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ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AXD CHRONICLE, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 3890s Democrat and Chronicle, Inter cd ate Porf-Offfes at Iiotheter, S. at Second-Clam Mail Matter. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Postage or Delivery at Door Free, ITear. CMos.

fMos. pally and Sunday 7.50 a.7 1.8S fnnday i.ao .15 Veeltly 1.00 .50 W.H. MATHEWS Provident fTrusteoi hurt. That Js to say, he never llvefl to kne whether the thing succeeded. New York Mil and Express.

Had an equal number of men ben pitPM In the position of those boys In the barni military academy at Mexico, ion )fS of fatalities might reasonably have bwn pe cted. The average boy will risk a leg the sake of fnn five days of the week, anfl'h is hard to catch him In a fire trap when leap In the dark Is the way to liberty life. Pittsburg Dispatch. 84 Wheels and Whiskers. Chicago Tribune.

The barbers have Joined Mrs. Smith tab crusade against the bicycle and it thought they were actuated by high mo principles. This confession of one barbJ however, seems to Indicate a purely peronl interest: "There is nothlngJa my buln any longer, the bicycle craze has It Before the fclcycle craze struck us the used to come In oa Saturday afternoons get a shave end a hair-cut, and maybe i shampoo, In order to take their girlg to th theater, or go out somewhere else a a evening. Now they go off on a bicycle onj do not care whether they are shaved or not class of men who believe that Casterleagh committed suicide because he could not endure to live: in the consciousness of his acts, and that the title now borne by his descendant was earned by treason to the Irish cause. The course adopted i well calculated to annoy if not to frighten Lord Londonderry, but mot to advance the persons who have adopted it in the esteem of the world.

The cause of Irish self rule has been set back time after time, by fanatics who are impatient of rational and temperate methods and have alienated their friends and given comfort to their enemies by untimely displays of violence in word and act. No one-would attach any importance to the contemptible demonstration in question, except as it indicates lack of self-discipline and respect which encourages the enemies of the Irish cause to assert that the Irish people, as a whole, are unfit to govern their country. AN HONOR TO MONROE. descent, a condition that shows a life-giving energy, if we gauge the light oi Sirius by that of our Sun. Perhaps Sirius was red because his giant globe was, surrounded by vapors that have now subsided, permiting us to see the light-covering, or photosphere.

This supposition conflicts somewhat with the theories of the spectroscopists, as they concludt that the red stars are in the spotted stage, and are fading to darkness. Sirius has passed from red to the bluish-white, reversing the order of the theorists. Nobody yet knows the cause of sunlight, and at may yet be found that it is the rt suilt of dnteraction between worlds thav are linked together like the sun and its planets or Sirius and his planet. Il the astronomical records of the present day are carefully preserved, mankind may have some data with which to attack these problems two or three centuries hence. If white stars fade, to red, or red stars blaze with white light, it will bt known that there is something more than the processes of heating and cooling to bt accounted for.

Bryan, may take courage. Bryan will not be elected, and, if he is, there will be no dividends. Now that Weyler has undertaken to edit all the dispatches sent out rrom navan K.oriro- on the war. the news will be inter esling if not reliable. It may well be that the doughty general's blue pencil will prove mightier than his sword.

One of the few persons who has not been elmwn into the turmoil of the campaign )S Hon. Adlai L. Stevenson. By the way where does he stand on the financial issue' The vice-presidency is a fine office for i man of retiring tastes. An Illinois farmer, who believes that the world will come to an end this week and that he will be taken directly to heaven, like the prophet of old, thinks that he will have use for money in the next world.

It is significant that he has disposed of his property, valued at some $50,000, for gold. It is to be hoped that be will postpone his departure until after election day. Since some of the surface lines in New York have placed open cars in commis sion for the use of smokers, there have teen many complaints that they are monopolized by women. This has been a com mon experience elsewhere and no one has yet found an adequate explanation of the Where the rear seats of cars are reserved for users of tobacco, they are usually taken by women, who persist in holding possession, although half the other seats in the car are vacant. A man was recently arrested for de frauding the Park Avenue hotel, who had lived in the best New York hostleries since June last, without paying a bill tnd, up to that time, without arrest.

His cap ital was good appearance and impu dence, and lais escape from prosecution came from the fact that the hotel keepers preferred to pocket their losses rather than admit that they had been beaten. The man always took an expensive room and lived on the fat of the land, having every thing charged, until suspicion was aroused, when he moved on. He spent absolutely no for he had none, and ft was the' fact that he "hung up" the borber at the Park AveDue that caused his down fall. His experience teaches ihat, to be a successful hotel beat, one must never appear economical and that it is well to have a small cash capital, to permit of judicious tipping. The teller of a New York saving bank list week paid out $2,500 upon a check for $25.

Looking over the payments of the day he found a number of twenty-five dollars each, and thought that he was right in believing that he had made the overpayment to a woman whose account ehowed a debit of this amount. He went to the woman and demanded the return of $2,475, but she denied having received my sum above the twenty-five dollars with which she was charged. Thereupon the teller procured her arrest but, upon examination, she was discharged for lack of evidence. The teller has the reputation of being a careful man and the bank officials have entire faith in his honesty, but his mistake will cost his bondsmen the amount of the money lost, unless it is traced and recovered, and he will probably be dismissed. Such a lapse on the part of a man who has had years of training in machine-like accuracy is almost a phenomenon, and that it could happen without leaving a record upon the books shows that it did not result from misreading the check, but from an absent-minded manipulation of the currency.

The woman suspected drew against a balance of but $150. It is a matter of course that tht person who received the money is retaining it dishonestly and it is probable that some foolish hint or extravagant expenditure will lead to identification. GliANCES AT IilFE. Dr. Jameson Is writing a book, thereby demonstrating the fact that his Imprisonment has done him no good whatever.

Cleveland Leader. Since bicye'ers are interested enough to form political clubs, It's not too much to expect that they'll hump themselves for their candidates. Philadelphia Times. Li Hung Chang's remark that the United States government is the model of western civilization Is handsome enough to make those who met him here feel sorry that they cannot reciprocate. Boston Herald.

An Ingenious New Yorker proudly announces that he has Invented a bottle which cannot be refilled when once emptied. What the great thirsty world wants Is a bottle that cannot be emptied when once filled. Chicago Tribune. A Chinese laundryman In Paterson, displays a Chinese flag with "Vote for McKinley and Hobart" oa one side and "Vote for Bryan and Sewall and Free Silver" on the other. He Is a bimetallist, sure enough.

Chicago Chronicle. They say that a man who weighs 150 pounds on this planet would weigh but 58 on Mars. Possibly some of our light-weight politicians may be wanderers from some planet where gravity Is still stronger than on the earth. St. Faul Pioneer-Press.

It took many weeks before thousands of the queen's subjects found out that she had mounted the throne. The telegraph will Inform people In San Francisco of the ascent of her successor to the throne several hours before It has taken place. Boston Globe. Marie Corelli, the novelist, has printed a savage attack against women who ride bicycles. But candor compels the admission that the young women who ride the wheel are much healthier and happier than those whom Marie pictures In her fiction.

Chicago Record. These are hard days for pugilists. When they do not fight, except with "paper bullets of the brain," they are ridiculed by a heartless press; and when they prepare to fight with their hands, they are arrested by an equally heartless police. What chance has a "genuine sport" to make an honest living New York Journal. A man who was brought up with a short turn In New York for passing worthless checks offered as a defense that he was a gentleman and had been one for twenty years.

Strange as it may seem, the police fnlled to rise to the amenities of the occasion and locked him up pending an Investigation. Buffalo Express. The Knelpp dew readers of Brooklyn are dissatisfied because they have been confined to an excluded portion of one of the public parks. Their desire Is evidently to be seen rather than be cured. Syracuse Courier.

The Indiana man who swallowed a potato bug the other day, and then took a tremendous dose of Paris green to kill the Insect, was like the man who Jumped out of a bal of virtue and vice upon the market Talue of the women of the stage. When asked a to the effect of the exploit in question upon the woman con-cernetl, he gave at as his opinion that it would not hurt her in the least, but on the contrary would give her a deal of valuable advertising. It may be worth while to quote his opinion, in part, as it is evidently the result of ripe experience. He said: She Is a burTesque actress. If she were "la the legitimate" a scandal -would hurt her In a business way.

I have observed the efTect of such things very carefully. An actress of serious roles Is worth more to the play In which she is engaged, and to the manager who employs her, if is known to toe a woman of unblemished private character. Of course a great genius, like Bernhardt, commands nn art pedestal to stand on, and nobody thinks of throwing her off It. But I am speaking of the ordinary "loading actress." or "star," and what I say Is that no manager can afford to put a notoriously misbehaving actress forward as the circumspect heroine of a sober play. The intended dramatic effect is defeated If the audience knows that the impersonator of a heroine is herself the opposite of the character portrayed.

But when you come down to burlesque and vaudeville, a scandal doesn't hurt a performer a bit. On the -contrary, she is valuably advertised by a divorce, an elopement, or any escapade of that general sort. The reason for this is that she figures on the stage as an individual entertainer, and not as the character which she assumes. Therefore, notoriety makes her a more Interesting object, and the fact that you don't respect her cuts no ice. Beg pardon.

What I mean Is that her role in a scantily clothed burlesque can't be affected injuriously by the publication of her own erratic conduct off the stage, and, on the other hand-, she -becomes more of an exhibit. Now, the point for an employing manager to determine Is whether hia play Js dignified enough to be harmed by a scandal concerning the actress. This woman's elopements render her all the more desirable for "Excelsior Junior," -because that Is a show of handsome women, but they would prevent me from placing her in- any circumspect piece. How about comic opera singers? 'Well, I could name an- actress of great beauty, brilliant talents, and whimsical marriages, whom New York audiences will not treat quite respectfully in comic opera. At nearly every reference in her lines to husbands- or wives the people see a personal meaning, and laugh at her.

In short. If an actress nowadays would develop her best possible value in true dramatic art, she must be unknown to the public in any undignified way. That's business. It is pleasant to have it, on- so competent authority, that good character and reputation have money value to an actress, whenever she emerges from the vaudeville theater and the concert hall into the higher walks of the art of entertaining. Following the logic of the speaker, however, one is led to wonder whether a woman cast as the Lady of the Camelias or Mrs.

Tor-qucnay would not command a higher price for being a bit bad. SIRIUS AND HIS COMPANION. The dark companion of Sinus, discovered by Alvan G. Clark in 18G2 with the eighteen-inch telescope constructed for the Chicago University, and which had not been seen since 1890, was re-discovered in the early part of September, at the Lowell observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona. The observation was made with the excellent Clark instrument, constructed for the use of Mr.

Lowell in the study of Mars. Owing to the clear air of Arizona, wonderful observations have been made with the instrument, and the disc of Mars has been so accurately mapped that all previous attempts at delineation were surpassed. Professor See, one of the members of the observatory staff, sighted the companion of Sirius after a patient search. The companion is so near to the great star, about six seconds of are, and is so faint comparatively, that the blaze of the giant sun fills the eye. It was therefore necessary to bar out the light of Sirius by a small screen in the field of Ihe eyepiece.

With this device properly adjusted, the companion, judged to be of the eleventh magnitude, was observed, but in a position not exjected by the astronomers who have computed the orbit. Sirius and his companion swing about each other, forming a great system. The motion has been great enough since 18G2 to get a sufficient number of position angles for the construction of an approximate oilnit. Those who attended the meetings of the Rochester Academy of Science when it occupied a room in Reynolds's arcade will recollect that Rev. N.

M. Mann presented the results of his computations of the orbit, with a paper on the Sirian system. We do not now recall the time of revolution which was given bj him, 'but -we beilieve it was longer than was then generally accepted. It is discovered by Professor See and his coworkers at Flagstaff that the companion has fallen thirty degrees bekhind the position which it should occupy to meet the requirements of the orbit marked out from the accepted computations. In falling 'behind', the comipauion -has also receded from Sinius.

After the companion was found by use of the screen in the eyepiece it could be easily seen upon the outer border of the. light fringe about Sirius without covering that star. Observation could be continued until a few minutes before sunrise. It is estimated from the new observations that the time of revolution of the Sirian system is about fifty-three years, or three years longer than was originally estimated. The orbit is believed to be larger than that of Uranus, and may nearly approach that of Neptune.

The dark companion is about the size of our sun, and is but half the size of Sirius. The light of Sirius is intense and the reflecting surface of his companion is so vast that the illumination must be very great. Presumably tliis reflected light alone renders the otherwise dark object visible. It is idle to speculate about the habitabil-ity of the Sirian planet; but there is plenty of room for a large population. The body is about 880,000 miles in diameter and would give globe-trotters something to do if they got around before the close of their lives.

Sirius and lus dark companion are the most interesting pair within the reach of the telescope. No other dark body of such enormous size as the Sirian planet is known in the whole universe of stars. The age of this system cannot he calcu lated. The time required for the Sirian to reach the stage of darkness is lnyond computation, because men have no data for the problem. There is a record stating that the Romans called Sirius red.

As the names of colors have not material ly changed in the 2,000 years since th record was made, it is quite probaible thai the color of Sirius has changed from red to bluish white. That is, Sirius is incan We fancy he has attained the desire of his heart and finally alienated every friend ho ever had. Grand, gloomy and peculiar, he will henceforth sit upon his throne of misanthropy wrapped in the solitude of his own cussedness, quite unannoyed by visitors. MR. BRYAN AND THE GOLD STANDARD.

"Who says the gold1 -standard is a good thing asks Candidate Bryan. Well, for one, Mr. Bryan himself, everj time he claims that free coinage would lift the market price of silver bullion to $1.20 per ounce in gold, says in effect that tht gold standard is a good, indispensable and inevitable thing. He admits, perhaps wittingly, that it is desirable to have a correspondence between the bullion value and the stamped value of a srilver dollar, and he asserts that such correspondence will be brought about if the government will receive silver in unlimited quantities-anil hand it back to its owners divided and moulded into pieces having a weight-value of about 51 cents, with the words "Ont Dollar" stamped on each piece. It is plain that Mr.

Bryan is wrong in this contention, because it is true of silver, as of gold, ithat a shapeless chunk of the meta can have nothing added to its 'bullion value by the mere process of formdng it into a. flat disc and placing certain designs ana inscriptions on it. Nevertheless Mr. Bryan contends that the process would have that very effect, not only on each particular fragment oi silver undergoing the manipulation, but on all the silver bullion da existence. Saying nothing of the absurdtiy of this claim, or of its utter refutation by every experiment in unlimited silver coinage, '-it is self-evident that one mass of silvei weighing 371 1-4 grains cannot be wortn more or less, as bullion, than anothei mass of silver weighing 371 1-4 grains.

AVhen, therefore, Mr. Bryan claims that a certain legislative measure will raise tht buJliou value of 371 1-4 grains of silvei from 51 cents to 100 cents, the lattci figures must refer to something besides silver as the standard to which the whit, metial is tto be elevated. Logically, that standard is gold, and in fact Mr. Bryan specifically mentions gold as the metal bj which the value of silver is measured. Thus he recognizes the gold standard anu confesses that it is a good and necessary thing.

Otherwise he would not hold dt ui-as a standard which should and would be maintained under the policy Ik advocates. It matters not, for the purposes of this discussion, that Mr. Bryan's method oT maintenance is impracticable and hazardous. It is sufficient to show that he is on record as approving of the gold standard, even though he labors Under a tremendous delusion as to the effect of his coinagt scheme on the silver currency of tht country. THE TWO-MINUTE HORSE.

When the middie-aged men of to-day were boys, Flora Temple's name stood as representative of the highest development of the harness horse as judged by the test of speed. She made a mark of 2:19 1-4 and was, for a long time, the only horse in the world to go below '20. At that time people who wished to express the general idea of great speed by one terse phrase still spoke of "a two-forty gait" and wiseacres, sit ting about the stove in the village store or whittling sticks within the open door of the livery stable, gravely agreed that the limit of speed had been reached and that Flora's mark must stand for all time. The world knows how far this prophecy was from the truth, but people have not cured themselves of the habit of making cccksure predictions, whatever the top record for the time may be. The knowing ma jority was certain that Dexter's '17 1-4 marked the final accomplishment, and so it as in the cases of Goldsmith Maid, Rarus, Maud S.

and others which from time to time held the record. But sensations began to come so fast, with increased and more rational breeding, improved methods of track building, the in troduction of the low wheeled, pneumatic tired sulky and the coming into favor of the once despised pacer, that the boldest prophet became a little shy of backing the mark of any one horse against the field. Turfmen have lived to see '40 horses drawing butchers' carts and the fairly good '20 joggers on the road; to recognize that a green youngster entered in the '30 class on the big circuit must be game for three, four or five heats in '15 or better to pay his way, and they settled down first to the as sertion that no horse would ever go a mile to harness an two minutes or better, and, of late, to the question whether such speed is possible, and, if so, what horse was likely to make it and how soon. The question -as to the possibility of the two-minute mile was answered on Thursday last, when John R. Gentry, the game Kansas horse, paced a mile at Portland, in with a stiff wind in his face as he came up the stretch.

The same effort, on the same track, on a calm day, would have carried Gentry under the wire by at least a fraction under the long discussed mark, and, as the horse is said to be now in shape to go for his life, he may touch or pass it before cold weather sends him to the 6table for the season. Perhaps there is no better way of in dicating how little more be would be called upon to do to perfect his triumph than by stating that the two-minute horse must go an average of forty-four feet to the second and that the average of Gentry in his great mile was 43.8 plus. Thus an increase of speed represented by less than four-tenths of a foot per second would have made the coveted record. THE MARKET PRICE OF CHARACTER. A noted and notorious burlesque actress, of singular personal beauty and a good deal of talent, added the other day to her list of matrimonial ventures, and sensational escapades of other kinds, an It was not her first elopement, but enough time had passed since her name was List conspicuous in this connection to give the latest performance almost the charm of novclty.

The New York Sun published an inter view with a prominent manager Tirw re mits himself to discuss the occurrence with great freedom. He is a man who follows his business entirely for the snL dollar, with no regard for sentimental standard, no visionary schemes for the elevation of tie stage, but with cool-headed and deliberate convictions as to the effect The people are be sincerely congratulated upon the fact that the first assembly district of Monroe county will be represented in the legislature next winter by the Hon. Merton E. Lewis. He was nominated by the Republican convention yesterday and his election may be regarded as a certainty.

Mr. Lewis is no stranger in public life. As mayor of the city, as a member of the constitutional convention and as an alderman he has achieved honorable prominence and he is known far and near as a man of exceptional ability and undeviating integrity. We risk nothing in the prediction that he will make a creditable mark at Albany and that he will add to the prestige already enjoyed by the Monroe contingent in the capital city. AN AMAZING RUMOR FROM SPAIN.

The Imparcial of Madrid publishes a dispatch from its correspondent at San Sebastian, the queen regent's summer residence, containing the following amazing statement: I know also on the authority of a diplomatist that the Spanish government has Instructed General Weyler to operate against Maceo as soon as the new expedition arrives in Cuba, not only because it Is in the Interest of Spain to do so, but also because Mr. Taylor has given the government advice to that effect from Mr. Cleveland, who is moved in this by his good will toward Spain. It appears that, should McKinley be elected president of the United States, it is almost sure that Sherman will be appointed secretary of state. Having this dangerous emergency to face, the Cuban war must be reduced to unimportance by destroying the large insurgent bodies.

Were it not for the memory of the Hawaiian infamy, no one would give a moment's attention to such a statement in regard to the attitude of President Cleveland. Furthermore, there is no informa tion that he has taken a single step to carry out the expressed will of congress conveyed to him in the resolutions recognizing Cuban belligerency. His neglect may indicate a certain sympathy for Spain. But, whatever his advice, Maceo is undoubtedly able to take care of himself and the men under him. Arms and munitions of war may be kept from him by the unwarranted activity of cur customs officials; but he has received a fair supply and can give a good account of himself.

THACHER'S LATEST PHASE. This editorial is based on the very lat est bulletin from Thacher, received before going to press. Thacher may make it un timely and inappropriate by the time it reaches the reader's eyes, by withdrawing his withdrawal of his acceptance of the Buffalo nomination, or offering himself as an independent candidate for the governorship, or something of that sort. If he dors we can't help it. We have done our best Our for the rapid handling of news are unexcelled, but only a kineto- scopic camera could keep track of Thacher, the champion lightning change artist of his time.

At latest date, then. John Boyd Thacher had declined the nomination of the Buffalo convention in a letter that charges the man ager, by long distance telephone, of that remarkable gathering, with fraud; that severely upbraids- the Democracy of this state for the fctiff-joiutedness that makes it unable to straddle as marvelously as Thacher without fear of disruptive consequences; that prophesies overwhelming de feat for it because it dares not imitate his perilous Colossus of Rhodes attitude. Thaeher's mood of self-sacrifice entirely dissipated, he now positively refuses to "carry the banner." What to make of John Boyd Thacher we hardly know. His performances paralyze description; his motives defy analysis. It is suggested that he wanted to "out of politics" and seized this opportunity to do to finally and effectually.

But, surely, for that purpose he reed not have taken such heroic measures. He seems to us rather to have yearned to get off the earth. We find ourselves forced to conjecture that something had so soaked him with misanthropy that he wanted everybody in the wcrld to dislike, suspect and avoid him, and that he carefully devised and unflinchingly carried out a plan that would bring about the desired result. Hence hia letter, in which he invited contempt, anger and disgust by accepting a platform that he reprobated, and condemning the policy and principles for which he announced himself ready to vote in his character of a man destitute of convictions or principles and by no means to be trusted. This, of course, left him scarcely any friends, and he probably flattered himself that he had suc ceeded in completely isolating himself from lis kind, until Senator Hill's conduct showed him that he had at least one friend left, that not quite every man who had oer heard of him had ceased to have an use for him.

At the meeting of the Democratic state committee, Senator Hill, by dint of so straining his influence as to permanently weaken it, succeeded in saving Thacher from being ignominiously kicked off the Buffalo ticket. This was regarded by many as the act of a friend.and Thacher perceived that to fully satisfy his ambition to be heartily disliked by everybody it was necessary that he should forthwith proceed to publicly administer to Senator Hill, to the Democratic state committee, and to its notification committee a stinging slap in the face. Hence his letter withdrawing his acceptance of the Buffalo nomination, and his choice of the time and manner of its publication. To us it seems entirely unnecessary for Mr. Thacher to exert himself any further.

lou see where It hurts our business Is that when a man skips a shave to-day, we caa't sell him two shaves to-morrow; that share 1 gone forever." This adds the great qnestl of whiskers to the problem of the wheel and seems to have also a political significance The logical conclusion appears to be that wheels beget whiskers, and we know that whiskers beget Populists. But wheels beget also men and womem of healthy minds and bodies, the antitheses of Populists. It nnt this a dire omen to the cause of PopouHam1 Reflections of a Bachelor. New York Press. Married women and bachelors waste a lot of good time feeling sorry for each other.

There never was a homely old maid who would admit that no man ever kissed her. A good many men who wear nlghtshlrta always speak of their "pajamas," became they think It sonnds 6weller. Most men's Ideal of wealth Is to be able to have a separate pair of suspenders for every pair of trousers they have. When a girl tells yon how -nice another girl thinks you are, you can tell Jnn ho, much she thinks of you herself by the ww 6he says it. The first month a man Is married heari "my wife" every ten minutes.

Afar has been married five years nobody woald ever know he had a wife. Four Hundred Thousand a Year. Albany Journal. The San Francisco Call declares that if the free-silver policy is adopted by the United States it will -be worth an additional a year to W. R.

Hearst of the New York Journal. That is a very comfortable sum and bo gala such an income most men would labor as hard and even harder If possible than Mr. Hearst is doing at present with his newspapers. Four hundred thousand dollars a year! Few of the plutocrats abhorred by Mr. Bryan have euch an Income and vet rhla -ni be "the addition" to Mr.

Hearst's Income if free silver wins. A Friendly Lead. Russell (Kansas) Record. Martin Mohler. of Osborne countv.

form. erly secretary of the state board of agri culture, gave us a call yesterday. He was on, hia way to Stafford county to buy cattle. suggested to him to deposit his money la one or our banks, write to a friend of ours, a bro ker, in Denver, and have him Inm th amount In silver bullion, which can be got for 66 cents or less per ounce and will rise to S1.29 as soon as Bryan Is elected. Instead of thanking us, he just laughed.

The Bike Next Year. Troy Times. The bicycle season is now at Its height, bnt It will not be very long before Jack Frost will lay his hands on the roads and the wheel will have to be put aside for the winter. What Is of the greatest importance to bicycle manufacturers Just now is the pros pect for next season. It cannot be said to be altogether bright and alluring, but the makers of wheels are going right ahead and preparing for another big season.

Some of them, at least, are likely to be disappointed. Impressionism Explained. New York Press. William Dean Howells Look here, Crane- Just between ourselves, don't you know what do you mean: in that last novel of yours by the expression, "a yellow crash?" Stephen Crane (confidentially) Say, old man, were you ever hit in the eye by a skin? Down to Date. Chicago Record.

"Anything new on the dramatic stage this season "Yes, we're going to run 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' with the cabin lit by electric lights, and Eliza getting away over the Ice on a horseless sled." The Floodgates Open. Chicago Journal. A man In Watseka, 111., Is said to have re covered the use of his voice after forty- three years of dumbness, which goes to show that no one Is 6afe from the epidemic of talking brought on by a political campaign. HUMPHREYS 66 99 Used in SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, will keep you free from COLDS all Winter long. SPECIFIC No.

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Humphreys' alsd. Co Cor. William John 8kh, New lurk. A LIVELY CONTEST. "A peculiar controversy is now going on between the Central railroad of New Jersey, in combination with the United States Express Company, on the one hand, and A.

C. Stevenson, of Summerville, N. on the other. For twenty -two years past Mr. Stevenson has been engaged in business as a purchasing agent for the people of iSummerville, executing their commissions in New York city and seeing to the delivery of the articles 'bought.

The United States Express Company has a contract with the railway corporation, by which it is entitled to the exclusive Tight to carry packages over the lines of the latter for hire, and it is in the effort to enforce this right, and prevent Mr. Stevenson from competing, that the present disagreement has arisen. Stevenson has a large clientele, and his business takes him to New York six days in the week. The regular round trip excursion fare from Summerville to New l'ork and return is $1.50, but the purchasing agent rides upon an annual commutation ticket, costing him but $100, thus saving more than $350 a year, as compared with the excursion fare. Among the conditions under which the commutation ticket is issued are two, one providing that the holder shall carry no baggage, and the second limiting him to conveying.

by hand any bit "ordinary parcels." the con tents of which shall be exclusively his own property. The purchases made by Mr. Stevenson are many, and vary greatly in bulk. He hustles over to New l'ork on the first train, and all day long hurries from shop to shop, matching samples, tasting tea ana buyinz all manner of thinwc fmm ji age or nair pins to a bicycle. He claims that he pays for all these with his own money, and that they remain his oronertv until he delivers them to his patrons.

The heavier articles are forwarded bv th United States Express Company, but he has been in the habit of collectinz the les (bulky and lighter, having them packed ii a couple of large parcels and carrying them on the train by hand. Here came the rub. The agents of the Express Company, recognizing the fact that each of the small parcels, so carried, would have (brought 25 cents to the cor poration, if shipped by itself, notified headquarters, with the result that the managers demanded that the railway company should prevent Stevenson from continuing the practice. Thereupon tht purchasing agent was notified to desist, but ignored the notice and turned up, smiling, the next night, with a bulky package in each hand. Thereafter there was a lively game of "tag" at the depot, whenever the agent appeared, the detectives seeking to prevent him from boarding the train, and he endeavoring to outwit them.

At last, tiring of this, Stevenson abandoned his effort to carry the packages, and sent them by express from the depot office of the express company, addressed to himself at Summerville. This seemed to settle the matter, but, when he offered his packages to the express company the next night, they were refused, with the statement that he would he required to ship each of the smallet parcels inclosed, separately. The following night Stevenson crossed by ferry to Communipaw and succeeded in shipping his stuff, but a day later met the same refusal on the Jersey side. This time, he was accompanied by a witness and made a formal demand that the package presented be forwarded. After refusing, the clerk, without permission, cut the cord of the package and forwarded the eight parcels irclosed each by itself, charging for the carriage separately.

Stevenson claims that he cannot do business at a profit on this basis, and declares that he will cause the arrest of the clerk who opened his parcel, and will bring action for damages against the express company for every refusal to carry his goods. It seems that, in the latest phase of the case, Steven-son has much the advantage. Owning all the parcels, it is difficult to see why he has not a right to inclose them in one package, and shin them to himself or any other person whom he may select, or upon what substantial ground the carrier can ibase its claim to ask questions concerning what is to be done with the goods when they reach his hands at Summerville. If Stevenson has a good cause of action, every refusal to accept and carry his packages will give him a new one, and he may find suing the express company more profitable than buying embroidery, silk and confectionery for the good people of New Jersey. Mr.

Thaeher's recent conduct and its results may be scientifically summed up as a marvedous triunmh, of simian self-simu-lucrumizatiou. The English authorities have been sharp enough to request the surrender of Tynan by France. Thry probably have no idea that the request will be granted and would be sorry if it were. The suggestion that congress select a national flower bobs up again, at a time when most people find more important subjects for thought. The golden rod seems low to be the niot-t popular blossom.

The Englishman who fear that the dividends of American stocks will be paid in debased money', after the election or Republican Nominations. President WILLIAM! McKIXLEY, of Ohio. For Vice-President GARRET A. II O-BART, of Xcw Jersey. For Governor FRANK S.

BLACK, of Rensselaer. Tor Lieutenant-Governor TIMOTHY WOODRUFF, of Kings. Tor Court or Appeals 1KV1XG G- TAXX, of Onondaga. for Representative In nEXHY C. BliEAVsTER.

Congress For Sherlff-JOIIX IT. SCHROTII. Tor County Treasurer OUX B. HAMILTON'. Tor Memher ot Assembly, First Dls-trict-MERTOX F.

LEWIS. For Seliool Commissioner, First DIs trie -A. WORTH PALMER. For School Commissioner Second District C'HAUXCEV BRA1XARI). AS TO STREET NAMING.

The correspondent of the Democrat and jChroniele, whose communication published yesterday urged that the name of South avenue be extended to apply to South St. Paul street, will find many who do not agree with him. There is a growing feel-In? in the city that there has been too much juggling with the nomenclature of the streets, an evidence of the reaction being the recent restoration of the name of Stilison street to an East Side thoroughfare which had been senselessly rechristened Belmont park. The name of St. Paul street is not commonplace, while that of South avenue is decidedly so.

We have a South street, as well as a South avenue; an East street and East avenue; a West street and West avenue, and a North street and North avenue. If there were any more cardinal points of the compass, there would be a street and an avenue for each. The name of St. Paul street is not hackneyed and is identified with the earlier history of Rochester. It is not likely that property owners and business men on the etreet would take kindly to any change, and, if they admitted the force of Mr.

Green's plea for uniformity, they might tirge the privilege of -seniority and suggest that South avenue be renamed South St. Paul street. A FEW FINANCIAL FACTS. The pictures and words on a greenback add nothing to the value of the paper of which it is composed. The pictures and words on a silver dollar add nothing to the value of the metal of which it is composed.

A greenback, the material of which is worth nothing, circulates on a par with geld because of the resources and good faith of the government behind it. A silver dollar, the material of which is worth a little more than 50 cents, circulates at its face value ou a par with gold because of the resources and good faith of the government behind it. Any kind of money, which consists wholly or partly of credit, will fall below Its face value if issued in excessive quantities. The source of issue, in order to maintain the quality of such money, must keep the amount issued within prudent limits. It is plain that greenbacks would fall Ibelow par if the government should print them iu unlimited quantities, and it ought to be equally plain that silver dollars would fall below par if the government should coin them in unlimited quantities.

At the present time all the dollars in the United States, whether of gold, silver or paper, are practically as good as gold for all purposes of trade and exchange. It is desirable that they be kept so. Consequently it is necessary to reject the Bryan scheme, which ignores the sound principles of finance, defies all experience of the nations of the world, and would cause confusion and loss by sending into circulation short-value dollars which could not be maintained at a parity with full-value AN ORIGINAL SUBSCB1PTI0N. Lord Londonderry, who is probably better hated by the average Irishman than is any other British peer, has recently expressed his disgust and anger at the release of the dynamiters, who have been pet free from English prisons. A number of their countrymen in New York have made au original appeal to their fellows, which is sardonic in its conception and must be ghastly in its result.

The devisers of this plan ask each per-eon to whom the appeal is made to forward a cast oft" razor to Londonderry, accompanied, when convenient, by a frank expression of the esteem in which his lord- hip is held by the sender. It is said that a large number of razors have already been sent and that otLers will follow by the hundred. The explanation of this remarkable expression of ill will is found in the fact that Lord Londonderry is a grandson of Casterleagh, whose memory is execrated by a Jarge section of the Irish people for what they regard as his treachery to the cause of his country. Casterleagh killed himself cj'-ting his throat with a razor, and the jnnofcome gifts now being sent to tLe present earl are intended to convey to him a tint to do likewise. The tenders are of a loon to eee If he could do It without getting1.