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ne regular circulation Of THE Sun for the
Wsek ending Ati0. O. 1894 ras:
Less and Less Danger from Cholera.


The late reports concerning the cholera In
Europe are Of kind to sustain the opinions
OF the French physicians who regarded the
Toulon and Marseilles outbreak OF the dis
ease as the beginning Of what would be a
comparatively local epidemic which would
speedily die out. The decline In the number
OF deaths Is 80 great ut both these cities
that fugitives are returning, and the indica-
lions that the disease Is spreading over
Europe, Or IL likely to 30 spread, are less now
than they were week ago.
Cholera first appeared at Toulon carly In
June, and soon thereafter 1t broke out In
Marseilles. It could not have found two
towns better fitted to propagate the disease.
for they were both dirty, and their sanitary
regulation was barbarous, according to pres
ent English and American notions. Yet
within two months we find the epidemic de-
clining In severity, with tho probability that
during the rest Of the summer the cases OF
the disease will DO comparatively few.
SO far, despite the great number OF fugi-
tives, cholera has not reached the great cities
OF Europe, unless here and there sporadic
case about which there Is still room for
doubt as to Its being true Asiatic cholera.
Paris is free from 1t, and there is little alarm
In England as to its probable approach.
Meantime the summer Is passing by, and
the chances OF the spread Of the disease this
year are all the time decreasing.
Here In this country the weather OF tho
summer continues to be generally favorable
to health, and our danger from cholera, not
great at any time since its outbreakin Toulon,
Is now very slight. However it may be next
year, we think that both Europe and Amer
lea can pretty safely dismiss anxieties as
to q general cholera epidemic this season.
II the disease was going to spread widely it
ought before this to have begun It's march.
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a. Abte Deeisien d Chlef u usSce MICA dam.
On Tuesday last the demurrer interposed
to the complaint In libel suit brought by one
William H. Adams. Jr.. against The SUN Print.
ing and Publishing Association was argued be.
fore Chief Justice McAdam In the City Court
Mr.. Franklin Bartlett appeared as counsel for
the defendant In support Of the demurrer and
Mr.. Nathan Lewis represented the plaintiff.
On Friday the following able and lucid decision
was rendered:
Publishing Association Special Term, Aug /. 1854
Decision on Demurrer, to .Complalnt.-Mc-
Rsas:eS sS IL az ss ss.s
words: Thereupon Naeher began proceed.
inEs for, false pretences ssainst The younger
A l.isI The ssntenSs does not necessarily
impute any crime to the piaintif. The sG entire
but thss S WOES
Committed one. The insertion q the name ae 81
the younger Adams" was evidently q mis-
take as likely to occur In q newspaper ofhco as
ss q hSss
on application. A refusal to make the correc.
ton might. perhaps. Be treated as evidence Of
malice. but hardly think malice would other
mistake. lses odSers on Libel and Siander. 81
and star p.l The allegation Of malice created
some doubt in my mind but this, take It, 10
e no, from facts alleged which
crued by reason Of the publication they should
have been specially pleaded. The present
sSSmpant does not meet the Of
4 Wend.. p. $40; Linden v. Graham. 1 Ruer.
81. approved In Bergman v. Jones. o. n. Y.
g.; Barb. $50; & Barn 3, < Adolf, S45; Zabris-
It follows that the demurrer must be sus-
tained with costs.
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whole course u ~ history, has nsvse pasoed
OF scaled dividend. Bat this would b jus-
tice With vengeance; II would be the mon
strous converse Of the maxim that honesty
ID the best policy.
The fact that the general Government has
twice voluntarily assumed and satisfied
heavy debts contracted by the States does
not afford the shadow of . precedent for de-
manding like intervention In the case Of the
5000. OOO, 600 for which some twelve members
Of the Union are collectively In default. The
course adopted by Congress In re-
gard to the State debts contracted
during the war for independence, and
again during the war OF the rebellion,
Is precisely ono Of those exceptions that
prove the rule. For the money raised by the
States at those critical juncturcs was ap-
piled to tho necessities OF tho country ct
large, was expended In tho cause OF national
self-preservation. Practically 1t was the
Federal Government that received the
money. the States acting merely as brokers.
and 1t was In fulflment OF tho strongest
moral obligation that Congress. In return,
assumed tho debts. What relevancy has the
action Of Congress In those cases to the pro.
posed assumption Of State debts contracted
exclusively for local purposes What bear
Ing has 1t upon the ridiculous suggestion
that tho citizen OF New York or Ohio or
Massachusetts, should be forced to pay bonds
issued for building railways In Tennessee
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A Great Living General.
From Nrl.srnad,s HUnU ,fn.

Moltke the Silent-dsr Schweiger-as hs 10
called 10 generally considered the greatest and 10 Ger.
tainly the most successful. Of living soldiers His
achievements at KUnegra Sedan and Paris have never
been surpassed and compel the admiration Of all com.
petsnt military critics. SILENT quiet cold the very In.
carnaon Of concentrated thought just you see him
walking in the streets or moving In . drawing room
when everybody stands respectfully aside to let him
pass-so he stood on the battlefield his cold clear eye
passing slowly from point to the other and his cold
clear mind weighing the chances Of victory and defeat
with the intensity and serenity Of matthew pom.
dering over the solution Of some grave problem
No one. II 10 said. has ever Count Notks excited
not at Sedan where the greatest victory Of
times decided tho fortunes OF the two most powerful
empires Of the Continent His calmness seems mystsr
ous almost awful and there 10 something strangely SD
about that silent. lonely old His wife died some
years ago. he never had child. his nearest relations
with the exception Of nephew and niece seem to be
kept at . distance by him. Who his companions
and his fiendsi 70 whom does he talk In friend
y familiar wsyi Nobody has been able to tell me-
though have often inquired.
An old man Of he stil appears without fall wherev.
duty calls him. He 10 to bs seen at almost all the
Emperors receptions the most striking psrsonsge near
the throne But how does the old Field Marshal pass
his time when free from duty-when tired OF work
Nobody prstsnds to know. Either nobody penstra.ss
into his intimacy. or else those who approach him init
nately do not speak about II.
when the weather 10 nne you may see very tail thin
msnwith very light yellowish hair and sallow beard
less wrinked face. ont Of which shine pair Of stony
gray eyes, wrapped In long, dark military coat, CAP
on his small head fauessly dressed In Gensrsls uni
form-a gentleman born In every inch Of his sristo
cratic slender nsure his body still erect, but his head
as In deep thought slightly bent forward-such man
say you may see coming out Of the great red building
which stands on the KoenSs Plata ct the corner Of
Aoltke and Bismarck Streets and which bears the
name OF General Stab" The solitary old man. unst.
tended oy servant walks slowly. nOisssssy. Every
one VINO meets him looks at him attentiysIv a..
Iasserby 10 soldier no stands side and ssutes
The old General returns the salute slowly and delhi
eratsiy. but apparently without seeing to whom
Every time see him the thought occurs TO me tina,
In such gui's Dante must have passed through tb.
streets OF Florence That General Field Nsrsha Conn,
Hsllmuth Won Moltke ono of the s,rsnve,t ch,,..,r
tue world has ever produced 1t Ia well worth soIpr IN
Berlin to see that great historical psrsonaxs
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squally substant1al rapid traasit fceds b
New Yoek, end roads built and run without
Interference with private rights. Companies
formed for their construction, taught By the
experience Of the elevated roads, will follow
tho example Of the London companies, and
take good care to secure absolute indie
pendence Of ownership and freedom from
complications"
The elevated roads were pushed through
without regard to private rights or the pro-
tests Of property owners. There was an
urgent demand for rapid transit In New
York, and these companies felt sure that II
they supplied 1t. the sum OF the benefits con-
ferred would be 30 much greater than the
private damages inflicted that tho average
the carly history Of the roads justified their
confidence. Tho injury done to property
was far less than 1t was feared II would be.
Instead Of running Third avenue and Sixth
avenue. ss so many property owners and
merchants expected they would, the elevated
roads increased trade on those thorough
fares, and consequently, a. q whole, raised
the value Of real estate there. Nor did rapid
transit lessen tho value Of the stock Of the
horse railroads. which have been doing better
than ever since the construction Of the ele-
waited roads.
But In tho long run the elevated railroads
are likely to ind out that It would have been
easier and more economical for them II they
had followed the example Of the London
companies and secured themselves against
the contingencies which now frlghten people
away from buying their stock. At first they
carried things with high hand. regardless
Of protest; but now judicial decisions arc
made which promise to load them with an
enormous burden Of payments for property
damages. How much the sum will he no.
body can estimate.
II, however, the roads had started out In
a fair and straightforward manner and
secured their right Of way beyond all con.
tingencies, they would now have the best
railroad property In the country, and their
stock would be among the securities for
which there is the most eager demand at tho
highest prices. Nor need they have spent
more money than their present enormously
diluted capital represents.
They conferred 30 great boon on New
York, and have so generally benefited prop
erty, that they ought to be both popular and
profitable. and would have been 80 II they
uuu poon HoEo uouoSNy ooueetucCou' ~
may be true that q hundred real estate own
ers are benefited by them, while only one Is
injured; but that is no reason why the ono
should not be protected In his rights as
against q private company which makes
money at his expense
It is the Indebtedness of their probable
liabilities which Is 30 hurtful to the elevated
railroads. There are unpaid taxes hanging
over them. How vast will be the sum OF the
obligations for property damage cannot be
estimated or even guessed. How great
will be tho cost Of repairs and renovations to
their structures can only be surmised.
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AAAWA1D VAVO8OVD AWVA VsS@
70 ssaAs o. Lasss DsSsoessses - NsasAssss
No Observation-Disclosures.
The Railway Reform Club has been doing
missionary work during the last few weeks.
About month ago they organized club ct
Metuchen. On last Friday evening on their
fourth visit, they succeeded In organizing
club In Woodbridge. The Railway Club sends
delegations Of about hundred members. &C.
oompanied By their cleo club Of twenty NOM
bsrs and several good speakers. TO the neigh
boring towns and villages upon invitation Of
the friends Of temperance. Perth Amboy. Lin
don, Rosello. and Crawford are soon to be IN.
Railway Club ia q prominent. Grand Army man.
House e crowded to SSsraoxinE 70 listen e
ss R n'ssf S. snse to As ke% @
Mammalian XSsocIation. With others from this
III ; % s:s sss sss s s s ss
Brook C O. held last Tussdsy; There ere
Try s nsfs ne Clue S y VII
q @ efa shWas nSudss IT,
!iop { ana who teoE part n its dsiI6s.stions.
elde ths League. Messrs Bronscn. Hurley. and
The STATE HsaSus. H. GSsI n Osborn nso Who
was also delegate and served on the Commit
tee on Organization. and was elected Q Nom.
ber Of the BtAte Executive Committee. IL now
In doubt % TO tho expediency OF his club re-
naming IN the State League.
The club 10 non partisan and non.ssctarian.
SS gsS Ssose p Se;
leap; During the past week there has been
late Republican State Senator for Union
county for six years. and Linus High. Ex-Re-
publican Mayor. In signing an application for
license for Chamberlain's Hotel
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Rapid Transit In London and New York.
Tho editor Of the Sanitary Engineer, who
has been In London In attendance on the
great Health Exhibition, draws acomparison
between the rapid transit OF London and
New York, which Is very unfavorable to our
elevated railroads.
While We have built roads which must
strike the experienced observer as more or
less ephemeral structures, the English have
constructed system Of rapid transit which
Is enduring, beyond all question, and, besides,
is speedy, safe, and convenient" More
over. they have done 1t without interfering
with public property or violating private
rights" and consequently the roads are
strong In their absolute independence Of
ownership. and freedom from complications
due to property damages"
They seem to have had the pluck and the
foresight" says this editor, to realize that
q judicious expenditure to enable them to
own the land they occupy, and to construct
an enduring work, would prove more re-
munerative In the long run than a more
fragile construction, with the risk besides
OF having to pay damages for encroachment
on private rights. Tho result is that there
Ia o substantial roadway on which the
heaviest trains can run at high speed, and
passengers can 60 from point to point in
London without creeping along at twelve
miles an hour on structure which sheds
bolts and nuts and rivet heads down ON the
heads OF the passers by and requires constant
repairs"
The time must come when We shall have
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Congratulations wisAdraws.

The Bu6alo Express. q Republican journal
friendly 10 Mr. Cleveland congratulated him immsd
sfely after his nomination. II now remarks follows
That was said INN diAtely upon reception Of the
news q b.. great triumph more than week before this
scandal was let loose. II 10 now than week after
that The ugly story 10 current all over the country
without word Of contradiction having been said in his
now withdray our congratulations In all sincerity,
defeated at Chicago"
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To THE EDITOR OF The suN-Sir: While
looking over ME Of old newspapers came across the
following In the windham Herald OF March 4, 1907;
petition has been presented TO- the Legislature OF
the state OF New YORK praying for OF
company who's. object q The sstabishm.nI OF
Even the people - long 1901 the necessity
o. nulidns bridge for future gsnsrationI not Tor
ksW YosG, July %.
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Further Light ON the Great Issus Preci plated
By Gen. Butler.
To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: The
true version IL as follows:
Inever had 4 piece Of bread
Particularly long and wide.
But fell upon the sanded door,
And always on the buttered side.
This 10 the version that was current in Lowell
In 1886. and was attributed to Horatio Hastings
Weld. the editor.
The felicity OF dimensions and intensity OF
sadness In always" can never be forgotten.
A SCHooLMATK OF GEN. BUTLER,
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40 THE EDITOR OF The SUN-!Sir: On July 40.
At Patchogus. . Cleveland and Hendrict. chr
formed with ~ on tho roll out Of yo,. a, AZ,
sssrstsry n Ern: Ssc PRESIDENT D. y KrsssM
Chas Holman sepsssnt. 'sl; treasurer. Andrew yioal
rAScaoGus L. l., July 20. BsuJ. p Go,,,,
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Four million dollars 10 now fixed upon as
the sum which China must pay for having
killed or wounded forty or fifty French soldiers
at Lang-son. This is only ons-twsnty nth
part Of the amount originally suggested as q
suitable indemnity for the offence. yetit makes
the violation OF the Tlentsin treaty Of May II
an expensive luxury. When. however the
probable results Of even . ten days war arc
considered. It ID evident that China will show
immense capacity for money saving by quietly
paying her ane OF four millions.
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Things Changed.

Our distinguished st. Louis contemporary,
tho Globe Democrat though . Republican
organ, undertakes to lay down the Demo-
cratic law:
" the custom In the Democratic party to send new
recruits TO the and drill them with the awkward
squad for few decades before making o,osrs out Of
them"
That isn't the rule for this campaign BY
any means. The regular order Of the De-
mocraoy has been reversed, and now the new
recruits and the awkward squad lead the
front rank, and the army Is expected to fol-
low them.
It is . queer sort Of leadership. and It
promises to be queer sort OF fight
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.O. rSoS SGSss s,s sussd X Asp:s
eorsasse ot the thyoat-LA0
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A New Rival to Osr Own Evarts.
PROM ns Chicago Tribune.
There were ,seyenty.tvo words In the. FIRST
sentence OF Col vass speech OF aud nine
V'ssvsa In the second sentence
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Who can say that the turf Is not conducive
to emotion7 After Jay -Eye-See broke the rec
ord at Providence we read In the columns ofan
esteemed contemporary that
when Jay Eyc.sse finished his mile and the time WAS
hung out Mr. CASE rushed to the grand where
his wife WAS aud gave her hearty kiss and embrace
much to the delight Of the spectatorS who ohesred him
We believe that Jay. Eye.see 10 not the only
horse that has been the means OF promoting
such pleasant harmony In his owners family.
It has been observed frequently before. but II
itshould onos become the established fashion.
we fear that no bachelor would dare to own Q
horse fast enough TO break the record
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The Sun knows worry we'll that the essential
facts about the scandal made known by
the Democrats before the nomination-Trov Telegrdm
The Sur knows nothing Of the sort. lit had
known the essential facts It would have op.
posed CLEvRLAND's nomination with much
louder emphasis. and. We dare say. with deci-
sive effect.
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AAvertissHg Rates.

Advertising Rassa
DAts ASs svHsAy. 20 cents line. ordinary sdvsrtis
Nc, large type, % cents; aud prsserrsd posons 20
ssats 70 e2co according TO eiasshcadon
WslsLv. 90 cents . line; no extra charge Tor large
VIA prsessTsd positions from 10 osan 70 a.
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~ waese b oaly tnss-dssp. Prom ~ ON
study d ~ absolute depsodsnoe Of ~ Nile
proper on these tributaries, Sir SAMUEL has
little doubt that the seven years Of famine
that. according to the Soriptursl narrative.
afnlcted Egypt, vero ocossioned by some in
corruption Of the Abyssinlan continents, -
tho Ethiopians were tho constant enemies Of
che lower country, and IL is quite possible
that they may have temporarily diverted tho
Atbare from It's channel.
Weighty as these facts and warnings are,
they would probably be thrown away upon
the GLADSTONE Ministry but for the steps
already taken TO construct railway. There
would be, however. something appalling to
the commercial instincts Of tho British tax
payer in the sacrifice OF railway when .
dividend was 10 sight; and we may be pretty
confident that tho first car load Of wheat or
cotton that reaches Suakim will revolution
ize the Soudan policy Of England.
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The bride. Mrs. John Borland. Is enjoying tho
freedom OF Western life on Mr.. Borland's
ranch In Nebraska. 10 be nearly twenty miles
from Post ONCE might or might not DO an at.
traction to any ono. but New York women so
far have made good ranohmen. and seem to DO
as we'll adapted to ronghing 1t on the prairies
as to dancing and flirting at Newport
The London season has shown signs Of life
since the Prince Of Wales held a ievee at st.
James's Palace. Several American gentlemen
were presented among them Mr.. +. o. Beach,
Mr.. Lloyd Bryce. Mr.. Lewis Rutherford of this
city. and Mr. Nathaniel Thayer OF Boston. The
ball given by Mrs. Charlton. At Queens Gate. 10
described as the smartest OF tho season."
This is supposed to have been owing to the
number OF beautiful women present. Amerl-
can beauty was represented by Miss Chamber.
lain. Miss Eleanor winslow. Mics Adele Grant.
and Mrs. Bradley Martin. Mrs. Arthur Paaot
Is said to have looked extremely handsome in
black lace and diamonds. and Lady Vaudeville
10 quoted as being the loveliest Of all the young
mothers who gracsd birthday party given By
the Princess Of Wales for little daughter.
The marriage Of Mr.. W. II. Hurlbert and
Miss Kitty Tracy 10 announced to take place In
the second week Of August at Kirksta6
Grange. the residence OF Mr.. Ernest Beckett
Dcnison In Yorkshire. The ceremony will b
In small church on the borders OF the park.
and the relatives and friends who arc to b
present will all DO guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dsnison. The bridal pair will make honey.
moon trip through Holland Germany. and
Switzerland. reaching their italian homo some
time IN November. They will probably not
return 70 this country for ssveEel years. -.
have ssTs: Mss so HnS
their shooting box In Scotland.
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