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and Kassala, N over the Abyssinisns In
the region Of Coatit and the Belesa, the
Italians were defeated by MENELEK's forces
ut Ambaalagi, and then met a browning dis
aster near Adua. Peace followed on terms
which acknowledged MENELEK's triumph,
and the only question has since been as 10
how much Of a foothold Italy would attempt
to retain in Africa.
Her colony of Erythrea, as fixed by treaty,
includes the coast zone from the Straits OF
Bab.el.Mandeb to the 18th parallel OF nortn
latitude, reaching as far inland as the 3otn
meridian; while she has n protectorate south
Of the straits on the Somali coast, between
the mouth of the Youb and the Sth degree
of north latitude. If she should connne
herself henceforth to Massowah, 1t would
be after having paid out millions upon mil.
lions for what has brought her disaster anu
the loss of many lives. And yet, 1t may be
sound economy to do this, for there IN
little prospect Of getting any net income out
of the colony for many years to come.
But who will be her successorH Belgium
might excite less jealousy than any other
power, and King LEOPOLD has long been
familiar with extensive control in Africa,
through the Congo State. Still, a part Of
Erythrea is close upon the region OF the
Nile headwaters, for which the Anglo
Egyptian army Is now pushing, and Eng
land might like to receive the transfer Of
Italy's rights. Yet that might bring out
objections from France and Russia.
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Lorsszo BOWS wooing.


FTOFH TNo fOuIh COIHpdnton-
Numborleas anecdotes are related or the eooentrtci.
ties and characteristic acts OF Rev, Lorenzo Dow. the
famous itinerant Methodist preacher. Mr. Collins
relates that when he was a widower. he said to the
congregation one day At the close OF his sermon:
~ am . candidate for matrlmony; and II there is
any woman in this audience who is willing to marry
me, ! would thank her TO rise"
woman rose very near the pulpit. and another In
q distant part OF the house. Mr.. Dow paused . mo
ment. then said: There are two; I think this one
near me rose nrst; at any rate l will have her for my
wife,"
This woman was in good standing and possessed Of
considerable property. Very soon after this eccentric
wooing she became Mrs. Dow.
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Old Fort Ticonderoga.

A few weeks ago a correspondent Of THE
Sun set forth the neglected condition Of
old Fort Ticonderoga, at the Junction Of
Lake George with Lake Champlain. We
arc glad to learn that a public meeting in
the village of Ticonderoga has since dis
cussed this matter, drawn up resolutions,
and appointed committees with a view to
repairing the neglect.
Our correspondent showed that while
suitable care had been taken by monu-
ments and stone markers Of historic places
in the Saratoga district. the traces Of Fort
William Henry were almost obliterated (;
the walls Of Fort George, a briar.covered
ruin, near which a weather-beaten sign,
este of proposed monument" denotes
what has been thought of. but never done /;
and finally, Fort Ticonderoga is in great
part fallen, and not even easy Of approach.
1t was from Fort Ticonderoga that Mont
oAI.M marched, in the campaign Of 1857,
when he captured and destroyed Fort Will.
liam Henry. 1t was in an attempt to take
Fort T%iconderoga from the French, the
following year, with a force Of 5000
~colonials and 1000 regulars, that ABER-
oRoMBIE was repulsed, leaving about
S,OOO uCdu VI "ouLuSo III II AoASSpt AFoiu
HOWE, second in command, being among
tho killed. But in 1859 AMHERST, who
succeeded ABERCRoMBIE, was more for
tunate, capturing Fort T~iconderoga while
the French garrison retreated down the
lake, having learned that WOLFE had 81
simultaneously moved against Quebec.
Again, it was on May 10, 1875, only
three weeks after the fight at Lexington
and Concord, that ETHAN ALLEN and his
New Englanders captured Fort Ticondero-
ga for the patriot cause. Finally, in 1878,
the old fort passed temporarily into the
hands of the enemy, ST. CLAIR abandoning
It and It's many cannon to BUReoYNE, who,
three months later, surrendered his whole
army to GATES at Saratoga.
This. then, is indeed historic ground.
Fort Ticonderoga should not be suffered to
become a neglected heap of ruins. The in
fiuential and patriotic societies that take
pride in preserving and properly marking
places famous in American history may
well turn to this. Congress, which often
aids what local sentiment and contribu-
tions begin, can probably be relied upon to
do its part in this work.
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The Export of American Fruits.

The great wheat crop and the great corn
crop of the year are accompanied by a
great crop Of fruits, including those that
are exportable. From the States of the
Pacific, and Of the Mississippi Valley, and of
the Northeast. we have had reports of an
unusually large product of apples and pears,
and peaches. as we'll as of the small fruits
and berries. In our own State, along the
valley of the Hudson and elsewhere, the
buyers and packers of pears and apples are
unusually busy at this time, and we hear
OF individual firms that handle 500 bar.
rels a day. In New Jersey the peach
season Is at It's height. and we learn
that the peach crop there will exceed that
Of any previous year, reaching, it is esti-
mated, nearly four million baskets. Prices
are such as to be profitable to ~raisers, and
yet low to buyers. Good apples command
from 81 to $1.25 per barrel pears from 81
to $3.50; and the best Jersey peaches from
40 to go cents a basket. In some cases the
agents Of the large dealers secure the
product of a whole county, or of several
counties, and that upon terms which are
satisfactory to all parties. Fruit exchanges
have been found useful in steadying prices
and In securing the best varieties of fruits
for the market.
Peaches and pears are not so well fitted
for export to foreign markets as are apples,
an unusually large quantity of which will
be shipped abroad this year. England has
been the chief foreign market for American
apples; but last year Germany bought a
good many hundred barrels of them, though
German apple growers found fault with
them, declared that they were inferior to the
native product, and sought to exclude them.
1t Is possible that the Germans will vet
gain experience through which they may be
able to appreciate the superior qualities of
the choicer kinds of American apples,
which are lovely to behold, very juicy, and
possessed of just the proper measure of
sweetness and OF acidity. But it is likely
that, for some time yet, England will con.
tinue to be, as it has been, the best place
for marketing our surplus crop of apples.
About three years ago the California fruit
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Two Minuteg.

Klondike and Star Pointer, the PAGER, are
the two sensations of the year. Star
Pointers mile in 1891 makes him Klon.
dike's companion. In the light OF evolu.
ton the harness horse is still 30 young and
80 imperfect a creature that science scouts
the idea of his being near the limit OF his
speed, as the running horse may be sup
posed to be near his, SO we may expect that
the once impossible two.minute mark will
be left still further in the rear. Who
knows how long it will be before the 1.-Two
minute class" will be called as the alter
nate of the "Free for all"7
In all performances that ave broken the
harness track records, a study Of the cir
cumstanccs invariably reveals some point
where improvement Ia possible, and tells
us that, given that improvement, we may
hope for a result still better. In Star
Pointers case this possibility Of improve.
ment is in the horse himself. The day
Of the trial was beautiful and the track
was perfect, but the horse was very far
short Of the ideal. He is a big, coarse brute,
weighing 200 pounds, mounted upon a set
of extremely poor feet. On the day of this
great mile his feet were so sore that 1t was
with difficulty that he could be urged to a
2:2O gait without breaking into a run.
Put the qualities that drive Star Pointer
forward into a frame that includes no fault
to keep him back, and the record of 1891
will go the way of all its predecessors.
The trotter will follow in time. A few
more generations and q few moro mechan.
ical Improvements in track and sulky, per.
haps, and the trotter will Cross the two.
minute divide, to continue the old contest
with the PAGER in the valley beyond.
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mr.. Low AND COLUMBIA.
THE University's Interest In the View Tor1
Election.


TO THE EDITOR or The sus-Sfr: From the manner
OF the man. ana because during my tutelaSe ut Col
umoia College SOUND common sense seemed TO DO
PRESIDENT Lows cardinal TRAIT do not believe that
ton list, which docs not In any way como up to the
him to accept its nomination for the hayoralty.
Union is practically nothing moro than an orsaniza,
II ono better. for Il Ia palpably apparent from this
glazing instance OF the cheap-show advance-agent
method in getting signatures for the much.vaunted
Lows interests and his personal feelings in the man.
that they are using President Low as ngurehead for
tion OF being able to carry out q topsy.turvy. utterly
ment by n select coterie of amateurish Incompetence
on a Mugwump reform basis.
take 1t for granted that a man of President Lows
Of being made a stoolpigeon to crafty the whims
mere handful of indictments
Moreover, AZ q graduate of Columbia. I have in
mind. a. have q majority of graduates, the recent
from an unimposing structure in its former compare
side Heights, and thereon now in course OF erection
ness. and distinctive beauty of architecture will DO
unrivalled by any other university in the world.
The fact that this great achievement IVA conceived
and rot undsr vav dining pres,d.pt Lowe ,dr,,,s
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An Empty Threat.

Obviously, Mr.. SETH Low cannot accept
q nomination from the Citizens Union II it
shall be offered to him next Wednesday,
and only unfriendliness or lunacy would
thrust it on him. He has too much good
sense to be caught in a trap set for him by
little men crazy to have a finger in politics,
and under the manipulation of crafty fell
lows who want to put him in a hole"
The folly of such a precipitate nomina-
ton by that concern Is as apparent to Mr..
Low as it is to every other man of common
sense. He could not accept it without con.
victing himself in the eyes of the whole
public, in New York and throughout the
Union, as a man who had sacrificed his
honor to his vanity and ambition.
Everybody knows that there is no excuse
of necessity for hurrying anybody into the
canvass In advance of the conferences and
reasonable concessions, the proper courtesy
and consideration, which are always requi-
site to bring about a political or any other
kind Of alliance. Mr.. Low himself has
exhibited his greatest ability and most
consummate tact in the harmonizing of in
terests nominally distinct but really akin
and interdependent. Nothing could be
moro foreign to his disposition and the
methods natural to him than the obstinacy
of the one-ideaed mel of the Citizens Union
in kicking against common sense.
Mr.. Low cannot take the proposed nomi.
nation of mex Wednesday without bring
ing his political career to a d~iscreditable
end, and casting q cloud on his reputation
which will never be d~issipated. He will
not do 1t.
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A Corre.posaen, P-ropouna. Two rnqu,r,e..

To THE EDITOR OF THE srS-Sir: ! would like to
ask. and l take the liberty of asking. THE STU
two questions: Firt-why is It that more colored
people. men and women. ride in the street cars on
Sunday than any other day2 Any person who has
lived a long time in New York will observe that few
colorrd people ride In the cars on week days and q
very great many on Sunday. Why "a thls2 Tho faro
Is the same; the colored po pulation is no greater on
Sunday than on other days. and the colored residents
OF the city are. II any thing, rather more generally en-.
gagged In their usual Avocations than white people on
Sunday. I have long studied the phenomenon and
can give no explanation of II. Can any reader of
THE Sun answer It?
Second-why Is 1t that though Cincinnati is one of
the largest beer producing and beer consuming cities
of the Western United States, you never hear in
New York of Cincinnati beer St. Louis beer. Nil.
waukee beer. Toledo beer. and Chicago beer are well
known. and yet Cincinnati beer 10 rarely heard of.
Cincinnati has more than 1000 saloons. and its beer
sales in q year amount to more than one million and
q quarter barrels. 1t has an enormous German popu.
lation. and the beer sold in II. as all travellers to Gin.
cinnati know. is excellent; but no one ever hc ars In
the East OF Cincinnati beer. no ono asks for II, no one
sells II. and presumably no one knows anything about
It. ] don't know the reason Of this. Does any reader
of THE Sun? INoulnER,
New YORK, Aug. 30.
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The excessive activity of Legislatures Is not
uuo 10 delib rate d sire TO harasi the people. but
Sso"s naturally out Of the Incidents attaching TO our
eSAtem or government.-S. Paul GLOBE.
1t is due to the general imperfect apprehen-
sion OF the fact that outside of u certain small
amount OF necessary business, mostly OF routine.
u Legislature or Congress is more prottably en-
pioyed In talking about things in general than III
making laws. There are infinitely too many
statues and yet there will be no limit TO the
additions which will be made to them. for
almost every maj who is sent TO q
legislature thinks he is sent there to dis
unguish himself by getting some law passed
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From the 81. Loufs Republic

At frequent intervals can be seen throughout
tho city tho signs, Hats cleaned while you
wait, "Shoes half-soled while you wait" &c,
but it remained for the proprietor of q tailor
shop on Washington avenue to spring q new one
on the public. For several weeks past he has had
a sign out which read, Pants pressed while
you watt but. yesterday no changed this in
such a manner that 1t is attracting Q great deal
of attention.
He called in q painter and had him substitute
the word =" eat for wait" in the sign, making
It read Pants pressed while you eat" Directly
In the rear OF the tailor shop is q little restau-
tsrprising tailor. The restaurant faces on st.
small yard to get from the rear door OF the tailor
shop to the rear door Of the restaurant.
The idea of putting up the novel sign was suR-
gested to the tailor by the fact that several Of
the customers Of the restaurant arc also Gus
toners of his. and the other day one of them en-
tered in a hurry and wanted his trousers
pressed. While this was. being done the GUS
toner donned another pair of trousers, which
the tailor provided, and went across the yard to
the restaurant for his dinner. When this was
finished no returned and found that his trousers
were ready for him.
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THE 7RoUB1Es IN 1ND11,
a London Journal Exposes the ni,copd,,,
the Rritiah Government.

ut Is right for the natives of India ia rcro,.
and TO organize for the destruction Of our d.
famous rule" says the British radical wcrtlr
Justice. That journal declares that the pri,'
ish people ot large are ignorant of the de,ror.
ate situation which has been created In I,,,i.
by inisgovernment. The question OF admi,i.
tration in the British East Indies is hnnd,od
not for the promotion of the country's rclforo
or even for the permanent security of British
rule, but solely for the interest of Anglo.S,xoo
officials, pensioners, and homo chargers. In
this case the House Of Commons has exhibited
such incapacity as to prove that 1t Is useless
even as n critical body. In tho face OF pro'
test after protest, England continues TO drai,
away, year otter year, the wealth of the roycrtr
stricken inhabitants OF India, and EFFORTS
huge tribute, even In a famine year, and no-
a scare has como with the first mutterinpe =,
revolt.
The London journal refers to the riots n,
Chitpur, near Calcutta. about which II say.
1T really looks rs II Mohammedans and lin.
docs had made common cause against the t;ov'
ernment in order TO secure. a paltry mud bnt
M STosI ON n nses' T Tfao MORE maren t pGd zen ibS devoted 70
he outbreak, the more serious docs tho 0utbreob
itself appear: And this the rather hat the peor
Il has long been stated notably by Mr.. hata'nmai
Naoroti, that the old race and religious tends
domination; and here Is certainly a remarEsnIbISss
example OF this. That the believers In the to
great antagonistio religions Of India should
even for once sink their differences to sttacf
the tyrannous European Is itself, as Reuterss
correspondent on the spot secs. clearly, a nos,
dangerous symptom. Yet these two out
for little wero they not accompanied BY
growing manifestation Of ,sullen hatred
throughout our great dependency. Without
the ,tncit approval Of the bulk Of thu natives, ve
our rule is pronounced, as all who know India
arc well aware, when Snce tho patient natives
in India said Shere An'a envoy to Sir Lewis
Pelly twenty years ago, as they paced the
your strength in India is just 10000 men
we'll armed That Is far moro true to-day
than It was then, for we have no moral hold lefe
on the country whatever.
Lot us say plainly, as Englishmen who arc
sick Of the wrong and robbery done in our
name, who regard with horror the e5tortion Of
since the last great famine from our impover-
ished fellow subjects, that II ever rebellion was
justified in tho history of tho world, It Is jusu-
fed in British India to-day"
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WESTERN NEW FORKS FAIR.
An ImDortant Farming section or the State .,
Show It's Products.

An Important Farming Section or the state to
Show Its Products.
A plenteous crop and good pricos-such 10 the
record Of the 1897 harvest in western New
York. and on Sept. IS there will DO begun in
Rochester the Western Now York Fair" to
last five days. In order that 1t may be made as
successful as possible this year, 1t has been ar.
ranged that there shall DO no other fair in this
section of the State during the week. There
will be an unusually large display of farm Inn
PIGMENTS and farm products, as well as manu-
featured goods. Horses. cattle. swine. poultry.
sheep. and other live stock will be represented.
One Of the best Of tho shows will DO tho race Of
the horseless carriages in mile heats. best
three in five. Three motor wagons Of American
manufacture are to be used. 1t will be tho first
exhibition Of the kind in the State. There will
also he a race between ono Of the motor wagons
and three cyclists on a tandem.
The Importance Of western New York as q
farming section is not generally understood in
this section Of the State, to which many Of tho
products of western New York farms. wheat,
corn. barley. ~buckwheat and potatoes are sent.
The western Now York orchards have been
yielding enormous supplies of fruit this year,
particularly apples, and the dairy business Of
these counties is extensive. The railroad con.
n~ections with this part of New York are excel.
lent. The proximity of these counties to tho
market at seaboard is a decided advantage, and
they have still another in the Erie Canal, the
operations Of which are being steadily increased
by expenditure for improvements. The impor.
lance OF the city OF Rochester as a distributing
point for western New York agricultural prod.
ucts is rivalled only bv that OF Buff alo.
New York stands first among the States of the
Union in tho value OF the products OF its diaries.
first in. horticultural products. second in the
value Of its farms and farming lana. second in
the product of grapes. third in respect to tho
stock. Hops and buckwhcat are produced so
extensively in the western and central portions
Of the State AS to put it in advance OF all other
too. is so large as to be an important item Of
farming wealth. The Rochester Fair is designed
to show the progress made in the group of coun-
ties known generally as western New York, the
counties north of tho Pennsylvania State line
and south OF Lake Ontario. Rochester is acces.
siblc to them. and tho farmers who go there
have generally q good time.
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The struggle to determine who shall be

The struggle to determine who shall be
made Senator in Congress from South Carolina
In succession to the late Judge EARLE will DO
ended to-day, and ended. we hope. without con-
tusiors or abrasions of any Of the candidates.
Candidate McLAuRIN. renowned for his beauti-
full curls, explained that he was responsible for
anything in the campaign that is offensive to
Mr.. o GARY EVANS, another candidate, but
too many things arc offensive to Mr.. EVANS,
and the general responsibility assumed gayly by
Mr.. McLAURIN seems too wide. Tho campaign
has been 30 personal that nearly all the candi-
dates have been offensive to each other and
everybody else; and IL is time to pull down the
tents and move on.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
Mr.. JACOB WoRTH's condition In politics
might DO accurately described as that Of .
treacherous and foolish man gone mad.

RIc ARD p. BLAND 10 still an unconverted
siiverite; He contends as seriously that the present
rise in whoa is Independent OF McKISLETs election
as II the fact had ever been seriously %di.puted: and
he also contends that the election Of BRYAN would
have been followed by even better ~times.-PhHadeL
Dhfd Ledger.
Almost all the silver men. as far as we have OBJ
served. agree with Mr.. BLAND. They say that
wheat is up because there is a demand. and sill
yer dow because there isn't. and that the pres
ent prosperity cannot last. They believe that
permanent prosperity can be secured only by
means Of the free coinage Of silver. The notion
that they are giving up the fight for free coinage
is a mistaken one. They were not beaten as
badly as they ought to have been. and they are
ready to make the fight again.
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sible for a war In which the Republican
party would be contending against the
combined forces Of the Lowites and the
Organizes. II would be a bitter fight, and
whatever doubt OF its issue otherwise there
might be, there would be o Of the COM
plete destruction of SETH Low.
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A Medal Fifty Bestowed,

To THE EDITOR or THE suS-Sir: Tho announce
ment in THE Sun of Sunday that the Congressional
medal for most distinguished gallantry" has been
awarded to DR.. Gabriel Grant Of this city gives great
qualification to all who knew him during his service
as surgeon in tho civil war. DR.. Grants whole career
in the army was distinguished by great gailantry no
lesa than professional skill. the particular Incident
at the battle of Fair Oaks. for which the medal was
bestowed, being only q single illustration of many
examples of his soldierly devotion.
The story of the gallant conduct OF the surgeons OF
the army would anord one OF the most glorious roc.
ords OF the war. but among them all mono in any do
partment OF the military service deserves higher
honor than that now accorded to DR.. Gabriel Grant.
NEW York, Aug. 30, n
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The Hon. WILLIAM +. HARRITY Of Penn
sylvania WINS not vindicatcd but driven out by
tho Pennsylvania Democrats yesterday. Tho
buoyancy Of Mr.. HARRITY Is great, but his
political opinions ut present seem to be uncom-
monty smooth and without saliency. Too
smooth for the Democratic brethren. A choking
sound comes from Harmony.