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The sun., 1897-08-05
HAnpEn rnAx : p1AMoxn.
A Eew Sretanio cou,posnd That VIII Cut n,
Great Gem.
Dron the Ninerni CoIiecto

Prom the Mfnerai collector.
Within few days the Patent Office will grant
title in q discovery which may fairly be con.
sidcred as being tho most remarkable since the
X-ray. II Is for substance that is harder
than the diamond. and tho inventor is Molssan
the French savnnt, whose experiments In tho
line of diamond making by artifce have OBJ
tanned such wido publicity. Tho utmost SO.
crecy has been maintained in regard to tho mat
ter, but investigation reveals the fact that the
substance in question is carbide of titanium-
that is to say, a compound Of carbon with tho
metal titanium. There can be no doubt that
Its production in quantities will revolutonize
many industries where abrasives are employed
monds
Titanium is one Of the most interesting Of the
rare metals. II Is about half as heavy as iron,
pure. Chemically 1t resembles tin, while in its
physical properties IL is like iron. The familiar
mineral ''rutilc" is an oxide OF titanum and is
A small quantity of the mineral put into the
mixture for tooth enamel produces the peculiar
yellowish tint that counterfeits nature so al.
Titanium has no other commercial usc than
this. There is none Of 1t on the market in tho
metallic state and probably not:an ounce could
be obtained ut any price by advertising for It.
Dealers in rare metals will quote you gallium al
$4,000 an ounce, germanium at Sl,l@5 an
ounce, rhodium at Sll2 an ounce. ruthcnum
at 500 an ounce, iridium at S37 an ounce.
an ounce; but they have no titanium TO sell he.
cause thero Ia no demand for 1t, and also Tor tho
reason that It is Extremely difficult TO scparatS
from tho substances with which il IL found
combined in nature At tho same time there i,
no doubt that plenty Of IL could he produced nd
very moderate cost n a large demand should
spring up. Though classed as rare metal 10
is not really such, inasmuch as 1t is a common
tmpurity In iron ores.
The sun., 1897-08-05
SUNBEAMS.

-osts six feet high in the stalk arc reported In
Lano county, Or
"A resident Of skidmore. No.. boasta Of having put
up twenty-five three-ton stacks of hay in one day.
Near Brunswick. Nd. q COW which last summer
dropped twin calves has done the thing again.
1T took half an hour for mother Bristol. Tenn
to recover . watch wheel which her small Toy had
swallowed.
Only the woud-be saloon keeper and one non
resident signed petition for the establishment OF
saloon at Monroe Neb.
What 10 known tho young married set of Car.
thage No. society entertatns itself in these hos
times with wading parties In the Spring River.
His financial system leads a Missouri free sverite
TO inclose half-dollar piece a quarter in each
sack of -four sold from his mill He it TO attract
custom.
u !. Taylor. living near Cottage Grove. Or,
touched a match to scum a stagnant pool on
his place. and the whole surface OF the pool guitad
and blazed as a kerosene pond might blaze.
While business man OF Newport News and his
family were sitting at table wondering why tie
cook was so long In getting breakfast tramp VITO
had come along just IT to be served tho
kitchen eating what he wanted OF It and keeping the
cook quiet with revolver
The ever active desire of newspapers TO give th,
public more than the worth OF the rublicS mon,v
had a manifestation lately in the case Of pap1r at
Juniata- Seo.. which put IL modest BIZ fsT
county printing that the Supervisors voluntarily IN
creased the amount OF It and paid It.
BY the tomb OF Henry Ridgely. who died IN lGaa
in Anne Arundel county. Md, Isaac C. Anderson Il
the Second district of that county recently Goug
coin OF the date 1905. marked tho obvcrst VEL
Shilling Danske." The reverse. which Is well won.
bears a capital G. over which is the ngurc ?.
-scorn must be felt by New York gripmeu aAi
Brooklyn motormen for the motormen OF Me,h., ..
VILE, Tenn. According to local newspappr PLAINS
these actually stop in part OF the town hclus,
children are SO thick upon the track. THE ars Aavs
to be stopped" one paper says, avoid sn II.
dentl"
On the spur of the moment Charles ]. Kaurnla
OF Newport News offered to bet with Miss ZeilS u.
Hendrick of Farville NO.. that she would not marry
him while they were in Norfolk a visit with '"r
cousin. She took him up and surprised him ly M
backing out during his quest for a license ana
clergyman.
The sun., 1897-08-05

COMPLAINTS from the soldiers Homo in virginia.
To THE EDITOR TIE Sux-sfr: The readers of
THE SUS. have no doubt, would like to hear how tho
inmates OF the Soldiers Home. in Old varginny" are
treated. For that reason write to you.
There are more than four thousand inmates of this
Home. present and on furough, and may safely say
onefourth OF them have reason right to be hero
and If they had principle they would be they
arc not sick or crippled; they are. say It plainly
"cofree coolers." These homes were never Intended
for that class of soldiers" There are some OF that
kind here who came here in 1871 the year this Homo
was opened. and doubt will remain in It as long
as they live.
often read OF the New York city police clubbing
drunken men, but this place is away ahead OF New
York for that kind OF work. How would the people
ground aud two policemen kicking him In the body
and on the head because he would not get up and
Lieutenant OF Police struck the with his hand in
the fac" He was then taken TO the guardhouse in
or the guardhouse like dog, and then he jumped
Lieutenant ot Police stood looking on; and You mus.
remember, the man who was abused IN this ay be.
while some OF those Who abused him never in a
battle. but are only coffee coolers " and buns /"
good rea sons. one Of them thr different times.
the food Iurnls. ed the inmates OF this Home is of
god quality but the cooking and quantity furnished
Is faulty; great many complaints arc made now
hospital; there they draw ratIons for about nve hun.
dred or more every day from the comrnssary. After
trained nurses for the sick In three OF Yards
and for the many attendants and employees In and
around the hospital OF whom there are about eighty
the remainder is used for those who able 90 TO
the table In the dining ROOM The cooking is ali done
by steam: and Is miserabe-simpy good food spoiled
II any body complains they are told, "If you don't
like Il don't cat it." There too many persons
around the hospital who drawing salaries There
Is no necessity for II. When DR.. Towle was surgeon
many In authority. there was less "red tape" and
there was chance for person to get redr when
newly appointed surgeon turns some OF the rascals
out and renovates the entire shment 40 the
sick and crippled may get proper and attention
towhich they are entitled. FAUa A BALLAaH.
ACG. 2,
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= j. sIfI EI' y u q il i
the feeling OF salvation. .'Ths rsEnlnf or
ganisation has cast on Bryanibm and 10
turned to those familiar declarations OF
principle with which IL has won countless
Victories"
The repudiation of Organism is found In
the portion of the platform quoted above
which, in the 7irn<S's mind, "sets the au-
thors Of the Chicago platform In languidpur-
suit Of the fantastic and duncatchable jhckass
of international bimetallism." The pur-
suit Of the uncatchable jackass Is the
"true path for Democrats who. when fol-
lowing the Chicago platform. were "foun-
dering in q pathless bog" and the resolve
to start upon 1t constitutes "the return to
those familiar declarations Of principle
with which the Democracy has won count
less Victories"
In the crowd of Democratic that fought
indirectly or directly against the Bryan
movement In 1895 there are left some,
however who are not ready to risk in
compromise what they hold to be cardinal
principles in politics, and who scorn to be
led by patent humbug.
The transparent trick" in Maryland
does not deceive the Richmond Times.
"GoRMAN, always a straddler," says the
Louisville Courier Journal, is at his best
in the Maryland Convention. The compro-
mise proposed is not a happy one." "That
such harmony" says the Galveston Daily
Ne,cs of the Maryland platform, "is profit
able or permanent no one believes. We
1894, and the old trouble was on again in
full blast two years later. 1t were idle to
say that the silver movement Is dead, for
we sec too many evidences to the contrary"
The Sc. Paul Globe does not "hnd in Mr..
GoRMAN's compromise basis for anything
serviceable to the Democracy or hopeful
for It's future
More rigid in its determination and
more conclusive in its argument Is the
Baltimore Sun, a gold Democrat journal
that is still honestly for gold. This Balti.
more newspaper shows that IL the Mary
land Democrats, instead Of straddling or
evading the national platform of the party
with which they are identified, had squarely
repudiated 1t, advocates Of honest money
would have been bound equally to fight
them without quarter. A year ago last June
the Maryland Democrats, knowing that
free silver was in the air, set them
selves in opposition to it by resolving,
by vote of 8 to l, that they were
resolutely opposed to the free and un-
limited coinage Of silver at ratio OF 10
to l." Out of their loyalty to the history
and traditions Of the party" they declared
their hostility to "policy so fatal"
But If, inspired by that conviction, they
were swept into the Rryan torrent wh nj
power would they have for resistance
when the next flood found them in the state
of feebleness and submission manifested by
their State Convention of last weekl
For every deserter from the forces OF
anti-Bryanism the steadfast supporters OF
honest money, national honor and civilized
government must put forth stronger and
more determined efforts in defence.
The sun., 1897-08-05
No American RlnEs in eirht.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUs-Sfr: II mis-
fortune to make tho trip through the Thousand Island
region during the rains that obscured the heavens
last week and made all appear through
aglahs from which has Just drained poor rickey
What little could through tho rain led US to
conclude that the beauties Of tho Thousand Islands,
as improved by man. do not compare in abundance,
variety and grandSdr with unadorned nature as
seen from the deck Of any Of the many steamers
that ply the waters of Puget Sound. There only
broad clear waters and mulntudinous blands. COW
cred with great frs. seen, but there looms up
tho east gigantic Mount Tacoma towering eight or
ten thousand feet above the peaks Of the Cascades
which stretch out to the north and south till they
lost in the distance while in the northwest gtters
serrated peaks Of the olympic range covered with
everlasting snow. forming scene OF beauty and
Thousand Islands as they are Superior TO the JsrseJ
nats.
that caused me to pound little Blick but the fact
that on my trip from Clayton down the St Lawrence
intense American blood was made to boil at the ap-
parent Indifference shown by the guardians of Uncle
Wherever our boat touched the shore Of Canada the
blood red nag of old England was seen floating oyer
minon. But from one end of my Journey to the
other mot one & American nag gave notice that thi. is
the English Union Jack few in the wind and rain
oSdensburg noticed sign on building at the land
Ing on which were the words "Custom House" In let
Two tnree lnches long, Dut there was no nag
TO tell that belonged to any nation earth. See
Ing man wearing a q. A. r. button. who seemed to
be in charge OF the ONCE and sign. said:
- II makes my American blood boil 20 over on
the ferry see the British has flying its customs
oice, and come back to look in vain for American
nag u similar onlce."
To this patriotic inquiry the with the @. A. r.
button replied: 1t has been stormng SO much and
hard that We have not hoisted the nag"
And that was all the satisfaction could obtain It
does seem to Inc that the American flag made to
fly over American soil in all kinds OF weather. and
that when II is not waving over American customs
ONCE in view OF foreign land there is sCme-
thing wrong. something that the Secretary OF the
Treasury should see TO. wALLA wAIIA
WADDNGToS. y. " Aug. 3.
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ooKbors ON B1oronss.
ne Re-ult or Reptng q steer with Hariat
Witchsa % n Handle mar.
NON ths cAioaoo 7Vmes. Hsraid.


From ths Chicago TGmesHsratd
Tho cowboys on r. b. Moscloys ranch, north
Of the north fork Of the Cheyenne River. are
speeding after thoir master's hords on bikes. The
COW ponies arc eating their heads of In his barn.
yard and will not again bo called into service
until deep SHOWS render tho use Of tho wheels
impossible.
Cattlemen have always considered Moseley
crank and dreamer OF dreams, but they con-
cedod that ho had outdone himself when he re-
solved to furnish a part Of his herdsmen with
bicycles, instead Of the tough broncos, DO char
acteristic of tho "cow country" Moseley, to do
him justice, never said tho experiment would
prove q success. Ho simply wanted to see 1t
tried. Wheels, he confessed, could hardly be
used In winter. nor in cutting out, branding,
ropinR. and turning stampedos.
He re, read some time ago OF their ion
experts. who said they could go anywhere that
a horse could, and promptly declared they
would do for work on the ranges II such state
His men sag they have actually done better
work In some cases than with horses: They are
OF opinion-and Mosely agrees with them-that
In the long run horscdosh discounts them. STILL
the margin between the usefulness of the bike
and that of the bronco Is not wide one. The
former certainly covers more ground in day
than the latter. 1t 10 never vicious, never
frghtehhed b nee S snd never strayg from the th9 spot spot
One man who attempted to rope a steer with
was incontinently yanked into an adjoining
county. says that the experiment is fiat
20
stood Its ground while the rider got the fright
ened animals under control. When the wheel
him, however, and realized that he would bo
directly under their hoofs IL he tarried, he
ssoy mS end g. sss
he quickly distanced the cattle and escaped.
The sun., 1897-08-05
A British statistician on the Prairie
States

The August number of the North AmeTi-
can ReUielU contains a fourth contribution
On the progress of the United States by Mr.
M. G. MULHALL, the well-known British
student of statistics. 1t is our "Prairie
States" which are made here the subjects
of study. Under that term the author COM
prehends not only Ohio, Illinois, Indiana,
Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin. and Iowa,
but also Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, and
the two Dakotas, which did not exist as
States in 1880 the date that Mr.. MULHALL
has selected for comparison with 1890.
The aggregate white rs distinguished from
the Indian population of all five Of the
States last named was but 1000 forty.seven
years ago, whereas in 1890 it vas 4,3OO,-
600. and is now probably 100000.
Mr.. MULHALL begins by pointing out
that, whereas from 1870 to 1890 the rate
Of increase in the whole Union was 165
per cent. for white Americans and lO5 per
cent. for colorcd people, the same clements
Of the population increased in the Prairie
States 2S5 and 2I7 per cent. respectively.
On the other hand, the number of foreign
settlers in the sane section increased 5B3
per cent. In Minnesotn. Wisconsin. and
the Dakotas foreign settlers form one.third
of the population; in Missouri and Indiana,
OH the other hand, they constitute less than
10 per cent. OF the immigrants from Eu
rope to these States, 40 per cent. have been
Germans, the Commonwealths preferred by
them being Ohio, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
Scandinavians contribute lS per cent;
they are congregatcd chiefly in Minnesota
The Irish, who are found mostly in Illinois
and Ohio, stand for IL per cent; while into
Michigan there has been a large inflow Of
Canadians. On the other hand, in the
Prairie States, the Latin element is almost
unknown, the total number of French.
Italian, Spaniard, and Portuguese inhab
itants being only 90.
In the Prairie States the ratio of the
urban to the rural population is only as
one to three, whereas in the Middle States
and New England 1t is as two to two. Even
In this section, however, there has been, of
late years, u marked tendency to agglom.
Grafton in cities and large towns, the
growth Of the urban population in the TWEEN.
ty years, from 1870 to 1890, having been
more than four times as rapid as that of the
rural. Nevertheless, farming has advanced
with even greater rapidity than popula-
tion, the improved area in 1890 exceeding
eight acres per inhabitant, as compared
with five acres in 1850. During the same
period the grain crop was multiplied eight
fold. and the production of meat was in
creased three and a half times. In forty
years the improved area under farms
showed an advance of 1877 ,OOO, 900 acres.
an area greater than the total superficles
OF tho German Empire. Holland, Belgium,
The sun., 1897-08-05
1s Our Flag Flying ovor Hawau7

The story brought by che Belgio to San
Francisco from Honolulu fixes Monday last
as the date when the Stars and Stripes were
to be raised over Hawaii, and a protectorate
declared.
The ground Of the story is the belief that
Minister SEwALL's instructions were to
raise the flag, should Congress adjourn with
out action on the annexation treaty, Presi-
dent MCKINLEY thinking that Hawaii
would thereby be less exposed to attack be-
tween now and December.
Al the President has already signed and
made public treaty annexing Hawaii. he
has practically notified the world that the
islands are to belong to the United States,
while the conduct Of our Government for q
long time has put them under virtual
protectorate. The act Of raising the flag
over them, with the consent and at the re-
quest of their present Government, would
therefore be one of expediency, as deter.
mined by threatened dangers.
Yet we are inclined to think that the
rumor originated from the unquestioned
instructions sent to Minister SEwALL
weeks ago, namely, that he should hoist
the flag, Admiral BEARDsIEE assisting him
with bluejackets and marines, in any grave
emergency resulting from the conduct of
the Japanese Minister, the Japanese war
ships, or the Japanese residents. At that
time It was suggested that Japan, instead Of
resorting to arbitration in her dispute with
Hawaii, might suddenly land forces to
seize the Custom House at Honolulu and
indemnity herself out of its receipts.
1t is possible that, under the wording Of
the instructions, the discretion given to
Minister SEwALL allowed him to construe
tho failure to act on the treaty as an emer-
gency sufficient for raising the flag. And
II this has been done, we may conclude that
Mr.. SEwALL and Admiral BEARDsLEE have
had information regarding Japanese pur-
poses that has not yet reached us. Mr..
! SEwALL is a genuine American, clear
headed, and energetic, and he would rejoice
to raise the flag once more where 1t was
pulled down four years ago.
But we surmise that he has not inter
preted the postponement Of the annexation
treaty as an exigency Of the kind contem.
plated In his instructions, and that Japan
has not committed any overt act Of ag-
gression. Tho question is ono Of fact, con.
cerning which the next steamer will in
form US, and, in any case. II the Stars and
Stripes are not already floating over
Hawaii they will be there before long
The sun., 1897-08-05
Tho Outrage in Bronx Park.

The resources enjoyed by this city for its
defence against patent maladministration
and the intrusion Of foreign Influences into
the city government are strikingly large.
Besides the Fine Arts Federation and the
daily press, with the exception, we believe.
Of that ostentatious member Of the better
element, the Evening PoSt, weekly journals
like Hurper's Weekly and the Critic have
denounced the conduct of the Park Com
mission and the Botanical Society with
both indignation and vigor. The last jour
nal to be heard from on this subject is the
American Archttcct, from which we quote: !:
"An unfortunate controversy has broken out in
New York among the people who have the aesthetic
well-being OF their fellow citizens most at heart
There is in that city Botanical Society, composed
Of pubiicspirited perSons, who have offered to
expend q great deal OF money and trouble In
maintaining botanical garden in one Of the city
parks II tho city will furnish the ground and buildings
Tho new Bronx Park. which has very large area,
AFFORDS suitable accommodations for such garden,
and the Park Commissioners, in conjunction with
the Botanical Society determined upon Its location
and decided what buildings would bo required Plans
were made for the buildings. and the scheme was
then submitted by the Park Commissioners to board
Of experts who apparently to the surprise Of those
most interested. condemned It. saying that tho build
ings. planned. would detract very seriously and
noedlessly from tho beauty Of the park strongly
recommending that different arrangement should be
adopted. by which equal accommoda alton and adv an
tage could bo secured, without interfering with tho
natural attractions OF the place. Considering how
few In this country qualified to judge OF
such questions this. and how easy is
TO ruin natural scenery by nJudcious build
Ing Il the counsel Of the ex-
perts should have been very seriously consid-
cred; and tho Fine Arts Federation expressed
the same thought by passing resolutions. which
were forwarded to the Commissioners, deeply
regretting' that the latter had rather summarily
voted to adopt the condemned plan. and asking for
q reconsideration of the vote. Tho Park Commits
sioners, however. at . recent meeting. placed on
nle' the letter Of the Fine Arts Federation. and
peated the vote to which It objected and in addition
appointed tho architects, Mr. r. W. GIBSON and the
LORD BuRSHAM Company. and applied for appro-
praton OF half a million dollars for putting the
scheme into execution"
The Botanical Garden case is very curl
Gus. A set of wealthy citizens of particular
pretensions to civic virtues, who have
become possessed at the hands of the
city of certain privileges in connec-
tion with one of the parks, are abusing
them in defiance of the spirit of the law,
against the remonstrance of all professions
in New York coupled with art, and to the
wanton damage Of public property. And
their reply is, from the vantage ground of
official power: what are you going to do
about it Z"
1t would all seem incredible.
The sun., 1897-08-05

This simple solution Is proposed by Har-
1oers Weekly, the Journal Of civilizations:
ION the whole, doubtless, the best way out OF our
trouble with Japan would be to consult our own In
terest and drop Hawaii"
Are we in trouble with Japani That is
news, indeed
II we were in trouble with Japan. If that
intelligent and hitherto friendly nation as
sumed to say what we should do and what
we should not do in regard to Hawaii, the
easiest way, doubtless, would be to drop tho
subject.
But what advice for an America to give
to Americans!
The sun., 1897-08-05

war indemnity ls certain, and accordingly
In every way It is desirable that our claims
should DO pressed. The mob violence was
clear, and the responsibility for II which
We place upon the Porto is only such as
China and Chill, for example, have 40.
ceptod In their dealings with us, and
such a. we have accepted in our deal
ings with China and Italy. 1t is re-
sponsibility also admitted in the dealings
Of other countries.
On the other hand, the Porte, flushed with
Its success In whipping Greece. and also
observing how long It has been able to
make head against the demands Of com-
bined Europe, may try to put or our claims
indefinitely. If 90, we shall presumably
insist in emphatic language on an imme-
diate settlement, and our former defere7co
to Turkeys stress will justify Us in being
peremptory.