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81 shall hand my resignation in; l shall
leave the college u~nhampered it is for the
trustees to decide whether or not they will
accept it, So spoke President SETH Low
of Columbia College at Northeast Harbor
on Monday, according to correspondent
of the Nc,r York Hcraid.
If this utterance means anything, it
means HI Mr.. Low does not want the
trustees of Columbia to let him resign.
When a man really desires to rclinquish
an office, he finds no practical difficulty in
getting out of it. He does not begin by
talking about the noncompliance of his
resignation. He knows that he can make
his resignation effective, if he chooses,
whether it is accepted or not and he does
not entertain the idea of any other posi-
bility.
But when he once admits, even to him
self, that others can control his action in
this respect, he might as well confess that
he hopes they will control it.
Hence it is plain that SETH Low does
not want to rclinquish the Presidency of
Columbia College. He expects to be asked
to remain at the head of that institution;
in which event, however, he may insist
uPoh - 'il'A" Va 49, NSiihNN
ton with the university while he is en-
! gagged in an effort to capture the Mayoralty
of the Greater New York, accompanied by
an understanding that he is to return to
Columbia when his political sun shall have
set.
And why not? a college is an entertain
ing plaything. 1t costs "A good deal, bur so
do steam yachts, and magnificent estates
and other things in which wealthy men
find their recreation. A million dollars is
n large sun to pay for a toy but when one
is able p~hilosophically to reflect that he
has two millions still left with which to
keep the wolf from the door and subscribe
to the Citizens Union, the price need not
be deemed eXtravagant. Just think what
n toy it is! Trustees to do your bidding: an
enormous fund to control; innumerable
professors and instructors to appoint; and
all those who administer the affairs of the
university and attend its instruction filled
with awe and admiration for him who
makes the puppets dance. Other million.
aires have accomplished notable achieve
mcnts. SETH Low is the first to appropri.
ate and utilize a college as a convenient
plaything.
Elsewhere, it is different. Harvard is
greater than ELIOT. Yale is greater than
DWIGHT. But from the day when SETH
Low came to Columbia as President,
Columbia has figured as appurtenant to
Low, not Low as a servant to Columbia.
The young man has grown fond of his
costly toy. He may yet grow tired of pol
tiles. Then he will want his other play,
thing again, and he is anxious to make
sure of getting it.
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Tho Cause of the Unprecedented Ex-
preston.

In the communication which DR.. SETH
Low, in a moment of solemn uplifting, read
to the awestruck messenger of the Citizens
Union and to four reporters last Friday, he
thus expressed his gratitude for the numer-
ical results of the campaign by petition:
81 am not so vain as to believe that the unpreco-
dcnted expression of popular confidence on which my
candidacy is based, and for which l am more grateful
than ( am able to sny. is in any overwhelming sense,
a personal tribute only"
DIR. Low may have felt himself to be un-
der no obligations to look a gift horse in
the mouth, especially at n moment of sol
emn uplifting and in the solemn presence
of the Hon. JOHN COLUMBUS CLARK, not to
mention the four reporters, who must have
been affected by the sublime scene. Still,
he was right in resolving not to be over
whelmed by the unprecedented expression
of popular confidence. 1t was not a per-
| sonal tribute only. He was on the right
track about that. In fact, it was not a per-
sonal tribute at all. 1t was a tribute to
the industry, fertility, and inventiveness
of the gentlemen who were paid by the
Citizens Union to get the signatures upon
which his candidacy is based. They were
hired to get popular confidence expressed
at so much a name, and they earned their
money. To make less overwhelming DR..
Lows notion of the personal tribute meant
by the petitions, the names Of Tammany
men, Republicans who run with the ma
chine, minors, and nonresident were
freely and generously subscribed to his
petitions.
The unprecedented expression of popular
confidence is, in plain words, a big, padded,
absurd. humbug petition; and the candi-
dacy based upon it is, consequently, a hum
bug, distressing to the friends of DR.. Low
and calculated to fill his enemies, if he has
any except his foolish friends, with de-
risiye ioy.
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on tho valley Of the Yukon, which is as In.
teresting to-day as 1t was then and ought
to be readily salable in a new edition.
Prof. DALI has visited Alaska again and
again In the service of the Coast Survey
since those early days. To the September
number of the Forum he contributes an
instructive paper on the new gold fields
there which concludes with this paragraph,
after warning miners of the danger OF
starvation:
"For those who may contemplate investing In per
manent works, such as roads across the portageS'
another warning is in order. The average life OF the
placer districts of the Northwest Territory has ooen
about three years. The gold bearing streams being
narrow, their pay streak is soon worked out, though
Tor a time II produces abundantly. These cons'uer'
atoms should not to neglected In weighing 'he pos
slole profits to be derived from constructions OF a
permanent nature In a region dependent solely upon
the product of Its mines"
Three years is a short time; yet doubtless
it will be long enough for many q mar to
make a fortune in the Klondike. Prof.
DALL's suggestion, however, indicates the
ndvisability of getting on to the ground
without delay.
Vote early" used to be the advice OF
patriotic citizens on election day.
So 1t seems we should say go early" to
those who would bring homo wealth from
the Klondike.
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what have they made out Of them7 Der
answer Is thai. IL one looks irapa-tialiy
over the historical record, enc cannot main.
tain that "thc widespread mental and mr..
tlstic activity Of women has In n single In.
stance achieved anything absolutely first
rate, whether ns creation or as discovery"
So far rs the field Of letters is concerned, 1t
certainly cannot be asserted that woman
has only just started. She has been writ.
ing for over 1000 years and in almost
every civilized country. yet nowhere"
says Mrs. BUcKLER, "do we find her in
the highest rank" or real feminine poets
one can only name the half.mythical
SApPHo, and possibly in our own day
Mrs. Browsing and CHRISTINA Ros.
sETTI. In prose our author meets with
the same absence of supreme excel.
lcnce. No woman has ever written
a great history. Masculine production
has been everywhere superior, except
in the branches of letter writing and novels
of domestic life. which make, she thinks, a
special demand upon the feminine quail
ties of quick evolution and ready obscr-
walton. In dramatic composition no wo.
man has gained for herself lasting fame.
The author attributes to her sex in litera-
ture n want of closcness of grasp, a want of
balance, and n want Of precision in form !;
these shortcomings, which are pronounced
incontestable, are ascribed to a lack Of
synthetic power or to imperfect training in
the study of great models. On the other
hand, Mrs. BuCKLER believes that women
may claim to have brought into literature,
or to have intensified in 1t, two inestima-
BILE qualities, purity of sentiment without
sentimentality and breadth of human sym
pathy. If to this unreasonable service be
added their indirect, inspirational influ-
ence upon the writings Of men, our author
submits that great Importance in litera'
ture must be conceded to women, though
not supreme excellence.
1t is comparatively easy to prove that In
discovery and invention in the abstract
and applied sciences, and in architectural,
pictorial, and plastic art, woman's achieve
ments have, in the historical period at all
events, fallen far short of mans We shall
not follow Mrs. BUCKLER through this part
of her argument, but note that, by way OF
conclusion. she recognizes logical cogency
in the queries: eff women were ever intel
l~ectually equal to men, when and why die
they begin to fall behindl and, If they
never were equal, how can they hope tc
catch up now, when masculine education il
advancing at as great a rate as feminine
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i. Burns. L~ubrIca,es. and Heals.


CANTON, Ky.. Sept. SIT has been found
on the farm of S. b. Smith, five miles from here.
contains a very valuable quality hitherto I'm.
known. By laying a plank or anything across
the. creek a person can dam the oil up and
gather any amount of II, and it has been dis
paper. The people. through curiosity, go to this
oil spring, dam it up on the top of the water
spread over the whole surface Of the water a
perfect blaze. This oil for lubricating purposes
Is hard to surpass. and the beauty OF 1t rests
in tho fact that it does not have to undergo any
process whatever to be valuable for such pur-
pose. 1t has also been found to work wonders
in perfectingc cures for bruises. cuts. and sorea.
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The Mail and Express records an affect
ing fact. The Hon. r. FULTON CUTTING. Pres.
ident Of the Citizens Union. is in Europe, but
his heart is in Northeast Harbor. He has sent
to the Hon. SETH Low a cable message Of con-
graduation in which this solemn yet sweet
admonition is included:
"Do accept promptly. and write a letter calculated
TO instruct Citizens Union and all others"
When n man Is Indispensable. the sooner he
sets his indispensablity to work the better; but
1t cannot justly be charged that Mr.. Low has
shown any undue hardness about accepting.
And any letter from him must be calculated to
instruct and improve. instruction and i'm
p~rovement are inevitable in the correspondence
Of indispensability. But what did Mr.. CUTTING
mean by a letter calculated to instruct
tho Citizens Unioni Surely, tho members
of that concern don't stand in need of ~instruc-
ton. They have themselves and they have DR..
Low; and therefore wisdom is in them. For the
political education of "all Others" and II is n
sad fact that they are very numerous. Mr.. Low
is bound to provide. II we were Postmaster
General GARY. we should be mighty anxious
nowadays. Probably the Government of the
United States never had n greater responsibility
than II vii! havo In the transportation of the
and instruct all others. II he should neglect
to put a stamp on 1t. civilization would be a bad
risk.
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To THE EprToR OF THE SrS-Sir: Ono hundred and
twenty-sevent thousand people signed in favor Of Mr..
John L. Sullivan for Mayor OF Boston. Platform:
Non. partisanship.
Mr.. John L. sullivan was an e1-champion prize
pugilist OF national and international fame, who al.
ways acted square up to the mark and to the finish.
and as an honest. unaffected man.
One hundred and fifteen to 1870 thousand people are
said to have signed in favor OF Mr.. Seth Low for
Mayor of New Iork-the first Mayor OF Greater New
York. Platform: n.partissnShip.
Mr.. Seth Low Is an * Mayor Of Brooklyn. a college
President, and hence OF International repute. He is
a man accredited with ability. and of high social re-
speciality.
How will all this look to the speculative student OF
the year 1897 in the year 1892 What will he think
OF the sociological conditions OF Boston and New
York of one hundred years before. with the one p-
titioning for a prize fighter as Mayor and the other
for a college President running in the interest of Tam
many and Popunsm? FLOWERS.
NEW YORK, Sept. Z.
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Foreign Notes OF Real Interest.

An Ens,isb typboid fever na,,ent has b.en fined for
leaving the hosnital without leave while sick.
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cr,cleter.
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Forty-hve years in bed is the record OF Miss Clarke
or ChattcrIs, in CambridgeShire. who died recently
She was disappointed in love and shut herself vi IN
her oeuroo"' "h'r" oneN'r "'' ""''
o"' "hu "o"p''u n'rS'i' WIN fancy "'"''""N
Leon Gautier. professor OF photography al ms
Paris Ecole DIES Charles, Is dca Al tie age OF no
y"ars. HIS edition of the "Chanson d. Roland was
adopted by tie French schools, ard served Z" i"Pu'
larizt the study OF old French literature III FrIn'"
Moorish pirates are again AT work. Ihr ItA''ah
harkentine Fiducia and the r"rtacu"-' hArk
Rosita Faro were attacked In one wees. thn g. lfa'hs
and part OF the crews being carried OF fr FN''"h
after tie Il nians had taken whatever they w'N''u
from the ships.
Nine. Roedercr of Rheims. widow Of the head ~
the champagne Hrm. brsidos bcuucatnirs slln, Doo
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This IL n considerable stretching Of the income
tax idoa. MI. BRYAN also said that " as far as no
could loarn tho state OF affairs In Iowa was in
such bad shape that any change would DO for
tho better" At the same meeting the Hon.
CHARLIE A. TowNE, formerly a Republican
Congressman from Minnesota, and now tho
boss OF tho Silver Republicans, asserted
that "if we now had free silver. wheat
would be selling for two dollars and a half a
bushel." The despatch in tho Minneapolis
Tribune. a Republican paper, says that tho
crowd was immense and very enthusiastic
Some folks in the East have difficulty in under
standing that the silver campaign is as active
as ever In the West and South.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-08
A Woman's Admissions About Wo-
mems Powers.

The article in the current number of the
North american Reriel1 on "The Lesser
Man," is remarkable. because the author.
although a highly educated woman, con-
cedes almost everything that has ever been
asserted by men concerning the superiority
of the masculine intellect. We call the
writer, Mrs. G. G. BUCKLER, highly edu-
Gated, for the reason that, having entered
Girlon College as the holder of a scholarship,
she eventually took a flrst-classi in the classi.
cal tripos at the Cambridge University ex.
animation. That she knows something
about the masculine intellect from observa-
tion and experience is evident not only
from her collegiate training, which brought
her into competition with men, but also
from the fact that she is a niece of Prof.
Max MULLER and a grand niece of CHARLES
KINGSLEY and JAMES ANTHONY FRoUpE.
After pointing out how signally woman's
opportunities nave been multiplied of late
years in civilized countries, or how nota-
bly,, to use the cant phrase, woman's sphere
has been enlarged, Mrs. BUCKLER directs
attention to an economical side of the qucs-
tion. which is too often overlooked. She
says truly that the rush of women into Ger.
S0ih NoSosiohS, SolS'ioiiy thop " ltdtIllHS,
"has overstocked the market and tended
to reduce salaries, If not to lower the stand
ard Of excellence, an evil aggravated by the
prevailing want of combination among the
women workers themselves. The cheap
ness of female labor makes employers
engage the wives and daughters, and leave
the men at home" Manifestly Mrs.
BUoKIER Is familiar with the fact known
to political economists that under the
regime Of individualism. u regime unlikely
to he overthrown, the wages of an adult
male worker tend to adjust themselves to
the theory that lie has to support not only
himself, but n wife, together with at least
twoorthree children. If all women were to
compete for the various employments hith,
erto reserve! for men, 1t is obvious that, as
the number OF producers would be doubled,
while the nrEnher of consumers would re,
main stationary, the rate OF wages would
have TO he reduced onc-haif.
Having specified the opportunities which
women have enjoyed in The past or hay,
recently attained. Mrs. DUCKLER asks
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-08

The most costly leather now in the market. 10
lean tanners years ago discovered the secret OF
making Russia leather. with its peculiarly pun.
piano leather is known only to a family Of tan.
ners in Thuringia. Germany. This leather has
but one use-the covering Of piano keys. 4 pc
culiar thing about it is that the skins from which
1t is tanned are prepared almost entirely in
america: 1t is a particular kind Of b%nckskin.
deer will not make the leather, a species OF
the animal known as the cry deer, and found
only In the vicinity OF the great Northern lakes,
ners have an agency in the West. which collects
the skins Of this deer from the Indians and tho
When the skins are returned to this country as
piano leather they cost the piano manUfactur-
ers from $l5 to S1S q pound. The worlds sup
ply of this invaluable and necessary mtteris! is
supplied by the kutZchman family Of tanners.
who have six esta Adjustments in Germany. the
largest in Thuringia.
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In the news columns of the EUening Post
"a Low Republican," whatever that may be, Is
described as saying that the refusal OF the Re-
publicans to accept the candidacy of Mr.. Low
will be a great opportunity for the new Re-
publican organization headed by Gen. SwAyNE."
Opportunity Is too cold q word. 1t will be tho
greatest effort OF the Wager Swayne Repub-
licans' lives. This organization is not rich in
numbers. but 1t is rich in hope; and it has at
least one member in all the Assembly districts
but thirteen or fourteen. II intelligently d.
rectcd it cannot but prove a great comfort to
the majestic paper cohorts of the Cts.
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II. Hart.
From the american Hebre,r.

On Aug. go. at his residence, gill Madison av.
enue. died Emanuel B. Hart, who for many wears
held the ONCE OF President In the Mount Sinai
Hospital. He was born in New York city in 1909.
AS young man. he WAS a broker in securities. In
ls45 he was elected an Alderman in the Fifth ward,
being also reelected. In 1851 he went to Congress.
Under President Buchanan. Mr.. Hart became Surveyor
of the Port. From 1850 to 1863 he represented the
Treasury Department abroad In an EFFORT to stop
INTERPRETATIONS by importers. Mr., Hart became an
Immigration Commissioners In 1869, and ten years
later, at the hands OF Mayor Cooper. an Excise Com.
missioner. Later he reantered the Custom House,
and was In the internal revenue service when he died.
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How Long VIII the KIondike Last?

In estimating the prospects of gold min
ing in Alaska, however abundant may be
the present yield, the probable duration of
n profitable output is n consideration of the
utmost interest and Importance. Every
miner, every merchant, every investor who
has anything to do with the klondike gold
fields, wants to know not only how much
gold it produces at present but how long
will the Klondike last.
Trustworthy expressions of opinion on
his subject by competent men of science
have not thus far been very numerous. We
have been assured that Mr.. CLARENCE
KING, the ~well-known geologist whose
work in the Government service brought
him so much distinction twenty-five years
ago. is most optimistic in his views con-
corning the gold of Alaska, and that he
regards that Territory Ak 4 second but supe
rior California. We are not aware, how
ever. that he has ventured any prediction
or made any suggestion as to the quantity
of gold likely to be found in any particular
district or the length of time within which
the wealth of any specified locality will
probably be exhausted. Indeed, we are not
certain that Mr.. KING has ever visited
Alaska.
On the other hand we have an intimation
from high authority that the klondike may
not last more than three years. There is
probably no man of science who knows
more about Alaska than Prof. WILLIAM ii.
DALI of the United States Geological Sur
vey. He had explored portions of the coun'
try prior to 1870, and in that year he pub
Iished an elaborate hook on Alaska and its
resources, which for a long time was the
only trustworthy account of the new Terri
| tory, except MI. CHARLES WHYHPER's book
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PROSPERITY FOR FARMERS.
Loan Companies Report . Lively Clearing
Away OF Ola Farm Debts.

Away OF OLD Farm Debts.
From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
CHICAGO. Sept. 2.-Nothing could prove moro
conclusively the happy condition in which the
farmers of tho great middle West now find
themselves than the manner in which they are
dealing with their mortgage membranes. Re-
ports from concerns which control q large
amount Of this kind of business are unanimous
in saying that not in many years has there been
the activity now existing in these transactions.
From all over the so-called corn belt-more
properly called this year tho wheat bclt-comes
the same good word. 1t is a day when men are
taking new hold OF their means of livelihood.
paying up their old obligations. clearing off
mortgages and the interest accommodations that
have been nagging the life out of them. or buy.
Ing moro land and removing the mortgage to
meet the first payments.
1t would bedificult. indeed, to Ind n defaulting
mortgageor In these days of COOL crops and high
prices. Some indication of the prevailing hum
among farmers may BIO gathered from Instances
related by members of prominent loan agencies.
One tells OF Il farmer in Kansas who n year ago
voluntarily decided over his farm to the COM
pany, but remained on the farm as a tenant.
This year he has sold his crop. paid Off all ar
rears of interest and insurance, cut down the
old debt by II big slice, and with new hope and
greatly reduced Indebtedness starts out again,
tho owner of his own farm and home.
Local men who have the most to do with ne.
gotiating loans Of this character tell OF many
farmers who came to their agents a year ago
and begged to have their property taken, 80 as
to relieve them of the unavailing struggle to
save 1t. This year these same men are coming
back with joyful faces, clearing up the back
claims. and paying off the loan either in part or
whole. Many are doing what the loan agents
like much better. and this is to have the old
loan renewed for the purpose of making new in
vestments or buying adjoining land.
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In a speech at Denison, Iowa, last Satur-
day tho Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN seems
to have expressed some interesting views. A
short summary is printed by the Minneapolis
Tribune. MI. BRYAN said that the silver
question was the great issue of this cam
paign' and Favored the removal OF all
international revenue taxes and tariff taxes
and the substitution Of the income tax"