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Several thousand physicians have arrived
in Rome to attend the International Medi-
cal Congress- Delegates have been sent to
1t from all the countries OF the world. BY
Governments. colleges. and societies, and a
Rood-sized body OF Amt can DELEGATES among
whom are men OF eminent reputo. will partici-
pate In the proceedings. Scientific questions
Of practical interest to all mankind are to be
taken up. and woighty recommend ations will
be made to those authorities that possess the
power to adopt and enforce them.
This Is the eleventh congress Of the kind
that has been held. and benefits to science and
to humanity have accrued from every one Of
them. Each one hes been grand medical
exchange. In which the latest results OF sci
ence were made known everywhere By the
scientific masters.
Besides the Rome Congress OF this year.
there Is the International Sanitary Conference
In Parfs- This body has rendered splendid
service to the human race. The chief theme
taken into consideration by the delegates to It,
who represented Governmental. has been the
cholera: and several countries have promptly
accepted its suggestions for the adoption of
measures to prevent the propagation Of that
destructive plague. The Sultan OF Turkey is
at this time carrying out plans for the purif-
cation Of the holy places In Arabia and for the
establishment Of hospitals and dspensariss to
which the stricken pilgrims can resort These
are things OF incalculable importance to the
whole world.
1t Is truly pleasant and cheering to hear Of
such International Assem- blages as those at
Rome and at Paris for the prom otion OF science
and the public health and welfare.
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Private Alien.. Duei st.r,.


During the debate on the Pension Appropri-
alton bill last week. Congressman Meredith Of
Virginia and Congressman Funk OF Illinois
almost came to blows There has been some
talk OF q duel from day 10 day, and everybody
knows that the Nirginlan would as lief fight as
nois statesman is as cool as a cucum Der In
refrigerator; Congressman John Allen OF Mis-
sisslppi said:
III Meredith and Funk ever came together
on the field OF honor. am afraid they. might
be reconcilsj before they would kill eacli other.
there was bad feeling between two lawyers.
and IL was decided that only blood could wipe
out the enmity which existed. A challenge
was sent and duly acknowledged The hour
was, appointed and the two men met in o Sc
cluded SPOT One Of them was a great sufferer
and collected.
As they faced each other the afflicted man
began to tremble from head to foot while his
pistol described an arc with varying up and
down strokes His opponent stood firm as q
rock waiting for the signal to fire. Before It
came. however. he laid his pistol on the
ground. walked Into the woods and cut n limb
Oh tree with a fork In the end OF Il. This he
brought back and stuck in the ground In front
OF his antagonist. Then turning to the sec
principal to rest his pistol In that fork
a, what for asked his opponents second.
Well replied the other. 'Ihavs no oblec-
ton TO- runninR the risk Of one shot. but
certainly do decline having one bullet make
he. would I'LL me full Of holes at HIS nrst shot
This was too much for the seconds, and,
by mutual agreement. q truce was patched up
and no shots were exchanged. / think II Mere
would shaks-and they would both shake
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Auctions In Graveyards.

Under statute passed In 1888. the seller
Of Q monument or Eravestone which is
placed In any cemetery In this State. has q
lien upon such monument or gravestone
for SO much Of the purchase price as may
remain unpaid: and he is authorized to en-
force the lien by removing the monument
or gravestone from the cemetery. and
causing 1t to be sold at public auction.
No such law ought ever to have been en-
acted. Persons engaged in the gravestone
industry require no peculiar protection.
There would be Just as much sense In CIV
ing . lien to the dealer who sells boat. or
. carriage. or q washtub. A monument
maker is under no obligation which con-
strains him to sell his goods on credit; and
II he chooses to trust his customers. he
should take the consequences without being
allowed to invade GENE teries In order to
cart away his work.
But the Legislature has just been asked
10 make the law even worse than 1t Is now.
! proposed amendment will permit large
monuments to be sold for debt by public
auction in the cemetery ITSELF
Such would be the effect OF the enactment
Of bill which has been brought forward In
the Legislature at Albany by Mr-AUaUsTUs
=. GRAY Of the Second Assembly district OF
Dutchess county.
Not only should this bill to allow auc-
tons in graveyards b summArily rejected.
but the law which 1t is designed to amend
should also be repealed.
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a Cry for AdlAI.

To THE EDITOR OF Isle sUS-Sir: Would
It be improper to appoint q nonresident Post
masterf Ours. who Is Rspu blieAn. appears to
have some difficulty in getting rid OF his Job
His resignation has been in the hands OF the
department>since last July. Applicants there
are without blemish. except they be too sturdy
Democrats.
II balance OF State IL receiving same treat
ment the Republican majority OF 2OO, 600 Ia
accounted for. What's the use Of voting II No
only get skim milk
Our cuckoo member o! Congress is treated
pnRrateiully. He supported Cleveland in all
his measures.
Oh that Adlai was in position to handle this
$500 appointment Yours,
W, l. NANCY DEMOCRAT.
HA7LEToR. Pa. March "a. 1904.
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Tho Tariff In the Ottawa Parliament

The discussion which has followed the in
PRODUCTION Of a tariff bill In the Dominion
House OF Commons by Mr.. FOSTER, the
Finance Minister. ought to convince clear
headed Canadians that they have but little
to expect from either OF the chief political
parties so long as 1t adheres to its present
programme.
The mass OF the Canadian people know
by bitter experience that the promised pros
perity has not resulted from the formation
OF the Dominion Government. They have
seen the public debt roll up since 1879
from sl4OOOooOO TO S24O. 200. and they
have watched the emigration OF over
million OF their citizens to the United
States. These are not proofs OF we'll
being and OF progress. but signs Of
actual depression and omens OF impending
disaster; yet, when remedy is asked for.
what is 1t that the Tories propose on the one
hand. and the Liberals on the other The
Tories through Mr.. FOSTER. offer a new
tariff. which. while maintaining the pro-
teetiye principle. will make small redue-
tion OF duties on number Of commodities.
Tho Liberals. through Sir RICHARD CART
WRIGHT. say truly enough that the tariff
tinkering projected by their opponents.
will not even palliate. much less cure, the
existing paralysis OF trade and industry in
the Dominion. and that the only means OF
reEsnerating the country Is a treaty OF rec
iproeity with the American republic.
1t is obvious that but trivial relief will be
Afforded 10 the farmers. lumbermen. min
ers, and fishermen OF the Dominion by the
subtraction Of a few cents from the prices
OF the imported commodities. which they
may desire to purchase. What troubles
them is the difficulty Of buying such COM
modities on any terms. What they com
plain OF is. not the price OF imported articles,
but their inability to pay for them by sale
OF their own products. They would cheer
fully pay the much higher duties eXaeted
by the MCKINLEY act. if in exchange they
could obtain free access 70 the markets OF
the United States. That is why Canadian
producers will be exasperatsd by Mr. Eos
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The veto OF the seIsniorag. Bill.

President CLEVELAND has returned the
BLAND seigniorsge bill TO the House Of
Representatives without his approval. His
objections 10 the bill. az presented In his
message accompanying its return. are.
arst, that It is faulty and ambiguous in its
construction, leaving in doubt several i'm
portant points that ought to be clear. and,
secondly. that It's effect would be to add
to the strain upon the Treasury gold
reserve. already perilously great, further
strain without providing for additional gold
10 meet IL. The absurd outcry Of some OF
eur Uniformed New York merchants and
bankers that the bill. II IL became
law, would violate public faith and
coin seigniorage which does not
exist, he takes no pains to contro-
vert. He declares, distinctly. that 1.-THE
Government has purchased and now has
on hand sufficient silver bullion to permit
the coinage Of all the silver dollars neces-
cary to redeem, in such dollars. the Treas
ury notes issued for the purchase OF said
silver bullion. and enough besides to coin.
ss gain or seigniorage. 65,15e,es1 additional
standard dollars"
After giving his reasons for not approving
the bill, the President goes on TO point out
the need which already exists Of strength
ening the Treasury gold reserve. and rec
ommends the granting to the Secretary Of
the Treasury Of a better power than he now
has to Issue bonds for the purpose. He
adds that II this were done the bullion
seignlorage now In the Treasury might be
coined safely and with advantage.
Altogether. the message will meet with
the approval Of conservative flnanciers in
this section Of the country. though It Is not
likely that It will satisfy the advocates Of
free silver coinage and other currency in
nationists here or elsewhere.
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The newspapers Of this country that are
printed In the German language ought to be
printed In the English. which Is the Am erioan
Tens Of thousands OF the German immigrants
in New York suffer in their business. or arc
kept from growing rich. or are eircumserissd
in their social relations. By their lack Of
knowledge of the common speech OF the
country. far larger proportion OF them than
now use the English would very soon use 1t II
Il were not for the fact that they read only
papers In the language OF Germany. We ap-
prseiAte. value. and like the German Lam
EuAGe. but neither the German nor the French.
neither the Italian nor the Bohemian.
neither the Hebrew nor the Yiddish.
can ever become the speech OF this
country. There Is no doubt that the
GermAn-American papers in German are the
means OF preventing thousands OF our German
immigrants from learning the language OF
our laws. legislation. and commerce. and thus
OF preventing them from winning that high
measure OF prosperity which their industry
and Intelligence would otherwise command.
WILLARD. ScHU1. ScHIEREs. HERMAN RID
DER. and many another Characterization,
could never have risen to the places which
they occupy, without = knowledge OF the
speech that 10 spoken by all but fraction Of
the 20. 600. 600 people OF this country
What would our eVeT-inStruetiVs eontsm-
porarJ. Mr. RIDDER's Stats Zsit'iR0 SAY to the
EnglishinE of It's name and printing its news
and remonstranees In the language not OF
distant foreign land. but Of the United statss2
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and every applicant must furnish 10 the
Secretary Of State security for the faithful
performance OF his bill-postine duties. In
the form Of bond OF $1,000. with at least
two sureties.
After q bill poster obtains his license
under this ridiculous measure he is TO pro-
vide himself and each Of his agents with
a suitable badge, on which the words
"Stats License Advertiser" shall be
stamped or engraved. and this badge
the poster must wear In conspicu-
Gus place while engaged In the act Of
posting, lacking. painting. writing. en-
craving. or distributing any bills. cards,
signs, pamphlets, circulars. or advertise
ments OF any kind In any town, village, or
city in this State"
Now. II this bill stopped with the folly Of
making bill posters pay = license fee to the
State for the privilege Of wearing statute
~ badge. II would be merely absurd. but
not afirmatively harmful. 1t goes much
further. however. It contains broad and
sweeping prohibition against the posting Of
bills, or the circulation OF advertisements
among pedestrians, by any persons other
than licensees under the act, or their agents
or employees; and q violation Of this pro-
hibition or OF any other provision Of the
statute Ia made punishable as misdemean-
or, by fine and imprisonment.
There is no good reason that can possibly
be suggested for State Interference with
the bill-posting business in the manner
proposed by Mr.. OGRApY. In the case OF a
doctor or lawyer or an engineer In charge
Of steam boiler, the State or municipal
Government may properly take precautions
to protect the public from dangers which
might arise II an unqualified person were
permitted to undertake such pursuit.
and hence may insist that he shall OBJ
tain license as q prerequisite. In the
case OF bill poster. however. there Is no
peril to the community which
can be the outcome OF incompetenoy on his
part. And we cannot imagine what public
interest demands that private citizen who
has bills to post or advertising notices to
should be prohibited by law under
pain OF fine and imprisonment from posting
his bills or circulating his notices himself.
No privileged class OF decorated bill post
ers is desired by the people Of this State.
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eonvertsd 10 Il but very few Of them stuck 10
II long The diet was said to be healthy
cheap. good for the soul scientific. and
unexcitlna; but hardly anybody could Stand
II for more than a week. An old chap
held outtill one day he caught the msddening
smell Of a broilinR beefstssk. which he seized
in his fury. and made away with while yet II
was rare A soaring poet held out till one day
he happened to pass near a sylvan SPOT where
there was hog roast, and his savage appetite
overcsme him. An Intellectual woman held
out till she succumbed before q lamb Choir.
Thus one and another surrendered until n
confirmed Vegetarian became curiosity. The
new crusade Of the sect which n AZ old as
ADAM. but fell to pieces soon after Moan raised
. sweet SAVIOR upon the altar tGen will, 20-21l
IL not likely to be any more successful than
the other crusades Of the kind which have
been undertaken By people who may be good
but who do not take account ofthe carniyorous
propensity Of the human race. even OF babes
in arms
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The new campaign OF the Vegetarians.
who have taken the letter ~" As their sym
Dol, ls under the direction Of an able bodied
enthusiast Of dainty taste. the owner Of a
bagful Of dollars. who has belonged TO the
straitest sect Of PythAgoTsGns nearly all his
life. and yet Is healthy and happy. The V
leader strives 10 propagate VsEstarianism By
proving that there is plenty Of choice food
apart from the issh Of brutsS. and By inviting
lots Of people to free fsAStS at which there Is
no animal food OF any kind. In the baRlusting
hall OF one Of our big hotslG 1t is good war
for propAgAndist. and We are told that most
Of the consumers seem to liksit
There was an attempt 70 propagate ysEs-
tAriAnisn in this country forty or nfty years
aSo. and . few philosophers aud poets we're
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Fore,r. Ns.s. or Zeal I.s.-s.,.


Eight hundred tons Of Australian butter were landed
In LONDON from one vessel . few days ago
Accompany has bean Termed In New Zealand 10 sstss
hsh whaling station on the KsrmAdss Islands. In the
fAeine Ocean. northwest OF New Zealand
Now spain 10 busy organising worlds fair. which.
under the title OF the Madrid Universal Exhioi'isa.
TO be opened In ths capital a. the END OF next NAY
PROVISION Is 70 De mace Tor greatly snlArEins the
British museum INs ana . mar acres VIII Be addsa
70 the nine acres ensAay eesspisd throaEh purshAss
from the Duke Of Ssoiord
Apressnt OF Anunarsa repeating rines and sisht
thousand cartridges mas Just been made BY the Aus
man sihisHy Of war 70 we FrseiAnd Associates.
when nAs sAa eoeiAiN colony In AfrisA 70 preach
ana prAonss .ne oro'hsrnood OF man.
An intsrhA'oaA sahioiion 0. Dook ana paper iAdas
Hes " " opensu IN INn IN 'eS nsAL Twin com
P"s' Ns'soSs oiNnens. OF 'hs mAhuiAetufso OF pooks
anu pAPs - rsH - us n.ehinefS imptsmsnH. Ans
"ss.i'N. u.tu nv Aha 'tiu,sAunE pooAS
rrss's'A years past baron as hrsoh mas gwen ths
nOss Nihn'ns. % uts Ise' ho'ss 70 Lohaon hospnAh
nn y..I ne mas nor carr aonS~s NJ. p'sesasnt oat
ma. uouo.sa .n' am SahI NJ. hoIsss Won TOT mn. Ass
s.son A"0'' anu ~ A-' N-Au'1 0's' '"'n' n'.p'@"
-'oo>
$1,000. " ~ -' -S,1s 'spa' " y hss
:. 80, 80 s ssp. /" % spshsa
~ D,o,,'... ~ ~ A.. ~ 80" 80 -
pIon'ss 70 " 80 snAn, sons nss hunarsa
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Bastod by Protectionists.

The wool dealers and commission mer.
chants Of Boston have sent q memorial to
Congress against the wool schedules OF the
WILSON bill. They are protectionlsts. and
believe, therefore. In the eliminating atroci-
ty OF class legislation. but their memorial
Ia plea for uniform legislation on the sub
ject Of wool. 1t asks that the wool pro-
ducers be protected as well as the wool
manufacturers. "The interests are mu-
tual," says the memorial, "of the wool
grower of America. the manufacturer who
manufactures the staple. and all who handle
wool In any Of its stages or in any capaci-
ty; and they are natural allies" The me-
mortal not only protests against the special
instance Of inequality and want Of uniform
ity In the treatment Of wool and It's manu-
features. but It expresses OF the whole VIII
SON bill an opinion which is. II anything.
too conservative:
"Furthsrmora protest against the bill in its en-
'rsty, . measure framed apparently with littls
practical tnowlsdgs OF the needs Of the various
featuring interests related to the raw materially
20 called Hhas been made an appeal for obvious
sons to certain factions who. while facility endorsing
party platform. which in . measure condemns pro-
lection Unconstitutional are subsidized by the very
protection which Of advocates Of the bill pro-
fsss much dislike granted certain industries
IN which they directly indirectly interested In
shis way 10 10 hoped to impose upon the nation this
most unequal and unpatrotio measure. which Its
trainers can By means claim have been pre-
pared for only We believe such legislation
70 Be inimica to the public morals Of the country
large. well unjust to many pursuits other than
the one for which We especially plead"
1t is biting commentary upon the work
OF the jelly-livered statesmen at Washington
that even the partisans Of the eliminating
atrocity find that work rotten with favorit-
ism and inequality. and impotsnt for rev.
enue. Unjuster than protection. more
unequal than the old inequality. and use
less as provlder Of revenue. 1t Ia false
measure considered from any honest point
Of view. The towards and the liars must
feel that the protectionists have ex-
posed them. That the friends OF the old
system Of atrocity should describe. and be
Justified In describing. the new makeshift as
"inimical to tho public morals Of the coun-
try" must make every constitutional tariff
man hang his head.
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n SENSIBLE AMENDMENT.
Letter rro-, Asssnslymaa Hortoa.

To RDroa or THs suN-sivi Your yery favorable
mention Of the bill introduced by relation TO wit
ness fees In criminal actions called my atten-
tion to-day. fully concur with you In ysur suggs.
tions and have amended the bill In Accordaas. there
with.
Yours very truly. GEoRsz 3. HoRroH.
ALIlET. March "a
The amended bill makes It clear that the
witness Is to receive mileage as well as the fee
for daily attendance. and provides that pay
ment shall be made on tho certificate Of the
clerk OF the court In this form it ought to
pass.
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rHs snrr1sH <Rwn
a Years Cost ef che Present Estssiish-
aeat-Fsw Chnsesr Contemplated.

A Ksar's Cost 81 che Present EstsbIsh-
-eat-Few Chnsesr Contemplated.
The estimates for the British army. inelud-
ing the ordnance factories. smountto SEQ. 405.-
600 for the year 1Se4-95. This IL an increase
ofsl. 800 500 over those Of a year ago.
II appears from the official memorandum
accompanying them that on Jan. l last the
totel number OF electives. including India.
was 219 400. Excluding those serving in
India. the number in the homo and colonial
establishments is 155.347. What IL known as
the First Class Army Reserve numbered 80 $40
at that date. against 1886 a year earlier. It
is noted that during the year recruiting for the
English army as for our own. was quite easily
effected. Indeed. even = year ago. so numer-
Gus were the applicants as compared with the
force needed that It was found practicable
to dispense for q time with the en-
llstment OF specials" and to raise the
standard for enlistment in the Foot
Guards Measures had then been adopted
also to eduallze the number Of battalions at
home and abroad. but II Is said that clrcum-
Of the iorss in Esypt sufIieient to eject this
there e is mSsS lager Attendance aV az Sresds
camps The recruiting Tor the militia has
BE nh Sssf .osT ST0s.Sn Il th be.
new allowance OF clothing, may retain his part
~ worn clothing aud receive communication
believed that beneficial results may be expect
ed from the change when Il is in iull force.
infantry have been received. so that a good
part OF the work Ct the factories during the
the Whole VERY little change in Great Britains
military establishment seems TO have been
planned for the coming year and this i an
army nor It's prospective. service point TO the
necessity Of noteworthy changes
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The Senate and tho Elmira Reform
atory.

atory.
The New York Senate yesterday passed
an eminently proper resolution providing
for the appointment of legislative COM
mittee OF inquiry into the management
OF the Elmira Reformatory. Whether
the legislative committee. as finally con-
stituted. consists Of representatives Of one
or both branc hes Of the Legislature, we as
sumo thatwe shall hear no more Of demands
made upon the Chief Executive Of this State
for his hasty approval of the shallow and
unfair report conforming Mr.. BRooKwAY.
which has emanated from the prejudiced
survivor OF a committee that rightfully
should have persisted with the retirement
Of the majority OF Its members.
Such demands. which are essentially
threats. are at once insulting TO Gov
ernor FLOWER and to the intelligence
OF the people OF New York. whose
pride 1t has been for years that they
have maintained prison which stands at
tho head OF the penal institutions OF the
world. II. after q careful, fair. and free In
vestigation by a body of men competent
to conduct 1t. Superintendent BRocKwAY
Is found to deserve condemnation In
place OF the praise which he has re-
celved for decade. let him and the
men who have supported him be
punished; but until such an In
establishes the fact. let us
spare the Empire State the disgrace Of
brutally destroying an honored servant
and penitentiary famous for its results,
on the strength OF q report which bears
upon Its face the marks Of distortion and
of facts. bitter prejudice. and
even subornation Of perjury.
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Wings All the Fashion Now.
From IA Rocky kostaia Ne,s,.

FToM d HoEFH Ho4HtlTn Nfn.
Bernard Crsssler. a hermit living alone ct the
head OF Cheat River. expects to realize before
his death the dream Of Bulwer In The Conn
Ing Race. and produce Q d ying apparatus that
way In which Bulwer's men and won on DOM ed
and donsd their wings. For years this soli-
hawks. He has dissected out every muscle In
the body Of this king OF flyers and made draw
tnRs Of each In all positions. Ho has carefully
calculated the strength necessary to sustain
and pr3pel given weight Of the body. Then
reality tho hawk wing Id ca. He beiieves he
can construct a machine that will enable the
human flyer to calmly support himself in mid
OF the body-as people do In dreams.