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TANGLED IN An ENDLESS CHAIN.
A Business Man Learns How q General Util'
ity Citizen Waxed Prosperous.

N 0uDlnO9o man Learns HOW u SCnOfol DIlS
iy Citizen Waxed Prosperous.
From the Detroit Free Prcss.
II suppose we all get caught at times" re-.
marked q well-known business man yesterday.
but I have had an experience that was partio-
ularly notifying to one who has been In bust
ness for forty years..
II received some time ago a letter from q
party living in a little town in the West who
wanted a small bill Of goods.
Mot finding his name in either Dun's or
Bradstreet's. I wrote the Postmaster for the
mans standing. 1 received a very f1atterinR
| letter in return. saying that the party I in.
duired about was one Of the towns solid citi-
zens and good for any amount.
This allayed any suspicion that 1 had and I
forwarded the goods ordered.
verl s sGd than haEe E S Was n Sete snfi ! fEsSeived an aTlo snsdi
the. matter to run for some time. and. at last,
getting G;a t EEL E s % sH, answer ! sU,e. In reply TO- a letter OF
and wrote the Postmaster a letter, telling him
to hand the matter over to the leading attorney
In town for collection. no matter what the cost
It wasn't long before ]. received an answer
my Instructions and handed the matter to an
attorney who had succeeded In collecting the
fact. the attorney had o bill against me for S25
more than he had collected, and that he tthe
Postmasterl had paid it and would look to ma
Here was a situation. hadn't instructed
tne postmaster 70 act as my cashler, put. think.
caring to have the fool Postmaster lose. the
amount. / sent him a check. and considered the
matter closed.
But the other day I CHANGED to meet a
party who formerly lived in the town. and I
asked him II he knew the party who had beaten
was a general utility man for the whole neigh
borhood. Ran a general store. kept the Post
do. took what business he could get as a law
yer. He added that he appeared to be making
money, but 1t was O mystery to every one how
he managed 1t.
But It was no mystery to me. / had seen @
great light. He has an endless chain arrange
ment that will make him a fortune II some one
doesn't get mad and 60 out there and kill him"
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The Post Omce selr-supportiur.

The year 1Se has been one Of excep.
tional and Astounding prosperity for the
Post Office Department of the United States.
The postal revenues have increased at a
greater rate than ever before. It Is ex-
pected that the total income Of the de-
partment will exceed 500, 900, 900 it has
never previously been higher than $S2,-
900, 900 In one year. 1t Is, moreover, ex-
pected that the postal revenues for the year
will exceed by fully So, 900 the expen-
ditures Of the department.
The convention Of the National ABsocia-
ton OF Postal Clerks has recently been in
session at Detroit. Its members have given
their support to a bill having for its object
a Reconsideration Of the Post ONCE clerks
and their salaries in all first and second
class offices, and carrying an appropriation
to pay for substitutes while clerks are on
vacations. There is at present a law giving
to each Post ONCE clerk fifteen days vaca-
ton in each year, but no appropriation for
substitutes was made by Congress when
the bill was passed.
The committee Of the clerks reported that
these bills had made little progress the last
year. They nave been favorably reported
| ny IuO IObJ OLlCo duu IOoL uOdub SOu1MlU~
tee OF the House, and the Legislative COM
mittee of the Association will endeavor to
have Congress consider them at the next
session. Last years appropriation for
clerk hire in the Post ONCE Department Of
the United States was SIC, 900, 900, a sum
fifty per cent. less than the total paid as
compensation to P~ostmasters.
The postal clerks Of the country do a sur
prisingly large amount OF work with an
almost incredibly small percentage of errors,
and the claim which their Association makes
for some increase in payments has the war
amt Of support in the recommendation Of
First Assistant Postmaster-G General PERRY
s. HEATH, contained in his last annual re-
port, as follows:
Experiences has amply demonstrated that some Of
the brightest and most intelligent young men who
enter the service soon become discouraged by reason
Of low salaries, and simply remain . ~Sufhcient length
| Of time to enable them to secure positions in other
vocatons. This works q great hardship upon the
Post once Department by reason Of the fact that
oftentimeS a. soon - . man becomes proficient no
~rStlrea. and thus makes Of the Post Once = training
school. Increasing the salaries Of employees rather
than their number has been VgOdaotivS o. good re-
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The Future Work of tho Troops.

The purpose Of the Government regard
ing the army in the immediate future is
becoming we'll defined. About 100000
volunteers are soon to be mustered out. and
the remainder will be 80 ~reorganized as to
meet the demands Of the service.
There must be an army Of occupation for
Cuba, another for Porto Rico and a third
for the Philippines and other islands in the
Pacific. There are now probably about
60 o troops, or between $4,000 and
10000, in the regular establishment;
and it is well known that more
than half that number are required
for our home garrisons, especially with
the increasing needs OF the coast forts. For
Cuba Gen. LEES entire corps has been set
apart, but it is wise to prepare for the pos
sible need OF $4,000 men, at least for a
time. A number as great may be required
for the Philippines, although there, too,
there is good ground for hoping that a
smaller force will ultimately suffice. Add
Porto Rico, for which Gen. MMEss esti-
mate is 1900, and Hawaii, and it is easy
to sec why the Government desires to re-
tain about 1oO,O 900 volunteers for the pres
emit. They with the regulars would give
$50, 900 men, or q little MORE, for needs Of
all sorts, existing or potential; and perhaps
by the end OF the year at least so, 900 more
volunteers could be mustered out.
There can be no hardship upon these vol
unteer troops in retaining them a few more
weeks or months. We had remarkably good
fortune in ending the active operations OF
the war with Spain so quickly, but we must
gather the full fruits of our victory. Prema-
ture disarmament might rob us Of a part OF
these fruits, or, rather, might make them
more costly to get in the end. We are not
able yet to determine exactly how many
troops we shall need for the occupation and
final pacifcation either Of the Antilles or
Philippines, but We must make ample al
lowances for all contingencies. In both
cases we are dealing with problems whereof
the elements are still only imperfectly
known, and for the development Of which
we must therefore wait. 1t Is surely not a
hardship on troops that enlisted for two
years, most Of whom have not campaigned
against the enemy, to keep them In service
ut least until lasting peace is assured.
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Stuffed Judicial opinionr.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE sUN-Sir Tho reference In
The Sun of Aug. 70 to the habit of many Judges
In giving long excerpts from the opinions Of Judges
writing for tho higher Appellate Courts, instead OF
coutenting themselves with . reference to such de-
cision. Is one that should be brought TO the attention
of all Judges. The suggestion is q most timely one.
In cities like Spokane. where no public library eI-
lists and lawyers are obliged to subscribe to \ system
Of reports which will give them all decisions pro-
expense Of maintaining such a library is very great.
and becomes doubly burdensome when opinions are
" stuffed" with long quotations. With q multi
pllcity Of courts and the inclination OF new courts to
Indulge In "oase;lAw." the evil you have referred
20 becomes mRgnihed. Tho Judges ought to take It
for granted that the lawyers will look up the cases
to which they refer in support Of any proposition
SPOKANE, Wash. Sept. 3. SAMUEL r. STKRN.
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Sac Hnrbor and enc soldioru.

To THE EDITOR OF The sUS-Sir: Permit me to
call attention through your columns to . method OF
relieving the gufferings of our soldiers adopted by
the people of Sag HArbor. which might be copied by
other communities. A large private house. formerly
the residence and still the property of Henry +.
Cook. has been fitted up AZ q temporary homo for
convalescent soldiers and put in charge of Red Gross
nurses. By the permission Of division and reRi.
mental officers men are brought from Camp Wikof.
such as are too sick to stand the hardships of camp
life and camp fare. but not yet so i'll as to be allowed
in the hospital. These men are comfortably in.
physicians and the care of trained nurses, with every
delcacy that could hasten the recovery OF
strength. When they are sufficiently recovered to
return to their regiments, their places are Allied
by others. There are at present hfteen men from
the Third Infantry in the home. Some of them will
be able to return with their regiment to Fort Smelling
the first of neat week; Provision is already made for
Dor being near to Camp Wikon, SO that the transfer
of invalids can be made easily, II would be possible
to care for many more men. and to continue the
work until the need for It disappears, but for the
lack of funds. Thus far the work has been done and
the means provided by the people Of this village.
This method of relief work was adopted after hnd-
ing. by repeated visits to Camp Wikon, how difficult
1t is, in the present state of affairs, to help the men
while still in camp. Any Of your readers who may
tributions to Miss Addie SAyre. Treasurer, Sag Har-
Dor, L. l.. and be assured that the money will DO
judiciouSly expended where II is sure to do good.
CLARENCE II. WILSON.
PARsoNAoE. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, SAC HAR-
DOR, n. Y, Sept. 9.
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The temporary Chairman Of the Iowa
Democratic Convention made a speech about
sixteen times as big as the convention.
"Chastened by forty-one defeats In forty-three
State campaigns" said he. "the battle SCARED
but u-noonquered and uncomfortable Demoe-
racy OF Iowa are again assembled In State con-
vention for the purpose Of reasserting the eter-
nal principles OF equity among men," The
eternal principles OF equity having been as
serted. the battle SCARED but u~nconQuerable
Democrats went home to wait for some more
Christening. While waiting they are cheered
by the thought of what the temporary Chair
man called the Roman countenance and the
Spartan courage Of an Incompatible Bryan"
We should describe the countenance Of Col.
BRYAN as rather italic than Roman. but doubt
less this is a purely subjective view.
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In tho Field for 1900.

A vast convention Of representatives Of
American freemen and freewomen Of the
Middle-of-the-Road variety has been held
at Cincinnati this week. There were
eighty-four delegates at the start, but this
multitude was too great to cohere. An
Address to the People" by the Hon. Ia-
NAT1Us DoNNELLY, the Sage Of Nininger,
who has paid his addresses to the people
for a good many years, was read to the
convention. 1t was a declaration OF
principles and statement Of grievances"
We had not supposed that there were 20
many principles and grievances in the
whole world.
The initiative and referendum had an
honored place among the remedies pro-
posed by the address for the univer-
sal dislocation OF things. As soon as the
reading Of the address was finished the
devotion Of the convention to the referen-
dunn was shown. Some Of the delegates OBJ
jected to making nominations for President
and Vice-President. They proposed that GER
tain names should be submitted to the Pop
ulists and be by them approved or rejected.
The majority was determined to nominate,
postponing the referendum to q more con-
venient season. Whereupon the advocates
Of delay and tho referendum shook the dust
from their feet and flounced out Of the hall.
There must have been q good deal OF dust,
for the ingenious enthusiasm Of the dele
gates had ragged to such an extent that the
manager Of the showroom had to warn them
that unless they made less noise they would
be put out.
The seeding delegates were saluted with
ribald cries OF Referendum" and "Sold
out to MARK HANNAH" as they departed.
Then the saving remnant nominated Mr..
BARKER and Mr.. DoNNELLY, less than fifty
voters casting 245 votes. MI. DoNNEnhY
was a candidate for first place. but grace
fully consented to accept the second. 1t
was not worth while coming all the way
from Nininger for nothing but the pleasure
Of an address. The Sage prepares several
hundred addresses every month.
The platform teaches us that at least
some fifty persons are opposed to indi-
viduals or corporations fastening them
selves like vampires to the people and SUCK
ing their substance" While fighting against
vampires, the chief battle Of the fifty or less
Is against the claiming Of the worlds
I progress to the car wheels Of o prehistoric
superstition in the shape Of both metals"
More paper and less prehistoric supersti-
ton for these NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sub
Joined are a few more improving extracts.
apparently from the unwearied hand Of Mr..
IGNATIUs DoNNELLY:
Poverty. lacking liberty. 10 unable 10 defend ~
self against privilege.
A history ia but q record of struggles of man TO
rise to happiness.
Labor in the ancient civilization WAS but another
name for slavery.
The monuments Of Egypt still rear their massive
fronts to heaven. enduring testimony to the enormi-
ties of injustice.
"Producers of wealth Of Greece and Rome wero
denied happiness. They were regarded a. soulless."
1t is interesting to notice that in our days
the corporations and not the producers Of
wealth" are regarded as s~oulless.
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FARO BUILT THE CHURCH.
BiBhOp Put Up n Good Fight and tho Sports
Clipped In with q Winning of o., 800.

Bishop Put Up n Good Fight and the Sports
Clipped In with q Winning of d, 800.
From ns Chicago Chronicle.
Bishop Worthington OF Omaha Is now q strict
church man. His sermons are severe In doc
trlne and hold out little hope to sinners unless
they repent. However, the Bishop knows hui
man nature. He learned It In the best school
for an education Of that kind-the Far West.
Years ago. when Mr.. WorthinRton was Q
recent graduated from the theological seminary.
he began his gospel work In Butte. Mon. Tho
town was then a mining camp pure and simple.
It had saloons. dance halls and gambling
rooms. but neither church nor school. Its in
habitants were rough. tough and ready-man-
Illness was their god, and it was this manliness
which made the West what II is.
m In Butte these accomplishments
served him well. for they gave him a strong
arm ana 2 Quick eye. His gospel services were
church..
One day as he was walking along the prlnci:
"..Ro you yantto fight ?" asked the desperate.
No. me-" replied the clergyman.
Pvt that never came, Worthington yarded
the bully to grass in scientific fashion.
That night the affair was talked over in Cy
Henry's gambling house.
- like that chap Worthington." said Bill
Johnson I hin, He strikes a good blow. Let's all
The proposition was agreed to. and the next
morning 81 800 won at faro was presented TO
the minister. That money buff the frst
church In Butte.
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Among the Noteworthy recommendations
Of this years report Of the Board Of Visitors
to West Point is that each Senator, as we'll
as each Representative in Congress, shall
have the appointment Of a cadet, the Pres
ident appointing twenty cadets at large.
The board says hat there is ample room In
the barracks for this increase, and that the
additional number Of graduates would no
more than fill up the vacancies yearly oc-
curing in the army.
This last has all along been the main
point. The recommendation In question
has been made by successive Boards Of Wis
itors for many years, but 1t has not been
acted upon, because the Military Academy
has usually graduated each year more
cadets than were needed to I'LL up existing
vacancies among the Second Lieutenants.
But nov, at last, the recommendation has
the merit OF special timeliness, since the
| permanent enlargement Of the artillery,
effected at the last session Of Congress, and
the further enlargement both Of that arm
and Of the infantry, which we may conf
IDENTIFY expect at the coming session, will
call for more officers than now annually
come forth from the institution.
Certainly no higher proof Of the soldierly
character and ability Of West Pointers could
be asked than has been furnished this sum-
mer by their achievements at Santiago,
where some Of the most promising Of them
laid down their lives. Never was there a
better moment than the present for appeal
ing to Congress and the country in behalf
Of the Military Academy; and even II there
are not all the accommodations now for
any increase Of cadets, the money for provid-
ing them would not be grudged.
Still, perhaps the reorganization Of the
army ought to precede legislation for the
increase Of cadets, even il the result should
be the appointment, at first, of o few subal-
terms from civil life. This last, indeed,
might be a fitting reward for special apti-
tude and heroism shown by volunteers in
the war with Spain. When the new organi-
zation is settled, it can be better known how
many cadets should be added. 1t should be
remembered that each year some vacancies
in the lowest grade Of the line must be re-
0erved for the promotion Of meritorious nom
commissioned officers and privates who pass
the required examination. This policy has
long been pursued in our army, with the re-
suit Of bringing in q better average Of re-
cruits, and furnishing an incentive to ambi-
ton n soldierly conduct and now, after
the splendid work of the regulars during
the war with Spain, there is all the greater
need Of keeping this avenue Of promotion
opened. Again, with each reapportion-
ment OF representatives in Congress fol-
lows an increase in the number of cadets,
and another censu is not far away.
Vat with ITHACA allowances mazda Ua nav
expect that more cadets will hereafter be
needed to fill the annual vacancies in the
army, and the methods recommended by
the Board Of Visitors for supplying them
deserve the consideration of Congress.
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AEzEoR1o SHOWER IN JAMAICA.
An Explosion In HIidair Followed by . De-
scent OF Missiles.

An Explosion In 1Iidair Followed by . De-
scent OF Missiles.
KINGSTON. Jamaica. Sept. 1.-THE inhabitants
Of the rural district Of Mile River. Jamaica.
were startled on Aug. 30 by a shower OF mete-
orites. In the oppressive heat and stiffness Of
the early afternoon there was q loud report. fol-
lowed almost Immediately by a shower OF
sparks and spikes Of smoke and a volley Of
descending stones. Birds and beasts showed
the greatest alarm. and the people feared their
houses were falling. AS soon as the phenome-
non had ceased the ground was, found to be
covered with innumerable small stones. very
much resembling shot. The leaves and trunks
Of the trees In the vicinity were jagged and
torn by the missiles. and a reRia tree was bored
nearly a couple Of inches in diameter. The
stones are easily crushed and seem to belong
to the class known as asiderites. or their me-
teorie origin there car be NO doubt, as their
fetal strata OF the neiRhborhood. The hypoth-
esis IL that q meteorite burst and that the
stones which are strewn on the ground are the
broken fragments of 1t.
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They Arr to BE Trained Hereafter .
Modern ahipR Of War.

They Are to BE Trained Hereafter en-
Modern Ships of Val.
wAsHNoToN. Sept. o.-France Is to abandon
. lonR-standing policy Of educating her naval
officers on sailing ships. and will substitute
modern steam vessels. including torpedo boats
and destroyers. In their place. Heretofore the
French cadets. like the American cadets. have
had no chance to be instructed on modern war
craft until after they have been graduated and
sent to sea on a probationary cruise. The
policy Of educating French officers win be radi-
cally changed in another direction. according
to information received here. with q view to
teaching cadets more Of the modern science of
naval development than in limiting their In.
struction to types OF ships on which they will
probably never have an opportunity to serve
later.
While France has reversed her policy Of edu-
cation for young officers, the education now at
the naval academy includes more practical
work on sailing vessels than steamships. Some
years ago the Bancroft was constructed and
ordered to Annapolis for the cadets use. and
later. when she was detached for service
abroad. the school was left with only an old
sailing vessel. Capt. Cooper, the Superintend-
emit urged strongly that a new sailing ship be
constructed and Congress- authorized one. and
1t is now building. The Newport will be the
only steam vessel stationed at the academy,
therefore, on which cadets can be instructed In
handling modern warships under steam and in
firing modern ordnance.
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one Of It's first fruits was the annexation Of
Hawaii, 20 long delayed by short-sighted
~obstinacy OF by p~usillanimity.
Az Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN says, this question
Of expansion twas bound to come sooner
or later" It was a corollary OF our inev-
table national progress and develop
ment. In the West Indies the acquisition
Of Porto Rico is settled; and whatever
may have been tho views Of Congress
and the American people regarding Cuba
at the opening Of hostilities, it lie manifest
now that the memorable logic OF events will
wrap up the destiny of that incomparably
rich island with our own. You cannot
thwart your destiny" says Mr.. CHAMBER
LAIN, land 1t is obvious to any student
OF your development that the nation lie
bound to reach out"
These are the great questions which will
now occupy and broaden the public mind,
and personal disputes between Generals as
to the equitable division Of the glories and
honors Of the wal between them, criticisms
Of the details Of operations or lamenta-
tions over losses, small almost beyond
precedent, will not distract the attention Of
reasonable minds from the marvellous
achievements OF a war which in only four
months has wrought a development 30 mo-
mentous. 1t Is an insult to the memory Of
the brave men who died that this path Of
destiny might be opened for their country
to turn for a moment from the considera-
ton Of the most efficient methods Of gath
ering In all its abundance the fruit Of
national progress won by their ~self-eacri-
fee. Their monument must be o grender,
o moro potent America.
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We continue to receive letters discussing

We continue to receive letters discussing
the "AnRlo-Saxon" question from opposite
sides with great asperity: but 1t is not worth
while to keep up the controversy. The ques-
ton Of the origin Of races is a question for ex-
perts. involving for its thorough treatment
more patient study and less sentimental preju-
dice than our correspondents give to 1t. Nor is
the discussion pertinent to this time and this
people. Anew race is undergoing development
in America; into the composition OF it the blood
Indifferent races is entering, andth indications
are that it Is destined to be the dominant race
OF the world. That is the subject to think
about and discuss. Fighting over the race or
races to which this country owes most may be
natural. but 1t is not profitable.