading mind
pivns se s1 s wSn thas
t ssr II. H IL e 81 e4o
then cosmie aRglomeration. and finally the
e. q. n lssp
ifss s sg, polns
..sss isn't !. ssS q d sS' SUE
nzys sSu anS Rs %so
the energy Of matter. the omniprese9t
fia fDsfthh as a. pss s1 as
ton but az physical faft as the animal has
sesst fod eVerywhsPs
bodied and dssmbodied. may have their occult
ss oRsmss or eleet tsr aot as sun
tsns The VEL r. hs ss
H. and #Ss
theory OF light and oil facts observed teach us
that eeStriS Phenomena and ether
mind ind and his ether Gods body. then We
have a new theology. the secret Of eternal lie.
End the 81 eSsns SsEa see es
ssaa 1ats t s sfnas
eur boae Ss"s God in the ether no oa5
and Il death BY esStFbS sh bosv
corollary that the soul has its kinetie forge In
sHet end shS nsa pessa
s ssfn ssthof el'G are Identical srayits
81 he and a po4ou an" n tRe
that We have built up in our bodily organisms.
and which. holds our mental, egos. being in;
live forever here on, this earth BY choice and
II
tricity Is developing, itself coming on now as 9
tessnr hToM
OF Questions. our resurrectionf II we live here
is 5ya natural a %I simple sx
BRooxIYs. March %. 1855.
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man. ,rsmembor that cent s one hnndfedtR
sScd aosS has R so Saas ss ssssa.s f shss a.
S.ys HS, Sas Sp psrs ~ as much
there was no escape from answerinH. YES"
Wnereupon my oPponent smiled In. q very pro.
about ihs sS elJ dollar was not equally true Of
4 @ Sa
eslssinty That the whole .! aiVIsiSfs Gina
fsRst svidsnss 81 i1isy q vps 1 Una. 'nns
yS'ss to ssSSsaS ssss
tss wp :: lis aas
s Sd a sMaI fSat se
iinHi and conclusive aIepHsnt nsed by the
il MS BssI.S psTIismsPs aSTins The S SSH
Pesoa,e vsr;. S Va. that geld had aHed value
Pound hsa sde this Hn ssats
men t; thought my antasopist gould net re;
sSisi rrsa%sns xsisG has siysys been en- em mn
c.@p letsiy ananswersbie. ~. "A""e.''' 90
But hs again smiled . provoking smile and
said AZ TIE zane time and place, is It not
bushel Of corn slwaye worth . similar bushel
worth another head Of cabbasep 10 not one
silver dollar always worth another silver dol.
corn. cabbage and silver have q fixed vslue3
They DO not show anything u the Kind; They
on. earth would apparently. never change il
value 90 long % the only test Of value was
comparison Of one. thing with another thing
par. that IL. e 10 always eaua! in value with
another barrel Of sugar. But does this show
suit both to common sense, and to all human
experience, for our so,called statesmen to
ia always al par with gold Z Such statements
reveal IN amazing lack Of thought"
We continued the discussion. But It tires me
to write. and must defer further narrative to
another time. AN OLD BANKER.
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More Muc,lage ON tho Stamps.

To THE EDITOR or THx sUS-Sfr: I am not without
pride for my country though may possess little
admiration for either the Stuffed Prophet" Presi.
dent Harrison. But a. private citizen. protest
against the socned econSmy OF the exlstinR Admins.
tration In the manufacture Of postage stamps When
imam p compelled to carry around with him bottle
"stIckihg" It Is time for another rebellion.
within the past two weeks have purchased at least
200 stamps from the gentlenanIy rostmasters. and
not one Of them wouldd its duty without u dose Of
mucilage.
and apply the saving therein TO better " stickum on
may have better postage service IL Mr.. wahamaker
working up another SA0OOO0 corruption fund Yours
for good stamps CHARLES W. RrssELL
ALBANY, March %.
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To rHE Enron or rns sus-sr. In an editorial In
this mornings Issue OF your paper notice somo words
criticsing the bill now before the Legislature which
asks that suffrage be extended only to women who
work for their living as WACO earners, and secondly
blaming Miss Anthony and her colleagues for support
ing such measure. Your censure Is undescrved.
The biiii question did como from and 10 not
dorsed by any organization Of woman suffrage women
Tho National and State Woman Suffrage Associations
dsapprove Of II much you DO ana have given Il
countensnce whatsoever. The measure emanated from
alone Miss Anthony and her colleagues think with
that suoh lektation would BIO an insult to the wives
and mothers OF the State and totally opposed to
any class distinctions IN the extension OF suffrage.
We believe that all women OF voting aye should vote
for all ELECTIVE ofhccrs and have always maintained
that postSn N regard 10 the sttutionai Conyen
iop, we asked that women should be allowed to vote
for delegates on equal terms with men for think
little hard to blame us we willing TO aocept the
proposition that there may DO women in that Conyen
lion to represent women, even II tho present Legsla
ture cannot the Justice or giving them the sht to
vote for dels Rates. LLLiE DEvK Rkux BLAZE
East F0Krr.rousrH sTRxkr, March ~.
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Round to Get His Property.

man in Biddeiord. Ma. is In queer pre-.
dicament regarding q piece Of property. He
owns fifty acres OF land somewhere In the
suburbs Of the city. but Just where that land 10
no ono seems able 70 ind out Tho property
his grandmother. and the boundary lines have
not been run TOR many years There Is some
faint record OF tho original grant, Blu nothing
clear enough to establish tho lines oI the plot
The city has advertised the land tn he sold for
taxes. and the owner Is IN hopes. OF finding his
sale and bid In, tho land himself. and linen the
authorities will he Obliged To establish the
cant sell anything II can't deliver. aud can't
deliver anything 1t can't dad.
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HAS OUTLINED A CENTURY.
PIERCE cRoTTY rs As oLD A. TH1
UNITED STATES.

He was Born Before washington Wss
1nauEurateh - Came To This Country
when James Monroe Wac Presideat--
Voted Tor Andrew jackson Ia 1889 aaA
Hopes to Vote Axa,n-srys Mes Were
Better Then, but Not 40 Smart as Now.
At 224 West Sixty-flrst street lives man
named Pierce Crotty. who ls in the neighbor.
hood OF 100 years old. according to the bese
calculations that can DO made, who has lived
in New York more than seventy Ave years.
who Ia in fair health. In excellent spirits. and
has good hope Of seeing and enjoying sevs
eral years more OF life.
The building at 224 West sixty.flrst streetis
tenement with an outside that is far more
prepossossing than it's interior. You go up
two flights OF dark stairway. 60 back along tho
dark hall and knock at tho door tn tho left
There will be no answer from that door. boz
cause tho old man who lives there spends
most OF his time In Mrs. Ella McGuire's apares
ment. which is reached through tho door ims
mediately adjoining. She will hear you knock
and will como to her own door and invite VOC
in. The old man will be sitting by the stove.
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He is Of medium height. with very lean
form. and hands that show that he has reached
o considerable age. He sits with his head Q
little bowed. and handles two canes In rest
less way. His head is bald. EXCEPT for fringe
Of white hair. with wisp on the top In front.
His features are good. and while the years
have left many a wrinkle upon his face. he does
not look nearly his age. II It happens to b
one OF his lively days. he will entertain you
with many curious "reminiscences. II he Is noe
feeling 80 we'll. he will sit silent. but will sns
swer all questions courte ously. Age has moo
soured his disposition. and he is fond Of laughs
ing. II he finds anything to laugh at.
As all his relatives in New York are dead
Mrs. Mcclure boards him and looks after him.
He has lived with her four years and at the
time he came to her he told her that he was 10]
years and months old Until the last year hO
had an excellent memory. but then 1t began to
fail and during the few last months he recalls
the past only in general way and has lost all
idea OF time. His eyesight 10 good and his
hearing Is only slightly impaired. He eats
heartily. although he has to be somewhat CARE
full the choice OF food. He has all OF his teeth
and they are almost az sound as In his youth.
He has been sick but twice in his life. once
for seventeen weeks with q fever, and again.
eighteen years ago. when he crippled his baGk
by falling. At the present time his only trouble
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that hour and inquiries about breakfast Whoa .
he finds out what time 1t L. he goes back to
bed and waits until he forgets that he has been
that as4s be yss born about ths
was the SECOND Of family Of twenty Seven
children: He has forgotten exactly when he
hs .fs4 try b S he hss Tss
members. that New York was a little town. and
that he had not very far TO walk from where
membe having. heard Of James Madison and
Of Monroe R End md, Of Je{erson but he remembers
Everybody. was talking about him then, n
But he died when Twas still young fellow"
ne fail aid sks out his naturalization
The first President he voted Tor was Audrey
1923 He got work at the plant, OF the Man
haitian Gas Company about sixty.one yeAsSl
aae h Of s eStf W.
years: Then. eighteen years ago; he fell from
one Of tho houses in the compapy's yard. and
De % wok NE he
served them 80 long; working for years nfter1
pension pens which Is now %; y bis support. N
MhSn he T asa asked II he had eyer been "a
thought OF getting mnrried up to that time. !
But he was 50 lonely and miserable that hei
then about iliteen years ago. She died. leavins1
MIN dIuHo HRaiU.
"Once WAS enough" said the old man. ,w!thQ
hoarse chuekle that plainly indicated hiS
very poor opinion Of tho advantages OF doubled
blesseineSs.
He is inclined tn be pessimistlc in his vewal
Of the moral progress Of the world. He suid: "A
A.. They're worse than they used to ~. B0D
they re smarter
Until u year ago he read tho papers regl. 4;
q while because his memory Is NJ poor. In htGi
early days no travelled n good deal, making q
trip to Spain and another trip to ireland. Thei
latter was to see his I'D mother. and he goes
there Just In time to close her eyes. Almost;
his W hole life has been passed In the qu!sEi
round OF work and sleep In New York. He
ne used h rn fnd
tastes have been sim pie and his life has besA
peaceful and contented. CLOCKS back over u
with satisfaction and finds lie had fow sorrowe.
When we begin to think Of this great length
OF days II seems almost incredible that'R man
should be still live who was born before the
Constitution Of the United states was ratified
and before Washington was President ThiSs
some faint echoos q The fame Of Napoleon,
when no came to TINS country. well grown
but recently ended. He trudged back
ward and forwa,h from his work. heAr.
ing. gossip of Indian 4, warfare In the
wildernessea OF western New York. and the
strip along the coast with a lew hall; exni9red
territories beyond tho All cghaniss. New York
was then a town. and no lius seen IL grow
around his work until 1t stretches for miles
beyond where no then lived In unbroken lines
OF houses. A century Is II great while TO live.
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BRooKLYN. March 20. 1892.
TIE Democratic Electors-The MugwunPs
VIII Have 10 Name n Second Ticket.

~. -, -, Mn. s,,,-c;.. nh Nav
.ork nonors VINO ,1 nre ~ =, W"r hra hoon ~
syracuse on inc siss Q. may, "a.e Ioen p.o-
claiming to the country that the regular a Dem,
&c., &c., -, WV "anonn of,sir caI,ed NV ths
fepruary was snap analI' calieu w .u0
sentative body Of Democrats. I believe the
Fahrmsrv Convention named the electors to
be voted for by the Democrats OF the Empire
State next November. and. therefore. II the
Convention was machine made. and domi-
mated by Senator Hill. does 1t not behoove the
Mupwumn bolters who are to assemble at
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Ia weakness, which has
to prsvent him from
moving about much:
Until agar ago he used
to walk out every pleas
ant day and take Q look
at the hborhood.
But walking exhausts
him so much that he
finds 1t more comfort
able to sit at home. As
he Is not at all eccen-
trio. Mrs. Mcclure has
no trout bio with him ex-
cept for the short time
he sleeps. He goes to
bed early. and wants to
get up about 3 o'clock
In tho morning. Often
h N NM RI ho lNnr n 4
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The OLD New Havsa Banker R~lates Some
or Hts Very Rennrk able Experience
win . Wild and W emily Silver Mas.


New HAVEN. March 2o-sinceI was young
man the world has changed and grown much
worse. M first Presidential vote was cast for
Van Buren, In 1888. and I we'll remember the
pleasure with which political speeches could
then be listened to. and tho absolute cOhil-
dence had that my candidate and myself
were both perfectly right. In those happy
days. when q politician said he was honest
tho voters knew no was honest II Grover
Cleveland had then lived and told his hearers
that being candidate for the Presidency was
q solemn trust which burdsned his righteous
soul with AZ awful sense OF responsibility no
ono would have either casped or sneered ut
him us they now DO II ho had warned them
against silver and told thom that gold WAS the
symbol OF honesty aud that contoutulont and
prosperity always abode where 1t was tho solo
legal tender. they would have reversed tho old
proverb. and said: verify. this wiso man
speech Is better than silence" Int owl DAYS
have come upon us. aud we nre now contin-
ually shocked nnd worried by uncertainty and
unpleasant surprises. We can't believe every
thing as onco We could.
These things have said that you may hettor
understand my annoyance and hewildernie emit
by some incidents which occurred yesterday. l
had boon told there was wild and woolly sil.
yer man In this city. and. having mover so"n
such specimen Of the grias homo. naturally
had curiosity to 800 him and talk Will, HIN. Of
course. ! expected to Immediately overcome
him In argument. and thought. II opportunity
arose 10 put uuvstions. that his confusion
would be complete
Icslled At his house. and. after Introducing
mysclf sn'd wished to talk about finance
lie received me very ioiitoly. ] scanno,i him
intehtly, because hnd expected to 400 per
son with Dyes In u i,no frenzy rolling" hut
msrsfiks bard .cadi basin "s. man, mn '''"0"
~ ny nft"r .nIIrisr ! fn9m,i His library
on rel.tlrai esonomy, and ni,"r ~ Lrief uonvsr.
sAHoh stw hn wis quite familiar with them.
Yer iis writing ,iosk u motto D., large letters
pinned, J,saIil!ty 81 yaiH"is .no q ts
This motto pusslMl mo very muri,. hscausS
stable value ! Inquired i ns Ind rrai rI my y
.S ." eys ss y" sSsS | invited
Ho smiled and said ho lnli. and he then
Esmaikct. In a rather ruustir n,rnnrr TINT
mere was ane adpnr.tinn 81 ~, Paul wllin!
a dGfSon h. ss s VI. M n"s w %s. rsssS y
Inn q zenl not according 70 Knowledge"
Tx Junior nottled mo-. mud ithcn asksa Il 10
money. bocaus,. II lind lxed Intrinsic value.
and tho gold dollar was always ut pnvY In tho
! !anEnaGe ~ our guld stntns,arn In Congress.
VIZ !? Nv Mnc nn1i: ani nncl,angcab!e" >.
snow u. and y,M 'lo not knew II either. Every
se ,Sl's: - US aist consider the pnr static
say the gold dollar ia always at par. what do
sSsp.e s1F SsDii. XXI sYus mt ss tina. N.
SEQ dollar IVES swsJs WOrth iust0Se hundred
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consistent advocacy Of silver equally with gold as the
money recognized by the Constitution and to be kept
Of equal value ~ the only means OF using both as
money. wJ.F.
RocnEsrIR. March 80.