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State Charities.

We desire to point out to Mr.. EDWARD
LAuTERBACH, and TO other members Of the
constitutional Convention, what in our
Judgment is the possibility Of a very serious
mistake on their part.
Mr.. ~LAUTERBACH, as the Chairman of the
Conventions Committee on Charities, has
presented to the Convention amendments
giving large additional powers TO the State
Board of Charities, the State Board of
Lunacy, and the State Board OF Prisons, 30
that in fact the entire management of the
public institutions OF the State will be in
the n OF these Boards, independent even
OF legislative control. We do not believe that
the text Of the proposed amendments Is in
final shape, as its authors wish to lave
It, and therefore we cannot consider the
amendments as a whole to be fairly subjects
OF minute discussion. IL is, however, an
automatic principle Of constitutional legis-
lation, which is quite applicable, we think, to
the measures proposed by Mr.. L~AUTERBAcH,
that such sweeping grants of arbitrary and
unrepealable power should be enacted only
with the greatest care and circumspection.
But our present concern Ia to Feeall with
some emphasis to the minds OF Mr.. LAUrER-
BACH and his fellow members of the Conven-
tion the fact that one of the boards thus ele-
waited to a virtual dictatorship, the State
Board Of Charities, has been In the past a
purely ornamental a~ppendage to the execu-
tive routine OF the State, having no func-
tiOns, powers, or duties, meeting usually
but once a year, the mere phantom and
shadow of a Board and that as such its
membership has never been conspicuous for
aNnaFiannA trained ahilfNw m N T..
public usefulness. We nave before stated,
aud do not now think it necessary to repeat
At length, our opinion Of this Board. With
the estimable elderly ladies and gentlemen
composing 1t, who owe their appointment TO
the fact that the duties of the ONCE were
honorary, and who have for some years duly
performed the mild parlor functions OF
their station, we have no personal quarrel.
But the actual work aud oversight OF the
States charitable institutions is entirely in
the hands OF other and separate branches
Of the State Government, and il is imme-
diately apparent 70 those who look into
the matter that either the State Board
Of Charities should be abolished, as
Governor Hill recommended, or that some
reason should be afforded for its being. H.
In the interest OF q more simple and com
pact system than the present, the Constitu-
tional Convention should see ut 20 vest in a
body which should be called the State Board
of Charities the entire control and care Of
the institutions now skimmingly visited
At desultory intervals by the present
weak committee, We might perhaps
favor the arrangement. Blu il would
be, IN our view, absolutely the first
TO be thought Of, that the vast re-
Oponsibility Of this direct control and daily
management Of 81, 900 Inmates OF asylums
aud homes should be transferred to the
hands Of men eomPetsnt to assume il, and
who would give their time to IL; and
hat il should not for one moment be suf-
tsEsd p remain with dlsttAnts ~PhilanthrO-
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The opening Of the life saving stations on
Wednesday was the first fruit Of the new Law
which prOlongs the service through oil but two
months Of the year. Hereafter only June and
July will be excluded, but the law was not
passed In season to begin operations this year on
Aug. 1.
II might well be suggested that the next move
should be to have the service continuous through
the twelve months, particularly as the chief ad-
ditional expense would be that for the surfmen.
since the district superintendent, station keep
ers, and some other officials are already engaged
all the year around. still, perhaps the crews
themselves might prefer q two months absence,
as they get an opportunity TO look after their
farms or to serve as bathing masters or other
wise at the seaside resorts during the vacation
season. As for the needs OF navigation, these
might be sufficiently cared for, perhaps, by sup
plemcnting the present plan with a provision
under which the station keepers. after COM
municatlng by telegraph or otherwise with the
district superintendent, could call a crew for q
special emergency.
The August storms, which have occasionally
been very destructive during the last ten years,
and particularly the ravaRes Of the August hur-
ricane Of last summer along the Atlantic coast,
have fully Justified the new law. and life and
property will now be made more secure by II.
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pists, the smisble old gossips and bunglers
Of the present Board.
We trust we nave made ourselves under
stood. II the State Board Of Charities is to
be really invested with the actual and de
tailed management Of a large share OF our
State institutions, 1t will he no less than .
public calamity brought about by criminal
stupidity and negligence II the people do not
get a chance to put upon the Board wise
and careful men in place of those who were
appointed when the duties Of the Office were
merely social honorary, and perfunctory.
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ss,s.s.. til. Co--..,s. C.p. ..a IL. a,sr..

To TaK EDIToR or TAG sUS-Sir: Or. Albert 8. AHh.
msad's letter in your tOday's issue regarding 81 the
cup in the communion Z" reminds me Of the obssrya.
tion I made not long ago in q District court 10 this city.
A man and woman, after being duly sworn, were
asked 10 ksS the Bible, which they did very impress
SivslJ. The woman was known TO me 10 be syphilitic,
and the man subsequently, and eOIncidentAlly applied
20 my clinic, showing large and scattered mucous
lsyphiliticl patches on his lips and mouth. Now, both
those witnesses we're = source OF Infection 10 all the
rest who followed them Ia the abuse OF the good book
some or all may have escaped Infection, but that
every one OF them, the magistrate not excepted, WA
exposed TO IL | have not the least shadow OF 4 doubt,
kissing IL a very well TecognlEed source Of syphliuc
Infection, and, from q hygienic standpOlnL 1 fail to
see the difference between a hneuc lip and q syphllitio
Bible. Think Of the bible that did service during The
investigation NJ the LeXOW committee! Think % ID!
Ihis Il an age Of preventive medicine, and Il Is Just a.
fair Ia demand the removal Of the infactlOus BlhIs
from the courts as the abolition Of the communion
cup, or any other cause Of communicable disease,
Silence and the Bible cannot be on kissing tsTms.
RABRAHAAa, d.
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Al. Open Letter to Grover Cleveland.


sir; A II Democrat from conviction, and not
by Inheritance or from self-interest, as n be-
lever in the kind Of tariff reform that would
soon lead to free trade, and as one Of your con-
slant admirers and unswerving supporters, I
ask you to veto the German Surrender Tariff
bill for the following among other reasons:
/. Its passage by the House was q cowardly
surrender to a conspiracy based on fraud and
chiCancry. Its enactment would be a national
shame and humiliation, and would dishonor
your Administration.
.. II accepts and sanctions the pro- sctive
principle in defiance Of the declarations Of the
Chicago platform.
3. 1t botrays the confidence which the people
the House.
4. II places the Democracy in an apologize
and defensive attitude when It should stand
aggressiyely for the right.
.. II the country can prosper under a 81 per
cent. protective tariff. then wero the campaign
assertions of Democrats mere lures for tho
thoughtlcss and unwary.
q. Should the bill become q law without your
signature. you will be accused of cowardice and
the charge will be believed.
Z. Its enactment through your signature will
still agitation, but Il will delay reform and will
not gain credit either for yourself or your party.
Your denunciation Of the traitors in the Senate
will then prove as ~fruitless as was the passage
Of the several free trade bills by the House after
its ignominious and needless surrender.
9. The crisis demands that you hoed the ad-
monitions of conscience aud follow the path OF
righteousness, rather than yield to the counsel
Of time-serving politicians and the warnings of
timid capital.
o. Though your veto may raise a tempest of
clamorous excitement, II will inspire the cham
pions Of honest reform to press a bill to It's pas
sage that Will fairly represent tho intelligent
and patriotic spirit that won the grand triumphs
of 1890 and 1902.
10. The people are with you. and require only
Q renewed demonstration OF your courage and
devotion to, principle to cause them to rally en-
thusia stically to ysur support.
IL. In the face Of such a popular endorsement
as your veto will call forth, the Senate. unrepre-
sentative as II Is. dare not refuse to pass a bill
that would meet the needs OF the consumer and
OF the Treasury.
II. Your veto, in the presence Of a frightful
ind ustrial depression and In defiance OF It's pre-
tended cause, will place your name on the ped
estal Of fame as the bravest, wisest, and most
faithful public servant that ever honored any
people or distinguished any age.
ALFRED J. WOLF.
49, JoRALEMoN STREET, BROOKLYN. Aug. 90.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUs-Sir: I have read
THE SUN for years and have noticed your inter-
terest In the get there" of ocean IN
Having used ball bearings to receive the end
thrust OF shafts, and finding the resistance re-
duced about 90 per cent, I suggest the use OF
this principle on propeller shafts. The present
series OF DANCES on the propeller shaft which in
tersect with similar parts In the box or bearing.
BY increasing the space between these fanges,
shaft can be introduced. The result in their
use would be a great saving In power, no danger
OF the bearings becoming overheated, and the
doing away with water jackets and oil.
am positive that excellent results would be
obtained. and hope that some builder may have
patentable and Is free to all.
m don't see this article in THE Sun shall
think il isn't So" W. w, HASTINGS.
JERSEY CITY, Aug. 81.
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He IL Coming sure.

IL is just twenty-five years since Gold
smith Maid made the trOtting world wonder
At three heats under 2:2o. They were In
s;lsh, s:lek, and s:leh. The records Of
the Grand Circuit for 1894 make the Maids
figures read like thOss Of q far uPeountry
fair. The ave meetings held 50 far, at Detroit,
Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester, and Pough-
keepsis, giving nearly sixty trotting races,
counting over two hundred heats, show only
twenty heats slower than g go. OF these,
nine were By two-year-olds, three By three
yesr-olds, and several can he accounted for
BY rain and BY the winner Jogging in slowly
In the last heat Of a ~lODg-fought racs.
ETsFythingFlss has bssn in 2;sJ Or better,
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seve. Year. without . n,r.hd.v.
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.

cFNN''
A Scottish clergyman. who died 80 years ago,
Mr.. Leishman OF Kinross, used TO tell that he
once lived seven years without a birthday. The
statement puzzled most who heard Ii. They
could see that II he had been born on the Goth Of
February he would have no birthday except In a
leap year. But leap year comes once In four
years, and this accounts for a gap Of three years
only. Their nrst thought would, therefore,
naturally be that the old man, who. in fact, was
fond OF a harmless Jest, was somehow TESTING
about the seven. There was, however. no Joke or
trick In his assertion.
Al the present time there can be very few, II
there are any, who have this tale to tell Of
themselves, for one who can tell II must have
been born on the 2eth day Of February at least
eS years ago. But a similar line OF missing
dates Is now soon to return: and. indeed. there
are, no doubt, some readers who will have only
one birthday to celebrate for nearly 30 years TO
come.
The solution Of the puzzle Is to be found in the
fact, which does not appear TO be widely known,
that the year 1900 was not a leap year. and
1000 will not be-, The February OF 1892 had 20
days, but In all the seven years intervening be-
tween 1890 and 1904, as well as In the three be-
only IS,
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From the 81. Puui Pioneer Hre..

Prom the ". Puui Pioneer Pres.
80 you've been fishing said City Ticket
Agent Green Of the Wisconsin Central to Com
dition last week near Stevens Point, on the
Portage branch. Where are your fish z"
" We ate EN- ALL" replied Lord. collins,
Green's eye twinkled under the lid. He in
geniously turned the conversation In other
channels until Lord was of his guard, when he
asked in all seriousness: And DO you really
had. good luck-on the square 2"
ingly:,
""What would be your average catch apiece :"
Average weight 7"
" Easily n pound and a half?"
And YOU were away four days"
Just four days 2"
ID you mean to tell me thai you and Horn
and Collins and Doc Vittum ate 2.4OO pounds
OF 1sh ~
You're = smart MATHEMATICIAN, Green"
meekly responded Lord, and | guess I'd better
buy"
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Il 4. evident that no member Of a party IL
bound by the declarations Of the platforms
presented by It's Conventions unless he APP
proves them. Any citizen has an unques-
tionable right to leave his party at any time
and Join another; and he has an equal right
10 approve some part or parts of a platform
and reject ths rest OF II.
The case is different, however, with a can
didate for Office. It IL true that he may &C
cept the nomination Of the Convention and
reject its platform as a whole or in part; but
then he must, a. IN honest man, tell the
voters Of the party what he rejects and why
he rejects IL, so as to give them the oppor-
tunity to vote against hin II they wish
70 do 10 on account Of the rejection.
II he fails to tell them this, and leaves
them to believe that he accepts the whole
platform and means to carry II out X
elected, when he does not accept IL and
means to carry out something else, he Is a
fraud, a liar, and an impostor; and no good
can be expected from him.
In the national election Of 1892 Governor
FLOWER occupied the position Of a private
citizen, so to say. He was not a candidate;
he was Governor. He was free to ad-
yocate the election Of the national Dem
ocratic standard bearers, even IL he dis
approved Of the Democratic platform
sither wholly or in part. II he made
speeches in the canvass, all that could be re-
puired Of him was that he should not ad-
dress to his audiences any proposition that
he did not believe In, or give any advice that
he did not mean to follow himself. Thus
there is nothing TO find fault with in the
subjoined statement, just made public by
Mr.. GEORGE ALFRED TowNsEsD;
"It was to me that Governor rLowE. spoke last Sun.
day on the tarln.
Every sensible man Isl protectionist.' said the
Governor loudly. In defiance OF the President and
Haatform. If We pass . tariff bill. I am In favor of
passing q party resolution that will not disturb tho
tariff again for twenty years. And II We fail to pass
. tariff bill. we ought equally to resolve not to disturb
shs Mckinney bill for ten years at least"
This Is the Governors opinion. He has a
perfect right to hold it. and he avows It like
the frank, o%utspoken statesman that he Is.
He Is n free citizen. He has not compromised
himself in regard to the subject, and no one
can charge him with being a bad Democrat
or a dishonest man because his doctrine is
not that of the Chicago platform. In fact.
he holds the doctrine Of ANDREW JACK
son and Of SAN RANDALL; and more need
not be said.
But the same Is not true regarding any
one who was a candidate for Federal Office
in 1899; and especially it cannot apply to
the candidates for President and vice-Presi-
resentatives. Whether they openly and une-
=. .t.~-.I I..l...l el... '-lL--.- A. Il
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Our esteemed contemporary, the Hartford
Times. thinks the GoRNAN-wILsor tariff Is .
good thing, and that IL IL not protective" be-
cause important materials are put upon the
free list"
Why, bless your trusting heart, the free list
itself Is a protective invention, designed to favor
certain industries and certain kinds of lsborers
at the expense Of the general public.
A truly Democratic tariff cannot have any
protection In It. and for that reason II cannot
have any free list.
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Killed By . 'FAraatuis.
From the Albany Evening Journal

RrrLASD, Vt, Aug. 2O.-Ths two-year-old
daughter OF II. Is. Qutmby died in Bradford on
SATURDAY, from a sting supposed to have been
innicted by, a tarantula nine weeks ago. The
nurse left the child in a baby carriage on tie
sidewalk while she stepped into a fruit store
The chtld seized a small bunch OF bananas from,
the stand IN front Of the store, and was playing
WITH them when the nurse returned. On the
over the left eye. The eye swsiled, became dis
col9red, and black epOts appeared all over the
body The nurse failed 10 tell the parents OF
the incident Of the hananAs. When the child
died a Bradford physician, who had previously
treated a similar case, pronounced the cause Of
death a tarantula bite. No one saw the spider.
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"

StNb6N"os
Jack nthe. pulpit is scarcely 10 he recognized nv.
ndays by his friends ~ tho spring. JACK himself In,
developed Into n cluster OF CLASSY red berries and hi,
late pulpit has wlthered Into two long dried strings
The berries, II such they nrr rightly termed, are abolt
the most gorgeous decoration OF the woodland The.
DAYS.
-Biood.rcd leaves show here and there on the ,ss,,.
fras trscS, though thousands OF its mitten shared
leaves remain green. It : \ fine faculty that u, W.
safras trees have ~ grouping themselves In gra, ,ti
fashion. and by the shape AMI direction OF their umt.
they suggest, at a little distance, olive trees a. thu, Nd
pear upon Italian hillsid,s.
When tho threatening autumn has stillcI Tho sras
OF all familiar birds the oriUleIs again popping VI. Won,
see nowadays his rcd gold body swing In some hth
tree top aud hear his twittered Outing 50 clear ana
sweet. failing through the serene August afr llkc ne
waters OF a tiny brook. Seen sfar he seems to Il.
eiorined with a perpetual sunset.
The black eyed sulan fingers here and therc. brt
SADLY dwarfed in stalk and flower. II nov Rowe,
within a foot Of the ground instead OF three, four nve.
or siH feet In air, and the blossom Ia two inches IN
diameter instead Of three or four as in July, while re
rich brown centre, looking like q tombstone with ia
golden strenks Of pollen. has shrunk to q tiny button.
Philadelphia Is likely to lose a notable monument
In the noble old elm tree that has long ovcrshadV,cd
walnut street Just below i,road. Mrs. Dudas lippn.
colt. who has long defended the did tree FROM threat
ened destruction, has Just died, and It Is liSrly ,oon 10
be removed. The great tree shadows the whole width
Of the street. and its largest limbs %ovcrhnug the urpo.
site sidewalk.
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tunnel with great sheets Of plnte glass at each end,
and a. the wares are kept on low tables, pedestrians
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Tho 800. &c., ax.n .on,,.., d.onIn.
now are built with due regard to sanitation, especially
in the matter Of the bathroom plumbing. Rathtubs
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Mans Aavsat EIsIaIasS.
Hrom tAs ~. Lena R.pubIic.

OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. ,0.-Prof. Virgins has a
the tail Of a comet. There Is. in addltiOn. the
Professor says, overwhelming evidence that I've
TOuna her way here la the same manner.
l have no tino now 10 enter into a detailed
discussion on this point, said Prot. wiggiEs:
but believe the serpent that Oeguiled I've and
caused all our woe wsS a comet"
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s.- spsass's s,r..s. Adventure.


A queer story comes from North Carolina.
Sam Spence, a colored mAn OF Union county
was in the woods gathering wild grapes. He
climbed a tree and Slipped ON. His iuOt became
entangled in the vines and he was suspended in
the air by on9 foot spence had 10 wait for as
sistAnes, which did not arrive for more than an
after he WAS taken down he became very sicE
Since that time all the wool on his mead has
pulled out aud he Is getting almost as white as 4
white man. His skin first began fading In SPOTS
which have now Spread all over his body.
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AS IaeIas.t or. Q.ssr C.-p.Is..


FEANEFoRr KY Avs. s0.-NuL Mack Ar6nshams OF
this city took moTPhlns aad arsenic today With sui.
cldal Intent and Is thought TO be In ; dying eORdlaon
tOnlght. she quAFrelled with her husband because
he wanted 70 go 20 hear BTecEinrldgs a. Georgetown.
and when he started 90 90 abe took the drugs, hAvtRE
previously warned him that she wOald do 80 n he
went.
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From tue DefrOa TribuHF.
Impsluously he poured forth the story OF his love.
And all ! have" he protested, In conclusLdn. ~ n
pEOEtrated himself before her. " II a. YOGI feed
She looked a. him lncredulOusly.
All" she repeated.
he shrugged bis shoulders.
Practically ALL" he sAld. or C0uTsa have
snotesr alit q Clothes a. home, but II really flnf
-For me nrsf time she knew tLs extent o, If,
devotion.
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PrIAseIy SIN.


MI George A HsATn has siysa, 4. tAs Metropolitan
Muselm large oil painting b. the late George lnness
Ihs RLetnIs u about sH7 fsst, snd u entitled PeAoe
an1 Pls1ly" u oae of Ar. Innesss bsa aEd naosf
gsnel9a7 giver - IAs nuseuns ART eoilseuoa
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Gasss.

Prom ihs Indianapolis J0araaL
What Is this moral courage that the SUNDAY
school teacher was tsllin' W abouif
f0mmy-Al near a. KIN gue4 Il. IT'S the Kind Of
courage that Eids hAs hats ArFRid 90 hKhL
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What boat can read its right Of way clear
under this new and new-fashioncd resula-
ton
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ffOa E0rka L6r.
change eAkes placa1
faph eAAags IA Gs PdsS.
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~ 10 Date.


An- CumsO-S0 thsy married In haste. dAd thsyn
Ma caEksF-fes; Ind nov Asy ars nsDsndRS n