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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07

Alb win three tricks only.
Zknows that he Is playing against the short:
suit game. He also knows that the general
down by the New England writer's who have
tackled tho subject, is to continue the suit origi-
to lead trnmps for a good suit of HIS own. In
this case lhe'theory works remarkably well.
Trick 8. Y takes an unnecessary risk In pass,
ing tho diamond. II would be much safer TO put
up the king and lead trumps Immediately,
especially as q has shown his strong suit to DO
clubs.
Trick 4. u can place the three long clubs with
Is and plays 20 give Y /" chance to oyertrnmpA a;
trumps, because there 10 a chance that he may
catch the queen with A.. who has rntfed once.
Trick z. This IL q very bad lead and g0ySA
the chance of his life TO turn Y rs victory into
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
1857 ahead.

ma9imum capital called for Of sl55. The
analytic is interesting. The meeting opened
with Tom Cromwell showing the way to hye
showed up six losers. On Oct. 81 . $40 bet on
Typhoon II. showed the way to four losers, and
f~avorites at good odds winning In tho next
nineteen races. Percentage, once again was
proved to be tho correct thing to play. Then
DO on Oct. 81 showed nino losers down the
hill, followed by three losers after the single
win Of Handball on Oct. 80. This system should
properly have ended the last race on Nov; /.
but being played out shows a loss the last day
OF 1926. This system won throuRhout the sea-
lowing table showing amount WOE at each
mnatinp and the Capital REQ uirod:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07

Thus on the year 81, 1877 was won on a capital
well within the limit set At the commencement
OF the season. All system players are therefore
well ahead.
The following table OF the Jockeys mounts
during the entire season should prove unusually
interesting. being the first which has ever been
compiled to show Mt p glance the mounts and
wins at each individual meeting, and also the
total for the year Of each Of the most prominent
iockeyB this season on the track:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07

Alb win seven tricks only.
Trick 9. rs lead Is the one that would be &C.
lected by any player, sequences being always
desirable combinations TO lead from. Partners
play OF the king makes it evident that he has
nothing smaller or Is very anxious to keep up
the ruff.
Trick 4. z does not think it necessary to- con.
tinue with one of the sequence, as y must have
ace or no more.
Trick 6. II Y cannot overtrump A.. there is
probably nothing more In the hand for ".
Here is how the hand was played when AS
cards. were held by the short-suit evangelist
from New York:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07

This closes the meeting with $279 ahead, The
maximum capital required being 1906 on Oct.
1926 and $275 on Oct. 27-2s. The system won
twenty.nine out OF sixty.nine bets made with
Favorite worth consideration or mott Here is
its record for the year. showing the amount won
at each meeting and the maximum amount Of
paDifal rannired.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04

The question of the height of the
Dingley tariff, now much discussed, is
a good bit like the question of the prop
er length of mans legs, which Presi-
dent Lincoln said should measure the
distance from the body to the ground.
The proper height of a tariff is one
that measures the difference between
home and foreign wages, and that is
the height of the Dingley tariff.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04
The Principle at Issue.

The fact that "a out of the 81 profess
sors in the faculty of Brown univer-
sity--one less than two-thirds ma
jority-have signed letter protest
ing against the action of the trustees
in seeking TO discipline President An
drews for independent thinking should
give pause to those who imagine that
this episode is of little consequence.
After asserting that the statement that
the position assumed by DIR. Andrews
relative to the free coinage of silver
resulted in pecuniary loss to the coll
lege was untrue, the letter concludes:
On the one hand we have the problem
aticai or imaginary addition of a certain
number of dollars. On the other hand we
have, throughout the whole intellectual
life Of the university the deadening in
huence OF known or suspected7repression
Our students will know or suspect that
on certain subjects the silence of their
president has been purchased or imposed
II the resignation of DR.. Andrews Is ac-
cepted, tho burden and the stigma fall on
his successor II our young men suspect
what we have intmated concerning his
public utterances they will suspect 1t of
his classroom instruction. If they sus-
pect 1t OF the president, they will suspect
IL of the professors. Confidence in the
instruction of the university 1? fatally
impaired. Tho history of American col
lege administration furnishes only too
many examples of the demorallzatio
which results from political Interference
and from the suspicion of bondage. Bet
ter by far to follow the example of Har-
ward, the mental freedom of whose presi-
dent Is not only tolerated. but priced; bet
ter by far to initiate the authorities of
"a -
ogy, who valued francis Walker TOO
highly, even II they had not known him
too well, to think of checking his utter
hnces In the cause of bimetallism, or
rather, let us say. better by far TO follow
the nobler traditions of Brown university,
within and without whose walls Francis
Wayland in n protectionlst community
for so many years taught without re-
straint the doctrines of free trade.
The action OF the Brown trustees be-
comes absurd when carried further. II
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04
WHO OWN THE RAILROADS.
From the Post-EXpress.

From the Post-EXpress.
Who own the railroads of this coun-
try? The statement is often made that
the transportation lines are the property
of the millionaires. There are many peo-
pie who believe this and think that the
tendency of the times has been toward a
concentration of ownership. Statistics,
however, DO not show that this is the
case. The general tendency has been to-
ward an increase in the number of stock
holders in the great railroads of the
country. We have before us statistics
covering the railroads of New England.
In 1896 there were S,647 stockholders of
the Boston and Albany road. as against
S,220 in 1893; an increase of APT. The hold
ers of the common stock of the Boston
and Maine road were 5,721 In number
in 1896, as against GAGS in 1898. Similar
increases are shown in the statistics of the
other roads. The average number of
shares held by each stockholder is nine
teen in the case of one railroad, twenty
five in the case of another. twenty-four
in another; thirty-three in another, and
in only two cases do the average number
of shares exceed fifty. The statistics
show that the ownership of the roads is
widely distributed and that during the
past four years at least, the tendency
has been toward still further scattering
of stock among a large number Of hold
erS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04

ritt left Germany soon after surrendering
his office on June 90, and the sequel to
the prosecution Of Schaefer has only re-
Gently come to him. II seems that the
petty German officials again got after
him and demanded that he sign paper
asking to be admitted as German citi-
zen. Mr.. Schaefer, being compelled to
remain some time longer in Germany,
finally yielded to this persecution in Or
der to prevent the ill-treatment of his
German relatives. His case was laid be-
fore the ambassador at Berlin, but was
pushed with so little energy that Mr..
Schaefer became convinced that the en-
bassy did not enjoy the degree of annoy
ance which they were caused by the pres
entation OF his case II Ambassador
White proposes to adopt a more energetic
policy 1t Will be n source of great gratih-
cation to American citizens of German
birth visiting their native land.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04

If the present owners of the Scranton
base ball club should close up the
clubs affairs and retire, leaving Scran-
ton without representation in a base
ball circuit, it would perhaps be just
as well. Their experiment has resulted
in a manner to warrant discourage
ment Money has been spent freely
upon players, the manager has been
accorded his own way and everything
which could be done from the propri-
etary standpoint has been done to in
sure clean and successful sport. In
return for this players have shirked
work and dissipated, the manager has
apparently failed to maintain effective
discipline and the home attendance
has fallen to point which promises
steady loss. Until some means can be
found to compel the men representing
Scranton on the diamond to earn their
pay and keep in business-like condi-
ton, the attempt to maintain profess
sional base ball in this city had better
be abandoned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04
The DingIey Bill and the Farmer.

One Of the arguments which has been
freely employed in the past by the
Democrats to ALLEVIATE the agricultural
vote from the Republican party-an ar
gument in fact, which entered largely
into last falls campaign-was that no
matter how much protection was given
by the Republican party to the manu-
facturers, 1t could be depended upon
10 leave the farmer out in the cold. SO
well had that point been played by the
enemy that last fall it was one of the
greatest obstacles with which Repub-
lican campaign speakers had to con-
tend. In the meantime the Republican
party has framed a tariff bill. Let us
see whether or not it has neglected the
farmer. Comparisons between the Will
son and Dngley law are made some
what difficult by the fact that the
duties of the latter are in the main
specific while those of the former are
principally ad valorem. But the ap-
pended table will be clear after a mo-
ment's study:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04

Under the ballot law as recently
amended the name of a candidate must
not appear more than once on one bal
lot by certificate of nomination or by
nomination papers. The effect of this
provision seems likely to be harm
full to the judiciary since it will rem
der futile general Endorsement of judi
Cial candidates,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04

a college president may not express his
convictions on an economic problem
unless they suit the men who make
donations to the college treasury It fol-
lows naturally that he should teach no
truth not first approved by those men.
If they believe, for example, that II is
right to wreck railroad properties so as
to buy them in cheap at sheriff's sale,
or to purchase votes i'm councils for
franchise grabs or to gamble or rob in
any Of the devious forms by which
many great fortunes are nowadays ac-
cumulated, then the president of the
college which these men give money to
must teach accordingly, and not only
must teach so in the school room, but
must act as If he believes so when out
side his official jurisdiction. This is the
logical consequence of the principle
sought to be established in connection
with the presidency of Brown. 1t is a
principle absolutely fatal to intellec-
tual honesty, belttlng to New England
manhood and directly at variance with
the fundamental principles Of Ameri-
can liberty.
On the same principle could the pull
pit be fetteTed so that preaching of the
Ten Commandments would be waived
out of Difference to the shortcomings of
the leading pew-holders. The moment
it becomes noised abroad that gag law
rules the university and the church we
might as well give up the attempt to
maintain a free government, for its
chief pillars will have been shaken at
their foundation. 1t is proper that a
college president as well as a preacher
should confine his teachings to elemen-
tai and eternal principles and not put
his paramount authority as an eXposi-
tor of truth to the hazard of this, that
or the other election. The level of the
college president should be higher than
the level of the speculator in ballots.
But once on his level he should be let
alone by men who are his interiors.
They destroy his usefulness the mo-
ment they try to appropriate him as a
personal chattel.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04
Wilson Dingley
Law. Law.

Cattle less than
year old. 20 per cent S2 per nj
o h e r Cattle
worth not more
than $14........ 90 per cent. S3.75 per nd
Cattle, worth
more than $l4.. 90 per cent. 27la per ct
Hogs ............2 90 per cent. S1.50 hid
Horses, or I
not more than
$i5O ..............2 20 per cent. $50 per nd
Horses. worth
more than $3.50. 20 per cent. !5 per cent
Sheep, not less
than a year old. 20 per cent. Sl.5O per ma
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04

AS the Troy Record says, 'it needs
only a glance at these schedules to
convince one that the farmers are well
cared for by the new law. The in
creased protection will not guarantee
them prosperity but it will do much
TO lessen the ruinous foreign competi-
tion which has added so much to their
burdens under the tariff reform re-
gime. The Dingley law does not pro-
tect the manufacturer at the expense
of the agriculturist. Its endeavor is
10 treat all fairly. 1t is not perfect
but it is consistent" Under its opera
tions the hay and dairy interests of
Northeastern Pennsylvania will not
suffer as they suffered while the Will
son bill invited ruinous Canadian COM
petition.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04
WHAT'S IN A NAME.

If my name were Evan Evans,
What a burden and a bane!
If my name were David Davis
Could / sign II without pain?
If my name were Philip Phillips,
Could / live beneath the load2
II my name were Lewis Lewis,
Sure I'd seek some lone abode.
Would ever dare be jaunty had
They christened me Rees Rees?
If my name were owen Owens
Could have a moments peace7
If my name were Thomas Thomas
/ could never smile or sing,
But my name Is William williams,
Which is quite another thing!
orianne M. Williams, in Wilkes Barr,
Record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune AstroIoger.
Astrolabe cast: 1888 a. m, for Wednesday,
Aug. 4, 1897.

S% D -
A child born on this day will be glad
that his pa owns no stock in the Scranton
base ball syndicate.
A glimpse at official life is like cham
payne thirst. 1t often ruins the man with
a beer pocketbock.
II is rumored that Jack Neat is to be
among the delegates from the West Side
to the coming convention. Well! Well!
Well
A few months hence returned Klon-
dixie miners will probably be as plentiful
as olden time Kansas grasshopper suf-
ferers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04

What has become of that promised
new light of Nikola Tesla, which at a
fraction of the present cost of incan-
descent electrical illumination was to
yield ten times as powerful results?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04

Sir Charles Dixie has Joined the Brit
ish pubicists who fear a war between
Great Britain and the United States.
Sir Charles ought to know Americans
well enough to realize that they will
never fight so long as treated fairly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-04

with Asia is relatively quite small.
II is only about one-tenth that Of our
commerce with Europe" Mr.. Nimmo
concludes:
The general fact governing this whole
American isthmian CANAL question is that
listed, has been entifSiy met by the con-
struction of the Suez canal and the trans
continental railroads of the United states.
The Suez canal is on the direct line of
one of the worlds greatest commercial
currents, and has not n single railroad
competitor, thus securing to II the mails
and the entire passenger express and
freight traffic as well as the heavier
freghts in the trade of Europe with Asia
and Australia. The Nicaragua canal
route, on the other hand, is not on any
important line of commerce, and 1t meets
the competition of six transcontinental
| railroads, each one of them less than half
the length of the canal route to eastern
trade centers. If 1t were practicable to
construct even a single railroad, compet-
ing as sharply with the Suez canal as
would any one of our transcontinental
railroads with the Nicaragua or Panama
canal, such railroad competing with the
Suez canal would utterly wreck II hnan-
cially, for II would at once divert from II
the malls, all the passenger, express, and
fast freight traffic, and in time share
with 1t in the carriage of the heavier
freghts. / have within the last two years
presented carefully prepared computa-
tions proving that II the Nicaragua canal
were completed It could only secure
about 100000 tons of shipping annually.
| No proponent of the Maritime Canal
company of Nicaragua has attempted to
| controvert my computation, which was
| explained in detail. That company has,
| however put forth an unsupported claim
| that their route would secure 100000
| tons of shipping annually, and persist
| emily refuses to explain how such COM
| putation was made.
These figures and deductions are
timely in view of the likelihood that the
! canal question will soon assume form
| before congress. 1t is in order for ad-
vocates of the Nicaragua waterway to
refute Mr.. Nimmos conclusions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-26
THE JEWISH NEW YEAR.

OBSERVANCE BEGINS THIS EvENrNG-RELIGIoUs
SERVICES ARRANGED
The Jewish year. which. according to the
Mosaic calendar, will be the year 5o5s. will begin
at sunset this evening. and in commemoration OF
the day there will be religious services In all the
Jewish houses OF worship this evening and to-mor-
ancient calendar. but the first day OF the month
of T1shri. the beginning OF the year. is gen.
orally observed. because Il is a festival day In
other respects.
The day has been variously known the Day
OF Judgment" the Day OF the Trumpet" and the
Day OF the New Year" and IL has been looked
upon in all ages as a day o, reunion in families.
and on that account I, has been observed even by
those Jews who had become estranged from other
Jewish ceremonias. one OF the features OF the
religious services this evening will be the reading
service tomorrow the Schofer. rams horn. will
be blown 10 call sinners TO repentance and TO re-
mind those who hear IL Of the wrath OF God. II Is
intended also TO recall TO the faithful the willing
ness OF Abrahem 10 sacrifice his SON.
will white robes. instead OF the usual black
robes and the sacred scrolls will be incased IN
OF NeyYork has outgrown the capacities Of the
houses OF worship, and during the holidays which
will begin this evening religious services viii be
held In number OF improvised synagogues.
Among these lecture and dance halls the
East Side and a number OF churches which have
been rented for the purpose.
In the reformed temples there will be services
this evening and Tomorrow morning. but in the
orthodox congreg tons services will be continued
The Anarchists OF the crowded district have
threatened 10 make demonstration again this
Of their neighbors by holding meetings on the
Jewish New Years Day. 1t IL reported also that
these people have made arrangements FOR feass
fasting and prayer with the Jews
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-26
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DINNEE
IT WILL. BE HELD OF NOVEMBER % AT THE NEW
DELMONiCOs

1T WILL BE HELD on NOVEMBER % At THE NEW
DELMoNICO's
The annual dinner OF the Nev-York Chamber OF
Commerce will take place on November % IN Del
monicos new building. at Forty fourtff-st. and
Ffth-ave. 1t is promised that the new Delmonico's
will be completed by the date mentioned and the
dinner will probably be the occasion Of the OPEN
ing Of the large banquet chamber The hail Will
seat about four hundred and thirty quests and
already George Wilson. secretary OF the Chamber
Of Commerce. has received enough applications to
fill every available seat.
The l29th annual dinner OF the Chamber promises
TO be notable as any OF those that have been
held before While details OF the programme.
that Is now being arranged can be obtained vet T.
Is certain that the attendance OF prominent men
will be larger than at any previous dinner The
speakers Will be OF National importance and
the TWO principal subjects OF discussion will be
The National currency and the future Of the
Greater New-York and It's government. The deco
rations on the menu cards will be symbollcal OF
the consolidation OF Brooklyn and Ncw-Ycfk. en-
bracns in prominent positions the seals OF these
two cities.
Alexander T.. orr will preside. but the list Of
sneakers and invited guests Will not finally be de-
cidod on until the next meeting OF the Chamber II
Commerce on the first Thursday in October.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-26

were the Ndndcrhilts made contributions bringing
the amount up to about $1,000. THE total cost OF
the monument will be abou, SO 600 Lat the funds
now In hand SUN ,ient for IN" erection OF tho
eXedra bust This part OF the wor. will be FIN
!shed by spring. and the carydtd-s Will be set up
next summer. There Is strong desire the part
Of the artisan artists and metal workers who
owed so much 10 Mr.. Hunt. to have a share In the
erection o. the monument and the caryatides may
be paid for by them.
The late Richard NJ Hunt was enthusiastically
interested IN the work Of the Municipal Art Society
in providing adequate scIlptural and pictorial deco
rations FOR the public buildings and parks IN this
city. After tha society paid Edward simmons 500
for decorating Tho oyer and Termiuer courtroom
In the new Criminal Courts Building. Il devoted it,
energies 10 the erection of appropriate memorial
to Mr.. Hunt Its request for cooperation met
hearty response from all the other art societies
In The cry ana al the professional art bodice
including laut"r-. rrfllDt0rs and architects Wi
the Century club and the Metropolitan Museum
OF Art Lr.',i lr tac formation Of a Tcprcsrfl rive
ccmmi'ttc With George Post chairman. The
cOmmift'r .r.-" Daniel &. FTcGc'l the sculptor
and Mr.. French chose Bruce Prc" the aTchit- -t
be "ntir- matter OF the execution Of the project
intrusted tne Municipal AT Society. and
the work OF obtaining The necessary funds Was be-.
gun year asD last spring There was no general
subscription included IN the plan. but the money
was 10 bee contributed by the members OF III" art
bodice which bad pledged themselves to tie cree
ton or the memorial.
The officers OF the Municipal AT Society
Charles r. Barney. president. Kenyon Cox. first
vicc-presidcn;. William T. Evans. second vice.
Ton Bill secretary. and Herbert l.. Satterlee.
counsel