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Hay and Oats.

The - oduction OF American hay amount
ed to 90, 00O, 900 tons in 1893, SO, DOC. 900
tons in 1894, "a, 900, 900 tons In 1895, and
4 $4,000, 900 tons in 1895. In other words,
the production of hay has declined one-third
In four years, and there has been a consid-
erable though not correspondingly large de.
cline in the market value OF the crop during
the four years succeeding 1899. The gross
$3.50, 900, 600; last year it was $780,
o O,00O. New York ranks frs: among the
States in the product of hay.
This decline In the product and selling
price of hay is due to several causes. One
and perhaps the chief one, is the bicycle.
which has, to n great extent, superseded the
use OF horses; and another Is the substi-
tuition OF electricity and cable traction for
horse power on surface railroads. The mile
age OF these surface roads in all the cities Of
the United States Is nearly Is 5000, and the
Use Of electricity and steam power has, by
gradually reducing the number OF horses re-
quired, reduced also the demand for hay.
Along with the reduction in the market
price and product OF hay there has been n
similar reduction in the price but not the
production OF oats, also extensively used for
fodder. The average price OF oats per
bushel, which was forty-two cents in 1890,
was thirty-two cents in 1894 and twenty
cents in 1898. 1t is now about eighteen
and a half cents, a reduction of more than
one-half in six years. The oat acreage
Of the United States is 1000, 900,
and this item OF agricultural product
Is important In Iowa, Illinois, Min
nesota and Wisconsin, and considerable,
though very much less, in New York.
The same causes which have operated to
decrease the market price of hay have
operated also to decrease the market price
Of oats. and the falling Of In both would no
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T'VH ~ TU"'"V'Ft EVeNINV IOs1.
While returning from q trip down the pic
turesque Texas railroad a few weeks since. 1
was surprised L" see mn oddly constructed and
rakiSh-looki ing craft tied up Oh the Indiana side
upon inquiry that the boat was n ''fuatinG little
red schuo!hoUse," whose owners mission ia ns
commendRble rs IL IL original.
The houscboat is the property OF Prof Dychps
n phiiantlropiC Indiana citizen. who decided
some time since that no could serve his people
peter II he becRme useful. He had the boat
putt anu htled up after the fashion OF Village
school rooms. nnd started on his trip down the
ONE, teaching the poor children their "A IA
C's," andimpHrting such other AS
VIII AID INC worthy little ohos. Prof. Dychus
mahes no charge for %tuiti0,,. stops hut thirty
uhys ~ each town. and accepts such gifts IN Tho
FAY OF eatables or provisions ~ the parents OF
his pupils feel able To, otIer him.
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United States Currency.

Our esteemed contemporary, the Courier
journal, holsters up the effort to retire the
R~reenbacks by showing the fault Of Senator
SBERMAS's statement that the gold reserve
was trencbed upon through revenue de-
fciency created by the Wilson tariff bill Of
1894" and by adding that the first block Of
CLEVELAND bonds was sold six months be-
fore the Wilson bill wa passed
While that Is true. the expectation Of the
radical tariff revision involved in the 1899
election had caused q deficiency in the reve-
nue. to begin before the Wilson Congress
assembled. On Jan. 10, 1894, Secretary
CARLISLE reported to the Finance Commit
tee OF the Senate that the estimate Of q de-
ficiency Of s2s. 0Oo. 900 at the close Of the
fiscal year in June following was much
too low and he begged for the authority Of
Congress to issue bonds, not to exceed fifty
millions Of dollars, to enable the Secretary
OF the Treasury to supply such deficiencies
As might occur in the revenue"
IL the revenue had been equal to the ex-
penses when President CLEVELAND sold the
first fifty million dollars Of bonds, the lock-
ing up Of that mou of greenbacks In the
Treasury would have 40 CONSTRUCTED the cur
rency that no more g~reenbacks would have
been returned to the Treasury for redemp-
ton. and the s%oundness OF our currency
would have been questioned no more.
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an ASTI-JoHSSY BILL.
HI. 1~sithsss's Meass 70 fer the Prsteeu,
OF TouaG ws.ea stsde.ts.

ee.s vs"c8 ctuotnt
PROM fhs Sashvtue Bann<r.
Mr.. Smithson has introduced n bill in tn
Senate with this caption: An act for tn. pro
lection Of boarding schools for females. A..
PRINCIPALS and inmates thereof
II win DO seen at once that Mr.. Smiths,
10 aiming 1t an evil that principals, sst
patrons Of female schools have d~iscu,,d
Thousands OF times. and have often take,
precautionary measures against with bu,
poor avail In short words. no Is aiming .,
that class Of "~Johnnies" whose faces. wresiha
nsishborho6d Of schools for young sirls. Tier.
fore. he gives warning 10 all such classes ths,
inc tnsy ao ~rn Mn,es sG sn Tor,S snan the bail.
TO dread In the futures statute making IL
cffencs . misdemeanor.
Sr. smithson's bill. says IL shall DO unlawful
for any persons TO linger on the street alsy,
that they shall not hold any communicate
Of such colleges. In passing the instituto,
they shall not iinger or Turk near trying 70 CON.
menicste With any one on the inside. and no oss
press permission from the principal
IL In any way the inmates of . school arc a..
viii DO Gtuiliy OF . mi,dsmesnor. The owner q
have recourse to the Law 20 all cases where psr.
aware of the capers tha, have been cut By bon
s1 tss m n'! 4snss.sssa & e., p s%;u than one ons ', s.s.,.
ring TO . certain female college in this State;
There 10 . class Of boys who have msts
themselves notorious BY their capers aroun.
this college. The girls arc worried TO death ~
letters and all other kinds OF communicated
Tho boys pass up aud down in front Of the col.
lege and use their handkerchisfs as . means 70:
Irritation with the girls. The girls cannot 6,
out on the streets without being accosted by al
sorts of handkerchief and glove nirtation sirnA
and often the boys speak to them. The prlh.
eipal has been worried out of his wits almost
but there 10 no way to stop 10.
Even in the churches on Sunday the bon
will try TO ntrt with the college girls. The az
Rravation has passed standing any Longer, and
there must be q law to protect the girls and tie
colleges. This sort of conduct does not happen
only at the college speak of. but almost ever
female school 10 bothered by the Johnny class'
MT. smithson goes at a reform in a hearty
manner, and with the intention OF carrying q
through. He has two other bills relating to
sleeping-car oerths. which are causing about
much comment among the Senators as the it
male college bill. which the Senators are jokius
with the Pulaski Senator over.
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Five years. penal ssrvitude was the sentence n
posed recently on q bicycle thief In England.
Baron Hirsch's widow has juss presented 1000,
600 francs to the Pasteu- Institute In Paris ~
memorial OF her late husband.
A fox hunt In the ouoin COUNTRY came 10 An u
timely end recently. The pack OF hounds ran into
. bank OF fog and could not be found again Till The
next day.
Hundreds OF wooden sabots have been ~distr,bu<t
20 poor London children for. Christmas present.
The wooden shoes are said to teep their feet dra
than leather ones would.
Earl Nelson. the grandnephew OF England s navL
hero. Is the only person living who was q peer ii
the time OF victoria's accession. H. wa. then u
years OF age and had held his title for two year.,
Paris laundresses have hitherto selected the queen
OF the carnival, but this year the mArketwo ms.
the Danes lie Ia Halle, intend to compete viii
them. They have Just selected unanimously for Their
candidate a good.looking. dark. haired girl OF ~.
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, brotherir
law OF the Duke OF Genoa, Is n doctor OF medidsA
and attends the clinic OF the Red Gross HospitLh
Munich daily. He 10 a specialist In diseases OF We
men. His relative, Duke Karl In Ia SAria. has pras
ised as an oculist for many years.
Lord Ashburnham's manuscripts will not bets
cluded In the coming sale OF hts lIprsr,, a. a sinss
purchaser for 'hsm 10 being sought. Ihs! "ereof
fered some time ago TO the British Museum FOR
$500, 900. but Mr., GLADSTONE. who was then chan
ceiior NJ the Exchequer. ,ouid only nnd money
enough TO buy the English manuscripts.
Prof. Bshring asserts that pure an,ltoyIn, without
admixture. is absolutely free from poison, and thai
Its effect Is upon the diphtherlc bacillus, which u
destroys, ana upon nothing else. The cases OF CON
plicatlons anc disease that have arisen are due"
impurities In the serum, and as the preparation OF
the serIm 10 improved they must %disappcOr.
The Right Hon. Charles +. viIiiers. the father Of
the House OF Commons, has passed his 9Nih bir'n'
day. He has represented Wolverhamptuu In f"'
lament for sixty years. His predecessor |"
Father OF the House. Mr.. Christopher Talbot, epe
'ehtrd Glamorganshiro from 1880 IN 1890, VIZ VI"
Hers nrst appeared as a candidate rr Parliament"
1929. when he was defeated At Hull.
Lavender Il still used In English linen closets
but the supply Is threatened with extinction. l'
growers In the village OF HitchIn, one Of the ch'''
centres OF the lavender Industry, assert mat OWLS
TO a succession of bad seasons the plant Is dy'ps
out there. and that, NOR over. they cannot r'n'
pete with foreign limitations OF lavender "A'e''
The business OF growing and manufacturing lave"
der Is mainly In the hands OF Quakers.
Rupshu. a district on the north slope Of tho HimAI
by mountains from 5000 to 5000 feet highe', has
permanent population OF 500 persons. VINO n'e 10
goa.'hair tents all the year round. Water ffcep''
there every night. but no snow falls on account"
the dryness OF the air. The people are ~sh'phsrh'
and dress in paJamss and q long CLOAK. weAnnss
sadisionsi cloak In unusually cold weathss. 49,
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Dsxoo.AoY AID yss YUrUsE.

Yro- the csirO.si,s (Aia.) nms,.

Ffon the csfrvreiis (Aia) TIVE.
Tho Future of the Democratic Party" We
have but little doubt that the Democratic party
will have . future. II would be difieult for
anything that has had a past to shy away from
its logical hereafter. We arc less positive. how
ever. as to whether that future will be one OF
stable common sense or Of blind staggers under
tho burden Of Altreidism and free silver.
When one contemplates the capacity Of people
Of supposedly normal intsllects to absorb and
sssimilate an infinite amount Of political mad
mess. as exen,plincd In last falls campaign. one
realizes how unreasonable Il Is to expect to read
the riddle Of their future alterations.
Tho only possibility OF Democratic success
hereafter will lie either in the conversion OF at
least three or four million voters from the fol.
lies Of free silver. reputation. and subvsrsion.
OF = like conversion Of one or two millions OF
voters from the principles OF sound money.
national honor. and orderly government. Is
either of these conversions likely. and IL 20.
which onep u IL a waste of words to talk OF
harmony In the Democratic party until the
great mass Of one faction or the other abandons
the position 1t took 10 thc November election. The
two positions are absolutely and forever ~irrecon-
cilable. The issuec were such A. to nd init Of no
merging. They were A. distinct rs pro-slsvery
and anti-slavery: as antsgonistic ~ water
80 ~ 'he'on - possiphity Oh
. united Democracy Certain 10 10 that no Dem
ocrat who went % far ~ to vote for Mckinley
could. oy any chance, ever vote for q Chi
osgo' platform. 1t Is equally certain that but
very few. IL even any. who voted for Palmer and
Buckner. will ever accept the teachings Of Mr..
Bryan. In short, the anti Bryan Democrats ara
sroek tnat VIII never melt
Nor 10 this all. Despite old party ties. old
enmiues. or even new protection. this element
Oh inc Demoerstic party Will gradually. ns
enoosine the loss evh course. 20 over to the Re
publican party. unless q sunicient share Of the
Bryan democracy quickly returns to the honest
ana substantial faith OF Its forefathers. With.
OUT tn's s'und-money element. and which. at
Iesst In the southern States. 10 vastly stronger
tnah was indicated 10 the lato election. the
iuture OF the Democratic party Will be ono OF
sure defeat and disinteeration II would be but
. chidish vanity to hope that the so-cailed
regular or Bryan Democracy could ever
muster a relatively stronger following than II
oio 10 the November election. The conclusions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-22

The bronzes representing GRANT and LIN
COLIN on the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at
the entrance Of Prospect Park call public atten-
tion agsln.a and very forcibly. to the abuses which
ofhcials can perpetrate in the name of art.
Here was . great public monument TO bo dec
GRATED with bronze memorials of two of tho
most famous Americans. to be placed at the oats
offs park. admirably conceived and executed.
Yet the committee supervising the work In
question. composed Of q Mayor Of Brooklyn, .
President Of the Board OF Aldermen. and a rep
resentative Of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
instead Of submitting the project TO review by
the best experts. took. on their own authority,
= couple Of sculptors. who had been pushed to
the front, probably. by some influence In the
Grand Army Of tho Republic: and the result 10
such that the critics Of Brooklyn have been
driven to protest against IL as unworthy Of
exhibition. The committee would have been
equally sound In the principle Of their proceed
ure. and only less successful. II they had de-
cided to make the figures Of GRANT and LIN
COILS by their own hands.
Art 10 unaggrcssive. but II 10 unrelenting In
its vengeance for neglect The Arch Commit
tees malfeasancc. for II was nothing less, has
Imposed upon the city Of Brooklyn q monu-
meut OF which Its citizens have TO DO
ashamed. Happily the understanding ofits quail
iy will probably cause Its removal. and II this
experience Of Brooklyn could by any possibility
lead TO q check on 4 similar impropriety on the
part OF the Society of the Army Of the Tennes-
see. which has been empowered by Congress TO
spend public money on q statue Of Gen. SHEER
Man. II will be q blessing In the end.
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Results Of n Cold Wave.


7" ~ IWWTHWHD OTN J0WTNNT
Ialkin' about sudden cold waves" said thu
man with the. ginger beard. II seen one In
lost every drop OF whtskey in the camp"
sno,e,' saih the grocer. that the cold
sheaSei ny so sudden that the whiskey was
took by, surprise an troze before IL knew what
IL was doln'." ~
Whiskey."' said the man with the ginger
beard, whiskey. never WAS took by surprise,
suu won't never be. But II happened like this
mere: me change was 30 sudden an the tenn
durn Jug an bottle In the camp exploded from
ths internal pressure caused by the whiskey an
az inside OF EN- bein' 10 much hotter than the
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To TIM EDIroR OF THE sUx-Sir: It is bad enough TO
accept the accommodations OF cattle ships, but added
to this discomfort OF bad air, drNughts. poor light,
&c. Ia the thought OF absolute danger to life on the
Staten Island ferryboats The COMPANY puts on such
small boats that the aisles are blocked 80 by leople
citing on camp stools that IL IL almost impossihIr Ia
walk between. Last night went down 10 the island
ana men anu women stood up all the way down.
while the stairs were packed with peoplo who wer.
unable TO nhd, NOT stools. but sitting room. The
bohft. too, are 30 old that the doors log opsn slmnly
from the vibration OF tho wheels. II any accident
should happen the people would be completely
drowned. SvFFEnISu NFw YnnK y,s,T1p
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No Moro Executive Departments.

The bill introduced at the present session
Of Congress to establish "the Department of
Commerce, Manufactures and Labor" is .
bad one, and IL should be killed.
We need no more executive departments,
and no more Cabinet officers. We nave too
many OF them now. The addition Of q Sec
Rotary Of Agriculture Is made 8 reason for
the proposed addition of q Secretary Of
Commerce, Manufactures and Labor, but
the Agricultural Department itself should
not have been created. The new depart
ment proposed would only furnish another
example Of the needless multiplication Of
public offices.
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Mr.. oiney's Blind Pool.

Mr.. Oiney's Blind Pool.
Mr.. oLNEY went before the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations on Wednesday
TO explain and defend tho treaty which he
10 so anxious to have ratified offhand. The
various reports Of what was said At this
ostepsibly secret conference substantially
agree; and from them IL appears that the
Secretary's explanations were neither very
illuminating nor very satisfactory. He con-
fined himself a. far A. possible TO gcnerali-
ties, and his attitude was that Of a promoter
urging the Senators TO 60 into . sort OF
diplomatic blind pool on the strength Of his
personal assurance that II IL all right, and
that the country will find the investment
profitable in the end.
Notwithstanding the general vaguencss
Of Mr.. OLSEY's treatment OF the subject, he
WAS pushed by direct inquiries into certain
admissions which merit careful consider
alton by American Senators.
One is hat there is nothing moro than an
understanding" alleged by him to exist
between himself and the %negotiators on the
part OF Great Britain. that the Monroe
doctrine. aud questions growing out OF
that indispensable feature OF American
policy, do not come within the treaty's
Ie".". Ono aeeouh' VI u "ee'hk repre-
,n'' mr. oLHhi AZ naN,hs an e'as''e re-
py 1" senate. iop'hs question why
u 'ns' DO true the Monroe doctrine
should not be exclude ed in specific and
piee''e 'er"s' ne answered. thae III
his opinion specific mention Of the Mon
roe doctrine was neither necessary nor
ueS'."p'e' .na' 10 nave mentioned IL IN the
're"'y wo".u nave oeen impoi'.'c ana oah-
kerou'' an" YET ne "ent on az al reports
"s'ee' u" ars"e '""' snou'u 4honroe uoc-
.r'he Pues''ohs come unuer aroitra'ion' we
nA'o no'n,ns oiear' OWING 70 tne manner
u"nien 'ne 'r'ouhai win oe constituted
nj 'h'H 'nu'ea.e' el'her .na' MT oLskf IL
" " """' tue ehec'o tue treaty "ouiu
~ WIN r,karu W tue -"onroe ooc'rine' or
s""'' u " N"o"s' he un"'ii'hs 70 Oeii 'ne
oen a "ohni''oc oh rore'gn neiations'
nv '"'s o'"''o" Vi al imports Par'c-
10 u i"r rom oeins reassuring'
secono po'h' oi great interest was tne
ue"n,oe "an'''s'oh 'hA' ureat britain
'osn. mas al ISSUE oi american con.
~ u INC N'"r.sun lanai, ana snouid
or'hs up 'he op'o'e'e treaty
p,ooeouins'' u" ",.toer
mo"u prooaoiy nave 10 goVo aroitra-
.'oh unaer tne Clause OF tne
1o.o eo"'e"''o"' winch provides ior the
"' =" uispu.e' arising undcr
.rsa''eS OF o.he."ise' mere Mr.. oLNEY
'"'Neu as u ne kne" tnat No was giving
"""' nne.'ean ih'eros'S'
'niru point concerns this phrase, or
S"m.NN VIM. questions between TINS
"N Uo ""u o'ea' nri'a'n, not arising under
e,.asy ie'a.'ons, are lnciuoed In the or
s.rN u. oLNIi Is Saia 70 nave ex.
n"e' 'n"' q"es.,onS unaer ihoernationai
"" = meah'' IL MI. hp"AhpJ PHELPS
oe''er International lawyer than the sec
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L.Astink.
Rno,a m. CI.u-Ic.a d.,

Frorn the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
i. like to cook enough to last. remarked the young
You 40, you DO" sroaned the devoted hubby.
" no mattsthow little you COOK" ~
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Prom the Tribune.
Mr.. Plat was nominated for Congress In 1870 a. the
result OF q deadlock between two candidates to one
OF whom he was pledged. He declined TO accept the
nomination. and finally his man won.
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His Grievance.

'Brownjonss IL the hardest man to take In short,
hand that ! ever struck"
docs he talk 90 faat as that ~
"No-so eonfoundediy Slow"
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PA.a-K,osau. 10. 10. Near Grand Hotel

U orr rtisn<s oho Jocor ss vfh waauscrtDs FOR
publication ,rish 10 haze r5eoted arffcfss rsfu-nsd hsy
ssssf IN al, cases end stamps for that pvvpcs<.
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Local nsus-The City and suburbss views Bureau
~ tne USrsp Psss. and NEW YonE AssocaTxp
ana documents for public use Instantly dissomi-
mated TO The press OF tie whole country.
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True aad BeautifaI.

FoH The Leon County Journal.
THE sUS's Bar. Fish and Snake stories We can youcl
fer; they are all right.
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Money Galore.

Zion. the Hnancier.
Now York Il now the cheapest money centre In the
world.
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fence. But Just now the addition Of two
regiments would be suficicnt, and this,
with the infantry addition. Congress should
make A law.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-07-07
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Tax Levy for santa Fe County fol
1893 Payable on and After
January L, 1898.

The board of county commissioners at
its session on Monday made and or
daned the following tax levy for Santa
Fe county for 1898, payable on and after
January l, 1898:
Territorial taxes: For territorial in
situations, 2 $40 mills; special deficiency
tax for the Forty-ninth fiscal year, a
mills; capitol contingent bond tax, of a
mill, total for the territory of liz
mills.
County taxes For the school fund, ~
mills; for the general county fund, 4
mills; for the court fund, 6 mills; road
tax, * of a mill; for judgments, 2 mills;
for interest on bonds, 1S82.S4, 2 mills; for
interest on bonds of 1890, "a of mill;
for interest on bonds of 1922, mills;
for interest on bonds of 1898, Il of q
mill; for interest on bonds of 1897,
mill, total Of 1914 mills.
City of Santa Fe: General city tax, 10
mills.
Town of Cerrillos: General town tax
mills.
School DISTRICTS: No. l, 5 cents on
each 800 of valuation.
No. 3, s cents on each 800 of valua-
tion.
No. 4, cents on each 800 of valuation.
Nos. 8 and FL, rs cents on each 500 Of
valuation.
No. 8, 10 cents 90 each 800 of valua-
ton.
No. Is, cents on each 800 Of valua.
ton.
No. Is, 10 cents on each 800 of valua-
| ton.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-07-07
BICYCLE RACE.
Arthur Hudson a Winner In the Race
Over n Five-MiIe Course Oh
July 8.

In the cycle race on July S over five
mile course there we're Is entries with ten
who finished.
The names of the prize winners, to-
gether with the time made are given here
with:
G. Salazar, first place, third time; ].
Soehnohen, second place, fifth time; j.
Gresham, third place; A. Hudson, fourth
place, first ti@s; Van Der Veer, fifth place,
second time; e. .s.Andrews, fourth time.
Prizes-For place-First, one pair tires;
second, boz cigars; third, pocket knife;
fourth, oyclometer; fifth, bell. For time
First, medal; second, bike shoes; third,
sweater; fourth, pump; fifth, cyclometer
Time in which race was run--A. Hud-
son, 1865; Van Der Veer, 1888; Salazar
1S:40I Z. s. Andrews, 1S:45; Soehnchen
0O.5S