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one OF them endowed with particular liber-
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one OF them endowed with particular liber-
atty, for the treatment OF cancer.
In these, the established limit OF stay
Is six months, rule made necessary
by the demands for entrance made by
other patients. In order to provide, 80
far as practicable, for the cases Of those
from whom further hospital treatment
Is withheld, there was established in this
city on Monday, with the formal dedication
OF Archbishop CoRRIGAN, branch OF the
French Catholic charity known as the
Women OF Calvary" for the gratuitous
treatment OF INDECENT female cancer pa
tients. The first House OF Calvary was
founded in Lyons in SAP, and in S74 there
was another established in Paris; another
in Saint-Etienne soon followed, and in SS1
q fourth in Marselles. In 1886 House
was opened in Brussels, Belgium, and in
1892 another was founded in Rouen.
The success attending the work OF these
institutions has led to the establishment
Of the one in New York, situated on Perry
street, near Greenwich avenue, the doors
OF which are now open.
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Tho Truth or Hope?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUNNI: In his sermon
on Sunday the Rev. DR.. Grove OF tho Church of the
Eternal Hope said: 81 do not care enough about the
truth to secure 1t at the expense of hope"
Truth. then, according to this minister of tho Cos
pei is secondary consideration. A hope based upon
myth. superstition or tho falAcious imARininCs of
an illterate people is deArer to this preacher Of
Gods word" than the less seductive but more
sturdy selfreliance that is based upon known fact
DR.. Grove has apparently forgotten that great
teacher who said: To thine ,own self he true and
1t must follow the night the day thou canst not
then be false to any man" Has he also forgotten
the unwritten commandment OF his religion.
Thou shalt not lie"2
1t lis such utterances as his that turn people from
inSncerity in the Church to candid agnostioism.
NEW YORK. June 20. LIFE.
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TREASURY DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR.
Secretary Gage Predicts That 1t VIII Not
Exceed 800, 900, 900.

WASHINGTON. June 21.-The Treasury deficit
$100,301. 52097. Tho Governments total in
debtedness on account Of the Spanish Ameri-
can war was much greater several months ago,
but the recent improvement in finances as a
result OF the enormously large customs and
internal revenue receipts has been so marked
as to cause Secretary Gage to revise his esti-
mate OF the Indebtedness for the year which
will end on June 80. He now predicts that the
deficit will not exceed 500 600 900. and he be-
leves that it may possibly be as low as
$aS.000.OO0.
An estimated statement OF the expenditures
for the current fiscal year. now nearly COM
peted. places the disbursements at $01O,OOO.-
600. The receipts by the end OF the present
month will be about s514 900 900. Up to to-day
the total expenditures OF tho Government for
the year have been $3.50. 7l2,972, and the re-
ceipts have been S499, All. 45l The estimate
OF total receipts for the year Ia based on the
assumption that the total receipts from in
from customs. sos. SOC, 900. and from mscoI.
laneous sources OF revenue, $50, 800, 900. In
his annual estimates. submitted to Congress
th,t 9 Pee dsc. Secretary Gage figured
year W ould be $Ii2 100000. so that the present
good showing is q surprise to him and to the
other officials Of the Treasury Department
in excess OF 100000 900. and counting on the
POSSIBLE necessity OF borrowing money
The customs receipts have exceeded all ex-
pectations. especially during the spring months.
under the War Revenue law have also been
large. and it can be said that the law has ac-
complished all that Secretary Gage expected
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Cowardice and Courage.

These remarks are made by the Times OF
Richmond, in Virginia, paper OF so-called
gold Democratic" proclivitles:
THE Sun has been doing its best to rally the FREQ
silver forces in the Democratic party to keep that
question alive, and to discourage anything nko
compromise between the gold Democrats and the
silver Democrats. Nothing would please the Re
publicans better than for the Democrats to conduct
the campaign Of 1900 on the same lines that the
campaign OF 1895 was conducted"
We have not tried and wo are not trying
to rally any sort OF the Democratic forces.
and we are very sure that there are no such
forces which would rally ut our call. Wehave
declared however. and do now repeat. that
We hold "the silver forces" in far higher
respect than we do the gold Democrats"
for these are afraid to express their co m
victions and are intriguing now to get the
Democratic National Convention to dodge
the whole question in order to give them
prctext for supporting its ticket. They are
towards the others are not liable to the
same charge,
As to the Republican party, 1t Is very I'M
wise II it does not prefer to fight cowardly
evasion than to battle against courageous
conviction.
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CAPT CARR PRAISES poRro RIcANs.
Ho Says They Arc Far Superior in Intelli-
Eence to the NatiXea of Cnbn.

WASHINGTON. June 21.-Capt. d. j. Carr OF
'the Signal Service reported to the War Depart
ment to-day. preparatory to his departure for
the Philippines. Capt. Carr was connected
with the Signal Service in Cuba and Porto Rico
and has Just returnedto this country from San
Juan. Speaking Of the situation in Porto Rico.
Capt. Carr said to-day that the people there are
greatly rejoiced over their annexation TO tho
United States. In his opinion the people OF
Porto Rico are far superior in intelligence to
the natives OF Cuba. The latter have little IL
any ambition and take no interest in the Inn
provements inaugurated in Santiago province
by Con. Wood. In Porto Rico the natives are
anxious to become thoroughly Americanized:
they want to learn the American language and
adopt American customs.
They are" said Capt. Carr. IAN enter
prsing people. but are sadly In need OF educa-
tional facilities. There is one thing want to
emphasize regarding Cuba. and that is that
brigandaRe has practically been destroyed In
the vicinity OF Santiago. The province Is still
infected with robbers however and favorite
occupaton OF theirs Is to cut the telegraph
wires when robbery has been committed 30
s as to prevent any announcement of their
Capt. Carr described the recent robbery OF
the old church at FL Cobre in Santiago PROV
me; where iho thieves procured thousands
cry they had cut the wire from Ell Cobre. to
santiago and then retreated into the
woods. The operator at Ell Cobre, who was
a signal Service man, soon discovered
with the wire and. he procured an old
mule and rode rapidly along the line OF
the telegraph until he discovered the break.
He quickly mended tho wire. returned to the
station and sent the news OF the robbery to
Santiago Owing to his quick announcement
the authorities we're able to get Immediately
upon the trail OF the robbers and captured
them The next day. recovering all of the plum;
Cobre station. convicted and sentenced.
Capt. Carr says that he coffee raisers and
business men of Porto Rico complain bitterly
about the protective tariff imposed by, the
United states upon the i'm portation OF products
Of Porto Rico into Cuba. When Cuba was under
spanish control there was no duty on rcoffee
raised In Porto Rico. It's other principal
market market. Spain. has also been closed by pro
American control, and the coffee plantations
have no market for their goods. as tho protec-
tive tariff OF the United States operates against
the Importation OF tobacco and other products
from Porto Rico into this country.
The Porto Ricans hope" he said, that
some action will be taken Immediately looking
to removal OF what they regard as unjust
taxation"
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scarecrow OF milltarism" was brought for
ward to prevent us from adequately provid-
Ing for Just such an emergency as exists.
1t is true that Congress furnished sub
sttute for tho organization proposed by
the Hull bill, In its plan for calling out
volunteers; and tho possibility OF avail
ing ourselves OF this Is now coming up.
But at the outset we see that instead OF
gradual enlargement OF the regular army
in exact accordance with needs, under the
elastic system provided, we are confronted
with raising, organizing and training
wholly new bodies, both as to officers and
men, and waiting long before they can be
OF any service. Surely the advantage OF
economy, apart from that OF prompt use,
was all on the side OF the Hull bill. 1t Is
true that II added $50 officers to the army;
but from 1925, when the ratio OF officers
to enlisted men was 1 to 1897, down to
about year and half ago, when 1t was
1 to IL .55, that ratio had never been solow
as the Hull bill proposed, namely, to 1913
on the peace basis and to 27.S on the war
strength. Tho bill was not costly In pro-
portion to what 1t gave.
This seems to US practical reflection on
n pTeSeuJ loh ohO Noh COY o''ae
under the Hull plan we should not now
have had an adequate force for the Philip
pines without stripping this continent OF
all the infantry except one regiment and
two battalions, while facing also the costly
mobilization OF another army OF volun-
tcers II it be answered that at least we
have not fastened large standing army
on the country, the rejoinder Is that the
maximum Of rs, 900 authorized for several
years after the civil war did not prevent
reduction OF enlisted strength under the act
OF / 500 to 10000 and further reduction
in 1875 to $4,000. The American people
carry on the Government as they wish
and II to-day instead Of straining and
scraping for troops, We had enough OF
them to make short work in the Philip
pines. Congress could even next winter re-
duce the army to whatever size the people
might demand.
Doubtless 1t was never imagined by most
Congressman last winter that AGUNALDo's
men would make such prolonged fight as
they have, or that there was much chance
OF our ever needing the volunteers pro-
vided for. AS the case stands, we shall
certainly do our work In the Philip
pines thoroughly with such appliances as
we have. But the present experience
should teach Congress the Importance Of
reorganizlng the army next winter on a
basis suited for both peace and war.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sr: Tho Moody
evangelical meetings. according to published re-
ports. arc attended principally by regular church
goers. Is that not shooting wide Of tho mark 2
Should we mako tour OF Orange county dairy
farms to catch wild steers or try to wild ele-
plants out Of tho jungles with a lump Of sugar2
Why not take our good music and our good speak
and pitch our tent in the midst OF the worldly
massesf Coney Island seems to the writer much
better location for the meetings than Fifth avenue.
II good audience could not be secured there by tho
mere presence OF sincere Christian workers. by all
means introduce other attractions. Give the crowd
what they want for ten minutes. IL It be an ad
dress by Mr.. Jeffries, and then let Mr. Moody have
the floor for Ave minutes. for example, This ia not
SARCASM but in line with what would seem the only
possible of getting together audience for Mr.
Moody of non-churchgoers or people he wants to
talk to. DIPLOMACY
NEW YORK June 20.
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pu,1JppIyE PRODUCTS
Present state of Agriculture In the Islands
md It's Possibilities.

Tho Invitation OF Botany of the Department OF
Agriculture has lust issued a pamphlet OF in
formation ON the plant products OF the fnillp-
nine Islands Only ninth OF the area OF the
Philippines is devoted to agriculture although
the chief industries OF the islanGs are "sr-
cultural The area under cultivation 10
2 oe7. 600 hectares. or something more than
100000 acres. Under proper methoos tne
total agricultural production coulu De ihcreaseu
from ten to fifteen times. Rlce' inc stapie
food OF the natives and Of tho many chihese IN
the islands. is grown in more than hun ',,u
three months OF planting. anu permm
ting the raising q TIVE crops u one rcS year a:
But in some years os OF this RH'' comes from
tion in the islands Is 3UOOo90 d eI IN nsople
their chief sustenance. They grow. two cr arpp.
OF this a year. also when they plant the early
dozen highly esteemed varieties Of bananas az y
tnSeIry in tho archipclaGo Cofiec is grown. but
the plantations are not vel: man risSt the
fed is tse snas and
The natural product Of perhapsi , grGeH 9tss
of he nut is s sSSpy ood and The central
nut that crowns the tree yields wine k Wryn
Hs Sa 81 the Ga ycds nesa when
distilled, brandy Ropes and cnlking mate.
rial for boats IRE made from, the coc9anns
husks: spoons. cups and beads from the s nei,is
Leaves make house roofs: some OF tne sna ,t
ribs and veins OF the leaves are formed ing
brooms the midribs are used as iMe anu o..
the ashes OF these soap is made nc ~ tIu Yrnm
OF the trees support the native houses, ana troin
hollow sections OF them oil and wine casks nre
made. The roots Yield red dye, Cocpohut
oil the natives use for their hair and to iluihi-
nate streets and houses. =, iii,
Among ornamental plants TINT grow via
there are magnOlias ciematis. dahlias. lang.
ylang. camclias. jasmine and many species OK
ferns, orchids and roses.
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=" Lone ST. Kilda."
From The Chicago Record.

y, Communication with Lone st. kilda." in
the Hebrides. has again been established. after
an interval OF eight months. The little island
away out in the Atlantic Is entirely isolated
from the rest OF the world for the greater part
OF the year. and its inhabitants know less Of
what is going on outside Of their own little
circle than ever did hermit in his cell When
summer comes tho coasting steamers from
Glasgow call occasionally; always with tourists,
but from September till May the island is cut off
from civilization. The people. who number
seventy-two. have their own laws or. rather.
have no laws. for the community exists on al.
most ideally socialist principles. and they have
no official OF any kind except the Rev. MIR.
Fiddes. who is minister. teacher. doctor and
adviser-in- general to everybody concerned.
The first visit from Glasgow was made last
week. rather earlier in the season than usual.
o special trip having been organized for Eng.
fish Whitweek holiday makers. The vessel
ing. and at the entire community turned put
there had been one death during the winter.
that OF rather notable resident. Mrs. Kate
Ferguson. descendant OF the MacCrimmons.
the famous SKYE, pipeEs whose history, is
known to Ilighanders all over the world. The
principal change made lately is the erection OF
q new church and schoolroom. into which tho
Rev. Mr.. Fiddes. with enterprise worthy OF
bigger places. proposes to introduce electric
light,
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Now Here Is Romance.

From he San Frdncisc1 Chronicle
SEATTLE. Juno 15.-J. A. Carson and Miss
Maud Cranston, IA young couple residing on
circumstances seldom raralieled In fiction.
appear at the home of the bride at the appointed
time. SO the bridal couple and relatives boarted
the steamer Klondike on her trip down the
Columbia River to Bonner's Ferry. Idaho. nav
ing decided to be married there, In Passing
the missing preachers ranch. down the river.
he was found a prisoner on, the roof Of his sub
merged residence. the valley having become
flooded by a sudden rise OF the river. He was
rescued ami taken aboard the steamer. ,
While he was changing his wet clothes the
steamer made q brief stop at Rce 8 Landing.
and two passengers came aboard with rouEh
pine coffin containing the corpse OF James
Carter. who was drowned in the river the dav
before. A bulldog also accompan ed the men.
When the preacher came on deck. wearing q
suit OF Capt. Newmans clothes, the bridal
couple announced that they would have the
wedding take place then and there.
Tho ceremony had proceeded almost to the
point where the preacher was about to pro-
nounce them husband and wife when Cant New
mans dog and the bulldog got into fight. In
the midst Of 1t they upset the coffin. which had
been deposited on couple OF beer kegs. AS
II struck the deck the home made coffin burst
open. spilling out the corpse. One glance at
the dead mans features ana the pride gave
scream and swooned away in the arms OF the
groom, for the corpse was that OF n former
lover to whom she had been engaged.
Capt. Newman vouches for the story.
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Which Z?

Along with much other interesting mat
ter intellectual and pictorial, the Atlanta
Constitution printed last Sunday a large por-
trait Of JOHN TYLER MORGAN Of Alabama
Senator MORGAN Is not only good Amer
lean, but he Is also an uncommonly hand
some gentleman of fine Southern type;
the South may we'll be proud OF him.
Our esteemed contemporary presents
Senator MORGAN rs "a likely starter in the
next Presidential race" This means we
suppose, that it regards him as likely to be
a candidate for the Democratic nomination;
for it is difficult to imagine the Hon. JOHN
T. MORGAN running for President ms Re-
publican, Mugwump, an indianapolis
currency reformer or Prohibitionlst.
Certainly the Democracy might do worse,
from the point Of view Of political avaia-
biity, than to go into the next campaign
with candidate who while representing
the main principles OF the Chicago plat
form, would, by his undoubted American
ISM eliminate from the contest that issue,
sure to be fatal to the party taking the
wrong side of it.
We are somewhat puzzled, however, to
find in the same number Of the Constitution
an editorial article welcoming Col. BRYAN
to Georgia. whittier that statesman and
warrior Is going next month with the In
tention Of lccturing on educational sub
jccts. This article welcomes Col. BRYAN.
not as a soldier, or as n flnancier or as an
orator, or as an instructor Of Chautauquan
youth, but as the one and only candidate
for the Democratic nomination:
Georgia takes great pride In her connection with
the young Tribune OF tho West. whom she in
strumental in placing at the head Of the Democratic
ticket in 1895 This interest Is fully recprocated by
Mr. BRYAN. who has made several visits to the State
since. The certainty that he ,viH be the unoppoNd can
diddte Of II. party nert year gives his movements the
hrst place in the public eye"
That may be, but what. in tho Constit,t
Hon's opinion, becomes OF the Hon. JOHN
T. MORGAN as a likely starter In the next
Presidential race" If it is already certain
that BRYAN will be 1.-The unopposed candi
date Of the party next Year,"
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a denial OF the words as they stood In the
published article. denial OF their literal
correctness, but a confirmation OF their
substantial correctness.
The denial" was not, as the Richmond
Dispatch loosely describes IT, an assertion
that "no such conversation occurred"
HoDdsoN simply wrote to SCHLEY The
colloquy published in THE NEW YORK Sun
never occurred" The documents that ac-
companied this letter showed plainly that
HoDGsoN interpreted 1t in manner radi-
cally different from the way in which the
general public interpreted 1t and In which
SCHLEY OF course desired that they should
interpret It.
Practically the two letters to SCHLEY. the
letter used and the letter not used, we're one.
HoDGsoNs story to CHADWICK and his story
to SCHLEY were absolutely identical, and to
say that because Of them HoDGsoN must
have lied to one or the other Is mean and
baseless Islander.
Printing one letter, therefore, as the
Washington Post printed 1t. without the
other was what Lieutenant Commander
HEILNER suspected. garbling OF the cor
respondence. 1t Is inconceivable that a
newspaper alive to the value Of fair repu-
tation could have deliberately sought thus
to mislead the public. We cannot believe
that In printing the letter in question the
Post knew that there was another legiti-
mately part OF 1t.
1T is necessary" said the Baltimore
American, scHLEY's home organ. that the
liar in the case be apprehended."
He stands revealed to all. Even II the
Washington Post was knowingly associ-
ated with the turpitude OF this transaction,
the party primarily guilty Of the attempt
to deceive the public by making 1t believe
that HoDasoN had said one thing when In
truth he had said the opposite, the garblcr
OF the Hodgson correspondence, the sup
pressor Of the truth, in short, the liar in
the case. Is shame as 1t Is to say it, the
officer Of the navy named WINFIELD SCOTT
SCHLEY.
With the proof now afforded that THE
Suns story OF the Brooklyn's loop was cor
rect there also lies the proof Of The Suns
charge that SCHLEY bore false witness be-
fore the United States Senate when he ex-
planned his unnatural manpuvre by the fan
tastic assertion that 1t was necessary in
order to avoid blanketing the American fire.
The mournful but unQuesticnable fact Is
that Rear Admiral SCHLEY has suilied the
uniform he wears. He should take it Off.
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HELP FOR CUBAN ORPHANS.
II Comes Generously, but the Need IL Far
Ahead of the supply.

In response to the first appeal Tor ala 10 re-
lieve the suffering among the orphan children
in Cuba the trustees of tho Cuban orphan
Fund have received $4,000. They are deeply
gratfed by the generous support their work
Is receiving from all quarters. Last Tuesday
the following supplies were shipped py the
United States transport fitzpatrick TO MISS
Laura ID. Gill, who represents the trustees IN
Havana. Six sewing machines 1920 yards OF
muslin. 10000 yards OF light muslin. 300 bod
spreads. 1920 towels. 400 yards OF crash.
$4,000 yards Of calico. 1000 hair brushes.
1000 combs. dozen flno combs. LOCO tooth
brushes. 700 yards Of elastic. 1000 pairs OF
stockings I 200 pairs OF Shoes 1000 handker-
chiefs. 0.600 spoos OF thread. COO thimbles.
$500 needles. 400 packages ofpins. 100 pounds
OF tooth powder, ! 600 wash cloths. 10000
sheets OF paper. $500 lead pencils 800 PEN
holders. and 800 rulers. ,.,,
These supplies are to be Forwarded to sanct,
spirltus and Remedies. in reIly to an apneal
for help, Miss Gill has already called atten-
ton to the destitution and suffering among
the children in that particular section OF CUBA.
credit $4,000 to relieve immediate necessl-
ties. Supplies are being forwarded 70 the va
rious sections az the island rs rapidly as the
means OF tho COMMITTEES wi allow. They arc
upon them are, Increasing daily; II is esti.
mated that at least 50.UoO children, are in a
state Of destitution in tho island, In the re-
concentration the parents often starved tn to
that the object Of this committee is first to re-
lieve immediate distress, then to stimuat
education In the island. They are therefore
making an appeal fo- generous aid to start at
Robert Bacon OF J. ?. Morgan & Co.