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Life there's Hope.” 1897. No. 76a. ay West Tuirty. +» New York, Pubitsbed every >a year in advance, Postage to for Postal Union, $1.04 a year extra. Single copies, 10 cents, Rejected contributions will be destroyed un- tess accompanied bya stamped and directed envelope. The illustrations in Lie are copyrighted, and are not to be reproduced without special arrangement with the publishers. THINGS START UP AGAIN. HE new year is beginning in the cities. Everyone, except the al- manac mak- ers, knows that it begins intownabout this time. Now the oyster elbows the clam off the table and re- gains its old place. Now the schools re- sume and the colleges open; the football sea- son begins, the hunting men re-im- peril their necks, womankind gets new hats, the retail trade livens up, folks come back to town and families are reunited. The best month of the year is just ahead, and this year, praise be to Heaven, it will be a happier month to the American peo- ple than they have seen in four long years. S SETH LOW FOR MAYOR. T is a pity to have anything to do in autumn except to play golf, ride horses, and rejoice in the con- sciousness of existence. But most people have to work, and the chief delight they have in autumn weather is that it is good weather to work in. Here in New York labors abound. We are torn upas to our streets by * LIFE: contractors who lay pipes and pave- ments, and as to our feelings by poli- ticians and earnest citizens who have undertaken to elect a mayor. We are pretty sure that in time—too much time, probably—our streets wil. be in better order than ever before, but as to who our next mayor will be we are not so sure as we would like to be. The Citizens’ Union has nated Mr. Low, and he has ac- cepted, Mr. Low would make a first- rate mayor, and LiFe would like to see him elected. If he gets the reg- ular Republican nomination as well as that of the Citizens’ Union his election will be probable, but if not, so far as appears at this writing, it will be improbable. We shall see what the Citizens’ Union can do for Mr. Low, and also what he can do for himself. He has come down from Mt. Desert, bursting with health, and ready to do his best to be elected. If he succeeds, Greater New York will get an admirable start in her career as an amalgamated metropolis. If he fails, it will probably be because the regular Republican organization sees more profit ina Tammany mayor than in one nominated by any organ- ization except itself. UR neighbor, the Su, declares that Mr. Low has been a pub- lic nuisance all summer, and it seems to be getting ready to denounce him as a consecrated statesman, It calls the Citizens’ Union ‘ta venomous and self- worshipping organization.” These are harsh epithets, but much must be pardoned to the zeal of a new recruit. The Sun is now a Republican paper, which supports sound money, Presi- dent McKinley's administration, and Senator Platt’s machine in New York. There is much that is respectable in these associations—enough, let us hope, to bring the Sua presently in line for Low, a nomi- PEACE AT PROVIDENCE PLANTA- TIONS, HE trustees of Brown University have asked President Andrews to withdraw his resignation. It is now understood that he will not ac- cept, but they have acted wisely in so doing, and under advice which it would not have become them to dis- regard. Congressman Walker, who has been regarded as the trustee most hostile to Dr. Andrews, is under- stood to have joined his fellows in this request, and to have declared that his attitude toward Dr. Andrews had been misrepresented. The com- munications which passed between Dr. Andrews and the members of the Corporation breathed peace and friendliness on both sides, so that there is a prospect that this stirring episode may come to a tranquil and satisfactory conclusion me & FRANCE IN CONVULSIONS. Ove good friends the French seem to have had something like a fit over the reported alliance between their country and Russia. To dispassionate observers their cele- brations seem disproportionate to the event, but enjoyment is a good thing in itself, and doubtless the French do well to harvest their's while they may, and before events disparage their anticipations. (Peanar WHAT AILS DEBS? } R. EUGENE DEBS announces that he is ready to shed the last drop of blood which courses through his veins to preserve liberty. Liberty, in Mr. Debs’s opinion, will presently be promoted by the abo- lition of courts, the dispersal of Congress, and the enthronement of the sacred rights of American fre¢- men. Lire recommends Mr. Debs to shed a little of his blood in a saucer and have it examined by a physician, Judging from his sentiments, his sys- tem is out of order and needs a tonic.