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EXPERIENCE IN A FIRE,
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Describes .
Fire In the Firth story of n Flat.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Deseribes m
Fire In the Firth story of n Flat.
To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Str: Having
just passed through the fright and incon-
venience of a fire in my own apartment, for the
benfit of others. report what have learned.
Sunday morning about 4 o'clock the family
were aroused with O smell Of smoke. After
searching in every direction We discovered q
small puff OF smoke coming through the hearth,
where we had had a wood fire during the day.
We summoned the jantor and a gentleman
from an adjoining apartment, who tore up the
tiles as rapidly rs possible. One lady in the
house dressed quickly and ran out to warn the
FIRE Department. She applied to three different
policemen TO summon tho fremen, Each in
turn asked her where the fire was and how large
it was. She rep!ied II cannot tell. 1t is under
the fioor.' No warning was given at once and
twenty minutes passed before the engine and
company appeared.
In the mean time the gentleman and ian,tor
had ripped up the hearth. and discovered beam,
underneath the back OF the fireplace burning
slowly. There was no tin or iron over the
npeams. Inc hearth consisted of chnrred
hGard ad lSrenn %n about an inch OF cement and tiles
rived the family carried water and checked The
snrsnd Of The iire, which wa, soon after extn.
one remained for further deveiopments. In
about about half an hour fire was discovered in an
same gentleman and janitor then attack ed and
CONQUERED. give these details To protect the
Of those who have he Welfare 30 Of 'hs iso cofSchfe &c
their care and keeping. >"0 fN''' III
Ftrst-Those whose duty II is TO Inspcct buid-
lhKs should see that hrc K ana mortar take the
prG,e Of pine boards under ,ki'chen ranges and
pnrior nreplHces; | am told that large apart
meht ;, @ hoises AZ over the city are being built
Np Nrcnmd ,h. wv When !"lcemen are asked to sum-
% ask II the fiie is large enough IN bn w"r,i
ex,inguished. "' "''e easily
Third Every apartment honsc should have
an nmr'n i9r inens,tnrerS. police. and fren,en
fourth Inc FIRE Department should he as
prompt MS possible, and one man or more de-
to be safe. "'' 10 s'p'osod
AZ human lives are daily sacrifced 10 care
lessness and economy in building, onr insnecturs
cannot he too ronseientions in the dis"hnrgr OF
ine,r % %unt,rs. ! should think it would be- 10 the
interest or Insurance companies TO watch tbs
INSPECTOR, & @ Of nn;'anGs. and increase the insur-
al.c a or ~, nIIlhings wherc pin. boards assume
t" MI the legitimate rlac,s Of bricks and mortar.
EILzArcrH CADY STANTON.
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markable as in our adoption OF Western
methods OF warfare; and we believe that
with us In the future. as in the past, no
more consideration will be devoted to ques-
tions OF military defence and military pres
tige than due regard for tho honor and
welfare Of the empire may require" II the
European powers that are now watching
Japan SO jealously, and seeking to guard
against the results of an uncontrolled mill
tary fever among her people, can be brought
to take this view, there should be less
anxiety to deprive the island empire OF the
well-won fruits of its victory.
Mr.. KURINo believes that the result of
the recent treaties made with leading for
eign powers for disseminating in Japan, a
little more than four years hence, the old
system of consular jurisdiction, will have
results of vast Importance. To begin with,
the whole Japanese empire will be thrown
open to foreign trade and residence, aliens
being at liberty to come, go, and remain in
all parts of Japan as IL native subjects.
Again, the relations between Japanese and
foreigners must be greatly improved,
through removing an influence 80 potent
as consular jurisdiction might be in Great
ing dstrust and dislike.
AS sequence, foreigners. hitherto ex-
cluded from sharing in many industrial
pursuits in Japan. will be freely permitted
to enter them. How these results may
affect our own countrymen Mr.. KUR1No
proceeds to show:
Tho volume of Japanese commerce has nearly
quadrupled within the past twenty years. In equal
n not IN greater measure. the mining,
ri rapI(ly
gressed Tho growth and manufacture OF silk and OF
cotton goods in particular have shown signs OF won
derful development. In the latter article domestic
manufactures now almost wholly supply domestic de.
mands and manufacturers arc looking for foreign
marke This fact is OF interest to American cotton
growers since tho import OF American cotton into
Japan has largely increased in the past few
that there every prospect OF large and prosperous
trade in this article alone"
Again, in the transportation system of
Japan there is still room for abundant en-
terprise. In 1879 there were only eighteen
miles of railway, and twenty years later, on
April 1, 1893, there were, including both
the Government lines and those of the COM
panies, more than $3.50 miles. This total
has since been increased, and the I'M
provement will go on. Steamships un-
der the control Of Japan now connect her
with the principal ports of the continent of
Asia, including Bombay, but in this direc-
tion also development may be expected.
Mr. KURrNo is no doubt correct in surmis-
ing that not only the unselflsh feeling of the
United States for Japan, as her first and
warmest friend among Western nations, but
also our material interests, will find causes
of satisfaction in the new era Of progress
about to dawn upon that nation.
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MUNCIE. Ind. April o9.-Mrs. DIR. Annie Lem
mon Griffin has introduced new act at tho
the city.
Thursday night at show she was one of a
small theatre party of women, and she occu-
pied seat No. from the aisle. The next two
seats were occupied by well-dressed but very
nervy young men. As soon as the curtain
dropped after the first act the two men request
ed that the ladies arise and let them out. Mrs
Grinin politely informed them that she would
not get up for them. Both remained standing
and finally appealed to the house policeman, WHO
called Manager Wysor. He stated that tho
seat occupied by the woman belonged to her
and she could do as she liked. Finally the me
were compelled to sit down. and tho house fair
who had become acquainted with tho trouble.
Mrs. Griffin will DO given a medal by other
Muncie women who are calling in person and
extending their congratulations.
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What Fores' and Stream SAYS here about
the name Defender. selected for the new yacht.
is true. and in the main sound in It's advice:
"The comments we have heard on the selection are
by no means favorable. and the opnol is freely
pressed that the owners of the yact Lave taken the
nrst commonplace term that suggested Itself AS tho
yacht will not be launched for six weeks or longer.
there Is still time TO remedy the mistake and to give
her a name that is more definite and di,tnc;ive in
connection with yacht which, whether successful or
otherwise Is certain TO become historical II no better
name can be found there ia tho which
toned some time since -Cim-rack; that OF h'stor-
cal craft. intimately associated with the New York
Yacht Club. whose first meeting took place In her
cabin. and commemorative OF those two good yachts
men. Commodore JOHN C. STEVENS and his brother.
who brought to this country what has since been
known as the Americas Cup"
Defender Is the height Of swngger common
place ltwould be an excellent thing to change 1t.
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The Test.

We observe that resolution, passed with
out dissenting voice, under suspension
Of the rules, by the Connecticut Senate,
calls upon all Americans, without regard
to party, to join us in denouncing the unpa-
triotic and un-American inaction Of the
Democratic Administration.
The wording of this resolution is little
faulty. No genuine Democratic Admins
tration is unpatriotic or un-American.
Whatever its pretensions, whatever the
party that carried it to power, the moment
an Administration is unpatriotic or un-
American, it is not Democratic.
The Democratic party may have to take
the responsibility for putting such an Ad-
ministration in power, and may suffer the
penalty; but the Administration itself has
NO part nor lot in true Democracy. The test
10 infallible.
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Seven Egg. From Six Hens.

To THE EDITOR or The SuH-Sir: To state the case
for your solicited consideration have six hens and
rooster IeghOrns. bright. active black ana gold lit
tie things For two days In surcesslon have found
seven eggs In the nc9ts after tho conventional periods
OF retirement peculiar hens and we arc all ayog
over tho wonder OF IT, We have not yet gone So far
ast attribute the phenomenon. that is the seventh
egg. 10 the rooster, adis que rou,rs rous,
We live on the failing OF one Of the Long Island
moranes attest or the glacial era whirh- the mo,
raineming!es with the lttle hills forming part OF
me rolling landscape OF Prospect Park short dis
lance away. Ne are In sight OF intt ses al Cun,y
Island six miles on The atmosphere slnrgcy saline
nnthing else psculiar - the i9a'on. Age ther' In.
have hay heard 80 hut have always douhcd It and Is
th's only heRteu tribute to EaSler! Or las .uige
any hand IN uf Il seems mystery that's why we
Itcur TO Judge This 10 not nieudcd egg yon on In
ms case, Tor when Annie gets through h-HpAckinx
him him be will wish he had never been haIcheh, Huf
BRoCkLYS, April 80.
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A Republic Under Mugwump Rule.

In the letter from Costa Rica which we
printed recently, and which was one in
the series of letters sent to us by the ac-
complished correspondent who has been
travelling for year past, in The SUNS SER
vice, through South America and Central
America, there was passage of particular
interest to the American people, not of less
interest to the Democratic party than to the
Republican, or TO the Rcformers, or the
Mugwumps.
In this letter of our correspondent, Mr..
JOHN r. SPEARS, there were vivid sketches
of life in the republic Of Costa Rica, descrip-
tions of the people, accounts of their indus
tries, and remarks upon their condition.
Mr.. SPEARS told of curious habit of the
people there, that of burying their money
in the ground. "In Costa Rica," he said,
"there are untold millions of buried treas
ure.' The people have adopted this custom
as the only means of saving their money
from the rapacity of their rulers. The Gov
ernment has always been corrupt, disorderly,
and tyrannical, has often been overthrown
by revolution, and has been a most baneful
power in the history of the country. After
speaking of its evil character and influence,
orr correspondent made reference to one of
the chief features OF it:
And yet Costa Ricans have always done aud are
now doing what some of our American theorists think
is the one thing needed TO make perfect govern.
ment They have placed and have kept the making,
the Interpretation, and the execution Of the laws In
the hands OF the best people, The JoHsSIEs and the
Mixes the JuANcros and MIauELTAs, aren't in 1t,
so 10 speak. at Costa Rca election not
but only to state the fact that in Costa Rca a.. n MI
Central America the exclusion of the JonSSEs from
share In the affairs of government has worked disas-
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sr: II Is with as much
astonishment as regret that we read that It is said we
have made an attack upon the Catholics. We wish to
make specific denial OF any such Intention act or
speech The speech made at Albany has only TO be
read as published In THE SIN the day after Its de-
livery to show that tho religious question was not
even touched upon. 1t never has been at any time.
and to read IN tho Interview published in the Sunday
Sun any sucn meaning Is wiifu misint expectation
The association against the extension OF suffrage to
women Is non political. non,rtiRous body. and the
TACT thai u counts among Its members many ,oiics
y snncien refntation Of the charge. The nssocia
ton IL nor upon narrow lpsiR hut IL anxious In
every way TO aid IN the real al advancement OF women
while II depores the njudriou, Of u fc il0us
progress Mrs. FRANCIS Vi. SloTr.
Mrs RICHARD WATSON GLIDER
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The Future of Japan.

The forecast which Mr.. KURINo makes, in
the North american Reuie,p, of the next
stage in the progress OF his country, deals
wholly with political and commercial prob
lens. Great as is the prestige which Japan
has acquired by her military and naval
achievements he believes these TO be merely
an adjunct to her progress, as they have as
suredly been, ir his opinion, merely means
and not an end in the plans of those who
guide her dcstiIies.
There il something very suggestive, III
deed, In the Japanese Minister'S modest dec
lAratiSp that I've hope that we have made
advances In other directions quite rs re-
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The defeat of the GRAY Racing bill will
be disadvantage to the State. and an unques.
tionable injury to the city Of New York.

We find in the PdU Mall Gazette of Lon
don an impressive statement of the evils to
which the people Of this city may be exposed
should the projected tunnel railroad ever be
constructed. Apparently" says the writer.
speaking of one Of the underground railways Of
London. travellers are doomed for another
term to undergo the discomforts and risks of its
perncious atmosphere. Heated noxious gases.
the product OF coal combustion and human res
piration. I'LL the tunnels making them hot, un-
healthy. and almost sufrocating. These evils
have been the subject of repeated complaints
for many years; still absolutely nothing has
been done to help ventilation or to introduce
continuous supply of fresh air."
However, the people Of New York will still
have the opportunity of travelling by tho
elevated lines. where the air is always fresh and
where they can both breathe and see as we'll as
be transported.
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The Ninth Regiment. .s,.ama.,sr

mistaken n saying that Levy ever leader OF the
Ninth Regiment band. when Fisk vas Colonel OF the
Ninth, Levy was principal cornetist but the hand.
master was hat niue soldier. musician and
Major David J. Downing. Peace 10 his asnes ~ a
place on THK sVNs roster Of fame. g. n MERcHANr.
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a Nupna, Innovation on the Coast,

tf"" me San trascLsrn DIav Report
rather remarkable marriage took p,ac, in this
wy sr"er'aE. u remarkable In that II took p ace
reader mnst have noticed, all recent fushion,tl,
marriases' When they have taken place n; any roon
at all have taken place at high noon.
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stupidity In a Beginner.

iron, the Indianapolis Journal
Say" said the new boy there n enough berries
here TO NIL all these boxes"
The fruit dealer came TO what was wrong He
picked mp OF the nlsd boxes looked into IL and
then under Il.
"M wonder" hs said. "You have got them upside
d0wn."
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LOCAL NEws-The City and suburban News Bureau OF
Che UNITED PRFss and NEw Yonk ASSOCIATED pRRss
10 at 81 to 90 Ann street All Information and doci.
nents for public use Instantly disseminated to the
press OF the whole country.
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The Century for May Is the p!easantest num-
Der OF that magazine that have seen for mauy
months IL full OF enjoyAbs reading from cover 10
cover. h Ma good number 10 have win ysa.
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y orr friends pho Jaror tcffh manuscript for
publcatton ish to hare refected articles returned
th.v must In oil cases send stamps for that purpose
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Toward the Ideal Yacht.

The authoritative announcement that the
new cup defender, the longest sloop ever
built here, will be less than "a feet wide,
indicates n permanent modification in the
form of our racing yacht. A boat three feet
longer than the Vigilant, instead of being
widcned in proportion to the Vigilant's
width, which is 2e feet has been squeezed
narrower than the Colonia even. which was
24lS feet, or nearer to the dimensions of the
Pilgrim, the fin keel of the same year, with a
beam Of 90 feet. The new boats strength
will lie, therefore, not so much in her breadth
of shoulder as in the greater weight and
depth of her underbody. for her leaden keel
will hang below the surface somewhere be-
tween 1S and 90 feet.
The relative variations in beam Of the
last five couples of America Cup racers make
an interesting study. The S1-foot Puritan,
twenty-five feet and a half wide. was seven
feet and a half wider than the Genesta, Of
the same length. In the Galatea- Mayflower
year the difference was still greater, the
Mayflower being eight feet and a half
wider than her antagonist That was the
last of the Genesta type. The Englishmen
suddenly threw overheard their prejudice
for narrowness, and made the Thistle five
feet and a half wider than her predecessor.
The Volunteers twenty-three feet of beam
showed the American idea to be that our
model had grown broad enough, or even
too broad
Then the Americans made another jump in
widening. the Viglant being 20 feet wide,
while the English stopped where they had
been the year before, the Valkyrie being
20k feet in beam, like the Thistle. That
same year, however, the Valkyries rival,
tho Britannia, had been built with a beam
Of 90 feet inches
While we are led to think that Valkyrie
III. is still wider than the Britannia, the
American nSpdel to compete wiab her is less
than "a feet wide, so that for the first time
in the history Of international yachting the
contending yachts will be substantially of a
beam. England and America have reached
an almost identical result We differ
now more in the disposition of
weight and in tricks of construction and
rigging than in form Of hull. However, it
will probably be long time before the rae
ing yacht is developed to the perfection of
the thoroughbred horse, which is at point
where progress, if it is not stayed altogether,
comes with steps that are labored, irregular,
and at the best almost doubtful
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On retiring from the Presidency of the
Philadelphia Society for University Extension,
Prof. EDMUND J. JAMES of the University of
Pennsylvania presents an interesting account
of the work of the society for the four years dur
ing which he has been at its head From this
We learn that tho society has given courses of
lectures averaging over 100 year, and in the
last year amounting to 1856; that about &c. 900
persons year have listened to its teachings;
that a number Of publications have been issued
by it. and that the work of the society Is in largo
part self-supporting. over 80 per cent. of the
expenses being covered by the fees for lectures
and less than $4,000 being called for from the
guarantee fund OF the society last year.
The greater number Of the persons attending
the lectures, as was to be expected were women,
and women of leisure. The society has sue
cecded to some extent, however, in reaching the
workingmen, though Prof JAMES admits that
1t is T. slow process. For its teachers 1t has
drawn on many institutions. among them tho
University Of Pennsylvania. Princeton, Haver-
ford. Swarthmore. and Bryn Mawr. Each
course. as rule. consists of six lectures on some
topic or period in literature, history. science,
art. and similar subjects supplemented by read
ing In easily accessible books on the part of the
student, enabling him to pursue the bject that
interests him In a systematic way under intelli-
gent direction. Prof. JAMEs's college duties
compel him to Withdraw from the direction of
the society. TO which he has devoted much time
and energy since its beginning.
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We wonder that Brother TALMAGE, who
fills his sermons with amazing illustrations,
either terrifying or enhancing, does not In
crease their power by stereopticon views. He is
not in the least afraid OF realism. He used with
startling effect that poor drunkard who rceled
down tho aisle the other Sunday during the
sermon, and made his appearance just in
the nick of time. He created a sensation
when he advanced TO tho edge of the platform
and pointed his long. lean finger straight at a
wicked wretch in front OF him who could not be
brought to repentance. We should think that
the unhappy woman in the congregation whom
he went for must have squirmed. He has
something OF this Kind on hand nearly every
Sunday In the Academy of Music.
We ROW say that realistic stcrcoptical illustra-
tions from the life would be as handy. moro sat
isfactory. and less apt to give offence. Take.
for example. that miserable dog Of a man.
described by Brother TALMAGE, who stood at
tho corner OF Broome street and Broadway. in
agony. trying to make up his mind whether he
would go westward to heaven or eastward TO
hell. What thrilling sceno for the stereopti-
con! The fool OF u man could not be brought
upon the platform Of the Academy in his state of
mind. but he could be flung upon the screen. with
an awful shock, while Brother TALMAGE gave
him scorching. Or, again. take those verbal
descriptions OF tho scenes in the skies Of the
New Jerusalem and those down In limbo. or
deeper yet: translate thcm from language into
stereopticon pictures; the pictures would have
hundred times the potency OF the words. The
very best of any OF our reverend brothers ser
mons for the screen was that of last Sunday.
There were the dramatic incident in his own
household. the frightened bird, the cask and
tho pulley. the soldier and his knapsack, tho
different kinds OF human beauty. the doctor and
his patient. this dome OF the Church OF the
Madeleine in Paris. the hardened octogenaIiAn.
the sweeping in Of . whole family. the bridges
SlsE The ereXassea. and lalA Of Qlhar thinaa thai
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-11-16
Teachers Institute.

New IBERIA, la, Nov. IA, 1895.
Editor Meridional = Will you
please make known through the
columns Of your paper that the
teachers Of your parish are invited
to attend a State Teachers Institute
that will be held at New Iberia,
December 9th to 14th inclusive.
The Institute will be co nductsd b.
Prof B. G. Caldwell, assisted by an
able corps of teachers from the
faculty OF the State Normal School
The State Institute Managers as q
means of improving and making
more efficient the teachers of the
public schools Of the State Of Louis.
lana and TO awaken a deeper inter,
est in the said schools, have adopted
this system of practical work for the
teachers Of oar State. In further
anee OF that object, they have pro-
Vided in the school law, Sec H.,
Page 50, The following 1.-THE
The School Superintendent Of every
parish in which no State Institute is
to be held during the year, shall
encourage and urge the public 5choo!
teachers Of his parish to attend thu
nearest State Teachers Institute.
granting them leave OF absence from
their school duties aud giving them
the same compensation for attending
the Institute as ia provided in Sec,
70 for the teachers Of schools loca-
ted in the parish wherein The Iasti
tute is held" 1t il the intention OF
the school authorities of this parish.
to try and make the meeting a pro
ftable aud pleasant one. All visit
ing teachers will fad good board at
from IS to SIS, per week.
Respectfully,
YIN. r. BURKE,
Parish Saperinten dent.