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THE OK HEIGH HTS MEETINGS.
DIR. Robertson D-dicates His Little Daughter
to Missionary Work.

NYAcK. Sept 1O.-The intense heat this af-
ternoon did not lessen the attendance at tho
convention Of the Christian and Missionary
Alliance on Nyack Heights. DIR. John Rob-
ertson, the Scottish orator, preached again this
afternoon and spoke principally of missionary
work. He said he had a little daughter at
home, who, in her youth. expressed q desire to
work for missions.
Papa" she said before he left home, don't
you think DR.. Simpson will give me something
TO help me TO carry on missionary laborsf'
YES, my child he replied.
"Do you think he will give me fifty poundsl'
Yes" said her father.
"Well. papa" continued.the little girl, won't
You support me and let DR.. Simpson give the
nifty pounds TO some one who has not any
papaf'
flor father told her he thought he would, and
after relating this incident DR.. Robertson turned
to DIR. Simpson and said:
MY brother, my little girl will be ready to
enter the mission field, when old enough. You
may depend upon IL, she will be ready"
God bless tho little girl" was heard all
through tho large audience.
Tomorrow will be a sort of field day at the
convention. and all the missionary workers
will be called upon to make .hve-minute
speeches. Sunday will be the big day of the
convention, and a large crowd is expected. A
collection for mis- sionary work win then DO
taken.
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VIEW ARMs ron rHE eUARD.
state nIiiitinusen VIII ne Equipped with
RprInNneld Rtnes hy Oct. 4.


ALBANY, Sept. 1o.-Thc National Guard Of this
State will DO ronrmed with the Springfield rifle
and carbino by Oct. 1. Gov. Black approved the
bill passed by the last Legislature, authorizing
him to exchange with the United States Gov
crnment, without expense to tho State. tho
Remington rifles and carbines now used by the
militia for tho Springfield rifles, Of which the
Federal Government has many thousands on
hand. The Governor has applied to the United
States authorities for tho exchange, and it has
been ngrecd to. sixteen thousand rifles for the
infantry and 600 c~aroines for the cavalry will
DO exchanged.
The commanding officers OF tho sixty.one M
tionnl Guard organizations will receive direct
from the Chief of Ordnance Of the United States
Army the required number of rifles or carbines,
woven cartridge bolts. and rounds Of ammuni-
ton for their commands. There will be dis
tributed III, 900 rounds OF ball ammunition
an, $500 woven cartridge bolts. 49,,
Adjt.-Gcn. Tillinghast to-day issued a special
order, in which he says that the ammunition to
be received by commanding officers is at tho
rate OF sixty rounds per enlisted man, forty OF
which arc intended for next years rife practice
on hand. Tho powder and balls of the ammuni-
tion of calibre 80 remaining on hand after
arms have been exchanged may DO used and ex-
pended for gallery practice, but oil tho shells on
hand will be turned in to the Chief Of Ordnance
of the State.
Upon the receipt Of the woven cartridge belts
all tho waist belts and. plates. except those
needed for the field musicians, and all cartridge
boxes and bayonet scnbbards will be turned in
to the Chief OF Ordnance.
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SHOT At 4 SHARK. hit A CRAB.
Capt. schenL Caught Ihr Crab ana Recovered
Mr. Armbruster's bullet.

This Is n fish story, Charles Armbruster,
while Grabbing in Newark Bay. was pursued by
n shark "details as to size and kind missingl.
Tho shark became SO obstrcpcrous that Mr..
Armbruster drew his revolver and fired a shot
att. The shark disappeared. Followed an in
terynl of two weeks. Then Capt. Lorcnz Schonk
OF Grcenvillc went grabbing in Newark Bay. He
caught 4 crab, In the back of this crab was a
found a bullet in the hole. Followed an interval
OF Two days; Then Capt. Schenk took the bullet
to Charles Armbruster.
Mr.. Armbruster hadn't been grabbing ro.
Gently, hence hadn't been chased by moro
sharks. hence hadn,t shot at any. Tho revolver
with ono blank shell in II was in tho Same condi.
lion ms, after the shot was fired at tho shark.
TOO bullet that tnN Schcnk found In the crab
Actlv.
II you don't believe It, go to Capt. schenk's
store in GFeenyIlle. He will show you the
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THE ONLY PATH.



To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: A party
never loses In standing firmly for principle. Tho
history OF the Republican party for the past If
toen years, and, indeed, throughout its existence,
proves this. Had the Republican organization
surrendered TO the shallow and pompous Mug
wump element in 1884 and 1892 1t would have
been dcfencelcss for the struggles OF 1888 and
1896. Fremont, though defeated. holds n more
honorable place In history than IL he had been
elected on n timo.scrving platform. He made
Lincoln's election possible. To give up TO Low
and his Mugwump associates in the Nav York
city campaign, would DO trenchcry to the ma.
tional Republican party. repudiation OF its
policy in nation and IN State; in a word.
4 would involve both defeat and dishonor.
There Is good ground. on the other hand, for
believing that an honorable. regular. and
tory. AS TIN sun has pointed out, tho only
chance for an snti,Taminany victory is on the
and with n candidate free from Organism Oh
me one hand. and from hypocrisy, fraud and
fubdub on the other. M.
BROOKLYN, Sept, o.
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THE ASTORIA ENTERTAINMENT
Dates ana Details or tho Series to ne Given b
the society or Musical Arts.

Dnten ana Detnlio OF tne series 10 no eiVen u
tho society or Musical Arts.
Tho new ballroom of tho Astoria, Fifth ave-
nuo and Thirty.fourth street. will DO the scene
Of n brilliant series Of entertainments during
tho coming winter. They will be given under
the direction of the Society Of Musical Arts. will
Clarence Andrews rs manager. The following
dates have been fixed for them: Dec. @. Is, and
81. Jan. 4, IL, 10. and "a, and Feb. 1. Tho So
cicty, OF which ]. Norman de II. Whitehouse Is
President. Charles T. Mathews Vice-President.
George II. McLcan Secretary. and John Du Fails
Treasurer. has sent out its Giro nlars to those
whom IL wishes to become subscribers.
The scale of prices ranges from tho single sub
scription. $50, admitting one to the eight per
formances. to the family subscription, $50,
which admits two members, or one member and
q guest. as desired. to all tho entertainments.
There are to be several rows Of seats. and behind
them tables conveniently placed for the service
Of refreshments. There are two tiers Of forty
boxes. containing seven seats each, In which re-
freshmcnts may be served.
Hal past nine o'clock Ia the hour fixed for the
performances to begin. From then to II o'clock
Their viii be opera and concert, and after that
until midnight there will be vaudeville special
ties and ballet. Thrre will be complete stage
ana scenic accessories and a first-class orchestra.
Among other inducements held out in tho circu-
lar are that new works by foreign and American
compo ers will be produced. and the best vaude.
Vile specialists and vocal and instrumental
artists will be engaged.
The circular -tatcs that operas comique ana
operettas of not more than two acts. short COM
edies and dramas. and musical pantomimes and
ballet will be given.
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LANCASTER, Sept About two weeks arc
two constables raided q tramps' "roost" near
Mill Creek, and when the fever was on they
bring In a large number of prisoners. So they
also arrested persons. in the neighborhood who
were suspected of being tramps. including two
Rev: J. H. Gilbert of Schuylkill Haven. Pa, a
minister Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. and
caster and started to walk to teaman Place on q
pleasure trip. When they reached Leaman Place
to Lancaster. and, in spite OF all they could say,
were committed to the county jail TO await trial
the story OF Mr.. Gilbert until the moral in
structor. Chaplain A. C. Leonard. heard OF his
case. and at once chRmpioned his cause. He
tricts and received in reply a letter vouching for
the Rev. Mr.. Gilbert's respectah ility. Chaplain
Leonard therefore took the Rev. Mr.. Gilbert and
his friend before Judge Brubaker on a writ OF
habeas corpus this morning, and they werO
promptly discharged from custody.
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With a sound as of ~clanking shackles
and wild sobbings tho Clcrciand Recorder
records that I've are confronted with tho fact
that the prosperity which tho advance agent
claims to have ushered in is prosperity. not for
workers. but for monopolists-for sugar trusts.
meat trusts, banking trusts. railrond trusts. and
landlords" 1t is growing clear that prosperity
is n very deceitful, wicked, and dangerous thing.
As there seems to be no way Of abollshing
trusts and landlords. the practical step to take
is to abolish prosperity. If for no other reason.
because it hurts the eyes and the feelings of
gentlemen long accustomed to blink and groan
in the caverns OF calamity.
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Nodes spared ~ the Turks sold By n Di.bon
eat sexton.
Enon the London Dnfip Ne,n,.

From the London Daily Netos.
Extraordinary discoveries hive been mad. =,
Hungary with regard to the spollntion of ~.
graves of the ancient kings. In 1869 the arch.
@ologist, Koloman Henzelmann. searched fo,
the graves of these long dead rulers, which bsd
been disturbed and partly destroyed by the
Turks during their dominion there in IN.
Bishop of Stuhlweissenburg's garden. Stuhl.
weissenburg is the old coronation city, II.
found a number of stone collins, and was abb,
from the inscriptions. TO ascertain that tbcy
were those of tho old kings. He gave them 70
the care OF tho city authorities, after copying
them into each skull. The Mayor seems 10 Lnyss
put all the. grisly treasures pell nell into i've
sarcophagi away. In 1872 tho present M,yyooss
Of Stqhlwoissenb1rg learned that there were
t Sop be- done dR aeo w lGtt t n rnG 1 Ho xa m%iI; W tG% TIM, va.
and found what they were. He addressed him.
self to the Chapter Of Stuhlweisscnburg. and
the packing. cases were nailed up and placed n
the vaults Of the cathedral, and ono OF tho dcaus
was made responsible for them. He never seems
to have troubled about them, however. and a
drunken sexton became the real carcl0ker.
In 1893 tho professor of archaeology T6r6k
received PERM ssion to take the bones 10 Bula-
post for his anthropological studies. II was
then found that the seals had been torn from
the boxes, and they had been opened. several
had been quite emptiod. When tie sexton vs.
questioned, he said that his predecessor had tod
had received permission from the dean to iNkes
some Of the skeletons for his medical studies,
and that he had made a liberal Use OF Tie Ter,
mission. This. SANDER applies to a respected
doctor In Budapest, who has already proved
that he is quite innocent. Dean johann Kar.
and Louis tho Great are buried in n separate
vault, and were not touched by the Turks.
Tho kings to whom the bones and skull, he-
longed which are now in such n dcplorablc con.
dition, or altogether missing; are St. Emcrich.
the son Of st. Stephen, first King OF Hungary
Kings stephen. Koloman, Bella, Geiza H.. IaGi,.
las H., Stephen ", Bella H., Lad!slns III. and
several other Princes Of the Arpad line. There
were also of tho line of Anjou Queen Mary,
wife. Of Robert Charles, her son, and her nus.
band, Kings Albert, Ulvsses, Louis H., and
John Zpolya. whose corpse Achmed Pasha had
flung out Of the vault in 1913.
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shave long felt tho i~njustioo Of tho
namo, and the stigma has ranked in
their breasts" Who that over saw the com.
Portable citizens Of tho low.lying Port has con
1octurod that thcy had q stigma in their midsts
1t is truo that cam~bridgeport has never de,
served tho lattcr part of Its namo by
becoming tho conqucror Of Boston as n
port OF entry. 1t is true that in times
not wholly prehistoric a curious race called
Port Chucks lourIshcd there. Yet tho name is
n hcalthful namo and tho place is prosperous.
Thon why this ambition for q new titloi Why
must the respectable word Cambrldgoport, In
which you hear tho water tapping and smell
tho marshes. be expunged from tho postal
directory
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TIE row rprsoDr oIosIre.
mis- Candidacy Will Not No or scrious conse-
auence.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Even
when 20 other people tho crushing defeat OF n
candidate for office seems obvious, he is apt
himself to DO kept sanguino by his vanity
and eager desire. Mr.. Washington HcsinR,
running for Mayor OF Chicago as the Cleveland
candidate, last spring, was absolutely sanguino
Of his election up to the very last moment, yet
actually ho got only about $4,000 votes out of a
total Of about 3OO.0 900. Mr.. Low docs not seem
TO be so sanEuine, for he substantially gives up
the race by saying that he will run whether his
friends DO few or many" In juno he refused
to accept a nomination unless IL was proved that
he was "a ~unifyinE force" and its acceptance
WASH public duty which, could not be gninsaid.'
but In September no accepts 1t, and declares
with desperation that he will stay in the field
to tho last, no matter how dire his defeat.
This exhibition OF moral obliquity in Mr..
Low, for 1t cannot be called anything else. has
prepared tho public to give credence TO news.
paper reports that he is now ready to lead the
Citizens Union into n similar course of false.
hood and stult fcation by undertaking to deal
with Plat" The price of his nomination by
the Republican Convention, according to these
stories. is to DO the surrender of the rest Of the
places on the ticket to the Republican organi.
cation. Inasmuch as Mr.. Low was nominated
precipitatoly by his political agents for the ex-
fS NJ Ooo'SAAaS Va SeNA
negotiations, they could not take place without
sacrificing the essential principle upon which,
ostcnsibly. the Citizens Union was founded.
Moreover. such negotiations are impossible.
Mr.. Low has rendered himself absolutely incli.
gible for the Republican nomination by taking
the nomination Of the Citizens Union, for the
Republicans will mako the campaign on the
very national issues which the Lowites are SOL
emnly pledged to exclude absolutely.
He Is In q bad box, q bad box for anybody, but
most Of all for a gentleman and a college Presi.
dent. The only escape from a situation 80 dis
creditable to him and 80 fatal to his political
and all other ambitions, is to withdraw from the
candidacy for Mayor altogether. He cannot run
except as a disunifying force, belying his words.
This impracticable Low movement has been
an episode Of the summer, which has been
brought to a standstill by the practical political
situation Of the autumn. Mr.. Low will honce-
forth drop out of serious consideration as a can
didate; and eventually I expect to see him, as n
man Of common sense. accepting the inevitable
by retiring to make room for somebody who will
be really "a u~nifying force" MANHATTAN.
New YORK. Sept. 10.
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Mr.. Lows Duty TO Himself and to
Mr.. Worth,

II Mr.. SETH Low were really a sincere
man, genuine in his rectitude, and in truth
unfolding the right rather than the ex-
pedient, before writing his letter of accept
ance to the Citizens Union he would mail.
with a stamp for special delivery. the fol.
lowing letter to Mr.. JACOB WORTH Of
Brooklyn:
"DEAR SIR: I observe that certain members NJ the
Republican organization In Brooklyn who would like
TO see me elected Mayor OF the Greater New York
favor the Endorsement Of my candidacy by that or.
RRniZation. As that course would be mlnifcstly
deceltful. and a betrayal OF the obligations assumed
by Republican partisans. l insist that the EFFORT he
abandoned. While we should welcome the support of
all gooi citizens TO M canvass. we must remember
that l ain distinctly antagonistic to an organization
allied with Republican partisanship. l am n non.
partisan. and I am my own platform. Your or.
ganization IN Brooklyn is partisan and bound to the
platform Of the Republican party.
For n Republican organization. az such. to declare
for n candidate consecrated to its destruction and
pledged TO ignore Its platform. would be an act Of
downright dishonesty. with which I s~rornfully refuse
to be identified and by which l resolutely decline to
be served. II would he dcsertion TO tho enemy's
camp. at once repugnnnt TO :ny Instincts and intol-
cradle to my sense of honor.
Honesty Is tho best policy. ! hope that ! Sn an hon.
ost Whh' Az any rate, ! know that i've in the Gear
OF GoD.' II you control the brooklyn Republican or.
ganization and favor my candidacy. and consequently
the platform OF tho Citizens Union. your conscience
will constrain you to disband the Republican orsani.
cation befor. permitting Its member to be enrolled
In the citizcns' Union. For the principle OF tho CIT.
zens' Union | shall stand In the coming campaign. be
any friends few or many Respectfully.
"SETH Low"
How those ringing words of truth would
lift the Citizens Union movement ont of the
mirc Of pretcnce md chicancry into which
it is slowly sinking deeper and deeper!
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RECTOR STREET WIDENING PUT OFF.
Mayor Wants Such Work Left to the Greater
City authorities.

Comptroller Fitch submitted a report at yester-
days meeting Of tho Board of Street Opening
in favor of widening Rector street to sixty feet
from Church street to West street. He said that
Rector street WINS practically a continuation of
Wall street. and that, with tho exception of
Morris street, was the first thoroughfare north
of Battery place running through to West street
from broadway. lie thought the Improvement
could be made iur sos 900.
A petition signed by a number Of property
owners and asking for the Improvement was
also presented.
Mayor strong was opposed to doing the work
now. He said that under tho new charter the
Board OF Public Improvement would take up
matters OF that kind and lay them before tho
Municipal Assembly for consideration. thus
putting the responsibility on ono hundred men
instead OF upon tho five member OF the Board OF
Street Opening. The Comptroller moved that
Commissioner Coils be directed to prepare maps
for he widening but the motion was defeated,
the Mayor. President Jcrolouan, OF the Board
OF Aldermen, and President Mcmillan Of the
Park Board. voting in the negative.
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with their foes Of q year ago. ~discrodited
and ~dIshonored by the facts of the situation
everywhere, but sulkily and stealthily pre-
pairing to renew the battle here.
Will they succcedH Will folly and In.
difference among the victors Of a year ago,
divisions in their ranks, or the introduc.
tlon of improctIcable and dangerous side.
questions undo the work Of a year ago in
the great city Of New Yorki
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u HFUrHUIC HttHCk OF To II reported 1rofc
Denver. Some saving remnants called the Tax
payers something or other have resolved that
they believe that the highest principles of
county government will be materially promoted
by the absolute separation OF local from ma.
tional politics." In their search for the highest
principles of county government the Denver
philosophers do not forget the light OF common
day. Their resolutions recognize the bicycle"
The New York saving remnants have their
noses too deep in the clouds TO recognize base
material convcnicnccs like tho bicycle. They are
revolving rapidly on other wheels.
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Mr.. NJ. p. CARRyCK, described as Presi.
dent OF the Brotherhood of Painters and Decora.
tors. calls Mr.. SAMUEL. GoMPERs "a plug.hatted,
greasy tool OF capital" The adjective greasy
may be used as a synonym OF elusive. slippery,
and pass without conditions. but how about
~"plug.hattod T. DO tools OF capital wear plug"
hatsi II so. that species of hats. which already
has much to answer for. must be discarded. It
is bad enough to DO ugly without being a tool of
rapital
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The question confronting the Republican organiza-
tlon In New York CITY Is not tho candidacy OF Seth
Low. II ia the far more serious question as TO
whether II shall 20 out Of business as n nominating
force. The Citizens Union Insists that tho Repub-
lican party shall bo a mere follower and that IL shall
not even be consulted as to whom II shall follow. Let
this assumption be accepted In New York and other
cities. aud the party may as well close its outer door
and take down its sign,
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From the Nineteenth Century.
We have all heard tho vel. worn axiom attributed
to tho Psaimist that The "days OF man are threoscore
and tens" but In Genesis VI, 8. viii be found the fol.
lowing passage; "Yet his days shall be an hundred
and twenty years" This passage seems to have been
overlooked. as ! have rarely seen It quoted. although,
curiously enough. 1t exactly corresponds to the theory
that man sho.id attain Ave times the period OF reach,
ing MS nativity ALICE GLESEsK.
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From the Wfndham Mountain Gazette.

with a full knowledge OF the Importance OF main.
tanning Republican principles In national AFFAIRS, this
band OF rule'or'ruin young men have not oYiy chosen
free trader ms their candidate for Mayor, but in so
doing have done all In their power to give Tammauy
Hall control OF the local government OF three million
peopie-and Tammany Hall In 1900 will use all the
tremendous power thus obtained to tear down the
work OF the Republican party in the past and en-.
throne the adherents Of the communicate Chicago
platform OF 1890. again driving capital into vaults
and starving labor.
The Citizens Union occupied a highwayman's posi-.
ton' saying to the Republican party; "Do as wo say.
and your life will be spared"
But tho Republican party cannot AFFORD to aocede to
tic demands OF all political highwaymen. II must
crush such plots or DO crushed itself.
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Seth Low ~dispieases consistency that he may please
the Citizens Union OF New York. He had made the
rule that his candidacy must represent the united
strength OF the friends of good government In New
YORK The duty OF the Republican party is un.
changed. TO act In such a way as will best preserve It's
principles and organization. and best represent the
desire for tho administration OF Greater New York's
Affairs In . worthy way.
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A Titled Woman IIagpipor.


from the Wfstmfnsfer Gdsefte.
invrrary Pipe Band. the distinguished combination
OF bagpipcs which created u sensation by promenad.
Ing Glencoe In charge OF Lord Archibald Campbell.
walked abroad In Inyerary tho other day, headed by
q young lady. who blew the piob mohr with all tho
dex'eriiy ana success OF a prize ~bagpiper ut obau
Highland games. This was Lady Elspeth Campbell,
Lord ArcAihald's handsome dAuehter. She Is an cI,
pert player, and has done n good deal TO make the
dreaded instrument popular In fashionable circles.
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From the ROtsdum Courier and Freeman.

There are still but two political parties in this
country; one is the Republican party and the other
isn't, and those two will stand alone until Organism
and the Chicago platform arc forever buried. Seth
Low. who defeated Blaine in 1884 and who withdrew
from the Republican party in 1888. is obviously not a
man who can command the united support OF a con.
sistcnt Republican party or organization. and II as
hence the most imperative duty OF all opponents OF
Bryanism and Tammanyism TO unite and select q dif.
ferent man than Mr.. Low rs the standard bearer In
tho MAyoralty fight.