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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09
Foreign Notes or Hen, ru,e,..,.

Sweden is about to undertake tho measuremsr, -
q degree OF latitude within tho Arctic circle 49,
petition will be sent out In May 70 make A n,.I,r..'
nary survey.
English Presbyterians are celebrating the two h,u-
died and nftleth anniversary OF the connI,,,on :.
the shorter Catechism by the Westminster Asssmhs-
OF Divinus.
Crcnoli lie priests hnvo been pulled Nd short NV that,
bishop VINO. In a recent circular, orders them IN ksau
shaved and TO appear In the streets only in c.noD,,.,
garments and forbids them to ride bicycles.
Ernest Giles. the Australian explorer. who h.--
1874 and 1879 twice traversed tho West Ap.,r,us.
desert from Adelaide TO Perth and back. has tus.
died. The Royal Geographical Society awarded H.,
Its Founders Medal for his Journey.
PUNISHABLE. England. has a twoIceeod sh.o.-
dog fEat II Still able 10 atteni 70 hn dutieS 40.
on the right side were cut OF by q reaping macb,na
out 'he uos manages 70 balance himself oil tho ot,,.,
two an runs two miles OH them TO In. far, -"
the sheep are kept. ""''S
bonlhay's Court OF Appeal after confirming that
iguitous sentences ON the native new.nana.
shh publisher convicted or sedltious lhei ,s.a,,,r
made the whole proceeding Ridiculous by comm. t.
the sentenccs of imprisouE,ant, IN IN, ,orn"a"'S
from lie sentence TO one year. In the latter ,,on'
seven yearS to three months. '"H
Tn" last OF tho late Mr.. Lyman Monta,,,, ~.
nave Just been sold In London. tho whole coII...,H-
bringing In over s270.OOO. considerable a 60
was paid FOR The coins Ivy Hr. MontaRu. aI,hov.a =
began TO collect only ten years ago. rha .sI..-.
spread over two years, and IL took the arc,,o..-
Ai'S'"0 "orAihE days 70 dispose OF the coins.
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From the Chicago Erentng Post.

S'o" 70 ShtSdboE tcHtNU fOB.
Although we have never lost confidence in thu
ability of Mr.. Benefits Nep York Herald to settle
the Armenian difficulties and place the responsibility
OF tho massacres where it belongs. we are oeginpina
to think that the investigation will be carried well
INTO the next century. This fear is based on tho
cable dispatches OF the Rev. George Hepworth, who
is the Herdld's commissioner to the scene of thu
Armenian troubles.
few weeks ago Mr.. Hepworth telegraphed thas
he had arrived in Erzeroum. and to-day ho tele-
graphs that he is still in Erzeroum and is in good
health. or course. we are delighted to know that
Mr.. Hep"orth Is well. but We do not regard theSa
bulletins as to his physical condition OF mors than
passing interest to the general public. however they
may be considered by his family. In the fear thna
there may be persons here and there who will noa
be able to place Mr.. Hepworth in tho Journalists
world. we may say that he is the gentleman WIN
writes the short sermons for the editorial page OF tho
Herald. sermons which we are glad to pronounce
perfectly orthodox and wholly innocuous.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09
LET'S DO IT RIG HI.
Mako the Celebration what 1t Deserves 70 Ne
Says This Correspondent.

Says THIS correspondent.
To TEE EDITOR OF TIE suN-Sir: Your editorial
yesterday morning, entitled "The Heroes Of tho
Day" was Just and timely. II there 10 any cause for
celebrating tho consolidation Of tho adjacent com
munities into one creator city. there IL cause for
gratitude to the Hon. Andrew q. Green. the father az
Greater New York; the Hon. J. 8. 7. stranahan, and
others who assisted in the execution Of the plan OF
unincation.
As 1 understand Mayor strong's plan. he docs not
propose O celebration OF the Greater New York. but Q
sort OF memorial or funeral service to mark tho de-
cease OF the old local regime. q oommemorstion from
which Brooklynites and other outsiders arc TO bo
shut out. His idea, as expressed. is not TO project
anything beyond the LIST of January. whatever else
mended for tho Judicious restriction which no has
put on It and tho discretion with which he leaves to
the incoming administration q proper celebra-
ton OF tho formation Of the new city. I am In
. position TO know that for several months past
q number OF distinguished citizens Of different
political persuasions, but all in harmony ON
tho question Of the unincation Of tho adjacent
communities. have had under consideration Q plan
for q great. dignined. and adequate celebration. OF
which no public intimation has heretofore been given,
but Of which the public will DO advised in duo sea-
son. It will be q comprehensive affair. commensu.
rate with the greatness Of the position which tho city
is soon to assume in the eyes OF the world. Il will be
on . scale moro elaborate than anything yet pro-
posed, and will have the sympathy of. and mako am.
pie recognition Of tho inexprossible debt which 10
owed to. the Father OF Greater New York and his dis.
tinguished associates. Il. h. u.
NEW YORK, Dec. G, 1897.
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Progress OF the Six Days Race.

Less than three days remain for the am.
bilious long-distance wheelmen at Madison
Square Garden to make their individual
records In the six days race. The men who
have held out thus far are greatly fatigued,
but are, nevertheless, courageous and per-
sistent. 1t has been proved in the last
thirty-six hours that although a rider may
lead in the first half Of a 142-hour race,
that circumstance is by no means a guar
antee Of his winning.
The present contest has also demon
strated that in continuous bicycle riding
the most important thing for q rider to
observe Is method. Unless he knows by
experience just how long he can ride with
out seriously overtaxing his strength, the
chance are nine to one that he will at the
outset yield too freely to his ambition, and
thereby ~disqualify his muscles for the
harder work that comes later on.
At the beginning of the race there were
some who thought that HALE's record of
1910 miles, made last year, would not be
beaten. But as the contest progresses that
idea is being dispelled and unless the I'M
expected happens, the man who is to win
this time will have to cover moro thar
1000 miles.
Some of our foreign cousins have made a
splendid exhibition of skill and have main
tanned high places In the list. Whether
their strength, grit and endurance are
superior to those of wheelmen on this side
of the ocean will be shown conclusively
ON Saturday night. RICE, MILLER and
other American riders rave n great many
admirers, and one of them may take first
place in the final heat.
While the race is more than half over, it
is still difficult to name the winner. If,
however. Ireland is obliged to relinquish
the worlds championship to the United
States, it will not cause general surprise.
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China's Million TaeIs.

Aroused to her danger from German ag.
gressiveness, and alarmed, perhaps, at find
ing she has not a friend to help her, China
is willing, it appears, to pay a million taels
as indemnity for the murder of the mis-,
sionaries. This amount is excessive, but 1t
includes n big slice for the German Gov.
eminent. The execution of the murderers,
the degradation of the local Governor, and
the rebuilding of destroyed missionary
property. will of purse be added, while
China will even grant railroad and mining
privileges to Germany in ~ShantunR prov
ince. She will do much to get the German
armed forces away from her soil.
But will her million taels and her Other
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09

Joy In tho College OF the City OF New Yorh.
To THE EprroR OF THE suN-str: Loi It behooves
me to give voice to my feelings. Look hither. my fol-
low students. and read ye this. 1t seems az II we are
actually going to obtain our long.aw aited new Col.
lego of the City OF New York. salutation to the won.
drous thought Hail tho glorious day! At last. after
having begged for It on our knees. with tears In our
eyes, we arc rewarded by having the appropriations
made and tho plans completed. It's outline may
already dimly be seen. II things 20 on az they arc
the fulnlment Of our desire will be certain. The
new college will be q reality.
We have been in dire need Of it long enough. and
when tho time arrives we will take leave OF our pres
emit accomodstions without any misstvings Every
building is q %verttGble %haystack. as old as the hills
and as dry as the Sahara. There is no doubt that
It would not take more than twenty minutes for o
conhagration to reduce 1t to ashes. Again, the num-
Der OF applicants for admission is increasing every
year. and the accommodations are sadly lacking.
Our situation at present at Twenty. third street and
Lexington avenue Is q centre OF devilsh. uncanny
noises, which interfere with our studies and recita-
sio1:i Tho changing cable cars. tho yelling fakirs.
ana the discordant organ grinders all take part in II,
though the last. I must confess. are often welcomed.
II 10 Tor these and many other like reasons that we
30 Joyously anticipate the coming Of the new col.
NEw York. Doc. 8. oo'
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~. u.u ruvcstea q ner sorrow IN an AnsSsa
manning Machine.

naPntnE Machine.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: To those OF
xour readers who may DO inclined to invest
their money in n darning machine 1 ofor one
word Of advice, "Don'tr Ihave invested and
now wish l hadn't.
The chances for quick and easy money max
inc offered by these concerns are very alluring.
and the female mind is captivated both by the
largo profits in tho business Of sample making
and the idea OF darninR by q machine any
way. In her fond Imagination she already pio-
tures n rapidly diminishing basketful OF UNI
darnod stockinRs as she turns tho crank to the
cheerful click OF the n"ed's"
But alasi there is, strictly speaking. no
"machine" about It, rs the torn is USUALLY ~s.
dcrstood. You might as well call a saw buck"
n "sawine machine" as to apply the name
''machlno' to ono of these devices. 1t consists
slmply of two or three pieces of tin made in .
vay TO c)amp the work to DO repaired. inciden-
tally stretching tho hole twice as big unless care
Il ho tSt &c 10 T ao4n then s S,si1 az y tGs a gsrI S aSTn ins
with nm ordinary darning needle.
That and nothing, more ,scrS Only !, IL S ySI I'm na popn
threads instead of over md under, You VIII hna
1t a great deal more. You will find your work
in n hopeless snarl and your temper likcwiso, IL
Any woman with ordinary skill will do her
than II takes to got the work into one Of these
machines" resdy for opera q 10 ;rd Inc nsn0,e
| aim ana OBJECT OF the bCneHno 10 " ihuu. povp..S
to gsinto sample making under promise of big
returns. They carefully avoid informing you
that you have to supply all Of your own ma-
terial, and also that they, never return your
Oh, mol Ali Of these little details you find out
afterward, as I did.
II you buy one of these machines" undelS
the delusion that 1t will do equally we'll all
kinds of work in wool, silk. or cotton, Nc do
scribed In their circulars, you Will be miserebly
disappointed. 1t will do nothing of the kind;
You will have bought some experience and buo
little else.
New York, Dec, z.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09
Tho Increased Estimates.

In the concluding sentence Of his mes
sage, the President advised Congress to
decrease appropriations rather than in.
crease them.
awhile the Congress may not find 1t an
easy task" he said, "to reduce the ex.
penses Of the Government, IL should not en-.
courage their increase. These expenses
will, in my Judgment, admit Of q decrease
In many branches Of the Government, with.
out injury to the public service. Il 10 q
commanding duty to keep h appropria-
lions within the receipts Of the Govern
ment, and thus avoid q deficit"
This is admirable advice. Nobody can
question its s%oundness.
Yet we find that the total Of sppropria-
lions recommended by the several depart
ments for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1890, the fiscal year for which the present
session Is to provide, amounts to $504,522,-
b83, exceeding the total expenditures Of the
past fiscal year by more thar $56, 900, 900.
More than that, the department esti-
mates for 1900 exceed even Secretary
CAGES very hopeful estimate of revenue
for that fiscal year by 500, 900, 600.
We infer, therefore, that President Nc
kinney desires the Congress to deal un-
sparingly with the estimates of his Cabinet
officers, II q decrease Of expenditures Is to
be achieved and a deficit avoided.
Moreover, the friends Of Mr.. MoKINLEY's
plan for breaking the endless chain will be
peculiarly interested in the realization Of
the rigid standard Of economy which the
President has set up for Congress. but
which the departments have overlooked.
The attempt to break the endless chain
by refusing to pay out greenbacks once re-
deemed except in exchange for gold is not
to begin until " the receipts Of the Govern
ment are quite sufficient to pay all the ex-
penses of the Government"
That is to say, the Administration pol
icy Is to postpone any revision of the cur
rency until there is a surplus instead of a
deficit a change of conditions which can
be effected only by either cutting down
expenses or raising more evenue.
This is as 1t should be but the process
Of cutting down expenses might appro-
priately and gracefully have begun in the
department estimates.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09
Street Nomenclature.

"A resolution was OuereQ In inc bo0rQ Oh
Aldermen ON Tuesday to change officially
the names of several streets. as follows:
Elm street to Lafayette place, Clinton
place to Eighth street, Barratto street to
156th street, and Hughes avenue to JEFF
ferson avenue.
To-day at the City Hall there is to be a
public hearing on the propriety Of making
these changes, and for the discussion of
other proposed changes of the names Of
various new streets in the annexed district.
The hearing is called lone too soon, for
otherwise there is pretty certain to result
u confusion and complexity in street
names in New York ast interfere seriously
with the business Of residents, to say moth
ing of the convenience, enjoyment, and
safety of visitors.
The plan adopted by the Aldermen for
street names in the city of New York is of
a primitive and somewhat unsatisfactory
character. Originally 1t was agreed, il not
officially provided, that on Manhattan Isl.
and, in Wards One to Twenty-Five inclusive,
no two streets or avenues should bear the
same designation; but there was a depart
ure from this rule in favor Of some few
names particularly desired. The word
'place" came to be substituted as a sort of
alternative designation. Thus. while there
is a Columbia street in New York, a name
Of patriotic significance, there is also a Co.
lumbia place. The name of CLINTON is in
delibly impressed upon the early history
Of this city; 1t Is borne jointly by a street
and a place, 80 called. though actually by
two streets. New York has never been
grudging in its recognition of WASHING.
TONS fame there is a Washington street
and u Washington place. There is a Park
venue and q Park place. We have likewise
Manhattan street and Manhattan avenue
Franklin street and Franklin place; Green.
witch street and Greenwich avenue Beck.
man street and Beekman place, and 80 On
throughout our beloved town to the confu.
sion of many persons.
This confusion has been aggravated by
the policy pursued by the Aldermen, the
predecessors of the present board. in the
naming of streets in the annexed district,
the Twenty.third and Twenty-fourth wards,
which have been a part of New York since
1874. In these wards, streets, avenues,
n places have been designated officially,
without reference to the names ON Manhat.
tan Island. The result is that the names
given in the territory beyond the Harlem
are, many of them, duplicates of the names
south of that estuary. The same name is
used in many instances.
Since 1895 there has been another ian.
nexed district" and as the streets are laid
out and the avenues are officially desig,
mated and places are equipped with titles,
there Is, in fact, a duplication of names.
The inconvenience n uncertainty arts.
ing from this method will be a yet more
serious cause OF complaint after Jan. l,
when officially he enlargement of New
York goes into effect. Certain street names
will appear in the Greater New York not
less than four times.
What is needed is a new, comprehensive,
and progressive method Of so designating
the streets of New York that the confusion
may be obviated as far as possible.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09
A Senate Sahara.
"on Tu esdAy the Senate reconsidersd its previous action and
restaurant"

Tu esdAy the Senate reeonsidersd It's previous action al
dered that the sale OF liquors 10 continued at the sena
On Monday when the Senate met.
What seemed a shadow lay
Upon the grave and reverend mon
Collected there that day
To nx the great affairs OF State.
And bring them squarely up to date.
Just what the shadow was did not
Appear distinctly; twas
As II some strange, uncanny Thing.
Beyond all natural laws.
Were broodins DER the place and made
Ia gruesome presence felt In shade.
Along the marble corridors
Great statesmen moved. and eaoh
Seemed chasing some chimera which
Was still beyond his reach.
And yet about itself had cast
shade of something from the past.
Twas In the air. this Presence which
Was Absence. more or less,
And like a deserts wrath had brought
To Senators distress
OF mind and body, so that they
Wished they were cAmels on the way.
All day the shadow rested therei
Then Tuesday came, and still
That grursome shadow rested then
The Senate passed q bill
Which let the restaurant once moro
Dispense ita daInpneSs ~ ofyoro. W. J. l.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09
MATTHEW Mar.narl, In Chicago.
From the Inter. Ocean.

From the Inter. Ocean.
By special arrangement tho Inter Ocean has OBJ
tanned from THE Sun tho right to publish every Mon.
day morning Matthew Marshall's" weekly article
on financial and commercial subjects. "Matthew
Marshall'is ono of the highest authorities in the
country on topics concerning the vital interests OF
business men. His articles arc quoted In every city
in the land and are acknowledged to hold the highest
position In the periodical literature OF finance and
trade. They are devoted to the important questions
OF the hour and can be studied with beneht by
readers of all commercial classts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09

To THE EDITOR OF THE sus-Str: I was driving in
the Central Park yesterday with q girl from Lon
don. who has recently arrived. asked how she
liked New York.
she replied: "oh. yes, New York is quito nioo.
You'll have a lovely city when It 10 finished"
Then q horse ran away.
NEW YoRK, Dec. g. GEORGE yRRmyrA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09
Chicago Gels what It Needs.

From the Washington Post.
1t may be true that Mr.. Yerkss doesn't heat his
street cars. but there can be no complaint on the
ground that he doesn't make his newspaper warm
enough. II he keeps It up Mr.. YerkeG will soon have
to go to press on asbestos.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09

From the Hoodburv Reporter.
There Is no newspaper in the world like THE Am.
As an exponent OF the worlds news Il has NO eon.,
AZ = daily newspaper TIE sun s,nnds at the bsas
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09

" our friends ,cho favor US With manuscript foT
qualification scfsh to haze rejected articles returned.
they must IN all case. send stamps for tia: prrposs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09

This gives the Republlcans a majority of six

This gives the Republicans a majority of six
over all. The two independent Republicans
are Francis f. Laimbccr of the Twcnty.sov-
enth New York district and William g. Gothic
of Hard Lot, OnondagR county. The Ma.
tionnl Democrat IL Alfred +. Selisberg of tho
twenty ninth New York district.
There nrc eighteen farmers, ono bricklayer,
eer, ono butcher, one plasterer. and one phar.
mncist in the lot. Tho others are lawyers,
bookkccpcrs. ice dealers. real estate dealers
cigar manufacturers. builders. merchants, and
hotel keepers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09
MAKE-UP OF THE LEGISLATURE.

The Clerks Manual Gives tho Republicans .
Majority OF SIX In the Assembly.
The Clerks manual for use in the Senate
and Assembly at Albany this winter was is
sued yesterday. The only change in the Senate
list was the election of Elon r. Brown of Jefrer-
son to succeed tho late Joseph Mullin. Tho
Republican majority in the Senate remains at
Twenty-Five.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-30
An INTERESTING LETTER.

y letter from an extremely con
servatiye anneXatiOnist in Con
necticut contains the following
words:
Il do not share in the fears of those
who believe that annexation means a
vast expense of money in the Hawai-
ian Islands, for the building of docks
and Notifications, or the construction
of great navy to protect it. The mere
fact that we own the Islands will avoid
this expense, and they will be subject
TO the contingencies of war like New
London or Sag Harbor, or any point of
our sea coast. They will be ours to
fortify whenever the opportunity ar
rives. In 10 years the use of coal may
be supplanted with electricity The
New Haven railroad is now using cleo
tricity in moving trains, although five
years ago, it was said to be impractic-
able. We need Hawaii for commercial
pun pcSCo MAINLY, Us
does not mean the expenditure of vast
sums at once, any more than we need
to spend them on our own coast The
prospects of war with any foreign DOW
er are so remote that we can afford to
take the chances of leaving your ISL
ands without forts or navies. 1t is the
great coming wars of commerce we
must prepare for
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-30

The oldest and biggest oak tree in
France is at IArdeche. 1t measures
over one hundred feet in circumference
at its base; nine feet above the ground,
where the first branches grow it is
about forty feet in diameter. It's height
is about thirty-siX feet
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-30

1t has just become generally known
that the Illinois Legislature at it's re-
cent session adopted an act making it
unlawful to employ in any capacity
in stores, workshops or manufacturing
establishments children less than four
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-30

An earthen mug from which, it is
said. Martin Luther drank wine in
1921, is to be exhibited at a fair held
by the st. Johns Lutheran Evangelical
Church in Bloomfield, N. j., this week.
1t is owned by Lieutenant Klein (of
the Newark police force, from whose
great great granpa Worms, a Rev.
Mr. Klein and he both drank from the
mug.-New York Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-30
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The Smithsonian Institution has just
come into possession of the Hallett
Phillips collection of Indian nipple
ments and antiquities from the Poto-
mac Valley.