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not or tho question Of good government for
the Greater New York" It has declared
from the beginning that that IL the sole
issue on which the campaign must and
will be fought. The contest Is to
be for fundamental principles without
which there can be no good govern
ment here or anywhere else In this re-
public without which there can be no
stable civilization. The issue is both ma
tional and municipal, and of overshadow-
ing Importance to this great centre Of Amer
lean wealth and enlightenment. Mr.. Low
and his hackers are making futile efforts to
bury that supreme issue under the rubbish
of their paltry and artificial Issues.
Our East Orange correspondent asks us,
finally, to "explain how it is that among the
slgners of the appeal for Mr.. Low are to be
found the names of almost every respect
able banker and business man In New York
city" We cannot explain 1t, for we do not
know 1t. We do not believe 1t. Show us
the names, so that we may publish them,
and enable the people to Identify the
bankers and business men Of New York
who are concerting and conspiring with
the political marplots now working in
all subterranean ways TO turn over the in
calculable interests and the vast political
power of the Greater New York to the
hordes of Organism. 1t would be interest
ing to scrutinize the list at this time when
returning prosperity teaches the whole In
telligent community the need Of beating
down the threatening social and political
forces which produced the dismal period
through which we have been passing.
Finally, the whole Low movement Is
purely artificial. 1t represents nothing ex-
cept a curious disposition of human nature,
which finds qualification in signing petit
tions, 30 often illustrated in many amusing
ways. Probably the explanation is that it
costs nothing to sign, and thus to escape
the Importantly of the canvasser.
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A new candidate for the championship

A new candidate for the championship
of free-silver crarks has appeared In a Mr..
who has put his feelings into
writing through the medium OF a Chicago mag
azine. entitled the Gentleman Farmer. Mr..
HAWTHORNE declares that those who hold that
tho payment OF the national obligations in sill
yer would he both dishonest and diShonorable,
ARE the men who deemed it no dishonor to bear
down nigh two billions of greenbacks by the
power OF gold, until in 1864 they made them
worth but little more than one-third OF their
face value" In Mr.. H~AwTHoRNE's behalf we
claim ignorance sufficient to put him at the
head OF the free-silver NOV emcnt. Not a quar-
ter OF two billions OF greenbacks had seen tho
light of day by 1864, not to mention tho ques-
ton Of their being horne down by tho weight
of gold.
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Torpedo Boat Tactics.

In calling q conference Of officers Of OK
p~erience to arrangea programme Of torpedo
boat practice. Acting Secretary ROOSEVELT
is not premature. 1t is true that only a few
torpedo boats are yet In commission, but
others are coming forward. and there will
be a respectable fotilla ready for manou
vres during the autumn and winter.
Hitherto no rules for torpedo boa exer-
cises have been formulated, as our only boat
for years was the Cushing, supplemented
by the little wooden craft Stiletto. Only of
late has the Ericsson, after many mishaps,
been added to the number. And even now
that fleet operations are in order, the
point that presses most on attention
Is the large measure of Importance
attached to the work of the individual
vessel. The very fact that torpedo craft
will rely largely for their success on the
cover of darkness shows how much
must depend on the boats acting singly,
and, in a measure, Independently.
Nevertheless, concerted action has its
place even with these little vessels. It is
obvious that their chances of success are
best when their attack Is delivered on the
same object in pairs, trios, or swarms. The
big battleship which discovers and riddles
one or two adversaries may fall a prey to
still another, dart!ng in simultaneously
from another quarter. Hence general sys-
TENS and methods Of combined attack and
of signalling to each other must b, studied
and carefully practised, while in actual
history we have the successful sallying out
of a torpedo fotilla against the enemy, as
shown in Japan's war with China.
The officers In conference, Lieutenant
Commander KIMBAI.L. who is to have
charge of the ~flotilla; Lieut.. USHER, COM
handing the Ericsson, and Lieut.. FREMONT,
will therefore find enough work before
them. For, of course, their task concerns,
as has been said. the best methods of sepa-
rate action, as well as ~ combined evolu-
tions, n these last may be undertaken
either in connection with a squadron
of battleships, as in the British an
nual for several years, or
in n programme for torpedo boats ex-
ciusively, as in this summers English
exercises. 1t seems probable that careful
individual practice will be first prescribed,
the as a fotilla coming later,
when the handling of the boats has become
familiar. A long period of operations may
ensue in northern waters till cold weather,
and then in southern through the winter.
One of the incidental good features of the
new torpedo boat fotilla is the chance it
gives for many independent commands. In
adding a score of the little craft to the
navy. with small crews and at light cost
for maintenance, an excellent school of
responsibility is furnished to officers whose
rank would not otherwise entitle them to
such advantages. Fol this reason as many
as possible of the boats should be kept in
commission and ut sea.
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From the state where Bryan Lives.
From the Fremont Tribune.

From the Fremont Tribune.
It is the strangest thing In the world that good
crops. good prices. and prosperity alw avs come with
the enactment of a protective tariff law. The tariff
retorniers tell US that the one has nothing to do with
the other. and this Ia what gives it such a profoundly
mysterious aspect.
From the Fuirdeld Netrs- Herald.
Sec them creep, See hem hedge See them dodgsi
Wheat almost double what it vas one year AGO; corn
almost double, S2s. 900. 0O0 OF Indebtedness paid IN
the past year; the farmer b tier of. the merchaas
doing better. We know you don't like to see 1t, as -
destroys the opportunity TO say: II told you So"
But prosperity is coming all the same.
From the Grand Island Republican.
1t is pleasant TO note that quite a few OF the caIan-
ity shriekrrs are getting ashamed of their course, and
changing IT TO some extent. They see that in spite Of
their chronic c~roaking, times are growing better,
that the people are both paying their debts and living
more comfortably. that In spite OF the decline m
the price OF silver there has been a steady advance in
the price of products and an increased demand for
labor. and In the fact Of such conditions the old the
ory that "everything will rise and fall with the rise
and fall in price of silver fails and has no weight.
From the Curtis Courier.
Democratic newspapers can howl all they want to
about the rise IN prices which the Dingley bill will
cause, hut the people know from experience that the
Republican party stands responsible for the measure.
and that Is the guarantee OF a measure that will in
directly benefit every man, woman. and child In tho
country. F~sschood and subtle misrepresentation Will
never change the truth that is being clearly shown to
this country, that prosperous times are at hand and
the Republican party is the caus" of this prosperity.
From the Nebraska State Journal.
Nebraska undoubtedly has more striking figures to
show this year. but unfortunately there is no ma
chinery In this State for gathering the Official infor
nation. The State Board OF Agriculture here is or
gained properly enough to do other work. Tho
Bureau OF Labor and Industrial statistics Is too busy
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1t must not be true that the Hon. MARY
ELIZABETH LEASE, tho greatest living states.
woman in Kansas. refuses the likeness Of a
quocnly crown and says that she is 81 much
devoted to the reform business that she has no
timc to DO Queen Of the Harvest at Topeka next
fall and to wear q clustering diadem worth from
100000 down. Mrs. LEASE mas already done
great deeds for reform, and she can we'll afford
TO do something in celebration of tho crops.
Kansas has had a strong dose Of reform in tho
last few years. Now she pines for tho beautiful
and tho splendid, in short, for Mrs. LEASE, ra.
diant in coronal and carcanet. The Hon. NINA
Il. DIGas would not hesitate to wear that golden
crown of autumn. Will the greatest living
stateswoman allow her to wear It'll
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that they were about The sirs Of the full
moon. One Of them had "a brown spot
which gave at the snrst glance the effect OF q
squint, at tho next glance q %coquottish express
sion, and ever after q sense of tremendous
power and passion" Surely ono of tho most
accomplished and versatile brown spots In all
history. A brown spot that squinted. coquotted,
and exhibited tremendous power and passion
Clearly Glory is an heroine, after all.
Not that you have to like her voice, which
" startled you with its depth, which was a kind
of soft hoarsoness." Why must even a heroine
with a perpotually moving large mouth and a
versatile brown spot in one Of her eyes have a
hoarse voicof Is there anything heroic in
hoarseness7 Some OF the Cockneys have hoarse
voices, and 1t has been observed that gin COM
municatcs a raucous tone to the pipes. Mr..
GAME might have made Glory appear in bottor
voice.
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The heroine of Mr.. HAIL GAINES new

The heroine of Mr.. HAIL GAINES new
novel has u mouth "~somowhut largo for
beauty 1t is tho fashion among hcroines.
rms heroine, who has the eminently Georgian
name OF HHorB Q"dyie, has IA large mouth which
10 Always moving nervously." That must bo
unpleasant Tor the spectators. She is taller
thah Inc common" Heroines are. She had
so'ueh red hair" which not all hnroInes have,
an" presumably she rode a magnificent white
steeu' taller than the common by many hands.
she mad magnificent dark gray eyes OF great
size' Presumably two OF them, although the
number Is not given. On tho whole gray eyes
are the fashion for herolnes. gray and magnih-
cent rhere Is no exact rule for Gscertainins
inc slEe VI the magnificent dark gray eyes OF
Glory Quayle. but we get a general impression
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To THE EDITOR or THE suN-Sfr; l read In THE
Sun a while ago an article that said mid iIo.aSoI PEG.
pie didn't wear out their shoes 80 fast as younger
people do. That Elrurk me all IN n heap, because my
shoes last nv twice as long now no they used to, And
now | observe that don't toe oui as ! Ised to, !
used to turn my toss well out; rs ons might say, |
~featherel my { ct ninrIy VIII II | walked, Now /
po NJ them straight a'IeHd, ana | Md that they seem
I have settled lGio tlat direction; 1t wound require au
onurt for me now 10 toe out as | did before. is this a
Sign OF old AgeP GEAILISG,
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AKaIust Elevator uo,s.

To THE EDITOR OF THR sUN-SiT: You are always on
the right side. 50 l write 20 eali your attention TO. aud
protest against through your columns. the coming
fashion OF employing boys AS elevator men, / went
up to-day In an elevator IN the DrcKel building run by
u mere boy, and there are Others. Please raise your
voice az aiust this abuse before it becomes as bad as
the wagon boy terror. RATAokD FARHAA.
EEw YoRK. Aug. ~.
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Proposal by Melon.

From The BuUuIO Courier Record.
NIAGARA FALLS, Aug, ~ll.-AmOng a pile " water
melons rci'ed here yesterday by a commission
house was bis Juicy fellow, 10 which a noe had
been fastened securely In tho Tar south. II read AZ
follows:
"Gussia Watson OF Wollston. Ca, age II gears
hopes that some young man win get this melon who
would want TO correspond with IL Georgian .trI."
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To the EprToR OF THE SuS-Str: Col. Warning, whose
remarks anent the aromas proceeding from Barren
Island 1 read in your paper q day or so ago. must
have been afiicted with q very bad cold in the head
when be visited the works OF the Sanitary Utlizu
ton Society, or the wind mus. have been in another
direction.
If he did get within smelling radius I would like 70
hear from him hs definition OF the word e stencil"
He observes that q boiled cabbage dinner ia worse in
smell. That depends entirely upon tho quality or age
1t is all very we'll for the gallant Colonel to dismiss
the subject with a few nippant remarks and a wave
avenue. Far Rockaway. one evening to dinner, and II
h. en;oys his visit II will be because his olfsctory
organs are not in perfect working order or the Bar
rem Island zephyrs are travelling in another direction.
wS Nsn latter Snsr cGntInfs Is Ysa Is few and FAR between;
To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sfr. As a sufferer from
the Barren Island nuisance, and az to statements
made by Col. waring in your valuable paper OF to.
day. I would like to ask Col. Warning a few questions
as to his sick hobby garbage plant.
First-Is 1t not a fact that c large part OF the New
York garbage Is used to fill in the low ground of Bar.
rem Island Instead Of be ng destroyed as contracted
work OF hiltne in with HIS horses and carts
Thirds 1t not q fact that the sick. sinelling garbage
In process OF unloa ing is exposed In an open and un.
Fourth-Are not the injurious. sick. smcllIng gases
generated In the process OF boiling allowed to escape
in the open ayr without being destroyed2
Fifth-ls It not a fact that the hot, boiled. decom.
posed garbage Is pressed In open pressers and tie
fumes and gases from same allowed to escape in the
sixth-Does not the putrd tank wa ter, after II has
run from the open presses. run through open cutters
pipe under a stone pile into Jamaica Bay
srHenth-Does not the tank water contain from 9
eight to twelve tons Of solid matter @G thrown \ into, nes
Jamaica daa Bay from every hundred tons OF %Farbsse2
blown into the atmosphere in process OF dryinsT
NEW YORK. Aug. IA. A SUFFERER.
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Evidently Prince HENRI of Orleans has a

Evidently Prince HENRI of Orleans has a
big contract on hand. Gen. ALBERroNE holds
himself in reserve and will insist upon fighting
the Prince II the latter should be the victor in
the duel with tho Count of TURIN. According
to this proceeding the Prince will DO compelled
to hight tho whole blooming Italian Army, in
which case the thing will become very monoto-
nous. But inasmuch as the Prince merely ro-
peated what was told to him by King MENELEK,
IL seems somewhat strange that King HUMBERr
should send a substitute to battle. selecting
Prince HENRl NJ the enemy. IIUMBERT should
challenge MESELEK. Let us have n rlp.roaring
royal fight! How splendid it would be to hear
the Italian Monarch shouting in Forrestesq ne
accents: "MESELEK. come 'orth; tits HUMBERr
calls! HUMBElT is hoarse with daring thee to
arms!' But hen MENELEK might come, and We
should bet on him two To one.
LANAkrlNE. on leaving Rome, wrote some
verses. very nice indeed as verses 20, but very
uhcomplimentary to tho Italians. In these
lines ne spoke OF Italian steel as striking In the
dark only, and to prove that he was wrong, an
lta'lan noblcman drove about three inches of it
ihlo inc poets arm In u duel in broad daylight.
LEI ns hope that Prince HENRI will be more
fortunate Than tho author of "Jocelyn."
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mas anybody heard n farmer complain lately
Iood H--BuTiIO Commercial,

Inc feelings of tho Democratic and Populist
FARMERS can be imagined. They may DO too
busy t'king In the money to complain, but they
must 10 making a silent. II very silent protest.
~ Is wrong to DO prosperous, and their fall
platforms Will assure them That they are not
prosperous; hut the money will como pour
ing H. regardless of The sutferings OF silver. IL
'No FARMERS arc not heard complaining, that Is
no s'sh mat they nre not making II mental
apology 10 silver for doing well without il.
SUI, prosperity tends TO give its victims n COM
iorthbIe sensation. 1t is likely enough that u
sooa many of thom will become perfectly con-
IehtcH and refuse to moan any more.
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Pearl Fishing In Arkansas.

from fhc Arkansas Democrat.
homphis parties have leased the lakps near Bald
Knob Ark. and Will engage in pearl ashluG ~ .
large scale.
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u our friends pho favor us toifh manuscripts r7r
publication ,otsh to hdve rejected articles returned,
thev unust IN oil oases ssnd stamps for that purpose.
Evening journal., 1897-07-21
REY. SAM" W. SMALL.

THE NOTED SOUTHERN ORATOR
AND REFORMER BEGINS A Sc
RIES OF MEETINGS IN THE IN
TEREST OF LOCAL OPTION, CIR
HOMIE RULE FOR THE SUPPRESS
SION OF THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
The new Constitution for the State Of
Delaware has a local option clause, and
the temperance people of the state pro-
pose to make things lively for the sa-
looms Rev. Sam Small. the Southern
evangelist and temperance reformer,
who is president of the Local Option
League of America. has arrived in Will
mington, and will open the campaign
in this city this evening, to continue to
August l.
Mr.. Small has led many successful
campaigns in several sections of the
country, and thinks that 1t is time to
free the Diamond State. Pyle's Cycle
Academy, at the corner of Tenth and
Orange streets, is being fitted up COM
fortably for the series Of meetings
Comfortable chairs. electric lights and
electric fans will make the auditorium
agreeable and comfortable to the
crowds. A corps Of singers will add TO
the entertainment. and the speaking
by Mr.. Small will be in his usual pun
gent fashion. There will be no admis-
sion fee charged, and everybody is in
vted to attend Seats for 1000 are pro-
vided The celebrated pugilist-evange-
list. Jim" Smith, of Canada, will be
present and assist. and several we'll
known people of the state will take
part.
After Wilmington Mr.. Small will
make a thorough canvass OF the state,
organizing Local Option Leagues in
every considerable town.
About forty of the leading temper
ance men and women of Wilmington
met at Association Hall last evening
and conferred with Mr.. Small relative
to the local option crusade to be begun
this evening. Among those who mel
Mr.. Small were: Presiding Elder L. r.
Barrett, Rev. W. l.. s. Murray, Rev. V
p. Northrup, Rev. Ralph 7. Coursey
Rev. George l.. Wolfe, Rev. Thomas j
Mason. G. w. Todd, president Of The
Prohibition League; Mrs. l.. w. Emer-
son. vice-president of the w. c. T. u
Secretary Williams, of the Y. M. c. A..
L. w. BrOsius. Albert Cowgirl, A. r
Tatum, John White, A. " Roberts, w
e. Shumar. G. F. Davidson, Albert Ad
mon Lindsey, Alfred Gawthrop, VI. f
Wallace. l.. c. Jones. f. C. Mccall
Henry Spies, Mrs. M. r. Lincoln, Mr.
and Mrs. w. T. Morris.
Mr. Todd presided. In the course o
a short address Mr.. Small said chat h
believed the time between polltica
campaigns the most Cpportune for ere
ating and developing the demand upoI
the powers of the state for local op
ton vote He encouraged those pres
ent with many facts and incidnts t
prove the efficacy of local option il
suppressing the liquor traffic and con
fdently predicted that Delaware woul'
/ be redeemed from licensed saloons b,
the method, now made unquestionabl.
constitutional"
Evening journal., 1897-07-21

During these important first few
years, when the child is rapidly devel-
oping. no pains should be spared to Sc
cure food Of absolute purity and suffi-
GENTLY nourishing to make sure Of
complete and healthy growth.
The purest, most nutritious and the
most easily assimilated infant diet is
laetated food. A poorly fed baby may
sometimes increase in weight and grow
fat, but the fCsh is nabby, the blood
poor and thin, the skin white and the
temper irritable These are often the
first symptoms Of "rickets." By feed
ing the little one upon lactated food,
which is declared by physicians to be
the most perfect substitute for pure and
healthful mothers milk, these symp
toms are easily avoided.
Too many infants are literally
starved because the mothers food does
not agree with them. and some mothers
are obstinately foolish enough to cling
to breast milk when they perceive its
insufficiency.
When infants throw up their milk
or when they are not keeping up their
strength, especially during hot weather,
it is plain there is trouble with the
food. Children mot doing we'll" when
fed with this splendid nutriment grad
ually cry less and less; their sleep be-
comes sound by night, and by day they
are bright and noisy and happy. Such
is the great difference between babies
that are nourished by lacated food and
those that are poorly, because improp-
erly, fed.
Lactated food has saved thousands OF
infant lives from cholera infantum
collie and fatal diarrhOea. Physicians
prescribe lactated food to be kept al
ways ON hand and used at once upo1
the first indication of looseness, loss Oi
strength, or if baby is not eating wei
and growing on its present diet.
Lactated food is easily within the
means Of the humblest home in th'
land. It is just now necessity in every
family, where there are yOung children
Evening journal., 1897-07-21
DIED.

ANDERSON.-On July is, 1897, Ednor-
ah Estella, daughter of Jacob T. and
Emma f. Anderson, aged 1S years.
BETELLE.-In Philadelphia, on July
19, 1897, Maggie Betelle, wife of
Charles G. Betelle.
CONNOIHlY.-In this city. on July is,
1897. John, son of William and Mary
Connolly, aged 9 months.
DAI.EY.-In this city. on July 20, Alice
b., infant daughter of John f. and
Margaret A. Daley.
Funeral from the residence of her
parents, No. 227 Broome street, on
Thursday afternoon, July p, at 2
o'clock. Interment private
DICKINsON.-On July IS, 1897, Inga-
Der r., widow of John S. Dickinson,
aged sc years.
JACOBS.-At Newport, Del. on July
10. 1897, Margaret X. Jacobs, aged SO
years.
JINlESCN.-1n this city, on July 10,
1897, Albert Jimeson, aged 29 years
and 4 months.
LYNCH.-In this city. on July H. 1897,
Helen, wife of Hugh Lynch, aged sc
years.
MAHONEY.-O the 18th instant, Paul,
son of Maxwell and Mary Mahoney,
aged 10 months.
PARSONS this city. on July Is
1897, Bernardine daughter of Maui
rice and Annie E. Parsons, aged
months.
REYBOLD.-On July 10, 1897, Charles
Stewart, son of Anthony and Ann S.
ReybOld. in the AID year of his age.
TWICE. this city. on July II, 1897,
Hester. wife OF James Twigs, aged Se
years
Evening journal., 1897-07-21
OIL STATISTICS FOR DELAWARE.
BUREAU AT WASHINGTON GIVES
A STATEMENT OF SHIPMENTS
FROM THIS PORT.

FROM THIS PORT.
A bulletin showing the shipment of
oil from Delaware during June, COM
pared with that of last year, has been
issued by the Bureau of Statistics at
Washington. The report is as follows:
Crude-During June, 1896, 5,2lO,9l9
gallons, valued at s261 APO; last month,
53,SOS SOC gallons valued at $2,747 ,26S;
during the year ending with June, 1896,
53,S0S $50 gallons, valued at $2,747 ,26S;
during the year ending last month,
75,376,S3 gallons, valued at $3,3l9,974.
Naphtha-During the year ending
with June, 1896, S56,69S gallons, valued
at $77 ,S35; during the year ending last
month, 100000 gallons, valued at S9l,-
OOO
nluminating-Duri June, 1896, l.
964. 14S gallons, valued at Sl2S,62l; last
month 3,395,637 gallons, valued at
$237 ,iO2; during the year ending with
June. 1896, 2S,924, ,211 gallons, valued al
81. .60O.l during the year ending last
month, 1S,272,421 gallons, valued al
81, 2OO,566.
Total-During June, 1896, 7,175,O6l
gallons, valued at 1890, ,410; last month
11.375, ,04O gallons, valued at S552,413'
during the year ending with June, 1896
SO ,5S9,7lO gallons, valued at S4,425,216
during the year ending last month, 50,
O49 .253 gallons, valued at S4,61l,5OO.