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TIE POWER OF PRAYER.
How an English Minister Pound . GoIosh in
Answer TO Prayer.

NOW ~ knBlI1n Lalulotcr bOuno . GolOoh In
Answer TO Prayer.
ne R<v. Dr.. 4. ,. Horton IN the London Sunday
Aa1dsfne.
Last summer I was In Norway, and one OF the
party waa Q lady who was too delicate to attempt
great mountain excursions. but found an infinite
compensation In rowing along the fringed shores
OF the Fjord. Ono day we had followed . narrow
ford. landed, and pushed our way through the
brush OF birch and alder, making q devious track
which II was hard or impossible TO retrace. Sue.
denly M companion found that her golvsh was
gone. To be without 1t meant an end to all the de.
iiEhtful ramoles. With the utmost diligence. there.
fore. we searched the brake. retraced our steps.
recalled each precipitous descent of heather. cov.
cred rock. and every sapling Of silver birch by
which we had steadied our steps- But neither the
owners eyes. which are keen as needles. nor mine,
which arc not. could discover any sign OF the miss
ing shoe. With woeful countecances we had TO
give It up and start on our three.miie row along
the ford to the hotel.
10 the afternoon the idea CANT to me. "And why
not ask our gracious Father for guidance IN this
tribe rs well as for all the w-ightier things which
we are consta lily committing to his careH II ihe
hairs OF our head are all numbered. why not also
the shoes of our feot'' Therefore asked Him that
we might recover this lost golosh. And then l pro.
posed that we should row back to the place. when
we reaci ed the end of the ford and had dashed the
boat 10 the shore. I spranE on the rocks and went,
I know not how or why. to one spot. not far from
the water. q spot which I should have said We had
searched again and again in the morning. and
there lay the shoe before my eyes. obvious. rs II II
had fallen from heaven.
think I hear the cold laugh OF prayerless men.
"And that Is the kind OF thing on which you rest
your belief in prayer; . happy accident. Well, n
you are superstitious enough to attach any i'm,
portsnce TO thar. you would swallow anything
And with 4 smile. not. I trust. scornful or impa
tient. but full OF quiet Joy. I would reply: Yes, II
you will. that Is the kind OF thing, = tribe rising &c
the surface from the depths of a Fathers love AND
compassion"
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sumcient Reasons Why Not Now.

The Ne,o York Times is still unconvinced
that the immediate creation of a currency
commission is not practicable, and it re-
peats its call upon the President to get
authority from Congress to appoint one.
The Times comedies that the basis OF any
sound system Of currency must be the
recognition of gold as the standard of
value: how then can it expect the present
Senate, which is devoted TO silver, to concur
in the creation of a currency commission
which must begin by repudiating ~silveri
Moreover, the President has just sent
abroad ENJOYS to negotiate with the nations
of Europe an International bimetallic
agreement. Until these ENJOYS ave so re-
ported, it would be indecent for him to as
sumo, as the Times assumes, that there is
not the slightest chance " of their accom-
plishing their mission.
DR.. SAMUEL JOHNSON once impatiently
remarked to a fool, who persisted in main
tanning an untenable propositions: "Sir.
I have found you an argument, but I am not
obliged to find you an understanding"
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a President of the republic which II TO be
held in Puerto Principe on Saturday Of
next week, for thus he would see whether
there IL a Government OF the republic Of
Cuba, existing under a constitution, which
Is to be revised In May. 1t is not unlikely
that the republican Government would ask
for his advice as to the ~revisal. He is an
American statesman, and IL doubtless we'll
versed In constitutional law.
As to the influence Of Mr.. CALHoUN's re.
port upon the Cuban policy of the Admin
istration, we must wait awhile, not very
long, we trust, for information. TIL Cuban
war has lasted for years. Meanwhile,
there arc reports at Havana that Gen.
wEYLKR Is about to throw up his bad
job in Cuba and return to Spain. We
print in another column a Washington
letter upon this subject, adding here merely
the remark that we had q report Of the
same kind a number Of months ago.
It Is with sincerity that we express our
appreciation Of Senator FoRAKER's i'm
portant announcement in the Senate. 1t
encourages us in the belief that the Gov
eminent of the United States will yet
adopt a policy Of honor in the case Of Cuba.
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Pearl HarbOr.

Before the House voted on the Senate's
proposal to expend $4,000 in improving
Pearl Harbor. Mr.. SAVERS, who opposed it,
warned Congress that the next step would
be to annex Hawaii.
II his view of the matter were correct,
the defeat of the Senate's proposal by a
vote of SO to IS might perhaps be inter
preted as a blow to annexation. But it is
not correct. In fact, as we look at the mat.
ter, the improvement Of Pearl Harbor is
only urgent, assuming that we have a con.
tinuing title there, provided we are not to
annex Hawaii, and becomes of minor conse-
quence or of none at all, provided we are
soon to annex it.
When we acquired from Hawaii, in the
reciprocity treaty, the right to fit up and
use Pearl Harbor, or 1.-THE harbor of Pearl
River" as the agreement calls it, there was
no question of annexation before the
country. Hawaii was still under the mon
archy, and we sought this naval station as
the best one available. But since then she
has asked to come into the American Union,
and still asks; and IL we accept her. we get
the harbor of Honolulu, already open to
war vessels, whereas Pearl Harbor has a
bar across it that must be removed to make
1t seryiceable.
Another important question is involved,
namely, how long the grant to us of the
use of Pearl Harbor lasts. Hawaii holds
very strongly that this grant is cotermin-
GUS with the treaty of which it forms a
part. Ex-senator EDMUNDs and others have
argued hat this is not 80, and that the
grant conveyed "a perpetual right" thus
giving the United States absolute and
exclusive property" The records of that
time do not appear to indicate that Hawaii
30 understood the matter; but, at all events,
with a movement in prospect to ~abrogate
the treaty, 1t would seem hat the point
ought to be determined before laying out
money on this port.
The larger consideration is that, II we arc
soon to have the whole of Hawaii by an
nexation it is hardly worth while to be
anxious about this one spot. Honolulu, on
the same island of Oahu, would have to be
defended anyway, and it might, therefore.
be we'll to leave the bar at Pearl River
Harbor in order to prevent the use of the
haven by large foreign men-of-war and to
avoid the expense Of fortifying it.
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Mr.. Morrill, and the Monroe Doctrine.

The memory Of Mr.. MORRILL,, the VEN
born in 1910, runs back to Q period prior to
the announcement of the Monroe doctrine,
and he seems inclined to q strict and oven
narrow construction Of It.
He thinks that the application Of that
doctrine which We have seen made in these
modern days would constitute the United
States the unasked guardian and fighting
champion Of all the American republics.
big and little" and hence he himself has
never accepted the version Of the doctrine
which was adopted in the Venezuela case.
But the doctrine as formulated and an
nounced by Mr.. MONROE himself put
us in hat position Of championship.
Nor was the Venezuelan case the first
that made this position clear, our back
ing Of Mexico against the encroach-
ments of MACMILLAN having been equally
decisive. What but unasked guardianship
was the declaration of 1923 that the Amer
lean continents are henceforth not to be
considered as subjects for future COLOMBIA
ton by any European powersf What but a
fighting champion did the country make
itself in announcing that it would treat as
unfriendliness to itself the interference Of
any European power with any American
republics, for the purpose of expressing
them or controlling their destinyl
Mr.. MoRRILL's visions of enormous armies
md navies to support this guardianship
and championship are misleading. In fact,
the Venezuela experience itself shows that
they are misleading. We did not arm a
single extra soldier for that purpose, and
our naval preparations were part of the
programme for protecting our own coasts,
which we must make even If the Monroe
doctrine is never again challenged.
We do not need to "pile up heavy taxes
to sustain a huge military establishment"
in order to maintain the Monroe doctrine,
and to vindicate the hegemony of the
United States on these continents. A very
small army, with resources for swelling it
to millions, well-defended ports and coasts,
and a moderate navy, will be sufficient for
all needs.
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they should reappear on b Pribylov
islands, and to sell their furs, with a view
TO reimbursing the Treasury in part for Its
expenses and losses in Behring Sea-
The other method il to brand all the
female seals in the herd as 1t appears on
the islands, so as to render their skins nearly
or quite valueless to the pelagic sealer.
This last process is said to have been car
ried out already to a considerable extent,
with a likelihood Of it's being most vigor-
ously continued, should 1t be found neces-
sary. It In based on the effort to
drive the pelagic sealets from their bust
ness. On the leased islands only males OF .
prescribed age can be killed, but the pelagic
hunter, Of course, can make no such dis
tinction, and habitually, 1t is said, kills
more females b males. The branding
process Is designed, by making his captures
valueless, to drive him out of business.
Still, this last is an experimental device.
So long as the pelagic sealers keep at their
work they will kill none the fewer seals for
the branding, and perhaps in anger may
try to destroy more. Besides, should Con-
gress ever take up the other plan, hat Of
killing all the seals, with a view to saving
as much as possible out of q once rich but
now wrecked possession, the branding Of
the females would be. besides it's expense,
all clear loss to ourselves. Thus 1t ought
to be decided definitely beforehand which
of these two courses shall be pursued.
Practically there is no hurry yet for a de-
cision. The open season in Behring Sea
does not begin for nearly three months. or
Aug. /. The reply Of Lord SALISBURY will
soon make known definitely what now IN
conjecture. 1t may be that the London ru-
NOR as to It's contents will prove false, being
based only on the surmise that Lord SAILS
BURY will abide by his old position,
which was that of making no changes
in the Paris rules before the pc
riod Of five years fixed by the rules
themselves for preparing notifications.
Our Government, however, has shown such
urgent reasons, in the condition Of the
seals, why that period should be shortened
by voluntary agreement that it cannot be
believed that England has refused to be
moved by them without official assurances
to that effect.
In any case, Congress Is at hand to sup
port the Administration in any course that
may seem best for American interests. 1t
is admitted that England is ready to renew
last years work of preliminary investiga-
tions, In which both countries shared, but
we may fairly ask something immediate
for protecting the seals.
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citation, because Of her horrible and foolish
doctrine Of hercdity; but from her. his sense Of
moral duty and of personal insult. which he
said had been put upon him.. carried him amuck
among all the women. and he affirmed that they
wero dishonest" savage" and like Indians
who put war feathers in their hair. because they
put flowers in their hats.
The supplementary information is that the
Brahmacharin. ~BoDHABHTKsHU. has apologized
most humbly. conjuring his offended audience
to remember that he is "a young man. q son Of
the world, and the ladies are mothers" 1t re-
mains to be seen what will be the effect on tho
theosophic propaganda when even a Brahma-
charm breaks loose and throws politeness to the
mahRtmaa.
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native cattle day after day, and shot down
hundreds Of the tribesmen all the way from
the Indian Ocean to Victoria Nyanza, sim
ply because they protested against his act
ing like n brigand. He has not been
brought to book for these wholesale muir
ders, the tribunal hat tried him taking
cognizance only of certain cases In which
he inflicted the death penalty for purely
personal and not official reasons.
The disgrace of DR.. PETERS will probably
have a salutary and m~uch-needed effect
upon other officials in Africa. 1t ishightime
that some Of these men, and some agents OF
the Congo State as we'll, should be taught
that, oven though they live among bar
barous peoples who can seldom make their
voices heard in Europe, they will not escape
responsibility for wanton cruelty.
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In 1903 the number OF Bibles printed in Eng.
land was sl.i57; In 1896 there were $3.50, 4Ss
copies published.
It 10 proposed to extend the Victoria embankmer'
in London from the houses OF Parliament to Lam
beth Bridge at a cost OF IS. 900. 900.
Poe's CHASTITY story Hop Frog has been drama.
tiled in French. and IS now being performed With
two light one. act pieces at the Paris Eldorato.
Women painted 10 per cent. OF the picture. in
the Champs Elysees exhibition this year. but only
w per cent. OF those IN the Champ de Mars build
ing.
Mgr. Allen. who has Just been appointed Bishop
of Shrewsbury by the Pope, wAs one OF the s'e'
nogrAphers at the Vatican Council. twenty seven
years ago.
France has a dialect society. the socista dc, Par.
Paris of the Academic Francaise, which Is collect
ins legends and songs In all parts OF France by
means OF the phonoEraph.
Paris consumes 200. 900. 900 Iitres OF milk . year,
which comes 20 about ouly two.nfths OF a piut io'y
for each inhabltant. CITY cows yicId 81, ooo, 01l
litres. suburban cows W Thin aradius OF we've
miles So. ooo. 900 litres; the remaining l53. 900. te=
ntrss come by rail from a greater atsTaacr.
AustraiiA's rabbit plague bids fair TO come
TO an end, owing TO the lsrre eHportst'o" -
frozen rabbits for the London market. From We
toria alone 5000 rsbbiIs a day. or over 4~.coo.g1o
q ysSr. are shipped now.
Budapest thieves are consiierase. one who hat
Stol-n an ivory and silver stAtuette from the Az
Exhibition, after paw mag It sent the tick. to iFc
Secretary OF tho Art society. who then for ~ rTs'
time noticed It's absence. On the pedestal "aS q
written notices stolen for a day or Iwo.'
Princess Alice Of RourUau. youngest daughter ~
Don Carlos. has been married nj Venice 10 Frisco
otto Victor of schoenburE = Aldenburg, who va
converted IN Catholicism two years ago, TIE
schosnouTEs are medlatissd German princes. whose
landed property IL chiefly Ia the kIngdoH Of sAE
ony, near DresdsAs
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American Apples In Europe.

FROM No FhIEddeIphtd FubHc Led0tr.
The American apple is. par excellence, carry
ing all before II In Austria Hungary, hut the
supply, which, may be safely chronicled as enor-
NOUS, IN y BONES sausI inyn .ho Gsm nm ,rn I9eEo .
the European market at tho beginning OF last
autumn. when the belief prevailed that tho
trans-Oceanic stranger would last out the win.
ter. Cargoes, however, continued to arrive
throughout the winter, and were snatched up
with all despatch. II Is now anticipated that
last years crops will continue TO supply tho
market until this years crops, arrive. Austrian
cultiyators naturally complain ON the plea that,
extremely scarce, they look to a plentiful har-
vest this year, which, owing to the inferiority OF
the home product, viii be unable to compete
with the superior American imports.
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Why He Was Anxious.
From the Detroit Fhee Rre,,.

There was a slight-of.hand performance in the
Opera House that night, and way down on the
hat ostentatiously before him with an express
sion Of anxiety and watchfulness upon his face.
Before the performance began a friend who
sat Immediately behind him and had noticed his
manner leaned over and asked him what the
trouble was.
well, you see, Tom said the man with the
hat, confdentially. its this way: I've been in
politics now for ten. years, and I've been cussed
and abused and called all sorts of hard names
until I'm just longing to hear somebody address
me in a decent manner one moro time. When
this m8siGian comes on tho stage he's going TO
hat Z and I'm going TO jump up and give him
mine. tn make me feel good for a month to DO
ward TO this occasion for two weeks. You'll ex-
cuse me now, for III have to jump quick when
in the front row with his old derby in his hand.
and III bet a dollar he's up TO the same game
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From the Washington Post.

Years and years ago, when the Press Club, of
more or less blessed memory was in existence, a
British newspaper, man-only they call 1t a
journalist on the other side-was at the club ono
evening. He had been in Washington for some
time. and was leaving next day. Mr.. Karl
Decker made a speech to him.
some time with us, and you have made many
friends. We have become attached to you. You
are going away Tomorrow, and We may never
see you again, but in order that you may always
have something BY. which to remember us. on
behalf OF the Press Club / present you this ring
ing table near him. The Englishman looked
just a trifie bewildered for a bit, then he reached
out his hand. thanked the club and pocketed the
bell. ,And-bless his simple English heart-next
morning he told another newspaper man how
kind the Press Club had been to him. and what
made. MI. Decker must have been awfully
nervous. you know " he said, though he didn't
show 1t. for he said: Il present you this ring,
and, don't y know. it wasn't a ring at all. it was
q BELL"
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At Grants Tomb.

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sus-Sir: On Sunday, May 2.
I visited Gen. Grants tomb. and, upon approaching
the railing surrounding tho crypt. removed my hat as
. mark OF respect; but as my head was moist from
perpiratlon. owing to the exertion made in a smart
walk OF over a mile. ! deemed It imprudent to remain
uncovered In the damp and raw atmosphere. and re.
placed my hat. AS was about leaving a park police,
man peremptorIly commanded me to remove my hat.
His words were: " Remove your hAt!'
Not wishing to make a journey TO the Arsenal as a
step In the proceeding to test the authority for the
command. and not wishing TO appear rude and lack.
ing respect for the place. I complied with the com.
mAnd, but desired the onicer to inform me by whose
authority he acted. He said he did not know who
made the order. but he vas required to see that hats
were removed In the tomb. Z. r. d..
NEW YORK, NAV 10,
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One is forever hearing and reading OF that
strange land Of genius. Bohemia. without ever being
able 70 md it.-AibonV Times Unfon.
1t is heard Of a good deal too much and exists
only in the geography of the credulous. I'm.
providence and self.indulGence. bilking and
guzzling, arc the genius" of that imaginary
realm. Its literature seems to consist OF
the French OF shabby table d'hotes, and
its life in an effort to find happiness in
being down at the heels. unkempt. and dis.
reputable. There are still persons who delight
to style themselves "Bohemians" and to regard
with scorn the base Philistines who wear clean
shirts and pay honest debts. These Boheminns
deserve a certain pity, for. although they arc
humbugs. they practise a kind OF life so weari.
some and frowsy that their voluntary punish.
ment seems almost more than BELTS natures es.
sentially weak and secondhand.
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To THE EpnoR OF THE sUS-Sir: A word OF In.
formation about high society in New York; that is,
the 400 that stand so high There ia . man here that
claims there amt one OF them that speculates in
liquors in any shape or form. He claims when they
have social or gatherings of any kind there Amt a
man among them that has ANYTHING TO do with
liquors. and he is willing TO bet 800 on II. He claims
they won't invite q man OF that kind, and ! had an
idea that some OF them did and will at any time
there is n chance to make money invest in that a.
well as real estate. Yours truly. ". !. MILLER.
p. s-This includes brewer men. Is well as malt
liquors. or buying imported goods.
CLANCY, Montana, May ].
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Some encomiasts of DR.. DEnoE. the new

Some encomiasts of DIR. DEBoE, the new
Senator from Kentucky, delight to style him " the
silent man." 1t is a title already appropriated
in the Senate. The Hon. WILLIAM VINCENT
ALLEN is the silent man Of the Senate. Nobody
can take the title away from him.. He has de.
served 1t by too hard work. He received it at
first hand from Mr.. HENRY w. BLAIR OF New
Hampshire, who was the original silent man OF
the Senate. Both men were called silent because
they conquered taciturnity and made 1t fee be-
fore them. DR.. DEBoE is merely sententious,
while Mr.. ALLEN is full OF sentences.
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Our friends postscript shows that by "speculatins
in liquor" he doesn't mean merely selling whiskey by
the glass, to be drunk on tho premises. 1t is safe to
say. therefore. that the high society OF New York.
like that OF other great capitals. includes tho sort of
merchant, importer or otherwise. is as eligible to New
York's 400 as a banker. provided he hss tho personal
qualifications. Neither is speculation in whiskey.
trust certificates looked on As . blemish socially.
Across the Atlantic It is Just the same. The cham.
~pagne-mAking families of France arc among the rich.
est and most fashionable, and the Britain peerage
reekA with beer,
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ml.,ourl ne,l,e. ,he Whipping po.,.


JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-, May THE whipping
post has been reestablished in the Missouri
penitentiary. AS a matter OF fact, the whipping
post was never entirely abolished at the institu.
ton. though for awhile 1t was not maintained
strated absolutely essential to the proper man
Agement OF cOnVictA.
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In the beginning of May The Sun re.
ported from San Francisco the eruption Of a
~fearfully bad temper on the part OF the Brah-
macharin. Bo~DHABHIKsHU. a young Hindoo
speaker in the woman's Congress. He had
singled out Mrs. GARDNKR for particular enun-
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FSom the WhdtooBl ReeetlIe.
Tho reduction 70 90 cents for admission To
Bryan'S lectures IL . step In the right direction, but
thsy are ~ cents too high ret.