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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11

The city's revenue from excise taxes this year IN
larger than its income from all other sources except
tAxaton-lareer in amount than the school moneys
received from the State, department fees, railroad
licenses and franchises, costs, commissions, penal.
ties, and the sales Of the Oity Record.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11

The late Edward T. Wood. who was ct one time .
conspicuous figure in Tammany Hall politics In New
York the was tho brotherin-lAw of Mayor Franklin
Edson), enjoyed the peculiar distinction of being o
de juTe Corporation Counsel for Q few hours. On the
31st of December. 1884, Mayor Edison nominated to
the Board of Aldermen. which then had the power Of
confirmation or rejection. Rollin M. Squire for Com
missioner of Public Works and William DoSheimer
for Corporation Counsel. The former was confirmed
and the latter was rejected. The Mayor declared
that his term OF office expired at midn ght Of that
day. though that of his successor did not begin until
noon of Jan. 1. and turned over the custody OF his
rooms in the City Hall to q Captain of police at that
hour. Thereupon the President OF the Board Of Al
dermen. Alderman Kirk. whose term did not expire
until the hrst Monday In January. claimed t. succeed
Tn q vacancy In the Mayors ONCE. with the power 10
make appointments without confirmation under tho
law which wentinto effect on Jan. j. Between midnight
and noon OF Jan. l, no named Z. T. Wood for Coun,
sci to the Corporation in place of K. h. Lacombe.
who was holding over and refused to give up his
once. Mr.. Wood subsequently applied to the At.
torney- for leave to bring suit for 3 writ
of quo warranto to test the title OF Mr..
HAcOmbe to the ONCE. This was granted,
but when the case came before the general
term of the Supreme Court 1t was dismissed. the
court deciding that Mayor Eison's term did not ex.
pire at midnight. Dec. 81 that II 1t had expired then
he would have held over until his successor had
qualified; that there was no vacancy for the PFeAi-
dent OF the Board of Aldermen TO all. and II there
had been he would have had no power to make Ap-
pointments without confirmation by the Board Of
Albanian.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11

Anew and v~oxatious peril o~onfronts the P~opuiists Of
Barber county. Kan, which includes Lake City. RED
Greek. Medicine Lodge and New Kova, and which
gave q majority for Bryan At the election Of 1890.
Ttappears that some Of the farmers Of Barber have
BEEN taken in by an oily-tonRusd rascal who pro-
posed 10 ship for ~ . one-Gallon jug Of whiskey, 70
paohod in . case Of twenty-four bottles of beer - to
escape detection. He invariably collected In ad-
vance. In Barber he got orders and cash for 5000
worth Of liouor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11

Thert has bssn sfnaton between ire Demooratu.
gold and silver wings. me antt-ouay Republicans,
and the Prohibidonists IN Blair county. Pa. which
includes the city Of Altoona. where the Democrats
State Convention was held this year. Blair county
has two representative in Harrisburg. md both are
Rnnuhllnnn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11

Misunderstanding to United States Consul At
we'll. 81 Roubaix, Francois now being used not only
In the manufacture Of bicycles, but the military
authorities have for some time past made an effort
TO employ this metal. in place Of iron. copper and
steel, for all articles of equipment carried by in
fantry, in order to reduce the weight as much az
possible. 1t seems. too. that. with the same object.
the Russian Minister of War has ordered aluminium
horseshoes for the cavalry. In tests for this purpose
q shoe of the new aluminium models placed on one
foot, the three remaining shoes being of the usual
sort. It Ia found that the aluminium wears out less
rapidly and Is less affected by mud and moisture
than the ordinary shoe and weighs about two and
one-half ounces less.
The advancement in astronomical knowledge Ia
peculiarly illustrated in ono Of the methods resorted
to for testing the question of the existence OF aper-
ceptible atmosphere on the moon. namely, by tho
observation of q star at the instant when 1t disap-
pears. or emerges from behind the moon. Astrono-
mers are agreed that. II there were . lunar atmos.
phere, 1t should produce some effect on the appear
ance OF the star, but no such effect has ever certainly
been observed. Recently this method has been rem
dered more delicate. perhaps. by the application, in
. most ingenious manner. Of photography, By
means Of Photographic Of stars. made under the
most favorable conditions-that lie, al the time they
are about to disappear behind the lunSr disk-they arc
found 10 exhibit no indications of change in the IN.
tensity Of the image such as would be expected 10
occur II the moon had 3 perceDtible atmosphere.
Investigations have been made by n. olroy. q
French engineer. in regard to the pitting Of boilers.
the result showing that the powder thus formed con-
tains "a. "a per cent. peroxide of iron. Gao per cent.
of grease and other organic matter. and S.2b per
cent. of lime sAlts. In one OF tho tests resorted to n
polished iron bar was hrbt immersed In 3 natural
water containing much oxygen and no lime salts;
the bar gradually rusted. the corrosion coasing
when the oxygen was used up-the bar being now re-
moved. repolished, and put back, 1t remained per-
fectly bright, Repeating the experiment. with water
containing lime, the rusttng was much less complete.
the lime sAlts forming . protective layer on the
iron. but on polishing this on corrosioD recon-
menesds In distilled water the bar remained quite
bright. The oorroaion II much more rapid II thu
water contains oArboAio Gotd 90 - well - oxyGsn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11

The Republican candidate for SECRETARY OF State Of
Iowa IL George TSDobson Of Polk county. in which is
the city Of Dos Moines. the capital OF the HAwkeyo
State. He 10 the present Secretary, and the policy Of
nominating . resident of the capital for Secretary of
State has been followed to advantage Elsewhere The
present Secretary Of State OF New York Il . resident
Of Albany.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11

Ravolis WI b placed 10 . ttmapr NV ~ TIE
h hsaisas' M tsis'i han F vi = susEiSSs'sSd i shis even
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01

but most effectively and it is best re-
produced in his own words: .-~ &,&
1T was in reality the wooden frame
OF very high-backed saddle, from the
back Of which some five or six sharp
iron spikes stuck out horizontally. AS
sat on this implement of torture, the
spikes caught me in the small of the
back. My guard having been augment
ed by twenty or thirty mounted men,
with muskets and swords, we set off
at furious pace. A horseman riding
in front of me led my pony by means
of cord, as my hands we're manacled
behind my back, and thus we travelled
across country for miles. But for those
awful spikes in the saddle the ride
would not have been so very bad, for
the pony rode was fine spirited an
imal, and the country around was GU
rious and interesting.
'<As we rode I was shot at from be-
hind The bullet narrowly missed me,
whizzing past my left ear. Probably
the speed at which my animal was pro-
ceeding saved me, as the marksman
could not take very steady aim, but
my pony, startled at the sudden report
of the matchbox at such close quarters
(not more than four yards), took
fright, and began rearing and plung-
ing managed to maintain my seat,
though the spikes in the saddle were
decorating the lower part of my spine
horribly. Nor was this all.
= Then in order to accelerate our
speed, a horseman rode by my side,
flashing my pony to make it go it's
hardest. Meanwhile the horseman who
held the cord did his utmost to pull me
out of the saddle, no doubt in the hope
of seeing me trampled to death by the
cohOrt behind me- AS | leaned my body
forward so as to maintain my seat, and
with my arms pulled violently back
wards by the rope, the flesh was
rubbed off my hands and knuckles by
the chain of the handcuffs. In places
the bone was exposed, and, of course,
every tug brought me into forcible
contact with the spikes and inflicted
deeper wounds. The cord, though
strong, eventually and unexpectedly
gave way. The soldier who was pull
ing at the other end was clumsily I'M
horsed, and I was myself all but
thrown by the unexpected jerk.
Il was then hustled to the execution
ground. On the ground was a long
log of wood shaped like prism. Upon
the sharp edge ofAthis I was made to
stand, and several men held me by
the body while four or five others,
using their combined strength, stretch
ed my legs as wide apart as they could
go. Fixed in this painful position, the
brutes securely tied me by my feet to
the log of wood with cords of. yak
hair. Several men were made to pull
these cords, and they were so tight
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01
lie Undoubtedly Would Have Been
Killed Had It Not Been for
a Strange Superstition.
LONDON LETTER.

There are few less known regions on
the earth's surface than Thibet. Ow-
ing to the jealous exclusiveness Of the
Chinese authorities, the religious IA
natlcism Of the Thibetans themselves
and the wild and difficult nature of the
country, Thibet has remained isolated
from the world longer and more COM
pletely than any other region in Asia.
Nevertheless, from the fourteenth cen
fury EDWARDS explorers have entered
and crossed the country. A few have
even penetrated to .Lhasa, including
one Manning, in 1871 But since two
French missionaries got there in 1916
foreign feet have not entered the cap
ital of Thibet. The practical reason
why, which is the outcome of the causes
just mentioned, will be found in Henry
Savage Landor's account of his recep-
ton by the Lamas and the tortures he
endured at their hands.
When the first accounts of his suf-
ferings reached England, there was a
not unnatural disposition to regard
them as travellers tales but Mr..
Lander has, very properly, appended
to his own statement the official docu-
ments. of the government inquiry into
his case, documents which completely
establish the truth of the tale of the
terrible cruelty to which his character
istically British love of adventure ex-
posed him. :. l..., .-.s..
Mr.. Lander arrived in India in April,
1895, and made his first attempt to en-
ter :Thibet towards the end of May.
But the Forbidden Land was equal to
its reputation; the Thibetan authori-
ties prevented him from entering the
country by the Lippu LEX Pass-the
easiest rOute-and it was only in the
middle Of July that he entered Thibet
by the Lumpia Pass, was again turned
back, but ultimately succeeded in get
ting across the mountains to Mansaro-
war. Soon after that his followers,
originally thirty in number, were re-
duced to two, the rest having gradually
come to the conclusion that the air OF
Thibet was not healthy for foreigners
Before that, however, Mr.. Landor had
been rewarded for his trouble in get
ting across the frontier by the savage
grandeur Of the Thibetan scenery. The
natural CASTLE is. a good example of
the physical character of that wild and
rugged land. It was, he says, only with
the aid Of a telescope that he was able
to make out that the supposed castle
was nothing but a work of nature.
Finding himself left with only two
attendants, Mr.. Lander was at the mer-
scy of the natives. He was engaged in
buying a horse at place called Tuck
%er when he and his servants, Chan
den Sing and Man Sing, were treach-
terously attacked by an overwhelming
force of Thibetans, thrown down, beat
en-, kicked, and finally led off, tightly
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01
jim HEARD CHARLES DICKENS.

And He Said the Audience Was Very
Jim was student at Yale in The lat
ter '6Os, and so was in New Haven
when Charles Dickens gave public
readings in that city from mis- own
works, says the New York Times. Jim
neglected many of the privileges the
college offered to him, but he had sense
enough to take advantage Of the OPP
portunity to hear Dickens. The mas
ters interpretations were revelation
to Jim and to this day he has not lost
the deep impression they made upon
him. The Young Women's Dickens
club of Bozville somehow recently
learned these facts and cordial invi-
tation was promptly sent to Jim to
meet the club and give his recollections
OF Mr.. Dickens. The invitation was
accepted and Jim, who is good talker
and not bit shy, simply delighted his
auditors with his description of Mr.
Dickens as man and a really eloquent
estimate of him as reader. He told
what wonderful actor he was and
how strange new light was shed up
on his characters by the revelation of
his own conception of them From
generalization Jim came finally to par
ticularization and was telling of the
wonderful effect produced by the rapid
changes of tone of voice as Mr. Dick
ems was reading from the christmas
Carol Jim said there was suspicion
of Yuletide in the atmosphere as the
reader introduced the benevolent old
gentleman, who had come to Ebenezer
Scrooge for Christmas contribution.
He then described the tremendous eff
feet of the sudden transition of the
harsh, metallic voice of Scrooge, as
that ''clutching, grasping, covetous old
sinner surlily asked whether there
were no longer any warehouses. The
audience was SO still, said Jim. x"The
audience was so still that you might
have-might have picked up a pin. :"
And Jim, utterly unconscious how he
had spoiled his climax, continued Sc
renely on, albeit not little puzzled at
the smiling faces before him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01

men on it. Out Of his eye went the
sun. Out Of his lips went the fire.
/ Out Of his ear went the air. Then
Bramah laid down to sleep four thou
sand three hundred and twenty million
years. After that, they say. he will
wake up, and then the world will be
DESTROYED, and he..will make 1t over
again, bringing up land, bringing up
creatures upon it then lying down
again to sleep four thousand three
hundred and twenty million years,
then waking up and destroying the
world ADMINISTRATION and demolition
Following each other, until after three
hundred and twenty sleeps, each one
OF these slumbers four thousand three
hundred and twenty million years
long, Bramah will wake up and die,
and the universe will die with him
an intimation, though very faint, OF
the great change to come upon this
physical earth spoken Of in the Bible.
but while Bramah may sleep, our God
never SAUNDERS nor sleeps; and the
heavens shall pass away with a great
noise, and the elements shall melt with
1ervent heat, and the earth and all
things that are therein shall be burned
up.
! Well says some one, ttif that is
SO; II the world is going from one
change to another, then what is the
use OF my toiling for it's betterment! e
mat is the point on. which I want to
guard you. I do not want you to be-
come mlsanthropic. It is great and
glorious world. If Christ could afford
to spend thirty-three years on it for
us redemption, then you can afford to
TOLL and pray for the betterment of the
nations, and for the bringing on Of
tnat glorious time when all people
snail see the salvation of God. While,
therefore, therefore, want to guard you against
mlsanthropic notions in respect to this
subject | have presented, want you to
take this thought home with you: This
world is a poor foundation to build on.
1t is changing world, and it is
aylng world. The shifting scenes and
the changing sands are only emblems
OF all earthly expectation. Life is very
much like this day through which we
nave passed. To many of us it is storm
s and darkness, then sunshine, storm
and darkness, then afterward a little
sunshine, now again darkness and
storm. Oh, build not your hopes upon
this uncertain world! Build on God.
Confide in Jesus. Plan for an eternal
residence at Christ's right hand. Then,
come sickness or health, come joy or
sorrow, come life or death, all is WELL
all is well. ..<> .v=-...
IN the name of the God of Caleb,
and his daughter, Achsah, I this day
oHer you the upper springs" Of I'M
1aolng and everlasting rapture.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01
LANDLORDS OWN STORY
OF HIS AWFUL SUFFERING

the left one especially, were being des-
located and my nose scorched.
This ceased and / was enabled to
open my eyes. The spectacle before.
me was overwhelming. By the Pom
bo's' tent stood in row the most vii
famous brutes have ever set eyes
upon. One, a powerful, repulsive indi-
v1dual, held in his hand a great knob
bed mallet, used for fracturing bones;
another carried a bow and arrows; a
third held a big two-handed sword,
) while lie others made a display Of various
ghastly instruments of torture. The
crowd, thirsting for my blood, formed
up IN a semicircle, leaving room for
me to see the parade of the torture i'm
plements that awaited me, and, as my
eyes roamed from one figure to an
other, the several Lamas shook their
various implements to show that they
were preparing for action,
- Inc elimination of the tortures was
10 nave been beheadment by naked
sword, but curious circumstance en-
abled him to escape with his life and
those of his followers. The reason was
because after they had stretched Mr..
Lander and Man Sing on a rack with
their feet tied to log and their hands
to post high in the air, and allowed
them to remain there for twenty-four
hours, it was discovered in examining
his hands that the web between the
fingers was quite high. ..He who pos
sesses such fingers has, according to
the Thibetans,' says Mr.. Lander, "a
charmed life, and no matter how much
one tries, no harm can be done to him.
Apart from the question whether there
was much charm or not in my life in
Thibet, there is no doubt that this trif-
ling superstition did much towards
Fastening the 'Pombo's' decision as to
what was to be our fate.''
They were accordingly taken to the
frontier and allowed to return to civ
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01
Passing of the Family Bible.

The 'Decadence or Passing Of the.
Family: Bible" These words mean
much more than appears on the sur
face. Every man and woman remem-
bers the pleasure and pride which he or
she felt in the large family Bible in
their childhood days. Remembering
this, have you stopped to think for 4
moment how few large family Bibles
are in evidence today? M attention
having been called to this curiosity
prompted me to make inquiries Of the
manager of one Of the most prominent
religious publishing houses in the city.
THE demand for the large book. grad
ually ceased during the last Decade
he said. 1T is no longer considered
the thing to have a handsome family
Bible as the principal ornament of the
parlor table. In the first place, the
records which were once made in It
are now registered. The size which
has now taken its place is serviceable
one with good maps, flexible covers
and excellent print. 1t is gotten up at
less expense, and it is now considered
proper for every member of the family
to have an individual Bible, instead OF
depending upon the large, unwieldy
volume Of our grandfathers.''
A bare cupboard always furnishes
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01

that they cut grooves into my skin and
flesh in several places round my ankles
and on my feet, many Of the cuts be-
ing as much as three inches long.
: Z You have come to this coun-
try to see. -. This, then, is the
punishment for you!' And with these
dreadful words the Pombo raised his
arm and placed a red hot iron bar
parallel to, and about an inch or two
from, my eyeballs, and all but touching
my nose. instinctive1y kept my. two
eyes Tight closed, but the heat was so
intense that 1t seemed as II my eyes,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01

bound, as prisoners into the presence
of the "Pombo,' or governor Of the
province. At first Mr.. Landor himself
was not tortured, the 'Pombo only
trying to intimidate him by the sight
of the cruel scourging Of the unfortu-
nate Chanden Sing. Then, on pre-
tense Of conducting him to the frontier,
the Thibetans put Mr.. Lander on a
pony and took him across the country
in a spiked saddle, the most terrible
fortunes OF the many which they In
ficted upon him. The devilish ingen-.
witty OF the thing he describes simply
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01
LITERARY NOTES,

George w. Gable is busy on a novel
of the civil war, which he expects to
call 1.-THE Cavalier" Most of the char
acters are New Orleans creoles and the
scenes Of the tale are in the region
just north of New Orleans
1t is surely one Of .'life's little iron
les" that the great aughtermaker,
Max Adeler, whose real name is
Charles Heber Clark, man with a
worldwide reputation as humorist,
should sit in the Office of the Textile
Record and write ponderous editorials
about the exports of the last fiscal year,
the protective tariff, free trade, pig iron
and the currency. He is a stanch tee
totaler, but a great smoker, and he
lives in the country at Conshohocken,
where he is at the head Of great firm
of manufacturing chemists.
Apropos of Mr. Kipling's new book
good story is being told of him. Re
Gently he sold a book to his publisher
at a rate that worked out to a shilling
word. The publication of this fact
came under the notice of a London
hSWoPopO1 WuO LII liz I'LL
of the thing wrote to the author say
ing that, as wisdom seemed to be. quot
ed at retail prices, he himself would
like one word, for which he enclosed
a shilling postal order. The reply
came, in due course; Mr.. Kipling had
kept the. shilling postal order and po-
litely returned (written on a large.
sheet of paper) the word 'tThanksr''
Marian Crawford's new book is ave
Roma Immortalis: Studies from the
Chronicles of Rome" in two volumes.
He begins with brief historical study
of the rise Of Rome, with sketches If
some Of the great men who made
her greatness, and afterward takes
the fourteen different regions
or wards into which the city
| was divided in medieval times
and goes through them, one after
another, describing the characteristic
buildings of each as they have been in
different ages and as we see them now
and giving the histories Of the people
who lived and fought and loved and
died in them. 5
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01
Largest Sun Dial.

The largest sun-dial in the world is
Hayou Horoo, large promontory, ex-
tending 5000 feet above the Aegean
sea. AS the sun swings round the
shadow of this mountain it touches, one
by one, circle Of islands, which act
as hour marks. ~5 .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01

ilization. Truly Mr.. Lander must be
made of fine stuff to have endured all
these horrors and have come out alive
His powers of physical endurance
alone entitle him to our respect; his
mental fortitude entities him to our
admiration. And through all that ter
rible time he kept his wits about him
and his eyes open, observing and set
ting down his observations in his mind
to be here reproduced. Such Spartan
heroism deserves some lasting memo
rial -.sr #FTs..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01

Il eheerfulness knocks for adm1s-
sion, we should open our hearts wide
to receive it. for it never comes inop-
portunely.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01

A bare cupboard always furnishes
food Tor thought n 8a