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To THE EpIToR OF THE sUS-Sir: One view may
be stated Of the plush not presented in your
paper that It il an effective agency in promoting
nervous disease, especially that known as the
hdgcts." when the affected becomes restless and
cannot keep . single member quiet.
Once having noted surgeon of your city in my
room from my chair and said to DIR. X:
1--WE got the hdgets and must walk this thing on -
But DR.. h intcrposcd with. Your trouble is in sit
ting in that uphOl tered chair. sit down in tins
cane. backed chair aud your symptoms Will leave
you He added Those upholstered chairs re the
bare of the spinal cord an tho whole nervous syB.
tenn. TlAy HI at and irrithtC the and cause no
small amount m the existing nervousness moet
with" And he further sid: " have only two such
chairs in my house. and we don use them much.
feel sure the upholstered car seats arc the cause
of much OF tho prevalent restIeRSneRs, and hope
You will continue the war on them until they give
place to seats Of leather cane-the former being
more desirable. d. II. II,
AsBURY PARK, N. j., July 30.
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Archangelsk, which cover about three
sevenths OF the area OF that government.
The products OF the sea and the forest
constitute Russia's undeveloped wealth
In the north. But the sea is further i'm
portant as a route to the mouths OF the Obi
and Yenisei rivers, from which Russia ex-
poets to drain the products Of northwest
and west central Siberia. Catherine Har-
Dor Is to be the homo port in Russia OF this
ocean trade with Siberia, and the building
OF the railroad between this port and st.
Petersburg will begin this year. Russia
thus expects to secure line OF communi-
cations with the mouths OF the most i'm,
portant Siberian rivers, wholly within hef
own territory and along her own coasts.
The ice breakers assigned to keep this
route clear In summer will make their win
ter quarters in Catherine Harbor.
The forests OF Archangelsk and Olonez
stretch almost continuously, south Of the
tree line, through twenty-five degrees OF
longitude, from Lake Omega to the Urals,
are mostly pine, and are one OF the greatest
reservoirs OF forest wealth in the world.
The Government is taking measures to
develop and conserve this promising source
OF prosperity. 1t is predicted in s-ussia
that the shipbuilding industry on the White
Sea and lumber manufactures at various
northern points will reach a large develop
ment within the next few years, and that
the railroads now building will scatter the
products of these forest industries all over
the land. west Siberia in particular profit
ing by them because her need is greatest.
We may regard the opening Of a naval
station for the Russian war fleet on this
coast as something more than mere in
cident Of this scheme Of development. 1t
will be to the decided advantage OF Russia
to have at least one port in the Occident
that is open at all seasons, and in which it
would be difficult for hostile fleet to bottle
up Russian war vessels.
The world will watch with interest the
efforts OF the Russian Government to turn
to the best account this Arctic coast and
the country tributary to it.
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Russia's Northern Port.

Some very interesting facts relating to
Catherine Harbor, the new port that Russia
is opening, this summer, on her Arctic
coast, are printed ON another page OF
The Sun. The circumstance that the warm
surface water from the Atlantic rounds
North Cape and impinges upon the Kola
Peninsula from 200 to 80 miles north of
the Arctic circle, keeping Catherine Harbor
free OF leo in winter and giving 1t a warmer
mean temperature, even during the two
months OF the polar night, than that OF ST.
Petersburg, Is striking illustration OF the
effects OF warm ocean currents in modify
ing rigorous climates.
Since 1893 Russian surveys and inves-
legations have been in progress along
the sea edge from the Norwegian bound
airy to Siberia, and they have been of
much significance as the first steps
toward carrying out the new Russian
policy Of developing her hitherto neg
lected domain in the extreme northern part
Of Europe. The chief beneficiary of this
policy will be the Government OF Archan-
gelsk, which Is one and half times as large
as France. The project involves the building
of railroads to the White Sea and the Arctic
Ocean that will connect not only st. Peters
burg and West Russia, but also the Eastern
Governments as far az the Urals and Siberia
directly with the north coast OF the empire
Ono of these railroads is already completed,
another is building, and the third will DO
started this year.
This policy was inspired by the convic-
ton that the empire needs the two great
resources Of tho far north. and that they
would remain undeveloped till brought by
easy and cheap communications within
reach of the rest OF the country. These re-
sources are the fisheries of the White Sea
and the Thurman coast, which, there Is little
doubt may be made to rival the greatest In
the world; and the enormous forests OF
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Tho One Great Thing at The Hague.

The Conference has gone through tho
form Of considering measures supposed to
promote the cause Of universal peace. Tho
decorous, harmless ceremony has come to
conclusion.
Tho dream OF tho young Emperor who
called tho nations together has not been
realized. The hopes OF BERTHA Won SUIT
HER and tho enthusiasts OF her school have
boon disappointed
The military system OF the world Ia in
tact. Not only Is there no step toward
disarmament, there Is also no setback to
further armament.
Arbitration has geined nothing Of any
consequence. War upon ordinary provo
cation Is as likely to occur in any given
instance as II tho delegates to the Peace
Conference had never assembled.
Tho gracious phrases and conventional
expressions Of congratulation which mark
the dissolution Of the Conference cover
but do not conceal these facts.
Was 1t then waste Of time and effort, 80
far as the participation OF this country Is
concerned2
By no means. The representatives OF the
United States have left upon the record one
solid, immutable fact OF prime Importance
to US and to all the world; and it was
worth their while to go to The Hague II
only 10 register this declaration:
% Nothing contained In this convention shall DO
construed TO require the United satos to depart
from Its traditional policy of not entering upon in.
terferinR with. entanglng itself in the political
questions internal administration ot any foreign
State. Nor shall anything in said convention be
construed to require tho REIMBURSEMENT BY tho
United Slater of its traditional attitude toward
purely American questions"
Expansion proceeds, but the Monroe Doc
trine stands. Tho Conference at The Hague
was a convenient occasion for the formal
reaffirmation Of American policy respecting
European interference in the affairs of the
Western Continent.
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Essex County Commission Believed to Have
Given Up the Boulcvards.

ORANGE. y. j.. july 30.-Although tho an
nouncement has not been made officially It 10
believed that the Essex County Park Commits.
sion has abandoned the plan OF parkways or
boulevards which entered into the preimi-
nary outline Of n system OF parks for the coun.
tv. When Frederick Law Olmsted drew upa
comprehensive park scheme he arranged for
four principal parks, two heinR on the Orange
Mountains. one in Newark and another in
Waverly. These parks were to be connected
bv boulevarls. The commission purchased
tho land necessary for the parks and then set
about developing II. Small park sites were
also bought in Orange and Newark. A boulo-
ward extending north and south was projected
to connect Central and Park avenues. which
we're to be the PRINCIPAL boulevards. This
north and south parkway has been laid out.
but nothing has been done on 1t practically ex-
cept to construct an expensive stone bridge
over which the trains OF the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad pass in East
10 the Park CommIssI lon was voted $780,
OOD which, IL was declared, would be sum-
Gent to buy all the aud develop it:and con-
struct the parkways. For some time there
have been rumors that this amount would not
be enough In order 10 secure PARK and Gem
tral avenues the commission asked the NUM-
cpaties through which these thorouGhfares
them to IL. East OranRs and West Orange
complied with this request. giving up the ave.
MUGS without TtScTNhtl'H. 'TdHRt leIukbu u
transfer Its authority until the commission
gave definite information AZ to its plans and
agreed not TO assess benefits for improvements
upon AUDITING properly. few days ago West
Orange sent representative to the commits
SION 10 ask that Park avenue be repaired.
Joseph l.. Mum. counsel Tor the commiss.~~,
told the Nest Orange representative that tho
plan OF extending Park avenue through Level
lyn Park 10 Eagle Rock hal been abandoned
because or tho opposition OF the Dark residents
aud on account 0f the cost, and that the COM
mission was willing 70 ced" back to West
Orange the care. custody and control OF the
road. as no, hing would be done with the ave.
nuss for some time TO come. there Is general
disnppoin tnent among property owners on
Park and Central avenues over this turn OF az
Iair
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cUBA AND SUGAR.
Tho Future of the Island ne Affected by the
Fortunes of the Great Crop.


WARRINGTON. July 2o.-The political status
Of Cuba no less than her commercial indie
pendence is blended with the success OF her
sugar industry. II we are to give her people
the blessings OF liberty and good government
we must by the same token give her commerce
and her sugar n chance. The history OF the
Island during the last hundred years at least
has turned on her sugar crop. When In the
last half OF the century che demand In the
United States for It gave Spain her opportunity
to bleed the planters. tho flercest struggles for
Cuban independence began. The abroEation
OF the reciprocity treaty in 1894 and SPANS
return to her exactlng tariff OF 1892. with Its
obnoxious tonnage loading tax. were the in-
cipient causes OF the late war. The planter
then had to pay double tax on his sugar. that
levied by Spain and the heavy duty under the
Wilson tariff. at tho same time paying bur
densome import duty on everything he bought
in this country. which was OF necessity his best
place to buy.
The planters condition is improved under
the new order OF things to the extent that he
ia relieved Of the cutthroat Spanish tariff. But
the general depression In the sugar trade
throughout tho West Indies leads him to fear
the effect OF competition with German sugar
in case the United States should not extend a
commercial protectorate as we'll as a political
to have come when 1t must be assumed by this
Government that the Monroe doctrine is COM
mercial as well as political in it's spirit and
operation. Shall we foster the beet sugar In
dustry In Germany to the impoverishment Of
our ward In the Antillesl
But the perplexities that surround Congress
and tho President In the decisions imposed
upon them with regard to quasi colony like
Cuba are not alone to be brought out by the
question. What shall be done with Cuba? 1t is
obvious that not only political but commercial
considerations must govern any choice OF al
ternatives. The energy OF position. which
engineers recognize as important In hydrau-
lies. has made Cuba natural customer OF the
United States. Taking the only available
Spanish statistics. a comparison Of the trade
between Cuba and the mother country and
that between Cuba and the United States for
the same years shows the preponderatine COM
mercial influence OF this country on her insular
nat1
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Dox1LDsoN,s 1Asr AsorxsIoM.
A Letter from the Dead Aeronaut's Son n
Defence of Him.


To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: I wish
10 call your attention TO an article that was
published In your paper short time ago MAY
21l. II was given TO you. believe. by one who
claimed to have been almost q partlcipantin the
event that was narrated. The article refer TO 10
the last and fatal ascension OF Washington H.
Donaldson on July Is, 1875. II refers to Prof.
Donaldson throwing his companion out OF the
basket attached 10 the balloon. Now. In the
first place. II such thing did happen land
an positively assured II did mott. think that
the party giving the account would have prlnci-
pie and manhood enouQ to respect thedead and
not cast such reflections on one who is not able
TO defend himself. There never was better or
more reliable aeronaut or man than WathipR-
ton ii. Donaldson, and nobody that ever made
has been placed In many dangerous positions
with lives in his charge. and his first thought
always was the safety OF the ones In the bas-
self ! have an account OF the last ascension
OF Prot Donadson. and Iust before the balloon
was cutIoose his companion Grim wood made
the lake. will remove my boots. adjust q life
preserver, and, being at home In The water and
gooa swimmer. will be able to take care OF
this into effect az his body was found as stated.
boots OF and lilo preseryer on. Now. gentle-
men. l have the article that was published In
! received the came article from Savannah,
Ca. IL having been published In the So van nj h
ifess OF July 10. and | have no doubt the ar
out the country. thereby deiaminR the memory
q one who was highly respected In life.
NOW; Y it 10 possible. I sincerely wish you
That gave you that uncallsd.for article. and
greatly obliRe. respectfully yours.
d. L. DONALDSON son Of W Washington H. Donald
SIS HENRY STREET. BROOKLYN.
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Exavarious Attains Immortality.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: At the Adams
county poor farm there died recently EIava.
rious Clnkunbroomcrstein. Possibly his parents
had Christened him Xavier but he always called IL
Exavarious He for years rejo in the possession
of thu longest name In the Quincy city directory
lie rich i'll name. but the fact that he died at the
county house shows that he was poor In everything
else Septmus Six Is a prominent farmer. six miles
south Of Mount Sterling. Cass Tcel sells soap and
other merchandise at Rushville. Col Ham Wash ia
prominent citizen OF the same community. Wes-
ley Cash was Postmaster at Macomb.
QUINCY ILL.,, July 20. ECGESH BROWNE
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feet OF it's sessions will DO 90 to arouse the
concern Of the voters as to add to the mem
bership and influence OF the Republican
delegation from this county, 30 that IL will
be more truly representative Of the 90, 900
or more New York Republicans. the dis
banding OF the committee three months In
advance OF the election would seem to be an
extraordinarily infelicitous method OF Sc
curing such result
Opinions necessarily diffor as to the util-
ity or danger OF Legislative committees
In general to inquire into administrative
abuses In the government OF New York
To some persons this sort OF investigation
gives promise always Of plenteous political
results; to others the barrenness OF the
legislative harvest is always suggestive OF
the saying, Much cry, little WOOL" But
in the case Of tho Mazet Committee, gen.
orally 80 called, though Mr.. MAzEr has not
unduly guided or sought to control its pro-
ceedings, the duty Of ascertalning by in
quiry the needful charter amendments is
specific one, and meanwhile tho considera-
ton OF such charter amendments Is sus-
pended at Albany. 1t cannot be indefi-
nitely suspended without injury to the
party responsible, and that Is certainly
not Tammany Hall. which opposed the APP
pointment OF the committee and has re-
sisted its exercise OF authority at many
points and III sundry ways.
If the next Legislature is to be asked to
amend the New York charter, 1t is certainly
duo to the upstate members, Democratic
or Republican, that they should be enabled
to oct understandlngly, In the light OF facts
established by proof and according to the
methods OF inquiry which are regular and
sanctioned by law.
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A farmer was trying to plough
With a jacLass hitChed up 60 a cough,
When they kicked up terrible rough.
Said the farmer Its hard, l allough
could do near as we'll with a sough;
Iw.ll rest meath the shade of this bough.
such driving for me is too rough.
I've had OF it nearly enough.
I'll give this old jRckass q cough
And quit, for I'm quite in hough.
All farming is nonsense and slough
And ploughing is almighty tough.
with farming I'm glad to be through
My wife. she is tired OF It tough.
We're wet with the rain and the dough,
And plouGhing has made me quite blough.
IN sell out and pocket the dough.
To the city I'll glad enough cough.
III through down the shovel and hough:
In Wall street my money I'll blou.h.
my wife has contracted . cough.
IT'S time for US both to be ought
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"Dollar Wheat" Dc vany's Proposed
Farmers Trust.

An enemy Of corporations, named GEORGE
DE VANY and living in Swisshelm, Ohio Is
favoring the Populist and Bryanite farmers
Of the West with a somewhat noteworthy
circular. He Is against the Railroad Trust,
the Farm Implement Trust, the Flour Mill
Trust, the Sugar and Coffee Trusts. and he
proposes to combat and overthrow them
by organizing what he calls the Gentle
mans Agreement and Farmers Wheat
Trust" with capital 30 stated that we are
not quite sure whether 1t Is meant to be
$500, 900, 900 or 81 $50. 100000
But although the arithmetic Of Trust
maker DE VANY is somewhat murky. his
political and poltico-economical Intentions
are as clear as bright day when the wind is
from the northwest. His syndicate is "to
contro! American surplus wheat and realize
full export values as profits and accumu-
lated dividends" DE VANY himself Is to
run for President in 1900 as a candidate Of
the Farmers Trust party on a platform of
dollar wheat.
MCKINLEY and BRYAN alike make DE
VANY tired. He styles the President " Ex-
General Prosperity" BRYAN, he says "is
sitting around to-day for a rallying cry for
the 1900 campaign; eating one bushel
three pecks Of farmers wheat at dollar
dinners" and insulting England. which
depends upon American farmers for one
million bushels Of wheat every day in the
year DE VANY alone is battling for one
dollar wheat In behalf Of eight million
American farmers"
A friend sends us an autograph letter
written by the organizer Of the Farmers
Trust to a prominent gentleman in West
ern State:
my DEAR SIR: desire your valuable co6pera-
ton II You will represent this movement through
your county committees with the farmers of -
and In the National Convention. will carry In your
name full paid par value Trust certificates to amount
OF 500. 900 and the political patronage Of -
Or q consulate position.
I'VE can win the 1900 Presidential campaign and
erase theoryism from Democracy, and demonstrate
that Democracy is tho friend OF tho lAboring men:
and remove the only cause for continual defeat at
the polls. Advise me.
Yours most respectfully.
"GEoRGE DE vASY.
"BwIssHELM. Highland County. o.. July 49,"
The name Of the recipient OF this very
advantageous offer is withheld by THE Sun
in order that no damage may result to his
political prospects under the De vany
Administration
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From the Boston Ereninn Transcript.
is learned from private letters that Senator Hoar
is having delightful rest in Europe. and that he
will sail for home ON Sept, ~. For light summer
reading lie has been persiug, in the original. some
Of the famous works Of Cicero and Homer. His in
terest In the expansion issue continues strong. az
does his disapprova Of the Administrators policy
1t is inferred. however from wha; he writes that no
recognizes that this country has got into stu
alton from which it must emerge the bost way 1t can
even il that is not the ideal way.
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Excitement for Goebel.

The Hon. Bill Goebel opens his campaign by writ.
ing card for the newspapers. and OF his late
antagonists retorts by calling him liar and naming
his Post Once address. 1t looks II Bill might be
able to get considerable action during the canvass.
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More Room.

From the Chiod01 Tribun,.
II stand. fellow citizens" shout Col. william
Jennings Bryan, exactly where stood In 1897
well. you ind you can move around easier THAI
you could them" muttered . gold Democrat on ~
outskirta Of tho audience.
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Good Luck to Angelo Biscuit.

From he Ptt6eh EdgLe
Angelo Biscuit OF North Adams enlisted at the re-
oruting station at Adams Tuesday.
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PhnIs-Kiosquo No. II. near Grand Hotel. and
Kiosque No. TO- Boulevard des cspucines.
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producing in Egypt and Argentina the com
ovcrproduction and low prices In consequence.
Tho commission says:
On . full consideration Of the circumstances OF
the sugar industry in the West Indies are driven
tho conclusion that there is no prospect Of the
present Of cultivation lin the British West In.
dies, being maintained. Under present conditions
the prospect before the sugar ndust,y is the radua
aband onment Of the weaker estates. process which
has already begun. and IN some cases a failure to
renew the machinery It ont on estates that
are now we'll equipped. followed in time by SINH.
lar abandonment
The final conclusion Of the commission ap-
pears in the following paragraph:
The depression Of the industry il duo TO the soD,.
petition Of other sugar producing countries and in
special degree to tue competition Of beet sugar pro.
duced under system of bOunties II is also affected
by high protective tariffs and by the petition Of
cane sugar, the production Of which Ia especially
encouraged by the governments concerned. The
causes of the depression may be described as per.
manent. inaSmuch as they are largely due to the
policy Of foreign countries and there ia no indicA.
ton that that policy is likely to be abandoned in the
immediate future. We think 1t Ia right to add that
In all colonies where sugar can be completely or
very largely replaced by other industries the
colonies in question will he in much soundcr posi-.
ton. both politically and economically. when they
have ceased to depend wholly or TO q great extent
upon the continued prosperity of single Industry.
The fate OF our own beet sugar industry II
Cuban sugar Is TO come In competition with IL
is problematical. Where there were nine fac
tories in 1897 there are now eighteen In opera
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-09


A. A King ct al vs.. Jas. E. King;
leave to anndi petition.
State Of Missouri We. o. &. Casper;
continued and leave TO stand on for
mer bond until March q
Crigler vs.. CIts Of Mexico, motion
10 Assess damages sustained. Dam
ages, / cent.
state Of Missouri vs.. - v. Hampton,
pleaded not guilty; trial BY jury.
Barnes vs.. Rawlings, plaintiff files
bill of exceptions.
State Of Missouri We. Harry King,
found gulltyi punishment assessed at
six months in county jail.
State W. Ernest Utter, trial by Jury;
found guilty and hned $40.
Armstrong We. Daniel ct al, plaintiff
filed motion to revive Judgment.
State vs.. Charles Williams, defend
ant pleads guilty to larceny and lie
sentenced to three years in the peni-
Tertiary.
Sims vs.. @. & A. Railroad, motion
for new trial ovsrruledi appeal taken.
State ex rel Wallace, City Collector,
vs.. NJ J. oavanaugh, Judgment by
default in tax bill.
State ex rel Mckee, City Collector,
We. Celia Watts, order of publication
and continued.
State ex rel Mckee, City Collector,
vs.. Ben. Tart estate, judgment by de-
fault in tax bill.