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FROM me L0hdot Ddi'v thr1nlcc
There ara some unfoytuuatr incidents reported in
our correspondents TELEGRAM. The Blors fred ON
the ambulance and strntchor parties and tn, Hi n.
hndors when they first got across tue river are said
to have refused quarter to some men who displayed
a white faI. After tho reports we have heard OF
the abuse OF this nag by tho Roers, one cannot he
surprised at such incidents however rcGrcttable
they may be. At the Same time We believe that
there Is good deal OF misrepresentation at the bot.
tom OF some at least OF the charges of firing AT tho
hospitals and ambulances, when loug.rang, fro ia
sweeping battlefield, stretrhcr parties and field
hospitals are always liable To be hit 1t is TO he
noted too, that Reuter- GORE spoAdo It tells how
Boer commandaut taken prisoner al Enslin Informed
NM that some OF the more ignorant burghers
thought the Red Crrs hag was British standard
and that some OF them believed that our soldiers
were in the habit OF killing the wounded. This last
story would explain at least some cases OF Boer
wounded firing on our men.
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Foreman Parlsi. OF the Gas Company whfis
boring hole under the pavement at Oak and
Fourth streets yesterday. so as 10 get In ser.
pavement ran his augur through lead service
niue connected with a water main. Water was
flying in all directions. and as the lead Pipe
was no record to show with what main II was
connected. the water could not be shut OF.
Finally Mr.. Parisi broke open the emit
and damned the end OF the lead pipe and
stopped the water from flowing through II.
The e9nundrnm then was how to get the pips
equal to the occasion. He procured q lot OF Ice
and some salt. aud pack cd the mixture around
the live" end OF the pipe. and soon froZe the
water solid in II. He then cut of the iammed
end, inserted piece Of the broken length.
the pipe soon thawed out and the water Moved
through II all right The spectators who saw
how II was done voted the plumber genius.
skill stopping such leaks being only part Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-16
Price and Value of RnnLs

To THE EDrroR OF THE SUN Sir: In regard to
cheap Ito allure. have this question to ask. In the
old days didn't the market price of book decide 10
some extent Its literary value and isn't this true to-
day? w.
me pest classes are - cheap al eggs. I've pur.
chased Sartor Rcsartus Natural LAW in tho S,ir,,a,
World Emerson's Essays. &c, for 10 cents vol
nme' years ago these books command A dozen
Hmgs thal amount in their cheapest form,
thinka high price book il conceded N haye n
hGh sraIe lhtsllecual value. and believe that many
worth. % " II , E',,, PusunlaFy
PERrH ANNOY. N. a.. Dec IA - sH''eiASshS
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1000 votes or major fraction thereof. cast for
Mr. LEvERrNa OF Maryland for President In
1876. This will make the number OF delegates
1850. $50 more than the representation at
tho last National Prohibition Convention ut
Plttsburg. May ~. 1896.
The times and places OF previous Prohibition
National Conventions have been as follows:
1872. Feb %. Columbus: 1875. May II. Cleve-
land; 1880. June II. Cleveland; 1884. July %.
Pittsburg: 1888. May 30, INDIANAPOLIS; 1892.
Juno 70. Cincnnati; 1893. May "a. Pittsburg.
Heretofore they have been held In one OF the
three States OF Ohio. PENNSYLVANIA or Indiana.
and next years convention will be held further
west than before perhaps. because the chief
strength OF the Prohibitonists is now In that
section Of the country. the adoption OF pro-
Eressive and practical liquor laws in the chief
States OF the East having to very great ex-
tent eliminated the prohibition issue from the
field OF political controversy.
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Philippine Job under the Democratic resolu

ton, just as we are doing now.
The resolution, accordingly, is mere
piece OF political clsptrap, but it is also
mischlevous and evidently Is intended only
TO make mischief II Is introduced at a
moment when the Aguinaldo instruction
has fallen to pieces and now consists Of
scattered and dIsorganized bands only, with
no semblance OF government behind H.,
and as this armed resistance ceases peace
full civil governments are rising. Tho knowl-
edge however, that great political party
in America Is supporting the false pre-
fences OF AaUINALpo will afford them
pretext for persisting in bandit-lilse
assaults on our troops. in the hope Of max
ing political capital for that party as his
ally, though really 1t proposes to do nothing
more than our Government is now doing.
1t is an attempt to play deceitful game OF
politics with the lives OF American soldiers
and American civil officers as the stakes.
As an exhibition OF Democratic states
manship, the resolution offered on Thurs
day by Mr.. WILLIAMS is contemplate; as
an exhibition of Democratic political in
trigue, 1t Is revolving.
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Our Salt Ronanzn.

The level OF Great Salt Lake is steadily
falling on account Of the large volume OF
water tributary to it which is now absorbed
by irrigation enterprises. The Jordan and
Bear rivers, City Creek and other streams
that flow into the lake rise in the high
mountains to the east and the average
volume OF water they poured into
the lake the year round before they
were intercepted by irrigation bitches
was about 10, 900 cubic feet second. This
Is considerable quantity OF water, but tho
evaporation from the surface of the lake is
very large, and the dimnution in tho
supply has OF course resulted in lowering
the lake level. Great Salt Lake to-day il
not receiving as much water as il evapo-
rates. and, II the process goes on, the time ia
not far distant when the LAKE will disap-
pear, leaving only bed OF dry salt The
streams flowing into the lake are clear and
hmpld, and only chemical analyses reveal
the presence o. the sa is they contain.
The disappearance OF the lake would take
from the neighborhood of Salt Lake Cltv
sne OF its chief attractions but would
make easily accessible one OF the greatest
sources OF salt in the world. Mr.. GILBERT
mas estimated that it required ut least
10000 years to charge Great Salt Lake
with the common salt IL now contains
Some very wild guesses have been made
as to the quantity of sodium chloride
or common salt held by the lake. One
writer, for example, has estimated, this
year, that the quantity Of salt is nearly
nine billion tons and that it would take
freight train carrying all this salt and
running at the rate Of twenty miles
an hour siay and night, twcnty-eight
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CHARTERED rRASspoRrs REnE1srn
Transport Fleet TO he Reduced to Vessels
Owned by the GoYarnment.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-After q conference
to-day with Quartermaster- General Luding-
ton. the Secretary OF War authorized
the cancelinR OF the charters OF the
following troopships: Elder. City Of
Para. Belgian King. Tacoma. Zealandia
and Glenagle. These vessels were used in the
transportation OF troops to the Philippines and
have returned to San Francisco. There 10 no
further need OF their services and their char.
tiers have been cancelled. other ships to be
discharged as soon as they return from Manila
are the City OF Pekin. City OF Pueblo. City OF
Rio City OF Sidney. Dalny vostock. Duke Of
Fife and Manaucnse. 1t is the purpose OF the
Secretary Of War to reduce the transport feet
TO those ships owned by the Government.
Plans we're discussed to-day for the bringing
home OF tho soldiers In Cuba whose
return was recently authorized. They will
be transported ON G9yernpent transport,
~ December. The Quartcrmaster. General 10
also arranging for the PURCHASE OF additional
from Cen Ss show ths tSs csSSTt
horses arc brcafing down under the heavy
strain caused by the active mountain campaign
They viii have 10 10 replaced BY others and
orders have been issued for the purchase in San
transport will leave San Francisco this week
with huy horses and hundred will follow
Col Patton, who has charge OF the clothing
bureau Of the Quartermas ter- Generals Departs
mcnt. has arranged for the purchase Of 10000
Secretary Root has approved Gen. Otis's 70.
quest and bids have been invited for the cots.
Quarterm aster- General In q change in the
color OF tho. cnamb ry shirts now furnished the
soldiers Heretofore II has been blush gray,
IL IL desired that all the troops shall be attred
In clothing ri khaki color. and the chambry
shirt Will hereafter he OF that color. Three
hundred thousand yards OF material for These
shirts Is to be purchased.
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Her Comb Blow Up.
FROM "A. cyreinnan Commercial rr,,.u

Mrs. Noah Brown. residing in Colerafn
avenue. met with a peculiar accident Monday
night Mrs. Brown was waiting on her hus-
band, who was In bed suffering with sprained
ankle. She had occasion to stoop down Ia
celluod comb worn in her hair exploded with
sufficient force to throw her TO the floor some
com b ignited, Most OF Mrs. Browns hair was
burned on. her eyebrows and lashes were
scorched and she was severely burned about
the face and neck. Considerable effort was
required to prevent the carpets and other fur.
nishlngs from catching FIRE, as 1t was found
impossible 10 eNtinqush the blazing comb
after IL had been pulled from her hair. The
explosion was ACCOMPANIED by a report similar
to that ola blank cartridge discharged In q
pistol. and was heard BY several people.
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Down Went Mr.. Goddard.
From "a. Portland Daily Prem,

EAST HARPswELL. Dec. l3.-Harod Goddard
had very narrow escape from death recently
while tax ing IN his lobster traps. which had
become badly water soaked. He had four
when the traps slid into the water. taking
Harold with them with q turn OF tho rope
around his ankle. He was carried to the bot
kick himself free but when he came 70 the
surface his boat was some Ave or six rods away.
Mr. Goddard is an EXPERT swimmer, and al
though veryi much chilled and exhausted he
managed TO roach the boat, climb into II and
reach the shore.
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Philadelphia Chosen.

The next President Of the United States
is to be nominated at Philadelphia June
10. 1900. The good old town deserves
congratulation, The Western delegates
like to como East, and 1t is the happiness
OF Philadelphia to be within reasonable dis.
lance OF New York. Mourning st. Louis,
mourning Chicago will be consoled easily.
1t is agreeable to them to escape from
themselves in summer.
The rrepressible Chicago has other cause
OF cheer Tho Prohibitionist National Con-
vention is TO meet there. Chicago cannot
be conventionless.
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The Sistine Madonna and La Fornarina

People who are not content to accept tho
old-fashoned traditions concerning pictures
and artists will be pleased with some recent
discoveries about RAPHAEL made by tho
art critics. These ingenious persons have
practically exhausted LEONARDO DA VINcI.
who for many years was their favorite
quarry. having proved to their own salts
faction that nearly every picture ascribed
to him was painted by some one else. They
have now turned upon RAPHAEL and in the
merciless but scientific dissection OF his
works and his life not only the authenticity
but tho fame OF his Sistine Madonna
has been placed In question. The chain OF
circumstantial evidence. it is true. seems
incomplete in parts, but the missing links
will be supplied by that faith which science
often demands no less than legend.
RAPHAEL has the unusual distinction OF
having had an excellent reputation among
his contemporaries. He was hard worker,
and his private life was so uneventful as
to excite no comment This was hardly
artistic, so, fifty years after his DEATH
yAsARI supplied him with nameless mis-
tress, a bakers daughter La Fornarlna, q"
whom the painter saw and loved in her
fathers garden near the Church OF Santa
Cecilia in the Trastevere quarter at Rome.
In another fifty years this story had grown
into the well.known tale OF the painters
passionate love bringing about his early
death, and the beautiful, sensuous face OF
La Fornarina" In the Uflzi Gallery at
Florence made IL credible. Sentimental
persons looked on her portrait and then on
RAPHAEI's own and had no doubts
Then came the critics. They proved that
II was not RAPHAEL. but SEBASTIAN DEF,
Promo who had painted the portrait and
that 1t represented. not La Fornarina,"
but an entirely different woman. n beauty
OF Bologna. Their scepticism. however
stopped short OF rejecting the whole story,
They cling to that in all its details. and one
Of them, Signor vAIERI. OF Rome. has lust
confirmed 1t by discovering La Forna-
rina's" name. His method Is interesting.
First, he found in somebody's manuscript
life OF GOETHE that LA Fornarina's"
Christian name was MARoARrrA; next. in a
census OF Rome made In 1915. two years
before RAPHAEL's death, kept In the Vatican
library, he discovered that a baker namsd
FRANCISCO from slena kept q bakery near
the Church OF Santa Cecilia; finally, he
searched In the registers Of the nunnery OF
Santa Apollonia and found there under the
date. August Is, 1920, four months after
RAPHAEL s death, the name OF "MARoAR1rA.
daughter OF the late Francisco Lur1 Of
siena." as having been received into the
convent as nun. Therefore this MARoA-
RITA LUTI or LUzzI must necessarily be
LA Fornarina"
This demonstration was hardly needed
by the art critics whose faith in the exist
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-16
Triangulation In Texas.

The newly founded town Of Triangle. Tex.
promises to be unique; IL IL laid out In tbs
triangular in shape and the ground plan Of
each OF the twenty three houses which have
thus far been erected there 10 three cornered
The three principal streets are named EQuilAt-
sral. Sealene and isosceles. and the residents
have even carried their curious idea into the
triangular Council having three members.
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Great Boom In Nation.
From he Denver Repub',cln.

From The DSHrsr RspubicH,
Wool IL NJ 10 seventeen cents Int II il not alone
thu rise IN WOO! that las advanced the market for
sheep, Mutton also has gone up. There has been
an advance IN mcau - all kinds throughout the
world, in which mutton has shared, but in addition
mutton las had separate and special advance of
Its own due to an uId niablc increase in its popn.
larity a. food The appetite OF mankind IL unmis.
MkAoly drafting toward mutton 80 that where other
th'hHs are equal twice much OF Il is eaten now as
twenty years ago.
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Only Dead Footpads Wanted.



ST: JOSEPH. NO. Dec. 1l.-Chief OF Police
Broder to-day posted notice at headqunr'ers
ooneringa reward OF 500 for every iootpad
killed nv an officer.
Mind you.' the chief says, this offer is not
for live ones They must be dead. I must
was iootpad or a safehlower, and that he has
been plantcd under six feet ~ cold sod before
the reward will be paid, The only way to stop
this fourshlng industry IL to kill of few bad
men, It's the footpad's hide that will paw
500 for. not 4 live robber's;we have too many
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II the story be true that BRYAN Ia going 10
write book the time for him TO do II 10 now.-SL
LeutS Globe Democrat
Now is his market. to be sure. II the De-
mocracy will have no more OF him after the
next national election. But who can tell7 When
man has such hold on q party that II will
trot to destruction almost gayly behind him. he
must he considered Its genius and It's god and
II may take time to lose him At tho same time
Col. BRYAN ought to prepare his "reminiscences.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-16

To the Hon. PorATo PNGREE OF Michigan
hail, and not yet farewell Once more he leaps
from the depths md cries. He has called the
Legislature to meet in special session Monday
for the purpose OF submitting Constitutional
amendments to the peopls. No doubt the
Michigan Constitution needs amending. In the
view Of thousands OF thinkers Constitutions
exist for amendment. Yet IL IL hard to under
stand why the Hon. PorATo PINoREE should
deem a special session OF the Wolverine Legis-
lature necessary. Is not the Hon. PoTATo Pm
GREE In perpetual session and obsession2
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-16

The HON. CHARLES KENNEDY WHEELER
OF the First Kentucky Congress district pro-
claims trumphanty that Kentucky has pro.
duced many of tho Nations best and greatest
men, but none OF her sons lie superior to
GoEBEI." The superior GoEBEL is native
OF Pennsylvania. we believe; and oven his
most rapturous admirers must feel that he Is
praised too much when he Ia put BY the aide OF
such native Kentuckians as Col JACK CutNS
and the Hon. HEz Luso.
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The New York Tongue In rlortd..

To the EDuoa or THE SUS-Sir: or ali the
thousands OF atrocious assaults upon tho English
language which have been committed by New
Workers within my hearing, this ono remains mos,
FIRMLY liked IN my memory In n re ,tanrart | heard
ayoung woman OF evident culture and rehue mel
say waiter, bring mo some rdlCr ur'',rL"
De LASp, Fla, Dec. H. f. l., PoyrII
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An Unwonted Aspect.


This Is Mrs Gushleigh's portrait, 10 it7" said
the caller i should hardly have recognized
II, The chin doesn't look at all like hers"
Perhaps. suggested the husband OF Mrs
Gushleigh. you have never seen her chin in
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lam for silver at the old ratio, apd an. Jam
mp to the handle for the Chicago platform OF 90,
without single ohange.-Col BRyAs.
Apparently the Colonel mistrusts his new
issues OF anti m ltarsm. ant lin perialsm and
antl-octopus and returns to the old faithful
bosom OF the Chicago platform.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-16

From the Cincinnati Enquuey
Professor-Give me an illustration of latent
heat. W. ''''"'
Freshie-Er-the hot time there may be
developed from cold cash. wv
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" our Jriend, rho favor W vih manuscripts for
y.biodhsr vih 10 hare rej,e,d driieii returned hsy
suit IN all eases sand Hampi for hai purpoiG
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From ne Defro Journal
feel as II / had wheels In my head -
groaned tho man. "'' "'"N'
1t must be the truck you ate for dinner ="
reloned his wife innoccrtly enough.
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Tho National Committee of the Prohibit
ton party has selected Chicago as the place.
and June "a 1900. as the time, Tor the next
National Convention. The basis OF represcn-
tatlon was fixed at four delegates at large.
two from each Congressional district In every
state, and one additional delegate for each
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-16
Everybody drinks in Texas Indianapolis

Journal,
Oh. no let us DO lust to successful merit.
There arc Drys In Texas and there are
Texans not formally Prohibltionisus who
never daily with that which biteth like
serpent and stingeth like an adder. The
Hon. TORE scRUTcHINs never drinks. Tho
Hon. CYCLONE DAVIS never drinks anything
stronger than the inspiring wine OF his own
eloqnence and hot populism 1t is probable
enough that there are as many abstainers. pro-
portlonately. in the land of the Lone Star as
anywhere else. but pilgrims from Indianapolis
are not likely to meet them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-16

Ssrfs-Kiosque No. IL. near Grand Hotel. and
Mosque No. 10. Boulevarde des cspus
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Putnam Claims the Old Peoples Cham
pionship.

To THr EpIToR OF The sus-Sir: saw an
article In your paper regarding aged men in the
town Of stonington Conn. and Il occurred to me
that we In Putnam could make equally good
showing. and l enclose the following list OF aged
men now living In this town. most OF whom see
every week
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p'ofRe puch contractor 30 years
Hiram N, Brown merchant ............... 81 year.
Jared 'holar retired merchant ........,.. 81 years
Lucins Fits retired farmer ..............s4 years
Ezra Dresser, retired farmer ,,,,..o....s ~ yc4rs
Samuel c, Chanse. retired physician .... : years
Fu"lh H. hngbce capitalist, ,.............s Years
Moan Morcey, shoemaker, ...,..,......... ~ years
n gallup veteran soldier ~ ears
william 7. Spragne. acknowledgements ~ years
Maxim" CharbIneAu, shoe IN SO years
Albert Armstrong farmer .,,...,....... So years
Lyman Botham, shoemaker ................s 8 years
Fora town of bnt about 1000 population think
the above good healthful showing
CHAhLEs II. CuRsEBRoUGH
PUTNAM Conn, Dec IL
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The Oriental ought to wear more clothes.
4tmphH comm'reidt Appeal.
He ought. Clothes are the distinguishing
feature OF the white mans burden. AMI the
Oriental must take tup. Tho leading bene-
fciary OF the coming change In his wardrobe
will be the great cotton growing South
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The Mena star., 1899-07-13
kLoNDlkE GOLD.
pr wiicoxson Tells of the Richness in the Ciean-Up in the Gold Diggings
 Big Nuggets Found.

Tacoma, Wash, July 9.-Dr. l.. o. Wilcoxson, of Chicago, who has arrived from Dawson, brings authentic news of an enormous cleanup that took place in the first half of June, pack trains arriving at Dawson daily from Bonanza, Eldorado, Hunker and Sul- phur creeks, each bringing in S50o,000 to S1, 500, 900 in dust. The big pack train made several trips from Prof. Lippey's claim on Eldorado. which pro- duced two tons of gold dust. The largest nuggets yet found in the Klon- dike were discovered during the clean up. One from claim below, on Bo- nanza, weighed 6016 ounces and was valued at S96s. A still larger one, but impregnated with quartz, was found on Gold hill. It weighed over 106 ounces and is valued at SS04 Steamers were leaving Dawson almost daily for St. Michael bearing rich Klondikers and their dust. The steamer Robert Kerr leaving Dawson on June 20, car ried over $3.000, 900. He thinks that S5,000, 900 and their owners will arrive on the first steamer from St. Michael.
 Coming out Wilcobson learned of two important new discoveries, one on Thirty-mile river, where $2 per pan was found, and the other on Big Salmon, where the winters dumps averaged S3S per day per man.
The Mena star., 1899-07-13

h. newspaper friends. The secretary called the reporters together in the Fifth Avenue hotel and made clean breast of his senatorial plans. He an- nounced that he was sincere candi- date for Mir. McMillan's seat in the United States senate, but he fiatly repudiated Gov. Pin gree and declared that he had never entered into an alliance with the Michigan reformer. There was just enough truth in the reports of the so- called conference between Gov. Pin- gree and myself" Gen. Alger said. ito start lively political story. No com bination exists between Gov. Pingree and myself was opposed to the cleo tion of Pingree as governor, and he and I do not agree upon some very inn portant points"