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He has lost M. CAvAIdNAC, who was his
FIRST Minister Of War, and NJ. TfLLAYE, his
Minister OF Public Works, both Of whom re-
signed because they are still convinced Of
DREYFUs's guilt, and are, consequently, op-
posed to retrial. The influence Of Presi-
dent FAURE, also, must count for some
thing in the Chamber, and he is known to
have opposed M. BR1ssoNs decision in favor
Of a revision. Should, therefore, n new
trial be ordered by the Court Of Cessation,
the opponents Of revision may be expected
to make last desperate rally In the Cham
Der Of Deputies, and it is by no means GER
tain that they will not succeed In ousting
N. BRIssoN and in replacing him by a
Premier pledged to conform to their de-
sires. It will, indeed, be impossible to
refuse DREYFUs q retrial, II this shall
have been meanwhile ordered by the
highest judicial tribunal, but, as we have
said, it will still be practicable for an anti
revisionist Ministry to avert a thoroughly
impartial inquiry by appointing court
martial prejudiced against the accused and
determined to uphold at any cost the 30
called honor Of the French Army.
Itwould be incredible that any Frenchmen
should suppose that military honor needs the
sacrifice fan innocent man-of course DREY-
FUs must be deemed innocent until he has
been fairly tried and oondemned-but for
the almost frantic rage with which the de-
cision Of the Brisson Cabinet has been re-
ceived In Paris by certain spokesmen
OF the anti-revisionists. NJ. DRUMoNT, for
instance, actually advises the military
authorities to put an end to the Dreyfus
affair by shooting the victim of an unjust
sentence, and PAUL DE CAssA1aNAo cyni-
cally inquiries what difference 1t would
make to mankind II there should be some
defect in the proof on which an individual
suspected Of espionage and treason is con-
fined on DEVILS Island. When men who
undertake to discharge the function Of
leaders Of opinion are permitted thus to
defy the fundamental principles Of Justice
and publicly to advocate the violation Of
the laws, there is no telling what the ma
jority of the Chamber of Deputies will do.
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Tho True Molly Pitcher

To THE EDITOR OF TIE sUN-Sir: In the light
Of act Of Congress of July 3. 177o. which was
passed upon the recommendation of the Council of
Pennsylvania passed June 90 1779. making tempo
rary relief for A" Margaret Corbn. who was wounded
and utterly disabled at Fort Washington while she
herocGlly hlled the post of her husband. who was
killed by her side serving piece of artillery" and
the further recommendation OF the Board Of War
July ~. 17So, to Congress. that Margaret Corbin
receive annually during her natural life one com
plete suit OF cloAths the value thereof in money
In addition to the provisions made for her by said
act OF July o. 1873" (being . soldiers half pAy) I
am Of the opinion Of Bancroft. who says that Art
character, Moll Pitcher"
am inclined 10 think that Mr. r. A. Richards. IN
his letter to you OF the 10th ins s confused In this
respect, and that his Moll Pitcher was simply cook
In the army, as ho says. for whom his State made
provision, but only In recognition of that service
and not for " gallant conduct in manning her hus.
pension to Margaret Corbin who in my mind. il The
true. real and only Moll Pitcher. Congress never
pensoned cooks. W. W. ScoTr
PAHsAIC, N j., Sept. 10.
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Evo1ution-A LINK st,ll nI,ss,nr.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: We heard
last week by telegram. and this week We see in
various prints. an account Of ameetinR at Cam
bridge in which Prof Haeckel. in o paper said
to be very fascinating to the hearers. claimed
that recent contributions had led him to not
hesitate to declare that evolution OF man from
lower orders lie an absolute certainty. 1t is now
many years since the mild Darwin conceived
theory that evolution was possibility which
might later be discovered to be fact He
never more than advanced it as a theory But
o class OF enemies OF divine revelation, Of
which Prof. Huxley is the most prominent. at
once caught it up. on the principle that party
politicians are ready to take up anything to
beat the opposite party. 80 these men are
ever ready to use anything to beat God Al
mighty's revelation. Prof. Huxley came to
America to enlighten US. and assumed that
lished fact. and very many Of our supposed In
feEens into the even
lack Of sufficient real Christian experience to
lusiqn-for II It is more than deusion it has
great scientific, professor and claims that he
knows @ that it is SO. True, he still has little
66s ysarS hanarsd %heS HIa
ipsd aeG1rddnG e to the PsSt scientists would be
most liberal of his easS Says Sitae tee
istence. and there is no evidence Of a hundredth
part OF that Now. we unscientifc people would
ask II. In any natural process Of development,
be required to meet Il Is not the merest twad-
die, unbecominG chile 5 years Of age TO talk
five million t25.000.0O0) years Prof Haecfel
and his class must show something far nearer
any headway toward beating God and his rev
elation In the minds Of those who have learned
by experience God and His Christ.
These loose statements will only do for thoaa
who have not learned in the school OF Christ.
and who choose darkness rather than light.
see the kingdom Of God" much less to COM
prehend II. what Christ told that other nice
man. Nicodemus. John ILL.,, 3-5
SEPT. ~. CONSTANT READER.
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The Hon. W. E. STANLEY, tho Republican
candidate for Governor OF Kansas. thus de-
scribes the financial inauisitions conducted by
the agents Of the Hon. WEE McNALL. the cole
brated Superintendent Of Insurance In that
State
"The Populists say they have compelled the insur-
ance companies TO deal squarely. But all that has
been done is the enActing Of Law which gives the
Insurance Commissioner, Mr.. MoNALr4 power 10 send
agents to Eastern companies for an examination.
These agents 20 10 the company's head once and
say, Il have been sent to examine your company.
The fee Il $780, nthe company pays the fee the
agent pockets It and reports the company all right
and entitled to do business In Kansas thsy refuse
to put up the money. II they refuse 10 be black
mailed, the report is not favorable"
As the KanSas Populists want the State TO 60
into the insurance business. Mr. McNALL's zeal
ininvestigating private insurance corporations
isintelligible. Doubtless his agents have some-
thing OF his own activity. How active he is may
be Judged from the story OF his industry in
charging mileage when he was deputy Sheriff.
At that time he used to ride horse popularly
known AZ Old Fluke. record-breaker In the
mileage line. It is said that Deputy Sheriff
McNALL's mileage bills showed that in one
day he and Old Fluke had travelled 982 miles.
Can the soulless insurance corporations expect
to pull the wool over the eyes Of . traveller
like that7
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rHn or1sr IN rHr soUDlM
Points Of the Conflict There Between France
and England.


The French occupation OF Fashoda on the
upper Nile does not seem to be one OF those
matters on which compromise 10 possible.
Great Britain has not labored in Egypt these
many years. overthrow Mahdism and recon-
auered half Of the old SoudAn In order to allow
French officers the privilege OF promoting or
nulllfyinG her work as they may think Mt.
Major Marchand or Liotard, or whoever turns
out to be the leader OF the occupying force. VIII
have to be disavowed by his Government and
persuaded upon to withdraw. or else be turned
out by Kitchener.
The rights of Great Britain are quito clear.
The Nile Valley has been recognized In three
successive treaties with Germany. Italy and
the Congo Free State as being under her pro-
toctorate The French Government was In
formed Of the purport OF each Of these treaties
and raised no protest. To prevent all doubt on
the subject France was oficially informed IN
1895, when rumors OF the Marchand expedition
were first heard. that Great Britain would re-
sent any intrusion in the Nile Valley as an un-
friendly act. In the face OF this warning the
presence OF French force In the very heart OF
the valley becomes rather serious.
The motives Of the invasion are not hard to
discover. France wants the Nile rs an outlet
for her Central Soudan possessions and she
wants fortified post on the Nile to bridge over
and her slip of territory on the Red Sea. The
unbrofen empire from St Louis TO Obok from
the. Atlantic to the Red Sea Or Indian Ocean. A
Liotard,s have helped TO push the project along.
saS ssHs on Vi ess
hs seizure = 4 %SgEe aHg on.. repetition
II France attempts any defence OF her action
ment, BY abandoning. the Boudan provinces.
l,a1 tsrNntN
them open to the first conner. The plea is not
worth much in the absence OF any objections
from the French Government to the three trea-
tsS Se Sa TaeS dEss Il
to change Englands policy. Putting on one
side It's effect on the Cape to, Cairo scheme.
French settlement at Fashoda would leopard
tolerated The entire Egyptian plain p de-
pendent on the annual overflow OF the Nile for
It's means OF living. A rise OF less than TWEEN ty
asRoda Sy drsw
ing of water for irrigation could paralyze
Egypt and devastate It With famine whenever
tio1 Of lntrustIng France or any other country
with such unlimited power.
80 tar as France Is concerned, the 9malr Is
not likely to develop into cdsus 6eW. The re-
cessful war. and the Dreyfus case has gone too
far to make q diversion possible. We may
therefore expect to hear before long that the
can be- cosed96y % the witRdrawSi VII draw H Of the FrenCS
troops. At the same time the temporary rec
pulse will not by any means imply that FRANCE
Aas given up her hopes Of controlling the Me
OF Menelek and raised. drilled. and armed Q
Is quite possible that Great Britain will have to
before her possession Of the Nile from source
to mouth Is made secure.
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HoAEs1ck DOCS LONG TRAMP.
Returned from South Carolina to His gTastor
in Elmira, N. Y, Footsore and Hungry.

A~OOAAHoA AEO" OOuLn OArOIlna TO His NlQ0tOR
In Elmira, N. ", Footsore and Hungry.
From the Elmird Advertiser.
The latest native of Elmira to return from
the sunny South" is valuable pointer that
came on foot all the way from South Carolina
to his home in this city because he was home
sicE. Up to a short time ago the dog was the
property Of John H. Sullivan OF 719 Kenyon
street. a law student.
n About three months ago a family named
Bum. Lying near the Sullivans, on Kenyon
street. who had been friends OF the Sullivan
family. signifed their Intention OF moving to
south Carolina TO live. A large dog, which was
owned py the builivans. spent much OF his time
between the two houses. sometimes staying for
leaving for the other house suddenly, without
apparent reason for his departure.
When the Bunns moved to South Carolina
they asked the Sullivan family to give up their
interest," In the dog. SO that they could take
MIN with them. This was agreed to- and the
last that was seen Of the dog in Elmira until
MONDAY was when the train pulled out of the
statlon with the dog securely tied in the bag
Monday last the Sullivan family heard a
strange noise at the door, They opened 1t and
were astonished to see the dog which thew had
given TO the Bum family several months ago
ana Whleh they supposed was miles away. The
10Y OF the animal TO find himself among his
friends again knew no bounds.
m. ne was Wes SO weak from hunger and exhaustion
from thS e. long Journey that It was At first
we're 80 blistered and swollen that after he had
nSen home an hour or two he could not walk,
what route the animal took or how long he had
Deen on the way home is not known
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PLATFoRM:
Our Small Loss.

We have been hearing loud outcries from
sensational newspapers about the alleged
mismanagement of our war with Spain, as
shown in the great prevalence Of disease in
the army. This vituperation proceeds on
no better basis than heaE6ay and unauthen-
ticated evidence furnished chiefly by news
paper reporters. 1t Is we'll to look at the
lndisputable facts, so far as they are OBJ
tainable, as to the rate Of mortality COM
paratively to that in the Franco-German
war, when two States maintaining great
military establishments were in conflict
The Surgeon-General Of our army esti-
mates the number Of deaths from disease
up to this time at about 1900, including
the mortality from disease in Cuba. Our
total force was about 25O,0OO, and the
deaths therefore have been only about
three-ffths Of one per cent. That unques-
tionable authority, the "Conversations-Lex-
ikon," published at Leipsic, tells us that
the German army which crossed the
French borders in the Franco-German war
numbered about 1, 100000 men. OF these
the average force in the field was 1885, 900.
The deaths from disease were 14,9O4,
or more than one and third per cent. of
the total force. The "Conversations-LeX
ikon" puts the death percentage from dls-
ease at eighteen in the thousand, or nearly
two per cent. According to the Surgeon
Generals estimate Of 1900 deaths out OF
$50, 900 in our war, the mortality from
disease was only six in thousand, or six
tenths OF one per cent.
The showing in our favor is the more re-
markable because the German Army, in the
war with France, represented the highest
standard Of military organization in mod
orn times. The war was fought in civilized
country, with military roads in the best
state Of development, and on ground which
had been the scene Of battle since the
dawn OF European civilization. AS COM
pared with our war the transportation Of
troops was over short distances only. Every
move had been long considered by Germany
and been carefully prepared for the staff
Organization was perfect. The arrange
ments for the mobilization of the German
Army In view Of this exact contingency had
been made in every detail. Everything was
ready, arms, ammunition, accoutrements,
supplies. Nothing had to be done on the
spur Of the moment as was the
case with US. 1t was war for which
eA0 HOoI nihuOO plopatdtIOnS nhu Deen
made for many years by tho most
completely organized military nation
of modern times yet, as we have shown,
the death rate from sickness was three
times what 1t has been 30 far, In our war
with Spain. The Franco-G German war lasted
about seven months, our war up to the
present time about five months, but the ad-
vantages of the Germans, as we have re-
lated. go far to neutralize this inequality in
length.
The French Army in the war with Ger
many suffered frightfully from disease.
The Army and Navy Journal, quoting DIR.
CHKEN, French medical authority, gives
the number Of "sick and frost bitten"
"caused by the pitiful and miserable equip
ment Of our soldiers, and especially their
kits" at the enormous total OF 339,421.
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CHILD LABOR IN FACTORIES.
Instructions Issued That All Children Under
Fourteen he Sent TO School.


Fourteen BE Sent 20 School.
ALBANY. Sept. 19.-State Factory Inspector
0Leary has warned all his deputies through
out the State that the Child Labor law must be
rigidly enforced. to the end that all children
who attend school must be prevented from
working in factories. In q letter to his depu-
ties Mr.. 0Leary says:
IF in your tour Of inspection you find any
child under the age OF IA years employed. send
that child homo and see that he or she goes be-
fore you leave the shop or other place OF en-
ployment. II you find any child under the age
Of 10 employed WHO is not entitled to be so en-
certificate or because OF iiteracy, see to Il that
the provisions OF the law are enforced and
IF you notice any studied attempt on the
part Of any health officer to violate the law by
supplying children with improper or illegal
certificates report such cases to me promptly
In word. see to 1t that the provisions OF the
Child Labor law are obeyed and respected and
the children sent to school. where they belong
Do not permit sympathy or excuses of any kind
to turn you from the proper performance Of
your duty. II you meet with any cases deserve
ing ot special attention confer with me regard
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THE DoM1N1Ys WHEAT DABB1E
The Rev. Baskerville Put Up $500 on o
"Spec" and Says He Was SwindIed.

The Rev. Baskerville Put Up $500 Q
"Spec" and Says He Was Swindled.
From ne Spokane Spokcsmdn- Ierie,c.
According to the papers in the case and tho
testimony given yesterday. the Rev. Mark Bas-
kerville has been dabbling in wheat specula-
tions recently to his sorrow. His dealings have
not been conducted personally. but he furnished
the collateral whereby another party was to
buy up the yield on certain ranch When the
yield was sold in the fall he expect
ed 1t would net a handsome gain to the
preacher: With visions of accommodating
profits, the Rev. Baskerville raised $500
and intrusted it to the care of Z. l.
Bodson, who was to purchase the crop OF one
Dennison, who owns ranch few miles up the
river But Dodson did not purchase the crop
produce the $500. A warrant was sworn out
against Dodson and yesterday Constable Apl
apprehended the alleged defaulter at Pullman
and he was brought up before Justice Backug
fortrial on charge OF obtaining money under
The trial was full Of amusing Incidents
and developed that life in the vicinity OF
Dodson's ranch is not monotonous II APP
pears that the preacher took q bill OF
SO sale sa,-, OF Al 81 a Dodsons personal property
bought it himself for % si56. No Now ReSSsee Re Sas
wants the $500: Justice Backus listened to the
arguments Of the minister's attorneys Mount
q F1tzRerald. and then dismissed the suit. ow-
ing to insufficient evidence to establish the
charge. The case will probably be taken into
the Superior Court.
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"HOSS" swappors of AndrosoOrrin.
From tie Kennsbee Journ,


As tho days got shorter and the cold creepS
down more and more at lonesome evening that
sEappers begin to gather In the sunny. mellow
afternoons on the warm sides Of Haymarket
square. Lew1ston, and exchange horses. Tues
MISCELLANEOUS collection OF old ring bonsd.
Ereased-heel. spawned. and broke n-down nagG
kindergarten ring about the boss horse swap
per, n and every one was talking at once. What
Of the society with the elastic namel One
1.-THE horses hadn't been fed. and was chewing
q rag 6lt full OF pepper. as was easy to see by
jumping and frsking OF young horse. One
ot the horse sWappers was calling attention TO
liked upon 1t when 1t suddenly lost Its balance
ana tell over from exhaustion. All hands tTieq
10 set the poor creature upon it's feet but 1t had
stood all 1t wanted TO. and with a sigh OF RELIEF
K stretched out its neck and gave up the ghost
The owner gave q Job man q aten-cent piece ana hd
city field and bury 1t.
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- orlnlrrrrn 1rrHops.
radical Chanrss Proposed ss to vessels
from CubA and Porto Rico.

radical Oranges Proposed as 70 Vessels
from Cuba and Porto Rico.
SAVANNAH. Ca. Sept. 1o.-Dr. W. r. Drummer.
United States sanitary inspector at Santiago
arrived here to-day from Montauk Point He
win address the business men Of Savannah to-
morrow upon the radical changes proposed in
quarantine methods. The object OF the
changes il to protect public health without
interfering unduly with trade between the
United States and Cuba and Porto Rico.
In the first place. he said to-day. the Govern
ment is going to do great deal OF drainage
work at Havana, Santiago. and other points.
and Cuba and Porto Rico are to have q thorough
cleaning up. Dislnfection viii hereafter be
done at the ports OF departure instead OF at
those OF arrival. Heretofore the United States
and Santiago. The Marine Hospital Service
eS'S every port doing business With the United
States. ItaYessel leaves port for the United
S Se Wnod S IN q e sa tss
the service ProRosSS e establish shn, n ss least
Goatins @ plant az Montauk Point viii BE- placed
done on t. This viii Be used until TH' OSa more re
complete plant can be secured. The plans and
pPspaTed IN and d the plant viii IfIP Bs
Of Havana by the first Of next year. or In time
ns1s or ssaSes sore Ss
ING plant. The time = yessel takes ~ coming
SSI 1aS 6S' TRs Hosts
souTS wSio as most susrsHtlno ssssoRs fSs
work takes fortyistght hourS The Marine
pSs oo :'oi E ruin ss GSSs e Sh
that the United States will control Cuba and
the islands adjacent to It so far as sanitation is
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The TranS-Siberian Railway and Its
Influence ON Sea Trade.

In Europe they are already beginning to
take account of the revolution that the
completion OF the trans-Siberian railway
will make in trade and travel between
western Europe and the Far East. M.
ANAToLE LEROY BEAULIEU In the course
OF some articles he Is contributing to the
ReUue des Deur Mondes, shows how large
will be the gain in time and cost OF the
Journey from any point in Europe to
eastern China over the present routes.
When finished a traveller from London to
Pekin will be ableto pass over the entire dis
tance in about fifteen days, which, when the
line has been consolidated and strength
oned by use and is in complete working
order, should be reduced to eleven or twelve
days. The Russian Government is prepar-
ing TO do everything possible to make the
trip comfortable and attractive for passen-
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The Hon. JOHN AUSTIN Moon, the Popo-
crat who represents the Third Tennessee dis
trict in the present House. Is made OF green
cheese. He told excited hundreds at Jaapa tho
other day that the war OF the Money Power on
the people will not end in the dshonor OF silver.
They are trying to strike down gold in due
season." After gold and silver have been
struck down the people will have nothing
but moonbeams TO burn. The people have
trouble enough already. although only "a
part Of the great conspiracy has been ac-
compllshed. Wretchedness and distress have
already begun 10 follow among the people. The
The sun., 1898-09-20

Fame is careless Jade and doesn't take
any pains in keeping the books. Otherwise
many conscientious journals in tho South and
West would not speak Of WHARTON "PARKER."
Middle-of-the Road candidate for President
There will be nearly two years. however. In
which to rectify the error and revive the name
Of the candidate. Such is the advantage Of
an early convention. In two years the people
can learn about Mr.. PARKER" familiarize
themselves with him. and grow UP to him.
The sun., 1898-09-20
Argentina is to be congratulated IL her

Argentina is to be congratulated II her
President has asked the Hon. JULIUS STERLING
MoRToN OF Nebraska to spend 1899 in organic
ing an Argentine Department OF Agriculture and
furnishing general bucolic and georgia infor-
nation. II Argentina is determined to raise and
study pocketgophers. from no deeper fount
than Mr.. MORTON can she draw experience as
to those gifted burrowers. Agriculture. as
the Department of Agriculture showed when
Mr.. MORTON was Secretary rests upon pocket
0oDhara
The sun., 1898-09-20
Lightning on tho washington Monument


. One OF the best evidences OF the value OF
lightning rods up TO date has been afforded by
the Washington Monument. 1t is capped BY
small four-slded pyramid OF aluminium. when iSh
time Of the building Of the ereatSst oBelisIk
that the world has ever known. This aluml-
copper rods. which go down deep into, the
earth Q9 April 5. 1885. fye immense bolts 9hs
monument and thundercloud overhanging
In the course OF twenty minutes. In other
words the monument was struck fercely 1Se
June 10 OF the same year "a more TREMENDOUS
assault was made upon the monument from
the heayens. and the result was fracture oil
one OF the topmost stones. The crack still re-
mains 70 show what nature can do in the way
damage is evidence OF mans power 70 protect
himself from such attacks. The obelisk 10
Ideally Located for attracting electrical assaults
y has sunsred only once. and that time y 8
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A Neglected Garden.
From ns London Spectator.

TTVN NC 11VF1uo" Npoctdt0T.
Asia Minor and its natural dependency, Mesopo.
tAmiA. arc among the most desirable places on the
eArth'ssurfAoe InSpits OF Turkish miHrule. Smyrna
and AeHAndrettA are large and growing ports Under
German influence. Asia Minor would have half a
dozen sntrepos Of trade rich. or even richer and
more hourishtpg. Not only Is the soil of Asia Minor
naturally fertile, but there ia profaion Of mineral
wealth in the mountains. and a population hardy
and brave without being unduly fanaticAL.