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The sun., 1897-03-20

himself, however. He merely Wishes to
bind the bays around his musical name.
He will personally exhibit this 'poetical
medley in Nashville during the period Of
the Tennessee Centennial, which begins
on May 1, and name 1t the Arden Collec-
tion Of the Worlds Poets" This arrange
ment will do equal honor to Mr.. ARDEN
and to the worlds poets, although the
whole State Of Tennessee will not be big
enough to hold the works Of them II they
turn a kind ear to Mr.. ARDBN's appeal. He
asks that any professional or amateur poet
who shall have written and published one
or more books or poems, may, upon reading
this appeal, forward me [himl a spare copy Of
his or her own or any other poets works also
photographs, &C." Mr.. ARDEN's use Of the
lenses In this request shows that he has the
soaring soul Of the poet and not the prosaic
mind Of the grammarian. His views and
hopes for poetry and the Poetical Medley, or
the Arden Collection Of the Worlds Poets
at the Tennessee Centennial, are not only
high but bracing.
Poetry is by no means dead art, ard IL the con-
ditons OF this nppallngly practical and monoy.get-
ting ago compel us TO revert to backbone principles,
aud declare that art, after ALL but another Of the
breadwinner's means to an end, may 1nd excuse
for asserting that good poetry II always marketable
"The Tennessee Centennial will call TO the beautiful
and cultured Nashville q vast Of represen.
tave people from all parts of the universe To this
theory pin my faith that collection Of tho worlds
poets WILL when properly catalogued and displayed,
constitute not only an unique (and hitherto wholly
nesloctod) exhibit but ono which wiz awaken new
interest In the highest Of all tho srts-pootry."
Personally we should prefer an exhibi-
tion Of the poets themselves, but 1t would
be impossible to make satisfactory commits
sary arrangements. Doubtless many of
them will be at Nashville to behold the
Poetical Medley and to make acquaintance
with Mr.. ARDEN. The preliminary details
of the plan for awakening new interest in
the highest Of all the arts are these:
IAN poetcal works, photographs, information. in-
quiries. &C.. may bo sent 20 my address, bs West
Thrty.third street, Now York. until 4th OF April.
graoiously request that in every instance postage
and express charges bo fully prepaid otherwise
hfbits will be declined. Promptness in sending
hibits to mo will insure the loancr's name place In
the catalogue.
Exhibits will be returned TO their respective
owners at tho close Of the exposition"
The poets Of the world should not neglect
this rare chance to do good to themselves,
to the Post Office Department, to the ex-
press companies, to Mr.. WILLIS ARDEN, and
to the highest of all the arts.
The sun., 1897-03-20
UsURY IN MONTREAL.
lAabsiities Of . SuiIiion Dollars In sight a,
Interest Due on IN Original Ionn or $3.50

Ilahtitttes OF = million Dollars In Sight q.
Interest Due on Original loan or $3.50.
MONTREAL. March 19.--The province of oro
bee, according to recent legal ruling. NAV
Justly be called the paradise Of the shylocks, 4
Judge OF this city has recently declared tha,
according TO the laws OF this province money
lender mny collect interest Mt the rate Of .sos
per cent. year.
Excessive usury has been a scandal in Mo,.
treal for years. It was known that the usurer,
had ruin cd hundreds OF young men. while bpn.
dreds of others were struggling along STRIVING
to bear q load Of debt too heavy for their 70.
sources. II did not tako the debtors long TO INV
the capital thrice over in interest, and sil they
had to continue TIM psyinf 1t is SSfS % to say that
actions, for in the end most OF these debtor,
In tho present case the lender charged M,
cent: q day and by this means means recovered judg.
thonotary, Arthur Turcottc. but that gentleman
declined to render Judgment by default, even
fence, and the matter therefore came up for iriSI
before Mr.. Justice Gin in the Superior Court,
otherwise than to apply the law, which II beG
been alleged. had been made for the purpose Of
i%dgbGnS % saS 70 sns S Ss&pa There
attention OF tho Legislature OF the cointrV
should be called, so that some limit should be
Whereas the plaintiff claims from I1.YS The d.
fcndant the capital sum OF $3.50 for balance due
on his note OF $3.50, dated ut Montreal the 3oSb
November, 1894, and by which, at ono monih
and a half from date, for value received Ss
promises to pay to the order Of tho plaintiff tho
payment at maturity, at the rate OF 5 per cent,
per day, or 1925 per cent. per annun giving
FOR the sum claimed OF $3.50 that of So 737 Sn
annual interest, and for interest accrued sncs
Dec. 20. 1894, according to the claim OF Feb. 20
last. day of the inscription, amount Of IS gsb
which, added to the said balance Of 81 80 Of prn.
cipal, forms n total of 80, ,135, which tho de.
fendant is condemned to pay with interest at
per cent. per day from the 26th OF February,
1897, with costs"
This Is interesting for the borrower Se.t
year he will owo tho money lender 50 600 tho
following year nearly ST., 900. and II he keeps il
up he will soon owe a million so.
The sun., 1897-03-20
We Run In the Cana.
Nron the Chicago Duay rrtbun.

ffoS the Chtoo0o Duuv Tribune.
Tho following conversation is said TO have
been overheard BY waiter at Q ladies' club:
Why, no." answered Jane, ait is Ida's."
No spoke up Ida; lit is not my lead; Susan
:. why. then it must DO my lead. ." said Marin.
"Hearts!" shouted three young voices in uni.
We'll. there's my lead" said Maria, playing
But you must lead a trump card. my dear."
Yes. and lead the biggest trump You have in
your hand, put In Ida, James partner.
Maria
20; {op mean ear A thing. you!" exclaimed Jane;
But will take the trick. for have the acc"
said Ida.
a., But remarked Susan. that's the AGO Of
so II is" said Ida well. here is the tou,
I've got tho ace Of hearts" purred Susan.
OF course it does" answered Jane.
NO It doesn't" said Ida. "A court card al.
It's no fun playing when there arc no men To
tell you how to play"
The sun., 1897-03-20
SUNBEAMS.

Mrs. Cora curran OF Concord. Ky, 70 . papss-
hanger OF such skiI that she has tho praise o9
the townspeopie.
A hon that laid an eEg smaller than Q robins
egg At Cottage Grove. Ore. caokIed Just ~ though
shs had done her whole duty.
Some extra men OF tho PORTLAND, Or, Fire DS-
partmsnt accepted passes TO a 5o.cen: show. They
failed TO hear alarm which struck during the
play, and were nned 92 each.
in tho police court OF Louisville, Ky. q pri,.
oner charged with disorderly conduct secured his
dismissal by answering. when asked where he lived
that no didn't live. Just boarded.
"A prune sprout nine feet nve inches long
and ono inch In diameter at the base has been
presented TO tho Immigration Board of Portland,
Or. in response TO q challenge. Il was grown In
the city.
-hrs. O. X. Thorp OF Washington, Ind, wife OF q
former Mayor OF that city. held up AT tho point OF
a revolver young man who had slapped her SON.
ana forcing him to kneel In the street. she horse.
whipped him IN the faco until blood wa. drawn
Then she lecturod him.
Recent experiments by the curious at Portland.
Ore, have revived recoilections of primitive light
used in the carly days OF the settlements along the
Columbia River. when tho residents called sn,elts
candiensh. The dried smeits burn as well as can.
dies ana give on an appetizing odor.
About 700 rabbits were killed In a drive along
the CROOKED River In Crook county Or, the line OF
oeaters extending az the start four miles. A milo
and half from the corral . small creek had 70 be
crossed. When tho stream was reached there were
several thousand rabbits on the run. but they were
turned back by the water and most OF them CO.
ca1ed their pursuerS
-Women's riRhts seem to be extensively shared
In Aome parts OF Maino. according TO . notice pub.
iished In tho Piscataquis Observer; Remember tho
substantial dinner-bAksd beans, brown bread,
pastry. &c.-to DO served at RELIEF Corps HaI,
North street. Foxcroft. Voters. I5 cents. Non.
voIerS-meaninE minors. Indians. pAuDsrs, idistS
ana wOmsn-Io centa."
The sun., 1897-03-20
The Polar Circles.

fine map, in the latest number of Pc
termdnn's Mttfeiiungen, shows tho north
polar area, through which zigzags a blue
line, the boundary Of the region within
which no explorer has ever set foot. A red
line is also shown zigzagging, for the most
part, in the neighborhood of the south polar
circle. 1t represents the boundary of the
unknown Antarctic area.
DR.. SUPAN's ingenious idea of delineating
the boundaries Of the unknown polar areas
on the same map makes it easy to fol-
low the interesting comparisons he has
drawn between the amount Of exploratory
work done in the Arctic and in the Ant
arctic regions. The map has the special
advantage Of enabling one to tell at a
glance just how far explorers have pushed
towards the North or the South Pole along
any meridian. Thus we see that It is only
between 164' east longitude and 1902 west
longitude that the Antarctic boundary of
exploration outstrips the Arctic limit.
DR.. SUPAN mentions a fact which illus
trates vividly the contrast between Arctic
and Antarctic achievement. Over fifty years
ago Ross reached the highest point ever
attained in south polar waters. 1t is S1S
stutulc HllcS from the SOuLl POle. AT
almost exactly the same distance from the
North Pole, on the west coast of Spitz-
bergen, a small hotel has been erected for
the entertainment of summer guests. Some
of the latest English newspapers received
here contain the advertisement of the COM
pany, which invites tourists to visit this
new resort on its excursion steamer during
the coming season.
The wholly unknown Arctic area might
be placed in corner of the vast expanse of
the south polar regions that has never been
visited. and it would hardly be noticed,
though it Is as large as European Russia.
A continent twice as large as Europe would
no more than fill the unexplored Antarctic
wastes Of water and ice-covered lands.
AT the end of the nineteenth century
geographical knowledge of Antarctica oc-
cupies just about the same position as the
worlds knowledge of the Arctic regions at
the end of the sixteenth century.
The sun., 1897-03-20
The Perndious Wilson rnr,n.


From tho Norfolk LANDMARK.
Whatever the cause, the last Adminfxtrnttona
persistent adherence to bad tariff law seems to us to
have been a great mistake 1t was perfectly proper
to ask that the law should be Judged by its eject
during n single year. 1t only right to demand q
fair trial before condemning It failure Yet after
events had fully demonstrated tho bills weakness the
reasonable thing to do would have been admit the
fact
II cannot be denied that the deficit produced by the
Wilson bill gives the Administration now in power
strong argument for revising tho tariff and that areu
ment compacty and forcibly in the Pres
cents message Whatever be the political atiliation
OF the average citizen tho idea of decit tho run.
ming expenses OF the Government 10 repugnant to him
The sun., 1897-03-20
job. Bun Takes n Coed Lock as Himself
From London Truth.

FTons LONDON 1Tufk-
England OF to-day is what Carthage in times OF
old. We arc ruled by = hungry. greedy aristocracy
which, in its turn. Is ruled by loaa mongers and by
company mongrrs. Honor and honesty under this
regime are derided old.fashioned superstitions
The Minister who can steal any territory whose in
habitants are too weak resist is acclaimed a.
hero Tie company promoter who build palace
by appropriating the savings of fellow countrymen
Is worshipped As divinity. Whom we NOW down
Africans with Maxims glory in this proof of our
bravery. When. At the bidding Of kings and empe-
rors we shell Europeans struggling free themselves
from the suzerainty of wretch who claims their
allegiance. we glory in our shame And while we
swaSer and boast OF might arc in such abject
fear of heing attacked that heap up armamens on
armaments, because. no matter what we spend we
still would spend moro to mako US secure.
The sun., 1897-03-20
The defamers of virtue and the envier.

The defamers Of virtue and the enviers
OF greatness arc grinning unctuously over tho
remark which tho Speaker Of the Kansas
Legislature is said to have made about that H.
lustrious body: This Legislature doesn't
know enough to come in out OF the rain" II
tho remark be not apocryphal, 1t is evidence Of a
strange ignorance on the part Of the Speak
or. Populist Legislature doesn't have to
know enough to como in out of tho rain
1t doesn't have to shield its sublime head with
an umbrella. 1t simply has to pass a bill declar-
ing that henceforth all rain in the State of Kan.
sas shall fall upward. under tho pains and pen-
alties hereinafter provided. II the Populists
had nothing moro difficult than the rain to deal
with and abolish, thoy wouldn't have to have
onesixteenth as many conventions.
The sun., 1897-03-20

The law recently enacted in Japan for the
extension and regulation of the liberty OF the
newspaper press has furnished q subject of IA
vorable comment to many of tho leading editors
The now law provides for the punishment Of GER
tain offences against public decency, good man.
ners, and morality, but does not infringe upon
tho fundamental rights Of political debate The
virtue and the dignity Of tho principal native
newspapers Of Japan are greatly to the honor of
that country. Compliments to our good jap
anese contemporariesi
The sun., 1897-03-20

70 be determined by the State. This con-
dition Of things may be Unpleasant for
tho butchers and bakers and candlestick
makers in the Common Councils, but logic
Is logic; and when once you begin TO conflscato,
the connscation is likely to become general. Tho
Gopher philosopher who built the bill in qucs-
tion ought to have prepared a resolution to the
effect that all property held by corporations
ought to be taken from them without componsa-
tion. In slightly modified form, the opinions
OF M. PRoUDHoN seem to bo accepted by good
many Legislators.
The sun., 1897-03-20
Tho War Against Indecenoy.
From the Pilot.

from he III0f.
Protestants and Catholics but agree in com.
mending that portion OF tho Apostolic Constitution
which prohibits tho reading not only OF immoral
books but Of immoral newspapers.
Indeed several prominent clubs, public library
boards. &C.. have effectively, II unoonscousy In.
dorsed tho Holy Fathers action-w hioh Is not a now
movement but tho reiteration OF On old nd unq ues
toned law-by dropping two of the worst of these
Journals from their lists.
We arc glad to see tho upon these propaxan-
dlsta OF infdelity and indecency baTun
The sun., 1897-03-20
A state Rich In Wonders.

From the Courier.JournaL
TIE sUS should understand that tho Hon. Pota.x
Grnhhs, the Hon. Hez Lung, and the Hon sauinch
Curd are not the only iuminAries on the Kentucky
horizon Stars OF such magnitude stud our skies az
daisies stud our meadows Even this moment tb.r.
is letter in tho Courier Journal ofnos for the Hon
cooney stckers, which that gentleman can ret by
calling at or sending his secretary to our ONCE.
The sun., 1897-03-20
Sugar Made from whey,
Nom the Chicago 7yms,. HsraId

From the Chicago TYmes Herald
EAGLE, Wis. March 15.-An industry In south
ern Wisconsin is tho manufacture OF suear from
,S Whey; IT, factory is located at Big Foot, noAr
brown sugary substance is made and sent to q
refinery at st; Charles. NJ, to be refined into o
white sugar that sells equally as we'll as tho i'm
The sun., 1897-03-20
Fashion In GeorKla.

From the Atlanta Journal
The Young Ladies' Social Club met Friday with
Miss Florence Werner and were dcliEhtfuIIy enter.
tained at "T.test." Miss Ada Alexander won The
nrSt prize. Dresden powder box Miss Florence jack
son won the consolation potted maiden hair fern
The sun., 1897-03-20
a Now Incubator,
From the Richmond Tf,,>

FROM the Richmond Times.
Mrs Alice Taylor OF Thirty.fourth and Manball
streets has invented new incubator. Her hens de-
serted their nest so she the eggs and wrapped
them up In shawl and placed them over the latrobe
Result: tho oBgs are Matching out
The sun., 1897-03-20

THE SUN bet on tho wrong side. too. "On the
cold merits OF the men," THE Sun said yesterday wc
must expect Corbett victory."-Boston Globe
Yet tho only money made around this Office
came In the shape of a to 10 bot on FITzsIM.
MONS Sic transit gloria mundi.
The sun., 1897-03-20

The "tariff reformers made such fist
OF 1t with their lying and disastrous Wilson
tariff that for very shame they should now
cease from boring the public with their dreery
preaching. For heavens sake. give us resti
The sun., 1897-03-20

From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Before tho present Administration draws to a close
the American nag should float over Honolulu.
The sun., 1897-03-20
We Bluah ana Kew.


From tho Pou0hksspsis Erenfno star.
It's not often that ono newspaper recommends its
readers TO read any other particular nevsp.nor hut
the star takes pleasure in recommending THE Sun 10
any Poushkeepsian who desires to road a clean. fear
less, upto,date metropolitan newspaper. II stands
head and shoulders above the majority OF Its contcm
Doraries - '''
The sun., 1897-03-20

To THE EDITOR oF THE sux-Sir: All honor to tho
clubs public libraries. and reading rooms that have
thrown out the Now York World and its perverted
pupil. GRAND Amy wov,s
The sun., 1897-03-20
Ono or tho PenaItie. or Cr.otn..,

From the Washington Post
Senator Platt OF New York is Just now the target
lot 'ho autograph hunters. He and Mark Hanna II
they wrote their signatures n thousand time. !, a..
would not supply the demand
The sun., 1897-03-20

LOCAL NEws.-Ths City and Suburban News Bureau
Of the UNITED PRKss and NEW YoRK ASSOCIATED
PRrss Ia at FL to 80 Ann street. All information
and documents for public use instantly dissent.
mated TO the press OF the whole country.
The sun., 1897-03-20

From the Turf, NeId and Fdrm
The kite track at MeAdyille Pa will DO remodsIlod
and made into mile regulation track.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-14
HAMILTON Is GUILTY.
so DECJDEs the COURT.MdRTIAL
AND THE GOyERN0R APPROVES.
The Verdict Is That the Sergeant be Fined
$40, Beprimanded and Dismissed
from the Military Service.

The Times yesterday mornin5 intimatcd
that the verdict in the Hamilton court
martial case would be the maximum or
nearly the maximum punishment lot ms
offense.
This proved correct The maximum
punishment was dismissal from the ser
vice, and a fine OF so. Governor Ofer-
rail- after reviewing the evidence, mas
approved the verdict OF the court-nariial,
which sat at the First Regimental Armory
Monday night.
THE CHARGE.
Sergeant c. /. Hamilton. quartslmaster
of Troop A. Cavalry. better known as the
Stuart Horse Guard. was charged with
using the armory Of that troop Tor other
than military purposes. in that he opened
the doors for a tight between troopers. He
pleaded guilty. but offered evidence TO
prove that he did not suggest that SCI
diors go 70 the armory 10 have the fight
and thar his record as a soldier was
a good one. -,,. .
Sergeant Hamilton Is now resident OF
Newport News.
THE VERDICT
Following is the verdict:
"Tbat OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES G. L.
mamilton Troop A. Cavalry, be fined $40
he severely reprimanded I'm an order to be
nt.blished 10 said troop as soon as pracu'
cable AMI TO be dismissed from the MILL
tarv service Of the State Of Virginia, and
that ;lds order he posted in the armory
for thirty days
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-14
THE MATOR'S VETO,
II Heads off Retrencbnent in city Hall Exs
peusos.

penses.
The action Of the Board Of Aldermen
Tuesday night In sustaining the Mayor $
veto Of the ordinance reducing the force
OF employees in the City Han prevents
the city from saving $3.50 year.
The ordinance now IN force designates
the following as the city Hall force.
One engineer and machinist az salary
of one hundred dollars per month.
one assistant engineer and machinist'
at a salary of sevcnty-fve dollars per
month
TWO nremen. each at a salary Of fifty
dollars q month.
one laborer to assist said firemen. at
q salary Of forty-hve dollars per month.
Three elevator men. each at salary OF
forty-nve dollars per month.
One ianitor. at a salary or Sixty ooi-
lars per month.
six helps 10 jnnitor each at salary
Of forty-nve dollars per month.
Three watchmeu. each az a salary OF
City dollars per month.
one oiler Of machinery. at a salary OF
fOrty-dve dollars per month.
The now ordinance vetoed by the Mayor
makes the number OF employees and their
ralarics as follows:
one engineer and machinist. az SAL
arv of sevonty-nve dollars per month.
one assistant engineer and machinist,
M n salary of sixty dollars per month.
Two nremen each az salary Of fifty
dollars per month.
Three elevator men. az a salary Of
fortv-fve dollars per month
Not more than seven janitors' each A.
q salary Of forty-fve dollars per month
Two watchmen. each AT "a salary OF
fftv dollars per month.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-14
THEsEABO1RD LITTGATION.
Allegations in the Suit for an ESam'na'io"
of the Accounts Of the system

Yesterdays New York sun says 80,
Thomas i. Ryan said yesterday regard
ing the action which he mas oetu1 III t.o
tinted states Circuit Court Of the Eastern
district 81 Virginia for an examination
of the officers and accounts OF lhe 80
board Air Line system. "Ihe sltuallol III
a nutshell is this: I own more IMAM 1uc-
ouarter of the common stock or the sea
boord and Roanoke Railroad Company.
r. G Hoffman. president Of the COMPANY
owns according to his own statement
only 20S shares. Having so large an m
terest IN the property. ] am naturally ur-
sirOus Of knowing that II IS properly mar
aged. Upon making inquiries. ! ulscoN-
cred that nearly all the supplies or tne
company are purchased from X. G. lton-
man Il CO.. Of Baltimore. IN other WoIu9,
I found that the president or the company
was buving from his own firm when Is
engaged i'm no other business that
know Of and supplies no other railroad
so far as J can learn, practlally an OF nne
supplies OF the Seaboard Company. Inc
action which have brought calling Tor an
INFLAMMATION Of the accounts is supported
by the affidavit Of n former purchaslns
agent Of the Seab0ard Company, 20 the
effect that ne was obliged 10 purchase
nearly all Of the supplies from K. &. hon-
man & Co., and that IN doing so ne was
obliged TO pay considerably more thah
the market price Of the supplies thus pur-
Ut seems 10 me that. aside from the
obvious Improperly Of the president or
the company buying supplies from ms
own firm. the sworn statements Of the
purchasing agent. who has acted for
wears Under Mr. Hoftman's directions,
made an examination OF accounts imper-
alive In the interest. not only OF myself
but or every other stakeholder. l. there
fore. began the action referred 20, ana
the Circuit Court has appointed master
I'm chancery for the examination OF both
the books and the officers OF the company
This was the only method by which /
could obtain satisfactory information re-
qarding a condition OF affairs which. on Us
face. seems 10 be without parallel In rail-
road manaooment"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-14

The mail distribution service on the
carly train from the North was inaugu-
rated yesterday.
Mossrs. r. Irving Valentine and r. 3.
Glenn. had charge Of the Richmond sec
ton.
The car left Washington about o'clock
Yesterday morning and by b.i0 CLOCK an
the mail was distributed
The authorities at the post-ofica were
not aware of the starting Of the car from
Washington. and I'm consequence the early
delivery by carriers will not begin until
ibis morning.
The bankers and business men, how
ever. received their mail in the boxes by >
o'clock.
So. after about ten years consideration
of the matter and twelve months active
agitation. in which Congressman John
Lamb took a greater part the early mail
service for Richmond has become a fact
The car. after discnarging Richmond s
mail continued South. Mcssrs Valentine
and Glenn will make the trip from Wash
inetou each morning.