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PARsoN cARTWRIGHr's WooIN0.
It Began at = Dance which He TurAeA
Into = Prayer Meeting.

MAscoUrAH, ILL.,, Dec. 8.-McKendrse College
at Lebanon has been presented with an Interest,"
ing relic in the shape Of n pair OF saddle bags, In
which the famous itinerant preacher, Peter
Cartwright, carried his Bible and hymn book in
his horseback travels In southern Illinois.
ParsOn Cartwright was n well-knOwn charac-
recalled by people who lived In southern llli-
nois nifty years ago. His elOqueRCe swayed
multitudes of people ~ the old-ttme camp
meetings In Egypt. When thoroughly arous-
ed by interruptions aud abuse the .parson
became n Yeritsble giant in strength. lie
would spring upon the bully like n tiger and
After the bully WAS whipped the pugilistio
preacher would suddenly change into a minis
lrating angel OF mercy aud dress the wounds Ot
his victim. lie would then 0iior IN a deyout
If he did not make q convert, which lac usually
did, lac eifectually disposed OF a disturbeT.
A romantic story OF Peter Cartwright is re-
lated in connection with his early days as .
preacher. When a hoy In his teens one night he
stopped at a country house in southern Illinois
for the night. The old-fashioned farm house
was prepared for a country dance. Iy tho time
young Cartwright had eaten his supper the
largest room had been cleared for dancing.
The pretty black-eyed daughter Of the host
walked straight up 10 the Young stranger and
asked him ia lead IN The dance, The remarkable
hcauty and winning manners 81 Tie ihrHler's
daughter Tor the moment mN~tIard ne AuulhIul
parsOn and he allowed himself go b" l'd 70 the
centre Of the room. Before the set" was
complete, however, the iagsoh hdd tIIHo 70 coll
lect himself.
nddlts the parsou druup,d upon mis- knees and
commenced 10 pray. There Nas mlrtA a. hrst,
but before n wa riu>rd there were tears IN the
laugh. The result was that the proposed dance
was turned into a revival meeting, and many OF
those present Tuic--ed religion then and there.
The farmer PRETTY daughter, who chose tho
parsoH fur her partner ia the dHnCo that night,
ait, rHard conseatcd 70 DO his partner in the
journey of lie.
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the ,h.n dlstinruishsd advoes.e q hleh lIeense.

the then distinguished advocate Of high license,
were probably the other two thathe referred 70;
hut when / remembered that the Hon. John j.
Piatt. the Prohibitionist OF Po~uRhkeepsie, was
also a member Of the Legislature, sadly came
10 tho conclusion that was probably not in
a." other names have since occurred TO me
which make me wonder TO which three the
palm Of merit Of being permitted to enter Coz.
Bacon's parlur should be awarded. How about
the valiant little leader, DanfOrth. n; AIMS
worth Of Oswego? Or Capt. James IL. Menue,
VILE. the skipper OF the Horizon on the placid
waters OF Lake GEORGE, or the. Titan General,
Nehemiah Martin Curtis of st. LawrencoI
or course there would be no use in Col. Bacons
inviting any Of the great departed into either
his parlOr or kitchen, but among the nunber
who graced tho Assembly. hambe OF 1857
were the Hon. James w. Hustled, Robert Ray
Hamilton. Senators Frank Is. Arnold hlu
Gcorgc. Il. Erwin.
ON the Democratic side Of the house were
Senators Ives. Langbein,. and Cantor, Judge
GicueriCh, and George :. Weed.
In the matter Of the Spcaking OF decent Englsh,
I think n list OF more than twenty could 20 com
piled from either side Of the house. Waiter. q.
Smith, now Of Honolulu, can write pretty tHlr
English, as can also the Hon. Wan. j. Mckenna,
since County Clerk, who dcnomtuated y. lrvlng
Burns. the suh-urhane West-C hesterheld..
II Col. Bacon will look over his. blue book COM
tanning the list OF members OF the legislature
of 1887 he will probably revise both OF MS ilsts
Of three and twenty. respectively.
Temperance orators should be less incorporate
in their speeches.
NEW YoRK. Dec, 10.
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An Undeserved Pension.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: Could there he q
more fragrant example of the outrageous injustice to
the citizens of New York OF the Police Pension law
than was shown In the testimony OF Retired onicer A.
7. Schultz Of the Park Bank ? This man. Il appears
by his own testimony, retired twenty.one years ago at
the age OF 40. He got employed at once In the ParK
Bank at a salary OF s $500. which has been constantly
increased until It Is now $4,000 per year, with q Christ
mas bonus OF 10 per cent. In addition to this large
salary he, IL appears, owns two houses, some bank
stock, a part OF u farm, and some other little wellpay-
Ing things.
Ia short, his present earning power is about nye
times What II was when he felt So miserable as to be
compelled To ask for a pension for his eminent ser
vice in protecting a hallway from y O'Clock to4 O'Clock
each day.
To pension a faithful servant who has been worn
out, injured, or grown old Is Justlhable and right, but
q sucker - should never he encouraged.
II the officers Of the bank had been good citizens
they would long ago have promoted some OF their old
and faithful clerks 10 this mans position instead of
aiding the imposition Yours, very truly,
GEORGE L. AIISGIv-, Sl5 East sixth street.
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MTSCELJ1NEO US.
A Proposition TO Sunocnte Criminals In
stend or killing with EaectrIcity.

To ruE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: In reference to the
discussion now In progress between physicians and
electricians regarding executions by electricity. I
would suggest that the simplest and surest way to kill
q criminal is by asphyxiation.
have. while In tho Comstock mines, noted many
deaths caused by miners coming unexpectedly In con.
tact with the gases In the mines generated by fires
confined in bulkheaded drifts. During the past twenty
years scores OF miners have died by inhallng a gas
which was the product OF combustion In u closed
space from which the natural air was shut
on. After the oxygen has been consumed
a slight With OF the remaining gas causes an instan.
taneOus and painless death.
Asa rule, men met their deaths In this manner while
knocking out the bulkheads. They would knock q
hole through. and inside OF two or three seconds sink
down amt die. I noted one instance where u miner
was talking TO his comrade n rev feet away. He
stopped Ia the middle OF his sentence and was gone.
In anOthcr. instance a miner inhaled the gas and death
left a smile ON his lips. Enclose your condemned Grim.
inal In q small room about four feet square, with q
glass, window through which the death can be
watched by the eNccutioncr. Turn on food 81 the gas,
and a painless and instantaneous death resuits.
CARSON CITY, New, Dec. v. SAN DAVIS.
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A Lady Student Instructed.

To THE EDITOR OF Tue sUS-sir; Une Etudiante's
translation OF " battre lie %brlquet" "a the most unlikely
OF all yet advanced, for the reason that at the tune the
dltty was written the brick fuel NriqueD. had not
been invented.
The Etudiante may forgive my seeming rudeness
when | recall TO her mind that one Shakespeare made
Casslus say " The clock has stricken three" In spite OF
the fact that clocks were not Invented until some $40
years after the death Of Cassius.
Hy the way. will some one explain why Du Maurier
speaks OF Columbine In connection with "Au Clair de
Ia Lune p at was no longer Pierrot and ~Columblnsi
it was Marguerite, II was Faust
Is IL not another Of his numerous hlunders 10 con-
meet Columblne with an episode in Pierrots career
with which she had nothing whatever TO dor
DC. l2. The AMERICAN STUDENT.
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stead Of his feet. Andy Spear, = veteran circus
clown who was once q emark liable leaper, claims
to have accompiished ne teat: S snd sii.rouna
performers ever known. TO the circus MorIai
claims TO have accomplished the feat on sevsrs ~
occasions. He published n card To thaJ erect IN
the NSD Tork clipper, with the names Of many
credible witnesses attached. Morlhnd' WnosS
. sa,her %S' store %m V al sHiofn;sI hisTi New York, IN
an aerial act performed by MT, MoIIsnu Nh ~
Howard Dorr and Willie Dor, the Latter p1 n nss
IL no infallible life preserver. ID. X. iawley,
Of the great aerial team OF Hawiey
and Buislay, attempted n triple somersaulI
into a net in Canada, and broke his neck.
"Somc years ngo Rob Stickney stated; at De
troits tn ma IL NY c,rrm5 mnuo to ATTEMPT a
triple at every stand during the tenting season;
He would not guacantee 10 make me nttsmpI
more than once n day, and only IN the daytime:
lie would use the usual springboard. NJ I'VE or
ak feet from the ground, and would have a
straw mattress ten feet square and one foot
thick, placed twenty feet away. On this he
would have n feather mattress, OF the sanlu
length and width, 6gt about tW9 t S x mid have we
n fine catapult net with meshcs not more thhh
one inch. apart, and strained perfectly ught:
Thus equipped, he would try the feat once a oay
at the rate OF 500 each attempt.
MANY Of the greatest double somersault, leap
Main, should have credit for conservative good
sense in never attempting the feat, MY present
prinGlpMGi .I lG11ps r. Mr; S JSssE ani All H dt psdS TnyS
KY, in 1887. Having parents and TRENDS IN
that city. Artrcssi made. n very ambitious leap,
held his tuck very close, ovcrthrcw on his
double. and actually contaminated three reNo;
lutlons over five horses and q pyramid
Of three men. lie brushed the last horse
In coming down, which slight assistance
threw him to his feet. Mr.. George w.
Richards, the oid-time cannon lhall performer,
f. n living witness to- Tho accomplishment OF tins
feat. MIR. Artrcs-i, though n daring and plucky
man. was frightened ut His wonderful but untn-
territorial achievement. and declares that ne
would not attempt to duplicate IL for $4,000 cold
cash. Indeed. the triple sunICrsault Is n most
dangerous and difficult feat, aud In my corps OF
grand and LOFTY tnmhlrrs never encourage
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Harmony Among MeA and woms..

To THE EDITOR OF Tue sUS-Sir: Your Just rebuke Of
the wholesale manner IN which some OF our nd
Naneed" women are wont 10 cruelty and indiscTiml,
nalely attack the character OF the fathers, brothers, aud
sons OF other women, as well as OF their own. Is mer,
tied and timely. love men, and believe in their in
nate nObleness 81 nature as "A class. That some men,
as well az women, are arrogant, selfish, and cruel. does
not justify this Wholesale condemnation OF the sex.
When men and women who are laborlng for 4 better
social order, learn 10 recognize the worth In each sex,
and work together Ina mutual helpfulness and oneness
OF PURPOSE, the order which God established IN the be
ginning will be restored. hAR1AHiTA A. STEWART.
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To THE EDITOR OF TIE sUS-Sir: After reading al.
most all Of your luminous paper Of last Sunday.
aud diEcstlng what To ne was instructive, | came
across a story headed An Electric Wake" The story
writer makes such a bunglns attempt at the Irish
brogue that It calls for some one who naturally uses
IL to ask your story writer from whence he derives
his authority Tor such spelling, which would. OF
COursf, entail pronunciation.
As an Irlr hman ! never heard the letter N" ac-
ccnted before m" as your story writer puts n In
"shmokestack - the double 'r in warm or In sparks.
Othcr words are equally ridiculous, such a. WILDLY"
which = pronounced by the Irish using the brogue)
Nilla, the accent on the " o" as in the French.
EDwARD kIERHAN.
239 REID AyESCE, BRoOKLYN, Dec. ".
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GLESCoE. Minn,, Dec. IAN interesting relic
OF the cyclone Of last June Was found hy r. A.
Valley township. n Is twu-thirds Of a SiO hill
issued By tie EelyideU National Bank 81 New
Jersey. The other thfrd Of the same bill Was
found a few DAYS after the cyclone By X. Gin
boskL who left Il with the Bank OF Glencoe. The
part found after a lapse Of i've months Was six
miles from where the first piece Waa found and
y Ln very good condition,
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nc can dance, he can sing,
He can turn n handspring.
th, You ought to hear him play
ON the pi-u-nsy

There "a no man living who would cooperate
more willingly. earnestly. and gallantly with
the Ladies' Health Protective Association than
would Mr.. Teall. In Chestcrfieldian grace he
would be an able competitor for the late Alger-
non $. sullivan, who at the time of his death
was counsel for that noble band of women in
their attack on McKane's famous manure heap.
In dealing with contractors Mr.. Teall would be
more than an equivalent for James :.
Coleman, Thomas ). Brennan. and Will
liam =. Andrews In unison, present
or living. For did he not take tho
contract TO land DIR. Chauncey NJ. Depew in tho
hearts of the Bowery boysf And did ho not
execute the contract In great shape2 And
when 1t came to a clean sweep did not Mr.. Teall
set the pace in the Second which just scooped
and shovelled Patrick Diver, Esq. out OF
sight As for vehicles for garbage and means
OF final disposition. what better Illustration Of
Mr.. Ttulls ability than his ballot-reform petit
tion cor in its triumphal march In broadway?
For = capstOne. MIR. Teall knows how to avail
himself OF newspaper support: and every tifno
he would call down a foreman for lack OF tho
q. s. 7. brand of electric energy Mr.. Teal in
person would make the rounds of the newspa-
per offices. yea. even at midnight, and the next
day tho whole universe would know all about IL
in THE Sun. Give US Teall or let the streets
grow grass. REFoRMRR.
NEW YORK., Dec. 10.
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THE DEMAND ron TEALL.
Its qualifications for the once OF street
Cleaning Commissioners.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: Good for
your editorial on Oliver Sumner Teal and his
fitness TO he Street Cleaning Commissioners !
why Ia not Mr.. Teall abundantly, even super
fluously. qualified to step into the shoes OF
Messrs. Coleman, Loomis. Brennan, and An
drcws2 lie knows as much about street clean
ing as they did when they started in the busl-
ness. In fact. he knows more. For he is cos
mopolltan: he has fitted himself for anything
and everything.
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Rome as being the temporal head Of the Church
is a strong proof OF its being versed In history.
Referring to the reception of the holy eucha.
rist, by the Archbishop Of Zante az the hands OF
Bishop Potter OF New York, is evidence. OF his
faith In the one Catholic and Apostolic Church,
and he no doubt would have no objection TO
eat the flesh and drink the bloody OF Christ ~
the hands Of any Bishop or priest OF the Latin
Church. provided the sacrament wss 70 De re-
ceived In both parts, % was, originally ana now
IL. celebrated in the branches OF. the Apostolic
church outside the Roman Church, each branch
Of the Church Catholic bearing the same
relation to hiH, Church as docs the other:
that tho Archbishop OF Zante would have re-
ceived tho holy. sacrament at the, hands OF
Bishop Potter had he not recognized the validity
Of his conservation, any moro than that any
churchmnn would presume. TO. pnrtake OF
bread aud wine q, the hands ~ " preacher
In tho Prrsbytcrian. Methodist, Anabapti.t. or
other sectarian body, knowing the latter TO have
no apostolic authority to COnsccrate the cle-
mcnts. and that consequently the act : sncfl-
legious on their part and availeth nothing as a
sarrnment. CHUHCIMAN.
> HALFWAY, N. j., Dec. IL.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-07
The Republicans and Silver.

United States Senator Dubois, Of Idaho,
went all the way from Washington city
TO Denver, Col, in order to be present
at the National Conference of Republican
Clubs recently held in the latter city. He
has returned TO Washington and made
known the results of his observations in
his travels and in the conference afore-
said. Recollect that Mr.. Dubois is n Re
publican. and then hear his speech as
to what that monometallist party regards
as the wisest policy to be pursued by the
Republicans touching the silver question.
in a word. Mr.. Dubois declares that west
ern Republicans accept the silver resolu-
ton passed by the Denver conference as
almost in the nature Of a positive pledge
that the next Republican national plat
form will declare for the full restoration
Of silver to its proper place in the financial
world, or in other words, the entire re-
monetization OF the white metal and the
free coinage of silver upon the same
terms upon which gold is now coined.
If the signs of the times are TO be re-
lied upon, the Republicans in various Sec
tons have become convinced that silver
is more popular than protective tariffs or
even gold itself Reed, Don Cameron.
Sherman, and several Republican State
conventions, have thrown out hints to the
rank and file that these latter might yet
be called upon TO rally to the standards
of the silverites, but none Of these hints
can be regarded as implying 80 much
as Is TO be found in the results of the
Denver Conference Of Republican Clubs.
There in "the home of the setting SUM- 1t
was determined to ''right-about face" and
march towards blmetallism. What such
change of front indicates cannot yet be
fully predicted. Any forecast made with
out taking Wall street and the New Eng-
land and Middle States into the calcula-
ton would Of course be- unreliable. IN
deed, the fortunes of the Republican party
are so thoroughly tied up with the for.
tunes of the monometallists that these
latter will no doubt laugh TO scorn what
ever efforts may be put forth by anybody
anywhere to convert the Republican party
into an advocate or supporter Of bimetal-
ism.
Nevertheless. straws show which way
the wind blows and the Denver resolu-
ton may produce as results what we're
intended to be mere feelers OF the public
pulse. 1.-The time is out Of joint" Who
Is he that was born to set IL right?'
Let the Democratic party hold fast to its
moorings and all will yet be well.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-07
The Tariff Bill.


One conspicuous feature Of the new tariff
bill is the substitution of al valorem for
specific duties The specific duty, which
is general in the Mckinley bill. raises the
taxes upon the cheap articles used in
every day life by the working people to
the level of taxation upon costly articles
used by those who are better able to
stand taxation. y specific duty of -
cents a yard on woollen goods may mean
a tax Of leo per cent. on common goods
and 10 per cent. on richer fabrics in the
same class. The Senate bill in the main
does away with this inequality, and grades
the tax according TO the value OF the
goods.
The Senate has restored wool to the free
list, and has made a large reduction in
the duty upon woollen goods. Some OF these
duties are slightly lower than in the House
bill. The Mckinley duty on cheap woollen
cloths and shawls, such as are used by
working people. is equivalent 10 l65 per
cent. al valOrem. In the sRnate bill the
duty is 50 per cent, and in the House bill
40 per cent. In cheap blankets the re-
duction of the tax is almost as great
There is also a radical reduction in the
duty on knives and cutlery generally.
Lumber will be considerably cheapened
The internal tax upon whiskey has been
raised from 30 cents to tl10 a gallon. This
will increase the revenue from that
source some $.0.000.0I0 a year. 1t was at
first proposed to defer the date for this
d is
was advocated by the Whisky Trust, as
is .arged, Ia order TO give II an oppor-
tunity 10 accumulate "A large stock under
the lower rate OF taxation. But, happily,
this scheme was defeated and the in
creased tax will go into effect upon the
passage Of the bill
The sugar tax in the Senate bill. as
passed is 20 per cent. ad valorem on both
raw and refined sugar, an additional tax
OF one eighth Of "A cent pound on refined
sugar, and one tenth of cent on all sugar
from bounty-paying countries. At the
present market price OF sugar this would
give the trust protection OF about - IL
cents per 100 pounds, estimating the diff
ference in the value OF raw and refined
sugar in Europe at 30 cents per 100 pounds.
and taking no account Of the one tenth Of
"A cent tax OH sugar from bounty-paying
countries. The protection which Mckinley
gave the trust and which it now enjoys
is 50 cents a hundred, which. according
to Mr. Havemeyer. yields a profit of from
1900 900 TO $lj, 90 90 a year. The adoption
OF Mr.. Hill's motion 20 make the sugar
schedule effective from August lst instead
OF from January |, 1895, as desired by the
trust, removes a very Objectionable feature
OF the bill. and cuts of an extra profit Of
millions from the monopoly.
The value Of raw sugar imported In 1893
was about $ll6,0O0oo. tax Of 20 per
cent. on that amount would give the goy-
eminent an income OF $i6.000.0O0 a year.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-07
The Administration in Georgia.

The question Will inevitably be raised
in the Democratic State Convention OF
Georgia. soon TO meet TO nominate a
candidate for Governor. whether the
policy Of the administration shall or
shall not be endorsed by that convon-
ton. The Macon Telegraph says 1t cx-
poets that convention TO declare hon
ostIy and IN good faith that Mr.. Cleve-
land and his administration have done
"all that II was possible to do to carry
into effect the pledges of the Democratic
party as enuno!aied in the Chicago plat
form.
We called attention few days ago TO
the fact that in his open letter announ'
cling himself candidate for the United
states Senate. Mr. Walsh made no refe'
renee whatever 10 President Cleveland
or his policy. This omission to recog-
nize even the mere existence OF the
Cleveland administration did not signify
that Mr.. Walsh was unfriendly to that
administration. but that NJ expects
large number Of the members Of the
be unwilling TO commit themselves to
the silver policy which the Populists
are seeking TO make the chief issue in
Georgia in the approaching elections.
That strong. stout. persistent advocate
Of the free coinage Of silver the Atlanta
Constitution. stands also in the breach
and will fight to the death for free COIN
age. VIII it be possible for the admin
istration forces to secure the endorse
mcnt OF the Georgia convention without
having first secured the endorsement of
the Constitution?
The Telegraph's declaration first above
mentioned as to how 1t expects the state
convention to treat Mr.. Cleveland, meets
direct opposition In the Constitution
which afrms that the people of all par
ties know perfectly well that the most
vital pledges Of the Chicago platform have
NOT been redeemed. The truth Is, adds
that paper, that the financial and tarin
pledges Of the platform have not been
redeemed because those true and loyal
Den ocrats who were anxious to redeem
them found opposition where they least
expected it-that is, among the eastern
Democrats" We take ii that Mr.. CleVe-
land is one Of these eastern Democrats,
and that all the blows which the Const-
tuition rains down upon the heads of those
gentlemen are intended 10 chastise the
President as well as the New England
minority in Congress whom he controls
fr,r, tho White House
The reader perceives at once that the
Democratic party in Georgia is in strait.
If it undertakes TO endorse the policy OF
the administration. ii Will find itself an
tagonized by that large section Of the
marty which always stands by the Allan
IA Constitution. If 1t fails 10 endorse the
policy Of the administration II will lay
itself open to the charge that 1t was
afraid to appeal to the voters on that
issue
We trust that the Democratic party Of
Georgia will take the bull by the horns
and declare boldly and unequivocally what
it favors and what it opposes. The people
are tired of unmeaning generalties and
Of declarations which declare nothing. Let
the Georgia Democrats set the pace in the
matter of dealing candidly with the voters.
So shall they respect themselves and COM
mand the respect of their opponents.