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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
POSTMASTER FOR os YEARS.
An Ohio Man whose OmcehoidinE Record II
without Parallel.

From the Lvnchbur0 (rd) Adraros.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l.-W. II. Wallace, Sr.,
Postmaster at Hammondsville Station. o., has
written an interesting letter to Postmaster
General Gary. He has served under thirty four
Postmasters-General, including the present, and
is in his forty sixth year as railroad station and
ticket agent. He says:
"HAMMoSpsvILLE STATION. OIL
Aug. 20, 1897.
.'Pos,uldstersG General Gary. Washington Cfty, ID. c.
my DEAR MIR GARY: Please permit your
humble servant to address you on the subject Of
incumbenCy in the mail service. l have entered
upon my siNty-cighth year in that service. hav-
ing commenced as an Assistant Postmaster
while Gen. Jackson was President and William
+. Barry OF Kentucky was Postmaster-General,
June, 1880. have been in the service all these
continuous years. Including yourself. l have
served under thirty.four Postmasters.G General;
in my continuous years Of railroad station.
ticket, and express agent nearly as long. This
combination of offices and length OF term held
by a single person has no parallel in the United
States and is not likely ever to have.
Now i am in my eighty-sixth year OF age,
and | have spent over seventy OF these years in
a store when John Quincy Adams was PresI.
dent. The change that has taken place in the
asea In o' p psrAS fim on isft1ers Is wonderful IN,
postage on letters up to 400 miles and more.
The price Of such n letter was IS cents. The
Postmaster. who WAS also a merchant. took
produce for letters the same as for goods. I
have taken for postage for such n letter named
two bushels OF oats. two bushels OF potatoes.
four pounds OF butter or five dozen eggs. To
pay the postage on thirty-twO letters such as
named the farmer would have to sell a COW.
I'm early times II was death by the law to rob
the United states mails. Scventy:nine years
ago. when a little boy. in the city OF Baltimore I
saw Hare and his Chum hung for robbing the
mail. and. later on. Hutton Hall for the same
offence and killing the driver. What a revolu.
ton railroads have caused in postage and travel.
By the way, siNty.siN years ago / passed over
the first thirteen miles OF railroad built In the
United States by the Baltimore and Ohio. Mo.
tive power, two horses tandem; rate OF speed.
ten miles an hour. This mode OF locomotion
continued TO Frederick, Md.
Il have been collecting tho photos OF famous
men in Church and State. and have n large col.
lection. ! have those OF your immediate predc-
cessors. Messrs. Villas. Wanamaker. Bisseil, and
Wilson. 1t will afford me pleasure to be made
recipient OF your likeness: Among the famous
men named are those OF President Mckinley,
Speaker Reed. Whitelaw Reid. Chauncey De.
pew. the late J. i. Roberts, President OF the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad; Secretary John Sher.
man. and Others. Please excuse this efusion,
and honor me with your likeness at your earliest
convenience
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
SAVE STEPS AND SAVE TIME.
Eeonouy In Action That Tells In the Unioaainr
or Brick scowp.

keonouy In Action That Tells In the UnloadinE
or Brick scows.
A curious Illustration Of the saving that may
be effected by cconomizing stops Is found in the
manner Of unloading brick scows. The great
scows that come down the North River from
Haverstraw with bricks will carry $50. 600 bricks
and some OF them more. Such scows will carry
a load of 900 tons. Sometimes there are as
many as q dozen brick scows in a single tow.
Tho big scows carry each a crew Of four or
i've men; usually FIVE. One man could handle
the boat, but tho crew Is hired for the season TO
handle the bricks. A dozen men work at loading
the scow, wheeling the bricks aboard In wheel.
barrows; the ive men in tho crew can stack
the bricks up as fast as the twelve men with
wheelbarrows can bring them aboard. The
bricks are stacked in such q manner that the
scow can be heeled considerably without losing
any overheard.
Sometimes. IL they are to be taken some little
distance back from tho edge OF the wharf. the
bricks are carried of in barrows: but usually
they are carried OF by hand. And here. with
the men going back and forth many times a day,
is n place where every step counts. for. OF
carry tho bricks the less time It viii take to uno
load them; SO the customary manner Of unload
Ing a scow is this: The men take off the bricks
continue taking bricks from one side only,
the side nearest the wharf. the boat rises in the
respondingly, but the bricks are so slowed that
they don't slide of. When the men have taken
back to the centre line they stop. and simply
turn the boat around and bring the loaded side
to the wharf. II may take some little time to
do this. depending on the situation Of things,
and during this time. OF course, no brick can be
carried, but they could move the scow a con-
siderable distance and yet save timo in the un.
loading by turning her around, and so much
time is saved by thus bringing the remaining
bricks nearer the wharf. Unloading in this
manner, five men can do the work as quickly as
seven men could working straight across.
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tics win DO flying In Q minute, and you'd better
DO under cover when the timo comes
quick as q. flash and without my ohum
slipped a bill in my hand.
eff you neec any more he whispered, meet
nc at the station before the night train goes out.
II saw tho figure ono and two ciphors. I
thought wns floating on air. Calling tho
coolest vino he had. Bring in four glasses I
said, and tell Billy to Join us, and trot out some
more OF those porfcctos.'
Harry couldn't raise tho wlneglass to his
lips. His teeth chartered when BiIy sat down
TO the table, and Billy acted as IL he were about
You ought to keep that vino q littlo cooler
alt hns had timo enough to freeze since you
last bought n bottle, he replied.
Here, waiter, ] said, Take this back and
bring us a colder bottle, and open a fresh box OF
"Billy got up. expanded his chest, and turned
on his heel. Harry leaned across the table
and in a voice that seemed to come from tho
y ~ can SEQ our finish. I hope Billy will take
an ax to us and end 1t quick. that's all
My friend the agent had gone.
"'Come on, Harry ! said, as l called for tho
"'oh. Lord said Harry, can't we have 1T
"'Bc a man, | said. Make our last play in
You'd have thought We were going. to tho
and he shiyered when | opened on Billy.
"'WCll, Billy i remarked, L suppose things
will pick up here after n while. I have got a
lot OF i. o. US in my pocket. I don't suppose
you'd like to take any of them for our dinner,
would your
BILLY went up In the air. Harry staggered
backward and collapsed in n chair. OF course,
BILLY didn't stay. up long. When he came
down there was fire in his eye and an ice
pick In one hand. ] didn't monkey any
longer. / flashed the hundred under his nose
and said. Come down on earth, Billy. l only
wanted to have a little fun with you
well I'm damned said Billy, as he
dropped the ice nick. Say. Driftcr, II that din.
ner had lasted five minutes more without my
seeing the color Of your money. | think l would
have kicked the front Of this place out. Now,
Join mo In n bottle In the back room. Why,
what's the matter with Harryi'
"My chum had tainted. Tho strain was too
much for him. When We brought him around
home and about being hungry. He kept on
ordering food and drink. just as u man who
was dclirious from starvation would do. Billy
put him to bed and sent for our friend the
doctor, who fixed Harry up all righ..
Il didn't forget to DO Mt the station when tho
night train pulled out. ] wanted to thank my
friend. the express agent. He shook hands with
"tOnc good turn deserves another, Driftcr.
Don't think too harshly OF me when you get the
news, and don't give me away until ! have had
time to get under cover
That crisp 500 bill which the agent slipped
into my hand at English Biily's was part OF the
proceeds OF n touch he had made on tho money
boxes of the express company. He was n de.
~faulter for several thousand dollars. The news
leaked out the next day, but Harry and ] had
had our meal. Perhaps you can understand
now why | never refuse to help q poor devil
who says he is hungry"
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From the Boston Evening Transcript.
High up on the roof OF the Boston Tavern. Q
hundred feet and moro from the pavement. lives
alittle gray fox that has spent nearly her whole
lifo with the smoke OF the chimneys blowing
about her and the roar from the streets OF the
city filling her ears day and night. Taken as a
cub from her native woods of Maine. she has
grown up with the slated roof of the tavern az
ner world, and with Tom. the porter, who takes
care OF her, as her only companion.
Originally there were two Of the cubs. They
were taken by a gentleman who was on a fishing
expedition on the homie River last June and
sent AS a present to ono OF the guests in the
hotel. who, no, caring about keeping them. gave
Mr.. Clark had n place made for them on the
roof, where there Is plenty of room 10
one OF them became frightened. jumped from
the parapet, and was killed. The other. taxi
was more, careful. and has gradually become
moderately tame: She will eat from, the hand
OF III the porter Or ana W.. When a ne is n 10 .SN WI come mn, 70 :,
low him to handle her at all, The moment any
strangers appear ON the root, however, she is off
width OF tho roof between herself and them az
long AS they remain in sight.
Her LOT is not an unpleasant one for an ami.
NAL in captivity, for she has the whole roof 10
range oyer Hm "a, Is .io seldom disturbed :. The roof
faso o snyyros sI1Sed S bT p bi ~ rs p "a s,ne4's sn Si"1 bro saT,
BY numerous Ghimneys and by the light well and
skylighls, which rise IN tho centre Of IL. Tho
every part. people IN the nearby buildings being
sometimes startled by the sight of a fox run
ning, about on the roof OF u hotol in the heart
OF, the city. In ono corner she has u box
tlled with earth, where she crawls when she
wants 10 20 10 sleep. scooping out a round hole
with her paws. and nesting down into ii, curled
up in II little hall. Tom feeds her on chickens
and lettuce. SO that she has no need to complain
of her fare. She is fond of mint. dclighting TO
roll in 1t and scratch in 1t with her paws. al
though she does not cat il. She has been and is
an object OF q good deal OF interest to the guests
OF the hotel, but, as has been said, she does NOT
reciprocato any attention shown her. crouch.
ing behind some chimney or sEylight, and
watching the visitor with bright eyes and with
ears pricked up until he goes dow agatAs
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PRINTED BY LIG HTyING.
Tho Peculiar Freak or . Lono Flash In n
Mobile Candy Store.
From the MobNe paNu Repf.ter.

From the Mobile Daily Register.
Yesterday afternoon there was a lone flash OF
lightning and IN accompanying clap OF thun.
der. and then the rainstorm which was threat
ening blew over. But the lightning had made q
record for itself which will remain. 1t went
into tho photographing business without the
aid OF any apparatus except an object to be
photographed and a piece OF sugar candy for a
receiving plate.
In the candy store of Mr.. Tonsmeire on lower
Dauphin street was the candy that the light
ming chose 10 operate upon. The candy was OF
sugar and glucose. brown in color. and trans
parent. II lay on slab on a table In tho midst
Of the store. The article photographed was the
wrapper OF small American flags, then lying
imbedded in some melted candy on the floor OF
the store. in front of tho table. but not in line OF
view OF tho candy on the table. On tho
wrnppcr was an inscription in condensed
gothic type, reading National Flags This
Inscription. beginning with tho fourth letter of
the iirst word and part OF the third letter, Just
so much OF tho lettering rs was visihle on tho
wrapper as 1t lay cruInplcd in the midst OF tho
sticky stuff on the floor, was taken by the light.
the table; not transferred simply, but imbedded
In 1t. beneath the surface the smallest traction
perfectly black. but inserted face front lust AZ
in the original. and not reverse as would be the
transfer them by applying the wrapper TO the
MI. SylVeSter II. Fosdick brought The candy TO
THIS oifice last night for inspection. He says that
as soon as The fash of lightning came and van
lShed. Mr.. Tonsmeire observed the printing on
the candy, that WAS before him on the slab, and
exclaimed in asIonishment AT the sight, the
Sandy being Of his own mnnuiacture and having
n clue to the sudden and mysterious appear.
aance, the paper wrapper was discovered on tho
roor with those letters exposed which appeared
mirror In front OF the table that possibly had
something 10 do with the phGtographing, since
the mirror IL In line with the location OF the
wrapper; but this does not explain anything;
rather does II serve TO deepen the mystery.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
lEluCidnted.

FROM the washington star.
"Mammy," said PickaniEny Jim, what docs
white folks mean when dey talks oh language
hhbbin' lots o. shades o. meanin' .,
"Doan' you know what dem is
mo, nanny"
wei, III lllustrify. Dahs yoh uncle, no q
black man; yoh, fathah. he's a dark.skin man.
Yoh oldest brothers a ~brown-skin man, an yoh
next brothers q bright-skin man. An daT you
L."
Evening journal., 1897-04-21
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 81, 1897.
SOME POINTS FOR HIGH TARIFF
NEWSPAPERS.

AT the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers Association,
held recently, a special committee was
appointed having for it's object the Sc
curing Of the admission Of ground
wood (pulp) free Of duty.
The new tariff bill reported by the
Ways and Means Committee increases
the duty on pulp from an ad valorem
basis of 10 per cent, or about 81 per
ton, to a specific duty Of one-twelfth
of a cent per pound, or $1.66 per ton.
This change in duty is equivalent to an
increase Of about 80 cents per ton in the
cost Of paper, or 2ls cents per 100
pounds. The worst feature of this in
creased duty on pulp is its effect upon
the Canadian government, which threat
ems to retaliate by placing an export
duty of SO per cord on logs, thereby
adding about 10 cents per 100 pounds
TO the cost of white paper. Ultimately
all these duties must be paid by the
newspaper publisher and ultimately by
the reader and advertiser, and the spe-
cial committee of the American Pub
fishers Association is making heroic ef-
forts to have wood pulp placed on the
free list.
The strongest point that can be ad-
vanced in favor of free pulp is the pro-
lection which it secures to our forests
and streams, consideration Of SUI
preme Importance overshadowing all
possible advantages that might accrue
from the revenue standpoint. Inciden-
tally 1t might be stated that the entire
revenue received from the government
last year was $1O5, ,2S2, and, therefore
no serious question of national economy
or threatening deficits can be urged in
opposition to free pulp An increase of
duty on pulp will facilitate the efforts
Of those mill owners who have been
trying for two years to bring all Of the
large newspaper mills in New York and
New England into one gigantic combi.
nation or paper trust. The tax is objec
tionable because it checks the importa
tion OF a raw material for American
manufacturers.
1t Is detrimental to popular educa
tion, and is an oppressive obstacle il
the way of a spread of knowledge.
tends to stop cheap books and cheaI
newspapers. Newspapers are the peo
pies school and the peoples library
Through them people are brought int,
touch with the best thought OF the fore
most leaders in science, philosophy
politics and religion. Congress shoul'
not levy an unjust or extortionat
tribute on such educational work. II
make newspapers artifcially dear /
wantonly to restrict the number q
readers and so increase the sum of ig
nOrance
Evening journal., 1897-04-21
Mexican Railroads.

Charles II. Clark Of the Hartford
Courant, now travelling in Mexico,
writes: "Ono custom prevails on this
road that The Courant has long urged
for Connecticut. Wherever they kill a
man they put up a black cross. You see
them all along the road; here /, there
8; at one spot are IA. Take Connecti-
cut, with its 100 grade crossings and
its annual butcheries, and before long
we would have such an array of crosses
that the grade crossing would have to
90. Here, of course, the road is the
rarity. No fence pens in the railroad
If anything is on the track, the engine
removes it. A train hand told me that
one trip being late, they hurried, and
i'll consequence killed three steers and
five burros in eight hours. All along
the track are skeletons stripped by the
turkey buzzards and whitened by the
sun. But cattle are as plenty as they
are big down this way. -
Evening journal., 1897-04-21
THE RUNAWAY RIVER.

The widespread destruction wrought
by the extensive rise of the Mississippi
river is the leading subject now being
agitated among civil engineers all over
the world. With the exception of the
Hoang Ho, or Yellow River, in China,
no great stream in either hemisphere
is subject to such tremendous over
flow. That the problem has not been
adequately dealt with in the land of i'm
mobility, of scientific ignorance and of
financial corruption is not a matter of
marvel. But that in the United States,
the country where the application OF
science to practical use and convent
ence has made such a gigantic march
and where this knowledge is concur.
rent with immense national wealth and
public enterprise, no greater progress
has been reached in imprisoning tn,
Mississippi food, which shakes its vel
low name so terribly from April tC
June, is something to provoke marvel
The great inundation which has beer
causing much misery and ruin thii
year. the worst river deluge since 1874
awakens fresh attention to this insist
ent problem. The difficulties are great
but there cannot be anything in thes
so obscure in case or Titanic in fac
which science and money cannot graz
pie with successfully.
If rhe Holland dikes can shut out tn
sea from the alluvial plains Of tn
Netherlands there is no reason VIII
the Mississippi levees should not /
similarly adequate. That the problel
depends on a properly-constructed an
administered system Of levees seems
be the conclusion of the ablest expert
All other theories of river englneerir
have been gradually abandoned. TT
Mississippi River Commission, whiG
made it's report in 1876. went into tn
subject very thoroughly, and its col
clnsions have never been controverte
According to an official report fu
Evening journal., 1897-04-21
DIED.

COOK.-On the goth instant, Madeleine
NJ, infant daughter of Arthur and
Margaret Cook, aged 10 months.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral. from the residence
of her grandparents, No. 110S Reed
street, On Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Interment at New Cathedral
Cemetery.
COTTON April 10, 1897, John s.,
son of Catherine and the late f. b.
Cotton, aged 26 years.
COUDON.-In this city, on the 18th
instant, Christopher J. Coudon, aged
67 years.
DAYETT.-Early on Easter Sunday
April IS. 1897, Eliza Hendrickson,
only daughter of Nathan H. and
Sarah e. Dayett.
DUGAN.-In Brandywine, Del, on the
goth instant, John ", son of the late
John and Mary Dugan, aged 2S years.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral on Friday
morning, April %, at 9 o'clock, from
his late residence, Walkers Banks,
near Henry Clay, Del. High mass at
st. Josephs Church. lnterment st.
Joseph's Cemetery.
GARDNER.-In this city, on April Is,
Miss Mary Gardner.
GARDNER this city, on Friday
April 16, Annie wife Of Patrick
Gardner, aged 46 years.
HARRINGTON this city, April IL
1897. John T., son of Dennis ]. Har-
rington, aged 20 years.
LAWRENCE.-In this city, on April
16, 1897, Rebecca Lawrence, aged Ga
years.
MINTIRE.-On April II, 1897. Ed
ward. only son Of Charles and Carri,
s. Mcntire, aged years and
months.
RALSTON.-En into rest, Aprl
II, 1897, Mary n. Ralston.
WORK.-Near Newport, Del, on Apri
! 10. 1897. Harriet L.. wife of Stidhan
Work, aged q years.
Evening journal., 1897-04-21
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
Wilmington, Del, April 20, 1879

Wilmington, Del, April ~, 1897.
At a special meeting of the Benevo-
lent Literary Association held this
evening the following resolutions were
adopted
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty
God to remove from our midst our be-
loved friend and member, Joseph A.
File; therefore, be it
Resolved, That in the death of Joseph
A. File our society has lost one of its
truest and noblest members, the COM
munity an upright, honest citizen, and
his associates a worthy friend and COM
panion; and be it
Resolved, That while humbly bowling
to the will of Providence, we cannot
but express our heartfelt sorrow at the
loss of so good and true a friend; and
be it further
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread on the minutes of this meeting,
and that a copy be sent to the sorrow
stricken family of our deceased mem
ber. and published in the daily papers;
and be it further
Resolved, That the hall be draped in
mourning for a space of thirty days
and that the society attend the funeral
in body.
(Signed)
THOMAS NJ. MONAGHAN,
Chairman.
c. WILLIAM MALCOM,
NJ. f. DOORDAN,
JAMES CONNER,
JOSEPH CORRIGAN,
Committee.
Evening journal., 1897-04-21
KENNARD& co

The store keeps on grow
ing. It's purposes are right
its policies are right Qualify
is the rallying cry-worlh the
leader-price the fair exchange
for value given.
What but satisfaction can
come from such store
A new line of Cotton Cow
ert Bicycle Suits = Jacket,
Skirt and Leggings. Well
made in every way, $3.95 a
suit.
Have you investigated our
Dress Suits? The styles. make
and quality are above the
average, $3.50. So 90, $I2 90,
SIS 90, $I8 90, $25 90.
Evening journal., 1897-04-21
THE SINGLE TAX FEAST.

Last nights banquet of the Young
Mems Single Tax Club was one of the
most important events of the year to
the Georgeites Potted plants and ban
quet lamps adorned three snowy tables
extending across the spacious Turn
Hall. About $50 Single Takers. their
wives and fair friends, sat around the
festive board and discussed the menu,
while an orchestra played pleasing mu-
sic. Willard Salisbury Meredith was
the toastmaster, and the toasts were re-
sponded to as announced on Monday.
J. b. Bell and Actor Thomas e. Shea
also spoke
Evening journal., 1897-04-21
SHELBY AND THE PRESIDENT
Row uo ciinched Els AppoiEtment ms
United States Marshal.

Row He clinched E!s appointment ms
United States Marshal.
lone Of General Shelby s saving traits
was his ability to say exactly the right
thing to the right man in the right
place A heavy fight was made ON him
when he was a candidate for the mar.
shalship. His opponents had told Presi
dent Cleveland that Shelby had been
concerned in the assassination of the Of
ficers of Cass county who had issued
some railway bonds against the wishes
Of the people. Shelby prepared himself
with affidavits from leading citizens and
went to Washington. Disdaining assist
ance, he obtained personal interview
with Mr.. Cleveland. When he entered
the executive office, Representative
Dockery, the banker at Gallatin, cne of
his bitterest opponents, was present.
''I have been accused Of assassina-
tion, Mr.. President, said General Shell
by, and have been informed that the
appointment to the United States mar
shalship for tho western district of Mis-
souri, hinges upon that charge. In jus
tice to a Democrat / want you to exam
inc these papers ut your leisure
'Ycu have been correctly informed,
General Shelby, said the president
That charge has been made. Twill look
at your papers.
Congressman Dcckery interjected a
remark I will bid you good morning
Mr. President, said the general. There
is nothing that an'-pointing to Dock
ery-'can say to me in this Office or in
your presence. There are many places
in which he can meet me if he desires.
"Thore was a distinct challenge in
his manner and glance, but it never
came to anything. Within an hour Mr..
Cleveland caused General Shelby to be
informed that he would be given the
appointment The entire business was
settled in less than half day. 1t was
the guiding principle of General Shell
by's life to go straight for anything that
lie wanted and straight against anything
that he didn't like. Detroit Free
Prccs.