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Then, conscious of a great duty done, he
could WOO sleep.
But when sleep visited him, what terror
Of uneasy dreams must have come with it.
What figure Is this that, with blubbered
face and lovely locks dishevelled and de-
jected pinions, means by his bedside
Around her waist is a chain. Her wrists
are fcttercd. Her ankles are gyved. The
waist.chain communicates with a longer
chain. which Is held in the hands OF an i'm.
mense figure that looks uncommonly like
the eidolon Of the Hon. JOHN RAINEs Of
Canandaigua. The chains clank, as Is the
habit of chains. The letters crcak. The
gives crate. From the lips of the maiden
comes a sobbing cry "Alas, Herr OFTEN
poRFER Herr O~rTENDoRFER, Wehi Hast
thou forgotten Personal Libertyi 1 am 1t.
Hast thou forgotten the Rainesgesets3
Hast thou forgotten beer, and the great
beer issueg'
The chains clank horribly. The trans
cendental philosopher starts up. Is his
look a little sheepish as he says: "Frdu-
lein, the Hauptpunkt has been moved. It is
more important to Dsutschthum that there
should be no deals than that there should
be no interference Of bigoted religious
INSTRUMENTATION with beer. Be-
sides, where has Herr RIDDER to gof And
there is more olanking, and then q chorus
of crows Is heard singing:
"Herr orrENpoRTER had an Issue,
Where Is that Issue nowf"
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Tho First Personal Pronoun Goes to
BROOKLYN.

Whenever the Hon. SETH Low transfers
his campaign oratory to Brooklyn, as he
did on Saturday evening last, agreat strain
is removed from a particular compartment
in every printers case In the borough of
Manhattan. The capital letter l enjoys a
rest on this sid Of the river.
Psychologists have long asserted that
fundamental qualities of character reveal
themselves in the phraseology habitual to
the individual far more surely than in his
handwriting. That is to say, the vain man,
the selfish man, the man whose mind is al
ways occupied with himself, unconsciously
but inevitably betrays his egotism by the
frequency with which he utters the first
personal pronoun whenever he talks in pub
lilo or private for q considerable time upon
any subject whatsoever.
Students Of mental philosophy on Morn
ingside Heights and elsewhere will examine
with interest the Brooklyn Eagles full re-
port of Mr.. Lows speech of night before
last. 1t consists of about $50 printed lines,
and contains, by actual count. not less than
ia examples of the pronoun of the first
person singular.
Viewed from a distance the printed re-
port of Mr.. Lows remark seems to be
measured off at short intervals by perpen-
dicular black lines like those sometimes
employed in hymn books to point the
| cadence in words intended to be chanted.
This gives a peculiar typographical effect
to the columns occupied by the speech.
The perpendicular black lines, however,
are not points for chanting. Every one Of
them is a capital letter 1, and every capital
l means the Hon. SETH Low.
1t Is not probable that Mr.. Lows Brook
Ign record has ever been surpassed, in any
speech ever delivered by any campaign
orator. Why, in the first thirty-six lines
the first personal pronoun occurs twenty
seven times. In sixty-flve consecutive lines
in another part of the speech the first per-
sonal pronoun occurs forty-eight times. In
another passage of only twelve lines, it
occurs seventeen times. The grand total,
as we nave said, is 174. These are stats.
tical facts.
Purely in the interest of psychology we
have taken the trouble to compare this un-
~precedented exhibit, or exhibition, with
the speech delivered that same evening at
Cooper Union in New York by the Hon.
BENJAMIN F. TRACY.
Gen. TRAoY's speech occupies about 600
lines, being one.third longer than Mr..
Lows. 1t uses the first personal pronoun
singular only fifty-two times, and In two
instances, at least, that pronoun belongs
to Mr.. Low, occurring in a passage quoted
from Mr.. Low by Gen. TRACY.
Making proper allowance, therefore, TO,
the greater length Of Gen. TRAoY's re
marks, the frst-personal-pronoun power Of
the Republican candidate is to the first
personal -pronoun power of the Low candi
date as 80 Is to 232. This is not accident
al; it is evidence of an inherent superiority
which Gen. TRACY would never be able tc
overcome If he should try all his life. HI
will not try.
One hundred and seventy-four SETH Lows
in a single brief speech by SETH Low. Tht
issue has been clearly defined by the Low
candidate, as he understands it.
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Of n substantial alliance between GEORGE
and Low. A great conservative party like
the Republican, at present the sole safe.
guard of civilized society In this republic
and the protector Of private property and
the public integrity against the assaults of
Organism, could not afford to be caught in
that company.
That is the advantage Of having a wise
and astute leader, a "boss." Naturally,
GEORGE and Low, "bosses" themselves, do
not relish an encounter with that sort of a
"boss = but are Republicans fools enough
to want him out Of the way7
Common sense rebels against such folly.
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The Hon. PRYNNE COKE Of Good Govern.
ment Club C sends US this study OF a political
term lately made familiar by the Citizens
Union:
There Is q grave misapprehension as to the word
"deal." II the Republicans or the Democrats should
bargain with any organization other than the CHI.
Gems Union, agreeing to support certain candidates
named by It on condition OF receiving Its support for
certain Republican or Democratic candidates.. that
would be a deal an utterly indefensible and. 1 may
say. atrocious piece of business. But II any organi-
cation, attracted by the superior moral tone
OF the Citizens Union, aud knowing its aver
sion to deals, should be impelled to unite with it as
to certain candidates. for tho good Of both parties.
and therefore of the community, that would be an
arrangement. and necessarily q highly virtuous aud
becoming arrangement. Do l make myself clear p"
The Hon. PRYNNE COKE always makes him.
self clear. We seem to see right through him.
He has the crystalline nature Of the Citizens
Union itself.
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UNITE ON TRACK.
D,slntere.ted Advice from = Republican to the
Promoters OF seth low.

Promoters OF Seth Low.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: 1t is a glo-
rious thing to be consistent. md THE Sun 10
proving the verify of this axiom. Last year,
Notwithstanding its political past, notwith-
standing tho friendship of n lifetime with the
leaders OF tho Democratic party, THE Sun
turned its back upon treason and anarchy, and
boldly end hcroically battled for the nation and
Its integrity. and no single newspaper in the
United States contributed more, il ms much, 10
the success achieved by the party marshalled
under tho st. Louis flag. Therefore, ! am not
surprised to find 1t to-day in tho great contest
for supremacy of Greater New York battling
loyalty and intelligently for the principles which
are identical with those OF last year.
1t is to me a most surprising spectacle that
men known TO be thoroughly patriotic and In
telligent cannot see the utter absurdity Of the
Independent ticket in a crisis like this. The
Republican party has not deviated one inch
from its manly and patriotic course of last year.
and the men who aided it then, to prevent Bry-
anism from coming TO the fore. have no earthly
excuse at this time in adopting any other course
that that of last year. What made it impera-
lively necessary thon for all patriotic American
citizens to fall into line in compact mass, on and
in behalf of what was deemed most essential
for the preservation of law and order. is equally
imperative to-day.
by the insane anu lHlpontlc COURSE pursueu
by the Citizens Union one of two results is in-
evitable. the election of Henry George, with all
tho calamity such an event means, or the re:
Mobilization Of Tammany, which has skulked
and Is sailing under false colors.
1t is idle to talk about bossism. Mr.. Platt
represents, by virtue of what he has done and
achieved. the vast majority of the Republican
voters. not only of the city of New York, but OF
the State. This is a Government of parties. no
matter what theorists may say. and to secure
organization, whether on the Held of battle or
in the civic walks of life. has eyer been made
possible unless it has q loader who could direct
and command. and for whom and to whom re.
spect was shown and obedience given. II would
be the greatest crime of the century for tho
great Republican organization of the Greater
New York to yield to the dictates of those who.
while they may be sincere in their convictions.
are chimerical in the pursuit of that which
they SO ardcntly desire.
There Is yet time to cry a halt, and I do hope
and sincerely trust that your able efforts,
backed by those OF intelligent and patriotic
citizens Of New York. will succeed in bringing
about q union of the forces, TO insure not only .
temporary but a permanent success.
WASHINGTON, d.. c.. Oct. 9. s. WOLF.
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as much havoc in the discipline Of the
State institutions under their charge as
a herd of cattle in a garden. Had they
been clear.sighted. ~level.headed men, they
would have taken at their true value in the
first instance tho fabrications gotten up
against Mr.. PIERCE and Mr.. BRooKwAY,
and the State treasury would have been
spared the drain and the accused officials
the long harassmcnt and monstrous in.
justice of the proceedings which followed.
On the State Board of Charities, and on that
board alone, rest the cost and the dishonor
of those twin infamies.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Str: Tho echo Of your
well-deserved tribute to the Hon. T. C. Plat has
reached even this neck o. the woods. 5000 miles
away.
There are stalwart Republicans in this State who
have the greatest possible admiration for the wonder
full ~tactician and loyal Republican who saved the
st. Louis Convention from Q possible straddle on tho
financial question.
II such men are "bossea. !" then there arc many of
US who are willing to be- bossed.
with such men as Judge Wallace 10 lead in the
state and Gen. Tracy in the new municipality. success
Ia certain.
No Republican can have an excuse for boiling.
More power to your effective pom. and may straight
Republicans winl SAMUEL r. SrIRH.
SPOKANE, Wash, Oct 8.
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The Conversion of Herr ottendorfer.

At about the exact last Friday
when Herr OTTENDoRFER. the transcen-
dental philosopher of the Stnats-Zeitung,
arrived in this town from Carlsbad to take
command of what Mr.. QUIGG has felici-
tously called the Ridderbund, the Citizens
Union was patching up a deal with the
Henry George leaders. The transcen-
dental philosopher Immediately remarked
to the amazed reporters that he should
support the Low ticket because sit is free
from deals" The same evening a sublime
editorial article on "The Headpoint of
Our Choiceight," was prepared in the
thought-laboratory of our esteemed con-
temporary in Tryon row, and sent to vari-
GUS "nativist" contemporaries, by some
of whom 1t was translated at once and
printed the next day. 1t appears from this
article that the main point Of the present
election contest is that the Citizens Union
makes no deals, but is independent, the
fact that 1t made a deal the very day on
which the article was written being In.
sufficient to impress a transcendental
philosopher, whose friends nave been I'm
able to get any sufiiciency of offices from
Tammany, and who therefore arc dis.
bhocse cSipiS a. ~ oiit ~
elements of the Democracy of this town."
In short, Herr O"TTENDoRFER has to
shudder when he thinks on "what out of
the Powermisuse of a Crokerish or Plattish
Government over this Great city arise
must" This enormous danger can only be
5ut aside by e%lectins the Lowish ticket.
Thus the philosopher.
1t seems that Herr O"TTENDORFER went to
bed early OF Friday night, presumably in
the enjoyment of a belief that he had come
In the nick of time to save the city from
the horrors of a Powermisusc by political
parties which will not do anything for the
Hon. HERMANN RIDDER and the other
political a~scetics of the CARGO school. The
proof of the Hateful article readjusting the
headpoint of the campaign must have been
reviewed by the philosopher with n de
lighted eye before he sought the repose tC
which the fatigues of an ocean voyage and
the difficulty of composition entitled him
1t is pleasant to imagine him reading that
proof to himself or Gloating over eacl
solsmn umlaut and stately capital letter
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-11
Lord Salisbury's Organ on the Cuban
Situation.

1t Is understood that Spain has sounded
the principal European Governments with
a view to ascertaining what assistance she
might hope for in the event of a war with
the United States. We may take for
granted that from Russia, our traditional
friend, she got an unsatisfactory reply.
There Is also reason to believe that she re-
ceived no encouragement from the French
Ministry, headed by NJ. incline, notwith-
standing the influence which has been ex.
ercised under the Third French Republic
by the Paris bankers, who are large holders
of Spanish securities and therefore deeply
interested in averting the bankruptcy Of
their debtor. BY Austria and Germany, on
the other hand, it is probable that assur-
ances of sympathy have been given to
the Queen Regent; but these countries
would hesitate to offer material support,
lest they drove us into a counter combina-
tion with either the Franco Russian League
or with Great Britain. We may be tolera-
bly, certain that France and Russia would
respond favorably and promptly to over
lures upon our part should we be con.
strained to make any and France, it will
be remembered, is, next to Great Britain,
the greatest of the maritime powers. The
combatant that should control the ocean
would decide the issue of war in the An.
titles, and Spain might defy us with i'm.
punity, if she could prevail upon the Eng,
lish to uphold her in Cuba.
That there is no chance, however, of en-.
listing England in such a cause is made in,
disputable by a reference to the matter in
the October number of the London Nation,
al Review, which, more than any other
British periodical, reflects the wishes and
opinions of Lord SALISBURY and of Other
leading members of the present Cabinet
The reference occurs in the article penned
by the editor and entitled Episodes OF
the Month > consequently it may be re-
garded as a semi-official utterance.
The Reriew begins by reciting the facts
which justify interposition in Cuba by the
United States. 1t is pointed out that thu
Of Florida than is Ireland from Grea'
Britain. With geographical p%ropinquit!
and strategical utility are conioined thu
most intimate and important commercial
relations. These facts might not constitut,
a basis for intervention, if SPANS efforts
to suppress the insurrection had been made
with a decent regard to the usages of civil
lied warfare, and if there were m pros
pect of their being attended soon with sue
cess. The truth is, however, that although
Spain has sent to the island at least 200,
0 men. by far the largest army ever trans
ported across the Atlantic, the Cuban
have more than held their own, and of lat
their opponents have even given up the pro
mitigation Of imaginary victories for news
paper purposes. The Spanish General
WEYLER, is pronounced "inept beyon,
precedent" and, On the report of credibl
people" he is described as "cruel beyon,
conception" and as guiltyo of waging "sucl
warfare on non.combatants as. in our gen
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From the Catholic Standard and Time,

from nc cdtHo'e wa uhtu 1'WtS-
A good.natured Anglican parson WAS riding
one day in a ~jaunting car near the Lakes of
Killarney, whose famous echoes sometimes re-
peat IA sound AS many as eight times. Wishing
to "take Il rise out OF tho driver" the clergy
man said:
do you know. Pat. that there arc mono but
Protestant echoes here 2"
mo. sir. l niver hard it. and 1 don't believe
1t aithcr." was the reply.
Anglican. Arriving at a favorable spot he called
out softly, raising his voice to u loud pitch on
tho last word: DO you believe in Pho Mono T.
and tho echo replied:
mo, mol No. mol No, mol"
Pat was delighted at the joke, and, rubbing
his hands glecfully. said:
"Bcdad, whin l drive ono of the rdal clargy
here won't i have the sport out of him T. And
the parson rather doubted the success of his
ruse.
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M Salvation.
From Spare Moments.

An hoo's tho guild wife, Sandy !" said ono
farmer to another, as they met in the market
place and exchanged snuff boxes.
Did 20 no hear that she's dead and buried r.
said Sandy sOlemnly.
Dear met exclaimed his friend sympathet.
ically. Surely 1t must have been very sudden =
zee. when she turned III we hadna time to send
for the doctor, sac ! gied her a bit pouther that
j had lying in my drawer for II year or twa, an
that / had got frae the doctor mysel. but hadna
ta'en; What tho pouthcr was | dinna vera
weel ken. but she died soon after. It's a sair
loss to me. l can assure ye. but it's something to
be thankfu' for / didna tax tho pouther myself"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-11
AsLed Tho boy Too Much.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
A boy had been up for an examination in
Scripture, had failed utterly, and the relations
between him and the examiner had become
somewhat strained. The latter asked HIM II
there were a y text in the. whole Bible he could
quote. He pondored and then repcNted: And
Judas went out and hanged himself"
is there any other verse you know in the
Bible 7" the m asked.
Yes. GO thou and do likewise
There was a solemn pause and the proceedings
Terminated.
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An esteemed correspondent in Flatbush
asks US this question as to the comparative
measurements Of greatness:
"As I was talking with q friend last night he said.
i doubt II there have ever been three such con-
summate political managers and popular and power
full campaigners as JAMES B. REYNOLDS. JoHSC CLARK.
and JOHN B. PINE. For the life of me, l cannot de.
termine which OF them Is the greatest man. Nor
could l.. We agreed to leave It to THE SUM-"
Speaking on the spur of the moment, we should
say JOE LARoCoUE.
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There is one interesting result of the
multiplicity Of tickets and COMMISSIONS of poll
tics this year, and that is that about every tenth
man in town is a candidate for something. The
cab drivers will substitute tires of gold for tires
Of rubber in November. The shoe dealers will
thrive. Sowing on buttons will become a chief
industry as the candidates circulate among the
voters. Postmen and door bells are already
ovarworked
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Much News In Ono Sentence.

From the Spout Springs Times.
Some few days since Miss Mable Easter. while get.
ting supper had a can In which she was making some
tea TO explode while trying to open 1t and burn her
face very badly which was thought at frat by hor
many friends and relatives to be fatal. but under tho
treatment OF Iron Mounds most efficient and skilled
Physician, DR. I. J. Bsrrynian. she is fast improving,
and will ere long. be able TO resume her pedagogical
duties iu Benny school house where she has beon
hired to teach the fAll term Of 1897.
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From. The Nerc orleans Times. Democrat.
There was an alarm Of IRE the other night. A
clerk OF one OF the local hotels, heing told the nrs
was In the immediate neighDorhood, pushed tho but
ton for the porter,
~ wish you would wake up the guests, joe"
"Yes. sab; ! would like to, sab. but he amt dun
gone TO bed"
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HOMEGROWN Husband. Preferred.

From the Chicago Record.
why did your daughter break her engagement
with that English earle"
because I told her that, with tho prsSnhk Dricos
for wheat, she would better try to catch an American
farmer"
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The working staff of HENRY GEORGE in
the present campaign seems to be made up about

like this
Manager OF Deals, TON JOHNSON OF Ohio.
BambooEler Of Cts, TON JOHNSON of Ohio.
Purser, TON JOHNSON Of Ohio.
Bursar, Tom JOHNSON of Ohio.
Pullerin, Ton JOHNSON OF Ohio.
Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, TON
JOHNSON of Ohio.
It is a heavy job for one young man, but soon
ALTGELD and TILLMAN and r SIMPSON and
tho venerable PETER. and perhaps WILLIAM
JENNINGS BRYAN himself, will all be here to
boost along the now revolution.
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Not Much Cause for Laughter.

From the Cleveland Leader.
at doesn't take much to make some men laugh"
she s~cornfuly said.
mo" no wickediy replied. ~ heard q couple Of
fellows nearly going into commissions when you APP
Deared In your new bathing suit the other day"
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Gen. TRACY is my friend. j count it ono Of
tho tragedies of my life that we are contendinR
against each other In this controverHy.-Seth Lotc IN
Brooklyn
1t will seem all the moro tragic to you three
weeks from tomorrow night.
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u our 1tsnds spho favor US 10Th manuscript for
publication votsh to haze rejected articles returned
tASr u,.,st n al oases send stamps for that purpose.
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Introducing the Hen. Hi, Cmsy.

Ffom he WdrrsRsbur0h kfus.
Hily cnisy Is attending & Free Methodist ssAbN.
s0ss Aa HsEkinsI.
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~PAnn-Kiosque No. az. near Grand Hotel. and
Hioaoue No. 10. Boulevard des Uapucince.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
A STRANGE OVERSIGHT.

Mr. Perkins
evidence OF his
Surely there must
capable of immediate
this
should sparkle with OF MI Per-
OF California recognition
which his Sacramento might
Postofce
Washington conferred
influence with
all
failed
obtain pephbe Or they might demonstrate with
of Mckinley
striking exceptional Mr. Perkins
effort
he had been would be able impress
greatness
high Senator
people to
Insa OF putting Senator
the place
which small unworthy
employ BY Intellectual and dicu
ous hold Misrepresentation of
conealment the
nstng The of VIGOROUSLY
TO aspiring promising man;
that honestly vnued for
with suggestion
rdiculng idea merit and the
ability be
@ Senator Mr. Perkins
Republican
under this of nducmen
expression
Senator rrives?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
A REPRESENTATIVE SENATOR.
Senator arrives


the
Perkins looking
qualification?
THE doubt Senator
supporter ability
United States Mr. Perkins
altogether
California heessy
accorded
abilities
he
And
in
ability by eleing Mr. Samuel shordge
Sonata