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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
The Low Movement Again.

What is noticeable about the Anti.Har.
mony statement put forth by the Committee
of Fifty.three is hat 1t copies closely the
%anti.harmony crusade formulated and led
to a Bryanistic triumph last November by
Mr.. SETH Low. 1t begins with the same
long.distance fire of accusations to shake
the public confidence in the Republican Or
ganization, and then the forward move
ment starts In the same spirit Of supreme
dissatisfaction and unalterable determin-
alton never to listen to political reason
1--WE have not gone into this movement
lightly; we nave gone into it advisedly and
after mature deliberation," say the Fifty
three.
81 realize the solemnity OF the call made
upon me-" said Mr.. Low at Northeast Har-
Dor, land my decision has been reached
not lightly or thoughtlessly, but soberly
and in the fear of GOD"
Again the Fifty.three: I'VE have gone
into it with the determination to remain"
81 shall stand" said Mr.. Low, abe my
friends few or many"
"We cannot in any way whatsoever con-
fer with the machine or have anything to
do with it," say the Fifty-three.
"No conference with the Republicans"
said, in effect, the Citizens Union.
Running along thus on parallel tracks
the marplots of November, 1897, and their
successors in February, 1893, set out with
one and the same aim, namely, to strike
down the political organization which is
founded upon the St. Louis gold-standard
platform, and which, in respect to the En-
pire State, holds that platforms fate locked
inseparably with its own.
Still these two fanatically selfish under.
takings differ, in that the Low movement
occurred at q time which determined the
political complexion of the city of New
York. while the Fifty.three are operating
in a year for electing a House Of Repre-
sentatives, the lower branch of Congress.
National events. such as the Houses de-
feat Of the Teller resolution, lave no in
terest for the remnant of the Citizens
Union known as the Fifty-three. They
are absorbed in the far grander Plat ques-
ton, and in the changing Of a primary law
which they have used and enjoyed for
many years without complaint.
At such a crisis no man who desires to
save his country and himself from the
fuihouS ~oneequenccs VI repuuidIioH VIII
give even a shadow of encouragement to
any effort to divide the Republican party
and ~perpetuate its discords, whatever the
pretexts on which it is put forth. He
would be less trencherous il he went over to
the Bryanite camp openly and definitely.
Every citizen must be on the one side or
the other. By encouraging Republican
unity alone can he demonstrate his oppo-
sition to the Democratic forces of repudia.
ton against which the Republican party
is the solitary bulwark Of salvation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
IL There a Future LlfeS

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Tho let.
ter of an agnostic in THE Sun OF Jan. 80 on
churchgoing prompts me to ask what are the
ideas of agnostics concerning n future state Z
1t is to my mind the only reason to be" o. u
religion.
am what might be termed n "groper;' that
10, a c%hurchgoer earnest and attentive. whose
belief in a heaven or after existence or the soul
is moro of a hope than a faith. l am looking for
holp. an assurance of the divine origin and end
of all things. i would like to know II an aguOs.
tic who has lost n loved one can reconcile him.
self to the thought that all is, indeed. over for
the dear departed
In fact. everyone knows what an aRnostic
does not believe. Is life worth living to him IL
everything ends here; what are his theories. II
he has any, as to how we got here. even in the
What force has, il any 7 II any one can help mo
It will be more than q hundred gospels preached.
NEW YORK., Jan. 80. HOPE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
"BulI-Run" Russell on Our War.

1t will be remembered that MI. WILLIAM
HOWARD RUSSELL was commissioned by
the London Times to act as the special cor
respondent of that paper in the United
States at the time of the rupture between
the. Southern States and the rest of the
Union. He, as Sir WILLIAM HOWARD
RUSSELL, has now undertaken to contrib
ute his Recollections of the Civil Wal to
the North american ReuieD, and the first
installment of them appears In the Febru-
airy number.
The most striking feature of these remi-
niscences is the testimony they bear to the
fact that the outbreak of actual war be.
tween the two sections of the Union took
Northern men by surprise. Some Northern
Democrats thought that the Southern
States had a right to secede. while Re.
publicans, who denied the existence of
that right, were convinced that an at.
tempt to exercise it would be foiled
without a resort to hostilities. Soon after
arriving in New York the Times cor
respondent found, he tells us. that men
like Governor SEYMOUR asserted that
the Government would not be justified
in relieving Fort Sumter by force. They
also argued that, although Fort Sumter
was a national fortress, the State of South
Carolina, having seeded. was entitled to
starve out the garrison IL it, did not sur
render. There was no power, they said,
given to the Government by the Constitu.
tlon to prevent secession.
On reaching Washington the correspond
ent discovered hat Mr.. SEWARD treated Sc
cession lightly. why" sale Mr.. LIN
coins Secretary of State, 81 and all my
brothers and sisters seeded in early life.
But we all returned home. So will the
Southern States. The masses there are
ignorant; the think they can rule
the North first and the world after.
The style Of life there Is that which pre-.
vailed in New York a hundred years
ago" Mr.. SEWARD added: 1.-The rumor
that orders have been given to evac-
uate Fort Sumter Is false. 1t belongs to
the Union, not to South Carolina" SEN
ator SUMNER, on his part, broke out with
an emphatic "NeverI' when Mr.. RUSSELL
spoke of the possibilities of armed conflict
etween the seeding States and the Gov
eminent. "Never! They are too crafty +!
Bullies! Braggarts They would be assas.
sins, some of them, If they dared, but fair
t~ight-never! = At the Smithsonian Insti.
tuition the correspondent conversed with
Prof. HENRY and Prof. BAIRD. The former
treated slavery as a geological question
the latter connected it with climate and
the valley of the Mississippi.
By Mr.. SEWARD the correspondent was
introduced to the President. from whom
he received the unusual honor of an invita-
ton to the first dinner given to the mem
bers of the Cabinet. The distinction rather
troubled Mr.. RUSSELL, but he was treasured
by SAM WARD, who told him "You will
find them ordinary people, good, honest
folk, most of them. CHASE is a remarkable
man, and worth talking to. He won't
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
STAR ~WORSHIPPERS.


An Unkown Religion FOUND In Mesopotamfns
From the chrfstfan Inteufoencer.
Our Arabian missionary, the Rev. Samuel NJ.
Zwemer. before the American Society OF Com.
parative Religions. last week gave an interest.
ing account of a curious religion he encountered
In n trip to the lower Euphrates and Tigris. He
said Of this peculiar sect:
These strange people. whom we know as tho
Star Worshippers. Sabeans, Naeoreans, or st.
John. Christians, designate themselves the
Mondeans. and although they number only q
few thousand. remain entirely distinct from tho
Jews. Moslems. and Christians, among whom
they have dwclt for centuries. Their origin 10
lost In obscurity, and their number is rapidly
diminishing. Their religion is compounded Of
Christian, heather, and Jewish elements; tho
language they speak is entirely different from
that oftheir neighbors. They are a moral, peace.
full. and ind ustrious people. They believe that tho
stars embody the good of the universe. and tho
not worship the sun and the moon. ! found that
their knowledge Of astronomy was thorough in
many respects"
He further said that their moral code is that OF
the Old Testament in every particular. and that
though 1t required q long acquaintance before
they allowed their literature to be seen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
Not ~ Republican Dollar.

To THE EDITOR or The suN-Sir Mr.. Bailey OF
Texas. leader OF the Democratic minority in the
House Of Representatives. said In his speech on the
Teller silver resolution. as reported In THE suN of
Feb. !, that II the silver dollar was good enough fST
the workingman, who pro lucel the wealth Of the
country, II was good enough for the oilers; II Il was
good enough for the poor, 1t was good enough for the
rich.
No good Republican mot a silver man has ever
said that the silver dollar was good enough for the
wOrkingnlan or good enough for the poor man. II
has been and is the contention OF the Republicans
that a silver dollar Is not good enough for the work.
ingman or for the poor man. Republican, have con.
tended always that the workIngman aud the poor
man needed and ought to have lust IA good q dollar
as anybody ellie II Is the silver Republicans and sl.
yer Democrats who are trying to palm on upon the
workingman and the moor man y dollar worth now
but little more than 40 cents; and the strange thing
about it Is that so many workingmen cannon sec that
II they vote for froe silver. they vote 10 reduce their
wages more than one-hAlf. AZ the present price OF
silver. An OLD REPUbLIcAN.
NEW YoRK, Feb. 1. 1895.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
THE HANDKERCHIEF WE USE.
sac. 1000 900 Single Ones Consumed In the
Trade Every Year In This Country.

From the Washington Star.
Very few people outside the trade" said q
leading Wholesale dealer In handkerchief in
New York TO a Star reporter recently. are
aware that the consumption Of handkerchief
throughout the United States amounts to about
$4,000 dozen daily. This means 1880 900
dozen yearly. or 32s, SOC. 900 single handker.
chiefs. To satisfy this enormous demand there
arc always kept in stock in this city at least $780,
OoO, 900 handkerchicfs. 1t would DO extremely
difficult to say what such u supply Of goods Is
worth in tho aggregate. as handkerchiefs sell ab
wholesale at anywhere from 80 cents 10 $40 per
dozen. according to quality and finish. But tho
figures which l have given you are not exaggor-
atcd, and they throw n strong light on the g.
Rantic dimensions of an important branch of the
dry goods business.
"A comparatively small number OF handkcr-
chiefs arc manufactured in this country, and
ton and inferior silk variety. The finest silk
goods Rre imported principally from Japan,
which country sends us annually between Il.
The best cambria, article comes from France
and Belgium. and linen handkerchiefs como
from the north Of Ireland and also from st.
Calls. Switzerland. Japanese silk hankcrchiefs
imported cambrics from Brussels sell for from
SIS TO 81 n dozen. and the cotton product manu-.
featured III Pennsylvania and New Jersey may
be had for 80 cents per dozen.
THE capital invested in this business is i'm.
mense. 1t may possibly amount to 300. 600.
600. but, owing to the fact that the trade is dis
tribrted. nothing like accurate figures can be
goods district which deal exclusively In hand
kerchiefs. But only two of these houses handle
tho domestic article extensively. Most Of the
large American factories are located outside Of
branches of the dry goods business, is the great
distributing centre for the trade"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
onIrroIaIre rnr onAnrnn.
a Cerrespendest Reptiles 60 souse uemarl .
ConmissioRer llelnhan.


To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: 1 observe
,na. mr. hoi"n"n; VINO ,nn s,,n So.orn'
ment, that of Commissioner of Public Improve
,,onts oh,oc,.a AZ a mce,ino on "wednesday to
tho present city charter, and used this express
sion concerning IT.:
We have to-day been unable to order even so much
exists as to what oniclal should incur the response.
'"'' ~
lido not know how far the KNOWLEDGE OF Con.
m.ssloner nsol l", oA.onuS ~ ~, sannn,on,s
cities OF the first class or other ike documents
do not know that no is an expert on tho subject
though 1t is a fact that when last a candidate Tor
tented Inv the voters Of tho district. and the vari.
~ - -. Vs. - - -. -, -,
Gus positions which he has hold since and no has
n]oin.ive character. The present city charter,
ilh"n =. sH,.,ss.s" 49, nn.o.nI,n D,rasos q,
whlcn ne crlticlses ~ sucn sWoopinR pnruscsi 70
INC wSLk not hicfoiy oi eon,nhisGInh ", NY ~
men. put one OF the most reuiarkaoio c1n'1 .ht.
country. II there be anywhere three ADLER
laWyersl IN rsspec. 70 tne't prot ou ..IhTi.apS
GO %an, %aR%ici isT Ties e lha mi b tsf%lsS1oFF F; T n",sn
yonn +: piIloh. ana MilIiam De Wa... uS n.y. u ~
knmW wnerG .hey Eun y 2 nuanu a u san n,re "a
would require a man OF larger Eh1%ie enpisiaii z
exber,ence, more Lanii,iarits VIII iSS,s,e'iVn
ana broader views man MT. hoianah 70
aiscover them. NioIeovSr, ING May9rs . NY
three cities consoiiqateu on J1n. !, 1883, INTO
tho Greater New YORK, snouid nave knoWn
sometnlng 81 INC workinHs VI tneir roopeo,inra1
muhlsipaIitioe NOR am maklng any, ,mm wv
ious distinction. when 1 say IL wouim DC aimcuie
TO- nha nywner z nm more inn1, anno w y, no Sho y
worRinGs OF NeWw a n y. nndarslend,
tnan lnomss r.. Si,roS " q mah ao tnsants
ing tnoso OF bropRiSm niunicipai uepart'hen.s
peL,er man Silas y, DulcneI. AS aBa'.st T.
port aaoptca oy tnesS RehEienen ana ,ne.a aS-
sociates on tne New fork CharIer Son.nisslon'
a report Ine result OF niQsI mature consiucla-
tion ana nlosG isc.in,InntiMs ua.e' wv 10 .no "a
nan wno saye UNI nsis Ci.npu' hho INV u
INC iuehIlty ~ ING oihciaI VIM suouiu imeur
me resp9nsl9iiity LOT ing eNpehsc otrepairs 10
au.1nplunteu ianlp,posti
OFFICIALS DO not incur responsiDilties LOT ex-
pehses unuer tno cnarteT OF new hork ior re-
RRnirs 10 lanp,posts or LOT any other purpose;
ihat rSsponsioiilt is mcutrGu us Lno Sttf VI
Mnicm MT. Iotanan 10 IN eIhployee. U! WHEN, e
ID Paid, anu whose duties. l. nope, are OF y more
serious Ghoracter than inc repairs OF ia'hp-posts.
Gnu Mn,,e on TINS sup'eSh IL mm "a ny To, IL ihnbpo
proprteIe 70 suy thaI Sen' WINS tne
!asi Sohlmissioner ruoli1 MoIks, ,ur,
hismoa me ciIy OF New forh VIII ing appaSfea
poSts now IN use IN sonie ot Ine ieauihg
InorouRniarcs iamp.posts, when II NOT eNactIy
ornnn,ents hre as ornainShthi ~ inc C,rcun.
sthncss or me case pefmlt. Whlch suppIy NOT
only hght put Ruiaaneo as We'll navtng UPON
mem consplcuomsiy the sLIeeb nunlocrs mnu
mouse NUMBERS neAI au!oininR; uen. JoIis .
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
A special committee of the Maryland

A special committee of the Maryland
Legislature and a special committee of the vir-
ginia Legislature are to meet tomorrow to con-
slider oyster dredging and grabbing in the Poto-
mac. Under an agreement made In 1888 tho
citizens OF tho two States enjoy the right Of
fishing In that river. At that time the shad and
the herring were lords of the Potomac waters,
and the " grabbing" and "oystering" industries
had not arisen. The Marylanders now assert
that the word fishing does not include
"oystering'' and Grabbing" They declare
that scientists TO whom the question
has been submitted agree that oysters
and crabs are not dsh. having neither ver-
tebre nor red blood" Certainly. 1t is unjust
to the oyster. q being OF SO many admirable char
acteristics. TO classify him among fish. who.
after al. is said that can be said In their favor. Ee-
main hshy. Speaking from q non-scientinc point
OF view, ost%reophiliSts might prefer to call the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04

A bill providing for two-cent railroad
fares is before the Ohio Legislature. Much to
the surprise of the professional corporation
cursers the railroad employees, who know that a
reduction Of fares means a reduction of their
wages, are opposing the bill vigorously. At a
hearing before the Senate Committee on Rail-
roads and Telegraphs, speeches against the bill
were made by representatives OF tho Order OF
Railway Conductors. of the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Engineers. and of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Fircmen. The howlers against cor
porations must find some means Of hurting tho
railroads without hurting the persons who work
for the railroads.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
A Bs,tsmles. and Haunted Hole.

from The HubuTn (KH.) Nelc8.
One of the places In our neighboohood which
is Stunned alike by saint and sinner is tho old
spring near our town. in Logan county. known
as the blue hole. Though legendary, the story
I shall relate OF this spring is true. for it has
been corroborated by the former generation to
the older men of the present century. Ac-
village at South Union was first established
by a few yenturesomo though hardy plo-
neers Q member OF the sect was do.
with a bag OF gold to put the money in a safe in
the county's capital. When tho treasure bearer
reached the spring he rode his horse in to give
IL water, but animal and rider were swallowed
mp, never. TO rise again. IL is said that tho
r Sssiir In . an ri ettem Iset 10 rs sed myer t aS oS Soa teet ot
coin, and never struck bottom. ] myself have
heard old men say they had tried TO find the
bottom of the spring by using hundreds OF feet
OF eor9 and q lead sinker. but without success.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
The Lincoln Forgery Again.

We are informed by our esteemed con-
temporary, the H%arrisonburg Spirit of the
Valley, that the following Clcvelandesque
the Virginia free-silver press" as an utter
ance of ABRAHAM LINcoLN's in 1865:
ABE LINCOLN A PROPHET.
at has beon indeed Q trying hour for the republic;
but I sec in tho near future q crisis approaching that
Of our country. As a result Of the war corporations
have been enthroned. and an era Of corruption in high
places will follow, and the money power will en-
deavor to prolong its reign by working on the pre-
judioes OF the people TIL all wealth IL aggregated In
afew hands, and the republic Is destroyed. I feel at
this moment more anxious for the safety OF my coun.
than over before. even in the midst of war;
No wonder the Spirit Of the Valley re-
marks that sit does not have the genuine
ring and that it must be spurious"
This forgery, for it Is a forgery, in
vented for the Presidential campaign of
1895, was q brazen attempt to make one Of
the Predetermined political philosophers
and democrats the country has ever known
into a frothy demagogue like he Boy
Orator, then the Populist candidate. In
The SUN of Oct. 9 of 1896 is found the
reply of Mr.. JOHN G.. NICoLAY, one of
President LINcoLN's secretaries, to a men,
Der of the Republican National Committee
who had submitted the document to him
for comment:
This alleged quotation from Mr.. LINCOLN 10 n
broad and unblushing forgery. The great President
never said 1t or wrote It, and never said or wrote
anything that. by the utmost license. could be dis.
torted to resemble IT."
Mr. NTNnT A va afnfapnanf ctnnHc havnnI
the possibility of populistic contradiction.
The Virginia free-silver press ought to be
ashamed of itself.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04

The Hon. FRED DUBOIS of Idaho, Chair.
man OF the Silver Republican Executive Com
mittee, 10 coming East for the purpose OF con.
sultinR with other silver chiefs and uniting
all silver ~forces.' BY way of prelude to tho
barmonizine work which no has undertaken, he
asserts that the vote in the Senate for the Teller
resolution has convinced the silver advocates
that with a close union Of the silver forces VIC
tory in 1898 and 1900 Is certain" The silver
advocates arc easily convinced. Men who be.
lievo In the 10 to 1 romance are able to believe
anything that is tolcrably Incredible.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
now osTnrcH Eaos AnE nAroHrD,
TIE ZION Pets Them In y Hoie ana Covers z,
All NiEht-Tho Rnoster HAS tho nay sob.
Prom n. 81. tout, Globe. Democrat.

Prom the 50. bopfs Globe. Democrat.
There is money in raising ostriohos. and this
fact has been demonstrated by the owners Of an
ostrich farm In Arizona" remarked Col. W. &
Hadley OF Phoenix Ariz. There arc now about
100 ostriches on this farm, and all tho birds
are doing well. The farm WIS first started
rs an experiment, but 1t has proved to be a
fairly good business venture. The ostrich has
many peculiar habits, and IL took soma
tinio for tho managers OF. the farm TO learn
how to handle. these Sahara, Desert birds.
For instance,, the. female makes a nest by
scratching n hole In tho ground large enough
to hold q bushel basket. She lays twenty eggs
before she commences to sit. Each egg IL icih
Just outside tho most until tho twenty eggs on.
circle the hole in tho ground. Then the female
She sits at night, and the male sits on the neat
in tho day time, thus taking turn about until
the young ostriches arc hntcheu.
"A young ostrich must be one year old before
feathers on its neck. and breast. and is, there.
fore, an ungainly looking bird. The long feath.
ers, known In tho trade as ostrich plumes, are
pluckod from tho wings. These. plumcs nre
shipped to New York, md bring from So TO 80
per pound. OF course. these plumes. arc there
cleaned and steamed and. when fully pre.
pared for tho millinery market. bring from
81 to 10 apiece. An old ostrich is worth
from S75 to 500, and n young one is worth
from $40 TO $50. and they are sold at those
throughout the country. Another revenue
comes to this farm from the sale of ostrich eggs.
Persons buy them as curlositics, paying IS
apiece for them. 1t has been found that the
that grows wild In Arizonu. Sometimes corn is
fed to them. It is quito amusing TO see a long.
neckcd ostrich swallow q whole ear OF corn az
easily as a chicken swallows one grain of corn.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
We congratulate the city of cordova,

We congratulate the city of Cordova,
Alabama, upon the starting up of the Indian
Head mills with 10000 looms. $4,000 %spindles.
and employment for 900 laborers. Capital is
flowing in a steadily growing stream into tho
South, to embrace its great opportunities for
profitable use. 1t flows because the commercial
mind believes firmly that tho monetary stand
ard of the country will not BIO tempered with.
When the Populist effort at population is
finally squelched and abandoned. industrial on.
terprise will feel new life and tho South's share
OF benefits from it will be far greater than 1t
ia now.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
Is though he had lived in ain .-HdrUord Times.

BENTON McMILLIN OF Tennessee is incapable
Of feeling that he has lived in vain. He is sure
that without his efforts and constant personal
supervision the country would sink. 1t Is true
that he pities the Tennessee Legislature for it's
failure to elect him Senator. He pities the Sen
ate because its stature is not to be enlarged, as
he knows that he could have enlarged 1t. But no
remains full of cheering thoughts. He can and
will continue to be one of the thirteen Demo
cratic leaders of the House of Representatives.
He can and will dispute with JOE BAILEY the
intellectual throne.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04

If Senator THURsToN will vote for the
annexation of Hawaii and q timely and easy
settlement Of a question that otherwise in tho
future may grow costly. difficult, not to say dis
turblng, he will do a far greater public service
than warning the Republicans that they may
lose the next House Of Representatives.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04

Such an understanding" may be we'll
enough; but It is of little use as sentimen-
tai security for the girl. Whatever the "un-
de~rstanding," It cannot be strong enough
to hold either IL either gets tired Of It.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04

We observe that the leaders of the move
ment to disorganize the Republican party in
this city continue to receive the hearty support
Of all the Mugwump papers, and naturally are
patted on tho back encouraginGly by the news
paper organs Of tho Organized Democracy
throughout tho State.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04

u our Jrteads tcho favor US tctth manuscripts for
pvbtcafton ,cfsh to haze rejected articles returned,
fAsv must IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.