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ing point is not uncommon. Gen. GREELr
sums up the climatic diversities Of Texas in
q striking manner when he says, Tho
apple and olive. cotton and hay find con-
genial habitat " there.
With regard to the rainfall. some portions
OF the State have less than an inch amonth.
and are q part OF the arid regions, while
other sections have more than an inch q
week. immigration IL becoming more and
more difficult to attract into regions whose
climatic conditions are not definitely known.
We may readily see what an injustice may
be done to a State like Texas by erroneous
ideas as to It's climatic conditions: and
such reports as this OF the Chief Signal
Officer Of the army upon the climatic con-
ditions OF Texas and their bearing upon
agricultural pursuits. are calculated to be
OF the highest service to the great State,
whose extent and resources are still i'm
perfectly understood.
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From our esteemed Tory contemporary.
the Ottara Citizen. comes a cry OF alarm
which seems to awaken no response in
Downing street:
"Canadas interest Hes In the fact that the islands
are situated on the direct route from Canada to Australia
and on the line OF commerce between this country and
Chill. They are an important station in tho British
cable system, and II IL desirable. from our point of view,
that II they arc not independent. England At all events
should possess supreme influence there. so that Hawaii
may serve a. q centre from which she can exercise
surveillance of the Pacific Ocean and also as head.
quarters for her feet.
1t 10 to DO hoped that effective measures will be
taken to prevent tho United States from annexing ter.
ritories which IN future are lk ely to DO OF SO much i'm.
portance TO US"
Canada's interest lies In becoming a part
Of the United States. The prosperous de-
velopment Of her commercial and industrial
future depends upon political union with
the United States. and by the inevitable
propulsion Of self-interest she is being
drawn to the United States. Itwould be an
obstacle to her commerce In the Pacific In
the future to have the Hawaiian Islands
under other than American control.
The incorporation OF Hawaii with the
United States will do Canada no harm at
present. and will be Of great benefit to the
Canadian States Of the United States In the
glorious future. Our friend In Ottawa is
repining at ar annexation which annexed
Canada will highly approve.
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A High Old Libel Law.

Mr.. WALTER II. BAHAN represents the
Ninth Assembly district OF this town In tho
Legislature OF 1893. Mr.. BAHAN wants to
amend the criminal law OF libel. To that
end he has introduced in the Assembly q
bill to add to the Penal Code o new section
In these words:
section 2A2a-Any person or persons. nrm. company.
society. cooperation. or organization who shall pub
lish. print. report, utter. or in any way or manner mako
public. or cause. aid. abet. or assist in publishing.
printing, reporting. or uttering the name or names Of
q person or persons, partnership. arm. society. club.
corporation. or organization. who for non.pnyment Of
debt are commonly called delin 1uent debtors. or .
delinquent. debtor. 10 guilty OF . IN punish
able by q nne Of $500 or Imprisonment in a peniten-
tiary or county jail for the term Of ono year or both.
This section shall no: Affect tho publication in any
daily Newspaper of any proceedings In courts Of justice
in reference to Judgment Debtors
The author Of this bill ought to nave Of
fered q reward to any one who could tell
what it means. or could discover u ~scintilla
Of sense in 1t.
In terms. 1t declares any one to be n GRIM
inal who utters the name Of a delinquent
debtor. The utterance. for all that appears.
may be by word OF mouth merely. although
up to the present time oral defamation has
not been O crime in this State. We can
hardly believe 1t possible. however. that
any person Of ordinary intelligence can Sc
riously propose to make such changes In
the law: and we are forced to the conclusion
that the bill Of Mr.. BAHAN has some hidden
meaning which We cannot divine.
Judging from some measures introduced
at Albany since the present session began.
q protective enactment will soon be needed
making 1t O crime to expose the asinine
character OF proposed legislation.
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stand taken on our behalf by ALEXANDRA
ii. at a crisis wheno our national existence
was at stake, the French Emperor having
put forth oil his influence at Westminster
to persuade the British Government to join
him in intervening on tho side OF the South
ern Confedoracy. Then 1t was that the
Car, who freed the Russian SORTS, caused
his ambassadors at Paris and London TO an
nounce that. IL France and England undor-
took 10 assure tho destruction Of the Ameri-
can Union and to perpetuate the regime
of slavery in the Western hemisphere. they
would flnd Russia arrayed against them.
Nor was the friendly i~ntcrposition OF ALEX
AMBER ii. confined to words. Simulta-
ncously with the utterance OF diplomatic
warnings. q Russian fleet was directed to
proceed under sealed rders to the harbor
OF New Yorx. and a Russian squadron was
despatched to the bay OF San Francisco.
For us. for tho American republic. for the
consolidation OF our Union. the Car made
known his willingness to fight; and there
Is not the shadow OF n doubt that his
willingness averted q catastrophe.
Is II likely that Americans will ever forget
services like these Not 30 long as our
children remember with gratitude their
fathers friends: not SO long as the blood OF
tho men OF the Revolution. OF the wal OF
1912. and OF the war for the Union courses
through our veins and celebrities our hearts.
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The death OF Mrs. WILLIAM c. WHITNEY.
which 1t was our sad Office to announce yes
terday morning. 10 a bereavement which
touches. besides her husband and her family.
. wide circle OF sorrowinG friends. Mrs.
WHITNEY had great intellectual and socisl
gifts. generous impulses. and a sincere desire
to promote the happiness Of all among whom
her lot was cast. Her own and her husbands
means enabled her to dispense n lib
eral hospitality. and she did It with
a skill and taste which made her
q centre OF social attraction wherever she
resided. whilo to those who had the good for
tune to be intimately acquainted with her she
uniformly exhibited the same simple. unpre-
tending affection that marked her Ririhood.
Her death. coming as 1t does almost In the
very hour OF her husbands great political tri-
umph. and at the outset OF o beloved dauCh-
ter's career in society. is one OF those catas-
trophies which teach moro eloQuently than
words tho instability OF human happiness
ard the fragility of human expectations To
attempt to console those who are Immediately
afflicted by it Is useless: but IL sympathy can
comfort them. they are assured Of it in un-
stinted measure.
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4HH CASE OF rArHKs DE o4srRrss
NE De.ses the Accusations Against His
Teleernphed from the PnciHc Coast.

Ne De.te. the Accusations Against His
Photographed from the Pacific Coast.
Press dispatches from the Pacific const to
various Eastern newspapers told q month
ago what the Pacific const newspapers were
printing in greater detail about alleged SNUG
Cling and other operations OF fAbb6 De La
Croix de Castriea. THE SUS Is In receipt Of
the following lcttsf from him which 1t cheer
fully prints:
To rHE EptroH or TnR suS-Sir; II not contra ,ictcd
tie best retrscting form to repair the evil done TN,
erroneous and outrageous statrmcn' prb'ishtu ao,ut
ms in Your issue Of Jan, .. watch comes only to-day
have never been ensas d n any smuggling cheme
a,c, sdy or . nsxsTi ~ b by any cssc iis.inass. author 1y'
hav. never been seen except with very respo table
have never isit New York because Of any tcheitt I.
my acc UNITS with n Ca;hO &c church,
Nine. de Lachs.ss. whose rrpntn'ion is beyond any
,nspieion, "a my deyoiei nt,o. she "a no' been a"ay
most honorable gentleman, connected with the iiibsrnia
Hank, can Justly be proud of his wife. noble In every
II /. exceedingly regret able thai, such a paper as Tnu
s iG.t sns"gi .a Si DE- sr rnn1s.y ," ns I anu 'D0''"
Very near cy,ry s;ate,nen, your Esper nneliseea
sSSSy,h mS a s,m nfrGny 10 reS Sis ! my care rsp Sn' S. 10 sna my
sacerdotal character. Yours truly.
r.s-Ail the news originated from aWfu treatments
and brutal attacks withhradiy weapons made on neoy
rant nnI ransackinr ,avaseiy everything. and then
threading absurd defamstions to cover their track.
They have been placed under bonds to appear before
Ny ereaI:sranii., her. Gen. de Noai,le.. tough. .
Independents Of tne United states The Srsat grand:
son. who has devoted his No N doing peacefully good
brutal treatment from American repres-ntatives Of
me la.. and !. p,inruly srieved to ma such defams
ErERkTT. WASH. Jan. "a. 1898.
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Silver Repcal-A Perfectly Plain Duty.

In the Scnnte to-day Senator HILL will
call up tho Silver repeal bill and endeavor
to havo II considered. Next Thursday is
the day set for tho consideration OF n
similar measure by the House OF Repro
scntatives.
Its reported on good authority that Mr..
CLEVELAND now regards the repeal Of the
legislation requiring the coinage OF four
and q half million ounces OF silver monthly
Is the most important and most urgent
duty before Congress at the present time.
Senator HILL ind Mr.. CLEvELAND are
right. The coinage provision OF the SHER-
MAN Act should be repealed at once. Every
Democrat In the Senate or in the House
holds q commission from his party and
from tho people to do everything in his
power to bring about such a repeal.
Tie national Democratic platform OF 1892
contains thisp plank:
"ws denounco tho Republican legislation known as
the SHERMAN Act o: 1850 as = cowsrdly makeshift.
frsusht with possibilities Of danger in the future.
which should make all OF its supporters. as well IS Its
author. anxious for its speedy repeal"
There Is nothing obscure. nothing am
biguous. nothing unintelligible about this
denunciation. accepted by the party at Chi
cago and approved by tho nations vote in
November. The necessity Of a speedy rc-
peal Of the coinage provision OF the SHEER
MAN Act, without regard to what further
legislation there may be on tho subject OF
the currency. is Democratic doctrine. ex.
pressed In language which leaves no room
for misunderstanding.
II the party Is to redeem the pledges OF
the platform on which Mr.. CLEVELAND was
elected. the SHERMAN Act must be repealed.
That can be lone now. II Democrats in
the Fifty-second Congress recognize their
obligations and perform their duty. We
suppose that Mr.. CLEVELAND puts this
duty first OF all in his comparative esti-
mate Of urgency. for the very good reason
that until the Fifty-third Congress meets
there is no possibility OF repeating the
MCKINLEY tariff and wiping out protection
Ias an object or incident OF taxation.
The silver repeal accomplished. the way
will be clear for the other great enterprise
10 which the party has pledged itself. Let
no Democrat in the Fifty-second Congress
dare to stand In the way!
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The Disadvantages of Bigness.

TIL fat boy In the museum remarked one
| day that proportions such as his had their
| great disadvantages. This statement OF a
profound truth, based upon personal ex-
perience. seems to apply very we'll to the
State Of Texas. There are disadvantages
In bigness. This fact will impress any one
who reads the important report recently
prepared by Gen. ADoLPHUs w. GREELY,
Chief Signal officer. on 1.-The Climatic Con-
ditions Of Texas"
The Biographies. as a rule. do not help
ono to acquire correct notions OF the size Of
Texas. The State Is 80 large that few
atlas sheets show 1t on the same scale as
other States. except on general maps of tho
country. Studying Alabama IN one map
sheet and Texas on another. the attention
OF the student is seldom called to the fact
hat Texas Is shown on q much smaller
scale than Alabama: and very likely he
leaves school with quite erroneous notions
OF the size Of Texas as compared with
Alabama and other States. Gen. GREELY
gives some striking facts which convey a
more adequate idea Of the enormous area
OF Texas than many people entertain.
Although Texas belongs to the drainage
basin OF the Atlantic. it's extreme western
part In FL Paso county Is about 200 miles
nearer to Pacific waters than to the Gulf Of
Mexico. A part of the Pan Handle Is nearer
to the Great Salt Lake OF Utah than to the
Gulf OF Mexico. Fourteen OF the 228 coun-
ties are larger than the State OF Delaware.
The distance from FL Paso to the eastern
boundary Of the State is as great as that
from New York city to Chicago. The north
west corner OF the Pan Handle Is as far
from the southern boundary at Browns
villo as Chicago is from Mobile. While
the extreme northern part Of Texas is In
about the same latitude as Norfolk. the
most southern point of the State Is scarcely
one hundred miles north of Key West.
Texas Is one OF our great seaboard States.
only California and Florida exceeding 1t In
length OF seacoast: n yet there are large
regions in the State that are further from
the sea than many of our political divisions
In the interior. such as Idaho. Nevada, Ken
lucky. Tennessee, and Ohio.
II must make the intelligent citizen OF
the great State smile when he Is asked,
How about the climate of Texas ?" AS
Texas enjoys a variety of climates. 1t takes
some time adequately to answer so compre
hensive q question. The State extends
across eleven degrees OF latitude. While
snow and ice are practically unknown in its
southern portion. there are large areas
across which the severe :" norther" sweeps,
and where atemperature far below the freez-
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Secretary TRACY gave a surprise to those
| who had expected the new Bath-built ram to
be called the Ammen. after her designer. by
naming her the Katahdin. But whatever his
reasons for not introducing in this instance
the innovation OF notwithstanding the pioneer vessel
OF a new type after her ~planner. 1t cannot be
denied that the craft has a noble name.
And 1t Is a nnme not wholly now to our navy.
There used to be a small gunboat OF about 500
tons. mounting four guns. and having q speed
OF perhaps nine knots, called the Katahdin.
Butt he majestic mountain OF Maine deserved
a better representative In the navy. and the
novel and powerful craft launched on Satur-
day may prove such q representative. While
some abominable indian Names. such as Mus
coota and Koka. have in times past been fast
ened upon our vessels. there arc sonorous
and musical ones in plenty. that are we'll fitted
for our naval nomenclature. They include
mountains as we'll as rivers. There is no bet
ter name for a monitor than Monadnock. and
there Is no craft so famous in war on the list in
commission as WINsLow's Kearsarge.
The hatahdin Is q novelty In construction.
and may fairly be regarded as one Of Ameri-
cas- contributions to naval architecture.
Though she will have a light battery. It is for
craft. while her means Of aggression are fur
nished By her PROV. The question whether
this reliance is adequate. whether 1t furnishes
an ample use OF the money required to build
such a vessel. has long been a subject Of de-
bate. but our navy has gone ahead and built q
typica! ram. Good luck to the Katahdin,
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A Word for Russia.

In the current number OF the Century
Magazine there Is an interesting article by
Mr.. PIERRE BoTKINE. Secretary Of the Rus
sian Legation In Washington. 1t is OF the
nature Of IN appeal for al arrest of judy
ment In the matter Of the attempt made by
some American writer's to arouse inimlcal
feelings toward his countrymen and his
Government. We can assure Mr.. BoTKNE
that to no appeal from a representative Of
Russia will the American people ever turn
sdeaf ear. and that the ties OF gratitude
and friendship which bind US to the great
northern empire have never been more
firmly riveted than at the present hour.
1t is not for nations any more than FORM
dividuals to look a gift horse in the mouth.
II ls not the part OF magnanimity to accept
benefits and then to seek to evade the debt
Of gratitude by prying too ~curiously into
the donors motives. In vain have GER
tain historians attempted t shake the
deep and ardent affection which Amer
loans bear to France by assuring US that
It was simply hostility to England that
prompted the Ministers OF LOUIS XVI. to
embrace the cause Of tho thirteen coloniesi n
our Revolutionary war. The fact can never
efface that other fact that for years France
paid, armed, and clothed the Continental
Sorcos: that French and American soldiers
fought together In the trenches at York
town; and that RocHAMBEAU stood by tho
side Of WASHINGTON when CORVALLIS gave
up his sword. Those are things that q
nation can nevor forget. SO long as 1t Is
worthy to ROMAN a nation.
That We are under like tremendous obli-
cations to the house Of RoMANoFF Is rec
cSnized ny every American who knows the
history of his country. Whatever may
have been the motive which led CATHERINE
II. to Join the so-called League Of Neutrals.
the result Of the act was to complete
the encouragement Of the British
Ministers. to break the stubborn will
OF GEORGE Ill. and TO compel the ac-
acknowledgement OF American indepen-
dence. Whatever. again. may have been
the purpose controlling the mind of ALEX
]. when. Drawing the anger OF Ma
PoLEoN. he refused to enforce the Berlin
decrces against the American vessels
thronging the Baltic ports. there Is no
doubt that no rescued from ruin our COM
merce. We accepted redemption at his
hands; we proiteG by his protection: and
1t behooves US to remember 1t.
The services OF the house OF RoMANosB
20 the American republio oulIainatsd In the
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Tho Child In the Folding he'd.

To THE EDITOR or TnE sus-Sir: In Fridays Sun I
saw an account OF The smo.Eerlng OF n chIil IN n fold.
Ing bed. On Friday evening, while loot IE over some
old papers, saw the following printed uuacr tho head
OF foreign news In No. tG7 OF ~Benjau4n frankIin's
Pennsyiuania Gasete for Soy. IL. 1887,
LONDON. Aus. 10 ON saturday last a sad accident
happened at the Black Horse IN King street. BlunmE-
bury. whore = Servant Maid in hasIe 10 nnGsl or work
turned up a Press he'd with her AiStre. - ,H,id nslrrp
the Elm, The child WAS soon miss'd und Enquiry mai.
Alter ~ but no Rody could ave any Account thereof.
The Friends In great Fright searched many places 10
no Fnrposo but ut length taxing down the Bed they
found there the poor Innocent smOthcrri 10 Death.
Truly. there is nothing new. though in Tnr srS.
WARwIcE, N. Y. Feb. o. L. R.
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term In regular succession; but, previous 10
the FIRST Of these three successive terms,
which began in 1884. he had q term from
1875 to 1880. when he was succeeded By Gen.
MANUEL GONZALEZ. who held ONCE until he In
turn was succeeded by DIE. who has been
President for a longer period OF time than any
OF his predecessors since the establishme nt Of
the Mexican republic in 1924
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Mr.. CHARLES H. EMERSON Of Whitehall,
tho greatest living American authority on the
boomerang. informs US in a very modest and
proper note that he is u theoretical as we'll as
a practical boomerangist In other words. he
has studied and thinks he has mastered the
principles governing the flight OF the interest,"
ing missile which no handles with such prac-
teal dexterity and precision: being able to
hit himself. II We are not mistaken. at least
eleven times out OF twelve at a distance OF
fifty or sixty feet,
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1t Is i.E, seen ttat the Chinese aud Japanese to-
geth"r "H p1..b'r the Eawhiians; and the 2OooO
whites Ne'! he"Ily equal in number tho natives and
mixed.
There arc i1S sc'loo!s-38 Government native. %
Government ng''sh. and 4S iudependeni-wih 10 600
pupils, 81 whom over 1000 are pure or h~aIfcas,e fla.
waitans. lhr Postal Savings Bank has about 5000 de.
roSitoT', OF Wh0h about G~nctlirl Ae natives. The
Islands have about sixty Post oiiccs. Gitys x miles az
railway. IN! 40 miles or telegraph Nearly every
family IN i!p"olulu Is sald to have a Icle phone.
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rom he ADDS y ,ewnH.
First, fercniy-lve Per cent. of iaxablo property IA
owned by Americans, and these inen living In u foreign
land have n right TO claim protection from the Amer.
can nag. secondly, II is important TO the United States
navy that the Government OF the islands at all tines
b. friendly, 10 assure a coaiing station there sor ar
Nsss ls IN I " Pacific Ocean Thirdly, to prevent hrit -
territorial advancement IN ta:s hemisphere. and To Ell,
force to the letter the Monroe doctrine.
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I,om he LAX ma RelIiL
The familiar lines OF the poet: "LO. the poor Indian,
whose untltorcd mind. 81 seem peculiarly appropriate
IN connection with the reading Of the appeul led:
January III. 1895
North Yakima, Wash
Io " Sr Jdi1Hd R-"nd We ere indians in Yakima Res
erNgilon that We arr Sartistet tor A. 1. FIX. For han
TO DO our Indian Agent we know him for ten 10 years
ht 10 q good man and that Is why We want Him he IL a
good common man. not In high mind He is not Ike
o!hsrs nj b1r'hIst or COX, or Joseph ~stephson. But We
this 10 ali Indiana