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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
ALLOWANCES FOR p. O.. CATS.
Many Rat Hunters Regularly on the snlary
oil or the Department.

'HNey hSt u Ou II SNIAT
Roll or the Department.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Every large Post or
fec in tho country has an official cat. whose du-
ties are clearly defined. The cats are expected
to keep the offices FREQ from rcts. and IL they do
not they are summnrily dismissed from the ser.
vice. George W. Beavers, chief OF the Division
Of Salaries and Allowances, is disposed to be
liberal in making appropriations for these cats.
In speaking of them to a SUN reporter he sold:
Tho custom of making allowances for cat
meat has been followed by the department for
some years. The lame of the first Postmaster
to discover that he needed a cat and then that
he could obtain an appropriation for II is not on
the records OF the department, but some of the
lost interesting correspondence in our files re.
iates to Tabby and Tom and their sustenance.
Some Of the offices apply for money to buy cat
meat; Others feed their cats on milk ana put the
request under that head. OF course tho allow
anccs for these cats are not nearly sufficient to
pay for their keep. but then the department does
not wish them to get too fat or they would be-
come lazy and let the rats run at large. They
supplement their allowances from the Govern
ment by catching rats and mice and also receive
many perauisites from tho clerks in the shape
o { Iidbits from lunch baskets.
More cats are employed in New York than in
any other city, the General Post Office having
different stations. 1t is quite amusing to SEQ
the cats at the main office receive their food
every morning. A man is assigned to 60 to
market for the cat meat. and the cats know TO a
one room and walk impatiently about until
is tremendous. After the meat is distributed
they, disappear in the dark corners of the
building and do not assemble again until tho
next day; Each cat has several names. the day
clerks calling them by one name and the night
clerks By another: SO that Tabby in the daytime
may DO Thomas at night The main Office is al.
lowed about $36 q year for cat meat. Some time
ago an appeal was received from the st. Paul
office. 1t was addressed to the Postmaster, and
said:
"'Is It possible. in making your estimate and allow.
ances. to secure $40 cat fund /? Five dollars, as at
present, is not enough. as the rollowingr figures show.
The cat ought TO have one pint Of milk a day-}e5
pints a year. The price 10 6 cents per quart in the
winter and 5 cents in the summer. This would make
more milk ought 10 lie given. SO above estimate IL not
extortionate. Kittens ought to be kept until able to
set up housekeeping on their own account. as an in.
ceptlVe for their mother TO keep up her rat-killing.
Our cat. the past two months. has killed not less than
125 rats: TIE two highest runs were 8 and z. which
you viii admit were both good nights work OF
course she and her two Kittens could not eat all
these. but 1t shows what q good working cat can do
when she has the proper Incentive
THE letter was forwarded to the department.
and the cat received her increased allowance"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
TIE RESULT IN YATES.
A Political Change In 4 Small County in tho
Spring EIectious.

n foht'cua sunnEe IN q small County In tho
Spring EIectious.
Penn Yam is the chief town in Yates county.
and from Penn Van camo recently tho report
that 4" for tho first time since the organization
secured n majority in the Board of Supervisors
in Yates" 1t seems that while last year the
Yates county Board of Supervisors stood Re-
publicans eight, Populists one. this year it
stands Democrats five, Republicans four-the
Republicans second and the Populists nowhere.
Yates Is n tolerably large county. as counties
go in the interior OF New York State, very little
smaller than Seneca. from which it is divided
by Seneca Lake, but having a much smaller
population and being. politically. of very little
account. There arc nine townships in Yates,
and three OF them are named Italy, Jerusalem,
and Milo. In the spring elections OF 1890, pre-
ceding, the big Democratic tidal wave OF That
year. there were eight Republican Supervisors
elected III Yates and one Democrat only, In
the FEBRUARY elections of 1891, preceding the
choice OF Roswell p. Flower as Governor, seven
Gratis were elected in Yates. The same division
existed ~ 1892 in the spring preceding the
success of Cleveland against Harrison. In 1898
Notwithstanding the radical revulsion through.
OUT. Inc country. Yates continued the same
division. In 1897 the Republicans carried eight
never amounted. to much in Yates, and no
representation at all for the Democrats. This
was thought to foreshadOw n Republican sweep
In November. but. on the contrary, the Republt
can majority OF 100 for Black in the yoar pre-.
ceding was cut down to a Democratic plurality
of 600 for Judge Wallace. showing the futility
OF any calculations based on township elections
In Yates. Yates Is an agricultural county.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06

men with the barrels OF their guns and cutting
several deop gnshes In his head with their bayo-
Rsss' o sSss sO % Sr1 si% e ba nIs soD''I r. e w rSs' b 80
the handle of one OF the most brutal soldiers
urged him on uindsf the barnins sun through a
march OF about 1--WE miles.
He was ono Of the most unfeeling savnges
that over lbreathed," Is the way pr; Deggett al
terward described his keeper. The old mar
S%icst Tss 81 Ff Salt ins i his p pso S5p he % pSs re Sss@insdsd
by. q prick from the bayonet TO hasten on. HIS
driver had a large Walking stick; With which Ss
with vigorous Kicks. ,br. DeFEctt was also
made passes at him with their bayonots, al
ternately damning him and his captors VINO
had n MT iSts f iasSid him s; On the b ,s ssH Iaas march of Ave
miles, the professor made his way into the
town. He Yves Immediately brougnt up for OK.
GERS. who asked him who he was.
IT am Naphtali Daggett," he replied, ''ono
Of tho officers, of Yale College. 1 require you
,n but We understand that you have been prey
Eyes, and / never made more sincere prayers
In my life" returned the captive. -
Ho was conveyed into the house Of Widow
and SACKED the town; They had proposed to
were restrained by Col. FSnnine. 2 Yale eradu.
They intended r. taSs b. .i nIssESsts. p prison !
days stay In New Haven, the troops had consid.
cradle difficulty in getting themselves out Of
town. They had stolen all the Now Haven gin
In their way and were hopelcssly drunk almost
to q man. The more sober were suffered TO reel
out Of town, while q large number had to be
carts. In view Of this somewhat inglorious end
to a military enterprise. the officers were con-
behind. especially az the natives were pouring
in from tho surrounding towns and would soon
have assembled q sufficient force to overwhelm
the invaders.
DR.. Daggett's injuries proved fatal. He died
y year after the invasion as n result OF the So
we're treatment he received at that time. lie
has ever been regarded at Yale as a sturdy
martyr of the Revolution. and the fact that 1t is
proposed to honor his memory and the memory
of his associates by o bronze monument, stu
ated on the spot where they made their stand,
will cause con%gratulation among Yale men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
NOTHING RELIGIOUS ABOUT FISH
The Names or Several Used As Terms OF Oppro-
brIum-sLntes for Instance.

Tho Names or Several Used As Terms OF Oppro-
brium-sLates. for Iustance.
Didn't it ever strike you that it's highly in
consistent to associate fish with Lent, as the
church does, Mrs. Grumpusi o. said Mr.. Grum-
pus at the breakfast table. as he picked dubi-
ously into the suburbs of his Ash cake with one
tine of his fork. Mr.. Grumpus's appetite had
been sufficiently gratifod at the club on the pre-
vious night to make him a triie critical
What put that ridiculous notion into Your
head 7" inquired Mira. Grumpus, with one eye
brow lifted in a suspicious and inquiring way.
Take that popular expression. Your q
lobster continued Mr.. Grumpus. Not that
you arc n lobster"
oh, let remain. You're u LOBSTER said Mrs.
Grumpu5 chcerfully.
Marian. don't triie. lobster, now. is a term
OF reproaeh. That's ono h9tence OF the way the
ccnsure. Another old phrase Is AS dumb as an
oyster The very dumbest thing on earth or in
the waters under the earth, Marian. Is an oyster.
IT'S, the very opposite of u woman, You know,
member that other old term showing how u
man looks 10 the scaly world when he wants n
smile. oT q. metaphor indicating cOntempl-I
mean It's still common to call a bad lawyer a
land shark Why, i could prove how low
down nsh are by, any number OF examples, and
yet fish are associated with The most religious
part q TIE year.
Yes"
rs there such a fish as a skatei"
.Wby-er-yes. believe there is"
metaphor in describing other men-sOmefimes 7"
You don't mean to be personal. Mrs. Grum-
"Well, John, IL l were o man I'd say, That's
one on you'-and now we arc even"
Mr.. Grumpus grinned. aDdate his Dish cake
IKE a man. although 1t had Brswu cold.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
= Srse.rsr-Am Pos, once In Indiana.
from the Cincinnati Enquirer.

complaint was filed yesterday with Post
concerning the Post Office at Chesterville. Ind
II is charged that the Postmaster at that place
allows tho patrons OF the office TO help them.
over the mail addressed to others. While Of
course this is a violation of tho Post Office rules
ture Of such practices is that the persons who
handle tue mail do not always put It back
matter, while perhaps not entirely lost. IL con.
siderably delayed. II is further stated ilIHt Tho
postmaster allows games OF chance to he played
rules and regulations governing Tho Post Office
department, On account OF this the Post Office.
Whlch 10 situated In a country store. is so Gro
that INC patrons OF tho Office are unable 10 ret 10
the delivery window 10 ask for their mail. 1t Is
charged that when the Postmaster is asked 10
get the mail for them he invites the persons to
go back OF the box section to help themselyes.
inspector Holden win have the matter fully In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
An Old ENGLISH PACK OF HOUNDS.
Tao Lords Marlborough Have Kept II for 9 90
Yenrg-its I'm mlIT Muntamen.

We are getting up quite n history as a sport
ing people; but stretch it as far back as we con,
it docs not begin to compare with that of our
British second cousins. Our baseball goes back
to 1916, some persons say but that Is about the
earliest sporting date in our history. except
certain dates in the history Of the prize ring.
But an article in one of the English monthly
magazines told in q back-handed sort of way Of
q pack of fox hounds that has been kept up for
two hundred years or so by one single family
a period that out and away discounts anything
in our sporting history. let alone restricting the
discounting to our aniseed-bag-chasing packs.
This pack, the Oldest in England. is the Brock
lesby pack. maintained by Lord Marlborough.
1t is not one OF the great packs" of fifty or
more couples of hounds. and 1t isn't ono of the
famous packs; the Pytchley and the Quorn
packs are better known. But the BrocklesDy is
4 fsE back as i7la i was agreed BY Sir John
VVyTwnttiha sst IL. Mr; packs &C: p OF the t% Saf former Me: ESSSe.
mon should TO combined In one pack. and that
the three sportsmep should own them in equal
does not appear. 1t may be that The consideration
was not nsmssfd1it may DO like that OF tho
person, who :" lowed him half what no picked
little value. At ali events lie BroeElesSy pack
was hunted by Nj. Q. Pelham IN 1913 and has
Down deSn h 10 the present. py MA da Eea as Moasrs. sfs eiSam and
s' N~AAA
as barons and earls Of Marlborough.
But more interesting thnn the fact that one
family has maintained tho pack for 200 years is
the statement that for 1870 of those years ono
family has provided the huntsman for the pack.
During the first huff OF the eighteenth century
ono Tom Smith became huntsman: he was sue
coeded BY, Tom Smith. Jr.. in l.7G1, and the sec
ond Tom hunted the pack until 1sl6-hfty'hve
years.! In that year, when Lord Marlborough
turned the mastership OF tho pack over TO his
son, Tom smith IL. turned the huntsmanship
over 10 his. WIN Smith.
VIM Smith hunted tho Brocklesby pack for
only tWcnty-ntne years. He was killed finally
by q fall from his horse. which Numbered at n
little fence after taxing a high wall. This seems
TO have been in ls45. though the man who wrote
the story for the sporting, magazine doesn,t
smith H., hunted from 1915 to 1886; then a
brother. Tom smith III. came until 1862; then
came, Tor T. year only, an outsider. Philip To,
cock; then VIII H., came back for a year; end
In 1864 the Smiths ceased 10 hunt the pa!k.
That is an interesting and feudal history OF tIp
Smiths, hard. II not impossible. to match any.
United States.
But there wore great men left after the
Smiths, and the Brocklcsby pack Is said TO man
tain Its reputation TO the present day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
EYom the Boston H,ravd.

What's the matter, Hrinkcrtoni You look
-" have 6o replied. nm W Worried. badly
worried. ! found a dollar in my Sunday
You're tho first man l ever saw that worried
had"
But wait. You don't understand me. ]
cant make up my mind whether | forgot tho
dollar or whether my wife slipped IL in there to
NY me. shc, has been accusing me for sOuIe
were 10 blow this money ia Without saying any.
thing to her about IL, and II should turn out that
DO well worth writing UP. On the other hand. y
20 70 her and confess that i found IL, shell
s shtiap hsU Isae for seS 60 d san u wouldn't pave ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
ReanuruI Little Trou,.
From the Phiiadelphia Record.

The Aquarium has received from James Amin.
Jr, Superintendent of Hatcheries OF the New
York Commission of Fisheries, Game and For
ests. three little highly cOlored brook trout, the
largest of them about live inches in length, that
are OF striking beauty. All their markings arc
very handsome. and their fins and the under side
OF their bodies 10 OF a pink Of such brightness
that II 10 almost luminous.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06

IN Louisiana SIXTY years ago. ana originally In
most Of the States. 1he proposition was 60 70.
dictionary, however, diaffanchising q majority
OF the whites and placing the political control
" was sn %sb sSSIS IN spite. Of tho fact that i was
strongly pressed before the Suffrage committee.
.. Tho Mississippi plan, of an understanoins
clause. This plan wps In q majority In tne eon,
largely through the influence Of the newspapers.
II was protested against on tho ground that "
was based on fraud, and that Louisiana had
had enough fraud already; and because ~
placed too much an r , a.. n p sSS nG IN ss, III oat
those they disllked. II has, been voted down
in-the Suffrage Committee, but VIII probably
mako n fight on the floor OF the convention,
8. The South Carolina plan of a Tegistrsti9n
vote. There were two variations ,of, this. laid
before the convention. One provided. that the
present registration, which contains the names
OF 1858 whites and 12.912 negroes, be taken
shown that. the registration was fraudulent in
many parishes, 80 II was abandoned.
The other plan was to mako up an entire
new registration, to be completed by, lSUO.
which, through the connivance Of the registrars,
and with the negroes left of. This was to be
taken as the voting list of the state. This
proposition also was strong. but was defeated
In committee and viii; be defeated IN the con
4. The plain educational qualification, re:
ouiring that o voter shall be able to read and
write. This is the plan advocated by those
who believe in acting honestly by the negroes. IT
Massachusetts, and other New England States,
and is constitutional beyond question, infring-
ing in no way on the fifteenth amendment.
The registration of 1896 shows the following
number Of registered voters In louisiana:
Whites.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-22

labor question is rast growing serious.
The Americans unwlsely continue to
pay nearly three times the usual
wages, causing discomfort to spread
rapidly in every class OF worRmen.
Al manufacturers are much ham
pered; the tramways are frequently
stopped and railway operations are
seriously crippled and a discontinue
ance of the service is threatened. The
strikers naturally drift into the in
surgent ranks, consequently labor
disturbances are mot discouraged by
the leaders.
"The news from Washington that
the battleships Oregon and Iowa have
been ordered here and THAT 10000 tons
OF coal would be shipped Immediately
iS interpreted by the Americans es
proof Of the intention OF the govern
ment to hold the island OF Luzon.
Nothing important is reported
from the insurgent congress, which
holds sessions daily at NLalolos. The
chief element Of cohesion is confess
eddy the fear OF the return OF SPAN
ish domination. II the insurgents
should receive reasonable assurances
OF a permanent foreign occupation I
believe the disintegration of the revo-
mtionary government would be
speedy and complete"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-22

SOUGHT to prevent other nations from
increasing their commercial priv.
ieges In that country. When the Eng.
fish acquired an extension OF territory
near Hong Kong we said nothing
against IL and the Germans had q
free hand in the Shan Tung penin-
sula where they have obtained very
valuable privileges. Furthermore, It
should be remembered that Russia
and China have % common boundary,
some 5000 kilometers (nearly 5000
miles, in extent, so that we have a
close national relation to China ex-
ceeding that of amy other power"
In regard to the future of China, he
said:
"nhere will be no partition OF Chi
ma, There were 429,0O0,OOO Of people
In that country when the last effort
was made to obtain a count Of them,
1t is huge population in n vast coun-
try But | do not expect to see 1t d.
vidled, In extending the great Sibe-
ran railway to the Yellow sea. The
purpose OF Russia was not to acquire
or annex Chinese territory, but ITO Sc
cure q commercial outlet from Sbe-
ria to provide necessary commercial
facilities for our vast Northeastern
territory as we'll as for the parts Of
China Through which the railway will
nnoe ~
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-22
ORDERED TO MANILA.
Five Regiments to Leave San Franz
cisco for the Philippines.

Washington, September 20,--Flve
regiments now at San francisco have
been ordered to Manila. Arrange
ments for their transportation will be
made at once.
The regiments ordered to Manila
are the following:
Fifty-frst Iowa, Twentieth Kansas,
First Tennessee, First Washington
and a detachment of the Second Ore
gon.
1t was stated at the war depart
ment that no EFFICIENCY had arisen
which made it necessary to send the
troops now at San Francisco to Ma
Mia, but the order issued yesterday
was i'm accordance with the general
plan of the department regarding a
garrison for the Philippines. That
PLAIN of garrison duty included 10000
mem for the Philippines, 1850 for
Porto Rico and 10000 for Cuba. The
troops to be sent to Manila under yes
terday's order win IN the compile
ment for that station. The troops
would have been sent before, 1t was
said, except that the department. was
awaiting the return OF transports. 1t
is not expected that troops now at
Honolulu will accompany those TO be
embarked ait Sam Francisco, but that
more troops will be sent TO Honolulu
in the near future.
The following is the order directing
the movement of troops from Sam
Francisco:
"Adjutant Generals Office,
Washington, d. c., Sept. 10, 1898.
Commanding General, Department
OF California, Sam Francisco, Calf
With the approval of the acting Sec
retary of war, the Fifty-first Iowa,
Twentieth Kansas, First Tennessee,
First Washington and detachment of
Second Oregon volunteer infantry,
now at San francisco, are hereby re-
lieved from duty in the department Of
California, and win proceed to Ma
nila, Philippine islands, reporting
upon arrival for duty to the COM
manding general, United States
forces, at THAT point.
"T'he quartermasters' department
will furnish the necessary transpor-
tation, especial care being taken to
provide sufficient space; and the SUBJ
sistence and medical departments are
charged with providing ample and
suitable supplies Furnished by their
respective departments, to insure the
comfort, well-being and health of the
troops EN- route.
"By command OF Major General Miles.
"H. c. CORBIN, Adjutant General"
The war department this afternoon
amended the orders relative to the
dispatch of achievements to the
Philippines so as to increase the num-
ber by 1J161 privates and tIhirty-six
officers. These are made up of four
companies of the Twenty-third in
fantry and recruits for the Tenth |
Pennsylvania, First Nebraska and
First Colorado. These troops made |
up the expedition under General King |
which recently left San Francisco on |
the Arizona for the Philippines, but
was stopped by the departments or
ders when two days out and returned
bo port
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-22
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

The Italian government has pro
posed TO the powers that internationai
action be taken against anarchists.
A postoffice has been established al
Hillside, Cherokee nation, /. IT,, and
John II. Long appointed postmaster.
The revenue cutter Grant, which
went up into Alaska waters in fruit.
less search for n Spanish privateer,
has arrived at Seattle from Sitka.
An Englishman named Binns and n
guide who accompanied him, while
making the descent OF the Aigulle de
Charmose, fell and both were killed.
The contract for CARRYING r'rltod
States mail from Utica to Kansada,
Kansas, has been awarded to i. C..
Johnson, Of London, Kansas.
The comptroller Of the currency
has approved the selection of c. l.
Hubbard as vice president Of the New
l." land National bank of Kansas
City,
Mrs. j, A. Hayes, daughter Of Mrs,
Jefferson Davis, has started from Col
orndo Springs, Col, for NarrNgOnsett
Pier to attend the funeral OF her sis
ter, Miss Winnie Davis
The president has appointed the fol-
lowing postmasters: Knnsas--Chcrry-
vale, Leo C. Veedcr. ADMINISTRATIONS,
ca, James Ut. LOGAN, Oklahoma
Blackwell, George L. Lage.
The steam schooner Excelsior ar
rived Monday afternoon at Seattle,
Wash, from Copper river, Alaska,
with 200 proSpectors who fniled to
find gold. They report that the gun
boat Wheeling will hiring down $50
destitute men from Copper river,
The sloop yacht Emily was struck
and sunk Iby squall in the narrows
off Newburgport, Mass. Sunday. and
OF five men who were on board two,
Adoophus Cole, aged twenty-six, and
Gustav Morrean, aged thirty, both Of
Amesbury, were drowned.
Eighteen members OF the United
States hospital corps, who have been
on duty at TT, Thomas, KY, took train
Monday night for New York, under
orders to join the ten women nurses
there, who went from here last Sum
day, and proceed with them to San
Juan, Porto Rico.
The British steamer Mounta Tabor,
Captain Jameson, from Iloilo for Liv-
erpool, has been abandoned on fire
off the Island of Socotra. The British
steamer Telena, from Calcutta for
Hamburg, landed bhe crew here. She
sustained damage in attempting to
tow the burning vessel.
The body of Albert Eclaloh1, prl-
vate in Grigsby's Rough Riders, who
was killed by trolley car in Chicago
week ago, remains unclaimed in
Kehnedy's morgue. Every effort has
been mhIde to find friends or relatives
OF the dead soldier, but without sue
cess. Eckdohl enlisted at Lidgewood,
~ d.
JGmes Carroll, better known as
Lefty" Carroll, was shot and fatally
wounded by Dog-Catcher Frank Ken
nedy in st. Joseph, Mo-, Monday at
ternoon, while the two were in the
saloon of Andrew Arnell at 2426 South
Sixth street. They quarreled over
captured dog, owned by Carroll. Ken
uedH eScaDed.