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JOHN ROLL MCLEAN has any longing left for
the nomination for vcc-President, he might
help TO steer tho convention to Hamilton
county but it is possible that he has had all
the toys he wants for the present
Some OF the New York Democrats seem
to think that they would like to have the
convention meet in this town. The Hon.
RICHARD CROKER Is, or was at the time OF
his departure from these shores, Bryanite
In good and regular standing. So Is the
rest OF Tammany SO Is the New York
Democracy In general. But its orthodoxy
is much suspected. From time TO time the
most fervent silver Democrats Of New York
have to arise and snort defiance, and the
West and the South by the union Of which
Mr.. BRYAN was To rule to the exclusion OF
New York and the perfldous East gener-
ally, have none too high an opinion OF the
orthodoxy Of the New York Democrats.
As the headquarters Of the Money Power.
New York is theoretically an abomination
to the Bryanites II Is their duty to have
1T whenever that wicked name Is mentioned.
II would seem ludicrous to have the Demo-
cratic wcath-denouncers assemble in New
York. but surely where the crime Is, there
should the publishers be. Here is the evil
to DO reformed and here should the re-
formers come. Mr.. BRYAN says he is not
afraid to have the convention here. Neither
is New York. But there are Populsts less
philosophical than Mr.. BRYAN In their view
OF the enemy's country.
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Tho Trust,s New Friend.

We have just had q Wall Street panic.
Ordinary business trade and manufactures
doomed throughout it all without tremor.
No one was hurt but tho owners OF money
and the votaries OF its power. But great
many Democratic journals are seriously
concerned about IT, They are inclined to
treat 1t as n calamity and a sign that the
Currency bill In Congress should be beaten
as dsturber OF Wall Street.
The worst sufferers on the price list were
as Is well known. the lndustrials, the great
consolidation Of small manufacturing busi-
ncsses into great captalistlc trusts. with
shares to be bought and sold. The Atlanta
Constitution having discovered that Indus
trials employ industrial workers." jumps
to their defence like tiger OF many tears:
Louder become tho declarations OF gold stand.
ard newspapers that 1t was only iniustriais
which were hurt. Only industrals. That 10 ALI
Tho work Of tho man in the hnld the sweat and toll
OF the multitude. tho labor OF tho masses which
from sunrise to sunset In every section OF the union
haste he rendered uncomplanncly. and without
reward. while the few people whose privilege It is
In the money centr = to own tho gold laugh and
chuckic. because while the gold holder l. safe In
his fort. is only the foolish Industrial worker who
has lost all he Ia worth.
1T we'll that tho matter has assumed thi, shape
and that the people OF the country at large can SEQ
that their enterprises and ventures are regarded but
as pswns. TO be reeklessly aung about by men who
have no care for either the country the people 40
long as speculation gives them temporary Ady.u.
tasc.'
The People of this Country their enter
priscs and ventures?" Have the trusts these
enterprises and ventures Of the people"
become the special care of Organism It
looks so. The antitrust issue appears to
h" blasted. The Man with tho Hoe has
been discovered TO be partner.
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"DoN'r 0IrT UP TIE SHIP.
A Statement as to the Origin OF Ono of tho
Famous Battle Sayings.
Fror he Hartford oxront

From ne Hartford ouront
The Office OF the iconoclnst is on the whole. a
rather undesirable one. and the question
whether faith or truth IL the more valuable
possession to the human soul Is still open for
discussion. These thoughts occurred while
Dec. III, entitled Famous Battle Sayings,
u, But the phrase Don't give up the ship"
therein attributed to the dying Lawrence ia
now so firmly imbeddcd In our naval history
mat me props which support Its truth can
probably be knocked away without any fear
Of serious INJURY to the superstructure OF faith
There Ia no doubt that the phrase was spoken
on the deck Of q ship or In the room OF an
editor. perhaps are not, when properly con-
stdered. matters OF serious moment venture
therefore on rem iniscence.
somewhat more than flsty years ago IL hap
nened TO me 10 meet at the house OF a mutual
Russell; Tor many years editor OF the Boston
ttnhneL She was bright. interesting woman
and u brilliant raconteur and she told ma n
number OF anecdotes OF her father who was "A
strongly individualized and notable char acter
ior good many years. Among them was tho
following: ~ VIZ
g The battle between the Chesapeake and tho
shannon took place Just OF the Massnohus etts
coast. and sailor In some way got ashore and
hurried to Boston with the news. IL WINS in
the night and he went straight to the Cenfinel
ONCE, where he found Major Russell, to whom
he told the story including the death OF Law
renee renee .. What were his last words'" said the
kn "o say .ad P1 "a. gave rE the shIp Don't
majGr III mako him say it"-and he did-so
much for history. ~
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From AN AMERICAN IN TBE Trans
van.
A Georgian in tho South African Repub-
lie n stout Defender of the Boers.

Georgian in the South African hepup'
lie n stout Defender OF the Boers.
TorHr EDITOR OF THE suS-Sr: am from
Savannah. Ga. was born and raised there. and
/ will give you my view OF the situation mere ms
an American.
I Tho real cause Of this unholy war is that the
millionaire capitalists llessrs. Bcit Co.. j. u.
Robinson. Ecstein X Co and many hundreds
! OF others. guided nv Mr. Cecil John Rhodes and
; J. Chamberlain, wish the country for Its great
wealth Of gold aud to reimburse them Tor their
losses In Rhodesin and the Chartered Com
pany England. too. frightened Ivy the AZ
I rikandcr- Bond victory IN Cape Colony. and
! afraid OF losing her prestige In South Africa.
jumrs at any excuse 10 coerce tho whole OF
/ South Africa To her ends. The Beers are "A
plain. lIbertv-lnvins people. and no drawer peo-
pie ever fought around Richmond. or at Ma
nassas and Gcttyshurg. and may the God above
us shed Victory on their arms and deliver them
forever from the chicanery and trsachery Of
Great Britain.
There are thousands Of people from every
part Of the globe here. and strange to saw no
one had grievances cxcent the Brit ah The
famous document with 21.0O0 signatures was
forgery from beginning to end. Probably
1000 names were genuine. but the aigners
were misled as to the purport OF the papers.
The solicitors for signatures were paid one
shilling per name and in many cases one mun
signed twenty to thirty names. The names OF
people LONG dend we're found on the sheets.
A document containing 23.OO0 genuine sigma
lures was sent TO Offset the first one. but Eng
land consigned II TO tho waste basket. All OF
this can be proved and II has been proved.
Can nothing be done 10 help this small
country Cannot patriotic America do some
thing Remember that one OF the COM
manders now fighting for this country raised
1000 Boer volunteers to help America In her
fight with Spain. This corps> was raised at
Kr0gersdorp by Commandant yijeon and
think was formally offered to our Consul
General here.
Some idea OF how the war Is going can be
formed from the results Of the fights up tn
this time. They arc about thus: Beer
prisoners taken by the English. 1888: Boers
killed and wounded. about 200: English
prisoners taken by Beers and Free State.
nearly 1000; English killed and wounded.
about 800
This Ia n good beginning for our people. and
though we nro gaining victories lighting Ave
times our number in each engagement. We
have many thousands OF English still to deal
with. and God alone knows what the fnal re-
suit will be. This much you may take as GER
tain, the two little republics will never give up
and will fight from kopje to kopje until no
man Is left TO tell the tale. Many Am orleans
are at the front fighting and shall Join In a
short time. GEoRorAS
FoRpsBURo. g. A. r., Nov. 1.
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THE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL.
Its Passage Urged by a Prominent Southern
democratic PAPER.

From a, N,v Ori,dnf rm,i. Dsms erd,
The news comes from Washington that the
prospects OF passing nt this session a subsidy
shipping bill. on the lines Of the measure
pending In both houses OF Congress and known
az the Hanna. Payne bill are quite favorable.
IL appears that Informally before adjourn.
ment the leaders OF the Senate agreed TINT.
after the holidays the financial bin. which has
already passed the House. should first be
taken up. and that, after It Ind gotten well
under way. the shipping bill and the Hawaiian
bill should be the next in order. Brought IN
for consideration at 80 early a date thera
should bo no difficulty In placing the shippinp
bill on the statute book before the end OF the
session. - Wv
, And there is not an interest in the United
states that more urgently needs something TO
wo hav" pointed out on several occnsions
american ships carried only between \ per
cent ann " per cent ni American commerce
across the ocean the AT wear: and our lack
OF thirs to do our own carrying cost tho Amer.
lean neon" Somewhere In the Vicinity OF 800
ooD.OoO in thctweIyc months.
We ara surely standing in our own IIoht"
when we pay foreign shpowners this largo
sum sum o. money every year to do our carrying
selves, Foreign governments are more en-
iightened over This ocean; carrying business
than "" are: they giya liberal subsidie. 10
their shirowncrs 10 encourage them in huild.
ing and running merchantmen while We give
our shpownerS not cent but meagre rate
for carving mail. >'
The pending Itnnna-Payne bill proposss N
give American shirOwnerS such n modest SUBJ
sldy Tor their vessc Is ns will make up 10 them
Tor IN" difference in tho cost Of labor on this
sue and N" other sid" OF the Atlantic And.
~ pr9posinG to give them this modest subsidy
me MI provides thnt no vessel shall receive n
subsidy until her owner enters into a contract
WIN tine Government to set about building
another vessel OF similar dimensions-n pro.
vision which will OF course secure the d6ubIinu
or more possibly tho trebling or uundrnnlinc
years. " " VI ''oo
The lianna-Payne bill or some mensure nm
nearly its lines. ought 10 ne put on the .tatuta
nook tins session: and II IL pleasing, therefore,
TO hear that the chances are rosy
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A Society Impostor.

FROM u, Nenrsr Epeaino I'ost
In the !olge % Sway. Backed Susan,
L,airr ~ the Ute Four Hundred
All the KINGS and qu ems OF fashion
That the fragrant tribe could hoa,t ~
Gathered Tor fcstAl blowout
There was Dick aud Mrs. Bu Elk.
MnIn4 rh Sn , AMI his best squawlet,
B"ssle knoctS thr. Fellowship,
p'llSn Ellyn & .ins.the.Rabbit
sleepy Jim and Chicken Swiper.
,,plonel * ihk'ThHt' Snik es. tho Brepyrp
And lot OF other Flyers
lrum the Rilded coop Of fashion.
twas the annual dinner given
by fair Sway Backed Sue in honor
~ the death OF her last husband.
VINO was angelic | quite sudden
hy an expert qIick'shot paleface
,hnuhd whose henhonse he was snoopinp
IN tho chatting dish the don meat
IRON blooded bull pup simmered.
on ths Goals the tripe was bro,Iinu'
Ana the heavenly aroma
per!OlstinD through tbe,wigwam
nhftei every nose TO twitchinp
Thrilled with fond anticipation
"a " sped the dAnse du ventre
70 the beating OF the tom tom
ana the bead. d Precipitation
1uou upon the smoke-cured facaA
Ilte mo warts upon the hoptoAd
suddenly shrek OF horror
tmark"d with streak OF Indignation
And d' sb br" sa. W. - sway backed Susan.
IN IN the ear and swiftly kicked him
through the portal OF theteepee
U,ut into the shimmering moonlight
a. so msa claimed TO be a blue'blood.
lacking not = Sish. flown feature
And as such had won her favor.
put she then and there discovered
tor 20 her no had admitted
In literary confAb
IhAs ned not read David uArumi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30
RELIGION IN THE TRhysvJ1L.
Tho Religious Spirit OF tho Rosrs Nourisbed
by Study of tn. Old Testament.
Translated from n, Lutlsr,,eh. Kircherssi,o bv "A.
Liternrp Lnptsk


by Study Of tho Old Testament.
Translated from n, LuD,r,ieh. Htrch,r,,;,uno n, "a.
Literary i1p,,t
The State Church Of tho Trsnsva.l Is thu pu,c,
Reformed and to It belong the greater portion OF
the population. fully 10000 The latest statisties
accessible give 100 adhcr ,nts to other branchss
or tho Dutch church. d,Hsi to the Episcopal tths
hgure Is now considerably higher, 8ss6 to IN,
wesleyan MethodSts 5000 TO tho Catholics and
LOO TO other Christian denominations These
statistics are Of the wLito population only
Not only the President but also tho n,mbsr. y,
both legislative branches. must belong 10 tho
Protestant Church. The meetings Of tho volksrnad
or PariI2ment must, according to law be opeped
and closed with prayer. With the exception OF a
few special kinds OF labor It is strictly 10
do any work on sunday.
In general. tho Beers are characterized h. . MAO
nouncod traditional pietT OF tho Reformed type Il
Is chiefly nour.rhed by the study Of the Old T..,.
ment especially Of the historical books and love, to
employ and initiate Old Test tment erample. and
pictures. In n genuine Boer family the Bibl. LA.
upon the centre table and every day IL openod and
closed with family prayer. A collection OF sermon.
Is taken along when on Journey. and public ser.
rices are attended regularly, even ~ at great sacr
nee and trouble. A. tho farms arc large and tina
people widely scattered. public services can pftan
lie held at irregular intervals only, A. on.
pastor often has charge Of hundreds Of SQUARE
miles or territory. Great interest 10 accord
ingy attached to tho regular quarterly meat
inG'' whom not n member NJ tho family, except no
sick fails to appear. On such occasions vAst mul.
titudo OF wagons surround the church and the oeie
braion OF tho Lord's Supper is frequently followed
by services that last for several days Tho Boer re-
CARDS himself hs specially honOred II the dominic
Tor whom he has great respect. visits his house
Then the neighbos called in and public services
arc held.
The ORTHODOX Beers are divided Into tive oommun.
ions, tho Afgoschedene or Doppers. who IN their
services make use OF no hymns but the Psalms and
who ~ general are Of strIcter department than tn.
second sect, who make use OF other hymns Presdsnt
Kruger oelorgs TO the Doppors. and there can he no
donot OF his earnest Christian convictions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30
TWO WRECKS IN THE YUKON
How tho boats Came to Grief in the Rush
of Water and Ice.

Eror he Toronto Globe.
DAWSON. Nov. 14.-The wreck OF the steam.
ers Stratton and Willie Irving has been tbs
only disaster OF our "shut-in" month. Tn.
former IL total loss. the vessel and all that IL
contained OF NATL being crushed and aub.
merged at q moments notice. the passenger,
barely escaping The Willie Irving broke to
pieces moro deliberately, so that all the cargo
was saved. But the vessel itself eventually
disappeared
g The story Of the disaster will doubtless have
reached the East from up river points long be.
fore this letter appears but the full thrill of IL
is only realized rs we listen to the passengers
of the wrecked vessels the majority OF whom
have Just reached Dawson, after weary. dan.
eerous and painful 'mushinR" over the 100
intervening miles At midnight. in the cold
and desolatlon OF late November these two
brave little boats. picking their slow. late way
down the river. now King great bodies OF ics
now threading between huge foes. came toa
pause in n narrow pass between tall cliffs OF
this point beyond all hope OF breaking again
A sudden roar sounded from above them up
a broken jam swept down upon the vessels.
the Ssn TnGn the cur
and anil cnsuied her conn letely, w '''" up'
The NJ, g ,S0 nrG Safsy time
from which place they jumped to the Ice and
scram bleu over the does to the shore. $50 feet
away In two minutes not sign OF the
boat remained
The Irvlng's passengers, less than q quarter
mile away. saw the Stratton disappear, de.
serted their own boat. which was badly crushed
with Ice pressure. and made for the opposite
shore.
Camplres we're liz on the hanks and thu
shiyerin9. terrified people stood around these
while several Of the men found their way to tho
Selwyn y. ", NJ p depot. a quarter. IN lie dis
tnnt Here the women and children. with soma
OF the men. were housed in soma tashon:a
neiehborinS bun khouse took others. There
was neither food nor blankets to supply 40
many. Assistance was telegraphcd Tor 10
Dawson. also to Selkirk. which was only thirty
miles away, but the condition OF the river ren.
dered II difficult to reach the sufferers In
view OF tho lack NJ accom- mediation and the dis
comfort at Selwyn. number OF the men. with
one woman among them. started on foot for
Dawson. Sleds were sent for the OF hers, until
now nearly all have reached their destination.
Money. clothing. jewels were all gone. and only
the memory OF a thrilling and exceptional ex.
perience to retain as a souvenir Of the journey.
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In Iowa, Sioux City's Stock Yards Com.
pany and traction companies and business men
have paid high price to the International
Packing Company TO establish plant in Sioux
City. The Stock Yards Company gave pack
Ing house worth s2OO.OOO, s2OO,000 worth OF
stock In the yards aud 100000 in cash.
number OF private citizens. shrewd business
men. and philosophical gave s50,0O0 and
guaranteed the packers freedom from taxes
for ten years. SO the Packing Company began
operations last Tuesday with 500 men. and
expects to havs 1900 mt work on Feb. !.
Lucky Sioux City: lucky In its capitalists
IL Ia better to bring business to town by
capitalistIc friendliness than to drive II away
by popuistlc SANDER and execration.
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The "Nirht After Chr,,tm.,. -

To THr EDITOR or THE sUS-Sir; In your is.u,
OF to-day ia letter from John streeter OF the
Chatham Republican critcisnR the Frsd,ricrIourpCvA
fre, Lame for publishing the poem entitled "Ths
NiGht After Chris'mat' As a recent production
which Il all very proper. but when he says that b.
put II ~ type from Mr., Bedlow's manuscript, Dec.
~, lhss although the poem was written in
isto) ono would naturally infer that he wouid
nave the public understand that his paper frst
published tho poem. ''
have an old serapbook which have had in nv
posses lon over twelve years which contains The
poem ia question. and rectted IL At A Christn,ss
Tree entertainment seventeen years ago. y
GRAND aoR0k. n. T., Dec. ~. "Ai'
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Mrs. Eddy's Christ ma. Wants.

RIO" ne chr''t'an Science Sentinel. Der. ~.
bEhovED-I ask this favor OF all Christian scieu-
nNs' DO not send to me on. before or after the
n'omihe hoiidavs anght material. except three
tea jackets-all may contribute % th.s. ono ,s,rr.
10 value material things only as one needs them;
an" the costliest things arc those that one needs
least Among my present nssds material are these
jackets Two, OF darkish. heavy silk, tho shade
appropriate TO white hair. Tho third OF thick satin,
go ~. smAae, out nunoiently sombre. Nos I and
~, sna not oyertrinmod by any mes as No 3 for
oeS'' such as she can AFFORD for her drawing room
MARY BAKER FppY,
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AFTER THE YACHT RACE.
A Summing On by an English Expert
Defender Equal to Shamrock.
From IA. london Ydeihns World.

Defender Equal to Shamrock.
From IA. london Yde,nno World
In the first windward race Columbia fairly
outsailed Shamrock on all points. and scored a
deserved win.
In the triangular race. where shamrock's
topmast was carried away. II Is my opinion
that. had the breakdown not occurred. Sham.
rock would have got her worst beating In that
race. / am surprised that Capt. Hogarth
should claim that his ship was ahead when tn,
accident happened. 1t is quite evident, look.
ing ut the pair from the start In this race that
shamrock was not going to weather rs well as
COUNT ia and hat che was falling of.
In the last race whore the pair had plenty ~
wind. Columbia, on AL points OF sailing. showed
and with no topsai on, Tor over two mile.
abe ran BY SHAMROCK about the eighth mills
40 well In the growing breeze. and. besides.
had not an easy movement in the sea. and.
wthstanding the EXTRA inside lead ballast .,
two tons and more. On the contrary. Columbia
favorable IL. whSh s%amroc Ioi ie Rei IN ' T,
during ne later Part OF the race. and when
abe would have been beaten over a mile. and.
In time. lust half again as much as she was
IsSh sham can be much improved at not over
altered also her sail plan; Her mast is too far
at, , and the fore:triangllar Is too long. Tho
her balan and trim wrong With fuller
forebody and longer ends shamrock will be-
helped out, and Mr.. Fife, Jr.. when he went 10
the short ends to save weight. made a mistake.
Mr.. Herreshon. since 1897. hns been working
me other way, and he believes, as do all Amer
than make up for their extra weight
From what / have seen OF Columbia De-
lender and shamrock. would say Columbia.
on every point OF sailing. is superior to sham
rock that Defender on the wind Is faster
run IL Just q tr.fie better than Defender. and
should the latter and Shamrock some together.
En,upo Oh finn In ,,i, rom gun 10 Rui..
latter part OF August for the races
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30

Many Boards Of Aldermen arc accumula-
ting glory. especially By their discreet in
reference in foreign affairs. il il a happiness
to be able TO record an instance OF Aldermen
who have made themselves illustrious by a
new method. Al the annual dinner OF tho Buff
falo Aldermen some OF them diverted them
selves by throwing tho food at their guests.
In spite OF the mental strain caused by tho
Tngal Insurrection and the Boer war. there are
Aldermen capable OF being molly wild at table.
Once more the country IL safe
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Serious Trouble of n Predatory Raoeoon.

FROM me FLORIDA Times Onion and Citis~.
,ST. AUGUSTINE. Dec. pa rather curious IN.
cident occurred at the home OF Levi Lee In New
Augnstlne last night He was awakened from
s,1u M oy unusual noises from the direction
OF ms pig pen; There seemed to be a scuftle,
ssecompanled by terrific squeals from the pigs.
Mr. Lee hastened to the spot, and as he app
struggling through an aperture 10 the fence.
in ns e01h gould scarcely move, and upon
tors had been severed from the body. This
creature was soon put out OF misery. and Q
Iurther lnvcstiRation revealed the fact that the
which had partially eaten the smaller animal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30
Holds Daniel Boone's Note,
FROM IA, csreinnan Enquirer.

lSp1kNAPoLIs. Dec. 27.-Judge Baker OF tho
Federal Court has a genuine relic ~ D.n.in1
Boone hanging oyer the mantsl In his private
apartments in the Federal Building, II ia n
Freeman lol years ago. calling for GA in aoid
or silver. with lawful interest. Ths note was
never laid and i came into Judge Baker's
drawn on an irregular bit OF paper which Judge
Baker has caused TO be mounted and framed
never paid said Judge Baker. refiectiveiv
and II Boone was alive to-day / mioht ~.
tempted to sue him for IT," s"' 10
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30
GibbOn on Ccpturies.

To THE EDIroR OF THE sus-Sir: Every school,
boy knows that charlemssne was crowned Emperor
OF the west on Christmas Day In tho yeaf'soo 4 D.
The following quotation 10 taken from G,bhon..
Decline aud Fall Of the Roman Empire:
on the festival OF Christmas. the last year Of thu
eighth century. Charlemagne appeared in the
Church OF st-retor." &c. need not add that v.r.
Gibbon now living. he would hardly DO puiItv n,
calling the year 900 A. D.. tho nrst Of the
''n'u'!' @. r. JosEs.
VIEWPOINT, n l., Dec. ~.