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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10

Too many people are drowned while
bathing. 1t cannot be said that the ac-
cidents are generally the result OF reckless.
ness on the part of the bathers. 1t Is clear
that the life line is not sufficient protec-
ton and, while nobody would attempt to
disparage the noble work of the life savers
on guard at the lines, 1t must be admitted
that their brave efforts are powerless In
many instances.
In most cases the deaths by drowning at
watering places are caused by the under
tow. Now, it ought not to be difficult to
set down two or three rows of flexible
stakes, such as may be seen on oyster beds,
and to have each row describe an arc of "A
circle, commencing from the very shallow
point at high water and c~urylng out toward
the deeper water. Attached to the stakes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10
Our Citizen Sailors.

The report of Assistant Secretary THEo-
poRH ROOSEVELT Of his inspection Of the
New York, Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan
naval militia, while discriminating in
tome and not forgetful of drawbacks to
success, Is yet, on the whole, very crafty
ing, both In Its record of the present eff
oienoy Of tho organization and its promise
Of still better results in the future.
The greater part of these State sailors, he
tells US, could even now render valuable
service In the second line Of defence, since
they could operate signal stations, help to
handle submarine mines. furnish officers and
men for auxiliary cruisers, n assist in
defending points not covered by the army
In its present scheme Of coast defence. The
knowledge they are acquiring of local
waters, In boat work and Reconnaissance,
is also most valuable.
But o point not hitherto everywhere con-
sidered Is that the best Of these auxiliary
forces could, according to Mr.. ROOSEVELT,
be used Immediately on the regular war
ships; and this is true of the lake as we'll
rs the seacoast militia. Such service would
be more than has been hoped for in some
quarters, the general impression being that
the naval militia are not enough accustomed
to seafaring life to form a ships company On
o regular war vessel. However, Mr.. RoosE-
vELT advises testing the question practi-
cally next year on a couple of g~unboats
like the Bennington or the Machias, or pos
sibly on cruisers Of the Detroit class. The
Captain and the executive officer and navi-
gator, and probably the engineer force,
would be kept aboard, but the naval militia
would furnish the rest.
Such an experiment should prove most
interesting. The report of the Navy De-
partment last year showed no fewer than
$3.50 naval militia, divided among fifteen
State organizations; and IL the greater
part of these can be counted IN for good
service, they form a n important element in
the forces available for coast defence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10

From the Eetc Haren Palladium.
Jones was on his last legs. In fact. It was q mat
ter OF but q few days for him. SO he sent for three
ministers, a Presbyterian. a Methodist. and 4 Jewish
rabbi. and told them that q they each put S1oO in his
comm he would leave them $4,000 zach in his will.
He died shortly after. and the day after he was buried
the Methodist minister met the Presbyterian and
asked him II he had put his 500 in the casket.
81 did. - said the Presbyterian minister.
"In what form did you put It imp" asked the
Methodist minister.
ain Ave twenty.dollar gold piecea"
"weil. you'll get your IS. 0O0."
"How did you put yours in ?"
81 put In q crisp new 800 bill"
"well. youll get your 95. 900, too"
Just then they saw the rabbi across tho street, and
they called him over and asked him In what form be
had put his 600 in the casket.
~ put in my check for $500 and took out tho
change"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10
Il

AT Goshen. Ind. q disputed horse race was do
cided by the revelations Of q camera
-Bears have been SO thick around Idaho that It has
been said there was . bear for every bushel.
In Larue county. KY. It Is said that Charles
Williams has grown . bunch of white blackberrtes.
The Oldest house in Union. Me-. built in 1909 and
occupied always by the same family. has Just been
torn down.
John J. Ingalls's daughter Constance ran an cleo
trio street car In Atchison during one evening in place
OF the regular motorman.
Plus Payne, q negro Of Bardstown. Ky, has ex-
hibited six tomatoes grown by him which together
weighed fourteen pounda-
Wayne county and Butler county. Neb.. cream.
cries arc making each 1000 pounds OF butter a day.
and the county people are happy.
-swarms OF grasshoppers. looking like streaks Of
silver In the air. have passed in q northeasteriy di.
rection over wilbur. Wash. Lately.
Allen Heusted. n years old. OF Grand Blanc.
Mioh.. has taken TO the bicycle with q vim. and h,
other day rode thirty mil s TO make Q visit.
-Fioridians hope that the red spider would dest 10y
the water hyacinths in the St. Johns River. Tut tho
plants seem to grow faster than the insect 0 n do
away with them.
Mrs. C. Reyes, ss yeau old and crippled Guilt
Yates a garden by her own labor at st. Au u sine,
fla. and one day she picked from It q 80. pound
watermelon and eighty pumpkins.
Marion county. Ore. in view Of the grain and fruit
aud hops grown there and the wool that Is raised
there. counts upon selling more products this year
than any other county OF the State.
"A 1900 farm In Tennessee has been paid for
wholly In hens eggs. the instalmentsb being RENTED
daily. sometimes At the rate OF three cents q dog n for
the eggs, delivered In four-dozi n lots.
Mrs. Sam Hamm Of Kingsville, KY, stepped on a
rattlesnake. which bit hor knee. and Mr.. Sam Hamm
killed the snake. which measured fourteen iuches in
girth. and had ten rattles besides the button.
DIR G. p. Carver OF st. Augustine, Fla, Ia experi.
mantna for the extraction Of 300 sw, - matter frou
and Il is said that he derives from tho
melon pulp a syrup equal to that OF the maple tree.
While mosquitoes have come with the wet weather
In the cilies OF the North, rats have multiplied In New
Orleans. The C ~ swarms with them. They " scam.
per over the Aidewalks. aSsail families at dinner. and
even run along telegraph wires" says a newspaper.
According to q newspaper published by Florida
negroes the Jacksonville Advocate. the colored
people OF Jacksonville nave spent. since April 10,
nearly $4,000. on an excursion TO Charleston, Tai.
lahassee' and colurnbii they spent $4,000.
-Nuskegon, hich., Is lcelery.sh ppinx depot, and tho
people ther have turned their attention 20 another
commodity which they can dlsl o,e OF at a good pront
IN Eastern markets. This IA turtle. From North Nus.
kegon there were shipped one day recently severed
hundred pounds OF turtles 70 PhilAdslphiA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10

A great many silver Democrats are saying
that II prosperity comes in the next four years they
will vote the Republican ti,kct. Prosp orty will
come: and 10 will he In spite OF and not because Of
Republican ascendancy.- o,censboro Inquirer.
Have 1t your own way. and account for pros
perity az you like. The solid and comfortable
fact Of prosperity 10 here. and will DO here. and
the Republicans will get the political benefit Of
1t. As you have heard In Kentucky. a great
many silver Democrats will be Induced by pros
perity to vote tho Republican ticket. Good
times are always good for the party in power,
and the good times have begun. In the next three
years they will wean a good many men from
Bryanism. Prosperity is the best vote winner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10
Great News for Jersey.

To THE EDITOR OF The sux-sf, A friend sent mo
the following advice. clipped from the correspon.
dence column Of q nearby newspaper: mix one
ounce oil Of ~sassafras with nve ounces OF alcohol. A
few drops Of this poured into the palm OF the hand
and rubbed over the exposed parts will prevent mos
quito bites"
am usually ~skeptical concerning recipes from the
laity. but having recently been almost completely dc.
plived Of my evening piisxa enjoyment by the multi.
tude and voracity of these pests. I invested q quarter
In a six.ounce bottle Of the mixture last week and
gave II q trial. was agreeahly disappointed to ind
that It was thorou hly enectual. Il did not keep the
mosquitoes from al Citing on me, but they would mot
hive got away quicker had my cutirle been rcd hot,
solid enjoyment.
One application will prove effective for from two to
three hours; the mixture does not stain, { % odor ID
not unpleasant and II can DO procured in any village
drug store at small cost. MoSTcLArR.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10

Our esteemed Virginia contemporary,
the RddJord Adpancc, woaves this strange gar
land for the brows OF an eminent silver orator OF
Democratic temperament, the Hon. JON WAR
WICK ANIEL
"Benator DANIEL will succeed himself. There IL
no man In Virginia foolish enough TO run against
him"
Words must be Judged by their intention. and
the intention Of these 10 kind. 1t is permitted
to suspect, however. that the Hon. JOHN WAR.
WICK DANIEL would prefer to be praised in some
other and less equivocal manner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10

there should be strong nets reaching 10
the bottom. Inside Of this line women
and children could enjoy themselves with
perfect safety. No recedlng wave could
possibly carry them beyond the netting.
At hat point they could be rescued, or
rather assisted, without difficulty. Beyond
that line another curved line Of stakes and
nets might be placed, giving plenty of room
inside OF 1t for swimmers. At each end OF
this outer line boats, Of course, should be
stationed. The nets should be made Of
strong lines with large meshes, Offering
the least possible resistance to the waves.
such a contrivance would not cost q great
deal OF money, and 1t would save q great
many lives.
u course, 1t may be said that the stakes
and nets would be swept away by storms.
Well, probably they would be swept away
Just as the bathing houses are swept away
and some of the small hotels, too. But
nets can stand the action OF the waves
very we'll, even in ordinary storms. as has
been repeatedly proved by the pounds and
fykes. Nobody can tell the damage that a
coming gale may do; but, II l~ife-saving
nets can hold out in ordinary weather, and
even when the sea Ia a little angry, they
might be worth a trial.
There ia a chance here for the exercise Of
a little Yankee ingenuity that might prove
OF great value. Moreover, the netting
would keep out the sharks. In these waters.
at least, the ugly loafers Of the sea do not
appear to be dangerous. Nevertheless. few
people care to go swimming in water where
the dOrsal 6ns NJ hiu sharka ahow than.
selves above the surface.
The shark is not to be trusted; neither Is
the undertow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10

man o. the Knirhts % Labor, the Hon.
JANrs 3. wEAvnR Of Iowa the foremost Of
the overs Of calamity, and said 70 bo the dis
covcrcr Of calamity; the Hon. Bon TAYLOR, the
blitho oatgut statesman Of Tennessee; the Hon.
HORACE LEoNIDAs CHAPMAN, plutocrat, OF Ohio;
the Hon. CLAUDE MATTHEWS, plutocrat and
farmer, of Indiana; seven or eight Arkansas
JoNEsEs, and the Hon. BILL STONE Of Missouri,
tho greatest living master OF mixed metaphor.
DR.. ANDREWS will find much to cheer and re-
fresh his intollectuals in this University of
Springfield.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10
Tho Song or Most or Thorn.

Do you recall that time last year,
Upon the Klondike river.
We thirstei for a glass Of beer,
And shook with many a shiver2
] oft since then have wondered why
For gold. In Natures CULVER.
She did not have a wedgs OF pic
Upon the Klondike River.
Our boat kept measure with It's oar.
TIL one September morning
The river froze from shore to shore
without q minutes warning.
And cut our coinmissary so,
We didn't have a silver
or anything TO eat but snow
Upon the Klondlke River.
Wed dug four tons OF gold a week.
And piled It all around US,
n u glittering yellow peak,
Just US the winter down d us;
And when the summer came once more,
Although II seemed It never
Would come asain, we were dead sore
Upon the Hlondike River.
For not a speck of dust had We.
OF all we had collected.
Because. by gravy. ont you SEQ,
Twas not as W expected.
For grub was needed right along.
And stun to stop a shiver.
And "pouAd for pound" the suffers song.
Upon tn Klondlke River.
30 when tho warm had killel the cold
Aud wiuter time was over,
We'd eat n all our pile OF gold,
And still were not iu ilover.
Because we owed a board hill yet
Which with our lest endeavor,
VIII wipe the wal this year wen get
Upon the KlondIke River.
W. ]. L
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10

The Hon. Tom JOHNSON declares, with
his habitual vigor. that he will not be a can.
didate for the Senate under any circumstances
Judging by the compliments which are show
cred upon the Hon. JOIN r. MCLEAN. 1t is no
especial happiness to aspire to be the Demo-
cratic candidate for Senator in Congress from
Ohio. Still, as the Hon. Tom JOHNSON cannot
be made happy until the coming of the single
tax millennium, the question of the felicity OF
Buckeye Democratic candidates for the Senate
need not bother him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10

The Hon. IoNATIUs DoNNELLY, the Sage
OF Nininger. says that he is trying to find a
Populist with a nimbus six feet wide around
his head. BY sending to Thomson. Ga, he can
procure a Populist with a head six feet wide
and a bronze nimbus OF the same width. Mr..
appears to DO singularly ignorant of
the riches OF his own party. and yet it seems i'm
possible that CLEANS OF the bronze nimbus six
rect wide cannot DO detected even in the North
west.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10

Inc great silver camp meeting which is
70 20 hela at Springfield. o.. for q week next
month"; ana to which Mr.. L. BENJAMIN ANDREWS
u rro'iachce Is going. will be addressed and
,"'p'ou W some OF tho master spirits OF the
IL to ! school. Manager BRowS Of Cincin.
natl announces that he has received lei.
ters OF acceptance from the Hon. JAMna
H. SOVEREIGN. the thoughtful Master Rest
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10
In Behalf or His Sex.


From the Atchison Globe.
When q woman does something to win distinction.
her friends refer to her as Mrs. Marie Mayberry, in.
stead OF Mrs. Moses Mayberry; but when she has left
her husband and gone to the devil they insist upon
calling her Mrs. Moses Mayberry. to the everlasting
disgrace OF an Innocent, Inundated. and disRraced
husband. An instance OF the kind has occurred in
Atchison. In the name OF decency. refer to tho
woman by her own name; her husband has suffered
enough.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10

has strivsn earnestly enough 70 DO what he
supposed to be his duty, but he has mis-
taken The method; his attempt TO create by
unavoidable means a pro-Spanish party In
the Senate has made the friends OF Cuba
more energetic and uncompromising.
In the death Of CANovAs DEL CASTILLO
tho Spanish monarchy loses its best friend,
and Cuba is relieved from her worst enemy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10
Kansas on Top Again.


F-"FFH FVFr
The smartest nan who ever lived on this terreatrtal
sphere Is superintendent stryk.r OF Ransas. Close
after him comes Solomon. Then there is 4 long gan.
aud in the distance Socrates follows.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10

IL seems that reports injurious to the
plain and popular nature of the garb OF the Hon.
WILLIAM JABsERwocK STONE, formerly Gov
erhor OF Missouri and always q friend OF 10 to /
ana humanity. are in circulation. A poet OF tho
d. Louis hepubtic Jokes into rhyme the suspi-
cion or charges against this stern trapper of
octopuscs:
"hen Governor STONE for Congress ran.
And got there with a will,
he dressed so democratic that
They called him Shirt Tail Bfi.'
nut no" the papers througn the State
How can they be so rudeP-
Claim that his st. Louis life OF lats
Has caused him to degenerate
Into a regular dude!"
1t cannot be that the stern trapper has do
generated. He is not the man to don luxurious
rain'ent while silver is in mourning. Envy is
at work against him. The money sharks are
trying to drag him down.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-10-13

The most utterly lost of all days is that
III which you have not once laughed.
A good word is an easy ObligatiOn; bu
not to speak ill requires only our silence,
which costs us nothing.
Real fidelity may be rare, but il is real
They only deny its worth and power who
never loved a friend or labored to make
a friend happy.
man who will admit that he is senti-
mental has no more about him than a frog
To pardon those absurdities in ourselves
which we cannot suffer in others, is
neither better nor worse than to be more
willing to be fools ourselves than to have
others so.
1.-The labofer is worthy of his hire
but the hire is not always worthy Of the
labOrer.
If we would grant to others the same
privileges we claim for ourselves, il
would almost pay to live forever in thi.
world.
With rudeness suffered to remain at
home, impOliteness must necessarily be
the rule abroad.
When clever man makes fool of him
self he always finds many excellent rs-
sons for doing So.
Where is that trolley road the Traction
Company were to build ON Wharton and
Ellsworth streets?
Great griefs are dumb, and little cares
cry aloud.
OF all deceivers, the self-deceiver is
most To b e pitied.
The retrospect Of life swarms with lost
opportunities.
The first step of knowledge is to know
that We are ignorant.
Irregular honesty is harder to handle
than regular dishonesty.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-10-13

population; for when any children In
q lodge were reported as needing pun
ishment, all the little folk were forced
to share in 1t. The hour for this eK-
ercise was just at dark; and when the
well-known step Of the whipper was
heaxd approaching, and the mat was
lifted and fell behind him, every youns
ster began to howl in anticipation OF
approaching woe. The last one to lie
down on his face and receive his
thrashing was the really guilty one,
that he might have the benefit OF pro-
longed anticipation. The hubbub In the
lodge at the hour Of discipline is easier
to fancy than to describe. Parents OF
an innocent child frequently contrived
his absence at this time: he would be
sent upon some errand, perhaps to
catch a pony. and the little fellow
would gladly plunge through snow and
travel far to be beyond the reach Of the
rod. If. however. a really guilty child
absented himself, the whipping was
administered on his return. That
many a boy, in his wrath, resolved to
thrash the grandchildren of the Pe-wet-
ta-te-pats when he grew up to be
man and was himself the whipper. Is
not to be wondered OF. There may
have been little philosophizing in the
Nez Perce's mode Of discipline, but he
copied the methods of Nature, and his
rules were as indiscriminating as her
lowa
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-10-13

From the first invention of the sword
down to the period when the fifteenth
century was drawing to a close, the
weapon had always been used as an
arm Of offense.
The person using 1t thr. st or hewed
1t into the body Of his antagonist when
ever he had chance. and the only de-
fense against 1t was a stout armour or
an interposed shield.
1t is not to be supposed that an an
cient warrior. or one lelonging to the
earlier middle ages, never thrust aside
or parried with his own q stroke ( his
enemy's; but this method of defer Sc
was not depended upon t. those days;
the breast plate, the helmet, or the
buckler was expected to shield the sol.
der while he was endea voring to get
his own sword into some unprotected
portion Of the body Of mis- antagonist
But about the time Of Ferdinand and
Isabella Of Spain the science of fencina
was invented. This new system OF
lighting gave an entirely new use te
the sword.
1t now became a weapon Of defense
as we'll as offense. Long, slender ra
piers, sharpened only at the point. were
the swords used in fencing.
Armed with one Of these a gallan
knight or high-toned courier, W hO chos,
the new method of combat, disdainet
the use Of armor; the strokes of hi
opponent were warded of by his owl
light weapon, and whichever Of the tw,
contestants were enabled to dlsarm tn
other, or deliver a thrust which coul,
not be parried, could drive the shar]
point Of his rapier into the body Of hi
opponent II he felt 50 inclined.
The rapier, which was adopted I
combat two persons, and not for ger
eral warfare, soon became the weapo
of the duellists: and as duels used to b
as common as law suits are now, 1t wa
thought necessary that a man shOul
know how to fence. and thus protet
| the life and honor Of himself. his fan
lily, and his friends.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-10-13
Inner Histories.

If the inner histories Of people we're
known, what strange secrets might
come to light! A man who for half
century had lived an intensely religious
life died suddenly. Then the fact trans
pired that In his youth he had commit
ted q crime, and the austerity of his
after years was caused by remOrse
The writer knows a querulOus spinster
OF sixty who apparently has not grace
Of body or mind, and whose existence
Is one long complaint. Twenty-Five
years ago. this woman was a popular
singer whose beauty matched her
genius; people thronged to hear her.
and she refused men by the score. Now
she has scarcely a friend in the world,
and few dream that she and the once
famous singer are identical. A mid
aged, taciturn man who occupies an
inferior position in a grocery store, was
once q brilliant orator. His memory
failed him, and his career was cut short.
In an Eastern city there lives an ugly,
decrepit old woman who was consid-
cred in her youth the handsOmest girl
In Kentucky. Poems were written
about her, men went crazy over her and
duels were fought by Jealous admirers.
Yet she married u worthless man who
got drunk and abused her. A highly
respecta bic citizen sends one thousand
dollars a year away TO the conscience
found at Washington. Young people
are Interesting for what they are, but
the older folks are more interesting for
what they have been, II they could be
induced to tell the story.