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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31

The project for the union Of Minneapolis
and St. Paul 10 once moro discussed in Mime
sofa. but not with undue seriousness. Tho habit
of opposition between the two communities is
90 strong that to give It up would require too
great q sacrifice. Minneapolis appeals to the
census and the clearing house statements. and
affects to look upon st. Paul with the kindly toll
eranoo Of an urban for q pastoral settlement. st.
Paul prides herself upon her dignity and ~cultiva-
ton. and cannot conceal her suspicious that tho
Minneapolis census returns arc stuffed with
fictitious names. Just at present Minneapolis
is not holding up her head with her wonted
pride, and she Is regarded by her sister city with
eyes that outice the icicles. Next March tho
Minneapolis public schools will have to DO shut
up for want Of funds. 81. Paul can find no words
bitter enough to characterize o town 30 poor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
Bishop Potter as q Bear.

Bishop POTTER said at the Episcopal
Church Club on Wednesday evening that he
agreed with a recent magazine writer that
the prosperous period through which this
country passed after the panic of 1873 and
up to 1893 would not be repeated. He said
that we are going to have the conditions of
other countries. "where profits arc not
made 80 rapidly as we make them"
Perhaps 30; but what constitutes Bishop
Porter an authority on the subject, en-.
titling him to express such an opinion or
any opinion on iti What arc tho facts ON
which he bases his prediction that our great
prosperity is in the past only. and will
never come againf
The period of prosperity to which tho
Bishop referred lasted for twenty years.
from 1873 to 1898. Twenty years hence
will bring us to 1918. So far from the
prospects of that future time being less
brilliant, the indications as they appear to
wise observers of practical conditions arc
that the promise is even better than 1t was
in 1873.
We dare predict that during the twenty
years to come the progress of this country
In all respects will be greater, more nota.
BILE, h q at any time In our past history.
That 1t will be progress In political condi.
tiOns, in business, in invention, in wealth,
a1d In every dirs0tlon leading to tho i'm.
movement Of theMsal'bsinR Of society un'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
WINTER BATES IN rHB HUDSON.


Printer Osternnnn Takes HIS MeVnins nip
ooS Tiues's Year.
The residents in tho vicinity Of Hudson Square
Park. Hoboken, have. for four years, noticed .
man with snow.whito hair walk down. TO tho
house Of tho Active Boat Club, at the foot of the
park. early every morning and take o bath in
the Hudson River. The bather is Herman o.
termann, "a years old. o printer OF 1888 Bloom.
field street. Ostermann takes his morning
plunge in the Hudson every day In tho year,
and the colder the water. ho says, the bottor ho
There is nothing like IT," he said yesterday.
"for keeping ono in good health. Afew years
ago ! began to grow stout and felt uncomforta-
bic. My eyes also began to trouble mo-. After
I had tried medicines q friend told me to try q
swim every morning before sunrise. I have
feel as strong and healthy as I ever did. On a
followed by q brisk rubbing. 1 feel like Q young
man."
When be vas asked how he stood tho cold he
remarked:
,"Oh. / don't mind that. It 10 tho benontI do
rive from 1t that ] look at. Some people call mo
q crank and all sorts of names, but I cling to my
belief in cold baths, and I think that II others
would follow my. example there would DO fewer
Ostermann has o hearty appearance and bears
his ,ycars lightly. He has lived In Hoboken for
eighteen years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
MAJOR 11rERMoRE TO GO ABROAD.
Designated ~ Military Attache OF the Lera.
tIon ut Stockholm and Copenhagen.

Designated a. Military Attnche or the Le1a.
tien ut Stockholm ana CoponhnGen.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.-Major ". r. Liver
moro of tho Army Engineer Corps was desig-
mated by Secretary Alger to-day as military at
tache Of the United States Legation at Copen-
hagen and Stockholm. The United States has
never been represented by a military officer at
either Of those capitals. and the detail Of Major
Livermoro is In accordance with Secretary Al
gers policy of having military attaches at all
the powerful diplomatic posts to gather infor-
nation Of value to the army. The Secretary
wants to give higher rank and better pay to off,
GERS serving as attaches and will soon ask au-
thority Of Congress to do 80.
After Capt. q. NJ. Carter had been relieved as
the army member of the Nicaragua Canal Com
mission on account Of the charges on which no
10 TO be tried at Savannah next month, Major
Livermore was selected to succeed him, but for
some reason he was not appointed. 1t was re-
ported at the time that there had been obiec-
tions raised to Major Livermore's designation.
his selection as military attache was partly duo
Major Livermore had caused his rejection as a
member Of the commission, and that he stood
high in the estimation OF Secretary Alger.
Major Livermore was q candidate for the mill.
Iary attacheship at London. which was given to
Lieut.. Col. A. E.. Bates of the Paymaster-Gen-
erals department a few days ago. Senator
Lodge supported tho application of Major
Livermore. The new attache Is stationed in
Boston.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31

The admirers Of literature and of tho Rev.
DR.. T. DE WITT TALMAaE will rejoice to learn
that the latter has visited Pittsburg to Gar
range with two or three business men for tho
publishing Of three new books.'' Even ono book
from mis- polished pen would have been . happi.
ness. Three books are almost too much. 1t 10
sometimes said that grand literature and the
grand style do not pay. Yet DR.. TALMAGE tolls
tho PitsbuTgD Dispatch that "all Of his publica-
tions have met with such favor that he IL
now engaged in the preparation of all his
books in q uniform edition. This will not
DO ready for some time yet, All of his
twenty or thirty publications will then be
produced in q uniform style. Thia, he says,
is in response to o popular demand on tho
part of his friends" In the course of not too
long a time. then, there will DO an opportunity
for everybody who has a taste for eloquence
and learning Of q remarkable kind to possess in
the complete works of Or. TALMAoE Q unique
library. Tho author 10 to DO congratulated upon
the prospect of seeing his thought arrayed ap-
propriately. Tho reader who has nothing else to
read may find In those thirty volumes a per-
petual fountain of delight. OF their value to
professors of rhetorioi It 10 scarcely necessary to
sneak. .....
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
4 TRIBUTE TO JOHN O. M'GU1RE.
The Retiring surveyor or the Pert Receives o
Memorial Album from the Attaches.

The Retiring Surveyor or the Pert Receives o
Memorial Album from the Attaches.
Surveyor of the Port John G. Mcclure. who
retires from Office at midnight tonight, was tho
recipient Of a handsome album presented by the
attaches Of tho department at the Hotel st.
George, in Brooklyn, last night. The album,
which is Of leather. mounted in sterling silver,
contains an address Of friendship and esteem. o
water color portrait of Mr.. Mcclure. pictures Of
the Custom House. the Barge Office. and tho
American steamship 81. Paul, q copy Of the orig
inal certificate of appointment. and tho sigma.
lures Of the $50. employees of the office: Among
those who assisted at tho presentation cere-
m3Iony were Deputy surveyors Delany. Dow.
United States Weighers T: D. Hyatt, J. @.
Hart. =. w. o'Brien. Dewitt c. Drew. Archi-
bald Edmonston, and Charles H.. Wardell and
q number OF, inspectors Of customs. Mr.. BOWL
ing. made the presentation address. Mr.. Nc
Guire In responding paid a high tribute to the
efficiency of the customs service, and said that
the employees were devoted. loyal. and patriotic
the customs service" was his closing remark. =
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
The Sealing Bill q Law.

President MoKINLEY's signature was
affixed to the new bill prohibiting pelagic
sealing by American citizens, on the last Of
the ten days allowed him. The purpose of
his delay Is said to have been to permit
the landing of large invoices of furs then
on the way, which would mitigate indi-
yidual hardships threatened by the law
to importers and dealers.
But. II the President waited in the hope
to hear from Great Britain a proposal to
abolish or further restrict pelagic sealing
in Behring Sea or elsewhere, he was disap-
pointed. The response to our overtures did
come during the ten days, and 1t was a re-
fusal. Pelagic sealing being profitable to
Canada, the British Government declines
10 interfere with it.
This Is q pitiful conclusion for the inter-
national conference of Russia, Japan, and
our country, lately held at Washington,
and for the subsequent conference of Amer
lean and British experts at the same place.
The evils of pelagic sealing, as now con-
{ Quoted, were made clear at both confer
ences but Canada profits by 1t, and, there.
fore, we must submit to 1t. and see the
Pribylov herd steadily dwindle.
We have been getting the worst of the fur
seal controversy for years. INT the way our
part in 1t has been managed is one to be
ashamed Of. But In the new law there
ID at least the promise of one blow against
pelagic hunting. The products of that hunt.
ing, whether skins or manufactured gar.
rnents, cannot hereafter be imported into
this country, and the greatest of the
markets of the pelagic hunter is closed.
The London factories hat prepare the
skins must also be affected unfavorably BY
this law, 30 that an outcry against the
greedy Victoria hunters may also be heard
from them.
Congress, too. In view of the attitude o.
the British Government, announced sine,
the holiday adjournment. may we'll con
slider, on reassembling, whether furthel
legislation should not be resorted to for tn,
sealing season about to open.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31

Mr.. 7. L. FORD of the California Miners
Association is building u sot Of resolutions in
favor Of the establishing Of q Department Of
Mines and Mining and the addition to Mr.. Mo
KINLEY's Cabinet Of = Secretary of Mines and
Mining. Tho American Institute of Mining
Engineers and tho Federation Of Miners are to
be invited TO subscribe to the resolutions. BY
writing to the Hon. RICHARD FRANKLIN PETIT
GREW, Senator in Congress from South Dakota.
Mr.. FORD will discover that there Ii already
before Congress q bill for the creation Of some
forty departments. Among them arc . Depart
ment OF Public Baths and q Department of Pub
lie Laundries. departments fully as necessary as
q Secretary of Mines and Mining can be thought
to be. ..I...
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31

nat NE Made n Geed FrEht All Aiens nerero
ne Gave Up the Gheat.

PROM the Detroit FSeo Press.
Back Of the mountaineer's cabin was q great
plum tree, and under this tree was q grave with.
out q Leadstone. 1 noticed the mound as I
wandered about in the afternoon, but it wns
evening. and We sat at tho door smoking our
pipes before 1 made inquiry.
"Yes, that's Sans grave replied the old
man, as he looked away into the gathering twi.
light. Sam was my SONNY only son. We
buried him there Ave Vars ago."
saw from the look which passed botweon hup.
band and wife that I had touched on q painful
matter, and l was about to change the subject
Joe, hS may hov heard .%..unthin' bout IL
wal" said the old man, after a long pause,
'they had q hoss race up at the Corners, and
oSe 81 SAT The xe Ga. shs Soy and 1 EGs into Ms : dh5s ys 3, With III
Clays, and Som was All alone. He was only 1S
him around he stood up 10. tie hull 1SfI i've 90 Of s' 'sm.
Thar want AT no .hootin, right thar az ne
opened Are. He had the sense to put his horse
on the dead run and look fur kiyer. They fol.
shSt a he jumped down at the gate. Mary. 70
when VIZ" / heard ni0t tSS ss shc,oti sS'q t sno wdfe what msn x
meant, / got down the Winchester and stood
at the door, and as Sam cum up he took It and
ave Of the Cieys. and they dodscd ABOUT aRSr and and
kept shootin' and paid no 'tenshun to mo.
was that scarf that I sat down on the ground
and kivered up my face with my apron. I can't
say. how long Il all lasted. but I reckon not mo
got up. and-andE"
"And Sam was lynn dead under the plum
tree" said the old man.
Tears ran. down the. face Of the woman and
the husbands chin quivered, and it was q long
minute before he added:
"Yes, Sam was lyin' doad on the ground, hit
by Ave bullets. but out thar-and over thar
and right out yam TO O. them Clay boys was
lyfn' on their. backs with their sightless eyes
lookin' up at the sky. and the fifth one crnwfin'
on hands and knees up. the roadl"
He had killed fourl" l exclaimed.
KILLED TO. sab, and wounded the 18th one
till he was o cripple fur lifei That was our Sam,
sab. and we buried him right whar he at and
made his record. Fo' dead men on their backs
no wenti"
And thcre were no other Claysf"
cum for the dead. and I had to help lift EN- Into
tho cnrti"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31

He Left His Homo I'm Radrord at Exactly Six
teen Minutes to 4 O'Clock.

RICHMOND. Va. Dec. 3O.-Gov.-Elect ]. Hoge
Tyler arrived in the city tonight from his homo
at Radford. Va. his family and retinue of
twenty-five persons occupying two special
coaches placed at his disposal by the Norfolk
and Western Railroad. His Inauguration ON
Saturday will be without elaborate ceremonies.
The people at Radford. whers the Governor Is
popular, made much OF his departure for tho
Executive Mansion. and crowded the. station
left.
w: =. Beyille. general travelling agent OF the
the trip to Richmond, paid q. compliment to
Gov. Tyler and his pronounced views on the
time at Radford so that the exact hour OF It's
departure should be sixteen minutes to 1
O'Clock. The Governor was cordially received
colonels. went to a hotel. Tomorrow &c will
occupy the Executive Mansion vacated by GoY,
o'Ferrall to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
EH1s oAR Is FOE OYSTERS,
The Btvalves to he Transported to the 1nteri,
In Their Native Element.

The Btvalvos to he Transported to the 1nteFio0
In Their Native Element.
Fron the Kansas CITY Tfmes.
Az. Stflwell is not only President OF Q rail-.
road and n great many othor things, but It seems
that he 10 an inventor as we'll. The P1ttsbure
and Gulf passenger train which left for Port
Arthur last night carried one car which NOT
only did not resemble any other car on the train,
but which, in Its interior arrangements, was
different from any car ever built. On its side
were large silver letters. making tho words.
Mr.. Stilwell had long noticed, as have many
S SeinF b psSnlfSi from from the the ocean esa H to Interior HysieEs po artsr
distinguishes sea food: It was generally be.
lieyed that, this loss of flavor was duo to tho
salt water so long. and SO Mr.. Stilwell set to
work TO remedy the difficulty. He proposes to
do this BY bringing salt water fish and oysters to
which left yesterday will return in four days,
and will bring tho first consignment Of oysters
ard sea water. 70 this is the first car Of its
experiment viii be watched with considerable
The. inside of the car is eight feet wide. four
feet high. and thirty-tour feet long. This space
which has two ventilators In tho top, through
which tho oysters are to DO loaded. and two un.
loading spaces in the side. The floor and sides
pine. They are calked and pitched In the manner
Of ships. the coDpartments being water tight.
The capacity. of the car is 80, 1000 gallons OF
water, enough to q great many
Tho car was built by tho Pullman Car Com.
gany. after designs by r. L. Langtin: chief
It iS painted dark blue. ali the Tutoring being
silver. 1t presents a handsome appearance. and
Will DO run In the passenger trains Of the road.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
At HOME IN THE WATER.
The Remarkable Feats OF n Kanaka swimmse
and Diver.

The Remarkable Feats OF n Kanakn swimmse
FFoH the Puotgo Commercial Advertiser.
There is q native living in Nawiliwili. district
Of Lihue, on the Island Of Kauai, whom every
ono knows as Johnny. but whose family name is
Kualokai. This latter name he has had tattooed
OH his arm. together with the picture OF a de-
ceased sweetheart. In appearance he is a typ
ical native, muscular. with the appearance of an
athlete.
Johnny is a remarkably good swimmer and,
1t is said. was at one time very much addicted
to the habit of stealing ducks. His method was
very simple. He would hide in the bulrushes
along the edges OF tho duck ponds and would,
from time to time. dive out where the ducks
happened to be. snatch one or two from tho sur
the PUSHES, there to take breath for another
sally. In this way he succeeded in making
quito a comfortable living. However, he has
giyen up hls crooked ways, and now resides like
a peaceably ipclined citizen. relying on work
that is given him from time to time.
When out, on a hunting or fishing expedition
there Is no better man on the island of Kauai
than this same Johnny. Barefooted, he will
climb all over the dangerous pals that fall
away abruptly and end thousands OF feet below
In the sea-, The Festive goat itself is not moro
active, and when hunting for this kind OF game
he is as invaluable a man to chase the animals
round to a point of vantage.
AS q diver thore are few natives. even, who
can beat him. In diving after lobstcrs he has
the very uncomfortable habit OF swimming a
above tho water; Beneath the rocks OF these
places he will feel around. never failing 10 come
to the top. bringing with him something 70
make glad tho hearts OF the housewives.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31

AEain KDjoined rron GrantinE . Franchise 70
the Municipal Electric Light Company.

AEain ksjoined rren GrantinE . Franchise 70
the Municipal Electric Light Company.
When Mayor Wurster vetoed the AIdermanio
resolution granting a franchise In perpetuity to
the Municipal Electric Light Company for tho
use of the streets OF Brooklyn. James Matthew'S,
q taxpayer. secured an injunction restraining
the Board OF Aldermen from overriding the veto.
Tho matter has boon in allegiance for the last
been holding meetings daily. Justice Van Wycf
In the supreme Court yesterday modified the
Injunction. so that the Aldermen could grant
the franchise for II period not exceedinR
twentYIive years. az provided for IN tho char.
utes later the Aldermen met, and were about To
grant a franchise when President Stewart WAS
served with an injunction, sweeping In It's char.
J. Young, q taxpayer, restraining the Board
from granting franchises OF any character
TO any corporation. This IL ~returnable tordsy.
AZ soon a. the legal papers were read the board
9d1ournOd.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
rnr rnEs1prxr oon1ve nrRE.
Prsnisss ts At,epa the D,uper or the Assecis-
tisn OF N7suufnoturora


tten OF Manufacturer.
The National Association Of Manufacturers
will hold its third annual convention In this
city on Jan. %, 20, and 81. and will wind it
up with q dinner at tho waldorf.Astoria, ct
which President Mckinley has promised to DO
present.
An appointment was made with the Presi-
dent, through his private secretary. and on
Tuesday q committee Of the association left
this city for Washington on the Congressional
limited. Tho committee consisted Of Warner
Miller, Charles A. Moore, Charles A. Schieren,
William Brooknold, BENJAMIN Atha, Henry b.
Haigh, and Charles Il. Locke. The President
talked with tho COMMITTEES for moro than an
hour Of the plans and achievements OF tho as
souiation. It was recalled that In January,
1895, as Governor Of Ohio, Mr.. Mckinley nlade
the nddres of welcome to the convention which
met at Cincinnati to organize tho association.
He then promised to meet them again some
day. At q second meeting with the committee
Invitation to DO q guest at the associations
dinner.
"It win give mo erect pleasure to accept
duty to be present at the convention, yet IL
will also be q great pleasure. to mo TO meet
manufacturers in all limos Of industry. from all
parts Of the country, If you care 70 do 90, you
citation that I will be- present with them at their
annual banquet on the night Of Thursday, Jan.
Tho business meetings Of the convention are
to be held at Masonic Hall, Sixth avenue and
Twenty hi street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31

The sons of sill liver are said to look coldly
upon the Hon. CHARLES JAMES FAULKNER, who
as Chairman Of tho Democratic Congress Com
mitteo last year ragged a prophetic tongue SO
industriously. They accuse the West Virginia
statesman OF having used the campaign funds
contributed BY the " toiling masses" to dissent.
nate goldbug documents, and they cry for q now
and Trustworthy Chairman. who will think, talk,
and breathe nothing but silver. Up starts the
Hon. BUCK HINRIcHsEN. q man OF weight
from Illinois, and begs TO be elected Chair
man. Up start certain friends Of tho lion.
SLIM jim RICHARDSON OF Tennessee and cry
that he is tho man for the hour and job. But
SLIM jim is ono OF the numerous leaders" Of
the Democrats In the present House OF Repre-
sentatives. and he has niAdo mp his mind, with
out consultation with the Hon. JOE BAILEY or
anybody else. to b Speaker OF the next House
Of Representatives. for which no has already
elected . Democratic majority. Clearly. sLk
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
THE UHITED STATES, ENGLAND, AND
Lord salisbury's Ridiculous Evasion or an I'm.
Dortant Question I'm the Sealing Matter,

Lord salisbury's Ridiculous Evasion or an I'm
Dortant Question I'm the Sealing Matter,
From the Boston Evening Transcript.
In his letter to Ambassador Hay on the sealing
question. Lord Salisbury frankly admits that the
interests OF England in the matter are slight" but
makes the statement that It 10 not his policy to
interfere with the foreign relations OF Canada.
This declaration raises the very interesting ques-
ton-what Ia Canada? II Canada is q dependency
OF the British Crown how can her foreign relations DO
separated from those Of the empiro2 II q treaty
or agreement made with Great Britain 10 not binding
throughout the extent OF the empire. of what value
is such an instrument? Plainly. Canada cannot be 4
colony and q nation. too. Tho value OF a treaty with
. colony depends upon Its approval by the suzerain.
The truth Is that Lord Salisbury in his game OF chess
with diplomacy seeks to play Canada as Independent
in one move and a. dependent at another. When 10
serves one purpose she 10 q nation; whom It serves
another she is a colony. That this game cannot DO
continued Indefinitely the United States may yet i'm.
press upon the English mind. recurring 70 our old.
time position, that treaties with sovereign powers
arc not subject to colonial legislation.