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The American Forests.

The appeal which Mr.. JOHN MUIR makes
in the atlantic Monthly for the preserva-
tion of the trees on the public lands is that
of an expert in forestry, and an ardent ad-
mirer of the picturesque in landscapes.
The continent originally, he tells us. was
enormously rich in trees, having about
500 species, with oak and elm in vast va
riety, walnut and maple, chestnut and
beach, lick and locust, magnolia and palm,
pine and spruce hemlock and cedar, hck-
ory and tupelo, gum and lriodcndron, pop
lar and birch, sassafras and ash, linden and
laurel; while on the Pacific coast silver
frs and sequoias, "kings of their race"
lowered in some cases TO 400 feet, with
trunks thirty feet thick. But fire and the
axe have made such ravages in the trees
that we must now call n halt to dcstruc-
tion, unless we are to make America "as
barren as Palestine or Spain"
Prussia, as Mr.. PINCHoT shows, allows
no State woodlands to pass to private
ownership. France has sold no Govern.
mcnt forests since 1870 and has very strict
rules concerning the clearing of private
woodlands. That cannot be done without
official permission, while this last takes
into consideration whether the dunes, the
seashore, the mountains, the springs, the
watercourses, and so on may be affected un-
favorably by the clearing. Switzerland
established her forest school in 1868, and
soon after enacted n forest law which is
binding over nearly two-thrds of the
country, and requires the cantons to
appoint and pay educated forestcrs. Rus
sia's law of 1888 protects certain forests
from clearing, and regulates it in others so
as mot to disturb the suitable relation be.
tween forest and agricultural lands" In
India systematic forest management was
begun about forty years ago, and 55, ,OOO,.
600 out of perhaps 7O,OOO,OOo acres have
been brought under Government control.
Japan has forestry school in Toxic. for
est law, and forest service
We are, in short, far behind the rest of
the world in this matter, and are acting
the part Of the rich spendthrift with our
matchless resources. In 1917 Congress
protected live oak and cedar trees on the
public lands, but it was for the purpose
only of supplying timber for the navy.
This law was extended in 1891. The law
of 1878 allows residents of certain regions
to take timber from the public lands the
law of 1873 allows railroads to do so for
construction purposes, and settlement laws
authorize other inroads, while the late
session of Congress, setting aside tenn
porarily the reservation of vast forest areas,
shows how difficult it is to secure protec-
tion. As for the Timber Culture act, Mr..
MUIR says that less than 10000 acres
have been planted under it, while millions
of acres of forest trees have been "stolen,
destroyed, or sold for nothing" During the
seven years from 1881 to 1887 inclusive,
the value of the timber reported as stolen
from the Government lands was $36,719,-
$50, while the amount received was only
$47s,073, and the cost of the special agents
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Cold Wet storage in n Dry Town.



WARSAW, Aug. 2.-Although last spring War
saw voted for no.liccnse on the local option
ISSUE yet way has been found which it is
thought will evade the question. Frank H.
Johnson has rented room. which he has fitted
up with cod-storage lockers, to be rented TO
those who have an insatiate thirst for something
wet which just at this time cannot be obtained
in this town from any public place. In this
room telephone communication is established
with liquor establishment in the town of
Gainesville, three miles away. which is a license
town., The modus operandi to obtain a drink is
as follows:
Owners, of lock boxes in the aforesaid cooler
will telephone their order for consignment of
wet" goods to this liquor house. which. on re-
ceipt, will be sent Immediately downto Warsaw
b. overland express. Tho money for the pay
nicnt of the bill is placed in an envelope and de-
posted in the locker of the person ordering
the, goods. The, consignment, upon arrival.
money taken out for payment BY tho
consignee. at his convenience. can have his
thirst Quencned at any time by opening his lock-
box and Withdrawing his liquid refreshments.
and il he has nothing from which he can drink
1t, glasses will be furnished by the cold storage
man. who receives rental for the use OF his
cooler but has nothing to do with the selling OF
the goods. that trade having been consummated
In the license town Just over the border Of the
town of Warsaw.
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ohio's "National Democrats"

The National Democratic State Committee
Of Ohio will assemble in Columbus to-mor-
row for the purpose of calling State Con.
vention. 1t Is the wish of some, we hope Of
a majority, of the Ohio National Democrats
not to nominate a State ticket this year.
The Ohio Democrats howled wildly for the
Chicago platform, and are carrying on their
campaign on national issues. Even If the
Ohio National Democrats wished to make a
canvass on "local Issues" they would be
unable to do 1t. The Democrats have got
ahead Of them. Not merely upon candi-
dates for the Legislature, which Is to elect
Senator in Congress, but upon the State
ticket there is going to be a square and hot
fight between the friends and the enemies
of the Chicago platform. The sensible and
patriotic course for the National Democrats
ia to unite with the Republicans for the
purposes of this years campaign and vote
the Republican State ticket.
The Ohio National Dem ocrats can hold
their State Convention and declare their
principles, but the only way in which they
can do any effective work this year against
the Chicago platform. by which the Ohio
Democrats swear, is by voting the Repub-
lican ticket.
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Gold seems to be becoming almost regret
tably common. and even its friends must DO
made a little uneasy by the reports Of the dis
covery of lodes Of IL in Minnesota Not that
Minnesota is not worthy of having the best
there is, or that gold would not be proud to be
found in parts of the Gophers, but there are con-
sideratons Of personal sympathy and respect
which make kind.hearted folk want to refuse a
license to gold miners In Minnesota. 1t is tho
homo Of two OF the hghestsoarng. silver
winged spirits of 10 to /, the Hon. CHARLES
ARGESTUM TowNE. silver Republican, and the
Hon. IGNATIUs DoNNELLY. Populist and Sage
of Nininger. They not only venerate and
love silver, but they regard it as much moro i'm
portant to human life than air is or water. Not
merely the sight but the mention Of gold affects
them strangely. Mr.. TowNE is seized with an
uncomfortable spasm OF argument whenever he
sees or hears of a gold dollar, and Mr.. DoNNELLY
feels q rotary motion even when he reads Of
gold used o metaphor. The presence of gold
in their State will be considered by both these
distinguished economists personal insult.
1t would be much better to leave the Minnesota
gold, II any there be, undisturbed than to dis
turb Mr.. DoNSELLY and Mr. TowNE.
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COOPERATIVE TOWN OF 100 PEOPLE.
szucknwnnngo, the Frying Pan River. COL,
Has Solved tho Problem.
From the Denver Pos

From the Denver Post.
Muckawanago is the strangest town in Col
orado. 1t has a population Of 160 people, con-
ssting Of thirty families, regularly paid police
men, a commissary. q resident physician. and 10
conducted on the cooperative plan.
1t lies, a spot Of brightly painted rustic cot
tagcs and tents, on the Frying Pan River. about
sixty miles west of Leadvila on tho western
slope. 1t is peopled entirely by prominent resi-
dents Of Grand Junction. who have formed an
association to incorporate a summer town in
which their families may find refuge from the
burning heat OF Grand Junction where the thcr-
mometer often reaches 1000 in the shade.
Muckawanago has Just been started and has
already proven 80 popular that steps have been
taken to keep the modern paradise from the
gaze OF the cnvious public. The promoters of
the plan were Orson Adams. DR.. Eldridge, and
President Jones of the First National Bank OF
Grand Junction. The cliffs, covered thickly
with vegetation. slope down to the Frying Pan,
and in tho bend OF the stream the village is cs-
tablishod.
A commodous cabin is commissary headquar-
ters Between and 10 O'Clock every morning
supplies of groceries, bread. meat, and milk are
distributed in equal proportion. The milk Is
shipped in ten.gallon tins to Muckawanago and
IS Immediately placed on ice, keeping 1t cool
during the day.
Two policemen regularly patrol the village
and hunt up lost children. This Is necessary
prccaution. as only three or four men are in the
place during the week. Saturday evenings the
heads OF the MuckawanHgo families como up
from Grand Junction and remain over Sunday.
Fishing is pronounced excellent. Sunday
David Roberts Of the City -Four Mills of Grand
Junction caught vc.pound trout Of the
rainbow variety. while fellow fisherman landed
half pounds. Five and three pound trout are
common in the Frying Pan.
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Another outrage comes to light in the
statement Of the Director OF the Mint for July.
No standard silver dollars coined in
that month. The Director of tho Mint pre-
tends that there were standard silver dollars on
hand, whereas there was n great need of minor
coins; but the friends Of silver know better.
The Government is prejudiced against silver.
In fact. the Government hates silver. 1t is said,
indeed, that thore will be some moro standard
silver dollars coined next month, but that can
not alter the fact that for two months the Gov
ernment will have neglected those venerated
coins Will the inhumanity OF the Government
to suffering silver never cease2 Is the Mint q
nest Of plutocratsi
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THE poLron CONFUSION.
the Statute Requiring THAT ITS Nzomsers shnl
Re REPRESENTATIVE rnrtisans.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: What
you say to-day Ms to Mayor Strong's tact eva
sion OF tho statute" requiring q bipartisan
Police Commission in making an appointments
Of Commissioner without obtaining some sorb
of official attcstation OF his party standing 10
undoubtedly sound. That law was enacted
with specific rcferenc to securing the appoint.
mcnt OF Police Commissioners who should rep.
resent. as political divisions now arc tho Demo-
cratic and the Republican parties; and their par
tisan associations. therefore, should bo formally
authenticated by tho organizations OF the 49,.
ties. They cannot he taken for granted. Tho
purpose of the law does not contemplate that.
II, for instance, n vacancy on the Police Com
mission had been made by tho retirement OF ono
OF tho two Democratic Commissioners required
by tho law, could the language or the intent of
the statute have been satisfied by the appoint
ment Of man who had revolted against the
regular Organization OF the Democratic party
and voted for Mckinley or for Palmer al the
last election The law requires him to be chosen
at the last election the largest and the next
largest number of votes, that is, the Republican
party regularly and legally Democratic Mt tho
last election was that standing on the Chicago
! and represented in New York BY T, Tsmmany,
! Hall. In fulf lnient Of the requirement OF the
statute, therefore. the appointment would have
had to bo OF n man who stood by the official and
| regular ticket, and think Tammany Hall would
have good grouno for Contesting 1t rs in viola
| tion OF the statute IL II had been Of man who
though calling himself q Democrat, had rejected
| the standard and the ticket OF the regular Dem.
\ ocratic party at the last election and voted
| against them.
| To satisfy the statute, the appointment ought
| to bc OF a man whose party standing Is not merely
reported or asserted by himself. but attested by
| authorized representatives Of the party organ
| ization. The spirit of the enactment and its in
| tention require strict partisan representatives
| in the board.
| Like you, do not say this in any criticism Of
Col Smith, Mayor Strong,s appointec. either as
| a man or Republican. Iknow him to be high
| minded man and Republican; but the principle
| underlying the statute justihes Mr.. QuiRg's
| query as to the propriety Of his selection. He
| Is made n Police Commissioner under a law
| which specifically requires that the Republican
| party as such and the Democratic party as such
| should each have two representatives on that
| Commission. NASSAU STREET.
| New YORK. Aug. 3.
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President Andrews and President Low.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUs--Sfr: II DR.. Andrews
was properly compelled TO resign the Presidency OF
Brown University because he rendered aid to Bryan
ism. why should not Seth Low be compelled to step
down and out Of the Presidency Of Columbia Unver-
sty for the same reason?
Mr. Low is conducting his extraordinary canvass
for nomination to be Mayor by means and through
agencies which arc industriously and malicously
employed to foment division and discord among tho
opponents of the Bryanito Tammany. His strongest
supporters and tho most tireless workers in his
behalf and newspapers either openly in
favor of Tammany who prefer the triumph Of
Organism next fall to q Republican victory.
Seth Low is doing his best TO help along Bryanism.
Ought he to be tolerated as President of Columbia
Universty7 ALuMSuR.
NEW YORK. Aug. 8.
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was $455, 900, to which must be added the
expense of the trials.
Mr.. Bowers has set forth the tricks and
frauds by which the magnificent redwoods
and much of the sugar.pine forests Of the
Sierra Nevada have passed into private
possession "at $3.50 an acre, when single
tree was worth more than $1OO." The red
wood is the glory of the Coast Range, and
:" in massive, sustained grandeur and close
ness of growth surpasses all the other tim
Der woods OF the world" But 1t has been
terribly destroyed, and in many cases, by
assiduous cutting Off Of the new shoots
from the stumps, is even prevented from re-
pairing itself by new growth.
Fires from tho railroad locomotives, from
the mining camps, from sheep pasturage'
in which the shepherds sometimes delib-
erately set Them make enormous ravages.
Mr.. MUIR also describes the vast destruc'
tion caused by the makers Of shakes, which
are "long, boardlike shingles, split with
mallet and frow." In cutting these
shakes only 10 or 20 feet may be used
from tree perhaps $50 feet high, the
rest being left to rot, while thousands OF
trees, tested by hacking deeply, are re-
jected. Amy fool can destroy trees, and
in mans life only saplings may be grown
again, while tens of centuries have gone
to the growing of many of those trees de-
stroyed in the Western woods.
Yet, on the whole, Mr.. NUNS views arc
hopeful. He sees what has been done
in creating the national parks and the for
est reserves. What he has now to say Is
timely, in the arousing of public sentiment,
since the postponed struggle for the further
protection of the woodlands will presumably
come up at the next session of Congress.
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woYIwa 4 roWN ON sooWs.
HOW CItl-ens or n wcstcrn settlement Keep Up
with the PROCESSION,
N-ous the Seattle Times,

Tho town OF New Kamilchlo, in Mason county,
will soon cease to exist. except In name At
present the town site presents deserted appear
anco All the buildings, except one store and
hotel, arc vacated, and many havo either
been torn down or moved away. Tho town.
site is owned by tho Port Blakcley Mil
Company, as we'll as all tho buildings A
month ago q railroad had its terminus there.
Now there is nothing left except the right way
and few old tics. The rails woro taken up. and
tho roundhousc, machine shops, and everything
were moved away Two miles and half further
up the bay is the now town and the terminus OF
the railroad. which handles moro s,wlogs than
is owned by the Blakeley Mill Company, and they
dump millions Of feet OF logs In the water cnch
year. Tho new town has not yet received
naruo. but nevertheless 1t has it's Importance.
time ago md proceeded to move the buildings to
the new terminus Of tho railroad. These build,
ings were taken down TO the beach and loaded
on scows and towcd away. Five residences In
all have been taken to tho new town, which
tho logs arc rolled from the cars into the bay.
Two large houses are now being placed on scows
and will he towed to Port Blakcey, distance OF
eighty miles. The houses are two stories In
height ana forty feet long, and placed on scows
being towod up the hartor. they look very pretty.
At the same time there is an element of danger
present. A little wind would soon cause tho
houses TO tumble in the bay. Three more build
ings of the same size will be taken to BlRkeley-
then the town will not amount to much.
The wharf will DO attacked next. and the large
warehouses will bo moved to tho rollway.
After that tho company's Offices and other build
ings will be taken away to lend dignity to o, the
| two deserted hotels. and an Odd Fellows hall
| will comprise the town Of Now kamilchie.
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Tho Siege OF Havana.

IL almost may be said that the Cuban
reyolutionists have laid siege to Havana.
Il is not yet, in the strict sense of the
word, siege with regular approaches, end
with the design of carrying the place by as
sault. But some OF the more important
characteristics Of siege have arisen
during the past fortnight. Eight or
ten very lively bodies of Cuban cavalry
and infantry carry on offensive operations
day and night within sight Of the capital.
They assault the Spanish outposts, de-
spoil tho citys suburbs, capture the
enemy's military trains, seize the pro-
visions of tho Spanish army, terrify
the garrison, and create panic among the
inhabitants. In Havana letter which
we printed yesterday it was said that 1t
seems hardly possible for the Cubans to do
what they are now doing near Havana
"Practically," said THE SUN correspondent.
"the city ls In state Of SIEGE"
Last week the Cubans entered the suburb
of Mariana and stayed there till they
gained their end. They took possession
of the suburb of Las Puentes, where they
laid in a stock of medicines They camped
for several days at Punta Bravo. They
uOtu tu0 ulllo ~ AuohotSo"t e'A'SS Va NSN>
miles from the suburb of La Vivora, de-
spite the Spanish attempts to dislodge
them. The forces Of Gen. CASTILLO, Gen.
RODRIGUEZ. and Col. ARANaUREN menace
the city from different points near by.
The Spaniards are unable to drive of tho
besiegers, though the numbers Of the latter
arc vastly inferior to those Of the Havana
garrison. Gen. WEYLER has plan of cam
paign, by which he Is to fall upon them In
the front and in the rear at the same time,
and exterminate them; but it has come to
his knowledge that the Cubans have no
front, no rear, and no fianks. They
face in all directions when it suits
their purpose. and they turn about in one
way as quickly as they wheel about In
another way. 1t is as hard for an incom-
petent General like WEYLER to get at
troopers of that kind as it is for him to steer
clear of them. Their strategy is unintelli-
gible; their tactics are in violation of the
rules and their maneuvring is undisguised
impropriety. So the Spanish savage reports
to Madrid that he beats them every day of
the week.
The Notifications Of Havana are so for.
midable and the army behind them is so
large that IL Is beyond the power OF the
Cubans to make direct assault upon the
city. They have not the heavy guns needed
to breach the ramparts or to lombard the
place they have not the forces needed tc
meet the enemy in a pitched battle
The best way for them to carry on wal
is that which they have put in practice
ever since they took up arms, and which is
now exemplified in the irregular siege of
Havana. 1t is not improbable that q larger
revolutionary force will yet take part il
that siege. This summer has been one o.
extraordinary military operations by the
unquailing patriots of Cuba.
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Lecturing on "Melody and Metre" be-
fore tho American Institute Of Normal Methods.
DR.. II. A. CLARKE Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania "doplored the fact that hymn books are
ordinarily compiled by tho literary man rather
than the musician. tho result too often being
serious misaliances between words and music
Perhaps the fault is not so much in the COM
pliers of the hymn books as In the writers Of the
hymns. 1t can scarcely be maintained that the
majority OF English hymns are as a whole mus-
cal or poetic in high degree. As class they arc
rather deficient in rhythm and rugged of
rhyme. There arc some flne exceptions, but
nobody can look over half-dozen collections of
English hymns without convincing himself that
large number Of hymns are indebted to tho
tune to which thcy are sung or to the fcrvor Of
tho worshipper for most of their melody or
charm. Compared with the splendid treasures
of Latin hymnology, English hymnology is far
from rich.
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Foreign Notes or Real interest.

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uold enough mas oeen tound IN the Swiss canton OF
Naais Tor the berne mint 10 Strike from thirty ~
franc pieces.
More than 5000 copies OF Capt Mahan's Life Of
Nelson" have already been sold In England. The
oook costs VI volume.
So many Belgian pilgrims go TO LourdeS yearly that
King Leopold has found Il necessary to appoint
Vice Consul in the town.
Kin, up,rhor, and nj. or..r h,x. .oc.o,sd ths
Germon Ka,sars iny,,a,or to ha nnas.nt a, nj. milf
tarv mannpvres ne,t s,ptember
Sue.n 'e'o'ta mas gov '''h WIN A,tfou AUSTIN W.
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Dr. Sacchi. the physician OF the Bottego expedition
massacred by the Abyssinians near Lake Rudolf 10
safe but prisoner In the hands OF Ras Maconh'h'
who Is treating him WELL US he Is two other SURVIVE"
OF the expedition Leuts. Vannutelli and Citerni
Charles Dickens, a ticketof.Ieave man. has been
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A Job for Mayor Strong.

Five months of official glory are left to
His Honor, WILLIAM LYsoNG STRONG. 1t
Is the hope of his friends that he will i'm.
prove these few remaining shining hours
and himself 1t is charitable, but we
fear not correct, to attribute to the
maleflc influence of the gout the unfor.
tunate habit of profanity which seems to
grow upon the Mayor, and which made him
use to another city officer last Friday a
shocking illumination of forbidden speech.
The other city officer Immediately capped
the Mayors explosion, either from re-
grettable politeness or as the result of the
evil communications which he had lust
heard. So swiftly are the manners cor.
rupted, and so wide and long is the wake of
vice. The Mayor cursed. The Subway
Commissioner cursed. Friday the Record.
Ing Angel shuddered. All New York shud-
dered when it read of the execration scene
the next morning. Too many men here
swear, but they do not hire the Mayor to
swear for them. lmprecation is not one of
his statutory duties.
We used to make excuses for Mayor
STRONG, who Is q queer soul enough, though
babe unborn in politics. 1t is not he that
Swears; it is the gout, we saidl and hoped.
1t is painful to have to take back this
kindly theory. careful study of the
Mayors oaths has driven us to the conclu.
sion that he swears in public for publica.
tion, because he thinks it is funny. Sec
what fine, bluff, hearty, hcctoring, CAV old
chap | am, he seems to say every time that
he expels an oath in the face of the commu
nifty. Fifty years ago or so, some of the New
England transcendcntalists used to sit in
their front yards of a Sunday and vex the
ears of church'goers with strings of oaths,
strange aud familiar. solely for the sake of
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plantations In Louisiana has added to his guilt
by raising the wages OF his workmon 16lo per
cent. 1t is feared that tho wages of the en-
ployees Of other sugar planters and Of workmen
in sugar houses will also bo increased. Thcso
matters are sure to receive Incorporate but In
firm discussion from the various newspapers
that hunt the octopus to Its lair and expose tho
iniquites OF tho tariff. They have shown TO
their own great conteptment that the Sugar
Trust dictated the tariff rates on sugar. Now
comes the crowning infamy, tho raising OF wages.
That Louisiana man guilty Of owning seven
sugar plantations and raising wages must ex-
pect no mercy.