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the Gold Democrats in September, 1896.
The convention was attended by S24 dele
gates, II number nearly III large ns the total
representation of the regular Republican or
Democratic convention. The Objection 10
Indianapolis appears to bc thut its motel
accommodations are inadequate. While the
Gold Democrats three years ago had an
impressive and enthusiastic gathering
there, II was not very numrrous!y attended
by outsiders for th" reason that II was
clearly understood in advance that th" can
didatcs tu bc nominated could, under no
circumstances bc elected.
There are local rart'onnl objections to the
choice by the Republicans Of Cleveland,
otherwise n desirable city for convention
purposes 1t Is the present belief of soin"
wcll-informeI persons that the Republican
Convention will bc held either IN Chicago
or in Cincinnati, and that the Democratic
Convention will bn held either south uf the
Ohio in Louisville or in one of the cities
west of the Mississippi.
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noes; but there is a mining region
involved. that OF Porcupirc Creek. This
latter must not be confounded with Porcu-
pine RIVER which is far north, cing II
branch Of the Yukon. Porcupinc Creek is
tributary Of the Klnpcrln. which "mptcs
into the Chilkat about fifteen miles above
Pyramid Hnrbor If the line ia run two
miles north OF Klukwnn as we propose, so
much of tho Porcupn" Creek region rs
seems essential tu us will hr secured: but
by putting Il below ku'iwan we should
abandon the American miners in the P"r'm-
pine region to Britisl jurisdiction.
II will bc seen, therefore, to what the con-
truvcrsy has been narrowed, and yet how
important Is this small remaining part. 1t
is still quit" possbl" that any day an
agreement will bc reached by Minister
CHuArr and Lord SALISBURY regarding II,
but since our claim. under the treaty, in
this region runs, il is said as far up as
Like Bennett. our authorities think they
hav" air 'ady made all tn" concession Ms to
Senator FAIRBANKS of the Joint High Com
mission. on his recent visit to the dis
putcd region, found our Purcupinc Crock
miners protesting vigorously against being
transferred to British jurisdiction.
On" source OF satisfaction Is that the
fears Of conflict. in case OF a failure to
agree on a mOdus, are not great The
miners have become used 10 the situation.
Our Government, in the interest Of peace,
has revoked its original intention to send
troops to Pyramid Harbor: and Canada
must be satisfied with her force OF ten
mounted police on the Dalton trail about
four or five miles from Porrupinc Creek
and about thirty above Pyramid Iiarhor
This force sh" has had there about two
ycnrs. and "h" does not propose to inrlcaS"
II, With each weeks delay the winter s"n-
son advances. and soon the SHOWS will
further diminish fears OF conflict in the
Porrupinr region.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-.Sr: I agree
with DR. Brann in his letter to THE SIN yes-
,aIa .ha. - ,.s a.. a.. ~ T..
'eruas, 'hat inference from ehect 10 cause Is
perfe 'tly logical but deny that from a finite
effect Won rnn syIlogisticallv deduce mn infinite
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cause Dr Brahns sylloglsm well Illustrates
this automatic assertion. Its conclusion is not
God but necessarv boinp The id est which he
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being and God are the same is very emphatic
ally dopmotic n nacossarv means etcrnal
' ~ ''
the iather ot logic taught that there we're TWO
eternals. mind and matter. and that the latter
was Iimited nv tbe dictuu or nibiIo ,,jL,J n,
Inc pronaplllty Is that. II Revelation had not
tay-ht us better. all educated men would be Of
hHsamp opinion today
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IL may be added that what Or. Brann puts IN
the form Of a syllogsm is fully and plainly
t..s.,e ~ ,,.,. n,,' ~ '',. 49,, ~
istence OF contingent beings supposes the ex-
istencc Of a necessary one, and this Is certainly
n dogma an assertion which ia authenticated
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TO the nina only py It's own apparent truth.
an argument in the logical sensc hut worry
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Pa,i thnmobt e ht W w. ha WIZ 81.
Az ,h2uGnt iGs ta ,aan mlg, 20 nave learned from
4. 'hc ' tninGS 'na. ore inh,lt arr Wnht Iceueu
I a. ue ,nus ~ I,rn y, uof iha. luThng 70 tnc
@ ", y u Hi tme fPiS,ie 10 the iienrewS
W. ,''nS ~ 'tnu. % nroueH Ia.tn We Hnuerstahq
td sn I m" thn ib @ Ss @ ne mu.u M ot
nnu' 81 tip .nlhHs which are seen were not
Hlaut vi thIli WnlcI 10 uIlfdT.
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NEW Guy FOR THE y.ivT.
Trial Of n Six-Inch Quick-FirinE Gun On the
Maxim CompnnY,s Proving Ground.

WAsHISGToN. July 2l.-The Navy Depart
mcnt has Just received from Thomas F. Lane.
agent In .hc United States for Nickerson X
Maxim OF England. report on the result OF
the trial AZ the cOmruny's proving ground ot
new G-inch dulck-nrlnG gun. which has been
manufactured hy the Maxim company for the
United States NAVY. This gun was orcercd
by the Chief of the Naval Bureau OF Ordnance
about year aGo when the Navy Department
purchased from the manufacturers The right
to use this mechanism in the | tnited states.
This tyne of gun has been adopted by the
Briti-h Admiralty. 1t is of 43-calibre weight
II bore and weighs over seven tons. steel wire
md long tubes form important elements In the
construction OF the gun. and an importnnt part
is chat relating to the brecCh end OF the gun.
which is cl2sed 10y screw 81 novel design.
The mounting Of this gun Ia very compact, the
gun being mnde to slide in n cradle bored co.
cen'rlcallr. The design gives grent elasticity.
and should the III bunting be struck by Il shot
from the enemi the thick sleeve OF the top ear
A range indicator and sighting telescc pc form
AN important alteration from the usual sight
In the trial last week number OF full
charges nf cordite were fred at a heavy gun
range nt Eskmeals: Cumberland. during which
for a working pressure Of sc venteen tons rhe
gun was then subjected to nigh strains to test
s mnaa n afI he
weg he'd 100 pounds and were fitted with a gas
check. which. to n con siderable extent ac-
counts for the high energies obtained and pre-
tents any abnorma nj wear due to use OF modern
guncotton or nitro. glycerine explosives
The striking energy OF the gun was no less
than 5.724 foot tons. which would porforate
thickness OF steel armOr OF seventeen INCHES;
The energy obtained per ton of gun Ia 1888
foot tons. and as n rate Of fire OF ten rounds per
minute for long series OF rounds has been
easily Obtained, the CUP is capable OF doing
work to no less.extentthan JI.24O foot tons
per minute.
rhe mounting Ia constructed of light steel
forginCs. with the special vie " OF red ucing the
weight on board ship and vet securing annie
strength for withstnnding the strains OF such
q high. powered gun. Tie general construc-
tion admits OF great ease in training and ele-
waiting. which operations can he performed hv
one man. who also fires the gun from plat
form. which rotates with the mounting. .
The energy ot recoil Is absorbed bv q small
hvdraulic'cy cylinder. in combination with two
springs. which latter. after firing. return the
gun to its firing, position. These arrange
ments are placed beneath the gun 30 that thew
securely protected from shell fire. The
gun itself recols in n steel cylinder. which
protects the outside OF the gun from damage
by small quick-h artillery.
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New York Intirmary for Women,

To EpIroR or The SUNNI: May have the
privilege of making statement in your columns in
regard to the New York Inhrmarv for Women and
Children which has just closed its college depart
ment. The reasons for closing undergraduate in
struction seem not to have been clearly understood
by the public.
The infirmary founded by the Blackwells has
always stood for the principle of maintaining the
highest possible standard in women's education.
when it first was incorporated in 1854 two medical
colleges existed in Philadelphia and Boston. Their
means were limited. they were almost without op-
portunities for practical instruction. and their
dents were rigdy excluded from existing hospitals.
The Bla'kwclls. n opening womau's centre in
New York. desired to supplement and strengthen.
not duplicate. what was already being done they
therefore established hospi al and received grad
uate students for practical work and instruction.
until the colleges in Philadelphia and Boston in
creased in means and numbers and established
their own hospital centres. When the necessity for
| college in New York became clearly evident,
powers were granted to the inhrnary by the Legs-
laure to confer deRrees and from that time to tho
present day the Blackwels college has set its
to maintain the highest possible standard for med
cal education for undergraduates in New York.
Now the Cornell Medical School offers to women
equal opportunities with men and the tru stees of
the inhrmary consider it best to carry out their
old principle of working for the interest of women
in medicine in whatever manner is most needed.
1hty nave. therefore. left the work OF under
graduate instruction TO those who have the largest
means for carrying it and propose to concentrate
their efforts upon supplying what is now the great
est need of women physicians. wider opportunities
for practical work after graduation.
The New York Inhrmary for Women and Children
Is still the only hospital OF the regular school in the
State where poor women can lie treated by women
and where women NIL the most responsi positions
1t tile intention of the trustees to use the college
build ng for additional wards as 9 a. the neces
sary money has brea Ia'scd to alter and maintain
them. There will also be special clinical courses for
women student in connection with dispensary.
hospital and ont practice. In closing let me say
/ that tho New Ynr lutrmary IL sometimes con-
founded with tie New York Medical College and
ii sp:tal for Women account of a similarity Of
name AID because there is nothing in the title of
the latter institution to show that it the
humuopatLi school. JULIA B. DE FOREST.
NEW YoRK July II,
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The Friend of Nichy.

The ent"rprisng pathologlst who edits
the Ner York Hcrald from Paris has turned
his attention to GEORGE DEwEYS liver. In
a mastery leading editorial Yesterday this
industrious person urged the Admiral to
avail himself of the waters of Nichy rather
than OF the waters OF Carlsbad. We quote
his learned remarks:
"Thc waters Of Carlsbad. excel ynt ~ they in
their way. would hardly seem to he adapted to
person of the Admrals bodily build his active t-In-
permanent, his general emf eblement and his com
paratively advanccd age Regarding the latter
point. II il not his actual number of years that
counts toward senility. but rather the enervating
effects of life in the tropics that strike his balance
Of vitality on the wrong side. Hence II would APP
pear that what is generally considered strong aud
active treatment would hardly SUIT his case.
while this opinion is obviously contrary to that
OF his physicians it should be understood that 1t
ventured more in the light of a suggestion than a
criticism.
"Vichy being a simple alkaline water and con-
tanning carbonate of sodium as its principal ingre-
dent, 1t is more particularly indicated ir the sim
pier methods of treatment for cngorged or tropical
liver. general abdominal congo tion and the usually
ASSOC aed conditions Of chronic intestinal catarrh.
We trust that our great Admiral has non all OF these
diseases, but If even such state Of affairs may be
granted for the sake of the argument why not begin
treatment slowly and cautiously. where such great
interest as his ultimate recovery is at stake %
In this speciality of journalistic enterprise
we are firmly convinced that Mr.. JAMES
GORDON BENNETT has no living equal.
Everybody else Is rejoicing over the ab-
sencc Of any symptoms Of cranial enlarge
ment or cerebral tumefaction in the case
of the homecoming hero of Manila. But
BENEFITS practiced eye is upon the great
Admirals liver and abdomen. He is specu-
latng upon the probability of the engorge-
ment of the one and the general congestion
of the other.
Is he paid now to tout for Vichy?
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Under the Summer Moon.

She was summer girl. dainty In dress. pink
checked and golden haired. and there was . busi-
moss line running about tho corners OF her cherry
lips that any man might have seen with half eye
II he had only looked for it.
The man talking to her that night in tho mellow
moonlight hadn't so much as half an eye for bust
ness and she knew It, But he was marvellously
soft Of voice and winning OF manner and he had
many moons and talked beneath their magic light.
DO you know" he said to her. THAT l love
youY"
How should t. she answered, with . rapturous
longing in her tones, when you have never told
me?"
Then. dearest listen while tell you'll love you,
Jane; / love you"
She looked up at the fAr.or silent stars and down
into his melting brown eyes.
But you have told so many girls that" she ooa-
tended.
"Oh. darling" ho protested. how could you be
cruel enough TO doubt me so7"
Didn't you tell any other girl that you
loved herr" she asked with all the pent.up yearn.
ing of q wnman's soul. to know that she alone
in mans heart.
Never darling. never" he breathed, with In
tense fervor taking her unresistng hand in his.
She To- kad at him. and the lines about her cherry
"Oh. George" she whispered. dresmily. what Q
12-by.14 liar you are" And George dropped like
= slump in the market.
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Between Baltic and Black Seas.

Vast as is the undertaking to establish
canal Communication across Russian terri
tory between DunamInde, in the Gulf Of
Riga. and Kherson, on the estuary of the
Dnieper, a writer in the FOrtnightly Rerie,c
holds its accomplishment to be only ques-
tion Of time. The cost is estimated, in round
figures, at aboGt 5000, 900, OOO
Russia is accustomed to mighty enter
prscs, as her Siberian railway shows and
unlike the latter, the proposed western
waterway would traverse an area already
containing important cities, such as Kiev
Kremcnchug and Ekaterinoslav, while the
production Of the whole region traversed
would be increased, and goods usually
taken by rail from Odessa would go cheaper
by the waterway to st. Petersburg There
is already, to be sure, canal through GEN.
tral Russia, the Vischnei-V Volotschosk, from
the Baltic to the Caspian Sea- but it is be-
ievcd that much o. the petroleum. salt
iron and other products Of the Western
Caucasus and the Don Cossack country, with
which that canal Is inadequate to deal, can
be taken by way Of the Don and Kertch to
the Dnicpcr and so through the new water
way, the return cargoes to the south con-
sistinR Of rye and wheat.
The Russian Government Is looking to
the strategic as well as the commercial
features of the project. The strategic ad-
vantage would be that OF concentrating Rus
sas naval strength in either the Baltic or
the Black Sea, as occasion may require. The
estuary OF the Dnicper, according to the
writer we quote, is at least fifteen miles
nd ct hn r,ll O., a 4
by works which would command both the
new waterway and the river Bug, with the
naval docks of Nlkolaief.
The route for the waterway Is marked
! by three rivers, tho Dwina and its tribu-
tarics, tho Borcsina and the Dnieper, to be
connected by canals, and to be dccpcnod
wherever it is necessary. Kherson offers n
secure terminal harbor on the Black Sea-
The most difficult part OF the project is
the circumventing of the cataracts. The
Dnicpcr below Kev is bI Dad and deep, al
though the breadth varies from drifting
sands but practically 1t Is navigable for
large ships for tho $50 miles between that
city and Ekaterinoslav. This last is Just
abov" the rapids, called poro0i, or steps,
that stretch for 40 miles to Alexan-
drovsk, whence the river is again naviga-
hlc for vessels Of moderate draught an
other 200 miles 10 Khcrson. Along these
poro0i canal will I've necessary, unless. in
deed, they should be blown up.
This project Is not a new one. ALEXANDER
Ill was the first Emperor to give 1t scri-
Gus attention and to have the route sur
veyed. Year before last the subject was
revived. but il then sccmcd too costly to
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The skipper of the Columbia.

To THr EprroW or THE SUS-Sr: In THE sux OF
to-day. under the healing Satisfied with Capt.
Barr" note that Mr.. lscln says the criticisms on
Capt. Barr are outrage. | have dcs re at this
time q criticsr Cap. Barr. and am under the i'm.
preston that he is an honest and capable skipper
l do think however. that Mr.. lselin is open to
criticism and when he engaged Capt. Barr to sail
the Columbia he n h)uld have expected to hear
from various lurccs criticisms on his act m The
owners of the Columbia have undcrtak II to do
something for the American people and not for
themselves alone. and the feelings OF the American
people should have he ~ considered.
IhANe yet to find the yachtsmIn or any other citi.
zen who approves os the selection of an Engl ali
sailing master far an American boat sailing In such
contest as is about to take pla'c am MT
ing Capt. Barrs honesty. or the imtercs; he would
take in defeating IN" Shumro X. but the privilege OF
sailing the Columbia should have been granted to
an Americana orn citizen. Yol will a.reo with ME
that there are many VIII could haze done justice to
the Columbia and thos' representing her. would
dislike very much. AMI would MIR. ISclin. to zoe
in print after victory 10y the Columbia the words;
"Well they did 1t. but lad to have an English sail.
ing astcr aboard TO do the trick"
II s not too late IN the lay to make a change.
familiar with tn qualities Of his b at prior To tho
races in = ptcmhcr next and such a change would
be more than gratifying to many good American
citizens. OSE OF THEM.
NEW York July 20
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The Foremost Figure at Chicago.

l'ndoub."llv Mr. BRYlS expressed trr"
political ph!u-oph" when h" said at Chicago
on Thrr-,lny evening that the Democratic
party wn- going ont 20 fight" in 1900 on
the Chicago plntrurm and that Il was not
"going to ask Is this thing popular?' but
is this thing right 2" By that he meant
that The Democracy would 20 into the
campaign with square declaration Of its
real purpose tourhin: silver.
4 bold and straightforward policy is tho
first requisite Ufa party in national politics.
Courage, OF itself. attracts support by win
ming respect The reason " tho present
dominance of Mr BRYAN in the Democratic
pnrty is that there il no courageous upp"-
St ion to him In TIA" party. He represents
something positive. but his opponents, who
nrc machinntinG TO deprive him Of the
nomination next ycar represent no princi-
Pile which they dnr" assert and defend.
They call themselves "Gold Democrats"
and generally they voted against him in
1896. on the ground that tho silver ssu"
represented by him invites appalling dis
nster and even infamy for their country,
and the maintenance Of the gold standard
Is csscnt al to the national prosperity and
national credit. but now they are abandon
ing that ground with pusillanimity un-
cxampled in national politics. Not one nf
them dares to demand or advocate or oven
20 suggest in whisper that the Demo-
cratic platform in 1900 should be favorable
to the gold standard,
In ! S96 the sentiment OF these oppO-
nents of Mr. BRYAN was Expressed posi-
lively and couragcously in the platform Of
the sO-callod National Democratic party,
adopted at indianapolis, to this effect: I'VE
insist upon the maintenance OF the gold
standard and the parity herewith of every
dollar issued by the Government and are
firmly opposed to the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver But how is it with them
in 800 Now they are simply intriguing
to prevent any positive declaration on the
subject OF the monetary standard in the
Democratic platform for 1900. They are
trying to creep out Of the fight They
were brave in 1896, but in 1890 they are
playing the part of towards.
Under such circumstances these so
called Gold Democrats" are bound to be
beaten ignomniously in the Democratic
National Convention next year, and they
will deserve their humiliation. They are
afraid to "go out to fight" for their princi-
pies and inevitably they will be whipped
by the forces who have the courage and
solf-respect to declare their position and
fight for it manfuly.
Cowardice, equivocation, subterfuGc are
fatal reliance in politics. II the "Goid
Democrats" cannot defeat the nomination
OF BRYAN by making a square gold plat
form for the Democracy they cannot pre-
vent it at all. The Democratic party must
be either for gold or for silver. and as
the gold faction dares not demand gold it
will obviously be for silver, on which side
are all the courage consistency, and fight
ing spirit Of the Democracy
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Sunday in the Middle Ages.

From the Nin,ternth Century RcpieD.
The Lords Day WAS day OF rest and Joy and
thanksgiving. and the works and tho attitude Of
ptnancc at such time were conceived as kind Of
slight upon the Church at large. The same strong
the Of every form OF innocent Amuse-
ment and recreation. Provision was made first
OF all for duties OF praise and Thanksgiving. and
especially for the supreme act of worship offered in
the holy Sacrifice OF the Mass. but. this being
secured, there was no idea of interfering with the
rational enjoyment Of tho people.
The curious thing is that this conception Of Sun.
day as a day both Of rest and amusement was by no
means a andoned at the change Of religion. John
Knox found Calvin At Geneva doing honor to the
Lord Day in a game OF bowls. Elizabeth and her
successor habituallv assisted at dramatic represen.
tations on SUNDAY. and the chief objection to the
bear bliting in the Of the PuritanS as MacAulay
has long az, told us not that it gave pain TO the
bear but that it gave pleasure TO the spectatorson
the sabbath At any rate in the early years OF tho
seventeen century the bear batting took place al.
most invariably on that day. In Wales and in the
remoter parts OF the kingdom. into which Puritan.
ism never completely penetrated tho sunday sports
la.t,d on down ~ the beginning Of the present
century. The football. tennis. dancing and other
amusements took place most frequently In tho
churchy ard. and in Welsh village to this
day the public house will be found adjoining the
ohnrrhyard. with . private entrance made OF old
times through the ohurchyard wall, for the con-
vcnience OF the players.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir' In view OF tho
fact that for the last three years the various Dem.
ocratc newspapers have continued an almost cease.
less assault upon Uncle Mark A. Hanna as a vile
"lAhOr crushnr it might be interesting to call the
publics attention to the rr sent condition of affairs
in this. his home.
There are here two systems Of street cars one
known as the Big Consolidated" the other as tho
Little Consolidated" ~ the latter 5 aator Hanna
is President.
The employees Of the Big Consolidated are now
on strike, the seconl strike within a month and a
very vicious one It Is. too,
There has been every effort known to labor All.
tAtors and local politicians to induce the Little Con
S1ldAted employees to strike. but all to no avail The
inyarabc answer received has been: We are salts
hrd and have no grievance"
The nIuo Of labor c.uSher." applied to Uncle
Marx Hanna is a dead issue here hom now ON.
C.ENELASn July ~, H. VS.