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we hold up 10 scorn and derisiou the
oounter,jumpers who infest the deer
haunted forests, killing as many guides
as deer, we must needs have before our
eyes sad evidence Of the fact that destruc-
tive man 10 depopulatlng the earth Of its
Jero nature wherever found.
Lord BYRON, In his famous apostropho
to the ocean, somewhat alphabetically says:
"Man marks the earth with ruiu-nis control
Stops with the shore; upon the watery pinn
The wrecks are all thy deed"
This is all very we'll for q poetic rhap-
sody. But the modern man, not satisfied
with blowing down the Palisades Of the
Hudson and choking the great geysers OF
the Yellowstone, Ia now busily engaged in
~depopulatlng the ocean, exterminating the
succulent and lrenic turtle, despoiling us OF
the meditative clam, and decimating even
the fnny tribes Of the sea.
To what intent 10 all this destruction
To crafty mans insatiate desire to do
stroy, or to fill the purses Of greediness
and rapacltyI In either case the struggle
will soon be over. When the children OF
another generation read with watering
mouths Of the good things that their an.
cestors enjoyed, they will regard their
pictures Of buffalo, fur seals, terrapin, and
HOLSTERS with the same ignorant curiosity
with which we now gaze on the scientific
reproductions Of the dinornis, the mega.
therium. and the cephalopod.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
What Is Sagasta's Decree OF Auton-
omy Worth to Cuba?

The Constitution of Spain was proclaimed
on June 80. 1875. 1t clearly declares in its
first article that "the power to make laws
rests in the Cortes with the King" The
King is the executive. He can issue de-.
crees, bearing the signature Of one Of his
responsible Ministers, but o royal decree is
not q law.
AS the Kings signature is requisite in
order to complete a law voted by the Cortes,
80 also is the approval Of the Cortes neces-
sary to convert a royal decree into q law.
A law has the sanction of the nation. A
decree, without sanction by the Cortes, rep
resents only the authority of the Minister
who signs 1t, together with the Kings au.
thorlty. A law is enduring. A decree may
be ephemeral after the exit from Office of
the Minister who issued 1t. The law-mak-
ing powers of the King of Spain and his
Ministers are very limited, because Spain
ia a constitutional monarchy.
The autonomy just granted to Cuba by
the Spanish Government 10 not proclaimed
In a law, but by a decree. The Queen Re.
gent of Spain, Doha MARIA CHRISTINA, in
the name of her son, Don ALFONSO Kill,
signed that document In her palace on
Nov. 20, 1897. The signature OF Don
PR1xEpEs MATEo SAGAsTA, tho Queens
Prime Minister, is affixed also to tho de.
cree to make 1t legal. But what guarantee
of durability has autonomy that is granted
in such termsi AS long as Sefor SAaAsrA
remains in power and cares to keep his
word, the decree will be valid. After the
fall of the Liberal Cabinet and the lorna
ton of q Conservative Government. a Con
servatlve Minister can in another decree
wipe out SAGAsTA's autonomy with a single
stroke OF his pen, pushing Cuba back into
the old oppressive conditions.
Ell NdciOnal. the Madrid organ of that
irreconcilable Conservative ex-Minister
Don FRANCISCO ROMERO RoBLEDo, has
already made the threat. "You arc chang
ing the Constitution of Cuba by decrees,'
says Ell Nacfonal to the Liberals, but re
member that our turn will come soon."
Senior SAGAsTA himself admits this dan
ger In the preamble of the royal decree. II,
tries to conciliate the Conservatives by
asking their support In this instance IL
return for his acquiescencs In previous dc
crees Of CANovAs. He invokss "the hare
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
That S15, 600 Bond.

The outcry made by the partisans Of the
underground Rapid Transit Railroad, over
the requirement of q bond for $15, O0O. 900
from tho contractors for building and OPP
Grating the road, shows that the court has
touched q sensitive spot in the pockets of
the schemers who were proposing to EN-.
bark In the enterprise.
The plan of the schemers evidently was
to build the road. IL they could get the job
at a price large enough to make 1t profita-
BILE, and then, II after operating 1t for a
year or so they found It did not earn the
rental they promised to pay, to abandon It
to the city. They would keep the profits
they had made in the work of construction,
and leave to the city a worthless hole In
the ground, with q debt of $50, 900, 900 to
$50, 600, 900 incurred in acquiring it.
This pretty scheme has been knocked in
the head by the Supreme Court. The con.
tract provided for in section "a of the
Rapid Transit act is one not only for the
construction Of the road. but also for its
equipment, maintenance, and operation"
for not less than t%hirty.fve nor more han
fifty years, and the contractors for the work
are to give to the city a hon ain such
amount as the Board of Rapid Transit
Commissioners shall require, and with
sureties to be approved by said board"
for the prompt payment of "the
amount Of annual rental" specified in the
contract, which is to be not less than
the interest on the bonds issued by the
city for the construction, and / per cent.
per annum In addition as a sinking fund
for the payment of the principal. The OBJ
lection that it will be impossible to find
sureties for a bond to run thirty-fve or fftv
years is therefore one that should have
been raised before the scheme was sub
mitted to the Supreme Court. 1t istoo late
now to say that the condition imposed by
the court is novel and unreasonable. The
suggestion that the bond may be given to
secure the construction of the road alone.
and not it's operation subsequently,, Is in
fiat contradiction to the requirements of
the Rapid Transit act.
Mr.. ALBERT B. BoARDMAN, one of the
counse for the Rapid Transit Commission
ers, we'll remarks "The giving of a
bond for construction and equipment is not
the important question. for the cost of this
can be approximately estimated. 1t would
not be SO with the bond to guarantee oper.
alton for fifty years. What the earning
capacity of such q road trould be can only
be a matter of conjecture, and for any syn
dictate to qualify in $50, 900 for that
tim is rather a large matter to consider
We entirely agree with him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
A Canadian View OF England's Stu
alton.

The pageant Of the Jubilee was expected
to convince the British colonists who wit
messed it that the British Empire is not
only the richest of all nations and the
strongest at sea, but that, with the ardent
feeling Of loyalty evinced by It's dependen-
cies, it might defy the rest Of the world.
A very different impression was made on
one of the Canadian onlookers, Lieut.. Col.
GEORGE T.. DENIsoN, who tells some un-
pleasant truths in tho current number Of
the Nineteenth Century.
This candid observer regards his mother
country as a nation In the position of an
impregnable fortress which has been armed
with the finest artillery. supplied with
limitless munitions and material of war,
garrisoned beyond its needs, and stored
with water for years to come, but in which
no provision has been made for q secure
and adequate supply of food, without
which all the other precautions are abso-
lutely useless.
Col. DENIsoN proceeds to prove this by
incontrovertible statistics. He recalls, for
instance, that In the great wars with Ma.
PoLEoN the United Kingdom was able to
feed itself, and that even as late as the
Crimean War, in 1s54-55. the home produc-
tion of breadstuffs, after deducting seed,
was 16.427, 742 quarters. while the imports
were only 2.9S3,00 quarters. In 1855 no
fewer than 4,213,851 acres were still sown
In the United Kingdom, as against only
1,456,2OO acres sown in 1S95.96. At pres
emit England Is living from hand to mouth
to an extent of which few Of her people
have any idea. Col. DENIsoN found, from
the best authority he could obtain In Liver
pool, that, last August, the supply of wheat
In the hands of importers was for between
three and four weeks only. He goes on to
say that a stoppage of the importation OF
foreign wheat for two months would re.
duce the rations for the British people to
about one.fourth Of what they require.
Let US look at the proof of this last asser.
ton. According to the Corn Trade Year
Book for 1895, the United Kingdom i'm.
ported that year 23.431 900 quarters Of
breadstuffs n herself produced for home
consumption only 1925 900 quarters. OF
these imports, Russia and the United
States together control. directly and indi
rectly, about 10, 100, 900 quarters, leaving
only 4,271 900 quarters imported from
countries free from the control Of those
two powers.
What is meant by the " Indirect" control
OF Russia and the United Statesf Col
DENIsoN has In view the fact that England
In 1896 imported from France $4,000
quarters, and from Germany 3Os, 900 quar-
tiers; but that France herself imported IL
hat very year 4,471. 900 quarters and Ger
many 6,824,O 900 quarters. Obviously,
Russia and the United States placed al em
barge on the export Of breadstutfs, the,
would ut once cut on the bulk o
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
Cheap M.a,ca, At,.na.no. In h Count.


Prom the Letter Of an ornn0s County Phvsfcfan to
the Medical Record.
In every country village Of q thousand or more In
habitantS win be found two or three fratcrnal orders
which put the medical attendance OF their members
mp At auction to the lowest bidder. or else try to make
ridiculous terms with whomsoever they may. In many
places the remuneration for this work is 81 Q year
per member of the society.
Another abuse 10 what are called "medioal olubs.'
These admit TO membership men and women, old and
young al ke. anybody that will pay tho pittance.
which is usually o out Sl.2D per annum.
Tho next grievance on the list 10 the cheap insur-
ance business. There are Q number OF companies
that pay Cd and 90 cents for some form OF oxamina
tions; and they do their largest business among the
classes able to pay decent medica, feea.
The last and meanost degradation Of them all 10
the acceptance of medical practice farmed out for 80
much . year by rural town boards, Under my OBJ
servation 10 Q town containing a rural and village
population OF 5000. covering an area of about ten
miles square. The Town Board has all the poor In
this town medically attended for $40 . year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
The Deficit Nearly Fifty Millions.

The subjoined remark is from the Netc
York Tribune Of yesterday:
sNot oftcn is q more impudent falsehood uttered
0han the assertion by THE SUN that the tariff is piling
up the denoit higher and higher avery month";"
The fiscal year ending June 80, 1897,
ended with a deficit of 800, O36,5 26. The
schedules Of the new tariff went into opera.
tion on July "a.
The Governments expenditures for July
were $49, 500, 900, and the receipts from GUS
toms, internal revenue, and miscellaneous
sources were 9.O27 1854. At the end of
the first month of the present fiscal year
the deficit was $1O,s65, 1856, disregarding
the cents.
The Governments expenditures for Au-
gust were $3.50, 295, 900. The receipts were
@19, 943,2 05. At the end of the second
month Of the present fiscal year, the first
full month of the new tariffs operations,
the deficit had grown from $1O,s 65 ,635 to
$25, 425. 33s.
The Governments expenditures for Sep.
TENDER were $24.752,361. The receipts
were $21 ,319,644. At the end of the third
month Of the present fiscal year. and the
second full month of the present tariffs
operations, the deficit had grown from
&25, 425 1888 to $29,O12,954.
The expenditures for October were $685.
713,00O. The receipts were $24. 800, 347.
At the end Of the fourth month of the fiscal
year, and the third month of the present
tariff, the deficit had grown from $780,
o12.954 to $3s,33s, COZ.
The expenditures for November were
$3S, 146,O00. The receipts were SOS, 1885,
9s7. At the end of the fifth month of the
fiscal year, and the fourth month of the
present tariff, the deficit had grown from
$3s,33s,6O to $45, 9s6,O23.
These figures are taken from the Treas.
ury statements. The slight discrepancies
In the footings which will be noted by any
n who follows automatically the steady
growth of the deficit, month by month
from $11 900 900 at the end of July t.
e46,0 900 900 at the end of November, arc
due to the circumstance that the Treasury
statement records expenditures in rount
Numbers, while recording receipts to tn,
dollar and cent.
For the first seventeen days of Decembe
the Treasury statement for Dec. II show
an apparent decrease in the accumulate,
deficit for the fiscal year, namely a dc
crease during the first half of De
cember from $45, 9s6.O23 to $19,2sO
923. This is a mere trick of book
keeping. not particularly creditabl
to the department. The apparent re
duction In the deficit is obtained by In
GLIDING as income Of the Government $2s
100000 refunded to the Treasury for nc
vances heretofore made to the Pacific raj
roads. Correcting this misstatement of tn
Governments current revenues, the defci
has grown during the first seventeen day
of December from $40, 9s6, O23 to abou
&47,2o0,OOO.
The foregoing demonstration is not IL
tended for the moral benefit of the liar VIII
In an article entitled "The Deficit Dimil
ishing," accuses THE SUN of "impuder
falsehood" when it states that "the tart
is piling up the deficit higher and high,
every month";" but for the information
honest people who may not have discovers
yet what a liar the Tribune liar is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

After a swelling exordium about "the
people of the sheep ranges. the people of the
core fields. and the cotton fields. the people of
the mines, the people of the factory and FORGE"
our esteemed contemporary. the Indianapolis
Sentinel, AYERS that the silver Issue 10 ian issue
between the goose and the ran who pluoks the
goose" 1t is painful to hear from silver lips tho
charge that silver men are geese. It is difficult
to remember any case where the goose has sue
c~essfully resisted tho goose plucker.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

81 believe" quoth the Hon. JIM JONES
OF Arkansas. " that 90 per cent. OF the Amerl.
can people are opposed to the policy Of Hawaiian
annexation" Thus once again does tho Hon.
jim JONES labor. and labor hard. under the Inn
preston that he 10 90 per cent Of the American
naanIa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

Once more the Hon. BENTON MCMnLIN
is trying to bring to bay q Senatorship from
Tennessee. and once more the Senatorship shows
an inclination to take to the water. Mr.. MO.
Mullins talents are fully appreciated. even by
himself. but many good judges think that 1t
would be wrong to withdraw him from the
House OF Representatives. where he and the
Hon. JOE BAILEY and q few others arc quoted
as Democratic leaders.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

Great News from Dr. Tsrtnrin Hepwsrth
Bitlis. Arm. Dec, al have arrived srS.-A.DwsstA-
For weeks the town OF BItlis had
Been most profoundly stirred.
A II by some mysterious power
That was not seen or heard.
Yet still It va profoundly feie
AM men and women gaIed
Day after day tow ard the east
Half fearful. half amazed.
Day followed day. each day moro fun
OF portent. and each one
hor- urg, mt In Its prophecy
That somsthing would DO dons-
The strange suspense al last was Ger.
And those who had survived
Were tod In whispers. one by one.
That Hspworth had arrived.
Then with a burst OF 'bated breath
AL ills rose In Rles.
And forthwith hurried through the streets
Tho visitor to see.
The Ritlis band began to toot.
The Bitlis Guard I rned out.
And two whole nre briEAdes cut loose
To meet him with . shout
was q gala time. indeed.
In Bitlis on that days
TartArin HepwOrth In his mood
Was positively gay.
Ten thousand nutterlng Gags unfurled
30 all the word could see,
And on the corners OF the streets
Was Trapped water. free.
Al BitllS doomed. and Hepworth. too.
And not . bit OF srSy
Was In their sky. except that Hep
We going " lsSyS hsEt dAT
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

Mr.. SwINBuRNE takes n pride In avowing his
Nlitrracy. He is now approaching the threescore.and.
ten limit.-C ereiund Fidfn Dealer and others,
Mr.. SwINBURNE is in his sixty-frst year. not
a very close approach to threescore and ten.
The Insertion as to his pride in avowine his
'illiteracy'" is probably equal in truth to the
assertion about his age. Perhaps he takes pride
IN avowing his alliteracy, II such a word there
be. His cases arc still full Of selected vowels
and consonants and adjectives alliterative; and
the Walls of his wrath are still poured thunder
ously out in the magazines.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

An Illinois short-horn cow rejoicing or
grieving In the grandiose name of Volumniall
has just been sold for $780,, but Mrs. OLEARY's
too gifted and skittish Firemaker still holds tho
Illinois record and the worlds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
p. CoNNoR, Kansas City's weather poet, may
some day become laureate OF all Great Britain.-Kan.
sds Citp Times.

A weather poet has continual diet for his
Muse. whereas tho easiest laureate only finds
occasional pickings. The Hon. =. CoNNoR can
never run out Of subjects. whereas even princes
and princesses cannot always be coming into
the world or getting married. The Hon. p.
Common ought to be able to produce at least q
hundred weather poems a week; but however
great his fertility may be. he Is far exceeded in
imagination by the poet who writes the weather
predictions. That genius scars above facts and
wraps the clouds as towels around his sublime
head.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
At tn. Iasu.s, In Ariusua.

From the Chicago NspS.
Coronor-What was the cause OF Diamond yos
deAthp
Broncho Pete-Heart disease.
Coroner-Are you sure OF thatf
Broncho Pete-Sartin. Tho heart was an ace and
no had it up his sleeve.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

From Tho Freeman's Journal

FT0n Tho FFeeWdnB JnUrndL
At an important meeting Of Catholic priests who
have charge II Church schools, he'd last week at 81.
Josephs pArochial residence on Sixth avenue. the
Rev. Dean o'Flynn stated that the Catho les and the
Jews were doing moro for education than any other
class OF the population. Here are the figures OF the
Catholic schools
Boys attending Church schools ....... 1887
Girls attending Church schools ........... eo.4eA
Total ......,..... .......... 1881
Cost of maintaining schools yearly ........ e2a8. 900
Interest on property ...,......... ....... e2S. TOO
Total. Sb2 ..s8S
Value or school properties ....-.......S+ ,574 1000
I'm addition TO these figures said Dean o'Flynn,
1--WE can put down our academies and colleges. edu.
eating 4,%22 buys and girls. These ngur's are only
for this city, In Brooklyn the Church schools are
educating 10000 children. In the whole State there
ere in Church schools is9. 9<b boys and girl. with
ever o 1000 IN the academies and colleges"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
Monument 10 = bull whale
Tho following epltAph Ii over q grave IN the Care

Sacred to wilm. Coils
BoAth teerer of the SHIP
Saint george OF Now BED
ford who BY the WIN Of
Almitey god
was siyirillrTy injured by Q
BULL WHALE
oI this Hand IN
10 harrh 1890
also to
Pedro nGUbAnAs OF Guam
Ath NATE CROWNED on
the SAME Date hia
Back broken by WHAIM
above
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

u our friends rho Jaror vs wttA wanasortpts FOR
publication vtsh to hate reJsoied articles returned,
tAsB ususf IN oil oasss ssnd STAMPS for that purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

From the Florida Times UntoH ard CtHssM-
hDDLESuRo. Dec. 14.-John Bax and Miss Martha
Green were married last sunday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
The official returns Of the recent election

The official returns Of the recent election
have been received from each Of the COUNTIES by
the Secretary of State at Albany. They show
that Justice PARKER for Chief Judge oftheC urt
Of Appeals received a plurality over Justice
WALLACE OF 80. SS9. In the irst edition Of THE
Sun the morning after election the returns
showed that Justice PARKER's plurality In the
State was 81. 125.
The Associated Press apparently did not give
to Its victims any figures whatever on the result
of the election In tho State. This 10 shown by
the wild guessing at the result by our unfortu.
nate contemporaries who depended on that dis
tended organization for their returns. Here are
the pluralities some of our contemporaries gave
to Justice PARKER:
Horfd- ...... ..lOT,OOu
derutd .........-...-....... ou,uOo
......."...."... fo'oVV
ffn1es $1,000
THE SUN was not dependent on the cumber-
some and untrustworthy m chinery Of the news
trust. It gathered its own figures of the cleo
tion from every county In the State. The result
| attests that these figures, which were gathered
and printed within eight hours Of the closing OF
the polls. were within 236 votes of the result "a
shown by the official fgures-one of the most
marvellous feats Of election reporting ever ac-
complished.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1897-01-08
Glne Iebtnsnliipc sftlmenIn.

ten ber g, N.=S., 7. San. -
Oils Der S6pebe S5reberid 6reberids
feline S9peiter, Die @itttpe emma
Glafen, ipel6e an Der 5rantlinitraBe
8tpei Sduier eignet unb zines bepobnz
te, beiu9en pollte, ipurbe linn troB
IGngeren &lopfens ni6t aufgemd9t.
gr rief ben 8irtb 8aufe BON Der Gde
Der 5ranflin=Nbenue unD 3. StraBe
uno 8etbe bra6en jeBt in bas Saus
elm. Ils iie Elm 2i9t anitedten, erz
folgte cine beftige Grploiion BON @az
fen, in Solge befen bas 9aus in
8rano gerietb. 9as Tsuer lpurbe
aber balo gel0I6t unb bunn bic 2ei6e
Der Witttpe auf benz 5uBboben zines
3immers gefunben. Die Srau bate
mtttels zines S3lau9es bes 9usofens
8as eingeatbmet uno auf bieie WsiIe
Selbftmoro be9aneen. Sbipobl ite
5lpei 3ettel binterlieB, pel9e teinen
3peifel iibrig laiien, baB Elm SelbItz
morb ptrliegt, tpuroe ibr 8ruber benz
nod berbaftet. Coroner @reenleaf
nabm bic 2ei6e in feline Obbut. 2luf
bem einen 3ettel i4rieb Die Wittpe:
nSolgenbes lit uuf meinen 9rabItein
gu iGreiben: 9eboren in 8ergitrpm,
S6peben, 26. San. 1860, geit. 4. San.
1897" 9luf benz 5peiten 3ettel fagt
Die 5rau: SD i6ulbe Der Srau 2Dnoz
burit $1.3O. Oas lit 9lLles, mas i6
i4uloe. Sebt gu, baB es be5a6lt
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1897-01-08
Ser 0tpttenriGter nnh Der Srils.
iuInat.

Nep zgort, 7. San. - Der 50
Sabre alte Gbparo Sung, bon Nr. 27,
@eitz 46. StraBe, feines 3ei9ens
Barber unb 9eilsurmee Solbat,,
mar i9on am Is. DECEMBER ouf bic
9n5eiee feiner Sruu tpegen unterituz
bungs 8ertpeiserung perbaftet tporz
ben, tpuroe uber freigelaiien gegen bas
9erfpre6en, fir Die Seinen gu iorgen.
@eftern itunb er abermals i'm gortz
billie poli5eigeriht unter eenuu ber>
ielben Intluse, unb ieine sSrau, bic
nit ibrem .fe9s Mpnote alten 8ubD
erf9ienen mar, er5dblte 3i6ter Mott,
baB Sung, itatt gu arbeiten, feline ganz
5e 3eit Der 9eilsurmee pibme. Die
5rau berftel in einen Weinfrumpf als
fie benz Ri4ter ibr 2eib fGasfe. rGie
finb elm S9urfe!" bpnnerte Wlott benz
9lngeflagten gu, nSie follten tpsniser
beten unb mebr fir Sbre 5amilie ar
beiten. 9ott bilft nur benz, Der fi9
islber bilft. Sic sablen S6rsr 5rau
$4 PRO WO9e unb lsiiten Si9srbeit,
bub Sic es au9 tbun tperben." Sung
bate feinen 8iirsen CUR Seite uno
purbe etngeiperrt.