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dozen; tomatoes 81 sd 30 per eo1sn.
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The sun., 1893-08-31
is.a.orsa,id,s WORK An the Balkans.

The great Sobranje has sanctioned
the changes In the Bulgarian constitu-
tion which the lesser S0branJe lately
voted; sanctioned them with an amaz-
ing unanimity of obedience. There is
no possible reason why these altera-
tions should have dlspleasing to the
powers, since they provide the country
with a dynasty and tend to solidify the
nation. A strong Bulgaria between
Russia and Constantiuople is most de-
sirable, and the present conditions OF
the Balkans affords the surest proof
Of Lord Beaconsfelds sagacity at the
Berlin conference. His compliance
with the desires of Russia on that 0c-
casion startled many people Russia
wished to manufacture a congeries OF
small and independent states in order
that she might occupy them in the day
of her good pleasure. Lord Beacons-
field knew that independence Is the
last gift which nation will willingly
surrender; and the event has proved
him wise i'm his hour Indeed the re-
cent act of the great Sobranje is the
last disaster which has fallen upon
the expansive pan-Slavist party as
result of the Russo-Turkish war; the
last revenge brought in by the whirli-
gig of time upon the victors.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The sun., 1893-08-31
The Unemployed.

Nothing can be more dishonesty
partisan than the attempt of the pro-
lection organs to make 1t appear that
fear of the tariff reform which the peo-
pie have twice decreed Is responsible
for the large number of workingmen
out of employment. 1t is obviously q
false claim for these reasons:
/. BY far the greater number of the
unemployed have not been engaged in
the protected industries. The decrease
of activity is caused, as all candid busi-
ness mon agree, by monetary distrust,
due to fear of the lapsing of the cur
rency to silver standard. 1t affects
the railroads, the building trades, do
mestic service, silver mining, and a
hundred other industries and occupa-
tions having no connection with the
tariff.
2. The reforms proposed in the tariff
will stimulate rather than depress in
dustries. Can anybody but an idiot, or a
protection editor, conceive that prop
osition to untax their raw materials or
machinery will stop cotton or woolen
mills, iron manufacturers and the con-
sumers of tin-plate?
3. The American people are not fools
or children to be frightened at the
prospect of having their own twice.
repeated demand fulfilled year hence.
5, Every organized body of business
men that has spoken on the subject has
attributed the present trouble to an
other cause.
The sun., 1893-08-31
Impressions ON the Brain.

1t is computed by leading physialeg-
lists that since one-third Of 4 second snf-
fees to produce IN impression on the
brain, q man who has lived to be 100
years old must have collected upon
the folds of his brain matter at least
9,4G7, ,2S0,000 impressions, Or, again
take off ene-third for sleep, and we find
G,311, $4,000 indentations memory S
finger marks-on and in the brain. This
would give 3,155, 100000 separate wax
Ing impressions to the man who lives
to be but fifty years old. Allowing an
average weight Of four pounds to the
brain, deduct one-fourth for blood and
other vessels and attachments, and an
other fourth for external integument,
and we still find that each separate
gram of brain matter contains ZOE, ,542
traces or impressions Of Ideas,
The sun., 1893-08-31
The Campaign Is Over.

There is evidently misapprehension
Of the political and economic situation
in this country ia the minds of Repub-
Ecan politicians. From the retired
Harrison to the aspiring Mckinley,
from the amiable Depew to the AFRO
CANT Reed, they are talking as though
the reform of the tariff were still an
open question. You mistake, gentle
men. The tariff campaign is over for
three years at least. Try and get that
fact into your heads. We met you upon
the issue of Nc Kinleyism in 1890, and you
received the worst beating that any
party in power ever experienced. We
met you again, upon an appeal from
Judgment, last year. You were again
overwhelmed. A President and Con-
gress pledged to reform of your
worse-than-war tariff were elected.
The Democratic party will execute its
commission from the people as soon as
the more Immediately Imperative duty,
which likewise grew out of your legls-
lation, is performed. Do not imagine
that you can now work the tariff scare"
to defeat the will of the people, That
fight is over.-New York World.
The sun., 1893-08-31

A young man and young woman
lean over the front gate. They are
lovers. 1t is moonlight. He is loath
to leave, as the parting is the last. He
is about to go away. They swing on
the gate.
I'm never forget you," he says, ''and
If death should claim me, my last
thought will be of you"
I'll be true to you," she sobs. III
never see anybody else or love them
as long as / live"
They part. Six years later he re-
turns. His sweetheart of former years
had married. They meet at Il party.
She has changed greatly. Between the
dances the recognition takes place.
Let me see,' she muses., with her
fan beating tattoo OH her pretty hand,
"was it you or your brother whom L
used to know?"
Really, 1 don't know" he says.
Probably my father" Boston Globe.
The sun., 1893-08-31
Queer Verdict OF scotchmen.

The literary forgery case which re-
Gently occupied the attention of a
judge and jury in Edinburgh is in
teresting, not only for the nature of
the crime, but for the peculiar recon-
mendation of the jury. Alexander
Rowland Smith was convicted Of
fabricating manuscripts and letters
and disposing of them as genuine.
There were letters purporting to be
those Of Robert Burns, Sir Walter
Scott and other famous men, which
the defendant said he obtained
among the waste paper of a lawyers
office. High authorities in literary
affairs declared the documents to be
spurious. The jury found the defend
ant guilty, accompanying the verdict
with the statement that they, by q
a majority vote, Recommend the
prisoner to mercy on the ground that
his was an unusual crime and be-
cause Of the easy facility Of disposing
Of the spurious documents afforded
him." Apparently if he had COM
mitted any ordinary crime and had
been successful only by great efforts
in obtaining money for the letters,
he might have received a much
longer term of imprisonment than
one year, which he will be compelled
to undergo.
The sun., 1893-08-31
HOME SACRIFICES.
Lives That Are Dull and PrOsnic but
Nevertheless Heroic,

Lives That Are Dull and PrOsaic but
Nevertheless Heroic.
The college graduate often sacrifices
time, talent and opportunity in loyal
service to the interest of those who are
near and dear to him, says the Youths
Companion.
A Yale student had barely finished
his college course when his father
died suddenly, leaving large family
in reduced circumstances. The young
man had planned professional career
for himself and had an excellent open
ing in Western city. Without a
murmur he remained in the East, OBJ
tained a clerkship in an insurance Of
flee and earned what he could for the
support of the family.
Year after year he devoted his life
with cheerfulness to q business for
which he had no taste. 1t was plain
duty to help his mother and sisters,
and it was not shirked.
AS time passed he read law and was
admitted to the bar, but the neces-
sity of feeding and clothing those at
home forced him to remain an in
srIraAce clerk. Meanwhile college
classmates without Il drag upon their
careers were rising steadily to posi-
tiOns of eminence in professional life.
Some men always get the burnt
cOOky," he used to say, grimly.
That was his sole comment upon the
sacrifice Of his youthful hopes and
ambitions to commonplace home du-
ties.
Another college graduate had hardly
received his diploma before he was
compelled to face poverty and family
disgrace. His father, who had been
reputed to be wealthy, was an en-
bezzler and fugitive from justice
His mother and sisters were entirely
dependent upon his modest earnings
in brokers' Office.
He had planned taking an advanced
course of professional study in archi-
lecture. His ideal occupation had to
be abandoned. He was in love with
charming girl, but ceased to visit
her, since marriage was out of the
question. An opportunity for years
travel in Europe at friends expense
was given up.
Year after year he maintained q
hard, bitter struggle to make living at
uncongenial employment for his mother
and sisters, to support his father
abroad and to overcome prejudice
caused by the family disgrace. He be-
came Il successful business man, but
was prematurely gray at forty. His
life was haunted by the ghosts of his
youthful hopes.
Such lives do not furnish material
for exciting stories. They are dull
and prosaic, but are nevertheless he
roic. To give up all that is dear to
youth and to be loyal to family obliga-
tions sometimes is a. crowning triumph
of unseltishness.
The sun., 1893-08-31
BRAINS NEEDED IN BURGLARY.

Much Time and Labor Expended
When the Prospective Booty II
Worth While.
Few people have an idea of the inn
mense amount of labor, forethought
and scientific skill brought to bear on
q big burglary, says writer in the
New York Recorder. The first thing
necessary Is to find Il house containing
sufficient valuables to repay the trouble
take many weeks. Let it be under
stood that only the highest class of eX-
pert burglars are meant; men with
comfortable banking accounts and
houses Of their own and who, after re-
ducing the risk to a minimum by elabo-
to keep them in affiuence and eminent
respectabiIIity for more than year,
although having but a third share, as
these burglaries are invariably worked
by three. To illustrate the wonderful
resource and leisurely way of proceed
ing adopted by burglars take case re-
lated by Il prominent detective. The
principal of the burglars in this in
stance, having fixed on a certain house,
was unable to acquire sufficient infor-
nation concerning it and the owners.
This man then went to the local butcher
supplying the house and applied for q
situation as driver of one of his carts
which delivered meat at his customers
residences. After producing unquestion-
able references (hoW obtained no one
ever knew the man was engaged on
the round, which included the house
fixed upon. Incredible as it may ap-
pear, he stayed with his employer for
over seven months, and gave the ut
most satisfaction; his only failing being
a weakness for chatting with the sery-
ants. Five days after his resignation
a gigantic burglary was effected at the
house selected; and pfonaFtE valued at
over $4,000 was stolen. The thieves
had smoked several cigars and drank
a bottle of port, so that they were in no
hurry, and to crown all, the booty was
conveyed to it's destination in the own
er's pony phaeton, which was duly re-
turned the same night, but 14 real
clue was afforded, aud the burglars
We're never captured.
On another occasion a chambermaid
was escorted out, with view to matri-
mony (and burglary, for two months
before the event came off. A convey
ance is always at hand, and generally
Of stylish appearances; in fact on one
occasion broughafn was used, which
the passers-by, and even the policeman
on the beat, imagined was the property
of one of the residents close by. AS
tegdrds TOOLS very few are necessary,
owing 70 the sRill and ingenuity of the
operator. With q jimmy, spreader,
drill, a few pieces of strong bent wire
and little gunpowder, the expert bur-
glar can make his way anywhere. To
these are sometimes added set of
"stumblers" These are lengths of fine
steel wire, with pointed stakes about
foot long attached to each end, and
half dozen of these make but little
bulk. These stumblers are fixed on the
lawn or paths about the house in such
a way that the wires are raised about
six inches from the ground and prove
such a success in case Of pursuit that
the burglars are compelled to hang
pieces Of white paper from the wires
in order to escape their own traps, as
they always run over them. a~~.~'
The sun., 1893-08-31
BOOKS AND THEIR AGE.
Too Many Think They Have Treas
ureS in Ancient Volumes.

Too Many Think They Have Treas
ures in Ancient Volumes.
A young man writes from st. Joseph,
Mo-, to a dealer In this city that he
is offering for sale, through the stress
of hard times, q very rare book, pre-
sumably ''the oldest book in America"
The volume is printed in Dutch, is in
perfect condition, and was published
more than 300 years ago. The present
owner, whose letter proclaims his illit-
eracy, believes that he has a veritable
treasure. He will be terribly shocked
when he discovers that his treasure
is worth in the market not more than
So.
Age alone gives vakle to but very
few books. Yet the average person has
an idea that if book was printed long
ago it must necessarily be valuable.
And, what is curious, different people
differ as to the dates that constitute u
book old. There are those who fancy
that a volume printed 100 years ago
must be esteemed very old, very rare
and very valuable. Others show you
with pride Hudibras printcd-we will
say-in 1850, or a Bible printed 200
years ago; and these volumes are cher
ished because of their antiquity! A
very worthy lady living in Massachlls-
etts recently exhibited with an elabor
ate flourish volume of sermons bear
ing the date of 17S5-a volume she rev.
cred, loved and treasured because of
it's age: @ few moments later she gave
UP to the writer without any heSitancy,
charming little 1927 reprint of the
New England primer.
Age only gives value to comparative
ly few books. Hundreds of volumes
printed in the seventeenth century are
to be had at our secondhand shops
at prices ranging from 10 to % cents
apiece, and the average vellum Of $50
years ago is worth so per cent Il SIS in
the market to-day than is one of Haw-
thorne's or of 9Vhitters cunning little
first editions printed between 1888 and
1912. Going over an English catalogue
q few days ago we made O note of the
prices of items bearing dates from 1890
to 1910, and we found that the sixteen
volumes offered for sale could be had
for $J.92, about 35 cents apiece. Last
winter here in Chicago a twenty-four
volume edition of Melancthon, printed
at Amsterdam in 1860, was sold to the
Armour Institute library for S.. BY
actual weight and by it's actual meas
urement for they were monstrous
folios in double-thick vellum) they were
cheaper than coal by the ton or wood
by the cOrJl-Eugene Field in Chicao 90
Record.
The sun., 1893-08-31
How Labor Is Protected.

An interesting revelation of the way
the protected manufacturers Of Ben1-
sylvania try to benefit the condition of
the American workingman is made by
SO unimpeachable an authority as the
Philadelphia Press. This journal prints
an interview with Mr.. John J. Quin-
Ian, the. chief contract-labor inspector
ut Ellis Island in New York harbor,
who says that during July his force ex-
alnined at least 1000 people who were
suspected of being contract laborers,
and barrel out some 800, of whom 200
have already been returned TO the
countries from which they came, "We
have found in great many cases." he
said, that the contract men we're COM
Ing here to work in the iron industries,
principally in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
Indiana, at wages as low as 80 cents q
day, against 81. so and $1.75 paid the
American workman. Mr. Quinlan pro-
ceeded as follows:
Hegs is an instance that can show you from
py papers OF skilled Hungarian going to the
parnegie Works at Homestead I&if he had not
been prevented-at 81 25 O day when the regu-
lar wages are $1.75. The usual procedure in
such instances is, II the imported man gets
through all right, they ask him ct the works,
hsytng fepnq that he il Q skilled man, You
The sun., 1893-08-31
CALIFORNIA CONDOR.
Huge Bird Shot on the Edge of the
Desert.


Desert.
Archibald Campbell, writing from
Laguna. on the edge of the desert, I'M
der date of Aug. 1, says: To-day as
Henry E. Clark was riding near the
aaguEa he noticed a large bird among
some caFPioR crows, eating at a steer
which had died from Q rattlesnake bite.
1t few up into a tree, where he shot
st with rife, and the shot broke its
Fhigb. 1t then few away among some
rocks, Sipn he threw his RATA over it
and caught it, and it tried to get away
and nearly unhOrsed him. He gave it
another shot through the wing and
disabled it. He brought it home aDd
it measured 10 feet inches across the
swings and feet II inches long from
the beak to the end of the tail. Nalen-
9ine, the captain of the Indians, says
sc Is a female and not near so large as
the males. The males have the under
part snow white, while this is pretty
dark. ] think It is the cathertes vul-
turinus, also called the California yult-
ure, which approaches the condor in
size and has wings even longer in pro-
portion. 1t is very little inferior to
fhe condor in spread of wings, which
DaInFRl history says OIIen spread TO
more than 10 feet, with length of 4
feet. Last Sunday, as a party of us
Svere out on the high peaks overlooking
the desert, three Of the birds kept cir
cling around overhead, and now and
again by far the biggest of the birds
svsuld swoOp down suddenly toward
ns and make such ugly demonstrations
that the ladies got scared, and we all
left on that account. I thinks their
young were ia the cliffs above Us and
they wanted to scaPe us away. The
biggest was winter underneath than
the other two, and think that it was
one of these smaller birds that Wag shot.
Mrs. Wiegar from San Diego, who is
efP here on visit, skinned the bird,
and oa her return will take it with her
and put it OF exhibition at the chamber
OF commerce. They are very rare here
now. Valentine says they used to be
Very numerous here when he was
young. Two years ago we used to see
a solitary yuituRe every now and again,
sDrt he disappeared, and now these
three are to be seen neaR the same
place This 6fe, I think, could have
easily carried off a spotted fawn, q
goung calf or baby.-SaR Diego Sur
The sun., 1893-08-31
Ouium n RenefactOr.

Still another contribution to the
opium controversy is furnished by Ali
Dharamsi, a Mohammed solicitor Of
Bombay, a fellow of the university,
and a justice of the peace. In giving
his experience to the use of opium, both
in Bombay and his native province,
Catch, he declares that, as compared
with aieohQl, it does not harm at all.
He states positively that the quantity
taken does not increase with the habit.
He found opium eaters of from fifty
to eighty years old looking robust and
healthy. He believed the habit to be
so rooted that prohibition would pro-
duce smuggling, which, in the case of
drug so small and so desired, could
not be suppressed. He holds that it's
suppression, if it could be affected,
would be followed by an immense in
grease, in the use of alcohol, which,
to all the dark races, is most deadly.
They cannot afford wine, and drink on
ly to be drunk. There is such an an
cient and deep-rooted prejudice against
the use Of opium in Western countries
that Mr. Dharamsi's arguments are not
likely to make much impression upon
the opium fanatics, but there IS every
reason TO believe that he knows what
he is talking about, and his evidence
is, therefore, valuable; furthermore, it
is markedly contirmatory of some re-
cent testimony on the subject, the CO.
gency and weight Of which are beyond
question.