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The Great Georgia Historian.

Areport at once mournful and encouraging
comes from Georgia. 1t says that the Hon.
Ton WATSON of Thomson has determined
to bankrupt politics by getting out of it.
The prospects of Middle-of-the-Ro Pom.
ism do not seem attractive to Mr.. WATSON.
Besides, hc is becoming a sort of a pluto.
crat in the practice of his profession as n
lawyer, and 1t is difficult for him to pursue
plutocrats with proper zeal.
1t seems almost impossible that MI. WAT.
SON should desert politics, and politics will
not amount to much without him, but litera.
ture will make im%perishable gain. His
history of France has brought happiness to
all who have read it. and, when translated
into French, it will give the French people
new and remarkable ideas about France
and he Is now engaged On another histori.
cal work of the first Importance. He ia
writing a book about JOAN Of Arc. a
book which will undoubtedly be a sufficient
recompense for that heroine's prosecutions
at the hands Of the English. Every chiyal.
rous person Will regret that the Maid of
Domremy is not alive to read what will he
the most spirited n blithesome account
ever written of her career. It is the pecu.
liarity of THoMAs's historical method that
he lends gayety and facetiousness to every
event which he touches.
Mr.. WATSON is an accomplished maker
OF history, but we love him best when he
writes 1t. There will be hands only less
able than his to hold up the initiative and
referendum. but there is no other hand
than his to scatter humor over the glorious
history of France.
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Probably Dead.
Prom the Chicago Times. Herald.

fTom inc thfcupo Itmss Herald.
lido not know whether Adolph Fischer Is alive
or dead. Probably he is dead. as when | saw
him last he had apicial tuberculosis OF the right
lung. a partially hypcrtrophicd liver. an en-.
larSed spleen, and a serious involvement Of tho
left valve OF the heart. These ailments had
come to him because Of a steady diet OF hone
and beer. and he treated them with \ beer.
Fischer was a theoretical miner. A theoretical
miner 10 like a theoretical prohibitions, he 70.
levesin II FOR every one except himself. The
comparison. however, is hardly fair. Fischer
would have swung a pick readily enough IN.
always something inierfered. He was -.rk.1 a.
broke. or his grandmother had died. or he 80
employed on one OF his temporary jobs. or son .
event occurred that prevented him renching bis
Fl Dorado. For he believed that h. kuew % an
~ Dorado that would make a fool OF the Klon.
dixie country. Maybe he had never seen that
land Of gold. poor devil. but he lived Ia dreams
OF II. 1t seems pitiful that his life shouts have
been denied it's %fruitior, because all that he
wanted TO make Linn a hiliionai5c was ,our
trusty companions. some pack mules. and $50.
He could not compass So them all at once. some.
times he had the $50 and lacked the mules and
companions. Sometimes h. had the mules and
companions and lacked the $50. Then he "mys-
%teriously disappeared"
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Tho Fool-Killer Vote.

In the NetD York Journal Of Wednesday
last the Hon. WILLIAM G. WHITNEY, for.
merly Fool-Killer Extraordinary to tho
Democratic party, published over his own
signature tho subjoined announcement:
"t u too early for discussing the political situation.
We are not ready. It Is better to romsin quiet and
say nothing until the time arrives for action. Then
70 shall cot, and act vigorously"
It 10 now currently reported that the Hon.
WILLIAM @. WHITNEY Is devoting his en-.
ergies to an attempt to Induce the Tam.
many leaders to Ignore the Chicago plat
form this year that Is, to say nothing about
frce silver and other Bryan doctrines.
II this Is Mr.. WH1TNEY's con eption Of
vigorous action, he is no longer qualified to
be Fool.Killer for the Democracy or for any
other party. He is simply advising a policy
of suppression and dishonest evasion for
the sake Of the personal comfort of himself
and others. He is trying to help the Bry-
aniEed Democracy and tho Sheehanized
Tammany into power in the Greater New
York by assisting to conceal the Organized
face Of the one and the Sheehanized fea-
lures Of the other.
What is the sort of vigorous action do
manded of an honest, old.fashioned Demo-
crat and a competent Fool-Killer in tho
present situation9
preston Of the Chicago platform, but its
utter reputation. Until Mr.. WHITNEY
thinks tho lime has come for that sort of
action, better would 1t be for him to re-
main quiet and say nothing.
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a CLtiaens, Union Xisu.

To THE EpIroR OF THE suS-Sfr: You say that
Seth Low cannot accept tho Citizens Union 'snap
nomination" without disgrace. How can he refuse
II without %treachery to the Citizens Union II no pro.
poses to be acandidate at ALP
His closest political and personal friends have been
spending money and effort in his behalf lavishly the
whole summsrl long, and how can he leave them in the
iurch! You say they are fools. but they have moi
oeen Tools enough to go ahead without his Expressed
or tacit authority. They have never deceived the
make a snah nomination. as you cali It.. What is
the CitlIene' Union for2 10 IL not TO drive out ma.
tional politics from municipal elections, and is NOT
the republican party as much Its natural enemy as
.he DeniocratieY How can Mr.. Low be with IL II he
tAneb hepubllcan nomination or neGotiates for one ,
MI, Low must accept the Citizens Unions abso,
uteiy lnuependent nomination or retire from the
mated. C,rIx,vy re y u
NEw YORK. Aug. 20. NS UNION
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To rHE EprroH OF THE srs-Sfr: In looking through
tho last Issue OF the United States Patent once
Gazette / came across the inclosed illustration. which
seems TO Indicate that the Federal Government. has
given ofncial sanction TO the reprehensible practice OF
%crtohing. Every one with any pretence to higher
education must be familiar with the roller crib. q
"trip OF paper inscribed with valuable formulas or
dates rolled around two terminal bits OF wood after
the fashion OF ancient manuscripts. An acquaintance
OF mine in his sophomore year passed o highly sue
cessful examination with the aid OF such a devtoe.
He improved on the ordinary CRIB by the addition Of
an elastic hand. by means OF which the roll could be
snapped up his sleeve upon the near approach OF o
lynx.eyed tutor.
since the patent was not withheld on the ground
that the production of the article was opposed to
morality. may II not be impea'hed as lacking nov.
city Naturally It would he dinncult TO establish this
point. a. all Intended " illnesses To- the prior use OF the
crib would probably refuse TO answer on the ground
that their testimony would tend TO In ,riminate and
after pay royalties on crtbs2
"'ssSSs: SLEEvE TAELEr. FRAsE 4: CARSON.
No. oss.7 l9. (No model.)
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| dispels the doubt that has long existed as
to his attitude In the Presidential election.
It had been reported that he preferred DIR.
HERNANDEZ, and also hat he desired the
reelection Of the present President the
truth In the case Is now for the first time
made known. His influence with the Cuban
Army, which comprises nearly the whole OF
the able,bodied patriots and voters in the
island, is, properly, very great.
Some people may wonder that GOMEZ
himself has not become a candidate for the
Presidency. There are two reasons one
OF them is that he Is not a native of Cuba +;
and the other Ia that he cannot surrender
the military leadership without ~endanger-
Ing the Cuban cause. Under the ragged
uniform Of this veteran abides the genius
of the revolution. And BARToLoME MAso,
in the Office of Chief Executive, will surely
be of more help to him than President
C1sNERos has been, though the latter is a
good and true man.
The political divisions among the patriots
Of Cuba are not such as to affect their devo.
tion to the main object Of the revolution.
Some men are opposed to annexation to
this country, while others desire 1t. Some
seek for a republic upon the model OF tnaU
OF France others would like a constitution
resembling that Of the United States. But
all Of them arc as one In the demand for In
dependence and liberty. All these diverse
parties will have a hearing in the Consti.
tutional Convention. next month, when
the provisional charter, under which Cuba
has heretofore been governed, is to be re.
vised. 1t does not seem to us worth while
to give much heed to such changes as may
be made in the charter at this time. When
Cuban independence shall be won, all
questions can DO brought up for settlement,
and a new order Of things will then be
established.
While we take an interest In the coming
Presidential election in Cuba, we are main
ly concerned about the war, about the over
throw Of Spanish rule, about the success
Of the heroic struggle for liberty.
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Tho writings of Mrs. e. D. E. N. SOUTH.

The writings Of Mrs. (. D.. z. N. SOUTH
WORTH. Mrs. ANN s. STEPHENS, and two other
writer's have been removed from the Enoch
Pratt library OF Baltimore, but the reason can
scarcely be that they are considered injurious
In their tone. Mrs. SoUTHwoRTH's works are
90 numerous that the cost Of rebinding them
must be a considerable expense to o library,
and those OF Mrs. STEPHENS, though
much less numerous, make q library Of
moro than twenty volumes. Every circulst-
ing library o: any size has to exclude certain
works. mainly on account Of the expense Of
binding as compored with the literary value
Of them. Besides. most novels have their
times and seasons, and even tho most popular
novels may cease to DO in demand. But why
should the authors complain II q library does
not buy their booksi Private readers will have
to buy tho works which arc not to DO found In
the public libraries.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
One Common Ground.

The Citizens Union and the Republicans
have but ono common ground Of opposition
to Tammany Hall, namely, opposition to
the Chicago platform. No other basis of
union exists, or can be made while the Chi
cage platform exists.
The Citizens Union can leave the Repub-
lican platform, the alternative Of that of
Chicago; but the Republicans, never! II
The Citizens Union abandons It, IL will be
notice that that organization does not de-
sirc an anti-Tammany union.
Dcsertion from the Republican platform
IL treachery to the main interests Of New
York city and Of the United States.
That sums up the political situation.
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Rudder for Kan.as,s Stat. House.

Albert Tult, an employee at the bridge. whflo
working on the island yesterday dug up an
oaken rudder which evidently had been used on
a fatboat. Carved on one side Of the rudder,
near the blade end. were the figures "17e4"
Besides the holes through the handle OF the rud.
der through which the bolts that held the swivel
is passed. there is another hole In which the
swive! may be placed. used probably to regulate
the rudder according 10 the depth OF the wafer.
This hole looked as though II might have ocea
partially bored out with an auger and hnishc!
with a hot iron. The oak was in a good state o.
preservation. 1t is thought by some that the rua.
der was lost by ono OF the early exploring parties
which erteret Kansss by way OF the Kaw River.
Tut took the rudder to the State House. ami
Judge A"eIIs now has il on exhibition in Tie
rooms OF the State Historical Society.
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"Cinim.-The herein-described sleeve tablet consist
Ing or atransversely curved writing plate provided
with terminal" integral split cylindrical sh aths capa.
Bile OF transverse expansion and contraction. means
attached 10 tn. plate for securing the same to 4 sleeve
rotary drums removably ntted in said shc a;hs, and
each comprisinR . lougitudinally split centrally eI.
pAnsible stem, to the e~xtrcmities OF which are prr.
man-ntiy attached heads OF which one is OF CORE.
spending diameter with tho bore of the sheath TO
ton and removal, and the other head heinG Of larger
sheath to form a hAndhoid. and means for engaging a
Sirrnmferential groov. in one of the heads OF each
mept thereof. substantially as specified"
Perhaps the patentee had no thought OF evil appli.
cation. hut saw only that his invention might be Of
great service to long winded ststesmenb blessed with
short memories. whom It might unobtrusively re-.
mind to int~rlard their speeches with such phrases a.
OF peif. :" public ONCE q public trust. !"
tariff for deficit" and "innoeuous desuetude."
New YORK. Aug. go.
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His Circus Days Gone ny.
Prom the Nebraska SLOT, journal.

a Lincoln attorney who is a church member
was figuring on taking his son to the
circus to see the animals this year. az
has been his custom in the past ever
since the youngster has been large enough
TO appreciate the menegerie attractions.
The son is Is years old. and he recently an
nounced to his father that he was big enough to
go alone. The father was taken conside rably
aback, for he had not counted on being deprived
OF the excuse for going this year that he had al
ways used before.
asked.
manner.
Yes. you do" said his father. You wouldn't
reason"
Well, papa" he said. II want to stay out in
the animal tent longer than you do"
The mans wife was in earshot. and he has noo
yet heard the last OF the incident.
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image of their God. Ask either OF you ia di.ou.
shrine your idols. Like the lover to mis- brIS.
you would turn-tho old Confederate soldier ~
Loo. tho Union soldier to Grant, and with 10
look you wore at GETTY shurR or in the Wiida.o
ness or in tho trenches at Petersburg you would
exclaim:
Forget theel Bid the forest bird forget It's ,wce,.,,
FOrs, st theel Bid the sea forget to swell beneath tn,
The thirstins nowers forget to drink the eve. 70
Thyseif forF { thine own fair land. It's noun ,.,.
wild and blue,
Forget each old, fSmiisr face. each wellrememb.rcs
when these things are forgot by thee, then thou shall
be forgot.
citizens Of a. common country, under one iiHs.
fraternal and. happy. By every tic OF kinshin''
community of interest, tradition and aspiration,
people henccforth. Blu: let us not be utopinn in
our dream OF that unity. Let us DO philosopher
In our views Of tho feelings Of mankind, and not
toward each other touching the celebration OF.
and the honor which we pay to. our ideals Of the
all the future, that he and his descendants viii
stand shoulder TO shoulder with you and your dc.
scendants In defence OF one flag and a common
will not be false to you. But he did not proni nS
to be false 70 the memory or obliyious OF his
old leaders. his dead comrades. or the glory OF
his youth. Grant him the joy OF gallant
memories. Grant, him the pious privilege Of
doing doII honor to the memory OF comrades and
loyalty TO. present obligation. Our common
future viii be greatest II we practice mutual
foroearance and show mutual consideration
concerning past differences. The initiative in
these belongs properly to you. Such notion viii
bring forth fruit a hundredfold Of genuine fra.
ternity and oblivion. When II Is practiced in
tho spirit which Grant counselled, you and I
may yet live TO see that
Those opposed eyes
Which. like the moteon OF q troubled heaven.
Both OF Nature and one substance bred,
Did lately meet In the Intestine shock, and
HurtOua ClOaa of civil butrherv
Shall now In mutual. well. beseemin ing rankn
March all one way.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30

Some superfluous censure has been given
to the Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN because
he Is said to travel on railroad passos." What
better means for injuring railroad corpora
tions is there than to induce them to carry
passengers for nothingi II Mr.. BRYAS doesn't
pay his fare on tho railroads. 1t Is because he
knows the wickedness of corporations and re-
fuses to contribute to them.
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This is a great and an important day, forit

This lisa great and an important day, fori it
Is to behold the meeting Of tho Debs Social
Democracy at st. Louis. The Debs Social
Democracy must include a great deal OF the
most curious talent in the country. and Its con-
fluctuations cannot fail to BIO sonorous and pow
erful. Mr.. DEBs himself is a thinker OF much
productivity. and in the matter OF proclama-
tons. few men can exceed him. While not as
profound an economist as Gen. CoxEY, he ex-
eeeds that gentleman in eloquence and epithet.
And the assembling OF him at St Louis will
make nations quake.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30

Our esteemed contemporary. the NeU
haren Register. is waginG a spirited war against
inc word "chump.' a vOcable OF Volscian
sound but not without its power. 1t connotates
d certain hopeless fogRiness OF the intellectuals.
ana a density OF conduct which reflects no dis.
honor on the moral v~olitions Of the person con.
hotated. Probably the So-called "chump" 10
90 because he was born 30. and should not be
oiamed; and perhaps the word which expresses
MN should not be blamed either. 1t 10 far from
ue"utiul' but there seems TO DO a rude vigOr in
II; and probably 1t will live.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30

The GRAND Army and Their British plnr.
Tho other day some q. A. Rs,
Who camped in Buffalo.
Con ,iuded for q little lark.
To Canada they'd go,
And 90 u party OF them went
And didn't go It slow.
Toronto was the town they struck.
And whom they went ashore
They formed themselves In line of march
And swung their nag galore;
Which made the people round that way
Particularly sore,
Because they have q law that says
No foreign nag shall ny
In Canada unless there 10
A union Jack near by;
And so they struck the O.. A. RI.
To know the reason why.
The @. A. Rs. apologized;
They didn't know, they said,
The customs of a country where
The nag II dew was red.
And hurried on to get It straight
SO they could 20 ahead.
And go ahead they did with speed,
Upon those foreign shores.
With loud hurrahs. and lively songs
And other kinds OF roars;
While over them old GLORY waved
As big as all outdoors.
But they were safe. for near 1t hand
A union Jack they new.
To keep within the law and make
The cops know what ~ dol .
But the inch Dimensions OF that Jack
Were only two By tWol Will
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The Chicago Times Herald,

The Chicago Times Herald, considering
with proper gravity the populous now American
party founded at st. Louis. observes that the
party consists Of Col. SELLERS and JAMES H.
PHELPS Of Detroit who the deuce is PHELPsf'
inquiries our esteemed contemporary. There are
ignorances not to DO pardoned. The American
party consists entirely OF Col. SELLERS, and
JAMES II. PHELPS must be one Of his political
pseudonyms. Whom q man POUNDS q good. great.
and original party he is going to DO careful
about whom no takes into 1t.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30

An Alabama poet has written q thousand
poems and never had one published. -Au0usta Chron-
sole.
and yet there Is nothing remarkable In his mod
esty. The main Joy OF producing poetry must
be found In tho satisfaction which 1t gives the
producer. As long as he or she Is satisfied.
what difference docs 1t mako whether the APP
plause OF the public is securedl Doubtless
many persons who never publish their vorses
Rloat over them In secret with profound salts.
faction. Tho public may or may not like n
poets works. but it is reasonably safe to sup.
pose that he likes them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
Whonelis Buck Invited to Como Up to tie
Lick loK.
Prom the Louisville Df.patcA

Whatever Charley Mcacham says goes. and %
this paragraph is submitted without any moon
seouential remarks about peculiar Appellations:
The Democrats Of TrigH county are very much
afraid that Whon.llis Buck will fail to show up
James's piiedriver. II he will only come up 10
the lick log the Democrats will see that each Il
the twenty-eight PGlmerites in Trigg county IS
provided. with a rocking chair inside the bar,
where they can get the fall benefit OF tho
skinning their imported hampion will get"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
ml.ssa Engine. Chr,.tsnea Her Husband.

NL- Inc Aslbour.s Arpus
In West Australia the other day . mine Managers
wife was christening An engine and had to throw .
champagne bottle at 1t. 1t was somewhat larger than
the proverbiAl ~haystAck. and she was ouly a couple
OF yards from II. yet abe cleyerly managed TO miss 10
and hit her huboy-A portly p~erson-oelow the belt
knocking him into . clstern ten feet deep and badly
hurting him.
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Phi. - estimated that each day the people Of
nils ZEE swallow over two hundred thousand
phS'-F""adeiDaiG Inquirer.
And yet the people OF Philadelphia are toll.
erably healthy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30

From the bingham Journal.

TFo" me HtH0huWl journal.
AiAS Alice Whiting OF South Hanover will have 10
procure = new set Of teeth. While riding home from
an excursion to Oldham Pond. q few days since inc
horse kicked. striking her full in the mout' Ga"'E
Ing out thirteen OF her natural set without i"u'hinE
her lips.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30

From the Kansas CnV Timrs.
The Rev. Boon Pugh OF Wellington, Chaplain of'hs
Grand Army. celebrated his nftieth anniversary q
Wellington yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30

GEORGE FRET wuLIAMs Is still unroconciled.
-Pittsburo DSpdtch.
He can't help It, and no wouldn't II he could.
he enjoys being unreconcile6.
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~PAhn-Kiosqus No. i9, near Grand Hotel. and
Kiosqus No. 10. Boulevard des CApucines.
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whom war Is the most glorious episode OF life,
unconsciously paraphrnses the last lines of ihis
verse. Looking back at the past, when Won anJ
j were soldiers, | can truly say: Ills heller 70
have fought and lost than never to have fought
at all" eA'
All through the Southern land are gray. IN, fred
men with whom life has gone hard. The burden
OF defeat, the changed conditions resuItinv
from the war, tho pinch OF poverty. tho hard
struggle, under adverse circumstances, TO meet
the stern requirements OF lie, have changsi
not given up and passed away arc bent and
gray and timeworn, with the sad eve and soft
voice OF unsuCcess. They have few comnfoTts
lett 10 them. Few eNcitements OF the nresen1
stir the sluggish courses OF their blood E.r
passing events arouse their interest or atten.
ton. When the weary, hum-drum DAYS work IL
done they 20 TO their homes and throuvS Tho
usual domestic routine, passing year afie wear
or uneyentful waiting for the end. But- boys,
IN the HE or every one OF these there was one
glorious episode, one crowded hour of elorious
lie nlled with pcrilous issues OF such hriIlin%
IMPORT mat It's memory still brightens the eve
VIII, as long as life shall last, no matter how
hard the game has gone them. Thai tine
was when IN gallant youth they followed Lee
ana Jackson. IL was just as you follnw,d "a rant
and Sherman, sheridan and Thomss no on "
want them 10 forget those DAYS 4 No WyIG
you have them blot out the memory of tbaaii hui
inlllary youth when your prOudeat reCoIicctIn,
70 mat OF your owni No. | know Won are ,on
braye and generous for that. They comid p"I
IofKet 4 they would; they would not IL thew
coulu; IL Is the best and brayest mart OF hntb
your lives; ana their leaders arc enshrined in
'neif hearts, Just a. yours In yours. next the