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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22
Tho wild Man from Borneo.

Our honey-hearted contemporary, tho
Boston Evening Transcript, tries to believe
hat the Hon. CHARLES JOSEPH BONA
R was not In earnest in the extraordi-
nary defence Of lynching which he made
In a lecture in Boston last Sunday night
and upon which THE SUN has already COM
mented. Here is the transcripts apology
for the apostle Of lynching:
"a great many people suppose when . man says .
spade he means q spade. and they are not necessarily
stupid people either. Likewise, when he talks apollo
~seticaily. IL not spprovingly. of i~ynchinE, whether OF
Senators or lesser people. they think this involves .
rope and tree or %lamppost. We certainly cannot be-
lieve that Mr.. BoSAPAnrE intended to encourage sur.
location or neck breaking in q literal sense. and IL
his distinctions could have been . little moro plainly
indicated It would havo added greatly 70 his other
wlso admirable address,"
Unfortunately for his amiable apologist,
the Wild Man from Baltimore was in
savage earnest in his expressions of ad.
miration for lynching and his proposition
to extend its benefits to public officials.
We take from tho Baltimore Sun Mr..
BoNAPARTE's W version Of his celebrar
ton Of lynching. 1t may be added that Mr..
BoNAPARTE says with evident pride that
he uttered the same opinions before the
Yale Law School in 1890. For eight years
he has been a champion of murder.
The Hon. CHARLES JOSEPH BoNAPARTE
Is a member of the Maryland bar, II not a
lawyer. We ask lawyers and Judges to
read his panegyric Of lawlessness and take
a proper pride in Brother BoNAPARTE,
whose way of keeping his oath as an officer
of the courts Is to swear himself in as an
officer of the court of Judge LYNCH.
The Hon. CHARLES JOSEPH BoNAPARTE
is a Mugwump and universal reformer of
high degree. We congratulate the Mug
wump brethren upon their title to a share
In his glory.
The Hon. CHARLES JOSEPH BoNAPARTE
is q graduate of Harvard College and the
Harvard Law School. To borrow the favor
lite quotation Of Col. THOMAS NEwcoME,
Scientid emoHit mores; learning softens
The missionary societies should labor
with this heather, that he may cease to
admire murder. A case so remarkable as
his should not be left to allenists alone.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22
Russia's Alleged Ulimatum to China.

If the threat said to have been made by
the Russian Charge dAffaires at Pekin was
really uttered, 1t may seem at first sight
that a crisis In the Far East can hardly
be averted. 1t Is known that England has
offered to advance to China the money
needed to pay the last installment of the
indemnity due to Japan, on condition that
three new treaty ports shall be opened, in.
Guiding the harbor of Talienwan on the
Liau-tung peninsula. To the opening Of
two of the ports designated, the Cars
representative seems to have made no objec-
ton, but he Is alleged to have threatened re-
prisals aud the withdrawal OF his masters
friendship and protection In case Talien-
wan should be included In the list.
y glance at the map will disclose the mo-
tive for the vehement remonstrance of the
Russian Charge d'Affaires. T%alienwan. ly-
not far to the north of Port Arthur, COM
mands the route which would have to be fol.
lowed by a railway connecting that naval
arsenal with the Trans-Siberian line. If a
British feet were at liberty to cast anchor at
Talienwan, and it would have the privilege
II that harbor became a treaty port, the
value of Port Arthur to Russia would be
gone, for the railway linking hat fortress
to the Russian possessions could be cut at
any hour in the event of war with Eng
land, and the Russian garrison would find
itself in the same hopeless plight as
were the defenders of Sebastopol. More
over, even in time of peace. the transforms
tion of Talienwan into a treaty port would
assure to England the greater part of the
trade with Liau-tung and Chinese Manchu-
ria, and practically would thwart the
Russian plans for ascendancy in that quar-
Ter. There Is. ina word, no doubt that
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22

Once more we give space to Mr.. w. RAN.
DIAL CREMER, the English promoter of
arbitration who was misrepresented In a
bogus interview in the New York Evening
Post a little while z as saying that IL the
Olney.Pauncefote treaty had been ratified
by the Senate "there would be no fear of
the dismembcrment of the Chinese EN-
pire;" that "tho Anglo-Saxon countries,
mother and daughter, could call q halt on
any project of that kind" M that ENG.
land and America united can stand against
the world"
We quote the language attributed to Mr..
CREMER by GoDKIN's newspaper, language
which Mr.. CREMER did not utter, because
1t is necessary to a full understanding of
this worthy gentleman'o latest communi-
cation to us.
Having learned from Mr.. CREMER that
he had been the victim of INSCRIPTIONS
Journalism" on the part of the Evening
Post, we promptly withdrew the remarks
based on the foregoing fraudulent inter-
view. Those remarks were confined to the
specific expressions attributed in the bogus
interview, and they touched no other
branch of the subject.
Now Mr.. CREMER writes to US again,
challenging the remarks which we have
withdrawn in Justice to him, and which
were based specifically ON what he was
then supposed to have said. He actually
wants us to justify the comments we made
when we supposed that the interview was
genuine!
This is charming. We know of nothing
more delicious in all the literature of
Anglo-American dialectics. The peculiar
inversion of the logical faculty which Mr..
CREMER's latest letter exhibits would have
been a source of lasting Joy to his late la
mented fellow Englishman. the author of
Through the Looking Glass"
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Travellers in the interior parts of tn

Travellers in the interior parts of the
State are requested to report tho Hon. WILLIAM
whenever he is seen or spoken.
He can BIO recognized in the darkest night by
the will O. the wisp which hovers over his head.
In the day time tho melancholy of his fea-
lures and the bright brass badge Fifty
three" which he wears on the left side Of
his chest are SUFFICIENT marks of identih.
cation. He is q perfectly harmless Mugwump
and his principal illusion or delusion seems
TO BIO that he is a high cnroller. Last night
a flash will O. the wisp photograph of him, of
the Hon. GEORGE E. MATTHEWS OF Buffalo, and
of the Hon. JAMES BELDEN of
Onondaga was taken. The plato will be de-
veloped whom Mr.. BRooKyIELD's enrolment Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22

Another attack upon the rights of Ken
lucky frcemen has been repulsed. A bill to tax
dogs a dollar apiece has been killed in the Legis-
lature Of that State. The Kentucky dogs can
bay the silver moon approximately without
having to pay for the privilege. and overy Ken
tuckian who 10 forehanded enough to keep q
dog" can continue to lift toward the skies q
brow unruffled by any thought of dog taxes.
Tax the plutocrats. not the poor dogs" says
Col. JACK CHM, whose present pack consists
Of sixteen dogs Of high birth and breeding, and
one yellow cur.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22
In the Senate yesterday the Hon. Will

In the Senate yesterday the Hon. WILL
LIAM MORRIS STEWART of Nevada made a prom
ise which 1t must be impossible for him to keep.
He said that II he could get q chance TO address
the Senate to-day or Monday on the bond pay
ment resolution. "he would not make a very
lengthy speech" The surprised and CRATE
full Senate lost no time In deciding that he
should be allowed to make his not very lengthy
speech Immediately after the morning hour to-
day. Now. what does Mr.. STEWART mean
by a not very lengthy speech By a long
speech he means a speech not to ex-
coed the Mississippi in length. BY a short
speech he means a speech OF about the length Of
the Potomac. There will DO general wonder II
by a not very lengthy speech he doesn't mean a
few remarks not to I'LL more than q year and q
half.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22
A Lesson for Currency Reformers

THE SUN has, all along, insisted that none
Of the bills for currency REFORM now be
fore the House Committee or Banking and
Currency, could possibly become laws, be,
cause the Senate would never consent TO
enact them. Particularly has it pointed
out the folly Of ENGRAVING upon these bills
a declaration in favor of the single gold
standard. Such a declaration, we have
aaid, even II made by this Congress. would
have no binding effect on Its successors,
and the effort to get 1t made now would
be only q provocation to the silverites both
in the House and in the Senate 20 renew
their warfare upon gold.
The decisive vote Of Al to 81 by which
the Senate, on Thursday, agreed to take up
Senator VESTS resolution In favor OF pay
ing the national debt in silver dollars at
the ratio OF 10 20 !. amply j~ustiles our
warning. TIL resolution will probably DO
passed by the Senate and sent to the House,
whore, though 1t will finally be defeated, 1t
will give rise to a Aercc debate and revive
the enthusiasm for free silver, which other
wise would have remained dormant.
There is u wise Scottish saying, LET
sleeping dogs lie." The agitation in favor
of free silver was quieted for the time by
the defeat of Mr.. BRYAN last November,
and tho rise of wheat to n dollar a bushel
administered to i. a further soporifc. Now
come the currency reformeIs and wake it
mp with their crazy scheme to substitute
for Government notes bank notes at n cost
TO the nation Of $500, 000, 600, and, as il
that were not enough, with an eSesperating
accommodation of silver, which all sensi-
bio people see Is premature. The Senate
has very properly taught these fanatics q
lesson, and we hope they will profit by Il.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22
THE WILD MAN FROM BALTIMORE.
MIR. Charles J. Bonaparte's Own Report or
His Boston Praiae OF LynchiuE.

IS" 20
From the Baltimore Sun.
"In practice the system Is unquestionabiy liable to
grave abuse. Judge Lynch may mako mistakeA, and
his mistakes can be corrected by no writ OF error, but
II tho number OF failures of Justice In his court could
be compared with those in our moro regular tribu.
mails, ! am not sure that he need fear tho result. Ibe.
neve that very few innocent men are lynched, and.
OF those who have not committed tho particular
offence for which they suffer. q still smaller proper.
tion are desirable members OF society, and. I'm certain
parts OF the country at least, II is quite safe to say
that FEAR OF lynching IL by far the most effective de-
terrent from certain forms OF crime.
1T is. OF course, q great evil that the law should O.
casionally be enforced by lawless means. but It is, in
my opinion. q greater evil that II should be habltually
duped and evaded by means formally lawful. A few
defauling State treasurers or doodle aldermen
even one or two United States Senators, who know
more about the operation OF trusts than they can
nnd IL convenient TO tell. hanging untried to lamp
posts would not be O wholly edifying spectacle. but IL
would have a more wholesome effect on public ON.
cials than a long series OF quashod Indictments. dis.
agreeing Juries. forfeited straw rccognizancos.
ami varying phases of legal impunlty for prosperous
scoundreiism.
I'm truth. ~lynching ia an attempt to supply with.
IN tine province or the Government the Governments
oefauiI ana It's practice constitutes 4 grave and dis.
quieting symptom OF the evil 1t seeks to remedy. II
a Government does not SO administer Justice as 10
satisfy the moral sense Of the community, that Goy-
eminent is pro tdntO a failure; and 1t is unquestion.
able that in tho United States the operation OF the
criminal law has become so tardy and uncertain that
II does not AFFORD this satisfaction. When II has been
so amended that a murderer or criminal OF even
blacker guilt shall be usually tried within a fortnight
and executed within a month after his arrest. | pro
dict that Judge Lynch will adjourn his court sine die.
That this court Is now open is. however. a symptom
also. and not a wholly regrettable symptom. Of the
self'helpfuiness 10 which Americans owe their or.
derby freedom"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22
hom the Qsraland Plain psnl.r

TIFFIN. o., Jan. 19.-Tifin society circles are
considerably wrought up over the marriage OF
Miss Clara Hubbard. eldest daughter of DR.. e,
Harmon, also Of this city. The couple stole
away to Toledo on Monday. where. in the even.
ing, they were united In marriage. They are
now in Toledo at the home Of an aunt Of the
groom. The marriage Is the unexpected sequel
took place near this city a few months ago be.
tween Jack Reifsneider and Mr.. Harmon. in
which the latter man was knocked out. For q
time 1t seemed that to the victor belonged the
spells, but the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
mon rather puts to flight the time.honoreda dage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22

The friends Of the poor man" In the
Legislature are pursuing their wonted paths OF
virtue and bringing in bills for dollar gas
They mako a noble tableau as they stand, with
bullying chests and distended %nostrils, frowning
defiance at the cruel corporations. It is q
melancholy fact that their friend. "the
poor man." burns oil and not gas; and
1t Is a still moro melancholy fact that as q
result of tho unholy work Of combinations and
monopolies oil is about as cheap as daylight
Never mind. Corporations must DO defed, and
the gas of dollar.gas Legislators must DO allowed
to escapo.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22

The Hon. JOSIAH QUINCY of Boston pre-
sided over tho labors of the National Conference
on the Reform Of Primary Elections yester-
day. Ono Mr.. r sH. an Illinois reformer,
lit himself and fickered with q smoky flame.
He sputtered against the machine. tho regular
organization" and tho "oligarchy." The Hon.
JOSIAH QUINCY. placid as a clam. watched RUSH
flicker. smoke. %sputter, and go out. Mr.. QUINCY
is somewhat Of a machinist. regular orgenixa-
ton man, and oligarch himself.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22

The agitation which reigns in the vast
brain chambers Of the London Times on account
OF tho United States and the Cuban situation
ought to be Gained. All sympathetic hearts will
hope that 1t may be Gained. Moro porter and
less Welsh rabbit. The Times writers need rest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22

KINGFIsHER. Oklahoma, Jan. 1s.-Congress is
going TO be pestered for several years to come by
delegations from this part Of the United States de-
manding admission TO the Union st. Louts Republic.
Both Congress and Kingfisher arc to be pitied.
There 10 q general belief that Oklahoma is too
staid. too thickly settled. and too conservative
in her financial notions to be happy. save by
herself. for some years vet. She must look at
her elder sisters, New Mexico and Arizona, and
be consoled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22

This has been a week of fierce ebullience
for the Hon. WILLIAM SULzER, and the country
Is glad and proud TO know that ne has stood
the strain and is still as lively as a geyser. Some
statesmen simmer and bubble before they begin
TO boil, but Mr.. SULZRR 10 more sudden than the
lightning. The steam OF his emotion ~envelops
Washington almost before his voice is heard
haumerinE ct his pipea. His temperature IL In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22
The Chemistry or Orators.


Mr.. James hamilton Lewis OF the state or Wash.
iugton. in his speech yesterday. begged the members
OF the House OF Representatives 60 respect the
bleod.bleAehed bones Of your ancestors"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22

To THE EDTroR OF THE suS-Sfr: What Is the an
swert to the following problem In business: What will
ten yards of silk come to at 81 90 1901 por yard?
NEW HAVEN. YALE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: As there
may DO an impression abroad that my father
did not make any inquiry whatever concerning
Mrs. BallinRton booth during his recent visit
to New York. I desire to state that such is erro-
neous. My father inquired of me, and I now
learn that he also inquired OF several prominent
Salvationists. concerning her. in addition to
writing and cabling me previous to his leaving
England respecting her. Faithfully yours,
DARLINGTON BOOTH.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22
Very Likely.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Seems TO me I
see more people In the Fifth avenue stages; must be
the payement2 CONSTANT READER.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22

Handshaking is an ancient and honorable Gus.
tOm.-Utfcd Press.
But beware of the reform handshaker when
no comes to Oneida.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22

u our Friends ~ho taror us With tanuscrfpfs FOR
SsbKoaton utah TO haze rejected drftcie' returned,
oasy must IN all cases send siampsJ for that DurDoss.
, 1898-07-23

The seal which General Gordon used
Of all the documents he signed while
shut up in Khartum had a history,
which is narrated in the Life of
Chauncy Naples" missionary bishop of
Likoma, east central Africa. While at
Cairo the bishop stopped at the house
Of a friend named Floyer, of whom he
writes:
Floyer had seen n great deal of Gen
eral Gordon and showed me one very
interesting letter-the last he received
from him. The occasion of it was inter
esting. Floycr had volunteered to pre-
pare Gordon a seal with his name in
Arabic characters upon it. For this pur-
pose he chose an old coin, which he
partially melted and rofashioned.
When the seal was completed, it was
found that two words that had been Oh
the coin We're still leGiblc. The words
were in Arabic and signified The Mes
scnger of God" Gordon noticed them
and was much pleased, and in the letter
III question commented on them, saying
no prayed he might always remember
to be as the messenger of God to the
Sudan people.
, 1898-07-23

A correspondent writes from Abbots-
bury to Nature Notes: 1.-THE other day
when we were having lunch we heard
u strange scratching sound, hd then rs
if some one We're trying t. turn the
handle of the door. Our houscmaid went
and opened the door to SEQ what it was,
and there stood the bakers pony and
cart. His master had left him in the
road while he went to the next house,
and the pony had turned round and
.imself tried to open the door. OF course
we were much amused to hear what it
was, and the door was shut again. The
next minute came ono loud, decided
knock, evidently from the door knocker.
That can't be the pony we all cried at
the same time, rushing to the door, but
1t o He was standing with his front
feet on the pavement, quietly waiting,
and very pleased ut his success. OF
purse we gave him some bread. biscuits
and sugar as a reward for his clever
ness. He must have taken the knocker
in his teeth"
, 1898-07-23

"No, mother, no. He enlisted. He is
only a corporal"
"Only a corporai!' cried Mrs. Beau.
champ, clasping her hands. SIN a dread
full red coat! You have been seen out
with him! Good heavens, M~arjorie"'
"Oh, mother. don't be . Mortified! I
call him my pillar box, and he says l
was the bravest girl he knew to meet
him, and after I did he said he would
and see you and explain. And l
am to marry him. And, after alp
winding up her incoherent speech dra-
matically-''it isn't the coat that makes
the man! And, mother. may I go and
meet him and bring him back?'
ooh. Marjorie!' cried her poor moth
Ell, "what would your aunt say? 1 sup
pose l must consent to seeing him. He
certainly writes a charming letter."
"In the face of everybody, not
ashamed?" said Ferguson a little quiz
zically, a he and his sweetheart got up
from their chairs in Rotten row. She
looked up half shyly at the tall, hand
some guardsman.
"And now that you know everything,
Marjorie, will you forgive my putting
you to such a test?"
II love you," she whispered, blush
ing holly. But, oh, how glad mother
will be!'
They were walking along gayly, she
the perfection of dainty prettiness, trip
ping along at his side, many curious
and even inquisitive glances following
the pair.
"Look, Charlie" cried Marjorie, her
face dimpling into mischievous laugh
ter; there's auntie just passed us, driv-
ing. Look; she's turning back to look
at us. Oh, her face! Isn't it a picture?'
Lady Hamilton alighted from her
carriage simply trembling with indig-
nation. She swept into her sisters
room, her silk dress knocking down a
table, a vase and some books, the plunes
in her bonnet nodding formidably.
"Helena," she cried, something too
terrible has occurred. Your daughter
my niece-is out walking with a COM
mon soldier"
my dear Eliza, I can explain" fall
tered Mrs. Beauchamp. "Don't-don't
be angry. The young man is on his way
here now
son his way now!' almost shrieked
Lady Hamilton. "You are going to let
q man in a red coat and white belt en-
ter this house! Helena. you should en-
ter a lunatic asylum. This-this is APP
palling."
They heard a joyous little laugh.
And Lady Hamilton rose to face them.
Mrs. Beauchamp felt faint from emo
ton. What could be wrong when Mar
jorie Wore such a lovely look? And a
CLEAN Of mirth in her eyes too. And
the mother saw one of the finest looking
fellows she had seen in her life fill up
the doorway with his tall figure.
"Mother-auntie-let me introduce
you to my lover, the guardsman, and
o to be my husband-the Earl of
Dcsart."
"Please forgive me, Mrs. Beau
champ" he said in a winning way. II
claimed my discharge today, only to
take orders, though, in another service"
And here Marjorie's hand was clasped
in his.
Lady Hamilton a year later presented
the son and heir with a silver mug and
a box of tin soldiers. Forget Me-Not
, 1898-07-23

An eelskin leather factory is situat' !,
Ill Il quiet street in the ncighbOrhood o.
London bridge. Here are prepared and
manufactured various articles from tho
skin of the common Gel. the skins arc
manipulated by numerous complicated
processes until they resemble and would
easily be taken for leather, although OF
a more glutinous and pliable nature.
This strange commodity is cut into
long, thin strips and plated very close,
ly together for whiplasbes and to cover
portions of the handles of more cxpcn-
slvo whips. Certain kinds of lashcs and
harness laces are also made of eelskin.
This leather is almost Indispensable in
articles of this description, where ficxi-
bility allied with an III tough
ness is desired. Invention.
, 1898-07-23
A sNOWDROP.

o wonderful, immaculate,
White herald Of the spring.
No winter can be desolate
That bears 30 sweet a thingi
Soft, snowy petals strip'd with green,
Deep hidden heal of gold,
The world that hath such beauty seen
Can never more be old
No shades Of ruddy light suffuse
Thy petals cool and pure.
The roseless, chill auroral dews
Alone thy lips allure.
Thou art not freak'd with purple stains,
Nor fire of scarlet bright,
But silver'd by the silvery rains
And touched with vernal light.
And l. who once the roses lov'd,
Allegiance bring to thee,
Well knowing thou wilt ne'er be prov'd
So wanton or so free;
But, cloister'd from the wild winds breath,
Nor Haunting in the sun,
Wilt lend a beauty cen to death
When thy pure life is done.
New York Times.
, 1898-07-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION,

Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
July 10, 1898.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing-named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before Henry l..
PASCAL, clerk of the district court, at
Laramie, Wyoming, on August "a,
1898, viz:
JOHN KOCH,
Of Tie Siding, Wyoming, homestead en-
try No. 1868, for the NE. n Sec. IA,
TIP. 10 N, R. 70 W.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon,
and cultivation of, said land, viz:
Henry Sage, Of Tie Siding, Wyoming;
Henry Koch, Of Laramie, Wyoming;
Albert Goldman, OF Laramie, Wyo-
ming; Leroy Grant, of Laramie, Wyo-
ming.
W. E. CHAPLIN, Register.