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sOyyJU,>G 0OIv0 ~ DROr.
Aud Report say. Tammrn' Partner >i,or IL
soing to ntop u

Iewis Nixon. chairman ~ the Iafniunnr
Committee ~ fivc, appointed bv troN'r
to took iuto vlcr. has not hcen sc"r around
town for a couple NJ DAYS and thcr" j. "A
r,inor that something l. going 10 drop I'm a
few dnva md that Mr NiNon Il going To dr"p
II Ne /. known 20 bo anything bat plon-"i
over the wlv the police h1y" ignored lls
,nrIpllif.t- and - he has th, backing ot
Croker Ia thing that h" do"- h" t- at -
make lot Of trouble when he swings lh"r"
vii not be u meeting OF the Iamn1ny uurl-
fprs until next Monday. At IL" last meeting
OF the committee MI Nl2on showed IA 7 u,
was not afraid OF ~" poic, bN -titlnr ,hht
H. the Grand Jlrv and have precinct com
mauders who did not do their duty indicted.
Ne may go farther vet at Monday meet
ing Ia.
Fifteen opened their new offices on, ,fhe
twnutv-nrst floor OF the Park Row Building
Yesterday Chairman Baldwin said yestrr-
day that there was no news to give out
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YOUNG DAVIS GETS THE PROPERTY.
The VIII Of His Aged Friend. Miss Hannah
Davis, Sustained.

PArcHoorE. L. I Dec 2s.--Supreme Court
Justice Wllmot " Smith has rendered de-
cision against the plaintiffs in the suit brought
by the heir. of Miss Hannah Davis of Rocky
Point against her young friend. Allen F.
Davis, Jr OF Port Jefferson Miss Davis
was rs years old and the defendant was only
rs No relationship existed between them
and despite the great difference In their re-
spective ages tley became last friends and
IL was SAID that they we're In love with each
other. Miss Davis died over a year ago and
100 acres at Rocky Point. valued at 5000,
Young Davis was frequently in attendance
death and at the trial IT wa. testified that
he had provided the neCessaries OF life for
her for a long time. Tie heirs OF Miss Davis
unduly Influenced in making the beQue.t
and that at the time the will was executed
she was OF unsound mind
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BURNZCASETOJ OJURYTO-DAY
riOrify i,St WIII mn
UiI ftPIJTS



tatly lns' rvcrinr. Nhrn the loorcst dnv''
honfins IN tho trial ~ tlslr Claiming Iiutns
rudcd IN the gns-light"d court .onm ut Wlite
I'uus. ull the ",id"uon In lu" ,nsc had been
.uhmiu'd To-du's s'.srpr win be- dovot"d
90 tu" cumming up u. counsel and 10 Judge
kDu.l's Hhlrg" - the iurv
Cu'irrry 10 cNprctrttuu IL required all of
Yesterdays hearing Tor inc prosecution TO
conclude - t''imonv IN" s"-sipn was
much prolonged by wr1nglr- bet N"en the
opposing Couu1"l. wh,'h ilVlri1hlv ended
In the courts peremrtprv demand for order.
Although Il rnin"d constantly the bad weather
apparently had no effect on the attendance.
The fact that tho Prosecutions strongest
experts HTd been reserved to close the case
was. 40 doubt. responsible for the biggest
crowd yet nt the trial.
nearly every scrap OF Nv" peoples testl-
mony Was fought by IT," prisoners attorney.
especially the admission Of the prosecui on's
testimony In rcbuttal The shnrpest neht
ended IT, the expert medical testimony OF
DR. Carlos Macdonald. P-o>idcnt OF the State
Commission OF Iunary. being disalowed.
after the witness had been on the stand for
four hours. Dr. NJ cdon ID wls the first wit
ness introduced by District Attorney Andrews
in his attempt TO subyert previous testimony
as 10 Buruy's mental dee"neraoy. Witness
testified that Burnz was sane At tho time he
killed Fellows. His conclusion was based. no
said on an examination which he had made Of
the prisoner before he was Indicted. DR.
Macdonald was permitted 10 continue his
testimony until he had opposed In detail the
testimony of the dcicHce's experts who de-
clare Rurnz mentally irresponsible
Judge Mills then moved TO exclude the evt-
10 Mac1opald'a a
testimony. because Of the manner in which
the examination on which IL was based had
been secured. was practically evidence from
the defendant himself After an hours
debate Judge Keogh excluded the evidence.
taking tho view that Burnz must have In
voluntarily submitted TO the witness's ex-
animation. The testimony OF the prose-
cution's next expert witness. Or. Lyon. was
likewise excluded, making the fourth OF the
prosecutions experts to be excluded
At the last moment District Attorney
Andrews de ided 10 close his case Wit Dr.
spit ka on the stand As this expert has
acted as medi al adviser to the rotecution
throughout and has framed many OF the
questions put TO the dcicnce's witnesses It
was not expected that he would he q witness.
He told OF his visit to Burn1 while he vas in
jail and said I at tho prison er had den on
st-atoi that he had memory such es only
Il sane man could possess and that he showed
n signs OF insanity. or ss-eJanining
tho witness Burnz's counsel endeavored to
make the point that Dr. Spitzk nd OK
amined the pri-oner without the latter q
know ledge that the doctor had been sent
to secure evidence for the prosecution. Judge
Mills then gsked the Court TO exclude tho
evidence on the ground that it had been OBJ
faipaI nv trigkarv Ibil hrnuphs Ny
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Old Toms Centennial.

Thomas j. Holahan's restaurant known
ns Old Toms. at Thames street will cele-
brate its one hurdredth anniversary next
Monday A spread and souvenirs Of en-
graved tohies will be given to old customers.
Old Toms was formerly gable rooted
sIory-and-a-half frame building. hut in 1851
it was torn down and tie present three
story brIrk building iu' up. Old Toms -
famous Tor it, ,o-C1llcd Coordination,
which consists of a sausage, a chop, bacon,
n kidney and baked potato. as satisfying
meal ~ was ever cnten. Tho restaurant
IL at present run bv Mrs Cath0rine Carey.
Ishad walnut tables, around which many
distinguished customers have s.ppcd their
ale
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NOVA SCOTIA MINERS MAY STRIKE.
Coal Mine Managers Grant Only Part OF che
Men Z. Demand for Increase In Wages.

HAIIFAX. y. s. Dec. ?s.-A general strike
Of the coal miners OF Nova Scotia Is imminent
The managers Of the various collicrics OF
plctou. Cumberland and Cape Breton met
here this week and agreed to grant the ~
re- cent. Increase IN wages demanded at
the New Year. nut reported against the further
iurT.'t-c of ~ per cent. In Arm Included
in ,lc mems demand. This decision was
communicated to tie miners to-day aud
l. not received with sat''il''inn.
The statement j. given o.t Tonight from
miners sources that a strike viii take place
on Monday. The Government returns for
isgs ..,1N AS men aud boys engaged IA
and abo4t the coilirric,, and tne total out
itIt that year was ",5rhWu tons.
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SCRANTON STRIhERS GAINING
Rioting Continues. With Indications That the
Street Car Company WIN Yield.

SCRANTON, Pa. Dec - 1t was said semi
officially here tonight that the street rail-
road strikos Of this city and Carbondlle will
be settled within forty-eight hours. the COM
many surrendering and granting nearly all
the concessions asked by the rlen. Color
to this statement IS lent by the fact that
General Manager SllllrAan hurried TO Phili-
dclphia to-day to hold consultation with
President Clarke. who is the principal owner
Of tie company. 1he strikers were jubIians
this evening and declared that their battle
had been won
This was the sixth dav Of the strike and
while IL brought no practical break IN tho
tie-up, it proved the most exciting day "f
the struggle Tor mastery. Scenes o: dis
order and acts Of violence on the part ~ the
strikers have been constant An outhreha
at O clock caused the company 70 take on
the few cars that II hndkept in motion during
tbe crea ter part of the day, on the SchneIl
switch on West lackawanna avenue AT
o'clock a car was surrDunded by st.aL
crowd OF ,oun. men and bo"s, the latter
armed with snowbdIIs, The motorlnan ali
conductor hurried inside the car and he'd
the door SO that the crowd co9it not get ~
livery car that went over tho line TO-DAY
was allied in some way or another ana coH-
ductors and motormen peited with snowpaIl ;
and the accum, lations Of the streets 1Ae
company fears tnat II Will be forG"d 70 :, ..
render because people WI! nol r'ay urpbn b.iny t
tTnrsnortod TO scranton. desert the company
and become advoC atcs OF the strike.
NnELs-N,rtf Pa, Dee. 9s-The threCt-
oncd trolley e'rlle ~ the Nilk"s-harre and
Wyoming fraction Company cmyi yioyees hcra
was averted by tho company making substan
tial concessions 10 the men. which tthe,yao-
carted at q lock this morning Tho mon
are to get E.6j a day and two shifts each of
meeting decided 20 accept the o~er. II will
give them ls ! 3 cents All hour, an increase Of
81. cents. and viii also give them more time
II them selves The company will he cou-
relled to engage about sixty more men 20 I'll
IN for the rire-hour shilts. The agreement
a.. ,,lra oaoc, "a 1 0pd cortipua "A
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Nh. EBBITT SIZES MRS. MILLS.
\ New York Man Say, . Chicago Woman Has
Damaged His Reputation.

CHICAGO. Dec. 2s.-Declaration Of a suit
In the Superior Court of william II. Ehbitt
for $4,000 damages against Mrs Margaret
f. Mills Of 4sa0 Greenwood avenue has been
fled william II. Ehbltt is New York
business man and the defendant Is the wife
Of Abbott l. Mills broker and member Of
the Chicago Board of Trade.
The basis OF the suit Is alleged defamation
OF character and Injury 10 the reputation oi
MIR Ebhitt through stltemcuts declared TO
have been made by Mrs Mills to friends and
acQuaiutanCcs Of Mr. thbitt The state
ments which are SIT ont in the declaration as
having been uttered by Mrs Mills question
MIR fbbtts right 70 be considered moral
and vlrtuous man They are alleged tn hnvs
been said by Mrs. Mills last spring when she
was visiting in New York
The formal declaration was fled In the
surcricr Court by Attorney Frederick W.
Job MIR Job declined 90 disouss tho case.
He said;
When this suit comes 20 trial there will
be startling revelations TIL then ] would
prefcr 10 say nothing Tho declaration
setting ont the case is 1Illcit enough.
one oi tho remarks attributed TO Mrs.
Mills concerning Mr. Ebhitt Is:
lie is unfit 70 associate withHccent people"
william II Ebbltt ia a salesman for McKes-
son a Robbins, drug dealers, at ~ Fulton
street IL Is said that 10 declares that Mrs
Mills made ills3 statement 20 the effect
that he had haG impFSGeT Eobt IfS0v ives s' WITH
his wife and child az Ia Mnnhattar avenue.
ne Is N &c his home. he declined yest"r-
day. 70 ssl, ANYTHING about the ease &c. eSyGGfpt yG|
had not succeeded il mcrrIug his domestic
happiness 10y her accusations.
The sun., 1900-12-29
JUDGE DILLON TAKES sa0.OoooOO CASE.
VIII Represent Cabanne Heirs in Suit for Choscs
ST. Louis Property.

ST. Louis. Mo. Dec, 2s.-Judge John F.
Dillon. general counsellor for the Gould In
terests. Is said to have been retained by the
Cabanne heirs - press their suit for $780,
100000 worth OF real estate In the most fash
ionable residence district OF ST. Louis. At
torney Williams of this city. who discovered
the provisions In the viii ~ John Charles
Cabanne under which the suit was brought
says no has been informed that the opinion
he prepared has been forwarded to Judge
Dillon, and that the New York attorney in-
dorsed his views and consented to take the
case. The effect of the snlt has been 70 make
uncertain the titles in WestmoTeiand lace,
Forest Park terrace. Portland place and
other quarters of the city, and until the case
is settled In the courts Il cloud will rest upon
some OF the choicest holdings OF realty. ip-
Guiding forty acres OF the pride OF 81. Louis.
For, 1t Park
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hoard Get. the Eligible list Of Roundsmen. =.

The Police Board received the eligible
LIST Of roundsmen 10 be promoted to SER
ccantcics from tho Civil Serv ice Commission =
ers yesterd9y. II v : intend, 20 r. Ike the
prorot opS yc t"rtny, hut The Herlihy trial
matter was put on until Monday. In all
nity sergeauts are to be madr. There are
about 200 names on the eligible list.
The sun., 1900-12-29
Measles and . Teachers Institute.

BINoHAM1oN. y. T.. Dec. 2s.-Many cases
Of measles have resulted from carelesness
at a Teachers state Institute held In Union.
Forty teachers from various places were at
that time exposed TO the disease through
thoughtlesa teachers who had been exposed
n short time before. one death from the
measles has occurred in Union and there
are many cases of illness. Because OF tho
teachers subsequent Contsct with pupils IL
is feared that the result OF the thougAtlcss-
ness will be far reaching.
The sun., 1900-12-29
Cotton Import and Export Company Assigns

The Cotton Export and Import Company.
dealers, in Oriental goods at $50 Broadway.
made an assignment yesterday to Thomas
Sproull The deed was signed by Charles W.
Cotton as President. The company is West
Virginia corpora, ION incorporated in 1908 With
a CalrItal OF 100000 Mr. Cotton was for 1vo
venrs up 10 August, 1895. Nice-president NJ
The A. A. Nantine 4 Co corporation Hugh
" Harmer the attorney. said yesterday that
he could not tell the assets and liabilities at
present
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ID. A. End,ey FILES Petition In Insolvency.

The failure nine years ago Of Field. Lindlcy.
Weichers & Co. grain and stock brokers. was
recalled yesterday by the filing OF a petition
In bankruptcy by Daniel A Iindloy. one o,
the partners. 10 get rid OF the flrm debt.
The total liabilities are ssiOi .s77. md he has
no assets Mr. Iindlcy SAYS he Is clerk at
~ WillirI0 street and lives NJ Mon'Clair. y !.
The largest creditor Is the Union Pacific Rail
wny Company. To which h" owes sa5?. .0al for
money claimed for differences between tho
value of certain securities deposited with tho
firm and advances made thereon
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George T. wicker, Appointed Assistant Prose

George T. yickors. a Jersey City lawyer.
yesterday received from Prosecutor OF tho
Pleas James =. Erwin OF Hudson county Il
commission a. rssistant prosecutor Of the
plcas to succeed Marshall Van Wlnkle, re-
Signed Mr.. Nioker- has lived in Jersey
CITY for two wears and Is 81 years old. lie
N ul enter on hi new duties on Jan 2.
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pc,afy cla.n he Nigh, have with shevlir.

pprafv cla-h he might have with shrvlin,
McturtV, Shea of iofh
80 ilinnphI,y strsn. orr ~ thrn remarked,
"is sutc ~ have enough trouble "n ~ hgnds
during tho counting yent Without pruynkinF
~ war With senator N,l nrfcu. Who T. "n"
~ the ,uost adfur aud popular l'udor@ ~
tuo organization Nf Nclnurl lIu Ni" s"i!
folly rUHl's,s This fact Hld IN rE "p'ni"h w
ta.t" prompt steps 20 diarpuituu" hhF WV
fufo pu Met nfrru.
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HAMMERSLOUOH BROS.
Retiring from Business.

Ithe Power, that be" come up 10 the scratch
And put their APPRECIATION
For the services Gou have rendered
In the form OF a New Years donation
Don't fancy yoursCfa Crrsus
And Squaudrr the money On others
But show your thTIit BY investing the rih
In cl,,Gi. at llammersough Brothers
Greet the New Year-when il arrives
i'll purple and fine linen That is in
one of our fine, fashionable Full Dress
or Tuxedo suits. You can buy both
here at astonishingly low prices, because
we are retiring now from the retail
business and are sacrificing them and
every other garment in our high grade
stock at exactly % cents on the dol
lar.
Business suits. TROUSERS ulster' etc beautiful
oyercoa,s and Raslans. made Of imported oAford
grey fabrics-wde and bo1y vita broad military
shoulders
Several hundred nne business suits are now marked
down 70 81 SO. Several hundred Of our best Fail
oyercoats are now reduced from si2 SIS and 3ie 70
%. SO. Some SILK lined
OPEN TONIGHT TILL y.
s$aSr SSISr $50 BROADWAY '5T%S s4sSr;s ,sSu
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Madison square Church House Incorporated.

ALBANY. Dec ?s.-Thc Roy, Charles II.
Psrkhurst is one Of the directors of the Madi-
son square Church House. which was incor-
porated yesterday with the Secretary OF
State. with headquarters in New York city
The sun., 1900-12-29

The one an'iimper!hlst candidate for Presidential
Eec,or supported In Conntc.cu received <s votes.
There were 200. 900 votes cast In Connecticut
The sun., 1900-12-29
The Weather.

Rain or snow fe!l over all the country east Of the
Mississippi. River and In Texas yesterday. There
was rain IN tic Atlantic States south OF New York
city and south from Ohio, and rain and snow In the
New England States and snow throughout the dis
uic,s bordering the Great Lakes There was storm
on III. Gulf coast. giving heavy rain eastern
Texas. Louisiana ana Arkansas.
An area Of high pressure and cold wave were
central over the Rocky Mountain States causing a
drop In temperature OF from 10 TO 20 degrees driy
ing freezing weather close TO the coast OF Texas.
The greatest cold was ~ oes',es below zero at
Lander. wyo. and close to or slightly below zero
In the surrounding States.
In this city the day was rainy, breaking away
in the afternoon; average humidity. 50 per cent:
wind. fresh southcrly. shifting to northwest bnone-
ter corrected ~ read to sea Level, at A. 81. 5000.
81. NJ. 2g.S3
The Temperature as recorded ty the ofncial thcr
mo1Iclcr. and alsoby THE SC>S th.tm ,mcter at the
street lcvrl Is ShowI In the annexed table.
The sun., 1900-12-29

In 10 r7c-fuv's SUNDAY Suy Prot Ramsay has an
ab.rrb uyly initre>tin article on CHEMISTRY. .-Acs
The sun., 1900-12-29

only one New York county outside Of the four IN
cludsd within the Greater New York Was carried
by Bryan-Sch'hsre. which he also carried In 1895.
Schoharie Is uniformly Democratic
The sun., 1900-12-29

The late John a. King Of Long Island. oncs State
Senator. was Il grandson OF Rufus King. candidate
for President Of the United States In 1910 and defeated
By James MonrOe.
The sun., 1900-12-29
POLITICAL NOTES.

AZ the November primary Of the Florida Democrats
70 pass upon the question Of calling Constitutional
Convention. III. vote Was s.Ise In favor and 49, ss7
against tho project. only the Democrats voted on
IT, The who'll, vote at the Presidential election was
4 in TlorldA
The sun., 1900-12-29

onondega gave the largest Republican majority
Of any county In New York State at the recent cleo
ton- Mckinley carried II by more than 1000
The sun., 1900-12-29

This was the vote Of the Cook county towns outsid
Of Chicago at this years election. Mckinley. lo647
Bryan. s,2sl: Wooley. 1bi. and Debs. isS.
The sun., 1900-12-29

There ar. no statutory holidays in Mississippi
The Coconino sun., 1900-08-11

WANTED "A ease of bad health that RETAINS will benefit They banish pain and proloag e One gives accept no substitute. RETAINS, 10 for cents, may De hiA n drug store Ten sample: and thousand forwarded to the Ripans Chemical Co., No. 10 Spruce Street, New York.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-25

tempts to send her armies to destroy n
brave and courageous people. She all at
once rudely awakens from the dream
Of her power, because she finds that
corruption has eaten to her very yitals
and her army, which she deemed was
stlll like that OF Cromwell. invincible.
has been bclnbored and defeated every
day since they attacked the Beers. And,
sir. justly so. And 1t may be at no dis
tant time when the insidous influences
which have thus debased her will en-
tirely destroy the weighty structure of
empire she has erected"
He concluded thus:
~ have a deep conviction. It has not
been shaken and will not swerve from
1t; and close my appeal for justice to
the Filipino with the declaration that
neither party policy nor personal in
terest in n future career shall cause me
to surrender the.right as God gives me
to see the right" applause In the
galleries)
In spite of repression and suppress
sion, the imperial policy of Mckinley is
becoming understood even in his own
party, and the truth is being elucidated.
Other Republicans in the Senate and
House concur with Nfessrs. Hale and
Wellington, and q storm is evidently
brewing that may wreck this admins
tration and it's party while they are
congratulating themselves that they
are already in port, with the Philip
pines in tow, "forever,"-the Stars and
Stripes waving over, piracy and in
scribed with: Empire, power, blood
and gold!''
Not all Republicans have abandoned
liberty and the people, and wandered
off with Mckinley and his kind after
strange gods; and 1t rejoices the heart
of every true Democrat that there are
still many Republicans, high and low,
who agree with the Democratic party,
and will help 1t in the battle for the
restoration of right American principles
and policies. Mckinley and his crew
are doomed! The skull may grin and
the cross-bones rattle; but the living
spirit of human freedom and indepen-
dence will survive and flourish while
American hearts and hands are yet
unshackled and untainted!
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-25

We have all heard of the golden egg.
We hardly hear OF anything else these
days. But many of us have forgotten
the history So rs cir ed by
Aesop. AS it is very brief, hear it:
"A certain man had n goose that laid
MIN a golden egg every day. Being OF
a covetous turn, he thought If he killed
his goose he should come at once at
the source of his treasure. So he killed
htr and cut her open, and great was
his dismay to find that her inside was
in no way different to that of any other
goose"
MoRAL.-Deed geese lay no eggs,
neither of gold or silver, nor any other
sort. The muzzled OK grows too weak
to tread out the corn" and the starved
COW gives no milk. Even the bounteous
earth refuses to yield it's fruits when it
is no longer fortified and cultivated.
And thus covetousness Is punished by
its own excess.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-25
CatarrEl Cured
Eyesight Strengthened,
Voice Restored.

Finding myself SUFFERING VERY
MUCH FROM CATARRH OF THE NOSE
AND THROAT consulted several of my
friends In Portsmouth WHO HAD BEEN
CURED BY DIR. FREY. and, acting on
their advice l placed myself under his
treatment. / was so afflicted that MY
NOSE WAS MOST ALWAYS CLoGGED
UP. Sc that / could not breathe through
1t at all. and MY VOICE WAS VERY
THICK. My throat was heavy. which
compelled me to be HAWKING AND
SPLITTING. and always awokc with a
dry. bitter taste in my throat and mouth
1 WAS COMtAELLED ALSO TO WEAR
EYE GLASSES. as the disease affected
my sight. NOW HAVE NO NEED FOR
GLASSES. AND CAN BREATHE AND
SPEAK AS WE'LL AS ANYONE, and am
much pleased with a CURE THAT HAS
MADE ME FEEL LIKE ANOTHER
PERSON. My appetite. which was poor.
Is now excellent. and am proud to tell
how much DR.. Firey has done for me-
FRANK Fl. COLES,
425 County street.
Portsmouth. Va.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-25
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY.

To say that all men are equal before
the law may be and should be true: but
to say that all men are or shall be equal
In life and its opportunities Is as false
and impossible rs to say that all men
shall be equal in height and weight.
Opportunity. it is true, may be equally
offered to all; but few may be able to
take advantage of It, AS the legs OF
the lame are unequal. so are the lame
unequal in the race with those who are
not lame. The onc-eyed man is un-
equal to those who have two good
eyes; yet he is King among the blind,
who have no eyes.
Yet we often hear 1t asserted. as n
certain truth, that liberty endows all
OF us with the same privileges and
chances. and that It is our fault that