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DRAWING NOON H1Bo.
Said to Be Favurite Recrention I'm 0omO
Cincinnati Homes

Said to BE n Favurite Recreation I'm eou.o
Cincinnati Homes.
Irom hs CSncinAaa ESqssyer.
Apropos of the recent efforts OF the poIice 10
suppress mbfing. it can be stated thnt tho
tiger unsheaths his claws at regularly stntod
intervals in a number OF fashionable homes on
Walnut Hills although tho police have neyer
had the slightest linking Of It. Faro fs dealt By
dainty hands from a silyered box. and the
cheerful caI Of the dealer: -One turn and a cuIl.
ladies and gentlemenl Place your betsr' Is
heard as often as the cards In the faro box Are
reduced In nun Der to four.
This game IL for an exceedingly small nmfO
but Is, neverthee less. faro. and Is dealt at some
OF the most exclusive homes on tho hill, II
was started IN this wise; A gentleman. q rosL-
oent OF PARK avenue. while strollinG along one
was attracted by faro layout In the window Oh
PAWN shop The faro board, with an the
earns ear ~ IRON ace TO king. vas there: the taro
layout. carried Il home. and Soon fntrodueed
the game OF faro. regular club now
mits , az th teaf S once week on Walnut
ers, The checks are sold at a Smal pricO
cd that she bad 20 dapnE SenHP1
Is S nsa s' IN Se s1o Tss Pc OF ~
manner. although some OF the Rue.sss NAV vim
hard. 0'' III 'eV
The hostess usually occupies a looa,ou,t m. r.
seated where she can overlook her hnahonS
WINE ne manipulates tho cards and ma Va ~
taxes me bets. Tho faro" game % fast as
N dbmI bsvs me s IT,opottions Of fad with those
more persons aro I'D mftted to the club anofhsr
ioIoot Will nave TO DO purchased
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The Decline of Irish Agriculture.

The Blue Book on Irish Agricultural
affairs that has been issued recently, is
eloquent OF the decay into which the most
important industry of the country has fall
len, and from which there seems no immed-
late prospect Of its being lifted.
The figures are compiled by Mr.. T. W.
GRnIsHAw, the Irish Registrar-General,
from the reports OF the Royal Irish Con-
stabuary and the other collecting agencies
throughout the country. Tho facts are Of
the depressing character now almost chron-
ic The population touches the lowest hg-
ure yet officially recorded, 4,53O, 900, or
nearly half that at which it stood just be-
fore tho great famine. The area actually
under crop in 1898, including meadow and
clover, was 40, 14e acres less than in 1897.
Grass and pasture showed an increase Of
about 5000 acres, and 49, acres had
returned to bog, waste and water. In
some parts of the country, wild birds that
had been driven away by cultivation and
drainage, have again made their appear
ance The decrease OF land under tillage
was 80, Ala acres.
Most notable is tho decline in the cultiva-
tion of flax, which was 24.3 per cent. under
crop was 1862 acres; in 1897 it had
fallen to As, 537 acres, and last year to a.
469. These figures indicate the approach
ing disappearance Of the native sources Of
the supply Of raw material for one Of
Ireland's most important industries.
Cereals and green crops also show a
shrinkage, while the extent OF land in use
for stock feeding and wild pasture is
greater than it was ten years ago. Agri-
cultural wages are very low, and vary from
fifty cents day without food for men, and
thirty-six cents for women and boys in sum-
mer to thirty-six cents and less for men
and twenty-five cents and less for women
and boys in winter. In winter the women
find very little employment in some dis
tricts even at those miserable wages, and
none at all in other districts. In the richer
| parts of Ulster man considers himself
we'll paid with seventy-flve cents day, but
the work at that rate Of pay is not con-
slant. Taking things all around the prob
lem Of keeping body and soul together in
Ireland seems no nearer solution than it was
forty years ago.
Neither the landlord nor the small ten
ant can be said to be blamable for this
state Of things now, for the price Of agri-
cultural produce does not enable them to
pay higher wages than they are paying.
Some alienation of the state Of things
disclosed in Mr.. GRIMsHAw's report might
follow the remission Of the $12, 600, 900 Of
annual over-taxation imposed on ireland
by the British Government. according to
the report Of its own Commission; but
there arc no signs OF any present in
tention Of bringing the taxation Of
Ireland down to an equitable level
with that of Great Britain.
Great changes would seem to be neces-
sary in Ireland II the people are to emerge
from the chronic state OF poverty in which
they have so long existed. Thinning by
emigration does not remedy matters, nor
do all the laws and regulations invented
and passed by the British Parliament
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the Chamber, owing to the fact that the
avowed or secret enemies Of DREYFUs were
oven yet preponderant in that body. Ulti-
| mately, ministry composed OF most in-
congruous elements was constructed by
N. WALDEcK- ROUSSEAU. and a vote OF con-
fldence was secured for it by very narrow
majority. AS promptly as possible, the
new Premier prorogued Parliament until
the autumn In order to have a free hand dur
ing the crisis which, 1t was foreseen, the
second trial OF DBEYFUs would provoke.
The gravity of the present situation in
France will now be recognized. NJ. WAL
DEcK-RoUssEAu does not dare to convoke
Parliament before the term to which 1t was
prorogued, lest he should be forthwith
beaten In the Chamber and succeeded by an
Anti-Dreyfusard Premier. Indeed, 1t Is not
improbable that the Chamber would treat
NJ. LoUBET as it treated NJ. GBEvY, and de-
cline to accept at his hands any Ministry
at all, thus driving him to resign, in the
hope Of being able to replace him by Chief
Magistrate infexibly opposed to revision
OF DREYFUs's sentence. But IL may be
said, there is an alternative course open to
President LoUBET and to Premier WAL
DRoK-RoUssEAU. With the consent OF tho
Senate. which they would be almost GER
tain OF securing, they could dissolve
the present Parliament and order the
election OF n new Chamber OF Deputies.
Unfortunately, they share the conviction
Of well-informed onlookers that consid-
cradle, II not large majority Of French
men are opposed to revision, and, conse-
quently, they would have nothing to gain
by an appeal at the present moment to the
electors. II, on the other hand they can
manage to roach the autumn without en-
countering dangerous popular outbreak,
and, especially, il DREYFUs should be
acquitted by the second court-martial,
they can face the present Chamber, reas-
scmbled, without fear Of its probable hos
tility, for the existing Cabinet was framed
for the sole purpose Of coping with tenn
porary emergency and never expected to
be long-lived. We're tho Dreyfus question
once settled, President LoUBET would have
no objection to a Cabinet headed by NJ.
incline, who is still the strongest single
politician in the Chamber Of Deputies.
What Premier WALDECK- ROUSSEAU and
his gallant colleague General DE GALLIFET,
arc trying to assure is the performance OF
an act OF justice in the teeth not only ofthe
whole French army, but Of a majority Of the
Chamber OF Deputies and OF the people Of
France. All the more honor to them II they
succeed.
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TRADE CONGRESS TOPICS.
Tbirty-one Governments to be Represented
at Philadelphia In October.


pu,,ApELPHrA, Aug. 23.-The international
Commercial Congress. to be held during
the National Export Exposition. will be a not
able gathering for the discussion Of trade
and commerce. Thirty-one foreign govern
ments have 80 far accepted the invitation to b
represented at the Congress, and have named
delegates many OF whom are men OF world-
wide reputation. Up to Aug. 10. 128 foreign
Cbambers OF Commerce and other organize.
tions OF like character had named delegates to
the Congress, Many OF these are business
mon who will speak for trade In South Amer.
ica. Europe, South Africa. India. Australasia.
China. Japan. and other countries. They will
come prepared to discuss the commercial con-
ditions Affecting trade relations between tho
ITnited States and the countries which they re-
present Several hundred American Chambers
OF Commerce, Boards OF Trade. and similar orr
carnations will be represented at the Congress.
The delegates will be business men OF high
rtandiny There will be every opportunity for
n full and fair discussion OF all topics affecting
international trade by men particularly inter-
ested and competent to consider every phase
presented
The Pan American Congress. organized by
the late James G. Blaine. and the Commercial
Congress held in connection with the meeting
of tho Advisory Board OF the Philadelphia
museums In 1897, were attended by delegates
representing the American continent alone.
The influence of these gatherings was far
reaching The coming Commercial Congress
will have an influence that will reach to all
quarters OF the globe
Arrangements for the Congress. which will
opcn in the Exposition Auditorium on or about
Oct. TO- are being made under the I'M
mediate supervision of Director-General VIII
son. The Congress is under the auspices OF
IN" Philadelphia Commercial Museum, OF
which DR. Wilson IL the Director. 1t will he
opened with imposing ceremonies, President
Mckinley has been invited to make the prn-
cipal address The deliberations OF the Con-
gress will be uniformly, in the English
language A number of leading American citI-
zens have been invited to open the discussions
on various groups Of subjects and. II possible to
act as chairmen while the subjects comprised
in the discussions opened by them arc under
consideration. .
Among the subjects that will be dealt with
are such matters as improvements in the Com
! sulur service. and in Custom House regulations;
commercial education: the parcels post; the
nter-oceanic canals; international bank ing.
and the commercial probems arising from
the new spheres OF influence acquired by the
United States.
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PEHrH ANNOY. n. J.. Aug. Il.
Complaint of BrooLIyn Car Service.

To THE EprroH or THE sUN-ISri "How long.
o Lord howlonG" arc residents Of Brooklyn com
PEELED to pAtronne the old Nassau lne to suffer the
evils of the rAeked. worn ont jsrhy old cars-cars
with fat wheels. broken springs and Vornout batter
les. challenge any one to show mo in any city in
this land with population OF 100 900 and over, 90
utterly miserable . service. both to Equipment
and convenience to the public TheTe has bean no
increase of transfsr but the contrary the servioe
would puzzle any ono TO know. when landing at Full
ton Ferry. how 70 get TO Seventh avenue or FRI
avenue
Surely there Ia . wide opportunity for great i'm
provomont In the street car Servios Of Brooklyn.
NEW YoAK. Aug. "A. OR
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The Woman In tho Moon.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sir: Your correspond
ent, "W ]. A.. "of Denver. Col. in your issue OF to-
day seems much perturbed A. TO what has become
of tho man In the moon" Well he may be- for the
man IL no longer there. Luna. sweetest orb Of the
night. hArbors him more. Lovely woman has
displaced him. No dream. either.
To prove this proposition Let our friend ''w. J. A."
whose brain in his mAturor ID clear and steady
take An observation Sept 10 EeIt He will
need no glass OF any kind TO what . change has
como the face Of our satellite In these in Do
Si1cIs days
As the brilliant attendant of our planet sweeps up
tho eastern sky he will see. tho night b clear the
nne oleAr-cut GreciAn features In pronle OF the
woman in the moon gazing with steady eye toward
tho north.
There she ia. and ~ much in evidence arc her
lovely earthly sisters.
Tho MAN in the Moon" IL gone. All hail TO the
WomAn's face.
Long may abe look down upon this gray old giobas
4 @ WATEIz1GoRAs
EAAr onAAOHs \. j.. Aug. a.
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THE FATHER OF PEyMANsHIP.
Spencer Wrote His First Characters Upon
Bark and the Sands of the Beach.
.Eron The PhiLddklphid Rkoord

GENEVA, O.. Aug. 19-There Is a project
on foot here to erect memorial library to the
memory OF the worlds greatest penman, Plat
Il. Spencer. The new building will be OF stone.
and is to cost $4,000 Besides an extensive
library it is to shelter the historical collections
OF Ashtabula county.
In this town of some 5000 inhabitants spen-
Ger lived In the early days Of the Western Re-
serve, and In the little log school house. which
WAS also his residence. he f1rst taught writing
This little log house is fresh in the memories
OF hundreds OF the most successful men and
women OF the United States, who In early days
came from all sections OF the country to attend
this school. which was commonly known a.
"Jerico" or the LOG Seminary"
Spencers life was filed with hardships. and
oil that he attained was gained by hard study.
hard work and strength Of purpose. He could.
therefore. as a teacher. appreciate the hard.
ships OF his pupils in their struggles Tor an
education. 1t was as much spsncers attitude
toward his pupils as his capabilities that made
him famous as an instructor. Although Spen-
Ger was q teacher of many branches his
specially. as is well known. was penmanshtp.
The beautiful characters Of the Spencerian
system Of writing are taught to-day most OK
tensively in every State In the Union.
sands BY the waters edge. on the bark OF trees
lake steamer. Long before he had attained
the age Of eight years his great desire was 70
Even at this early age his hardships in pur-
suing his chosen work are noticeable. for up to
He had heard wnps psp .. M
uses however. and 1t was his great desire to
at Ia. SofsSf sass et hs State IL ss then
tive town. This point was q Mecca for lumber
men In those days. who often traversed dis.
lance OF twenty miles to the nearest town Of
any size.
To one OF these lumbermen the ambitious
boy intrusted what was probably his first pen-
ny. instructing him to buy him sheet OF pa
per before his return. 1t was nearly midniRht
but Platt was waiting for him, and with the
precious sheet before him in his room he
began to write.
While in school at Conneaut. this county.
Spencer asked perm ission to build a partition
around his desk. that he might study alone
Ills penmanship was 50 not"eably fin e1 mat bs
was levied upon TO write copies for the entire
writing class Of tho school, These copies wore
times were verses OF poetry containing some
gem Of thought, He once wrote poem ON
The Pen" which is considered his best,
no countenance to the pupil who was inclined
TO waste his time. He would however. stay
hours d after school to assist the willing publ
feIt interest in their welfare,
ut 1t is for this reason that his pupils. though
nov vel along In years. seek to member
ruff. OF New York city. has erected a stone a
the grave OF Mr.. Spencer in Geneva Cemetery.
and on this stone are the following vords:
PLATT ROGERS SPENCER
1soo-1soH
'n0f R 81 sPsn's Bsnets esa %An'hn
''iiif E 3 T IT, '; s; Es'
by permission
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CHILps FRIENDSHIP FOR US.
Gillian Ohicer Ridioules tho Scheme for .
South American Alliance Against Us.

Gillian Onicer Ridiou1es tho Scheme for .
South American Alliance Against Us.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Si-. have
read your editorial on the South American
alliance against the United States. and beg to
inform You thatthe Repu blo OF Chill will never
join any such alliance. especially the present
generation. as we Chilians look up to the United
States as our father. Why. all OF our laws
and our Constitution are mostly copied from
Uncle Sam. OF course. nil OF your readers know
that n few years ago We Ind a little tiff with the
United States. and we made ample apology for
our cheek. or course. we are still youn xsters
but every year we are advnnci and following
in the footsteps OF tho United States. Our Gov
eminent Ia about the strongest in South Amer
lea. Argentina. with a man like Julio Roca as
President, would have been given more credit
to- For man OF his integrity to visit Brazil and
moot to the Brazilian President the formation
OF an alliance against North America. Ia ridi-
culous.
or course. 1t would be n blessing to humanity
for country like North America to take the
Banda Oriental or Uruguay. as it is a known
fact that every three months there is revolu-
ton in it. Since President Cuertas OF the Re-
public has taken over the chair for space
less than eighteen months there have been four
attempts at revolutions. Your read ers may re-
member how the last President. Borda. was
shot down Mt the church door on their day Of
Independence.
All your readers may remember our Gillian
war with Peru and what drubbinR we gave
her. aud last year it looked as II Argentina
wanted US to do tho same; but thank God .
while we have such long headed man as our
President at the head OF our Government he
will always use every resource Of Diplomacy
to tide over all trouble. but Argentina. how
ever. knows full we'll that we will brush her
away II she should go too far with us.
We Chilians are known all the world over as
the Anglo-Saxons or English OF South America.
You are quite right: the Italians predominant
in Argentina, and they are trying hard to get
control OF representation. The Germans are
a very big element, and In Buenos Ayres alone
there ia over forty millions OF English capital.
Do not for ono moment let your readers
imagine that we Chilans will ever agree to
such fooishness or pig headed stupidity as
springing an alliance againstthe United States.
Our obligations to tho Stars and Stripes areltoo
many. and I do not think that any one power
in this world can say honestly that we are an
ungrateful young republic.
GILLIAN ARMY OYFIoER
NEW YORK. Aug. %
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To EDITOR THE SuN-!Sir: Your CORE
spondent "Crittenden" goes back to tho Transvaal
Of some fifteen years ago for material for his
marks about the Beers aud the negro natives. With
all modesty beg TO say have como direct from
South Africa after staying some nine months in Cape
Town and two years in Johannesburg It Ia not only
the Hottentos who are as playful as children
that Is the Characteristic Of the Zulus the finest
body Of natives in South Africa for physique and
the most light hearted but in war the warlike
To md them light hearted, however, you must turn
from the Transvaal to English territory, viz Natal
where they are judiciously handled.
No one who has spent any time in the Transvaal
in recent years can deny that the Dutch arc ex-
ceedingly brutal to all the blacks. ''Dutchman no
good" is the expression always forthcoming from
the poor belabored niger" Restricted freedom
is but little distance removed from absolute
slavery. and In many instances tho results
1t suits your correspondent TO dwell upon British
entertainments and oppression but 1t will require
ton Of argument for whitewashing square inch Of
Dutchman. and those who acquainted with the
Boer methods will bear me out Piety and petty
theft accompanied by uncleanliness. are the Boer's
stock in trade The natives whose country the Boer
has appropriated cannot walk about without .
badge number and license.
1t is of no use barking back fifteen years ago.
The question is. What il the position to-day1
Tho Boer farmer was always happest when his
homestead was beyond tho scope OF his neigh boris
vision whom the Boer treasury 40 depleted that
they wero obliged TO raise a loan by penny paper
10 Us to meet a bill of f3oo sterling. But when
the English discovered for them that there gold
in their country, and English capital invested
to produce it, the Boer in authority soon became q
very different gentleman from the Arcadian species.
"Thank You very much indeed for your assistance 10
erchequer. but civil rights? DEAR nor After all,
q great deal Of the prejudice existing the part Of
the Beers to the Utlanders is due to tho Holander
element who get the fat bilets for which education
10 necessary and who do their best to keep wide the
breach. J. LIMERICK.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.
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A Country with One Policeman.

From the Boston Green Bag
There Is ono country in the world, and probably
only one, which gets along with single police.
man: that is Iceland. Iceland is peopled by the
descendants OF Vikings including many famous
warriors and heroes but they are so law-abiding
that they have no need Of policemen Tho soil
tary officer. in spite OF his great responsibility,
has a very easy time. He is maintained more
for ornament and dignity than for use. The
Ioelanders think ii would not do to have capital
without a policeman, and so they keep one. This
police force Is large In one sense. Its member 10
six feet high. broad shouldered, and Handsomely
uniformed.
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think that we should. in the interest Of our
agricultural classes seek TO strengthen present
position In favor of sound and safe money by legally
enactnG the single gold standard at the next session
OF ConHress.-Secretdrv Wtiton.
II Secretary WILSON will look at the Act Of
Congress OF Feb. IL. 1873. commonly called the
Mint act, he will find 1t declared in section IA
OF that act, that the gold dollar OF 258 grains
shall be the unit OF value" and that silver as
q standard is repudiated. This provision OF
the act has never been amended or repealed.
and"leRally enactinR the single gold standard"
would be only enactinR what 10 already law.
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tricts turn rather on purely personal than
on political considerations. The same num-
Der OF Assemblymen are TO be voted for this
year as last, but as the Republican Senate
holds over for another year and the Gov
ernor is In Office for the same length Of
time. and no United States Senator Is
to DO elected, there is danger that the
election will not provoke the interest it
daeervaa
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Door Destroying the w.,srmsIou Crop.
Ruu r.e 81 Loui, c,1on. n.,..,,

nuTHRth Okla. Aug. 2O-A remarkable
EC,inplhunt mas been fled with tho Territoral
hains WARREN, For two years the shooting u
deer has been absolutely prohihtei in the ter
ritory; ana the animals have become vsrV
ar raising watermslons. com plain thai herds
o. 90 me ger come every night 60 their patches
an S t AZ the rtpe melons. They are forbid.
S son tne 9ame warden prosoSkieA IaT thakR
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From ns Sing Sing Star Of Hops.

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u change banjo. mouth organ a pair OF MAJ
ketA, 81 MOODY and banksy tracts aud three PIKE
Sernon1 by IAlmARe for . jack SrIeW, q thret-eors
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II o E1cHANGE-A person owning life intero-1 in
- small, but comfortable furnished Apartmst
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ehohAn1S the same for blanket, q yellow doc and
country on The face OF the globe. Address Lie
IooD BUSINESS oPPuRTUNITY.-A party bSvv--
a.. LIZ en eNhtyeArs stontrcutting contract with
nc sttts wishes TO relinquish IL. Any person NAV
nave me iAms II he can make the proper Aranp.
nSs oossd ErSnd music By ftrinS aud brasa band
= tnvsstEetS4 70 Be AplFo6Ste1 IaSrsN a auss
Thing 0Solge. Clinton u oooo
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PAnm-Kosqus No. II. near Grand Hotsl. and
Eiosqus Ne. 10. Boulevard doa capucines.