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Foreign Notes OF Real Interest

Otto RoQuette. the German poet. play wright, and
novelist. died recently at Dresden, whore he had
been for twenty seven years professor In the Poly
technic School.
q. P. r. James. author Of many mediocre TO.
mances. died As British Consul General at Venice.
His remains have Just been removed to the new
Protestant cemetery there.
Doctors d'Arsonval and Charrin OF Paris have been
taking the temperature OF our internal organs.
They ind that It is highest In the normal liver,
which is one degree centisrade hotter than the In
testinei then follow In a decreasing ratio the spleen,
the heart. the kidney. the marrow. the brain, ths
muscles, and the skin.
Jules Guesde organized a banquet in Paris to cels-
brate the twenty NTH anniversary of the establish
ment OF the Commune In March, 1871. One Social.
list shoemaker explained that the cause OF the fail
uro OF the Commune was that they had not carried
out his idea OF footing the three billion francs in
the Bank Of France. and OF buying up with It Theirs
and his Generals.
Dr.. William Salmon OF Pennlynn Court, GIAmur-
ganshire, has entered on his 10Th year. He
Is the oldest Free Mason in tho world and the
old st doctor In Great Britain. He risos at noon,
dimes at six, drinking a couple Of glasses OF wine,
and goes 10 bed at midnight. He smoked two ciga.
rettes after dinner ON his lOlst birthday, hut has
smoked little since he was ninety. though he drinks
more wine than before that. lie has not taken .
drive since he was a hundred.
Baron wilhelm de kothschill Is extremely s,rios
In his Orthodoxy. Nhen he went To Amsterdam
some years ago for medical treatment and was
obliged 10 stay at Il hotel for several weeks he had a
kitchen nttcd up for his special use. Recently he
was seriously III and was ordered 10 drink old To.
kay, but he refused. as he had no kosher bottles. A
Frank fort Jew heard OF II aud sent him four bottles
OF Is45 kosher tokay Lc had, Baron de Rothschnd,
10 thank him, sent him a silver tray of fruit and
1000 marks 10 be distributed among tho poor,
with "a note IN Hebrew, quoting the rahhinical say.
Ing that a kindly act is greater than charity.
oxford University 10 going 10 have a Jesuit col.
egc, the HebdomaIal Council having granted a H.
ccnse 20 the Rev. II. +, CLARKE TO open a private
hall for students. II VIII be started under the an.
spices OF the Jesuit order, which viii send a nun,Lcr
Of It's students 10 oxford to study for the honor ex.
aminations aud the desrccs. Father Clarke was a
fellow and tutor NJ Sc, Johns College, who JDIuei
the Roman Catholic Clurch In 1860, just before
the abolition ~ the tests, aud was the last fellow
OF a college To resign his fellowship on ceGsiug To
be q member OF the Church OF England. Recently
oxford granted It's master OF Rrts degree TO the
principal Of Mansfield College. tho Congregational
theological School established N ths iowa
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Cuba aud Liberty.

Translated nom the Spanish oI Pidcfdo. a Negro
Poet Of Cuba, Condemned 10 Death for Conspiracy aud
Executed During a FORMER attempt at Revolution.
o Liberty! l wal; for thee,
To break this chain and dungeon bar;
! hear thy spirit calling me,
Deep in the frozen north afar,
With voice like Gods ana Visage like a star.
Long Graded by the mountain wind,
Thy mate the eagle and the storm;
Arise, and from thy brow unb.nd
The wreath that gives It's starry form,
And smite the strength that would thy strength
defoTm.
Yet, Liberty thy dAwning light
Obsoured by dungeon bars shall caSt
A splendOr on the breaking night;
And ,yrants, noelng pale and fast
Shall IEem6ls At thy gaia. ana stand aghASG
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were HOMER now alive. what a subject for a
new epic he could find In the victories Of the American
athletes at Athens. baltimore American.
1t Is possible enough that HOMER is lust as
alive now as he ever was. Irrespective of that
possibility there Is nothing in the victory of the
American athletes at Athens to bring on a
condition OF uncomfortable excitement. The
present Greek nation, regarded as n de-
scendant Of the genuine Hellenes, is of
very doubtful blood. The Greek athletes
would not distinguish themselves too much
IL they appeared at the Intercollegiate
games in the United States. As far as the
blind old man Of Solos rocky isle is concerned.
and II II may be assumed that he was the au-
thor or editor of the Odyssey" his friend and
would have been ruled ont Of any modern ath-
letic contest. He never won anything except in
collusion with an outside person. To an an
cient Greek. in fact, fraud was much more
attractive than, and fully as respectable
as. valor. ODYssEus, a great hero, was
a liar and a thief, permanently fraudu.
lent, and the nastiest OF pot-hunters and gift
hunters through all his disreputable career.
The Greece of to-day, II II inherits from the old
Greeks. inherits some Of those amiable qualities
which are to be found in some of HoMER's
heroes. Why. successful plagiarism would I'M
doubtedly have been regarded as q virtue by the
Ithaca gang; by which, It Is unnecessary to say.
no reference Is meant to the respectable and
distinguished seat of Cornell University.
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8 UNBEAMS.

Some young wheelwomen of Yakima, wath-
organized Q cycling trip with . now feature q fe2
days ago. They went for along ride into the country
and were accompanied by q horse and wagon, the
wagon being loaded with luncheon, and also havtns
accommodations for any Of the cyclists who might
fall by the wayside for any reason.
"A man in Waterville, Me-, . few days sso
found under Q book q letter. sealed and stamped,
which he had placed there moro than three years
ago to press the envelope nap securely before mail.
ing. OF COURSE the letter ought to have been one
which his vito gave him to mail, but 10 wanna n
IL not stated whether It was the Bible he placed
tho letter under.
Arizona seems to 30 fass d1squaiffyfns ftssif q
. typical frontier region. Above all else nonttsv
regions should DO tough, but Arizona 10 iosins soma
Of its tough features. Although tho population a
the Territory has notably Increased lately. the numA
Der Of saloons was decreased during last yeer b
thirty seven, and tho Territorial dsbe was reduced
In tho same period $50 ASS.
-Cave-ins In tho coal region sre usually dread.
Cd a. dangerous and expensivs soctdmts, bus shssA
was ous nssr Lewiston. Pa, Last week wnaoh ~ssS
happy accident. n was found that the oaveia
opened . hole into an old mina. which wsA sup
posed TO be nlled with water, and which bad bsea
abandoned and tho SHAFT closed on that socounAl
The water had evidently drained on to Q sowsS
level, and tho owners OF the mine beiisve they va
b able to remove from n about sixty acres Of GOAL
-Artesian wells are solving tho arid region prob
AoA 49, ~ - '" % . ~ DSho
stxsos. Owing tho past year or 90 Q uumber q
experimental wells have been sunk In Cochtso
county which have turned out successfully. and B
system OF reservoirs has Just been constructed which
IL is believed will be supplied from thu wells with
. s~ufncions quantity of water 70 insure exoelisns
crops this summer on all the settled land Tha
ranchers in that region have been much hands
capped by the deficiency Of the water supply. bue
from the results already obtained II Is believed ~
tesian wells will furnish all the water needed.
With tho frontier fast disappearing, even In
the furthest West, Il seems . far cry back to the
days of the frontier In tho furthest Easa, but there
are yet in Maine white people who are living links
with those days. Mrs. sibyl Dow. who died in Eazs
Dover. Me-. . few days ago, at the ago OF ninety
one years, was such q link. She was the NTH white
child born in the region which 10 now Ptscataauis
county. Ne. Two years before abe was born her
father. Ell rowne. moved from New Hampshirs,
crossed the Piscataquis River. made Q clearing n
the primeval forest. and built there . log cabin, IN
which Mrs. Dow was born. He was one Of the
first band of white people who settled In the viii
derness, and Dover now stands on the site of hfs
cabin. Mrs. Dow was the first white child born d
the pres emit town limits of Dover.
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Children Rum Down by wndnre.

From the 81. Louis Republic.
TOPEKA. April 5.-News reached here to night of tho
terrible death OF William and Alice johnson in a
prairie fire yesterday In Morton county. The children
were driving from Richfeld to their home. twelve
miles distant. Out OF Richneld they passed a party
OF campers. When q half mile beyond they saw a
great fre following them which had been set out by
the travellers The wind was blowing at the rate OF
forty miles an hour. The children made a heroic
EFFORT to outrun the fire demon, but soon their horse
became exhausted and could go no further, The
flames. which were leaping twenty feet In the air.
were soon upon them and the children were SUMO
Gated. Every stitch OF clothing was burned from
their bodies and their remains were horribly chArred.
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we learn from the Je,rtsh Trlbune chat

We learn from the Jeuish Tribune that
the rabbi Of one of the synagogues of this city is
DESTROYS Of the organization of a regiment of the
National Guard composed wholly of Jews. The
idea is not q good one. The regiments of the
National Guard contain men of many races.
who may or may not belong to any religious
body that we have among us. The citizen who
Joins a regiment 10 not asked what religion he
believes in. Jews as we'll as other people may
enter the existing regiments Of the National
Guard. There would DO no more propriety In
raising a regiment of Jews than one of anti
Semites under the command Of Rector ALL
wARDT.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: I notice In
the report in to-day's Sun In regard to the
differences between the Metropolitan Traction
Company and it's employees, that President
Vreeland OF the company takes occasion to
deny. on behalf Of that corporation. any re-
sponsibility for the promise made by Mr.. John
d. Crimmins yesterday morning to some Of the
discharged eripmen, that they would be re-
instated in their former position. AS this re-
port. being In THE Sun. is undoubtedly correct.
1t might be we'll to remind Mr.. yreeland and
his colleagues of the Philadelphia Syndicate,
who now seem to have absolute control of the
Metropolitan Traction Company, that what con-
cession5. either legislative or municipal. may
have been granted to the company In the way
Of franchises for new lines, extensions OF those
already in operation. or permission to make
connections and to change the motive power
is due primarily to the fact that the people of
this city have faith and confidence enough In
the high standing and public character Of Mr..
Crimmins to believe that any measures advo-
Gated by him. or any favors asked for by trans
portation companies, Of which he Is the con-
trolling spirit, are In the interest Of the public
and not for speculative purposes.
Mr.. Crimmins enjoys the enviable distinction
of standing alone as the only one large en-
ployer of skilled and unskilled labor in this
strike. When he was President of the Traction
Company no employee had ever IA just cause of
ffG1 1I,ha Iah that he did no, psrsonally remedy,
syndicate. who now seems to be the chief ad-
wiser o: President Nreeland. he does not believe
in tho policy of the payment Of increased profits
on watered stock at the expense OF the eni-
ployees, by the reduction OF wages and the in
crease of the hours of labor.
The managers OF the Traction Company's
affairs may depend upon 1t that It will be a very
unfortunate day for their financial interests
when they will find II necessary to dissent from
the advice and opinions Of John d. Crimmins.
when given in connection with the employment
OF labor on the street surface lines that the COM
pany operates within the corporate limits OF tho
city of New York. Yours, j. X. WALSH.
APRIL &. 1896.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Str: The humorous
writer nils a special niche in the structure OF daily
newspaper enterprise.
In the comic weekly or the magazine we view tho
handiwork OF the humoriss with complacency. nor
do We critically examine the merit OF his jokes
His work in the daily paper, however, at once at
tracts the attention and invites the censure of the
supercriticai.
Usually enjoying space rights on the editorial page.
he finds himself surrounded by the ponderous pro
duc,ions OF his paper's mental heavy weights, while
the dash, period. and lead rule only lend the terrors
him.
Small wonder. then. that the modern disciple Of
Joseph Miller finds the task OF creating daily laugh
ter TO order and to size one OF no mean proportion.
II at times under the hammering of constant effort
the sparks from the forge OF his wit glow less bril-.
liantly. shall we not accord him the indulgent criti-
cism duo his peculiar worth and position X.
NEW York. April 4.
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Gold Countries and Silver Countries.

Some dissertation directed at the great
coinage question by the Hon. HENRY NJ.
TELLER, a Senatorial free ~silverite from
Colorado, will serve as an instructive in
PRODUCTION to a recent statement upon the
same topic by the British Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Sir MICHAEL HIcKsBEAcH. We
find Mr.. TELLER's opinions In the Ctnctn-
natl Enquirer:
Eventually the manufacturers will have more
interest In the free coinage OF silver than my own
State or any other class Of men.
-Thc present monetary system is acting as an
automatic tariff to keep our manufactured articles
out of other countries. The manufacturers will find.
after Q little. that they can't compete with Oriental
countries with the system as 1t is. and that they will
also be driven out OF their own market"
The effect of the difference between gold
and silver upon a gold country's trade with
. silver country was also touched upon in a
speech delivered during the late bimetal-
lie debate in the House of Commons. Con-
fessedly the two British industries most
concerned at present and most inclined to
the silver argument are agriculture and the
Lancashire cotton industry. Yet the infor-
nation concerning them given out by Sir
MICHAEL Hicks BEACH left Senator TELL
ER's MOTTO n rather empty:
my honorable friend who seconded this motion
said . great deal about the effect OF the low price OF
silver In silver using countries in the East upon the
competition Of these countries with Lancashire.
Why are our exports OF cotton goods to these silver
using countries increasing by q percentage three
Zines as large as the percentage OF increase in the
trade between Lancashire and other countries that
arc not silver using' / believe the danger Of the COM
petition Is more due to other causes"
This speaker proceeded to make other
statements upsetting the free silver theory.
But let this suffice.
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There is a lull Ia the receipt OF MCKINLEY
land PAIN Dsaier.
There has not been, will not be, and cannot be
any lull in the receipt OF MCKINLEY news at the
office OF the Hon. MARCUS AMOR HANNA. For
l25 hours every day except Sundays the Hon.
MARCUS AMOR HANNA stands up in his office q
beautiful oasis In a wild desert OF letters, Five
bushel baskets full of letters are poured upon
office every hVe minutes. The Hon. MARCUS
AMOR HANNA reads them all. And the Hon.
MOSES PATULUs HAHpE writes them all Il
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A Singular Trait OF Human Nature.

To TIRE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Is there anything
specially ludicrous or humorous in the spectacle OF
q mans standing up for his rights'
ask this because I have noticed that whenever a
passenger upon an elevated or surface road makes
any kind OF a kick" in defence OF his rights the
great majority OF his fellow passengers invariably
grin idiotically and make jocose remarks about
"cranks." no matter how much In the genera! public
interest the kick " is made. ". g. WATKISs
NEW YoRK. April @.
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A Free silver Mn. De.,.r.. u,. Ia....

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: Ihave Just red
some OF your edltoriels and IL is easy too see that
your are a hireling OF Wal 81. thiefs What we want
Is frea silver and by - we will have II. fougt In
the war and am a better American than YOU people
who sells you souls TO the Wal st crooks but never
mind We are going TO run ex Gov. Boise Of Iowa
for Prest ~ this Grate country and you and the Wal
81 crooks "h" pay you can 40 TO HI l.. BAKE9.
sHULLsBURG, Wis, April Z, 1891.
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Mere ~Imitators.

Prom the EesrOit Free Press.
"How little originality these men have" sho
pouted.
whats the matter -
"They are getting SO they wear bicycle costumes al
most exactly like ours"
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Their Code Complete,

From the BuDaIo Timca
Emily Why are you waving your handkerchief
Angelina Since papa has forbidden Tom the house,
we have arranged a code OF signals.
EInily-WhRtI is IN
Angelina-When he waves his handkerchief nve
times that means do you love mel !" ami whom /
wave franorally In reply Il means, Yes, darling"
Emily And how do you ask other questions
Angclins-Wc don't. That's the whole code.
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is impossible 10 admire the industry Of one
more than the industry Of the other. Both put
the ant 10 shame.
But the Hon. MARCUS AMOR HASrA has other
duties and other labors. All the walls OF MS
office, including the ceiling, are full OF tele-
phones and clicking with telegraph receivers
All the ends of the earth send him messages.
From louisiana, from where rolls the Oregon,
from Connecticut and North Dakota, from Ala
bama and Eastport, he receives cheering mes
sages. The Mckinney boom. 80 telephones and
teleRraphs and writes his unrestlnR correspond
ent, possesses the earth and the fulness thereof.
All the delegates are for MCKINLEY! all the
people; and II by any possibility all the
people and all the delegates are not enough to
satisfy the most ~e1actinR MCKINLEY man, tho
Hon. CHARLES Henry GRosvENoR. with a large
system OF patent calculations. improved log
arithms, and Ashtabula and Akron mathe-
MATES that would make Sir ISAAC NEWTON or
LA PLACE go butt their heads against the null
DUPLICATION table. stands up all night and sits UP
all the day and proves beyond proof that Mr..
MCKINLEY will be nominated by reclamation
and on sight.
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A TrnIy Grss. Amer,ean C,,r.

Prom the Syracuse IosL.
Syracuse is fast becoming the centre OF the bicycle
manufacturing In this country. There are more ma,
chimes manufactured In this city now. in proportion
70 its size and population, than in any Other city In
Lhs United stAtsG
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Postmaster Since 1881.

Prom the 81. Louis Globe DemocraL.
ArcIusoS, Fan" AgIl 3 The oIdes, Postmaster in
the tniled states ia a resident Of Missouri. ITS name
is Elijah Watson, and lie Ia located at Kusnvllr. lu.
chanan county Ills appointment as Postmaster OF
the village bears the date OF June 10, 1858,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10
Illustrating the Need OF . New Word.

From the Chicago Ddav Tribune.
"How do you like that new pewrit OF yours p
Haven't got a new one. She's been with the house
six years, and It isn't any OF your business how l like
her-o-er-I like II first rate It's the best machine
in the market IL thought have a cigar"
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y osr JNterds pho Juror .s ,crA manuscripts for
pubNcuftou vfsh to hovs rejected articles vcfurred.
eAsv p,vst ~ all cases serd STAMPS FOR that purpose
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fhe UNITED PREss and NEW YoRK ASSOCIATED. PnEss
10 at 81 10 80 Ann street. All Information and docu-
.ments for public use instantly disseminated TO the
press OF the whole country.
The morning times., 1896-07-26

Rent OF such sites will be almost nothing,
and, further, they may often be obtained
SO close 10 the home as to make furnishings
and supplies the simplest sort of matter.
But here, away from the city's busting
roar, ,thevillage's sdeadstagnation, whatease
and peace for the tired mother; what Joy,
what Iusty bealth for her young ba rbarian
brood! Here, too, the head of the house
may come to catch breath and gather
strength afresh from even so slight Con.
tact with the primal mother, earth.
There is and has been much talk OF
houseboat delights. The plan of having
house and boat separate offers a hundred
advantages over the houseboat proper. For
while the houseboSt is a costly luxury pos
sible only at an expense too great for the
mass of us, q tight barge can be hired by
the month at a very low rate. Duly fitted
with a house it can be towed to its anchor
age in the lake, or at the riverside, at an
almost nominal cost. Then, when fishing
pals, and rowing grows a burden, when
the youDglings grow too venturesomely
aquatic, or sigh for fresh fields over which
to chase butterflies, why, up and away to
the woods, the fields, with no barge rent
running on, to trouble your peace of mind.
Later, If by chance you live in a region OF
canals, it may be worth your while to
hire another barge, put your house aboard
of 1t, and take a tow along the waterway =
to some point handy for next years outing.
There the houses can be stored, along with
such furnishings as will not go handily in
trunks. Thus you shall become as fore
thoughted as the sDail-which carries his
house about with him. wherever he goes.
MARTHA McCULLOCH WILLIAMS.
The morning times., 1896-07-26

well 1t is done, for during the time the
crowds were greatest and depOtS, thor
oughfares and points OF public interest
thronged from morning to night, hardly
more than the usual number of lost pocket
books and petty robberies were reported.
Not burglary was committed during the
period the city was filled with visitors,
and every crook of reputation, whose face
was known to the officers, was gathered
in beforc he had been in town long enough
to find bis way to the White Lot.
WORK OF PREVENTION.
THIS careful preparation means work
of the hardest kind. A careful survey
OF the country must be made, and detec-
tives who are familiar with the faces Of
criminals from different sections are de-
tailed here to watch for the thieves from
their home city. If there is a large gather
ing In another city held at the same time,
this must be taken into consideration, as
the crooks of that section will patronize
the home crowd. During the recent con-
yention over IL dozen ciiitels from differ
ent cities were sent here TO assist the local
authorities. These men came without
exception from the Eastern cities. THIS
was because of the Democratic convention
which held forth in Chicago at the same
time aud proved a magnet which drew the
Western thieves to the Windy City.
With tile incoming OF a great crowd the
life OF a detective is not a happy one. The
central points of interest are railway sta
tious, and these must be watched as care
fully az a hen watches her chickens The
t,sss.-r = sig ped u, this usvvv Is IN ss 1eet
from early morntng until midnight. e