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walled Miles in Her Sleep.

From the Philadelphia Record.
WILMINGTON. Del. Ang. l5.-There has been much
excitement and much discussion In FELTON, over n
story OF the remarkable somnGmbulism OF Miss
Chella Connor. the 10.yearold daughter of A.. b.
Common. tho station Egent at FELTON,.
A few nights ago Miss Common retired, but fell
asleep before she d.srobed. She had been in the
room but a short time when she walked out of the
house and up the railroad track. None of the family
saw her leave the house. and did not discover that
she had gone until some time after. They were
greatly alarmed. and at once made u search for her.
John Lynch, who knew the girl well. said that he saw
her walking up the railroad track. but said nothing
to her. The friends OF the family at once started In
pursuit of her. but were compelled to return without
her. Nearly all night they secured the country with
bicycles and carriages. but none OF them thought TO
keep directly on the railroad track. Miss Conner
walked straight up the track. and when she awuke I'm
the early morning She found that she was near Ches.
void. which II seventeen miles from where she
started. She at once took n train and went home,
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The report of the Citizens Union co

The report of the Citizens Union con-
corning the signatures to the petition for the
Low candidacy contains this revelation:
"a remarkable feature Of the canvass has been
tho readiness with which all who have been asked
have signed. A small percentage fayortng Mr.. Lows
nomination have refused 10 sign through fear of
losing business or through dread OF political pressure.
but there have been so few refusals that It is evident
that tho number OF signatures can be increased al.
most Indefinitely II the canvass is continued and
extended"
No one except an unsophisticated Goo Goo
would have made that acknowledgment. for
there is something very suspicious in this "readi-
ness with which all who have been asked
signed" Is not Tammany stufing tho rolls for
tho Goo Goosi
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Two Great Canal Projects.

AT the last session of Congress investIga.
tions were ordered Of two proposed water.
ways which, if constructed, will cost hun.
drcds of millions Of dollars.
Steps have already been taken to further
these Investigations by the appointment of
engineer commissions, and one of these
commissions, consisting of Major RAY.
NoND of the army, and Messrs. ALFRED
NOBLE OF Chicago, aud &. Y. WIsNER of
Detroit, has been in session at philadel.
phia. Its duty is to mako SURVEYS and
examinations for a deep waterway from
the Great Lakes to the sea, its investiga.
lions being limited by the report of the
Deep Waterways Commission laid before
Congress by the President on Jan. IS last.
This earlier commission, consisting of
President ANGEIL of Michigan University
and Mcssrs. j. L. RUSSELL of Massachusetts
and l.. Z. COOLEY of Illinois, proposed to
open a route TIVE Lake Ontario and the
Hudson, either by way of the ST. Lawrence
and Lake Champlain or else by way of
the oswego and Oneida rivers, Lake Oneida
n the Mohawk Valley. Hencethc present
engineer board will confne its attention
II We do not err, to those routes, obtain.
tng eStimate OF cost for each.
: " viii DO recalled that not long ago an
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h Denucr Republican has been and Ia
among the ablest and most strenuous partisans
of the free coinage Of silver, but 1t has no desire
to coddle calamity or to shut its eyes to tho
good times. ut is a time" says this CHEEKY sill.
verite, "for every one to take courage and re.
joicc In the prosperity which is knocking at our
doors. 1t does not make any difference how
prosperity has come. 1t is here" That il the way
for sensible silver men to talk. Because they were
wrong in their predictions last year is no reason
why they should insist upon being wrong this
year. They arc not called upon to shroud them
selves in perpetual gloom because prosperity
has appeared without the aid OF their 10 to l
god. They might much better be cheerful than
gloomy. and here are tho good times to keep
them cheerful and to give them their share Of
tho profits. 1t is going to be mighty hard work
for even the most practiocd croaker to conceal q
grin Of contentment when fortune persists in
~favorinG him.
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Prince Hensi and tho 1taIlanu.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuS-Sir: Prince Henri Of
Orleans, like n boulerdrdfer OF the worst character,
for the purpose OF seeking q popularity certainly not
with the best class OF people ofFrance. and taking al.
vantage OF the strain existing between the two nations.
Is boasting against the italian officers who uafortu.
nately had been taken prisoners in the last war with
the Abyssinians. All the world knows that Prince
Henri's utterances are lies. 1t is an ascertained fact
that the Italians at Adowa fought like heroes. and ID
could not he otherwise when an army of 5000 plays
havoc In a foe OF 10000, and fought until about all
the soldiers were killed or overpowered and taken
prisoners. A great cowardice can he called the sur
render OF an army OF 300, 900 French soldiers to the
Germans without fighting In 1870; but the Italian
battle OF Adowa is an epopee recalling the times OF
LeOnidas.
! do not wish TO charge the Orleans Prince with COW.
ardice. but all the reports are that. had not the Count
OF Turin insisted on a serious duel. Prince Henri was
very willing to have 1t q farce. This expla. n once
more the fact that Prince Henri is n balloon full OF
air. taking most serious things with that freshness
which characterizes his fellow countrymcn.
AUG. Is. 1897. +. To-cL
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OgiIvfe ut His Post.

Mr.. WILLIAM OGILvIE, Dominion Land
Surveyor, carries a level head through all
the klondike excitement. He is the only
man on the upper Yukon who is seasoned
against the gold fever. Commanding only
the small income of a surveyor, he has not
washed ont a pan of dirt nor staked out a
claim except when surveying claims for
others. His labors for years have been of
great value to the miners, among whom he
is about the only man who has little pros
pect of acquiring wealth.
1t Is really time that OGILvIE went
on a strike. There he has been for a
large part of the time since 1887, among
the dreary Yukon wastes, sighting his
theodolite while others arc picking up
nuggets, telling anxious miners whether
they are on United States or Cana
dian soil, and settling their disputes
with his instruments when they are quar-
relling over claim boundaries; and when
the auth rites in Ottawa sent him permits.
sion to go home. late last fall, he made an
swer chat the price of dogs was so high he
did not feel justified in putting the Govern
ment to the expense of a team with which
he might slcdge out of the country.
If they discover another klondike up
there, it should really be named the
Ogilvie. With his pay at only $3.50 a
month and r~ations, he should have at least
the need of honor. He deserves it. No
other man of this country or Canada has
begun to give us so much accurate informa-
ton about the Yukon gold region, in all its
aspects, as OGIIvIE has lone since 1857.
Canada has just Issued a pamphlet of in
sixty.two of its sixty-tlve pages are filled
with extracts from OGILvIE's reports.
The miners have confidence in him. He
has helped them in various ways. There
was trouble brewing on the Klondike
when hundreds of excited miners began to
stake out their claims; but contentment
reigned after OGILvlE had marked the
corners. On many Il creek west of the
Yukon, miners awe been really anxious to
know whether they We're digging in Alas
kan or Canadian dirt, and they have de-
pended upon OGu.vIE to tell them where
gulch. They know that his determinations
are only provisional, but they accept them
cheerfully and our own surveyors say that
OG1LVIE's boundary posts are, 10 all intcnts
and purposes, accurately placed.
This man has attended strictly to duty, at
person would be tempted to throw up his
poorly paid job and begin dclving for dust
with the rest of the crowd.
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Orange county applcjack is evidently declining
in public favor.-CtiCu Herald.

Orange county applcjack is evidently declining
in public favor.-UtiCd Herald.
All appleJack and all other strong waters and
probably many mild waters have been declining
in favor since the Hon. GEORGE GRAHAM VEST
OF Missouri flooded the Senate chamber with
tears by making II passionate and poctical
eulogy of apple cider. 1t Is understood that Mr..
VEST has never tasted cider. but as he is OPP
posed TO Custom Houses and Il duty on apples he
mado cider the subject of n touching Grafton.
lie depicted cider as the drink of infancy and
the solacc OF manhood. lie dwelt upon the inno-
cency and harmlessness or 1t as II he had never
heard OF any battles produced by II. In short,
he toasted cider as n happy combination
Of nectar and honeydew. Anxious millions
have been watching the apple trees ever
since. The apple crop Is big. 1t Is especially
big In Missouri. Mr.. VEsT will have n chance
to taste n lumber of the beverage which he has
hymned 30 Rloriously. The admirers OF his elo-
quence will follow his example. No wonder
the market for applejack has been diminished.
Applejack is IA drink of known quality. Cider,
as described by Mr.. VEST. is something which
never came from earthly press or dripped from
earthly faucet.
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examination of this same question was
made by IN officer Of the Engineer Corps OF
the army, who proposed, instead Of tho
two routes just spoken Of, that the Erie
Canal should DO enlarged by the general
Government, 30 as to admit great bnrges ;
but we do not understand that the present
commission is expected in the report it
will have ready for the meeting OF Congress
In December, to discuss the Erie Canal
plan, although this will claim n share OF
public attention, II the general project Is
practically taken up and n route selected.
The other great enterprise Is the Mica
ragua Canal; and on this the commission
consists Of Admiral WALKER, Capt. CARTER
of the Engineer Corps, and Civil Engineer
HAUPT. One engineer commission, APP
pointed under the authority Of Congress,
has already reported on this project, after
much examination, and has submitted an
approximate estimate Of It's cost. But it
acknowledged that there were some i'm
portant elements, bearing largely upon the
questions both of practicability and cost,
which would need more investigation be-
fore the Government could wisely under.
take the task.
Such, then, arc the two enterprises, pro.
diglous in size, INT relating to enormous
business interests. The great %grain-pro-
ducing West Is deeply concerned with the
domestic waterway and the whole country
with the isthmus canal. When Congress
comes together In December, with tariff re-
vision q thing Of the past, and measures to
Increase the rising tide of prosperity occu-
plying the first place in Importance, these
two vast undertakings will no doubt absorb
n yood Share of their attention
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To THE EDITOR OF THE srS-Sir: For three summers
i have lived at COney Island. and / am interested IN
that property only as a man having to live near
enough TO New York to go and come each day toI
business. Prior to this year / have experienced some
trouble from the Barren Island odors. but not a great
deal; possibly three or four times during each sum.
mer the odor has been very disagreeable. This year
II has been unbenrable much OF the time, and for
days at a time. when the wind blew from Barren
Island toward Manhattan Beach, ] have been re-
peatedly walked up at night by the stencil and have
been nauseated. While keeping my room. my wife
and l have on two occasions left the hotel aid come
TO New York, staying at my home in this city on
Fifth avcnuc). bearing the heat Of the city aud tho
smells from the Coils trenches rather than the sick.
ening stencil from Barren Island during IL" days and
nights that the wind blew from that direction.
Greater New YORK could well anOrt to buy Barren
Island and destroy the terrible stenclmakC rS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 1897. COMFY ISLAND.
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From the Denver Times.
A swarm of bees came flying down Lawrence stree,
at . O'Clock this afternoon. apparently I'm search NJ n
home. When they got to the sixteenth stree, cross.
Ing something or other In the appearance OF the land.
scape suddenly seemed TO strike their fancy. The
leader OF the swarm. or the guide. turn,d three somer.
saults I'm the air and came down ON the endgate OF nm
express wagon that was standing on the Lawrence
street side Of HaswelIs drug store.
Then, of asudden, tho female scorcher discovered
what the meaning OF the adnonitory shouts WINS. s,o
ran plump into the midst OF the swarm. The bees.
finding a new and evidently moro agreeable roost Of.
fered by her back and shoulders, turned from the .x.
press wagon and began Hooking to her. Probably
100000 bees were perched on her back by the time
sh' got across sixteenth street. She screeched a few
times scorched harder yet. and by the time she had
crossed Sixteenth street she had succoe1ed I'm sb,k,n,
herself clear OF tho impious "bugs.'
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CITY VERY
Last Weeks Death Rate the Lowest Yet
Death Rate OF Children Low This summer.


Death Rate OF Children Low This Summer.
The Register Of Vital Statistics reported to
the Health Board yesterday that the death rate
of the city for the week ending last Saturday
was 20.O9 the lowest recorded in any week for
twenty-five years. The figures mean n rate of
ZOOS deaths for every 900 Of tho population
in a years time. The first week OF August had
the low record of 20. 7s, and the records for the
five weeks of summer ending July 81 show a
total number of 4,i9s deaths. as against 4.724
for the same period OF 1896. although the popu.
lation Is greater.
The death rate among children has been low
this summer. the record for five weeks ending
July 81 being o.457. as against 2,5GG for the
same period in 1896. There has been less cholera
infantum this year than during any summer
since the l'urcuu OF Vital Statistics was estIb-
iished. The decided decrease Of the death rate
4! attributed by the health authorities to the
clean streets and to the thorough inspection and
supervision of the sale OF the city's milk supply.
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Some enthusiasts calling themselves New

Some enthusiasts calling themselves New
Lights have appeared in Oklahoma. n Territory
or singular originality, versatility and fervor.
Tho New Lights are said to believe that
they have tho power Of casting out devils.
Such gifts should not DO wasted upon Okla
homa. The New Lights should be sum-
moned to tho assistance OF those other new
lights. the Populists and the Democrats.
The Money Devil has been exercised with an
unusual amount of nouns and adjectives, but he
remains obstinate. He will not obey the exor-
cisers. Perhap the Oklahoma devil electors
will have better luck with him. But he Is a hard
case. Any reasonable devil would have quit the
premises after having had such loud.exploding
platforms and fulminant articles and speeches
shot at him.
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The collectors Of the Citizens Union
should give themselves power Of attorney to
SIGN the name Of everybody who hasn't yet put
his name to the Low petitions, and then tho
Citizens Union should move to make the nom.
ination equivalent to election. AS the Hon.
FREDERICK SEYMOUR GIBBS says. what's tho use
of having an election BY this simple process
of a cent a name the will OF the people. at least
of some people, can be ascertained. The signcrs
who didn't know what they were signing should
be rebuked for their negligence. Centa.name
municipal non-partisanship can be depended
upon to take the place of other forms of govern
mcnt.
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CoxEx and HE fellow 'generals" to labor. For
all that, they expect tho Government to do what
they conceive to DO its duty. They expect tho
Government to SEQ that tho opportuni-
ties for employment arc open to all.
Thoy know how to turn rcsolutoly away
when such an opportunity is offered to
them. Work has no temptation for thcm. They
prefer TO think. II tho Ohio Populists had been
imprudent enough to assert that 1t is tho duty
of everybody who is able to work TO work, they
would have frightened away the veterans of the
campaign against the Washington grass.
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.'siEns" Tor bicycle Rlders.

From the Louisville ourier-Journa
To lend your wheel is a sign you will quarrel with
o friend.
To read the advertisements OF newly invented pain.
less saddles Is a sign you will dic poor and d~espised.
To DO chased by a yellow dog with a head like a
COOK stove and a mouth like a cellar presagcs a bad
fall.
To puncture q tire ten miles from home is a sign
that you Will have a SPAWN on your OF hind hoof.
To see a red-headed woman wearing green bloom.
es Is q sign your rim will split unless you say
"Kokalo" and throw a bale OF hay over your left
shoulder.
To fail to pay the regular weekly in%stallments Is an
Ill omen. and 1t means that you will meet a dark man
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Perhaps for old times sake some Mug.
wumps will listen to a word on an important
topic from the Springfield Republican:
"Ex.Secretary CARLISLE advises that independent
gold Democratic tickets bc put up wherever elections
are 10 he held. He would rather. apparently. see
Ohio carried by the silver Democrats, for example,
than to have his own faction nominally extinguished
In n gold Republican victory. This may he sound
politics. but It IL not sound money"
How brilliant now IS our contemporary as It
stands In the light OF reason cmancipated from
the follies and prctenccs of Mugwump mania.
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From the Morning oreoontau-

FTUW nc HoF1lInD OTeVonidn.
Last wednesday evening Lille Schaerer. aged IL.
VINO lives with her parents on Hill Creek, In Baker
county had quite an adventure with wildcats. She
was engaged driving up the COW for the evening
milking. when she came face 10 face with n yudc.,
and kittens The cats stood their ground, the old one
making fight with the girls dog. The young lady,
not to be driven from the field by fright, gathered
her apron full OF stones, and the battle began I'm ear.
nest 1t ended by Miss schaener killing one of the
kittens ana carrying It home as a trophy of her
bravery andskini In Close and dangerous eneQupter,
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The Ohio Populists took the trouble to
say in their State platform that 1T is the duty
OF the whole people to SEQ that OPPORTUNITIES for
employment are open TO all" Then they NOM
mated for Governor the illustrious traveller
VINO led to Washington II collection of
gentlemen who never worked and who never
VIII. Sc deep and hearty a sense Of humor Is
rare among Populists. No constraint could
induce tho roaming thinkers who followed
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We Arc Coming. Father Abraham.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: With reference 10
the news item in your Sunday issue headed "Story o.,
a War Song" and dated from Window. MINI. SPEAK
ing OF the man who composed the music for Winters
song. W Arc Coming, Father Abraham. Three Hun.
drtd Thousand Strong, j haNc To say: II Is my impTeS
sion that j. 5. Gibbons, Who Mt one TIM" resided A. IS
West Forty. seventh street, this city. wa TIE author
OF the words. ! have n portion OF a line in his baud
wiring, as a contribution To my collection ~ auto
graphia, and which was received In October. 1sSH.
NEW YORK. Aug. 15, 1897. W. 4. MlTCHLL-
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"The memorable gong
Sounds on the platform OF Time"

The terms of a poets license should be liberal,
and the most liberal construction should be
given TO them. but not the broadcast terms and
construction can justify him in running a cable
car over his unhappy readers. The world will
forgive much to the SONS Of song. but it will not
permit them to bang a gong instead OF fretting
a Tyre. and they cannot be allowed to make u
cable car their chariot of triumph or war. 1t
would be unjust to revoke Mr.. Bliss CARAVANS
license, but he should be warned.
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A Sunday school superintendent in Wichita
proposes to conduct his school by telephone.-ihtid-
deiphia Ledger.
That seems to DO the way in which that dis
tlnguished martyr" OF plutocracy. DR.. Z. BEN.
AMI ANDREWS. is going to conduct the Hon.
JOHN b. WALKERS university"
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A Midway woman. who was busily at WORK in tho
berry pasture of a North Midway farmer one day re.
Gently. removed her corsets to expedite the labor
and ease OF filling her baskets with her neighbor's
property. In her fright at seeing the owner np-
proaching. she forgot her shaping apparatus and
made tracks for other quarters. The lady has since
been informed that she can have her property on
personal application therefor.
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wedding Etiquette In Kansas.

From tho Kansas City Journal.
a man presented himself In his shirt sleeves before
the probate judge of shawnee county to DO married
the Other day. Not to be outdone in p~oiiteness the
Judge also removed his coat and then conducted the
ceremony.
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As to the Low Vote in It. Paul.
From the Minneapolis Tribune

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
Does tho esteemed Pioneer Press really think that a
man like Seth Low. whom 1t oommends so highly for
Mayor OF the Greater New YORK. could be elected In
81. Paul. for instance?
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Reckless Tipping at the BeausrIss.


From the Boston Journal.
We regret to say the odiouS practice of tipping Is
growing steadily In Boston, and II is they who can
least AFFORD It that give with an air OF brayado the
heaviest tips.
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Inevitably, steadily, and ever faster
downward is the deGrin1olado of wHITELAw
REID. He has even had himself interviewed by
the Worldy
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Miss Alice whiting Of South Hanover will have to
procure a new set OF teeth. While riding no me from
an excursion to Oldham Pond. n few days since, the
horse kicked. striking her full in the mouth. knock.
Ing out thirteen OF her natural set without touching
her lips. This sounds a little wild. but It is q fact all
the same.
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n our friends toho favor us trith manuscripts for
bssNodtton tcfSh TO have rejected articles returned,
thev must IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.
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FTom the Boston Advertiser.
Smith Phelps OF FoXboro found \ rare and curtou q
bug. The shape Of its head was similar to that OF a
wslrus; Its body was about one inch In length and OF
n dark brown color. As 1t was found on Central
street one man dubbed 1t a d" hrebug."
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Engineer Charles Leonard OF the Maino Central
Railroad was running the Quebec express through
Paquetville when he saw a black object on the rails
OF the bridge. He sounded tho danger signal aud nut
on tho brakes and saw a bear spring from the track
and cling to the side, escaping death by his own
~sagacity. Salt water Is used for the protection OF tho
bridge from IRE. and bruin was gnawing the salt
from the timbers.
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In a poem printed by our esteemed con-
temporary, the Outlook. Mr.. BLISS CARMAS
strains his poetic eye to gaze into the day when