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From the Boston Herald.

FTOm The BOston Herald.
The s%treetcar conductor is trying very hard TO euro
himself OF his habit Of calling his feminine passengers
lady" and Mrs. Lady" He has not an yet hit
upon a uniform method OF addressing them. and. In
his indecision, has resort TO .hi. say" missis,' and
"ma'am. " hut he will doubtless settle upon the right
thing eventually. The other day, on a Huntington
avenue car. a conductor, who had evidently given
much attention to the subject. won special distinction
for himself by the use OF the word MADAM" in this
regard. But there is no rose without a thorn.
Among his passengers was a colored girl. who car.
ried q large bundle. doubtless the weeks wash OF
some patron, She asked him to stop at q certain
street. and when the car arrived there he said TO the
gentle This Is your street. madam"
She at once gave him an angry look. and said with
marked asperity: who's yer calling madam ?
Watcher mean by insultin' mop I'd have you know
I'm a lady. ! am" with which she hustled indig.
nantly to the street.
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rns covoUrsr OF DIrHrHER11.
Statistics showing what ssrOtherapy mas Ao-
compiished in France.

PARIS. Aug. 18.-In q treatise on diphtneris
and its treatment by scrotherapy, shortly to DC
published, DIR. Charles Richet, who was the hrst
TO apply the serum injections made famous by
tho work OF DIR. Roux at the Pasteur Institute,
gives some interesting statistics on the praotical
results attained since the discovery and appli-
cation of tho method. He goes back thirty
years for statistics relative to the mortahty
caused by diphthcria.
In 1867, when the population OF Paris was
Just half what It is now, there were 698 deaths
from the scourge. From that year they IN
creased gradually until 1872, when they at
tanned the number of 1,135, and did not fall
again below 900 until after the discovery OF
serothcrapy. In 1876 diphtherta, caused l,ouo
deaths. and in 1877. $3.50. For three consecn.
fell l.ttlc afterward, but up to 1884 the ahhuei
average ranged between 1.400 and 1000.
In September, 1894, the RouI method Was
applied, and at once became widely used. tor
DO c%ountcdl tho deaths foil TO $50; In 1895
there were but 4iO, and last year only 42S. IL
would seem. then, that serothcrapy has reduced
the mortality in diphthoria "a. an average OF loss
than onc-third OF that which was maintained
for a quarter of n century.
II the statistics be examined, not year by year,
but by periods of two weeks, the Improvement
ls even moro. marked, not on!J in true diph-
iberia, but also in diphthcratic affections. In
the years up to 1904, for instance, there woro
fortnight; but since that year there have never
been moro than six for q like period. In short,
since the Introduction of serotherapy, even. In
the most unfnvorable weeks, the mortality has
the years 1s67-04, and many timos only one
tenth as great.
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HENRY L. PIERCE of Boston was a bust.

HENRY L. PIERCE of Boston was a bust
ness man who conducted great affairs with skill
md success, and yet with tho utmost modesty.
He was generous to his employees and to his
friends, and 1t is not surprising to find that
Harvard College, the Boston Institute of Tech.
nology, and the Boston Art Museum arc re-
mcmborcd in his will. In the memory of a life
of many kindnesscs, the public service and the
public spirit of Mr.. PIERCE should hold the first
place. Asa Republican member of Congress he
voted against the dishonoring compromise which
kept SAMUEL j. TILpEN out Of the Presidency.
1t Is easy now to be just about the election OF
1875. In 1877 1t was not easy. Mr.. PIERCE and
the late President SEELYE Of Amherst College,
then n member of the House OF Representatives
had the honor of defending what they believed
to DO right at a time when political passion
was high. Their names are not eminent, but
their courage was.
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roRrs CLOSED AGAINST yI,n
Only Array ana Navy Omcers Are .no-.
visit Them Except by Special Au,hos.sa"

Nhit hne" HAcopt ny special Authorit,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2T.-An order h.,
issued by tho War Department probihI,,, zen
persons, except those connected with IN.
and navy from visiting and INSPECTING ,hs
Qualifications. 1t is as follows:
Except by special authority OF the s.c,,,,-
OF War, no person other than officers a, ~
army and navy of tho United State, and y"
sons in the service of the United STATE. ~.
ployed In direct connection with the uc J"
struction or care of these works, will be nIlon.,
to visit any portion Of the lake and coa., a.
fences OF tho United States without the vr,,.-
authority of tho commanding officer in cb,,,.
to be given only for proper reasons.
Especial authority TO visit defensive vo.,.
granted by the Secretary of War will he lInI,,s
to United States Senators and members o., Gov
gross. their public Office requiring them to tall,
official action on matters connected thcrev,,h
and to the Governor Of tho State III which IN.
works arc located, as commander-in.chicf OF IN,
local militia instructed there.
Neither written nor pictorial description, n,
these works will BIO made for publication with.
out the authority of tho Secretary Of War. M,
will any information be given concerning them
which is not contained in the printed rcport,
and documents OF tho War Department.
Commanding Generals of departments viii
see that this order is carried into effect, and that
is only given for proper military reasons.
Commanding officers, ordnance Sergeant,
and others in charge Of Qualifications or an
means of lake or coast defences, will exercise
great care in acting upon applications 10 visit
the works, and will grant such only ns may hs
warranted for good and sufficient military rea.
sons.
Commanding Generals OF departments con.
cerned will give to this matter their continued
personal attention, to the end that any dcrelic.
ton OF tho duty herein enjoined may be inm,.
diately observed and promptly met by disc!.
Mine"
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most other writer's OF great name. They do not
give q representation Of life az IL is. Nobody
would read them IL they did. They paint life as
IL might be or as 1t may DO or ne they
think 1t might have been. SHAKEsPEARE Is
not satisfactory to tho Hon. HAM1IN GAR
LAND, and anybody who has taken the
trouble to read what tho Hartford Courdnt
calls MALoNY's Mort DHrthur" knows that
TENNYsoN's King ARTHUR Is a Goo Goo not to
be verified. Even B%LooDeooD CUTTER strays
into the ideal. and tho high-piping Pehlevi OF
Sir EDWIN ARNOLD is not to be trusted. Many
sounding words are uttered about literature
and many authors regard themselves seriously;
but after all more life, as it is, can be seen from
a broadway car every day than can be discoV-
cred by tho most diligent reading in all Ian
guaRes.
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The Fate of the Fur Seals.

The result Of chief Importance accom-
plished by DIR. DAvID STARR JORDAN, the
Governments seal expert. during the Beh-
ring Sea trip from which he has Just re-
turned, is hate of a%scertaining beyond doubt
the astonishing decrease in the Pribylov
seal herd since 1883, with the cause and
the possible remedy.
The President of Stanford University
reached, it is true, some other interesting
conclusions. He found that our case before
the Paris tribunal, on its scientific side. as
prepared by Profs. MERRIAM and MENpEN-
HALL, was sound in all its essential facts
but we erred in claiming Behring Sea as
our private property, and, above all, in
trusting the fate of the fur seal to a tri.
bunal which did not understand its nature.
and hence could not discriminate between
scientific facts on the one hand, and eide
gossip and wanton perjury" on the other.
Thus handicapped by its ignorance, the
Paris tribunal made rules intended for
the protection Of the herd, but they were
wretched failures in effect.
While, however, President JoRpAN's veri.
hcation OF the results reached by Profs.
and M~ENDENHALL is valuable,
and while his testimony to the mistakes of
the Paris arbitration Is interesting. vet his
most timely service is undoubtedly that of
showing that the Pribylov herd has fallen
on over 80 per cent. from what it was
when pelagic slaughter began fourteen
years ago. This and the acc~ompauyiny fact
that the only cause Of the decline is the in.
discriminate killing of female seals, which
last is a necessity of pelagic hunting. arc
the most important conclusions that could
possibly be established before the meeting
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Mr.. Lows greatest claim to distinction, not
even excepting the fact that he Is q college President.
appears to be that. while holding a political ONCE un.
der the Republican party in 1884. he knitted the aDiest
and greatest Republican the organization has had
since LINCOLN. JAMES G. BLAINE Sdcrdniento Bee.
That, we believe. has become doubtful. Mr..
Lows friends always supposed that he had
Joined in the Mugwump movement of 1884, but
in the course OF later developments there has
arisen a belief that when tho time came Mr..
Low actually voted for BLAINE. Mr.. Lows un.
questionable separation from the Republican
party was in 1888. when he refused to support
the Republican ticket over his own signature.
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Surprising W. J. BRYAN did travel on q free
pass while he was on the Pacific coast .-Frfend Of

Surprising w. J. BRYAN did travel on q free
pass while he was on the Pacific ~coast.-Frfend Of
Man.
No just-poising mind can suppose such a thing.
The Understanding imagination shuddcrs to
imagine a gifted young foe of corporations jour
neying ID. II. 1t is necessary for Mr.. BRYAN TO
travel, for he feels the irresistible impulse to
spread himself over the country and communi.
cato himself to the world. But there should
DO no reason to believe that he travels on a
free pass. He has beauty, eloquence. dramatic
talent, a hundred ways of paying his way II he
does not care to help tho accursed corporations
by paying his fare. And above and beyond all
these high endowments stands his unsurpassed
skill in reading the future. The man who fore.
saw that wheat would be twenty-five cents a
bushel If MCKINLEY was elected has no need of
free passes. He can make money selling futures.
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Foreign Notes or Real untere.r.

oldenburg's dynasty is saved from extinction by the
birth OF q son to the hereditary Grand Duke.
One of the feet Of Louis P%hilippe's throne. which
was carried on from the Tuileries by the mob in Feb
ruary. ls4s, and burned at the foot or tho column in
the Place de Ia Bastiue. has been presented to the
CamavAlet Museum In Paris.
verestchagin. the Russian battle painter. will he tho
nrst recipient OF the Nobel prize. given for "the
propagation OF pacific ideas" It Is said. rs bis pic-
lures have brought out the true horrors OF war.
Kaiser wilhelm caIls them "the best assurance
against war"
ALondonw woman has been killed in the crush at .
bargain sale at which twenty-five policemen were
employed TO hold the crowd in check. The verdict Of
the Coroner's jury was: Deceased died from syn.
cope caused by the eIcrtion aud excitement of getting
into a bargain sale. aud that such death was due to
natural causes
Hindoos in the plague district are employing many
devices to elude the officials seeking for plague cases.
One man who had died was set up at a table with
cards In his hands. while bis friends sat around him
making believe that they were playing a game. Tho
stolii expression on the corpseis face led one onfcial
to put his hand on its shoulder, when II fell over 10
the floor. In Yella Reddi two girls were dying. Theft
relatives cut their throits and buried the bodies lie
fore the coming OF the oricials.
Italy has produced the smallest book IN the world.
a volume Of eos pages measuring 10 millIn"trrs
by q. or four.tenths by u quarter OF an ince. Each
page contains o lines and from 05 TO 100 letters, The
text is an unpublished letter written by calico N
1918 to Nine. Cr;stine OF Lorraine. The printers ara
the brothers Salmin Of Padua. who in $50 produced
the microscopic edition OF Dantc's Dlytna Com
media, IS by a2 millimetres In size, with ~ lines to
the page.
Don PaoIo Aitieri. Prince OF viano, has been ap'
pointed by Pope Leo coAdjutor and fu;nrc successor
OF his father. Prince Emilio AIticrl, in tho command
OF the Pope's noble guard. The post Is le""mins
hereditary In the Altieri family. as II has been held
by some member of II since the beginning ~ the CEN
fury. and may be added 20 the other nvc hereditary
positions held by princely families at the rHral court,
There are two princes assistant TO the Taral throne.
the heads Of the Orsini aud Colonua families; a
Marshal Of the Holy Roman Church AMI Of the Sacred
Conclave. Prince Chlgl Albani; a standard Nr1r"r ~
the Holy Church. the Marquis PatrizlMon;"ro aud a
Grand Master OF the Sacred Hosp!cc. rrtnvc %iuNunli,
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TTVUF ~ TFVFV TFVW"N'
The kite would not NY.
In vain the North Side boy ran with It against the
stin wind.
again.
In vain he swore. /
He sat down and meditated.
III could nil you with gas, blame you" he NUT
tered, you'd so up all right, but"
his feet.
He picked II up.
He looked at II.
Il contained a portrait OF William J. Bryan. orator.
lie pasted II on the kite.
more.
pult.
"Thsre. blame your he said.
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As Senorita E~vANGEL1NA C1sSERos Ia
not an American, our Government cannot make
demands or require information concerning
her imprisonment. Yet tho tidings received
by the State Department from C~onsul-Gcneral
LEE give the pleasant assurance that there is no
immediate purpose to deport her to penal servi.
tude in Africa. Still, the Spanish authorities
have evidently been pursuing hitherto in regard
to her the policy of delay familiar in other in
stances, whore trial might show tho weakness
OF their case or bring out facts detrimental Ito
themselves.
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THE TARIFF ON PERSONAL EFFEc7.

Conference or Treasury and Customs Omr.rs
TO Decide on Rules TO Govern ut All Port..
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Assistant Secretary
Howell OF the Treasury Department left for New
York tonight, where he will tomorrow hoiG =
conference with tho Collector. Surveyor. Naval
Officer, Appraiser. and special agents OF Gus,
toms at that port on the provision OF the new
Tariff bill limiting to 500 the value OF personal
effects of Americans brought into this country
department on this question. and the customs
officers at the several ports have interpreted it
as each saw fit. The need of uniform methods
had become apparent. and the conference to-
morrow will be held with a view to drawing up
regulations to govern the importation OF per-
sonal effects at all ports.
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Literature is the picture of humanity ROch.

ester PoSt'ELpress.
A fine phrase. but is it truei There is much
talk about literature. Begin with HOMER. Mr..
ANDREW LANG has helped translate HOMER, and
Mr.. HAMILTON W. MABIE has said pleasant
things about HOMER, but 1t seelns to be con.
coded. except by the English, who in Greek are
still sadly 10 seek. that there never was an
individual poet OF the name of HOMER;
and that the picture of life presented
in the Homeric poems is ideal. the picture
OF a splendid, luxurious, heroic life. which did
not exist in the time of the supposed authors of
the "Iliad" and probably never existed. What
10 true about the so-called HOMER 10 true about
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Johore's sultan on n Jamboree.


The conduct OF his liighness the Sultan of
Johorc, as displayed in public places in Singa-
pore. has for some considerable time been tho
and riotoIs, TO assault harmless natives, aud to
commit acts Of violence, knowing full well that
4 sovereign prince. II is calculated 10 bring that
prince into public contumely. To choose ac-
quainianccs from among stable boys. to ignore
the iva evidences o. high rank, tn frcuucnt
places that are not generally considered 10 be
desirable resorts, and to brawl in public places
with not orcr.respoctable Europeans, are rea-
sons sufficient FOR people objecting generally TO
the way his Highnoss elects to behave.
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A Proud


From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Once In awhile a newly married man who is on his
wedding tower" forgets the importance and respon.
sibility OF his new position In life and ~forsetsto regis.
ter his wife's name at the hotel, but IL Is very seldom
that a man goes to the other extreme. and, with pro-
meditation. announces to the wondering and admir-.
ing world. through tho medium OF a hotel register.
that he has Just recently taken unto himself a wife.
Last night. however. the Dennison Hotel register bore
the following inscriptions; "Fred Bennett and bride.
Cairo. H."
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Gen. HARRISON is practicing his profession and
exercising his mind in tho pursuita 10 which no
isaccustomed. No doubt ho is taking life easy"
He is FREQ from the pothors of politics. He Is con-
o OF the esteem and good will of his country
men. He finds In law, as practiced by a man of
mature years and mature intelligence. a noble
intellectual pleasure. But the Hon. GROVER
CLEVELAND il not taking life easy" Tit Hon.
GROVER CLEVELAND bathes in his own remi-
niscences and not in tho gladstone light Of juris-
prudence. lie cannot take life easy for he
takes himself too seriously.
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LINES on T WILSON'S FORT.
There Must Indeed he Aii-Pervading sadness &C
NcM nochelle.

There Must Indeed he An-Pervading sadness nc
New Rochelle.
To THE EDITOR OF The sUN-Sir: As . resi-
dent of the now famous town Of New Rochelle.
permit mo to congratulate your New Rochelle
CORES %pondent on his very comprehensive as
well rs humorous accounts of the burden now
being horne by its residents In the shape OF the
novelty which surrounds the Soldier@ Monu-
mrnt. Actor Wilson's misplay in connection
with this matter has caused much uncompli-
mcntary criticism as well rs sadness In n COM
mnnity which was heretofore OF u joyful nature.
The following lines were inspired by the dole
full sight:
We've u monument in our town
In which we all delight,
But there's something now around II
Not at all a pretty sight.
wilson's act, thousl well .intcntioned.
by no means fills the bill.
For his forte is not in hui ling
And he'd better have kept still.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON,
sol Broadway, New YORK city.
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7oO-Pound sturgeon. II Feet Long.


A large crowd was collected NJ the Alder
street wharf yesterday 10 view what many CON
sidcrcd the largest sturgeon ever brought 10
this city. II was caught near Mcgler's canncry
at bro9Efcld by a Russian Finn, who could not
here with the fish TO sell It. Ii was II feet d
inches IN length and weighed nearly 700 pounds.
II sold Tor about $50. II was a monster, and
impossible 10 count Tho wrlnkles ON is horns.
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Let Canada be for Canadians and lot our Gov
eminent study the Interests Of Canadians and OF
Canadians vile Sun.
This is a new note. Hitherto Canada has been
for a foreign country. England. whose warships
rest in Canada's harborI, whose soldiers and
whose military roads traverse Canada's land,
and whose flag floats over all. Canada for
Canadians" is the breathing of q sentiment
that up to now has been suppressed in Canada.
the sentiment of patriotism.
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The Distant Aspect OF tho New York Election.

FT0W NC WushIHDFon EtfnIn0 Star.
Tho return of Tammany to power In New York
would be a silver triumph, unnistakable though
slightly disguised. achieved in the very heart OF
sound money territory. Whatever is possible to be
should receive the attention and assistance of all
who value the city'S good name and prosperity and
the public credit.
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From the baltimore american.
Randolph Williams. cOlored. was presented by the
Grand Jury yesterday for the alleged larceny OF q
Bible and u pair OF rubber boots, all valued at SCI.
belonging to tho Perkins Square (colored) Baptist
Church. The rubber boots were those used by the
pastor OF the church In the ordinance OF baptism.
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Death OF "a Noted LuuKber.
From he Topeka C1pftuL.

ATCHIsnS, KAN Aug. 2I.-It Is reported in
Atchison hat }. ID; Harmon. the famous Mis-
which could be heard for many block. and il
was SO, contagious that he was n great attire,
ton when he visited Atchison TO scll the prod.
across the Missouri line. ~
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The corporation of Brown University must
have gone far astray in forcina the resignation OF
President ASDREws. -ROchester Times.
There are two slight errors in this. The resig-
nation of DIR. ANDREWS was not forced" lie
resigned voluntarily, because he had another Job.
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The upstate Republicans have a most decided In
terest In the outcome OF New York. because the As.
Sembiy status VIII largely depend upon It. There
will be nfty'eight~ Assemblymen from Greater New
York In the next House.
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a Candidate for Governor PedaIIns su.penaers.

From the NoEJoik Landmark.
RICHMOND. Aug. 25.-Mr. Quarts, the Socialist candi.
date for Governor. was seen upon tho streets Of Rich.
mond to-day peddling suspenders.
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Uovr friends ,Oho Jdvor us utth ndnrsortpts for
pubhoatton ,otsA 10 hdue rejected drtfeios returned,
hsv u,ust IN oil Gases send stamps for that purpose.
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From the Bin0hamton Leader

TammAny may well look forward with hope to tn.
nomination of Seth Low.
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There are two Americans who are taking life
very easy. They aro BENJAMIN HARRISON ana GROVER
EVhLAND.-Nenp his Commercial Appeal.