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The half sentimental and half eccentric

The half sentimental and half eccentric
proposition to put the granite columns Of the
old Tombs at an entrance 10 the Central Park has
had this perfectly Legitimate result, q letter ad-
dressed to the National Sculpture Society:
"sIRs: To'day's papcrs state that tho question Of
the preservation OF the four columns and entabla.
ture, the entrance to the 'Tombs.' as an entran, Q to
our Central Park. is referred to your body. Ihave been
in some degree instrumental In suggesting this. and l
beg leave 10 urge your consideration OF this use for
these reasons:
THE work is an excellent representation Of Egyp-
tian architecture, and is large enough for the use in
tended. In connection with the obelisk, or near IL, Il
would be instructive. As an economical method OF
making one OF a series OF Nations Gateways Il might
prove OF advantage In asking from foreign nations II
they would ike to contribute, or our foreign.born
citizens might put up Irish, German. French. or Eng.
lish gateways. The Illuminate stone OF the 'old
Tombs will soon bo purged OF Its old associations.
ANDERSON PRICE"
To put an old prison gate before the entrance
to our most beautiful and charming recreation
ground Is a frcakish and digordered sort OF no.
ton. A great Egyptian gate to the Park would
be as absurd when made out OF old material on
hand. as 1t would be- il made of granite newly
quarried. But II Egyptian gates, why not Irish.
German. French, and English gates. and ulti.
mately q general hodgepodge Of style and Hsnti'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: Last fall. you will
remember. the papers that advocated or half advo.
Gated the election OF Bryan had long articles on how
we could get along without trade with Europe. They
then declared that :" American trade was good enough
for America, and American money good enough for
Americans" We wanted nothing TO do with Europe.
For the past two weeks, since 1t has become a fac:
that the tariff bill would pass, you viii notice that
they have nlled their columns with long articles
on how II the hill IL passed II viii afftct trade with
Europe, aud thus hurt American interests.
Why this complete Turn about? Why this complete
nop2 Cannot they be honest? ? Why not have them
put at the tops OF their pages, I'VE play to the gallery
only" and be done with IL?
EAST sEyESTY.sEcoSD STREET.
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BANKS AND BANKERS IN CANADA.
Report OF the Bank OF MontreaI-The Outlook
L. Depressing.

MONTREAL, June 11.-Several Of the Canadian
banks have been holding their annual meetings
and presenting their reports, among them the
Bank Of Montreal. The general manager Of this
largest of Canada's financial establishments had
a good deal to say that was interesting, but the
most noteworthy part Of his speech to the as
sembled shareholders was that which l now
quote. He said: In Canada the future is still
shrouded in uncertainty. The past year has
been very Disappointing, a year OF increasing
cidents. and there have been a considerable
number of failures. More will have to fol-
low. unless some Improvement takes place
this year. The position. so far as I
read #. is this, and il seems a very deli
cato one: any further depression coming on
a community already weakened by a long fight
against adverse circumstances will precipitatc
a very serious state OF affairs, worse than any
thing we had yet to encounter This state
ment Of a responsible person, with every ad-
vantage for correctly observing and gauging the
financial condition of Canada. Is in marked COR
trast with the utterance Of political boomsters.
intent only on running up the value OF their
wares. | refer to the matter especially because
II Is q complete justification OF everything /
have been saying during the past twelve
months of the condition OF things In the coun-
try. II is quite certain that when better times
set in on your side OF the line, there will be such
an exodus out OF this country as has never been
seen. From every side | hear OF nothing but
distress and trouble. especially among farmers
and the village storckcepers.
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YOUR BLOOD RELATIONS.
Hot Bnough HIEurcs 70 Express the Hunber n
Yea Count Back Tee Ear.

Prom AHscevs.
Grandfathers and grandmother are very
proud when they can boast OF having . paltry
score or two Of descendants, but no ono seems to
be aware Of the grounds he has for boasting OF
the number Of his ancestors.
Has 1t ever occurred to you to count back in q
direct Incl II not, try 1t now. and you will DO
astonished. At the first remove you have two
father and mother. At the next step you have
fonr-two grandfathers and two grandmothers.
Each of these has a father and q mother. SO
you have four great-grandfathers and four great
grandmothers. Each of these. again. has had
two parents, 30 that at the fourth generation
back you have sixteen ancestors, at the nth
you have thirty-two, at the sixth you have sixty.
four, and at the seventh you have 1913.
As you go a little further they rise to the thou.
sands, tens Of thousands, and hundreds Of thou.
sands. 80 that. II all your direct ancestors for
amount to over 100000. and II you 60 back
another twenty degrees they total 100000
0O0, O0o-more people than there are In tho
world at the present moment, II you leave out
Asia.
Now. as forty generations arc equal to only
about 200 years, II you were to calculate back
to the beginning OF the world you simply
couldn't find figures to express the number OF
your blood relations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17

The sixtieth anniversary Of the Boston
Lancers was celebrated on Monday, and was as
sublime an occasion in the history Of war as
everybody expected it would be. The troopers. in
their scarlet uniforms and mounted on we'll
groomed bay and black chargers" moved out Of
Bullhnch street into Bowdoin Square to the
music Of the "Lancers' Last Charge played
by tho Lynn Cadet Band. They got by School
street, in safety. but "a light luncheon was served
at Trooper YoUNG's. on Shawmut avenue"
Then they lanced on to Roxbury, where an
other halt was made. at Trooper FRANK
STONES, on Northrop street, and refreshments
were again served" At 3 O'Clock they had got
back to Faneuil Hall and were eating 1.-The an
nual dinner" There the reporter left them.
but there is no doubt that they had tea tcold) at
5, another dinner at z, supper at IL, and Welsh
rarebit at 1890. 1t was a tremendous day. but
the troopers went through 1t with unshrinking
appetite.
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o IN THE WEST
Eii Perkins FINDS the Couptry Once AFFLICTED
by Drought Vow q Garden Of Eden.

ORLEANS. Neb., June 12.-The East can pre-
pare to rejoice. You would rejoice now II you
could see the wonderful crop Of corn and grain
which is now waving over n drought region
which has missed crops for two or three years.
Copious rains have come all over the far West,
from San Antonio up through tho Texas Pan.
handle and on through Kansas and Nebraska 10
Dakota. Western Nebraska and Kansas are
soaked with water clear up to the Colorado Dor
der and the people arc wild with Joy.
have passed over this entire country. They
have already harvested 80, 900, 600 bushels OF
wheat in western Texas, and now the rcapcrs in
southern and western Kansas arc running in
wheat fields loaded with grain. Everywhere.
wheat, corn, oats and rye could not look better.
Good times are coming from tho West to help
Mckinley in the East.
For three years western Kansas and Nebraska
havo lost their crops. Nebraska stood the
drought from Colorado to Lincoln for two years,
and then parted with her hogs and cattle. Last
year she had superb corn again, but no hogs or
railroads. Corn is selling for IL cents u bushel
and not n hog In sight. Last years crop is still
R in ,So G IN i.l The fSs S ssS wiling viii E for here the AND 9if ihe to
two crops Of corn win be turned into pork.
The railroads which will profit by .h !, Won
RoeE Island. and Union Pacldc. The St; Paul
anu northwestern arc wheat TOuub. anu IuelT
crops In Dakota and Minnesota look fine.
The reason sugar is going all over California
is because beets do not freeze In the winter there,
and they can use less machinery and feed out all
! the beets to stock after the sugar has been ex-
tracted. In Nebraska the bcets have to be
| harvested and treated before the frost comes.
Ten thousand dollars worth of machinery
In California will manufacture as much
sugar as $50. 900 worth will In Nebraska.
still Nebraska Is doubling her acreage Of
beets and chicory. There 10 one chicory
farm at O'Nell. Seb.. covering $500 acres.
The old Mckinley bill put 2 cents q pound duty
on manufactured chickory and let raw chickory
come in free. This policy brought twenty-seven
chicory factories from France and Belgium TO
America The Wilson bill took of that tariff
and the. twenty-seven Mckinley chicory fac
tories closed down and our money went to
Europe for chicory again. The new Dingley
bill puts gig cents on manufactured chicory,
! cent on raw. This tariff will bring back the
factories again. and chicory will take the place
OF much wheat land in this country.
The free-silvcr craze in Kansas and Nebraska
Is wearing out. They all say that Cleveland
hard times. the stopping of factories in the East
and bad crops in the West, drove them TO silver
ism; When they were drowning they caught
hold of anything.
The prosperity which the big crops will bring
set the 10000 idle railroad men west OF the Mis-:
sissippi to work. make the farmer rich and
happy, and kill Bryan's silverism as prosperity
once killed Weaver's greenback craze.
ELI ERKIN
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faith in brakes. The trouble nine times out
Of. ten has arisen, not from the absence OF n
brake, but because the rider was unable to
control his wheel with sufficient prompt
ness" If n person is able to wheel at all,
power to control his machine certainly
depends OH his ability to stop quickly. And
u brake enables him to do that.
Bicycle teachers Of the sort referred to do
more harm to the sport of wheeling than
the wabblers and scorchers combined. They
should learn that the best safeguard for
wheelmen Is, first of all, common sense.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17

The so-called endless chain process Of re-
demption and reissue for redemption OF United
States notes must be stopped at once. The dangers OF
this process OF repetitious redemption OF a debt that
IL never cancelled are too painfully plain TO be either
ignored or cvaded. II permitted to continue. a cur.
rency collapse will be an almost Inevitable result -
Wool Record,
The Vooi Record starts upon It's career with
the above absurd piece OF transformation. The
endless chain process A" OF which it speaks, was
stopped long ago by the increase of tho Govern.
mcnt revenues. and since March / more than
500, O00. 900 Of tho United States notes subject
to 1t have accumulated In the Treasury. The
currency collapse" which the Record pro.
nounces inevitable, Is. therefore. not in sight.
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Foreign Note. or Real Iu,.rss..

Japan has ordered four sl.knot torpedo boat de-
stroyers OF the YarrowB.
Russia will establish a permanent diplomatic is-
CATION In Abyssinia next fall
MAscaEni's "Zauetto'' was received 81 the Teatro
SaIinale in Rome on Its nrst performance more
than colby"
Thomas Hardy. It is pleasant to learn from the
Academy. has dropped sex problems and returned
to tho methods of his earlier stories,
sudermApn has completed . new nvsact play
called 'Johannes.." which will be brought out N
September at the Dsutsches Theatre In Berlin.
Walter SCOTS original autograph manuscript Of
the Lady or the Lake will be sold At auction this
month in London. tosether with the nAnuscript'
OF tho Tales OF a Grandfather" OF "old Mortal.
n.y. and of Castle Dangerous"
Brion. In tho department OF the Iutrs. has -iected
its cure NJ. Hugenot, a queer name for . Catholic.
a. Mayor. II 10 stated mat ssvsL other French
mmune have selected the village priest for
Mayor this year.
An Arctic exposition ied by Mr.. Fl. J. Pearson
and two other English gentlemen has started for
the Barents Sea. It viii explore NovayA 2smbIA
and tho Island of waigats. as we'll as the great
TendrS OF the samoyeds from tho UrSl Mountains
10 the Plethora River.
Quarter Latin walters are now wearing the dreh
coats in " 4ich the late NJ. lie Roger presided over
the French Senate. The late Presidents wardrobe,
according 70 the French custom. was sold AZ AUG
ton VITA his other effects. ami three dreas coats
as good as new were bought for 81. go by . specu
lAtlve waiter.
Jean de RsAIkG's victory in the Warsaw Derby
this year with Claude Frollo is his second. HI
horse wrOEard won the imperial p-iIe last year
In twelve months the tenor has won $ 10000 In
ktakcs. His stuI farm at RoroVno Is In charge OF
his younger brother. Victor. VINO Is sAti TO nave =
inner voice than Jean. hut will not cultivate II,
Col. Davidson OF Edinburgh. who. besides being
the Inventor OF the elongated bullet with conalnTeS,
OF telescope sightS for sporting guns, aud NJ th'
method for laying guna and mortsrs ny the coils
mAtor. Was an omcer OF distinction In the East
India service ana the father OF the EdinUurgh kins
Volunteers. has had 20 wait Till he was 80 years u
| age before receiving . X. c. \
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Tho plan for the new Hall of Records is
reported by the committee to whom 1t was re-
ferred, Prof. WARE being the architectural
expert on 1t, to be beautiful and worthy of &C.
ceptance. Good! The architect was not chosen
in accordance with approved principles. but his
building Is pronounced with authority to DO all
right. Edifcdtm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17

Happy is the steamer which bears to Eng
land tho memorial OF the Ancient and Honor
able Artillery Company to Queen VICTORIA.
Happy will the Hon. JOIN HAY be when no re.
ceives that memorial. Thrice and four times
happy the Queen when she accepts II, tho crown
of the Jubilee and the eye Of all her pomp.
Tho memorial was prepared by tho Hon. Henry
WALKER, but before his unhappy estrangemcnt
from Col. SIDNEY MONTGOMERY HEDGES. Pre-
sumably, therefore, It represents the long labor
OF two consummate artists in the art Of life.
two travellers and martialists VINO nro famous
from John O. Groat's TO the North End. 1t is
"bound in red morocco, padded" and "inclosed
in u handsome flexible red morocco case" In
short, 1t Is a luxurious edition OF tho "Ancient's
Bible" It's contents, however. are more pre-
cious than words can tell. 1t is said to contain
a bottle OF Hollands which was discovered In
tho excavations on Puddle Dock, Plymouth.
In 1889. The namo "MyLEs 10
blown In the bottle. which houses a heroic bevcr.
age. The other volume OF the memorial 10 q
quart demijohn Of Medford wine 1920. How
these treasures have escaped the ravages Of time
and tho Ancicnts, no man knows; but escaped
they have. and Windsor will soon DO richer by
Boston's loss.
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The Naval Commission OF the French Chamber OF
Deputies is now considering a very important bill in.
tended vastly to increase the fighting efficiency OF the
French navy. ON the proposition OF NJ. Lockroy a
credit Of 4 1000. 900 francs has been voted, and the
money will be expended in the establishment or i'm.
provement OF coaling stations. or ports dc refuge
The following points have been selected: Corsica,
Tunisia, Dakar. Senegal, Martinique. Saigon in Indo-
China, and Algeria.
Another appropriation of go. 900. 900 francs will he
spent in repairing men.of.war now in service. This
the Government intended to charge on the ordinary
naval budget. but the commission concluded to grant
an extra appropriation to shorten the period of work.
The last extra credit adopted. 200. 900. 900 francs,
will he devoted to new constructions. the details OF
which have not yet been decided.
As a whole. this bill calls for 900. 900. 900 Of francs
OF extra expenses. and Will soon be reported TO the
Parliament for adoption, 1t Is independent OF the
annual budget already decided.
In the mean time work Is pushed most actively in
the dOcky ards. The ironclad Hoche will 20 10 Cher.
bourg to change her boilers. Al the same place the
cruiser ironclad Pothuan is being completed, while
the cruisers Duchayla and Catinat VIII begin their
period OF trials The coast guard ironclads Furieuz
ana isequin Will go through an extensive transforms.
ton. After changing their boilers they will receive in
place VI their old $40 and AGO millimetres guns
smaller bores. Of ga and $40 %millimctres, respect.
lively, but OF equal nShtIn power at least.
At Brest the cruiser d'Assas and the first class iron.
clad Massena have begun their trials. Al Touion the
Secondrclass ironclad Friedland has been rcpaire I,
and the new cruiser Pascal has entered into active
service, Extensive rehtting is being done on the coast
guards ~dompta le, Canaan, and Terrible; and on
the ironcladS naudin and Formidable; all OF them
are changing their AGO and $40 millimetres guns for
more mo .ern mud effective armament, The tendency
In the French navy Is to adopt for the armament OF
the turrets nothing larger than $40 or even 906 mill,
metres bore. The Chares.Martel, the last addition TO
the Mediterranean neet, Is the fastest OF the French
nrstclaSs ironclads. with 1918 knots 10 her credit,
her sister ships, the Caruot aud Jaureguiberry, being
/ only . trine above Is knotG
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Young Ono. ana Old Ones of Kentucky.

From the Murray Ledger.
William Peagues. q negro Baptist preacher Of Chez
terneld. s. c., is the proud father OF forty three chill.
dren. This beats "Shed" Ray OF local fame lust
three votes.
From the Eikton Times.
Elkton has the second largest boy Of his age in
the United States. He is Tom Page. q son OF Mr.. D. ].
Page. and is 10 years OF age. Tom stands o feet sa
inches in his socks and weighs $50 pounds.
From the Stanford Interior Journal.
Mr.. John c. Hill OF the haywood section. who 10 now
In his slst year, belongs to a family whose longevity
is remarkable. The combined ages OF Mr.. Hill and
his four living brothers and sisters are $50 years, and
they all give promise OF adding a good many years TO
the sum total. except the above. who has been very
fseble for some time. The others are Mrs. Mary
In Missouri. and James A. Hill OF Kansas. The dead
OF the family are DR.. Hill. who was 81; MIS-. Martha
Hiatt, 7s. and Mrs. Marion Menefee. rs. Their mother.
Mrs, Rebecca Hill. died at SO.
From the WIliidnatorn Courier.
A rather remarkable gathering OF old men was seen
on the streets at one time Tuesday morning, Among
the number were William Smith, aged So, of Williams
town; l.. T. Clark. aged 81. williamstown; l., Ste
phens. aged 20, of Cross Roads; William Price. aged
70. OF Dry Ridge; W @, Cram. aged 20. OF Williams.
town; Samuel Brock, aged SO. OF KeefeT. All OF these
old citizens are in good health. In addition TO these
on Monday Uncle Pierce Kent OF Mason was attend
ing court, He Is % yean OF age and ia probably the
oldest litigant in tho State. Uncle Martin LOOMS
who preached at the Baptist Church on Sunday, ID
also 81 years OF age.
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LIVE SNAKE Nv HER BED.
Now . Pennsylvnnfs Husband Made Ht Co.
comfortable for His wife,
FIonz IN. PhLud<fphfn Reoord

EyUHs ~ FHNuut4VNtu 1LtooTu-
NEW CASTLE, Pa, June 13.-Putttng q live
snake In his wife's bed was one Of the charges on
which r. g. Cunningham a Slippery Rock
farmer. was to-day arrested and entered bail.
On another occasion she says he put a live toad
in the bed, and later on some salty stuff in her
coffee. She is afraid he will kill her.
Cunningham about q year ago advertised in a
Pittsburg newspaper for a housekeeper. The
advertisement stated that she was wanted
pretty widow of Pittsburg answered the adver-
usement, and came TO live at the Cunningham
home. Mrs. Cunningham did not like this ar
and on account of the attention be-
slowed upon the widow by her husband. family
trouble followed. Cunningham wanted his
wife to leave, II Is said. but she refused Final
" matters resulted in the pretty widow going
back to Pittsburg. Cunningham subsequently
sued for divorce on the ground Of cruel and bar
barous treatment, but couldn't prove bis charge
and the case was dismissed.
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BURIED on THE MouSrAu TOP.
The Resting Place OF the Miner Whe Hoanaea
Arizona City.
From the Topeka State Journal

From the Topeka State Journal
TOMBSTONE. Ariz., June IL. Edward L
Schiefielin. the miner who founded this place.
made provisions in his will for his last resting
place. His body rests on one Of the hilltops
overlooking the city he founded years ago. This
is the manner in which he directed that his
body should be disposed of:
1T is my wish. II convenient, to be buried in
the garb OF a prospector. my old pick and can
about three miles westerly from the city Of
Tombstone, AriZ., and q monument such as pros
pectors build when locating q mining claim
erected. And that none of my friends wear
crepe. Under no circumstances do ! want TO be
buried in any cemetery or graveyard.
II have no children. but should any one, ut
their own expense. prove to the satisfaction OF
my executors, hereinafter named. 10 be q child
ofmine, to each i give the sum OF $50"
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From N, W~rltap,.to,cr Courier.
The Dangers or Oklahoma.
From the Edmond Republica n.

FTOW NC FdHOHu HfpNOIIcdN,
An Oklahoma farmer wrote TO u friend In the East
trying TO give him some idea OF the soil out there.
He said they have to NOW the Grass on the sod floor
TO mud tho baby. one family near him had twin
babies with only one cradle. and the kid who had 10
sleep IN the floor grew twice as fast as the other.
Where the soil is richest q man dare not stand on one
foot any length OF time lest one leg becomes longer
than the other and bother him In walking.
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To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sfr: In ~streetcar travel
the passengers are officially considered and treated,
not ~ human beings, men, women. and children, but
simply as fares" This being the case, l protest
against being called a hog by a SuS correspondent,
or An insenslble person OF descreGitaLle practices by
THE sUS itself. should | stand up In an open ear In an
effort to reach my destination by a public route with.
out loss OF time.
would again suggest, 90 / did some years ago in
the SUB, that half fare only DO paid when NO seat IL
available 81 the time OF collection. ], +. D..
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No man unable to swim should 20 upon the
water with another man unless the latter I'd able 70
swim.-Svracuse Post.
It 10 a good deal OF a fact that the water has a
peculiar attraction for the people who can't
swim. It may or may not be true that a good
many sailors are not swimmers, but 1t is sure
enough that a large proportion Of the chaps who
go out sailing In small boats, especially on
Sunday. can neither swim nor sail. They
will not admit that they don't know how
to sail a boat until the event gets them
into trouble; and their alacrity in sinking
is concealed until the tip-over comes. The
cheerfulness with which a lot Of greenhorns
will disport themselves on the water is one Of
the many evidences Of the essential courage Of
tho race. Sometimes II seems as II the fellows
who know how to swim had a passion for dry
land, and as II the fellows who can't use their
fms were wild for the water; but doubtless
these things, like everything else, are the slaves
OF averages.
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From The courier-Journd
Give the Popocrats credit for candor and courage.
They do not attempt to conceal their purposes, They
are openly for bryan and Organism. Democrats
know as well this year AZ last year what they have to
night; and we do not doubt that they will tight Il as
effectively now as then.