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Advice TO the Grand Army.

The Grand Army OF the Republic, though
a private organization, follows the rules OF
an army and its members are practically
under military discipline. Gen. A. d.
SHAW. Commander-in-C Chief, issued an
order directing all members to abstain
from participating in the recent parade
in this city in honor OF Admiral DEWEY,
The reason for tho order being, as IL
will be remembered. dissatisfaction with
the place in line assigned to the Grand
Army by the managers OF the parade. The
action OF Gen. KAY, tho Department Com
mander, in asking Post Commanders for
tn" names OF the veterans who marched in
nEwEY's honor, regardless OF the forbidding
order evidently Is the preliminary OF a
court-martial. In directing such court
martial, Commander KAY will be acting
wholly within his technical powers.
Nevertheless, II he does so act he will be
doing something extremely foolish, and
% far as his action can have al effect upon
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that theory and experiment up TO this
time are not adequate for the production
Of satisfactory results.
The airship embodies not only the oriel-
nal ideas OF it's inventor but also improve
ments suggested by the performances OF
some Of its predecessors, notably those Of
the dirigible balloon OF DE SANTos-DuMoNT,
which made free ascension from Paris In
September last year. and the slrship
built iu 1885 for the French Military
Balloon Corps, which attained u speed
OF about twelve and half miles an hour
and returned several times to It's point OF
departure. In one respect Count ZEPPELIN
has made radical departure from the ideas
ofsome men who have given much attention
to air navigation. It has been contended
that aluminium would prove inferior to
steel or even to the best spruce as the
framework for an airship. but aluminium
forms the entire frame Of the Zeppelin con-
struction. Major BADEN-PowELL, who
saw the slender skeleton after 1t had been
put together on the floating dock. all ready
for the outer covering. said that IL sug-
gested a stupendous bird cage. Within
this covered frame. sharply pointed at
bow and stern. are the balloons that will
give the necessary buoyancy and beneath
are the aluminium gallery and cars and the
engines that are to drive the vessel. The
total lifting capacity will be about ten tons,
four times the buoyancy OF the French
military balloon; and in all It's proportions
this immense continuance surpasses its
predecessors as the Oceanic does an ordl-
nary steamer.
1t 10 estimated that the engines will drive
the vessel at the rate Of twenty-five miles
an hour. This is slow speed in these days,
but II the idea Of the vessel Is correct i'm
provements in such details are sure to
follow. What Is wanted Is IN airship. and
the rate OF speed in the successful pioneer
vessel is OF subordinate Importance. So
much money and skill have never before
been expended on such an enterprise and
the results OF the investment will be
awaited with great interest.
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Tho Lat. David A. sayr, OF K.n,,cIx

To THr EDITOR ~ THE suS--Sir' the srS. in n
recent notice. refers TO the founder Of the
banking house OF David A. sayre Of Lexington
Ky. i" a scotehman and iincrsnt sIlversmith
who could only write his name" His family was
English. coming here about 1929. His father. Del.
con Ephraim sayro OF Madison. Y. j.. owned the
sayre Homestead. now the historic house OF Nadi
Hon. where Gen. Wayne was entertained, and made
his headquarters MIR. ssyrc went West in 1911
with little capital besides his own character and
settled In Lexington Ky, beginning life there on
us own resources as silversmith and employ
ing his own apprentices Mr. sayrc. school educs-
non was good a. his native town afforded at that
Time; his home education was ona " u thousand
AZ he acquired and distributed his forum. Ken.
lucky had no more liberal factory in educAtiona al
progress.
70 tunan 10 that community TO which such young
men az WAS Mr. SAvrs may be 'itnerant,' And
faithfully will Kentucky cherish his memory!
CHARLOTTE bAYRE BooRMAS.
FoRr wAsHnoroS. New York city.
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War;.
Frp~ tie London Da,lv CArsrfeIs.

FROM tie Lo~do~ Daily CArsnters
Private Smith Of the Royals; the veldt and sl.ts-
black sky.
Hnloets OF mud. brtoh.red with blood and . prayer
half oursc-to die.
lung and . MAuser bullet: pink froth and half.
choksd CRY.
Private Smith Of the Royals; torrent Of freezing
rain:
hail of frost life half lost; despair and grind
ing pain.
And the drip.drip drip of the Heavens to wash out
the brand OF Cain.
Private Smith OF tho Royals. self.soundng his fun.
erai hneli;
burning throat that each gasping note scrapss raw
like = broken she'll
thirst like red hot iron and tongue like patch
of He'll.
Private Smith of tho Royals: the blush OF dawning
day;
Tho fading mist that the sun has tl,ssd-and over
tho hills away
Tho blest Rad Cross like angel In the trail OF the
men who slAy.
But Private Smith of the Royals gazsd up at the soft
blue sky
The rose'tinged morn like babe new born and the
sweet'songed birds on high
With deck OF rcd on his pAllid lip and a MIN of
"hite on hiseye. HERBFRT CADET.
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Count Zeppelin's Airship.

The dlriglble airship which Gen. Count
ZEPPELIN has been building on tho shore
OF Lake Constance, near Mecrsburg, Baden,
Ia nearly completed. and its designer
and the scientific men who have approved
his plans arc confident that IT, will
aoon DO ploughing the air, not as tho
wind lsteth but as the man Mt the steer
ing apparatus directs. Practical builders
" airships have often declared that il is
not necessary to make them OF great
sizo In order to demonstrate their qualities.
The Zeppelin contrivance, however, IL
lcviathan in its way, rs large as most
oattleships, and on the day it Is set afloat
Its entire cost will he something over
100000, including tho shed, more than
1000 feet long, built out over tho lake ON
pontoons. in which the great ship has been
put together, Tho fact that 80 large q sum
hould he raised To test tho value Of the
invention shows Astounding fifth In its
practicablllty. The money was not raised
until commission, including many OF the
eading scientific experts ~ Germany, had
lnreservedy endorsed the plans and tho
teronautic Societies Of the Empire, with
mat of Wirtemberg at the head, are behind
he enterprise. tn" airship, therefore. Inns
the approval Of the most skilled talent
engaged in the study of aGrostatics II
IA regarded ms the best outcome of tho N,
periments made in recent wears in IN.
oui'ding ~ dirigible air vessels, and IL IT,
's'is To he practicable it will merely prove
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American and Anti-American.

The Ohio Democrats have founded their
hopes Of Democratic gains upon Republican
factions and divisions, upon the candidacy
Of Socialist SAM JONES, upon the theory
that there are voters. foreign-born and
domestic. In Ohio, so ignorant as to swallow
the Democratic yarn about secret and
vicious alliance with England, and to be
frightened by SEIZURES gable about impe-
rlalism. In Kentucky the Democrats rely
wholly upon the Goebel system OF count
ing. In Maryland they have lodged
national issues and are depending for VIC
tory upon the sulks Of Senator WILLING
TON and prejudice against the colored men.
In Nebraska the glue is dropping on Fu-
aion, and. after all sorts OF appeals to all
sorts OF voters, BRYAN's best hope is that
he is a Nebraska man and may lose tho
nomination for President II he Is drubbed
at the polls to-day.
On the merits OF the case the Democrats
have no chance. They bring the stale jere-
maids Of the Chicago platform to busy,
>ontented, hopeful. money-making country.
American patriotism, the sense Of Ameri-
can nationality and the pride In 1t, which
now Jingle keensr In the veins than ever
BEFORE they insult by their sympathy with
the Tagalog rebels and by their proposal to
throw away the Philippines. which should
be the enduring monument OF DEwEY's VIC
tory. They order the flag down in the
Philippines. They would close the path to
China, deprive the United States Of in
hispensable outlets for its products and
manufactures, and keep 1t out OF the world
struggle in the Pacific. The Democratic
policy means dishouor In the present. and
ultimate Industrial and commercial ruin.
The planters, the merchants and the manu-
lecturers OF the Democratic South are
already demanding that the United States
shall obtain in China the markets which
che Democrats want TO have rejected. and
which cannot be obtained or held IL the
United States abandons the Philippines.
The old and the new OF the Democratic
principles To be judged to-day are alike In
these points: both the Chicago platform
and the platform Of anti-expansion would re-
suit in staining the national honor and In
injuring business. present and potential.
Through all local jangling. and the multi
plicity OF Democratic non-essential issues.
the matters to DO now decided are clearly
seen. They are the maintenance OF the
national honor, the maintenance OF the
territorial integrity Of the Nation by the
suppression OF the instruction in the
Philippines, the expansion OF American
trade in the Pacific. The Democratic posi-
ton as TO these matters Ia anti-national,
anti-American. The Republican position Is
national. American. and will be sustained
by the country.
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the public mind he will surely bring the
Grand Army OF tho Republic into ridiculc.
Whatever the general view OF the Grand
Army's moral right to lead all professions
OF which IL IL n part, Gen. SHAw's refusal
to let 1t Join in the great popular celebra-
tlon OF Dewey Day except upon Its own
arbitrarily determined conditions oannot
be sustained. The Grand Army's honor
able place In the patriotic affections Of
American citizenship Is recognized and
secure, but such an order as that issued by
Gen. SHAW savors OF pettiness, vanity and
arrogance, and chenpens and degrades the
organization. And in following It up in
the way he has, Commander KAY makes n
bad matter worse. The attempt to punish
the men who turned out for the parade. n
day when the Stars and Stripes hoated at
an extra height, will surely cause trouble,
and possibly lead to disruption OF the
Grand Army.
There is another phase OF the matter to
which we feel bound to allude. and to which
serious consideration should DO given.
1t is idle to deny that there is growing in
this country sentiment strongly adverse
to what are called the excuses Of our pension
legislation. Those showing this sentiment
place tho responsibility for these alleged
excuses upon the efforts and centralized
influence OF the Grand Army OF the Republic.
The existence and increasing power Of this
sentiment must DO admitted. 1t L. a force
that those who get pensions will moro and
more have to reckon with. It is putting
the matter moderately to soy that the
project contemplated by the authorities
OF the Grand Army OF tho Republic will
heavily reinforce the enemy.
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Golfers, Attrntion-Internat Contest nt
the Paris Exposition.

From n, IdH HdH Gazette.
PARIS. Oct. -. Athlete sports tn have an i'm.
portant place among tho side attractions 10 be or.
ganized In connection with next years exhibition.
The subcommittee that is drawing up the pro.
Rrammo OF tho outdoor smuscmonts has Just de.
cided that golf is to DO included among them. An
international contest is TO be got up. OF which the
features will bG two championship matches for
ladies and gentlemen respectively. and ladies and
gentlemAn's handicap. There being no very good
golf ground IN the immediate vicinity OF ParA tho
play will ;hie place at Com pit que ON the ground
which is said to be excellent, OF the local athletic
club. Play will be under the rules OF the NJ An.
drcws Coli Club. and will extend over the last fort
night NJ ncIt April Players DESTROYS TO take part In
the contest should send in their enries through tho
medium OF their club secretary, to NJ. Fourier.
sarloveuc secfstary Of tho sociec lie Sport de Com
pirgue. before March rs, 1900.
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The Two Attempts at seif-Governmens
in NeEros.

To THE EpIron OF THE suS-!Nr' In an edisor.Al
on the " Philippine Commission Report" which AT
poared i'll tho Ertnirg Post OF Nov. 8. and which
enclose herewith. there appears most remArkaNl.
statement in regard to that part Of report whcs
refers to the island OF Segros. II occurs TO thu,
oompsri. OF tho original stateen with the PoI;
version OF IL might be OF interest TO your readers u
will think. he sufficiently evident to you that ,hr
Independent native government established under
stro ny Am ercan 'protsctorate the Fat failure
aud that the governuent recommended BY tn
Commission and succsssfr!ly Put in force by Gen.
Otis was the one referred 10 a. having met with a.
large . measure OF success. Fam PLAY.
NEw YoRk. Nov 4.
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In tho Thick OF It.

From the Piit,JHrg Chronicle Tel,ordph.
Say; whittier 20 these fellows
with hair 50 very long.
Their muscle, indicating
That they arc very strongi
III ir quits are thickly padded,
with pride their faces glow,
some OBJECTS qu,e they carry
Say. whittier do they 30?
These chaps with buiglng muscles
And Padrrewski hair,
With pads OF lArgc Il ,mcnHions
In clothing tnat they wear
Why. they're the seasons heroes,
Who hravclr. strive for fame.
Aud proudly they are gong
To play football Iine.
Whence come these tlit,red follow.
with hair 80 badly torn.
while some, all cut u ID battered,
Are 10y their ComIaueS Lorne7
And hero and there IL limpinx
A chap with handagsd shin.
And su".e have lotI sAes .lAckcned-
Whera Lave these Vi TINS Deenf
They've not been IN e baltic,
Although II 10 III > that way:
Their wounds were not inflicted
by men IN deadly fray.
All. no! these tat,crod fellows,
Some cut, some hiu,Syd, some lame
Are her er whONe been playing
Rugby football game.
They don't regard the bruises,
They never shrink At mir.
For lanrels they arc striving,
luglury they aspire,
They're now tue seAson'a heroes
These chaps u' grit and BRAIN,
bo rall the ainhilIAuces
Aud let the game W ON.
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In the House OF Rrrrs'cn'
tatiypa,

To TIM EpItoR OF THE SrS-Sr' In your issus ~
the 2dth nit, referring 10 tho Fifty sixth CorG~s
and its probable action in relation to our newly A.
qu'rol possessions you state that the RcpurNcNa
party will have less than ten majority over ~
combined opposition.
more serious question ar scs, Ar. tn,IN not See
fact at least five mcmbrr' ele ted - IL. HIty.'It
Congress a. Republicans, who are snrr'u',ly ng.
posed to tho policy OF President NJ Niulav Arl AI
Republican PARTY upon the question of expansion.
Congressman Wadswo TIA OF tho Thructh d.il.'.
IN this State was member OF tho Fift. arm r..'
gr'Bs and RETAINED from voting on tho hll ruih0.-
ling :he President to int,r'oso in Cuban aH4rs ha
voted aga nst the aEur sattru ~ tho iawa.,"
Islands and against tn" pr, .d.at's III EuutuN'
I'll" HUI Mitarr bill Tor IN r'or-lni,atruta. -'
lar:cm"nt ot til" rrSula army.
ThcS" were all Administration mca .ures auh n.
fad that ;h'r" are tire four others IN the '.
Representative of the F.tty.si1th Con srcs
elected ~ Republicans. who Win vote Win n
Dem 7''A' upon all mcasur' pertaining T., q .
g"NcruNont "i our new pO,lyssiuus
There Al" Administration Republicans aud Az
naldo Ropuhlrna.. how man. Of the h',,. A.
there ~ NO NV = 9Th I,ngrc,.g
BATAVIA y y" N"', l. LSrA'si. ',r,
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Wireless Telepraphy.

The Imagination revels in the wide field
for speculation regarding tho applications
which seem likely to be made OF the Mar
conf system OF wireless telegraphy.
II is probable now that by reason OF the
uninterrupted plane Of the oceans surface
the more immediate utilization will be
made in connection with the various phases
OF life at sea and upon the seacoast. It's
value In commercial naval and life-saving
directions seems well-nigh incalculable. and
the world Is indeed fast becoming tho
Whispering Gallery predicted by clever
prophet. Soon will ships bring in report
Of other ships which passed unseen In the
night, murmuring name and homo port
through the waste Of waters. War fleets will
make combinations which heretofore have
been impracticable, and war itself will be
strangely modified by the ever-present
unexpected, rendered possible by the
capacity to communicate at distance OF
fifty miles. In the manPuvre. the comprc-
hension OF the intentions OF the commander
will be infinitely more prompt. A change
OF intention heretofore impossible in the
slow methods OF yesterday will now become
commonplace. A ship In danger at sea
may now sound her cry for help over a
circle one hundred miles in diameter
Along the shore tho life-saving stations
will set their automatic warning signal on
Ware Shoal," and these will sound through
gale or snow cloud. mist or fog bank. push
ing back the unwary mariner who has
ventured too near the dreaded shore line.
And the principle by which energy is
transmitted without wires Is In its infancy.
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Frow ne CowmtsSio,'s
Report.

Frow TIE Ccmm,iSio,'s
Report.
The people OF Nesr,,
were authorized eo pro
coed with their expert
ment IN government
and promised all post
bic aid and assistance
brt they proved unsb.e
to carry out their pro
gramnIe. " Attn
request OF Gen. OTIS. the
Commission y ep red ,
new and sim plihe
scheme Of governmer
for the island, pl~c!us
American In fun conir
= This system hiss
Just been pu. into opers
ton. The pecp.s are
satisfied. ard punl,o
order 10 better IN tn
island to-day than athr
time during the las
twenty years.
The fat failure a. TIT
attempt to establish ar
independent na;i'e Sav
ernmeutin SeGros nal"
II AppArent that here "
wtll as in the less t,r
ored provinces. n lars
amount W American con
troll IN at presrgi Bh'N
lutely essential : sT'
cessful administration VI
public afalrs
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Tho ARuinaldo Ticket,

IfAouNALDo could vote to-day. he would
vote the Democratic ticket. tits his ticket.
1t is his hope. He Is praying for It. In his
attack upon the United States his allies
are the anti-e1pansionists. especially the
Democratic party"
Tho American Mestizos. the Atkinsons,
Schurzes, Lentzes. Laughlins. will vote
the Aguinaldo ticket.
Vote to support your country and its
war. Vote against AGuISALDo and all the
Aguinaldians from Boston to Luzon. Make
the election figures sour reading for the
gang Of rebels and coddlers OF rebellion.
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The Hon. THOMAS HYPERION GARoAy
OF Boston.a Gold Democrat who IL working his
way back to Bryanite orthodoxy By means
Of anti-im psralism. is an original genius
He says that The Republican party IS
endsavorlng to build up an arstocracy
in this country. under tho pretence OF
supprsssing a rebellion In the Philippines"
We trust that Mr.. GAnGAN will he i'm port cd into
this town next winter and induced to disclose
tho particulars OF this Republican conspiracy.
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From It's editorial perch the Rochester
Union and Advertiser cackles shrllly about the
fight between two beastly bipeds named
JEYFRIKs and sHARKEr. In the presence OF
10000 kindred spirits which embraced
all the thugs. thieves and scoun-
drels OF hlGn and low degree" and so
Oh. On the opposite page are two columns and
three-auartsrs OF solid description OF the com
bat Of the two beastly bipcds in the presence
Of the 10000 kindred spirits. Thus Is Virtue
scorusd to her face and Morality nllipsd 10 the
very moment OF her sXaltation.
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The debate between DR.. Lows Eleven
and DIR. ScHuRMAS's Eleven will DO followed
with unusual sagorness by the young gentle
men at DR.. HADLEY's establishment and DIR.
PATRONS Tho football casuists have rich
opportunities for the display OF their ingenuity
this year
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A LonK.MnndsrtnE Letter.

PALArrSr BRIDaE. n. Y. Nov. 5.-Alotter sent from
this Post osics. June 30. 1888. directed to Mrs.
Tcrsse Wilson. NJ. D.. Cincinnati Ohio. with request
to return in ten days tho envelope. was received
at this post ofce Oct 81 1892 fourtsen years after
the tins Of nrst mailing. Tho postmArk shows tho
letter was received at Cincinnati three days Aftor
being nailed at Palatine Bridge. Tho cause OF tho
delay Is unknown,
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The intelligence and patriotism with
which the Ohio Democrats have conducted
their canvass are fairly displayed In this COM
plimsnt paid to tho army OF tho United States
by the Chairman OF the Democratic state
Committee:
They call them rssulars. but when they are done
lighting the FihpInos whom are they going to
whip
The Ohio Democratic managers seem to think
that the Ohio voters are idiots.
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Col, BRYAN used to write for tho Omaha
World Herald. During his recent Nebraska
rercgrinatlons he has been accompanied by a
poet worthy Of him. Describing in tho World
Herald the Colonel's visit to Alma. the poet told
OF the people who had driven thirty and forty
miles TO see and hear tho great tribune OF
the people" So great wero tho crowds OF
drivers that roads that had been soaked with
three inches Of rain wore beaten lrm ana coy.
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cred with dust" A stern friend Of fact in the
Nebraska state Journal shows TINT tho last
rain that fell in Alma before the coming OF
the great tribune Of the people amounted to
four-hundredths OF an inch. why this inuui-
sition into poetry The Colonel himself Is
rather dlthyrambic than accurate. In tho
Bryanite language, four hundredths OF an
inch OF a rain EQUALS the general deluge.
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Fom Ne E-erfno Pos.

From Ne Ererfno Posi
We think also that tho
Commission were. in one
part OF their report. too
hard upon their absent
colleague. Gen. otis. Ar.
guing the general unnt'
ness Of the natives to
govern themselves. they
spoke of tho fiat fail
ure" Of the attempt to
set mp IAN independent
native governmental Ne
gro.." The Commission.
ers. he II observed. wrote
this under date OF Nov,
:. But only the day no
fore. NOV, !, Gen. Otis
tclegraphed OF the great
success " the nativegoV-
eminent IN Segros.
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Whatever be tho size or want OF size OF
the vote given to the Hon. SAM JONES OF Toledo
to-day. he will not be without a goodly share OF
fame He 10 the nrst candidate fos Governor
to take tho automobile as his stumping wagon
and private car.
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Our spinst-rs and Bachelors.
Erom "a. p,,lad,lpAia R,eo,d

From tie Philadelphia Record.
There arc In the United States to-day b.xaI,TsT
bachelors and a.2c+<s+ spinsters. In the West
there arc ten available males for every maiden and
even in the Northern and Eastern States there ara
actually more bachelors than spnsters twenty years
old and upward No state In the Union he. As many
mAidsns as single mon
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Ticc Better Than nj. Nam.

To tn, EnTnE % ThE srs-Sr' Flee Mark IL
prominent IN 1ainmHny politics in The Br IN, dis
uict, Ihe wors' part Of Fie, 1. h.nau, N
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Keep up the American flag. American
credit. American prosperity.
Keep down rebellion. AGurSALDo. bad Amer
leans and bad dollars.
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u our rSfsrds vho favor W. vth ~drssertpts fer
publication vsA 10 have roeefsd articles retained. nsv
s,.si IN all eases Dnd harps for hat psrposs