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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25
The War Goes On.

We have news from Havana that the
Spanish commander has set out upon his
third adventure in the province OF Pinar
del Rio, From the magnitude of the army
with which he has resume operations
there. it 10 manifest hat he does not believe
that the revolutionary forces formerly under
the leadership Of Gen. MACEo have been
subdued or dispersed, or hat they have
abandoned the struggle On account Of MA
cEo's death.
We are told that the Spanish military ex-
petition is divided into ten columns. COM
prisinG &c, 900 troops of all arms, n that
this powerful army is to make a vigorous
combined movement" in the western hill
country against the insurgents still in arms
there. 1t seems that, il the insurgents do
not surrender, they are to be driven in an
easterly direction toward some place where
they can be more easily dealt with.
1t surely would not be necessary for the
Captain-G Genera to enter upon a campaign
of this magnitude with ten columns Of
troops, each column comprising 5000
men, II there were not an organized
force OF a good size on the other side.
We have been told from Havana that the
army of MAcEo broke up when he fell,
that thousands of disheartened insurgents
have deserted or surrendered, and that only
small bands Of guerrillas are left in Pinar
del Rio. We were told that the rebellion
had been 30 completely crushed in the west
that WEYLER would hereafter employ his
army against GOMEZ and GARCIA in the
eastern provinces.
The emptiness of these Spanish boasts, and
the falsity OF these official reports, were
made manifest at the beginning of this
week, when WEYLER set out upon his third
western adventure with a force even larger
than that with which he formerly took the
field in other adventures.
We have had Spanish reports of q good
many skirmishes in the west since MACEo's
death, and these reports have furnished sat
isfactory proof that the revolutionary pa
triots there are still in arms and still ready
to fight the enemy. AS recently as yesterday
we printed a Havana report of several minor
engagements in that part of the country,
and another report of Gen. VELAsCo's oper-
atoms against the insurgent camp at San
Cristobal. 1t is thus certain that neither
courage nor order has forsaken the army
formerly led by MACEo.
The veteran Cuban patriot who has taken
command Of the revolutionary army of the
west, in succession to MAcEo, is, we be-
lieve, Major-Gen. RUIZ RIVERA, a soldier
who bore an excellent record in the ten
years. war. and who has endered good SER
vice in the present war. We are assured
that he Is a valorous fighter, a talented
St~rategist, a commander who was highly
esteemed BY his great predecessor. and n
man of the highest patriotism.
We can but trust that Gen. RUIZ RIVERA
will make the best use of the army which
proved to be unconquerable under its first
commander.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25

Senators and Representatives should here
after be chosen by those persons who should
have received from the college n degree OF
Bachelor Of Arts, or any superior or honor
airy degree, except that no Bachelor OF Arts
should DO entitled to vote before the
fifth annual election after the graduation OF
his class. This act, which is now the law,
left In force one provision of the act Of
1910 to the effect that the members OF the
Board of Overseers should be "all inhab-
itants within the State" This restriction
was removed by an act of the Legislature in
1880, which was duly approved by both Of
the governing branches of the college. Since
that time the interest felt in the prosperity
OF the university by graduates residing out
side of Massachusetts has been remarkably
augmented.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25
Good Food Needed By Young Theo,or,ans

Sun from Chelsea is quite correct. I spent three years
at the General Theological seminary. amt l never was
In good hea tn while there. In fact, n greater part of
the time l could not eat the food. but went out for
my meals when | VAS able. At that time. two years
ago. we appealed to Dean Hoffman for better food
and better cooking. Often the meat was spoiled by
the cooking. The woman and her husband who ran
the refectory may be somewhat TO biame. but on
talking with them they said that the dean did not
give them enough money for better food.
Now. young men who uss their brains so much as
do the young men who are preparin! for the Church
need the best OF food. and a poor young man. who Of
necessity lives at the seminary, has to suffer for
want OF good food. l have often taken some OF my
Classmates TO dine At some restaurant, who were too
poor to 20 themselves, for the reason that we could
not stand the fare at the seminary. There should be
a change there, and | trust that you will publish this
so that the dean may read II. CLERIcus
NEW YORK, Dec. %.
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General Leo and Mr.. Cleveland.

General FIrzHUGH LEE, our Consul at
Havana, who has been in Florida for
some days. has doubtless received instruc-
tions as to the time of his departure for
Cuba. A fortnight ago he took passage
for Havana in a steamer sailing from this
port, but his departure was delayed for
some reason, though we had a statement
from Washington that it was Of great i'm
portance that he should get to the place of
his Consulate as soon as possible.
1t was in the first week of November that
Gen. LEE arrived here from Havana for the
purpose OF furnishing the President with
such information regarding the state Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: You have told In
THE Sun OF thousands of Cubans unable, though eager.
TO join the active ranks for lack OF arms WHY not
form an American "un Club for Cuban Freedom. the
price OF a ride TO be- the price OF membership, 1
should like to be q member. We hear OF many would.
he volunteers; surely a large number OF these and
hundreds of others would glad y subscribe their
names to such a roll OF honor. II we cannot give the
Cuban patriots recognition. is II not within our power
and tho next best thing TO thus respond to their 70.
peHtcd cry for helpf
Let Americans know how much such rms cost, plus
the price or a fair complement o. ammunition and
the probable expense OF delivery on Cuban soil. and 1
believe an active man can raise 10000 rifles In thirty
days. A. G. BRookER.
NEW YORK, Dec. "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25
The Government OF Harvard College

IL tttAtShAb Va SOliCkC
An interesting feature Of the recently pub
lished catalogue of Harvard University for
the year lS96-97 is an historical sketch of
the changes that have taken place In the
government of the institution during the
last two hundred and sixty years. AS Har-
ward Is the oldest of American seats of
learning, an account OF the process by which
an autonomous system has been gradually
substituted for close dependence on the
State should be fraught with useful sug-
gestion to the other educational organiza-
lions Of the country.
At the outset Harvard was exclusively u
child of the State. BY a vote passed at a
meeting of the General Court Of the Colony
of Massachusetts Bay in 1896, it wa, sn,ct-
ed: The Court agree to give e400 toward
the school or college, whereof e200 shall be
paid the next year, and R200 when the
work is finished; the next Court to appoint
where, and what building" In the ensuing
year the General Court appointed twelve of
the most eminent men of the colony /" to
take order for a college at Newtown,' the
name OF which place, however, was soon
afterward changed to Cambridge in recog-
milton Of the English university, where many
of the colonists had been educated. 1t was in
the following year, 1888, that JOHN HAIR
YARD, an English nonconformist clergy
man, who had been in the colony about a
year, died at Charlestown, leaving half OF his
property aud his library, comprising some
o volumes, to the institution. The value
of this bequest being more than double the
entire sum originally voted by the Court, it
was resolved to open the college at once.
and to give 1t the name Of Harvard. Not long
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25
Let Kansas Reform.

To TIE EDITOR OF The SUS-Sir: The influence OF
the great papers OF New York upon the people OF tho
West Is more far.roaching than the circulation of
those papers In this region. When they discuss West.
ern AFFAIRS their editorials are reproduced by Western
papers.
During the recAnt campaign the Eastern press yiRor.
ously condemned Bryan and his tollowerG for raisinv
the sectional Issue. They we're right.
Since the election tho Eastern press seeks to mark
Nebraska and Kansas on the map. Its dpnuncIatinn
OF the people TX calculated to estrsnge the people OF
the Eas. The embers Of sect onalism are being fnnnsd
into hame. The very papers which lnveighed against
in cool reflection are party to It. They are wrong
OMAHA. Dec. IN J. Il, HAYsKS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25

The January Scrihner's is out in a new /" dresa
OF type" and with unusually interesting coptents
The serleS on the Conduct of Great businesses /"
opens with an account of q department store, - that
end of growth. Mr.. Il. II. DayIs,s arst
long story Is begun with the title Soldiers OF For.
tune; " Dir. John X, Spears tells the STORY of a SEQ.
ond Mate.' and Mir. Henry Gallup Paine deserlbs.
"The BaShfulnesS OF Bodley." There are other SrtI.
Giles OF interest which cannot even DO named hsrs, but
sksy VIII be read,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25

from The 1tuE iitii Uld iun"I,
Inclleye Maud SIS record " 2 .0Sal over IN" resu!L
tlun rack OF the Cleveland Driving Park 10 a high
wheeled sulky. on July ~. 1895, Is the greatest mile
Ihat has even been tTottsd A. BoAGAA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25
susssr,puons By Nan Post-Paid.

LOCAL NEwa-Tbs City and Suburban Ecws Bureau
OF the UNTEp Pass ana NEW York ASSOCIATED
RRrss II at 81 TO 10 Ann street. All
and documents for public use instantly disssmi
mated 70 the press OF the whole country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25
NEW YORK. Dec. "a. 100.

STATE OF New YORK,
CRY AND COUNTY OF NEw York;
= Mort mer Pine, being duly sworn. deposes al
says that he has read the above letter, and knows Il
contents 10 be In all RESPECTS true.
sworn to before NE this 24th day OF December. ls9
JACOB LoRsCH, Notary Public, New York County.
The record-union., 1896-03-21
CHANCE FOR A FORTUNE.
No Limit to the Possibilities Of the
Ramie Fiber.
The Cloth Used for Wrapping the
Dead in Egypt Thousands of
Years Ago.

Men who have spent thousands of dol
lars and years of study and experiment
investigating the subject say that some
day some one will make a vast fortune
in manufacturing ramie fiber This
plant, which is seldom heard of by the
general readers of newspapers and
magazines, has in it all of the fascinat-
ing possibilities which lead men to risk
fortunes that they may realize the
greater success which is always out of
reach. Ramie provides the fibers of
which the beautiful delicate grass"
cloth of China is made. 1t is a near rel
ative of the stinging nettle, which fur
nishes an excellent textile fiber and the
false nettle that is found around the
Calumet swamps is a species of ramie
The species which produce the longest
and finest ibers, however, grow in trop-
ical countries, and it has been culti-
waited with success in Louisiana, Texas,
California and other States.
The plant grows to a hight of five to
seven feet, and the stalks are about as
thick as q lead pencil, and contain the
fbers bound together with a gum which
is the obstacle in the way of successful
manufacture of the ramie Chemists,
manufacturers and botanists have la
bored for years over the problem,
What must be done, mechanically,
chemically, or both, that will prepare
this ramie fiber for commercial and in
dustrial purposes cheaply and rapidly p"
and no one has solved the problem prac-
tically.
The fiber has been successfully treat
ed in number of ways, and large and
important display of ramie product was
made at the Atlanta exposition, but the
tantalizing gum still puzzles the chem
lists.
Nearly every Government on the face
of the globe has encouraged the estab-
hshment of the industry in one shape or
another. In 1869 Great Britain offered
a prize Of $4,000 for a satisfactory
process or machine which would do
away with the costly and laborious
hand methods of cleaning the fiber.
This prize spurred on the work of in
vestigation and experiment, and to-day
several methods and machines are in
operation, but success is not fully re-
allied.
Charles o. Boring of the John v. Far
well Company spends his evenings at
home with his microscope, chemical and
mechanical laboratory and electrical
plant. Several years ago he became in
terested in Commercial fibers" and
made them a special study. He is re-
garded as the highest authority in Chi
cago on f!bers and their uses, and is an
enthusiastic advocate OF ramie fiber.
The other day he showed handful of
beautiful, Snow-white, f1ossy, strong
silky fiber, and no one to whom he
showed it could name it. 1t was ramie
fiber, which, he said, was many times
longer and equally as fine as the finest
and longest staple of Egyptian cotton.
which is considered the finest and long
est among textile fibers, and was
stronger than hemp. Parting the ramie
with his fingers, Mr.. Boring said:
Il firmly believe that the cloth used
for wrapping the dead in Egypt thou-
sands of years ago, and the curtain
which hung in front of the taber-
nacle that the children of Israel car
The record-union., 1896-03-21
"Lo,d Bress de Gamblah. y

A. M C1eland of Dayton, o., tells a
good story of a gambler from that city
who has made large fortune out of a
saloon and faro game. Last winter he
was in Florida with some friends and
o1ed people were engaged in worship.
The roof leaked and the pastor prayed
most fervently that the Lord would
provide a way to repair the roof. Then
a collection was started, the pastor
saving that special blessings would be
asked for all contributors. One good
brother put in a dime.
"a dime from Brudder Jones. De
Lord bress Brudder jones'
Then a quarter was received.
"Brudder Johnson a quatah. De
Lord bress Brudder Johnson
The collector reached the gambler,
who had made a big winning the night
before. and, flashing his roll put in a
$50 bill in the hat.
The almost breathless collector said
s.Wha's de name, sah?"
Never mind the name. 1 am a gam
bier from Ohio"
"Gamblah from Ohio, $20," shouted
the collector.
The pastor rolled his eyes up and
raising his hands said. in voice chok-
ing with emotion:
Twenty dollahs-gamblah from
Chic May de good Lord bress and
prospah de noble gamblah from Ohio. ;,
The gambler says he has prospered
ever since-Washingt Star.
The record-union., 1896-03-21

friends horse trod in hole, sending
his rider over his head, thereby COM
pletely putting him out of the run.
"I now continued the chase by my
self For a mile the ostriches gained
On me, as they continued to run in a
straight line, thereby not enabling me
to cut off at any point, but obliging me
to keep in their rear all the time. The
country here was more open than that
we had already passed through, and
more broken. / got off twice and fired
several fruitless shots. and then con-
tinued the chase for certainly two miles
without dismounting once. My horse
was wet from head to foot, and was
just thinking of relinquishing the pur-
suit when 1 saw five cock ostriches
emerge from behind a patch of bush
! and join the troop / was in pursuit of.
This influenced me to continue, and /
urged my tired steed on, using my spurs
freely. L now got within 100 yards, and
jumped down thinking to have few
PARTING shots and then return to look
up my friend.
THE first shot I fired brought down a
fine cock bird, but the second struck
over the others, turning them to the
right along a low ridge. They appeared
very much exhaused, and ran with
their wings spread out. / fired several
shots at 120 yards, but none of them
took effect. One bullet struck in ad-
vance of them, turning them in my di-
rection. 1 saw they were coming direct
for me, 80 waited until they were close.
II the meantime felt my cartridge belt
and to my modification discovered I
had only one cartridge left, besides the
two in my rifle. Anyhow, when the os-
triches approached within fifteen feet
selected the best looking bird and put
a bullet through him. He ran for some
twenty yards and fell dead"
The OWLS eyes have no muscles by
which they can be moved. This de-
ficiency is atoned for by extraordinary
fiexibility in the muscles of the neck, by
The record-union., 1896-03-21
CHASE OF THE OSTRICH.
Description of an Exciting Days Spor
in South Africa.


OF all the forms of sport, apart from
the element of danger, the most excit-
ing and exhilarating is ostrich hunting.
An English gentleman visiting the
South African republic. writes to the
London Field" describing an ostrich
chase of more than ordinary interest.
He says:
s'One day j. c. Ingle andf mysel
rode out in search of game. and, after
proceeding about three miles, sighted a
troop of twenty ostriches. The country
was covered with rather low thorn
bushes and slightly undulating but
still moderate galloping ground. On
sighting the troop at about 200 yards
we Immediately gave chase. There was
a single bull wildbeeste among them
After stiff gallop of half a mile we
got within seventy yards of the troop
SO, refining in, we both dismounted and
fired. bringing down one ostrich and the
wildbeeste bull.
s'We quickly mounted and continued
the pursuit, the ostriches never running
for any distance in direct course, but
always turning and twisting, which
made it difficult for us to keep them in
sight. We were well mounted and did
not fear losing them for want of speed
on the part of our horses. After pro-
ceeding mile through bushy country
we entered an open glade about half a
mile in length, and let out our horses at
their best pace. We went sailing on,
neck and neck, regardless of holes or
ANYTHING else, only thinking of the
grandly plumaged birds in front of us,
our horses straining. every nerve to
oyertake them, only as old hunting
horses know how to run when in
pursuit of game. We had now ap-
preached within fifty yards. and
jumping down we fired at two cock
birds running separately from the
troop, bringing them both down. Hastily
mounting, we continued on after the re-
treating troop, but at this juncture my
The record-union., 1896-03-21
CYCLE TOPICS.
Another Man InYentS an Alleged Non
PunCturable Tire.
Various Items of Interest and In
struction to Persons Who
Ride the Wheel.

She sits by the roadside, weeping,
A maiden fair to see:
And only her wheel is keeping
Her company meath the tree.
What ails this maiden, l wonder?
What's the cause of her dreadful woe?
And why is she sitting under
That tree, / should like to know?
She has claimed that her sex is equal
To the other. in all respects;
And this is the painful sequel,
Throwing light on her own defects.
For her grief there's sad, sad reason;
(See how badly she seems to feelD
She has ridden this whole, long season,
Yet she cannot repair her wheel.
And the reason she sits, lamenting?
The cause is a nail, or briar,
And she knows not the art of cementing,
Or of plugging punctured tire.
Charles Perez Murphy.
The record-union., 1896-03-21

One of the most important points en-
phasized by the late bicycle show was
the rebellion by riders against weak
wheels and those lacking in the very
necessary quality of stiffness. Two
years ago, one who bought a wheel
judged it's merits by lifting 1t up; this
year he presses it down.
In no branch of sport has there
grown UP such large army of connois-
seurs as in bicycling. The first thing a
rider does, after he is thoroughly at
home with his wheel is to find out all
about it and compare it with other
makes. In this way he is quick to OBJ
serve weaknesses and defects, and in a
remarkably short time becomes a very
fair judge of what is best in the wheel
for his needs; whether 1T be ordinary
riding, touring or racing.
There is no more faithful adherent to
a good, reliable wheel than a bicyclist
at the same time, there is no one who
will SO quickly condemn one that goes
back ON him.
The record-union., 1896-03-21

Gradually the eminent medical doc
tors who are investigating the merits
and needs of cycling are condemning
the skirts for riding purposes. In the
Forum" DR.. III. J. Garrigues, in an ar
ticle on women cycling, says:
THE long skirt is Objectionable in
every respect. 1t impedes the free
movement of the legs, pumps up air
against the abdomen, and Is in great
danger of being caught by projecting
parts of their own machines and those
of other riders. To avoid these incon-
veniences many women have shortened
their skirts, and some have done away
with them altogether, wearing So-called
bloomers, a wide bifurcated garment
extending from the waist to the knee
This garment, combined with waist and
leggings, forms a neat, practical dress
for a woman rider. True, it is at pres
ent ridiculed, and even condemned by
some as immodest.
However, before men say anything
against the indecency Of bloomers, they
had better reform their own trousers,
which are not much more decent than
becoming; and, since a bathing cos
tune, allowing the lower limbs from the
knees to the tips of the toes to be ex-
posed in tight fitting stockingsi is ad-
mitted by everyone as a proper cos
tune for woman to appear in on a
beach frequented by hundreds of look
ers-on of both sexes, it is hard to UNDER
stand what objection there is in the
name of modesty against a piece of
wearing apparel that, by its wide pro-
portions, entirely hides the outlines of
the body"
The record-union., 1896-03-21

SEND THE WEEKLY UNION TO YOUR
friends in the East.
The record-union., 1896-03-21

You have an immense amount of
hay" observed the visitor at the Clover
meadow farm.
"Ya-as," said Farmer Redneck, but
there amt dang thing t feed it to but
bicycles. Judge.
The record-union., 1896-03-21

Had health been made contagious
Instead of foul disease,
Had all our woes, outrageous,
Been blessings sent to please;
And wouldn't our existence
Be joy in one big chunk,
Had rubber such resistance
That a puncture couldn't pune?
The record-union., 1896-03-21

Gustavus Heidel, ST. Louis inventor,
has evolved an impunctura bic and
pumpless bicycle tire which bids fair
to drive the pneumatic affair out of
usage. Mr.. Heidel's tire is not only
positively proof, but, mas
much as it is not inflated, 1t does not
need armoring as do all of the So
called puncture- proof tires at present
on the market.
This st. Louis invention has all the
life or residence of the pneumatic ar
ticle, combined with qualities of supe-
rior endurance and lightness The tire
is composed of a spiral spring of fine
flexible STEEL five-eighths of an inch wide
This steel is first cased in a duck COW
ering and wound on mandril A
coating of rubber cement is then ap-
piled, and over this comes another of
steel. Then rubber is applied again,
and the affair is allowed to dry
The second coil of steel covers over
the interstices between the coils of the
first, and the finished article presents
almost a solid steel tube, which can be
The record-union., 1896-03-21

Every dealer should keep a keen
watch for methods of improving the To-
cality in which he does business. Every
Improvement to the street, every public
convenience for customers on the street,
even such matters as additional light
ing facilities, or hitching- posts, will
serve to bring custom TO his store