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Tho Danger for Brazil.

There WINS rejoicing in Brazil a month
ago when the stronghold of the fanatics in
revolt was captured by the Government
troops. The forces of the fanatics had been
massed behind the defences at Canudos,
and when the Brazilian commander made
report that they had been routed with great
slaughter, that their camping place was in
his hands, and that their mad leader was a
fugitive, it was supposed that the war had
ended In the triumph of the Government.
We now have intelligence, however, that
the rebels again have taken the field, nave
defeated the army in a pitched battle, have
recovered their stronghold, have gathered
in thousands OF recruits. and are preparing
for offensive operations under the command
: of ANTON the Counsellor. 1t is possible
that. In the engagement, they had 10000
men against an army Of about equal size;
and II Ia credible that one-fifth of each of
the bodies of combatants fell upon the field
In the second battle of Cauudos. It has
been represented ever since the outbreaks Of
the war that the fanatics have fought like
men In n frenzy.
When The news of the rebel success
reached Rio dc Janeiro last week, the Gov
took steps for the enforcement
OF the army in distress. AS many as ten
battalions OF troops have received orders TO
hasten toward Canudos; but, as the distance
from the seaboard to the scene of the rebel
lion Is between seven and eight hundred
miles, and rs the region to be Lraversed is
mountainous and heavily wooded, many
weeks may pass before the army near Cam.
doA can be got ready 10 resume active
operations. Bur the rebellion OF the fanat-
les must be Quclled, II DIR. pRUDENTE DE
MoRAEs Is to hold the Office OF President
till the end OF his term.
There Is danger for the republic of Brazil
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06

The Hon. EDWARD ]. PHELPS, honored
for his hrmness in defence of honest money and
for his patriotic straightforwardness in expos
ing the sham and danger Of tho late Anglo
American treaty of arbitration, has recently
discussed in the Commercial Advertiser the bi-
metallic delusion with his usual force of under
standing; but he cannot say with Justice that
the so-called Bimetallic Commission sent abroad
by President MCKINLEY was unwise or inadvis.
able. In the Republican platform of 1896 was
the remains Of this Same old bimetallio notion
In the shape of a pledge to promote a bimetal
lie conference, and the WoLcoTT-STEvENsoN.
PAYNE commission was no more than an hon.
orable execution of the Republican promise.
The dishonest days, when the President can
treat his party's ante-election promises as though
they were waste paper. and administer the Gov
eminent on personally made platforms. hap
PLY passed away with GROVER CLEvELANp Il.
never, we hope, to reappear.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06

1896. declined to cast their ballots for Gen.
HARRIsoN because the name Of the Hon.
WHITELkw REID, their W fellow towns
man, was also on the ticket.
In all the history Of American politics, we
venture to say, 40 such testimonial has been
rendered to a candidate for high national
Office by his fellow partisans who were also
his neighbors at home.
The circumstance explains, OF course, why
HARRISON and REID failed by not less than
45,51s votes to carry New York in 1s92,
whereas in 1888 HARRISON and MORTON
Mr.. MORTON being, like the Hon. WHITE
Law REID, a New Yorker-had won the
States electoral votes by l4,373 plurality.
In fine, the Ophir Farm statistics OF 1907
explain why CLEVELAND and not HARRI-
SON was elected that year.
1t is highly probable that neither the
citizens of Westchester county nor the peo-
pie of the United States will ever again
lave the privilege Of expressing their opin-
ion of the Hon. WHrTELAw REID by ballot.
His ambition lies no longer in the direction
of elective Office. His tastes are for quieter
pursuits. The political honors he covets
are those which are to be obtained rather
by the potency of the still, small voice than
by the rumble and roar of election returns,
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The Cnse or the T0lons.

To THE EpIToR oF THE sUS-Sfr: The recent Tolon
case involves an old troubl'. Here era two brothers
one an American citizen while the other is nos. The
former Is released while the other Is already deportcd
TO a penal settlement In Africa. II seems that 10Th
were tried on the same charge. namely. treason
against the imperial Government OF Spain, but Sll'
uel 7. Tolon. 9TH his American papers. is already en-
1oyiag freedom and has also taken steps to clam
damages for I'll treatment. This. Of course. Is r gGii
but now about the other brother who was denortcd
to Africa Was he more of an a gTessor. or was
guilt more 81 arly IroYen against him, or wHS e
simply tnht h had no one to snatch him from tr'
Iaws or 81 aNlsh fury IL seS ms that those who ar
being Culnns; and a tyrannlcaI, h art.esS hand u
stu over them. T, C~HOPowR',N,
DASBCRY, Aug. 4.
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The special troubles brought upon Brown
University in connection with the retirement
Of President ANDREWS are due to the failure OF
the trustees to get upon the solid ground Of
principle when they addressed to President
ANDREWS the note that led TO his resignation.
The primo objection to him as President Of
Brown was not that his conduct affected the
bequests to the university. but because no
taught principles of politics that conficted
seriously with the prevailing belief and senti-
ment Of the university and OF the community
with which It is identified. The university
made no demand upon Mr.. ANDREWS to enter
political discussions In support of views opposed
to his personal convictions: but 1t had the right,
and to a certain extent. the obligation, to object
to his entering politics as its enemy.
Tho Rochester Herald affords about the best
Of the many cases OF poor reasoning in condemn
ing the Brown trustees. when 1t says that the
mental freedom" or, we suppose, tho political
discussion freedom, OF tho President OF Harvard
is mot only tolerated, but priced" II that is
so. 1t is because the prevailing sentiment OF
Harvard and OF Cambridge 10 Muewump. like
that of President ELIOT. and Harvard thinks It,
self fairly represented whom he speaks. II Presi-
dent ELIOT had gone into tho advocacy Of free
love or atheism. there would have been a very
different story.
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Pussy and the LION.
Prom the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Last night q little, purring kitten rubbed herself IN
friendly fashion against the great iron bars Of the
den of Old Paul. the Zoos famed lion. OF whom ex.
IRENE age has made a pitiable show these many
weeks. 1t was the kittens way of coaxing Paul to
come to say good night to her. for Paul and kittt~
were best OF friends. She was the only bit OF ou.s.c.
life that Paul was ever friendly with. Every nigh.
for weeks kittie has crept shyly up in front OF th~
bars Of her old lion lovers home. and when she
mewed to him he came forw ard and put his great.
shaggy head as close to her as he could. and they
caressed each other.
Last night when kittie came. and. rubbing coaxinsiy
against the bars, mewed all softly TO her jungle lovev
to come and say good night. Paul just lay still. his
head between his paws. and didn't notice her at ali
firing OF coexing him, the faithful kittie stopped and
just looked and looked ut the noble, great fellow,
Finally q keeper saw her do something that instinct
never let her do before. She shyly crept through the
big black iron bars, and. going in. caressed III. grrs'
bowed head in her most loving way. But there was
no response. Then kittie slowly went away. and
Paul slept on-the sleep that knows no waking.
Scores Of people who had known the old lion for
nearly 90 years had just been visiting him. and hosts
OF tiny children had tossed him kisses Just as death
was coming on. He died exactly as superirten Ten,
STEPHAN in the Enquirer a month ago said he would.
"as n asleep. with his head between his paws"
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The Toronto Daily Natl and Empire longs
to reform the situation which it describes
as CLOVER duties on United States goods
entering Canada; higher duties on Cana
dian goods entering the United States"
Why not join in abolishing all duties at
the Canadian border by wiping out the
border, and by joining the great free trade
union of the United States, wherein duties
between the States composing it are un-
known and impossiblei
Union with the United States will make
Of the Canadians no longer a people without
a country, following a foreigners flag, and
half serving a foreign shore, but a people
inspired with the sentiment known and glo-
rifed as patriotism" or love Of ones WI
land against the world.
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The Index OF Forbidden Books.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE suS-Sir: The conc.se and
precise summary OF the Index OF prohibited hooks
given In TIE Sun of last Sunday claims thoughtful
study. differences injurious to the Church may +.
incautously drawn from It.
1t may be observed that the prescription Of booksis
not at all \ function OF the intallible Church II is =
matter OF mere human disciplinary law. Henc'
books may be wrongly Judged and uniust!y coz
demned. Books have been taken on the Index. Soma
books are cond mined through dislike OF the author
IN odium ducforts: some for political reasons.
That the law OF the Index uors not bind in ths
country may he argued from the absurdities lO.t'
cally deducible from lite authorized teaching Ac'
corainG to this, all noL-C ,tholic daily paper. suchI
The SCS. not to mention less brilliant luminari 5, ore
forbidden In the Moral Theology of Curry, INTERPRETED
by the acute EaileTtni. both learned Jesults. The
nlortuary title u "innocuous desuetude' is nptly APP
plicat e 10 such n law. Just think OF CAtho!ics b Ing
forbidden to read THE Sun. LEX
NEW YORK, Aug. 8.
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Col. Brown Speaks.

There is no ambiguity or indistinctness
in the position which the Hon. WILLIAM
L. Brown. veteran Of many a hard.fought
political battle, takes in respect to the posi-
tion of Tammany Hall, Of which he is a
member, in the municipal battle this year.
In a bulletin signed by himself the Colonel
bluntly takes to task the b%urrowing har-
monizers who are seeking to devise a
'straddle" on the supreme and determin-
ing financial question for Tammany.
at Is amusing to note," says Dol.
WILLIAM l.. Brown, reports Of the
different conferences in relation to the
management of the coming municipal
campaign Of the Democratic party" Those
who are doing most Of the talking, the
Colonel declares, were in open revolt to
the national ticket or did not dare to sup
port our candidates squarely" a year ago..
The Bryan men of Tammany will not, he
AYERS, "be Inundated or ~dishonored by a
reputation of their faith or devotion to
the party of their choice"
The rank and file of Tammany, says
Col. BRowN in no uncertain language,
who stood by " the cause a year 6 IAN
not be kept in line without due considers
tion and an appreciation of their position.
They believe in the free coinage of silver.
This is a very clear statement Of the posi-
tion of the rank and file of Tammany Hall
by one who has repeatedly enjoyed the suf-
frages of its members, and there does not
appear to be any just reason for supposing
that Col. BROWN speaks without having
taken counsel of experience n acquainted
himself with the exact condition of affairs
within the ranks of the Tammany organi-
cation. Nor is it to be inferred that Col.
BRowN, the all-round political fighter, is a
radical and uncompromising advocate Of ex-
IRENE political policies at all times.
No man in his time, perhaps, has done
more, in his vigorous way Of doing things,
than Col. BROWN himself. to reconcile the
discordant elements of the Democracy at a
time when it was indeed a national party,
and had not yet assumed the garb and
confscated the principles" OF Populism.
Who is there who does not remember
Col. Browns harmony dinner at the Man.
haitian Club, a triumph of LUcULLUs,
with CHESTERFIELD as ~toastmasterl VIII
does not know, or, not knowing, is not
glad to hear, of his efforts "to get CLEvE'
LAND and HILL togetherT' Indeed, candor
compels the admission that Col. BROWN is
entitled to recognition as a harmonizel
from away back, and he knows and seems
to understand when harmonizing between
warning political elements is feasible-and
when it is not.
The Colonel expresses, no doubt, the sen
timent of a great body of Tammany men ir
the position which he takes that there car
and will be no step backward by Tammany
Hall this year in its pursuit of the rough
and rocky political road upon which il
started when in August, 1896, it aban
doned the position which it had formerly
held as q Democratic organization and tool
up with Populist theories and notions.
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There ought to be a conference, II not q
national convention. of the friends Of man and
silver. Now or mover Is the time to pour forth q
ringing and reverberant protest against the in
famous intrigues Of the Money Power. Wheat,
up, up; silver. down, Town. Now, either wheat
10 as guilty as gold or the accursed cohorts Of
Wall street are pulling up wheat with one
hand and pulling down silver with the
other. The friends Of silver who wish
we'll to wheat should do something to
maintain tho character of the latter staple.
1t is clear that IL wheat continues to play into
the hands of the Money Sharks, its character
will be gone. 1t is becoming plutocratic by re-
grcttably rapid degrees. Cannot something be
done to reclaim and save iti II It keeps on going
up. 1t must be yoked in dishonor with man-op.
pressing gold. lined together In the house
Of bondage" with 1t, as Capt. CUTIE
would say. The farmers themselves will be
corrupted. and will be plutocratic allies of the
plutocrats. II the friends Of humanity and sill
yer don't awake. arise, and say a good deal In
clarion tones, there is only too much reason to
fear that the moral status Of wheat and the
pecuniary status of the farmers will be estab
hshed In a way that will make octopuses giggle.
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Col. WATTERsoN d%enouncos Mr.. GoRMAS as q
utraddler, Col. WATTERsoN has been on 40 many DIFF
ferent sides of the financial QUESTION that his opinion
ought TO 60 as expert evidence Wdshfnoton Post.
Col. wATrERsoN has never straddlcd the finan'
ciNl question. When he was for bimetallism no
was for 1t manfully, and since no has been con.
WINGED that the gold standard should DO pre-.
served, there hasn't boon a wabble in his manner
Of expressing his opinion. For all Of which he
has won respect from mon who admire the cour-
age OF conviction.
Tho only question OF Importance that Col.
WATTERsoN ever straddled was the tariff. For
example. recently, in a moment of weakness, he
agreed that GRovE CLEVELAND, a man who
mover, understood n principle in his life, and
who actually betrayed the tariff platform on
which he was elected President, had runR a
true note upon all the great issues Of the time.
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Our currency is sound for the moment because
men pledged TO the gold standard have control Of Il.
1t is not sound as a system. because an Administers.
tion pledged to the free coinage OF silver could force
the country to a silver basis under laws now on the
statute books.-Hdrper's Weekly.
Will Harper's Weeklv please explain how
ian administrator pledged to the free coinage
Of silver could be restrained from forcing the
country TO a silver basis under any currency
system, reformed or unreformedi To US 1t
seems that the only reform needed to maintain
the present soundness of the currency is TO keep
always in power an administrator opposed to
the free coinage OF silver.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06

The Secretary of Agriculture is going to
Colorado and other Western States. for the pur-
pose Of studying Western horses and consider.
ing what Improvements should be made In them
in order to MT them TO be war steeds and other.
wise attractive to the European markets. Mr..
WILSON is an excellent man and a painstaking
official. Apparently he believes sincerely that
it is in his power to do a great deal OF good
to the farmers. As the Denver Republican
says gratefully. thus far he has shown
himself vnling to help the farmers hnd .
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06

A small marble footstone stands at the end of
the grave with III letters s. s. chiselled thereon.
A MISUNDERSTANDING farmer, who happened TO
pass that way, toin me that the f9rsaken burial
terry, and that under this particular mound
rested the remains OF n widely known American
humorist, who was q grent friend OF Abraham
Lincoln; also that the unrecorded grave TO The
left OF the " poet and scholar" was ono In which
about three or four years ago "a famous woman.
who was the hnmorist's wife" WAS inferred.
Could the Two lonely resting places which I
have nnearthei In this quaint pastoral Gods
acre y represent, the tombs u that once distin,
gnishcd wi, and journalist, Major Jack Down.
his humorous and sarcastic way in the daily
press OF his day. to my his respects to General
and President Andrew Jackson; and do YOU
suppose that tho other tenant OF this
and beautiful Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes.Smith,
who wrote that sweet poem, The Sinless
Child" and was the first woman whoever an
peared on the American lecturing platform. and
the friend and correspondent OF Edgar Allan
Poe. Washington irving. Nathaniel Parker vii.
rs, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Nathaniel Haw-
thorne. "Grace Greenwood" Fredrika Bremen,
Francis Sargent Osgood. and other noted littera.
tours OF that periodi
oyeS fIty years ago; when ! started to read
humorous contributions from the pen OF c b
tachei the name OF Elizabeth oakcs.smith
and am naturally anxious TO ascertain whether
this out-of-the.way Long Island place Of sep
ulchre are our auld lang syne New York Sun
contributors.
Perhaps one or moro of THE Suns sub.
srrlbers can throw some liGht on these two 70
mantle graves, oyer which cglanrine throws a
fragrant and kindly summer shade.
HALF CE,TURY READER OF The SUN.
bELLPoRT, l.. l., Aug. 3.
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A Fnlsehood.

A friend in Geneva informs us that certain
papers in that ucighborhood say that MIR.
DANA has resigned as editor of THE Sun.
This is a falsehood. Mr.. DANA has uere.
been Of a ~resigning habit. and hereby de.
clares that he has not commenced the prac-
tice In the present case. He can still be
found doing business at the old stand, and
the man does not live who can say that he
has seen him, there or elsewhere, turn his
back either upon a friend or a foe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06

The Albany Argus, which is eager to
have the campaign in this town depend upon
local issues" let's the cat out Of the bag by
admitting that tho next Mayor of New York
will WELD an immense influence in the Guber-
Material and Presidential elections" Exactly,
and tho local issues " bunco game Is TO sneak
out of national issues in 1897 for the purpose of
gaining q position Of vast influence on national
Issues in 1898 and 1900. Too thini
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06

The Hon. BEN TILLMAN has one agreea-
bic trait. He is just to himself, and does not try
to hide his merits from his constituents. At a
meeting in South Carolina the other day he said
that he represented THE 10000. 900 farmers Of
the United States and that his speeches were
as popular in the Senate as at home Mr.. TILL
MAN may be a little weak in his figures. even in
regard to farmers. but his unfinching resolu-
ton to celebrate himself is a thing of joy. 1t
had been supposed that he was a trife moro
popular at home than in the Senate. but he is the
best Judge of his popularity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06
Republican Tributes to tho Hon. Shitelavv
Reid.
From the Albany Erensng journal

From tho Albany Evenfng Journal.
Tho fact of the business Is Mr.. Reid does not appear
to have covered himself with glory in his capacity as
Special Jubilee Ambassador. In England his truck.
ling to and fulsome laud alton OF the reiyninv family
proved most distastefui to the Amt r,can people,
while his anectation OF superiority to his ON iai
chief since his return has been anything but cred.
table. His expectation OF being eley ated to the OF.
noe of Secretary OF state appears to have turned his
head He regards himself as a diplomat OF great
Skill but his maiadroit performances since hs ap
pointment "a the Jubilee Ambassador proves that he
10 unified for that ONCE.
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The Hon. pAN1rL HANpsoME HAsr1Nas.

Tho Hon. DANIEL HANDSOME HASTINGS,
Governor Of Pennsylvania. has been kind
enough to deny the humorous report that he
intended to become a candidate for tho post OF
Senator in Congress In opposition to the Hon.
MATTHEW STANLEY Quay. II have no notion
OF being a candidate for United States Senator"
says Governor HASTINGS. Nobody really had
any notion that Governor HASTINGS had any
notion of becoming a candidate. or that such a
notion. If entertained, would be judlcious. but q
magnificent denial is always worth making.
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Tho PaI:ga o

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: The attention ~
your readers has doubtless been called To the vaNdal'
who arc destroying the P ilissdes. Yet IL Is pa ntul
to see how compla emily the matter Is rcSaricH
Either we New Yorkers are a very sordid. iudi'
ferent lot or the depredations OF these coutr,r,
os VIII speedily he stopped. In our country
there Is nothing more rare an bG.u- fui tuau T.
paliSades' hey are matchles hui fihrY are rrilr.
the loss cannot be r aired. THr PaliSa les wall
siahd unsullien by tFo greedy Lanes a these Va
dais or they win De n monument To futurr genera
tions that we were the most sordid ana material or
people. GRANGER WARpES
YoSKERS. AuG. 9.
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The news that JOHN BRIsBEy WALKER has
rendered E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS the presidency OF the
new Peoples College. to be established in the near fu.
ture. will cause a ripple Of interest among educators.
NEBRASKA STATE Journal.
Not a ripple. Even II the Peoples College
ever sees tho light of day, it will be of little or no
interest to the cause Of education. II would be
a crank affair. given over to theory, and provid.
ing little Of the knowledge that draws men TO
institutions of learning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06

From the Atlanta Constitution.
1.-THE hotel explained the clerk, "is In the hAnds
OF a receiver"
"where can ! md him ?"
well. an hour ago he was receiving breakfast;
shortly afterward he received three cocktails. and In
about ten minutes he'll be here to receive his salary.
Take . chair r.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Yester.
day, while walking through the woods directly
back OF the village OF Patchosue. Long Island, I
suddenly entered an abandoned graveyard of
the long ago and discovered therein a storm.
worn marble slab about four feet high and three
feet wide. Below a Masonic emblem, which en-
circles the roof OF the monument, appears In
small but legible letters this inscription:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06

Sacred to the memory OF :
SEBA SMITH, :
Poet and Scholar.
Born in Maine. Sept. IL, 1893.
Died in Pa chogue. July go. 1858. :
Hegraduated at Bowdoiu College in 1918. and
was the original Major Jack Downing.
Also author OF way Down East" Of New
Elements of Geometry" "Powhatan." q poem.
and many other works.
He was well beloved!