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As.e-u.,.x sy BREEDING ra.,.r,.-.

To THE EDITOR or TIE SrS-Sir Il IL all
bosh that destitution 10 a hundredf fold worse
than usual. There are q great number OF charity
organizations In the city OF New York. and there
ls no need for any one to starve: they ARC fully
able to take care OF all that are in actual need.
There 10 no necessity to establish private soup
houses ns sensational newspapers are now do
ing. whereby they degrade decent respectable
neighborhoods by gathering the lowest class of
d irtJ.looklng. Larry. shiftless individuals. block
aiding and obstructing the doors Of all adjoining
houses, and causing annoyance In . hundred
ways. such rs ringing door bells. and asking for
kettles and spoons. Why don't those self
advertising Journalists conduct their paup~r-
izing operations At their own headquarters In
stead OF fostering other neighborhoods with
Look into the ash boxes OF these people who
are fed for advertising purposes. They prove
hat their needs are exaggerated for sometimes
AS much asa Whole loaf OF bread meets your
eyes. Such olap-trap charity only serves TO
Increase crime and vagrancy. for II Is easier TO
beg than TO work. and tho spirit. OF pauper sm
generated destroys personal pride and self-rc-
specL
There is no form Of charity moro degrading to
respect OF the r~ecipien, than the soup house and
things akin 10 IL, and q very strong protest
should be made against them. j I'm credibly
food SelSnr r" 10 i "Gs iss" Of :, which he "p sSe husband no,
has work, the sole desire being 10 save the
money that would otherwise be spent for pro-
and beer. Some of the Hebrews. also, who eat
NJ this place. are known to have abundant
means, and merely resort to this method TO add
l respectfully submit that the relief station
paid for out OF funds subscribed by the public.
ana rnn for the Sterilization Of . newspaper. 10
with severity aud promptness. 4. M HEss
NEW York. Feb. IL.
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A bill which has passed the Senate at

A bill which has passed the Senate at
Washington, and is now pending In the House.
under = favorable report from the Committee
on Military Affairs. is designed to place on tho
army retired list, Is Sergeants OF the Signal
Corps, HENRY ~BIEDERsrcK. julius X. FRED
ERIcK. FRANCIS LoSo. ana MAURICE CoSNELI-
These four mon are survivors Of tho Greedy
Arctic expedition of 1881. They have all been
discharged, the frst two for disability ~ long
ago ~ 1885. ana the last two In 1891. undsr the
law reducing the Signal Corps. The grade pro-
posed for them In this bill was originally that
OF Second Lieutenant and that this wac not
excessive 10 urged from the fact that BIEDEH-
Rick had been made . hospital steward. and
the other thrce were Sergeants In tho Signal
Corps. when discharged.
The Senate yoars ago passed q bill to put
Lone and CoNNxLL on tho retired list, but IL
was not reached In season In the House. E1-
actly the same situation now exists as TO tho
present bill. and hence II IL we'll to call the at
tention OF Congress 20 II.
IL may be said that II IL an exceptional thing to
do whatthis bill proposes. But 90 were the SER
vices and the sufferings OF these mon exception
al. Lieut.. GREELY. who led the expedition, has
since received the splendid aud well-deserved
star which he has worn, with It's honors and
emolumonts, for many years. Sergeant BRAIN
r received q commission ~ Second Lieuton-
ant. and thus WAS put In the line OF promotion.
These four men. who wore privAtes In the heroic
undertaking. also did their duty In their sta
tions, and rewards are incentives to fidelity
and horoism In others.
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Labor That Is Interested in Capital.

The ~eye-opening Of laborers since the ire
mendous demagogical excitement which In
1899 swept GROVER CLEVELAND, its most
conspicuous promoter, into the White
House, and its continuation in more viru-
lent form by ALTGELD and BRYAN, il
In rapid progress.
The agitation to array labor against capital
encountered its first great check last fall
through the refusal Of thousands Of labor
ing men to strike at capital with the wage
cutting weapo Of free silver. Since
then we have had various significant
manifestation Of the same rational
and wholesome sentiment. The IN
ployees OF the street railway company
Of Chicago rose in a body, and with COM
plete success. against the Alderhen's reso-
luton to reduce the Chicago street railway
fares to three cents. Recently the Brother
hoo OF Railway Trainmen laid q pro-
test before the Legislature Of Missouri,
against the various bills for reduction in
railroad rates, submitting that "these OBJ
noxious legislative measures are not less
n direct attack upon the welfare of the
employees OF the railroad companies Of this
State, than upon the companies themselves"
Still more emphatic, however, was q reso-
luton passed at Little Rock. at the close of
January, by an assembly Of the five great
railway associations. namely, the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers, the Order OF
Railway Conductors, the Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen, the Order OF Railway
Photographers. and the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Firemen. The purpose for which
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-12
YAxx AVID Jonxxr nnn
A Pathetic rne,dert OF One or tho C,,, w-
BATTLES. ~

Prom The L~erf,gioa Leadsr.
William Wlkerson. who was for man
jailer OF Fayette county. and who wn, po,s, ~, ~
his fidelity 10 truth. related the ,onowi,a,o
thctic incident OF heroisin which he witnesses
shortly after the uattlo OF RicLmond H. y
1862:
"A son of my friend. Hon. Cassip, " c,..
was killed In the hGit at Richmond. md b, ay'
my duty u visit the battlefield To id.uiir 49,
body and take IL to his fathers home. W,,'"
riding slowly over the scene Of tn, h,,,.
heard gronns, which | was sure came To-,
corDteld near nj hand. Looking down IN. -
rows | soon discovered two wounded soldL..I
lying about ferty yards apart. One was A la
cral and the other was II Confederate. Ca
non pail had broken and terribly m,nsled ho,h
Of the Confederate's iegs. while the Federal 90.
shot through tn. body and thigh. way
" am dying for water | heard the Fsdo,,
say just as. l discovered them. Ills NJ.
sounded as IL they came from II parched moVf.
l have some water in my Cnntppn, You ~.
welcome to u drink IL you'll come here satt nne
Confcderate. who had feebly raised lis L..s
from the ground to look at his late enemy ,rSss.a
he heard his p.tiful cry for water. when
- couldn't move to save my life vroans,
the Federal, as he dropped his head 10 M.
RfouLd, while his whole body quivered vI,S
agony. .,.,,
give the assistance | should have renarr.u
The Confederate lifted his head again and , ~
hnother look NJ hls wounded Zoe, and sn,, a.
expression OF tender pity come over his IAN
distorted face as he said: '"u'
Hold out q little longer. Yank. aud III ,,,
TO come to you. Then the brave fellow, by AZ.
Eing HE fingers In the ground and catching hos
OF the cornstalks. painfully dragged hlmseIi ~
tho Federal's side. the blood from his manslsJ
legs making q red trail the entire distance. Tb.
tears ran down my cheeks like rain. and. out %,
sympathy for him, l groaned every time l..
moved. but was so lost to everything rIcen,
the fellows heroism that did not once ihibrs
OF helping him. H"A
When the painful Journey was finished h.
offered his canteen to the Federal, who took !,
and drank eagerly. the water seeming 10 .iEz,,
ast passed down his perrhea throat. Theu.
with q deep sigh Of relief. he reached out IN -.
Confederate, and, IL wa. plain to see AS thew
clasped hands and LOOK ed into each others ewes
that whatever Of hate may have RANKED 0ncs
In the hearts Of these men had now given rlacs
to mutual sympathy and love. Even while
watched them | saw the Confede ate's BODY
culver as IL in "A spasm Of pain. ana when hs
head dropped to the ground ] knew that a her,
had crossed tho dark river. The Fedora K s.ed
the dead hero's hand repeatedly. and cried Ike
a child until l had him removed to the hospital,
whore he. too, died tho next day
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Bieaehed By L.iEhtniax.

FROM ne 'htcuoo DdlB Tribune.
Asbury Lucas, . porter at l02 North Clark
street was . colored man Till two years ago.
when he sustained q severe shock from q bolt
OF lightning which struck the ground near him.
Now he 10 turning white.
shortly after the shock an insignificant white
spot appeared on mis- hand. 1t grew in size. ani
Ing In size. too. They spread. and at present
there are three blotches left on his head. ono
OF These, on the cheek. has already begun 10
Lucas 10 2s years old. He says he has some
white blood in him. His parents, he says, are
light and his sister 10 almost white. He VAS
born In the South, and has been in Chicago for
six years: He says he was never sick but once.
when he had typhoid fever tve year, ago.
when ho nrst saw the pale spots on his dusky
SKIN he owns ho was frightened, but he hnaWy
consulted q physician, who told him ne Was
turning. white, and probably would lose all "
hia original color In . few years.
His hair is what 10 sometimes described. when
FOUND ON colored persons, ~ red. but Is as kinky
as that OF the most pronounced negro.
Lucas Is In the best OF health.
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solved the Chamber, thus making him
self absolute master Of France during the
period which interviewed before the election
OF it's successor. II Is much more probable
that this right Of dissolvlng the Chamber
will be abrogated at the next revision OF
the Constitution, than that the powers OF
the Executive will be In any wise enlarged.
The right TO veto an act Of Parliament does
not belong to the French Chief Magistrate:
he has, however, as Mr.. TAYLOR says, q
right to request a reconsideration OF q
measure which does not meet with bis ap-
prevail; but this right has never been exer-
cised, tho Executive shrinking from pro-
voking the furious resentment Of the Legis-
lature, which would he fatal to the Ministry
for the time being.
Among the republicans, who constitute q
vast majority OF French voters, there Is no
trace OF = belief that the Chief Magistrate
should be clothed with powers that would
make him independent Of the peoples repre-
sentatives. or the six Presidents whom
France has had under the present regime.
all have resigned except CAENoT, who was
assassinated. With tho single exception OF
THEIRS, their voluntary departure from
Office was witnessed wlthou. regret. The
truth Is that Frenchmen desire their Presi-
den to be a mere fgurehead, and regard
with suspicion the slightest attempt on his
part to exercise independent authority. In
view Of the use made Of large powers by the
First Consul. and, fifty years later. by his
nephew. they are justified In thinking that
their colossal army and great navy n
he safely intrusted to one man, uncontrolled
by Ministers responsible to the national
Legislature.
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FnshionabIe Diversions n, Mob,I.

Miss Annie Prince IN Entertained the Matinee Fuebrs
club Wednesday morning, "S"
"Wednesday evening Miss Virginia Thoma. enten
Government street. N"e
LIS he ie Davis entertained the Matinee channs
Dish club IhursdAy morning. 500"
Mr., NJ. + kirkhride gave a large card Marty rh,..
dan night TO Mr.. Angler Of England. ""'
The Married Ladies' Whist Club WINS entert,t,.,
Nrdnenhay evening ny Airs. T.. s, Coision. There wrTa
twenty,fouT Players. WV
The Channg Dish club vas c!arringly entertained
lAst week ny Ms. Ansnia Moore. Tho menu was
nhlnly ana elaborate, AMI was PREPARED nv Tho .lIi,uI
latlonS ar the CLUB. WV"
The Matinee Whist club met Saturday at Mrs. Rhett
There was q contest OF strength the other n,vbt n,
q certain we'll ho"n club to sec who could hold at
arm 4 lOnRth the grphIest weight.
-NrS' Slanly H-rnhon entertained n few friends on
lnrSinh evening at a Conversation Tea"
The SHAKESPEARE cub was organized iast vaek N,
"" tes,uehet or Mrs, Harry. I, Ings. Mrs. Augusta
lNahS "lson was chosen AN honorary member.
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A Professors Howl.


Profe.sor,. uox,
On wednesday eVen'ng' whiie the guests
olooeh 10 tine oriiiiant Dali at the waldorf
Hotei were arriving a neighooripg Flith
avenue piace OF merchantmen was hiieu
win people VINO were resa'ed Win such
stun Us this' put before them AS high
ph'iosophy n = grea. in.cl!sctu.i treat
py Professor OF Coiumoia University;
we ar. witnessing today. beyond question, the
a 800 : ,,n no, peImaa.ns. oss =. any ,a'o .nc
mind can deny IL Men arc not alive to public du,i..
Corruption rules az ignorance does not rule, In the
Lesiilature. in the place. OF Government. and in all
90 . ,n"s s.' 'n,na ,vs 20 'nuu,.,,. IN .ns e'sse, II .ove
ba. rome 40 fsr that W. eanno, forget The npr.uIt Of
enjoyment enough TO enter into public interests. then
luxury has become eulpable.'
The speaker was Prof. FRANKLIN HENRY
GIDDISGs, NJ. A., and his function In the
Columbia University is to teach sociology,
as 1t Is called. Sociology Is one of the new
tangled ologies denominated rs science, and
theoretically its field is the investigation of
the laws governing the structure and devel-
opment OF society. Actually there Is no such
science, for there are no such laws scien-
tifcally determined or determinable. Sociol-
ogists, 30 called, are usually young chaps of
about the stripe and calibre OF this Prof.
GIDDINos. Their laws" are generally the
manufacture Of their own ignorant and un-
philosophic minds only. They are ~intellec.
tusl moles who burrow In statistics OF doubt
full accuracy which afford no basis for any.
thing approaching a scientific generaliza-
tion.
Probably Prof. GIDDrSGs was listened TO
at on Wednesday evening with
profound respect rs an authority on the
subject he talked about, and perhaps the
boys up at Columbia University sit awed
by his sociological wisdom, as It seems to
them; but really he is no more than a peda-
gogue who ought to be confined to teach
ing the doctrines OF wiser and better trained
men who do not jump Mt false and silly con-
illusions like those We have quoted.
Who Is witnessing to-day, beyond ques-
tion, the decay Of republican institutions ?"
Where is 1t to be Witnessed What
men are not alive to public duties.'' and
what evidence Is procurable that "corrup-
ton or Ignorance" rules in the
Legislatures, in tho places of Govern
ment, and in all the relations OF
law to industry, in the State p" IL
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A Now York newspaper now performing
an Invaluable public service 10 the Albany
Ersntn0 Journal which not only refuses to
prostitute itself to tho criminal conspiracy now
aRitatipg In the name Of snti-trustism against
property and business. but which ably and
forcsfully tells tho reasons why.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-12
Prosperity Earnestly D..,r,s.

Ffom the Atlanta Constitution.
wenov have TO look 10 the Republicans and to the
mon who are In favor OF tho single gold standard for
tho restoration OF prosperity; and wo say frankly
'hAt We shall hall asloudly and az gladly as any can
possibly do tho denomination of tho truth of tho
prosperity theories maintained by tho sound. Money
League and the Republicans during tho recent
campaign.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-12
Robbie I;urns In Georgia.

FROM tic Ia Grange Reporter.
A Georgia editor:
and would some power tho Critic gle us.
To see our creditors before tuey SEQ u.s.
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CorrosoratIug Evidence,

from the PHILADELPHIA North american.
hichener-straws tell which way rho wind 10
blowing.
oldpart from kansas--out thar In our country.
houses. trees, au' HOSES tell Their same tale,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-12
A Chapter In the History OF Trusts.

IRON the Huntington Morning Neus.
IT'S the history OF oil soealled trusts that the price
OF their products 70 lowered.
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interesting New. OF the Harrison. Family.

Prom the Washington Times.
BENJAMIN Harrison has been very happy, and from
all aee"unts he Is to no .till happier at about the time
hnpnrs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-12

" our oris~ds vAo Javor us ,ofn manuscript Jor
pybifcafion ptsn to have roecfes o. .;efes csf1rnsd. thts
must IN all coses ssrd stamps fer that purpose
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The law ought At least to guarantee fair play
FOR tho under dog. BapaIo Erentno rmes
Why certainly. and for tho other dog. too.
Fair play 10 fair play. and it's . Jewel.
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Or Maui aad Tease Her,

From the Eimira star.
Pull her tail II you want 70 make 4 Maltsss er..a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-29
Smoke for Cut Fineer.

The smoke of WOODEN rags is a cure
Tor the most dangerous wounds. A
lady run a machine needle through her
hnger. She could not be released till
the machine had been taken to pieces.
and it was found the needle had
broken into three pieces in the flesh.
The process Of extraction was most
dttficult. the pain reaching the shout
der and danger OF lockjaw was feared.
WOODEN rags were put on burning Goals
ana by holding the finger ia the smoke
all pain was driven away and never
returned. though the finger took long
to heal.
The smoke and smell of the burning
rags may be unpleasant, but that is a
slight drawback compared with the
danger Of lockjaw, or great pain and
consequent fever. Another instance
was the cure of Il wound inflicted by
an enraged cat, which tore the flesh
the wrist to the elbow and bit
through the fieshy part of the hand.
One administration of the smoke ex-
tracted all the pain, which had been
frightful.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-29

ufahd Forks, ~. D.. April l2.-The
water III the Red river is about sta
ttonary. Since it began falling it has
gone down about three inches. This
may De due in part to the steamers
Nhlch went down the river opening
some or h big gorges, but it is the
consensus OF opinion that high water
marx has been reached. The highest
point ouched was IL trihe over two
teet higher than in 1872. The next
trouble now is likely to come from the
HE'D Lake river. If the Red river con.
tinues to fall it may bring it down so
low as TO give the Red Lake "a swife
current. and i'll addition to raising the
water here brs1g down a vast amount
or Ice. Up to the present time much of
the water in the Red Lake has been
taking IA course east Of the city and
emptying into the Red river below
here. The railroads are making every
preparation for the coming OF the ice.
The Great Northern is now piling rails
on the span and has reinforced the
crew guarding the iron center of the
structure. A special from Pembina
states that the water Is rising there
and the people are making preparation
ANi NAt plSSCSL flpou ia itltlI HiSLDIN.
At Pembina the banks of the river are
comparatively low and a terrible soak
ing Is expected. There is 4 general
feeling here that the water will go no
higher and all thoughts are turned to-
ward aiding the sufferers. Reports are
constantly reaching the city of the
priyation and suffering among the
farmers down the river. Every effort
is being made to reach them and afford
them relief. A committee has been
appointed by Mayor Dennie to look af-
ter the work, and the committee has
secured the Great Northern steamer
here for that purpose. For the last
three days the water has been ut the
critical point where any great rise
meant the destruction of thousands of
dollars worth of property, but al
though the danger point has been al
most reached. it has never been passed.
East Grand Forks continues to be very
much submerged, with every business
house in the town, excepting three,
under water. The only damage to the
paving here could be incruled in three
hundred square yards. which can be
replaced for a few hundred dollars.
The damage to residence property was
found to be very large. Many resi-
dences are entirely off their founda-
tions and all are ruined in the first
story. An ice gorge broke and came
down the Red, carrying with it a
beautiful farm residence situated
about a mile up the river. 1t was
hurled against n of the bridges and
completely smashed to pieces, the fur
niture and timbers being strewn along
the ice and thrown into the water. The
first report of loss of life in this part
Of the valley Ome from down the
river, where two widows children
were carried away by the flood and
drowned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-29

fifty Cent? |
il cure, Inaksj
|c 81. An md
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-29
SAW THE AIRsHIP.
Mysterious Aeronnutical Convey
ance Ove About Minneapolis.

Mysterious Aeronnusical Convey
ance HOvers About Minneapolis
Minneapolis, April 12.-The air ship
has come and gone. 1t was the same
air ship that has been floating above
the Western states for the last three
weeks. 1t is not a fake, but a genuine
moving aeronautical conveyance. A
square-shaped reddish light that
looked half as large as the moon was
seen by n number of persons from the
Guaranty Loan restaurant windows
at 9:25 o'clock last night. 1t was first
seen in the direction OF Hopkins, the
crowd in the restaurant being congre-
gated by j. j. Barrett, the st. Louis
dispatch agent on the eleventh floor,
whose attention was called to 1t by the
operator at Hopkins who saw it NOV
ing west. Jasper Gibbs, proprietor of
the restaurant, saw the light first; it
was then blazing red, but it gradually
lost its redness, and suddenly again
frightened again like a flash light. 1t
was moving in a diagonal line away
from Minneapolis, and slowly COM
menced to sink over the horizon until
9:33, when it became invisible.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-29
SECRETARY WINDOWS BOOKS.
The Sfatesman's widow Gives Them
to the. Win0na

The Statesman's d Gives Them
to the WinOna Library.
Winona, Mian., April 12.-The direct
ors OF the Winona free public library
have received n letter from Ellen Win
dom of Washington, widow OF Score
tary Window, who was for many years
a resident of this city. The letter says:
sWill you accept for the Winona Ii
brary the miscellaneous collection of
hooks. mostly public documents, be-
forging to me, now In iic custody Of
the library committee, rejecting. Of
course, such of them as your commit
tee may not care to place upon its
shelves? IT it is desirable to COM
plete som imperfect sets 1 may prob
ably be able to do 50 at some future
time IL you will kindly acquaint me
with the fact Of missing numbers"
This generous offer was accepted
with formal resolutions Of thanks by
the library board. The collection in
question is n collection of several hun
dred volumes, largely public dOcu-
ments, laid aside by William Window
during his lifetime for his own use,
which have been in storage in this city
for some years, having been placed in
the custody of the library committee
here at the request Of Mrs. WINDOWS
lawyer, pending their disposition,
shortly after Mr.. WINDOWS death.