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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02
RANG dc DISMISSAL eELL.
An Incident Showing the Splendid Result
Of the School "Fire Drill"

of the School "Fire Drill"
What might easily have proved to be
a panic involving loss Of life in primary
school No. 80, at Fifty-frst street and
First avenue, was averted recently by
the GOODNESS and presence of mind Of
Janitor Patrick Carney and Principal
Mrs. Allen of the school.
Carney was passing through the play
room at 1915 o'clock when he saw
smoke. He could not see where it was
coming from, aud his first thought was
to get the children out Of the building
before the smoke penetrated the other
rooms.
The school is a five story structure,
with a daily attendance Of over 900. Not
one of the pupils is more than 10 years
old. Janitor Carney made q hasty search
for Mrs. Allen and found her on the top
floor.
He beckoued to heaaGanifying that ha
wished to speak to her privately.
"There is a fire somewhere down
stairs" ne said. Better ring the rapid
dismissal belF and get the children out;
then the fire can be attended to-"
Mrs. Allen grasped the situation at
once. Without the slightest display of
excitement she gave the order to have
the bell rung, and in a few minutes
teachers and pupils wore out on the side
walk, not M suspecting what was the
real cause of their early release.
The scholars have been drilled twice a
week, when all the exits, 10 in number,
have been open, and they were instruct
ed how to leave the building rapidly.
When everybody was out, Janitor Car
ney rang the fire alarm on the second
floor Of the school, and when the fire en-
gines arrived it was ~ascertained that the
fire was in a refuse can in the playroom,
into which a careless boy had thrown q
cigarette New York Herald.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

Governor Mckinley has decided to
present the bald eagle recently sent him
from the Indian Territory to the Cincia-
matt Geological garden. Il is too fierce
TO be made a pct of and TOO tough to eat.
A tender Of the bird to several friends
has been firmly refused. n Columbus Dis
patch.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

In tho daysof William the Conqueror
Il was moro dangerous to kin a rabbit
than "A man. A murderer could escape
with poylncnt Of ainei a rabbit slayer
was put ID death.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

The California idwinter exposition Is
at last outlined as Il viii be when the
gates are thrown open on New Years
day. IL viii cover 100 acres Of ground
and have 20 buildings. excluding such
structures as kioslls and small restau-
rants.-San Francisco Dispatch.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

Tho autograph letters and historical
documents of the late Dr.. j. s. Vogg Of
Boston have been willed to tho Maine
Historical society. His win also calls
for the establishment Of a free public
library In tho town Of Eliot. Ne.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

storor 20 ~far-reaching and 30 unfailing In It's
effects that Il can be guaranteed. In thu
most stubborn Skin, Scalp, or Scrofulous
Affections, or ia every disease that's caused
BY a torpid liver or BY impure bloOd-f IL
ovor fails 10 benefit or cure, you have your
money hack.
Nothing else, az any price, Is really as
cheap You pay only for the good you get
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

In Canada positions IN tho civil sery-
ice are obtainablo after examination and
are held during good behavior, which,
as q rule, means lie.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

Tho oldcn ways yield to modern i'm
provements, but they yield slowly. There
is still a sailing packet between New
Bedfoil and New York, which, in spite
of steam competition, has made 80 round
trips this year.-Boston Transcript.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

A football game occurred Saturday be-
tween the teams Of Ladoga and James
town. The star player Of the Ladoga
team "a james Tobin, the center rush,
a magnificent specimen Of the physical
man, over G feet IN height and go pounds
Ia weight. Tobin has been for nearly
two years past on a stranger diet than
any football player ever oforoaubmitted
TO. Since July /, 1892, Tobin has eaten
nothing except ice cream. Two years
ago ho was attacked by indigestion and
rapidly lost his physical powers. Moth
ing he ate would remain pa his stomach.
Ills death appeared 10 De but a maitefof
o few days, when he suddenly conceived
a great craving for ice crcam.y
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

The monster water wheel at the Cal
umet and Hecla copper mine, Lake Su-
porior region, weighs 900 tons.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

ln 1888 the civilized conntnos-that
A. Europe. America an1 the European
colonies and dependence
eil,oo0, 900 tons u various grains. just
q years supply.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

A. b. Myers Of Hanover signed his
marriage license by holding the pen in
his teeth. Mr.. Myers had the misfortune
TO lose both hands. He is about to wed
a woman Ia this county. His penman-
ship Is among tho best seen In the clerk
Of the courts Office here.-Lancaster
fpa A Diaunff IA.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02
DON'T BE TfPOsED UPON.

MT BE INFUSED UEON,
when you ask for Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. Go 70 a reliable
dealer. He'll sell you what
you want The ones who
have somethlng else TO urge
you In It's place are
thinking Of the extra profit
make These things
pay them better, but they
care about pOu
None of these cheap sub
Is " just as good % as
the Discovery That Ia
the only blood-cleanser, flesh
aud strength re-
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02

There wouldn't b. any cases Of chronic Ca
tarrh II an used Or. Sngo's Remedy That's
positive. IT, pfOpriot0ns win pay goo TO
ward Ter al incurihlo case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-22

twenty fortunate ones; in the city there is
but one TO fifty.
To what should we attribute the often
observed tendency TO confoun6 Al absolute
local increase Of poverty with an increase
relative to population Mr.. MALLocK would
ascribe It not to stupidity or dishonesty, but,
in most cases, to thoughtlessness or igno-
rance. 1t is evident, however, that law
makers and the enlightencrs Of public
opinion. who are the physicians OF the body
polite, can no more be INDUCED in such
confusion Of thought with reference to
poverty than with reference to disease or
death. As a given area gains In popula-
ton under modern industrial conditions,
there will he more cases Of illness
than there were before but such an increase
is entirely compatible with an improvement
in health throughout all clafRes. As a vii
lage swells into a city, more people will die
in IL and yet the death rate may be much
lower. II follows that IL we would estimate
the real character OF modern progress, we
must consider not the actual number Of the
but the rate Of pauperism. In study
ing the tendencies Of the existing industrial
system, l. Is primarily indispensable to mark
its effects for good on the vast majority
of the population, and not the unhappy
condition OF n small minority, which, as
statistics prove. is tending relatively to di-
minish. From the viewpoint Of poverty
itself, the problem which the statesman has
to solve is not how to revolutionize our
present institutions in the interests of the
unfortunate, but how to absorb their rela-
lively decreasing numbers into the society
which economic impressionists and Social
lists would destroy.
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Her Hear, and Had d Vote.

From the Chicago Daily later OcedR.
Col Rain Anderson OF Kentucky, who Is now in the
city on his way TO New York, was asked last night:
did you oppose Col. Breckinridgef p
who, mef Well. l didn't until a few weeks ago.
Up TO that time | was strong in favor of him"
And some new proof changed your mind. Ell -
"wel, I can't say that It was a proof. ! will say.
though, that Il was stronger than a proof. IL was a
woman. You see, | am a widOweT, without children,
without moral responsibilities os any sort, and didn't
see why Billy shouldn't go 10 Congress about as long
a. he wanted to- but I CAD. sab, a woman that lives
near Paris changed my mind. For a long time l have
been after her TO marry me, and she has been putting
me on. But a few weeks ago l met her, and she told
me that NJ would work against the Colonel She would
marry me as soon as the election was over. And then
l took on my coat and Mt Billy about as hard as . man
vas ever nt- CAD, san, It was the women Of my state
that killed the Colonel
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for the nations welfare, from uttering senti-
ments like these, which we find In a notable
address delivered at Raleigh on Thursday
by the Hon. CHAUNCEY F. BLACK before the
State Convention Of the Democratic clubs
in North Carolina:
follows certain paths scross the seas.
There are positions which more OF less command
them, and which, 10 occupied in time, may save q
world Of trouble.
One Of these is Hawaii. whs. American Of n, ell
would surrender Pearl Hsrbor. the slight interest we
already have therei But why not receive Hawaii her
self : she stretches her clean republican hands to us
and implores admission to our sistsrhood. Hawaii
once American. the nag Of the Union, sustained by our
soldiers and our fleets, would cover with its gentle
protection. not our own commerce only, but thatof q
large part Of the world on its peaceful way across the
Pacific. Hawaii is coming, and IL !. not in the heart Of
any Democrat to say her nay. The end is inevitable.
Her Incorporation is but . question Of time"
Hawaii is coming, and 1t is not in the heart
OF any Democrat, save perhaps GROVER
CLEVELAND, to say her nayl We commend
to the President the speech Of the distin-
guished Democrat to whom he has been &C
customed to appeal, in seasons Of distress
and gloom, for advice and assistance
in matters of tariff reform. Mr.. CLEVELAND
would do we'll to go to the Hon. CHAUNcEY
F. BLACK likewise for sound Democratic
ideas Of foreign policy and national ex-
tension. He has put into less than a score
Of ringing words the true Democratic policy
with regard to Hawaii, and 1t is neither
more nor less than the American policy:
"Hdudii In comma. and II IL not In the
heart Of any Democrat to say her ndyr'
That is the only form in which the
Hawaiian question is now an issue; and in
that form it is an issue, not between Re
publicans and Democrats, but between
those Democrats and Republicans who are
in truth Americans, and those who are not.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-22
John Burroughs.


rum " fOsI' f~rDTess.
John Burroughs, who has gone to live in a little
West shore station at Z O'Clock each morning. As the
wayiaid by an interviewer. who had reached the vii
lage at half past g and waited. Burroughs wore
neither coat nor vest. his garments bore the marks Of
sun and weather. and his shoes were dusty.
The two walked to the farm and spent the day to-
gether, and MIR. Burroughs talked, of course, about the
skylark and the bobolink, the oriole, wood thrush,
and marsh hawk. He referred. too. with satisfaction
20 his fruit growing. "Ihave several wealthy neigh
bors," he says. + and they grow fruit. too. They say
they can't see how l can make anything grow-they
can't" John Burroughs makes money; he grows" hne
fruits and choice kinds, and markets Il early" During
the grape season he pitches In most seriously. losing
. In weight about ten pounds a month"
The naturalist Is an expert accountant and his ser.
vices are in demand by BANKERS. He has been
asked, too, to write school books ITO help children to
love nature; he decided he would only create a new
task and that there would be no good in that. Then
he began to talk about teaching; like every other man
he has his own views ON the subject. go To nature
rather than TO books he cries, and is willing TO nut
the theory 10 test. Once, while In a town where there
II a college for women, Mr., Burroughs announced he
would g6e a walking lecture the next morning; by 5
O'Clock there were forty or nifty girls on my door.
step, q great pool OF girls there bound not to miss
their walk. When l heard them whispering and NOV.
ing about, out I came. and we started. they all crowd.
ing after and stepping on my heels all along. they
were so anxious to hear everything I said. But that
didn't matter-I had stout shoes on ="
Think Of that; a whole collegeful OF girls rose at
dawn TO go for a walk with an old gentleman, merely
because what he said would he interesting. Let the
young men roll that over In their minds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-22
RAPID VISIT.
Commission to Meet Next wednesday-The
Question or Municipal Construction.

The Board OF Rapid Transit Railroad Commits
sioners will hold Its first meeting since July 10
at its Offices, 256 Broadway, at . O'Clock next
"Wednesday afternoon. Al that meeting II is
expected that Chief Engineer William Barclay
Parsons. who went to Europe TO study systems
of rapid transit, will make "A report.
At that meeting, too, II will be necessary for
the Board to make provision for the submission
to the people OF the question OF municipal con-
stEuction, II the question is TO be acted upon at
the coming election, as is the intention at pres
ent. The Rapid Transit act Of 1894 provides
that the commissioners must file with the PO-
lice Board at least thirty days prior to election a
request for the printing by Official ballots for
use In the determination of the question Of mu-
niGipal construction. These ballots are to read
: For or !. Against municipal construction OF
The road which it is proposed to ask the peo-
pie 10 vote on y the same underground system
The counsel Ia the Commission have decided hat
these plans may be altered in any particular
after the people have decided TO build a road at
the city's expense.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-22
A Woman Of Power.

The Government of Japan recently de.
iivered to the King Of Corea an order which
must be offensive to all champions of wo.
men, rights. In It there is this piece Of ad
vice to his Majesty:
1T is necessary that all interference OF the ladies OF
the court In politics should be strictly prohibited. In
Japan, as in other civilized countries, the domestic
stan is strictly secluded from politics; and this Is abso.
lu'ely essential to the permanent prosperity OF your
dynasty"
This is going pretty far. 1t does not look
like civilizing Corea.
The most powerful politician in China, the
country which Japan is fighting, is a woman,
the Empress Dowager. She is the real
ruler Of the most populous empire in the
world, and is vastly more potent than
Queen VICTORIA. 1t was she who, in
her wrath, gave orders that the yell
low vest should be torn from the
upper parts of poor old Ii HUNG CHANG,
and more recently took from him that
peacock feather, the loss of which almost
drove him to suicide. II is she who dictates
the appointment Of member of the Grand
Council, supervises the business of the
seven Boards, and watches over the gen
eral interests of the empire. Why, it
was she who, in concert with another
dowager Empress, made the arrange
ments under which the present Emperor
ascended the throne. Five years ago she
professed to surrender her political power,
but recent events have made 1t evident to
all the world that her authority is yet su-
preme, and that the nominal occupant Of
the dragons throne is but a puppet in her
hands. We are not sure that there Is in all
the world another woman who has an in
fiuence equal to that Of the strong-minded
Empress Dowager of China. She is a poll
tician Of the first quality.
So long as China's suzerainty was &C
knowledged by Corea, the ladies Of the Co
rean court had a say in politics. But now
comes the Mikado of Japan with orders to
the King of Corea that his domestic staff
shall be strictly secluded from politics. 1t
Is impertinence on the part OF MATsUHITo,
who is a man over forty, and must nave laid
aside his gallantry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-22

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sfr: While read
ing the many obituary notices that have ap-
peared recently OF the Comte de Paris. l have
been hoping TO see something that would show
an intention OF finishing the history Of the civil
war on the part of his publishers. l
have seen nothing, and l am. probably with
many others. in possession OF an incomplete his
tory of our war by the Comte de Paris. We
were promised that this history should be fin
ished In probably four volumes. W. have the
four volumes, and have had them some time,
and the war Is not over yet. The fourth one IL a
fraud, being padded with reports and tables,
and correspondence which is OF no value.
The Counts executors should take this mat
ter In hand and clear his memory from the
faint OF fraud by finishing this history from his
private papers.
This is a duty to the American public who
purchased his book In good faith. not dream
ing for a moment that publication would
be suspended and the work never finished.
Can you give us some light on this matter
Ca w. j. STAPLES
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-22

How absurd it is for us to import onions
from foreign countries. say from Egypt, Spain,
Cuba, the Bermudas. and other regions Can
not we raise onions Of every kind. quality. fra
GRANGE, flavor, size, and any degree OF p~iquancy +?
Very surely we will say that we ought
to be able to do II when we look thOughtfully
at a map OF the United States, when we
think OF the fOrty-fOur States and the
four Territories in the American Union. New
York and Connecticut onions, Texas and Ken
lucky onions, Virginia and South Dakota onions,
Oregon and California onions-what else do the
onion eaters want land yet we have spoken OF
less than One-hfth OF the onion producing States.
We have a whole lot of varieties of good Amer
lean Onions, some OF them better than poetry.
Yet here we go along, enriching the Egyptians
and other foreigners by buying their onions at
high prices. Look at some figures; We have
this year got $4,000 large bags of onions from
old Egypt, the ancient inhabitants OF which
worshipped the OniOn-and very properly, too,
We say; 10000 OF them from Havana, I3I, 900
crates of them from Bermuda, besides more Of
the Spanish than We can tell Of, because the i'm
porting season for them has Just begun. The
Spanish sell for a dollar or more a crate. a good
deal more at retail.
These foreign onions cost US millions OF money,
which ought TO be kept for home circulation.
Now, why cannot our American onion growers
raise the best onions ever known 10 man-spring
goods from the South and the Pacific, later
goods from elsewhere2 Why do so many Of
our onion eaters favor the imported article
rather than the native grown2 It seems TO US
that some OF these people are more psrnickety
than patriotic.
We ought TO raise in this glorious land ali the
onions we consume. Why notT
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-22

There are two points OF interest in the
news brought to Victoria by such Of the sealing
schooners as have finished their seasons labors.
One relates to the new prohibition of hunting
fur seals with firearms. Spears are only effective
In the hands of those who know how TO use
them, and the Articles, which hunted for two
weeks in Bchring Sea after the close of its work
In Japanese waters. found II difficult to get near
enough to the animals tn spear them. whereas
had she dared TO use rifles she would have taken
many more than the ninety which mnde up her
Behring Sea score. On the other hand, the
schooners that took the precaution to engage
Indian hunters with their canoes have done we'll
enough. II seems clear. therefore. hat one
good effect Of the new restrictions will diminish
and perhaps wholly stop the wasteful slaughter
Of the seals by the use of guns In killing them,
while another will be the employment of the
Indians in their own old method Of hunting.
A second suggestion is furnished by tho ex-
tent to which hunting in japanese waters has
been resorted to since the mOtiiis rircndi agree
ments, followed now by the Paris rules. have
restricted sealing In I,ehring Sea. We find the
Arietes taking nearly 1900 seals on the Japan
coast, and the +. s. Marvin reporting n catch of
ALL, Of which only 233 were captured after
leaving Hokedate. Some vessels may not show
such scores In Japanese waters, but on the whole
the reflection occurs that Japan, when she hn-
ishes the more important matters she now has
on hand, may find IL for her interest to make
careful regulations in regard to seal hunting.
and to unite with Great Britain and the United
States for the preservation Of the animals on
the Asiatic as well as the American side Of the
North Pacific.
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james Gordon Bennett for Governor or
Mayor.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: What is
the matter with James Gordon Bennett I am
no politician, and for that reason | ought not.
perhaps, to interfere. But II the single aim is
good government, and that Is to be attained by
securing the nomination and election of n Mayor
who is not a machine politician Of any stripe.
but a representative citizen or business man.
who will administer municipal affairs solely in
the interest of the public. I would nominate
James Gordon Bennett.
Or, IL you wish to have one of the best Gov
ernors possible for New York. nominate James
Gordon Bennett. For either Office he would be
the most popular Of all candidates, and at the
head either Of the State or of the city his al
ministration would be honest, independent, and
fearless. II you wish TO be victorious and pros
porous, nominate James Gordon Bennett. He
would be sure to win and to give satisfaction.
NEW YORK, Sept. 81. CHAs. b. SMYrH.
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Nearly all of our religious contemporaries

Nearly all Of our religious contemporaries
of every denomination have expressed their dis
approval OF the suggestion made In the Con0re-
Odttondlist that the Christian Endeavor societies
should seek to get the management t. OF both
political parties by gaining and holding the bal
ance Of power so asto dictate suitable nomi-
nations and control elections" The Christian
Advocate is especially emphatic in its repudia-
tion OF the suggestion. Its acceptance would. in
our Judgment, result in the corruption and de-
struction Of the Christian Endeavor societies.
These bodies had better take warning against
adopting II. The proper course OF their mem
beers in politics is to vote always for good men,
for the very best candidates, whether or not
they are Christian Endeavorers.