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try "to milk the COW dry" without the
nliRhtest reference to the present comfort
or the future ~capability Of the unhappy
animal, Annual fleets carried to Spain
treasure and goods valued at moro than
thirty millions of dollars. The minta Of New
Spain poured forth q aiming stream of the
precious metals that inundated the mother
country and convinced the naughty Gas.
tilians that they held q mine of inexhausti-
BILE wealth, n veritable fountain Of gold, a
purse of FoRTUNATus.
On che whole, now that we consider tho
story Of New Spain by the light Of moro
recent history, 1t Ia amazing that the pa.
thence OF the people so long endured the
drastic rule, the tyranny, and the insolent
disdain of the mother country. And 1t is
q curious fact that, after a long succession
of mean, aynricious, and heartless viceroys,
IL was one Of these, the flfty-sixth In his
line, IruRRIaARAY, who first openly sug-
Rested that Mexico should be free. During
the confusion incident to the B~onapartist
occupation of Spain and the abdicatlon of
FERDINAND VII. ITURRIGARAY took It
into his head to convene q congress of nota-
bles to consider the proposition that New
Spain should at least govern itself until q
Spanish King should occupy the throne
so impudently seized by the Corsican.
With characteristic devotion to the cause
of Old Spain, the Spaniards of the
colony resisted his proposition, seized
IruRRIeARAY, whom they sent In irons to
Spain, and put to death tho eminent prelate
VERDAD, who had favored the revolution
airy project. But the seed thus sown, fer
tilized by the blood Of successive martyrs
to the cause Of Spanish-American liberty
and Independence, never lost It's vital
power. Mexican independence was prac-
tlcally achieved in 1922, and New Spain
disappeared from the map, even as q geo.
graphical expression.
1t would be needless to recount the Incl
dents that led up to the successive rending
from Spain of other rich and valuable pos
sessions in the New World. Within the
present century, almost within the men,
DRY OF men now living, the stupid and un-
reasoning policy of Spain has driven into
revolt and subsequent independence the
Spanish-American provinces now known
as Peru, Chill, Argentina, Paraguay, IRA
quay. Ecuador, New Grenada, and 80
on. That Hispaniola which was the
delight and the dream of early Spanish
~navigators and statesmen has no longer
any existence but in history; 1.-THE ever
faithful isle" and Porto Rico, with their
small dependencies, are all that remain
under the Spanish flag in the Western
Hemisphere. 1t Is not an unavoidable
catastrophe that has brought this tremen.
dous change on the map Of the Americas.
1t is the steady, persistent, brutalizing
policy that has lasted from PIzARRo to
WEYLER which has made inevitable the
ultimate independence of every foot of
Spanish possession in the New World.
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The Hon. HORACE L.EoNrpAs CHAPMAN

The Hon. HORACE LEoNIDAs CHAPMAN,
lately the Democratic candidate for Governor
of Ohio. has poured forth a letter of thanks and
coincidence to his followers. He thanks "our
gallant leader, the Hon. WILLIAM ]. BRYAN. and
that splendid orator. A A. TowEE." He
thanks Gen. ADoEIRAM JUDsoN WARNER,
tho Hon. JAMES RoDoMoST SOVEREIGN and
other minds of might. but he forgets TO thank the
Hon. JOHN II. MCLEAN. Doubtless an oversight.
Having distributed thanks. Mr.. CHAPMAN. ono
OF the most honey-hearted plutocrats In tho
business. cheers on the Ohio Democracy, which
is ready and eager for the next battle of the
ballots In the interests of the people and against
the. AEgressions of combinations and trusts"
In spite of the desperate and corrupt
methods of the Republican plutoerats. this
Democratic plutocrat is able to say with a
hrm voice that "the conflict for humanity
must so o." 1t must, but how can It'll 10
the Hon, JOHN II, MCLEAN In the oonnteg or
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simultaneously come tidings of the land
ing Of German bluejackets and marines at
Kaiochou Bay and the Smelling OF six villages in
New Guinea by the warship Fake. The latter
performance is, according to the customary
civilized method, borrowed by the Kaiser's navy
from the British. Of avenging wrongs by island
ers. the alleged murder of ono trader, for which
no satisfaction was procured. being atoned for
BY destroying half a dozen villages. The other
affair grew out of the murder Of two German
missionaries at Yen Chu Fin. in Shantung, n prov
ince in northern China. just south of the Hoang
Ho. Kaiochou Bay is the port nearest this
place, and would therefore DO the natural point
for the expedition to land.
In Samoa the Germans are actively looking
after their interests. with some suspicion Of
American designs there. and are strenuous that
the German hold on Samoa shall remain strong.
Altogether the advocates of an increase of tho
German navy find the fleet in the Pacific help
ing their case just now.
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There was NO sleep last night at the
Horse Guards and in the various ministries
of war on tho Continent. Sleep will continue
to be impossible for all men engaged in tho war
line until 1t 10 known whether the Hon. JOSIAH
QUINCY Of Boston will accept the commission
as Major offered him by tho Boston
Light Infantry. The Boston Light Infantry
10 reasonably ancient, unreasonably hand
some. and not less valiant than the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery. Mr.. QUINCY
has been Obliged to study the art of war in
order to repel the attacks of GEoRGE FRED VII
LIAMs, TON RILEY, and the other unterrined
Bryanites. He has had much experience in
conducting campaigns. His strategy Is 80 subtle
that 1t decoives himself sometimes. A martial
fire burns in his bosom. Everybody in the Light
Infantry is at least q Major. Why should
there not DO q Major JOSIAH QUINCY Is Mr..
QUINCY afraid that he will look too respondent
in q uniformi he must do something to coun-
teract the insinuating and vote-attracting
charm Of Tom RILEY's curls.
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With . blush worthy Of a good ripe Bald
win apple. tho Hon. JAMES RoDoMoNr soyER.
EIGN denies that he has ixcd his deep eyes upon
the Democratic nomination for President. But
the people, some people, have fixed their eyes
upon him. Merit like his. though modest, can.
not lie hidden. His equal In tho matter of proc
lamations that burn the reader is hard to End.
He used to DO . Populist Of credit and renovn.
and so his training as o melinite orator was OBJ
tanned In the best school. Mr.. DEBs is his only
real rival, and the reason why Mr.. SOVEREIGN
refuses q nomination for President is that he
doesn't want to hurt DEBs's feelings by asking
him to take second place on the ticket. II Mr..
SOVEREIGN is not forced to take tho Presidency
by his oountrymen 1t Is probable that he and
Mr.. DEBs win abandon this country to its fate
and the Money Power. and form a colony for the
purpose Of introducing themselves and tho
initiative and referendum into the Solomon
Islands.
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A correspondent who prefers to conceal
himself under the name OF "Greon Mountain
Boy" but who is evidently accustomed to scale
the heights Of mind, writes us as follows:
1.-THE man with mu'tache and side whiskers whose
picture was printed on the editorial page OF THE Sun
Tuesday is Governor PISoREE. l have known him for
twenty years. and will swear to him with pleasure II
you want mo to. He 10 good.looking. too. The man
whose picture Is northwest of Governor PNoREE's, on
the same page, may be e1.Msyor PNeREH of Detroit.
Don't know him."
Several other correspondents have been good
enough to inform us that the southeastern
PINoREE is undoubtedly Governor PINGREE. Is
Green Mountain Boy" right In assuming
that the northwestern PINoREE is ex.Mayor
PINaRKEi
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a Railroad Tina. LIT. Itself by 1t. Own Root.

FROM the London Times.
In Halford's patent railw ay the immediate motive
power Is the force of gravity. and the cars are. as IL
were, always running down hill. This result Is
achieved by making the permanent Fay In sections,
whose length is to be determined by engineering
considerations. hinged together and supported at
each end on hydraulic rams. As the train reaches
the Junction of two sections, IL puts the hydraulic
machinery In action, SO that the ram rises. lifting the
end OF the section together with the cars that are
upon IL. The train thus has a decline, down which
IL runs by its own weight, and ms the same
process Is repeated with each section. It is practically
always running down a falling gradient, continuous,
though OF varying steepness. The necessary hydraulic
power is conveyed through a pipe laid beneath the
rails. and the admission of water to tho cylinders OF
the rams Ii controlled either by electrical means
from the cars. or by the weight OF the train
depressing the section 1t is about to leave,
ana thus actuating the supply valve. In the
model built by the inventor tho rails arc
raised on columns and tho cars suspended on either
side below the track. bu: tho system Is claimed to
he equally applicable to trains running above the
rails In the ordinary way. thongh In that case Il IA
considered that the limit OF speed consistent with
safety would be much reduced. With a full.size rail.
way the stroke OF the rams necessary to produce n
nigh speed would not be very long. and the passen-
ger would experience little, II any, OF the switch.back
motion which might at hrst sight appear inevitable.
AZ a model the invention works very prettiIy;
whether II would prove practicable in an engineering
sense, and. II so. whether II would be u commercial
ana economical success, are, OF course, very different
matters.
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u7an-noDtrR ooNsULs IN eEoRe1A
a..,, uv,ta,n.. Representatives for the Past
vyrtss. Years Tretted the speed That knis-
100000 ma 4 n-nnn

a,.,, uvita,n,u Representatives FOR the Past
vyrtssa Years Trstted the speed That khia-
NOS, ths savannaA (ea.) Press.
what an experience Great Britain has had In
a.,.pnah In the past fifteen years with her
copsuls and vice-consulsi The trouble COM
,nanoea with Consul Ellis, q bon vivant and all
.rnund rood fellow. He ran the pace that kills.
and the dignity and duties Of his Office were
unheld through tho work Of his faithful ar
sistant Justice Samuel Reynolds, who now
has again TO take up tho broken threads.
Mr.. Ellis fingered long In st. Joseph's Inc
armnrv. n victim Of high living and Of burning
the candle at both ends. During q part Of his
incumboncy he had as an assistant a polished
eissisop9:; who Who fS : FgsnS { T PpesFdSn.. on and q F SlsS ON a
p pseSt. VI" The matter was satisfactorily arranged
and %I, The VAS %%s: saSooo SsipB BS c saS aHI xn.loy, a hand.
some young Irishman, fresh from victories won
ssn : sS,9iSs in m saS so SSS ssa siEdPqtt to b y IN H sSS good SSd
graoes Of his government. Apsley was also
I hsgn E Therc were dead game sports in those
days. and among the :, E ErnSs a.. and his MS ,y Tas
iHfS career was finally reported to Lionel Sack;
vile west, at that time British Minister and
cconnsS{ Richardson, Who has Just lett this country
for. this c9pntry's good; Eo6ertson has
S %%s z for pS g time steward Of the osiothorps
Club and superintendent Of the, Cottago
tons to live more on his wits than on his fees.
TIo did not have the social standing, the means,
the ~prcstieo, or tho ability OF Ellis or Anslcy,
and, above all, he had not tho official recognition
that they secured. He went to the end of his
now revert to Justice Samuel Reynolds, the
only one who has proPerly. aecePtabiy. and
tho Office in the past fifteen years. Verify,
Great Britain has had tribulations in her ap.
pointments as Consul and pro-Consui at one OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
4 Rare sight on Lake Ontario.

a waterspout travelled down Lake Ontario at the
rate OF probably ten miles All hour yesterday after
noon. II was nrst noticed by some gentlemen who
were IN the Board OF Trade building. ami was then
about u mile out In the lake. on the centre Of the
Island The heavy, black clouds overhead had Rp-
preached down close TO the hurfac" Of the lake ap.
rarentiy' and sucked the water NJ. The water as
cended In a straight spiral column right to the clouds
and then spread ont, the clouds being blown rapidly
down the lake. carrying the waterproof with them.
When nearly opposite the eastern gap the spout
broke and In an instant disappeared. white the clio ads
continued ON their course down the lake, IL il said
TO have been nearly thirty years since . wSterspOut
has been seen Oh Lake Ontario.
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1t is said that some Palmetto statesmen

1t Is said that some Palmetto statesmen
believe that 1t will be necessary to call upon tho
Hon. BENJAMIN RYAN TILLMAN to consent to
become a candidate for Governor of South Car
olina, Tho State liquor dispensary. a beloved
idea OF the senior South Carolina Senator. is In
a ruinous condition. 1t is hoped that he can do
something to repair it. In one respect there 10
an attractive opportunity for him. The United
States courts have cruelty decided that railroads
cannot refuse to ship liquor into the State. Mr..
TuLMAN hates a Federal court even more heart
lily than he loves the State rumshop. Students
OF the thermotio curves OF language would re-
joice to SEQ Mr.. TILLMAN revolving rapidly
around his State once more, barbsouins tyrants
and monopclists at every crossroads.
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TO TUE EpiToR OF THE sUS-Sir; In these days Of
R-sat discoveries OF microscopic enemies and efforts
to make laws regarding the segregation OF eonsump.
tiyes and other means TO protect the more fortunate.
! never have seen any mention made Of a constant
and universal danger arising from the carelessncss OF
dentists.
any other sourIe. StIll how few dentists mink Of
making their instruments aSeptic after the treatment
OF every, or any, patient.
A few go through the farce of quickly dipping an
Instrument In a small glass Of carbolated water and
Wiping 1t on u napkin W hich has answered the pur,
pose several times, but many do not even do that,
and II would seem incredible. but have known some
operators who do not always cl' anso their hands
after treating ono patient and before serving another.
! think, perhaps. II may do some good tn call Rtten.
ton to this danger through your valuable paper.
4 SUBSCRIBER.
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A nembsheil Under Their Pew.
From the Aiken Recorder.

DR.. league showed us the other day tho FUSE
OF an unexpected 300.poundcr Parrot shell
which was discovered under n pew in st.
Alichaels Church, in Charleston, when the
We were especially interested in this bit OF pasb
history, as the shell was taken from beneath the
pew which was owned by Mrs. Arthur Ford's
father. She and her family little realized
when they sat ,placidly for so many years
after the war under Mr.. Keith's good ministra-
mediate danger, This was the only shell that
struck, ST., Michael's Church during the two
east corner of the church and lodged under the
floor OF the northwest sido on Broad street.
When the church was got ready for service
after the war the floor was simply replaced
and this uncanny visitor left. its presence un-
suspected by the congregation.
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Married ON Thirty Minutes Courtship.
From the Loufsvflie Post.

".You may talk about your brief couftships
and marriages on short notice." said Capt.
Arm Cardwell once, but i think / once wit.
messed the quickest made match on record. 4
was running as a conductor between Russell.
willie and Greensboro, as l did for many years:
and on n trip in the winter Of 1881 / got q pretty
south Of Central City about 9:45 A. N. A
few miles further on at another small sta
ton a big stra~pPing;looking farmer, dressed
tall boots, got on my train. The fellow hadn't
opened the car door till he spied tho rustic lass,
and before he took his seat in front Of the girl
he had smiled at her. punched his ticket,
went in the smoking car, and on my return to
the regular passenger coach found the Green
River tiller Of the soil sitting il the same scat
with the maiden. chatting with her as it
he had known her since birth; In twenty.
fellow called me to him and snid, See here,
podner. We. want 'er git hitched. / haint
knowed Mirinda Jane here but thirty minutes,
but we both like. and she's willin' an som I.
Whur's the highest parson. podnerF took
them on to Owensboro, and the happy brides
groom and his blushing other half were passen-
gers back on my train that afternoon. For
hurry-up, nuptials. 1t does strike mo that these
ought to have the cake and other special prizes
offered for quick-yeast love matches"
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na9l4 Currency md Bank Reserves

There is one point which the advocates
of the substitution of bank notes for Gov
eminent notes have as yet failed to discuss.
They have had u great deal to say about
supplying the place Of the Government
notss with bank notes as a circulating me-
dium, but they entirely neglect the ques-
tionas to what is to take the place Of Gov
ernpent notes in the bank reserves.
Last Saturday the banks Of this city
alone reported their average holdings for
the week of Government notes In their
reserves at nearly $7s, 100000. The latest
report OF the Comptroller Of the Currency
makes the total amount of the notes held
q year ago by the 3,678 national banks
of the country over S142, 900, 600. The
2,26b State banks reporting to the
Comptroller held enough more of them
to bring the grand total up to 1854!
100000. II, as their enemies demand,
the Government notes are retired, these
1854, 000, 900 of them must be replaced
with gold, and, besides, gold will have to
be found to furnish a reserve against the
bank circulation, which is now $238,OOO,-
600, and which, II the Government notes
are retired. is to be increased to 800, O0O,-
OVOs AuStiLk III ooultiOhdi w az
25 per cent. Of its amount, or Ste, 900, 900,
brings the total Of gold which the banks
will require to tax the place of the re-
tired notes up to 1895, 900. 900.
From whence Is this gold to be fur
nlshedf The Treasury has about 1885,
100000, but it cannot spare the whole Of it
without bringing its working balance down
to an uncomfortable point. Say that it can
safely part with $125, 00O, 900, there will
stilE remain 5000, 900, 900 to be supplied
from other sources, ant that the operation
will cause atremendous lnancia cataelysm
is plain enough. For the past five years
Austria, Russia, and France nave been
drawing gold from this country at great
expense, and they will not let 1t return to
us without resistance. Great Britain might
furnish some, but a very little depletion Of
the Bank Of E%ngIand's reserve would put
up her rate of discount and set the f~lnanciers
OF London TO devising means to counterfeit
our drain. The effect Of these measures 1t
is easy TO forecast.
Let the bank partisans. tho Mugwumps,
and the financial theorists, who clamor
for the retirement of the Government notes,
consider this aspect Of the matter before
they'go further.
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Bats HIS Bcea.
WOW the CAfcaoo Tymes.Hcrald.

Sam Knight has robbed more than a thousand
bee trees. In his county wild flowers grow. The
gives fragrance almost the year round. Sweet
are the pea and potato buds until far into tho
fall. Wild bees swarm about in droves. There
are no apiaries in Washington county. When
honey Is harvested by the busy little bees
Sam knight watches them during the summer
while they are at work. He bats them just as
the turkey trapper bats his game. He selects
SO of molasses. Then he takes a chew OF homo
twist and waits. When a bee comes along and
loaded deep enough to require a deposit. Then
he lifts. his wings and makes u line for his
home that Is as straight as an arrow. Sam
Knight takes up the trail. He follows until the
tree has been found: He makes a mark Of somo
sort on the bark. hlaZes the way back to tho
stump. and then goes b. another part Of the
forest. where the same thing is done over, again.
In the course of o couple OF month"; work
knight locates a hundred or moro trees. 49,
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Foreign Notes OF Real Interest.

Manlio GarIbaldi. youngest son Of the lberator Of
Italy. is dying.
sisnor G. b, Cavaicaselle. who. with sirJ. A. Grove.
wrote the well known "History of Painting IN
Italy - died recently at the age OF 10 years.
81. Paul Will commemorate the two hundredth an.
niyersary OF its reopening after Sir Christopher Wren
had rebuilt the edihce. on Dec. .. with a great
Masonic service.
Nine. Nolan Carvalho's statue by MerclS has 1ust
been placed over her grave in the Pere.la chaise Gene
tory. She is represented as Marguerite In Gounod'a
"Fnust," her most celebrated part.
Bicycles have been Introduced into a convent In the
suburbs OF London. according 10 the Westminstsr
Gazette. and the nuns ar required 20 wheel around
the grounds rs a part OF their days work.
Hugo Wolf. tho vienncae composer. has deveIon.t
such ccccntr!citles, that his friends have been Obliged
TO put Nm In an asylum. A society formed IN Vienna
TO spread his works made 1t its lrst rule that none OF
the members should have anything to do with Wolf
personally.
War has been declared by the Cornish fishermen
on the painters OF the Ncwlyn school who visit their
coasts, and are now frequently attacked with de
cayed fish when they try to sketch. The cause ia the
Interference Of iha visitors with the louor oues,ioa
In the town elections.
Bicycle frames stamped out in two haIyea by on.
operation from a steel plate are n recent Birmingham
novelty. The halves are clamped together. and
though the fran is not so elegant as one maic by
"h''n'' p'"N'hf u ~ btT'"cllN rISii and can be NAL
at a cost OF 81 Instead Of Sl2.5G.
Coral is now applied in mosaic or tortoise shcI and
other materials for tho ornaTl, ntntl0n OF g,oye and
Jewel boxes and OF musical instrum,n ts at the RoysI
School OF Coral Work and Decorative Art. at Zorro
dol Greco, near Naples. II is also uged to ornament
picture frames and artistic furniture.
An incandcscent electric Light for life buoys ha,
been devised by a ComEltsne Inventor. When the
buoy toucheA tho water an India rubber bladder
moves a lever which establishes the circuit and limits
the lamp automatically. The power Is furnished ~
m accumulator which acts for eigat hours.
swin"mtndc on the Baltic has strict Sunday laws.
ShipnIastcr7 who enter the IOrt aio lined heavily bv
the town authorities II they have tlcIr shin, washed
or painted on sunday or Church huliInys. As
foreigners arc not acquainted with tho German
Church calend ar they are frequently caught.
A postal card was recently addrcs,el to Mr.. James
Men Ill Whistler. tho AGA iemy. London, hy an Ital.
Ian tradesnan. IL was taken to Burlington House
and marked there; not known at tlc Royal Arad.
envy" When Mr.. Whistler at last received Il he scpt
1t to the editor OF the Ddty MAJ with this caaraster.
istic note ia these DAYS OF doubtful freuuentations
it's nay good fortune 10 Ou able 20 send you al unSS-
Looted onicial' and ma certificate Of chAraeteE."
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From the Syracuse Standard.

FTOW INC SDTucuSe standard.
A college professor who prided himself on his
correct English heard his wife remark: 1T in.
tended to tell Jane to bring a fresh bucket Of
You doubtless mean q bucket of fresh water,"
corrected the professor. II wish you would paw
some attention to your rhetoric. Your mistakes
are curious" A few moments later he said:
My dear, that picture will show to better ad-
vantage II you were to hang 1t over the clock"
mean II ] were to hang It above the clock. II L
were to hang it over the clock we could not tell
the time. wish YOU would be more careful
curious"