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The sun., 1898-05-15
SULPHUR MATCHEs.
Few sim Used In One Part OTIhs world ana
Another. Including New York.

Few SIN Used In OHe Part oTGhs world ana
AHothoT' EneIHdinE Now York.
Sulphur matches have now been almost wholly
supp!anted by the more modern odorless parloP
matches. but some are still sold. and, OF those
sold In this country. moro arc sold In the long
settled East than IN tho West
Somo people use sulphur matches for safety's
sake. Sulphur matches are used In some
hotels for this reason. though whero parlor
matches are not used safety matches that
nave 20 bo scratched on tho box are moro likely
10 Dc used; and such matches are used AlRo In
sleeping cars and elsewhere. Sulphur mntches
ate stlll used by some old fashioned people who
cling TO old customs. Their use is not due 10
reasons re- sons OF economy. for parlor matches are now
hbtis n Shoaper In this city substantially no sui.
nhuT metches are used on tho east side where
Inc Inc ouiE OF the foreign population 10 located
Inc Inc sulphur matches burned here arc used on
South America has still O demand for soma
splphur matches In combs or cards in which
the matches are mado In little sheets separated
from one another for threequarters of their
length like tho teeth OF a comb and Ioinjn1 In
continuous wood at the base; such matches are
broken or one at = time for use Matchea M
this sort were Obce familiar in this country and
a rev arc stil' Used hOre.
but while there 10 thus still Rome demand faP
suuiphnE mAtehess II IL extremely limited aSA
Htoadny dLminlshing. -
The sun., 1898-05-15
11HR TOPICS Anour rowN.

large percentage OF the commissioned Off
GERS OF the New York State naval militia are
graduates of the Naval Academy. who. after
a short period Of service, resigned and turned
their attention to other pursuits. The navy
was 80 small fifteen years ago that more men
were graduated from tue Naval Academy
than could he assigned to active duty. A
few went into the revenue marine service and
many more became civil engineers. One man
time All officer in the Now York naval militia
is now drawing salary OF $4,000 yeRr
psnes one n ts sat eu1 W. e. FaFd
manding the first division of the Brooklyn
naval militia. and lIent. 4. J. Beach, who
Naval Academy at the sano time and both are
qualified by their training and experience for
active service In their grade anywhere.
1t 10 to the rather numerous disagreements
existing now In the personnel OF the Vienna
Opera House that tho engagement of Andreas
Dippel for two seasons hero Is due. Mailer. the
new conductor, has kept matters IN an uproar
since he arrived. and there are bitter complaints
against the strictness of his discipline. It
seems that affairs had reached such a state.
however. that only very decided measures could
bring about the necessary degree OF efficiency.
Already Van Dyck and Marie Renard, two OF
the best known singers In the company, have
retired. Dippel was TO be reengaged for I've
years moro and had made an oral contract with
Mailer for that time. When IL came TO signing
the formal contract, however, the document
was found to correspond in very few details TO
the conditions made In the oral contract. So
Herr Dlppel refused to sign, Director Mailer
positively refused to yield a point and the tenor
accepted the ofcr made TO him by Maurice Grau
several months before.
There was no little confusion on Sunday in
assigning to George Stanton Sickles. eX-Secre-
tary Of legation his proper military title when
he returned with OK Minister Woodford on La
Touraine. Tho passenger list made him Cap
tain. Mr.. Sickles holds commission as Lieu
tenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-Gen-
eral OF tho state OF New York, though his ac
tuRl experience in the National Guard is lin
tied TO a short term as private in the Sixth
Separate Company. When he was selected us
q Secretary OF Legation by Gen. WoOdford be-
cause OF bis special qualifications for such SER
Vice In SPAIN Gov. Black appointed him Iieu-
tenanGC0lonel, dating his commission May %,
1897. The advantage of having military
commission when ole 10 attached to legation
abroad mas been recognized In many similar
cases, aud In one notable case commanding
officer OF crack National Guard troop, whose
dress uniforms were very conspicuous, made
an impression at court when he appeared in
all his trappings that has not been forgotten.
Mr.. Siekles know Madrid thoroughly and for
that reason Gen. WoOdtord selected him.
The sun., 1898-05-15
SOME NEw nooKs


There is no highly civilized country in Eu
rope about which so llttlo Is known on this SIDE
OF the Atlantic as the Grand Duchy OF Finland
We say highly civilized, because In every capi'
tai feature Of civilization the Firms are su-
perior 10 the Spanish and tho Portuguese, not
TO mention the inhabitants Of tho Danubian
principalitles. Our ignorance Of the country
seems due partly to tho fact that tho whole OF IL
lies north Of latitude 00s and partly TO the
other fact that, although II has long enjoyed
q large measure OF autonomy 1t has never In his
torlcal times known political independence.
But whatever may have been the cause OF our
lack OF knowledge on the subject, there will DO
no excuse for It hereafter In view OF the publ.
cation BY the MAcmillans OF valuable and In
terestinR book entitled Through Finland in
Carts" by Mrs. ALEC TwEEDIE. already known
70 American readers as the author Of "a Winter
Jaunt to Norway" and "a Girls Ride In leo
land" This book is tho record Of prolonged
and careful study at first hand Of the Finnish
people, and nowhere in English Is there acces-
nible so full an account OF their institutions,
manners and customs. There arc important
chapters nn the Finnish language, on the ad-
mirablo arrangements for education and on the
position OF women. There is also an appendix
IA which questions of natl. nAlity and politics
are oIsSuSsod Lot us ondeavor, In the course
OF few paragraphs, to give some idea OF tho
laboriously amAssed materials which have been
skilfully set forth in 3JO pages.
The sun., 1898-05-15
N.

The autonomy OF the country Is almost COM
plete, the Emperor. as Grand Duke OF Finland,
retaining only the pardoning power. that OF
making appointments to the higher offices of
State, and that of commanding the military
forces, of providing for the defence of the coun.
try. of declaring war. and of concluding trea-
ties of peace and OF alliance. Even of these re-
served prero Satives part are delegated to the
Finnish Senate, which Is composed OF two de-
partments. that of justice. which is the su-
preme tribunal. and an administration depart
ment. which directs the general administration
of the country. The so-UAlled estates OF the
Grand D-chy of Finland. without whose con.
sont no new taxes may be imposed nor old ones
altered. are composed of four orders, the no.
bles. the clergy, the burgesses, and the peas
Antry. Each Of these orders has the same au-
thority. All the heads OF noble families, duly
inscribed on the rolls OF tho House of Nobles'
have hereditary right OF representing their
order At present the number Of noble Finnish
families is 237. of whom arc counts and As
barOns, the remainder having no titles. The
total number of this order. however. sitting at
the Diet varies from 100 TO 14O The order
of the clergy comprises first. the Archbishop
and the two Bishops of the Lutheran Church;
secondly. twenty. eight representatives elected
by the Lutheran clergy OF the three di0ccses;
thirdly, one or two representatives elected by
the professors and officials of Holsingfors Uni.
versity; fourthiy. from three to six representa-
tives elected by the professors ana teachers OF
the lyceums and other public schools. Tho
order OF burgesses is composed of tho represen.
tatives Of the towns. Every legally dOmIciled
resident in a town. who has duly paid his taxes.
has the right of voting. except the mobiles and
those having the elective franchise in the or
der Of the clergy. Women, soldiers. sailors. and
domestic servants are disfrRnchised. Every
town elects one representative for each 6OOO
inhabitants, but town having less than 500
inhabitants has the right of combining with an.
other town whose population is less than 5000
in order TO be represented. At the Dict of
1888 the towns were represented by ffty-hve
members OF whom eight came from Helslna.
foFs, the capital. In this order, as IN that OF
the clergy, the elections are diract. We como
lastly TO tho order OF tho peasAntry, tho rural
cOmmnneS eleotlng one representative for each
Of tho rural Jurisdictions, whereof thero are at
present sixty. The right Of voting belongs tO
The sun., 1898-05-15
THE TRAIN STOPPED AND BACKED
UncIe Sam, I'm the Pernon or u Corporal. Tnkes
Hand In RunninE n Train.

Uncle Sam, in the Person or u Corporal. Takes
Hand In RunninE n Traip.
People on Long Island are learning lot Of
now lessons nowadays. especially those living
near Hampstead Even the train hands on the
railroad are learning some lessons There are
no sot teachers; inst the plRinrst and least
promising person may net MS instructor.
Col. Sangor's provost guard is all around the
big camp at Hampstead, with n post at every
railroad station within CALL and on the roads
leading away from the camp. The othor day
the train from Hampstead was boarded by tho
corporal of the provost guard. who went through
examining the passes OF the enlisted men. One
quartcrmastcr sergeant WAS inclined TO argue
with the corporal and the conductor started
the train before the discussion wna ended.
Probably the discussion was heightened from
the fact that the sergeant and the corporal both
belonged to the same regiment. At oil events.
whom the sergeant had learned that the cor
poral had the whiphand tho train was about
half mile from Hcmpstead.
About that time my lord. tho conductor. came
through the car. The corporal addressed him
us off," '' "'N
Don't stop till we, get to Garden CITY," said
"Oh, yes. you do" replied the corporal; right
her here and with that he pulled the bell rope.
What the conductor said can't be printed com.
fortably: what he did was to reach up and phil
the rope to go ahead. The corporal pulled it
again. and hon said to the conductor:
Don't touch that rope again. This train 10
going to stop right here. II you touch that rope
I'll put you under arrest"
Tho conductor used more language, winding
up with: who's running this train nm ywayf'
To this he got the unexpected answer:
am just now-runninR IL for Uncle SAM"
The train stopped and tho angry conductor
stabSGa. ssISd;a 09mS zee nc row. get off, quick Trains
Trains going to take us back to Hampstead"
ITS going to do nothing Of the Sort" shouted
the conductor reaching for tho bell rope.
Don't touch that ropeH' said the corporal,
sharply-he had been speaking rather slowly
heretofore. Back tho train up to Hempste4d
at once. or you and the engineer and every
other tranman will foot II back as prisoners.
You had no business to start the train until
hal gone through the cars. and you know It,"
The conductor growled something about
down.
The Government has got good deal to say
about running this road now" he remarked.
:. Start her back. I'm Government Just now, 70
far as you're concerned"
So the train backed up to Hempstead. and the
provost corporal and his prisoner. the sergeant,
got Of.
you can go ahead now"
The sun., 1898-05-15

evory owner OF realsestats paying tho land tsx.
az also TO all tenants Of crown property. Here
the elections arc indirect; the voters In each
rural commune choose an eloctor Of the second
degree, or more than one n the population Of
the commune exceeds 1000 inhabitants Tho
electors Of the second degree assemble before
the Judge Of tho district and proceed TO the
election Of a representative. each Olector hav-
ing ono vote.
The sun., 1898-05-15
III

II is a noteworthy fact that out Of q small
| population Of about two and a half millions
there are in Finland $4,000 moro women than
mon. This may in some measure account for
tho remarkable way In which women there
have pushed themselves to the front. 1t was
not until 1870 that the first woman natricu
lated at tho Finnish University, but at present
thero is q large number Of female students
On the other hand. IL appears from the 'Calen-
dar of women's Work" I" published in 1894. that
in Finland large number Of women are cn1.
ployed upon the land. There were in 1890, for
instance, $3.50 peasants, 2.b10 farmers. 5,83l
cottagers, and 76,s57 agricultural serVants.
1t should DO borne in mind however, that Fin
nish women are physically strong and woll
fitted for agricultural work. Nearly 5000
women arc employed in the building trades.
They even act as dock laborors and rs stevo-
dores. They are, nlso. much in request as COM
positors earning sometimes as much as 100
marks q month. As regards labor. indeed,
thero is no such thing as sex in Finland. What
ever mon may do, women may do also, except
vote. They may even hold local Offices. In
1894 some fifty women were principals Of work
houses. 100 were poor law guardians, and 2s3
were members Of school boards. They are
much employed in Government service and
are not debarred from becoming membcrs of
learned societies. For instance. among the 212
fellows composing tho Geographical Society Of
Finland, 73 are women, and the Swedish Lit
erary Society, with 1900 members, has 80
women it's books. In spite of advanced and
widely diffused education, and, in spite Of the
emancipation Of women. which is crroneously
supposed to work otherwise, Finland is noted
for its morality. When divorce is granted,
IL is much more frequently for incompatibility
Of temper than on any other ground
A word should be said about the Finnish Ian
guage. 1t Is liquid and dulcot, expressive and
poetical. OF oil European tongues IL most
closely resembles the Magyar Both Of these
come from the URrian stock OF agglutinativo
languages; consequently. they always stick to
the roots of a word and make grammatical
changes by sufixes. Vowels arc employed 80
incessAntly that the words are round and soft,
and lend themselves easily to gong. There are
only nineteen letters in the Finnish alphabet,
and, as d, +, and are very seldom employed.
even that number is practically decreased.
Finnish possesses you and a thou, which
fact though it scarcely lightens the difficulties.
does away with the third person, invariably
used in swedish Finnish, although 1t is spo-
ken phonetically, Is almost difficult to learn
as Chinese. Every noun has sixteen cases,
and the suffixes are different from one an
other that one hardly recognizes the moro COM
plicatod as the outcome Of the original nomina-
tive. 1t takes, we are told. almost lifetime
to learn Finnish thoroughly, although tho
structure Of the sentences is simple and ad-
verbs and adjectiveS are seldom used. Never
and more in the Grand Duchy. To-day. 2,ois.-
500 persons speak Finnish and only $4,000
Swedish as their mother tongue.
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possible conditions ard pointed the way
&aIesy 70 Fne~t Them He established dan-
falls Hgars
He has tasgs. the true philosophy az
perfsc< union 3n1 SHOWN rs the dangers
from ssectisuatsrrr snF w.ia ana s,urpsson-
ate party spSri2.
''suea 4 Judgment. ny fel'o- citizens IS
ne best safeguard IN calm ard tranquil
vents ard Tls-s superior and Triumphant
aaose tie storms u woe sid peril
&c nave eFsrT incentive % cherish
TIE memory cf tne teachings % Washing
ton. His wisdom ard fgrs~lwslt have been
confirmed and .i-dfcsted aft-T r7oTst than
2 century o. experience. From four NIL
Hons ws nave grown 90 NOR than seventy
hitho1s of People while cur progress III
tndustry. learning ans ti9e arts has been
me wonder % the world. What The fu-
igra viii be depends upon Ourselves. and
that thai future VII bring stu greater
Dressings 70 free people. 7 cannot DOUBT
With education and morality IN their
homes. loyalty 20 tire underlying primes pies
OF free government 70 their hearts ard lsw
and justice f0stered and eSempitfAed ny
those Entrusted With public adTlutSt ration.
We wlH eonflni4e To enjoy ire respect o.
mankind and the gracious favor OF Al
migaiy God. The priceless opportunity -
sure 20 dernersT rate q new triumph OF
American civilization and 10 help In the
progress and prosperity OF the land we
love"
Upon conclusion 81 the presidents sd-
dress the university song, Hail Pennsyl-
vania." was SING b ali present. with the
band accom- paniment. and the exercises
were then closed vita the benedic1ion by
Bishop Whitaker.
The audience then filed out Of the build
ing and gave vent 10 cheers for the presi-
dent as ne entered a carriage and was
driven 10 the library building OF the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania, escorted by
mounted city troops.
AT the library a reception was held in
ibe presidents honor and luncheon was
served
The president left for Washington over
the Pennsylvania road on the 3:is train.
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Cen. Mcintyre speaks.

Gen. EcTntyrss speech was on NH
tsrv Science" but re found an oppor-
;unliy 70 thank Gov Rogers Tor coming 20
Seattle. ard 70 pay The states chief ex-
L
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NEW YORK FeH @-Th> - = --r+-
ser=ars ~ .-e als:h ~ George Washirz-
or was LIBERATED totiSv Nfth more ,Asn
tna $685. hr~sf - aey~lss' E'sa~s we're
@sss .sye& from mary residences Those ~
Eae ry Pan ard rhe y~7stoFslee w@re AZ
na3< nasf yt1e~s however wers aauIed
"a sae TOP of fne sfsa. Nearly 81 ne shl d
in re earhcr Rad no American aas eoal-
ang sT0sn ihes. massA
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FOR THE DEAD Washington.
Exercises in This City Accompany
His Anniversary.
GOVERNOR ROGERS SPEAKS,

Soldiers March. the Band Plays. Va
the Revelation Wine and Dine
and Make Speeches. and knights
of Pythiax Celebrate in Honor of
the Day-The Rain Interferes.
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yLSH|NGTON' Day
N PHILADELPHIA.


"a efrarsercial strife and o. peryiexing
<e.atefns We should never sha nstou the
<~s.s faIsh IN Almighty Cod as recognized
- name q sne American people 81
..sSsreYgss and Ire FIRST congress
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I.eD- If3fri-I0 TVffTrrd briafsy % the
Cuban question. saying.
'ENe stand now ln ghe 1wf4l shadow o.
ona az tAe most tragic events that has
ever happeaest IN oar history. ana W.
-rtrd vita thc po5@e or = se}t-po<ss.~s! on
~ "a people WHO Uudevs and tbe!r mlsht
ana car 2e.te by the teve1oqu1arts ~
tine W are rot q hys,er5esl people.
We can Wstt. and We wiH know oar tltv
waen it shali tt rcvea e,l Ne r-tn under
stand that in time ike this there are
president - tne United States. single re-
spoaS3b5sltleS tnGt he may nor divide with
anN man. LET - sand sE-aQt mr.,
sire Z .er b ~ in the IS In asztrar.~
.s T8&.t ARA tsE wait urttl fn~ facts AZ.
AnaNU het4ra l- issues i-@ proclamation e.,
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offered. as II led by the hand of fate. he
knew his place and kept II like man
TO the end. Supported by seeming fore
knowledge OF final results he faltered not
through defeat after defeat and kept his
honor bright
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Continued on Page Is.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
CHEERING HIM.
His Hearers Were Duly AppreciativS
But Were Not Completely
Carried Away.

He was unquestionably an orator. But
he was not content with that gift He de-
sired to deliver speeches which would read
well in print. AS result, his periods were
polished till they lost force. They you'd
have made more of an impression if he had
left "a few jagged edges on them. His speeches
were as famed for their soporific qualities as
they were for their immaculate syntax, but
his wife was a confident admirer of his pow
ers as a speaker. Without taking the
trouble to inform herself very thoroughly
on the topics he discussed, she accepted his
observations with implicit faith and I'M
bounded applause. She had gone to hear
him address the legislature. After it was
over he remarked:
THAT speech wasn't the success we hoped
it would be-"
ut was very nice speech, indeed" she
answered., encouragingly. 81 enjoyed it
very much. | have passed a highly in
structve afternoon. And, besides, needed
rest"
There wasn't much enthusiasm"
81 was very enthusiastic"
81 was referring to my fellow-members.
"You, couldn't tell whether they liked it
or not"
"At all events, they were not carried off
their feet"
ooh, you mustn't be the least bit wor.
ried about that. They couldn't be. They
took special precautions. | noticed that
before you got half through nearly all OF
them had their feet on their desks. "-Wash-
ington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
SAMPLE OF "DROP-IN" TRADE.
The Dealer in Corn SaIve Spells the
Zeal Estate Mans Proud
BOast.

Real estate dealers often console them
selves during these dull days by reminis-
eences of the periods of inactivity which
have gone before. A well-known Washing
ton street dealer while in reminiscent
mood told the following:
The period of inactivity through which
we are now passing reminds me somewhat
OF the days of 1873 when a dealer who made
sale was looked upon as marvel. l had
my office at that time on the second floor
OF this building. On the main floor were
the offices of Reece, Pierce & Co. was in
the habit of stopping in each morning and
greeting Col Pierce, and usually the greet
ing became morning visit. One day
| was complaining somewhat bitterly of the
dizziness of the market, and the colonel re
marked: L tell you that you miss it by not
getting down on the ground floor. Now we
get great deal of drop-in trade, so to speak,
that never gets to you because of the stairs
Just as he was closing this remark the
door opened and in stepped a man with
vallse There, what did tell you,' said the
co onel. Here's man who probably wants
to buy a lot and who never would climb up
to you | was duly impressed with the truth
OF the statement then, and we both became
silent as the newcomer avanced. As he
came up to us he bowed and smiled and then
blandly inquired: Can't | sell either of YOU
some corn salve to-day%
The colonel was almost overcome, but he
managed to express DECIDED negative and
the visitor retreated. When he had closed
the door behind him | burst out laughing
and exclaimed: Colonel, if that's the kind
of drop.in trade you get down here want
none of it.. Now, that man would never
trouble me because he could easily see that
any man who, could frequently climb the
stairs of this building could not possibly
have corns' | went upstairs to nv Office.
leaving the colonel speechless. Chicago
Chronicle
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16

A bucket 743 miles deep and 743 miles
from side to side would hold every drop
of the ocean. This bucket could rest
quite firmly on the British isles. To fill
the bucket one would need to work TO-
600 steam pumps, each sucking up 900
tons of sea. But to get rid of the earth
would be 4,555 times more difficult, re-
curing 1000 great guns, each firing
1000 projectiles a second, each pro-
jectile consisting of 100000 tons Of
earth. At the end OF 1000 years this
mundane sphere would be all shot away.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
A COIOred Alligator

An alligator II feet long was lately
captured in lagoon below Yuma, Ariz-
The saurian was roped, cowboy style.
while summing itself on a sand bank.
by several Yuma Indians, and was tied
up in the same manner a wild bull
would have been handled. The captors
proudly tOwed it to Yuma and found
u purchaser. Alligators are very rare
in the Colorado river and this specimen
is the first captured for many years.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16

as it true that your husband is very
absent-minded, Mrs. Newly?"
"Perfectly. We've been married six
months, and many an evening at IL
ne gets up and takes me by the hand,
tells me what a delightful time he
mas had, and would leave if | did not re-
mind him. ''-Tit-Bits